All language subtitles for Cagney and Lacey s04e13 Happily Ever After

I don't care, what do you want to do?

Why don't we get married?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm excited here.
Look at this, look, look at that.

What?

Oh, you have to try that on, come on.
You're only going to do this once.

So I think that you should do it right.

Now that I'm getting a hang of it, I may
get married four, five times.

June, bride.

You ever slept under the stars, Cagney?

Camping? Yes.

Um, my friend here, she's getting
married.

Thank you.

You look gorgeous.

I do my best.

You're late.

I'm sorry. I got hung up.

My veal Oscar is probably all dried out.

Shouldn't have bothered, babe. I told
you I'd be late.

Gotta eat.

Chris.

What would you say if I told you I'm not
hungry?

I'd say you better be kidding.

Babe, I've been staked out for ten
straight hours. You know what that is.

Junk food central, right?

Right.

You mad?

No.

Okay, I'll eat.

That's stupid. You're not hungry? Don't
eat.

No, it's all right.

Looks great.

Forget it, Dory.

Can you freeze it or something?

Sure.

You know what? What?

Why don't I take you to a movie tonight,
huh?

It's too late to go to a movie.

We missed the 8 o 'clock show.

Okay.

So what should we do?

What do you want to do?

I don't care. What do you want to do?

I got an idea.

Why don't we get married?

Like Bargain Bazaar up there.

They let a major lowlife like Louie
Barfett cop to a misdemeanor.

Probation is $500.

Right, they didn't give him a good
citizenship award.

Thank you. Thank you.

Mary Beth, when you buy filet of chicken
breast, do you pay to have it deboned

at the market or do you take it home and
do it?

What's wrong?

That's a very big jump. You took a fee
from Louie Barfett to check on Kotlitz.

Well, Louie Barfett can't do anything
about it.

And this was on my mind.

Check on Cutler.

Yeah, I'm making chicken Dijon tonight.

And I need the breasty bone, but I think
$2 .99 a pound is a lot to pay for.

Well, it's not so hard, you know, to
have a good knife. You have a good

you break the breastbone, and you scrape
underneath the thigh.

Chris, you know, the change in usage you
settled in with Dory, I would not have

believed.

What's that supposed to mean?

It's nice.

It's nice?

Yeah, you seem content, you think.

he asked me to marry him.

He did?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm excited here.

I didn't say yes anyway.

What, you turned him down?

Did you turn him down?

Well, no, not really. I don't know.

I haven't thought seriously about
anything like this.

The 11th grade.

Bruce Malloy.

He's read his name all over my notebook.

Mrs. Bruce Malloy.

Christine and Bruce Malloy.

Christine and Dory McKenna. Oh, my God.

Mary Beth. Did you and Mr. McKenna set a
date?

I told you I didn't say yes. Yeah, but
it was as good as a yes, right?

Don't tell anybody, okay?

Why? What's the big secret?

I don't know. I think I'd just like to
get used to the idea myself.

Well, don't take too long, Christine. I
mean, you're 38 years old. You haven't

got all the time in the world.

Well, thank you, Mary Beth. You think
maybe I should buy my cemetery plot now

before it's too late?

Who was the one that said she wanted
babies?

1068 Park Avenue. Shots fired. Hear
that? Christine, call the center of the

vicinity. Please respond.

Repeat, 1068 Park Avenue. Shots fired.

Mary Beth, turn around.

Why? But we're in the neighborhood.

We're 22 blocks away, Christine.

Close enough.

Car 457 responding 10 -4.

I will turn this car around if I get a
chance, if you will tell me every single

thing that happened.

Come on, what were you wearing and what
did he say?

What did he say, Christine?

He just said we didn't have anything
else to do. Why didn't we get married?

like that? Just like that, get married?

I asked him if he was pregnant.

Oh, that's the cutest thing I ever heard
in my whole life.

hear nothing. I didn't see nothing. See,
I was down in the basement fixing a

boiler. I mean, you can't expect I could
hear anything from there, right? So

could I go now, huh?

The victim's name is Wentworth, person
named C .C., penthouse apartment.

One bullet shattered the bedroom window.

This is the building superintendent.

I was down in the basement. I was fixing
a boiler. I didn't hear nothing. I

mean, I don't know nothing. I swear, I
don't know nothing.

Could I go now?

If it's just the same to you,
detectives, I would rather not press

We can't, Robert.

It's like giving Preston carte blanche
to do it again.

Who was Preston?

My ex -husband.

He's been a jealous lunatic ever since I
showed him the ring that Robert gave

me. See?

Oh, that's very nice.

