Law & Order Special Victims Unit s25e10 Episode Script
Combat Fatigue
1
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.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
All right, that's 11 guilty.
- Not guilty.
- [ALL GROAN]
Who voted not guilty?
- It was her!
- Take it easy.
No, it's her
every goddamn time.
What the hell is
wrong with you?
I'm gonna lose my job.
Everybody, just calm down.
No, screw that!
You think this crappy stipend
they give us
is enough for my family
of four to live on?
Okay.
I admit it was me.
[SCOFFS]
Of course it was.
We've seen it, the bias.
- And we all know why.
- Don't attack her.
She has a right to disagree.
This guy, he's scum!
What are we doing?
Stop yelling at me.
I am sick of you.
I'm sick of all of you.
All right, we have
to take another vote.
No, I'm not doing that.
No way.
She's got to change her vote.
I'm not sitting here another day!
Okay! You've worn me down.
I've had enough.
I'll say whatever you want.
Happy?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
We're here live
at the courthouse,
still awaiting the verdict
in the case
of George Brouchard,
the extradited
Canadian citizen charged
with kidnapping Maddie Flynn.
Maddie, just 15 years old,
was snatched from a
Manhattan home goods store
while shopping with her parents,
drugged and taken
across state lines by rail,
and sold to convicted
sex offender Leonard Fleming,
a known Peeping Tom who was
beaten to death at Rikers.
Missing for six weeks before finally
being rescued by a joint
FBI/NYPD task force.
The city of New York now finds
itself waiting breathlessly
to find out what kind
of justice will be dealt
to Canadian national
George Brouchard.
I still don't get why
this went to trial.
Yeah, our jobs would be
a whole lot easier
if it weren't for this pesky
jurisprudence nonsense.
Maybe we should open a can
of ancient Babylonian
justice on his ass.
Hammurabi's Code?
Eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth.
- Bullet for a brain.
- Yeah, that's funny.
It's not what I meant, though.
Don't kid yourself.
All cops think like that,
even Curry.
Listen, all I know is,
Benson saw Brouchard,
Maddie was willing to testify,
and Carisi still couldn't make a deal?
Don't blame Carisi.
Blame the guy who was
sexually attracted to trees.
Stomped to death like a weed
in a prison shower.
Well, there's nothing
we can do about it now, right?
Except trust the jury.
Twelve New Yorkers,
all locked in a windowless room
just as the weather turns nice.
What could go wrong?
If they don't decide by 5:00, Amanda,
it's gonna be another weekend.
No, I'm sorry.
I miss you too.
Just tell the kids,
it's their lucky day,
you know, pizza again.
How's Amanda doing?
Well, considering we
haven't seen each other
in the past two weeks,
she's fine.
Maybe she's just telling me
she's fine, I don't know.
Well, I always thought honesty
was overrated in a relationship.
Yeah, of course you do.
Why are you here?
What, are you torturing me?
We're here for,
let's say, moral support.
It's not that you want
to know what I've heard
- through the courthouse grapevine?
- That too.
Do you have any sense
of how long this is gonna take?
Well, seeing as the jury has
already asked
for six clarifications,
in the last two days alone,
I'm not holding my breath.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Please do not be
another jury request.
Eileen.
Sorry to interrupt.
Well, there's nothing to interrupt.
There's no word yet.
I'm so sorry we don't
have better news.
Actually, Olivia, I was
hoping I could talk to you,
if that's possible.
- Oh, of course.
- Thank you.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I'm worried about Maddie.
- She seems really stressed.
- Well, waiting
on a verdict can be
emotionally draining.
No, I know,
but even before the trial.
I-I mean, a month into rehab,
she's still withdrawn,
low energy.
- She she's not herself.
- Okay.
So recovery from opioid
addiction can be a process.
She's still going to her meetings?
She says she is.
I mean, at least she's talking to me.
Peter just loses his temper.
Well, that never helps.
No, well, he thinks it does.
You know, tough love.
How are you two doing?
Are you still going to therapy?
Yes, family therapy.
All three of us.
You know, we're trying.
Eileen, this kind of work,
it takes time.
But you and your family are
going to get through this.
I know, but sometimes
it just
No, most of the time,
it just feels like,
what's the point?
This is never gonna be over.
And I don't even know
if I'm capable of moving on.
You know, I just
Honey!
What? I'm right here.
Jury's back.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Let's go.
♪
Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
On the charge of kidnapping
in the first degree,
how do you find?
We find the defendant,
George Brouchard, guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
♪
Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, through your foreperson,
you have said you find
the defendant guilty.
Is that your verdict,
so say you all?
ALL: Yes.
Mr. Carisi, Mr. Malone,
do either of you want the jury polled?
People are satisfied,
Your Honor.
[NO AUDIBLE SPEECH]
♪
Actually, Your Honor,
we would request the jury be polled.
[CROWD MURMURING]
Mr. Foreperson, you've said
you found the defendant guilty.
Is that your verdict?
Yes.
Guilty.
Juror number two,
is that your verdict?
Absolutely. Guilty.
Juror number three,
is that your verdict?
That's not my verdict.
They made me change my vote.
The defendant is not guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
- Order. Order.
- [GAVEL BANGS]
- Your Honor, approach.
- Approach, Your Honor.
Well, counselors,
20 years on the bench,
this is a new one for me.
Clearly a mistrial,
Your Honor.
For one holdout?
- No, you've got to send them back in.
- Both of you
in my chambers now.
Along with juror number eight.
- We are adjourned.
- [GAVEL BANGS]
Bailiff, clear the courtroom.
What now?
We let Carisi do his job.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Just to be clear,
I'm not a fan of attorneys
telling me how to do my job.
- Apologies, Your Honor.
- I was defending my client.
This jury is clearly tainted.
- [SCOFFS]
- What did I just say, Malone?
Where should I sit,
Your Honor?
I'm from Canada.
I don't know how justice works
here in the States.
Sit right here.
Ms. Slater Dent?
- Yes.
- Have a seat.
You made some very serious
allegations in open court.
What they were doing was wrong
Without revealing
anything specific
to the case that was discussed,
why did you feel coerced?
I never coerced anyone.
I just wanted to go home.
Thank you, Mrs. Gallow.
Slater wasn't convinced
by the prosecutor's evidence.
I can be a dick a
lot of the time, but,
I'm not the one
who used coercion.
What do you mean by that,
Mr. Donnelly?
It was him, the defendant.
My client had no contact
with any of the jurors.
He's been at Rikers.
It was the way
he was looking at her.
Looking at her?
Like he was trying
to seduce her.
[SCOFFS]
[CHUCKLES]
Thank you, Mr. Donnelly.
We'll take it from here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I'm obviously concerned
by what I'm hearing.
I didn't do anything.
My client is entitled
to look at the jury.
Not if he's deliberately
trying to tamper
with a specific juror,
he's not.
Through what exactly?
Hypnosis?
Clearly, there are
indications
this jury may be incapable of
continuing deliberations
in good faith,
but I need to speak to Ms. Dent again,
before my final ruling.
They said guilty.
How can the judge let
them take it back?
It's complicated,
but the verdict
was not entered
into the record.
Because of what
that woman said?
- She's clearly crazy.
- I can't stand this anymore.
- I
- Hey. Maddie, get back here!
Peter, yelling won't work.
She is not a child anymore.
