Original subtitles

( impersonating Brando ): REMEMBER THAT NIGHT IN THE GARDEN?

YOU COME DOWN TO MY DRESSING ROOM.

YOU SAID, "KID, THIS AIN'T YOUR NIGHT.

WE'RE GOING FOR THE PRICE ON WILSON."

YOU REMEMBER THAT?

THIS AIN'T YOUR NIGHT.

MY NIGHT?

I COULD HAVE TAKEN WILSON APART, CHARLIE.

SO WHAT DOES HE GET, HUH? WHAT HAPPENS?

HE GETS THE TITLE SHOT OUTDOORS IN THE BALL PARK.

WHAT DO I GET?

A ONE WAY TICKET TO PALOOKAVILLE.

YOU WAS MY BROTHER.

YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED OUT FOR ME.

YOU SHOULD HAVE TOOK CARE OF ME A LITTLE BIT

SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM DIVES

FOR THE SHORT END MONEY.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I COULD HAVE HAD CLASS.

I COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTENDER.

I COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY

INSTEAD OF A BUM, WHICH IS WHAT I AM

LET'S FACE IT.

( applause )

Blowfish: NOT BAD, NOT BAD.

YOU OUGHT TO TAKE THAT ON THE ROAD.

YOU KNOW WHAT WAS INTERESTING

IS THAT YOU DO A BRANDO CIRCA...

1954.

VINTAGE, ON THE WATERFRONT.

EXACTLY.

BUT YOU, YOU DO A LATE MODEL BRANDO--

SAY, 1972?

THE GODFATHER.

EITHER WAY, WE'RE TALKING GENIUS HERE.

HERE, HERE.

Together: MERRY CHRISTMAS.

LET ME GET YOU A DRINK.

HEY, JUDE, I THOUGHT YOU WAS OUT OF HERE.

AND MISS "DUELING BRANDOS"?

NO WAY.

BUT IN TWO HOURS, I'M HEADED

TO CHICAGO FOR A REAL CHRISTMAS.

SPEAKING OF WHICH

YOU COMING WITH, OR NOT?

CLUB PARADISE, $800

AND ALL THE SINGLE WOMEN YOU CAN...

MEET.

WELL, THAT'S IT, I'M OUT OF HERE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, DOUGLAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

BYE.

SO?

I'M GOING TO MY MOM'S

AND TRIM THE TREE.

INTERESTING.

BRINGING AMY TO MEET YOUR MOM?

YEAH, I THINK SO.

SORRY I'LL MISS THAT.

Blowfish: WATCH THIS, WATCH THIS!

WHAT ABOUT YOU, CAPTAIN?

GOING EAST?

NO, I'M GOING TO SPEND A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

WATCHING FOOTBALL PLAYERS BEAT EACH OTHER

IN MEANINGLESS BOWL GAMES.

Blowfish: BET FOR ME.

NO WAY I CAN WATCH IT.

I'VE GOT THE IN-LAWS COMING.

MAYBE I COULD COME TO YOUR MOM'S HOUSE.

H.T. IOKI?

THAT'S ME.

I'M H.T. IOKI.

I'M MILLER, INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

THIS IS MS. HOGAN, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION.

I REALIZE THIS IS A BAD TIME

BUT WE NEED YOU TO COME DOWNTOWN.

BETTER PACK YOUR BAGS, IOKI, IT'S STRAIGHT TO TOKYO.

WANT TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON?

MERRY CHRISTMAS, CAPTAIN.

WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE H.T. IOKI IS AN ALIAS.

WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?

AND THAT THIS GENTLEMAN

MAY HAVE ENTERED THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY

AND COMMITTED FRAUD.

WHOA, WAIT A SECOND.

HE'S NOT H.T. IOKI.

YOU'RE NOT HARRY IOKI?

NO, I'M NOT.

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SO?

SO.

WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM--

HE'S NOT H.T. IOKI.

WE KNOW THAT.

THE COMPUTER SAYS H.T. IOKI IS DECEASED.

RIGHT, THEY PAID HIM DEATH BENEFITS.

WHICH HE CASHED.

WOULDN'T YOU?

