[Kanye West singing "Gone"]
♪ It's too late he's gone ♪
♪ You sweat her and I ain't talkin' 'bout a Cool J ♪
♪ You a big L and I ain't talkin 'bout Cool J ♪
♪ See me at the airport at least 20 Louis ♪
♪ Treat me like the Prince and this my sweet brother Numpsay ♪
♪ Brother Numpsay ♪Groupies sound too choosy ♪
♪ Take 'em to the show and talk all through the movies.. ♪
Where the hell have you been?
You are 20 minutes late and this is our
first actual press for this campaign.
I'll make it up to him.
It's gonna take a little more than just a charming smile, Dex.
'And what do you have on your feet?'
You told me to buy the suit.
You didn't say anything about the shoes.
Sorry to hold you up.
I was at the community center.
Yeah, runnin' that center must certainly get culture shock
compared to corporate litigation, eh?
No comparison.
What I do now matters.
So, uh, what made you decide
to jump into the tar pit of municipal politics?
- 'Watch out!' - Oh!
♪ Even your superficial raps is super official.. ♪
[Dex] Gonna have to get you boys a real hoop one of these days.
Sorry about that Dex is
really dedicated to the kids down here.
He's gonna need more dedication
to knock Grover Boone off his perch.
Your guy has got no name, no connections, and no money.
Well, he's got something better..
[Dex] Hey, Eric.
...heart.
They move your brother out of the ICU yet?
I'm keeping him in my prayers.
You need anything, you come see me, you hear?
This boy Eric's older brother was walking home
the other night, caught a stray bullet.
Local dealers flexing muscle at each other.
[male #1] 'Happens every day out here.'
It doesn't make it right, though, does it?
'So to answer your question.'
That's why I'm running for city council.
Sixth Street is the biggest drug market in North Philly.
Cops can't stop it. Boone can't stop it.
What are you gonna do about it?
I'm gonna shut the whole thing down.
[dramatic music]
[woman on TV] 'In other news, police sources said today'
'that murdered city council hopeful, Dexter Collins'
'was in possession of a significant amount'
'of crack cocaine'
'strengthening speculation that the anti-drug candidate'
'struggled with an addiction that led to his death'
'just five days before the election.'
Bleedin' ulcers, man.
I haven't eaten in days.
The prison doctors are useless.
I can't take it anymore.
That's something you should've considered
beforerobbing five liquor stores.
Show some holiday spirit, man.
I'm looking at 15 years.
We're looking at a three-hour drive back to Philly.
Lawyer said you got something to give?
You know that after-hours joint on Susky?
The Red Rooster?
Got it on good authority
a lot of those waitresses are pros.
- What? You're leaving? - We're homicide, Luther.
We deal in bodies, not hookers.
You're as dumb as you look if you
think that weak crap is gonna to fly.
I was just warming up.
I'll see you in 15.
Dexter Collins?
What about him?
'He didn't get killed by no drugs.'
He was assassinated.
- Sixth Street Mafia. - And you witnessed this?
A crackhead up at Graterford told me
on the cell block, when I serving my last bit.
He saw the whole thing go down.
Let's talk to the smokehound.
Dead. TB. Last year.
Happen to ID the doer before he died?
He said he didn't get a good look.
Aw, that's great, Luther
second-hand BS from a dead witness.
Any more garbage you wanna peddle?
- Hey. - 'The gun they used.'
.40 caliber SIG?
Y'all ever find it?
What's your point?
I know where it is.
[Scotty] 'Nah, there's nothing here.'
Wait a minute.
[clattering]
Aw.
[dramatic music]
.40 caliber SIG Sauer.
Guess Luther's not as dumb as he looks.
[theme music]
[Will] 'Dexter Collins, found shot to death on Sixth Street'
2:00 in the morning.
Looked like a drug deal gone bad.
He was 30 years old, raised in the badlands
full ride at Penn, Yale Law, then Wall Street.
The guy was a lightweight.
'He gave it up to be a community activist'
ran for city council, said he was gonna
take on the drug dealers.
