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Don't bother.

Why not? Nothing.

At all? At all.

It's got to be here, Ed.

Somewhere in this where?

It was.

Well, tell me the rest.

30 kilos of heroin does not walk out by itself.

That's what Lieutenant Burwell said.

Oh, I understand.

The shipping clerk says four guys came in. They headed for the back. They were

in a hurry. They broke open a crate. They took some canisters out and beat

Did he try to stop them? One small boy does not stop four men.

Did this one small boy recognize them? One small boy does not recognize

syndicate narcotics movers, especially if he wants to grow up and be a big boy.

He can't crack them. He's scared to death. They just rushed in and pulled

crate apart.

Aha.

Well, Jim?

That doesn't sound much like a normal pickup, does it? They were tipped off,

Bob. We both know that.

You've had a hard night, Jim.

Come on back to my office.

I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

We're interested in finding out who blew the whistle on us.

So am I.

For those of you not familiar with Mr.

Stanger's coffee, I suggest you take it in small amounts.

Well, after that recommendation, I don't know if I should.

Don't believe it, Chief. They could feed this to babies.

Thank you, Mark.

Commissioner, did you tell anyone about this raid tonight?

No. Yes, you. To tell you very well how that's happened.

Jimmy, when did you tell your people where they were going?

Just before we left, like one minute before. I was waiting for a phone call

the informer. He gave me the address we took off.

How about your warrant?

It's a bench warrant, John Doe.

Nothing special. Specific, if that's what you mean. I mean?

Mr. DiBello told me just as Burwell was leaving.

Anyone else in your office?

No, Sidney's the assistant D .A. in charge of this.

There's no need to tell anyone else.

What are you getting at, Bob?

Well, think about it.

Only the five of us.

The commissioner, the district attorney, the assistant D .A., chief of the narco

squad, and myself.

Only those five knew where and when the raid would take place.

And when we got there, the cupboard was bare.

Gentlemen, I'm sorry to say this, but it looks like one of the five

of us is on the syndicate payroll.

More coffee, anyone?

How many times I go through it in my head, everybody comes out clean.

My feeling, too.

Commissioner Randall, he's never even had a parking ticket.

Well, whoever it is that's on the inside, he's been here for a while.

That raid last night wasn't the first one that came up dry.

Maybe someone very close to the drug scene. Lieutenant Burwell, that's like

saying Chief Ironside. Bite your tongue.

Look, Chief, are you sure it has to be one of the five? Why couldn't it be

somebody in a lower echelon? We've been through that.

Nobody else had the word.

Come in.

Hello, Bob.

Well, be careful what you say, everybody. The district attorney has

The 30s is tension. Move over.

I prefer to think of it as art, not therapy.

Randall tells me the internal affairs division got on it first thing this

morning.

I've been playing guessing games all night.

Haven't we all?

It figures to be Burwell.

He's head of narcotics, so what could be better?

Hey, that's pretty good.

City skyline on a foggy day.

I am still priming the canvas.

Oh.

Good idea not to make assumptions until the picture is complete.

I get your point.

Bob, I'm thinking of putting my own man on this.

Internal Affairs Division's quite capable.

Well, I meant in addition to, not instead of.

Maybe my own investigators can speed things up a bit.

Or hide evidence, or at least tell you how far Internal Affairs has gotten.

What's that supposed to mean? It means you're a suspect.

And so is your assistant, Mike Sidney.

And if you want to keep the issue clear and unclouded, stay out of it.

Completely. I know I'm innocent, but it never occurred to me that... I know I'm

innocent too, Carmine.

But I've given strict orders to my staff not to go around trying to clear me.

I would only succeed in making it look worse.

Oh, a great protest, I might add.

Bordering on rebellion.

They won't even accept a temporary resignation.

All right, I'm convinced.

But I promise you one thing.

Whoever it is, I'm going to throw the book at them.

