Original subtitles

Officer: DOA WENT OUT A WINDOW.

WE GO TO ROUST A BUM AND FIND THE DOA.

DOA COULDN’T HAVE MISSED HIM BY 6 INCHES.

HE SLEEPS THROUGH IT, THE BUM.

THAT WAS HIS DWELLING PLACE, RIGHT BESIDE THE CAR.

BLOOD WAS DRIPPING ON HIM ALL NIGHT.

PROBABLY FIGURED A THUNDERCLAP FOLLOWED BY A WARM RAIN.

Officer: THERE’S NO I. D. ON THE CROAKER.

THAT COULD BE THE LAUNCHPAD.

AW, FOR GOD’S SAKE.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT WHO THIS IS DEAD.

ROBERTS.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE, HUH?

I’M TALKING TO YOU! WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS GUY?

I WASN’T AWARE.

WASN’T AWARE?

GUY LANDED 6 INCHES FROM YOUR HEAD!

IS THIS BUILDING OPEN?

WE GOT THE SUPER COMING OUT.

COME ON.

NO NOTE.

STAY DOWNSTAIRS.

TELL THE SUPER WE’RE SORRY FOR KICKING HIS DOOR IN.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

HERE’S HIS GUN.

WASN’T FIRED.

ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY ROBERTS SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD,

PUT HIS GUN BACK IN THE DESK,

THEN THREW HIMSELF OUT THE WINDOW.

WH‐‐HYPOTHESIZING THIS IS A MURDER, ANDY, INSTEAD OF A SUICIDE,

THE GUN MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED BACK IN THE DRAWER BY THE PERPETRATOR

AFTER ROBERTS UNSUCCESSFULLY SHOT AT HIM TRYING TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

WHY IT ISN’T OUT OF THE QUESTION

JAMES SEEING IF THE GUN HAD BEEN FIRED.

THE PERPETRATOR WANTS TO MAKE HIM CROAKING ROBERTS LOOK LIKE ROBERTS COMMITTED SUICIDE,

BUT HE DON’T PUT ONE IN ROBERTS’ HEAD WITH ROBERTS’ GUN.

HE DON’T WANT TO GIVE US AN EVEN CHANCE BUYING THE SUICIDE ANGLE

BY US FINDING ROBERTS WITH THE GUN IN HIS HAND DEAD AT HIS DESK.

HEY. BOTTOM LINE, THE GUN HASN’T BEEN FIRED.

THIS IS MURDER, BUT THE GUN WASN’T INVOLVED.

TH‐THERE’S A LOGIC TO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.

EXPIRATION NOTICE ON SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.

LET’S BOX THIS STUFF. WE CAN GO THROUGH IT IN THE HOUSE.

AND SHUT THAT DOOR ON THAT PISS SMELL COMING FROM THE HALLWAY.

YEAH. THE BUILDING’S DEFINITELY SEEN BETTER DAYS.

THIS WAS NO SUICIDE. A COP EATS HIS GUN.

DID ROBERTS HAVE ONE?

UPPER LEFT DESK DRAWER.

YOU SHARED OUR IMPRESSION?

HE WAS CROAKED.

ANY SIGN OF STRUGGLE IN THE OFFICE?

THAT DON’T MEAN DICK. YOU KNOW, THEY’LL FIND DOPE IN HIM.

SOMEBODY DOPED HIM AND THREW HIM OUT.

NO NEEDLE MARKS.

THAT DON’T MEAN ANYTHING.

LET ME FINISH.

I WAS GONNA SAY THAT DON’T NECESSARILY MEAN ANYTHING.

FORGET MIKE ROBERTS JUMPING OUT A WINDOW, OK, BOSS?

YEAH. I DON’T FEATURE MIKE CHOOSING TO WATCH THE GROUND APPROACH.

HE WAS THROWN, AND PROBABLY DRUGGED, SO HE COULDN’T RESIST.

DO YOU WANT US TO VOUCHER THE BOXES BEFORE WE START GOING THROUGH THEM?

WE HAVE A NEXT OF KIN?

GO THROUGH THE BOXES...

AND LET’S TOSS MIKE’S APARTMENT.

CANVASS THE BARS AROUND HIS OFFICE,

SEE IF WE CAN PLACE HIM LAST NIGHT?

THIS WAS NO BAR PICKUP THREW ROBERTS OUT HIS WINDOW.

