- In the criminal justice
system,
sexually based offenses
are considered
In New York City,
who investigate
are members of an elite squad
known as
These are their stories.
- So you really
- Fair to middling.
- No, I don't think so.
- How's everything
- I see you spared no expense.
- It's not like
- Your name's Carisi,
and you're pulling
- I didn't want anybody
- Mission accomplished.
How you feeling?
- I'm nervous.
Had to turn in my gun today.
This whole thing is a big leap.
It's risky,
this move now, I'm--
- Yeah, I hear you.
Hey, before you leave me,
one last drink?
- Back in the day
every kid with a guitar
the next big hit in
And a lot of the musicians,
and I was one of them,
were being ripped off, though,
by managers
Well, it turns out
head for contracts.
And the artists trusted
I mean, as head of one
in the streaming services,
I mean, that bond still exists
between the artist and me.
Because if it didn't,
another bloody shark
[laughter]
Got any questions?
- Pilar?
Sir Toby's finishing
- Take no for an answer...
Thank you very much, everyone.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[knock at door]
Come in.
Sorry to keep
Good night, Cindy.
See you Monday.
So, Pilar, right?
- Well, the team said a lot
The one thing they didn't say
[both laughing]
So we're gonna do
- Am I?
- There's one on the table.
Maybe you can improvise.
- Is the director coming,
- Just call me Toby
No, Rigo's stuck in editing,
so why don't you just
have a look
No rush.
- [laughs]
- I know I'm a long way
I'm not gonna lie.
Barba's summations
- [laughs]
all: Surprise!
- Rollins, you...
- Yeah, we got you.
- Querido, you're home.
That's all I ever wanted.
- No, Pilar,
right there for a minute
a little too awkward.
A little...
a little stiff.
you're talking to someone who's
He's a shell of a man.
I've got an idea.
We...
are gonna have a drink.
Might help you relax a bit.
Cin cin.
- So listen up, listen up.
So Dodds told me
but, no, it is not a mistake.
As of midnight tonight,
- Is passing over
[laughter]
- Will be bringing his charm
and his expertise
to the DA's
under Bureau Chief Hadid.
Cheers.
- Here, here!
He's your problem now.
[laughter]
- Thank you, Chief Dodds
and Lieutenant Benson.
I'm sure the NYPD's loss
And if it isn't...
I understand
[laughter]
- She's kidding.
- How can you tell?
- Querido,
That's all I want.
I just want to make you happy.
- You know, this is getting
The only thing that's missing,
'cause you
is that...what's the word
sexuality.
Vulnerability and sexuality,
well, that's an irresistible
You know that, don't you?
- Yes.
why don't you try
and we'll do it again, hey?
- Oh, wh--
Um...
I'm not comfortable doing that.
- Oh, you're not comfortable
You want this part,
- Yes, I do.
- So...
take your blouse off.
[tense music]
Now.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Hey.
You drove the victim
- Pilar Reyes.
Says she was assaulted
and my sergeant told me
not to put his name
- Thank you.
- His name's
- Sir Tobias Moore?
From Picflix.
He just moved to New York
- The girl was crying
I thought I might have
- He sent his assistant home.
It was just us.
He said he wanted to tape me.
I'm so stupid.
- No, that's not stupid, Pilar.
- He...
poured me a few drinks.
He said I needed to relax,
and then...
he made me
- Made you?
- He yelled at me.
So I did what he said.
And right away,
I said no,
and he pushed me
And he took out his, um...
his...
his thing and he said,
"Come on, you're a--
And I kicked him.
- And he let you go?
- He blocked my way.
And he forced me
while he finished.
All over the couch.
The lampshade.
[speaks Spanish]
♪ ♪
- Sir Tobias Moore?
Mr. Carisi's first day,
You couldn't bring us
- Welcome to the big top,
- This story hasn't leaked yet?
- The longer we wait...
- The girl, she's credible?
- Very.
She's 20, naive.
She came up from Venezuela.
She disclosed immediately
- No witnesses?
- No, he made sure
- So not his first audition?
- Unlikely, but we're doing
- We need warrants
his couch, his whole office.
- Hang on.
