All language subtitles for Hill Street Blues s06e12 Say It As It Plays

Oh, Mike.

Hi.

You're back.

I just stopped to say hello.

What do you mean?

I'm still working.

They just let me out to say hi.

I see you later.

I love you.

Okay. Can we get back to work now?

Yeah, let's get back to work.

Luminary search didn't turn up the
perp's weapon. Evidently, a cop planted

second gun.

Then the perp's weapon turned up.

Goldblum found it under a dumpster.

Steger says Garfield planted the gun.
Garfield says it was Steger.

If it was Garfield's shoe, why would
Steger plant a weapon? Good question.

I have the IED hearing.

If I were lawyering, I think I'd like to
work for Steger.

If you were lawyering, you'd want to be
working for Garfield. He's the underdog.

Item five is an old point with the
renegade bridegroom, Michael Belton.

This louse not only left his fiancée at
the altar, he left yours truly holding

the ring.

That truly...

Actually, Mick had to cook on his PCP
operation earlier than scheduled. Now,

undercover closes this morning.

Rain date for his and Robinson Tagli as
nuptials is 5 .30 this afternoon at the

Kubiak La Paloma Room.

Sorry, but if Belker takes the powder,
does the head of the gift committee get

the refrigerator?

He ain't taking the powder.

Item, um...

Item six.

No perp interviews or IDs in
interrogation room A today, people.

IAB has taken statements on the Garfield
shoot.

Item seven.

Now, our worst fears with this wildcat
walkout of the drivers of the city

department have come true.

The city health inspector, Rulowitz, has
declared an emergency, which means

until this wildcat strike is over, cops
are going to have to pick up the John

Doe sticks.

Now, people, I did this the fairest way
I knew. I put the names in a hat and I

pulled them out. Now, the names I call,
along with their partners, you're going

to be picking up croakers today.

Frank.

Donaldson.

Hill.

Let's have a safe ship.

Let's go. They're getting away out
there.

How's it going, Ronnie?

I'm just waiting to make my stake.

S .O .P., my man. Stegger's driving the
desk, too.

Yeah, and after today, Steger will be
back on the streets. What do you think

going to be? Why are you so sure the
hearing's going to come out against you?

Who do you think IAD's going to believe?
A 27 -year member of the Fraternal

Order of Police or a black rookie? Hey,
Ronnie, don't hang this up on color,

man. They just want to know what
happened in that alley. There's no

It's Steger's word against mine.

And that's why they're going to be
looking at how you handle yourself.

The way you say what you say.

And if you cop out on some self -pitying
crap about color instead of trying like

hell to make them understand what went
down out there, hey, if I was IAD, I'd

figure you were guilty.

I figured that you planted the piece,
and now you're taking your best shot at

trying to make the hearing about
something else.

You really think they might believe me?

I didn't do it, detective.

Then that's what you got to make them
believe.

Are you going to try, Ronnie?

Store corner, People's Drive.

Oh, sorry, fellas.

Oh, Jim. Captain Gleeson.

Barry. Oh, Frank.

You remember that long -legged Irish
steno, Frank?

Cassidy. Cassidy? Yeah.

You think these recorders are an
improvement?

Start with Officer Garfield, Captain.

Yeah, off the prelims we could end with
them, too. No prejudgments, Barry.

Whoever survives this inquiry is going
to be a cop in my precinct.

No prejudgments, Frank. No prejudgments.

I figured if he took off, he must have
warrants, so I knew I should presume he

was dangerous.

I saw him turn off Van Buren into the
alley, and I continued pursuit.

I remember thinking, I didn't know this
alley. I'd never been down this alley

before. What did you see when you
entered?

The suspect had turned and was facing me
with a weapon. I identified myself and

shot.

You were certain you were at risk?

I was certain.

He intended to shoot. I shot.

The impact knocked him backwards.

When I went to him, I said to myself,
please don't let him be dead.

But I knew from the way he looked, there
was no movement. He was just lying

there. He was absolutely still.

There was nothing.

No pulse.

God. Nothing.

