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Previously on Hill Street News.

Stop them.

There's cops on the tape. Don't step at
a time.

The guilty verdicts are against reason,
insupportable, and I hereby

vacate them.

The eyewitnesses were weak, but their
testimony was sound. You're talking

a judge with an impeccable service
record.

Where's my car back there? It should
have been parked in a handicap zone. You

got what you deserve, buddy. Oh, yeah?

Will you take a look at this, buddy?

You are under arrest.

Are we going to do this double parked or
are you going to come inside?

Whoa. Because I'm in a wheelchair, you
think you can handle me?

Well, if I can't, I'll find six cops who
can.

Mr. Seltzer's in the market for a trade.
My security fund. Which contains?

A lot of voices, a lot of conversations.

Batch number 1146.

Patrolman H. Hunter.

Pay off for Douglas and Corley.

Here on tape three times, it's all
pretty much the same conversation.

Iron 6.

Lookout continues for Hunky the guard
goose.

Now an hour 38 of disappearance.

Testimony from afflicted grocers at the
deck of markets and an early morning

fracas that sent one German shepherd to
the neighborhood vet indicates that said

gander continues in its wanton and
conscienceless orgy.

A foul play.

This is out there, folks.

Let's get them.

All right, item seven.

Detective Malcolm commences undercover
today as one of our city's disabled

citizens. That's a fact.

A mixed wheelchair will be circulating
proximate to banks in the area bounded

Elmwood, North Delaware, and Sumner
Street.

Nature of the undercover commends area
patrols to particular alertness for

backup. Or at item eight, Robert Hill
enters the squared circle this evening

what he claims will be his fistic swan
song.

8 .30 shop at E Street Gym.

Bobby tangles with vice's white, butt
-ugly stepper.

Our department's middleweight crown.

Now, tickets at Morrissey's or via
Officer Schnitz. Now, let's remember,

proceeds resuscitate the PAL boxing
program.

They're going to have to resuscitate
Dwight Stafford when Bobby gets finished

tattooing his noggin. Yeah.

Boy, you'll root for both seafarers safe
return to port.

And secondarily, that hill cleans
Stafford's clock.

Item last.

A continuing reminder that betting with
boogies over the next fortnight is not

only fiscally imprudent, it can buy you
a bus.

Now, all betting still otherwise advised
should be mano a mano.

All right, that's it. Let's roll.

How good you were last night.

My pleasure.

So now, what should we do? Should we
leave or should we back off? Yeah, come

Bobby. Vice is already calling about
action for tonight.

Oh, I don't know. I don't know. Right
now, it'd make me even money to live.

Hey, super cop!

Hey, nice fight.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Are we ready?

Ready for what?

Yesterday, you said you wanted to try
being a gift. Would you change your mind

already? No.

Okay, then, let's go. Where's your
chair, hot shot?

You can't come with me, Jerry.

Hey, we got a riding up out there
without some amateur giving us a bad

They won't allow it. You could get hurt.

Oh, now, that'd be terrible, wouldn't
it? I might have to spend the rest of my

life in a wheelchair.

I'm sorry.

Detective, I require a word with you.

Sure, Lieutenant.

You okay? No, I am not.

I was about to assist two uniforms in an
off -duty arrest last night when I

discovered that my service revolver was
loaded with blank cartridges.

I don't know what you mean.

My inference is that you had access to
my gun while I was in the shower

yesterday and you replaced my live
ammunition with blanks.

Let me get this straight.

You're mad because I kept you from
killing yourself.

The only thing that you kept me from
doing, detective, was bringing down a

felon. Oh, yeah?

What do you want to tell me about that?

What, the phone rang? You got mixed up
and answered the iron?

Lieutenant, I think you ought to go talk
to the captain. You have no right to

touch another officer's equipment.

You and I have nothing further to
discuss.

Good day.

We have a 9 -11.

Our robbery in progress.

