.
- In the criminal justice system,
the people are represented
by two separate, yet equally important groups:
the police, who investigate crime,
and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
- I was there when this girl died.
Sirenko put two in her chest right in front of me.
- We were meeting Sirenko's friend.
- [screams] - Ava had been reporting him.
- [grunts] - [groans]
- The old guy starts screaming she was gonna ruin everything.
- Anyone we find in Sirenko's house
we cuff, along with him.
- NYPD!
- That's all the makings of a bomb.
Where you going? - Gonna find the bomb.
- What exactly did the police say to you?
- Stay with me.
- Shut the city down now.
- I got eyes on the device.
- Evacuate. Get out of there right now.
[clamoring]
- You want the gun?
I'll give you a chance like you did my undercover.
[dramatic music]
- We have Sirenko on two counts of murder, pandering,
sex trafficking, and, of course,
the bombing and terrorist charges.
- The evidence is strong?
- Yeah, we recovered a handgun in his car
that was used in both murders.
As for the bombing, police found chemicals and components
in his home, a schematic of the hotel,
not to mention he was apprehended
at the site of the attack.
- OK, good.
The two murders alone should put him behind bars
for the rest of his life.
- You mean five.
- What do you mean five?
- Police just found three bodies in the hotel,
or remnants of the three bodies, anyway.
They were employees-- two men, one woman.
NYPD sent cadaver dogs over there this morning.
- I thought the building was evacuated.
- So did everyone else.
It's awful.
But the other 546 people survived.
It could have been a lot worse.
- OK.
Let's get to work.
- I still don't get it.
Why would Sirenko want to blow up a building
filled with NATO representatives?
- He's from Chechnya, sympathetic to Russia,
just looking to make a statement.
- Well, that's my point.
Since when did drug-dealing, sex-trafficking gangsters
make political statements,
international political statements, at that?
- Well, the evidence is strong.
We know Sirenko killed Ava and Vince,
and we also know he built and planted the bomb.
- But we don't know why?
- Does it matter?
- It could, if we're missing something.
[soft dramatic music]
♪
The man that you and Ava were with on the boat,
the man Ava was recording,
do you have any idea what his name was?
- No.
- Do you happen to remember what he looked like?
- Sort of, he was old.
- What about the way he spoke,
did he have any kind of accent?
- Yeah. - OK.
Was that something you'd ever heard before?
- It was Russian, I think, or Chechnya like--
like all the others.
- Good.
Nicole, is there anything else that you remember
that you think might be helpful?
- Well, he was very neat.
He--he had, um,
darkish, spiky hair.
- Anything else about his appearance,
his clothes, anything unusual?
- Well, he actually-- he--he did show us
this like, metal thing,
like he was from the military or something.
It was shaped like a star.
- That's really helpful, Nicole.
Thank you.
- Four nights ago on the 5th.
I have no idea-- cocktail party, reception,
any kind of event where there was a Russian or Chechen
politician wearing military garb?
Yeah?
OK.
And you're sure that was on the 5th?
OK, great.
Yes, yes, the sooner the better.
Thanks a lot.
Hey, I just spoke with somebody at the State Department.
It turns out there was a reception
at the Russian Embassy on the 5th,
the night before Ava was killed.
- Great. Track down that guest list.
- It's on its way.
- What am I looking at here?
- Name's Daniel Rublev,
"Senior Liaison to the President of Russia."
- What the hell does that mean?
- It means he's friends with Putin.
- State Department said the same exact thing.
He's the man Ava was recording on that boat,
same man who raped and attacked Ava.
- So Rublev was on the boat with the two young girls.
What's that have to do with Sirenko or the murder trial?
- I'm not sure yet.
But Sirenko is a thug, not a terrorist.
He couldn't care less about NATO.
- You think Rublev was calling the shots?
- Yes.
I think he ordered Sirenko to blow up that hotel.
And I also think he's sitting in some lavish townhouse
right now with his feet up sipping some expensive whiskey,
thinking he got away with it.
