- 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.
[door bell jingles] - Ali, good morning.
- Good morning. - Hey.
What's the slang word today?
- Uh, cheddar. - Cheddar?
You mean cash? - I looked it up.
Apparently, one can also say "bread," "dough," "cabbage."
- Come on, Ali, all this jargon,
you're making me hungry. - Don't worry, Sonny.
I've got your coffee right here, light and sweet,
just how you like it.
- Thank you. - Enjoy.
And everything bagel, buttered on both sides.
- Perfect. You're a lifesaver.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Here you go.
Change for your kid's Little League.
All right, Ali. - Have a good day.
- Thanks a lot. I'll see you tomorrow.
- You got it, man. Adios.
- And so I--oh. - Go ahead.
- Thank you. - Good morning.
- The audacity... [continues chatter]
[phone ringing]
- Benson, please tell me that you're still stuck in traffic.
- Oh, let me guess,
you're late to our meeting with Andrews?
- Rollins had an early briefing at Gracie Mansion.
It's been one calamity after another
getting the kids out the door.
- Yeah, look, I'm just cutting through the park now.
You want me to grab you a coffee?
- No, I already got one.
- All right, I'll see you in five.
- See you soon.
- Ms. Andrews.
- Good morning to you, too, Counselor.
[chuckles] Here, you should sign this,
if there's any ink left. - What? Whose birthday is it?
- Your paralegal, Clancy.
[laughs]
- OK, take my stuff.
I'll meet you upstairs, all right?
- What--where are you going?
- What--I'm gonna go buy some flowers.
Clancy's been my paralegal for a year.
I'm not about to let the opposition outdo me.
I'm just going to the deli real quick.
- What about our meeting?
What do you want me to tell Benson?
- You're a defense attorney.
Why don't you try defending me for a change?
- [sighs] - Two minutes.
I'll be two minutes.
- [sighs]
[door bell jingles] - Hey, Ali, I'm back again.
Listen, do you have any of those, um--
those little cards that you attach to--to bouquets?
Is everything all right?
- [breathing shakily]
- Hey, hey, take it easy. - Get away from the door.
Over here! - All right. All right.
- Just relax, and you'll be fine.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Understood, understood.
- Let's go, sweetheart. - I--
- Keep it moving with the card and the machine and the cash!
- My limit is--
- $300? - Yeah, I mean--
- You kidding me? That's it? - Hey, hey.
- It won't let me take out anymore.
- Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Listen-- - Take it easy, man.
- I'm just reaching for my phone.
Just reaching for my phone, all right?
Here, look. Take it.
Here, you want my watch, too?
[phone ringing] Here you go.
It's yours.
All right, I'm gonna reach for my wallet.
All right? You can have what's inside.
Here, take the cash. Take the cash.
[phone ringing]
- Yo, who keeps calling?
- It's just a friend. I'm not answering.
- The wedding ring.
- The what? - Yo, take it off, man!
[phone ringing]
- OK.
- [whimpers]
- All right. - Hurry up, man. Hurry up.
- All right, all right, all right.
Here you go.
All right. Come on.
- Oh, you guys, this is so sweet.
I needed a new mug.
- Hey, where did you say Carisi went again?
- To get flowers at the deli.
- Clancy, um, what deli does your boss usually go to?
- [whimpers]
- Yo, open it!
Hey, now get out from behind the register.
- All right, all right. - Yo, hurry up, man!
- OK, OK, OK, OK. - Hurry up, Ali.
Over here. Over here,
Come on. Hey.
Hey, listen, you guys know what neighborhood
you're in right now, don't you?
I mean, I don't wanna-- I don't wanna freak you out,
but 1PP, that's One Police Plaza.
That's about two blocks away.
- It's your turn, sweetheart. - You got your money, OK?
Nobody got hurt, so just-- just go. Come on, just go.
- Card in the machine and get some cash.
- [crying] [machine beeping]
It's not working. - Well, try again.
All right, what's the PIN?
- I--I'm not sure it even has--ah!
- Are you wasting my time?
- Hey, take it easy. Hey, look, look, look, look.
Hey, no, no, no, no.
Your friend, he's got-- he's got my wallet.
All right? My bank card is inside.
The PIN is 0188.
0188. - Boyd!
- Help yourself. - [whimpers]
- Help yourself. Take what you can, OK?
And then just be on your way.
- All right. All right, Mr. Businessman.