Seat surplus, door corner, People's
Drive.

I thought we did business yesterday.
I've got a worried client here. Mr.

Seltzer's team... I wouldn't try bait
and switch if I were you, Ben. We've

copied your tapes and we have you signed
authorization to use them. Look at me,

Captain. Nobody's trying to pull
anything.

We've got to talk.

You've got to get me a better deal. In
exchange for what?

I'll give you something in exchange.

Please, Captain.

Neil, J .D.

They should have known I was stand -up.

They should have known Ben Seltzer was
the right guy.

Instead, all night, I get these phone
calls.

They tell me I'm a dead man. Who does?

Promise me. Get me relocation. Then I'll
tell you. Ben, we have to know what

you've got.

It's what you've got. You've got a
rotten department.

You've got a whole division on the take,
and then they're going to kill people?

You back that up, and I'll have your
deal.

Oh, I'll back it up. You just keep me
alive.

Not with no vice cops. Ben, I think a
stipulation to terms might be

here. I have to see something on the
table. Ben, I wouldn't give back one

we have some guaranteed... You want to
start?

Little Switzerland.

Ben, shut up. The lock is at 119th
Street Depot.

There's more payoffs there than a
vice... Shut up!

I want this agreement guaranteed by your
chief in the DA's office.

Work it out.

You'll recommend?

If he'll deliver.

You want him protected?

Ben's indicated that he has some
personal problems. Don't try and sell a

business like mine with a police escort.

I'd end the business latest. I want him
out of the cold.

Let's go.

Ben.

Think he's dealing in the street,
Captain?

Put a tag on Seltzer.

I don't want him out of our sight.

Stake out the lockers at the 119th
Street Depot.

Continue with surveillance by camera
until I take it off. Got it.

I've seen Lieutenant Hunter today.

No? Why?

You know, he swears I'm wrong, but I
don't buy it.

I think he put a gun through his head
last night. I think he tried to kill

himself.

If that's true, J .D., I need to hear
everything you know.

The guy was in such bad shape.

I didn't want to take a chance, so I put
some blanks into his gun.

He comes in today with some cockamamie
story and a bandage about that big on

side of his head. Why didn't you tell me
this yesterday? Hey, you don't say

something like that on just a hunch.

The captain, the guy's out on the ledge.

We've got to talk to him.

Now.

Ray.

Where's Howard?

Sniper call Oak Street.

Henry. Take her out with me.

Blue Fox One, have you got access on the
second set of stairs?

Blue Fox One to Fox Leader. Hang him on
the second stairs.

Blue Fox One, continue to reconnoiter.

Roger. Howard.

Can I speak to you for a minute?

Now, Frank? Henry, we're going.

All right, give the lieutenant a read on
the position.

Okay, lieutenant, we got a lone gunman.
Last window on the left corner of the

building.

Howard, I just had a talk with J .D.,
and I'm concerned it may not be

appropriate for you to be out here. Now,
just a minute, Frank. J .D. thinks you

tried to kill yourself.

That's nonsense.

What's that?

That's a household mishap.

Or a powder burn.

Frank, I am fully able to meet my
professional responsibilities.

I'm here.

Fox Leader, Fox Leader.

Can you take him without injury?

All right, Blue Fox, I want you to
prepare for tear gas. Stand by.

Valentine, prepare to deploy tear gas on
my command.

Blue Fox 1 and Fox Leader, I want you to
move in on him on two counts after the

tear gas goes in. Do you copy?

Affirmative. Are you prepared?

Further questions?

All right.

See me at the station.

Often you're interfering with police
business, you know, so you turn it

and beat it. Oh, what are you going to
do, bust me again?

You got it.

Hey!

Hey! Do you know what your mistake is,
man?

You think it's just a kind of
wheelchair.

Just like I said, man.

No soul.

Hey, excuse me. Would you tell Jimmy
that Bobby Hill is here to pick up the

ticket?

