(crickets chirping)
(faint rustling)
(crunching steps)
(low panting nearby)
(screams)
MAN: So the paradox is clear.
We defend the Constitution
and the few remaining protections it provides.
But for our troubles,
we're savaged by the public.
Until one of our detractors is charged with a crime.
Then... we become their best friend.
Their only friend.
Thank you.
(applause, cheering) Thank you.
(indistinct chatter)
Congratulations, Professor Jenkins. MAN: Thank you, sir.
(car's security system beeps twice)
(door closes in distance)
Hello?
In addition to the unique eastern exposure,
this has outstanding flow.
And this living room is the largest we've seen.
It's 342 square feet.
It's actually the smallest we've seen.
(chuckles): Uh, no.
West 83rd was 260 square feet.
No, 360 square feet. 20 by 18.
Well, 98th Street was definitely smaller.
348 square feet. It also had eastern exposure.
All right, she has a memory thing. Don't...
So, uh, let's look at the plus side.
This is a recent reno.
They will install new appliances.
Uh, there's...
minimal street sound. Oh, and...
have I mentioned, the former tenant
started her very own successful cupcake company right here.
Oh. Well, Oh. Yeah.
it's a good thing she was making cupcakes,
'cause you couldn't fit a whole cake in here.
(elevator bell dings)
Why so shy in there?
I was hoping you'd speak up.
You asked me to come along-- I'm gonna give my opinion.
I asked you along because the brokers think a couple is more stable.
Ha! You brought me along for stability?
That's a first.
Oh.
Besides, your red couch, there's no way it's gonna
fit in that living room. I hate to tell you,
I got rid of it. What? The one from Syracuse?
Why? I liked that couch. I remember.
It was firm but forgiving, in all the right places.
You know what? That couch went to Goodwill
back in March. When was the last time
you were even at my place, like, a year ago?
One year, four months, three days. Ah, we had a plan
last month-- I was gonna cook my famous lemon sole,
you were clean out my closets. Wow,
(phone ringing) I wonder why that plan fell through.
Hey, Murray.
DOA is Christopher Jenkins, the celebrated defense lawyer.
Do you know him? From Court TV, yeah.
But also, I testified against a client of his once.
On cross, Jenkins tore me a new one.
Yeah, well, you wouldn't be the first cop he did that to.
He was good. He somehow stayed a nice guy.
His man lost, but he still took me out for drinks after,
and he paid. Jenkins' speech at the Bar Association
ended around 11:00-- we figure he came down here
to get his car. The body was discovered
by an attendant arriving for his 6:00 a.m. shift.
We found a nine-millimeter shell casing under that car.
His wallet's missing.
Looks like the watch is gone, too.
AL: Midtown report any similars last couple of weeks?
MURRAY: Two armed robberies in the past month-- both cases remain open.
AL: Any witnesses?
We're canvassing. Jay's looking at security video.
Nothing yet.
Hey, Jo. Hi.
How's the apartment hunting going?
You know, I never realized real estate brokers
occasionally just make things up.
CARRIE: So, Jo,
what do we got?
Okay,
the bullet entry tear pattern in the back of the jacket
and the direction of his fall
would indicate that the shooter
was behind him and to his left. What kind of mugger
shoots his victim from behind?
Here's the thing, car door's open, right?
Body's over here.
Why?
The perp sneaks up on him...
but Jenkins hears him, moves back to face him.
No, Jenkins was shot from behind.
So if he turned to face the shooter,
he would have had to turn away again
in order to be shot in the back.
He saw the gun, and instinctively turned away.
Nah, you never turn away from a gun in your face.
You ever been mugged? About the only thing
you can remember is the gun.
He wasn't afraid of being shot.
CARRIE: He was heading back to his car.
Jenkins wasn't mugged.
He knew his killer.
...outside the offices of slain attorney Chris Jenkins.
WOMAN: He gave everything to his clients.
Days, nights, weekends.
Professor Jenkins used to say
there wasn't a case he ever lost he couldn't have won
if he'd just worked a little harder.
