All language subtitles for ironside_s07e07_the_helping_hand

Everything was just marvelous, Rosita.

Maravillosa. Muchas gracias.

De nada.

I like making. Are you sure you won't
take some of it home?

No, gracias.

Oh, my guess.

Um, I'll be right back.

Uno momento.

Well, right on time.

As I recall, you threatened to serve
only bread and water if we were one

late. I didn't intend to miss the
curtain.

Is that Mexican food I smell?

Yes, it is indeed. Now you sit down and
relax, and I'll be back in just one

minute. Oh, wow.

He's going to kick himself for not being
able to make it tonight.

Um, 20, right?

I'll see you next Tuesday.

Mark, there's a key.

Oh, Rosita, I would like you to meet
somebody.

My bar.

This is nothing.

This encanted all right.

Chief, you've been talking about finding
somebody to do some day work over at

headquarters. But Rosita is great, and
she's a fantastic cook, as you soon will

find out.

Lo siento, señorita.

Voy a llegar tarde y no habrá quien me
lleve.

Ah. Looks like she took to you right
away.

I didn't understand what she said.

She said she was afraid she'd miss her
ride.

Yes, the agency does pick her up.

Well, dinner will be ready in just one
minute. Excuse me.

She sure was a police badge?

Mm -hmm.

That's what she said.

When's she supposed to go back?

Tuesday. Next Tuesday.

Well, just say she's got the proof.
We'll send a legal in her place. All

I'll be at the office, okay? Okay.

Oh, Rosita.

Uh, don't worry. Everything's gonna be
all right. No ting -a -meas, huh?

You won't have to go back to work here
again, all right?

If any of you got paid in cash, you
better let me know. Tell them.

I told them in the bus.

Make sure you sign that just the way
it's made up.

You must have quite a scare.

But you got nothing to worry about.
We'll take care of everything.

Pedro, por favor, dile si puede darme un
poco más dinero.

Teresa necesita medicina.

Pero tú sabes que ellos no hacen eso.

Por favor, Teresa está peor. Doesn't she
understand? We'll see that she works

somewhere else.

What she was saying is she needs more
than five dollars.

Her sister is sick and they need
medicine. Man, it doesn't take them long

forget, does it?

You tell her that's what we agreed on.
Five dollars. There's nothing extra for

uncles, aunts or sisters. We're not
running a charity.

Lo siento, Rosita, pero el señor Stoner
dice que no.

You heard. No.

Now what's wrong? She left her purse
over where she worked.

Well, go pick it up sometime tomorrow.
You or Graham. Just don't make a big

out of it.

We better get going.

It's going to take us 40 minutes to get
there and the traffic is heavy.

Poor girl. She left in such a hurry, she
forgot her purse.

Well, you have a phone number?

Well, she doesn't have a phone. What's
the name of the agency?

Uh, Bay City's Employment Agency.

But they'll be closed by now.

Should be an address on her immigration
card.

Well, go ahead and open it. Your
motive's honorable.

Here it is.

Uh, 112 Geary.

Word six.

Hey, I can drop it off on the way home.
Oh, no, no. I think I'd rather get it to

her now.

What about the theater?

Oh, well, the curtain probably won't go
up on time anyway.

You two go ahead, and I'll meet you
there. Cold, hard -hearted cop.

We've got to find a way to thaw her out.

I'll go along with you.

But the tickets have to be picked up at
8 o 'clock.

I'm on my way.

I may be a little old -fashioned, but a
lady should always be escorted to the

theater.

Un poco de sopa.

No tengo ganas de comer.

Déjame en paz.

Pobrecita.

Solo un poco, Teresa.

Quiero que me obedezcas.

Mr. Graham?

Yeah. We're looking for Rosita Rojas.

Oh, uh, you want a domestic?

Well, no, she worked for me today, and
she left her purse.

I want to return it to her. Wait a
minute.

You're the, uh... Miss Belding.

This is Chief Robert Ironside.

