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You know, I lived in an apartment today.

Not far from here.

Oh, wow.

They want a year's lease.

You gonna take it?

Considering it.

Benjamin would love that.

How about you?

Ben, come on. Throw the ball, Papa.

Woo! All right!

Let's get it, Papi. Come on, baby.

Don't you... Sure!

You can't get me. You can't get me.

When did you go from father to poppy?

I don't know when that happened. It just happened.

You all right?

No. It's all right.

Come on, you guys. Let's play.

Yeah, you want to play?

Yeah. You ready for me? Show me what you got.

Show you what I got?

White male, 20s, no wallet, no ID.

Looks like he was hit from behind while trying to change his tire.

Any witnesses?

Nobody around.

You around the place?

Yeah, the vehicle's registered to a business, Reynolds Gems.

We contacted the RO as requested.

Ed Reynolds is en route.

Two blows to the back of the head with a long, narrow object.

Like a tire iron?

Could be. Bag it, please.

Well. Somebody saw him changing his flat and took advantage of an opportunity.

I'm Ed Reynolds. I got a call.

He's all right. Let him through. Hi, what happened? Oh, my God.

You know the victim, sir?

Brian, he works for me. What happened?

Brian, what?

Uh... Jen?

I'm afraid that he is. When was the last time you saw him?

Right before lunch.

Well, would someone please tell me what happened? Was there some kind of

accident? It looks like he was assaulted, sir. Where did you last see

office. Where's that?

Uh, the jewelry important. It's just a couple of miles from here. He left to

make a delivery.

Sir, please step away from the vehicle, okay?

Did somebody find a brown paper bag?

Not that I know of.

Well, are you sure? Maybe one of the other officers?

What was in the bag, sir?

A half a million dollars worth of diamonds.

Five thousand.

I thought she'd buy you enough to gross you 40 ,000 on the street.

There's profit margin in ecstasy.

And people will pay anything to feel good.

Until they crash and their brains bleed.

I want the source of supply.

If they lead us to it, all the better. If not, we'll bring them in and try to

fuck them. What's the meeting?

Four o 'clock. Manny does his job right. Well, Manny's a weasel, but he gets the

job done.

Hey, don't lose my money.

Hey.

Oh, oh, my dog.

You know, if this copying doesn't work out for you, I think I can definitely.

Why don't you just blow a cover?

Oh, they hear.

Oh, that's fine.

Gentlemen, these are the interested parties that I told you about.

These are women.

Keen eye for detail.

We don't deal with women.

Five large says you do.

We're looking for a steady source.

Do you want to be in business?

If the product is good and the price is right.

These guys are used to us. Let's go. We're in a bra, honey. You want a check?

We're not wired, if that's what you mean.

I can vouch for them.

Ten bucks a pill.

Four.

Six.

Deal.

Five o 'clock.

The prelim coroner's report confirms blunt force trauma to the back of the

and the wound's match of tire iron.

The guy's changed his flat tire. Maybe somebody comes, offers to help, then

whacks, hits him over the head with an iron, and steals his wallet. And this is

where it gets good. The clerk finds a brown paper bag on the front seat of the

car. He takes the bag and says, Inspector DiLorenzo.

Yes, we are.

I take it the bag didn't contain a ham sandwich. Half a million dollars in

diamonds.

Which does the killer know about?

Either that or he's a lucky smuggler in San Francisco.

Find out. Get back to me.

I appreciate that, Mr. Zito, and we will certainly keep you apprised.

Thank you. Bye -bye.

Don't hold your breath.

That was an investigator with Freehold Baker. That's Reynolds Insurance

What did he want? He wants to assist in our investigation. Apparently he has

friends on the force.

Oh, good. Maybe he can help.

Have you ever worked with an insurance investigator?

No. They play by a different set of rules.

Their sole objective is to recover the stolen property. If they have to blow

case to do it, then so be it.