Anti-drug candidate found shot to death
with a crack pipe and a fistful of vials.
You know, the crack thing never jibed to me.
'He was a reformer.'
'Refused to take street money.'
Said he was gonna earn votes, not buy them.
Now, ward bosses must've loved that.
Newspapers went to town after his death.
Called him the crackhead candidate.
But they never reported this
"the autopsy didn't find
"any drugs in Dex's system."
[Will] 'Maybe he hadn't used in a while?'
Or maybe the drugs were planted.
- Frame job? - This was a nasty campaign.
Dex was giving Grover Boone a run for his money.
Like 30 years on the city council?
Boone would eat his own children to hold on to his seat.
[Will] 'Commissioner created a task force'
to solve Dex's murder.
Two dozen cops, handpicked
hardly any homicide experience.
Guess how that went.
So, let's look into Luther's story.
The gun we found is a match as the murder weapon
but there's nothing connecting it to the Sixth Street Mafia.
We need more on Dex Collins than news reports and rumors.
- 'Who was close to him?' - The father, Ronnie Collins.
Raised Dex by himself.
And also his campaign manager, Cassie Michaels.
We'll re-interview them
but let's not rattle too many cages
until we know what we're goin' at.
I'm going to meet the campaign manager.
Something I got to take care of.
"Cooper." Who's that?
I keep getting my neighbor's mail.
You might want to stop by the post office.
Check it out 9 o'clock.
[Scotty] 'Oh, not bad.'
You think I got a chance at something like that?
Absolutely.
Yeah.
- Hey, you. - How's it going, Frankie?
Oh, you know, busy working on my swing.
- Yep. - Listen, I gotta jet.
Um, see you later?
- I'm sorry. - See ya.
You're an ass.
Dex was special.
We met in law school and I could tell
he was going places, so I jumped at the chance
to work on his campaign.
That must've been a shock, the way he died
'murdered in the street like that?'
Couple questions that never got resolved
Dex's involvement with drugs for one.
Dex never so much as took a drink
as long as I knew him.
'I was his campaign manager.'
My job was knowing about his skeletons
and he didn't have any.
Sounds too good to be true.
Well, it's too good for this city.
Meanin'?
'Philly's political machine'
has been in place forever, if you wanna run for office
then you need name recognition.
So you pay the ward leaders, in cash.
- To go spread the good word. - Street money.
Ostensibly it goes to expenses but
mostly it just goes into their pockets.
Dex refused to do that, so he made some enemies.
Any of these enemies the type
who'd shoot Dex, plant drugs on him?
In my business, we specialize in character assassination.
Not the other kind.
So explain what Dex was doing
on a known drug corner
dead of night, if it wasn't for drugs.
He was on a mission.
[instrumental version of "Guns are down"]
[Dex] 'Let's get real.'
The drug war is over, we lost.
There's a boy, 16-years-old
'who was shot by drug dealers'
died in ICU last night.
'His 12-year-old brother cried in my arms'
asked me why.
'I couldn't tell him that's just how it is on Sixth Street.'
I couldn't say, our district leader
Grover Boone, is too busy
hosting parties for real estate developers
to be accountable for the blood on our street.
I need to answer that boy's question.
Give me a chance.
Sign my petition to be added to the ballot
and I swear to you, I will always be here
and accountable.
Your name's Warren, right?
Own the Diamond Diner. What's wrong?
I don't need an outsider telling me
what it's like on my own street.
I'm not an outsider.
I grew up here.
Live here now, just down the block.
Well, you sure as hell didn't get that suit on Sixth Street.
Come on.
♪ We fight like barbarians ♪
♪ In sight of the former might ♪
♪ You might think that it's a waste of our time.. ♪
Um, I, uh..
I assure you I, uh, plan to take better care
of our district than I do of my apartment.
What's this about?
Uh...my dad.
'Some of you may know him.'
Ronnie Collins.
'Every morning he's woken up'
knowin' he'd have to push a mop all day.