Of course.

Now I remember the name.

By golly, Chief, I should have
recognized you right off the bat. Come

thought that Rosita's home address would
be on her work permit, but... Well, you

see, most of the girls move around so
much, it's easier for them to use this

one. But, hey, that's real nice of you
to bring her purse. I'll see she gets it

first thing in the morning.

Well, I have a feeling she might like it
tonight.

Excuse me, Mr. Graham, but Miss Belding
might rest a little easier, I think, if

she could talk to Rosita herself.

Where could I find her?

Well, like I said, these girls, you
never know where they're going to be

So I just put out the word and they find
me, you see.

Forgive me, but as her employer, don't
you have some sort of record?

Oh, no, Chief.

I'm just an agent.

I don't employ.

See, Bay City sends me the small jobs,
day workers.

They don't bother that stuff.

And I take a percentage and provide
transportation to and from a collection

point, you see.

Why don't you let her go till morning?
She's registered.

Immigration can find her for you.

Oh, wait a minute.

Just a minute, Chief. There might be one
fellow who can help us tonight.

Excuse me a second.

Let me see.

There's a guy I call sometimes when I
need extra girls, you know.

Hello? It's Ross Graham.

Helping hand. Who's this?

Okay, Ross. What's up?

One of my customers here found a purse
and she wants to return it to one of my

girls, Rosita Rojas.

You mean the lady cop? She's there?

Right. Now, what I want to do is find
Rosita so that my customer here can

her purse to her. Bring it?

Here? Tonight?

Yeah. Okay, but you better get here
before the cop.

We need the van.

We'll have them ready and waiting for
you.

Yeah.

I know the house. Oh, yes, you can find
it easy.

Hey, that's a break, pal.

Thanks a lot.

Hey, great.

We lucked out.

The house is on Montrose, 276, right
near 4th Avenue.

You've been very helpful, Mr. Graham.

My pleasure, Chief.

You tell her what to say to the cop,
unless she wants to get arrested and

back home.

Girls outside, everybody into the van.
That lady cop brought her boss along.

you ever hear of a man named Ironside?

Ironside? Hey, when was the last time
you saw a doctor? Doc Turner this

afternoon. What, that drunk druggist?

Call welfare and get a doctor. Okay, as
soon as we get these cops on our hair.

Cruise around for a half hour and call
me.

Hey, what's the problem now? Nothing.

He's a disgrace.

Acts like he's not one of us. He does
nothing to help. You have a place to

sleep, you have food to eat, and you're
making money. Now, come on, come on,

come on. Come on, you talk later.

Vamanos, vamanos, come on.

Rosita? Miss Belling, I brought your
purse.

I better say, she doesn't speak much
English.

We can handle it, thank you.

Okay. Well, if you need me.

Yes, senor.

Rosita, where is Teresa?

Okay now.

Se siente mejor.

Oh, ¿dónde está?

En el trabajo, señor.

Está trabajando de noche.

Hay una buena posición.

Teresa found a nighttime job.

She felt well enough to go to work
tonight.

Rosita, I want you to come with us.

Please, you come with us.

No, no quiero ir.

Please,

go.

Yeah. I guess she was glad to see you,
huh?

Where does Teresa work?

The sister?

I don't know. I just manage the
building. Doesn't she know?

No. She doesn't remember the name of her
sister's doctor.

Some of them go to clinics. Different
doctors there all the time.

How many other girls live in this house,
Mr. Stoner?

What?

Mexican girls, Central American girls.
How many live here?

We have 18 right now. They like to stick
together, you know.

Any of them around?

Not now. They're mostly live -in
housekeepers. They stay here only on the

off. What about Mr. Graham?

Wouldn't he know our Teresa works? Who?

Oh, the helping hand guy. Could be.

You want me to look him up? He's
probably in the phone book. Thank you.

bother. We have telephone books in my
office.

What's the matter with him? They've been
through this before.

Shut him up.

Santeria. Santeria.

