1 00:00:03,916 --> 00:00:04,265 . 2 00:00:04,308 --> 00:00:06,006 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:06,049 --> 00:00:07,311 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:07,355 --> 00:00:09,661 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:09,705 --> 00:00:12,099 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:12,142 --> 00:00:13,926 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:15,319 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:15,363 --> 00:00:17,365 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:17,408 --> 00:00:20,107 These are their stories. 10 00:00:20,803 --> 00:00:24,154 - ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 11 00:00:24,198 --> 00:00:26,069 ♪ It's a new life for me, yeah ♪ 12 00:00:26,113 --> 00:00:27,897 - Are they still gonna drop the ball? 13 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:31,248 - Yes, of course. 14 00:00:31,292 --> 00:00:32,641 - If nobody's gonna be here, 15 00:00:32,684 --> 00:00:34,512 then why are they putting those up? 16 00:00:34,556 --> 00:00:37,167 - Oh, just to close it off. 17 00:00:37,211 --> 00:00:38,951 Hey, Noah? 18 00:00:38,995 --> 00:00:40,257 We're gonna watch it on TV 19 00:00:40,301 --> 00:00:42,912 just like any other New Year's. 20 00:00:42,955 --> 00:00:44,174 - No, it's not. 21 00:00:44,218 --> 00:00:46,350 I just want this year to be over. 22 00:00:46,394 --> 00:00:48,483 - ♪ And I'm feeling good 23 00:00:48,526 --> 00:00:49,875 - Everyone does. 24 00:00:49,919 --> 00:00:53,575 ♪ 25 00:00:53,618 --> 00:00:54,750 - ♪ Fish in the sea 26 00:00:54,793 --> 00:00:56,099 - Morning, handsome. 27 00:00:56,143 --> 00:00:58,971 - Good morning. - ♪ You know how I feel 28 00:00:59,015 --> 00:01:01,365 - It's rooibos. Herbal. 29 00:01:01,409 --> 00:01:03,019 - Rooibos? - Mm-hmm. 30 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,847 - Hmm. 31 00:01:04,890 --> 00:01:08,633 - ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 32 00:01:08,677 --> 00:01:12,637 ♪ It's a new life for me 33 00:01:12,681 --> 00:01:14,465 - What? 34 00:01:14,509 --> 00:01:16,076 Do I have something on my face? 35 00:01:16,119 --> 00:01:18,600 - No, you're just beautiful. 36 00:01:18,643 --> 00:01:22,038 ♪ 37 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,258 - ♪ Dragonfly out in the sun 38 00:01:24,301 --> 00:01:26,738 - Black coffee, two sugars and one regular. 39 00:01:26,782 --> 00:01:28,262 Give--give me two bear claws as well, all right? 40 00:01:28,305 --> 00:01:29,654 - Ooh, what are you doing to me? 41 00:01:29,698 --> 00:01:30,960 - You need to eat. - [laughs] 42 00:01:31,003 --> 00:01:32,135 - You got my file? - Yeah. 43 00:01:32,179 --> 00:01:33,963 DD5s for the Berasco case. 44 00:01:34,006 --> 00:01:35,051 - Thank you. 45 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:37,662 Gives me something to do tonight. 46 00:01:37,706 --> 00:01:39,011 - You're not with your family? 47 00:01:39,055 --> 00:01:40,230 - No, they went out to the Poconos. 48 00:01:40,274 --> 00:01:41,579 I got seven arraignments Monday morning and-- 49 00:01:41,623 --> 00:01:44,843 - So you're alone on New Year's? 50 00:01:44,887 --> 00:01:46,149 That's--that's bad luck. 51 00:01:46,193 --> 00:01:47,759 Why don't you... 52 00:01:47,803 --> 00:01:49,674 why don't you come over? 53 00:01:49,718 --> 00:01:51,111 - Nah, I don't want to crash or anything. 54 00:01:51,154 --> 00:01:52,677 - You're not crashing, it's pizza. 55 00:01:52,721 --> 00:01:54,157 And the girls will bang on pots and pans. 56 00:01:54,201 --> 00:01:56,464 We'll all be asleep by 9:30. 57 00:01:56,507 --> 00:01:57,900 - Ah. 58 00:01:57,943 --> 00:01:59,554 Ah, okay. Okay, sold. 59 00:01:59,597 --> 00:02:00,990 - Good. 60 00:02:01,033 --> 00:02:02,948 - ♪ And I'm feeling good 61 00:02:02,992 --> 00:02:04,254 - Whew. 62 00:02:04,298 --> 00:02:06,561 - Too much? - No, it's-- 63 00:02:06,604 --> 00:02:08,128 it's just right. 64 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:09,868 It's--Fin, it's gorgeous. 65 00:02:09,912 --> 00:02:11,479 - What if she says no? 66 00:02:11,522 --> 00:02:13,611 - She's not gonna say no. 67 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:16,223 - An engagement, then what? A wedding? 68 00:02:16,266 --> 00:02:18,007 It all seems so corny to me. 69 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:20,966 - After the year we've had? 70 00:02:21,010 --> 00:02:23,317 Fin, you found love. 71 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,797 Hold onto it tight. 72 00:02:25,841 --> 00:02:28,104 - Thanks. 73 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:30,280 - ♪ And this old world is a new world ♪ 74 00:02:30,324 --> 00:02:33,065 ♪ And a bold world for me 75 00:02:33,109 --> 00:02:36,504 [noisemakers tooting] 76 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,984 - Hello, Officer. 77 00:02:39,028 --> 00:02:40,160 - Not tonight. 78 00:02:40,203 --> 00:02:42,205 For once, I am off duty. 79 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:45,426 - Pizza man's here! 80 00:02:45,469 --> 00:02:49,125 - Uncle Sonny! - [laughs] 81 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:50,387 Hey, Jesse. Where's Billie? 82 00:02:50,431 --> 00:02:52,041 - She's asleep. We're one down here already. 83 00:02:52,084 --> 00:02:52,998 - What? What a lightweight! 84 00:02:53,042 --> 00:02:54,435 I'll tell you what, Jesse. 85 00:02:54,478 --> 00:02:56,176 You and I, we're gonna get this party popping, okay? 86 00:02:56,219 --> 00:02:57,438 [noisemaker toots] 87 00:02:57,481 --> 00:02:58,743 - [laughs] Oh, my God. 88 00:02:58,787 --> 00:03:00,658 - I'm sorry, sorry. - It's okay, it's okay. 89 00:03:00,702 --> 00:03:03,183 - ♪ It's a new life for me 90 00:03:03,226 --> 00:03:05,446 - Happy? - [giggles] 91 00:03:05,489 --> 00:03:07,578 I can stay up till midnight, right? 92 00:03:07,622 --> 00:03:09,624 - I don't know, can you? - [giggles] 93 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:11,365 I'm not tired. 94 00:03:11,408 --> 00:03:13,323 ♪ 95 00:03:13,367 --> 00:03:15,717 [giggles] - Here we go. 96 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,023 - ♪ Dragonfly out in the sun 97 00:03:18,067 --> 00:03:19,808 - Well, this is lovely. 98 00:03:19,851 --> 00:03:20,852 - You like the meal? 99 00:03:20,896 --> 00:03:23,986 - Yeah, I told you, I loved it. 100 00:03:24,029 --> 00:03:25,988 But are you okay? You seem a little anxious. 101 00:03:26,031 --> 00:03:27,032 - I'm okay. I'm cool. 102 00:03:27,076 --> 00:03:28,425 - Yeah? - Yeah. 103 00:03:28,469 --> 00:03:30,732 - 'Cause you know, my father would always say 104 00:03:30,775 --> 00:03:32,647 that New Year's is for amateurs, 105 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:34,214 so, I mean, we can go home. 106 00:03:34,257 --> 00:03:36,259 - No, no. Before that... 107 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:38,174 to us. 108 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:41,046 - ♪ For me 109 00:03:41,090 --> 00:03:43,484 - You know, we were each other's first partner, 110 00:03:43,527 --> 00:03:45,529 and that's a bond. - Mm-hmm. 111 00:03:45,573 --> 00:03:49,707 - Then last year, we found each other again. 112 00:03:49,751 --> 00:03:51,970 I don't ever want to lose you. 113 00:03:52,014 --> 00:03:53,320 ♪ 114 00:03:53,363 --> 00:03:56,279 Phoebe... 115 00:03:56,323 --> 00:03:57,889 I got you something. 116 00:03:57,933 --> 00:03:58,977 [cell phone beeping] 117 00:03:59,021 --> 00:04:00,805 - Oh, sorry. 118 00:04:00,849 --> 00:04:03,460 - ♪ Blossom on the tree 119 00:04:03,504 --> 00:04:05,984 ♪ You know how I feel 120 00:04:06,028 --> 00:04:09,249 ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 121 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:10,554 ♪ It's a new life 122 00:04:10,598 --> 00:04:12,861 [cell phone beeping] 123 00:04:12,904 --> 00:04:14,732 ♪ For me 124 00:04:14,776 --> 00:04:18,606 ♪ And I'm feeling good 125 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:20,912 - [sighs] 126 00:04:20,956 --> 00:04:22,566 ♪ 127 00:04:22,610 --> 00:04:25,439 - ♪ Dragonfly out in the sun 128 00:04:25,482 --> 00:04:28,268 ♪ You know what I mean, don'tcha know? ♪ 129 00:04:28,311 --> 00:04:30,313 [cell phone beeping] 130 00:04:30,357 --> 00:04:31,532 ♪ Butterflies all having fun 131 00:04:31,575 --> 00:04:32,750 - [sighs] One sec. 132 00:04:32,794 --> 00:04:34,448 - Seriously? 133 00:04:34,491 --> 00:04:36,450 - ♪ Sleep in peace 134 00:04:36,493 --> 00:04:39,235 - It's an AMBER Alert. I have to go. 135 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,932 I'm sorry. 136 00:04:40,976 --> 00:04:44,284 - ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 137 00:04:44,327 --> 00:04:46,373 ♪ It's a new life 138 00:04:46,416 --> 00:04:48,244 ♪ For me 139 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:49,898 [cell phone beeping] 140 00:04:49,941 --> 00:04:52,204 [vocalizing] 141 00:04:52,248 --> 00:04:53,858 - What is it? - AMBER Alert. 142 00:04:53,902 --> 00:04:55,382 13-year-old girl taken off the street 143 00:04:55,425 --> 00:04:57,384 a block from Gracie Mansion. 144 00:04:57,427 --> 00:05:01,083 - SVU requested. 145 00:05:01,126 --> 00:05:04,304 So 2021 begins. - ♪ Oh, I'm feeling good 146 00:05:04,347 --> 00:05:07,350 [both sigh] 147 00:05:07,394 --> 00:05:11,746 ♪ 148 00:05:11,789 --> 00:05:14,488 [dramatic music] 149 00:05:14,531 --> 00:05:21,669 ♪ 150 00:05:58,445 --> 00:05:58,619 . 151 00:05:58,662 --> 00:06:00,621 - So much for ringing in the new year. 152 00:06:00,664 --> 00:06:02,144 - Yeah. I can stay; you got kids. 153 00:06:02,187 --> 00:06:04,668 - No, no, it's okay. They're home with Carisi. 