But he's had faith each day
his hard work was going to pay off.
That faith gave me a better life.
'So every morning, I wake up'
I look in the mirror, and I see faith.
'I know I can do the same for you.'
All I need is your signature.
♪ Barbarians in sight of the former might ♪
♪ You might think that it's a waste.. ♪
Do you remember those signs painted
on sidewalks and bus shelters?
Yeah, faith. They were everywhere.
[Cassie] 'You know, it wasn't even us who did that?'
Dex's supporters did it themselves.
End of the day, it wasn't power
or politics for Dex.
All he cared about was that damn street.
And he paid for it with his life.
Got a hit on the murder weapon, boss.
Registered in '04 to a Jay Quincy
a truck driver in Chester.
Reported the gun stolen with a couple others
a few weeks before Dex's death.
He's done it before, too.
Once in Jersey, twice in Delaware.
- A straw purchaser. - Lowest of the low.
Reports guns stolen and sells them on the street.
Figure he sold to Dex's killer.
Maybe one of the Sixth Street Mafia.
Last cops I talked to were a joke.
They already made up their minds about him.
They didn't even know what he was about.
You and your son pretty tight, Mr. Collins?
Put everything into Dex.
You understand, I..
I wanted him to have opportunity
get him away from here.
But he came home.
Said he wanted to change the way
things worked on the streets.
Who was I to tell him the street wasn't worth the trouble?
He was going after the dealers.
Only one who had guts enough to stand up to 'em.
What was his reward?
Called him the crackhead candidate.
Guess that sells more papers than..
...faith.
Taking a look at the Sixth Street Mafia.
- It's about time. - Why is that?
Dex was out there every night trying to save folks
and those gangsters didn't like it one damn bit.
♪ Memories on corners with the fours and the moors.. ♪
[Dex] 'Hey, friend, can I talk to you?'
Listen, man, you don't have to be doing this.
Saying you're not alone.
Hey, take my card, come see me.
'We can help you get clean'
'give you options.'
♪ Corners leave souls opened and closed hoping for more ♪
♪ With nowhere to go rolling in droves ♪
♪ They shoot the wrong way 'cause they ain't.. ♪
You best start movin'.
I ain't even playing.
I know you.
'Victor Nash.'
- 'We grew up together.' - 'Yeah, so?'
My dad helped us set up that car wash, remember?
Two bucks a car. Thought we were some regular Trumps.
Look, 'cause we know each other
I'm gonna give you a pass.
Go home.
'Now.'
I won't go until all of you go first.
How you plan on pulling that off?
You strapped?
I don't got a gun.
'I got faith.'
But see, I got a gun.
Yeah?
But you won't use it.
♪ Colored blue profiles glorifying that ♪
♪ Streetlights & deepnights.. ♪
Victor Nash was..
...a screwup from the age of ten.
Dex saw something there worth saving.
For a while, it looked like he was right.
Victor left the corner?
Did odd jobs at the campaign office.
But I never trusted him myself.
You don't just walk away from a gang like Sixth Street.
And after Dex died, Victor went right back to them.
No questions asked.
[indistinct chatter]
[phone ringing]
Yeah, Scotty.
Traffic hour.
I'll meet you on Sixth Street.
Hey.
This a private game?
[Scotty] 'Relax, folks.'
Just looking for someone.
- 'Hey, Victor.' - I didn't do nothing.
Besides slinging rock, guns, agg assault?
That's all in the past?
One of those early achievers, I guess.
[Victor] Hey, why y'all hassling me?
- 'Dex Collins.' - I can't help you.
[Scotty] 'Now, see, that's not how this works.'
We ask questions, then you lie.
Whoops, a gun.
This the one you pulled on Dex?
That was a misunderstanding.
Like hanging around his campaign just before you popped him?
Where were you, huh, the night he got shot?
- I was at an NA meeting. - Yeah.
I was all messed up, I was getting high
half hoping to get busted or dead.
He helped me.
Come on, Victor. Still a soldier.
