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Not so fast. What do you want?

Just looking for squeakers, right, Mason?

No, I know it. Look, I don't care. Get out of here. I'll tell Mom.

We'll go ahead. We'll get you next week.

Looks like we got ourselves a major squeaker.

My deputies have worked a year and a half without a cost of living increase.

least they have jobs.

I mean, that's more than a lot of people in Hogan County. Different.

They put their lives on the line here. At $25 ,000 a year with overtime

of 10, that brings us to 35. I have a budget to balance in this town as mayor.

You want to tell them no raise? You want to go out there and look those deputies

in the eye and tell them no cost of living? I'd be glad to.

145? Yes.

Excuse me.

I need your attention.

Yeah, hold on a minute.

There's some plain talk that I think you need to hear.

This city's going broke.

I'm not willing to let it happen, and I wager that you're not either.

So there'll be no raises this year. I'm sorry.

What did you say?

We're rolling salaries back to 89 rates.

Your Honor.

Are you sure about this? We got families to feed here. We deserve at least the

cost of living. Our wages... We deserve more, but we haven't got it.

And when the town is more liquid, you'll all get raises.

Until then, your wages are frozen.

All right, young man, I want the truth.

If you don't tell us who did it, they could return and do it again.

I didn't get a good look at them.

Listen here, young man.

I know all about the code of silence.

I also know the high schoolers have invaded our laboratories and are

people in toilets until we catch them. I'm not ratting on anybody.

The next time they could come after Zachary, would you like that?

They won't be bothering Zach or me again.

Don't worry.

Uh -huh.

Well, get your hair dry, at least. You'll catch a cold.

Hey, I'm sorry.

Your brother's going to be sorry.

Look, it was just for initiation for a stupid club. He didn't mean anything.

Uh -huh.

Tell your brother to watch out, Hendricks.

I'm going to get him.

Alter fire!

All right, all right.

Come on, this is really sick.

Okay, the point of this meeting is to plan a course of action. I say we

Against the law, Tully. So what? We're not going to strike.

That gives her the power to fire us. And trust me, she will. You should make

sure your ass is covered, though, won't you, Kenny?

What's that supposed to mean? I hear rumors.

We all do.

Anybody got something to say to me?

Nothing personal.

There used to be one of us.

Now we're not so sure. I'm still one of you. I'm part of the team. You're like

my family.

Anybody think otherwise, I'll kick their ass right now.

So tell us what to do.

We lose our raises, we can't strike. What the hell do we do?

Blue flu.

They get the message, and legally they can't fire us. Kenny.

Blue flu?

Not a complete walkout. We do it in stages.

A couple of guys get sick today, two more tomorrow.

They got no recourse.

It worked in Chicago all the time.

We'll get our raises by the end of the week.

Trust me.

My throat's feeling a little scratchy.

It is the season.

Cap gun goes in here. We got caps?

Yep.

What if it explodes?

We'll have mashed potatoes.

I heard Blake Portis made one of these and burned all the hair off his

It's because Blake Portis is an adult.

If you make this right, you can shoot a potato 1 ,000 feet per second.

Put a nice big den in Jason Hendricks' car.

We'll get in trouble.

Lighter fluid.

Did your eyes come from wrestling?

He's going to get a little surprise.

Potato.

Can't beat him up.

Too big.

I need something drastic.

Stick.

Let's try.

scare him. Just shut up and help me tighten the pipe.

This isn't right.

I can't move with you, can I, Max? If I stick up for Rachel, I'm a bum. If I go

against her... But this is going against Jimmy. If we blew flu, we betrayed

Jimmy. You want to get the razors or not?

Okay, two deputies just went down sick.

What's going on?

Wintertime. A lot of germs going around.

Any germs in this room?

From what I can tell, low morale seems to be affecting their immune systems.

Mm -hmm.

How are you feeling?

I'm not sure I'm going to take my temperature tonight.

We're all set in position.

Here we come.

Camaro, C -28?

Yep. Stop it.

Robbie Carroll just got out.

That's him. He drives Robbie home.

Here he comes.

Let's hope this works.

After, we run. No waiting around.

Got it. Get ready.

Right here.

Right on him.

Just a little closer.

Help my back. I think

it's broken.

I need a backboard.

Got it.

All right, get these people back. Come on. Get back.

Come on.

Jason, almost.

Almost.

Jason? What?