And, uh, did this Preston threaten you?

Uh, not exactly.

You see, Preston is the kind of man who
returns the book to the library and

expects that no one is ever going to
take it out again.

Oh, I see. Well, we'll check on him if
Preston went with him.

It appears that the shot came from the
building across the street.

You know anybody who lives there?

No.

Where were the two of you when the shot
was fired?

Here. What part of the room, sir?

Robert is so gallant.

He worries about my reputation. We were
in bed. You were still asleep at

approximately 12 .30 in the afternoon?

Hardly.

Robert comes over every afternoon during
his lunch hour.

That's what saved us. If we'd been
standing up, we would have been killed.

I see.

And that's every afternoon.

The ex -husband is in Los Angeles on
business. The hotel confirms he's been

there since Saturday.

Maybe he flew back and forth. You want
coffee?

Yeah. Before he had enough money, he
could have hired someone to do his dirty

work. He could have. But you know what
occurred to me? We never even asked

Robert Walter if he had any enemies.

Now, say he's got a jealous ex -wife or
another girlfriend.

I'm calling him at his office.

Shannon, can I ask you something?

Yep. Can you read this initial?

Call me, Signature. I know, but what's
the first initial?

It's an N.

Wallitzer? No, it's an M.

W -O -L -I -T -Z -E -R. It's a K.

I don't know. It could be anything.

Exactly. Do you know there's not one
person in this station house that knows

Coleman's first name?

Not even his initial.

It's best. Are you sure?

This is Rosenzweig and Sons, the best of
bankers.

Yes, thank you.

Did you hear Robert Waller tell us that
he was a vice president at Rosenzweig

and Sons on Wall Street?

Yeah, it's right here.

I just talked to them. They never heard
of him.

What about silver? You got silver?

Yes, I have my grandmother's sterling. I
never use it. I have my stainless at

home. It's perfect.

A couple of wine glasses.

I have wine glasses. Of course, you can
go for cheap, though. You can get like

two dozen. No, this is not the place for
wine.

Now, but downstairs we should go because
registering is really easy.

It's completely painless.

The MVD gave us your address.

And the super in your building told us
that you worked in the credit department

here.

Why did you lie to us, Mr. Walter?

Why could I tell you the truth with Cece
standing right next to me?

You won't tell her anything, would you?

Please? This is a criminal
investigation, Mr. Walter. Now, I

sit down and you explain what's going
on.

Well, I first met Cece about 11 months,
15 days ago.

I was walking through the store on my
way to lunch.

Cece was shopping in cosmetics.

All of a sudden, she stops me, and she
holds up her right wrist, and she holds

up her left wrist, and she asks me,
which scent do I like better?

I said, well, they both smell delicious.

And then I added that she's delicious.

I can't believe that I actually stood
there and said that.

What does this have to do with Rosen's
swag and sons?

C .C. Wentworth is the ex -wife of one
of the richest men in this whole city.

And in no way would she ever be
interested in some drone who works in

department of Neufeld's department
store.

So you lied to her?

Yeah, yeah.

And you lied to us.

That's a crime falsifying a police
report.

Oh, no, I knew it was going to come to
this. Mr. Walters, you've made a very

start here.

Right?

Detective Cagney?

Is it that we could let this go?

Maybe this once.

Maybe.

But you're going to have to start
telling us the truth, Mr. Walters.

I'll tell you everything. Please, don't
say anything.

All right?

Well, you're going to have to tell her
yourself eventually.

Oh, please, no.

Mr. Walters, please stop saying please.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you have any enemies who would have
fired that shot? No.

Max's wife?

No. Girlfriend?

No. No.

Cece's the first woman I've ever loved.

And she's the only woman I'll ever love.

Do you believe that guy?

Well, I don't approve of his lying, but
I thought he was very sensitive, very

sweet. Well, I didn't buy his act for a
minute. I thought he laid it on a bit

thick. For what purpose?

I think you set the whole thing up. I
think you hired the hitman.

First attempt.

Sweet, sensitive Robert. He's there.
See? Takes suspicion right off of him.

Second time, he's going to nail her and
he's going to inherit all her money.

Oh, I think you're very cynical for
things. Mm -hmm. Fine. Good.

Tomorrow we'll go talk to Cece, see
who's in her will.

Think Dory'd like that?

That's so sweet.

I got this for Hall last Christmas.

He gave it to the mailman.

What? Mary Beth, I forgot Dory's shirts.

That's just a drop off your shirt.
You've got to get me to an all -night

laundry. Oh, Chris.

Look at this. Look. Look at that.

What? Is that something?

