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That your love lives in my

name.

Tracy Donnelly?

That was fine.

But is there some other way that... I said that was fine.

You ever just know something in your gut? Oh, yeah. That's where he does his

best thinking.

The girl's terrific.

Am I right?

You've seen her in everything she's done since junior high. You don't have to

tell us. I'm going to tell you anyway. Before Tracy's through, she'll make him

forget about Streisand. Go back.

How'd it go?

Great. Callbacks are Tuesday.

See? They'll forget about Streisand. It's just a callback, Dad.

Come on, you guys. Lunch is on the father of the star.

Come on. Tell me all about it.

Tell that moron that we start rehearsals by the 25th, or he can find himself

another director.

He doesn't pay me enough to... Who are you?

You don't know what Tracy's going through.

What art did, like, her go through?

Uh, Jennifer?

She's going through hell.

And she deserves to be treated with some respect.

Get Jim in front. What gives you the right?

She's so beautiful.

She has more talent in her little finger.

And you don't even show her the courtesy of letting her finish!

Watch your back, watch your back.

Thanks, Tom.

Sit down, I'll be with you in a second.

Could I have some ketchup?

Not that I want to insult the chef.

In this place, if you don't ask for ketchup, you amaze the chef.

Where'd everyone go?

Well, your mother and Rachel went to powder their nose and your father went

call the office.

Some things never change.

How many times did you say I'll make them forget about the dry band?

Well, I lost count to 12.

Who knows you're going to make it?

We all do.

Even if things didn't go so well today.

He thinks I'm the only girl in New York who can sing.

I just don't want to let him down.

That can never happen.

You might see you in the paddock at Belmont.

Huh?

Don't worry, Lucille,

I'll get it.

Scali. I got a job. An actual part in a play.

Hey, that's terrific.

So you did better than you thought yesterday.

Oh, no, I went out on this a week ago. It's called Lizards in Love.

It makes absolutely no sense, but who cares? I'm working.

What did your father say?

He's already buying a tux for the Tony Awards.

I'll get mine pressed.

I've got to run. Uncle Tony, thanks.

Hey, hey, just remember, I knew you went.

Right. Bye.

Thanks, Tracy.

How do you know my name?

I heard the other girls talking to you.

What sharp little ears you have.

Tracy, I'm sorry.

What do you want? What are you doing here?

You left this at the restaurant.

I thought it might be important.

Oh, thank you.

I think you're a wonderful singer.

I mean, you must be. You have a great speaking voice.

What's your name?

Ernie Brackman.

Call me Ernie.

Thanks, Ernie.

It was very sweet of you.

You must be freezing.

Oh, no, I... Here, take it. You can give it back to me at the restaurant.

Tomorrow? Whenever.

How about tomorrow at closing time?

Sure.

Good night.

I was thinking maybe we could...

About time you showed up.

Got a part in a play.

Didn't you get my message?

I got it.

Mitch, this is Ernie.

I forgot my script. Yeah?

Great.

What's the matter with you? Who's the geek?

He's nobody.

I don't understand what you're so upset about. You don't understand?

The headlines from the WMLW newsroom in New York.

I'll give you 20 bucks to make the coffee.

Double it. I'll talk.

You always drive such a hard bargain.

Seven o 'clock, I do. The body of Tracy Donnelly of Eastbridge was found just

after dawn in the alley behind her apartment.

22,

an aspiring actress.

Please have no suspect in custody, and the motive for the killing is unclear at

this time.

Slings and arrows were flying between Capitol Hill and the White House

yesterday.

Oh, Mary.

Yesterday, she got a part in a play.

I'd never heard of that.

The doorbell rang just before six.

All they told us was Tracy's gone.

Since then, we don't...

We don't know where she is. They won't let us see her.

I'm your mother, and they won't let me see her.

They'll forget about her, darling.

Just look at this.

They'll forget about her. They won't forget about her.

Won't.

Forget it.

I'm not putting you on... in the case.

Come on, Mal. The parents are sitting out there. They don't know what's what.

She went out jogging at 5 .30 this morning.

She wasn't robbed. There was no sexual assault.

