All language subtitles for Hill Street Blues s04e12 Nichols from Heaven

Item eight, the cop killing.

Nothing new to report overnight. Tag
team patrols continue in each sector,

sector baker units partnering with the
Van Buren storefront.

For what it's worth, staff psychologists
propose that the killer is a single

individual suffering from hallucinations
with a persecutory or grandiose

content, which could include just about
any guy who talks to himself.

So far, we're nowhere on this.

Item nine.

Captain Perillo encountered an in
-progress armed robbery at a convenience

in East Cordova last night.

The captain shot and killed the
perpetrators.

While the captain is finishing his
internal affairs this morning,

Cayetano will be in station command.

Item 10.

Yes.

Our rodent population has returned.

Oh, rats.

Officer Schnitz has informed our friend
from Biberpest.

A retaliatory strike is forthcoming.

Item 11.

Congrats to Bates and Coffey and the
bureaucrats in Washington.

Crime in the vicinity of our Van Buren
storefront was down 15 % overnight.

Which brings us to item 12.

Stuart Casey's column in this morning's
Trib and the accompanying photo

featuring two familiar faces.

Sergeant Esterhaus, who tells me he's
undergoing a second day of tests at

General, suggested we pay particular
attention to the following passage from

Casey's article.

What strikes me most poignantly is the
way our cops keep doing their jobs, cop

killer or no cop killer.

I spent yesterday on the hill, mostly in
a Van Buren storefront, with a couple

grunts named Bates and Coffee, who
handled 20 complaints in three hours,

prevent a double suicide, and never once
mentioned the killer except when I

probed.

Then Coffee, a big, good -looking guy,
still with a trace of little Italy in

easy -going street charm, said simply
and without bravado, Hey, I was a man.

You learn that every day you put on a
uniform, your life's at risk.

Item 13.

Paranoia.

We're all living with it.

To the best of our abilities, Let's not
let it ruin the way we do our jobs.

Okay, let's roll.

And please, let's be very careful out
there.

The room,

Washington. What happened with Orsini
last night? Turned up at the showroom

lounge about two.

He gave six grand to Fox and Goldblum.
We got it on tape. He's supposed to

the other six today.

Any chance he'll give that to Marina?

Only bet will be return Othini. Get him
to push it in Marina's direction.

Let's go with that.

Let's do it.

You got Othini's address? Yeah, thanks,
Bill.

I'm going to catch some old flicks
tonight. You and Mario want to join us?

don't know, cowboy.

I was supposed to see her last night.

Take another shot, huh?

Yeah. I think I want to see her alone,
though. Something's not right.

What? I don't know.

A lot of diptos always have been.

I want to see if I can push through it,
though.

At least I thought I got a try.

You got to do what you got to do.

Excuse me?

Hey there, counselor.

What you all got going on up there?
Spanish Inquisition?

What do you know about him? Nothing,
nothing.

Captain? Nice going, sir.

Morning, Captain.

Morning. Frank?

Frank?

How did he go downtown?

Fine. He was just fine.

Joyce?

Fine, Ray. Any word on the sniper?

Nothing new.

How about the showroom lounge?

The room Washington are with Ostini in
interrogation. They're waiting for you.

I'll be up to this with everyone if you
need me.

I wear my silver bars proudly this
morning, Frank.

It's good to know that management can
feel political.

Excuse me, Howard.

Marino said not even to talk to him.

So now I'm supposed to hand him six
grand.

Is Mr. Arsini aware of his options?

Oh, yeah. Call him in. 25 years
mandatory. Felony trafficking.

Column B, your partner's with us.

End of menu, Sonny.

What's it gonna be?

I mean, it don't make sense, that's all.

I could get killed here. You know, I
think he just needs a couple of minutes

make up his mind. You know what I mean?
Hey, I'll tell you what, Sonny. You got

five seconds.

One one thousand.

Two one thousand. Hey, just for
openness.

I mean, I rendezvous with Marino. Alone.

You guys behind me or what?

Well, sure we are.

You're in trouble? All you say is, it's
hot in here.

It's hot in here.

But you put the money on them first,
right?

Three one thousand, four one thousand.
It's off six grand this time, Sonny.

I know I'm going to hate myself for
this.

Attaboy, Sonny.

Frank, I'm writing down a couple of
crackpot sniper confessions and I've got

run over to the county psychiatrist.

All right.

