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1683, 1683.

Shots fired into inhabited dwelling, 13336 Bombay Street.

Suspect, male, juvenile gang member.

Shot into bedroom window.

Code 2, incident.

Give me another.

Come on, man! Give me another!

- Here you go. - Finish up with that, man.

We gotta get going!

Come on, someone's coming.

- 1683 additional. - Damn, I see some lights.

Let's go! Move it.

- Let's go! - direction.

16831, Roger.

Just relax. Just relax.

1601.

It hurts! It hurts!

Both with a gunshot wound here.

I'm bleeding!

Just relax.

We need the mask suit stat, and start an IV!

Please don't let me go!

Let's go, let's go!

One Alabama.

Suspect

driving a brown.

Burn in the fires of eternal hell!

You think Los Angeles is hell?

Wait till you die and you go where I'm talking about.

You're never gonna have a.

How much you got?

You work out a fair deal for me, sweetheart.

You think you can take both?

- Don't move! - We have a warrant!

- Police! Hold it right there! - Freeze!

You have the right to remain silent.

You give up that right to remain silent, anything you say

- can and will be used - Here, guy!

- against you - Look at that!

in a court of law.

You have the right to speak to an attorney.

One will be appointed to you without charge

before you're questioned.

Do you understand these rights as I've read 'em to you?

Habla Ingles? Comprendo?

You know what? You're in the hood.

You don't play with , homes.

Don't play around if.

- You know what? - Just give me five, man.

- Come on, give me the money. - Get the hell outta here.

Give me the money, man. And your watch!

- Here you go. - Your watch, too. Come on!

Hey, man! This is my watch!

This is Robbie. I'm not here, so leave a message.

Yeah, I'm waiting for the package.

You're supposed to be home, man. Why aren't you home, man?

About time you got here.

You realize those guys are gonna be here any minute?

Well, come on. Where's the stuff?

In the trunk.

Found with a fed.

That'll give the Miami boys a message, don't you think?

Yeah, definitely.

- Here. Don't forget to show up on time for the exchange.

You understand?

Yeah, I got it.

Robbie.

Just a couple of the chain gang.

What do you say we check out?

Hey, hold it there, boys.

Holy shit!

Roger, get on the radio and call Smitty and Ramos.

Hold it! Police!

Come out with your hands in the air. Hands behind your head.

82, this is 101. We need a backup.

- You there, Smitty? - Yeah. This is Ramos.

What do you got? Over.

Listen, I got a decapitation here.

- You got what? - A decapitation!

- A fucking head with no body! - You're kidding!

- Schmuck, it's a head! We got a bag man as a witness.

He says there were two guys.

- You're sure there was two? - Yeah.

- Yeah, well, wait till you see what we got for you here.

Get down!

All right, come out slowly

- Fuck. - with your hands in the air.

Come on.

Hold it right there. Put it down.

Put it down!

- Make a move and I'll fucking splatter you all over.

- Melissa. Come on. - Geez.

- What the hell are you doing? - Where's Denise?

Geez, Jesse!

Do you wanna get yourself killed screwing around like that?

Look, I'm in a ton of shit right now,

and I lost my key, all right?

- So just lay off. - Listen.

I'll lay off when you start acting responsible.

Your wife had to work all night.

Somebody's gotta watch the kids.

She sure as hell can't rely on you!

Where the hell have you been, Jesse?

Listen to me, darling. This is it.

I'm a dead man, okay?

No matter which way I turn, baby, I'm dead.

Jesse, Jesse, Jesse! Jesse!

When are you gonna get your shit together?

- Nevermind. - What are you talking?

- What are you talking about? - I'll work it out.

No!

Melissa, this is it, okay? Please.

You gotta make this work for me.

When are you gonna get it?

The running with these guys ain't gonna cut it.

Yes it is!

You know what insanity is, Jess?

It's repeating the same old routine over and over and over,

expecting it to be different, and one more time,

you're running the cops.

Cops. Yeah, yeah, cops.

Well, sweetheart, this time, it's from the boys, too.

Look at this. This is who I'm dealing with.

What? Are you crazy?

Jesse, please just call Liberty, okay?

- He can help you! - Liberty.

Will you get off me now, Melissa, please? Liberty.

Sweetheart, just because this guy helped you get clean,

it doesn't mean anything now, okay?

Just drop it.

- But Jesse- - Drop it, please.

He cares, Jesse. He's your friend.

You saved his life once. Remember?

That was 10 years ago in a jungle.

I don't do that. Now drop it, okay?

- No, I won't drop it! Now you listen to me, asshole!

Liberty can get you out of this mess that you're in.

Now what difference does it make what kind of jungle it is?

He's your friend, even though you don't think so!

Just call him, all right? Please!

Please, Jesse.

- I gotta take care of business. Out of my way.

This is bullshit. Jesse!

Goddamn it!

And now, news brief.

Gang violence appears to continue in the Los Angeles area.

Two policemen were found this morning,

shot to death in Huddleston Park.

Authorities believe it is connected

to the continual problems

with gangs in the East Hollywood area.

Now we'll go up to the sky copter

and look at the morning traffic.

JP, how we doing?

Well, it looks like it's going to be a smoggy day.

The traffic is beginning to jam up

on the 101 through the pass,

so give yourself plenty of time this morning.

Also a Sigalert on the 405 northbound of the I-10.

Uh uh, come on, come on, come on.

Every bite. That's it.

- Yeah. - Liberty, hi. It's Melissa.

Yeah, are you, are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

I'm still doing that waitress thing with Denise.

Liberty, I gotta see you. It's about Jesse.

And what about Jesse?

