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Burning the midnight oil?

I get this paper off my desk tonight, I can knock off early tomorrow.

Oh, that's right.

Big 19th anniversary day.

Did you make those reservations?

A month ago, and I confirmed it. Tomorrow night, 8 o 'clock.

Beautiful.

Well, good night.

Don't bother.

She's busy.

I know you.

You're the psychic.

That's right, Commissioner.

Peter Talley. I channeled the location of your wife's ring when you lost it.

What can I do for you?

Don't be alarmed.

I had a vision.

And I needed to get a clearer reading.

It's true.

Tomorrow is March 15th.

Oh, you're hot tonight.

You're planning a dinner for two at... Il Cucino.

Corner table, three red roses.

Can't be. The vision is true.

I saw a dagger with your name on it.

Let's go straight home from work. Do not go out.

I can't do that. I promised Rachel. I beg you, sir.

Beware the heights of March.

Beware the Ides of March!

Who's there?

A Roman.

Freddy, by your voice.

Your ear is good, Sedavia.

What night is this?

A very pleasing night for honest men.

Good morrow, child.

Know I those that come along with you?

This is Stanius Kellius, and this, Lucia Maximus.

They're welcome hither.

My mother, Grachelius Gallius, does Caesar's wife not love great noble

It is not that I love Caesar less, but I love Eastbridge more.

Because Caesar approaches anon.

What is now amiss that Caesar and his senate must redress?

Most high, most mighty Caesar, Stanius Kellyus throws before thy seat an humble

heart. You act?

I kiss thy hand, but not in flattery, Caesar, desiring thee that Stanius may

have an immediate repeal of overtime duty.

Ixnay on his case.

Tyrant! Big hands for me!

Et tu,

Rachel?

Oh, the dream I had.

Beware the Ides of March.

He warned me not to go out tonight.

Oh, you don't really believe that psychic guy, do you?

Then he did find my ring when you lost it in the woods.

Forget it. We're going.

Yeah. After 19 years, we owe each other the best dinner we ever had.

Let me give you your present, honey. I didn't get a chance to wrap it.

But I want you to have it today.

It's a letter opener. Look, I even had it engraved.

Tony and Rachel forever.

March 15th, 1993.

A dagger with my name on it.

I love it. It's beautiful.

Who is it?

It's Joe.

Joe, look, there's nothing left to say.

Pam, I got the divorce papers today.

Do you believe me now?

Look, it's cold outside. Can I come in, please? Joe, just go away.

Look, I'm babysitting Susie's kid today, and I'm seeing a guy, you know?

And I'm happy.

Pam, look, I'm sorry, okay?

All right, I know it's over between the two of us. I just need to find out why.

That's all.

Okay? Please.

What did I do? I swear, I just want to talk to you.

That's what I'm here for, just to listen to you, okay?

I've never heard you say that before.

Look, it's the ugly stepsisters.

Hey,

Dan, y 'all for tonight.

Oh, man, I forgot all about it. I told my girlfriend I'd take her to a play

tonight. Wait a minute, you're going to a play? What's this girl doing here?

Anything she wants.

New girlfriend, right?

You know she's going to have him whipped for the first three months. Whoa, whoa,

whoa, wait a minute. I'm in love with this girl. You know, I think she's the

one. And if going to a play makes her happy, that makes me happy. Oh, come on,

Dan, listen. You can go to a play anytime.

You can't miss this thing tonight. The boss is going to get it good.

He's never going to see it coming.

Okay, I'm in. Yes, definitely.

Neighbor

said

she heard a lot of shouting and then a loud noise.

It's quiet now.

God, I hate these domestics.

Come on, Lucille. Tell me what they're up to.

I just overheard Stan and Nolan saying they're gonna get me good. And this

psychic thing. And you know how I feel about surprises.

Gally.

What? Sir, we have an unknown gunman.

Two -story residential dwelling.

Fifteen glider.

Multiple rounds fired.