Sadie, you are so jaded. Yes, I am.

Just two more minutes to go.

You know what? This is going right through me. I've got to get some

Well, I'll wait for you outside.

I've got to get some air.

Biker, who?

Hey!

Where's your bike?

Hey, ready to do business?

Let's go.

That's one less cop in the world.

You kill me.

It's capital offense.

Every cop in the country will be after you.

I want to live.

My partner, can I do you?

You want to live? Yes!

Get down on your knees.

Don't do that.

Come on, man, let's go. Get down on your knees and beg me. Put your hands behind

your back.

No.

Lady, beg.

I'll leave you alone.

All your troubles could be over right now!

Please.

I beg of you, don't kill me.

Kiss my boob.

Kiss my boob, bitch.

Okay, can we go now?

No, let me cap her first.

How's that, Petey?

Drop that gun or I swear to God I'll shoot you.

Ow!

Are you okay?

Where were you?

I was in the bathroom.

Are you okay? Did they hurt you?

They took my gun.

Someday, huh?

Yep.

Come on.

Anything we can do?

Thanks.

It was my fault. It wasn't her fault. Captain, I shouldn't have let her go out

there alone. If Jenny hadn't shown up... When she did, I'd be lying on a slab in

a morgue right now. And if you'd waited for her, we wouldn't be having this

conversation.

You put yourself in harm's way without a partner to watch your back.

Once we bring a man, we charge him with attempted murder of a police officer.

We'll also get him to flip on the ecstasy source.

And how do you propose to catch them? I got three digits off the motorcycle

plate.

Bring them in.

Before they shoot someone with your gun.

You okay?

Yeah.

You want to talk?

No, I just want to go home.

We had a great day today.

I can see that.

You know, I never knew how much you could love a kid.

You have no idea.

Are you all right?

Yeah. I'm just tired.

I had a very rough day.

I understand.

I should go.

Gabriel, I need you to promise me something.

If anything ever happens to me, I want you to take Ben.

Of course.

No, don't just say, of course. I want you to swear to me that you will never

abandon him.

I won't abandon him, Magda.

He's my son.

You have my word.

Thank you.

What happened to you today?

Was it something you saw?

It was something I saw.

Good night, Gabriel. Thank you for watching, Ben.

I'm totally into the business thing.

Yeah, somehow I don't see you as an accountant.

Hello. There's more to business than accounting.

Yeah, like what?

Like, for instance, travel and tourism.

That's a good feel. Do you have any idea the kind of deal travel agents get? I

mean, I could fly anywhere in the world for like ten cents.

Can you bring your mommy?

No sweat.

Where do you want to go?

Ireland, of course.

Spain. Africa.

That's a good thing.

You can go back to school.

Very good thing, no question about it.

Yeah, I'm really jazzed about it.

Maybe I might even get a master's.

Get ahead of yourself.

Finish with two years first.

Could you for once not be such a buzzkill?

You're right. Why stop at a master's? Go all the way for a Ph .D.

You know what looks really good?

Paleontology.

Okay, maybe that's it.

Yeah.

I see that.

It's like a pin prayer.

It was a stray pin.

A tire could travel a couple of miles with a hole like that before it went

So what are you saying?

We think because of the nature of the tire puncture that it wasn't a random

attack. Someone punched a hole in the tire. They followed the car until it

flat. When Brian got out to check it, they attacked and robbed him.

Oh.

So, how can I help?

Did Brian always carry the diamonds in a brown paper bag?

Well, sometimes.

Sometimes in his pockets. You know, I was trying to be inconspicuous.

Who else knew about the Delivers?

Ira Green, the buyer. Very good customer.

Anita, I was addressed.

Sure.

Did Brian seem agitated, or was he acting unusual in any way? Well, come to

think of it, he did seem a little nervous.

I just thought it was because of the value of the diamonds.

They usually carry more than $20 ,000 or $30 ,000 worth.

