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Thank you, New York.
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It's humbling to be speaking to you
as Mayor.
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[Sheila] Vanessa's resistance
is hurting you with traditional voters.
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[Fisk] My wife and I, we have work to do.
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[Buck] Dr. Glenn, allow me to introduce
Mayor and Mrs. Fisk.
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Hector Ayala?
You know, they're saying you killed a cop?
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[Hector] Look, I didn't push him, I swear.
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[Matt] I'd still like to represent you.
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Hector, he's not the man I married.
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[Matt] White Tiger?
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You neglect to tell me
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- that you moonlight as a vigilante?
- Someone's gotta protect the streets.
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I need you to find the witness
that Hector saved on the platform.
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[knock on door]
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[Matt] Nicky. You're the only person
standing between
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Hector and consecutive life sentences.
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Where is he?
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Sadly, he's no longer here.
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You don't want to do this.
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[grunting]
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[screaming]
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[keys jingling]
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- [buzzer sounds]
- [door unlocks]
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[Matt] Thanks.
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[creaking]
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[lock clicking]
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They, uh, bring you some food?
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No.
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[Hector breathes deeply]
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Luquillo is a beach
near where I'm from in Puerto Rico.
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To me,
it's the most beautiful place on Earth.
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White sand, palm trees, and the coquis.
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It's a little tree frog.
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Doesn't croak. It sings its name.
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[whistling coqui's call]
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[laughs] I laugh
because the tourists, man,
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they think it's noisy and annoying,
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but to us boricuas,
man, it's a magical sound.
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[♪ mellow music playing]
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And the coqui, it mates for life, right?
So, every sunset...
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thousands of these frogs start calling out
to their one and only love.
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It's the music of the island.
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You're gonna see that beach again, Hector.
I promise.
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And you'll be reunited with your family.
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[exhales sharply]
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[♪ theme music playing]
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[ship horn bellows]
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[engine revving]
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[passenger] Yo, what's up?
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- Be cool. It's a gimme.
- [engine stops]
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No one plays cowboy.
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[exhales softly]
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[sniffles] Evenin', gentlemen.
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Whoo! Nippy, isn't it?
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[Devlin chuckles]
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I couldn't trouble you for the keys
to this fine vehicle, could I?
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- Here you go.
- Thank you very much.
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And, uh... wallets, while you're at it.
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- Here you go.
- Thank you.
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You too, Susan.
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Do you know whose truck this is?
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Oh.
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Are you a hard man, are ya?
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Yeah.
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Silly wee bastard.
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[gun fires]
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[gasps, chuckles]
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[gun fires]
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{\an8}[♪ upbeat music playing,
Salvi "Mi Canto"]
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{\an8}I look over my shoulder, but I grew up
in the city. I'm not afraid,
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{\an8}but somebody invades my privacy,
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{\an8}I have no problem taking my piece
and putting it to their head. That's it.
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{\an8}[man] Long, dark nights out here, man.
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{\an8}Good versus evil, evil versus evil,
good versus good.
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{\an8}Is New York gonna make it? I don't know.
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{\an8}You want answers from me?
I don't have 'em, sorry.
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[♪ music continues muffled]
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I hear Bacon's Freud triptych
is coming up for auction... again.
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The yellow one.
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You remember.
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I remember.
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I could wash two hundred million
through that sale.
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I know that it hurts to just sit by,
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but I'm reaching for higher goals.
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Such as?
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[knock on door]
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[Sheila] Sorry to bother you, sir,
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but you wanted to be updated on anything
happening near the Red Hook Port.
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- [Fisk] Yes.
- [Sheila] Yeah.
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Last night, there was a double homicide
not half a mile from the port.
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Apparently, a hijacking gone wrong.
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It really doesn't help
sell the place as a destination.
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We should make the appropriate calls...
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and inspire Chief Gallo
to make it a priority.
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Yeah, we can try.
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[footsteps recede]
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[Vanessa] They're misbehaving because
there's no one at the head of the table.
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Without you or me there,
they'll turn on each other.
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They're rats.
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Rats at the bottom of the barrel.
Let them kill each other.
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[Vanessa] And when
they're done with each other,
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whoever is left standing
will come after you.
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That world, that kind of violence,
petty blood feuds...
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None of it is our concern.
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[footsteps approaching]
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[chorus vocalizing]
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[sighs]
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[Powell, echoing] Yeah, okay.
I'll be right there.
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[door opens]
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You know, you don't need
those glasses indoors, right?
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[sputters] I'm sorry,
are you talking to me?
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Who's there?
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[♪ uneasy music playing]
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So, you're a blind lawyer who can fight.
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Ah.
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Officer Powell.
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You know, Murdock, I bet Judge Cooper
would be interested to hear
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that you're interfering
with a police investigation.
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Oh, I think you mean a shakedown.
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It doesn't exactly seem ethical.
I bet he'd throw you right off the case.
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Well, at least I won't go to jail.
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Witness tampering is a serious offense.
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Now, maybe you get lucky, and the DA only
slaps you with a misdemeanor...
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but I doubt it.
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I'll see you in court, Officer.
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[♪ heavy metal music playing
over speakers, Slayer "Crionics"]
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I think you've misunderstood
the concept of a safe house.
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Probably got eyes on us.
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He says it relaxes him or whatever.
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That's what this is for.
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Hey! Cherry Cola,
you're back, man. Finally.
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This is it? Come on, man.
