1 00:00:00,835 --> 00:00:03,353 In New York City's war on crime, 2 00:00:03,353 --> 00:00:08,392 the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 3 00:00:08,392 --> 00:00:10,190 These are their stories. 4 00:00:12,155 --> 00:00:15,479 One eighty-five, 190, 195. 5 00:00:15,479 --> 00:00:18,818 Oops. I'll be right back with the rest. 6 00:00:19,975 --> 00:00:21,715 Runnin' out of time, Chops. 7 00:00:21,715 --> 00:00:25,896 Hey, if he's breathin', we'll find him. Don't even think about it. 8 00:00:26,717 --> 00:00:31,324 Sorry. Am I a bad accountant or what? 9 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:35,464 See you next week, girlfriend. 10 00:00:35,751 --> 00:00:37,447 You put up with that crap? 11 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:41,120 It's not forever. 12 00:00:41,905 --> 00:00:44,506 He's been in that apartment for a week. He's going stir-crazy. 13 00:00:44,506 --> 00:00:47,294 It'd be a nice gesture, considering what he's doing for us. 14 00:00:47,294 --> 00:00:49,815 I just need him to sit still for another week. 15 00:00:49,815 --> 00:00:52,979 If we don't get thrown another continuance. 16 00:00:59,413 --> 00:01:01,124 Here she comes. 17 00:01:01,336 --> 00:01:03,116 We go with her? 18 00:01:04,331 --> 00:01:07,093 No. Go buy a cake. 19 00:01:11,747 --> 00:01:14,648 So the big mystery's over. Here's the address. 20 00:01:14,648 --> 00:01:16,351 No stops on the way there or back. 21 00:01:16,351 --> 00:01:18,051 Take him in and out through the back entrance. 22 00:01:18,051 --> 00:01:20,769 Inside, stay close. 23 00:01:22,061 --> 00:01:23,727 Here. 24 00:01:24,119 --> 00:01:26,606 So, what do you think? 25 00:01:27,157 --> 00:01:29,717 I think she's gonna be very proud of you, Danny. 26 00:01:42,510 --> 00:01:45,849 Danny, this is the best gift I could get. 27 00:01:45,849 --> 00:01:48,502 I didn't think you'd come back from Florida in time. 28 00:01:48,502 --> 00:01:51,000 Hey, anything for my nana. 29 00:01:57,533 --> 00:01:59,431 This guy's still at it? 30 00:01:59,431 --> 00:02:02,583 I'm gonna put his head in that squeeze box he doesn't shut up. 31 00:02:02,583 --> 00:02:05,789 Shut your mouth, punk. I love that tune. 32 00:02:05,789 --> 00:02:07,928 Don't screw with me, old man. 33 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:09,995 Or what? 34 00:02:10,268 --> 00:02:12,066 You sit down and drink your Shirley Temple. 35 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:15,540 You sit down before I rip your finger off and shove it up your... 36 00:02:16,225 --> 00:02:17,702 Get down! 37 00:02:24,571 --> 00:02:26,298 Ma, you all right? 38 00:02:26,298 --> 00:02:29,614 Danny, did you... Oh, my God.! 39 00:02:33,933 --> 00:02:36,787 ÀÚ¸·Á¦ÀÛ - NSC ÀÚ¸·ÆÀ (http://club.nate.com/tsm) 40 00:02:42,786 --> 00:02:44,999 ºó¼¾Æ® µµ³ëÇÁ¸®¿À (·Î¹öÆ® °í·» Çü»ç æµ) 41 00:02:49,149 --> 00:02:51,497 ij¾²¸° ¾îºê (¾Ë·º»êµå♪ó ÀÓÁî Çü»ç æµ) 42 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:58,117 Á¦À̹Ì ½¦¸®´ø (Á¦ÀÓ½º µðŲ½º °æ°¨ æµ) 43 00:03:00,882 --> 00:03:03,146 ÄÚÆ®´Ï B. ¹ê½º (·Ð Ä«¹ö °Ë»çº¸ æµ) 44 00:03:03,592 --> 00:03:05,155 ÀÚ¸·ÆíÁý/½ÌÅ© ¼Û¹ÌÇý(smh8119@nate.com) 45 00:03:05,591 --> 00:03:07,186 Çѱ۹ø¿ª (http://club.nate.com/tsm) 46 00:03:08,210 --> 00:03:12,273 Law & Order CI 3x19. Fico Di Capo 47 00:03:12,652 --> 00:03:15,293 ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC: 2004/05/09 48 00:03:20,369 --> 00:03:24,015 This kid's a witness in a mob trial, and you bring him here for Sunday dinner. 49 00:03:24,015 --> 00:03:25,400 Whose idea was that? 50 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:26,720 Mine. 51 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,478 Thank you, Officer Tait. 52 00:03:29,194 --> 00:03:31,750 Who knew Danny'd be here? His family? 53 00:03:31,750 --> 00:03:33,637 No. They thought he was in Florida. 54 00:03:33,637 --> 00:03:35,998 Not even my own guys knew until tonight. 55 00:03:36,686 --> 00:03:38,955 Danny witnessed an arson of a meth lab? 56 00:03:38,955 --> 00:03:42,133 He was working across the street. He saw Mikey Damiano run from the building. 57 00:03:42,133 --> 00:03:44,622 We only found Danny 'cause our other witnesses recanted. 58 00:03:44,622 --> 00:03:46,891 Nobody knew we had him. 59 00:03:47,096 --> 00:03:49,812 If I knew who he was testifying against... 60 00:03:50,007 --> 00:03:53,267 Mario Damiano's kid, of all people... 61 00:03:53,414 --> 00:03:55,027 I never would've allowed that. 62 00:03:55,027 --> 00:03:56,813 We understand. 63 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,442 Your son was brave, Ms. Lucci. 64 00:03:59,932 --> 00:04:01,996 We'll get justice for him. 65 00:04:03,142 --> 00:04:07,301 Danny Lucci's protection detail said the shooter was standing right about here. 66 00:04:07,301 --> 00:04:11,254 Male Caucasian, 50s, 60s, gold-tinted glasses. 67 00:04:11,254 --> 00:04:13,207 It's Chianti. 68 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:17,795 No one drank from this. 69 00:04:19,433 --> 00:04:23,975 Three shots, grouped together to avoid hitting unintended victims. 70 00:04:23,975 --> 00:04:26,450 And enough boom-boom to make everybody duck. 71 00:04:26,450 --> 00:04:29,287 Next shot, on the money. 72 00:04:30,292 --> 00:04:32,861 He saved the last two rounds... 73 00:04:33,412 --> 00:04:36,050 in case he ran into trouble getting out. 74 00:04:36,628 --> 00:04:37,827 Old school pro. 75 00:04:37,827 --> 00:04:41,030 Working with someone from the new school. The other guy: 19, 20, 76 00:04:41,030 --> 00:04:43,850 dark hair, leather coat, collar turned up. 77 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:44,790 I can't believe it, Jim. 78 00:04:44,790 --> 00:04:46,580 Your guys were supposed to sit on top of him. 79 00:04:46,580 --> 00:04:48,679 - Now we're in for it. - This is a disaster. 80 00:04:48,679 --> 00:04:51,383 Mr. Perez, this is neither the time nor the place. 81 00:04:51,383 --> 00:04:55,299 Detective Farcas, the district attorney, the police commissioner have agreed... 82 00:04:55,299 --> 00:04:57,665 Major Case will be investigating this murder. 83 00:04:57,665 --> 00:04:59,101 It's my case. 84 00:04:59,101 --> 00:05:02,010 You have your hands full with the Damiano arson case. 85 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:05,602 Now, why don't you and Mr. Perez have a word with the young man's parents. 86 00:05:05,602 --> 00:05:07,941 Come here. I want to talk to you. 87 00:05:10,015 --> 00:05:13,492 This began as an argument over an accordion player? 88 00:05:13,492 --> 00:05:17,395 A diversion. It was a hit. Probably ordered by the Damianos. 89 00:05:17,395 --> 00:05:20,226 And Damiano Senior is in a hospice dying from cancer. 90 00:05:20,226 --> 00:05:21,964 And his son Mikey? 91 00:05:21,964 --> 00:05:25,061 Somehow they knew Danny Lucci would be here tonight. 92 00:05:25,823 --> 00:05:27,838 It's such a nice cake. 93 00:05:30,176 --> 00:05:33,834 "Isabella's Italian Bakery." It's a special-order cake. 94 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:38,568 They had to know in advance where to deliver it. 95 00:05:38,798 --> 00:05:40,844 ISABELLA'S ITALIAN BAKERY 39 RIDGE STREET TUESDAY, MARCH 23 96 00:05:40,844 --> 00:05:44,185 Ms. Lucci came in Sunday afternoon to check on the decorations. 97 00:05:44,185 --> 00:05:46,788 This guy kneadin' the dough... Is he new? 98 00:05:47,391 --> 00:05:50,622 He's not using enough flour. The dough's gonna stick. 