1 00:01:15,655 --> 00:01:18,385 [Thunderclap] 2 00:01:44,551 --> 00:01:47,042 [Murmuring] 3 00:01:50,624 --> 00:01:52,888 [Buzzing] 4 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,931 [Thunder Continues] 5 00:02:16,850 --> 00:02:19,341 [Rain Pouring] 6 00:02:58,258 --> 00:03:00,692 Get the safe. 7 00:03:09,202 --> 00:03:12,035 [Tools Clattering] 8 00:03:35,629 --> 00:03:37,563 Don't do nothin'. 9 00:04:14,167 --> 00:04:16,863 [Moaning] 10 00:04:21,274 --> 00:04:23,834 Let's go. Let's go! 11 00:04:23,910 --> 00:04:26,242 Come on, Caz. Let's go. Get the safe. Get the safe. 12 00:04:26,313 --> 00:04:28,747 Now? Yeah. That's all we'll take... just cash. 13 00:04:28,815 --> 00:04:30,976 There's no way they can trace that to us. 14 00:04:31,051 --> 00:04:33,042 This had to happen sooner or later, right? 15 00:04:33,119 --> 00:04:35,883 Murder? No. He could've called the cops. 16 00:04:35,956 --> 00:04:38,049 That's the way it goes. That's the way it goes? 17 00:04:38,124 --> 00:04:40,058 Sure. Gettin' caught? That's the way it goes? 18 00:04:40,126 --> 00:04:42,117 Now come on! Get the safe! 19 00:04:45,065 --> 00:04:47,795 [Drill Whirs] 20 00:04:47,867 --> 00:04:51,496 [Whirring] He never sleeps here. I don't understand. 21 00:04:51,571 --> 00:04:54,734 [Chuckling] What a flash, huh? 22 00:04:54,808 --> 00:04:58,244 Funny old man. You couldn't do that to a woman, could you, huh? 23 00:04:58,311 --> 00:05:00,871 This is like no other job we've ever done, man. 24 00:05:00,947 --> 00:05:05,384 Those cops from Homicide will come in here. They'll push those Safe and Loft boys right off. 25 00:05:05,452 --> 00:05:08,751 There's two ways they can search... from the body outwards, in a spiral, 26 00:05:08,822 --> 00:05:10,813 or they can divide the room up into squares. 27 00:05:10,890 --> 00:05:13,484 That's the grid method. We burn the gloves. 28 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,721 The knife was already here. 29 00:05:19,766 --> 00:05:22,257 [Fizzing] 30 00:05:37,517 --> 00:05:39,508 Let's go. 31 00:05:41,655 --> 00:05:45,682 Don't do that here... not this time, not with him. 32 00:05:45,759 --> 00:05:47,886 Hey, why don't you remember your extension cord, huh? 33 00:05:56,436 --> 00:05:58,961 [Chuckling] We don't leave real clues, Art. 34 00:05:59,039 --> 00:06:03,271 We leave dead ends. We're the dead-end kids, remember? 35 00:06:03,343 --> 00:06:05,971 [Laughing] Huh? Remember? 36 00:06:15,955 --> 00:06:19,721 Hey. When did I pick this up? 37 00:06:19,793 --> 00:06:23,320 - Come on. - Murder. 38 00:06:25,265 --> 00:06:27,460 That's one for you, Kojak. 39 00:06:36,309 --> 00:06:38,243 [Door Closes] 40 00:06:38,311 --> 00:06:40,802 [Sirens Wailing] 41 00:06:53,393 --> 00:06:55,384 [Siren Stops] 42 00:06:56,763 --> 00:06:59,755 [Man Chattering] 43 00:06:59,833 --> 00:07:02,324 Mornin; Lieutenant. Hi. 44 00:07:07,207 --> 00:07:09,767 This is the guy who owned the store. His name was King. 45 00:07:09,843 --> 00:07:11,777 Mm-hmm. 46 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,708 Steiglitz, Safe and Loft. 47 00:07:16,783 --> 00:07:18,774 It's been dusted. 48 00:07:18,852 --> 00:07:21,286 One knife puncture, from the rear. 49 00:07:21,354 --> 00:07:25,154 Six-inch blade... oh, right through the lung and heart. 50 00:07:25,225 --> 00:07:27,216 About 3:00 a.m. 51 00:07:29,129 --> 00:07:31,927 Two dollars and 25 cents. 52 00:07:31,998 --> 00:07:34,159 Would you say that's a bargain, Safe and Loft? 53 00:07:36,336 --> 00:07:38,270 Oh, Lieutenant, this is Mr. Scott. 54 00:07:38,338 --> 00:07:41,330 He found the body when he opened up this mornin'. How are ya? 55 00:07:41,407 --> 00:07:43,637 Looks like you could open this thing up with a can opener. 56 00:07:43,710 --> 00:07:47,168 - Anybody been casin' the joint lately? - Somebody every day. 57 00:07:47,247 --> 00:07:49,215 Mm-hmm. 58 00:07:49,282 --> 00:07:51,876 [Kojak] Well? It was cut with a power tool. 59 00:07:51,951 --> 00:07:54,977 Real slick. Yeah, they're always slick. 60 00:07:55,054 --> 00:07:57,989 He dies clutching a page torn out of the phone book. 61 00:07:59,592 --> 00:08:01,583 You got three names circled there. Check 'em out. 62 00:08:01,661 --> 00:08:05,256 The clues are fake. Look, we know these guys. 63 00:08:05,331 --> 00:08:07,322 They're making our office look stupid. 64 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,391 Nine burglaries in the last five months. 65 00:08:09,469 --> 00:08:11,699 The last one, they cut through a skylight with acid. 66 00:08:11,771 --> 00:08:14,740 I never even heard of that trick. 67 00:08:14,808 --> 00:08:19,643 You're not gonna get anywhere, Kojak. Look, Steiglitz, this is murder. 68 00:08:19,712 --> 00:08:21,737 Don't bet too much that I'm not gonna get anywhere. 69 00:08:21,815 --> 00:08:23,612 Okay? [Gomez] Hey, Lieutenant. 70 00:08:23,683 --> 00:08:25,674 What do you have? 71 00:08:29,756 --> 00:08:32,623 What's up? 72 00:08:39,165 --> 00:08:41,224 [Gomez] Did you drop it? 73 00:08:41,301 --> 00:08:42,632 Yeah. 74 00:08:42,702 --> 00:08:46,035 But I can't remember whether I dropped it before or after I broke into the safe. 75 00:08:46,105 --> 00:08:49,268 What's it doin' back there? 76 00:08:49,342 --> 00:08:52,038 - I lost it about a week ago. - At the precinct? 77 00:08:52,111 --> 00:08:55,603 Give me a list of every suspect who was at the precinct last week, 78 00:08:55,682 --> 00:08:58,549 especially those two guys from L.A. On the Owens heist. 79 00:09:05,358 --> 00:09:07,349 Uh-huh. 80 00:09:10,029 --> 00:09:13,624 - Okay, Steiglitz, what do ya got? - It might be one guy, but we think it's two. 81 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:17,431 Okay, so they're makin'fun of us, but there's a reason. 82 00:09:17,503 --> 00:09:20,734 There's always something to lead us on a wild goose chase. 83 00:09:20,807 --> 00:09:23,298 A couple of months ago, it was a half a Social Security card. 84 00:09:23,376 --> 00:09:26,436 And we beat our backs out on that. It lead nowhere. 85 00:09:26,512 --> 00:09:29,640 Then there was a whiskey bottle covered with fingerprints. 86 00:09:29,716 --> 00:09:32,742 And we tracked them down... to a garbage can in the Bowery. 