1 00:00:04,329 --> 00:00:06,027 - In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:06,070 --> 00:00:07,332 sexually based offenses 3 00:00:07,376 --> 00:00:09,682 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:09,726 --> 00:00:12,120 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:12,163 --> 00:00:13,947 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:13,991 --> 00:00:15,340 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:15,384 --> 00:00:17,386 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:17,429 --> 00:00:20,128 These are their stories. 9 00:00:20,824 --> 00:00:24,175 - ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 10 00:00:24,219 --> 00:00:26,090 ♪ It's a new life for me, yeah ♪ 11 00:00:26,134 --> 00:00:27,918 - Are they still gonna drop the ball? 12 00:00:27,961 --> 00:00:31,269 - Yes, of course. 13 00:00:31,313 --> 00:00:32,662 - If nobody's gonna be here, 14 00:00:32,705 --> 00:00:34,533 then why are they putting those up? 15 00:00:34,577 --> 00:00:37,188 - Oh, just to close it off. 16 00:00:37,232 --> 00:00:38,972 Hey, Noah? 17 00:00:39,016 --> 00:00:40,278 We're gonna watch it on TV 18 00:00:40,322 --> 00:00:42,933 just like any other New Year's. 19 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:44,195 - No, it's not. 20 00:00:44,239 --> 00:00:46,371 I just want this year to be over. 21 00:00:46,415 --> 00:00:48,504 - ♪ And I'm feeling good 22 00:00:48,547 --> 00:00:49,896 - Everyone does. 23 00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:53,596 ♪ 24 00:00:53,639 --> 00:00:54,771 - ♪ Fish in the sea 25 00:00:54,814 --> 00:00:56,120 - Morning, handsome. 26 00:00:56,164 --> 00:00:58,992 - Good morning. - ♪ You know how I feel 27 00:00:59,036 --> 00:01:01,386 - It's rooibos. Herbal. 28 00:01:01,430 --> 00:01:03,040 - Rooibos? - Mm-hmm. 29 00:01:03,084 --> 00:01:04,868 - Hmm. 30 00:01:04,911 --> 00:01:08,654 - ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 31 00:01:08,698 --> 00:01:12,658 ♪ It's a new life for me 32 00:01:12,702 --> 00:01:14,486 - What? 33 00:01:14,530 --> 00:01:16,097 Do I have something on my face? 34 00:01:16,140 --> 00:01:18,621 - No, you're just beautiful. 35 00:01:18,664 --> 00:01:22,059 ♪ 36 00:01:22,103 --> 00:01:24,279 - ♪ Dragonfly out in the sun 37 00:01:24,322 --> 00:01:26,759 - Black coffee, two sugars and one regular. 38 00:01:26,803 --> 00:01:28,283 Give--give me two bear claws as well, all right? 39 00:01:28,326 --> 00:01:29,675 - Ooh, what are you doing to me? 40 00:01:29,719 --> 00:01:30,981 - You need to eat. - [laughs] 41 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:32,156 - You got my file? - Yeah. 42 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,984 DD5s for the Berasco case. 43 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:35,072 - Thank you. 44 00:01:35,116 --> 00:01:37,683 Gives me something to do tonight. 45 00:01:37,727 --> 00:01:39,032 - You're not with your family? 46 00:01:39,076 --> 00:01:40,251 - No, they went out to the Poconos. 47 00:01:40,295 --> 00:01:41,600 I got seven arraignments Monday morning and-- 48 00:01:41,644 --> 00:01:44,864 - So you're alone on New Year's? 49 00:01:44,908 --> 00:01:46,170 That's--that's bad luck. 50 00:01:46,214 --> 00:01:47,780 Why don't you... 51 00:01:47,824 --> 00:01:49,695 why don't you come over? 52 00:01:49,739 --> 00:01:51,132 - Nah, I don't want to crash or anything. 53 00:01:51,175 --> 00:01:52,698 - You're not crashing, it's pizza. 54 00:01:52,742 --> 00:01:54,178 And the girls will bang on pots and pans. 55 00:01:54,222 --> 00:01:56,485 We'll all be asleep by 9:30. 56 00:01:56,528 --> 00:01:57,921 - Ah. 57 00:01:57,964 --> 00:01:59,575 Ah, okay. Okay, sold. 58 00:01:59,618 --> 00:02:01,011 - Good. 59 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:02,969 - ♪ And I'm feeling good 60 00:02:03,013 --> 00:02:04,275 - Whew. 61 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:06,582 - Too much? - No, it's-- 62 00:02:06,625 --> 00:02:08,149 it's just right. 63 00:02:08,192 --> 00:02:09,889 It's--Fin, it's gorgeous. 64 00:02:09,933 --> 00:02:11,500 - What if she says no? 65 00:02:11,543 --> 00:02:13,632 - She's not gonna say no. 66 00:02:13,676 --> 00:02:16,244 - An engagement, then what? A wedding? 67 00:02:16,287 --> 00:02:18,028 It all seems so corny to me. 68 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,987 - After the year we've had? 69 00:02:21,031 --> 00:02:23,338 Fin, you found love. 70 00:02:23,381 --> 00:02:25,818 Hold onto it tight. 71 00:02:25,862 --> 00:02:28,125 - Thanks. 72 00:02:28,169 --> 00:02:30,301 - ♪ And this old world is a new world ♪ 73 00:02:30,345 --> 00:02:33,086 ♪ And a bold world for me 74 00:02:33,130 --> 00:02:36,525 [noisemakers tooting] 75 00:02:37,221 --> 00:02:39,005 - Hello, Officer. 76 00:02:39,049 --> 00:02:40,181 - Not tonight. 77 00:02:40,224 --> 00:02:42,226 For once, I am off duty. 78 00:02:43,488 --> 00:02:45,447 - Pizza man's here! 79 00:02:45,490 --> 00:02:49,146 - Uncle Sonny! - [laughs] 80 00:02:49,190 --> 00:02:50,408 Hey, Jesse. Where's Billie? 81 00:02:50,452 --> 00:02:52,062 - She's asleep. We're one down here already. 82 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:53,019 - What? What a lightweight! 83 00:02:53,063 --> 00:02:54,456 I'll tell you what, Jesse. 84 00:02:54,499 --> 00:02:56,197 You and I, we're gonna get this party popping, okay? 85 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,459 [noisemaker toots] 86 00:02:57,502 --> 00:02:58,764 - [laughs] Oh, my God. 87 00:02:58,808 --> 00:03:00,679 - I'm sorry, sorry. - It's okay, it's okay. 88 00:03:00,723 --> 00:03:03,204 - ♪ It's a new life for me 89 00:03:03,247 --> 00:03:05,467 - Happy? - [giggles] 90 00:03:05,510 --> 00:03:07,599 I can stay up till midnight, right? 91 00:03:07,643 --> 00:03:09,645 - I don't know, can you? - [giggles] 92 00:03:09,688 --> 00:03:11,386 I'm not tired. 93 00:03:11,429 --> 00:03:13,344 ♪ 94 00:03:13,388 --> 00:03:15,738 [giggles] - Here we go. 95 00:03:15,781 --> 00:03:18,044 - ♪ Dragonfly out in the sun 96 00:03:18,088 --> 00:03:19,829 - Well, this is lovely. 97 00:03:19,872 --> 00:03:20,873 - You like the meal? 98 00:03:20,917 --> 00:03:24,007 - Yeah, I told you, I loved it. 99 00:03:24,050 --> 00:03:26,009 But are you okay? You seem a little anxious. 100 00:03:26,052 --> 00:03:27,053 - I'm okay. I'm cool. 101 00:03:27,097 --> 00:03:28,446 - Yeah? - Yeah. 102 00:03:28,490 --> 00:03:30,753 - 'Cause you know, my father would always say 103 00:03:30,796 --> 00:03:32,668 that New Year's is for amateurs, 104 00:03:32,711 --> 00:03:34,235 so, I mean, we can go home. 105 00:03:34,278 --> 00:03:36,280 - No, no. Before that... 106 00:03:36,324 --> 00:03:38,195 to us. 107 00:03:38,239 --> 00:03:41,067 - ♪ For me 108 00:03:41,111 --> 00:03:43,505 - You know, we were each other's first partner, 109 00:03:43,548 --> 00:03:45,550 and that's a bond. - Mm-hmm. 110 00:03:45,594 --> 00:03:49,728 - Then last year, we found each other again. 111 00:03:49,772 --> 00:03:51,991 I don't ever want to lose you. 112 00:03:52,035 --> 00:03:53,341 ♪ 113 00:03:53,384 --> 00:03:56,300 Phoebe... 114 00:03:56,344 --> 00:03:57,910 I got you something. 115 00:03:57,954 --> 00:03:58,998 [cell phone beeping] 116 00:03:59,042 --> 00:04:00,826 - Oh, sorry. 117 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:03,481 - ♪ Blossom on the tree 118 00:04:03,525 --> 00:04:06,005 ♪ You know how I feel 119 00:04:06,049 --> 00:04:09,270 ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 120 00:04:09,313 --> 00:04:10,575 ♪ It's a new life 121 00:04:10,619 --> 00:04:12,882 [cell phone beeping] 122 00:04:12,925 --> 00:04:14,753 ♪ For me 123 00:04:14,797 --> 00:04:18,627 ♪ And I'm feeling good 124 00:04:18,670 --> 00:04:20,933 - [sighs] 125 00:04:20,977 --> 00:04:22,587 ♪ 126 00:04:22,631 --> 00:04:25,460 - ♪ Dragonfly out in the sun 127 00:04:25,503 --> 00:04:28,289 ♪ You know what I mean, don'tcha know? ♪ 128 00:04:28,332 --> 00:04:30,334 [cell phone beeping] 129 00:04:30,378 --> 00:04:31,553 ♪ Butterflies all having fun 130 00:04:31,596 --> 00:04:32,771 - [sighs] One sec. 131 00:04:32,815 --> 00:04:34,469 - Seriously? 132 00:04:34,512 --> 00:04:36,471 - ♪ Sleep in peace 133 00:04:36,514 --> 00:04:39,256 - It's an AMBER Alert. I have to go. 134 00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:40,953 I'm sorry. 135 00:04:40,997 --> 00:04:44,305 - ♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪ 136 00:04:44,348 --> 00:04:46,394 ♪ It's a new life 137 00:04:46,437 --> 00:04:48,265 ♪ For me 138 00:04:48,309 --> 00:04:49,919 [cell phone beeping] 139 00:04:49,962 --> 00:04:52,225 [vocalizing] 140 00:04:52,269 --> 00:04:53,879 - What is it? - AMBER Alert. 141 00:04:53,923 --> 00:04:55,403 13-year-old girl taken off the street 142 00:04:55,446 --> 00:04:57,405 a block from Gracie Mansion. 143 00:04:57,448 --> 00:05:01,104 - SVU requested. 