I'm offering you a chance to make a real difference ‐‐
on an institutional scale.
Your curfew will be 10:00,
which means inside the home by 9:59.
I saw Darius.
You could have had any man you wanted,
but you had to go with him.
My best friend.
You left me with almost nothing in there.
And what do you think you left me with out here?
So, what?
You're moving out?
If I stay now, this will finish us.
♪♪
[ Upbeat music plays ]
Store clerk: What's the occasion?
Court.
You're a lawyer?
On my good days.
I think the blue one has a little more attitude.
Well, I'll take it in the...
the blue and the red. Okay.
And those two suits.
So, did you lose weight?
Excuse me?
Whenever somebody comes in and buys a whole new wardrobe,
it's usually that or a new career.
I don't look like I just graduated from law school?
Not quite.
[ Sighs ]
I just needed some new clothes.
That's all.
Well, I hope you get the new beginning that you want,
whatever it is.
♪♪
♪ One of these mornings ♪
♪ Won't be very long ♪
♪ You will look for me ♪
♪♪
♪ And I'll be gone ♪
♪ One of these mornings ♪
♪ Won't be very long ♪
[ Buzzer blares, gate clangs ]
♪ You will look for me ♪
Step up.
♪♪
♪ And I'll be gone ♪
[ Metal detector whirring ]
♪ One of these mornings ♪
♪ Won't be very long ♪
[ Coughs ]
[ Whirring continues ]
♪ You will look for me ♪
♪♪
♪ And I'll be gone ♪
Jamal: Is that my man Wallace?
What you doing in here, man?
I thought they kicked you out of this place.
You want me to go?
I can go. No, hell, no.
I can leave right now. Sit your ass down.
[ Both laugh ]
You look good, man.
Got on a new suit.
Mm‐kay. You know.
Yeah? Got a new whip, too, right?
'Cause I know you ain't take the bus all the way up here.
Roswell lent me his car.
New ride's next on the list, though.
What you thinking? Benz, Porsche? What's up?
Anything with a steering wheel and four tires.
[ Laughs ] Alright.
[ Laughs ]
So, how's the family, man?
Things aren't so great with Marie.
I moved out.
Yeah? So, that's it?
You're done?
I don't know.
I love her.
I just can't wrap my head around what she did with Darius.
Mm.
Yeah, but Jazz,
she can't be too happy, you bolting.
[ Sighs ]
You know what?
I didn't come here to lay all this on you.
We gotta talk about your case.
Yeah, yeah. A'ight. Lay it on me.
So, I finally got Tony's criminal record
from that subpoena.
A couple of misdemeanors, so that's not gonna help us.
Damn.
And I spoke to Wesley Silas,
guy who used to live in Tony's building.
Said that he saw you go after Tony at the basketball court
a couple of weeks before you killed him.
Yeah, see, man, I ain't ‐‐ I ain't go after him.
I just warned him about knocking my sister around.
Still, if I found him, prosecution can, too.
They'll use his testimony to say it was premeditated,
and our self‐defense argument goes down the drain.
So that's it?
Well, there's a defense
called Extreme Emotional Disturbance.
Like, you snap.
That made you do it or something?
Exactly. Okay.
It has to be deep.
Something that triggered you psychologically.
It usually happens from someone's childhood.
You once told me that
your father used to beat you and Georgia all the time ‐‐
Okay. How's that gonna help me?
Well, maybe something Tony did or said that day
reminded you of your father.
And that's why I killed him?
Yeah.
Look, man, I ain't no lawyer,
but, uh, that sounds like a stretch.
Look, it's a long shot,
but maybe there's something there we can use.
If you and Georgia would testify about it ‐‐
Georgia ain't gonna testify. Forget about that.
[ Sighs ]
You want me to talk to her?
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
Alright.
[ Sighs ]
It's good to see you, man.
Yeah.
Yeah. It's good to see you, too, man.
Where's AJ?
Uh, Ronnie's putting him in the car.
We're going to his parents' house for the day.
Oh.
Well, can you go later?
I was...
thinking we could talk.
About what?
About your dad moving out?
There's nothing to talk about.
You don't have anything you want to ask me?
Nope.
Got it all from Dad.
Well, are you okay?
I'm fine.
