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Lieutenant Thornton is in charge, Sergeant.

He's in my office. I know it. I will not be made a lame duck by you. You've got

an attitude towards me, fine, but don't take it out on my partner.

You're yelling at Michael, you're yelling at me. If we had a dog, you'd be

kicking it. I am not shutting down, Mary Beth. I am not running scared.

Why don't you worry about the problems in your own relationship?

He's your husband, Mary Beth. Nobody's going to do a good enough job.

He found out the man was going to the cops, and he stabbed him to death.

I deal with this, that is what is going to happen. Wrong answer, Mr. Tragen.

Easy, Detective.

Here and now, I am tipped. Let's nail this. Thank you.

Hits your wagon to a star, Mary Beth.

Christine tag -knees at the rudder of the 14th, and as we smooth sail from

on in, Mary Beth, the brass is going to sit and take notice of this.

Chris, you sure you're going to need all this stuff?

First rule of leadership, Mary Beth, be prepared.

I thought that was the Boy Scouts.

Yeah. You have any idea when the lieutenant's going to be back?

Well, he said something about a special detail.

Give coffee, Sergeant Cagney. No cream, two sugars. Thank you. You know what I

always say. A woman's place is in charge.

Esposito. Cup of coffee for Detective Lacey, please. Black. Can do.

Thank you.

Good thing I picked up this book.

Gourmet garnishing for the working woman. No, for our dinner party Friday.

yes?

This Friday?

Me and Harvey, you and David, the double date?

Oh, yes.

Anyhow, this book, it shows you how you can take squash and make it look like a

swan. And your tomatoes, Christine, you can take tomatoes and make them look

like a bouquet of roses. But you don't have to make a big fuss. I could feed

David Keeler for the rest of his life, Christine, and never fully repay him for

saving me from that review board. I feel like a criminal not doing it sooner. I

should have done it in October, but then you and me got sick and all that

business with Harvey Jr. and the holidays, it's soon enough.

It's Friday.

Right.

Excuse me.

Sorry, Cagney, but the lieutenant squad reports will do first thing.

If it rained, paperwork home, and it wouldn't ruin my parade.

Yeah, well, good luck behind the wheel.

Don't drive us off the cliff.

Righty -o.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Ah!

Sweet melody.

That's my favorite. Ah! Too hot.

Nothing wrong with this picture, right?

All right, attorney.

Inspector!

Detective Lacey.

Good morning, sir.

Uh, Katniss, listen, I'm glad I caught you before, well, before you got the

wrong idea.

The wrong idea, Inspector?

Uh, let me introduce myself.

Lieutenant Jim Thornton.

Lieutenant Thornton? I've heard good things, Detective Lacey.

And about you too, Sergeant.

Oh, well, thank you, Lieutenant.

Nice to meet you.

Lieutenant Thornton here will be holding the reins in Samuel's absence.

Uh, temporarily, of course.

I don't, I don't understand.

He's a top instructor at the academy.

Just submitted a study to the department, the paradigm of the high

precinct. I'm sure it's very interesting, Inspector.

And I thought it would be a good time to give his ideas a try around here.

Don't you think it would be wiser if you had someone in command who had a

working knowledge of this squad, Inspector?

I wasn't aware I had to consult a second whip for my administrative decisions.

Especially if your second whip is a woman.

Lieutenant Thornton is in charge, Sergeant. End of discussion.

Jim, back to this.

Sir?

You

know,

Sergeant, I don't need this room right away.

I could go get a cup of coffee, interface with the squad, familiarize

No problem.

I'll be out of your way soon.

He's in my office.

The second whip always fills the temporary slot.

He's here, Christine.

We have to learn to live with him.

I take three sink my butt.

That guy wouldn't recognize a perp if he were handcuffed and had numbers painted

across his chest. Christine, one day, when you're captain, we'll look back on

this and laugh. It's all perspective.

My sponsor says to live in the here and now.

Well, here and now, I am ticked.

Hey, babe, throw the breaker.

