- Off-duty Jamie stumbles on a fracas in Chinatown. He chases one of the men, who dies in a car collision. Internal Affairs investigates Jamie and Danny inside Chinatown, finally nailing an illegal adoption racket for Chinese babies.
- After Jamie secretly meets FBI Agent Anderson in Chinatown after hours to decline succeeding his late brother, Joe, as spy in the search for the Blue Templars, he sees triad goons attack a woman, as it turns out an illegal prostitute, and intervenes. In the ensuing chase, one of them gets hit by a car and dies. I.A. is instructed to conduct a rigorous investigation as the press might suggest the commissioner's son is getting special treatment, although he merely omitted calling in colleagues on duty for which there was too little time. Meanwhile Danny, who remembers having needed spankings unlike his golden kid brother, finds a way round the reluctance of potential witnesses and links the case, in which the surviving triad abuser is murdered to shut him up, to prostitution and baby trade for adoption. Jamie's girlfriend, Syd, dumps him for a promotion to London.—KGF Vissers
- In the Chinatown section of New York, Agent Anderson is looking at handbags at a stand when Jamie approaches. She tells him that she is pleased to have received a phone call and is finally ready to get to work on investigating The Blue Templar. Jamie tells her that he is out. She then tells him that she understands that he has reservations and the risk of the investigation is high, but she offers the full support of the FBI. Jamie declines and goes to leave. She stops him by saying that he has invested a lot of time to find out the truth about Joe's death and defending Frank's honor. Jamie tells her that is the reason he wants no further part in the case. He then tells her it's about family business and leaves.
As he rounds a corner into another section of Chinatown, he finds two Asian men screaming at two Asian women. One of the men threatens one of the women with a gun. Jamie takes his badge out from under his shirt and draws his weapon. He identifies himself as a police officer and orders the man to drop his weapon. The men flee the scene with one running away and the other getting into a car, almost hitting Jamie. Jamie chases the man back into the main area of Chinatown. The man runs into an intersection and is hit by a taxi. Jamie reaches the man, checks for a pulse, and reports that he is off duty and needs an ambulance immediately. The crime scene turns busy as ambulances and police cars swarm the area. Jamie has called his father, Frank, who was having dinner at a restaurant. Frank asks if he was hurt to which Jamie announces to his father that he is all right, but he didn't want to make the problem worse for calling him. Frank reminds him that, as long as he tells the truth, all would be fine. Frank then gets another alert and has to hang up the phone.
Danny has arrived on the scene and he checks on his brother making sure he is all right. Danny asks if Jamie had spoken to anyone and Jamie admits that he gave a statement to Detective Tuan. Danny then asks Jamie what had happened. Jamie tells his brother that he may have seen some of a group known as The Asian Triad who kidnap illegal immigrants and try to get ransom money from their families in China. Jamie is certain that one of the men had a gun, but when he searched the suspect the gun went missing. Danny tells Jamie that a gun tossed on the street in Chinatown wouldn't stay there for long. Jamie also tries to tell Danny about the two Asian women who were being attacked and Danny tells him it would be difficult to find two specific Asians in Chinatown. Danny asks Jamie what he was doing in Chinatown since he was off duty. Jamie tells him he was just walking around after his shift. Danny warns Jamie that Internal Affairs is going to question him wanting to know who he was talking to and what he was doing. He tells him to make sure he has his story straight and he is glad that Jamie is all right.
Back at the restaurant, Frank is speaking to Chief Flores who is part of Internal Affairs. Frank asks him if it policy for him to be called every time an investigation of a police officer has started. He scolds him telling him that this conversation shouldn't take place. As he is finishing up his conversation, Kelly Davidson, who Frank had broken up his relationship (Episode 1.3 Privilege) comes into the restaurant. They make eye contact as Kelly is led to her table, but she returns to talk with Frank. She compliments him on the case, although the mayor took all the credit for it. Kelly asks Frank how he is doing and he responds with the same question. She replies that she is working too hard. Frank acknowledges that working hard is a hazard in both their fields of work. Kelly admits that she misses Frank and that she made mistakes in the case. As Frank is about to reply, he is interrupted by Councilman Welch. They shake hands and Frank introduces the Councilman to Kelly. He then excuses himself and leaves.
