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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Conroy and Ellis, be especially on the alert

in the area around Drummond Road.

We've had three robberies in seven days, and no arrests.

Which means we're not doing so good.

Which means we do better.

Ginelli and Foster.

Detectives request a uniform backup

on a stakeout.

Report to Sergeant Mills.

Gillis and Webster.

Work the Jackson High School sector.

Numerous citizen complaints.

Juveniles defacing sidewalks and walls.

For the rest of you, check your hot sheets.

Stick to standard patrols and standard sweeps.

That's it. Hit the street!

Hey, if the action gets too much for

you all over there,

you give me a call, you hear?

I mean, there could be some kid walking

an unlicensed dog

or writing nasty words on the street.

You know what I mean?

Danko, it's early in the day

and we don't need any comments.

Ah, I wasn't being sarcastic.

I meant it. I think it's

really heavy.

A new breed of police officer

to clean up the streets, so to speak.

Hey, knock it off, you guys.

Danko.

We all know it's a useless assignment.

Oh, really? Tell me all about it,

Officer Gillis.

Because it strikes me that you have confused

my function

with that of a travel agent.

A travel agent sends you to a place you'll enjoy.

A police lieutenant sends you somewhere where you'll be

of some use to someone.

There's a difference. Do you see it?

Sir,

may I tell you what I honestly think

of this assignment?

Oh, by all means.

I think it's a waste.

It's a waste of time, money and manpower.

Well, suppose you humor me for this week, Gillis.

Next week, I will ask you

to stop all organized crime in the city,

but this week, you're going to work

the juvenile detail!

Yes, sir.

Whatever you say, sir.

Something personal bugging him?

Hasn't mentioned anything to me.

Might just be we've had a rough couple of weeks,

you know.

Long hours.

Well, keep tabs on him for his own sake.

For the sake of the people he's gonna be working with

on the street.

Keep tabs on him.

Mrs. Carter, we'll dispatch a car

to check out your complaint,

but one barking dog at 9:00 in the morning

isn't usually considered as disturbing the peace.

Yes, ma'am. There's a unit

on the way.

Thank you.

Go deal with the public.

Yeah, I know, I know.

Look, I'm expecting a very important phone call,

so do me a favor, let me know as soon as

it comes in, okay?

Sure, Gillis.

It'll be from out of state.

Some back-home girl you used to know?

Hey, just let me know.

You don't have to know about who or why.

You ready?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]

Do you wanna talk about it?

What?

The phone call you're waiting for

from out of state.

I'll let you know when I'm ready, all right?

Okay.

WILLIE: Terry, pull over!

He's beating my son. I tried to pull him off.

He's killing him!

Eddie! Leave him alone!

Will you cut it out?

Wally? I got him.

[WHEEZING]

Wally? Let me go!

Easy!

RUTH: Wally.

Wally!

Is he okay?

You stay away from him.

Don't you touch him!

You maniac!

I'm gonna go and call an ambulance.

Don't move him.

You should be locked up like an animal.

You should be put in the cage!

The creep, he stole my brother's bike.

That's a lie! My son wouldn't take anything

that didn't belong to him!

Oh, sure! He wouldn't take

nothing, no!

Easy!

Is that it? He stole your bike?

Yeah.

Someone saw him take it from the rack at school.

See?

Okay. Now...

Now let's just try and keep him warm

till the ambulance gets here, all right?

Okay, let's go.

Hey? But what's the deal?

I get his bike back, and I'm the one

who gets busted!

I said, let's go!

You too!

Excuse me, ma'am.

I'm sorry, but I need some information.

Your name, please?

Ruth Skidmore.

Well, that does it.

Now what?

We wait for your father.

You're a legal juvenile.

Your parents are responsible for what you do

till you're 18.

Is that what makes a man?

How old he is?

Hey, why can't we leave my father out of this?

Skidmore stole that bike.

He's the criminal. What did I do?

Eddie, you went about it the wrong way.

That creep won't be rippin' off any more bikes.

Not yours anyway.

Thank you.

Hi, son. Hi, Dad.

What is this, some kind of joke?

Mr. Halley? Yes.

I'm Officer Gillis, this is Officer Webster.

How you doin'?

Well, what did you do, son,

walk through a red light or something?

May we have your full name, please?

Karl with a "K".

That's the way I'm known.

Karl with a "K".

If you got any plumbing problems, call me.

Married? Single.

Look, I got a business to run, come to the point.

Tell me what this is all about.

Some creep stole Tim's bike.

I taught him a lesson, that's all.