So I got up to look for the gun. Was
Officer Steger there by now?

Not yet. He arrived a few seconds later.

What did Officer Steger say?

Well, I was looking for the gun, and I
told him I couldn't find the gun.

And he looked with me for about 10
seconds, and then he told me to go back

the unit and call in the shoot.

So I called the shoot in and came back
with some uniformed officers from the

prostitution suite.

Steger met us, and he had a pistol by
its trigger guard, and he was yelling

he had found it. Naturally, I was real
relieved.

Show me where to indicate your position
in relation to the Perp Gomez when

Officer Steger entered the alley.

Good callin', man.

Bet that stuff kicks like a mule, too,
huh?

That'll do the job.

You did great, Mick.

Oh, you cook some great stuff. You're
going to be big in this business.

Yeah, Mr. Suarez is going to be happy,
too, mate. So, our meets at 2? 2 o

'clock. Sharp.

Suarez is always on time, Mick.

Hey, wait a minute, Mick.

What's this now?

I'll be back before the meet.

What?

Don't you want me there? Yeah, we want
you here.

Jato is saying, where are you going?
Look, we didn't get married, right,

I'm going out.

I'm going to walk around a little bit
and I'll be back before the meet.

You're going to go and see your woman
again, right, Mick?

You got me.

Fellow, tonight maybe me, you and Mick
can take our ladies out to celebrate.

Yeah. We can go to Lotus Club. You ever
been to Lotus Club, Mick? No.

She'll love it. It's a trip.

Okay.

I'll be back in a little while. All
right, you got it. Hey, Mick.

Superstar. King of the cookers.

On the events subsequent to the shoot,
did you speak with Officer Steger after

Captain Furlow told you a second gun had
been found?

Yes, I did.

What was said?

I was upset.

I told him I couldn't believe the perp
had two guns.

I told him that if the second gun had
been found in the perp's pocket, I'd buy

that. But both pieces were found in the
alley away from the body, and I knew I'd

only seen one gun in the perp's hand.

How did Officer Steger respond?

He got very upset. I confronted him.

I asked him if he planted that gun he
found. And did he confess?

He said if somebody did plant a piece,
they sure wouldn't have done it to hurt

you. How did you interpret that
statement?

I took it to mean that Steger had
planted a gun to help me and in turn

to lie to protect him. Did he ask you
specifically to commit perjury? What he

said was, are you going to be stand up
on this or what?

I said, I don't know.

That's where we left it. The next thing
I know, I get called into the captain's

office and Steger's there lying through
his teeth.

At the time of the shooting, Officer
Garfield, how long had you known Officer

Steger?

About two hours.

Any mutual friends, other cops you both
knew, anything like that?

Not to my knowledge.

Like I said, we'd only met that morning.

Hmm.

Let me see if I got this right.

A 27 -year veteran walks into a shooting
scene and commits a felony.

By dropping a weapon for another cop
that he just met two hours before.

Is that what you're saying?

Is there anything else you'd like to say
on your own behalf at this time,

officer?

Just that the perp Gomez had a gun.

He pointed it at me, and I shot him.

And I never dropped any weapons.

Anything else?

No.

That's all.

Case closed.

The kid dropped it.

We have a long way to go before we say
that, Barry.

Nobody else had motive.

I have to get through Steger's testimony
on the shooting before lunch.

I really think you're making a mistake
here, Luce.

Well, nobody asked you.

You know, you don't exactly have control
of your emotions right now. All that

stuff we talked about, about you wanting
a family and all. And then you see

Fabian's mother, and I know that just
made it all worse.

Which has nothing to do with Hopper.

I'm going to go see him, that's it.

It's right up here on the left.

Well, do you want me to hold your coat?

Why?

A major part of my work is evaluating
beauty.

You think I'm incompetent?

Yes, he is.

The next question is going to be, do you
think I'm flirting? And yes, he is.

Give me five minutes.

Lucy, what's the matter with you?

I just wanted to take one minute to tell
you the kind of person I think you are.

I think you use people.

And I think you're a coward.