87 00:09:32,819 --> 00:09:35,310 All right, Gomez. I want you to rip this place apart, 88 00:09:35,388 --> 00:09:38,516 even if you have to reassemble it at the precinct. Right. 89 00:09:38,591 --> 00:09:41,788 From you, I want a record of every case that these clowns have been on. You understand? 90 00:09:41,861 --> 00:09:43,761 I want it this afternoon. You'll have 'em. 91 00:09:50,970 --> 00:09:52,995 My pen. 92 00:10:00,380 --> 00:10:02,575 This will be Timothy's room on the second floor. 93 00:10:02,649 --> 00:10:05,447 When he gets older, he can move into your study, right next to it. 94 00:10:05,518 --> 00:10:10,114 Then you can move downstairs into my study. I'll have my own wing by... 95 00:10:10,189 --> 00:10:13,886 Hey, Art. Are you listenin'? 96 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,294 This is gonna be your house, man. Our house. 97 00:10:18,364 --> 00:10:21,356 The whole family under one roof. Oh. 98 00:10:24,437 --> 00:10:26,530 [Art] I like TV. 99 00:10:26,606 --> 00:10:28,540 How am I gonna play it right next to the kid's room? 100 00:10:28,608 --> 00:10:32,544 - You can play it softly, honey. - Yeah. Use earphones, Artie. 101 00:10:32,612 --> 00:10:35,843 Earphones. See? My brother has it all worked out. 102 00:10:37,917 --> 00:10:40,078 Well, I don't like it. I like a modern house. 103 00:10:40,153 --> 00:10:43,554 All on one floor... no sweatin'up and down stairs. 104 00:10:43,623 --> 00:10:47,184 Caz is paying for it, honey. I'm putting up my share. 105 00:10:47,260 --> 00:10:49,694 Yes, but he did get you thejob. 106 00:10:49,762 --> 00:10:52,822 You wouldn't be selling real estate today if it weren't for him. 107 00:10:52,899 --> 00:10:56,335 - [Child] Mommy! - Oh, there's Timothy. 108 00:10:56,402 --> 00:10:58,461 I'll get him ready for his bath. 109 00:10:58,538 --> 00:11:00,529 [Child Chattering] 110 00:11:01,607 --> 00:11:06,476 [Door Opens, Closes] 111 00:11:06,546 --> 00:11:08,673 [Sighs] You're lazy, Art. 112 00:11:08,748 --> 00:11:11,239 You don't even wanna walk up and down stairs. 113 00:11:11,317 --> 00:11:13,478 If I hadn't gotten out of the service last summer, 114 00:11:13,553 --> 00:11:17,455 you'd have my sister livin' on food stamps now, huh? 115 00:11:18,825 --> 00:11:21,794 Honey, he wants you to come and play ducks with him. 116 00:11:21,861 --> 00:11:25,388 - Sure. Just a minute. - Okay. Caz, are you staying for supper? 117 00:11:25,465 --> 00:11:27,296 No. It's Wednesday. I got school. 118 00:11:27,367 --> 00:11:29,528 Right. Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. [Caz] Good night, honey. 119 00:11:29,602 --> 00:11:31,627 Good night. 120 00:11:45,218 --> 00:11:48,915 After school tonight. The loan company, right? 121 00:11:48,988 --> 00:11:51,821 I couldn't, Caz. Believe me. 122 00:11:51,891 --> 00:11:55,019 You hit him from behind, but I was watching his face. 123 00:11:55,094 --> 00:11:57,927 I saw his face the minute he knew he was dying. 124 00:11:57,997 --> 00:12:01,023 I've gotta quit... for a while anyhow. 125 00:12:06,239 --> 00:12:09,208 So, quit. Who needs ya? 126 00:12:09,275 --> 00:12:11,539 Go play ducks with the kid. 127 00:12:11,611 --> 00:12:13,704 You think you can handle that? Huh? 128 00:12:22,488 --> 00:12:24,479 [Door Closes] 129 00:12:26,859 --> 00:12:29,794 Are you ready for a surprise? 130 00:12:29,862 --> 00:12:33,059 Look what fell out of your jacket in the bathroom... 131 00:12:33,132 --> 00:12:35,123 the ring I gave you the day we were married. 132 00:12:35,201 --> 00:12:39,228 It didn't get lost last year. It just got caught in the lining. 133 00:12:39,305 --> 00:12:41,364 Oh, I'm glad you have it back. 134 00:12:44,877 --> 00:12:46,970 The house is gonna be okay, darling. 135 00:13:03,296 --> 00:13:06,094 Okay, how we doin'? Well, so far, 136 00:13:06,165 --> 00:13:08,827 the victim gets an "A" for bookkeeping. 137 00:13:08,901 --> 00:13:11,096 His records balance to the penny. 138 00:13:11,170 --> 00:13:14,503 This Mr. King had an argument with his wife on the phone. That's why he stayed over. 139 00:13:14,574 --> 00:13:17,702 Anybody who cased that place wouldn't have expected him to be open. 140 00:13:17,777 --> 00:13:20,575 Theo. I've been thinking. Yeah. 141 00:13:20,646 --> 00:13:24,013 Maybe Mr. King found your pen just out on the street or something. 142 00:13:24,083 --> 00:13:27,712 Uh, Frank, I'm a guest instructor in a police science course... 143 00:13:27,787 --> 00:13:30,779 with 12 aspiring detectives. 144 00:13:30,857 --> 00:13:32,984 You know what I would have done if anyone suggested that? 145 00:13:33,059 --> 00:13:34,993 I would've thrown 'em out of school. 146 00:13:35,061 --> 00:13:36,995 Selig and Olson didn't lift it from your office. 147 00:13:37,063 --> 00:13:39,361 They were picked up in Macon, Georgia, three days ago. 148 00:13:39,432 --> 00:13:42,299 Lieutenant, on these circled names and numbers that we found... 149 00:13:42,368 --> 00:13:45,599 Norman Jalosa is a waiter. Works till 4:00 every morning. 150 00:13:45,671 --> 00:13:49,334 Victoria Jalpa lives in Montreal now. And Jalrad's a radio company. 151 00:13:49,408 --> 00:13:51,899 Steiglitz was right. These are no clues. 152 00:13:51,978 --> 00:13:55,141 Nine burglaries with different M.O.'s, and the suspects... nothin'. 153 00:13:55,214 --> 00:13:59,082 Nothing. Absolutely nothing. So how do we know it's the same team? 154 00:13:59,152 --> 00:14:01,086 Because they tell us with these phony clues. 155 00:14:01,154 --> 00:14:04,282 We're dealing with egomaniacs, but egomaniacs with brains. 156 00:14:04,357 --> 00:14:06,291 You wanna know somethin'? These are amateurs. 157 00:14:06,359 --> 00:14:08,418 I mean, what pro would want a spotlight? 158 00:14:08,494 --> 00:14:11,759 Maybe they're a couple of spoiled Park Avenue kids. 159 00:14:11,831 --> 00:14:15,392 Maybe their mommies and daddies didn't pay enough attention to them. 160 00:14:15,468 --> 00:14:17,800 Maybe they got bored with their chemistry sets. 161 00:14:17,870 --> 00:14:20,771 Hmm. All right, I'll see you guys in the morning. 162 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,105 - I'm late for class. - All right. 163 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:29,273 Say hello to Delta. 164 00:14:31,250 --> 00:14:33,480 Good night, fatso. 