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NARRATOR: In the criminal
justice system,
sexually based offenses
are considered
especially heinous.
In New York City,
the dedicated detectives
who investigate
these vicious felonies
are members
of an elite squad known
as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
FREDDY: Damn, baby.
I don't want to
miss that concert.
Okay, well, you try
walking in these shoes.
(DOG WHlMPERlNG)
Aw! Hold on, Freddy.
Hi, Chuey.
Sweetie, what are you
doing out here so late?
Gina, no.
Not again.
He lives right
down the hall.
Show starts
in 20 minutes.
Well,
I've got to get Chuey home.
Come on.
Come on, puppy.
First time Son de Cuba ever,
ever plays in this country,
and we're going to miss it?
I swear to God,
Gina, I'll kill you
if we're one second late.
Okay, here it is.
Hello?
Hello?
(GASPS)
Oh, my God.
The victim's
Laura Santiago, 24.
Bled out from a cut jugular.
Throat slit
from left to right
with a very sharp knife.
*** down.
Fluids on both sides.
Time of death?
From the rigor,
I'd say between
(BlRDS CHlRPlNG)
If only
they could talk.
Well, I'm no
Dr.
Doolittle,
but a swab of
the dog's mouth
might tell us
if he bit the perp
while trying
to protect her.
STABLER: Need a vet?
No, I can do it.
Come here, boy.
Good boy.
(SlGHS)
You all right?
Yeah.
He's just a dead ringer
for my dog, Petey.
I didn't know
you had a dog.
Yeah, with my job,
it's great to come home
to something breathing.
MUNCH: Yeah,
we had a dog once.
My father tripped
over her one night
and brought her back to
the pound the next day.
Lie down with dogs,
you wake up with fleas.
Lie down with men
Nothing disturbed
inside the apartment,
no sign of forced entry.
She must have
known the perp.
Plates soaking in the sink.
She probably made him dinner.
Yeah, then he cut
her throat for dessert
and took the knife
as a souvenir.
Well, let's just hope
he's not out looking
for his next meal.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Super says
she didn't
hear a thing.
(SANDRA SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
SANDRA: How do I know
the boyfriend's name?
Do I got time to know
my tenants' business?
You know that they
went to Whole Foods.
You saw Laura
coming and going
with the same guy.
Not always.
MUNCH: What does that mean?
Sometimes,
he came in by himself.
Had his own key.
I found the
victim's laptop.
Nothing on it.
MUNCH: You mean
nothing suspicious.
No, I mean
nothing at all.
That's suspicious.
I'll get Morales
working on it.
Also found her cell.
Bunch of recent
calls from a Jan.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Yeah, that's him.
Could I have that?
I mean, she don't
need it anymore.
Wait for Santa.
It's evidence.
Does the phone have
an address for Jan?
East 83rd Street.
SANDRA: Oh, yeah.
Be careful.
Some guys,
the softer the outside,
the harder the inside.
Don't know
until you squeeze.
I just saw Laura
a couple of hours ago.
She was fine.
Fine.
(SNlFFLlNG)
This isn't possible.
I loved Laura so much.
Until she made
you angry.
JAN: Oh, my God.
You
You don't think
I killed
I don't even
kill cockroaches.
I take them outside.
Being nice to bugs
is not a defense
for ***.
So, how did you
and Laura meet?
I teach Anusara yoga.
Laura took my class.
Anusara is about
celebrating the heart.
Okay.
Let's go.
Are you taking me
downtown?
It would be downtown
from here, yeah.
Can I just feed
my dog first?
Make it quick.
Molly.
Come.
(WHlSTLES)
(SlGHS)
I'll be back in
just a minute, okay?
Don't you worry.
What happened to Chuey?
He's at the pound.
Is it a no-kill shelter?
I need to go get him.
He needs me now.
Well, we have
first dibs.
What time did you
leave Laura's apartment?
Around 9:30.
Why so early?
Have a fight?
I didn't always
spend the night.
Laura and I respected
each other's space.
Besides, I had to go
home and walk Molly.
Sounds like you're
one of those guys
that's more comfortable
with dogs than
you are with women.
What does that mean?
Well, dogs are
easier to control.
They come
when you call.
They give
unconditional love.
So?
BENSON: So,
maybe Laura wanted to end
things, and you didn't.
And when
she wouldn't roll over,
you *** and killed her.
Laura was ***?
STABLER: Well,
we found fluids on her.