99 00:05:50,622 --> 00:05:51,859 Yeah, he's new. 100 00:05:51,859 --> 00:05:54,332 What happened to the guy he replaced? 101 00:05:54,478 --> 00:05:57,011 Roberto never came back from his break yesterday afternoon. 102 00:05:57,011 --> 00:05:59,392 His break... It was after Mrs. Lucci was here? 103 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,752 Yeah. He was in the alley talkin' to some guy. 104 00:06:01,752 --> 00:06:03,121 He came in and he went out again. 105 00:06:03,121 --> 00:06:06,358 - Why'd he come back in? - He looked in that fridge. 106 00:06:06,642 --> 00:06:08,617 Is this where you kept Ms. Lucci's cake? 107 00:06:08,617 --> 00:06:10,034 In the box with the address? 108 00:06:10,034 --> 00:06:11,716 Yes. 109 00:06:12,370 --> 00:06:14,472 The guy in the alleyway... 110 00:06:14,654 --> 00:06:16,332 What did he look like? 111 00:06:16,545 --> 00:06:18,914 White guy. Young guy. 112 00:06:18,914 --> 00:06:20,993 I couldn't see his face real good. 113 00:06:20,993 --> 00:06:22,972 He had, you know, his collar up. 114 00:06:22,972 --> 00:06:25,424 It's all the rage these days. 115 00:06:26,189 --> 00:06:29,771 Here are the phone records for the cops on Lucci's security detail. 116 00:06:29,771 --> 00:06:31,192 How're they stacking up? 117 00:06:31,192 --> 00:06:33,528 Mm, two of them are happily married. 118 00:06:33,528 --> 00:06:36,549 One of them... Tait... got slammed in his divorce last year. 119 00:06:36,549 --> 00:06:39,220 A wife and two teenage kids. 120 00:06:39,471 --> 00:06:41,844 A lot of cops manage alimony without taking bribes. 121 00:06:41,844 --> 00:06:45,063 Hey, the Damianos have their hands in a lot of pockets. 122 00:06:45,063 --> 00:06:47,164 The great Damiano family. 123 00:06:47,299 --> 00:06:51,231 Old man Mario with lung cancer. His brothers long gone. 124 00:06:51,231 --> 00:06:53,413 His eldest son dead. 125 00:06:53,796 --> 00:06:56,163 His middle son serving life. 126 00:06:57,006 --> 00:06:59,539 Now it's down to the runt of the litter. 127 00:07:00,709 --> 00:07:05,253 The officer with the alimony, that's... Tait. / Yes. 128 00:07:08,971 --> 00:07:12,460 All right. His cell phone shows a half dozen calls yesterday... 129 00:07:12,460 --> 00:07:16,316 to and from a number in Cape May. 130 00:07:16,316 --> 00:07:21,563 - It's registered under a Karen Loeser. - Yeah. That's his ex-wife. 131 00:07:21,817 --> 00:07:24,287 There's no calls to her last month, 132 00:07:25,255 --> 00:07:26,890 month before... 133 00:07:26,890 --> 00:07:28,213 two calls in nine weeks. 134 00:07:28,213 --> 00:07:30,817 Then all of a sudden she's his best pal. 135 00:07:32,308 --> 00:07:35,049 APARTMENT OF A.D.A. GERALDO PEREZ BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TUESDAY, MARCH 23 136 00:07:35,075 --> 00:07:37,093 A new dirt bike. 137 00:07:37,311 --> 00:07:39,566 That's what the calls were about. 138 00:07:39,737 --> 00:07:45,400 It was delivered to Tait's son the day after Danny Lucci was shot. 139 00:07:45,447 --> 00:07:49,135 His kid says that it was a surprise birthday gift from his dad. 140 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:50,709 We're still tracking down the dealership, 141 00:07:50,709 --> 00:07:55,402 but there's no record of how Tait paid for it... no check, no withdrawal from his bank. 142 00:07:55,402 --> 00:07:57,572 Son of a bitch. 143 00:07:58,101 --> 00:08:00,409 Sorry. Didn't know you had company. 144 00:08:00,409 --> 00:08:02,639 These are detectives from Major Case. 145 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:04,051 This is my wife, Nina. 146 00:08:04,051 --> 00:08:07,472 We're just, uh, you know, swapping fish stories. 147 00:08:07,613 --> 00:08:10,304 Take your time. Nice to meet you. 148 00:08:10,676 --> 00:08:14,896 So Tait was in a position to tell Mikey Damiano... 149 00:08:14,896 --> 00:08:18,664 that Danny Lucci might be at his grandmother's dinner. 150 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:21,837 One of Detective Farcas's own men. 151 00:08:21,837 --> 00:08:23,590 Bring him in. 152 00:08:25,183 --> 00:08:28,408 Mikey handled everything like a real pro, Mr. Damiano. 153 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:31,175 I always knew he was a chip off the old block. 154 00:08:34,989 --> 00:08:36,871 Good boy. 155 00:08:38,779 --> 00:08:41,595 Give me one of those figs. 156 00:08:50,223 --> 00:08:53,427 You don't tell Mikey about your visits here, okay? 157 00:08:53,427 --> 00:08:55,581 No, sir, Mr. Damiano. 158 00:08:55,905 --> 00:08:58,609 Mikey's the last of my sons. 159 00:08:58,609 --> 00:09:00,883 I see his flaws. 160 00:09:01,323 --> 00:09:03,075 But you... 161 00:09:03,317 --> 00:09:05,867 Maybe you're from outside the family, 162 00:09:05,867 --> 00:09:08,891 but you got the Damiano spirit. 163 00:09:08,891 --> 00:09:12,025 We all come from the same earth, Mr. Damiano. 164 00:09:12,344 --> 00:09:14,718 I see bad days ahead. 165 00:09:15,762 --> 00:09:18,948 We'll be nothing if we don't help each other. 166 00:09:23,394 --> 00:09:26,930 I did not give up information on Danny Lucci. 167 00:09:26,930 --> 00:09:29,975 Just out of curiosity, how much do you think that information would be worth? 168 00:09:29,975 --> 00:09:32,133 Fifty thousand? Forty? 169 00:09:32,133 --> 00:09:35,980 How about $6,542.22? 170 00:09:35,980 --> 00:09:37,435 How did you arrive at that number? 171 00:09:37,435 --> 00:09:39,360 It's the price of a new dirt bike. 172 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,683 Gift wrapping not included. 173 00:09:41,683 --> 00:09:43,483 It was delivered to your ex-wife's house. 174 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:46,643 An early birthday present for your son, Jason. 175 00:09:46,643 --> 00:09:47,560 I didn't buy that. 176 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:49,153 Well, that's not what you told your son. 177 00:09:49,153 --> 00:09:52,001 He said that you bought him a new bike. 178 00:09:52,001 --> 00:09:55,894 Well, he thought I did... Thinks I did. 179 00:09:55,894 --> 00:09:58,715 It was the first time he called you in five months, right? 180 00:09:58,715 --> 00:10:00,727 He was angry about the divorce? 181 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:02,834 What do you expect? He's just a kid. 182 00:10:02,834 --> 00:10:07,468 Well, if he thought that you did something nice, that might turn things around, right, Raymond? 183 00:10:07,468 --> 00:10:11,098 I did not buy him that bike. 184 00:10:13,144 --> 00:10:15,393 You let him think you did. 185 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:21,917 I know I should've reported it, but... 186 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,726 Jason... 187 00:10:29,636 --> 00:10:32,575 You should've heard the kid. 188 00:10:35,127 --> 00:10:36,584 I'll need the DD-5's by tomorrow. 189 00:10:36,584 --> 00:10:39,786 I want to present to the grandjury as soon as possible. 190 00:10:39,786 --> 00:10:42,701 Well, I'm not sure Tait was the leak. 191 00:10:42,701 --> 00:10:45,401 - You bought that sob story? - I bought his affect. 192 00:10:45,631 --> 00:10:48,567 Well, I'm sorry, but that's not evidence. The motorcycle is. 193 00:10:48,567 --> 00:10:51,502 A witness is dead. The sooner we indict that guy, 194 00:10:51,502 --> 00:10:55,247 the sooner we can make a murder case against Mikey Damiano. 195 00:10:56,612 --> 00:10:59,712 Now the shooting really starts. 196 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:08,594 No question we screwed up. We lost a witness. 