Yeah, well, she's acting like one.
Guys, I think the
best thing to do here
is to take care of your daughter.
What's gonna happen?
The other jurors denied coercion.
One is blaming George.
For playing up to that female juror.
He was staring right at her.
That's what he said.
I did not notice
anything overt.
With him,
it doesn't have to be.
I mean, you're the one
who wrote the BAU profile.
- Messianic nihilist.
- Yes, and we're seeing evidence,
of the messianic part right now.
Ms. Dent, the defendant never
contacted you directly,
text, through an intermediary,
passing a note?
No, absolutely not.
He's been locked up.
It's not unheard of for an inmate
to find a way to send a message.
He didn't contact me.
I just knew.
Knew what, Ms. Dent?
That we were gonna be together,
when he was exonerated.
We have a connection.
♪
So the judge declared a mistrial?
Carisi is back at square one.
I mean, jury selection,
you know, presenting his case.
Hierarchy of headaches.
Captain?
Eileen Flynn is here.
Send her in.
Want an aspirin, Liv?
Extra strength.
Eileen, I'm so sorry.
Okay, I don't think Maddie
can go through this again.
I know that this will be difficult.
No, she's at her breaking point.
A few months ago,
I got knee surgery.
They gave me Oxy.
I got home tonight.
I needed to sleep.
Half the bottle was empty.
- Maddie?
- Yeah.
I confronted her,
and she was high.
And she completely broke down, and
And she
She said that she had
some kind of sexual contact
with George Brouchard.
Did she elaborate?
Because her rape kit was negative.
She said that he kissed her,
and he touched her body, and,
and she's saying
it was all consensual.
Yes, but she may think that,
but it wasn't.
She was 15 and high on fent.
So what he did to her,
he can be charged for this?
You bring Maddie in here tomorrow,
and we're gonna get
her statement on the record.
And then Carisi can go
back to the grand jury,
and we can add charges of sex abuse.
♪
So you're not
giving up on us?
Giving up?
I'm just getting started.
I know I should have
said something before
- in the hospital.
- It's all right, Maddie.
We completely understand.
You'd just been through
a major trauma.
But we do need to make sure
the ADA knows the whole story now.
My parents said I have to tell you.
So what's important, Maddie,
is that this comes from you,
right, what you recall.
Not what your parents
want you to say, okay?
I saw George walk out
of that courtroom.
He didn't even look at me,
like, he had forgotten all about me.
Okay.
All right, so again,
let's just start
from the beginning.
Tell us what happened,
exactly what you remember.
After the van ride,
he brought me to a motel.
There was another girl there.
She's talking about Tanya Garcia.
Motel room in New Jersey, yeah.
This girl didn't seem happy.
What makes you say that?
Did she say something
specific or
George had his hands
all over me.
She was yelling at him.
Tanya's statement never mentioned
Brouchard touching Maddie.
Tanya was high on fentanyl.
So was Maddie.
When's the next time,
you had
physical contact with George?
We were
in another motel room.
He wanted to cut my hair.
I didn't
I didn't want that.
And then what?
He kissed me.
He kissed you how?
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
With his tongue.
It was the first time,
I'd ever done that,
with anyone.
Okay.
And then what happened?
I let him
C-cut my hair.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
He
He even saved some of it.
He put it in that leather pouch,
he wears around his neck.
Inside his shirt.
So you saw him with his shirt off?
Mm.
Yes.
And did he see you with yours off?
He got me ready for bed,
unbuttoned my shirt,
took my bra off
[STAMMERS]
Kissed me good night.
And then what?
What do you want to hear?
I trusted him.
He fed me.
He bathed me the night
before he brought me
to Leonard Fleming.
Dendrophile, the tree guy.
George washed me
Down there.
Why didn't you tell
anyone this before?
I didn't want my parents to know.
It's okay.
[CRIES]
Counselor?
Okay, yeah.
I can supersede the indictment.
I can add Sex Abuse 1.
And then what?
It's not gonna add much
to his sentence.
Kidnapping's the higher charge.
Maddie's gonna have
to testify, though, twice.
Grand jury and at trial.
She's gonna have to explain
why she didn't mention this
in her first disclosure.
In fact, she denied it.
She's a risky witness.
- I can finesse that.
- It's worth the risk
if her testimony
convinces another juror
not to fall for this
guy's fake Jesus act.
Exactly.
So I got a long night
of filing motions ahead of me.
Amanda's gonna kill me.
You'll make it up to her,
smooth it over.
Isn't that one of the
joys of marriage?
Says the two divorced guys
in the room, huh?
We appreciate you meeting
with us, Mr. Carisi.
Well, I'm sure we'd all rather cut
to the proverbial chase here.
We have your client
on multiple charges now.
The grand jury indictment
adding sex abuse?
The girl was lying.
From what I hear,
the grand jury will
indict a ham sandwich.
That's hardly fair.
We have Tanya.
She's all cleaned up.
Memory's getting better every day.
Tanya was what I'd
refer to as a suppressive.
A suppressive?
A person with a set of
negative characteristics
that spread, not unlike
a social contagion,
to other people in her vicinity.
I was trying to cure her of it.
Good to see your months in Rikers
haven't dimmed your grandiosity.
The jury didn't believe her
the first time around.
What makes this time any different?
Because I'm gonna make damn sure
you're not making
puppy dog eyes at this jury.
I'm gonna be all over you.
George,
I think we should consider
the DA's plea offer.
That is why you're here, isn't it?
25 years, both charges.
I'd go on the sex registry.
- No.
- George
No!
It's my life.
And you may be doing
life if this goes to trial.
You're a suppressive too,
aren't you?
Sorry you wasted your time.
Guard!
On the charges of kidnapping
in the first degree
and Sex Abuse 1 of a minor,
how do you plead?
Not guilty.
- People on bail?
- Remand, Your Honor.
My client's not a flight risk.
He's the very
definition of a flight risk.
I would disagree, Your Honor.
I apologize for my client.
No need,
and I'm no longer your client.
Excuse me?
I'll be petitioning
to represent myself, pro se.
I'm firing my current representation.
- On what grounds?
- Incompetence.
My lawyer pissed off
the trial judge.
I no longer have faith in his
judgment or professionalism.
George.
I truly have enjoyed
our time together.
[SCOFFS]
Speak for yourself.
I think I will.
I feel sorry for you, Mr. Carisi.
It is your right to represent
yourself, Mr. Brouchard.
Yes, I'm aware.
I can only hope that
my skillset is worthy
of the New York
sense of jurisprudence.
Mr. Carisi, anything to add?
Nothing whatsoever,
Your Honor.
I admire your sense
of repose, Mr. Carisi.
And thank you, Your Honor.
Oh, don't thank me yet.
We're gonna be here for a long time.
You know what this means for us?
That if we take the
stand, he can ask us
anything he wants.
And you know what?
I can't wait.
Okay.
Thanks for the heads-up.
I am not loving
that look on your face.
The court clerk says
Brouchard just posted bail.
- Oh, my God.
- He's a free man.
A million dollars?
$1 million.
Who did he con
to put up their house?
Whoever his benefactor was,
the Department of
Corrections doesn't care.
Yeah, well, apparently,
neither does the judge.
Guys, guys,
the issue is that he managed to seduce
a female juror from
his cell in Rikers.
Who's gonna stop him now?
