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You've got glue on your cheek.

Occupational hazard.

It's cute, huh?

Kind of babyish. And for a very good reason.

It's almost in the kitchen.

Oh yeah, that's the sonogram they took last week.

You can see the baby while it's still in your mom's stomach.

See, there's the baby's head.

Uh, no.

There's his head.

Hear anything about Daniel?

Not yet.

We should get a call any time now.

Your mom's on pins and needles.

She really wants a girl.

Yeah.

How about you?

I want a Siberian husky.

I guess a girl would be okay.

You hear anything?

Oh, not yet.

Looks great, huh?

Yeah. You were going to pay some schmo 600 bucks.

Can you imagine that?

Tony. Check these scenes.

See how that elephant's tush lines up with the rest of them? Honey. And try to

find an air bubble. I dare you.

This is a professional job from top to bottom.

Where's the closet?

The what?

Mike, get back on the ice.

Mike.

Concentrate.

Come on,

Mike. Why don't you just hand it to him on a plate?

I never used to lose a cup like that.

Not even in practice.

The other guy made a good play.

Skate, Mike.

Skate like you need it.

See what I mean?

He's not into it.

Well, he had a tough class.

Maybe he broke up with his girlfriend.

It's possible, you know.

He's come around here a lot.

Over practice. Over game.

Oh, way to keep your head down, Mike. What are you looking for, loose change?

The rest of these guys want to beat Grover to make it to the final. Do you?

I don't know what your problem is, but you better straighten it out by Friday

night. Now go on, get off the ice.

Most valuable player in the division, huh?

Right now he couldn't make JV.

Where are you feeling the pressure?

The game.

All the college scouts are going to be there. I know how much he wants to win

for you.

20 years at the coaching tunnel.

He's the first one I've been able to say, N .H .L. material.

I know I'm harder on him than the others, but they don't have his talent.

Maybe it is the pressure that's getting to him, but maybe it isn't.

I know he's had problems.

His brother got him into drugs in the first place.

He's the biggest problem of all.

Yeah, but you and Rachel, you've been there for Mike like nobody else.

So I got to ask you.

He's off the stuff now.

He gave me his word. He's a kid.

He gave you his word.

Don't let Mike set a chance the rest of us just dream about.

Don't let him blow it.

All right, I want to run three -on -one breaks. Vince, get back on defense.

I want Pat, Jim, and Steve on the line. Let's go, let's go, let's go!

X -ray 7, we have a 10 -14.

Corner of Hill and 5th and 5th.

X -ray 7 proceeding, 10 -4.

Another 10 -14.

Why can't people settle their differences by appealing to reason

resorting to violence?

Because people are jerks.

Should we read them the rights or throw them on a grill?

All right. Break it up.

Come on.

He raised me.

Now he's trying to get it together. I gotta stick by him, don't I?

Thanks for getting David the job stick, boy.

He's having the time of his life.

That's cool.

Got my tickets for the Groverton game.

Wouldn't miss it.

Look, Mike, you had an off day.

I'm clean, if that's what you're thinking.

Actually, I was thinking about dinner.

That's why I came by.

Rachel reminded me how long it's been since we had you over.

You free tomorrow night?

Good.

Is everything all right?

I've never seen you take a shot like that at the other guys, let alone a

teammate.

He thinks I'm dogging it.

He don't know you.

I really am clean.

Listen, you made me a promise, remember?

I believed you then, and I believe you now.

See you tomorrow.

Hey!

Seven o 'clock.

Well, not until you get to know me better.

Looking forward to it.

Bye -bye.

Didn't you once tell me men are pigs?

Did I?

Yeah, you were pretty emphatic about it.

Well, I believe it's a woman's duty to try and extricate an occasionally worthy

porker from the slime in which he is prone to wallow.

He's single and he asked me out, okay?

You been sick?

What do you mean?

Message here from a Dr.

McNeely.

Oh, great, the end. I'll just call. This says come to the office ASAP.

Why?

Boy or girl, they can tell you that over the phone.

Something's wrong with the baby, Lucille.

Something's wrong.

It doesn't say that, Tony. Why would they want to see us?

Good news they call with.

If it's bad, they want to see you.

Listen to me, Tony.

They probably want you to fill out some forms or you got to have some blood

sucked out of you.

Go on. Get it taken care of and I'll see you back here in an hour.

Get.

Two guys dressed as chickens and they're trying to kill each other in the

parking lot.

