"♪" "Super?" "What's going on?" "One of my tenants, Mrs. Kramer, didn't walk her dog this morning." "That unusual?" "8:00 a.m. every day, like clockwork." "You knock on her door?" "Yeah, no answer." "I figured I should give you guys a call." "You did the right thing." "Mrs. Kramer." "Open it." "Hello?" "Central, I got a DOA at this location, apparent homicide." "Have a patrol supervisor and squad respond." "This is the fourth vicious murder of an elderly victim in the past month, in two adjoining precincts." "Sid, what ties this to one actor?" "M.E. says they all died from blunt force trauma." "Some kind of hammer or tire iron, it looks like." "Looks like?" "Well, like Garrett says, vicious." "Forensics hasn't gotten a good impression for all the gore." "And a million surveillance cameras in the city, and we don't have a single frame to point us?" "Not as of yet." "This last one looks like the perp gained access as a delivery guy." "And we know that because?" "We know that because he buzzed some other tenants saying he had flowers for 1-H." "So they just buzzed him in?" "Flowers for an old lady who lived alone." "And what is it you need me for?" "Are we calling this a serial killer?" "What difference does it make what we call it?" "The press already is." "But we have it, and I'm getting that kind of semantics pushback." "Sir?" "Whatever it is, no." "Your father." "Hey, Pop." "Sorry to barge in, Francis." "Sid, Garrett." "Good to see you, Commissioner." "What's going on?" "My RDNY breakfast was just down the block." "That's the Retired Detectives of New York." "Yeah, I hope it went well, but we're kind of in the middle of something." "I know what you're in the middle of." "The latest victim, Joan Kramer, was Jimmy Falco's sister-in-law." "His wife is now in mourning, and Jimmy sent me up here to ask you guys just how close you are to catching this animal." "We're nowhere." "This guy is preying on our most vulnerable citizens." "And being one of them, who just happens to have enough juice to walk into this office," "I came up here to say..." "catch the son of a bitch." "What do we got?" "Front for a local drug ring." "Smoke-eaters say it was firebomb." "Pretty big one, by the looks of it." "Brought out 11 bodies so far." "FDNY says they blocked the exit before they torched it." "Blocked the exit?" "Somebody's making a statement." "Look at this." "Detectives." "Special Agent Veronica Molina." "Detectives Reagan and Baez." "What brings the feds down to our fair city?" "I'm leading a DEA field division team investigating Mano Sangriento." "Mexican drug cartel?" "Thought this was more a local beef." "The individuals in that bar distributed heroin for the cartel." "This is how Mano Sangriento settles business disputes." "You're aware that the NYPD has a narcotics bureau, right?" "That's had limited success." "That's why we're here." "Well, this is a multiple homicide." "That's why we're here." "We're expecting a major heroin shipment, due to arrive in New York any day." "And?" "I'd like copies of all reports related to this crime." "Long as you give us everything you got on Mano Sangriento, too." "I'm afraid that information is classified." "That's the best you can do, huh?" "Appreciate your cooperation, Detectives." "Same to you." "Since when do the feds run an operation in this city without including the NYPD?" "Since never, we got something to say about it." "♪ Blue Bloods 7x22 ♪ The Thin Blue Line Original Air Date on May 6, 201" "== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man" "We have solid Intel that the cartel's next shipment will arrive in the next 48 hours." "Are you lost, Detectives?" "No, but maybe you didn't get the memo." "Chief of detectives spoke to your boss, and we're on the team now." "We'll see about this." "Suit yourself, but you don't want to play ball with us," "PD doesn't play ball with the Agency." "Sit." "We'll stand." "Our top priority will be ascertaining where and when the shipment will arrive, and formulating an interdiction plan." "So, we are monitoring the leaders of several" " local drug organizations..." " Excuse me." "Danny." "Don't mean to interrupt." "But if you want to track a shipment into this city, you shouldn't start with the bosses." "You start with the low-level guys, you know, the hand-to-hand guys on the street." "With all due respect, NYPD procedure has failed to stop this cartel, so we'll be adhering to DEA protocol on this one." "I'm not trying to jam you up, Alex." "I just need some information." "I don't know anything about those old people who got killed, though." "Okay, but anything you've heard could help." "Look, I had something, I'd tell you, I swear." "Can I go?" "Yeah, I can't keep you." