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The big time, Mary Beth.

Beth Lane.

You two ever get tired of life at the 14th, I'll be glad to have you in

narcotics. Go to bed with me, both of you.

What?

I'm sure you didn't say anything that would taint the collar. You're too smart

for that. If you go into the grand jury on Tuesday and call me a liar, our

partnership's over.

Are you that good, Sergeant?

Okay, I have to type up the report. You want to tell me what lie I'm... Morning,

sir. Morning.

I'm swearing, too.

You are

not

joking. They walk in here, bold as can be, Can you sell me a dozen ludes?

Can you?

Beg your pardon?

You got a supplier?

No, thank you. We're not interested.

Speak for yourself, Patricia.

I am the one who's got a kid on the way I'm going to have to pay for on my own.

We can have this fight on our own time, thank you.

Supplier?

Mm -hmm.

What kind of drugs are we talking about?

How about the prescription kind without regulations or paperwork? I've got

amphetamine, inobarbitol, everything in between.

I don't know.

Patricia, who is the one that's always whining about the low profit margin?

The least we could do is listen to the woman.

Huh?

How do you do this?

No risk to you.

All of the pills have been accounted for, so no one's going to come looking

them.

It's foreign stuff, right? You smuggle back in?

Right?

Look, you don't need to know that.

No. I don't need to know. And it wouldn't be real smart of me to discuss

small strokes with you.

You going to find that necessary for us to do business, Patricia?

I could live without it.

No, I'm okay. Good. Then you just tell me what you need.

I give you a price.

You give me cash, and I can have you supplied the same day.

The way you worked her was terrific.

You set her up so nicely with that struggling businesswoman routine, that

about the baby, and you let her make all the moves.

Absolutely perfect.

You back?

I'll probably use this tape as a training film.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Petrie, it's Becky. Nice job on backup. A good, solid caller.

Tough turning on the camera, but somebody had to do it.

You two ever get tired of life at the 14th, I'll be glad to have you in

narcotics.

Score one for the good guys.

Thank you, sir. Yes, thank you.

Hey!

All right, that's it.

No, no, no, no, no.

Don't get up, sit down, continue with your work. We're all adults here. What,

going so soon?

Hi.

Well, how good am I? Real good, Cagney, real good. What did you expect? A little

modest, Sergeant.

I am very modest, Petrie, on those rare occasions when I have something to be

modest about.

Hey. Good son. Good tag mate. Thank you, Josie. Good eye.

Thank you all. Congratulations, Sergeant. Thank you. Thank you, thank

you for breaking this humble squad room with your incredible presence. Welcome,

welcome, welcome. I would like to take this opportunity to speak for me myself

personally and my partner, Detective Mary Beth Lacey. We want you all to know

that we will never forget the little people who knew it when we started out.

may all applaud again.

Dan Red.

You're not well, Christine.

Very bad.

We are newsworthy.

At least Connie Chung.

Good call of you two. Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you. They're saying good

about you upstairs.

Oh, yeah?

Like what? By whom? Easy, easy, Cagney. You know, three days minus four bodies

made a pretty wild place around here. So I need sober heads tomorrow, you hear?

Not too much celebrating tonight.

Yes.

Congratulations, Lacey. Thank you.

Messages, messages.

That's two for charity, nothing terrific.

What do you know?

Harvey.

Harvey.

Harvey's obstetrician. How about your checkup? Everything moving along okay?

Everything. Thank you so much.

Yes, Becky, you must be slipping.

And nothing for you, Petrie. I guess Claudia's out studying motel

with a night school teacher or something.

Hey, something I said, it was just a joke.

Well, he's so sensitive.

I wish I could say the same for you, Sergeant.

Hey, wait a minute.

Hey, he didn't know what he was talking about.

Hey, come on. Hey,

Marcus,

don't be mad at me.

Jesus.

It's the system that allows you guys.

do these kind of things.

You play on people's greed to get them to commit a crime.

Yeah? I didn't hear the objection from Paul Newman and Robert Redford did the

same thing in the sting.

You get inside their heads.

