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You've got to be kidding, Coleman. Two plastic ashtrays?

You're not even being reasonable.

Is that your ashtray? Yes, it is.

Who said life was reasonable, Cagney? The serial number doesn't match the one

who was assigned here. I know. I switched with his Becky.

20 years, hard labor. What you disorganized snobs fail to realize is

And I quote,

NYPD regulation number 5C301 requires a quarterly inventory to confirm all

department -issued goods are present as assigned.

That means no trading, kiddies.

Yellow is Becky's new favorite color.

What those ashtrays accounted for, Cagney? I don't even smoke, Coleman.

It's only two plastic ashtrays. How am I supposed to know which?

Well, here's one.

It's a long serial number.

Look it, you've got to figure it out. The point is that all issue not in use

to return to the property clerk's department.

You understand? In other words, if you can't come up with the goods, you have

reimburse the department.

It's that simple.

Looks like you're going to have to ice Bloomingdale's account this month,

Cagney.

Oh, what a shame, Victor. And I had such a nice birthday present picked out for

you. Really?

Underwear. With days of the week on it.

Studded in rhinestones.

I tell you what, Cagney.

I'm going to save Monday's and Friday's just being.

Oh, no. I wouldn't want you to deprive Bon Bon.

Can I walk with you?

And you believe Coleman? He's hyperventilating over pencil stuff.

Oh, give the sergeant a break. He's doing his job.

You two ready to handle a very hot potato?

The reward for which is you get to keep your jobs.

Oh, it sounds like a very good incentive to meet her.

Certainly an offer we can't refuse.

Right. You know about the murder of the Hungarian diplomat? I read the papers,

sir.

Well, what the papers didn't tell you is the political pressure that we're

getting to solve this one fast.

Even the FBI's got their nose in on it.

Captain Jack Hennessy, the 21st, has been assigned to head up a special task

force. You two got lucky.

How so, sir? Well, Hennessy is the rising star of the department.

Guy made captain at the age of 35.

And now he's bucking for deputy inspector.

That's great.

Why us?

I don't know why.

Ask him when you meet him.

Number one police plaza, 11 a .m. this morning.

Thank you, sir.

Thanks again.

I hate this dress. Why do I wear this dress?

Mr. and Mrs. Laszlo Tabori exited the Blue Danube restaurant at 9 .30 in the

evening of April 3.

They were accosted by a gunman who, without provocation or warning, shot Mr.

Tabori straight through the heart, stole his wallet, and ran.

And the one thing we've got going for us is there were six witnesses in the

vicinity. In addition to Mrs. Tabori, two other couples and an off -duty

witnessed the crime.

What we have in our hands here appears to be a random, cold -blooded... I did

say appears, Frank.

Gentlemen, let me introduce... And ladies, excuse me.

Detective.

I stand corrected and duly chastised.

Mr. Frank Oppenheimer, our liaison officer from the Federal Bureau of

Investigation.

Frank, do you have anything you want to add?

I think it's imperative we not lose sight of the very real potential of

political motivation in this case.

Well, I'd say it's a little early to focus in on any one angle, wouldn't you

say? We know this man was a freedom fighter in 1956 and turned on his

compatriots. A lot of enemies.

As they say, we have quite a list of possibilities.

Detectives, your assignments read as follows.

Feinstein and Hubble, you'll head up the decoy teams.

Uh, Cagney, you'll partner with me in field investigations.

And Lacey, you'll be the liaison officer here at headquarters.

Cabot and Melaris, you... Yes.

Pardon me, sir, but I was wondering if you could get a uniformed officer to

handle the office, and then I would be available for the field work.

Well, Detective Lacey, I appreciate the suggestion, but I've put you exactly

where I want you.

I need a trained detective who understands procedures and priorities to

the witness statements and field reports.

Now, Cabot and Melaris, you'll be checking out the gang activity in the

Yeah. Dolan, Moore.

Well, why don't you keep the book for a couple of days and study it, just to be

sure? I have already told you it happened too fast.