- Your disdain is well earned, Nolan, but can we prove it?
- Well, like I said on the phone,
we're just looking for some evidence
that links Rublev to Sirenko.
- We got something.
And you might be right, Rublev seems to be the shot caller.
- Hey.
I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am
to hear about your informant.
- Thanks.
Pull up the Andre video.
- Who's Andre?
- Andre Lenkov.
We IDed him as Sirenko's lieutenant,
and he's the idiot playing video games on his phone
right there.
That's Sirenko and Rublev behind Andre.
- They're at a social club Sirenko owns.
We put a wire in there two months ago.
It's on the other side of the room,
that's why we can't hear anything that they're saying.
But five minutes later, Andre and Sirenko
get close enough that we get this.
- This dude Rublev scares me, bro.
- It is what it is.
- Yeah, I guess.
It's just--you seen his eyes?
Cold, it's like he doesn't even see you.
And the dude's best friend is Putin.
Man, I don't want to be messing with any of this.
- This is good.
It proves Sirenko knows Rublev, knows who he is,
knows who his connections are. - Yeah.
- It doesn't necessarily prove that Rublev is the boss,
or that he was connected to any of these crimes.
- OK. So we need more.
- We need Andre.
- Andre. - Who are you?
- Hey, we need to talk.
- Yeah, sure.
But I've got to call my lawyer first, you know,
make an appointment. - OK.
Yeah, yeah, I could do that, or I could just
bust your dumb ass right here right now
in front of all your friends.
What, are you going to do something?
[chuckles] You want to punch me?
[both chuckle]
- Nah. - Nah.
- It's not my style.
- It's not your style, right.
You just like beating up little girls, right,
and then you pimp them out to rich Russian pedophiles.
- [speaks language]
- Yeah?
Tell you what, you either go with us
voluntarily right now--hey--
or I go over in front of your friends
and I tell them I'm a cop,
you and me are friends, and you've been cooperating.
Yeah, right? - You trying to get me killed?
- You know, I'm just telling you the way it is.
Yo, guys--
- All right, all right, let's take a ride.
- Walk that way. - Mm-hmm.
[dramatic music]
♪
- Let's start with Rublev.
Is he your boss?
- Maybe, but I'm not sure.
- What?
- I report to Sirenko.
I got no idea if he answers to Rublev or not.
- OK.
What about the yacht he rents?
Were you on it the morning Ava was murdered?
OK.
You have to talk for this to be worth anything.
- Yes. Yes, I was on the boat.
- Tell me what happened.
Why did Ava run away?
Why did Sirenko chase and kill her?
- Rublev thought she was recording him.
I heard him yelling and screaming, "Give me your phone."
Next thing I know, I see Ava running off the boat.
- Did Rublev tell Sirenko to kill her?
- I don't know.
- What about the bombing? Was that Rublev's idea?
Did he tell Sirenko to do that?
- I don't know.
Look, look, I wasn't in the loop on any of that.
I knew Sirenko was working on something big.
But I just try to mind my own business.
- Hold on, people who mind their own business
don't get good deals, they go to prison
for a very long time.
Now-- - I can't tell you something
I don't know, and I don't know.
- You're under arrest.
- Under arrest for what?
- Accessory to murder, aiding and abetting
an act of terror, sex trafficking--
- Hey, hey, hey, hold on a second.
I didn't say I was done talking.
I did find something.
- What the hell are you talking about?
- I found her phone near the boat.
She must have tossed it when she was running.
- Whose phone?
- Ava.
[tense music]
- You girls will move to Russia some day,
live with me.
- But it's so cold over there, no?
- When it's cold, we're going to go to my house
and serve dinner. - A-ha.
- It's nice and warm, huh?
- So you're rich then?
- Ha, and,
powerful, too, eh? - [chuckles]
Soon, I'll be even more powerful.
- That's so cool. [chuckles]
- The whole world will know how powerful Russia is.
America will realize.
- Why? What are you going to do?
- I can't tell you this,
but it's going to be big.