You set them up on the right day at the right time.

Gestapo tactics.

Oh, Harvey, you're way off base here. She offered.

We didn't ask. She offered to sell us drugs. She had a choice.

No, babe.

She was headed for prison the day she made the list.

List? What list?

Government wants you, they'll get you.

Daniel Ellsberg, Gene Seberg, DeLorean. It is all the same.

Harvey, I don't think that we can have this conversation. What about those

senators a few years back, huh?

Abscam? What chance do they have? A guy comes up to you, he says... All right,

Mark, listen, I take your point, okay? So let's drop it.

All I am saying is the government has the power to destroy anybody they want.

By the way, we're not arguing here. Okay.

the government and the people I work with are out to get innocent citizens,

I do not.

But we're not arguing. Of course not.

Okay.

Let's go to sleep.

Good night.

Brought her with J. Edgar Hoover. Oh.

Turned this country into a police state. Oh, my Lord.

I've been looking all over you.

Get away from me.

Hey, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. So what?

You're sorry.

I tell you something very private, and the next thing I know, I'm hearing it

back from the biggest mouth in the squad.

Look, Coleman asked me what was wrong with you lately.

Look, all I said was that Claudia was spending a lot of time in night school.

That's it.

That's all I said. Even if I believed you, that's enough. You shouldn't have

even said that.

You're a lucky guest, I swear it.

I can't believe I let you do this to me.

Victor, you're stupid.

An idiot.

But I'm a bigger idiot to think that you were my friend or that I could talk to

you. Hey, get off me!

my life aired in that squad room.

If you'd have just laughed, no one would have known it was the truth.

Everybody would have just thought you were laughing at one of Coleman's bad

jokes. Of course.

It's my fault.

You're unbelievable.

That's not what I mean.

Marcus, I know I blew it. I didn't mean to, but I did. And I'm really sorry.

You know, I felt really special that you even told me.

Marcus, we're friends.

It's water under the bridge.

It won't happen again. I give you my word on it.

I don't need your word, Victor.

Because I'm putting in for a new partner tomorrow.

So don't worry about it.

See you, George.

Iconics has got your back. They turned your saleswoman around. She's going to

give us a higher level dealer, and Nelman has approved it. Johnson is

you at one police plaza in a half hour.

I'd like to be replaced.

Why?

It's personal. I don't want to hear personal. It ticks me off that I'm going

be shorthanded here again, and there's nothing I can do about it.

How the hell do they expect me to run a precinct like this?

Go!

yacht. That's not a yacht, I said.

That's a canoe.

I mean, I want to sleep six all the way to Bimini.

Try the veal here. You'll love it. No, nothing for me, thanks. Say, this is the

best Italian food in the city.

Well, somehow eating with cops spoils my appetite.

Have a nice day, gents. What do you mean, cops? Come here. Come back here,

you?

Mistakes.

Overkill on the money talk.

Rich dealers don't have to strut it.

No, I think it was a nice setup.

Mansfield doesn't deal with street soldiers.

It looked like cops.

Maybe.

Petrie, what do you think?

I didn't see any mistakes.

Bingo.

Mansfield, he's shrewd.

We've tried to sting him three times now, and every time he smelled trouble.

He's very good at playing games. He'll even try to force you to entrap him. Has

he ever served time, sir? Not even an indictment. From pot to smack and

everything in between.

Maybe he's backed by the mob. Maybe he bankrolled the Benedetti murder. I don't

know. He's crud, and I would love to get him.

And this time, I think we've got a shot.

Hey, trust Laura Farrell.

You two are as good as I've seen, and not exactly typical -looking narcs.

the stomach, absolutely beautiful.

Thank you, sir.

Just remember, you've got to make the first move.

What are we buying?

Just pills, large quantity.

This time you'll be mini moguls from out of town.

The premier towers.

Petrie, Miss Becky, the camera and I will be here in room 907.

The sting will be in 909.

The camera will see through this two -way mirror in the center of the room.

Now, we're using a wide -angle lens, but you've still got to try to keep the

action here in this area.

