NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system,
sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. Ripped By mstoll
In New York City,
the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
(CAMERA CLICKING)
You got five seconds to put that down.
It's a public sidewalk, Detective.
Hey, smile.
Hey. Hey, leave me alone.
Police!
Someone call the police!
(SIREN WAILING)
Please! Please, stop!
SANCHEZ: Watch your head, Detective.
Baby Boy Doe's foster mother
has filed for legal separation.
And due to the foster father's relapse,
social services is recommending
that he go back to an ACS facility
to await another placement.
This is Baby Boy Doe's fourth home in four months.
Can't we do better? Absolutely, Your Honor.
None of this has been by design.
It's our hope that, going forward,
we will get it right.
For now, Baby Boy Doe
shall return to his prior ACS facility
while you work to get it right. (GAVEL POUNDS)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
To your left.
You know, I'm entitled to a call.
When you're done being processed.
Excuse me, Pippa.
Oh, Sergeant. You gonna yell at me, too?
No. Um...
Actually, I was gonna ask you if...
If I could visit the baby.
It's fine with me.
You remember Chantal from Social Services?
What's your interest, Sergeant?
(MACHINE BEEPING)
You can make that call now.
I've got Desappio, the lawyer from Detective Endowment,
on his way. Is IAB here?
I'm sure they're en route. And Nick, when they...
I know, don't talk to anyone till my lawyer gets here.
Trust me. BENSON: Nick.
I'm so sorry. I didn't...
What the hell were you thinking? Don't worry about it.
I was off duty, all right? It's none of your concern.
Everything is my concern.
You went after Simon Wilkes?
Huh? What were you think... Don't answer that.
Nick, your eye. Are you okay?
It's just a cut. How about Wilkes? Is he alive?
I called the hospital. He's sedated.
He's got a concussion and some broken ribs.
Oh, it's a felonious assault.
Maybe even attempted murder if they really want you out.
Hold on. Wilkes came after you?
Is that how you got that cut?
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: That's enough. None of this is privileged.
No more questions. And Amaro,
I know you don't value my advice,
but even if you think you did the right thing,
stand down and keep your mouth shut.
Detective Amaro was assaulted first.
Simon Wilkes struck him on the forehead
with his camera. He was defending himself.
That's not what a dozen witnesses
from the playground said.
That's not what the two unis
who pulled him off of the victim said.
That son of a bitch is not a victim.
You're in serious trouble, Detective.
You were off duty.
Two officers pulled you off of an unarmed civilian.
You've been arrested, and you will be charged.
With what?
The duty captain wants assault two.
There will be an independent D.A.
Who may increase that.
You better hope your vic pulls through.
On the charge of assault in the first degree,
how do you plead?
My client pleads not guilty, Your Honor.
As to the matter of bail? People request remand.
This isn't Detective Amaro's first time in this courtroom.
And given the brutality of the beating
and the possibility that the victim might not recover...
JUDGE SERANl: All right.
I'm setting bail at $500,000.
(GAVEL POUNDS)
You have collateral? Your house?
No, I can't ask my wife again.
Is there anyone else?
You people, you just can't stop.
Thanks.
1 PP won't budge.
The D.A. Won't budge.
It's not his first time. $500,000?
He's not a flight risk, and he's not dangerous.
He acted like Dirty Harry.
He beat a man bloody.
Yeah, a man who threatened to string up little boys
and slit their throats.
Wilkes was found not guilty. He's not even on the registry.
FIN: But we all know what he is.
Amaro got cut. He was just defending himself.
You were there?
ROLLINS: Well, we should go out and talk to witnesses
that support that story.
You'll do no such thing.
Do not even think about investigating on your own.
Is that clear? Yes, sir.
We go about our business as usual.
Where are we on that tourist?
I caught that call.
Hans Erhard, German.
Robbed, beaten,
and sodomized in his hotel room last night.
You get his statement?
He's recovering from surgery.
The perp raped him with a gun.
Go to the hospital, see what he remembers.
ERHARD: I went on Craigslist,
looking for a real New York girlfriend experience.
You took her on a date?
No, she came to my room.
She asked if she could order champagne from room service.
What did she look like?
Not like her picture.
Maybe 25, but rough.
