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If you want to sleep with someone these days, you've got to bring along a doctor

and wear a wet suit.

When penance becomes a big social event in life, a little gallows humor helps.

You're not careful. That's what you sleep with. You time bomb.

We just found out she's carrying the AIDS virus.

What if I catch it? That's a great thing to teach our kids, fear. I'm sick of

this witch hunting by the lunatic fringe.

Tired of times 15. It's blood and semen you've got to worry about. We are

talking about something that can kill her, Harvey. You accuse the feds of a

cover -up, you'll be riding a desk until you pull your pension. Is that clear?

I don't see anything.

What about by the windowsill?

I'll check this one out.

Anything?

No, it looks okay.

No sign of fourth entry.

Door locked from the inside. Nobody see coming or going.

Did he leave a note?

What about his girlfriend, Valerie Bailey?

She's been out of town. Couldn't reach him for three days. She came here

directly from the airport.

We'll need her statement. Where is she?

We moved her to a back bedroom so she wouldn't... You know, the smell and

everything.

My personal papers. What about them? Wallet, driver's license, business card?

Right. Here.

The guy's name is Broit. Toby Broit.

$200 cash, a coupon for a Ruby's deep -ditch extra toppings pizza.

No credit cards.

Officer, are you going to be okay?

Oh, sure. I'm fine.

And you want a job?

First day.

Congratulations. But I'm great, really.

I've just never actually seen it.

Well, the first time is the hardest.

Honest.

We're going to need you to seal the apartment, collect all his personal

possessions, have him voucher, send to the 14th, and then start wrapping some

doors. I don't want his neighbors to know. Friends, habits, anything at all.

First, you might want to check outside.

Outside?

Yeah, down in the alley.

When you're sure that everything is okay down there, you come on back up here.

Check outside.

Sure.

I'll let you know what I come up with.

Yes,

sir. Figure speech, Christine.

I kept calling. I just... I

wanted to open the door and hold me.

Tell me how silly I'd been for worrying.

Ma 'am, we know how difficult it is. No, you don't know.

All your people out there, they won't even listen to me. They just keep saying

Toby killed himself.

And you don't think he did?

No, we would never do that.

If you knew Toby the way I did.

We had something.

It was too special.

How long had you known him, Miss Bailey?

First night.

Two months.

He just moved here from Chicago.

Is that where his family lives?

His what?

We're going to need a family member to ID him.

They're gone.

Dad.

I mean, his parents are.

That's why he wanted a big family so much, being an only child.

We both did.

Miss Bailey, did your boyfriend have...

Any troubles?

Financial problems?

Illness? What did he do for a living?

Please.

You have to believe me.

We were so happy.

I know he didn't kill himself.

Well, then who do you think might have done it? I don't know.

Did your boyfriend have enemies?

I didn't even know his friends.

Toby was a photographer and... I did meet one of his friends

once. Do you remember the friend's name?

I don't know.

Take it slow.

Who knows why he blew himself away? Maybe she wouldn't leave him alone.

Christine, what's the possibility?

How you doing, Josie?

Sounded to me like they were happy.

Messages, please. She was happy. We never got his side of the story.

Harvey called.

He says if you get a chance, a medium -priced Chianti could turn dinner into a

feast. Doesn't sound like he's cooking Chinese.

Yeah, Nick called.

Discretion is the key to good worker relations, Coleman.

Tonight, 7 .30 at the garden, two seats on the ice.

Unless, of course, you're a social mutant.

You seeing the pushy plumber again, huh?

Just going to do a hockey game. No big deal, Mary Beth.

Of course, we are going to Le Dormier tomorrow night. It's this new fancy

place. You sure he checks his plunger at the door? Stay out of the squad room.

Spectrum's back from his honeymoon.

Oh, really?

With hundreds of pictures.

Chugs that, will you?

Incredible. The Alamo. We saw it.

Dark City.

We saw it.

The O .K. Corral. We saw it. So are you, Al. How many pictures, Victor? 230.

One number three. Oh.

Oh, poor Ginger. She was so sad. She had a carrier everywhere.

Oh, you lucky guy.

Three days in Atlantic City with my first wife, she wouldn't let go of the

-armed bandit long enough to get her up to the suite. Mine just had motion

sickness. The roller coaster of Coney Island.