Chief, I'm sorry I had to ask you to come down here, but this is important.

Oh, you said.

However, I have in the past discussed important matters in my office. Your

office could also be bugged. I doubt it.

What's in your mind?

I, uh, have another lead.

Tip on the suspect.

That belongs to narcotics.

I know.

Is this your idea to bypass Jimmy?

I hate to have to say this, but I share my boss's feeling about Burwell.

So I was afraid to tell him about the tip. I was afraid that when the

got there to make the arrest, the suspect would have been warned.

Well, what do you want me to do?

Make the arrest.

Then what?

Well, then we turn him over to narcotics. At least then he's in

Well, I don't want to do that to Jimmy. The arrest.

It has to be made. Then why not call a cop, any cop?

I did.

Get another one.

Bob, you're the only man I trust.

Now, I'm putting it to you straight. The DA's office is making a request.

Well,

you don't leave me much choice, do you?

No.

Mark, tell Ed to join us.

That must be him.

Fits the description.

It's Lenny Joseph, sir, huh?

He's already served time for pushing. Well, let's keep going. I don't want him

wandering off.

Lenny doesn't fit in a park to pass the time of day. He's waiting for a

customer. I'm more interested in Lenny than this customer.

If we pick him up now, the charge is possession.

If we wait, it'll be possession and sale.

We can give us valuable information. I don't doubt that. He works for the

Senate. I am more interested in getting that information than a heavy

conviction. Mr. Sidney, a little patience will get us both.

I don't want to take a chance.

Chief?

We're here to assist the district attorney's office.

It's his show.

Pick him up ahead.

Just take anything.

All right, all right.

Sugar. I like my coffee extra sweet.

Yeah, you'll have a lot of time to make jokes.

Let's go.

I'm glad that's over.

I was afraid he might make trouble.

Not half as much as Lieutenant Burwell is going to make when he finds out about

it. I'm only going to say it once.

Work your own side of the street from now on.

Is this a jurisdictional dispute, Jimmy? That's right.

Dispute over.

The prisoner was turned over to your squad.

Well, that's just fine and dandy. Now, how do I get my respect back? There

a man on my squad that does not know I'm being set up for a goat.

I never thought you'd do this to me. We're, uh... Old pros, old buddies,

right. But if I'd turned the job down, the district attorney's office would

gotten someone else. And there'd be no question but that you were being set up.

At least with me, there's some doubt.

Well, if I'm not going to be trusted, I'm going to quit right now.

What makes me more suspect than you? Maybe I have better public relations.

Never mind public relations. You think I'm guilty? You think I'm on the take?

You think I'm the inside man? A good cop suspects everyone.

That's no answer. You mean that's not your answer?

Ironside. Mike Sidney, Chief. Is Burwell with you?

Yes, he's here.

Good.

I'd like you both to come over to the Hall of Justice.

Meet me in the interrogation room.

We're on our way.

I want the two of you to hear this.

Go ahead, Lenny.

Tell us what you said before.

You promised me protection, right?

You have my word.

Now, who is the syndicate contact in the police department?

Now, look, I didn't say I knew for sure.

I just said it's what I heard, you know, talked around.

Come on, give us a name. One more lie on your record won't even be noticed.

It's not a lie. I can prove it, I think.

I can get you somebody to witness the payoff.

Who?

The same guy I was waiting for when you guys nailed me.

He said he told me he saw it happen.

What's his name?

Heike Comack.

What did he see that I told you he said it's all payoff to home

You that's who you

And you gotta protect me mr. Sydney because if they find out I've been

they're gonna kill me I know that this is why But I'll have to check out that

witness of course Now there's your out Jimmy somebody else is being

set up you crooked lying double -dealing little Punk, I could bust you in half

for that.

All right, now you leave me alone. I got my rights. You can't touch me.

He's off.

That witness of yours better be good.

Come on, Bob. All right, remember, Mr. Sidney, that I waive my right to bail.

