All language subtitles for The Commish s04e16 The Trial

It was us, and I don't care what this
says. Tony, it's been a month. We got

buckets.

Fire started in the warehouse. Owned by
Tommy LaGrange. And then the wind blew

it over to the apartment building. But
the warehouse was owned by Tommy

LaGrange.

He's been involved with three insurance
scams we know of. Yeah, but none that

we've proven.

And so far, we can't link him to this
one either.

How are those kids doing?

Two of them got out last week, and the
other one's still in the hospital.

Stay on this, Paulie. I'm telling you,
sooner or later, the trail's gonna lead

back to LaGrange.

Speak of the devil.

Well, I hope you're not speaking of me.

Hope springs eternal.

When are you gonna close the file on the
fire?

Well, I'm convinced it wasn't
intentionally set.

Have any evidence?

Why'd you give your security guard the
night off?

He worked hard. He earned it.

You didn't hire a replacement.

Well, I didn't think it would matter.

Just for one night.

Your office in the warehouse had some
family photos in it. Your employees told

us that you took them home two days
before the fire.

We're redoing our den.

The photos look nice with the new decor.

Uh -huh.

You know, each day the file stays open
is another day I don't get my insurance

money. Oh, I feel for you. Anything I
could do to speed things up?

Like what?

Oh, I... I don't know.

There must be something you'd find
useful.

What a pleasure to deal with such
incorruptible public servants.

We're all poorer, but honest.

Call off the witch hunt, Scali.

You got no case.

I'll decide that.

Man's a charmer, no question.

Oh, this makes me want to nail him
even... This shirt was getting sweaty.

Uh -huh.

I don't suppose this has anything to do
with the computer project.

No, it doesn't.

Weren't you going to go and nail Tommy
LaGrange?

Yeah.

Is this a crime scene?

We were just, you know, seeing if you
needed anything.

This wouldn't happen to have anything to
do with the computer project.

No.

Hi.

Ready to do battle with the computer?
Ready as I'll ever be.

Boss will be working late again tonight,
huh?

This activates the backup system.

You don't really need to have any
paperwork in the office at all.

I don't have that much faith in
computers.

How much faith do you have in me?

You've done a great job. It's just I
like having the original copies handy.

I don't feel comfortable with anything
that doesn't have feelings.

Well, you drive a car, right? They don't
have feelings.

Not true.

I once had a 65 Mustang that actually
cried when I sold it.

You're funny.

It's one of the most attractive things
about you.

Miss Rivers, phone call. Says he's the
man in your life.

Take him to my office.

Line one.

What do you want?

threatening me.

You all right?

Yeah, yeah.

No, not really.

That was my ex -husband. He likes to
call when he's drunk.

And threaten you?

Oh, I'm sure he'd never actually do
anything.

You don't sound sure.

Funny thing is, I was, uh...

Once so in love with him.

I don't know how I got to meet him.

I think I got a lead on the LaGrange
case.

I'll tell you about it in the morning.

Paulie. I can wait, really. It's okay.

Tell me now.

This guy, Artie Kraut.

Rumors out there connect him with
Lagrange. I want to check it out.

Good.

I'm sorry.

No need, no need.

You want me to have a talk with your ex?

Connie, I don't want to burden you.

Protecting people's part of my job.

Thanks.

But I'm sure it'll be fine.

And remember,

if this thing gives you any more
trouble, call me.

I'll come running.

Thanks.

You didn't have to wait up.

I was reading.

That cologne?

Uh, yeah. I found some on my desk. I
figured I'd use it up.

Computer project's finished.

Thank God.

Finally. It's been almost a month.

Well, you know computers.

Not as well as Christine Rivers knows
them.

You know Christine?

Don't you mean Miss Rivers?

Usually I call her Sugar Buns. Yeah.

I hear she is.

Like Rose's wife told Peggy Hibbs. Ah, I
heard it through the grapevine.

Yeah.

Well, you know what, Tony?

You better be really careful.

You're going to end up with a grapevine
wrapped around your neck.