How about when he did lose?
Anyone ever take exception?
If you think one of his clients did this,
you don't understand what Professor Jenkins was about.
His clients understood his dedication.
They adored him for it.
Even the ones who went to jail? There's obviously
some unhappiness when a conviction results, but...
I-I can't even imagine it.
And you both saw him last night?
Mark and I work in Chris's clinic at NYU.
We were both with him at the Bar Association.
Which one of you saw him last? Me. After the speech.
I live around here, and Chris was going to drive me home.
He was gonna get his car from the lot,
then swing by and pick me up.
When he didn't show, I just...
(chuckles): figured he forgot.
That's Chris.
He was always a little...
distracted.
Any particular case troubling him?
With all due respect, Detective,
our files are all protected by confidentiality,
and... without signed waivers
we can't turn over anything. But...
maybe we could give you a list of clients for now?
Great. That's a start.
WEBSTER: ...tear pattern in the back of the jacket
and the direction of his fall
would indicate that the shooter was behind him and to his left.
Did Chris own several pairs
of eyeglasses?
No, just... the ones he always wore.
The professor hated spending money
on what he didn't absolutely need.
Ah.
Got something?
Maybe.
We took a long look at the list of clients you sent over.
Did you find something already? A suspect?
Matter of fact, we did.
We found...
this case next to Jenkins' body. Only...
his actual case...
was sitting on top of his desk the whole time.
So then we had to ask ourselves, well,
whose case could this be?
And that's when we talked to the optometrist, whose name...
is stamped.... right there.
You've been going to see Dr. Ashford since you were 13.
This isn't how it looks.
Really? (chuckles)
Maybe we're not seeing
clearly?
Chris really was supposed to drive me home.
But when he didn't come back, I got worried.
So I went to look for him in the garage.
Only...
he was already dead.
Mary Garroto tells us that you were pretty angry with him
when he passed you over
for that Supreme Court clerkship you wanted.
I didn't kill him.
Then why lie about being there?
Because I took a file out of his briefcase.
A file? Why would you do that?
To protect him.
What he stood for.
Last year he won a verdict
in this horrible murder, a teenage girl.
The client was innocent, only...
her father wouldn't accept the jury's verdict.
Afterward, he sued Chris for defamation.
The trial was coming up.
Our entire strategy was in that file.
I knew if it became part of a crime scene,
it would go public.
So you just took it? I guess I panicked.
You know what I guess? I guess you're gonna need a good lawyer.
I know I did something stupid,
but you guys should talk to that girl's father, Simkins.
He really hated Chris.
MAN: All I wanted was justice.
This Jenkins, I mean,
all those big lawyers, I don't see how they
look themselves in the mirror. Mr. Simkins,
I examined the case very closely.
Jenkins' client had a strong alibi.
In fact, it's my understanding you're the one who pushed
the D.A. to go forward with the trial.
Sir... I can only imagine
how hard it was to lose your daughter.
What do you people want?
Where were you last night?
What, do you think I killed this piece of crap?
Did you?
You know, my old man used to say,
"Wishing doesn't make it so," but...
I'm not gonna mourn him,
but you don't sue somebody you're gonna kill.
I wanted him to live with what he did.
In fact, I told him that last time I saw him.
And when was that?
At his deposition, two days ago.
'Course, Jenkins pulled a fast one, acting all friendly
and cooperative, and then he gets this call,
some emergency, he said, and took off.
Probably another scumbag he had to save.
Mr. Simkins, can you answer the question?
Where were you last night?
I was at an AA meeting.
MURRAY: I talked to a Father Kerrigan.
Simkins was at an AA meeting, just like he said.
You don't get a better alibi than a priest. Yeah.
Hey, guys, check this out.
I just got back Jenkins' cell phone records.
Now, there were no phone calls
after the Bar Association speech,
but I tracked down the emergency call
Simkins said he got a couple days ago at that deposition.
Turns out it originated
from a pay phone in an East Harlem bodega.
Pay phone? Who uses a pay phone anymore?
Well, this guy does, huh?