Keeping tabs on Brouchard
is beyond my purview.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got to prepare
for a trial, again.
Not to be redundant, I'm
calling you both as witnesses.
Okay, what about
federal charges?
My boss has decided to defer.
They're waiting for
a state conviction.
George is representing
himself, and he made bail?
Eileen, I was about to call you
- and tell you
- Yeah, too late.
I never should have
listened to you.
I should have come
to the arraignment.
We have to let
ADA Carisi do his job.
Okay, so far,
I'm not impressed.
George is out in the world,
free to threaten us.
The judge ordered an
electronic monitoring bracelet.
We are going to keep you
and Maddie safe.
No one can protect her
on the stand or off.
Maddie told me that
that sick bastard
keeps a lock of her hair
in a tiny little leather pouch
around his neck.
He wears it every day
like some sort of love spell.
Okay, can we,
can we just take a beat
here for one second
Why did she cover for him?
She didn't say one word
about him touching her
- at the first trial.
- Well, there's a lot
of reasons why a young girl
would be reluctant
- to tell her whole story.
- [SCOFFS]
Captain Benson.
- Agent Sykes.
- Officer.
- Okay.
- Will you please escort
- this man out of the building?
- Yes, ma'am.
Would you like a ride to your home
or wherever it is
that you're going?
Kind of you, but I'm good.
Always good to see you,
Mrs. Flynn.
All right.
All right.
When does this end?
When he goes to prison.
He is going to be convicted.
Eileen, this is not over.
Who decides that, you or him?
I have to get back to Maddie.
Carisi's right.
That monster needs eyes on him.
Well, you won't get
any objections from me.
Fin.
Okay, you got it, Liv.
Captain needs a detail on Brouchard.
He just left the courthouse.
Can't hobble far with
an ankle bracelet.
Well, she wants to know
who goes to him.
Any communication
with the outside world
witnesses, court officers.
He gave the court a residence address?
Yeah, some motel near the stadium.
I've never been on a stakeout before.
Okay.
Velasco, why don't
you take our IAB queen
and sit on Brouchard's ass 24/7.
It's the captain's words,
not mine.
[KIDS SHOUTING, LAUGHTER]
Get it!
- Yeah!
- Oh, go, go, go!
He got there in time.
[PLAYFUL SHOUTING CONTINUES]
Anything?
Guy's a creep.
Don't need a detective badge
to deduce that.
He's just
Drawing something
and watching the kids.
He needs to be working on his defense.
What would his defense
be against what he did?
What I learned at IAB
These guys usually sit back,
and hope their accusers
can't come through
with their receipts.
What kind of receipts
are we talking about?
Should I ask why you're asking?
Probably not.
Gonna be a long night.
Yep.
How about we take shifts?
You gotta be kidding me.
That belongs on a plane,
not a stakeout.
Man, you don't know
what you're missing.
You can try it when it's my shift.
Okay.
- Go home, Liv.
- Yeah, I wish.
I've been spending
so much time in court,
I haven't had time to do my paperwork.
Paperwork will survive.
Anything from Curry and Velasco?
Brouchard's holed up in a motel.
No visitors, nothing suspicious.
[SIGHS]
This guy and this case,
it seems like it will never end.
You're burning at both ends.
And in the middle.
Mr. Flynn.
Captain.
Is Maddie okay?
It's not Maddie.
It's Eileen.
Okay, why don't we go
speak in my office?
[TENSE MUSIC]
So what's going on?
I have to show you something.
I found some texts.
And from the way it looks,
Eileen may have fallen under
the spell of George Brouchard.
Hold onto this for a sec.
♪
I met George on a train.
- The defendant?
- Mm-hmm.
Can you point him out
to the jury, please?
That's him.
He got me hooked on fent,
- left me to die
- Objection!
Besides being patently untrue,
it's beyond scope, Your Honor.
I'm not being charged with
anything involving Ms. Garcia.
- That can be arranged.
- Sustained.
Jury will disregard.
Ms. Garcia, when did you
first encounter Maddie Flynn?
George brought her to our motel room.
And what was your impression
of her state of mind?
She didn't want to be there.
She was out of it
probably on fent too.
Objection, the witness
is neither a psychologist
nor a pharmacologist.
Sustained.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Eileen.
- I know I haven't called you back.
Yeah, I was worried about you.
Don't be.
Peter and I talked.
I know he came to you.
He's just being paranoid.
So you didn't text with George?
I was trying to get him on my side.
That was a bad idea.
I know that now.
George Brouchard
is not someone
that I recommend toying with.
♪
I appreciate more than I can say
what you've done for me,
and for my family.
That's my job,
and I care about you all.
We're gonna get this bastard.
I was exiting the tunnel,
and I saw George Brouchard,
the defendant, driving a van.
Maddie Flynn was in the front seat.
I didn't realize at the time,
that she was the girl who
had been reported missing.
And how did
the investigation proceed?
SVU and the FBI immediately
formed a task force,
and we got a tip,
saying that Maddie had been
taken across state lines,
by train.
What happened next?
We identified Mr. Brouchard,
we tracked his travel,
and we arrested him.
And then we used
his cell phone data
to identify the man
that he sold Maddie to.
And, fortunately,
we rescued her.
Thank you, Captain Benson.
Captain Benson,
that's your name, isn't it?
Yes, it is.
Cool.
No questions, Your Honor.
♪
After his arrest, in Pittsburgh,
we extradited the
defendant to New York.
He and his lawyer, at the time,
agreed to speak with us,
but he wasn't interested
in cooperation.
What was he interested in?
Goading us.
In my opinion
as an FBI behavioral analyst,
he fits the profile of a
psychopathic personality,
a messianic nihilist.
In layman's terms, please.
You know, he's someone
with a distorted sense
of his own importance.
But, one of the hallmarks
of his psychopathology is
a complete lack of empathy
for the feelings of others.
And what is worse,
he likes to toy with people.
Thank you.
Your witness, Mr. Brouchard.
Agent Sykes,
nice to see you again.
So a messianic nihilist doesn't care
about other people's feelings?
That's reductive, but yes.
A lack of regard for
others' emotions
sound familiar?
I'm talking about
the incident on the train
when you physically attacked me
while I was handcuffed.
Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.
Goes to this witness's bias
against me, Your Honor.
I'll allow.
Did you or did you not
grab me, shake me violently,
while I was powerless?
You weren't powerless.
Yes or no?
Yes.
Did you have any sense
of empathy for the terror
- I felt in that moment?
- Your Honor
Move this along, Mr. Brouchard.
You grabbed me by the shirt,
asked, "Where is she?"
Yes.
You weren't talking about Maddie
in that moment, were you?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
You were talking about
your missing sister,
weren't you?
♪
Can you ask the witness
to answer, Your Honor?
Agent Sykes?
Yes, I was talking about my sister.
I felt sorry for you in that moment.
You had no feelings for me.
♪
So who's the nihilist now,
Shannah?
Objection, Your Honor.
Badgering.
Withdrawn.
Nothing further.
♪
We were in a motel room.
He cut my hair.
He put a lock of it
in the leather medicine pouch
he wears around his neck.
How did that make you feel?
Captured.
Even more than you already were?
I was crying.
What did he do then, Maddie?
He tried to calm me down.
He kissed me,
massaged my back, my
Breasts.