[ Bag zips ]
See you later.
♪♪
[ Door closes ]
This whole thing is just total BS.
I wasn't trying to steal a ride.
I swiped my card, the screen said I paid,
but the turnstile wouldn't turn.
So you jumped it?
Well, the train was coming.
I didn't want to be late for work.
Soon as I jumped, this cop came outta nowhere,
like he was waiting for me.
What about the resisting arrest?
He was trying to cuff me, so I pulled away,
trying to explain what happened.
I asked him to just give me a ticket.
I could come in with proof that I paid,
but he didn't want to hear it.
And the assault?
Cop says you threw your skateboard at him?
He was twisting my wrist really hard.
So I shoved my skateboard in his chest to make him stop.
The next thing I know, I'm slammed up against the wall.
File says there was an offer at arraignments ‐‐
They wanted me to plead to a misdemeanor with probation,
but my public defender said I couldn't
because of my DACA status.
Smart. 'Cause you got a prior conviction.
This one could have got you deported.
Charlotte: Why?
The first arrest was just civil disobedience.
At a DACA protest.
Doesn't matter.
Only safe plea is disorderly conduct.
But I didn't do anything wrong.
This cop basically assaulted me.
So, I'm sorry,
but I'm not pleading to anything.
I didn't say you should.
I know the Immigrant Defense Group
referred me to you because you've done
legal observer work at our protests,
but I looked you up.
You haven't practiced law in like 20 years,
and you got your license suspended last year?
♪♪
DUIs.
But I'm sober now.
I got my license reinstated last week.
Well, I'm sorry.
I don't mean to be rude,
but the only reason I'm sitting here
is 'cause I know you work with Aaron Wallace.
♪♪
[ Scoffs ]
You sound like the therapist at the program
asking all these questions about our father.
I get it's not your favorite subject,
but it could really help with Jamal's case.
You really think you can get him out?
We have a shot.
But I'm nowhere without your help.
Jamal and I are 14 months apart.
We were inseparable.
When I was about 7,
Jamal got between my father and me
for the first time.
From then on, he became the target.
Took all the beatings for the both of us.
How bad did it get?
He ever tell you about what he likes?
I mean, as far as who he goes out with?
I know he's gay,
if that's what you're talking about.
Wow.
He never told anybody about that but me.
He's my best friend.
Well...
...when our father got a whiff of that,
you can imagine the kind of stuff he said to him.
[ Sighs ]
Even when he wasn't beating him for real,
he'd make a habit to just hit him in the chest,
tell him to "man up."
Georgia, can you testify about this?
Maybe talk to Jamal,
convince him, too?
It's the only way I see right now.
Okay. But what's the defense?
If she paid the subway,
you can knock out theft of services.
What about the resisting and the assault?
The arrest was at 3:46.
That's 14 minutes before the end of the shift,
and these cops,
they're not part of the transit bureau.
So, what were they doing in the subway?
Collars for Dollars.
What's that?
Cops arrest someone right before the end of their shift
so they can collect overtime doing all the paperwork.
That's a thing?
In lower‐income communities
and in the weeks running up to Christmas, yeah.
Cops make extra money
to buy their kids stocking stuffers
at the expense of Black and Brown people,
who wind up behind bars
right before their Christmastime.
Roswell: It's one of the worst‐kept secrets in the system,
and no one's ever taken it on.
Okay. We'd have to prove a pattern.
I still got friends in the Public Defender's Office.
I'll call them, ask them to look at the files.
If these cops like to work this angle,
it can't be the first time.
And then we take this all the way.
We pull in the press. We expose the whole scam.
We make some real change.
Sounds like you got a plan.
There's just one thing ‐‐
the case is in the Bronx.
[ Scoffs ]
Then no.
You don't want to ever go up against O'Reilly again?
Gonna be hard to avoid.
Filing a civil suit, going after the cops,
embarrassing them in the press?
No. O'Reilly's gonna think I'm coming after him.
I'm a liability here.
Paola knows your history.
She still isn't gonna let me rep her without you.
You're a bit of a rock star, whether you like it or not.
♪♪
The dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln ‐‐ Elizabeth Keckley!
How did he know that?
Oh! The actor I love. Idris Elba!
Uh, uh, the golfer, uh...
