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Previously on "NYPD blue"...

When I was 17, I was diagnosed as manic-depressive.

The problem is the medications kill my sex drive.

And that's why you've been acting the way you were?

I'm gonna go back on my medication.

Lucy wenner -- she got jumped getting on the elevator.

Time bar matchbook was down the stairs about half a flight.

And the blue-and-white rope?

In a garbage can on the ground floor.

There was someone else.

There was another man?

Standing in the doorway.

He said, "there's someone coming,"

and the man who was attacking me let me go.

The last thing I heard was, "Jimmy is gonna be pissed."

These girls dying is on you. You're no good at your job.

We'd be doing a hell of a lot better at it

if you would quit whining and let US rule you out

instead of stonewalling and wasting another day!

I feel terrible that I caused trouble between you and Andy.

It wasn't fair, you not having the full story.

I have a lump in my breast,

and I'm going in for the biopsy right now.

I was wondering if you could help me through it.

What's up?

We, um...

We have some news.

Okay.

Well, basically,

and per what we talked about a few months ago --

the wedding's back on.

Great.

And like last time, I don't know anything about it.

We appreciate that, boss.

And just in case there isn't enough on your plate,

there is this other thing, and we're not trying to --

she's pregnant.

That's great!

Congratulations.

Thanks.

We know this isn't the best time to lay this on you.

Don't worry about that. How far along are you?

10 weeks --

we wanted to let you know right away,

'cause obviously this is gonna change things.

Yeah, this puts you behind a desk.

I know.

You can talk to complainants,

but dealing with suspects and perps -- that's out.

Going to crime scenes, too.

Yeah.

If it's okay with you,

we'd like to hold off informing the job she's pregnant

till she's ready for maternity leave.

Should be a couple of months.

I'm okay with that.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do.

We appreciate you being okay with this.

The best news I've heard in a long time.

Lieutenant Rodriguez.

So...we take everyone aside and tell them individually?

The wedding's back on, tonight at our place.

That's great.

Thanks.

Congratulations, you guys.

What time? 8:00.

The boss knows about it, but he doesn't know about it,

so we keep it low-key.

John, you still got that preacher's license you got off the Internet?

Of course.

And you can have a routine ready by 8:00?

Sure.

But no stand-up, sit-down, hour-long thing.

Just nice and simple.

Absolutely.

But do you have any favorite psalms or poems

you'd like me to incl-- John, nice and simple.

Okay.

We, kind of had to move the date up a little.

That's great. Congratulations.

We have a female D.O.A., 11th street and 2nd Avenue.

From the description of the crime scene,

sounds like our guy again.

Ortiz: I'll get the car.

I'm still getting over this stomach flu.

Do you mind if I sit this one out?

No problem.

I'll page Greg and Baldwin.

If there's a uniform chief who wants to bite my head off

'cause we haven't solved this fast enough,

tell him to call me here.

Remember, nice and simple.

Food, flowers, decorations?

I was gonna make some calls.

I can take care of it.

John...you're doing enough.

Detective, please don't deprive me of this.

Go!

Linda Pascal --

strangled with a blue-and-white clothesline.

Head injury.

Found a matchbook from the time bar.

It's our guy.

How'd the job come in?

Her sister came by when Pascal missed a breakfast date.

Where's the sister now?

With a female officer -- pretty distraught.

Any sign of forced entry?

No, but found an I. D. Badge from Jefferson memorial.

Says she's a nurse there.

That's where your doctor friend works, isn't it?

Yeah.

Might be worth a call.

We'll start the canvass on the top floor

and work our way down.

Let's secure the building.

Make sure nobody leaves till they talk to US.

Listen, Diane, we got this covered.

You don't need to be here today.

I'm okay.

Why don't you take the day,

deal with what you got to deal with?

If I'm not here, I'm sitting at home,

waiting for the phone to ring.

I need to work.

I'll go talk to the d. O. A.'S sister.

I left a message for Jen.

It's the fourth one. They're getting closer together.

Maybe he screwed up this time. Maybe this is it.

Let's go.

M.e. Says she was killed between 8:00 and 10:00 last night,

and this guy left his usual calling cards.

Crime scene's still processing.

Was she shot up with ketamine?

They found an injection Mark on her arm.