Oh, hey, wait a minute.

If you think Brian set this up and then got double -crossed, forget it.

He was a good kid. He was a very loyal employee.

So why so many this time?

Ira put in a very good order. You think Ira was involved?

Were the diamonds insured?

Naturally. I already filed a claim.

That's Ira's address.

Were you in the office after Brian left?

I know. I met my wife for lunch.

I went to do that.

It's a small restaurant off of Chafee Street.

So, what do you think the chances are of catching the thief?

We're not just looking for a thief, Mr. Reynolds.

We're looking for a killer.

Something about this case just isn't right. I don't know what it is, but

something's missing.

Oh, DMV printouts, parole reports, incident reports. Is the captain

you guys?

No, she just thought it'd be a real great idea if we looked at every drug

in the Bay Area since Vasco da Gama discovered California.

Coronado. I'm sorry?

Vasco da Gama sailed to India. Coronado explored California. You know what? I

really don't care.

Ramirez.

Thanks.

Here.

I trust you ladies had a successful meet yesterday. No details.

Remuneration only, please.

Hey, ow, ow. What are you doing?

Who are those shirt bags, Manny?

I take it things didn't go well. I want to know who they are and where we can

find them.

That's not our deal.

Yeah, well, we got a new deal now.

Is he serious?

You know what? Tell us who they are, or everyone on the street is going to know

exactly how you've been making a living for the last ten years.

You do that, I'll be the last informer I ever work for you. Well, that's not

going to be your problem, is it? Because you'll be dead.

Well,

I have a certain fiduciary possibility.

Here's the 50 you got coming, plus the next 200.

Well, they go by the name of Soka and Tupelo.

Soka is the...

mean, skinny one.

And? And I heard that they jacked a couple of mini -marts up

in Laramie, Wyoming before coming down here to deal disco biscuits.

That's all I know, I swear.

I swear.

Thank you.

Mr. Ira Green?

I'm in trouble here.

SFPD, I'm Inspector DeLorenzo. This is Inspector Reed. We'd like to ask you a

few questions.

Is this about the Reynolds diamonds?

Yes, sir.

Don't move.

You know, you'll never see those stones again.

By now, they're probably parceled out to a half a dozen out -of -town jewelers

who paid maybe 50 cents on the dollar for them.

I understand the victim was bringing them to your store.

Yes, I was prepared to buy them.

And did anyone else know about this?

No, no, no. For this very reason. Can we ask your whereabouts yesterday

afternoon?

You think I did this thing?

Just for the record?

No, I was in my office with Marsha.

That's my sales clerk.

We were, uh, how shall I put this?

Flagrante delicto.

And I assume Marcia can confirm this.

I hope so. I'd be very insulted if she couldn't.

Look, I'm a rich old man. I don't need to rob people.

Especially Reynolds.

He has enough problems. What kind of problems?

Well, it's not my business.

Have you met his wife?

Uh, no, sir, we haven't. Ah.

DeLorenzo. Anything else?

No, that'll be all. Thanks. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Zito.

Do I like anybody for the killing? We have suspects, if that's what you're

asking me.

Yes, yes, and I appreciate that.

I will. Thank you. Goodbye.

Do I like anybody for the killing? Who talks like that? Oh, come on. Give them

chance. Might have some information. Don't be so judgmental. I give people

chances who earn them.

Except for insurance guys.

Is Magda coming?

She's picking up some sketches.

She's still on that adrenaline rush, and sooner or later she's going to come

down hard.

What exactly happened in the alley? How the hell am I supposed to know that when

she won't talk to me about it?

Were you there?

By the time I got there, they already had her gun.

You can stop talking about me. I'm here now.

If any cop you call, the crawling shots are in a hundred mile radio.

Maybe one of them will come in and buy a spark plug or something.

And I'm also talking to the captain about a possible reward.

Yeah. The Laramie police are sending us their mini -mark surveillance tapes.

