All language subtitles for Ironside s06e05 Down two roads

Hey, what side?

I keep forgetting.

I was afraid somebody would ask me that.

Hey, you know, they ought to give us a
course in that, man.

Undergrads wear them on one side.

Weak grown -ups on the other.

No jazz, man, but which side?

Yours goes on the left side.

Hey, thanks, man.

Hey, Marty, you're going to be glad to
be getting rid of us, huh?

Oh, yeah, it's a bad, you know, sloppier
than any other class.

Congratulations.

Thanks, man. Good luck. Hey, Marty, take
it easy, huh?

Later. Hey, let me know where you guys
end up. I'll send you some clients.

Right on.

Yeah, right,

yeah. Okay.

Here he is.

Mark Sanger.

Under such exquisite pressure, the
student population has never been

are their demands greater.

Nor have they ever been such a target
for criticism, a lot of course the

economic vice of which all institutions
find themselves in.

Martin Chadman.

Congratulations. You're under arrest.

John, what am I supposed to do?

Education is never really

through.

Rules and laws are telling everybody
what

to do.

They meant for good people.

People like me and you.

Life is for learning.

People still burning each other.

Can't you see?

My life has been awakened by an early
morning

sun.

I will have crossed over rivers and
mountains before

the day.

You would like something? I'd like some
rest, which is a little impossible with

you clanging around.

I'm sorry.

I couldn't sleep. Too keyed up, I guess.

How about a piece of that cheese?

On a slice of bread, if you don't mind.

Too keyed up about what?

You're not the first to graduate from
law school.

Hey, I'm the first in my family.

Bread's a little stale.

Just some shopping tomorrow.

I'd think you'd be devoting yourself to
some more important things.

Like what?

Well, your future.

Well, I haven't taken my law exams yet.

But you'll want a clerk somewhere, won't
you?

Yeah, I guess.

Well, since you brought it up.

You have any good offers?

So far I've heard from two or three law
firms, but I'm not sure whether they

want me.

Are they trying to kiss up to you? Of
course they want you.

They know you to be reasonably bright,
except in the morning.

You're a man with whom they can work
well, good scholastic record, and with

excellent references.

Mine.

What do you know?

Mark Sanger.

LLB.

They've been good years, Mark.

Hey, I am going to take my time to
decide which clerkship I accept.

I know most of the firms in town. I
could help you with that.

Uh, no, sir.

I will do it on my own, by myself.

Of course you will. You should do it by
yourself, all by yourself.

And you can start by seeing Tom Ryan at
the DA's office.

For what? You have an interview there at
10 o 'clock tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the cheese.

Hey,

thanks. And besides that?

Well, you'll be doing everything that
the rest of us don't want to do.

But don't knock it.

You'll get to learn the ins and outs of
preparing a case for court.

You already know the beginnings of
cases. You've been in on enough of them.

But here is where we pick up where the
chief leaves off.

Now, the easiest way for you to see what
goes on is to follow a case with me.

So I pulled one that might have special
interest for you.

The suspect was employed by your school,
as a matter of fact, Martin Chapman.

Marty, what did he do?

Suspicion of burglary and grand theft.

$6 ,000 in deposits on caps and gowns
from a safe at the university.

One previous conviction, similar crime.

M .O. is the same.

He can't account for his whereabouts on
the night the safe was cracked.

Hello, Marty.

My name is Tom Ryan. I'm the deputy
district attorney.

Do you know Mr. Sanger?

No, Mark.

Marty.

Have a seat.

You've been advised of your rights, and
you signed a waiver.

Yes.

What say we talk about it a little?

Well, I don't know what you want me to
say.

Well, you could say that you did it.

Save yourself the expense of a lawyer
and a whole lot of trouble.

But I didn't do anything.

Marty, do you have someone to defend
you?

I don't have any money for a lawyer.

Well, how about the public defender?

It's your privilege, but I'm trying to
help you.

You know you did it.

So why not save yourself the hassle of
going through a whole trial?

Because I didn't do anything wrong.

Well, it seems like you said the same
thing on your application for your job,

that you never did anything wrong.

But you forgot to mention the four years
that you spent in jail.