MAYBE IT WAS A BAR WHERE THE PERSON THAT THREW HIM OUT THE WINDOW

WENT LOOKING FOR HIM.

YEAH. THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.

HE WAS PUSHING TO TELL ME SOMETHING.

LIKE HE KNEW HE WAS GONNA GET WHACKED?

ROBERTS GOT THROWN OFF THIS JOB FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOME JUNKIE C.I.

HE GAVE THAT GIRL DRUGS HE STOLE OUT OF THE PROPERTY ROOM.

ROBERTS WASN’T AFRAID OF PUTTING HIS HANDS IN DIRTY WATER,

BUT SOMETHING HE WAS DOING NOW HE KNEW WAS BAD.

WORSE THAN KEEPING A HELPLESS GIRL HIGH.

LET’S FIGURE WHAT HAPPENED,

THEN WE CAN REBUKE HIM AT HIS GRAVE.

WHAT?

I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU.

MALCOLM CULLINAN... WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOLORES’ DEATH.

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

FORMER DETECTIVE ROBERTS WAS INVOLVED WITH HIM.

THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN HE WAS LEAVING,

HE STOPPED ME ON THE STAIRS,

AND HE CALLED ME THE NAME ROCKY MARCIANO,

WHO WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZEFIGHTER...

MARCIANO WAS. OF THE FIFTIES.

AND AS THE CONVERSATION WENT ON, I REALIZED HIS CALLING ME THAT

WAS AN INDIRECT REFERENCE

TO MY HAVING PUNCHED MALCOLM CULLINAN.

THE CONVERSATION WENT ON HOW?

HE SAID I HAD NOTHING TO FEAR FROM HIM,

BUT NOT TO THINK THAT MEANT I DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO FEAR.

DID YOU MAKE THAT ROBERTS DELIVERING A THREAT FROM CULLINAN?

NO. I FELT LIKE HE WANTED TO HELP ME.

HE USED THE EXPRESSION "HEADS‐UP." HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE ME A "HEADS‐UP."

TELLING YOU TO BE CAREFUL.

HE SAID IF THEIR VANITY WAS INJURED,

RICH PEOPLE COULD AFFORD TO INDULGE THEIR WHIMS.

WHICH YOU TOOK CULLINAN HAD IT IN FOR YOU.

I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I WAS JUST PARALYZED WITH FEAR.

THAT’S NORMAL.

THAT’S A NORMAL WAY TO FEEL.

YOU’VE NEVER GIVEN ME ANY REASON NOT TO TRUST YOU.

BUT I COULDN’T ADMIT I WAS AFRAID.

IF I’D BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO ADMIT IT TO ONE OF YOU

AND MALCOLM CULLINAN WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN THIS...

MAYBE FORMER DETECTIVE ROBERTS WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.

IF I HAD HALF A BRAIN TO LISTEN.

WHAT DID JOHN HAVE?

WHAT I SHOULD’VE KNOWN.

CULLINAN...

THAT DOLORES O. D.’d TRICKING FOR IN ATLANTIC CITY?

HIRES ROBERTS TO HARM GAY JOHN

AFTER GAY JOHN CLEANS HIS CLOCK IN THE POKEY ROOM.

WHERE DID WE GET IT?

GAY JOHN JUST TELLS ME ROBERTS,

LEAVING THE OTHER DAY AFTER STEPPING ON HIS JOINT

OVER THAT TRUCK‐DELIVERY HEIST?

ROBERTS GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO FIND GAY JOHN,

GIVING HIM A SPECIFIC HEADS‐UP‐‐

HE’S IN NO DANGER FROM ROBERTS, BUT HE BETTER WATCH HIS BACK.

ROBERTS ACKNOWLEDGED HE WAS WORKING FOR CULLINAN?

HE CALLS HIM "MARCIANO," GAY JOHN,

SPECIFICALLY REFERRING THAT JOHN CLEANED CULLINAN’S CLOCK

AND THAT RICH PEOPLE CAN CARRY A GRIEVANCE.

WHICH HE TOLD ME, CHAPTER AND VERSE, ROBERTS‐‐

"MY SHIP FINALLY CAME IN. I CAN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE. IT MAKES ME TOO SICK."

CULLINAN OFFERS ROBERTS A CONTRACT

BEATING GAY JOHN’S BALLS OFF OR WORSE,

BUT IT’S TOO SICKENING FOR ROBERTS EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY’S GOOD.