Watch out, gang. The next one's X -rated.

Yeah, that's me.

We had our very own horseshoe -shaped hot tub. Thank God for subsets.

Interesting shape.

The tub, that is.

And you know, this marriage thing's a breeze.

Just give it time, sugar.

He saw us halfway down the block.

Raviolis this time, babe.

Stuffed with veal and parmesan. You'll think you're in heaven.

Oh, you're a wonderful human being, Horace.

And, and, how is my precious little kid? I'm not a kid.

Sounding more like your brother every day.

Michael, did you get that book report in on time? I couldn't,

Mom. Something really bad happened.

Mikey, I thought we settled this already.

Spilled rice cereal on it again.

No. Or that typhoon blew it into the sewer.

Mom, someone at school has a sister with AIDS.

That's not funny. Not even true. Dad, I told you. Freddie D. said it was.

Freddie D. has a sister with AIDS? No, not Freddie D. And Michael's teacher

it's a lie anyway.

Oh, I get this. This is like the time that your brother told us the principal

had herpes so we wouldn't have to go to open school night. No, Mom. All the kids

know.

Did your teacher say it wasn't true?

But what if she's wrong? What if I catch it?

Mikey, it's not like the flu. You don't get it that way. I know how you get it.

Well, in case you have some wrong information, the real way that you get

when people don't take precautions and they have sex with people who have AIDS.

And sometimes people who shoot up drugs by sharing needles.

Scott's mom says you can get it.

The gay person coughs on you. Mikey, Scott's mom doesn't know what she's

about. Michael, do you understand what your father and I are talking about?

The bottom line, Mikey, is you cannot get AIDS from someone whose sister is

sick.

Oh, honey, you don't have to be afraid.

You know that your father and I would never let anything hurt you.

I guess.

But... Scott's mom is getting him some rubber gloves.

The whole rest of last night was very quiet.

No matter what we said to him, I knew he was still scared.

Royce, a photographer? If I were blind, I could take better pictures.

It's because they're just so susceptible to rumors.

Well, maybe it's not a rumor, Mary Beth.

I mean, it is a crapshoot out there nowadays.

You're not careful. The next person you sleep with is a time bomb.

I doubt that Michael is worried about AIDS because he's sleeping with

The parents are always the last to know.

Do you have an income figure, Embroise?

$3 ,000 to $5 ,000 supplies in cash every month.

What about his rent?

$2 ,100, also cash.

I bet this is not adding up.

I mean, who deals in cash nowadays?

Hot dog vendors and dope pushers.

You didn't make that income peddling this junk, I'll tell you.

The preliminary M .E. is reporting your suicide.

Do we have an I .D. on the prints yet?

No, there's some kind of hang -up.

When do you think we might have them, Sergeant? I mean, would it be this week,

next Christmas, when Haley's comic comes flying through next what?

Dagny, don't kill the messenger.

When they show up, they show up. That's the best I can do.

Cause of death, Sergeant.

Gunshot wound to the head, powder burns on the left hand, no sign of a struggle.

And all we have is the word of one broken -hearted, very deluded

vote suicide.

You want to vote with me? We can close this one.

What happened to this is not adding up. Nobody deals in cash anymore.

Well, he's dead, Mary Beth. Whatever it was he was doing, it has stopped. And

you and I have a deposition in a few days, and I, for one, would like to be

prepared.

Christine, it says here that Toby Boyce was right -handed.

I thought you said the powder burns were in the left hand.

I did.

They were.

This is great.

Got Tony Danza eyebrows and a Paul Newman forehead.

Let's move on to the nose.

I don't know. It was average, I guess.

Average?

Judge Nelson, average Bob Hope. There's so much flexibility in the nasal area.

Franz, this is not going to the Guggenheim, all right? Do you want to

up? I'm sorry, Sergeant. It just so happens that the nose is my favorite

Why don't you choose one from the book?

Look, I told you, I only saw Toby's friend once. It was a dark restaurant.

Ma 'am, you're doing fine.

Go ahead.

But I don't understand what this has to do with anything.

Miss Bailey, so far we have zero on your boyfriend.

He has no living relatives, no record of him in Chicago, and you're a little

sketchy on his background.

sketchy. We're hoping that since you can't remember the man's name, ma 'am,

somebody will recognize the drawing.

