- Danny unravels a judge's complicity when he favors a sex trafficker and FBI informant against the mob. Frank gets closure for a case from his policing days of a boy who had disappeared. The boy's remains and a confession achieve that.
- When the skeletal remains of a young boy are discovered buried in a wall during a building renovation, Frank is determined to find the killer himself and close the case that began twenty-five years earlier when he was the detective in charge of the investigation into the boy's disappearance. As Danny and Jackie search for the person who murdered an escort, they uncover that the service for which she worked has a highly placed client subverting the cause of justice. Jamie has an unsettling encounter with Sonny Malevsky.—zozanee
- Danny and Jackie investigate the murder of a high-end escort found floating in the river. Meanwhile, Frank vows to bring a killer to justice when a missing boy's remains are found from a case that he was emotionally invested in 25 years ago.—CBS Publicity
- Late at night, Danny gets a phone call from Anna Zoltan. She asks if he remembers her and tells her that he does. She apologizes for calling late and tells him that she didn't know who to turn to for help. Danny asks if she needs help or is in trouble and she responds by saying she is scared. Danny suggests that she calls 911 or waits for him at his precinct. Anna tells him that she doesn't know if he can help her and tells Danny that somebody else told her that the police can't help her either. Danny asks who told her what she said, Anna then starts to cry and says that nobody can help and she doesn't know why she even called Danny and hangs up the phone.
At One Police Plaza, as Frank is arriving into his office, Detective Abigail Baker is giving him his morning schedule and briefing report. She tells him that Detective William Carter has tried to call Frank. Frank remembers that William was an old partner of his. Frank asks Detective Baker why he was trying to call. Detective Baker tells Frank that some new evidence was found in a case they had worked together 25 years ago. Frank tells Detective Baker to let his security detail know that he is heading back out. Frank gathers his coat and leaves his office.
Near the river, two New York Police Department divers are bringing out a body from the river. Jamie and Sgt. Renzulli have been called in to secure the crime scene. Jamie is getting information from his phone and tells Sgt. Renzulli that the Medical Examiner is still an hour and a half away. Sgt. Renzulli says that the situation they are at is sad and the victim is a beautiful, young girl. Jamie notices that she is still wearing makeup and the crime must have taken place recently. Sgt. Renzulli reminds Jamie that it is not their job to speculate on the crime. They are there to secure the crime scene and wait. He looks up to see Detective Sonny Malevsky walking up to the crime scene. Jamie recognizes his name and tells Sgt. Renzulli that he believes that Sonny used to work with his brother, Joe. Sonny approaches and sarcastically jokes that Sgt. Renzulli finally got his promotion. He then notices Jamie and seeing his last name on his badge, figures out that he is Frank's youngest son. He asks Jamie if this is his first case involving a floating victim in the river, to which Jamie admits. Sonny then admits that the body is still intact, and he should see a body that has been partially eaten by fish and crabs in the river. He then takes out a pair of gloves and starts his investigation.
In another part of the city, Frank has met up with William at a torn down apartment. William shows him the skeletal remains and backpack of a 9-year-old boy named Leo Gates. Frank is certain that it is indeed Leo, but William tells him that it is not known for certain. Frank tells him again that he is certain. William then tells Frank that he is unsure if Leo's mother stills lives in the area which Frank confirms. Frank then orders William to have the Medical Examiner make a positive identification on the body and rules that the case is no longer a missing person case, but a homicide. He then orders the case file to be on his desk as soon and possible and tells William to keep the press away from the case if possible. Back at the river, Sonny rules out suicide since there are no contusions on her body from hitting the water hard if she truly did jump from the bridge. He then comments that if that did happen she probably would have broken her neck, but when he pulls back her hair he finds a bruise on her neck which shows that somebody else had broken her neck before throwing her body from the bridge. He looks in the victim's pockets and finds a piece of paper with Danny's name on it. Sonny then suggests Jamie get a hold of his brother.
At Danny's precinct after getting the news that the victim was Anna, Jackie asks if Danny had called Anna back. He tells her that he couldn't because Anna was calling from a blocked phone number. She then asks how Danny knew her. He tells her that Anna was part of a sting involving prostitution. Anna had lost her daughter and was trying to get her back. Danny had spoken to the Assistant District Attorney about Anna and got her a reduced sentence of mandatory rehab. Danny still feels bad about Anna dying when she was trying to change her life around, but Jackie assures him that they will find the person who killed Anna and try to make Danny feel better.