(SNIFFS) Said her name was Lisette.
So you two talk? Not really.
She got right down to business,
unzipped my pants, and put her hand on me.
There was a knock at the door.
I figured room service had arrived.
I said, "Come in. It's open."
In came a man with a gun.
Can you describe this man?
Latin, scary.
He hit Lisette with the gun,
held it on me,
demanded my wallet and passport.
I was nervous opening the safe,
so he hit me with the gun.
Took everything.
Then he forced me down on the bed
and used the gun to rape me.
And the girl? Where was she?
Lisette was in the corner, crying, terrified.
(SNIFFS)
Did the room service ever come?
No.
This was a scam.
She set you up.
Hans Erhard, 32, a tourist from Cologne, Germany.
He answered an ad on Craigslist,
looking for company.
He ended up getting rolled and raped.
The girl he met said her name was Lisette.
This is her surveillance photo,
and this is her Craigslist ad.
We're assuming she was in on the job?
She told him she was calling room service,
but the hotel only shows
one outgoing call to a no-name cell.
She never called for help.
And she must have taken the stairs,
because there's no footage of her leaving.
What about the doer?
FIN: He's a pro.
Hotel security doesn't recognize him or the girl.
Maybe they move around.
Check all Times Square budget hotels.
And CSU didn't get anything from the hotel room?
A midtown tourist hotel?
They'll be going through bodily fluids, hairs,
and prints for weeks.
Any open cases with a similar MO?
Yeah, four in the last year.
They were robberies, beatings, but no rape,
and no arrests were made.
And in each case, the vic
returned to his own country, so...
Is this ad still up on Craigslist?
Yeah, it's sent from an Internet cafe.
TARU says there's no point in trying to track it.
Any point in answering it?
You're thinking of answering it?
Talk about being proactive.
They just rolled somebody last night.
They may be laying low.
Maybe they're feeling lucky.
Especially if someone calls, visiting from Ireland...
(IN IRISH ACCENT) Feeling lonely.
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Any sign of her yet?
She's late.
Maybe she got spooked.
No, there she is.
She's on her way up. No one with her.
She's on the floor.
Look, I don't want you to burst in
until the pimp enters and shows his weapon.
Hold on. Lieutenant, if he has a gun
we should get him in the hallway.
I can take care of myself. I need him in the act.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(IN IRISH ACCENT) It's open!
Come in.
Hi.
I'm Lisette.
Oh, um...
It's an old picture.
No, I'm... You should see my passport photo.
You're from Ireland?
I've always wanted to go there.
Uh, can I get you something to drink?
Can I order from room service?
Be my guest.
Uh, there... There's whiskey.
Cue the pimp. He looks the part.
Copy.
Murphy knows what he's doing.
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Aye, the money.
Sorry. I forgot.
Yeah, you like that? (SIGHS)
You're a real artist, Lisette.
Are you making fun of me? No.
You sure?
That's not my intention, darling.
Okay.
Hey, slow down. Slow down.
I just can't keep my hands off of you. There's no rush.
What's the rush?
We have time. I can pay for your time.
Hands up, both of you!
Give me the cash. Give me the cash!
My money's in her brassiere.
Come here, bitch. No, please, don't hurt her. No!
You step back. There's no need to hurt the girl.
No, please.
You, wallet, watch, passport, right now.
It's in the top drawer. Where?
In the dresser, on the left. No games.
Right there.
Police!
This is entrapment. Shut up!
Hey, you move, I shoot.
I don't know him. He took my money.
Don't even try, sweetheart. Get up.
Get up!
Cuff them both. FIN: Get up.
Get them out of my face.
Anybody hear from Amaro?
Yeah, I saw him this morning.
He's as good as can be expected.
What about last night's perps? They lawyered up?
Little Tino, the pimp,
got himself a guy in a nice suit.
He won't be talking.
And Lisette, AKA Ellie,
is in holding, waiting for Legal Aid.
He doesn't even look out for his own?
It's penny-wise.
I'm looking for Ellie Porter.
Sorry I'm late. I just caught the case.
I thought she had a public defender.
Rollins, meet Trevor Langan.
He's a high-priced mouthpiece for lowlifes.
And you, once.
How soon we forget. It's nice to see you, Detective.