Are you two all right?

Maybe a few new stains here and there.

Backup? En route.

You sure the gunman's still in the house? He didn't run out the back.

Here's his shot for a couple of minutes.

Sir? I heard, I heard. We're on the way.

Hold the roll call.

All right.

We got Tufel and Hartley on sight.

Right now, it's one gunman, no known hostages.

Alert SWAT, crowd control.

Everyone wears their armor.

All right, all available units report the 710 glider off of fifth.

Go.

I want to check on the residents, find out who lives there. You got it.

What's with you, Dan?

I know the resident.

Her name is Pam Wimberly.

I stayed with her last night.

You boys okay?

Yes, sir. In fact, I'm ready to go in there and explain to that guy that

payback's a bitch.

You know the gunman, Gordy?

No. Then it's probably not personal.

Let's hope no one has to get hurt.

Yes, sir.

We ran the plates on that junker over there. They belong to Pam Wemberly's ex

-husband, Joe Lund. We're checking for priors now.

We got an address?

Yeah, um, 420 Chandler.

Get over there, Stan.

See if anything can tell us what his plans are.

Plans? Are there any dates marked down? Events that he planned on going to after

today?

Food in the refrigerator.

Are there any other personal possessions, letters, anything that can

into this guy's head?

You got it.

A lot of times these things are just elaborate suicide attempts.

But he has a hostage, so we have to assume that he's planning to take her

him.

Susan Moore.

She dropped her three -year -old off to be baby fat close to the time we got the

disturbance call.

Reassure her, but keep her out of the way.

Did anyone try to call the house?

Yeah, we did.

He took the phone off the hook.

All right, well, let's get a direct phone line hookup going.

We're working on it.

What about the SWAT team?

You know, those guys, they're in hog heaven.

All set to go climb a building or blow something up.

They're down there getting ready.

Good morning, sir.

Hey, Lou, what do you got?

Well, we've gathered some intelligence from the neighbors. There are windows in

the back of the kitchen area. That's the perfect place to go in.

Look, Lou, this isn't the Symbionese Liberation Army here.

At this point, we have a disturbed person with a firearm and probably a

Let's try to illuminate him to the fact that walking out of there is in his best

interest. And what if he's not the illuminating kind?

We'll deal with that if we have to.

Yes, sir.

Okay, boys, sit tight.

Do you think it's a good idea to have Dan around?

Everyone knows to keep an eye on him.

He's someone who can provide information.

That's our biggest need at the moment.

How are you holding up?

Krista, I'm ready to go in there with those SWAT boys. Now, why are they just

standing over there?

Dan, I can imagine how you feel.

And we're all in your corner, but...

As an officer, you know it's our policy to get everyone out alive.

Everyone.

How long you been with Pam?

About three months.

Were you seeing her while she was still married?

No, no, they were separated.

She just served in divorce papers. Maybe he flipped.

London's a very screwed up guy.

Screwed up how?

He's got a cop thing, boss. He blames everything on us. Every stupid thing

ever happened to him.

Has he ever threatened her before?

Beat her up a couple of times.

Maybe he's doing that right now.

I mean, he's in there alone with her. Who the hell knows what he's doing?

I'm in love with her, sir.

Dan, look, we're going to need your help.

Name it.

We're going to need a very detailed plan of Pam's house.

Upstairs, down, furniture, everything. Can you do it?

Yes, sir.

Good. It's important.

Okay.

Tony, we already have a copy of the blueprints from the city planner. I

We may need him later on. Right now, I want to keep him from going nuts.

Who knows what he is doing to her in there.

We got to start talking with this guy.

You can get on a PA.

I want to talk with him, not at him.

We got to light a fire under this phone hookup guy.

No problem.

You just point and that's where we'll set up the command center.

There's too much hardware out here. This place looks like a battlefield.

Let's set up inside this house.

Oh, that house?

It's a problem.

Move out of the house?

It took me weeks to plan this party.

