Previously on East New York...
BENTLEY: Sandeford. He knows.
QUINLAN: So, we gonna get in trouble now?
I just think we need to cool it.
As long as we ride together, I got your back.
I've got an Undercover, Sean Dryden.
Your cops arrested him on a traffic stop.
I want to get the hell out of undercover work.
How long's it been?
Two and a half years. That's a long time
to be somebody other than yourself.
We can team up.
You did good today.
Meantime, what'll you be doing?
Think I'll take my dog
for a walk at the dog park.
I'd like to go up there with you sometime.
What kind of dog do you have? I don't have a dog,
but I'll get one.
(laughs softly)
("Worth It" by Marta Ren playing)
(whistle blowing)
(car horn honking)
♪ Something told me... ♪
You know, the thing about Columbo was you saw the murder
in the first five minutes, so you know who did it.
Then what was the point?
The point was watching Columbo figure it out,
and he always did.
Was he like your-your hero?
No, not really. I never was a fan of the raincoat.
(beeping)
Check engine again?
Yeah, it happens.
Why don't we have one of the new cars?
(chuckles) What do you care?
The new cars got all kinds of features on them.
This car has features.
(laughs) We need to get rid of it.
Get rid of the old cars, soon they get rid of the old cops.
DISPATCHER (over radio): Sector David, we've got
a 10-10, non-responsive male
at 962 Ashford Street, second floor.
Possible gunshot wound to the head.
Sector David, 10-4, 'kay.
(siren wailing)
Here we go. Yeah.
♪ ♪
(dog barks)
You still thinking about getting a dog?
Definitely.
Any idea what kind of dog you'd get?
I was thinking maybe one that doesn't pee on the rug.
Ha.
I'm not sure you should be seen with me.
Seen by who? Nobody's here.
(laughs)
Sometimes, people can come out of nowhere.
Ah, one of the reasons I want out of, uh,
undercover assignments.
I'm sick of worrying about things like that.
Any idea whether they'll let you out?
(scoffs) Not anytime soon.
My boss at the DEA hates me right now,
thanks to you. Mm-hmm. (laughs)
I was under the impression you went into the operation
because you wanted to. Am I mistaken, or...?
No, no, I'm glad I did. Right.
Shut down some drug dealers,
got a lot of fentanyl off the street,
possibly impressed you
with how skillfully I infiltrated Oh.
a criminal organization.
You impressed me a little.
A little. All right.
(phone ringing)
Who's that? Oh, my goodness.
Haywood. Hey.
Yeah.
Who's a good girl?
What's the address?
♪ ♪
(camera shutter clicking)
(indistinct radio transmission)
KILLIAN: And, uh, what's Remy's last name.
Taylor. Remy Taylor.
And, um, when did you last talk to him?
About 7:30 this morning.
I was visiting my mother up in Kingston.
(woman sniffles)
I told Remy I was on my way back.
How did he sound? Fine.
Normal, like he always sounded.
So, he didn't say anything about hurting himself, in other words?
No.
(sniffles) I mean,
he complained I hadn't been here to make him dinner last night,
but he always complained about that.
Well, we're very sorry
for your loss, Annika. (sniffles)
Can I say goodbye?
Now wouldn't be a good time.
Why don't you follow these gentlemen.
My Remy.
(crying) Ma'am.
What do we know?
Name's Remy Taylor.
Was a detective, retired from homicide at the 7-4.
Yeah, it looks like a single gunshot wound to the head.
So many cop suicides,
almost feels like an occupational hazard.
Well, when you're thinking about it,
the means are always within reach.
KILLIAN: Well, no suicide note,
there's no stippling near the entry wound.
Make sure you bag his hands.
Oh, he had tickets to the Nets game tomorrow night.
You check his phone?
(camera shutter clicking)
No, uh, search warrant necessary, huh, Inspector?
No, Detective, not when they're dead.
KILLIAN: Got it.
(sighs)
♪ ♪
SANDEFORD: We're gonna get this car situation straightened out.
All the money in this city, I don't want to be riding around
looking at a "check oil" light.
Car died on us.
We need a different car.
So, why do you think it is that so many cops kill themselves?
