I can manage this. You look tired. Why don't you head on home?
Pope[Rolls eyes] Please don't use the techniques you employ in there [pointing to the Interrogation Room] on me. Something you'd like to know, ask me.
Well, I didn't think it was any of my business. I just...I heard you were getting a divorce, that's all.
Pope
I'm not getting a divorce. Estelle's getting a divorce. The job, the hours. She's seeing someone else. They're getting married. So no alimony. She doesn't want our kids because he doesn't want them. So there's that. And y'know, at some point it will...stop hurting and I'll just...hate her and go on with my life.
Pope
[into cellphone, presumably with Estelle] You could've told me about it in person. In advance. Yeah, I can't talk about this now, I'm sorry you feel that way, but we've just lost a 15-year veteran in a shootout and that's actually more important than you are at the moment. [clicks off] Leahy, is it true your men were circulating 100 flyers of some guy who was not connected to the crime?
I got 98 of them back, sir.
Pope
And where is Det. Martin's partner?
Det. Xavier is waiting in Cmdr. Taylor's officer with the murder book and the informant packet.
Pope
So unless you'd like to start collecting your pension tomorrow, Central had better back off and allow Priority Homicide do its job. You're dismissed.
Captain, I'm so sorry, but we're gonna need all of these flyers, because otherwise ...
Pope
That's good enough for me. Ninety-eight percent is fine. Go on Captain. (Leahy leaves)
You understand that this is not a picture of the informant Det. Martin was working with.
Pope
I don't want to talk about this anymore. [closes door] You left a police officer lying next to the man who shot him, and that is never done.
The reason I left Det. Martin lying there is that police officers are trained to fire in bursts. And Martin only put one shot into Barak. One. And the bodies were lying close together. Too close. And what was Martin doing there in the first place? Now, he and Det. Xavier were working with an undercover informant and I need to question him.
Pope
You can't release the informant's name to law enforcement.
Well, how am I supposed to talk to him, Will? What if he's not just ... just waitin' by the phone?
Pope
Why is it you can never do your job without constantly complaining about everything? The informant was guaranteed anonymity. [calms down] You can release his name to one other member of your squad and that's it. Now I've upheld your authority with the entire department looking on. But when a police officer is killed, we expect closure quickly and completely. Is that clear?
Yes it is. Your attitude, however, is a complete mystery.
I can manage this. You look tired. Why don't you head on home?
Pope
[Rolls eyes] Please don't use the techniques you employ in there [pointing to the Interrogation Room] on me. Something you'd like to know, ask me.
Well, I didn't think it was any of my business. I just...I heard you were getting a divorce, that's all.
Pope
I'm not getting a divorce. Estelle's getting a divorce. The job, the hours. She's seeing someone else. They're getting married. So no alimony. She doesn't want our kids because he doesn't want them. So there's that. And y'know, at some point it will...stop hurting and I'll just...hate her and go on with my life.
Pope
[into cellphone, presumably with Estelle] You could've told me about it in person. In advance. Yeah, I can't talk about this now, I'm sorry you feel that way, but we've just lost a 15-year veteran in a shootout and that's actually more important than you are at the moment. [clicks off] Leahy, is it true your men were circulating 100 flyers of some guy who was not connected to the crime?
I got 98 of them back, sir.
Pope
And where is Det. Martin's partner?
Det. Xavier is waiting in Cmdr. Taylor's officer with the murder book and the informant packet.
Pope
So unless you'd like to start collecting your pension tomorrow, Central had better back off and allow Priority Homicide do its job. You're dismissed.
Captain, I'm so sorry, but we're gonna need all of these flyers, because otherwise ...
Pope
That's good enough for me. Ninety-eight percent is fine. Go on Captain. (Leahy leaves)
You understand that this is not a picture of the informant Det. Martin was working with.
Pope
I don't want to talk about this anymore. [closes door] You left a police officer lying next to the man who shot him, and that is never done.
The reason I left Det. Martin lying there is that police officers are trained to fire in bursts. And Martin only put one shot into Barak. One. And the bodies were lying close together. Too close. And what was Martin doing there in the first place? Now, he and Det. Xavier were working with an undercover informant and I need to question him.
Pope
You can't release the informant's name to law enforcement.
Well, how am I supposed to talk to him, Will? What if he's not just ... just waitin' by the phone?
Pope
Why is it you can never do your job without constantly complaining about everything? The informant was guaranteed anonymity. [calms down] You can release his name to one other member of your squad and that's it. Now I've upheld your authority with the entire department looking on. But when a police officer is killed, we expect closure quickly and completely. Is that clear?
Yes it is. Your attitude, however, is a complete mystery.
Pope
We don't know there was malpractice, much less a crime, much less a murder. So let's be clear about what's going on here: you're launching a full investigation into a nationally respected hospital based on the hunch of a hysterical woman.
Daniels and I both felt she might be telling the truth.
Pope
Okay. Make that three hysterical women.