Security camera picked it up from across the street.
With our facial recognition software,
maybe we put a name to the face.
Hang on.
That's Shawn Manning.
Wait a minute. The Shawn Manning? Yeah.
Why? Is this guy famous or something?
More like infamous.
(typing)
"The Millennial Monster."
"Central Park Cyclist Rape."
Summer 2000.
Right. I was in D.C. back then.
I don't remember the details.
Shawn Manning attacked a medical student
riding her bike through the Park at night.
She was in critical for weeks, couldn't remember anything
about the attack. We are talking
a beautiful young doctor,
Giuliani's "New" New York... The city went nuts,
vigilante style.
I was here a few months later for a wedding.
The city was still pretty tense. JAY: Whoa, hold on, guys.
Take a look at this.
Jenkins was Shawn Manning's lawyer.
Except Jenkins lost that one.
Kid was tried as an adult,
got 12 and a half to 25.
So what's he doing on a pay phone in East Harlem?
Calling his old lawyer, maybe?
Shawn Manning just got paroled two weeks ago.
I guess they did it pretty quietly.
This is him now, just before his release.
AL: All right, thanks.
So, according to his students,
Jenkins hadn't been in touch with Shawn Manning for years.
At first, he would call from prison
with leads to finding the real rapist,
but eventually, he gave up.
He gave up, or his lawyer gave up?
No, sounds like Jenkins stayed on it for a while.
Manning just stopped calling.
By the way,
smart not mentioning we came down here together.
To my cousin's wedding.
That was a memorable weekend. Mm.
You mean the giant cockroach under the bed
in our fancy hotel?
I remember that.
Really?
Is that all you remember?
Shawn's my sister's son.
She passed while he was in prison.
Dad's never been in the picture.
He's been living here with me
since his release, keeping his nose clean.
Soon as I saw that man was murdered,
I knew you'd come.
Why's that?
He didn't do what they say he did.
But I don't care anymore.
What matters is that Shawn
served his time.
And he deserves a second chance
like anybody else.
AL: Do you know where Shawn was last night?
He was with me.
Came in around... 9:00.
Was here all night.
So you can forget what it is you're thinking.
Jenkins did all he could for Shawn.
He's got no ill will for the man.
Any idea where we can find him?
No.
It's Rhonda, right?
Carrie.
I, uh...
I just wanted to know...
was Shawn in touch with Chris Jenkins at all?
Not that I know.
But I told Shawn that
no matter how badly he was wronged,
he needed to move forward,
leave the past where it belongs.
He's got a room here only so long as
he's out finding himself a job.
Rhonda, would you mind showing me Shawn's room?
Thank you.
It's not much, but he's...
he's grateful.
Fast food places have jobs,
but nobody's jumping up and down
to hire a convicted rapist.
Rhonda, do Shawn a favor.
Have him call us.
No one want to see him get hurt.
I have to disagree with you, Carrie.
That's all they want.
AL: Get a car
(phone ringing) out front here and I'll get Jay started
on a subpoena for the phones.
Huh. My friendly real estate agent.
Oh!
Hey, Paula.
Yeah?
Block off the Park, below market?
Really? Sounds good.
We will come by and take a look
as soon as we can.
Great.
Yeah, maybe you should go to this one alone.
What? You know what you're looking for anyway.
You don't need me.
It's the whole Manhattan thing, isn't it?
Why would I care if you move to Manhattan?
I don't know. Why would you?
I don't.
Listen, if you want to move on up
and pay a fortune to live in some hole in the wall
in the one-oh-ohs, it's fine by me.
The one-ones will get along just groovy without you.
Okay.
Number one: my identity's not tied to a zip code.
Number two: we work there.
You ever think maybe it's about convenience?
Al...
that gate was latched before.
(creaking)
Shawn! Police!
(horn honks)
REPORTER: CBS2 News has learned that
Shawn Manning, convicted 13 years ago
in the Central Park cyclist case,
is now a person of interest
in the murder of his former lawyer,
Christopher Jenkins. (sighs)
Manning's original victim,
Dr. Rupa Nair, refused comment.