That's it?

Sir? Yeah.

The boy Eddie taught a lesson to

is in the hospital.

He's seriously injured.

So what? I mean,

he did steal the bike, didn't he?

Yes, sir. That's how it looks.

Well, then what?

I mean, he stole a bike.

My son took it back.

Makes sense to me.

Dad, come on!

What do you think hands are made for?

TIM: Dad! Listen.

What's yours, you gotta fight for

or you lose it.

Now, the kid steals a bike,

my son stands up for his kid brother

and you arrest him.

It don't make no sense.

Mr. Halley, your son assaulted another boy.

He should have reported the theft to the police

instead of taking the matter in his own hands.

Now if you wanna press charges against

that boy in the hospital...

Yeah, you bet I'm gonna press charges.

Meanwhile, the assault charge stands.

Assault charge?

Your son will be released to your custody

when there's a juvenile hearing.

You'll be expected to bring him back.

Please sign.

Is that all?

That's all.

Come on, let's get outta here.

I'm sorry.

My father's kind of, uh...

He just doesn't understand how bad Wally's hurt.

What are you gonna do when someone won't listen?

Won't or can't?

All right. Did anyone

accompany the victim to the hospital?

His mother, sir.

You did not?

No, sir.

Well, according to your report,

the victim is also a theft suspect,

so we'll need a statement.

He was unconscious, Lieutenant.

It's hard to get a statement

from someone who's unconscious.

Well, your report is incomplete,

so get over to the hospital and get his statement.

[COUGHS]

[LINE RINGING]

Nurses' station on three, please.

Mrs. Danko.

Yeah, this is Mrs. Danko.

Mrs. Danko, this is Lieutenant Ryker.

There's nothing wrong with your husband

so you can relax.

Excuse me.

Webster and Gillis are on their way

over to the hospital.

I wonder if you can do me a favor.

There's something wrong with Gillis,

and I don't mean medically.

Look, buy him a cup of coffee, will ya?

You're a nice lady to talk to,

and I have a feeling he might want to talk

to someone.

Might need to, in fact.

Thank you, Mrs. Danko.

Willie, do you feel okay?

Sure.

You seem a little down.

[CHUCKLES]

Ever the nurse, huh?

No.

Just a friend,

if you let me be.

I think my father's dying, Jill.

I'm sorry, Willie.

I wanna fly back home and be with him,

but my sister's afraid

that would make him think that he's dying.

And they really don't know for sure yet.

I haven't even told Terry.

I guess I think that if I don't talk about it,

it'll just go away.

Is he in the hospital?

Yeah.

Yeah, they got millions of tests to run.

He's had tumors before.

I... I really love him, you know.

[SIGHS]

[SCOFFS]

I guess everybody has to go through

something like this,

but it just seems that when you're a cop,

there's never any end to it, you know?

[SIGHS] Everywhere you look,

everybody's dying,

hating, hurting.

[SIGHS]

I'm so tired of it all.

[SIGHS]

I wish I had a magic formula that could help,

but I don't.

Willie, excuse me.

Let's roll.

Is the boy awake yet?

No. Kid lost out in the Oak View section.

Six-year-old girl.

They've called in every available man

to look for her.

A lost kid, huh?

Hey, look, Terry, couldn't they just send...

The rescue unit says that if we don't find her

by sundown,

she'll more than likely die of exposure.

So come on, let's go.

See ya. See ya.

[SIGHS] Good luck, Willie.

Take care of yourself.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[SIREN WAILING]

But she wouldn't go anywhere with anyone!

My husband's out of town.

He's been gone for two days.

Yeah, well, Mrs. Potter, we're gonna need

a description of your daughter.

What she was wearing.

She went out to play with her dog.

And her name is Saundra. Sandy.

She's only six.

She watches TV a lot, and reads.

Picture books.

Adventure stories.

She loves adventures.

You said she's playing with a dog.

Yes, it's... It's a...

Oh, just a dog.

It wandered in a few months back.

Have you called the neighbors?

I've told everyone I know.

Well, I think you'd better wait inside, Mrs. Potter.

Stay by the phone in case someone calls.

Who would call?

Oh,

you don't think she's been kidnapped?

No, I didn't say that, Mrs. Potter.

Someone may have found her wandering around.

But can't I help?

I think so by staying inside near the phone.

Okay.

Let's get out behind the house.

Fan out in both directions.

Anybody sees anything, holler.

Move out.

TERRY: Sandy?

Sandy!

WILLIE: Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

RYKER: Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

TERRY: Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

Sandy!