197 00:11:08,594 --> 00:11:11,052 But not one of my guys is on the Damianos' payroll. 198 00:11:11,052 --> 00:11:13,958 Then they have nothing to fear from a grand jury. 199 00:11:14,376 --> 00:11:16,119 Don't sell me sunshine, counselor. 200 00:11:16,119 --> 00:11:19,640 Perez is well-intentioned, but he's makin' enemies. 201 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:24,748 Detectives Goren and Eames happen to agree with him. 202 00:11:24,748 --> 00:11:26,246 They think Tait was set up. 203 00:11:26,246 --> 00:11:27,723 And the motorcycle? 204 00:11:27,723 --> 00:11:30,619 Cash purchase from a dealership in Hoboken. 205 00:11:30,619 --> 00:11:32,912 Buyer was a male Caucasian, 206 00:11:32,912 --> 00:11:35,993 early 20s, black hair, 207 00:11:36,141 --> 00:11:38,410 just like Mikey Damiano. 208 00:11:38,649 --> 00:11:41,014 Can you turn that into probable cause for a search warrant? 209 00:11:41,014 --> 00:11:42,860 - I'll talk to a judge. - Good enough. 210 00:11:43,209 --> 00:11:45,450 Any way to put the brakes on Perez? 211 00:11:45,450 --> 00:11:47,615 Your detectives bring me something, 212 00:11:47,615 --> 00:11:49,888 I'll try to cool him out. 213 00:11:50,913 --> 00:11:54,202 Wa-Wa-Wait. I don't want these guys messin' up my dad's stuff. 214 00:11:54,452 --> 00:11:55,440 I'll show 'em where my room is. 215 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,876 They'll just follow the stench. 216 00:11:57,876 --> 00:12:00,262 What'd you do? Give the maid the year off? 217 00:12:00,262 --> 00:12:01,839 It's just you livin' here, huh, 218 00:12:01,839 --> 00:12:04,396 since your dad went to the hospice. 219 00:12:04,396 --> 00:12:07,614 This place must've been something back in the day when your mother was still alive, 220 00:12:07,614 --> 00:12:08,848 your brothers still around. 221 00:12:08,848 --> 00:12:10,667 Don't-Don't talk about my family. 222 00:12:10,667 --> 00:12:12,844 You're the last of the Mohicans, Mikey. 223 00:12:12,971 --> 00:12:14,424 I don't have nothin' to say without my lawyer. 224 00:12:14,424 --> 00:12:17,374 Oh, that's just adorable. Probably the first words your dad taught you. 225 00:12:17,374 --> 00:12:20,199 - The garage this way? - You figure it out. 226 00:12:22,557 --> 00:12:25,894 You know, Mikey, you really dodged a bullet with this arson case. 227 00:12:25,894 --> 00:12:29,214 We keep trying to figure out how a guy like you pulled it off. 228 00:12:29,214 --> 00:12:31,069 Very clever of you... 229 00:12:31,069 --> 00:12:33,783 use a dirt bike to dirty up a cop. 230 00:12:33,901 --> 00:12:36,469 What dirt bike, huh? Do you see a dirt bike anywhere? 231 00:12:36,469 --> 00:12:37,987 Is this your defense strategy? 232 00:12:37,987 --> 00:12:40,713 Convince us you're too dumb to have pulled it off? 233 00:12:40,713 --> 00:12:44,348 Watch out. You're gonna get dust all over your clothes. 234 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:48,213 You know, you should take better care of your dad's car for the resale value. 235 00:12:48,213 --> 00:12:50,128 I'm not sellin' his car. 236 00:12:50,128 --> 00:12:52,986 Well, I don't see you drivin' around in this boat. 237 00:12:53,621 --> 00:12:56,218 And your dad's not gonna ride in it anytime soon. 238 00:12:56,218 --> 00:12:57,975 My pops'll be back. 239 00:12:57,975 --> 00:12:59,881 He'll be back strong. 240 00:13:01,737 --> 00:13:04,327 You're in over your head, aren't you, Mikey? 241 00:13:04,580 --> 00:13:06,142 No. I'm doin'just fine. 242 00:13:06,142 --> 00:13:09,179 Fine? You turned your father's house into a pigsty. 243 00:13:09,179 --> 00:13:11,546 You let his gambling operation slide. 244 00:13:11,682 --> 00:13:15,396 And, best of all, you turned an arson rap into murder one. 245 00:13:15,396 --> 00:13:18,721 Perez won't stop until he puts a hot shot in your arm. 246 00:13:19,737 --> 00:13:22,390 Perez. I'm not scared of Perez. 247 00:13:22,390 --> 00:13:24,271 You know, he likes fishin' so much? 248 00:13:24,271 --> 00:13:27,633 You tell him, he keeps tryin' to reel me in, I'm gonna cram that hook down his throat. 249 00:13:27,633 --> 00:13:29,429 He likes fishing? 250 00:13:30,131 --> 00:13:32,060 How do you know? 251 00:13:34,417 --> 00:13:38,146 Look. I don't got nothin' to say without my lawyer, all right? 252 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:41,027 Perez had fly-fishing equipment in his apartment. 253 00:13:41,027 --> 00:13:43,303 I doubt Mikey just made a lucky guess. 254 00:13:43,303 --> 00:13:46,734 They did their homework on Tait. They probably did the same on Perez. 255 00:13:46,734 --> 00:13:48,766 Does he have a history with the Damianos? 256 00:13:48,766 --> 00:13:50,395 No. This is his first mob case. 257 00:13:50,395 --> 00:13:54,066 Two weeks ago, somebody pulled Perez's marriage license from the county clerk's office. 258 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:56,567 Then they pulled his wife's birth certificate. 259 00:13:56,567 --> 00:13:58,589 I don't like the sound of that. 260 00:13:59,436 --> 00:14:02,651 Well, last year, one of Perez's assault cases was reassigned to another prosecutor... 261 00:14:02,651 --> 00:14:06,360 - due to conflict of interest. - What was the conflict? 262 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,986 The arresting officer... was Officer Nina Perez. 263 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:12,435 His wife was a beat cop at the 3-8. 264 00:14:12,435 --> 00:14:15,283 Hate to think the Damianos got to her. 265 00:14:16,442 --> 00:14:18,137 Check her creds. 266 00:14:22,675 --> 00:14:25,483 Officer Nina Grotsky Perez. 267 00:14:25,642 --> 00:14:29,845 She was transferred out of the 3-8 six months ago to the 7-1. 268 00:14:29,845 --> 00:14:33,575 She's not at the 7-1 anymore, or anywhere else. 269 00:14:33,575 --> 00:14:35,727 She's not on leave. 270 00:14:35,857 --> 00:14:39,230 But she's still drawing a paycheck. 271 00:14:39,354 --> 00:14:40,743 What, she's off the radar? 272 00:14:40,743 --> 00:14:42,770 She's undercover. 273 00:14:43,418 --> 00:14:45,968 you have a good weekend? 274 00:14:46,526 --> 00:14:48,233 very good 275 00:14:48,233 --> 00:14:51,592 what about you? how was your big date satruday? 276 00:14:51,592 --> 00:14:54,357 turned out not to be so big after all 277 00:15:04,227 --> 00:15:07,534 The duty sergeant at the 7-1 doesn't know what happened to Nina Perez. 278 00:15:07,534 --> 00:15:09,009 Narco and Vice have never heard of her. 279 00:15:09,009 --> 00:15:10,742 If she's undercover, it's not with them. 280 00:15:10,742 --> 00:15:15,236 Whoever pulled her birth certificate could've followed the same trail that we did... 281 00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:17,116 and come to the same place. 282 00:15:19,131 --> 00:15:22,271 Deakins. Hold on. 283 00:15:22,493 --> 00:15:23,539 It's a reporter at the Ledger. 284 00:15:23,539 --> 00:15:26,634 He says he got our number from your friends at the 7-1. 285 00:15:26,634 --> 00:15:28,168 Put him through. 286 00:15:28,281 --> 00:15:29,891 Yes, Mr. Nossak? 287 00:15:30,753 --> 00:15:32,640 Right. About Nina Perez. 288 00:15:33,145 --> 00:15:34,667 No kidding? 289 00:15:35,526 --> 00:15:37,449 Well, I can't comment till I see it. 290 00:15:37,449 --> 00:15:39,565 Can you fax it? Have you got the number? 291 00:15:39,565 --> 00:15:40,510 Right. 292 00:15:41,524 --> 00:15:42,920 You won't believe this. 293 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,058 Nossak's running a column on A.D.A. Perez in tomorrow morning's paper. 