Neighbors did hear her and her boyfriend fighting last night. She kicked him

out. Tracy and Mitch have been going out for three years. Well, he's missing

now.

Look, Mal, Tracy was my goddaughter. For whatever strings you have to.

Strings aren't the issue, Tommy. It's Connie Muldoon's case.

She's as good as I have, but she works alone.

Well, she's never had a partner before.

People think that when you go to the academy, they teach you about high -tech

lasers and photo -enhancing formulas.

But a lot of what you learn is about garbage.

You find a lot of TV dinners in the trash can. What does that say about a

He's probably single. No real social life. You find time stamp receipts from

market. You can tell if the guy goes shopping in the middle of the night. So

you have a string of after -hours bolts at the local supermarkets, he could be

your prime suspect.

By looking at people's garbage, how active their sex life is.

So we look in your garbage, Tanya, and what do we find?

We find empty boxes of marshmallow cookies, hair sheen, rap magazines, and

dead baby.

Now what does that tell us about you?

That you like Snoop Doggy Dog and you killed your child.

No, I didn't. Then how did she get into the dumpster? She was three months old.

Clarence Johnson threw her in there. Oh.

Clarence Johnson, the baby's father.

Now, you said Clarence came busting down your door at what time?

Around 8. And Clarence is how old?

16. And he broke down your door because why?

Because he wanted me to sign over my check.

When did you get it? What? The check, Tanya.

Um, Tuesday.

Wrong. Checks weren't issued until Thursday. Now, you've been getting

two years and you didn't know that? No, I can't think right now. Don't think.

Tell me the truth. Look at me and tell me the truth.

That's it, girl. Cry it out.

You know, my daughter's almost as old as you.

And I know how bad I'd feel if she came and told me something like this.

Because it'd mean that she didn't respect my intelligence enough to come

a better life.

That is the sorriest one I have heard since my ex promised to love, honor, and

cherish.

Clarice is sitting in the cell for something you did.

Why would I do something like that? I didn't ask you why.

I'm not interested in why.

You lied about what, so you sure as hell gonna lie about why.

No lawyer, no parents?

She didn't want him.

Listen, what's going on downstairs? I've been waiting three days for toxicology.

Jimmy's up to his neck.

Detective Consuelo Muldoon, Commissioner Tony Scali from Eastbridge.

That was Tracy Donnelly's godfather.

The jogger on 89th Street.

Oh, yeah.

I think I can help you.

What makes you think that?

I knew Tracy and her boyfriend.

When I went to the academy, that was considered a plus.

I have a stake in seeing this through.

So do I.

Cool with you?

Glad to have you.

Let me tell you about the kind of kid Mitch Hatfield is.

He loved Tracy.

He called me up one night frantic because she was an hour late coming home

work. Maybe she was supposed to bring the pizza.

I just don't think he could have done it.

Do you get a lot of downsides in Eastbridge?

Enough to know why Mitch is the obvious suspect.

Look, I'm no genius, Commissioner.

I like to start with the obvious. It saves time.

No one's even talked to Tracy's parents. I got eight open cases. I will get to

them as soon as I can. Oh, for God's sakes, will you put yourself in their

place? I mean, they're sitting up there and no one's told them a thing.

Tell them we're following Lee.

You haven't even let them see their daughter yet.

Their daughter has no faith.

It was pounded into mush with a brick.

Look, I'm sorry she's dead. You want to bleed for her? I understand.

That's a luxury I do not have.

Liver tissue is deep purple in color.

Deep purple, isn't that the name of a band?

Evidence of projectile vomiting due to esophageal varices.

I need toxicologies on the puffer and the kangaroo or else I can't file.

What, I look like I'm on vacation here?

Nah, you're the hardest working man in post -mortem. You betcha.

This is Commissioner Scali from Eastbridge.

Dr. James McClure.

Eastbridge.

It's nice up there.

Thanks. So, who's ahead of me?

Nick DiGiorgio.

This is first come, first served.

I mean, everyone takes a number like in a bakery. Come on, I know the drill.

What are you getting from DiGiorgio, huh? One of his Genoa salamis?

Okay, okay.

I will give you some of my black bean soup.

Two quarts.

Four. Three.

Done.