Huh? Oh, you have to try that on. Come
on. Come on.

Oh.

That perfect, huh? It's lovely.

Oh.

No price tag.

Christine, this one you have to try on.

Oh, come on. I would look ridiculous.

You would look gorgeous.

Mary Beth, 18 -year -old virgins wear
white dresses with daisies. Come here

talk to me. Come and talk to me.

Christine, this is the biggest and the
most important event in your life.

Now, I say to you, go all out.

May I help you?

No. Yeah.

My friend here, she's getting married.

Well, congratulations.

What can I show you?

Do you have anything in red?

Okay, what's up?

Huh? You got that look on your face,
Mary Beth.

What look?

The look when you're dying for me to ask
you, what's up?

That's scary when you do that, Har.

Okay, what is it?

I promised Betsy I wouldn't tell
anybody. Tell what?

Well, I'm sure she didn't mean you, Har.

She's getting married.

Dorian McKenna? Yeah, is that terrific?

I don't know. He's okay, I guess. But
not to marry.

Come on, he cleaned up his act, Harv.
You got to go by the track record, Mary

Beth. That's what handicapping's all
about.

He's not a horse, Harv.

He deserves a second chance.

He's going to hurt her. Oh, bite your
tongue. I'm making a prediction.

This one's going to dump her.

That's a terrible thing to say. He's
going to dump her and we're going to be

picking up the pieces.

You don't know that.

Everybody said you and I would never
last. Look where we are.

Who said that?

Your mother's aunt.

It doesn't matter. She never liked me.
Harvey. She didn't, did she? It doesn't

matter. She liked that college jerk,
Stuart, better.

Stuart Barkow?

I have not thought about Stuart Barkow
in a million years.

He was so tall, Stuart. Like Tom
Selleck. Tall?

He was a freak, Mary Beth. It was
probably his glands.

Or there might have been inbreeding in
that family.

28 -pound babies. That's what you would
have had with Stuart Barkow.

All I can say is it's lucky for you I
came along. You think so, huh? Yeah, I

think so.

You want to know what I think?

This better be good, Mary Beth.

I think I'm lucky that you came along.

We had those little sandwiches with the
crust cut off and pigs in blankets.

We had my special mackie.

No,

I really thank you. I don't know.

Who am I going to invite?

I'm just, I'm no good at that kind of
thing. I mean, sitting around with a

of housewives talking about the recipes
and their floor wax. Oh, it's not like

that, Christine.

No, we could invite the men, too, if you
want.

It'll be fun.

It would be embarrassing.

It's just an excuse for someone to have
to give you a present.

Anyway, I'm too old for a shower.

All right, Christine, it's your life.

But knock on vinyl, you're only going to
do this once.

And so I think that you should do it
right.

Now, that's not necessarily true, Mary.
That's now that I'm getting a hang of

it. I may get married, oh, four or five
times.

I have an aunt who got married six
times. The last guy she married was new,

right out of college.

I saw him.

I don't want him.

All right, have a good one.

I do hope at least I can do the wedding
right.

Uh -huh. Because these friends in the
catering business, they went to a

that they handled. Oh, they had these
little doves in a net. At the end, they

let them go.

And the couple stood in this little
archway, sweet little archway with

and ribbons on it. It was the dearest
thing ever.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Until this thing is wrapped up, I
thought that I should have a bodyguard.

It's nice to meet you.

Are you sure it wasn't my ex -husband?

The thing is, Miss Wentworth, we're
taking kind of a different direction in

investigation, and we were wondering if
you could tell us who would benefit from

your death.

Oh, you mean my money?

Well,

I've left it to various charities and
medical research.

What about your fiancé? Did you leave
him anything?

Robert?

Doesn't need my money. Oh, wait.

Let me just show you what this precious
man sent me yesterday. Please.

Oh, new felt.

Earrings to match the ring.

Very, very nice.

Very generous.

Yeah.

Lieutenant, we've been waiting to talk
to you.

Well, if this is about Coleman's first
name, I don't know. No, Lieutenant.

Actually, it's about the shooting
incident, Lieutenant.

Let me ask you something. If a gentleman
says he's going to pick you up at 7 o

'clock, what time do you expect him?
Generally, 7 o 'clock.

On a notice?

Well, five minutes after is usually good
in case I'm running late.

All right, so you got five minutes.

Oh, thank you, sir. We have no suspects
and no leads on the shooting, sir.

But right now, it looks like it could be
an embezzlement from a department

store. As if Mr.