Last time I heard, he and Robbie were doing something.

I saw him this morning.

I'm taking care of his kids right now, as a matter of fact.

Well, if, if you'd like,

I could come by this morning on the way to the center.

No, no.

Look, Denise is on her way home from work,

and I gotta get the kids off to school.

So we'll make it later, all right? This afternoon?

- I can't do it this afternoon. I got a date in court.

How about tonight? I'll come by after your shift.

- Okay, sure. That's fine. - Okay.

All right. What do you guys wanna play?

- Well, they did it just the way you wanted it.

They blew the little scum away.

- You've got the money? - We're on top of it.

- What does that mean? - Don't worry about it.

All right? No problemo.

If I don't get that money,

then that's gonna be a big problemo.

You better not be doing a number on me.

This guy knows where the money is.

Just get it and kill him. Understand?

I'm paying you guys a lot of fucking money, man.

I'm sure you understand. Kill him!

♪ This ain't over yet ♪

♪ I've got a way to cool your hot head, baby ♪

♪ I've got a way to put you in your veins ♪

Crime in the streets,

our topic for the next hour.

- Let's take our first caller. - Hello?

Yes. Good morning.

It's the gangs,

the killings, all that shooting stuff.

- You know they have - Yeah, all right.

- their own car. - So what about it?

Well, we need to do something about it.

Well, thanks for calling.

This is KTKE Talk Radio. Next caller.

- Hello? - Hi.

Have you heard about the cop killings this morning?

Sure. It's been all over the news.

Oh, yeah, well, I understand it was done

by two Asian gang members from East Hollywood.

The police have 'em in custody.

And how do you know that?

Word travels fast on the street.

- They've been busted before. - Yeah, well, they get busted,

they go in, they go out.

- Nothing ever gets done. - Yeah, but you know-

Nobody's ever satisfied.

What, I mean, what do you know about this anyway?

Well, I know it was that gang, the guy-

- Uh huh, and you know these guys personally?

Well.

Good morning.

- Oh, Liberty, your first case is in your office,

- and here's the file. - Thanks, Larry.

Listen, Larry, give me the Ling file, will you please?

And could you bring it up before Jordan shows up?

- Sure. - Thanks.

Wake up.

Good morning.

So you can't make it out here in the world

with the rest of us?

- I couldn't help it, man. It's my old lady.

She leaves the works at the pad and-

- And you scraped the rest of the balloon, right?

Nice trick.

- Hey, my PO's an asshole. If I give him another dirty test.

Look, I don't want to do no more time.

You gotta help me, homes.

Now I hear you got a lot of good use around here.

- Why is it that everybody wants me to help 'em

and nobody ever wants to help themselves?

Hey, I can help myself.

You just gotta give me some time, brother.

You been outta CDC for 48 hours.

You're already smacked back, and that's a violation.

Now you tell me why I owe you one.

Terry, could you come up here please?

I'll give you 60 days in a special halfway house run

by an old buddy of mine.

It's no bowl of cherries, but it'll keep you on the streets.

And don't screw up on me.

I swear I'll send you back on another beat. You got that?

You come up through the systems, homes?

Long time ago.

You called?

- Yes ma'am, I did. Terry, this is Juan Ton.

We need to expedite his paperwork quickly as possible

'cause I'm late.

I hope you don't mind doing that for me. Thanks.

- Well, good morning to you too. Okay, Juan.

Let's see what we've got here.

So lunch today?

- Well, Mr. Liberty, you know that I already have a man.

- Oh? - Yes.

Besides, I have to go see the doctor today.

- What about later? - Later?

Well, Mr. Liberty, what do you have on your mind?

Hmm?

You are so shameful, Mr. Liberty, I do declare.

You are just so shameful, so shameful.

Next case, People versus Dino Haynes. Petty theft.

Mr. Haynes, you've pleaded guilty to this crime.

I could sentence you right now,

but I think this court will assign you

to the custody of the Criminal Diversion officer

for a period of 90 days after which you

will appear in this courtroom for sentencing.

Hopefully this experience will change you.

It has for other kids before it got too late.

Liberty, I don't know what you do with these kids,

and I don't wanna know.

Next case.

Dino, tie your shoe.

Dino, I'd like for you to meet your shadows. This is Bash.

He's gonna be your main man for the next 60 days.

Now, Bash is a friend of mine and a righteous friend.

He's gonna teach you a whole new set of ethics and morals,

and, more importantly, a sense of brotherhood

that you don't understand yet.

Bash, he's all yours.

Hey kid, if you ditch the next 60 days,

you're running, man.

You could eventually wind up at the pen like everybody else.

Your mine now. You belong to me.

And you will learn life in an effective way.

Understand? Get over there.

Dino, enjoy yourself.

You and them pills.

Ah, shit.

We need to talk

about our relationship.

Come on. I mean, this has been a long.

Shit.

- Get off the phone. - What do you mean?

She'll call you back.

What's his number, man? 44.

This is Jean. What city, please?

- Yeah, operator, could you give me the number

for the East Hollywood Community Center?

- Whoa! Hey, sexual harassment's against the law.

Yeah?

Look, miss.

I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm sick,

and I want my.

- All right, all right. - Task Force.

- Let's go back. - CD officer. Can I help you?

Hello? Hello?

Hello? Who is this?

Hello?

Tell you again.

Hi. You've reached Jesse and Denise.

Neither of us are here right now,

so just leave your name and number and we'll call you back.

Thanks.

Denise. Denise, it's Jess.

Come on, babe, I know you're there.

Oh, man. Man, what am I gonna do?

All right, so we wrap this one up?

Yes, sir. Commissioner Jordan.