Probably, uh...
financial problems enter into it with a lot of them.
Lots of people have financial problems
and don't kill themselves.
The guy we just saw?
Mm-hmm. He was a detective
when detectives had it good.
Wore a suit and tie,
got dry-cleaned for free.
Went to nice restaurants,
never had to put his hand in his pocket.
So, then, he retires, and he has to pay
for his dry cleaning-- that enough
to make him blow his brains out?
No, these guys don't think of themselves
like everybody else.
As long as they were out there
hunting criminals,
they thought of themselves as heroes.
But, once they stop hunting criminals,
stop thinking of themselves as heroes,
then the world start looking at them
exactly like everybody else.
And they can't stand it.
I'm-a find Yenko.
We gonna straighten this car thing out.
♪ ♪
Here's that file, Mr. Walsh. Thanks, Kathy.
Um, you know, why don't you and Jerry
take the rest of the day off.
KATHY: Okay. Thank you so much. I'm so sorry.
19 years.
He sat right there.
You and Remy were on the job together?
On the job together, off the job together.
I just can't get my head around that he would do this.
So, there was no warning signs,
no pleas for help? Let me tell you something.
Forget about what the job is now.
When we were on the job,
we were on top of the world.
Remy just couldn't accept that
that part of his life was over.
That we're dinosaurs.
Having been a detective yourself,
I'm sure you know that people that kill themselves often
tell others that's what they're planning on doing.
Mm, in retrospect, Remy probably did, too.
At which point,
I would've told him what I tell myself,
have a nice meal,
find some female companionship,
turn on the TV,
go to sleep.
Well, looks like you two
built a pretty successful business, though.
We struggled at first,
but then we got it off the ground.
And you work primarily for who?
Starting out, we ran, uh, employee profiles,
uh, coordinated security for store openings.
Then we got to working for building management.
Handling evictions, situations with problem tenants,
uh, that kind of thing.
Vince Carter?
(laughs) Yeah. We supplied him
with body men back in the day.
On the slim chance that Remy didn't kill himself,
I mean, can you think of anyone that might've had a motive
for killing him. Not really.
I mean, he didn't have any enemies
that I knew of, uh, didn't put himself
in risky situations.
I think he just checked out 'cause he wanted to check out.
YENKO: So, what's the problem with your car again?
I don't know, Captain. Something about the exhaust.
I dropped it off at the shop.
I'll see what I have available.
How about one of the new ones?
He's fixated on this for some reason.
It doesn't have to be
one of the new ones. No, no, no, no, no.
As one who was fixated on a Chrysler Cordoba,
and I had my eye
on a mid-'60s Tri-Power Pontiac
with eight-lug wheels, I understand.
Besides, you don't want some beater from the motor pool.
You want a new car, right?
He doesn't. Ooh, look what
just became available.
Space 14.
Seriously? Midnight Tour
had it last night, other than that,
right off the showroom floor.
Just keep it nice and tidy,
you understand? Who you think you're talking to?
(chuckles) I forgot,
you're the last person I got to worry about.
Thank you, Captain. This is fantastic.
I'm gonna go check out the features
before we head out.
YENKO: Hey.
We young guys, we like cars.
(Bentley laughing)
You know what I was excited about
the last time I changed cars? Huh?
Power windows.
Not having to crank the handle.
Are you trying to sound old? Let me tell you something else.
I'm not taking a course in computer programing
just so I could operate the windshield wipers. (sighs)
(kisses) What's wrong with this?
It's nice. Yup.
(sighs)
Why does it smell like that, though?
Oh, you got to be kidding me.
Oh.
(gags)
Oh...
(groans)
Where you going?
Gonna see which slobs it was who were in this car.
I can't believe you had your confidential informant
go all the way to Red Hook
to bring us these.
Hey, when you have a hero from Defonte's,
you won't care what it took to get here.
I was looking over the crime scene photographs of the gun.
The cylinder swung
to the right, meaning it was for a lefty.
His girlfriend said he was a lefty.
And the entry wound was on the left side, so
all that points to suicide.
Well, what's Remy Taylor been up to since he retired off the job?
Well, he started a security and property management
business with his ex-partner.