This is your Nellie.

There's a barricaded gunman across the street.

Well, we'll just move to the back room.

This is a police emergency.

We'd appreciate the use of your home and telephone.

I assure you we'll be responsible for any damage.

The problem is, I'm only two sets away from winning the bonus cruise vacation.

Keep the volume down low, like I'm just talking to him on the street, not like

I'm pulling him over.

have to use this thing. I know it's like Dick Tracy or something.

I'm really sorry.

My name's Anthony.

You can call me Tony if you want.

I'd like to talk, Joe.

See what you want.

What we can do for you.

I'm here to help you.

This loudspeaker stinks.

If it's okay with you, we've hooked up a direct phone line. All you have to do

is pick up your own phone, and I'm here.

Okay, Joe?

I'd like to talk.

My name is Tony.

Joe, why don't you just talk to them?

What are you going to do?

They can't stop me.

What if he doesn't call?

Most likely, this is the guy who started out to scare his wife into loving him

again.

Next thing he knows, he's got the entire Eastbridge PD at bay.

All because of him. He never planned on that.

A lot of power to fall in his lap. Right.

He's sitting there thinking, what do I do now?

If he gives me the chance, I'm going to tell him what he should be telling me.

Okay, boss, here's the layout of the house.

Good.

That's good, Dan.

We don't need the second story as well.

All right.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What's the deal? You got the plans right here. You trying to keep me out of the

way? Dan.

You treat me like a four -year -old.

Well, I'm a man, and I'm ready to do a man's job. Now, we go in, and we get her

out of there. Dan!

Take him back to the station.

For God's sake, we can't just stay in here. We got to do something.

Mr. Nolan, that's an order.

Come on, Dave.

Yeah, can I please speak to Tony?

Speaking.

Yeah, Tony, this is Joe.

Hey, Joe.

Good to hear from you.

What can I do for you? I want to help end this.

Well, I got a girl here and a little kid, and if you guys try and come in,

going to kill them.

Well, look, Joe, there's nothing I can do about that.

It's a decision you made.

I have to be honest.

I don't believe it to be a bad decision.

I'm just being honest. It's the way it is.

You're really not looking to hurt anyone, are you, Joe?

I will if you push me.

All right, I hear you.

I'm listening.

Tell me, what do you want?

I'll do something for you, you do something for me.

Let me start it off.

What do you want?

If I was in your shoes...

I'd be less than thrilled with all these cops being around.

Tell me about it.

You want me to move them back?

Uh, if that's what you want me to do, I'll have them move back.

Give you a little breathing room.

Is this what you want?

Yeah.

Yeah, tell them to get the hell back.

Okay, Joe, you got it.

But, uh, you know, um, it'd be a little easier if you could give something back

in return.

Show us you're a good guy.

How about if I haven't moved back, why don't you let the little girl come out?

Oh, man, don't mess with me, man. Don't mess with me.

Joe, look, fair's fair, right?

You don't want to hurt a little girl, do you?

Yeah, all right, look.

She's got nothing to do with this. Just move them back, all right?

All right, Joe, you got it.

No cameras.

Okay, Joe, we're back.

We kept our part of the deal.

How about letting the girl go?

Just open the door and let her go.

Did the right thing, Joe.

Thanks. So did you.

It's a good sign. A good sign.

Here's the stuff from his apartment.

Talk about a dingy little place.

The landlord said he didn't pay his rent this month.

Those cut -up credit cards were laid out on the table.

Was the refrigerator empty?

Yeah. How'd you know?

Was there anything else laid out on the table?

Yeah. The envelope.

Brooklyn Zoo?

It's a donation to the Monkey Wing.

In memory of Joseph Edward Lund, born January 13th, 1967, died March

15th, 1993, 6 .30 p .m. He's announcing the time of his death.

Five hours from now.

Come on, Joe.

What's going on?

Why don't you pick up the phone?

