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I should have known

you�d be telling the truth about this.

About...what�s that?

Working out in the morning before your shift starts.

And here I am, just going home.

Up late on a story?

More or less.

You�re a cop.

You�ve heard a few confessions, right, Baldwin?

Should I be giving you your rights?

Somebody does me a favor,

i�m not comfortable unless I go to bed with him.

Nice to know

there are still grateful journalists out there.

Getting that story on Pete magrini killing his wife

was the biggest break of my professional career.

And here you are offering me thank-you sex,

after you�ve been more or less

working on a story all night.

I told you I was a sister.

You want me to tell you i�m a virgin, too?

Nicole...

You want to hear something weird?

I prefer it.

I like you.

Thanks, Baldwin.

Why don�t you get some sleep

and maybe give yourself some time to come down,

and i�ll call later on, and if you feel like it,

when my shift�s over and i�m done with my run,

we can get some dinner.

That would be another way to go about things.

You want to try that?

Call. I�ll see how I feel.

Yeah.

I got to go to work now.

So, Baldwin,

do you thank god every day for how you look?

I thank him every day I wake up.

A ligature strangulation.

She�s got semen in her vaginal area

and in her face and in her hair.

Didn�t happen here, and he had to case

where he was going to dump her.

Yeah, we got a man with a plan.

Good morning.

Hey, guys.

Tapes her panties around her ankles with duct tape.

Start a canvas?

She�s a dump job.

You want a suspicious vehicle near the alley.

Lividity marks on her back.

She�s here at least four hours.

Chat the bums up.

Your best shot�s

someone in the dumpsters around 4:00 a. M.

New York 1�s got it.

Good.

He�s neat, Andy.

Clothes aren�t torn.

Underneath, either?

You know, there�s no blood coming from this wound

in her cheek here, Andy.

She was hit a while after she was dead.

This prick must have laid her out here

and then punched her once good-bye.

Hello.

May I help you?

Yes, you had a homicide this morning off waverly?

May I speak with one of the detectives?

I�m Arthur fancy. Can I help you?

James cheatham.

Jimmy cheatham.

You have information about the case?

Did you catch it?

I�m in charge of the squad. Why are you asking about it?

I�m pretty sure you�ll make a pattern

with a homicide in the 25th precinct

April the 19th,

how the duct tape is applied,

where part of the ejaculate is on the victim�s body.

You�re pretty sure about that.

Yeah, the sick bastard left england five months ago.

You�re on the job over there?

I�m retired. Here�s my particulars.

Andy: How�s it going?

This is Jimmy cheatham. He�s retired off the job.

He has some information about your case.

Danny Sorenson, Andy sipowicz.

How�s it going, Jimmy?

How�s it going? How�s it going?

Yeah, how�s it going?

Excuse me.

Where are you from -- england?

London. Right.

I was going to say.

What do you got for US, Jimmy?

If there was semen in your d. O. A.�s face and hair,

and her panties were taped around her ankles,

then I think I know who killed her.

Duct tape over the panties.

You were working this guy in england?

He�s come here. He�s done one in your 25th precinct,

April the 19th, yours, and he�ll try one more.

Three is his pattern.

Yeah, he rests then, the twisted sod.

A year later, he starts again.

How many do you like him for?

Six in London and three in Manchester.

That�s where he�s from.

I worked the final two in London,

and it took me to the last to make the pattern.

Is he wanted over there?

We watched him, I interviewed him twice,

but my bosses weren�t ready to file,

and then he left.

Andrew conover.

Truly.

Did you talk to anyone at the 25th, Jimmy?

Yes. Lou simpkins about 10 days ago.

He gave me a rub-up and sent me on my way.

Gave him a hand job. Louie simpkins.

Yeah. Louie. A hand job.

Still got to notify on the pattern.

You got a place we can look for this guy?

He�s working with bodies. He�s an embalmer.

New embalmer with an English accent,

reach out through the mortuaries.

I�m very grateful.

Hey, you know, we got a homicide.

Sit down.

Try the m. E., too.

English guy picking the bodies up.

Want some tea?

Must I?