Remember, the puffer and the kangaroo are on my desk tomorrow morning. Yeah,

don't tell DiGiorgio. I want the salamis, too.

The kangaroo.

That guy had his stomach slid open from here to here. Looked like a pouch.

They should string him up, whoever did it.

He used to work here, you know.

What a kid.

They should string him up.

Well, we know Mitch is not with his parents or his brother.

Did he have any other relatives in New York?

We found his address book in the apartment.

I want you to look for listings with first names only.

How is that going to help?

Probably means they're good friends. He might run to them since he's not with

his family.

When can I see Tracy?

We have to do this first, Mrs. Donnelly, okay?

Pete, his best friend is...

Pete. Dylan. Yeah.

All right, well, when do you need to check with the plan?

I want to see her.

She was... She was very badly beaten.

I want to see her.

Ruth. I want to see my daughter.

Donnelly. Listen to me.

Tony told me all about Tracy.

How much she loved you.

I don't think that she would want you to see her the way she is.

What'd you do to deserve him?

Or don't you kiss and tell?

What do you want, Alan?

I want to convict Clarence Johnson for murder, but if you keep screwing around

with Tanya Golden, they're both going to walk.

Look, Tanya threw her baby in that dumpster, and I can get her to confess.

Hey, I'm not going to jeopardize my career advancement so you can match wits

with a 14 -year -old. She killed her baby.

Clarence was seen in the vicinity of the dumpster. He's got priors for assault.

It's a case I can make. If I don't make it in the next 48 hours, I get a

release. Now, what have you got on Tonya? A feeling deep in your soul?

Plus the fact that neighbors heard her screaming that she wanted to get rid of

the kid.

Based on that, you're gonna... Tonya is guilty, okay? What is Clarence?

An altar boy?

They both should be in jail.

But only one of them for murder.

I thought you believed in the punishment fitting the crime.

I believe in clearing cases.

Look, get off a high horse, will you? This isn't about the lofty ideals of

justice for you either.

It's... Ego.

Pure insanity.

You're a jerk.

That's why I divorced him.

Well, I just talked to the super over at Tracy's building.

He saw her talking to a guy outside of her apartment at midnight.

He didn't get a good look at him, but it wasn't Mitch Hadfield.

Homicide, Muldoon.

Great.

We got Mitch at his friend's place.

She was alive when I left the apartment, I swear to God.

Okay, okay, what time was that?

I don't know, it was late.

I went to a few bars and then I crashed at Pete.

But in between, you went back, waited for Tracy to go for a run, then you beat

her face in with a brick. No!

Mr. Scali, I didn't do it. Mitch, take it easy. Can your friend corroborate

story? He was at his girlfriend's.

Neighbors heard you and Tracy at the top of your lungs.

I haven't had an audition in six months. She just got this job. Were you in love

with her?

Yeah.

The super said he saw some guy talking to Tracy outside the apartment. Yeah.

That's right.

There was a guy.

He followed her home from the restaurant.

Oh, and you just now remembered, right?

Did you get his name?

Bernie, I think.

Come on, Mitch.

You want me to help you, you've got to help me.

Did you get a look at him?

I was drunk.

He looked like a geek.

He had a book or something. She forgot it at the restaurant.

What kind of book?

I don't remember.

What? What is it?

Either you're a sloppy eater or that is blood. How did it get there?

I don't know.

Mr. Scali. Take him and get his shirt to the lab.

Kelly, please.

Bernie must be the guy the super was talking about.

Bernie the geek?

Yeah, Bernie the geek.

You know, let's try Matt tonight.

As long as we steer clear of Mitch. I'm not saying steer clear.

I'm just saying with everything I know about this kid. Like how much he loved

Tracy? Come on.

You want to... look for bernie the geek who could be anywhere in new york city

or the western hemisphere you'd be my guest personally i want to know whose

blood is on that shirt

you

still have time or do you have to go no i'm okay i'm all right i ordered the

cake is your father coming to the party he'll be there but he's not going to

bring anybody

I told him it'll be inappropriate.

He got that puppy dog look on his face. You know the one where you just dine and

say yes to him? Mm -hmm. I held firm.

What do you think?

Cool, Ma. You should wear that to work.