How much do we want
to bet that they're yours?
I never forced
Laura to have sex.
That was her choice.
She didn't choose to
have her throat slit.
Somebody must have
come in after me.
Anybody see you
walking Molly tonight?
JAN: Yeah.
I had a Well, not a fight,
a discussion with a neighbor.
Which apartment?
She lives in 4A.
Now, I've got to
get to the pound.
STABLER: Sit.
Stay.
Fin.
Do us a favor.
Check out PETA Pan's alibi?
Happy to.
Anything on the dog's swab?
I'm waiting to hear from
a veterinary pathologist.
But this surprised me.
I found two blood
types in the ***.
Laura had sex
with two men tonight.
Must have been quite a show
for Chuey and the parakeets.
Thanks.
Well, we know that
Jan has a key.
He walks in on Laura's
other boyfriend,
the guy takes off,
Jan stays and
teaches her a lesson.
You don't need to sell me.
I'll never trust a guy who
wears drawstring pants.
Laura had another boyfriend.
Which means that you were
getting sloppy seconds.
If I would have known,
I would have
respected her freedom.
All right, let's drop
the act, Gandhi.
You surprised Laura
and her other man
in bed together.
What were they doing?
A little
downward-facing dog?
No.
I told you.
So, you kicked his *** out,
then you took out all your
rage on Laura.
And with you,
there is so much
rage bubbling up
under all that
"Love all God's
creatures" persona.
No! I told you.
I'm sick of your
macho tactics.
Both of you.
I want a lawyer.
BENSON: He invoked.
And now, he's meditating?
A little tranquility
before he hits the Tombs.
Well, unfortunately,
he won't.
Fin called.
Yogi's
neighbor saw him outside
of his apartment at 10:15.
They got into an argument
because he forgot
to scoop the poop.
So, what, we fine him
and cut him loose?
Get his DNA
before he goes.
Well, since Jan has
an alibi, the other guy's
got to be our killer.
Maybe Laura's parents
know boyfriend number two.
MR.
SANTlAGO:
This country
It was bad enough she
was dating the americano.
But two men?
We believe that she had
a second boyfriend, yes.
MRS.
SANTlAGO:
She would never
If she did something
like that
STABLER: You'd be
extremely upset.
(CRYlNG) Of course he's upset.
He just lost his daughter.
Please go now.
Just a few
more questions,
Mrs.
Santiago.
What happened
to your hand?
I had an accident.
He works
in a restaurant.
And where were
you last night,
Mr.
Santiago?
MRS.
SANTlAGO: He was
out with his friends.
We'll need those names.
You think I killed
my own daughter?
What's wrong
with you people?
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
She is the reason we came
to this country, you know?
For her to have a chance.
She went to college.
Four years.
And then
She should have come
home to her family.
But no.
She goes from job
to job, working with
those kind of men
Where was Laura working?
In a store called
Bella Moda.
But she lost her job.
Well, our aim here
is to sell things.
To show you how these
boots can tell the world
who you really are.
Tough but sexy,
with a take-no-prisoner sass.
Or how, if you will
present this to your wife,
she will forgive
all your transgressions
at least for the weekend.
Okay.
So, I take it
that Laura Santiago
did not live up to your
levels of salesmanship.
Well, Laura was
lovely at first.
She had the kind
of enthusiasm
that could convince
an ordinary 60-year-old
that the right scarf
could make her
Meryl Streep.
So, you said "had.
"
Something bad happen?
(SlGHS)
Honey, that's
an understatement.
It's horrible.
It's a horrible,
wretched purse.
One day,
she came in different.
LAURA: That's disgusting!
Don't buy that!
Please! All of you!
Go! Get out of here!
Don't buy anything here!
Go! Go!
VlNCENT: I was in the back.
I heard her yelling.
I tried to get her
to take a Xanax.
So, what was she
so upset about?
I have no idea.
She ran out,
and I never saw her again.
Ciao and good riddance.
Well, that didn't
make sense.
Laura works at the place
for a month, and one day
just freaks out?
Did you see
the prices in there?
Maybe the blatant
consumerism set her off.
(CELL PHONE RlNGlNG)
Yeah, but enough
to send her over
the edge?
Well, not just that.
But, I mean,
she was dating two
men on the down low,
plus dealing
with her parents'
traditional expectations.
Stabler.
Okay.
Yeah,
we'll be right there.
Morales found something
off Laura's computer.
