All language subtitles for Cagney and Lacey s03e05 Baby Broker

What do you say, lovely?

You want to come home with me? This is
not the pound.

You act like you're taking home a
Christmas puppy.

You get involved personally with your
case, it backfires every time.

Hey, police!

Hold it!

You all right?

How can you love chasing after pimps?
That's grim and depressing.

Last night at 3 a .m., you didn't find
me grim and depressing.

They purchased her from a baby broker.

The price was $35 ,000 cash.

Would you throw me out of bed on a cold
night?

The audience seems to like it. Now we
wait and see what the vultures make of

The critics will love it. Oh, Josh, it's
such a wonderful play.

Yeah, well, those little maintenance
men, the reviewers ate that for

I still remember some of those
adjectives. There was derivative,

pretentious. They were some of the
better ones.

I thought cops were paranoid.

Baby, back in there is Paranoia Palace.

Listen,

if I start drinking too much at this
party and insult the investors, will you

arrest me?

I'd be happy to take you into custody.

Christine Cagney, defender of the peace
and public morals.

We thank you.

Head to the good thing to life.

I'll drink to that.

Oh, I'm glad that is over. I hate first
night.

Oh, come on, you're wonderful.

Oh, sweetheart.

What's wrong?

Drive it, stop the car.

What's the matter?

The man over there is working over that
woman.

Oh, Chris, can't you turn your back on
that just for one night?

Yeah, but we do have a first night. Hey!

I'll get you better full of them.

Baby, I'm just doing my job. I'm just
doing my job. I understand. Roughing up

women is your job. Is that correct?

Come on, baby. You want some money? I
said quiet.

I got some money. You'd be better off if
you keep your mouth shut.

Come on, babe.

You hear me?

There are good things in life.

Baby, I'm innocent.

So was it vegetable?

Yes. Yes? Yes, grain.

Yes. Distillation. Hey.

Hey, how was the big night?

Started out great.

Then it kind of went downhill.

I thought you were going to this big
opening night party.

By the time we got there, the party was
over.

What?

It was the Polonius assault on 8th
Avenue. I was stuck here for two hours

booking a pin. Oh, Chris.

Josh must have been disappointed, huh?

Actually, it was a pretty good sport
about it until the guy...

Threw up in his tuxedo.

Oh, Christine.

I'm sorry.

Cagney. Nice help.

Thanks. I liked it yesterday, too.

What? I just left a little sleep over
date, huh?

Don't kiss off at Becky.

I wore my yellow sweater yesterday,
didn't I?

Cagney, Lacey, end of hand party.

All right, there was a baby abandoned
this morning at St. Joe's. There's

witnesses. Go talk to them. See if you
can find a line on the mother.

Yes, sir.

We get a lot of abandoned babies here.
The mothers are young, 15, 16, no money,

no job. She get the picture?

But this woman, she was no kid.

She had plenty of money, jewelry and
clothes you'd die for, and cash.

She posted five $100 bills in advance.
That's for treatment.

She brought the baby in to see the
doctor?

Mm -hmm.

Complaining of lethargy.

Said the baby was unnaturally quiet.

I should have only had that problem with
my boys.

Dr. Lewis examined the baby. She's
totally dead.

Nurse Frederick.

Oh. And at that point, the mother
excused herself to go to the ladies'

she never came back.

And where was the little girl now?

Child welfare came for her.

Have you tried calling the mother?

Hmm. The telephone number on the
admitting form was the information desk

Authority.

Thank you.

The address and the work workplace were
fictitious as well? The entire admitting

form. The mother apparently thought the
whole thing out beforehand.

If the doctor had confirmed the baby was
deaf, she was just going to dump her

and run.

Nice, very nice. I think I've seen
everything, and then I get a surprise.

Oh, I used something.

Yeah, so what happens now, kid?

She'll stay here.

Oh.

What is a gorgeous girl like you going
to do in a dump like this, huh?

We do the best we can, detective, with
very limited funds.

No offense, man, honest, but you, you
ought to be in pictures.

Anyway, it's up to you now.

If you can find the parents and if you
can find a judge to declare them unfit.

Then we'll put the girl up for adoption
and hopefully find a family who wants to

make a home for a handicapped child.

That's a lot of bips.

We're looking for a temporary foster
home.

