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You once said, talking about your childhood, I grew up with seriousness

all around me. Yeah.

Fair to say? Yeah, my parents were very, very strict.

I mean, I come from a Catholic family, and, you know, there are five kids in

our family, and we weren't poor, but we were very lower, you know, middle class

and didn't have a lot of money. And my dad's theory was just keep working, work

hard, work hard, work hard, and pretty much no play.

It was almost like not good in our family if you laughed or if you, you

know, wanted to have a lot of fun.

So, you know, that stays with me a little bit, I think. And I think it

helped my tennis because I really did work hard.

But, you know, I think it's important to have a balance in life. And actually, my

dad's very serious about my mom.

What does he think? I put up $100,000 of my own money just so I can watch it go

down the toilet? He doesn't care about your money. He doesn't have to care

about it. I just want him to know it is every cent I've got.

Right. The people he represents, it's pocket change. I get hit a hell of a lot

harder than they would.

Does he have any idea what this would do to me and Karen?

Hey, I know you're out there, Michael. Yeah, I know you know it, but does he

know it?

Michael.

Listen, Roger, it does. It sounds good. Fax it to me. I'll look at it tonight.

I'll talk to you in the morning, okay? All right.

Sorry, I try to keep it quiet. I heard a noise from downstairs.

Oh, didn't you hear it?

No, I was cranking on the phone with Roger.

It's probably the wind.

Fudd's face here.

Why does he hate me?

Well, maybe if you paid more attention to him, he'd like you better. Pay more

attention to him if I fed him all those goodies like you do.

Michael, I think you're jealous of Tiny.

Of course I am.

He gets to sleep with you a lot more than I do.

Is that... I'll go down.

Maybe we should call the police.

No, it's okay, man. I'll just check it out.

Don't worry. If there's anything serious, I'll come back for my driver.

Michael, is everything all right? There's somebody in that house. Call the

police. What? Call the police. Michael!

No!

Stop!

Stop, motherfucker!

Back off!

Back off!

Just take anything you want, all right? Look, here, take my watch. You can have

my watch. Please don't hurt her.

I'll give you anything you want, man. Please.

Police, sir.

Hi. Come on in, guys.

Hi, I'm Officer Cole. I'm Michael Carr. Same partner, Officer Davis. Michael

Carr.

What happened to your foot, Mr. Carr? Oh, I knocked a beer bottle down in the

kitchen. I stepped in the snow. It was nothing at all.

So, Mr. Carr, can you tell us what happened? Yeah, we were upstairs in my

office, my wife and I, and we heard a noise.

This is my wife, Karen.

Thank you for coming so quickly.

So can you tell us what happened after you heard the noise?

Michael went down and I... Well,

I heard another noise and I went down and...

It's okay, Mrs. Carr. Just take your time.

Well, this man jumped out of the closet and he and Michael fought.

Well, it wasn't much of a fight, really. I mean, I just grabbed his leg. He was

trying to get away, you know.

Got out in the kitchen. He got a hold of Karen out there and just took off out to

the back Son of a bitch put a knife to her throat You okay?

Yes. I need a doctor. No sure. Okay. Yeah, thank you Tiny

tiny Tiny and a very good watch kid.

Are you tiny useless?

Well, I guess he likes policeman

We'll have someone over in the morning to dust for prints.

Try and not disturb too much.

We've had a bunch of break-ins in this area lately. We're pretty sure it's the

same guy.

You mean on this street?

In this general area, yeah, but we'll get him. Don't worry.

I wouldn't mind being there for that.

Does anybody want any coffee?

Yes. I never turn down coffee.

Oh, oh, watch. Watch the glass.

Oh.

Excuse me. Thanks.

Uh... If this guy's been doing this around here, is there any chance he's

gonna come back?

We were told this was a safe neighborhood.

Look, all things considered, Mrs. Carr, this is a safe neighborhood.

Mr. Carr probably scared the hell out of the guy, so he's not gonna be coming

back. Doesn't make any difference. I'm getting a gun.

What? Yeah, I'm getting a gun. No guns in this house, Mike. Maybe she'll listen

to you guys.

Don't get a gun.

That's easy for you to say. You already got one. Then I'm trying to use it.

Well, I've done some shooting. At targets.

Not people. Look, take our advice. Get an alarm, get a dog, but forget about

guns. The wrong people always get hurt.

Nice people.

Hey, I know what you're thinking.

What am I thinking, Roy?

I'm never going to be able to sleep.

Me either.

If I do... When he grabbed me, I...

It's all right.

It's all right.

I don't think I can stay here, Michael. It's just so weird. I know what you

mean. We'll just... We'll get some things together and we'll go to the

hotel room, okay? No.

Well, I mean, I don't think I can live here anymore.

I think we should sell the house.

Honey, wait a minute. You love this house.

Yeah, I know, but, you know, we really don't need this, especially not now.

Michael, we're in way over our heads. We can barely afford this place. Hey, hey,

come on. Don't get carried away now. You know what we're gonna do?

We're just... We're gonna take that cop's advice.

Tomorrow morning, I'll make a few phone calls. Come here.

We'll get the best security system known to man, all right?

If that doesn't do it, we'll just... We'll... We'll get a killer watchdog. I

mean, a vicious pit bull with fangs, with a studded collar.

Come on, honey.

We'll be all right.

Come on.

You chased him around with a fucking putter? You're a hero. Oh, yeah.

Dirty Harry and Arnold Palmer all wrapped into one. That's me.

I don't know. Sounds pretty intense. It would have been me, boom, heart attack,

done. I think you did okay.

You guys all right?

Yeah. Well, Karen's upset.

Shit. Here he comes.

We have to kiss him?

Gentlemen.

I read your prospectus.

Demographics look good.

Well, I got to tell you, Jerry, I'm not a big believer in demographics.

