Original subtitles

What do you know about him?

When he gets to his house,

Woody Lane's gonna waste him.

Hey! Stop or you're dead!

The police got Lane this morning,

I want you to handle it.

Case dismissed.

Lane's back on the street again, free.

Up against that wall!

Sorry, but I have to know what happened here, lieutenant?

What girl? Who is this?

My god, it's a baby.

[Panting]

[Whimpers]

Dear god! Dear god!

[Panting]

Operator: Operator.

♪ You've got that look of love ♪

♪ is on your face ♪

♪ the look that time can't erase ♪

♪ be mine, tonight ♪

♪ let this be just the start of ♪

♪ so many nights like this ♪

♪ let's take a lover's vow ♪

♪ and then seal it with a kiss ♪

♪ I can hardly wait to hold you feel my arms around you ♪

♪ how long I have waited waited just to love you ♪

♪ now that I have found you... ♪

Good evening. Mr. Gerard.

-Good evening. -It's a good crowd.

Sonny always packs them in.

Yep.

-Well, everything okay? -Just great.

[Chuckles]

♪ Now that I have found you don't ever go ♪

♪ I love you so ♪

[Applause]

Different broad every night. I don't know how he does it.

Sonny: All you need is to own a place like this

and have a little bread.

Your singer's very good, Lou.

Well, I guess. If you like that type of music.

I forgot. You're a connoisseur of great music.

Brahms, bach, Beethoven.

Wrong order. Beethoven first.

Have you ever heard his name?

No.

Well, you will, tonight. At my place.

-It's called the "chorale." -Oh.

We're gonna get all cultured up tonight.

Well, culture and force, my old man used to say.

That's what makes great civilizations and great men.

Ah, touché.

Hey, Sonny. Want to go get a taste to eat, man?

No. No, I'm busy, but I'll catch your act tomorrow.

-See you later. -Take it easy.

Hello, Sonny boyer.

What... what-what's going on?

Man: Hey, man, cool it.

Call the cops! The guy's off his nut!

What's going on?

All right, hold it! Hold it right there!

Up against that wall.

Hands up. Get up there. Freeze. Don't move.

Come on, where's your I.D.?

It's right here, in my hip pocket.

I'm sorry, but I have to know what happened here, lieutenant.

We just got this film from s.I.D.

Are you comfy, pep?

No. But go ahead, Joe. I want to get home.

Royster: That's one of Coleman himself.

This film was shot from a moving Van.

Oh, boo.

I thought you're gonna show home movies

of me and my family on vacation.

Will you guys roll the film.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay. Larry Coleman. Local syndicate boss.

Promoted by the capos.

Which brings us to the contenders to take his place.

Artie lasky, extortion. Manslaughter.

And all charges dismissed.

Served six months, assault and battery on a street lady.

Hmm. Nice man.

A real prince.

And here we have Charley piccone.

Of the three, he's the lightweight.

And up until now, he's just a hanger-on

with some of the local street crooks.

Controlled the numbers on the southside

and he used to be one of the biggest fences in the state.

Unless, of course, I'm telling you something you already know.

I'm still learnin'.

Some of it's new to me, Joe.

-What've you got, dirty movies? -Hi, bill.

Lou Gerard.

Younger but a comer.

And he has the blessings of the young blood in the syndicate.

A few brushes with the law, but relatively unmarked.

He's tough, ambitious and very, very smart.

He runs the club flora. It's a ritzy joint.

Oh? When are you gonna take me, bill?

When they lower the prices.

Well, what's the contest, boys?

It's got to be the Butler.

Gerard.

Why? He asks.

Well, as you said, Joe.

He's the smartest and the toughest.

And the word is out, he's hungry for a promotion.

I mean, that I know.

Yeah, well, you may know, but Coleman doesn't know it.

He's back east but he's still trying to get support

from the brotherhood to move back out here

and take over the southern half of the state

instead of just the city.

Oh? When do we get the early returns

from Vermont and New Hampshire?

I don't think this one is gonna be settled

by the old red, white and blue method.