Tony, it seems we've made Joe Lund's acquaintance before. Here's his priors.

Petty stuff at first, shoplifting, auto theft, then finally six months for

assault with a deadly weapon on an officer.

He really does have a cop thing.

And look at this. All these arrests are clustered about the same time of year.

March 15th, 88, March 21st, 89, March 17, 90.

The Ides of March.

Psychiatric review determined a manic -depressive personality.

Family? Um, parents split up six years ago. He's got an older brother named

Frank. Don't know they're aware of him.

Work?

Naselli talked to his boss at the Raway paper box company. No problems. Quiet.

And then two weeks ago, he just never showed up again. Not even for his check.

Not good.

Okay, uh, Joe Lund.

Looks as goofy as everyone in this senior picture.

No sports radio club.

Julie Rivers must have been his girlfriend.

Track her down. See if she can tell us anything about him.

That looks like that could be an older brother.

I'll bet this is the cop thing.

Syracuse.

Call Jerry Keeler up in Syracuse. See if he can help us find Frank.

Frank London. Patch him here.

Tell him we're under the gun.

Literally.

Okay. This Joe is manic depressive.

He suffers from mood swings up and down.

He plans on coming down for the last time at 6 .30.

We gotta rev his engine.

See if we can burn him out before he wants to.

We could try to buzz the house with a helicopter.

Don't you think it's a little dangerous?

Won't it just set him off?

We did it once with a gunman down a white plane.

The guy spent so much energy worrying and looking for the chopper that by the

time we went inside, the guy was asleep on the couch. Remember that, Lou?

Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea. Except the rotor blade's broken on the chopper.

Chopper's down for a week.

We could get one from Groverton, but it'd take a couple of hours.

Joe?

Hey, Joe, it's Tony.

Talk to him, Joey.

Why don't you answer him?

to use this thing.

We were talking so good.

I had my guys move back and you let Amy go. You trusted me. I trusted you.

Joe, let's make another deal. We can work this out.

Okay,

Joe, they're gone. I'm sorry about that. Are you okay?

Yeah.

Hey, look, Joe, why don't you pick up the phone so we don't have to shout over

all these distractions, okay?

Yeah.

All right, pick up the phone.

Hey, Joe?

Joe, it's me, Tony.

Uh, you all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Listen, Joe, um, I got rid of that helicopter for you.

How about doing something for me?

How about letting Pam go?

Oh, man, she's all I got.

Well, Joe, um, I know exactly how you feel.

I mean, when I was served the papers, you was divorced, Tony?

After 19 years of marriage.

Let me tell you, my friend, I thought the world would come to an end, too.

I know some people that helped me.

They'll help you, too, Joe.

Why don't you come on out? Let's start this.

No, I'm not ready.

Well, at least can I talk to Pam?

Hey, hey, Joe, you hungry?

I'm starving.

Tell you what, why don't you let me talk to Pam, and I'll bring you something to

eat. Yeah, okay, yeah.

All right, you got a deal. Uh, what do you want?

There's a great Chinese place a couple blocks down.

Right, hey, um, Joe, there's the Canton Cafe.

No, man, I don't like Chinese food.

I want pizza.

Extra cheese. I want it here in 20 minutes.

Hey, look, Joe, even the ads don't promise delivery in less than 30.

Yeah, but you got cops with sirens, so why don't you get here on time for once?

All right, Joe, you got a deal. It's on the way.

Now can I talk to Pam?

Hello? Hello, Pam, this is Tony.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm okay.

Um, Tony, listen...

Joe and I have been talking, you know, and I think maybe I just made a mistake.

I still love him.

And I think, you know, since nobody's been hurt or anything, maybe

let's leave it alone.

He's holding her at gunpoint and we're offering him lunch.

He wants food. That's a good sign.

He still cares about survival. That buys us time. Now go. Go get the pizza.

Right.

And where were we with finding his brother?

Where's Julie Rivers? Let's go. Let's go. Still looking.