Back at the crime scene, the dead man is identified as Grant Lee by Detective Tuan. Grant was a foot soldier in one of the Triads that operate in Chinatown. Detective Jackie Curatola asks if the driver has been found. Detective Tuan says that they are looking for a blue Subaru Impreza. Danny announces that Internal Affairs is going to be with Jamie so he feels that solving the crime would be the best way to help him out. Danny asks Detective Tuan about Jamie seeing two girls. Jamie described them as two Chinese women in their mid twenties with shoulder length black hair. Detective Tuan says that the description is too generic. Danny asks if there were any eyewitnesses and Detective Tuan confirms that there weren't. Danny looks over his shoulder and remembers Jamie saying that one of the women had a scratch on her forehead. He points out a woman in the crowd and goes to talk to her. As they approach, the woman shows that she is scared and Danny tries to calm her down by saying that he would like to talk to her. Detective Tuan speaks to her in Chinese and they go to Danny's precinct.
At the precinct, Danny asks the woman how she got the scratch on her forehead. She responds that she fell down. Danny asks to see her hands and doesn't find any marks on them which tells him that she was lying to him. He suggests that somebody pushed her up against a wall while trying to kidnap the other lady involved. Jackie comes up and announces that Grant had been arrested for assault and bribery. Danny shows the woman pictures of Grant's associates, but she denies recognizing them. Danny tells her that he doesn't believe her. Danny reminds her that her friend is in danger and it would be better if he found her before the Triad does. Jackie assures her that her immigration status doesn't matter in this case. The woman names the other woman as Ming-Tai, but she does not call her a friend. They only had just met each other. Jackie asks if she has a last name, but the woman doesn't know it. Danny asks her where does she live. She answers, "Gong si fong" and offers to show them where it is. She also admits that they lived together, but she moved because of trouble.
At Jamie and Sydney's apartment, as Sydney is preparing dinner she tells Jamie that he should have called 911 and waited for backup. Jamie tells her that there wasn't enough time for that to happen. Jamie tries to tell her that he is all right and he didn't get hurt. Sydney agrees with him, but she reminds him that another police officer had been killed when she walked into a crime scene (Episode 1.4 Officer Down). He tries to tell her that he is standing right in front of her, safe and sound. Sydney asks what's going to happen the next time? Jamie doesn't give an answer. At One Police Plaza, Frank is being told by his assistant, Detective Abigail Baker, that the story regarding Jamie and the crime has made it across the city's newspapers. Frank asks what else is on his agenda and Abigail tells him about a successful arrest in a string of taxicab robberies and a press conference on a security initiative, but the focus is going to be on Jamie's incident in Chinatown. Abigail respectfully tells Frank not to minimize the importance of the incident. Frank is aware of the situation and thanks Baker. Frank puts on his glasses and begins to read the paper that has a full cover page story of the incident.
Frank then takes out his cell phone and calls Danny. On the phone, Frank commends his grandson, Jack, making a touchdown in a recent football game. Danny asks if Frank is truly asking about football or about the missing woman Jamie talked about. Frank tells his son if he was calling as the police commissioner, he would be reminding his lead detective that the case is politically sensitive. Danny tells Frank that he is in a one bedroom apartment shared by 30 Asian women who take turns sleeping on mattresses. Frank tells him what he is seeing is the "Gong si fong" that Danny learned about from the woman he questioned. Danny tells him he is looking for Jamie's missing kidnap victim, but with so many Gong si fong going on in the city it's not going good. Frank asks about the car, Danny announces that some information just came in and he will call him back. Detective Tuan tells Danny that there is no further information on Ming-Tai even though she had lived in a Gong si fong for over a year. A lot of the women had just come overseas from China and they fear cops, but they fear the gangsters even more. At a press conference, Frank is announcing that 500 new cameras are being installed in the city's bus system. When he allows questions to be asked, Kelly makes a statement that no one has come forward confirming Jamie's case in Chinatown. Frank fires back that Kelly did not ask a question. Kelly asks if Jamie's case is being treated specially because Jamie is Frank's son. Frank defiantly answers no and takes another question.