No, this will be more like black and blue.

-Hmm. -Come on, pep, let's go.

Now you can have the good stuff.

Dirty movies?

Where are we going?

We are going to the hospital to visit Rose hess. Remember?

But I wanted to go home and change first.

Honey, she's not gonna write a nasty note to Harper's bazaar.

You're anxious to meet her. She's anxious to meet you.

What difference does it make what you got on?

Besides, I'm low on gas.

[Both laughs]

- Will John be there? - Yeah, I just talked to him.

Is he okay now?

I mean, he took her illness and that operation pretty hard.

I thought a couple of times there he was gonna crack.

For a year, it looked like his wife was not gonna make it.

But she's okay and now he's in great shape.

Crowley: No, wait-wait a minute.

That's not the punch line. So... so...

Now wait a minute. Wait, wait.

So, the kid... so the kid leans over and he says to the lawyer:

He says, "you keep doin' that, man,

we're gonna lose this case."

That's the punch line.

[Laughing]

Move over Don rickles.

-But not too far. -Right.

That's a funny story.

Please don't make me laugh. It hurts.

We kicked him out of homicide because of jokes like that.

Right after they kicked me out of internal affairs.

That's right.

Anyway, guess who gives me all my material?

-Only the clean stuff. -Oh, is that right?

Tell them the one you told me about the camel and the...

Oh, bill, stop it. You're terrible.

She's probably just having car trouble.

Your daughter'll be here.

I'm not worried about her, honey.

Bill tells me she sang with a rock group for a while.

Not anymore, pepper. She got that out of her system.

I can't say I'm sad.

♪ Hey, have you ever tried ♪

♪ really reaching out for the other side? ♪

♪ I may be climbing on rainbows ♪

♪ but baby, here goes ♪

♪ dreams, they're for those who sleep ♪

♪ life is for us to keep ♪

♪ and if you're wondering what this song is leading to ♪

♪ I want to make it with you ♪

Mr. Gerard, it's telephone. It's Mr. Lane.

He said it's urgent. I put it in your office.

Yeah, Woody, what's up?

I just got a call from New York City.

Seems like Mr. Coleman has decided

he doesn't like the weather or the business.

He's coming back?

He's flying in tomorrow.

His plane lands about a quarter to 12.

Lou: Words from my associates back east is to dump him.

But now how, I leave up to you.

Woody: Alright.

What do you say, kid, want to get the show on the road?

-Yeah. -Hey, come on, bill,

-you've still got time. -It'll give you two

a chance to be alone.

Now that we got rid of him.

- You look terrific, you know. - Thanks, bill.

I'll take you dancing when you get out of here.

-Bye-bye, Rose. -Goodbye, pepper.

I heard so much about you,

-from John and the boys. -Oh, oh.

Nothing but the loveliest things and they were right.

Thank you.

Well, we'll get together later.

-Bye-bye. -Bye.

John: Pep, keep an eye out for this guy, will you?

-Oh, you know it. -Thanks for dropping by.

-Sure. -Good night, Rose.

-So long, Willie. So long. -See you then.

Don rickles, huh?

Hey, they look good together.

-How about you? Are you tired? -A little.

-Except for these dumb eyes. -Hm?

I keep wanting to look at that handsome cop.

You want me to climb in there and get in trouble?

[Chuckles]

I feel so good, I think I'll buy you something to eat.

Oh, another bad joke.

No, they've got this great little coffee shop downstairs.

Or maybe you'd rather buy me another bowl of chili.

You know, that great place where you stand up and eat?

You got a better way?

P.A.: Sergeant pepper Anderson.

Phone call at the fifth floor nurses' station.

I'll be right back.

If that's telley savalas, ask him for one of his lollipops.

-Uncle bill! -Donna?

Uh-huh.

Honey. Hey, look at you.

-You look terrific. -Thank you.

Now that you're this tall,

I think you can stop calling me "uncle bill." What do you say?

Alright, I'll call you bill.

I just saw your mother. She looks great, too.

I know. Thank god.

We were so worried about her.