I think it's a lawyer's tool. No offense, Roger. None taken.

What an amazing place.

Potential here is fantastic, isn't it?

I learned to go with my instincts. The one time I used demographics, I went

belly up.

That wasn't Denver by any chance, was it? He's done his homework. Well, you

weren't the only one.

Put a lot of my client's money down there.

All those damn buildings are still empty. I know what you mean, but that's

not going to happen down here, and I'll tell you why.

This whole downtown area has undergone some amazing revitalization. Those new

buildings over the last 10 years, all filled with people, all within shouting

distance of this place here.

Okay, here's what I want to do. What worked the other three times? Put on a

backers party so you can get a feel for what could go on here.

It's mine.

Hello. Hi, it's me.

Hey. Bad timing?

Well, we're kind of in the middle of it right now, but I think we're getting

close.

The security people haven't shown up yet, and neither have the police to dust

for prints.

Did you call?

Yeah, all I get is a runaround.

Great. Okay, honey, I'll tell you what.

Here's what you do.

Call the police and ask to talk to those two cops from last night. I bet those

guys can help us.

Okay? Well, okay, I'll try. I'll be home as soon as I can.

Okay. You all right?

Mm-hmm. You sure? I love you.

Michael, this guy's good. I'm being grilled here.

Michael, this area is high crime, all right? So you get the people in.

How do you keep the bad element out?

I'm into that as we speak.

I'm working on security right now.

Michael, you remember Officer Davis?

Oh, yeah. How you doing? I didn't recognize you out of uniform.

You did all this?

Yeah, it's no big deal.

It is a big deal. We really appreciate it. No kidding. It's great. That's the

least I could do. Mrs. Carr got my captain on the phone and said all kinds

of nice things about me and my partner, Roy.

Usually people just call up the bitch, so it was nice. I appreciate it. Can I

get you something? A beer?

Sure, that'd be great.

Great, thanks.

There's going to be contact switches on every point of interest.

Breeze is not going to be able to get to this house without you knowing it. Here

is going to be an infrared motion detector.

This right here will detect if anybody breaks the glass.

Hey, what's he doing in the bathroom here?

It's just an extra precaution. It's a safe room.

See, those houses are great, but the doors are like solid rocks.

We put a heavy deadbolt on each entrance here. And in case there's an intruder,

you just lock yourself in and wait for the cavalry.

Which is us.

Okay, now you just have to pick out a code word now. It's got to be seven

letters.

Pyramid. Pyramid?

Um, this is the Michael Carr residence, and the code word's gonna be pyramid.

Right.

Okay, thank you.

That's it.

Oh, yeah.

440 cubes, 500 horses.

Jesus. You do the work yourself?

Uh-huh. Every nut and bolt.

Installed the alarm.

Relaxes me. That is nice. Really nice.

Thanks.

Oh, man.

You got a knack for the security stuff.

You ever think about consulting as a sideline?

Consulting? Yeah.

Homes, businesses.

Like I got a club I'm putting together downtown.

That's what you're doing today, but you get paid for your time.

I never really thought about it much.

You're staying for dinner, right?

Yeah. You doing anything?

I'd be crossing the line. Come on. Well, you know, cops on one side, everybody

else on the other.

Come on.

This has really been nice.

You know, usually dinner for me is a bunch of us sitting around boring the

hell out of each other with war stories.

That's why cops stick together. Nobody else could stand us.

You've never been married?

No. No. Here it comes.

She's gonna try to line you up with one of her friends.

Meet me around the front.

I'm sorry.

I'm still a little freaked.

It's okay. That's understandable.

I can't believe you've never been serious about anyone.

Well, cops and marriage are a tough combination.

I can't believe how much I'm talking.

When I was a kid, I hardly ever talked at all.

And when I was in school, I never talked. I was actually famous for it.

Well, take it from a teacher. We love those quiet little boys in the back of

the class.

Don't you believe her, Pete.

She loves all kids.

Oh, that's what's missing.

I'm surprised you two don't have a few running around.

Michael, I'm sorry about bringing up...

Well, kids, that's really none of my business. Oh, hey. Hey, I just wanted to

thank you. You really went out of your way, and I can't tell you what you did

for Karen.

That's no problem. She'll bounce back.

She'll bounce back a lot quicker because of you.

What about you?

Have you bounced back?

I don't know.

A guy gets his hands on your wife like that, you feel pretty helpless.

Well, you did what you could, Michael, and you showed a lot of balls going up

against that guy. You know, there was one moment there where I...

He had a hold of her, you know, I had that stupid golf glove in my hand, but I

thought I could just... I didn't take the shot.

It's like a nightmare when you think about what could have happened to her.

I'll tell you one thing, I wouldn't mind one more shot at that son of a bitch.

Really? Hell yeah.

I'd like to kick the living shit out of him.

I'm sure you would.

And you?

Oh, I already know what I would do.

I was just wondering about a nice civilized guy like you.

After what he did to Karen, I think all the rules are out the window.

Rip his fucking heart out.

Michael, you're a scary guy.

Hey, you know, I bet you'd enjoy coming on a ride-along.

What's that?

You'll ride along with us on patrol one night.

You can do that.

Yeah, we do it all the time. You know, for writers, journalists.

That sounds... Yeah, I could do that.

Great, I'm going to set it up. You come watch us kick some butt.

What do you want to do?

Small.

Come on.

It'll be fun.

Yeah, why not?

Great, I'll see you then.

Sign it. So your old lady can't come after the city if you get killed,

maimed, or dismembered.

Mac, nothing's going to happen to him. He's with me.

Okay, Mike.

A dope dealer, a public defender, and my ex-wife all get thrown off the Empire

State Building.

Which one hits the cement first?

I don't know. Who lands first?

Who cares?