At Frank's office, Frank is going over the evidence of his case while Detective Baker tries to remind him of his afternoon schedule. Instead of acknowledging his schedule, he tells Detective Baker that he has ordered the people involved in the case be interviewed again and that William needs to make new reports and have them delivered as soon as they are done. Detective Baker obeys Frank's order. Frank then shows Detective Baker a condolence note that was written. She reads it out loud and notices that the letter is not signed. Frank asks Detective Baker if the letter was written by a man or a woman. Detective Baker answers that it was written by a man. She then gets a notice on her phone from the Medical Examiner. The body has been positively identified as Leo Gates by way of dental records. Frank thanks Detective Baker and dismisses her. He looks at a picture of Leo and then orders her to cancel the rest of his schedule for the day.
At Danny's precinct, Danny has found the name of the escort service that Anna had worked for. Jackie found out that somebody was sending flowers to Anna for a very long time to the point where Anna had to file a restraining order. After a phone call to the florist, Jackie comes up with a suspect's name: Richard Hansen. Danny and Jackie then head out to question Richard.
In the city, Frank arrives at Mrs. Gates' house. After she answers the door, she realizes that Frank has found Leo. Frank confirms that he has. She asks him where he was found and Frank tells her that Leo was found behind a false wall in a basement of an old building two blocks from his school. She asks if Leo suffered. Frank tells her that the Medical Examiner classified the cause of his death was blunt force trauma to the head and that the death was instantaneous. Frank asks if the building where Leo was found meant anything to them and she tells him that she and Leo would pass it on the way to school. Every day they would walk to school together and Leo would constantly beg his mother to walk to and from school by himself. She then remembers the day when Leo died, that it was raining and if that was the reason why she didn't get Leo from school. Frank tries to assure her that there are some things no one can completely control even when it means protecting their children every moment of the day. She tries to plead that if things were different, the outcome would be different. Then she decides that she can call a priest and finally have a funeral for her son. She thanks Frank. Frank tells her there is no need to thank him until he brings Leo's killer to justice.
At Danny's precinct, Richard has been brought in for questioning. He immediately denies killing Anna. Danny sarcastically tells him that Anna committed suicide by strangling herself then dumping her own body in the river. Jackie asks Richard where he was the night Anna died. Richard's alibi is that he was at a charity fundraiser at his child's school. Jackie tells him that Anna took out a restraining order on him the night before she was killed. Danny asks why Anna would do that and suggests that she was going to tell Richards' wife about having an affair. Richard asks why he would throw his life away for a whore. Danny reminds Richard that whore was somebody's daughter who was trying to get her own daughter back. Danny then suggests that Anna wanted to stop being an escort and Richard wouldn't let her. Richard claims he can buy any woman he wants. Danny then suggests they call Richard's wife and ask her how she feels about her husband having an affair. Richard then sits down and admits that he was a regular client of Anna's and when she had quit he tried other escorts, but he felt that Anna was special. He further admits that he offered to pay her rent and double the money she would've been making as an escort, but he was turned down. So he turned to sending her flowers to change her mind. Richard then tells them that there was another person who felt the same way he did towards Anna. The other escorts would tell Richard that their boss was the person. Jackie asks for the boss' name. Richard tells him that he would only go by the name John. Jackie says that it is at least a start and Danny warns Richard that his alibi better check out.
At the Reagan house, Detective Baker has brought the new reports from William to his house. Since Frank isn't at home, Henry takes them. When Detective Baker calls Henry, "Sir" out of respect, he tells her that he is retired and doesn't need to be called sir and to call him Henry. He then asks if something on her mind and she tells him that the case Frank is working on has consumed him. Henry tells him that all police officers have cases like these and has her sit at the table with him. He tells her of a case he had in 1955 with similar facts. Detective Baker tells him that she feels that Frank is in a dark place. Henry tells her that William and Frank had different opinions on certain facts of the case. Henry tells that a witness had told William that Leo had gotten into the back of a car, but Frank didn't believe it. Frank felt that Leo had never left the block in the neighborhood and was murdered. Detective Baker tells Henry that a forensic report will confirm that Leo was killed after being struck with the round end of a hammer. Henry tells her that Frank's children were the same age as Leo when the crime took place and that it worried Frank deeply.