If you get into the bathroom, the dressing area, or at the door, you're

frame. So try to keep it tight.

Questions?

Okay, folks.

Showtime.

He's smart, Mary Beth.

He's sophisticated.

We can't seem too easy. He's not going to buy it.

He's sharp. We just got to be sharper.

We will be.

It's the big time, Mary Beth.

Beth Lane.

Uh -huh.

You got to know these kind of people.

I'm going to handle him.

Uh -huh.

Go ahead.

They're on their way up.

All right.

Yeah. They're on the elevator.

On their way.

Mary Beth.

Mary Beth.

Christine. Bruce.

Hello. How do you do? Nice to meet you. And Don.

Thanks for stopping by.

It's my pleasure.

I don't like it. It doesn't feel right.

The room could be bugged.

I follow my instincts.

My instincts tell me no.

Wait a minute. How do we know you're not a cop?

How do we know Laura here isn't an informant?

Yeah. How does one know?

The eyes.

I check the eyes. A cop's eyes never rest.

Like yours?

Like yours?

There's a fine line between cops and robbers.

Right.

Which side are you on?

Go to bed with me, both of you.

What is this?

Have sex with me before we do business. Then I'll know you're not cops. I'm

pregnant, mister.

Well, that leaves just you and me, kiddo. How does having sex with us make

safe? Precedent.

U .S. versus Simpson.

It's out in California.

They entrapped Mr. Simpson by engaging him in sex.

It's called outrageous conduct.

Oh, no.

No, thank you.

Not today.

Wait.

Wait.

Bruce? Where are you going? I thought we were going to have a good time.

Okay. My place.

If you want to reach me, Laura knows how to get in touch.

Really?

Well, everybody tends.

I've been dry for a long time now.

I don't even have anything for myself.

And we've got a school war. So if I can't go home with Lisa and Louis, we're

going to be out of business.

You broke my heart.

That's what it takes.

You're saying that if I solve your supply problem, you and I can have a

time?

What exactly do you need?

Hugs, moods, a couple of thousand more if you got it.

Well, my list is inside.

Can we do business?

After you.

Yeah, let me see your list.

I'm sure I can give you everything you need.

Oh, yeah, I can go 5K on the lutes and the ups.

All units, stand by.

I'm low on trunks.

When can you make delivery?

You've got the cash.

I can have it for you in 15 minutes.

I got the cash.

Come on, let's move it.

If you get him, it's a major case of Evie.

For a chance like that, I'd even put on a dress.

And you'd probably look sensational in a pair of high heels.

You remember Michelle the Magnificent?

Sure you do. I talk about her all the time.

Let me tell you the truth.

The first night?

Didn't happen.

I couldn't do it. What is it, Victor? I don't want to hear this. No, I want to

tell you this.

Never happened to me before.

She tried to be nice about it.

That made things even worse.

Anyway.

You can tell Cagney or Coleman or send out a newsletter if you want. I don't

care. I told you... I know why you tell this story.

Because you thought it would make us even.

You embarrass me, I embarrass you.

Fair is fair?

Right. Wrong.

Victor... See you.

We have different values.

Interests, everything.

It's a bad match, always has been.

I think you're blowing this out of proportion, Marcus.

I don't think so.

It's been ten minutes.

He's either talking or he isn't.

Maybe he's trying to make up his mind.

Find out what's taking so long.

Lacey, have the amniocentesis test yet?

Hey, Sergeant, that's none of your business.

She's trying to be helpful.

Sergeant Coleman, I'm going to tell you something for the last time.

You keep your fat nose out of my personal life. Hey, hang on a minute

I hate that Grinella thing in there. I told you that a hundred times. And now

you have the nerve to ask me if I'm going to get a test so you can get the

on whether it's a boy or girl.

Forget it.

If I have the test, that's between me, my husband, And my doctor.

And if I do, I'm telling the lab I don't want to know the sex. And no matter

what I do, I would never, never help you make money off of my baby. You

finished? Yes, sir. Well, let me tell you something here. You think I brought

this up just to make a few bucks? Why else are you bothering me? Because when

wife and I were expecting a baby, she didn't have the cash.

