Original subtitles

Previously on Third Watch. She died doing what she hated.

Pissing all over my chosen profession and yours.

How'd that make you feel, Carlos? Because I hated it. Here's the summons

I think 25 a week will do.

Ellis, me.

Were you testing off a law school idea?

I'm considering it. You left a bullet inside me.

What if I took the test with you?

Yeah, right.

Pablo Inglis. It's an emergency.

Please help me. You've got to help me.

Somebody better be dead.

I'm not dead yet.

It's about standing your ground, standing up for what's right.

It's the reason why all of you put on a shield every day.

And it's the reason that I have dedicated myself to the search for

Why would you want the person representing you to believe any less?

And why would you want anyone representing you other than Mr. Marty

and I dedicated myself in my search for justice.

I got to go win.

Bull's got the runs.

Judge Halstead pisses you off now?

I'm married to the law.

Justice is my life partner.

What kind of lemonade are you drinking, man? Tell me you're not buying what

she's selling. She's a cop's best friend. She's got to be a tough judge in

city. Yeah, you ever tried a case with her? Never had the pleasure.

I'll tell you something.

Years from now when people ask me what I don't miss about being a cop, I'm going

to smile and say, hang them high, Halstead.

You see?

You see this?

Somebody's under there, right?

I can't get out.

What if I have to go somewhere later?

Later? You mean you don't even got to go somewhere now?

I could be.

Could be.

Look, I got a right to be able to get out if I could be going somewhere.

Hey! Hey!

I'm going to move it. Too late. I got a cop now. I told you I was going to be

moving it. Don't going to be moving anything.

Do it now.

He's moving his car. Life good for you, Cha -Cha? Life good for everybody? Good.

You gotta go get some car bits on my ass.

I can't believe the sound's been on my day off. You didn't have to come.

I need the smoke to push my retirement through at the best possible mutuals.

I ain't about to piss him off by not showing up for his annual slap and

Slap and tickle?

Slap and tickle, what'd I say?

Slap and tickle. You got a little... Right.

I'm moving my car! How you gonna write me up?

With this pen?

Bracket around license, illegal, that's gonna cost you another citation.

What the hell, man?

And those rims, yeah, they're not looking too cold. That's going to be

75 each.

Yo, you jacking me.

That's an official invitation to complain to the judge about it.

I'll throw you a damn complaint.

Give me two seconds. I'll have my

car. I'll give you a ride home. Yeah, that'd be a pleasant ride.

Hey, if it's about my attitude, don't worry. As soon as we leave, I'm in a

better mood.

I'm not being seen in your car.

Hey, that car's a classic.

He knows nothing about American automotive history.

Do the decent thing. Take it out back and put a bullet in it.

Bring the judge's car.

Let's go. All right?

I can't hear you. Just sit down. Just sit down.

I can't hear it. Your ear is exploding.

You're all right. You're all right. I can't hear anything.

What do you want?

I want out of uniform.

It's not going to happen where you got me right now. I can't even write a

without it becoming an event.

And that's got nothing to do with your fine Christian personality.

Licensed chiropractors openly advertising prostitution as sex therapy.

They're even billing Blue Cross for it.

Prostitution? Yeah, I'm not talking about a couple of girls hooking on the

street for pipe money. This is organized.

All dressed up like a medical service. I don't care if it's dressed up like twin

cheerleaders. Compared to what else we've got to deal with?

Prostitution, behind closed doors in decent neighborhoods?

You know that that brings about drugs, theft.

Whores are just the beginning.

You let me bust this.

You see how your shield shines next comes that.

So this is for me?

You. Me, decent citizens, young girls forced into a dirty life. You forgot

and orphans.

Why hurt when I'm trying to help?

What do you need?

One cop, backup. That's it. You are not putting your cadre back together.

You're doing this, I'm putting you with Monroe.

Hey, we got wounded here.

That's where my boss goes.

Hey, do something for him. I'm sorry.

No! No!

Listen, I can get it.

Just play it faster. I'm going to take care of it.

It hurts.

Here. I want you to hold this pistol against your head.

It's going to help.

It can hurt.

Hey, how are you doing? I'm good. Good enough.