M.e.'s still running tests.

Anything off the canvass?

Neighbors say the D.O.A. kept to herself.

Nobody saw anybody come or go.

Greg and Baldwin are still down there.

According to the sister, the d. O. A. Liked to hit the bars.

Time bar was her particular favorite.

And junior's got a contact at the hospital

where the d. O. A. Worked.

Still waiting for a call back.

I got a lot of people wanting updates.

Anything solid I can tell them other than background info?

Nothing past what we just gave you.

I may have something. It's a long shot, though.

I'll take whatever you got.

Since there's no sign of forced entry at the crime scenes,

maybe the killer's getting in by posing as somebody official.

So I got I. A. B. To fax a list of guys

with priors for criminal impersonation.

Any names jump out? One -- ray gerson.

He pretends to be a deliveryman, says it's c. O. D.,

when they go for their checkbook,

he grabs a purse or whatever he can and runs.

That's a long ways from being a serial killer.

He got a parking ticket a block from the crime scene

the night of the third murder.

All right, we'll go talk to him.

Hi, John.

Dr. Devlin, how are you?

I'm fine.

Hey.

I was a couple blocks away when I got your message.

So I dropped by. I hope that's all right.

Yeah, yeah. Why don't you come on back?

This is okay, right?

I'm not interrupting anything?

No, that's fine. How you feeling?

Better. Back on track.

That's great.

So we have another victim in the serial-killer case

this morning -- a woman by the name of Linda Pascal.

I was just calling to see if that name rang a bell.

No. Should it?

She's a nurse at your hospital.

My god. What department?

Ob/gyn.

I don't know her.

You should talk to the night nurse supervisor,

delores Flynn.

She's been on the floor 20 years and knows everybody.

Just call the main number of the hospital.

I will.

I know this isn't the best time to have this discussion,

but I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth about my condition.

I'm just glad you're feeling better.

It was the stupidest thing I could do, but...

I was afraid if I told you, I'd scare you off.

You could have trusted me.

I know that now.

And I want you to know I'm seeing my shrink again.

Plus, I'm back on my meds.

That's good for you, Jen.

It'd be a lot easier

if I knew you were gonna be there at the other end.

You don't have to worry about that.

So we can start over?

Sure, Jen. But the important thing right now

is for you to take care of yourself.

I will.

Okay.

I got to get going, though.

Okay.

Ray gerson? Police, open up.

Come on, ray.

I don't hear anything.

Ma'am?

Hello.

Do you know the guy who lives in this apartment?

One more time.

Do you know who lives here?!

Yeah.

Have you seen him today?

Detective gerson? I saw him this morning.

Detectivegerson?

That's right. He's very busy.

He's been looking for that serial killer.

I'm detective sipowicz. This is detective Clark.

Did he ever show you something like this,

or did he just say he was a cop?

No, I've seen his badge.

I'll call in.

Is something the matter?

You remember what gerson was wearing this morning?

One more time.

What was he wearing?!

A suit, just like you. What's going on?

Ma'am, we need to talk to this guy about a police matter.

So we're gonna sit outside and wait for him.

If you see him before we do,

don't tell him you talked to the police.

You call this number as soon as possible, all right?

Are you saying that detective gerson isn't a detective?

That's what we're saying.

Andy, we're set.

Should I be worried?

Just do what I told you, and you'll be fine.

Well, if he's not a detective, then why does he carry a gun?

You're sure about that?

Yeah, he showed it to me.

I've been reading this thing on Lewis and Clark

and how they used to have the most backward-ass medicine.

Although, I mean, it was cutting edge back then.

They would bleed people, give them diuretics.

And Lewis -- this guy was manic-depressive.

I guess he lost it a little in the rocky mountains.

And his crew never heard of manic depression,

let alone knew how to treat it.

Can you imagine being out in the middle of nowhere

and have to deal with that?

Where is this coming from?

Is this the "fun fact" hour?

I've just been doing some reading lately.

Is that what happens when you date a doctor?

Yeah. Something like that.

So, listen, Connie's pregnant.

Get out.

2 1/2 months.

You stud.

Yeah, okay.

You stud!

All right, you go on,

take as long as you need to get this out of your system.

When did you find out? Last night.