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First of all, it's not a party.
I'm not your man.
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And this is just for me to get you
on the stand without sweating and puking.
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Relax. I got you. Hey.
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For how long have you been with the NYPD,
Officer Powell?
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Uh, just over 15 years.
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[Hochberg] And in those 15 years,
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how many commendations of excellence
have you received?
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[Powell] Three. I got one for integrity
and two for community service.
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[Hochberg] Would you say it was unusual
for an officer of your seniority
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to be working on New Year's Eve?
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[Powell] Well, I volunteered.
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Well, a lotta the guys in my precinct,
they got families, you know, kids,
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and mine are grown. Kel's too.
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Kel, Officer Shanahan, your partner?
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Yeah. We were assigned
to Washington Heights,
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and lotta the guys got sent down
to Times Square for the ball drop.
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Did you and Officer Shanahan
see much action that night?
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[Powell] We didn't see any action
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until we got down
to the platform on 168th.
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[Hochberg] Hm. What happened there?
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[Powell] Well, we were just finishing up
a routine sweep.
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You know, the place was like a ghost town,
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and... uh, the defendant,
he just came outta nowhere.
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He had this wild look in his eyes,
and when you're a cop long enough,
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you know what that look means,
and he starts running toward us.
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[inhales sharply]
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[Hochberg, echoing] Did you tell
the defendant to stop?
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[heartbeat thumping]
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[Powell, echoing] Yes, many times.
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[softly] Don't react, Hector.
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[Powell] We yelled and flashed our badges,
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but he just kept on coming.
He starts pounding on us, and then...
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I feel Kel pull him off me.
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Next thing I know, the guy just takes Kel
and pushes him in front of the train.
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Like it was nothin'.
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[Hochberg] Like it was nothing?
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Objection. Leading.
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- [Judge Cooper] Sustained.
- [Hochberg exhales]
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[Hochberg] Officer Powell,
I know how hard this is for you.
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Me and Kel Shanahan,
we were partners for eight years.
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You know,
that's eight years of beers and kids,
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and just talking about how shitty
the Knicks are.
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[chuckles softly]
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Kel Shanahan was my best friend.
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And that's all over now.
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[Hochberg] No further questions.
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[♪ uneasy music playing]
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Officer Powell, good morning, um...
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I'm told you have a black eye.
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- I hope everything is okay.
- Yeah, don't worry about it.
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You know,
there's this thing they say in boxing.
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The best cure for a black eye
is fast hands.
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- Objection.
- [Judge Cooper] Sustained.
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Come on, Mr. Murdock.
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[Matt] Officer Powell, I just wanna
make sure I'm clear on something.
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You testified that
before my client arrived at the station,
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the place was a ghost town.
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Yeah.
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[Matt] Meaning you and your partner
were alone on the platform.
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[Powell] Yes.
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[Matt] Now,
language can be strange sometimes
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so I just want to make sure
we're saying the same thing here.
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By "alone," you mean
just the two of you, no one else?
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- [Powell] That's right.
- There's no passenger waiting for a train?
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No.
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No busker playing a guitar?
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- No.
- [Matt] Okay. So you're alone.
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No buskers or passengers.
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Which means there certainly wasn't
a confidential informant
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- you were roughing up.
- Objection!
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[Judge Cooper] You better have
a good faith basis for this, Mr. Murdock.
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[Matt] Yeah, I do, Your Honor.
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[Judge Cooper] Tight leash,
if you get my meaning.
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Officer Powell, let's try this.
You ever met a man named Nicky Torres?
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I never heard of him.
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That's curious, 'cause as I understand it,
Nicky Torres is a confidential informant
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who used to work with the NYPD.
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In fact, he used to work with you
and Officer Shanahan directly.
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Officer Powell,
did you and Officer Shanahan
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have an arranged meeting with Nicky Torres
on the platform that night?
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I told you, I don't know him.
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Yeah. You did say that.
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Thank you.
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[echoes] Torres cannot testify.
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[Forrest] He's almost ready.
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- What's he doin'?
- Should I be worried?
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[Cherry] Yep.
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Hey, you promised I'd be safe.
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You'll be fine if you stay out of sight.
Come on, let's go.
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[♪ tense music playing]
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Looking at the doors
isn't gonna get them here any faster.
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Who says I'm looking at the doors?
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They'll be here.
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[engine revving]
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[court officer] All rise.
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Supreme Court State of New York,
part 20 is in session.
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The Honorable Fitzgerald Cooper presiding.
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[handcuffs clinking]
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[sighs]
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- You good?
- Yeah.
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[tires screeching]
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[siren blaring]
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Mr. Murdock, call your witness.
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Just another second, Your Honor.
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Mornin', Officer.
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Get outta the van, asshole.
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[softly] Where is he?
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Open it.
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- [Forrest] You good?
- Yeah.
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[Forrest] Come on! Let's go!
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[door opens]
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- They're here.
- [Matt sighs]
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Impeccable timing, buddy.
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Would you state your name for the record?
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Yeah. My name's Nicky Torres.
248
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[Matt] And, uh, where do you live,
Mr. Torres?
249
00:17:31,750 --> 00:17:32,875
[Torres] Washington Heights.
250
00:17:33,708 --> 00:17:36,041
So, are you close
to the 168th Street subway station?
251
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[Torres] Yeah,
it's four blocks from my house.
252
00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:40,791
[Matt] Where're you working right now?