Hey, Bobby Hill.

I saw you on your fight.

Come on, I got your number.

How you doing, Bobby?

Hey, did you get your mouthpiece?

I wanted to talk to you about that.

And, uh, no, Steve, I ain't got the
mouthpiece yet.

Andy. See, Andy, I got this problem in
that I had to spend some of the

20, which I appreciated you gave to me.

Forget about it.

Because I got my first fight Saturday. I
could pay you back after that.

So I was wondering maybe if I could
borrow a few more.

No. No way.

Oh.

Okay.

Well, thanks anyway.

Here you go, Bobby.

If people want ringside, you gotta come
early.

Okay, thanks.

Long bobbing, numbskull.

Good. Right.

I'll see you guys.

You really got a fight?

Shields? Sure he does.

Bill him Irish, put him in with a black
guy, he'll do some business.

He got a future? You want to know what
his future is?

He gets flattened twice, blocks a little
change, commission takes away his

license. Then he moves to another state,
puts Irish in front of another name,

and he gets knocked out somewhere.

Future for him is drooling into a cup
that's broken out of his head.

Future kids, Doc, they'll live longer.

Let's go, Steve.

Hey.

There's some vicious -looking character
if I ever saw one. Get a picture.

Not until my last 10 shots, babe.

Hey, come on. Who's to say she's not the
chief trigger for some crazed female

assassination group?

Yeah, she could murder me.

Man,

I just can't believe it.

What? Hunter.

Trying to do himself in.

That's the last cat I would have
thought.

Neil, a guy that's wrapped that tight,
he pops a mainspring. The only thing

thinking is to eat his piece.

Look at Hogan in South Ferry.

Yeah.

Kimball in Castle Heights.

Anowitz.

Baker did it with an Italian number 7
millimeter.

Sankey. He took poison.

Hey, what about Pepitone?

He smoked it.

Same as Appleson.

Something like that. I mean, stopping
the suicide.

You ought to know, pal.

We did it enough times for me.

Hey.

See that guy over there?

Mm -hmm.

Look familiar to you?

Yeah, I don't know.

County Courthouse. Man, it's just cold.

Oh, no.

This is too sweet.

Let's take it real easy, bro.

Yeah, but let's take it.

What's he doing back there?

Joe, get him up, would you?

Come on, kid.

You can do 60 miles an hour on a city
street. You can sit up straight.

It's this vinyl, man.

Have you ever looked at this vinyl back
here? It's got like these holes, like

craters on the moon, you know? Like
craters on the moon with little holes.

inside, there's like these shadows.
Behind the showers, there's like these

little things with torches, like little
people with torches trying to signal us.

You see what drugs do to your brain?
You're talking like a crazy man.

Joe, there's a goose over there
attacking a vegetable stand.

All right, you stay put.

You see that ashtray? Keep your eyes on
that ashtray.

Don't get out of the car, you
understand?

Go for it.

I'll go low and you just go high.

Oh, his name was Chuck.

That must have been a hell of a fight.
That part didn't work out. We had to

him animal tranquilizer on a lettuce
leaf.

Where'd you get animal tranquilizer?
Right here.

This kid was going 60 down Utica in a
spaceship, if you know what I mean.

I think hockey ain't half the evidence.

Leo.

V -cell is empty.

Thank you. Thank you.

worth our giving him relocation, Frank?
He claims he can substantiate widespread

corruption. Can he? The tapes he gave us
yesterday were his advertised.

I understood they were also antique.

He gave us a drop location for payoffs,
which turned up Judge Milton Cole.

Hedsel Roll Cole?

We're sending LaRue in this afternoon to
see if he'll take a bribe.

LaRue will be wired.

Seltzer also claims that Midtown Vice is
completely compromised.

Let's follow it out, Frank, wherever it
goes.

I intend to.

Having said which, I have a favor to
ask.

Sounds to me like you've got one coming.