No. Hell, no.

My partner drank tea. Passed last year.

Really?

Yeah. Earl grey.

That was the brand he drank.

It�s Sorenson at the 15th. Can I get the doc on autopsy?

Doc croft, he maybe gave US one, Andy.

The guy picks up stiffs for the zisk mortuary.

Got an English accent?

Guy don�t have much to say, but the doc thinks maybe.

He started, like, six weeks ago.

Right time frame.

He don�t remember his name,

but we can reach out through the mortuary.

Did the doc think

the guy was trying to hide the accent?

Didn�t have no opinion, the doc,

if he was trying to hide it or just wasn�t talkative.

Of course, the doc�s no Jay leno himself.

This Jimmy cheatham,

he�s got to be some frustrated, Andy?

He couldn�t lock this guy up.

At the end,

you don�t want nothing left in your notebook.

Nice enough guy, too.

Yeah, he�s handling himself like a gentleman.

And believe me, our d. O. A. And the one in the 2-5 --

he feels like those are on him.

Hey.

How�s it going?

Did you meet Jimmy cheatham?

Yeah, he went upstairs to lie down.

Did he look sick?

I don�t know what he usually looks like.

What�s Rupert zisk doing in your notebook?

He runs a mortuary.

We think he hired a guy we want to talk to.

In vice, I collared Rupert zisk

for a dickey waving.

Maybe she should talk to zisk, being he showed her his joint.

I�ll catch Diane up,

and we got to get Lou simpkins over here.

You got more conscience than I do.

Going to the crib?

Yeah, let me go

catch this Jimmy up on what�s going on.

So he�s a retired cop from england.

He was working our guy over there.

He gave US he was an embalmer.

He�s nice enough.

Yeah, nice polite guy.

Anyways, here�s zisk�s phone number.

And i�m going to assume

you rummaging in my notebook

was an isolated incident.

Absolutely.

How�s it going?

Good.

I think we got a mortuary for US to look at.

Do you?

Go on. Lie down if you feel like it.

I was going to,

but if I nap, i�ll never adapt to the time change.

Kenyon -- a friend of mine, a female former colleague,

is here as a private citizen.

Now, if it comes to baiting conover,

she can go farther

than some of your regulations might allow.

Kenyon -- is that her first name or last name?

I-It�s her last name.

I expect she�ll be getting in touch.

You want an aspirin or something?

No, i�ve an ibuprofen

i�m going to take in a second.

Andy...

Please keep it to yourself.

How have you been, Rupert?

Well enough.

Keeping out of trouble.

Are you?

Emphatically, yeah.

We have some history in the trouble area.

Since I locked you up,

you haven�t exposed yourself to another woman.

No, no, I haven�t.

Thank god, I have not.

Not one charge of it since.

Did you hire a new embalmer in the last six weeks?

Not that I recall.

Let�s go again, Rupert.

If you hired someone with no green card

in the last six weeks,

and you can save your license admitting it now,

would you remember a new embalmer

from england going to work for you?

Yes.

What�s his name?

Jimmy cheatham.

Did he show you any I. D.?

I, neglected to ask.

Is that him?

Yes. Yes, it is.

His name�s Andrew conover.

I see.

Jimmy cheatham�s the name of a cop who�s followed him.

Using cheatham�s name is conover�s idea of a joke.

What�s he done, then -- conover?

He�s a serial rapist/murderer, Rupert.

My word. My word.

This is sickening.

You had no idea he�d be up to that kind of stuff?

Has he got a key to the mortuary?

No, not to the mortuary proper. Absolutely not.

But he does have a key.

To the work area.

He�d have to --

to the embalming and refrigeration area.

And you had no idea

what he might do down there at night.

Absolutely none.

So when we collar this evil son of a bitch,

he�s not going to tell US you were in the cheering section.

He�s not. He�s not.

If he does,

then he�s the most sickening sort of liar.

You�re going to let US set up in your place, Rupert,

aren�t you?

Keep your license?

Keep US believing you didn�t watch?

He�s all right, though -- Jimmy?

Probably that time change got him lying down upstairs.