Oh, oh, oh, oh my gosh, look at this.

Think she's a real blonde, Roy?

Officer, was I going too fast?

Do you have a license and a registration, ma'am?

Yes.

You know, certain types of women just have a thing for cops. They think we're

like movie stars.

If we were to search any one of these assholes here, it'd be up to our butts

in drugs and guns.

Yeah, this place is one giant supermarket of shit.

Is that right, Leon? Whatever you say, Officer Pete, I ain't into nothing.

This is Mr. Clean here.

That's right, that's me.

Yes, sir, Mr. Clean.

Marina! Yeah?

Everything okay?

No problemos? No, no problemos. All right, Roy.

If there is, you let me know, okay?

All right.

I don't think you'll be finding any clientele for your club around here,

Michael.

Try it.

Best in LA.

You know I ate before I came out.

I'm really full.

So, you enjoying yourself?

Yeah. Yeah, it's an eye-opener.

You know, something occurred to me when you were over at the house for the

barbecue, Pete.

I don't know exactly how it works here in Los Angeles, but when I was in

Phoenix, in Kansas City, I used to hire off-duty police officers to work the

club. Oh, hear that?

Mike's offering us some moonlighting money.

Well, I'd like to talk to you some. Hi.

Hi.

So, how are you?

Are you, like, a captain or something?

Lieutenant.

Rosa, come on.

Vamanos.

Can't you see the lieutenant's a married man?

Oh, yeah?

Oh.

Oh, well.

Ya me voy.

Bye, Pete.

See you later, Rosa.

See what I mean? These bitches can't get enough of us.

Michael stay here Keep away

here with me and hang

Boy, why don't you go up and get yourself cleaned up?

Me and Mike will put the car to bed.

Works for me.

Made it, gentlemen.

Take care.

It's a hell of a life, huh, Mike?

Is it always like this? Oh, yeah, day in and day out.

Come on, hop up in front.

Yeah.

Your wife wants to know why I can't meet a nice woman.

Well, I thought she gave him a lot pretty well.

This is where we hit her.

She's got one more errand to run.

Meet Ernie Pike.

Come on. Come out and ID this piece of shit. Come on, motherfucker.

Hey, that's him. Huh? You got him. God damn it, that's him. Did you hear that?

Did you hear that? You've just been made.

You've just been made, scumbag.

Picked up a crackhead pal of his.

Turned in Pike here.

Broke into my friend's house.

Huh? Did you scare him and his pretty wife?

Did you do that?

Did you do that?

Okay. I'm sorry, man.

Okay.

Fuck off.

I just want to hear about you being sorry.

He wants to kick your ass.

Guess what, scumbag?

I'm going to let him.

You ready?

What?

Come on. What are you waiting for? Let's go.

Are you serious?

Damn serious. You said you wanted to rip the fucking heart out, didn't you?

Whoa. Yeah, yeah, but I mean, that was, you know, just talking.

Tell him.

Say it. Say how you wanted that uptown pussy. Come on, say it.

No. Is that what you wanted?

Say it.

Say it.

Tell him. Whatever you say, man. Whatever you say.

Come here.

Fucking resist me.

Don't you resist me.

Now walk.

Walk.

He just gave you the okay.

You don't even have to touch him.

I wouldn't hurt nobody, man.

Shut up.

Come on.

Come on, Michael.

It's okay, listen.

He resisted, he gets hit. Shit happens.

Don't worry about it. Come on, Pete.

You got him. Nice going.

Just take him in, all right? Michael.

He put a knife to Karen's throat.

You gonna let him get away with that?

Come on, hit the motherfucker!

Pete. Hit him!

Hit him! It's just a... Hey, no, I'm not doing this.

Hey!

Motherfucker! Hey,

Pete!

Pete! Jesus, that's enough!

It's me.

How'd it go?

What a screwed up night.

What happened?

Oh, it was just, it was weird.

I mean, uh, I went with the guys, you know, on a few calls.

Got to watch them be cops.

And we dropped Roy off, and Pete had a little surprise for me.

The guy who broke in here.

He caught him? Yeah, well, he did a little more than that.

The guy's in jail.

Hospital's more likely.

I mean, he really beat the living shit out of this guy.

Which is, of course, what I was supposed to do.

What? I don't understand.

Pete was showing off for me, you know?

Had the whole thing set up. I could be the big man and nail the guy.

Michael, I'm just glad it's over.

Yeah.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yeah.

What's the matter?

I think our cop friend's a little too tightly wound, that's all.

Well, you think you might be overreacting a little bit?

Not really.

Well, I gotta tell you, I feel like a big weight's been lifted.

Yeah, well, I'm glad you feel better, Annie.

But I'm serious. I don't want him around here anymore.

Honey, you're upset, and I understand, but don't you think we ought to give him

the benefit of the doubt?

I mean, maybe you got a little rough on the guy, but you're acting like Pete's

the criminal.

Oh, am I?

I was there, Karen. I saw it, okay?

So I don't care what you think. We're staying away from this guy, you got it?

You don't care what I think. Don't do that. Okay, fine. From now on, I won't

bother thinking about it. Knock it off! No, you knock it off!

I'm sorry, but I don't share your newfound sympathy for the man who broke

in here and put a goddamn knife to my throat, Michael.

Hi, I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you.

It's okay.

Can I talk to you for a minute, please?

Just let me get my robe.

You know, you really should put a lock on that gate.

I don't think you came here to discuss my gate.

No.

Did you hear I arrested the burglar?

What happened?

What happened was the burglar knocked me down and took off running, and when I

caught him, he resisted, and it got ugly.

I don't think Michael took it too well.

He didn't quite put it that way.

It's not a TV show out there, Mrs. Carr.

You know, the reality gets to people who've never seen it up close like that.

You mean the violence.

Look.