Why does David leave his stuff out? I
mean, what's his room for?

David, you're the greatest. Best always.

Acid wash.

That's a local band. I've heard him
talking about them.

I don't think he plays in their
concerts.

How'd he fake that picture?

I don't know. It sure doesn't look fake.

Hello,

Marty.

Three -letter word for song.

You know, you gotta have a good
vocabulary.

It's the key to success.

Four -letter word for money.

That's easy.

Cash.

I, uh... Conjecture you want something
in return.

Do for me what you did for Tommy
LaGrange.

He speaks very highly of you.

Name of your establishment?

Gray Leaves Furniture.

Fifth Street.

I wouldn't have surmised that particular
enterprise was in a state of financial

exigency.

I want you to put it out of its misery
by the end of the week.

Well, you know, pal, the recompense is
insufficient.

It's an advance.

You get another thousand after the plate
was torched.

Make it two.

Deal?

Hey, hey, hey.

That is entrapment.

It would be if we arrested you for
conspiring to burn down Grayling's.

But we arrested you for burning down
LaGrange's warehouse.

You've got no evidence.

When I said you did a job for LaGrange,
you didn't deny it.

That's not the same thing as confession.

What's this supposed to be?

Her name is Sharon Caldwell.

She's a cute kid, isn't she?

Yeah, she's cute.

So? She lived in that apartment building
you told us.

She's in a burn ward now.

Not so cute anymore, is she?

I checked out your rap sheet, Artie.

You're not a model citizen, but burning
down a building where children live?

Why? Nobody wants to hurt kids.

How else could the fire have spread from
the warehouse to the apartment

building? You got carried away, and you
started torching everything in sight.

It was the wind. There was no wind at
all. Yeah, there was.

Came up out of nowhere.

Look, I got kids of my own. If I thought
that this fire was gonna...

You

gotta believe me, Commissioner.

I never meant to hurt any children.

How much did Tommy LaGrange pay you?

Two grand.

You'll make a complete statement?

David for Marty? Yeah. As it turns out,
LaGrange is in Chicago till the weekend.

Call the Chicago PD and have him make
sure he doesn't get out of the country

pick him up when he gets back.

Hey. Hey.

Thanks for coming by.

Didn't expect a problem so soon.

I'm a little embarrassed.

I'm sure it's not your fault. The thing
just froze up on me.

Well, hitting return should get you back
to the menu. I hit it 50 times.

Talk about embarrassed.

It wouldn't budge for me.

Tony, you don't have to make up excuses.

to see me.

Christina, I didn't make up anything.

You think it's time that we stopped?

I'm sorry if you got the wrong idea.

Why'd you... Why'd you call me over
here?

Like I said, the computer froze up.

System get fixed okay?

Yeah. I hope so.

Honey, anything wrong?

No, everything's fine.

Morning. Morning.

Hey, how'd the next do last night?

Check it out on the tube.

I have to explain this.

Oh, that.

Well, I got this new computer program.

Digitize the photos, you can scan in
negatives, pictures.

Make any kind of photograph you want. I
figured it was something like that.

I guess this is my week to learn about
computers.

Yeah, it's just for fun. Good.

You wouldn't use this to, say, make
someone think you really played for the

band, would you?

Well, you know, maybe to sort of help
me, you know, with Sheila Wurzel.

It might seem harmless, but this is
lying.

Well, not really.

It is, really.

Do you want your whole relationship with
Sheila to be based on a lie?

You think about it.

Go check on the next. Okay.

Thank you, Jim. Christine Rivers, a
computer consultant, filed suit against

city and against Commissioner Scali, who
she accuses of sexually harassing her

while she was working in the police
department under a city contract.

Ms. Rivers claims that Mr. Scali fondled
her and propositioned her repeatedly,

despite her objections.

Councilman Gilson.

Jane, I just called the special session
of the city council and I... I promise

you we're going to get to the bottom of
this. Now, if Commissioner Scali has

indeed done the things this woman says,
well, then he's going to have to pay the

price. Here she is now, Ms. Rivers.