Arnold Palmer!
Oh, time! [ Laughs ]
Hold on! That's ridiculous!
I mean, how did you know to say Arnold Palmer?
She didn't even say anything.
Well, she knows absolutely nothing about golf or golfers,
except for Tiger Woods
and Arnold Palmer because she loves the drink.
So it was a 50‐50 shot.
And you know me so well. Oh, I do!
[ Both laugh ]
Yeah, well, you're killing us 156‐85.
Ooh! Well, when you're together for 25 years,
you'll be just as good.
Or maybe we're just smarter than you, son.
See... Ah!
Think about it! Now...
My turn. My turn now.
Dig it up. Let's go. You got that?
Alright, I'ma mix this up real good
'cause somebody didn't mix it up last time.
‐Aw! We cheated, huh? ‐Oh, yeah, right.
No, I'm just saying!
[ Cellphone chimes ]
[ Plate thuds ]
♪♪
[ Cellphone swishes ]
[ Sighs ]
♪♪
[ Cellphone thuds ]
♪♪
You're going after the police department?
Yes.
I think we can prove a pattern.
But if you do that,
ICE will get angry and deport Paola?
Papa, don't worry. We have a good strategy.
How can you say that, mija?
You're going after the government.
This is the United States, Miguel, not Mexico ‐‐
Who are you to even think you can beat them?
You're not some huge, rich law firm.
Mr. Wallace fought the government from inside prison.
He was wrongfully convicted, and he won.
If that's true,
then you know how big the risk is.
Why can't she take a deal?
They're not offering one.
I don't want one, Papa.
Why are you always fighting?
Why can't you just keep your head down
and do what you need to do for yourself?
Miguel, we talked about this.
She shouldn't live in fear.
I'm proud of Paola, how she stands up for herself.
Are you gonna be proud when they deport her to Mexico?
Roswell: I know this is scary, Mr. Guerrero,
but the bigger we make this with the more publicity,
the harder it makes for them to consider deporting her.
What if you're wrong?
What if you push them in the other direction?
Paola: Papa, please.
You and Mamá always taught me how to do the right thing.
What the police are doing is hurting people,
and I'm in a position to help stop it.
I'm sorry,
but I just wouldn't be able to live with myself
if I walked away.
♪♪
What are you doing about Aaron Wallace?
Nice to see you, too, Kyle.
And I have no idea what you're talking about.
You have no idea that he just filed
a $10 million lawsuit for unlawful arrest?
What's the case?
Turnstile jump, with a resisting and an assault.
So, we'll plead it out.
That's your answer? Yeah, we get rid of it.
That'll take the wind out of the civil suit.
She assaulted one of my cops! McCarron: Oh, wait a second.
This is the 19‐year‐old undocumented girl
who "hit" your cop with a skateboard?
Undocumented has nothing to do with any of it.
Your instinct
to kowtow to Wallace, however, is the issue here.
Yeah. I can't keep up, Kyle.
Is this about you protecting your officers
or your resentment towards Aaron Wallace?
Let me tell you something, Dez.
We spent thousands of man‐hours on busting that guy
only to watch you and Glen Maskins let him walk.
And if you even think of offering a plea on this,
ask yourself, when was the last time
somebody won that chair
without the police union behind them?
[ Telephone rings in distance ]
[ Door closes ]
This must be weird for you guys.
Two months ago,
we were double‐dating with Darius.
Tonight, it was supposed to be Aaron,
but now he's moved out.
Samantha: Girl, don't worry about us.
We gotta know how you're doing.
Well, all I hear all this time
is how everything he's fighting for
is to get back to me and Jazz,
even after... I went with Darius,
even after he signed the divorce papers.
He kept promising me
that he was gonna get out and come back to us.
And now...what?
It became real.
Well, when he was in prison, it was all just an idea.
When he got out and walked into this house...?
Well, I'm about done with it and him.
No. Mnh‐mnh. Come on.
You still love him.
Hmm. You always have.
You gotta give him a chance.
I was giving him a chance.
But he should have stayed here,
and we should have figured it out together.
Jasmine will be right down.
Thanks.
Sure you don't want to sit?
Have a drink or something?
No, I just really wanted to say good night to AJ.