Then when Betty was born...

Well, she's in a special school now. It took

us a long time to find it.

She's happier there. People don't make fun of her. She's doing okay.

It's just that when she was born, we weren't prepared is all.

Betty, pretty name.

That's short for Elizabeth, right?

We were thinking about Elizabeth, if it's a girl.

Or Muriel, maybe, which is after Hoff's mother.

It's a nice idea.

I just told your partner here the man is mute until his lawyer shows.

Parker, Parker Simonson. One of the best. But we've got a good sting on

Plus, we've got a suitcase full of pills.

We'll have to account for the time in the hallway, of course, but I'm sure you

didn't say anything that would taint the collar. You're too smart for that.

Uh, Lieutenant, what I said in the hallway... Cagney, you don't have to

what you said. Not right now.

Take the weekend. Think about it. Go over it between yourselves.

Bring me a report on Monday.

We'll get this into the grand jury by Tuesday at the latest. We made a great

collar today.

So whatever it takes, let's not lose it.

Fine. Thank you, Lieutenant.

Ladies.

Sergeant, we're doing the test next week.

Yeah.

I can't believe I stepped over the line like that.

If I'd talked about that, I could have said something else, anything.

I'd have to initiate the deal.

We're going to have to come up with something creative on our report.

What are you talking about?

I entrapped him, Mary Beth. I was the first one to bring up the subject of

drugs. We put that on the report.

Mansfield Walk.

I'm not about to let that happen.

What are we supposed to do, lie?

It's our word against his. We're not dealing drugs.

Oh, come on. Sometimes you gotta do whatever it takes. You know that. I'll

damned if a big -time drug dealer's gonna walk because I didn't say the

words. You heard Lieutenant Johnson. He practically ordered us.

Ordered us to lie if we had to. Yeah, well, he's not gonna be under oath. I

can't believe he even asked us to do that.

He's supposed to be our superior officer. He's just trying to give us a

room. Yeah, room to hang ourselves.

He's backing us up. He's telling us to commit a crime.

Oh, please. Will you come down to earth with the rest of us?

How often do you get a shot at a guy like Mansfield?

It's not worth it, Chris.

Wait a minute. Mary Beth, we're doing this.

Your ego is doing all the talking here. Oh, give me a break. You're thinking

about promotions and commendations and having your picture in police magazines.

That isn't true. It is not true.

Mansfield stinks, and I want him. I want him as much as you do.

But we have to start all over again. We have to admit we made a mistake. No!

We're going to do this now, Mary Beth. Please don't fight me on this one

you can't win. You've got a hell of a nerve, lady.

I make my own decisions.

Monday I'm bringing in the paper, and it's going to say all the right words.

Now, you can either corroborate my testimony, or you can say you never

conversation at all. I really don't care.

But if you go into the grand jury on Tuesday and call me a liar,

our partnership's over.

It's a little blackmail, and I don't like it. I don't like it either.

Does it all, son. Put you in danger while she does a super cop number.

That's fair, Mom.

Fair with.

Hey, hey.

All right, your turn, kid.

You look out for him, Harvey.

You know, you guys lying in that courtroom in your court, the judge is

come down on you like a ton of bricks.

Not a chance, Harvey.

Only three people know who to sit in that hallway, and two of us are officers

the law.

Hey, Mom.

What? I'm watching you, sweetheart. Go ahead.

It's all right. Don't worry about it. Go again.

Maybe you should call a bluff. You might be better off with another partner. I

don't want to think about that, Harvey.

Anyway, she didn't mean it.

Maybe she did mean it.

I called her a liar in front of the grand jury.

That's it. It's all over.

I'm not trying to be so righteous here, Harvey.

No, I... Why?

I don't know, but...

One more dealer off the street.

Lord knows it couldn't hurt.

Oh, yeah?

You commit perjury, Mary Beth. You go to prison.

Five is good.

Good for you.

Your turn, Papa.

Yeah, mate.

as late as you expect you to do. Let him walk?