Now, if I step outside, they're going to kill me.

Now, until it's over, you've got to keep me here.

Your name, Hikey Comack?

Yeah, that's my name.

Your connection isn't coming, Hikey. He got himself busted.

What connection?

What are you talking about? Lenny Josephs. We picked him up this morning.

Hey, you ought to look in here, man.

It's a real gas.

He said we'd find you here. You know, it makes the world look real.

When you look at it this way.

What?

What do you know?

You're a cop.

Hey, does your mother know what you do for a living?

This isn't a bust, Heike. I just want to talk to you. Hey, what do you bust me

on? A blood test. Tell us that.

What do you want to talk about?

You know this man?

Yeah, I know him.

Seen him here a couple of times.

Did you ever see him with anyone?

Sure.

Who?

Frankie Martel.

The syndicate man?

Yeah, that's him.

He's dead?

I know.

Poor guy.

One day just as alive as me, and next day... Did you ever hear anything they

talked about?

Hey. Hey, listen.

This guy in the picture, is he busted or what? Why do you want to know?

I don't want to finger nobody.

Finger him for what?

Well, you know, tell it out loud.

I don't want trouble.

You won't get it.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Well, he and Frankie used to do business.

What kind?

What kind of cop are you?

What do you want me to do? Spell it out on the blackboard? You know what I'm

talking about. Tell me.

Business.

Junk. You know.

Can you prove that was the kind of business they did?

Anybody can prove it. Anybody.

Frankie used to meet him, talk to him. And then when they thought nobody saw

Frankie would hand him an envelope.

You saw that with your own eyes?

Not only that.

Frankie'd give him a brown paper bag.

You know what that is?

Good East, man.

Big bag of goodies.

Now, you look at that picture.

Are you absolutely sure it's the same man?

Yeah, that's him.

Would you swear to it in court?

Do I have to? Yes.

I'll swear to it in court.

Hey, you ought to look through this.

It's a cat.

You wanted to see me, Commissioner?

Yes, I just finished Heike Comack's statement.

A known addict.

I understand. But I want you to understand that I no more suspect Bob

connection with the syndicate than I do my own mother. Thank you. That's

comforting. It's obviously a frame -up.

Obviously. Look, don't just stand there with attention as if you were being

court -martialed. Sit down.

Ed, we're not exactly strangers.

No, sir.

Perhaps I should explain it to him, Commissioner.

Well, I wish you would.

Sergeant Brown, we've thought this through hard and long.

The commission and I have come to the same conclusion.

We'd like you to join the Internal Affairs Division for this investigation.

Investigate my boss? You've got to be kidding. Not at all. Well, you should

The answer is no.

Oh, Ed.

After all the years the chief has been on the force, after all he's done, the

kind of man he is, I consider it an insult to him to even consider an

investigation, and I won't be part of that insult.

I told you. I expected you to feel this way at first.

After you've thought it through, I... Now, look, I'm going to level with you.

I'm about an inch and a half away from handing you my badge, so don't press me.

The investigation has to be made.

With you on it, there'll be no suspicion that your boss is being railroaded,

that he's being made into a scapegoat.

Everybody knows that you simply would not allow that.

So, for appearances, I'm the guy.

Now, you listen to me.

Somebody in this city hall is crooked. Somebody up high. We don't know who.

But whoever it is, don't you think he could manipulate the evidence?

Don't you think he could frame your boss?

my dead body.

That's the fourth time you've pulled out the same file. Either look at it or

leave it where it is. I've looked at it.

What does it say?

I don't know.

Then read it.

Listen, I'm off duty.

Then go home.

I'm not going to leave you alone.

Well, I didn't know you did part -time babysitting.

Or do you want to be here when I come to make the arrest?

That's not very funny.

Well, you certainly got a new job in a hurry.

Word does get around, doesn't it? I hear the department is laying 50 to 1, but

you're wrong.