He's already asleep.
And I don't wanna risk waking him up again.
[ Sighs ]
We'll give you two a few minutes.
[ Footsteps recede ]
♪♪
You okay, sweetheart?
I've been texting you.
I'm fine, Dad.
Anything you want to talk about?
Not right now.
Alright.
Then, um...
there a reason why you haven't been home for the past two days?
Gee, I don't know. What do you think?
I get it.
You're hurt.
But please don't do this to your mother.
Did she tell you to come here? No.
I don't want you punishing her because you're mad at me.
♪♪
How come when you leave, it's you taking care of you,
but when I leave, I'm punishing Mom?
You told me to always focus on me.
That's what I'm doing.
I'm taking care of my baby and my relationship.
How long you planning on staying?
I don't know.
But I like it here.
People enjoy each other's company.
♪♪
I'll talk to you later.
♪♪
Jazz.
[ Footsteps depart, door closes ]
Roswell: Hey.
I was beginning to worry.
About the time.
I'm not gonna break my curfew, Henry.
What you still doing here?
Do you mind?
I figured it would be okay to work late
if you weren't here.
Yeah, of course.
We got Paola's Metrocard records back.
They actually don't show a ride deducted.
She lied?
I think she swiped the card and thought it registered.
Doing some research on some mistake‐of‐fact
in case it comes to that.
Well, we can't let her get deported.
The good news is, we heard from the PD's office.
Turns out that our cops made a habit
out of arresting people in that subway station
right before the end of their shift.
In the past week, almost every shift.
Let me guess.
All people of color.
Yep.
[ Sighs ]
Henry. Hmm?
What's all this?
Charlotte.
She wanted to make the place a little homier for you.
Oh.
You doing okay?
Nah, not really.
You gotta give me some insight, pal.
I don't know what to say.
I'm out of prison,
but I can't be with the two people I love the most.
Well...
you can...
actually.
[ Sighs ]
You ready for tomorrow?
Raring to go.
[ Chuckles ]
Gonna be like riding a bike, right?
I know this means a lot to you.
Well, this could be a big one.
For all the right reasons.
Yeah, let's hope.
Hey, I like the new suit.
[ Briefcase clasps click ] Yeah, nice, huh?
See you in court, Counselor.
Amen to that.
♪♪
[ Door opens, closes ]
♪♪
[ Indistinct conversations ]
It's so good to see you, lil' sis.
I'm sorry I haven't been here for a while.
Ah, nah, come on.
Don't worry about that. It's all good.
How's that program?
You mean the drug program
for the drugs I'm not addicted to?
No, I was talking about that other program.
Mm, yeah, it's good.
Figuring some stuff out.
And I'm not here to talk about me.
I'm here to talk about you and your case.
I think we should both testify.
I mean, it don't even really make any sense.
Are we supposed to get up in there
and talk about all the stuff
that happened to us when we was kids,
and that's supposed to be, what, like, an excuse?
It's worth trying, Jamal.
Do me a favor. Roll up your sleeves.
What?
Let me see your arms, Georgia.
I know you got bruises there.
That's exactly what the prosecution's
gonna make you show the jury.
Did Aaron tell you that?
He told me I would have to talk about Tony,
but not about Dirk.
Of course, you gonna have to talk about Dirk.
They gonna ask you about him.
They gonna ask you about everybody you were with
who hit you and you went back to them, including Dirk.
Why would any of that matter?
Because you gonna be trying to blame
everything I did on Pops.
They gonna say to you, "Don't you take
any personal responsibility for your choices?
Doesn't your brother?"
They gonna try to tear you apart to keep me in prison.
Nah, you call up Aaron and tell him the answer's no.
I ain't testifying, and you ain't either.
[ Door opens ] Court officer: All rise.
The Honorable Julie Tanaka presiding.
Mr. Wallace. Welcome back.
Thank you, Your Honor.
I'm second chair today.
And I understand this is your first case
in quite some time, Mr. Roswell.
Yes, Your Honor.
Judge Tanaka: Okay, then.
People call first witness.
The People call Officer Marc Lidell.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Officer Lidell: I do.
Good morning, Officer Lidell.
[ Voice echoing ] Please tell us, in your own words,
what happened the afternoon of the arrest.