Yeah, it throws your rhythms out of whack.

Could be the middle of the night over there.

Baldwin: That Nicole came by when I was doing my weights.

Yeah?

Been out all night.

She looked like she might be a party type.

Is that right, Greg?

Superficial first impression.

Lou simpkins give you attitude?

I didn�t tell him nothing to give me attitude about.

Nothing about how he gave cheatham a hand job?

Just said we had a same pattern homicide.

And he said he was coming over.

Yeah, Andy.

So where is he?

That twitch I. D.�d conover.

Hired him as an embalmer five weeks ago.

Will he cooperate?

Said if we kept him his license, we could put his place up.

Diane: Want to know whose name conover�s using here?

Jimmy cheatham.

Using a cop�s name.

This arrogant murdering prick.

Is the real Jimmy cheatham still lying down?

Yeah. Andy thinks it�s the time change.

My name is Alice kenyon.

Andy sipowicz.

I worked the case your partner�s interested in.

Hello.

Alice kenyon -- Jimmy cheatham�s partner.

This is Diane Russell -- a female American detective.

How�s it going?

How do you do?

Jill kirkendall, also...

Danny Sorenson, my partner.

Good to know you, Alice.

Ga-- John -- our civilian aide.

Hello. Hello.

You�re here privately, right?

Yeah, i�m here on holiday.

As a private citizen, she�s here,

so those pain-in-the-balls entrapment statutes,

if -- if she were involved trying to grab this guy,

those wouldn�t apply.

You want a beverage?

Do you have tea?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, come on.

God.

Um...

Alice kenyon, two more detectives --

medavoy and Jones.

Greg medavoy.

Baldwin Jones.

There�s your tea materials --

your water and your cups and your sugar.

Got our tea in the bags there.

Thank you.

You�re welcome.

She�ll work with Jimmy cheatham,

this English cop you haven�t met yet,

and the guy that we like for this homicide.

Where is Jimmy?

Um, he�s upstairs lying down. Resting.

Is he resting comfortably?

He�s comfortable enough up there.

Probably he�ll be down soon.

He did his second homicide -- conover?

We know where he is now -- the mortuary he works at.

Is that right?

Diane and Jill just got it.

Have you evidence?

We can start watching him, though.

Has he got a usual spacing?

The third comes faster than the second.

Start sitting on him?

In england, I was miked.

I couldn�t let him lay hands on me.

Did he make you for a cop?

No, he didn�t.

Good.

I needn�t wear a Mike here.

Really?

May I see Jimmy?

Why don�t you show her where the crib is?

Come on, Alice.

And knock before you walk in.

Let him know you�re coming in, you know.

Good, strong knock.

Why would you ask Baldwin to knock?

Where are these people from, medavoy?

England.

All right.

That�s what i�m saying.

Detective simpkins is parking his car.

We�re in for simpkins with the boss?

I�ll tell you something.

Whatever salary them diplomats make

that work at the u. N., they are underpaid.

You know the American writer James Baldwin?

I�m actually named after him.

Are you?

Alice. Alice kenyon.

Hello, Jimmy.

Jimmy cheatham.

Baldwin Jones. I�m a detective.

How�s it going, Baldwin?

Sorry.

There�s Lou simpkins of the 25th precinct.

Bloke that gave you the rub-off?

They�re going to catch him up,

and i�d like to be in on it.

Excuse me, old girl. Sure.

Lou: Lou simpkins to see lieutenant fancy.

John: Straight ahead through that door.

Baldwin, where�s your lavatory?

Foot of the stairs.

Thank you. Good to meet you.

Good to meet you, Jimmy.

Hey, guys, lieutenant.

You know Danny Sorenson?

Lou simpkins.

Good to know you.

You think we�re working the same guy --

Arthur: It�s looking like that.

How he taped the panties, blew his load?

Yeah.

Danny: Come on in, Jimmy.

You remember Jimmy cheatham?

Yeah. How�s it going?

How�s it going?

You�re the guy that gave me the push

on my perp being English.

Yeah. Turns out he is.

Is that right?

Is that right?

Good for you.

