All language subtitles for kojak_s05e12_i_could_kill_my_wife_s_lawyer

Hey, Davros.

Coil it, I said, not hang yourself.

Coil it, coil it. Sure, I'm ready to
throw up and stay there. Coil it in.

Hey, where's Sally?

I thought she was going to be with us
today.

She's pregnant.

Didn't you tell you? Really?

Hey, fantastic.

Since when?

Two months, but we didn't want to say
anything to her real sure.

Well, all right, man.

Let's get a pool together.

Pick a date.

That's a good idea.

What date do you want?

December 22nd. Okay, the 22nd.

December the 5th and it's a boy.
December 30th.

Hey, you want a beer?

You remember, Lieutenant, the guys
rearranged their ships so they could

the afternoon on Richie's boat.

And I'm covering here. No, I don't
remember, Lieutenant.

You tell the Navy to abandon ship.

Looks like we finally got a shot to nail
this Jimmy Alonzo. He's in a midtown

hotel looking to buy 10 or 15 pounds of
coke.

Take the address.

I got a room reserved right next door to
his.

You tell Crocker I want him to get a
team together and put out a stakeout.

going to nab him this time.

Well, go, Rizzo.

Guys, get this stern line.

Stern to bow line.

Hey, Richie, grab the stern line here.
Hurry up.

Grab that stern line.

Watch the side. Watch the side of it.

Bobby,

what are you doing here? You're supposed
to be covering.

Yeah, well, the lieutenant sent me down.
We got a fix on Alonzo. Come on, I'll

tell you about it on the way back.

Hey, we got a make on Alonzo. We got to
go.

Look, you guys go ahead. I'll have
Richie tie down the boat, and we'll be

there. You got it.

Trouble.

What's the matter?

You know women.

First couple of months when they're
pregnant, they're very emotional.

I mean, I don't show up on time. She
thinks I'm cheating on her. She really

thinks that she's lost her looks.

Now, I think she's more beautiful than
ever, you know?

Ah, don't worry about it, Richie.

Once the kid comes, you'll see how she
brightens up.

Now, come on. Let's get this boat
secured.

I'll get this when you get the jitter.

Someone just came in the room.

Mr. Alonzo.

Not a cop in the lot.

Where is it?

It's in the housekeeping cart.

Outside in the hall. Ten pounds, pure
coke.

Lieutenant, the cellar just came up to
the room.

Joe Cain, I think.

The coke is staged on the cart.

All right, follow Kane down to the lobby
and stay behind him. Have Larry pick up

Alonzo.

Well, this better be just like the phone
call. Hey, come on. I got a business. I

got a reputation.

Lay back down.

Hey, I'll call an ambulance.

I thought you were supposed to come down
the elevator.

I went down one floor. I came back up.
That wasn't the plan.

Lieutenant, on the boat today, I asked
Larry to do some things for me.

Like check the tail tail. That's a
little string. It's up on top of the

tells you which way the wind's blowing.

The point is, he doesn't see too well
anymore.

And he's too proud to wear glasses. So I
got worried about him.

For 30 years, Larry's been a top
detective.

You're very lucky to have broken in with
him.

And he's lucky to have you for a
partner.

Larry, okay?

In the shoulder.

I guess that means my age is going to
put me out to pasture.

Isn't that right, Theo?

Sooner or later.

Yes, sir, I'll be.

You're a good cop.

Selma, Louisa. Who are they, Richie?

They are informants, Sally. And where
did you get this list?

Informants. Oh, that covers all the
names I'll ever find, doesn't it?

Sally. Wait a minute. Excuse me.

Sally, I know for a fact that Richie and
Larry Morton have a whole network of

hookers that they use as informants. Oh,
yes. Of course. You're absolutely

right. How could I think such a terrible
thing? What did you do tonight, Richie?

I was wrong. Wait a minute. Wait a
minute, Richie. Wait a minute. He only

his own life to save Larry Morton.
That's all.

That's nice.

Look, I'm sorry, but I just don't care
anymore.

My lawyers advised me to change the
locks. What?

You can come home if you want, but you
won't get in.

Hello.

Come around.

Well, of course that depends.

On what?

On his wife's lawyer.

Come here.

Hey, Mitch.

Yeah.

Larry's going to be all right.