Caruso and Papadakis, they come into the precinct covered with barbecue sauce,

and the chickens are still going at it, trying to pick at each other. Tony.

Shut up.

And it would be irresponsible at this time to attempt to quantify either the

existence or the degree of fetal malformation.

You mean we don't have a problem?

It's possible.

Then what are we doing here?

How could you put us through this if... There is an area of concern.

Your amniocentesis revealed an abnormality in the chromosomal pairing.

Each cell normally contains 46, but a cell taken from the amniotic fluid

contained 47.

That's bad.

Not necessarily.

The extra chromosome was the number nine.

That's bad.

Not necessarily.

If the cell originated in the placenta, essentially a part of you, Mrs. Scali,

then fetal development would continue unimpeded. If, however, the cell

originated in the fetus, certain disadvantageous conditions may

is wrong with my baby?

I want the truth, and I want it in English.

If the extra cell came from the baby...

It could be mentally retarded.

Could be.

Well, what does that mean?

50 -50, 90 -10? I can't give you a percentage.

We send people to the moon!

How seriously retarded?

It could fall within a wide range.

How wide?

Anywhere from barely noticeable...

to requiring permanent care.

We wouldn't be able to tell until the baby is born, but by then, the option

have now would be gone.

The option to... To terminate... to have an abortion.

If the cell came from the baby, there could be a chance,

a wide range...

How do you make a decision based on that?

I can suggest some reading material, and I can give you the names of several

parents who found themselves in your position.

All this time, we've been calling the baby It.

What is it?

Why don't we just wait?

Am I having a brother or a sister?

What's the matter, Dad?

Dad?

Honey, things could still turn out okay.

But what if the worst happens?

What will it do to us?

To our lives, to David.

And would the baby even have a life that's worth living?

Maybe that's not for us to say. We have to say.

That's the decision that we have to make.

And whatever we do, you may never know if we did the right thing or not.

Unless everything turns out to be fine.

And then we'll thank God every day that we went ahead.

But what if things turn out really badly?

What if it never even knows who we are?

It.

We didn't try very hard to find out whether it was a boy or a girl.

Why didn't you atone him?

Detective Hooper from Groverton.

Hi, Lloyd.

Have a seat.

Misner, hey, if you came over here to beg for mercy, forget it. Friday night,

we're taking no prisoners.

Don't be too sure. Our boys are ready.

Yeah, well, 20 bucks says they won't be ready enough. Done.

And another 20 says the drug use in Groverton will be on the rise starting

day after the game.

What? You remember that game back in December?

Yeah, we won, five to two. Our best player was hurt.

Anyhow, a week after the game, we had an increase in drug activity.

Didn't think much about it at the time.

I was talking to Bill Phillips over in Gardena, and he said the same thing

happened there.

So I did a little checking.

Every time the East Bridge hockey team skates into town, so do drugs.

You hate to think some high school kid's dealing, but we both know it happened.

And there is a kid on your team who's got a history.

You're talking about Mike Cermak. His history is just that.

History. Look, somebody told me the kid's a friend of yours.

He's clean.

How do you know?

Because he told me.

Why'd you ask?

You got reason to suspect something?

Thanks for the tip.

I'll see you around.

Yeah.

See you around.

I go to all the out -of -town games.

I like to watch my brother play hockey. What's wrong with that?

Nothing. As long as you keep your hands in your pockets and your eyes on the

game. That's supposed to mean it. Bad things happen when the Eastbridge hockey

team hits the road.

You're the kind of person that makes bad things happen. And you hang out with

the hockey team. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to make the connection.

Unless you've got some kind of booth, you've got no right to be here. If

dealing again, clean up your act fast.

Because if you pull Mike down again, I'll pull you down for good. I've taken

care of Mike since he was ten. I know how you took care of him. He's my

Butt out.

I'm butting in.

Don't forget it.

Nothing really prepares you for it.

We were warned in advance about the risks, but we decided to go ahead.

Still... When it became clear that Billy was different, it was difficult.

At first, we weren't sure we wanted to talk to anyone.

It seemed so personal.

But this is helping already.

We don't feel so alone.

I wonder if you could tell us.

What's he like?

Well, he's not violent.

He's not mean in any way.

Most of the time, he just seems...

In his own world, you might say.

We put him in a special school. That's where he is now.

They do what they can for him.

He's making progress.

He can play in a simple way.

Not games exactly, but he likes toys with bright colors.

Does he seem happy?