Who's sailing the Perez case?

Joey looks good. He's clean.

We've got him in a halfway house working with other kids.

And now for the most recent disaster.

Have you all seen a copy of this?

Who has the file on the Ling family?

The city pays you and the other members of the Task Force

to keep these kids outta trouble,

not to give 'em the freedom to work drugs

with their gangs and kill police officers.

- Oh, come on. You don't have anything on these kids.

They're being used as scapegoats.

This is just the tip of the iceberg

in this drug gang war epidemic.

- Is that it? - No, that's not it.

You didn't find any automatic weapons with these kids.

They were just in the park with their girlfriends.

- There are over 70,000 gang members out there

who can get any kind of weapon there is.

Now if they wanna dust each other, that's fine,

but when it comes to killing officers,

that's another matter.

The city has hired you for solutions, not problems.

Now you got that? Find solutions.

That's it.

What a pompous piece of shit.

- Hey, Liberty, what's up? - Hi, Smitty.

How about running everything that happened last night by me?

Read the file. They were on one side.

We were on the other. They get blown away.

We got the Ornamentals that did it, huh?

So end of story, pal.

Yeah? Well, what about the weapon?

Come on, Liberty. We'll find it.

They dumped it. We'll get it.

- What about the witness, the bag man? did you talk to him?

Uh huh. He ran off, but we'll find him.

Look, why don't you go babysit your kid gangsters, huh?

And stay out of our end, all right?

- Well, I'd like to if you guys got your act together,

but you're holding two kids on my caseload down here

with no evidence and no witness.

- Hey, I told you he ran off, so bye bye, hotshot.

- Smitty? - Hmm?

- You know, you can stick that bagel someplace else.

No more condoms, no more pills!

No more abortion, it only kills!

- Rose, here's a list of service numbers and addresses.

It should help you.

Piece of paper ain't gonna help my kids.

And what are you gonna do for my old man?

He was just trying to take care of business.

Now I gotta take care of my kids myself!

I know, I know. First things first.

Use the list and call me if you have any questions, okay?

David, you want a piece of candy? There you go.

All right, but you be thinking

about what you're gonna do for my old man.

First things first my ass.

You don't know nothing about raising no children.

Come on, baby. Let's get outta here.

- We can do much better - Hi.

- by ourselves. - Hi.

- Tough, huh? - Yeah.

Listen. Can we talk?

Yeah. What's wrong?

- Liberty, can I see you in my office for a minute?

Sure. Tonight?

- Okay. - Okay?

Sarah, would you look this over?

We'll talk about it later, okay?

Okay.

No more abortion, it only kills!

- Liberty. - Terry.

- Oh, first of all, Melissa said to give this to you.

She said her brother left it with her.

Kindly get your hooves off my desk.

- Excuse me. - Thank you.

- And turn my fan around. - Yes, ma'am.

- Now listen, there were two weird men looking for you.

One of them had dark hair,

and the other was bald with an earring.

- That could be any of a half dozen of my friends.

- No, I've met those guys. These two didn't know you.

They had a photo of you with two other guys,

and you were dressed in fatigues.

Now what's that all about?

No more condoms, no more pills!

- No more abortion. - Beats the hell outta me.

This is Terry. Yes, he's here.

It's for you.

- Liberty. - Jesse.

You've got to stand up with us!

What's going on, man? Where are you?

- No more pills! - Not far, man.

No more abortion, it only kills!

Look, I'm in deep this time, man.

Be clear, man. What's going on?

- All right, listen. Remember Central, Central America, man?

You, me, Robbie and all that dope, man?

Yeah, buddy, I remember.

It's something I'd like to forget about.

Fine, fine. Listen.

Today in the park, I...

Look, Liberty, Denise, my kids with-

Jess, man, where are you?

I, I gotta go. I'm on my way.

No more condoms, no more pills!

No more abortion, it only kills!

- Who was that? - My past.

No more abortion, it only kills!

- No more condoms! - Help our kids live!

No more pills!

All right! Guys, give me a break!

Hey!

Shit!

♪ I'm freakin' ♪

♪ I'm rockin' ♪

♪ I'm freakin' ♪

♪ I'm rockin' ♪

♪ I'm freakin', I'm rockin', I'm freakin', I'm rockin' ♪

♪ I freak-a-lack-a, freak-a-lack-a ♪

♪ Freak-a-lack-a, freak-a-lack-a ♪

♪ White boy said rock music's dead ♪

♪ I wanna hear beat instead ♪

♪ And then the brother said

♪ Gonna be in your heavy metal ♪

♪ And then they started in a aight ♪

♪ Almost fight about what's the most hip and who was right ♪

♪ I said hold it, said hold it ♪

♪ Said hold it, said hold it y'all, hold it ♪

♪ Come run with me ♪

♪ I'll show you how to have fun, make your money green ♪

♪ 'Cause I be a-rockin' with the freaks and ♪

♪ And freakin' with the rocks and ♪

♪ A-rockin' with the freaks and ♪

♪ And a-freakin' with the rocks and ♪

♪ The brother looked at me as if I lost my mind ♪

♪ The white boy looked ready to get ♪

Hey, Melissa.

There's a couple guys out there looking for you.

They came into the club just as you got off.

What two guys?

They said they were friends of Jesse's.

Did they say what they wanted?

No, just that they were looking for him.

They knew you were his sister though,

and they wanted to have a drink with him.

- Where are they now, Karen? - In the bar.

♪ She said ♪ ♪ Who's that ♪

♪ I said Mr. ♪

♪ My good runnin' ♪

Look. Do me a favor, all right?

- Whatever you do, don't leave. - Open the door, bitch!