That's something.

30 bottles a year old.

So we settled for three bottles, 10
years old.

Thanks. Hey, I want them all open right
now.

Easy does it on us. You know, I spent
the best years of my life here.

I want the best for all of you.

Welcome any time, Larry.

Yeah. Try to keep me awake.

Hey,

Larry. Sorry I'm late, partner. I got
hung up over a court, but I didn't

to get you a present. Hey, buddy, I'm
just glad you... How you doing?

Hey, you got a nice tan. Miami must have
been nice.

It's okay. You know, for a couple of
months. But forever?

There's no action.

I hated it.

Thanks.

Listen, um... Sally go through with the
divorce?

No.

We're, uh... We're nowhere near that
yet, thank God.

She has this lawyer, Coughlin. He has
all these, uh, preliminary hearings.

Every time, I think I'm real close to
making peace with her.

He tells her that I'm just watching out
for myself.

You know what the court awarded him
today?

5 ,000 bucks for two months' work, which
I don't have.

Plus, she gets half my pay. I don't even
get to live in the apartment. Plus, my

attorney.

I think I'm going to have to sell a boat
if I can find a buyer.

Oh, I'm sorry, Richie.

How's Sally doing with the kid?

She's due in about two months.

She's crying herself to sleep every
single night. And this lawyer of hers

an injunction, so now I can't even talk
to her.

You could kill him, Larry.

Nice boat.

What are you asking?

I paid $9 ,500.

And I put another $5 ,000 into her. New
motor, sails, galley work.

You want to see below?

How much?

Well, it's a really bad season to sell
right now.

In spring, she'll bring 4 ,000 more at
least.

Look, I'll die inside, but I take 7 ,000
cash.

Write a bill of sale, sign it, get 2
,000. 2 ,000?

Is this some kind of a joke?

I get more than that from a broker.

So do it.

2 ,500.

Hey, you're hungry.

Take it.

Who the hell are you?

Don't tell me I'm him. Hey, hey, I see
three witnesses looking at us.

You want to get sued for assault, you
got it.

But I think you've got enough lawyer
problems if you ask me. I didn't ask. So

how come you told?

Get on the ground and spread them. Hey,
are you crazy?

Here you go.

See, you look like a bum I saw on a
poster yesterday. Now take out your

You are making a big mistake. Just shut
up or I'll run you in.

Coughlin?

He sends you to buy my boat when he's
got me nailed against the wall?

Get out of here!

Charmaine? I want those Cutler briefs
sent over to my apartment as soon as

they're done.

Call Mrs. Bright. Tell her not to show
in court tomorrow.

I'll explain that she's ill. That way
they'll give us an extension.

She'll get another two months in the
house.

And I want that bill paid tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

Good night.

You know what it ought to say on these
plates?

Scheisse.

Excuse me.

What's the matter? You run through court
so fast you forget the faces, don't

you? May I suggest, Mr. Santorini, that
we limit our contact to the courthouse.

Now would you please move?

I'm a detective, investigating a crime.

You touch me, I'll arrest you.

If you arrest me, I'll see that you're
fired.

Now move!

$2 ,000 for my boat, huh?

Then you sit on it for what, maybe four
months?

Make an $8 ,000 profit?

That's a crime in itself.

No, sir, it is not.

Now, you needed money to satisfy a court
order.

I offered cash.

You ought to thank me.

What do you need the money for,
Coughlin?

I have a license for this for exactly
this reason.

Now, do you move or not?

Please.

Please get off my wife's case.

I think we can work this out if you just
try and help.

I'm not a marriage counselor, Mr.
Santorini.

I'm a lawyer.

And you'll pay for this, I assure you of
that.

Hey, Larry.

I thought you were retired. Where's
Richie? He had another appointment with

lawyer. How long is that going to drag
on for?

The way his wife's lawyer is milking
this case. A year, maybe. A year?

I know a guy who was married and
divorced three times in one year. It

been four, only he murdered the last
one.

What is this, a surprise party?

Neil.

Everett Copland, Santorini's wife's
lawyer.

Called some friends in the department
this morning.

Told them that Ritchie threatened him
yesterday.

I think you better talk to Ritchie,
Theo. I'd hate to see another career

by divorce.

I will, Frank.

And thanks for being so patient.

