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[♪♪♪]

[SIRENS WAILING]

DANKO: Hiya.

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Hey, Mike!

Got a problem, huh?

Ah.

Nothin' that a little water

or a break in this heat wouldn't help.

Yeah, this weather's kind of hard

on some of the older models, eh?

I'll ignore that, Webster.

I'll even pretend you were talking about old Betsy here.

GILLIS: The older cops say that, uh,

heat waves really bring out the freaks.

You know, like the guy who put chicken fat

in kids' wading pools, remember?

Yeah, well, that's not easily forgotten.

Hmm.

Ah.

Now, maybe the old feller can make it through the day.

And if not, you just feel free to give us a call any time.

You got it.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: All available units,

vicinity Monroe and Claxton.

A 459 alarm.

Lewis Auto Supply warehouse.

All available units, a 459 alarm.

Let's go.

Okay, I'll take Monroe Street.

You go to the other end.

[SIRENS BLARING]

[TIRES SCREECH]

[ALARM RINGING]

[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]

[TIRES SCREECH]

Halt! Police!

Okay, on your feet.

Spread it!

What is this?

A citizen can't take a walk on Sundays anymore?

[LAUGHS]

Oh.

You guys get extra points for a handcuff job too?

I want to advise you of your rights--

Oh, save that garbage.

The other one got away.

Yeah?

Well, I'm glad you youngsters

left the foot pursuit for the old man.

Well, just wanted to make sure you keep in shape, old man.

I'll book him at the precinct.

I'll ride with you. Come on.

You know, he's never gonna let us forget

about this little chase.

What little chase?

[ENGINE STARTS]

[♪♪♪]

And as I drove up, I saw the suspect and another figure

running out of the warehouse.

They split up when Officers Webster and Gillis

came on the scene from the other end of the alley.

I pursued the suspect while Officer Webster and Gillis

tried to apprehend the other one.

He escaped and we were never able to get a good look at him.

JUDGE: The witness may step down.

Based on the testimony and facts established,

I conclude there is ample cause for trial.

And due to the suspect's past record of habitual crime,

I order him to be held without bail till the date of trial,

which I will set for exactly one month from today,

the 14th.

Court is recessed.

Oh, by the way, don't forget you're supposed to have dinner

at our place on Friday night.

Oh, yeah. Should we, uh, bring some lady-type people?

Hey, don't make it a question, it's a statement.

We're gonna bring some lady-type people.

Beautiful.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Hey, see you later.

Pardon me, Officer Danko?

Yeah?

I heard your testimony just now.

What about it?

Well, I know you were doing your duty and all,

but you hear what the judge said?

I heard a lot of things the judge said.

I mean, about no bail

on account of his record.

So?

So they convict him,

it could get him life, couldn't it?

Yeah, I guess it could.

Uh, look, you seem to know my name, but I don't know yours.

Oh, well, my name doesn't matter.

It's just that I know Dave Borden.

And I know that he has this brother,

raised him since he was a kid.

They're really close, you understand?

Heh. But of course, like I said,

you had to testify the way you did,

'cause, uh, you were just doing your duty as a cop.

I still don't know your name.

That's right.

You still don't.

[♪♪♪]

[RAZOR HUMMING]

[SHOWER RUNNING]

[SHOWER STOPS]

Madam, your carriage awaits yonder.

Oh, so would you tell yonder I'm ready.

[LAUGHS]

Oh. Thank you. Oh, you look good.

JILL: Oh, look.

Come on, honey, I'm gettin' you all wet.

I don't care.

Mmm, mmm.

Mike, I've got surgical duty.

Yeah, and I got Lieutenant Ryker riding with me this morning.

But we'll both make it on time.

Oh-- Mike.

DANKO: Mmm.

Come on, when are you gonna throw that book away?

What book?

You know what book.

That book on caution and precaution.

Oh, that book.

Yeah, that book.

Michael Danko, the second.

How's that grab you?

I'm coaxable.

Yeah?

But I thought you wanted to wait.

Well, I did say that, and we did wait.

But now I'm proposin' again.

Proposin' again?

Yeah.

I asked you once to be my wife and you said yes,

and now I'm asking you to be the mother of our kids.

Do you need some time to think about it?

No, I've had time to think about it.

I've had four years,

and the answer's yes.

[♪♪♪]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[MAN WHISTLING "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"]

Hi.

Hello.

Could I get through, please?

You're a nurse.

Lamb good for you?

Uh, yeah, it's good for ya.

Could I get through, please?

You know, it's $1.29 a pound?

That's way high.

The government ought to do somethin' about that.

Look, I'm really in a hurry.

