Law & Order: Organized Crime

In the nation's largest city,

the vicious and violent members

of the underworld

are hunted by the detectives

of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.

These are their stories.

I want answers for my children.

You took my wife from me.

You got it all wrong, son.

Upstairs is giving us the task force.

Who've I got?

Elliot, you're not in charge of it.

Who is?

Detective Stabler, nice to see you again.

Our charge is to bust Mr. Wheatley.

He's one of the world's biggest distributors

of illegal narcotics.

You didn't tell me you were married.

And divorced.

I told you I could handle it.

You didn't need to send your goons.

I would never betray you, Richard.

You were planning to serve me up to a cop tonight.

Elliot, you okay?

What just happened?

I want to talk. I just can't right now.

What do we know?

One-PP got an anonymous call at 10:30.

No mention it was Sinatra.

Six-showed up on the scene first, ID'd the body,

and it made its way up the chain to us.

Sergeant Ayanna Bell, Detective Elliot Stabler,

Organized Crime Task Force.

Were there any witnesses?

- Nobody's come forward. - Not much here to work with.

Prints wiped clean?

Victim's wallet was intact,

but we didn't recover a cell phone.

What about a car?

Found it on the other side of the tunnel next to Kiddieland.

He drove himself?

What theory are you guys working with?

Most likely, mob hit.

- One shell was recovered? - This close, only takes one.

Hand-loaded casing.

Usually guys that hand-pack their ammo,

they're either specially trained military

or fanatic gun nuts.

Or both.

They did a hell of a job,

and as usual, the government screwed up.

They just didn't make enough of the damn stuff.

One of the main reasons we pay for concierge care

is so we don't have to wait for appointments.

I abhor waiting.

Listen, I feel you,

but before you both end up with hypertension,

let me offer a little saving grace.

You've got to be kidding me.

- His ex-wife. - Hello.

The police just left your house.

Your father was murdered.

My God, no.

Thanks for letting me know.

What did she want?

I'll tell you about it on the way home.

As I was saying, I have a shipment on the way.

Come over to our house on Wednesday night.

We're having a little vaccination party

for family and close friends.

Hey, do you know what the holdup is?

I don't hear a train coming.

Let me go call in, see if I can find out what's going on.

All right.

What the hell?

They came in from both directions,

two black SUVs.

- How many men were there? - Four or five, I think.

We found this guy on the ground, passed out,

probably from shock.

What can you tell us about the shooter?

They were wearing face masks, military like.

Military.

You find any slugs or shell casings?

We canvassed the full perimeter, nothing.

- They cleaned up good. - Any CCTV cameras around?

Unfortunately, no.

We're gonna need all the traffic footage

from every artery leading in and out of this place

from 2100 to 0200 hours.

Maybe one of the cams caught 'em coming or going?

Who put a tourniquet on that man's leg?

The shooter.

- Trying to send a message? - Which would be?

You try to stop us, we'll kill you.

Give us what you want, you live.

Where were those vaccines headed?

Harlem Hospital Center.

Too bad for them.

It gets worse.

If those vaccines aren't stored properly,

within two hours, they're useless.

Hey, Liv, it's me.

About last night, I'd appreciate it

if you didn't mention it to anybody

before I have the chance to explain.

Call me.

Detective Elliot Stabler,

meet Detective Diego Morales from GVSD.

You wanna translate that for me?

Gun Violence Suppression Division,

established 2016.

Learn something new every day.

Hey, welcome aboard.

Morales, we just got the traffic cam footage

leading in and out of the Jersey crime scene.

We're looking for two black SUVs.

Sprinters, Suburbans, factory, custom?

Any license plate details?

Well, I had one eye witness with a gunshot in him,

traumatized, and he passed out,

so we're all doing the best we can here.

And these vaccines, they need to be stored

in very cold conditions.

If you have any ideas on that, I'm all ears.

I'm gonna check on Wheatley and the old man,

see if they have any warehouses within a two-hour radius

of the heist that are equipped to handle cold storage.

Why would he care if the vaccines rotted or not?

I mean, black market drugs...

It's not like there's quality control.

Because image and reputation

is what Wheatley cares about most.

Being clean and smarter and having more bravado

than anybody else.

Morales, contact your CIs and your friends over at GVSD.

Any vaccines come in in bulk,

have them contact us first.

Slootmaeker, I need your focus on this.

Paper?

This paper is two years of my work

detailing Wheatley's business in finance.

So follow the money.

All right, come on, y'all.

It's time for y'all to start learning our guy.

Let's go.

Richard Wheatley was one of the original online gangsters.

When he was still a freshman at Columbia,

he developed an illegal open source encryption software

called Mastaba.

Egyptian for tomb, ergo crypt.

Mastaba's a work of beauty.

Yeah, if you're looking to turn the dark web

into your personal playpen.

What's with the "Purple Magic"?

- It's a street drug. - Fully laced opioid.

Ten times as strong, 50 times as deadly as fentanyl.

Very ugly stuff.

What's Wheatley's connection to it?

"Purple Magic" is made from a prescription drug

called Naradol.

Wheatley pushes a ton of it.

The street version is crazy expensive

and manufactured with the kind of precision

that we don't normally see in illegal drugs.

It has a mystique

which screams Wheatley.

We're dealing with a dangerous man.

Yeah, smart and dangerous.

I've never met the smart, dangerous, very bad man.

I'd kind of like an introduction.

We don't need a warrant.

We're just here to talk to Mr. Wheatley.

I have to call up to the office.

Dick!

Dick Wheatley!

It's actually Richard.

- Do I know you? - I don't know, do you?

- Sergeant Ayanna Bell. - Can we talk for a minute?

My father passed away last night.

Now's not a good time.

My daughter and I need to get to the funeral home.

- My condolences. - Thank you.

Do you or any of your venders do business

with a company called Certazul?

Dana?

Sure, we service some of their products.

Certazul is an international pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Wait, is this about that truck heist

last night in Jersey?

You know about that?

Only what I heard on the news this morning.

Dana, did anyone mention your department meetings?

No, not that I recall.

I'm afraid in the world of vaccines distribution,

Contrapos is near the end of the queue.

It's not our primary business.

What is your primary business?

As you undoubtedly already know, detective,

Contrapos is a direct delivery service,