Turns out he was English and an embalmer,

which Jimmy also gave US.

And his name�s Andrew conover,

which Jimmy also gave you.

Anything come up on Andrew conover?

No, he�s using a different name over here.

Yeah, well, �cause Andrew conover --

I ran the name.

Embalmer would have been nice to hear.

You got a place off embalmer?

Yeah. We got a place.

What the guy�s act was and a way to look for him

would�ve been nice to hear.

Nice enough you�d ask?

What�s that supposed to mean?

Probably you had three or four things going simultaneous.

You had to prioritize what you were looking at.

That was what was going on.

Prioritizing,

somebody�s got to get jerked off.

So while you guys collar up,

because I didn�t reach down this guy�s throat

and yank up all he had,

I end up holding the bag. Is that how it works?

Is that the way you think it�s going to work?

Yeah. That�s why we called you up here --

to cut you out of the play.

You want me to work it with you?

I�ll be happy to work it --

share information, everything else.

Arthur: Why don�t we do that?

It�s Jimmy, right?

Jimmy cheatham. Yes.

Believe me. I hear embalmer, i�m all over that.

Well, my mistake, then.

What is that?

I�m getting some attitude off of you now?

No, I got no attitude.

What are you looking at, sipowicz?

Nothing.

Saying that�s who I am? I�m nothing.

No, you�re a guy without the balls

to admit a mistake.

Maybe I haven�t made as many as you

to get the hang of it.

You know, I got a good, strong feeling

one of the things you were busy prioritizing

that made you miss what cheatham had for you, simpkins,

was how to get wherever in your squad

you had your bottle hid,

which may be the problem

that�s pissing you off, making you so sensitive.

That�s coming from one of the known fall-down drunks

on our job here, Jimmy.

Who would know the signs better?

Lou, you should reconsider US all working together.

There goes cooperation right out the window.

Yeah. Better cooperation than you.

I want to be kept apprised.

Good. Stick by your phone.

And I don�t want no rumors circulating about me and booze.

I didn�t mean to jump your play.

Nah.

I�m getting to that age, you know?

Thank you.

Sure.

You�re not the forgetful type,

are you, Alice?

Who walks away from her purse

that has the transmitter? No.

Not to say a guy like this wouldn�t toss a purse.

Toss must mean something different over here.

"Toss" meaning the guy might go through your purse

to see what�s inside,

maybe just looking for mace or a razor.

I�m not wearing a body Mike, Baldwin.

Last time it stopped me from showing him

what he needed to see.

Meaning to get him to try to strangle you.

I won�t wear one.

I�m brimming with confidence

at your surveillance technique.

I�ll be watching.

He was my favorite writer --

James Baldwin.

Man: 3, 4, 5 is $10.

Alice: Thank you.

Are you from London?

South Africa.

Yeah, but did you live in London last year?

Your hair is longer.

Yeah. I�ve gone native.

Um...no.

No, um, don�t go.

Let�s, let�s take a walk.

Andrew, yeah?

Drewy.

Alice.

The girl who got shy.

Well, under the circumstances.

I was, inappropriate.

For our being in a park, yes, you were.

Well, now�s my chance to apologize.

You got lovely breasts.

That�s all I can say in my defense.

Apology and compliment accepted.

Got a classy line, this asshole.

You taking Manhattan by storm then, Alice?

Not exactly.

I�m a receptionist at a public relations firm.

They like your accent, do they?

I suppose.

They�re walking at the Van.

Do you want to know what i�m doing here?

I didn�t think to ask.

You put me off stride, you know?

In what way?

You just make me a little nervous.

I�m doing embalming.

Of dead people?

Well, embalming the living is a crime.

I think in London

you told me you were doing landscaping.

I told a fib.

You were an embalmer in London as well?

I�m much more straightforward

since i�ve got here about what I do.

If I took you to where I work, Alice,

would those circumstances make you shy as well?

It�s where I live, too, you see?

I don�t know.

Is it all together -- where you work and live?

Well, why don�t you come and see?

I suppose that might be interesting.

Will you come tomorrow night?

Tomorrow night? What�s that about?

Easy on, Alice. Gentle on the reel.