Dr. Nair? Dr. Nair?
Do you feel safe with Shawn Manning on the loose?
I have nothing to say. Please.
Dr. Nair?
(overlapping shouting on TV)
(sighs)
You do realize that certain individuals
with a good deal of forethought went to a lot of trouble
to keep the Shawn Manning parole as quiet as possible.
Best laid plans, right?
It's a media firestorm out there.
Well, don't look at us.
Anybody could have been the source of that.
Yeah, well, now that it's out,
we better find Manning sooner rather than later.
Otherwise, the optics could kill us.
A murder suspect is running loose.
A rape victim is being harassed by the media.
You're worried about optics?
When I said they could kill, I was including Manning.
You weren't here when the rape went down.
The city went crazy.
I've never seen anything like it before or since.
We had mobs in the street
looking for this guy.
Luckily, we found Manning first,
which is exactly what I expect to happen this time.
They're staking out Shawn's aunt's house,
but there's no way he's coming back.
He's got no money, and,
like, a thousand people looking for him. Where's he gonna go?
He's smart. He'll find somewhere to hide.
Maybe somebody's been helping him.
I'm gonna look at the aunt's phone.
But check this.
Ran Jenkins' credit activity.
The guy's a creature of habit.
Does lunch just about every day
from the same falafel truck over on 63rd and Lex.
Funny thing is,
the day before the murder,
there's a charge at a pizza place over
on East 103rd Street.
Gino's Homestyle.
103rd? That's a ways from home.
RHONDA: Fast food places have jobs, but nobody's jumping up and down
to hire a convicted rapist.
Shawn had a Gino's menu in his bedroom.
Pizza place isn't far from where he made the pay phone call.
Sorry, I don't know either guy, I'm telling you.
No? No.
Two days ago, quarter to three in the afternoon,
$12.75 on food and drink?
Hey, a lot of people come and go here.
Yeah, I bet
you get a big suit-and-tie crowd in here.
Your employees always dress like that?
Why? What are you, the health inspector here?
Section 81.13.
"Food workers shall wear hats,
"caps, hairnets, or
"other hair coverings to effectively keep hair
"from having contact with exposed food
or food contact surfaces."
Take another look.
Okay, fine.
I saw on the news about this guy getting whacked.
I figured keeping my mouth shut would be in my best interest.
But now I see how important
you consider my cooperation.
Yeah, I saw him.
He was here like you said.
Was he with him?
Yeah.
Shawn Manning.
Come in here a lot?
Just that one time. Did he ask about a job?
Job? No, he came here, he wanted to eat something.
That rapist guy, huh?
He's an animal.
If you see him,
or you remember anything else, you call me.
And buy some hairnets.
Section 81?
How'd you know that?
I made it up.
You're learning. (laughs)
Hey, you bring me back a slice?
You don't want a slice, Jay.
Not from Gino's, believe me.
What do you got?
Shawn Manning's aunt's phone records.
It shows at least a dozen calls
to your new favorite pizza joint.
That's funny.
Gino never mentioned that.
And he said Manning wasn't looking for a job.
Either way, that is a lot of calls
just to bug someone to hire you,
which is why I also checked Gino's phone line, too.
To see if anyone called Manning back.
I'm thinking, if it's not about a job,
maybe we find the person who's helping him hide out.
And did you? No.
In fact, nobody called Manning back.
It turns out,
each time he called, someone at Gino's
turned right around and called the cell phone of this guy--
Robert Cordero.
And today, two minutes after you and Al left Gino's,
there was another call placed to Cordero.
So who's Robert Cordero?
Not sure.
But he has a heck of a long sheet.
Looks like we're looking at
mostly street robberies, burglaries
and sexual assaults.
What kind of sexual assault?
Like, what was his M.O.?
Let's see.
Okay, so,
he likes to pick off single woman in their 20s,
early evenings, on bridges and in parks.
He attacked a woman while jogging,
and three others while riding their bikes.
Mm, like the Central Park victim.
