1 00:00:05,338 --> 00:00:07,173 (horns honking) 2 00:00:12,804 --> 00:00:15,223 (indistinct chatter) 3 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:19,394 Excuse me. 4 00:00:19,477 --> 00:00:22,105 Hey, come on, man, just watch where you're standing, please. 5 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:23,732 MAN 2: Hey, sit over here. 6 00:00:23,815 --> 00:00:25,984 MAN 3: Hey, chill out, all right? 7 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:31,448 MAN 1: You stepped on my foot again. 8 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:32,907 Please don't do that, all right? 9 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:34,993 MAN 3: Look, I'm sorry. Would you just relax? 10 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:45,462 What the hell is your problem, man? 11 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:47,505 You stepped on my foot, like, three times. 12 00:00:47,589 --> 00:00:48,590 MAN 3: Just get out of my face. 13 00:00:48,673 --> 00:00:50,467 I don't want any trouble. 14 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:51,801 Hey, if you do it again, jackass, you're a dead man. 15 00:00:51,885 --> 00:00:53,261 Yeah, whatever. 16 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:56,306 (horn honks) 17 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:58,767 (people grunting) 18 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:01,770 MAN 1: I warned you, man. MAN 3: Dude, it's the bus. It's not my fault. 19 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:02,979 NYPD. Drop the knife! 20 00:01:03,062 --> 00:01:04,272 Go to hell! 21 00:01:04,355 --> 00:01:05,482 Hey! Move! 22 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:06,983 (people screaming) 23 00:01:10,069 --> 00:01:11,988 (grunting) 24 00:01:12,071 --> 00:01:14,282 BYSTANDER: Keep pressure on it. 25 00:01:14,365 --> 00:01:15,658 WOMAN: You'll be okay. Call an ambulance. 26 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,160 Get up. 27 00:01:42,852 --> 00:01:44,479 (sighs) 28 00:01:44,562 --> 00:01:46,898 (distant sirens) 29 00:01:48,983 --> 00:01:51,152 Now that's just wrong. 30 00:01:51,236 --> 00:01:53,488 What do we know? 31 00:01:53,571 --> 00:01:54,405 Not much. 32 00:01:54,489 --> 00:01:57,033 Warehouse has been shut down since July. 33 00:01:57,116 --> 00:01:59,035 Security patrol spotted a busted gate 34 00:01:59,118 --> 00:02:01,371 a couple hours ago and called it in. 35 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:03,873 Some poor uni had the unique experience 36 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,875 of finding this horror show. 37 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,711 TAYLOR: They made no attempt to conceal the body. 38 00:02:08,794 --> 00:02:11,506 Whoever did this knew it would be found. 39 00:02:11,589 --> 00:02:12,924 Well, they either didn't care, 40 00:02:13,007 --> 00:02:16,219 or they were sending a rather emphatic message. 41 00:02:16,302 --> 00:02:18,346 Check out the prison ink. 42 00:02:18,429 --> 00:02:19,973 Our boy has gang ties. 43 00:02:20,056 --> 00:02:23,726 "41-6-12" stands for D.P.L. 44 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,062 Dios, Patria, Libertad. 45 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:27,897 God, Fatherland, Liberty. 46 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:29,899 The Dominican National Motto. 47 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:31,568 Nobody loves a good dismemberment 48 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:33,486 like the Latin street crews. 49 00:02:39,534 --> 00:02:41,953 If this is gang-related, 50 00:02:42,036 --> 00:02:44,455 it may be more than murder. 51 00:02:44,539 --> 00:02:46,457 It could be a declaration of war. 52 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:47,917 (phone vibrating) 53 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:49,961 (siren chirping) 54 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:08,688 Hello? Hello? 55 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:15,570 Who was it? 56 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:17,864 I don't know; we got cut off. 57 00:03:17,947 --> 00:03:19,949 (beeps) 58 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,854 ♪ Out here in the fields ♪ 59 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:52,649 ♪ I fight for my meals ♪ 60 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:58,446 ♪ I get my back into my living ♪ 61 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:03,159 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ 62 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,004 ("Tessellate" by Alt-J playing) 63 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:17,798 (camera shutter clicking) 64 00:04:26,265 --> 00:04:30,520 ♪ Bite chunks out of me ♪ 65 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:34,315 ♪ You're a shark and I'm swimming ♪ 66 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:38,319 ♪ My heart still thumps as I bleed ♪ 67 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:43,366 ♪ And all your friends come sniffing ♪ 68 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:47,161 ♪ Triangles are my favorite shape ♪ 69 00:04:47,245 --> 00:04:50,915 ♪ Three points where two lines meet ♪ 70 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:53,710 ♪ Toe to toe, back to back, let's go ♪ 71 00:04:53,793 --> 00:04:58,047 ♪ My love, it's very late ♪ 72 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:03,261 ♪ Till morning comes ♪ 73 00:05:03,344 --> 00:05:05,722 ♪ Let's tessellate. ♪ 74 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:17,900 Lovato! 75 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:19,736 Interrogation room, now. 76 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,281 I recognized your number on the vic's caller I.D. 77 00:05:23,364 --> 00:05:24,574 I know it was you 78 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:25,867 on the other end of that line. 79 00:05:25,950 --> 00:05:27,243 The phone log shows you called the vic 80 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:30,079 17 times today, all within a few hours 81 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,081 of the poor bastard being cut in half. 82 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,541 Look, I didn't do anything wrong. 83 00:05:33,624 --> 00:05:36,085 Convince me. Who's the body 84 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,921 in that warehouse, and what's your connection to him? 85 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:41,299 What the hell's going on, Lovato? 86 00:05:41,382 --> 00:05:43,760 Vic's name is Benny Madera. 87 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:45,970 He was a part of a drug case I worked. 88 00:05:46,054 --> 00:05:47,430 Why did you call him today? 89 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:48,598 There was a new development. 90 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:49,974 You should have called your supervisor. 91 00:05:50,058 --> 00:05:51,768 I did. 92 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:53,895 I told my DEA liaison everything. 93 00:05:53,978 --> 00:05:55,271 You don't believe me? 94 00:05:55,354 --> 00:05:58,274 Robert Hicks. Go check for yourself. 95 00:05:58,357 --> 00:05:59,484 I had a responsibility 96 00:05:59,567 --> 00:06:01,444 to tell Benny his life was in danger. 97 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:03,112 And how did you know that? 98 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:06,491 (sighs) One of his associates made me as a cop this morning. 99 00:06:06,574 --> 00:06:07,450 MAN: I warned you, man! 100 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:08,826 MAN 2: Dude, it's the bus. It's not my fault. 101 00:06:08,910 --> 00:06:10,745 NYPD! Drop the knife! Go to hell, man. 102 00:06:10,828 --> 00:06:11,913 (overlapping shouting) 103 00:06:11,996 --> 00:06:13,956 (man gasping, woman screams) 104 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,709 I think I'm the reason why Benny's dead. 105 00:06:20,922 --> 00:06:23,674 Benny was known 106 00:06:23,758 --> 00:06:24,967 as Toro on the streets. 107 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:26,636 Benny the Bull. 33 years old. 108 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:29,972 He's got priors for possession, distribution, assault, 109 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:32,100 all kinds of weapons charges. 