Can you talk to me, Jason?

Jason?

Jason, talk to me.

Okay, he's going to do it.

Bring me sun pants.

Coming up.

Hold on, hold on.

Lift the car. All right, we're going to crank it up now. You ready?

Yeah.

Light him out, light him out. Keep him flat.

All right, keep him very flat.

Easy, easy.

All right, Max, get up the road and close it to traffic.

Got it.

We're going to put you in the ambulance. We're going to get you to the hospital,

okay? Can you talk to me?

We're going to call your mom, okay?

We're going to call your mom and dad.

Now turn to your left.

Relax your thumb.

It's a bud gun. They're popping up all over. Kids are making them at home.

To pick potatoes?

Yeah, this is a good one, too. If it hits somebody in the chest, it'd kill

You want them to get a lawyer?

No, I'll just take this statement.

Carl Littleton.

Get in there.

I'll handle this, Janet. I can handle it. They're your kids.

I'll do it.

Sheriff Brock, I don't feel so good. I think I'm going to go home.

What's the problem?

Cut the fill. It takes sick leave.

You look paler than me.

Uh -huh.

His back is broken.

Yes, two of the lumbar vertebrae. We're setting him in traction now, but there's

no damage to the vertebral canal. That's very good news.

He's going to be okay.

I think he's going to be fine.

We need to keep him for a few days.

but I think he's going to be okay.

Your kids did this, you know.

Through some kind of bomb thing that... Bill, this isn't the time.

Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks, I don't know how to begin to apologize to you for... I

know that Matthew and Zach never meant for this to happen. Yes, they did.

Matthew told me he was going to get Jason.

He told me.

We didn't mean it.

I promise.

Well, what were you thinking? That thing you made was like a cannon.

I just wanted to dent the car.

He stuck my head in the toilet, and I just wanted to pay him back.

And I just wanted to watch.

I never thought we'd really hurt him.

I didn't.

Misdemeanor battery?

That's it? Mr. Hendricks. They almost killed my son!

Take him home, please.

Come on, guys.

Mr. Hendricks, they did not intend to cause the accident.

They did try to damage the car, but... You heard the threat they made. Tell

them, Timmy. Tell them. The threat went to getting even for the toilet incident.

Now, the fact of the matter is I could just as easily prosecute Jason for

assault, but I don't think we want to get into that. These were stupid pranks.

Wait a minute. Launching a bomb is more than a prank. It was a potato, Mr.

Hendricks. It's a potato.

With near tragic consequences, I admit.

And I am charging them. They're not going away scot -free. My son is lying

the hospital with a broken back.

And if I felt they had any intent to cause physical harm, I would come down

harder.

This is not justice, Jimmy.

This is not justice.

I'm filing on second degree reckless.

We can plead the myth.

Not juvenile, huh?

No.

This is not special treatment because of a relationship, is it?

I didn't know we had a relationship.

No,

this is the right result under the circumstances.

Okay, thanks.

Yeah.

Max, Kenny.

Effective immediately, Max is under sheriff.

Why?

You look a little pale.

That's it, dismissed.

You're going to sue Matthew?

The Hendricks is suing.

I'm just the attorney who... He's my brother.

I understand, Kimberly.

But he did fire the lethal potato.

No need to worry.

Any settlement would come out of your parents' homeowner's policy.

They won't be out of pocket a nickel.

In fact, many people who pay premiums year after year would be happy to

stick it to the insurance company.

Your parents may thank me.

I don't think so.

Imagine how many comatose people I defended.

And here now, instead of representing a vegetable, I'm going after a kid who

shot one.

Life is irony.

Although some people say that a potato is not a vegetable.

It is a fruit.

Which would have more impact for the jury?

What sounds deadlier?

A vegetable or some fruit?

These are the difficult decisions a trial lawyer must make.

It's never easy.

You come straight home from school every day. You don't go out nights. You don't

go out weekends.

Hockey season's over you don't play any sports.

Do you know how close you came to killing that boy?

You look straight here young man.

I have never never been more shocked more disappointed than I am in the both

you. I don't even know who you are anymore.

You get to your rooms.

In our own home, they build a weapon and they almost kill somebody.

Matthew and Zach, they almost kill somebody.

Let's not overreact. I'm not overreacting. That blue flu is

Kenny. It's sabotaging me.