Jamie is being questioned by Lieutenant Alex Bello of Internal Affairs and Jamie has an attorney named Kenneth Weber with him. Lieutenant Bello asks Jamie if he knew or ever spoke to Grant. Jamie answers no to both questions. Lieutenant Bello asks why did Jamie stop Grant and talk to him. Jamie answers that he saw Grant and another man assault and try to kidnap two Asian women. Jamie testifies that he identified himself as a police officer and told the men to stop. Lieutenant Bello reminds him that he was off duty and asks why he didn't call 911. Jamie answers that he believes that any other police officer would do the same thing. Lieutenant Bello admits that, although the reasoning sounded good, there are no eyewitnesses to confirm Jamie's story. Jamie tells the Lieutenant that the alley was deserted and that's why it was chosen for a crime to take place. Lieutenant Bello asks Jamie why he was in Chinatown at that time of night. Jamie tells him that his apartment isn't far from the crime scene and he was talking a walk. Lieutenant Bello asks if Jamie was having dinner with someone or meeting a friend. Jamie denies both of those suggestions. Lieutenant Bello then tells Jamie that he has eyewitnesses who have said that they saw Jamie talking to a woman with red hair. Attorney Weber reminds Lieutenant Bello that Jamie only has to answer questions regarding the case. Jamie then challenges Lieutenant Bello saying that he can't believe that people saw him talking to a person with red hair, but no one saw the crime taking place. Lieutenant Bello tells Jamie that women with red hair are not common in that neighborhood and they are noticeable. Jamie then tells Lieutenant Bello that it was a tourist who was looking to buy fake designer bags. Lieutenant Bello asks for the tourist's information and Jamie tells him he doesn't have it since he sent the woman on her way. Lieutenant Bello ends the questioning and tells Jamie that the police commissioner has given him orders to be extra rigorous in their investigation. Jamie expects nothing less and the lieutenant leaves.
At Danny's precinct, Jackie has found a picture of a similar Subaru Impreza, but it was in a different neighborhood. Jackie has run the plates and finds out that the car belongs to Nelson Chiu and they get an address on him. Danny calls Jamie and asks him to meet at Nelson Chiu's last known location. At a Chinatown restaurant, Nelson Chiu is eating dinner and smoking a cigarette. Danny and Jackie approach him and ask to speak with him outside. He tells Danny that he is eating, Danny corrects him and tells him that he is smoking in a restaurant which is illegal. Danny takes Nelson's cigarette and snuffs it out in Nelson's dinner. Nelson then blows smoke in Danny's face and is dragged out of the restaurant. Another person tries to tell Nelson what to do in Cantonese, but Jackie warns him and tells him to stay put. Jackie checks Nelson for weapons and Danny calls over Jamie who was waiting in his squad car. Jamie identifies Nelson as the driver of the car and Danny arrests Nelson.
Back at Danny's precinct, Nelson denies knowing who Ming-Tai is and demands his lawyer. Danny tells him he is stuck in traffic. Danny asks why he was trying to kidnap Ming-Tai. He answers by pretending not to speak English. Danny then shows him pictures of the website he owns. The site is for an escort service. Nelson claims that his site is legitimate, but he still has no idea who Ming-Tai is. Danny goes to tell Nelson how much he hates him when Danny gets interrupted that Erin has arrived to talk to him. Erin has to give Danny the news that he has to let Nelson go. Erin reminds him that he cannot charge Nelson on a weapons charge if there is no weapon. Danny tells her that Jamie positively identified Nelson and that he had a gun. Erin tells him that, during the incident, Nelson could've had a water pistol for all she knew and that she won't be prosecuting the case. Danny asks for a compromise and Erin says the best that can be done is that Nelson be charged with misdemeanor assault charges otherwise he was going to walk free on bail the next day.
At the Reagan house, Frank makes himself a sandwich and apologizes to Henry for waking him up. Henry tells him he couldn't sleep anyway and remembers a story about a police officer who almost got in trouble when Henry was the police commissioner. Somebody had told Henry that a cop was skimming money from people who had been arrested in cases involved with drugs. The Chief of Internal Affairs contacted Henry and told him about it saying he might like to talk to the officer in question. Henry told him that he wasn't going to talk to the officer, but to put his best investigator on the case. The Chief then set up a couple of fake drug busts and Henry found out that Frank was the cop in question. Frank tells his father that he was never told about this in his career. Henry then had to sit back and watch Frank get investigated and that it pained him greatly to watch something like that happen to his son. Henry tells his son that every father has the instinct to protect his children.