253
00:17:41,541 --> 00:17:44,125
I'm between jobs at the moment.
254
00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:46,541
Right, you've had a rough
couple of years, huh?
255
00:17:47,416 --> 00:17:49,750
[Torres] Eighteen months ago,
I got pinched for dealing.
256
00:17:50,541 --> 00:17:54,208
I knew I shouldn't have done it,
but I got a kid. I needed money.
257
00:17:54,875 --> 00:17:57,250
[Matt] So, you were looking
at a prison sentence.
258
00:17:57,916 --> 00:17:59,958
What happened with that case?
259
00:18:01,291 --> 00:18:02,750
It went away.
260
00:18:02,833 --> 00:18:04,375
[Matt] Can you tell the jury why?
261
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,083
[Torres] I told the cops
I'd help 'em out sometimes.
262
00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:13,625
[Matt] And by "help out," you mean
become a confidential informant?
263
00:18:15,208 --> 00:18:16,208
Yeah.
264
00:18:17,041 --> 00:18:20,166
Mr. Torres, is that what you were doing
on the night of New Year's Eve?
265
00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:23,583
Were you passing along information
to Officers Shanahan and Powell?
266
00:18:24,541 --> 00:18:26,791
[♪ tense music playing]
267
00:18:33,625 --> 00:18:35,333
[heart thumping]
268
00:18:36,958 --> 00:18:38,458
Remembering you're under oath.
269
00:18:42,666 --> 00:18:44,833
No. I was home all night.
270
00:18:46,916 --> 00:18:48,291
[Matt] Forgive me, I'm confused here.
271
00:18:48,375 --> 00:18:50,000
Previously, you stated pretty clearly that
272
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you were actually at the 168th Street
subway station being beaten
273
00:18:52,541 --> 00:18:54,208
- when Hector Ayala saved your life.
- Objection.
274
00:18:54,291 --> 00:18:55,375
- Objection!
- [Judge Cooper] Sustained.
275
00:18:55,458 --> 00:18:57,000
He put himself in harm's way, didn't he?
276
00:18:57,083 --> 00:18:58,958
- [Kirsten] Matt! Matt!
- [Judge Cooper] Counsel, stand down!
277
00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:04,041
[scattered murmuring]
278
00:19:06,583 --> 00:19:08,458
[exhales sharply] Well, this is bullshit.
279
00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:11,666
- [softly] Just end it.
- Well, what's it gonna be, Mr. Murdock?
280
00:19:12,833 --> 00:19:14,375
I withdraw the witness, Your Honor.
281
00:19:15,875 --> 00:19:17,791
[Judge Cooper]
Mr. Torres, you are dismissed.
282
00:19:18,541 --> 00:19:19,750
[scattered murmuring]
283
00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:23,750
[♪ tense music continues]
284
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,791
The mayor's 30 minutes late.
285
00:19:50,875 --> 00:19:52,291
He won't be joining us.
286
00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:54,875
Now, the shootout two days ago at the port
287
00:19:54,958 --> 00:19:57,791
is just the latest in a long line
of very noisy mistakes.
288
00:19:58,666 --> 00:20:02,875
Truck hijackings, violence at the docks,
a gang war...
289
00:20:02,958 --> 00:20:06,125
These are the headlines splashed across
the front page of The Examiner.
290
00:20:06,208 --> 00:20:07,708
It all ends today.
291
00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:10,875
We don't take orders from you, son.
That's not how things work.
292
00:20:11,750 --> 00:20:13,250
Luca.
293
00:20:14,666 --> 00:20:16,666
This is what you owe Viktor.
294
00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:19,416
Restitution.
295
00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:28,416
1.8. I like the sound of that.
296
00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:30,166
Are you out of your mind?
297
00:20:30,250 --> 00:20:32,041
Maybe next time, hire guys
who know how to jack a truck!
298
00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:33,958
Maybe you shouldn't have hired
a bunch of trigger-happy assholes.
299
00:20:34,041 --> 00:20:36,000
Enough! You're proving my point.
300
00:20:36,083 --> 00:20:40,500
All this arguing, bloodshed, chaos...
It's getting in the way.
301
00:20:40,583 --> 00:20:43,333
1.8. That's the number.
302
00:20:44,791 --> 00:20:46,625
Oh, yeah? I got a better idea.
303
00:20:46,708 --> 00:20:49,416
How about I pay zero dollars to Viktor,
and you go tell Fisk
304
00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:52,083
if he's got something to say to me,
he can come tell me himself?
305
00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:54,583
I don't take orders
from the mayor's errand boy!
306
00:20:56,458 --> 00:21:00,291
I don't work for the mayor.
I work for the man.
307
00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,458
[Kirsten] So he was fine
when we prepped him.
308
00:21:05,541 --> 00:21:07,708
He's an annoying pain in the ass,
but he was fine.
309
00:21:07,791 --> 00:21:09,041
So what the hell happened?
310
00:21:09,125 --> 00:21:12,208
Maybe the cops got to him,
or they threatened his kid.
311
00:21:12,291 --> 00:21:14,958
Or he was never on our side
in the first place.
312
00:21:15,041 --> 00:21:16,916
[Cherry] So what do we have without Nicky?
313
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,666
[Matt] Nothing. Our entire defense
just got flushed down the toilet.
314
00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:21,750
[sighs deeply]
315
00:21:22,416 --> 00:21:24,083
[Kirsten] Maybe there's a paper trail,
316
00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:30,125
some kind of CI registration form
or a record of payments or something?
