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It's crazy.

Pull over!

That car's driving itself.

Get out of the car slowly.

You sure you want to risk it?

Maybe you ought to send it for some help.

Get out of the car. Move them now.

I'll go phone in the plate.

How old are you?

Fifty -three.

Where'd you get the car, wise guy?

They borrowed it from a friend.

You hardwired it. There's no key.

Really? I didn't notice.

It was running when I borrowed it.

Assume the position.

Hey, you can't bust me. You got no evidence. I told you, I borrowed it from

friend. Assume the position.

Anybody who thinks I'm gonna get busted by a chick is crazy.

Don't call me crazy.

Hey, I'm telling you, I'm 18, understand?

Yeah, you look like you're about 10. Take off these cuffs and I'll show you

who's 10.

What's going on?

Oh, hey, boss, this kid stole a car.

We're trying to send him to the youth facility, but he wants to be locked up

here. He's got no ID.

How old are you?

Like I told these clowns, 18.

You want to go to jail?

Why not? I'm man enough.

Might not be as fun as you think.

That's my problem.

Okay. Put him in jail.

Now you see why they call it the cooler.

Tends to cool off hotheads.

Something wrong?

Said to see a kid so young throw his life away.

You think he's worth it?

Put him in the ride -along program.

If you can convince him to sign up.

This is crazy.

Joey, I'm sorry. The run of numbers is a crime.

What do you want me to do?

I had to take you in. I was just doing a friend a favor.

Commissioner, commissioner.

Hello, Joey.

This is a little misunderstanding here.

I caught him making a delivery for Benny Gorzo.

Oh, look.

I helped you guys out a few times. Give a guy a break, huh?

I'm on parole.

You press charges, I go back in a slammer.

I mean, what am I supposed to do, huh?

This is just a suggestion, Joey.

But you might consider...

Not committing crimes?

Okay, okay, all right. Maybe you guys don't need any help catching those, uh,

those guys that did that, that home invasion up in, uh, Oak Ridge last week.

I mean, it's up to you.

So, uh, I help you out. You, uh, take care of this little misunderstanding

Officer Lopez, right?

If the tip's real, we'll work something out.

Now talk to me.

Okay.

This couple from Oak Ridge, they got worked over pretty good.

Yeah. The woman was raped. The husband was tortured.

Half his body was covered in cigarette burns.

A couple of days ago, I was in a bar, and these two guys got in a fight. One

gets the other guy down, and he lights a cigarette, starts burning him.

Guy's screaming.

And the guy on top, he kind of laughs.

He says, uh, even a lawyer was braver than you are.

Husband was a lawyer.

What was the guy's name?

Frank McBride.

He's got a brother named Corey.

Not exactly members of the choir.

Okay.

If this pans out, we'll see what we can do for you. In the meantime...

Stay close.

Sure thing.

I'll open an investigation.

Do that. I'll try to get a warrant.

I'm not sure we got enough for a warrant.

I'm not either.

I'd like to stop this guy before he uses anybody else for an ashtray.

Who's issuing warrants this month?

Judge Scott.

King Henry.

The biggest pain who ever sat on the bench.

Look, if you don't like the guy, just come out and say so.

We've been buttonheads for years.

He almost threw me in jail once for contempt.

I called him Your Royal Highness by accident.

By accident?

It was a slip of the tongue.

Still, he's an officer of the court, just like me.

Even King Henry has got to give some weight to a visit from the police

commissioner.

I hope you're not expecting some sort of special treatment just because you're

the commissioner.

Of course not.

It's just this case is very important, and I was hoping to expedite it along a

little bit.

This informant was trying to cut a deal.

Most informants are.

He overheard a remark in a bar, so what?

He overheard a specific reference to the crime in Oak Ridge.

I'm sure there's been a lot of talk about that in bars all over the city.

Not by guys who were burning people with a lighted cigarette.

Just like the guy in Oak Ridge was burned?

He could have made the whole thing up on the spot just to save himself.

He's given us reliable information before.

I would like to interview him myself.

If you insist, but given the nature of this crime... We observed the letter of

the law in my courtroom, Commissioner.

This case has received a lot of media attention. I won't have you cutting

corners just to make an arrest.

That's not what I meant.

Bring the informant in.

It's the only way I can be sure he even exists.

I don't lie.