We do that,
than you can say DSK.
Work the case a little more.
- She's not making this up,
- I didn't say she was,
Mr. Carisi will be
Keep him involved
- Thanks, Fin,
- Okay.
- So the new bureau
she seem a little...
reluctant to you?
- More like astute.
This case blows up,
- At least she put Carisi
He's one of us.
- Was.
- Packing?
- My agent said
I should get out of town.
I already overstayed my visa.
- You're an NYPD
You don't have to worry
- Nice basket.
- It got here
- "Lovely to meet you.
"Hope we get to work
All the best,
He left his number.
- No.
[speaks Spanish]
- Pilar, this means
Okay, you could call him,
you could arrange a meeting.
Listen, we could have
- I don't want to see
- Yes, you do.
- One white wine...
And tickets to the premiere
- Who's gonna be there?
- VIPs.
Everybody.
[laughs]
You...
you seem a little nervous.
- I am.
After what happened.
- What do you mean?
No, don't be so hard
- Me?
Don't be so hard on yourself.
I mean, everybody's nervous
Could...
could give you
- Another...
Audition, like, in your office?
- Well, now you've had time
and realize what it takes
- I guess so.
- Well, that's brilliant.
I've got a suite upstairs
Shall we, hey?
- Where is she going?
- I told her
- What's going to happen
- Excuse me?
- Will you force yourself
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Is this some
because if it is,
it's not gonna work
One call from me,
and you'll find
at a detention center
- You get the idea.
- Would've been good to know
you were doing
- Things were moving fast,
- The point is,
in the room with her.
- We've arrested people
- Carisi,
There's gonna
- Come on, Carisi,
or we gonna stay home?
- I have to run this
I have to, but trust me,
she's gonna do the right thing.
- Where the hell's Carisi?
- Well, there's nothing on TMZ.
- So I'd had enough
I think everybody had, right?
The world seems
So my wife, the Duchess,
came up with
So for our first production
to this side of the pond,
of your fabulous
"My Fair Lady" with a twist.
- Hey!
Lieutenant.
- Counselor,
Are we doing this or not?
- No, not tonight.
Flag on the play.
- Carisi,
- All I know is word came down
from the eighth floor
- Son of a bitch.
I don't know
He's not getting away
- Ta-ta for now.
♪ ♪
- So you're new at the job.
What can you tell us
- The DA has given
to aggressively
On subways, in bars,
if you're an offender,
- Thank you, Vanessa Hadid,
Manhattan's new
- She can talk the talk.
- Sure can.
Ms. Hadid.
I like what I'm hearing.
- You're up early
You can't be here
- Nope.
- Have you developed
- Aside from
You heard his tone on that.
- What I heard was Sir Toby
If Mr. Carisi and I
had had the chance
- Oh, here we go.
So this is about turf.
- She might have been able
to elicit more
- She did fine.
- She sounded emotional.
- Excuse me?
After what she'd been through?
Who she was up against?
- The point is,
his legal team?
- You want a stronger case,
then get us search warrants
- How about we subpoena
I can sell that upstairs.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- So no arrest warrant.
- She wants to take it
- She's covering her ass.
- Yeah, maybe not a bad idea
'cause I've been
MeToo lists,
all over the internet.
- Any arrests?
The charges don't get dropped.
Or the victims suddenly recant.
- He rapes him,
- Probably, which means that
Listen, you two keep digging.
Call Carisi in.
- Where are you going?
- Hadid told us
It won't hurt
- Special Investigations.
Elegant woman like you,
I bet you got
- I have a few.
- Ever think of turning
you know where I am.
I can foresee a great
- I'm quite happy
Not quite ready for the second.
- Well, sometimes it has
Like you found me.
Or were you looking?
- I was.
I am following up on a tip
that you have been
- Occupational hazard.
- You know I can't
- Come on, love.
There's lots of heat-seeking
- Look, I'll give you this.
It hit here.
- Ahh, young actress.
Pilar.
When I wouldn't give it to her,
But you know this story.
- I'm just trying
- You're the rape police.
What is this young girl
- She's claiming
- She's lying.
- That was my take.