Yeah, that'll shake him up.

Book him for manslaughter and cross -checking.

Michael sent me flowers today.

With the mushy note?

Mm -hmm.

Was the L word mentioned?

Yep.

When's the wedding?

Oh, Julie, please.

You love him, don't you? It's complicated.

Algebra's complicated.

Yes, I love him.

Does he know it?

Mom,

you have to tell him.

Men need emotional resurgence. Where do you get this stuff?

Ricky Lake.

Please, I'm yanking out the TV.

Muldoon.

Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

I've got to get back.

Mom, here they are.

Juliana, we've been through this. Oh, but it's my birthday, and look, they're

only on sale. The answer is no.

Well, you can afford it. Excuse me, that is not the issue. There's principle

involved here.

Like? Like?

Some things are just excessive.

So you're imposing your principle on me.

I'm your mother. It's in the manual.

You know, that is so arcade.

Archaic. Put them back.

Come on, we've still got a couple of days. We'll find something.

Hey, what do you want for dinner tonight?

I think I'm going to spend the night at Zag's.

If that's your trump card, honey, you better reach up.

Come on, let's go.

The blood on your shirt was AB negative.

One in 300 people have it. You don't.

Tracy did.

I didn't kill her. Then how did it get there?

I was drunk.

We were fighting.

I slapped her.

You slapped her?

I just... I just lost it for a second.

She got a bloody nose.

That's all it was, I swear.

Why didn't you tell us that before?

I'm scared I might... I've never even been in a police station.

Well, you're about to get the grand tour.

God, whoever beat Tracy to death would have been covered with blood. Mitch just

had that little smudge on his shirt. So maybe he was wearing a jacket. He's a

legitimate suspect, so live with it, all right? You're in the big city now. This

is not Mayberry. Look.

I walked the beat in Brooklyn before I became a police commissioner and before

you got out of junior high.

Thanks for the resume.

This guy Bernie could be just as legitimate a suspect as Mitch. And we're

to find him. Have you run a forensics exam to check for skin samples under

Tracy's fingernails? We could find a match to Bernie's type of skin. Stop

thinking with your heart. Don't tell me how to be a cop. Don't tell me.

Now I know why you can't keep a partner.

And I know why you're in the sticks.

Homicide, Muldoon.

Get this, Tracy.

Line two.

What you said in the paper, that whoever killed Tracy is sadistic. Well, I am

not sadistic. I'm not.

All right, I apologize.

You're not sadistic.

You have no idea how I'm suffering, how they made me suffer.

Who made you suffer?

I didn't make Tracy suffer. It was over in an instant.

Did you know her? Was she a... I was raised to be a gentleman.

The next time the papers want a quote, I'd like you to tell them that. All

right, look.

Why don't we just...

How

bad is it?

Chan says he didn't see anybody making a phone call, but I guess I'm sent off on

my next clean and press.

Listen, there could have been a crank.

You know, if someone sees you quoted and wants to mess with your head.

Or it could have been someone who wants to protect Mitch Hatfield.

Friend Pete lives a couple of blocks away from here. Let's go.

Hatfield's buddy may be trying to set up an alibi.

If so, he believes in going to extremes.

He's just found a body on 91st Street.

Same M .O. as Tracy.

Nick DiGiorgio, Tony Scali, commissioner from Eastbridge. How you doing?

Eastbridge, huh?

One of these days, you know, I'd love to move out of the city. Get myself a nice

place, huh? You got a time of debt?

Yeah, fresh, about an hour and a half.

I bet you were sitting in jail an hour and a half ago.

Female Caucasian, approximately 5 '6". Might have been pretty, but it's hard to

tell now.

Hey, how come your toxicologies are coming out ahead of mine now, huh?

Oh, are they? Yeah, are they?

What about a murder weapon?

You figure a pipe, an iron bar from the construction around the corner.

Don't try to con me, all right? I heard all about your black bean soup.

Oh, yeah? What about your salami? Now we're gonna get personal now, huh?

Looks like he tried to wipe the blood away. He did the same thing with Tracy.

Robbery? No, purse is right here. Wallet, cash.

Was she molested?

Listen, if you ask me, killing her got this guy off.

