with one of Bobby's girlfriends, Serena Cadiz, stealing a large amount of money Bobby had put aside to lend his mother, and stealing Bobby's Ford Mustang. When Matty was involved in a store robbery, which ended up with the cashier getting killed, Bobby gave Matty $500 and told him that if he took the money, he didn't want to ever hear from him again; Matty would be dead to him. But if he turned himself in, he'd do everything he could to make sure Matty didn't do time. Matty decided not to turn himself in, breaking Bobby's heart. It was this incident that led to Bobby and Kim's one night stand. Bobby met his end near the end of the second season. An old girlfriend of his, Gina (to whom Bobby had lost his virginity many years earlier), asked him to help out Paulie, her brother and his childhood friend. Paulie was involved with drugs and, when Bobby saw Paulie after a number of years, the latter was passed out. Perhaps feeling guilty after failing to help his brother, Bobby took Paulie to the hospital and offered him the chance to enter rehab; Paulie rejected this offer. Later that night, Paulie went by Bobby's, feeling sick. Bobby helped his friend on the condition that Paulie enter rehab. The next day, Bobby got the call that his mom's apartment had been robbed. When he found out Paulie was responsible, he went to Paulie's place and confronted him. Bobby threw Paulie's stash into a toilet, and was subsequently shot and killed. After his death, Kim, overcome with grief, attempted suicide by overdosing on pills and alcohol in the bath. Casting Regarding the role, Cannavale once said there were times he'd forget it was just an acting job. "I was on the subway one night and saw this guy collapse and start shaking on the floor. I just finished this trauma scene. I have no medical experience and I run over there and tell somebody to call 911." Maritza Cruz Maritza Cruz was a fictional police officer on the television series Third Watch portrayed by Tia Texada. She appeared in the last three seasons of the show. An Anti-Crime Sergeant with the fictional 55th Precinct of the NYPD, she was known for doing whatever it took to get the job done. Her only known relative, a sister named Leticia ("Lettie"), died of a