[machine beeping]
[footsteps thudding]
What the--yo, Boyd!
Yo, I found a safe! - What's in it?
- Uh, payroll, change.
- Open it. - I can't.
It belongs to the owner.
He doesn't trust anyone with the combo.
- Well, then where is he at? - His other deli on Hudson.
- Move it! - Ah! Oh!
- Then I suggest you call him
and tell him to get his ass over here with the combo!
- And tell him what?
- You need change!
[tense music]
[phone ringing]
[keypad beeping]
- Carisi. Hey, it's me.
Where are you?
- Hurry. Thank you.
[phone clacks]
He--Victor is coming. - Good.
Now, how long does that usually take?
- When I tell him we need change here,
10, 15 minutes.
- What? - Stay calm, stay calm.
- You can't keep us here that long!
- Please, please, please. - Hey, it's OK. Listen, listen.
If you're not gonna listen to me about police headquarters
being so close, then at least let the girls go.
All right? They're a liability--
- You got a big mouth!
One more word,
I'll make a second one in the back of your head.
- OK. - Lock the door!
- Over--over here.
♪
- Flip the closed sign! Lock it!
[lock clicks]
We're waiting for Victor.
Get over here.
- OK, OK.
- Operator, this is Captain Benson, Manhattan SVU.
I have a 10-30 on the corner of Madison and James.
Be advised that there is an ADA on site who is a hostage.
[dramatic music]
♪
[sirens wailing]
[police radio chatter]
- Captain Benson.
You the one who called it in? - Yes.
An ADA friend of mine, um, Dominick Carisi,
is the one inside. - Any idea who else is inside?
- No, I don't.
So we need to open a line of communication.
- Deli owner gave me the cell number of the clerk,
some guy named Ali Imran, but he's not picking up.
- Maybe we try Carisi instead.
- Well, I don't think that they know that he's an ADA.
So if we call, then they're going to wonder
where we got the phone number.
- ESU's got a Sting Ray in the back of that vehicle.
- Yeah, it'll rip texts, photos, contacts
right off the phones of everyone inside.
- Did the owner of the deli mention
whether or not they had a landline?
- It's on the deli's website.
- So let's start there, OK? - All right. Yeah.
- In the meantime, I, um-- I need to make a call.
[phone beeps]
[line ringing]
- Just untraceable firepower in the hands of anyone
with access to a 3D printer. [phone buzzing]
Um, it's estimated
there's 393 million registered firearms in the US.
[phone buzzing] Uh--
Excuse me, I-- I have to take this.
Liv?
- Amanda, hey, it's me.
Um, I have some rough news.
So Carisi and I were supposed to meet this morning.
- What happened?
- Well, uh, right now,
it appears that he is, um, being held hostage
in a deli near the courthouse.
From what I can put together, it looks like
he interrupted a robbery in progress.
- But he's OK? - Yeah--
- I need you to tell me that he's OK.
- Yeah, well, we-- we looked at each other
right in the eyes, and I was about to go in,
and he--he saved my life.
So I'm not gonna go home until I do the same thing for him.
So I will send an unmarked car right now for you.
You're at Gracie, right? OK. - Yeah. Yeah.
- You just take a deep breath, and you'll be here soon.
- Captain!
Heard over the radio. - Yeah.
- We--we got a robbery? - It's Carisi.
He's being held hostage at gunpoint inside.
- Anyone else in there? - Oh, we don't know.
We're trying to open up a line of communication.
Rollins is taking FDR,
so call Central and open up a lane.
- Copy. - OK?
- Captain Benson!
We're calling the landline.
- OK, so let's pray that one of them pick it up.
[siren whoops]
Officer Rodriguez.
- Yo, Deonte, this guy sold us out.
- No, no, no. What are you talking about?
- You called the cops on us. - When I was locking the door?
You were watching me the entire time.
- That lady, I saw the way you looked at her.
- Look, I told you. [phone ringing]
There's cops all over the place down here.
There's ten different ways
that they could have figured out what was going on.
All right? But this is where we are right now,
so maybe--maybe you should answer that phone.
- That's not happening. - Come on.
- You keep your hands away from that phone!
- Boyd, Boyd, I think you should answer the phone
because how else are you gonna see what they want?
- Oh, I know what they want.
- Yeah, they wanna put us in jail.
- They're probably just--
they're just trying to open up a line of communication.
- Now, you seem to know a lot about this.
- I'm going to-- I'm gonna pick up.