Okay.

Hola.

Oh, Harvey.

Huh? This is wonderful.

You know what would be perfect? I'll pick up amber colored gloves.

It's such a warm glow.

Yeah, I don't know how you stand that midtown gridlock every day, Mary Beth,

the week of it, I'm ready to strangle anyone leaning on your horn.

Okay, this is how we start.

Bright and cheerful with the appetizer. Get the conversation going. Yeah, do you

know how many permits I needed just to break ground in Manhattan?

And deliveries?

Forget about it.

Well, it'd be nice to watch the numbers add up in the bank, though, huh?

Should I make rumaki or pate?

Deliver, deliver, whether you wrap it or grind it. I don't know. I'm taking it

more, but it doesn't go in my pocket. You should see the rental prices on the

equipment. Hey, aren't you the one that always says headaches go with the

territory? Yeah. Now, we turn it down a little more for the main course, and we

light the candles.

Yeah, don't get the sensitive ones, all right?

Then when you find a company that's not committing a highway robbery, the

equipment is all screwed up.

Yesterday, a track on a bulldozer wouldn't move. This morning, a crane

start. You're right, Hoff.

Classic white papers.

A little stress goes with success.

A little too much with this job.

Okay, and what do you think of this?

For dessert.

Hey, don't get too much in the mood here, Mary Beth. This is a thank you

not the grand seduction.

Uh -huh. Uh -huh. You start playing footsies under the table, and I better

my toes tingling.

Mm -hmm. And this here, that's very romantic.

Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm.

It's Becky.

Jordan.

Good. Parasa.

Lieutenant, I've been reading your paper, and quite frankly, sir, I can't

down. This is inspirational.

It's illuminating. Thank you for the feedback.

Detective Esposito, is it? E -S -P -O -S -I -T -O.

Good.

Sergeant Cagney, a moment with you about assignments, please.

Detective Lacey, excellent.

Sit down. detective.

Let's file this under BS, huh?

Did you see how fast he went through these activity reports? Would have taken

families twice the time.

I don't trust any cop who carries a gun in a briefcase.

Or carries a briefcase.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for Victor Izbeki. In the flesh.

How can I help you?

My name is Mordechai Spekovich.

I'm your cousin from Tel Aviv.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Both my parents were Catholic.

Victor, why would I lie to you?

You and me are the end of the line.

We are all that's left of our family.

Mister, this is a pretty sick joke.

My father did not have any brothers or sisters. You wanted nothing to do with

father.

You see, when the Nazis came into Poland, our grandfather, Joseph, was

the Gestapo.

Your father and my father watched him die.

After Joseph's death, your father insisted the rest of the family flee to

America.

My father thought it went less, that they would be safe.

My father died during the war.

Your father came here, got married, had you.

He was a Catholic.

I saw his old passport.

Probably bought it on the black market.

They were blocking the exit of Jews.

I wouldn't have come at all, but you see, last year my mother, God bless her,

passed away.

Then I learned of your mother's death, too.

We are just you and me.

I am merely suggesting that there may be an alternate, potentially more

effective means of approaching any given case.

Well, if you would merely peruse your data, I think you would see that this

squad is doing fine just the way it is.

Are you saying there's no room for improvement?

You're probably wondering what we're doing on this pathetic case.

Now you're thinking, why did my partner, a reasonably bright woman who saw a

future in the police department, get us assigned to the silliest, most

insignificant case since Aunt Tilly lost her wedding ring?

I was sure you'd get around to filling me in. Yeah, well, when an overeducated

potato like Thorne tells me that our precinct appears lax and old -fashioned,

get a little excited.

Lax, Mary Beth, can you believe that?

I lost my wedding ring once down the sink in the old apartment and Harvey had

take apart all the pipes. There's no substitute for procedure, he said.

Detectives don't use the full resources of their department, only on the flashy

cases, he said.

The little cases, well, you handle them out on the streets and then you lose

them in a file room.