Anything we can do?

No. You got it.

Did, um, he try anything with you, Magda?

Why are you going there?

Excuse me? Would you ask a male cop that?

You sound like every chauvinist who says women cops don't belong on the street.

I'm sorry, I was just being sympathetic.

She doesn't need your sympathy, all right? Okay, whatever.

Ho, ho, ho.

We're not the enemy here.

You know what?

If those guys would have done to a male cop what they did to me, his ego would

be so shattered, he wouldn't come out from under the bed.

Ben's already in bed.

Oh, no, I didn't come to see Ben.

He left his clothes and I washed them. Oh.

Thanks.

I thought maybe you'd want to talk.

Why does everybody want me to talk?

You're a strong woman, Magda.

You've already proven that.

You don't always have to be so tough.

You can ease up once in a while. No.

I can't. Yes, you can.

With me.

Words.

Let me be here for you.

And how well did you know Brian, Mrs. Brennan?

He worked for my husband. I knew him to say hello to in the office.

And did you see him outside of the office?

Inspector, I don't socialize with employees.

I understand you were a former mom.

Yes, that's how Ed and I met, at a jewelry shop. Love at first sight, no

You could say that.

I love his money, and he loves having a beautiful wife.

You are very forthright, Mrs. Reynolds.

I could pretend, but what's the point? And you find this arrangement

I find it tolerable.

So where were you the afternoon that Brian was killed?

We were at Duval, having lunch.

Ed and I go there a lot. I had the Caesar salad.

Okay.

Thank you for, uh, you've been very helpful.

Are you, uh, are you as frank with your husband as you are with us?

Ed's foolish, but he's not stupid.

Eric Green was right about Reynolds' financial condition. According to his

credit report, he's two months behind in his mortgage payment and over $100 ,000

in debt.

Wow, what a wife like that. Are you surprised?

So what's your price?

For what?

For marrying a man you don't love.

I don't have a price.

Would you do it for $50 million?

No, I wouldn't. Would you?

What's it look like?

Oh, Sadie, come on. Oh, I left my cell phone on the desk. You know what? I'll

just catch up to you after lunch, and I might be a little late getting back.

Okay, okay.

Stop it, rewind it.

We got a mini -mark holdup three weeks ago.

The tape is too blurred to make a positive ID, but Wyoming Forensics got a

of prints from the scene.

We ran them against California DMV's list of motorcycle possibilities.

We got a match.

Eldon Seaford, still at large.

Last known address is a P .O. box in Lodi.

Let me guess, Mr. Seaford is originally from Tupelo? I don't know. Why don't we

find him and ask? I think we'll let the San Joaquin County Sheriff do that. He

did good police work. Let someone else bring him in.

I finally realized what would bother me about the crime scene.

There was no cell phone. A guy who sold valuable gems would carry a cell phone.

Maybe he forgot it or the perp took it. My thoughts exactly.

So I checked all the wireless companies. The victim used telecom.

Check out all his calls. Look at the last one.

215, that's right, before the murder. What's his phone number?

Reynolds office.

Well, he spoke to someone for 30 seconds.

Maybe he called to report the flat. To whom? Reynolds was at lunch with his

wife. He has no other employees except a bookkeeper who works every other

Tuesday. Answering machine, then. Reynolds said nothing about getting a

Well, why would he be there and lie about the call?

Maybe he poked a hole in the tire.

When Brian called in to report his location, he went there, he killed him,

gets the diamonds and the insurance money. Doesn't he have an alibi?

All the best money can buy.

We'll work on her.

Yeah, I got it. It's right here. Excuse me.

They told me to ask for Inspector DiLorenzo.

You know where I can find him?

And you are? Jake Knutsy.

I'm Inspector DiLorenzo. How can I help you? Well, I saw something the other

day. I didn't want to get involved, but my wife, she convinced me it was the

right thing to do.

She's the kind of woman, she finds money on the street, she wants to return it.