- I said no! - OK.
- You keep your hands off it. - Please, just pick it up!
- Better yet, let us all go. - Please!
- I'm gonna pick up if you're not--
- Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali!
Please, just let them do it.
Just let them do it. - [crying]
- Let them answer it. - I can't take it.
- Will you shut up? - Look, Boyd.
Why don't we just put them in the walk-in refrigerator?
- And let us all freeze to death?
- No, no, it ain't like that. Look, I used to work at a deli.
Trust me, you'll be fine.
It's only cold enough to keep the Yoo-hoos chilled.
I promise.
- All right, that sounds like a plan.
That seems reasonable. - You stay out of this.
Give me your phones now, both of you.
Come on! - OK, OK.
- Yo, don't move. - Don't worry, don't worry.
I'm staying here.
- Deonte, you watch this guy.
All right, let's go.
- [panting]
Take your hands off me!
- [laughs] - Ugh!
[phone ringing] - So De--Deonte.
That's your name, Deonte? - Yeah, sure.
- All right, look, Deonte, you seem like a reasonable guy,
but your friend is dangerous,
and if you're not careful, he's gonna get us all killed.
- Why do you know so much about cops?
[distant siren wails]
All right. Fine, bitch.
Be like that.
I'll find out for myself.
ADA Dominick Carisi.
- You seem like you've been through the system a few times.
- Once or twice. - Yeah.
I'll tell you what.
Your buddy is sure taking his sweet time
with the girls back there.
Just so you know, if he does anything to them,
you've got accomplice liability.
You know what that is, right? Of course he does.
- Oh, so, what, you're my lawyer now?
- [scoffs] You'd be lucky if I was.
Because if a prosecutor ever faces you in court,
you are gonna be held criminally liable
for whatever he does today. [phone ringing]
- Don't do that, old man! - I'm picking up!
- Ali, Ali, take it easy! Take it easy!
- I grew up in a war zone!
I'm not gonna cower because some child
is pointing a gun at me. - OK, we get it.
[gunshot] - [grunts]
- Ali--why did you do that?
- Shots fired! - Take cover! Stay clear!
Repeat, shots fired!
[sirens wailing]
Keep a wide perimeter!
[phone buzzes] Rollins.
- Yeah, I'm listening to the radio right now.
- We don't know who fired or if anyone was hit,
but we can hear inside.
- You got mics in there already?
- No, the landline.
We called it, somebody picked up,
and now the phone is off the hook.
- And?
- Ali, look at me, look at me. - Hold on.
- Look at me, Ali.
A-Ali.
- [groaning] - You didn't have to do that!
Why did you do that! - [groans]
- He didn't ask for any of this.
He was just trying to finish his shift
so he can get home to his kid. - It's not--it's not Carisi.
It's not Carisi.
He's helping--he's helping the vic who got shot.
- Deonte, phone. - Hold on.
- Can you hear me? - [mumbling]
- OK.
All right.
[phone clatters]
- Landline's dead. - Did you hear that?
I heard "Dee" something. I heard a name. Dee something.
Can your Sting Ray pick up
any of the cell phones in that room?
- Carisi's and Ali Imran's,
along with two recent college grads,
Elizabeth Alden and Tess Milburn.
- So not our perps.
Well, we're not dealing with criminal masterminds here.
- No, but they're smart enough to know
to turn their own cell phones off.
- Liv!
- Amanda. - Oh.
- All right, um-- - What do we have
on these guys? - Captain and Lieutenant,
this is Sergeant Rollins from the Intelligence Unit.
- And full disclosure,
I'm ADA Carisi's wife. - Amanda.
- You really think you should be down here?
- How about we focus on next steps, OK?
- So, can you breach? - Not without further info.
- Well, we could try Carisi's phone
or one of the girls.
- Do you really think that's necessary?
- If we can't breach, we have to hear their demands.
- Chances are they've taken possession
of the victim's phone. - And if they didn't?
- Listen, I'm with Amanda here.
OK? You just heard what happened to that clerk
when he tried to pick up the phone.
So I don't want anymore blood on my hands, do you?
- Captain. - Yes.
- There might be a way to get eyes in the building.
- What is it?
- One of my guys went next door.
He just found a gap around the sleeve
of the deli's exhaust fan. - Yeah.
Is it wide enough to fit a fiber scope in?
- Yes.
- Then we have eyes in that deli.
