All language subtitles for Alien_Nation_S01E13

That was the scene in
california's mojave desert,

5 years ago.

Our historic first view
of the newcomers' ship.

Theirs was a slave ship,

carrying a quarter-million
beings

bred to adapt and labor
in any environment.

But they've
washed ashore on earth

with no way to get back
to where they came from.

And in the last 5 years,

the newcomers have
become the latest addition

to the population
of los angeles.

Helen? how are we doing
with that uplink to osaka?

It's coming up now, thank you.

Oh, i didn't realize
there'd be so many of you.

That's not osaka.

What the hell is this?

It's one of those
videophone sex lines.

You place an order for what you
want to see, and they perform it for you.

We must've crossed lines
with another call.

Helen?

God, I hope they're not
getting this in osaka.

I got your fantasy phone order.

It's not bad, so far.

I will do everything i can

to make you feel good.

Ooh, i hope you're enjoying
this as much as i am.

Please, please, no!

Oh, my god.

Perverts.

Every day at this time,

i want to treat max
to something special.

When he's worked
up an appetite, i give him new menu.

George, hurry up.

I'm coming.

Wouldn't wanna
miss the freak show.

Buck, this is something
to be proud of.

It's not every day
your father becomes a star.

Yeah, like
spuds mackenzie. morning.

It's so good.

Good morning, this is renee longstreet.

Oh, here it is.

Tonight and every night this week
we'll present part of our continuing

alien anniversary series,
featuring george francisco,

l.a.p.d.'s first
newcomer detective, one year later.

We'll investigate
the investigator at home

and on the job,
starting tonight.

They may as well
put you in a cage at the zoo for a week.

Buck, your father
has an opportunity

to break down some stereotypes.

This is a good way
for people to see

who we really are
and how we live.

You'll be wonderful.

As far as i'm concerned,
it's just another day at the office.

Ah, sikes,
new shirt. new jacket.

No wonder you made captain.
You're very observant, bry.

You can't fool me, sikes.
you can dress it up,
but you can't take it out.

So i'm only going
to say this once.

This is good behavior week.

I don't want you doing
anything to embarrass the department

while that camera's around.

I will be an angel, angel.

Look, just finish the interviews
with the witnesses on that

vegas junket bus mugging.

Ok, everybody, uh,
this is it. best behavior.

Uh, what would you
like me to do?

Just do what you normally do.

We're rolling.

Good morning, matthew.

Hey, morning, george.

Where are we
on the vegas bus mugging?

We still have several dozen witnesses
to interview, captain.

Let's be thorough,
but efficient.

I'm sorry, i... i was searching
for the right word and hesitated.

Could we do that over?
Kill it.

Uh, ms. longstreet?

Hi, i'm matt sikes,
george's partner.

Look, uh, don't be
too hard on the captain.

He hasn't had a lot of
experience with this sort of thing.

Thank you, detective.
Don't mention it.

Look, captain.

Um, this isn't a movie.

So just carry on like we're not
even here. ignore us, be yourself.

Now, francisco and sikes
are on the bus mugging, huh?

Ok. well, we've got
some shots we can get around

the building while
they're doing that.

So, we'll just...
ah, no, no, no need for that.

Uh, we just got
a call in about a videophone sex homicide.

I'd like to send
francisco and sikes on that.

How would that be?

That would be very interesting.

I know why you're nervous.

If you blow it on t.v.,
you blow it for newcomers everywhere.

Well, yes. exactly.

Listen.
It's just another day in the pits.

You're a good cop.
I am there to back you up.

Routine.

Let's go.

Excuse me, det. sikes.

I know we didn't get
much of a chance to talk,

but i want you to know
that your cooperation

and involvement
is very important.

And, by the way,

you are very natural on camera.

Oh, thanks.

Keep it up.

Now this seems dumb, i know,

but would you mind
if det. francisco went in first?

Oh, sure.
He's the star.

Thanks.

Uh, reports of shots fired
came at the same time executives witnessed

the videophone murder.

Uh, this scene matches
the description given by the executives.

Uh, and i warn you now
that it may not be very pretty in there.

They said it was bizarre,
but a set?

Start on the bed
so we don't know what we're looking at.

Then pan up the wall,
up, pull back, we see it's a set.