I know you don't want me to respond to that.
Pope
No.
We are asking for minimal cooperation.
And I am telling you that these doctors records are protected and they will remain confidential. [to Pope] And let me give you a word of warning, sir, that the legal principles at stake in this case are more important than you seem to imagine. Now I urge you to think very carefully about what you do next.
Pope
[dials a phone number] Martha, get me Martin Garnett, please. Thank you. [hangs up] Garnett is the deputy district attorney. I'm going to ask him to get a grand jury to issue subpoenas for everything related to the Langer case. Just to satisfy my own stupid, uninformed curiosity.
Pope
We don't know there was malpractice, much less a crime, much less a murder. So let's be clear about what's going on here: you're launching a full investigation into a nationally respected hospital based on the hunch of a hysterical woman.
Daniels and I both felt she might be telling the truth.
Pope
Okay. Make that three hysterical women.
I know you don't want me to respond to that.
Pope
No.
We are asking for minimal cooperation.
And I am telling you that these doctors records are protected and they will remain confidential. [to Pope] And let me give you a word of warning, sir, that the legal principles at stake in this case are more important than you seem to imagine. Now I urge you to think very carefully about what you do next.
Pope
[dials a phone number] Martha, get me Martin Garnett, please. Thank you. [hangs up] Garnett is the deputy district attorney. I'm going to ask him to get a grand jury to issue subpoenas for everything related to the Langer case. Just to satisfy my own stupid, uninformed curiosity.
Pope
An old friend of ours would like to speak with you. You remember Andrew Schmidt.
Andrew, what are you doing here?
SSchmidt
Nice to see you again too, Brenda.
Oh, I'm sorry. I mean, it's nice to see you, but --
SSchmidt
What am I doing here? [to Pope] She was always very quick to get to the point, wasn't she. [to Brenda] And you don't seem to have aged at all.
SSchmidt
[to Pope] She's also one of the best liars I have ever known.
Pope
An old friend of ours would like to speak with you. You remember Andrew Schmidt.
Andrew, what are you doing here?
SSchmidt
Nice to see you again too, Brenda.
Oh, I'm sorry. I mean, it's nice to see you, but --
SSchmidt
What am I doing here? [to Pope] She was always very quick to get to the point, wasn't she. [to Brenda] And you don't seem to have aged at all.
SSchmidt
[to Pope] She's also one of the best liars I have ever known.
So on paper, you transfer everybody from Priority Homicide to the counter-terrorism bureau...
Pope
Whoa, whoa, whoa....you guys don't have the mandated training for that.
See sir, that's the best part. The federal government will actually pay you to bring us up to code; thousands of dollars per person which you could add to your budget shortfalls.
Pope
Well, that's...that's fantastic! So officially, you would all be transferred to the counter-terrorism bureau, which would satisfy the state, while in actuality I could just loan you right back to Priority Homicide.
Exactly, sir. Because you only need more people in counter-terrorism when the threat level goes up. I mean, if you were to transfer them there permanently, you'd just be...
Pope
...paying people to just stand around most of the time. Yeah, I hate that. You know, Sergeant, for bureaucrats, this plan of yours is the equivalent of turning water into wine. My only question is, why are you here suggesting it instead of Chief Johnson?
Well, uh...sir, I thought she might like this idea better if she thought it was...
Pope
...my idea. Uh-huh. Well, I see you've worked out every detail, including who she's going to blame. That's real genius.
So on paper, you transfer everybody from Priority Homicide to the counter-terrorism bureau...
Pope
Whoa, whoa, whoa....you guys don't have the mandated training for that.
See sir, that's the best part. The federal government will actually pay you to bring us up to code; thousands of dollars per person which you could add to your budget shortfalls.
Pope
Well, that's...that's fantastic! So officially, you would all be transferred to the counter-terrorism bureau, which would satisfy the state, while in actuality I could just loan you right back to Priority Homicide.
Exactly, sir. Because you only need more people in counter-terrorism when the threat level goes up. I mean, if you were to transfer them there permanently, you'd just be...
Pope
...paying people to just stand around most of the time. Yeah, I hate that. You know, Sergeant, for bureaucrats, this plan of yours is the equivalent of turning water into wine. My only question is, why are you here suggesting it instead of Chief Johnson?
Well, uh...sir, I thought she might like this idea better if she thought it was...
Pope
...my idea. Uh-huh. Well, I see you've worked out every detail, including who she's going to blame. That's real genius.
Pope
[about the video on YouTube] You shut down a church. And a funeral home. You arrested a bride.
I did that groom a big favor.
Pope
I'm sure, but his family's in the lobby and they, surprisingly, don't agree. The father of the bride who has money coming out of...whatever, you choose an orifice, is threatening a major lawsuit. Ray Hodge's relatives are furious, and what could have been just a minor embarrassment is now a complete disaster. Oh, and congratulations, Chief Johnson! You've just become the most downloaded, fully-clothed woman on the Internet!
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