It's going to be all over the news and the internet.
And it's going to be a very loud boom.
[cackles]
- Yeah, that's--that's so cool.
[chatter and laughter]
- Rublev figured out she was recording him,
went nuts, started attacking her.
- Arrest this son of a bitch.
♪
- [speaking language]
- Daniel Rublev, you're under arrest.
- Hold on. Arrest?
That's ridiculous.
- No, no, no, no.
- Hey, not a decision you want to make.
- Hey, hey, hey, step back.
- All right, all right, all right,
I'll take a ride with you.
- [grunts] - Like I was saying,
Daniel Rublev, you're under arrest.
- You're under arrest, too, now, turn around.
- [speaks language]
- Look, I know you speak English,
so just turn your ugly ass around.
- [speaks language] [spits]
[grunts]
- You know, it's so much easier
if you just do what you're told.
Click him.
- [sighs]
- We're sure we want to try these two together
in the same trial?
- They are equally culpable and despicable,
and part of the same criminal enterprise.
- There's a lot more evidence against Sirenko than Rublev.
But the video on Ava's phone helps a lot,
confirms Rublev was, at a minimum,
aware of the plan to bomb the hotel.
- And that he's a pedophile and a rapist.
- Yeah, that, too.
[laptop chimes]
- Rublev's lawyer just filed a motion to suppress.
- Suppress what?
- Your Honor, there is no one to authenticate the veracity
of the video found on the phone since the person
who recorded that video is dead.
- Right, right, because your client
ordered his henchmen to kill her.
- That's enough, Mr. Price.
- Mr. Braun's argument is ridiculous.
Rule 9 of the New York Rules of Evidence,
it states that the person who records video
is not required to testify... - Yeah, but--
- Meaning that it is up to the jury
to decide if it's authentic.
- But the burden is on prosecution to provide
evidence of authenticity.
And since the people allegedly obtained this phone
from some unknown confidential informant,
whose name they refuse to reveal,
they have failed to meet that burden.
- Mr. Price, are you willing to disclose
your informant's identity and have them testify?
- We can't. We've agreed to keep this person's name
out of the public record.
- Which means there's no way to authenticate the phone
and, therefore, the video.
- Well, if that's the case, and there's no one else
willing to provide context as to where and how this phone
was recovered, it's out.
Motion granted. - Thank you, Your Honor.
- You sure we can't persuade Andre to testify?
We can sweeten the terms of his deal,
downgrade a few of the charges.
- I already tried.
His lawyer laughed at me, literally.
- OK.
But we don't have a lot of evidence against Rublev,
and what we do have is circumstantial--
a few texts, a few emails,
a few wire transfers,
but nothing that directly implicates Rublev
in the bombing or the murders.
- If Andre's out, there is only one other person
who can testify to what Rublev
was actually saying in that video.
- I'll set up a meeting right away.
- We're keeping Nicole at a safe house for now
until the trial is over, until we can locate someone
who's willing to take her in.
- No family?
- Not really, not anybody who's willing to get involved.
She was living with her mother,
and everything seemed to be going fine.
She was in school, she got decent grades.
And then two years ago, her mother died--
COVID, she had a pre-existing lung condition.
So then she went to live with an aunt.
It didn't work out.
Then foster family, and then she decided to run away,
decided that she would be better off on her own
out on the street.
- At 15?
- That's why we need to take care of this girl.
We need to protect her 'cause God knows nobody ever has.
- No, I get that. I do.
- Good. - But right now, we--
we need her to testify.
If there was another way, hey, trust me, I wouldn't be here.
- [sighs]
- Can you arrange a meeting?
- If you can keep her off the stand.
- That's a hard thing to guarantee.
I will try my best.
You have my word.
But I can't make any promises.
- Yeah, got it.
Hey.
Well, sometimes you should let the other guy
come to you instead of always being on the attack.
- No, playing it safe is no fun.
- OK, if you say so.
- Do you want to play?
- No, we actually have to head back to the city.