We do all tend to jump at the homicides. So I leaned over that destiny has no

right to sit behind.

And I said, flashy cases and little cases, we handle them all the same in

squad. And we handle them out on the street because that's how real police

is done.

Not in front of some sickly green computer screen.

Right. This ought to be his corner here.

Give me the first uncleared case you can punch up, I said. And Detective Lacey

and I will solve it out on the streets long before you can rearrange your

disks.

So he punched and here we are.

Mr. Romano, NYPD, sir.

You reported a missing hot dog cart.

I told you once, I told you twice, Michael. I don't want to hear any more

excuses. Get to your room.

What is going on, Harvey? I come home from work. The kid has got every light

the house on. I can hear you all the way out in the driveway.

Who do you think is paying the bills around here, huh?

I don't want to hear any more excuses.

Honey, please, try not to go crazy.

Crazy? Look who's talking.

You're burning enough for all of us with your big dinner for the hot shot

lawyer. What are you talking about?

I'm talking about mood lighting.

I'm talking about 80 bucks a piece for champagne.

Honey, you told me yourself get something nice. I mean, David Keeler

,000. I didn't think you were going to spend it all on dinner.

And you shouldn't even be having champagne with Chris here. I asked her

She can deal with other people drinking. Is there anything else you'd like to

jump down my throat about?

Well, it depends on what's next.

Maybe you want to redo the wallpaper to match the crown roast.

What is with you, Harvey? You're yelling at Michael. You're yelling at me. If we

had a dog, you'd be kicking it. Now, this is about more than a few extra

bulbs and a fancy dinner. What's wrong, Harv?

Nothing.

Well, it doesn't look like nothing from my corner of the ring. I don't want to

talk about it, Mary, but leave it, okay?

Okay.

So?

What's going on at work?

Nothing. I'll handle it myself.

Handle what, Harb? Is it labor troubles? Are we going to lose the country? It's

my problem.

Honey, if you have a problem, I have a problem, too.

I'll deal with it myself.

So we're up till 3 .05 in the a .m., playing 20 questions in every single

in the house. And finally, Harvey lets out that this equipment trouble he's

having looks like a lot more than bad luck.

Who's after him? Some contractor you're under bid?

He doesn't know. But he found water in the gas tank of his skip loader, and it

hasn't rained in three weeks, Chris. And somebody stole a pin from a bulldozer

track. The list goes on. The question is, who's behind it? The question is,

come he didn't tell me in the first place? How come I had to drag it out of

Well, it's his world, Mary Beth. It's his domain. He doesn't need his wife

running after him, flashing her badge, you know, trying to settle his scores

him. That man can be so pig -headed sometimes.

Not like you.

I beg your pardon?

How did it end?

A draw.

Mm -hmm.

Margaret, I've been thinking, maybe tonight isn't the right time for this

dinner party thing. I mean, there'll be trouble in paradise and all.

But Jane, fair warning. The next person that says one negative thing about my

dinner party in honor of David Keeler, attorney at law, 7 .30 it is.

I'm pulled over by your boundless enthusiasm.

I'm just thinking about how the conversation's going to go after we've

agreed that the weather's miserable.

What, you think that Harvey is not scintillating enough for you, Mr.

I didn't say that. Harvey's a very smart man, Christine. He learned about life

by living it. I know he's smart, Mary Beth.

It's just that he and David don't seem to have a lot in common.

Well, you and I are not exactly identical twins, and we have managed to

something else to talk about besides the weather.

You're right. It's going to be great.

Of course it's going to be great.

Unless Harvey goes off on one of his conspiracy theories.

As long as David is not his usual argumentative self, it's tough to get

come up for air once he's on a roll.

David would disagree with his own shadow.

Thank you, 14.

Yeah, hi, Sharon.

What'd you get?

Yeah, a kitty.

Okay.

Yeah, thanks. I owe you one.

What?

Lieutenant Thornton and Inspector Nelman are squash partners.

They play every week.

Why am I not surprised?