TURNS OUT THE COMPUTER IS RIGHT.

H.T. IOKI IS DEAD.

BEEN DEAD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

TWENTY YEARS?

THE DEPARTMENT TIED INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY MAIN FRAME

DID A CONFIRMATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

LOOKING FOR MIS-DIGITS, LIKE THAT.

GUESS WHO TURNED UP DECEASED?

H.T. IOKI.

DIED DECEMBER 14TH, 1967, SAN FRANCISCO

THEN WHO IS HE?

I DON'T KNOW. HE WON'T TELL ME

SAYS HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU FIRST.

OKAY

Fuller: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

ALL RIGHT, HARRY.

LET'S START WITH AN EASIER QUESTION.

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU FROM?

VIETNAM.

NORTH OR SOUTH?

SOUTH.

WHAT REGION?

SAIGON.

WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD?

CATANATE STREET.

OVER NEAR THE EMBASSY?

YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT WHERE IT IS.

I MEANT BY THE RITZ.

CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL MARKET.

THE CARAVELLE HOTEL.

NOT SUCH A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DID ALL RIGHT.

( knocking )

( knocking )

COME IN!

CAPTAIN FULLER.

MILLER, WISH I COULD SAY IT'S A PLEASURE.

THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

NO ONE'S EVER HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

YOU READY TO TALK?

MORE OR LESS.

LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR, OFFICER IOKI.

YOUR BEST CHANCE, DEPARTMENT-WISE

IS TO TELL ME EVERYTHING RIGHT UP FRONT.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO

IS TO LIE...

TO ME.

I UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS DAVID MILLER.

SECOND INTERVIEW WITH H.T. IOKI

CAPTAIN ADAM FULLER PRESENT.

IT'S ALL YOURS, SON.

MY REAL NAME IS VINH VAN TRAN.

I WAS 14 YEARS OLD IN APRIL OF 1975

AND I LIVED IN SAIGON.

IT WAS FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE FALL OF THE CITY.

( speaking Vietnamese )

Harry: MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO FIND MY FRIEND, THAI KIEU.

IF WE WERE LEAVING, HE BETTER KNOW RIGHT AWAY.

THERE WEREN'T REALLY GOOD OR BAD NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAIGON.

THEY WERE ALL BAD.

I MEAN, YOU COULD LIVE IN A BIG HOUSE AND HAVE MONEY

BUT YOU STILL LIVED NEXT TO PEOPLE WITH NO MONEY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.

THAI KIEU WAS A GREAT GUY.

MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD

AND HE WAS ALWAYS SAVING MY ASS.

HIS FATHER USED TO BE THE BAKER.

MY MOM USED TO SEND ME EVERY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL

TO PICK UP A LOAF OF BREAD.

THAT'S HOW ME AND THAI BECAME FRIENDS.

HIS DAD WENT OFF TO THE WAR.

THEN HIS MOM DIED.

HE WAS SORT OF PASSED AROUND FROM RELATIVE TO RELATIVE.

HIS DAD NEVER CAME BACK.

A LOT OF DADS NEVER CAME BACK.

THAI KIEU WAS SMART.

HE COULD HUSTLE.

HE WAS ALSO THE CAPTAIN OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

THAT WAS OKAY BECAUSE I WAS THES.W.A.T.COMMANDER.

I TOLD HIM I WAS LEAVING.

HE WAS COOL ABOUT IT.

HE SAID HE'D PROBABLY BE LEAVING, TOO.

ME AND THAI DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE WAR.

WE FIGURED, SAIGON WAS THE BEST PLACE TO BE.

BESIDES, IF THE VIETCONG EVER BROKE THROUGH THE DEFENSES

WE WOULD HEAD OVER TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.

THEY WOULD CERTAINLY LET US IN.

WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO DO--

TURN AWAY AS.W.A.T.COMMANDER

AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE ENTERPRISE?

HOW DID YOU GET OUT?

THAT'S WHERE THE STORY GETS INTERESTING.

IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING ALREADY.

I DON'T GET IT.

IF YOU'RE VINH VAN TRAN

WHO'S H.T. IOKI?

HE'S AN INFANT

WHO DIED IN SAN FRANCISCO 20 YEARS AGO.

THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIND OUT, CAPTAIN.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN PUT IT TOGETHER, HARRY.

BEFORE YOU APPLIED TO THE DEPARTMENT

YOU WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO

AND GOT ACCESS TO THE DEATH FILES.

I POSED AS A WRITER FOR A STUDENT NEWSPAPER.

CLEVER.

YOU FOUND A JAPANESE INFANT WHO DIED

AND STOLE HIS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

VERY GOOD.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DETECTIVE.

AND YOU SOON MAY NOT BE.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

I DIDN'T THINK A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE

WOULD HAVE A CHANCE

OF GETTING ONTO THE DEPARTMENT.

PROBABLY RIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU LEGALLY CHANGE YOUR NAME TO H.T. IOKI?

I WAS GOING TO--

I EVEN FILLED OUT THE PAPERS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO OPEN A CAN OF WORMS.

IT'S OPEN NOW.

WHOA, GOT TO PUNCH OUT-- EARLY DINNER TONIGHT.

HOW ARE THE IN-LAWS?

GREAT, THEY GOT SNOWED IN IN NEW JERSEY.

SEE YOU.

CAPTAIN.

GENTLEMEN.

MILLER.

WHAT'S THE DAMAGE?

THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND THERE'S BAD NEWS.

TELL HIM THE GOOD NEWS FIRST.

YOU'RE NOT SUSPENDED.

THAT'S GOOD.

BAD NEWS IS YOU'RE DESK-BOUND PENDING AN INVESTIGATION

TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A REVIEW BOARD HEARING.

WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD OF A HEARING?

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU'RE NOT TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC

AS A POLICE OFFICER.

HE KNOWS THE ROUTINE.

WE GOT A PROBLEM, CAPTAIN?

YEAH, I THINK WE DO.

WE HAVE ANOTHER SESSION IN THE MORNING.

DON'T BE LATE.

TAKE IT EASY. AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT SUSPENDED.

YEAH AND THEY CAN'T TAKE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM YA.

SO COME ON, WE'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR HANSON'S MOM.

WITH THE...FUTURE EX-MRS. HANSON.

LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO AHEAD. I HATE TO RUIN CHRISTMAS FOR YOU.

I PASSED UP CLUB PARADISE TO SEE THIS THING THROUGH.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, HARRY? WALK THE STREETS ON A COLD NIGHT?

DESPERATE AND LONELY.

ONLY TO FIND YOURSELF DRINKING ALONE IN A BAR.

HITTING ON SOME STRANGE WOMAN WHO HAS NOWHERE TO GO FOR

CHRISTMAS.

WHO CHARGES YOU FOR HER COMPANY!

I THINK I SAW THIS MOVIVE. HI-YOK, OR WHAT EVER YOUR NAME IS.

IT'S CHRISTMAS AND MRS. HANSON HAS A TREE TO TRIM.

I'D REALLY LIKE YOU TO BE THERE HARRY.

Amy: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.

IT'S SO LAST MINUTE.

I DIDN'T GET HER ANYTHING.

AMY, RELAX.

MRS. HANSON INTRODUCES US TO NEW GUYS ALL THE TIME.

THEN, WE HELP HER MOVE.

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE HER THIS?

GREAT IDEA, BUT I THINK THIS LITTLE CARD

THAT SAYS, 'LOVE, TOMMY' WILL GIVE ME AWAY.

HEY, IOK!

YOU WITH US OR AGAINST US?

I KNOW, I KNOW, CHRISTMAS CHEER.

♪ CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE... ♪

THIS IS FOR YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

WHY, THANK YOU.

THAT'S VERY SWEET OF YOU.

MINE IS...

STILL AT THE STORE?

SORT OF.

SO, I HEARD ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

MOM!

I HOPE WE CAN STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.

I HOPE SO, TOO.

WHAT DO WE CALL YOU?

HARRY IS FINE.

CAN THEY DEPORT YOU, HARRY?

MOM!

IT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION.

LOOK, HARRY'S FINE.

YOU SAID HE WAS DEPRESSED.

ISN'T HE CUTE WHEN HE'S EMBARRASSED?

I ALWAYS FELT THE SAME THING.

