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So what happened, you guys? You had a couple of beers or some wine? Popped

whites, maybe? I want to know what killed them and who supplied them. And

schools would be real happy to find out how their coach refused to cooperate in

a homicide investigation.

Nun. A nun cop. I am no nun, believe me.

It wasn't a drug that killed the hidden kid, but it is what we thought.

All I'm asking for is a little attention here.

You? You were burglarized? You see that window there? A creep smashed through

that window, taking whatever he felt like taking.

Harvey!

He just keeled over from the excitement of having made a slam dunk.

Is that it?

I'm straight.

I'm telling you.

It's a pickup game. It's three on three, okay?

What's your name?

Joey. Joey what?

You got a heart condition or asthma?

He's in front of yours.

I seen him around.

He took something. You ought to tell us.

You cracking?

No.

Popping something?

No. You gonna be okay?

Wayman Higgins is dead?

No, he was the best power forward to play ball for Wilkie.

How come you didn't know that?

It's high school. I followed the pros.

Crappiest little guy you ever saw. Merovich socks, you know, floppy 2020

And the moves. The kid used to hang out at the gym till closing, shut off the

lights and practice dribbling in the dark. You see the game against Philmo?

it?

He was so great, it'd break your heart.

So what was it, drugs?

We're still writing on the Army's report.

Oh, nice shirt.

You like it, huh? Muy macho. Got on my vacation in Arizona.

Victor, do you happen to have a straw hat?

It's for Michael's school play.

Did John Wayne ever wear a straw hat?

Yeah, did John Wayne ever wear a straw hat?

Michael is Tom Sawyer. I think it's great.

Well, he's not playing Tom Sawyer. Not exactly.

He said he was the star.

He is the star.

He is.

It's not the title role, but it's the star part.

The kid that paints the fence so much better than all the other boys.

Oh. Well, a man's feet should exceed his grass.

Huh?

Robert Browning.

Never get your hair cut by a bald barber.

Harvey Lacy.

Almost funny.

What do you expect to find?

Wall -to -wall cocaine?

Mr. Higgins, we're trying to make sense of your son's death the same as you are,

sir. If it was Larry Bird, they'd say it was heart trouble, wouldn't they?

If it was some white boy, they'd never ask about any drugs.

Mr. Higgins, we're checking out possibilities.

Now, did you notice anything different about your son lately? Was he distant or

irritable? I'll tell you what killed my boy.

He was up every night, half the night.

Coaches calling, recruiters calling, telling him to sign this, sign that.

Oh, you're good.

You are beautiful.

We'll buy you a new car.

A new home.

A new life.

That's a lot of pressure to put on a young man. You can understand he's maybe

taking something.

Not drugs.

Not my boy.

You put your faith in these people.

In the schools.

In the system.

You think they're going to protect him?

That's what they're supposed to do.

had him longer than we did.

You hope so much for your kid.

Now, if the kid swears like a sailor and sticks marbles up his nose, you say,

gee, what a great sense of adventure.

Maybe we got ourselves a Marco Polo here.

Looks so far down the road sometimes, you forget how short it can be.

You looking forward to the Emerald Society ball?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's it?

Well, I've been going since I was 13 years old. I mean, it's kind of family

tradition.

This year my father's got two dates. He's taking Donna.

What about you? Are you going?

That's Michael's school plan, remember?

Mike's mom and I will look at Michael, and then maybe the third night we'll

a look at the play.

They could have hung up the phone.

He could have said no to those recruiters, stopped the pressure any

wanted to.

Maybe even this kid had a dream.

His kid was a kid.

Come on, Mary Beth. The kid also had a chance to be someone special.

There's more to life than winning games, Christine. It was the father's dream as

much as it was the son's.

The guy in the trunk is her fourth husband. Get out of here. No, no, Joe.

Charlie. Oh, hi, Chrissy.

And when we come back with the warrant, she is slipping on a ring from the

fifth, and he's bald, too.

Hi,

Chrissy. What are you doing here? Well, I was just in the neighborhood. I

thought I'd drop by, and I was waiting in the hall, and your neighbor invited

in. Hey, he cooks a great hamburger, and no wine with dinner. I'm keeping my

promise. Your dad's a man in a million.

