All language subtitles for Cagney and Lacey s06e13 Favors

Mom, no.

Michael, what is going on? You never
smoked pot, did you? You can't just try

like you did with a judge without some
concrete evidence.

Even a judge has to bend an elbow now
and then. With a convicted loan shark,

sir. You don't play girl scout with me.

You're going to stand there and tell me
you never turned your head before?

I don't know the man a damn thing.

Whatever I got, I got on my own. That's
not good enough. Fine, fine. You can

head and bash a few heads in. I did not
accuse you of anything. The hell you

didn't. When you grade me on ethics,
you're going to flunk me there too?

Thank you.

Steady, hold him in frame.

You sure you're in focus, Mary Beth?

You are not Alfred Hitchcock here,
Christine, and I have done this before.

Sorry.

We've been cooped up here a week. I just
want to be sure we make this case.

Which is why I'm manning the camera.

A woman.

A person.

Here's another one.

Are you posting on his face?

Okay, this is his third time in this
week.

He must be in the Recubian for a bundle.

His plate's registered to his company.

Victor's better casuals. Must be slow
and leisure -aware.

That's Carmine Fish, sir. He's a bookie
from Greenpoint.

The Recubian serves them all,
Lieutenant.

Regardless of race, create a police
record.

Who's Mr. Eldorado here?

Not all yet, sir. The DMV hasn't gotten
back to us on the plate.

Ruby, it sure gave him a big hello.

Wait a minute. I know that face.

Where from? Time?

Newsweek? Playgirl?

I said face.

Very good work, people.

Very good.

We're getting ready to make our move.

Tomorrow will be too soon, can't it?

We've got two teams off the charts and a
backlog of cases already.

I know that, Cagney. Well, we've got
visual IDs, video IDs. We've got enough

land it, Lone Shark. That's not enough.
It's enough.

Okay, it's enough.

All right, give me the amount of
evidence. I'll see what I can do to get

green light.

Thanks, Vincent. You won't regret it.
Yeah, we're going to nail this sucker

and clean.

Cagney, since you're so hot to get on
other assignments, just so happens I got

one for you.

Performance evaluations.

Standards of assessment are on page
three.

When you're through, I want to see a
list of detectives ranked numerically,

number one being best.

Lieutenant, if it's all the same to you,
I just need to come.

Oh, you're a superior officer, Cagney.

The impartial appraisal of subordinates
comes with the turf.

You should welcome this as a test of
leadership, of objectivity.

Or how to catch the buck.

I'm kidding.

I wish I were.

Coleman got it from Basil, you got it
from Glasgow.

I'm dead, Z -E -A -D.

Don't you think you're overreacting just
a little bit? She doesn't like me. She

never has liked me. And that was a
chance to show just how much.

Victor, Sergeant Cagney is not
vindictive. She tries to be fair.

Most of the time. Oh, it's easy for you
to say. He's your partner. You have no

worries. If I were certain people, I
wouldn't badmouth certain other people.

Here's my activities report, Sergeant.

A day early? I try to be punctual.

Since when? We better hit the streets.
We're not going to thrive on those

just hanging around here.

Come on, Marcus.

Dodge, I want you to meet Andrew
Jackson, our sixth president.

We've got seven presidents, and I don't
take bribes. Get out of town.

This is the 20 bucks I owe you from the
last time we played poker.

Oh, yeah.

From so long ago, I almost forgot.

I never forget a debt.

There goes a man with debt.

Brace yourself for the thing.

I got a feeling this is only the
beginning.

You are going to be so gorgeous.

You're going to wake up gorgeous.

Yeah.

You're already pretty good.

Yeah, prettiest girl in Queens.

But no red polish till you're 16. You
understand me, Alice?

Hi. Hey.

What are you doing home so soon?

Didn't hear from you yet? No, I filled
the bowl in, Allie. What happened?

Do you and Josh have a fight?

No.

Well, are you sick?

Here, let me feel your forehead.

Mom, I'm okay.

All right, suit yourself.

I'll call the Benson's and find out from
them how come you didn't stay

overnight. Mom, no.

