Leverage

Thanks for meeting me like this.

No problem, how could the FBI help?

Alright, the target in this case I'm working on...

I know he's got the local police in his pocket,

and now I'm pretty sure he's getting

tips from some one inside my department.

I'm gonna need some help here.

Bellbridge?

Yeah, that's the city.

You're doing the right thing Lieutenant.

Show Lieutenant Bonanno our Bellbridge file.

Excuse me.

Ugh!

Ugh! Let's go, let's go!

Mrs. Bonanno?

I'm, uh -- I'm nate ford. Uh, I just heard.

I already gave my statement.

Uh, no, I-I'm not a policeman.

Um, I'm in the private sector.

Your husband and I are colleagues.

I appreciate your coming down here,

But it's not --

Nate ford?

He talked about you.

He did?

He said you'd help him with some cases,

And, uh, he wanted to buy you a drink...

...And then arrest you.

I knew he'd figured it out.

Listen, I'd really like to help.

Uh, can you tell me if there are any leads?

No, it's --

It was his day off.

He said he was gonna run an errand and come right home.

Was he working on a case?

Pat never talked about his cases.

I'd ask him what he did today,

And he'd open a beer and say, "wrote a few tickets."

I can't.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Listen, if there's anything I can --

Clear!

No!

No!

No!

No!

It's me. Leave a message.

Sophie, this is the fourth message.

Please call back. The team could really use you on this one.

It's just, it was a hospital,

And you know -- you know me and hospitals, so, uh...

It's me. Leave a message.

Okay, you want a message?

Here's a message.

You're wasting your time. All right?

You know, y-you don't figure out who you are

By -- by roang the earth, you know,

Or -- or hiding in london, you know?

Look, nobody -- nobody knows who they are.

Nobody knows who they are.

I mean, you know, you think you do,

And then life -- it just - it tears it out of you,

And -- and you live with that, and...

Look, there is no answer.

Nate. And --

Everybody else is upstairs.

yeah.

Let's go.

So, is he gonna be okay?

Uh, they don't know.

Okay, this guy's a cop. You're thieves.

I'm not a thief!

Bonanno is the cop that we tip off

When we need to put the cuffs on a mark.

Look, you do realize we're gonna be covering

The same ground as the state cops on this one --

Hundreds of angry, very highly motivated state cops.

Wha-- by the way, guys, whoever shot him up,

Was using military-grade weaponry --

Well, you know what?! I don't care!

I don't care about that!

This guy dedicated his life to doing the right thing!

And this is his payback?

I mean, his family's pain is what he deserves?

If we don't settle the score on this, why do we do this?

Do you understand?

What are bonanno's active files?

According to the state police database --

Bonanno had half a dozen open cases.

The most recent one was a protection racket out of arcadia,

But the cops were focusing on an aut o-theft ring out of waynesboro.

Let's just say,

If you jacked a car in massachusetts in the last year,

Your head's gonna be bouncing off a cruiser by dinnertime.

What's that one?

That's public corruption.

There's practically no files on that thing.

That's it.

No, no, these other two files --

They -- they involve violent criminals.

This one -- this - it's government corruption.

No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. That's it.

That's it. Just...Check the shooting.

Put up the scene.

Okay, so, bonanno - he goes to a remote location,

Alone, no backup.

That means he knows his attackers and he's not expecting any trouble.

Now, what did you just say? You said no files on it?

So, bonanno was keeping this investigation off the books.

Explains a secret meeting.

Off hours, away from any witnesses.

Cops are looking in the wrong place.

Absolutely.

So, I mean, that leaves -- that leaves us.

So, who's the bad guy?

Or -- or -- and - and I'm just spitballing here,

We could just let the state cops handle this one,

Call in an anonymous tip.

Come on, hardison. I mean, how bad could this be?

Ladies and gentlemen, concerned citizens,

Businessmen, and community leaders,

I give you the mayor of belbridge, massachusetts,

His honor, brad culpepper iii!

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you! Thank you.

Folks...

During my two terms...

We have made a difference together.

High-school test scores have gone up.

Crime has gone down.

I personally went to washington, d.C.,

And brought back $20 million of federal 9/11 money

To upgrade our ports, protect us from terrorists.

A mayor -- surrounded by security, the press,

Probably has half the local cops on his own private payroll.

Piece of cake.

Explains why bonanno kept his investigation a secret.

Not secret enough.

Back when I was playing ball --

Yes, judy, I was much thinner then.

When I was pitching,

You could not get me off the mound.

My daddy taught me that once I started the game,

By god, I was going to finish it.

Well, I promise you, if you give me the ball once again,

I will set my sights on the waterfront.

Gone are those decaying shipyards,

To be replaced by a sunny esplanade

Where families can picnic

And our children can run and play.

So, what's our angle here?

I haven't been with you guys very long,

But taking someone down for attempted murder

Isn't something you normally do.

Listen, we come at him like any other mark.

We flip over a rock in this guy's backyard,

See what jumps out.

And how exactly are we flipping over this rock?

Ah, we crawl under there with him.

Look, the guy's thir d-generation corrupt mayor,

So I know he's rotten,

But, guys, you know,

Everything's just a good guess here

Until you get me some good intel.

Where are you?

Yeah, we're heading in now.

You spend your weekends making these things, don't you?

Yes, I do, and does anybody appreciate that?

I do.

I like the costumes. I wish I was there.

Parker, we need someone to sweep the mayor's office

While he's here at the fundraiser.

Fine.

But I never get to do anything fun.

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Thank you.

Sorry for interrupting, mr. Kadjic.

Please.

Mayor, you have two new donors.

That's a change -- new money.

Lionel gitt -- he's a real estate developer.

Does a lot of shopping centers.

And the woman is felicia chase.

She's a p.R. Flack from new york.

So, you do background checks on your donors now?

Oh, you can't be too careful. Hm.

They donated the maximum.

10 grand? Mm-hmm.

Each?

If you'll pardon me?

Of course.

How you doing this evening?

Good. Thank you.

Nate, I'm in.

All right, parker, get those files.

Right there.

Is this lieutenant patrick bonanno's place of residence?

Yes. All right, we're from the crime lab.