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "You cutting him loose?" "He doesn't know anything." "You got that from a few softball questions, did you?" "I know that kid." "He's got a drug problem, but he's basically a straight shooter." "We got marching orders to shake this precinct by the throat till the perp falls out." "I know that, but throwing guys like Alex up against the wall won't help;" "he'll just shut down." "We're not shrinks, Reagan." "You got to put the fear of God in 'em." "You got to get in their face." "I don't abuse the citizens." "The citizens?" "Yeah." "You know, I know your brother Danny." "Hell of a detective." "If you were more like him, maybe you wouldn't still be walking a beat." "What are you hearing, Baez?" "Talking about soccer-- Monterrey versus Santos." "Yeah, this is a waste of time." "Jose Pena is the cartel's top guy in New York." "He's got to know where the shipment's coming in." "And he's got to know better than to chat about it over enchiladas." "Danny..." "I'm just saying, he's got to know the place is wired." "Molina said to monitor Pena." "What choice do we have?" "Well, we have options." "What's Carlos doing here?" "Well, you want to find out where the shipment's coming in from, right?" "Molina told us to monitor Pena." "Molina's not here." "How you doing, Carlos?" "Why we got to meet here?" "That's Pena's place right there." "I know it is." "Okay, just relax." "Look, he sees me talking to you, I'm a dead man." "Those guys don't play around." "You work for Pena and the cartel?" "Look, I go where the money is." "Those guys are on the streets right now." "We hear there's some serious weight coming in from Mexico." "Supply and demand, bro." "We need the where and the when." "Do you know what the Mano Sangriento does to rats?" "They cut you up in little pieces and send them to your family." "Yeah, well, I'm sure your family would enjoy a reunion." "Screw you, Danny!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "You'd be looking at serious time if it wasn't for us." "Now, get in and close the door." "Come on, start talking." "I told you to monitor Pena's headquarters, not reach out to a confidential informant." "Yeah, but our guy came up with the information you need on the heroin shipment." "Which by now is probably obsolete." "Why?" "Your CI likely reached out to Pena about your solicitations." "Hey, our CI is solid, okay?" "He wouldn't do that." "We've been tracking Mano Sangriento for two and a half years." "No street-level informant has crossed them yet." "Maybe you've been using the wrong informants." "Exactly." "I mean, there's a reason they brought us in here on the team, because we know the local players." "And this team only exists because your department's been unable to bring down this cartel." "Hey, take it easy, all right?" "You happen to be in the safest big city in the country." "That may be true, but I still have orders to bring down Mano Sangriento's operation." "And we just gave you what you needed to do it." "Now, are you gonna act on it or not?" "I'll secure the warrant." "Good." "But your guy better be right." "Look, I promise, I swear, I am not holding out on you." "You know this neighborhood cold, Alex." "People are getting butchered." "I don't know anything about that, you know." "Somebody saw something." "Who else was out dealing around the time of the murder, huh?" "Police!" "Help!" "Police!" "Police!" "Hey, calm down." "I'm a cop." "What's up?" "My name is Evan Fleming." "Uh, I live around the corner." "I-I heard a commotion in the courtyard, so I ran down and found them." "Found who?" "An elderly couple." "They're just lying in the courtyard." "It looks really bad." "Let's go." "Show me, show me." "Did you see who did this?" "It was too dark." "I-I heard screams." "W-When I opened my window, I-I heard someone running away." "Are they, are they dead?" "Hey, shield number 60538." "I got two DOA." "Two precincts... four weeks, six dead!" "And you have nothing." "Not nothing, but we don't have the perp." "That's nothing, Frank." "Yet." "We don't have him yet." "So it is a "him." You have that?" "Yes." "Well, that narrows it down." "Cut it out." "Frank, I can't sell my public on a "yet."" "And you can't hide behind "yet."" "It's my public, too, and I'm not hiding behind anything." "I go over a bridge, through a tunnel, past Grand Central, and it seems like they can spot me carrying a pocket knife or a bad motive." "What the hell is that?" "Yet this sick bastard is able to slaughter old people seemingly at