The woman on the ledge yesterday, Mrs.
Rutledge?

Are you going to charge her with child
endangerment? Pro forma.

I made her a couple of promises on a
boy.

Joyce is representing. She was pretty
shaken up.

I never shot anyone, Henry.

I never shot

anyone either.

Well, maybe I'm not the one to talk to,
but if you want to... I'll be all right.

See, now I get back into things.

Like I said, maybe I'm not the one to
talk to, but I appreciate it.

Anyway, everyone thinks you're why I
hurt.

I think I got an extra copy. You know, I
didn't say half the stuff they wrote in

here.

Hey, Spencer, how you doing?

Something wrong?

You've got to help me, officer. They
won't let him out today.

Who, your dad? Who told you? He went for
a lady.

She said my brother's coming home, too.
All my dances this day. Where's your

mom? At the hospital.

Spencer, I'm going to see your mother
this morning. We're not going to let

anything bad happen to your brother.

Hope not.

You can count on it.

Where'd you stay last night?

Home. Alone?

Yeah. Let's go get something to eat. A
little breakfast?

released from the hospital, you'll
automatically be charged with child

endangerment.

That means you endangered Clay's life
when you carried him out on the ledge.

I didn't want to hurt him. I wanted to
save him from his father.

I love my baby.

I understand.

That's why Lieutenant Goldblum wants to
help you, but you've got to help too.

Mrs. Rutledge, we can only hold your
husband on a minor charge.

If you sign this additional complaint
saying your husband beat and abused your

child, we can maybe hold him a little
longer.

How much longer?

We don't know.

We can't really say.

Because if he gets out and he knows that
I signed something against him, I don't

know what he'll do.

There's just no telling.

Mrs. Rutledge, I made you some promises
yesterday about trying to help Clay.

This is the only chance we have to keep
his father away from him unless we put

him in an institution.

Tell me how... Tell me how to sign.

Keep up the good work.

She was all right.

All right?

She had a nice personality, that's what
he's saying. She was cute, but she had a

nice personality. She had a very pretty
face.

Okay, but you think a lot of women have
very pretty faces.

What?

Oh, Lord.

This car had me blocked in again, and
then it started smoking.

Yeah, man, what is this? What's going
on? Hey, man, why'd you let him do that

my car for me, man? Don't you know what
I paid for it?

Hey, Jose, you threw away my ticket
yesterday. Now you want police

Hey, why don't you get some parking
lessons, chump? You're going to give

me, man? They don't want to give them to
me. Go blow your head off.

I've been since the sixth grade, Bobby.

Sixth grade since what? Since I got my
name in the paper.

I was runner -up in the American Legion
Reward.

Felt my name wrong.

R -E -N -C -K -O.

Rensko.

All units, Code 12, Code 12. Officer
down at Murdoch and Lincoln in Jefferson

Heights. Request immediate backup.

22 -02 responding from Decker, 91st
Avenue.

Oh,

my God. Come on.

My God.

I just want to see her.

Description we got from Yeager, good on
the car, sketchy on the shooter.

Yeah, the Heights is notified.

Marino, I don't know.

I'm sorry, Chief, but all my priority's
been on the sniper right now.

Yeah.

All right.

I heard.

Frank, I know there's a lot going on,
but... I just...

We've got to talk. I know.

Miss Davenport, there's an attorney. I
think it's Heller. He wants to see you.

Who's that?

On your Rutledge case, I think.

I'll be out of here.

Mike, height is sending three extra
units.

We'll flood the area around the
shooting.

Begin door to door.

appointed to represent Mr. Rutledge in
this little instructing justice piece of

junk. Up here on Discovery?

Want to share?

We can get both cases called together.
They're both garbage.

The judge will be delighted to toss the
whole package. Ms. Heller, did it occur

to you that the interests of your
client, the father, and mine, the

might not be identical?

That the interests of an abused deaf
child are also at stake here?

Put a man on notifications.

Three units from night shift report
immediately double time for all day

who want it. Just had another compulsive
confessor.

Claims he did Kennedy, too.

Which one?

Petro calls two communications in at 9
-11.

Bobby?

You all right?

I'm ready.

Anything you want, I'm ready.

Anytime you want to go back on the
street, you just do it.

was there, Mick.

I saw her.

Marty?

I saw her, Mick.

Oh, Robin.

Come here.

Oh, I'm scared.

I'm really scared.

You'll be all right.