Anything else?
He gave me a bath
Washed me, down there.
Now, Maddie,
you didn't tell the police any of this
after you were rescued.
Why was that?
Uh, I-I'm not sure.
♪
Was it because you were worried
about what your parents would think?
I guess.
Um, I
I don't know.
That's okay, Maddie.
Is everything that you've
said in this court today
true and accurate?
- Yes.
- Okay.
Thank you, Maddie.
That's all I need.
No more questions.
Mr. Brouchard.
I don't want to traumatize
this witness any more
than Mr. Carisi has.
Your Honor, approach.
Mr. Brouchard is completely
out of line right now.
Mr. Brouchard,
just because you're
representing yourself
doesn't mean you're not bound
by professional conduct.
I understand, Your Honor.
You're entitled to a cross,
but, tread carefully.
Step back.
Hello, Maddie.
Hi.
I have a few questions
that may be uncomfortable.
Are you okay with that?
Yes.
When you first spoke
to the police,
you didn't tell them
about the bath, did you?
No.
You didn't mention
a lot of things.
No.
Like how we looked at the stars
out the window of the train?
Your Honor, relevance.
Goes to her inconsistent
prior statements.
I want to give her a chance
to explain to the jury.
I'm going to allow,
but move it along,
Mr. Brouchard.
I just want to know,
if there was a part of
being with me that you liked,
and that's why you didn't tell anyone?
Yes.
There was a part.
What did you like, Maddie?
Objection, Your Honor.
Again, relevance.
I'll allow.
Witness may answer.
Um
The stars?
For six weeks, the stars
were our only constant.
And the bath?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Um
♪
A little?
So it felt good, the bath?
And that's why you didn't tell
the police or your parents,
because they wouldn't understand?
- Your Honor.
- I just want the jury to see
that I am not a monster
because Maddie doesn't
see me as a monster.
I'm going to sustain
the objection.
Jury will disregard.
Nothing further.
Mr. Carisi.
The People rest, Your Honor.
Mr. Brouchard, do you plan
to call any witnesses?
No.
The defense rests, Your Honor.
Then we'll reconvene tomorrow,
for closing arguments.
Look, none of Maddie's cross matters.
She was 15, on drugs,
and incapable of consent.
I never should have put her
on the stand
- Or Sykes.
- Sykes held her own.
You had to make your case, Carisi.
Brouchard just unmade it.
Whether Maddie likes him or not,
is irrelevant to the charge.
It might not be to the jury, Liv.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Velasco.
Captain, we've got a problem.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I'm on my way.
What is it?
Eileen Flynn just showed up
at Brouchard's motel.
♪
- Hold them there.
- Is Eileen all right?
Not sure, but it sounds
like George definitely is not.
Eileen, put the gun down.
Not until I get that
leather pouch around his neck.
Eileen, let's talk about this.
You shut up.
Eileen, what is going on?
I want what he took
from my daughter!
What, her hair?
And what were you planning
to do after, Eileen?
What he did to Tanya.
Put him in a bag,
leave him in a tub,
and make him drink bottled
water tainted with pain meds.
Eileen, you are
clearly traumatized.
I get that.
Stop talking to her.
She's been texting me.
She came to my door.
It's not like
I can't walk away.
I can't go anywhere.
I'd be in violation.
Don't talk to me either.
Eileen, listen to me for one second.
I just want you to listen to me.
No, I'm done talking.
Okay, you and I can
figure this out together.
- I know that we can.
- I'm not letting him go
until I get that lock of hair.
Okay.
I hear you.
I hear you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Okay?
Ben, I would like you
to cuff Mr. Brouchard now.
You're cuffing me?
You're the thief.
You just stole something from me.
She's saving your life, asshole.
♪
And now, Fin,
I want you to leave.
- Liv.
- Just go.
It's okay.
It's okay.
All of you, go.
I got it.
- We'll be right outside.
- Okay, go.
Eileen, come on.
Stop.
Listen to me.
You can put the gun down now.
You don't have to hold it on him.
No, my husband
almost killed himself
because of this monster.
My daughter will never
be the same!
You need to give
your daughter a chance,
and this gives her
no chance, Eileen.
You heard Maddie
on the stand.
She doesn't want to get better.
She wants him, like that juror!
It may seem like that
right now,
but Maddie is young, Eileen.
She has her whole life
in front of her.
He's going to prison.
- You don't know that!
- You know what I know?
I know that if you go through
with what you're threatening,
you'll be the one in prison.
And then he wins.
Yeah, well, he'll be dead.
And haunting your daughter
and your husband
for the rest of their lives.
And they'll have to deal
with all of that
Losing you.
Is that what you want for your family?
I'm no good to them anymore.
Then you need to
learn how to be better.
And you need to learn
how to be stronger.
Because that, is what mothers do.
Okay?
[SOBBING] It's not fair.
I know it's not.
It's the only choice we have.
[SOBBING]
♪
And in conclusion,
members of the jury,
I would remind you that the
People's case needs to be proven
beyond a reasonable doubt,
a standard which ADA
Carisi has failed to meet.
Given that,
it is your sworn obligation
to find me not guilty
On all charges.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the evidence in this
case is overwhelming.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Maddie was 15 years old.
She didn't consent
to being taken from that
store by the defendant.
She certainly didn't
consent to being sold by him.
He gave her drugs,
which made her physically
incapable of consenting
to what the defendant did to her
All of it.
The truth is, the defendant
abused Maddie Flynn
in that van, on that train,
in that motel room,
and he abused her again,
on that stand.
Now, you all heard
the psychological analysis
of his nihilism,
his grandiosity,
but he is the worst predator
I can imagine.
He's a self-pitying coward
who plays the victim.
I'm just asking you
to do what's right here.
Find this coward
guilty on all charges.
♪
- Good work, counselor.
- Whoa, whoa,
are you trying to jinx me
on my second swing
at the plate?
I'm not getting a third, Fin.
- The jury heard you.
- I don't know.
I don't know anything with this guy.
Don't let him get to you,
the way he got to Eileen.
That's easy for you to say,
Detective.
So what's gonna happen
with Eileen?
Since the gun was unloaded,
it's a class A misdemeanor.
The DA's gonna take her
circumstances into consideration.
- Which means?
- No jail time,
possible community service.
- DA could offer a disposition,
- [PHONE CHIMES]
which would mean no criminal record.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Jury's back.
Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
What say you?
On the charge
of kidnapping in the first,
we find the defendant,
George Brouchard,
guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
On the charge of sexual abuse
of a minor in the first,
we find the defendant,
George Bouchard,
guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
Mr. Brouchard,
do you want the jury polled?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
No, Your Honor.
The defendant will
be remanded to Rikers
to await sentencing.
Members of the jury,
the State of New York
thanks you for your service.
Eileen, Peter.
- Thank you.
- For everything.
You know, I was wondering
if I could borrow Maddie
for a couple hours.
Are you gonna tell me
where we're going?
You know, I wanted
to introduce you to somebody
that I think, um, might
be able to help you.
I've been to therapy,
to group.
It
It's not working.
This is different.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Dr. Lentz, thank you
so much for meeting us.
Of course.
You must be Maddie?
Hi.
Why don't you come
inside the office with me?
It'll be okay.
No.
I'm gonna be right here
waiting for you,
however long it takes.
♪
You got this.