So... How's real estate in Eastbridge, anyway?

Can you get an A3 bedroom?

Listen, run this through NCIC.

Maybe they can link it with another open case. Want us to distribute flyers to

the neighborhood? Yeah, talk to the landlord, store owners, ask them if they

anything that didn't look right. Okay? Go.

We released your pal, Mitch.

Wonder who else he's gonna slap.

According to Detective Muldoon, the murders may have been committed to

perverse sexual desire.

How did you arrive at that?

I made it up.

He called before when he was upset, and I want to keep him that way, only this

time I got to keep him on the line long enough.

Planting that quote cost me two tickets to a Courtney Love concert.

Tracy and Christine look enough alike to be sisters. Blue eyes, auburn hair,

early twenties.

So he goes after a particular type.

Money wasn't his motive for sex.

He just stood there and pounded their faces in.

But he felt sorry afterward.

He tried to wipe away the blood so it wouldn't look that bad.

No, he might have been in love with them. Maybe they blew him off.

So he figures, if I can't have you, I'll make sure nobody else will want you. So

he destroyed their faces.

But he thinks of himself as a victim.

He says they made him suffer.

Well, if so, that means he knew them.

Or is it all women?

Connie, here they are.

Just out of the suit.

Picked up a footprint in the blood.

Some kind of a work shoe.

You know, Nick said there was construction going on.

Check out that construction site on 92nd.

Right.

Doesn't even look like a human being anymore.

She's evidence.

I heard about the kangaroo.

The man's name was Gregory Clark. He was a 29 -year -old concert violinist with

a... With a wife who's six months pregnant and a son, Matthew, age four.

Anything else you want to know?

Stuff like this.

You want to make sure your kids never go outside again.

How many do you have?

My son's 15, my daughter's three.

Julianne will be 13 tomorrow.

Young mom?

Yep. She's 13 going on 20. Half the time I don't know which one of us is the

kid.

Yeah, well, I think I'll go home and give him a hug.

Yeah, I'd like to do that too.

But she's with her father tonight.

Well, I'll see you.

Yeah, good night.

You're supposed to be at your father's.

He had a date. He was gone by the time I called.

Why didn't you call me?

I did.

It's not my fault you didn't get the message. Everybody you work with is

You are not supposed to be alone.

Marsha is right across... You need to chill, Mom.

Okay? I know how to call 911.

I don't need anybody to stay with me.

Especially Marsha. She's such a drag.

She doesn't like Pearl Jam. She's never been to a hockey game.

It's ridiculous.

I'm not a child.

You knew I did not want her to have those. Well, how would I know?

But you always have to be the hero. She is playing you, and you're letting her.

Alan, who is it, baby?

Just a second.

I, uh... Alan, I don't care who you sleep with. I only care about Julie,

Look, Mother Teresa, I care about her, too.

Then stop trying to be her friend.

She needs a father and a mother who are going to set parameters and stick by

them. Otherwise, she's going to run over both of us. Who gave you the right to

set the parameters?

The judge.

Julie lived with me. Only because she has to.

Thank you.

You see, this all came together at about 4 o 'clock this morning. This guy sees

himself as a victim. He feels betrayed by women, a geeky guy. The guy Mitch was

talking... Hey.

He followed Tracy home to return a book. Maybe we can raise a print and match

it. Meanwhile, I'm calling the guy a sexual perv and he still hasn't picked

the phone. Do I got his phone insulting his mother?

You were supposed to start rehearsal today.

The funeral's at 11.

How does your wife handle it?

You're working on cases at 4 o 'clock in the morning.

Well... It's a give -and -take situation.

I give her an explanation, then I take my pillow down to the parlor.

Hey, are there cops in your family? Is that how you ended up with the badge?

They weren't in the family. They were after my family.

My old man was a numbers runner. I hated cops.

Hope they're here.

Hey,

Lizard's in love.

This is the place she was supposed to be in. All right, great.

Maybe she brought it to work with her, and that's how Bernie returned it to

Drop it in there.

Good.

Michael. Let her ring. If it's important, they'll call back.

Wait a little longer.

Oh, Michael.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to do that.

Might as well answer it now.