In the city, Jamie and Sgt. Renzulli are finishing up a dinner break when Jamie asks how he knows Sonny. Sgt. Renzulli tells him that some people become police officers because they love enforcing the law, some because of the security of the job, and some because they have no idea on what to do. Then there is Sonny who is on a big power trip. Jamie asks if there is anything more and Sgt. Renzulli suggests corruption. He then tells Jamie that, when you talk to people like Sonny, you should always have on hand on your wallet and be ready.
At the Reagan house, Frank comes in late and finds Henry reading the case files. Frank grabs a beer from the refrigerator and Henry asks if he misses being a police officer. Frank admits that he does and admits that he wasn't finished being a police officer. Henry reminds him that he did what was needed to be done and Frank reminds him that Henry had done the same thing. Henry denies this saying he wanted the job of police commissioner and that his son should be proud that he was the only police chief that was right for the job. Henry gets up from the table and asks Frank what he is looking for in the case. Frank tells him that he doesn't know and he needs something to jog his memory. He then reminds Henry that he used to say that there is a lot of information in a detective's head that isn't written. Henry scoffs at this saying that Frank has a photographic memory. Frank then admits that there is a piece of evidence in the case that he can't remember. Henry then says good night to his son and leaves to go to bed. Frank sits down at the table, puts on his glasses and starts reading the files again.
At Danny's precinct, Danny gets a phone call that Richard's alibi has been confirmed. Danny then suggests that Jackie look up the person named John who was obsessed with Anna. They find that his name is John Vega and he owns another escort service called Executive Clientele. They go to question John at his company. John declares the women he hires do not engage in having sex with their clients. They are just there to show clients around the town for nights on the town or business dinners. Danny asks if he knew Anna. John tells Danny that he believes that Anna used to work for his accountant. Jackie rebuffs his statement by telling John that Anna was delivering packages to John. John denies this. Jackie asks if John knew that Anna was an escort at the company his was running. John claims that he doesn't recall that information. Danny asks if he recalls where he was when Anna was murdered. He gives an alibi that he was with one of his girls named Jolene. Danny asks for her information to corroborate his alibi and John complies. He then offers Danny the opportunity to try out his services and Danny declines saying that he is married.
At One Police Plaza, Detective Baker reads to Frank that with all the people in the building at the time of Leo's murder, no eyewitnesses claim to have seen Leo get into a car with anyone. He then tells Detective Baker to bring in William. In the city, Danny and Jackie have found Jolene DeMaine. She immediately lets them know that John had told her that they would be looking for her. She confirms John's alibi saying that they had dinner and hung out at her place the whole night. She then hails a taxi and as she leaves, Danny hands her his business card and tells her if she has any information, to call him. Jolene says she won't and leaves in the taxi. Back in Frank's office, Frank asks William on the phone how he is doing with the new set of interviews. William tells him that he has located some people and he is interviewing a witness named Todd Connelly. Frank tells William that Todd is not on his suspect list. William tells Frank that Todd may have seen Leo getting into a car as an attempt to steer the investigation in a different direction. Frank asks about the superintendent of the building named Ted Wessel. Frank had specifically asked him to be interviewed again and wants to know why it hasn't been done yet. William tells him that he has not found Ted yet. Frank orders William to find him or he will transfer William to a different precinct in New York. Frank then orders to investigate everything on Ted.
Back at Danny's precinct, Jackie has found out that John has a criminal record, but nothing involving murder. He asks Jackie if there is any other way to connect John and Anna other than the escort service and Jackie tells him that nothing has been found in her e-mails and phone records. However, she has found that Anna had been speaking to Jolene, including the day she was killed. Danny goes to question Jolene again and at first, she tells them she had already talked to them. Danny tells Jolene that he knows that Jolene and Anna had spoken on the phone because he had talked to her as well. He continues telling her that she sounded afraid because Anna needed somebody to help her and he believes that the person she was afraid of was John. Jackie reminds Jolene about John's alibi story. Jolene reconfirms the story that she did indeed see John that night. Jackie adds that Jolene did not see John for the whole night. Jolene says that she can't help them. Danny asks Jolene if she is going to let John get away for killing Anna and Jackie adds that Anna was strangled so hard that her neck was broken. Anna tries to tell them to stop and Jackie pleads with Jolene to tell the truth. Jolene tells them that they have no idea what John is really like and that she could end up like Anna. Jackie tells her that she could end up in prison for hindering a prosecution. Jolene then confesses that John was obsessed with Anna. Anna had enough of John and threatened to go to the police. Anna had also told Jolene about Danny and said that he can be trusted in which Danny agrees. Jolene continues her story by saying that Anna went to John's office and when she got there John tried to attack her, but Anna had fought him off. Anna tried to end everything and go to the police by running out of John's office. Anna called Jolene and she met Anna at her house. Jolene found Anna and was told that she was going to meet up with Danny at his precinct.