- Thank you.
- You got this.
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.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
All right, that's 11 guilty.
- Not guilty.
- [ALL GROAN]
Who voted not guilty?
- It was her!
- Take it easy.
No, it's her
every goddamn time.
What the hell is
wrong with you?
I'm gonna lose my job.
Everybody, just calm down.
No, screw that!
You think this crappy stipend
they give us
is enough for my family
of four to live on?
Okay.
I admit it was me.
[SCOFFS]
Of course it was.
We've seen it, the bias.
- And we all know why.
- Don't attack her.
She has a right to disagree.
This guy, he's scum!
What are we doing?
Stop yelling at me.
I am sick of you.
I'm sick of all of you.
All right, we have
to take another vote.
No, I'm not doing that.
No way.
She's got to change her vote.
I'm not sitting here another day!
Okay! You've worn me down.
I've had enough.
I'll say whatever you want.
Happy?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
We're here live
at the courthouse,
still awaiting the verdict
in the case
of George Brouchard,
the extradited
Canadian citizen charged
with kidnapping Maddie Flynn.
Maddie, just 15 years old,
was snatched from a
Manhattan home goods store
while shopping with her parents,
drugged and taken
across state lines by rail,
and sold to convicted
sex offender Leonard Fleming,
a known Peeping Tom who was
beaten to death at Rikers.
Missing for six weeks before finally
being rescued by a joint
FBI/NYPD task force.
The city of New York now finds
itself waiting breathlessly
to find out what kind
of justice will be dealt
to Canadian national
George Brouchard.
I still don't get why
this went to trial.
Yeah, our jobs would be
a whole lot easier
if it weren't for this pesky
jurisprudence nonsense.
Maybe we should open a can
of ancient Babylonian
justice on his ass.
Hammurabi's Code?
Eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth.
- Bullet for a brain.
- Yeah, that's funny.
It's not what I meant, though.
Don't kid yourself.
All cops think like that,
even Curry.
Listen, all I know is,
Benson saw Brouchard,
Maddie was willing to testify,
and Carisi still couldn't make a deal?
Don't blame Carisi.
Blame the guy who was
sexually attracted to trees.
Stomped to death like a weed
in a prison shower.
Well, there's nothing
we can do about it now, right?
Except trust the jury.
Twelve New Yorkers,
all locked in a windowless room
just as the weather turns nice.
What could go wrong?
If they don't decide by 5:00, Amanda,
it's gonna be another weekend.
No, I'm sorry.
I miss you too.
Just tell the kids,
it's their lucky day,
you know, pizza again.
How's Amanda doing?
Well, considering we
haven't seen each other
in the past two weeks,
she's fine.
Maybe she's just telling me
she's fine, I don't know.
Well, I always thought honesty
was overrated in a relationship.
Yeah, of course you do.
Why are you here?
What, are you torturing me?
We're here for,
let's say, moral support.
It's not that you want
to know what I've heard
- through the courthouse grapevine?
- That too.
Do you have any sense
of how long this is gonna take?
Well, seeing as the jury has
already asked
for six clarifications,
in the last two days alone,
I'm not holding my breath.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Please do not be
another jury request.
Eileen.
Sorry to interrupt.
Well, there's nothing to interrupt.
There's no word yet.
I'm so sorry we don't
have better news.
Actually, Olivia, I was
hoping I could talk to you,
if that's possible.
- Oh, of course.
- Thank you.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I'm worried about Maddie.
- She seems really stressed.
- Well, waiting
on a verdict can be
emotionally draining.
No, I know,
but even before the trial.
I-I mean, a month into rehab,
she's still withdrawn,
low energy.
- She she's not herself.
- Okay.
So recovery from opioid
addiction can be a process.
She's still going to her meetings?
She says she is.
I mean, at least she's talking to me.
Peter just loses his temper.
Well, that never helps.
No, well, he thinks it does.
You know, tough love.
How are you two doing?
Are you still going to therapy?
Yes, family therapy.
All three of us.
You know, we're trying.
Eileen, this kind of work,
it takes time.
But you and your family are
going to get through this.
I know, but sometimes
it just
No, most of the time,
it just feels like,
what's the point?
This is never gonna be over.
And I don't even know
if I'm capable of moving on.
You know, I just
Honey!
What? I'm right here.
Jury's back.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Let's go.
♪
Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
On the charge of kidnapping
in the first degree,
how do you find?
We find the defendant,
George Brouchard, guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
♪
Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, through your foreperson,
you have said you find
the defendant guilty.
Is that your verdict,
so say you all?
ALL: Yes.
Mr. Carisi, Mr. Malone,
do either of you want the jury polled?
People are satisfied,
Your Honor.
[NO AUDIBLE SPEECH]
♪
Actually, Your Honor,
we would request the jury be polled.
[CROWD MURMURING]
Mr. Foreperson, you've said
you found the defendant guilty.
Is that your verdict?
Yes.
Guilty.
Juror number two,
is that your verdict?
Absolutely. Guilty.
Juror number three,
is that your verdict?
That's not my verdict.
They made me change my vote.
The defendant is not guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
- Order. Order.
- [GAVEL BANGS]
- Your Honor, approach.
- Approach, Your Honor.
Well, counselors,
20 years on the bench,
this is a new one for me.
Clearly a mistrial,
Your Honor.
For one holdout?
- No, you've got to send them back in.
- Both of you
in my chambers now.
Along with juror number eight.
- We are adjourned.
- [GAVEL BANGS]
Bailiff, clear the courtroom.
What now?
We let Carisi do his job.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Just to be clear,
I'm not a fan of attorneys
telling me how to do my job.
- Apologies, Your Honor.
- I was defending my client.
This jury is clearly tainted.
- [SCOFFS]
- What did I just say, Malone?
Where should I sit,
Your Honor?
I'm from Canada.
I don't know how justice works
here in the States.
Sit right here.
Ms. Slater Dent?
- Yes.
- Have a seat.
You made some very serious
allegations in open court.
What they were doing was wrong
Without revealing
anything specific
to the case that was discussed,
why did you feel coerced?
I never coerced anyone.
I just wanted to go home.
Thank you, Mrs. Gallow.
Slater wasn't convinced
by the prosecutor's evidence.
I can be a dick a
lot of the time, but,
I'm not the one
who used coercion.
What do you mean by that,
Mr. Donnelly?
It was him, the defendant.
My client had no contact
with any of the jurors.
He's been at Rikers.
It was the way
he was looking at her.
Looking at her?
Like he was trying
to seduce her.
[SCOFFS]
[CHUCKLES]
Thank you, Mr. Donnelly.
We'll take it from here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I'm obviously concerned
by what I'm hearing.
I didn't do anything.
My client is entitled
to look at the jury.
Not if he's deliberately
trying to tamper
with a specific juror,
he's not.
Through what exactly?
Hypnosis?
Clearly, there are
indications
this jury may be incapable of
continuing deliberations
in good faith,
but I need to speak to Ms. Dent again,
before my final ruling.
They said guilty.
How can the judge let
them take it back?
It's complicated,
but the verdict
was not entered
into the record.
Because of what
that woman said?
- She's clearly crazy.
- I can't stand this anymore.
- I
- Hey. Maddie, get back here!
Peter, yelling won't work.
She is not a child anymore.
Yeah, well, she's acting like one.