I have a constitutional duty to verify the existence as well as the reliability

of so -called informants. That does not give you the right to question my

integrity. I said don't interrupt.

You bring this so -called informant in tomorrow morning at 10 o 'clock.

I'll decide how reliable he is.

Is that understood?

Yes, Your Royal...

Well, it took me all day, but I finally got your file from the Department of

Youth Corrections.

Benjamin Rousseau.

What do they call you, Ben?

Benny?

Rip.

Rip Rousseau.

Well, Rip, you got shoplifting, burglary, car theft.

Your rap sheet's longer than you are.

They're going to send you away this time.

Reform school.

I'm shaking.

You know what percent of kids out of reform school end up in the pen?

Come on, you're 13 years old. You've got a lot of years ahead of you.

You really want to spend them lying on a cot and staring at the ceiling? Who are

you, my mother?

Look, Rip.

The PD's got something called the Crime Prevention Program.

We take kids like you and let them ride around with cops for a while.

See the streets from the other side.

And that's supposed to turn me into a solid citizen?

Still, it might be going to reform school.

Who do I ride along with? You?

I'll think about it.

One thing, though.

I have a girlfriend already.

So don't get any ideas, understand?

Yeah, I'll try to control myself.

Well, I'll keep looking.

Call me as soon as you find him.

That's just great.

Joey Sanderson's disappeared on me all of a sudden.

Joey Sanderson?

He's an informant on that home invasion up in Oak Ridge.

The judge told me to bring him in personally, and now I can't find him.

The judge won't take your word?

Most judges would. This one's different.

We don't hit it off that well.

Oh, King Henry.

Well, you'll just have to sweet -talk him. He's some of that old scally charm.

He's immune.

Something about this guy just gets under my skin.

You know, Tony, this isn't like you.

You just have to make up your mind right now to stay calm and try to understand

his point of view. And whatever you do, don't let any hint of resentment or

dislike show through.

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

I resent that. You resent it.

I gave you a direct order, and you ignored it. The man can't be found. How

bring someone in if I can't find him? You can't bring him in because he

exist. You have no right to keep questioning my personal integrity.

I'm a judge. I'll question anything I please.

And don't you tell me my rights. Somebody has to.

You're this far from the line, Commissioner.

And you're over it. That's it.

You're incontent.

Send in a bailiff.

Commissioner Scali's going to jail.

What? And you'll stay there until I see this so -called informant. You can't do

that. This is insane!

He can't do this!

Who's he think he is?

Sorry, Commissioner.

Welcome to the cooler, hothead.

Okay, put the desk here facing the door.

Lamp can go there. Put that in the corner. Chair can come over here,

Okay, boss.

Okay.

Here's the pastry.

The coffee will be ready in a minute.

Thanks, Lucille.

Okay, business as usual. Spread the word.

Everything's under control.

Okay?

Nobody ever said jail was fair.

So are you going to do the ride -along thing or what?

The tip starts in half an hour. We've got the paperwork to do first.

Let's just say I won't be available for a while. So I ride along with you a few

times.

And they spend my sentence for the borrowed car, right?

That's right.

Why not?

When he sent me to jail, I bet he never thought I'd get out before he did.

I understand. There's nothing I can do about that at the moment.

Okay, thanks.

So, King Henry finally sent you to the tower, huh?

Looks like it.

Well, feareth not. A reprieve is on the way.

We found Joey Sanderson.

He claims he didn't know we needed him so quickly.

Truth is, he got cold feet. Rose is bringing him in now.

Not so fast.

What? Tell Rose to babysit him for a while. Don't let anyone know we found

Hey, look, you're in a jail cell for God's sake.

True, it's nicer than my house, but still.

One thing about jail, it gives you time to think. And I've been thinking.

When I showed up this morning without an informant, Scott went ballistic.

Why? Because he hates you.

If you ask me, the guy was scared.

Think about it, Paulie.

Why would a judge be so anxious to see an informant?

To talk to him?

Question him? Size him up?

All right, so you think he's crooked somehow?

He wants to check out the informant himself so he can pass the information

the bad guy?

Maybe. Remember, these guys don't hit homes.

They hit estates.

The jewelry they got from the Oak Ridge job alone was worth a hundred grand.

That's more than a judge makes in an entire year.

We gotta go slow here.

If you're wrong, we could end up in big trouble.