Michael, what is going on?

Huh?

If I tell you, you'll have to promise me
you'll be my mom and not a cop.

Michael, what happened?

Promise me.

Okay, I promise you.

Josh was smoking pot, and he wanted me
to smoke it with him.

You cannot expect a 12 -year -old to
handle these kinds of things, Mary Beth,

especially when it is adults pushing the
drugs. Michael did not say the Bensons

were pushing drugs on him.

A kid smokes dope right under his
parents' noses. He offers it to Michael.

else do you call it? Honey, are you
going to help me here or not? Don't

the subject. Michael did the right
thing.

He said no, he came home, he trusted me.

What the hell are those people thinking?

I mean, it's bad enough it's all over
the place, but in their living room, to

feed it to their own kid.

To our kid.

What are you doing?

I'm not going to stand for this.

Where are you going?

To the Bensons. I promised Michael that
I would stay out of it. I didn't. I

already told him to steer clear of Josh.

That's not good enough. Fine, fine. You
go ahead and bash a few heads in. And

next time when it happens again, you
bash heads in there. That'll teach

What happened to you got to trust your
kids, Mary Beth? What happened to... You

got to let them learn for themselves.
Look at this here.

Another one.

$1 .39 a pop.

A neighbor's house should be a safe
place, Mary Beth. If our kid can't be

there.

Boy, I hate what those people are doing.

I know, Harvey.

I hate it, too.

Only the bartender tells me you've been
placing bets with him.

Says you're okay.

Me, I'm a little less trusting.

The gamblers have a tendency to forget
their obligations, you know what I mean?

My ex -wife reminds me every month,
which is why I'm coming to you.

Divorce? A nice Catholic boy like you?

You don't know my ex -wife.

What do you need, kid?

What I'd like is seven, Mr.

Kubian, but what I need is 500.

Benny.

The guy at the end of the bar.

I think I remember that face in uniform.

Later, Pauly.

Okay, kid. I'll go to bike bills.

Now, the Vig is 150 over principal.

Paid weekly.

Being on time counts.

Oh, I got it, Mr. McCooley.

Now,

Manuel C.

Donald DeWitt, right? That's right.

Now you're in the book.

Bank's closed.

You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

Hey, Paulie, I owe you one.

Of course, you realize I'll be walking
by the time you finish your paperwork.

Is that a fact? Yeah. Well, I guess a
slap on the wrist while you're still

suffering from writer's cramp.

Hey,

all the more power.

That a man.

Occupant. Your middle name, right?
Right.

Hi, Coleman.

How you doing?

Okay.

I don't believe it.

Get used to it, Cagney. Same thing
happens when I evaluate the uniform.

It is the worst week of the year.

It's a miserable job. You know, all the
fawning and the creaming, and you know

what? It doesn't matter how you rate
them, they still end up hating you.

Thanks for making my day, Coleman.

That's what fellow sergeants are for.

Oh, sorry. There's something I got to
read to you.

Later. No luck on the number code,
Sergeant.

I thought we were onto something with
the astrological signs.

The ace of Spanish Harlem strikes again.

Ace, could you say that in English? It's
a three -letter month code.

Enter the number of the month and skip
ahead that number of letters. You got

Using the month the loan was made?
Right.

Manual C Valenzuela becomes QGZ.

Right there.

QGZ. $500.

There you go, partner.

Are we a team or are we a team, huh?

Ah, it's nice to see the two of you
going to bed. Oh, come on, Sarge. You

how it is. You do the work. You deserve
the Turk.

Some recognition wouldn't hurt either.

Well, maybe we'll call the New York
Post.

I'm just thinking of someone closer to
home.

Here's the info you requested from the
DMV.

I'm not the only one out.

Dear Detective Isbeck, we at Our Lady of
the Angels wish to thank you for your

selfless effort in organizing our
basketball team.

Your job -like patience and generous
spirit... What?

Job -like.

Oh, you... Your job -like patience and
generous spirit will serve as

in years to come.

Yours most sincerely, Sister Beecher
-Speaker. Very impressive, Victor.