I think so.

He knows who we are, certainly, and he seems to enjoy it when we get together.

He can...

Communicate a little.

Sometimes he has a funny little giggle.

How old is he now?

Fourteen.

It's obvious that you love Billy very much.

Of course.

He's our son.

So, you think if you had it to do over again, you'd have made the same

We gotta play good defense.

If we take the lead early, I think they'll fold.

What about their guy that got hurt back in December?

He any good?

All state.

Two years in a row.

Tony.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

I've got this friend.

I mean, I know everybody always says they got a friend when they're talking

about themselves, but this really is a friend.

I believe you.

Shut the door.

This friend's got a problem?

Drugs? No, I don't want to get him into trouble.

I owe him a lot.

But he's screwing up big time.

Have you tried talking to him?

Nah, he doesn't know I know.

Thing is...

He's older than me. He thinks I'm just a kid.

You're not a kid.

You're a man.

Young, maybe.

But a man.

And a damn good one.

So don't be afraid to act like one.

Tell him straight out how you feel and why.

If he cares about you, maybe he'll listen. If not, hey, it's just like

You can't do more than your best.

At least you did something.

Yeah. That's cool.

And if there's anything I can do, let me know.

That kid that's on the way?

Well, he or she's gonna be awful lucky.

He shoots off the pass and Como makes the save for Eastbridge.

And Como comes up big again.

Intercepted by Miller, another sliding save by Como, who's keeping Eastbridge

the game, that's for sure.

Huck is battled for along the boards as time ticks down.

Shot by Goberton goes wide as Mike Cermak deflects it into the corner.

Picked up by Steve Jones for Golden.

Passes it. It'll be Antomo's right to make the save.

Eastbridge breaks out. Cermak doesn't pop up the right wing. Go Mike!

It's going to move by Cermak as he breaks in on Gold.

He shoots. He scores!

Eastbridge wins!

Eastbridge wins!

Mike Sturmer can honestly go to the Eastern Division II for my final victory

over the Grovers and Eagles. I don't believe it.

My game!

Woo -hoo!

Yeah, Mike! That was

fantastic! Incredible!

Just one more game and we win the whole thing.

You coming to the party? It's a pop -a -roo. I wouldn't miss it.

Yeah, good boy.

Yeah, Mike!

Hey,

Dad,

check this out.

Hey, look at that.

I guess it's time to pony up.

Excuse me.

More pizza.

Revenue.

Thanks.

Lloyd, have a seat. There's some more pizza coming.

I've got to admit, that kid made a hell of a play.

He's a hell of a kid.

I don't mean to talk tough, but... I think I got to leave him that little

problem we were talking about yesterday.

Glad to hear it.

Great timing.

Save me some of that.

Why should I?

I paid for it.

Gally.

Janitor found him about 20 minutes ago.

Pardon me.

Cocaine. He must have died within a few minutes of the injection.

One minute he's clean, the next he's ODing.

Doesn't make sense.

Any sign of a struggle?

Well, he has a bruise on the right side of his temple where he fell after he

lost consciousness.

How do you know it was after?

Well, I suppose that... It could have been caused by a blow of some sort which

caused him to lose consciousness.

Anything's possible.

I have to write this up, Commissioner.

I'm sorry.

Truly.

Damn it, the kid looked me right in the eyes and told me he was clean.

He wouldn't lie to me.

Maybe he wasn't lying at the time.

Maybe he just got high on the wind and got tempted.

And then he lost track of how much he was doing.

If Hooper was right about drug deals going down at the games, maybe Mike saw

something he shouldn't have.

Maybe they killed him and made it look like an accident.

Day, who's that?

Look, Tony, you want to believe that the kid stayed clean, that he didn't lie to

you. But no matter how much you want to believe, it doesn't make it true.

Find everyone who was in the locker room after the game.

Question them all.

Cover every base, Paulie.

We own that much at least.

Come on, break! That's enough!

That's enough!

Strike it!

What's with you guys?

A night in jail didn't cool you off? He attacked me.

He disgraced the uniform.

The uniform?

This may look like a big chicken to you, but to me it's a uniform, and a uniform

should mean something.

I didn't spend five years in the Marines without learning a little respect.

What did you do?

He relieved himself against the side of a building in public.

You can't do that, uniform or not. It's a health code violation. You know how

long it takes to get in and out of these things?

Weedle General Patton here has been at this as long as I have. General Patton

was in the army, jerk.

Hey!