Jay, the entire time
he was in prison,
Manning was trying to clear his name, right?
So what if he found Cordero
and convinced Jenkins he was onto something?
Jenkins is leaning on him,
Cordero's got a motive to back him off.
Yeah, with a bullet.
Gino's my cousin.
So what if he called me?
You know what I think?
I think this lawyer, Jenkins, was asking around about you,
and your cousin Gino gave you the heads up.
Heads up about what?
Well, gee, let's see, Mr. Cordero.
You're a two-time loser for rape.
Maybe Jenkins was asking around about
that old Central Park case.
That happened, like, a hundred years ago,
and they caught the guy.
You know what?
The next time you come and see me, you bring a lawyer.
I know my rights.
And you got to give me one for free.
How about I bring Christopher Jenkins?
Oh, wait. He's dead.
Stay the hell away from me.
Hey, Dr. Nair.
Hi, June. How's Jordan doing?
Great. Thanks so much.
Wonderful.
Dr. Nair.
No, no! No, please, get away!
Please, get away!
Get away!
Please, get away!
No, no.
(siren wails)
WOMAN: Yes, do you have any other...?
RUPA: When I realized who it was, I tried to run,
but I pretty much just planted my face in the street
and not very gracefully.
Well, it's hard to be graceful
when you're running for your life.
I'll try to look at it that way.
Did Shawn Manning attack you?
When I saw his eyes, it was like a blow.
There I was on the street, completely vulnerable.
So I suppose not.
I feel like an idiot.
All this attention for a scraped elbow and a bruised eyebrow.
I think you're very brave.
Just hardheaded.
Psychopath gets out on parole,
murders his lawyer, goes after his old victim,
and we still can't collar him up?
Did I get any part of that wrong, Eliot?
Because you can stop me if I did.
No, that's pretty much it, Gordon.
I, and a number of people I know, who you know,
have been working very hard to polish this city's image!
This is a crime-free global go-to destination town.
And I won't have some madman screwing that up.
Get him off the street.
Whatever it takes.
Gordon Frost-- if things go right for him,
he's gonna be the next D .A.
Well, somebody eat his birthday cake?
Except he's right. If we can't bring in Manning,
they'll just find someone else who can.
Based on what?
There's not one piece of physical evidence
that ties Shawn Manning to Jenkins' murder.
Don't start, Carrie.
He didn't attack Rupa tonight.
Then what was he doing there?
I think he was looking for her help.
You... you think he was looking for her help?
Yes, I think he wanted to see
if she could identify the man who really attacked her.
According to the law,
he's already been identified.
What if the law's wrong?
What if Shawn Manning did not rape Rupa Nair?
No, no, I am not going down that road.
Shawn Manning confessed.
He was convicted by a jury of his peers.
All I need you to do is find Manning, understand?
Leave the rest to me, okay, Detective?
You really think he's innocent.
Yeah, and I think you need
to take a harder look at Cordero.
If not for the rape, at least for Jenkins' murder.
Look, Cordero transferred through Dannemora prison
when Shawn was there.
Maybe that's when Shawn got onto him.
Okay, hypothetically, but hypothetically only,
in order for Cordero to have a motive to kill Jenkins,
he has to be the real rapist.
Otherwise, he'd have nothing to fear, right?
Agreed.
Okay. To make a case against Cordero for the rape,
we'd have to put him in the Park at the time.
Also agreed.
Except there's no indication he was in the Park.
There's not a single witness.
You've been looking into Cordero yourself, haven't you?
Of course I've been looking into Cordero.
I got Murray out there tracking him right now.
But there's no there there, Carrie.
There's not a single database where his name ever comes up up.
You're forgetting the one database
we haven't tapped into.
I've got a roomful of anxious parents
and sick children,
so ten minutes is all I can spare.
Well, I will talk quickly, then.
Quickly or slowly, I don't know
what more I can tell you about last night.
I'm not here about last night, Rupa.
I'm here about what happened to you in the Park.
You'll forgive me if I'm severely sick of that subject.
If that's all you want to talk about,
I'm afraid our ten minutes is up.
