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Congrats, Reagan.
For what?
Jason Lipkis goes down for three murders
and will never see sunlight as a free man again.
But all three of his vics are still dead.
Well, that's... out of our hands.
I know. But don't you wish
we could just get ahead of it sometime?
I mean, stop something before it goes south?
Like that.
Been seeing these things everywhere.
I mean, why can't we help her?
"My name is Angie Shaw and I am lost in New York.
Please help my brother David find me."
Okay, well, why don't you give him a call?
We don't have to call him. Why not?
He's standing right there, handing out the flyers.
Hey. Scuse me.
Detective Reagan. My partner, Detective Baez.
Okay, I'll stop.
Come again? Last cop who came up
said I was harassing people
and defacing public property with these.
Good. So you've already talked to the cops.
Here, back in Akron,
half the time, they don't return my calls.
Half the time, they don't have a clue.
Well, your sister's still missing, right?
It's just, uh, she's not well.
So, uh...
you know, if I don't find her...
You don't have to.
We're gonna find her.
Hey, Eddie.
Hey. What's up?
Are you related to an Armin Janko?
Um, yeah, he's my dad.
So then you'll want to talk to him.
Two words: "hell" and "no."
And after you tell him that, hang up fast
or he's gonna try and find a way to empty your wallet.
Oh, he's not on the phone.
He's in the holding cell.
Dad?
Sweetheart.
What are the odds, huh? That you'd break out
of prison? I'd say that's a pretty sure bet.
No, I was released a couple of weeks ago.
Uh, finally.
I'm a free man.
Says the guy behind bars.
Just a misunderstanding.
I can get it cleared up.
So, what, you've been out, like, two weeks
and you haven't even called me?
Only because whatever I would've done before...
The-the lying,
the scheming...
Now I do the opposite.
Including ignoring your daughter.
I didn't want you to think I was asking for anything.
I can't believe this.
All right, Mr. Janko.
Next stop is Central Booking.
I've turned over a new leaf, sweetheart.
It was really great seeing you.
Carrie Ewbanks.
Anthony. Thanks for coming.
Let me guess... They found a floater.
Nope, just diving with GoPros,
searching the river.
What, for hepatitis?
Dropped iPhones, lost sunglasses.
Apparently, it's a YouTube thing.
And this time, they found this.
You got to be kidding me.10mm
1911 with pearl grips.
From that old homicide of yours, right?
Shooter was,
uh, Jane...?
Jade. Jade Jones. But that was six years ago.
She said she tossed it in the water a quarter mile from here.
Time and tide, I guess.
But if that is the gun...
Got to get it back in water before it oxidizes even more.
What I meant was...
Yeah, I know what you meant.
If this is the gun,
I might've put an innocent girl in prison.
He's here?
He is. And he's hot.
So the archbishop is hot.
He is.
Okay. Let's have him.
I don't know.
Your Eminence.
Don't act so respectful, Frank.
It seems there is a problem.
And playing dumb suits you even less.
Hey. Please, sit.
I'll stand, thank you.
Okay.
Father Mike McDougal.
Yes. What about him?
His apartment was burglarized last night.
Is he okay?
He's pretty shook up, but he'll be fine.
Someone probably cased him as an easy mark,
seeing as he spends most of his days outside our precincts
with a bullhorn, yelling, "Defund the police."
He has a right to free speech.
No one is disputing that. He also has
a right to make a 911 call.
He didn't.
This isn't funny, Frank.
Come on. It's a little bit funny, Kevin.
I'll tell you
what's not funny.
The fact that someone in your department
leaked the tape of his 911 call.
Probably hitting their websites even as we speak.
I know this, because reporters have been calling me
for a comment.
Kevin, I'm sorry.
Yeah, well, in today's world,
"sorry" is woefully insufficient.
Well, in this case, well-intentioned.
Well, I'll tell you what's not well-intentioned.
The fact that, every day, there's a new existential crisis
in the institutions of our country.
What we once thought was eternal
is now being cast aside by the mob.
Hey, they're at my gates, too.
You've embarrassed the Church, Frank.
Not the priest who is throwing gasoline
on the fires that burn in this city day and night?
This is about the person in your department
who leaked confidential information.
Well, when the person is found,
measures will be swift and appropriate.
Thank you, but I need more than just a slap on the wrist.
You need?
Yes.
The dignity of the Church demands it.
Kevin, you once told me you had nothing but respect
for the boundaries between our two spheres.
Non-overlapping magisteria.
So please don't tell me how to do my job.
I wouldn't dream of it.
Good.
But, uh, you might want to ask yourself
what's more important,
your office
or your faith?
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this.
Well, the trespassing charge is not dropped, Dad.Uh-huh.
It's what's called a desk appearance ticket.
And if you don't show up for your court date... I'll show up.
I promise. Well, I don't know what that's worth.
Because, you know, I also talked to the lady
at the halfway house you were staying at... That was not court-mandated.
Well, you s... I'm... It's a private group.
You still bailed.
I couldn't stay with those people.
You are one of those people.
I was. But not five minutes out of prison,
they're all back to their old ways.
They're ripping each other off,
they're s... uh, scoring drugs.
There was even this big lug of a guy,
said he heard I was a financial whiz
so I should help him launder his money or else.
I had to get out.
Wait, where have you been staying, Dad?
You know, around.
Like on the street?
Honey.
Thanks again.
A-And I'll make that court date.
Dad, you're not going anywhere.
In order to qualify for the DAT, you need a verifiable address.
You didn't.
Against my better judgment.
And you drove from where?
Uh, from Akron, two weeks ago.
Because your sister has problems.
It is not her fault.
Our mom passed away when we were kids,
and our dad raised us.
But... he was always drunk.
He never worked.
And he forced Angie
to wait on him hand and foot,
night and day.
And you?
He was horrible to me, too.
But I got married when I was 18,
so I was able to move out.
But she had to stay.
Till the day he died.
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