165 00:14:39,525 --> 00:14:43,017 [People Chattering] 166 00:15:02,415 --> 00:15:04,383 Hiya. 167 00:15:05,384 --> 00:15:07,545 [All Chattering] 168 00:15:11,257 --> 00:15:14,249 No kiddin'? Where... I got a message for ya. "Say hello to Delta." 169 00:15:14,327 --> 00:15:17,296 [Southern Drawl] Theo, darlin'. I thought you'd never get here. 170 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:22,665 [Laughing] But later. 171 00:15:26,839 --> 00:15:30,036 Okay. [Students Quiet Down] 172 00:15:30,109 --> 00:15:32,669 The rest of you can sit on your brains. We'll get this show on the road. 173 00:15:39,285 --> 00:15:42,345 So far, we've been over interrogation of witnesses and suspects, 174 00:15:42,421 --> 00:15:44,855 the use of informants, techniques of surveillance. 175 00:15:44,924 --> 00:15:47,950 Now, who knows what we mean by the term "scenario"? 176 00:15:49,128 --> 00:15:52,154 - Jonas. - A theoretical construction of a crime, 177 00:15:52,231 --> 00:15:56,327 including motives, methods and whereabouts... before and afterwards. 178 00:15:56,402 --> 00:15:58,336 Very good. 179 00:15:58,404 --> 00:16:01,703 Anybody knows how we'd investigate six scenarios at once? 180 00:16:05,945 --> 00:16:08,379 Oh, I thought you weren't gonna talk at all tonight, Caz. 181 00:16:08,447 --> 00:16:12,042 [Scoffs] You don't investigate six scenarios at once. 182 00:16:12,118 --> 00:16:15,554 You take the most promising one, and you concentrate on it until you hit a dead end... 183 00:16:15,621 --> 00:16:17,612 or, you know, a good reason to dump it. 184 00:16:17,690 --> 00:16:21,148 And then you move on to the next most promising one, and so on. 185 00:16:21,227 --> 00:16:23,457 Exactly. Exactly. 186 00:16:23,529 --> 00:16:27,226 Except in the event of a time bomb or a kidnapping with a child in jeopardy. 187 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:30,030 Yeah, well, that goes without saying, doesn't it? 188 00:16:30,102 --> 00:16:33,560 Mm-hmm. Okay, Mississippi. 189 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:35,903 There's a guy at the bottom of the well. He's been dead a week. 190 00:16:35,975 --> 00:16:38,569 He's got blueberries in his pocket, and he's got a rash on his neck. 191 00:16:38,644 --> 00:16:42,080 - Go. Right off the top of your head. - Uh, is he wearing a turtleneck sweater? 192 00:16:42,148 --> 00:16:44,514 Who's your man? You want a turtleneck sweater, you got it. 193 00:16:44,583 --> 00:16:48,610 Well, uh, he has an allergy to wool. [Clears Throat] 194 00:16:48,688 --> 00:16:52,180 Therefore, he would not be wearing that particular sweater. 195 00:16:53,326 --> 00:16:57,285 Uh, so his clothes were changed after he was murdered. 196 00:16:57,363 --> 00:16:59,923 I think, uh, a berry picker. 197 00:16:59,999 --> 00:17:04,026 Fantastic. [Chuckles] A mad, merry berry picker. 198 00:17:04,103 --> 00:17:08,437 Okay, Caz, the report comes back from the lab. Says that rash is poison ivy. Go. 199 00:17:08,507 --> 00:17:10,441 Uh, where does all this happen? 200 00:17:10,509 --> 00:17:14,912 Where does all this take place? It takes place in, uh, England. Oxford. 201 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:18,108 - Couldn't happen. - [Affecting British Accent] I beg your pardon, sir? 202 00:17:18,184 --> 00:17:21,278 The man has a poison ivy rash, and it couldn't happen, you say? 203 00:17:21,354 --> 00:17:24,721 Not in England. They don't have poison ivy in England, Lieutenant. 204 00:17:26,425 --> 00:17:31,158 - Oh. - No poison ivy. No poison sumac. No poison oak. 205 00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:37,861 Huh. Well, I guess you could break a case on that. It's trivia. 206 00:17:37,937 --> 00:17:40,906 So, what you're saying... 207 00:17:40,973 --> 00:17:43,601 is a man with a rash on his neck, and it couldn't happen, right? 208 00:17:43,676 --> 00:17:46,167 Not-Not if he hadn't been out of the country, it couldn't. No. 209 00:17:46,245 --> 00:17:50,011 Oh. Okay, Phi Beta Kappa, try this on for size. 210 00:17:50,082 --> 00:17:52,550 I go for a weekend on Long Island. 211 00:17:52,618 --> 00:17:56,577 I'm lookin' to catch my old lady with the iceman, so I crawl through the poison ivy bushes. 212 00:17:56,655 --> 00:17:58,646 I'm peekin'. I'm sneakin'. Lookin' through windows. 213 00:17:58,724 --> 00:18:02,592 Aha! He spots me. Takes off for England with my broad. 214 00:18:02,661 --> 00:18:05,221 And I follow him with my poison ivy-infested hands. 215 00:18:05,297 --> 00:18:08,289 I catch him, and I strangle him. [Yelps] 216 00:18:08,367 --> 00:18:10,301 [Students Laughing] Hmm? 217 00:18:10,369 --> 00:18:12,837 So what you're saying is that a freshly murdered body... 218 00:18:12,905 --> 00:18:14,998 couldn't develop a poison ivy rash, right? 219 00:18:16,809 --> 00:18:20,245 - L-I don't know. - [Chuckling] Gotcha. You don't know. 220 00:18:20,312 --> 00:18:24,544 Well, next time you're in your forensic medicine class, you ask your instructor, all right? 221 00:18:24,617 --> 00:18:28,485 Then when you find out, you come back and tell me, because I don't know either. 222 00:18:28,554 --> 00:18:32,991 [Class Bell Rings] Okay. Friday night... same time, same station. 223 00:18:33,058 --> 00:18:36,221 - Get ready for the final exams. - [Students Chattering] 224 00:18:45,037 --> 00:18:46,971 Excuse me, Lieutenant. Yeah, Caz. 225 00:18:47,039 --> 00:18:50,839 Would you please tell me why it's necessary to make me look bad in front of the class. 226 00:18:52,578 --> 00:18:55,979 Well, I don't know. I thought you were holding your own right up until the last minute. 227 00:18:56,048 --> 00:18:59,814 - Yeah, but then you had to top me, right? - Well... [Chuckles] 228 00:18:59,885 --> 00:19:02,479 When you were a kid, did you always top your old man? 229 00:19:02,555 --> 00:19:05,251 I don't know. I didn't know my father. 230 00:19:05,324 --> 00:19:08,384 Oh. Hey, look, uh, 231 00:19:08,461 --> 00:19:10,486 when you graduate and you wanna go to the police academy, 232 00:19:10,563 --> 00:19:13,259 I want you to know this... I'll be in back of you all the way. 233 00:19:13,332 --> 00:19:17,996 Hey. Hey, I got the grades. I don't need anybody's help, you know? 234 00:19:19,071 --> 00:19:21,835 I mean, it doesn't take much to be a cop, Kojak. Let's face it. 235 00:19:21,907 --> 00:19:25,070 You got a pretty easy gig for 20 grand a year, right? 