Got it.

What kind of sick mind
would do something like this?

It's beyond me.

Matt.

Maybe there weren't any victims.

You thinkin' what i'm thinkin'?

There was no murder.
It's a hoax.

A hoax?

Yeah. stage blood.
there's no bullet holes.
it's all make-believe.

Ma'am, you can't go in there.
Ma'am, you can't...

i'm telling you,
this is my place.

You two got names?

The name's virginia hamm.
And this is roger rose.

Look, we can explain all of...

didn't i see youon t.v. this morning?
It's francisco, right?

Oh, well, yes.

Uh, they're doing
a segment for the news.

What the hell's goin' on here?

Oh, i'm sorry
about the gunshots,

but i-i'm afraid
it's all a big mistake.

You see, we're still
a very young industry

and we're working
all the kinks out.

"voyeur vision?"

pay-per-view
videophone sex line.

Phone sex?
Yeah.

Do you use that?

No!

Try it, you'll like it. we're taking
phone sex to a whole new level.

And it's legal.
Our permits.

The gunshots you heard and all of
this was part of a fantasy sequence

requested by a viewer.

What, some sicko wants
to see a newcomer girl

dance dirty and
then get blown away?

It takes all kinds.

Well, some executives saw your fantasy
by mistake and thought it was a murder.

You should have
seen their faces.

You can see them?

It's interactive.

When the conference room
freaked out,

we realized the phone company
screwed up and got their

teleconference crossed up
with our voyeur.

So if you want to
arrest somebody,

cuff the phone company.

Gunshots echo through the night,

summoning police
to where blood-spattered walls

tell a macabre tale
of agony and death.

Who is responsible
for such a heinous crime?

It's beyond me.

That response is not surprising
from an average detective.

All the signs say
cults or crazed killer.

But not to l.a.'s
first newcomer detective

who uses his
superior instincts and senses

to cut through police obstacles,

mere mortals need computers for.

It only took him
seconds to realize...

there was no murder.
This is a hoax.

Not a murder at all, but a staged show,

a bizarre bispecial
videophone voyeurism.

And det. francisco
saw right through it.

Dad, maybe i was wrong.
That was pretty clever.

You see, that's not
exactly what happened. you see, matthew...

i am so proud of you.

Everyone at school
is going to want to talk to me tomorrow.

Emily, you see...

you know, george,
you... you look a little washed out.

Washed out?

Maybe... maybe a darker suit and a
brighter tie would be more flattering,

accent your spots.

My spots?

Well, you're selling yourself.

Oh, susan,
i'm not selling anything.

Sure you are.

You know,
my work at the ad agency

has taught me a lot about
presenting the best possible image

in the shortest amount of time.

We're selling
the newcomer ideal.

So are you.

Look how i've designed this ad.

See, a dark suit
and a bright tie convey competence

and, uh, and warmth,

like ronald reagan used to do.

Oh, susan, historians are
crediting that to his hair.

Well, why don't you
let me try tomorrow?

Please join us tomorrow night

when we continue
our 5-part series

on l.a.'s first
newcomer detective,

sgt. george francisco.

Did you see george's feature?

I saw it.

Ah, it really made
george look good.

Made me look like a part of the k-9 corps,
the one on the leash.

For the next 60 seconds

there will be a test
of the emergency broadcast system.

I... i guess george is
the focus of the thing, but...

Oh.

Cathy?

You ok?

What... what... what?

It's only a test.

Oh.

Don't know how
your f.c.c. got that particular tone,

but it's extremely arousing.

What?

That tone,
"f" sharp above high "c",

it's very sexually stimulating.

Jee, i didn't know that
about you people.

There's a lot
about us you don't know.

I hope this is making up
for this morning's mix-up.

Before this fantasy is over,

it will be worth
twice what you paid.

Get out of here!

Call the police! this is real!

Thank you very much.

He asked for my autograph.

Glad you could make it.

Renee surprised us early, wanted to
catch me eating an alien breakfast.

A plate of french toads?

So, did you see
the show last night?

No, i had errands to run.

Why the new threads?

Rather natty, aren't they?

Susan felt the darkness of the jacket
contrasting with the brightness of the tie

would leave an impression of
strength with accessibility.

Maybe i should
try a sweater vest.