144 00:05:01,147 --> 00:05:04,325 So 2021 begins. - ♪ Oh, I'm feeling good 145 00:05:04,368 --> 00:05:07,371 [both sigh] 146 00:05:07,415 --> 00:05:11,767 ♪ 147 00:05:11,810 --> 00:05:14,509 [dramatic music] 148 00:05:14,552 --> 00:05:21,690 ♪ 149 00:05:58,683 --> 00:06:00,642 - So much for ringing in the new year. 150 00:06:00,685 --> 00:06:02,165 - Yeah. I can stay; you got kids. 151 00:06:02,208 --> 00:06:04,689 - No, no, it's okay. They're home with Carisi. 152 00:06:05,690 --> 00:06:08,476 He didn't have a place to go. 153 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:10,695 - Well, the missing girl is Nydia Davis. 154 00:06:10,739 --> 00:06:12,218 - Okay. 155 00:06:12,262 --> 00:06:15,091 - Those are her foster parents, Ajay and Rani Sharma. 156 00:06:15,134 --> 00:06:17,354 He's also an ACS supervisor. 157 00:06:17,398 --> 00:06:19,008 - And this is the last place he saw her? 158 00:06:19,051 --> 00:06:20,705 - He said they got into a fight; she ran away. 159 00:06:20,749 --> 00:06:22,098 He followed her and saw her get thrown 160 00:06:22,141 --> 00:06:25,144 into a white box truck on that corner. 161 00:06:26,885 --> 00:06:29,148 - You think he went through with it? 162 00:06:29,192 --> 00:06:31,412 - Fin. Phoebe say yes? 163 00:06:31,455 --> 00:06:32,935 - I got saved by the AMBER Alert. 164 00:06:32,978 --> 00:06:34,502 She's home. - Come on, turn around. 165 00:06:34,545 --> 00:06:35,894 Go back. We got this. 166 00:06:35,938 --> 00:06:37,592 - I'm in no rush. 167 00:06:37,635 --> 00:06:40,290 I'm here. What's going on? 168 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:43,467 - She's a good girl. Just been acting up lately. 169 00:06:43,511 --> 00:06:44,642 Hanging out with a bad crowd. 170 00:06:44,686 --> 00:06:45,904 - What happened tonight? 171 00:06:45,948 --> 00:06:48,472 - She wanted to go out. I said no. 172 00:06:48,516 --> 00:06:50,343 She's 13. 173 00:06:50,387 --> 00:06:51,867 She ran. 174 00:06:51,910 --> 00:06:54,522 By the time I caught up, I saw two guys 175 00:06:54,565 --> 00:06:55,871 wrestling her into a box truck. 176 00:06:55,914 --> 00:06:58,134 - Did you get a good look at them? 177 00:06:58,177 --> 00:06:59,831 - Latino, hoodies, face masks. 178 00:06:59,875 --> 00:07:01,137 - So, no. 179 00:07:01,180 --> 00:07:03,269 Does this "bad crowd" have names? 180 00:07:03,313 --> 00:07:04,619 - I try to give Nydia her privacy. 181 00:07:04,662 --> 00:07:06,577 - Does she have a cell phone, use social media? 182 00:07:06,621 --> 00:07:08,187 - I took her phone and her computer. 183 00:07:08,231 --> 00:07:10,407 - We'll need to take a look at both of those. 184 00:07:10,451 --> 00:07:11,713 - Yeah, of course. 185 00:07:11,756 --> 00:07:13,062 - Are there any other kids in the house 186 00:07:13,105 --> 00:07:14,759 that might know where Nydia was going? 187 00:07:14,803 --> 00:07:16,544 - Our son and daughter were asleep. 188 00:07:16,587 --> 00:07:18,154 We have two other foster daughters, 189 00:07:18,197 --> 00:07:19,285 but I already asked them. 190 00:07:19,329 --> 00:07:20,461 They don't know. 191 00:07:20,504 --> 00:07:22,071 - Is there anyone else in Nydia's life? 192 00:07:22,114 --> 00:07:25,248 - You think someone she knows did this? 193 00:07:25,291 --> 00:07:27,337 [somber music] 194 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:31,646 Ajay lets Nydia's biological mother have visitation. 195 00:07:31,689 --> 00:07:33,909 She's a junkie. 196 00:07:33,952 --> 00:07:36,259 ♪ 197 00:07:36,302 --> 00:07:38,522 - Captain. 198 00:07:38,566 --> 00:07:39,567 - What are we looking at? 199 00:07:39,610 --> 00:07:40,785 Is this an abduction 200 00:07:40,829 --> 00:07:42,265 or a runaway teen on New Year's Eve? 201 00:07:42,308 --> 00:07:43,527 - We're not sure. 202 00:07:43,571 --> 00:07:45,094 The girl was fighting with her foster parents. 203 00:07:45,137 --> 00:07:47,009 There could be a bad boyfriend in the picture. 204 00:07:47,052 --> 00:07:49,054 - Got it. - Checking partials on plates 205 00:07:49,098 --> 00:07:50,621 and truck rentals. 206 00:07:50,665 --> 00:07:53,537 Nothing on the traffic cams. - 1PP has its eyes on this. 207 00:07:53,581 --> 00:07:56,409 The girl's foster father is high up at ACS. 208 00:07:56,453 --> 00:07:58,586 This happened near Gracie Mansion. 209 00:07:58,629 --> 00:07:59,761 - Rollins and Kat are talking 210 00:07:59,804 --> 00:08:01,937 to the girl's birth mother right now. 211 00:08:01,980 --> 00:08:05,201 Lulu Davis, record for possession and prostitution. 212 00:08:07,203 --> 00:08:08,726 - Phoebe? 213 00:08:08,770 --> 00:08:10,989 - Ten, nine, eight, seven... - Happy New Year. 214 00:08:11,033 --> 00:08:12,687 - Yeah, literally. 215 00:08:12,730 --> 00:08:13,949 - Six, five... 216 00:08:13,992 --> 00:08:14,993 - What, did you come here to give me a kiss 217 00:08:15,037 --> 00:08:16,778 at midnight? - Yes, of course. 218 00:08:16,821 --> 00:08:19,563 Also... - Two, one, Happy New Year! 219 00:08:19,607 --> 00:08:20,651 - Happy New Year! 220 00:08:20,695 --> 00:08:21,783 [party horn blares] 221 00:08:21,826 --> 00:08:23,349 - Also, the AMBER Alert girl. 222 00:08:23,393 --> 00:08:24,786 Turns out I arrested her mom 223 00:08:24,829 --> 00:08:26,701 and her mom's pimp, Chili Chacon. 224 00:08:26,744 --> 00:08:28,746 He runs his girls out of a white box truck. 225 00:08:28,790 --> 00:08:30,095 - She was reported taken 226 00:08:30,139 --> 00:08:32,228 by two male Latinos in a box truck. 227 00:08:32,271 --> 00:08:34,839 - I'll run Chili's plates. 228 00:08:34,883 --> 00:08:36,972 - I hate to say it, but you can make a lot of money 229 00:08:37,015 --> 00:08:39,931 running a 13-year-old girl on New Year's Eve. 230 00:08:41,063 --> 00:08:43,805 - Chili? I haven't seen him in weeks. 231 00:08:43,848 --> 00:08:45,633 And I'd never let him pimp my daughter out. 232 00:08:45,676 --> 00:08:47,765 - Nydia was last seen being dragged into a truck 233 00:08:47,809 --> 00:08:49,332 that matches Chili's. 234 00:08:49,375 --> 00:08:53,292 - That curry-breath ACS idiot told you that? 235 00:08:53,336 --> 00:08:55,251 She ran away on him. 236 00:08:55,294 --> 00:08:56,731 I never lost her. 237 00:08:56,774 --> 00:08:58,515 - You lost custody. 238 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,169 Drugs, prostitution. 239 00:09:00,212 --> 00:09:01,649 - I needed money. 240 00:09:01,692 --> 00:09:05,522 My husband ditched us. 241 00:09:05,566 --> 00:09:08,525 I'm clean now, working my program. 242 00:09:08,569 --> 00:09:10,005 - You don't look it. 243 00:09:10,048 --> 00:09:12,007 - [scoffs] 244 00:09:12,050 --> 00:09:14,487 Come on, girl. It's New Year's Eve. 245 00:09:14,531 --> 00:09:16,751 - Yeah, Nydia's out there, so either you spend the night 246 00:09:16,794 --> 00:09:20,537 jonesing in a holding cell, or you text Chili. 247 00:09:20,581 --> 00:09:23,192 [hip-hop music playing] 248 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,110 - Forty per shorty. 249 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:44,866 - What's the deal, player? 250 00:09:44,909 --> 00:09:47,477 - Forty per shorty, 15 minutes. 251 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,784 - How about 15 years, Chili? 252 00:09:49,827 --> 00:09:51,655 - Not you again. - Where's Nydia? 253 00:09:51,699 --> 00:09:53,265 Am I gonna find her back there, Chili? 254 00:09:53,309 --> 00:09:54,702 - Lulu's brat? 255 00:09:54,745 --> 00:09:56,399 [scoffs] I don't run kids, baba. 256 00:09:56,442 --> 00:09:58,662 - Witness saw her snatched into a white box truck. 257 00:09:58,706 --> 00:10:00,142 Get out. - Not me! 258 00:10:00,185 --> 00:10:02,666 Ask my girls--I've been at this hot spot all night! 259 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:04,755 - Come on. 260 00:10:04,799 --> 00:10:06,148 [tense music] 261 00:10:06,191 --> 00:10:08,237 - Everybody out. 262 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,152 ♪ 263 00:10:10,195 --> 00:10:13,111 - My truck might have rocked, but it never rolled, baba. 264 00:10:13,155 --> 00:10:14,243 - Party's over, Chili. 265 00:10:14,286 --> 00:10:15,592 [cell phone ringing] 266 00:10:15,636 --> 00:10:17,420 - Nydia's not here. 267 00:10:17,463 --> 00:10:18,726 They say they haven't seen her. 268 00:10:18,769 --> 00:10:20,597 - They might be telling the truth. 269 00:10:20,641 --> 00:10:22,381 A girl matching her description was found 270 00:10:22,425 --> 00:10:25,428 bleeding out off York Avenue. 271 00:10:25,471 --> 00:10:28,431 ♪ 272 00:10:28,474 --> 00:10:29,780 - No ID. 273 00:10:29,824 --> 00:10:32,261 She was unconscious by an ambulance bay. 274 00:10:32,304 --> 00:10:35,438 One of the orderlies realized she matched the AMBER Alert. 275 00:10:35,481 --> 00:10:37,875 - But what happened to her? - She was hemorrhaging. 276 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:40,443 Her tox screen shows misoprostol and mifepristone. 277 00:10:40,486 --> 00:10:43,185 - The abortion pill. - We had to do a D&C. 278 00:10:43,228 --> 00:10:45,666 She was at least eight weeks along. 279 00:10:47,058 --> 00:10:49,844 - They told me I lost the baby. - We are so sorry. 280 00:10:49,887 --> 00:10:52,107 - I just wanted to be a mom. 281 00:10:52,150 --> 00:10:54,936 - But you took the medication to end the pregnancy. 