Oh, I can't go back out there, Mick.

Listen to me. Listen to me.

This is the worst place you could be
right now.

Let's go get some fresh air. Come on.

Come on, we'll get a cup of coffee.

That's all the information I have right
now. You can call the hospital. I don't

know how much they'll tell you.

You're welcome.

My God, Henry, I heard they shot two
more officers.

One dead, one of them was wounded.

I'm sorry. We're going to have to
reschedule. Oh, that's all right. I've

some work to do up here anyhow on my
mayor's commission report.

Could be a late night, too. I don't know
if we'll be able to get together.

Henry, you don't have to explain.

Listen, um, no matter what time, if you
want to, call me.

I will.

One minute, Mr. Thaddeus. Leo, I need a
copy of the 617 -8 on the Rutledge

family. Coming up. Joyce!

Poor Faye. I heard what happened last
night.

Listen, um...

supposed to have lunch with Henry today,
but he can't.

And I've got an interview at three.

Would you want to have lunch with me and
talk at three? Hey, uh, I'm up here on

business. I don't have time for lunch. I
don't have time for a hen party.

Not exactly what I had in mind.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

Miss Davenport, you're 617.

Thanks, Leo.

Now, Mr.

Thaddeus. Oh, gee, I'm real sorry.

Mr. Schnitz, I don't know what's
happened to Mr. Marr's work recently.

That's okay.

Did he just give us back the voucher?
The guy doesn't have his heart in it or

something. Who knows? Yeah.

I'll tell you, Marr works from a kind of
a native genius, but he's a little

unstable. But, hey, comes with the
territory. Know what I mean? Not all of

can do this kind of work.

Anyway, if you'll just give us back the
voucher. Don't worry.

I'm his supervisor.

I'm taking him an extra six blocks, a
full half mile, no additional charge.

You can take him to the 116th Street
Fire Station for all I care. Just take

out of here.

You got it.

639 -472, Wilmer Rutledge, one count
child endangerment. And docket number

-488, Harold Rutledge.

Obstructing justice, resisting arrest,
and also child endangerment. On for bail

setting.

Family situation.

Counsel, approach.

Officers as well.

Would this be a matter better handled by
family court, Mr. D?

No, they won't take it, Judge.

not with the obstruction and resisting.

Your Honor, my client has a four -and -a
-half -year -old boy who is deaf and

doesn't know sign language, currently in
predictive custody.

His mother is the only one that can
communicate with him, and she

wants to take care of him. Strange way
of showing it.

Her suicide attempt was a reflection of
her helplessness in trying to protect

the child from further abuse by the
father.

Since when does your practice include
psychiatry? You don't have to be a

psychiatrist to recognize a family
that's being terrorized. That'll do.

I was at a prior domestic at the
Rutledge home yesterday, Your Honor.

I can't prove that the child was abused,
but I think that definitely the father

should be kept away from these children.
Which is what Mrs. Rutledge wants.

So we jail him on some half -baked
resisting charge? There's also an

endangerment. My client is employed. He
has a clean record.

Mr. D .A., do you have any reason to
believe that Mr.

Rutledge would not show up for a
hearing?

No.

Judge, please, keep the father inside.

Is it your opinion, Lieutenant, that the
mother, if left alone, would be a...

A competent parent?

It's a difficult situation, but if I had
to guess, I'd say yes.

All right, people. Step back, please.

Both defendants released on retardness
in pending preliminary hearings.

Set a long date, bailiff.

You, Mr. Rutledge? Yes, sir, you're on.
I'm notifying welfare to return the boy.

You have one hour to pick up your
clothes and vacate the family residence.

Officers Bates and Coffey will accompany
you to see that you comply.

Your Honor, where am I supposed to
sleep?

Providing accommodations is not my
responsibility.

What's going on? However, if I hear that
you... Your father's going to have to

move out. Then welfare's going to bring
your brother back. ...provide you a bunk

at the Michigan Avenue complex.

Next case.

Docket number B24476171.

I gotta talk to you personally, Marino.

No, you don't.

Get lost.

No.

I ain't gonna be dealing with no
middleman.

You're the boss.

I'm making big payments.

Gotta be the boss direct.

Wrong number, Jack.

Not even close.

Pretty hot in here, isn't it, guys?

You said it's hot in here, babe.

I can believe it. Hot in here, too.

Come on, take it easy.

It's roasting in here.