Robert Warwood, sir, he works in the
credit department of Newfoundland

Department Store. Detective Lacey, is
this a long story? Well, it's a

complicated one. But the main question
is, do we stay on it? Yeah, you stay on

it. Well, let me warn you one thing.
These employee theft cases are a pain in

the butt.

They take a lot of investigation.
They're hard to prove.

And even if you do make a case, 99 times
out of 100, the store is going to drop

it. They're willing to settle for
restitution. Yeah, that's right.

Then they fire the employee.

They want the whole thing hushed up,
probably because they don't want all the

other employees to find out how easy it
is to rip the place off. All right, two

minutes. Explain to me about the
attempted murder.

Oh, thank you, sir. Well, there's this
couple, and they're in love, only he's

poor and she is rich. It's Mr.

Robert Wallace... Candy, you do it.

No suspects.

The ballistic report shows nothing
except an angle, indicating that the

came from a building across the street,
probably a carbine. However, the

apartment across the street is vacant,
covered in two inches of dust, which

means no one has been there for over a
year.

Well, stay with it.

Gotta go now.

Have a wonderful evening, sir. Oh, thank
you.

Dory.

What happened to your stakeout?

Fell apart.

Oh, I hate you seeing me like this.

You ought to get used to it, huh?

Tori, I don't have any dinner for you.

Cheese and crackers will be fine.

No, that's not enough.

Want me to stand out for pizza?

Oh, I don't know if I could face another
pizza.

You know what I was thinking today?

What?

We ought to start looking for a place.

A place?

Yeah, to live.

This is... the good place to live. I
thought you liked it here. I do. It's

that we're going to want something
bigger, don't you think?

Well, in the city, lots of luck.

Well, we could move out a little.

The suburbs?

Well, out towards Long Island or maybe
New Jersey.

I mean, I know how it sounds, but the
reality is you get a lot more space for

your money, you know? So why be
snobbish?

It's not snobbish. It's just so... far.

Well, you get used to the commute.

We're just so married.

It's just something to think about, you
know? I mean, you wouldn't kill us to

stay here.

No, you're right. This place is too
small for two people.

I know how much you like it here, and
we're not going to rush into anything.

We don't move till we find something we
both like. I know, but if you're not

comfortable here, then I... Will you
forget it? I mean, we're not even going

think about it until we come back from
the honeymoon, okay?

Okay.

We do have to put in for vacation,
though.

And June is hard to get.

June?

Yeah.

June, bride.

And I thought of the Grand Canyon. You
ever slept under the stars, Cagney?

Camping?

You mean like the Girl Scouts?

You don't want to.

No, it's not that I don't want to.

I'd put in for February. Remember I told
you I got those reservations in

Chamonix?

Huh? It's a skiing resort in the Alps,
and it's very romantic.

Very... You don't want to... No, sure.

I've been skiing in ten years.

I broke my collarbone. I was in a body
cast for four months.

Probably is time to try it again.

Or we could go camping.

We don't have to decide this minute.

Right.

I missed you.

I was thinking about you all day.

Don't worry.

I'm so tired.

I was going to catch a nap before you
came home.

Yeah, sure. I mean, if you're too tired.

No, I guess I'm not too tired. I'm not
too tired.

Now, come on. Come on.

You don't have to for me. No, I know I
don't have to. It's great.

Give me a kiss.

Look, I know that you are too tired, so
forget it, okay?

Can we just snuggle?

Mr. Wilcox, do you have reason to
suspect any recent embezzlement or large

-scale employee theft?

Should I?

Well, we don't know, so that's why we're
asking you.

Are there any pieces missing from your
jewelry department?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Since I took over as the head of store
security some nine months ago, I've

reduced the incidence of employee theft
to virtually zero.

Uh -huh.

Well, this is a very large department
store, Mr. Wilcox. I don't understand

you can be quite that certain.

As part of my regime, I instituted the
computer system.

It inventories all merchandise and cash
down to the last penny. I'm happy to say

the last three months have been totally
set free.

Mr. Wilcox, I'm sort of a computer
illiterate, you know. I mean, for my

that's like two plus two.

Anyways, you're going to have to
interpret this data for me.

Actually, I can't. It's not my field.

How do you know what it says?

I have a computer genius in the credit
department. He set the whole system up

for me.

Robert. These detectives want to talk to
you about your computer program. I knew

it. I knew it. I knew that I would never
get away with it. What? Get away with

what? I'm sorry, Mr.

Wilcox, to have betrayed your trust, but
frankly, it was worth it. No, Mr.

Walliser, please, don't play anymore. We
have to advise you of your rights. I

don't want any.

Just take me to jail. Go on, get it over
with. Mr.

Walliser, please.

