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Base, you take your medicine this morning like I told you.

Come on, let's just do it. Good man.

First one to crash a body picks the lunch spot.

We got a craving for the colonel.

everything in the bag.

Come on. Come on.

Let's give it up.

Get up.

Now, open the cash box or I'll hop and I'll hop and I'll blow your brain down.

Huh? Do it. Now.

Come on.

Now,

don't rephrase it too fast or you're going to land up dead.

Let's go.

So the groom crawled out in front of the church.

Heart attack.

He's got to be 80 with more money than Kuwait.

He knocked out a 25 -year -old wife, and he's not even going to get to enjoy his

wedding night.

Tough ceremony, huh?

Wait, wait, wait.

So I'm giving him CPR.

His bride is screaming at me, stop, in front of the priest, in front of anyone.

She tells me she wants him to die in peace.

But you revived the guy, and now she's really in mourning.

It's better.

The gold digger's suing the church. She's saying her husband slipped on the

rice. Any black and white or Baker units in the vicinity of 1430 Ocean Avenue?

211 in progress.

This is 1 Baker 6 responding.

Come on.

We can beat the black and white.

There's three of them. It's scattered on foot. Call it in.

Got a 2 -11 suspect on foot in a condo church. Request ambulance at 1430 Ocean

Ave.

Anything?

Nothing.

Like rats in a hole.

Same here.

Did she cheat you, Victor?

Uh -uh.

Don't try to talk it down.

Why everyone bags on my town.

Stand and see.

It works for me.

Take a look around.

Just another day in Italy.

Anybody be more than me.

Anybody makes me free.

Someday we'll run it down just

another day.

Hey, good morning.

Ooh, quality creative writing.

What's this for?

To get out of this department.

You mean you're going to quit to write the great American novel?

No, it's part of the communications requirements for the detective

Three nights a week they have us making up stories.

I see things between you and Bob are sailing right along.

Yeah, right into an iceberg.

You know, why do men think a dozen roses buys them out of any transgression?

Chris, TC, Corey.

Hey, come on.

All right, we face two certainties. These guys are very dangerous and

They don't care who they hurt or who sees them doing it. Yeah, classic

robbers. The division says it's our problem now. We own this case.

Do we have any positive IDs yet? So far, VICAP's come up dry.

No reliable witnesses.

What about the video camera at the store?

Nothing clean.

They were quick to take out the surveillance cameras.

We have to work up sketches.

Now, these guys have pulled off three similar hits up the north coast.

Looks like they're targeting our area next.

I should add the game.

Just remember, people, these are the same perps who killed a security guard

north two weeks ago and put a victim in the hospital yesterday.

This is entrapment.

Pure and simple.

Reading this stuff will rot your brain, del Toro. I don't read it for my brain.

You don't read it, period.

If you don't want my magazine.

Not so fast. You and I have been elected to test out Elvis' anti -theft bike

system. Ah, the bike alarm.

Well, yeah, a nanotracking system.

Monitors the bikes 24 hours a day.

I can think of a few girlfriends that would have come in handy with.

I don't believe it.

What's the matter? One of them dressed?

No, this is Teresa Winoni.

My Teresa Venoti. Teresa, it says Tori Chambers. So she's using a fake name.

It's not the only thing that's fake. Hey, this is the girl that I took to the

prom. I can't believe I dumped a centerfold. You dated her?

Invest in a shrink, del Toro. They get paid to listen to a delusional man.

Hey, I'm not delusional. And listen to this.

This is her fantasy.

To reunite with the man who took me to the prom.

The love of my life. So that I can give him the love now that I should have

then. That's me.

I find it hard to believe you're the love of anyone's life.

Hey, I swear, those were her exact words on prom night.

Welcome to Fantasy Island.

I can't believe I dumped a centerfold.

I've got to find her.

Never since the dark and stormy day she'd left her small East Texas farm had

Officer Lilith Byer felt such a surge of emotional feelings.

Peering inside the dusty windows of the paddy wagon, she anguished with pain as

she watched the man of her dreams.

A man for whom she'd do anything, be anything. A man she'd just put into

handcuffs.

Fine, that's enough for today. Next week, story structure.

Thank you.

Miss Kelly.

It's my story, isn't it?