Oh, you know me, Marcus.

I believe a cop should take a sincere
interest in the...

Needs of the community.

If it wasn't an all -girls basketball
team as Becky.

What's the difference? It's the
sensitivity that counts.

Our friend Mr.

El Dorado turned up and the car is
registered to a Judy Cagle in Brooklyn

Heights.

Don't put anything on this month's
account list.

There's a Judy Cagle who's a law clerk
over at Brooklyn Criminal Court.

Do you know who she works for?

I think it was Judge O 'Grady.

My God, of course. I knew I recognized
that face. Judge Timothy M .O. Brady,

criminal courts. He's been on the bench
since the Stone Age.

T -M -O equals X -Q -S.

X -Q -S.

There it is in the book.

You realize what we got?

Here come the jury.

17 years I've been going to court, I
still expect all the judges to be on our

side. You know politicians.

Power leads to temptation.

Can you believe this dirt job Samson's
dumped on me?

A test of leadership, my butt.

I would do the extra work for the extra
money, Sergeant.

I figured the way to get up for this is
to do the easiest one first.

Oh, yeah?

Stability, flexibility.

Ace that one.

Well, that sounded simple.

Police ethics?

Well above standard.

Who ticks me off when I bet there's all
the brown -nosing that's going on?

I get these little news clips into my
box.

Today there was a puff piece put in
there by Carrata about how he kept them

jumping from leaving off the Empire
State Building.

Oh, no fooling. How'd I miss that one?

It happened 13 years ago.

Okay.

This is a piece of cake.

Finished.

It's easy to grade a straight -A
student.

Chris, you're a good judge of character.

I'm sure you're being fair.

Granted, it may be hard.

Keep an impartial note on the type of
work I do.

But I am not worried about this.

I trust your integrity, and I know
you're going to do right by everybody.

I'll be right, Mary Beth.

I know Petrie will be pleased with you.

Okay, next.

Cagney, you wouldn't happen to be
related with Charlie Cagney, ex -cop,

beat in Chinatown?

My father.

Well, I'll be damned. So you're
Charlie's kid.

God, this world gets smaller by the
minute.

Your father and I, we go way back
together.

In fact, I even sent you a communion
gift.

$25 bond, as I recall.

I was at 50.

That's awesome.

Your Honor, how well do you know of
Raymond Recubian?

Well as I know anyone I drink with.

Even the judge has to bend an elbow now
and then.

With a convicted loan shark, sir.

Look, it wasn't as if he was wearing a
sign.

Your initials do appear in Mr.
Recubian's account book. Along with the

loan. And no further payment entries.

Ladies, the phone book's full of people
with my initials.

All I know is the man buys my brand and
picks up the tab.

Is that all he's buying, Your Honor?

Oh, you police, you're all comedians.

Look, I've been downing doubles in that
joint since you were a twinkle in your

dad's eye.

My liver may be solid, but my conscience
is clean.

Excuse me.

Oh, Grady here.

Hey! Hey, Marty, what do you know? What
do you say?

What do you mean?

I told you I wanted those buttons to
glow in the dark.

Listen, pal, election time's right
around the corner.

No glow, no dough. Get the picture?

Yeah.

Communion can't be whatever it's going
on my life.

Like retroactive bribery.

I've never heard of this man from Adam.
He's coming across like some family

member. That's a charmer. I'll give him
that.

He's charming and evasive and slippery,
and we're going to get him.

It'll take more than initials and a book
to get him off the bench.

Fine. Whatever it takes, we'll get it.
New yellow sheets. Caught off the press.

Thank you.

Thanks, Basil.

Basil, I asked for the yellow sheet on
Recubian.

Well, this can be easily rectified.

Neighbors? Oh, trouble in paradise?

A matter of curiosity, that's all.

When did you know him? Rhonda Benson,
arrested for possession of marijuana, 2

-16 -69.

Paul Benson, same charge, 7 -4 -69.

So what's the big deal? You got
neighbors who choked up in the 60s.

What, they got pot and weed in?

What'd we get on Recubian?

Well, he's had a share of days in court.