A guy who lies to himself, let alone
other people. I think you must have been

the worst husband in the world.

I think you're cheap with your emotions.

You're totally joyless.

And I think you're a lousy lover.

And I don't like your pop!

Lorna.

She made many a man happy.

That woman was a hooker?

Died on the job.

Actually, she was the queen of phone
sex.

Good Lorna talk.

I swear you'd listen to her. You'd close
your eyes. You'd think it was a 20

-year -old starlet with a middle -aged
woman's dirty mind.

Sounds like you're pretty familiar with
the services here, pal. Well, sometimes

I'd bring up her meals.

Might hang around a little bit.

That's no crime, is it?

I can't seem to get this phone this way.
Would you just...

Yeah, please. Can I just leave? Yeah,
just take it out. Come on, Rinko.

Get it on three.

One, two, three.

Okay,

now. Hey, hey, please.

Lie her down.

Wouldn't think you'd have any trouble
doing that.

Rinko, Rinko Morris.

All right, I'm just going to take it out
like this.

What is that?

Heavy as she was, Lorna liked phones all
over the room. Must be a customer.

I don't care.

I'm not even here.

I'm up in the mountains somewhere
fishing.

I don't care one thing about this.

Get it through the door.

Get it through the door.

Get it through the door.

Get it through the door. Get it through
the door.

I was going as hard as I could. No way I
was going to catch him. They were

pulling a pretty good lead. And I didn't
lose him until Garfield followed the

perp into the alley. And a second after
that, I heard the shot.

How much time passed between when you
heard the shot and your next door

Garfield?

Oh, 10, 15 seconds. Like I say, they
were pretty far ahead.

What did you see when you went to the
alley?

Well, I saw the kid over near the
dumpster.

My first thought was, why am I relieved?
You know, the guy's down, my partner's

on his feet. And then Garfield sees me.

That's when the curtain goes up.

Ron?

That's when he starts his performance.

Just state what you saw, officer.

I say, uh, Ronnie, is he dead?

He's dead, the kid yells. I shot him.
Oh, my God, where's his gun?

I say, it's okay. Calm down.

We'll find it.

Anyway, the kid's throwing things
around, saying it's got to be here. I

he's just going to query the search
site.

So I send him off to call it in.

Then I start a methodical search.

I'll find the weapon.

Right, we're Garfield.

No editorializing.

Corner, Neidorf.

Be with you in a second.

We ain't got a second. What do you want
to stiff?

Well, dealer's choice, fellas. Main
performers ain't particular. Oh, there I

Ain't stiff enough on him a little bit,
did you, sweetheart?

You got no problem, Teasdale.

The woman was pretty upset, Mr. Neidorf.

Let the shooter through the grease a
little.

This mother.

Daughter -o -deed.

Ah, Mr. So -and -so, strange as it may
seem to you, we at Nidorff Brothers

Mortuary consider the common agate
marble the best implant following

donation.

Keeps the natural contour of the face,
and what a generous gesture for your

daughter to have made.

I'm just raising the flag, Mr. Nidorff.
She said she was suing us. I'm back in

public service, Teasdale. This is
something you ought to be able to take

yourself. And will you, for God's sake,
stop at Hopkinson Supply and pick up a

bunch of ball implants?

I did that on my way down here. Thank
you, G. Dale. You're a great American.

Waste of good marbles. You fellas are
too delicate.

You guys are from the Hill, right?

Told your captain three years ago when I
had my little difficulties, this city

morgue hadn't seen the last of Wally
Neidorf. Wouldn't call Morgan and bodies

till the strike started exactly coming
back in honor, Wally.

Yeah. Listen, corner Fukumoto's an
honorable man.

Fukumoto won't cross the picket line.

Wally Nidor's got his foot in the door,
and who knows, once that extremity's

inside, what other body parts may fall.

All right, can we just get out of here
now?

Oh, listen, would you hold on just a
minute?

Now what?

It's time.

As long as you fellas are here, maybe we
can walk old Wally through the picket

out there. I hate being on the same side
as you, Mr. Neidorf.

