Fancy calls Baldwin into his office. There's no way to dress up the facts about it: "He shot himself. In the bathtub. If he had had family I would have moved him, made it look like he was cleaning his gun, but there's no pension to protect." Baldwin is choking with emotion as he says, "You did everything you could." Fancy disagrees: "Here's an interesting point: If he had been white I would have called Early Intervention." Baldwin is almost crying as he says, "Why'd you say that?" Fancy says, "I was more comfortable with him killing himself than him thinking I was trying to cost him his job." Then, totally off-topic, "How's your case?" Baldwin pulls himself up and suppresses the tears as he says, "She filed the wrong complaint. The sex was consensual. The doc writing up the rape complaint makes her not credible." Fancy sits behind his desk and says, "Lots of times, a precinct house is not about justice. It's about people getting what they deserve. Victims and skels." His lip is curling a little as he says it. Baldwin says, "You want me to let him go with a warning?" Fancy's lip curls again as he says, "That guy beat his girlfriend and chained her to a radiator. You let him off with a good warning." Baldwin goes to leave, and then says, "I'm sorry." Fancy says, "I'm sorry for you too, Baldwin." After Baldwin leaves Fancy closes all the blinds in his office and sinks into a chair.
Sip and Ricky bring David into the interrogation room. After denying it for a while ("I loved Pat!" "I think you loved him and you murdered him!"), David confesses. Sip advises him to say that he didn't bring the gun with him. David thanks him for the tip. Another crime solved by a person walking in off the street!
Baldwin goes into the pokey where Paul (Not a Rapist but a Huge Asshole) is hanging out: "I've had all of this cell I need." Others think differently, Paul. Baldwin hands over the envelope of Paul's stupid belongings. Paul asks, "That video set you straight? See, here's my St. Christopher's." Great, Paul. Baldwin says that if Shanice filed a complaint for being beaten and chained to a radiator they would follow up on that for sure, and WHAM, Baldwin slams his hand down on Paul's shoulder. Paul winces and says, "Easy there, brother!" Baldwin recites the laundry list of Paul's wrongdoings while still squeezing his shoulder and says, "You've got a problem, Paul." Paul, squirming like the weasel he is, says, "You keep this up and I'm going to get myself a lawyer." Baldwin THROWS him up against the cage and yells, "You want a lawyer? You want a lawyer?" Then he RIPS A PHONE BOOK in half and throws one half at Paul and says, "You look in one half, I'll look in the other. Now you walk yourself out. AND YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!" GO BALDWIN!













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