I was right, wasn't I?

Toby didn't kill himself.

We don't know, Miss Bailey. I'll tell you how you could help us the most is if

you could pick a nose.

Don't worry about it, Sarge. I've done it a million times. Draw, Kranz.

Did Toby tell you anything about this man? How they knew each other?

Just that they were old friends and business partners.

The past was painful for Toby. He didn't talk much about it.

Mr. Roberts, hey, Linos. I think we should probably let Miss Bailey decide

it looked like.

It's starting to look like him.

And the nose?

A little thinner.

Maybe thicker.

Mommy! Mommy, pity my mommy!

You say goodnight to Mommy.

Night, my sweetheart.

Oh, that must be the paper, kid.

Yeah, tell her to work on her aims. She only hit the porch twice last week.

Come on!

Night!

I'm sorry to bother you, Mary Beth.

Carol, hello. I was wondering if you have a minute.

Uh, sure. Come on in.

Outside, please.

What can I do for you?

I may have to ask for your help.

Sure.

You see, somebody found out the name.

And the news is spreading very fast.

Tomorrow, everybody will know.

And you're a police officer and very influential in the neighborhood.

And because Alice and Emma are in the same daycare. Emma.

Your daughter.

When she was a newborn, she had a transfusion.

We just found out she's carrying the AIDS virus.

We only told a few people, but the word leaked and...

I'm so frightened for my baby.

Mary Beth, my whole family.

I don't know what will happen to us.

Oh, honey.

Oh, honey.

$59 for this here. On sale.

I love the fancy names they give them. Tropical paradise. Mary Beth.

I don't even like flamencos.

We'll talk to Dr. Benelli first thing in the morning. Get his opinion on how to

handle this. No birds next time, Harb, and no more than 35 hours.

Okay.

I hope it's too late, Harb.

What if Alice has already been exposed?

Mary Beth Benelli will say everything is fine.

We shouldn't have been at a daycare, ever.

I knew it was a mistake.

There's no way we could have known about this.

All this time we're worried about the water that she drinks and her wearing a

jacket when it gets cold.

I should have kept her home. Mary Beth, we will sort this out. We will handle

it. What are we going to say to Michael?

We told him, don't be afraid.

Everything's going to be all right. What are we supposed to say to him now? We

don't say anything.

We wait until we know what we're dealing with here.

Harvey, he came to us for the truth. We owe him the truth.

And every time he sneezes, he'll be wondering what he's got. He's not even

one who's at risk here.

Tomorrow morning we'll talk to the doctor. Tomorrow night we'll go to the

parents' meeting.

I should have been more careful.

Let's see what the center has planned. How are they going to handle this? What

if we don't like it?

We take Alice somewhere else.

Yes.

If we get the right information, we can make the right decision.

It's the only way to go, B.

Corby.

Until we have the facts, Alice is not going back there.

Fine, okay.

I'm keeping her here.

Fine, I'll call Mom, see if she can sit for a few days.

Robbie, don't tell Muriel why.

And let's not tell Michael either, yet.

Victor, you'll put Ozzie Nelson to shame.

It's 100 % wool. It's classic cardigan. And look, real leather patches on the

elbow, huh?

The little woman will love you in it.

I said drop it.

Oh, how quickly the fruits of paradise spoil.

Nobody here's a fruit, Cagney.

Marriage means just making adjustments, that's all. Yeah, like remembering to

put the toilet seat down.

No, like living with a kid.

Last night the four of us got to rent a movie, right?

Now I pick Red River.

But the kids, they want surf nuts, he's my star.

Friday the 13th. I got a nightlight after part three. So I leave the duke on

shelf, right, and I figure I'm doing the right thing.

Then Ginger gives me this big speech about how being a softie isn't a good

parent. You listen to the woman, Victor. Kids got to know who's boss.

Yeah, my dad used to slap me around a lot, and hey, I turned out all right.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion.

Now, according to the sergeant's handbook, when the squadron starts

like a call -in radio show, that means that the detectives don't have enough

work.

Samuel's been waiting 20 minutes for us in his office. What took you so long?

I had something to take care of. Personal time, Sergeant.

Feds called this morning.

Found out you two were running prints on Bryce.