154 00:06:05,669 --> 00:06:08,455 He didn't have a place to go. 155 00:06:08,498 --> 00:06:10,674 - Well, the missing girl is Nydia Davis. 156 00:06:10,718 --> 00:06:12,197 - Okay. 157 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:15,070 - Those are her foster parents, Ajay and Rani Sharma. 158 00:06:15,113 --> 00:06:17,333 He's also an ACS supervisor. 159 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,987 - And this is the last place he saw her? 160 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:20,684 - He said they got into a fight; she ran away. 161 00:06:20,728 --> 00:06:22,077 He followed her and saw her get thrown 162 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,123 into a white box truck on that corner. 163 00:06:26,864 --> 00:06:29,127 - You think he went through with it? 164 00:06:29,171 --> 00:06:31,391 - Fin. Phoebe say yes? 165 00:06:31,434 --> 00:06:32,914 - I got saved by the AMBER Alert. 166 00:06:32,957 --> 00:06:34,481 She's home. - Come on, turn around. 167 00:06:34,524 --> 00:06:35,873 Go back. We got this. 168 00:06:35,917 --> 00:06:37,571 - I'm in no rush. 169 00:06:37,614 --> 00:06:40,269 I'm here. What's going on? 170 00:06:40,312 --> 00:06:43,446 - She's a good girl. Just been acting up lately. 171 00:06:43,490 --> 00:06:44,621 Hanging out with a bad crowd. 172 00:06:44,665 --> 00:06:45,883 - What happened tonight? 173 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:48,451 - She wanted to go out. I said no. 174 00:06:48,495 --> 00:06:50,322 She's 13. 175 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:51,846 She ran. 176 00:06:51,889 --> 00:06:54,501 By the time I caught up, I saw two guys 177 00:06:54,544 --> 00:06:55,850 wrestling her into a box truck. 178 00:06:55,893 --> 00:06:58,113 - Did you get a good look at them? 179 00:06:58,156 --> 00:06:59,810 - Latino, hoodies, face masks. 180 00:06:59,854 --> 00:07:01,116 - So, no. 181 00:07:01,159 --> 00:07:03,248 Does this "bad crowd" have names? 182 00:07:03,292 --> 00:07:04,598 - I try to give Nydia her privacy. 183 00:07:04,641 --> 00:07:06,556 - Does she have a cell phone, use social media? 184 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,166 - I took her phone and her computer. 185 00:07:08,210 --> 00:07:10,386 - We'll need to take a look at both of those. 186 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:11,692 - Yeah, of course. 187 00:07:11,735 --> 00:07:13,041 - Are there any other kids in the house 188 00:07:13,084 --> 00:07:14,738 that might know where Nydia was going? 189 00:07:14,782 --> 00:07:16,523 - Our son and daughter were asleep. 190 00:07:16,566 --> 00:07:18,133 We have two other foster daughters, 191 00:07:18,176 --> 00:07:19,264 but I already asked them. 192 00:07:19,308 --> 00:07:20,440 They don't know. 193 00:07:20,483 --> 00:07:22,050 - Is there anyone else in Nydia's life? 194 00:07:22,093 --> 00:07:25,227 - You think someone she knows did this? 195 00:07:25,270 --> 00:07:27,316 [somber music] 196 00:07:27,359 --> 00:07:31,625 Ajay lets Nydia's biological mother have visitation. 197 00:07:31,668 --> 00:07:33,888 She's a junkie. 198 00:07:33,931 --> 00:07:36,238 ♪ 199 00:07:36,281 --> 00:07:38,501 - Captain. 200 00:07:38,545 --> 00:07:39,546 - What are we looking at? 201 00:07:39,589 --> 00:07:40,764 Is this an abduction 202 00:07:40,808 --> 00:07:42,244 or a runaway teen on New Year's Eve? 203 00:07:42,287 --> 00:07:43,506 - We're not sure. 204 00:07:43,550 --> 00:07:45,073 The girl was fighting with her foster parents. 205 00:07:45,116 --> 00:07:46,988 There could be a bad boyfriend in the picture. 206 00:07:47,031 --> 00:07:49,033 - Got it. - Checking partials on plates 207 00:07:49,077 --> 00:07:50,600 and truck rentals. 208 00:07:50,644 --> 00:07:53,516 Nothing on the traffic cams. - 1PP has its eyes on this. 209 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,388 The girl's foster father is high up at ACS. 210 00:07:56,432 --> 00:07:58,565 This happened near Gracie Mansion. 211 00:07:58,608 --> 00:07:59,740 - Rollins and Kat are talking 212 00:07:59,783 --> 00:08:01,916 to the girl's birth mother right now. 213 00:08:01,959 --> 00:08:05,180 Lulu Davis, record for possession and prostitution. 214 00:08:07,182 --> 00:08:08,705 - Phoebe? 215 00:08:08,749 --> 00:08:10,968 - Ten, nine, eight, seven... - Happy New Year. 216 00:08:11,012 --> 00:08:12,666 - Yeah, literally. 217 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:13,928 - Six, five... 218 00:08:13,971 --> 00:08:14,972 - What, did you come here to give me a kiss 219 00:08:15,016 --> 00:08:16,757 at midnight? - Yes, of course. 220 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,542 Also... - Two, one, Happy New Year! 221 00:08:19,586 --> 00:08:20,630 - Happy New Year! 222 00:08:20,674 --> 00:08:21,762 [party horn blares] 223 00:08:21,805 --> 00:08:23,328 - Also, the AMBER Alert girl. 224 00:08:23,372 --> 00:08:24,765 Turns out I arrested her mom 225 00:08:24,808 --> 00:08:26,680 and her mom's pimp, Chili Chacon. 226 00:08:26,723 --> 00:08:28,725 He runs his girls out of a white box truck. 227 00:08:28,769 --> 00:08:30,074 - She was reported taken 228 00:08:30,118 --> 00:08:32,207 by two male Latinos in a box truck. 229 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:34,818 - I'll run Chili's plates. 230 00:08:34,862 --> 00:08:36,951 - I hate to say it, but you can make a lot of money 231 00:08:36,994 --> 00:08:39,910 running a 13-year-old girl on New Year's Eve. 232 00:08:41,042 --> 00:08:43,784 - Chili? I haven't seen him in weeks. 233 00:08:43,827 --> 00:08:45,612 And I'd never let him pimp my daughter out. 234 00:08:45,655 --> 00:08:47,744 - Nydia was last seen being dragged into a truck 235 00:08:47,788 --> 00:08:49,311 that matches Chili's. 236 00:08:49,354 --> 00:08:53,271 - That curry-breath ACS idiot told you that? 237 00:08:53,315 --> 00:08:55,230 She ran away on him. 238 00:08:55,273 --> 00:08:56,710 I never lost her. 239 00:08:56,753 --> 00:08:58,494 - You lost custody. 240 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:00,148 Drugs, prostitution. 241 00:09:00,191 --> 00:09:01,628 - I needed money. 242 00:09:01,671 --> 00:09:05,501 My husband ditched us. 243 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:08,504 I'm clean now, working my program. 244 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,984 - You don't look it. 245 00:09:10,027 --> 00:09:11,986 - [scoffs] 246 00:09:12,029 --> 00:09:14,466 Come on, girl. It's New Year's Eve. 247 00:09:14,510 --> 00:09:16,730 - Yeah, Nydia's out there, so either you spend the night 248 00:09:16,773 --> 00:09:20,516 jonesing in a holding cell, or you text Chili. 249 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,171 [hip-hop music playing] 250 00:09:25,739 --> 00:09:28,089 - Forty per shorty. 251 00:09:43,495 --> 00:09:44,845 - What's the deal, player? 252 00:09:44,888 --> 00:09:47,456 - Forty per shorty, 15 minutes. 253 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:49,763 - How about 15 years, Chili? 254 00:09:49,806 --> 00:09:51,634 - Not you again. - Where's Nydia? 255 00:09:51,678 --> 00:09:53,244 Am I gonna find her back there, Chili? 256 00:09:53,288 --> 00:09:54,681 - Lulu's brat? 257 00:09:54,724 --> 00:09:56,378 [scoffs] I don't run kids, baba. 258 00:09:56,421 --> 00:09:58,641 - Witness saw her snatched into a white box truck. 259 00:09:58,685 --> 00:10:00,121 Get out. - Not me! 260 00:10:00,164 --> 00:10:02,645 Ask my girls--I've been at this hot spot all night! 261 00:10:02,689 --> 00:10:04,734 - Come on. 262 00:10:04,778 --> 00:10:06,127 [tense music] 263 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:08,216 - Everybody out. 264 00:10:08,259 --> 00:10:10,131 ♪ 265 00:10:10,174 --> 00:10:13,090 - My truck might have rocked, but it never rolled, baba. 266 00:10:13,134 --> 00:10:14,222 - Party's over, Chili. 267 00:10:14,265 --> 00:10:15,571 [cell phone ringing] 268 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,399 - Nydia's not here. 269 00:10:17,442 --> 00:10:18,705 They say they haven't seen her. 270 00:10:18,748 --> 00:10:20,576 - They might be telling the truth. 271 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,360 A girl matching her description was found 272 00:10:22,404 --> 00:10:25,407 bleeding out off York Avenue. 273 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:28,410 ♪ 274 00:10:28,453 --> 00:10:29,759 - No ID. 275 00:10:29,803 --> 00:10:32,240 She was unconscious by an ambulance bay. 276 00:10:32,283 --> 00:10:35,417 One of the orderlies realized she matched the AMBER Alert. 277 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:37,854 - But what happened to her? - She was hemorrhaging. 278 00:10:37,898 --> 00:10:40,422 Her tox screen shows misoprostol and mifepristone. 279 00:10:40,465 --> 00:10:43,164 - The abortion pill. - We had to do a D&C. 280 00:10:43,207 --> 00:10:45,645 She was at least eight weeks along. 281 00:10:47,037 --> 00:10:49,823 - They told me I lost the baby. - We are so sorry. 282 00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:52,086 - I just wanted to be a mom. 283 00:10:52,129 --> 00:10:54,915 - But you took the medication to end the pregnancy. 284 00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:57,831 - What? No, I would never. 285 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,922 - Nydia, how did you get to the hospital? 286 00:11:01,965 --> 00:11:04,794 - Didn't Ajay tell you? 287 00:11:04,838 --> 00:11:05,969 Is he here? 288 00:11:06,013 --> 00:11:08,319 - He's on his way, he-- 289 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:09,973 Ajay reported you missing. 