Ok, boys. you're on.

So, what happened here?

Well, last night around midnight,

uh, virginia hamm and roger rose

were puttin' on a show
for some sicko voyeur.

And no sooner had they yelled,
"lights, camera, action",

some nut with
a louisville slugger comes in

and starts bouncin'
it off of roger's head.

He's in intensive now,
they're havin' trouble wakin' him up.

And virginia hamm?

Uh, she bolted,
either out of fear or out of guilt.

We did manage to trace
the owner of voyeur vision.

Name's arvin kaufman.

Kaufman has been exploiting
newcomers since the day our ship landed.

From his cheap tours of little tencton
to his newcomer flesh magazines.

Matt.

This human preoccupation
with nude women, nude people,

or sometimes many nude people,

uh, performing...

i just don't understand it.

Oh, he's gonna call
his lawyer if we don't leave?

Well, lady, i'll be callin' his
undertaker if he doesn't let us in.

Excuse me. may i?

Knock yourself out.

Hello?
This is renee longstreet, k.a.l.n. news.

May i speak with
mr. kaufman, please?

Yes, mr. kaufman.

I'm doing an exclusive on
the first newcomer detect...

oh, you've seen it.
Thank you.

Thank you, we'll be right in.

Let's get
an establishing shot of the room.

Then pan over to me here,

and i'll really give them
an idea who arvin kaufman is.

Wonder what they're like?

I wondered, too,
when i first saw them.

Then i wondered
if everyone else wondered.

5 years ago,
i was a mope going nowhere,

then they came.

Pennies from heaven, huh?

Krugerrands.

Now you must be curious,
detective.

It's only natural to be.

Now i'm sure my girls
would let you give them a physical.

Sorry, not interested.

Why don't you go
let them listen to a test pattern?

Oh, so you do know
something about them?

Playing a little doctor
on the side, detective?

Right behind you, detective.

Ms. longstreet,
detective, welcome.

I've been, uh,
watching your reports.

Uh, we're investigating an assault
on one of your voyeur vision employees

named roger rose.

At voyeur vision,
we're all one big family.

When one of us hurts,
we all hurt.

He was last seen
with a newcomer female named virginia hamm.

Have you seen her?

No, i haven't.
I'm very worried.

Uh, she mentioned
she had a client scheduled for last night.

We need to know who it was,

uh, they might have
seen something.

I know she had
a client last night.

At voyeur vision
we do everything we can

to fulfill our
customers' fantasies.

Also, we're very protective
of our customers' confidentiality.

So i am afraid
i can't give that information out.

That's all i'm willing
to say on camera.

Kill it.

Yeah, sure,
after you get yourself a free commercial.

Uh,
now wait a second, detective.

I'm willing to pay.

After all,
one hand washes the other.

What happened
to customer confidentiality?

Now if i'd given you my client's
credit card number on camera,

that would've been
bad for business.

But if this number helps you solve
the crime, that's good for business.

And we both want what's good
for business, don't we, detective?

And what is your business,
kaufman?

Fulfilling fantasies,
satisfying curiosities.

And, detective, i am personally
going to work on fulfilling yours.

Just got a make on virginia's
voyeur. a guy named ernie denton.

He may have seen somethin',
let's roll.

Uh, matt, i can't.
I am sorry.

After watching
last night's segment,

the mayor has
invited me to lunch.

Just you?

Oh, well, i asked,
but, well, you know.

What about the case?

Well, i'm sorry,
matt, but the mayor, she is very important.

Why don't you speak with denton and,
uh, meet up with me later, huh?

Give me! ha! give me.

Louis, will you and your
cousin stop teasing tilly?

Don't take her doll anymore, louis.

Leave her alone, i mean it.

Ernie denton?

No, he's my brother-in-law.
Who's asking?

Mom, some guy is
looking for dad.

It's a private matter.

He's getting the cooler.

Ernie! someone's looking for you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ernie denton.

My name's sikes.

I'd like to ask you
a few questions about voyeur vision.

Yeah.

Well, yeah... yeah,
i called voyeur vision a few times.

You like that rough stuff, huh?

It's just fantasy.
Besides, i haven't called in a long time.

Look, i don't want
my family to find out about this, ok?

They think i'm talkin'
about parking tickets in here.