will, and your folks have nothing on that?" "The earth you're scorching here is your earth, too." "Oh, you're damn right it is, Frank." "And you're supposed to keep it safe." "The people don't feel safe." "Call a curfew, buy some time." "All the murders occurred between 8:00 and midnight." "Oh, and that'll work wonders with calming the public down." "Pattern killers, if that's what this is, you either disrupt his pattern or catch his mistakes." "They don't just run out of batteries." "Frank, this is New York City." "I'm not calling a curfew." "Catch his damn mistake!" "And catch him!" "I'm afraid it's not that easy." "I didn't say it was easy, Frank." "I said do it." "In the six years we've worked together..." "Frank, years that you have worked for me." "...I have never seen you once try and play dumb." "And you're not very good at it." "So what the hell's going on with you?" "Commissioner... get back to work." "Green light." "Let's move." "Go, go." "Baez, go." "Go, go, go, go, go, go, go." "Come on." "Go." "You go left." "Go." "Deploy flashbangs." "Granada!" "Granada!" "Go, go!" "Shut the door!" "Frank!" "Frank, stay down!" "Stay down!" "Molina!" "You owe me one." "Come on!" " You okay?" " Yeah, you?" "Yeah." "Got to be 100 pounds of heroin here." "Good work, Detectives." "You, too." "Go team." "Excuse us." "Come on." "Looks like you're a real hero around here." "You know what they say: you're only as good as your last bust." "Speaking of which, we never recovered the cash from the heroin we seized." "Maybe it never changed hands." "That's not what we heard." "Word is, Pena received the cartel's cash before the delivery of the product." "Now he's planning on smuggling it back to Mexico." "If we move fast, we can take down Pena and the cash." "What?" "What's the problem?" "We can't move on Pena." "Wait a minute." "Why the hell not?" "We flipped him." "Wh..." "Pena's agreed to become an informant in future cases against Mano Sangriento." "Look, the seizures are great for headlines, if that's what you want, okay?" "But if you really want to hurt these guys, there's only one way to do it, and that's by taking their cash." "We took down the case." "The operation's over." "I'm sorry." "Any luck finding out who did this?" "Not yet." "I'll keep my fingers crossed." "Detective, get anything off that guy?" "No, says he didn't see the perp." "I know." "There's something off about him." " Off how?" " Scene of the crime, it was almost like he was reading from a script or something." "His demeanor was all wrong." "His demeanor?" "Not just that." "He also shops at the same food co-op as the other six victims." "As does half the population of this precinct." "And he said that he came down as soon as he heard the attack, but the M.E. said that the vics were dead for 20 minutes before I got to them." "They said "up to 20 minutes," Reagan." "So he still could've gone up, changed his clothes and then reported the murders." "Why the hell would this guy, with a totally clean sheet, rush to find a cop if he just crushed the skulls of two vics?" "I don't know." "You don't know?" "That's the first thing that you've said that I agree with." "Hey, thanks." "In there." "Devon White." "Lives in the same building as the first Vic." "Spent four years in Clinton for assaulting and robbing an 83-year-old woman." "He copped to the murders?" "Not yet, but he will." "Glad to hear it." "Hey, Reagan," "I appreciate all your work on the case." "What are you doing here?" "In front of my house?" "What's that?" "The end of my career if anyone finds out where you got it." "Pena keeps his own personal boat stashed in the West Side Marina." "Uses it to ferry drugs and cash for Mano Sangriento." "Why are you doing this?" "I worked Miami-Dade Narcotics for seven years before I joined the DEA." "Once a cop, always a cop." "$65 million worth of high-grade dope." "That's a serious haul." "Let's see if they can make it stick in court." "Oh, speak of the devil." "Hell of a nice bust, Danny." "Yeah, too bad the feds don't have the stones to finish the job." "What are you talking about?" "Jose Pena did this deal for some friends of his down in Mexico." "He's sitting on their cash, but I'm not allowed to go after him." "Why not?" "Because the DEA flipped him." "They must want to keep Pena in good standing with the cartel." "If he loses their money." "he loses his job." "And his ability to keep the feds up on future shipments." "Exactly." "Okay, but if we grab the cartel's cash, they're gonna think twice about ever peddling their poison in New York City again." "What do you want?" "I have it on good authority that Pena has