My lawyers told me not to make a
statement. I just want to say that this

just for me. This is for women
everywhere.

Excuse me.

need to talk oh my god this is a court
order instructing you to stay 100 feet

away from this rivers at all times i
just want you are in violation right now

owe you after what you've put me through
get him away from me why are you doing

this to me you stay away or you're going
to end up in your own jail

Tony, rough morning.

Yeah, I knew it was some help.

Scali's going to pay the price?

You don't think for one minute... No,
no, of course not, but you know how it

No, how is it?

Look, Tony, sexual harassment is a very
hot issue.

The cameras were rolling.

What could I do?

Anyway, I came here to tell you that I
believe in you.

Until the cameras start rolling again?

Look, the counsel's going to hold some
hearings in a couple of days, and if she

can't prove her case, and I'm sure she
can't, then you'll be in the clear, and

so will the city. She doesn't have a
case. She made the whole thing up. Well,

that case, it'll all blow over in no
time.

I'm with you all the way, Tony.

If you lose your job here, I got you all
lined up as the poster boy for the

National Organization of Women. This is
crazy.

She made a pass at me.

I didn't do one thing to encourage her.

At least I don't think so.

Come on, we got to get some work done.

When's the Grinch going to be back in
town?

Bison this afternoon.

All right, well, pick him up as soon as
he gets here. And have Ronnie double up

patrols out in Oakmont. There was
another break -in.

What? Tony, you can't ignore what's
going on out there. We have to, at least

now. How else are we going to do our
jobs?

Let me investigate.

Investigate what?

Her. She's unstable, Tony.

Anybody who does something this crazy
has got to have a history.

So what, are we going to turn this into
a big mudslinging contest? It already

is. And you damn well better have some
mud to sling.

Tony, most of those people out there
don't even care if you're guilty. They

want a good show, and she's giving them
one.

Now, you need somebody you can trust.

Unless you got a better candidate, I
humbly nominate myself.

Okay. Tell me what you know about
Christine.

Not much.

She got a call from her ex -husband.

Upset her quite a bit.

That's why she was crying when she...
You get his name?

No, but the phone number he called from
should be in the log. He called around 8

.30. All right, good. I'll start there.

Hey, Paulie.

Thanks.

Problems you got lately, I'm surprised
you have time to hassle innocent people.

Marty Krause gave us the whole story.
You don't have a prayer.

You should never underestimate the power
of prayer.

A jury sees the pictures of those little
kids in the hospital, you'd be staring

at concrete walls for a long time.

Well, let's see. On one side, me, a
respectable businessman.

No priors. My wife loyally beside me. On
the other, a scummy arsonist with a

record who fingered me in a desperate
attempt to reduce his own sentence.

No, I don't think I'll break down and
confess just yet.

The DA won't even bring charges.

You want to bet?

Yeah.

In the meantime, I believe my lawyer's
posted bail.

Now.

Hi. How was school today?

Fine.

Anything wrong?

What they're saying about you and that
woman, it's not true, is it?

That you tried to kiss her and
everything?

No, it's not true.

It's all over the news.

I'm sure the kids at school are having a
field day with it.

David. Look at me.

For some reason, that woman wants to
hurt your father.

People who don't know him might believe
it.

You do know him.

You really think he would try to force
himself on a woman?

You think I would try to force myself on
a man?

No.

Well, your dad loves me just like I love
him.

We never do anything to hurt each other.

Okay?

Why did you have cologne on that night?

It was for her, wasn't it? I found it in
my drawer. It didn't mean anything.

Look, are you telling me you've never
looked at another man and think he's

Maybe hope that he thinks you're cute,
too?

Never.

Well, that's all it was. In other words,
nothing.

I told you this morning.

She came on to me, and I said no.

It's just really hard.

And hearing these things all day long.

People looking at me and whispering.

I know it's hard.

It's hard for me too.

But we gotta stick together.

We'll never get through this.

I will.

Tomorrow I start putting together my
counterattack.

Which is what?