A Marshal Felmore from Justice would like an update on the case.

The protected witness program?

That's right.

Well, no wonder nothing was making sense.

Lieutenant, we have a statement from the girlfriend, plus the victim shot

himself with the wrong hand. I don't care how embarrassed they are, we're not

turning this one over.

Oh, it's a little early for me, sir.

Roughage. Like tiny little scrub brushes.

This is a legitimate investigation of a possible homicide.

Just because the feds say jump doesn't mean we have to ask how high. No one's

telling you to, Cagney. I want you to deal with it.

We will, sir. I just don't want to find it back in my own face, that's all.

So no making trouble with the feds, is that clear?

Lieutenant, tax and restraint are our strong point.

The Justice Department might have told us that Broice was in the witness

protection program.

Yeah, I hear what you're saying.

But there was simply no flags on the play.

I beg your pardon?

Look, it's an open and shut suicide.

We don't like it, but it happens.

Sometimes these kind of witnesses, well, they fold when they play with the pros.

What kind of witnesses are we talking about exactly, sir?

The guy was an amateur, a civilian.

Broice wasn't even a criminal?

Tell you what, let's just fold the sucker, head for the showers, all right?

Marshal Fellmore, the sucker is now a possible homicide. We need those back

files. I've seen the evidence.

You're dreaming.

Well, obviously somebody wanted him dead or he wouldn't have been in the

program.

You know, Inspector Nelman tells me that your record is good.

Now, you don't want a homicide that you can't close.

What makes you so sure that we won't close it?

Because it's Super Bowl, ladies.

Fourth and 20.

Clock's ticking.

You're backed up in your own end zone.

And the best you can do is punt.

Does that mean we don't get Bryce's back files?

Hey, well, you're finally hearing the signals.

Fourth and 20, my butt.

I'm beginning to wonder how dirty Bryce really was.

We're not going to let up on this one.

Fine.

It's that super jock sloppiness that got him killed in the first place, and he's

telling us to punt?

I'm telling you, that man's been playing without a helmet.

We're going to close this case murder method. We have to dynamite our way into

the files.

I bet my old friend Mansfield's in there somewhere.

Little manila folder with his name on it, huh?

Where they're hiding him.

He's not going to care.

reading there anyway pamphlets from the health department alice is going to be

fine the doctor said the risk was probably nil he said the chances were

slim it's blood and semen you got to worry about not alice sitting in a

children sometimes bite each other christine has a kid ever gotten it that

i don't know

I'm sure the centers can be very careful.

When the boys were in nursery school, we went through everything.

Cult every other day and the measles and the mumps and German measles.

Brian and I had a contact to see who was going to get the chicken box first.

Couple days' bed rest, Harvey's chicken soup.

Boys were as good as new.

The tide of the times, Christine.

Exactly what possessed you two to harass a federal marshal?

We merely asked the Justice Department for files on a possible homicide, sir.

Well, it was tidier for them if the case remains a suicide.

Sergeant, you accuse the feds of a cover -up, you'll be riding a desk until you

pull your pension. Is that clear? Very, sir.

Sir, Marshal Felmore did mention that this Royce was sloppy. Didn't follow the

program rules.

I'm not asking you to ignore the facts. It's possible that he was hit. And we're

being thrown off the case because of some over -the -hill jock?

I'm not saying that.

So I was still on the case, then? For now. But I don't want you compromising

their operation in any way.

Fine, but unless we can get Bryce's back files, we're dead in the water,

Inspector. Which is why they've agreed to give you access.

Thank you, Inspector, for stepping in on our behalf.

You play the game by the rules, you stay in the lineup.

I expected it to be some kind of microbiologist in these pamphlets.

T -cells, HIV, AIDS -related conflict.

Yeah, let's wait and see what the senator has to say, huh?

You're not supposed to be here, Moni. No, I'm Detective Lacey,

14th. We're together. What happened here?

It's a bomb threat. Looks like a hoax, but we're checking everything.

Thank you.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I got it, thanks.

You guys all right?

What do you think, Detective?

Whoever the creep was that did it... You made your feelings perfectly clear when

you kept Alice out of daycare today.

Carol, we were only protecting Alice.

I'm sure whoever phoned in the bomb threat was only protecting their child,

You're in good company.