Your credit card record shows you've called
this service a lot in the last few weeks.

I lost my wallet.

When?

Uh, a couple of weeks ago.

You didn't cancel your cards?

Oh, you see, i thought
my wife canceled them.

Look, i'm not accusing
you of anything,

but it's kind of coincidental that whoever
took your wallet also called voyeur vision.

You see, the number
for voyeur vision was in my wallet.

I was curious,
but i'm not anymore.

Is, uh, everything ok?

Everything's fine, john.

The burgers are ready, dad.

Go on. i wouldn't want
to keep you from your family.

Uh, no, det. francisco is not here.

Yes, ma'am.
I'm glad you're enjoying the profiles.

You're right. he's one of the
hardest working cops in town,

especially when he's here.

That's nice. oh, yes.

Yeah.

Profile...

i heard you wanted me.

Ah, someone gets a base hit
off of old roger's noggin

and virginia's the one who runs?

We were performing for a client.

Suddenly this guy in a mask,

i didn't get a look at his face.

He was just all over roger.

I was panicked, i ran.

The jerk got my purse.

Where've you been?

I had a lot of thinking to do.

I finally called arvin,
and he said i should come in.

Why do you let that
sleaze bucket exploit you?

Exploit?

I'm a businesswoman.

I've made $100,000
in the last 6 months

which i've invested
in japanese-backed u.s. bailout bonds.

At this rate,
i'll be s.f.l. in 2 years.

"s.f.l."?

Set for life.

That's why i'm here.

I think the guy in the mask is tied to
the voyeur who ordered the fantasy.

Why?

The voyeur's a real weirdo.

Always asks for something
that starts out nice, turns violent.

I call him the giggler.

He sits back in the shadows.

When things turn dark
in the fantasy, he starts to giggle.

Sounds like a regular boy scout.

Yeah, well, a video john's
a video john.

I've dealt with his type, but before
last night, it was never dangerous.

Should've seen it coming.
He always asks for violence.

Last night's request
was for something soft and romantic.

Guess he got
tired of make-believe.

Last night he supplied
the violence.

He started to giggle
before the guy in the mask came out.

Like he knew what was coming.

Well, listen, here's my card.

If he calls back,

would you be willing
to set him up?

Yeah, the sooner the better.

Time's money.

Oh, where's the camera crew?

They're setting up
for a briefing.

So how's her honor?

The mayor's fine
and she has such a beautiful home.

You should see it.

Romanesque columns and, uh,
a lovely fin de siecle porte-gouttiere.

Yeah, i'll try to fit her
into my social calendar.

Well, here.
From your viewers, george.

Oh, these are fan calls.

Don't let it swell your head.

Is my head swelling?

It's just an expression.

Oh.

What've you got?

The abdul-jabbar
standing tall citizenship award.

It's quite an honor.

Yeah, well, i hate
to rain on your cupcakes,

but while you were
standing tall,

i was busting butt on our case.

You do remember our case?

Oh, yes, of course.

I'm, uh, i'm sorry, matthew.
It's this news thing,

it's just sort of taken over.

Francisco, where've you been?
I've been looking for you.

Uh, i've been rubbing
elbows with the brass

and they've got a few ideas
they want you to promote for the cameras.

Let's go.

Aha, susan, uh, this meal
looks especially delicious this evening.

Oh, uh,

well, the lymph nodes,
um, were fresh.

So, dad, you got an award
from the mayor today.

Oh, yes, uh,
she's very nice, very sincere.

Maybe she'd like to come
to my birthday party next week.

Kill it, kill it.

Oh, uh, were we going too fast?
We... we could slow down.

Oh, no, no,
everything is fine, but...

you mentioned emily's birthday.

I just had a terrific idea.

You see, our research shows that

our viewers are most interested
in your home life, your rituals.

What day is your birthday, em?

A week from thursday.

Um, too bad we can't use it.

Why not?

Well,
emily's birthday is next week,

but we finish with
your series on friday,

and i don't really think she'd
like to celebrate it tomorrow?

Oh, of course not.
Would you, em?

Think about it,
your birthday on t.v., mmm?

Matt.

Uh, this was
delivered for you today,

and they needed a signature,
so i took it.

Uh, yeah, thanks.
I'll see you.