And if you'd asked me yesterday,

I'd have said the only way Connie and me would have a baby

would be with a manger, a virgin,

and three guys in turbans.

Is it a boy or a girl?

Don't know yet.

Is Connie gonna keep working?

Yeah, as long as she can,

which is one reason why we want to keep this tight, okay?

Yeah, no problem. Have you told Theo?

Yeah, he wants to name it "Dumbledore."

Who else knows?

Nobody, really.

We thought we'd make an announcement tonight,

before the ceremony.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

Your doctor friend coming?

No, she's working.

Everything okay there?

Yeah, fine.

Is that our guy?

That's him.

All right.

Raymond gerson.

No, sorry.

All right, hold on. One more time.

You guys detectives?

Yeah, real detectives.

Okay, yeah, I'm ray gerson.

You had to think about it?

I got an ex-girlfriend who took the breakup kind of hard.

And her brother's been trying to -- shut up.

Whoa! Hey, I got civil ri-- whoa!

I got civil rights here, you know.

What's this? You're passing yourself off as a cop?

You kidding me? That's illegal.

You got a gun on you? No.

Gun!

Toy gun, toy gun.

Yeah, it's fake.

Put your hands on the wall here.

Please! Please, officer, don't hurt me!

Get up, you big baby.

Hey, do you see this!? Police brutality!

I'll show you police brutality, you don't get on your feet.

I have an explanation for the badge and fake gun.

Can't wait to hear it.

I'm not talking to this man. He's violent!

Move your ass.

No, I can assure you --

I'm publicly requesting a civilian complaint form!

I'm not talking to this man.

He physically assaulted me, and he's verbally abusive.

What's going on here?

I'm not trying to start any trouble, but this guy --

ray gerson -- found him with a fake gun and a shield.

Both easily explained

and totally unworthy of the physical abuse I sustained.

He fell when we grabbed him. Quit playing it up.

I can't hear you, and I'm not talking to you!

Get him up to the pokey. Sure thing, lieutenant.

This is all a smokescreen

to avoid answering about impersonating a cop.

It sounds like there's bad blood,

so sit out the interview. John, you and Diane take it.

What are you talking about?

I was just reassuring the inspector

how we're going by the book on this case.

Everybody here heard him refuse to talk to you.

Since when do the perps dictate who they talk to?

Let it go, Andy. That's it.

Come on.

Thanks.

I'm telling you, if that goon comes in here --

the detective won't be coming in.

He assaulted me! No, he didn't.

But you don't want him in here, so he's not.

I think my neck is stiffening up.

Quit tap-dancing and get to the fake badge and gun.

I have a very sick nephew. I visit him whenever I can.

He loves to play cops and robbers.

I forgot to take off my toy gun and badge when I left.

You play cops and robbers with your elderly neighbor, too?

Mrs. Kuzmenko? That's right.

She saw your gun and badge

and said that you were calling yourself detective.

That woman is so pickled in vodka,

she doesn't know her way from the mailbox.

Now, look, I may have shown her the toys,

but I never called myself that.

You can't believe what she says.

Well, ray, we believe her.

Add that to your previous collars

for criminal impersonation,

and we're gonna violate your parole

unless you start telling the truth.

Okay, the truth -- here it is right now.

Knock US out, ray.

I'm a pleaser, which comes from having low self-esteem.

Plus, I'm a frustrated actor.

Now you put that all together,

and you get a guy who likes to perform.

Perform robberies,

like you were doing in your deliveryman outfit?

That was when I was abusing barbiturates

and before I got into therapy,

which is when I cracked open all this crazy behavior.

How long you been doing the fake detective act?

A couple of months.

And only for friends and family.

Quit looking at me all the time, ray.

I think you're more full of bullshit than he does.

Okay.

A couple of months, as a gag.

Now I do skits and improvisations.

Now this may sound strange to you,

but it puts a smile on my nephew's face,

and that is worth the world to me.

That's touching.

Where were you between 8:00 and 10:00 last night?

At home, learning magic card stuff.

Can anybody confirm this?

Why would they need to? So that's a no.

What were you doing at 12th and Avenue "c" three nights ago?

I wasn't there.

You got a parking ticket.

Three nights ago?

My car was in the shop. My fuel pump gave out.

That explains the ticket how?

Well, isn't it obvious?