290 00:11:10,017 --> 00:11:13,020 He was very, very worried about you. 291 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,459 - What? 292 00:11:17,502 --> 00:11:20,462 Didn't he bring me here? 293 00:11:20,505 --> 00:11:22,072 - Okay, so... 294 00:11:22,116 --> 00:11:23,291 Nydia, why don't you tell me 295 00:11:23,334 --> 00:11:25,772 the last thing that you remember. 296 00:11:28,992 --> 00:11:32,082 - I was...bleeding. 297 00:11:32,126 --> 00:11:34,171 - Okay. 298 00:11:34,215 --> 00:11:36,957 - Ajay said he'd take me to a hospital. 299 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,743 - 'Cause EMTs, they brought you here. 300 00:11:40,787 --> 00:11:44,486 And they found you unconscious on a sidewalk. 301 00:11:44,529 --> 00:11:45,748 - No. 302 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:47,489 No, Ajay carried me to his car. 303 00:11:47,532 --> 00:11:51,101 - Nydia, did Ajay know that you were pregnant? 304 00:11:51,145 --> 00:11:53,930 - Yeah. He didn't tell you that? 305 00:11:53,974 --> 00:11:56,803 - No, he told us that you ran away-- 306 00:11:56,846 --> 00:11:58,674 that he saw you being kidnapped. 307 00:11:58,718 --> 00:12:02,547 - Why would he say that? 308 00:12:02,591 --> 00:12:05,463 - Do you have a boyfriend? 309 00:12:05,507 --> 00:12:07,074 Hmm, Chili? 310 00:12:07,117 --> 00:12:09,511 - [laughs] What? 311 00:12:09,554 --> 00:12:12,819 No. No, Chili's a pimp. 312 00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:15,343 You think I'm like my mom? That's disgusting. 313 00:12:15,386 --> 00:12:17,301 - Okay. 314 00:12:17,345 --> 00:12:20,652 - I'm in love... 315 00:12:20,696 --> 00:12:22,872 with Ajay. 316 00:12:22,916 --> 00:12:24,656 ♪ 317 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:28,051 Just ask him. 318 00:12:35,450 --> 00:12:35,667 . 319 00:12:35,711 --> 00:12:37,931 - Thank God you guys found Nydia, 320 00:12:37,974 --> 00:12:39,628 but I don't understand why Rani and I can't see her. 321 00:12:39,671 --> 00:12:41,151 She must be so traumatized. - Soon. 322 00:12:41,195 --> 00:12:42,805 But while we're waiting... 323 00:12:42,849 --> 00:12:44,154 some of what she's telling us 324 00:12:44,198 --> 00:12:46,417 doesn't track with what you told the police. 325 00:12:48,593 --> 00:12:50,813 - Now that she's okay, I can tell you the truth. 326 00:12:50,857 --> 00:12:52,162 - Which is? 327 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:55,513 - She ran away on New Year's Eve. 328 00:12:55,557 --> 00:12:56,993 I thought if I didn't say she had been kidnapped, 329 00:12:57,037 --> 00:12:58,342 no one would look for her. 330 00:12:58,386 --> 00:12:59,822 - That makes sense. 331 00:12:59,866 --> 00:13:02,085 The problem is she said she passed out at home 332 00:13:02,129 --> 00:13:03,826 and you were gonna drive her to the hospital. 333 00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:05,088 - What? No. 334 00:13:05,132 --> 00:13:06,655 She's confused. 335 00:13:06,698 --> 00:13:09,701 - That's what we think, but this is some shocking news. 336 00:13:09,745 --> 00:13:12,095 She's pregnant. 337 00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:14,228 - Oh, my God. 338 00:13:14,271 --> 00:13:16,143 Well, that would explain why she's been acting out. 339 00:13:16,186 --> 00:13:17,492 - Hmm. 340 00:13:17,535 --> 00:13:19,233 - Do you have any idea who the father could be? 341 00:13:19,276 --> 00:13:20,538 - No, what'd she say? 342 00:13:20,582 --> 00:13:22,976 - Well, actually, for whatever it's worth, 343 00:13:23,019 --> 00:13:24,064 she says it's you. 344 00:13:24,107 --> 00:13:26,066 - [laughs] 345 00:13:28,503 --> 00:13:30,548 Okay, we all know what this is. 346 00:13:30,592 --> 00:13:32,376 She has a boyfriend. She's protecting him. 347 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:34,770 She's angry with us for being strict. 348 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,077 I-I've seen this a lot in foster care. 349 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,295 I need to talk to her. 350 00:13:38,339 --> 00:13:40,950 - That's not gonna happen right now. 351 00:13:40,994 --> 00:13:42,212 - Of course, you have an allegation. 352 00:13:42,256 --> 00:13:43,779 You have to do due diligence. 353 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,302 - We do. And for starters, 354 00:13:45,346 --> 00:13:47,870 if we want to exclude you, we need to search your car. 355 00:13:47,914 --> 00:13:49,567 We need a DNA sample from you. 356 00:13:49,611 --> 00:13:52,179 - Believe me, I appreciate that you need to investigate, 357 00:13:52,222 --> 00:13:53,658 but an accusation like this, 358 00:13:53,702 --> 00:13:56,661 my whole career could be ruined. 359 00:13:56,705 --> 00:13:58,185 And I got four other kids at home. 360 00:13:58,228 --> 00:13:59,664 - I get it. 361 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:02,624 I got two teenage daughters of my own. 362 00:14:04,582 --> 00:14:07,890 But you're innocent, right? 363 00:14:07,934 --> 00:14:10,850 So why not just clear this up? 364 00:14:10,893 --> 00:14:14,201 - To be safe, let me talk to my supervisor first. 365 00:14:14,244 --> 00:14:15,637 - Okay. 366 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:17,726 - And maybe a lawyer. - Of course. 367 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:20,598 - He's right. 368 00:14:20,642 --> 00:14:22,470 Troubled teens can blame their guardians. 369 00:14:22,513 --> 00:14:23,906 Any priors? - No. 370 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:25,429 Twenty years at ACS. 371 00:14:25,473 --> 00:14:27,954 Ajay and his wife have personally fostered 372 00:14:27,997 --> 00:14:29,216 dozens of girls. 373 00:14:29,259 --> 00:14:31,087 The supervisor called me back immediately 374 00:14:31,131 --> 00:14:32,654 on New Year's Day to tell me 375 00:14:32,697 --> 00:14:35,396 that Nydia had caused trouble in former foster homes 376 00:14:35,439 --> 00:14:37,441 and that he has never, ever gotten 377 00:14:37,485 --> 00:14:38,747 a complaint against Ajay. 378 00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:40,836 - Well, somebody got this girl pregnant. 379 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,316 Who else is in the house? 380 00:14:42,359 --> 00:14:44,274 - The Sharmas have 10-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, 381 00:14:44,318 --> 00:14:46,842 and two other pre-teen foster girls. 382 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:48,496 - Can we try for fetal DNA? 383 00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:51,455 - We can, but it's a very complicated process 384 00:14:51,499 --> 00:14:53,022 and it doesn't always work. 385 00:14:53,066 --> 00:14:54,894 - Nydia denied taking abortion drugs? 386 00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:58,549 - Nydia said that she wanted to keep the baby. 387 00:14:58,593 --> 00:15:00,464 Look, it is possible that somebody 388 00:15:00,508 --> 00:15:02,684 slipped her these drugs without her knowledge. 389 00:15:02,727 --> 00:15:04,425 - Yeah, easy enough to get online. 390 00:15:04,468 --> 00:15:06,644 I'll start with a warrant for her computer and his. 391 00:15:06,688 --> 00:15:08,298 - Is there anyone in Nydia's life 392 00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:09,517 she might have confided in? 393 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,432 - Well, the mother has her own problems, 394 00:15:11,475 --> 00:15:14,000 but we did get Nydia's cell phone records. 395 00:15:14,043 --> 00:15:15,653 The dad texts her every day. 396 00:15:15,697 --> 00:15:16,959 - The father's still in the picture? 397 00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:19,875 - Mm-hmm. - Where is he? 398 00:15:22,138 --> 00:15:24,010 - My ex says Nydia's in the hospital. 399 00:15:24,053 --> 00:15:25,402 She's not returning my texts. 400 00:15:25,446 --> 00:15:27,752 Is she okay? - She's being taken care of. 401 00:15:27,796 --> 00:15:29,580 - Good. 402 00:15:29,624 --> 00:15:31,626 Old Lulu likes to push my buttons. 403 00:15:31,669 --> 00:15:34,498 - Mr. Davis, do you know if Nydia has a boyfriend? 404 00:15:34,542 --> 00:15:36,109 - What? No. 405 00:15:36,152 --> 00:15:37,545 She's 13. 406 00:15:37,588 --> 00:15:40,417 Besides, she'd tell me. We text every day. 407 00:15:40,461 --> 00:15:42,637 Listen, I love my daughter. 408 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,944 It killed me to lose custody, but... 409 00:15:44,987 --> 00:15:46,380 it had to be. 410 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:49,209 - Her foster parents, how well do you know them? 411 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:50,819 - I only met the father. 412 00:15:50,862 --> 00:15:53,387 He brought Nydia in here a few times. 413 00:15:53,430 --> 00:15:55,128 Showed respect. 414 00:15:55,171 --> 00:15:56,390 - She ever talk to you about him? 415 00:15:56,433 --> 00:15:57,695 Any problems? 416 00:15:57,739 --> 00:16:00,916 - No, typical teenage girl stuff like... 417 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,831 he wouldn't let her use the phone at night. 418 00:16:02,874 --> 00:16:04,267 He seemed very protective of her. 419 00:16:04,311 --> 00:16:06,530 - Protective how? 420 00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:08,010 - Well, he always had his arm around her 421 00:16:08,054 --> 00:16:10,012 like he was shielding her or something. 422 00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:11,187 I guess it can be tough to take 423 00:16:11,231 --> 00:16:12,928 if you're not used to a place like this. 424 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,582 - Yeah. 425 00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:16,366 Did you get much of a chance to speak with Nydia 426 00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:18,368 away from Ajay? 427 00:16:18,412 --> 00:16:21,545 - No, but she seemed happy. 