“I became a cop because of you.”
Anyway, back to the case…
The child the team has in custody, Cory, isn’t a lot of help. No matter, the team works around it. Meet Lavar Spann—an ex-robber who spent time in prison and is currently out on parole. He can’t physically rob banks anymore (thanks to a gunshot wound), but Upton believes he’s leading the crew of young boys to do his dirty work for him. It’s pretty clear Spann is behind everything, but Intelligence lacks proof. The rest of the hour becomes a hunt for proof tying Spann to the robberies.
Surveillance leads to nothing except Spann giving alcohol to minors. In all likelihood, Jay, Olinsky, and Upton actually observed Spann ordering a hit on two brothers in the robbery crew—a hit to tie up “loose ends” and keep himself safe. When Cory sees images of his dead friends, he agrees to talk to Atwater about Spann. But in a surprising move, Voight convinces Cory not to talk— “You give us that statement, you’re going to have to testify in open court…you and I both know what he’s capable of.” In a move I’ve never seen Voight make, he sacrifices the case, which would mean putting Spann behind bars for good, to save Cory’s life.
Spann might have gotten away with the robbery/murders for now (though he’s going away for breaking parole), but Voight makes a promise to find him when he does eventually spend the money from the bank. That’s a promise I bet Voight keeps.
So…what are Erin and Jay? They’re going out together, talking about a married couple, and in general, just acting very couply. At the end of the hour, Erin struggles with taking the life of the young boy on the job, and though Jay briefly comforts her, I don’t think she’ll shake this immediately.
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