But you are sure he was Caucasian?

I think so.

Maybe a Puerto Rican.

Did he speak with an accent?

Nothing.

He said nothing.

He said he was about 30.

Yes.

Young.

Average weight and height. Yes.

I didn't get a very good look at him.

Now, if you'll excuse me, please, I have much packing to do.

Mrs. Tavori, we would appreciate it if you wouldn't leave town until we get all

this wrapped up.

You must realize this has been very unpleasant for me.

There isn't much I can do here.

Please understand.

Thank you very much.

So what do you think?

Traumatized, aloof, and reclusive?

Or she just doesn't like Americans?

I don't know. Right now, I'd say all of the above.

What do you say we compare notes over a couple of beers?

Find a place that has peanuts on the side you're on. The kind that are

in the shell.

In the shell? Yeah.

Salted.

Salted in the shell.

Yeah. I'm serious, Mary. Bad time is passing by, and we're not getting any

younger. Harvey, you're depressing me.

I just think we're kidding ourselves if we don't face up to the fact that we are

not going to be here forever.

You know when you started getting morbid like this? When Fast Betty died.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. One of us could be next.

Do you know that if you don't leave a will, the state could take everything?

Our money, Mary Beth?

They'll build a lousy store or something.

Bob, the kind of money we have, they'd be lucky if they get a drainpipe.

Yeah? Well, all I know is it's our money and our stuff, and I don't want the

lousy government sticking its nose in who gets it.

Not exactly Rockefeller, dear Harv. Now, what have we got that anybody would be

interested in?

What about the golden candlestick?

Yeah, well, what are you going to do with it?

I don't know.

Leave it to Eileen in Chicago.

Eileen? She's your third cousin.

My second cousin was removed.

You never even met her.

I know, but my mother left her the other one.

Mary Beth, it is solid gold.

What is Harv Jr. and Michael going to do with one candlestick? Break it in half?

They go down to the antique store and sell it the same thing your second

from Chicago would do if she got her hands on it.

Now, what about my bowling trophies?

Oh, well, I thought that we would bequeath those to the Museum of Natural

History.

the M .O. of that mugger who's been scoring on the east side.

Could be.

Good decision I made to bring you in on this task force.

I'm happy to be here.

Had my eye on you for a long time, Cagney.

That Don Juan killer.

Good, clean caller.

Oh, thank you.

No question in my mind.

I like to work with winners, Cagney.

People on the move.

You're moving pretty fast yourself, Captain. I heard about your promotion.

Corruption.

Recommendation for promotion.

Final word on that won't be down for a few weeks.

According to the grapevine, I hear there's no contest.

You can't believe everything you get on the grapevine.

For instance, the word came down that you could be a pretty hard -headed prima

donna to work with.

Uh -huh.

But I figured that any ambitious female is going to be fair game for that kind

of turkey.

Especially a very attractive one.

It doesn't bother me.

I can handle the temperament with the talent.

Besides, I used to get those same kind of shots when I was an up -and -comer.

I'd say here's to a perfect partnership.

To Jack Hennessey, Deputy Inspector.

Wait a minute. What about Equal Opportunity here?

Here's to Chris Cagney.

What?

Okay.

To Christine Cagney, the first woman chief of detectives.

The case could make the difference.

Thanks for the peanuts.

Hey, it's all for the earth.

Taxi! Hey, hold on. I'll give you a lift home.

Oh, no, you don't want to buck the traffic downtown at this hour. Oh.

Taxi! Okay, next time, then.

I'll have the police report ready for you by Friday. Oh, Monday morning's

You got it. There is one thing you can do for me by Friday.

What's that?

You can pick the time and the place for me to take you to dinner.

Oh, thanks.

But I've got friends.

I warn you, I won't take no for an answer.

Good night.

Good night.

Go home, please.

Yeah, I'm a little rusty on my Romanian, Frank. Can you give us some shorthand

here? Probably, of course.

