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My dad's a sergeant for the Philadelphia Police.

He works in the narcotics field unit. He's going to talk about drugs that's

Okay.

Um... It's nice to be here.

Thanks for inviting me.

Yeah, Mike's right.

Using drugs, it can mess up your life.

I see it every day at my work.

Um...

Can we hold your gun?

Uh, no.

You ever shot anyone?

Well, you know, that's not really what I'm here to talk about. You haven't ever

fired your gun?

Yes, I've fired my gun.

So then you've killed someone.

Uh, no.

So what? The bad guy got away?

Nobody got away.

Michael Oshansky.

Yeah. Internal Affairs.

I've got a warrant for your arrest.

A warrant for your arrest.

You waiting for me to say something?

I know you're earning outside the lines.

Just a question of finding the money.

Now, why don't you do both of us a favor?

Save us some time.

Give me a statement.

I might even be able to cut you a deal.

I got Olshansky.

You know, I've worked this car myself, but now I can't.

He done it all wrong.

He gotta show me something that looks official. You know.

Like a dumbing up witness statement.

You're right.

Olshansky's mom.

For now.

But then, I have the ante.

I convince him I can get the charges reduced.

Now he's still resisting, but...

But he's thinking.

Then I guarantee him no jail time.

That really gets him going.

Then I start to work on his wife.

I convince her they can start a whole new life together.

She puts pressure on him.

Meanwhile, I'm making you look as dirty as a dog in mud.

You know, Washington, I don't have to do this today.

I got plenty of time.

But I'll get you.

In the end.

I get you.

Nice.

Speech.

You practice that in the mirror this morning?

Please step forward.

Turn around, please. Here, turn around.

Hands behind your back.

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

Anything you say may be held against you in court or law.

Penny, for your thoughts, Mr.

Olshansky?

You'd be overpaying.

I'd pay plenty for your thoughts, Olshansky.

Coffee, please. Cinnamon -flavored stuff.

You'll have it to go.

I told you on the phone I got nothing to say.

Work, Duds?

Yeah.

So?

Nothing.

Nothing. I think it's good you got a job.

Can't pay much, though.

Look, Olshansky, I'm just after the bad guys.

No, you're after other cops.

Only the bad ones.

The corrupt.

Cheaters. Thieves.

Like me, I get it. No, no.

Like your ex -partner.

You see, I never thought you were corrupt.

Just unlucky.

Washington's the bad apple.

You lifted a few bills once.

Washington's making it a habit.

Bad apple.

Lifted a few bills. What is this?

Guys and dolls?

Get out of here. You can't prove anything.

Washington's going down, with or without your help. Better for you if it's with.

Look, my brother is opening a little shoe store.

Why don't you come for the eats?

My wife bakes everything from scratch.

You know what?

I happen to like guys and dolls.

Duke's shoe repair.

Getting another family?

Cozy.

What'd you tell him? What do you think?

If I knew, I wouldn't be asking.

Order something.

Pot roast's almost edible.

He offer you a lifeline?

You're starting to piss me off.

He's talking to everybody, Mike.

Everybody ever busted.

Everyone I work with.

Got a guilty conscience?

Doesn't matter.

Guys like Badakian get mothers to eat their young.

Now, what do you think?

That I'm going to screw you over for what? What's my price?

Heather.

Right?

You get your life together. Who knows?

She might come back.

I could have taken deals before.

We're offering you better terms now. I don't have to listen to this crap. I

my job protecting you.

Isn't that enough? Maybe it was too much.

You're so sure I'm going to flip?

Maybe I should.

Oh, come on, Mike. Mike, sit down. What? Mike, come on.

Michael. Yeah. I'm going to help you across the street.

Just find a radio station for us. All right.

No way, pal.

You want to go get a cheesesteak?

Patch cake and steaks can't beat that.

Look, Michael, about those papers. I don't want to ride around in a cab. I'm

bored.

22 years, all of a sudden you want to end it?

Oh, it's been bad for a long time, Griff.

Lots of men have trouble showing how they feel.

He doesn't feel anything.

I can put up with a lot.

I can't put up with indifference.

I just want out before it's too late.

Out?

Marriage is a sacrament.

Not a club you can resign from when it's no fun anymore.

That's very comforting, thank you.

Why are you being so hard on me? I told you.