-Yeah. -Open heart surgery is...

Yeah, I know. She's gonna be fine.

-You know what I missed? -What?

I miss your singing.

Remember when you were about that high?

♪ Once I had a secret love... ♪

I... I've given all that up now, bill.

My "big" career is just...

Listen, it was good to see you.

I'd better go, 'cause it's late, you know.

Bye-bye. Good to see ya.

Hey, stop growin', will ya.

I'm going to visit my mother. Bye.

That was the office. One of my contacts wants to see me.

Beautiful girl. Can't leave you alone for a second.

Hi, Trudy. What you got?

I've got some really good information. Worth a lot.

Well, let's hear what it is and we'll establish a price.

-I don't want money for it. -Come on.

If it's about your guy, I told you, he's a two time loser.

I just can't go to the d.A. And say take it easy on him.

You could for the right information.

The d.A. Would buy it.

-Like Lou Gerard. -Lou Gerard?

What do you know about him?

Coleman's flying back from the east today.

When he gets to his house, Woody Lane's gonna waste him.

Are you sure about this?

And it's scheduled to arrive on time?

Give me that flight number again, will you?

Thanks very much.

-Got it. -What do you know about that.

Excuse me a minute.

9y50 to 9y52.

Fifty-two, go 50.

Yeah, Joe. This is bill.

Airport intelligence reports

that Larry Coleman's to arrive from New York.

Word's out they're gonna waste him.

I'd like to say, lay back and watch

but you'd better get over to his place and check things out.

How long will it take you to get there?

We'1l be there in approximately five minutes.

Crowley: Good.

[Tire screeching]

[Birds chirping]

Woody: Lou Gerard asked me to stop by.

Royster: Hold it. Stop or your dead.

Styles: Police officers. Freeze.

Drop it or you're a dead man.

Woody: Hey, what's going on? I've got my rights.

Come on, crowley. Come on. You've got nothing on me.

Come on, Lane. You come on.

Now you've got to stop kidding yourself, man.

This is like taking a trip to fantasy land.

What do you want from me, crowley? What do you want?

If your lawyer were here, I'd say a confession.

My lawyer's gonna be here. Oh, yeah.

He's gonna take you apart, old buddy.

Oh, your lawyer's gonna take me apart, huh?

-That's it. -Man, this fantasy trip

builds and builds for you, doesn't it?

Look, I told those two creeps of yours, now I'm telling you.

I didn't kill him. I didn't shoot him. That's it.

Coleman shot himself. Even though he didn't have a gun.

I told you. Somebody else shot him, somebody behind me.

Somebody on the other side. How many times I gotta tell you?

Well, why don't you tell me again, Lane.

Now, what were you doing there?

-Where, at the house? -At the house.

He owed me some money. Some heavy bread.

Why didn't you get on the phone and call him?

It needed my personal attention.

Oh, I see, it needed your personal attention.

You knew Coleman was coming in, didn't you?

Yeah, I knew Coleman was coming in.

Only it was no big secret.

Who told you, Lou Gerard?

No.

You drove to his house, Lane, and you had a gun on you.

I had a gun. I got a license to carry a gun.

You know, there's a lot of muggers in this city

and you know what they say, when you want a cop.

- Don't get cute with me. - Look, I'm tellin' you.

I said it. Don't get cute with me.

Man, you had a gun on you.

You dusted Coleman with that gun.

And we've got that gun. My two men wrestled it away from you

and we've got it. And right now, right now,

it's on it's way upstairs to ballistics.

Ballistics, man. You know what that means?

You're a smart fella. Ballistics is where they' re gonna test it

and where they're gonna prove that that's the gun

that wasted Coleman.

Now you tell that to your lawyer when he gets here.

Pep, he's gonna roll over.

It may take a little while but he's gonna help us nail Gerard.

-Fantastic. -Where are the guys?

-One guess. -Vinnie's.

Some cops are sure smart.

Come in.

Lou.

Well, you look good, I like your tux.

Black, the way it should be.

Sit down.

I think you ought to get a new secretary, albin.