MORALES: We spoke with him this morning.
HAYWOOD: Okay, let's talk to the girlfriend again
from the angle of a homicide.
What... what, you thinking nobody ever killed themselves
if they had tickets to the Barclays Center?
Tickets to the Barclays Center,
no suicide note,
no stifling near the entry wound.
Unless we hear otherwise,
treat this like a murder.
What smells so good? What is that?
KILLIAN: Oh. (clears throat)
Uh, this one is eggplant, and that one is,
uh, shrimp parm. Here, go ahead, have-have half.
No, that's all right. Where'd you get them from?
Just, um, a local place.
Some other time.
All right.
I don't think she'd have a problem with your CI
going all the way to Red Hook to bring us lunch.
Like, not at all. None for you.
Whatever, man-child.
(vacuum whirring)
SANDEFORD: Ah, look at that.
One of them was smoking.
They're not allowed to do that, are they?
I'll kill them.
Men.
How's it going, Chief?
Great. Bentley. Yes, sir.
(vacuum whirring)
HAYWOOD: Chief Suarez, Sergeant said you were out here.
Oh, yeah. Making my rounds,
getting some gas. You heard about the get-together for Remy Taylor?
Yeah. Y-You gonna be there? Out of respect.
Retired cop dies in my precinct, seems only right.
All right, maybe I'll see you there. Okay.
(engine starting)
These are beautiful photos of you and Remy.
We met at an AA meeting.
Remy had 17 years.
I was working on 30 days.
Is there any chance he started drinking again?
There's always a chance.
That's why they tell you at meetings
to keep coming back.
But I would've known. Do you know if he was
mixed up in anything
that might've gone bad?
Like what?
Business dealings.
You know, was there someone
who might've held a grudge against him?
Wait a minute, you think he maybe didn't kill himself?
Mm, we have to allow for that possibility.
Oh, my God.
Well, I have to tell you,
even though he's gone from me either way,
it makes a world of difference.
It was Remy who got me
to stop drinking and using and slowly killing myself,
and the thought that he would kill himself
is unbearable.
Were there problems with anyone at work
that might've led to someone getting violent?
I mean...
you don't win any popularity contests evicting people.
I mean, getting violent, though?
About a week ago,
this guy, uh...
Ricky Velasquez came to the house
'cause Remy had evicted him and his family.
I-I wouldn't say he got violent, though.
Did he make any threats when he was here?
I mean, what I've been through in my life,
I don't get threatened that easy.
Did he make what most people
would consider a threat?
Yeah.
You know where we might find him?
I-I think he worked
as a mechanic someplace in East New York.
I remember Remy
went over there, and when he came home,
he said he wished he was repossessing the guy's Harley
so we could both go for a ride on it.
We never got to do that. (chuckles)
♪ Living in the city where it's gutter and it's gritty ♪
♪ Don't nobody show no pity, if I die, they coming with me ♪
♪ Yeah, that's just the mentality ♪
♪ Don't end up a casualty, ain't talking religion ♪
♪ When I said that they gonna blasphemy, we ready for war ♪
♪ 'Cause we don't know nothing else ♪
♪ Smoking, drinking numbs the pain ♪
♪ Don't know the last time that I slept... ♪
You Ricky Velasquez?
Who's asking?
Detective Killian, 7-4 squad.
Does the name "Remy Taylor" ring a bell?
Nope.
This guy.
One of the scumbags who evicted us.
If you paid your rent on time, maybe that
wouldn't have happened. You come here to aggravate me or what?
I came here because Remy Taylor might've been murdered.
Are you thinking I had something to do with it?
I'm asking questions.
I wouldn't have minded killing him.
Not sorry he's dead,
but I didn't do it. Ah.
You did go to his house, though.
He threw my wife's clothes on the street.
He put my kid's bed on the curb.
Are you telling me that there was
no other way to do it? That that was necessary?
I can absolutely understand
why you'd be mad enough to kill the guy.
I'd be mad enough, too.
I fell behind on rent,
had to pay off some gambling debts.
I don't make excuses about it,
but he could've came to me like a gentleman, and we would've
worked it out. Where were you today, Ricky?