When I first started out, I went on a routine call.

All right? This is a young kid. He was high on drugs. He was beating on his

girlfriend.

She couldn't have been more than 15, 16, sweet girl, blonde hair, blue eyes.

So I didn't pay her much attention.

I was reading the kid his rights when she took out a gun and she shot me right

here in the chest.

So now I restrain felons first with whatever it takes.

With whatever it takes. And that's how it was last night.

I don't need another bullet in the chest, and you don't need a dead

husband, do you?

I'm very sorry if Michael's upset.

I was just doing my job. Pete.

Pete, wait.

I'm... I'm glad you got him.

That guy's not gonna forget the night he made the mistake of breaking in here.

That's for sure.

Okay, enjoy your swim.

This is the Chromalight, and it serves as the backdrop for the dance floor area

here, which could also spill out onto this floor here.

Now, with this Chromalight, we can create any environment we want. We've

got a cityscape here, but this could be a desert or a mountain, outer space,

anything you want.

Now, how come I

didn't know Michael had so many good-looking friends?

Are you kidding?

We don't know any of these people. They're all potential investors or

friends of Michael's lawyer.

That's too bad.

Oh, now there's one I'd like to meet.

That's the guy I was telling you about.

You're caught?

Really?

Candace said the music is too loud. Who?

Candace, my wife. I like it like this. Okay, Roger, I got a question only you

can answer. Right now, I got an IRS auditor and a lawyer. Another lawyer

joke. Divorce lawyer. Up on top of the World Trade Center. They both jump off

at the same time.

Who lands first? Who cares?

Hi, how you doing, Mike?

Pete, this place is great.

It's nice.

Pete Davis, Los Angeles Police.

Hello, Pete. Jerry Laurie. Excuse me. My wife, Candace.

Hi, Pete.

Roger Graham. Roger. Mike's been talking to me about security for the club. You

work in the area tonight, Pete?

No, I did the pre-check of the exterior.

I know it's normal to have your entrance under the marquee, but it's too open.

It's hard to control.

It'd be better to put the entrance in the alley and make the people line up

and file in.

And if things get out of hand and we have to get heavy, only a few people

will see it.

Something to think about.

Listen, why don't you get yourself a drink, Pete, and I'll be with you in a

minute.

Yeah, good idea. I know you have business to discuss.

I'll fill you in later. Take care. Nice meeting you.

He makes a lot of sense.

Yeah. You guys really aren't bullshitting, huh? Yeah, no, I take

security very seriously.

We're really on top of it.

Hi there.

Oh, Penny. This is Pete.

Pete, Penny. Hi, Penny. Nice meeting you. Hi, nice meeting you.

Oh, we teach together.

Oh, oh.

You know, the kids at school would be so impressed that I'm talking to a real

-life policeman.

They love cops.

They're young. Give them time.

Well, maybe you'd like to come and give them a talk sometime.

Um, yeah, sure.

Public relations loves when we do stuff like that.

Well, speaking of public relations, do you dance?

Honey, can you rescue Roger?

Help me out. Hey, Penny.

Come on, Pete. Let's get that drink.

Here's to your club, Mike.

Pete, I want to get something straight here.

I'd like you to leave.

Michael, what is with you tonight?

Why'd you even invite me here? I don't know.

telling you and inviting you are two completely different things.

You seem so uptight, relaxed.

Is it because you were up late last night? You nervous about all this? What?

How do you know that?

How do you think I know? I was driving by your house on patrol. I saw that your

lights were on. You didn't go to bed till well after three. You don't have to

protect us anymore, Pete. You caught him, remember?

Mike, one guy's out of business and you think that's it? You're not a virgin

anymore, buddy. You saw how much evil shit there is out there.

Now, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't do what I could to protect you

and Karen from all of this? God damn it, you listen to me, because I'm telling

you. You leave us alone.

You know, I think I understand where this is coming from.

Oh, do you?

Just cut the shit, okay?

Nobody expects you to be me.

I'm a cop.

I make my living going up against guys like Pike. You don't. You've got nothing

to be ashamed of.

Is that what you think this is about? Yeah, I do.

I bet you had one hell of a night last night when you got home, didn't you,

Michael? Juices flowing and everything?

Friend would be thanking me. I'm not your friend. I'm not your buddy. I'm

nothing to you. You got that? I think you're a sick guy, Pete.

I don't want you around me, and I don't want you around my wife. Michael. Honey.

You guessed. I'll be there in a second. Pete was just about to leave. Michael

needs to get some things off his chest. Michael, Roger really has to talk to

you. Honey, please.

Kicking me out, Michael? Honey, please don't keep him waiting.

If I have to.

Tell Roger I'll be there in a second, okay?

What are you gonna do?

You call the cops?

Get the fuck out. Lower your voice. Fuck you. Lower your voice. Fuck you!

Pigeon's watching.

Hope he doesn't fly away on you.

I need your card, man.

Check it.

Don't you think you were a little rough on Pete?

I told you, I don't want him coming around. I just wanted to make that

completely clear to him.

Well, you succeeded.

Come on, guys. It's time for our toast.

Come on.

Good fortune and the time to enjoy it.

That's an old Castilian toast.

That

is

a nice ride, dude.

I thought you were about to propose another one of those wonderful

continental toasts. Of course you are.

To the two most charming women here. Your beautiful wife.

I'm glad you called.

I've been thinking about you a lot lately.

Leave it.

Sorry.

Still sensitive, huh?

You get shot or something?

It was a fishing accident.

Yeah.

Fishers with guns.

Are you alright?

Because we can go to a motel. And a nice, cozy bed.

You're having a problem.

The only problem that I have is sleazy, low-life whores like you.

That's my problem.

What the hell's wrong with you?

Get out.

I'm not getting out here! Get the fuck out! What are you, crazy?

