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My kind of place.

Enjoying yourself, Sergeant?

Yeah, I am.

You'd rather be at the House of Waffles, maybe?

I bet this is where we belong.

Using Price's Mercedes.

It's from the impound lot.

Same with Capra's Corvette.

So you're all charged up about that car?

Mm -hmm.

And their big fat expense accounts and working in places like this where the

lighting flatters the hell out of you.

Major K -Squad is badge heaven.

Uh -oh.

He's gonna run.

Warden. Police, Mr. Novak.

Sergeant Price, Detective Caprio. Chill out, Novak. It's over.

Of course.

Yes. I certainly will, sir. Thank you.

That's a personal well done from Inspector Nelman. I got the same kind of

from the DA's office.

The no -bat collar was first -class work.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Too bad you didn't get Kramer, but the DA says 100 ,000 stolen bonds was

recovered. 109, sir.

Even better. Even better. You know, you sure warmed a lot of hearts down at the

big building. Well, not without some solid help from your detectives,

Lieutenant. Excuse me, Detective, but I think you got that turned around.

It was Cagney and Lacey, Stooley, Lutz that started this whole thing. What Sal

meant was working with your detectives felt like operating with another major

case team. Oh, thank you very much, Sergeant. As a matter of fact, we're

impressed with you folks, too.

In fact, it only proved how much we could use a female team.

You headhunting somebody else's squad.

Listen, I'd like to take the wiretap hardware in the phone locker. Upstairs

the office.

Thanks very much for your hospitality, Lieutenant.

We'll see you next time.

Prune Danish or an onion bagel? No, it's nothing edible. It's tofu and bran

patties. Stomach trouble, Bert?

Yeah, Jane.

It's too big.

Some men look good at it anyway.

We'll get started on the paperwork, sir.

Yeah, right.

And we're out. They are consenting. Adults, Christine. You know what happens

every time you go sick and your nose in other people's private affairs.

What do you think we do for a living?

Oh, would you like us to carry that out to the car for you detectives? Oh, will

you give me a break? I mean, really.

It didn't come out the way I meant it. I thought I was giving you guys a

compliment. I promise. Yeah, next time keep your good intentions to yourself,

okay? Listen, um, the, uh, Lieutenant and Jane, I guess they're old friends,

huh?

Well, Jane is a very friendly maiden.

All this work on Kramer, and he flips passes.

Makes you wonder if the information Lutz gave us was as good as it looks. No,

no, wait a minute. Now, Kramer's smart, he's careful, and he's unpredictable.

We've gone after him before and only ever nailed a cell of the guy. He's just

that good.

Yeah, but you guys... You're late, Sal. Okay.

I meant what I said in there.

They could use a female team.

Don't take fun of me.

Maybe we'll get together later this week.

Bye -bye. Pleasure.

I'll call you. I look forward to it.

Bye. Bye.

Careful with that. That's heavy there. Okay.

Well, well, the A -team is officially back on the board.

What do you say, Lacey?

So is it true that major case cops can walk on water?

Jealous, Victor.

Jealous.

We've been back less than an hour and already it feels like it never even

happened. No, we're not back quite yet.

Plus, our friend Lutz sold a short.

Why didn't Kramer show up?

Do I look psychic?

This is not a joke, Lutz. You're a crook lawyer. We caught you dirty. You're

only walking around out of the goodness of our hearts. Sure you got the time and

place right.

I told you, I was with Kramer when he arranged the meeting.

That's why Novak showed up.

Poor jerk.

If anything that you have told us does not pan out, you're going to be living

with people you would not normally share a cab with.

Understand me?

Perfectly.

We finished?

For now.

It's like one of Paul's conspiracy theories. Every time my diet starts to

some results, another holiday comes along.

Open the paper this morning. It's nothing but stuffed turkeys and glazed

and cute little 10 ,000 -calorie Santa Claus cookies.

Daddy, wishy.

Probably shouldn't buy a paper till January.