294 00:15:48,549 --> 00:15:51,580 "A.D.A. Perez's prosecution of Officer Tait has surprised many, 295 00:15:51,580 --> 00:15:54,942 "not the least of whom must be Perez's wife, Nina, a police officer... 296 00:15:54,942 --> 00:15:57,840 "who sources say is currently working undercover... 297 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,977 in a heating oil company controlled by the Russian mob." 298 00:16:00,977 --> 00:16:03,194 They're blowing her cover. 299 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:06,868 Well, if the reporter knows, we have to assume everyone does. 300 00:16:07,211 --> 00:16:10,288 Captain Deakins for the chief of detectives. It's urgent. 301 00:16:10,423 --> 00:16:12,006 They caught her just as she got home. 302 00:16:12,006 --> 00:16:13,000 Three puncture wounds. 303 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,547 If you hadn't alerted us, we'd have gotten here too late. 304 00:16:14,547 --> 00:16:15,897 This is her decoy apartment? 305 00:16:15,897 --> 00:16:18,938 Right. She'd come home, change into her running sweats, 306 00:16:18,938 --> 00:16:22,290 take the stairs up three floors to her husband's place. 307 00:16:24,351 --> 00:16:27,166 How many in your unit knew her identity? 308 00:16:27,166 --> 00:16:29,027 Four, including me. 309 00:16:29,027 --> 00:16:31,565 And two more at the chief of D's office. 310 00:16:31,565 --> 00:16:33,288 Nina? Nina? Oh, my God. 311 00:16:33,288 --> 00:16:35,671 Baby, can you hear me? What have they done to you? 312 00:16:35,671 --> 00:16:37,292 They got her stabilized, Mr. Perez. 313 00:16:37,292 --> 00:16:39,786 Listen. I know who did this. I know who leaked her cover. 314 00:16:39,786 --> 00:16:41,567 It was cops to get back at me. 315 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:45,442 This is the same thing as murder. The same thing as murder! 316 00:16:46,274 --> 00:16:48,407 I don't know about all that, 317 00:16:48,681 --> 00:16:50,680 but I can tell you who tried to kill her. 318 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,254 The Russians. 319 00:16:53,588 --> 00:16:56,598 If the Russians wanted her dead, she'd be dead. 320 00:16:59,651 --> 00:17:03,335 I can't believe a cop would blow Nina Perez's cover. 321 00:17:03,459 --> 00:17:06,949 Perez believes it. So do a number of my colleagues. 322 00:17:06,949 --> 00:17:10,075 We better get ahead of this before it turns into a war. 323 00:17:10,075 --> 00:17:13,694 A war would play into the hands of the people who tipped off the reporter. 324 00:17:13,694 --> 00:17:15,598 The same people who attacked Nina Perez. 325 00:17:15,598 --> 00:17:16,934 The Russians? 326 00:17:16,934 --> 00:17:18,301 She was no threat to them. 327 00:17:18,301 --> 00:17:22,025 Her supervisor said the Russians hadn't taken her into their confidences yet. 328 00:17:22,025 --> 00:17:23,887 This attack wasn't about silencing her. 329 00:17:23,887 --> 00:17:27,478 She was knocked unconscious. Each knife strike was precise. 330 00:17:27,478 --> 00:17:31,280 He hit no major organs, no arteries. 331 00:17:31,442 --> 00:17:32,988 He let her live. 332 00:17:32,988 --> 00:17:35,770 This was a display of power. 333 00:17:35,770 --> 00:17:38,138 And so is orchestrating a war. 334 00:17:38,252 --> 00:17:42,603 A single individual pitted the police against the D.A.'s office. 335 00:17:42,745 --> 00:17:45,863 Only the Damianos benefit from this, and I don't see Mikey pulling it off. 336 00:17:45,863 --> 00:17:47,130 Maybe his old man. 337 00:17:47,130 --> 00:17:49,165 His phone at the hospice is tapped. 338 00:17:49,165 --> 00:17:50,709 His visitors monitored. 339 00:17:50,709 --> 00:17:53,188 Mikey visits once a month. That's it. 340 00:17:53,188 --> 00:17:56,294 Everybody else is in the pen or dead. 341 00:17:56,566 --> 00:17:58,740 Well, a ghost didn't do this. 342 00:18:01,059 --> 00:18:03,208 FOREST HILLS HOSPICE QUEENS, NEW YORK WEDNESDAY, MARCH31 343 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:05,127 What are you violatin' a dyin'old man for? 344 00:18:05,127 --> 00:18:07,322 Don't you have enough problems in your own family? 345 00:18:07,322 --> 00:18:09,560 That young broad gettin' cut. 346 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,266 You heard about that? 347 00:18:11,563 --> 00:18:13,313 Who do you think did it? 348 00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:17,483 The Russians. They're animals. 349 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:22,873 And who else would be so dumb? 350 00:18:23,118 --> 00:18:25,879 Right. Goin' after a prosecutor's wife. 351 00:18:26,724 --> 00:18:28,920 It's bad for business. That's what you mean? 352 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,382 So I hear. Those are private! 353 00:18:31,547 --> 00:18:35,337 It's just about the only pleasure left for an old man. 354 00:18:35,337 --> 00:18:37,091 Who brings you these? 355 00:18:38,753 --> 00:18:42,562 Sicilian blacks. Fico di capo. 356 00:18:43,263 --> 00:18:45,637 Fig of the don. 357 00:18:45,637 --> 00:18:48,921 - Mikey bring them? - Yeah, Mikey. 358 00:18:49,073 --> 00:18:51,376 Oh, that's a nice gesture. 359 00:18:52,135 --> 00:18:54,851 It's too bad he's not as considerate with your home. 360 00:18:54,851 --> 00:18:56,754 Mm. It's like a frat house on a Sunday morning. 361 00:18:56,754 --> 00:18:59,125 He never even bothers to wash your car. 362 00:18:59,125 --> 00:19:03,197 Yeah, Mikey thinks that this is your last stop. 363 00:19:04,130 --> 00:19:07,863 Where in the hell you been? I've been buzzin'for an hour.! 364 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:10,948 Sorry, Mr. Damiano, sir. 365 00:19:11,573 --> 00:19:13,760 Hey, you. Give me that. 366 00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:20,521 You lay off my boy. 367 00:19:20,658 --> 00:19:23,148 He's gonna be an orphan soon. 368 00:19:32,233 --> 00:19:35,245 Mikey hasn't been here in two weeks. 369 00:19:37,417 --> 00:19:39,928 These figs are fresh. 370 00:19:44,788 --> 00:19:48,702 Why don't you just tell us who brought 'em to you, Mr. Damiano? 371 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,030 It's somebody that you don't want us to know about. 372 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:56,727 Right? 373 00:19:58,414 --> 00:20:01,286 Somebody who sneaks in like a thief. 374 00:20:05,812 --> 00:20:08,005 Move. 375 00:20:11,070 --> 00:20:13,985 He didn't look happy about the attack on Perez's wife. 376 00:20:13,985 --> 00:20:16,856 He seems to be happy enough about the figs, 377 00:20:16,856 --> 00:20:19,590 however they're getting in there. 378 00:20:29,397 --> 00:20:32,782 Our fig man must have a friend on the inside. 379 00:20:45,337 --> 00:20:47,087 Do you need help? 380 00:20:47,087 --> 00:20:48,523 Yeah. 381 00:20:48,523 --> 00:20:51,014 That door over there... The alarm is disconnected. 382 00:20:51,014 --> 00:20:53,098 Uh, uh... 383 00:20:57,116 --> 00:20:58,185 What? 384 00:20:58,185 --> 00:21:00,727 Pupils the size of pinholes, an orderly's salary. 385 00:21:00,727 --> 00:21:02,419 I'm guessing methamphetamine. 386 00:21:02,419 --> 00:21:04,283 Let-Let's go with that. 387 00:21:04,283 --> 00:21:07,157 You know, seeing as you're the soldier on duty all night here, 388 00:21:07,157 --> 00:21:10,190 who brings Mr. Damiano the figs? 389 00:21:10,190 --> 00:21:12,127 Green Jell-O, stewed prunes, I'm your guy. 390 00:21:12,127 --> 00:21:15,070 But figs? No. Sorry. L... 391 00:21:15,070 --> 00:21:16,130 If we checked that alarm box, 392 00:21:16,130 --> 00:21:19,509 whose fingerprints do you think we'd find? 393 00:21:23,385 --> 00:21:26,643 You cannot tell him that I told you this. 394 00:21:26,643 --> 00:21:28,027 He would take me apart. 