Sullivan?

He blasted his ears, but he's all right. I'm not going to make fun of you.

All right.

What do you have? I took back that heat.

I'm counting one dead stick wounded. Want to jump in?

No, I'm just here to observe. This is all yours. Yes, he's got SVT with

hypotension. Can I get an admin?

Hello? Carts flow? I don't know what happened. A bunch of us are leaving the

place. The next thing you know, we're dodging burning metal. Hello? Yes, can I

get confirmation?

Hello? Carlos, go ahead and give him the meds. By the time 22 gives us go ahead,

we'll be at work.

Loudest thing I've ever heard.

It's a movie. It's supposed to be loud.

No, it's supposed to be good.

Original, would be nice, well -acted, wouldn't hurt.

Nine bucks, all I am is deaf in one ear.

Mom?

Daddy?

Call 911.

You okay, baby?

Did you fall, baby?

Did you fall out of the chair, baby?

The John will make the deal, money for services, but I don't make the bust in

the clinic. I'll get out of the deal. How?

Don't worry about how. I'll get out.

And I want to nail four of these Johns, at least.

But I don't want to nail the Johns just to nail the John, the guy running the

ring. That's the prize. The rest, ammunition.

So you want me in the offices with you?

You're backing me up, out in the car.

You run the sting, you bust the Johns, and I sit in the car?

Well, you're going to be videotaping them going in and out of the offices.

So basically, I'm working the camera in a porno flick.

Basically, you're working the job because the loose says you have to.

you got to worry about. And you think this is going to work?

Why wouldn't it?

What if none of these guys want to pay to have sex with you?

Sullivan's yelling, get out, get out.

There's a flash, bang, I feel the heat.

See anybody around that looked like they shouldn't have been, like they were

eyeing the scene? The only thing I saw was Sully grabbing the judge out of the

way. Is she going to be all right?

It's grapes and bruises. She got off better than most. Closer she was.

She would have been slagged except for Sullivan. Sullivan was close to the

explosion. Maybe he saw something.

Saw what? The two cars smacked and the gas tank went off.

That's not what FDNY's thinking.

They took one look, called in the bomb unit. The bomb unit?

Somebody's trying to take out cops.

Fred, tell them to give me something. The doctor already gave you a shot. He

gave you a couple. It's not working. Take a minute, honey. You're going to be

good, I swear.

Please. You just got to hold on. I can't.

I can't hold on, Fred. Please make them give me something.

We need a doctor in here. We need some help.

Fred, what happened?

What's wrong?

Fred. Look, I just want to know what's wrong with you.

Hold this crystal. A guy is bleeding out of his leg. How's holding a crystal

going to help him?

When he was holding the crystal, he wasn't thinking about his leg.

I'll see you up there.

Hey, Doc.

Hey.

For a guy who graduated to the desk, there hasn't been much done behind it.

Well, the view never changes. Yeah, well, it doesn't change much out here

either. Black tags, blood.

Plenty of blood.

The guy who died you couldn't do anything for, didn't lose anybody else.

I appreciate the victories.

Yeah, well, victories never speak to me.

You know what I don't get?

With everything that I see, a guy has a piece of car wedged into his face, and I

just go back for more.

How could you not?

You know, it's a gift.

What we do, it's a gift.

We patch people up. We bring them from the scene to the hospital.

Life and death.

We're the difference between the two.

We don't hand off a warm body. There is nothing in the world anybody can do

except set it on the ground. You think that's a trick you pick up from a couple

of months training?

Yeah.

Yeah, you come back.

And what we've got, it's like a God gift.

Awesome.

Right?

Yeah.

Well, I should get going.

Hey, Doc.

If you ever want to talk, it doesn't always have to be between runs.

Yeah. Yeah, all right.

I'll see you.

The car's not much, but it's my car, and I was pissed while I was moving toward

it, and I saw a flash.

It's like the gas tank was catching on fire.

You knew something was wrong, so you grabbed the judge to pull it down.

Yeah. You're a cool one, Sully.

I don't know that I would have even realized that it was a bomb. They know

now? They know it was a bomb?

They found the radio detonator.

Short range. The guy was there.

Who's got a gripe against this judge? Who doesn't?