[DOG WHIMPERING]

Terry, over here!

Terry, over here!

Get the rescue unit!

[WHIMPERS]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Come on, hurry!

Please, God.

Please.

Sandy?

You'll wanna go to the hospital with her,

Mrs. Potter.

What happened?

She was trapped inside the refrigerator.

Whoever junked it, didn't take off the door.

We got a new one.

The store wouldn't take the old one away.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

RYKER: You feel better, Gillis?

[EXHALES]

Yeah, a little bit.

Good.

Four minutes. Not very long,

is it?

What do you mean four minutes?

Four minutes. That's how long the brain

can go without oxygen before it...

Before it starts to deteriorate.

Four minutes plus how many more?

How long was she trapped in there

before the air was used up?

Sergeant, I'm sorry about this morning.

Hey, it's okay.

Hey, I think I got something here for ya.

Let's see here. Where is it?

Oh, here it is, Mrs. Danko.

She said don't forget dinner.

That's not what you're waiting on, is it?

No.

But thank you, anyway.

Miss? Can't you tell us anything about Wally?

I wish I could, Mr. Skidmore,

but I don't know anything.

He'll be out of surgery soon.

[ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS]

Excuse me.

Did they find the little girl?

Ah, yeah, but we don't know yet

if we found her in time.

Jill, can we get that statement from

Wally Skidmore now?

No, not yet.

What happened to him anyway?

He's got five smashed ribs,

a fractured cheekbone, a broken arm,

and he's got internal hemorrhaging.

[SIGHS]

Well, he was beaten,

for stealing a bicycle.

Officers?

My wife tells me you were the two

that pulled that maniac off our boy.

We were the first officers on the scene, yes, sir.

I can't believe he'd steal.

It's just not...

It's just...

Well, it's just that we thought we'd taught him

certain values.

We should have given him the bike

when he asked for it.

JOHN: Well, nothing excuses

the vicious way he was beaten.

Nothing.

It's certainly grounds for a suit.

Any civil suit is your private concern, sir.

Criminal assault charge is another matter.

These hospital costs are gonna be stiff.

We ought to be able to recover those at least.

Mr. and Mrs. Skidmore?

The doctor would like to see you.

First door on the left.

Maybe we'd better wait, huh?

For your statement? No.

He threw a clot.

Didn't make it.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

I came to see Wally.

And I came to apologize.

Tell him how sorry we are.

We?

Yeah, well, it's hard for my brother or my Dad

to say anything like that.

I can see him, can't I?

Well, he's gonna be all right, isn't he?

Isn't he?

[SIGHS]

So we arrest the Halley kid, huh?

That's right.

Suspicion of murder?

More than likely.

I don't understand.

It's all out of proportion. One kid dead.

Another one possibly in jail

three, four years.

Must have been one beautiful bike.

Uh, yes, room 244, please.

Hi, Dad. How are you?

I'm fine, I'm fine.

How are they treating you?

Well, that hospital food's never too great, you know.

Listen, are they finished with all the tests yet?

Yeah, well, I know it's a drag,

but I guess you just have to hang in there, huh?

Yeah, let me talk to her.

Hi, Linda.

I know that you can't talk right now,

but have the doctors told you anything more?

Okay. Well, call me

as soon as they get the results, all right?

Yeah, talk to you later.

Bye.

[SIGHS]

Uh, Sergeant Older said it would be all right

for me to use your telephone.

Hope you don't mind.

Well, Sergeant Older's very generous with my phone.

However, I'll take that up with him.

Tell me something, did you and Webster

pick up the Halley kid yet?

Headed out there right now, sir.

Gillis,

is this your badge?

Yes, it is, sir.

I guess I was fiddling with it

while I was talking on the telephone.

It isn't a toy.

I know it isn't, sir.

But it's not what I expected it to be either.

I'm listening.

Well,

the whole reason I joined up

was I thought I could be a policeman who could

deal with the causes of crime as well as the crime itself.

So here I am

going out to arrest a 16-year-old kid

for suspicion of murder.

Who am I helping, Lieutenant?

In this particular instance, maybe nobody.

But you can't freeze smoke rings, you know.

They're all different.

And so is each case you're gonna deal with.

Well, they haven't been very different, lately.

Thanks for the use of your phone.

I wonder how little Sandy is doing?

You heard anything?

Don't think they know anything yet.

Here we are.

Now you keep your big mouth shut!

You understand that?

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Yeah?

May we come in, sir?

Hi, Tim.

Okay. What do you want?