Yeah, but I had to lie. They wouldn't
hire me if I told them... Look, Mr.

Chadman, this is your last chance to
plead guilty.

Okay, you have it your own way, but I
want you to remember this.

You're going to be prosecuted.

And you're going to be found guilty.

And when you do, I want you to think
back on this moment when you had a

to cooperate and you blew it.

Well, you think I was a little rough on
him?

A little.

Presumption of guilt?

Presumption of conviction?

Not really.

Look, if I can save the expense of a
trial by scaring him into an admission

guilt, why not?

Suppose he's not guilty.

Well, suppose he is.

Now, look it, Mark.

Our job is not only to get a conviction,
it's also to save taxpayers money where

we can.

Okay, what's the next step?

Well, we prepare for preliminary
hearing.

There's obviously enough evidence to
have made the arrest.

We just assigned a couple of our
detectives to tie up the loose ends and

them stick.

You know, like tools are used. There's
movements on the night of the burglary.

Even so, you know, everything is still
sort of circumstantial, isn't it? Yeah,

for now.

But the funny thing about
investigations, though, usually a lot of

show up.

Come on, I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

Hey, I'll do that. I said

I had it.

And I said I'd get it.

Why didn't you let it go? I am not
helpless.

I'll get the broom.

I got a sponge.

All right, you got a sponge.

I guess I'll make some chili.

Hey, Chief, why don't we eat out
tonight?

Because I do not want to get dressed.

You don't have to get dressed. I'll get
your jacket.

I am perfectly capable of dressing
myself.

And dinner is on me. I did the damage.

No, it was my fault.

I was grabby.

And it's my treat. I said I would pay
and... Oh, forget it.

Let's have a drink. No, no!

I can do things for myself.

Nobody said you couldn't. Then allow me
to do things for myself.

Well, who is stopping you? All right!

anything for me.

I am capable of taking care of myself
and I will pour the drinks.

How is Ryan?

He's fine.

You think he'd like the office?

Well, I followed him on a case today. A
man I know, but it didn't seem fair.

What doesn't seem fair?

Well, Top detectives from the DA's
office, investigation.

They have a lot of heavy machinery being
pushed against the poor guy.

Now, the whole county backs up Ryan, but
who backs up Marty?

I get the feeling that you want to help
Marty.

Well, I know him. I mean, if a guy was
going to steal, would he do it in his

backyard?

What does Ryan have?

A lot of circumstantial evidence and a
previous conviction.

What was taken?

Six thousand dollars, cap and gown
money, but they didn't find a dime on

Well, it's not surprising. He could have
hidden it. Yeah, Chief, I know that. I

know it. But I just don't believe that
he could have done it.

Well, then do something about it.

Like what?

You could... That is up to you.

How about your toolbox?

Can anybody have gotten in it?

No. I always keep it locked when I'm not
using it.

Mike, I feel so rotten, I can't... I
know.

All my kids are cruel. What are they
going to think?

They're sure to think I'm guilty once
all this stuff comes out about the other

time. It's not the healthy case, either.
It's different. I was desperate.

As my wife was dying, I had no money.
There was no one I could ask for it, so

I...

Didn't do any good.

She died anyway when I was in prison.

Marty, I'm one of your kids, too.

And I don't think you're guilty.

What?

Mark Sanger.

I talk to you on the phone?

Oh, yes, yes, of course. Come on in.

Uh, you're interested in the Martin
Chapman case.

Uh, well, I don't know that I can tell
you very much about it. I just got it.

Uh, what's the procedure?

Study the case, talk to him, see if we
can dig up something to dispute the DA's

argument. Hey, that's not a lot, is it?
Well, the public defender's office

doesn't have the resources that the DA
has.

Oh, we do have an edge.

They have to prove that Chapman is
guilty.

I'm meeting with the deputy DA in a
little while to see what his case

Chapman is.

You're welcome to sit in if you like.

Hi.

Coffee?

Floating it.

Mark? No, thanks.

Well, later.

I don't think you'll be able to help
your man much this time.

Never mind the M .O. and the previous
conviction, Tom. Just give me some hard

facts. All right.