CULLINAN KILLS ROBERTS ’CAUSE ROBERTS

TURNS DOWN A CONTRACT BEATING JOHN’S BALLS OFF?

OH, EXCUSE PISS OUT OF ME FOR NOT CROSSING EVERY MOTIVATIONAL "T"

5 MINUTES WITHIN THE INFORMATION COMING TO MY ATTENTION.

NO. EXCUSE ME, ANDY, SUGGESTING WE CAN’T YET TROT TO THE D. A.’s OFFICE.

DID YOU HEAR ME SAY THIS CULLINAN KILLED ROBERTS?

NO, I DID NOT.

THAT’S AN AREA TO LOOK AT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT’S MY SOLE PRELIMINARY POINT.

NO QUESTION.

ANYONE THAT ROBERTS DEALT WITH HIS ENTIRE ADULT LIFE

IS A POSSIBLE FOR WANTING HIM DEAD.

I’M JUST TRYING TO NARROW THE FIELD.

GREG, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING WHEN YOU CAME IN.

YES, I DID.

ACTUALLY, JAMES AND I BOTH DID.

THIS ONE’S GREG’S FIND.

A WHOLE BUNCH OF UNDIGESTED BARBITURATES IN MIKE’S STOMACH.

THAT’S HOW HE GOES OUT THE WINDOW.

SOMEBODY LOADS HIM UP ON BARBITURATES,

AND HE CAN’T HOLD ’EM OFF SUBSEQUENTLY WHEN THEY LOOK TO TOSS HIM OUT.

NOW, MEDAVOY.

UH, FAR AS WHAT JAMES AND I CAME UP WITH,

MIKE HAD THIS JOURNAL‐TYPE NOTEBOOK

WRITTEN UNDER A PEN NAME.

THE CASES OF MIKE ROBERTINI.

THAT’S WHAT IT’S CALLED?

YEAH. I GUESS HE WANTS IT TO BE LIKE SOME KIND OF NOVEL.

NOT A VERY CLEVER PSEUDONYM.

WHAT’S THAT? SUPPOSED TO BE, LIKE, HIS MEMOIRS?

SHEEH.

LEAST HE DIDN’T CALL IT

THE CLEARED CASES OF MIKE ROBERTINI.

YEAH. WE KNOW HE’S NOT LYING SO FAR.

YOU OUGHT TO GO THROUGH THAT AND THE OTHER BOXES.

YEAH. WE’LL SEE IF HE TALKED ABOUT ANY CASES.

I’LL GIVE IT A QUICK READ, TOO.

WHEW, MIKE ROBERTINI! WHAT A GENIUS TITLE THAT ONE IS.

Medavoy: IN THE LAST PART OF THE NOTEBOOK

HE CHANGES THE NAMES,

BUT‐‐BUT IT’S NO DOUBT

WHO MIKE’S TALKING ABOUT.

HE CALLS THE GUY CALLAHAN,

BUT HE’S TALKING ABOUT CULLINAN.

HERE, LISTEN TO HOW HE DESCRIBES HIM.

"A VERY POWERFUL, IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL‐TYPE

"AND BIG‐SHOT CHARITY CONTRIBUTOR

WITH SOME REAL SICK TWISTS."

YEAH, THAT‐‐THAT’S CULLINAN TO A "T,"

AND THEN THERE’S A LOT OF SNIPPETS,

LIKE MIKE’S WRITING NOTES TO HIMSELF,

CHEERING HIMSELF ON.

"JOSEPH WAMBAUGH HAD HIS DOUBTS, I’M SURE,

MICKEY SPILLANE."

SEE, JOSEPH WAMBAUGH

WAS A COP BECAME A NOVEL WRITER.

MICKEY SPILLANE WROTE MIKE HAMMER.

Martinez: IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT US?

ONE SEQUENCE RIGHT AT THE END.

READ THAT.

Medavoy: NO‐‐WELL‐‐WELL,

LET ME GIVE YOU THE CONTEXT FIRST.

"ROBERTINI DID A FEW THINGS FOR CALLAHAN,

"AND WHAT YOU MIGHT EVEN CALL DIRTY WORK...

Roberts’ voice blends in: IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE REAL WORLD WAS LIKE..."

Roberts, narrating: BUT THEN CALLAHAN ASKED ROBERTS

TO DO SOMETHING VERY MUCH WORSE.

YOU GOT SOME BALLS, COME TO MY OFFICE

AND MAKE THAT TYPE REQUEST.