I don't even know where the fuck I am!

Well, that's exactly your fucking problem, isn't it?

Isn't it?

So, being a policeman is really all about helping people.

It's about being a friend.

It's not about shooting it out with bad guys. That's what you see on TV. That's

not what it's like.

That's not why I wanted to become a cop.

Okay, I wanted to become a cop to protect people, to make them feel happy

and safe.

Everybody understand that?

Yes.

Does everybody have any questions?

What? Do you wear bulletproof vests?

Uh-huh. I have to protect myself.

Who else?

When you're in the police car, are you always with somebody?

Mm-hmm. I have a partner. His name is Officer Roy Cole.

And we spent time together now for the past seven, eight years. He's a very

good friend of mine.

Okay, you?

Can you show me how to use your handcuffs?

Sure. Come here.

What's your name?

Matthew. Matthew?

All right, Matthew.

Keep your hands out.

I think I could get him to use those on me.

There you go.

You're under arrest, Matthew.

Hi.

I couldn't take off without saying thanks for letting me impress the kids.

That was really a lot of fun.

Well, Penny really set it up.

Yeah, no, I talked to Penny before.

Look,

I'd really like to apologize for what happened the other night. Michael's

behavior.

Kind of took me by surprise.

I mean he invited me there. They kicked me out. I was never shown up. Believe me

It's not you. It's him.

He's just not been himself Would you like to go get a cup of coffee?

I don't go on for a while Come on you're safe with me. I'm a cop remember

just for a little while

Is everybody in here a cop?

Yeah, pretty much.

Listen to this.

About a year ago, some jerk came in here and actually tried to rip this place

off.

You know,

I'm sorry.

We should go somewhere else.

No, this is great.

Really? Yeah.

I mean, I think it's really nice you got a place to go.

I'd like one.

Just...

This is my least favorite time of the day.

Why?

Because it's getting dark out and Michael's not home yet.

How'd you and Michael get together?

I was a waitress in his first club.

Really? You were a waitress?

It was the first job I ever had. The first one I needed.

We were kind of well off.

My father...

It turned out I had sort of a gambling problem, so... You know, people started

coming over and taking our cars in the middle of the night.

It was kind of a scary time.

Did Michael take you away from all that?

Things always came really easily to Michael.

Is that why you married him?

I married him because I fell in love with him.

This is... I hardly know you.

We're talking like this.

Karen.

All the things that come so easily to Michael, are you one of them?

Because there's no man that deserves that much good fortune.

I mean that. A woman like you, a man, should never take for granted.

And you should never feel unsafe.

And I want you to know...

That if you ever need anything, you're feeling bad in any way, or you just need

to talk, that I'm there for you.

Okay? As a friend.

As a real friend, I'm there for you.

Okay?

Come on, put me in. Get you out of here.

How was your afternoon?

Hey, good.

It's fine.

You and Mrs. Carr getting along okay?

We seem to be.

You know, when I was a kid at Erasmus, I didn't have a single teacher that looked

like Karen.

I mean, they all had blue hair with names like Mushbutt, you know,

Silvercrone.

Silvercrone's my maiden name.

She had me.

I admit it. Thank you.

You know, the good news is Frank Taft was so taken with you, he's considering

kicking in half the capital himself.

Frank Taft, whom you reckon? Yeah, we handle him. Well, there's a company

that's on a roll.

Major roll.

I don't listen to that shit myself, but the kids love it. Excuse me, sir. I'm so

very sorry. Do you have another card? What's the problem?

It's canceled.

It's impossible.

A computer glitch happens to me all the time. Roger, this is unbelievable.

Relax, you'll get the next one.

Those damn computers.

Don't worry about it.

All right, now we're on for Tuesday night, right? Okay.

Take care, Roger.

Good morning.

Michael, what's that?

Looks like you're having a bad night, Michael.

Look, all I know is what's on the computer printout.

And the computer says you got parking tickets up the wazoo. And the computer

is wrong, okay? So I'm not paying 600 bucks for tickets I didn't get.

Pal, I've been working here five years.

The computer's never wrong.

Now, do you want the boot taken off your car or not?

are you sure about this what i mean remember the night that we went to the

minzer's house what they had the party on canyon avenue i got a ticket one

ticket 600 bucks come on jesus uh sorry pal you over the limit on this card

it's

a computer thing like roger said yeah all right

600 bucks. Oh, Michael, drop it, okay?

Things went pretty well, didn't they?

Yeah. What was that that went pretty good?

What?

It went great.

You really charmed the pants off the lures.

Stay here and lock the door. What are you doing?

It's Michael Carr.

The code word is pyramid.

Well, we just had our cat knock over a screen is all.

Thank you, boy.

I never thought I'd be so happy to see him.

Look, I thought it was the right thing to do.

Well, thank you for making that decision for the both of us without my having a

say. God damn it, Michael, you know how I feel about those things. You know how

I feel watching a man come into my own home, attack my wife, and I can't do

anything about it?

I'm not going to be in that position again, Karen.

I mean it. I don't care what the police say. I'm keeping that gun.

I'm sorry. I should have told you.

You all right?

Yeah.

Are you?

Jesus Christ, just a goddamn minute, hey!

What the fuck do you think you're doing?

I was responding to your alarm, Michael. Oh, bullshit, you tripped it yourself,

didn't you?

What? Oh, yeah, and the credit card, and the boot of my car, you did that too,

didn't you?

You know, is everything all right? No, it's fine, it's fine, it's just the

false alarm. False alarm, my ass.

I'm as embarrassed about this as you are. Get the fuck out of my house!

I'm very sorry, Mrs. Carr.

Hello? Yeah, Roger.

Michael? Yeah, it's Michael. Yeah, I know it's late. I'm sorry. Listen.

How do I get a psycho cop off my back?