Anything Paulie can dig up on her.

Nothing so far.

Nothing? Christine's doing well on her
job. She's got no money problems, no

history of psychotic behavior.

Never filed harassment charges against
anyone else.

What about under another name?

Not that I can find.

How about relatives? A boyfriend that I
put behind bars.

Did we find the ex -husband?

We traced the call to a bar in Fall
Creek.

We'll track him down eventually.

Who are the guys handling it?

They're behind you.

In other words, half of them think I did
it. Not the ones who count.

I don't mind telling you, I'm a little
worried here.

You're going to have a lot of character
witnesses on your side.

You got me, the guys, every woman who's
ever worked for you. And against that,

just the word of Christine Rivers.

How much trouble could you be in?

It started during the first week I was
on the job.

He would brush up against me.

Call me into his office for no reason,
that sort of thing.

I told him to stop, but it just got
worse.

Why didn't you report it to anyone?

Commissioner Scali's a powerful man.

I was afraid that a public dispute with
him might hurt my career.

But finally I realized that I had to
make a stand.

Why? What happened?

Well, the job was over, or should have
been.

Mr. Scali called me at my home, told me
the system was frozen, so I drove down

to the station.

And what time was that, Ms. Rivers?

About 9 o 'clock at night.

When I got there, the system was working
just fine.

He closed the door to his office and
tried to kiss me and

undress me.

I managed to get away, but I knew that I
had to come forward.

I had no choice.

My record speaks for itself.

I have a long -standing policy against
sexual harassment, and I enforce it

unequivocally. Why did you calm as
rivers at home that night?

The computers weren't working. They were
working when she arrived.

She's an expert.

She could have programmed the temporary
breakdown knowing it would have self

-corrected by the time she got there.

Why would you do that?

You'll have to ask her. You do admit
that the two of you were in your office

with the door closed.

She closed it. And she put her arms
around me and kissed me.

But you didn't respond.

No. Oh, I see.

In other words, you didn't inhale.

My name is Rita Davis.

I'm a file clerk at the precinct.

I've worked there for about five years
now.

During that time, have you ever been
sexually harassed by Mr. Scali?

No, I haven't. Ever seen anyone else
harassed? No.

You ever hear anyone complain about
harassment?

Yes.

Christine Rivers complained to me
several times about Mr. Scali bothering

I was surprised, but, well, he's only
human.

Detective?

During the last few weeks, have you
observed interactions between Ms. Rivers

Mr. Scali?

I have.

Did Mr. Scali behave unusually in any
way?

No. Did he act or talk differently when
Ms. Rivers was around?

Dress differently?

Detective?

Uh, no, not really.

You're under oath, detective.

Just as though this were a courtroom.

No, I mean, he changed his shirt once,
but... When he knew Miss Rivers was

coming in the office?

I'm not a mind reader, sir.

Did he give you that impression?

Uh, yes.

But if anybody behaved improperly, it
was her.

What do you mean?

Well, I saw her leaning up against him,
you know, crying.

Was he embracing her? He had to. I mean,
she draped herself all over him. She

was very upset, or pretending to be.

She used that as an excuse to get close
to him.

Very interesting interpretation, but
what did you actually see?

I told you. You saw Ms. Rivers crying,
Mr. Scali holding her. You assumed she

was seeking comfort.

Yeah. Isn't it likely that she was
crying because he was holding her?

No. And that his constant advances
finally drove her to tears?

No. Why not?

Because.

It's not.

How do you know?

The question is whether the evidence is
sufficient to justify the suspension or

possibly the termination of Mr. Scali's
employment.

Like everyone here, I have tremendous
respect for Mr. Scali and the job he

as commissioner, but it must be said
that there seems to be substantial

to support Ms. Rivers' claim.

We're going to take the matter under
advisement, and we'll announce our

within 48 hours.

The hearing is adjourned.

Rachel, you're not buying into this, are
you?

I don't know what to think.

Holly is your best friend when he had to
admit you had your arms around her. She

was crying about her ex. There was
nothing sexual about it. What about the

cologne? The shirt?