Food's here.

Hello?

Food's here, Joe. How do you want to work it?

Here we go.

I don't see this as a good idea.

It's what I wanted.

You can always hang up on me.

Face to face, I got a better chance.

Hey, Joe, I'm coming with the pizza.

Hey, Joe, it's me, Tony.

Pizza's here.

Why don't you eat a slice?

In case you doped it.

Don't know what you're making.

I know, I'm shorter than you thought I'd be.

Don't know.

Don't want you to funny.

This is just weird, man.

I'm glad you're starting to see that, Joe.

Why don't I take this inside?

We'll have a couple of pieces and talk about it.

I'm sorry, Joe. I didn't know he was going to show up at the window.

Believe me, he did it on his own.

Can't we pick it up where we left off?

Let's talk, Joe.

We have a relationship, you and I.

I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that.

Look, if I wanted to make a move like that, I'd have never gone inside the

house. That's got to make sense to you, doesn't it?

Joe, when you're ready, I'm here to listen.

With one stupid move, you've smashed the trust we worked all day to build with

him. You were just sitting there doing nothing. You blatantly disobeyed orders.

You put Pam, as well as your fellow officers, in greater danger. Take his

and badge.

Boss, you sure you want to... Do it!

You're not a cop in this department anymore.

Commissioner, please just get her out of there.

It's all that matters.

You want to send us in?

Look, we still have under an hour.

I want to give him every chance to get out of this.

You could be giving him every chance to kill her. If he really wanted to kill

her, he'd have done it in the middle of all that.

Tony, we found Joe's brother. He's in a patrol car. They're going to patch him

through.

Please, Joe, pick up the phone.

Do something.

Say something.

What are you waiting for?

The right time.

Is this Frank Lund? Yes, sir, Commissioner.

Look, Frank, your brother has indicated that he will kill himself and his

hostage in 45 minutes.

Just get me on the line with him, sir. I don't want any surprises.

I've been told that he has a grudge against police officers.

If he does, it's not against me. We're close, sir. I spoke to him last week. He

just sent my kid a birthday card.

Please put me on.

Joe?

Joe, it's Tony.

Look, I understand you don't want to talk to me, so I found someone else

willing to listen.

Go ahead, Frank.

Joey?

Come on, pick up. It's me.

Is that you, Frank?

I told you, kid, I'm there when you need to talk.

You shouldn't have gone through all this trouble, you know? You could have just

phoned me.

Frank!

Oh, man, I'm in a lot of trouble.

Well, it'd be real easy to get out of it. Just put the gun down and walk out.

Yeah, then what?

Then I'll get you some help.

No, no, no.

It's too late for that, man.

That's the story of my life, Frank. It's always too late.

a good kid, Joe. I told that to Tony. But they don't know you like I do. They

don't know the way you were before, Julie. It changed you, what happened.

What are you saying? It's my fault what happened? Is that what you're trying to

tell me? That it's my fault?

No, I just... You gotta get a hold of yourself, Joey.

You can get back on track.

So what do you say? Put the gun down. Come and stay with me and Lisa. The kids

will love it.

Joe. Joey, come on, man.

What do you say?

Hey, you know something? I love you, man.

Me too, Joey.

It's just, you know, you were always there for me, Frank. You know that. You

Joey, you were the only ones that were there for me. So put the gun down, Joey.

But you can't fix it this time, Frank.

Please forgive me.

Bye. Joey, don't hang up.

Get him back.

We lost the patch.

I'll work to reconnect, but it's going to take some time, sir.

Damn it!

Come on, Joe, pick up the phone.

Joe?

Joe?

How long will you need?

Ten minutes.

I can put my best marksman in position for a medulla oblongata shot. Will you

hit him? Right here. I know what it is.

We've lost Joe.

I don't want to lose Pam.

But give your guy orders not to fire until 625.

Gilmore, you got the call.

Frank said Joe was changed because of something that happened to Julie.