And you're the same Michael Carr that I okayed to do a ride-along with Officer

Davis and Officer Colton?

Yes, sir. That's right.

You say Michael Carr's wife called to personally commend Officer Davis?

Yeah, the same two people that are now basically being terrorized by this out

-of-control sicko.

Out-of-control sicko?

You sure there's nothing personal in this, Mr. Carr?

Well, there's no question that it's personal.

I don't know. What do you call it when a police officer busts into your bedroom

while you're having sex with your wife?

Yes, well, Officer Cole's report says he and Officer Davis were responding to an

alarm. That was verified by your security company. Sure it was. How about

the boot that he had put on my car? How about my credit cards?

What about them?

You got any proof that this guy did those things?

You know, you're accusing a highly decorated officer here. I don't care how

many medals he has. I want this taken care of. Or else what, Mr. Carr?

You're not giving me anything.

You didn't bring me any evidence.

You don't have any witnesses.

You don't even have a home video.

These days, everybody's got a goddamn home video.

Okay, fine. That's it. You're just gonna bury this thing, right? Mr. Carr, this

is a professional organization here, and we're gonna do a professional

investigation, okay?

Mac, bring me the complaint forms, will you?

If there's any truth to your allegations, believe me, we'll take care

of it, all right?

Thank you.

The department doesn't want an unstable officer on the street any more than you

do.

Fill this out. You got a pen?

No, sir. All right, there you go. Thank you.

What are you doing?

He's not coming.

Your friend, Officer Davis, called Lurie on the phone, asking all kinds of

questions. How well does he know you? Has he ever done business with you

before? Lurie's nervous enough to pull his people out.

He thinks you're under some kind of investigation.

This fucker is ruining me.

We're not dead yet. Maybe we can smooth it over. We have to deal with your

friend once and for all. I already filed a complaint, Roger. You're the one who

told me to do it.

Michael, you know what this is?

Some kind of cop scam.

Putz is just supplementing his lousy income.

Pay him off.

Roger, as my lawyer, you're advising me to bribe a police officer?

No.

I'm advising you to make a donation to the son of a bitch's favorite charity.

Thanks for meeting me, Pete.

It was a chance to talk a little bit. You know, I don't remember how this all

began or what I did.

But whatever, I'm sorry.

You know, I'm not looking to get you into trouble, Pete.

I certainly don't need any myself, so... What do you say?

Water under the bridge?

Hell, we can part, friends.

Of course, I'll withdraw the complaint.

Okay.

Here it is.

What's this?

$5,000.

You walk away and don't mess with my investors.

Bribe, Mikey?

Call it whatever you want, Pete.

I need this deal.

Shh.

You hear that?

I used to work these hills.

I knew this lady.

She was out walking her little poodle.

And a coyote comes charging out of the brush, snatches up the little poodle and

takes off.

All we ever found of that little doggy was its diamond-studded leash.

You know, when Karen first met you, she actually thought you were different than

her gambling father.

What? It's very interesting how people follow patterns.

See, she doesn't feel safe with you either, Michael.

And Karen needs to feel protected from when those coyotes come charging out of

the brush.

You listen to me. You stay the fuck away from her.

Assaulting a police officer?

A nice civilized man like you, Michael?

What are you going to do?

Arrest me?

Arrest you?

I could kill you.

What's going on, Karen?

What the hell are you talking about?

You and Pete.

What's going on? What are you accusing me of? We had a cup of coffee, for

Christ's sake. I didn't want a hot cup of coffee.

Penny invited him over to talk to the kids.

Afterwards, we went out, and if you think there was anything else, you're

crazy. I am, huh? Well, I just put a gun to my head.

What? Yeah, he just put a fucking gun to my head.

He wants you.

He thinks you want him.

I swear he didn't get any of those ideas from me. Well, he didn't pull them out

of the air, Karen.

So what is it? You get off on leading him on? Is that talking to him?

About us?

About our marriage?

Jesus!

I told you he's dangerous.

What's it got to take? Me in a body bag?

Officer Cole, your partner. I went to him to try to work things out.

Didn't you know enough to stay away from it? Wait a minute, you're not even going

to listen to me? He's playing you, man. Every time you react, it just gets

worse. Oh, cops on one side, everybody else on the other. Is that it?

Yeah, that's it.

He threatened to kill me last night.

How do you suggest I react to that?

Look, if anybody knows this guy's coming apart, it's got to be you.

Come on, man, that guy's after my... I don't know where else to go.

Come on in.

He doesn't understand.

I'm better for her than he is.

He doesn't love her.

Can't take care of her the way that I can.

She needs it. What the hell are you going on about?

Like she's ever gonna be yours.

You listen to me.

Nothing, nothing is ever gonna happen between you and her.

She is some fantasy in your head.

You don't know what you're talking about, Roy.

Oh, I don't, huh? No, you don't. And you tell me what you were doing with him up

here the other night.

Tell me you didn't stick a gun in his face.

I was just playing with him. Yeah, well, I'm not playing with you.

You're gonna back off this madness.

You're gonna put in for a stress leave.

Then you're gonna go see a doctor and get your head straight.

Or... Or I'm going to go upstairs and tell them exactly what is going on with

you. You understand?

You do that? You're goddamn right.

And if you don't do what I said in the next 24 hours, that is exactly what I

will do.

Now, you go have coffee with a shrink.

And it'll be all right.

You'll see.

Look at that.

Hell with it, man. Leave it.

Thank you.

Another routine.

Come on, spread them.

You know, this is some real crime out there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. A Benny

bust. That's what I got, a Benny bust.

I got a division to say about that. What do we got here? Come on, I need more.

I'm providing the service out there, you know. Those cabbies that Paul sits

behind the wheel.

Hey, that's enough.

Come on, I need something more than this. Come on, Leon.