After they told me my car wasn't ready,

those assholes at the garage

must have taken it for a joyride,

which explains the extra 30 miles on my odometer.

Those bandits.

What garage was this?

3rd and Avenue "b" -- the one with the arabs?

I don't know. Maybe it was 2nd and "b."

I'm not good with addresses.

You got a receipt?

From those people? They barely speak English.

Been to Brooklyn recently, ray?

Brooklyn? Not in the last six months.

No, I got no reason to go there.

Come on, guys. What is this about?

Maybe you heard we're looking into some killings --

young women who've been raped and strangled.

That serial killer?

You're looking at me for that?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

I-i don't know anything about that.

I'm a harmless clown.

-

you're not gonna mind sticking around, then,

while we check out your stories?

I would prefer not to.

We'll get you a deck of cards -- practice your tricks.

Let's go.

What's your take on this guy?

We'll know more when we check his stories.

You run his Metro card?

Yeah, mta's faxing over where he's used it.

We got to find out if this guy's got a nephew.

I was just on with his parole officer. I'll call him back.

I called Lucy wenner. She's on her way in to see if she can I. D. Gerson.

Did Lucy see a badge when she was attacked?

She didn't mention that.

I just got off the phone with the FBI.

They're sending over guys

from their behavioral sciences unit in Quantico.

Profilers.

They're gonna need copies

of your vouchers, your fives, and lab reports.

We're gonna be errand boys for these nitwits

so they can say we're looking for a white male over 30 with anger issues.

Just make it happen.

You can't let gerson work you

with his mealymouth "poor me" act.

I'm hip to it. We're just checking his stories out.

This guy's a dog. He only respects the leash.

Real quick -- garden roses or peonies?

I can get both at cost.

We'll do both... But heavy on the roses.

How's she doing?

Putting on a good face.

Hey. You getting nervous?

I'm all right, actually.

I mean, it's not like 500 guests at St. Patrick's cathedral.

Yeah. When I got married, it was city hall.

Still had butterflies, though.

I'm sure I will, too.

I hope you're gonna be there.

I wouldn't miss it for the world.

We're sorry for the short notice.

It's just the marriage license was about to expire,

and, I don't know, this case seems like it may never clear.

And you're pregnant, right?

Did Andy tell you? Was it that obvious?

Just kind of picked up on some signs.

'Cause I wasn't gonna say anything.

Why wouldn't you?

Connie, you don't have to hold back your good news

because of what I'm going through.

Did you get the biopsy results yet?

No.

Maybe today.

Diane, this isn't the timing I would have chosen.

The timing's great.

You and Andy have so much to look forward to.

And being around that keeps my mind busy with something good.

Yeah, come in.

Hey, we're going back at gerson.

Nothing he said cleared.

I'll be right there.

I'm so happy for you,

so don't hold back around me, okay?

Okay.

So, ray, what's your nephew's name?

Billy.

Billy.

How old's Billy? Five.

So Billy the sick, little 5-year-old kid?

That's right.

The next lie you make, it won't be a slap.

It'll be a fist. I'm not lying!

We talked to your p.O. You got no brothers or sisters.

That rules out nephews.

I never said he was my biological nephew.

Look, he's the son of a dear friend.

I call him my nephew. You ever hear of that before?

We've heard of guys lying through their teeth.

We ran your Metro card.

We know every subway and bus you've taken,

and contrary to you telling US

you haven't been in Brooklyn in six months,

we know you got on the subway at Smith and ninth in Brooklyn

three weeks ago, 18 hours after the first murder.

Okay, you're right. I was in Brooklyn.

The fog clears.

What happened was, I was driving through Brooklyn

when that bucket-of-bolts car of mine broke down,

which is why I got on the subway.

My confusion is I wasn't going to Brooklyn.

I was coming from there,

which is a perfectly understandable mistake,

and it doesn't implicate me in any of these murders.

I don't think you appreciate the trouble you're in.

Ma'am, I -- shut up.

All anybody wants is for these killings to stop,

and they don't care how we do it.

So if we carry your body out of this station house on a slab,

they'll throw US a parade, do you get that?

You got the wrong guy.

We have an eyewitness coming in for a lineup.

You've got till then to come clean.

After that, there's no deal.

I've been totally honest with you.

You've lied about everything.