I was at my sister-in-law's in the Bronx,
sleeping on an air mattress on the floor.
Oh, so sad.
I was telling you where I was.
That's what you asked, right?
Keep going.
I took the 5 Train down to 14th Street,
changed to the L, got off on Sutter,
then walked here and went to work. I've been at work all day.
You got somebody who can vouch for that? Yeah.
My boss, who's bike this is.
Well, I'm gonna need all their names and phone numbers.
You got it, Chief. Okay.
BENTLEY: Navigation, directions
to Stanley and Fountain.
NAVIGATION SYSTEM: Determining route. Turn left
at second light. This is like Knight Rider.
What's that?
Another television show you haven't seen, apparently.
You've never used voice-assisted GPS before?
No, believe it or not, I never did.
It's a real game-changer. From what to what?
Try it. G-Give it a command.
Doesn't even have to be an address. Anything.
Miss Navigation, please.
Just-just-just Navigation.
NAVIGATION SYSTEM: Where would you like to go?
The post office.
Be-be a little more specific.
Well, the East New York post office.
NAVIGATION SYSTEM: In 500 feet, prepare
to turn left on Pitkin Avenue.
No, that's wrong. I-I wouldn't go that way, see.
No, no, straight up Livonia, just five minutes.
(imitates whoosh)
Remy liked talking on the phone.
He called the woman he lived with,
he called his office,
he called Kurt Walsh's cell phone,
and he called this guy.
What guy?
Antoine Jordan.
There's an Antoine Jordan who has a podcast.
Yeah, he's out of East New York.
According to Remy's planner,
he met with an Antoine Jordan two weeks ago
and was scheduled to meet with him again.
YENKO: Opinionated, radical,
commentary we would all take issue with.
Why was Remy Taylor meeting with him again?
Maybe he was gonna do another interview for the podcast.
Maybe someone wanted to make sure that didn't happen.
♪ ♪
(knocking)
I help you?
Antoine Jordan? Yeah.
Detective Killian, 7-4 squad. I'd like to talk to you.
About what?
Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to do it
back at the precinct. Am I under arrest?
No. So, I don't have to
go back to the precinct.
Uh, no, I guess you don't.
You just like the idea that it'd be on your turf
because that's the kind of power trip you're on.
No, actually, I'd be asking you things
of a confidential nature,
and I'd like to not be overheard.
You want to talk to me about Remy Taylor.
You're right.
He had a lot to say about the way it was
back in the '80s and '90s.
Talked about how they'd "tune up a perp."
Said when they were working out the 7-4,
sometimes they'd throw the mouthy ones
down a flight of stairs.
Remy promised to give me
a tour of the precinct
and show me those stairs.
Well, come back there with me,
I'll give you the tour.
("Let's Remember the Good Times" by Valerie Carr playing)
♪ Let's remember the good times ♪
♪ All that we had ♪
♪ Forget all the bad times, all that we dread ♪
♪ The bad times will keep us ♪
♪ So sad and then... ♪
(overlapping, indistinct conversations)
Hey.
I, uh, just heard from crime scene.
Based on the trajectory of the bullet,
Remy Taylor did not kill himself.
Crime scene's calling you directly with that information?
At my request.
This guy was in narcotics in the '80s and '90s.
Whether he killed himself or not,
there are a lot of cops from back then
who are nervous about why.
WOMAN: I'm-I'm sorry, excuse me?
Are you Regina Haywood?
I am.
I'm sure you don't remember me.
Um, I'm Denise Walsh.
You're Mo Haywood's daughter.
Right. Right, so he worked with my father.
My father's Kurt Walsh. (Kurt speaking indistinctly)
HAYWOOD: Oh, yes, of course. I remember your father.
How well did you know Remy Taylor?
Very well.
He was like my uncle. Oh.
I mean, he and my father were like brothers.
So...
Sorry, how-how well did you know him?
Oh, I didn't know him.
Unfortunately, he died in the 7-4 precinct
where I'm the commanding officer.
These old-school guys-- you know, like,
like my father, like your father, like Remy--
they just keep everything... inside
until the pressure just gets to be too much.