I'm doing what I do to any man under the circumstances. We sleep together. I

expect more loyalty.

You're the one saying don't bring the job home.

Don't bring politics into the bed. You can't organize a walkout that affects

welfare of this town and expect me to just throw on a negligee and ignore it?

You're being a hypocrite, Rachel.

You say your being mayor doesn't change things, yet you turn around... It's just

personal. It's not personal. It's work.

And our relationship stays clear of work, period.

You sure you want that?

Because you know I can make it real tough for you, Kenny.

Are you threatening me?

Yeah.

Let's call it a threat.

You come here every night to get what you want.

Now I'm telling you what I want.

I don't think so, Rachel. I could walk right out of here and get what I get

any other place.

In fact, I might start doing that.

No, now you're the one that's overreacting.

Who needs to feel who, Rachel?

Who needs to feel who every single night?

And if I decide to play politics at work, you're still going to need me,

you? Aren't you?

You're still going to want me.

Don't flatter yourself too much.

I don't need to flatter myself.

I've got you for that, don't I?

No hockey for a month?

That's what they say.

You might miss some of the playoffs.

Nuh -uh. The playoffs don't start tomorrow.

Even still, I'll have to win my position back.

Yeah, and you've got to play in 20 games to make playoffs.

You might be off the roster. Great.

Stay back We

gotta

go

Matthew. Get away from me.

Where's the entry?

Where's the entry? Get off him.

She's a doctor. She's in the way.

Let him go.

Let him go.

Let him go.

He's lost a lot of blood, doctor.

The blood pressure is dropping, Dr. Brennan. What do you want to do?

Enter in a saline stat. More volume.

As fast as we can.

I'm going to go into the bowels.

Suction. Have we typed and crossed?

Yes, but it's not ready.

Plastic paralysis.

Gastric contents cloudy.

Where's that CT?

It should be here any minute.

I got the picture.

It's a hematoma L45.

Get her out of here now. Get out, Jill.

Babinski positive.

Jill, get out.

He's my son.

Which is exactly why you shouldn't be in here.

I can feel it.

Run five milligrams of sets on a choline.

It's a half centimeter from the spine.

Impacted in muscle.

Oh, God.

Open up the longer seat.

What's up?

Jimmy just called.

Says I'm in charge.

You okay?

Okay, now what do I do?

We have the kid in custody, right?

We have the shooter. Max, calm down.

Parents, you're calling. Some are coming in. Well, Ginny, get them out of the

station. Get them out.

Yes. Relax.

Okay.

First, address the office. They need to see you in control.

Right. Okay.

Right.

Let's go.

All right, listen up.

Jimmy is officially on temporary leave.

Max is now the sheriff.

The blue flu is over. Why?

Because Jimmy's kid got shot, that's why.

Nobody in this office is playing politics.

Max, what do you want?

We are all going to rally around this situation and Jimmy. We are all going to

respond.

Tully, Billy, get down to the courthouse. I want warrants to search

locker. We're looking for guns, knives, any weapons.

Pulaski, Riley, let's tap all contacts. Find out who's got what, who's selling

what. I want to see my client at once. Not now. I'm representing Timmy

Hendricks, and I have a right to see him.

Deputy, take Mr. Wambaugh to see his client.

Kenny, contact all the deputies on sick leave.

Tell them the walkout's over. We need them back.

Got it.

Okay, everybody, let's move. In the units, let's go.

You got it.

Kimberly.

Is he going to be okay?

Yeah, we don't know, honey.

But I think they got the bullet, so I think he's going to be okay.

Bill.

He is stable. He's going to live.

What else?

There's damage at the low lumbar level.

What does that mean?

No feeling below the abdomen.

He's paralyzed?

We're hoping it's not permanent.

The cord's very swollen.

Well, when are we going to know?

We just have to wait.

As soon as the swelling goes down, we'll look for some progress.

He's not conscious yet. He's still in recovery.

As soon as he comes up, you can see him.

What are they doing in there?

I don't know.

Oh, God, Billy.

It was our gun.

How did he get it?

I kept it in the safe. I know it was locked in the safe.

Me and Jason, we knew the combination.

We found it in my mother's desk drawer.

And you brought the gun to school to shoot Matthew Brock because he shot your

brother with a potato?

Yes. Timmy? Put him in lockup.

What? You're putting him in jail? Your son is being charged with attempted

murder. What? He shot somebody point blank with intent.