236 00:19:25,144 --> 00:19:27,578 Huh? Sure. 237 00:19:27,646 --> 00:19:31,138 Look, if you ever get a hundred hours during the course of a week, 238 00:19:31,217 --> 00:19:33,276 why don't you come down to the station house... 239 00:19:33,352 --> 00:19:36,412 and get a peek at your future "easy gig." 240 00:19:36,489 --> 00:19:39,083 Now you'd better go home and study your Crime Stoppers. 241 00:19:50,002 --> 00:19:53,403 You are a really patient man, Theo. 242 00:19:55,508 --> 00:19:58,341 [Affecting Southern Drawl] Hey, how come you talk so slow, 243 00:19:58,410 --> 00:20:01,607 with your really patient man, you kiss so fast? 244 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,944 Oh, I don't always, do I? Mm-hmm. 245 00:20:04,016 --> 00:20:06,177 You know somethin'? 246 00:20:06,252 --> 00:20:08,447 If your chief could read my Yankee thoughts, 247 00:20:08,521 --> 00:20:12,048 he'd pack you up to Mississippi early in the mornin'. [Laughing] 248 00:20:12,124 --> 00:20:14,592 Oh, now, come on. And nip my education in the bud? 249 00:20:14,660 --> 00:20:16,594 Hey, you. 250 00:20:16,662 --> 00:20:18,653 Cops are not supposed to do things like this. 251 00:20:18,731 --> 00:20:23,191 Go ahead. And besides, with that lavender nightgown I saw you buy last week... 252 00:20:23,269 --> 00:20:26,204 Uh-huh? You don't need an education. 253 00:20:26,272 --> 00:20:28,206 You need protection. [Laughing] 254 00:20:28,274 --> 00:20:31,573 And that's why I'm following you. [Clicks Tongue] 255 00:20:36,448 --> 00:20:38,439 Thank you. Uh-huh. 256 00:20:42,588 --> 00:20:46,046 What's the matter? Oh, come on. 257 00:20:46,125 --> 00:20:49,526 We got a college of criminal justice, and somebody rips off my hat. 258 00:20:49,595 --> 00:20:51,586 I don't believe it. 259 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:09,438 Here. Put out an alarm... Midtown. 260 00:21:09,515 --> 00:21:13,611 "Stetson Tyrol, model 7 B, size 71/4." 261 00:21:13,686 --> 00:21:16,348 [Laughing] I'm serious, Stavros. Go ahead. 262 00:21:16,422 --> 00:21:19,357 Any patrolman spots that hat, I want satisfaction. 263 00:21:22,094 --> 00:21:24,028 I got a little discrepancy here, Lieutenant. 264 00:21:24,096 --> 00:21:26,724 I have 121 pawn tickets marked "ring," but only 120 rings. 265 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:29,825 - Maybe it means nothin'... - What do you mean, mean's nothin'? 266 00:21:29,902 --> 00:21:32,393 Stavros says he kept perfect records. 267 00:21:32,471 --> 00:21:34,405 Now you get me a list of names of everybody who pawned a ring. 268 00:21:34,473 --> 00:21:37,203 Go ahead. Right. [Rings] 269 00:21:37,276 --> 00:21:41,372 Hello. This is Steiglitz, Lieutenant. 270 00:21:41,447 --> 00:21:43,972 You better get over here right away. We found your hat. 271 00:21:44,049 --> 00:21:47,041 [Siren Wailing] 272 00:21:49,555 --> 00:21:51,716 [Siren Stops] 273 00:21:59,231 --> 00:22:01,597 [Chattering] 274 00:22:04,803 --> 00:22:07,897 What'd he take? Postal money orders... good as cash. 275 00:22:07,973 --> 00:22:10,373 Mm-hmm. Okay, where is it? 276 00:22:10,442 --> 00:22:12,535 Right over here. Wanna open up, please? 277 00:22:25,491 --> 00:22:29,621 All right. We know the hat was stolen from you at college, 278 00:22:29,695 --> 00:22:31,686 but what about your pen? 279 00:22:31,764 --> 00:22:36,701 Look at this. I made my attendance check the night of the pawnshop killing in pen. 280 00:22:36,769 --> 00:22:39,465 But by the end of the class, I made these notes here in pencil. 281 00:22:39,538 --> 00:22:42,006 So I must have left the pen on my desk, 282 00:22:42,074 --> 00:22:44,065 and somebody must have picked it up after the coffee break. 283 00:22:44,143 --> 00:22:48,443 Lieutenant, I got the list from the college... students, personnel, instructors. 284 00:22:48,514 --> 00:22:51,813 We tried to match the names with the list of people that pawned rings. Nothin'. 285 00:22:51,884 --> 00:22:56,583 Take another angle. Have Crocker get a photo of everybody in my class from the admissions office. 286 00:22:56,655 --> 00:22:58,589 Check on their backgrounds. 287 00:22:58,657 --> 00:23:02,991 - Find out what they were doing after class the night of the pawnshop killing. - Yes, sir. 288 00:23:03,062 --> 00:23:07,396 Think it was somebody in your class, Theo? Mm. 289 00:23:07,466 --> 00:23:10,060 Did it ever occur to you, Frank, that a class in police science... 290 00:23:10,135 --> 00:23:12,330 is also a great education for a crook? 291 00:23:12,404 --> 00:23:16,033 Yeah, but your hat? Your pen? 292 00:23:16,108 --> 00:23:19,134 A student has got it in for you somehow... that's one thing. 293 00:23:19,211 --> 00:23:22,544 But a student who commits murder? I don't like it. 294 00:23:22,614 --> 00:23:25,310 You don't like it. I hate it. 295 00:23:26,785 --> 00:23:29,652 You know, I got a lot of bright students in my class. 296 00:23:29,722 --> 00:23:32,452 They keep me on my toes. I have fun with them. 297 00:23:34,226 --> 00:23:37,389 Well, the fun just went out of it. 298 00:23:39,498 --> 00:23:43,457 Okay, considering this scenario business. 299 00:23:43,535 --> 00:23:46,265 Let us consider a series of crimes, 300 00:23:46,338 --> 00:23:49,000 a series of burglaries with a murder in one of them. 301 00:23:49,074 --> 00:23:53,204 And I wanna have one good reason why a really good burglar... 302 00:23:53,278 --> 00:23:57,112 would take the time and the effort to leave a series of clues behind in a series of crimes. 303 00:23:57,182 --> 00:24:01,778 - Jonas. - Maybe he's afraid to leave real clues. Maybe he's foggin' his trail. 304 00:24:01,854 --> 00:24:06,120 Okay. How about the killing? Unpremeditated. 305 00:24:06,191 --> 00:24:09,854 Why would anyone leave a series of false clues behind at the scene of a murder? 306 00:24:11,296 --> 00:24:14,493 - Caz? - Sounds like, uh, a frame. 307 00:24:14,566 --> 00:24:18,229 Well, in this case, nonapplicable. Nonapplicable. Whatever. 308 00:24:18,303 --> 00:24:20,635 How about a signature? I don't follow. 309 00:24:20,706 --> 00:24:24,506 Well, the killer wanting to make himselfknown to another party. 