Blue Bloods

Knock, knock. Oh, hey.

Uh, have a seat.

I'll just be a minute.

Wanted to see if you would take a look at this for me.

Uh, sure.

Uh... first thing.

Now? If you don't mind.

This is a misdemeanor drug possession charge.

I understand a small case like this is below your pay grade.

It's below this office's pay grade.

I'd like you to take the lead on it nonetheless.

I see.

You'll let me know how things progress?

Of course.

This is a small potatoes,

uh, drug possession case.

Yes, it is. Why do I get the feeling

that you get the feeling that this is my fault?

Well, you should trust your feelings about my feelings.

Oh, come on. It don't rain, and that's my fault, too?

If it don't rain, why would I want it to rain?

Why would anyone want it

to rain? I don't know. It just came out.

Look into this for me, please.

She gave this to you.

Yes, she did. To put me in my place,

show me who's boss.

And why would she do that?

Because you...

did this.

Just keep doing the good work that got you here, Detective.

And thank you, Ellie. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Well done, Detective Reddick.

Thank you, sir.

And thank you.

Sir, can I ask you a question?

Sure.

Did you mean it about getting to choose our next assignments?

Well, that's a longstanding tradition in this department.

Well, mine might seem a bit unusual.

I think I've heard 'em all by now.

Unless it's Internal Affairs. No one ever asked for that.

I'm thinking Warrants or Narcotics.

Seems like we got a warrior here.

Actually, I'd like to be posted here in One PP,

on your floor.

I see.

I love these.

Bodega robberies?

No. Banh mi.

You never heard of it? Never had one.

Never heard of it.

Huh. They're, like, a Vietnamese gyro.

Except they're stuffed with pickled vegetables.

Very refreshing. I think you'd love it.

Considering I've never had a pickle in my life,

I doubt it. I didn't say pickle.

I said it's stuffed with pickled vegetables...

Like pickled carrots.

You never had a pickle before in your life?

What are you talking about? Not once?

No.Not ever? Never?

No. Not in a box? Not with a fox?

And not in a house. Not with a mouse. No.

Never had a pickle? Not even on a burger? No. No.

She's never had a pickle before.

Ignore him. What do we have?

Name is Bao Pham. He entered his store this morning

to a burglary in progress.

Took a significant blow to the head.

Uh, the perp fled.

He's in the wind. All right,

we got it from here.

That's frightening.

You never had one pickle in your life?

You own this place?

Looks like you took a pretty serious blow there.

You okay?

I'm fine.

You get a look at the person who attacked you?

I was startled when I came in.

It all happened so fast.Understandable.

Was anyone here that might've got a look

at the person who attacked you?

I came in alone.

That your wife?

I called her after I got hit.

After?

She sounds pretty upset. What's she saying?

It's nothing.

Could be something. I was tired last night.

I never made it to the bank to make the night deposit.

You lost a lot of money?

How much money you lose?

Twenty thousand dollar.

Welcome to New York.

Ma'am, police. Do you mind answering a few questions?

You're doing great, learning so much.

Thank you. Sir, you mind if we take a look

at your security cameras?

Don't speak English.

That wasEnglish.

Excuse me... Don't speak English.

You know, the only way anyone's gonna talk to us around here

is if we suddenly learn Vietnamese.

Yo soy muy bonita.

Sí, verdad.

Perothat's Spanish.

That's not why they won't talk to you.

What was that? Look, you're the cops

trying to find out who robbed the banh mi?

Who are you? I'm the guy who knows how it works.

So tell us how it works.

All right, they won't talk to you

because they're scared, okay?

Not because they don't speak English.

Scared of what?

Payback. Retaliation.

From Born in USA.

It's the local gang that runs these streets.

Got every one of these stores under their thumb.

How's that? If you don't pay

for protection, you suddenly find you need protection.

And Bao didn't want to pay? No, he's old-school,

old-world, like a stubborn old goat.

So who runs Born in USA?

Guy by the name of Sonny.

Sonny?

So...

why here?

Who wins the war, the soldiers or the generals?

That depends on who you ask.

I think it's the generals.

The soldiers might disagree. Oh, then history

might disagree with the soldiers.

All due respect.

They, uh, people up here on the 14th floor,

including the ones sitting at this table,

were invited up here

because of what they did out there.

Yes, sir. And it was my work out there

that got me here today.

You don't strike me as the kind

who prefers paperwork to policework.

Well, honestly, I don't think of it as either-or.

I've had some achievements out in the streets,

thanks to great partners and CO's.

I'd like the opportunity to see

what I could achieve with you all as partners

and the commissioner as my CO.

A lot of cops have achieved out on the streets

and been rewarded for it with promotions.

Why should you be the one who gets kicked up these stairs?

As women in the PD, we often get lip service

about rewards that never seem to materialize.

Am I right?

Look, I don't have any agenda

other than to be useful,

and I'm not asking for consideration

based on anything other than my record.

Are you always this direct?

I try to be. I don't like my time wasted,

and I assume that others feel the same.

Then let me be direct as well.

I don't think you'd be a good fit up here.

But I will be happy to place you anywhere else you'd like.

Well, I can't say I'm not disappointed.

But I thank you for the consideration

and for your honesty.

You know...

people who say they like to be direct

often crumble when they're on the receiving end.

You didn't do that.

No, I guess I didn't.

Report here tomorrow 0600 hours.

Your new command will be PCO.

Thank you, sir.

Ain't she a pip.

Yup.

Is there a need up here I don't know about?

Nope.

Boss, I-I like her, too,

but she's a handful and a half.

Yeah, well, so are all of you on any given day,

you think about it.

Where are you going with this?

I don't know, exactly.

But I offered to place her anywhere she liked,

and I can't very well take it back

simply because she liked it here.

So...

What makes you so sure the D.A. knows

you're planning on running against her?

I'm not planning on running against her.

Sorry, considering running against her. She's considering

considering.

To your point, I'm the most senior A.D.A.

in that building, and she's hand-delivering busywork to me.

Maybe there's a good reason.