It's actually Sergeant now.
So what, you caught a pro bono?
Yeah. Do a few of them a year. It keeps me an honest lawyer.
An oxymoron.
This is our new CO, Lieutenant Murphy.
Wow. A lot of changes around here.
Yeah. And, uh...
You, are you doing okay with, uh...
Uh, everything?
Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks.
He's tall.
Yeah, like that's a skill set.
You two have history?
I don't date lawyers.
Since when?
DESAPPIO: Good news.
Wilkes has no permanent damage.
What's the bad news?
He and his wife are adamant about seeing you prosecuted.
Well, how about the D. A?
She oversees police brutality for the whole office.
And after that Twitter screw up last month,
she's going to lard this up with every charge she can.
Really?
So she wants to side with a pedophile
who was outside a schoolyard,
taking pictures of young boys?
A day after he was acquitted of all charges.
That's not illegal.
He got to keep his torture chamber, too.
Within his rights.
Look, our best argument right now is self-defense.
Okay, he caused that eyebrow cut.
Here's our scenario.
You ID'd yourself, asked what he was doing.
He swung the camera at your face.
I didn't... I didn't ID myself, okay?
Okay. He knew you were a cop.
You reacted in the moment,
maybe using more force than necessary,
but to protect yourself.
We tried that with IAB.
IAB is not a jury.
What, a trial?
(LAUGHS)
I'm not going to trial, man.
I can try for a plea bargain.
But we are where we are. This doesn't just go away.
ERHARD: That's her.
BENSON: Okay, Mr. Erhard. Which... Which number?
Three.
Thank you.
This way, Mr. Erhard.
That seemed pretty definitive.
You need to start seeing Ellie as a victim.
She was pimped out at 16.
She tried to pull a gun on Murphy.
Yeah, coerced by her pimp.
Look, I'm the first person to defend battered women.
But she also set up a tourist to be raped.
She's a career criminal.
A career criminal?
Up to now it's only been misdemeanors.
She needs rehab, not jail time.
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Do you see the man who raped you?
That's him, right there.
Number one.
Are you sure?
Positive.
Can you take another look, please?
It's definitely the man who raped me.
Those eyes, the way he stared at me behind the gun.
I thought he was going to kill me. FREEMAN: Thank you.
I'll need a word with my exonerated client.
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: There you have it.
Eyewitness ID, the most unreliable form of evidence.
Do we have anything on the lucky man?
Little Tino, real name Augustino Aguilar,
does have a record.
Runs with a Queens based Dominican gang.
He's got two arrests for misdemeanor possession, pled down.
And then another domestic but the charges were dropped
when the girlfriend recanted.
What about DNA?
Melinda said there's nothing in the prelim rape kit.
She's checking Tino's gun for Erhard's DNA.
We still got him on the gun charge
and maybe the attempted robbery on you.
Wait a second. There was another witness in the room
when Erhard was raped...
Ellie Porter.
Ellie Porter, his accomplice?
And the only one that was positively ID'd by the vic?
The defense will have a field day with that.
Her record says she started working
for Little Tino when she was 16.
She can testify to underage sex trafficking.
She's not gonna help us, okay?
Little Tino has her pawned.
Pimps almost always take care of the legal
so they can control their girls.
He didn't even bother with her.
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Maybe that'll come back to bite him.
You know her lawyer.
Try to get him to see the upside to a sit-down.
I'm not giving up Little Tino.
He's my gangster. He's my daddy.
BENSON: He lawyered up, Ellie.
He left you in holding all night.
My lawyer's just fine.
So listen to my advice.
Testify against Tino.
You were a teenager when you started working for him.
That was my choice.
You don't have a choice at 16, Ellie.
He had sex with you. That's rape.
I love him.
But he doesn't love you, Ellie.
You think he's not gonna give you up to save himself?
He'll look out for me.
Okay.
So I guess there's nothing else to talk about.
No, there isn't.
Ellie, have you ever gone through full withdrawal?
Hmm?
I can see that you're shaking, huh?
You're not feeling well.
You're going to be crying,
lying on the floor of your cell,
curled up in the fetal position,
puking your guts out.
Shut up. Is that what you want?
To be lying in a pool of vomit, dirty, pathetic?