What you got, Lieutenant?

I got an oldie goldie for you. Remember last year we had that pair hitting

groceries? One of them played cop?

The phony stick -up scam. We missed him on a stakeout. Right.

Well, last night they hit again in a 6 -1. The squad lieutenant just called.

Wants to see your case file and anything else you might have. It's down in

storage, sir. Tennessee got rats down there.

Mice, Kathy.

I'll tell him to be in time.

I knew those two would show up again.

My mistakes always do.

It was a simple difference of opinion, Sergeant.

Waiting for a buck?

I went over the major case to initial the wiretap log today.

But when I did, I noticed something was missing.

So what is this, 20 questions?

Excuse me, Mary Beth, but while you and your pals were diving into your snails

and moose, I was in Kramer's Rocheville basement tapping his phone at 6 .20. So

who was the caller?

I don't know. It stopped ringing when Kramer went to pick it up. The point is,

entered that call and number into the log.

Today, it ain't there.

It's a piping hour. The clerk maybe left it out.

Did you ask Price for Caprio? Yeah, I left a message.

Well, give me the number. When I pass the fives on to Caprio, I'll give it to

him. You got it.

Victor?

We're kind of jammed up here. We need some stuff out of storage, and I

if, well, you might help us out.

Sorry, Cagney. There's rats down there.

Ask Basil.

Think Major Cagney has rats in their basement?

Come on, Sergeant, in a city that's supposed to have alligators in the

Rats is no big deal.

Tell that to the cat we had.

Good to see you're all jazzed up again.

Oh, look at that.

It's the earring I lost on New Year's night.

It's like she's got a new goal, you know? All I hear about is Price's

Ancaprio's expense account, and all the other perks that major case cops get.

Like when Michael got all starry -eyed wanting that skateboard?

He broke his arm two weeks after he got it.

Look how easy I slip in and out of there.

You think I'd look sexy in one of those classy English green racing cars?

You look sexy enough in the old Plymouth.

Want to go to the drive -in and neck?

What's going on, Harvey?

What's wrong?

There's nothing wrong.

There's just something you should know.

Today I was getting a handkerchief out of Harvey's dresser drawer and I saw a

letter there.

It was addressed to him in care of Tiffany.

I thought that was over forever this week.

Nothing to do with her. It was from Arizona.

It was from your father.

What'd it say?

I didn't read it.

Where is it?

I didn't touch it, Mary Beth. It's Harvey's letter.

Did you ask him about it? No, I didn't want him to think I was poking around in

his stuff.

It's a letter from a man that Harvey does not know.

It's his grandfather.

Since when is it his grandfather?

Like he never ran out on me and my mother?

I don't want this, Harvey. I don't want him doing this, and I'm not going to let

him do this to me again.

Hey.

Want to go to the drive -in and neck?

Or we could skip the drive -in and just do the neck.

A way to rock away at two in the morning? To an all -night deli. Bert

it had the best pastrami in the city.

Well, that's a cop's idea of romantic.

Don't get me wrong.

But it was funny and sweet and very passionate.

Well, this has been great.

Next time I want to hear your war stories.

Oh, well, mine are very boring. Actually, Mary Bitt has some wonderfully

stories to tell. Yeah, right.

We forgot to tell her about the telephone log.

Oh. When Esposito was initiating the log, he noticed that an unanswered call

Kramer was missing.

This is the number.

Well, Sal's a great guy. He's a terrific cop. He's even a pretty good dancer.

But his paperwork and his follow -up, as my daughter would say, suck.

Thank Manny for me.

Yeah, will do, Jane. Give our best to Sal.

Sal, I'll keep in touch.

from anybody else would make me nauseous.

You want to tell me about it, Mary Beth?

I'll file on the phony cop scam.

I'll have to drop it over to 6 -1.

I'll meet you back at home base.

That's it.

Wish him luck for me.

Better yet, maybe not.

It's no big deal.

It was just a little gift.

Well, the title just screamed your name.