Anything sexual about that? I told you
it was nothing.

Rachel, I did not come on to her.

Well, maybe you were hoping she would
come on to you.

Rachel, I love you. I have always loved
you. I have never been unfaithful to

you, and I never will be.

As bad as it would be to lose my job and
my reputation, it's nothing compared to

how I'd feel if this came between us.

I feel exactly the same.

Get away from my car. Not until I get
some answers.

Leave me alone.

I don't want to talk.

I'm not going to hurt you.

Why are you doing this?

You're destroying me.

You should have thought about that
before you came on to me. I didn't come

you, and you know it. Is all of this
really because I pushed you away that

night? I wasn't rejecting you.

It's just that I'm a happily married
man.

Did I bust a favorite uncle?

Did I put a boyfriend away for 20 years?
What?

Leave me alone.

So it's just for the money, then?

You destroy a man's life for a few
bucks.

Whatever you say now, you can easily
deny.

But my life is falling apart.

My own wife has turned against me.

So just so I don't spend the rest of my
life wondering, why are you doing this?

You sick, Commissioner?

Need help.

It's pain.

She didn't fall for the wire.

Well, she spent a lot of time around
cops. I mean, she probably figured we'd

something like this.

Look, Tony, I've been meaning to
apologize about the way things came out

hearing. Nothing you could help. They
twisted everything around. Forget about

it, Paulie.

I got a novel idea. Why don't we do some
police work? You got anything more on

LaGrange? Well, you know, a couple of
people claim they saw him with Artie

Krause, but when you pin them down,
they're just repeating rumors.

Well, let's track down the rumors. They
had to start someplace.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm working on it.

Yeah.

In between trying to get me off the
hook.

I'm sorry, Paul.

About what?

Hey, we found Christine Rivers' ex
-husband, a guy named Neil Stevens.

Hit rock bottom when she left him.

Let's go.

Hi, Lonnie. Come on in.

Just checking up on you.

Wanted to see if you needed anything.

Yeah.

Copy of Tammy Wynette singing Stand By
Your Man.

I keep thinking I've been too hard on
Tony.

He's going through hell.

Maybe I should trust him completely.

But you know better.

No pun intended. He made his bed.

Now he's got a lie in it.

I'm sure he's telling the truth.

Honey, he's a man, which means at any
given moment he can turn into a pig.

It's genetic.

You're really cheering me up here,
Lonnie. Hey, I'd have sworn my Harry was

faithful, too, till I got him with the
babysitter.

My advice, do whatever it takes to keep
your marriage together, but don't kid

yourself.

Men are all alike.

If you need anything, you let me know.

Okay.

You know, Sharon Stone came on to me
once.

No, no, this is true, man.

I'm in Atlantic City three years ago.

I'm walking through the Taj Bahal.

She just bumped into me.

And I always met for a second.

It was like this bolt of electricity,
man.

Best sex I never had, Jimmy.

George Surrogate says, one bourbon, one
scotch, one beer.

Neil Stephens, police commissioner, Tony
Scali.

Yeah, I recognize you from the news.

Of course, Mo.

You were married to Christine Rivers?

Look at that.

I didn't even twitch when you mentioned
your name.

I must be on the road to recovery, huh?

Why did you split up?

Well, you know, Tony, she wanted to do
the house country French.

But me, I was insisting on Southwestern.
We just couldn't come to a compromise.

You know how it is.

Excuse me.

Who had the affair, Neil?

Huh?

I got an ex -wife, too.

Yeah?

What species is she?

Because, you know, mine's from the shark
family.

Of course, you know all about that,
don't you?

Has she done this kind of thing before?

Under an alias, maybe?

You know, you guys are barking up the
wrong bush.

Whatever it is you bark up, you think
I'm going to tell you anything.

Why? Come on, you just told me she's
Jaws.

You don't owe her anything.

I didn't harass her. She's setting me up
for some reason.

Yeah, no kidding.

What do you know, Neil?

