In the nation's largest city,
the vicious and violent members of the underworld
are hunted by the detectives
of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
These are their stories.
I didn't shoot your partner.
Eamonn Murphy did.
I took this police academy ring off his finger.
I'm Rika Harold.
You work for the DA's office?
I had a lot of crossover with your unit in the past,
and now with Eamonn Murphy.
He has basically shot, stabbed,
and stolen his way up to being a boss.
He runs his criminal operation out of local bars,
using them as drop-offs for drugs, gambling.
Our job is to get him with the crew.
Try and turn someone.
His number two is Seamus O'Meara.
So you want to use my bar?
[tense music]
You did great work tonight, Jet.
Thank you.
I didn't hate it.
[indistinct chatter]
I had a thought about you last night.
You did, did you?
Yeah, I thought, she's not who she says she is.
You're hiding from me.
What am I hiding?
Who you really are.
Give me your hands.
This dinner with O'Meara is a pretty big step up for you.
I want to make sure you're ready.
I've gone undercover before to get info on a mark.
When we've gone undercover before, it's to make a deal.
This is to cultivate an emotional relationship.
And if you want him to believe it, you have to believe it.
And the only way you do that
is by keeping your emotions in check.
You're an artist.
These are the hands of somebody who creates.
You a painter?
Mostly digital art.
Yeah.
What about you?
What are you hiding from me?
Me?
I don't hide from anyone.
Close your eyes.
Come on. Close your eyes.
♪
This is who I am.
We just need you to keep O'Meara occupied
until the Morellos show up.
We have our interaction hopefully,
and that will lead Murphy to our doorstep.
Yo, Chief.
Can we get, uh, two Cape Cods?
Let's get some drinks over here.
What if things get out of hand?
That's what we're counting on.
What's going on?
Whoa. Look at this.
I didn't realize they let donkeys in here.
Seamus.
It's all right. Don't worry.
Hey, buddy, you want me to buy you a drink
because I know you probably can't afford your own.
You know whose bar this is?
Yeah, it's, uh--
it's our bar.
Everything all right here?
Yeah, everything's fine.
Just, uh, get your donkey out of my face.
[both grunting]
What the?
[all grunting]
You OK? Come sit down.
No. Look, look, look, I got to go now, all right?
Promise I'm gonna make this up to you.
Where are you going?
Work.
That went pretty well.
Let's go. - I'm fine.
Get some ice. - [exhales sharply]
[sighs]
[tense music]
♪
[all grunting]
- My guys did good. - Mm-hmm.
You looked pretty tough yourself.
Well, they wouldn't be the first idiots
I've thrown out of a bar.
Yeah, I could have guessed that about you.
So how much time you think the DA
will give him off for this?
Two bozos from the Morello mafia
we busted on a misdemeanor who did you a favor?
- Mm-hmm. - It's not my call.
But, uh, if they help you take down Murphy,
I'm guessing a lesser charge.
I appreciate your help in setting it up.
Oh, it was your idea. Just glad I could help.
Well, any time I can return the favor...
- Oh, there will be a time. - Mm.
You'll just let me know if this works out
with Murphy, all right?
Would I be gloating if I said it already has?
No. Seriously?
Let's just say he'll be knocking on my door
this afternoon.
Finally.
We're freezing our asses off out here.
[dog growls]
There a magic word or something?
Come in.
I like what you did with the place.
I'm not sold on the new name, though.
Jack, stay.
You see that?
Like a statue.
Jack always does what I tell him.
I expect my crew to do the same.
So when Teddy calls
and says you're not paying tribute this month,
I figure we have a conversation.
All right, Jack, eat up.
[clicks tongue]
Just saved you a trip to the vet.
Take it off your bill.
Or I could add it to yours.
I pay for protection.
Where was it last night when the Morellos wanted to riot?
[chuckles]
You got some balls on you.
Maybe I feed 'em to Jack.
You could try.
You want the kind of protection
that keeps the Morellos from walking in here,
bring me in as a partner.
I don't want a partner.
I want protection.
50% of the house.
10.
[chuckles]
Let's go, Jack.
20.
25.
But I need you to show your face in here.
Let the neighborhood know who's in charge.
If you agree to that, we got a deal.
I want the cameras gone.
And I want the names and socials
of everyone in this place,
even the dishwashers.
They'll be on your table tomorrow night.
No.
You'll bring them to me personally,
along with $20k for this opportunity.
Sound fair?
Fair enough. Where do I find you?
[scoffs] Figure it out, tough guy.
Come on, Jack.
That Murphy is not stepping foot in that bar
until he gets backgrounds on everyone.
You can make that happen?
How thorough do you want them?
Like Cambridge Analytica thorough.