Me, I take the money. What exactly did you teach her? Well, I parked over a

beer, eating lunch in my pickup.

There's a guy across the street changing a flat.

I thought about helping, but...

You didn't want to get involved.

Right. Anyway, a guy comes along and wham!

Cracks the other guy across the head with an iron bar.

You saw this attack, sir? That's what I'm saying.

I know. I should have come forward sooner.

Do you think you could identify the assailant?

50s, heavy set, balding.

Hello,

Elvin.

All right, here's what we got.

Armed robbery, assault, attempted murder of a police officer.

See, I gotta tell you, Elvin, that alone, you'll be about 270 before you

straddle a motorcycle again.

I didn't do any of that.

See? Now, gosh, I'd really like to believe you, Elvin.

Unfortunately, the surveillance of you jacking that mini -mart says otherwise.

Must have been someone who looked like me.

Hey, I didn't assault nobody. I didn't try to kill nobody. Ask her.

You were there, Elvin.

Who do you think the court's going to believe, Elvin?

You or me?

I tried to stop him, remember?

He put you on your knees and made you beg, not me.

She was kissing his boots.

Hell, I think she'd have done anything he said.

I was just trying to keep him off of her.

Here's the deal.

We want your partner.

You tell us where we can find him, and you tell the truth about what happened.

We can't make you any promises, but we'll talk to the DA for you.

No way.

We're gonna get him sooner or later, just like we got you.

I think it'd be a real good idea you help yourself out here.

I didn't have a gun.

You saw that?

I never even touched her. You know that's the truth. You're lucky I was

lady.

Soak is just mean, especially when it comes to bitches. He would have taken

right there if I hadn't...

All right, hey, that's it.

You're done in here. Take him to first aid.

You broke my nose!

What was that?

Won't happen again.

Kick him.

Captain. You know what I'd say if I was a defense attorney?

Vendetta?

Retaliation? Personal retribution?

Brutality. What about the armed robbery?

Off a fuzzy videotape and one fingerprint, chances of getting a

slim to none, especially when he claims his civil rights were violated.

Release the suspect.

That's certainly something I've never seen you do before.

There are a lot of things you've never seen me do before.

So is not a criticism. Trust me.

What he said in there about the alley.

I did that.

I got down on my knees and I begged for my life.

I degraded myself in front of those lowlifes.

It wasn't out of fear.

You don't have to justify anything. No, I was scared.

I was really scared.

But that's not why.

I did it.

All I was thinking about was Ben and him growing up without me.

No blame there. And by the way, I didn't lose control in there. I knew exactly

what I was doing. Yeah, I know.

I know you wanted him kicked.

I want my gun back.

We know that you lied to us about having lunch with your husband.

And if you continue lying, you're going to be considered an accessory.

To what?

Murder. Wait a minute.

Are you saying that Ed murdered Brian?

That's impossible.

We have an eyewitness that's on to do it.

Well, I don't know anything about that.

Then tell us the truth.

Or we'll have to press charges if you don't. And the insurance company might

even offer a reward.

Or you can do five to ten years at the state penitentiary. Your choice.

Ed said that the insurance company would weasel out of paying unless he could

establish an alibi.

He'd have to sue them, and it could take years to collect.

So he asked me if I would say that I was with him.

I wouldn't have done it if I thought he'd killed Brian.

Were you with him?

No. I don't know where he was or what he was doing.

That's the truth.

So about that reward... Your wife recanted, Ed.

What does that mean, we can't? She left you high and dry without an alibi.

I don't believe you. You told her to lie for you so you could collect the

insurance money, but she's not lying for you anymore.

All right, you know, so she wasn't with me, but that doesn't mean that I did it.

We have an eyewitness who saw you. You were at the office when Brian called in.

He told you where he was. You went there, you killed him, and you took the

diamonds. You ain't dead, Ed.