You hated it, didn't you?

I didn't say that.

No, but your eyes did.

Jane Austen, it isn't. I'm not trying to be Jane Austen. I'm just trying to pass

this course for a work requirement.

Sorry if I waste your time, Dr. Jeffries.

It's Ron.

Dr. Jeffries happens to be my father, and no, you're not wasting my time.

Look, even though I'm going to give you a C on this paper... A C?

Don't worry about it. It's just your first assignment.

See, the problem is...

The mechanics of your writing is getting in the way of your passion.

Now, I believed Officer Bear.

I felt her pain, and the police world that you created for her is very real.

But the prose... Wasn't good enough for a B.

I'm sorry.

I am looking forward to the rewrite, though.

Oh, Miss Kelly.

Just, uh, one more thing.

I'm not really supposed to be doing this, but, uh, would you maybe...

Want to, like... Are you asking me out?

I mean, your passion is there, but your prose is a little clumsy.

Yes, but it's from the heart, Miss Kelly.

Chris, my mother isn't.

Good morning, Venice Beach! Everybody, join us over here and on your knees.

Now, it's going to be just like church, folks. I know it's not Sunday, but we're

going to take a little collection.

Please don't do this. You know...

I really hate whiners.

Open the drawer. Open it. Now, now.

Watch this. Watch this. What do you got there? Come on.

Give me the money now.

Let's go, big boy.

All units, 211 in progress.

22 North Metzger.

Handle code three.

Take down. Let's go.

Looks like our trio's back.

Ready?

Take just left, out the back.

Get these people out of here.

Go, T .T.

Stop it!

No can do, man.

Stop it now!

He's seen us.

What happened?

You okay?

I think I'm in a hurl.

Hello?

Call and hang up?

Haven't done that since junior high.

Yeah, well, I feel like I'm in junior high.

You want to tell me about it?

This guy asked me out, and I don't know what to tell him.

So what's wrong with him?

Nothing. He's warm and good -looking, intelligent, wonderful guy.

Who I think I should just dump right now.

Warm, intelligent, good -looking.

Yeah, I hate that type, too. What's wrong with you?

I just have this weird need to be honest with people, and I'm afraid if I tell

them the truth, it'll just blow up in my face.

First to the female cop?

Yep. They see blue. And they run.

You too?

Yeah, I lived with this guy for two years who insisted he was okay with it.

little by little, it started to get to him.

It's an unfortunate fact of police life that the male of the species hasn't

evolved to the point of accepting a woman with a gun.

Tell me about it.

But I will tell you one thing.

If you find somebody who can deal with it, you hold on and never let go.

I am not talking about jaywalkers here. These guys put another victim in the

hospital. Look, I faxed you the photos. We lifted up the surveillance cameras

hours ago.

No, no, don't tell me that. Just give me these IDs and get them now.

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just trying to get the morons down at Viacap to get

off the dime so we can catch these guys.

Yeah, I know that.

Are you okay? That's what I'm asking.

Why does everybody keep asking me that?

I'm fine.

Look, if you want a couple days off, it's no big deal. Why do I need a couple

days off?

You kind of had a rough day yesterday.

I am fine.

Really, I'm fine.

This is not my idea of a lunch break.

Will you just work with me, please?

And shut.

101, 105, and 107 all need airbrush work.

Hey, just handle it. We got deadlines.

Look, I've told you bike people a thousand times.

Deliveries are downstairs.

Oh, no, no, no. There was no receptionist out. We're not messengers.

We're cops.

Dressed like that?

Forget the uniform. We're not here on police business anyway.

You ever model?

You mean post -nude?

Not interested.

That's too bad.

You're stunning.

Besides, bio -rights itself.

Cop by day, dream girl by night.

Can I get you an application?

What part of not interested did not sink in? Mind if I ask your measurements?

Mind if I ask your IQ?

Excuse me, can I?

He's all yours.

Look, I'm just here to get an address on one of your center phones. You and 30

million other guys.

Teach me to keep my door open. No, no, no, you don't understand.

Tori Chambers and I.

Well, actually, she puts it best.

Um, I'm the love of her life.

Yeah, and I'm the Wizard of Oz I see in Kansas.