Look, I appreciate your sentiments
because you expressed them reasonably,

whereas those fellows are fanatics.

You were a dreamer.

No, I had those dealers drive me over.

Listen, I got a couple things at the
precinct, then I'll come by and change

drive to the Cougar together.

Just a couple things.

Honey, some loose ends off my desk.

I gotta go. I love you.

Bye.

Coffee, Stan?

No, it's bad for my ticker. Oh, come on.
Come on.

How'd things go with I .A .D.? Hell
going.

We're on a break.

Hey, tell him that how it was.

I hope it works out.

Stan?

I hate to say it, but I've worked with
him for years.

The going gets rough.

They all run scared.

All of who?

Cut.

I don't buy that.

Right, I know.

No, I mean it.

Sure.

No, Jack, I really mean that. Hey, I
believe you.

Hey.

Run it for me, Nick. I have to get back
into the yard.

Well, I'm going back there after we
talk.

And Suarez, their buyer, picks up the
stuff I made at two.

Give me a couple of minutes to establish
intent, then you make the puff.

Trying to think of a way to get you out
beforehand.

That's no good, Captain.

We're getting you married today, Mac.
They need me there to show the

they got a chemist. I'm not there. It's
going to get hinky.

Look, we bust him at 2 o 'clock. Kids
don't get married till 5 .30. Lays out

okay to me.

Okay. Okay.

I'll see you at 2.

Who's with you?

The Rue Washington, four uniforms.

Take six.

What communication, if any, did you have
with Officer Garfield subsequent to the

discovery of the second gun?

Most of us were out looking for that
heart.

I came back to the station house.

Kid was waiting for me.

Garfield. Right.

I'm not making a racial joke.

The kid looked about as pale as he was
ever going to.

He took me aside and said, we got to
talk.

We went into interrogation.

And he said they found another gun at my
chute.

I said, you mean the perp had two guns?

And suddenly he started pounding his
fists on the walls.

And he said, I wish to hell I'd have
thought to say that. I wish I'd have

thought to say that.

And I'm getting sick of my stomach.

I said, kid, you mean you planted a
piece and set me up to find it? You made

a patsy?

He said, I began doubting what I thought
I'd seen. I knew you were coming.

And now he's bawling his eyes out.

He said, the captain gave me a way out.

He asked me.

He said, did the perp have two guns?

And I didn't think to say yes.

I'm going to call the chief of the act.

Hey,

Ron.

How'd it go, man?

I couldn't tell about Perillo, the IAD
guy.

The outside captain.

Police him? He didn't believe word one.

Beggar's in with him now, lying.

What do you think? I mean, if I offered
a polygraph.

If Steger would, too. Why would Steger
do something that can only jam him?

Why would you?

Ronnie, do yourself a favor.

What's that?

Go home.

You can't do nothing for yourself here.

I just keep thinking about what he's
saying.

Hey, go home, Ronnie.

Wait till he, okay?

I know, I know, I know. You got a lodge
to run, but that's not the point. The

point is the wedding's at 5 o 'clock,
and all you can think about is the

is blocking the way to your men's room.

Leon, Leon, it's only four more hours.
Have a heart.

Leon. A real sentimental guy, huh?

How's your boy?

Great.

Maybe you got your dough on the wrong
horse.

I don't think so, babe.

You know, I just couldn't help but feel
bad for him. I told him, I said, you

didn't say there were two guns because
you didn't see two guns. Stop it here.

Go to the captain. Tell him what
happened.

He said, I don't think I can.

I said, do it.

You're not cut out to play it the other
way.

Officer Steger, by your account, Officer
Garfield stated his actions

were motivated by his fear, by panic.

Right. You also said you were about fear
when you heard the shot fired?

Yes, right.

What would you estimate was the maximum
amount of time it took you to arrive at

the scene?

I was running pretty hard.

Less than a minute?

Way less, yeah. 30 seconds.

I mean, the distance is less than 30
yards.

I guess 20 seconds.

Garfield knew you were this close.

Wait a second. I'm not sure what you're
saying.

Okay, so we're back at the scene of the
crime.

