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Micah should be out by now.

You want a cup of coffee or something?

Shouldn't take the DA an hour to question a 10 -year -old.

Here they come.

What are you doing?

He did great.

Landy's still lifting him as a potential witness.

For what? It'll never happen. The jury would turn on him for asking a kid to

bad things about his father.

Look, we have to go. He has a softball game.

Give me a minute.

Opening arguments, one o 'clock?

Yeah.

You okay?

Well, he tried to trip me up, but I said... It's all right, Michael.

Whatever you said in there, it's not going to hurt me in court, all right?

I tried to help you. You did.

Buddy, you did.

I'm sorry you had to go through this.

We really have to go.

Coach is batting the third.

Yeah? That's a key spot.

Eye on the ball.

Right.

I have to talk to you.

We found Zeke at the Red Arrow, just like you said.

Well, happy to be of service.

Just want you to verify something.

Hi, Pam. Zeke Shepard.

Can I go now?

One last time.

Where were you at 8 .40 last night?

Midnight Caller, strip club on Logan. That's not right.

He was with me.

Did the man lie about going to a strip club? Any conversations with Detective

Washington, a Philly PD.

Last night? Yes.

About what time?

Round eight. For how long? Ten minutes.

I was with him for an hour. Ten minutes?

Yeah. I was gone by 8 .15.

I'm

gonna

bury you! I got a right to know.

I told you, as soon as we have a... Oh, give me that, man. I heard you talking

before. You know who did it.

Go home.

You know what? You're blowing me off because she's a junkie, right?

Opportunity. I did not kill Tammy Anderson.

Who's that?

A cop?

Get him out of here.

You protected him.

You bastards always stick together, huh? I'll tell you what. You dead.

You hear me, Captain?

Let's go, Washington.

Badging gun.

Hearing's tomorrow.

Might get him back, but don't hold your breath.

Detective Washington.

Hey.

Zoe, please.

Officer.

Dancing away through temple law.

Are you framing me for Tammy's murder?

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

She's my confidential informant, she turns on me, gives me up to IAB. Right.

I heard something about that. Gives me motive.

Makes me look good for it. Well, I'm sure you got a really good alibi.

You know a guy named Zeke Shepard, don't you?

No. Can't say I've had the pleasure.

I got a lot of stuff on you, Tripoff.

Where, when, how, and who.

So if you're screwing with me, you set me up for Tammy's murder, I'll bring it

home.

What? with the threads.

Marcellus, come on.

You know, you could come to me with any problem.

Relax.

Hey, you want to watch Zoe dance?

She's fantastic.

My dance car is full right now.

Listen to me. I didn't touch your sister.

I didn't touch your sister. I heard what that cop said. He's wrong.

I tried to help Tammy, man. I'm the only one who did. Man, I saw her body.

She had a bullet in her hand, man. I know, Brian. Brian, I know. I know. It's

Brian, right? Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.

Now, if you kill me, the guy who capped your sister, he's still going to be out

there. Isn't that what you want?

Huh?

Now, we're going to find this guy, man. I swear to you.

They don't care. They don't care. They care. This case has heat.

How's the cops accused?

Huh?

When they find out it's not me, they're going to have to find this guy. You

understand? You understand?

Man, you're lying to me. I'm not lying. You're lying.

I'm not lying to you.

You got to cool down, man.

You got to be cool.

Now, come on. Let's get out of here.

Okay? Come on.

Come on. Everything's going to be okay.

Get off me.

We've been all out.

You had a rough day. Yeah, good.

Well, how's Mikey?

He spent his gym period with the DA.

Terrible.

Do that to a child.

Well, he's hanging in there.

Opening arguments?

Well, you know, it's...

Landy says that I'm the scum of the earth, and my attorney says that I'm St.

Michael.

I like it hot.

Would you have a post -mortem with your attorney?

Let's just eat.

Please don't say that to me, Mike.

Hey. Mike.

My father used to come home when he was a cop and he'd have bruises on his hands

and I'd say, what happened?

And he'd say, let's just eat.

I'm not your father.

Marcellus.

You gotta be kidding.

I need a minute.