No, no, no, no. No, see, on our fantasy... Look, I'm sorry I can't be

connection officer, but this is publisher's policy.

I can't give out these addresses, you know that.

Now, if you don't mind, I'm up to my butt in, uh...

Okay. Hey, I got your message.

I think I figured out the takedown bandit's M .O.

What do you have?

We thought they left on foot, which they do, but they got a plant vehicle to

escape with.

Naturally, we'd be looking for a car, but knowing what we know now, it's got

be that damn ice cream truck, which nobody would take a second look at.

Make sense?

Yeah. I checked with the two places up north that got hit as well as the liquor

store. They all have interesting similarities.

Well, let me show you.

They all have back alleys which exit in several locations on the major

thoroughfares. Plus, they've all got a lot of foot traffic nearby just in case

the bad guys felt they needed to blend in and then return to the vehicle later.

You've been busy. Yeah, I made a list of all the places in our jurisdiction that

match these conditions.

I'll get copies of the video photos to them pronto. These guys have to vacation

their joints before they make the hit.

Maybe we'll get lucky. There's a lot of ground for one guy to cover.

I'll have the whole team distribute.

Yeah.

We're gonna nail these guys.

I can't believe that you actually like hockey. I love it. I mean, there's

nothing like a 250 -pound guy skating at 40 miles an hour, crashing another guy

right into the glass.

It's great.

It's a beautiful thing.

I can't believe a guy like you likes hockey. Just because I'm the teacher

doesn't mean that I don't like to have fun.

So, have you finished rewriting Officer Bear?

Well, um, I'm actually not quite sure how to attack it.

You know her. She's very real to you.

No.

She's... Just a character.

I think she's a little bit more than that.

It was strange because it was almost as if you'd been there and, like, seen

through her eyes.

She's got lucky.

I don't think so.

Where's that waitress?

Uh... Chris, did I do something wrong?

No. No, no. It's just that, uh...

Ron, I have something to tell you, and it's about what I do for a living.

Okay, I don't care what you do.

I'm... Well, uh... I'm a police officer.

You're a cop?

Yeah.

Well, that explains why you know so much about Officer Bear.

You don't care?

Why? Did I say something incriminating?

Not yet, no.

Well, why didn't you want to tell me about it?

I like you.

I see.

And you thought lying would be a promising start to our relationship.

Is that what we're starting?

Throw me a chalk.

Eight ball in the side.

No, better yet, eight ball, two cushions in the corner.

It's a scratch shot.

Scratch, scratch.

Lose the rack.

I'm on it.

You know, I think I've humiliated you enough.

One more game. Come on, man.

No, I gotta get some sleep, and I think you should, too. What do you think?

I think it's weak.

Yeah.

Pam, can I have another beer?

T .C., don't you think you've had enough?

I want more than enough.

Sorry, all right? I'm really sorry. Just give me a broom, all right? I'll clean

it up. I'll take care of it. Hey, I said just get me a broom, and I'll clean it

up, okay?

Hey, boy, TC, let me give you a lift home.

I don't need a lift home. I don't need you to baby me. What I need is another

beer. I've had enough.

I'm not on duty, Lieutenant.

Okay, tell a cop I'm your supervisor, you're cut off.

Hey, all right, if I can't get a beer here, fine.

I'll get one somewhere else.

Come on, TC, hey.

Don't worry. This will only take a second.

Teresa's grandmother, she loves me.

I can hear her now.

Madre mia, Victor.

It's a miracle.

Teresa has prayed for this a day.

And the policeman yet?

The woman worships me. You'll see.

Miss Fanoni.

Hello.

It's been a long time.

You look kind of familiar.

It's Victor.

Victor Del Toro.

Oh. Ow!

What was that for?

It's a big -shot prom date.

Treating my granddaughter like yesterday's garbage and then has the

come back here.

I was crazy about your granddaughter.

But it was high school. Things happen.

I'm a police officer now.

Just like that?

I'd rather be mugged than call you for help. Miss Venoni, please.

I just want to talk to her. I thought you would know where I could find her.

Give it up.

She's got a very nice boyfriend now.

Dexter cares for her. Dexter?

Dexter Pleasant.

And he's no Junior Park Ranger either.

I can tell you that.

Figure three out.

That was Elvis.