The story then continues in Erin's office. At Anna's house someone knocked on her door and Anna told Jolene to hide in the bedroom. The person at the door was John who was furious with Anna. Anna and John yelled at each other and then the room went quiet. Jolene peeked out through the door and saw John strangling Anna. Erin asks if John had seen Jolene. She tells her that he didn't see her and she left after John took Anna's body to the river. After Anna's body was recovered, he told all his escorts that what happened to Anna is what happens to people who talk to the police. With Jolene's confession and statement, Danny goes to arrest John.
Danny and Jackie find John and arrest him for murdering Anna. When they do, John doesn't seem fazed by this at all and surrenders quietly. At the courthouse, Danny and Jackie are leaving the courthouse when they are approached by Special Agent Stuart LeMarque of the FBI. He tells them that arresting John has caused a problem since John is involved as a confidential informant under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Jackie deduces that is the reason that John never served any jail time for all the felony crimes in his record. John is part of the Rulanti crime family and the FBI is attempting to go after their boss, Tommy Rulanti. Danny doesn't care about this and stands firm that he is going ahead with the murder case against John. Danny and Agent LeMarque go back and forth as to which case is more important. Agent LeMarque leaves and Erin arrives with another problem in the case. John's defense lawyers have asked for Jolene's statement. Danny figures out that if they get Jolene's statement, John will know who helped in putting him in prison for murder. Erin reminds him that it is within the law and it must be done.
At the Reagan house, the family is having their dinner and Danny asks Erin what kind of law is in play. Erin tells her it is a law that guarantees a fair trial. Danny doesn't understand how it is fair that information given to him is going to be turned over to a possible murderer. Frank gets a phone call and excuses himself from the table. Nicky agrees with her uncle saying that it doesn't seem right. Erin tells her that a defendant has the right to know who is accusing him of a crime. Without information like that, the playing field would not be even. Danny tells Erin that a person's life is in danger. Jamie asks Nicky if she would want to live in a world where anybody can have anybody put in jail because they are anonymous. Nicky answers that she doesn't believe that is fair either. Erin thanks Jamie for taking her side, but then he tells Nicky that John is doing this to intimidate Jolene which would ruin the case. Erin un-thanks her brother. Danny's bottom line is that the FBI is trying to make their case more important by taking down a crime family and Anna's murder and memory would fade away and not be important. Jamie asks about the comment the FBI had made that Anna was just a call girl. Sean asks what a call girl is. Linda tells her son that a call girl is someone who talks on their cell phone all the time. Jack suggest that his Aunt Erin is a call girl because she is on her phone all the time which leads to a laughter session at the table. Frank returns to the table and announces that a possible tip in his case has led to a dead end. After dinner, Erin tells her father that she is worried that she may lose her witness in the case. Frank tells her to be ready with another case against John. He then suggests that she go after one of the cases that the FBI haven't brought against John due to him being an informant against the Rulanti family. Erin considers the idea saying that she has a friend in the U.S. Attorney's office.
At the courthouse, the judge is giving his ruling. Erin feels that, if the testimony is released, the witness' identity would be revealed and be put in danger. The defense attorney argues that there is no way she can predict the future. The judge agrees with the defense attorney and rules that Jolene's testimony will be released to the defense team. The defense team then asks for bail to be set for John. Erin tries to object and accuses John of having family ties to a crime syndicate. Danny and Jackie have arrived at Jolene's apartment and they tell her that John has been released on bail. She tries to close the door in their face when they tell her that all they want to do is make her safe. Jolene says that she wants to be left alone and Danny tells her that John will find out that it was her who gave a statement. Danny asks if John threatened her and she tells them that she will not testify against John. Jackie tells her that she has already given her statement to Erin. Jolene tells them that her statement was a lie and she slams the door in their face.