282 00:10:54,979 --> 00:10:57,852 - What? No, I would never. 283 00:10:59,767 --> 00:11:01,943 - Nydia, how did you get to the hospital? 284 00:11:01,986 --> 00:11:04,815 - Didn't Ajay tell you? 285 00:11:04,859 --> 00:11:05,990 Is he here? 286 00:11:06,034 --> 00:11:08,340 - He's on his way, he-- 287 00:11:08,384 --> 00:11:09,994 Ajay reported you missing. 288 00:11:10,038 --> 00:11:13,041 He was very, very worried about you. 289 00:11:13,781 --> 00:11:17,480 - What? 290 00:11:17,523 --> 00:11:20,483 Didn't he bring me here? 291 00:11:20,526 --> 00:11:22,093 - Okay, so... 292 00:11:22,137 --> 00:11:23,312 Nydia, why don't you tell me 293 00:11:23,355 --> 00:11:25,793 the last thing that you remember. 294 00:11:29,013 --> 00:11:32,103 - I was...bleeding. 295 00:11:32,147 --> 00:11:34,192 - Okay. 296 00:11:34,236 --> 00:11:36,978 - Ajay said he'd take me to a hospital. 297 00:11:37,021 --> 00:11:40,764 - 'Cause EMTs, they brought you here. 298 00:11:40,808 --> 00:11:44,507 And they found you unconscious on a sidewalk. 299 00:11:44,550 --> 00:11:45,769 - No. 300 00:11:45,813 --> 00:11:47,510 No, Ajay carried me to his car. 301 00:11:47,553 --> 00:11:51,122 - Nydia, did Ajay know that you were pregnant? 302 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:53,951 - Yeah. He didn't tell you that? 303 00:11:53,995 --> 00:11:56,824 - No, he told us that you ran away-- 304 00:11:56,867 --> 00:11:58,695 that he saw you being kidnapped. 305 00:11:58,739 --> 00:12:02,568 - Why would he say that? 306 00:12:02,612 --> 00:12:05,484 - Do you have a boyfriend? 307 00:12:05,528 --> 00:12:07,095 Hmm, Chili? 308 00:12:07,138 --> 00:12:09,532 - [laughs] What? 309 00:12:09,575 --> 00:12:12,840 No. No, Chili's a pimp. 310 00:12:12,883 --> 00:12:15,364 You think I'm like my mom? That's disgusting. 311 00:12:15,407 --> 00:12:17,322 - Okay. 312 00:12:17,366 --> 00:12:20,673 - I'm in love... 313 00:12:20,717 --> 00:12:22,893 with Ajay. 314 00:12:22,937 --> 00:12:24,677 ♪ 315 00:12:24,721 --> 00:12:28,072 Just ask him. 316 00:12:35,732 --> 00:12:37,952 - Thank God you guys found Nydia, 317 00:12:37,995 --> 00:12:39,649 but I don't understand why Rani and I can't see her. 318 00:12:39,692 --> 00:12:41,172 She must be so traumatized. - Soon. 319 00:12:41,216 --> 00:12:42,826 But while we're waiting... 320 00:12:42,870 --> 00:12:44,175 some of what she's telling us 321 00:12:44,219 --> 00:12:46,438 doesn't track with what you told the police. 322 00:12:48,614 --> 00:12:50,834 - Now that she's okay, I can tell you the truth. 323 00:12:50,878 --> 00:12:52,183 - Which is? 324 00:12:52,227 --> 00:12:55,534 - She ran away on New Year's Eve. 325 00:12:55,578 --> 00:12:57,014 I thought if I didn't say she had been kidnapped, 326 00:12:57,058 --> 00:12:58,363 no one would look for her. 327 00:12:58,407 --> 00:12:59,843 - That makes sense. 328 00:12:59,887 --> 00:13:02,106 The problem is she said she passed out at home 329 00:13:02,150 --> 00:13:03,847 and you were gonna drive her to the hospital. 330 00:13:03,891 --> 00:13:05,109 - What? No. 331 00:13:05,153 --> 00:13:06,676 She's confused. 332 00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:09,722 - That's what we think, but this is some shocking news. 333 00:13:09,766 --> 00:13:12,116 She's pregnant. 334 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,249 - Oh, my God. 335 00:13:14,292 --> 00:13:16,164 Well, that would explain why she's been acting out. 336 00:13:16,207 --> 00:13:17,513 - Hmm. 337 00:13:17,556 --> 00:13:19,254 - Do you have any idea who the father could be? 338 00:13:19,297 --> 00:13:20,559 - No, what'd she say? 339 00:13:20,603 --> 00:13:22,997 - Well, actually, for whatever it's worth, 340 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,085 she says it's you. 341 00:13:24,128 --> 00:13:26,087 - [laughs] 342 00:13:28,524 --> 00:13:30,569 Okay, we all know what this is. 343 00:13:30,613 --> 00:13:32,397 She has a boyfriend. She's protecting him. 344 00:13:32,441 --> 00:13:34,791 She's angry with us for being strict. 345 00:13:34,835 --> 00:13:37,098 I-I've seen this a lot in foster care. 346 00:13:37,141 --> 00:13:38,316 I need to talk to her. 347 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,971 - That's not gonna happen right now. 348 00:13:41,015 --> 00:13:42,233 - Of course, you have an allegation. 349 00:13:42,277 --> 00:13:43,800 You have to do due diligence. 350 00:13:43,844 --> 00:13:45,323 - We do. And for starters, 351 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:47,891 if we want to exclude you, we need to search your car. 352 00:13:47,935 --> 00:13:49,588 We need a DNA sample from you. 353 00:13:49,632 --> 00:13:52,200 - Believe me, I appreciate that you need to investigate, 354 00:13:52,243 --> 00:13:53,679 but an accusation like this, 355 00:13:53,723 --> 00:13:56,682 my whole career could be ruined. 356 00:13:56,726 --> 00:13:58,206 And I got four other kids at home. 357 00:13:58,249 --> 00:13:59,685 - I get it. 358 00:13:59,729 --> 00:14:02,645 I got two teenage daughters of my own. 359 00:14:04,603 --> 00:14:07,911 But you're innocent, right? 360 00:14:07,955 --> 00:14:10,871 So why not just clear this up? 361 00:14:10,914 --> 00:14:14,222 - To be safe, let me talk to my supervisor first. 362 00:14:14,265 --> 00:14:15,658 - Okay. 363 00:14:15,701 --> 00:14:17,747 - And maybe a lawyer. - Of course. 364 00:14:19,401 --> 00:14:20,619 - He's right. 365 00:14:20,663 --> 00:14:22,491 Troubled teens can blame their guardians. 366 00:14:22,534 --> 00:14:23,927 Any priors? - No. 367 00:14:23,971 --> 00:14:25,450 Twenty years at ACS. 368 00:14:25,494 --> 00:14:27,975 Ajay and his wife have personally fostered 369 00:14:28,018 --> 00:14:29,237 dozens of girls. 370 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,108 The supervisor called me back immediately 371 00:14:31,152 --> 00:14:32,675 on New Year's Day to tell me 372 00:14:32,718 --> 00:14:35,417 that Nydia had caused trouble in former foster homes 373 00:14:35,460 --> 00:14:37,462 and that he has never, ever gotten 374 00:14:37,506 --> 00:14:38,768 a complaint against Ajay. 375 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:40,857 - Well, somebody got this girl pregnant. 376 00:14:40,901 --> 00:14:42,337 Who else is in the house? 377 00:14:42,380 --> 00:14:44,295 - The Sharmas have 10-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, 378 00:14:44,339 --> 00:14:46,863 and two other pre-teen foster girls. 379 00:14:46,907 --> 00:14:48,517 - Can we try for fetal DNA? 380 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,476 - We can, but it's a very complicated process 381 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,043 and it doesn't always work. 382 00:14:53,087 --> 00:14:54,915 - Nydia denied taking abortion drugs? 383 00:14:54,958 --> 00:14:58,570 - Nydia said that she wanted to keep the baby. 384 00:14:58,614 --> 00:15:00,485 Look, it is possible that somebody 385 00:15:00,529 --> 00:15:02,705 slipped her these drugs without her knowledge. 386 00:15:02,748 --> 00:15:04,446 - Yeah, easy enough to get online. 387 00:15:04,489 --> 00:15:06,665 I'll start with a warrant for her computer and his. 388 00:15:06,709 --> 00:15:08,319 - Is there anyone in Nydia's life 389 00:15:08,363 --> 00:15:09,538 she might have confided in? 390 00:15:09,581 --> 00:15:11,453 - Well, the mother has her own problems, 391 00:15:11,496 --> 00:15:14,021 but we did get Nydia's cell phone records. 392 00:15:14,064 --> 00:15:15,674 The dad texts her every day. 393 00:15:15,718 --> 00:15:16,980 - The father's still in the picture? 394 00:15:17,024 --> 00:15:19,896 - Mm-hmm. - Where is he? 395 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:24,031 - My ex says Nydia's in the hospital. 396 00:15:24,074 --> 00:15:25,423 She's not returning my texts. 397 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:27,773 Is she okay? - She's being taken care of. 398 00:15:27,817 --> 00:15:29,601 - Good. 399 00:15:29,645 --> 00:15:31,647 Old Lulu likes to push my buttons. 400 00:15:31,690 --> 00:15:34,519 - Mr. Davis, do you know if Nydia has a boyfriend? 401 00:15:34,563 --> 00:15:36,130 - What? No. 402 00:15:36,173 --> 00:15:37,566 She's 13. 403 00:15:37,609 --> 00:15:40,438 Besides, she'd tell me. We text every day. 404 00:15:40,482 --> 00:15:42,658 Listen, I love my daughter. 405 00:15:42,701 --> 00:15:44,965 It killed me to lose custody, but... 406 00:15:45,008 --> 00:15:46,401 it had to be. 407 00:15:46,444 --> 00:15:49,230 - Her foster parents, how well do you know them? 408 00:15:49,273 --> 00:15:50,840 - I only met the father. 409 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:53,408 He brought Nydia in here a few times. 410 00:15:53,451 --> 00:15:55,149 Showed respect. 411 00:15:55,192 --> 00:15:56,411 - She ever talk to you about him? 412 00:15:56,454 --> 00:15:57,716 Any problems? 413 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,937 - No, typical teenage girl stuff like... 414 00:16:00,981 --> 00:16:02,852 he wouldn't let her use the phone at night. 