Marriage, sacrament. Sacrament, I know. Yeah, you said that.

You never wanted me to marry Terry. You knew what he was like.

How many times did he stand you up in high school?

Who took you to the senior prom because that selfish bastard asked, what's her

name, Ted?

I'm glad to hear it's not personal.

I can't tell you what you want to hear, Beth.

You want a divorce, Terry?

You can't marry again, not in the church.

Now you're being vindictive.

What do you want from me?

A friend, Chris.

We used to be friends.

Beth.

Wait.

Beth?

How are Terry and the kids?

We're getting divorced.

Sorry to hear about that.

Thanks.

She came to talk.

To you?

You're not too close to this to be helpful?

I don't tell you how to drive a cab.

You don't tell me how to be a priest. I wasn't.

Are you all right?

Well, it's natural.

You loved her.

She married Terry instead of you.

I would have chosen the seminary anyway.

You're not acting like it.

What are you doing here?

I had to go out of town.

Medical conference. I was going to bring the cab with me, but... Can you watch

him till the end of my shift?

Maybe even tomorrow?

Come on, Mikey.

Help me with these flyers.

They're for a fundraiser.

We're trying to hire a teacher for the after -school program.

They go on a table just in front of the entrance.

He saw her divorce decree.

Want me to talk to him? I mean, if you think I'm not too close to be helpful.

Kind of late, isn't it?

I was waiting for your shift to end.

I had to tell you you were wrong.

It's not the pot roast.

It wasn't edible.

Yeah, I know.

But it's what you deserved.

Come on, have a seat. Don't be a stranger.

Remember this?

It's my half of the eight grand we left in.

Oh, saving that for my kid's college education.

But you're the one who lost his job over it.

This is what we've come to.

Trying to pay me off like a street snitch.

All that's happened, I never asked for one thing.

Not one damn thing.

Know that.

Glad you dropped by.

Michael Shansky, my brother Duke.

Shansky was a cop.

You work with Vaughan?

Come, please, try the food.

Our wives begged all night.

My brother brought my wife, my children, and me here from Armenia.

Saved for years to help us.

You bring your shoes. I will polish and pick them for free. Thank you.

I'm glad you decided to come.

Yeah, well, I'm not here to rule over my partner.

You're so true, Blue.

Why are you here? To find out if you really got anything on Marcellus or if

is just a witch hunt.

I get enough pieces that fit, I put them away.

You really enjoy this, don't you?

It's my job, Olshansky. If that offends some people, that's... No, it doesn't

offend me.

Not the job.

No, what offends me is the way you relish it.

Bring the good people down, wrecking their lives. I don't know, what do you

You get some kind of rush out of it?

Back in Armenia, when Duke and I were kids,

Our parents were murdered by dirty cops.

You really think this story's going to make it?

In America, everybody wears Air Jordan.

You should have moved your bishop.

I taught you better.

Anything on your mind?

Mikey, I talk to a lot of people who are upset and sad.

I'm here to help.

Goes with the collar.

You almost married that lady who was here yesterday.

How come you didn't?

I have a calling, Mikey.

Priests.

Can't marry.

But for most people, marriage is good.

Do you know any other kids whose parents are divorced?

Sure.

Bobby's dad got killed.

It might be hard to imagine now, but we adjust to new situations.

The important thing is, your parents love you.

I want them to love each other.

Can I take my move back?

No, you should have taken my pawn.

I made a mistake.

And then when it's too late, you tell me what I should have done.

That's pretty much what priests do.

All right, you can take your move back.

I'll be right back.

Just gonna get some milk.

Can I get a candy bar?

A candy bar?

After all the goodies you had today, I can't believe you have any room left in

there. Let me take a look.

Is there any room in there? Huh? Huh? Oh, wait a minute.

I think there's room left for one more piece of candy.

Good.

Get down on the floor. You stay there.

Until I tell you to get up. Don't move.

What are you doing here?

It's my cape.

I'm handling the investigation.

I just want to know what's going on with the shooter.

I thought we weren't talking.

I was getting a lot more work done.

Okay, here.

Here's the composite from a witness outside the store. Saw the shooter when

took off his ski mask.

Is that it?

Except for the red licorice.

Red licorice? Yeah, the doer took a box of red licorice, stuffed it inside his

shirt. Me, I would have taken a black kind.

How's the boy doing?