You have the right to remain silent. If
you give up the right to remain

silent... I didn't think it would mean
any harm, you know what I mean?

And we'll be used to get... A nickel
here, a dime there. What difference

that make? You have the right to speak
with an attorney. All I ask is this TV

doesn't find out who's going to take
care of this TV. You want to zip it up!

Long enough for her to finish.

Without charge.

And you understand these rights I just
said to you. I wasn't listening.

You do it.

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.

Cagney and Lacey will continue in a
moment.

Really kind of sad, sir. He did it for
love.

Right. He was afraid his girlfriend
wouldn't love him unless he could buy

expensive things.

Will you spare me the bleeding heart?
Okay, Lacey.

Huh?

All right, so you say the guy ripped the
store off for $18 ,000, huh? Well, not

exactly, Lieutenant.

Technically, he didn't steal anything
from the store.

Well, he got the money from somewhere.

Well, he's one of those computer wizard
types, sir. What he did is program the

machine so that every time someone
returned something to the store, he made

little money off of it. Well, how did he
do that?

Well, let's say that I go to Newfell's
and I buy a sweater with my charge card,

all right?

With tax, it comes to $54 .43.

Well, I take it home. I don't like it.

so I want to return it. Well, our perp,
he's got the computer program, so when I

take it back, my account is credited
with the $54. But the cute part is that

43 cents goes into this dummy account
that he set up for himself.

$18 ,000 worth? Well, he's been doing it
almost a year, sir. Every single time a

charged item was returned to Neufeld, an
amount between 1 cent and 99 cents was

credited to Walter's account.

So what are we charging?

We're talking 30, 35 ,000 victims here?

Is that terrific?

I mean, who else in the precinct gets to
crack 35 ,000 cases in one day?

Oh, petty theft.

My arm is going to go paralyzed from
stamping the paperwork.

Well, that's why we came to you,
Lieutenant.

What should we do with it?

Oh, you're asking me?

You're a superior officer.

And you're always complaining I don't
give you enough free reign.

So you and Lacey, you can run with this
one. I'm not going to tell you what to

do with it.

Good we talked, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I love you. I need to have lunch with
me.

I've got to get back. I have to be at
the store at 1 .30. Boy, you really get

all the oddball cases, don't you?

How's your day?

I spoke to my insurance broker this
morning.

He told me I was going to get married
and wanted to make you a beneficiary.

Rory. Wait, it's complicated, you know,
because of the kids.

But I want to make sure that you get
something in case something should

That's very sweet, Rory. I have my own
money.

If you're kids, it's one thing. I don't
need any. Well, trust me, Kathy, the

kids come first.

Not to mention I don't want to leave you
enough to tempt some tight pants young

fortune hunter, you know.

Thank you very much.

That should probably get enough to get
one terrific dinner out of it.

And a decent bottle of wine?

Well, I don't know. I wouldn't go
overboard.

Anyway, Joe thinks we should be doing
some financial planning.

Of course.

Well, let's face it. I'm not bringing as
much money into this as you are. I

mean, you've got your truck fund.

The least that I can do is to see that
we manage it tomorrow.

Hey, don't look at me like that, Cagney.

I'm not being a gigolo here. It's just
that Joe thinks that we should sit down

with this account he knows and take a
good look at where you got your money

how we can better make use of it. Yeah,
I've been doing fine.

Oh, well, you probably are. But we've
got to look to the future.

I mean, I'm eligible for retirement in
two and a half years.

Retirement?

Well, it's not that long until you're
20, huh?

I don't want to retire.

Well, it doesn't mean we have to. It
just would be nice to know we could if

wanted, you know?

Let me ask you something.

What do you know how you do about money?

Spend it so fast.

Thanks.

No, I mean, seriously, what do you do
with your paycheck?

Deposit it in the checking account.

The joint account?

Yeah.

And Harvey can just write a check for
anything he wants?

Sure.

Well, what if he wants to buy something
you think is stupid?

Then have a fight.

That's it?

Then what else?

I mean, what's mine is his.

When Harvey wasn't working, I mean, he
just kept on writing checks.

It's called marriage between the two of
you together.

What about those new modern marriages?
Everybody gets to keep their own money.

No, no, it doesn't work.

It's like keeping one foot out the door.

I mean, God forbid that there should be
a problem. You can grab your money and

get out fast. Now, I say marriage is
commitment.

You jump in with both feet.

You answered it with me. I know.

Frankly, Mr.

Wilcox, we don't feel that this case
should go to trial.

Is that right?

Because it's difficult.

Because it's inconvenient.

Because you're lazy.