There's one coming up in two weeks. Two
weeks?

Oh, two weeks is a long time.

What do you say, lovely?

You want to come home with me?

Mary Beth, you've got to be kidding.

Now, back off, Christine. I saw her
first. This is our decision, her and me.

Mrs. Rosenmeier. Would it be all right?

That's very irregular.

Oh, come on, Mrs.

Rosenmeier. I know you got some latitude
in these matters.

I'm a police officer with a husband, two
kids, solid citizen.

And we're only talking two weeks here.

Well, I'll have to get an okay from my
supervisor.

Ask the question. Be sure to tell her
that I was dead mother for 17 Cub Scouts

for an entire year.

Yeah, me.

Are you out of your mind?

What's the matter?

You got enough pulling at you. You got
Harvey, you got two kids of your own,

you got your work.

I won't fall down on the job, Christine.

That isn't what I meant.

Well, what is the matter?

I think it's unprofessional.

Unprofessional? Yes.

Oh.

You know what? She's afraid of what the
guys will say.

Yeah, Coleman and his Becky. You know,
the lieutenant would never do a thing

like that. No, she's worried that we
will look like the bleeding -heart women

front of the guys. Am I right? Look at
her. You want to get off it, Mary Beth.

See?

This is not the pound.

You act like you're taking home a
Christmas.

person here.

Thank you, Christine. I'm aware of that.

Who's going to take care of her while
you're at work? Harv. Wait a minute.

Harv. Don't you think you ought to ask
him first?

Harvey loves babies.

Anyway, he doesn't have anything to do
until the renovation of the Greenway

thing next month.

She's not going to be any trouble at
all, are you?

No problem at all.

Sure.

Hark!

Yo!

Hiya. Hiya, baby.

Lee.

Hark, don't look.

I got something to... Turn around, okay?

Turn around. Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Okay.

Hiya, men.

Hi, Mom.

Come over here. I got a surprise for
you. In a minute. The show's almost

What you got, an Atari?

Oh, wow. She finally bought us one. Get
over here.

She was abandoned by her very foolish
mother, and she has graciously consented

to stay with us for two weeks until she
gets a foster home.

What's its name?

I don't know.

How about a Tori?

Better for a boy.

Is she something?

I knew you'd love her.

Say hi to her.

I couldn't explain this to Christine.

What's that?

And I miss holding a little person like
this in my arms.

She's a doll, all right.

Oh, boy, diaper.

I get it.

Oh.

It's my birthday next month.

I know.

Like vintage wine, better every year.

but not any younger.

I mean, we don't have forever on this
lover.

We're going to have another baby. We're
going to have to do it pretty soon.

Want to practice?

I don't know.

It's a big decision. I just keep going
round and round.

I don't know for sure.

I guess I thought maybe that she could
help us make up our mind, maybe.

Kind of like a trial run, huh?

Harvey, get the diaper.

Diaper. Diaper, diaper.

You know, Petite Jolie, J -O -L -I -E.

Yes, they're the manufacturers.

Yeah. Okay, I'll wait.

So where's the cops when you need them?
I'm a taxpayer, you understand?

Josh.

Uh... Oh, okay. Thank you anyway.

Hi.

Do I take it from that dazed expression
on your face that you have forgotten our

lunch date?

Lunch? No.

No, I didn't forget lunch. Oh, rubbish,
you forgot.

I didn't forget.

What kind of a bloody twit do you think
I am, Christine?

Sorry.

I've been so involved in this case, the
only lead I have on this baby is the

clothes she was wearing.

Let me take you away from all this, just
for an hour.

Josh, I can't. I'm up to my bangs in
this stuff.

Come on.

Why not?

What are partners for?

I, uh... Well, I'm not gonna beat around
the bush here, Lacey.

Straight out, I'm telling you, I don't
think it's such a hot idea.

Sir? The baby.

My two cents, you give it back now
before you're in too deep.

This is experience talking, Lacey. You
get involved personally with your case,

it backfires every time.

I believe I can handle it, sir. Oh,
good, good, good, good. Yeah, well, I

thought I could, too.

An assault victim.

Well,

we dated each other for a while, and
I...

Well, look, Lacey, you think you're
going to

be able to handle it the day you have to
give the kid back?

It's only two weeks, sir.

