The familiar DUN-DUN sound….
YANKEE STADIUM, 161st ST, THE BRONX, NY. 9/17/04, 10.13PM.
Manny Ramirez (Manny Ramirez) is suspected of aggravated robbing of a homer. Det. Reynaldo Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) speaks to the shady-looking witness, Miguel Cairo (Miguel Cairo). Cairo gibbers unintelligbly about how he can’t believe he saw that. Curtis: “Something about Cairo’s manner bothers me”. Det. Lennie Briscoe: “You gotta speak slower, Cairo.” Lt. Anita (S. Epatha Merkerson): “The video footage seems pretty conclusive though. Bring him in. And better find that mysterious Sox fan who got out of the way while you’re at it.”
DUN-DUN
NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT OF BRONX COUNTY, 851 GRAND CONCOURSE (AT 161st ST), THE BRONX, NY. 9/18/04, 9.14AM.
Ramirez is indicted on aggravated ROH. Executive ADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) tries to cut a deal with Ramirez’s lawyer (Ramiro Mendoza), but to no avail. The mysterious fan has not yet been identified either. In a surprise twist, Kenny Lofton (Steve Bartman), arrested on a separate charge of not catching two, depraved indifference, takes the stand in his case and unveils a tangled web of corruption, deceit, and sunflower seeds, centering around 161st St. “Mr Steinbrenner overruled everyone to bring me here. Paid off Brian Cashman. Now look. Catch the Ball. Those three words. They’ll haunt me forever.” In the stands, Mariano Rivera (Mariano Rivera) mouths the word “snitch”. Adam Schiff (Steven Hill): “The jury’s never going to indict Ramirez, you know, even though you and I know he stole that homer. And we have bigger fish to fry.” In the courthouse, McCoy has the closing words: “You can go now, Mr Ramirez. Mr Steinbrenner, we need to talk.”