Garfield is so panicked that he plants a
gun in the mistaken belief that the

perp had no weapon.

Right. How many times are we going to go
over this? And having crouched down at

the body to put the perp's prints on the
weapon, and knowing that you're about

to come around the corner at any
instant, instead of leaving the gun in

perp's hand, after he had planted it
there, and saying, there's his gun,

the piece, when you arrive.

Instead of doing that, he risks your
coming around the corner and seeing him.

He prolongs his time at risk by removing
the gun from the perp's hand and

throwing it under a dumpster.

Right.

Then he has the further calculation at a
time when, according to your testimony,

he's totally panicked to pretend he
can't find the weapon. You ask me what

happened. I told you what I saw. I told
you what the kid told me.

Thank you.

Do you have anything further to add to
your testimony, Officer Steger?

What do you mean?

No.

I mean, what are you saying?

Are you accusing me?

I don't have any more questions.

The kid planted a piece.

He set me up to find it.

I mean, what has he got to lose? If I
don't find it, he's going to find it

later.

That's a good point.

Thanks for your testimony, officer.

No problem.

I don't understand what this is about,
Jimmy. Why don't you explain it to me,

Philo, huh?

We're closed, man.

What is this?

What's going on?

Is this your cooker? No way.

Hey, I'm here buying and selling. You're
lying, man.

Think I don't inventory?

Think I don't see you guys shaping to
make a move? You're gonna move with

Suarez, ain't you?

When's he gonna show up? I don't know
why you're talking like this, Jimmy. He

watched this place last night.

You guys cooked here.

This guy's your cooker.

You see this, Jimmy?

You stop being careful.

You got to be too much of a big shot.

You just made a bad mistake.

You made the mistake. You did.

Now, we got ourselves an ace cooker
here.

Are we going to make our move now?

You're going to take me out, Chato?

You think you'd take me out?

No one's going to be after you?

You think Suarez is going to trust you
after you take out your own boss?

This is a big country, man.

Come on, Minka.

Move! Come on, where?

You're coming with us? Move it!

Hey, you want to cook?

You stay here and cook with me, man.
Mick, you stand with us. Wait a minute.

My tall fellow, man. What you doing?
Don't worry about him. Ain't no way to

it. He'll be okay.

All right.

Lie down, Jimmy.

Lie down!

Hey, Pella, Doug, you, lie down!

Hey, don't kill us, man.

We ain't gonna kill you, man.

We got in the car? Yeah, everything's in
there. Let's go, man!

Sit down!

Doesn't make any sense, Barry.

A panicky Garfield just does not do all
the things Steger says he did in that

amount of time.

Supposing Steger didn't get to the site
as quickly as he says he did, Captain?

Yeah.

It's human nature, Frank.

Steger's pushing, what, 50? He's
overweight.

So he fibs about how quick he got to the
chute. Instead of 15 or 20 seconds,

it's 40.

If it's 40 seconds to invite Garfield's
fashion, then what?

Still don't buy it. Sure, I'll say.

it's too risky and elaborate a set of
judgments for Garfield to have made.

If he's going to plant a gun and he
knows Steger's coming, he plants the gun

the perp's hand and backs off fast.

All right.

And you've got to answer me one, Frank.

Why? Why what?

Well, off what you're saying, it's got
to be Steger planted the piece when he

sent Garfield out of the alley, right?
Which is Garfield's position.

And I want to know why.

Wrong -headed idea about standing up for
another cop.

I don't want anybody taking this wrong.

Okay?

We're talking about a colored rookie
here.

A kid that Steger has never met.

Now, Steger's not going to put his life
on the line for this kid, Frank.

I think the captain's saying that Steger
wasn't doing it for Garfield. He's

saying Steger did it out of some
misguided loyalty to another cop.

black, first they partnered or not.

Meaning he sold you, huh? I'm not sure.

Steger is a career patrolman.

Maybe he feels he's been passed up
unfairly. Maybe he has a victim's

Oh, come on. The ice is getting pretty
thin here now. Barry, neither one of us

was in that alley. I'm just trying to
support a gut reaction here, same as you

are. I don't believe Steger's story.