I'm set for it.

Okay. I can't tell you anything. You've
got all the answers.

Just don't let it interfere with your
work.

No, sir.

Thank you, son.

Champagne for lunch?

Mm -hmm. What's the occasion?

Big news.

What? I'm sorry, I'm on duty.

What? Oh, come on, Chris. You're not
going to test my big news with water,

you?

What the hell? Give me a splash.

What is it? Tell me. Well, I have just
signed a deal to do a new play in London

this spring.

Josh, that's fabulous.

Break a leg.

Cheers, kids.

So, how about it?

How about what?

Well, Tower of London, Hyde Park, long
walks, long attempts.

Oh, wait a second. No, no, no, no, you
don't turn me down until you've heard

whole deal.

You know, Chris, since my divorce, I
took a decision to keep everything,

very light from now on, and I realize
that I have been pretty hard to get

to. Well...

I'm not exactly the easiest person to
get close to either.

Well, I thought this London day would be
a chance for us to get a bit closer.

You don't understand. I have a job.

It's not just a job. I mean, it's my
career.

Oh, sure. I wouldn't expect you to give
up your job. Just come over for a couple

of weeks while I'm casting.

I don't even get vacation time until
July.

Yeah, but you could arrange something,
couldn't you? Switch with someone?

It doesn't work that way, Josh. I've got
a partner. I have a caseload.

This child abandonment business is on my
mind. I can't just fly off to London.

I wouldn't even be very good company
right now.

Chris, how much of yourself can you give
to your work?

I mean, don't you think you ought to
pamper yourself a little bit, live a

little? You don't understand.

I love my work.

How can you love chasing after pimps?

In a long dress and high heels?

That's grim and depressing.

Last night at 3 a .m., you didn't find
me grim and depressing.

Oh.

I'm going to get you back.

Check, please.

What kind of milk are you using for the
formula?

What kind? Milk from a cow.

Goat. It's closer to the composition of
human milk.

You'll have fewer problems with
allergies later.

Huh. And don't neglect a good, healthy
dose of liquid kelp.

Kelp? That's processed seaweed, chock
full of minerals.

Not to mention how it stimulates the sea
-like condition of the in -utero

environment.

An acidophilus for the promotion of
friendly flora and to encourage

Oh, this baby doesn't need that kind of
encouragement.

Ask off.

I'm sorry, Paul. I gotta go.

So, how was lunch?

Why is nothing ever easy? Now, don't sit
down. We gotta go. I found the store.

What do you mean?

Josh Richards is the most exciting man
I've ever met in my entire life. That

problem?

He thinks my work is grim and
depressing.

So in addition to being exciting, he's
also observant.

We'll talk in the car.

Is it not the most precious?

All handwork.

Look, even the buttonholes.

Yeah, it's very nice.

Do you remember who purchased this?

Yes. The mother.

She adored this particular combination.

In fact, it happens to be a favorite of
mine, too.

She bought everything in those colors
for her little one. You having a dress

her?

I'll check.

This is cute. Look at this. Is this
adorable?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, my niece would look great in this.
Now check it out. Nice.

There's no price tag on anything.

Oh, I have it.

Thank you.

This is Scott Jameis. Mm -hmm.

I'll check the address.

These are cute here.

How much are these here?

Oh, $24.

For six.

For one.

Uh -huh.

Well, the kid has got enough of these
for now. Yeah.

Okay.

Thank you.

Park Avenue.

I figured.

Here you go.

$200 for a sweater. $24. Michael's
entire layout did not cost $224.

Michael got the better deal.

And you remember to warm up the formula.

Harvey. Oh, come on here, Harv. I'm not
treating you like a bimbo.

Of course you remember.

Yeah, and, Harv, kelp, liquid kelp.

Uh, K -E -L -P.

Well, I don't know how. I have a health
food store.

Yeah, okay.

Okay. And kiss that little lovely for
me.

Yeah, bye.

Yes, Mr. Cartman.

I thought you ladies would be delighted
to know that my clients at Jameson's are

willing to cooperate with you 100%. Oh,
I thought you loved them.

Between you and me, sir, we don't need
their cooperation to make this charge

stick. There's no child abandonment
here.

The baby that was left in the custody of
St. Joseph's Hospital is not my

client's child. What are you trying to
do, Mr. Cartman?