110 00:06:32,183 --> 00:06:34,644 This guy's been in and out of jail since he was 15 years old. 111 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:36,896 LOVATO: He was one of the subjects on an undercover narco case 112 00:06:36,979 --> 00:06:38,981 I was on before I got transferred into homicide. 113 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,817 What was the assignment? Infiltrating 114 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:43,152 a crew of local Trinitario gang members, 115 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:46,697 gathering intel for a joint NYPD/DEA task force. 116 00:06:46,781 --> 00:06:47,824 Benny was an up-and-comer. 117 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:50,159 He was well-respected and trusted by the other players. 118 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,120 He also had a good eye for fresh talent. 119 00:06:52,203 --> 00:06:53,496 DANVILLE: He was your way 120 00:06:53,579 --> 00:06:54,789 into the gang? 121 00:06:54,872 --> 00:06:56,165 It took me months to get under his radar, 122 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:58,918 but as soon as I did, he took me under his wing. 123 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:01,337 After that, everybody knew me as Anita Castillo, 124 00:07:01,420 --> 00:07:03,131 a member of Toro's crew. 125 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:04,465 How long were you under? 126 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:07,218 17 months. 127 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:10,638 A long time to live your life as someone else. 128 00:07:10,721 --> 00:07:12,056 Must have seemed like an eternity. 129 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,891 I was building a strong case, 130 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,310 learning routines, making connections. 131 00:07:16,394 --> 00:07:17,895 Investigation was right on track, 132 00:07:17,979 --> 00:07:20,148 and then just like that, it was over. 133 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:21,357 Your cover was blown? 134 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,025 I had no other choice but to walk away. 135 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:24,026 As far as the Trinitarios 136 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,821 were concerned, Anita Castillo just disappeared. 137 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:28,239 And it would have stayed like that 138 00:07:28,322 --> 00:07:30,032 if I hadn't taken the bus this morning. 139 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:32,076 Didn't even recognize her 140 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,911 at first, but the look in her eyes said 141 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:36,831 she knew exactly who I was. 142 00:07:36,914 --> 00:07:39,167 And then I remembered where I saw her. 143 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:42,753 (Spanish rock music playing) 144 00:07:42,837 --> 00:07:44,630 Toro sent me. 145 00:07:55,766 --> 00:07:56,934 MAN: Bye, Mama. 146 00:07:57,018 --> 00:07:58,728 (laughter) 147 00:07:58,811 --> 00:08:00,730 MAN 2: She looks good, huh? 148 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:02,773 (indistinct chatter) 149 00:08:04,192 --> 00:08:06,194 (Spanish music playing) 150 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:09,614 Toro sent me... with this. 151 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,712 Blood at the scene was a bust. 152 00:08:24,795 --> 00:08:26,255 It all came from a single donor, the vic. 153 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:28,466 Any prints? A handful, 154 00:08:28,549 --> 00:08:29,675 but no hits in AFIS. 155 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,844 I think they were just left by old warehouse employees. 156 00:08:31,928 --> 00:08:33,095 Well, the Trinitarios do know how 157 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,597 to clean up after themselves. 158 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,765 You're thinking someone in his own crew murdered him? 159 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:38,893 TAYLOR: He rolled out the red carpet for a narc. 160 00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:41,562 In gang culture, that's a sin that can't go unpunished. 161 00:08:41,645 --> 00:08:43,773 What about the girl on the bus-- could she have done this? 162 00:08:43,856 --> 00:08:46,108 Maybe, but not without the approval of a bigger player. 163 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:47,443 TAYLOR: So, the question is, 164 00:08:47,526 --> 00:08:49,570 who did she report to after seeing you? 165 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:50,655 Let's pick her up and find out. 166 00:08:50,738 --> 00:08:51,948 LOVATO: We can't. 167 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:54,075 I don't know her name. 168 00:08:55,243 --> 00:08:57,828 But you do know where she was sitting on the bus. 169 00:08:57,912 --> 00:08:59,789 All right, I'll call the MTA. 170 00:08:59,872 --> 00:09:00,706 LINDSAY: You don't have to. 171 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:01,624 The stabbing made the bus a crime scene. 172 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:03,417 It's already parked in the impound lot. 173 00:09:35,866 --> 00:09:38,661 (horn honking) 174 00:10:06,605 --> 00:10:09,275 ♪ ♪ 175 00:10:16,324 --> 00:10:18,409 Sid, take a look at this. 176 00:10:21,954 --> 00:10:24,040 Well, whatever it is, 177 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:25,833 that's certainly a unique shade of green. 178 00:10:25,916 --> 00:10:27,418 Not one of Mother Nature's own? 179 00:10:27,501 --> 00:10:29,712 Oh, perfect timing, Jo. 180 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:31,839 Uh, there's lots to tell you. 181 00:10:31,922 --> 00:10:32,673 Well, start by telling me 182 00:10:32,757 --> 00:10:34,759 how our victim ended up in two pieces. 183 00:10:34,842 --> 00:10:36,552 Of course. 184 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:39,180 Uh, the violent transection occurred between 185 00:10:39,263 --> 00:10:40,723 the rib cage and pelvis, penetrating 186 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:43,726 mostly soft tissue, but also severing the spinal column. 187 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:45,936 There were significant breakaway spurs and splintering 188 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:48,731 on the terminal side from where the vertebrae was cut. 189 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:52,485 That's consistent with the force provided by a motor-driven saw. 190 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:53,903 But which kind? 191 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:56,405 Periodic striations on the bone 192 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:59,533 rule out the circular or reciprocating varieties. 193 00:10:59,617 --> 00:11:00,910 Leaving one likely culprit. 194 00:11:00,993 --> 00:11:03,454 This man was cut in half by a chain saw. 195 00:11:03,537 --> 00:11:04,663 Even more disturbing, 196 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:08,334 the rawness of the surrounding flesh suggests that our victim 197 00:11:08,417 --> 00:11:10,294 was still alive when the sawing began. 198 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:12,046 HAWKES: Fortunately, the shock 199 00:11:12,129 --> 00:11:13,589 and massive blood loss wouldn't have 200 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:15,591 kept him that way for very long. Right. 201 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:17,593 Can you tell me why his legs are frozen 202 00:11:17,676 --> 00:11:18,511 in this kneeling position? 203 00:11:18,594 --> 00:11:21,889 Spontaneous onset of rigor as the result of 204 00:11:21,972 --> 00:11:23,099 cadaveric spasms. 205 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:24,266 More specifically: tetany. 206 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:25,726 Muscle contractions caused by 207 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:27,937 prolonged periods of continued stimulation. 208 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:29,939 In this case, caused by 209 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,441 repetitive and deliberate electric shocks. 210 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:34,652 He was tortured first? 211 00:11:34,735 --> 00:11:35,736 Yeah. 212 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:39,990 Confirmed by these electrical burns. 213 00:11:40,074 --> 00:11:42,785 DANVILLE: So what do you think caused these penetrating wounds? 