- Mm. - What's your plan, Stabler?
I'd like to hear from O'Meara after he left last night.
That would let me know how to proceed.
You're up.
Hey, baby.
I haven't heard from you. Is everything OK?
I'm good, yeah.
What happened after you left the bar last night?
Just business.
Are you gonna be at the bar tonight?
I want to see you.
I can't.
Well, where will you be?
I'll come to you.
You don't want to do that.
Yes, I do. I'm worried about you.
Don't be.
Seamus, you're hiding from me.
If you really want me to see who you are,
you can't shut me out like this.
You know what? You're right, all right?
I'll pick you up at 8:00.
And then you can see what I'm all about.
[camera shutter clicking]
Turn up Jet's mic.
I want to know what's happening in there.
You ever been to Santa Fe?
New Mexico?
No.
I went there once when I was a kid.
The mountains there are just crazy.
You know, even the air, it's just--
it's different.
If we went there, you could paint.
I could get you a studio.
And we could run it together.
Is that what you want?
[sighs] What's he doing here?
I didn't know you were coming.
That why you brought your girlfriend?
[chuckles]
Nice to see you again.
I like your ring.
Not mine originally, but I think I wear it well.
Is that a police academy ring?
You're very observant.
That's Jennings' ring. It has to be.
We need to be patient.
[helicopter whirring]
Next time, you leave your girlfriend at home.
OK, now who is this one?
The man stepping off the helicopter last night
is James "Goliath" Kenneally,
one of Ireland's great bareknuckle boxing champs.
What's he doing here?
And why such a grand entrance?
Well, we evidently miscalculated the level of heat
that's been simmering between the Morellos
and the Murphy gang,
and our manufactured dispute
has brought them to the brink of open warfare.
So Murphy, being old-school,
has proposed settling the dispute the old-fashioned way.
With bareknuckle boxing?
It has been a way to settle disputes
in Murphy's world for a very long time.
And the Morellos are actually buying into this?
Well, what would you rather have:
two boxers busting each other's heads open or a body count?
So yeah.
[phone ringing]
- It's Seamus. - Go.
Have they decided on a location yet?
We're going to help them decide that.
So you're going to ask Thurman about extra backup?
Not to push the agenda
and make the night more complicated,
but we got the guy
who bought for Murphy's crew the other night at Rikers.
Maybe it's a good opportunity
to get Murphy in the middle of a drug deal.
We're already in the deep end.
You guys try to persuade him. I'll make a call.
Keep this under the radar.
Where are you going? - To set up a boxing match.
Seamus wants to meet. He's picking me up at 6:00.
Hey, I need you to look at something.
Last night, the ring Murphy was wearing,
did it look like that?
Exactly like that.
Are you sure?
Positive.
[sighs]
Sarge, do you need me to--
I need you to stay focused.
Murphy has Jennings' ring. - Hello, Ayanna.
The one that was taken from him the day of the murder.
My UC saw it on Murphy's hand the other night.
What are you trying to tell me?
I know you've had your doubts
about my motives to pursuing Murphy,
and I'm letting you know that my instincts were right.
I never questioned your instincts.
It's your judgment I'm worried about.
We're setting up a sting to nail Murphy.
We need extra bodies just in case it gets ugly.
In my judgment.
Look, I can't give you extra manpower--
- You're putting lives at risk. - You didn't let me finish.
I won't give you extra manpower
when IAB is opening an investigation into you.
Why is IA...
You went to them.
Hmm, you know, it just never made sense to me
that you turned down this job.
But now, I think...
I understand.
You're just like your friend, Detective Stabler.
You need to do things your own way,
and you knew it wouldn't be easy to go off the reservation
in a position of such high authority.
Let me tell you something.
I chose to keep my job because I love my team,
and I trust them
much more than I trust the politics in this building.
And when it comes to me
solving the murder of my former partner,
no one is gonna stop me.
[door slams]
You want me to buy drugs?
No.
We want you to buy some more drugs.
Same guys as before?
You bought from Murphy's crew.
This time, it's got to be Murphy himself.
[scoffs] Murphy?
You know the stories about that guy?
About his dog?
I ain't getting anywhere near that psycho.
Find somebody else.
Guard!
Gustavo.
[speaking Spanish]
He's not gonna suspect anything.
It's got to be you.
I want all charges dropped.
- That's up to the DA. - And us.
If we say we didn't have to beg,
you wanted to serve the people of New York,
who knows what miracles might happen?
You know, you never told me
what it is you do for a living.
I work.
You sure say that word a lot, don't you?
Yeah.
So what does it mean?
It means I make a living.
I need you to stop the car.
What do you mean "stop the car"?
Just stop the car!