I like my messages delivered on the spot.

She left the message with my wife.

My wife was busy with this party tonight.

Oh, your son's birthday.

-What'd you get him? -What he wanted.

A jazzy sports car.

Kids today.

When I was a kid I couldn't even promote a bicycle.

My family had any dough, it went for piano lessons.

Looks like I'm treating you and yours pretty good, counselor.

Have I complained?

The police got Lane this morning.

-For what? -Coleman's been shot.

Dead. I want you to handle it.

-How'd they get Lane? -Cold.

Things don't look too good then, do they?

They're gonna look a lot better, counselor,

after you've had a talk with him.

And I want you to give him a little message from me, hm?

I was just going over Gerard's file.

He sure runs around with a lot of bad characters.

Woody Lane clammed up.

What happened?

Well, Gerard sent over his attorney,

they had a little talk.

Now Woody just sits there with a big smile on his face.

Albin: Sergeant, you are an expert

in the field of ballistics, correct?

I am.

Now, you testified a little while earlier in this hearing,

that the bullets found in Mr. Coleman's body

were fired by this weapon, exhibit a,

which two police officers allegedly found

in my client's possession.

-Correct? -That's right.

All of your expertise, all of your testimony about

marks from the extractor and the indentation of the firing pin

and grooves made on the bullets

by the rifling in the pistol barrel and etcetera, etcetera,

-will vouch for that. True? -That's right.

Sergeant bingham, what would you say

if I were to tell you that I am prepared

right now to introduce to this court three,

three other witnesses who will help me to prove that,

all of your expertise notwithstanding,

that the weapon in question, this gun, exhibit a,

was not the weapon which fired the fatal bullets?

If I can prove to this court that the bullets which murdered

the deceased came from another gun, an unknown gun?

That the barrel markings are all quite different

from these comparison photographs and the testimony

which you have so carefully prepared

and presented to this court?

What would you say?

The witness will answer the question.

I'd say there's no doubt in my mind

that this weapon fired the bullet

that killed Larry Coleman.

No doubt in your mind?

No, sir.

Thank you.

I have no further questions.

The witness may step down.

Does the assistant district attorney

have any further witnesses?

No, your honor, I do not.

Well, Mr. Albin, you may call your first witness.

Yes, your honor. As you know,

I presented the police department with

a subpoena duces tecum, and we were allowed

to conduct our own ballistics tests

in the presence of sergeant bingham.

My next witness will now produce the results of those tests.

I call lieutenant Fred rowe to the stand.

Who's he?

He used to be with the Sacramento police department.

Ballistics man.

Case dismissed! Lane's back on the street again. Free!

Gerard's running things free with our blessings!

People out there on that street

splitting their sides laughing at us! At the d.A.!

Captain, you asked to see me.

Your men, styles, royster and bingham,

were notified this morning that they are

temporarily suspended from duty. Contact Anderson.

Tell her that she and you,

are helping us work an investigation.

Why us?

Because you're a special unit that answers to the cops

and you've got to help us clean your own house.

Now you check with me before you make a move.

Alright, you've got 72 hours.

The chief wants some action on this and fast.

Wait a minute. Are you asking us to shoefly our own people?

And bingham, too. Telephone him.

Tell him I want to see him here in my office in half an hour.

Now look, crowley, I am not asking you, I am telling you.

This is what internal affairs is all about.

Now it may be lousy duty,

but this is the way it's gotta go down.

[Chuckles]

For crying out loud, you were weaned here.

Is that it?

Yeah, that's it.

Cops against cops. Makes you want to throw up.

Joe and Pete "suspects"?

Oh, no, these are cops and I'm telling you, I am no headhunter.

You're a cop. Do you think I like it any better than you do?

John: Hello, Billy.

Hello, John.

-How's Rose? -Just great.

Glad to be home, of course.

I sneak off a little early and spend some time with her.

Hey, look, I just heard about styles and royster.

Word sure takes a long time to get around, doesn't it?

Well, yeah, but...

-Hello, bingham. -Captain.