We're eating.

I'm sorry.

It's important.

Can you give us a second?

This couldn't wait.

No, you help every sucker who jumps in your cab. You can't give me five

Every sucker doesn't lie to me every time I turn around.

Mike, IAB's looking at me for murder. Well, the simplest explanation is

the right one. You really think I killed Tammy? I told you before, I don't know.

Nothing has changed to make things any different. You did take the money.

Tammy knocked you out the IAB. You got motive.

And I got an alibi. Well, then you don't need me.

Zeke, change the story, okay?

I'm being set up.

Oh, okay.

All right.

I'll play.

By who?

Nick Trepov.

Oh, wait a minute. Trepov? Why would he do that?

I can see your mind working, Marcellus.

Sweating every word that comes out of your mouth.

What lie are you going to tell next?

You don't need to know the why. You're right. I don't. I'll see you.

Mike, you get off. Talk to him. You talk to him. I hope he sees me within 100

yards of Zeke Shepard. I'm done. Well, then you'll get Rossi to do it. He's

told to stay away from the stink of me. Well, I got the same memo. Mike!

All these years, I get your back. And what good did it do me? My trial's in a

dumper. I'm probably going to jail. But I did not kill this girl.

Here.

Take this.

Now, this is the safe house where I... No, no, no. Mike, Mike, Mike.

Talk to Shepard.

Please.

Talk to him and find out why he's lying.

Okay?

I'm going to go back, and I'm going to finish my dinner.

That okay with you?

Sorry about that.

I can wrap that up for you.

We're eating.

You're shoveling.

Come on, help me a little, Mike.

Maybe I'm tired of helping people.

Sorry.

You must think me an awful fool.

You want to go, go.

A couple hours.

Why?

Oh, come on, Faith.

You're a cop's daughter.

Yeah, once the Phillies filled it up to five, they sat Nunez down.

Castillo takes another pitch. This one's high. Nine million bucks a year. You

can throw strikes.

Joe Kerrigan with the pitch counter. Keeping track of the number of pitches.

He's got his notes. He's very well prepared.

Yeah. Billy PDZ, I've got some food for you.

What the?

I ask the questions. Why are you lying for Nick Trepoff? I don't know what

you're talking about. You don't know Trepoff?

Well, I know him, but I don't know him. You see that right there?

What? Your eyes.

The way they move, like that.

Those are liar's eyes. Why don't you tell the truth?

There's less to remember.

Okay, I know him. See how easy that was? That's all I'm saying.

Why are you setting up Weissenden?

Tough guy, huh?

I had drill instructors at Camp Lejeune that would kick your ass!

But not that chaplain.

Tell me why you told the cops that you only spent 10 minutes with Washington.

Because that's the way it was. With him from 8 .05 to 8 .15. Would have been

longer, but he wasn't interested in what I was selling.

So he had some urgent business.

You seem pretty sure of that time, Zee.

strip club on locust serenity flipped out of her thong at exactly 8 20 and i

didn't miss one second of that how do my eyes look now

you're

up

Well, I thought that... What?

I'm sorry.

Is that what you want to hear? Is that what you want to say?

What works for you, Mike?

What, you want to get undressed, go to bed?

Faith. What? Are you hungry? How about dinner?

Yeah, here.

Here's your salmon, your string beans. Here, have some salt.

Hey.

He's my friend.

He's my friend.

He's using you.

God. You won't see that, will you? No, no. He's your brother -in -arm.

Man, my father, you. I'm so sick of cops. I am not a cop anymore. Well, then

stop pretending to be one.

I need you to stick with me.

No, you don't.

Maybe you do. It doesn't matter. It matters to me. Not enough.

Not enough for me.

Then... I don't know what I can say.

Say goodbye.

You're looking a little red around the eyes.

Had a few.

I wasn't looking for your face.

She told me.

Hope it wasn't because I interrupted dinner.

No, it wasn't you. It was me. And all my baggage.

Couldn't deal.

Smart girl.

I'm sorry.

But you're not here to talk about my problems.

What did Zeke say?

He said his Marine D .I. could kick my ass.

He's a Marine?