395 00:21:28,027 --> 00:21:29,345 Tell who? Damiano? 396 00:21:29,345 --> 00:21:31,814 Not him. This kid, Chops. 397 00:21:31,814 --> 00:21:35,793 If I don't open the door for him, he said he'd kill me. 398 00:21:35,977 --> 00:21:38,016 And you believe him, this kid? 399 00:21:38,016 --> 00:21:41,184 He deals meth to the regulars down at the bathhouses in the Village. 400 00:21:41,184 --> 00:21:45,010 My friends have seen what he does to people who rip him off. 401 00:21:49,176 --> 00:21:51,588 Uh, excuse me, Chops. 402 00:21:51,718 --> 00:21:55,358 Hey, hey, the boys say that you're the guy to see if you need a boost. 403 00:21:55,358 --> 00:21:56,849 Do I know you? 404 00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:59,951 No. I just moved down here from Boston. You know, I'm still makin' new friends. 405 00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:03,203 Boston P.D. You're a cop, right? 406 00:22:03,203 --> 00:22:05,753 And her, your little friend? 407 00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:07,690 He made us. 408 00:22:08,269 --> 00:22:11,312 Wasn't that the point? Have the little punk make us. 409 00:22:11,312 --> 00:22:13,743 - Maybe he'll get cocky, drop his guard. - Come on. Come on. 410 00:22:13,743 --> 00:22:15,430 What do you wanna do now, officers? 411 00:22:15,430 --> 00:22:17,423 A stop-and-frisk? Be my guest. 412 00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:19,690 Hey, that was a preemptive offer. 413 00:22:19,690 --> 00:22:21,596 You know, so we think he's clean; we don't wanna search him. 414 00:22:21,596 --> 00:22:24,927 - Turn out your pockets. - Whatever you want, officers. 415 00:22:26,336 --> 00:22:29,636 I guess we could go at it all day, huh, Chops? 416 00:22:29,636 --> 00:22:31,663 Trying to outsmart each other. 417 00:22:31,812 --> 00:22:34,163 You do good business selling meth. 418 00:22:34,163 --> 00:22:35,998 I don't do that. 419 00:22:36,143 --> 00:22:38,983 There's another reason why you're so popular in a bathhouse. 420 00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:41,739 Something to do with your nickname..."Chops"? 421 00:22:41,739 --> 00:22:44,867 Yeah. Yeah, that must be it. 422 00:22:45,191 --> 00:22:49,159 Is that how you met Mikey Damiano? In the sauna? 423 00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:51,735 I don't know a Mikey Damiano. 424 00:22:53,111 --> 00:22:55,202 That blank look on your face... 425 00:22:55,202 --> 00:22:59,056 When-When-When you got that look, what are you thinkin'? 426 00:22:59,383 --> 00:23:02,210 Nothin'. / I don't see any I.D. Here. You got a name? 427 00:23:02,210 --> 00:23:05,127 You know my name. It's Chops. 428 00:23:05,254 --> 00:23:09,560 Well, he wanted a stop-and-frisk. See, this is where it gets frisky. 429 00:23:12,804 --> 00:23:14,351 So you say you don't know Mikey, right? 430 00:23:14,351 --> 00:23:17,299 Yet you sneak in and visit his father four times a week. 431 00:23:17,299 --> 00:23:20,204 Oh, so now my imaginary friend has an imaginary father. 432 00:23:20,204 --> 00:23:23,137 Why are you makin' a fist? Huh? 433 00:23:23,895 --> 00:23:27,184 So when you bring the old man figs, they any good? 434 00:23:27,184 --> 00:23:28,732 Look. I'm a delivery boy, all right? 435 00:23:28,732 --> 00:23:30,695 That's what I do. But I'm nothin', all right? 436 00:23:30,695 --> 00:23:32,744 He's clean. 437 00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:35,853 You okay, Chops? 438 00:23:35,853 --> 00:23:37,587 Am I free to go, officer? 439 00:23:37,587 --> 00:23:39,367 You're free to go. 440 00:23:40,075 --> 00:23:42,119 Give me your rag. 441 00:23:50,004 --> 00:23:52,038 That a snake on your neck? 442 00:23:52,038 --> 00:23:56,763 My mother always told me to keep my paws to myself, so I wouldn't leave smudges. 443 00:24:00,424 --> 00:24:03,436 We got deliveries to make, officer. 444 00:24:08,711 --> 00:24:13,146 We almost got a nice set of his prints off the window. 445 00:24:13,273 --> 00:24:17,291 I got partials on these when I uncurled his fingers. 446 00:24:18,108 --> 00:24:20,196 We have Richard Chops Cozza. 447 00:24:20,196 --> 00:24:23,451 "Chops" is actually on his birth certificate. 448 00:24:23,617 --> 00:24:26,460 One arrest for possession of stolen goods. 449 00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:29,089 Two chalices from a church. 450 00:24:29,205 --> 00:24:31,879 Maybe he is just Mario Damiano's delivery boy. 451 00:24:31,879 --> 00:24:36,616 A delivery boy that Damiano lied about, who sneaks in like a thief. 452 00:24:36,616 --> 00:24:38,130 He's smart. 453 00:24:38,247 --> 00:24:41,588 We gave him plenty of provocation, but he never took the bait. 454 00:24:41,588 --> 00:24:43,367 He felt anger. 455 00:24:43,367 --> 00:24:45,846 He just knew better than to show it. 456 00:24:45,846 --> 00:24:51,804 And instead, he went blank, like he was flipping through an emotional Rolodex, 457 00:24:51,804 --> 00:24:56,340 searching for the socially appropriate response. 458 00:24:56,340 --> 00:25:00,490 But anger, that is his only true emotional response. 459 00:25:00,490 --> 00:25:03,283 For a guy with only one arrest, he's got quite a file. 460 00:25:03,283 --> 00:25:09,216 His mother voluntarily terminated her parental rights when he was an infant. 461 00:25:09,358 --> 00:25:11,238 He was adopted by his maternal uncle. 462 00:25:11,238 --> 00:25:13,848 Mm, another hard luck story. 463 00:25:13,848 --> 00:25:17,513 Grew up in Mikey Damiano's neighborhood until he was nine. 464 00:25:17,627 --> 00:25:19,700 Then he went to a group home in Staten Island. 465 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,742 Wore out his welcome at his uncle's? 466 00:25:21,742 --> 00:25:23,510 Uncle Eddie. 467 00:25:24,144 --> 00:25:27,219 He was sent up for first-degree assault. 468 00:25:27,379 --> 00:25:30,892 Now he'd be about 60, the same age as the Lucci shooter. 469 00:25:32,637 --> 00:25:34,338 Look him up. 470 00:25:34,561 --> 00:25:36,653 HOME OF EDDID COZZA NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK MONDAY, APRIL 5 471 00:25:36,653 --> 00:25:38,986 His car's still here. 472 00:25:39,112 --> 00:25:41,564 Eddie ever mention his nephew? 473 00:25:41,564 --> 00:25:43,893 Chops? All the time. 474 00:25:43,893 --> 00:25:46,419 Eddie loves that kid like he was his own. 475 00:26:08,838 --> 00:26:12,517 Uncle Eddie. You help your nephew kill a witness, 476 00:26:12,517 --> 00:26:15,975 and this is the thanks you get? 477 00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:19,686 Who's there? Who is it? 478 00:26:20,489 --> 00:26:24,543 You shouldn't come around. The cops are all over me. 479 00:26:26,596 --> 00:26:28,985 I brought you the newspaper. 480 00:26:30,018 --> 00:26:31,727 Things are getting tough on the streets. 481 00:26:31,727 --> 00:26:33,618 The other families are blaming us. 482 00:26:33,618 --> 00:26:37,913 That cop broad... You didn't have nothin' to do with cuttin' her, did you? 483 00:26:39,126 --> 00:26:42,049 It was Mikey, Mr. Damiano. I would've stopped him if I knew. 484 00:26:42,049 --> 00:26:44,569 That stupid... 485 00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:47,732 This is the end, Rickie. 