I'd be happy to take your coat off.
Tony, no problem with that.

Take it off.

Who is it? Hey, you guys are the cops.

I'm going to wear a wire. What do you
think I am, crazy?

Take it easy.

Look. Look at this.

It went like a pork. It's so hot in
here.

So you're not wired.

Of course not.

I don't know what it is.

I was there when Pete Dorsey got killed.
I handled it right.

He stayed on duty.

I'm numb inside.

You still feel that way?

It's all right to feel that way. It
happens sometimes.

I knew Marty.

She was great.

I'll never do it.

and have problems with Orsini.

It's okay.

Call him off and get him on the search
warrant. Name?

Me, hairbag!

The steel won't give us his name. We
don't need it. Book him John Doe. Go for

the warrant on the uniform's testimony
and testimony from the super. What about

the press? Not until it's cleared with
division. Make sure the men understand

that. How's Yeager? Get him up here. I
want a 19. I already put the call in.

One big -name liner, one brass money
clip, one plastic comb, cash, and the

amount of $119 .40.

Do you want to sign this?

Put your hands up on the counter.

Get those hands!

your finger.

Did you hear the officer?

He said relax.

Frank,

hang on.

We've recovered a rifle.

Maxwell and Beam found it in a dumpster
two blocks from the Fairmont. They're on

their way to S .I .D. Thanks, Howard.

Ray!

Double the guard and the suspect. Rush
him through booking and get him into a

room. Yeager won't be here for half an
hour. Neither will his lawyer. Let's not

waste any time.

Hey, Pally.

Where's my attorney?

Now look, you're a sick guy. You killed
some cops, okay?

You want us to help you? You gotta talk
to us now.

Shut it.

Quick, easy.

Having a nice conversation?

I'm going to talk to my client now.

Hey.

Hey. Listen, when you get a minute, I'd
like to ask you about the rest. What are

we at? Oh, come on. Not now, Steve.
Yeah, well, what about... Not now.

Did you get anything new?

No, it's a turn of show.

How soon do they think before the
ballistics?

Hour, hour and a half.

You were

okay

out there.

Yeah, I guess.

Well, I guess I'll go finish my shift.

I think that's probably the best idea.

bullet that killed Nichols, but
different from the ones that killed the

Same caliber, same kind of rifle,
different ballistics.

Let me tell you something. I have been
sitting in this car for over ten minutes

in a legal parking space being blocked
by your inconsiderate behavior.

I've got a hot flash for you, mister.
You are not the only person in the

universe. There are others.

Get everybody out of here, please.

Who are you?

He said you sent them.

I didn't send anybody anyplace.

Well, we got rats now. We want them out.

Well, if you got rats, get an
exterminator. The exterminator brought

116th Street Fire Station.

You got infestation, you ought to get
rid of them.

Look, you guys had the rats. I gotta go.

I'll tell you what. If you find our
khaki officer, he'll be able to tell you

we use.

At least you'll get it with the rest of
the press. Frank, this isn't the 6 o

'clock news. He's all right, Frank.

He did a piece in the morning paper. I
don't care. He doesn't have a pass.

Hey, Casey.

Casey, for you.

Oh. Pour water from your office.

Don't put out the phone, huh? Yeah.

Casey.

Well,

listen. It's very noisy here. Can you
wait a second?

Yeah, well, listen. It's still very
noisy. Why don't you give me a number?

Mr. Rutledge, he had the weapon when he
answered the door.

He was drunk.

And he threatened the family.

Mrs. Rutledge and Spencer had been
struck by him. He was pointing the gun

them.

Then Mr.

Rutledge and Spencer started fighting.

He picked up a knife and he started
advancing on Mrs. Radcliffe.

When Spencer fired... I'm sorry.

It's all right, Mom.

It's all right.

Will the boy be charged?

I don't think so. It looks like self
-defense. It's all right, Mom.

It's all right. It sounds strange, but I
think they're lucky the gun went off.

Contra, what is strange is the random
discharge of a handgun can affect more

justice than a 200 -year -old legal
system.

else yeah the guy's rap sheet he's got
aka's up the yin yang danny nolan danny

nolan michael sprig michael springer i
can't even remember them all track

there's something in the war room you
and erwin have to see it's urgent thanks

guys

here

this is the one

the legalese. Captain, I'm only
concerned with my client's best

You want a line on that?