Guys, I think the
best thing to do here
is to take care of your daughter.
What's gonna happen?
The other jurors denied coercion.
One is blaming George.
For playing up to that female juror.
He was staring right at her.
That's what he said.
I did not notice
anything overt.
With him,
it doesn't have to be.
I mean, you're the one
who wrote the BAU profile.
- Messianic nihilist.
- Yes, and we're seeing evidence,
of the messianic part right now.
Ms. Dent, the defendant never
contacted you directly,
text, through an intermediary,
passing a note?
No, absolutely not.
He's been locked up.
It's not unheard of for an inmate
to find a way to send a message.
He didn't contact me.
I just knew.
Knew what, Ms. Dent?
That we were gonna be together,
when he was exonerated.
We have a connection.
♪
So the judge declared a mistrial?
Carisi is back at square one.
I mean, jury selection,
you know, presenting his case.
Hierarchy of headaches.
Captain?
Eileen Flynn is here.
Send her in.
Want an aspirin, Liv?
Extra strength.
Eileen, I'm so sorry.
Okay, I don't think Maddie
can go through this again.
I know that this will be difficult.
No, she's at her breaking point.
A few months ago,
I got knee surgery.
They gave me Oxy.
I got home tonight.
I needed to sleep.
Half the bottle was empty.
- Maddie?
- Yeah.
I confronted her,
and she was high.
And she completely broke down, and
And she
She said that she had
some kind of sexual contact
with George Brouchard.
Did she elaborate?
Because her rape kit was negative.
She said that he kissed her,
and he touched her body, and,
and she's saying
it was all consensual.
Yes, but she may think that,
but it wasn't.
She was 15 and high on fent.
So what he did to her,
he can be charged for this?
You bring Maddie in here tomorrow,
and we're gonna get
her statement on the record.
And then Carisi can go
back to the grand jury,
and we can add charges of sex abuse.
♪
So you're not
giving up on us?
Giving up?
I'm just getting started.
I know I should have
said something before
- in the hospital.
- It's all right, Maddie.
We completely understand.
You'd just been through
a major trauma.
But we do need to make sure
the ADA knows the whole story now.
My parents said I have to tell you.
So what's important, Maddie,
is that this comes from you,
right, what you recall.
Not what your parents
want you to say, okay?
I saw George walk out
of that courtroom.
He didn't even look at me,
like, he had forgotten all about me.
Okay.
All right, so again,
let's just start
from the beginning.
Tell us what happened,
exactly what you remember.
After the van ride,
he brought me to a motel.
There was another girl there.
She's talking about Tanya Garcia.
Motel room in New Jersey, yeah.
This girl didn't seem happy.
What makes you say that?
Did she say something
specific or
George had his hands
all over me.
She was yelling at him.
Tanya's statement never mentioned
Brouchard touching Maddie.
Tanya was high on fentanyl.
So was Maddie.
When's the next time,
you had
physical contact with George?
We were
in another motel room.
He wanted to cut my hair.
I didn't
I didn't want that.
And then what?
He kissed me.
He kissed you how?
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
With his tongue.
It was the first time,
I'd ever done that,
with anyone.
Okay.
And then what happened?
I let him
C-cut my hair.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
He
He even saved some of it.
He put it in that leather pouch,
he wears around his neck.
Inside his shirt.
So you saw him with his shirt off?
Mm.
Yes.
And did he see you with yours off?
He got me ready for bed,
unbuttoned my shirt,
took my bra off
[STAMMERS]
Kissed me good night.
And then what?
What do you want to hear?
I trusted him.
He fed me.
He bathed me the night
before he brought me
to Leonard Fleming.
Dendrophile, the tree guy.
George washed me
Down there.
Why didn't you tell
anyone this before?
I didn't want my parents to know.
It's okay.
[CRIES]
Counselor?
Okay, yeah.
I can supersede the indictment.
I can add Sex Abuse 1.
And then what?
It's not gonna add much
to his sentence.
Kidnapping's the higher charge.
Maddie's gonna have
to testify, though, twice.
Grand jury and at trial.
She's gonna have to explain
why she didn't mention this
in her first disclosure.
In fact, she denied it.
She's a risky witness.
- I can finesse that.
- It's worth the risk
if her testimony
convinces another juror
not to fall for this
guy's fake Jesus act.
Exactly.
So I got a long night
of filing motions ahead of me.
Amanda's gonna kill me.
You'll make it up to her,
smooth it over.
Isn't that one of the
joys of marriage?
Says the two divorced guys
in the room, huh?
We appreciate you meeting
with us, Mr. Carisi.
Well, I'm sure we'd all rather cut
to the proverbial chase here.
We have your client
on multiple charges now.
The grand jury indictment
adding sex abuse?
The girl was lying.
From what I hear,
the grand jury will
indict a ham sandwich.
That's hardly fair.
We have Tanya.
She's all cleaned up.
Memory's getting better every day.
Tanya was what I'd
refer to as a suppressive.
A suppressive?
A person with a set of
negative characteristics
that spread, not unlike
a social contagion,
to other people in her vicinity.
I was trying to cure her of it.
Good to see your months in Rikers
haven't dimmed your grandiosity.
The jury didn't believe her
the first time around.
What makes this time any different?
Because I'm gonna make damn sure
you're not making
puppy dog eyes at this jury.
I'm gonna be all over you.
George,
I think we should consider
the DA's plea offer.
That is why you're here, isn't it?
25 years, both charges.
I'd go on the sex registry.
- No.
- George
No!
It's my life.
And you may be doing
life if this goes to trial.
You're a suppressive too,
aren't you?
Sorry you wasted your time.
Guard!
On the charges of kidnapping
in the first degree
and Sex Abuse 1 of a minor,
how do you plead?
Not guilty.
- People on bail?
- Remand, Your Honor.
My client's not a flight risk.
He's the very
definition of a flight risk.
I would disagree, Your Honor.
I apologize for my client.
No need,
and I'm no longer your client.
Excuse me?
I'll be petitioning
to represent myself, pro se.
I'm firing my current representation.
- On what grounds?
- Incompetence.
My lawyer pissed off
the trial judge.
I no longer have faith in his
judgment or professionalism.
George.
I truly have enjoyed
our time together.
[SCOFFS]
Speak for yourself.
I think I will.
I feel sorry for you, Mr. Carisi.
It is your right to represent
yourself, Mr. Brouchard.
Yes, I'm aware.
I can only hope that
my skillset is worthy
of the New York
sense of jurisprudence.
Mr. Carisi, anything to add?
Nothing whatsoever,
Your Honor.
I admire your sense
of repose, Mr. Carisi.
And thank you, Your Honor.
Oh, don't thank me yet.
We're gonna be here for a long time.
You know what this means for us?
That if we take the
stand, he can ask us
anything he wants.
And you know what?
I can't wait.
Okay.
Thanks for the heads-up.
I am not loving
that look on your face.
The court clerk says
Brouchard just posted bail.
- Oh, my God.
- He's a free man.
A million dollars?
$1 million.
Who did he con
to put up their house?
Whoever his benefactor was,
the Department of
Corrections doesn't care.
Yeah, well, apparently,
neither does the judge.
Guys, guys,
the issue is that he managed to seduce
a female juror from
his cell in Rikers.
Who's gonna stop him now?