Oh, it's not a cryptic inscription.

I probably just missed out on something.

You're welcome.

I'll talk to you later.

How'd it go with the sixth one?

Our perpetrators haven't changed their M .O.

Phony uniform sets it up, and then the partner plays pick -up man.

Well, hey, if it works, why fix it?

By the way, Harvey called.

Nice polish, Chris.

Useful.

Thanks.

Harvey called. I heard you.

I admired Price's scarf. She said she got it at Bloomington's. I stopped up

I got one.

I didn't ask.

Well, what is it? Chaos in Queens?

It's not important, okay?

Well, if you're going to act this way all day, it's damned important.

Give me a minute. I'll perk up.

Mary Beth, nothing hurts worse than the first time you get your heart broken.

Now Harvey Jr. can't take it out on Tiffany, so he makes you and Harvey the

target. Don't you remember how it goes?

I ran into an old friend of the 6 '1". You heard about the Novak collar?

Couldn't wait to tell me Sal Caprio's life story.

He dated Samuels, too?

He had a drinking problem eight years ago.

He finally messed up on the job. The department sent him upstate to an

rehab unit.

Boy, that's some comeback.

Miss him a hell of a rabbi.

It's Jane Price.

You see?

It's always about a good woman.

Yeah, he hooked up with her next thing you know they're on major case.

Well, good for him. Damn this place. I just bought this thing two hours ago and

it's dirty already.

I'm having Esposito's missing phone number, Trace.

Why?

We already gave it to Price.

What is it about this new dirt on Caprio?

Can't trust an ex -drunk?

Rupert Kramer's still doing business out there. You know how I feel about

detail.

Yeah, a little compulsive, I think.

Yeah?

What's up?

Lacey put a trace on that missing number in the Kramer case.

Dad?

He called the vet from the telephone upstairs, Dad.

We found this door unlocked.

And the phone's hot.

Okay.

Add it up for me.

Well, uh, 610, we're on our way back here.

Has to be to release the information about the restaurant meeting to Sergeant

Price and Caprio.

And they're in their office down the hall.

We arrive here approximately 6 .30 and start working out how to do the call,

sir.

And the presumed warning call happened when?

Esposito's notes say 6 .22.

Let's check those details again, but quietly.

I'll get Solomon to dust the phone, see if he can find any prints.

Who did Esposito give the logs to?

Detective Caprio.

Go see Price.

Give her everything you got.

Well, um, she's a suspect, too. Well, so use it.

Give her the facts and see what she says.

Excuse me, Lieutenant.

Cagney, Lacey, your phony cop team just came home. They just ran their scam on a

grocery, and he's 12.

Excuse me, sir. I just flipped that file up to 6 -1. I gotta go get it back now.

You head to the grocery and pay Uncle Price. Excuse me.

Sergeant, I want this room locked up. I want all the keys with me.

Well, there's something here to steal, sir. Just do it.

We've been tipped, he says.

Give the stick -up guy the cash, because we'll bust him and we'll bring it right

back. I should have smashed his face.

There's no way he was a cop. He was a shrimp, a little fish. We come in all

sizes, Mr. Dorff. Calm down. Tell me what happened then.

Sure. But my partner, Max, wasn't around for any of this. I want to keep it

between us, understand?

Sure. So around two, the second guy shows up. A stick, a telephone pole with

38, and a rock in his mouth.

He asked for the bread, and I give it to him.

What was in his mouth? Like a diamond, you know.

In his tooth.

Probably took my $340 and put it down on something as thick as his nose.

Hey!

Oh, I'll be right with you, Max.

Had you think of anything else, sir? No, nothing.

Then do us a favor, lady. If you can get it cheaper at O 'Brien's Market, then

buy it there.

Who's Mr. Personality?

One of the owners.

An unhappy man with many problems.

I managed to handle it myself.

Did you get what you wanted from Price?

After she heard what I had to say, she defended Caprio.