You know, if we really wanted to cut down on unwanted pregnancy, forget about

condoms. Let's just issue everyone a cellular phone.

It's not always going to be like this. Oh, no.

We'll stop killing each other tomorrow.

You never said that before.

It's not because you feel guilty.

You don't want to take it back?

You're the best man I know.

Well, I'd argue with you, but you're a cop.

We got a match on one of the prints of Lizards in Love.

Ernest David Brackman served a year for possession of pornographic materials

with intent to sell. He's on probation.

Ernie, not Bernie.

304 East 99th Street. Let's go.

Check back!

Police!

No one's here.

Looks like it's still in the porn business.

Hey.

People, the murder weapons were a brick and an iron bar.

I doubt they're here, but you never know.

You're looking for a work boot with a horizontal thread?

I want a unit staking out this place, okay? Come on, let's go. Get to work.

Tracy Donnelly.

She told me from the love affair.

Or the murder.

Miss, I think you dropped these.

You gotta tell him I didn't do it. You know I didn't kill Chanel.

I know you did.

Why are you saying that?

Tanya, I never took the baby.

Clarence, listen, I ain't talking to you no more.

I didn't kill her.

Did he rape you?

No, he didn't rape me. When you found out you were pregnant, it was all his

fault. And this is your way to get even.

Shut up. You got yourself into this mess, Tanya. Listen, shut up.

You ain't got no idea what it's about. What what's about?

They killed my brother in front of our house.

My mama's been on stamps since I was six. Oh, and I am from a big house in

Scarsdale, right?

120th and 1st.

And I was 17 when I had my baby. Only when things got tough, I didn't throw

in no dumpster.

Ernie still hasn't been back to his apartment.

And he hasn't called.

You think he figured that quote in the paper was bait?

I don't know.

Homicide. Muldoon.

Everything okay?

Great. It looks great.

You're still coming, aren't you? I'm putting on my coat.

Then you'll see how great everything looks.

Adieu, Mom.

I'm going to drop by Ernie's on my way home.

Well, we're still checking out that construction site on 92nd. So far,

has the boots that match, but... He had a picture of Tracy in his apartment. He

had her scarf.

That's tangible, Connie. I'm not thinking with my heart.

Homicide, Muldoon.

Right.

They got Ernie. He's holed up in a building a block from his place.

Go home. I'll call you.

No.

You just told Julie you'd be home.

We got the guy. I gotta be there. I can handle the bus.

Look, it's my case and it's my responsibility.

I'm going.

Honey, she was with him. Look, I don't want to get involved in this. I just met

the guy.

Take her statement.

Said we wanted to talk to him about Tracy Donnelly.

Took off running.

Ernest David Brackman.

I think I'll walk back to the garage.

I could use the air.

You know, you're right. I wanted this guy, but not like this.

Yeah, well...

Well, if you're ever in Eastridge.

Never happened.

It's outside the five boroughs.

In case you're interested, the party was a big hit.

Honey, I... You were the star attraction.

Everybody wanted to know about you.

Is she out catching a killer?

What's it like having a mom who packs a gun?

She ever shoot a guy? I told him I don't know.

Have you ever shot a guy?

How did you get down here? You didn't answer my question. You didn't answer

mine.

Dad took me.

He's waiting downstairs.

We had the guy cornered. I had no choice. It was a matter of deciding...

you did have a choice. It was a matter of deciding.

Julie... And you decided to catch a killer. How can I compete with killers?

Honey, you're not incompetent. Then why weren't you there?

I told you. The phone rings and that's it. You're gone. Nothing else matters.

You matter to me.

Right. Come on, it's the truth.

You don't give a damn about me.

Stop it. Or you'd have been there. I said stop it. Because a job is more

important.

It came down to catching that guy or going to your birthday party, and at

moment, the job was more important.

If I could tear up my acceptance speech for Mother of the Year.

I've been there, Connie.

Sometimes it's just better to... Tom, are these okay?

You know, at least the day wasn't a total loss without Ernie.

What are you doing here? I thought you were going home.

What?

I just saw Nick DiGiorgio in the garage.

Another girl was killed tonight.

Auburn hair, blue eyes.

At the same time that Ernie was lying dead on the street.