All right, hang on. Hang on. Hang on.
- Is she in trouble? - She's fine.
She's reeling him in.
I can't do this anymore.
Whoa.
Hey!
Hey, come on. What are you doing?
Hey. Hey.
What's going on? - I know what you do.
That guy you beat up at the bar?
He's a Morello.
And I know who Murphy is.
Everyone in this neighborhood does.
What do you want me to say?
The truth.
So this can be what we want it to be.
If I tell you the truth, I don't want you to leave.
What, are you scared?
I'm more scared that you won't respect me.
Seamus, I wouldn't be here if I didn't already respect you.
- Who am I looking at? - A Morello gang hitman.
Michael Amato.
His brother, Gio, is the one who we had pick a fight
with O'Meara at the bar.
I think there's a contract out on him.
Who put it out?
Murphy.
Did O'Meara tell you that?
No.
Then what makes you so sure?
How Seamus has been acting.
Please don't force me to use the expression
"women's intuition."
Well, we could put a tail on O'Meara.
If she's right, and we get him on attempted,
we have a better chance at flipping him.
He doesn't want to do it.
He doesn't want to do what? The hit?
No, this.
Everything he's a part of.
I see the role he's playing.
[clears throat]
I know how this sounds
and I know what you both are thinking,
but a good detective uses every tool at their disposal,
and I am telling you that what I feel about Seamus is right.
OK, if he doesn't do the hit,
how long do you think he's gonna last?
- Let me talk to him. - Well, with all due respect,
we've already done a lot of talking.
Sarge?
- We got a problem. - Where's Gustavo?
He got cold feet.
If we don't have a buyer, we don't have a bust.
That's not our only problem.
Murphy just got here.
[sighs]
And he doesn't know about this.
We didn't have time to call it off.
I know.
You guys get to the back, and I'll take care of it.
I'm supposed to be meeting someone here.
Where is he?
I, uh--I threw him out.
That degenerate got my last place put under surveillance.
He's just not subtle.
You know, you don't want that kind of heat in here.
[scoffs]
I don't recall you ever asking me what I want.
I'm trying to make this the kind of place
where you feel safe doing business.
You know, so that means
I've got to protect our mutual interests.
We don't have mutual interests yet.
My interests are all that matter.
Let me hear you say it.
Boy.
I think your interests are all that matter right now,
so I apologize.
And I give you my word,
I'll do everything to make it up to you.
[scoffs]
You should certainly try.
What are you gonna do now?
Set up another buy.
With what buyer?
Teddy.
[knocks at door]
So you are alive.
You don't answer my texts, my calls.
What are you doing here?
You're avoiding me.
[scoffs] I'm not avoiding you.
I have, uh--
I have work I need to do.
What work?
Uh...
I thought we were gonna be honest with each other.
Remember?
And you're gonna kill someone?
- Don't ask me that. - Seamus--
Look, you don't know how this works, all right?
What I have to do, why I have to.
Then tell me.
I have a debt to pay.
I pay the debt, I get out.
If you kill someone for Murphy,
you're not getting out ever.
I don't have a choice.
What about New Mexico?
What about our art gallery?
We can figure all this out.
Just stay with me, please.
You don't know what you'd be getting yourself into.
I can take care of myself.
[sighs]
You gotta go.
This is your last chance. Go.
[grunts]
[dramatic music]
♪
Where have you been?
Home.
Getting ready for work.
- Sarge wants to see you. - OK.
Jet.
I'm gonna give you one chance to explain yourself
before I take you off the case.
Explain myself about what?
[tense music]
♪
You had me followed last night?
You were supposed to be finding out about the hit.
That's all.
He was on his way to do it when I got there.
I had to stop him.
Find another way.
I didn't sleep with him.
It doesn't matter.
A jury is gonna see those photos,
and they're gonna believe that you did.
Then your testimony is gonna be biased
and this entire case ruined.
So throw them away.
Please, Stabler has done so much worse than this.
We are not talking about Detective Stabler.
No, we aren't.
We're talking about me and you.
And you never believed I was ready for this.
Well, I am,
I have been,
and you need to show me the same respect
you show everyone else in this office.
Oh, the same way you're showing me respect now?
You're the one who told me to step up,
and that's what I'm doing.
By falling for O'Meara?
I'm not falling for him.
Then why are you still wearing
the necklace he gave you?
♪
I'm taking you off the case
until I can figure out how to manage this.
That's the end of it.
Giovanni mentioned that you lost an opportunity recently.
He did, did he?
Look, he can get a little paranoid with the security,
but that's what makes him good at his job.
I'd like to make it up to you.
That product you were gonna sell,
let me take that off your hands.
You're gonna buy $50,000 worth of cocaine?
Yes.