Italian mob, Colombian mob, Asian mob. Chinese gang, Wall Street traitors.

And that's just the start.

You know, there was a guy.

What about him? He was running.

He was running away right about the time the first explosion happened.

White, black, light -skinned.

Couldn't say for sure he was white, though.

What the hell's going on in there?

Eh, Judge.

I thought she was all right.

Cops are dying and all the doctors are in there with her.

Just because the world's coming to an end doesn't mean the politicking stops.

Yeah. Speaking of... Where is she?

We have her in the room.

All right. Have all of the victims been brought here?

Is Halstead?

Yes. I'm Deputy Chief Sage.

Maybe you can help me.

All of the victims, have they been taken care of? So as I know, everyone who's

injured is being treated. And my driver's family, have they been

They're in the quiet room.

Good. I will speak to them. And Chief Sage, after I speak with the family, I

would like for you to get me discharged.

Are you sure that's wise? It was a pretty traumatic event. Oh, I'm fine.

Ma 'am, the car.

We believe it was a bomb and it was meant for you. Thank you for the

information.

And I do appreciate you delivering it personally. We need to get you under a

protective watch.

You mean you want me to run and hide?

Thank you, but really, there's no need. One person dead, six people lucky not to

be. I don't know, you ask me, that qualifies as need.

Your Honor, we're putting you under a protective watch.

Him.

I want him with me.

Sullivan? Crap.

Hi. I'm here about the ad.

Need a stand?

Something. It's all right, Ginger.

She can come on back.

Come on back.

The lieutenant could have got me out of this.

I could have told him that he really needed me on the street today.

Relax. How bad can it be?

I don't want to babysit this woman.

Special detail, so say it like that. It feels much better. Yeah, well, I'm happy

to share the feeling with some other cop.

Well, she doesn't want some other cop. She wants the guy that saved her life.

Don't start.

Heard you were pretty impressive out there. David. All right, I will pretend

that you're not a hero.

I mean, yesterday my car goes up in a ball of flames. Today I got to play

nursemaid to judge perfect.

Maybe we should get you a...

Nurse's outfit.

Little hat.

Old thing. Are you familiar with the theory that you attract what you send

negative energy comes right back at you?

Listen, Kojak, you're going to go all happy crappy new age on me. You can get

out and walk your ass to the detail. Yeah, you know what, that's much more

positive. Yeah.

So I was working at a place in Teaneck.

Jersey City before that, but they had some legal issues. Yeah, they were

Yeah, well, it's the kind of thing I can deal with once in a lifetime, you know,

getting hauled in like that.

Bad business in Jersey. They run their shops like whorehouses.

And whores are nothing but trouble.

We're professionals here. You understand.

I understand.

And you don't have a problem helping someone with his medical problem?

I want guys to be happy. You know, they're happy. I'm happy.

I can make a living doing it. It's great.

Step out in the first room on the right and take your clothes off.

For? I need to see what you're bringing to the practice.

Well, then you're going to have to pay me the regular fee.

I mean, I've been doing this way too long to be giving anybody a freebie.

Even the boss.

All right.

I guess if you're bringing a full set of teeth, you're a step up.

Anything more than that doesn't really matter, does it?

So this is how the other one -tenth lives, huh?

What's she doing?

Nothing. Just the way we like it.

Your Honor, we're changing up out here.

Well, have a good one. All yours.

Your Honor.

John Sullivan.

John Sullivan, Your Honor.

Make yourself at home.

Ready to operate, nurse?

Nurses don't operate. They do if they want to make a living.

I do, okay.

You take room seven.

Clean up is your responsibility.

We keep fresh sheets out here. You turn one in, you just pick another one up.

Anybody comes to your room has already been cleared to the office.

Cleared? Their insurance has already been approved, so you don't have to

about any of that.

Sounds like a plan.

So seven?

Yeah.

He should be here, is all I'm saying. I know, but he's already meant too much

work. Whatever you say.

Now give it a rest, please.

You told him to go.

I didn't think he actually would.

I don't understand what exactly happened.

I was doing a pull -up.

I know, but why?

Because I didn't want to disappoint you. I wanted to show you that I was trying.