YOU EVER SEE THAT LOOK

WHEN HE KNEW HE KNEW THE ANSWER?

YEAH, I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK.

ANSWER THE QUESTION, HARRY.

WHAT QUESTION?

CAN THEY DEPORT YOU?

NO.

WE WERE GIVEN IMMEDIATE RESIDENT ALIEN STATUS.

THEY GAVE US GREEN CARDS

RIGHT WHEN WE GOT HERE.

HERE'S YOUR GREEN CARD-- OPEN A RESTAURANT.

EXACTLY.

HARRY WAS TELLING US ABOUT TV OVER THERE.

THEY WATCHED THE SAME SHOWS WE DID.

REALLY?

WE WATCHED A LOT OF TV--

THE WILD, WILD WEST

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM

OF THE SEA.

COMBAT...

THEY RAN COMBAT ON TV IN VIETNAM?

OH, YEAH.

IT WAS... A BIG HIT.

THEN, THE WAR STARTED COMING TO US

LIVE AND IN PERSON.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN A LOT OF TROUBLE

BUT WHAT THE HELL WAS MY FATHER GOING TO DO--

LEAVE ME BEHIND?

MY MOOD CHANGED PRETTY QUICK THOUGH

WHEN THAI KIEU TOLD ME HIS RELATIVES WERE STAYING.

WHEN I SAID GOOD-BYE TO THAI KIEU THE NIGHT BEFORE

I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM.

NO WAY. HE WAS TOO GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK IT'S THE MOST UNUSUAL CASE

I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME?

YOU LIED ON YOUR DEPARTMENT APPLICATION.

THAT'S CAUSE FOR DISMISSAL.

I KNOW THAT.

WHAT ARE MY CHANCES?

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DO AT THE HEARING?

I HAVE NO OPINION.

I JUST GATHER FACTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR LAWYER.

CAPTAIN FULLER?

JEFFREY LIEBSTER.

NICE TO MEET YOU, LIEBSTER.

I'M H.T. IOKI.

A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

YOU'RE QUITE A CELEBRITY DOWNTOWN.

THANKS, I GUESS.

IT CAN'T HURT.

IT PRESSURES THE REVIEW BOARD

TO AVOID UNPOPULAR DECISIONS.

LIEBSTER'S DEPARTMENT DEFENDED MY DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE.

YEAH, I REMEMBER.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS ON FRAUD?

I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT.

I'LL NEED THE OFFICER'S COMPLETE PACKET.

NO PROBLEM.

YOUR INTERVIEW WITH THE HEADHUNTERS

IS QUITE A STORY.

I HOPE THE REVIEW BOARD APPRECIATES IT.

A LOT WILL RIDE ON THE TESTIMONY.

PLUS A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER.

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT, CAPTAIN.

I'LL DO WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT.

THERE'S MORE GOING ON

THAN YOU BEING UPSET

BECAUSE I LIED ON A PIECE OF PAPER.

MAYBE.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM, CAPTAIN.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

I SPENT 13 MONTHS THERE.

THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN

AND I STILL DON'T KNOW NOW.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO US

WHEN YOU PEOPLE PULLED OUT.

( automatic rifle shots )

THAI!

( speaking Vietnamese )

THAI!

THAI...

I WAS EXHAUSTED WHEN I GOT TO THE BOAT.

IT WAS HARDER TO CLIMB THE ROPE LADDER.

I THOUGHT FOR SURE MY PARENTS HAD MADE IT.

IT WAS A BIG BOAT.

I LOOKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THEY WEREN'T THERE.

THEY NEVER MADE IT OFF THE BEACH.

WHERE WAS THE BOAT GOING?

GUAM.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D EVER BEEN ON A BOAT.

MY PARENTS WERE DEAD.

THAI KIEU WAS DEAD.

YOU SEE, THE FOOD SITUATION WAS PRETTY BAD.

IT WAS LIKE HAVING 150 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR DINNER--

ON A TUESDAY.

IT WAS LIKE THIS FOR DAYS, MAN.

YOU'D BE IN LINE FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS.

THEN I GOT AN IDEA.

HELLO.

HELLO.

HELLO.