Locke was forced with a thin steel blade
like a broken hacksaw.

Found a number of them in Chapman's
toolbox.

So? He's a custodian. He'd have a blade
for a hacksaw. With wood splinters that

stuck to one?

Not from forcing a door. He's got keys.

And by using them, he would point a
finger at himself.

He forced entry to cover for himself.

Is that all you got?

No. The safe was drilled.

Chapman has a drill.

Money was put in some sort of a bag or a
soft container. It dropped out of the

window, second floor.

He figured he recovered it later.

Any sort of footprints under the window?

It looked like he wore tennis shoes.

But you didn't find them on him, right?

Maybe he threw them away.

Did you identify the kind of drill used
on the safe?

Yeah, it looked like quarter inch.

Home workshop stuff.

A custodian used a half inch rig.

Fluorescent powder. What's that about?

Oh, he dusted the dial with it, then lit
it with an ultraviolet lamp so he could

see without putting on the lights.

Fluorescent powder, ultraviolet light. I
mean, Marty is a simple custodian.

Now, where would he know about things
like that?

I don't know, Mark.

But he did four years for using it last
time.

Store.

Refile.

Store.

Hey, you were just in time.

Hey, Chief, I need to talk to you.

I'm concerned something more interesting
than what I'm doing.

Look, if a guy just was saved with
fluorescent powder, you know, for black

light, now wouldn't some of it get on
him?

Even if he threw his clothes away,
wouldn't there still be traces on his

and shoes?

For a time, yes.

Okay. How does a defense attorney go
about getting the police to run a black

light check on a defendant to show that
there's no fluorescent powder anywhere?

This late after the crime, he doesn't.
It would have worn off or he could have

removed it. Your black light wouldn't
prove a thing.

doesn't always appear to be one way and
then suddenly everything is different.

Maybe you shouldn't be trying to put the
pieces together.

I mean, it's really not your case now,
is it?

Yeah.

Yeah, we sold some to a guy.

Usually we sell it 100...

Well, can you describe him to me?

Uh, I don't know. It was a couple weeks
ago.

Yeah, but was he tall, short, old,
young?

Oh, yeah, he was young. I remember that.

You sure?

Yeah, couldn't be more than 25, 26.

And you can't remember what he looked
like?

Well, he was black.

He was black?

Uh, he wore these dark glasses, had on
some blue jeans, sweater.

And he was wearing, like, tennis shoes.

Hey, can I use your phone?

Yeah, I hope so.

Chief Ironside's office.

Brian, let me speak to the chief.

I'm sorry, Mark, he's not in.

Well, call the mobile operator and touch
me through.

I don't think he can be reached for,
well, another hour or so anyway.

Don't worry, it works.

Yes, sir, Chief.

I was just surprised, that's all.

At what?

Just surprised.

My position, Mr. Feldman, should have no
bearing on my driving score.

Erratic lane changing.

Cornering too close.

Sudden stops.

Driving through amber light.

Very plainly, I do not pass the test.

How long have you been practicing,
Chief?

Obviously, not long enough.

However, I shall return.

Well, who drives home, you or me? Me.

I need to practice.

I had every confidence.

Every confidence.

It'll get worse.

It'll only take a couple of minutes. I'm
sorry, I'm doing court right now. Yeah,

but I've got something in the Chapman
case.

Yes.

I know, Ruth. I'm leaving.

Hey, did you hear what I said?

Look, why don't you walk along?

That fluorescent thing is a bomb.

So, I've been checking out a chemical
plant.

You know where they make this from?

A fluorescent powder.

I found a place where they sold a small
quantity to a young man.

Young? Interesting.

Hey, is that a lead medicine?

There could have been a young
accomplice.

Who's that he on anyway?

A good defense anticipates the
prosecution's arguments, Ma.

Besides, it's not our job to prove
someone else did it. It's our job to

the prosecution is wrong.

For instance, when Ryan throws the
hacksaw blade with splinters into the

we can prove that Chapman had to force a
jam door three days before the

burglary. Hey, you can.

Well, unfortunately, that's the only one
of Ryan's points I've been able to

knock holes into.

Well, Marty told you why he lied about
his previous record. Won't that help?