Keeping tabs on Brouchard
is beyond my purview.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got to prepare
for a trial, again.
Not to be redundant, I'm
calling you both as witnesses.
Okay, what about
federal charges?
My boss has decided to defer.
They're waiting for
a state conviction.
George is representing
himself, and he made bail?
Eileen, I was about to call you
- and tell you
- Yeah, too late.
I never should have
listened to you.
I should have come
to the arraignment.
We have to let
ADA Carisi do his job.
Okay, so far,
I'm not impressed.
George is out in the world,
free to threaten us.
The judge ordered an
electronic monitoring bracelet.
We are going to keep you
and Maddie safe.
No one can protect her
on the stand or off.
Maddie told me that
that sick bastard
keeps a lock of her hair
in a tiny little leather pouch
around his neck.
He wears it every day
like some sort of love spell.
Okay, can we,
can we just take a beat
here for one second
Why did she cover for him?
She didn't say one word
about him touching her
- at the first trial.
- Well, there's a lot
of reasons why a young girl
would be reluctant
- to tell her whole story.
- [SCOFFS]
Captain Benson.
- Agent Sykes.
- Officer.
- Okay.
- Will you please escort
- this man out of the building?
- Yes, ma'am.
Would you like a ride to your home
or wherever it is
that you're going?
Kind of you, but I'm good.
Always good to see you,
Mrs. Flynn.
All right.
All right.
When does this end?
When he goes to prison.
He is going to be convicted.
Eileen, this is not over.
Who decides that, you or him?
I have to get back to Maddie.
Carisi's right.
That monster needs eyes on him.
Well, you won't get
any objections from me.
Fin.
Okay, you got it, Liv.
Captain needs a detail on Brouchard.
He just left the courthouse.
Can't hobble far with
an ankle bracelet.
Well, she wants to know
who goes to him.
Any communication
with the outside world
witnesses, court officers.
He gave the court a residence address?
Yeah, some motel near the stadium.
I've never been on a stakeout before.
Okay.
Velasco, why don't
you take our IAB queen
and sit on Brouchard's ass 24/7.
It's the captain's words,
not mine.
[KIDS SHOUTING, LAUGHTER]
Get it!
- Yeah!
- Oh, go, go, go!
He got there in time.
[PLAYFUL SHOUTING CONTINUES]
Anything?
Guy's a creep.
Don't need a detective badge
to deduce that.
He's just
Drawing something
and watching the kids.
He needs to be working on his defense.
What would his defense
be against what he did?
What I learned at IAB
These guys usually sit back,
and hope their accusers
can't come through
with their receipts.
What kind of receipts
are we talking about?
Should I ask why you're asking?
Probably not.
Gonna be a long night.
Yep.
How about we take shifts?
You gotta be kidding me.
That belongs on a plane,
not a stakeout.
Man, you don't know
what you're missing.
You can try it when it's my shift.
Okay.
- Go home, Liv.
- Yeah, I wish.
I've been spending
so much time in court,
I haven't had time to do my paperwork.
Paperwork will survive.
Anything from Curry and Velasco?
Brouchard's holed up in a motel.
No visitors, nothing suspicious.
[SIGHS]
This guy and this case,
it seems like it will never end.
You're burning at both ends.
And in the middle.
Mr. Flynn.
Captain.
Is Maddie okay?
It's not Maddie.
It's Eileen.
Okay, why don't we go
speak in my office?
[TENSE MUSIC]
So what's going on?
I have to show you something.
I found some texts.
And from the way it looks,
Eileen may have fallen under
the spell of George Brouchard.
Hold onto this for a sec.
♪
I met George on a train.
- The defendant?
- Mm-hmm.
Can you point him out
to the jury, please?
That's him.
He got me hooked on fent,
- left me to die
- Objection!
Besides being patently untrue,
it's beyond scope, Your Honor.
I'm not being charged with
anything involving Ms. Garcia.
- That can be arranged.
- Sustained.
Jury will disregard.
Ms. Garcia, when did you
first encounter Maddie Flynn?
George brought her to our motel room.
And what was your impression
of her state of mind?
She didn't want to be there.
She was out of it
probably on fent too.
Objection, the witness
is neither a psychologist
nor a pharmacologist.
Sustained.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Eileen.
- I know I haven't called you back.
Yeah, I was worried about you.
Don't be.
Peter and I talked.
I know he came to you.
He's just being paranoid.
So you didn't text with George?
I was trying to get him on my side.
That was a bad idea.
I know that now.
George Brouchard
is not someone
that I recommend toying with.
♪
I appreciate more than I can say
what you've done for me,
and for my family.
That's my job,
and I care about you all.
We're gonna get this bastard.
I was exiting the tunnel,
and I saw George Brouchard,
the defendant, driving a van.
Maddie Flynn was in the front seat.
I didn't realize at the time,
that she was the girl who
had been reported missing.
And how did
the investigation proceed?
SVU and the FBI immediately
formed a task force,
and we got a tip,
saying that Maddie had been
taken across state lines,
by train.
What happened next?
We identified Mr. Brouchard,
we tracked his travel,
and we arrested him.
And then we used
his cell phone data
to identify the man
that he sold Maddie to.
And, fortunately,
we rescued her.
Thank you, Captain Benson.
Captain Benson,
that's your name, isn't it?
Yes, it is.
Cool.
No questions, Your Honor.
♪
After his arrest, in Pittsburgh,
we extradited the
defendant to New York.
He and his lawyer, at the time,
agreed to speak with us,
but he wasn't interested
in cooperation.
What was he interested in?
Goading us.
In my opinion
as an FBI behavioral analyst,
he fits the profile of a
psychopathic personality,
a messianic nihilist.
In layman's terms, please.
You know, he's someone
with a distorted sense
of his own importance.
But, one of the hallmarks
of his psychopathology is
a complete lack of empathy
for the feelings of others.
And what is worse,
he likes to toy with people.
Thank you.
Your witness, Mr. Brouchard.
Agent Sykes,
nice to see you again.
So a messianic nihilist doesn't care
about other people's feelings?
That's reductive, but yes.
A lack of regard for
others' emotions
sound familiar?
I'm talking about
the incident on the train
when you physically attacked me
while I was handcuffed.
Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.
Goes to this witness's bias
against me, Your Honor.
I'll allow.
Did you or did you not
grab me, shake me violently,
while I was powerless?
You weren't powerless.
Yes or no?
Yes.
Did you have any sense
of empathy for the terror
- I felt in that moment?
- Your Honor
Move this along, Mr. Brouchard.
You grabbed me by the shirt,
asked, "Where is she?"
Yes.
You weren't talking about Maddie
in that moment, were you?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
You were talking about
your missing sister,
weren't you?
♪
Can you ask the witness
to answer, Your Honor?
Agent Sykes?
Yes, I was talking about my sister.
I felt sorry for you in that moment.
You had no feelings for me.
♪
So who's the nihilist now,
Shannah?
Objection, Your Honor.
Badgering.
Withdrawn.
Nothing further.
♪
We were in a motel room.
He cut my hair.
He put a lock of it
in the leather medicine pouch
he wears around his neck.
How did that make you feel?
Captured.
Even more than you already were?
I was crying.
What did he do then, Maddie?
He tried to calm me down.
He kissed me,
massaged my back, my
Breasts.
Anything else?
He gave me a bath
Washed me, down there.