Mr. Copeland, I'm with Mr. Santorini,
and we have a suggestion that'll settle

this affair right now.

He'll agree to maintain all medical
insurance on his wife and child until

age of 18.

He'll pay 200 a month alimony until she
remarries and 200 a month support for

the child also until 18.

Double it, Kerkorian.

He draws 500 a week in his current
grade.

Before taxes, leave my client something.

Alimony is tax deductible.

And of course you know she'll need a new
vehicle, an apartment suitable for

raising a child, plus some sort of live
-in help.

She never asked for that before!

And a lump sum to cover emotional
counseling and other hardships of, say,

,000.

Plus, Kerkorian, the $5 ,000 in fees
already awarded me by the court.

And let's say another $1 ,000 each month
until this affair is finally settled.

Oh, right. Why don't you just ask for
the impossible so we never get into

You make a grand a month while we sit
around waiting for a court date. You

a blank check? I'll write it.

Look, let's just get this over with.

But for Sally, she has a baby on the
way, and I'm sure this is hell on her. I

will talk to you, Kerkorian, when you're
ready to talk seriously.

But not to your client.

And he's damn lucky that I'm not suing
him personally for assault.

I don't really need that $10 ,000 in
cash.

What did he say?

Nothing that would serve your interest,
Mrs. Santorini.

He's doing what we call churning the
case.

Creating delays, keeping your wife off
balance, generating a lot of fees.

He does it to 100 clients a year.

Now, if we offer him 300 a month
support... No.

No maybes. No maybes. I'll give him
everything.

A blank check.

Anything to end this right now.

Crocker?

Yeah, this is Richie. I need you guys to
help me do something.

Mr. Coughlin? I think you better come
out here quick.

office, Santorini.

You want everything I have, right? Well,
here it is. Come on, we'll meet you

downstairs. Get it out of here.

No, no, no, I'm giving it to you.

What's the matter?

It's no good unless you steal it?

Here you go.

And if you don't think that's
everything, a blank check. Help

good for 600 at best, and it's all the
blood I got, Coughlin.

No, you have a boat that's insured for
10 ,000, which you don't set foot on

again after this weekend.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I don't care how much paper you
slap on the boat, Coughlin, because

tomorrow it's not going to be there, you
understand?

And good luck trying to find it.

Alvin, this is Coughlin.

I want us to meet.

There's a cafe, corner of 6th and 23rd.

I want a thorough job, and I want it
done tonight.

A boat.

I don't know.

A boat, a building, what's the
difference?

A boat.

Rocks.

You could retire on the business I've
thrown your way.

You just dumped it right in his office.
And TV dinners, light bulbs, shaving

cream, everything.

Yeah, well, I like the gesture, Richie.

But look, I gotta admit that the strain
is showing in other areas.

Let's face it, reports that a week's
late, all those hours spent on personal

matters... I'll fight any suggestion of
a leave.

Wait a minute, don't jump the gun.

I'm really sorry, Lieutenant.

I know you're just trying to help me.
Everybody is.

I just don't know anymore. Maybe I
should take a leave. No.

You know what you ought to do?

You ought to throw yourself 110 % into a
case like you used to.

That way you get your mind off personal
matters.

All right.

I'll try, Lieutenant.

I catch a good case, I'll really try.

Thank you.

This is all we could salvage.

But it's in pretty good condition,
considering.

ID? A driver's license in the name of
Alvin Kettle.

And this slip of paper might be of
interest to you.

It looks like a code of some kind.

Did I hear him say Kettle? The guy we
almost nailed in the bowling alley fire?

Yeah, one of New York's busiest
torchmen.

Blown out his own pilot light.

Now, what's he doing on your boat,
Richie?

You tell me, Lieutenant. Now you tell
me.

Because if Kettle doesn't bungle this
job, some guy in some pretty tough

financial straits stands to collect how
much insurance?

Ten thousand.

And you know what, Lieutenant, off the
record?

I feel like punching you right in the
face.

Thank God.

Because hearing that makes me trust you
a whole lot more than if you come up

with a quick alibi.

All right.

You wanted a case you can sink your
teeth into, you take this one.

Lieutenant, if I'm a suspect, they're
going to call you on the carpet for

You know that. Yeah, well, look.