And we are not calling any of the hostages' phones
until we know who's holding them.
- Can you hear me? - Yeah. Yes, Sonny, I--
- OK. OK, OK, that's good.
Just stay--just stay with me. Stay with me. I got you.
- Yes. - Listen to me.
At some point, they are gonna try to come in here, OK?
- Yeah, yeah. - So what we need is, like,
you know, some kind of plan.
- Yeah, I'm listening. I'm listening.
- Good. Get this guy into the cooler with the girls.
Me and you need to talk. - All right, you're good.
Don't touch me, all right? I am not leaving this man.
If I take pressure off of this wound,
he is going to die, do you understand?
- Drag him in there with you!
- [inhales sharply]
All right, look, Ali.
Ali, I--I have to move you.
- [groaning] - OK? I'm sorry.
But I need you to put pressure on your jacket, OK?
Push down hard.
- Hurry up. - All right? Tight.
All right, just give me a second.
All right, here we go.
[grunting]
All right. One, two, three.
- [groaning]
[both whimper]
♪
- All right, Ali. I got you. I got you.
OK.
No, no, no. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.
I know this is hard, but we've got to try
to stick together right now, OK?
Stay calm.
And we do that, we are all walking out of here alive.
- [gasping]
They killed him. - No, no, no, no, no.
No, they did not. No, they did not.
He's--he's hurt. I'm not gonna lie to you.
But he's--he's alive.
He's alive.
All right, look, we still have some moves ahead of us.
And the people outside do too. - The cops?
You honestly think they give a crap about us?
- God, I hope so because I'm married to one of them.
And another one is a very good friend of mine,
and the one thing that I know about these two women
is they are not going home until we do.
Do you understand? [bell dings]
All right. What--what was that?
What was that?
- My boyfriend just texted me.
- Wait, you can make calls on that thing, too, right?
- Yeah.
- Are you holding up OK? - Yeah.
You've known me 13 years. You know how I am.
- We got that camera up and running.
- In the east facing interior wall of the building next-door.
- What are we looking at? - Some kind of back room.
- The interior doorway leads to some kind of cooler entrance.
- The two perps up front, they look like they're arguing.
Is there any sign of Carisi?
- Captain Benson.
- Wait, so where-- where are they?
- Space isn't that big.
- Coolers like that probably have pretty thick insulation.
I mean, these guys want total control of the deli, right?
- Putting hostages in the cooler
is a pretty good way to accomplish that.
- We're ready for a breach the second you give us
the thumbs up. - But--OK, but hold on.
These guys are armed. They know we're out here.
- They're gonna make it to that cooler
before your guys throw their first flash-bang.
- I came here to deescalate and talk.
We know we have three points of contact in there.
At this juncture, it is irresponsible not to use them.
- We're running out of options.
- Right, and what if they find out
Carisi's connection to the police?
- We use an unknown number.
- No one's going back to jail. - Boyd, look at all this, man.
This is--we was supposed to be in, supposed to be out.
- Dee. - Supposed to get money fast...
- Dee. - And leave, man.
- You gotta chill out.
- You obviously haven't seen outside, Boyd.
- Our phones are buzzing.
Are you getting a call on that thing right now?
- A--an unknown number.
- OK, that's the cops. Answer it.
- How did they get my number? - It's easier than you think.
Just answer it. - I'm too scared.
- Look, I'll answer it. Come over here.
I need your help. I need your help.
- OK. - Come here. Put pressure.
- I'll do it, I'll do it. - Put pressure.
- Oh! - [groans]
- Shh, shh, shh.
Hello? - Carisi, can you talk?
- For now, but look, you need to breach soon.
The clerk has been shot, and he is going to bleed out.
- It's not that simple.
- They're in the front of the store.
- Has anyone else been hurt?
- Rollins, is that-- is that you?
- Yeah, I'm here, Sonny.
- Look, we have one shot.
He's barely responsive. The rest of us are OK.
But he is gonna die if you don't get him
out of here soon. - What are they armed with?
- They have two revolvers. It's barely anything.
What--what the hell is the issue?
- Well, we have eyes inside.
We heard a name, a partial name.
Dee, Dee something.
- Deonte. The name's Deonte.
The other one is Boyd.
All right, check recent prison releases.
We got one male, Black, early 20s,
one male, white, 50s.
He's violent. He's unpredictable.
- Check all prison releases the last few years.
Go. - Got it.
[tense music]
- I wanna text my boyfriend back.