[♪♪♪]

You got a nice leg of lamb for me?

[RINGING]

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

[GROANS]

Oh, ho, here comes the law!

Hey, the law's crushing the tomatoes.

Good.

Hmm.

We gonna have us a bloody mary.

No, we can't have us a bloody mary.

We don't have any vodka. Mm.

You settle for a beer?

Yeah, I'll settle.

There you go.

Look out, look out.

Whoa. Ah.

[SIGHS]

So how went the wars at the hospital today?

Well, today we won a few.

Operations successful and patients lived.

How about that?

Boy, but some of the weirdoes

you run across on the streets are really...

Heh.

They're not worth talkin' about.

How was your day?

I caught a jaywalker. Yeah? Hmm.

Almost hit him.

[BOTH LAUGH]

And then the next thing I did,

I spent 45 minutes on the freeway

trying to get back a dog some little old lady

from somewhere let out to air

at a shrub on the emergency strip.

And I invited Terry and Willie for dinner Friday night.

Ooh. Good.

Mmmm.

Time for you to skinny dip, my friend.

Uh-uh. Yep.

And you better make it a cold shower.

I have to get dinner ready.

Ah.

[LAUGHS]

[RINGING]

[♪♪♪]

Hello?

Hello?

Who is this?

[MAN WHISTLING "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" OVER PHONE]

[LINE CLICKS]

"Not to be impolite," he said, being impolite,

but we're due back on the street in about five minutes,

so what can we do for you?

Well, it's not for me, really.

It's for a student nurse.

Seems some guy got ahold of her phone number,

and he's been calling her.

So what's the problem?

Well, he doesn't say anything.

He just calls.

And there's a guy

that she thinks might be following her,

sort of, and she thinks maybe it's the same one.

And so she came to me and wanted to know what to do,

and I told her I'd ask you guys.

Why call us? Why not ask Mike?

[CHUCKLING] Well, Mike's got Ryker

with him today.

I can't very well ask him to stop by here

when he's got Ryker with him.

Yeah.

Well, what do I tell her?

Well, there are two schools of thought on that.

One is to have her change the number,

or better yet get an unlisted number.

Okay, what's the other one?

WEBSTER: That getting a new number

doesn't do any good.

That if the guy's a psychotic,

the phone might be a safety valve.

You take the safety valve away and he might do something worse.

More physical.

Well, what do I tell her?

Well, just what we said, Jill.

I know that's little help,

but there are really no answers.

Hm.

Okay, well, thanks for stoppin' by.

I'll tell her.

[RINGING]

[♪♪♪]

Hello?

Who is this?

Who are you?

MAN [OVER PHONE]: Mary had a little lamb.

Its fleece was white as snow,

and everywhere that Mary went,

that lamb was sure to go.

Everywhere.

[LINE CLICKS] [EXHALES]

[DOOR OPENS] DANKO: Oh, they got me there.

[ALL LAUGHING] DANKO: Got me.

I wasn't even out of the car before these nuts grabbed me.

JILL: Hey. WEBSTER: Just couldn't wait

to see you all. DANKO: Drink?

WEBSTER: I thought you'd never ask.

Guy could die of thirst.

WOMAN: I would like a margarita.

DANKO: Do you want that

with the ice?

Crushed ice? WOMAN: Yeah, yeah.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

DANKO: Want a margarita? WOMAN: You gonna have one?

WEBSTER: Yes, I'll have mine

on the rocks, please.

GILLIS: You might as well do it. WEBSTER: Yeah, might as well.

WOMAN: You had a birthday

last week?

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

Mike?

Yeah?

This might sound crazy,

but did you buy anything at the market today?

Uh-uh. Why?

Well, because--

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, boy. Who could that be?

It's 2:00 in the morning.

[HANDSET RATTLES]

DANKO: Hello?

Hello?

Is anybody there?

Oh, brother. Hello?!

[JILL SOBBING]

Mike!

Baby, what is it?

[TEARFULLY] Oh, Mike, he's following me!

Who's following you?

I don't know who he is,

but he's always there.

I've seen him.

Well, who?

Mike, I don't know who,

but he's always there.

I don't know who he is. Shh.

Take it slow. You're goin' too fast.

I don't understand

what you're talkin' about. Who is?

Listen, I come to the apartment

and the phone starts to ring, only nobody answers.

They sometimes-- They whistle a nursery-rhyme song.

And I think he's been in here.

What are you talkin' about? Mike,

there's a leg of lamb in the kitchen, in the cabinet

and that's what he bought in the grocery store today.

That could have been a mix-up.