Well, how clean can a mobster's accountant be? Well, he had an attack of

conscience. He and the other CPA turned their boss over to the feds. The feds

want this case to disappear.

What, a phone call from Nelman?

Mm -hmm. Be careful.

Lacey.

You've got a minute.

Another time, Victor. It's important.

I think I'll go check on the weather.

Hey, Al.

World hunger, Victor?

No.

No, I was curious about how you're supposed to perform when the kids are in

next room.

Is this a joke?

Oh, no, no.

Ginger's starting to think I don't love her.

See, every time the bed squeaks, I freeze.

My concentration is shut. I can't relax.

Try a glass of warm milk, Victor.

Really? Tell me what Harvey does.

Well, to say the truth, Victor, Harvey and I have decided that we'll wait till

the kids move out and start lives of their own.

Officer, is it over, Victor?

She's the one with the striped stick. That's great.

Thanks, lady.

Listen, Royce's friend, the one Valerie met in the restaurant, 10 to 1, he's his

ex -partner, the other accountant.

Christine, we are not going back to the Justice Department.

There's only one man who can answer questions about Royce, and that is his

-partner, and there's only one man who knows where he is, and that is Thelmore.

Yeah, but we won't get that far, because you'll go in and go 15 rounds with a

man, and we'll get thrown off the case.

I don't do that.

Okay, fine.

You do all the talking, I will keep my mouth shut, I swear.

Proceed.

I swear!

All right, his name's Kevin Deasy.

He and Broice were partners six years.

And you relocated them in this area also?

My guess is he's still around.

Your guess?

We assume that you know their whereabouts at all times, sir.

Look, D .C.'s been a tough one.

He contacted Broice, old friends.

I mean, the guy just didn't want to follow the playbook.

Marshal Fillmore, it's important that we talk to him.

And then three days ago, he comes in here demanding a whole new setup.

I mean, we moved the guy five times already.

No, no, no, he just wasn't happy with us.

So, of course, you dumped him.

Exactly what are you saying, sir? You know what happens when every player runs

his own pattern? The whole team loses.

I don't understand why the man would panic just because a mob hitman whacked

partner. You got proof?

So, you do not know his whereabouts?

Hey, you kick a guy out of the huddle and if he gets hurt, well, that's where

the old ball bounces, right, coach?

Let me guess.

A liberal arts major, right?

Deasy came to you because he knew Royce was murdered.

It was suicide, Sergeant. Now you want to take us on? Go ahead.

No, sir. No one here wants that. All we want is Deasy's address.

Assuming he's still alive.

I just got out the phone from Nelman. Good job, detectives. You're off the

both of you.

The feds don't care about Deasy, Lieutenant. He's spooked and on the run

All you have to do is keep your mouth shut, Cagney. Sir, did he possibly have

information about Boyce's killer? We need more time, sir. Do what?

Well, he left his apartment three days ago and has been hopping around from

hotel to hotel.

We have identikit sketches out, and Valerie Bailey's standing by to ID him.

when are you going to do all of that? Tomorrow?

And how about all the preparation you've got to do on the deposition you're

going to give on Saturday?

Well, if we drop it now, Lieutenant, he may be dead by then.

All right, you're still off the case officially.

But, uh...

You probably won't be catching anything new until Monday.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Don't tell me.

Chris, I have a parents' meeting tonight. I can't miss it.

I thought that was supposed to be last night.

Well, somebody phoned in a bomb threat.

A bomb threat?

Who, one of the parents?

They don't know yet for sure.

Boy, that's setting a great example, isn't it?

Just think, 30 years from now, we'll be hauling in little Harold.

Who'll say, well, my mom blew up my daycare center, so why can't I bomb

Or maybe Yankee Stadium?

Somehow you think you're different than everybody else.

Say, they're scared, isn't it? It's crazy.

I'm getting sick of this witch hunting by the lunatic fringe.

And then one day, there you are, standing right in front of the wrong

What do you mean, you?

Come here.

I don't want Alice around that little girl.

So I kept her home, even after her mother came to me for support.

So you got a little paranoid.

At least you're not trying to bomb a daycare center.

Carol Terry needs me as an ally, Christina. I wind up knifing her in the

I thought you were protecting Alice.

Look, she's your daughter, Mary Beth. Parents tend to overreact.