310 00:24:24,576 --> 00:24:27,136 Does that make any sense to you? 311 00:24:30,349 --> 00:24:34,718 - Without any real proof? - Without any real proof... so far. 312 00:24:34,787 --> 00:24:38,348 Yeah. Yeah, maybe it's a signature. 313 00:24:38,423 --> 00:24:44,384 - Why would he leave a signature? - There was that guy who used to write, "Stop me before I kill." 314 00:24:44,463 --> 00:24:47,261 He could be full of guilt and want to get caught. Mm-hmm. 315 00:24:47,332 --> 00:24:51,268 Or be proud of your work... and know you'll never get caught. 316 00:24:53,272 --> 00:24:55,035 [Class Bell Rings] 317 00:24:55,107 --> 00:24:59,100 Okay. That's it. 318 00:25:02,347 --> 00:25:04,872 Somebody got you runnin' in circles, Lieutenant? 319 00:25:07,286 --> 00:25:10,380 Why? Do you, uh... you wanna straighten me out? 320 00:25:10,455 --> 00:25:13,390 Me straighten out the teacher? I couldn't do that, could I? 321 00:25:13,458 --> 00:25:16,791 That wouldn't be right, not right at all. 322 00:25:27,306 --> 00:25:30,400 [Stavros] Jonas Wilkins, age 22. 323 00:25:30,475 --> 00:25:33,535 He lives uptown, 136th Street, with his family. 324 00:25:33,612 --> 00:25:35,546 He works in the daytime in a market. 325 00:25:35,614 --> 00:25:38,481 He went back after class the night ofhe killing, 326 00:25:38,550 --> 00:25:40,711 unloaded groceries until 3.00 a.m. 327 00:25:40,786 --> 00:25:43,220 Mm-hmm. How about sonny boy here? 328 00:25:43,288 --> 00:25:46,587 Casimir Mayer, age 23. Served in Vietnam. 329 00:25:46,658 --> 00:25:51,220 Got discharged six months ago. Made sergeant in two years. 330 00:25:51,296 --> 00:25:55,232 His mother died three years ago. His allotment checks went to his sister. 331 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:58,428 And he's on the G.I. Bill. 332 00:26:00,806 --> 00:26:04,003 Oh. His father was a cop. 333 00:26:04,076 --> 00:26:08,274 For a while. He busted a crap game 20 years ago. 334 00:26:08,347 --> 00:26:10,838 They say he confiscated $4,800. 335 00:26:10,916 --> 00:26:12,975 He never checked in again. 336 00:26:13,051 --> 00:26:16,680 Never checked in with us. Never checked in with his family. 337 00:26:16,755 --> 00:26:20,452 Just disappeared. Let's see, the kid had to be two or three years old. 338 00:26:20,525 --> 00:26:22,618 [Phone Rings] Yeah. 339 00:26:22,694 --> 00:26:26,152 Lieutenant? Mayer has a one-room apartment on Third Avenue. 340 00:26:26,231 --> 00:26:28,461 I'm downstairs in a pizza joint. 341 00:26:28,533 --> 00:26:31,161 The guy here says he recognized the picture. 342 00:26:31,236 --> 00:26:33,670 He came in here a lot with a guy named Art Gordon. 343 00:26:33,739 --> 00:26:38,005 Gordon worked here last year for a week... till they found a case of beer missing. 344 00:26:38,076 --> 00:26:40,442 Yeah, hold on just a minute. 345 00:26:40,512 --> 00:26:44,175 Let me have the list of names of the pawn tickets... the ones with the rings. 346 00:26:44,249 --> 00:26:46,217 I checked it. 347 00:26:46,285 --> 00:26:48,276 There's no Mayer. There's no Wilkins on it. 348 00:26:48,353 --> 00:26:50,583 How about Art Gordon? 349 00:26:51,723 --> 00:26:54,783 "Art Gordon." Oh, yeah. 350 00:26:54,860 --> 00:26:58,728 Let's see, he pawned a ring, and there's a ring missin'? 351 00:26:58,797 --> 00:27:00,697 Maybe he just helped himself to it during the burglary. 352 00:27:00,766 --> 00:27:03,257 All right, fatso, go check and see if he has a record. 353 00:27:05,971 --> 00:27:09,372 Crocker, give me Art Gordon's address, and I'll meet you there. 354 00:27:09,441 --> 00:27:12,205 - 3544 Third Avenue. - Right. 355 00:27:16,949 --> 00:27:19,315 [Murmuring] Caz. 356 00:27:19,384 --> 00:27:21,375 It had to be him, huh? Caz. 357 00:27:22,387 --> 00:27:24,412 [Tears Paper] 358 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,751 Caz, huh? 359 00:27:32,998 --> 00:27:34,966 Why? 360 00:27:37,469 --> 00:27:39,801 Oh, I know you, Theo. 361 00:27:39,871 --> 00:27:42,931 I know how you must come across in that class. 362 00:27:43,008 --> 00:27:45,374 Maybe you're more than just a teacher to him. 363 00:27:45,444 --> 00:27:49,039 Father maybe? He could be showing off for you. 364 00:27:51,183 --> 00:27:55,279 Those burglaries started months before I began my class. 365 00:27:55,354 --> 00:27:58,448 All right. Then he was telling the force, "Look at me. 366 00:27:58,523 --> 00:28:00,957 I'm smarter than cops in general." 367 00:28:01,026 --> 00:28:06,123 Okay, so now he's saying he's smarter than you... specifically. 368 00:28:06,198 --> 00:28:10,066 My own kid says it to me... flat-out, right to my face. 369 00:28:10,135 --> 00:28:13,332 They want you to fight back. They seem to want that authority. 370 00:28:13,405 --> 00:28:15,396 Want authority, huh? 371 00:28:19,544 --> 00:28:24,106 Well, if that's what they want, that's what he's gonna get... in spades. 372 00:28:30,956 --> 00:28:34,448 Eddie, can I have a beer... a draft... and, uh, 373 00:28:34,526 --> 00:28:37,017 heat up one of those little pizzas, okay? Sure. 374 00:28:37,095 --> 00:28:40,462 Hey, a cop was just in here. Said you had some relatives tryin' to track you down. 375 00:28:40,532 --> 00:28:43,467 I told him I see you here all the time. How could you be missing? 376 00:28:43,535 --> 00:28:47,062 - Oh, uh, what else did he ask about? - He wanted to know who you came in with. 377 00:28:47,139 --> 00:28:51,337 - Did you mention my brother-in-law to him? You know, Art? - Art? Yeah. 378 00:28:51,410 --> 00:28:53,503 I didn't know he was your brother-in-law. 379 00:28:56,381 --> 00:28:58,315 [Coin Drops, Bell Dings] 380 00:28:58,383 --> 00:29:01,614 [Phone Ringing] You're a little stronger this time, Artie, but not strong enough. 381 00:29:01,686 --> 00:29:03,620 [Groans] [Laughing] 382 00:29:03,688 --> 00:29:05,622 I'll get ya next time. You keep saying that. 383 00:29:05,690 --> 00:29:08,921 Artie, telephone for you. Sure. Give us another round. 384 00:29:08,994 --> 00:29:11,485 [People Chattering] 385 00:29:13,598 --> 00:29:16,328 - Hello? - It's Caz. Don't say my name, Art. 386 00:29:16,401 --> 00:29:19,097 Is your car out back? Yes. 387 00:29:19,171 --> 00:29:20,934 I'll meet you outside. 388 00:29:28,180 --> 00:29:31,343 I don't understand. Why these questions? 389 00:29:32,818 --> 00:29:35,218 We're looking for your husband, Mrs. Gordon. 