486 00:26:47,732 --> 00:26:50,097 The other families are gonna finish us off. 487 00:26:50,097 --> 00:26:52,294 That won't happen. I'll protect Mikey. 488 00:26:52,294 --> 00:26:56,360 The Damiano family will be a great family again. 489 00:26:56,503 --> 00:26:59,604 It's gonna take blood, Rickie. 490 00:27:00,649 --> 00:27:03,936 You have to do somethin' for me. 491 00:27:03,936 --> 00:27:07,935 The last thing I'll ever ask you. 492 00:27:14,477 --> 00:27:17,861 Two stab wounds to the chest. The killer left nothing at the scene. 493 00:27:17,861 --> 00:27:20,208 Except another display of power. 494 00:27:20,208 --> 00:27:24,535 The precise knife work... two thrusts under the rib cage, into the heart. 495 00:27:24,535 --> 00:27:27,540 And then, he left these where we would see them, to mock us. 496 00:27:27,540 --> 00:27:30,722 Rickie would've been staring his uncle right in the face when he killed him. 497 00:27:30,722 --> 00:27:32,667 Kid knows how to reward loyalty. 498 00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:34,566 The question is, who's the loyalty to? 499 00:27:34,566 --> 00:27:36,926 Mario Damiano? Mikey? 500 00:27:37,091 --> 00:27:39,374 Whatever brings him closer to his goal. 501 00:27:39,374 --> 00:27:43,265 He grew up in the Damiano neighborhood before they shipped him off to Staten Island. 502 00:27:43,265 --> 00:27:46,386 Now, he might be trying to earn what naturally would have been his: 503 00:27:46,386 --> 00:27:48,616 A membership in the Damiano family. 504 00:27:48,616 --> 00:27:50,767 A family on its last legs. 505 00:27:51,728 --> 00:27:54,320 We're going to see about passing around the peace pipe. 506 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,650 Anything you'd like to share about your next move? 507 00:27:57,650 --> 00:28:00,621 Uncle Eddie's sister, Rickie's mother, 508 00:28:00,621 --> 00:28:02,663 she still lives in the old neighborhood. 509 00:28:02,663 --> 00:28:07,522 Now, Eddie might have told her about the work he was doing for her son. 510 00:28:09,298 --> 00:28:11,164 HOME OF GINA RIGATELLO QUEENS, NEW YORK TUESDAY, APRIL 6 511 00:28:11,164 --> 00:28:14,080 I haven't talked to my brother] since he got out of prison. 512 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:18,008 If you don't mind, I got kids. They're comin' home. I have to make dinner. 513 00:28:18,008 --> 00:28:21,307 Your kids... You include Rickie? 514 00:28:21,464 --> 00:28:23,840 Chops is my kid on a technicality only. 515 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,526 I got two boys. Good boys. They're both in school. 516 00:28:26,526 --> 00:28:28,957 Ms. Rigatello, we found your brother a couple days ago... 517 00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:31,114 in his house, stabbed to death. 518 00:28:31,114 --> 00:28:32,428 We think Rickie did it. 519 00:28:32,428 --> 00:28:35,422 My brother died the way he lived. 520 00:28:35,563 --> 00:28:39,746 We noticed that "Chops" is one of Rickie's given names. 521 00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:41,733 Was that your husband's idea? 522 00:28:41,733 --> 00:28:43,962 I wasn't married when I had him. 523 00:28:44,778 --> 00:28:47,457 Um, it was your idea? 524 00:28:47,598 --> 00:28:52,301 Something to do with, um, the way the baby looked when he was born? 525 00:28:52,412 --> 00:28:55,992 The boy was born with a full set of teeth in his head. 526 00:28:55,992 --> 00:28:58,498 Teeth! Can you imagine? 527 00:28:58,498 --> 00:29:00,850 They're called natal teeth. They're rare, but... 528 00:29:00,850 --> 00:29:04,002 Call 'em what you want, it's... it's unnatural. 529 00:29:04,002 --> 00:29:08,090 So that's why you... you put him up for adoption? 530 00:29:08,210 --> 00:29:10,038 Because he was ugly? 531 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:12,847 Did something happen? 532 00:29:13,660 --> 00:29:16,140 He bit you when you nursed him? 533 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:19,760 The day I had him, he bit me. He's a monster. 534 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,213 I used to see him hangin' around, bullyin' all the smaller kids, 535 00:29:23,213 --> 00:29:26,004 telling them that he was the king of the neighborhood. 536 00:29:26,004 --> 00:29:29,855 Then their older brothers used to come out and beat the living crap out ofhim. 537 00:29:29,855 --> 00:29:31,847 And I used to think, 538 00:29:31,982 --> 00:29:34,910 "Thank God he ain't my kid no more." 539 00:29:35,526 --> 00:29:37,949 That basement window... 540 00:29:37,949 --> 00:29:42,827 Did someone, uh, go down into the window well recently? 541 00:29:43,396 --> 00:29:46,381 Because the-the grate... 542 00:29:46,381 --> 00:29:51,434 Covering the well... has been moved. 543 00:29:52,153 --> 00:29:55,343 Uh, do you mind if we look in your basement? 544 00:29:55,343 --> 00:29:57,399 Be my guest. 545 00:29:57,683 --> 00:30:00,598 This key ring... Does it usually have a key on it? 546 00:30:00,598 --> 00:30:04,619 It's an extra house key. One of my kids must've took it. 547 00:30:05,446 --> 00:30:08,659 Do you notice anything missing from your house? 548 00:30:09,714 --> 00:30:11,995 Or out of place here? 549 00:30:12,344 --> 00:30:13,807 No. 550 00:30:19,366 --> 00:30:24,281 Do you think you could go upstairs and see if you can find that extra house key? 551 00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:26,631 All right. 552 00:30:29,557 --> 00:30:33,240 The other boxes are taped shut, but not this one. 553 00:30:38,993 --> 00:30:41,577 Rickie's been here. 554 00:30:42,134 --> 00:30:47,224 Broke in, stashed this, stole the extra key... 555 00:30:47,224 --> 00:30:49,528 so he could get back in. 556 00:30:50,378 --> 00:30:51,660 He's coming back to kill someone. 557 00:30:51,660 --> 00:30:54,050 Oh, I can think of one candidate. 558 00:30:54,050 --> 00:30:59,274 Well, killing his mother is not gonna make him king of the neighborhood. 559 00:30:59,536 --> 00:31:04,585 But everything he's done has brought him closer to the seat of power. 560 00:31:05,062 --> 00:31:07,544 There's only one obstacle left. 561 00:31:08,172 --> 00:31:11,385 I don't know this kid Rickie Chops. 562 00:31:11,385 --> 00:31:15,324 These figs... I just open my eyes, and there they are. 563 00:31:15,324 --> 00:31:18,402 Well, you better open your eyes a little wider, because he's setting your son up. 564 00:31:18,402 --> 00:31:21,033 Oh, you don't know what you're talkin' about. 565 00:31:21,033 --> 00:31:23,278 He doesn't care about Mikey. 566 00:31:23,422 --> 00:31:26,660 He killed that witness to grab your attention, 567 00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:29,058 but he let Mikey take credit for it... 568 00:31:29,058 --> 00:31:33,123 and for stabbing the undercover cop and starting a war. 569 00:31:34,060 --> 00:31:36,668 Now the heat's on, 570 00:31:37,516 --> 00:31:39,699 he's gonna kill Mikey. 571 00:31:40,456 --> 00:31:43,621 He's gonna blame it on the other families. 572 00:31:43,621 --> 00:31:45,681 And when you seek revenge, 573 00:31:45,681 --> 00:31:47,784 you'll turn to him. 574 00:31:48,987 --> 00:31:51,916 And he'll take all the power you have left. 575 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,887 And you'll put it in his hands, and that's what he's after. 576 00:31:56,302 --> 00:32:00,200 Why are you tellin' me this? You think I'm gonna help you? 577 00:32:02,824 --> 00:32:07,290 We're not telling you anything you don't know already. Are we? 578 00:32:12,153 --> 00:32:15,636 You already gave him the okay to kill Mikey. 