428 00:16:21,589 --> 00:16:23,939 Before the Sharmas, she was in a group home. 429 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:26,246 You know, between Nydia's mother and the drugs, 430 00:16:26,289 --> 00:16:30,076 and, you know, my chair... 431 00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:31,642 it's all my fault. 432 00:16:31,686 --> 00:16:34,036 - Never apologize for wearing the cloth, soldier. 433 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,038 - Yeah. 434 00:16:36,082 --> 00:16:38,475 I lost a lot of good friends. 435 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:41,739 Lost my wife, my leg... 436 00:16:41,783 --> 00:16:43,480 maybe my mind. 437 00:16:43,524 --> 00:16:46,788 But the worst part was losing my kid. 438 00:16:48,703 --> 00:16:50,096 Once I get out of here, I'm gonna make a home 439 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:51,575 for Nydia and me. 440 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:54,317 And be a real dad, you know? - Hey. 441 00:16:54,361 --> 00:16:57,407 From one Airborne Ranger to another... 442 00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:58,930 call me if you need some company 443 00:16:58,974 --> 00:17:01,368 when you want to go visit your daughter. 444 00:17:01,411 --> 00:17:04,414 [soft dramatic music] 445 00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:05,937 - Hey, any luck with the girl's father? 446 00:17:05,981 --> 00:17:06,895 - He loves his daughter, 447 00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:08,201 but if there's something going on 448 00:17:08,244 --> 00:17:10,507 between her and Sharma, he's not seeing it. 449 00:17:10,551 --> 00:17:12,509 - Nydia is sticking to her story 450 00:17:12,553 --> 00:17:14,729 and I talked to the girls in the house, the wife. 451 00:17:14,772 --> 00:17:16,383 They all blame Nydia for acting out, 452 00:17:16,426 --> 00:17:18,080 see Ajay as a saint. 453 00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:20,648 - Which could be true, or he's an experienced groomer. 454 00:17:20,691 --> 00:17:22,432 - Well, that's what I think, but... 455 00:17:22,476 --> 00:17:25,218 still don't have enough to arrest. 456 00:17:25,261 --> 00:17:26,480 - Taru went through Ajay's computer. 457 00:17:26,523 --> 00:17:27,959 He tried to delete his history, 458 00:17:28,003 --> 00:17:30,310 but they were able to recover recent searches for... 459 00:17:30,353 --> 00:17:31,615 New York State abortion clinics, 460 00:17:31,659 --> 00:17:36,055 RU-486, misoprostol, and mifepristone. 461 00:17:36,098 --> 00:17:38,492 - So he slipped her the abortion drugs. 462 00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:40,798 - Nydia told me he made her smoothies. 463 00:17:40,842 --> 00:17:43,975 - Call Carisi. Get a warrant for that blender. 464 00:17:44,019 --> 00:17:45,151 Pick up Ajay. 465 00:17:45,194 --> 00:17:48,545 - Nydia's father... 466 00:17:48,589 --> 00:17:50,547 I have to tell him. 467 00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:04,822 - Mickey, are you sure you want to be here? 468 00:18:04,866 --> 00:18:07,129 - I want to look that son of a bitch in the eye. 469 00:18:07,173 --> 00:18:08,304 Let him know I know. 470 00:18:08,348 --> 00:18:10,089 - Mr. Sharma... 471 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:12,134 on the charge of rape in the second, 472 00:18:12,178 --> 00:18:13,614 rape in the third, 473 00:18:13,657 --> 00:18:15,920 first degree reckless endangerment, 474 00:18:15,964 --> 00:18:17,879 and official misconduct, 475 00:18:17,922 --> 00:18:18,793 how do you plead? 476 00:18:18,836 --> 00:18:20,316 - My client pleads not guilty. 477 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,578 - People on bail? 478 00:18:21,622 --> 00:18:22,884 - This is a heinous crime, Your Honor. 479 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:24,581 There are other children in the defendant's home. 480 00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:26,627 Request remand. - Your Honor, my client 481 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:29,195 is a respected civil servant with no priors. 482 00:18:29,238 --> 00:18:31,240 - I don't want to hear it. I'm granting remand. 483 00:18:31,284 --> 00:18:33,024 Bailiffs? COs will arrange 484 00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:35,679 individual protective transport to Rikers. 485 00:18:35,723 --> 00:18:38,726 I put my faith in the DOC thereafter. 486 00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:42,338 - That's it? - For now. 487 00:18:42,382 --> 00:18:45,341 Want me to take you back to the VA? 488 00:18:45,385 --> 00:18:46,690 - Let me get a smoke first. 489 00:18:46,734 --> 00:18:49,519 [soft tense music] 490 00:18:49,563 --> 00:18:54,350 ♪ 491 00:18:54,394 --> 00:18:56,091 - Mickey! 492 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,179 There you are. 493 00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,094 Right across the street. 494 00:19:00,791 --> 00:19:03,490 Mickey? 495 00:19:03,533 --> 00:19:06,057 - Reporter told me he's coming out this way. 496 00:19:06,101 --> 00:19:07,450 He didn't look at me at the arraignment. 497 00:19:07,494 --> 00:19:09,887 That's all I want. 498 00:19:09,931 --> 00:19:15,937 ♪ 499 00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:19,070 [cell phone rings] 500 00:19:19,114 --> 00:19:20,637 - Captain? 501 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:24,032 - Ajay! 502 00:19:24,075 --> 00:19:25,468 [gunshots] 503 00:19:25,512 --> 00:19:28,210 - No, no, no! 504 00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:29,646 The hell did you do? 505 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:30,734 - Mickey Davis, Specialist. 506 00:19:30,778 --> 00:19:32,997 173rd Airborne Rangers, The Herd. 507 00:19:33,041 --> 00:19:35,565 Last four: Zero, six, four, seven. 508 00:19:35,609 --> 00:19:37,654 - Oh, my God. 509 00:19:37,698 --> 00:19:42,006 ♪ 510 00:19:45,532 --> 00:19:45,923 . 511 00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:48,099 - Consulting with the Innocence Project, 512 00:19:48,143 --> 00:19:49,318 defending voting rights on the ground. 513 00:19:49,362 --> 00:19:50,972 I've barely slept since the election ended. 514 00:19:51,015 --> 00:19:52,147 - Liv said once everything cleared up, 515 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,627 you might consider doing defense work. 516 00:19:53,670 --> 00:19:54,976 - Your case or hers? 517 00:19:55,019 --> 00:19:56,238 You're both getting sued. 518 00:19:56,282 --> 00:19:58,022 - [scoffs] - The city settled one of mine. 519 00:19:58,066 --> 00:19:59,546 Liv's still waiting on her day in the barrel, 520 00:19:59,589 --> 00:20:00,982 but that's not why we're here. 521 00:20:01,025 --> 00:20:02,331 - It should be. Sorry. 522 00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:03,376 - Anyway... 523 00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:06,466 Hypothetically, if we... 524 00:20:06,509 --> 00:20:08,642 arrested a defendant 525 00:20:08,685 --> 00:20:09,991 who was not innocent-- 526 00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:12,820 - Decorated vet. Six tours in Afghanistan. 527 00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:16,258 Comes home to find his daughter raped by her foster father. 528 00:20:16,302 --> 00:20:17,999 - And he shoots the guy point-blank range three times? 529 00:20:18,042 --> 00:20:19,696 Hypothetically. - So you're all caught up. 530 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:21,045 - All right, hold on. 531 00:20:21,089 --> 00:20:22,656 Carisi asked you to intervene on Davis' behalf? 532 00:20:22,699 --> 00:20:24,832 - Well, actually, Carisi doesn't know that we're here. 533 00:20:24,875 --> 00:20:26,225 - [laughs] 534 00:20:26,268 --> 00:20:28,923 - We wanted to see if you would feel him out. 535 00:20:28,966 --> 00:20:31,491 And see if he would cut Mickey a deal. 536 00:20:31,534 --> 00:20:33,232 - With Carisi's stomach? 537 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:35,103 He won't have the stomach to take this to trial. 538 00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:37,410 - As long as Mickey doesn't go to prison. 539 00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:39,977 - I feel for him, but he shot a suspect 540 00:20:40,021 --> 00:20:41,849 under arrest going to trial. 541 00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:43,633 The government frowns on that. 542 00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:46,114 And it's against the law. 543 00:20:46,157 --> 00:20:49,204 - That's why we called you. 544 00:20:55,079 --> 00:20:57,038 - Carisi? 545 00:20:57,081 --> 00:20:58,300 How's the eighth floor treating you? 546 00:20:58,344 --> 00:21:00,824 - No differently than any other junior ADA. 547 00:21:00,868 --> 00:21:02,086 - They want you to cover their ass all the time? 548 00:21:02,130 --> 00:21:03,523 Never lose a case? 549 00:21:03,566 --> 00:21:04,785 - Pretty much. 550 00:21:04,828 --> 00:21:05,960 Good to see you, Barba. 551 00:21:06,003 --> 00:21:08,049 If you came to taunt me, I got all day. 552 00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:11,008 - Huh, they gave you an office. 