Let me see Joe's list of priors.

Look at this.

It all starts here.

March 15th, six years ago.

He had a speeding ticket, resisted arrest, and the list of offenses kept

building to today.

What set this off?

Patch me down to records.

This is Commissioner Scali. We need to break a speed record here.

March 15th, 1987.

Scan the logs for a Julie Rivers, 17 years old.

What am I looking for? I don't know.

Did she die? Was she arrested? Anything.

Here it is. March 15th, 1987.

Julie Rivers was the victim of a rape and murder. It happened around 6 .30 p

behind the theater on Hudson.

A traffic violation was at 6 p .m. a couple of blocks from the theater.

And he said he was always too late.

Lou, tell your man to hold his fire until further notice.

C -1, I copy.

Joe?

Joe?

It's me, Tony.

I know about your plans at 6 .30.

Gilmore, this is Captain Lewis. Come in.

Gilmore, come in.

Give me that headset.

Gilmore, respond.

His head sits down.

Young, Johnson, you know his position. Swing around back and alert him to hold

his fire. Come on, get going.

I didn't want to do this, but I'd like to propose a swap.

Julie Rivers for Pan.

What do you say?

You're a liar, man. You don't have her.

Of course I don't have her.

Because you never let her go. No, no, no, no.

It's not me.

It's you. It's the cops.

They took her away from me, and now one of them's trying to take Pam away from

me. That's a lot of crap, Joe, and you know it.

It's you.

If you let Julie go, you free Pam and yourself.

Damn it. Where is he?

How's hurting Pam or yourself going to bring Julie back?

It's not going to bring her back. I'm not an idiot. This is about getting back

at you.

Who?

Me? The cops.

They killed her.

Look, Joe, I'm on the steps.

I'm going to open the door slowly.

Now, take it easy.

I know what happened, Joe.

I know what happened to Julie.

You do?

As I see it, while you were pulled over for a traffic violation, Julie was

murdered. The killer was never found.

Are you going to meet with her at the movies, Joe?

I can understand how you blame the cop who pulled you over.

If it didn't happen, you might have been there to save her.

I think it's wrong to see it that way, but I understand.

I'm sure you blame us for not finding the killer. I share that frustration.

What I can't understand is how you can blame yourself.

Oh, man, it was the cop.

It was the cop.

Jones, they didn't kill her.

You know that.

I should have been there, Tony.

I think it's time you let yourself off the hook.

Don't you think that's what you would want?

She loved you, Joe.

She wouldn't want you to hurt yourself or anyone else in her name.

She wouldn't. No.

So for her sake, why don't you put the gun down and let it go?

Pam, are you all right?

Yeah. Yeah. Don't hurt him.

Don't hurt him.

Joe, you weren't too late this time.

Make sure Pam gets checked out by a doctor.

What about Dan?

Were you serious about firing him?

Yeah.

Surprise.

What's going on?

What's not going on?

Well, everybody at the station had planned a surprise anniversary party for

but they called it all off on account of what happened today.

So that's what they meant by they were going to get me good.

No, no, no.

It was all my plan, including Mr. Talley's Ides of March, to get you to

home.

Pretty elaborate plan just to get me to come straight home.

Well, you never saw it coming.

Are you sneaking?

Happy anniversary.

Yeah.

Oh, that's nice.

I thought about you all day.

You know,

it's weird.

Sometimes in the middle of the craziest stuff would have popped into your mind.

Today, I was trying to get into the head of this guy, right?

And, you know, he just got served divorce papers.

And I said that I was divorced.

And it made me think of the moment, the instant, the thought entered my mind

that I was going to ask you to marry me.

And, you know,

Through all those times, you know, leading up to that, when you're alone

you're a kid, you're thinking, who's my wife going to be? Where is she now, you

know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I thought of that moment when it all came together and

all those questions got answered.

She's the one That's what I thought of

That's what I never stopped thinking of

Happy anniversary