I'm trying to be perfectly candid.

You ladies have any idea how difficult
it is to adopt a white, healthy infant

this city?

Yeah, we heard.

The Jamesons had been trying to adopt
for nearly three years, and finally they

found a source.

They were promised a perfect child and
accordingly took delivery.

However, after several months, they
found her to be defective. Death, Mr.

Cotman. The only thing wrong with that
baby is she can't hear.

Otherwise, she's perfect.

My clients don't regard deafness as a
slight imperfection.

So they dumped her?

Mrs. Jamison left her in the custody of
a hospital where she would be perfectly

safe. Well, kind of. I don't know why
you're wasting our time here. We still

abandonment. An adopted child is no
different than a natural child. You

understand. They never legally adopted
the child.

As I've been trying to tell you, it is
quite difficult to effectuate a certain

type of adoption in this city. So where
did this baby come from?

They purchased her from a baby broker.

The price was $35 ,000.

Cash.

Can we come to some sort of
accommodation?

I don't understand, Scott. We got the
name of the baby broker. We got those

people, Jamesons. They're going to
cooperate, so why can't we make the

I checked this with the DA's office, and
they're not entirely happy with the

case.

How much more do they want from us? They
want us to find the natural parents of

a baby that the broker has placed.

Then you see we get a nice criminal
solicitation in addition to the social

services law violation.

I don't understand your... Hello,
illegal smoke screens.

Hey, look, come on. I don't make the
laws, so don't give me a hard time.

Besides, I happen to agree with the DA's
office, so we got a meeting with an

assistant DA.

9 a .m., the three of us, tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Yeah, and you can give her a
hard time instead of me.

I can't go tomorrow.

Why not?

Tomorrow's supposed to be my day off.

Josh rented a car and we were going to
go up to this inn.

What am I going to tell him?

Tell him you have to work.

That'll go over real big. You know how
understanding he is about my work.

Christine. What?

I hate to discourage you about a man,
but maybe he's the wrong one for you.

Maybe everyone's the wrong one for me.

Well, it must be me.

I mean, if enough people tell you you're
drunk, lie down.

You gotta make compromises to be with a
man, Mary Beth.

I'm telling you, a lot of compromises.

God, I hate compromises.

Delbert P. Jarvis, attorney at law.

We've been trying to build a case
against him for the past six months now.

Well, the Jamesons said they testify in
court that they purchased a baby from

him for $35 ,000. Well, and a jury might
not convict on that.

What I want is for him to solicit a
mother to abandon her baby.

We did have a 16 -year -old in Queens
who was willing to testify, but... Why

you say did have?

She disappeared off the face of the
earth.

Oh, we can't prove anything, but I think
Jarvis either paid her off, frightened

her away, or who knows.

Nice fellow we got here.

Jarvis' M .O. is to solicit indigent
pregnant women at the welfare office.

Well, where do we come in?

I'd like you to assign a female officer
to stand there. Pat it out to look

pregnant, wait to be solicited.

But we have to be very careful about
entrapment here.

Let him make the first move.

Can we get Rita Aguero?

Why not?

A blonde officer would be better.

Huh?

Blonde blue -eyed babies go for the most
money on the baby farms.

I'm not wearing any of those maternity
dresses with the bows on them.

I'll send along a male detective as
backup.

A husband.

You have a blonde detective?

Oh, yeah.

Does he have to be blonde?

How's my blushing bride?

Going home.

Sounds good to me.

Where are you going, Inspector?

Home with a little woman.

I mean, you're supposed to be pregnant
tomorrow, so I thought... So that's your

problem, Victor.

Thinking.

Oh, get back.

There you go.

Ah, gorgeous.

Good?

I don't know what to eat.

I feel like such a blimp.

You look spectacular.

Doesn't she look spectacular, huh?

You're wonderful, Cindy. I'm three
pounds heavier than I should be.

So order the fish. It's great here.
We'll order it dry, okay?

Oh, why not?

It's just so confusing which diet to be
on these days.

I mean, first they tell you to forget
about the carbs and to just eat protein.

Remember the water maven?

The worst.

I mean, nothing but meat and so much
water, your kidneys were floating.

Now they're telling you that meat's
going to raise your cholesterol.