I respect her for it, because he's worked hard trying to stay straight.

Loyalty is admirable, and it's not what this is about.

She said she'd follow the info wherever it leads.

Did you bring the list of possible targets?

Yes, Sergeant, and the flyers with the hotline number.

This is the job I really get up for.

Walking in and out of every grocery and bodega in the precinct.

I need a box of starch.

3 .48.

We've still got half a dozen places to check.

People ringing up the six -packs have their priorities.

The next shift, check out the 24 -hour stores.

Ladies? Ladies?

Give me a minute.

Sure, Gabrielle.

The Blue Brotherhood.

You fall down once on this job, and no matter what kind of cop you've been,

there's always somebody ready to punch your ticket.

And this week it's you two. Thanks a lot.

This is a bad idea, Caprio. You're setting me up.

You're trying to make me look good for the call of Kramer. Wrong. We want to

know who did make it. Oh, you want to know?

You want to know? Give me a break, you two. If there's dirty cops in this, I'm

looking at them. You're burning up a lot of goodwill here, Caprio.

Oh, not you, huh, Lacey?

Not you?

I'm so sorry.

Maybe it's your plunky esposito or somebody else you've been running off at

mouth to about this big deal operation.

You're drunk, detective. Go home. You wish.

I've heard the Charlie Cagney story, so I don't let the smell of a little beer

make you crazy. You bitch. Don't touch me. Right go off before I arrest you for

being drunk on dodie.

Sure.

Understand this, you two.

You're minor leaguers. You're small potatoes.

You try to do in a major case, cop, you better be ready to get hurt.

That a threat?

Huh? Is it? I don't have to threaten anybody. You're a punk.

Nothing but a punk with a little spinning.

Hey, don't you do that to me.

Punk, get out.

You're wrong, Chris. He's scared.

I know that.

I remember what it looked like.

Hey, honey.

You have dinner?

Hello, Mary Beth.

I knew this would happen.

When I heard about the letter, I knew he'd do this.

I invited Grandpa here.

You invited who?

This time I came for the boy's sake.

These letters, there was so much you wanted to talk about.

You came for his sake?

Mm -hmm.

And for mine.

I want to know my grandchildren.

No, not in my house.

This is not your family, mister.

Nobody needs you here.

All right, Beth.

Please. Out of here. I asked him to come.

Doesn't that mean anything?

Don't make it worse, pal. Get out of here.

You wreck everything.

You always do.

Harvey.

Harvey.

Damn him.

Damn him to hell.

Hey, I know what you're trying to do and I will not let you steal my son.

Harvey's my grandson.

You're nothing to him.

He doesn't feel that way.

He's a boy.

He doesn't understand the rotten, rotten thing you did.

You sound just like your mother with that same accusing, judgmental voice.

You left us like we were sick or dirty.

I'm the kid they all giggled about.

The one whose daddy ran away from her.

That's not the truth.

Mary Beth, we were so young.

And scared.

I was out of work most of the time. Don't confess to me. I don't want to

it. I'm telling you the truth.

I tried.

Nothing satisfied that woman. Nothing.

She's the one who killed whatever we had.

Liar.

She shut me out.

So I stopped trying and left.

You're a liar.

And that's the truth. You are not going to hurt my family.

Stay away from us.

Mary Beth.

Those are my grandkids.

You're still my daughter.

You threw me away when I was eight years old.

Go back to Arizona.

No good, Mary Beth. You can't avoid the problem anymore.

There is no problem. It's settled.

Where do you think you're going, Harvey? We have things to talk about.

You mean you talk and I listen? Calm down, Harvey. It's over. Why? Because

say it is? Because in this house, you live by our rules.

Okay, then I'll live someplace else.

Harvey!

Peggy and Lacey will continue.

What about Price?

Wasn't she your new patron saint?

I gave her that information in confidence.

And yesterday, Caprio all of a sudden shows up.

Speakers don't work in a partnership. I'd have done the same thing, Sergeant.