You won't believe this,
but I actually convinced my father to go and see somebody.
Like a shrink? No, like a, just a counselor.
More like a life coach.
My dad agreed and I set up an appointment.
And then of course when it is actually time to go,
to the appointment this morning he says,
"No, I'm too busy," and I ended up
having to reschedule the whole thing.
Well, I'm surprised you got him to go
in the first place.
(laughs) Yeah.
DENISE: He just never complains.
Never says nothing to nobody.
Just carries the whole world on his back.
Uh, thank you all for being here.
Detective. Oh!
How you doing, Chief?
Sorry for your trouble.
Thank you.
Remy was one of the good ones.
That he was. Share a memory.
Mm. How recently had you talked to him?
I talked to him every day.
Stopped coming to the office, but
I called him every morning,
if there was an Islanders game or the Jets or... Yeah.
I heard something that I thought would make him laugh.
Then he started going downhill.
What, physically?
I don't know if it was Alzheimer's or what it was,
but Remy, he just wasn't the same.
Hmm.
♪ The good times, the bad times forever ♪
♪ The good times. ♪
Hi. You smell good.
So do you.
I talked to our union delegate about what would happen
if someone found out about us.
Found out about what, Andre?
He said we wouldn't necessarily get in trouble,
but one of us might be transferred.
You're not worried that the delegate
might be the one to spread it around?
Well, obviously I didn't give him our real names.
Well, obviously.
(clears throat)
Wow. Bentley how's the new ride?
Good, excellent, great.
Brandy.
Sarge.
That was a close call. Yeah.
Not the first time. Right, 'cause you think Sandeford caught us.
You can never be sure with Sandeford.
Would you rather declare a moratorium?
Moratorium on what?
Touching.
No, we can touch.
I think we better not.
Ooh.
(exhales)
You know, the only thing that doesn't make sense
is that Remy was a cop.
For the life of me, I can't understand
why he'd be talking to a cop hater.
I don't hate all cops.
You sure do hate a lot of them.
You want to talk about why?
'Cause we're racist, homophobic,
only interested in protecting
rich white privilege-- am I close?
You think by saying it like a joke
you make it less true?
Yeah, I'd like to hear the interview you did with him.
Check the website.
I post a schedule of upcoming episodes.
Could always get a search warrant.
So get one.
I get a search warrant,
I'll turn that studio upside down.
You're all about the threat, right?
If it's not a flight of stairs, it's a search warrant.
What I'm all about,
is investigating a dead police officer.
Now is that something that you think the police
should not be doing?
I'm not getting into a philosophical discussion
in a police precinct, especially, given its history.
Not this precinct.
All right, we might be wasting our time with this one.
Maybe not.
HAYWOOD: How you doing, Antoine?
I'm Regina Haywood.
Deputy Inspector, right?
Very good, very good.
Most people, they can't identify
rank by uniform.
I spend a lot of time checking you people out.
I've listened to your podcast. It shows.
You listen to my podcast?
I want to know what people in the community think about us.
I don't agree with a lot of the things
you and your guests say, but I think
it's important that I hear them. Why is that?
Because you might know something I don't,
and if you do and it's relevant
to the way I do my job,
then I want to know them, too.
Mm-hmm.
I take you seriously as a journalist, Mr. Jordan,
and I don't believe that the only news gathering
can be done by mainstream media, so...
and I'm serious about this,
if ever, in the course of your work,
you want access to me or my officers,
I would encourage you to ask for it.
What do you want from me?
Your interview with Remy Taylor.
JORDAN: People have told me
that narcotics detectives from the 7-4
were regularly shaking down drug dealers back then.
People told you that?
JORDAN: Urban myth? It didn't happen?
If I told you some of the things we did.
Like what? It wouldn't shock you to learn
that some of us had girlfriends
on the side, would it? Not really, no.
Or that a certain individual--
whose name I won't mention--
put a gun in a drug dealer's ear.
Took him for over $100,000 cash
and a white Coupe de Ville which... (chuckles)
he gave to his girlfriend for Valentine's Day.
JORDAN: Who was the drug dealer? Do you remember?
TAYLOR: Some lowlife getting rich selling dope's who he was.
