Blue Bloods

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you working

for our Widows' and Kids' Fund-raiser, Boomer.

Well, you know, that's my pleasure, Frank. Any time.

Well, our ticket sales are way up over last year,

and I have a hunch that has to do with you and the NFL.

Well, it's my honor.

So, if there's anything I can do for you in return...

How about a, uh, parking sticker that I could put on

my car so I can park in front of the Garden

when the Knicks and Rangers are playing?

Anything within reason, Boomer.

Well, I tried. You can't blame me for that.

- Thank you. - Thanks, Frank.

Great to see you.

- Take care. - Okay.

You missed Boomer.

I'm more of a Phil Simms guy.

We have a situation.

A Brooklyn South homicide detective

just got shot at the South Street Seaport.

How bad?

Not bad. Took one in the leg.

We catch the shooter?

Immediately.

So what's the situation?

Well, the shooter is the detective's own partner,...

Chris Scanlon.

Tell me it was an accident.

The jury is still out, Frank.

I'm just saying you could've cut the guy loose.

We caught him red-handed

ripping off a bodega.

You really think he should get collared

for stealing a lousy loaf of bread?

We don't make the law, Eddie, we just enforce it.

Hey.

What...?

I thought she got transferred out of here.

I guess things didn't work out back at the 2-7.

You shouldn't have come back here, Walsh.

Guess they don't like rats over there, either.

Kara was subpoenaed by the grand jury.

She did what she had to do.

She hung her partner out to dry.

Her partner killed a suspect in custody.

It was self-defense.

Even the grand jury refused to indict him.

And now a good cop's out of a job,

while the one that put him there is still on the street.

Hey, Kara.

Hey.

Sure I'm the last person you expected to see back here.

You taking your partner's old locker?

I hear that's available.

Eddie.

It's okay.

Been getting stuff like that all day.

Well, you got a stand-up cop canned.

Were you expecting a welcome home party?

I'll see you outside.

Eddie flies off the handle.

She probably didn't mean to.

I'm pretty sure she did.

I'll catch you later.

23 is too young to die.

Especially when eight of those 23 years are spent suffering.

What happened?

One of those cases you never forget.

Isabel was 15,

just trying to make it home from high school.

She walked right into the middle of a gang hit.

Did you catch the shooter?

Yeah.

15-year-old punk. Damon Williams.

He was tried as a juvenile,

served three years for assault only.

Meanwhile, Isabel spends the rest of her life

in and out of hospitals, suffering.

Thanks for coming, Danny.

I'm sorry for your loss, Marcus.

Isabel was a great girl.

This is my partner, Detective Baez.

- Marcus Greene. - My condolences.

Your partner never forgot us.

Just wish I could've done more.

I'm still hoping you can.

How so?

The bastard who shot Isabel is a free man...

and my daughter is dead.

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here, Marcus.

Damon Williams killed my child.

It took him eight years,

but he's still a damn murderer.

He needs to pay.

You understand it's not that simple.

It seems real simple to me.

My little girl is gone...

and I want justice.

No, you were out of line, Eddie.

Kara sold out her partner.

She deserves what she's gonna get.

You want to let a shoplifter off scot-free,

but you've got zero compassion for a fellow cop?

Damn straight.

'Cause a cop should know better.

And everyone in the house

seems to get that except you, Reagan.

Yeah, so what, you're saying that she should've lied

about Cutter killing that guy?

I'm saying she should've done

what she had to do to protect her partner.

It's not always that simple, Eddie.

It is that simple to me.

The second you start worrying

if your partner's gonna back you up,...

then you're not 100% focused on the job.

That's when bad stuff happens.

Okay. So let's say it was you and me that day.

Suspect resists,...

I choke the guy to death right in front of you.

You're called in to testify-- under oath.

What do you do?

If you're afraid for your life

and you do what you have to do,

I'm gonna cover your ass, Reagan.

That's what partners do.

Yeah? Well, if you ever cross the line

and somebody winds up dead...

I'm telling you right now: I won't cover for you.

You know, you pretend to be a Boy Scout.

Push comes to shove, you'd do the right thing.

Yeah, I would.

And you'd be on your own.

We're talking about witnesses who may have disappeared,

the recollections that may have changed,

evidence that may have been destroyed.

So you're saying there's no way to make

this Damon Williams guy pay for this girl's death?

The delayed death exception...

allows for prosecution in cases like this.

So there's a chance.

A slim one.

Okay, will you at least take a look at the file?

Will I ever hear the end of it if I don't?

- You are the best. - I'm not making any promises.

I owe you one.

Yeah, I'll put it on your tab.

Donnie Alvarado sends his regards.

What's he up to?

- Retired last year. - Mmm.

Married a girl half his age,...

bought a place up in Brewster.

Wasn't his last wife half his age?

Yeah, but she got older.

Okay.

Regards back to him.

Makes me the last active member of our old...

squad at the 2-1.

Last and best.

Yeah, if I'd been half the cop you were...

Yeah, well, that medal of honor you earned says otherwise.

Thank you.

You ever go by the marina,

see if our old fishing boat's still there?

- Well, not since we sold it. - Mmm.

Had some good times on that boat.

Yeah.

Be fun to see who has her now.

No calls.

Yes, sir.

You want some coffee?

I'm good.

My union rep... advised me not to come down here,...

but I told him you and I got history.

- And we do. - Yeah.

So what happened at Seaport?

Detective Clark and I were chasing down

a lead on a homicide in Flatbush.

Grabbed a bite, and on the way out

Jimmy noticed I was carrying my old revolver.

He'd never seen one like it.

I go to hand it to him, and somehow...

one of us...

catches the trigger and the damn thing goes off.

I'm sorry as hell, Frank.

I know this puts you in a tough spot.

Cop shoots another cop, Chris,...

it puts the whole damn department in a tough spot.

I understand.

But it was an accidental discharge.

It happens.

It shouldn't happen.

So...

this lead on the homicide in Flatbush

was at Seaport?

No, we just took our meal there.

Seaport's a tourist mecca.

It's not exactly an on-the-way lunch spot.

We wanted seafood.

Look, I appreciate you coming down.