[ Indistinct voices echoing ]
♪♪
Thank you. No further questions.
Henry.
Henry, you're up.
Judge Tanaka: Mr. Roswell, your cross?
Sorry, Your Honor. [ Clears throat ]
Officer Lidell,
when you arrested my client for hopping a turnstile ‐‐
Officer Lidell: Not to mention resisting arrest
and assaulting a police officer.
I haven't asked a question yet ‐‐
She threw her skateboard at me and hit me in the chest.
Well, officer, yes or no,
you are not assigned to the transit bureau?
Yes, not.
You're not...not?
Right. Not.
The double negative is a little confusing, Counselor.
I apologize, Your Honor. [ Chuckles ]
[ Whispering ] Just relax.
Mr. Roswell?
Um, excuse me.
One second, Your Honor.
[ Clears throat ]
[ Whispering ] I need you to take over.
Officer Lidell, as a patrol officer,
your precinct doesn't cover the subway, does it?
Uh, no, we can enter the subway in pursuit of a suspect.
Only you weren't pursuing Ms. Guerrero
when you entered the subway, were you?
No.
We just happened to be there.
You arrested Ms. Guerrero at 3:46...
[ Papers rustle ] ...right before your tour ended.
That's right.
So, seven hours of nothing,
and you happen to find a crime outside your jurisdiction,
14 minutes before the end of your shift?
That's how it happened, Counselor.
Well, that's funny.
That's how it happened three times that same week,
and twice the week before.
[ Whispers ] Yeah. Yeah. Aaron: These records reflect
that this officer and his partner
arrested nine other people on five separate occasions
at that same subway station
right before the end of their shift
in the past two weeks.
Now, including the time it takes to process the paperwork,
that's about 94 hours of overtime,
for a total of about $6,200, isn't it?
ADA McNamara: Objection.
Is he seriously arguing
this officer's overtime is relevant?
Well, it's relevant if this officer
and his partner engaged in Collars for Dollars.
Officer Lidell: I've never heard of Collars for Dollars.
I was doing my job.
No, you weren't.
You were lining your pockets before Christmas
and abusing the system for your own benefit.
Is he going to ask any questions
or just make unfounded accusations?
Your Honor, everyone sitting here
knows that Collars for Dollars exists.
I know it.
She knows it.
I'm guessing you've heard of it.
The defendant still jumped the turnstile,
and her Metrocard records prove it,
so I'm afraid none of this really matters.
It'll matter when we file a Clayton motion.
If a police officer's conduct
is more corrupt than a defendant's ‐‐
Okay, maybe the cop wants to impress his boss.
Maybe he's in a bad mood.
None of it matters if the people he arrests
commit the crime.
Judge Tanaka: She has a point there, Counselor.
Why should their motivations matter?
Because it's happening at every precinct in the city.
And police officers are targeting people of color,
which takes us to one of the other Clayton factors ‐‐
"the impact of a dismissal upon the confidence of the public
in the criminal justice system."
And you think dismissing this one case
will improve public confidence in the system?
When it represents a corrupt city‐wide practice,
then yes.
That's our argument.
How will you prove Collars for Dollars
is bigger than these two officers?
Let me subpoena NYPD records.
I'm not opening up that can of worms
based on what you've presented so far.
Then I can't bring you anything else
without that subpoena.
I admit it's a conundrum.
So you have 48 hours to figure it out.
That was embarrassing. [ Sighs ]
It was just nerves. It's been a long time.
[ Sighs ]
I'll walk them out, make sure they're okay.
It was more than just nerves.
I've never been in a courtroom sober.
I wish you'd have told me that. [ Sighs ]
I could have helped you prep or something ‐‐
I just don't know what we're gonna do now.
[ Sighs ]
We need a whistleblower, someone on the inside.
Never gonna happen.
There's lots of cops ‐‐ It's a blue wall, Aaron.
Collars for Dollars is their honey pot.
Alright, then...
we find someone outside the force,
someone retired. [ Sighs ]
You must know some people. Right.
Like I got a bunch of old cops on my speed dial.
Just 'cause you blew it in there
doesn't mean you get to throw in the towel.
♪♪
Look. I just need a minute, okay?
Hey!
You pushed her to do this.