317
00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:32,458
We get that, we can recall him
as a hostile witness.
318
00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:34,916
I looked. There's nothin'.
319
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,708
Powell did everything cash,
kept it all off the books.
320
00:21:37,791 --> 00:21:39,000
He testify for them?
321
00:21:39,083 --> 00:21:41,833
- Is there a case we can hang on him?
- [Cherry] Nothing I found.
322
00:21:42,791 --> 00:21:44,750
He's innocent. We put him on the stand.
323
00:21:45,875 --> 00:21:48,333
He tells his side of the story. The truth.
324
00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:52,416
And we hope the jury see him
the way we do.
325
00:21:54,666 --> 00:21:55,750
It's our only move.
326
00:21:57,375 --> 00:21:59,208
We're gonna need a lot more bourbon.
327
00:22:00,041 --> 00:22:01,083
[bottle opens]
328
00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:08,666
[Fisk] What you're trying to do,
it's not going to work.
329
00:22:10,041 --> 00:22:11,041
Counseling?
330
00:22:15,875 --> 00:22:16,916
Tell me.
331
00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:23,333
[clicks tongue]
332
00:22:24,083 --> 00:22:25,791
I sent Buck to Luca
333
00:22:25,875 --> 00:22:29,708
to tell him to pay Viktor
1.8 restitution for the hijacking.
334
00:22:32,375 --> 00:22:34,958
Let's not fall into a place
where I don't trust you.
335
00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:41,666
[Vanessa sighs]
336
00:22:42,375 --> 00:22:44,708
I don't like watching
everything fall apart.
337
00:22:48,375 --> 00:22:51,208
I respect that.
You wanted to keep the peace.
338
00:22:53,166 --> 00:22:55,666
Sometimes, peace needs to be broken,
339
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:58,708
and chaos must reign,
340
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:02,875
just for a moment,
to build a stronger order.
341
00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,875
Is that what it is?
Chaos before a stronger peace?
342
00:23:06,958 --> 00:23:09,041
Or is it my penance? For what I did.
343
00:23:09,125 --> 00:23:11,375
- No.
- You're punishing me for Adam.
344
00:23:11,458 --> 00:23:14,208
- I'm not punishing you for anything!
- You're leaving me out in the cold.
345
00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:22,750
Thank you for your patience.
346
00:23:23,916 --> 00:23:26,541
Now, where were we?
347
00:23:26,625 --> 00:23:28,625
[♪ dramatic music playing]
348
00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:39,666
Mr. Ayala, how often would you say
you're at the 168th Street subway station?
349
00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:43,083
A few times a week.
It's close to the apartment.
350
00:23:43,166 --> 00:23:44,625
[Matt] Were you there on New Year's Eve?
351
00:23:44,708 --> 00:23:45,791
Yes.
352
00:23:45,875 --> 00:23:48,208
[Matt] Would you mind walking us through
what happened that night?
353
00:23:48,791 --> 00:23:52,166
[Hector] Yeah, I bought
some flowers at la bodega,
354
00:23:52,250 --> 00:23:54,625
and I was heading down to the station.
355
00:23:54,708 --> 00:23:56,333
[Matt] Where were you going, Mr. Ayala?
356
00:23:59,333 --> 00:24:00,458
[Hector sniffles]
357
00:24:00,541 --> 00:24:01,875
[Matt] Mr. Ayala?
358
00:24:01,958 --> 00:24:07,541
My wife and I,
we, uh, live with my sister and my niece.
359
00:24:08,625 --> 00:24:11,041
Soledad and I, we've always dreamt
of having our own place,
360
00:24:11,125 --> 00:24:14,208
and I had finally saved up the money.
361
00:24:15,875 --> 00:24:19,750
I put a deposit down on a studio
in the South Bronx.
362
00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,875
It's not much, but it's ours.
363
00:24:24,833 --> 00:24:28,125
I was going there
to put the flowers there for the next day.
364
00:24:28,208 --> 00:24:30,500
'Cause you wanted to surprise your wife.
365
00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:33,000
- Yes.
- [Matt chuckles softly]
366
00:24:33,083 --> 00:24:36,500
[Matt] Okay, so,
you were heading into the station.
367
00:24:36,583 --> 00:24:37,583
What happens next?
368
00:24:38,333 --> 00:24:39,333
[Hector] I heard yelling.
369
00:24:39,416 --> 00:24:41,708
Sounded like someone
was in trouble, so I ran down...
370
00:24:42,375 --> 00:24:43,625
to see what was going on.
371
00:24:44,208 --> 00:24:45,208
[Matt] What did you see?
372
00:24:45,791 --> 00:24:47,291
[Hector] A man getting beat up.
373
00:24:47,375 --> 00:24:48,833
Did you know the man?
374
00:24:48,916 --> 00:24:51,791
No. And I never saw him again
until yesterday in court.
375
00:24:51,875 --> 00:24:53,666
And now I know his name is Nicky Torres.
376
00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:54,958
[scattered murmuring]
377
00:24:56,375 --> 00:24:58,250
[Matt] What about the men
who were doing the beating?
378
00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,166
- Did you know them?
- [Hector] No.
379
00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:03,041
[Matt] Did you know
they were police officers?
380
00:25:03,625 --> 00:25:07,541
No. No, I yelled at them to stop
and they didn't.
381
00:25:07,625 --> 00:25:09,416
So I ran down to help.