390 00:29:35,287 --> 00:29:38,950 And failing that, what time do you expect him back? 391 00:29:39,024 --> 00:29:42,516 Oh, he works nights, late, making calls. 392 00:29:42,594 --> 00:29:46,394 - For whom? - For a real estate company... the Green Management. 393 00:29:46,465 --> 00:29:50,868 - He... He sells condominiums for them, up in Riverdale. - I see. 394 00:29:50,936 --> 00:29:54,269 Do you recognize him? 395 00:29:54,339 --> 00:29:57,536 Why am I being asked these questions? Why do I have to answer? 396 00:29:57,609 --> 00:30:00,874 The two of you together... how come? 397 00:30:00,946 --> 00:30:02,914 He's my brother. 398 00:30:02,981 --> 00:30:04,915 Oh? 399 00:30:06,918 --> 00:30:09,045 Well, he's a pretty confused kid, isn't he? 400 00:30:09,121 --> 00:30:11,749 Confused? How? 401 00:30:11,823 --> 00:30:15,088 He went to work when he was 15 in order to support my mother. 402 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,993 He's helped my husband pull the loose ends together. 403 00:30:18,063 --> 00:30:19,997 He studies at night to be a cop. 404 00:30:20,065 --> 00:30:23,398 I know. I'm one of his instructors. 405 00:30:23,468 --> 00:30:25,527 Kojak. Lieutenant Kojak. 406 00:30:25,604 --> 00:30:28,573 Oh, yes. He talks about you. He admires you. 407 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,608 You're one of the few he does admire. 408 00:30:30,675 --> 00:30:32,609 Thank you. 409 00:30:32,677 --> 00:30:35,942 Well, anyway, he's in a lot of trouble, Mrs. Gordon. And your husband too. 410 00:30:36,014 --> 00:30:38,448 And the quicker we find them, the better. 411 00:30:40,785 --> 00:30:43,618 I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I'm... I'm afraid I can't help you. 412 00:30:44,856 --> 00:30:47,381 Come on. Thank you, ma'am. 413 00:30:47,459 --> 00:30:50,519 Thank you, Mrs. Gordon. Good night. Good night. 414 00:30:56,434 --> 00:30:58,925 [Chain Rattles] 415 00:31:03,341 --> 00:31:08,779 - Hey, there's a bottle in there. - Hey, you pawned this. 416 00:31:08,847 --> 00:31:10,815 - I remember. - I took it back. 417 00:31:10,882 --> 00:31:14,318 Who could tell? Here. You wanna keep it? 418 00:31:15,987 --> 00:31:18,547 Don't lose it. Diane gave that to me. 419 00:31:18,623 --> 00:31:20,523 - It was awful. - You are so stupid. 420 00:31:20,592 --> 00:31:22,492 This could send you up for murder! 421 00:31:22,561 --> 00:31:24,859 Who knows? Oh, come on. 422 00:31:24,930 --> 00:31:29,094 I didn't kill anybody, Caz. I couldn't. You know that. 423 00:31:29,167 --> 00:31:32,159 You got the guts for that, not me. 424 00:31:32,237 --> 00:31:35,104 If they talked to me, they'd know I couldn't kill. 425 00:31:35,173 --> 00:31:37,107 I'd show 'em. 426 00:31:37,175 --> 00:31:39,109 I was standing over by the safe... 427 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:45,315 I mean... I wouldn't say anything. 428 00:31:45,383 --> 00:31:47,613 I tell you what, Art. 429 00:31:47,686 --> 00:31:50,246 Why don't we park down by the river? We could knock off this bottle together. 430 00:31:50,322 --> 00:31:53,655 Teamwork. That's a good idea. 431 00:31:53,725 --> 00:31:55,659 Yeah. 432 00:31:58,897 --> 00:32:00,888 [Siren Wailing] 433 00:32:07,706 --> 00:32:09,640 Hey, Lieutenant. That guy in the river... 434 00:32:09,708 --> 00:32:12,438 matches the description of the Art Gordon you want. 435 00:32:33,531 --> 00:32:35,465 All right. Notify the M.E. 436 00:32:39,104 --> 00:32:42,198 dd [Whistling] 437 00:32:56,755 --> 00:32:58,689 [Doorbell Buzzes] 438 00:33:05,363 --> 00:33:07,388 What is it? What's happened? 439 00:33:07,465 --> 00:33:09,399 Well, Mrs. Gordon, Detective Crocker here tells me... 440 00:33:09,467 --> 00:33:11,401 that your brother showed up five minutes ago. 441 00:33:11,469 --> 00:33:13,494 You mind if we take a look around? Sure, Kojak. 442 00:33:13,571 --> 00:33:16,563 Help yourself. All right. 443 00:33:18,943 --> 00:33:21,173 Excuse me. Sorry. 444 00:33:27,152 --> 00:33:31,088 Mrs. Gordon, your husband is dead. 445 00:33:33,692 --> 00:33:35,717 [Hushed] No! 446 00:33:36,728 --> 00:33:38,958 - How? - How? 447 00:33:39,030 --> 00:33:41,794 Well, let's see. He was drunk. 448 00:33:41,866 --> 00:33:45,962 He fell or... was persuaded into the river. 449 00:33:46,037 --> 00:33:48,471 Oh, my God! 450 00:33:50,208 --> 00:33:53,974 All right, let's go. Assume position number three. 451 00:33:54,045 --> 00:33:56,309 Oh, come on. 452 00:33:57,749 --> 00:34:00,684 [Scoffing] Oh, man. What-What are you doing? 453 00:34:00,752 --> 00:34:04,188 I'm gonna take him down and question him for murder. 454 00:34:04,255 --> 00:34:06,189 The lieutenant has it in for me, Sis. 455 00:34:06,257 --> 00:34:08,248 Hey, look, I was in the movies at 42nd Street. 456 00:34:08,326 --> 00:34:11,784 - A couple of kung fu quickies. You want 'em scene by scene? - Lieutenant. 457 00:34:20,171 --> 00:34:25,268 - This ring belong to your husband? - Yes, yes. I thought he was wearing that. 458 00:34:32,217 --> 00:34:34,276 L... I don't know. I could be wrong. 459 00:34:36,855 --> 00:34:38,789 Here. 460 00:34:38,857 --> 00:34:41,826 You get a statement from Mrs. Gordon, and, uh, 461 00:34:41,893 --> 00:34:43,827 don't let her go to the morgue alone. 462 00:34:43,895 --> 00:34:46,728 Look, whatever happened to Art, I'll make it come out for the best, okay? 463 00:34:46,798 --> 00:34:50,325 Yeah. Okay? I'll see you later. I love you, honey. 464 00:34:50,402 --> 00:34:52,336 [Slap] Let's go. 465 00:34:55,940 --> 00:34:59,171 Your brother-in-law got a call at the barjust before he left. 466 00:35:00,545 --> 00:35:03,878 - At 10:15. - What bar? 467 00:35:03,948 --> 00:35:06,610 We showed the pictures around. We found the bar. 468 00:35:06,684 --> 00:35:10,120 - I don't know anything about that. - Where'd you go after class? 469 00:35:10,188 --> 00:35:12,349 The movies. We've been over that, haven't we? 470 00:35:12,424 --> 00:35:16,520 - Where'd you eat? - A hot dog... on 42nd Street, at Nathan's. 471 00:35:16,594 --> 00:35:18,721 Nathan's was closed last night. They got a strike. 472 00:35:18,797 --> 00:35:23,131 Baloney, it was. Come on, huh? 473 00:35:23,201 --> 00:35:25,328 [Knocking] Yeah? 474 00:35:27,105 --> 00:35:29,232 [People Chattering] 475 00:35:29,307 --> 00:35:31,298 Stay on top of him. 476 00:35:33,912 --> 00:35:36,506 Sure. I remember it now. 477 00:35:36,581 --> 00:35:39,311 It's a pinky ring. Not too popular. 