Well, so did the sheriff's kid. Mr. Hendricks, calm down. This isn't equal

justice. The Brock boy fired a potato at a car.

Your son shot a .38 revolver at a boy standing 10 feet away.

He stays in custody. Come on. Let's talk.

There's going to be a lot of heat on this.

Are you ready?

Ready.

Now, the town sheriff's kid has been shot. Half the town could explode with

panic. They're going to look for a strong response from this department.

I know.

I'm ready.

The other half of the town is going to charge favor to them, saying that you're

responding because it's the sheriff's kid.

You're going to get hit no matter what you do.

I can handle it.

I can.

Good luck, Sheriff.

Why can't you see him?

Well, he needs his rest right now.

But Mom and Dad said maybe tomorrow.

He's going to be okay.

I think so.

Yeah, I think so.

Zach?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Are you sure?

It's okay.

It's okay to cry.

This is from the schools?

High school and half of the junior high. We didn't get to the elementary yet.

Sig P228, double action semi -automatic.

13 round auto loader.

Where do they get this stuff?

We check the gun shops, the records are clean.

Which means nothing.

The older kids get them and sell them to the younger ones.

I can't believe that this is in our town.

I've told the school to leave the police tape up and not to wash the blood off

the floor.

I want the kids to walk by the scene. Let them get sick to their stomachs.

Good. I'll call a town meeting tomorrow night, and I'll hold it at the school so

the parents can see it, too.

I also want Carter to conduct some seminars. Show the students autopsy

gunshot victims.

Let them see an exit wound or a head without a face. It's time to sensitize

these kids to violence.

Do that in the schools?

These are in the schools.

They carry them like toys.

Excuse me.

Thank you for calling off the blue flu. I really appreciate it. I did it out of

respect to Jimmy and Max.

Not to you. I know, but... You do?

Can I see you in private for a second?

It's what you said last night about our personal and professional stuff getting

mixed up. I mean, about you threatening me professionally.

I was just talking through my insecurity. You know that.

Yeah, but I do think you expect me to stick up for you in here.

I know that you have to be independent, but we also...

care for each other.

Maybe it's just too complicated, Rachel.

Maybe we should stop you and me.

You want that?

It's getting harder to separate business and pleasure.

I'm thinking we should just cool it.

Not now.

With all this stuff going on, I... Please.

Let's just get through this crisis.

Then we'll talk about it.

I gotta get back up.

Max needs me.

There was an accident at school.

Good shot.

Yeah, you're safe now, honey.

You're safe, baby.

You just rest.

We're right here. We're not going anywhere.

My legs.

What?

I can't feel my legs.

Just sleep now, okay?

It's too soon.

You're going to be just fine. Don't worry.

Just sleep, baby.

Just sleep, honey.

Go to sleep now. Go to sleep.

It's possible that he'll never use his legs again.

Of course, we hope that the swelling will go down and the feeling will come

back.

But that might not happen.

You know, you know, spirit counts for so much. And Matthew is such a great

spirit. So we're going to do everything that we can to keep his spirits up,

okay?

We're going to be positive, positive attitudes.

We're going to be strong for Matthew and for each other. We're going to be

strong.

They won't try him as an adult, you're sure?

Positive. He'll be tried as a minor in juvenile court.

What about after the hearing?

Can he come home?

That depends on Judge Bone.

Two o 'clock. Don't be late.

My son wasn't raised that way.

I... I don't know how we could have done this.

What?

You got the DA's petition?

Here. Thank you.

How the hell can you do this?

Kimberly. No, I thought about it all last night.

You don't have to take every case. You don't have to rescue everybody.

My little brother may never walk again.

And you want me to help free the kid who shot him?

98 % of all criminal defendants are guilty.

If you'll always want to be in the right side of justice, you'll never make a

living as a lawyer.

You'll make your living with or without Timmy Hendricks.

How about as a courtesy to me?

I'm off this case.

Probably can't know your pain.

Not completely.

I was in the temple all last night praying for Matthew.

God will take care of him.

I don't want to hear any talk about God. I don't think there is a God.

No God would let a 13 -year -old get shot or... And I don't want to hear

you going to temple or how religious you are.

I don't give a damn how much you pray. That doesn't make you a moral person.

You... take any case, whatever will bring you a fee, you can spend all day

in your stupid synagogue that doesn't make you moral.