-Get you some coffee? -No thanks.

How's your wife?

What am I supposed to say? She's fine, never felt better?

Now you know why you' re here.

Yeah, now I know.

-Crowley, come in. -Paul.

You helping internal affairs out,

bill, see that they put me away?

Oh, come on. You know better than that.

Nobody's putting anybody away.

We're just trying to get to the bottom of this.

Now, what do you make of what's happened?

Aside from the fact that it's insane?

Would you mind keeping your voice down

and answer my question.

It wasn't the right gun.

It wasn't yesterday, in that courtroom.

But look, captain, the word "right"

is strictly relative here.

It was the same gun I tested, with the same serial number.

I don't know what we're pussy footing around about.

It's obvious somebody changed the barrel.

- It's as simple as that, right? - That simple is right.

That gun is an imported number.

The parts, including the barrel, have no serial numbers attached.

Somebody pulled a switch between the time I made my test

and albin got his three guys to make theirs.

- So, naturally, it was me. - Nobody's saying it was you.

Yeah, but me, styles and royster,

all of a sudden we've got a lot of time on our hands.

That gun never left this building

until the day it was exhibited in court.

So let's face it.

Gerard got to a cop who got hold of a key

and made the switch. Right?

Find that cop! Get off my back!

Joe and Pete, they're really pretty upset

about this whole thing, I think. Yeah, I know.

But not for long. Michael wants a pony ride.

How do you like that? Gidyap, gidyap.

Boy, he's getting heavy and really beautiful.

I don't buy it.

You mean to tell me all of a sudden one of us got a key,

or maybe the both of us got a pair of keys?

Are you kiddin'?

That makes Batman and Robin on a caper.

Hey, man, that's not funny.

Yeah, I know what you're sayin'.

You know it really ain't funny, bill.

I mean, this whole mess is really a drag.

-Yeah, I know. -Yeah, you know it's a drag,

then why? They think that scum Gerard

got to one of us t7o free his creep?

'Cause that's what they gotta be thinkin'.

Why us, bill? You know that too?

Wait a minute. Remember me?

I'm on your side. I mean, why am I even sayin' that?

'Cause you've got to say it for me.

All of a sudden, out of a clear blue sky,

things start happening.

Things that could put Pete away, me away.

Yeah, man, you gotta say it.

Are you on to anything at all, bill?

No.

Bill: Joe, listen to me.

Pepper and me are on this thing

and it's gonna work out, believe me.

First thing in the morning we're movin' in on Gerard.

His house, his club, who's been goin' in,

who he's been meeting with, which cops, which cop.

And in the meantime, just trust me, will you?

Will you trust me?

Sergeant pepper Anderson.

Can we do something for you, sergeant?

I'm Tony beldon, this is ned levering.

Ned. Tony.

I understand you fellows have been on night duty

-the past couple of months? -Right.

Did your beat happen to include club flora?

Sure.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

Can I sit in your car for a minute?

Of course.

Hey, you'd better check that roast in there.

Oh, it's alright. It's not gonna be ready for an hour yet.

-Where's Donna? -I don't know.

-Didn't she call? -No.

Honey, are you alright?

Yeah, what do you mean? Yeah.

-Hess? -Johnny hess.

What do you mean, it could have been hess.

Just because he got in a fight with some singer?

Outside Gerard's club and Gerard watched it,

until our boys stopped it.

Bill, I don't like it any better than you

but we've got to check it out.

They file an incident report on it?

They filed it, with copies,

put it on captain mendoza' desk the next morning.

And when I checked with him, he never saw it

and there was no copy of any incident report in hess package.

[Phone rings]

Sergeant crowley. Yeah, just a minute.

I'm gonna check in with Peters.

-It's for you. -Sergeant Anderson.

This girl you know, she wanted me to phone ya.

What girl? Who is this?

Well, my name would mean nothin'.

But her name's Trudy, Trudy marks. Do you know her?

Yes, I know her.

Well, I'm kind of a good samaritan

when it comes to something like this, I mean,

I seen her in a culvert hurt, I mean, badly beaten, you know?