I never said you weren't trying.

No, you didn't. He said that I was disabled and that I probably wouldn't

better.

Hello?

Hello. I'm Dr. Shea.

I'm Dr. Corey's associate.

Dr. Corey's in surgery. He asked me to look at your tests.

And? And there doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

There's a bullet in me, in my back. Are you going to tell me there's nothing

wrong? Well, regarding your pain, no. The bullet is not a factor.

Really? Because I wasn't limping around like this before I took the bullet.

Well, as I'm sure Dr. Corey explained.

The paralysis was the result of swelling near the spine caused by trauma.

And as the swelling subsided, your mobility has returned.

Results of your test, the MRI, are all negative.

Excuse me.

Negative for what?

Negative for whatever is causing the severity of pain you say you're feeling.

I say I'm feeling?

I was on the floor of my house last night.

I could barely move. I couldn't breathe.

I mean, if that's not the bullet, then what?

I don't know.

Who do you think would know?

Maybe a psychiatrist.

Yes? John Feldman from the 55th.

Just hadn't heard very much from you out here.

Sorry.

I'm a little spacey.

Spacey?

Doesn't sound very judicial.

I'm off the bench.

Doesn't look like it.

At this hour, my language takes a rest, even if I don't get to.

My daughters, Trish and Rebecca, my son, Jonathan, and lots of grandchildren.

They live around here?

Yes. And no.

Meaning?

Have you met Nita, my housekeeper?

Hi. John Sullivan.

Nice to meet you.

If you have any other questions, please ask me to excuse me. As it is, my house

is yours.

But right now, I'm sorry. I need to get back to work.

You know, it might help, since you want me here for us to talk things out.

Excuse me?

I just don't feel like spending the next however many days dancing around

things. Should I know what you're talking about?

You don't remember me?

No. When you were still a DA, we worked a case together.

I'm going to need more information.

Don't sit there and pretend that this isn't why you wanted me on this detail.

I wanted you because yesterday you demonstrated a supreme lack of regard

your own well -being. I care a hell of a lot about my own well -being.

Yesterday I was... I was just doing my job.

Well, then keep doing it.

Now, is there something else or are we finished dancing?

I think the medical term is performance anxiety.

Medical term?

Yeah. I want to make my wife happy. I do. I just... I have trouble

sometimes. So you figure practice makes perfect.

So how can I help you with your problem?

Um, I guess there's some kind of therapy.

And what type of therapy were you thinking of specifically?

You have a very pretty mouth.

And they say romance is dead.

Using my pretty mouth would be 150.

That's a lot.

Yeah, well, this is a medical service.

Your insurance will cover it.

Trust me, you'll get what you pay for.

Oh.

150, okay.

Plus 300 cash.

You just said insurance covered it.

Yeah, well, insurance is for the man.

Cash is my incentive.

I don't have that kind of money.

Well, you've got to think of this like a gift for your wife.

Let's just forget this, okay?

Yeah, but I thought we had a deal.

Heartbreaker.

You're under arrest for soliciting prostitution. What? Turn around and put

hands up. Still? Yeah.

Talk about it now.

No, but I never touched you.

Yeah, I'll try to get over that.

Please, I wasn't doing anything. I have a problem.

Performance anxiety, that's the medical terminology, right?

Look, you can't. My wife, she'll leave me. I have a family.

All right, cry now. That's good, because you try it when you hit the lockup.

They'll give you something to cry about.

Hey, big matters.

I just got to stop.

You need to let it go, okay? They're proud of you. Put your stuff on the

You saved the judge's life.

I ran into her.

You could have died.

No, I saw that the car was going to blow, and I was just trying to get

She got in my way. I was just trying to get out of there.

It doesn't change anything.

This judge is alive by some chance.

And everybody's trying to throw credit my way. It's pathetic all the way

Does it matter how a good thing happens?

Here comes the new age crap again. It's more like common sense.

I'm PD for 20 years, and this cop's judge doesn't even remember who I am.

Now, if people ever speak my name again, it's going to be for something I didn't

actually do.

Doesn't make you a bad cop, fellas. No, it's clumsy.

Should have let him go.

John?

Oh, sure.