What is wrong with my wanting something for us that we deserve?

I thought you and I had a game plan.

Believe me, I'm ready.

What's wrong with you, huh?

The guy is more than just Harvey and Tiffany.

Is something else going on? No.

You want to run this past the lieutenant?

I'm not sure about his advice on this.

We plan it by the book if we're given a thorough cop code, you know?

Never nail a brother without warning him.

Then again, maybe he's still making midnight deli runs to Rockaway.

There is another way to go.

All I ever heard were the names that you already know.

The unlucky sellers that were arrested.

Refresh our memories.

Let me see.

First it was Phillips.

William Phillips.

Then David Ravansky.

That's it?

Scout's honor.

So long, let's...

Why do I always have the urge to count my fingers after I shake hands

with that guy?

He's a suspicious type.

I need a phone.

He's making you sweat, Mary Beth. It's a teenager's favorite torture.

Never stayed out all night without calling.

He's certainly your son.

What does that mean?

Never throw a pebble when there's a brick handy.

Oh, I was pretty sure he's in school.

He's going there to talk to him.

You should have seen Alice looking all over the house for her big brother this

morning.

She's probably got her eye on his room.

Here are the arrest dates on Phillips and Rabankin.

And what precinct were the cars made in?

Would I need you or your floppy disc here if I knew that much?

Hi, Mary Beth. I have checked out the last of the possible target groceries.

This. So what do you got?

Nothing. I was figuring that I could hit.

Listen, I tracked down the arrest date. Babs was running him out.

Hey, Josie.

Hey, Josie. What?

Messages for me, Sergeant.

Yeah, the union called. Your dues are late.

Nothing from Harvey?

Maybe he and Junior did a Stallone film celebrating their new truce.

Hey, Lacey, you got a 13 -inch color TV in your kitchen with remote control?

A what? Believe me, it'll change your life. You too, Cagney. How about it?

a buck a chance for a worthy cause.

Which is?

My Temple's Men's Club. It's a annual deep -sea fish -a -rama. Come on.

last month when I was selling magazine subscriptions so Michael could get a

bicycle? You still didn't pay for the donuts.

How about you, Cagney? Here comes Sergeant.

Sorry, Coleman. Duty calls.

There were no donuts, Sergeant.

Arresting Officer Caprion Price.

There it is. Arresting Officer Caprion Price again.

My goodness.

What a coincidence.

Thanks, Bill.

You're welcome.

Yeah, could you ring Martin Spitzky's room again for me, please?

I don't care what Tiffany said. She knows something.

Maybe we should go over there and not go around until she talks, huh?

Thank you.

No, no, I'll call back.

Can't even report him missing yet.

When he comes back, Mary, things are going to have to be different.

Is it my fault, Harvey?

No. Oh, no. He knew how I felt. He brought that man in this house anyway.

How would he know how you felt?

You never talked to him about it. All you ever did was lay down the law.

He understood.

It's his grandfather, Mary Beth. All this time, you're acting like the man is

dead. He did it to hurt me. You, you, you.

What about Harvey? He has rights here.

How come he didn't ask for my permission?

He's not stupid. He knew you'd say no.

Then he'd have to meet him on a sly.

That's better? More honest.

I'm going to bed.

I'll go up.

Thank you, woman.

to the hotel and we talked.

He wanted to come home, Mary Beth. I didn't have to convince him.

Thanks for bringing him.

I commit.

Where you been?

Walking around.

All night?

I went to a friend.

Who?

Nobody you know.

I got worried.

I'm glad you're okay, and I'm very mad.

Well, sometimes you make me mad, too. I don't want him to hurt you, Harvey.

I write to him, and he writes me back.

He understands what I'm saying, Ma. I could talk to him.

You could talk to me.

You don't listen.

You won't even talk to him.

You don't understand.

He deserted me.

That was a long time ago, Ma.

This room looks smaller, kind of.

It's hardly a place to sit.

Good night, my son.

Good night.