- What the hell's going on? - Open the door!

- Just stay there. - Where are you going?

- Just stay there. - Melissa!

- Hi. - Hi. Listen.

There were just two creeps in the club looking for Jesse.

- Have you spoken with him? - No. Not since this morning.

- How about you? - Well, only briefly.

He sounded like he's got a major problem.

Yeah. Well, I'll tell you what.

He's into some kind of scam

'cause these guys weren't looking to just talk,

not the way they looked.

I mean, Liberty, I'm really scared.

Come on, get in the car. I'll take you home.

This is really serious.

Liberty, these guys are really big, I mean really big.

Shit.

Oh God. Why did this happen?

Enough. Come on.

That's it. That's it.

Nobody else dies. That's enough.

You back, you get Denise, you get Melissa,

you get your family, you get 'em out of the goddamn toilet.

Now fucking do it, man. Fucking do it.

Fucking do it, man!

- Morning. - Good morning.

- So what concoctions are you storming up this morning?

Scrambled egg surprise.

Mm, my favorite. Want some coffee?

Oh, most definitely.

- Thanks. - Sure.

- Is everything okay? - Mm-hmm.

- You're not eating your scrambled egg surprise.

- You sure? - I'm fine.

Okay, tough guy. Are you all right?

I just feel like we need

to spend a little more time together.

I mean, we've both been on the go so much.

We hardly have time just to talk.

- Listen, sweetie, I know that. I gotta go though.

I love you. You know that.

- Okay? - Okay.

We'll talk tonight.

- Liberty? - Yep.

I love you.

I always count on that.

Do it again.

You can't get any place in life if you can't read.

Do it again! And take that net off your head!

What do you think, there's a beauty parlor here?

Who told you to stop?

Good, 'cause if you don't,

you're gonna wind up in the pen like everybody else,

and then you're gonna be flat

on your belly for other reasons.

Now get up. Move your body against the track.

Hey, monkey face. Climb the rope.

Now you do like this.

Now do it.

Look at those fingernails. Give me 30.

Mickey, get over here! Come on.

You two do a little work over there! Come on.

- You enjoy the fun? - Hi, bro.

All right, thanks, but I don't think I can do it today.

Hey! What's this shit, man?

Want some? Come on!

Come on! Come on!

You want some? Come on!

Come on. Come on, guys.

Break it up. Break it up!

Juan Ton, I'd like to have a word with you

if you don't mind.

♪ I wanna be just like you ♪

Okay, everybody! Back to work!

Liberty, man. This is some shit.

Now Goliath over here is going off his nut.

Now get him off my ass.

- Juan Ton, maybe you prefer the social life in prison.

That gentleman over there is keeping you on the streets.

All right, I hear you.

- Listen. Tell me what you know about this.

Them is serious colors, man.

- Yeah. Whose are they? - That's Miami.

World-class dope runners. Stone fucking killers.

They gun your down on your way to lunch,

not even blink a damn eye.

Now Jackson, you dump that.

You forget about it 'cause I did.

Excuse me. I gotta take some laps.

- I'm sorry, Terry. - Are you kidding?

This is the way my entire day has gone.

Oh, I almost completely forgot.

There was an urgent message for you from Melissa.

- What'd she say? - Oh, she sounded frantic.

Something about her place and her brother Jesse.

No problem. I'll handle this.

Melissa.

Oh God, what happened? Who did this to you?

It was the animals. I'm gonna kill 'em.

How many of them were there?

There was two men. They wanted Jesse.

Did you talk to Jesse?

Yes. We were on the phone.

Melissa, Melissa. Where's Jesse?

He's over at Denise's.

Easy, sport.

Where's the fucking money, punk?

Let's go, inside.

Deuce, who the fuck is that?

This is the guy in the picture, Ace.

So do you know where it is?

- He don't know nothing! - Shut up!

- Yeah, I know where it is. You let him go and you got it.

Get outta here, you damn idiot!

He doesn't know nothing, nothing!

See? They both know.

Take him in the other room and tie him up.

First, I'm gonna deal with this scum.

- I already told you once. I know where it is.

Yeah? Well, fuck you.

Jesse.

Sarah?

I'm in here.

Jesus. What happened?

- Jesse's dead. - What?

He had himself involved in something.

I don't know, it got him killed.

He almost took Melissa with him.

Melissa? Is she okay?

Yeah. She'll be all right.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Well, did you call the police?

I already dealt with 'em.

I gotta meet with the detective in the morning.

I know this all has something

to do with killings in the park.

Why do you have to get so involved?

I mean, what if you're next? Then what?

- Don't do this. - No.

I can't stand it anymore.

You go ahead and you get yourself killed

if that's what you want.

Jesus. Who do you think you are?

Excuse me?

- You have to make everything so complicated.

These guys that you're dealing with,

they're not just street killers, they're psychopaths.

Do you wanna spend the rest of your life looking

- over your shoulder? - Sweetie, why are you so mad?

- I'm leaving. - Wait, wait.

I'm pregnant.

I've been trying to tell you,

but you've been so busy being a detective.

- Come here. - No, don't.

I can take care of myself.

A baby.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Are you looking for someone?

Deuce, who the fuck is that?

What's that?

I'll check it out. Just stay here, baby.

I got a runt. You got a midget.

Yeah.

Come on.

Let's take 'em quick.

- Let's go. - Come on.

Get him.

- Get him, Bash. Come on. - Come on, Bash.

- Come on, Bash. - You got him, Bash!

- Yeah! - You can do it, man!

- Yeah! - All right, Bash.

He's all yours, Bash. You can take him.

He ain't so big, Bash. He ain't so big.