So now it's time to dig deep.
That's how this has gotta be.
Dig deep, Henry.
♪♪
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Hey, thanks for your lead.
I'm not on the third step yet,
but I like your idea of a higher power.
Oh, I'm glad. It's Henry, right?
Yeah. Haven't seen you for a while. [ Chuckling ] Yeah.
I switched to a morning meeting a few months ago.
But I miss this place.
It's where I got sober.
Yeah. You and half of Manhattan.
You used to be a cop, right?
I'm a criminal defense attorney.
Oh, well, we gotta arm‐wrestle now?
[ Laughs ] Can I ask you something?
Have you ever heard of Collars for Dollars?
Why?
I got this case.
A young kid who could get deported
because of a turnstile jump,
and I'm looking for someone who used to be on the inside
who might be willing to testify.
I remember you shared once how much you regret
some of the things you'd done as a cop ‐‐
Yeah, I shared that stuff in confidence.
No, I know, and I'm sorry.
It's just, I've asked a lot of people already.
I'm ‐‐ I'm a little desperate.
Right, so you thought that you would
come to a meeting you haven't been to in months
and violate my anonymity?
No, I ‐‐ I thought maybe this would be a chance
for you to make some amends.
So, you came here for my recovery?
Obviously, I didn't run this idea by anybody.
I don't have a sponsor right now ‐‐
Yeah, well, that tracks.
'Cause that was some grade‐A alcoholic behavior right there.
♪♪
[ Line ringing ]
Jazz: Leave a message.
[ Beep ]
Hey, Jazz.
I know you're mad at me,
but we gotta talk about this.
Alright?
Call me.
♪♪
[ Sighs ]
[ Line ringing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Ringing stops ]
[ Cellphone thuds ]
[ Sighs ]
I am here, and I am trying. I'm trying to rebuild.
I thought that was all you cared about after all of this.
[ Voice breaking ] I can't, Marie.
You don't gotta do anything.
You're making a choice.
[ Dog barking in distance ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Barking continues ]
Hi.
Hey.
We're gonna spend another night.
Why don't you just come home, sweetheart?
I have the day off tomorrow.
We can...
pick out a tree together?
Look, I know you're upset, but it's AJ's first Christmas,
and you don't want to miss
picking out a tree with him, do you?
♪♪
[ Knocking on door ]
Hey.
Oh, hey, um... [ Sighs ]
Steve M. told me where you lived.
Uh...
D‐Do you got a minute?
You want to have a seat or...?
Thanks.
Can I ‐‐ Can I get you anything?
I got coffee. I got water. No, no, no.
I'm good. Thank you.
You sure? Yeah, yeah. No, I'm positive.
I‐I, um...
[ Sighs ]
I owe you an amends.
Now, I got mad at you,
and I went for the jugular.
And, um, well, it's ‐‐ it's an old character defect.
No, I'm the one who messed up.
I‐I was acting like I just ran into you by accident
when I intentionally went in there to find you.
Well, look at that.
For someone without a sponsor,
that is a nice bit of recovery right there.
Can I ask you something about the program?
Sure.
That phrase in the Promises ‐‐
We won't regret the past
or wish to shut the door on it.
Um...
As hard as I try, I just ‐‐
I'm not quite there yet.
Uh, I'm not sure if...
if [Chuckling] anyone ever really gets
all the way there.
It ‐‐ But what's eating you the most?
It's a long list.
Uh, the topper right now
is the fact that I killed the Police Civilian Oversight Bill.
I was a state senator not too long ago.
That was you? Yeah.
That's a hell of a change of heart you've had.
I was part of the problem.
Now I'm trying to be part of the solution.
Alright.
But ‐‐ But listen, th‐‐ that's all well and good.
Just don't hang your sobriety
on what you're accomplishing or not accomplishing, alright?
It's got to come from within.
Right. I knew that.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
So, you, um...
Do you still need me to, uh, to testify?
I didn't say any of that to manipulate you ‐‐ No, no, look.
I know ‐‐ I know you didn't. I know you didn't. I didn't ‐‐
If I thought you did, I wouldn't.
It's just, the truth is that I have been looking
for a way to make amends,
and, um...
uh, maybe this is the universe offering me
a way to make it right.