No, no, no.

Uh, the personnel director had found out
about Chapman's record. He already had

given him a month's notice.

Look, Mark, I have four other cases on
the docket today. If you want to sit in,

you're welcome. Might be good
experience.

Hey, wait a minute. What the personnel
director did, now won't that be good for

us? I mean, it's clear why Marty lied.

Sure it is. Sure it is. But that's not
how Ryan is going to use it.

I heard Angry Man, about to be fired,
steals $6 ,000.

Not only does he have enough to live on
for a while, but he gets revenge on the

university.

And that, Mark, is motive.

Telephone calls.

Mr. Ryan from the District Attorney's
Office. Mr. Father from the Public

Defenders. Mr. Schwartz from Schwartz,
Johnson & O 'Neill. Mr. De La Rosa from

De La Rosa, Federal & Williams.

Mr. Arno from Whitsitt, Bacon & Foster.

You're very much in demand.

Sounds like it.

Your enthusiasm is overwhelming.

Mark, you still haven't told us what
sort of law you want to practice.

De La Rosa, Feddo, and Williams are
corporation lawyers, aren't they? Yes.

Schwartz, Johnson, and O 'Neill?

International law.

That sounds good.

Flying to France, Japan, Fiji?

You know what kind of law I am
interested in. Yeah, but which side?

Prosecutor or defender?

Well, he spent a lot of time with the
defense on this little case he's been

following. There is nothing little about
a case when a man is innocent.

You're convinced of that?

Yes. Why?

Because... Because I said it before. Too
many things don't fit.

As far as your defense is concerned?

Yes. What about the prosecution?

I guess it fits for them.

Then you don't have much of a defense,
do you? We would if we had more facts.

Get them.

Fine. What time is my appointment with
the commissioner?

It's right about now.

Hey, Chief, I'll take care of it. No
need!

I can't work for him the rest of my
life, now can I?

Nobody said you should.

Well, then why do I feel like I should?

I don't know. Why should you?

And all he's done for me.

Mark, you know the Chief as well as I
do. You hand him a package of gratitude

and he'll bring you with it.

Look, he doesn't want to tie you down.

Well, then why does he treat me as if
I've already gone?

You're really bugged, aren't you?

Where are you going?

You're the chief. If you need facts, get
them.

What do you mean, chase down a clue?

What do you think we do around here to
make a living? You chase down clues to

support the prosecution.

You've been around long enough to know
we gather evidence. If it points to a

suspect, we arrest him. Then it goes to
the DA.

Hey, but suppose you handed over the
wrong suspect.

I mean, it can happen, can't it?

Yeah.

Well, I'm telling you that you did.

Oh?

And you can prove this, of course.

Yeah, I have a lead on another suspect.

Okay, who is it?

I don't know.

You don't know.

Then how do you know there's another
suspect?

The man at the chemical plant saw him.

I heard all about that from Agent Father
at the PT office.

Hey, you did?

Yeah, he turned the information over to
us. Just the way he's supposed to. All

right, Reese, what'd you do about it?

Nothing.

What do you mean, nothing?

There'll be a preliminary hearing in a
few days. If Chapman is bound over for

trial, then we'll see what happens.

Meaning that you won't do anything about
it until you see whether he's convicted

or not. As far as I'm concerned, if he's
convicted, he's guilty. There is no

other suspect.

Why run the department ragged unless
it's necessary?

Do you have any idea how many man hours
it would take? The paperwork involved?

Do you know how many cases come across
this desk at any given... Look, if

Chapman is acquitted, then we'll go to
work on it. But not before.

Lieutenant, thank you.

Thank you very, very much. You have
given me a view of police work that I

seen in a long time.

Mark, come back here.

Where you going?

I am going to just shake this all out of
my head. I am going where there's some

good people, some celebrating people,
some laughing people.

I'm going to relax. I am going to go and
unwind and just hang loose before

I tear this building down.

I got all hung up. Hey, yeah, well, you
hear, baby, that's all that counts. Oh,

wow, this was a bring your own thing,
ain't it, sir?

Hey, man, there ain't no big thing. Come
on, man, look here.