Look...
if you come with me right now,
I'm sure we can clear
- I also was not
Seems to me like
is the one you
Cindy!
My people can
- That won't be necessary.
- Very nice
♪ ♪
- Hello.
- His people
What does that mean?
- It means that
of Sir Toby, Pilar.
He's gonna try to dig up
- There's nothing to find.
I lived with my mother
[knock at door]
- Liv, you have a visitor.
- I'll be right back.
What do you got?
Judge Barth.
Everything okay?
- A lot of changes.
Can we speak in private?
- Absolutely.
So I heard you stepped down.
- It was my decision.
Ending my marriage wasn't,
it was either private practice
- I'm so sorry.
It's great to be back
and to get paid for it.
- There we go.
So what brings you here?
- One of my clients
that you interviewed him
he was the focus
[tense music]
- You're working
- I am.
- I see.
- And now I've informed you
Is this Ms. Reyes?
Sir Toby is aware
these days
so I would be especially
- She's very credible.
- Is she?
There are rumors
as a prostitute in Caracas.
- And I can guess
- If it's out there,
Oh, I almost forgot.
Mrs. Hadid told me
subpoena the girl's
You could've just asked.
- And you're just gonna
- More than that.
that auditioned for Sir Toby,
ending in Ms. Reyes,
she's a much better actress
♪ ♪
.
- Amore, I must have you.
- I've gotta stop you there,
It's still awkward and stiff.
Just relax.
- You're still
Let me make you whole again.
- That's good.
If you can combine that
with a certain sexuality,
I think we've got
Do you want to try it again?
- Querido,
- The scenes always end before
- He knows how to edit.
- Right.
all with a blurred line
- Lieutenant,
So does Sir Toby.
I mean, he's so used
He didn't even
from his other victims.
- 'Cause he knows
He's taunting us.
- And maybe he just
Find out if any of these women
- I met him eight years ago.
He saw my short,
Said he saw
major films, awards.
- Take your time.
- Actually,
You got to me too late.
- Excuse me?
- I am literally
- And who told you to say that,
- I can't talk
- What can you talk about?
- He got kind of grabby.
- Okay.
- Turns out his room happened
He came in
He wouldn't take no
- Was this in New York?
- No, South By Southwest
- Okay.
And you still
- I've seen actresses
they leave the business.
- You have friends
- It's a long time ago.
- Amelia, please,
if I could just ask you
I'd be so grateful.
- He was producing
I took a job babysitting
I thought it'd be a good way
- Okay.
Amelia, please.
I need you to tell me.
♪ ♪
- He offered to walk me home.
And when we got to my door...
He groped my breasts.
I burst out into tears.
He left.
And then two days later,
- And when was this?
- It feels like
I must have been
I dropped out
I knew I didn't
- Amelia...
would you be willing
- I could never do that.
I'm sorry.
- This one's scared.
This one
- This woman right here, Nina,
she had an audition
and signed her NDA on Saturday.
- Yeah, well, Carisi
Pilar has got a lawyer now.
Her NDA's in the works.
- Well, that's that.
- Excuse me?
Is one of you Sergeant Tutuola?
- That's me.
- My name's Gemma Brooks.
You spoke to one of my friends
[dramatic music]
She can't talk, but I can.
- And you said that
- Uh-huh.
He said he had a script
- The hotel,
- No, but...
I remember
overlooking the highline.
He pushed me against it.
I-I remember people watching
- I'm so sorry.
Do you want to take a break?
- Yeah.
- You believe her story?
We have taken turns
for the last four hours.
She has specific details,
has never worked
Now, Gemma did sign
but she's willing to swear
- And she just walked in?
- Well, she heard
Sir Toby
- This is the dress you wore
- I know it's crazy,
- Does Sir Toby
- No, but he's been
So call Carisi in?
- Hold off.
Keep this under wraps until
- I already have it.
I took his glass
- Test the dress.
When it's a match, pick him up.
- Then we're good to go?
- We're NYPD.
We arrest people
without the DA signing off.
- Okay.
- Gemma, you need to know
he will do anything he can to--
- I know.
That's how he keeps
I can't let him do to one
- We should've
- Dodds said to keep it quiet.