Anything juicy?
About 10 gigs worth
of women's butts.
BENSON: You weren't kidding.
That's a lot of butts.
Was Laura
a lesbian?
STABLER: Had
a couple of
boyfriends.
Could have gone
both ways.
Maybe she sent photos
in to one of those
fetish websites.
BENSON: An entire website
devoted to women's butts.
Something's wrong
with that?
Laura's father's
alibi checked out.
He was at a bar
till midnight
with two friends.
Okay, so,
Laura was seeing two guys,
she's into women's butts,
and she went postal
at an overpriced boutique.
Who would want a nice
girl like that dead?
Maybe the same person
who wiped her computer.
Or thought he did.
It took some time
to pull those photos.
Anything else salvageable?
MORALES: Just these.
BENSON: Cockfighting?
MUNCH: Birds on steroids,
for the amusement
of boys on tequila.
Now, there's a party.
Look at the legs.
They call them
short knives.
Half inch blades.
Wait a minute.
That's Laura's old man.
I'll blow it up.
You're right.
That's Mr.
Santiago.
MORALES: There's
a street sign.
On Pennsylvania Avenue
in Brooklyn.
I love my birds.
I love my birds.
Well, I love
my wife,
but I don't put blades
on her toenails
to watch her gouge out
her girlfriends' eyes.
He forgot to mention
that he came here after
the bar last night.
Bird gave him a peck.
So, I was out
having a little fun.
Yeah? Did Laura
have fun here, too?
Laura hated the fights.
Then what was she
doing tagging along
and taking pictures for?
Spending a little
quality time with Daddy?
Her mama told her l
was still coming here.
She just showed up.
She was real angry.
Yeah, well,
cockfighting is illegal.
A guy could go
to jail for it.
You had to stop her
from snitching?
No.
We just argued.
She took that picture
three weeks ago.
The last time
I saw my daughter.
So, why was Laura so upset
about the fights?
Was she scared
that you were going
to get into trouble?
Laura loved the birds.
She said till I started
treating them right,
I was no longer her father.
Okay.
So, Laura loved animals.
She was dating PETA boy.
All those displays
that she knocked over
at the store, purses, boots,
all made of leather.
(CELL PHONE RlNGlNG)
So our girl is an
animal rights activist.
But what do the butts
have to do with it?
Warner.
Texted us the results
from the dog's mouth.
There were fibers
from two different
pair of pants.
Chuey did try
to protect her.
Pant fibers.
One's blue polyester,
the other's hemp.
Blue polyester.
There's our mystery man.
The hemp?
No mystery at all.
Yeah.
Chuey bit me.
He kind of got jealous
when Laura and I had sex.
You had sex
with your pants on?
Is that a crime?
Not in this country,
and neither
are women's butts.
But cockfighting is,
and Laura liked to
take pictures of both.
Where did you
find these?
FlN: On her computer.
Dozens of them.
You know your girl
was a shutterbug?
She dabbled in documentaries,
but she didn't like
to talk about it.
She said it was bad
for the creative process,
and I respected that.
Of course you did.
I knew she was
interviewing people, though,
because she was
less available.
MUNCH: Which
you respected.
Anything else
you can think of?
Yeah.
Laura and I were supposed to
eat at our favorite raw foods
restaurant this afternoon.
After a book
signing in Tribeca.
Our society views
women and animals
pretty much the same.
As cuts of meat.
Meat eating
and the patriarchy
work hand in hand.
We can't end the
objectification of women
until we stop eating
our four-legged brothers
and winged sisters.
Hmm?
(AUDlENCE APPLAUDlNG)
Thank you.
Thanks.
Haven't we seen
this *** before?
Yes, Laura found all
the photographs for my book.
She was a student
of mine at NYU.
Very savvy.
She would have gone
on to do great things.
Like her documentary.
What kind of
documentary?
Well, she was filming
an unflinching
expose on meat.
I was her first interview.
Do you know of anyone
who would want to
stop the project?
Macho boyfriend? Carnivore?
She was seeing a vegan.
And maybe someone else.
Anyone else you know
that she was interviewing
for her film?
Well,
Dean Jones, of course.
Now,
there's a man full of rage.
You're damn
right I have rage.
Last Fourth of July,
I barbecued
a burger out here.
Next thing I know,
my kidneys are failing
and I'm having seizures.
You got that sick from
having one burger?
DEAN: It was loaded
with E.
coli.