Sixth Street was losing business
with his nightly visits to the corner.
'Dex reached out to you'
and you put one in his chest.
Sixth Street was nothing
compared to who was really after Dex.
[The Perceptionists feat. Phonte of Little Brother singing "5 O'Clock"]
♪ Now this is dedicated to that little piece of mind ♪
♪ That you find every day.. ♪
Is all this really necessary?
Yes. Dex, I have every member
of the district coming here today.
'I have ward leaders and clergy'
'most of them expecting'
more than just a free meal.
I'm not paying for votes.
'Then, you need to convince them to support you.'
Dex, champagne's gonna help with that.
I should be out on the corner, not kissing political ass.
You need to do both.
Dex, look, I think that you
actually have a shot here, okay, so just straighten this tie
and put on a smile.
It's only gonna hurt a little.
[knock on door]
What's going on?
Warren Wilson..
I'm Lieutenant Doherty.
This is notification that you're shut down
for health violations pending review.
The inspector was here two months ago.
There weren't any problems.
You'll have to take that up with
the Health Department, assuming
you have a liquor license.
We're hosting a private party here tonight
expecting 150 guests.
Not anymore, building's only zoned for 70.
[Cassie] 'Oh, are you the fire marshal, too'
or just Boone's hatchet man?
Cassie, it's okay.
He's only doing what he's told.
Isn't that right, lieutenant?
[man on PA] 'Send the rich boy home.'
'Vote Grover Boone.'
'He stands alone.'
'Send the rich boy home.'
'Vote Grover Boone.'
'He stands alone.'
Boone is like any other gangster in the street.
He's got muscle, too..
...only they wear badges.
Now I know you're still using, Victor.
Saying a cop did Dex Collins, huh?
Saying if Boone wanted Dex done
he'd be done.
- You fill in the blanks. - Yeah, we'll do that.
You remember how the rest of this goes.
Came up in the department with Pat Doherty.
He's never served a day of street duty.
- Desk jockey, huh? - Political operator.
Goes lieutenant to deputy commissioner in two years.
- Hitched his wagon to Boone. - Not just him.
Health Department closes Warren's restaurant in '05.
He files a complaint that gets thrown out.
Electricity's shut down in his house the next day.
Yeah, Boone takes no prisoners.
He's not all bad. Hires cops to moonlight for him.
Speaks up for us at city hall.
And then condemns us on the 5 o'clock news
when it hits the fan.
'This election got ugly.'
Dex's campaign office was broken into
volunteers harassed.
Maybe someone went too far.
Making extra points for taking out the competition.
Meeting with Warren, see if he remembers
any rabid Boone supporters.
Gonna contact Boone, too.
That's a hornet's nest, Scotty.
I'll handle Boone.
You sold the guns on the street
filed a false report.
Not the first time, either.
You got a whole side business going.
'Ain't that right?'
I don't recall.
[Bell chuckling]
Listen, Ray.
It's Jay.
Right, Jay.
I pulled the other reports you filed.
I got 'em right here.
Uh...somewhere.
Hang on a second. I know that..
Was it yesterday..
Seven handguns in Delaware in 2002.
'12 in Jersey the next year.'
I got bad luck.
Don't know the half of it.
One of your guns was used in the shooting of a policeman.
'Another wounded a little girl on a playground.'
Now, I'm a cop and a mom, Jay.
You've pissed me off twice already.
Then, there's Dex Collins.
'Sold the gun to the killer.'
That's conspiracy.
- Prove it. - That's why the DA's here, Jay.
To be honest, I'm not that good a lawyer.
ADD, you know? Makes it hard.
That's why I work this crap job.
Oh, here we go, okay, so..
The report says that the guns
were stolen from your mother's house
so even when we prove this false and we will
any half-assed public defender's gonna say
that we can't connect it to you
'so what I'm proposing is--'
So I can go.
Yeah..
...but Mom's gonna have to stay.
Like you're gonna arrest an old lady.
You see, Ray, not only are we arresting her
but, uh..