The communist press is having a field day with this incident.

According to them, and I quote here, no one is safe in the crime -infested

jungles of capitalist slums.

I'm telling you, they're manipulating this for their own political advantage.

Oh, no question. But also, there's still no evidence to indicate that this is

anything other than a street mugging. Tom. Lacey.

With due respect, sir, I think maybe we're overlooking the possibility that

something else could be behind this.

Maybe some personal motivation that we haven't considered.

Like what?

Well, if I knew that, sir, the case would be solved right now.

What am I dealing with here? A woman's intuition?

No, sir.

I was presenting another possibility, is all. Well, let's just say until there's

some hard facts to back it up that this captain's intuition says you're barking

up the wrong tree.

Yes, sir.

All right, that's it. Let's get on with it.

Detective Cagney, I want to read my offer.

First, I thought of sushi and sake.

But who wants to eat at a bar?

And then I... Then I decided on sauerkraut and a beer, but that's not

enough. Not to go.

I finally came up with pasta.

It's nice and romantic, a little candlelight to bounce off those deep

of yours. Captain Hennessey. Oh, come on. It's Jack, remember?

We've got to get serious about this. Friday night's getting closer.

Jack, I already told you that I have plans.

Well, look, if those plans are with some other guy, then I'm just going to keep

you working late. You're going to have to stand him up and settle for me. No,

that isn't it.

Well, if a lieutenant's bugging you about reports, I'll get you out of it.

What are bosses for?

The truth is, Jack, I don't believe in mixing business with pleasure anymore.

Anymore?

What that sounds like is that I'm paying for some other cop's mistakes.

I don't think that's fair to you.

Well, you're not the only one disappointed with the timing.

Well, I... Maybe when the case is over, okay?

You should get to work when you call them.

Excuse me.

Here's a big one -inch paper clip and then a small one -inch paper clip.

Well, look who's here. One of the special task force honchos.

Pass the throw, guys. I said that. I'm trying to throw something.

Oh, I get it. Now you're treating the big leagues here and have time for the

gang. Knock it off, Victor, okay?

See, Sarge, she never used to talk that way.

Hold up a minute.

I'm looking for my claim check. I've got to get there before the claim is

closed. Well, your trash can's missing.

I said we're packing.

Well, Cagney says that one's hers, so yours is missing. Two dozen yellow pads

present and accounted for, sir.

I got you down to four. I used a couple.

Must be in my locker.

Your trash can?

I don't know where my trash can is, Sergeant.

Maybe I never had a trash can.

Maybe my trash can was stolen.

Maybe I threw it away.

I hope I threw it away.

Here is an interesting question.

How do you throw away a trash can?

Very existential, Victor.

Very existential.

I think our man's allergic to decoys.

It's only a matter of time.

Patience, kid.

Patience. It's not my strong suit.

I'll look at it this way.

Investigation is just like any other game.

You buy just enough time to find just the right opener.

False strategy.

How do you think I moved up so fast in the department?

A little roller skate.

I'm talking about playing it smart.

If you're serious about becoming the chief of detectives, you should learn

rules of the game.

I'm doing okay.

Oh, yeah?

You're telling me that you're not frustrated because you haven't made the

to the major cases squad yet?

Let me tell you the big jump on the force room.

A few years back, I was under this lieutenant who was a real hard case. He

wouldn't give me the time of day.

I did my homework. I found out he was a racquetball freak.

So I honed up on my serve.

Just enough so he still had the edge. Then I joined his club.

He got to know me, I got to know him.

See what I mean?

Sure.

Strategy. No, it's more than that.

Relationships.

Sometimes it pays to mix business with pleasure.

Where are we supposed to meet Alvarez?

Bayside.

The witness says it's on its way home from work.

One of the couple, Paramount, totally contradicted each other. He said that

gunman had his raincoat buttoned.

Come on, Chris, get the rest.

What time is our witness due?

Must have gotten tied up.

Waiter.