579 00:32:19,674 --> 00:32:23,067 This kid you talk about... 580 00:32:23,423 --> 00:32:29,063 He terrifies me more than this cancer inside me, but... 581 00:32:29,959 --> 00:32:32,710 I'm gonna give him what he wants. 582 00:32:32,710 --> 00:32:38,491 As I leave this world, I unleash him on yours. 583 00:32:41,423 --> 00:32:44,345 Have you thought of talking to Mikey Damiano? 584 00:32:44,345 --> 00:32:46,447 Once he knows there's a knife aimed at his jugular, 585 00:32:46,447 --> 00:32:49,203 he might decide to turn on his friend. 586 00:32:49,203 --> 00:32:51,652 Assuming he was careless enough to say something. 587 00:32:51,652 --> 00:32:57,327 Well, maybe... maybe Rickie is the one to turn. 588 00:32:58,682 --> 00:33:03,119 You know, kids like him...abandoned kids... sometimes their weakness is loyalty. 589 00:33:03,119 --> 00:33:06,494 You know, they don't give it, but they expect it. 590 00:33:06,494 --> 00:33:10,482 When they don't get it, they lose control. 591 00:33:11,472 --> 00:33:12,830 What are you looking for? 592 00:33:12,830 --> 00:33:14,900 A fig salesman. 593 00:33:22,143 --> 00:33:25,402 Mornin'. We were just admirin' your car, Louis. 594 00:33:25,402 --> 00:33:28,034 Especially the way it's parked so far from the curb. 595 00:33:28,034 --> 00:33:30,283 Let's see your registration. 596 00:33:31,820 --> 00:33:35,488 Don't think we don't know that look. You think we're harassing you, right? 597 00:33:35,488 --> 00:33:37,685 And then we're gonna need to see your driver's license. 598 00:33:37,685 --> 00:33:40,469 In fact, why don't you empty your pockets right here. 599 00:33:40,469 --> 00:33:42,498 But we're not harassing you, you know? 600 00:33:42,498 --> 00:33:46,920 We're just giving you a heads-up. We don't want you to end up like... Uncle Eddie. 601 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,900 People at the restaurant remember his big goofy glasses. 602 00:33:51,055 --> 00:33:53,291 That's why Chops got rid of him. 603 00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:59,906 We don't want people to start remembering that snake on your neck. 604 00:34:00,752 --> 00:34:03,875 Sooner or later, we're gonna come knocking on your door, Louis. 605 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:07,123 You better hope that we get there before Chops does. 606 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:14,404 You workin' on a problem? 607 00:34:14,404 --> 00:34:16,712 Me? No, Chops. Everything's cool. 608 00:34:16,712 --> 00:34:19,817 Today's it, man. Don't screw it up. 609 00:34:20,218 --> 00:34:22,194 Okay. Let's go. 610 00:34:22,453 --> 00:34:24,963 My pops has really been wantin' to meet you, Rickie. 611 00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:26,942 I told him what a good friend you been to me. 612 00:34:26,942 --> 00:34:28,885 This is a big day for me, Mikey. 613 00:34:28,885 --> 00:34:30,663 Meeting your father. 614 00:34:30,663 --> 00:34:34,223 Hey, I wanna get somethin' special for your dad at my mom's house. 615 00:34:34,223 --> 00:34:35,729 It-It's on the way. 616 00:34:35,729 --> 00:34:38,380 Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Come on. 617 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:54,092 This is somethin' that my grandfather brought back from the old country. 618 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,793 Your old man's gonna get a real kick out of this. 619 00:34:56,793 --> 00:34:59,282 I don't wanna be late, man. Come on. 620 00:35:00,299 --> 00:35:02,449 Sure. 621 00:35:02,662 --> 00:35:06,213 My mother must've m-moved things around. 622 00:35:09,833 --> 00:35:11,428 Easy, boys. 623 00:35:11,428 --> 00:35:13,603 You boys smokin' cigarettes down here? 624 00:35:13,603 --> 00:35:15,245 This is my mother's house, officer. 625 00:35:15,245 --> 00:35:16,760 I'm just gettin' my stuff. She knows I'm here. 626 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,926 Until we verify that, why don't you put your hands down on that counter there. 627 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:23,316 What, you cops been watchin' us? 628 00:35:23,316 --> 00:35:25,712 What, Louis didn't mention it? 629 00:35:26,188 --> 00:35:27,473 We ran into him this morning. 630 00:35:27,473 --> 00:35:29,430 Sorry, Chops. It's okay, Lou-Lou. 631 00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:31,512 They're just screwin' with you. 632 00:35:32,446 --> 00:35:33,717 Oh, you brought the whole precinct? 633 00:35:33,717 --> 00:35:35,819 They're responding to a burglary call. 634 00:35:35,819 --> 00:35:37,527 Oh, they're clean. 635 00:35:39,151 --> 00:35:41,525 All right. Now... 636 00:35:43,776 --> 00:35:46,751 this stuff that you came here to get... 637 00:35:47,591 --> 00:35:49,290 Where is it? 638 00:35:49,290 --> 00:35:51,294 It's none of your business. 639 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:55,257 Well, Gina Rigatello, the owner of the house... That's your mother? 640 00:35:55,257 --> 00:35:57,988 Because the two of you don't have the same last name. 641 00:35:58,604 --> 00:35:59,753 Did she divorce your dad? 642 00:35:59,753 --> 00:36:02,350 Or maybe she wasn't married when she had you. 643 00:36:04,093 --> 00:36:07,159 What's up, Chops? What's the matter? 644 00:36:07,159 --> 00:36:10,335 Searching for the appropriate response? Try, uh... 645 00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:12,255 Try lookin' hurt. 646 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,588 Now, you were standing right here... 647 00:36:19,745 --> 00:36:21,725 when we came in. 648 00:36:22,835 --> 00:36:25,063 Were you looking in this box? 649 00:36:27,091 --> 00:36:28,281 Huh. Christmas decorations. 650 00:36:28,281 --> 00:36:31,274 Were you getting a jump on trimming the tree? 651 00:36:31,453 --> 00:36:35,932 That puncture mark on the inside here... 652 00:36:36,173 --> 00:36:38,360 Looks like it was made with a sharp-tipped object. 653 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,964 Yeah. The cardboard along the cut, 654 00:36:41,964 --> 00:36:44,926 it isn't as discolored as the rest. 655 00:36:44,926 --> 00:36:46,890 Looks more recent. 656 00:36:49,439 --> 00:36:51,656 Were you keeping a knife in here? 657 00:36:51,656 --> 00:36:53,017 Is that what you were looking for? 658 00:36:53,017 --> 00:36:55,255 Did he take a knife from here? 659 00:36:56,854 --> 00:36:59,720 Then why were you poking around in the box? 660 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:01,688 There's no knife. 661 00:37:01,838 --> 00:37:04,361 Were you guys gonna throw a little party for Mikey? 662 00:37:04,361 --> 00:37:06,913 - Was that the idea? - We weren't plannin' nothin'. 663 00:37:06,913 --> 00:37:10,820 Don't listen to this. They're just screwin' with us. 664 00:37:11,496 --> 00:37:15,116 What down here belongs to you? 665 00:37:18,038 --> 00:37:20,345 How about this hockey stick? This yours? 666 00:37:20,345 --> 00:37:22,315 Nope. Got somebody else's name on it. 667 00:37:22,315 --> 00:37:23,914 I didn't grow up here. 668 00:37:24,681 --> 00:37:27,115 Your mother didn't raise you? She put you up for adoption? 669 00:37:27,115 --> 00:37:28,099 She had to. 670 00:37:28,099 --> 00:37:30,490 Is that why you went to live with your uncle, Uncle Eddie? 671 00:37:30,490 --> 00:37:33,474 The late great Uncle Eddie who shot Dan Lucci. 