Kingpin Rising

"Kingpin Rising" is the 127th episode of the television series Third Watch and the 17th episode of the 6th season. Cruz connects the dots that link Marcel Hollis to the murder of Darren Maddox. While the cops are identifying the remains of the four gangleaders that Hollis blew up, Hollis rallies the rest of the gangleaders together into a kind of board of directors, promising them that their "soldiers" will far out-number the cops. Cruz immediate... more

"Kingpin Rising" is the 127th episode of the television series Third Watch and the 17th episode of the 6th season. Cruz connects the dots that link Marcel Hollis to the murder of Darren Maddox. While the cops are identifying the remains of the four gangleaders that Hollis blew up, Hollis rallies the rest of the gangleaders together into a kind of board of directors, promising them that their "soldiers" will far out-number the cops. Cruz immediately knows to go after Hollis, but is surprised when he comes to her. He tells her that things are going well, that there's no war in the wake of Maddox's death. She wants to get him for the four murders, but he has a perfect alibi. When Cruz hears that the young boy who killed Maddox, Michael, is being charged as an adult, she goes to talk to his mother, Deborah Dawkins. Deborah admits to Cruz that Hollis gave Michael the gun he used to kill Maddox, and Cruz arrests Hollis. Hollis warns Cruz that she's making a mistake, that innocent people... less