I couldn't help but
notice the kaufman logo.

Isn't he the, uh,
man who produces the adult newcomer films?

Uh, yeah.

We're... we're workin' on a case.

Oh.

It's evidence.

I probably won't even watch it.

But if it's evidence,
won't you have to watch it?

Not if i can help it.
I'll see you.

Sikes.

The giggler called. it's all set for 8:00.

He wants me alone.

8:00? that's in a half hour.

I already said i'd do it, sikes.

Ok, i'll... i'll set it up.

Look, bailey,
i didn't have time to sweep the area.

So stay on your toes, huh.

Right, sikes.

Not that i'm a chicken
or anything, sikes,

but if you hear anything,
you get your ass in here, got it?

Got it.

Sorry i'm late.
We were planning em's birthday party.

I thought it was next week.

Oh, it is, but emily
decided to have it early.

All set here.

Det. sikes has placed a
tracer tap on the phone line,

and we are now maintaining
protective surveillance

in anticipation of whom,
we know not.

The phone is ringing now, sikes.

I'm taking the call now.

Bailey, standby. it's coming down.

I'm really glad you called back.

Can we have some
quiet in here, please?

This static is coming
from that microphone.

It's dead. it's gone dead.
Your mike, shut it off!

Damn it, sikes, get in here!

Agent down. george, cover the back door.

Bailey, you ok?
Yeah. i'm ok, go, go.

Sikes, he's getting away.

You ok?
Where the hell were you, sikes?

He got away.

Over here. over here.

Turn that damn thing off.

I feel i must become involved

when brutality like this
is inflicted.

I personally intend to see that
virginia has the best of everything

during her emotional
and physical recovery

which is why she will be
convalescing at my estate.

I just want it to be known that i
will never forget arvin's generosity.

It means a great deal to me.

And no legal action
is planned at this time.

However, i do believe
the community should know

about the police department's
exploitation of virginia

in last night's
failed arrest attempt.

I mean,
she walked the tightrope.

Where were they with the net?

Thank you. that's all.

Exploitation?

The king of the gutter
is barfin' out accusations of exploitation.

You call it exploitation, sikes.

I call it seizin' the moment.

Seizing it? how about
sleazing the moment?

Sikes!

Did you watch the tape i sent?

Did you like it?

No.
No?

No, what? you didn't like it,
or you didn't watch it?

I didn't watch it.

Funny. nobody ever does.

It's just a matter of time.

We need to talk.

Kill it.
Matt, we're filming.

Oh, hey, i'm sorry.

I hate it when
people get in the way.

Come on.

You know what? i have a feeling
you are just mean with envy.

The word is "green," george.

If it's the lack of exposure,
i'll put in a good word with renee,

get you some coverage.

I'm not ticked off
because i'm not on a wheaties box.

I'm ticked off because
she screwed up our stakeout.

An electronic malfunction like
that could happen to anyone.

I got your malfunction.

You're just mad 'cause of all my scheduling
conflicts you've had to deal with.

All in all, i'd say it's a small price
to pay for a much higher objective.

Oh, what is that,
a new wardrobe for you?

Exposure.

A small piece of recognition for my
species that says, "slags are people, too."

you know damn well
i got nothin' against that.

But we're partners,
and i'm tired of dancin' solo.

Matt, i...

damn it!
The commissioner is chewing my ass red.

You didn't even trace the call?

Let's say we had
a couple of malfunctions

in our way that
we didn't count on.

No, let's just say you blew it!

Hey, we blew it.

Oh, getting a little touchy,
are we sikes?

All right, i'm sorry.

You have spearheaded this case,

but it isn't like francisco
hasn't been filling other commitments.

I saw your installment
last night. you came off like a pro.

Oh, i thought your segment
was very compelling, captain.

If the mutual admiration
society doesn't mind, i got dirt to till.

I'm gonna get
denton's telephone records.

Oh, well, good.

Because the credit card
number used last night was just verified.

Denton.

I think i'll keep my eye
on him, see where he spits.

Feel up to a house call, george,
or do you have a makeup call?

Uh, francisco's giving
a tour of the academy this morning,

if that's ok with you.

Keep me informed.

Sure, bry.
Film at 11:00.

Thanks, dad.