It's about Howard Hunter.

He's on some of Seltzer's tapes from 15
years ago.

Was he on the take?

He was a bag man. He never took a cent.

What do you need, Frank?

If he could be spared an IAD hearing.

I'll take care of it.

Thank you.

Full bore on the rest of it, Frank.

Full bore.

Occur to you whose precinct that was?

Yes.

Commander Cleveland of Midtown.

Wouldn't that be something, Frank, if
Ozzie got tarred with this brush?

I think the whole department would be
tarred.

I don't think there'd be any winners,
Chief.

You're right Keep me posted Frank

Anybody get the license of that truck?

Don't move.

I'm sorry, fella. You came out of
nowhere.

It's okay.

Mick. Hey, Mick. How's the chair? Is the
chair all right? Don't you forget about

the stupid chair.

You hurt anywhere?

Oh, I know that.

Move your arm.

Move your fingers.

It's okay. I'm all right.

He just clipped his arm.

Give me back the chair, okay, Mick?

Short date for the preliminary.

Illegal possession and discharge.

Preliminary hearing, 1 p .m. tomorrow.

Ten minute recess.

All rise.

His Honor, got a minute? Court business.

Chambers.

Judge Cole?

Yes? Detective John LaRue, Hill Street?

What can I do for you, detective?

Just give me a couple minutes of your
time.

Shut it.

I'm one of the arresting officers on a
case you got coming up. That boy

Rothmore, you were arraigning this
afternoon.

And? I'd like to give you a little
background.

As long as it's only a little.

This kid's got problems.

Most of them behind the wheel.

You got kids you're on, teenagers?

Two. Well, then I don't have to tell you
anything about kids.

This kid's got great parents, and they
just think about this. Now, they realize

Walter's going to get a fine, but
they're real worried because it's his

offense.

Fifth offense should buy him 60 days.

There it is.

That's the tragedy.

See, his folks are hoping he'll get past
this and go on to college.

But with that on his record... Your
point, Detective.

You see, Walter's... parents are
involved in all sorts of charity work.

And what they said to me was they'd like
to make an appropriate contribution.

$2 ,000.

In return for?

A little understanding of this kid's
situation, a little looking out for his

future.

Now, I think the PBA should get half the
money and...

Well, some judicial charity, the other
half.

I'm not opposed to showing a little
mercy, if the occasion merits it. Oh, I

think it does, Your Honor.

I think this is a salvageable kid.

Now, they were wondering that if they do
make a charitable contribution,

could you choose it for them?

What's that?

A thousand cash.

For the judicial charity.

Suspended sentence.

They'll really appreciate that.

Oh.

There's a couple officers waiting
outside to see you. Should I show them

Who? They'll introduce themselves.

What's going on?

You're under arrest, Your Honor.

Just trying to call you.

Henry. I'm sorry. I should have called
you before.

Can we talk?

Now.

Did we ruin a perfectly good
relationship or what?

You know better than that.

I called you twice.

I waited all day for you to return my
calls.

It was inconsiderate.

I didn't hear you go this morning.

I didn't want to wake you.

Tell me the truth.

Were you disappointed with me?

No.

Well, then why did you leave?

I guess I was scared.

Of what?

I don't know.

Didn't please you, maybe.

go to the shore for the weekend this
weekend yeah we could leave frank jr

frank take the baby with us you know
nothing fancy uh yes just

get away let's do it are you sure yes
faye i'm sure

Get in the jail, Nosebleed. I am through
with this from you. Now you go in there

and wait for me.

Taylor Herber.

Suspicion grants that person a resisting
arrest.

Hey, what about me? I thought I was
under arrest, too. I said get in there!

What are you, deaf to play in English?

What's the matter? You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

I've called you a million times.

I just need some water. I'm thirsty.

Over there, and then I want to see you
with my dad. Yeah, yeah, okay.