Does that mean something?

Did he cough up any connection to Grandpa?

Yeah, he knows him.

Like every little life.

That's it. The story seems solid.

I roughed him up pretty good.

He didn't crack.

I guess you and me might end up as soulmates.

I've been chained to you anyway for 15 years. 12.

It seems longer.

The day they made us partners, I thought, here's another third

-cracking Polish drunk.

You didn't say a word to me it wasn't about the job for six weeks.

So tonight we broke up that domestic.

And a wife's got that butcher knife up against her neck.

You turned another shade of white.

I saved your ass. Well, that took you long enough.

Yeah.

Hey, Heather.

You're supposed to be here at 9.

It's 11 .30.

Sorry.

It's kind of a rough night.

Yeah.

Looks it.

So what couldn't you tell me on the phone?

I guess there isn't really a good time to say this. Say what?

Ryan asked me to marry him.

Oh, yeah?

I said yes.

Nice ring.

I wanted to tell you...

Before I told Mikey. Pretty quick.

You proposed after three weeks.

Yeah. Look where it got us.

His kids are really great.

They, um, are a little older than Mikey, but they've been terrific with him.

Are you convincing me or you?

Mike, I've contacted a realtor about selling this place.

So you're moving out to Gladwin, huh, Mrs. Ambrose?

I think this is going to be good for Mikey, too.

He'll have someone... Yeah, you already said that.

When's the wedding?

I think in June.

I'm going to tell Mikey after school today.

When he talks to you. I got you.

I'll support your decision.

Thank you.

Look, I knew this was going to be difficult, Michael.

But I figured since things were going so well with you and Faith... Faith and me

broke up last night.

So, congratulations.

Really.

You're setting me up.

You broke my picture.

What?

Hey, Brody.

Hey.

Get lost.

I've seen your service record drop off.

Cross -check it with Vic.

Your old buddies from Camp Lejeune.

Sir, about country. Yeah. Yeah, until you both got thrown out.

So you're paying them a lie to the cops. Why?

You've lost your usefulness. We had an arrangement. Not anymore.

You care about people.

Like Tammy. If you think a dead junkie has me broken up, you got the wrong guy.

Oh, yeah?

Is that why you asked me to get her a lawyer?

She couldn't take care of herself. A woman like that talks.

She lets slip something she shouldn't have seen. Like you, killer Freddie

See?

Now you protect her one day, you'll probably rat me out the next. I never

word about Freddie.

For how long?

take that chance. If the police charge me, I'm getting up on a stand with a

megaphone.

I have plenty of specifics about you.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I got bigger fish on the hook than you.

Look, if you were my only insurance policy out there, I wouldn't be

you.

So, whatever you think you're bringing, you're not.

His kids are nice.

He lives in a pretty big house.

All good things.

I have to change schools.

Yeah, I heard that.

But your mom said that she'd make sure you see your friends.

Bobby and Ross, those guys.

What do I call him after the wedding?

What do you call him now?

Ryan. Then I guess you'd call him Ryan.

Wait, you're still my dad.

I'll always be your dad, Mike.

But you know, if you call him dad one day by accident, slip, I don't want you

beat yourself up about it, okay?

You want me to call him dad? No.

No, I just want you to know that I'm okay with whatever you want to do.

As long as you're happy.

This is as hard as it gets, Mike.

Are you going to prison?

I don't know.

Maybe.

What does mean?

If I go away, you'll visit me, huh?

Mine and Ryan promised.

If you don't, will you still come and see me?

Just like I see you now.

Will you call me?

Every day.

Another nutritious bachelor dinner.

Marcella told me about your girlfriend.

If you're here for a ride, Rossi, I'm off duty.

Actually, I'm here because your ex -partner's about to do something really

stupid. Well, he's been doing that a lot lately.

Oh, so... Don't you even want to know what's up?

I got a feeling you're not getting out of my cab until you tell me.

Marcellus found a connection between Zeke and Trepo.

Both tossed out of the Marines on drug charges ten years ago.

Washington feed you that story?

I saw the fire myself.

So you're saying Washington didn't kill Tammy? That's right.