That he is.

Would you like to have coffee with us?

Another time, I've got an early morning.

Thanks for being so nice to Charlie.

Are you kidding?

This guy tells better stories than Joe Wambaugh. Great meeting you. Hey, yeah,

likewise, likewise.

He's the kind of guy for you, Chrissy. Down to earth, sense of human, nothing

phony about that guy.

Hey, why don't you bring him along to the Emerald Society ball? We could make

a foursome.

I'm not his type.

You could always go back to being a brunette.

Yeah, I could also grow a mustache and great pecs.

Him?

You're kidding.

He's lighting the loafers?

Who would have guessed? He seems like a regular guy.

He is.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.

Hey, listen.

This Emerald Society ball is going to be some blowout, right?

Yep, usually is.

First dance with my prince as usual.

Don is just going to have to wait a turn.

You're still playing that coming, aren't you, Christine?

I mean, you know, it wouldn't be the thing without the keg, is there?

It's tradition.

It's something we always do.

Want coffee?

You know, like getting on each other's nerves. Yeah, I want some coffee.

Hello, Chris, it's David.

You haven't returned my calls because your answering machine is broken.

Right.

Instant okay? Hey, come on, Chris.

We're both a couple of Irish cops, okay?

We both got tempers. We're both hot -blooded.

Now, come on.

Give me a smile, huh?

You are the prettiest police sergeant in Manhattan.

Now, what do you say we bury the bazookas, huh?

All right, Charlie.

I got a deal.

Boy, I tell you, you sure can't throw the ball around.

It's a challenge I was born with. I'm passing it on to you.

Ma, I'm minor league. You're a pro.

I can hardly wait to see you in that dress again.

I'll never forget the first time you wore it. You were just a kid. Who were

20?

26, she was counting.

And it still fits you, because you know how to take care of yourself.

Because I've had it let out twice.

Mm -hmm.

You know what really sticks in my memory bank?

Your first time at the ball.

You were 13.

You stood on my shoes to dance the Foxtrot.

You sure were one sweet kid.

You remember, kitten?

that wasn't supposed to drop the bucket, did it?

You were the best.

You were the best.

I never saw such boys in my life. The way you dipped your brush into that big

mess and pretended like you were supposed to paint the stage.

Mark, where's my keys? Here, baby, take mine.

It's open.

Mark!

Take the baby, go across the street, call 911, give them our address.

I'm going to go around the back. When you call them, tell them there's a male

civilian and a female member of the service in civilian clothes on the

You got that?

Yes. Go. Go.

Harvey!

Careful.

Hmm But

the

guy from forensic say nothing no print

Those creeps, those dirty creeps.

They're lucky they weren't here when we got home.

If they were, they would be on their way up the river by now.

Make a pretty good team, huh?

Yeah, never too late to change careers.

How do you think I do in construction?

Well, you know how to handle men.

Sorry about the gold candlestick, Harvey.

I should have known better. That was stupid to hide it under the bed.

Who'd have thought they'd try to steal that?

Be a nice watch.

And the pearl earrings, and the boys' radios, and that necklace that Tiffany

gave to Harvey Jr.

They left the TV.

Yeah, too old to steal. I never would have taken it.

Yeah.

Listen, now, why don't you give your cousin a call?

See if she still has the other candlestick, huh?

What's her name?

Eileen. Eileen, yeah.

Move over. I'm going to change the seats.

Honey, they looked under the bed. They didn't crawl in it. Well, I'm going to

change the seats. Anything wrong with that, huh?

Maybe she'd give you hers, huh?

Who? Eileen.

I mean, it meant so much to you and it did belong to your mother.

Eileen is not a generous person, Harvey.

Maybe she could loan it to you so we could have a copy made.

Oh, honey.

It wasn't even real gold.

I mean, except for the top.

But, uh, my mother, she didn't have much.

That was about it.

You know, Mary Beth, I think that you ought to call Eileen.

No, it wouldn't be the same.

Mom? Dad?

What is it, Michael?

I thought I heard a noise outside my window.

You stay with Mama. I'll go take a look.

It's real cold in my room.

Oh, well, um, how about staying here? You want to stay here tonight?