He's worried about me.
- You're not texting your boyfriend. I'm sorry.
- OK, let's go. - Yeah, it'll be fine.
- All right, they're coming back.
[both whimper]
Delete the call history and then hide it.
I got him, I got him, I got him.
- [crying]
[door creaks]
- Deonte and me, we figured out how we're getting out of here.
All of you, out now.
- We've been going through your phone, ADA Carisi.
- All right, Ali, I gotta move you again.
- [groans]
- You really ought to use a different PIN
for your phone and your bank card, Counselor.
- [groans] - OK. OK.
- [groans] - [grunts]
All right, let's go.
- What is going on in there?
- The camera's blocked by the cooler door.
[police radio chatter]
- Ali. Ali, you with me?
- Wa--wa--wa-- - He's--he's asking for water.
Can he get some water, please? - Should we get him some water?
- There's plenty here. Don't look at me.
- All right, go ahead. Go get some.
- No, no, no. Not her. Not her.
Her.
Go get some water, hot stuff. Go ahead.
- Yo, is this your wife?
Nice. - What, you unlocked my phone?
So what-- what are you gonna do now?
You're gonna empty my bank account?
Go ahead. - First things first.
- All right, what are you looking for?
- Any countries that hate America,
at least enough not to send us back to.
- What you're talking about is called extradition.
I--I know about that.
I mean, there's not a lot of countries that do that.
But I can help you with-- - Nobody asked you, smart guy.
- All right, look, so, so far, all I'm getting is,
uh, Russia, uh, Nigeria.
- What about someplace tropical?
- The Solomon Islands.
How about the Solomon Islands? Go ahead, look it up.
- I've had enough of this.
Let's keep pressuring them to talk.
- Hold on. The situation has changed.
- Sting Ray's showing someone using your husband's phone.
- It's in their hand. I'm calling it.
- No, no, no. No, no.
If they wanted to talk to you by now, they would have.
- Look, I know you two have a personal investment.
- It's not about that.
- No? Then break it down for me.
- Look, if this is about rank for you--
I--I don't know-- then, yeah, fine,
I understand why you're so butthurt.
- You think this is about rank? - All right, that's it.
That's it! Sergeant Rollins, take a walk.
- [sighs] - Amanda.
Come on.
- This is not about insubordination.
Her husband is in there.
- Do you think that's an asset or a liability at this point?
- I'm not answering that right now.
- Look, Mack's one of our top negotiators.
Regardless of rank, it's the reason he's here.
His call to make, not mine, not yours,
and sure as hell not the wife of a hostage,
who has no business being down here in the first place.
♪
- All the next moves are yours to make, Lieutenant.
And let's hope that you're as good as she says you are
because if anything
happens to my friend,
we're gonna have a problem.
- Give me the phone.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Counselor's got good taste in places to disappear to.
Check it out. - Yeah.
Looks nice. - OK, Solomon Islands.
So let's--let's--let's talk about the details.
How are--how are you gonna get there?
- No, don't worry about it. We got it all figured out.
- You're gonna tell the cops
to get us a police escort to Teterboro.
- That's a private airport. That's fine.
- And you'll be coming with us.
- What, I'm coming with you on the plane?
- Don't worry, Counselor.
We'll be releasing you as soon as we get there.
- Look, that's not it, but it's just--
[laughs]
Fellas, look, it's-- it's my solemn duty
to advise you that, as a lawyer,
I'm not as valuable a hostage as you think I am.
- Oh, you're getting a text, hot stuff. What?
- [whimpers] - Is that your boyfriend?
Huh? Are you trying to make me jealous or something?
- Mm. - [chuckles]
- Mm.
[sniffles]
- "This is Lieutenant Ford with the NYPD.
Who am I talking to?" - OK, look, it's just procedure.
It's like I-- I told you before, right?
They're not gonna stop reaching out to you
until one of you guys answers. - Boyd.
Why they reaching out to her and not him?
- Hang on.
Hang on. - [gasping]
- Hang on.
Well, let's see here.
- [whimpering] - Oh, no.
Not here.
- [whimpering]
[gasps]
[tense music]
- Uh-oh.
What do we have here?
- [grunts]
- Somebody's been naughty, huh? - [sobs]
- [chuckles]
Fine.
Call them back. Tell them our terms, Counselor.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Where are you going?
- I've been gone a long time, in case you hadn't guessed.
- [crying] - Tess!