Another hot dog cart got ripped off.

With my condiments.

You know, Mary Beth, it's the people we work with that make this job so special.

A ham sandwich? Give me that! It's me, Victor. I'll get my wife to get some

gefilte fish and patina. Don't worry.

Shpegovitz, my friend, have I got a deal for you. Not now, Estadito. How to

speak Yiddish in six easy lessons available on portable cassette tape.

And look, a pillow speaker.

Learn to speak while you sleep. Not now, Estadito, huh?

I don't want to scare you, Victor, but I hear at your age circumcision can be

very painful.

Why don't you guys leave me alone, huh?

A little good -natured rousing, that's all.

Well, I don't think it's so funny. My father lied to me.

Sergeant, there's a call you'd better take. Yes.

The future is here, Mary Beth.

A robot wearing a tie marches into our lives and demands our undying loyalty

just because he chases a little squash ball around a court.

Didn't you say he was Ivy League champion?

And he always lets Nelman win.

You don't believe in playing the game to get ahead, Christine?

Well, I don't run around in white shorts saying, Great shot!

Or you really tore the cover off that sucker!

Are we supposed to turn left or right?

Oh, give me a rip.

Christine! Left.

And left again.

I think if you listen to Thornton, of course, we're all spinning our wheels

because the carts are either in Philly or Boston. That's what his computer told

him. Maybe we ought to give Philly and Boston a list of the missing serial

numbers.

and give Thornton a chance to be right?

You guys, what are we supposed to do? Pick up the phone and say, excuse me,

we have a couple of your best detectives crawl around a few hot dog carts?

That'd probably look good on paper.

First rule of robotics, Mary Beth.

Never let the truth get in the way of the facts.

Central to car 21.

21K.

Your squad informs Central that Detective Lacey's husband has been in a

accident.

Treated at St.

Vincent's Hospital.

10 -4. Put the bubble on.

They're miming Mary Beth. They always say that.

Can't believe I let him go there.

You want me to drive?

I cannot believe I let him go there when I knew it was going to happen. But you

want the light, Mary Beth!

But you... Watch the car!

Dr. Newman to OBGYN.

Dr. Newman to OBGYN, please.

Hi, girl.

Relax, babe. Just a few lousy stitches. No big deal.

No, it's no big deal.

Typical day.

Get up in the morning, you go to work, and somebody in a crane dumps a load of

lumber on your head. He missed.

Who are you trying to kid, Harvey?

A guy named Swansky comes onto my site this morning, tries to muscle me in

of my men.

Swansky who?

I don't know. He owns some rental equipment company.

Walsh is up to me in a $500 suit, but I could still smell him underneath. Mr.

Lacey. Wouldn't you rather rent more reliable equipment from my company?

Just a matter of time, Mr. Lacey, before you see it my way. I told him.

I turned down your sky -high bid before, and I'm not changing my mind.

Four hours later, this happened.

How long has the crane operator been with you?

He came on temporary when we fell behind.

Sure.

Tied to Swansky all along.

I'll run them both through the computer.

Swansky's not pushing me around, Mary, but he's nothing but a punk on the

streets. Playing kind of rough for a punk, Horv.

What if you hadn't jumped out of the way, huh?

What if you hadn't been so quick?

Look at this.

It's your favorite work shirt.

There's nothing on the crane operator.

Probably gave Horv an alias.

Let's see if the Swansky guy gets around.

Racketeering, charges dropped, criminal damage to property, tried and acquitted.

Murdered.

Reduced to manslaughter. Charges dropped.

Let's nail this sucker.

You got it, partner.

Cagney, 14th.

Yes, we'll be right in.

Thornton wants to see us.

You're familiar with regulations, detective?

This is a case involving your own husband. If you participate, it won't

to court.

Court? Excuse me.

I would like some consideration here, sir. I am assigning Carasa and Esposito,

and I'll make sure it gets top priority.

Look, Lieutenant.