Gave me hemolytic uremia.
I was in a
medically-induced coma
for 10 weeks.
He will be in that chair
for the rest of his life.
Hey, at least
I'm here, right?
A four-year-old kid
had a burger last summer.
First, her lungs failed,
then her kidneys,
then her heart and brain.
We're trying to sue
the supermarket chain.
They're blaming the companies
that supply their meat.
You didn't get sick?
No, she had
a tofu dog.
It's the only good thing
about that barbecue.
That's why Laura
wanted you in her film.
DEAN: She wanted
to show everything.
Do you know that
a thousand cows can go
into one single burger?
And we're taking bacteria
from all of them
and just sticking it
on a bun.
But, hey,
no worries, right?
Because a lot
of these companies treat
their meat with ammonia.
Okay.
So, she was trying
to be the Michael Moore
of meat patties.
It's all thanks
to Jake Bradshaw.
BENSON: Is that
a friend of hers?
No, Laura called
him her godfather.
Yeah, I heard about Laura.
It's too bad.
Nice kid.
Whoa!
Hope that's not a beef taco.
Whoa! Life is
full of risks.
Like the one
that Laura took by
making her film.
So, how did
you two meet?
At a rally
to stop the sale
of contaminated beef.
Yeah, yeah.
You became
her godfather?
I tried to mentor her, yeah.
And, of course,
she interviewed me
for her film.
Ah, I guess I didn't
make the final cut, huh?
She get anybody from
the big meat companies?
Any lobbyists?
You think the film would
have angered some of them?
All of them.
From the guys
who grow the corn
to feed the cows,
to the folks who
process the beef.
Even the USDA,
whose job it is
to supposedly protect
you from your dinner.
STABLER: Well, look.
The last thing I want is
the government controlling
my right to eat what I want.
I take it Laura's film
pushed your buttons, too.
Actually, we're looking
for someone pissed off
enough to kill.
Well, maybe I could be
more helpful if I had
a look at the film.
We'll get back
to you.
Thanks.
(SPEAKlNG FRENCH)
That was pretty
uninformative.
Guy might not eat meat,
but he's acting like
the cat who ate the canary.
He knows there's
something in Laura's film.
BENSON: I don't know
where else she could
have hidden it.
If that documentary film
was here, we would have
found it by now.
Or at least the camera
Laura shot it on.
I want to see
what's on that film.
Yeah, well, so does your
cat who ate the canary.
Maybe Bradshaw
killed her here while
he was looking for it.
So, why would he
agree to meet us
if he murdered Laura?
Throw us off.
I don't know.
He acted like he
never saw the film.
(CELL PHONE BEEPlNG)
He also acted as
if he would kill
to get his hands on it.
Okay.
So, let's get
a warrant for his DNA
so we can rule him out.
Let's check
with Fin first.
He just texted me that
he has a bead on Bradshaw.
Bradshaw's people
put him in the office
when Laura was murdered.
He's no killer,
but he's out for blood.
Check out his articles.
"Behind the Kitchen Door
at Ten Top Restaurants.
"
"Playing with Death:
How Toy Companies
Endanger Our Kids.
"
BENSON:
So, Bradshaw's
an expose guy.
Whistleblower
or muckraker.
That's like
freedom fighter or terrorist.
Depends which side you're on.
Here's another article.
BENSON: "The New
Underground Railroad:
"How Big Meat Companies
Recruit lmmigrants
From Mexico.
"
Well, there you have it.
Laura is the daughter
of an immigrant.
Spanish speaker,
animal rights activist.
He recruited her
to do his dirty work.
Your girl had the guts
to take on the big boys.
It wouldn't be the first
time Bradshaw used that
to his advantage.
His paper fired him
two years ago
for hiring a kid
to go undercover
driving race cars.
Kid got killed
in a crash.
How's Bradshaw
still in business?
He settled with the parents.
Case is sealed.
So, then,
how did you get it?
I kind of sweet talked it
out of a clerk.
Bradshaw now works for
an lnternet news site,
called, guess what,
The Real Version.
Yeah.
It's about time
he gives it to us.
I told you.
Laura Santiago
did not work for me.
No, you said that
you were her mentor.
I helped her
out a little.
You're obstructing
a police investigation.
Look,
she asked for my help.
I told her where to go,
I told her who to interview,
I gave her advice
on what kind of
cameras to use.
Oh, really?
How was the movie?
I don't know.