No, i�d rather do something spur of the moment.

Really?

Yeah. By tomorrow night I might be too afraid.

It�s all right to be afraid, Alice.

Being a little afraid is exciting.

All right, then.

I guess tomorrow night�s all right.

You got something in your purse I can write with?

Boy. The purse.

No. Why don�t we meet right here

at just the same time?

All right, then.

That�s a little exciting, too.

Good, Alice.

Right here, then.

All right.

You know, all of this has made me believe in fate.

And �140 airfares.

You�re a clever girl.

Got that right, asshole.

You don�t work one any better than that.

Yes. She�s very good.

Do you think he intends to meet her tonight?

Definitely.

He didn�t make her.

Probably got some routine

he�s got to go through in his head.

I think andy�s absolutely onto it.

When he got back to the mortuary,

d. And I watched this conover

on the surveillance cameras we put in there.

He was going around the embalming room

like he had some ritual.

Feels like I could be onto something,

this guy having a screw loose.

How�d cheatham hold up?

Good.

Andy: What do you mean?

He�s older. I was asking if he got tired

on the surveillance.

No, he got normally tired.

I can give him a message...

Nicole, you asking 57 ways what i�m working on

is not my idea of a conversation.

Anyways, tonight could be a long one, too.

Take care.

Don�t worry about nothing.

Medavoy took notes.

Morning.

Morning, Baldwin.

Did you get some sleep?

I don�t know if it�s the time difference

or my hotel room being next to an elevator shaft.

Not to mention seeing conover.

I just wanted it to be over last night.

We got his room in warrant when he leaves.

There�s two dead since we lost him.

Yeah, well, no one�s going to get hurt

before we move on this prick.

Excuse my language.

That�s all right, Baldwin.

Couple times last night I looked at him.

He was in serious pain.

Yesterday when I walked in on him in the crib,

he was doubled over -- Jimmy.

Yeah. I think he�s pretty sick.

He asked me not to say nothing.

When we take this guy,

I don�t want him doing no heavy lifting,

why I betray the confidence.

Yeah. Sure.

Good morning.

Good morning. How are you?

How�s it going?

Yeah. How�s it going?

How�s it going, Jimmy?

Hello.

Hello, young man.

She has a very protective impulse toward that Jimmy.

Did you notice that

in the course of the day?

Andrew: My, boss lets me stay here

while I save for something proper.

Alice: I see.

That�s my personal area over there,

and this is where I work,

such as it is.

Am I your first company down here?

Should I tell you that?

Well, you needn�t be so discreet.

I wouldn�t be here

if I weren�t the curious type,

now would I?

I�m going to kiss you now.

May I?

So polite.

All right.

There have been others.

I�ve got one now.

Andy: Stay here, Jimmy.

Absolutely not.

Stay here, or it�s going to give US legal problems.

He�s absolutely right, Jimmy.

I doubt that one walked in.

No.

Aren�t you going to ask for some money?

Won�t pretend I couldn�t use some.

100?

Dollars, not quid.

All right.

I�ll give you $200, Alice,

because i�m going to do some special things.

I�d rather you didn�t talk to me

like a prostitute.

I said I need money.

I�m not going to start bartering the cost --

Alice, remember where you are.

You�re hurting me. Yes.

Is that the special thing you want to do --

hurting me?

I can accept that... Within reason.

And what about beyond reason, Alice?

You miserable, hypocrite whore!

Wait. Wait.

You�ll get him to say he�s murdered.

Alice: Are you going to kill me?

You bring women here to kill them.

Yes, Alice.

I have my way with them right here.

I kill them and then I carry them away.

We�re going. Let US do our procedure.

Alice: Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay!

Let her go, or you�re dead in the room.

Back off! Turn around!

Don�t move!

You okay?

It�s just going to bruise.

Where�s Jimmy?

I�m here.

Hello, drewy.

Now we�re all going to have a long chat.

Thanks, Andy.

Some job in there, Jimmy.

Thanks very much.

Different ways you break their wills.

This Jimmy --

the guy knows jimmy�s going to outlast him.