It's not that I want to talk about it,
it's that I have to talk about it
because of Shawn Manning.
Have you caught him yet?
No.
Well, why don't you go do that?
Lock him up and throw away the key.
Please,
just for a minute.
Thank you.
I think Shawn is innocent.
What do you mean, "innocent"?
The man was tried and convicted, he went to prison.
Do you recognize this man?
Why, who is he?
His name is Bobby Cordero.
I think he's the man who attacked you
in the Park that night.
Please... please.
Sorry, never saw him before.
Are you sure?
Detective, I have said,
I don't remember anything from that day.
Do you understand what "anything" means?
I do.
And yet it dominates my life.
Isn't it strange?
A past I can't remember.
When I was a eight years old, my sister was murdered.
I found her body.
For years I-I couldn't, I couldn't remember anything,
and, uh...
...then, then it started coming back to me,
you know, bits and pieces of the truth.
The truth is, I was raped,
a man went to prison, and here I am.
What does the past matter?
We both know why it matters.
Anything at all...
For me it was, um, fragments,
you know, just li-like a silhouette
where a face should have been and, and,
um, leaves, branches, trees, things like that.
I haven't had anything like that.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
You've been very gracious and my ten minutes is up.
Thank you.
But, you know, there is something.
In the middle of the night
when my mind won't rest,
something I hear-- a sound.
What sound?
A tapping sound...
almost like metal, clicking.
I play piano, and at first
I assumed it was a metronome.
But the sound is deeper, more irregular.
I can't place it.
That's all.
Perhaps it will help?
Perhaps it will.
(chuckles)
Well, you tried.
I thought maybe I could get her to remember more.
I've been going through the original case file,
see if something jumps out.
Beyond Shawn's confession and his shaky alibi,
they really didn't have much on him.
DNA was inconclusive.
(sighs)
Do you know what an idiot I was?
When we were here
for that wedding,
I went into the Park on my own at night.
Oh, you're telling me.
I remember you insisted on going for a jog
after the rehearsal dinner.
It was like 11:00.
Yeah, well, I thought I was a tough Syracuse cop.
I can go jogging if I want to.
(panting)
I got a little freaked out.
(hoofbeats approaching)
(horse sputters)
You okay, ma'am?
A horse.
A horse-- listen, Rupa said she heard
a metallic tapping sound like a metronome,
but she couldn't remember what it was.
When I was jogging in the Park that night,
I heard the same sound, it scared me,
I turned around, it was a mounted cop.
But I've been through all the files.
There's no mention of any mounted cops.
They've got to keep some kind of roster
of who was on duty that night, right?
She was lying just off the road.
I was the first one to find her.
I stayed until the paramedics arrived,
then I took off to canvass the area,
look for suspects and witnesses.
What'd you find?
No one saw anything.
And you didn't see anyone suspicious?
Look, it was a long time ago.
I know, but anything you can remember...
Whatever I saw is in my DD-5 report from that night.
There is no DD-5 in the D.A.'s file.
What?
What did you see, Karen?
There was this one guy about a hundred yards away.
He just looked wrong, you know,
sweaty, out of breath.
I took his name and address.
You remember his name?
No, but I remember he had priors.
What are you talking about?
It has to be in the file.
I even remember talking to my C.O. right before the trial,
and he told me that the D.A.s on the case looked into it
but that they already had a confession.
That's him.
There.
Murray, I need you to pick up Cordero.
That won't be possible.
He's already being picked up.
(helicopter blades whirring)
Hey, guys, Jo's just finishing up.
Hey. WEBSTER: I'll say this:
repetition doesn't make my heart grow fonder.
We're looking at nine-millimeter slugs, hollow-point--
the same type of round that killed Chris Jenkins.
Got a time of death?
10:00, 10:30 last night.
Plenty of time for Manning to get here
after he went to Rupa Nair.
I don't believe that, Al,
and I don't think you believe it either.
First he killed the lawyer
who blew the case, then the man he held responsible
for the crime.
I'm putting out a tactical alert for Manning. Al.