She was going to show me
a rough cut this week.
Listen.
If you get the film,
I'm doing a story.
On Laura.
Don't you think
she'd want what she
discovered to be told?
BENSON: With
your name on it?
I'm a journalist.
I'm after the truth.
And I believed in
what Laura was doing.
Like you believed in
that kid who got killed
stock car racing?
All right, Bradshaw.
It's time
for the real version.
What exactly was Laura doing
that got her killed?
Laura was undercover
at Donna Rosa Meats.
A processing plant.
She wanted to see how bad
the conditions really were.
She was going to call her film
Inside the Slaughterhouse.
Except she's the one
who got slaughtered.
My name is Rosa Doletti.
And every Sunday night,
my family comes to dinner,
and we enjoy the same
meatballs and sausages
I've been making at
Donna Rosa's Meats
for 50 years.
And now,
you can enjoy
our products
at your house.
(SPEAKlNG lTALlAN)
And cut!
Great, Rosa, great.
MUNCH: I'd buy
her meatballs.
Must be nice, working
for a family business.
Yeah, I've been here
for 16 years.
It's good,
but it's tough work.
Lot of turnover,
Mr.
Reilly?
Yeah.
People come and go,
so I don't get to know
much about the workers.
But you hired
Laura Santiago?
Yeah.
Nice girl.
Got along with the others
because she spoke Spanish.
Do you mind if we speak
to some of her coworkers?
Be my guest.
Laura was very
nice.
Said hello
every morning.
Did she have problems
with anyone?
No, she was
muy amable.
Nobody wants more
pay or less hours?
No, we very
happy here.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Laura trabaja aqui
dos o tres weeks.
But si,
the people like her okay.
And somebody like her a lot.
Yeah? Who was that?
Jorge Vargas,
papi chulo.
Thinks he's a real
ladies man, you know?
Yeah, I know the type.
Everybody knows Vargas.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Es bueno with the ladies,
we hear.
Anytime a new chica
comes to work here,
he's like the welcome wagon.
You know if Laura Santiago
told him to take a hike?
They seemed pretty close,
if you ask me.
How close?
Put it this way.
If a girl was spaghetti,
Vargas wanted to
be the meatball.
Yeah, Vargas was a player.
Always flirting
with the female workers.
Got grabby sometimes, too.
We can't afford to have
a distracted meat cutter
on the job.
When did you
show him the door?
Just a few days ago.
You have his address?
Sure.
MUNCH: How did he
take being fired?
Oh, man.
(LAUGHS)
He was pissed.
Just took off.
Didn't even clean
out his locker.
You mind if we
take a look?
Vargas a baller?
Some of the workers
shoot hoops in the court
down the block on breaks.
This guy get any work
done between the b-ball
and playing grab ***?
(SCOFFS) Let's just
say he never made
Worker of the Month.
(MEN CHATTERlNG)
(LAUGHS)
$20, Molina.
And you still owe me
for the last game.
Jorge Vargas.
You look tired.
Why don't you
take five?
This is a mistake.
I've got a work permit.
We're not
la Migra.
And we're not
doctors either,
but that looks like
a pretty nasty cut
on your arm there.
I work in meat packing.
Until you got canned.
MUNCH: You sure
that's not a dog bite?
(SlGHS)
I don't have a dog.
Just a big crush
on a dog lover,
Laura Santiago.
Laura?
No, we are friends.
Yeah.
But you
wanted it to be more.
That's why you *** her.
***?
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
What are you talking about?
Laura is my friend.
You've got to work
on your English, papi.
She was your friend.
Laura's dead.
Laura was helping me.
With my English, my papers.
She had me come
to her apartment.
Where you saw she
had another friend.
Her boyfriend,
Jan?
(SCOFFS) Who?
Yeah.
That's when
you got jealous.
You ***
and killed her.
No, I didn't.
Okay.
Where were you
Friday night between
Me and my wife had
an argument after dinner.
I went for a walk.
A walk.
Anyone see you?
No.
I was upset.
I just walked and walked.
Yeah, well, you're
going to be walking
to a jail cell, Jorge.
Your DNA matches
the fluids found in Laura.
DNA? I didn't
give you no DNA.
No, your stinky
sneakers did.
You really
ought to wear socks.
No, te juro.
I wasn't with Laura.
Yeah, well,
your chile sure was.
How? I mean,
Laura was very pretty.
But I never touched her.
That's the truth.