You think a man who stole $18 ,000
should get off scot -free? Wait just a

minute. Mr. Wilcox, he has been fired.

And I'm sure that he will try and make
restitution.

It's not as if he hasn't been punished
already.

No wonder America's going to hell in a
handbasket.

I'm sure my friend at the time will find
this very interesting.

According to detectives Cagney and
Lacey, since the case would be difficult

pursue, the store was advised to ignore
the theft of nearly $18 ,000.

Just pass it on to the customers, charge
them higher prices. That's what the

NYPD says, am I correct?

So you're making this very difficult.

I certainly hope so. I want this man in
jail.

That's what I like about this business.
You get to meet such nice people.

Chris, there's something I've been
wanting to ask you about, and I don't

exactly how to do it.

What?

Say, is your brother and sister -in -law
coming in from California?

Because I was wondering if you had
thought at all about your... You know?

About your matron of honor?

Well, no, I... No,

it isn't that. No, no, no. If somebody
else would rather have, listen...

Mary Beth, would you stop? No, you're
right, you're right. I should never have

brought it up on the bushy board, and
I'm sorry I even mentioned it. No, of

course I would want you to be my matron
of honor.

I just haven't even decided on what kind
of a wedding. We haven't even set a

date, actually. Yeah, whatever,
whatever.

You know, we forgot to go back to China.

China?

Well, you really should register your
patents first thing.

You should.

Okay, Coleman, we got you now.

The Philippe Benevolent Association said
the first initial is R.

Wasn't that right, original?

You're not getting a zip out of me,
Inspector.

You really should tell us. We've been
spending a lot of time on this, Rupert.

Nothing. Oh, come on. It can't be that
bad.

Roland.

I assure you it's not half as bad as
either Victor or Marcus.

What's wrong with Victor?

You know, if you spent half as much time
on burglary as you did on this, the

crime rate in this precinct would
probably take a nosedive. Thank you,

Rufus. Rosencrantz. Wrong.

Ralph.

Come on, how about redundant?

Did you finish interviewing your 15 ,000
witnesses?

Very funny, Christy. My bunions have
little bunions of their own.

Did you get any little witnesses? Oh,
sure.

Uh, here. Marguerite Duquesne, M .D.,
theft of 21 cents. Quote, are you

My time is worth $200 an hour. I'm going
to spend a week in court for 21 cents.

Unquote. Cynthia Manley, theft of 47
cents.

Why don't you people go after the
murderers and rapists?

Mitchell Salison, theft of 92 cents.

Oh, I can't repeat what he said. Well, I
got a biggie.

Biggie. $82.

$82? Mm -hmm. One person.

Michelle Lyons.

She spends half her life buying
everything, and then she spends the

returning everything she bought. She is
thrilled about coming to court. She said

she had absolutely nothing else to do.
Oh, great.

Christine, this case is the silliest
little bit of nonsense I ever had to do

my life. The fish and end of the day,
Mary Beth.

What is that supposed to mean?

Are the evils thereof?

Huh? It's the Bible.

Or Shakespeare or somebody. It means
it's five o 'clock and I'm going home.

Oh, sign me out soon.

Okay. Harvin, I have to pick out new
linoleum.

That is a joke, right?

Oh, no, it's not a joke, Christine. Have
you seen my kitchen floor?

So what are you and your new fiancé
going to do tonight?

What are you and Dory going to do
tonight?

Dory's working. I'm going to dinner with
my father.

Oh, he must be so excited for you, huh?
I'm telling him tonight.

You're fake. You thought I'd never get
married.

Oh.

You told me before you told him.

Yeah. You told me before you told
anybody whatsoever.

Mm -hmm. Nice.

Don't you tell anyone.

No, no. Let's not see it. Let's not see
it.

So, I mean, it's no secret that Dory and
I are living together.

He's still got his own apartment, you
know, but... Anyway...

What the hay? We thought we'd go legal.

That's terrific.

You're not real excited about it. No,
no, it's terrific. It's also your turn.

It's Dory.

You still don't like him, do you? Oh,
no, no. Come on.

Chrissy, no guy's ever going to be good
enough for you, but Dory, he's an okay

guy.

Even if he works for the Boston Celtics?

Okay,

Charlie, what is it? What's wrong?
Nothing.

Nothing is wrong.

Look, if you're happy, I'm happy, and
that's the truth, okay?

Remember when I was a little girl and I
used to ask you if anybody ever wanted

to marry me?

Yeah. You told me I'd be beating them
off with baseball bats.

Yeah, well, look how long it's taken me.

Hey, what are you talking about? You're
the greatest. You could have any guy you

ever wanted.

