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Average time between police patrols? 28 minutes. Spot time of the alarm company

is six minutes.

Clements will deactivate the system.

Clements, how long will you need?

Clements! Man, this is risky.

That's why we're doing it.

We're pushing our luck.

I mean, our last job was only a week ago. It's too soon to be pulling...

Strategy is not your department.

You said you could deactivate the system. Now shut up and do it!

Let's get to the store.

Let's get out of here!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

I thought you could cut the alarm!

Must be the backup system!

Oh man, we're dead!

It's hot!

GI Joe, consider yourself a prisoner of war.

Four burglaries in the last three months.

Witnesses described guys in ski masks wearing commando outfits.

Who pulled the jobs with you?

My name is Todd Clements. I live at 1320. Yeah, we know that already. Who

the other guys?

Did you take the gun for criminal purposes or is there a political agenda?

My name is Todd Clements. What were the guns for and where are they now?

My name is Ty Clowney.

You're a loyal guy, Todd.

Gotta admire you for that.

Is that part of the code in your organization?

There is no organization.

Loyalty is a two -way street.

Your friends, the buddies you're protecting, you think they care about

They were running so fast, they didn't even look back to see if you broke your

neck when you fell off the ladder.

It's kind of funny when you think of it.

You took the fall then, and you're taking it now.

Why didn't you make your phone call when you were arrested?

There's no one to call.

Parents?

They out of town, or... No, I am not going to call my parents.

When I was in the seventh grade at St. Agnes, in

Brooklyn, a bunch of us were horsing around in the hall.

I stumbled backward and broke the BVM.

The what?

The Blessed Virgin Mary.

I knocked her right off a pedestal.

Broke her into 800 pieces.

Naturally, I didn't think my life was worth a plug cannoli.

So I begged Sister Bernardi not to call my father.

But in 20 minutes, there he is.

He takes me outside and...

Just when I know he's about to knock me out of the park, he says, everyone's

entitled to one screw -up.

This was yours.

Okay, I know the situation we have here is not exactly the same, but the point

is, this is your one screw -up.

Your folks will be here for you.

You don't know them.

If they hear about this, they're not going to want to know me.

If you help us, Todd, I'll help you.

They're not going to have to ruin your life.

His parents are here.

I had to.

Mr. and Mrs. Clements. I posted your bail.

Let's go.

I'm sorry. I don't want to hear it.

Let's go, Todd.

Looks like Todd was right about his parents. You could hang meat on those

Tony, was that BVM story true?

I'm just learning how you work.

Every word of it.

Then you got away with murder on that one.

Not really.

You said your father didn't knock you out of the park.

Right. But my mother pinch hit for him.

Hi, David.

Am I supposed to be in school?

Well, we're just, um... On a field trip.

Yeah. A field trip?

To a convenience store?

Yeah, yeah. We're doing a price comparison for Home X.

Yeah, right.

You're not going to bust us, are you?

Come on, Carmela.

Give us a break.

Now that you've had some time to think, maybe you see things differently.

Well, I don't.

Todd, you're not alone here.

All of your teachers told me if there's anything they can do... You're wrecking

my life.

I'm conducting an investigation.

Todd, wait.

Ever heard of the cadets?

There's rumors on campus of a secret group called the cadets. Sort of

paramilitary, but with brains.

You know anything about them? No.

Look, I'm trying to help you.

You want to help me?

Leave me alone.

I wish I hadn't have seen you, David.

It's okay.

Once I did, I couldn't just ignore it. You're the boss's kid.

I let it pass.

He finds out, the way he always does.

Boom, next thing you know.

It's not like he'd fire me or anything. Your father's not like that.

But I'm on his good side right now. You know, one false move, I'm directing

traffic at Pine and Lowell.

It's not like I have anything against you, David.

And why did you have to play hooky on my beat?

It's okay, Carmela.

It doesn't matter.

And we don't know who the cadets are.

Oh, I get the feeling Todd does, but he's not telling.