I'm wrong? You're on the investigating squad, aren't you? It is an

squad, not a hanging party. And who are the lice who bet against the chief?

Nice guys who couldn't pass up the odds, just in case.

Afternoon, Ed.

I didn't know it was.

I wanted to tell you that I wanted to.

But I want to.

All right.

Go ahead.

Just keep the tears out of the paint.

I'm on that squad for one reason and one reason only. To prove your innocence.

Now, you were taught better than that.

You don't set out to prove one way or the other.

Just get the facts.

All right. First, I'll get the facts. Then I'll prove you're innocent.

I don't know why you just didn't tell him to take that squadron. I did.

Well, you're still on it.

Why is it that as long as you're a policewoman, you're reasonable, but the

minute you become a woman, you're impossible?

Now, listen, you two.

Till I'm relieved of duty, this is still my office.

I'll ask all of you to behave.

Hey, why don't we all get down to the work and find out who's framing the

You ever thought of a police career?

With these two as examples?

Just one nice, big, happy family.

You see him?

No dice.

Why would you expect him to come here now that he knows his connection's in

jail?

Maybe somebody else has taken over Lenny's territory.

I hope not.

Why?

Because if he's been without a fix for a while, it might be easier to shake a

little truth out of him. Ed, you know what the chief would say about that kind

of talk.

Uh -huh. I hear it loud and clear.

I mean it, Ed.

If you pull any rough stuff, we're in big trouble.

Eve. The chief is already in big trouble on the sworn statements of an addict

and a pusher. Now, I can't get at Lenny Josephs, but if I can get my hands on

Heike, it'll be worth whatever they throw at me.

You can get a cab home.

He lives at 934 Oliver Street.

Well, are you going to start the car, or are we going to sit here all day?

How should I know where he went? He just packed up and took off.

Fastest I ever saw him move.

Do you know where he worked?

Him work?

You gotta be kidding.

Thank you.

No much for that idea.

We did fit as well.

I wasn't really looking forward to being suspended.

Hey, brought me company.

Uh -huh.

You deserve each other.

Hey, Parrish, I'm out of smokes. Can you get me a pack?

My money's at the desk.

I wouldn't get you a shoestring if you were droning.

What do I have to do to you?

What do you think, you're some kind of a hero?

You're the guy, huh?

What? I got Ironside in the soup.

What of it?

Everybody's talking.

They say you pinned them good.

Well, it figures. Most cops are on the take.

My problem is that I never carry enough army to make it worth their while.

Hey, what do you figure he'll do to you when you get out?

Don't do a thing.

I got protection.

It's your play.

Oh.

Poker. Five card draw, jacks to open, just in case you forgot.

I didn't forget.

Two to open.

The last of big -time bettors.

Mark? I'm thinking.

Three of a kind beats two pair. A full house beats... I know, I know. I just

can't remember if anything beats a royal flush.

I'm out.

Don't eat the chips.

I don't see how you two can sit there and joke when... Hey, you have time to

in? No. What have you been up to? Where is it classified information?

I've been checking out every banking institution, brokerage firm, and

real estate agency in greater San Francisco.

Did you learn anything of interest?

I learned that you own stock in Whitman Holding Corporation.

Cards?

I not only don't own any such stock, I never even heard of the company.

Stater, Weeks, and Pierce have an account in your name.

You own 2 ,000 shares of Whitman Holding.

I thought I'd give you some advance notice because it's going to raise a few

eyebrows. Why?

Because of some stocks the chief probably forgot he owned?

Or doesn't know the company changed names two or three times?

No, because it's worth over $50 ,000.

I'll take one card.

Up to you.

What if you're not saying that none of us for a moment believes you're

with a syndicate? Then why say it?

I don't know. Well, I'll say this. I think it's a frame.

Your signature on that account form a nut. I am not taking this to the grand

jury. But it's not my signature.