382
00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,375
And then,
everything just happened so fast.
383
00:25:11,458 --> 00:25:13,916
I tried to break it up,
then they started beating on me,
384
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,125
and I tried to fight them off
385
00:25:15,208 --> 00:25:17,958
and then, all of a sudden, one of them
slipped and fell onto the tracks.
386
00:25:20,208 --> 00:25:21,333
I was just trying to help.
387
00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:24,250
I didn't want anyone to get hurt.
388
00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,583
[Matt] Could've just walked away.
389
00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:28,375
Ignored the problem.
390
00:25:28,458 --> 00:25:31,166
You decided to risk your own safety
to help a stranger.
391
00:25:31,958 --> 00:25:33,458
Wasn't the first time, was it?
392
00:25:36,125 --> 00:25:38,250
- Uh, I don't understand.
- [Matt] Well, I'm just saying
393
00:25:38,333 --> 00:25:40,750
that you've put yourself
in harm's way before. Many times.
394
00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:42,666
The question is why?
395
00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:44,416
Because he was in trouble.
396
00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:46,666
[Matt] You intervened that night
'cause you're a hero.
397
00:25:46,750 --> 00:25:47,750
Matt, don't do this.
398
00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:49,166
Matt, don't do it.
399
00:25:49,250 --> 00:25:51,958
Mr. Ayala, yes or no. Are you
the vigilante known as the White Tiger?
400
00:25:52,041 --> 00:25:53,458
- Objection, Your Honor!
- Order!
401
00:25:53,541 --> 00:25:55,333
- Yes or no? Mr. Ayala?
- [Judge Cooper] Order!
402
00:25:55,416 --> 00:25:57,000
[gavel banging]
403
00:25:57,750 --> 00:25:59,750
Order in my court!
404
00:26:00,791 --> 00:26:02,333
[chorus vocalizing]
405
00:26:03,541 --> 00:26:05,791
Both of you, in my Chambers, now.
406
00:26:14,833 --> 00:26:17,625
Boy, you are a real slippery
piece of shit, you know that?
407
00:26:17,708 --> 00:26:20,250
You sat in that very spot,
and you misled me.
408
00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:22,083
You made representations to me,
409
00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:24,083
you conned me
into suppressing this information,
410
00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:27,000
you lectured me
about what's right and wrong,
411
00:26:27,083 --> 00:26:30,333
and then, you have the nerve to stand up
and make a mockery of my courtroom?
412
00:26:30,416 --> 00:26:31,750
That wasn't my intention, Your Honor.
413
00:26:31,833 --> 00:26:34,083
They somehow got to my star witness.
My hand was forced.
414
00:26:34,166 --> 00:26:37,250
What happened to all that lofty rhetoric
about "unfairly biasing the jury?"
415
00:26:37,333 --> 00:26:39,125
[Matt] Hector's alter ego
is critical to this case.
416
00:26:39,208 --> 00:26:41,416
What he's done as the White Tiger
speaks to the strength of his character.
417
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:42,916
- My God.
- It's well within my rights--
418
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,250
Is there a Division of Hypocrisy
at Murdock and Associates?
419
00:26:45,333 --> 00:26:46,583
All right, stop it, both of you! Stop it.
420
00:26:48,125 --> 00:26:51,416
[sighs] I can strike this from the record,
but that is pointless.
421
00:26:52,208 --> 00:26:53,666
I can declare a mistrial,
422
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:56,041
but it's out already,
so I'd say that ship has sailed.
423
00:26:57,875 --> 00:26:59,333
Put me in quite a bind, Mr. Murdock.
424
00:26:59,416 --> 00:27:01,250
I didn't mean to disrespect the court,
Your Honor.
425
00:27:01,333 --> 00:27:02,416
Let me be clear.
426
00:27:03,291 --> 00:27:05,750
You blew open this door, Mr. Murdock.
Which means--
427
00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:08,625
Yeah. It's open season on my client.
I get it.
428
00:27:08,708 --> 00:27:10,125
Well, that's it.
429
00:27:11,125 --> 00:27:12,250
Thank you, Your Honor.
430
00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:13,833
[Hochberg sniffles, clears throat] Um...
431
00:27:14,791 --> 00:27:17,291
Just... I sit atop a pyramid
432
00:27:17,375 --> 00:27:19,333
- of over 500 ADAs.
- Mm.
433
00:27:19,416 --> 00:27:21,458
You're not gonna be able
to stumble into traffic court
434
00:27:21,541 --> 00:27:23,291
without one of them up your ass.
435
00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:24,625
I hope it was worth it.
436
00:27:26,041 --> 00:27:29,583
{\an8}[man] I don't think that
Mr. Ayala is gonna get a fair trial.
437
00:27:29,666 --> 00:27:32,083
{\an8}You know why? He's Puerto Rican.
438
00:27:32,166 --> 00:27:33,666
{\an8}He's gonna single him out.
439
00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:37,375
{\an8}If you have enough evidence,
he should go to prison,
440
00:27:37,458 --> 00:27:40,666
{\an8}but give him a fair trial,
which I don't think he's gonna get it.
441
00:27:42,541 --> 00:27:44,541
[♪ tense music playing]
442
00:27:49,708 --> 00:27:51,125
You should've asked me first.
443
00:27:53,666 --> 00:27:54,666
[Matt] I know.
444
00:27:57,333 --> 00:27:58,875
It wasn't your secret to tell.