If you did it, you'll hang yourself
trying to frame somebody else.

What am I going to tell you? You sure
that's not what you really believe?

I'm going to take Kettle's piece of
paper here, figure out the code.

If your name pops up on it, you'll be
the first to know.

Now, give me a clue, Richie. Who's your
first suspect here?

Coughlin, right?

The boat goes down, explosion in the
bilge, and he collects 10 grand on the

insurance he can attach right away. I
swear, Lieutenant, if I find Coughlin

anything to do with this... Hey, Richie,
don't lynch him.

Build a case.

I was up in records when Santorini came
in.

Santorini? For what?

Copies of every court date you've had in
the last year.

Names and addresses of every client.

What's he want that for?

That's a good question.

Could be the name of some person he met.

Hey, Frank.

What's the most common place where
numbers represent letters?

The phone. All right.

All right.

So you got 23.

Second button, third letter, C.

Next button would be the sixth.

Third letter O.

82.

That's you.

I had them all up together. They don't
spell mother.

They spell Copland.

So, 3 o 'clock Wednesday afternoon, the
day before Kettle tries to scuttle

Santorini's boat, Kettle has a meeting
with Copland.

It's pretty juicy, Frank.

Have Richie check out every place they
hung out together.

We might get lucky at one of them and
come up with a reliable witness who saw

them together.

I'll go see Coughlin, find out what his
alibi was for that afternoon.

I'll let Arno know that we have any
suspicions.

And warn Ritchie to do the same, and
Larry Morton. And you warn the whole

Frank. Of course, there's not one of
them who won't try to help Ritchie.

Lieutenant?

Your detective is embarrassing me,
acting in an irrational manner.

Now, if you can't discipline him, then
I'm going to be forced to take him to

court. For harassment.

Why would he want to harass you, Mr.
Coughlin?

Come on, Lieutenant.

I represent his enemy, just as you
represent the enemy to all those little

crooks out there. It's a job. It's a
racket.

Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn.

And you carry that scorn all the way to
the bank.

Who's the last couple you helped bring
together, Mr. Coughlin?

Lieutenant, more than half the marriages
in this country end up in divorce.

Now, if people are so stupid and
careless that they can't protect what

considered a sacred relationship, then
as far as I'm concerned, they're fair

game. Then what you're saying, that it's
fair game for me to shoot any

shoplifter on sight, right?

What do you want, Lieutenant?

Well, maybe you're right about
Santorini, Coughlin.

You know, he's under a big, big strain.

He said certain things to me which... I
don't think he's lying, but I think

maybe he doesn't remember correctly.

And here's your chance to help for once.

Wednesday afternoon at 3 o 'clock, the
day before he tried to... The day

before his boat blew up.

He said he was with you. Now, I've got
reason to believe that he was involved

something else.

He says he was with you in your office
from 3 o 'clock till after 4.

It's impossible, Lieutenant.

I wasn't even in my office from 2 .30
until a little before 5.

You can check with my secretary.

Santorini left here at 2 .15.

He swore under oath.

Well, I guess I'd better send a man down
here to get a statement from your

secretary.

Anytime, Lieutenant, anytime.

It may be good to have a secondary
witness.

Could I get a statement from somebody
you were with?

2 .30, Wednesday. I slipped off to a
girlfriend's house for a coffee break.

Oh, could I have her name?

Sorry.

She's married.

Oh.

You know, I... I like the way you

respect these sacred relationships.

If you come to my office, would you call
first? You'll feel right at home.

We got cockroaches.

At 3 o 'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Kettle has a meeting with Coughlin.

And at 3 o 'clock Wednesday afternoon,

Coughlin can't come up with an alibi. Is
that a coincidence or what?

Kidding, Lieutenant.

Take a look at this.

Out of the 108 cases handled by Coughlin
and his associates last year, there's

four names to remember.

Wilson, Leary, Rembeck, and Warren.
Okay?

Now take a look at the list of orphans
last year for which Kettle was the

one suspect.

Four of them.

involved property belonging to guess
who?

Wilson, Leary, Rembeck, Warren.

And each one got an insurance windfall,
which Coughlin ripped off heavily in the

settlements for the wives at an average
fee and commission of $21 ,000.

Mm -hmm.

So Misery just doesn't love company with
Coughlin.