Because you have a chance to break this cycle.
You have a chance to clean up your act.
You want to be my mommy?
Lady detectives love saving girls like me.
But I like my life just the way it is.
Well, good for you.
Okay, so we'll be sending you over to central booking, uh,
for robbery and accomplice to rape.
Give me a minute with her, will you?
Take two. Not sure it's gonna do any good.
D.A. Says he's gonna charge Little Tino
with the attempted robbery. Ellie, too. It's something.
At least they're off the streets.
For a while. Not as proactive as I'd hoped.
She is not going against Little Tino.
I did everything I could.
Did you?
What does that mean?
I don't know. You seem to have an antipathy toward...
Toward what?
Never mind.
How's Amaro?
He spent another night in jail.
He might have to get used to that.
This could be the end for him.
I know.
Sergeant Benson.
Counselor.
What, is everything okay?
Did something happen to Baby Boy Doe?
No, he's fine.
Do you have an Ellie Porter in holding?
Yeah, we just sent her to central booking.
We finally found a DNA match on the baby's birth mother.
Can you set up a meeting with Ellie?
I need to tell her we have her son.
(SIGHS)
What's your lawyer say?
He wants to argue self-defense.
Which it was.
Honestly, I went after him. I snapped.
I didn't hear that. You didn't say it.
Nick, you are not throwing away your career
for beating up that sick bastard.
You know he's just looking to cash in.
What, he's suing me?
I got nothing for him.
Not you, the city.
They're gonna claim it's a vendetta.
The NYPD singled him out
and tried to pin false charges on him.
That didn't work, so they sent you to beat him up.
Right, well, none of that's true.
No, but if you don't fight this,
he's gonna end up with a major payday.
Yeah, I don't have much fight left.
(SIGHS) But you've got a lot of people pulling for you.
But, Nick, you got to put out your hand.
People like you, Fin, and Benson?
Murphy's not in my corner.
No, but Special Investigator John Munch is.
I thought you wouldn't mind another visitor.
I'll let you two catch up.
Seriously, Nick, I'm gone half a year,
you're already arrested twice?
Talk about a cry for help.
Hey. I'm here, kid.
It's good to see you.
Liv.
You called Langan?
We can't talk to her without her lawyer present.
She's invoked.
We're just telling her that ACS has her son.
Not that she's gonna care. She might.
Show her the baby's photo.
See if that motivates her to testify against Tino.
Well, none of this would have happened
if I'd gotten in the car
and driven away with Maria and Zara.
MUNCH: Maria?
Look, there's something I meant to tell you a long time ago.
Back when she came into the squad room,
made that scene in front of everybody?
What's that?
Look, I know you don't give up on things, but...
And you want to save your marriage,
but you can't. It's over.
It's over? I'm sorry.
No one likes to hear this.
But if anybody knows when a marriage is over,
it's John Munch.
That marriage, it's my whole life.
You'll always have Zara.
You don't want her to see you like this, in here.
Not like I have a choice.
Look, both 1 PP and IAB want me gone.
Don't flatter yourself, kid.
The reason you're on their radar
is 'cause they're worried about their image.
This will pass.
They don't understand what we do,
even if they once did it themselves.
The only thing the big boys really care about
is self-preservation.
But you? You're police.
You're a detective. Not now, I'm not.
Detective Amaro,
you went after Simon Wilkes 'cause he's a bad guy.
You lost your head for a minute,
but your impulse was right.
You fight for the victims, for the survivors.
That's who you are.
Come on, let's get out of here.
What?
Oh, between my salary and my two pensions,
I didn't exactly throw my money around the last 30 years.
I posted your bail.
Let's go.
ELLIE: Oh, my God, he's alive.
Is Noah alive?
How long has it been since you've seen him?
Before Christmas, last year.
And why did you get rid of him?
I didn't.
I OD'd. The holidays are tough for me.
And when I got back, they...
They told me that Noah had died.
LANGAN: Who's "they"?
I can't.
So the baby's father is Little Tino?
No, I don't know who the father is.
I was working when I got pregnant.
So when the baby was born,
Little Tino said that you could keep him.
As long as I kept working.
And who looked after the baby? Tino's mom.
She ran a daycare facility at her house.