There's no little Billy you do skits for.

Do you know how hard it is to admit you're a loser?

I have no job.

The only satisfaction I get is pretending to be other people.

Did you use your badge to get inside these girls' apartments?

No.

I mean, I've shown the badge in the park to girls

so that maybe they would go out with me,

but I never abused it, and I certainly didn't kill anyone.

What were you doing in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago?

I was looking for a record store,

but my car broke down before I got there.

Ray, what were you doing there?

I just told you.

All right.

Well, you're waiting in there until the lineup.

Go. Come on.

Last chance -- anything you want to say?

I think I've told you quite a bit,

but you won't listen to me.

So there we are.

Lucy, when I lift the shade,

there will be six men in the next room.

They can't see or hear you.

Tell US if any of them is the man who attacked you.

Take as much time as you need.

There's no rush.

Okay.

I don't recognize any of them.

You sure?

He's not there.

He's not there.

Okay.

I don't understand. I thought you had him.

This may take some time.

So this maniac is still out there?!

That's -- that's great.

Can we please just get out of this room?

Lucy...

It's gonna be all right, Lucy.

Then why me?

Just because I went to time bar for five minutes?

I haven't slept since the attack.

I keep thinking I hear people breaking into my apartment.

We can get you in touch with counselors.

I don't need counseling.

I need you to find this guy!

We're doing everything we can to solve the case.

You have to believe that.

Well, is it true what the papers are saying,

that this is all related to the time bar?

Possibly. We're not sure.

Let's get you back to your apartment.

No, I'm fine. Just spend your time finding this guy.

Call US when you get home.

Any of the other impersonators worth looking at?

No, gerson was the only hit.

What if the guy we're looking for is not an impersonator?

Meaning what?

Maybe he's not pretending to be a cop,

but he actually is a cop.

Come on, Greg.

It might explain why he's so elusive.

Yeah, we'll just check that file under cops who used to be sex offenders.

I'm just floating an idea.

So gerson's a collar regardless.

We're gonna violate his parole for impersonating a cop.

Anything come up about gerson working under an alias?

No. Why?

I ran a check on him for out-of-state collars.

He was busted for burglary in New Jersey

under the name Raymond Shannon.

How long ago?

Six years.

The thing is he was arrested

with another guy named Anthony Powell.

Powell's got a long sheet for sex crimes -- two rape arrests.

He lives in battery park.

When did Powell get out? Paroled seven months ago.

Boss, you got to let me back in there.

No way.

Don't worry. I'll handle it.

John, you can't let this guy work you.

Whoa. I'm not!

Have you been watching a different interview?

Now that we know he's a complete liar, when you go back in there --

Andy, I got it.

We should call Lucy,

get her back in to look at Powell's picture.

I'll take care of it.

Don't worry. He'll be fine.

Josh, good-bye.

Good-bye.

May I leave now,

because I didn't get picked out since I didn't do anything.

You ever take a collar in New Jersey? Never.

Under the name ray Shannon?!

Okay, again, that was before therapy,

which is a time in my life I've completely blocked out.

If the only thing that will make you tell the truth

is physical pain, I'll provide it.

And there's no witnesses in here, nobody to squawk to.

Do you understand me? Yeah.

Anthony Powell -- when did you see him last?

Not since we got locked up together.

We got a witness says it's two guys doing these rape-murders.

I haven't seen Tony in I don't even know how long.

You got no history of sex crimes. Tony does.

That tells US you were the lookout.

Not in a million years would I do something like that.

Then what was your car doing near the crime scene

three nights ago when that girl was murdered?!

I heard about it on my police scanner,

so I went there to rubberneck, to feel important.

I just talked to people on the street.

What do you know about Powell?

I did a couple of minor jobs with him.

But he was too mean for my taste.

I haven't seen him since we got popped for that burglary.

You know about him doing rapes back then?

That was the mean part about him.

He kept talking about stepping it up, hurting a girl,

maybe doing the things you're talking about.

If we catch you in one more lie, you're done.

Sir, I am just a harmless -- shut up!

Did you get ahold of Lucy?

No answer, and she never called in when she got home.

There could be a couple of explanations for that.

I sent a radio car to check on her.

Nobody answered when they knocked.

They talked to a neighbor. She said Lucy didn't come home.