Why don't you go ahead and I'll see what I can dig up here.

You sure?

Is she my name's Nick or not?

I'll see if I can help with something.

I appreciate that, Christine.

So if things with Nick are only okay, why have we spent the last 20 minutes

rearranging the meat case?

Are you going to talk or help?

Why do all these steaks look like they come from anorexic cows?

I thought a poked salmon with dill sauce sounded good.

It's Nick, remember?

He wants to sink his teeth into some food, not into some garnish. Here.

He'll lose his teeth in these beauties.

Do you know what I think?

Chicken would be better. I think you're trying to seduce this guy.

Would you get off him? I know it. There's a great rice and mushroom thing

perfect with steak.

Listen, Tony.

It's been a while.

And it's in a boiling bag.

We're coming in new, okay?

And it's different now, you know. Get around.

Ah, we're talking about the plague.

God's solution to homos, the big A.

Oh, Twins. Oh, look, Chris.

When men will become the big social event in life, little gallows, humor,

How about audit show cards?

How about carrots?

Baby cards.

And in a boiling bag. No, I want fresh.

Talk to him.

Okay?

So you're worried.

Don't forget the baked potato.

What if I wanted to take the test?

What's that?

Well, I'd have to take a second test before you know for sure.

Well, at least it's a start.

That would show they cared.

So what do you do?

Face the sex around.

Rubber suits and surgical masks?

Long conversations in cold showers.

You're kidding.

You'd be surprised.

Hey, Sarah, how much are the high horse condoms?

What is it with this neighborhood, Mary Beth?

That wasn't a meeting. That was a witch hunt.

They were afraid, Hoff.

I mean, why the hell did they bother to come? They already had their own

answers. I know. I was there.

I'm telling you, it is the people who are upfront and honest like the Terrys

end up being crucified.

What about what the director said?

She said, Mary Beth, it was reasonably safe.

Nobody's gotten it from saliva, dirty diapers, any of that. I don't think the

center is a big risk.

99 %?

What kind of a guarantee is that?

You're looking for 100, Mary Beth.

You're not? I don't think it's realistic.

We take her out of that center.

Then we'll be sure she's safe.

Until we have to put her somewhere else where there might be two kids with AIDS,

but we'll never know because the parents kept it a secret because of what

happened here. It's out there, babe. It is a fact. I don't care.

That's a great thing to teach our kids, fear.

We are talking about something that can kill her, Harvey. Anything can kill her.

A drunken driver, an accident in a playground, a creep who kidnapped her.

that. That's not the same thing. It is the same thing. All those things are out

there every day, too.

She's two years old.

I know, babe.

I'm scared, too.

We can't hide our little girl.

Why not?

Why not?

I gotta say, I'm impressed.

I was expecting pureed celery root.

Well, my Cuisinart was broken.

Great steaks. And espresso.

Grandma Amatucci would have been proud.

A compliment, I'm sure. To hire.

So, why don't we clink our foot of water, too?

How about you?

To me, then.

How about you?

Would you like some more water?

No, I think what I had already has gone to my head.

Uh -huh.

Look, Chris, if you don't want to... No, no, no.

It isn't that. I do want to.

Really, I do.

I'm glad.

Because so do I.

I thought, you know, maybe we could talk.

You know?

About how things are and modern society and how people now have lots of

relationships.

Relationships? Chris, I'm not seeing anybody.

Oh, and I'm glad.

But what I meant was how things are different now, do you know? And there

dangers that I think... Yeah, like parking these days. I know.

One minute it's there, the next minute the mother's told.

No. What I meant was, you know, when people want to spend more time together,

they do things to bring them closer.

I bike ride.

Nick!

I've had tests.

I used to get around pretty good.

Had the follow -up test, too.

Plus, it's been about nine months since I got hot and heavy.

What's your chart look like?

Nine months.

How do you feel about going nine more after what you just put me through?

You haven't answered my question.

I've had the first test.

You left me hanging out there looking like a jerk.

Just the first one, huh?

Okay, I'll chance it, but only with a condom.

That's big of you.

Hey, I'm sorry, baby, but you want to sleep with somebody these days, you got

bring along a doctor and wear a wetsuit.

I owe you one, I'm a turkey.