214 00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:45,788 Not sure, but I'm hoping these green flakes I found 215 00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:47,957 embedded in the tissue will shed some light. 216 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,417 (screen beeps) 217 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:50,459 (Ross groans) 218 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:53,629 Little heads up on the slasher flick would be nice. 219 00:11:53,712 --> 00:11:55,631 Got something, Adam? 220 00:11:55,714 --> 00:11:58,968 Well, yeah, besides nightmares for the next three weeks. 221 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:01,804 Okay, we got a CODIS hit on our mystery girl from the bus. 222 00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:05,474 DNA on her soda straw is a match to Carmen Vega. 223 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:09,520 Rap sheet a mile long and known gang tie to the Trinitarios. 224 00:12:09,603 --> 00:12:10,604 Good work. 225 00:12:10,688 --> 00:12:11,605 Thanks. 226 00:12:11,689 --> 00:12:13,274 (gagging) 227 00:12:13,357 --> 00:12:15,693 (sirens wailing) 228 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:21,490 FLACK: Carmen Vega, NYPD! 229 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,325 Stop! 230 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:26,120 (sirens wailing) 231 00:12:32,751 --> 00:12:34,003 Stop! Hey! 232 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:44,180 Carmen, give up! Give up! 233 00:12:52,229 --> 00:12:53,189 It's over, Carmen. 234 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:54,648 FLACK: Get down on the ground now 235 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:55,524 and put your hands up! 236 00:12:58,277 --> 00:13:00,196 Don't do it. 237 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:02,448 It's too far; you won't make it! 238 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,538 (gasps) 239 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,166 (screaming) 240 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:37,066 Yeah, Lovato-- she's a pretty good cop. 241 00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:39,068 She's got a bright future. 242 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:40,569 Agreed. 243 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,404 Thank you for meeting with us, Agent Hicks. 244 00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:43,614 Much appreciated. Yeah. 245 00:13:43,697 --> 00:13:45,741 Heard you had a little falling out 246 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:47,743 with Carmen Vega earlier today. 247 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:52,373 Young woman made a bad decision, paid for it with her life. 248 00:13:52,456 --> 00:13:53,374 Yeah. 249 00:13:53,457 --> 00:13:56,544 Gallows humor-- occupational hazard, I guess. 250 00:13:56,627 --> 00:13:57,628 DANVILLE: We believe Carmen ran 251 00:13:57,711 --> 00:13:59,463 because she's involved with Benny Madera's murder. 252 00:13:59,547 --> 00:14:01,632 I heard that, too. 253 00:14:01,715 --> 00:14:03,300 Carmen may have been connected to Benny's murder, 254 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:04,385 but she didn't act alone. 255 00:14:04,468 --> 00:14:06,303 We need background information on her associates. 256 00:14:06,387 --> 00:14:07,763 Let me show you what I've got. 257 00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:09,848 Come on in. 258 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:14,562 Trinitarios-- one of the fastest-growing gangs 259 00:14:14,645 --> 00:14:15,771 on the East Coast. 260 00:14:15,854 --> 00:14:18,274 And one of the most violent. 261 00:14:18,357 --> 00:14:21,068 They originated inside the New York Department of Corrections? 262 00:14:21,151 --> 00:14:24,488 Yeah, as a protection squad for Dominican inmates. 263 00:14:24,572 --> 00:14:26,448 They got tired of working for other gangs. 264 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,450 They decided to unify on the streets 265 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:29,451 under their own identity. 266 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:30,578 Now they got a presence 267 00:14:30,661 --> 00:14:31,912 in neighborhoods all over the city, 268 00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:34,915 and they're starting to spread to the suburbs. 269 00:14:34,999 --> 00:14:36,959 Anywhere they can sell their drugs and guns. 270 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,461 As long as they do, Mexican and Colombian cartels 271 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:41,130 will keep providing them with product. 272 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:41,922 Where does Benny fit in? 273 00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:43,799 Benny? 274 00:14:43,882 --> 00:14:46,302 Middle management in a splinter crew 275 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:48,137 out of Washington Heights. 276 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:51,140 He had a dozen or so runners, drug dealers working for him. 277 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:52,600 Who did he take orders from? 278 00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:54,268 Well, my best guess is 279 00:14:54,351 --> 00:14:56,353 one of these three mystery lowlifes. 280 00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:58,147 Lovato was supposed to find out 281 00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,690 who they were, but Benny-- 282 00:14:59,773 --> 00:15:01,984 he was always very careful. 283 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:03,819 Never mentioned a name or anything else 284 00:15:03,902 --> 00:15:05,446 that would expose who was above him. 285 00:15:05,529 --> 00:15:07,448 What do we know about Carmen Vega? 286 00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:08,741 Low-level foot soldier. 287 00:15:08,824 --> 00:15:10,993 Not much street cred to speak of. 288 00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:12,536 Seeing Lovato on that bus 289 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:15,164 provided the perfect opportunity to change that. 290 00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:17,041 Carmen was the only one who knew 291 00:15:17,124 --> 00:15:18,334 Lovato's real identity. 292 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:20,836 And that Benny had vouched for a cop. 293 00:15:20,919 --> 00:15:24,006 Sharing information with the right person 294 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:27,176 would have ensured her instant career advancement. 295 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:29,094 Mm-hmm. Have a seat. 296 00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:34,308 So what about Detective Lovato's safety? 297 00:15:35,893 --> 00:15:38,520 I need to know they won't target her next. 298 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:41,523 Well, even the Trinitarios wouldn't cross that line. 299 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,817 Going after a cop would bring too much heat. 300 00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:46,779 And even if they wanted to, 301 00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:48,572 they're not gonna get the chance. 302 00:15:48,656 --> 00:15:49,990 Why's that? 303 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:51,492 Well, in a few days, 304 00:15:51,575 --> 00:15:54,036 a grand jury is gonna hand down a RICO indictment 305 00:15:54,119 --> 00:15:55,079 on the Trinitarios. 306 00:15:55,162 --> 00:15:57,164 60 counts, 307 00:15:57,247 --> 00:15:58,207 21 defendants. 308 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,291 And once they flip, 309 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:03,087 we're looking at, uh, two dozen bonus convictions. 310 00:16:04,296 --> 00:16:06,173 Look, I'm sorry about Carmen and Benny, 311 00:16:06,256 --> 00:16:08,258 but if they weren't dead already, they'd be spending 312 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:10,761 the rest of their miserable lives behind bars. 313 00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:13,222 That doesn't change the fact that we have a murder to solve. 314 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:17,726 I think Benny was killed to send a message to the Trinitarios 315 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:20,229 not to make the same mistake. 