445
00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:04,166
Just trying to keep you
outta prison, buddy.
446
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:07,000
We were losing,
and I had to take a big swing.
447
00:28:11,416 --> 00:28:14,000
You know, Hector, if you are acquitted,
448
00:28:15,166 --> 00:28:16,875
your White Tiger days are over.
449
00:28:18,291 --> 00:28:22,791
I mean, you know that, right?
You can't... ever put that suit back on.
450
00:28:23,458 --> 00:28:25,333
[♪ pensive music playing]
451
00:28:25,416 --> 00:28:26,833
I don't think you understand.
452
00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:31,541
Being the White Tiger
is more than just putting on a suit.
453
00:28:33,166 --> 00:28:34,333
It's who I am.
454
00:28:35,833 --> 00:28:36,958
[chuckles softly]
455
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:38,750
It's a calling.
456
00:28:40,375 --> 00:28:43,791
I didn't choose it. It chose me.
457
00:28:44,833 --> 00:28:47,000
Might as well ask me to stop breathing.
458
00:28:47,083 --> 00:28:48,208
[Matt chuckles softly]
459
00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:50,875
There are other ways to help.
460
00:28:52,125 --> 00:28:53,458
Other ways to contribute.
461
00:28:55,083 --> 00:28:56,958
Ways that don't require a mask.
462
00:28:57,791 --> 00:29:00,666
You have to think about your family now.
They need you.
463
00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:02,625
And for what it's worth,
464
00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:06,375
I think you might be surprised
at how much you don't miss being him.
465
00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:14,708
[Michael] We had just dropped
our son off at a game.
466
00:29:14,791 --> 00:29:15,875
We were driving home,
467
00:29:16,458 --> 00:29:21,375
and this SUV, it runs a stop sign,
and it just plows right into us.
468
00:29:21,458 --> 00:29:23,250
The engine caught on fire.
469
00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:26,791
[voice breaking] I tried to open the door,
but it was stuck.
470
00:29:27,541 --> 00:29:29,250
I thought for sure we were dead.
471
00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:33,041
Until all of a sudden,
I see someone running toward us.
472
00:29:33,125 --> 00:29:34,625
It was White Tiger.
473
00:29:37,791 --> 00:29:39,083
He saved our lives.
474
00:29:40,166 --> 00:29:42,083
[Gianna] A few weeks ago,
I was leaving work.
475
00:29:42,166 --> 00:29:45,250
It was late, and I have to cut through
this alley to get home.
476
00:29:45,875 --> 00:29:49,458
And this guy, he tries to grab me.
I screamed,
477
00:29:50,083 --> 00:29:51,625
but then I saw he had a knife.
478
00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:53,333
I was so scared.
479
00:29:54,291 --> 00:29:58,208
If White Tiger hadn't been there,
I don't know what would've happened.
480
00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:02,625
[Kirsten] And now, let's hear
from a more objective party.
481
00:30:02,708 --> 00:30:06,791
This is a police report
filed by Officer Lucas Barlow.
482
00:30:06,875 --> 00:30:10,083
"On the night of October 2nd,
at 2:38 a.m.,
483
00:30:10,166 --> 00:30:12,625
"I responded
to an attempted burglary call.
484
00:30:12,708 --> 00:30:16,041
"When I arrived,
the suspect was hiding in an alley,
485
00:30:16,125 --> 00:30:20,041
"and before I could draw my weapon,
he attacked me without provocation.
486
00:30:20,125 --> 00:30:24,125
"We fought.
And then, White Tiger appeared.
487
00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:26,541
"He intervened, pulled the suspect off me,
488
00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:29,666
"then helped me
subdue and arrest the suspect."
489
00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:34,125
[Matt] More police reports.
490
00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:38,208
Officer Reyes, Officer Wong,
491
00:30:38,291 --> 00:30:41,625
Officer Morales, Officer Grant...
492
00:30:42,375 --> 00:30:45,583
All of these tell a different version
of the same story,
493
00:30:45,666 --> 00:30:48,666
and it isn't the story of a man
who has a vendetta against the police.
494
00:30:49,791 --> 00:30:52,541
In fact, I think many of the people
in this room
495
00:30:52,625 --> 00:30:54,708
would consider White Tiger to be an ally.
496
00:30:56,875 --> 00:30:59,083
Mr. Ayala,
let's talk about Mr. and Mrs. Burgos.
497
00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:03,750
Why would you risk your life by running
toward a burning car to save strangers?
498
00:31:04,666 --> 00:31:06,041
It's the right thing to do.
499
00:31:06,666 --> 00:31:08,333
[Matt] What about Gianna Moreno?
500
00:31:08,416 --> 00:31:10,625
You again put yourself in harm's way. Why?
501
00:31:12,791 --> 00:31:14,166
It's the right thing to do.
502
00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:16,750
[Matt] And when you saw
Officer Barlow was in trouble,
503
00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:20,500
you ran in
when others would've run out. Why?
504
00:31:22,958 --> 00:31:24,416
[echoing] It's the right thing to do.
505
00:31:27,625 --> 00:31:30,041
[Matt] The police said
that Hector attacked them,
506
00:31:30,125 --> 00:31:32,708
that he came outta nowhere.
That's what they said.
507
00:31:33,583 --> 00:31:36,666
But why would Hector, the White Tiger...
508
00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:40,791
Why would he do this without the amulet
509
00:31:40,875 --> 00:31:43,500
that gives him
extraordinary strength and power?