Boy's critical.

We're campers in a neighborhood going door to door trying to ID the shooter

a sketch.

How many men you got on it?

Why?

You think I'm going to let this slide because I don't like this cop -baiting

father who wants to put my ass in jail? Oh, gee, Marcellus, what could give me

that idea?

Hey, Mike, I feel bad about the kid, but that don't mean I got to like his

daddy.

I'm missing two of my best unis because Bedakian got him suspended for taking

free corned beef sandwiches from some deli.

That's two fewer cops working this case.

That's what Bedakian does to this department.

It's not the kid's fault.

Maybe you ought to worry less about his kid and more about yours.

There's Pooby.

One.

Guy in the middle.

I'll make the arrest.

Watch these guys. Make sure I don't get blindsided.

Antoine Trudy! Police!

Why you hassling me, man? I ain't doing nothing.

Oh, yeah?

Why you running from us then, huh?

Man, old brothers run from the man.

What I do?

Man, what I do?

You shot a kid, and you robbed a store.

Other than that, it's a slow day for you.

Don't fight me.

Don't be messing with my liquorice, man. That's my life.

Don't you know this stuff is full of chemicals?

You sure it's him? Yeah, had a box of red licorice on him. Got an eyewitness

put on a ski mask and go in the store.

As soon as the witness gets here, we're going to put him in a lineup, call an

ADA and book his sorry ass.

My son's in the hospital.

You give a damn, Truby.

Name's C -Rock because I'm the candy man.

He's eight years old!

That life's a bitch, ain't it? Come on, let's chat over here.

No, you don't. Come on.

Now, you take the bait and you wind up whooping his ass, some smart lawyer's

going to claim you violated his rights.

You should have kept that witness in custody. What, now you're going to tell

how to run my case?

Come on, man.

How's your boy doing, huh?

He's still critical.

Next few hours, we'll tell.

You're the only one who was asked.

Hey, we all got kids.

Nobody wants to see this happen. They don't understand me, what I do.

Maybe you don't get them.

Rules are different out there.

Rules are rules.

Look, Bernanke, I trashed procedure chasing this guy.

I ran red lights, I went the wrong direction down a one -way street.

And if I hadn't, he'd still be out there. You see what I mean?

I appreciate you caught him, Washington.

So when this is all over, you still gonna be on my ass?

Why shouldn't I?

Because you did your job and caught the perp?

An attitude like that, you're gonna stay lonely.

Marcellus,

the witness you sent me to pick up?

Yeah, where is he?

Somebody threw him off the roof of his apartment house.

What do you mean, he's dead?

Extremely.

I needed the shelter of someone's arms.

And there you were.

I needed someone to understand my ups and downs.

And there you were.

With sweet love and emotion.

I want to stop.

And thank you, baby.

I want to stop.

And thank you, baby.

How sweet it is to be loved by you.

receptionist pointed me in this direction.

Nice musical selection.

Kind of reminded me of you.

I remember Senior Prom, your father's Volvo, and Marvin Gaye.

Aren't there people who do that for you?

Sure. If you're the Pope.

Thank you for coming.

The man wants to confess his sins.

Who am I to say no?

When you came in yesterday, I guess...

I was thrown.

You deserve better treatment.

I'm fairly rational now.

So, how can I help?

I appreciate it, Chris.

But it wasn't right of me to come.

Too difficult for both of us.

Please. You're the kindest man I've ever known.

I thought you'd be a shoulder to cry on.

But I thought what I'd done to you, the wounds I'd left.

Please, it's important that we talk.

Important for who, Grace?

For me?

Or for you?

I'll be right back.

Mike, what have you done?

Sacramental wine.

Oh, man, there was a lot in here.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

Oh, boy, oh, boy. Oh, dear.

Oh, there you go.

Did you see that?

Sort of, huh? Oh, dear.

All right.

Ten -year -old with a hangover.

Heather's gonna kill me.

Tell her the wine was blessed.

You think this is funny? No.

I just think what Heather thinks is not the most important thing here, Mike.

I do the best I can. I try to... I try to keep Michael safe.

Try to protect him.

Maybe protecting him's not so important.

Mike. Make sure Mikey understands why he drank up half my wine cellar.

And he needs to know you understand why he did too.

We know who the killer is.

We build a new case against him. We're what, Badakian? You need evidence,

fingerprints, witnesses.