415 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:04,288 He seemed very protective of her. 416 00:16:04,332 --> 00:16:06,551 - Protective how? 417 00:16:06,595 --> 00:16:08,031 - Well, he always had his arm around her 418 00:16:08,075 --> 00:16:10,033 like he was shielding her or something. 419 00:16:10,077 --> 00:16:11,208 I guess it can be tough to take 420 00:16:11,252 --> 00:16:12,949 if you're not used to a place like this. 421 00:16:12,993 --> 00:16:14,603 - Yeah. 422 00:16:14,646 --> 00:16:16,387 Did you get much of a chance to speak with Nydia 423 00:16:16,431 --> 00:16:18,389 away from Ajay? 424 00:16:18,433 --> 00:16:21,566 - No, but she seemed happy. 425 00:16:21,610 --> 00:16:23,960 Before the Sharmas, she was in a group home. 426 00:16:24,004 --> 00:16:26,267 You know, between Nydia's mother and the drugs, 427 00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:30,097 and, you know, my chair... 428 00:16:30,140 --> 00:16:31,663 it's all my fault. 429 00:16:31,707 --> 00:16:34,057 - Never apologize for wearing the cloth, soldier. 430 00:16:34,101 --> 00:16:36,059 - Yeah. 431 00:16:36,103 --> 00:16:38,496 I lost a lot of good friends. 432 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:41,760 Lost my wife, my leg... 433 00:16:41,804 --> 00:16:43,501 maybe my mind. 434 00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:46,809 But the worst part was losing my kid. 435 00:16:48,724 --> 00:16:50,117 Once I get out of here, I'm gonna make a home 436 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,596 for Nydia and me. 437 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,338 And be a real dad, you know? - Hey. 438 00:16:54,382 --> 00:16:57,428 From one Airborne Ranger to another... 439 00:16:57,472 --> 00:16:58,951 call me if you need some company 440 00:16:58,995 --> 00:17:01,389 when you want to go visit your daughter. 441 00:17:01,432 --> 00:17:04,435 [soft dramatic music] 442 00:17:04,479 --> 00:17:05,958 - Hey, any luck with the girl's father? 443 00:17:06,002 --> 00:17:06,916 - He loves his daughter, 444 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:08,222 but if there's something going on 445 00:17:08,265 --> 00:17:10,528 between her and Sharma, he's not seeing it. 446 00:17:10,572 --> 00:17:12,530 - Nydia is sticking to her story 447 00:17:12,574 --> 00:17:14,750 and I talked to the girls in the house, the wife. 448 00:17:14,793 --> 00:17:16,404 They all blame Nydia for acting out, 449 00:17:16,447 --> 00:17:18,101 see Ajay as a saint. 450 00:17:18,145 --> 00:17:20,669 - Which could be true, or he's an experienced groomer. 451 00:17:20,712 --> 00:17:22,453 - Well, that's what I think, but... 452 00:17:22,497 --> 00:17:25,239 still don't have enough to arrest. 453 00:17:25,282 --> 00:17:26,501 - Taru went through Ajay's computer. 454 00:17:26,544 --> 00:17:27,980 He tried to delete his history, 455 00:17:28,024 --> 00:17:30,331 but they were able to recover recent searches for... 456 00:17:30,374 --> 00:17:31,636 New York State abortion clinics, 457 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:36,076 RU-486, misoprostol, and mifepristone. 458 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,513 - So he slipped her the abortion drugs. 459 00:17:38,556 --> 00:17:40,819 - Nydia told me he made her smoothies. 460 00:17:40,863 --> 00:17:43,996 - Call Carisi. Get a warrant for that blender. 461 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,172 Pick up Ajay. 462 00:17:45,215 --> 00:17:48,566 - Nydia's father... 463 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:50,568 I have to tell him. 464 00:18:02,189 --> 00:18:04,843 - Mickey, are you sure you want to be here? 465 00:18:04,887 --> 00:18:07,150 - I want to look that son of a bitch in the eye. 466 00:18:07,194 --> 00:18:08,325 Let him know I know. 467 00:18:08,369 --> 00:18:10,110 - Mr. Sharma... 468 00:18:10,153 --> 00:18:12,155 on the charge of rape in the second, 469 00:18:12,199 --> 00:18:13,635 rape in the third, 470 00:18:13,678 --> 00:18:15,941 first degree reckless endangerment, 471 00:18:15,985 --> 00:18:17,900 and official misconduct, 472 00:18:17,943 --> 00:18:18,814 how do you plead? 473 00:18:18,857 --> 00:18:20,337 - My client pleads not guilty. 474 00:18:20,381 --> 00:18:21,599 - People on bail? 475 00:18:21,643 --> 00:18:22,905 - This is a heinous crime, Your Honor. 476 00:18:22,948 --> 00:18:24,602 There are other children in the defendant's home. 477 00:18:24,646 --> 00:18:26,648 Request remand. - Your Honor, my client 478 00:18:26,691 --> 00:18:29,216 is a respected civil servant with no priors. 479 00:18:29,259 --> 00:18:31,261 - I don't want to hear it. I'm granting remand. 480 00:18:31,305 --> 00:18:33,045 Bailiffs? COs will arrange 481 00:18:33,089 --> 00:18:35,700 individual protective transport to Rikers. 482 00:18:35,744 --> 00:18:38,747 I put my faith in the DOC thereafter. 483 00:18:39,791 --> 00:18:42,359 - That's it? - For now. 484 00:18:42,403 --> 00:18:45,362 Want me to take you back to the VA? 485 00:18:45,406 --> 00:18:46,711 - Let me get a smoke first. 486 00:18:46,755 --> 00:18:49,540 [soft tense music] 487 00:18:49,584 --> 00:18:54,371 ♪ 488 00:18:54,415 --> 00:18:56,112 - Mickey! 489 00:18:56,156 --> 00:18:57,200 There you are. 490 00:18:57,244 --> 00:18:59,115 Right across the street. 491 00:19:00,812 --> 00:19:03,511 Mickey? 492 00:19:03,554 --> 00:19:06,078 - Reporter told me he's coming out this way. 493 00:19:06,122 --> 00:19:07,471 He didn't look at me at the arraignment. 494 00:19:07,515 --> 00:19:09,908 That's all I want. 495 00:19:09,952 --> 00:19:15,958 ♪ 496 00:19:17,307 --> 00:19:19,091 [cell phone rings] 497 00:19:19,135 --> 00:19:20,658 - Captain? 498 00:19:22,921 --> 00:19:24,053 - Ajay! 499 00:19:24,096 --> 00:19:25,489 [gunshots] 500 00:19:25,533 --> 00:19:28,231 - No, no, no! 501 00:19:28,275 --> 00:19:29,667 The hell did you do? 502 00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:30,755 - Mickey Davis, Specialist. 503 00:19:30,799 --> 00:19:33,018 173rd Airborne Rangers, The Herd. 504 00:19:33,062 --> 00:19:35,586 Last four: Zero, six, four, seven. 505 00:19:35,630 --> 00:19:37,675 - Oh, my God. 506 00:19:37,719 --> 00:19:42,027 ♪ 507 00:19:45,988 --> 00:19:48,120 - Consulting with the Innocence Project, 508 00:19:48,164 --> 00:19:49,339 defending voting rights on the ground. 509 00:19:49,383 --> 00:19:50,993 I've barely slept since the election ended. 510 00:19:51,036 --> 00:19:52,168 - Liv said once everything cleared up, 511 00:19:52,212 --> 00:19:53,648 you might consider doing defense work. 512 00:19:53,691 --> 00:19:54,997 - Your case or hers? 513 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:56,259 You're both getting sued. 514 00:19:56,303 --> 00:19:58,043 - [scoffs] - The city settled one of mine. 515 00:19:58,087 --> 00:19:59,567 Liv's still waiting on her day in the barrel, 516 00:19:59,610 --> 00:20:01,003 but that's not why we're here. 517 00:20:01,046 --> 00:20:02,352 - It should be. Sorry. 518 00:20:02,396 --> 00:20:03,397 - Anyway... 519 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,487 Hypothetically, if we... 520 00:20:06,530 --> 00:20:08,663 arrested a defendant 521 00:20:08,706 --> 00:20:10,012 who was not innocent-- 522 00:20:10,055 --> 00:20:12,841 - Decorated vet. Six tours in Afghanistan. 523 00:20:12,884 --> 00:20:16,279 Comes home to find his daughter raped by her foster father. 524 00:20:16,323 --> 00:20:18,020 - And he shoots the guy point-blank range three times? 525 00:20:18,063 --> 00:20:19,717 Hypothetically. - So you're all caught up. 526 00:20:19,761 --> 00:20:21,066 - All right, hold on. 527 00:20:21,110 --> 00:20:22,677 Carisi asked you to intervene on Davis' behalf? 528 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,853 - Well, actually, Carisi doesn't know that we're here. 529 00:20:24,896 --> 00:20:26,246 - [laughs] 530 00:20:26,289 --> 00:20:28,944 - We wanted to see if you would feel him out. 531 00:20:28,987 --> 00:20:31,512 And see if he would cut Mickey a deal. 532 00:20:31,555 --> 00:20:33,253 - With Carisi's stomach? 533 00:20:33,296 --> 00:20:35,124 He won't have the stomach to take this to trial. 534 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:37,431 - As long as Mickey doesn't go to prison. 535 00:20:37,474 --> 00:20:39,998 - I feel for him, but he shot a suspect 536 00:20:40,042 --> 00:20:41,870 under arrest going to trial. 537 00:20:41,913 --> 00:20:43,654 The government frowns on that. 538 00:20:43,698 --> 00:20:46,135 And it's against the law. 539 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:49,225 - That's why we called you. 540 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:57,059 - Carisi? 541 00:20:57,102 --> 00:20:58,321 How's the eighth floor treating you? 542 00:20:58,365 --> 00:21:00,845 - No differently than any other junior ADA. 543 00:21:00,889 --> 00:21:02,107 - They want you to cover their ass all the time? 544 00:21:02,151 --> 00:21:03,544 Never lose a case? 545 00:21:03,587 --> 00:21:04,806 - Pretty much. 546 00:21:04,849 --> 00:21:05,981 Good to see you, Barba. 