You know what I'm the happiest about,
Charlie?

I feel like I've always deprived your
grandchildren.

They already got grandchildren.

They're in California.

Maybe they should go see them.

Brian says he's got a great house.

On a hill and it has a view.

And he's got a pool and a hot tub.

Hey, you know, your mom sure would have
been proud of Brian.

But you and me, I... I always thought we
were two that took after each other.

What do you mean? A couple of
independent types. Stay light on your

carry too much excess baggage.

Yeah, I've had a hell of a good time.

Are you going to make the shot or not?

Five ball in the sidebar.

Excuse me. Will you two get out of here?
I got work to do.

Rigatoni. Rigatoni?

That's a pasta dish. I got it from the
Italian baby book.

Good morning, Chris.

Good morning.

Got fun with your father?

Well, it was a night to celebrate. Now,
don't get too comfortable, because we've

got to go. Here, take this here. No, we
can get a coffee on the way. Take this.

We have an appointment with the
assistant DA.

I love it.

I just love it.

Last time, you bring me one victim and
two confessions.

This time, one confession and 35 ,000
victims.

What did I do to deserve this? What? You
want to save this for the jury,

Feldberg? Because I've got a killer
headache.

Mr. Feldberg, are you going to file the
case or not?

The scourge of society.

You know, I've never seen two such gung
-ho cops.

Is the police recommendation for
hanging?

Or is it just maybe for a nice public
flogging? Could you answer my question,

Mr. Feldberg? Let me see now. 35 ,000
witnesses.

An average of 10 witnesses a day. That's
an approximate estimate of 10 years in

trial. $20 million of the taxpayer's
money. And the judge is going to fine

guy 50 bucks and give him probation.

Feldberg, if you would can do...

that neither of us want to go to trial
any more than you do.

Then what the hell are you doing here? I
don't know what else to do.

Could we just stop yelling?

Mr. Felberg, the store insists upon
going forward.

Then talk the store out of it.

Tell them we'll get a guilty plea to a
misdemeanor theft.

He'll get probation on the condition you
make restitution.

Convince them they'd be lucky to do that
good at trial.

And what if the store refuses?

Don't let them. Look, I don't want to
hear from refuse, okay? I want refuse

stricken from your vocabulary.

He's yelling again.

Could we get out of here?

Have a nice day.

You were on very shaky ground here, Mr.
Wallater.

First, my partner and I spent all
morning talking with a very cranky

district attorney, and then all
afternoon talking with your ex -boss.

We pointed out to him that he would have
to spend approximately one half the

rest of his natural life in court if we
took the thing to trial, and he finally

agreed. So do not sit here now and tell
me that you don't agree to the deal.

I'd like to, but I can't.

All right?

I just can't.

I have a very bad hangover.

You said that I'd have to make
restitution.

That means I have to tell Cece.

You mean she doesn't know yet?

No. I haven't talked to her since I've
been arrested.

What am I supposed to say? Hi, this is
Robert.

I'm a thief, a felon, a liar.

Oh, by the way, you still want to get
married?

Oh, Mr. Wallitzer, if she really loves
you...

I am sure that she will understand you
and forgive you. Sure.

Would you?

Yes.

She wouldn't.

Well, maybe you could make time payments
for the store.

Thanks. No, no, she didn't mean it like
that, sir. Now, please pick up the phone

and call her.

What have you got to lose?

What a shock this must be for you, Miss
Wentworth.

Not really.

You mean you knew he was stealing?

No, no, no.

I guess I should have.

I don't understand.

I knew Robert wasn't rich.

You see, I tried to call him at
Rosenzweig and Sons one day. Yes, ma

we.

And you never said anything?

It's not easy when you have as much
money as I do.

Everybody says you should marry a man
with more money than you.

But why do I need a man with money? I've
already got enough for ten lifetimes.

A man with no money, though.

You see, the good ones are afraid that
you'll think they're after your money.

And the bad ones really are.

So I understand why Robert lied to me.
And I knew if he knew, it would boost

ego terribly.

So I went along with it.

Are you willing to make restitution?

Of course.

I love him. I'd do anything for him.

Who took a shot at him?

Christine?

What is it?

You want to tell me about it? I don't
know nothing.

I swear, I don't know nothing. Put your
hands down. What?

What are you guys doing this to me for?
I'm just a working man.

Oh, I don't have to talk and you can't
make me.

Okay, okay, I'll talk.

It was an accident. You got to believe
me. I didn't mean to hurt anybody.

I was just cleaning my gun when, boom,
the bullet must have ricocheted off that

building and then across into Mrs.
Wentworth's apartment.