It fits. The commando outfit, the well -planned operations, and the risk levels

increased over the last four jobs.

Three months ago, they stole a couple of cases of beer from a grocery store. Now

it's gone. These kids must think they're invincible.

Maybe not.

Chip Douglas, remember the name? A year and a half ago, jumped off the Logan

Bridge. Suicide.

Yeah, I remember that.

One of his friends thinks he belonged to the cadets.

Chip told him he and his unit stole fixed cars.

That kid's family has more money than God. Why would he want to steal cars?

Well, maybe the thing they were stealing wasn't the point.

Maybe they were just trying to prove to themselves they could do it.

These kids have advantages we could only dream about back in Brooklyn.

Being wealthy and privileged isn't enough? They got to commit crimes to

fulfilled? You think having a couple bucks in your pocket makes up for being

ignored by the people who matter?

These kids want to be noticed and appreciated for themselves, not because

fathers are CEOs.

Are you speaking from experience?

I chose my way. The cadets chose theirs.

The point is, if Todd is in this group, it gives him an identity.

He's not going to blow the cadets in because he doesn't want to lose the

or the identity.

No one, I don't care where they come from or what school they go to, wants to

an outcast.

Todd's been the weak link all along.

He was with us on every operation. He's never been strack enough.

He didn't want to raid the supply depot. He didn't want to steal the gun.

We have to get them all now before the liberals melt them into plowshares.

M1911, A1.

These World War II Nazi's.

What do we need them for?

You never know.

I swear to uphold the honor of the cadet.

I will maintain the code of secrecy no matter what the consequence to myself.

Taking the secret to the grave if necessary.

We all find this.

We all put ourselves on the line.

I say we hold him to his pledge.

If he would have broken it, the cops would have nailed us by now.

You want to wait till he does?

What do you think your chances of getting into West Point would be with a

criminal record?

We are the leaders of the next generation.

Todd's got our future in his hands.

And you don't. When?

Remember what happened with Chip Douglas? That was different.

Chip was going to talk.

Todd would not rat us out.

It's only a matter of time. If the cops don't get to him, then his parents will.

The course of action is clear.

In the matter of the Taylor Hall cadet versus Todd Clements, the charge is

treason. How do you find?

Guilty.

Guilty.

He would not rat!

How do you find?

Guilty.

Let Clemens take the secret to the grave.

Todd's blazer was lying on the bridge.

Guy walking his dog found Todd's cool idea in the pocket, called Taylor Hall.

When they went to his room to look for him, they found a suicide note typed

his laptop.

Start tracking the river as soon as it's light.

He said I was wrecking his life.

You were doing your job.

You couldn't know we'd come to this.

Tell the lab guys I want pictures of those prints.

Mom's shocked, don't you think? Yeah, but a kid said the second kid from

Hall to jump into this river. Someone might have seen him.

Someone could even have driven him here. I want to talk to that someone.

Keep busting, Al.

Maybe we can come up with something on his accomplices in the break -in.

It's my son's room. I've got a right to be in there. I'm sorry, sir. Only

authorized personnel can cross the line.

This is a crime scene.

What is it?

What has happened?

Ma 'am, I'm not at liberty to discuss that.

Gordy.

What is it?

You're through, Mr. Clements.

Oh, no!

Burke found this under his bed. It's a Taylor Hall button.

Must have fallen off Todd's blazer.

Never gets easier.

I don't care what your friends do. You've got a mind of your own.

Thank you. Classes were boring. Oh, classes were boring. I'm sorry you

being challenged, Einstein.

That was Mrs. Hill. Where's your report card, David? She says you're one week

late returning it. Report card?

I didn't see a report card.

Where is it, David?

A D in English?

Three Cs?

David, what's going on here? You've never had grades so low before.

I don't know. You don't know?

Three Cs and a D? What were you going to do, keep ditching until you flunked

altogether? It was just one day.

Why are you making such a big deal about it? Because it is a big deal.