That could have been-- Mike, no,

please believe me. Shh.

Oh, baby. What does he look like?

I don't-- I don't know what he looks like.

I've never seen his face.

He wears a hat, and he wears dark glasses

that have silver rims.

I-- I don't know what he looks like.

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, God, no.

Look, you answer it this time.

No.

You've got to. If he hears me, he's gonna clam up.

No, Mike, no. Come on, you've got to.

Come on.

Come on. Come on.

[JILL SOBS]

Hello?

Hello. Hi, Jill, it's me.

Sorry to call so late, but--

[SIGHS]

Who is this?

Hey, man, it's me.

Oh.

Oh.

What do you want?

Well, Marty just wanted to know

if she left her compact over there.

[EXHALES] Well,

I don't know, man. Look, i-- L--

Look, if I find it, I'll bring it to you tomorrow, okay?

Yeah, well, thanks. Heh.

[♪♪♪]

Hi. Ready to roll?

Yeah, I'll drive.

[♪♪♪]

You know, I think the reason they put us in cars

is so we can move from place to place.

They call it patrol.

Yeah, we'll take off in a little bit, okay?

Well, at least when I partner with Willie--

Well, you're not partners with Willie, okay?

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Uh, something bothering you, Mike?

I mean, is there something I can do? Not do?

[INHALES]

Mind the radio. I'll be back in a second.

Yeah.

Anything you say.

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

Pardon me.

Like to talk to you for a minute.

Uh, yes, officer.

What can I do for you?

Yeah.

You got a broken taillight.

You could get yourself into trouble.

Somebody might not see that and smash into you in the dark.

Well, that's mighty nice of you to tell me, officer.

Thanks a lot.

I'll take care of it right away.

[ENGINE STARTS]

That's a nice pair of sunglasses you got there.

Well, I really wouldn't know, sir.

'Cause a friend of mine wears them.

Uh, thanks again.

Okay if I go now?

Watch yourself.

I will.

I'll be just as careful as I can.

[CHUCKLES]

[♪♪♪]

What was that all about?

Just letting the man know he could be in trouble.

He had a smashed taillight.

You mean, we sat here for over half an hour

just so you could issue a warning?

That's right.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[LOCK CLATTERING]

[BANG ON DOOR]

[BREATHING RAPIDLY]

[PHONE CLANGS] [JILL SHRIEKS]

Don't! Please, don't!

Don't. Please. What is it?

Mike! Baby, what--?

What is it? Oh, Mike.

What's happening?

[SOBBING] I saw the lights were all out,

the phone's dead, and I can't take it.

What--? Oh.

Shh.

[SOBS]

Sit.

Come on.

It'll be okay.

[SIGHS]

[FAINT DIAL TONE]

[WHIMPERS]

[LOUDER DIAL TONE]

What?

[SNIFFS]

Mike.

Please, believe me.

I do, babe.

Not only is the answer no, I'm a little disappointed

that you even asked the question.

[SCOFFS]

What am I supposed to do, just roll over and play dead?

No, but you should know that realistically

there's not very much anyone can do.

All right, suppose I tap my phone.

I put a trace on it and when he calls next time--

One, you're gonna be tracing through to a pay phone.

Two, if it is Borden, he's been doing a lot more

than using your phone.

He's been following Jill around.

Apparently, he broke into the apartment.

Right!

W-what about that? Y-you're gonna call that legal?

But you got no proof.

No proof that'll hold up in court.

You'll never even get an indictment.

All right.

I'll-- I'll tail the guy until I--

Until you get accused of harassment?

And then the case against Borden's brother

will be thrown out of court and he will have accomplished

just exactly what he set out to accomplish.

[EXHALES]

I'm off duty.

Gotta pick up Jill at the hospital.

Danko.

Mike, if you were a guy with a regular job,

you'd go up to Borden, punch him in the nose.

We'd charge you with battery, first offense.

You'd probably get off with probation.

Then maybe, just maybe,

Borden would leave your wife alone.

But you don't have a regular job.

You are a professional law-enforcement officer.

You start to forget that, you'd be off the force.

Maybe I could do her a little more good

if I was off the force.

Tell me, lieutenant, where does a cop go

when he needs help, huh?

What does he do?

You just tough it out.

Tell your wife you love her.

Take her out to dinner tonight.

That's not gonna cure anything.

Fear is not something you cure, Danko.

It's something you learn to live with.

Take the girl out to dinner.

[EXHALES]

That an order?

No, but I can make it one.

[EXHALES]

Right.

[PHONE CLICKS]

This is Ryker.

When Webster and Gillis come in,

have them report to me immediately, will you, please?