478 00:35:39,384 --> 00:35:41,409 Yeah. I almost sold it last week. 479 00:35:41,486 --> 00:35:45,445 Yeah? You know this man? That's the man we bought it from. 480 00:35:45,523 --> 00:35:49,015 I remember he was drunk... almost smashed the case. 481 00:35:49,093 --> 00:35:51,027 Okay, thanks. Take his statement. 482 00:35:52,697 --> 00:35:56,565 Well, we got a perfect case against Gordon, except he's dead. Oh, come on. 483 00:35:56,634 --> 00:35:59,626 We're supposed to believe he's so chicken he drinks himself into the river, right? 484 00:35:59,704 --> 00:36:02,104 And he's so smart he leaves false clues for us? 485 00:36:02,173 --> 00:36:05,301 That's two people we're talkin' about, Frank. 486 00:36:05,376 --> 00:36:08,504 I'm not gonna crack that kid, not without somethin' to go on which I haven't got. 487 00:36:08,580 --> 00:36:13,017 I can't prove he stole my hat, my pencil. I can't prove he stole anything. 488 00:36:13,084 --> 00:36:15,484 It seems to me he's got just what he wants. 489 00:36:15,553 --> 00:36:18,215 He's one up on teacher, and teacher knows it. 490 00:36:18,289 --> 00:36:23,454 I'll tell you something, Frank. It's gonna take a lot more than an apple a day to get to teacher. 491 00:36:23,528 --> 00:36:26,793 I want five men tracing his whereabouts for the last six months. 492 00:36:26,865 --> 00:36:28,924 I wanna find out what tools he's bought. 493 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,332 I wanna find out how much money he's spent. 494 00:36:31,402 --> 00:36:36,704 I wanna get something on him. And the next man who tails him loses his job if he blows it. 495 00:36:36,774 --> 00:36:39,834 Frank, release him. 496 00:36:41,112 --> 00:36:43,046 All right. 497 00:36:48,653 --> 00:36:52,487 [Ringing] 498 00:36:52,557 --> 00:36:55,048 Hello? This is Mr. Foster. Was that your husband they found in the... 499 00:36:55,126 --> 00:36:57,720 Oh, yes. Yes, Mr. Foster, that was my husband. 500 00:36:57,795 --> 00:37:02,732 He gave me this number. I was supposed to get him tickets to the Knicks... the play-offs. 501 00:37:04,435 --> 00:37:07,962 Look, l-I just wanted to call and say I'm sorry... 502 00:37:08,039 --> 00:37:11,839 and to tell you that he had a lot of nice things to say about you. 503 00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:15,073 I know he was a little high, but I never would have guessed that... 504 00:37:15,146 --> 00:37:18,946 Uh, Mr. Foster, when you were with him last night, 505 00:37:19,017 --> 00:37:22,350 you didn't happen to notice if he was wearing a ring? 506 00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:25,856 Oh, yeah. Yeah, on his right hand, on his pinky. 507 00:37:25,924 --> 00:37:28,415 We were arm-wrestling. I remember. 508 00:37:28,493 --> 00:37:31,656 That's funny. There was a cop just here asking the same thing. 509 00:37:31,729 --> 00:37:34,562 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 510 00:37:36,935 --> 00:37:39,165 - Caz. - Hello? 511 00:37:39,237 --> 00:37:42,866 [Handset Clatters] Caz. Caz. 512 00:37:47,946 --> 00:37:49,937 [Hushed] Oh, my God. 513 00:37:51,115 --> 00:37:53,106 [Door Opens] [Gasps] 514 00:37:57,355 --> 00:38:00,620 The police have got about as much respect for the dead as a grave robber. 515 00:38:00,692 --> 00:38:03,889 They're tryin' to make a federal case out of absolutely nothin'. 516 00:38:03,962 --> 00:38:06,055 [Scoffs] 517 00:38:06,130 --> 00:38:08,189 What sort of case? 518 00:38:09,601 --> 00:38:13,628 They think that Art was pullin' off some small jobs... burglaries. 519 00:38:18,142 --> 00:38:20,804 Look, it's not impossible, Diane. 520 00:38:20,878 --> 00:38:25,008 I mean, uh, maybe he wasn't makin' it too big as a salesman. 521 00:38:25,083 --> 00:38:27,643 Caz, you killed him. 522 00:38:29,420 --> 00:38:31,888 I know. I know because of the ring. 523 00:38:37,629 --> 00:38:41,690 It's not the worst thing that happened in our lives, is it? [Gasping] 524 00:38:41,766 --> 00:38:45,361 We have always pulled through, haven't we? 525 00:38:45,436 --> 00:38:49,236 Diane, please. Please, Diane. [Crying] 526 00:38:49,307 --> 00:38:54,574 It is so far and away the worst thing that's ever happened in my entire life. 527 00:38:54,646 --> 00:38:58,343 He would have killed himself sooner or later... drinking... 528 00:38:58,416 --> 00:39:00,509 or doing something desperate on his own. 529 00:39:00,585 --> 00:39:04,214 He was not a strong man. What kind of father would he have been for the kid? 530 00:39:04,288 --> 00:39:07,121 A gentle father. Gentle? 531 00:39:07,191 --> 00:39:09,125 What is that? 532 00:39:09,193 --> 00:39:13,254 The man had no strength. He had no authority. 533 00:39:13,331 --> 00:39:15,265 He would have let that kid do anything. 534 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:17,324 The kid would grow up... he'd be always broke. 535 00:39:17,402 --> 00:39:20,371 Who knows what he'd end up doing or feeling inside? 536 00:39:20,438 --> 00:39:22,372 Oh, Caz. 537 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,877 Caz. My God. [Breath Quavers] 538 00:39:29,714 --> 00:39:31,648 L... 539 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,487 I want you to talk to the lieutenant. No! What, you... 540 00:39:39,557 --> 00:39:42,549 You think I'm crazy? 541 00:39:42,627 --> 00:39:46,757 This guy wants to fry me. He is everything that I hate. 542 00:39:46,831 --> 00:39:50,289 I just have a feeling that... that he'd help you to see a doctor. 543 00:39:50,368 --> 00:39:54,964 And I'll explain to them all the things you've done, all the things you've been. 544 00:39:55,039 --> 00:39:58,668 You-You've done so many good things for me. 545 00:39:58,743 --> 00:40:02,235 No! No, I'm warning you! [Gasps] 546 00:40:02,313 --> 00:40:06,181 Art would have talked, and then we both would have been caught. 547 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:08,684 Now, it's gotta be better this way for you. 548 00:40:08,753 --> 00:40:11,620 For the kid. [Crying] Oh, Caz. 549 00:40:11,689 --> 00:40:14,021 [Exclaims] 550 00:40:14,092 --> 00:40:16,458 I never should have started with Kojak. 