At Erin's office, Nicky is asking Erin questions for a school project. She asks why Erin didn't become a police officer. Erin tells her that Danny, Jamie, and Joe always wanted to be policemen because they were playing like policemen when they were children. Erin never felt to play that way. Nicky asks Erin if she wanted to be a lawyer. Erin answers yes. She wanted to serve the law differently. She then admits that sometimes she doesn't agree with the police officers she works with. Nicky asks about the time her uncle Danny shoved a suspect's head into a toilet (Pilot, Episode 1.1). Erin praises her brother, but admits that at times he can get carried away. She also tells Nicky that her Uncle Danny would protect her no matter what. Nicky asks what kind of trouble and Erin refuses to answer that question when she gets a phone call. Danny has called Erin to tell him that Nelson has just been murdered in the city. Danny believes that a member of the Triad shot him. Erin suggests that Danny drop the case since there is no victim and both suspects are dead, but Danny refuses.
As Danny examines the car, he finds a piece of paper from the Mott Street Munificent Society. Detective Tuan tells Danny it's a community service center that teaches English, offers free legal advice, and they have a medical clinic. Danny asks if they are connected with Nelson's Triad. Detective Tuan doesn't know if that is so. Jackie comes up and announces that the medical examiner who did an autopsy on Grant found somebody else's blood on him and that it belonged to a woman, possibly Ming-Tai. The medical examiner also found that the woman is pregnant. Danny remembers Wai-Chee, the woman he questioned, that she never said anything about Ming-Tai being pregnant. Danny asks if the medical examiner had figured out how far along in the pregnancy the woman was. Jackie tells him that the woman is in her third trimester. Detective Tuan figures out that, if the woman is Ming-Tai and she is pregnant, she wouldn't be working as an escort anymore. Danny asks what would the Triad still want with Ming-Tai. They don't answer. In Chinatown, a pregnant woman is shown walking and when she walks toward three Triad members, she turns around and walks away.
Danny, Jackie, and Detective Tuan decide to investigate at the Munificent Society. The owner's name is Dennis Eng. They ask about Nelson. Dennis tells them that they help a lot of people and when he searches for Nelson's name it comes up empty. Danny asks if Dennis does any work with gangs or triads. Dennis tells him that he offers a basketball program to deter teenagers from joining gangs. Jackie asks if the name Ming-Tai sounds familiar. Dennis offers to search, but needs a last name. Danny's attention gets caught when he sees a pregnant Asian woman being led into the medical clinic. Danny excuses himself to check out the clinic, but Dennis tries to stop him saying it's not a good time to do so. Danny tries to ask a receptionist about Ming-Tai, but she answers in Chinese. Dennis admits that he provides free medical services to people who can't afford them. Jackie asks if they can continue looking around. Dennis doesn't allow them to do so. Danny asks why not? Dennis explains that a lot of his clients are illegal immigrants and that he is frightening them. Dennis orders them to leave. They leave, but Danny grabs a flyer with Chinese writing on it. Detective Tuan translates the flyer as an advertisement for an adoption agency. He further translates saying that if "a woman is single and pregnant, or married and can't afford a child, you can put it up for adoption and be rewarded". Jackie suggests being rewarded with money. Detective Tuan agrees. Danny then deduces that Ming-Tai got pregnant, and wants to be paid for giving up her baby.
Danny and Jackie find Wai-Chee who admits Ming-Tai's plan. Wai-Chee tells them that Ming-Tai was offered five thousand dollars to give up her baby to an American doctor who only works at the clinic on Thursdays. Danny and Jackie then interview a fertility doctor. The doctor doesn't see how talking to him could help Danny's case. Jackie asks if the doctor works at the Munificent Society. The doctor admits that he does pro bono work for them. Danny adds that he does that on Thursdays and the doctor confirms this. Danny asks the doctor if he has seen the adoption advertisement. The doctor answers that he hasn't. Jackie tells him what the advertisement says. The doctor says that he wouldn't be involved in something like this; his fertility practice is a thriving business. Danny goes to leave, but then asks how much does a fertility treatment cost. The doctor admits that it costs anywhere between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars. Danny suggests that the doctor could receive as much as fifty thousand dollars for a healthy Chinese baby to be born. The doctor becomes offended by this suggestion and leaves.