- Deonte, you're just gonna let him do this?
- Yo, Boyd, chill!
- Hey, Boyd, Boyd, you gotta focus right now.
- Yo, I wouldn't do that. - Listen, Boyd, Boyd.
All right, you don't have time for this, all right?
We gotta talk about the plan. Think about the plan.
- I am sick and tired of listening to your big mouth!
- [groans]
- Get in there, now! Move it!
- [sobbing]
[door slams, lock clicks]
- I tried to warn you-- - [grunts]
[panting]
You're OK with this, huh?
After what I told you about accomplice liability,
you're OK with that?
- When Boyd starts drinking, he don't listen to nobody.
- I think he stopped breathing.
- What? What? - I think he stopped breathing.
- [grunting]
- I don't know. - [grunting]
Keep the pressure on. Keep the pressure on.
Ali. Oh, Ali, come on.
[dramatic music]
- [shaky breathing]
- Come on, Ali!
Come on.
Ali, come on!
- Counselor.
- Come on, stay with me, Ali! - You're wasting your time.
- [sobbing] I tried, I tried. I'm sorry.
- Come on! - I'm sorry.
♪
- [sobs] Come on, Ali.
[panting]
He's--he's dead.
He's dead.
You killed him, Deonte.
- No, no, no, no, no. I didn't do nothing!
- No, I already told you!
That's not how the courts are gonna see this, Deonte!
- Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hey, where do you think you're going, man?
- I want to wash the blood off of me!
Is that OK?
- What, you're not gonna--
you're not gonna help me move him?
- You can move him yourself.
[somber music]
♪
[sobbing quietly]
- Hey. It's OK.
♪
- I'm s--
I'm sorry I couldn't help your friend.
- I'm sorry I couldn't help yours.
What can we do?
- I'm not an action hero.
I think we've proven that. I'm not even a cop anymore.
- You used to be a cop?
- Yeah, and if I still was, I'd have a gun right now.
- What about the cops outside?
Why isn't SWAT just storming the place?
- No, listen.
Time--time is a tool.
SWAT's not gonna move in here until they have all the facts.
- Well, until then, we stick together.
Right? Like you said.
- Yeah.
We stick together, and we walk out of here alive.
[sighs]
Hey, Deonte.
Look, shouldn't we be giving the cops your demands?
- We'll wait for Boyd to get back.
- Wait for Boyd? Come on. They stopped calling.
That means you might not have much longer.
What was your plan when you came in here this morning?
What were-- what were you thinking?
- To be honest,
not much of one.
I picked up Boyd after he got released.
He wanted to do some drinking, but you need money for that.
Saw this place had an ATM.
Saw the girls, figured they had cards.
It just--
you know, it all kind of got messed up when you walked in.
[sighs] Damn it.
My parole officer is gonna kill me.
Look, we just
all walked in through the wrong door this morning.
- I wanna talk about how we're gonna walk out of it.
How are we gonna do this, Deonte?
- What you said before,
that accomplice liability thing,
is that real?
- Yeah, as soon as the bells on that door jingled,
you were in the commission of a robbery.
And now, Deonte, you're looking at murder in the second,
at least.
And a good prosecutor,
they might be able to make a case
that you assisted in Tess's rape.
- No, no, no, no, but I didn't. - How old are you, son?
- 23. - You need to stop being naive.
You're staring down the barrel at life--
- I'm not going back to jail.
- Well, you might get your wish because your friend
seems more than willing to leave here in a body bag.
Are you?
Look, Deonte, help me, and I will go to bat for you.
OK? I promise.
- You're forgetting one thing, Counselor.
- What? What am I forgetting?
- I've seen everything on your phone.
Yeah, Boyd, too.
- So what? - We know you used to be a cop.
And that lady out there?
The one you looked at through the door this morning?
Yeah, we know she used to be your boss.
- Captain. - You got something?
- Yeah.
This guy looks a lot like the image
you sent us from the camera.
- Deonte Mosley, 23, paroled from Greenhaven
about a year ago. - What was he in for?
- Two years for robbery in the third.
- Model prisoner. No incidents, no gang affils.
- Not a norm for Greenhaven. - Who protected him?
- I'm guessing his cellmate. - Boyd Lynch.
- Paroled just yesterday.
- He went in for rape one, robbery in the first.
- And the guy's a creeper.
He likes to climb in vics' windows while they're sleeping.