Right now, I don't believe in God.

And I don't believe in you.

There are two victims in this.

Your brother and the Hendricks boy.

I can't help Matthew.

Timothy Hendricks, we all do what we can.

Not good enough.

Not even close.

Be

sure

this isn't overdramatic.

People need a wake -up call. They need to be shocked. I should have at least

cleaned up the blood.

The blood is real.

Let them see it.

I can't breathe.

I can't even feel the covers. It's going to take some time, honey.

You said maybe today.

Well, it's going to take a little longer.

Just hang in there, buddy.

Be brave. I know it's hard.

You'll be fine.

Where are they taking me?

You're going down to x -ray. We'll be down there for just a little bit, and

you'll come right back.

Okay? Right here when you get back.

Okay. Watch out here.

Be careful now. Easy, easy.

There we go.

Gently.

Okay. All right, let's be careful.

How long? I don't know.

Is there an X -ray? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know, damn it.

I just went into somebody's brain the other day to save a life.

Last year, I took the stupid liver of a pig to help.

I can't help Matthew. I can't help him.

God, we... We took fetal tissue to help Bill McGrath walk. Why can't...

I can't help my son.

I have to sit here and I have to wait.

I can't help my son walk.

Metal detectors will be installed at every junior high and high school

I'm also drafting a city ordinance that will ban handguns. All handguns in Rome,

Wisconsin. That's against the Constitution.

So take us to court.

I'm also talking to Hemisphere Cable. We may be scrambling the images of all

television shows that we think are too violent. That's absurd.

A boy was shot.

This is only happening because it was the sheriff's kid.

Now, I'm sorry. I'm as outraged as everybody else is here about what

the Brock boy.

But come on.

This is a small, quiet town.

And what you're doing here is ridiculous overkill. This isn't Chicago.

Sheriff.

One out of every 25 American high school students has carried a gun.

One out of 25.

The leading cause of death of young people everywhere in this country is

Murder.

It's an epidemic.

If we want to save our kids, it's up to us.

We're safe.

Small, quiet towns are safe.

That's like saying nice people don't get cancer.

Well, the cancer has come to the small town.

There are more licensed firearms dealers in America than there are gas stations.

It's way out of control.

If it sounds like I'm trying to shock you, I am.

Be shocked.

And let us do what we have to do.

Or the next time you see yellow tape, it may be around a place where your kid

used to play.

There's no change in the x -rays. There's no shrapnel, so that's good.

I think he's sleeping.

In the interest of... Timothy Hendricks, case number 993, JV113, attempted

murder. Douglas Rambo for the juvenile.

Wave reading, plead not guilty.

Take him into secure custody, juvenile facility.

Your Honor, he has no criminal record. He has good, caring parents.

And he shot somebody.

He's up on attempted murder.

He's a risk to society.

He goes to Lincoln Hills Correctional Facility today.

I'm ordering a psychiatric examination, and then he goes on trial.

Your Honor, these are extremely traumatic circumstances.

For his emotional well -being, I ask that my client be put into the custody

the parents. Denied.

Worry about his emotional well -being in jail.

If he did what he's charged with, that's where he belongs.

Bailiff, take him away.

What?

Nothing.

I just want to say you were great.

Really great.

Thanks.

There'll be no blue flu while you're in charge.

It really meant a lot to me having you back me up.

You know that.

I know that.

Maybe one day after I take over, I'll let you be sheriff for a day.

I appreciate it.

Thanks, Kenny.

Okay, great.

It hurts my stomach.

I know, sweetie.

It's probably pulling on your stitches a little.

I'm going to go real slow.

No, I don't want to. We don't want your muscles to contract. This way.

Okay, okay. We'll stop for now, okay?

It's all right, buddy.

You just rest now, okay?

Just rest.

You guys know the Blackhawks are playing tonight?

It's on Channel 7.

Maybe we could... What?

Matthew?

Both your foot.

I can't. Your toes.

Wiggle your toes. Try.

I can't. Try again, Matthew. Try.

Okay, honey, now look.

You tell me if you feel anything, okay?

Okay.

If you feel anything at all, I want you to tell me. Okay.

I felt that.

Here?

Yes.

Okay. You tell me when.

Now.

Coming back.

He's going to get... You're going to get your legs back, baby. He's coming back.

He's coming back, sweetheart.

He's coming back.