That's why we're pulling this detail, so we can pick them up, slap their hands,

and then put them back.

The guy's got a sexual dysfunction.

He's going to lose his family. Just a nice family man, out looking to get

There's worse than him out there.

Prostitution and soliciting it are crimes.

You do know that, don't you?

I just don't think we're making good use of our resources.

Well, maybe you should write someone a letter.

Someone who actually gives a damn.

Hey, Kim.

This came for you.

Official.

Right. That's probably why the word official is stamped all over it. Big red

letter. Playing nice.

Paul. What?

Can you believe them?

Who?

Do you think that I'm faking it?

I don't think that's what the doctor was trying to say, hon.

A psychiatrist.

Well?

Maybe it'd be good for you.

So you believe them?

I absolutely believe you are experiencing every bit of this pain.

But you know, really, you haven't talked to anyone since, you know, since it

happened.

Talk about what?

Honey, somebody shot you.

It wasn't just somebody.

It was that bitch Sargent. It was one of my own.

Are you okay?

You want me to sit with her?

Why? You don't think it would switch up?

I figured I wouldn't want to be around her.

Hell with her.

All right, then.

Plus, she gets around the kitchen.

Housekeeper, Nita.

Boy, can she cook.

Porter house last night. Whoa.

What?

You know what? I'm not even going to ask if that's true because I know it's not.

I know it's not.

It better not be.

And if it is, you better hook me up.

We meet again.

You bet.

How's she doing?

In her office, working, same as always.

A little antsy from being cooped up, but she's good.

She's all yours.

Thanks. You bet.

Your Honor, John Sullivan.

Your Honor.

You're right. Sullivan, I'm surprised to see you.

I wasn't sure whether you'd come back.

Sorry to disappoint.

I'm not disappointed.

I'm impressed.

There is another officer in the car, yes?

Yeah. It would have been just as easy for you to stay down there and send him

up. Yeah, well, I'm not one to take the easy way.

Where do I let myself be driven off?

I got a job to do. I do it.

I see you have an interest in the law.

I mean, from beyond an officer's point of view. I'm just taking the LSATs to

challenge my partner to do it. He deferred enrollment in law school a

years back so he could come on the job.

I think he should go back.

And you have that kind of influence over him?

I hope so.

Would you like some coffee?

I've got nothing but time.

What are you doing?

Coffee shop?

Needed doesn't come on till later.

Oh, well, having coffee's one thing, but going out to get it, no can do.

Well, it's only two blocks away.

That's about all the space a guy with a bomb needs.

In here, I was starting to believe that you weren't afraid of things.

So what? You throw me a little attention, you figure I'll take you for

Everything's politics with you, isn't it?

Getting some fresh air is not politics.

How about you tell me the name of the coffee shop and how you take your

and we'll have somebody pick it up for you.

Why don't you tell the future lawyer out there to move the car into a parking

space?

My neighbors are complaining about the double parking.

Yes, ma 'am.

Behind us wants you to move the car.

Get another EPA.

Kim, I just checked. Will you just get it?

There he is.

All right?

You want me to come? No.

What is this?

A letter of recommendation.

Yeah, what the hell is it for?

Dereliction of duty. You approve dispensing meds in the field without

authorization from telemetry. That would have gotten to me three minutes after

the Vic was already dead. We have regulations.

That you used to break.

Used to. Left and right on the street. Not in front of a supervisor. And if I'd

been caught, I would have gotten a letter like that, same as you. Okay, if

was so wrong, then why didn't you say something? You were there. You were

watching me. Kim, it's not my function to reprimand you at a scene in front of

your subordinates.

Not your function?

Exactly.

How about last year when you pulled that collar off that kid and you needed me

to back your ass? Again, if I'd been caught.

What is wrong with you, Doc?

I told you, what we do, it's a gift.

And it's not to be abused.

Oh, you want to show me your power?

Okay, Doc, you're powerful.

All right, you're up there with the gods. Just stay away from the rest of

Thank you. Thanks.

They always gotta beg. They can't just take it.

That's tough, burlax.

Is it to impress?

Yeah, I put it on just for you.

The idea of impressing New York's only black woman gets me off.