WELL, I KNOW SOMEONE LIKE YOU DON’T HEAR IT VERY OFTEN,

BUT MY ANSWER IS A SUCCINCT NO.

ALL RIGHT, MR. CALLAHAN?

WE UNDERSTOOD?

I DON’T PROVIDE YOU NO DRUGS.

I HAVE INFORMATION THAT WILL FORCE YOU

INTO DOING THIS, MIKE.

BLACKMAIL, IN OTHER WORDS.

YOU’RE LOWER THAN WHALE CRAP

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN FLOOR.

I KNOW YOUR HISTORY OF PROVIDING DRUGS

TO A GIRLFRIEND YOU WERE BANGING

WHILE YOU WERE ON THE FORCE.

WE CALL IT THE JOB, MR. CALLAHAN,

AND I HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER.

NOT WHEN YOU WERE PROVIDING DRUGS

TO THAT GIRLFRIEND YOU WERE BANGING.

SHE WAS A JUNKIE INFORMANT.

WE WERE IN LOVE.

I BELIEVE THAT GIRL TOOK HER OWN LIFE

IN REMORSE OVER YOU, DIDN’T SHE, MIKE?

AND YOU WERE DISMISSED OFF THE JOB, DISGRACED.

I RESIGNED, AND I WANT TO KNOW

HOW YOU’RE PRIVY TO THIS.

I HAD AN INTEREST IN THAT GIRL MYSELF, MIKE,

OR DID YOU THINK THE TWO OF YOU WERE STEADIES?

AND YET 4 YEARS LATER, YOU GO TO HIRE ME

TO DO SECURITY WORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS FIRM?

DO YOU THINK MAYBE THAT WAS TO SET YOU UP

FOR THIS OTHER THING I WAS INTERESTED IN?

YOU WANT ME TO PROCURE DRUGS FOR YOU

TO GIVE TO HOOKERS SO YOU CAN GET YOURSELF OFF

IN THAT DEGENERATE SPECIALIZED NEED THAT YOU HAVE?

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, MR. CALLAHAN?

THE POINT IS, IF I PUT OUT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU,

YOU’LL LOSE EVERY ACCOUNT YOU HAVE.

YOU’RE TOTALLY BLACKMAILED.

YOU CONNIVING, OVER‐RICH PRICK.

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD.

I WANT THAT FAIRY TAKEN CARE OF.

THE HELL YOU SAY.

I’VE GOT BLACKMAIL CONTROL OVER YOU, SCUMBAG.

HEY, YOU CALL ME THAT AGAIN,

AND I’LL GIVE YOU A HETEROSEXUAL BEATING

TO COMPARE TO THE SORE JAW THAT HE GAVE YOU.

SUPPOSE I OFFERED YOU 25 GRAND?

OH, AND THAT’S SUPPOSED TO INTEREST ME?

I WANT HIM PUSHED OUT A WINDOW.

I WANT TO SEE IF FAIRIES FLY.

AND THAT‐‐THAT’S SUPPOSED TO INTEREST ME?

25,000 CASH?

WHEW. YOU GOT SOME BALLS,

COMING IN MY OFFICE, MAKING THAT TYPE REQUEST.

AHH. WE SURE MISS YOU, MIKE.

[LAUGHS]

I’M ENVIOUS.

AH, WELL, I MEAN, YOUR DAY WILL COME, HUH?

YEAH, AS SOON AS HIS PEOPLE CAN AFFORD PRIVATE EYES.

[LAUGHTER]

HEY, HE SAID IT, JIMENEZ, I DIDN’T.

DID YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME PRIVATELY?

YES.

OH, UH, NO PROBLEM, MIKE.

YOU’RE A GOOD EGG, MEDANSKY.

YOU, TOO, JIMENEZ.

WHEN I GET OUTSIDE,

I’M GOING TO TRADE THIS IN FOR A SOMBRERO.

[LAUGHTER]

HEY, YOU SAID THAT, I DIDN’T.

[SIGHS] WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YOU KNOW I HATE SMALL TALK.

YEAH.

THIS GUY I WORK FOR, UH,

OUT‐AND‐OUT PROPOSED I DO MURDER, ANDY,

BELIEVE THAT OR NOT.

THINKING HE CAN FORCE YOU OUT OF YOUR VALUES,

HE MUST HAVE BLACKMAIL INFORMATION.