It looks to me like you both have disgraced the uniform.

Sorry, guys.

I have no choice.

Attention!

I'm not going to press charges this time.

But I catch you guys in that uniform again, I'll toss you in the coop.

Understood?

Dismissed!

You were the one Mike got in a fight with the day before the game.

Dropped his gloves first that time.

There were other times?

Mike always had it easy, you know what I'm saying?

Other guys do drugs, they get put away.

Not a big star like Mike.

Both his parents are dead.

I don't call that having it easy.

I'd trade my parents for his talent any day.

Detective Pentangeli says you were the last one to see him alive.

Tell me everything you remember about that night, from the time you first got

the locker room.

First thing I remember was Coach Kennedy chewing him out in his office.

Chewing out Mike?

Yeah. The door was closed, but they were yelling.

Coach was ticked at him all week.

He stunk in practice.

Then what?

We suited up, won the game.

I got banged up pretty good, so I hung around and used the whirlpools.

By the time I was finished, Mike was just getting dressed.

Did he say anything to you?

Me and him didn't talk too much.

Did you see any drugs, any needles, any evidence that he was going to suit up?

No.

Did you see anyone else around?

Just the janitor cleaning up the parking lot.

And Mike's brother, Jeff.

What was he doing?

Hanging around waiting for everyone else to leave I guess maybe you weren't the

last one to see Mike alive after all Find Jeff

Oh, great baby.

Ah, the rangers should have won. No way.

So we're going to go ahead and have it.

Well, we haven't really decided yet.

Why is it so hard?

Well, there's a lot to think about.

This could change our lives around quite a bit.

This baby might be very different from all the children.

It might have a lot of problems.

I know, but you've taught kids with problems.

I met some of them.

They were nice.

I know, honey. They were wonderful.

I loved them.

But now we're talking about problems that are much, much more serious.

This child might not even be able to live at home.

And it might need special care.

And that could cost a lot of time and money and sadness and,

well, problems for all of us.

But all these things might not happen, right?

True, but they might.

Well, we'll handle it.

We always do.

And leave that pile of them?

Sure.

How do you explain something like that to a ten -year -old?

He just doesn't get it.

Maybe he does.

Jeff still in there? Yeah, went in about an hour ago, just after he bought the

gun.

Must be feeling pretty brave by now.

They got Caruso inside keeping an eye on him.

Why didn't you just pick him up when he bought the gun?

He must have bought it for a reason.

Figured we'd keep an eye on him. Maybe he'll bring us closer to the truth about

what really happened to Mike.

Good move.

How's Rachel?

She's a little shaken up.

How are you?

I'm all right.

Look.

Here he comes.

Let's put in a call for backup.

I want another unmarked unit following wherever Jeff leads us.

You were going to shoot Al Kennedy?

Why?

Because Al Kennedy killed my brother.

I went inside.

The locker room.

Mike was lying on the floor.

I thought he was, you know, passed out.

I thought they had some beers.

I started to say, get up, man.

And it's not the needle.

You didn't see Kennedy inject him?

But it had to be him.

Mike said that Kennedy was, you know, using the team as a cover. I mean,

would suspect the coach, you know?

Whenever they had an out -of -town game, the deal would go down.

Mikey wanted to stop the guy.

I told him, keep your mouth shut.

Stay cool.

I thought he was okay with that.

Something marked the dream.

You can't blame yourself.

There's no way you could have known.

I thought Mike was talking about Jeff. So would anyone else.

Look, the only way we can make things right is to nail Kennedy.

Assuming Jeff is telling the truth. You saw him. You think he was lying?

No. Me neither.

And that other kid said he heard Mike and Kennedy shouting at each other just

before the game.

And if it was about hockey, Mike wouldn't have shouted back. He would

taken it.

That argument had to be about something else. Plus, we've been looking for

someone who went to every game. That's Kennedy.

But Jeff was right.

His word against Kennedy's would never hold up.

Unless we could prove that Kennedy's been dealing.

Well, we got the championship game at Glen City tomorrow.

And that's where we'll nail him.

Boom! Washburn is leveled by Goyette, but the puck is taken by Phillips of

City.

Pass intercepted by Jim Davidson of Eastbridge. Nice move, and he crosses

blue line.

He flips the defense.

He scores!

Beautiful move by Jim Davidson as he slipped the puck in on the short side.

Eastbridge is back in the game.

You don't recognize anyone in this crowd?

In all the games, I recognize a lot of them.