Yeah.

You're right, kiddo.

It's cold. It's cold tonight.

You have a list of the serial number?

Figures. Do as I say, don't do as I do.

Detective, I was wondering... Dupnik here.

Hiya, cuz.

Uh, no, no, I can't. I'm taking a missus to a show.

Well, I promise.

Huh? No.

I don't know the name of the movie. It's a musical, listen.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, they still make musicals. Look, cuz, I gotta go. Something

just came in here, okay?

Artie! Artie, where's my bagel and schmear?

As I told the officer, what we are most worried about is the gold candlestick.

No pumpernickel?

Huh? Oh.

Candlestick.

It's a... Oh, it's kind of an heirloom.

Candlestick.

You stick a candle in it, and you light it with a match. It's a wonderful

invention.

Later!

Detective Lacey, just because we don't have the slash and gash of the 14th,

doesn't mean that this is called paradise, you know? All I'm asking for

little attention here. And I hear you, loud and clear.

Your belongings get ripped off, you want them back.

But did you ever try wiring your house with an alarm?

Putting up iron bars?

No. Do you even own a dog?

The average burglar's feet barely reach the pedals.

He'd wet his pants, he sees Lassie at the front door.

Lassie.

Detective Lacey.

In all the years on the job, how many times have you recovered stolen

We got zilch for prints, not a single witness. What do you think we're batting

here?

It's important.

Ain't it always?

All right.

All right.

But if it's miracles you want, better you should light a candle.

Every five seconds the board of editors call me, what's with the Higgins kid?

They want to know, did he or didn't he, wasn't he or wasn't he? Well, we'll find

out. Where is Lacey? Lacey!

Right there.

Lacey, get in here!

She's late. Damn it, I don't care. I don't want to hear it. So she takes the

subway to work. So what? So does after city. It's only an island. What does she

think? I am tired of your excuses.

Late all the time. I don't want the excuses. I don't care if you got the

Governor's wife? I got hit. Hit?

You? You were burglarized? Your house?

Last night. Why didn't you call me? I'm sorry. Things got busy.

Oh, June, I'm sorry to hear that. You got hit and you didn't call me?

Lacey, anything I can do?

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Who got hit?

Lacey. She's tough luck, Lacey. What are you, in the garment business?

It's for Sergeant Cagney.

Oh, thanks, Homer. What, undercover in a cocktail lounge?

Emerald Ball, Lieutenant.

Well, what are you, her dry cleaning service now?

I'm Dr. Higgins, preliminary reporter here from the AME. I thought maybe you

want to take a look at it.

Cause of death, stroke.

With evidence of needle marks, unquote.

Are there symptoms associated with narcotics overdose, unquote?

Oh, well, sure. I think it's drugs.

No, there are no major drugs spotted, Lieutenant. No coke, no smack.

I can read, Sergeant.

I want to know what killed him and who supplied it.

Get on it.

Yes, it's him.

You want me to call Queens?

I don't know what else you could do, but thanks.

How the day goes by, but I tell people, copy down your serial number.

We nailed the pusher. We got it because of the manslaughter collar, you know.

You do your part. We'll do our best, I say.

I bet we can get your stuff back.

Isn't that what you tell them?

Don't worry, I say. The whole time knowing they're never going to see that

again. So what's better? Sorry about your VCR and your stereo?

Sayonara, but it just was wiped off the face of your earth.

My cab will take it. That's not stereo. You can pick up at the local discount

store.

Then you need my pass.

I was saving that for Alice Christine as a present from the Alice she never

knew.

So you're a cop. Use your tins.

Spread the word, Reptula, that some of these pigs don't be happy to tell you

the fence is.

You know what to do.

Well, so who's going to find me? Second group, Nick?

Duke, then. Duke.

He seems like a capable man.

Yeah?

Does Nick have any leads? No, because he's watering his lawn, he's punching

clock, his kid's got zits. I get the picture, Christine.

Well, you should move fast on it before something melts it down.

Mr. Colino, tell me how you know the type.

The boy had needle marks in his body.

Hey, I spend four hours a day with these kids.

Now, maybe, uh, maybe he's getting allergy shots.