YEAH, WELL, HE’S ALREADY FORCED ME

TO GET HIM UNCUT SMACK, ANDY,

AND HE’S GOT A THING FOR JUNKIE WHORES.

AN EX‐P. A. A.‐ TURNED‐JUNKIE‐WHORE FROM OUR HOUSE

DIED UNDER JUST THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

YEAH. N‐NOW HE WANTS ME TO KILL HER REPLACEMENT, SEE?

WHAT, IS HE TRYING TO TURN THAT

P.A.A.’s JOB INTO A DEATH POSITION?

NO, NO.

MEL CALLAHAN, ANDY.

THAT’S OUR MYSTERY MAN,

AND I’M CONFIDING IT TO YOU.

YOU GOT A BUM SHAKE YOUR WHOLE PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

THAT’S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.

I DON’T CRY ABOUT THAT.

ANDY,

CAN YOU PROTECT ME IF NECESSARY?

MIKE ROBERTINI.

DOES ANYONE WANT A SODA?

[CLEARS THROAT] IT WASN’T THE HOOKERS GETTING HIGH

CULLINAN WANTED TO SEE.

Martinez: WANTED THEM TO OVERDOSE.

HE GOT OFF ON WATCHING THEM DIE.

IF ROBERTS ISN’T GONNA SCORE DOPE FOR CULLINAN ANYMORE,

CULLINAN’S GOTTA FEEL ROBERTS IS A RISK.

ROBERTS COULD TURN AROUND AND BLACKMAIL HIM.

YEAH, WELL, T‐THERE’S YOUR MOTIVE FOR, UH,

CULLINAN MURDERING MIKE.

WHAT CULLINAN SHOULD’VE BEEN AFRAID OF

WASN’T ROBERTS BLACKMAILING HIM,

IT’S ROBERTS TURNING HIM IN,

’CAUSE THAT’S WHAT MIKE WAS ABOUT TO DO.

[SIGHS]

STANDS IN THAT BATHROOM,

BEGS ME TO MAKE HIM GIVE IT UP.

[DISGUSTED SIGH]

"ONE THING I COULD NEVER DO, ANDY,

"EVADE YOU KNOWING I WAS WRONG.

YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND MY BAD SECRET."

PRICK’S GOT NO EXPOSURE, THIS CULLINAN.

THE HOOKERS’ SHOOTING UP IS ON THEM,

AND ROBERTS IS A MOPE

THAT IF HE DIDN’T COMMIT SUICIDE,

HIS WHOLE CLIENT LIST WAS ELIGIBLE

FOR LAUNCHING HIM OUT THAT WINDOW.

A WARPO LIKE THAT DOESN’T STOP.

CULLINAN.

HE’LL BE AFRAID A LITTLE WHILE,

THEN IT’LL START BUILDING UP IN HIM AGAIN,

WANTING WHAT HE NEEDS TO GET OFF.

LET’S GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS.

HI.

HI.

COME ON.

SHE LOOKS LIKE ROBERTS DESCRIBED HER, THE MADAM.

YEAH, WELL, HE DESCRIBED HER GOOD ENOUGH

THAT DIANE KNEW WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN DIANE WAS WORKING VICE,

EVERY MALE IN MANHATTAN

MUST’VE BEEN EVEN‐MONEY TO GET LOCKED UP.

THAT ONE AIN’T GONNA BE NO SLOUCH.

I GUESS ALL THE COFFEE SHOPS WERE CLOSED.

SOME TRICK USES YOUR SERVICE RUNS INTO YOU HERE, LEA,

HE’S PROBABLY GOT OTHER PROBLEMS TO WORRY ABOUT.

YOU PUT DOLORES MAYO WITH MALCOLM CULLINAN.

I PUT DOLORES MAYO WITH MALCOLM CULLINAN.

I DID NOT PUT A NEEDLE

IN DOLORES MAYO’S ARM,

WHETHER HE ASKED HER TO OR NOT.

WE WANT YOU TO PUT SOMEONE ELSE WITH HIM.

CULLINAN’S NOT IN TOUCH WITH ME ANYMORE.

BECAUSE?

BECAUSE I ASKED HIM NOT TO BE.

WELL, NOW YOU’RE GONNA CHANGE YOUR MIND.

I HAD NO CONNECTION WITH THAT GIRL’S HABITS,

DOLORES MAYO.

NO ONE’S SAYING YOU DID.

I’M SAYING I DIDN’T.