You need to calm down, baby.

Go get your books. I'm taking you to school. Dad.

Get used to it.

I'm going to drive you until you can show better grades and a better

Boss,

photos of the tire prints from the bridge.

I ran them through the FBI standards and brand. Looks like they're good stone

2000s, 205 -16s. Get them to save for the files.

Find Todd's body?

Not yet.

Get the word out to Groverton in Glen City.

Everyone downriver.

How'd it go with David?

Rotten.

I didn't want to lose my temper with him, but... He's never done anything

this before.

And, you know, it couldn't have come at a worse time.

We got our hands full with the baby. Nobody sleeps.

Sibling rivalry.

Huh? Sibling rivalry.

You have your hands full with the baby.

They used to be full with David.

You think?

Yeah, my brother Francisco, he had his third baby seven years after the other

kids. And my nephew Carlos really started acting up. You know, like

bed, throwing tantrums, that kind of thing.

What'd your brother do?

Well, he thought that if he involved Carlos in the baby's care, then, you

he'd feel like he was more important.

Maybe I should try that.

No, don't.

Carlos wasn't really big on trying to rock a screaming baby to sleep.

Frank walked in and found him holding a pillow over the baby's face.

Tony, there's something you ought to see.

Okay.

Todd kept a journal on his computer.

He used a password to keep it locked, so to speak.

I cracked the password.

Did he write about the cadets?

Just since September.

That's when he started at Taylor Hall.

Does he say who the cadets are?

He only refers to them by their initials. J, D, T, and K.

Scroll down to the end.

Since the arrest, the cadets are avoiding me. I've got to do something to

them trust me again.

That was the most recent entry?

That's it.

Thanks, Alex.

Sounds like a kid who was trying to work things out, not a potential suicide.

Yeah, maybe that was later. Maybe he tried to talk to the cadets and couldn't

convince them, so decided to end it.

Well, they did.

His note wasn't in a protected file. Anyone could have typed it.

Well, if Burke dusted the computer, he only found Todd's prints. Of course, the

guy could have been wearing gloves.

Go back through the files.

See if Chip Douglas' suicide note wasn't signed either.

Who knows?

Hey, boss, where does it stand?

We were cataloging evidence on the Todd Clemens suicide, and we got one blazer

button too many.

Todd's blazer had all its buttons?

Yep.

Halo Hall strike you as the kind of school where missing blazer buttons go

unnoticed?

Let's find the cadet who lost.

These buttons easy to replace?

Hardly. They're specially made.

We order them from South Carolina.

Good.

Why are they calling assembly? It's only Thursday.

I don't know.

And I don't like it.

There's a bunch of cops here.

My thief in the gym with our blazers on.

Why? It's got to be about Todd.

It's cool they can't trace it to us.

You're missing a button, man.

Would you lose it?

Step out of line, please.

What happened to you, Jack?

I don't know.

Tony.

You're missing a button.

It was there when I got dressed this morning.

Where?

Excuse me.

These kids go from pulling pranks to stealing guns.

No, I bet they're trying to cover up the murder.

Well, they're doing a good job of it.

Unless we have an epidemic of faulty buttons,

the cadets orchestrated this whole thing, which proves they have something

hide.

We've got to find out who J .D .T. and K. are in Todd's journal.

We don't even know if those are the first initials or the last.

We do know these kids are interested in the military, based on the stuff they

stole and the commando outfit Todd was wearing.

Yeah. You see the signs for a college fair at Taylor Hall?

Sure, it's tomorrow.

A buddy of mine went to Windsor College.

You know, it's a military school up in New Hampshire.

He's a recruiter.

He interviews kids who want to go to school there.

He'll cover for us.

You want to put somebody undercover?

You wanted to see me, boss?

Yes, Stan, I did.

Nice haircut.

Maybe we haven't spent enough time with David lately.

You know, Tony, I've been to the seminars. I've seen this jealousy thing

a million times with the kids I teach.