a boat docked on the West Side." "I'm thinking he's gonna use that boat to transport the drug money to the cartels." " You're looking to search the boat." " Exactly." "Forget it." ""Forget it"?" "!" "You give the feds every warrant they want!" "I ask you for one and I can't get it?" "!" "Yeah, against my better judgment." "This is a federal matter, Danny." "And even if it weren't, your gut doesn't constitute probable cause." "Thanks for nothing." "Police!" "Stop!" "You got any other weapons on you?" "No." "I was just trying to help her." "I'm placing you under arrest." "She needed me, Officer Reagan." "You have the right to remain silent." "Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law." "I ended their pain." "Don't you understand?" "Come on, let's go." "Then why did you kill them, Evan?" "When I was eight, my mother left, so I went to go live with my grandmother." "She was old and in pain." "One morning, Grammie was asleep in her chair, and she wouldn't wake up." "The thing is, sh-she looked like she didn't have a care in the world, like she didn't hurt anymore." "Just like those people I helped." "They don't hurt anymore." "They don't have a care in the world." "He doesn't even realize what he did was wrong." "Chances are he won't be found competent to stand trial." "What'd you notice about him?" "Notice how?" "Let's say he was at the booth next to you in the diner, or with a camera in the press pool, or just shaking your hand at a grip and grin." "I don't know, Frank." "I'm not a cop." "Doesn't take a cop." "Okay, what did I miss?" "That's just it." "You didn't miss a thing." "There's nothing to notice." "What are you saying, he was invisible?" "I'm saying, he was the guy the neighbors always said," ""What a nice young man, always so helpful, with a hello for everybody."" "And you can't police a monster like this." "Is that your upshot here?" "Policing a case like this is by nature and definition reactive." "Well, no one could've seen this coming, Frank?" "A coworker?" "A boss?" "A cop?" "I didn't say that." "You didn't have to." "You have never pointed more fingers or shown less respect for my people than in these last weeks." "Frank, this animal has been roaming our streets these last few weeks." "Who do you expect me to point the finger at?" "You get paid to keep this city safe." "That's right." "That is my job." "It's your only job." "We got our guy." "I wanted to tell you personally." "I won't take up any more of your time." "Nice boat." "Get off the ladder." "Do I know you?" "No, but we know you, Pena." "Detective Reagan." "This is my partner, Detective Baez." "Step aside with your buddy over there." "Keep your hands where we can see them." "Looks like you're about to take a trip." "Heading down to Florida." "Little vacation." "Must get really exhausting, getting all those kids strung out on smack." "Something I can help you with, Detective?" "Yeah, we'd like to take a look around the boat." "Do you have a search warrant?" "No." "But we did speak with the Coast Guard, who let us know that you never submitted a cargo and crew list on your way up from Florida-- an oversight that now allows us to come on the boat, whether you like it or not." "You are aware of my arrangement with your government, right?" "We don't work with the feds anymore." "And you have no arrangement with the NYPD." "So we're coming on the boat." "Step aside." "Keep your hands where I can see them." "You're making a mistake." "It's not the first time." "Anybody else on the boat?" "Look for yourself." "You behave, so my partner doesn't have to put a slug in you." "Bingo!" "We got it, partner!" "We got the cash." "Move in." "Go, go, go, go." "Come on." "It's on the cargo hold on the floor." "Go ahead." "It's an illegal search." "You can't charge me with nothing." "I'm not charging you with anything." "That's why I'm not arresting you." "But as for that cash inside, you can kiss that good-bye." "And we both know who your buddies down in Mexico are gonna blame for that." "Adiós, amigo." "What's going on?" "You tell me." "Apparently, our friends at the DEA aren't happy with you taking down the cartel's cash." "Jose Pena has a deal in place with the U.S. attorney's office." "You knew that." "Yeah, well, it's not like I arrested him." "You destroyed Pena's relationship with Mano Sangriento, and put a price on his head." "Detective Reagan got information on the whereabouts of the cash independent of your investigation." "Highly credible information." "The DEA has a national strategy to deal with this cartel." "NYPD bends over backwards to help you guys." "But our first obligation is to