Is Eddie around? No.

Well, we'd like to talk to him.

He ain't here.

Well, I guess Tim must have told you that...

KARL: I heard about the Skidmore boy.

In fact, I tried to phone his parents,

but I guess they were out.

Now, I know it's rough about what happened,

but can't blame Eddie for that, you know?

He only did what was right.

He didn't know the kid was gonna die.

Mr. Halley, the doctor's report says that

Wally Skidmore died as a result of the beating.

You've got to be off your nut.

Sir, we have to go by the doctor's findings.

Tim, maybe you have some idea where...

I said he ain't here.

And I told you I'd bring him

to the hearing,

and I'll bring him.

We have to book him on the new charge, sir.

We have no choice.

Okay.

Okay, I'll...

I'll try to locate him, huh?

And how do I know that he's gonna get

a fair shake?

Because your idea of justice and mine

ain't exactly the same, you know.

Mr. Halley,

I don't think it's a good idea to try

and hide your son.

That constitutes harboring a fugitive,

which makes you an accessory.

Now who said anything about hiding anybody?

Dad? Now, listen!

You stay out of this! I don't have to

tell you that again!

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, boy, I don't know. [CLEARS THROAT]

One of these days, maybe you guys

will have kids

and then you'll understand what it's all about.

It sounded to me like he was trying

to be helpful.

What, Tim? Oh, sure.

Did you ever know a 15-year-old

who didn't have all the answers?

Well, look, you guys got your job to do

and I'll do mine, okay?

All right, sir.

Whatever you say.

What now?

Back to the barn?

No.

No, let's pull across the street and wait.

Till when?

And for what reason?

Until we see a chance to talk to Tim

without his father being there.

And the reason...

Never mind the reason. I can dig it.

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

I told you to stay in the other room.

I'm sorry, Dad, for what I said.

Oh?

But if you wanna help Eddie,

turn him in.

That's what I'd expect from you.

Dad? Dad!

Why don't you shut up?

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

Let's go.

[DOORBELL RINGING]

My Dad just left.

We know.

Can we come in?

Yeah, sure.

Thank you.

Tim,

we gotta ask you, do you know where

your brother is?

No.

If you did know, would you tell us?

I'm not sure.

My dad said I'd be no son of his

if I did tell.

But I haven't been his son really for

a long time anyway.

Don't get along, huh?

No, we just like different things, that's all.

I like to read and,

well, he's more into fishing and guns.

Like that matched set of .45s in the wall?

Yeah, that's right.

I couldn't care less about those things.

WILLIE: He does, though.

Yeah.

Then why isn't it a matched set anymore?

Now, it looks like

he has taken your brother a gun

and he's telling him to escape, right?

Yeah.

Then if you know where he is, tell us.

If you don't know, at least tell us

where he might be!

But he's my brother.

Tim, help us.

We're trying to help your family.

Well, there's a house he's working on.

No one lives there now,

and no one would think anything about his truck

being parked out front.

Will you tell us where?

Yeah. Can I come with you?

Come on.

Vehicle is described as an orange pickup

with the words "Halley Plumbing"

on the sides.

Request notify, but do not apprehend.

DISPATCHER: All units. A request from Ludlow Niner

with a notify, but do not apprehend.

An orange pickup truck identified as belonging

to Halley Plumbing.

So you figure he's taking the stuff to your brother?

I guess so.

Eddie's just about everything Dad's got in the world.

He's got you, Tim.

Well, like I said,

we're not close, Dad and me.

I hope you can get close, Tim.

There's gonna come a time when he's gonna reach out,

and you're gonna wanna be there for him.

DISPATCHER: Ludlow Niner. On your observe,

but do not apprehend.

Meet Ludlow 7 on tac three, over.

Ludlow 9. Roger.

What you got, Ludlow 7?

I have the Halley truck going east on Center Street.

He spotted you?

Negative.

Stick with him, but hold back.

We'll join you.

He's headed for the house.

Oh, come on.

You can't be serious about this.

The cops said they're coming after me, too!

As an accessory, don't you see?

I gotta go with you!

Nobody's gonna do anything to you.

Come on. We can make it

together, son!

We can!

Yeah.

Look how well we've done so far.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]

MIKE: He's been in there about five minutes.

Do you wanna go pull him out?

No.

Good chance that he's armed.

Well, it's you all's ball game.

How do you wanna play it?

We'll move in a little closer.

Let Tim talk to his Dad on the hailer.

Okay, Tim, tell him we're here.

We don't wanna hurt anyone.