A bourbon for me and for the lady.

Scotch? No, nothing. Thank you.

As of now, consider yourself officially off duty.

Scotch.

You like calamari?

They serve it here pro diablo.

It's nice and spicy.

You know this restaurant very well.

It's one of my favorite spots.

Our witness isn't coming at all, is he?

Okay, I confess.

You caught me in the act.

You went to all this trouble just to take me out to dinner?

I warned you, I don't take no for an answer.

That's very flattering, Jack.

But when I say no, I mean no.

But sometimes you're open for a little friendly persuasion, right?

I'm not playing games with you.

You don't have to act a tough cop with me.

You can wear the pants in public and private with me.

You can let them down.

You're way out of line, Captain.

I'm a man used to getting my own way, Detective.

Not with me.

I'm still your superior officer.

And this wasn't part of the job description.

Excuse me.

I'm not getting in bed with that book off.

It can't hurt you to read about it, Mary Beth.

Do you have any idea what type of mailing list we're on now, thanks to

book?

Look here. Look at this here.

This is a kindly invitation from Oak Knoll Meadows to invest in our very own,

quote, inflation fighter, family estate, and memorial crypt.

Yup. Yup.

Hey, wait a minute. Look at this.

Free color family portrait if we order within the next ten days.

Not funny, Hop.

I've got to study.

Study. I've got to read the New York State Penal Code. Oh, well, I'm not

to stay in bed with that book.

Tough. You read your stuff, I'll read my stuff. Mary Beth, this is important.

Well, this is important to her. This is $5 ,000 more a year if I make sergeant.

Which will go directly to the state of New York if we die without a will.

That's exactly what they want to see. If you croak without a will, they soak you

with taxes. They do, Mary Beth. Honey, the state of New York is not staying up.

late at night trying to figure out how to get our money. How do you know that?

Is this another one of your conspiracy theories? It is not a conspiracy theory.

Then what is it?

It's not.

Kisses.

I know what that is. That's Dr. Rizzuto's complaining about the kid's

Hang on.

Ask who it is.

Hold your horses. It's Clip.

Hi, guys.

I'm sorry to bother you. Come on in.

I've got this paranoid cabbie waiting downstairs. He won't leave Queens

cash in advance.

I need $25.

I just cashed a check today.

Thank you, Hardin.

Sit down.

Sorry, Mary Beth.

I noticed that you and Captain Hennessy headed out together this afternoon. What

happened? Nothing a cold shower wouldn't fix.

Oh, yup.

He wouldn't even take you home?

I wouldn't give him the satisfaction.

I just left him sitting there nursing his bourbon and his bruised ego in the

restaurant. The problem is I didn't have enough money for the camp here to get

back from Bayside.

I'm glad we were home.

He's so damn presumptuous.

One minute we're this great team, and the next minute the guy's coming on like

ton of bricks.

Here you go, kiddo.

Oh, thanks, Harvey. I really appreciate it. I'll...

Give Mary Beth the money on Monday. No problem.

I got a book to read.

I better go.

Frankly, Christine, I have to admit I'm not surprised.

I beg your pardon?

Well, it's no secret that you've been the apple of this man's eye since he

brought us on the case.

He liked my work. What was I supposed to do?

Make sure he knew that you weren't interested.

I never led this man on, Mary Beth.

Well, as long as he's clear about that.

What do you think I'm doing on your doorstep?

Thank you for the money.

Excuse me.

Good night.

Let's just make the decisions we need to.

We put the will in the safe deposit box and we forget about it.

Do we have to talk about this today?

It's a gorgeous day.

Boys, you're with your mothers. We're walking in the park here.

Okay, okay. We won't talk about it today.

We talk about it tomorrow, right?

Right.

Harv, if I died, would you get married again?

Mary Beth, I thought we weren't going to talk about this.

I wish you would. You wish I would what?

Get married again.

Oh, come on, Mary Beth. It's a beautiful... No, I'm serious here, Harv.

to know that you were happy with somebody.