You can take him, Bash.

Watch him, Bash. Watch him.

- Yeah. - Come on, Bash.

Come on, asshole.

No way. No fucking way!

- Yeah, come on! - Yeah, come on, Bash!

- You got him, Bash! - Keep going, man!

Yeah, you got him, man!

You can beat him, man! I know you can!

You got him, man! You got him!

Take him down! Put him down, Bash, down!

- You're mine. - Come on, man!

Like you were right, my friend.

I had a hunch I'd be next.

Dino, come here.

Tell him what you just heard.

Word on the street, you're a dead man.

Miami?

Could be. Could be someone else.

That's all I know. Just watch your ass.

- Bash, could you run this garbage down to the cops with me?

We'll take care of them ourselves.

- No, man, we gotta to do this by the book.

You got it. Dino, Bruce, give me a hand.

- We'll get it, Bash. - Come on. Okay.

Take him.

- Liberty! - I'm out here.

- Good morning. - Morning. Hi.

Are we expecting company?

- Well, I thought that since you were eating for two now,

I wasn't really sure what,

what you wanted to eat for breakfast.

So I thought I'd give you a choice.

I'm really sorry about Jesse.

Me, too. That's life though, isn't it?

People die. Babies are born.

- Maybe this is a good time as any to bring up the fact

that this might not be such a good time to have a baby.

- Honey, anytime you're having a baby's a good time

to have a baby,

- Maybe, you know, a little further on down the road

would be more appropriate, though, than right now.

- Now you're not contemplating not having our baby, are ya?

Because if you are, you need to think a little longer on it.

You're messing with our lives here.

I have thought about it. I'm sorry.

Hormones. It's hormones.

It's something like that.

A woman gets pregnant, she gets crazy.

That's what it is, and you need some rest.

You've been working too hard. Why don't you stay home today?

I can't. I've got a full caseload today.

- No, no, no, no. You take the day off today.

I've gotta go talk to the detective.

Come back tonight. I'll cook you a big dinner.

I'll cook breakfast again if you want to.

Whatever sounds good, okay?

- Terrific. - Okay. I love ya.

Now you rest. Promise.

Okay.

- You told him? You told me everything you know?

Good. That's fine.

Hi.

Yes sir. How may I help you?

- I've got an appointment with a Detective Anderson.

- Yes, sir, just a minute. I'll let him know you're here.

Thanks.

- Detective Henderson. Your morning appointment's here.

Thank you, sir. Put her in a holding cell.

Oh, take that thing off.

- Hard to tell sometimes these days, isn't it?

Not in that case.

Detective Anderson.

Come on over here and have a cup of coffee.

Thanks.

- I read your statement about the junkie's killing.

- Well, he wasn't a junkie. - Yeah, whatever.

I've read a lot about you, too, mostly good.

About your reformed youth. You should be proud.

Well, I'm not too proud

that you got two innocent kids in here.

Right now,

I'm more concerned about two dead cops and a dead Jesse.

Yeah? Well, what's your point?

- What was your last association with Jesse Travis?

- Well, you know that already. It was in the report.

I'm talking about close association.

We were in the service together,

Central America about 10 years ago.

- And? - The man saved my life.

I knew him once but not anymore.

- Doesn't it seem strange you should be there last night,

seeing him after all these years?

Let me tell you something.

When a man saves your life, there's a bond there.

It doesn't matter what he's like now.

You still care about it. He called me up.

I came there to help him. That's it.

What kind of trouble?

- Well, I suppose that two bad guys were trying to kill him,

- just like the report said. - Why?

Well, we don't know that, do we?

So what are we gonna do about it now?

We aren't going to do anything.

I am going to find out why, quickly.

Yeah?

And when you do, let me know

'cause you're gonna have two more bodies in your morgue.

Meaning?

- Look, I just want the two kids out of this joint.

They were only in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Well, I can help you with that.

We can't hold 'em anymore without evidence.

Fine, and next time,

tell your guys to get all their shit together

before they arrest two little punks in the park, all right?

Hey, look, Liberty.

Now you may be a crime diversion officer,

but these gang kids commit crimes.

Now they'll be released, but we'll keep an eye on 'em.

I'll be in touch.

- Okay guys, take off, all right? Try to stay outta trouble.

Give my love to Mai Ling.

Right.

Now you just show up for the job,

and the rest will take care of itself, okay?

Yeah. Now call me tomorrow.

God, some of these people just can't hold down a job.

What's wrong, Sarah? You and Liberty having problems?

Oh, I don't know.

You heard about what happened last night?

Yeah.

- He's out trying and save the world, and I'm pregnant.

Oh, run that by me again.

- You heard me. - Are you sure?

- Yeah, I'm sure. - Well, does Liberty know?

I put the salt in the wound last night.

Oh, how can you say that?

If there's one thing we know for sure,

it's that Liberty loves you.

Fine, but I'm not ready to settle

- for a baby and a crusader. - What are you saying, girl?

You think for one minute he

wouldn't be here for you and the baby?

I can't think, Terry.

I mean, all he thinks about are these street people,

gangs and junkies.

One of his friends was killed last night,

and what if Liberty's next?

Then I'm left to raise this baby alone?

I see that every day in this place. It's not me.

- Don't you think you're being a little premature?

- Jesus! - Oh, I'm sorry.

No pun intended.

- Why does everyone think this is a big joke?

- This is completely serious! - Well, don't you love him?

- Listen, I'll see you later. I'm gonna go to lunch.

- Well, wait. Wait, wait, wait, I'll go with you.

Liberty! I wanna thank you, thank you!

For what?

My brother and cousin are home again.

Yeah, but this thing still isn't over.