Are the cops gone?

Okay.

Have a doctor there.

I got a basket case in my hands.

Send me the duty officer, please.

That's the technique.

First they make people like Rosie to
think the streets are paved with gold in

the U .S.

Once they've gotten them here, they
count on muscle. This is Chief Ironside.

have a problem of jurisdiction and I
need the immigration's help.

Yes? Illegal alien.

I told you to get a doctor. Ross, it's
too late. Dead is dead.

Get her in the van.

I'll get the other girls.

Thank

you, girls.

Rosita!

Sergeant Vermeer, Demigration. Oh, yeah,
please, come in.

I'm, uh, Sagan, and this is Officer
Delvey. How do you do?

How do you do?

Well, it looks like you ran into a whole
operation, huh?

And a girl in trouble.

Coffee? Oh, thank you.

Anybody watching that house? Oh, yeah,
Sergeant Brown's down there now.

How many, um, are there standing by
there?

Well, ma 'am, uh, there's too much
smuggling going around. It's hard to

track of.

See, once they're over the border, most
illegals are on their own. Then you have

these gangs that offer so -called
guarantees.

Phony papers, housing, jobs.

They traffic mostly with young, distant
women.

It's a slave trade.

Thank you for coming, Sergeant Ramirez.

I'd like you to see Judge Homer
Thompson.

He'll issue warrants to check on visas
and permits.

Good. I'll be there around midnight.

Hurrah, girls.

Rosita and Teresa.

If you don't find them both, that'll
give me grounds to move. Chief, I think

it's the girl.

Rosita? Ayúdeme.

Ayúdeme. Tiene que haber muerto.

Right, they're dead. They're after
Rosita.

Rosita, tell me your telephone number.

Pronto. Cuatro, siete, cuatro.

Three, nine, nine, eight.

Espérame ahí.

Rosita? Rosita!

This is a police emergency. I want the
location of a public phone.

No.

Sorry, sir, we were a little late. A
stabbing victim, unconscious.

Nobody saw it happen, and people heard
the woman shout.

Came, took a look, and found this.

His name is Floyd Stoner.

Mark, call Ed. He's to move in on that
house.

For a possible murder suspect.

Rosita Rojas.

Any people hear the screams?

From the gas station across the street.

Then what, a fight?

No, sir, nothing.

Did you find the weapon?

Yeah, it's a knife. I have it.

All right, send a man with a donor.

A piece of metal clears his throat. I
want to be informed.

These were in his pocket.

Eleven checks made out to Mexican women,
all endorsed.

One is mine, to Rosita.

All right.

You don't think Rosita willfully stamped
him, do you?

Officially, I do.

Makes it legal for Ed to search.

Sergeant, I don't think Stoner was
alone.

Rosita said, Los, there, Dineen.

I see them coming.

At least two people left this car.

Ross Graham.

I'll run a make on the car.

All right, Sergeant. This is to be
completely photographed before it's

We have a fugitive on foot.

Girl, Rosita, possibly someone named
Ross Graham.

Put out a pickup on him. Cock, 35, blue,
brown, about 160.

That's cool.

The house is empty. All cleared out. I
have that. Thank you.

The car belongs to Floyd's donor. Same
address.

Anything else?

How does Graham transport his girls?

I don't know.

Design side. Look for a truck or a van
registered to a Ross, Graham, or to an

agency called the Helping Hand.

Or to Stoner, or anyone residing near
that Montrose address.

Apprehend it, but be careful.

It may be transporting a dozen abducted
women.

Anyway, do you have the back roads
covered?

Please do.

Maybe we're wrong about Graham's van.

CHP can't find it.

No golf in the hospital?

Stoner is still unconscious.

What did the druggist have?

A hangover and a sloppy ledger. I copied
Teresa's prescriptions. Simple

sedatives and several refills of
epinephrine from several doctors.

Asthma?

If she were acute, they knew it.

I find those doctors.

See it.

Sergeant, anything left?

