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It's your last chance.

Hot.

Hoot.

Shoot.

Shot. Chief has a one -track mind.

Last.

Chief Ironside's office.

Yeah, she's right here.

Yes?

Yes, I have.

When?

I'll be right there Anything wrong?

I'll tell you about it in the morning

Kim? Honey, what happened?

I just ran a stoplight.

Honey, you wouldn't be here for that.

John? Have a seat, Eve. Cut the formalities, John. What happened?

Driving under the influence.

Drinking? Kim? You didn't let me finish.

Driving under the influence of and in possession of marijuana and

dangerous drugs.

Why, Kim?

Why? I told you I didn't do anything.

I just ran a red light. Where did the drugs come from? I don't know.

Really, a cop just looked in my purse and there they were.

Do her parents know she's here?

They're not home.

If you lie to me, I can't help you.

Oh, I'm not lying.

Where were you tonight?

I was at a party.

Maybe that's it.

Maybe somebody put them in my purse by mistake. Where was the party?

Was it a friend? What friend?

What are you trying to do? Help you.

Well, don't give me the third degree.

Can I take you home?

Oh.

Well, she'll have to be back here at ten with her parents.

If I can reach them, I'll tell them you're on the way.

Thank you.

Honey, am I really in trouble?

Yes.

But if you're lucky, the worst you'll get will be probation.

I doubt that.

Why? She's already on probation.

The candy cane slips from your hand.

Magician draws the curtain.

The crutch you held to help you stand has made you feel uncertain.

You walked across a river bridge one day when you were smiling.

Now the sun has turned to brick.

The road you're on is winding.

seeking.

Amy feel that. Oh, baby.

Let me take it easy.

Let's not lose our heads when we get here, huh?

Am I right?

No, no, of course not.

This is only the second time our daughter's been picked up with drugs.

no reason to lose our heads, is there?

Getting angry won't help.

so much trouble.

That's the least of the trouble.

Oh, Kim, my poor baby.

I've been so worried about you.

Don't worry.

It's going to be all right. Carolyn, please.

Please. Ted, what are we going to do?

Do? We're going to sit down. We're going to talk about this calmly. We're going

to talk about it rationally. Oh, isn't this just like you?

Everything is going to pieces and you want to be calm and rational. It doesn't

help to get hysterical. Well, then what does? If you're such a model father, go

ahead. You handle it.

Let's sit down.

Maybe you and I could bridge the generation gap for a moment, huh?

I don't know.

Would you like to try?

Okay. Okay.

One question.

Why? Why did you do it?

At least you could have asked me if I did do it.

I didn't expect the cops to believe me, but you.

All right. Did you do it? No.

The arrest report said that the car reeked of marijuana.

It was a Turkish cigarette.

Well, look.

Look, I've got the rest of the pack right here.

She didn't do anything. It was all a mistake.

May I go to bed now? Oh, yes, of course.

Oh, not Ted. She's been through enough.

Come on, dear. We'll both go to bed.

Good night's sleep. Forget all about this. I don't need to be tucked in.

I think we've all had enough for one night. It's late.

Carolyn, why didn't you tell me Kim is on probation?

She made a mistake. I didn't want to have to make it family dinner

There is such a thing as family help.

We thought that was the best way to handle it.

I really have had it for one day.

Look, it's late. Why don't you stay over?

Thanks. I'd rather go home.

All right.

Good night, dear. Good night.

I'll be up in a moment.

Can you do anything?

I'll try.

Good morning.

Coffee?

I wasn't aware you were this anxious to get started on the Commissioner's

project.

Can you get along without me for a few days?

There's something I have to take care of.

Sounds serious.

It is.

Yes, we can get along without you for a few days.

Thank you.

Chief.

Do you ever get the feeling that we lose touch sometimes?

All we do is work on cases, but we don't see the people or feel them.

Even those close to us.

When someone makes a speech like that, it's what they don't say that interests

me.

Kim was arrested last night. Kim Channing? Yes.

What's the charge?

23 -105 -VC drugs.

11 -9 -10 H &S and 11 -5 -30 H &S.

The arrest report said that the car reeked of marijuana.

What does Kim say?

Turkish cigarettes.

Chief, I want to believe her.

She's not just another kid.

I fed her, changed her, held her on my lap. I watched her grow up.

I... I feel like her aunt.

But when I talk to her, I act more like a cop.

What can I do?

How can you help me?

Keep lying flat.

John, how have you been?

Good to see you.