Ask my wife.
I went for a walk.
Let's nail this ***.
Pay the wife a visit.
Find out who wears
the blue polyester
pants in the family.
VANESSA: His pants
are right here.
I wash all of them.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Every week.
Okay, we just need
the blue ones.
You want his shirts?
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Just the pants.
(VANESSA SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
He's in trouble
and we want to help.
(VANESSA SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
You can help him
move out.
You two splitting up?
He was with another woman.
I'm throwing him out.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
What's wrong?
He threw out some pants
a few days ago.
They were torn,
had blood on them.
You still have them?
The blue fibers
in the dog's mouth
match Vargas' pants.
So, Mr.
Polyester is
no longer a mystery.
Neither is the blood
on them.
It's Laura's.
We got the
son of a ***.
Not so fast.
I also found something odd
lurking in those pants in
a sweat stain on the inseam.
Vargas' DNA.
The DNA from
the perspiration.
They don't match.
WARNER: Or pop
an lD in the system.
But definitely male.
BENSON: How can that be?
Someone else was
wearing Vargas' pants?
We have a new
mystery man.
DNA from sweat stains?
So, now you've got
to watch where you sweat.
The wonder
of science, babe.
Okay, what do we know?
We've got ***
inside Laura Santiago
from Jorge Vargas
and Jan Eyck.
And we have the fibers
in the dog's mouth
from two different
pair of pants.
Vargas' blue polyester
and Eyck's hemp.
All right.
How do we explain
a third man's sweat
in Vargas' pants?
Either Vargas is
renting out his pants,
or somebody is
setting him up
for ***.
Someone who'd have access
to his *** if need be.
And is pissed off
at his philandering.
Like Mrs.
Vargas.
BENSON: Two hours before
Laura Santiago was murdered,
you left to go where?
How did you get this?
Liquor store
across the street
has a security camera.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
I went on a picnic
with a friend.
Really? At night?
I didn't do nothing wrong.
Not like he was doing to me.
Hey.
His infidelities
don't excuse you setting
him up as a killer.
I know, I would never.
He was cheating on me.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
And before that,
with somebody else.
STABLER: You take
these pictures?
VANESSA: No.
A woman sent them
to me with a letter.
"l only found out about you
after I was seeing him.
"But the fact is,
Jorge doesn't want
either of us anymore,
"now that he's planning
to run away with Laura.
"How can we
let him do this?"
So, you had to do
something.
The woman, she say if
I give her one of his shirts
and a pair of his pants
and some of his
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
***?
BENSON: "l will cry
*** and get him into
a whole lot of trouble.
"We will teach him
a lesson, and he'll never
cheat on anyone again.
"
(CRYlNG)
He came home one night.
He wanted to do it.
He always uses a ***.
So, you put that
in the ice chest,
along with his pants.
The woman, she say to
leave it under a bench
in the little park
next to my church.
So, what, you could
go in and repent?
I didn't know he would
be accused of ***.
The next day, she dropped off
Jorge's pants in a box
outside my door with a note.
She say,
"Give it to the police
if they come by.
"
So, you're saying
you've never met this woman
in the letter in person.
And she
signed it Jane Smith.
That's got to be fake.
Can you please take
Jorge out of the jail now?
Can he come home?
Well, it's not going
to do you any good
since you won't be here.
Vanessa Vargas,
you are under arrest
for obstruction.
You have the right
to remain silent.
Anything you say can
and will be used against
you in a court of law.
You have the right
to an attorney
You're free, lover boy.
What about my wife?
She framed you
for ***, Jorge.
You want to take her back,
you can bail her
out of the Tombs.
No, thanks.
Guy's the perfect patsy.
Trouble at home,
eyes for the ladies.
Killer used him and his
wife to cover his tracks.
But why go after
Laura to begin with?
Maybe she saw something
at Donna Rosa's Meats that
somebody didn't want her to.
So, maybe it's time
to check this place
out for ourselves.
You'll start by cleaning.
And if you do good,
we'll move you up,
okay, Tanya?
Yes.
Very good.
Thank you.
Hey, say something
in Russian, baby.
(SPEAKlNG FORElGN LANGUAGE)
I like it.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Okay, Mister
Call me Kiki.
Okay.
Kiki.
Hey, what did
you say to him?
Go swing an
elephant's balls.
Nice.
This place is disgusting.
Filthy.
Cockroaches.
Mmm.