If you've got an attitude towards me, fine, but don't take it out on my

Detective Lacey, would you leave us alone for a moment? With due respect,

think it's wrong for you to take this case away from me. Now, Detective Lacey.

Yes, sir.

If there's an attitude, Sergeant, I'm the one who walked into it.

You're acting like you own this place.

The de facto lieutenant with her feet up on my desk? Technically, it's

Lieutenant Samuel's desk, sir.

I will not be made a lame duck by you.

A little more experience might make you a little less insecure.

Should I put that quote in your jacket, Sergeant?

Any more little outbursts like this, and that's exactly where it's going with a

reprimand, are we clear?

Crystal.

Then let's see some results.

Your hot dog case is going nowhere.

Admit it, Mary Beth. You hate him.

You hate his guts.

You'd like to tie him to his computer and pull the switch.

Just imagine Thornton right to a crystal all over the city, the light dim.

You're saying, don't you have something better to do, like pull the wings off a

fly?

Mary Beth, you're not really serious about going through with this dinner,

you? What?

The dinner, Mary Beth?

7 .30.

Tonight, Christine, it has been a long and difficult day.

But not for one moment would I allow myself to be robbed of the happy festive

evening that Harvey and I have so eagerly anticipated.

We'll be waiting for you.

You hate him, don't you?

I have a completion bond, Mary Beth. Do you have any idea how much money we

would lose?

Money? What do I care about the money?

I am not shutting down, Mary Beth. I am not running scared.

Harvey, are you sure you want to go through with this dinner?

Yes. I'm not going to let Swansky ruin our lives.

There are guys like him in this business all the time. Every time you move up a

rung on a ladder, Mary Beth, there are guys waiting to get a piece out of you.

I'm only saying shut down till Manny and Aleph had a chance to make their case.

You can't go back to work like nothing happened. Well, maybe I should just pack

it all up, forget about a life for my family.

Is that what you want?

Because unless I deal with this, that is what is going to happen.

Are you putting on a tie, Harvey?

Huh?

I have worked very hard, Mary Beth, to get to where I am.

And I have to decide right now, is the game going to be played by Swansky's

rules? Because once you start dancing, Mary Beth, you can't stop the music.

Honey, it's 7 .27.

David and Christine are going to be here any minute.

See, I'm finished dressing.

I have finished dressing.

Well, what about the Iran -Contra hearings? Nothing but a total whitewash.

Exactly. Do you know about the lawsuit from the Crystic Institute?

What, are you kidding?

Daniel Sheehan, one of my all -time heroes, he's going to bust that secret

blow the whole CIA thing wide open.

Smuggling cocaine from Costa Rica to pay for arming the country. They are

hypocrites, which goes all the way back to Vietnam when they were supporting the

heroin trade.

What about it? The CIA hired those goons when they tried to bump off Castro.

I get it.

Chris, we have to get her a recipe for crown roast.

Mary Beth, your place is so warm.

It's homey.

You got a nice backyard for a barbecue.

Chris, wouldn't you like a backyard?

For what?

Yes, sir.

Yeah, she likes a late night snack like her daddy.

I've got to get her something to eat. Look who's here.

Could I hold her?

Well, what do you think, sweetheart? You want to meet a world -class lawyer?

Say, how do you do?

How are you doing, little Alice Christine?

Are you hungry?

Oh,

look at this.

You're a real cutie pie, aren't you?

You certainly are.

I've got an idea.

You want to say hi to your namesake?

Hi, Alice.

Say hi.

That's a beautiful girl.

Yes, you are.

You are a beautiful girl.

Harvey, come and look at this, Harv.

Two beautiful girls. Look at this. That could be your kid.

No, I mean it looks with your hair and his eyes. It could be their kid, Harvey.

Oh, look at that.

Harvey, come and look at this. Is this the cutest thing you ever saw in your

whole life?

David hummed the theme from Father Knows Best all the way back to Manhattan.

Poor man. He didn't even complain when Alice painted chocolate sauce all over

his tie.