What about the weapon? The weapon is in the Delaware.

You're a smart cop. Come up with something.

Yeah, yesterday I wasn't fit to wear the badge. Look.

A guy like this, he'll screw up again. We'll bust him on another time, I

guarantee it. No, I want him punished for this one. Look, I don't think that's

going to happen.

Captain wants us to pick up the pace on the Matthews case. We've got a match on

ballistics. What, you've got a warrant?

Okay, let's get out of here.

Wait a minute, what about my case?

I've got five other murders on my plate.

We clear the ones we can. Yours went cold.

That's it.

You dropped the ball.

It's on my desk. Buried!

It's over, isn't it?

Any other cops, son, and you'd be all over it.

I'll give you a call if we get a new lead.

What are you doing here?

The punk who... who shot my son.

He walked.

Oh. What?

His homeboys murdered the witness.

I'm sorry.

There's other ways.

No. No, they're on to the next case.

I, uh...

I heard you help people.

No, you heard wrong. I'm just a cab driver.

No, no, listen, listen. You bend the law for hookers and drug addicts. I'm not

going to be of any help.

You need a P .I.

or a lawyer, maybe. I want you. I want you to help me. I got money.

No, money's not the issue.

Listen, listen, I don't want the police.

I don't want to do something to you. No, no. I want you. You can go undercover.

You understand these people. You know how these people think. You understand.

Listen, listen, listen to me. You want me to help you?

Let me drive you home. You ought to be with your family.

Yeah.

What?

Amen.

I don't know what I can do, Mrs. Padakian. I can try this brother.

All right.

All right.

I'll try.

Padakian's wife.

He left the house an hour ago.

He's looking for the guy who killed his son.

Can you watch Mikey one more day?

Sure. I have a nice bottle of Chianti he might like.

Donut and coffee.

You must think you're still a cop.

But our kids are looking for Truby.

One of them's gonna end up dead.

Hey, we're lucky they'd be both.

We gotta stop him.

Wait.

Oh, I get it.

You need my help, so now everything's cool between us. No, everything's not

cool, but I need some backup.

Backup? Yeah.

I gotta be dealing with bangers. No gun. It puts me at a slight disadvantage.

So... So after what you pulled lately, you owe me.

What's with this quid pro quo crap?

You're the one who's always keeping score.

I did this for you, I did that for you. And who's always talking about how he

didn't bust me for helping him steal the eight grand?

Don't I owe him?

I am asking you to do something as a friend.

Are we or aren't we?

You got jelly?

I got cream.

You understand how important it is we find your brother?

I understand the police can do nothing to punish the man who killed my nephew.

Your brother can't take the law into his own hands.

There is a debt to pay.

Why do you want to stop him?

It's my job.

My brother does what he has to.

Look, Duke, I know how your brother feels.

Marcellus and I, we have young sons, too.

What your brother's doing, it isn't right.

There is only one right.

The man that killed Beresh, he dies.

That's right.

It's against the law. Then the law is wrong.

Your brother's throwing away his life. In our country, when there is a wrong,

the family take care of it.

As a matter of honor.

Fine.

Get out of here. You don't understand.

Vahan has to do this.

For his wife.

To make up for what he did.

Then I'll go to prison.

Do you want to see him locked up his whole life?

You think he is free now?

Philly PD.

Val, time you got here. I called over an hour ago.

Are you going to take my complaint or are you going to stand there catching

flies? What complaint?

Police brutality.

Well, you think I got this, honey?

Cop did that?

What do you want?

Want to know where my boyfriend's at?

Figured maybe he was here with me.

Came in, pushed me around, broke a porcelain doll, belonged to my mother.

Messed the place up, looking.

You gave Truby up to him?

Had to.

And almost broke my arm.

You're going to write this down.

My name is Joyce Kincaid.

K -I -N... Where'd you send the

cop?

You guys are after C -Rock.

Finkus. You need to tell us where he is, Joyce.

Why should I?

Because if he finds him, that cop's going to kill your boyfriend.

So you want to tell us where C -Rock is?

Or you want to bury him?

Yeah. I'm going to kill you, you son of a bitch. The truth.

I shot him, but it was an accident.

Let him go, Vaughn.

He admitted to killing Birch.

He's a liar!

Come on, it doesn't matter what he thinks.