You're making
me hungry.
Rat droppings everywhere.
(DOOR OPENlNG)
Someone's coming.
I've got to go.
(SPEAKlNG SPANlSH)
Sorry.
No Spanish.
Is always
so dirty here?
Yes.
Well, except when
the inspectors come.
Many cucaracha.
Ah, you get
used to it.
No worry.
But maybe
it get into the meat?
I see leak in freezer.
Don't ask too
many questions.
A girl
used to work here and then,
she start to take pictures.
Pictures?
Si, with a camera.
And then, he sees her
and take it away.
Next day,
she don't come in.
The big guy? Kiki?
No, the foreman.
I have to get back to work.
Sounds like Reilly
caught Laura in the act.
I'm going to go
up to his office
and look around.
What are you
doing in here?
I'm cleaning.
RElLLY: Yeah?
BENSON: It's okay.
Looks like snooping to me.
(GROANS)
(GRUNTlNG)
Police! Let her go.
(GROANS)
Mr.
Reilly,
you're under arrest.
For what?
She was trespassing.
For assaulting
a police officer.
And as soon as we
get your DNA, ***.
You think I murdered Laura?
STABLER: No, I think
you slit her throat,
put Jorge Vargas'
DNA inside her,
and wiped her
computer clean.
So, what was
she filming, Reilly?
That pig sty
that you call
a meatpacking plant?
We run a clean operation.
Oh, please.
I was there for an hour
and I almost puked.
STABLER: You are going
to prison, pal.
And there, you're going
to be the fresh meat.
(SCOFFS) Lucky you guys have
such good imaginations,
since you have no proof.
Stand up.
Why?
Take off your pants.
Hey.
If you want
to see my ***,
you've got to start
with a little foreplay.
Drop them.
(SCOFFS)
Turn around.
(RElLLY SlGHS)
There's no bite marks.
Wife's not into that.
Nice lrish girl.
No dog bite at all?
Both legs were clean.
Chuey must have gotten hold
of the pants and no flesh.
And we just lost a chunk
of our case against him.
He'll plead out on the assault
by claiming he thought
you were stealing from him.
Right after
he conveniently smashed
Laura's footage to bits.
If Morales can't
salvage any of it,
we're screwed.
Then sink your
teeth into this.
The DNA on
Reilly's toothpick
matches the DNA from
the sweat on the pants.
So, Reilly was
wearing Vargas' pants.
And Laura's blood
was all over them.
That puts Reilly
in her apartment
that night.
Go tell our guest
he's dead meat.
Folks, he's in custody.
You're going to
have to wait a moment.
Please, Mr.
Police.
You have my foreman here.
Mr.
Bailey.
You mean Mr.
Reilly?
Forgive the intrusion.
Mrs.
Rosa is very upset.
And you are?
Alberto Sarafini.
The company's attorney.
I'd like to see my client.
Got your pants on, Reilly?
Your lawyer's here.
Mr.
Sarafini.
Is Mrs.
Rosa here?
Please let me see him.
I'm sorry, but Mr.
Reilly
is with your lawyer now.
But I don't understand.
He was always a good employee.
Worked hard,
did everything we asked.
All respect,
Mrs.
Doletti,
but when you first
walked in here,
you didn't even
know his name.
But I know him.
He's a good man.
If he did something bad,
there has to be reason.
We think Laura Santiago
found problems in your plant
that Mr.
Reilly was
trying to cover up.
If that's true,
he'll tell me.
He'll listen
to Donna Rosa.
Donna Rosa's concerned
about you, Mr.
Reilly.
Well, she should be.
We have evidence
placing him at
the crime scene.
What?
Just relax.
They're trying to scare you.
(KNOCKlNG ON DOOR)
Mrs.
Rosa.
Tell them the truth,
Mr.
Reilly.
Please.
If you did something,
if you hurt that poor girl,
you have to tell them
because only the truth
will make it right.
Please.
Mr.
Reilly, please.
Reilly, listen to her.
You've ruined
that woman's life.
Now is your chance to
be a man.
Just tell us.
I did it.
Mr.
Reilly, be quiet.
I killed Laura.
Shut up.
Laura was in
there filming us.
I am instructing you.
She was going to
get us shut down.
I can't afford
to lose my job.
My wife just had twins.
For the last time
Laura was going to take
everything away from us.
(CRYlNG) She was going
to ruin my life.
I have been working
at Donna Rosa's Meats
for three weeks now.