We got you. You really are Mr. Cleaner. Yeah, I want you to keep this. You might

need it later on.

What's the matter? Don't you believe in safe sex?

Come on, Leon.

Hiding something over here? Hey, what are you doing? You got a gun. I'm going

to shoot you.

Shit.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

What? Come on. Take the gun. No, I don't want...

Take the gun. Take the gun.

Go.

You killed my partner, Leon.

upstairs to talk to any.

I went around the back.

And Roy followed the suspect in, I guess.

And then I heard shots.

That scumbag shot Roy.

And I guess Roy nailed him.

before he died.

Uh, yeah, this is Michael Carr. I need to talk with Roger right away, please.

This is an emergency.

Mr. Graham is out of his office. Can I give him a message? Okay, page him, do

whatever you have to do. Just tell him that I'm at my house, I'm being set up.

I don't know exactly what this is, but there's cops all over my yard.

Okay, I'll tell him. Michael!

Tell him to call me immediately.

We have a warrant to search your dwelling for narcotics.

Narcotics? We have a warrant to search your dwelling for narcotics. Please,

sir, just step right over here. We have to search.

The allowable informant has given us your address here as a residence where

you purchased narcotics from a Michael Carr. This is crazy.

Are you Michael Carr?

Yeah.

Surprise, surprise.

Michael Carr, I'm placing you under arrest at this time for possession of

narcotics and possession of... You have the right to remain silent. You have the

right to contact an attorney.

If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Anything you

say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

We'll be taking you down to the station now, Mr. Carr. If you prefer, we can

pull a car up the driveway to the back so you don't have to walk out in front

of your neighbors. Sounds very thoughtful of you.

Call Roger. Make sure you get a hold of Roger.

I'm Detective Nobu, Mr. Carr.

How do you do?

I want to offer you the opportunity to make it easy on yourself.

If you'll furnish us with the names of your connection, you can be out of here

as soon as possible. I'm not talking to anybody till I speak with my lawyer.

That's your right, Mr. Carr.

You got ten minutes.

You okay?

Yeah.

How's Kearney?

Hanging in there.

Did I get to see her?

Not till after the arraignment.

Till then, you're only allowed legal counsel.

What about bail?

That'll be set at your hearing.

What's your money situation?

Uh, everything I had went into the party to impress Lurie.

I need to know exactly.

Well,

I don't think those have been too high. I mean, it's not like you're a

professional dope dealer.

Professional?

Michael, the cops dredged about a half a pound of cocaine out of your house, so

I'd say we got a problem. My problem's real simple. I got a cop who wants me

out of the way because he wants my wife.

Look, this is way over my head.

I got in touch with Sam Gershon.

He's the best criminal attorney I know. He'll represent you at your hearing.

All right, you guys need to talk to Roy Cole.

Davis' partner, Officer Roy Cole. Now, he told me that if anything else

happened, he'd help me out.

Cole's dead.

In the line of duty in a shootout. I talked to his captain.

He won't stop until he kills me.

Get me out of here, Roger.

I will.

It's all in hand.

No, no, no.

Listen to me.

Just get me out of here.

K-B-A-8-4-6-0-5-9. People versus Alvarez. Mr. Alvarez is charged with

illegal possession of an automatic weapon as set forth in Section 12280,

Subsection B of the California Penal Code.

Is Mr. Alvarez represented by counsel?

Mr. Alvarez pleads innocent. He's a juvenile. Nothing could be served by his

detention until trial.

We request release on O.R.

Denied. Bail set at $25,000.

Court secretary will set a date for trial.

Case B.A. 855-327, People v. Michael Carr.

Mr. Carr is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, as

set forth in Section 11351 and 11352 of the California Health and Safety Code.

Is Mr.

Carr represented by counsel?

Yes, Your Honor. Mr. Carr pleads innocent.

Your Honor, he is a model citizen who owns his own home. He's in business

locally. His wife is a teacher in a respected local private school. We

request bail on the warrant.

Your Honor, it's come to our attention that Mr. Carr pled out a similar case in

Austin, Texas, eight years ago.

Bring it here.

What about this?

It wasn't me.

Look, I took an investor out on the town. The guy had a vial of blow in his

pocket, and he stuck it underneath the seat of the car, okay? Now, a lawyer

told me the easiest and quickest thing to do is to plead it out, so... But it

wasn't me.

Doesn't matter.

You took the deal. It's on the record.

Counselor, in light of this O.R. is denied, bail is set at $250,000.

Okay. B-A-8-6-1-2-8-8, People v. Jenkins.

Mr. Jenkins is charged with felony grand theft auto. It's set forth in Section

4873 of the California Penal Code.

Mr. Jenkins pleads not guilty, Your Honor. There's no evidence of anything

other than a joyride.

Having trouble making bail, Mike?

Money's a little tight, huh?

Karen's really upset.

You really shouldn't have done this to her, Michael.

She's all alone now.

But don't worry, not for long.

I want you to know that she's gonna be taken care of.

I know what Karen needs.

And isn't it her happiness that we both want?

Hmm?

If you could find us, why don't you look us up?

I'd love to have you over for a barbecue. If you go near her...

I'll kill you.

Salaam, Mikey.

You look good in blue.

Hey.

Hi.

How you doing?

Fine. I'm just a little tired.

There you are.

I thought he might be hungry.

Oh, thanks.

How about you?

I could use something, yeah.

Good.

Penny, I'm really glad you're here.

That's no problem.

I'll stick around till Michael gets home.

It's gonna be a while.

That's okay.

Here, get some rest.

Make a telephone call.

Guard.

Guard. Hey, thanks, man. Make a telephone call. Guard.

Guard, make a telephone call.

You're just a fat little piggy, aren't you, huh?

Just a minute.

Oh, I'm sorry, Penny. I didn't mean to scare you.