We'll tell medavoy and Jones to find this Tony Powell.

Then we'll head to Lucy's, make sure she's okay.

Or do you want me to stay here and push papers?

Just go.

Lucy?

Open it.

You got a warrant?

Just open it.

All right, step back.

Lucy?

Lucy?

Nothing.

Bedroom's locked.

Lucy! You in there?

What do you think?

I got a bad feeling.

Let's take the door.

What the hell is this?

This girl here -- she's my d. O. A. From Brooklyn.

First one.

You sure? Pam riegert.

And her name's written on the back.

This girl's from this morning.

The nurse?

Yeah, Linda Pascal.

This is like a surveillance log.

Dates and times when women left the time bar,

where they walked to.

Guys.

I'll call the squad. Yeah.

We found some blue-and-white clothesline in one of her drawers.

And some pills in the kitchen -- probably ketamine.

She has pictures?

Looks like she hung out in front of the time bar,

took photos of the women, then followed them home.

Why would she stage her own attack -- attention? Don't know.

So the rape aspect -- was she working with a male accomplice?

We'll know when we find her.

There's a statewide alert out for her.

So she pointed it to the time bar intentionally?

Guys, looks like a hit list here.

All four victims, plus two others.

Does it list the addresses of the last two? Yeah.

All right, Greg, Baldwin, and Rita, you take one.

You guys take the other. Let's go.

Unbelievable.

Donna?

I'll get the super.

Yes?

Donna halenbeck?

That's right.

Can we come in and talk to you a minute?

I have company.

Who?

A woman from the fireman's charity.

Is there a problem?

We need to talk to her.

Excuse me.

Hello.

What is going on? Stay back.

We're having tea.

Keep your hands where we can see them.

What's in here? Nothing.

Hey, hey, hey. Sit back!

What is going on here?

My god.

Get on your feet.

Get up. Come on.

Russell: Pam riegert, three weeks ago in Brooklyn.

Why'd you pick her?

Angela Pratt?

Gretchen dorn?

We know you killed these women.

Help US understand why.

They all went to the time bar.

You photographed them leaving.

You followed them home.

Lucy, we know all this.

There's no use keeping quiet.

All that's gonna do is make you unsympathetic

to US, to the judge, everybody.

You don't know what it's like to be called a no-tit pig, do you?

Who called you that?

James carlin.

Jimmy.

When?

I applied to be a waitress at the time bar

six months ago.

I was talking to the manager when Jimmy came up and said,

like I wasn't even there,

"Alex, you better not hire this no-tit pig."

So all this

was about getting back at carlin for insulting you?

I have been angry before.

But when that happened, I found myself getting so angry.

It didn't stop.

Why'd you fake your own attack?

Because!!

The papers weren't mentioning James carlin by name.

There was even an editorial cautioning the public

against associating the time bar with the murders.

So you made up that you heard one of your attackers say,

"Jimmy's gonna be pissed,"

so that we'd look at carlin for being behind this.

That is correct.

How'd you pick your victims?

They frequented the time bar.

They helped make Jimmy a wealthy man.

They basically gave him the mandate

to act like an insensitive anus.

And these women --

you got inside their apartment each time

by saying you were from a charity?

I would like it known that the women didn't experience the rapes.

I knocked them on the head, sedated them,

then inserted the dildo with the condom on it.

Then strangled them.

No pain.

This was the only way you thought

to get back at James carlin?

It was the best way.

I wanted to ruin him.

Your point was made. Why'd you keep killing women?

Lucy, I once interviewed a guy who killed six women.

He said it was because his mother was a drug addict.

So he killed drug addicts.

But after his first victim,

it stopped being about the fact that they were addicts,

and it became more about the rush he got,

the sense of power and control.

He said that was the first time in his life

that he felt that way.

Lucy, is that why you killed Linda Pascal this morning,

and you were planning on killing Donna halenbeck?

You think you are so smart, don't you?

So do you think she'll stand trial?

Honestly, she won't make the competency hearing.

So five years in a mental hospital?

She'll be there the rest of her life.

That was the mayor's office. He sends his congratulations.

Good work, everybody.

Team. Did it as a team.

It was good working with you, Diane.

I appreciate your help.

Thanks, lieu.