Where is she?

-Sergeant Anderson? -Yes.

- Where is she? - She's right under that bridge.

- Down there? - Yeah, but I had nothing to do...

- I'm just reporting. - Wait here for the ambulance.

-Wait here? -Wait right here.

Yes, ma'am, I mean, sergeant.

Trudy, what happened?

Oh, my god, your face.

It's Gerard he caught me trying to call you.

They don't like people who talk to cops,

so they worked me over as a reminder.

An ambulance is on the way.

I just wanted to talk to you to tell you...

Tell me what?

Don't give up with the d.A. On my guy.

-Promise me please. -Alright, I promise.

I also promise to get you to a hospital.

See the girl on this cover?

That's Donna hess.

So what?

You two worked together. She sang in your group.

Look, what do you want from me?

I want to know why you and her old man fought.

I want to know what she had to do with it.

She didn't have anything to do with it.

Now, are you gonna get out of here and leave me alone?

This isn't Los Angeles. I don't have to talk to you.

What happens if you talk to me, boyer?

Does Gerard find you another job someplace?

He doesn't have anything to do with this.

Now listen, boyer,

I think I'd better explain the facts of life to you.

When I get to the bottom of this, and I will,

I guarantee you that Gerard is gonna be sore.

He's gonna be real sore.

And between now and the time it takes me to shove him in jail,

he's gonna order a little action

through his local connections here.

8now I would suggest to you,

unless you want to end up as a hot dog,

that you get your tail out of here

as fast and as far as you can.

I mean, if I were you, I'd start looking for me some place nice

and safe to sing, like Guam maybe.

[Door opens and closes]

Pep.

Pick a card.

They've got lousy food in Vegas.

Oh, you ate in a bus station again.

Did you get a line on Donna hess?

She's not around today.

What does that mean? "She's not around today?"

If you lost at Blackjack, don't take it out on me.

Come on, pep, come on. I had a lousy flight.

-What does it mean? -She's working

with a church group. They took a bunch of kids to San Diego zoo.

She won't be back 'til later. I can't help it.

If you think you can tear yourself away from that,

we have some work to do.

Wait! Wait for me.

- This is the part I hate, bill. - Yeah, I know.

Something's really wrong, pepper.

Since I came back from the hospital, John,

he's like a different person.

He's drinking too much. Not eating right.

Spends half the evening just sitting staring at the TV.

Then he goes off to bed.

I'm beginning to think it was all my fault.

You know, after an operation like mine,

all the tension and all the bills,

people tend to pull away from you.

God forgive me, I began to think I was spoiling everything.

Like last Saturday. It was a beautiful day, remember?

So I said to John, why don't we take a drive up to the cabin?

He built it all by himself.

It's up on the rainbow beach.

Anyway, he said, "no, it's too long."

So I said, "why don't you go by yourself?"

I guess I pushed him.

He finally said, "I don't want to see the damned cabin.

Not anymore." I said, "why don't you sell it?"

He said, "it's not for sale."

There's been so many days like that.

Pepper, I'm so confused.

There's a cabin rainbow beach.

I think we should go take a look.

See if one of them's open.

Pepper: Bill, what is it?

My god, it's a baby.

That station down the road, who don't you go phone in.

Right.

That's out of order, miss.

You got a phone in the office?

-Where are you callin' to? -The city.

Boss wouldn't like that.

Well, I'm a police officer

and I can't get through on my car radio.

The place is really crawling with cops today.

-Yeah? -Trooper had a flat.

Lieutenant hess was just here.

Filled up his tank and then he shot out like a rocket.

Towards his cabin?

No, no, no, the other way.

Towards the beach, on the bluffs.

-Okay, thanks. -Sure.

John?

Pepper, what are you doing here?

I could ask that.

You thought I was gonna jump?

What would you think in my place?

Pepper pot, I may not be such a good cop,

but I'm still a good catholic.

Suicide's not in my book.

I kinda came up here to sort some things out.

And?

[Clears throat]

Donna wanted to get an abortion,

but the doctor told her she was too far gone.