She's very good with kids. BENSON: Good with kids?
Then why did she give Noah to a pornographer?
What?
I found Noah.
When I arrested a couple who also had three underage kids
that they were using for child rape videos.
A couple?
Oh, my God.
A long-haired guy, heavy, in a wheelchair?
What, you know him?
He did business with Tino,
sold him a girl once, Asian.
She was, like, 10.
Ellie...
You think you'd be willing to testify to that?
Against Tino?
He'll kill me.
Sweetheart, he gave your son to a child pornographer.
And if you don't give Tino up,
then you're gonna do time.
And who knows when you're gonna see little Noah again?
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: What's it look like?
Infrared shows at least five adults, two kids inside,
a couple of dogs in the backyard.
BENSON: Ellie says he's got cash, drugs,
and weapons in the house.
That's great. Let ESU take the lead.
(BABIES CRYING)
(WOMEN SCREAMING)
Hands up! Nobody move!
Get out of my kitchen!
BENSON: Hey, hands up where I can see them. Easy, lady.
Get these kids out of here.
(BABIES CRYING)
It's okay. Please be gentle.
Where's your son? In bed with your mama.
Get them out of here.
Let go of my brew, bitch!
Search the house. He's here.
ROLLINS: Hey!
Hey! Stop.
Police.
(SIREN WAILING)
Hands up!
Get against the wall. Now!
You made me run. You're going down for that.
Man, this is police harassment.
I was just visiting my mom.
Who are the girls?
My mom runs a daycare. It's legit.
Daycare? In the middle of the night?
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Let's go.
The mom talking? No.
She said she had no idea about the weapons or the drugs,
that her ex-husband must have hid them there.
So three of the girls are under 18.
They were all being held against their will, working for Tino.
Okay, as for now,
we got the mom on running an unregistered daycare center.
Any chance Tino's girls testify?
Uh, the lives they've lived,
they think Tino is looking out for them.
Ellie doesn't.
Keep working her.
She made a statement, but we got to get her to testify
before a grand jury.
Ellie wants to see her son.
Good. Let them bond.
You okay with all this?
I don't know.
I've spent the last four months searching for Baby Doe's mother,
and then I end up arresting her.
Now you have to turn her.
And my only leverage is a
baby that she can't possibly take care of.
(GATE BUZZES)
Ellie, how are you doing?
She's doing much better, aren't you, Ellie?
Yeah, I'm on meds for the withdrawal.
I'm okay.
This is your son.
Noah?
Can I hold him?
Yeah.
Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
God, you got so big.
Oh, I missed you.
Oh, my... Oh, my God.
I love you.
Hey.
Look at you.
Oh, my God.
Thank you.
Hi.
Look at you.
Hi.
Nick, hey.
How'd it go?
Not good.
My lawyer says they're digging in.
They want me to do time.
You've had a bad run, Nick, but...
Your luck has got to change. (TABLET CHIMES)
Yeah.
Um, I'm late for a meeting.
Just hang in there.
Munch really bailed you out?
Well, with two pensions and a cushy job.
Plus, he still has the first nickel he ever made. (LAUGHS)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Thanks for having my back, Liv.
Always.
ROLLINS: Ms. Wilkes.
What do you want? I want you to leave, right now.
I want you to hear what I have to say first.
It's about your husband's online activities last night.
Why don't you guys take a break?
So what do you want?
Haven't the police done enough?
My husband is still recovering.
Your partner is crazy.
My partner will be taking anger-management classes
while your husband, he gets off free.
He gets to keep having these perverted fantasies,
keeps taking these photos?
He gets to keep his torture chamber.
Is that really what you signed on for when you married him?
Marriage is complicated.
There are compromises.
Yeah, there are.
I went into your husband's chat room last night.
Here.
"Who wants to do my boyish wife?"
"I'd get off on watching you torture her
"while she begs for her life.
"She was born to sub. DM for deets."
I corresponded with him all last night,
even this morning.
He wants me to send him photos of boys.
And the second I do...
The second he downloads them,
his ass goes down for possession of kiddie torture porn.
And you and I both know he's gonna download.
You're here to blackmail me?
Whatever it takes.
You're in denial. Your husband needs help.
And he needs to do something else.