316 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:22,731 Whoever did it wanted people in his crew talking about it. 317 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:25,109 We need to find out what they're saying. 318 00:16:25,192 --> 00:16:26,944 If there's chatter on the streets, I got a C.I. 319 00:16:27,027 --> 00:16:30,406 in my bag that's gonna tell us all about it. 320 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:31,448 (dialing) 321 00:16:31,532 --> 00:16:32,950 ♪ Running from a rhythm ♪ 322 00:16:33,033 --> 00:16:34,952 ♪ Hiding from the summer ♪ 323 00:16:35,035 --> 00:16:36,328 ♪ Tell me I'm forgiven ♪ 324 00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:38,330 ♪ Treat me like a brother ♪ 325 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:51,260 ♪ Running from a rhythm ♪ 326 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:53,387 ♪ Hiding from the summer ♪ 327 00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:55,764 ♪ Tell me I'm forgiven ♪ 328 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,433 ♪ Treat me like a brother ♪ 329 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,393 ♪ Lay down a warning ♪ 330 00:16:59,476 --> 00:17:01,937 ♪ Your shoulders of fortune ♪ 331 00:17:04,397 --> 00:17:07,901 ♪ Make you feel like a light turned on in your head ♪ 332 00:17:07,984 --> 00:17:12,823 ♪ And you curse all the words you said in her bed ♪ 333 00:17:12,906 --> 00:17:15,451 ♪ Feels like a fall from all you know ♪ 334 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,578 ♪ And the hold on your goals ♪ 335 00:17:17,661 --> 00:17:21,205 ♪ Have passed like that from you. ♪ 336 00:17:35,053 --> 00:17:37,514 ♪ ♪ 337 00:18:07,878 --> 00:18:09,671 Raymond wants to tell you something 338 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,006 about the Benny Madera murder. 339 00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:12,007 Come on. Yeah! 340 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:13,509 Come on. 341 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:17,513 I'm listening. 342 00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:22,559 Okay, if I was a cop, I'd be looking for a boy named Toasty. 343 00:18:22,643 --> 00:18:23,852 Toasty? 344 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:26,355 He's been in Benny's crew for about a year. 345 00:18:26,438 --> 00:18:28,357 Real name is Hector. 346 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,858 I don't remember his last name. 347 00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:32,402 How'd you know Hector was involved in Benny's murder? 348 00:18:37,324 --> 00:18:40,202 Toasty's got a big mouth, okay? 349 00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:42,329 He's been bragging about doing Toro with 350 00:18:42,412 --> 00:18:44,081 a chain saw in some warehouse on the West Side. 351 00:18:44,164 --> 00:18:45,874 Where'd you hear that? 352 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,668 Around the way. 353 00:18:47,751 --> 00:18:48,544 Come on. 354 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:51,255 All right, all right, go wait by the car. 355 00:18:51,338 --> 00:18:53,715 Look, the kid's got a bad attitude, 356 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:55,509 but he's the real deal. 357 00:18:55,592 --> 00:18:57,469 When it comes to reliable information, 358 00:18:57,553 --> 00:19:00,180 he's batting a thousand. 359 00:19:00,264 --> 00:19:02,391 If Raymond said he heard 360 00:19:02,474 --> 00:19:07,396 Toasty killed Benny, trust me, that's who did. 361 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,648 (cell phone vibrating) 362 00:19:09,731 --> 00:19:11,567 (phone beeps) 363 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:14,820 What do you got, Sheldon? 364 00:19:14,903 --> 00:19:17,239 The trace from the electrical burns on Benny's chest 365 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:18,657 is automotive paint. 366 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:21,410 As you know, manufacturers use slightly different 367 00:19:21,493 --> 00:19:23,245 paint components and pigments for each model made. 368 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:24,705 They also change the formulas every year. 369 00:19:24,788 --> 00:19:26,081 Right. 370 00:19:26,164 --> 00:19:28,375 So I ran the sample through the diffractometer, 371 00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:30,043 then compared the isolated phases 372 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:31,503 to the various OEM databases. 373 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:34,923 Came back as a GM color called Seamist Green-- 374 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:37,259 aka Springfield Green and Pinehurst Green. 375 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:39,803 That formulation was only used in 1972, 376 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,847 but on eight of GM's most popular. 377 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:43,932 Skylark, Firebird, Camaro, just to name a few. 378 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:46,602 Run them through DMV, compare registrations 379 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:49,271 to known associates of the Trinitario street gang. 380 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:51,398 Anything else you can give me to narrow this down? 381 00:19:51,481 --> 00:19:53,692 Hold on. 382 00:19:54,818 --> 00:19:56,445 Hey, Raymond. 383 00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:58,280 Toasty own a green car? 384 00:19:58,363 --> 00:19:59,615 Yeah, a Buick. 385 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:01,325 Bought it off his old man. 386 00:20:01,408 --> 00:20:05,329 Refine your search to only '72 Buicks. 387 00:20:05,412 --> 00:20:07,623 Title transferred to a Hector from an owner 388 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:08,665 of the same last name. 389 00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:10,417 Okay, I'm on it. 390 00:20:11,418 --> 00:20:12,461 What's, uh, what's going on? 391 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:16,590 Looks like Raymond's hitting streak might still stand. 392 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:30,395 Hector "Toasty" Mendez. 393 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:33,357 This guy should get a gold medal in the felony Olympics. 394 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,442 He's got 17 arrests this year 395 00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:36,944 and two open drug warrants to boot. 396 00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:39,446 If he killed Benny, warrants are the least of his worries. 397 00:20:39,529 --> 00:20:40,489 Yeah. 398 00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:43,325 I never would have pegged you as an undercover. 399 00:20:43,408 --> 00:20:46,662 I guess that's kind of the point though, isn't it? 400 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:49,247 Yeah. Kinda. 401 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:52,459 (both laugh) 402 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:57,506 You know, the view inside wasn't what I expected. 403 00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,217 After a while, targets stop looking like targets 404 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:04,846 and they started looking like... ordinary people. 405 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:08,016 Ordinary people who sell drugs to kids 406 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,727 and solve their problems with a chain saw. 407 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:14,064 Boys like that get recruited as young as nine. 408 00:21:14,147 --> 00:21:15,816 Now, that's not an excuse 409 00:21:15,899 --> 00:21:18,694 for what they grow up to become and things that they do. 410 00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:23,031 They join 'cause they want to feel loved, accepted, safe. 411 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:24,866 Things they don't feel at home. 412 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,535 Things I didn't feel at home. 413 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:28,578 You found a better way. 414 00:21:28,662 --> 00:21:31,039 I got lucky. 415 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,041 Went to go live with my abuela. 416 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:38,088 She made my brothers and me feel special, protected. 417 00:21:38,171 --> 00:21:40,549 But it came pretty damn close. 