You ever think of that possibility?

He was not using dope.

Excuse me.

Fine, Mr. Colino.

How about friends?

You have a girlfriend?

Who do you hang out with?

A basketball.

That was his life.

So he had no friends.

Nobody could have said, hey, Wayman, try a little bit of this. What could it

hurt?

There's drugs all over. He'd walk past them.

One time maybe he got tempted.

No.

Using your imagination, coach. Just supposing.

Not in my gym.

Not in my program.

Never. One slip?

Not a chance.

Not Wayman.

See, if you'd known him, the way the kid... He looked up to him.

He was really something.

Excuse me.

You know, this could be my old school.

Chunk, you're right up.

Oh, hey, wait a minute, okay?

And no, I did not go before I left home.

Did I say anything?

There's a teen standing by the door, and she'd look on her face just like one of

my nuns, St. Brendan. I think she's going to ask me for a hall pass.

That's all right. I can hold it till we get back.

It's the smell.

I beg your pardon?

Or a sense of smell.

Same linoleum wax, same gym lockers.

Smell triggers memory better than any of your other standard five senses.

You've been listening to Dr. Ruth again?

I read it in the inquirer.

Oh, well, then it must be true.

Remember this one?

We got a team over here, we got a team over there, but the team over there

going over.

No, I don't. I did not cheer.

The only requirement of cheerleaders is to have major pom -poms.

That is not true.

There's a great deal to be said for pep and spirit, not to mention a good

personality.

You weren't.

You didn't.

You were a cheerleader?

So? She was the cheerleader.

I was also queen of the Christmas dance, okay?

So there.

You're jealous, Christine.

Face it.

That's what it is.

It's ancient history, Mary Beth. Nobody cares.

It's all in the past.

I remember a time when a cheerleader was a role model.

Jerk, the work for this city, there's still no final M .E. support.

Well, you already have the prelim. Isn't that enough?

Hey, Lacey, you're not going to the M .E. society ball this year? No, not this

year. Oh, too bad. You're going to miss the sexiest set of legs in the city.

The prelim gives a zilch.

Top the whole thing off, the man giggles.

Something about a giggling corn.

I'm sorry to hear about your house being hit.

Were you insured?

No.

Unfortunately,

it never covers the sentimental value.

You got that right. But thanks for asking, Marcus. I appreciate that. All

Well, if you get insurance, there's no substitute for a good alarm system and a

12 -gauge shotgun.

Did you hear anything about your candlestick?

No.

Hey, Cagney, is your old man dragging you to the ball again, huh?

How is he doing, Charlie?

He's fine. He's better.

Hey, what am I, invisible?

Oh, from your mouth to God's ears.

We had a nice talk, actually.

Got the booze? Good.

It's the cutting cold turkey that's making him crazy, so he's tapering off.

He's going to be all right.

First off, we've got to decide which type of security system best suits our

needs. Benny at work, he's gung -ho over a Charlie bar for sliding doors.

Book report, Mom? Which book report is that, sweetheart? The beauty of it, Mary

Beth, is that there are so many options.

The one about the Indians?

I bet the burglar stole it. I don't think there's a market for hot book

Anyway, remote -controlled panic buttons.

Video surveillance.

Mmm, more oregano.

We're out.

And no, the bad guy didn't steal it. Anyway, honey, they stick a camera out

front, push a button, presto, you see your whole house on your own TV.

Then they got these dummy cameras with lights and wires.

A very effective deterrent, so I'm told. What? What is that supposed to be?

You know, from Tiffany.

You told me that was stolen.

Basically, Mary Beth, what it comes down to is perimeter versus interior.

I guess I kind of misplaced it.

You guess?

Now they're going to have to change that report.

As if Detective Dubny didn't have better things to do. Anyway, honey, what do

you pick? What do you pick? Is violence or silence alarms? I mean, you should

hear the guys at work that would make your head spin. One guy, he actually got

himself an attack train dopamine.

All right, that's it.

Go to your room, Michael, now.

patrol. Maybe we should hire a whole herd of them. We could have one in each

room of the house. What's wrong with taking a cup of coffee? Or how about

stringing up metal bars on the windows? That'll keep them out. Believe me, I'm

looking into it. And pretty soon I'll be driving home thinking I made a wrong

turn of thinking. I'm talking about protecting our family, us.

