This Way Out

In the aftermath of Vinny's murder, Mayor Poole holds a town hall meeting at the Bitterman Projects. The meeting doesn't go well, with multiple people criticizing the NYPD's failure to provide adequate policing in the projects. When Poole takes the mike and tries to pacify the crowd, he is shot and critically wounded by Hector, a mentally slow resident of the projects. Grace Newhouse takes over as acting mayor while Poole is recovering in the hospital. Newhouse threatens Frank's job unless he cleans up the Bitterman Projects. Jamie believes Hector is being badly treated by the interviewing detectives and/or other police officers, and takes his complaint to Frank. Jamie, using information from Hector's father on how he thinks, is able to get Hector to reveal that the people who gave him the gun were Los Lordes gang members, who told him it was just a toy, and that firing it would be seen as a harmless prank. Santana's girlfriend is arrested with his drugs, so to try and cover his tracks he orders a hit on her in prison. This attempt fails, and Danny persuades her to testify against him. With the necessary evidence and warrants now in hand, Frank organizes raids on the Bitterman Projects where Santana and over 40 of the Los Lordes gang are arrested. The season ends with Linda asking the entire family to go on a beach vacation on Long Island, which they all agree to.