No, there's a sledge up across the
street.

They don't know anything, or at least
they're not talking.

Maybe this is something. Lettuce from
Livermore, Fresno.

Yeah, there's something.

Why, they're not on the highway.

Farm, vineyard.

Probably a part of their network.

I'll check them.

Chief. I'd like to talk to those people
across the street.

Why not?

They might be more willing to speak to a
woman.

Go on.

Let me show you the top.

I don't employ the women. I rent them
the space and equipment.

And different buyers come to discuss.

The women get paid by the items.

The buyers pay, not me.

Mrs. Sturgeon, would you please turn off
the machines?

This lady wants to talk to you.

My name is Officer Belding.

I'm with the police.

Look, these people here are all legal.
They're Americans like anybody else.

Oh, I know that.

And they have the same civil rights.

This isn't a roundup.

I am not with immigration.

I am here to ask you to help me save the
life of Rosita Rojas.

And maybe the lives of all the girls
across the street.

They've disappeared.

And they could be sacrificed.

They don't know what you're talking
about.

We have reason to believe there was an
attempt made on Rosita's life last

What happened to her?

Where is she now?

Somebody knows.

To anyone who can give me any answer, I
guarantee full protection.

Together, we are stronger than they are.

Mil gracias.

Thank you, Mrs. Church.

patrol found Graham's van.

Where? Near Livermore. What about the
girls?

They don't know yet.

Some kids scuba diving.

Found the van at the bottom of a lake.

At least we know the other girls are
still all right.

I'd like you two to check it out.

Yes, sir.

What? I think it's about one block west
and then three or four north of the

house where the girls live.

Now, what is?

Where would you go if you were Rosita in
a strange city? You don't speak the

language and you're frightened.

Now, where would you go?

Rosita Rollins.

Don't you police have anything better to
do than to hound a poor girl who's

already exploited by these people? Our
primary interest is not the legality of

her entry into this country, Father. She
needs protective custody.

But she needs you first, Father.

You two aren't real orthodox, are you?

Have you seen her?

No. Which means you know her. I know
most of the girls on Montrose Street.

full of trouble.

Trouble keeps me in business.

Same here, Father.

You said protective custody.

Rosita knows more than her exploiters
want her to tell.

She ran away when her sister died.

How do you know all this?

She phoned.

The call was never completed, though.
They apparently spotted her. She had to

get away.

You think she's hiding somewhere?

Yes, probably in a neighborhood where
Spanish is spoken.

Then why hasn't she tried to call you?

We can't be sure.

We found one of the gang near the phone
booth she used.

He'd been stabbed.

Now, if she did it, she might be afraid
he's dead, might be afraid she'll be

blamed. She talked to you, Father.

Don't forget the seal of the
confessional.

Of course.

If she comes here, we're hopeful you'll
persuade her to get in touch with us.

The men who are after her are not the
type to confess, Father, to you or to

I've been looking all over for you.

Have you found me?

You know you're supposed to be searching
for Rosita?

You still on the loose?

What do you mean, you don't know? You're
sitting around the bar?

I've been trying for the battery all day
long.

Didn't you hear the news?

What news?

They found your van.

Well, they couldn't. Not yet.

It was on TV.

I figured I'd get off the streets,
that's all.

But they couldn't. It's under 40 feet of
water.

That's why the kids like you there.

Scuba divers.

Said they were practicing deep dive when
they saw it.

A federal.

You remember.

What about Teresa?

It wasn't my fault. Well, it wasn't mine
either. No, but I told him to get a

doctor. You heard me. I said get a
doctor. Look, look, look.

You're not getting me mixed up in it.

Compadre, you're already mixed up in it.

I find girls for you.

I help you track them around.

I translate.

I take orders.

That's all. And this is one of them. How
do you think that's going to look in

court? Your own people.

Okay, okay. What do you want from me? I
want you to just remember that Teresa

was dead before she was put in my van.

Huh? I remember. I remember.