553 00:21:11,052 --> 00:21:12,314 Nice view. 554 00:21:12,358 --> 00:21:13,620 - I had to move the Xerox machine 555 00:21:13,663 --> 00:21:15,665 and four filing cabinets just to get the desk in. 556 00:21:15,709 --> 00:21:17,101 - So you caught the Mickey Davis case? 557 00:21:17,145 --> 00:21:18,712 - Oh, yeah. Horror story. 558 00:21:18,755 --> 00:21:20,061 - What are you charging? 559 00:21:20,104 --> 00:21:21,105 - The guy brought a gun to court, 560 00:21:21,149 --> 00:21:22,324 he followed the vic to transport, 561 00:21:22,368 --> 00:21:24,108 and shot him at point-blank range. 562 00:21:24,152 --> 00:21:25,371 What do you think? 563 00:21:25,414 --> 00:21:26,720 - I think the guy's got a Purple Heart, 564 00:21:26,763 --> 00:21:28,112 titanium leg, and PTS. 565 00:21:28,156 --> 00:21:29,331 - That doesn't change what he did. 566 00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:30,854 - He was betrayed by the VA and ACS. 567 00:21:30,898 --> 00:21:33,379 Even the eighth floor's gotta know this is a dog. 568 00:21:33,422 --> 00:21:35,032 - Maybe, but they still want him to do time. 569 00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:37,252 - That has to be negotiable. 570 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:41,474 - Hold on. 571 00:21:41,517 --> 00:21:42,953 Before we continue... - Mm-hmm. 572 00:21:42,997 --> 00:21:45,304 - Are you representing Mickey Davis? 573 00:21:47,044 --> 00:21:49,351 - I guess I am now. 574 00:21:49,395 --> 00:21:50,918 - [scoffs] 575 00:21:50,961 --> 00:21:53,050 Okay. 576 00:21:54,617 --> 00:21:56,793 What kind of deal are you looking for? 577 00:21:56,837 --> 00:21:58,360 - No way you want to put this guy on trial. 578 00:21:58,404 --> 00:22:00,319 - Best I can offer is man two. 579 00:22:00,362 --> 00:22:02,321 - 3 1/2 years? No, but thank you. 580 00:22:02,364 --> 00:22:03,931 - Barba, we both know this wasn't heat of the moment. 581 00:22:03,974 --> 00:22:05,236 Man two is a gift. 582 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,195 - Maybe to you, not to Mr. Davis. 583 00:22:07,238 --> 00:22:09,676 - There's security cam video. There's multiple eyewitnesses. 584 00:22:09,719 --> 00:22:11,112 Mickey broke the law. 585 00:22:11,155 --> 00:22:13,114 - A jury might see that as defending his daughter 586 00:22:13,157 --> 00:22:14,245 when no one else did. 587 00:22:14,289 --> 00:22:16,813 - Get the jury to ignore the law? 588 00:22:16,857 --> 00:22:18,467 That's a slippery slope, Rafael. 589 00:22:18,511 --> 00:22:19,947 - You really have become a lawyer. 590 00:22:19,990 --> 00:22:21,296 - What does that mean? 591 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,429 - Mickey Davis is a human being. 592 00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:25,953 So are the jurors. See you at arraignment. 593 00:22:25,996 --> 00:22:29,173 - You going for insanity? 594 00:22:29,217 --> 00:22:31,785 - I'm going for straight-up not guilty. 595 00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:34,178 [dramatic music] 596 00:22:36,572 --> 00:22:38,618 - So you know, Mr. Barba, I don't need charity. 597 00:22:38,661 --> 00:22:41,534 I get 100% disability because of my leg and PTS. 598 00:22:41,577 --> 00:22:44,145 - Don't worry about his fee. We'll talk about that later. 599 00:22:44,188 --> 00:22:45,320 - Thank you, Sergeant. That's right. 600 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,582 That's not your worry right now. 601 00:22:46,626 --> 00:22:48,541 - What I'm worried about is my daughter. 602 00:22:48,584 --> 00:22:49,803 She's telling her mother that I killed 603 00:22:49,846 --> 00:22:51,370 the only man she'll ever love? 604 00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:53,372 My goal was to get out of rehab and give her a normal life, 605 00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:55,983 but now? 606 00:22:56,026 --> 00:22:57,419 They'll never let me out of prison. 607 00:22:57,463 --> 00:22:58,464 - One thing at a time, Mr. Davis. 608 00:22:58,507 --> 00:23:00,030 I want to go over your story. 609 00:23:00,074 --> 00:23:01,815 - The day I shot that animal? 610 00:23:01,858 --> 00:23:04,339 - First, your life story. 611 00:23:06,863 --> 00:23:08,648 Your time in the Army. 612 00:23:08,691 --> 00:23:09,953 When you became a dad. 613 00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:11,128 Just so you know, there's nothing you can say 614 00:23:11,172 --> 00:23:13,479 that I haven't heard before. 615 00:23:17,439 --> 00:23:18,832 Mickey held his own at the arraignment. 616 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:20,660 The judge released him ROR. 617 00:23:20,703 --> 00:23:23,184 - Well, it's not like Davis is a flight risk. 618 00:23:23,227 --> 00:23:24,446 - What do you need, Barba? 619 00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:26,622 - I'm going for jury nullification. 620 00:23:26,666 --> 00:23:27,580 - English, Counselor? 621 00:23:27,623 --> 00:23:28,842 - Get the jury to ignore the law, 622 00:23:28,885 --> 00:23:31,932 see the accused as a victim. 623 00:23:31,975 --> 00:23:33,368 - Counselor. 624 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:36,197 I don't know if you've met Deputy Chief Garland. 625 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,505 - Mr. Barba, do you have a second? 626 00:23:44,292 --> 00:23:45,772 - Just to be clear, the NYPD isn't pressuring 627 00:23:45,815 --> 00:23:48,035 a defense attorney to walk away from his client? 628 00:23:48,078 --> 00:23:49,602 - Of course not. Not my prerogative. 629 00:23:49,645 --> 00:23:51,430 At the same time, I'm surprised to see you 630 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:52,648 in the SVU squad room. 631 00:23:52,692 --> 00:23:54,171 - Oh, I'm sure you were just catching up 632 00:23:54,215 --> 00:23:55,825 with old friends, right? 633 00:23:55,869 --> 00:23:57,784 - Yes. That's right. 634 00:23:57,827 --> 00:24:00,308 - Good, just want to make sure the boundaries are clear. 635 00:24:00,351 --> 00:24:03,398 It's an emotional case for all of us and... 636 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:05,879 I wouldn't want you presuming on your old friendships 637 00:24:05,922 --> 00:24:09,404 in the hopes of having SVU detectives buttress your case. 638 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,580 - Then we're both on the same page. 639 00:24:11,624 --> 00:24:14,409 - I hope so. 640 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,194 One more thing, Mr. Barba. 641 00:24:17,238 --> 00:24:18,848 I hope your strategy won't be to countenance 642 00:24:18,892 --> 00:24:22,635 a vigilante's murder of a man accused of rape. 643 00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:24,288 Given our country's dark history, 644 00:24:24,332 --> 00:24:26,247 we both know where that could lead. 645 00:24:28,423 --> 00:24:31,121 I'll leave you two to reminisce. 646 00:24:37,171 --> 00:24:38,651 - He's a lot of fun. 647 00:24:38,694 --> 00:24:39,652 Gets right to the point. 648 00:24:39,695 --> 00:24:42,219 - Always, and so will I. 649 00:24:42,263 --> 00:24:44,134 What the hell are you doing here? 650 00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:45,527 - You asked me to defend Davis. 651 00:24:45,571 --> 00:24:47,181 - A hypothetical. And, by the way, 652 00:24:47,224 --> 00:24:48,965 I didn't even know that you took the case 653 00:24:49,009 --> 00:24:50,184 until Garland called me. 654 00:24:50,227 --> 00:24:52,099 - I went to see Carisi, he pointed out 655 00:24:52,142 --> 00:24:53,317 that we couldn't even discuss the case 656 00:24:53,361 --> 00:24:55,058 if I wasn't representing Davis and-- 657 00:24:55,102 --> 00:24:57,321 things moved quickly. How did Garland find out? 658 00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:58,714 - The DA's office must have called him. 659 00:24:58,758 --> 00:25:00,237 - I have no intention of disrespecting Carisi. 660 00:25:00,281 --> 00:25:01,804 - [scoffs] - But... 661 00:25:01,848 --> 00:25:03,371 Mickey deserves a defense. Isn't that why you came to me? 662 00:25:03,414 --> 00:25:07,157 - I wanted you to cut him a deal! 663 00:25:08,158 --> 00:25:09,682 Listen. As the Chief said, 664 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:12,423 we cannot send a message that it is okay 665 00:25:12,467 --> 00:25:14,730 to take the law into your own hands. 666 00:25:14,774 --> 00:25:16,340 - Well, that's Carisi's case to make. 667 00:25:16,384 --> 00:25:17,603 Luckily I don't work for the DA. 668 00:25:17,646 --> 00:25:19,909 I don't need to worry about messages. 669 00:25:19,953 --> 00:25:21,258 I just need to get 12 New Yorkers 670 00:25:21,302 --> 00:25:22,912 to like my client and me. 671 00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:25,306 - Barba... 672 00:25:25,349 --> 00:25:26,960 he's guilty. 673 00:25:27,003 --> 00:25:29,136 - Is he? 674 00:25:29,179 --> 00:25:31,704 Depends on the jury. 675 00:25:38,711 --> 00:25:38,928 . 676 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:42,236 - I consider myself a nice guy. 677 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:45,805 But I'm not always gonna be nice during this trial. 678 00:25:45,848 --> 00:25:47,937 Sometimes I'm gonna be loud, 679 00:25:47,981 --> 00:25:50,461 angry, sarcastic 680 00:25:50,505 --> 00:25:51,767 when I cross-examine witnesses 681 00:25:51,811 --> 00:25:54,596 from the ACS, VA, and NYPD, 682 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,293 who, as you will hear, 683 00:25:56,337 --> 00:25:58,644 failed to do their jobs. 684 00:25:58,687 --> 00:26:01,951 Anyone have a problem with that? 685 00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:03,605 All right. 686 00:26:03,649 --> 00:26:06,652 - This is not a popularity contest. 