Captain Benson and the prosecutor
want to talk to you again.
- OK.
Um, can we go to Delphina after, the one on 42nd Street?
- Sure.
- You get your own personal makeup artist,
and you get to try on as many lipsticks and beauty samples
as you want.
It's really cool.
- It sounds amazing.
- I get to play DJ in the car, right?
- That depends.
- Come on, I have to play-- - Well, no more Taylor Swift.
No more Taylor Swift, OK? - Oh, my God, fine.
[gunshots] [both yelp]
- Oh.
- Down, down, down, down.
Get down. Stay down, OK?
Stay down on the ground, you understand me?
[dramatic music]
- [yelps]
♪
- [gasps] - You okay?
No, no, no, no, no.
No, Nicole!
[grunts]
- [grunts]
- No, no, no. Please.
[gunshot] - [yelps]
[tires screeching]
- [shouting]
[tires squealing]
- 10-13, 10-13. Shots fired.
Suspects fleeing northbound in Lancaster Road
in a black Escalade.
Officer down. - [gasps]
- Copy that. - Stay there, sweetie.
Do not move.
- [groaning]
- Hey, it's OK, it's OK. All right, look, look.
You're going to be fine. All right, help is on the way.
Just gotta hang in there. Just hang in there.
- Dawson, how's Amanda?
Tell me. Tell me that she's alive.
- I tried to stop the bleeding,
but she was alive when she left, all right?
The EMTs were working on her, talking to her,
so that's a good sign, right?
- Yeah, that's--that's a very good sign.
That's a very good sign.
Dawson, what happened?
Where were the shooters?
How did they even know that you were here?
- I have no idea, they were just here.
They were sitting in the car, I think, over there.
It was about three, maybe four of them.
I don't know. I heard gunshots.
Amanda grabbed Nicole, pulled her behind the car,
and then I saw Amanda get hit.
And then a shooter ran up on her,
you know, to finish the job.
Then I shot him.
- Okay. Yeah. You did a good thing.
You saved Amanda's life. - I hope so.
- Where's Nicole?
- She's inside.
- You're sure that you're not hurt.
They didn't--they didn't touch you?
- No, no.
I--I stayed--
I hid and I stayed on the ground.
Amanda, she--she pulled me away and she saved me.
- I'm glad she did.
- What happened to her?
Is she--
- She's on the way to the hospital and...
she lost a lot of blood.
So we're going to see.
- This is all my fault.
- No. - If she dies--
- No, Nicole, she's not going to die.
She's not going to die.
And this is not your fault. Whatever happened,
this has nothing to do with you. - No, I screwed up.
- I-- - Nicole--
- I didn't know.
- Don't do that. Don't do that.
- Somebody Snapchatted me this morning--
- Wait, what?
- And I responded.
[dramatic music]
- But I--
I asked you to give me all your devices.
- I know.
I...
[sobbing] I-I kept one.
I'm so sorry.
- It's OK.
It's OK.
Listen to me.
There's a million ways that these people
could have found out where you were staying.
- [sobs]
- She was hiding a cell phone?
- Look, she's a kid.
- Yeah, well, I'm glad she's OK.
- She's fine physically, anyway.
- What about Detective Rollins?
- The doctor said that her surgery went well.
She's in stable condition but...
hoping for the best.
- We can still nail Rublev and Sirenko,
but we need Nicole's help, all right?
She's the only person who-- she can tie Rublev to Sirenko.
- She's been through a lot, and if there's any way
that we can do this without her--
- But there isn't.
We need Nicole's testimony.
- It's too risky.
- We'll protect her.
- Is that a joke? - No.
I know it's a hard thing to promise--
- It's an impossible thing to promise.
- Well, that doesn't mean we just ignore the fact
that she's a witness,
and Rublev and Sirenko are monsters.
They have no boundaries.
They sell young girls, they kill people.
Hell, they blew up a damn building.
They gunned down-- - OK.
Are you kidding me?
I know very well who these people are, trust me.