WE WANT TO RUN A GIRL THROUGH YOUR SERVICE

TO GET TO CULLINAN.

I WOULDN’T MIND SEEING THAT PRICK JACKED UP,

BUT IT’S NOT A BIG BUSINESS ENDORSEMENT,

MY SERVICE FRONTING FOR THE COPS.

IT’S NOT LIKE WE’LL ASK YOU TO TESTIFY.

AND IF THEY GO FOR ENTRAPMENT,

IT’S NOT LIKE HIS LAWYER WON’T.

YOU NEED TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION ON THIS ONE, LEA,

’CAUSE IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN

OR YOU’RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY BUSINESS

LEFT TO ENDORSE.

[SIGHS]

THINK SHE’S GONNA COOPERATE?

THEY TEND TO BE PRACTICAL.

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL FROM?

Sipowicz: THINKS THIS IS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,

MEDAVOY.

SO ARE YOUR INTERESTS STILL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME?

WELL, I GAVE UP TRYING TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S MINDS

FOR LENT A FEW YEARS AGO,

AND I’M TOO OLD TO CHANGE MINE,

SO I GUESS WE STILL CAN’T DO BUSINESS.

’CAUSE I JUST RAN ACROSS A GIRL WHO MEETS YOUR NEEDS.

HA. ACTUALLY, I JUST FIRED HER FOR IT.

GOOD‐LOOKING BLONDE, 5’7", BUSTY.

SAID SHE JUST STARTED SHOOTING.

FIGURE 3 MONTHS FOR LYING.

WELL, I’M GONNA GIVE YOU HER NUMBER, MAL,

BUT I DON’T WANT YOU USING MY NAME.

SHE’LL THINK I TOOK A FEE,

AND THEN SHE’LL BE BACK TRYING TO WORK FOR ME.

YEAH. ONE FOR OLD TIMES, AND NO HARD FEELINGS.

HER NAME’S DARCY,

AND YOU PROBABLY WANT TO CALL HER SOONER THAN LATER,

’CAUSE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT LEAVING TOWN.

YOU GOT A PENCIL?

[SIGHS]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

[THROATY VOICE] HELLO.

Cullinan on videotape: YOU WANT ME TO PAY FOR YOUR HIGH...

AND SUPPORT YOUR HIGH,

BUT YOU DON’T MUCH CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL.

WHERE HIS VOICE GOES TIGHT LIKE THAT.

WE’LL BE ON OUR WAY IN.

NO OLD TRACKS, ’CAUSE YOU JUST STARTED MAINLINING.

BEFORE, YOU WERE SMOKING IT.

THAT’S WHY SHE STILL LOOKS GOOD.

THE HOME RUN’S IF HE CONNECTS HIMSELF TO ROBERTS.

GET CULLINAN TALKING ABOUT HIS SOURCE FOR THE DRUGS.

THAT WOULD BE A CREDIBLE SUBJECT OF INTEREST,

YOU BEING A JUNKIE WHORE.

WHETHER YOU GET HIM TO ROBERTS OR NOT,

YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE DRUGS

ARE CULLINAN’S.

WHATEVER SEX‐TRIP HE WANTS THE TWO OF YOU TO GET ON

MAY INVOLVE HIM FAKING

FINDING THE DRUGS IN THE APARTMENT.

THAT THEY BELONG TO HIS FRIEND.

YOU CAN’T LET HIM STAY WITH THAT.

AS FAR AS HOW MUCH YOU SHOW HIM

AND WHAT YOU LET HIM DO,

REMEMBER, YOU’RE ON CAMERA,

YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO LIE.

HOLD ON, DANNY.

SURE.

I NEED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT THE LIPSTICK CAMERA.

YEAH. SHE’LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.

COME ON, LEO.

COME ON, WHAT? I’M SUPPOSED TO PRETEND

THAT I LIKE THIS?

NO. I’LL SETTLE FOR NOT GETTING

TREATED LIKE GARBAGE ’CAUSE I’M DOING MY JOB.

YOU THINK CULLINAN’S GONNA LET YOU OFF EASY?

THIS ISN’T SOME WALLFLOWER LOSING HIS CHERRY, JILL.

YEAH. NEITHER AM I.

OH, THAT’S GOOD.

OH, COME ON, LEO.

ALL I MEANT IS I KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MYSELF.

SOMEHOW, I DON’T THINK THAT’S THE ONLY THING

YOU’RE GONNA BE HANDLING TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I KEEP THINKING?