I HAD PICKED UP SOME ENGLISH.

MOSTLY FROM A SAILOR ON THE BOAT.

HOW YOU DOING?

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

YOUR NAME?

VINH VAN TRAN.

HEY, VINNIE.

MY NAME'S McKAY.

McKAY.

McKAY?

YEAH.

McKAY.

NICE MEETING YOU.

CORPORAL McKAY HAD A KIND FACE.

I WANTED TO BE HIS FRIEND.

BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED WAS A JOB.

NO MORE WAITING IN LINE.

I WAS THE LINE.

IT WAS FUN FOR AWHILE.

THEN IT BECAME WORK.

I GOT TIRED, BUT I KNEW I WAS ON TRACK.

I HAD STARTED THINKING LIKE THAI KIEU.

I HAD TO THINK FAST

BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WERE ARRIVING EVERY DAY.

WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD.

NO ONE WAS PREPARED FOR THIS.

HEY, SPORT.

HOW YOU DOING?

GOOD, McKAY.

GOOD.

QUESTION.

FIRE AWAY.

YOU HAVE FOOD?

THANKS, I ALREADY ATE.

I'M FULL.

COME. COME.

COME.

HEY, WHERE ARE WE GOING?

YOU STILL HUNGRY?

YOU'VE BEEN EATING ON THE LINE ALL DAY.

HUNGRY.

WHO?

WHO'S HUNGRY?

WHOA.

FORGET IT.

LOOK...

I COULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR THIS.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE OUT HERE.

COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK, HUH?

PLEASE?

LOOK, YOU HIDE THIS.

HIDE.

HIDE.

HIDE, EXACTLY.

HIDE.

I COULD FEED THE PEOPLE IN MY TENT.

I WAS A HERO.

BUT ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS MY MOM AND DAD.

AND ABOUT THAI KIEU.

HARRY, ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH...

I'M OKAY.

I JUST THOUGHT

I HAD PUT ALL OF THIS OUT OF MY MIND--

PUT THAI KIEU OUT OF MY MIND.

YOU FEEL GUILTY, HUH?

WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT HIM.

HARRY, HE MADE A CHOICE.

BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR ME...

HE'D STILL BE IN VIETNAM.

You know what happened when the Cong came.

What kind of life would he have had?

AT LEAST HE'D HAVE BEEN ALIVE

to live it, okay?

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T EVEN ASK ABOUT YOU.

HOW'S YOUR TRIP?

GREAT TRIP.

THERE'S NO SNOW, JUST RAIN.

MY PARENTS ARE FIGHTING.

I'VE CAUGHT A COLD

AND MY BEST FRIEND'S GETTING DIVORCED.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S BEEN A BLAST.

JUDE?

YEAH?

THANKS FOR CALLING.

( knocking )

COME IN.

CAN WE TALK?

SURE.

CLOSE THAT DOOR.

IT'S ABOUT HARRY.

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE'S PRETTY FREAKED OUT ABOUT THIS THING.

YEAH, I KNOW.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?

I THINK YOU SHOULD SHOW HIM A LITTLE SUPPORT.

AFTER HE LIED TO ME?

HE DIDN'T LIE TO YOU.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

HE LIED TO ALL OF US.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I THINK THERE'S MORE.

MEANING?

MEANING... I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETHING WENT ON OVER THERE.

BINGO.

A WAR WENT ON OVER THERE.

HARRY WAS NOT THE ENEMY.

OH, NO?

I FIGURE YOU WERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS OLD

WHEN I WAS SHIPPED OVER THERE.

I KNOW THAT

WE FOUGHT THE VIETCONG

AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE.

WE FOUGHT EVERYBODY!

THE ONLY PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE WERE US.

THAT'S BULL.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A STORY ABOUT THE WAR.

MINE'S ABOUT A BUDDY THAT LIVED THROUGH TWO TOURS--

TWENTY-TWO MONTHS.

SERGEANT REGGIE PETERSON FROM ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

REGGIE SAVED MY BUTT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

WE WERE COMING OUT OF A CAFE ONE DAY IN SAIGON.

THIS WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WAR.

REGGIE GOES ACROSS THE STREET TO GET THE JEEP

WHILE I GO TO GET CIGARETTES.