I mean, your job is to get the scum off the streets, whatever it takes.

He beat me, Charlie.

He baited me, and it worked.

I'm the one who blew it. You didn't blow anything.

I knew I wouldn't get another chance.

You don't need another chance. You got him now.

Broad these things. It looks like a jigsaw puzzle. Mary Beth has to do

everything by the book. Otherwise, she doesn't sleep at night.

Well, then she's in the wrong job.

Well, fine.

Listen, Chris.

I used to cut corners, bend the rules.

I also lied in court any time it was necessary.

We all did. I slept like a baby.

Well, things are different now, Charlie.

Oh, you can say that again.

You guys aren't really cops. You're nothing but lawyers with badges.

Thank you. The criminal justice system today stinks.

I mean, even if you got a good, solid case, you don't know what's going to

happen the minute you step foot in that courtroom.

I'm glad I'm out of it.

I don't want to worry about it anymore.

But I'll tell you something.

You better tell your partner she is not living in the real world.

Give me that piece over there, will you?

Which one?

The one that fits. Give me them both. Charlie, I don't know. Take them all.

She has integrity problems.

Integrity is also knowing when to sidestep the rules.

And if Mary Benton's a decent partner, she'll go to the wall with you. No

questions asked.

Hooray, it fits.

Good.

You want a soda?

No, I don't want a soda.

When I finish this bookshelf, I want a drink. I think you could use one, too.

Don't walk away from me. We need to talk.

We've already talked.

It's happened.

I know.

But you're still punishing me.

That's not true.

The hell it isn't.

I'm sorry I hurt you.

I've asked for your forgiveness.

What more can I do?

I don't know, Claudia. You're the one who cheated. Oh, excuse me. I forgot I

talking to Mr. Wonderful.

The guy who never makes a mistake.

The perfect cop. The knight in shining armor. Claudia, shut up.

Why do I have to push you to a wall before I get your attention?

Marcus, if we can't get past this, we don't have a future.

You finish with arts and leisure?

Do you have a home living center?

What about porn?

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

I meant to turn it off.

Go back to sleep.

Put the snooze alarm on. You've still got nine minutes.

What you gonna do, babe?

I don't know yet.

Mary Beth, would you sign me in, please?

Thanks.

You're wrong to put our partnership on the line over this.

I expect you to back me up and worry about it.

You're not willing to do it? We don't have a partnership.

A partnership is 50 -50.

You owe me my share of any decision.

You said you'd throw your little ultimatum in my face, and I don't like

right, then I'm sorry about that, but this is not a negotiable issue for me.

not? Because you're afraid to admit a mistake?

No.

Please, please, you've got to believe me.

I want Mansfield, Mary Beth.

I don't want Mansfield and his two hot shot rich attorneys getting a chauffeur

driven limousine and they drive off thumbing their noses at us.

It makes me sick, Mary Beth.

Yes, sir.

I have a chance to get him and I'm not going to walk away.

I'm sorry about the Old Comedian.

I'm a pushy broad.

Who?

Look, if you want to say you never heard the conversation between Mansfield and

me in the hallway, I'll understand.

But I did.

No, I'm going to do it. God help me.

Okay, I have to type up the damn report. You want to tell me what lie I'm...

Morning, sir.

Morning.

I'm swearing, too.

Petrie, it's Becky.

Come on in.

What's this all about?

Did you read it?

Self -explanatory.

Yeah, of course I read it. But I'm not going to give you a new partner without

some good reasons.

Did you know about this?

Yeah. Well?

I'm listening.

It's my fault, Lieutenant.

I betrayed his trust and it wasn't the first time. To tell you the truth, I

hadn't been much of a partner at all.

I'm always late with my paperwork.

You usually have to clean up behind me on the street.

Bottom line is, he's been holding me up for a long time.

All right, Victor, don't go overboard.

He's a good cop.

And we've shared the load pretty evenly.

The problem is that...

We're not compatible.

I think we'd both be better off with new partners.

You got problems at home, Petrie?