687 00:26:06,695 --> 00:26:08,610 This is not about who wears the snazziest suit, 688 00:26:08,654 --> 00:26:10,786 who has the most charisma, 689 00:26:10,830 --> 00:26:12,614 or even who talks the fastest. 690 00:26:12,658 --> 00:26:15,312 It's also not about how many combat medals 691 00:26:15,356 --> 00:26:17,750 the defendant has. 692 00:26:17,793 --> 00:26:21,536 This is about the facts and the law. 693 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:22,972 - I'm not allowed to ask you to imagine 694 00:26:23,016 --> 00:26:24,800 what it would be like to be Mickey Davis right now 695 00:26:24,844 --> 00:26:26,672 sitting at that table. 696 00:26:26,715 --> 00:26:28,543 - I submit to you that the evidence in this case 697 00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:29,675 is overwhelming. 698 00:26:29,718 --> 00:26:31,154 You will see video of Mr. Davis 699 00:26:31,198 --> 00:26:33,722 shooting and killing Ajay Sharma. 700 00:26:33,766 --> 00:26:35,289 - But I need to know that you will consider 701 00:26:35,332 --> 00:26:37,508 your decision in this case as the most important decision 702 00:26:37,552 --> 00:26:39,075 in your life... 703 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,644 because it certainly will be the most important decision 704 00:26:42,688 --> 00:26:45,604 in the life of this decorated war hero. 705 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:46,996 - You will hear testimony 706 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,911 that Mr. Davis is a wounded vet 707 00:26:48,955 --> 00:26:52,045 whose daughter was victimized by a serial predator. 708 00:26:52,088 --> 00:26:54,482 - You expect Mr. Davis to not react 709 00:26:54,525 --> 00:26:55,614 when his own daughter is assaulted 710 00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:58,399 like the victims he saw in combat? 711 00:26:58,442 --> 00:27:00,009 - Are any of you veterans? 712 00:27:00,053 --> 00:27:02,229 Or proud to have family members who have served? 713 00:27:02,272 --> 00:27:04,840 - I need to ask if anyone or a family member 714 00:27:04,884 --> 00:27:07,321 has been the victim of gun violence? 715 00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:13,240 - I challenge jurors 32 and 36. 716 00:27:13,283 --> 00:27:15,851 - No objection. I challenge number 17. 717 00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:17,636 - The evidence will show that Ajay Sharma 718 00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:19,289 was awaiting trial 719 00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:23,598 when Mrs. Davis acted as judge, jury, and executioner. 720 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,209 Do you believe that everybody 721 00:27:26,253 --> 00:27:28,951 has a Constitutional right to have their guilt or innocence 722 00:27:28,995 --> 00:27:32,868 determined by a jury and not a vigilante? 723 00:27:32,912 --> 00:27:37,699 - I challenge number 18, 24, and 29. 724 00:27:37,743 --> 00:27:39,266 - That leaves you two peremptory challenges, 725 00:27:39,309 --> 00:27:40,702 Mr. Barba. 726 00:27:40,746 --> 00:27:42,443 - And I challenge number 16. 727 00:27:42,486 --> 00:27:43,923 - And you're out, Mr. Carisi. 728 00:27:43,966 --> 00:27:46,621 - You promise me, keep an open mind... 729 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,710 and hold the government to make its case? 730 00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:52,279 - Mr. Barba is going to play on your emotions. 731 00:27:52,322 --> 00:27:54,934 But I ask that you promise me and the State of New York 732 00:27:54,977 --> 00:27:57,763 that you will decide this case 733 00:27:57,806 --> 00:28:00,069 on the facts and the law 734 00:28:00,113 --> 00:28:02,724 as instructed by the judge. 735 00:28:02,768 --> 00:28:04,334 - Mr. Carisi told you that he represents 736 00:28:04,378 --> 00:28:06,249 the people of New York. 737 00:28:06,293 --> 00:28:07,511 Well... 738 00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:09,688 you are the people of New York. 739 00:28:09,731 --> 00:28:11,428 And neither Mr. Carisi nor the Judge here 740 00:28:11,472 --> 00:28:16,042 gets to decide how this trial will turn out for my client. 741 00:28:16,085 --> 00:28:17,913 You do. 742 00:28:17,957 --> 00:28:20,742 [soft tense music] 743 00:28:20,786 --> 00:28:23,484 ♪ 744 00:28:23,527 --> 00:28:24,877 [knocking] 745 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,748 - How'd it go at voir dire? 746 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:28,358 - It was the Rafael Barba show, 747 00:28:28,402 --> 00:28:30,839 charming and cherry-picking jurors for 12 straight hours. 748 00:28:30,883 --> 00:28:32,449 - Yeah, he was always a dog with a bone. 749 00:28:32,493 --> 00:28:34,016 - [laughs] Yeah. 750 00:28:34,060 --> 00:28:36,018 I'm looking at his witness list, 751 00:28:36,062 --> 00:28:38,368 and he tracked down Ajay's other foster kids, 752 00:28:38,412 --> 00:28:41,676 ACS employees, VA shrinks. 753 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,591 How big of a staff does he have? 754 00:28:43,634 --> 00:28:45,288 - I probably shouldn't tell you this... 755 00:28:45,332 --> 00:28:48,030 - About you and Fin helping him out? 756 00:28:48,074 --> 00:28:49,815 I don't want to know. - I am not helping him out. 757 00:28:49,858 --> 00:28:51,381 - It's fine. Barba was here before me. 758 00:28:51,425 --> 00:28:52,643 Fin was your first partner. 759 00:28:52,687 --> 00:28:53,644 - That doesn't mean I'm more loyal to them 760 00:28:53,688 --> 00:28:55,690 than I am to you. 761 00:28:57,779 --> 00:29:01,348 You should know that it wasn't Liv's intention 762 00:29:01,391 --> 00:29:04,438 to undercut you. - Oh, no? 763 00:29:04,481 --> 00:29:07,354 Are you gonna tell me that Fin brought Barba in? 764 00:29:14,013 --> 00:29:16,537 - Ajay! - No, no! 765 00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:17,756 [gunshots] 766 00:29:17,799 --> 00:29:19,409 No, no, no. 767 00:29:19,453 --> 00:29:21,281 - Sergeant Tutuola, 768 00:29:21,324 --> 00:29:24,501 you were there when Mr. Davis shot Ajay Sharma? 769 00:29:24,545 --> 00:29:26,547 - Yes. I was on the phone. 770 00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:28,549 I heard a commotion. I turned. 771 00:29:28,592 --> 00:29:30,681 I saw Mr. Davis, gun aimed, 772 00:29:30,725 --> 00:29:32,161 and he fired three rounds. 773 00:29:32,205 --> 00:29:34,337 - And what did Mr. Davis do after he shot Ajay? 774 00:29:34,381 --> 00:29:37,036 - He dropped his gun and recited his name and rank. 775 00:29:37,079 --> 00:29:39,690 - Did you think that that was for dramatic effect, 776 00:29:39,734 --> 00:29:42,824 or did he actually believe that he was a soldier in battle? 777 00:29:42,868 --> 00:29:44,565 - Objection. Calls for speculation. 778 00:29:44,608 --> 00:29:46,045 - Rephrase. 779 00:29:46,088 --> 00:29:47,829 Did he appear confused? 780 00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:50,440 - No. - Thank you, Sergeant. 781 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,147 - No, no! 782 00:30:01,190 --> 00:30:02,713 - On the video, you get between Mr. Davis 783 00:30:02,757 --> 00:30:04,106 and the corrections officers. 784 00:30:04,150 --> 00:30:06,413 - I just didn't want a bad situation to get worse. 785 00:30:06,456 --> 00:30:08,415 I knew he was no threat to the officers. 786 00:30:08,458 --> 00:30:09,503 They didn't know that. 787 00:30:09,546 --> 00:30:11,810 - You knew he was no danger. 788 00:30:11,853 --> 00:30:13,028 Do you think Mickey Davis should be sitting 789 00:30:13,072 --> 00:30:14,247 in this courtroom here today? 790 00:30:14,290 --> 00:30:16,945 - That's not my job. - No? 791 00:30:16,989 --> 00:30:19,295 But it was your job to investigate Ajay Sharma? 792 00:30:19,339 --> 00:30:20,601 - Yes. - Do you have any doubt 793 00:30:20,644 --> 00:30:23,691 that Ajay Sharma raped Nydia Davis repeatedly, 794 00:30:23,734 --> 00:30:25,911 got her pregnant, and administered 795 00:30:25,954 --> 00:30:27,869 the abortion drugs which almost got her killed? 796 00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:29,392 - None. - Well, what about the other 797 00:30:29,436 --> 00:30:31,742 four girls he fostered who he also sexually assaulted? 798 00:30:31,786 --> 00:30:32,961 Did you charge him for that? 799 00:30:33,005 --> 00:30:34,615 - We only found out about the other girls 800 00:30:34,658 --> 00:30:36,356 after Mr. Sharma's death. 801 00:30:36,399 --> 00:30:38,053 - So for 10 years as an ACS supervisor, 802 00:30:38,097 --> 00:30:40,229 Ajay Sharma raped girls in his care 803 00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:43,276 and neither ACS nor SVU found out about it 804 00:30:43,319 --> 00:30:45,887 until Nydia Davis was found hemorrhaging in the street? 805 00:30:45,931 --> 00:30:47,889 Why? - I can't answer that. 806 00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:49,804 - Was it because ACS failed to do its job 807 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,154 to protect Nydia, just like SVU failed? 808 00:30:52,198 --> 00:30:53,677 - Objection. - Sustained. 809 00:30:53,721 --> 00:30:54,896 - Leaving my client no choice 810 00:30:54,940 --> 00:30:56,071 but to protect his daughter himself! 811 00:30:56,115 --> 00:30:57,856 - Mr. Barba! I'm about this close 812 00:30:57,899 --> 00:31:00,032 to holding you in contempt. - You can fine me all you want, 813 00:31:00,075 --> 00:31:01,381 Your Honor, I'm not gonna stop asking questions, 814 00:31:01,424 --> 00:31:02,948 because I am fighting for my client's freedom 815 00:31:02,991 --> 00:31:05,907 the same way he fought for our country's. 816 00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:09,563 [tense music] 817 00:31:09,606 --> 00:31:11,826 The defense calls Mickey Davis. 