And I want them just as much as you do.
- Well, then for God's sake,
help me put these two animals in prison
for the rest of their damn lives.
- Did you call my mom's sister?
Her name is Allison.
- We did, but she's...
She's not doing so well right now.
So--
- She said no?
- Yeah.
But we're going to find you someplace to live, Nicole,
someplace safe to live, I promise you that.
But right now,
I need to ask you about the case.
- [softly] Mm-hmm.
- About Sirenko and Rublev.
- [sniffles]
The guys who--
- Yes.
And if you don't want to talk about it,
that is OK with me.
- Mm.
[soft dramatic music]
♪
- [sighs]
Where's Nicole?
- She's in Toronto.
- Excuse me?
- I finally found a relative
that was willing to take her in,
somebody who would help her and care for her.
- What are you saying?
- I'm saying that she's not going to testify.
- You sent her away?
You put her on a plane without consulting me?
- I did what I thought was best for her.
- Even if that means letting Rublev walk free?
- Right now, nothing is more important
than giving this little girl a chance,
of a semblance of a normal happy life.
- [sighs]
- I don't care what Captain Benson thinks.
She doesn't get to play God.
Get a court order and bring this girl back to New York.
- Not that easy, according to our
extradition treaty with Canada, anyway.
If a request for extradition is made under this treaty
for a person under the age of 18,
and it is determined that extradition would disrupt
the social readjustment of that person,
may be recommended that the request for extradition
be withdrawn.
- Still. Worth a shot.
- But to what end?
- Excuse me?
- I think Benson is right.
This girl, Nicole, is-- [sighs]
She's seen too much. She's endured too much.
- We're not social workers.
- Exactly, we're prosecutors.
And our job is to provide
the most compelling evidence possible.
And right now, given what Nicole has been through,
the defense could use all that trauma
to its advantage on cross.
It doesn't matter how composed she is,
the jury will view her as emotionally disturbed
and unreliable.
- So what's your solution?
- We cut a deal with Sirenko.
- What?
He's as big a thug as Rublev.
- But he's less shiny.
The Feds just released a high-profile
political prisoner so we could try Rublev,
meaning Rublev is a higher priority than Sirenko.
- Jack, Sirenko is just as bad.
He murdered that young girl, Ava,
he shot her two times at close range like it was nothing.
- I never said he was a saint, Nolan.
I'm just telling you the way it is.
The mandate is to convict Rublev.
That's what you pushed for.
How you convict him, I don't really care,
that's up to you, but you need to get this done.
- So you want to know about Rublev.
- Correct.
- That's simple.
He provides protection, contacts, and capital.
If I need something, you know, something big, I call him.
You know, in exchange, we pay--
we pay a royalty, 10%.
- So he's your boss?
- Partner.
But I can't really say no to him, you understand.
- I do.
- What about the murder--
first murder, I should say, Ava.
- Look, I feel bad. It's--
- There's no need for any of that, Mr. Sirenko.
- Any of what? - Hollow remorse.
I don't buy it, and it certainly
won't move the needle from a legal perspective.
So do us all a favor, just tell us what happened,
nothing more.
- [chuckles]
Rublev likes to tell these girls
how important he is,
how his friends are very powerful men back in Russia.
So Ava started recording him, you know, with her phone.
But Rublev found out what she was doing.
He starts beating on her.
Now, Ava freaks, was smashing him with a bottle.
She ran off the boat.
- Did you see this?
Are you in the same room as Ava and Rublev?
- No, I was upstairs having a smoke.
Now, when I seen Ava, you know, running down the dock
and still walking towards the bow.
That's when Rublev comes running over
and tells me what happened.
He says, "Ava's got a video.
She's going to the police."
- Did he tell you to kill her?
- Yeah.
He said she knew too much.
And so I--so I shot her.
- What was Rublev bragging about?
Why was he so upset? Why'd he want her dead?
- Because he told her about the bomb.
[chuckles]
But can you believe that?