What would make you think that, Lieutenant?

Because you've been walking around here eating up the furniture for about the

past month now. You're telling me you didn't hear about it?

What, I missed a juicy bit of gossip or something?

Maybe I ought to come out of the office more often.

Look, I'm not about to split up one of my best teams without a fight.

Now. We all know that you can be extremely obnoxious from time to time

you're too sensitive for your own good.

So I'll tell you what we're going to do.

I want to hear everything.

I want to hear every beef you got between yous right here and now.

And if we can't find a way to mend fences before this is over and we're not

leaving here until it is, then I'll grant your request.

All right, you go first.

I'm not fooling around here.

I don't have a beef.

It's got to be something.

He's perfect.

The guy is perfect.

And that bothers you?

Yeah.

Yeah, it does bother me.

You're always so perfect.

And you don't mind letting me know that you know it.

You don't say it, though. And that's what really irks me.

You've got an attitude, Petrie.

A real attitude.

What the hell is wrong with trying to be perfect? Sometimes you're not even

human. As defined by you, Victor? What do you know about human?

You do all your thinking with your glam.

Okay, this is good.

And I'm tired of your rooster stories.

You're never on time. You always complain.

Victor, you talk too much and I'm sick of it. I told you I was sorry.

And that's supposed to solve everything.

What am I supposed to do? Keep your sorry and get out of my face. Is that

enough for you, Victor? This is very good. Petra, you want to go out? Let's

out. Come ahead now. I'm right here.

Lovely day for a hearing.

You nervous?

A little.

I didn't sleep last night.

Are you expecting sympathy?

You're doing the right thing, Mary Beth. This one is worth it. Yeah.

We don't do this now.

Enough,

okay? I'm going to do it.

Thank you.

Good -looking suit, Christine.

see the money.

We'll do it at the same time.

I'll show you mine, you show me yours.

Oh, ladies, that shade of green is my favorite color.

Donald will want 5 ,000 ludes, 3 ,500 of the barbs.

What is this?

Bruce, you should have trusted your instincts.

You've just been immortalized on videotape.

Mr. Mansfield, you're under arrest.

Well, that's incredible.

It's incredible.

You can stop it now, John.

Incredible. I haven't seen anything that good on television since The

Untouchables. Anybody like Elliot Ness?

I love Elliot Ness.

Okay, Mr. Ackerman.

Your side is going to tell us what happened in the hallway. Is that right?

Yes, Your Honor.

Sergeant Cagney spoke with Mr. Mansfield in the hallway and can tell us what

transpired. Well, by God, John, on your feet.

Get over there and put the lady under oath.

This is exciting.

Raise your right hand.

Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

help you God? I do.

You can sit down again, Sergeant. This is informal.

Thank you, Your Honor.

After Mr. Mansfield walked out of the room, I decided to give it another try,

you saw in the videotape.

When I caught up with him in the hallway, I said to him, please wait.

He turned and sort of smiled at me.

Then he walked over towards me. And at that time, I said, I wish you wouldn't

go. It was obvious he was playing games with me.

Objection, Your Honor.

That is pure conjecture. Oh, come on, Mr. Parker. This isn't a trial.

Sit down, take a load off, you'll live longer.

Go on, Sergeant.

Anyway, Mr. Mansfield said to me, you're pretty hyper, aren't you?

I said, sometimes.

He said, well, you need to relax.

You need to lube, don't you? I've got lots of lube. And I said, so I

He then smiled again. He said, I bet if I solve your supply problem, you and I

could have a good time.

And I said, I'd like that.

At that time, he asked me what it was I needed, and I told him I needed a couple

of thousand lubes and some ups, and then I pretended that I couldn't remember

the rest.

And I said that I'd left my shopping list inside.

He then laughed, and he said, What the hell? I know you're not cops. I just

to test people.

We'll do business, and you and I can have some fun.

At that point, we all went back into the room.

That's a nice story, Sergeant.

Well told and concise.

Now, you're telling us here that Mr. Mansfield initiated the actual drug deal

even though he had previously expressed a diversion to doing business with you.