And I don't believe Garfield's.

Truck driver's next.

I was leaning out, looking back,
checking my clearance when I seen this

running into the alley.

And a cop's running, chasing him.

I figured I better get out of there when
I seen him in the rear view.

He stopped and he pulled the gun out of
his pants.

Well, that's when I take off.

And when I make my turn out of the
alley, I heard a gunshot.

Then I saw this lady cop.

Did you indicate where you first saw the
officer?

Yeah.

Right here.

Well, the hooker, she was arrested.

I stop.

I tell her there's a shooting in the
alley.

She starts running towards the alley,
shouts back to me to tell this other

Which you did.

I did while she was still running.

Did you observe the name tag of the
female officer?

Yeah, it was Willie, Wiley, something
like that. Officer Wiley.

Wiley, right.

So from what you're saying, she must
have had a view of the alley before her

partner did.

Right, he was still running when she was
already looking around the corner to

see where the shot came from.

Of course, this was after the shooting,
you understand. I mean, she wouldn't

have seen the shooting.

Thank you, Mr. Kayser.

What is he doing here?

Who?

Him. Who?

It's Tom Hoffman, the potter. Can I help
you, sir?

He looks like a wimp. I'm sorry, you
can't file a complaint.

Then who should I speak to? Yeah, what's
the problem?

I want to file a complaint against
Officer Bates.

Ah, I'm the man you want to talk to.

Now, what's the problem?

Well, I previously knew Officer Bates on
a personal basis, which gives her no

excuse for behaving like a thug.

She comes into a ceramic studio I
operate, terrifies the students, breaks

things. What do you mean, terrifying
students?

What does that mean? I just said her
behavior was disruptive.

Well, did she take out her gun? Was she
arresting people? What?

Look, I get the feeling you're not the
person I should be talking to. No.

I get the feeling that Lucy didn't come
to see you as a cop.

She came to you for personal reasons.

And you aren't man enough to talk to her
face to face, so you come in here with

all this whiny crap, trying to embarrass
her at her job, thinking that maybe

that'll keep her from coming to see you
again. Look, I'm not going to be

intimidated by you.

Hey, I'm not trying to intimidate you.
You used to want to file a complaint, or

did you accomplish what you came here
for? I don't want a repeat of what

happened this morning.

If I'm getting the message that you
don't think it'll be repeated, then a

complaint isn't necessary.

Well, that's the message.

Thanks very much.

You're welcome, Duke.

Stand!

Health department driver is just
settled.

Hallelujah. I'll notify our people.
Okay.

Dan, would you raise Officer Wiley for
me, please? I do want to talk to her.

I'd also like a copy of her statement
about the Garfield case. Got it.

What are they talking about?

Um, they want to talk to Officer Wiley.
Why?

Your wife called while you were
downstairs.

That's all I needed.

She just wanted to know how things are
going.

No, she just...

Climbing all over me about this thing.

It's going to be over soon.

I'll tell you what's over. My shot at a
promotion before I get my benefits.

27 years I'll be going out on a
patrolman's pension.

Well, if they clear you, how's this
thing going to affect your promotion?

Stan, believe me.

I've been a guy who never played the
game, and I've always wound up on the

shorthand.

This is the kind of thing they've been
using for 27 years.

Jack, do you mind if I tell you
something as a friend?

Shoot. Self -pity stinks.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means maybe there are other reasons
why you didn't get any promotions.

Oh, you don't believe that.

And that's something else. Don't think
you always know what somebody else is

thinking. Oh, stand. Oh, Officer Wiley.
Stand. Excuse me.

Officer Wiley, would you come with me
for a second? IAD wants to talk to you

about the Garfield shoot.

Hill Street, Goldblum.

Hi, Robin. How are you?

No, you missed him. He just went out on
the bus.

Oh. Well, uh, maybe he didn't go out on
the bus. Maybe, uh... Look, I'll tell

him you called, okay?

Right.

Whoops.