And we made them fear us, you understand?
We'd get out of the car and they'd scurry like rats.
And because they were
drug dealers, no one ever pressed charges.
What's that?
JORDAN: No one ever pressed charges
because there were drug dealers.
Oh, Yolo tried.
Threatened to go to the Feds.
Which is why they fished his body
out of Newtown Creek.
There was a drug dealer in East New York named Yolo Linden,
who was murdered in 1997.
Body was fished out of Newtown Creek.
Murder never solved.
Why would Remy Taylor be talking about it?
Antoine pressed him to say which cops
Yolo threatened to go to the Feds about. To single them out by name?
Remy agreed to do it. MORALES: He made it like it was a coming attraction.
He said he'd do it next time he was interviewed.
So if there was no next time?
These were the meds Remy had prescriptions for?
Yeah. Also that one.
It didn't have a label.
You know, ever since those two from Manhattan South Homicide
took over our desks, my chair just hasn't been right.
Walsh told Chief Suarez
that Remy Taylor started showing signs of dementia.
Antoine Jordan interviewed Remy.
He didn't say anything like that.
On the other hand,
he wanted to believe what Remy was telling him
and put it on his podcast.
What do you think, Detective?
I think I'm gonna need a new chair.
(traffic sounds, horns honking)
So what did you want to talk to me about?
If someone was taking unapproved or bootleg meds
for dementia, would anyone at the DEA be looking at that?
I doubt it.
But even if they were, that's not
the kind of thing I would know anything about.
Okay. Mm.
Oh, what'd you get?
One sticky bun, one bear claw.
Which one do you want? I don't care.
Have both.
I don't eat sweets.
And you're a vegetarian.
For years.
That's not some undercover persona you put on? That's real?
That's real.
So what about when you're hanging out with Authentic
and the Santiagos and them, and they going out for steak
or ribs or hamburgers.
You tell them you don't eat meat?
Right.
What about when they doing drugs?
I tell 'em I don't do drugs.
Which doesn't make them suspicious.
No, what makes them suspicious is
when you don't seem genuine.
When I'm with them,
I don't front like I'm anything I'm not.
Except being a cop.
(chuckles)
So what about when you're not with them?
You suspect I'm less than genuine when I'm with you?
You've lived a double life long enough for me to wonder.
One thing I can tell you with absolute sincerity...
...you don't have to wonder.
Ever.
Okay.
Remy Taylor sat for an interview
with a podcaster named Antoine Jordan.
He started talking out of school.
Mm-hmm, saying what?
That a cop killed a CI named Yolo Linden.
Get you something here?
No, thank you.
I know from the file Yolo Linden was your CI.
First one.
Yolo.
He was always talking about that one big score.
That it would be his last.
He got it in his head
that he was gonna buy a ranch
in Montana, but this kid, he...
he clearly had never been west of Jersey City.
His murder never cleared.
Nah, it never did.
So how much was it out there that Remy Taylor
was talking out of school?
I don't think Remy hid the fact...
The podcaster listed the interview
on his website as a coming attraction.
I'm asking, because if..
part of Remy's dementia was that he didn't keep it a secret,
the cops that he was talking about
might've known that it was gonna air.
I agree. Is there any way
that we can get our hands on the case file quickly?
See what I can do.
I appreciate it.
Ooh, I'm beat.
What a day.
I don't understand what we're stopping back here for.
We're stopping back here so I could illustrate a point.
Those are the guys that trashed our new car.
How do you know?
Because I know.
Oh! How come you guys
keep trash in your locker?
Somebody put it in there, Sandeford.
Who would do something like that?
I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.
They didn't even separate the recycling.
What are you a wise guy?
I'm just trying to lighten up the mood, man.
Get it?
Got it.
Good.
As per your request.
I decided to bring it over myself 'cause I want a minimum
amount of people involved.
Hey, Chief. Oh, what have we got here?
How you doing, Stan? Oh, the Linden case.
You know, I was looking at that interview
with Remy Taylor, and I couldn't help but think that
much of it was just the product of a fevered imagination.
HAYWOOD: Well, the chief pulled the file
on Yolo Linden's murder for us to sift through.