You want to talk about something?

How's your partner doing?

Bosco?

Yeah. He doesn't call and check up on you?

He has a way of becoming attached to the people that he rides with. I don't know

if he's talking about... If you put me on this detail to pimp me on Bosco, you

picked wrong.

I don't have anything to tell you about.

That mess dealer we call it?

Animal? His trial's coming up.

You tell Bosco to make sure he knows what he's doing when he testifies.

Can you do that? I don't know. It might be a little too personal.

I'll pass it on.

I told him I was going to buy cigarettes. I got to get back.

Hey, we got our John. Why can't we call it a night?

I want one more. Well, you'll get them tomorrow. By the time we finish the

paperwork, it's going to be morning.

Then we work till morning.

If you were half as ambitious as you are lazy, you'd be something by now.

Your honor

Your

honor

Your

honor

This is 55 Charlie.

Have my partner go to frequency four.

Charlie, what's up?

I think the package is gone.

No, I'm watching the door. No one in or out.

Ah, damn it.

Yeah, well, there was a service engine she didn't tell us about.

I can't see it from where I'm parked.

I mean, where she had you parked. Look for a coffee shop, two block radius.

On it.

What?

I thought you'd do okay on your own.

I wouldn't have thought you'd need any sort of, uh, therapy.

I'm sort of, uh, I'm particular about the girls I like.

Really?

So then what kind of girls do you like?

Not white.

And you got trouble finding not white girls in New York City?

You live in a Woody Allen movie?

White girls, they're just... They're just pale and pasty.

Like you're having sex with a corpse.

Yeah, exact same thing.

I'd rather be with one of you or a colored girl.

Oriental.

Oriental is a type of architecture.

The word is Asian.

You know, we haven't even talked about how much this is going to cost.

Or what you like and how you like it. So why don't we just start with that?

Let's talk about what you like. Let's just start there.

I'm just trying to pay you a constant, okay? Whoa, Poppy, let's just slow down.

I say I like you and you act like that?

Huh?

You all right?

Yes, come on.

I thought you said you wanted to catch another job.

Yeah, well, nothing's happening.

I'm not going to have to take me home.

Home? We've got like three hours left. I said take me home. What part of that do

you not understand?

All right, whatever you say.

I've got her.

Coffee shop, 67th and Madison.

What the hell are you doing?

I wanted some coffee.

You didn't want to join me. You had my partner park where he couldn't see you

sneak out the back.

Is that your version of being a cop's judge?

I don't want to live as a prisoner.

Look, you may not care about your own life. That's fine.

What about the people around you? What about them?

Get in the car.

Get in the car. I'm going to help you in the car and enjoy doing it.

You do understand.

To me, it's being a coward.

Look, I don't want anyone else to get hurt.

It's just that if I let whoever's doing this think that they're keeping me from

doing my job, well, then really, what's the point?

Your job's going to that coffee shop in the middle of the night?

All you got to do is what you're told. How hard can that be?

But I don't go for the easy way.

I don't let myself be driven off.

Do you want me to call the house and tell them to take a lost time?

Yeah? It's Monroe.

What do you want?

I need to talk to him.

That's not good.

Come on, Cruz. Please open the door.

What?

If you take that shower, we're never going to be able to prosecute that guy.

Get dressed. We're going to go to the hospital.

We're going to get a rape kit done.

I'll be downstairs.

So, someone's at the door.

Damn. You expecting anybody?

No. We need to talk to this guy.

You stay in the car.

Hey, hold up. Hey, I...

What are you doing here?

Delivering flowers.

Time of night?

Yeah, 8th Avenue Court.

A few blocks from here.

They're 24 hours.

I'll check it out.

Mary.

One moment.

I missed you to my day. Please, ma 'am, let me in.

I've never had cops roll up on me before.

Must have left in the truck. I'll go get it.

Hey! Hey!

Own you third watch.

Heads up.

Shooters on the roof of the bank. And Margaret is a judge under siege.

I've never been laid for court. Keeping her alive.

These people are desperate.

Will lead to the most intense standoff of the year. Wait, put your hands up.

There's a detonator.

The house is full of C4 and blasting caps.

We have a situation here.