♪♪
[ Ringtone plays ]
Hey, Georgia. Everything okay?
[ Sobbing ] No. I don't have anywhere to go.
Okay, hold on. W‐‐ What happened?
When I got home, Dirk was waiting for me,
and I told him I was gonna break up with him.
And he just exploded, so I ran.
Okay, c‐can you go to a friend's?
I've tried a couple people, but nobody's calling me back.
I don't have my wallet or anything.
I don't know where to go.
Can you come get me?
[ Sighs ]
What about a support group?
Did they give you any resources?
It's all in the apartment,
and he's not gonna leave.
♪♪
Where are you?
I'll meet you at the bodega n‐near my place.
Towards Morris Avenue.
Okay. I'll be right there.
Thank you so much.
♪♪
You're right.
It wasn't bad.
But maybe you ought to think
about getting yourself a pull‐out.
[ Chuckles ]
And an air mattress for guests.
[ Chuckles ]
I'll get outta your hair.
Can't have you sleeping on the floor again.
Georgia ‐‐
Please don't lecture me.
I know I'm a train wreck.
No, um...
You think Jamal will change his mind about testifying?
He doesn't like showing weakness.
Never could.
It's not how we were raised.
Course, I didn't get any of that.
And the second they took him away...
...I just fell apart.
♪♪
They never talk about the families, you know?
What it does to them.
♪♪
I really wish you'd talk to me.
You wanted us to get the tree together.
We got it.
You wanted us home. We're home.
I don't know what else you want from me.
I want you to tell me how you feel.
Why does it matter? It won't change anything.
Because holding it in will only make you feel bad.
You know what makes me feel bad?
Dreaming about Dad coming home every night for 10 years.
Then he finally comes home, we're a family again,
and now it's gone.
He said that we were the only thing
he was fighting for in there.
He said that he would always be here,
but he's not.
♪♪
He came down here for this? Roswell: Of course he did,
and he's got Kyle Rogers from the union with him.
That union is the reason no one takes this on.
Mr. Wallace. Turn around.
What are you doing here? Hold on, what's going on?
I said turn around. Come on, Scotty.
You don't have to do this. Paola: What the hell is this?
It's his probation officer.
He's on probation? For what?
I called his office twice last night.
He didn't answer, so I drove by. He wasn't there.
Which means he broke curfew
and violated the conditions of his probation.
Come on, man. I'm due in court.
I don't care. Let's go.
It's okay! I'll do the hearing!
I‐I'll find you after!
Can't we postpone this?
♪♪
No, we can't.
♪♪
I was a police officer for 27 years.
12 on patrol, a stint in narcotics,
and the rest as a sergeant.
How many precincts did you work in?
Four ‐‐ uh, the 8th, 16th, 53rd, and 57th.
You ever hear of Collars for Dollars?
Yeah.
And what is that?
It's when you make arrests that you otherwise wouldn't make
'cause you want the overtime.
In all your years as an officer,
how often did you hear that phrase?
Uh, every precinct I ever worked in.
Did you ever personally participate
in Collars for Dollars?
No. But it was commonplace.
Objection. Calls for speculation.
I'll re‐ask the question.
Did you personally witness officers
engaging in Collars for Dollars?
Yes. As a sergeant, I approved the overtime.
I regret it, but I did it.
And what about where the arrests were made?
Well, if you want to get away with doing something shady,
you do it where you're least likely to get caught.
So, target people you think won't complain? Right.
And pick charges that don't make a big stir
in communities that don't have a lot of political power?
I didn't say it was right ‐‐ just that everyone did it.
No more questions.
ADA McNamara: Mr. McClinchy,
have you ever worked in the 39th precinct?
No.
Have you ever met Officer Lidell?
I have not.
So you have no idea
if he was engaging in Collars for Dollars
when he arrested the defendant, do you?
No, but ‐‐ So, no.
Let him finish. It's my cross, Counselor.
I said let him finish! Hey. Henry.
Sergeant, would you like to finish?
McClinchy: If a patrol officer
who wasn't assigned to the transit bureau
came into my office with a train hop
that he picked up 14 minutes before the end of his shift
looking for a dozen hours of overtime,
then, yeah, it was Collars for Dollars.