You knew Valerie would leave you if you didn't have any money. That's your

motive.

circumstantial evidence, no alibi, lying about your whereabouts and an

eyewitness, it really doesn't get much better than that. You know what I think?

I don't think you really meant to kill Brian.

I think you just meant to knock him out, but you accidentally hit him just a

little bit too hard.

Was it an accident?

Because if it was, we can put that into the report, and we will absolutely take

that into account.

Give it up. It's over.

Just needed some working capital to get on my feet.

Just want to be alone again.

You

ready?

Yeah, I've been ready.

Put it down now.

I'm not going to say it again.

I'll kill you.

Do you want to die?

He shoots me, Jenny. Blow his brains out.

No problem.

Okay.

Get down on your knees.

Up there.

How was dinner last night?

We were supposed to have dinner together.

Green Dragon, 7 .30.

I left your messages.

I haven't been home.

I'm so sorry. I completely flipped my mind.

Mom, I have some news.

Promise you won't get angry.

Angrier.

I've decided to postpone school.

There's this guy at work. His name's Barry.

Well, he's always liked me.

Except, you know, there was Mark.

Anyways, we got together.

And Barry wants to go to L .A. to pursue a career in the restaurant trade.

And what does Barry do at work?

He's a dishwasher.

He believes in learning from the ground up, which I admire.

He's asked me to go with him, and I said yes.

You're going to Los Angeles with Barry the dishwasher.

He's not always going to be a dishwasher.

Someday we're going to open a bed and breakfast in Vermont.

What about school?

Well, I can always go back to school.

So, today it's a bed and breakfast.

Yesterday it was school and travel agency, and before that it was marriage

baby, honey.

When are you going to stop bouncing off the walls and focus? You're a grown

woman for God's sake. See, I knew you would react like that. How else am I

supposed to react? I thought you'd... I thought you'd finally get it together.

Go back to school and... Do something with your life. You're going off to Los

Angeles with Barry the Dishwasher.

Yeah, well, at least I have a man in my life.

There's more to life than that.

Well, if you're so together, how come you raised such a screwed -up daughter?

Inspector, did you get the confession?

Yes, we did, thanks to you.

Don't mention it.

Well, we still might need you to stick around and testify.

Oh, I'm afraid that's not possible. And why is that?

I didn't see anything.

I'm sorry?

I wasn't there.

I didn't see anything.

You lied?

I heard from certain friends that you liked this guy for the killing. I

I'd help out. Your name isn't Genuzzi, is it? No, ma 'am.

Zito, Fred Zito.

Insurance agent.

Son of a bitch.

Come on, Inspector. You didn't know I lied. And even if you did, the

still stands. No, we would have had him on the evidence.

Maybe, maybe not.

Look, you close the case, the killer's behind bars, my company saves half a

million dollars.

What is the big deal? I'm going to talk to the DA about charging you.

With what?

Perjury, obstructing a police investigation, littering, I'll think of

Now get out of here before I arrest you right here and now.

I'm jaded and I'm judgmental. I can't imagine why.

You did good today.

You too.

Listen, about the other day in the alley, I should have been there.

I should have handled it.

You know, if you'd like to try another partner, I'd understand.

Mom, can you look at my...

I gotta go anyway.

Bye, Jenny.

Bye, sweet boy.

Jen, you were in the restroom, right?

Right.

We're cool.

I'll see you tomorrow. Yeah.

Let me see.

Mom? Mm -hmm?

When will I get to see my father again?

Maybe this weekend.

You won't chase him away this time, will you?

Chase him away?

Is that what he told you?

No, but why'd he go?

Benjamin.

You know how sometimes...

When you wake up in the middle of the night, you feel really scared, but you

don't know why.

But grown -ups don't get scared.

Sure we do. Sometimes.

Absolutely. I think that's why your dad left.

What was he scared of?

I don't know.

You'll have to ask him that.

Do you want him to stay?

Yeah.

I think I do.