Get back in the street.

Go back to Barry. If anybody can find
Rosita before the cops do, you can.

And while you're there, amigos, take a
good look around.

Remember how good the life is now.

Better what it was before.

Hey.

No. Well, she screamed.

Remember seeing the knife flash in his
hand?

Remember his running? It's all there.

It's like a Chinese puzzle.

Wouldn't the second man have tried to
stop her? She's insisting now that she

confused when she spoke to me on the
phone.

That there was only Floyd Stoner.

Maybe she didn't see anyone else.

Well, it's late.

Mark, you won't mind sleeping on the
couch, will you? No, I won't.

I have these transcribed Spanish
-English first thing in the morning

Judge Thompson and David Hiddick in the
DA's office.

Don't you have to book the girl?

DA knows I have her, and we've asked
Judge Thompson for the earliest possible

hearing on her custody.

I'm going to petition to keep her here
until we find out how big this mess

really is.

I've talked to Ed Brown.

They searched two Livermore farms, two
more to go.

Yes, attorney, we'll go along with the
DA. He's sending a lot of copies.

The helping hand is registered to Stoner
and Graham together.

All they own are the sewing machines and
a couple of vehicles, including the

van.

And by the way, Rosita's papers are
forgery.

I'll look these over on the way to
court.

We're due in 20 minutes.

What about Rosita?

She's not required to appear.

How'd you work that out?

The DA helped.

The hearing's informal, and we haven't
filed criminal charges yet.

I didn't want to expose her to Judge
Thompson with a question of the second

unanswered.

Well, I think that's everything.

She's our inside office.

This is the officer building.

What's her name?

Yes. Pedro Reyes?

Yes, I have it. Thank you. Thank you
very much.

That was one of the girls at the
sweatshop.

She thinks we should question a man
named Pedro Reyes.

He works for the Helping Hand.

Did she say where to find him?

Oh, she doesn't know.

But he drops by the shop once in a
while.

All right, Mark.

See what you can get on him. I'll drop
you off at the quiet house first.

Do you know a man named Pedro Reyes?

¿Conoces a Pedro Reyes?

No, señor.

That's incredibly sad.

But, Robert, she's an illegal alien, and
I can't make my own special

interpretation to the immigration laws.

Listen to what I'm asking. I'm appearing
on a specific local criminal matter.

Abduction, unlawful detention,
extortion, and possible homicide.

The coroner says she died of asthma
complicated by pneumonia.

Now, what's your line on homicide?

To establish that her condition was
acute, that the gang was aware of it,

that her abduction contributed directly
to her death.

Mr. Hillier, I take it the district
attorney's in action on this? Yes, sir.

was treated at county medical, and we
know which doctors prescribed for her.

However, the court's aware that welfare
agencies are forbidden by law to name

illegal aliens for us, so it's touching.
What about Floyd Stone or multiple stab

wounds, a fractured skull?

His condition doesn't argue he assaulted
Rosita.

Well, a hard fall would explain the
fracture and concussion, Your Honor.

What of the knife? With no fingerprints.

Now, which is more logical?

That she took it away from him, used it,
wiped it clean, or that she carried it

herself, saw him coming, and ran from
the booth to avenge her sister's death?

What was the second man doing?

Was there a second man?

Now, she denies it. Why would she lie?

To protect a friend, Your Honor.

A moral commitment, however misguided
and foolish.

So the culprit becomes the martyr.

At the moment, before the law, she's a
culprit only in that she's here

illegally.

And perhaps helps to encourage the false
impression that all Mexicans, American

-born or otherwise, are somehow
wetbacks.

Aren't you forgetting a few things?

That no taxes are paid by illegal
aliens.

that most of what they make is sent out
of the country? Your Honor, Rosita was

earning up to $20 a day and was only
allowed to keep $20 a week. Now, how

could she afford to send home?

I am offering to act as amicus curiae
here, to keep Rosita with me, because

the best way to safeguard a priceless
source of eyewitness testimony and

positive identifications.