Did he tell you he's going to the next Democratic Club meeting with Hart? Oh,

yes. If I had a kid brother, he'd be playing baseball with him.

I think I had him pegged all wrong, Christine. He's a lot more like Bill

than Harry Hamlin.

14, Sergeant Cagney.

I'm Mr. Ramonet.

Uh -huh.

Where?

Are you sure?

Okay. What?

No, no, no, no. You let us handle it. All right?

We'll be in touch.

Okay. Thank you. Bye.

The hot dog vendor, a very happy man.

He saw his cart last night at Sinclair's, an art gallery in Soho.

What was he doing there?

Dispensing hot dogs, he says.

At a hot gallery?

Sort of a reverse chic. They were having an opening, a soiree of some kind.

Anyway, they wouldn't let Ramones in, so this morning he wants to go over with

his stevedore cousin, Spiro Agnani.

I told him that we'd take care of him.

Any substantive response from Philadelphia yet, Sergeant?

Unfortunately, Lieutenant, we've been unable to interface with the appropriate

hot dog division.

We do have a promising lead in Soho, sir.

Good night, if you want, Sergeant.

The fact is, success in contemporary police work is dependent on

telecommunications, not shoe leather.

A weak serve doesn't hurt either.

Thank you so much.

I never heard an accent quite like that.

Prince Philip.

By way of Hoboken.

Too bad Mr. Ramones didn't spot his card a little earlier.

Bud's catering must be pretty busy. He checked that card out last night.

You want to check it out, or do we call Philly instead?

I have a theory.

About our Lieutenant High Tech?

The longer he keeps me in the squad room phone, the easier it is for him to keep

an eye on me.

So let's check it out.

They work nice. They open late. They'll see our card. We don't hear from them by

noon or going back.

Newsflash.

Ross and Esposito just brought in a crane operator, real name Constantine

Fester. Turns out he's got a major yellow sheep. Where is he? You gonna

swan? Where is he? He's in the interrogation room. They're not getting

out of him.

You son of a bitch.

What's your problem?

I hate scum.

Swansky put you up to it, didn't he? Yeah, that was an accident.

Maybe a hiccup. Who knows?

Wrong answer, Mr. Try again. Easy, detective.

Hey, hey, you got nothing on me.

Out of my way, lady. I'm a free man. I said try again. Back off, Mary Beth. You

see what she did?

Yeah, you tripped. Maybe hiccups.

Maybe you find your accident prone if you don't get the hell out of my face.

Better get some help.

Look, Lacey, I know how you feel.

You get Swansky, then we'll talk about how I feel. You're fighting the home

team. What else did you get?

Did you talk to the other contractors who ran from Swansky? I took

101. Everybody's afraid to talk.

So what are the leads?

Mary Fitzwater?

Leads, detectives, leads. We're doing everything we can. Not good enough.

you're way out of line, detective.

Yeah? Then you come up with more than dead ends. We're doing our job.

Do it better.

Look at me. I'm shaking here.

He's your husband, Mary Beth. Nobody's going to do a good enough job.

Every morning when I walk out the door, I know in the back of Harv's mind is he

may never see me again.

This morning, I watched Harv walk out the door.

I told Carrasco I'm in.

No. You were not wearing any wire, Harvey.

Leonard Swansky murdered a construction foreman.

He found out the man was going to the cops, and he stabbed him to death.

Mary Beth, the assistant district attorney, said if we can set up a meet

Swansky... Did you go deaf, Harvey?

Stabbed him to death.

You want to wear a wire and then go testify? This man is a professional.

exactly right, Marybeth. And if he is going to get me for going to court, he's

going to get me anyway because I am not giving in. Honey, the department doesn't

need you. We do a setup, we do a sting, and we put somebody else in. Marybeth,

the police have never been able to make any charges stick.

Nobody is willing to stand up to Swansky. Nobody is willing to carry the

Yeah? Who elected you team captain?

Oh, Marybeth, don't insult me.

What is it with the men in this family? You got antlers growing on your antlers.