protect this city." "Now, Detective Reagan's actions will be reviewed." "If he screwed up, he'll be disciplined." "Thanks for having my back, boss." "Is that what you think I was doing?" "Come on, listen." "I just..." "No, you listen!" "I was doing it for the department." "What the hell was I supposed to do, let Pena drop off the cash to those animals?" "You want to know who's on your old man's call sheet?" "The friggin' attorney general of the United States." "That's not good, Danny." "Look, the feds are trading in the safety of the city for some big score that they may not even be able to pull off." "Even so, chain of command exists for a reason." "But you never got that when I was your C.O., and you still don't." "I did what I thought was right." "Yeah, consequences be damned, like always." "But know this." "You come out on the wrong side of this investigation, there'll be hell to pay." "And, Reagan... that's what I have to say as your boss." "But cop to cop?" "Good work." "Thanks." "Hey." "I owe you one." "Nah, we're even." "You just stood there and ate it." "We're kind of in the same boat here." "Good working with you, Reagan." "You, too." "You ever want to try being a real cop again, let me know." "You wanted to see me?" "I understand your brother Danny seized $18 million in cash from a vessel owned by Jose Pena." "Yeah." "He conducted the search without a warrant." "And you want to know if he asked me to apply for one." "He did." "I turned him down." "You potentially hindered one of the largest drug cash seizures in the history of this country." "So the ends justify the means?" "I must've missed that class in law school." "This ain't law school." "We don't operate in a white bread world where everything is fair and the law will set you free." "The law is still the law." "It should apply to everyone equally." "We deal with the deadliest felons on the planet." "Wins and losses are measured by lives saved or lost." "I know that." "Then act like it." "If you're bucking for a halo, you're in the wrong business." "I don't need a halo, just my self-respect." "You should remember who you're talking to." "I became a prosecutor to deliver justice, and I'm damn good at it." "But if you don't like the way I do it, you want to take me on, you go for it." "But don't let the halo fool you, 'cause I like a good fight." "What are you talking about?" "This was billed as a dual announcement." "If he doesn't..." "Yeah, I got it." "What's the hold up?" "Mayor's not here." "No." "E.T.A.?" "There isn't one." "They said the mayor wants you to handle the announcement solo." "Poole never missed a victory lap in his life." "Until now." "It's about me taking the weight for six dead bodies." "But we caught the guy." "Yeah, but it comes soaked in blood, and the mayor wants to keep his shoes clean." "Let's go." "Baez, listen to me." "We just grabbed up 18 million in drug cash, okay?" "We may not get medals for it, but trust me, we're not gonna get jammed up, either." "Thanks, Danny." "See you tomorrow." "Good." "Good night." "We've got a 10-59R, fire in a domestic dwelling." "NYFD en route." "1712 Amboy Road." "Son of a bitch." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey." "Whoa!" "No, that's my house!" "Get back!" "Where's my family?" "!" "It's not safe, sir." "Was anyone inside?" "Get back." "Was anyone inside?" "!" "I don't know, sir!" "Danny!" "Danny!" "Linda!" "Danny!" "Dad!" " Danny!" " Dad!" "I thought you were inside." "We're okay." "We're okay." "I thought you were inside." "No, we went for pizza." "We came home." "We..." "Okay, okay." "We're okay." "Yeah." "Thanks for the update, Ed." "Update?" "They located the device that started the fire." "Let me guess, same M.O. as the cartel's." "It was payback, pure and simple." "I'm gonna jump out of my skin if I stay here." "I'm going in." "No, you're not." "That's an order." ""That's an order"?" "They bombed my house." "Calls have been made." "Things are in motion." "Those responsible will pay for what they did." "And you know better than to ask particulars." "I can't even ask..." "Anything." "It's being taken care of." "That's all you need to know." "And all you need to know is that I cannot just stand by." "You got a job to do here." "Go take care of your family." "You shouldn't be here." "You used me as a human shield today." "Wasn't my intention, Frank." "Your absence at the press conference played loud and clear:" "a vote of no confidence in the NYPD." "Sorry you feel that way." "Exactly as you meant it to." "I heard about the fire bombing." "I'm so sorry." "Hell of a thing." "But everyone's okay, is that right?" "Yes, all