I just wanted to be so careful it didn't happen with us.

I mean, that's why I took David on that sibling tour at the hospital before

Sarah was born. You remember that? Yeah, he was really great about that. Yeah.

Well, that's the whole point.

He's been so wonderful.

I guess I just thought he was handling it, you know?

I know I've been so busy with the baby, I just haven't given him enough

attention. But I figured I could make it up to him later, you know?

That kid, the one from Taylor Hall?

He might have joined the cadets because he was feeling neglected by his family.

Well, we have to show David that he's just as important for us now as he

was. I mean, the cut in school and bear grave, it's just symptomatic of him.

What's wrong?

Oh, nothing.

Then we'll be ready in a minute.

No more whining.

How was school today?

Fine, I guess.

You know, David, we really haven't done anything together in quite a while as a

family. You know, just the three of us.

You mean four?

No. No, we were talking about getting a babysitter for Sarah and doing something

that you'd like.

Sound good?

Well, I've kind of been wanting to see that new movie at the Cineplex.

The Creatures in the Swamp?

And there's a carnival coming to the fairgrounds this weekend.

Mark said there's this one ride that spins you completely upside down at 60

miles an hour.

Upside down at 60 miles an hour?

We don't have to if you don't want to. Oh, no.

We want to. I think it'd be fun.

Great. I'll get washed up.

What could be lovelier than sitting in a rollercoaster throwing up at 60 miles

an hour?

Being the guy sitting behind you?

Can

you

get into Windsor if you got, say, only 900 on your SATs?

Most of our guys scored in the 1200s, but they might make an exception.

Or a woman.

I'm not a woman.

Oh, excuse me.

With that earring, I assumed you had a closet full of dresses.

Way to go, man.

Good plan, that poser.

The day we let a wuss like that into Windsor is the day I resign.

My cousin went to Windsor.

Went up and saw one.

You interested in applying?

Yeah, maybe.

Sign here.

We'll mail you an application.

How about you?

I was planning on going to West Point.

This could be a good backup.

Hey, Windsor's no safety school, man. You gotta pull your weight there.

We had more guys in Desert Storm than West Point did. You know that?

Really?

You? Yeah, sure.

411. Corps of Engineers.

You see any action?

I spent more time working on my tan than my M -16.

The Gulf War was a war for pansies.

Thought I'm cave before we got to do anything.

So you're just blowing them away?

Don't I wait.

They pulled us back when the doves started raising a thing about bombing

poor little Iraqis.

Listen, you guys.

This country needs tough leaders.

A lot of them are going to come from Windsor.

You want to be one of them?

Yeah, man.

It was good meeting you, Lieutenant.

Stan.

Stan Kelleher.

Hello? Commissioner Scali?

Yeah, who's that?

Jim Eckhart has blood on his hands.

Todd Clement's blood.

Who is it?

Someone just called me on my private line. Get me the dial impulse from the

computer. What is it? We need a warrant to search a room at Taylor Hall.

They traced the call to a phone booth in Grand City.

Send a print man out there.

I already did. The booth is loaded with prints.

It's gonna take forever to run through them.

Both?

What do you think you're doing?

Is this your room? Yeah.

These your gloves?

What the hell is going on here?

You're under arrest for the murder of Todd Clements.

Don't be stupid.

You know who my father is?

A guy who'll be visiting his son in prison.

You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right...

He didn't say he didn't do it.

My name is James Highfield Eckhart.

I live at 10 Quincy Street.

See you in a minute.

This is useless.

Well, it proves he was one of the cadets.

Not in court.

Jim's father was General Hubert Eckhart.

He's got five lawyers breathing down the mayor's neck.

You run the kid for Pryor's? Yeah, Rickard's clean.

You have a car?

No.

You get the lab report on the blood from his gloves?

Not yet.

Todd's body?

It's been two days.

It should have floated to the surface by now.

Unless it got caught on something.

Or was purposely weighted down.

Boss?