Only once did he ever have a case thrown
at a racketeering beat, just due to

lack of evidence.

Would you care to take a wild guess who
the judge was?

The not -so -honorable Timothy Amal
Grayling.

Or drinking buddy himself.

Hey, Sarge, can I talk to you for a
second?

No, not right now, Mr. Peter. I've got
to tell you how disgusted I am, how sick

to my stomach it makes me the way
everybody's chucking up to me, you know

mean? In fact, I've got to tell you,
it's like they have no respect for your

sense of judgment.

I see, but you do.

Oh, sure.

Oh, sure. I mean, come on. Let's face
it.

A real sharp sergeant like you doesn't
need to get hit over the head in order

top -knock the textures on you.

I want to take these guys. I want to
shake them, you know? I want to slap

I want to say, come on.

Blow up, all right?

Cagney's on top of this thing, and no
matter how much you guys spawn, okay,

not going to affect this woman's sense
of justice. Will you shut up already,

Esposito?

Excuse me, Charlie.

Yeah, Pete's in full.

You see, that's what I respect about
her. She don't play favors.

I'll see you then.

Time to get started on homework, young
man. Getting late.

The sub didn't give us any.

Mom, you never smoked pot, did you?

I'll tell you the truth, Michael.

Yes, I did. You did? How old were you?

A lot older than you. I was 17.

Did you like it?

I don't wanna.

Josh says it makes him feel good. He was
giggling a lot. Did you?

Nah. I gave it up after a few times.

I didn't like the feeling of not knowing
what I was doing.

Josh says his mother would rather have
him smoking in front of her instead of

sneaking around and smoking it. Well, I
don't happen to agree with Josh's

mother. Dope is dangerous, especially
for somebody young like you whose body's

still growing.

Josh says his mother said that's why
they grow their own, so there isn't

anything weird in it.

Is that so?

Josh sure has a lot to say, doesn't he?

He really gave me a communion gift, son.
Oh, yeah.

Timmy and me go all the way back to the
old Democratic Club in Ocean Avenue.

Three ball in the corner. I mean, he's a
sweetheart.

And generous, too.

Maybe to a fault.

Hey, come on, Chrissy.

Even the best of us make mistakes. We
are only human, after all.

Your shot.

He's a judge, Charlie. We expect him to
be more than human.

I thought I'm going after him.

Four in the corner.

Hey, hold him. Hold him.

What? Oh, just a minute. Look, I don't
really often ask you for a favor, do I?

I'm asking you for one now. Please,
would you lay off Tim O 'Grady? I smell

one coming a mile away, Charlie. A mile
away.

Marcy, believe me. The guy is a real
prince. A cop couldn't have a better

than him. Don't do this to me, Charlie.

I mean, you ought to see the way he
leans on these slime balls in court,

out stiff sentences. Yeah, well, the
blow shark's a slime ball, too, and he's

got a friend in court. Your friend.
Okay, let's talk about my friend. The

who, when the neighborhood needs his
stop sign, goes out the back for you.

And a guy that you can count on to
holler loud while the boys are turning

park into a parking lot. That's what
you're supposed to do, Charlie. That's

job.

Tim, he's got a bump ticker and he's up
for re -election.

I mean, you really want to crucify a guy
for having one harmless little drink?

You know she asked me to do, Pop?

Oh, come on, will you? Don't play Girl
Scout with me.

You're going to stand there and tell me
you never turned your head before?

It's your shot.

Your shot!

But listen, let me tell you.

All right.

Maybe he made a little mistake here,
huh?

But the bottom line is, when you see a
friend in trouble, you want to lend him

hand.

It's the way it works.

Doing favors.

That's what makes the world work.

Come on.

we came up empty today.

We'll turn one of Recubian's customers
and we will nail the guy.

He's so damn sure of himself.

Why shouldn't he be?

He's got a judge in his pocket.

Are we on that again?

Some of us never left it, Christine.

What is it to get through to you?

This thing is too big to rush. You can't
just hurl accusations at a judge

without some concrete evidence.

Maybe we ought to let the D .A. decide
what we've got.