Well, then why stop at dogs and chains?

How about we string up electrified barbed wire?

Come here.

Come here.

You see that weird air? A creep smashed through that window.

He crawled over. over our sink where our dishes sit, dishes we eat off of. He

walked through every room in this house, living room, bathroom, Alice's room,

our bedroom, feeling our things, taking whatever he felt like taking.

I know that.

Mary Beth, I swear I will not allow this to happen again.

I don't want to live in a prison, okay?

I don't want him to do anything more to us than he already did.

All right.

Thank you.

Well, Mary Beth, that was the M .E. It was drugs that killed the Higgins kid,

but it isn't what we thought.

It was steroids.

Steroids? Yeah. He had two different kinds in his system.

He had needle marks in his body, for Lord's sake.

Yeah, well, some people inject it.

This fellow I knew in college, weightlifter, put on 40 pounds just like

Does that make you big and strong?

Nice if you're no moose to begin with. Then he dropped dead. Oh, yeah. How come

the M .E. didn't know this before?

I think he thought the kid was trying to get high and not trying to get

stronger. You know, cortisone's a steroid. When I was a kid, I took it for

asthma. Asthma.

Figures. Well, this kid never had asthma or any other medical reason for taking

steroids. And then he said he was loaded with it.

You know, I'm big to want to puke.

You know, you think any of our legends, right?

You think any of them needed drugs to... To put the wood to the ball? Oh, get

out of town. The record book is filled with some of the greatest junkies of all

time. No, you don't punch away. Oh, wait a second, Victor. Didn't you ever hear

about the football legend who was so high on painkillers he had to hear his

break? Who was that?

Oh, I don't want to know. Don't tell me my hero lied.

Steroids?

Come on, give me a break.

That's not going to kill a healthy young kid.

Is that why you thought you could get away with it?

You know, I'd be real careful with that kind of talk.

Mr. Colino, who are you protecting?

An assistant?

Trainer?

You're fishing, ladies.

If you gave a damn about this kid, you'd be helping us out. Like you?

Oh, sure.

All you want is a quick kill to please your superior.

You know all about that.

Watch your mouth.

What we want, Mr. Colino, is to prevent other healthy young kids from dropping

dead. Look, give me a break.

How are you going to do that?

It's illegal medicine.

Not for building muscles, it isn't. Not if you pass it out like candy.

Is Wayman the only one you're supplying? What about the rest of the team?

Who's doing your job while you're wasting my time?

I don't think you're aware of how serious this is.

You don't want to talk to us, you talk to the DA. Your school's going to be

happy to find out how their coach refused to cooperate in a homicide

investigation. Do you think you're going to help these kids? Do you?

If you purge yourself in front of the grand jury, you're not going to have a

career. Come back to him, sir. Oh, come on. Now, wait. Let me get this straight.

Now, you're going to tell them it's not worth the risk. Is that it?

When colleges are stuffing their pockets with TV money just aching to find

another superstar?

Don't you see? This is it for them. A million bucks in the NBA now.

Or never.

It's a ticket out.

Where? To the NBA?

What do you want?

I don't know what you're

talking about.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Look,

I told you, I don't know what you're talking about. Ladies!

Ladies!

This is a

joke.

How can you nail anybody for steroids?

Hell, if you want any, go down the street and tell some overworked Medicare

doctor that your knee hurts.

What are you doing? Anything interesting?

Not exactly.

Homework? Hey, Mary Beth, I hear you got a line on your candlestick.

You did?

Yeah, burglary just sent over a list of fences. Who's hot and who's not.

I made a couple of calls.

Out of curiosity, all right?

Well, listen, if you find a fence, just let us know. We'll throw them a little

surprise for you. I say we set up a big sting operation.

Guys, it's one candlestick. I'll take care of it.

See, now you finally got your priorities straight.

Not a black and white thing, Christine.

Anyways, the 119 wants to see me tomorrow.

Maybe they already wrapped it up.

Detective Droop, Nick?