He doesn't want
before he can tell Hadid.
[tense dramatic music]
- Let's do this.
♪ ♪
- Tobias Moore.
- Olivia.
- Am I?
How lovely, hey?
So where are we going?
- SVU.
- I'll call Ms. Barth.
- And all the rest.
[chuckles]
- You find this amusing?
- I do, actually.
There's nothing as funny
make the biggest mistake
.
- Oh, thank you.
Sergeant Tutuola, right?
- Can't talk to you.
- It's a shame.
Black sergeant working
of the NYPD.
I bet you got
- Not to you.
- My client.
- Oh, he's all yours.
- Nice stunt, Lieutenant.
- Thank you.
- You know,
Courtesy would've been to
- Good evening, Counselor.
Don't get your knickers
These bizzies
- I came as soon as I heard.
They completely disregarded
- Did they?
Why would you do that?
The DA already dismissed
that young girl's
- Well,
of other women came forward
- Oh, a number.
No names, Olivia?
Oh, and how's the judge
if we don't know
- The charge is rape.
In the first degree.
Standard Hotel.
The woman said that people
- Gemma.
How the hell
Hmm?
- You're telling me
didn't give you notice?
Tell me why I shouldn't
- Mrs. Hadid, I'm between
They know you're my boss.
They kept me in the dark
- The main reason I hired you
was because you have
- I do, and all due respect,
the office was serious
- This does not end well.
- For what it's worth,
- Do they?
- There's a pattern
Late night auditions
At least a dozen women
- A dozen?
Within the statute
In our jurisdiction?
How many do they really have?
- They have one.
But she's solid.
[cell phone chimes]
- Tell me her name
[indistinct TV chatter]
- Last night,
my client Sir Toby Moore,
Ms. Gemma Brooks.
She's here today
about this witch hunt.
Gemma.
- My name is Gemma Brooks.
I've been a friend
for over five years.
Though we've never
he's been a mentor to me.
And friend.
Over time, our friendship
a secret
- Oh, God, I can't...
- An affair that's lasted
- Sir Toby.
- While I am deeply grateful
I am at the same time
The emotional distress
this will take time to heal,
but it is a private matter
between my loving wife
- I can't believe this.
- Oh, not just Gemma.
That tape that Barth handed us
- You told me you vetted her.
- I took the disclosure myself.
She's not making this up.
We even confirmed
She's telling the truth.
- So what's she doing now?
- She wouldn't be the first vic
to start a consensual
in order to gain
- Try explaining
- What's up, Carisi?
She fired you already?
- I'm hanging on by a thread.
- Oh, we all are.
And that's the Commissioner.
Dodds here.
- Toby is cold.
He taped that statement
- Just another way to punk us.
- Or maybe he finally
Rollins,
Can you throw it
Son of a bitch.
You notice anything?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Different couch.
- He was afraid that
so he swapped them out.
- When did he have time
- So here's Pilar.
She's entering
Now this is Pilar
She's in the lobby.
Her clothes are a mess.
And we've all seen this
but then we skip ahead
This is his assistant Cindy.
She's supervising three movers
as they pull the new couch
Ten minutes later,
Sir Toby's old couch and lamp.
- Good luck finding those.
- This is a specialty
at 6:00 a.m. on Monday.
At 7:45 a.m.,
She stays downstairs,
on the march.
A former U.S. Attorney
a former Attorney General.
- Wow.
- Cabinet member,
- I've heard of power teams,
- It gets worse.
look who walks in.
♪ ♪
- Vanessa Hadid
- They're going
Why, to kiss his ring?
- To destroy
- Like I said, he's got
- Yeah, he may,
We have his assistant
- Bring her in.
- He's my boss.
I was just
- Come on, Cindy.
You bring these women into
They trust you,
That makes you
- I don't know
- You don't know?
You mind telling me
his furniture Sunday midnight?
That's destroying evidence.
Listen...
he will not think twice
about throwing you
and then backing up over you.
- He can't know.
- That didn't take long.
- Guys like this,
Nobody likes them.
- Okay, so maybe now
Maybe she'll walk
- It's too late.