But he's still on the hook unless Zeke changes his story.

I know where Marcellus is going over there.

Yeah, and if I .A .B. finds him... Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. And you want me

to go charging in there and save his ass, right? He's your friend. Well, he's

your partner. Yeah, but he ain't gonna listen to me.

You shot and trapped off shoes of the Marines.

Sellers, back off. He's lying.

You might want to cough it up before he hurts you.

I got nothing to say.

I was with you for an hour.

Ten minutes.

Now, trap off pages. Sorry, I have to say that.

Screw this. Mike, you got your phone? Yeah, right here.

Trepov ought to know that Zeke here has been yapping all over the place that he

killed Tammy Anderson.

I don't know any Tammy Anderson.

Marcellus, you really want to do this?

I mean, you already got Trepov linked to the murder weapon. You got Zeke here as

an accessory after the fact. What? I don't know nothing about no murder.

too much paperwork.

Let Trepov deal with it.

But I don't know nothing.

Call him at the club.

555.

555 -0197.

Let's ring it.

Yeah, give me Trepov.

Trepov won't believe you.

Well, we'll see.

Yeah, Nick.

Okay, okay.

I got, I got.

Okay, okay, okay, what? Okay, what? Okay, Trepov paid me to lie to the cops.

See, I told you I was telling it straight. Well, great, I'll polish off a

for you. Hey, where do you think you're going? You're going nowhere until you

tell the police you lied.

No way.

Why not? They'll protect you.

Yeah, they did such a great job keeping you guys from me.

Trepov.

Five seconds after I talk, I'm dead.

Unless you use that piece of evidence you were talking about and lock the man

up. My story's fixed.

You coming down here, it's real bright.

You got a face, Marcel. There's no way you're going to get Zeke to change his

story.

So why don't you tell me what's really going on.

Tammy saw Trepov kill Freddie Trout. That crack dealer?

Yeah.

Tammy never said a word to me.

I told her to keep her mouth shut.

So there was no investigation?

The body, no murder.

And no one reported Freddie missing?

Like who? All the junkies who cared so deeply about him? No, you didn't lift a

finger.

You turned your back on a murder.

Mike, Mike, Mike.

Trepoff has me on tape giving Tammy drugs instead of cash.

She was dope sick, Mike.

I was trying to help her out.

Trepoff figures he can get rid of the only witness to her murder and point the

finger at me. I can't move against him. All right, let me ask you something.

Were you helping this guy?

Or were you just looking the other way? I let him slide on a few things, and now

I'm in his pocket.

Well, short of killing Trepov, you got any bright ideas about how to get Zeke

off his story?

Hey, Brian.

I know you.

You're that cop.

Yeah.

I came to pay my respects to your sister.

I'm really going to miss her.

You told me they were going to get the guy that did this to her.

I know.

And I thought they were going to.

So you're telling me they're not?

I'm telling you that... Look, I think...

They're going to let it fly.

Because she's a junkie, right? Well, that's part of it.

Other part's political.

Killer's a player.

So you know who it is.

A Philadelphia man is in custody tonight for the brutal murder of Nicholas

Trepoff. 28 -year -old Brian Anderson allegedly used a blunt instrument and

bludgeoned Mr. Trepoff in that elevator behind me.

You sick bastard.

I saw the news.

I knew you'd be coming here.

Look, Mike, I got business to take care of. Yeah, yeah, you got to clean up your

mess.

You got Brian Anderson doing your heavy lifting for you. He's pretty unstable

losing his sister, though.

And you wound him up like a dime store toy.

So what'd you do? Did you tell him that Trepoff turned his sister out?

Put a bullet in her head?

Tossed her body in the abandoned lot?

You played him just like you played me.

We all do what we gotta do.

I tried to stand by you.

And every time I do, there's something else.

You know everything.

I know too much.

You're gonna roll on me.

That's why you came here.

Getting rid of the evidence, Brody?

Damn right. Cops will be here any minute.

Hardly gives you time to mourn the death of your boss.

No time at all.

You okay?

I guess.

Kind of in shock.

What are you doing here?

Looking for something of mine.

You know, I ain't got time for you either, Washington.