No, I mean anyone who does stuff like leaves halfway through the game or makes

it a point to pass by the bench right when the action's out of time.

No.

You sure we've got this covered? We've got guys at every entrance and watch in

the parking lot.

No one's tried to get to Kennedy to make the drop.

Make sure the guys lay back, though. I don't want to spook them.

Thanks for the tip.

I don't know, Paulie. Maybe he canceled the

deal. Maybe he figured with Mike's death, the heat might be on.

Do you really think that?

It's possible.

It's possible he's trying to play it safe.

Maybe we're after the wrong guy.

Maybe it's not Al at all.

City wins the face -off. Robert Kovac to Dineen, who skates him on the right

wing.

He shoots, fumbled, blocks it with the pad.

City leading 4 -3.

Eastbridge breaks a fight.

Stewart to Semkowski, across to the blue line.

Kovac to Walker, if he opens his throat, he scores!

Oh, some beautiful puck movement by the Eastbridge Blade, and we've got a 4 -4

tie with three and a half minutes left in regulation time.

Look at everything Kennedy does with a new eye. What does he always do at every

game that could be a signal that this deal is going bad?

I don't know, man.

A ton of things.

Eastbridge gains possession.

Stewart takes the puck into the Glen City zone.

He's pinned against the boards, and Tony Phillips takes the puck to Glen City.

The first two periods, he was wearing the gray one with the black sleeves. Now

he's wearing the black one with the gray sleeves.

The only superstition is he always switches to the home jacket for the

period. He's done it for years. What do you think?

Paulie, get to the locker room now. Go!

Don't you cuff him. Bag the stuff.

I'm just a delivery boy, you know.

I'm just a little no -count guy.

Well, you're going to a little no -count jail.

Fifteen seconds to go as Stewart chases the pup for Eastbridge.

Jim Davidson picks it up.

Rides around with it. He scores!

Jim Davidson scores on a left -around, and Eastbridge leads 5 -4.

Oh, I don't think Steve Hackett ever expected Davidson to be as quick around

net. And the East Ridge players are going crazy out on the ice.

Lund City has pulled their goaltender.

They've got one last chance to send this game into overtime.

Here comes Rick Dineen over the blue line. In alone on Tomo. She shoots. And

Tomo makes the save. The game is over.

East Ridge wins the Division II High School Championship.

Several players told me before the game they wanted the victory for Mike Cermak,

who died earlier in the week.

And maybe that's what propelled them to this win.

When I was a kid, the broom jacket was the greatest prize you could have.

You turned it into nothing ugly.

Mike looked up to you.

All these kids look up to you.

And you were dealing the crap that destroys their lives.

Tony, let me explain.

There is no explanation!

Hey, Tony! Tony, come on! Mike came to you. Did he?

He confronted you because he knew what you were doing.

And you killed him, didn't you?

You killed him to cover your ass.

Come on, you're going to kill him.

I'd love to.

I owe money to the wrong people.

I had to deal with stuff where I couldn't have paid up.

Tony, they were going to come after my family.

When Mike found out, I got scared.

I didn't know what he was going to...

I didn't want it to come to this.

I liked the kid.

If he hated me, he might still be alive.

They're waiting for your victory speech, Al.

What do you want me to tell them?

Tell them I'll be right there.

Take them off.

This is the biggest moment of their lives.

I'm not going to take it away from them.

And neither are you.

You guys, you're...

You guys

are winners.

Not because they gave you a trophy tonight.

You guys are winners because you've faced tough times and you never looked

the easy way out.

You played by the rules.

And if you live your lives the way you play it tonight, you're going to be men

that everyone, everyone can look up to.

Let's hear it for Coach Kennedy!

If I didn't say what I said to Mike, maybe he'd still... That's the guy who

killed my brother.

You tried to help Mike.

I know it.

So did he.

It's nice to be your help.

Amen.

I love my brother.

He, uh... He told me you were gonna get yourself together.

I'm trying.

If there's anything I can do, let me know.

All units in the vicinity of Latham at 17th, we have a 214 in progress at the

Laughing Lobster restaurant.

Closets over there, right?

What were you thinking about?

Mike.

And the baby.

And us.

You said this baby was going to be a very lucky kid.

Mike had so much to look forward to.

So much potential.

This baby might not have as much to look forward to, but it will have our love,

and we'll help it be as much as he or she can be.

We're going to have this baby.

Don't you think?

We'll do okay.