Eve, you... Bringing in the heavy artillery?

I brought myself in. Well, I know you like it straight.

Kim Channing got the brass ring, her second defense in less than a year.

Chances are the youth authority will send her to a girl's school.

What can we do to help her?

Our only chance is to tell us where she got those drugs, but I don't think that

information will come from her.

Suppose it comes from me.

Then I'll do what I can.

Hi, Mr. Einstein.

Good morning, Kimberly.

Kim, Carolyn said you remember Chief Einstein?

Yes. Hello, Chief.

Hello. Sit down, please.

Do you both understand the charges?

Yes, sir, we do.

Kim, you were informed of your rights last night. Do you understand them?

Yes. Well, tell them about the turkey cigarettes.

That's all in the arrest report, but...

For your information, Mrs. Channing, the odor given off by Turkish cigarettes in

no way resembles marijuana.

The main problem is that Kim violated probation and committed a felony while

your custody.

I'm sorry.

You'd think having been through this before it'd be easier this time.

Please try and believe us we've tried our best.

Her grades were good. She never missed class.

None of the warning signs you told us about.

Everything seemed all right.

What were we supposed to do, lock her in her room at night and never let her

out? Sergeant, you tell us what to do.

The probation department has decided to remove that responsibility from you.

They feel it's in Kim's best interest to hold her until she goes to court.

Hold her? You mean jail?

No, you can't.

In the opinion of the probation department, Kim lacks proper parental

supervision and to leave her in the home would further the chances of her

committing additional crimes.

Oh, no.

Let me understand you, Sergeant. Are you saying that we are not fit to raise our

own child?

I'm sorry, Mr. Chandler. Don't let them, Ted.

I think it's better if you two waited outside.

But I... It's our baby. Please.

How about releasing Kim into my custody or into Eve's custody?

Well, Eve is her aunt.

You willing to take the responsibility?

Of course I am.

Maybe that's better.

Thank you, John.

Thank you.

Now, Kim, you understand what's going on, where you stand.

Thank you.

Then it boils down to this.

If you tell Sergeant Darga where you got the drugs, there's a chance we can help

you. I didn't get any drugs.

I don't know where they came from. If I knew, I'd tell you. Have a little

respect for our intelligence.

You were smoking pot in the car before you were stopped.

Now let's go from there.

Two minutes ago, you were my aunt. Now you're a cop.

Kim, if you don't tell us where you got the drugs, there's...

Nothing we can do to keep you out of that girls' school.

But that's not fair.

I didn't steal anything. I didn't hurt anybody.

You broke the law.

Laws are made for the protection of everyone, even the people who break

You sound just like my mom and my dad.

Don't do that. It's bad. It's because they say so.

What makes the law right and me wrong?

We're not talking about the validity of the law. It's there. It exists.

We're talking about where you got the stuff.

School? At the party?

I don't know.

All right, you and Kim go ahead.

Tell Carol and Ted what we've decided. I want to talk to John for a minute. Wait

for me in the hall.

You really think you can help her?

Maybe it's the kids who weren't arrested last night who need the help.

on the sudden interest in drugs and schools?

It's a personal matter. You and your personal matters. Why come to me?

Well, you're on all the committees in this town.

If anyone knows what's going on, it would be you.

All my information is second or third hand.

Well, now that I have your permission, I'll get it for you first hand. I

given you my permission.

Bob, I want a full report.

Don't I always give you a full report?

No. And where are those arson statistics?

Mark will have them finished by Monday.

Next stop, Board of Education.

Chief, if it's all right with you, I'd like to show Kim something.

Something she'll care about right now?

What's ahead of her if she doesn't straighten up right now?

Control? Right.

This is Joyce.

Gilbert is on her way to La Jolla.

I want to. I'd like to drive to Wyoming and let my hair

blow free.

I'd like to see you twice.

I know that you're as lame as me.

I'd like to see a movie.

Get up and leave all alone.

I'll change my mind.

Left wall, come out on silence.

We try to provide a comfortable home atmosphere and pleasant surrounding.

We give our girls everything they need. We have counseling and a complete

vocational program.

A girl can even get her high school diploma from here.

We have church services at court of all denominations.

And most important of all, for those that need it, we have excellent

care.

What about love and trust?

Of course, we always try to provide that.

Control.

Right.

Miss Bryan and two guests on their way to reception.

The girls get a five -minute break between classes.

What's she here for?

Narcotics violation.

Over 50 % of the girls have used them at one time or another.

What are their chances?