THE NEXT THING I HEAR IS THE JEEP EXPLODING.

A 14-YEAR-OLD KID IS RUNNING AWAY.

HE'D ROLLED A GRENADE UNDER THE JEEP.

I CHASED HIM.

I COULDN'T FIND HIM.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH H.T. IOKI

OR WHO HE IS NOW.

I DON'T CARE IF HE CHANGED HIS NAME.

I DON'T CARE IF HE LIED TO THE WORLD.

HE DID IT FOR A GOOD REASON.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VIETNAMESE NATIVE OFFICERS

WE HAVE IN THIS DEPARTMENT?

HOW MANY?

ONE.

NOW.

I WENT FROM GUAM TO FORT CHAFFEY, ARKANSAS.

I WAS SPONSORED OUT

BY A METHODIST CHURCH IN ST. LOUIS.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO BE SPONSORED

BECAUSE I HAD NO MOTHER AND FATHER.

I LIVED WITH A WOMAN NAMED BESSIE MASON.

MRS. MASON HAD A BIG, OLD HOUSE.

ALL HER CHILDREN WERE GROWN AND HAD CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.

AT FIRST I CALLED HER MRS. MASON

THEN SHE BECAME GRAMMA BESSIE.

HOW ARE YOU EVER GOING TO LEARN ENGLISH

WATCHING POLICEMEN SHOOT AT EACH OTHER?

I LIKE THIS...

PROGRAM.

PROGRAM.

YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE BETTER.

( Sesame Street: ) Hi, Bert.

Hi, Ernie.

Isn't this a nice letter "Q" I have?

It's nice.

It's big and round...

I MUST HAVE BEEN THE ONLY 14-YEAR-OLD

WHO HAD TO WATCH SESAME STREET.

I WAS THE FIRST VIETNAMESE PERSON IN ST. LOUIS.

I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL THERE

AND DID PRETTY GOOD ONCE I LEARNED ENGLISH.

10 Q.

I couldn't hear you, Bert.

10 Q, 10 Q, 10 Q!

You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome, Bert!

I STARTED THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE.

RIGHT THEN AND THERE

I KNEW WHAT I WANTED

TO DO FOR A LIVING.

AFTER GRADUATION, I CAME HERE.

I HAD TAKEN A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO

AND FOUND A NEW NAME

WHICH YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT.

I DIDN'T THINK A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE

WOULD HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THE DEPARTMENT.

ANYWAY, I WAS ACCEPTED AS H.T. IOKI

AND WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY.

♪ I WANT TO BE AN AIRBORNE RANGER ♪

♪ I WANT TO BE AN AIRBORNE RANGER ♪

♪ I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF DANGER ♪

♪ I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF DANGER... ♪

THAI!

( gasps and wakens )

I FINISHED IN THE TOP 5% OF MY CLASS.

I WAS THEN ASSIGNED

TO THE JUMP STREET PROGRAM UNDER CAPTAIN JENKO.

THANK YOU, OFFICER.

WHAT OFFICER IOKI HAS LEFT OUT OF THE STORY

IS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF EXEMPLARY WORK

IN THE LINE OF DUTY--

A NEAR PERFECT JACKET AND THREE COMMENDATIONS

AND HE'S PART OF A UNIQUE UNDERCOVER PROGRAM.

MORAL ISSUES OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM ASIDE--

THE PEOPLE OF VINH VAN TRAN'S COUNTRY HAVE SUFFERED PLENTY.

YES, HE LIED--

ON HIS APPLICATION.

YES, THAT IS CAUSE FOR DISMISSAL

BUT LET'S FACE THE TRUTH, GENTLEMEN.

THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TWO DISCRIMINATION SUITS

PENDING RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE AN EXEMPLARY RECORD IN THAT AREA.

H.T. IOKI

HAD NO REAL CRIMINAL INTENT--

FUNDAMENTAL IN HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT IS A CRIME.

HE HAD NO INTENT TO HARM

BUT, RATHER, AN INTENT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

I'D LIKE TO CALL CAPTAIN ADAM FULLER.

CAPTAIN...