Misery is a company.

Anybody have any idea how Kettle met
Coughlin?

Not a one, Lieutenant.

We can't find anybody that can put the
two of them together at any time.

But we still got the guys working on it.
Well, if we go to the DA's office with

what we got, if he asks for a warrant to
bring Coughlin before the grand jury,

the lab is out of the office.

And there's no way that we can make him
swear to where he was.

Lieutenant, if he gets away with this...
Look, Richie, hiring an arsonist who

kills himself during the commission of a
crime, that's a murder I'm facing,

Coughlin. I admit it's a tough case, but
you're a tough detective, right?

So you want Coughlin?

Crack it.

When did you find this out, Frank? Just
now.

Me and Rizzo finally got a search
warrant, went over to Kettle's apartment

an hour ago.

Now, this check, Lieutenant, was inside
his mailbox, in an envelope.

And it wasn't mailed. It was just
slipped inside.

Could have been there a couple of days.

Paid to the order of Alvin Kettle, $500.

Signed, Richard Santorini.

Dated?

The day before Kettle blew himself up.

Called Internal Affairs about ten
minutes ago.

We'll get on the case tomorrow.

Yeah.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah, didn't you say something about
making out a blank check to Kaufman the

other day?

Yeah, it was a gesture. Take all I got.
There is no more.

What? This a joke?

Who filled this in?

Where'd you find it?

Kettle's mailbox.

Wait a minute.

Somebody think I wrote Kettle a check?

A check? What, am I crazy?

Coughlin did this. It has to be him.

Why? Oh, come on. You know I'm being
framed. I called the guy a shyster right

through his face.

He can't exactly like me for that.

Okay.

I'll stick my neck out because I believe
you.

But there isn't a jury in the country,
including Internal Affairs, not going to

pin this whole thing on you.

Conspiracy to commit arson?

Homicide?

Hey, Richie, you better have a case
against this Coughlin.

I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I got nothing.

Three assaults, two rapes, right?

Between three and five in the afternoon
on last Wednesday.

Yeah, thanks.

Stafford, can you get a chance to make
those calls for me? Yeah, why don't I

them... There you are.

There you go.

On the afternoon of Wednesday the 1st,
the Austin Division reported three

suspicious fires in Manhattan.

And during the same period, there were
five first snatchings, two armed

robberies, one homicide domestic, and
three hit and runs.

Any fatalities?

Yeah, they list here one elderly victim
hit by a car on the corner of 72nd and

3rd. Yeah.

Thanks. Okay, Larry.

Records, this is Morton again, Manhattan
South.

I want the particulars on a hit -and
-run last Wednesday.

How come Larry's checking on rapes and
hit -and -runs? Gee, I don't know. Beats

me, Lieutenant. I guess he must be on to
something.

Did the witness specify a black car or a
dark car?

Dark limousine heading uptown.

No passengers.

Thank you.

Yeah, dark limousine, hit -and -run.

And your accident's if you just heard
about the Yankees five months late. What

case are you working on, Larry?

Lieutenant, Coughlin drives a deep brown
Cadillac.

That's a dark limousine, right?

And from his office on Broad Street,
it's almost a straight drive up 3rd

Now, if the accident occurred at 3 .20
in the afternoon, he had plenty of time

to make it up to 72nd Street.

Accident?

Hey, we're not trying to nail him for
hit and run.

We're trying to find out where he met
with Kettle that afternoon.

Lieutenant.

We haven't got one single lead that
connects them.

No place that we're seen together.
Nothing.

Now, the only way we're going to be able
to help Richie is if we can get

Coughlin to tell us where he was that
afternoon.

Are you going to do that with a Chinese
water torture?

Lead pipes?

It's a little more like a frame.

Not on my squad.

But I'm not on your squad anymore, Theo.

Remember?

What do you mean, can you help me?

This is my boat.

What's left of it, anyway.

Lieutenant Lawton, Internal Affairs.

We'll have to ask you to stay off the
vessel, Santorini, until we can complete

our investigation.

Oh, damn it. I got an offer on this
engine. 450 bucks, and I need it. It's

job, Santorini. Nothing personal. Sorry.

Richie?

Richie?

What are you doing here?

Another woman, Richie?

Prettier? Without the big stomach and
the bad moves?