I spoke to Chief Daniels about the
tapes. Well, I don't think there's any

to protect me, Frank.

I'm fully prepared to confront whatever
charges the department wishes to bring

against me.

They're not going to be any hard.

But frankly, I don't think departmental
consequences should be your biggest

concern right now.

Well, it seems to me that we've proven
my ability to do the job.

And all due respect, I'm not sure that
anything further is your business.

I'm also your friend.

Friends respect each other's privacy.

Privacy, yes. Not hurtful isolation,
Howard.

As your captain, I have to be concerned
about the 20 people working under you,

too.

Now, you haven't seen one moment of
behavior from me that will give you any

reason or concern, nor will you.

I'm sorry, but handling one situation in
the field doesn't convince me, Howard.

Frank, I've given you no cause.

Judas, don't take my job away.

That's not my present intention.

But I'm asking you.

Please, to seek professional help, I'm
urging you to... I don't believe that

that's necessary.

I don't think you even realize what
you've done.

I botched a suicide attempt.

I had a box of live shells in my closet.

An ample opportunity to make a second
attempt at work. Frank, I chose life.

Come on, Howard. If J .D. hadn't done
what he'd done, you'd be dead right now.

There's no neat capsule you can fit that
into.

I'm asking you to seek help.

Please.

I'm asking as a friend.

Well, as a friend, I'll consider it.

Let's have some room.

Call the paramedics. What happened? He
was drinking water. I was behind him. He

kept drinking water and then he just
fell out of the chair.

Get his feet elevated.

All right, we're going to need a blanket
here.

Everybody stand back.

He's not breathing.

Medics are on their way.

What's wrong?

Why'd you stop for? Help him.

I was just talking to him. Come on, damn
it. Breathe.

Move away, Nick. Please.

Gee, I was just talking to him.

I was told they were bringing in Judge
Cole.

Just coming in now.

Erwin! Erwin!

Erwin! There's been a terrible mistake.

Get him into interrogation.

Get Captain Frilla.

Judge Cole, you've been advised.

Erwin, listen to what I'm trying to tell
you.

I suggest you have an attorney present.

There was absolutely no need for an
attorney.

What you'll hear in that tape is my
trying to elicit evidence after

elicitation. What about these, Judge?
What were you trying to elicit in the

depot?

I was in a bus terminal.

What's that supposed to prove?

We have pictures of you picking up a bag
of money. We have the bag, $10 ,000 in

cash inside. We have the wire, and we
have you. But I'm not going to prosecute

you, Judge. I'm turning you.

You're going to give us faces, names,
and places.

And then you're going to resign in
disgrace, which is what you are.

I just got a call. We lost a tail on
Seltzer. He shook it.

Try to pick it up. A guy like that's got
a lot of muscles.

I'm getting real bad feelings, Frank.

Making and receiving bribes.

That establishes habit and duration.

It establishes a belief of impunity.

Let's see where it goes, Erwin. I'm
trying to make a point, Frank. I know,

I'm saying take it easy. My point is
this.

If this is in the fabric of things, if
you've got a pervasive corruption...

Driving up, I'm thinking this could go
anyplace. This could reach into my own

office.

I'm a company man, Frank.

It scares me not knowing who to trust.

We could start with each other, Erwin.

I'd appreciate that.

I'd appreciate having someone to talk
to.

Same for me.

Thanks, Frank.

Sorry about getting so nervous.

John?

Yeah.

I want to apologize for my outburst this
morning. Hey, no problem.

Especially under the circumstances it
was unconscionable.

I believe these are yours.

Lieutenant.

You feeling okay?

Yes.

You know, in Japan, your sort of
intercession...

would entail your watching over the rest
of my earthly career.

Oh, yeah.

I want you to feel no such obligation.

Thank you, John.

It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm Tom Shorter.

Are you on the goose?

Oh, sure, Mr. Shorter.

He's right back there. The cell door's
unlocked.

