Shades of Blue

Previously on Shades of Blue.

I'll do anything for Julia

Tom Vecro, internal affairs.

Keep up to good work.

- I saw the feds at the dock. - Feds.

I gona make sure they dont get you.

Sorry Dad.

Don't find yourself at Wozniak house tonight.

You better not miss.

Say something nice at his funeral..

The assassination attempt, it was staged.

She knew it was gonna happen

and the shooting at my house.

it puts my son in a hospital.

I killed Miguel

He threatened me, to frame Christina.

and I snaped his neck.

Stahl was carry on pimpering Miguel.

I brought some more.

My best friend was killed because of me.

If you though I was watching you before,

you are not going to believe how close I'm going to get now.

Robert, your badge.

Sick cause is poison you.

It's soon going to heal you.

This is handled, I have your back.

Where did you put his body?

where we used to take Christina

That place is too good for Miguel.

911, what's your emergency?

Yeah, uh, I'd like to report something strange

on the old abandoned Greenbelt campsite.

Is it an emergency?

I think it's a dead body.

I was hiking, my... my dog started barking next to

this metal container.

May I ask what is your name, sir?

Do you think Wozniak will get the nod if Ayres becomes Mayor?

Nod for what?

Police commissioner.

I don't think he has political ambitions.

Mom.

I'll be up in a second.

What's wrong, Cristina? Why aren't you in school?

He's dead.

Who's dead?

My dad.

You can't know that.

No, Grandma Lorena, um, had to go to the morgue.

But that just means they don't know it's him.

He's a missing person and they found a John Doe that fits

- his general description. - No, no, he, um...

He had to get surgery when he broke his leg,

and there were screws with serial numbers.

When did they find him?

When we started this campaign,

no one thought we stood a chance.

To those who said...

Yeah, she always did have a way with words.

Yeah, not the ones you can say on television.

Putting taxpayers' money to good use?

Having friends in high places should come with some perks.

She hasn't won yet.

Don't jinx it.

We've had too many distractions lately.

I don't care what happens at City Hall.

The real work gets done by us on the street.

And I am here to say that every vote counts.

So get out and vote.

Hmm.

Your wife, your parents, neighbors, friends...

They found Miguel.

An anonymous hiker early this morning.

What... How did they ID him so fast?

He had an orthopedic screw.

Must've broke his leg when he was in prison.

I wish we burned Miguel in Raul's oven

before they turned off the gas.

You dumped him at an abandoned campsite.

It should've been fine.

So they found him... or, part of him.

So what?

It just means he's dead.

It's not gonna come anywhere near you.

It's away from Saperstein.

Stahl knows.

Stahl suspects.

The lye dissolved any evidence linking you to the body.

Someone else could put it together.

Miguel's mother knew that I threatened him.

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Do you think he told her that I paid him off?

Listen to me.

You are not on the list of suspects.

Miguel just got out of prison.

He's a career criminal. Just stay focused, all right?

This is not gonna come back to us.

Hi, I need a team to execute a warrant search.

It's an open homicide involving a police officer.

I should've never entangled you in this mess.

I entangled myself ten years ago.

And I don't regret a single day of it.

- - I would do...

Go away!

Hey.

Detective Santos, can I please have a conversation with you

in the interrogation room?

We're in the middle of something.

It was politely phrased, but it wasn't a request.

It never is with you.

You can come with me voluntarily and answer

a few questions, or you can both hand over your badges right now.

Refusing an Internal Affairs interview is cause

for immediate suspension. You know that, Lieutenant.

You know what they say about gamblers?

It's not the winning they're addicted to.

It's the losing.

I have a few questions for you as well, Lieutenant.

I believe you're both intimately acquainted

with the recently deceased Miguel Zepeda.

I know it's been a rough few days for you,

but certain evidence has come to my attention

that I can't ignore.

Has this man ever assaulted you?

Does punching my face in count?

In most states.

At what point did Miguel's habit of punching your face in abate?

When his habit of boosting cars relocated him.

Right, six-year stretch on a grand theft auto,

right back in for a homicide a month after he was released.

- Sad story. - Yeah.

And a common one.

Lieutenant Wozniak was the investigating officer

on that homicide...

about the time you joined up with the squad.

He's good at what he does.

What's that? Sending the wrong guy up?

I'm not confident he did.

When Miguel's conviction was vacated, you and Wozniak

- had a big problem. - How so?

Guy spent almost a decade in a cage.

You don't think he comes out with a major axe to grind?

That man took a part of me that I will never get back.

Dwelling on it won't accomplish anything, so I decided

a long time ago to never let him steal another moment of my life.

You never spoke in person after his exoneration?

I had no reason to.

You had one.

Yeah?

We found something.

In the garage?

Along with a bag of lye.

Back in a blink.

If you have someplace to be, I can call,

and I can cancel for you. This could take a while.

Well, I was thinking of exercising my civic duty.

While they still let you vote.

- You know, felons. - I get it.

You do much yard work, Lieutenant?

Enough to know when someone's beating around the bush.

'Cause we found some tools in your garage so clean

you'd think they'd never touched a speck of dirt.

As much as I'd love to sit around here all day and trade...

We found strands of hair in the drain

on your garage floor.

Long, black hair.

Unless it's been down there a real long time, I think it's

a safe bet they're not yours.

My dog has a great head of hair.

Oh, right, right, well, I guess we'll know soon enough.

I mean, it's being analyzed right now.

Quick search warrant. Good for you.

Eh, just exercising my civic duty.

The other night, when Bianchi had gunmen

hose down Wozniak's house, you heroically drove his son

to the hospital, yes?

I mean, I slammed my foot on the pedal and made

a few sharp turns. I don't know how heroic that is.

Officers at the hospital discovered a shovel

and a tarp in your trunk.

Like I told them, I chip in

at the Brooklyn Community Garden.