510
00:31:44,083 --> 00:31:47,875
Would any of you walk into battle
with one arm tied behind your back?
511
00:31:50,458 --> 00:31:51,583
I wouldn't.
512
00:31:53,833 --> 00:31:57,916
Every night, Hector Ayala
goes out and risks his life
513
00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:02,083
to keep his neighborhood safe,
to protect his community.
514
00:32:03,541 --> 00:32:04,750
So ask yourselves,
515
00:32:05,875 --> 00:32:07,791
does this sound like the type of man
516
00:32:09,041 --> 00:32:11,500
who'd murder a police officer
in cold blood?
517
00:32:12,333 --> 00:32:14,916
He is a man of integrity.
518
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,708
The community says so.
519
00:32:16,791 --> 00:32:19,708
[chuckles] The police say so.
520
00:32:21,416 --> 00:32:24,125
The mask doesn't make the man.
521
00:32:25,125 --> 00:32:28,708
And whether Hector Ayala's wearing
a White Tiger suit or not,
522
00:32:30,458 --> 00:32:31,750
he's a hero.
523
00:32:35,458 --> 00:32:36,583
Thank you.
524
00:32:42,416 --> 00:32:46,750
[Hochberg] You know, every morning,
I get up, I kiss my wife, I call my kids,
525
00:32:46,833 --> 00:32:49,708
I go to work to serve the people
of this great city,
526
00:32:49,791 --> 00:32:51,208
I go to church every Sunday,
527
00:32:51,291 --> 00:32:54,083
I sit in my usual pew,
I give money to my parish,
528
00:32:54,166 --> 00:32:56,541
then I drive out to Queens
to see my mother.
529
00:32:56,625 --> 00:32:59,083
Does that make me a good person?
530
00:33:00,291 --> 00:33:02,000
That was a trick question.
531
00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:04,750
You see, frankly, it's a false premise.
532
00:33:04,833 --> 00:33:07,250
Good people can do bad things.
533
00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:10,000
Bad people can do good things.
534
00:33:10,083 --> 00:33:13,041
Humans... [scoffs] All of us.
535
00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:18,333
We're messy, complicated,
capable of good, capable of evil.
536
00:33:18,416 --> 00:33:22,541
Yes, Hector Ayala
might have done some good things.
537
00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:25,666
Does that make him incapable
of doing a bad thing?
538
00:33:27,958 --> 00:33:29,333
Of course not.
539
00:33:34,916 --> 00:33:38,333
Do you know what happens to a person
when they get hit by a train?
540
00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:42,166
When you have
200,000 pounds of steel slam into you,
541
00:33:42,250 --> 00:33:46,875
all of your bones break,
all of your organs are eviscerated,
542
00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:50,291
your body twists up
like a circus balloon full of blood.
543
00:33:50,375 --> 00:33:53,375
But here's the kicker, you're still alive.
544
00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:57,583
You don't actually die
until they back the train up,
545
00:33:57,666 --> 00:34:00,375
and then your body, it just bursts.
546
00:34:00,458 --> 00:34:03,875
And that is exactly what happened
to Officer Shanahan
547
00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:07,625
when Hector Ayala pushed him
in front of that train.
548
00:34:07,708 --> 00:34:10,291
But we're supposed to be okay
with that, right?
549
00:34:10,375 --> 00:34:13,125
Because he's done
some nice things for people.
550
00:34:14,875 --> 00:34:17,375
Because "it was the right thing to do."
551
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:20,916
Look around you.
552
00:34:21,625 --> 00:34:26,458
These men and woman you see sitting here,
they're officers of the law.
553
00:34:26,541 --> 00:34:30,500
They took an oath to protect
even in the face of danger.
554
00:34:30,583 --> 00:34:34,708
And every single day,
these brave men and women show up
555
00:34:34,791 --> 00:34:38,250
to serve the people of this city,
to serve you, to serve me,
556
00:34:38,333 --> 00:34:41,833
and they do all that without a mask.
557
00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:48,333
If Hector's sole intent was to do good
for his community, why is he hiding?
558
00:34:49,625 --> 00:34:51,166
Because the last time I checked,
559
00:34:52,625 --> 00:34:54,708
real heroes don't need to hide.
560
00:35:07,750 --> 00:35:09,750
[chorus vocalizing]
561
00:35:50,833 --> 00:35:51,833
[hushed chatter]
562
00:35:53,666 --> 00:35:54,791
Hey.
563
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:56,541
Hey.
564
00:35:58,291 --> 00:35:59,833
- [Kirsten] You okay?
- [handcuffs clinking]
565
00:36:11,958 --> 00:36:13,500
Has the jury reached a verdict?
566
00:36:13,583 --> 00:36:14,833
We have, Your Honor.
567
00:36:16,291 --> 00:36:17,833
Will the defendant please rise?
568
00:36:22,541 --> 00:36:25,541
In the matter of
the People v. Hector Ayala,
569
00:36:25,625 --> 00:36:28,083
on the count of murder
in the first degree,
570
00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:29,875
the jury finds the defendant...
571
00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:36,333
- not guilty.
- [scattered gasps]
572
00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:39,666
On the count of murder
in the second degree,
573
00:36:39,750 --> 00:36:42,791
the jury finds the defendant not guilty.
574
00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:47,208
On the count of manslaughter
in the first degree,
575
00:36:47,291 --> 00:36:50,125
the jury finds the defendant not guilty.