What about cellulite? I mean, you should
see these little orange, rindy thighs.

Come on, Cindy. Last time I saw that
glorious bot of yours, there was not an

ounce of cellulite.

Hang on there a minute.

Before you get out the dueling pistol,
Si, remember that your lady love did

appear in the buff for me in that little
avant -garde play we did off -Broadway

a couple of years ago?

Yeah. Oh, I'm not jealous.

I mean, do I look jealous? Do I?

I love it when you do your caveman
numbers, Si. Oh, come on.

Well, have you decided?

I don't know. I'm not real hungry.

Oh, don't fast.

I mean, sure, you'll lose it quick, but
you'll gain it back just as quickly.

Believe me.

I'm not dieting.

You're lucky.

You don't have to be in front of the
camera. You know, it adds ten pounds.

When I went out to the coast to do that
picture with Clint, I asked for fresh

salads in my dressing room.

Well, you should have heard the uproar.

I mean, you would have thought that I'd
ask for my picture above the title.

Every suit in the studio descends on me.

With Koshi telling me that the picture
had gone over budget.

I mean, we're talking about a salad
here.

A little itsy -bitsy salad.

Why couldn't you just relax and enjoy
yourself?

Was I rude?

You hardly said a thing all night.

Well, I'm sorry, but dieting is not my
favorite topic of conversation. That

woman babbled on for 45 minutes. It was
the most exciting thing in the world to

her. You don't really like those sort of
people, do you?

Frankly, I find them very full of
themselves and somewhat superficial.

Yeah, well, they're not as fascinating
as cops.

Well, these cops talk about real things.

Oh, yeah, sure, pimps and junkies and
drug dealers. I mean, that is a barrel

laughs.

Josh, I'm sorry, but I find it very
difficult to deal with the things that I

deal with every day and spend my entire
evening totally consumed with her

cellulite.

Chris, you can't live in the gutter just
because you work there.

What's that supposed to mean?

Stop taking it home with you.

Where in the hell am I supposed to leave
it? What I'm trying to say... Wait a

minute. I see people who eat dog food
because they can't afford a decent meal

and this bimbo's worried about taking
off three lousy pounds?

Different people live in different
worlds. It is possible to move from one

another. How? How about selling
children?

Huh? And she's... She is... Having a
salad delivered to her dressing room.

Let me tell you something, pal.

The next time somebody steals your
bloody sports car, call an actress.

Yeah, well, it just might.

Wait a minute. Where are you going?

I thought you were going to spend the
night.

Yeah, well, under the circumstances,
there doesn't seem to be a lot of point

in... What circumstances? I'm angry. I
am not dead.

Not tonight.

Got a headache?

Well, I guess I'm just not in the mood.

George Holmes.

This just isn't going to work for you
and me, is it?

Frankly, I don't find you all that
appealing when you behave this way.

Really?

Well, isn't that terrific?

It must be tough to do, though, with
both parents working, huh?

But you and Claudia are doing just fine,
right?

I wouldn't go that far.

What do you do with Lauren? Daycare?

About his mother.

Daycare.

Babysitting.

It's the logistics that kill you.

Not bad, huh?

You know the worst part?

What?

The only one who knows for sure if it's
working out... It's Lauren, and she's

too little to tell us. Oh, don't worry.

She's 13. You'll hear from her
constantly.

Thank you.

Most important thing you can do for your
kid is not to let him walk too early.

I beg your pardon?

Well, premature homolateral movement can
cause severe switching in the cerebral

hemispheres. You know, right brain, left
brain.

See that?

His parents probably encouraged him to
walk too soon.

Ah, here comes mine, pot kettle, now.

How'd it go?

Nothing. Hey, Josie.

So? We stood in line for six hours and I
wouldn't bite.

I'll tell you, my feet are killing me.

Hey, Lisa, you got one terrific partner
there.

You want to trade?

I'll give you a petri and two draft
choices.

What do you say?

No, thank you, Victor.

Six hours with this Becky, you must have
had yourself a time.

Oh, he's not so bad.

Actually, he's a good cop.

Believe it or not, he thinks I'm very
interesting.

You had a fight with Josh.

We just came to an understanding.

What kind of an understanding?

He thinks actresses are more his type.

Oh.

Thanks, it feels so good.

Sorry, Chris.