A pat? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

I'll teach you to grab me! Agh!

How'd you like to be grabbed? It was just a little pat.

I was just tryin' to pay her a little compliment, that's all.

A pat? You call that a pat?

I used to play a little football.

And whenever a guy did a good job--

She was good.

Well, you give him a little pat.

[YELPS]

Are you going to pinch him?

Are you goin' to call him "angel pie" too?

Now let us handle it, will you, please, miss?

Please.

A little police brutality is what he needs.

Mr. Felker.

Sir, I'm afraid that we're gonna have to arrest you this time.

On what charge?

Charges:

disturbing the peace, battery, drunk and disorderly.

Now we've talked to you before about your drinking.

But, uh,

you know, this time the judge is liable

to throw away the key.

I'll be...

Never be convicted.

Why not?

Because I know a little bit about the law.

You heard of justifiable homicide?

[PHONE RINGING]

Well, this is justifiable drunk and disorderly.

Hey, one of you guys named Webster?

Guy on the horn here from the precinct.

Says he wants to talk to you.

Doesn't sound happy either.

He'll be right here.

Hello?

Yeah, Brenner and Karl are here for backup.

On the way.

Thank you.

Hey, listen, any time.

I got an uncle who's a cop in Passaic.

Maybe you know him.

[♪♪♪]

Carriage awaits yonder.

Heh. Would you-- Would you tell Yonder it's here?

[LAUGHS]

You're nuts.

That's better.

DANKO: Oh, baby.

It's good to have you back.

Yeah, well, it's good to be back.

Seems a shame to waste the evening.

Why-- Why don't we go for paella at Sebastian's?

Huh?

Okay, why don't go for paella at Sebastian's?

Come on, honey.

[MAN WHISTLING "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB"]

[VAN STARTING, ENGINE REVVING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[DOORBELL RINGING]

WEBSTER: Open up, man.

It's the police.

I'm okay, you go on.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Hey. Hey, Danko.

We spotted you come in and, uh, you looked like

you could use a little something.

I could use a beer.

I could use the company.

Come on in.

I'll get some glasses.

No, no, no, no.

Cans'll do.

Yeah, you're right.

Here.

Thanks, man.

I got to tell you something.

I-- I called Ryker and told him that you'd been

a little bugged the day that we drove together.

Yeah?

What'd he say?

Wasn't surprised.

Hey, Mike?

Share it with us. Maybe-- Maybe we can help.

Yeah, I guess maybe you can.

Well, you remember that burglary call

we took on that auto supply warehouse

a couple of Sundays ago?

Yeah.

Well, it seems that Dave Borden's brother

has started calling Jill.

He's been trailing her.

I think what he wants is for me to change my testimony.

It's pretty hard to figure that a 459

can foul up your whole life.

It's really been rough on me and Jill.

It's bad for me as a cop because I know it'd stop

if I told this freak I'd change my testimony

at his brother's trial.

Oh, man, I-- I don't know.

I haven't been able to sleep, thinkin' about it.

Why not let the ape go free?

Let him rob a million warehouses.

I don't care what he does

when I see that look in Jill's eyes.

Mike,

you can't hang yourself

for what you think about doing.

Yeah, you're-- You're not a machine.

You can't bust yourself for not knowing what to do.

A guy will think about a lot of things.

That's just human.

And that's all a cop is, should be,

human.

Good human sometimes and...

sometimes bad human.

You can't expect yourself not to want to get out sometimes.

I hear you, man.

And you're right.

It's just I gotta figure it out for myself.

I can't let anything mess up what I got going with Jill.

JILL: Mike?

Would you change your testimony?

I don't know.

You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do.

Please take the stand.

Will you please state your full name?

Michael Jonathan Danko.

You are an officer in the city police department?

Yes, sir.

Officer Danko, please tell the court

the events leading to your apprehension and arrest

of David Borden on the 14th of last month.

I was on patrol when dispatch called my unit

to report a possible 459.

What is a 459?

Uh, that's burglary.

And when you got to the warehouse,

what happened then?

I observed two suspects leaving the warehouse.

Uh, I pursued one of them.

A second unit followed the other.

You caught the man that you were following?

Yes, sir.

Is he in this courtroom?

Yes, sir.

Seated at the defense counsel's table.

The records will show that the witness is pointing

to David Borden, the defendant.

Your witness.

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

[♪♪♪]

Officer Danko,

can you describe the area in question?

Uh, how do you mean, sir?

I mean, isn't it full of alleyways and side streets?

An easy part of town to get lost in?

Yes, sir, I guess so.