...we're gonna convict her, too.
Hey, Mrs. Quincy. Your old lady's gonna spend
the rest of her life in a cage thinking one thing
my son did this to me.
It was a Dominican guy.
Hangs out at the hardware depot.
Jorge Gonzalez.
'Okay?'
Anything else?
Yeah, you gonna drink that?
You should have called first, John.
Yeah, would he have called back?
This is about Dex Collins?
I'm looking for a list of supporters
from the last campaign.
Never gonna happen.
You impeding an investigation?
I'm looking out for you, John.
Look, Boone is just gonna refer you to his attorney.
Then, he's gonna call the commissioner
and have you transferred to the motor pool.
We did a thorough job on this case three years ago.
Dex Collins was killed buying dope.
Except you didn't find the doer.
He was probably dead too
community service murder.
You don't wanna start a riot in the streets
by stirring this up.
You worried about a riot in the streets?
- Or a riot in city hall? - Both.
So, Boone is refusing to cooperate?
Did I say that?
Come on, John, relax, we're working
the same job here.
I do police work, Pat.
Not exactly sure what you do.
Councilman Boone.
Good to see you, Lieutenant.
'Sorry I can't talk.'
Do it again real soon.
[Lilly] 'You paid a big price supporting Dexter Collins'
during the election
going against the Boone machine.
Yeah, it was tough for a while.
No income, three daughters.
Worked 12 hours a day for Dex
then bartended at a club after hours just to get by.
But back in business now, though.
Boone cooled off after Dex died.
Think it was one of Boone's people?
Got overenthusiastic, went after Dex?
Well, everybody was kind of crazy.
You know, bricks were thrown, tires slashed
but the worst damage we did to ourselves.
- What does that mean? - We were doing well in polls.
But, uh, flat broke.
The big donors were afraid of alienating Boone
so we got into bed with the wrong people.
You're saying it was one of Dex's own
supporters who took him out?
I'm saying, you lie down with dogs..
He's here. Mulwrey is here. He's, five steps behind me.
I thought you were pitching him.
But he said that he wanted to meet you.
Dex, this guy is big money, and he is no bull, okay?
We are one minute away
from having our phones repossessed
so, please don't piss him off, okay?
Don't preach to him. Just be normal, okay?
We need this.
Mr. Mulwrey, um..
Why don't you, uh, come into my office?
[indistinct chatter]
- Mr. Mulwrey? - I've heard enough.
You're my guy. Just maybe consider some real shoes.
Oh, my God!
There was 50 grand easy in that case.
Street money. What did Mulwrey want in return?
He was lobbying city hall
to redevelop the Chandler Housing Projects.
Would have displaced hundreds of poor residents.
Dex spoke out against that during the campaign.
Mulwrey figured he'd buy Dex's silence.
But the next day, Dex held a press conference
denouncing the Chandler redevelopment.
So Dex takes the man's money and screws him a day later.
Mulwrey comes out of the construction business.
Waste management.
Plays by different rules.
You hit him, he hits back.
With a vengeance.
[male #2] 'Closing it up now.'
This used to be the Chandler Housing Project, right?
Pulled that eyesore down three years ago.
Feels good to give back.
I'm sure you relocated all the people
who got displaced, too.
The city contracted me to redevelop here.
Yeah, 'cause you paid 'em off.
But not everyone toed the line. Dex Collins, for example.
[Nick] 'Gave him a lot of money to back off.'
Only he screwed you to the wall with a press conference.
Almost ended this cash cow.
It's called the cost of doing business.
As you can see, I ended up on top.
And Dex ended up dead.
Dex and I were straight.
First time in the history of Philly politics
that a candidate actually gave money back.
Dex returned the 50 grand?
Guy was sincere, I'll give him that.
But a bit too naive for his own good.
Because he was on the up-and-up?
Because he didn't know that his campaign manager
was taking cash from everyone
and putting it on the street.
Cassie Michaels told us
they never took a penny of street money.
Well, then she lied.