More pre-podial
amino regurgitation?

I... i think
i'm going to lie down.

Really, susan, it would be
wonderful if you could take part

in the pinata bashing.

Yes, it would look better.

Well, the show must go on.

You ok, em?

Don't you mean amelia?

Some guest of honor,
the woman can't even get my name right.

Come on, it can't be that bad.
Want to go grab some cake?

Renee said nobody
but the caterer can cut it.

Something about being union.

Hey, at least you hit the jackpot
with all these presents, huh?

They're all empty.
Renee brought them.

Come on, some of your friends
must have brought you presents.

Buck, look around. only one
of my friends is here,

and she didn't bring a present

because my real party
is next week.

Emily.

Emily, come on, birthday
girl. come on, have a turn.

Come on, em.
Big smile now.

Be happy.
It's your happy day.

I don't believe you.
I... i... i don't think you care at all.

Emily, you've been
moping around all day.

Is this any way to
act at your party?

I didn't want this party.

The camera is on. now please
try to have a good time. play the game.

No.

Kill it, kill it.

I don't want this party!

Are we gonna have to do this again or what?

Uh, do we have another pinata?

I can't hold this
amino oozing anymore.

Excuse me.

Emily! emily!

I would think of all days,
your birthday, you could act your age.

But it isn't my birthday,
remember?

Buck was right.
We might as well be animals in the zoo.

Emily.
I'm sorry.

But i just couldn't act like
i was having a good time

and act like you've been
ever since you've been on the news.

Act?

Yes.

Every time renee
says "smile," we smile.

I... i just couldn't
smile anymore.

But i thought you liked
the idea of having your birthday on t.v.

well, i knew it was
real important to you,

but none of it was real.

It's pretty hard to know
what is real anymore.

Really, matt.
It's an all-night, all-singles laundromat.

People go there to find
mates for themselves and their socks.

I don't mean to be blunt,
matt, but ever since

i came down here
to do my laundry,

i've had this feeling that...

well,
it's... it's a human term, um,

that you've been
undressing me with your eyes.

Me?

Come on.

Then you weren't?

No!

I got to go.

I didn't mean to chase you off.

And i didn't mean to lie.

I was doing what you said.

This wouldn't have anything
to do with that videotape, would it?

No, no.

Yeah.

It was pretty explicit.

There were a lot
of newcomer women and...

and you've never
seen that before.

Well, my wash is done.
The machines are all yours.

I get curious, too, matt.

I-i've even rented
erotic human tapes

for that very reason.

You?

I... i got curious
about the human body.

I've undressed you
a couple of times.

You have?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, yeah.

Piesman, i ordered denton's
phone records yesterday.

Oh, they've been sitting on your desk
u derneath your dry cleaning?

Oh, yeah. send them down.

And piesman, you're supposed
to hang up dry cleaning,

kind of like
i'm doing with this phone.

Well, if it isn't
the invisible man.

Where's your shadow?

Renee and the crew are
in the booking area.

What'd you do today, george,
get your star on hollywood boulevard?

The crew and i spent the day
in the police chief's anteroom.

We never did get in to see him.

Oh, fame's a fickle woman.

Matt.

I'm sorry for these last few
days. i've behaved very badly.

Emily has opened
my eyes to that.

I convinced myself that i was
doing this for a much higher good

but i've let myself
be used at the expense

of my... my family,
my work, and you.

Look, george, it could've
happened to anyone, huh?

It's a meat grinder,
but who's to say who's using who?

You were just
seizing the moment, that's all.

Oh, jeez, i think i just
quoted arvin kaufman.

Oh, about time. thanks.

Denton's phone records?

Yeah.

Bingo.

He's been lying like
a stiff at the morgue.

Look at all these
calls to the sex line.

Matt, this number,
arvin kaufman's home phone.

There's been several calls
from denton's home to kaufman's home.

All in the last 24 hours.

All since virginia's
been staying there.

Sounds like someone's obsessed
with virginia, can't leave her alone.

I think we should go speak
with mr. denton.

All right, get the film crew.

I, uh, thought we could
slip out the back.

Ernie was on the phone,
yelling at his brother-in-law, john.

I don't know what about.

He roared away when i came over,

but... but he... but he left
that box on the workbench.