safe." "Good." "And at your home?" "Yes." "Shouldn't you be there?" "I was there." "I'm going back there." "Right after you kick my ass around the room." "Mr. Mayor, I think you have lost confidence in my command, and I am prepared to step down." "Frank, this morning, I paid a condolence call to the family of Fleming's last victims." "Visits like that are the worst part of my job." "Yours, too." "I've done more than I can count." "You probably ten times more than that." "I find no use in looking at that scoreboard." "But we should offer some measure of comfort, Frank." "And of hope." "That's all you can do." "Oh, but I didn't have it, Frank." "I just couldn't find the words." "Sometimes there aren't any." "We should offer some hope." "Hell, I won two terms on that message." "But I didn't have it." "It was a tough week." "And this guy, this, um..." "Evan Fleming." "How many more of those are just walking around out there, waiting?" "I don't know." "You can't know." "I know." "Or now I know." "Change the subject or you'll lose your mind." "You know, I gave 28 years... the use of both my legs to this city." "Loved nearly every single minute of it." "Oh, come on, Carter." "You got a bar in here?" "Let's have a drink." "Monday morning, I'm submitting my resignation to the city council." "I wanted you to be the first to know." "All I ask is that you respect my decision." "Please." "You need to go home." "To your family." "Give them all that rock-solid bluster." "I'm very good, Frank." "Is there anything I can say?" "You can give me your word... that you'll be just as hard on my successor as you were on me." "You have my word." "Thank you, Mr. Mayor." "Thank you, Commissioner." "Thanks." "Were they ever this small?" "We're gonna get through this." "I just worry about the boys, you know?" "Bad things happen to everyone, boys." "We all get knocked down." "What matters is you get up." "You keep going." "But we spent our lives there." "I just can't believe it's gone." "Dinner's ready." " Not feeling too hungry, Dad." " Don't eat." "Did you bomb your house?" "No." "But I may as well have." "They came after you because you hurt them, and you hurt them because it's your job." "And they hurt me, too." "And my family." "You can't look at it that way." "Maybe not... but I could've listened." "If not to the feds, to Erin, to you." "You feel guilty, see a priest." "Right now your family's downstairs." "Yeah." "And I don't know what the hell to say to them." "It doesn't matter what you say." "It matters that you're there." "Mmm, smells good." "Well, I can't take credit." "Janie, my neighbor, she made the roast, and Mrs. Baldini made the lasagna." "I think that's everything." "Good." "I'm starved." "Let's get this show on the road." "We have to wait for Dad." " I'll go up and get him." " Just sit tight." "He'll be down." "Give him a minute." "Please tell your neighbors thanks for the food, Linda." "I will." "It's the only upside to a tragedy on the block." "What's that?" "Everyone makes their best dish." "I have a confession to make." "I think I've been doing my job all wrong." "How's that?" "Well, for all the ace detectives I got, a beat cop took down our serial killer." "No, it was right place, right time." "Oh, yeah, right." "Good going, Uncle Jamie." "Thanks." "Hey." "Here he is." "Let's eat." "Since you were late, you say grace." "Ah, I don't think so." "Come on, Danny." "No." "Not feeling too thankful right now." "You ask me, you got a lot to be thankful for." "With all due respect, Gramps," "I didn't ask you." "It's not helping anything, Danny." "Exactly." "So, can we just get on with it and eat?" "Not before we say the prayer." "Come on, Danny." "Just say it, brother." "We don't blame you, Danny." "Well, you should." "We love you." "This wasn't your fault." "And say you made a different call." "Say you let that drug money sail back to Mexico." "Then what?" "The cartel would still be bringing drugs to the city." "And people would keep dying." "Kids, mostly." "Appreciate it, guys." "But I didn't end anything, I didn't change anything." "You don't know that." "You tried." "That's all you can do." "It's just a house, Danny." "It's our home." "We made it a home." "Without us, it's just a house." "And we still got us." "And when we have everyone we love, we have everything." "And for that, we should be grateful." "And no matter the hardship or the loss this family does not stand down, ever." "Bless us, oh, Lord... and these thy gifts..." "Which we are about to receive..." "From thy bounty, through Christ, our Lord, amen." "== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man"