I would have said something, but I got
scared. You know, you cops showing up

everything. I thought this whole thing
would have blown over by now.

I didn't even want to call the glass
company.

But it's been freezing in my apartment.

You guys going to book me or what?

Rory Coleman.

Rip Coleman.

You got something for me?

Rock Coleman.

Ramon Coleman.

How about Ronald?

Ronald Coleman?

Yeah, you never saw Random Harvest on
TV?

Or Tale of Two Cities?

Oh, I cried half a day over Tale of Two
Cities.

Ronald Coleman, the guy with the little
wimpy mustache.

It's a far, far better thing I do than I
have ever done.

I'm going to kill her.

It's a far, far better rest I go to than
I have ever known.

It's a far, far better place I go to.

Has this been a terrific day or what? I
mean, how often do we get a day like

this one, Critchit?

The department store gets the money to
give back to its customers. We get to

solve an attempted murder and 35 ,000
petty thefts.

We even got the lovers reunited.

I mean, everybody's happy for once. We
didn't have to arrest anybody.

Fairy tale ending, right?

I'm not going to marry Dory.

What?

I'm going to tell him tonight.

Wife, what did he do to you?

Nothing.

Come on, Christine, talk to me.

Well, I'll make up a reason if it'd make
you feel better.

I am trying to make you feel better.

I'm trying to be your friend and
understand this.

Well, I'm not sure I understand it
myself.

I just don't like what I've become.

It's not me. It's not what I want.

What have you become?

Well, I've got a tough job, right?

Right.

And there's some nights I just want to
go home and take off my makeup, wash my

hair, eat yogurt, read a trashy book.

I don't know. Lately, I've been...
That's not true. Every night, every

Mary Beth, I leave this place, I go
home, I clean up the apartment, I doll

myself up, and then I go fussing in that
damn kitchen like I was Betty Crocker.

Well, Christine, Dory's a very demanding
man.

Now, you have to talk to him and get him
to understand. It isn't Dory. Dory

doesn't even care. It's me.

I'm doing the stuff I think I'm supposed
to do.

Now, I'm not following this at all.

If you don't want to do it and Dory
doesn't care, then why do you do it?

This person I've become doesn't even
feel like me.

I tell you, I bet they feel like I'm
suffocating.

I do. I have these crazy tapes that keep
playing around in my head like old

reruns of Ozzie and Harriet.

I understand.

You understand.

You're not going to give me the old
Peter Pan speech about how I'm supposed

grow up and make commitments?

All kinds of things.

You and Dory want different things out
of life.

He's not the right man.

What is the right man?

Well, he's out there, Christine. Now you
have to believe that.

All right, Beth. You're not getting it.

I'm 38 years old. It is no accident that
I never married.

I like my life.

My life works just fine.

Exactly the way it is. And I'm not
getting married because I'm supposed to.

agree with you 100%. From your mouth.

You're saying it's all right to be
single.

Well, Chris, what I'm saying is that you
should never settle.

You are not listening to me. I'm not
talking about settling.

I'm talking about liking my life the way
it is.

There's nothing wrong with my life
because I'm single.

Dory's the wrong man.

If he was the right man, you'd be
getting married.

Very good.

You don't need a ring to love somebody.

Now, this is what you believe now,
Christine, but when the right man comes

along, you will not be sitting around
thinking about it. When the right man

comes along, you will close your eyes
and make the leap.

I don't want to go through the rest of
my life with my eyes closed.

If I want to get married, I'll marry
Dory.

Then you would be settling.

I would not.

What is wrong with Dory anyway? He's a
terrific guy.

He has an ex -wife and two kids. Who
doesn't?

He's human. I'm human.

He's a terrific guy and I love him. If
he's a great guy and you love him, then

what is the problem? There isn't any
problem.

I have looked at this.

I've looked at me.

And I understand your feelings about
husbands.

But I, Christine Cagney, do not want...
I do not need to get married.

Maybe it's the wrong time.

Mary Beth. It's possible.

Would you admit it's possible? It's
possible!

It's possible!

So what are you going to do now? Are you
going to see him ever again?

I don't think he'll understand.

Then if he doesn't understand, what
happens then?

I don't know, Mary Beth. I don't predict
the future.

I hate to see you lonely.

I won't be lonely.

What if you never see him again?

I don't see him.

But it wouldn't stop me from loving him.

And it wouldn't stop me from loving
somebody else. And it doesn't have to

tied up into a neat package called
marriage.

I swear to you, it does not.

Your opinion. Right.

It's my opinion.