Faith and vigorous. Sure, and vigorous is a fine thing to do. Now, tell me the

truth. Tell me the truth, lad. What do you think?

What do you got under that?

Come on, it's an Irish ball of practically half Irish on my sister -in

side. What half?

The hat without the pants.

Will you look at the time?

Oh, damn. I am running so late.

You never heard of making an entrance?

If you're not going to help, what are you doing here?

I'm offering moral support.

Ow.

This mascara is burning.

And I clumped it.

Ow.

All right. Careful.

Now blink.

Okay, hold it.

Okay. Thanks.

Now my wrist.

Don't ask me something, okay?

Okay.

And I want you to tell me the truth.

Okay. And don't spare my feelings.

Okay.

Do you think I look fat in this dress?

Turn around.

You look lovely.

So you think I look fat? I didn't say that.

You look lovely in that dress this year. You have looked lovely in it for the

last years.

I wear this dress every year because it happens to be Charlie's favorite. He has

very excellent taste.

Of course, he used to be cut a little higher.

If you got him, flaunt him.

Oh, God, I hate holding him in my stomach.

Look at my hair.

Will you?

Why is it it never turns out the way you want it to?

Oh.

Looks like I slept on it wrong.

You look like a storybook princess.

You and Charlie are going to make a very lovely couple.

He always looks swell in a tuxedo.

Yeah.

He wears a green cummerbund every year.

You know, when I was a kid, he was gorgeous.

He had this big Irish face and then flaming red hair, and he had a twinkle

his eye.

And he used to offer me his arm, and I put mine through his, and he'd lead me

into the hall, and I felt like the queen of the world.

Nice.

Yeah, it was.

Boy, could he dance very good.

He said, twirl me around that floor, and he said that we were just like Vernon

and Irene Castle.

Fred and Sarah and Ginger Rogers, right? Yeah. Oh, I love that movie.

How do I look?

You're beautiful, Christine.

Really?

Yeah.

Detective Lacey, good of you to come over.

Artie, Artie, I need a coffee over here, huh?

I'll show you one black. Black,

thank you.

Artie, we got a brave one, huh?

Good news for you, my friend.

People have been out shaking the trees, putting a little heat on the pawn shops.

They've been going over the books with a magnifying glass.

Generally, they're making life miserable.

Oh, thank you.

I don't even give it a thought.

Anyway, our thinking is that sooner or later, somebody will talk.

I mean, it's not the Hope Diamond, for God's sake.

I understand.

Oh, don't get me wrong. It's very important.

Anyway, last night, guess what?

We put out the word, and the word came back in.

And our pigeon says, for you to go see Huey, Locke, and Nina.

Now, I got his address around somewhere.

If it goes down, Huey will know where.

Your candlestick.

Yui Lacanina?

Yeah, yeah. He's a gambler. He does a little shy locking on the side. How many

times has he been busted?

He's not exactly a boy scout.

Thank you very much.

Is that all?

What?

Uh -huh.

So you're one of those I should have known.

One of what?

A nun. A nun cop.

I am no nun, believe me.

I was hoping for maybe a collar on the feet, that's all.

And if we couldn't get him to talk, this is even better.

I'll think about it.

What? What? You want a gift wrap?

Look, I did my bit. I ran the ball 97 yards. You think you can bang it over

three? Why don't you?

Because you don't like the last three any more than I do. I don't believe

All the favors I caused. Let me ask you something. The guys I had arrived. One

question.

What's it going to cost me?

He'll look you up.

Morning,

Chris. I thought you'd be rolling in a little bit later this morning.

Had to go with Drew Pick.

They didn't find it.

Oh, sorry. The good detective might at least give you a lead on a fence.

That's it, then. Yeah? So did you go see him?

Nah.

Okay, we'll go this afternoon.

I don't think so, Chris.

Why not?

Oh, you know, the line back with that forward.

Detective Lacey, you work the 14th?

No problem. This one's on me.

Only except it never is.

Very bad.

The fence operates someplace way out in the boondocks. The chances of you guys

ever crossing paths again is close to zero.

Favors catch up with you.

Oh, I see. So what are you going to say to Alex Christine? Geez, I'm real sorry

about the family heirloom, kid. But, well, your mother had to do the right

thing. Come on.