You have one option, and if you want it,
you better take it fast, because it's

not one anybody's anxious to give. We're
prepared to waive the death penalty.

25 to life, no bargaining done, that's
it.

Eligible for parole after 16 and two
-thirds.

Protection? He gives us everything. I
promise no one goes near.

Reno busted me.

a few things since.

He wanted some work done, but he ain't
grand.

Why?

I don't know. What exactly did he tell
you?

He, uh, told me to do a copycat.

Take down the cop.

Which cop?

One more condition until we get Marino.

We put your client in deep freeze.
Nothing goes out of this room, is that

understood, Mr. Lawrence?

The wrong bell tonight. Marino's gone.

Goldblum's gone. Fox is gone.

Oh, we keep him loosely surveilled the
next 12 hours. Come morning, we'll have

warrants. We'll know right where to nail
all three.

And if there's a leak to the press that
we have knowledge?

Our public statement is we've arrested a
John Doe.

We've got a gag on Casey in exchange for
an exclusive.

Lupowitz would have to be a fool to
release Nolan's name. I want to know why

had her killed.

She could have had something on him.
Yeah, she could have been investigating

him. Or she could have been in business
with him.

All we know is she didn't come to us.

We'll find out, Frank.

We're done.

Tomorrow.

Maybe I'll meet my wife again.

Bobby?

J .D. said Marty wasn't killed by the
sniper.

It was some kind of hit. Something with
Marino. Bobby, I'm sorry about Marty.

But as for the other, I can't say just
now. They were both in Midtown. She

worked vice for a while. Maybe she was
investigated. We don't know. We just

don't know. Then let me find out. Listen
to me.

All those days and nights up on that
cubicle, this is what all that was

We're going to move on those people
tomorrow. We can't lose that, do you

understand? Captain, I have to do
something. Well, for your sake and for

you stay out of it for now. This is not
the time.

Go home.

Stay with somebody. You keep complete
secrecy on this, and I'll tell you about

all of it tomorrow.

Neil, J .D.

Who else did you talk to? He was in love
with the captain. Not another word.

Sorry. Don't be sorry. Just don't be a
fool.

if there's been a worse 24 -hour period
around here I'd like to know with.

Can I get back to you on that?

I haven't been a very good friend to you
lately, Henry.

I intend to do better. I know that,
Frank.

I'm just trying to help.

You did.

You do.

Can I give you some advice?

Let's get the hell out of here.

Mrs. Rutledge?

Yes.

How are you?

I don't know.

If you can, take it one day at a time.

You're going to be charged.

Oh, Lord, thank you.

Thank you, thank you. I told Miss
Davenport that Clay could benefit from

tutoring more intensive than the county
could afford to pay.

Who's going to pay you, then?

If you'd allow me, I'd like to.

Miss Davenport, you've helped us so
much.

It would make me feel good.

It would help me.

I don't know what to say.

Bless you.

God bless you.

Want to tell me what the captain said?

No.

Want to sit here till you close this
establishment down?

Yes, I do.

Well, then, I'm here to do what he said.

Two more overproofs, Jason.

You're so beautiful, Renko.

I wish I understood her.

I just wish she was still alive.

You're blind.

Not so blind. I can't see how much pain
we've both been in.

In the last 24 hours, we lost the house.
You found out you couldn't have babies.

I killed a man.

Marty Nichols was murdered. A 14 -year
-old boy killed his father. We still

a cop killer on the loose. What would
you like to talk about first?

You know the Matthew Arnold poem about a
darkling plane?

That's how I feel.

Like we've been living on a darkling
plane where ignorant armies clash by

Frank, I was never scared of being
married to a cop.

Now I'm afraid I'll never not be scared
again.

Me too.

When you ran out of that car, God help
me, I thought I'd never see you alive

again and I was furious that you'd risk
your life so easily.

Easily. I was terrified.

Maybe I'm crazy.

But I saw you at that moment less afraid
of some punk with a gun than you were

of dealing with me.

Maybe you're not so crazy.

Frank, I don't have a secret life.

I tell you everything that goes on with
me.

It's just that in this particular case,
I was hoping there wouldn't be anything

to tell.

When we got married, there was no
asterisk on the father that said I'd

and keep you only if you made babies.

Maybe I can't have babies.

But I think we can have it all.

A home.

A family.

I've got a lot of mothering instincts in
me.

You got a little for me?

After the last couple of days, I could
use some mothering.

Come here.