Illegal entry is a legislative war. This
battle won't win or lose it.

But Rosita can do.

is to help us get the pack of animals
that preyed on her.

David, he makes some sense.

If the court insists, we'll enter a noli
prosequi on the current courts.

All right, Robert, you can have the
girl.

I profoundly hope we're steering the
proper course.

I think we'll know before the day is
out.

Hello, Mark.

Chief, there is more than one paper
raised on this town.

Good. You can tell me about all of them.

Your Honor.

Thank you, David.

Well, I think we can eliminate one
person who he has.

He's a very strong occupation on the
station in Virginia.

Might be the one.

That would explain Rosita.

Remember where she was born?

Sonora, isn't it?

Cabarca, to be exact.

This Pedro Red was born in Caborca.

No me llena su explicación, Rosita.

Y la situación se pone peor.

Chief Ironside's office?

Oh, I'm sorry, he's not here. This is
Officer Belding.

Yes, Doctor.

He died.

When?

¿Ha muerto?

Sí, lo siento.

No, he's at the courthouse now.

I'll call him over there, and if he has
any questions, he can call you right

back.

Thank you, doctor.

Sentence 1691, please. This is a police
emergency.

This is Officer Belding.

Rosita, ¿qué está haciendo?

Somos sus amigos.

¿Qué no entiende?

Téngase.

Come with us.

Let's go.

Well, didn't she tell you that?

I saw the priest driving her to your
place. You were looking for her? But I

a few minutes too late.

For what?

To help her or to kill her?

Rosita insists that there is no witness,
and she knows she needs one or she'll

be charged with murder.

Now, why would she protect someone who's
tried to keep her in virtual slavery?

I think Rosita's lying.

I think you were there, Pedro.

You don't know what you're talking
about.

In spite of everything, Rosita's happier
here. They all are.

Teresa. I could not stop what happened
to Teresa.

I don't give the orders. I take them.

Were you taking orders the night Stoner
was stabbed?

Stoner was going to kill Rosita. He was
attacking her with a knife. Didn't you

try to stop him?

I was not there. There were fingerprints
in Stoner's car. Yours among others.

No. You either saw Rosita stab Stoner or
you did it yourself.

I was not there.

What kind of man is it, I wonder, who
can watch a little girl grow up and

she's out of her childhood see her sold
into bondage, watch her sister die, and

then let her face a charge of murder and
do nothing, nothing to help? What kind

of man?

A man born in a straw bed on the floor
of a shack.

Whose Christ included the miserable dear
to find enough to eat and still went

hungry.

A man who thought he would come to the
land of plenty to be somebody.

And never starve again no matter what he
had to do.

A man who made it across the border.

Legally.

Only to discover that in most people's
eyes he still was a nobody.

Without skills.

Without education.

You are lucky you have no legs, man.

You don't have to walk on your knees.

That's the difference between us, Pedro.

You have a choice.

Well, how is Rosita?

She wants to see Father Arturo.

She'd like to go to confession.

That's funny.

That's just what I was going to suggest.

She's there.

You won't get hurt.

Come on, let's go.

Hey.

Never know who you'll meet in turn, do
you?

I told you, Officer Belding.

It felt like a real good day for getting
prayers answered.

Back off, Larry.

Off!

I will shoot.

You believe me.

I wish you good luck.

Bedrock!

Bedrock!

Better you tell them.

You tell them the girl was dead when
they put her in my van.

I already told them, Rosen.

And I also told them where they can find
the other girl.

Everything. You conned me.

That's a picture.

Now it's time for you to put your gun
away.

You'll share in the responsibility for
Teresa's death, for the abduction of the

girls, for the smuggling of human
beings.

Now, I strongly suggest you keep it just
at that.

He killed Stoner, but in defense of
Rosita.

When they read the sentence, you fire on
sight.

I'll be standing up.

I will never get on my knees again.

Except maybe in a place like this.

Maybe.