Now, Maddie,
you didn't tell the police any of this
after you were rescued.
Why was that?
Uh, I-I'm not sure.
♪
Was it because you were worried
about what your parents would think?
I guess.
Um, I
I don't know.
That's okay, Maddie.
Is everything that you've
said in this court today
true and accurate?
- Yes.
- Okay.
Thank you, Maddie.
That's all I need.
No more questions.
Mr. Brouchard.
I don't want to traumatize
this witness any more
than Mr. Carisi has.
Your Honor, approach.
Mr. Brouchard is completely
out of line right now.
Mr. Brouchard,
just because you're
representing yourself
doesn't mean you're not bound
by professional conduct.
I understand, Your Honor.
You're entitled to a cross,
but, tread carefully.
Step back.
Hello, Maddie.
Hi.
I have a few questions
that may be uncomfortable.
Are you okay with that?
Yes.
When you first spoke
to the police,
you didn't tell them
about the bath, did you?
No.
You didn't mention
a lot of things.
No.
Like how we looked at the stars
out the window of the train?
Your Honor, relevance.
Goes to her inconsistent
prior statements.
I want to give her a chance
to explain to the jury.
I'm going to allow,
but move it along,
Mr. Brouchard.
I just want to know,
if there was a part of
being with me that you liked,
and that's why you didn't tell anyone?
Yes.
There was a part.
What did you like, Maddie?
Objection, Your Honor.
Again, relevance.
I'll allow.
Witness may answer.
Um
The stars?
For six weeks, the stars
were our only constant.
And the bath?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Um
♪
A little?
So it felt good, the bath?
And that's why you didn't tell
the police or your parents,
because they wouldn't understand?
- Your Honor.
- I just want the jury to see
that I am not a monster
because Maddie doesn't
see me as a monster.
I'm going to sustain
the objection.
Jury will disregard.
Nothing further.
Mr. Carisi.
The People rest, Your Honor.
Mr. Brouchard, do you plan
to call any witnesses?
No.
The defense rests, Your Honor.
Then we'll reconvene tomorrow,
for closing arguments.
Look, none of Maddie's cross matters.
She was 15, on drugs,
and incapable of consent.
I never should have put her
on the stand
- Or Sykes.
- Sykes held her own.
You had to make your case, Carisi.
Brouchard just unmade it.
Whether Maddie likes him or not,
is irrelevant to the charge.
It might not be to the jury, Liv.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Velasco.
Captain, we've got a problem.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I'm on my way.
What is it?
Eileen Flynn just showed up
at Brouchard's motel.
♪
- Hold them there.
- Is Eileen all right?
Not sure, but it sounds
like George definitely is not.
Eileen, put the gun down.
Not until I get that
leather pouch around his neck.
Eileen, let's talk about this.
You shut up.
Eileen, what is going on?
I want what he took
from my daughter!
What, her hair?
And what were you planning
to do after, Eileen?
What he did to Tanya.
Put him in a bag,
leave him in a tub,
and make him drink bottled
water tainted with pain meds.
Eileen, you are
clearly traumatized.
I get that.
Stop talking to her.
She's been texting me.
She came to my door.
It's not like
I can't walk away.
I can't go anywhere.
I'd be in violation.
Don't talk to me either.
Eileen, listen to me for one second.
I just want you to listen to me.
No, I'm done talking.
Okay, you and I can
figure this out together.
- I know that we can.
- I'm not letting him go
until I get that lock of hair.
Okay.
I hear you.
I hear you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Okay?
Ben, I would like you
to cuff Mr. Brouchard now.
You're cuffing me?
You're the thief.
You just stole something from me.
She's saving your life, asshole.
♪
And now, Fin,
I want you to leave.
- Liv.
- Just go.
It's okay.
It's okay.
All of you, go.
I got it.
- We'll be right outside.
- Okay, go.
Eileen, come on.
Stop.
Listen to me.
You can put the gun down now.
You don't have to hold it on him.
No, my husband
almost killed himself
because of this monster.
My daughter will never
be the same!
You need to give
your daughter a chance,
and this gives her
no chance, Eileen.
You heard Maddie
on the stand.
She doesn't want to get better.
She wants him, like that juror!
It may seem like that
right now,
but Maddie is young, Eileen.
She has her whole life
in front of her.
He's going to prison.
- You don't know that!
- You know what I know?
I know that if you go through
with what you're threatening,
you'll be the one in prison.
And then he wins.
Yeah, well, he'll be dead.
And haunting your daughter
and your husband
for the rest of their lives.
And they'll have to deal
with all of that
Losing you.
Is that what you want for your family?
I'm no good to them anymore.
Then you need to
learn how to be better.
And you need to learn
how to be stronger.
Because that, is what mothers do.
Okay?
[SOBBING] It's not fair.
I know it's not.
It's the only choice we have.
[SOBBING]
♪
And in conclusion,
members of the jury,
I would remind you that the
People's case needs to be proven
beyond a reasonable doubt,
a standard which ADA
Carisi has failed to meet.
Given that,
it is your sworn obligation
to find me not guilty
On all charges.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the evidence in this
case is overwhelming.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Maddie was 15 years old.
She didn't consent
to being taken from that
store by the defendant.
She certainly didn't
consent to being sold by him.
He gave her drugs,
which made her physically
incapable of consenting
to what the defendant did to her
All of it.
The truth is, the defendant
abused Maddie Flynn
in that van, on that train,
in that motel room,
and he abused her again,
on that stand.
Now, you all heard
the psychological analysis
of his nihilism,
his grandiosity,
but he is the worst predator
I can imagine.
He's a self-pitying coward
who plays the victim.
I'm just asking you
to do what's right here.
Find this coward
guilty on all charges.
♪
- Good work, counselor.
- Whoa, whoa,
are you trying to jinx me
on my second swing
at the plate?
I'm not getting a third, Fin.
- The jury heard you.
- I don't know.
I don't know anything with this guy.
Don't let him get to you,
the way he got to Eileen.
That's easy for you to say,
Detective.
So what's gonna happen
with Eileen?
Since the gun was unloaded,
it's a class A misdemeanor.
The DA's gonna take her
circumstances into consideration.
- Which means?
- No jail time,
possible community service.
- DA could offer a disposition,
- [PHONE CHIMES]
which would mean no criminal record.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Jury's back.
Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
What say you?
On the charge
of kidnapping in the first,
we find the defendant,
George Brouchard,
guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
On the charge of sexual abuse
of a minor in the first,
we find the defendant,
George Bouchard,
guilty.
[CROWD MURMURING]
Mr. Brouchard,
do you want the jury polled?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
No, Your Honor.
The defendant will
be remanded to Rikers
to await sentencing.
Members of the jury,
the State of New York
thanks you for your service.
Eileen, Peter.
- Thank you.
- For everything.
You know, I was wondering
if I could borrow Maddie
for a couple hours.
Are you gonna tell me
where we're going?
You know, I wanted
to introduce you to somebody
that I think, um, might
be able to help you.
I've been to therapy,
to group.
It
It's not working.
This is different.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Dr. Lentz, thank you
so much for meeting us.
Of course.
You must be Maddie?
Hi.
Why don't you come
inside the office with me?
It'll be okay.
No.
I'm gonna be right here
waiting for you,
however long it takes.
♪
You got this.
- Thank you.
- You got this.