ADA McNamara: So, then, would you ‐‐
May I have a moment, Your Honor?
[ Door closes ]
[ Whispers indistinctly ]
♪♪
Apparently, there are other officers
who are willing to testify.
We weren't given any notice of this.
I know, right?
Late‐breaking news and all that,
but, look, if you want to stipulate
to the existence of Collars for Dollars,
I'm happy to spare us all
the time and effort of calling them.
Even if I were willing to stipulate,
it doesn't mean that Officer Lidell
was actually doing it.
Counselor, short of him hypnotizing your officer
to admitting that he did it,
I don't know what else Mr. Roswell can do
in the way of a proffer.
I am signing a subpoena for police department records.
And now either your boss is having a seizure,
or he really wants to talk to you.
Why don't we take a break?
[ Spectators murmur ]
♪♪
Your PO tells me that you have a tendency
to think that the rules don't apply to you.
That may have helped you win your case,
but now it's gonna get you thrown back in prison.
Is that what you're gonna do?
If your story checks out, then no.
But this will be memorialized in your file.
One more misstep,
and we're gonna file a violation.
You didn't have to put cuffs on me.
You jeopardized my client's case.
I gave you a wake‐up call.
Oh. So, what?
This some scared‐straight BS?
I'm not a teenager.
You're living in an office,
and you appear to be pushing away
the two people on this planet who love you the most.
Feels like a teenager to me.
So, here's what we're gonna do.
You're gonna FaceTime me
every night at 9:59 p. m.
I'm gonna enable location sharing on your cellphone
so I will know exactly where you are at all times.
Unless you want us to file that violation right now.
♪♪
I understand there were fireworks
at Bronx Supreme yesterday.
[ Sighs ] That won't happen again. Mm.
But not because I'm worried about your reputation.
Do you even have these other cops
you claimed are willing to testify?
It was a gambit.
So you lied to the court? Not technically.
Why do I have the feeling we're being called
to the principal's office?
I think he got a panicked call
from the Police Commissioner about the subpoena.
The department wants him to pressure us to take the deal.
A disorderly conduct takes
deportation off the table, doesn't it?
She'd have to spend 20 days in jail.
I thought you were about what's best for the client.
And I thought you cared about institutional reform.
Are you telling me you'd advise her
to risk deportation to prove a point?
What was it you said?
Causes need people who are willing
to stand up and fight.
This client wants to fight.
We get you've always been pretty cozy with law enforcement,
but Collars for Dollars?
You can't put lipstick on a pig, Spencer.
Maybe he just doesn't care about this issue...
in spite of all the talk.
Okay.
So, we have your support?
If by "support," you mean I won't pull my funding...
♪♪
...then yes.
♪♪
[ Indistinct conversations ]
So, I understand you asked Georgia not to testify.
Yeah, I figure why waste anybody's time
barking up a useless tree.
Do you wanna get outta here or not?
Excuse me?
It feels like you're getting comfortable.
[ Scoffs ]
So, what you trying to say, I like it in here?
No.
I'm asking if you want to fight.
'Cause I'm out there busting my ass for you,
breaking my curfew for Georgia ‐‐
Yeah. She told me what happened.
I ain't ask you to do all of that.
No, you don't have to ask me anything, Jamal.
Because that's what brothers do for each other.
You know what else they do?
They tell each other the truth.
So, come on.
Give it to me straight.
Do you want to fight?
You seriously asking me that
when you sleeping on a couch in your own office?
Don't turn this on me. No ‐‐ No, let's keep it real!
I spent nine years. You don't know what ‐‐
All I heard from you was, "I gotta get back to my family,
gotta get back to my family." It's not about me.
You out one month, and you bailed!
When you know she still loves you.
So, you know what?
Get your own house in order
instead of telling me what's what with mine.
♪♪
[ Buzzer blares ]
♪♪
[ Switch clicks ]
♪♪
What do you need?
I want to fix this, Marie.
[ Sighs ]
I just don't know how.
[ Inhales deeply ]
I don't either.
But I do know you need to understand something.
What happened to you...
happened to me, too.
I know that.
Believe me. I do.
♪♪
Jazz and I are decorating the tree.
♪♪
Alright.
Do you want to help?
♪♪
I would love to.
Come on.
♪♪