Jackie. What?

Keeler called for you again. I'm telling
him I moved the graffiti.

Mary Beth, these judges are part of the
old boy network. We crossed one of them.

You know the flack we're going to take?

So what you're saying is you want to end
this thing against O 'Grady? No, damn

it. That isn't what I'm saying. I'm
saying we have to have some proof before

move. For all we know, the man could
have been having a harmless drink with

Rakubi. He could be clean.

Who's talking here? You or Charlie?

Excuse me. What in the hell? You were
looking for the Emmys report on the

shooting? You couldn't leave it on my
desk?

I thought you might want to act on this
right away.

Oh, yeah. I thought you were looking for
points. The lieutenant asked me to give

it to you. I don't need to impress you,
Sergeant.

Are you accusing me of turning my head
because Charlie and I'm radio friends? I

did not accuse you of anything. No, you
didn't.

Conference, Christine.

What I am saying is I understand

what it's like to be pushed into
something against your better judgment.

is pushing me into anything, including
you.

I'm doing what I think is right. It is
our responsibility to get that lousy

crook off the bench, Christine.

Mary Beth, following orders is not your
strong suit.

Oh.

I get the drift, Sergeant.

I was not talking about the evaluations.

When you grade me on ethics, you gonna
flunk me there, too?

Cagney? What's up, Lieutenant?

I was about to wrinkle in the recubian
case.

The evaluations?

It couldn't have come at a worse time,
Lieutenant.

A little bit of officer wisdom, Cagney.

You do the job, and tomorrow comes
anyway.

Some coffee?

Sure.

You've become a philosopher, Lieutenant.

Every day, just about this time, all
squad commanders

become philosophers.

Are we having the same coffee?

Yours is older. You have earned the good
stuff.

Thank you.

The job.

God love it.

What the hell is this?

Must have mixed them up.

I beg your pardon?

The tea was for me.

Yeah, you do me a favor, will you?

You just keep this between us, okay?

Oh.

Hmm.

Good job.

We move all the way out here, and
Michael, he isn't thinking about tree

All he wants to ask about is getting
high.

The Bensons did this, Mary Beth, and it
stinks.

Are you listening to me?

I've been listening to you all night,
Harvey.

Those people are breaking the law, and
you could do something about it. I am

going to play cop in my own
neighborhood.

This is my home. I'm off duty here.

I thought cops were never off duty.

How come you lug that damn gun around
with you all the time? You want to fight

about that now, too? I am trying to make
a point here. What do you want from me?

Next week, you're going to send me out
to give tickets for double parking and

disturbing the peace. Hey, you're in
outer space now. We are trying to do

something for our son.

Michael did all right for himself.

Okay, where did it stop, huh?

When they start giving dope to every kid
in the neighborhood?

What happens when six kids get together?
You think Michael will come running

home then?

I trust our son.

So do I. It's the Bensons I don't trust.
One of us has got to do something.

I'm the one that made the promise,
Harvey. If anybody breaks, it's going to

me. So?

So what?

So what are you going to do?

I'm going to finish hanging these
drapes.

We have got a problem here.

gentlemen. I'll just pass it on. Fine,
keep passing. See, like I said, she's a

great disciplinarian.

Esposito. And firm, very firm.

Peggy, what gives with the evaluations?
The lieutenant wants to know. Coleman, I

am working on them. I only have a few
left. Well, let's not take forever here.

mean, I've got people clamoring for the
results. Thank you, Coleman.

I bet they were thinking about
yesterday.

I've been thinking about it, too.

Okay, well, I wanted to tell you. No,
let me tell you first.

Yesterday, I gave you a hard time about
Judge O 'Brady, and I was wrong.

That's not so cut and dried, especially
if you know it can hurt somebody that

you love. I bet. But whatever you decide
to do, I'm not going to do any

sporking. I say we go nail this other
judge.

Mr. Strickland, the man was seen
publicly hoisting drinks with a loan

very same loan shark was Casey threw out
on a practically invisible

technicality. Ladies, from what you're
telling me, at worst, at very worst,

guilty of poor judgment in drinking
companions.