They're going to be watched.

Police still have to determine

who did the killings in the park.

So you tell 'em for me to watch out. You tell 'em.

- Better go. - Yeah, you're right.

Hi.

I'd like two yellowtail and a California roll to go please.

You know what the surgeon general says.

He says that this raw fish could be bad for your baby.

He says the baby's gonna grow up

and look like something outta the lagoon, you know?

Big lips, scales all over his body, slippers for feet.

You wanna live in a swamp? We don't have swamps here in LA.

What do you want?

You and me, maybe a little cottage

with a white picket fence around the yard, a dog, and a kid.

Thank you.

Yeah, and what do you think about it?

That's what I thought.

- Got a piece of news for you. - Yeah? What's that?

Got a guy down at the station

who says he knows all about the cop killings

but won't talk to anyone but you.

- Not my problem, remember? - Okay, I get the point.

Look, your reputation

tells this guy you're the only one he trusts.

Come on, Liberty, I need you. Get in.

Let's go.

You wanna tell me something?

You don't wanna talk to me, huh?

I don't know nothing!

Why don't you talk to me pal, huh?

Let's talk, huh?

What the hell are you doing?

Is this kid charged with anything?

- No. - Well, then release him.

- This slim ball punk knows who killed my buddies,

all right?

I don't know nothing, Liberty!

Yeah, and he don't know nothing, dammit.

Give me the keys to the cuff.

Get this son of a bitch out of here.

- That dude's got a hard-on, man.

He must be on rocket fuel or something.

- Yeah? Well, I heard you wanted to talk to me.

I don't know nothing, Liberty.

Don't bullshit me like this.

I've come down here to talk to you. Give me the information.

- All I know is some dude made a bad switch, man,

and kept the wrong man's cash, and that's all I know.

Well, keep it coming. That's not enough.

You know that I'm gonna let it out on the streets.

You won't even get out of this damn house

- until you tell me. - You don't got nothing

- on me, man! - Bullshit!

- They wanna put the bite on your ass, not mine!

Yeah? Who's that?

They think you got the man's cash, man,

and he wants it back, all right?

Who's they?

Some guy named Mr. B.

Liberty, there's a call for you.

- You can take it right here. - Can I go?

- Yeah. - Liberty, my man.

I got some unpleasant news sometime.

Get your ass up that rope!

I'll make sure you never come down!

Sorry about that. Listen.

Today, they released Jesse's killers.

What? Shit!

- I know they have friends in high places. So be careful.

I want some answers now.

What the hell are you talking about?

- Who authorized the release of those two killers?

- Look, Liberty. Relax. - Relax?

Those bastards staked out my apartment,

they killed my friend in front of me,

and you want me to relax?

I should've taken care of 'em my own way

when I had a chance.

- Look, we couldn't hold 'em. Your pals killed himself.

What the fuck are you saying?

Their statement said he killed himself.

They walked in and found him hanging.

Then you came in and attacked them.

You're lucky they're not pressing charges.

My ass!

Look, they're officers of the court,

licensed bounty hunters.

They don't get paid for dead-

They're full of shit!

- Look, Liberty, I'm not gonna argue with you.

Look, this is a police matter anyway.

Now what did the kid say?

None of your goddamn business.

Hi, it's Melissa. God, I hate this.

Anyway, the funeral's at 10 tomorrow.

Denise is taking it pretty hard.

Take care. I'll see you there.

Hi. Listen.

I have a lot of paperwork to do tonight,

so I'm not gonna be coming home.

I'm gonna be working with Terry,

so I'll just spend the night at her house, okay?

I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.

- Hi. - Hi.

Hi, kids. Come here.

Come here, Nate. Ooh, hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs.

Thanks. You guys?

Why don't you go inside with Mommy?

So how's it going?

I'm hanging in there.

How's Denise?

She's pretty numb right now.

I think it's her only way of coping with all this.

Just waiting for the crack.

- Melissa, you know I loved Jesse like a brother,

but I hated the world he was in.

Everybody that's involved with it

always ends up getting hurt.

You gonna be okay?

Yeah, I gotta be, Lib.

I gotta be strong for Denise and the kids.

They need me, you know?

Hi. Hi, guys.

Can you take the kids for me?

Sure. Come on, guys.

Wanna go and get some juice?

- Denise, I'm so sorry. - I know you are, Liberty.

Jesse, he was a good man. He, he loved me.

He loved his kids. He, he never stopped trying.

You know I'm here for you.

As much as anyone can be.

God, I, I miss him so much already, you know?

Kids may need you to be like a father to them

if you don't mind.

I'd love to.

Thank you.

- Denise, it wasn't like Jesse to get involved

in scams or hurt anybody.

How the hell did he get involved with these guys from Miami?

Robbie.

- Robbie? - Yes, Robbie.

You know the Robbie?

The Robbie that was joined at the hip of the two of you

when you guys were all in the service together?

- That Robbie. - Yeah, so?

- So about a month ago, he shows up at our door

with some song and dance about some old lost shipment

of dope from Central America.

- I forgot about that. It was a different life.

- Next thing I know, Robbie's head is found in the park.

A few days later, my husband is hanging from the rafters.

- All this time, I thought Robbie had been with the feds.

- He didn't deserve to die and leave us all alone, you know?

He shouldn't have died.

- There is really nothing that I can do, Rose.

You gotta do something! I gotta talk to him!

- He is in solitary confinement for stabbing a prison guard.

Now you know very well that I cannot get

- through that kind of red tape. - You gotta try something!

I haven't talked to him in two years.

Can't you see that I'm falling apart at the seams?

I gotta talk to him about the kids.