Depends on the girl herself.

Well, if there's nothing further... No. And thank you very much for your

trouble. Not at all.

I'll have one of the girls see you out.

Oh, uh, Anne?

Yes, Miss Bryan?

I'd like you to see Miss Whitfield and Miss Channing back to the office.

Sure.

Goodbye, Miss Channing.

Goodbye. I hope you've learned something.

Thank you again. Not at all Are

you in trouble?

Well, don't let that bug you that's part of the game

Well, how do you like it here?

It's not bad.

No cops, no parents to nag you. Plenty to do.

Oh, and you don't have to worry about getting in on time.

The office is over there.

I have to get back to class.

Thank you.

Bye.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Play it cool.

Wait a minute.

Stay out of here.

Do anything you have to, but stay out of here.

It's a real bummer.

Well?

Well, what?

What are you thinking?

Just what you want me to think.

It's a very frightening place, and I wouldn't want to stay there.

What makes the law that puts them there right?

Kim, we used to be able to talk.

You used to be my aunt.

I still am.

Come on now, no fairy tales.

How did you get started?

You really want to know?

Yes, I really want to know.

Wasn't any big thing.

A friend of mine just lit up a joint after school.

She told me it was the grooviest thing she ever did.

Why didn't I try it?

I did.

How can you call a person who turned you into pot a friend?

Have you ever tried it?

No.

Then don't knock it.

All right.

Go on.

What about the pills?

Anywhere there's grass, there's poop.

I don't understand you.

I know.

How can you be so nonchalant about taking drugs that are ruining your body?

I don't see anything wrong.

Sit down.

This conversation was your idea, not mine. You're destroying your parents and

yourself. You may be sent to a girls' school, and I'm beginning to think that

you don't care.

Oh, sure I care, but I'm not doing anything to anybody.

It's that law that's doing it to me. The law isn't pushing pills down your

throat.

What's it going to be like all the time I'm here?

Lectures in the third degree. It's up to you.

May I go to bed now?

No, you may not.

Just tell me one thing, Kim. If you tell me nothing else, why?

You're a pretty girl.

You're bright.

You come from a good family.

Why do you find it necessary to turn on?

Which stark answer do you want?

Number seven, number nine, or number eleven?

Kim, I want the truth.

Because I dig it.

You know,

whenever you spring for steak without a fight, I can't help wondering what's in

the wind.

Just routine.

Tomorrow I want us to infiltrate that high school.

See if we can get a line on the drugs those young people are getting and their

source of supply.

Which one of us do you intend to duke in as a teenager?

Good morning.

Good morning.

My name, believe it or not, is Mr. Brown.

I'll be subbing for Mrs. Weston today.

We'll pick it up on page 197 and... Will the young man with his head on the desk

please sit up?

Bruce.

Bruce, sit up.

Yes?

He doesn't get much sleep.

Why not?

I guess his parents fight a lot, and when he's that tired, Mrs. Weston just

him sleep.

Come on, sit up, Bruce.

Isn't there a rule against wearing shades in class?

He was stoned.

From the way the other students acted, it wasn't the first time he's shown up

class that way.

Well, why wouldn't a teacher report something as obvious as that?

There's several reasons.

I'd like to hear them.

Well, some teachers feel they're here to teach, not apprehend addicts.

Others don't want to get involved in what could be a very nasty situation.

And a few, who I am weeding out, Don't want to jeopardize their I'm your buddy

image.

Mr. Fall, there are 4 ,200 students in this school.

I'm sure you realize that at least 30 % of them are turning on.

It's over 1 ,200.

Well, what's the police department doing about it? What are you doing about it?

Everything we can. We're constantly checking up.

Tomorrow, we're going through every locker in the school. Those students

possessing drugs will be suspended or put on probation.

Don't you ever turn them over to the police?

Only as a last resort. We turn them in, two days later we get them back. They're

heroes on campus.

Do they know about the shakedown?

No, of course not. That's a closely guarded secret.

Well, back to the upper class blackboard jungle.

That isn't funny.

It wasn't meant to be.

Maybe they aren't being raised in a hoodlum environment, but there's nothing

wrong with their grapevine.

Ironside. Chief Kim is gone.

When did it happen?

During the night. I called her parents, but she didn't go home. Well, she

couldn't have gone far.

What if we can't find her? We'll find her, Eve.

I'll have Ed meet you. Both of you start digging. Find out who her friends are.

We'll check the high school. Right.

Mark!

No, I wouldn't have any way of knowing where she could have gone.