But if I'm right, we already got big trouble.

The only thing worse than a crooked cop is a crooked judge.

So, this is what you do all day, huh?

Drive around?

It's what I do.

Yeah, except we don't steal the cars.

Your father says you live with your mother.

Your father's not around?

What difference does it make?

You got any brothers or sisters?

Hey, look, are you sure you ain't got the hots for me?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

Then what's your story?

What's with all the questions?

You remind me of someone, all right?

My brother, if you want to know.

Your brother's a midget?

Look, being tall is no big deal.

And tough doesn't have to mean big or crooked.

My brother was just like you.

Little guy, always trying to prove something.

Yeah, but he's straightened out.

And now he sells insurance and lives in the suburbs, right?

Wrong.

He went to jail.

I told you before, I ain't scared of jail.

Yeah, I know. Neither was my brother.

When did he get out?

He got out already.

In a box.

Six months after they locked him up, he killed himself.

What about the one on the left?

We've modeled very accurate close range.

Which plan are you using it for?

Chiropractic?

Yeah, chiropractic.

You sure he didn't maybe pawn some jewelry?

Something we can trace to the Oak Ridge job. Not from what I saw. He just bought

the gun, went back to his office. He's in court all this afternoon.

I'll pick him up again tonight.

Not exactly your typical judicial lunch hour, was it?

No, it still doesn't prove anything.

But what do you think?

He's going to shoot the informant personally?

Come on, it's crazy.

Maybe he plans to shoot me.

Or himself.

If he's into something crooked, that's a distinct possibility.

So what do we do?

Keep tailing him until something definite turns up.

Now remember, he might be an old guy and a judge, but he's armed.

Now I gotta admit, that was pretty cool the way you handled that.

What do you call it?

10 -17.

Domestic disturbance.

Every crime has a number.

So when I borrowed the car, that was like a... 10 -21.

10 -21.

Anyhow, Jean, the 10 -17, it was pretty cool the way you talked that guy into

handing over his knife.

Well, you know, there's more to being a cop than just flashing your badge and

shooting your gun.

In fact, my boss says we don't enforce the law. We regulate human behavior.

Your boss is that short bald guy, right?

I don't advise you to say that to his face.

Yeah, well, he regulated himself right in jail.

Nobody's perfect.

Some people are closer than others.

I don't get any ideas.

10 -18 in progress, corner of Western and Green.

That's pretty close to him.

X -ray 6 responding.

10 -18.

Burglary.

Put your belt on.

Stay in the car, Rip.

Lee!

Free! All right, all right.

Alan?

Bino? What'd she get you for, man?

You know this guy?

Bino, help me, man.

Don't you worry about it. They can't hold me forever, Ma.

I gotta go. I'll see you.

Hi, honey. Hi.

How's David taking his old man being in jail?

Well, he's a little confused.

I tried to explain that the judge made a mistake.

You bet he did.

On the other hand, he don't seem to be suffering much.

Well, you know, it's the feeling of confinement that's really the tough

Well, maybe this will help you feel a little less confined.

Devil's food.

Thanks.

I should go home to David.

You know, today I start my fourth month.

How do you feel?

Well, better. I just threw away six boxes of crackers.

Good night.

I'll be glad when this is over.

Me too.

Goodnight. Goodnight.

I've been trying all day to get you what you want.

We're getting impatient, Gramps.

Frank doesn't like to wait.

Well, these things take time.

At least you got a good liquor cabinet.

Hey, Frank!

Frank! Come here.

You making a big mistake, Gramps?

Shut up.

You got a lot more guts than I thought, Jake.

Just not quite as much brains.

Get him.

No, don't.

Please.

Please.

I warned you about trying anything.

For God's sake, she didn't do anything.

Take it out on me.

Maybe you're right.

Pull up your sleeve.

Henry.

Don't.

Tony, looks like nothing much is happening.

I'll pick him up again tomorrow.

Yeah. Good night, Paulie.

He tried to kill us, Frank.

Maybe we should just kill him and take off.

We don't need him to find the snitch.

It's got to be Joey Standard.

Or Benny Gorzo. Or Matty Fletcher. Or somebody else. We can't kill everybody

town, Corey.

If we kill a judge, they'll never stop looking for us.

Find out who the snitch is, and we whack them.

Then we're home free.

If these two keep their mouths shut.