Someone sent you a memo or something to sign.

You never looked at it, just scrawled your name on it. I never just scrawl my

name. If I haven't read it, I don't sign it. And I certainly would have read

that.

If it's a forgery, it's the best one I've ever seen.

If it's a forgery.

The brokerage said the account was opened, the stock purchased, and the

authorization returned by mail.

From where?

From the chief's office.

I don't understand.

A lot of my mail comes through the department mail room.

Any highly placed official could have had access and could have picked it up

without me ever getting it. But who?

A man on the inside.

Just walk in and take it.

Would anyone question you, Dennis?

Oh, don't accuse me, Bob. No, I'm not going to accuse you. I'm just pointing

one of the many ways it could have been done.

What steps are being taken here?

We've sent the original for lab analysis, and we're getting the top

expert in the area. Until then, my division commander has asked for and

recommended... My suspension.

Nonsense.

Is it?

If it were any other officer... It's not any other officer. I'm sure Chief

Ironside realizes what I'm saying when I suggest that we put the suspension into

effect. There should be no special treatment.

No special favors.

Everything according to regulations.

And the regulations call for suspension.

What do you think I ought to do, Bob?

Dennis?

You are the commissioner.

Mike is right about regulations.

All right.

I'm suspended.

And it's just between the chief and us in this room. No publicity, no official

notification.

The order for suspension will be signed by me and placed in my desk drawer.

I'll ask you to withdraw from all of your cases and cooperate with the men

take them over. There's no need to mention that you've been suspended.

Tell your division commander I want this case cleared up.

I want the chief absolved as quickly as possible.

I'll tell him. Bob.

I'm sorry it worked out this way.

But I think it's for the best.

Who's best?

What do you want me to do with that? Whatever you like.

All my records in the syndicate case.

You're resigning?

I am suspended.

Oh, that's just great.

I tell you, Bob, it makes a man wonder why he puts over 20 years on the force

and kept his nose clean.

Especially when this can happen.

Could have happened to you.

That's exactly what I'm thinking.

I didn't see any kind of a notice on you.

Oh, Commissioner's sitting on it.

Okay, I'll do the same thing.

I don't care one way or the other, Jimmy.

The whole department will know anyway.

I usually do.

I brought the van around.

Thank you.

Well, see you, Jimmy.

Did

you,

uh, get it? Mm -hmm.

Any trouble?

No, I waited for the duty orders to leave, and then you jerked me to open

locker. I'm an accomplice now, I guess.

You guess right.

Divestigation statement. Oh, man.

If you had as much on me as you do on Einstein, I'd have you in a pen a long

time ago.

How long are you going to protect him?

You're signing a statement.

Yeah. First, I've got to be clear you're going to change nothing.

There you go. You need anything else from me?

This will be quiet enough.

Hey, Parrish!

I'm getting a cold in this cell.

Tell the doc I need some pills.

You look fine to me.

Hey, listen, you're not allowed to let me get sick. I mean, I got mine right.

When you fall down the floor with children fever, then I'll know you're

Oh, yeah, but by that time... Oh, shut up, Willie.

Chief?

I don't know, man.

I have to search the office.

Do you have a warrant?

All nice and legal.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry, Sergeant.

We'll have Officer Whitfield assist you.

Mark, I think we ought to get ourselves a steak or something.

Steak? Or something.

What are we going to do?

Start searching the desk.

What do you think you'll find?

Nothing. Well, why did you get the warrant?

I did not get the warrant. I was ordered to look.

Now, would you please open the safe?

Ed, that's the chief's personal stuff in there.

I have to say I looked.

The final report has to include a search of this office.

It helps to keep the report as thorough as nothing has been found. I know.

A lifetime of memories locked away in here.

A lifetime of service to this department, too.

Ed, it must be killing him.

I don't get it.

He didn't like it to take a thing like this lying down.

You ought to be able to hear him roar all the way to Cocteau Leo.