Pete, uh, Karen's upstairs.

She's got a headache.

Oh.

Well, I brought some groceries in case she didn't have time after, you know,

everything that's been going on.

Well, I'll tell her you came by.

Well, why don't I just give them to you? I gotta get going to work, so...

I'm not very popular here, am I, Penny?

All right.

I'll just leave them here.

You can get them... You can get them later.

Take care.

You look great. I'll see you later.

Bye.

250, that's a hard bullet. You're looking at 25K, Mr. Graham.

Here's the deed to my house.

Well, this takes care of the bail, but what about the premium, my end?

Yeah, I'm writing you a $25,000 personal check.

That's a nice Rolex.

Forget the watch. Sam Gershon said you'd take care of me. Usually this should be

a cashier's check, but hey, if you're a friend of Sam, I'll call up the bank. If

you got sufficient funds, we got a deal.

Touch tone phones? You don't have that?

I think I might make that phone call now.

Please.

Just take a second, man. I really appreciate it.

I'll talk to you when I can.

Operator. A collect from Michael.

I'm sorry, sir. The phone must be off the hook.

Well, can you cut in or something? This is an emergency operator.

I did that, sir. Look, can you help me out here? I know I'm going to get to a

phone again.

Sir, it's a machine. I can't tell it what to do. However, I can report it for

you. Are you sure it's off the hook?

Yes, sir. It is off the hook.

It smells so good. I didn't know cooking was one of your... Hi.

Are you feeling better?

I got some, um, mushrooms, onions, dried tomatoes,

parsley.

Where's Penny?

Penny?

Um... I told her to go home.

She'd just be a third wheel.

I took the phone off the hook so I could get some sleep. I didn't want you to

have any distractions.

Well, I'm not sleeping now, am I?

I want you to leave.

Wait.

I know I shouldn't be here.

I know you're upset.

But let's stop kidding ourselves, Karen.

And we've been bending over backwards to do the right thing.

You playing the perfect wife, me being the good friend. Well, I can't take it

anymore. I just can't.

And now we can stop pretending.

We can stop pretending now.

Pete, I'm very tired.

I need some time alone. I gotta be by myself.

I know, I know. Listen.

Come here, sit down.

Sit down.

I know what's scaring you.

I don't have to be a cop anymore.

Okay? I could do something different with my life.

Something clean.

I think that's good.

No one should have to live their life the way you've been living it, Pete.

You wouldn't have to carry a gun anymore.

Why don't you put it away?

No gun, no badge.

I gotta go cook.

Pete. What?

I forgot about Tiny.

The cat.

I don't like leaving him outside at night.

Be right back.

Karen? You got him?

Yeah.

Hey, Tiny.

You okay?

Yeah.

You sure?

Mm-hmm.

You seem really tense.

Yeah, I am a little bit.

Come here. I know what you need.

Move over.

Move over?

Come on, let's go.

Go ahead, take my pillow. Why not? I already put up my house to get you out

of this hellhole. Put on your seatbelt.

your tension in your shoulders.

I feel so lucky being alone here with you.

Tell me how much you love me.

I'll never be as much as I love you.

Pete, don't.

Don't what?

Don't what?

I don't feel very pretty right now.

Karen, you're beautiful.

I want to look better.

I want to put on something nice for you, something that you'll like.

I'll call you when I'm ready.

Don't be long.

Damn!

We won't make it.

You can't make it!

Michael, no!

Jesus!

Karen.

What are you looking for?

Yeah,

you read my mind.

Yeah? Yeah.

I hate the damn thing. I wanted you to get rid of it.

I thought you were gonna get changed.

Fuck.

Hang on.

What are you doing? You're a sick, fucking brutal asshole. Get out!

You're not gonna shoot me.

I swear I'll kill you. You're not gonna kill anyone.

Because you know that this is right. Get away!

Now put the gun down.

Put the gun down.

Try it again.

Shoot it again.

I think I'd actually give you a loaded fucking... Huh?

See how things are now, huh?

You little fucking cockteaser. Is that what it is? You're a cockteaser, huh?

You little cockteaser! You try to fucking shoot me!

You want to shoot me?

You know what you are? You know what you are, Karen?

You're a little fucking whore.

You're a worthless fucking whore, just like every fucking whore I've ever met

in my life.

That's exactly what I'm going to treat you like. That's exactly what I'm... I'm

gonna treat you like a whore, Karen.

Yeah, this is Michael Carr.

Yeah, thank you for calling.

I was swinging a golf club. It went through the patio window.

It's okay. Yeah, there's glass everywhere, but it's okay.

Yeah, password's Pyramid.

No.

No, I did not change the password.

I just...

Figure it out, asshole.

Seven letters.

Fuck you.

This is gonna cost you, Michael.

Come on!

Get up here!

Karen!

Karen!

Karen, this is the way it is.

We got two minutes to get in my car and get out of here.

You hear me? If you don't open up the door, Michael dies.

You understand?

I'm gonna kill you too, Karen. You stay where you are. Shut up. Just shut up.

Don't come out of there.

Karen, there's no time to fuck around here. You're gonna shoot me anyway,

honey. No, I'm not. I'm not gonna kill him. If you open up the door, I'm gonna

let Michael live. I swear. If you don't, though, your husband's dead.

Okay, Karen?

That's the way it is.

I've given you a count of three, and I'm starting now. One. Honey, they're

coming. You're gonna make it. Two. You're gonna make it. They're coming. Go

ahead.

I'll get you. You're done. You're done.

I'm going to open up the fucking door now.

Okay, okay, okay, okay. Karen.

Karen, don't.

What are you gonna do, tough guy?

You gonna make the citizens arrest?

I'll arrest you.

All right, guys, let's go.

Right behind you. Run and get this guy.

Jackson.

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