Erin has a meeting with her friend in the U.S. Attorney's office named David. She asks him for any evidence that he has on John. She promises not to jeopardize by his case by promising that she will not bring up the evidence in her case until David presents his evidence against the Rulanti crime family. Erin then calls Danny and lets him know she has obtained the evidence. At Danny's precinct, Danny and Jackie watch hours and hours of surveillance footage of people with escorts in the town. Jackie has announced that after six hours of watching footage she is tired of seeing the same things over and over. Danny notices that John and somebody else are on the footage that he is suspicious of. Danny sees a license plate that belongs to the judge in the case that ruled that Jolene's statement would be given to John's defense team.
At One Police Plaza, Mayor Frank Russo is scolding Frank for missing an important event. Frank apologizes and tells him he is working on an urgent police matter. Mayor Russo asks Frank what his excuse is for missing a meeting with the Director in Charge of the FBI. Frank tells him that he doesn't have one. Mayor Russo tells Frank that the FBI wants the NYPD to not pursue John's case. Mayor Russo starts to get angry saying that, when the FBI demands a meeting, he is to show up and not leave the Mayor by himself. Detective Baker interrupts and announces that William has found Ted and is waiting on the phone for him. Frank excuses himself from the Mayor telling him he needs to take the phone call. Mayor Russo sarcastically understands and leaves Frank's office.
At a precinct, William has been questioning Ted trying to get a confession out of him for hours, but Ted will not confess. Frank watches the interrogation and William leaves the room. Frank suggests talking to Ted and William allows him to do so. Frank goes into the room and asks Ted if he remembers him. Ted tells him that he thinks he is the police commissioner. Frank admits that he is now and then reminds Ted that they had talked the day after Leo went missing. Ted confirms that he indeed was the superintendent of the building and that he had already said the same thing to William. Frank offers Ted something to drink and Ted answers that he is not going to tell Frank anything different than he told William and all he wants to do is leave. Frank opens his briefcase and shows Ted a school assignment that Leo had written the day before he disappeared. In the assignment, Leo had written how much he loves baseball and all he wanted to do in life was play baseball. Frank also shows Ted a picture of Leo.
Ted asks why Frank is doing what he is doing. Frank tells him that he wants to clear up some things. He reminds Ted of what he was wearing the day they spoke. Ted was wearing a work shirt, khaki trousers, boots and a tool belt. He then tells Ted that he has a good memory and he recites something that another superintendent of a building once told him that if something moves, use duct tape, if something squeaks, use WD-40 and if something is stuck, you hit it with a hammer. That saying jogged something in Frank's memory that on the day he and Ted previous spoke, Ted's hammer was missing from his tool belt. Ted starts to crack saying that he would never hit a child on the head with a hammer. Frank asks him how he knew that was what killed Leo. Ted answers that William had told him that and Frank rejects that answer. Leo tries to tell Frank that he had read it in the newspaper and Frank rejects that answer as well. Ted then claims that his hammer was stolen. Frank then sits down and tells Ted that he had told Laura that her son was dead and how painful it is to lose a son. He then shows him the note that he read him. He asks Ted to read it out loud which makes Ted start to cry after he reads it. Frank tells Ted that he believes that a good person wrote that note who had made a mistake and held onto the regret until it destroyed his life. Frank accuses Ted of writing the note which causes Ted to finally breaks down into tears and he starts to confess. Frank tells him to write down his confession and to make sure that he didn't mean to kill Leo.
At the courthouse, John's lawyer is trying to have the charges against him dismissed under the grounds that the only witness has recanted her statement. The judge is about to make a ruling when Danny bursts into the courtroom. The judge orders Danny to stop and sit down or he will find him in contempt of court and Danny charges him with judicial misconduct and solicitation. Vincent Pellegrino from the Office of Court Administration orders the judge to step down from the bench along with two police officers. Danny tells Erin that the judge was identified on one of the surveillance tapes and has been ruling in favor of John in all his legal proceedings. Vincent orders the hearing is under an official review as Danny gives his sister a wink as he leaves the courtroom. As he walks out, he gives Agent LeMarque a sarcastic pat on his shoulder. Outside the courtroom, Erin and Danny meet up with Frank and they each praise each other in their cases. Danny suggests going out to celebrate as a family, but Frank says that he has more work to do and sends them along on their own. Frank has met up with Mrs. Gates and she tells him that she is pleased that the case is finally solved. Frank presents her with an old baseball card that was found in Leo's backpack and she asks if she can finally thank Frank to which he nods. Frank then leaves Mrs. Gates home and into his car with his security detail waiting for him.
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