You know, big-shot Russian politician,
and here he is drinking a mimosa on a Tuesday morning,
you know, bragging to some hooker.
- Don't you dare call that little girl a hooker.
- OK. [chuckles]
Let me try this again.
Now, here he is drinking a mimosa on a Tuesday morning
telling some little girl
'bout how he's going to blow up a building.
No, that's why he wanted her dead.
- If you want the jury to hear any of this,
you'll need to dismiss the murder one
and terrorism charges, and,
take life without parole off the table.
[dramatic music]
♪
- We didn't have a choice.
20 years is still a long time.
- But life is longer.
- World ain't perfect.
Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky
and he'll get stabbed in prison.
I'm not joking.
- Price.
Cosgrove gave me a call,
said that you had cut a deal with Sirenko.
Is that true? - [sighs]
That is correct, yes.
Sirenko is pleading guilty to murder two,
aiding and abetting an act of terror--
- That's a bunch of crap. That's a bunch of crap.
- Yeah, you're right.
But given the complexity of the case--
- Is that what you tell yourself?
You know what you did?
You baited the hook with Sirenko to chase a headline.
- Oh.
- Senior Russian official gets convicted
of murder, domestic terror.
That make you and all the frat boys down in DC
feel all warm and fuzzy?
- Slow down, detective.
You don't know me.
But that doesn't change the reality of the situation,
which is that we're following orders,
you understand that.
Orders that are coming down from the attorney general
of the United States.
- Huh.
Here's the reality.
This case cost me the life of my undercover,
so tell all this to his mother.
His name was Vincent, by the way.
In case you forgot. Vincent.
- I've known Daniel Rublev for six years.
- Was he your boss?
- I guess so.
- What do you mean you guess so?
- I mean, he doesn't do any of the work,
but he still gets a piece of the action,
you know, 10% of the money we bring in.
- How come?
- 'Cause he's Daniel Rublev.
- What's that mean?
- You know, he's got a lot of friends,
powerful friends.
So if I need a, you know, a favor,
you know, protection or a loan,
you know, I go to him.
- Did Daniel Rublev ask you to kill Ava Marchenko?
- Yes.
- Did he ask you to kill Vincent Lowe?
- No, no, that one I did on my own.
- And why's that?
- Because he was a pain in the ass.
He made me nervous.
He asked too many questions.
- That's why you killed him?
- Yeah, yeah, pretty much.
- What about the bombing of the Dunlap Hotel?
Did Rublev order you to do that?
- Yeah.
- Did you have any choice in the matter?
- Well, yeah, I could say yes and live,
or no, and have some Russian assassin
put two shiny ones in the back of my head.
So I say yes.
- Nothing further.
- [sighs]
Mr. Sirenko, you've entered into a cooperation
agreement with the district attorney's office, correct?
- Yes.
- They said that they would reduce your sentence
if you helped convict Mr. Rublev?
- Yeah, something like that.
- So your agenda is to make sure
that Mr. Rublev is convicted.
- My agenda is to make sure I get out of jail before I'm 60.
- But to do that, you've got to deliver for Mr. Price,
and make sure that Mr. Rublev is convicted.
- No, I'm not sure about that.
Nah, he just told me to tell the truth.
- The truth?
Is that possible?
- Excuse me?
- Well, you've been charged with a litany
of heinous crimes--
murder, sex trafficking,
domestic terror.
You're a career criminal.
Today alone, you've admitted to two murders,
and a bombing that killed three more innocent people.
How can anyone possibly believe anything that you say?
[dramatic music]
- You know, just because I kill people
doesn't mean I'm a liar.
- [scoffs] Wow.
You know, that may be the greatest line I've ever heard.
"Just because I've killed people doesn't mean I'm a liar."
♪
Nothing further.
♪
- Rublev is willing to disclose state secrets
in exchange for leniency?
- His lawyer says Rublev is terrified that he'll tell us
everything he knows about the Russian oligarchs,
the Russian president, the way he does business,
his plans to take over Eastern Europe.
- Who cares?