547 00:21:06,024 --> 00:21:08,070 If you came to taunt me, I got all day. 548 00:21:08,113 --> 00:21:11,029 - Huh, they gave you an office. 549 00:21:11,073 --> 00:21:12,335 Nice view. 550 00:21:12,379 --> 00:21:13,641 - I had to move the Xerox machine 551 00:21:13,684 --> 00:21:15,686 and four filing cabinets just to get the desk in. 552 00:21:15,730 --> 00:21:17,122 - So you caught the Mickey Davis case? 553 00:21:17,166 --> 00:21:18,733 - Oh, yeah. Horror story. 554 00:21:18,776 --> 00:21:20,082 - What are you charging? 555 00:21:20,125 --> 00:21:21,126 - The guy brought a gun to court, 556 00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:22,345 he followed the vic to transport, 557 00:21:22,389 --> 00:21:24,129 and shot him at point-blank range. 558 00:21:24,173 --> 00:21:25,392 What do you think? 559 00:21:25,435 --> 00:21:26,741 - I think the guy's got a Purple Heart, 560 00:21:26,784 --> 00:21:28,133 titanium leg, and PTS. 561 00:21:28,177 --> 00:21:29,352 - That doesn't change what he did. 562 00:21:29,396 --> 00:21:30,875 - He was betrayed by the VA and ACS. 563 00:21:30,919 --> 00:21:33,400 Even the eighth floor's gotta know this is a dog. 564 00:21:33,443 --> 00:21:35,053 - Maybe, but they still want him to do time. 565 00:21:35,097 --> 00:21:37,273 - That has to be negotiable. 566 00:21:39,797 --> 00:21:41,495 - Hold on. 567 00:21:41,538 --> 00:21:42,974 Before we continue... - Mm-hmm. 568 00:21:43,018 --> 00:21:45,325 - Are you representing Mickey Davis? 569 00:21:47,065 --> 00:21:49,372 - I guess I am now. 570 00:21:49,416 --> 00:21:50,939 - [scoffs] 571 00:21:50,982 --> 00:21:53,071 Okay. 572 00:21:54,638 --> 00:21:56,814 What kind of deal are you looking for? 573 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:58,381 - No way you want to put this guy on trial. 574 00:21:58,425 --> 00:22:00,340 - Best I can offer is man two. 575 00:22:00,383 --> 00:22:02,342 - 3 1/2 years? No, but thank you. 576 00:22:02,385 --> 00:22:03,952 - Barba, we both know this wasn't heat of the moment. 577 00:22:03,995 --> 00:22:05,257 Man two is a gift. 578 00:22:05,301 --> 00:22:07,216 - Maybe to you, not to Mr. Davis. 579 00:22:07,259 --> 00:22:09,697 - There's security cam video. There's multiple eyewitnesses. 580 00:22:09,740 --> 00:22:11,133 Mickey broke the law. 581 00:22:11,176 --> 00:22:13,135 - A jury might see that as defending his daughter 582 00:22:13,178 --> 00:22:14,266 when no one else did. 583 00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:16,834 - Get the jury to ignore the law? 584 00:22:16,878 --> 00:22:18,488 That's a slippery slope, Rafael. 585 00:22:18,532 --> 00:22:19,968 - You really have become a lawyer. 586 00:22:20,011 --> 00:22:21,317 - What does that mean? 587 00:22:21,361 --> 00:22:23,450 - Mickey Davis is a human being. 588 00:22:23,493 --> 00:22:25,974 So are the jurors. See you at arraignment. 589 00:22:26,017 --> 00:22:29,194 - You going for insanity? 590 00:22:29,238 --> 00:22:31,806 - I'm going for straight-up not guilty. 591 00:22:31,849 --> 00:22:34,199 [dramatic music] 592 00:22:36,593 --> 00:22:38,639 - So you know, Mr. Barba, I don't need charity. 593 00:22:38,682 --> 00:22:41,555 I get 100% disability because of my leg and PTS. 594 00:22:41,598 --> 00:22:44,166 - Don't worry about his fee. We'll talk about that later. 595 00:22:44,209 --> 00:22:45,341 - Thank you, Sergeant. That's right. 596 00:22:45,385 --> 00:22:46,603 That's not your worry right now. 597 00:22:46,647 --> 00:22:48,562 - What I'm worried about is my daughter. 598 00:22:48,605 --> 00:22:49,824 She's telling her mother that I killed 599 00:22:49,867 --> 00:22:51,391 the only man she'll ever love? 600 00:22:51,434 --> 00:22:53,393 My goal was to get out of rehab and give her a normal life, 601 00:22:53,436 --> 00:22:56,004 but now? 602 00:22:56,047 --> 00:22:57,440 They'll never let me out of prison. 603 00:22:57,484 --> 00:22:58,485 - One thing at a time, Mr. Davis. 604 00:22:58,528 --> 00:23:00,051 I want to go over your story. 605 00:23:00,095 --> 00:23:01,836 - The day I shot that animal? 606 00:23:01,879 --> 00:23:04,360 - First, your life story. 607 00:23:06,884 --> 00:23:08,669 Your time in the Army. 608 00:23:08,712 --> 00:23:09,974 When you became a dad. 609 00:23:10,018 --> 00:23:11,149 Just so you know, there's nothing you can say 610 00:23:11,193 --> 00:23:13,500 that I haven't heard before. 611 00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:18,853 Mickey held his own at the arraignment. 612 00:23:18,896 --> 00:23:20,681 The judge released him ROR. 613 00:23:20,724 --> 00:23:23,205 - Well, it's not like Davis is a flight risk. 614 00:23:23,248 --> 00:23:24,467 - What do you need, Barba? 615 00:23:24,511 --> 00:23:26,643 - I'm going for jury nullification. 616 00:23:26,687 --> 00:23:27,601 - English, Counselor? 617 00:23:27,644 --> 00:23:28,863 - Get the jury to ignore the law, 618 00:23:28,906 --> 00:23:31,953 see the accused as a victim. 619 00:23:31,996 --> 00:23:33,389 - Counselor. 620 00:23:33,433 --> 00:23:36,218 I don't know if you've met Deputy Chief Garland. 621 00:23:36,261 --> 00:23:39,526 - Mr. Barba, do you have a second? 622 00:23:44,313 --> 00:23:45,793 - Just to be clear, the NYPD isn't pressuring 623 00:23:45,836 --> 00:23:48,056 a defense attorney to walk away from his client? 624 00:23:48,099 --> 00:23:49,623 - Of course not. Not my prerogative. 625 00:23:49,666 --> 00:23:51,451 At the same time, I'm surprised to see you 626 00:23:51,494 --> 00:23:52,669 in the SVU squad room. 627 00:23:52,713 --> 00:23:54,192 - Oh, I'm sure you were just catching up 628 00:23:54,236 --> 00:23:55,846 with old friends, right? 629 00:23:55,890 --> 00:23:57,805 - Yes. That's right. 630 00:23:57,848 --> 00:24:00,329 - Good, just want to make sure the boundaries are clear. 631 00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:03,419 It's an emotional case for all of us and... 632 00:24:03,463 --> 00:24:05,900 I wouldn't want you presuming on your old friendships 633 00:24:05,943 --> 00:24:09,425 in the hopes of having SVU detectives buttress your case. 634 00:24:09,469 --> 00:24:11,601 - Then we're both on the same page. 635 00:24:11,645 --> 00:24:14,430 - I hope so. 636 00:24:14,474 --> 00:24:17,215 One more thing, Mr. Barba. 637 00:24:17,259 --> 00:24:18,869 I hope your strategy won't be to countenance 638 00:24:18,913 --> 00:24:22,656 a vigilante's murder of a man accused of rape. 639 00:24:22,699 --> 00:24:24,309 Given our country's dark history, 640 00:24:24,353 --> 00:24:26,268 we both know where that could lead. 641 00:24:28,444 --> 00:24:31,142 I'll leave you two to reminisce. 642 00:24:37,192 --> 00:24:38,672 - He's a lot of fun. 643 00:24:38,715 --> 00:24:39,673 Gets right to the point. 644 00:24:39,716 --> 00:24:42,240 - Always, and so will I. 645 00:24:42,284 --> 00:24:44,155 What the hell are you doing here? 646 00:24:44,199 --> 00:24:45,548 - You asked me to defend Davis. 647 00:24:45,592 --> 00:24:47,202 - A hypothetical. And, by the way, 648 00:24:47,245 --> 00:24:48,986 I didn't even know that you took the case 649 00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:50,205 until Garland called me. 650 00:24:50,248 --> 00:24:52,120 - I went to see Carisi, he pointed out 651 00:24:52,163 --> 00:24:53,338 that we couldn't even discuss the case 652 00:24:53,382 --> 00:24:55,079 if I wasn't representing Davis and-- 653 00:24:55,123 --> 00:24:57,342 things moved quickly. How did Garland find out? 654 00:24:57,386 --> 00:24:58,735 - The DA's office must have called him. 655 00:24:58,779 --> 00:25:00,258 - I have no intention of disrespecting Carisi. 656 00:25:00,302 --> 00:25:01,825 - [scoffs] - But... 657 00:25:01,869 --> 00:25:03,392 Mickey deserves a defense. Isn't that why you came to me? 658 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:07,178 - I wanted you to cut him a deal! 659 00:25:08,179 --> 00:25:09,703 Listen. As the Chief said, 660 00:25:09,746 --> 00:25:12,444 we cannot send a message that it is okay 661 00:25:12,488 --> 00:25:14,751 to take the law into your own hands. 662 00:25:14,795 --> 00:25:16,361 - Well, that's Carisi's case to make. 663 00:25:16,405 --> 00:25:17,624 Luckily I don't work for the DA. 664 00:25:17,667 --> 00:25:19,930 I don't need to worry about messages. 665 00:25:19,974 --> 00:25:21,279 I just need to get 12 New Yorkers 666 00:25:21,323 --> 00:25:22,933 to like my client and me. 667 00:25:22,977 --> 00:25:25,327 - Barba... 668 00:25:25,370 --> 00:25:26,981 he's guilty. 669 00:25:27,024 --> 00:25:29,157 - Is he? 670 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,725 Depends on the jury. 671 00:25:38,993 --> 00:25:42,257 - I consider myself a nice guy. 672 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:45,826 But I'm not always gonna be nice during this trial. 673 00:25:45,869 --> 00:25:47,958 Sometimes I'm gonna be loud, 674 00:25:48,002 --> 00:25:50,482 angry, sarcastic 675 00:25:50,526 --> 00:25:51,788 when I cross-examine witnesses 676 00:25:51,832 --> 00:25:54,617 from the ACS, VA, and NYPD, 677 00:25:54,661 --> 00:25:56,314 who, as you will hear, 678 00:25:56,358 --> 00:25:58,665 failed to do their jobs. 679 00:25:58,708 --> 00:26:01,972 Anyone have a problem with that? 680 00:26:02,016 --> 00:26:03,626 All right. 