418 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:43,385 Flip of a coin, I wouldn't be sitting in a cop car, 419 00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:44,720 I'd be running from it. 420 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:46,722 That doesn't mean we should take it easy 421 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:48,807 on the ones who weren't so lucky. 422 00:21:48,890 --> 00:21:50,892 Somebody breaks the law, they get locked up. 423 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,019 End of story. 424 00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:55,063 But not all offenders are the same. 425 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:59,067 People can surprise you sometimes. 426 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,111 What about Benny Madera? 427 00:22:01,194 --> 00:22:03,363 Did he surprise you? 428 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,492 (lively chatter) 429 00:22:12,205 --> 00:22:14,875 ("After Dark" by Tito & Tarantula playing) 430 00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:22,299 ♪ Watching her ♪ 431 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:25,260 ♪ Strolling in the night ♪ 432 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:27,054 ♪ So white ♪ 433 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:31,433 ♪ Wondering why ♪ 434 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:35,020 ♪ It's only after dark ♪ 435 00:22:42,402 --> 00:22:47,074 ♪ In her eyes ♪ 436 00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:49,159 ♪ A distant firelight ♪ 437 00:22:49,242 --> 00:22:53,622 ♪ Burns bright wondering ♪ 438 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,123 ♪ Why ♪ 439 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:58,210 ♪ It's only after dark ♪ 440 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:09,971 ♪ I find myself ♪ 441 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,974 ♪ In her room... ♪ 442 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:15,310 Gracias, papi. Mira, mami chula. 443 00:23:16,353 --> 00:23:17,521 You want my money... 444 00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:20,315 ...you're gonna have to earn it the hard way. 445 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:23,110 (grunts) 446 00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:24,319 Was that hard enough? 447 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:26,655 (speaks Spanish) 448 00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:35,580 You handle yourself real good, chica. 449 00:23:37,415 --> 00:23:39,251 I'm good at a lot of things. 450 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:44,005 ¿Cómo te llamas? 451 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:45,799 Anita. 452 00:23:45,882 --> 00:23:47,342 I'm Benny. 453 00:23:47,425 --> 00:23:49,886 Mi amigos call me Toro. 454 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,848 Interested in being my friend, Anita? 455 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:55,308 Friends I got. 456 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:57,144 A job's what I need. 457 00:23:58,436 --> 00:24:00,397 I'll make you a deal. 458 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:03,442 Beat me... 459 00:24:04,442 --> 00:24:06,153 ...and I'll put you to work. 460 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:12,826 Rack 'em. 461 00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:18,290 ♪ Now I know her secret name. ♪ 462 00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:22,669 (indistinct conversation) 463 00:24:22,752 --> 00:24:25,005 There's our guy. 464 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:28,175 Truchas! Five-O! 465 00:24:29,801 --> 00:24:32,053 (tires screech, horn honks) 466 00:24:36,016 --> 00:24:37,225 Cierra la puerta! 467 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:39,269 (grunting) 468 00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:44,191 (speaks Spanish) 469 00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:45,317 (grunts) 470 00:24:46,943 --> 00:24:49,696 (grunting) 471 00:24:49,779 --> 00:24:50,947 (groans) 472 00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:51,781 You all right? 473 00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:54,075 Yeah, never better. Cochina! 474 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,578 (speaking Spanish) 475 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,997 Hey! Moron, one more word out of you, 476 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,291 and I'm gonna duct tape your mouth shut. 477 00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:11,760 (horn honking) 478 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:13,762 TAYLOR: We've got you at 25 vials of crack, Toasty. 479 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,931 Those drugs weren't mine. 480 00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,225 They were in your pockets, Hector. 481 00:25:18,308 --> 00:25:19,726 I was holding them for a friend. 482 00:25:19,809 --> 00:25:20,769 You've got an answer 483 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:22,437 for everything. 484 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,606 So tell me why you murdered Benny Madera. 485 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:27,234 (chuckling): Hells, no, you ain't pinning that on me. 486 00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:28,401 Then who did kill Benny? 487 00:25:28,485 --> 00:25:30,320 All I know is what I heard. 488 00:25:30,403 --> 00:25:34,449 The Bull got got, 'cause he was played by the hot lady cop. 489 00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:36,451 TAYLOR (over speaker): We found your green Buick. 490 00:25:36,534 --> 00:25:39,246 HECTOR: Great, 'cause I lost it. When do I get it back? 491 00:25:39,329 --> 00:25:40,330 TAYLOR: Never. 492 00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:42,332 It was recovered from an abandoned lot in Queens. 493 00:25:42,415 --> 00:25:44,459 Somebody doused the interior with gasoline 494 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:45,919 and set it on fire. 495 00:25:46,002 --> 00:25:48,838 Most likely in an attempt to destroy evidence. 496 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:50,840 But, you know, 497 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:55,345 the beauty of a 1972 Buick is very few plastic parts. 498 00:25:56,554 --> 00:25:59,099 Means the fire spread nice and slow. 499 00:25:59,182 --> 00:26:03,144 Gave the FDNY plenty of time to put out the blaze 500 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:06,398 before the car and its contents were completely burned. 501 00:26:10,277 --> 00:26:13,822 Guess what we found in your trunk. 502 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:18,618 The jumper cables and battery used to torture Benny. 503 00:26:18,702 --> 00:26:20,745 As well as the chain saw used to cut him in half 504 00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:21,871 while he was still alive. 505 00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:22,831 You got a clever 506 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:24,332 explanation for that, Hector? I had nothing 507 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:26,167 to do with those things, I swear. 508 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:28,295 Then why were they in your car? Other day 509 00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:30,213 my homegirl Carmen stops by my place. 510 00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:32,841 Says she needs to borrow my ride to run some errands, 511 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:34,217 so I gave it to her, 512 00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:36,219 but she never brought it back. 513 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,513 Who knows? 514 00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:40,974 Maybe it was Carmen who sawed off the Bull. 515 00:26:41,057 --> 00:26:43,143 Too bad you can't ask her. 516 00:26:43,226 --> 00:26:45,061 So you're blaming Benny's murder on Carmen? 517 00:26:45,145 --> 00:26:47,314 Just keeping it real, Detective. 518 00:26:47,397 --> 00:26:48,898 Call me Honest Abe. 519 00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:50,734 I cannot tell a lie. 520 00:26:50,817 --> 00:26:52,235 That was George Washington. 521 00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:54,112 (scoffs) Same difference. 522 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:56,197 (groans) 523 00:26:58,158 --> 00:26:59,701 (door opens, shuts) 524 00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:01,244 What's her problem? 