I would confess, get that stare off me.

Didn�t let him see he was sick

or show him weakness.

I�m quick to intimidation

or a smack in the back of the head,

but it�s good you see different techniques.

That�s the textbook way

of another type interview.

It meant any amount, being in on the interview.

Well, you had the cue of the guy, Jimmy.

How long he did his act,

all he tried to get away from you --

cuts him off, saying he was nuts.

You want to clear your notebook.

Andy was saying the other day.

As best you can you want to find out

what�s been on.

Sure.

Morning.

Morning.

So, congratulations, you know?

Collaring up. Great.

I was wondering how big a bag

the English guy�s going to hand me.

Working this conover all that time,

coming over here on his own hook,

feeling like this extra woman died

�cause he couldn�t get you to hear him...

Puts it in that light, I could take some big hit.

I-I was remiss, all right?

In hindsight I was remiss,

and i�d be absolutely ready to say that personally

to the English guy,

and i�m saying it to you two personally.

I hope you wouldn�t have to put it in your 5s.

I could take some big hit off it.

We hear you, simpkins.

And if you want,

I admit I might have a problem, all right, sipowicz?

Is that going to get you off my back?

It�s not me on there, simpkins.

Anyways, we�ll see how this shakes out.

You don�t want me crawling yet on my knees.

No.

Tell the English guy

that I made the circuit on my knees.

The English guy�s name is Jimmy cheatham.

Why don�t you go now?

Yeah, sure.

I�m going to go.

See if Jimmy wants to save this prick.

Just having some of your old partner�s Earl grey.

Jimmy, believe me, this guy -- dependent on the stink.

Somebody wanted to make,

Lou simpkins could take some serious rip.

Absolutely.

Him not filing a 5,

that could be some serious rip.

All I had which could really have helped him

was conover�s line of work,

which I never got to tell him about.

�cause simpkins sent you on your way

before you could.

Keep Lou simpkins out of harm�s way,

every reference to you first reaching out

would have to disappear.

Which our boss is never going to allow,

US dropping it from our 5s dependent on your attitude.

�cause suppose then you were to talk about it.

We look like we�re suppressing evidence.

Yes, well,

I didn�t get into this line to hurt other cops, did I?

That�s a general New York mug.

Give him one of our mugs?

Yeah, we�ll get you a detective�s endowment mug.

Do you have any pins?

No, no, I don�t.

I got some pins in my desk.

I got some pins.

Or in my locker -- one or the other.

That�s very kind.

Here, this is d. E. A. Pins,

and this is a big apple pin.

I don�t remember who put that out.

Is that the sergeant�s?

I don�t know.

And these are some d.E.A. Courtesy cards.

Used to be able to get one free murder

with one of them.

This,

this I,

I meant to bring this home to my boy.

I bet he�ll enjoy that.

It�s a little toy police car.

As far as US not making it to dinner again last night,

past apologizing and rolling over with my legs up

and begging like a dog, how I am,

you got to take it up with my boss.

At home,

we give the blokes these when they retire.

Those are nice.

This is a, a dinosaur pin.

They give you these for 25 years

whether you�re still on the job or not.

I�ll be right back.

Congratulations.

Thanks, boss.

Congratulations, Jimmy.

Thank you very much.

Here are two different kinds of d. E. A. Hats.

Thank you.

Tell him it�s a lieutenant�s endowment pin.

This is a d. E. A. Sweatshirt.

Did we ever get him a mug, Andy?

I was coming to that.

It�s, it�s water-repellent.

That�s exactly right.

I�m asking if you�ll follow the rules

of our great national pastime and give me one last swing.

Thanks.

Were you standing watch?

I know that lock�s busted.

I�m going to send you my marked-up

study copy of "go tell it on the mountain."

I would appreciate having that.

What I was going to say...

I was honored to see you work

and how you and Jimmy partner together.

I love him.

Isn�t that good luck?

I kind of figured you for a diet fanatic.

No.

Yeah, well, thanks for moving the conversation along.

Nicole...

Nobody�s grading the conversation.

Okay, Baldwin,

your play.

I don�t play, Nicole.