818 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,307 - No, sir. 819 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:17,049 ♪ 820 00:31:31,672 --> 00:31:33,761 [groans] 821 00:31:33,804 --> 00:31:35,154 - Mr. Davis, can you tell the jury 822 00:31:35,197 --> 00:31:37,243 how you came to be in that chair? 823 00:31:37,286 --> 00:31:39,288 - My unit was ambushed in the Khyber Pass. 824 00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:40,942 I went back to retrieve two of my men, 825 00:31:40,986 --> 00:31:42,465 stepped on an IED. 826 00:31:42,509 --> 00:31:45,120 It was a coffee can full of rags and a grenade. 827 00:31:45,164 --> 00:31:47,644 Spent two years in Landstuhl, a military hospital, 828 00:31:47,688 --> 00:31:50,386 and then the VA here. 829 00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:53,389 They fit me with one of these. [chuckles] 830 00:31:53,433 --> 00:31:55,783 Still learning how to use it. It's been tough. 831 00:31:55,826 --> 00:31:57,959 Focusing on getting custody of my daughter back 832 00:31:58,003 --> 00:31:59,265 helped me get through. 833 00:31:59,308 --> 00:32:01,223 - And now? 834 00:32:04,183 --> 00:32:05,271 - I'll never get over what happened 835 00:32:05,314 --> 00:32:07,447 to Nydia in that house... 836 00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:08,927 [dark music] 837 00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:10,754 With that animal. 838 00:32:10,798 --> 00:32:12,321 ACS lied. 839 00:32:12,365 --> 00:32:14,976 They made me believe that she was safe. 840 00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:16,847 - How did you react when you found out that Ajay Sharma 841 00:32:16,891 --> 00:32:18,893 had been raping Nydia, impregnated her, 842 00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:21,852 and left her on the sidewalk to die? 843 00:32:21,896 --> 00:32:23,854 - I cried like a baby. 844 00:32:23,898 --> 00:32:25,508 - Why did you go to that courthouse? 845 00:32:25,552 --> 00:32:27,119 - To see him arraigned. 846 00:32:27,162 --> 00:32:29,817 I wanted to hear him admit what he'd done. 847 00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:32,733 Then I heard him plead not guilty? 848 00:32:32,776 --> 00:32:35,518 There's no remorse. 849 00:32:35,562 --> 00:32:36,824 No shame. 850 00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:38,173 - What did you do? 851 00:32:38,217 --> 00:32:40,001 - I found out where he was being transported. 852 00:32:40,045 --> 00:32:42,177 I wanted him to look me in the eye, 853 00:32:42,221 --> 00:32:43,657 so I called his name. 854 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:45,006 - Then what happened? 855 00:32:45,050 --> 00:32:46,834 - He refused to look at me. 856 00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:48,227 I lost control, I-- 857 00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:50,011 my head was pounding and there's blood in my eyes. 858 00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:51,186 My ears were ringing. 859 00:32:51,230 --> 00:32:53,493 I knew I had to protect Nydia. 860 00:32:53,536 --> 00:32:55,234 After that, I-- 861 00:32:55,277 --> 00:32:56,757 I don't remember much. 862 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,194 - So you reacted as you were trained to do as a Ranger. 863 00:32:59,238 --> 00:33:01,675 Shoot the enemy, center mass, close grouping-- 864 00:33:01,718 --> 00:33:03,633 - Objection, leading. 865 00:33:03,677 --> 00:33:05,592 - Rephrase. 866 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,030 Mr. Davis... 867 00:33:09,074 --> 00:33:10,771 why were you deployed to Afghanistan? 868 00:33:10,814 --> 00:33:12,512 - To fight the Taliban. 869 00:33:12,555 --> 00:33:15,428 To defend women, children, from their brutality. 870 00:33:15,471 --> 00:33:16,820 - Rape? 871 00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:18,648 - Yes, sir. 872 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,302 Shoot to kill if I had to. 873 00:33:20,346 --> 00:33:23,566 - Thank you. Nothing further. 874 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:26,613 ♪ 875 00:33:26,656 --> 00:33:28,528 - Thank you for your service, Mr. Davis, 876 00:33:28,571 --> 00:33:32,488 and I'm truly sorry for what happened to your daughter. 877 00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:35,404 You said you went to the courthouse 878 00:33:35,448 --> 00:33:37,798 to see Ajay Sharma arraigned? - Yes, sir. 879 00:33:37,841 --> 00:33:39,060 - And you brought a gun with you. 880 00:33:39,104 --> 00:33:40,409 Did you know that was illegal? 881 00:33:40,453 --> 00:33:42,063 - I'm used to carrying. It's just a reflex. 882 00:33:42,107 --> 00:33:43,543 - But they don't let you keep the gun at the VA, 883 00:33:43,586 --> 00:33:45,936 so you had to go to a brother soldier's house 884 00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:47,416 earlier that day to get it? 885 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:48,678 - Yes, sir. - And you took advantage 886 00:33:48,722 --> 00:33:50,158 of being a vet in a wheelchair 887 00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:52,987 to avoid the metal detector, get that gun through security. 888 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:54,989 - Well, law enforcement's usually respectful 889 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,338 of my service. - In court, 890 00:33:56,382 --> 00:33:59,254 you heard the judge grant Ajay private transport? 891 00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:00,647 - Yes, sir. - And you found out that 892 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:03,258 that transport was going to occur in the sally port. 893 00:34:03,302 --> 00:34:05,434 How long did it take you to get over there? 894 00:34:05,478 --> 00:34:06,870 - Well, I'm not confined to this chair. 895 00:34:06,914 --> 00:34:08,263 - No, I know. You had to find 896 00:34:08,307 --> 00:34:10,831 a service elevator to avoid the courthouse steps, 897 00:34:10,874 --> 00:34:13,312 cross from Chambers to Baxter, 898 00:34:13,355 --> 00:34:15,444 at lunch hour--20 minutes sound about right? 899 00:34:15,488 --> 00:34:16,924 - I guess. 900 00:34:16,967 --> 00:34:18,186 - And how long did you wait outside 901 00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:21,059 before Ajay was walked out? 902 00:34:21,102 --> 00:34:22,451 There's security footage. 903 00:34:22,495 --> 00:34:25,150 You waited 40 minutes in 30-degree weather. 904 00:34:25,193 --> 00:34:26,238 - Objection, is there a question here? 905 00:34:26,281 --> 00:34:27,935 - Let's move along, Mr. Carisi. 906 00:34:27,978 --> 00:34:31,286 - Mr. Davis, you smuggled the gun into the courthouse, 907 00:34:31,330 --> 00:34:33,375 tracked Sharma's location, 908 00:34:33,419 --> 00:34:35,203 waited for him, called out his name, 909 00:34:35,247 --> 00:34:39,599 and then shot him at point-blank range three times. 910 00:34:39,642 --> 00:34:42,645 And you expect this jury to believe 911 00:34:42,689 --> 00:34:44,299 that you didn't want to kill him? 912 00:34:44,343 --> 00:34:45,996 That none of that was intentional? 913 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,476 - I didn't intend to shoot him. 914 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,130 - Oh, so the gun just went off? 915 00:34:49,174 --> 00:34:50,653 You're a trained military professional. 916 00:34:50,697 --> 00:34:53,047 You must know that in order for a weapon to fire, 917 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:54,309 you gotta pull the trigger? 918 00:34:54,353 --> 00:34:56,790 - Objection. - I'll allow. 919 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:58,008 - I didn't know where I was. 920 00:34:58,052 --> 00:34:59,836 - Oh, well, where did you think you were? 921 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:03,666 ♪ 922 00:35:03,710 --> 00:35:04,841 - Afghanistan. 923 00:35:04,885 --> 00:35:06,626 - Well, do you know where you are now? 924 00:35:06,669 --> 00:35:07,931 - Yes, sir. 925 00:35:07,975 --> 00:35:08,976 - Do you know that murder is against the law? 926 00:35:09,019 --> 00:35:10,412 - So is what he did. 927 00:35:10,456 --> 00:35:11,805 - Do you know that even if you're a soldier at war, 928 00:35:11,848 --> 00:35:13,589 it's a violation of the military code of conduct 929 00:35:13,633 --> 00:35:16,331 to shoot an unarmed, handcuffed civilian? 930 00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:19,073 - That son of a bitch raped my daughter! 931 00:35:20,509 --> 00:35:23,599 Raped her. 932 00:35:23,643 --> 00:35:26,298 I'm her father. 933 00:35:26,341 --> 00:35:28,082 I'm supposed to protect her. 934 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,170 - Your Honor, we need a recess. 935 00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:30,345 - Mr. Davis, be honest with me. 936 00:35:30,389 --> 00:35:31,607 You knew where you were, 937 00:35:31,651 --> 00:35:33,305 you knew exactly what you were doing, 938 00:35:33,348 --> 00:35:34,784 and you would do it again, wouldn't you? 939 00:35:34,828 --> 00:35:38,179 - You're damn straight! Every day of the week. 940 00:35:38,223 --> 00:35:45,360 ♪ 941 00:35:52,193 --> 00:35:52,585 . 942 00:35:52,628 --> 00:35:54,543 - Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. 943 00:35:54,587 --> 00:35:56,066 - You had to see it coming. 