Taxi Brooklyn

1x05 - Ambush

Ooh, by the way, have you seen your mother?

Uh, no, not in a couple weeks. She left me a message last week,

saying she was going to Vermont for the weekend.

She had a wonderful time.

- How do you know? - She told me.

- When? - Yesterday.

She's very upset that you haven't called or

- dropped by to check on her. - Yeah, I've been busy.

You know, I think she's lonely.

She's even asked me how I thought you would react to her dating.

- Dating? - Yeah.

And she wants to know who the man you've been seeing is.

How does she know that I've been seeing somebody?

Ah! I knew it.

- I knew it. - Oh. Come on.

- What's his name? - You know what?

That is none of your business.

Rhys. Okay?

And we went out to dinner. That is all.

- Rhys. - Yeah.

- Rhys? - Yeah.

- What kind of a name is that? - It's English.

What did you just say?

- He's a Brit. - Yeah.

And they're so pompous and arrogant.

Well, you should hear what he

- has to say about the French. - What?

Snobby, rude, arrogant, condescending.

And, God, what was the last one? Wait, wait, don't tell me.

Passive-aggressive. That was my favorite one.

- I want to meet him. - That's not gonna happen.

- Are you embarrassed by Rhys? - No. It's not gonna happen.

What's wrong with your British boyfriend? Fat? Ugly? Bad teeth?

Oh, my God, he's fat, ugly, and he got bad teeth.

Those two S.U.V.'s just pulled in front and

- behind that correction van. - Yeah, I saw that.

- Something's wrong. - Stay on him.

This is not good.

Whoa!

They're breaking prisoners out.

- We gotta get out of here! - What are you doing?

- Turn it around! Stop the car! - Are you crazy?

Turn this car around now!

What are you doing? You're outgunned! Caitlyn!

I can't believe I'm doing this! Cat, get down!

Stop!

Oh! Let go of me! What are you doing?

I'm saving your life! Man down!

- They got away because of you. - I'm here to help. How bad are you hit?

You're okay. You're going to be fine, Ferguson.

Can you hear me, Ferguson? Ferguson!

All right, 10-13. I got an officer down. I repeat, officer down.

Esposito, what do you got?

Driver and one of the prisoners are D.O.A.

But it looks like Officer Ferguson is gonna make it.

Both S.U.V.'s, though, were reported stolen last night.

This was a well-executed plan. These guys were pros.

They got five prisoners coming from Rikers Island to criminal court.

Suzanne Correa ... she's the dead one ...

Paula Poe, Alicia Dean, Debra Salvo.

Eleanor Wilson.

- You know one of 'em? What? - Tell her, Esposito.

Tell me what?

Eleanor Wilson was the only witness to your father's murder.

She's the "Ellie" that I was looking for in Coney Island?

- It's not your case, Cat. - No, no, no, no, no. This was a hit.

And I bet you anything that the Capellas had something to do with this.

Damn it!

If this was a hit on the witness to your father's murder,

how come she is the one dead and not the witness?

Well, we surprised them before they had a chance to take out Ellie Wilson.

Suzanne was just hit in the cross fire.

Sorry, but I think your anger might be clouding your judgment here.

My anger has nothing to do with my judgment.

Okay.

Ellie Wilson, 19. Mother and father live in Virginia.

No contact with them since she ran away from home at age 15 ...

with a man she met on the Internet. Picked up on drug charges.

Alicia Dean, 25. Armed robbery.

Has an arrest record that dates back to childhood.

No known relatives.

That's Debra Salvo, 28. Picked up on prostitution charges.

Her brother lives in Manhattan.

Okay, Suzanne Correa, who is deceased.

- And ... - Paula Poe.

No information. No age given. No photo.

All these women had court dates today, except Paula Poe.

Why is that? She has no file.

Prisoners don't get transported without a file. You know that.

Paula Poe ...

Paula Poe is a variant of "Jane Doe."

Bingo. Didn't I tell you your anger was

- clouding your judgment? - Shut up.

Officer involved shooting. I need your incident report, Sullivan.

No problem ... as long as I can see your file on Ellie Wilson.

No idea who you're talking about.

The only witness to my father's murder,

who just happened to be in the van that was hit.

You know you're gonna get yourself killed, Sullivan, just like your old man did.

Are you threatening me?

I want that report before the end of the day.

Sullivan.