And isn't it possible that in all the turning and confusion

of chasing this, uh, figure you maintain you saw

that you lost track of him for a second or two,

that you then started chasing a second man,

that David Borden is that second man?

I didn't lose sight of him during the chase, sir.

Not even for a second?

No, sir.

No, I don't believe so. You don't believe so?

"Believe."

Then the possibility exists that you did

lose sight of the suspect for one second.

The possibility does exist, doesn't it, Officer Danko?

[♪♪♪]

No, sir. I don't believe that's the case.

It was Dave Borden I saw coming out of that warehouse.

It was Dave Borden I pursued,

and it was Dave Borden I apprehended.

Jill, telephone.

Yeah, okay, all right.

You go ahead, see if you can do it.

Start up there someplace.

Be careful now.

Yeah, this is Miss Danko.

This is Officer Stahl, Mrs. Danko.

I'm sorry to have to tell you, but Mike's had a bad accident.

His patrol unit had a head-on

after he went back on duty from court.

Where is he?

On the corner of James and Beam.

The ambulance is on its way.

Uh, well, I'll be there in five minutes.

Bye-bye.

And I'll be waiting for you, Mrs. Danko.

[♪♪♪]

[PHONE RINGING]

Danko, somebody called you.

Left this number. Said it was important.

They leave a name?

Nope.

Oh, okay, thank you.

WEBSTER: Hey, Mike!

GILLIS: Hey, Mike, you get things

wrapped up at the trial?

I'm not sure yet.

[BELL DINGS]

[RINGS]

Hello, Officer Danko.

What do you want?

It's not what I want, Officer Danko,

what you want.

Hey, knock it off, will ya?

Yeah, go on.

Sorry to hear about your accident.

Mrs. Danko got word that you had a bad accident

after you left court.

Really upset her.

She came runnin'.

She's here right now,

with me,

waitin' for you, Officer Danko.

Where?

Angelus Speedway.

[BELL DINGS]

Uh, second-floor desk, please.

[LINE RINGING]

[RINGS]

Second floor, Mrs. Schafer. May I help you?

Uh, no, Mrs. Danko's husband was in a traffic accident.

She left the hospital grounds nearly an hour ago.

Yeah, thanks.

Hey, Mike?

What do you think?

I don't know, but I think we ought to talk to Ryker, huh?

Yeah.

[SIREN WAILING]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Give me that. What's Danko's unit number?

Ludlow 7.

Ludlow 7, this is Ryker.

What is your position?

[SIREN WAILING]

RYKER: Ludlow 7,

what is your position?

Ludlow 7, do you hear me?

It's supposed to be: "Do you read me?"

It'll be exactly what I say it's supposed to be.

Ludlow 7, do you read me?

All right, I want all units to clear this channel

until otherwise notified.

Ludlow 7,

do you read me?

[STATIC HISSING]

All right, anybody got any bright ideas?

His name isn't Ludlow 7, it's Mike.

Mike,

this is not a one-man job.

Believe me, more cops have been killed this way

than Dillinger ever dreamed of.

[SIREN WAILING]

I know how you feel, but this won't accomplish

what you want to accomplish.

You're doin' this the wrong way.

Now maybe Borden wants to kill her.

Why do you have to help him?

DANKO [OVER RADIO]: It's the Angelus Speedway.

He's got her at the Angelus Speedway.

But you better hurry, man,

'cause I'm not gonna guarantee a thing.

All units, Code 3.

All units, Code 3.

All units, Code 3.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

No! Don't!

Hold your fire. [ENGINE SPUTTERS, DIES]

JILL: No, I'm all right.

Where's Mike?

Okay. Where--?

[♪♪♪]

[SOBS]

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

Mike?

Ah, groovy, thank you.

I thought you weren't supposed

to treat members of your immediate family.

And I thought you were invited to dinner, not to criticize.

Yeah, but he's been home for four days now.

It's beginning to look a little suspicious.

Some guys'll do anything to pull desk duty.

Yeah.

Well, I don't know how you guys have made it on the street.

Four days without me to cover for ya?

It's been tough, yeah.

Uh, speaking of people who need help,

what ever happened to that student nurse of yours?

Hm?

GILLIS: The girl you were

telling us about

that was having trouble? Oh, she's okay.

She's better every day, as a matter of fact.

Who you talkin' about, somebody I know?

Yeah, you know her.

Who?

I'll tell you later. Oh, yeah?

Much later.

Hey, hey.

Come on, we came over here for dinner.

Yeah, come on, let's eat, let's eat.

Let's eat.

Okay, let's eat.

Okay, somebody help the poor invalid.

[♪♪♪]