525 00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:03,121 We got the guy. 526 00:27:11,921 --> 00:27:14,090 (door opens) 527 00:27:14,174 --> 00:27:15,550 (door shuts) 528 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:17,344 (siren wailing) 529 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:19,179 (sighs) 530 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:32,567 L, want to talk about it? 531 00:27:32,650 --> 00:27:33,568 No. 532 00:27:33,651 --> 00:27:35,070 Hey, come on, you're gonna have 533 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:35,987 to come clean with me sooner or later. 534 00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:37,739 Is there something that you want to know? 535 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:39,240 Go ahead. 536 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:40,367 Ask me. 537 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:41,743 All right. 538 00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:43,203 Your relationship with Benny 539 00:27:43,286 --> 00:27:44,704 was more than professional, wasn't it? 540 00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:45,747 Go to hell, Flack. 541 00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:47,374 Oh, come on. Hey! Whoa, hey! 542 00:27:47,457 --> 00:27:48,792 Am I wrong? 543 00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,252 Because from where I stand, it looks to me 544 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:52,253 like you're taking Benny's death 545 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,130 a little more personal than maybe you should. 546 00:27:54,214 --> 00:27:56,716 Damn right I'm gonna take Benny's murder personally. 547 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,426 Because you had feelings for him? 548 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:00,303 Because I owe him my life. 549 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,348 (Lovato speaks Spanish) 550 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:07,102 Siéntete. 551 00:28:09,687 --> 00:28:12,107 ¿Todo bien? 552 00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:14,234 I know, Anita. 553 00:28:14,317 --> 00:28:15,527 I know what you really are. 554 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:16,486 A cop. 555 00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:17,987 That's crazy. 556 00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:20,323 You know I would never front like that. Stop. 557 00:28:23,326 --> 00:28:25,954 I'm not mad. 558 00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:28,289 I understand you did what you had to do. 559 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:30,291 It's the way this game is played. 560 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,384 I just wish it had been anybody but you. 561 00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:41,970 You're better than all this, Benny. 562 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:44,055 You have to know that. 563 00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:51,271 You have to walk away, chula. 564 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,441 And never show your face around here again, 565 00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:56,192 'cause if you do there's only one way out 566 00:28:56,276 --> 00:28:58,778 for either one of us-- 567 00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:01,781 that's with blood. 568 00:29:01,865 --> 00:29:03,658 How'd he make you as a cop? 569 00:29:03,741 --> 00:29:04,951 He never told me. 570 00:29:05,034 --> 00:29:06,453 He didn't tell anybody else either. 571 00:29:06,536 --> 00:29:07,704 Because if he would have, 572 00:29:07,787 --> 00:29:10,665 I would've been hanging in that warehouse right next to him. 573 00:29:10,748 --> 00:29:12,417 So the whole time you were busy playing Benny, 574 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,335 he was busy falling in love with you. 575 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:16,337 That's why I was relieved to walk away. 576 00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:18,214 Different time, different place, 577 00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:20,675 something might have happened between us. 578 00:29:20,758 --> 00:29:23,178 But my job means more to me than just about anything. 579 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:24,971 So if you think for one second 580 00:29:25,054 --> 00:29:28,433 I would do anything to jeopardize that, you're crazy. 581 00:29:30,518 --> 00:29:32,520 (siren wailing) 582 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:05,595 ♪ ♪ 583 00:30:22,028 --> 00:30:25,823 ROSS: The fire obliterated the interior of the car 584 00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:27,659 along with any trace that might've been in it. 585 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:31,079 I did, though, uh, get a partial print on the door handle. 586 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,289 All right, good. Maybe we'll get lucky with AFIS. 587 00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:34,290 What about the saw? 588 00:30:34,374 --> 00:30:36,251 Eh, this blade's covered in blood, 589 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:37,919 tissue, bone fragments. 590 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:39,879 I'll bet the farm, 591 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:41,381 it comes back to Benny Madera. 592 00:30:41,464 --> 00:30:42,715 Well, looks like we got our murder weapon. 593 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:44,551 Yeah, but the heat melted the plastic handles 594 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:47,679 and any chance of pulling a print off of 'em. 595 00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:49,764 Same thing with the jumper cables. 596 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:55,937 But at least now we know what caused the vic's chest wounds. 597 00:30:56,020 --> 00:30:58,439 Green paint flakes could've transferred to the vic's wound 598 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:00,149 from the negative polarity clamp... 599 00:31:00,233 --> 00:31:03,945 Which gets connected to the metal ground of the car... 600 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:06,239 sometimes covered in paint. 601 00:31:06,322 --> 00:31:09,492 DANNY: We got some trace Hawkes found on our vic. 602 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:10,785 Question is, 603 00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:12,495 what the hell is this? Looks like some sort 604 00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:13,621 of melted plastic. 605 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,123 You think it's connected? 606 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:18,251 I'm not sure, but I will find out. 607 00:31:19,335 --> 00:31:20,878 (chain saw buzzing) 608 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,466 Not your first time with a chain saw? 609 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,468 I'm from Montana, Mac-- if I hadn't left, 610 00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:29,429 I'd probably be a lumberjack right now. 611 00:31:29,512 --> 00:31:31,306 Okay, check this out. 612 00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:33,016 Sid said that Benny Madera was cut 613 00:31:33,099 --> 00:31:34,309 on a horizontal axis, 614 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:37,103 one inch above the iliac crest of his pelvis. 615 00:31:37,186 --> 00:31:38,104 Directionality 616 00:31:38,187 --> 00:31:39,731 of the blade marks and striations 617 00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:41,774 on the bone would suggest 618 00:31:41,858 --> 00:31:43,443 that the incision was initiated 619 00:31:43,526 --> 00:31:45,153 on his right lateral side. 620 00:31:45,236 --> 00:31:47,488 Why does that matter? Well, 621 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,616 our only suspect, Hector "Toasty" Mendez 622 00:31:49,699 --> 00:31:50,825 is right-handed. 623 00:31:50,908 --> 00:31:53,161 Okay. 624 00:31:54,203 --> 00:31:55,747 Cutting from the left, 625 00:31:55,830 --> 00:31:58,499 he wouldn't have had any leverage over the saw. 626 00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:02,503 Resulting in a less consistent and level cut trajectory. 