Why don't you get the hell out?

For your student loans.

Now if you're smart, you won't come back here.

Okay, talk to me.

My client will plead guilty to a misdemeanor with no jail time in

naming any accomplices to his crime.

Glad you finally came around, Oshansky. Let's just get this over with. Why so

impatient? We've been doing this dance for over a year.

Look, I'm giving you what you want. Spare me the lecture.

I'm just curious.

Why this sudden change of heart?

That is, of course, presuming you have a heart.

I thought all I had to do was deal. I didn't come here to get pissed off.

stick to business, John. Fine.

You call it business.

He calls it combat pay.

I call it a felony. I really don't care what you call it. Look at you.

All high and mighty.

But in the end, you're just like any other low -life thief.

You and your partner.

So.

Okay.

Tell me the story.

I'll tell you a story.

Ever had a gun to your head? Mike.

I'm in a burnt -out building in the Badlands.

And upstairs are four guys with AK -47s waiting to blow my head off. And the

only one who's got my back is my partner.

Isn't that what you all signed up for?

You know, thin blue line, all that macho crap.

But here you are, ratting him out to save your own skin.

Screw you.

for God's sake. I might rethink my position. You know what? I really don't

what you rethink.

Whose back did you ever have? We came here for a reason. Screw it.

You get it.

How do you know where I live?

I'm a cop.

We need to talk. About what?

Zeke Shepard suddenly backed up your alibi on the Tammy Anderson murder.

You're a free man.

For now.

Came to talk about Olshansky.

And you.

Olshansky's history.

Came in and put his own head in the news. Practically begged me to kick the

chair out from under it. Yeah, but you're not going to do that.

And this is why.

What's that?

This is from the film library of the late Nick Trepov. You doing a little

-night poll work with one of his hookers.

She's a nice -looking girl.

Looks a lot better than you.

Paying for that?

Those drugs on the table didn't exactly look like NyQuil.

How much?

This?

Priceless. What do you want?

I want a chance to get a walk.

That I can't do.

Then I can't stop this from falling to the hands of a couple of local news

stations.

Your wife might want to see it too.

Is this the original?

Oh, come on, Landon. You know better.

So you're the head of my life?

I never see the light of day.

I really screwed up, didn't I? The trial's over. You're done.

Despite your bad behavior, Landy's taking the deal.

Misdemeanor. No jail time.

What?

How'd that happen?

I was hoping you'd tell me.

I think that's it.

What are you doing?

Yeah, I got a little money from selling my dad's place.

So I thought maybe we could try to work something out.

Not too many ghosts?

I don't know.

I'm kind of fond of those steps.

You going to live in the house?

We'll see.

All right, come on. Hand the car.

Off to Fancyland.

Stop. Washington back to Washington. A lateral to Washington.

He avoids the big dog. He goes this way. He goes to Washington one last time.

Back to Washington.

Washington breaks away.

He can't be stopped.

He can never be stopped. He can never be stopped.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Touchdown!

Oh, hang on. Hold on for a second.

Never thought you'd show up.

It's interesting how things work out.

Family.

Love you.

You're still a cop.

And I'm driving a cab.

I wish things were different, Mike.

They never do.

But at least you're not in jail.

But Tammy's brother is. How's that sit with you?

We all have our paths.

His path was to be a lunatic.

I know you got me out.

I don't know how exactly, but...

I figure the price is Brian Anderson.

Well, who's to say?

None of this stuff bothers you, does it?

Well, it bothers me.

Mike.

What are you going to do?

Someday I know I'll find that road and

I will pay back all I've owed.

Somehow I'll bear that heavy load someday.

Never quite kept up with the rest.

But someday you'll see I'll reach that crest.

Someday.

And then we'll smile.

And toes.

And the world will know

you and I.

I know I've never been the best.

I never quite kept up with the rest.

Hey, did you call for a cab?

All right, I got you. You'll see I'll reach that crest someday.

Can I buy you a cup of coffee?

I could use somebody to talk to.

You don't want to do this.

Not tonight.

I'll keep on reaching for the sun.

And someday...

We'll be number one someday.