I told you.

Once the judge fingers the snitch, no one's going to kill him.

He'll be a murderer just like us.

That's the law, right, Judge?

Right?

That's the law.

Besides, if he talks, one of us can always take care of the little woman.

So you see, Corey, when this is all over, we got a judge in our pocket.

Cops got their sources.

I got mine.

I know there's a snitch.

I want to know his name, where he is.

What he knows is who else he's talked to. I'm doing my best. Your best ain't

cutting it. I've put the commissioner in jail until he brings the informant to

my office.

When he does, I'll find out anything you want to know.

What more can I do?

You better think of something.

Because next time, you take it out on her.

I wonder if we might speak in private.

I see you've made your confinement as pleasant as possible.

Being in my own jail is in no way pleasant.

I felt you hadn't exercised due diligence in attempting to locate the

And I felt you didn't take me seriously enough.

Yet I can understand how my reaction might have seemed a bit extreme.

Perhaps we can reach an accommodation.

Dammit, say something.

It's your show.

Produce the informant.

I'll withdraw the contempt citation.

Like I told you, we can't find them.

Well, at least tell me his name.

Can't. It was an anonymous tip.

That's ridiculous. Yesterday you said you'd used it before.

How can it be anonymous?

Why are you doing this?

What do you hope to gain from this?

A piece of the action, maybe?

Action?

You're not the only one with expenses.

Cost of living isn't getting any cheaper, you know.

You're saying you'll produce the informant if I'll pay you?

I must say, I didn't expect this from you.

I guess we've both had our share of surprises lately.

How much do you want?

We'll set a price later, once I get out of here.

How do I know...

You'll keep your word.

Maybe you're right.

Forget it.

All right.

All right.

I'll sign the order this afternoon.

And you come by my office at four o 'clock.

Would you call Commissioner Scali again? He was supposed to be here an hour ago.

I just did, Your Honor. He's gone for the day.

Looking for Benjamin Russo?

You're going to put me away, huh?

I don't blame you.

I had no choice. A guy's got to hang with his homies.

Your homies didn't seem too worried about hanging with you, Rip.

Nobody called me Rip.

They call me Beano because I'm not as big as some guys.

No, it's because you're bean -brained. Shut up.

And you're the only one who ever called me Rip.

And I stabbed you in the back.

Well, like I said before, nobody's perfect, right?

You've done it for me?

I already have.

As far as the department's concerned, you're riding with me.

Whether you actually do or not is up to you.

Either way, you're off the hook.

But if you do ride with me, you're gonna be my homie.

On my side.

And I'll be on yours.

We're partners.

That's the way cops do it.

So if you're gonna ride with a cop, you're gonna act like one.

You decide.

I'll see you, Rip.

Let's see how King Henry likes being in jail.

You know, this makes me nervous.

Busting a judge.

You ain't half as nervous as he is.

We've kept them waiting just about long enough.

We must be climbing the walls by now.

Okay.

Heft in one, two, three.

I don't know what happened to him. He said he was going to come, but he

He suckered you.

Now you're right back where you started and you're running out of time.

Hey.

Somebody coming.

It's Gally.

What the hell is he doing here?

I have no idea.

You set us up.

No, I didn't. I swear it.

You answer it.

We'll be listening.

Your Honor.

Commissioner. You were supposed to come to my office.

Yeah, got busy.

Things piled up while I was doing my time, you know?

Mind if I come in? Oh, that won't be necessary.

It's freezing out here.

But my wife isn't feeling well.

I wouldn't want to disturb her.

I don't think we should take that chance, do you?

Of course not.

I understand.

So could we just conclude our business as we agreed?

Any change in plans now would be unacceptable.

Fine.

The price is $10 ,000.

Take it or leave it.

I'll take it.

I'll collect the money from you personally tomorrow morning at 9 o

The informant will be at your office 20 minutes later.

Fine. 9 o 'clock.

Good evening.

Good evening, Commissioner.

Thank you.

I'll have the informant for you tomorrow morning.

So the commissioner's on the take.

How do you know?

Once I pay the money, no one will be the wiser.

Now everything's going just the way you want it.

Good job.

If he pays you off tomorrow morning, we'll have him called.

I was wrong about him, Paulie. He's not crooked.

He's in trouble.

What? The McBrides are in his house to holding his wife.