These folks got enough chow to feed an
army. Excuse me, brother.

We don't need no more chow, man. You
know, we need it for folks to eat what

got. Give us some wine, bro.

How big this?

Where's the lady?

Hey, man, like I said, I was all hung
up. Didn't have a chance to call

but I figured that you might have
something for me.

Jack.

Say, uh, you digging?

No. Huh?

Knocking on the door like the rest of
us, not asking a man for a job, huh? For

real. You know, one minute you a
student, man, and the next minute you

unemployed. Ain't there a way to go?

Hey.

You want one? No, I'll take that later.

Hey, look here. You got any prospects,
man?

No, it's a choice between the DA's or
some public defender.

Yeah, I'm leaning toward defender right
now.

Why?

There ain't no money in it, man. I
thought you would come out in it, man.

Yeah, either plays against plays to
start, you know, to clear it.

Mm -hmm, yeah. The Lawrence of Criminal
Law.

But look here, I want to tell you
something.

If you get a client, And if the cat go
to prison, he ain't going to pay you,

right? And if the cat get out, more than
likely he going to spit on you. Yeah,

but that's something you got to deal
with.

You got to deal with it, brother.

Not me.

Like what?

Like helping people.

Oh, yeah, like Robin Hood and Ivanhoe
and all them other do -funny dudes.

Ain't nobody ever said how them cats
made a living, though, baby.

Brother, some people need help.

If they pay their money, they will get
the help.

What about the people without money?

What about them?

See, you just proved my point, man.

You will starve to death.

You know, you say that because you don't
know anybody in a jam right now.

Oh, yes, you do.

Marty. Marty Chapman.

Now, he's broke. He's in a jam. What do
you think about helping him?

I wouldn't touch him with a ten -foot
pole.

Why not?

My cat is guilty.

Guilty?

You seem awful sure about a case that
hasn't even come to court yet.

Hey, look, Mark.

The police came on campus that night
asking about Marty's whereabouts.

Now, Marty said he was gone, but I saw
him then.

Roger. You sure?

I'm reasonably sure, yeah.

Anybody else have any positive ideas?

You know what? You don't sound like no
lawyer now, baby. You're sounding like a

cop.

What is this?

I'm driving. Be coming.

Well? With you at the wheel?

I am a licensed driver in the state of
California.

Since when?

Since yesterday.

Well, it took two tries, but... Chief,
let me drive.

Look, for five years I had the guts to
ride with you. Now get in!

a good time last night?

It was okay.

You sound like it was a lot of fun.

Yeah, I guess it's me. I have too much
on my mind to relax.

You can't say I blame you.

You have a pretty tough decision to
make.

Yeah. I thought I knew exactly what it
was I wanted to do.

Maybe you're too wrapped up in the
Chapman case.

Yeah, maybe.

The preliminary hearing's day after
tomorrow. It should be settled by then.

Chief, suppose he's bound over for
trial.

And he gets a trial.

His defense?

No way.

Adrian Father is a clever man.

But he doesn't have what he needs to
work with.

Made out quite well for a lot of years,
Mark.

Yeah, but there are a couple of new
things that ought to be checked out.

You're saying Father hasn't done a good
job?

As far as he's able, he has, but he's so
loaded down he doesn't have time to...

Chief, do me a favor. Drop me off at
United Chemicals.

You hire a guy with a strong back to
stack these things and he can't count.

Get one that can fill an order, right?

He poops out before his morning coffee
break. Mr. Moore, can't you... I told

you, there ain't nothing I can add to
what I already said. Yes, sir, but

sometimes people can see something and
not know what they see. If I saw it, I'd

know it. A little detail, sir, that was
overlooked, maybe.

Look, all I remember is this kid came in
here and I had to stop what I was doing

and bag him a one -pound order.

Did he have it here?

Yep. Well, where was he standing?

Can you show me exactly?

Now, let's see.

I stacked it for him right here. He was
looking over my shoulder. Careful, that

stuff sticks to anything it touches.
Fluorescent powder?

Mm -hmm. What about the floor? Same
stuff?

Yep. Dusty place.

Gotta wear one of these when we're
bagging.