So she called me.

I told her that I thought the boy would marry her,

you know I mean...

I mean in my day, so she said he wouldn't.

Then I told her I would handle it. I'd fix it.

[Clears throat]

Then it was just so obvious,

we had to be careful not to tell her mother, you know.

I mean, Rose was so sick, I mean, she was...

Oh, bill, you know that.

Anyway, there's a little clinic down the beach

that I brought her to and I had her checked in.

She was supposed to be gone for a couple of months,

singing with the group. Well, she was here.

I mean, she stayed here the whole time.

[Clears throat]

I visited with her, then one day she went into labor, you know,

and she had the...

She had the baby prematurely.

She called this guy on the phone.

She begged him to come over here

and he said he wanted her to leave him alone.

So then she called me.

When I got down here she was unconscious,

laying on the floor. The baby was dead.

When she came out of it, she was afraid.

-Afraid of what, John? -She was afraid that

she'd killed the baby.

And that somehow she dropped it on purpose.

I said, you've got to think of yourself now and your mother.

We buried the little girl and a couple of nights later,

I found Sonny boyer and I got him.

Gerard found out about it and why,

and later he used it, blackmailing you, right?

He said it was simple. You know, just break out a piece.

Switch barrels.

I couldn't believe he'd call me that...

Then he said he was gonna phone Rose

and tell her all about it, you see.

He said he'd telegraph her every day.

To remind her what happened, you know.

That'd kill her.

I did it.

Okay, John, it's done.

You had a choice to make, so you...

Crawled into bed with some crooks.

Let me tell you something, John.

You're still a cop and, damn it, your first obligation

is to help us put these guys behind bars.

Now you've hung three good men out to dry.

It's time you climbed out of that bed

and squared yourself away with them.

-Come on, what do you say? -Okay.

John, whatever is gonna happen, will happen.

But no one is going to condemn a man

for protecting the people he loves.

Nobody.

Let's go. You go and I'll follow you down.

I think pepper'd better ride with you.

What's the matter, don't you trust me?

Alright. Come on, pep.

Let's go.

Bill, he's not behind us. Where'd he go?

He went to get Lou Gerard.

Bill: 12y50 to 12y90 and all units.

Request backup units at Lou Gerard's club flora.

Hello, lieutenant.

Sorry, but the bar is closed this time of the afternoon.

What are you doing here? You did a job. You did it real fine.

Made you happy, too, huh, Gerard?

Very happy.

Well, I'm sorry about that. I've had a change of heart.

I've got one last man to book, Gerard, and it's you. Get up.

Book me? On what?

On getting you to do what you did?

I said, let's go. Now get your hands behind your back.

[Gunshot]

Bill: Freeze! Drop that gun easy

and get your hands on top of your head.

So that's what I have to tell the judge and the jury.

And that'll put Gerard away and Lane.

Well, of course.

"Of course."

And you know what happens to me?

I'm what happens to you.

Like always.

Daddy, I'm so sorry.

Oh, now, now, come on.

Forget it now.

You're the one who went through real hell.

Hey, I feel like eating Chinese. You feel like eating Chinese?

Great idea.

Look what I found holed up in a health food store.

Anybody home?

- Welcome back, aboard. - Thank you very much.

- It's good to be back. - Great to have you back.

-For you. -Me? Thank you.

Listen, I just got some more good news about Donna hess.

The coroner's preliminary report indicates

that the baby suffered no fractures or spinal misalignment

and probably died of natural causes.

-Isn't that terrific? -Oh, thank god.

Is bingham back?

No, but he's due back any minute.

Well, hello group.

Hey, look what the cat dragged back in.

-Hey, how's it going man? -Oh, alright.

I brought him in to you personally,

just to make sure he gets out of the house.

Yeah, she got tired of me at home watching the TV.

Welcome home, Joe. How are the kids?

Driving the babysitter bananas.

Well, now that you're a rich man again,

I guess I can go out and do some heavy shopping now.

No. Be comfortable with that dollar.

[Laughing]