Just a chance.

What about your shakedown? How'd you make out?

Not as well as we had expected.

I only got drugs out of nine lockers.

Kim's? Including hers.

This is what she had.

The little black one's opium.

I saw some pictures of it in the magazine. I know.

Mr. Paul.

Just a moment.

It's for you, Officer Whitfield.

Yes, Eve.

Well, good. Let me have them.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Okay.

C -H -A -Y.

That's it. Four.

All right, I will.

May I have an office to question these four girls?

Of course. Use mine.

Seems to me the quality of education here is pretty low.

Why? Except for Kim, who wasn't here. The only reason I can figure for the

eight being busters, they couldn't read the signs.

I wonder why the teachers didn't take the signs off the walls.

Communications gap. They didn't understand what they meant.

I can't believe all teachers are that naive.

Not one of these four girls is at school today.

The reason none of the girls showed up in school is that one of the girls,

Burgess, wasn't feeling well.

The others ditched class to keep her company.

Sure a lot different than in my day.

Where are you now?

Back at the Channing house with Eve. We thought we could pick up some other

leads. Eve better stay with her sister.

You get an APB rolling. Ashbury, North Beach, everywhere a teenager might show

up. What about Susan Burgess and the other girls?

My department.

Your fuzz.

It's to a degree. I'm a consultant. This is Mark Sanger, my interpreter.

What does a consultant do?

Give advice.

I didn't know my mother was a consultant.

Well, I know mine is, and I would like to get this over with before she comes

home. I wouldn't want her to think we all got busted.

Kim Channing disappeared last night. We're trying to find her.

I haven't seen her since... Since when? Since day before yesterday at school.

Well, you're going to say...

Since you were at a party together?

Since the day before yesterday at school.

Oh, I haven't seen her since I had my hepatitis thing.

Mr. Ironside, we would like to help you, but we don't know where Kim is.

If you did, would you tell me?

Of course. Not.

Which is it?

Both. Chris is goody -goody at heart.

She'd tell.

But you wouldn't.

We're happy to, sir, and you're, uh... I'm Kim's friend and want to do what's

best for her routine.

Look, can we level?

Talk to each other honestly, no covering, strictly off the record?

Why not? As long as we understand one thing.

You're the enemy, and we all know it.

You all turn on, don't you?

Once in a while.

I don't.

I refuse to answer on whatever grounds people refuse to answer on.

Tell me why.

It's groovy.

Makes the whole lousy world a little better.

How groovy is it when you get strung out?

You just drop its opposite and get even.

Even's a nice high right in the middle. Not too far up and not too far down.

Has anyone ever told you about barbiturate convulsions?

That's for someone who's hooked. We're not. We can put down any time we want.

I've heard that from a lot of addicts.

The time to stop is before you start.

Under the law... I thought you wanted to level.

And you're pulling the law in on it.

The law meant to protect you.

Look, Mr.

Ironside, pretty soon we're going to have to go out into that society of

and do our thing.

And be nice, respectable people like our parents.

And you. And we know it. And when that time comes, we'll put down.

You're part of that society now. You have your thing. You're responsible.

Then why don't you treat us like that?

You know, we hurt, too. I don't mean aches and pains. I mean hurt deep

Just like everybody else in the world.

Does that include older people?

Sure. They hurt, too. But they have crutches.

Booze. Gambling.

Sex. And what do we have? Except grass.

And it takes the pain away.

Christine, your friends play around with drugs and you don't.

I'll drop an upper once in a while to get through a test, but I wouldn't call

that taking drugs.

What do you call it? Better education through chemistry.

I don't suppose you've ever turned anybody in who was dealing to your

No. If they want to buy that stuff, it's their business, not mine.

Would you call the police if you saw a burglar climbing in one of your

neighbor's windows?

That's a poor analogy, Mr. Ironside.

Really?

Next time you see a burglar, think about it.

Well, thank you, girls.

And now that devil's on the phone, you've got no place to run to.

You walked across a river bridge one day when you were smiling.

Well, Mark, two of them are halfway there. And food has already made it.

Have you the details on her first arrest?

Yeah, it was ten months ago.

She was one of seven arrested at the party. The neighbors called the police

because they saw kids running around the house naked.

How about the names of the others arrested at the party?

Got them right here. You want me to bring them up? Yeah, please.

How will that help?

We have to look for other friends or connections.

She's become dependent on drugs.

She won't be very far away from her source of supply.

Oh, I don't think she's hooked.