Twice before, they tried to get Kramer, and both times it turned out the same

way. Kramer's a no -show, and the sellers get collared.

Both times, the arresting officers were Jane Price and Salvador Caprio.

Well, that's interesting. But it's easy to explain.

Prince on the phone upstairs would have helped.

But Solomon said it was White Queen.

Jane's too smart to be Prince.

Caprio may have problems, sir, but he's not stupid either.

Too early to choose sides, isn't it? Yes, sir.

You know, they both had opportunity. What about motive?

Three big colleges and Kramer as bait? That looks very good for Caprio's

Jane's daughter's in a private boarding school upstate. Now, I know Sergeant

Salary doesn't stretch that far.

Yeah, she does live good.

Nice big apartment she's got.

So maybe we should nose around. I mean, she may have some expensive habits that

Lacey and I don't know about.

Lieutenant. What if they find out what you're doing, hmm?

They turn around, they dump on you, and they dump on you and Esposito.

and accuse you of engineering a warning call and deleting the number. Should we

file a 49?

I'll run a personal worth on price.

Lieutenant, last year Petrie had no idea what his Becky was messing with him. If

we file, I say we file a copy. Will you slow down to both ears?

You're going to bury us all here.

Are you prepared to explain to IAD why you wanted a peek at their bank books,

especially if you don't find anything?

Well... Can we call in a favor?

Do a little wheeling and dealing?

We, Sergeant?

Hmm.

Hmm.

What do you figure a .38 weighs?

A little over two pounds loaded, sir.

How about handcuffs?

Six, seven ounces, tops.

It's an old trick of Thelma's.

Used to weigh myself every time I get a hunger pang.

Does it work, sir?

Does it look like it works?

All right.

Give me a few minutes.

Make a call.

Test the waters for 49.

But I'll tell you one thing.

If we do it, then we got to run one on the both of them.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

Thank you for contradicting everything I said to them. I was expanding on your

lead. First all, and the ladies is gurgling again.

Tell Coleman. Fine.

Look at that. That guy's got a rock in his mouth.

That's a phony cop stick -up team.

We nailed them clean.

Those are our purposes, Becky. I took the hotline call. You were chalked in,

Victor couldn't find you. I'm sure.

Hey, the bottom line is those two scumholes are off the street, right?

There is no way you're ever going to make this fly, Victor.

Twelve months we waited on these turkeys, Jordan. It's Becky's call.

Hey, listen, I want to tell you... I'm not losing this collar.

Look at that uniform. Guy doesn't look like a cop. He looks like a mailbox.

Victor said, you do the paperwork. Get him to central lockup, and we'll share

the collar. No sale. You listen to me, detective. Time.

You want to beat up on someone?

If Becky looks terrific in bruises... But when you're done, he's going to say

nailed these suckers and the collar's ours.

It's a nightmare, Christine.

He's as stubborn and selfish as his Becky.

No, it's worse.

She's as Becky with brains.

Don't gloat, Mary Beth.

I'm not happy about it either, Chris.

You practically burst into song when you saw the size of Caprio's account back

there. It's only six times bigger than Bryson.

It was a lucky guess, okay?

It's always the boozer, isn't it?

Hey, I do not have the concern here that you seem to think I do. You say so.

If you don't believe me, then what we have does not work.

To me, you're still the same good cop you've always been.

Thank you. Thank you.

You want to take this back to the lieutenant and let Internal Affairs make

case? Hell no.

We'll tell Caprio what we're doing, then we'll go fishing.

Okay.

As long as we get it all on tape for the fact tape, Dre.

You think Caprio would meet us for a drink?

How do we do the wire?

I've got to tell you, I'm impressed.

You drink here on your Monday?

We've got a lot to talk about. What do you say we take a booth?

It's your party.

Drink? Club soldiers, please.

Nothing stronger?

Sure. Put in a twist.

Put in a twist.

Sure.

Let's pass on the usual foreplay.