It's a lot to go through and ordinarily I would suggest that
we get a team of researchers together,
but that would mean more people. What-what's he doing?
Stan, he's a speed-reader.
He's actually reading that? No, I'm not reading in the sense
that you curl up with a good book and savor the writing, but
I have a fairly good retention rate for names and places,
and that's what we're looking for, right?
Are any of those names jumping out at you, Stan?
Remy Taylor, of course, then there's his partner,
Kurt Walsh. Wh-what's in there about Walsh?
Yolo was known to drive a white Coupe de Ville.
And when he was found murdered, the registration on the car
had been transferred to a Danielle Luria.
Danielle Luria... was Kurt Walsh's girlfriend.
I appreciate you taking the time
(door closes) to meet with me, Kurt.
You are Mo Haywood's daughter.
How could I not?
It's so funny to run into you yesterday after all those years.
I know.
We share a history together, don't we?
Uh, we got hold of an interview
Remy did with a guy named Antoine Jordan,
and in the course of the interview Remy referred
to the murder of a confidential informant named Yolo Linden.
He said that Yolo was killed by a cop.
Huh. I have no idea. Are you thinking
that Remy maybe is the cop that killed him?
Honey... what are you speculating for?
We have no idea. HAYWOOD: Well, you were
Remy's partner, I thought you might have an idea.
Hmm, sorry to disappoint you, but I don't.
Can I ask where you were
yesterday morning between the hours
of say, 8:00 a.m. and noon?
What, are you suspecting me of something?
I'm being thorough.
I was with my daughter, okay?
She's got me going to some psychologist...
uh, life coach or whatever they call it.
We were on our way to his office,
uh, in Wantaugh, right?
Yeah, right, in Wantaugh.
Well, we're in the car, I get this call
from Annika that...
Remy has died.
Um, needless to say,
I, I canceled the appointment.
Sorry to put you through all this.
Don't worry.
Uh, it's not like I haven't sat where you're sitting now.
You got to do
what you got to do, right, that's all.
Honey, I got to get over to Starrett City.
Yeah, okay, Daddy.
Hard to believe
Mo Haywood's daughter, an inspector.
Deputy Inspector.
Ah. Stay safe.
Okay.
(door opens)
(door closes)
I worry about him.
Denise, I'm trying to square two things
that seem to contradict each other.
Yeah, what's that, hon? At the bar,
you said your father canceled the appointment
you made for him because he was too busy.
God, did I say that? (laughs)
You know, I really don't remember.
Just now, he said that he canceled the appointment
when he got word Remy was dead.
Right, so what are you saying?
Both those things can't be true.
What is this, is this a whole interrogation all of a sudden?
No, it's a homicide investigation, Denise,
and if there are inconsistencies,
they need to be explained.
You know, I just think it's funny
that both of our fathers were cops,
and you wanted to follow in your father's footsteps.
You know, that thought never even occurred to me.
Are you lying to protect your father, Denise?
I'm not saying one way or the other, Regina.
But if I am, I'm gonna go right on lying.
If you'll excuse me.
(door opens)
(knocking) Who is it?
Police. Open up.
(indistinct radio transmission)
You called 911?
This guy says he's coming to kill me.
He knows where I work.
He knows where I live.
He knows where my girlfriend lives.
Did he say why he wanted to kill you?
Here.
Listen.
KURT: You're gonna broadcast on your stupid little podcast
what some senile old man says he remembers
from 25 years ago? Not gonna happen, babe.
Not if you value your life.
The interview was with a retired detective named Remy Taylor.
Who we found dead.
You got someplace to go-- relative's,
friend's-- until this gets sorted out?
I guess so.
That's what I'd do, man.
Can y'all stay until I finish packing?
(papers rustling)
(indistinct radio transmission)
Do I know you?
I don't know.
You're-you're retired off the job,
aren't you? Right.
See, cops have a certain way of walking.
You can always tell.
(laughs) Yeah, probably so.
Yeah.
I remember where I know you from.
You were at the 1-14.
No, man, I was never at the 1-14. When did you retire?
2003. And you never
were never at the 1-14? I just told ya.
I was never at the 1-14. Thank you.