I don't care how charismatic you are.
In ward politics
the bosses don't lift a finger without getting paid.
Cassie went behind his back?
The guy ran his whole campaign on doing things different.
He just didn't know what the other hand was doing.
So, he gave you your money back?
'Figured he found out what she was up to.'
Isn't that why he fired her?
What's up with this new DA?
Waiting half an hour to start
lineup for our straw purchaser Quincy.
Bell's nowhere. Who is this jackass anyway?
Bell's good people. His dad was a cop.
Killed in the line.
[squeaking]
Car broke down.
Hey.
Recognize any of them, Jay?
Hard to say. They all look alike.
[Bell] 'Let's pretend for a minute that'
your mom's life depended on it
because it kinda does.
[Jay] 'Number four.'
Wasn't hard to say, after all.
[knock on door]
You held back about the street money.
Dex wasn't taking it, but you were.
Well, I was doing my job.
That how Dex saw it?
- 'Goin' behind his back.' - Yeah, he understood.
That why he let you go?
I was good at my job..
...and he knew that.
'Well, it was more than that.'
I did some background on you two.
You met at Yale.
- Shared an apartment. - Yeah, we were friends.
With benefits, right?
'But the relationship changed.'
We went in different directions.
Yet you drop everything when he calls.
Okay, what do you want me to say?
You want me to say that I still had a thing for Dex?
So what if I did?
It had to be tough.
Him wanting you in his camp, just not on his arm.
Not in his neighborhood at least.
You know, in my experience
top motives for murder
love and money.
- I didn't kill Dex. - 'Which was worse, Cassie?'
Getting fired or dumped?
I was protecting him from himself.
'Dex was a saint.'
But he never understood.
Saints don't win elections.
We are about to take down the most powerful member
of the city council, that wouldn't happen
without street money.
You don't get it, Cass.
It doesn't count if we play by their rules.
Says who? Where is it written
that Dex Collins can't work the system?
The system's broken.
I am trying to show people we don't need it anymore.
Your ideals are nothing if you lose. They're nothing.
'That is why I'm here.'
Because I keep you grounded.
I put you in the game.
I didn't ask you to.
'You think you've done this alone?'
If it wasn't for me, you would still be
the most popular activist on Sixth Street.
[scoffs]
Instead, you..
...are a political presence.
Just imagine what we can do.
You can't be a part of this anymore.
There's a reporter on the phone from the Inquirer.
Wants a comment from Dex about a story for tomorrow.
Has to do with June 13, 1987.
I'm sorry, is that supposed to mean something?
[Scotty] 'What did the reporter have?'
He never said.
Dex kept things from me, too.
And a day later, he was dead.
'Yeah, that's not good enough.'
Cassie, you were his campaign manager.
His friend. You saying you never found out?
Yeah.
Unfortunately, I did.
I've been meaning to tell you how much I admired your son.
Of course no one's perfect.
'Cause in 1987
Dex was arrested for dealing drugs.
Just like the rest, looking to bring my son down.
I'm looking for the truth. Why didn't you tell me?
It would have given you an excuse to walk away.
You owe Dex more than just sitting vigil for him.
Tell me what happened.
Cops come to my house one morning.
Say they busted Dex
for slinging dope the night before.
I said, no, sir, not my son.
You must have got it wrong.
But they were right.
13-years-old..
...and they got him in lockup.
Judge suspended the charges because of my boy's academics.
Yeah, I did everything I could to keep him off the street.
Street still killed him in the end.
'Juvenile record's sealed'
but a reporter found out anyway.
Any idea who else could have told him, Ronnie?
Oh, yeah.
[Lilly] 'Dex's juvenile record.'
'Picked up for distribution'
of cocaine, June '87.
Were you with him. Dex got off.
His father made a deal.
Sent him away to a fancy school.
'But not you, Victor.'
Nah, I took the full hit.
Now, 24 months at Glen Mills Youth Detention Center.
These records are sealed. Public has no access to them.
So tell me how the "Inquirer" found out about it.