Well, you are a hard act to follow.

For the boys. The boys need a mother.

The boys?

For the boys?

Okay, I'll remarry for the boys.

I wonder what type of woman you'd pick up.

Probably blonde, huh? She always had to think of blonde. Redheads. I like

redheads.

Redheads are nice.

This is a ridiculous conversation.

Blue eyes, little tiny waist. No, no, I never went for blue eyes.

And young, too.

Older men marry younger women all the time.

Mary Beth, I am a mature man. Yeah, so you may as well go for it, Hoff. Go for

it? Okay, I'll go for it. I'll marry a 23 -year -old blonde with blue eyes and

very narrow waist. Are you happy?

Hoff? What?

If I die and you marry a 23 -year -old bimbo, I'll kill you.

See you tonight.

Thank you.

Sure.

Agni?

Yes, Captain. I'll be right in.

You made a serious mistake, Peggy.

I don't think so, Captain.

I'm still your superior officer, a fact which seems to slip your mind. Now sit

down.

Where's the ballistics report?

I... I put it on your desk Friday before we left.

It's not here.

Well, I left it right on top. This kind of negligence is very unprofessional.

Look, I know what I did. I put the thing down.

Is this

because of

Friday night?

Friday night never happened.

Now, I want that ballistics report on my desk by tonight.

Or else there are going to be serious repercussions.

Come on.

Cagney and Lacey will continue in a moment.

You've been moving in a man's world for a long time now.

You should know already how to handle a guy who's trying to work his way into

the good graces of a good -looking woman like yourself.

Look at this Becky for crying out loud.

Victor, come on, Lieutenant, come on. Victor Jobes.

This man is serious.

What's the difference? They both got the same thing on their mind.

There's a big difference.

When a man's coming on to a woman, he sends her a bottle of wine, a couple of

roses.

He doesn't start messing with her mind and her career.

I'm telling you, it's not about sex with that guy anymore, Lieutenant. He's into

power.

That's a strong accusation. You're damn right it is.

And I'm not imagining it.

Well, I'm not saying that you are imagining it, Hennessy.

It's just that... Well, I can understand where a guy might misread the

situation.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you're leading the guy on. It's just

that...

You know, with men and women working together nowadays, sex coming out from

behind closed doors, things are different today.

One minute a joke is sexy, next minute it's sexist. Where do you draw the line?

I draw the line at blackmail.

Because that's exactly what he's doing.

If I don't cooperate, all of a sudden my job gets tough.

That isn't harmless flirtation.

That's sexual harassment.

Resigning from this task force is going to solve your problem.

Well, don't you?

Let me lay it out alive for you, Keck.

The minute that the brass sees that you're resigning from a plum assignment

this, your professional reputation is going to take a nosedive.

I'm going to question your commitment, your devotion to duty, and your

qualifications for advancement.

So he still wins.

Never mind him. You lose.

That's the point.

Okay, you listen to me, and listen to me good.

I know you got ambitions, and I want to see you get a chance to do something

about them.

Well, thank you, Lieutenant.

I have to interview a witness now.

Hey, what are you going to do?

Go ahead.

What have they

got

in there now?

Um, Al Alvarez, the waiter from the restaurant.

Hennessy's wasting his time.

We've run up against this kind of thing before. It's classy. Yes, sir.

Classy.

Yes, sir.

I've seen it a thousand times before.

Yes, sir.

I'll, um... What exactly is your projection on the case, sir?

Well, it's simple.

Tabori fell from grace with his bosses, and the party bigwigs decided to kill

two birds with one stone.

Assassinate him here, make it appear he was an American assailant, and darken

the image of the United States.

The problem is that in a few days, the only person who could break this case

us would be on her way back to Budapest.

You think that Mrs. Tabori is in on this?

Oh, believe me, these governments have their methods.

She wants to save her skin.

She's been warned not to cooperate.

Look what she said in her statement.