We just want him and Eddie

to come on out, okay?

Let's go.

Come on, boy.

Now, you're not thinking straight, you know.

We could head for Alaska, maybe.

Some place where there's still room!

Look, I don't want your help!

Can't you get that through your head?

TIM OVER BULLHORN: Dad? Eddie?

The police are out here.

They want you to come on out.

He brought the cops, that little...

Gosh!

KARL: Hey, Eddie, wait!

MIKE: There he goes!

Hold it, Mr. Halley. That's as far as you get.

Well, you're never gonna get close enough

to touch him.

Neither will you, Dad.

[CRYING] Mom.

Mom.

Mom!

Mom!

Mom.

Mom.

Mom.

Okay.

Come on.

One boy dead.

A little girl, maybe.

A father messes up his son's life.

What are you gonna do?

Three times into the line,

and then punt.

Maybe that's all we can do.

Hey, over there.

[GROANING]

If you'll hang around a few minutes,

we'll have a fourth for bridge.

Just hold on.

We'll get you right to the hospital.

It'll only take a few minutes.

Come on, stand up.

Can you stand up? Do it.

That's it. Yeah.

That's it. Good, good, okay.

Take it easy. Hang on.

Okay. Hang on tight.

Okay. That's it.

Yeah.

All right.

WILLIE: Step down easy.

There you go. All right.

WILLIE: Okay. [WOMAN STRUGGLING]

Okay.

Hang on.

Come on. Just hang on.

That's it.

[GROANING]

[SIREN WAILING]

Just hang on.

Ludlow 9 to Control.

Have emergency OB patient in vehicle.

Destination, Memorial Hospital.

ETA, five minutes.

Meet us with emergency equipment

and medical assistance, over.

DISPATCHER: Roger, Ludlow Niner.

Hang on.

We'll be at the hospital in a few minutes, okay?

[PANTING]

[SCREAMING]

Okay. Okay. It'll be better...

Be better if you lie down.

Come on. Stretch out.

That's it. Take it slow,

slow. Stretch out.

WOMAN: [SOBBING] It hurts.

Forget it.

I've... I've had bad timing since I was a kid.

Imagine.

This looks like the icing on the ca...

Hang on!

It hurts!

I know. Just hang on.

When the hurting's over,

it's all gonna be worth it.

You can do it.

I can't help it!

You can do it!

Maybe you don't give a damn,

but I do!

It hurts!

I've seen too many lives wasted already.

Now don't give up on me.

Don't give up! You hear me?

[SCREAMS]

Okay, hold on, hold on.

We'll soon be there.

Okay.

Shh.

Stop.

Stop fighting the contractions, okay?

Deep breaths.

Go with them.

That's it. Relax.

[WOMAN CRYING]

Deep breaths.

Shh.

Deep, deep breaths.

Yes.

Yes. Deep breaths.

Come on, you can do it.

That's it.

Okay.

Okay.

[GASPING]

Stop fighting the contractions.

We'll be there in a few minutes.

Push!

Push!

[SIREN WAILING]

Press!

That's it.

Pretty close now.

Same here.

Keep working!

Keep working!

Push.

Come on. Okay.

Push!

That's it. That's it.

Okay. You got it.

Shh! That's it!

[LAUGHING]

Lose some, win some, too.

Yeah.

Nurse Danko, I'd like you to meet, uh, Dr. Gillis.

Dr. Gillis, I've got a message for you.

Who from? Your sister.

They finished all the tests,

your father has an ulcer.

An ulcer?

An ulcer.

You sure?

Yep.

That's fantastic.

Did you hear that, huh?

My father has an ulcer.

I mean, how about that.

He's got an ulcer. Isn't that fantastic?

And I'm gonna wash up, call Mike

and have him meet us, okay?

Yep.

Uh, we'll celebrate!

Hey, my father has an ulcer.

Do you believe it, huh?

Wow!

I think my partner's crazy.

Well, with his kind of crazy,

we better just hope it's catching.

Come on, I'll tell you inside.

MIKE: So, when Ryker found out

that this guy had given the Captain

a parking ticket,

well, it turns out the parking...

Who's got cream and sugar?

Here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So go on, finish the story.

I think you'd better finish yours, man.

Hello, Mrs. Potter.

Hi.

Hi, Sandy.

How you feeling?

Okay.

This is the man who found you, sweetheart.

I thought you said my puppy found me.

Well, your puppy did find you.

I just sort of helped.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Come on, sweetheart.

[ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS]

Yeah, I hoped.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]