- Find anyone and everyone who knows them--
parents, siblings, baby mamas.
- You got it.
[door creaks, slams] - Oh.
Break it up, fellas.
You two are getting awful cozy.
Yo.
What the hell are you two talking about?
- Tess? Oh, Tess.
Tess, it's just me.
It's just me. It's OK. It's just me.
- You don't talk to him.
- Yeah. - You watch him.
- What the hell did you do? - Please, Tess.
- [shuddering] - It's just me.
- I got you. I got you. [fist bangs]
- What did you do to Tess?
- Nothing.
- You're lying.
- You're calling me a liar? Huh.
- It's OK. - You're one to talk.
Your old boss is an NYPD captain,
and you didn't tell us?
I mean, you said it yourself, Counselor.
No one gives a rat's ass about a lawyer,
but an NYPD captain, on the other hand,
just might get us to paradise.
Call her now!
[phone buzzes]
- Liv? Liv? - Carisi?
Carisi, are they ready to talk?
- Yeah.
And they have a short list of demands.
They want a-- a ride to Teterboro.
They want a private flight to the Solomon Islands.
And they wanna-- they wanna exchange you for me.
- We're gonna follow their instructions.
[tense music]
♪
- So first things first, is everyone all right in there?
- One of the girls, Tess,
she's been violated and she needs medical attention,
and Ali's dead.
- I'm sorry, Carisi.
I'm sorry.
So how--how is this gonna go down exactly?
- They want you to get on a plane with them.
- OK, well, before I agree to terms,
I need them to hand over Tess.
- Absolutely understood. - What are they saying?
- They want the girl. They want Tess.
They want her to get medical treatment.
- Put her on speaker. - OK.
- Carisi? - OK. Hey, Ben--
- Carisi, are you still there?
- Yeah, Benson, I-- you're on speaker now, OK?
- Gentlemen, this is Captain Benson.
We want to cooperate, and we want a peaceful resolution.
We just want everyone safe.
Can I ask who I'm speaking with?
- Boyd. - Boyd.
OK, Boyd. Thank you.
- You want one of those girls?
- No, Boyd, I-- I want Tess.
- OK. OK.
So I'm going to send somebody over to the front door
to get her. Is that OK, Boyd?
- OK, wait, no, what do I get in return?
- You get me.
You get me in exchange for Mr. Carisi.
- OK, I wanna see a cab out front.
- That's already in motion.
- And, uh...
- Listen, Boyd, Boyd--
- And I want proof of the flight, too,
before the exchange.
- All right, Boyd. I--I need you to listen to me.
You know, NYPD is a pain in the ass,
and there's a lot of red tape, and I have bosses, too, and I--
I need to-- to run this past them, OK?
- OK, well, then, you can call me back.
- No, no, Boyd, I'm not--
I'm not getting off the phone until you send Tess out.
- You're just stalling for time.
I know-- - Boyd.
I need an act of good faith from you,
and then I will come in.
Is that enough of a guarantee?
Boyd?
- All right.
[phone beeps]
- Wait, Boyd. Boyd, what are you doing?
You heard her. You're not gonna get what
you want until you release Tess. - What happened?
- You heard as much as I did. - He just hung up.
- You can stop drilling, Counselor.
OK? You struck oil.
You, princess.
You're gonna be his meat shield.
- Come on. - You, too, Counselor.
Move it! Let's go.
And you're gonna be mine.
Move it!
- Over here. Right here.
- You stay right there. Right there.
- All right. All right. - OK.
- Hold your fire. Lower your weapons.
- Unlock the door. - OK.
[both shout] - Shut the door, shut the door!
Lock it.
- Hey, honey. Hi.
You're OK.
You're safe now. You're safe now.
- [sobbing] - We got you, OK?
You're safe.
It's OK. It's OK.
- It's OK. Here.
It's OK. It's OK.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. It's OK.
Here, here.
- [screaming]
- It's OK.
- [shrieking, crying]
[screams]
- It's OK.
Sweetie, sweetie.
Sweetie, it's OK.
It's OK.
You're safe now, honey, OK?
We're gonna go get you to the hospital.
All right? - My hand is right here, OK?
- Drive with her. I can't leave.
- [crying]
[distant sirens wailing]
- OK. OK.
- What are you doing?
- They asked for a trade. They're gonna get one.
- No-- Carisi didn't agree to that.
- It's not his call to make.
[phone buzzing]
Boyd.
Boyd, you came through on your promise.