You charging me?
Only other person who'd remember.
Only one who can confirm it, you.
Charge me, if you're gonna charge me.
Call Boone, tell him the job's done.
Oh, you think I answer to Boone?
You police, ain't you?
I answer to him.
You were pissed at Dex for dodging
the bullet all those years ago.
Making something of himself.
- He gave me a second chance. - 'Right.'
As his errand boy.
What else was I good for?
Exactly. You were nothing but a thug.
You thought you'd take him down a notch.
Remind everyone exactly what street Dex comes from.
But what I can't figure out, Victor
why you had to shoot him, too.
I was so high that night I barely remember
what was happening.
Go the hell away!
Look, I told you. I..
'Damn, I thought you was a reporter.'
Where have you been?
I'm in here, not feeling too good.
♪ What it is ♪
♪ See me want me get me touch me.. ♪
Any more?
Look, I ain't ever had nobody looking out for me.
Hey, drop that self-pity routine.
The reporter just came.
They wanted me to know about what happened between us
back in the day, you know?
I didn't say anything but they gave me money anyway.
Doesn't matter, Victor.
I said nothing. I don't even know how they found out.
It was Boone.
Someone slipped these under my door this morning.
'Thought it was you.'
Boone keeps pushing and pushing.
I'm sick of it.
- This ends tonight. - What are you gonna do?
Talk to Boone.
He's got dirt on me, and I've got dirt on him.
The photo showed Boone with a woman?
Stripper from the Oasis Club.
He was doing her for months while his wife was sick
and dying in the hospital.
A man of the people, my ass.
When exactly did Dex go to see Boone?
A few hours before he died.
And you never told?
A guy like Dex.
High-profile, respected.
Gunned down like a dog.
What do you think they'll do to a guy like me?
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[back-up beeper beeping]
Patrick.
They're towing my damn car.
Jeez.
Hey!
Where did you find a parking employee with the balls
to tow my car?
You've got your people, I've got mine.
Let's talk about Dex Collins.
Why would I do that?
Because Doherty's wife works
admin at a juvenile court.
You had her look into Dex's sealed record
'leak it to "The Inquirer."'
You can do better than that.
I also have a witness
placing you with Dex the night he was murdered.
Maybe I should call my lawyers.
Well, then we're talking headlines, Grover.
Being a suspect in a murder investigation
doesn't really help when you're making a run at mayor.
You know, I never knew you to be political, John.
If you'd played ball a few years ago
you'd be head of the department now.
This isn't politics.
Everything's politics.
But since I like you
I'm gonna give you ten minutes.
Ask your questions.
Dex came to you the night he died.
He had some photographs.
'I was expecting a showdown.'
But the boy had a way of surprising you.
You had a..
'...tough day in the press.'
'It's only gonna get tougher.'
Unless, if you've come to surrender.
You should probably avoid the Oasis Club.
At least while your wife's in the hospital.
Hmm, that's like telling a dog not to bark.
Everyone has something.
Even you.
Let me tell my wife first.
I don't want her to see this in the news.
I'm giving these back to you.
We're wasting time beating each other to a pulp.
And what do you propose?
'You kill the newspaper story'
I kill the photos, no more smear jobs.
How do I know there aren't more copies?
You don't. So let's be the good guys, Grover.
I absolutely underestimated you.
You know, if the roles were reversed
I wouldn't pay you the courtesy.
I know.
So why are you doing it?
'Cause I'm gonna beat you anyway.
All my years in politics, I never met anyone like him.
Kinda wish he was still around.
It would've made life interesting.
You couldn't last 30 years on the city council
without knowing your enemies.
You ever find out who took the photos?
No one in my campaign.
I'm curious, Grover, if Dex had lived
would you have killed the news story?
Looks like your ten minutes are up.
We'll do it again real soon.
Something kicked up on your suspect
from the lineup, Jorge Gomez.
Turns out this isn't his first arrest.
I ran his name, no felonies.
But he's got a misdemeanor.
Drunk and disorderly in '04.