Now, that's for sure all I can remember.

Think that'll do you? I gotta get back
to work. Mr. Moore, just one more thing.

What about the car? I want you to think
real hard about that.

Well, I sure can't remember what make it
was, if that's what you mean.

Putting out so many different models
now, I can't keep track of them all.

just anything.

A dent, a scratch, paint.

The deal is... It was a small car.

Foreign -made, I think.

Old. Sort of a brown color. Just what I
told you.

Well, a bumper sticker.

A travel sticker. Sticker, yeah.

What kind? Where?

On his windshield.

If we don't ring the bell here, we've
got

983 more chances.

No tennis shoes in there. Hit it, Ed.

Everything's okay. This is Chief
Hindsight, Sergeant Brown.

Hello.

Come on in.

Mark's talked quite a bit about you. You
too.

Roger, you reported seeing Marty Chapman
on campus the night of the burglary.

No, I said I thought I saw him.

Well, I just wanted to double check.

You were the only one who said you
thought you saw him.

Well, you know, I guess nobody else did.

Pretty big campus.

Roger, I'd like to see your tennis
shoes.

Tennis shoes?

Why?

What's going on, Mark?

Just get the shoes.

Oh, man, uh -uh.

Not until you tell me what this is all
about.

Look, you don't have a search warrant,
man.

I know my rights.

After three... years of law school, I
imagine you do.

You also have the right to remain
silent, the right to an attorney.

What is this, man?

A bust?

You guys go around busting people you
think are guilty of a crime?

Look, man, what kind of evidence do you
have to sustain what you're talking

about? You found traces of the powder in
your locker.

Roger, what for?

Look, I didn't spend none of the coin.
I'll give it all back.

It's no good.

Well, why not, man? They'll have their
money back. Nobody will be out of a damn

thing. Marty Chapman has got something.

Man, this is no misdemeanor.

All right, listen.

Hey, look, listen to me.

You can't do this.

I mean, my whole life goes right down
the drain.

Look, I won't be admitted to the bar.

That's three years of my life.

Three years of my life.

Going for nothing.

What do I tell the people, man?

How do I explain to them?

Chief, can't we work something out?

I don't see how we can, Roger.

You don't understand.

All in me is... I bathe

every penny I got, man.

In the barrel and... Work my fingers to
the bone.

I figured, look, if I...

I'd just get just a little bit of money,
man, you know, just one time, so I'd

have a little time to breathe, you know.

Roger! Roger, that won't help! Stay away
from me, let it help me!

Look, you make one mistake, now don't
make another.

Don't you come any closer.

I mean it, stay over there.

Try not to land on anyone when you're
hit.

If you're going to do something as
stupid as that, don't do any more damage

necessary. It ain't stupid.

Just so you won't have to face anyone.

So you won't have to explain.

I don't want to go to prison.

Prison doesn't last forever.

Start over.

You can start fresh.

Everybody's expecting me to make some of
my life.

Roger, the top of the class.

you think listen everybody i'm important
to them you still are you're

important to us

How does he start over again?

How did you...

Must

be awfully hard liquor.

Did I wake you? No, I was doing my
calisthenics.

Nightcap.

Why not?

What's on your mind?

You saw it happening, didn't you?

I mean, me getting involved in a law
case and acting

like I'm a policeman doing police work.

You? Working like a policeman?

The worst part is I enjoyed it.

Good experience. Be of value in your law
career.

Vice versa.

What does that mean?

I've just made up my mind.

A cop with a law degree.

That ought to count for something.

Yeah. When you're directing traffic,
you'll be able to quote legal statutes

authority.

Who said I was going to be directing
traffic the rest of my life? So maybe

got your eye on the commissioner's job.

So what's wrong with that?

Mark.

I remember a young man who wanted
nothing to do with being a cop.

I think he said, the law studied me
pretty close.

Now, I intend to study it for a while.

You went after it.

You worked hard.

Now you've got it.

You sure being a cop is the way you want
it?

Why not?

Okay, two weeks and three days exactly.

Two weeks and... Before the next class
at the police academy starts, I'm making

the opening speech. I'll be seeing you.
Goodnight.