Oh, I know enough, Tony. Hey, this is
not a game, pal. Lives are at stake.

Paulie, look, if you know anything about
this, please.

It's got nothing to do with me, pal.

You still think that if you protect her,
be a stand -up guy, she's going to come

running back to you?

I've been there. It's not going to
happen.

And even through that cheap whiskey fog,
you can see that's the truth. Come on.

I know enough.

I can guess the rest. Put her in that
rich sleazebag in jail, okay?

Some rich sleazebag is involved in this?
How?

Tommy LaGrange?

Hey, did I mention I'm out of work?

No, I know you couldn't tell from
looking at me here.

$10 ,000. You want to hear the rest of
my little story? Oh, come on, Tony. He's

got nothing. He's another scam artist.

Yeah?

Ten grand to get your old life back.

Sounds like a deal to me.

Of course, I don't know, Tony. You know,
maybe, uh... Maybe you didn't like your

old life all that much, huh?

Huh?

9 ,220.

Paying for dirt on someone stinks.

Yes, it does.

Paying to clear my name for something I
didn't do stinks worse. I agree.

10 ,000.

Why don't we hold off for a while, look
for a connection between Tommy LaGrange

and Christine?

In the first place, we don't even know
for sure that it is LaGrange. Well, it

makes sense. He wants to get rid of me
because of the arson investigation.

In the second place, we only got 48
hours till the hearing.

The money can be replaced.

Your reputation can't.

I mean, if these charges stick, who
knows if you'll even be able to get

job. It's just that money is right out
of David and Sarah's college fund. I

know, it's... Rachel.

We found Christine's ex. He's... Tony,
look.

Somebody said something to me today.

All men are alike.

The second she said that, I knew it
wasn't true.

I'm really sorry I doubted you.

Because I believe in you.

Now and always.

I hate the idea of paying this money,
too.

I really think it's lousy.

So if you can think of another way, I'm
all for it.

If you can't...

You with me, Paulie?

I gotcha.

Jimmy?

I gotcha.

What's going on inside the bar?

He's not in there.

I still think this is overkill.

Hey, Paisan, you're carrying a suitcase
with 10 ,000 in small bills.

Better safe than subtle.

Oh, man. A little edgy.

Hey, Paulie, it's already five after.

Tony, what's going on?

Oh, my God.

Suppose he went to Christine after we
were with him yesterday?

Well, then I'll have to meet him, get
back together, or I'll tell Scali

everything. And then she tells LaGrange,
and LaGrange kills him. Well, that's

what I'm betting.

I mean, LaGrange is certainly capable of
it, that's for sure.

Well, it's just a hunch, but it's all
we've got to go on.

Yeah, so I'll bring him in.

Hey, not yet.

Come on.

Uh, Marty!

How long has he been dead?

Well, not more than a couple hours.

Oh, can you tell how far away the
shooter was?

The size of the entry wound, a few feet
at most. Angle? Wasn't much of one.

So, uh, he could have been about here?

Yeah, that's about right.

Hey, Ralphie, take my picture.

Do it.

All right, now cut and paste.

Take me out of there and put LaGrange
in.

Like that?

Yeah, but it's got a little... Look more
natural.

Well, I can blend it a little bit, but
you're going to lose a lot of detail.

it.

It's better.

How's that?

Wow, that's perfect.

I just have to bring this to a lab?

Any place with the right equipment can
print one out.

Thanks, Jim.

What are you going to do with it?

Well, I'm going to give it to someone
who'll think it's real.

Really?

Yeah, why?

Nothing. It's just... Well, the other
day when I made up that picture of me in

acid wash, you said that... Yeah, I did.

But I'm in a lot of trouble here, champ.

These are extreme circumstances.

Understand? Yeah, I guess so.

Extreme circumstances.

Oh, lookie here.

Moment of truth.

You bought it?

I'm impressed.

I complain when I have to shell out for
David's computer.

Hello. Come on, turn around, pal, so we
can get a look at you, huh?

Guilford? What's he got to do with this?