Okay. Sir, may I remind you of the
Judicial Conduct Code, Article 13B,

one cause for the removal of a jurist is
delinquency affecting general character

and fitness for office, unquote.

Look. Judge O 'Grady has a long and
solid record. You know what I'm saying?

Now, are you people really willing to
destroy his career over this?

Hmm?

Well, then we'll just have to put this
one on file, won't we? Aw, gee.

The lieutenant is so touchy about this
type of thing. He's probably going to

want us to forward our findings to the
department's legal division.

Mm -hmm. And knowing those headhunters,
they're going to be asking all kinds of

questions, like why we didn't give this
evidence to the DA in the first place.

All right.

Lady? Yes?

May I?

Please.

Personally, I think there's a lot of
smoke but no fire.

Seeing as how you're so insistent, I'll
forward this to the Judiciary Fitness

Committee. You are a champion of
jurisprudence, Mr. Strickland.

I love it when they're underwhelmed.

That's a start, Christine. We dig
deeper, that's all.

Thank you.

Circumstantial mind -butt. You think
everybody's going to believe he was

impartial when he dismissed his drinking
buddy?

Let's go for ironclad, Chris. I think we
can turn recluse in.

I don't want Charlie to tell me.

Of course you do.

Hey, Chrissy.

Hi, Chief.

What's the reason that I came?

What the hell's he doing here?

What do you mean, what the hell's he
doing here? He's my friend.

He came invited.

Oh, excuse me, Charlie. I didn't mean to
impose.

I came by to tell you something, but it
seems that his honor's already gotten to

you first.

Strickland sure didn't waste any time
spreading the word to you, did he? You

no call to talk like that.

God, Charlie, your pal.

Back off, Chrissy.

And of course, the greatest gesture of
friendship of all is that he's pushed

off the wagon. Knock it off. That's
enough.

It's okay, Charlie.

Rosary should be over.

I've got to pick up Maureen.

Be careful, Your Honor.

Drinking and driving is dangerous.

For the record, young lady, your father
is my friend.

Anyone pushed him off the wagon?

It was you.

Yeah.

Hi. Let's see it, Timmy.

I gave that man my word of honor that
everything would be taken care of.

You can't count your own flesh and
blood. Who can you count on?

You didn't make any promises, Charlie.

It never occurred to me what this might
mean to me.

It was nailing Tim O 'Grady too big a
notch in your belt to resist.

You may have forgotten, Charlie, but I
do have responsibilities.

Yeah, well, to hell with them.

Your family and your friends come first.

He's your friend, no friend of mine.

I mean, Christine, he is your friend.
You don't even realize it.

You know, sometimes getting a
detective's shield doesn't depend on

Sometimes you need a little influence, a
little push and shove.

Go on, Charlie.

The man made a few phone calls.

Next thing you know, you and Lacey got
your promotion.

You figure it out.

I mean, you did have to rape pretty high
to even be in the running.

Doesn't hurt to have a friend in your
corner. You asked him to do that and you

didn't tell me?

I didn't ask him to do anything,
Chrissy.

He did it because he wanted to do it.

That's the biggest crock I ever heard in
my life.

Freight.

Mrs. Benson?

I'm Rhonda Benson.

I'm Mary Beth Lacey.

Michael's mother.

Oh, I'm glad to meet you. Won't you come
in? I don't think so. I'm also

Detective Lacey, ma 'am. 14th Precinct,
Manhattan.

Oh, I didn't know you were a police
officer.

I'm here to tell you that you are never
to offer marijuana to my son again.

Are you arresting me, Detective Lacey?
No, ma 'am. I'm here because I'm

Michael's mother.

I'm doing you a favor. This is not an
official visit.

But you better clean up your act, lady,
and get rid of that crap you're growing.

Or my next visit here will be very
official.

We're getting late.

You hear me knocking?

I heard.

Everybody that's out there, they're
ready.

I'm not going to school.

Oh, yes, you are, young man.

Here.

Here's your favorite gray striped shirt
and your not -so -favorite gray pants.