Hey, I don't care. It's not a big loss.

Papa's making his famous pot roast now.
You want to come join us?

No, I think we'll go home and get to bed
early.

Yeah, you look a little tired.

Yeah?

Pregnancy will do that to you.

Mary Beth?

Hiya, Gordon.

Hiya, baby.

Where's Jeannie?

Jeannie?

She's sleeping.

I thought you said we weren't going to
name her.

Make it too hard and we have to give her
up, yeah.

It's just, today, I thought about her as
Jeannie.

You know, uh, Jeannie with the light
brown hair, like that song.

That's a doctor, Harv.

Let's adopt her. I thought we were
babysitting for two weeks here.

Has she been a problem? She hasn't been
any problem at all, has she? Slow down,

Mary Beth. Not for you, maybe. But what
happens when I have to start work on

this Greenway remodel?

I won't be here to take care of her. We
did it before, Harv. We did it twice.

No, no, no. My mother did it twice.

She starts a new job next week.

So we get daycare. We get a babysitter.
How else does every other family in

America manage? Mary Beth, she's going
to need special attention.

The deafness.

It's not a problem now, but later... The
schools, Harv.

The special... We'll all learn sign
language.

Oh, you don't want to do it.

Oh, Mary Beth, listen to me. She's a
doll, and I am crazy about her.

But you and me, we are finally getting
to a stage in our lives.

The boys will be self -sufficient soon.
I mean, we'll be able to go places.

We can do things. I don't want to do it.

There's nothing more to be said. It's
got to be a two -way decision. Did you

hear me say no?

She knows we're talking about it.
Jeannie.

Yeah?

Nice name.

Honey, either way, I love you.

Okay, all right.

We're coming.

Harvey, think it over. 18 more years,
she'll be out of the house.

What are you two, just going to stand in
line all day?

Have a good honey.

You haven't completed these forms
properly.

Oh, yeah?

Sorry.

It's kind of new for us.

It's embarrassing I've never been out of
work before.

This isn't right, Joe.

Let's get out of here, please.

Uh, no need for the missus to have false
pride.

Not in her condition.

Yeah. Look, uh...

It's possible I can help you out.

Really help you out.

None of this Mickey Mouse government
stuff.

This guy's a lawyer.

Helps people like you get back on their
feet.

I'll call him, tell him you're on your
way over there.

Thank you very much.

How much do you need?

I thought you said that there was
trouble in lending money.

I've also been known to say that it's
much greater to give than to receive,

providing both sides do some giving.

There are a lot of fine people in this
city, Joe. Rich, generous people.

These folks have everything.

Save for one thing.

They don't have children.

Legal heirs to their fortunes.

And they're grieving for it.

Little mother.

You have something. growing in your
belly that these generous folks would

dearly to possess.

My baby?

I know that may sound a little hard, but
think of that child of yours growing up

in a beautiful house with toys, clothes,
college, computers.

Think of yourselves now. You're young.

You will have other children.

This time, why, you'll have a $15 ,000
nest egg to see to the future.

You're saying you'll buy our baby for
$15 ,000?

Yes.

Plus all hospital and incidental
expenses.

Did you get it?

Loud and clear.

Mr. Jarvis, you have the right to remain
silent. If you give up the right to

remain silent, anything you say can and
will be held against you in a court of

law. You have the right to an attorney
and to have the attorney present during

questioning.

Well, you should have seen Tatooine,
Lieutenant. She was great.

Wide -eyed, sweet as pie.

Then all of a sudden, bam!

Okay, but you're under arrest.

I thought Jarvis was going to lose it
right there. Come on, Victor. It was no

big deal. I think you should get credit
when you deserve credit. Victor, enough

already. Well, the assistant DA is happy
now. She's filing on Jarvis for

conspiracy, child selling, and criminal
solicitation.

We got the one welfare clerk, and they
got an investigation going to see if

found any others.

What about the parents?

Child abandonment and child endangering.
We're bringing them both in.

Did you get the file on Janie?

Yes. May I see it?

Aunt Jessop.

You're going to arrest her? Yeah.

I'll bring her in. No, Lacey.

The uniforms are making the colors.

Please, sir, I'd like to bring her in.

Lacey, forget it.

Should I cut a little more off the top?

Harvey and I decided we're going to try
to adopt her.