At a hot dog stand in the city, Sgt. Renzulli is buying a hot dog. He tells Jamie that he had a meeting with Internal Affairs. Jamie asks what was said. Sgt. Renzulli tells him that he can't tell him because of confidentiality. Jamie understands. Sgt. Renzulli tells him that Internal Affairs wanted to know if he had done anything unusual during his shift. Jamie asks what would've been called unusual. Sgt. Renzulli tells him if he had made any phone calls asking to meet someone or if he was wearing women's clothing, but that part of the story was a joke. Sgt. Rezulli tells him that he believes that the focus of the investigation has been turned onto a woman with red hair whom Jamie had said was a tourist. Jamie tells Sgt. Renzulli that he had no idea who she was. Sgt. Renzulli tells Jamie that saying that is going to keep them curious. He then tells Jamie that although he jokes around a lot, he should take the advice of telling Internal Affairs who the woman was. If it leads to problems at home, so be it. Jamie can be forgiven by his girlfriend, but if loses his name or his job, he can never get it back. Jamie takes his words to heart.
Back at Danny's precinct, Jackie has brought up a picture of the doctor, Warren Wakefield, and his wife, Nancy, who is Asian. A background check shows that the doctor and his wife have a clean record. Danny bets Jackie ten dollars on what Nancy's maiden name is. Jackie agrees to the bet, saying that Nancy was Nelson's sister. Danny says he believes Nancy's maiden name was the same as Dennis' last name. Jackie brings up the search and Danny wins the bet. At the Reagan house, Frank is reading a newspaper late at night when Jamie comes in. Jamie tells his father he is questioning himself if he has done the right thing. Frank assures him that he did and that any one of the family would do the same thing. Frank admits that the academy gave him skills and the streets give him experience, but it all comes down to instinct. Jamie says that because of the Internal Affairs investigation he feels like a suspect. Frank tells him that he can't talk about that. Frank tells Jamie that Danny and Joe went through the same struggles when they were police officers, but it never reached the front page of the newspapers. Frank admits knowing Lieutenant Bello as well. He admits that he is tough, but fair. He also admits that he investigated the fellow officers in Joe's squad when he died. Frank then changed the subject asking if Jamie has eaten anything. Jamie says that he hasn't and he should head home. Frank asks if something is on his mind and Jamie thanks his father for the talk and leaves.
At Jamie's apartment, Jamie looks up the story on the night Joe died. He highlights the names of two off Joe's former officers, Sonny Malevsky and Lydia Gonsalves. Sydney wakes up in her bed when she realizes that Jamie isn't asleep. She tells him that Lieutenant Bello came to visit her and asked if she and Jamie had a fight and if everything was fine between them. She answered that everything was fine, but then admits to Jamie she really doesn't know, even when Jamie is with her, he's not. Jamie denies this. Sydney then tells Jamie that she has been offered a job working in London for six months. Jamie starts to tell her that he can't move to London, but she stops him knowing that he can't do so but she can and she wants to. Jamie tells her that he was meant to be a police officer. Sydney knows this and tells him that she loves him too much to stand in his way. She then takes off her engagement ring, hands it to him, and walks away.
In the city, Erin meets with Danny telling him that Dr. Wakefield has a lot of mortgages and that he has been skimming money from his properties to live a lavish lifestyle. Danny deduces that he is spending more than his private practice brings in, but wonders where he gets the cash to make payments. In her investigation, Erin finds that wire transfers of up to seventy thousand dollars a month take place four or five times a month. The last transfer took place five days prior from a couple who had paid by check. Erin then excuses herself as she is late for court. Danny thanks his sister for the good work she has done. Danny and Jackie visit and question the couple. They tell them that they tried four times to use fertility treatments and finally Dr. Wakefield suggest that they adopt a Chinese baby. The man asks why they are being questioned about Dr. Wakefield. Danny asks what they were told about where the baby would come from. They tell Danny that the baby would be coming from China and someone would bring the baby to them. The man tells them that the doctors wife had political connections so they wouldn't have to fly to China to bring the baby home. Jackie then tells the couple about the case. Danny asks when the baby would be expected. The man says any day now. This worries the woman as she feels she is going to lose another baby. Danny and Jackie leave and Danny realizes that the couple and Ming-Tai had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Jackie suggests that after nine months Ming-Tai decided not to give up her baby. Danny replies that the Triad doesn't care about maternal bonding and they would go to any lengths to get her baby.