I could see you with her, lying to me.

I didn't.

Never even considered it.

So you didn't.

I did.

But the dreamer?

Go back on her?

Destroy her?

Coughlin said you did it.

Look at it, Richie.

She was so beautiful the first day we
took her out sailing.

Under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Wondering whether the mast would scrape
or not.

Yeah, I remember that.

We only cleared it by a couple hundred
feet.

It's ugly.

Black are dreams.

You couldn't do that to your boat, would
you?

I know that.

I couldn't do that to our marriage,
Sally.

You remember?

That was the dream that came first.

Something kicked me.

I'm the one who needs a kick.

Oh, Richie, after work.

Come home tonight.

Can I help you?

Hey, Nadine.

I thought you got contacts.

You're squinting again like an old lady.

Come on, put on the glasses.

I like them.

Hey, Larry!

What you doing here?

I thought you were in Florida chasing
widows.

Oh, Nadine, I'm 62.

Let them do the work. Chase me for a
change, huh?

Make you feel like 22 now that you ain't
the fuzz no more.

Thanks. I need a bigger favor than that.

Well, hey, Larry, you were fair by me. I
mean, you got my charges dropped when

you retired.

Didn't pass me on to the next cop.

Give you one more tip on the house, if
it's information I can get.

Well, it's not an informant I need.

What I need is a witness who can
identify this guy.

And say they saw him in here last
Wednesday afternoon. About, um, four o

should do it.

I never saw him in my life.

Nadine, what I need is somebody to lie
for me. To help me build a case, a hit

-and -run case against this creep.

Ah, you mean me do this in court? Hand
on the Bible?

Larry, some of us sinners still fear
God. I mean, hand on a man, sure.

But on the Bible?

Uh -uh.

Nadine, this guy is framing my partner.

Richie? Who'd want to hurt him?

Were you ever married, Nadine?

Oh, twice.

First one was real rich, but I didn't
know about it until the divorce.

Any lawyers involved?

Are you kidding?

I mean, here was this sweet kid, 19.

I met him in Fort Gordon and got
married.

He had this stuck -up family.

Hired some big Harvard lawyer.

Do you know what that stuffed shirt
called me?

A whore.

Just win the case, that's all.

Didn't care about people, about
feelings.

Well, Nadine,

And this guy is a lawyer who's a little
worse than that.

You want to hear the whole story?

Sure. Love a good hate.

You make a citizen's arrest on that kind
of evidence, he's going to sue you for

every cent in your pension plan and
you're going to end up waxing his cars.

how's he going to do that?

Only one way.

By proving where he was on Wednesday
afternoon.

In order to do that, he's got to tell us
where he met Kettle and the witnesses

that saw them.

Now look, it's my butt on the line.

I know what I'm doing.

Now, come on.

All right.

I'll play it.

Mrs. Santorini, I asked you specifically
and repeatedly, were you committed to

this divorce before you came in here?

And you assured me over and over...
Well, now I'm saying no, Mr. Coughlin.

I've seen a very hard, a very
determined, very successful man up close

office.

And my husband is a treasure compared to
you.

Mr. Coughlin?

I didn't know you were still coming
here. It's the last time, Richie. I have

it with these theatrics. Do you
understand?

You, sir, are trespassing and will be
arrested.

You are under arrest, Mr. Coughlin, for
the hit -and -run killing of Edna

Wallace. This is a citizen's arrest.

Detective Santorini is just here to back
me up. A citizen's arrest?

He has the right.

These are dignified offices.

With clients outside that respect me, I
will not be humiliated this way. Are you

resisting arrest, sir?

Oh, you'll pay for this, Santorini.

You'll really pay.

And here's a deposition.

The manager of the Diplomat Massage
Parlor, located about six blocks from

scene of the hit -and -run, stating that
a man answering Mr.

Coughlin's description arrived there
about five minutes after the hit -and

This is a statement from William Jones,
a witness in the scene, who noted three

numbers on the license plate of the hit
-and -run vehicle.

387. Now, you notice that those are the
first numbers on the license plates of

the dark brown vehicle.

owned by Mr. Everett Craig Coughlin.
Didn't you tell Larry Morton to stay out

Manhattan South?

That's right, Frank.