That's why he wanted to know about the snitch. That's why he's so desperate.

You sure?

He's got a cigarette burn in his arm.

Just like the guy from Oak Ridge.

I don't think he gave it to himself.

You okay?

They hurt your wife?

Not yet.

Why didn't you come to us?

I wanted to.

I started to a hundred times.

But when I looked into those men's eyes, I just wanted them out of my house and

away from Linda.

They broke in the day you asked for the warrant.

They were waiting for me when I got home.

Are they both in there now?

No, just Corey.

Frank left last night right after you did.

I don't know where he went.

Does he suspect anything?

I don't know.

All right, we'll find him.

But we need your help.

I'm in your hands.

It's a man named Joey Sanderson.

I thought so.

Bring him to the Hungry Oyster, 30 minutes. And don't forget, Corey's still

your wife.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

I don't know where the Hungry Oyster is.

It's a dive over in Groverton.

We'll just about make it. You want me to be Sanderson?

We better let Joey play himself, just in case Frank sees us before we see him.

You think Joey will go for it?

It depends on how much he wants us to help him out with his parole violation.

What about my wife?

From what you've told me, once we get Frank, Corey will fold. Let's

on Frank right now, okay?

All you gotta do is go for a little ride.

A little ride?

I don't like the sound of that.

Who? Judge Scott.

I violated parole.

Now I gotta get in a car with a judge?

This is what you call helping me out? Joey.

Shut up.

Sure.

Thanks for the help.

Go to your car.

Sanderson will join you there in a minute.

Just drive to the Hungry Oyster.

Frank won't try anything there. He'll want to take you somewhere else.

But I'm putting a team in place right now. The second he approaches you, we'll

grab him.

So, you go to the Hungry Oyster much?

Not much.

Repeating, East on Gardner, subject well in view.

10 -4.

We'll proceed to the hungry oyster.

It's hot in here.

But it might you pay for one of these crates. You'd think you'd get a little

more AC, huh?

Hello, Joey.

Hello, Judge.

Stop. Go around. Go around. Move it.

Subject to evasive action.

Turning west on Edgemont. Repeat.

West on Edgemont.

Evasive action? What is Joey screwing things up?

Joey's got too much to lose. All right, well, then I don't get it.

We have to assume McBride got to him somehow. All right, West on Edgemont.

be the docks. Could be that stretch of woods near the old interstate. Units

three and six, search the woods.

We'll take the docks. Move it.

Something just didn't feel right when Scali came to the house last night.

I thought maybe you were trying to pull something. You trying to pull something,

Judge? Of course not.

Well, better safe than sorry.

Listen, Frank, I think you got the wrong idea about... Shut up, Joey.

Sure.

Turn up here.

Put your left hand in your pocket.

Put your left hand in your pocket.

Keep it there.

Take it.

Now pull the trigger.

What? Do it.

You'll get any ideas about getting off easy if you turn us in.

You bought the gun, Judge.

Use it.

No, I can't!

Or your wife pays the price.

Oh, wait.

You're a judge.

I want you to get on the car phone, call your brother, tell him to put his gun

down and come out of the house.

Why should I?

Right now, you're going to jail for a good long time.

Anything happens to Mr. Scott, that turns into forever.

Riding alone today?

No, no, I got the kid from the ride -along program.

Yeah, the 18 -year -old.

It's late, huh?

He'll be here.

See you later. Yeah.

This don't mean we're going steady, understand?

Hello, Commissioner.

I heard you were resigning.

I didn't want to believe it. Believe it?

You're probably relieved.

No, I'm not.

I could see you taking a little time off to get yourself and Linda back

together, but resigning?

It's necessary, I'm afraid.

But thank you for your kind words.

have killed that man, Commissioner.

Another few seconds, I was going to pull the trigger.

But you didn't.

But I would have.

I've always been a stickler for the letter of the law.

But when I was in trouble, I didn't turn to the law.

And even worse, I would have committed murder to protect

your wife.

A lot of men would have done the same. A lot of men aren't judges.

I sit on that bench every day passing judgment on other men.

How could I go on doing that now?

You learned something about yourself.

For that matter, I did too.

I won't jump to conclusions quite so quickly next time.

I can't forgive myself that easily.

If we can't forgive ourselves for being human, we're in big trouble.

At least think about it.

Listen.

You're welcome.