627 00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:04,505 Right. But if he was left-handed, 628 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,382 and his dominant hand 629 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:07,508 was guiding the saw, then leverage 630 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:09,010 wouldn't have been an issue, 631 00:32:09,093 --> 00:32:11,346 and he could've made a straight, steady cut. 632 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:14,349 Well, I'm not sure that's enough to rule out Hector entirely. 633 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:16,851 I knew you were gonna say that, so try this on for size. 634 00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:20,313 The easiest way to make a steady cut with a 20-pound chain saw 635 00:32:20,396 --> 00:32:22,857 is to keep your elbows down and hold the blade 636 00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:25,401 directly in front of you. 637 00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:26,527 Lines up perfectly. 638 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,237 Lucky for us 639 00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:29,572 if Hector Mendez was over six feet tall, 640 00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:30,698 which he isn't. 641 00:32:32,992 --> 00:32:35,078 He's only five-foot-six. 642 00:32:35,161 --> 00:32:37,372 He could've been standing on something, too. 643 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:39,165 Not according to the blood spatter at the scene. 644 00:32:39,248 --> 00:32:40,792 There was no void in the floor. 645 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:46,381 Hector was telling the truth. 646 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:47,507 He didn't kill Benny. 647 00:33:02,063 --> 00:33:05,483 (whirring) 648 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,536 ♪ ♪ 649 00:33:47,024 --> 00:33:50,278 If Hector Mendez didn't kill Benny, who did? 650 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,113 Let's ask the person who accused him 651 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:53,406 in the first place. 652 00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:55,742 Hicks' confidential informant, Raymond? 653 00:33:55,825 --> 00:33:57,785 Well, either he got bad information on the street 654 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,954 or was flat-out lying to cover for somebody else. 655 00:34:00,037 --> 00:34:01,622 DANNY: I would say smart money's 656 00:34:01,706 --> 00:34:02,707 on option number two. 657 00:34:02,790 --> 00:34:05,460 The melted plastic from the trunk of the Buick was 658 00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:08,170 a heavyweight poncho made of ethylene vinyl acetate. 659 00:34:08,254 --> 00:34:10,339 Benny's blood was all over it. DANVILLE: Killer must've been 660 00:34:10,422 --> 00:34:11,966 wearing it while he was cutting him up. 661 00:34:12,049 --> 00:34:14,092 (revving motor) 662 00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:18,556 (screaming) 663 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:22,143 The plastic distorted when it was exposed to the heat, 664 00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:23,478 encasing several items 665 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:25,605 that were balled-up inside-- 666 00:34:25,688 --> 00:34:27,482 leather gloves and a bloody rag 667 00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:28,649 with one eyelash attached. 668 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,318 The poncho and the gloves 669 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,695 protected the killer's clothing and hands from blood spatter 670 00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:34,614 but not their face. 671 00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:37,492 DANVILLE: So they wiped their face with the rag, 672 00:34:37,574 --> 00:34:39,034 rolled it up inside the poncho with the gloves, 673 00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:40,786 and hoped that the car fire would destroy it. 674 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:42,996 Right, which would've worked if the flames had reached the trunk, 675 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,541 but the samples were only exposed to indirect heat. 676 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:48,460 So I was able to extract two distinct 677 00:34:48,543 --> 00:34:50,045 DNA profiles from the fibers. 678 00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:52,547 One from Benny Madera's blood. 679 00:34:52,632 --> 00:34:53,674 The other from the epithelials transferred 680 00:34:53,757 --> 00:34:55,676 when the killer was wiping his face. 681 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,011 Now, the heat did cause the cells 682 00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:59,138 to lyse, but I was able to get a complete profile. 683 00:34:59,222 --> 00:35:00,807 Okay, tell me you found a CODIS match. 684 00:35:00,890 --> 00:35:02,558 (Southern accent): Yes, ma'am. 685 00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:05,186 Raymond Cruz. 686 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:06,729 Raymond wants to tell you something 687 00:35:06,813 --> 00:35:08,648 about the Benny Madera murder. 688 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:13,027 Hicks' C.I. tortured and murdered Benny Madera. 689 00:35:20,576 --> 00:35:24,372 (siren wailing) 690 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,915 DANVILLE: Science doesn't lie, Raymond, 691 00:35:25,998 --> 00:35:27,834 no matter how long you stare at it. 692 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:29,919 DNA proves you killed Benny Madera, 693 00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:31,128 there's no question about that. 694 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:35,174 Then what the hell is your question? 695 00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:37,176 I want to know why. 696 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:41,013 Was it because Benny invited an undercover cop 697 00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:42,723 into the crew? 698 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,684 That's why he got the jumper cables. 699 00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:46,936 But that's not the reason he had to die. 700 00:35:47,019 --> 00:35:47,895 What was? 701 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:49,856 Payback. 702 00:35:52,441 --> 00:35:55,444 Eight months ago, DEA busts down my door, 703 00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:58,948 finds a big stash of rock Toro asked me to sit on. 704 00:35:59,031 --> 00:36:01,117 I could have done ten years, 705 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,077 handled it easy. 706 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:06,080 But Agent Hicks told me the weight was enough 707 00:36:06,163 --> 00:36:08,040 to buy me a mandatory life sentence. 708 00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:09,876 Said there was only one way out. 709 00:36:09,959 --> 00:36:12,378 To inform on your fellow gang members. Hicks... 710 00:36:12,461 --> 00:36:13,921 owned my ass. 711 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:16,799 Made me earn my freedom by being his full-time rat. 712 00:36:16,883 --> 00:36:18,885 I would have been a freer man behind bars. 713 00:36:18,968 --> 00:36:21,637 So you blame Benny for putting you in that position, 714 00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:24,015 when you chose to live your life as a criminal? 715 00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:27,977 Benny broke the code. 716 00:36:28,060 --> 00:36:31,939 You think he informed the police about the drugs? 717 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:35,109 Not until Carmen found out Anita was a cop. 718 00:36:35,192 --> 00:36:37,320 That's when I knew Benny had sold me out. 719 00:36:37,403 --> 00:36:39,113 You're wrong, Raymond. 720 00:36:39,196 --> 00:36:41,115 Benny didn't sell you or anybody else out. 721 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,617 You killed him because you thought 722 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,118 he betrayed you and the Trinitarios, 723 00:36:44,201 --> 00:36:45,828 but the reality is, there was only 724 00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:47,997 one person doing that, and that was you. 725 00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:52,835 Only you. 726 00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:58,966 Put it down on paper. 