What, are you trying to send a message to Harvey Jr.? Yeah, maybe I should have

sent him one a long time ago.

Huh?

Maybe if I hadn't worn the apron so much, he wouldn't have had to leave.

That is not true.

Mary Beth, no man has the right to do what Swansky is doing to us. I am going

wear that wire. I am going to get that...

Okay, put down your donuts. I got breakfast for everyone. What do you got?

Soul food.

How you talking?

Slots and bagels. And whitefish.

My mouth was rehearsing for grits. Hey, you gotta be open -minded. This is

Jewish soul food.

Come on, guys.

Eat. I thought you didn't like being Jewish.

No, it's the rest of us Jews who aren't too thrilled about having to claim him.

You gotta admire him, Mary Beth.

How many times have we had people come crying to us for help, and then when we

asked them to lift a finger to make the case, they're out the door.

So?

So we risk our lives to protect them.

It's our job, Christine.

Yeah, well, I think maybe we should work together sometimes.

Sure, work together.

We send somebody into a lethal situation while we sit out in the car drinking

coffee. And then if there's any trouble, we rush in, hopefully in time.

If you're anyone else, Mary Beth, you'd wire him in a minute.

It's not anyone else. It's Harvey.

We already tried that. Tap his phone. Catch him threatening other contractors.

We tried that, too.

No judge would give us an eavesdropping warrant on the word of only one

contractor. None of the contractors are willing to make a statement here. They

quake in their boots at the very mention of Swansky. We could set up a sting,

sir. It would take too long. This is the best way to get to Swansky before he

gets to anybody else. Lieutenant, I think it's a shortcut, and I don't think

it's safe, sir. Excuse me, Lieutenant. We're aware of all the risks involved

here, and none of us, including Mr. Lacey, would do it if there were another

way. We'll have double the usual backups, and the location has excellent

If Detective Lacey does not feel comfortable with having her husband

we'll have to find another way.

Thank you, sir.

Thanks.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Lacey. We'll do the same for you

I'm sure Swanson senses gratitude.

Aren't you coming to bed?

I got work to do.

Harvey? Leave me alone, Mary. I bet you've done enough already.

These guys keep bankers' hours.

I guess if you're fencing hot hot dog cars to fancy caterers, you can afford

It's all right.

I can wait here all week to serve this warrant, just to see the look on

Thornton's face would make it all worthwhile.

I can't blame Harvey for being upset.

Didn't we finish talking about that?

Mary Beth, I just don't want to see it happen to you and Harvey.

What could happen?

If you have a point to make, please make it.

You're driving a wedge between the two of you.

Chris, why don't you worry about the problems in your own relationships?

That ought to keep you busy for a while.

Nice, Mary Beth.

Real nice.

What if Harvey kept you from going to work after you were shot?

That there has nothing to do with this here. It has everything to do with it.

What if he prevented you from going?

What if every time he was worried about you, he kept you from walking out the

door? And I'm sure there are plenty of times when he wished he could have. Hey,

forgive me for trying to protect my own.

You're doing more than that.

You know Harvey would never keep you from acting on your convictions.

Or from being who you are.

Harvey Lacey.

Harvey Lacey. Don't look down at your chest. I know it sounds stupid, but it's

easy to do without thinking. Don't talk any louder than normal. We can hear you

just fine.

And don't go swimming with bow -legged women, right?

Grace under pressure.

Hemingway would be proud. Okay, Harvey. Get dressed. Yes, sir.

I was thinking of taking a little drive past Juan's office tonight.

Help me in.

How are you feeling, Mr. Lacey?

Fine. Ready?

A tad nervous, I bet.

Nothing to it. I used to work high steel.

Okay, do you know the code for trouble? Uh, sure as cold any of the guys have

gone over everything a hundred times. All right, good luck, Mr. Lacey. Thank

you. Thank you. Thank you.

Sergeant Cagney, you got a minute?

Yes, Lieutenant.

Kudos for your work on the cart theft, Sergeant.