681 00:26:03,670 --> 00:26:06,673 - This is not a popularity contest. 682 00:26:06,716 --> 00:26:08,631 This is not about who wears the snazziest suit, 683 00:26:08,675 --> 00:26:10,807 who has the most charisma, 684 00:26:10,851 --> 00:26:12,635 or even who talks the fastest. 685 00:26:12,679 --> 00:26:15,333 It's also not about how many combat medals 686 00:26:15,377 --> 00:26:17,771 the defendant has. 687 00:26:17,814 --> 00:26:21,557 This is about the facts and the law. 688 00:26:21,601 --> 00:26:22,993 - I'm not allowed to ask you to imagine 689 00:26:23,037 --> 00:26:24,821 what it would be like to be Mickey Davis right now 690 00:26:24,865 --> 00:26:26,693 sitting at that table. 691 00:26:26,736 --> 00:26:28,564 - I submit to you that the evidence in this case 692 00:26:28,608 --> 00:26:29,696 is overwhelming. 693 00:26:29,739 --> 00:26:31,175 You will see video of Mr. Davis 694 00:26:31,219 --> 00:26:33,743 shooting and killing Ajay Sharma. 695 00:26:33,787 --> 00:26:35,310 - But I need to know that you will consider 696 00:26:35,353 --> 00:26:37,529 your decision in this case as the most important decision 697 00:26:37,573 --> 00:26:39,096 in your life... 698 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:42,665 because it certainly will be the most important decision 699 00:26:42,709 --> 00:26:45,625 in the life of this decorated war hero. 700 00:26:45,668 --> 00:26:47,017 - You will hear testimony 701 00:26:47,061 --> 00:26:48,932 that Mr. Davis is a wounded vet 702 00:26:48,976 --> 00:26:52,066 whose daughter was victimized by a serial predator. 703 00:26:52,109 --> 00:26:54,503 - You expect Mr. Davis to not react 704 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:55,635 when his own daughter is assaulted 705 00:26:55,678 --> 00:26:58,420 like the victims he saw in combat? 706 00:26:58,463 --> 00:27:00,030 - Are any of you veterans? 707 00:27:00,074 --> 00:27:02,250 Or proud to have family members who have served? 708 00:27:02,293 --> 00:27:04,861 - I need to ask if anyone or a family member 709 00:27:04,905 --> 00:27:07,342 has been the victim of gun violence? 710 00:27:10,998 --> 00:27:13,261 - I challenge jurors 32 and 36. 711 00:27:13,304 --> 00:27:15,872 - No objection. I challenge number 17. 712 00:27:15,916 --> 00:27:17,657 - The evidence will show that Ajay Sharma 713 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:19,310 was awaiting trial 714 00:27:19,354 --> 00:27:23,619 when Mrs. Davis acted as judge, jury, and executioner. 715 00:27:23,663 --> 00:27:26,230 Do you believe that everybody 716 00:27:26,274 --> 00:27:28,972 has a Constitutional right to have their guilt or innocence 717 00:27:29,016 --> 00:27:32,889 determined by a jury and not a vigilante? 718 00:27:32,933 --> 00:27:37,720 - I challenge number 18, 24, and 29. 719 00:27:37,764 --> 00:27:39,287 - That leaves you two peremptory challenges, 720 00:27:39,330 --> 00:27:40,723 Mr. Barba. 721 00:27:40,767 --> 00:27:42,464 - And I challenge number 16. 722 00:27:42,507 --> 00:27:43,944 - And you're out, Mr. Carisi. 723 00:27:43,987 --> 00:27:46,642 - You promise me, keep an open mind... 724 00:27:46,686 --> 00:27:48,731 and hold the government to make its case? 725 00:27:48,775 --> 00:27:52,300 - Mr. Barba is going to play on your emotions. 726 00:27:52,343 --> 00:27:54,955 But I ask that you promise me and the State of New York 727 00:27:54,998 --> 00:27:57,784 that you will decide this case 728 00:27:57,827 --> 00:28:00,090 on the facts and the law 729 00:28:00,134 --> 00:28:02,745 as instructed by the judge. 730 00:28:02,789 --> 00:28:04,355 - Mr. Carisi told you that he represents 731 00:28:04,399 --> 00:28:06,270 the people of New York. 732 00:28:06,314 --> 00:28:07,532 Well... 733 00:28:07,576 --> 00:28:09,709 you are the people of New York. 734 00:28:09,752 --> 00:28:11,449 And neither Mr. Carisi nor the Judge here 735 00:28:11,493 --> 00:28:16,063 gets to decide how this trial will turn out for my client. 736 00:28:16,106 --> 00:28:17,934 You do. 737 00:28:17,978 --> 00:28:20,763 [soft tense music] 738 00:28:20,807 --> 00:28:23,505 ♪ 739 00:28:23,548 --> 00:28:24,898 [knocking] 740 00:28:24,941 --> 00:28:26,769 - How'd it go at voir dire? 741 00:28:26,813 --> 00:28:28,379 - It was the Rafael Barba show, 742 00:28:28,423 --> 00:28:30,860 charming and cherry-picking jurors for 12 straight hours. 743 00:28:30,904 --> 00:28:32,470 - Yeah, he was always a dog with a bone. 744 00:28:32,514 --> 00:28:34,037 - [laughs] Yeah. 745 00:28:34,081 --> 00:28:36,039 I'm looking at his witness list, 746 00:28:36,083 --> 00:28:38,389 and he tracked down Ajay's other foster kids, 747 00:28:38,433 --> 00:28:41,697 ACS employees, VA shrinks. 748 00:28:41,741 --> 00:28:43,612 How big of a staff does he have? 749 00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:45,309 - I probably shouldn't tell you this... 750 00:28:45,353 --> 00:28:48,051 - About you and Fin helping him out? 751 00:28:48,095 --> 00:28:49,836 I don't want to know. - I am not helping him out. 752 00:28:49,879 --> 00:28:51,402 - It's fine. Barba was here before me. 753 00:28:51,446 --> 00:28:52,664 Fin was your first partner. 754 00:28:52,708 --> 00:28:53,665 - That doesn't mean I'm more loyal to them 755 00:28:53,709 --> 00:28:55,711 than I am to you. 756 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,369 You should know that it wasn't Liv's intention 757 00:29:01,412 --> 00:29:04,459 to undercut you. - Oh, no? 758 00:29:04,502 --> 00:29:07,375 Are you gonna tell me that Fin brought Barba in? 759 00:29:14,034 --> 00:29:16,558 - Ajay! - No, no! 760 00:29:16,601 --> 00:29:17,777 [gunshots] 761 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:19,430 No, no, no. 762 00:29:19,474 --> 00:29:21,302 - Sergeant Tutuola, 763 00:29:21,345 --> 00:29:24,522 you were there when Mr. Davis shot Ajay Sharma? 764 00:29:24,566 --> 00:29:26,568 - Yes. I was on the phone. 765 00:29:26,611 --> 00:29:28,570 I heard a commotion. I turned. 766 00:29:28,613 --> 00:29:30,702 I saw Mr. Davis, gun aimed, 767 00:29:30,746 --> 00:29:32,182 and he fired three rounds. 768 00:29:32,226 --> 00:29:34,358 - And what did Mr. Davis do after he shot Ajay? 769 00:29:34,402 --> 00:29:37,057 - He dropped his gun and recited his name and rank. 770 00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:39,711 - Did you think that that was for dramatic effect, 771 00:29:39,755 --> 00:29:42,845 or did he actually believe that he was a soldier in battle? 772 00:29:42,889 --> 00:29:44,586 - Objection. Calls for speculation. 773 00:29:44,629 --> 00:29:46,066 - Rephrase. 774 00:29:46,109 --> 00:29:47,850 Did he appear confused? 775 00:29:47,894 --> 00:29:50,461 - No. - Thank you, Sergeant. 776 00:29:59,601 --> 00:30:01,168 - No, no! 777 00:30:01,211 --> 00:30:02,734 - On the video, you get between Mr. Davis 778 00:30:02,778 --> 00:30:04,127 and the corrections officers. 779 00:30:04,171 --> 00:30:06,434 - I just didn't want a bad situation to get worse. 780 00:30:06,477 --> 00:30:08,436 I knew he was no threat to the officers. 781 00:30:08,479 --> 00:30:09,524 They didn't know that. 782 00:30:09,567 --> 00:30:11,831 - You knew he was no danger. 783 00:30:11,874 --> 00:30:13,049 Do you think Mickey Davis should be sitting 784 00:30:13,093 --> 00:30:14,268 in this courtroom here today? 785 00:30:14,311 --> 00:30:16,966 - That's not my job. - No? 786 00:30:17,010 --> 00:30:19,316 But it was your job to investigate Ajay Sharma? 787 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:20,622 - Yes. - Do you have any doubt 788 00:30:20,665 --> 00:30:23,712 that Ajay Sharma raped Nydia Davis repeatedly, 789 00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:25,932 got her pregnant, and administered 790 00:30:25,975 --> 00:30:27,890 the abortion drugs which almost got her killed? 791 00:30:27,934 --> 00:30:29,413 - None. - Well, what about the other 792 00:30:29,457 --> 00:30:31,763 four girls he fostered who he also sexually assaulted? 793 00:30:31,807 --> 00:30:32,982 Did you charge him for that? 794 00:30:33,026 --> 00:30:34,636 - We only found out about the other girls 795 00:30:34,679 --> 00:30:36,377 after Mr. Sharma's death. 796 00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:38,074 - So for 10 years as an ACS supervisor, 797 00:30:38,118 --> 00:30:40,250 Ajay Sharma raped girls in his care 798 00:30:40,294 --> 00:30:43,297 and neither ACS nor SVU found out about it 799 00:30:43,340 --> 00:30:45,908 until Nydia Davis was found hemorrhaging in the street? 800 00:30:45,952 --> 00:30:47,910 Why? - I can't answer that. 801 00:30:47,954 --> 00:30:49,825 - Was it because ACS failed to do its job 802 00:30:49,869 --> 00:30:52,175 to protect Nydia, just like SVU failed? 803 00:30:52,219 --> 00:30:53,698 - Objection. - Sustained. 804 00:30:53,742 --> 00:30:54,917 - Leaving my client no choice 805 00:30:54,961 --> 00:30:56,092 but to protect his daughter himself! 