We've heard testimony that you proceeded
to the site of a reported shooting

without waiting for your partner. You're
aware that's improper procedure?

Yes, sir.

In fact, you arrived at the mouth of the
alley a good 15 or 20 seconds before

Officer Trapito, didn't you?

Yes, Captain. This fact was either
omitted or misstated in your Form 319

correct?

At this point, Officer, I must inform
you that your statements, both written

oral, can be used in evidence in any
future internal affairs review of your

conduct in this matter.

Which I would add is not our intention
now.

We just want you to tell us what you saw
in that alley before Officer Trepito

got there. Was this omitted from your
319 report in order to cover the fact

you got there before your partner?

I didn't go down the alley till Jim went
with me.

We understand you didn't go in.

But did you look down it?

Yes. What did you say?

If I thought it was anything, I would
have written it. Officer Wiley, we're

out to get you.

You just tell us what you saw and we'll
judge its importance.

Lieutenant, over here, sir.

Somebody went down right here,
Lieutenant.

Here, take this coat over to the lab.
Have it typed ASAP. At least we know it

ain't Belker. Not unless he bought that
coat last night. He was wearing a black

cashmere.

Lieutenant, company coming.

Let's make a list of this stuff before
we take it down to the lab.

10 quarts per game.

Freeze!

Come on, back around the car. Come on,
come on. Don't let me come to you. Come

on, well, look what we got here, huh?

Hey, that was just on the way to the
bank. Gee, you missed it, Suarez. It's

already after three.

My, my, my. Did you win the lottery,
huh? That's my money. Really? You hear

that? He says all this money is his.

R .S. will be real glad to know how good
your new stands are doing for

transplanting your back. What's the
beef, man? I ain't done nothing.

Speed limit in here is 10 miles per
hour, palsy. You were doing 50. Come on.

I'll call in an APB for Belka.

Uh -huh. A great big see you, Wally. I
know.

Strike's over for that. I know.

Don't rub it in. Last deposit, Wally.

830 pounds.

Five foot four and a half.

Where to, bud?

5B.

Hard to believe anybody would want to
work in a place like this.

Stand up high. What you're worried is
you're dead. No action.

Well, Wally, if you would have kept the
tighter ship, maybe you could have kept

your job.

Oh, hell, I was perfect for this place.

This is the kind of place where you come
when you don't need any records. This

is the place where you wind up when you
die an X.

No.

What's the matter, son?

You know the man?

It's his daddy.

I'll wait outside.

Sorry for your loss.

which is what delayed Officer Trapito.

I reached the other end of the alley,
pretty adrenalated. I had my weapon out,

but then I was relieved because I could
see there was a cop there, and he was

all right.

The cop was Officer Steger?

That's correct.

Then he bent over the body. I was
blocked for a few seconds, but then he

so I could see that he'd found a pistol
in the perp's hand and was removing it.

Try not to draw conclusions, officer.

Right, okay.

I saw him take.

He took the pistol out of the perp's
hand and stood up.

Then my partner came yelling, what's
going on? And the next time I looked

the alley, Steger was holding up the
piece for Garfield and the other cops

were just coming in.

Captain, I'm sure this last part Jimmy
and I had on our statement because he

there by then.

Are you absolutely certain that Officer
Steger was removing a weapon from the

victim's hand?

Yes, sir.

Officer Steger claims he found the
weapon approximately four feet from the

That's not true.

I can't believe it. I've always been
able to reach her.

Stan. I've got a feeling something
terrible is going to happen.

I've got to talk to Cynthia.

I'm arresting you for preparing false
evidence and subordination of perjury.

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

Anything you say can and will be used
against you in the court of law.

Hey, Robin, J .D. LaRue.

Look, Mick's still out on the operation.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, yeah, I guess it did pile up
again.

No, no, nothing like that. Lieutenant,
we got all points out on the vehicle

got felt earlier.

Let's divert units. Bring them to the
heights and pull. Yeah, yeah, all right.

Uh, Bates, Palty, uh, Renko, you and
Hill want to go on overtime to track

Belkin? Well, Bobby's father's dead.