Hey, nobody was following me, all right?
I was careful. Not careful enough,

obviously.

Did you get a blackmail note?

Not yet.

Well, just given time. What if it's the
cop?

This isn't a play the cops would make.
They'd just arrest you. Maybe they're

messing with me further. Look, just take
it easy, all right?

All we need here is just a little damage
control. You cause the damage, you

control it. I cause the damage. That's
right. You set the fire in the first

place, and then you get yourself
photographed committing a murder.

girlfriend has an ex -husband with a big
mouth.

Somebody I could trust. You understand
that? It's lucky for us she got the

contract. Oh, yeah, I feel real lucky.
Hey, hey, this is getting us nowhere.

Once these sharks start circling each
other, it won't be an hour before one of

them is down at the precinct spilling
their guts.

And I'll bet on Christine.

Underneath it all, she's a nervous type.

Guilford, he's a politician.

Hey, wait a minute.

I had a raincoat on.

With a hood.

And I had it up. The whole time? Yeah.

To help hide my fate.

And if it's fake, that means there's no
actual witness.

Gally. He got his own computer expert.
Did a little trick photography.

It has to be him.

That's why we haven't been blackmailed.

Wait a minute. Are you telling me he
knows about us? He suspects us, but he

can't prove it.

That's why he mocked us up to try to
flush us out.

He hopes we'll panic and turn on each
other, which is what you two almost did.

Fire, kickbacks, the harassment charges,
they're dominoes. If one falls, they

all fall.

Right now, he's got nothing.

As long as we keep our heads and stick
together, it's all he'll ever have.

Any thoughts about your next career?
Forget photography.

You don't have what it takes.

Sexual harassment is a very serious
charge.

Such behavior cannot be tolerated, at
least of all in a law enforcement

Yet we are all aware that what
constitutes harassment is a tricky

What is harassment for one may well be
nothing but a harmless flirtation for

another. However, the facts in this case
seem reasonably clear.

While we are mindful of Commissioner
Scali's service in this community, the

evidence would suggest... If the council
would permit...

New evidence has surfaced.

What is it?

I have the result of a court -authorized
surveillance.

I'd like to play it for the committee.

Go ahead.

You caused the damage. You control it. I
caused the damage. That's right. You

set the fire in the first place. Then
you get yourself photographed committing

murder. Because your girlfriend has an
ex -husband with a big mouth. I need

somebody I can trust. You understand
that? It's lucky for us she got the car.

Oh, yeah, I feel real lucky. Hey, hey,
this is getting us nowhere.

The microphone was planted inside the
manila envelope.

I just didn't want you to lie awake at
night wondering about it in prison.

I did it to protect him. You heard the
tape. He was in on it, too.

I had nothing to do with the murder,
nothing.

We're in this together.

The fire, the kickbacks, the harassment
charges, they're dominoes.

If one falls, they all fall.

Brought you a little gift, Christine.

Take him.

Order! Order!

They're climbing all over each other
trying to cut a deal.

Look at the whole story.

Which is what?

Well... Guilford and LaGrange had a
little kickback scheme.

Guilford threw LaGrange City Business
for a cut of the profit.

On the fire?

Insurance, like I thought.

When I kept investigating it, LaGrange
pressured Guilford into getting rid of

me.

So Guilford had his girlfriend accuse
you of sexual harassment?

Mm -hmm.

Oh, what horrible people.

Can't accuse him of being dull.

I'm really sorry about letting my
imagination get carried away.

Have I ever told you that your
imagination is one of the things I love

you?

Really?

You know, um... David's going out
tonight.

And Sarah?

Down to sleep.

Really?

Hi, Mr. Scali. Hi, Sheila.

Well, let's go.

Do you know Tommy Toxic, too?

Tommy Toxic?

Come on, Sheila. We're going to be late.
He's the lead singer for Acid Wash.

You must be so proud of David.

To play drums with Acid Wash is so
major.

We really got to get going, Dad.

You could say we're under extreme
circumstances.

Well, I'll talk to you later.

Have a good night.

Thanks.