806 00:30:56,136 --> 00:30:57,877 - Mr. Barba! I'm about this close 807 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,053 to holding you in contempt. - You can fine me all you want, 808 00:31:00,096 --> 00:31:01,402 Your Honor, I'm not gonna stop asking questions, 809 00:31:01,445 --> 00:31:02,969 because I am fighting for my client's freedom 810 00:31:03,012 --> 00:31:05,928 the same way he fought for our country's. 811 00:31:05,972 --> 00:31:09,584 [tense music] 812 00:31:09,627 --> 00:31:11,847 The defense calls Mickey Davis. 813 00:31:11,891 --> 00:31:14,328 - No, sir. 814 00:31:14,371 --> 00:31:17,070 ♪ 815 00:31:31,693 --> 00:31:33,782 [groans] 816 00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:35,175 - Mr. Davis, can you tell the jury 817 00:31:35,218 --> 00:31:37,264 how you came to be in that chair? 818 00:31:37,307 --> 00:31:39,309 - My unit was ambushed in the Khyber Pass. 819 00:31:39,353 --> 00:31:40,963 I went back to retrieve two of my men, 820 00:31:41,007 --> 00:31:42,486 stepped on an IED. 821 00:31:42,530 --> 00:31:45,141 It was a coffee can full of rags and a grenade. 822 00:31:45,185 --> 00:31:47,665 Spent two years in Landstuhl, a military hospital, 823 00:31:47,709 --> 00:31:50,407 and then the VA here. 824 00:31:50,451 --> 00:31:53,410 They fit me with one of these. [chuckles] 825 00:31:53,454 --> 00:31:55,804 Still learning how to use it. It's been tough. 826 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:57,980 Focusing on getting custody of my daughter back 827 00:31:58,024 --> 00:31:59,286 helped me get through. 828 00:31:59,329 --> 00:32:01,244 - And now? 829 00:32:04,204 --> 00:32:05,292 - I'll never get over what happened 830 00:32:05,335 --> 00:32:07,468 to Nydia in that house... 831 00:32:07,511 --> 00:32:08,948 [dark music] 832 00:32:08,991 --> 00:32:10,775 With that animal. 833 00:32:10,819 --> 00:32:12,342 ACS lied. 834 00:32:12,386 --> 00:32:14,997 They made me believe that she was safe. 835 00:32:15,041 --> 00:32:16,868 - How did you react when you found out that Ajay Sharma 836 00:32:16,912 --> 00:32:18,914 had been raping Nydia, impregnated her, 837 00:32:18,958 --> 00:32:21,873 and left her on the sidewalk to die? 838 00:32:21,917 --> 00:32:23,875 - I cried like a baby. 839 00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:25,529 - Why did you go to that courthouse? 840 00:32:25,573 --> 00:32:27,140 - To see him arraigned. 841 00:32:27,183 --> 00:32:29,838 I wanted to hear him admit what he'd done. 842 00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:32,754 Then I heard him plead not guilty? 843 00:32:32,797 --> 00:32:35,539 There's no remorse. 844 00:32:35,583 --> 00:32:36,845 No shame. 845 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:38,194 - What did you do? 846 00:32:38,238 --> 00:32:40,022 - I found out where he was being transported. 847 00:32:40,066 --> 00:32:42,198 I wanted him to look me in the eye, 848 00:32:42,242 --> 00:32:43,678 so I called his name. 849 00:32:43,721 --> 00:32:45,027 - Then what happened? 850 00:32:45,071 --> 00:32:46,855 - He refused to look at me. 851 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:48,248 I lost control, I-- 852 00:32:48,291 --> 00:32:50,032 my head was pounding and there's blood in my eyes. 853 00:32:50,076 --> 00:32:51,207 My ears were ringing. 854 00:32:51,251 --> 00:32:53,514 I knew I had to protect Nydia. 855 00:32:53,557 --> 00:32:55,255 After that, I-- 856 00:32:55,298 --> 00:32:56,778 I don't remember much. 857 00:32:56,821 --> 00:32:59,215 - So you reacted as you were trained to do as a Ranger. 858 00:32:59,259 --> 00:33:01,696 Shoot the enemy, center mass, close grouping-- 859 00:33:01,739 --> 00:33:03,654 - Objection, leading. 860 00:33:03,698 --> 00:33:05,613 - Rephrase. 861 00:33:07,006 --> 00:33:09,051 Mr. Davis... 862 00:33:09,095 --> 00:33:10,792 why were you deployed to Afghanistan? 863 00:33:10,835 --> 00:33:12,533 - To fight the Taliban. 864 00:33:12,576 --> 00:33:15,449 To defend women, children, from their brutality. 865 00:33:15,492 --> 00:33:16,841 - Rape? 866 00:33:16,885 --> 00:33:18,669 - Yes, sir. 867 00:33:18,713 --> 00:33:20,323 Shoot to kill if I had to. 868 00:33:20,367 --> 00:33:23,587 - Thank you. Nothing further. 869 00:33:23,631 --> 00:33:26,634 ♪ 870 00:33:26,677 --> 00:33:28,549 - Thank you for your service, Mr. Davis, 871 00:33:28,592 --> 00:33:32,509 and I'm truly sorry for what happened to your daughter. 872 00:33:34,076 --> 00:33:35,425 You said you went to the courthouse 873 00:33:35,469 --> 00:33:37,819 to see Ajay Sharma arraigned? - Yes, sir. 874 00:33:37,862 --> 00:33:39,081 - And you brought a gun with you. 875 00:33:39,125 --> 00:33:40,430 Did you know that was illegal? 876 00:33:40,474 --> 00:33:42,084 - I'm used to carrying. It's just a reflex. 877 00:33:42,128 --> 00:33:43,564 - But they don't let you keep the gun at the VA, 878 00:33:43,607 --> 00:33:45,957 so you had to go to a brother soldier's house 879 00:33:46,001 --> 00:33:47,437 earlier that day to get it? 880 00:33:47,481 --> 00:33:48,699 - Yes, sir. - And you took advantage 881 00:33:48,743 --> 00:33:50,179 of being a vet in a wheelchair 882 00:33:50,223 --> 00:33:53,008 to avoid the metal detector, get that gun through security. 883 00:33:53,052 --> 00:33:55,010 - Well, law enforcement's usually respectful 884 00:33:55,054 --> 00:33:56,359 of my service. - In court, 885 00:33:56,403 --> 00:33:59,275 you heard the judge grant Ajay private transport? 886 00:33:59,319 --> 00:34:00,668 - Yes, sir. - And you found out that 887 00:34:00,711 --> 00:34:03,279 that transport was going to occur in the sally port. 888 00:34:03,323 --> 00:34:05,455 How long did it take you to get over there? 889 00:34:05,499 --> 00:34:06,891 - Well, I'm not confined to this chair. 890 00:34:06,935 --> 00:34:08,284 - No, I know. You had to find 891 00:34:08,328 --> 00:34:10,852 a service elevator to avoid the courthouse steps, 892 00:34:10,895 --> 00:34:13,333 cross from Chambers to Baxter, 893 00:34:13,376 --> 00:34:15,465 at lunch hour--20 minutes sound about right? 894 00:34:15,509 --> 00:34:16,945 - I guess. 895 00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:18,207 - And how long did you wait outside 896 00:34:18,251 --> 00:34:21,080 before Ajay was walked out? 897 00:34:21,123 --> 00:34:22,472 There's security footage. 898 00:34:22,516 --> 00:34:25,171 You waited 40 minutes in 30-degree weather. 899 00:34:25,214 --> 00:34:26,259 - Objection, is there a question here? 900 00:34:26,302 --> 00:34:27,956 - Let's move along, Mr. Carisi. 901 00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:31,307 - Mr. Davis, you smuggled the gun into the courthouse, 902 00:34:31,351 --> 00:34:33,396 tracked Sharma's location, 903 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,224 waited for him, called out his name, 904 00:34:35,268 --> 00:34:39,620 and then shot him at point-blank range three times. 905 00:34:39,663 --> 00:34:42,666 And you expect this jury to believe 906 00:34:42,710 --> 00:34:44,320 that you didn't want to kill him? 907 00:34:44,364 --> 00:34:46,017 That none of that was intentional? 908 00:34:46,061 --> 00:34:47,497 - I didn't intend to shoot him. 909 00:34:47,541 --> 00:34:49,151 - Oh, so the gun just went off? 910 00:34:49,195 --> 00:34:50,674 You're a trained military professional. 911 00:34:50,718 --> 00:34:53,068 You must know that in order for a weapon to fire, 912 00:34:53,112 --> 00:34:54,330 you gotta pull the trigger? 913 00:34:54,374 --> 00:34:56,811 - Objection. - I'll allow. 914 00:34:56,854 --> 00:34:58,029 - I didn't know where I was. 915 00:34:58,073 --> 00:34:59,857 - Oh, well, where did you think you were? 916 00:34:59,901 --> 00:35:03,687 ♪ 917 00:35:03,731 --> 00:35:04,862 - Afghanistan. 918 00:35:04,906 --> 00:35:06,647 - Well, do you know where you are now? 919 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:07,952 - Yes, sir. 920 00:35:07,996 --> 00:35:08,997 - Do you know that murder is against the law? 921 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,433 - So is what he did. 922 00:35:10,477 --> 00:35:11,826 - Do you know that even if you're a soldier at war, 923 00:35:11,869 --> 00:35:13,610 it's a violation of the military code of conduct 924 00:35:13,654 --> 00:35:16,352 to shoot an unarmed, handcuffed civilian? 925 00:35:16,396 --> 00:35:19,094 - That son of a bitch raped my daughter! 926 00:35:20,530 --> 00:35:23,620 Raped her. 927 00:35:23,664 --> 00:35:26,319 I'm her father. 928 00:35:26,362 --> 00:35:28,103 I'm supposed to protect her. 929 00:35:28,147 --> 00:35:29,191 - Your Honor, we need a recess. 930 00:35:29,235 --> 00:35:30,366 - Mr. Davis, be honest with me. 931 00:35:30,410 --> 00:35:31,628 You knew where you were, 932 00:35:31,672 --> 00:35:33,326 you knew exactly what you were doing, 933 00:35:33,369 --> 00:35:34,805 and you would do it again, wouldn't you? 934 00:35:34,849 --> 00:35:38,200 - You're damn straight! Every day of the week. 935 00:35:38,244 --> 00:35:45,381 ♪ 936 00:35:52,649 --> 00:35:54,564 - Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. 