What? Bobby Hill's father's dead. We
found him lying on a slab in the city

morgue.

That's how I was having problems.

The informer's pretty sure that Mick's
okay.

They treat the chemists like royalty.

So your minds are made up. You think I
planted the gun?

Officer, we're basing our conclusion on
an eyewitness account.

What she saw tells you what I did. It
doesn't tell you why.

That kid asked me to help him. Are you
saying that Officer Garfield asked you

plant a weapon? Asked me? He begged me
to do it for him. Why?

He was afraid of going down on a bad
shoot. That's why.

That's not my question. Why would a man
who had met you only two hours before

assume you would commit a felony to save
him? You're asking me to think for the

kid again. How do I know?

It's the way I am or something. People
are always asking me for favors. You're

talking about a lot more than a favor
here.

Complicity is a crime. He was desperate
for crying out loud.

He didn't have no one else. Don't you
see what I'm saying?

I'm the kind of guy who would have
helped him. Ask anyone.

Jack, is it possible you planted the
piece?

No. Just trying to help the kid out.

No!

Oh, this is beautiful.

That's par for the course, all right.

Hey, look.

Officer, will you come with me, please?

I can't believe I'm going down on this.

Robin Tattaglia is on line three, Frank.
She'd like to talk to you. How is she?

Holding up.

Yeah, Robin.

Well, we have two sightings of them on
the interstate, and we have their

number.

Robin, I'm sure he's all right. The last
thing they want to do is hurt him.

Well, yes,

there was some blood found at the scene,
but it wasn't mixed type.

I know how hard this must be for you,
but I don't think it's going to be long

now.

No hard feelings, huh, Mick?

Right. He'll be okay.

We're all gonna be okay once we cross
that state line.

We're gonna be big once we get to
Nevada, man.

We're gonna have the biggest syndicate
in hundreds of dudes working for us.

We got the brain power, you and me,
fella.

The ace chemist in the old free world,
man.

Forget about her, Mick.

We are going to make a star out of you
in Nevada.

Fellas, you don't understand.

I'm getting married.

In Nevada, you can get married as much
as you want, Mick.

Hey, fella.

Over there, that looks like a good one.

Come on.

What the...

It's only a toy. You're just going to
scare them.

Everybody down.

On the floor.

One move and I'll kill you. Don't even
breathe.

Anything, okay? Just don't hurt me. All
right. Get down.

Anyone moves, I'll kill them.

It's taking too long. Let's get going.

I got a badge in my back pocket.

Don't shoot.

Lower the gun. I'm just going slow into
my back pocket for this badge.

Here.

I didn't buy anything that spoils.
Otherwise, they'd have ended up getting

married, if they ever do, with dead
flowers.

Hey,

Ronnie, my man.

Hey, I heard the good news. I'm glad.

I just want to say thanks for keeping me
cool today.

Hey, no problem. How do you figure
Steger?

I know.

Guy almost ruined my life.

I'm glad it worked out, Ron.

Hey, welcome aboard, kid.

Thanks.

I expected, you know, a few tears, a
little upset.

But she was totally devastated.

It was like they were newlyweds.

Maybe that's the way she wants to
remember it.

Did cat around.

Disappeared for years at a time.

And she'd still pray to Jesus that he
would one day see the light.

Your mama's a good Christian woman, God
love her.

Yes, she is.

Man.

But that's not what he needed.

He needed someone to kick his butt,
someone to say, you got a family.

You got responsibilities.

Why don't you act like a man?

You got any idea what he's doing right
here?

I don't know.

Working on an angle?

Worst part of it is, Renko, in spite of
it all.

Who lived solely for his own pleasures.

A man who didn't give a damn about
anyone.

I ain't gonna drink of that.

I don't think you want to either.

Even if he was here for me.

If he was here, so what?

We never worked it out.

And maybe this time, you ought to let
yourself think it might have.

All right, come on, knock this off. We
got a whore you want to try, brother.

Who is it?

Who is it?

Me.

Fabian, what are you doing here?

He sounded lonely, you see.