I gotta see if he still loves me.

Okay. I have a friend in Task Force.

Let me see if I can get a letter in to him, okay?

- Thank you. Any little bit will help, okay?

It'll be all right.

- You better get plenty of rest now that you're carrying.

Beg your pardon?

- Oh, honey, you don't have to hide it from me.

I used to be a midwife.

I can spot a pregnant woman way before she can.

I am not having a baby.

Well, you better make up your mind

'cause from what I can see,

you're way over a month past due.

- Look, you just give me your letter, all right?

Well, if you don't wanna have the baby,

there's a place that you can go that's secluded outta state.

They'll take real good care of you, baby.

Don't be afraid. Lord have mercy.

This woman is something else

if she thinks she can handle this all by herself.

Sarah, there's a case outside.

He says he's been here for an hour. He's getting very antsy.

This place I hear is pretty competent.

You sure you wanna do this?

No, I'm not sure.

You know, it wasn't supposed to happen like this, you know?

Honey, this is a big decision.

I sure as hell wouldn't wanna have to make it.

It's a choice that means a lot,

and it can affect a woman for a long time.

Forever, you know?

I know.

You could maybe lose Liberty.

I know, Terry. Look, do you mind?

I need to be alone for a while.

Okay.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude.

Don't worry about it. I understand.

Look, honey, whatever decision you do make,

I'm in your corner, okay?

Thanks.

All right.

What do you want me to do with this clown out here?

Should I send him in?

Tell him that I died.

It's on the agenda.

How are we doing this afternoon?

- Fine. - Fine, sir.

- Before we get started, I wanna let you know

that I think we got the Ling boys off the hook.

Oh.

- It seems that this whole thing was dealing

with a huge drug smuggling ring out of Miami,

and this Jesse Travis has turned out

to be a federal undercover agent gone bad.

That's bullshit.

What are you trying to pull here, commissioner?

What's your problem?

- My problem is who are you trying to cover up on this?

Sir?

- All right, I'm outta here. - Let's go.

- Let me talk to him. - I understand.

- This place is getting more interesting by the moment.

What was that all about?

- Hello? - Hey, it's me.

Be at my place at nine o'clock.

It's time to rock and roll.

Got it.

Well, you can tell me anytime now.

Jordan's talking some kind of bullshit.

Jesse wasn't some sort of crooked fed, Terry.

His only problem was himself!

- Oh, honey, don't you know that no matter what they say,

you couldn't have done anything to help him?

You know,

I keep running it through my head again and again, you know?

It just, maybe when he called me the first time,

- I should've just- - Oh, no. Stop it.

He's dead. It's over with him.

You got a chance to save a more important life now,

your own.

She told you, didn't she?

- Yes. - Yeah.

She's told me a lot of things.

Some of them don't concern you.

Oh, it doesn't concern me? It's my kid.

It's her body.

Look, I'm not gonna take sides on this issue.

I care about both of you, but she's got a choice,

and it has nothing to do with you if she wants it that way.

Well, goddammit, Terry.

It certainly does have something to do with me.

- No, you're not married. You're just lovers.

No, it's murder.

It's as much murder as what happened to Jesse.

The big difference is she is murdering my child!

It's her life, her body, and her choice.

You know what I feel like doing to her?

- What? - I feel like handcuffing her

to my bed for nine months and saying,

"You can leave when you drop that child in my hands."

- Oh, Liberty. You gotta be more civilized than that.

- Where are you going? - I don't know.

I just gotta get outta here. I'm just closed in.

Hi.

I just came by to pick up some of my things.

I didn't expect you to be here.

- I live here, you know? I talked to Terry.

Look, I know you must be upset.

Sarah, is having my baby that much

of a self sacrifice to you?

- No, but having your baby right now is a sacrifice.

It means giving up my dreams of ever having my own career,

not to mention your insane lifestyle.

I mean, it's not exactly the ideal situation

to bring a baby into.

- It's not fit for her royal highness then? Is that it?

Sweetie, there's some more important things

in the world than sushi and Beethoven.

I know that.

It's just that you're out there every day fighting in a war,

and I can't stand the thought that maybe one day,

you might not come back.

You should've checked it out then

before you wanted to check me out.

What?

- Sarah, for three months you chased me until I sort

of put up a red flag and said, "Hey, I notice ya."

- Oh, this is ridiculous. I don't have to listen to this.

- No, it's not. Sarah, wait just one minute.

Sarah.

Don't you think when our lives are over,

there should be some evidence that we loved each other?

I love you.

Sarah. Sarah!

Dammit!

It's not just your life. It's my life, too.

between us. Dammit!

If it's fuck up some other person,

get this life!

Sarah! Sarah, don't do this!

We're gonna have to live with this the rest of our lives!

Sarah!

♪ The trouble with loving ♪

♪ Is the trouble with dreams ♪

♪ It leaves you wanting way beyond your means ♪

♪ And you stand back sinking ♪

♪ Where you used to stand tall ♪

♪ The trouble with loving ♪

♪ Starts as soon as you fall ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Just like the mountain that's moved stone by stone ♪

♪ You feel your heart sinking wherever love goes ♪

♪ All of a sudden ♪

♪ You start to believe ♪

♪ Such foolish things ♪

♪ Such foolish things, oh ♪

Don't you think when our lives are over,

there should be some evidence that we loved each other?

♪ Is the trouble with dreams ♪

♪ It leaves you wanting way beyond your means ♪

♪ And you stand back sinking, sinking ♪

♪ Where you used to stand tall ♪

♪ The trouble with loving ♪

♪ Starts as soon as you fall ♪

♪ Oh ♪

He's here.