Wait one second, okay?
Get him off the street.
Whatever it takes.
MAN: Yeah. We keep
a record of every car we park.
Make, model, plate. Great. You have last night's?
Knock yourself out.
Thank you very much.
All right, you want to tell me what the hell you're doing?
ADA Frost parked his car in this lot.
I saw the ticket stub on his windshield.
892. Frost?
Yep. And look at this.
The receipt is stamped-- last night
right before Cordero was shot.
Carrie, Frost is gonna be the next Manhattan D.A.
Yeah, I wouldn't bank on that.
We can place Gordon Frost at Cordero's murder.
Gordon Frost? He's the head of the Homicide Bureau--
he goes to murder scenes all the time. Really?
Before they're committed?
(sighs) Okay...
what are you two talking about?
And I say that with some reluctance.
Frost parked his car at Molinero's
ten minutes before Bobby Cordero was killed there.
Sometimes my therapist says, "Begin at the beginning,"
and, oh, I want to kill him
when he says it, but I think I'm gonna say that now.
We think Manning and Jenkins made Cordero
for the Central Park rape.
We think Jenkins then took it to Gordon Frost.
Okay, but, then, how do we get to Gordon Frost
killing someone he's never heard of?
Because he had heard of him.
Listen, we got a report from a mounted cop
that can place Cordero in Central Park
the night of the rape-- only that report never made it
into the D.A.'s file.
AL: Gordon Frost was in charge
of coordinating the evidence.
He had the confession from Manning,
but he also had DNA from the scene that did not match his.
The last thing he wanted was to open it up to other suspects.
So he suppresses the evidence.
Listen, Frost figures out
that Jenkins is onto Cordero.
He knows that eventually that cop's report is gonna surface,
and then he can kiss his D.A. career good-bye.
So he kills Jenkins
and then Cordero to cover his tracks.
I can't believe I just said that.
Who else knows about this?
Just you and us.
Good. Keep it that way. What?
If word gets out that we're looking at Frost, right or wrong...
Eliot, we can't just close our eyes and make believe
this didn't happen. Shawn Manning's
life is on the line here.
Look, this city is going through a rather painful case
of déjà vu right now.
Before I make that worse,
we need to get Manning off the streets.
Then we go after Frost. Wait a second.
LISA: "I will put my spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations."
RHONDA: Shawn's my sister's son.
She passed while he was in prison.
Dad's never been in the picture.
He's been living here with me since his release,
keeping his nose clean.
Soon as I saw that man was murdered,
I knew you'd come.
LISA: "I will put my spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations."
(soft gasp)
What are you doing? Burns,
what is she doing? The words
Lisa Martinez just spoke, they were on Rhonda Manning's wall.
He was a man of dignity, a man of humor.
Yeah, hi. I'd like to speak
to Lisa Martinez, please.
Uh, no.
No message. Thank you.
Lisa Martinez hasn't been in the office the last few days.
Apparently... she's grieving.
Detectives?
Mind if we come inside?
It's not really a good time.
You have your whole career and life ahead of you--
a promising one, from what I hear.
So think really hard,
Lisa, do you want to do this?
(door closes)
CARRIE: Look who's here. Hi.
Lisa, I know
you're hiding Shawn Manning.
(scoffs): What?
We also know... he didn't rape Rupa Nair.
AL: And we know he didn't kill Chris Jenkins
or Bobby Cordero.
Well, if you know all that,
why don't you leave him alone?
Look, I understand why
you're trying to protect him, I do.
The system conspired
to send him to prison for a crime he didn't commit.
That same system
is looking for him now.
And the longer
he's out there, the more danger he's in.
Why should we trust you?
Wh-Why should he?
I give you my word,
if you bring me to Shawn,
I'll make this right.
I promise you I will.
You mean that?
So as of right now, my office will be
assuming the investigation of the murders
of Christopher Jenkins and Robert Cordero.
Shawn Manning has been terrorizing the people
of this city for too long.
Questions?
(reporters shouting questions)
Tom.