Let's get to it. I said I'm not going.

Michael, I apologize.

I should have talked to you beforehand.

I should have told you that I was going
to have to break that promise.

You said you would never do that again.

Yes, I said that.

I'm sorry that I broke the promise, but
I'm not sorry I did what I did.

It was like you didn't trust me.

I do.

I do.

I said you did the right thing to come
to me.

I'm proud of you for that.

I can't trust you anymore.

Michael, you can trust me. Look at me.

You can trust me to protect you until
you're old enough to protect yourself.

I should never have made that promise,
Michael, but you should not have asked

me. I did what I did because I love you.

Mrs. Benson is a very nice person.

She may be, but she allows dope in her
house, and I can't approve of that.

No matter how you slice it, that's
against the law.

I don't like it that you're a cop.

I would feel the same about this even if
I wasn't a cop.

But you are.

Yeah.

And I'm your mother.

How about if... If Josh can come over
here even if I can't let you go over

there? He doesn't want to be my friend
anymore.

Well, that's a shame.

That's his loss.

Sorry, sweetheart.

Who am I going to have lunch with now?

There's other kids.

There's kids that don't do dope.

You'll see.

Come on.

Now, here we go. Come on.

Oh, come on.

Come on.

All right, so who's going to be number
two? I want to be in the top five. Want

to wager?

What makes you so sure Lacey will get
first place? Come on. How can you do in

the ratings? What's she going to do,
flunker? Marcus, if you were evaluating,

I'd end up number one. Am I right?

What kind of ads are you getting, man?
Who do you want? It's in the cards. You

want to bet against fate?

Marcus, am I right?

You want who? You or Lacey? Either way,
it's a shoe -in. I'll take a piece of

you. Like taking candy from a baby.

It's all right. I'll still take your
money.

Marcus, I know I'd reach you number one.

Thanks, Victor.

You're back.

You should come down to the gym with me,
Coleman.

I can help you.

Why? Nothing to do with me. I'm in
perfect shape.

Your doing is built on natural.

Morning, Candy.

Oh, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant.

Here they are.

The fabled evaluations, huh? I was
meaning one if they never get here. I'm

sorry, Lieutenant. It wasn't quite the
breeze you said it was going to be.

Well, there are breezes and there are
breezes.

So my ex -wife, she reads my tarot
cards. She sees me ranking in the top

That is not proof.

Don't you believe in tarot cards? I am
not paying you diddly -squat till we

for sure. The only way we're going to
know for sure is if the evaluator

tells us. Don't drop it, Esposito.

Sarge, we need a little help settling
the bet. I haven't finished filling

out yet.

Is she beautiful or what?

Morning. Morning.

You're late.

I realized that, Christine. I was trying
to take care of some family business.

As long as everything's all right at the
Lacey house.

David Keeler, call again.

Nice shot, Mary Beth. What's wrong with
you?

What's wrong with you?

Detective Lacey, 14th.

Yes?

Yes.

And what was this?

What hospital?

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's a uniform over at St.

Vincent's. One of Recubian's goons did a
job on a customer.

Messed him up pretty bad, enough so he's
ready to roll over on Recubian.

That's good.

Good? We're talking about debt to
rights. Next stop, Judge Timothy M. O

Come on, what's it take to brighten your
day, Sergeant?

Conference, Mary Beth.

I'm listening.

According to Charlie...

O 'Grady made some calls and peddled his
influence to push through our gold

shields.

Oh, no, it's already very bad.

For what?

If he made a few phone calls, for what?

For years we have broken our tails to
get where we are, proving ourselves over

and over again just to find out from my
father that somebody else did it.

What are you talking about?

We got our promotions because we earned
them.

Yeah. And because O 'Grady used his
judicial clout.

Sure, yeah, that's what he told your
father.

Anything to get the credit, Christine.
The man's a politician.

I hate that bastard.

He's putting the screws to Charlie to
pay off some lousy favor.

And he's driving a wedge between my
father and me, which I'll tell you we

need right now.

I never asked for O 'Grady's help. Hell,
I didn't need it.

