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Well, that's what you said.

I did not say "when hell freezes over."

- What then? - I said

I will make my decision when the mayor gets his head out of his ass.

Sorry, wrong cliché.

- Oh, cut it out. - And his head's not...

out of his ass?

Is it partly out?

Do you have a progress report?

I'll make it simple for you!

When the mayor asks me to re-up, himself, in person...

And what's with all the qualifiers?

That's two qualifiers!

- Two! - And the peas

cannot touch the mashed potatoes.

I serve at the pleasure of the mayor.

All I ask is that he ask me to re-up!

He's trying to schedule a signing ceremony.

- That's not the same thing. - With you...

- and yours and the brass and press - That is not

- in formation. - the same thing!

- It's the thing! - Did Mrs. Moore hire

the hall and the caterers before you asked her to marry you?

It's not the same thing.

Well, it's damn close. Same principle.

Some requests,...

some decisions,

deserve to have protocol respected.

Deserve to have it honored.

Or what?

Or what? Or what? What do you mean, "Or what?"

How long you gonna let this go on?

As long as it takes the mayor and you

to accept the fact that I will only do this one way.

- Your way. - The right way.

I serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and you serve

at the pleasure of the commissioner.

Am I right?

- Yes, sir. - Then act like it.

If you're so eager to make this happen,

make it happen the way your boss wants it to happen.

What's so funny?

Nothing.

It's my frisée salad, isn't it?

I look like a giant wimp right now.

You're picturing me in a dress.

No, no, it's nothing like that.

It's just been a long time since I've done this and...

an even longer time since I've enjoyed it.

Anthony.

Uh-oh.

Who's Anthony?

Sorry. Hello?

Hey, Erin. It's me, Anthony.

Yes, Anthony, I know.

I have caller I.D., just like everyone else

in the Western Hemisphere.

We got a problem. You should get down here.

I just texted you the address.

You're texting the wrong number. I'm not catching tonight.

Erin, listen,...

trust me, you need to get down here.

We got a cop shot and killed.

Oh, no. I'm on my way.

Erin, wait. Wait.

- I'm really sorry, but... - You're certain

that wasn't just one of your girlfriends

calling to get you out of here, right?

A police officer's been killed.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

- Detective Reagan. - Yes.

Sergeant Rutkowski.

I'm here on instructions from Lieutenant Gormley.

I'm supposed to give you this.

What exactly is Lieutenant Gormley gifting me?

A missing cop.

Missing how?

Officer Kenneth Nelson missed roll call about four hours ago.

And the CO declared him AWOL?

Yeah. That's right.

Okay. Who's this?

Officer Abrams. I'm Kenny's partner.

Yeah, I brought him along.

Thought you might want to pick his brain.

- So? - Kenny's a good cop.

Have you heard from him?

No, I haven't.

That's not so good.

Kenny's been having a tough time lately.

I'm not sure if that has anything to do

with him not showing today, but...

I wanted to put it out there.

I'm...not exactly sure what it is you're putting out there.

Officer Nelson's son passed away a couple years back.

- Leukemia. - Oh.

Well, I'm sorry.

Kenny's boy was just seven years old when he lost him.

Needless to say, the guy's never been the same since.

Okay.

I'll get on it.

I called you back five times!

Every time, straight to voicemail.

I know. I'm sorry. I was on the phone with the office,

and then my cell died in the tunnel.

Where's the body? This way?

Listen, we got to talk.

Yeah, I think I got everything on the way.

- Listen... - Officer Donald Gibson.

12 years on the job.

Was shot approximately 9:17 p.m. in a drug deal gone bad.

- Yeah, but listen... - Where's his partner?

I heard he got a glimpse of the shooter when he was fleeing.

Yeah, he did.

-He-He's right over there. - Great.

- Erin, listen... - Let's start there.

Erin! Hang on.

Anthony, I just want to get the description

while it's fresh in his mind.

We already got the shooter.

What? Well, that's great.

Yeah. The partner put the description over the air

right after the shooting.

RMP picked him up about ten minutes ago.

But we have a problem.

The shooter's name is Adrian Cooke.

- Adrian Cooke? - Yes.

Anthony, what are you telling me?

Nothing. I-I'm just saying what I said.

You mean to say I'm responsible for this?

We put Adrian Cooke in the Manhattan Fresh Start program

instead of prosecuting him because he was a nonviolent offender.

And then he goes out and kills a cop.

But you gave him that second chance because you believed he deserved it.

Doesn't matter what we thought.

We clearly made the wrong decision in this case.

But because I was the lead prosecutor on it,

I'm gonna be the face of that decision.

Oh, my gosh.

What do we do?

It's okay. Keep calm. Keep calm.

Mom, go!

Go!

Good morning, Mrs. Nelson.

Detective Reagan. This's Detective Baez.

What can I do for you?

Well, we've been calling all morning. No answer.

Okay.

Your husband, he didn't show up for work last night.

So we were hoping to have a word.

Be my guest.

May we come in?

This is my house. You want to talk to Kenny,

you go to his house.

His house?

We're separated six months.

Well, we hadn't heard that.

Yeah, well, I guess you don't watch Entertainment Tonight.

It was a big deal.

That's funny.

Can you give us his new address?

No.

Well,you know, your husband never updated

his contact information with the NYPD.

Interesting.

You have any other thrilling anecdotes like that?

I'll pull up a chair.

Maybe you don't understand the seriousness of the situation.

Your husband went AWOL from the NYPD.

If he misses much more, he's gonna lose the job and the pension.

First of all,...

he was my husband.

And second, please, the guy's got bigger problems

than you two.

Really? Like what?

You're the big-shot detectives.

Start detecting.

Come on. Can't you help us out?

You have a warrant?

No, we don't have a warrant.

Then have a nice day.

What was that all about?

I don't know.

Sorry to keep you waiting, Frank.

It's what we do, you and I.

And thanks for coming up. I know this is long overdue.

And it's going to have to stay that way, for now.

What is?

The question of whether I stay on or not.

Frank, we both have packed schedules.

- Your office specifically asked me... - I have not heard

one word from this office about the travesty

that led up to Officer Gibson's murder.

I released a statement the moment I heard.

About my officer, yes.

I'm talking about your Fresh Start program.

Our Fresh Start program, Frank.

We're all on the same team together.

Well, the team bus left without me on that one.

Look, I'm sorry ADA Reagan is taking the heat,