DO YOU HAVE A STATEMENT YOU WISH TO MAKE?

YES, I DO.

WHEN AN OFFICER THINKS HE'S DONE RIGHT

AND THEN SUFFERS THE FULL FORCE OF GOVERNMENT COMING DOWN ON HIM

IT'S A PRETTY TERRIFYING THING.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH

AND HAVE SYMPATHY FOR HIM.

H.T. IOKI IS A VERY GOOD POLICE OFFICER.

HE HAS MY FULL RECOMMENDATION.

I IMPLORE YOU TO ALLOW HIM TO STAY IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS, HARRY?

YEAH.

THIS IS ONE OF MY NAME CHANGE APPLICATIONS.

WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?

IN CAPTAIN JENKO'S OLD FILE CABINET--

FOUND IT LAST NIGHT.

NO KIDDING.

APPARENTLY, HE FILED IT AWAY

BEFORE HE DIED.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

ONE MORE PIECE OF EVIDENCE FOR THE REVIEW BOARD.

THIS MIGHT PULL YOUR HEAD OFF THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

REALLY?

IT DEMONSTRATES YOUR WILLINGNESS

TO CORRECT THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION.

I'LL SUBMIT IT NOW--

DECISION'S NOT TILL TOMORROW.

THAT'S GREAT!

YOU'RE AS GOOD AS BACK!

GIVE ME THE $10 YOU OWE ME.

WELL, GUYS, HAPPY HO-HO-HO.

IOKAGE!

THANKS, GUYS.

CONGRATULATIONS, HARRY.

THANKS, CAPTAIN.

YOU GUYS WANT TO GIVE US A MINUTE HERE?

SURE.

LOOK, HARRY, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU

I WOULD HAVE DONE EXACTLY THE SAME THING YOU DID

IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE REVERSED.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WAS SOMEWHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE

AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT.

I WAS FORCED TO GO SOMEWHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO GO.

I GUESS I HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT EITHER.

AT LEAST I HAD SOMEWHERE TO GO BACK TO.

I GUESS WE'RE JUST A COUPLE OF VICTIMS.

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

DON'T YOU HAVE SOME WORK TO DO?

RELAX, CAPTAIN-- IT'S CHRISTMAS!

KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.

WHATEVER CRIMES THEY'RE COMMITTING

THEY'RE COMMITTING IN FLORIDA.

YES, YES, YES!

TURN IN YOUR UNIFORMS...

YEAH-- COME IN.

GOT A MINUTE, COACH?

SURE.

I'M NOT ONE TO BE CYNICAL, BUT...

A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE?

WELL, YEAH...

THESE THINGS HAPPEN...

THIS TIME OF YEAR.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE BOTTOM OF IOKI'S DRAWER

WINDS UP IN JENKO'S OLD FILE CABINET?

WHY NOT?

BECAUSE JENKO NEVER FILED A THING IN HIS LIFE.

MAYBE HE'S FILING THINGS NOW.

Hanson's Mother: YOU WORK AT THE CHAPEL?

YES, MA'AM.

OH, YOU'RE THE...

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER.

SORRY.

SAL'S LICENSED TO WORK

AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

UH, YEAH.

JUST WAITING FOR AN OPENING.

( children giggling )

( dishes crashing )

Amy: I'LL GET IT THIS TIME.

Hanson: I'LL GO WITH YOU.

I REMEMBER WHEN TOMMY WAS THAT AGE.

I WENT THROUGH THREE SETS OF DISHES

BEFORE WE WENT PLASTIC.

MY KIDS CAN SHATTER PLASTIC.

Hanson: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.

KNOCK IT OFF!

VERY EFFECTIVE.

WATCH THIS!

QUITE A LITTLE CIRCUS YOU'VE GOT THERE, SAL.

THEY LOVE GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE.

SO DO I.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A TOAST.

I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT

THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER TO SHARE THE HOLIDAYS

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A TOAST--

TO THE FAMILY.

TO ALL OF US--

HOWEVER WE GOT HERE.

Penhall: TO THAI KIEU

WHO NEVER DID GET HERE.

TO REGGIE PETERSON OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

AND TO EVERYONE ELSE WE LEFT OVER THERE.