At Danny's precinct, Dr. Wakefield and his wife are be questioned further, but Dr. Wakefield refuses to talk until his lawyer gets there. Danny tells him if he wants to save somebody it should be Ming-Tai because if the Triad gets to her first, he could be facing a charge of accessory to murder. Nancy doesn't understand and Jackie tells her what she thinks is going to happen to Ming-Tai since she has refused to give up her baby. Nancy pleads with her husband, but he remains defiant. Danny sarcastically remarks that waiting for the lawyer is a good idea, because by the time he gets to the precinct and tells the doctor to confess, Ming-Tai would be dead anyway. Danny asks when she is due to give birth and Nancy answers soon. Dr. Wakefield again tells his wife to be quiet and Jackie gets called away from the questioning. Danny then continues with his sarcasm, telling them not to worry, the baby would be fine anyway and that Ming-Tai wouldn't be needed anymore. Jackie gets word that a squad of police officers has arrived at the Munificent Society and that he is going to arrest Dennis. He asks them one final time if they have anything to say and Dr. Wakefield remains quiet. Nancy starts to confess that Ming-Tai is not at the Munificent Society and Dr. Wakefield angrily tells his wife to remain quiet. This causes Jackie to tell Dr. Wakefield to be quiet and allow his wife to speak. Nancy then confesses the entire operation was Dennis' idea. Dennis would bring in poor Asian women and allow them to become pregnant, and then sell the babies to people that couldn't have children. Jackie asks if Nancy realizes that selling babies is illegal. Nancy claims the money was going to benefit the girls and themselves, but Dennis got involved with the Triad and now the Wakefields pay them a percentage to watch the girls. Jackie asks if this is what is happening to Ming-Tai, and Nancy confirms this. Danny asks where she is and Nancy confesses that the Triad has there own doctor named Yi at an office close to the Munificent Society.
In the doctors office, Ming-Tai is tied to a gurney with a gag in her mouth. The doctor goes to administer a labor inducing drug with a Triad member pointing a gun at them. Danny and Jackie arrive at the office wearing bulletproof vests and they have their guns drawn. Danny kicks open the door and shoots the Triad member. He shoves the doctor into a wall and saves Ming-Tai assuring that no one is going to take her baby away from her. Jackie calls for an ambulance and the case is solved. Back at Jamie's precinct, Lieutenant Bello tells Jamie that the woman he has been talking to has come forward. He calls in a red headed woman named Kathleen Ryan. Jamie recognizes her as Agent Anderson. Lieutenant Bello asks Kathleen if Jamie is the officer she talked to in Chinatown. Kathleen confirms that it was so, although Jamie wasn't wearing his police uniform. He asks if they had a conversation. She answers that it wasn't really a conversation, but she had asked for directions to Canal Street. She also says that she wanted to do some shopping in the city to buy a Gucci bag, but she wanted to buy a knockoff because you can't really tell the difference. Lieutenant Bello asked what she did after talking with Jamie. She answers that she started walking towards Canal Street. He then asks what did Jamie do after the conversation was over and she replies that she didn't know. Lieutenant Bello than thanks her and dismisses her. Kathleen then lets Lieutenant Bello know that she had seen Jamie's story in the paper and because he helped her, she decided to help him in return. Lieutenant Bello then announces that the investigation is over.
At the Reagan house, the family is having their Sunday dinner. Nicky makes an announcement at the table that she wants to be the first female of the family to become a cop. Henry praises his great granddaughter and Erin asks if that is why Nicky was asking her all those questions. Nicky was happy for her mother's honesty, but she wants to keep the family tradition of being a police officer. Jamie comes in late and hears the news and then tells his niece that being a police officer is complicated and a commitment, and he admits that he didn't know what he was getting into, but he wouldn't trade for anything which the rest of the family praise him for as they continue with their dinner.
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