551 00:40:16,527 --> 00:40:18,154 I don't know why I did that. Did what? 552 00:40:18,229 --> 00:40:22,666 See, I think that lousy cop in our background, it haunts me sometimes. 553 00:40:22,734 --> 00:40:24,964 Lousy cop, lousy father. 554 00:40:25,036 --> 00:40:28,938 - [Crying] - He knows it's me. 555 00:40:31,509 --> 00:40:34,342 I guess I wanted him to, but I didn't think it'd lead to Art. 556 00:40:34,412 --> 00:40:36,346 I didn't think it'd lead anywhere. 557 00:40:36,414 --> 00:40:40,145 - But he can't prove anything. - Oh, Caz. Caz, they have a witness. 558 00:40:40,218 --> 00:40:42,482 A man in the bar saw the ring on Art, 559 00:40:42,553 --> 00:40:44,987 and you're the only one who could have brought it here. 560 00:40:45,056 --> 00:40:48,321 I tried to get it back on his finger. I couldn't get it on. 561 00:40:49,694 --> 00:40:51,662 The police, 562 00:40:51,729 --> 00:40:53,720 they'll be here to get you any minute. 563 00:40:53,798 --> 00:40:55,789 No. 564 00:40:55,867 --> 00:40:59,803 No lousy cop is gonna keep comin' in and out of our lives, 565 00:40:59,871 --> 00:41:02,669 tearing things up... not without paying for it. 566 00:41:02,740 --> 00:41:05,072 No, sir! 567 00:41:06,711 --> 00:41:09,202 - Caz! - No. 568 00:41:13,584 --> 00:41:16,212 [Door Closes] 569 00:41:19,991 --> 00:41:21,925 I can't. 570 00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:32,194 [Crying] [Dialing] 571 00:41:50,321 --> 00:41:52,255 Say, uh... [Clears Throat] 572 00:41:52,323 --> 00:41:55,520 You got a light, Officer? 573 00:42:08,472 --> 00:42:10,497 [Groans] 574 00:42:13,778 --> 00:42:17,612 Yes, Mrs. Gordon, we just found out about the ring. 575 00:42:17,682 --> 00:42:21,209 Yes, I've just given the order to have him picked up. Thank you. 576 00:42:22,753 --> 00:42:27,156 Theo, Mayer just slugged Saperstein and took his gun. 577 00:42:30,127 --> 00:42:32,925 I want every cop in the city after him. Go ahead. 578 00:42:32,997 --> 00:42:35,465 [Rings] Yes? 579 00:42:35,533 --> 00:42:37,592 It's Caz Mayer, Kojak. 580 00:42:37,668 --> 00:42:40,296 I just wanted you to know that I won't be taking my final exam tomorrow, 581 00:42:40,371 --> 00:42:42,305 and you won't be giving it either. 582 00:42:42,373 --> 00:42:44,102 Where are you, Caz? I wanna talk to you. 583 00:42:44,175 --> 00:42:47,667 Shut up and listen, Kojak, because I'm calling the shots now! 584 00:42:47,745 --> 00:42:50,873 And I wanna tell you that our final exam has already begun, 585 00:42:50,948 --> 00:42:52,939 and death is not a passing grade. 586 00:42:53,017 --> 00:42:54,985 [Line Clicks] Hmm. 587 00:42:57,989 --> 00:43:00,514 Well, I guess his sister wasn't kidding. 588 00:43:00,591 --> 00:43:02,991 He's coming after me. 589 00:43:03,060 --> 00:43:06,325 All right, you do a fast disappearing act. 590 00:43:06,397 --> 00:43:08,797 We'll pick him up soon enough. Frank. 591 00:43:10,334 --> 00:43:14,703 Two people killed already. I don't want him out there. 592 00:43:14,772 --> 00:43:18,538 He's threatened to come after me, and he's put up a deadline. That could work for us. 593 00:43:18,609 --> 00:43:21,669 I don't want you playing target for some schizo killer. 594 00:43:21,746 --> 00:43:24,340 No, no. Now's the time to get him... when he's hot and bothered. 595 00:43:24,415 --> 00:43:27,282 Don't worry. He'll trip up, and I'll see to it. 596 00:43:46,904 --> 00:43:48,838 Okay, the plan is simple. 597 00:43:48,906 --> 00:43:52,433 You take off, and then you send a cab back here in 10 minutes. 598 00:43:52,510 --> 00:43:54,705 I'm gonna make it look like I'm slippin' over to Delta's apartment. 599 00:43:54,779 --> 00:43:57,247 Right? He'll follow. You pick him up. 600 00:43:57,315 --> 00:44:00,807 And don't shoot if you don't have to. I don't plan to. 601 00:44:00,885 --> 00:44:03,149 All right. 602 00:44:18,836 --> 00:44:21,327 dd [Humming] 603 00:44:23,741 --> 00:44:26,335 [Phone Rings] 604 00:44:29,847 --> 00:44:32,680 [Ringing Continues] 605 00:44:36,754 --> 00:44:40,588 Delta, who loves ya? Wait a minute. I take that question back. 606 00:44:40,658 --> 00:44:43,889 You're liable to say Harry Schwartz or CharlieJones or somethin'. Uh-huh. Well, honey... 607 00:44:43,961 --> 00:44:46,293 This is Theo. Theo? 608 00:44:46,364 --> 00:44:49,925 - I got a little "wet blanket" news for ya. - Tell me. 609 00:44:53,237 --> 00:44:55,933 Mm-hmm. Well, sure, honey, I do. 610 00:44:56,007 --> 00:44:57,998 L... Mm-hmm. 611 00:45:00,611 --> 00:45:04,547 All right, honey, but why can't I stay here? [Scraping] 612 00:45:04,615 --> 00:45:08,517 - If you're gonna pick him up downstairs... - You can't stay there, young lady, because I say so. 613 00:45:08,586 --> 00:45:14,149 - That's all there is to it. - All right, hon. I'll leave the key outside in the planter. 614 00:45:14,225 --> 00:45:16,989 - And, Theo... - I know. Be careful. 615 00:45:17,061 --> 00:45:22,499 Hey, look, you think I don't wanna make that Mardi Gras with you someday? Hmm? 616 00:45:22,566 --> 00:45:24,898 Oh, yeah. [Laughing] 617 00:45:25,903 --> 00:45:27,837 [Handset Clatters] 618 00:45:35,179 --> 00:45:37,238 [Muffled Gasp] 619 00:45:37,314 --> 00:45:41,512 You're makin' it too easy. I was gonna make you invite him over. 620 00:45:54,432 --> 00:45:56,957 [Door Closes] 621 00:46:26,130 --> 00:46:29,031 Go back to my place where you picked me up and cruise around. 622 00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:31,694 If anybody asks you where you took me, you tell 'em. 623 00:46:31,769 --> 00:46:33,794 Right. Don't make it easy. 624 00:46:33,871 --> 00:46:36,704 Have 'em pay you for it. Sure. Sure thing, Lieutenant. 625 00:47:01,565 --> 00:47:04,398 [Key Turning In Lock] 626 00:48:27,484 --> 00:48:29,418 [Trigger Clicks] 627 00:48:38,963 --> 00:48:40,931 [Trigger Clicks] 628 00:49:02,419 --> 00:49:04,979 - Lieutenant, you all right? - Crocker. 629 00:49:05,055 --> 00:49:07,046 Untie her. 630 00:49:21,305 --> 00:49:23,967 We'll get you to the hospital, Caz. You never know. 631 00:49:27,111 --> 00:49:29,306 Don't make me go out with a lie. 632 00:49:31,448 --> 00:49:34,383 Okay. 633 00:49:34,451 --> 00:49:36,646 Hey, look, uh... 634 00:49:37,655 --> 00:49:40,146 I'll keep an eye on your sister for you. I promise. 635 00:49:42,059 --> 00:49:44,823 And that's the truth.