It's coercion, you know that.

All I know is I got the right guy.

You getting your next hit, huh, Truby?

Yeah? Yeah.

You asked me why you pulled that trigger. You're doing him a favor.

He's a crackhead.

What kind of life do you think he leads?

One hit to the neck.

He's breathing.

My son is not.

What happened to all that law and order crap?

What would you do if it was your son?

I might be standing here with a gun in my hand, too.

of bad choices.

So don't go by me.

You lost your son.

You do this, you lose the rest of your family.

Where is the justice?

Okay, okay, okay.

We're going to bird dog him until he makes a mistake.

And then we're going to come down hard.

That judge sees his record, he's going to go away for the max.

Okay?

Now, Truby, you ain't going nowhere. I got you in possession.

Man, it's the first time I've ever been happy about being arrested, man.

No,

no, no, don't. Drop it.

Drop the gun.

Stay away. Come on, man. Stay with me.

It was right -handed, right? What are you doing?

It's a drop gun.

He fired at you?

You return fire?

Self -defense.

We're witnesses.

Myself.

What? Like you never did this?

Yeah.

Yeah, I did, but... But what?

I don't know. Think. Think about this.

There's nothing to think about.

Right? An eye for an eye. Dead bearded dead.

Right? That's not what you said to Badakian's brother 20 minutes ago. Hey,

not what I'm telling the shooting board either. Yeah, well, you're not going to

get away with this. You're not going to win this, Marcellus. You're going to go

down for Badakian? No, you're going to take the fall with him. Now, you shut

You've got nothing to say with this. You put him in his position.

You can't win this.

Hey, Mike. Put it away. It's time to walk out of here. Put it away.

Hey, don't be stupid.

You don't have to take the fall for this.

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

I hear you have an opening for a teacher.

Hi.

I left Terry.

Moved out.

Are you okay?

I've never been better.

What are you going to do?

Well, I've always wanted to teach. Maybe I should start.

Well, we haven't got the money yet.

Well, I wouldn't be doing it for the money.

I can't believe you're here.

I thought I'd never... What?

I need to ask you something I've wanted.

For 22 years.

Ask me now.

If I'd proposed back then, would...

Would I have married you instead, if you'd asked?

No.

Terry was successful. He was... practical. He had money. I thought I

those things.

You were going to change the world.

I knew with you we'd always struggle.

Well, poverty.

I guess you made the right choice.

No, Grace.

You made the right choice.

You're where you should be.

I made a mistake.

Terry didn't make me happy.

Things didn't make me happy.

You're lucky.

I loved you, Chris.

I just wasn't smart enough to know it.

Thank you.

I'll be there for you, Beth.

As a priest or as a friend?

As a friend.

A good friend.

So, are you going to show me where the after -school care room is?

Or am I going to have to guess?

Right over here.

But, Doc, you didn't finish your statement?

Yeah.

Family's going to see him once he's processed.

They had a rough few days.

It's going to get rougher.

Department's going to make an example of him.

At least he's out of my life.

Oh, come on.

You feel sorry for the guy?

Yeah, you tried to help him.

It's a moment of weakness.

But that kid was right.

He kept after me. He would have brought me down.

It's kind of put me on edge.

Is this your way of apologizing?

Don't expect flowers.

Much less you got a chance here.

To get out from under.

You gonna take it?

I am who I am.

No apologies.

But you're right about one thing that I did.

Something that needs fixing.

You have to school a care program.

Hire a new teacher.

4 ,000 bucks.

Why? Yeah, don't.

Don't ask.

Anonymous donor.

Go hire a teacher.

No problem.

Hey, Michael.

Want to go to the movies?

Yeah. Yeah.

We'll take the afternoon off.

We can make a stop first.

My shoes don't need polishing.

We're going to get them shined anyway.

I'm going to get the soles of these fixed, too.

Why? They're your police shoes.

Never wear them.

Well, sometimes you've got to reach out, Michael.

Sometimes you've got to help people.

Doesn't seem like much of a help.

That's the little things that matter most.

I tell you that I'm going to try not to work any double shifts anymore.

Really? Yeah.

I had to catch up on my movies.

I had my time at the batting cage.

And I've been to the zoo in a real long time.

What?

You like those things too?

Yeah?

Well, maybe we should do them together.

Hey, that's as sure as anything.