I've got Stan on the phone.

Yes, Stan?

I talked to five kids with the initials we're looking for.

Okay, we got Michael Kramer, Dave Worley, James Eckhart, Joe Moretti, and

Thompson. We picked up James Eckhart on a tip.

Great. I guess I'm done here then, huh?

Not yet. He's not giving us anything.

See if he hangs out with any of the guys on your list. And then see if one of

them drives a car with good stone 2 ,000 tires.

Okay, you got it.

It's top blood on the gloves. We got a DNA match from some hair on his brush.

Okay.

Let's book James Eckert for murder.

Wait. They also did a half -life test.

The blood was less than 12 hours old.

And Todd couldn't have been killed two nights ago.

He was either held prisoner and killed last night. Or he's not dead at all.

He could have planted his own blood on the gloves and then called me.

To get back at Jim for trying to kill him. Maybe, or maybe to get back at him

for something else.

We gotta kick Jim loose, but don't tell him why. Tell him our investigation's

continuing.

Maybe we can sow some dissension in the ranks.

What are you thinking?

All the time we've been waiting for Todd's body to float to the surface of

river.

Now we've got to try to make it walking off the street.

You ought to have a memorial service.

But you don't believe Todd's dead.

Seems like a terribly cruel thing to do to his parents.

I have children, too.

Everything inside me wants to tell them I... think your son's alive.

But I don't know that for sure. I think the cruelest thing to do would be to

give them false hope.

I'll be honest with you, Commissioner.

I have a problem with Taylor Hall becoming an instrument in a police

investigation. You have a problem at Taylor Hall, Mr. Sullivan?

You have some very bright kids who are doing some very twisted things to get

their kicks?

Todd Clements knows who they are.

Maybe now he's ready to tell us.

I think there's a chance that a scared kid who thought his parents didn't care

that he was alive might want to see how they reacted to his death.

Would tomorrow morning at 10 be all right?

Call the Sentinel. Have them print the notice.

Thank you.

I hope it works.

So do I.

Dave Worley, right?

Nice car. Yeah, thanks.

Look forward to getting your application.

Jim, we could be in big trouble.

Cops busted me this afternoon. They found blood on my gloves. Blood? You put

there? What, are you crazy? With a tenner tie. No.

Who's trying to sell me out? Nobody.

Jim, you'll read him. We joined the cadet. We took the oath and we meant it.

Something's going on here.

Yeah, I know.

I got a copy of the Windsor College catalog.

Stan Kelleher is not listed in the admissions department.

Maybe he's new.

It's this year's catalog.

He's not in the catalog.

The cops come to search my room. How would they even think to do that

He could be a plant.

He could be a cop.

Stand up.

Impersonating an officer.

That's a very serious offense.

Oh, excuse me. Boss.

You look terrible.

I'd have to rally to die.

We took David to the carnival last night.

Ever hear of the gyrator?

Spins you upside down 50 miles an hour? Yeah, take my advice. Never ride it

after eating fried dough and cotton candy.

Ooh.

Tony.

Stan didn't make a roll call this morning.

No one's heard from him since he called you from Taylor Hall.

I sent Caruso over there to check it out.

Stan's car's in the lot, but we can't find him.

Did you talk to Jim Eckert?

No. We can't find him either.

What if the cadets figured out he's under? Who knows what they're capable

We do.

Start a search of the campus.

I'll tell you what I've been telling you all night.

I have superiors I report to. They know what I'm doing. Why aren't they here?

This place was a fallout shelter.

When the school bought this land, they tore down the houses, but they didn't

know this place was here.

We're the only ones who know about it.

What did you tell the cops about us?

They know everything.

I want specifics.

Our names.

Did you give them that list of our names?

Did you? Yes.

So what?

Signing up for college isn't a crime.

Why were you looking at Dave's tires?

I want an answer.

Where did those photographs come from?

You left tire prints at the bridge.

Did you take care of it?

We put the new ones on ourselves.