944 00:35:56,110 --> 00:35:58,199 - Off the record, he expressed similar sentiments in prep. 945 00:35:58,243 --> 00:36:00,854 I advised him that it would not be in his best interests 946 00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:03,161 to convey that to a jury. 947 00:36:03,204 --> 00:36:04,814 When I was an ADA, this would be the moment 948 00:36:04,858 --> 00:36:06,555 I would offer the defense a deal. 949 00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:07,861 - Man two is still on the table. 950 00:36:07,904 --> 00:36:09,254 I can recommend the minimum. 951 00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:10,820 - That's exactly the offer I told Mickey you'd make. 952 00:36:10,864 --> 00:36:12,257 - What did he say? 953 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,302 - Basically, no thank you, but more anatomically. 954 00:36:14,346 --> 00:36:16,565 - Man two specifically states that the accused-- 955 00:36:16,609 --> 00:36:19,046 - Lacked the intention to cause harm. 956 00:36:19,089 --> 00:36:20,308 - If I go any lower, then I'm saying 957 00:36:20,352 --> 00:36:22,267 it's okay for civilians to take the law 958 00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:24,051 into their own hands. 959 00:36:24,094 --> 00:36:25,531 Rafael, when you were an ADA-- 960 00:36:25,574 --> 00:36:27,620 - I would have held the line at man two. 961 00:36:27,663 --> 00:36:29,926 But here we are. 962 00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:31,885 When I was an ADA, the NYPD and the DA's office 963 00:36:31,928 --> 00:36:33,713 commanded a modicum of respect. 964 00:36:33,756 --> 00:36:36,846 - So it's a bull market in vigilantism? 965 00:36:36,890 --> 00:36:38,892 We already have armed militias coming into our cities. 966 00:36:38,935 --> 00:36:40,763 How much more lawlessness can we take? 967 00:36:40,807 --> 00:36:42,504 - In terms of the big picture, I agree. 968 00:36:42,548 --> 00:36:44,767 In terms of Davis... 969 00:36:44,811 --> 00:36:46,465 I don't think a jury's gonna put him in a cell. 970 00:36:46,508 --> 00:36:47,596 - And that's all that matters? 971 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,686 - To my client? Yeah. 972 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:52,340 See you tomorrow. 973 00:36:52,384 --> 00:36:56,039 You know how you used to come to all of my closing arguments? 974 00:36:56,083 --> 00:36:57,171 - Yeah. 975 00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:59,608 - Let's see if you learned anything. 976 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:06,963 My client is in a fight for his life, 977 00:37:07,007 --> 00:37:09,531 as serious a fight as when he was 978 00:37:09,575 --> 00:37:11,968 facing the enemy in Afghanistan. 979 00:37:12,012 --> 00:37:14,580 He returned home damaged in body and soul. 980 00:37:14,623 --> 00:37:16,756 And while he was on the long, hard road to recovery, 981 00:37:16,799 --> 00:37:18,584 his daughter was being groomed, raped, 982 00:37:18,627 --> 00:37:20,890 and impregnated by Ajay Sharma. 983 00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:24,851 Sharma was a serial predator, 984 00:37:24,894 --> 00:37:28,855 raping young girls in his home for a decade. 985 00:37:29,986 --> 00:37:33,294 No one stopped him. Not ACS. 986 00:37:33,338 --> 00:37:35,253 Not SVU. 987 00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:37,385 And now the government wants to punish Mr. Davis 988 00:37:37,429 --> 00:37:41,041 because he did what no one else would do. 989 00:37:41,084 --> 00:37:43,652 He protected his daughter. 990 00:37:43,696 --> 00:37:46,133 - We all understand the raw emotion 991 00:37:46,176 --> 00:37:49,354 behind Mr. Davis' decision to murder Ajay Sharma. 992 00:37:49,397 --> 00:37:50,746 We understand that. 993 00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:52,792 But the question is... 994 00:37:52,835 --> 00:37:54,924 who do we want to determine 995 00:37:54,968 --> 00:37:56,970 which laws we obey 996 00:37:57,013 --> 00:37:58,711 and which laws we don't? 997 00:37:58,754 --> 00:38:00,321 We are lucky 998 00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:02,105 to live in a country where police, 999 00:38:02,149 --> 00:38:04,369 prosecutors, and courts mete out justice, 1000 00:38:04,412 --> 00:38:07,676 not individuals. 1001 00:38:08,895 --> 00:38:11,854 You made me a promise at voir dire 1002 00:38:11,898 --> 00:38:13,291 that you would decide this case 1003 00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:16,729 based on the evidence and the law. 1004 00:38:16,772 --> 00:38:18,339 Well, there's no doubt to either, 1005 00:38:18,383 --> 00:38:21,473 as the defendant's own words made clear. 1006 00:38:21,516 --> 00:38:24,476 [dramatic music] 1007 00:38:24,519 --> 00:38:30,438 ♪ 1008 00:38:30,482 --> 00:38:32,440 - Cheers. - To what? 1009 00:38:32,484 --> 00:38:33,833 Jury deliberates for six hours 1010 00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:35,574 to find Mickey guilty of man two 1011 00:38:35,617 --> 00:38:37,489 and we are right back where we started. 1012 00:38:37,532 --> 00:38:38,794 - To irony, then. 1013 00:38:38,838 --> 00:38:41,014 - You both did your jobs, and so did the judge. 1014 00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:44,365 I mean, Davis got the minimum, but that sends a message. 1015 00:38:44,409 --> 00:38:45,671 - 3 1/2 years? 1016 00:38:45,714 --> 00:38:47,368 You ask me, he shouldn't do a day. 1017 00:38:47,412 --> 00:38:49,283 - Yeah, I got that from you. 1018 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,676 I thought we were on the same side. 1019 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,373 - We used to be. 1020 00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:54,114 - Come on, Fin. 1021 00:38:54,157 --> 00:38:55,855 What happens to Nydia now? 1022 00:38:55,898 --> 00:38:57,378 - She's in a group home. I mean... 1023 00:38:57,422 --> 00:38:58,684 [cell phone chimes] 1024 00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:01,164 She's getting counseling. She's mad at Mickey. 1025 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:02,905 She didn't want Ajay to die. 1026 00:39:02,949 --> 00:39:05,299 - Sorry to cut this wake short. 1027 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,867 My mom is heading to Florida tomorrow. 1028 00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:09,434 Tell Liv I'm sorry I missed her. 1029 00:39:09,477 --> 00:39:10,609 - Will do. - Uh-oh, 1030 00:39:10,652 --> 00:39:12,393 my fiancée wants me home. 1031 00:39:12,437 --> 00:39:14,743 - You went through with it? - Yeah, this morning. 1032 00:39:14,787 --> 00:39:17,137 One condition. No more herbal tea. 1033 00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:18,573 - Good for you. Mazel tov. 1034 00:39:18,617 --> 00:39:20,880 - Congratulations, Fin. - Hey, you got a date set? 1035 00:39:20,923 --> 00:39:22,882 - Gotta go. - Aw. 1036 00:39:22,925 --> 00:39:25,798 - Next round's on me. - Thank you. 1037 00:39:27,452 --> 00:39:28,627 You doing okay? 1038 00:39:28,670 --> 00:39:30,672 - [sighs] Not really. 1039 00:39:30,716 --> 00:39:32,065 To be honest, I-- 1040 00:39:32,108 --> 00:39:33,893 I feel bad about Mickey. - Hmm. 1041 00:39:33,936 --> 00:39:35,634 - And maybe I'm a little angry. 1042 00:39:35,677 --> 00:39:36,896 - At Barba? - No. 1043 00:39:36,939 --> 00:39:38,680 He was just doing his job. 1044 00:39:38,724 --> 00:39:40,421 Look, it's hard enough going up against my mentor, 1045 00:39:40,465 --> 00:39:42,945 but when half of my old unit is helping him investigate? 1046 00:39:42,989 --> 00:39:44,773 - It's over. 1047 00:39:44,817 --> 00:39:47,123 And not for nothing, you won. 1048 00:39:48,603 --> 00:39:50,910 - Cheers. 1049 00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:53,869 - Hey. 1050 00:39:53,913 --> 00:39:55,044 Did I miss the post-mortem? 1051 00:39:55,088 --> 00:39:56,437 - No, they're still inside. 1052 00:39:56,481 --> 00:39:58,831 Hey, walk with me? 1053 00:39:58,874 --> 00:40:01,007 - Sure. 1054 00:40:01,050 --> 00:40:02,443 - Are you mad at me 1055 00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:04,967 about how I handled this case? 1056 00:40:05,011 --> 00:40:06,447 - Davis confessed on the stand. 1057 00:40:06,491 --> 00:40:08,275 What if they found him guilty of man one? 1058 00:40:08,318 --> 00:40:10,973 - It was never gonna happen. - Because you're so good? 1059 00:40:12,584 --> 00:40:16,370 Barba, how much of this was about Davis... 1060 00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:18,590 and how much of it was about you? 1061 00:40:18,633 --> 00:40:19,765 - What do you mean? 1062 00:40:19,808 --> 00:40:21,984 - The way that you had to leave. 1063 00:40:23,203 --> 00:40:27,947 Maybe you weren't defending him, maybe... 1064 00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:30,384 you were defending yourself. 1065 00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:33,387 - We can't change the past. 1066 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,303 - I just miss it. 1067 00:40:36,346 --> 00:40:38,827 And you. 1068 00:40:38,871 --> 00:40:40,742 That's all. 1069 00:40:40,786 --> 00:40:43,005 - Me too. 1070 00:40:43,049 --> 00:40:46,531 This past year's been all about loss. 1071 00:40:46,574 --> 00:40:49,882 - Well, let's hope that this year's a better one. 1072 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,668 - Happy New Year, Liv. 1073 00:40:53,712 --> 00:40:56,628 - Happy New Year. 1074 00:40:56,671 --> 00:41:03,591 ♪ 1075 00:41:16,343 --> 00:41:16,517 . 1076 00:41:16,561 --> 00:41:19,520 [dramatic music] 1077 00:41:19,564 --> 00:41:26,484 ♪ 1078 00:41:45,764 --> 00:41:48,897 [wolf howls]