You can just take him home.

Thank you.

I gave you a lot of chokeholds.

I bought you live grasshoppers, and this
is what you do to me.

You obey other people.

You go out on your own.

I ought to wring your neck.

Leo, what's going on with that goose?

What have you done?

You have killed a defenseless animal.

I didn't. I swear.

I never touched him.

I walked in to put the leash on and he
just...

Fellow, I could have you arrested for
cruelty to animals.

Wait a minute.

I could just say I was going to eat him.
Then I'll have you arrested for

slaughtering livestock in a public area.

You keep doing it to me. Get out of
here.

Get out of here before I'm no longer
responsible for my actions.

Poor guy.

After all he went through.

Must weigh 30, 35 pounds.

Probably all dark meat.

Ice.

Upstairs refrigerator.

I think there is a container in supply
that's big enough.

We're going to do it. We're going to
kick some butt. We're going to show some

stuff. If I don't get him in 30 seconds.
Cut it out.

Then you're going to do it to me.
Roberto, with thoughts like that, Norman

Vincent Peale would have died, bro.

Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. You going to hurt
somebody?

I'm going to hurt somebody. You going to
hurt somebody bad? Yeah, I'm going to.

17 something. Hey, we can arrest you,
Bobby. I got 13 bucks in there. Do that,

man. Don't forget that. Forget that
crap.

You were breaking in there, weren't you?

Weren't you?

Yeah.

I sneered a few bucks.

Now I'm going to let you walk away from
this one, Bobby.

That's the last rhythm you're going to
get.

Good luck.

to go call him?

He's supposed to come around.

I'm supposed to meet him at the station.

I think he's going to be late.

Say goodnight, Gracie.

Listen, if you're up for it, why don't
we go have a beer after this?

Yeah, yeah, I'd like to.

All right, so I'll meet you at
Mulligan's.

I'll have them set up an IV drip.

We had a tough night.

behind a supermarket in the Heights.

Shot five times.

Doesn't have to be Armageddon, Frank.

They can all still be unrelated
incidents. I wouldn't bet on it.

I can't.

My bookie just croaked.

Tell me about your day.

No chance.

And tomorrow I can wake up, my headache
will be gone, and I'll still be pretty.

Stop it, it'll still be.

But ugly.

No, no, no. But ugly.

But ugly.

Very ugly.

Let's just keep on walking.

Something's late.

Not on my account. I don't want to hear
it.

Fuck it. And I ain't for it's late.

Oh, man.

Nice day.

Bobby.

Pretty damn stupid, Bobby.

No brains.

Too many shots to the head.

I figured two of your bit, right?

Three, maybe five.

Upstate.

Food's pretty good.

I wouldn't know.

Hey, Bobby, you win your fight?

No.

Don't worry.

Don't get discouraged.

I want you to be careful up there.

Not in time before.

It ain't so bad, hell.

It's okay.

Just take it easy.

So long.

Going home, huh, Steve?

Thanks for the help.

I'm not sure you'd want to go see Bobby
fight.

Mick, it wasn't your fault.

Think about him bleeding inside and not
even knowing it. Dying.

I killed him.

How can you say that? Because I promised
him.

I said I'd let him teach me about
wheelchairs, and then I told him to get

And I think people were always promising
him things and building his hopes up

and then telling him to get lost.

You know, everything you've told me
about Gaffney reminds me of somebody

Independent, defensive, a loner. So?

So maybe that's what's bothering you.

You knew what he was going through, but
you didn't know how to tell him that.

You understood each other, but you just
didn't know how to be friends.

You couldn't make the connection.

I respected him. He knew that.

You know, when we first started going
together, I thought... ...only dynamic's

gonna open up to me.

He's gonna tell me all his secrets.

But you never did.

And after a while, I knew you never
would.

But that's okay.

Some people got to be like that.

It's not always easy loving them.

You shouldn't have yelled at him.