So, uh, how'd it go with Charlie? You guys have a nice time?

Yeah, it was okay.

Well, tell me about it.

You were the belle of the ball, right? They were dropping like flies.

I danced with a couple of guys.

Not much with Charlie.

He was with Donna.

And she can dance.

I'll say this for you. She knows how to handle my father.

So did you have a nice time?

I'm not 16 anymore, Mary Beth.

Hey, Cagney, I gotta tell you, I think your old man has more guts than Patton,

okay? I wish I could walk up to an inspector and just... I think he's

loved it when he tried to drag Nelman out of the dance floor.

Is your old man alive for the party again, Cagney? Yeah, well, everybody was

partying pretty hard. It wasn't just Charlie. Your old man enjoys life,

all. I say more power to him. These guys run out of work because I can do

something about it. I got so much stuff on my desk.

Hey, Cagney.

Everybody was blasted last night. Nobody's going to remember anything.

Peggy, Lacey, in here.

Morning, sir.

Morning, Lacey.

How's your father feeling, Sergeant?

He's fine, thank you.

That's good.

I want to let the two of you know that you're off the Wayman Higgins case.

Well, Lieutenant... We haven't got a case. Let narcotics spin its wheels.

Well, wait a minute. I know it doesn't look good, but we haven't even had... It

doesn't even look lousy. You combed the neighborhood. You talked to the doctors.

You checked every source from here to Poughkeepsie twice.

And still you got nothing to show for it. Well, I say we take another shot at

the other kids on the team.

Again? The sergeant's right, sir. I think we can turn this Van Morris kid.

makes you think that?

Sir, if the coach isn't handing the stuff out himself, he's letting it

That's a Class B felony, sir. You want to tell me how many Class A felonies we

got backed up on account of this case?

Give it up.

The mayor's office, every drug commissioner in the city is screaming

crack epidemic.

Go after something that people care about.

Begging your pardon, sir, we care about this.

Priorities, detective. This one does not even make the list.

Sergeant.

Yes, Lieutenant.

What about the Caporuso homicide, huh? How's that going?

Working on it, Lieutenant.

Yeah, well, I want to hear more than that.

Maybe

he's

right.

Sure, hey, it's only another kid.

Well, we can't police the whole world.

We've got enough troubles of our own, right?

Right.

We drink gallons of caffeine so we can do our job better, all the time knowing

it's bad for the heart and all those side effects from birth control pill.

How many women you know still take another?

Marijuana is bad, but whiskey is okay.

I can't believe he did it.

I'll tell you what it is.

Shortcuts.

People don't want to stop and look at what they're doing.

The quicker, the easier, no matter what the cost.

I'll tell you what he did, he did to get back at me.

Charlie.

To get back at you?

For what?

You name it.

Let's bury the bazooka kid, he says.

My butt.

I'll never try that again.

I don't think your father was trying to hurt you, Chris.

I mean, maybe he was carried away sometimes.

He doesn't always know what he's doing.

You and I both know he drinks too much. It's just his excuse.

It's not an excuse, Chris. It's a fact.

You all right, babe?

Still can't figure out how come Eileen got it.

What?

The other gold candlestick.

She never went to see my mother.

Not even when she was sick. Not even at the end.

Mary Beth, if you had both of them, both of them would have been stolen.

No, not the way I would have hid them. I still would have hid the one underneath

the bed. But the other one, I would have hid it in the broom closet, inside the

extra vacuum cleaner bag.

They never would have found it that way, Harvey. I know it. I'm a sweetheart.

I always want to ask my mother that.

How come she gave one to Eileen and one to me?

At least to polish them, she and I together.

I want my candlestick back, Carl.

Then get it. It's ours. It belongs in our family.

Do what you have to do.

It eats me up.

I can't live with it.

I mean, what am I supposed to tell the kid?

Lie. Oh, the rains came and washed the stuff back into the living room. No. Or

tell the truth.

I went to see a slime ball and I bargained for a piece of my pants.

I'm not going to do it, hon.

You lay down with dogs, you know what happens.

Much as I want to do it, I can't do it.

I can't.

I love you, Mary Beth.

Then without my inheritance?