576
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,291
[indistinct chatter]
577
00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:54,916
[Judge Cooper] This matter is concluded.
578
00:36:55,916 --> 00:36:57,916
[chorus vocalizing]
579
00:36:59,791 --> 00:37:01,291
[Matt] Congratulations, buddy.
580
00:37:02,291 --> 00:37:05,166
[Judge Cooper] Mr. Ayala,
you're free to go.
581
00:37:06,083 --> 00:37:07,375
Thank you, Your Honor. Thank you.
582
00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:09,125
[exclaims]
583
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,083
- [softly] Thanks.
- [Matt] Congratulations, Hector.
584
00:37:16,833 --> 00:37:19,166
- [cameras clicking]
- [Matt] Thank you, all. Thank you.
585
00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:21,250
[reporter] Mr. Murdock,
how do you respond to Mayor Fisk
586
00:37:21,333 --> 00:37:23,000
calling you
and all vigilantes cop killers?
587
00:37:23,083 --> 00:37:25,333
We're grateful
that justice was served, everyone.
588
00:37:25,416 --> 00:37:28,083
{\an8}There's no further comment at this stage.
Thank you.
589
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:34,500
[♪ uneasy music playing]
590
00:37:37,625 --> 00:37:38,791
Daniel.
591
00:37:38,875 --> 00:37:39,875
Yes, sir.
592
00:37:40,416 --> 00:37:42,375
Your friend, the journalist, BB...
593
00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:45,500
All due respect, sir,
we have people at the Times.
594
00:37:45,583 --> 00:37:47,083
Tell her I wanna see her again.
595
00:37:48,041 --> 00:37:49,250
Absolutely.
596
00:37:59,625 --> 00:38:01,125
[Heather] Gotta love a man who cooks.
597
00:38:01,791 --> 00:38:04,125
And dinner for one in public
is a bit depressing.
598
00:38:04,208 --> 00:38:06,375
[chuckles] Tell me about it.
599
00:38:07,333 --> 00:38:10,250
So, is this the Matt Murdock victory lap?
600
00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:13,833
You win the Ayala case,
and now you get to enjoy the spoils?
601
00:38:13,916 --> 00:38:16,458
Not quite yet. One thing's missing.
602
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:20,041
You see, my old partner and I,
603
00:38:20,125 --> 00:38:22,541
straight out of law school,
we were so broke,
604
00:38:22,625 --> 00:38:26,916
we pooled about everything we had together
for an office bottle of O'Melveny's.
605
00:38:28,458 --> 00:38:30,916
- [Heather chuckles]
- Only broke it open when we won.
606
00:38:31,541 --> 00:38:34,416
Needless to say, the first bottle lasted
a very long time.
607
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:36,041
[both chuckle]
608
00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:40,083
Just a nice little reminder that...
609
00:38:41,250 --> 00:38:44,125
once in a while, the system works.
610
00:38:47,583 --> 00:38:51,250
You're talking about your friend,
Foggy Nelson, right?
611
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,083
Yeah.
612
00:38:57,708 --> 00:38:59,208
I was kinda wondering when you would.
613
00:39:02,291 --> 00:39:03,833
It's not easy.
614
00:39:04,791 --> 00:39:08,708
He certainly knew how to enjoy
the good moments when they came.
615
00:39:11,875 --> 00:39:13,083
Well then,
616
00:39:14,916 --> 00:39:16,708
here's to a man who cooks,
617
00:39:18,791 --> 00:39:19,958
a well-won case,
618
00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:23,291
and Foggy Nelson.
619
00:39:25,250 --> 00:39:27,875
May God hold them all
in the hollow of his hand.
620
00:39:29,125 --> 00:39:30,166
[glasses clink]
621
00:39:37,291 --> 00:39:41,500
[Fisk] The Ayala verdict
is an absolute miscarriage of justice.
622
00:39:42,416 --> 00:39:45,625
Well, sir, a court and a jury
found him not guilty.
623
00:39:45,708 --> 00:39:50,041
Courts fail. Juries get it wrong.
I should know.
624
00:39:53,416 --> 00:39:56,833
And now, a masked vigilante,
625
00:39:56,916 --> 00:40:00,041
a murderer,
is allowed to roam the streets,
626
00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:04,875
and a veteran of the NYPD lies dead.
627
00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:11,208
["Una Palabra" by Carlos Valera playing]
628
00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:23,166
[Fisk] These vigilantes are a threat
629
00:40:23,250 --> 00:40:28,625
to any society
that's based on the rule of law.
630
00:40:32,333 --> 00:40:36,166
A man who wears a mask
to cover his face...
631
00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:39,666
is a coward.
632
00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,958
These vigilantes, they are not heroes.
633
00:40:50,708 --> 00:40:52,916
[woman screams]
634
00:40:55,291 --> 00:40:56,875
And I ran on a promise,
635
00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:02,875
and the acquittal of Hector Ayala
demands that I keep it.
636
00:41:04,041 --> 00:41:06,083
- [gun fires]
- [bullet casing clatters]
637
00:41:12,416 --> 00:41:14,041
The rule of law must prevail.
638
00:41:33,125 --> 00:41:35,125
[coqui whistling]
639
00:41:36,041 --> 00:41:37,291
[water sloshing]
640
00:41:37,375 --> 00:41:39,083
[waves lapping]
641
00:42:02,125 --> 00:42:04,125
[♪ melancholy music playing]