He's in the interrogation room right now
with an attorney from the D .A.'s

office and Everett Coughlin. Sally
Senorini's lawyer?

Right. Morton brought him in on a
citizen's arrest.

A hit and run. He's trying to get the D
.A. to back him up with a warrant.

That's a frame, Frank.

Here I have a photograph of the right
front grill of Mr.

Coughlin's vehicle.

which I took in the parking lot about 5
.30 this afternoon.

Now, you can see there's been recent
damage to the grill and to the

Now, that's it. Enough already.

Santorini did that the other day when he
threatened me.

Come on, wait in the squad room.

Go ahead.

You're too late, Lieutenant.

Because I not only have a perfect case
against Morton, but against you and

others in this department.

Now, I suppose you're going to perjure
yourself and say that you had no idea

that this frame -up was planned.

Come on, Coughlin, we have a highly
emotional situation here. You know, men

loyalties who made a mistaken judgment
against orders, and I promise you we'll

deal with it in this department.

No.

We'll deal with it in the court of law.

I promise you that.

Where do we stand on this, Weeks? Well,
if Coughlin can prove he was nowhere

near the scene of the hit -and -run.

Then Morton faces felony charges for
filing a false report.

And also there are civil suits, along
with conspiracy and negligence charges

against the department and, quite
possibly, yourself and the captain.

Mr. Weeks, draw up a statement for me to
sign.

Because at 3 .10, which is approximately
the time that this frame -up has me

uptown, I was some 50 blocks away.

Can it be confirmed?

I parked my car in a parking lot on the
corner of 6th and 23rd.

They'll have a stub with the time of day
and my license number on it.

There was an attendant, red -haired,
who'd admired my car.

He'll remember me perfectly.

Can anyone else place you at the scene?
I had a date with a young lady whose

identity I don't need to bring into...
Everett. Who?

Get down to the parking lot on 23rd and
6th and make it fast.

Check out all the bars.

Check out all the immediate vicinity
where this Coughlin really might have

And take a picture of Kettle, take a
picture of Coughlin.

And then break row with us. They might
have spotted him together.

Yes, sir.

What you did in there is unforgivable.

What Coughlin did to Richie was even
worse. That's still no excuse.

Not only put a noose around your neck,
you put a noose around Richie's neck and

the whole department's.

Which I gave Coughlin every opportunity
to pull.

Which I knew he couldn't resist.

Which means that maybe...

We have a witness who saw him with Alvin
Kettle.

And that means the noose strangles
Coughlin and not us. That's still

unforgivable, Morden.

I know that, Lieutenant.

Look, I spent 30 years with the force
and never for one moment did I do

but play on the up and up. I'm sorry.

Hey, look, I hope this Coughlin hangs
himself.

But if he does, what I told you before
still stands.

Stay out of Manhattan South, understand?

I understand, Lieutenant.

You're right.

Yeah.

Lieutenant, I got a waitress around a
restaurant around the corner from the

parking lot.

who definitely saw Kevlin and Coughlin
together for at least 30 minutes.

You know, they were cozy talking,
passing notes and stuff.

Yeah, we got him for sure.

Got him.

Oh, uh... Good work, Stowers. Thanks.

What's in there now?

Coughlin's room.

Sheridan, he told us they got an earful.

That better have been a stone wall.

Kettle's death isn't ready to wrap
coffee.

When they gave me immunity in there, I
washed my hands. It's the way it goes.

Is our waitress here?

Miss Thompson?

Right this way, Miss Thompson.

What do you think? How's it going in
there?

The grand jury?

You know I can't say anything to
anybody.

But nobody said I couldn't smile.

Well, all you had to do was keep your
mouth shut.

And Larry Morton's case would have
fallen apart all by itself.

You did it to yourself, Coughlin, and
you know it.

Well, I got the best team of lawyers in
the East.

They'll beat the case.

Oh. Well, let's see.

Conspiracy to commit arson.

Homicide during the course of a crime.

Forgery.

Planting false evidence, et cetera.

Boy, they got to be geniuses to beat
that.

For 500 bucks an hour.

That's just what they are.

Oh. Let's see. My men get eight bucks an
hour.

And they nailed you.

You're finished, Coughlin.

And I love it.

Champagne. For the lodging?

That won't be for a very long time.

What?

I thought the baby was due any day.