Held overnight on $500 bail.
His boss at the time bailed him out.
His boss?
Owner of the Diamond Diner.
You're no career criminal, Warren.
[Lilly] 'If you were, you wouldn't ask'
three other employees where to buy a gun
before Jorge Gomez.
Or you'd have thought to toss it in the Schuylkill.
Not in a drain pipe half a block from Dex's body.
[Lilly] 'Checked your story for that night.'
Bartending at the Oasis.
But the manager says you clocked you out early.
Alibi's shot, got you with the gun, it's premeditated murder.
You're looking at life.
That gun was for protection.
That's not how you used it.
[Lilly] 'The thing about the Oasis Club?'
That's where those blackmail photos of Boone were taken.
See, what I don't get, why put your neck out
for Dex taking those photos, then get a gun to kill him?
That's not how it happened.
[Lilly] 'You're gonna have to explain it to us then, Warren.'
So we can help you.
Give us something for the DA.
Do 20 years instead.
Get some time with your family at the other end.
I got a right to support a candidate
without being harassed.
Sure, as long as it's Boone.
[Scotty] 'Yeah, but Boone put the screws to you.'
He used everything in his arsenal
the health department, even the cops.
He was out for blood.
He had people watching me.
- It's why I got the gun. - 'Sure.'
Position you were in
I'd have done the same.
I mean, all that rage
but why take it out on the wrong guy?
This epic dogfight between him and Boone
and you're caught in the middle.
'Over your head.'
I mean, I couldn't think straight.
I couldn't sleep anymore.
And Dex wouldn't..
[Scotty] 'What? What happened?'
What made you turn?
All that talk about looking in the mirror
seeing faith, that was powerful stuff.
That's what hooked you onto Dex, right?
So let me ask you
when you look in the mirror now..
Go on.
What do you see?
I see Dex.
- Whoo! - 'Dex.'
There you are.
'Where have you been?'
Look at this.
No dealers. No buyers.
Boone had the cops sweep the block.
'Today, Sixth Street.'
Tomorrow, Seventh, the Eighth
- The whole district-- - What happened with Boone?
I wish I could've seen his face when he got those photos.
It was you?
You're messing with the wrong guy, Warren.
That's why I got this.
Anyway, who cares?
We are gonna win now!
Dex..
You didn't use the photos?
'We don't have a chance without 'em.'
Look, we're in a dead heat right now.
But if we don't pull it out this time, we'll get him next time.
Next time is four years from now.
I don't have four weeks!
Boone's taken my restaurant.
I can't pay my bills.
Now what's he gonna do to me when you lose?
Warren, I guarantee you, he stays away.
You cut a deal.
'What'd Boone offer?'
Clean up your street?
Run you in another district?
Or was it a straight-up payoff?
No, it's not like that.
'I should've known.'
You're just like the rest. All crooks!
- Sellouts! - Warren, for God's sake--
And I'm the one who gets screwed!
Listen, man!
[dramatic music]
[Grove Armada singing "Hands of Time"]
♪ Keep looking through the windowpane ♪
♪ Just trying to see through the pouring rain ♪
♪ It's hearing your name ♪
♪ Hearing your name ♪
♪ I really never felt quite the same ♪
♪ Since I lost what I had to gain ♪
♪ No one to blame no one to blame ♪
♪ It seems to me ♪
♪ Can't turn back the hands of time ♪
♪ Oh it seems to me ♪
♪ Can't turn back the hands of time ♪
♪ Mm hmm hmm mm hmm hmm ♪
♪ Keep looking through the windowpane ♪
♪ Just trying to see through the pouring rain ♪
♪ It's hearing your name ♪
♪ Hearing your name ♪
♪ I really never felt quite the same ♪
♪ Since I lost what I had to gain ♪
♪ No one to blame no one to blame ♪
♪ It seems to me ♪
♪ Can't turn back the hands of time ♪
♪ Oh it seems to me ♪
♪ Can't turn back the hands of time ♪
[Lilly] Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.
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