937 00:35:54,608 --> 00:35:56,087 - You had to see it coming. 938 00:35:56,131 --> 00:35:58,220 - Off the record, he expressed similar sentiments in prep. 939 00:35:58,264 --> 00:36:00,875 I advised him that it would not be in his best interests 940 00:36:00,918 --> 00:36:03,182 to convey that to a jury. 941 00:36:03,225 --> 00:36:04,835 When I was an ADA, this would be the moment 942 00:36:04,879 --> 00:36:06,576 I would offer the defense a deal. 943 00:36:06,620 --> 00:36:07,882 - Man two is still on the table. 944 00:36:07,925 --> 00:36:09,275 I can recommend the minimum. 945 00:36:09,318 --> 00:36:10,841 - That's exactly the offer I told Mickey you'd make. 946 00:36:10,885 --> 00:36:12,278 - What did he say? 947 00:36:12,321 --> 00:36:14,323 - Basically, no thank you, but more anatomically. 948 00:36:14,367 --> 00:36:16,586 - Man two specifically states that the accused-- 949 00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:19,067 - Lacked the intention to cause harm. 950 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,329 - If I go any lower, then I'm saying 951 00:36:20,373 --> 00:36:22,288 it's okay for civilians to take the law 952 00:36:22,331 --> 00:36:24,072 into their own hands. 953 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:25,552 Rafael, when you were an ADA-- 954 00:36:25,595 --> 00:36:27,641 - I would have held the line at man two. 955 00:36:27,684 --> 00:36:29,947 But here we are. 956 00:36:29,991 --> 00:36:31,906 When I was an ADA, the NYPD and the DA's office 957 00:36:31,949 --> 00:36:33,734 commanded a modicum of respect. 958 00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:36,867 - So it's a bull market in vigilantism? 959 00:36:36,911 --> 00:36:38,913 We already have armed militias coming into our cities. 960 00:36:38,956 --> 00:36:40,784 How much more lawlessness can we take? 961 00:36:40,828 --> 00:36:42,525 - In terms of the big picture, I agree. 962 00:36:42,569 --> 00:36:44,788 In terms of Davis... 963 00:36:44,832 --> 00:36:46,486 I don't think a jury's gonna put him in a cell. 964 00:36:46,529 --> 00:36:47,617 - And that's all that matters? 965 00:36:47,661 --> 00:36:50,707 - To my client? Yeah. 966 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,361 See you tomorrow. 967 00:36:52,405 --> 00:36:56,060 You know how you used to come to all of my closing arguments? 968 00:36:56,104 --> 00:36:57,192 - Yeah. 969 00:36:57,236 --> 00:36:59,629 - Let's see if you learned anything. 970 00:37:05,244 --> 00:37:06,984 My client is in a fight for his life, 971 00:37:07,028 --> 00:37:09,552 as serious a fight as when he was 972 00:37:09,596 --> 00:37:11,989 facing the enemy in Afghanistan. 973 00:37:12,033 --> 00:37:14,601 He returned home damaged in body and soul. 974 00:37:14,644 --> 00:37:16,777 And while he was on the long, hard road to recovery, 975 00:37:16,820 --> 00:37:18,605 his daughter was being groomed, raped, 976 00:37:18,648 --> 00:37:20,911 and impregnated by Ajay Sharma. 977 00:37:20,955 --> 00:37:24,872 Sharma was a serial predator, 978 00:37:24,915 --> 00:37:28,876 raping young girls in his home for a decade. 979 00:37:30,007 --> 00:37:33,315 No one stopped him. Not ACS. 980 00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:35,274 Not SVU. 981 00:37:35,317 --> 00:37:37,406 And now the government wants to punish Mr. Davis 982 00:37:37,450 --> 00:37:41,062 because he did what no one else would do. 983 00:37:41,105 --> 00:37:43,673 He protected his daughter. 984 00:37:43,717 --> 00:37:46,154 - We all understand the raw emotion 985 00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:49,375 behind Mr. Davis' decision to murder Ajay Sharma. 986 00:37:49,418 --> 00:37:50,767 We understand that. 987 00:37:50,811 --> 00:37:52,813 But the question is... 988 00:37:52,856 --> 00:37:54,945 who do we want to determine 989 00:37:54,989 --> 00:37:56,991 which laws we obey 990 00:37:57,034 --> 00:37:58,732 and which laws we don't? 991 00:37:58,775 --> 00:38:00,342 We are lucky 992 00:38:00,386 --> 00:38:02,126 to live in a country where police, 993 00:38:02,170 --> 00:38:04,390 prosecutors, and courts mete out justice, 994 00:38:04,433 --> 00:38:07,697 not individuals. 995 00:38:08,916 --> 00:38:11,875 You made me a promise at voir dire 996 00:38:11,919 --> 00:38:13,312 that you would decide this case 997 00:38:13,355 --> 00:38:16,750 based on the evidence and the law. 998 00:38:16,793 --> 00:38:18,360 Well, there's no doubt to either, 999 00:38:18,404 --> 00:38:21,494 as the defendant's own words made clear. 1000 00:38:21,537 --> 00:38:24,497 [dramatic music] 1001 00:38:24,540 --> 00:38:30,459 ♪ 1002 00:38:30,503 --> 00:38:32,461 - Cheers. - To what? 1003 00:38:32,505 --> 00:38:33,854 Jury deliberates for six hours 1004 00:38:33,897 --> 00:38:35,595 to find Mickey guilty of man two 1005 00:38:35,638 --> 00:38:37,510 and we are right back where we started. 1006 00:38:37,553 --> 00:38:38,815 - To irony, then. 1007 00:38:38,859 --> 00:38:41,035 - You both did your jobs, and so did the judge. 1008 00:38:41,078 --> 00:38:44,386 I mean, Davis got the minimum, but that sends a message. 1009 00:38:44,430 --> 00:38:45,692 - 3 1/2 years? 1010 00:38:45,735 --> 00:38:47,389 You ask me, he shouldn't do a day. 1011 00:38:47,433 --> 00:38:49,304 - Yeah, I got that from you. 1012 00:38:49,348 --> 00:38:50,697 I thought we were on the same side. 1013 00:38:50,740 --> 00:38:52,394 - We used to be. 1014 00:38:52,438 --> 00:38:54,135 - Come on, Fin. 1015 00:38:54,178 --> 00:38:55,876 What happens to Nydia now? 1016 00:38:55,919 --> 00:38:57,399 - She's in a group home. I mean... 1017 00:38:57,443 --> 00:38:58,705 [cell phone chimes] 1018 00:38:58,748 --> 00:39:01,185 She's getting counseling. She's mad at Mickey. 1019 00:39:01,229 --> 00:39:02,926 She didn't want Ajay to die. 1020 00:39:02,970 --> 00:39:05,320 - Sorry to cut this wake short. 1021 00:39:05,364 --> 00:39:07,888 My mom is heading to Florida tomorrow. 1022 00:39:07,931 --> 00:39:09,455 Tell Liv I'm sorry I missed her. 1023 00:39:09,498 --> 00:39:10,630 - Will do. - Uh-oh, 1024 00:39:10,673 --> 00:39:12,414 my fiancée wants me home. 1025 00:39:12,458 --> 00:39:14,764 - You went through with it? - Yeah, this morning. 1026 00:39:14,808 --> 00:39:17,158 One condition. No more herbal tea. 1027 00:39:17,201 --> 00:39:18,594 - Good for you. Mazel tov. 1028 00:39:18,638 --> 00:39:20,901 - Congratulations, Fin. - Hey, you got a date set? 1029 00:39:20,944 --> 00:39:22,903 - Gotta go. - Aw. 1030 00:39:22,946 --> 00:39:25,819 - Next round's on me. - Thank you. 1031 00:39:27,473 --> 00:39:28,648 You doing okay? 1032 00:39:28,691 --> 00:39:30,693 - [sighs] Not really. 1033 00:39:30,737 --> 00:39:32,086 To be honest, I-- 1034 00:39:32,129 --> 00:39:33,914 I feel bad about Mickey. - Hmm. 1035 00:39:33,957 --> 00:39:35,655 - And maybe I'm a little angry. 1036 00:39:35,698 --> 00:39:36,917 - At Barba? - No. 1037 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,701 He was just doing his job. 1038 00:39:38,745 --> 00:39:40,442 Look, it's hard enough going up against my mentor, 1039 00:39:40,486 --> 00:39:42,966 but when half of my old unit is helping him investigate? 1040 00:39:43,010 --> 00:39:44,794 - It's over. 1041 00:39:44,838 --> 00:39:47,144 And not for nothing, you won. 1042 00:39:48,624 --> 00:39:50,931 - Cheers. 1043 00:39:52,498 --> 00:39:53,890 - Hey. 1044 00:39:53,934 --> 00:39:55,065 Did I miss the post-mortem? 1045 00:39:55,109 --> 00:39:56,458 - No, they're still inside. 1046 00:39:56,502 --> 00:39:58,852 Hey, walk with me? 1047 00:39:58,895 --> 00:40:01,028 - Sure. 1048 00:40:01,071 --> 00:40:02,464 - Are you mad at me 1049 00:40:02,508 --> 00:40:04,988 about how I handled this case? 1050 00:40:05,032 --> 00:40:06,468 - Davis confessed on the stand. 1051 00:40:06,512 --> 00:40:08,296 What if they found him guilty of man one? 1052 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:10,994 - It was never gonna happen. - Because you're so good? 1053 00:40:12,605 --> 00:40:16,391 Barba, how much of this was about Davis... 1054 00:40:16,435 --> 00:40:18,611 and how much of it was about you? 1055 00:40:18,654 --> 00:40:19,786 - What do you mean? 1056 00:40:19,829 --> 00:40:22,005 - The way that you had to leave. 1057 00:40:23,224 --> 00:40:27,968 Maybe you weren't defending him, maybe... 1058 00:40:28,011 --> 00:40:30,405 you were defending yourself. 1059 00:40:31,841 --> 00:40:33,408 - We can't change the past. 1060 00:40:33,452 --> 00:40:36,324 - I just miss it. 1061 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:38,848 And you. 1062 00:40:38,892 --> 00:40:40,763 That's all. 1063 00:40:40,807 --> 00:40:43,026 - Me too. 1064 00:40:43,070 --> 00:40:46,552 This past year's been all about loss. 1065 00:40:46,595 --> 00:40:49,903 - Well, let's hope that this year's a better one. 1066 00:40:51,861 --> 00:40:53,689 - Happy New Year, Liv. 1067 00:40:53,733 --> 00:40:56,649 - Happy New Year. 1068 00:40:56,692 --> 00:41:03,612 ♪ 1069 00:41:16,582 --> 00:41:19,541 [dramatic music] 1070 00:41:19,585 --> 00:41:26,505 ♪ 1071 00:41:45,785 --> 00:41:48,918 [wolf howls]