672 00:37:33,474 --> 00:37:35,112 That's a lie. 673 00:37:35,112 --> 00:37:39,232 You know, Mikey, we found Uncle Eddie dead in his house, in the garage. 674 00:37:39,232 --> 00:37:41,332 He had a knife in his heart. 675 00:37:41,332 --> 00:37:44,643 That's the story of Rickie's life, you know. 676 00:37:46,243 --> 00:37:48,742 Everyone's always leavin' him. 677 00:37:49,009 --> 00:37:53,306 - They die, go to prison... - Or they turn him out on the street. 678 00:37:54,175 --> 00:37:56,102 Like his mother. 679 00:37:58,139 --> 00:38:02,096 Uh... sadness. 680 00:38:03,029 --> 00:38:05,062 Sadness would be an appropriate response. 681 00:38:05,062 --> 00:38:07,542 I got something here. 682 00:38:11,868 --> 00:38:15,046 Oh, a.22 auto. 683 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:20,535 Silencer, anti-fingerprint grip, a hitter's special. 684 00:38:20,535 --> 00:38:22,946 Hang on. 685 00:38:23,457 --> 00:38:26,544 It's only accessible from this side. 686 00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:29,791 It's perfect for a left-handed shooter. 687 00:38:32,722 --> 00:38:33,691 You're left-handed, aren't you, Mikey? 688 00:38:33,691 --> 00:38:36,196 No. That ain't mine. 689 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:38,979 No. You know, now... 690 00:38:40,496 --> 00:38:42,766 l-I think I get it. 691 00:38:43,966 --> 00:38:47,562 Chops, Mikey turned the tables on you. 692 00:38:47,562 --> 00:38:49,869 I don't know what he's talkin' about. 693 00:38:50,301 --> 00:38:55,588 All that time you spent suckin'up to his father, you know. 694 00:38:55,588 --> 00:38:58,545 Those visits late at night, bringin' him figs. 695 00:38:58,545 --> 00:39:00,709 You been to see my pops? 696 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,122 You didn't tell me that. 697 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,303 Don't act like you didn't know, Mikey. 698 00:39:05,303 --> 00:39:08,035 Come on. You don't really believe... 699 00:39:08,035 --> 00:39:11,801 that the don would let you kill his baby boy. 700 00:39:11,801 --> 00:39:14,868 I mean, you really don't know anything about family. 701 00:39:14,868 --> 00:39:16,794 Or loyalty. 702 00:39:18,494 --> 00:39:22,794 - Well, how could you? - Shut up. This is just lies. 703 00:39:26,138 --> 00:39:28,693 You want proof of how little you know about loyalty? 704 00:39:28,693 --> 00:39:32,313 How do you think Mikey knew you were bringing him here? 705 00:39:33,354 --> 00:39:35,419 Chops, I swear... 706 00:39:35,419 --> 00:39:38,776 Come on. You can't blame Louis. 707 00:39:39,096 --> 00:39:41,691 He saw how you turned on Uncle Eddie. 708 00:39:41,691 --> 00:39:44,409 On my mother's grave, I didn't know Mikey was gonna pull this crap. 709 00:39:44,409 --> 00:39:46,872 - What are you talkin' about? - Shut up, the both of you! 710 00:39:46,872 --> 00:39:49,857 Don't you lumps get it? They're just tryin' to set us up, man. 711 00:39:49,857 --> 00:39:54,678 You don't get it. You think fear is what binds people to you? 712 00:39:55,247 --> 00:39:58,909 It isn't. It's respect. 713 00:39:59,021 --> 00:40:02,464 - Louis doesn't respect you. - That's not true, Chops. 714 00:40:03,885 --> 00:40:06,548 You know, I just thought of somethin'. 715 00:40:08,299 --> 00:40:11,631 Mikey, he was gonna pull his piece. 716 00:40:12,688 --> 00:40:14,852 What were you gonna do? 717 00:40:17,502 --> 00:40:19,495 Huh? 718 00:40:20,394 --> 00:40:22,538 Do you have a weapon hidden somewhere? 719 00:40:22,538 --> 00:40:23,992 Maybe you missed it in the pat-down. 720 00:40:23,992 --> 00:40:27,201 You know, I might have. Maybe I should have another look. 721 00:40:27,201 --> 00:40:28,979 You wanna be the king? 722 00:40:29,185 --> 00:40:33,262 A king rules by rewarding loyalty with loyalty. 723 00:40:33,391 --> 00:40:37,734 They take care of their people, even their enemies. 724 00:40:38,052 --> 00:40:43,911 Oh, yeah. I mean, how would a guy like you be expected to know that? 725 00:40:45,536 --> 00:40:49,622 I mean, everything you learned about care you learned from your mother. 726 00:40:56,259 --> 00:40:58,739 You ever ask her why she gave you up? 727 00:40:58,739 --> 00:41:00,723 She was too young to take care of me. 728 00:41:00,723 --> 00:41:02,147 You're gonna love this, Louis. 729 00:41:02,147 --> 00:41:04,228 It's the same reason why she named him Chops. 730 00:41:04,228 --> 00:41:06,181 Because he was born with a mouthful of teeth. 731 00:41:06,181 --> 00:41:07,426 Shut up about that. 732 00:41:07,426 --> 00:41:09,446 The first day she took him home to nurse him, you know what he did? 733 00:41:09,446 --> 00:41:13,673 - I'm not listening to this, Chops. - You wanna know? Huh? 734 00:41:13,790 --> 00:41:15,270 He bit her. 735 00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:18,916 He bit her right on the breast. 736 00:41:18,916 --> 00:41:21,351 - He made her bleed. - You son of a bitch. That's a lie. 737 00:41:21,351 --> 00:41:23,679 You know, she found him repulsive. 738 00:41:23,679 --> 00:41:27,361 She put him out like a dog on the street. 739 00:41:27,935 --> 00:41:31,739 What's this? What'd you do in here? Geez. 740 00:41:32,159 --> 00:41:34,094 I don't know how that got there. 741 00:41:34,094 --> 00:41:36,860 Something's stuck on it. It's not blood. 742 00:41:37,551 --> 00:41:40,055 Seeds smell like fruit. 743 00:41:40,634 --> 00:41:43,663 See the bits of black pulp? 744 00:41:45,060 --> 00:41:48,792 It's fig, right? Black fig? 745 00:41:48,792 --> 00:41:51,178 I don't eat figs. 746 00:41:51,877 --> 00:41:55,811 This is what you brought Mr. Damiano. Black figs. 747 00:41:56,976 --> 00:41:58,359 You been seein' the don behind my back? 748 00:41:58,359 --> 00:42:00,816 No, Chops! I swear! 749 00:42:01,089 --> 00:42:02,761 You know what, Chops? 750 00:42:04,260 --> 00:42:06,906 I think Louis has turned on you, 751 00:42:06,906 --> 00:42:09,164 just like everybody does. 752 00:42:17,447 --> 00:42:21,353 You have been! I'll kill you, cut your eyes out! 753 00:42:21,353 --> 00:42:22,929 Keep him away from me! He's nuts! 754 00:42:22,929 --> 00:42:25,810 Faccia brutta... I'll split you like a pig! 755 00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:28,087 You want protection? Huh? You wanna make a deal? 756 00:42:28,087 --> 00:42:30,233 Yeah, yeah. I want protection from him. I want a deal. 757 00:42:30,233 --> 00:42:31,685 I'll bitch you up if you open your mouth! 758 00:42:31,685 --> 00:42:34,452 That D.A.'s wife... He stuck her. He put her down and he stuck her. 759 00:42:34,452 --> 00:42:36,703 And the Lucci kid... It was all his idea. 760 00:42:36,703 --> 00:42:38,062 You're never even gonna make it to the courthouse. 761 00:42:38,062 --> 00:42:40,232 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got protection now. 762 00:42:40,232 --> 00:42:41,639 You're under arrest, Rickie. 763 00:42:41,639 --> 00:42:43,347 - You too, Mikey. - Hey, what did I do? 764 00:42:43,347 --> 00:42:44,505 It was all this sick mutt! 765 00:42:44,505 --> 00:42:47,327 Who's talkin'? You should hear the way your father speaks about you. 766 00:42:47,327 --> 00:42:49,810 He wants to put a bullet in your head. 767 00:42:51,081 --> 00:42:53,342 I spit on you Damianos. 768 00:42:55,035 --> 00:42:58,484 Hey, you got it! That's it. Rage. 769 00:42:58,484 --> 00:43:02,212 That's the appropriate response. Rage. 770 00:43:06,743 --> 00:43:10,359 He better save some of that. He's gonna need it where he's goin'. 771 00:43:10,359 --> 00:43:14,145 To hell? He's already there.