Virginia's driver's license.

He could be heading
for her at kaufman's.

And if he is,
we may have trouble.

This is useless.
All the phone lines are dead.

We've got cause.
Call for backup.

Right.

Uh, we're gonna have
to find another way, george.

No, there's no time.
We go over.

You ever hear of
the berlin wall, george?

The one they bulldozed
back in '90?

It was half this tall. how many people
do you think just scampered over that?

How many of those people
were newcomers?

Come on, i'll give you a boost.

Try anything once. ok.

Nice boost, george.

Sorry.
Let's go.

Don't move.

Didn't know you were
in the window business, ernie old pal.

It's not what you think.
It never is. spread 'em.

Did you find his gun?

No, he's clean.
Must have dropped it.

I don't have it. damn it!
Will you listen to me?

I came here to
protect virginia, not to hurt her.

I don't have any time...

Oh, my god.

Ms. hamm?
Virginia?

Police, freeze! drop it!

On your knees,
hands behind your back.

Oh, wonderful.
It's denton's kid.

You're both under arrest.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up that right,

anything you say can and
will be used against you in a court of law.

Louis, why?

Why did you do these things?

I don't know.
We were just having fun.

Fun? you hurt people.

That's what she does
on the videotape. she likes it.

That's not real.

You took your father's gun.

Were you going to hurt her?

I don't know.

It's like she was teasing us.
She was asking for it.

She was asking for it? well, that's
all you have to say for yourself?

Ernie,

we should've seen this coming.

He's always in trouble now,
picking fights at school,

the way he's cruel
to his sister.

I... i just don't know.

All right, come on.

Hey, you take your shot with kids,
put a roof over their heads,

and hope they turn out.

Till guys like him come along
and pollute their minds.

You know what they say about
people who live in glass houses?

Hey, hey,
i gave my kid everything.

Oh, yeah.

Nudie calendars, slasher movies,

a little voyeur vision
over the old man's shoulder.

Yeah, you gave him
everything, all right.

We have a good home.
We're hardworking.

It's not just money,
it's responsibility.

It's parental supervision.

You ask any shrink around here,

he'll tell you
a lot of boys get their first dose of sex

from those violent
slasher and porn movies.

Give that to a kid who's already
got problems. look what you get?

Let's go home, ernie.

So you got
all the answers, huh, cop?

Well, my family's not like that.

Let's go home, ernie.

Their statements are complete.

You're free to go.

You hit it right
on the head, sikes, and it's pitiful.

You know,
parents spend more time watching television

than they do paying attention
to what their kids do.

And when the kids
aren't perfect, they point at me.

But i have a right to sell it,

and they have
a right not to buy it.

Yeah.

Yeah, i don't know about right
and wrong, but what you do stinks.

Let's go.
No.

Arvin,
s.f.l. is not worth what i saw tonight.

There are lots of
talented actresses out there.

I'll be all right.

Well, now you see him,
now you don't.

Nice piece of evasiveness,
det. francisco.

Please understand,
there was no time to bring you in tow.

No time?

The conclusion to the case we've
been covering on you all week

and you had no time?

I built you an image,
made you a hero to the people of l.a.,

stuck half of parker center
in your back pocket.

And this is the thanks i get?

Ms. longstreet...

no, forget the apology.

I still have to salvage
something out of this.

Bernie, come on, we still got to
get a couple of shots of the kids

before they take them
to juvenile detention.

No way.
You don't get the kids.

You can't film them.
They're minors.

It's news.

It's exploitive and you know it.

Oh, really?

I'm not defending what they did,

but the blame is not
entirely theirs to take.

Look, lady, it's just a twisted
mess of sex and violence.

Kaufman sells it,
virginia sells it...

and like it or not,
ms. eyewitness news, in your own glossy way

you sell it, too.

Hi.
Hi.

Come on in.
Oh, no.

Um, i just wanted
to give you this.

Not another arvin
kaufman presents?

No, no, this was produced
by the university med school.

You mean on newcomer sexuality?

You can rent it
in any video store.

It may not have the flash and
flare of what kaufman produces,

but i'll guarantee,
it's a lot more true to life.

Great.

You'll probably want to
watch it by yourself.

Yeah, probably
the best way to go.

If you have any questions...

thanks.