And host your fight at my bar.
I already have a location for the fight.
This dump?
No offense.
It's a nice enough spot for a hangout.
But you want a big crowd?
You want a lot of high rollers?
I can take care of them for you.
I know how to do that.
[chuckles]
I want 80% of the profits.
Won't do that.
Good, 'cause if you said yes,
I'd think you were trying to set me up for something
or even working with the police.
[scoffs] Police?
After what they did to my father?
We'll split the profits 50/50. You take care of security.
Just so we're clear,
if I find out you're up to anything
other than being generous...
See you tomorrow night.
[phone ringing]
You took the photos.
Sarge gave the orders.
I had to.
You could have warned me
before I got called into her office.
What good would that have done?
Look, I know it's hard when you're deep in.
You forget the boundaries, right?
I mean, I've gone through it.
Jet.
You did a good thing.
You may have actually prevented someone from getting killed,
but Bell's got a job to do too.
She's got to build a case.
You want her to trust you?
Prove to her that you can do your job
and not be a threat to hers.
[knocks at door]
OK, I love him.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
How much have you had to drink?
I have not been drinking.
All right. I'm gonna get you some water.
- [gags] - Wait.
Do not throw up on my sofa.
You were right.
I did fall for him.
Seamus is such a wonderful man.
And if you just spent some time with him--
Sit up.
I feel like...
he gets me.
He, like, sees me for who I really am.
Do you see me right now?
I see that you're drunk and you need to drink this water.
Is that really all you see?
Jet--
Because that's not me at all right now.
And I'm not in love with Seamus.
What?
What's going on? - What's going on
is I came here to show you that I'm a good actress.
And when it comes to O'Meara, to doing my job,
I know how to play a part.
I know you think I kissed him because I liked him,
but the truth is it was a tactical mistake,
not an emotional one.
Oh, so you admit you made a mistake?
Yes.
And I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have crossed the line.
I just wanted you to be proud of me.
I am proud of you.
What you don't know
is that Eamonn Murphy killed my partner.
It happened years ago,
right when I got out of the academy.
I was around your age, actually.
Jennings was...
He was like my mentor.
Anyway, Murphy got this guy,
this career criminal, to take the fall.
But it was Murphy.
I'm so sorry.
The police ring.
That was Jennings'?
Yeah.
Give me one more chance.
I know I don't deserve it,
but I won't let you down this time.
I am so close to turning O'Meara.
You know I can do it.
Let me just try one more time.
Please.
[sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
Great crowd, huh?
Listen, you got what you need? Anything I can get you?
Fine for now. Thank you.
Still nothing from Jet.
Don't worry. She'll be here.
Mm.
That's a Morello.
Jamie, we just had
the head of the Morello crime family walk in.
You got eyes on Teddy?
He's ready.
- Fighters, ready? - Oh, yeah.
Let's fight!
[both grunting] - That's it.
OK, send him in.
Teddy's on the move.
Use that jab like I told you. Come on.
Got that money for those souvenirs.
When the fight's over.
Sure. Just wanted you to know.
- That's it! - Come on!
- Keep that elbow in. - Come on!
Good. Good. - That's it.
What is it?
- Is that-- - Michael Amato.
Eamonn Murphy!
[gunshot]
[screaming]
Gotta go. Come on.
Come on!
Hurry up!
All right. Get in the car.
What is going on?
Juliet, get in the damn car or he's gonna kill you too!
Seamus, what the hell is going on?
All right. That guy back there, right?
That was Michael Amato.
The one Murphy hired you to kill?
I-I thought you were gonna pay him off
and tell him to get lost so you didn't have to.
I did. I did, and that dumb son of a--
Now Eamonn's gonna kill him, and me, and you,
just to prove a point.
Baby, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen.
I was trying to do the right thing.
Hey. Hey.
You did do the right thing.
You did.
[sirens wailing]
All right, we got to go. Come on.
Wait! [gasps]
[tense music]
♪
Drop the gun. Get on the ground.
- What? - My name isn't Juliet.
It's Detective Jet Slootmaekers,
Organized Crime Task Force.
What? [scoffs]
You're not really a cop. Come on.
Drop the gun.
Drop it! - All right.
All right.
Hands on your head.
I can't believe you're doing this.
You told me to be honest with you.
I-I was.
All right? [line trilling]
You said you were gonna be honest too.
I was just falling for you.
You were falling for me, weren't you?
Or was that all a lie too?
Jet, where are you? What's going on?
[men shouting]
[both grunting]
Stop!
No!
[screams]
[trunk unlocks]
[whimpering]
[engine starts]
[tires screeching]
Jet, are you there? Hello?
...
[dramatic music]
♪
[wolf howls]