As I remember, so she didn't say much of anything in her statement.

Exactly.

Wouldn't you or any other normal woman have a lot to get off your chest if

seen your husband terminated in front of your eyes?

Christine Oppenheim. Lacey, will you check out this ballistics report and see

you can find any inconsistencies with the witness statements?

Yes, sir.

I found it.

He's buried under some old DD -5s. Come on, we have to go to the east side and

check out the decoy teams.

I have to finish Alvarez's statement.

Well, Lacey can handle that.

Pretty clear.

Come on, kid, get the lead out. We got work to do.

Christine, the gunman said what?

I wrote it phonetically.

Alvarez didn't understand the words, so he just repeated sounds.

Check it out, Lacey.

Yes, sir.

Come on.

I think it's time we buried the hatchet. What do you say?

I mean it.

I had a lot on my mind lately.

I know I've come down on your little heart a couple of times.

Let's wipe the slate.

Take the afternoon off, go have a couple of beers, talk it over.

Then what?

I think... We'll just take it as it comes. Put it out!

Hey, let's stop playing games.

You came on to me real friendly that first night when you thought I could

some wheels for you. Now you're playing the hysterical virgin when it's time to

pay the bill.

What bill?

I don't owe you anything except doing my job.

Oh, come on. There was more going on between us in this case than you know

I don't think my way to promotion.

You sure go to a hell of a lot of trouble to advertise the merchandise for

someone who's not interested.

We both know what you want.

I want it exactly what I said.

Strictly business as long as we're working together.

What? What is it, Jack?

You like guys to beg for it? Is that what it turns on?

You'll never know, Hennessy.

Don't mess with me, Cagney. Come back here.

I'm still the one responsible for your evaluation on this job, and don't you

forget it.

Cagney!

You look at me.

I got him. Damn it.

Sorry.

Any guy I know?

Yeah, we're working for him.

You know what kicks me off?

I really thought I had this whole thing under control.

I did everything that those women's magazine articles tell you you're

to do.

I let him down gently.

Made sure this precious male ego knew how flattered I was.

I was firm. I never faltered. Even in the beginning when I thought I...

Oh, what a manner. I didn't make any difference anyway.

You don't need that stuff anyway.

Ignore him for a thing. I can't. I can't anymore, Mary Beth.

I've tried.

He's making sure I don't.

What are you talking about?

I'm scared about my file.

He could write down anything he wanted there, and people will read it. They'll

think I'm a lousy cop.

Now, wait a second. I don't think... Hey, Dee. Oh. You in there?

Telegrams or what? Yes, I'm in here, Agent Oppenheimer.

Some professor from City College on the phone.

Something about some translation.

Thank you. I'm coming.

You going to be all right? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.

Detective Lacey?

Yes.

Once again, please, sir.

Thank you very much, Professor Pavlov... Professor.

Thank you.

Christine?

That was Professor Pavlov... Pavlovny. He's the head of Slavic languages at Sid

College. Who?

It wasn't Russian.

What wasn't Russian?

The thing that Alvarez overheard, it's Hungarian.

It translates, this is for you, my darling.

Then the gunman knew the Taboris.

Apparently.

You know the man who killed your husband, Mrs. Tabori?

His name is Belov Belosov.

We were students together in Budapest.

Laszlo, Bella and I, we fought for the revolution.

We were young, idealistic.

We thought we could actually win.

We were throwing stones at Russian tanks.

They crushed us like an army of ants.

Bella and I were planning to escape.

We were lovers.

You and Bella saw?

Yes.

Laszlo was jealous.

He informed against Bella to save his own skin.

As soon as I saw him outside that restaurant, I recognized him.

And I knew exactly what he was going to do.

And I don't blame him.

You don't blame the man who murdered your husband?

No.

It has always been a marriage of convenience.

Don't you see I had no choice?

It's different for you here.

Your choices are easier.

You know something, Mary Beth?

There went a hell of a detective.

What was the big deal?

All I did was check out your report.