MIKE ROBERTS ON OPRAH.

IN WHAT CONTEXT?

AUTHORING SOME DETECTIVE NOVEL.

UH, PROMOTING IT ON ROSIE O’DONNELL OR THE LIKE.

YEAH. ROSIE O’DONNELL. OPRAH.

YEAH. YEAH. HE’D LOVE THAT.

[IMITATING ROBERTS] YEAH.

I HAD SO MANY INTERESTING CASES, OPRAH.

AFTER MY, UH, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ON THE JOB,

I VERY MUCH WANTED TO WRITE UP THE CASES

I WAS PROUD OF, OR THE LIKE.

THAT I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE PROUD OF MY WORK.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

YOU KNOW, UH, 100% CANDID, JAMES,

I’VE FLIRTED MYSELF

WITH WRITING SOME OF OUR CASES UP.

WE HAD SOME PIPS.

YEAH. WELL, WE’VE HAD SOME PIPS, HAVEN’T WE?

EVERY CONCEIVABLE WACKO, FOR ONE THING.

YEAH. THAT COULD BE A VOLUME IN ITSELF, COULDN’T IT?

THE HEAD CASES OF THE NYPD.

TALKING ABOUT COLLEAGUES OR SKELLS?

OH, YOU’RE RIGHT THERE.

THAT COULD BE A WHOLE SECOND VOLUME.

OR YOU COULD HAVE A WHOLE SECOND VOLUME

SOLELY DEVOTED TO ANDY BEING NUTS.

SPLIT...THAT VOLUME COULD BE, JAMES.

CRAZY IN THE OFFICE, NUTS IN THE FIELD:

THE BEHAVIOR OF ANDY SIPOWICZ.

MIKE ROBERTS HAD BALLS.

THEY’RE IN THE LOFT.

Diane: WE’LL KEEP YOU ADVISED.

MMM!

GUY’S AN ARCHITECT.

NEVER REALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET HIS CAREER GOING.

LOOKS LIKE HE’S DOIN’ ALL RIGHT TO ME.

YEAH. I GUESS IT’S ALL RELATIVE.

ANYWAYS, IT’S, UH,

IT’S NICE HE LETS YOU USE HIS PLACE.

YEAH. I THINK IF YOU WERE TO TOTE UP

THE FAVORS HE’S DONE ME AND I’VE DONE HIM,

I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD.

ANYWAYS...

ANYWAYS.

WE AGREED ON 2,500.

THAT’S 5,000.

YOU’LL FIND I’M FULL OF THOSE KIND OF SURPRISES.

THIS GUY MUST HAVE A ONE‐INCH DICK.

Jill: YOU’LL FIND I LOVE BEING SURPRISED.

YOU’RE A JUNKIE.

WHERE’D THAT COME FROM?

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.

THE EXTRA MAKEUP COVERING YOUR TRACKS.

HMM?

ME MAKING UP THAT GUY

WHO GAVE ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER,

AND YOU SAYING YOU REMEMBER HIM.

YOU BEING AS GORGEOUS AS YOU ARE

AND AFRAID IN YOUR EYES,

LIKE A 50‐DOLLAR WHORE.

IT’S ALL JUNK.

YOU FEELING WHAT IT’S DOING TO YOU

AND WORRYING, "IS IT STARTING TO SHOW YET?"

I’M NOT ENJOYING THIS.

I DON’T THINK YOU ENJOYING THIS

IS EXACTLY THE POINT OF THE EXERCISE.

I WANNA WATCH YOU GET OFF.

THAT’S WHERE THE CONVERSATION COULD’VE STARTED.

MOVE OVER HERE.

YOU IN POSITION, ANDY?

[HUSHED] WE’RE GOOD.

USE THIS.

I GOT MY OWN.

THIS IS BETTER.

BETTER COULD BE A PROBLEM.

WHY DON’T I JUST USE MINE?

Cullinan: NO.

LOOK...

IF I USE YOURS,

I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LITTLE, TOO.

NO. I DON’T USE DOPE.

NOT SAYING YOU’D WANT TO HURT ME OR ANYTHING...

I’M GETTIN’ KINDA IRRITATED.

LOOK, MY STUFF IS GOOD STUFF.

I PROMISE YOU’LL SEE ME GET OFF.

HEY, DARCY...

Fancy: 10 SECONDS.