Why are you two trying to burn me? Burn you, Sal?

We have questions about Kramer.

I mean, the man's not a magician. Somebody's been telling him when to

Hey.

So it's me, huh?

Why not?

Give me a break, you two. I think you're out fishing.

So who's wearing the wire?

Oh, gee, Sal, if you didn't have such a Nancy reputation, I'd offer to let you

pat me down. I don't think that's fine.

Now, what a surprise.

I understand you've been to my bank.

I've been a lot of places.

You'd think this conversation might be overheard.

Here or in the ladies' room?

Sweater. Thank you. Nice idea.

I'd hate anyone to get the wrong idea.

The 80s, there are no wrong ideas.

Why don't we just sit over there? It looks much more comfortable, huh?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Can you hold these in the car for us, please?

Well, I'm glad you're here.

They are not our old pals, Jane.

I figured they were just about to use the rubber hoses. Go ahead, Sal.

I'll catch up with you at forensics.

Okay. I'd advise you to stay, detective.

Why would he take your advice?

You've been nosing around like academy rookies.

The minute Samuel saw those 49s, we knew it. We hoped it would convince Sal to

do the right thing.

And what's that?

Yeah.

It was all a mistake.

An explanation for anything you might have turned up.

Go on, Sal.

Let us talk.

Fine by me.

Okay.

That's fine by me.

Try to sell us anything but the truth, Sergeant.

I don't have anything to sell.

Postale's jacket.

It was the best.

Till the drinking started.

Let me confront him.

Get him back into AA.

He'll stay straight or I'll turn him in myself.

No, it's too risky.

He let a major bad guy skate on three separate occasions.

We'll take Kramer down now.

We'll go after him again, only this time we'll collar him.

And what happens when Kramer squeals about the arrangement he has set up with

Caprio?

Or when Internal Affairs finds out the deposits made in Caprio's bank account?

Chris, I'm begging you.

Sal's been much more than a partner to me. I just can't let this happen.

Too big to sweep under the carpet.

You want me to educate?

I can do it.

They take me a few months.

I can do it.

That's too much hard evidence, Jane.

I'm scared.

When I realized what Sal was doing, I thought I was helping him by keeping

quiet.

And now I'm going to look just as dirty as he does.

What makes you think he's going to try and hang this on you?

Drunk's panic.

One word from Sal, we all go down. We all go down? Face it.

All Sal has to do is put a little blood in the water, say it's yours, those IAD

sharks will go into a feeding frenzy.

You took a big risk running a scam like this with an alky for a partner.

There's a way we could all be safe.

There is no room to finesse anything here.

Oh, sure there is.

It's a big department.

These things happen.

There's enough profit in it for all of us.

Even a cripple like Sal.

I can take care of you.

Let me make a few calls.

I'll talk to Sal.

He doesn't agree to what I've arranged.

He'll take all the heat.

Guarantee it.

Good.

Very good work.

Price was a great dancer.

And she loved my jokes.

But it all ended when she made Sergeant.

He uses people. Always has.

You call IAD?

Yes.

Good. Just take them a matter of minutes to find out where her money is.

Did good work.

Vote yes.

Thank you, sir.

Thanks again.

You're shrinking, Mary Beth, but I'll never disappear.

Lady?

Lady?

I think.

I hope.

Did they put a bigger bulb in here?

They never do anything around here, Sergeant. I clean the mirror.

Night.

Night.

Night.

We sell those as a collar.

Come on, Chris.

We fried bigger fish today.

Sure. A barracuda and her bait.

You think it was Price's money in Caprio's account?

Yeah.

Caprio, Samuels, even I bought into Price's strokes.

You know what's good, Christine?

What? We don't duck our problems as partners.

Things come up between us, we talk them over.

Most of the time.

Are you going to your meeting tonight?

Mm -hmm.

I might even have one or two things to share.

How's Harvey Jr.? Over spring break, he's taking a trip

to Arizona.

What's in Arizona?

A pimp house.