Like one of us has our heads on straight.

You know what I think?

I think that Captain Hennessey is going to be very crabby that we broke this

one.

You beat him on his own turf, Christine.

Not yet, I haven't.

Not as long as he can hold my job over me.

He can't do that.

He's made it very clear that he can, and he will.

Either I come across or I get a negative rating on my evaluation report.

He's not going to get away with this.

I got his number, and I'm going to use it.

I've got it all planned. I'm going to set him up.

I'm going to make you believe I'm going along with this, and I'm going to go to

his apartment with a wire, and I'm going to get him on tape, live and loud.

That's illegal, Christine.

That's entrapment. No kidding.

That couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

No, Chris, you have to go through channels on this one.

You have the law on your side.

You file charges against him, discrimination charges for...

Sexual harassment? You don't think I haven't already considered that? Well,

do it. You have to do it. He's using the system against you. You turn it right

back on him. It is not that simple, Mary Beth. I'd be challenging my superior

officer.

It would be my word against his.

And the lieutenant's word, right? You talk to him.

Yeah.

Yeah, and Harvin, I can testify to when you had to come back from Bayside in the

cab.

You get a diary for the dates and times that he came on to you. Yeah, you know

what would happen if I do that?

I get a rep for being a hard case by busting one of my own.

Charlie always told me, the one thing you never do is rat on

another cop.

You're not ratting on another cop. You're protecting your career.

The hell I am.

I'm putting my career on the line.

I'm jeopardizing my future, Mary Bethel.

I don't know if I'm ready to do that.

Well, yours is not the only future at stake here, Christine.

Ten to one, you were not the first female officer that he came on to.

So you're going to be the last one or not?

Lieutenant wants to see you in the interview rooms.

No idea. Just Cagney.

All right, Detective Cagney.

I think you know Captain Hennessy.

I thought it'd be a good idea if we could clear a little air here.

Let me be frank.

I don't like the department's dirty laundry adding public.

Granted, the two of you have a problem, but I don't think either of you is

prepared for the gaffe if this thing goes to trial.

If you go forward with the charges you filed, Detective Cagney, you're bringing

your own character into question as much as the captain's here.

And, Captain, I'm sure you already realize that just the implication of any

wrongdoing on your part will jeopardize your pending promotion to Deputy

Inspector.

As far as I can see, nobody wins.

Inspector, I'm surprised that a personal misunderstanding could have been blown

out of proportion like this.

Basically, the problem is the different sensibilities that work here.

You know how the guys like to kid around, and they kid around.

But the women take it so seriously, and then they get all worked up over

nothing.

Now, my book, Detective Cagney, deserves a top -notch evaluation for outstanding

performance on the Tabori case.

I'm ready to back that up if she's just willing to drop her complaint.

That seems fair to me.

I've already made it clear to Captain Hennessey that I don't trade favors or

accept bribes.

We're trying to work out a settlement here, Detective Cagney, one that both

parties can live with.

Well, I can't live with it, Inspector.

Captain Hennessey threatened me professionally if I didn't sleep with

I call that blackmail.

And I think you should answer that.

I don't have to sit here. Sit down, Captain.

There are times when personal ego and reputation need to be reconsidered for

benefit of the department.

I think this suit is for the benefit of the department, Inspector.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have filed the charges.

And that's your final word?

Yes.

And I think we'd better stop wasting our time and get back to work.

Are you, baby?

Michael said you were up here.

Yeah, I've just been thinking.

Yeah, me too.

And I think you're right.

And we'll do the will.

That's good, Mary Beth.

We'll do it tonight.

Tomorrow night. Tonight.

We dance.

Dance?

Tonight we dance because I decided we are not going to die.

You know why?

Why?

Because we love each other too much.

That's why.

Oh.

That's the most romantic thing that you ever said to me.

Thank you.

The most romantic thing.

Yeah, what was the first one?

Huh?

Boy.

What is this?

It's a voice portable record player.

Thank you.