Hands up against the wall. Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hands up. What are you doing?
I'm a retired detective.
I am licensed to carry.
What the hell are you doing?
You're not licensed to threaten to kill people over the phone.
What are you talking about? You have a very distinctive voice, man.
Let's go. License to carry.
Okay, let's go.
Hey, guys, how's it going? Good.
I'm gonna take him up to the squad.
So how's the new car? Good.
So good. Sandeford doesn't know how to work anything,
but even he seems happy with it. Yeah. Good.
So Sergeant Kee told me that they're gonna put me
with a new partner, but they haven't said who yet.
You tell him what personality types to avoid?
To avoid? Yeah.
How about anyone that's not you?
Look, I don't want to keep this a secret
any longer than we need to.
KURT: So now I'm a suspect?
You and your daughter's stories don't line up, Kurt.
It's been a stressful couple of days.
I-I, I may have missed a few details...
KILLIAN: Yeah, Remy said the two of you were
shaking down drug dealers, one of them got sick of it,
threatened to go to the Feds.
You weren't gonna let that happen, so you killed him.
Did you rehearse that in front
of your bathroom mirror, Detective?
Hmm? (laughs)
I go where the evidence leads me.
What evidence?
Was your partner making
all that up? First of all,
he offered it up on some Mickey Mouse
radio show or podcast
or whatever it is, and second
of all, Remy didn't know whether he was coming or going.
He very well might've made it up.
So now you're gonna take what he says as gospel
and use it against me?
(clears throat)
Let's see, why don't you, um...
take a look at that.
JORDAN: No one ever pressed charges because they were drug dealers.
Oh, Yolo tried.
Threatened to go to the Feds.
Which is why they fished his body
out of Newtown Creek.
Now you might be able to get away with killing
Yolo Linden. 25-year-old case.
Most of the witnesses are either dead or in the wind.
But your partner's death, that's...
that's gonna be a little tougher.
How long do you think your daughter's
gonna hold up under cross-examination?
She's a sweet girl, that Denise.
I don't think she's gonna last very long
defending Daddy.
She's all you got in the way
of an alibi, Kurt. HAYWOOD: They'll nail her
for perjury and then you both end up going away.
Look, I'm sure you have information on other dirty cops.
Look, work with the D.A., the U.S. Attorney.
Maybe they'll go easy on you when it comes to sentencing.
(shouts) HAYWOOD: Yeah, 'cause Remy Taylor,
he couldn't stop going on about your adventures
back in the day and he couldn't be trusted to stop.
That was Alzheimer's doing this!
It doesn't matter.
Eventually somebody would've picked up on it.
The case would've been opened and then where would you be?
If it was me that went off my nut,
Remy would've clipped me without hesitation.
Instead you did it to him!
Yeah.
I did it to him.
You also have to answer for killing Yolo Linden.
Why, because he was your CI?
Because he was a human being, Kurt.
All right, turn around, come on.
Hands behind your back. Come on, turn around.
(handcuffs clicking)
All right, yeah?
Let's go.
Guys like that never stop
missing the way it used to be, do they?
Well, they'd say they had it good back then.
And what about the rest of us?
Different story.
Yeah, I bet it was.
(horns honking)
Must be tough on you buying your coffee from a bodega.
Why would it be tough on me?
'Cause you can't specify what kind
of nut milk you want to put in it. Why...
Why is what I eat or drink
an issue of such importance to you, huh?
'Cause I'm your training officer.
Yeah. what's that got to do with it?
You're training me to be a cop.
No, I'm training you to be like me.
If you're training me to be like you,
why don't you let me drive every once in a while?
Think fast.
Ooh! Want to drive?
Let's go. You sitting on over there all excited.
All right.
♪ Look at me now... ♪
Who's got it better than us? Nobody.
What's up, man?
Bentley! Oh, no.
Oh, no.
(tires screeching)
10-13, 10-13, my partner's down! (groaning)
Cop shot, New Lots and Van Siclen.
Get a bus down here now!
Where you hit? (grunts)
I'm right here with you.
Stay with me. I got you.
I'm right here with you.
Stay with me.
(sirens wailing) I got you.
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