Simon tells IAB that he swung first
and that my partner, Amaro,
had to fight back in self-defense.
And if he doesn't do that,
I will make sure that his ass is in jail by the end of today,
and he will die there.
Augustino Aguilar should be remanded immediately, Your Honor.
Bail is a privilege,
and his continued criminal behavior
and flight from the police last night
should cause that privilege to be revoked.
Nothing illegal about a son visiting his mother.
The girls in the house are all prepared to testify to being family friends.
Further, my clients were both unaware of the weapons,
which belong to Miss Aguilar's ex-husband.
And this illegal daycare center?
Glad you asked.
Alminia Aguilar is a single mother,
trying to make ends meet.
She's a good caretaker.
And her only concern last night
was for the safety of her charges.
PARVEEN: Your Honor, this daycare center
was operating illegally in the middle of the night.
As for Mr. Aguilar,
we have a witness prepared to testify
that her three-month-old infant
was kidnapped and sold
while in the care of his mother.
JUDGE PEPITONE: Are you bringing those charges at this time?
Soon, Your Honor.
Until then, Mr. Aguilar can remain out on bail.
As a precaution, I will ask that he wear an ankle GPS
until his case comes to trial.
Miss Aguilar is free to go on her own recognizance.
(GAVEL POUNDS)
ELLIE: So they let Little Tino stay out?
But he's wearing a bracelet.
Ellie, you're gonna be safe here.
When do I have to testify?
At the grand jury tomorrow.
I've never done anything like this before.
I'm kind of nervous. Well, we're gonna prep you.
And you're gonna get through this.
And then I'll get Noah back?
Ellie, that's gonna take a little bit of time, right?
You got to focus right now on getting clean.
You got to focus on working your program.
Okay?
You call me if you need anything.
I'm going to do this.
I don't want Noah to grow up in foster care like I did.
I just want him to be safe,
to grow up knowing that he's loved.
Okay. See you tomorrow.
I get a call from the D.A. Saying he needs more time.
Ten minutes later, I get a call from you.
What's going on? You tell me.
Simon Wilkes came in today with his wife,
says he doesn't want to press charges,
admits he attacked you.
Any idea why he'd do a 180 like that?
No.
My client's been locked up. He hasn't had any contact.
He made bail yesterday.
And then suddenly, today Wilkes shows up.
I did not make contact.
Okay, so Wilkes spontaneously decides to step up
and do the right thing?
DESAPPIO: His conscience must have gotten the better of him.
So this means the D.A. Will drop the charges?
No, you'll have to talk to the D.A.
But even if she decides not to prosecute,
your client still faces administrative charges.
This isn't over.
I'll leave you two to discuss.
Now what's going on? You caught a break.
Look. The charges are either gonna be dismissed outright
or pled down to disorderly conduct.
I'll ask for an offer of adjournment
in contemplation of dismissal.
You'll do anger management,
you know, psychiatric, verbal judo.
But I keep my shield?
As long as you don't screw up again.
One speeding ticket, you're gone.
Just got off the phone with 1 PP.
Simon Wilkes admitted he threw the first punch at Amaro,
instigating the fight.
You're kidding. So he's coming back?
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Amaro and his lawyer are with the D.A. Right now.
Whether he comes back to SVU or not is up in the air.
Up in the air?
I know that you have hooks at 1 PP.
You tell them that this is not who he is.
It isn't?
He came after me when I was undercover,
sucker punched me on the street.
Now I'm not gonna shank him,
but I'm not helping him either.
Every favor you use, you owe six more.
And I'm not wasting one on this guy.
(KNOCK ON DOOR) Hey, can you just give us a second?
I'm sorry to interrupt y'all.
I just got off the phone with the halfway house.
Ellie skipped out after dinner.
She told two of the girls she was freaking out about testifying tomorrow,
asked them if they had anything to take the edge off,
help her sleep. And they came to you?
No, I do bed checks. This is what I found.
Any place she might go to score nearby?
Are you kidding me?
How did we end up here?
I told TARU to trace the GPS ankle bracelet
that Aguilar was ordered to wear.
He was here an hour ago.
Just picked him up at his mother's house.
He claims he was there all night.
Hey, they may have found something.
Is it her?
The body's burned up pretty bad.