Thanks to his tracking system, he wondered why we were five miles east of

jurisdiction. You didn't tell him the truth, did you?

Oh, that I was aiding and abetting a sex -starved lunatic chasing after his

fantasy girl?

No.

I told them we were on an outreach program to the elderly.

But in your case, it was the elderly doing all the reaching out.

Perfect.

You get word on our takedown bandits?

No.

Nothing yet.

You want to tell me about last night?

Last night?

I am sorry about last night. I had way too much to drink.

That's all.

That's all?

Yeah, that's all.

You sure about that?

What are you getting at?

Looking down the barrel of mortality is not something you can hide from.

You have to deal with it before it deals with you.

Maybe you should talk to someone.

Sure. Maybe I should talk to the department shrink.

P .C., a guy put a gun in your gut.

It's no big deal.

It's just part of the job.

It's a part we never bargained for.

You can swallow those feelings. You can push them down to a place you never

visit. Drown them in booze. You can pretend they never existed.

While you're smiling and walking around saying it's no big deal, you can rip a

hole in your gut bigger than a basketball.

I know. I've been there.

You've got to let it out.

Your own way.

Your own time. You've got to let it out.

When you're ready to talk, I'll be there to listen.

What about the third guy?

Andrew Space Hewson.

This is the guy.

He's the one.

He's the one, doesn't fit.

Yeah, a couple of misdemeanors, one toss, burglary charge.

Makes you wonder how a guy like Space gets mixed up with this kind of garbage,

huh? I plan on finding out.

Thanks.

If your son at fault meant that much to you, then why did you ever break up with

her?

The truth is, I took her to the Parliament of Mercy day.

Broke up with her because she wasn't right for me.

Because she wasn't the one.

Because she wasn't a centerfold then.

Well, yeah.

Well, you know, going back to the old neighborhood reminded me that Teresa and

did have some good times, though.

Victor, hold up.

Time makes memories a lot better.

And airbrushing makes a fantasy grow more perfect.

You can live with an image, a fantasy.

If it were me, I'd save my fantasies for daydreams and enjoy my memories for

what they were.

Truth is, even if you did find her, she probably wouldn't remember you.

You think?

Yeah.

Victor!

Victor Del Toro!

You! Do you know how many times I've dreamed of you and I finding each other

again? I know.

It's incredible.

It must be in the stars or something, because I've been thinking about you

lately. You have been on my mind, too. Believe me.

I want to catch you up on everything in my life. I guess I'm really into

closure, and Lord knows lots has changed since high school.

Yeah.

Let's get together.

Look, I'm writing a little photo shoot right now, so I can't leave, but promise

me you'll meet me for dinner.

Absolutely. Do you believe in fantasies coming true, Victor?

You

didn't

happen to go to school with Brad Pitt, did you?

No.

And make sure this one goes through, too.

Okay, that's not going to be a problem.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Thanks. Your shift is over, right?

Um, yeah, sure.

I'll go get changed. No, no, no, the champagne will get warm.

Besides, this will probably prevent us from getting mugged in the parking lot.

A picnic this time of day? I know the perfect place to watch the sun go down.

Old.

Chris.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

What don't you do?

So I got the recipe from the food channel.

What is so funny?

Nothing. I cook all day and you're laughing at my chicken. I can't believe

I can't lie to you, but Julia Child, you're not.

Wait.

No, no, no.

Not yet.

Get off me.

I said get off!

What the hell is wrong with you?

I just like lady cops.

You are sick.

Or you'll end up like Mr. Happy. Move!

Ow! All right. Let's go!

Come on, move, move!

Come on, fast, fast.

Stay where you are. Hey!

Ow!

Well!

Well!

It's gotta be the takedown, guys.

Shots fired.

Officer possibly down. I repeat, officer possibly down. Officer needs

assistance.

Okay,

sir, thank you very much. Please just join the officer. Keep him and the rest

them back.

Sir, clerk says that one of the bad guys is dead and the other two are out of

control.

Chris is in there. The lemur must be down.

I can't reach either one of them on this thing.

They're everywhere, man.

What are we going to do?

Wait, wait.

Excuse me. My daughter. My daughter's inside.

Please help her. Calm down. Calm down.

We're going to get her.

Okay? We're going to get her.