Gentlemen, it's showtime.

He's even gonna make it easier on us.

He's coming all by himself.

- Fucking eh, boss. This will be a pleasure.

Wait a second. You said you wouldn't kill him.

- Denise, shut up. I don't want to hear another word.

Liberty, watch out!

I'll kill her.

You said you wouldn't hurt me.

- Denise, what the hell are you doing here?

Just shut the fuck up, both of you.

- But-

I have no more need for you, my darling.

You promised.

You said that if I gave you Jesse, you promised!

- You did what? Oh, you ignorant little shit.

Fuck.

Get the fuck out of the way!

Hey sweetheart, you?

I'll blow her face right off, man.

Please, please don't let him hurt me, man.

I got two kids that you promised to take care of.

- I think not. - Boss!

- Looks like you got the situation well in hand.

- Mm-hmm. This is the way it appears.

- You don't get outta my way, I'll kill her.

- Oh, Mr. B, you didn't do her in as well as you did Jesse?

What the hell's going on here, Liberty?

- She sold out your brother to this bastard.

- You two-faced little bitch. You turned over on him?

When his back was up against the wall? I'm gonna kill her.

Hey! Hey!

- Let go! No! - Melissa. Melissa.

Cool it, cool it, cool it.

- No! Let go! - You gotta cool it.

You gotta let the system handle it, Melissa.

- No! - Melissa.

System? I'm the fucking system!

You don't get outta my way,

I'll blow her brains out all over this alley!

No, please, please! I've got two kids!

No, you don't! I got two kids!

You ain't got nothing, Denise!

Get out! Get out!

Goddammit!

Stay there with the women!

Son of a bitch. He believed me.

- Huh? - Anderson.

Thinks those two goons are in that car.

- Well, come on, amigo. Put your foot on the pedal.

Let's go. We're gonna lose 'em.

Hello?

I want my money and I want it now.

- I thought I told you not to call me here.

Listen, you slimy son of a bitch.

I don't give a shit about the last shipment.

I want my cut of the other money now.

- All right, I'll get it for you. Meet me at the center.

- Nobody's there. - How do I get in?

You're the criminal. Figure it out.

I wonder where this bastard's going.

- This better be good. - Hi, Terry.

I'm sorry to wake you.

I came by the office just to pick a couple of things up.

I just wanted to let you know

that I'm gonna take some time off.

- Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.

Listen, thanks for everything, okay?

Sarah. Oh, Sarah.

Turn on the light, over there.

- Did anybody follow you? - No,

but I almost got my ass caught

by that commando creep and his ape man.

Where's my money? Where's my money?

- Where's the money from the last shipment?

I don't know, and I don't care.

Now just fork over the money that you owe me, all right?

'Cause I'm getting mighty sick of this deal.

You really are the scum of the earth.

Oh really? You're such a humanitarian.

All these years in the Task Force,

I knew it was bound to happen.

They come across a case like the Melissa Travis girl

who just happened to have a brother

who knew there was some missing dope.

Just cut the small talk, will ya?

- You're so impatient. - Impatient?

I think a year and a half is long enough on this deal.

Besides, I didn't know the feds were gonna be in on this.

Now just give me my money, all right?

And I'll be outta here.

- I had the drugs, you had the connections.

Oh, it's been a great 18 months.

Yeah, it's been terrific.

- But now it's over. - It's over?

Wrong place, wrong time. Come on.

Get over here.

Who is that man? This is crazy.

- Just a man who attacked you and killed you tonight,

and then he killed himself.

- Who is it? - I can't make it out.

Everybody. Crazies come out at night.

You came here at the center. You were all alone.

Somebody followed you. Now do you get the picture?

Jordan, what's going on?

Drop it, man, or she's dead.

Sarah, what the hell are you doing here

at three o'clock in the morning?

What difference does it make?

What's so important for you to be here

at three o'clock in the morning?

Will you shut up? Both of you!

I had to get an address.

An address? For the abortion.

Say it, Sarah. Abortion?

Look, I told you to shut up.

Why is this? Why?

- I just got rid of one more piece of garbage.

- Sweetie, it's awfully tough. Kill the life inside of you.

- That's my baby too, you know? - I have a right to choose.

I? What is this I stuff?

- Shut the fuck up? - It's we now, Sarah.

- You, me and the baby. - Hey, you! Back off.

Do you understand that? Outta my way!

- You don't think you're gonna get away with this, do you?

Baby, I don't understand.

You don't understand what?

You don't understand it's my time?

It's my turn. You don't understand that?

Whatever you wanna do, you got it.

- This is about me now! - I can help out.

I wanna help raise the baby, Sarah.

- Out! - It's not that easy.

Yeah it is.

- Get out! - I can make this work.

I wanna help raise him, too.

Back the fuck. Back, back off!

- Just like a family, Sarah. Like a family.

- Oh God. - Son of a bitch,

if you hurt her, I swear to God,

I'll kill you with my bare hands.

- You're gonna do what? Why don't you try it?

Huh, Mr. Bare Hands? Come on!

- Try it now! - No!

- What the hell are you doing? - God, my baby!

- Sarah! - No!

Oh God!

- It's okay. It's okay, we're gonna be all right.

Come on. We're gonna be all right.

I wanna go home.

Invincible.

You are a strange man. Do you know that?

Whoever you are, you're a very strange man.

I see you both met.

Would you give Anderson a call for us, Bash?

God, I'm hungry. How about breakfast?

You're always hungry.

How about pizza and ice cream?

Wait a minute.

I thought I was the one that was pregnant.

Well, maybe it's one

of those sympathetic impulse reactions, huh, Sarah?

Stop.