Head down to Mac's? I'll buy the first round.

Yeah, your thing --

that's tonight? Yeah.

Which I don't know anything about, so...

It's just gonna be US.

It's not like anybody's gonna rat on you.

I appreciate that, but I need to maintain

a certain level of deniability with the department.

Okay.

You and Connie have my best wishes.

8:00, guys.

See you there.

I'm gonna stop by the time bar, break the news to carlin.

Yeah, he deserves that much.

Want somebody to take a ride with you?

I'm good. Thanks.

I'm gonna help John set up.

I'm right behind you.

Listen...

I-i know you're a nondrinker, Andy. I respect that.

Don't worry, medavoy. There's gonna be booze.

Well, not only is the marriage to be celebrated,

but the end of a long case.

Plus, I'll be taking a cab.

Medavoy, quick -- what?

I may get hammered.

Fine. Go nuts.

See you there.

Yeah...partner.

Did a great job breaking him in.

He's the real deal.

Yeah, he'll be all right.

See you at 8:00.

Who's dead now?

No one.

We got the person who's behind the murders.

Who?

Her name's Lucy wenner.

A girl rapist? She made them look like rapes

so we'd think the killer was a man.

She also planted the matchbooks to point to your bar.

She's got a beef against me?

You turned her down for a waitress job.

So you're telling me my life got ruined

because I wouldn't hire some bitch to carry drinks?

She's pretty imbalanced.

Okay. So...What?

You here for a pat on the back?

I'm just letting you know the case is closed.

Yeah, you mean like my bar, this hotel.

'Cause the bank called my loan,

one of the things I was dealing with

while you were accusing me of being involved in this.

We had to throw a wide net.

That some kind of an apology?

I came here as a courtesy, Mr. Carlin.

Then cheers.

Congratulations.

This is Diane.

Hi, Dr. Boyd.

You happy?

Yeah.

You excited?

Yeah!

All right, now let's review the duties of the best man.

I give you the ring when you ask for it.

And until then, where does the ring stay?

In my pocket.

Good. There's one other thing -- very important.

Okay.

You're in charge of the bachelor party.

What's that?

You have to rent a motor home and drive me and my buddies

to ft. Lauderdale for the weekend.

Dad!

Detective, if I could have a minute.

All right, save me a spot in front?

It's about the vows. There are a lot of options.

Nothing about her obeying me,

'cause I'll never hear the end of that.

Of course not.

Other than that, let's keep it nice and simple,

like we talked about?

Okay, but do you want to "love, honor, Cherish,"

"love, respect, and Cherish," "love, honor, and comfort" --

John, you're making me nervous.

It's just that --

the first one -- it's fine.

Anything about Connie expecting?

We already told everybody, okay? Just nice and simple.

Got it!

We ready?

What?

You look amazing.

So do you.

Andy, Connie, sorry I'm late.

How'd it go with carlin?

Fine. I heard from the doctor.

Biopsy came back negative. I'm clear.

Diane!

This is a good night.

I don't mean to interrupt,

but Irvin's about to pass out in there.

All right.

Friends, family, loved ones --

John, we got six people here.

Sorry.

"When love alights upon a famished dove..."

I'm sorry. I skipped a line.

"When love alights upon a famished heart" --

nothing fancy, John.

Okay.

Well...perhaps I should just say a few words

about Andy and Connie.

When I first met detective sipowicz many years ago,

I thought if ever two people wouldn't get along,

it would be US.

But we did, and we have.

And I don't know if I've ever told you

how much your friendship means to me.

And when I met detective mcdowell,

I don't mean to brag,

but I knew she and detective sipowicz

would be a perfect match.

Come on!

It's true.

It's in my diary if you want to check.

I could tell they had

the similarities to attract each other,

but also the different strengths to complement.

In a way, Andy and Connie are like all of US here.

We come from very different backgrounds,

and who knows if, under different circumstances,

we would be in each other's lives.

But this job we have...

...brought US together as a family.

For some of US, it's our only family.

And it's something that cannot be broken.

That's nice, John.

Detective sipowicz, do you have the ring?

Please place the ring on Connie's finger.

Andy sipowicz, do you take Connie mcdowell

to be your lawful wedded wife,

to have and to hold in sickness and in health

till death do you part?

I do.