Ah, well, thank you, Lieutenant.

It's amazing what a little shoe leather and cop intuition can do. Well, in this

case, it got you and Detective Lacey a 4 .0 arrest.

Actually, Lieutenant, it's not complete yet. We figure that they've probably

been running this ring all over Manhattan.

Should wrap up some cases, and I'd say six other briefings. Don't forget

Philadelphia.

What about Philadelphia?

Something important, Lieutenant?

I'd like to be the judge of that.

I mean, all details can be important.

Right.

Well, it seems that the perps are planning on shipping the carts to

Philadelphia.

So regardless of what you might think, Sergeant Cagnam, I'm not a total idiot.

Well, nobody's perfect, Lieutenant.

I'll see you in the morning, Sergeant. I'll be counting the hours, Lieutenant.

Come on, Hob. Let's blow this cop shop. I'm ready.

Thanks, my friend.

Don't worry. Good hands.

Sure.

Be careful, Mr. Lacey.

I will, babe.

I love you.

You know you just said that to Manny and Al?

I love you.

I love you.

I was talking with Detective Munchik.

Almost learned to form sentences.

Yeah, almost.

He's telling me about this Chinese restaurant on the corner, down by the

I didn't even know it was there.

I mean, I must have walked past it every day on my way to work.

It's funny how something's right there, you never even pay attention to it.

You know, Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center, Empire State Building used

to be.

Mary Bitt? Huh? It's working.

What? Your watch.

I'm sure it's working.

Yeah.

All the steak I was sweeping on?

Leaving Hoffs, sitting at home waiting?

Geez, I don't know how he does it.

Thanks for hanging in with me, Chris.

You bet.

Lieutenant Thornton did the right thing backing me up on this.

Yeah. He's not the one I should be angry at.

He took an ambitious pawn.

It's the old boy network.

That's why I didn't get the lieutenant spot.

That's what happened.

I think I can't handle myself.

Well, we know different.

I may not get my own squad.

Yes, you will.

Because you deserve it.

And because you're smarter than the old boys in this world.

Anybody order a pizza in here?

David! Hi. I came as soon as I could. I thought you might want me to be here.

How are you, Mary Beth?

Any word yet? No, not yet.

Well, we'll wait together.

You.

All the way from Brooklyn?

I was nearby anyway.

Figured... It was yours and Charlie's favorite.

Come on, let's dig in.

Seven o 'clock.

Going down.

Now.

Detective Lacey, 14th.

No, no, ma 'am.

Detective Hernandez, does that come on until midnight?

Okay.

I thought you drowned in here.

David's still here.

Still lurking under the balcony.

Pizza. Oh, the way to a woman's heart.

He's a good catch, Christine.

I feel like a beached whale.

Harvey and I were in this little pizza place when it hit me for the first time

that I was in love with him.

He looked at me over the candlelight and said,

Another slice, babe.

I know that doesn't sound like much, but the way he said it, I knew he loved me

too.

The first time he ever called me babe.

And there was in his voice this gentleness and passion.

And I had a jukebox, and you would not believe what started playing right then

and there.

I got you, babe.

Sonny and Cher? Yeah. And so that became our song.

You know, we used to play it on the hi -fi and dance to it on our anniversary

and stuff.

Until Sonny and Cher broke up.

That kind of took the romance out of it.

When we first got married, we celebrated our anniversary every month.

And we would dance to that song.

Don't do that to your hair.

You got a brush?

No.

When Harvey gets here, we want him to look at you and say, you look delicious,

babe.

How do you think Cher stays looking so good?

Huh?

Do I know?

Something's happened. I know it.

Well, Goody says to him, and I ain't one of them. How the hell am I going to

stay sure as cold in here if I get into trouble?

My wife is a home wrecker. No, home maker.

So what does Swansky say?

He wants to become my buddy.

He does.

Harvey. He loves me. Harvey.

He went like clockwork. Yeah, they're booking him right now.

Miss me, babe?