I heard her screaming.
Did you see who attacked her?
It wasn't me. Okay.
It was a bunch of guys. They just kept coming.
Yeah, I knew that whore. She got green-lit.
FIN: So anyone can do what they want to you,
a lesson not to talk to the cops?
Who gave the order, Little Tino?
Little Tino? He ain't got the juice.
Okay, if not him, who?
You serious? I'm not getting killed.
The poor girl was high.
How do you know that?
I know what high plays like.
LIEUTENANT DECLAN: Holy Mother.
The girl gets gang-raped, tortured, set on fire?
Why'd she leave the halfway house?
The prelim tox report shows alcohol, cocaine,
and heroin in her system.
She told me yesterday that she was scared to testify.
And I told her that she would be safe.
She was. She was in a secure facility.
No one pulled her out. She left on her own.
We didn't do enough.
She made her choice.
And I would like to know who made the choice to green-light her,
'cause God knows it wasn't this clown.
Come on, Tino, who did it?
Who gave the order?
I did.
That bitch turned.
She got what was coming.
Ah, so you gave the order.
Yeah.
Come on, Tino, who are you kidding?
You still live with your mama.
I green-lit her.
No way!
You're doing time, player, 25-to-life.
Who's pulling your strings?
No one!
I raped that bitch, set her on fire.
All me.
He's lying.
Autopsy report shows the presence of semen
from at least six different men.
He wasn't there alone. We got witnesses?
Well, reluctant ones.
But it's not Little Tino they're scared of.
It's someone else.
See if you can lean on any of them.
Maybe they'll make an ID.
If Tino wants to do time to protect his boss,
I'm inclined to let him.
So whoever did order Ellie killed gets away with it.
For now.
Maybe someone down the line will give him up
to save their own sorry ass. And maybe not.
When that boy grows up,
what happens when he finds out
that somebody got away with the murder of his mother?
If you want to pursue that case,
that'll be your prerogative as CO.
Come again?
I got an undercover assignment.
Now?
Just when we're all getting used to you.
I know. Me too.
Officially, I'm just on leave, so they can't fill my post.
I've recommended you as acting CO in my absence.
Take back your office.
Tell everyone I said Godspeed.
I knew that guy. Who the hell is he?
Mary Poppins. What?
Never mind.
How have you been?
Oh, never better. Mmm.
So I heard you bailed out Amaro. That's why I'm here.
You have to make sure I get my money back. Okay.
You got to keep an eye on him.
He's a good kid, but he's at sea right now.
That marriage... I know, I know.
He's got the job, the two kids.
Keep reminding him of that.
It's better coming from you. He looks up to you.
You're like a...
Munch, have you ever thought about having kids?
Well, me and one of my exes,
I don't remember which one, we came close.
But it wasn't meant to be.
You have any regrets?
(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
It's nice to see you, Olivia.
I've missed you...
Most of all.
Sergeant.
I understand we had located Noah Porter,
FKA Baby Boy Doe's birth mother,
but she was killed last week?
That's my understanding as well, Your Honor.
Have we located any other living relatives
who would be proper guardians for this child?
No, Your Honor.
And you are? Trevor Langan.
I represented Ellie Porter, the deceased birth mother.
She did not know who the birth father was,
nor does she have any living relatives.
But I do know she loved her son.
And I'm here as Noah Porter's representative
and to be of service to him in any way that I can.
I see.
And, Sergeant Benson, you're here again?
Yes, Your Honor.
As the birth mother is deceased,
and no father or other relative has come forward,
I officially declare Noah Porter an orphan
and ward of the state of New York.
He shall continue to be cared for
in an ACS facility
unless, Sergeant Benson,
you rescued the infant, isn't that right?
Yes, Your Honor. And you're the only one
who's taken a consistent interest on his behalf.
Is there any chance you might like to become
a foster mother to this baby?
I'm sorry. Excuse me, Your Honor?
I have a feeling about this, Sergeant Benson.
Call it a judge's hunch.
If you agree, I will order Noah Porter into your care
as custodial parent for one year,
at which time you will be given the option
to permanently adopt him.
Do you agree?
Hi.
Oh, he looks so healthy.
We do our job, Sergeant.
Hi, mister.
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