What are you thinking in terms of motive here?
Revenge against people he holds responsible?
Yes, Tom.
My office believes that Manning
felt that Mr. Jenkins mishandled his defense 13 years ago.
We also believe
that Manning became obsessed
with Mr. Cordero, seeking to blame him
for the Central Park crime.
(reporters shouting questions)
FROST: In the back. WOMAN: Yes, sir.
How confident are you about apprehending Manning?
Let me say this.
Everyone in law enforcement in this city
understands that the emotions of that terrible time
have been rekindled.
Like all of us,
I want to see them put to rest once and for all.
Eliot.
(reporters shouting questions)
(clears throat) The NYPD agrees.
It is time to close the books on this case.
We need to get a killer off the streets.
But swift justice is... not always true justice.
Sometimes it takes a little longer to get things right.
And it is in that spirit that I am pleased to announce
that the Major Crimes Section of the NYPD
is about to make an arrest
in this case.
ELIOT: Some of you will recognize Shawn Manning.
(reporters murmuring)
But his is not the arrest we are here to announce.
Rather, I would like to announce
that Assistant District Attorney Gordon Frost
(people gasping) is under arrest for the murders
of Christopher Jenkins and Robert Cordero, and for obstruction
of justice in the rape prosecution
of Shawn Manning.
Furthermore,
as per a search warrant executed
on Mr. Frost's car an hour ago,
a nine-millimeter handgun was discovered
which initial forensics indicate is the weapon
used to kill both Christopher Jenkins
and Robert Cordero.
(reporters shouting questions)
Maybe you'll
get lucky and they'll treat you
more fairly than they treated Shawn,
but you don't deserve it.
(reporters continue shouting questions)
WOMAN: What made you think you could keep things quiet?
(reporters continue shouting questions)
It will take a little time,
but your record will be expunged and your name cleared.
My name cleared...
We matched
Cordero's DNA to samples
from the clothes Rupa Nair was wearing.
Not that what I say matters...
but I'm sorry for everything you had to go through.
I feel worse for Chris.
I mean, however long it took...
at least I still get to walk out of here now.
*
Hello again.
Hi.
I've heard you're looking for a job.
Yeah.
We need an orderly on the pediatric floor.
Pay's not great, but...
you'd have a friend there.
(laughs softly)
*
Well,
was I right?
Yeah. No, it's nice. (laughs)
900 square feet in this neighborhood?
(laughs) You can't beat it.
And you really think the asking price'll do it?
(beeping) I'm sorry, one sec.
(groans) There a problem?
Another agent showed it to a client earlier today,
and he is also making an offer.
In fact, he should be here.
How much? How much? Hold on a minute. I'll beat whatever he's offering.
No, no, no. I was here first.
I'm sorry, Al, but I do have an ethical duty to take each
and every offer to the seller. I...
did try to reach you.
CARRIE: Besides, your red couch, there's no way
it's gonna fit in that living room.
AL: Well, I hate to tell you, I got rid of it.
Okay, what do we do...
Wait a second.
I remember you.
From that other place we looked at.
Okay, all right.
You're working with Paula, aren't you?
CARRIE: Trying to jack up the price, get a little bidding war going?
Huh?
You know, I should arrest the both of you.
That's what I should do-- my ethical duty, you know?
(stammering)
I-I guess I could, um...
I could talk to the seller.
Um, we could... make a deal.
Forget it. I lost interest.
Let's go. What? N...
We had her right where we wanted her.
It's okay. I'll find a place.
Or maybe I won't.
The fact is, I'm doing pretty good in the one-ones for now.
I like living in the same borough.
There's something cozy about it.
Did you just say "cozy"?
You know what? Fine, move to Manhattan,
see if I care. Well, I can't now.
I finally bought a new sofa.
You should come over...
tonight and try it out.
Yeah, I can't. I got to... I got to...
wash my hair. Oh, fine.
It's a really nice couch.
I bet it is. But you know what's gonna happen.
First the couch,
then it's the lemon sole,
then the next thing you know...
I'm cleaning your closet.
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