She said she took him now and then just for kicks.

Eve, I seem to have heard that before.

Amen.

And you guys strung out so far, they were twinging, and they still swore they

could put on.

Here's a school personnel breakdown at the time of her first arrest.

And, uh, read those. What is it?

Underground papers.

Each of them has an article on marijuana.

I don't know where to buy it.

I ought to tell good stuff from bad.

I ought to roll it. I ought to smoke it.

I ought to spot a narcotics officer.

What to do if you spot one?

Well, maybe we ought to be on their subscription list.

You look terrible.

Did you ever get any sleep?

My count of a case load, 14 last night.

So far this year, it's doubled.

What are we doing about these?

If we can prove that two or three of these kids started using pot as a direct

result of one of these articles, we can nail the author for contributing.

And that's all?

Not as much of a headache as these spontaneous demonstrations with the

instructions and the signs where the kids can get grass and pills free.

Oh, that's the list you wanted. Any additional beeps against any of them

the party I underlined.

Why was the sales charge against that Terry Lawrence dropped?

Defense of entrapment.

Insufficient evidence.

Possible sales.

Possible court to supply.

Yes? Police. I'd like to ask you a few questions about Kimberly Channing.

Oh, uh... Come on in.

Kim Channing disappeared last night.

We'd like any information you might have that can help us locate her.

Well, I, uh... I don't have any.

What do you run?

Oh, 1 ,500 meters.

But I don't run anymore.

Why not?

Say, do you mind if I ask you a question?

Certainly. Why ask me about Kim Channing?

We're questioning everyone who was arrested with her at the party.

Oh, sure.

Well, that stuff I took at the party is the reason I don't run anymore.

But, uh... Well, I got hip and I put down.

That's smart of you.

Look. I wish I could help you find Kim, but I haven't seen her since the party.

You haven't seen her since the party?

Yeah, that's right.

Mind if we look around?

Yeah, as a matter of fact, I do. I can have a search warrant here within five

minutes.

Don't hassle him.

I came here on my own free will.

Kim.

Get dressed.

Still mind if we look around?

Don't look at me like I killed somebody.

Aren't you just a little ashamed?

No, I'm not.

I think you mean it.

Do.

I came here because Terry was the only one I could turn to.

Understands me and trusts me.

I can trust him anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

I said search the apartment, not play around with his food.

A lot of cats hide their wheat in the bottom of cereal boxes.

Another magazine article.

Well, what do you know?

The magazine was right.

You ready to tell us about it?

Most of the time I just sold the stuff for what it cost me. I didn't make a

dime. That's not very good business.

I wasn't in business.

My friends just wanted the stuff and I knew where to get it.

Right now, the charges are possession and contributing.

But do you realize the gravity of a sales charge?

I never thought about it.

Did you get your drugs from Terry?

No.

What's so funny?

Well, that I'm being charged for contributing.

Why?

Kim's the one who turned me on.

Two years ago.

Oh, my darling.

We'll come every visiting day, huh?

Take care of yourself, huh? I will.

Bye, Andy.

Bye, Kim.

The year will be over before you know it.

Thank you.

Maybe I should have been a drunk.

At least alcohol is legal.

The candy cane slips from your hand Magician draws the curtain The crutch

held to help you stand Has made you feel uncertain You walked across the river

bridge One day when you were smiling Now the sun has turned to brick

The road you're on is winding.

You lost your way the other day.

Taking the melody now.

Well, include these totals, Eve.

They cover the area from the Presidio to the Embarcadero.

Eve.

Oh, I'm sorry, John.

Arson statistics don't mean very much when you've just had a fire in your own

past.

The fire isn't even out.

30 % of all the high school students are turning on.

Do we lock them all up?

Lack of communication.

The whole thing reminds me of the War of 1812. It was settled by a great treaty.

I got a D in history.

The Battle of New Orleans.

It was the bloodiest battle of that war.

Because of a lack of communication, it was fought 15 days after the treaty had

been signed.

Someone to see you, Chief.

Well, Christine, what brings you into the enemy camp?

Well, I... I saw a burglar last night.

My sister.

In junior high, she's only 13.

Well, a boy in her class showed up with a handful of pills, and he's only 13,

too.

That's his name.

Thank you.

I guess now I'm a think.

I think...

You've been a friend, Christine.

More than a friend. Not only to your sister, but to a lot of people you don't

even know.

I... I hope...

What

was that all about?

Communication.

Maybe there won't have to be a battle of New Orleans.