- You find the prisoners yet? - Why are you yelling?

Because you're hard of hearing.

I will call you as soon as we know something, okay?

Do not hang up on me.

- You know, I've been thinking ... - That's a first.

We should hook your mother up with Captain Baker.

Are you insane, or do you have a head injury that I'm not aware of?

I just think they would make such a cute couple. Don't you think?

I just threw up in my mouth.

- Really? - No, it's a figure of speech.

If Captain Baker had a woman in his life, he wouldn't yell so much,

- if you know what I mean. - That's my mother you're talking about.

You think she's too old to desire a man?

No, you know what? I don't really think about it at all.

In fact, I make it a point to not ever let those thoughts enter my mind.

And unfortunately, they're there. It's ... Blech!

Sullivan.

Where? I'm on my way.

Two patrol officers think they found ...

one of our escapees under the Queensboro Bridge.

- That's good. - She's dead.

- That's bad. - You better hope that it's not Ellie Wilson.

- Me? What did I do? - You turned around.

She never would have escaped if you would have listened to me.

And you would be dead if I hadn't pushed you out of the way.

If you want to start running into gunfire and standing in front of speeding cars ...

like you're Wonder Woman or something, that's your problem.

But I have my son to think about.

Maybe you should start thinking about your mother too.

What about my mother?

She's already lost her husband.

She doesn't want to lose her daughter too.

She was just layin' in here. When we saw her prison denims,

- we figured we better call you. - Thanks.

- What do you got? - It's Alicia Dean.

Double tap to the back of the head. Executed Capella-style.

Why would the Capellas wanna kill Alicia Dean?

Maybe they didn't know what Ellie Wilson looks like.

Maybe they just knew she was in the correction's van.

Cat, Anabella Capella is not even in town.

How do you know?

Because I followed through with your hair-brained theory.

- So you believe me? - No.

It's one of the most ludicrous things you ever said.

Anabella Cappella's the new godfather.

- Captain Baker. - DelVeccio.

- Which one is it? - Alicia Dean.

Two bullets to the back of the head. Executed Capella-style.

- Capella? You're way off base, Sullivan. - What?

This is Russian mob. Vasily Kell to be exact.

Drugs, prostitution, arms trafficking, murder for hire.

Their crew runs out of Brighton Beach.

All the Russian cab drivers are afraid of them.

Hi. I'm Leo Romba. I'm consulting.

- A.D.A. Winters. May Winters. - Hi.

- Hi, Cat. - Hey, DelVeccio.

You mind telling us what the hell is going on here?

We opened a grand jury case against Kell.

One of the inmates in the van, Paula Poe,

was being transported to the courthouse to testify against him.

She's our star witness. Her real name is Kristin Malone.

So what was she testifying to?

She used to work as a dispatcher at a freight company.

She forged a bill of lading so that Kell could take a delivery of a semi.

- Stolen M-4's, MK-12's, Gavelins ... - Gavelins? That's military ordinance.

Exactly. So if our star witness can tie Kell to this shipment,

then we cripple the organization, and they go away for life.

They wanna kill Kristin Malone in order to keep her from testifying?

- Yes. - So why did Alicia Dean end up dead?

Kell doesn't know what Kristin Malone looks like.

We got that part down.

Kell knew the witness was on his way to the courthouse this morning.

- You have a leak. - Yeah, I'm aware of that.

So Vasily is going to hunt down and kill every woman who escaped.

Yes.

Including the only witness to my father's murder.

Exactly. Would you excuse me?

You need to find Kristin Malone before Kell kills her.

And you need to do it before 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

That's when the grand jury reconvenes.

The judge has given us 24 hours to produce a witness,

or he's gonna throw the whole case out.

Ellie's parents haven't heard from her since she was 17.

She called asking for money.

They didn't even know that she was in the city until I told them.

Debra Salvo's brother says he hasn't heard from her.

I got people watching him, but so far I got nothing.

The only thing we got on Kristin Malone is her name, her photo ...

and the fact she was in protective custody for 2 months.

I don't think she'd go anywhere she'd be recognized.

- Oh, man. Why doesn't she turn herself in? - Would you?

I mean, they hit a corrections van in broad daylight.

There's a snitch in the D.A.'s office.

Somebody tipped the Russians off.

She's scared. She doesn't know where to go or who to trust.

Cat, I want you to pay the Russians a visit.