There's something very odd about the way he's reacting to the... What's wrong?

Land deeds.

Sold to Robert T.

Ironside by Frank Martel.

What?

It's the chief's signature.

I don't care.

His signature was supposed to be on that stock order, too. But they're both

forged. Where is this Frank Martel? He'll never prove that sale. He can't

disprove it either. He died last year.

Whoever it is that's framing the chief, they're doing a beautiful job.

That they are.

That junkie.

The one who says he saw Martel give the chief money.

He also said he gave him a package.

And I'm willing to bet we'd find it.

Heroin? Here?

Finnegan gets a date from Red China.

A white powder variety.

What about the clown?

Flower. If they're framing him, they'd put it somewhere.

We have to report this.

Yes.

With the full explanation of the number of times we leave the office unlocked,

and the fact that anybody could have a key even if it were locked, and the fact

that that old safe could be opened by any amateur who can count to ten.

Do you think they'll believe us?

They'd better.

Eve, I have to talk to the chief.

Would you take this over to the lab to have it analyzed?

I'll pick you up there.

Ed?

What if we can't clear the chief?

What if they make it sick?

Yeah.

I'm frightened.

Well, sit down, Ed. Have a steak.

I'm not hungry.

Oh, you would be if you taste one.

It was great.

I assume you finished your search.

Chief, I have to talk to you.

All right.

I went through the office.

Mark. Yeah.

See you later, Ed.

You were saying? How come you sent Mark away?

Well, you have something to say to me.

Yes.

Frame's getting better.

They planted land title beads in your safe and quite a large cache of heroin

the flower sack.

He's taken it to the lab.

As soon as it's tagged and analyzed, I'm going to have to turn it in.

I wanted you to know first, in case. In case what?

Well, in case you could think of any explanation.

Somebody you saw in the building might have stashed it.

I have a simpler solution.

Good, I could use one.

Suppose I asked you to suppress it.

Are you asking me? I said, suppose I asked you to suppress it.

You wouldn't do that.

Suppress it.

Those were his exact words?

That's right.

better answer?

No, but he must have one.

He does. He sure didn't cut me in on it.

Eve, why is he leaving us out in right field?

Maybe because he needs a good right field.

That's a big help.

That's what I found.

Planted right in his own office, in his own safe.

He was there at the time.

Looks like I'm being pushed into getting a warrant for his arrest. Oh, now, just

a minute. Believe me, I wish I could find a reason to stall.

What did the chief say when you showed him this?

I didn't show it to him.

I told him about it. Well, that's the same thing. What did he say?

He said to suppress it.

What? You're sure he said that? Do you think I'd make it up?

Did anybody else hear him say it?

He sent Mark away from the table first.

Get me Burwell. I'll take this stuff to his office. He doesn't have to come over

here for it. I'm not calling about that.

Carmine, get your warrant.

Lieutenant Burwell, I have an unpleasant job for you.

Not at home.

How's it cold?

Oh.

My lawyer laid down the law, huh?

It's about time.

No, I haven't heard from your lawyer.

Here, maybe these will help. I got them from the doc.

Those cigarettes you wanted, what brand?

Oh, I don't believe this.

Well, I figure you're famous.

Yeah, for what?

I thought you fingered an innocent cop and I was ready to see you hang.

I noticed.

As it turned out, you did us all a favor. You caught a crooked one. You

they nailed him on what I said?

That and a lot more.

I would like to see my lawyer.

Thank you.

So long, Lenny.

Huh?

I said so long.

What do you mean, so long?

What do you think I mean?

Come on.

I'll get out on bail. All I have to do is ask. Ask.

Hey.

Hey, come on. Talk to me, will you?

What for?

You made your move. You knew what would happen to you. Don't cry to me.

Wait a minute. What are you getting at?

We couldn't figure out what got into you.

Unless you were just plain tired of living.

Me?