I just hope that when we both know we're safe, that we're still together to

enjoy it.

And you didn't look like a jerk.

You look beautiful.

You Italians sure know how to sling it.

So where were we?

a thing.

Your grandma is going to be so happy to see that you're wearing her purple

mittens. Come here.

Look at this.

It's the prettiest little girl in daycare.

Yeah, with the warmest things.

You know what I was thinking about last night?

Your 16th birthday party.

I mean, I know by that time, of course, you have your own ideas.

Probably want to go to some club for your father and I can't get in.

But I was thinking that we would invite all your friends, boys included.

Yeah. Uncle roller skating, huh?

I mean, only if you want to. It's going to be your day, dear. Time to go, babe.

She needs her jacket still.

Want your jacket? Here we go, precious.

Here we go.

Everything's going to be fine, Mary Beth.

Here you go.

Sit this up all the way to the top, okay?

You know how glad your friends are going to be to see you again?

Huh?

Okay. Here we go.

Now, wait a second.

I forgot her blanket. Okay.

Hi, my baby.

Okay, now.

Now we're ready to go, sweetheart.

It's going to be fine, babe.

I know.

Thank you, Christine.

Is everything okay?

Sergeant Coleman says the sketch on D .C. paid off.

Uniform's turned up three possibles.

Yeah, Basil dropped off the addresses.

One's in Chelsea, one's in the East Village, and one's on East 18th Street.

Okay, I'm ready in a minute.

You know what I say?

To hell with Velmo.

Why don't we just drag those three turkeys in and let Valerie Bailey and I

them here?

That's a wonderful plan, Sergeant.

Then the feds will get sued for harassment.

And we'll get the shovel up after the mounted squad.

Okay. Back to plan A.

Calling the grieving girlfriend in her tissues all over Manhattan.

Okay.

220 is probably not coming back.

Miss Bailey, trust me. All this stuff is still in this room.

Remind me to sell my phone stock.

Six blocks before I found one that worked.

Huh? You didn't miss a thing?

I'm a third time lucky.

Oh, Coleman said no messages for you.

Are we going to sit here all afternoon?

If we have to, it's the end of our list.

Sergeant, where did you say that phone was? I want to call Muriel.

Two blocks up, hang a left.

No, three blocks. It's on the opposite corner.

Excuse me.

There are no more suspects?

My boyfriend's dead.

And this is the end of it?

Well, we're doing the best that we can.

You call this your best?

Those other men didn't even look like the sketch.

I just want to check on the baby.

Don't be gone too long.

Pardon me.

What if we don't find him today?

Well, then we'll have to pick it up next week. Next week?

Yes, uh, Dr. Clancy and I have a deposition to give out another case in

What about this case?

Look, we're not magicians. This is the procedure.

My heart is breaking.

I don't even care.

Valerie, see him?

He's got a blue coat like the desk clerk said.

Take your time.

Not him.

You sure?

Yeah.

What do you think?

No, it's not him. Oh, and he looks like the sketch. I know, but it's not DC.

It's a different guy.

Are you sure? He looked pretty good to me. Look, I'm sorry.

Listen, I appreciate all your help, but we're through here. I'd like to be

alone. We can try again next week.

You know what?

I'm almost looking forward to Newark.

You finally got to.

Chapter 1, Citizen's Handbook.

Never appreciate a thing the police do for you.

Yeah, well, we didn't come up with Deezy.

I don't understand. It took her one second to decide he wasn't the guy.

He looked more like the sketch than the other two.

Maybe she was tired.

And cranky.

Well, now uniforms at least have to come up with more possibilities.

I figure Deezy's on his way to Mexico.

Or maybe the morgue.

I can't believe you gave her his name.

What are you talking about?

You're slipping, partner. She called him Deezy.

I didn't tell her.

Well... I didn't either.

Hang on.

Do it.

How could we have been so stupid?

She's the one with the contract on Deezy. We took a right to it.

Damn it.

You never figure a woman.

And I saw Prissy's on it. Wait.

Gee.

All right, hold on.

Take the back.

I'll get a key.

On three, you go low.

One, two, three.

Police! Freeze! She's got a gun!

This is DC.

NYPD. It's all over, sir.

You are all right, sir. Just stay where you are, please.

Everything is under control.

Dear God.