What did you do with the old tires?

Dumped them in the river.

So much for that evidence.

What else did you tell him, cop?

I always thought there'd be time to tell him I loved him.

He was worried that he disappointed his mother and me.

Disappointed.

We were so proud of him.

Not because of the awards and the grades.

Because he was a good boy.

Just forgive me.

You see him? Let me offer a word of advice.

Whether you're parents or whether you're sons, if you're hurt, say it.

If you're mad, say it.

And if you love, say it.

And say it now.

Now may be all you got.

When Todd was five, my father died.

I tried to explain it to him, what it meant, why we'd never see Grandpa

again. And I said, now I'm nobody's son anymore.

And then to comfort me, Todd said,

Don't worry, Dad.

I'll always be your son.

Todd.

I'll always be your dad.

I love you.

As I always have.

Your father doesn't know it yet, but he's got a second chance.

So do you.

Make the most of it.

Why'd you fake the suicide?

I didn't.

The cadets tried to kill me.

I woke up when I hit the water.

Why didn't you come to us?

I didn't have any proof.

It was my word against theirs.

You put the bloody gloves in Jim's room and then called us.

I thought if they were all arrested, then I would be safe.

I didn't know what to do.

I didn't think I had anyone to turn to.

Tell me more.

Hon, I got a cop who went undercover to find your killer.

He's missing.

He might have been grabbed by the cadets, but we don't know where they

I'll help you get your life back, but you gotta help me.

In the matter of the Tainter Hall cadet versus Dan Kelleher, the charge is

espionage. Since the prisoner has already confessed, I move you proceed

to sentencing.

Don't make this any worse.

Worse?

You're a cop. You can testify against us.

If we kill you...

No one will ever know.

It's him or us.

The sentence has to be death.

Ken?

Death.

Death.

Death.

They're gonna come after you, man. They're gonna turn this place upside

Let him.

They won't find anything.

Drop it! No, you drop it, or I drop this guy!

All right, guys, put him away.

Douglas!

You put him up against a united enemy! and they fold.

Right, cop?

That's right, Jim.

We give in.

You've won.

I guess that's why you're their leader.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

Taking you guys down a long road.

You've followed them.

You've basked in your own glory.

Yeah.

You've committed crimes for him.

You've thrown your future away for him. Shut up.

They owe it all to you, Jim.

And now, if you kill Stan, you're going to want them to follow you to federal

prison for the rest of their lives. Shut up!

Is that the reward for your loyalty?

Life in prison?

Don't listen to him!

We're the cadets!

We signed a pledge!

Is that what you signed up for?

No. Tom, I didn't do anything.

We signed a pledge.

You with me, Dave?

What's his idea?

The whole thing was Jim's idea.

Traitors.

You're nothing but cowards and traitors.

Put your hands behind your back.

All right, hands behind your back. Left hand.

Come on, get him up there. Let's go.

Hope you didn't rush.

Come on.

You think we wouldn't make it?

Never out of doubt.

I didn't know Chip Douglas.

He was gone before I joined the cadets.

I guess I showed his lot.

That case will be reopened.

Your parents were on the way here.

I don't know what to say to them.

They might not know what to say to you.

I think I'm tired.

That's it. That's enough.

What are you doing?

Let's go. We're going.

But... Now.

Dad, the creatures are just about to start devouring the people in the

farmhouse. I don't care about the people in the farmhouse. I care about your

mother. She's getting sick over here.

We both care about you.

David, we've been trying to make up for neglecting you since the baby was born.

We don't want you to feel like you've lost your place in our family. You're

still our first child.

And you're my only son.

Buying you junk food and watching movies we've never let you see in the first

place is not the answer.

Look, why don't we go home, I'll make some hot chocolate and we can talk.

Just the three of us?

About what?

Anything you like.

School, your friends.

The Knicks? Yeah.

Girls?

Girls.

So, what do you want to talk about?

How old were you the first time you had sex?

So, how about those Knicks?