I'll get a short sentence, easy parole, and I'm home free.

But you?

Man, we won't even send you flowers.

Hold on now. You got it all wrong.

The only thing we don't know is how you knew it was me.

I didn't.

I swear I didn't know. Oh, sure, you pulled my name out of a hat.

With all the top officials to choose from.

You just accidentally fingered me.

No, you don't understand.

I understand, all right.

You knew what was going on here.

You made a deal with the assistant D .A. to get off.

Well, Lenny, you have a nice funeral.

No, listen, you got it all wrong. He made the deal with me.

He told me to finger you.

You expect me to believe that?

Oh, now, listen, Einstein, listen.

Now he set up my arrest and he said all I had to do was finger you and then I'd

get out on bail I could skip and the boys would take care of me for life

You're

a fool Lenny You're a damn fool you've been

conned

Mike Sidney wants to run for Attorney General. My conviction would put him

there. And you fell for it.

I could say I made it up. I could say I lied.

It's too late for that now.

You built the fire and they took it from there.

You've served your purpose, Lenny. They don't need you anymore.

Oh, look, Ironside.

Look, you were right. I got conned, right?

Well, talk to them.

Tell them it was a mistake.

Why should I?

Because he made me do it, don't you see?

He sold me a bill of goods.

Oh, you gotta tell them.

On one condition.

Why, anything. You name it.

Don't make Mike Sidney suspicious. Play along as if you believe him. I'll get

word out.

Sidney has to be stopped. It just might save your life.

Oh, don't worry.

Listen, if he says dog, I bark.

What's the rush?

Burwell's guts ending.

I knew a shipment alive last night. The heroine is on the docks. Where?

I'm waiting for a phone call right now. The sipsis says he saw it come off a

ship. He's following it. As soon as they light somewhere, he'll, uh... Burwell?

You sure?

Okay.

Don't worry about it. I told you I'll take care of you.

It's a warehouse.

457 Delmar.

I'll be late for the poker game.

Some official business came up. I'm in the car right now on my way.

I don't know how long I'll be held up.

If they move that new shipment out fast enough, I shouldn't be too long.

What?

What do you mean there's no new shipment? Four, five, seven, Delmar.

No, there's got to be some mistake.

All right,

let's go.

You planted the land deeds and the heroin?

They're mocking me.

I've never seen a man go to such lengths to frame himself.

When I realized what they were up to, I figured that was the only way to upset

their plan.

But we needed more evidence than Lenny himself was told about.

I had to convince him he'd figured the right man.

Where'd you get the heroin?

We took it from your contraband holding room.

He stole it?

Not at all.

If you look on the bottom of the pile, you'll find my receipt.

My apologies, Lieutenant.

For what?

For suspecting you.

Don't feel bad. I thought it was you.

Well,

tomorrow's the working day. Good night, everyone.

Good night, sir.

Well,

so much for that. Who's going to pour the drink?

Just a minute.

Who's going to take the tinting of the gray hairs I got this past few days?

Take it out of petty cash.

What about the sleep I lost worrying?

You can come in a little late tomorrow. And as for you, being in cahoots with

him... Some performance, huh?

I still don't see why you couldn't let us in on it.

Well, I didn't want you two to get involved.

Involved? You think we weren't... Involved in the wrong way.

Just for your own protection, in case anything went wrong.

That sounds like a cop -out to me.

Now, listen to me.

You are a policeman.

Good policeman.

Good friends.

Good people.

Now, if you had been me, what would you have done?

At least I was suspended long enough to finish my painting, which we will now

hang. Chief.

Ed, would you pour the drinks?

And we will toast the masterpiece.

I meant to tell you about it.

I was so upset about you that I guess I wasn't careful enough when I moved the

easel and... It fell on the floor.

When Mark came over to help me pick it up, we bumped into each other and... You

stepped on it.

I stepped on it.

You know, Chief, I kind of like it.