- Yeah. You got proof of our flight?
Out of Teterboro?
- Not yet, but in a few seconds,
you're going to have a police captain as your hostage.
So I think you know that they're gonna come through with it.
- OK, you stay put.
The second the counselor walks out of here, you're coming in.
- I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this.
- I'm calling the shots here.
One way or another... [gun clicks]
We are done with you, Counselor.
Move it. Slowly.
You, Captain! - OK.
- Put your gun on the ground! - OK. OK.
We're all good now.
- Put your gun on the ground. - I'm happy to.
Here's my weapon. OK?
We're all good.
- All right. Lift your pant legs.
- OK. I'm not armed.
I promise you. You see?
- All right, get in here.
You, go home to your cop wife.
- OK. Carisi.
Carisi, come out here.
Carisi, that's an order.
- You're not my boss anymore.
[both grunt]
- Yo, get back! Get back!
[door bell jingles, lock clicks]
[both grunting]
- You're a dead man.
[gunshot] - Hey, yo!
I mean, you gotta think. He's all we have now, man.
- We're dead! Do you realize that?
We're dead.
We are not getting out of here now.
And it's all your fault! - Drop your gun, Boyd!
Drop it!
[tense music]
D-drop it!
- You kidding me? Yo, Dee.
After all I did for you?
- All you did for me?
You just tried to stack a murder case on me--
and a rape!
Hey, Counselor, if I help you now,
what about that accomplice liability thing?
- Yo, what are you talking about?
- Will I do time?
- If you're acting in the defense of others,
then you better believe that that is self-defense.
- No way-- [gunshot]
Ow! - [gasps]
[officers shouting]
- [groaning]
[officers shouting]
- You saw that he-- he was gonna lift it up at me.
T--that's self-defense, right?
- Yeah, you did great. - That's self-defense, right?
- Yeah, you did great. You did good.
Hand me the gun. That's it. That's it.
- That's self-defense... - Hand me your gun.
Hand me your gun. Hand me your gun.
There you go. It's OK.
Get on your knees! Get down, right now!
Get down-- - What?
- And put your hands behind your back!
Or I will shoot you. Do you understand me?
- I--I thought you said you were gonna help me.
- Like you helped Tess? Like you helped Ali?
- No, that's-- [sobs]
Man, you lied to me!
[distant sirens wailing]
- Open the door.
- [shaky breathing]
Oh!
- Take this gun. Take this gun.
- Get up! - [exhales]
- On your feet! Move!
[somber music]
Turn around. You heard him.
- Man, get your hands off me! I didn't do nothing.
- Check him.
- Man, you lied to me.
You said you were gonna help me.
- Clear.
- And now this. - Let's go.
- Be advised, suspect is in custody.
We're bringing him out now.
- Copy that, we have...
♪
- Get you to the hospital, have you checked out.
There you go. OK.
- Hey, hey. Come here.
Hey.
- [sighs]
- I know. I know.
- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
- It's over.
- Thank you, guys.
Get him to the precinct. - Let's go.
[somber music]
♪
- Head.
♪
[car door slams]
- [inhales sharply]
- You OK, Carisi? - Mm.
♪
- Has that kid been-- has he been processed yet?
- He--he's claiming self-defense.
- Self-defense? - Mm.
- For the whole day?
- Look, that's gonna be a tough deal to make.
- Don't worry... - [sighs]
- About that right now, Sonny.
[phone dings and buzzes]
That's my mom. - Mm.
- She's keeping the kids for us tonight, OK?
- What? No. No, no, no.
I wanna see-- I wanna see the kids.
I wanna give them a hug.
Why--why are they sleeping over there?
- I don't think you're ready yet, Dominick.
- What the hell are you talking about?
- Just--just wait until tomorrow.
For me.
[phone buzzing] OK?
Hi, Mom.
- I can't believe I spent the entire day in a deli.
I didn't have a single potato chip.
- Well, you know, you were a little preoccupied.
[soft music]
- Hey, you all right?
- I'm fine.
[clears throat] [sighs]
- You know, you might--
you might wanna just think about talking to someone.
I could connect you with my therapist.
- It's just-- that's not for me.
Thank you, though. Thank you.
I-I'm gonna-- I'll be fine.
- I thought you were fine already.
♪
[distant sirens wailing]
♪
[inaudible speech]
- He's not OK, is he?
- No.
- [sighs]
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
[wolf howls]