The State Department already knows
how the Russian president does business.
- That might be true,
but we need to run it by the State Department.
- No, we know what they'll want to do, Jack, is cut a deal.
- I think you're right.
- So if we know the answer, why even ask the question?
We can't let the State Department drive the train.
They don't care about victims, about people, about Ava,
about Stabler's CI, who got two bullets in his brain,
three bodies incinerated--
- Don't do that.
Once again, I agree with you, Nolan.
But if you're asking me to bury Rublev's offer
to disclose state secrets, the answer is no.
[tense music]
- I know everything about the man...
The way he thinks,
the way he does business...
the way he kills.
- But before we get into specifics,
we just need to know that you're willing to immunize
Mr. Rublev.
- Immunize?
Are you out of your mind?
He's responsible for four murders.
- He's the single most important witness
in the history of this country.
Russia is this country's greatest fear,
its greatest threat.
And my client sitting right here
knows everything there is to know about it--everything.
And he's willing to share these intimate and haunting details
with the State Department. - Immunity is not an option.
- Then we'll go over your head.
We'll call the Secretary of State.
- Well, call him.
Call the president, too. I don't care.
The DA's office is in charge of this case, not the Feds,
which means right now,
I am the only person that matters, no one else.
And immunity is off the table.
I don't care what he knows.
- Don't go.
Please.
I need your help.
I need you to help my family.
Keep them safe. Please.
♪
- You feel good about yourself?
- Couldn't do it, Sam.
Just couldn't bring myself to roll over for this pig,
regardless of what he knows or claims to know.
- I know, but the State Department
is going to give this bastard whatever he asks for.
- It's our case, not theirs. - For now.
[horn honks]
[gunshots]
- Come on.
[tires squealing]
- Hey! - Come on!
- Right there! Let's go!
- Call 911.
- Jasper has been shot.
- [coughing]
Please. Help.
Help. Please.
Please. [coughs]
- All right, just-- just keep breathing.
Just hang on. Hang on, hang on.
- [wheezing]
- The ambulance will be here soon.
Hey. Hey.
♪
[sirens wailing]
- Daniel Rublev was pronounced dead at 3:42 PM.
The New York Police Department and the FBI
are working together in conjunction with
the Manhattan District Attorney's Office
to investigate this matter.
- Mr. Price, with Rublev dead, what happens to Mark Sirenko?
You cut a deal with him in exchange for his testimony
against Rublev, so now what happens?
- Mr. Sirenko pled guilty to five counts of murder two.
He also informed on his organization.
- So Sirenko still gets to ride the benefit of the plea deal,
even though Rublev was killed, is that what you're saying?
- What I'm saying is,
though this case was highly unusual,
in many respects, and the trial was cut short
due to unforeseen circumstances,
we feel that justice has been served,
that Daniel Rublev, Mark Sirenko,
and all of their accomplices, will be,
or have been punished for their reprehensible--
- Let me see your hands. - Actions.
- Against the wall, now! - Hands up, now.
Hey, ah, it's OK. It's OK, I'm here to help.
I'm here to save you. - [shouts]
[grunting]
♪
[girls shout out]
- 20 years.
- 20 years is a long time.
- Not long enough.
Not for what that man did.
You said he'd pay.
- I'm a cop, not a judge.
- There has to be some way
to punish these people so we feel safe.
- I wish there was, sweetie.
I wish there was.
But there isn't.
It's impossible.
There's no magic wand I can wave or speech I can give.
So we do the things we can do, like rescuing the victims
and helping them feel safe and whole.
It's not always easy or possible, but we try.
And we do our best to arrest the criminals and predators
so they can't hurt anyone else.
But there's still a lot of good in this world,
so we need to focus on that.
Although, simple, priceless moments we seem to overlook,
like right now, you and me having lunch,
or watching the sunset or the view of Manhattan
late at night from the 59th Street Bridge.
[hopeful music]
The world isn't perfect, Lily,
but it's still beautiful.
♪
[wolf howls]