727 00:37:10,686 --> 00:37:13,022 You got a set of brass balls, Taylor. 728 00:37:13,105 --> 00:37:16,317 What the hell is my informant doing in police custody? 729 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,444 At the moment, he's writing out a confession 730 00:37:18,527 --> 00:37:20,112 for the murder of Benny Madera. 731 00:37:20,196 --> 00:37:23,115 Hector "Toasty" Mendez killed Benny. 732 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:24,283 No, he didn't. 733 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:28,496 Carmen Vega reported to Raymond that Lovato was a cop. 734 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:30,539 He told her to borrow Hector's car, 735 00:37:30,623 --> 00:37:32,041 then together they jumped Benny, 736 00:37:32,124 --> 00:37:33,501 tossed him in the trunk, 737 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,169 and brought him to that warehouse. 738 00:37:35,252 --> 00:37:38,506 (speaking Spanish) 739 00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:40,091 Ah? 740 00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:42,009 (shouts) 741 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:45,012 (zapping) (Benny screams) 742 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,055 (grunts) 743 00:37:46,138 --> 00:37:47,890 (speaking Spanish) 744 00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:50,226 (zapping) (grunting) 745 00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:53,396 Raymond shocked Benny with a car battery 746 00:37:53,479 --> 00:37:55,314 over and over again, demanding to know 747 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,900 what he told Lovato about the Trinitarios, 748 00:37:57,984 --> 00:37:59,819 if he was an undercover cop, too. 749 00:37:59,902 --> 00:38:02,029 Of course, Benny was a dead man, 750 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:04,073 no matter what he said. 751 00:38:10,162 --> 00:38:12,206 (motor starts) 752 00:38:12,289 --> 00:38:15,292 (revving motor) 753 00:38:17,628 --> 00:38:18,963 (screaming) 754 00:38:23,342 --> 00:38:25,011 Raymond pointed the finger at Hector Mendez 755 00:38:25,094 --> 00:38:27,388 to cover his own ass, but you already knew that. 756 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:29,265 What are you talking about? 757 00:38:29,348 --> 00:38:32,101 We subpoenaed your C.I. contact reports. 758 00:38:32,184 --> 00:38:34,395 You met with Raymond Cruz one hour 759 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:36,522 after Benny's body was discovered. 760 00:38:38,357 --> 00:38:40,026 So what? 761 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:43,237 He never mentioned one word about committing any murder. 762 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:44,822 He didn't have to. 763 00:38:44,905 --> 00:38:47,074 It was where the two of you met 764 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,534 that spoke volumes. 765 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:02,089 You're late. 766 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:05,092 I was saying good-bye to an old friend. 767 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:07,428 Whose car is this? 768 00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:09,764 I borrowed it. 769 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:19,607 We lifted your fingerprint 770 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,734 off the door handle. 771 00:39:25,404 --> 00:39:27,114 You were in Hector's Buick. 772 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,658 So when you heard me ask about it in the garage, 773 00:39:29,742 --> 00:39:31,410 you knew that Raymond was lying about him, 774 00:39:31,494 --> 00:39:33,370 and you knew why. 775 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:35,122 Hey, Raymond... 776 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,166 Toasty own a green car? 777 00:39:37,249 --> 00:39:38,292 Yeah, Buick. 778 00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:40,211 Bought it off his old man. 779 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:46,133 Do you have any idea how important he is? 780 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,010 Raymond can serve up the Trinitarios 781 00:39:48,094 --> 00:39:49,136 on a silver platter. 782 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:53,099 Drugs, kidnapping, murders-- all of it. 783 00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:56,477 We can take them down... 784 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:01,148 if my star witness gets on the stand and spills his guts. 785 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:03,317 Doesn't it bother you that your star witness 786 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,986 is a sadistic, cold- blooded killer? 787 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:08,155 I can live with that, 788 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,368 considering what he means to the big picture. 789 00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:15,663 The only picture I see is of a man fooling himself. 790 00:40:15,746 --> 00:40:18,207 You had a responsibility to uphold the letter 791 00:40:18,290 --> 00:40:19,834 of the law, not pick and choose 792 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:21,418 the parts that make your job easier! 793 00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:24,672 I spent four years of my life building this case, 794 00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:28,008 and nothing about that was easy. 795 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:29,677 And you want me to throw it all away 796 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,345 because some gangbanging degenerate 797 00:40:31,428 --> 00:40:33,180 couldn't control himself? 798 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:36,517 Raymond didn't compromise this case, Hicks. 799 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,227 You did that. 800 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:40,437 (exhales) 801 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:47,278 (door closes) 802 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,282 (indistinct radio transmission) 803 00:40:58,789 --> 00:41:01,375 (elevator bell dings) 804 00:41:01,458 --> 00:41:03,377 Excuse me. Sorry. 805 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:05,296 Good night. Night. Night. 806 00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:16,807 About time you showed up. 807 00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:19,435 (frustrated sigh) 808 00:41:20,686 --> 00:41:23,063 What are you doing here, Flack? 809 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:24,190 Been a long day. 810 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:25,149 Figured you might be hungry, 811 00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:27,318 so I bought you some takeout. From where? 812 00:41:27,401 --> 00:41:28,569 Yang Chows, 39th. 813 00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:30,905 Well done. Best kung pao in Midtown. 814 00:41:30,988 --> 00:41:31,906 Come on. 815 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:34,408 Thanks. Mm-hmm. 816 00:41:37,536 --> 00:41:40,498 Do you want to tell me why you're really here? 817 00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:49,256 I was wrong to assume that you crossed a line with Benny. 818 00:41:50,299 --> 00:41:52,801 You're better than that. 819 00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:55,638 I was a total jerk. I'm sorry. 820 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,265 What you really want to know 821 00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:00,226 is if I slept with him. 822 00:42:03,395 --> 00:42:06,273 To clear the air... 823 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,817 no... I didn't. 824 00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:11,654 Relieved, aren't you? 825 00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:14,740 What? Why? 826 00:42:14,823 --> 00:42:17,284 I think you're jealous. 827 00:42:19,036 --> 00:42:21,956 I think you're delusional. 828 00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:23,958 Maybe. 829 00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:26,085 Maybe not. 830 00:42:33,342 --> 00:42:35,177 It's getting late. 831 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:39,181 I should probably go. 832 00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:42,309 Hey, Flack. 833 00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:50,859 I'll see you tomorrow.