I had one hour
of safety training.
With my hidden camera,
I filmed everything
you're about to see.
The water from
this leaky freezer
could contain
a deadly bacteria
called listeria.
Not to mention
the rats running around.
I've seen harmful things
going into the grinder
to make hamburger.
Insects,
glass, beef trimmings
splotched with cow feces
Decided
to take in
a movie?
Yeah.
Morales kind of
pieced it together.
I figured somebody
should watch it.
Yeah.
LAURA: There is a saying,
"You are what you eat.
"
Cows were never meant
to eat corn.
They can't digest it.
But corn is cheap.
And we inject them
with antibiotics
to prevent them
from getting too sick.
And hormones to make
them grow faster.
The same hormones
and antibiotics
that are being
ingested by our kids.
Come on.
Pick it up!
We're losing money here!
MUNCH: There's
our lady killer.
BENSON: Big man at work,
but a wimp in interrogation.
I still don't get it.
He just folded.
I mean, you and Elliot
didn't even tell him
that we matched his DNA.
Get out of the way.
This is how you carve
a carcass, Rivera.
Hold on.
Play it again,
but slow it down.
This is how you
carve a carcass, Rivera.
BENSON: Do you
see what I see?
MUNCH: Reilly's left-handed.
Warner said that
Laura's throat was slit
from left to right.
Which means our killer
has to be right-handed.
We know Reilly
was at the crime scene.
Someone else was there.
Someone who had
the most to lose.
ROSA: Please.
Come in.
Maybe you'd like
to stay for dinner.
Every Sunday, I make dinner
for my whole family.
Yeah, that's very kind
of you, Mrs.
Doletti.
But no, thank you.
Not to mention the fact
that it's Tuesday.
Well, I'm an old woman.
I get confused.
We'd like to ask you
some questions.
Well, I'm not giving you
my recipes.
(LAUGHS)
It's about
Laura Santiago's ***.
Oh! Terrible.
Horrible.
I can't believe Mr.
Reilly
would do such a thing.
What a coincidence,
neither can we.
ROSA: Well, I hope you
find out who did it before
somebody else gets hurt.
Oh, we're getting closer.
In fact,
we think that it's somebody
who's related to Reilly.
You see, at first,
he denied everything.
And then, suddenly,
just out of the blue,
he confessed.
The minute
you showed up.
It was almost as if
he was trying
to protect you.
(LAUGHS) Protect me? Why?
Why? Because
he's your son.
Look.
Here he is in a shot
of you holding his twins,
your grandkids.
And here's his
wedding picture.
Now, that's sort of odd,
for you to have his
wedding picture up
if he's just your foreman.
Okay.
Johnny's my kid.
By my late husband,
rest his soul.
The family name is Reilly.
You're not even ltalian.
Oh, please.
Black lrish.
We took Doletti
because people
like meatballs better
if they think
they're made by lties.
So, what other
interesting things
are we going to find
here, Rosa, huh?
The typewriter that you wrote
Vanessa Vargas' letter on?
I ain't got
no typewriter.
Come on.
I'll bet a little
old lady like you
never took a cotton
to computers.
You like to do things
the old-fashioned way.
Isn't that the big lie
that your business
is built on?
What do you think
you're doing?
Where's your
typewriter, Rosa?
You keep out
of my things!
Or what?
You going to *** us
like you murdered Laura?
For coming into your
world and uncovering
your little secrets?
Hey, look at this.
(GASPS)
Another dirty
lie exposed.
Where are you going, Rosa?
(BREATHlNG HEAVlLY)
Look at that, Munch.
She went straight
for the knife.
Yeah, and she got it
with her right hand.
Just like
Laura's murderer.
ROSA: Johnny was too weak.
He's always been too weak.
I never could stand him,
always sniveling.
So, I gave him to
my sister to raise.
But you hired him.
That little worm always
did whatever Mama Rose
told him to do.
Except when it came
to cutting Laura's throat.
You both went
to that apartment.
But he couldn't kill her
when you ordered him to.
I've been cutting
meat all my life.
I'm a butcher's daughter.
I do what I've got to do
to protect what I worked for.
And now, you're going
to protect yourself by
putting down that knife.
What about my dinner?
The meatballs aren't cooked.
My family's going
to be here any second.
Yeah.
Yeah, well,
I'm sure they're going
to enjoy dinner
just fine without you.
As long as they
don't know what's in it.