So show him.

I don't owe the man a damn thing.
Whatever I got, I got on my own with my

sweat. He's got no piece of me. How
about you?

If we don't bring him in now, he's gonna
own us.

You got a lot of nuts and bolts dragging
me down here like this. Sit down.

Forget the slap on the wrist. We're
gonna have you tried as a persistent

offender. Minimum 15 to life.

Get out of here. You got nothing on me.

Well, the DA doesn't take too well with
the loan sharks who beat up their

customers. Hey, I never even touched a
guy. Look at this word against mine.

is still America, isn't it? It sure is,
Buster.

And juries are very sympathetic to
victims with broken faces.

Get the picture, Recubian.

Look, lady, I've been on a ledge before.
I got friends. I always land on my

feet. Well, you can forget that because
your friend in court is in pretty

serious trouble. As a matter of fact,
his robes are about to be up for grabs.

Do yourself a favor, Mr. Recubian.

We're the only friends you've got now.

A man like you isn't exactly built to do
hard time.

You know what I mean?

What can I do for you, ladies?

We have a gift for you. Add it to
Judiciary Fitness Committee.

Ah, more gossip on Judge O 'Grady, huh?

Read it at your leisure.

Our old friend McCoovian spilled his
guts on the judge.

It's amazing, actually. Once he started,
we couldn't get him to stop.

Seems that he and the good judge have
been trading favors for years.

Well, I suppose it's worth looking into.

We think so.

Well, I'm sorry about the copies. We had
the original delivered upstairs to your

boss. He said something about wanting us
all to have a meeting on this as soon

as you were...

Prepared. We thought Wednesday'd be
nice.

You got any coffee?

Tell you, chocolate isn't chocolate
anymore.

You know, it's the same thing with a
challah. You can't get a challah

There's no tradition.

Come on, I've been looking for the two
of you since you got back.

How did it go?

Well, uh, Strickland seems to be
experiencing a rush of fresh enthusiasm,

Lieutenant. As a matter of fact, I
believe he's going to be filing the

personally. Some words are sweeter than
others, sir.

Good work.

You've been mouthed tough, sir.

Hey, Lacey, you're becoming a lunchman.

Sign of doctor.

Oh, Candy, you'd better prepare
yourself. There's a reception committee

awaiting your arrival.

What's the occasion?

The evaluations.

By the way, Sergeant, nice job.

Thank you. Someone inflexible?

Since when do I have an inflexible
attitude?

I'm a walking rubber band.

Come on, guys, give me a break. Maybe I
have a problem with communication. I'm

the strong, silent type.

What, citing me for appearance?

Honey, you better get your eyes checked.
Come on, Victor, you remember the

fishnet shirt?

Oh, look who's defending her, yeah. Mr.
Top -rated cop himself.

Oh, grow up, Victor. Hey, she's got the
hots for me. She just likes you better.

You guys got a problem with your
prerogative to appear. Tag me.

You were right.

And I want you to take your time and
sleep on it.

Payment time, Esposito. Oh, get out of
town. All bets are off, pending the

outcome of my appeal.

Give me the sawbuck, you welter.

I tried like hell to be fair. Believe
me, I did.

You had decisions to make. I am sure you
made them.

as honestly and objectively as you
possibly could.

So you all right with it?

Yes. You sure?

Oh, sure, I'm sure.

You probably weren't too happy with the
part about being rigid in your approach.

You were the sergeant.

You call him like you see him.

Look, it is good to have opinions, and
your opinions are good.

And when push comes to shove, you always
follow orders.

Most of the time.

Uh -huh.

And the part about being indecisive,
maybe I was a little hard on you there.

Maybe I was a little hard on you through
the whole thing.

Maybe I didn't want people to think I
was doing favors.

Hey,

it is not the most important thing in
the world.

I'll live, okay?

Okay. Don't worry about it, all right?
All right.

Anyway, he came in third.

See? It's not like being the bottom of
the barrel.

May we drop this?

Sure.

I'm not perfect yet in my job.

And there's nobody anywhere I'd rather
have as a partner.

Me either.