Is that right?

Yes, sir.

I see.

Mm -hmm. Fine.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Your Honor, my client has an entirely different version of that story.

I would hope so, Mr. Parker.

I think a 30 -minute recess would be pleasant right about now. When we come

back, Mr.

Mansfield will have a chance to enthrall us.

Mr. Ackerman, I would like to see you and your group in my chambers, and Mr.

Parker, you can come too.

No offense, Mr. Ackerman, but you've got to walk a country mile to believe this

lady's story.

Even if I do, who's to say a jury will?

We've got a very strong case, Your Honor.

Predicated on the assumption that our bright young sergeant here didn't make

first move and entrapped pretty boy.

And from where I'm sitting, that's practically impossible to believe.

Are you that good, Sergeant?

I don't know, Your Honor.

I only knew that I couldn't be the first one to bring up the subject of drugs or

deal -making. That would have tainted the collar. Let me tell you something.

Right now, you have the luxury of my ear.

This could be considered a misinterpretation of facts.

But if you go back into that hearing room and stick to this story, I expect

Parker is going to land on you so hard you'll have to reach up to tie your

shoes. Harder.

And feeling the way I do right now, I'll probably help him. With all due

respect, Your Honor, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Oh, I know.

We also have the corroborating testimony of Detective Lacey.

Ah. Okay.

You heard the exchange, detective?

Yes, yes, sir. And you heard Mansfield initiate the deal?

Yes, sir. He brought it up. What exactly did he say?

He said exactly what my partner testified that he said, sir. I want to

say it.

But before you continue, do you realize the dire consequences if I find out

you're bending the truth?

Yes, sir.

All right, little lady.

Let's hear it.

Mr. Mansfield walked out of the room.

And my partner and I looked at each other.

And she went after him.

And she said, I wish you would not leave.

And then Mr. Mansfield said, you're pretty hyper, aren't you?

And Sergeant Cagney said, sometimes.

And Mr. Mansfield said, you need to relax. You need a loo, don't you?

I have lots of loos.

Your Honor.

I would like it if Detective Lacey would not continue with her story. Talk to

me, Blondie. It's now or never.

I initiated the deal, Your Honor.

I pushed my partner into backing my story up.

It is my fault.

You wear a badge, so you're above the law.

No, Your Honor. Then what the hell did you think you were doing coming into my

courtroom and lying?

I know, it makes you crazy sometimes.

We expect you to rid the street of drug dealers and then we handcuff you with a

lot of stupid little word games, but that's the way it is.

And if you can't stand the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen.

I'm angry now and I don't like to get angry.

Life's too short.

I don't know what to do with you two.

Other than give a good sharp slap on the wrist.

What I should do is send you back to history class to learn something about

America.

I'll leave the rest of your punishment to the department.

I will grant Mr.

Parker's motion to suppress, which means you don't have a case.

The sleazebag walks.

Look at this bit.

I was wrong about everything.

Yeah.

And I blew the collar.

Sergeant Hotshot sure got her wings clipped, didn't she?

Yeah.

Lieutenant Johnson didn't exactly rush to our rescue.

Did you expect him to?

Well, yeah.

I didn't expect an oral reprimand. Not from him.

Chris, the man may have hinted at lying, but he didn't actually say it.

He didn't entrap us.

Oh.

Mary Beth, what now?

Huh? Where do we go from here?

I don't know, partner.

There is a dope dealer out there. He's about six feet tall, 250 pounds.

He wears a pinky ring.

The real virus.

And it's not like we'd have to look too hard to find him.

A little surveillance, maybe.

Hatching with the good.

If you're game.

Hi, lady. Take a pamphlet. Thank you.

Thanks. You're welcome. Bye -bye.

You know, I've never even been to the Statue of Liberty.

I've lived in this city most of my life.

Oh, I can't wait till they get her all dialed up so Pop and I can take the boys

back out there. They loved it the first time.

Do you ever take that little boat around the island? That's good, too.

Yeah?

You should do it, Christine.

Yeah, maybe I will.

Maybe I will.