Oh, yeah?

Well, that's wonderful.

Lieutenant should have let me be the one
to bring the mother in.

For what?

So they can yell at her and threaten
her?

I want to see her.

All right, Betty. It's only going to
make you feel bad.

I'm never going to have any peace with
this here.

I don't understand it. There's nothing
to understand.

Some people you can't understand, Mary
Beth.

Now go home.

You don't want to be here when they
bring her in.

Now I'm staying here.

You're going out of your way to cause
yourself pain, my friend.

No.

Someday Jeannie's going to ask me, and
I'm going to have to have something to

say.

You keep that on my tab.

I ask you out, you're my guest.

Here's to fighting crime and pursuing
justice.

And if you don't know it, I'll hum a few
bars.

Isn't that good?

You having fun?

I tell you the truth, I'm not used to
girls taking me out on dates.

Especially not you.

But I was surprised when you asked me
out.

Is that good surprise or bad surprise?

What do you... I don't know what I
think. I'm asking you. How do I know?

might find me grim and depressing and
unappealing.

That's a joke, right?

I never joke, Victor.

Let me ask you something.

What do you really think of me?

Is this serious?

Well done.

I think you're funny.

I think you're smart.

And I think you're a good cop.

Enough? More.

You're scintillating, captivating,
exciting, enchanting.

Okay.

Now for the acid test.

Are you ready?

This is the question.

Would you throw me out of bed on a cold
night?

That is the joke, right?

It was supposed to be a come on.

Oh, I get it. I say yes and you laugh my
face, right?

Victor, do you want me or not?

I mean, we are two consenting adults, so
which is it?

Your place or mine?

You've got hurt feelings.

What's up?

You don't want me.

Not tonight, at least.

I'm going to hate myself in the morning.

I'm Detective Lacey, Mrs. Jetham.

Did they tell you you don't have to talk
to me?

I just wanted you to know that my
husband and I have been taking care of

daughter.

I never really saw her, you know.

They took her away in the delivery room.

What does she look like?

Pretty. She's pretty. She's got big blue
eyes, but I think they'll go brown.

And a healthy appetite.

Mrs. Jessup, did they tell you in the
hospital that she's dead?

I don't care.

I want her back.

You gave her away, Mrs. Jessup.

You sold her. We were living in two
rooms without heat.

I already had two children.

They gave me money.

Your $15 ,000.

You know, you should have hung around
for the markup. When they sold her

it was $35 ,000. Shut up.

I didn't... I didn't really know her
yet. Can't you understand that?

She was just... something inside of me.

I want her back.

That's for a court to decide.

She's my baby.

What are you going to do next time you
can't make rent?

You're not going to get her, you know.

I don't... The courts always decide in
favor of the natural mother. Maybe.

She's mine.

My Sarah.

Sarah?

That's the name that I gave her when I
was carrying her.

It's a pretty name, isn't it?

Yes, a very pretty name.

Hey, lady.

She needs more from you than a name.

I hope to God she gets it.

She's getting her dress. We got her a
sweet outfit.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

So why don't you keep her till the
trial's over?

Oh, the Bureau wants her in a foster
home.

So fight them.

No.

Why not?

A mother is not so bad.

You know, it's easy to judge, Chris.
It's easy to judge.

But how do I know what I would have
done?

I know what you'd do.

You'd eat dog food if you had to.

The court's not going to give it to me.

I mean, the preference is the natural
mother.

Well, you said she's okay, though, huh?

Her mother?

Yeah.

And you can keep an eye on her?

Yeah. That's good.

Yeah.

You and Harvey really ought to have one
of your own the old -fashioned way, you

know it?

Yeah? Mm -hmm.

Oh, Christine.

I feel so sad.

Hey, Mary Beth.

Rottenmeier.

What, it was Rosenmeier?

Oh, come on in. Officer Lacey. Yeah, do
you remember Officer Cagney? Harm!

Well, she looks like she's been very
well taken care of.

We really appreciate that.

So long, kid.

Of all the gin joints in the world, you
had to walk into this one.

I'll be thinking about you, Jenny.

Poor little thing. She can't hear a word
you say.

That's what you think.

Bye, funny face.

There you go.

Bye. Thank you.

Have a beautiful life, Sarah.

Want a beer?