Officer?

Time to put the pressure on.

Before you position yourself here, Victor and I are moving to position in

back. We're going at the same time on my signal.

You guys feel off the front. Keep trying to reach him on the radio.

Okay.

This is 2 Baker 7.

Chris, please respond.

Roll around back.

They found out we shot a cop and we're dead.

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

What are we going to do?

Mama?

Mama?

This is the solution.

You go find the cop. I'll get her.

Once we're on back, let us go or we'll kill them.

Go.

2 ,800 blocks, Maria.

we're set got it

It's only important.

I won't. I promise.

You all right?

Better.

Unless you want that girl to die, drop the guns now.

No way. Can't do it. Do it! Do it now!

You

guys okay?

Yeah.

It's okay, sweetie.

You're okay now.

Easy, all right?

I'm cool.

You're cool, right? Everybody's cool.

Is he giving you any trouble?

Wham? Yeah.

His name's Palermo. Trust me, you're in royal pain sometimes.

No.

No problem.

I'm TC.

You're Andrew, right?

I hate that name.

People call me Space.

Is that because you grew up in Florida near the cave?

Yeah. How'd you know that?

I've been learning about you, Space.

Your brother, he still lives down there, doesn't he?

Yeah. Yeah, it must be hot there.

It sucks.

We're not as bad as being here, though.

Talk it back off, man! Easy, all right? Easy.

That's what I'll do! Easy, man, come on! Make it back off!

Just friends of mine, all right?

Just more friends, okay? They're cool, I'm cool.

Everybody's still cool, right, Space?

Look, man, you know how this all works.

If you shoot him, then I gotta shoot you. All of them have to shoot you. In

fact, every damn cop in the force has to come down here and shoot you. I don't

know why.

It's just the way it is.

So why don't you point the gun away from the Lambo?

Come on, man, why don't you point it away from him?

In fact, why don't you point the gun at me?

We can do this all over again.

Look, this may seem bizarre, but I never got a chance to thank you for not...

Well, you know, shooting me the other day.

It's okay.

I don't know why you didn't shoot.

I'm thinking maybe it's because you were scared as I was.

Scared as I am now?

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

I didn't know how I got here.

Doing this.

I don't know how it all works any more than you do.

But I do know I don't want to kill you.

And I sure as hell hope you still don't want to kill me.

Let me go.

I owe you that, don't I?

But I'm wearing this uniform, man.

And you know there's rules to this game.

Look, Space, you're not like those other two guys. You've still got a chance.

You've got to figure that a little bit of time in jail is better than a lot of

time dead.

Come on, man. Just drop.

Turn around.

Put your hands behind your back.

You okay?

I think I'm in a hurl.

He licked your badge?

Yep.

Another chapter in the curse of the female cop.

Well, how'd you handle him? What'd you do?

Well, let's put it this way.

He won't be singing bass today.

Well, at least Victor found true love.

You're into a lot of trouble for all of this.

This is even the same song they played at prom.

Oh.

Nothing's too good for my Teresa.

You know how many times I've thought about high school?

Prom.

We were such kids then.

No, I was a child.

You are mature beyond your years.

You know, even though I wasn't ready for that, you know, big step in our

relationship, you were such a gentleman.

You never pissed yourself on me like most guys would have.

I've never forgotten that, Victor.

Oh.

You're not a child anymore.

I've missed you, Victor.

I've missed you, too.

You know, I've always thought of our relationship as very special. Oh, it

have been so much more.

It still can be.

What's more special than true friendship?

I mean, there's lots of guys you can give a body to, but... But, Sophie, you

trust with your heart.

Friendship? Yeah, you know, like me and you.

Buds for life?

Buds?

What about what you said in the magazine?

About your fantasy, being reunited with the love of your life.

The guy that took you to the prom.

That? Yeah.

Oh, God.

Well, the PR people make all that stuff up. You know, it's all part of the

fantasy thing for all the droolers out there.

Right. You know the type.

Right, yeah. I have a good idea.

I'm so glad you're not like them.

You're my buddy

What's

up I'm ready for that talk now

I see

Take a look around.

It's just another day in L .A.

Everybody, she's more than me.

Anybody,

please see it free.

Someday.

What in this town? Just another day, oh.