It turns out after
she hopped a plane
She's directing
- He has a way
- Maybe we need someone new.
- Hmm.
- Call Vice.
- Yeah.
- Katriona Tamin.
- Call me Kat.
- Is it cool to talk here?
- I grew up around here.
- Okay.
So Vice gave you the rundown?
- I watched the tape.
Looks like you didn't
Should I check the spirals?
- Just more of the same.
- This guy's a real
- He is a serial predator
his vics and he knows
- Played you guys
- He did.
You should know
to the DA's office,
- Harder they come,
What's my play?
- Aspiring local actress.
- Where I went.
So you are thrilled to meet,
maybe even audition
- Like what he did
Isn't that the rap
- Yeah, it is.
He can't help himself.
- Yeah, junkies gotta score.
You wire his office?
- So he keeps
The good news is
is cooperating with us.
We'll be across the hall.
Pull you out before
- Don't do that.
- You want to get this guy,
Let him rough me up a little,
I'll signal for when
I can take care of myself.
♪ ♪
- When I look at you,
I don't see the wheelchair.
I see the man I love.
- You know, I'm gonna
'cause acting, well, it's...
it's not about words,
- You're right.
At least this time
- She's doing a good job.
- She studied the tape.
- Now you made
auditioning for the lead
which I think
But I have an idea.
There's another part
Smaller role, of course.
It's a woman,
who's put upon by men.
Humiliated,
Well, basically she's a whore.
- Um...
does she have lines
- Well, that would depend
providing you're willing
- Of course.
- No, it's not what I want.
It's...
it's what you want.
Well, actually,
Because you do need to get
your first part in a movie,
- Yes.
- He's flipping
- What's her signal word?
- Bastard.
- So why don't you stand up?
- Okay.
- Just turn around.
Yeah.
Now, we'll walk towards
Okay, stop there.
Now put your hands up against
like medium height
You know, as if he's attacking
You smell fantastic.
You know that?
[grunting]
You know what I'm gonna
- I don't want to do this.
Well, I do.
- Get your hands off me.
Ow.
You're hurting me.
- I'm not hurting you.
In five years' time,
it's the only way
Hey.
You will not open your mouth
- You're choking me.
- How long we gonna let
- Go. Now.
- She didn't say "bastard."
- I know, but I don't care.
♪ ♪
- You're choking me.
- Am I choking you?
- I can't breathe.
- You can't breathe?
- Please.
- Come here.
- Stop!
[grunting]
- NYPD.
- Step away from her.
- What the hell?
- Tobias Moore,
- What, for auditioning?
- You doing all right?
Why'd you guys rush in?
- Okay, you got what we needed.
- You little skank.
- Yeah, not so green
- You really are
Do you really know
- Get him out of here.
♪ ♪
This is a farce.
I'll be out in an hour.
- Who are you really
Your uncle, daddy,
- Sir Toby, you do this one?
- Toby, they have you
- Pictures lie.
It's my business, hey?
- You're saying it's a setup?
- NYPD's got a vendetta
They'll pay for it.
- Get him out of here.
♪ ♪
- Hold up.
- What are you guys doing here?
- It's your first arraignment.
- Well, spoiler alert.
and then it's gonna be
- Look, these guys believe that
but...
you need to take him down.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- Thank you...
- Of course.
- ADA Carisi and I want
for helping our office
that it doesn't matter
sexual assault will not
- Joe, please.
- She can turn on a dime.
- Well, she's back
and at least Carisi's safe.
It's all good.
You okay?
- The powers that be have
to work with the DA's
- What does that mean?
- I'm being send to Coventry.
As of Monday morning,
for the Traffic and Pedestrian
on Staten Island.
- No, no, no,
- Feathers were ruffled,
- I will call the press.
I will call 1PP.
I will call whoever I have to.
This is ridiculous.
- Liv, let it go.
I've had a good run.
And it's not time
- I'll be the judge of that.
You've still got work to do,
It'd be a wasted sacrifice...
Captain.
I made it a condition
Don't worry about me.
I'll be back.
♪ ♪
- You're a good man,
- You are a class act,
Long may you run.
[triumphant music]
♪ ♪
.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