YOU’RE GONNA USE MY STUFF,

YOU’RE GONNA USE IT NOW,

OR YOU’RE NOT GONNA GET THE 5 GRAND,

AND YOU ARE GONNA GET HURT.

ANDY, TAKE IT DOWN.

GET ON THE FLOOR!

WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

Andy: YOU’RE A COLLAR. GET ON THE FLOOR.

PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK,

OR I’LL FRACTURE YOUR SKULL.

I GOT THE DOPE.

Cullinan: MY ATTORNEY IS JAMES SINCLAIR.

I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY ATTORNEY.

YEAH, HE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB

WHEN YOU KILLED DOLORES MAYO.

WHAT IS THIS,

SOME ELABORATE KIND OF PAYBACK?

SOME POLICE VENDETTA?

YEAH. YOU’RE THE VICTIM HERE.

THIS IS US TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU.

GUY WHO OWNS THE PLACE IS AT THE CINEPLEX ON 19th STREET.

LEAVES A MESSAGE FOR CULLINAN,

"IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME. HA HA."

BE NICE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM

BEFORE HE GETS A LAWYER.

Danny: THIS PICTURE MUST BE HIM.

Fancy: DOES IT SAY WHAT MOVIE?

YEAH. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL HE’S SEEING.

ANDY.

I’LL DRIVE HIM BACK SLOW.

SO I GUESS EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE, HUH, MAL?

UH‐HUH.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR HANDS

OUT OF MY POCKETS NOW?

WOULD YOU RATHER WE BROUGHT YOU IN IN BRACELETS?

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SIT?

WELL, HOW ABOUT RIGHT HERE?

SO, UH, WHAT’S YOUR NAME?

TRENT?

TRENT KNOX.

WHAT KIND OF NAME IS TRENT?

IT’S BEEN IN MY FAMILY A WHILE.

SO, ONE OF YOUR ANCESTORS LOST A BET?

I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS

WITH THE LAW,

AND I DEEPLY RESENT BEING YANKED IN HERE

COMING OUT OF A FILM.

[MIMICKING] THEN YOU SHOULDN’T

HAVE WRITTEN THE MOVIE YOU WENT TO

ON A POST‐IT NOTE

SO THAT WHEN WE COLLARED YOUR ASSHOLE BUDDY

IN YOUR APARTMENT,

WE’D KNOW WHERE TO GRAB YOU UP.

HUH?

I THINK WHAT I’LL DO IS ASK FOR A LAWYER.

NO. I’LL DEMAND A LAWYER.

YEAH. LET’S GET YOU A LAWYER, TRENT.

SO INSTEAD OF YOU GIVIN’ US, LIKE,

3 SENTENCES OF SIMPLE EXPLANATION

THAT COULD GET YOU OUT HAVIN’ CAPPUCCINO,

YOU CAN BE CHARGED

ACCESSORY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER.

YOU EVER TRY TO TAKE A CRAP WITH NO TOILET SEAT

AND 5 GUYS WATCHING YOU, TRENT?

AND KNOWING THERE’S NO TOILET PAPER FOR AFTER.

I DON’T KNOW

WHAT MAL CULLINAN WAS DOING IN MY APARTMENT.

I WASN’T THERE.

WHAT’D HE DO, PUT A GUN TO YOUR HEAD

AND FORCE YOU OUT INTO THE STREET?

MAL CULLINAN...

TOLD ME IN A GENERAL WAY...

NO. LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

PLEASE.

HE DIDN’T TELL ME ANYTHING...

ABOUT TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY.

WE HAD A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING

THAT HE WOULD SOMETIMES USE MY APARTMENT...

AND I GAVE HIM AN EXTRA KEY.

THIS IS TRENT PREPARING

FOR HIS COURTROOM TESTIMONY,

SKATING DELICATELY

AMONGST THE BIG ICEBERGS

OF POSSIBLE SELF‐INCRIMINATION,

INSTEAD OF ONCE IN HIS LIFE

TRYING NOT TO OUTSMART THE WORLD

AND JUST STICK TO SIMPLE FACTS.

[VOICE BREAKING] WELL, HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU

THAT I MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS?

IS HE GONNA CRY?

TRENT, JUST GIVE US

A COUPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS.

NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE YOU NERVOUS OR UPSET OR ANYTHING ELSE.

HE DOES.

WELL, HE MAKES ME NERVOUS.

THAT’S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF.

YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE THE ROOM? HMM?

YOU WANT ME TO STAND IN A CORNER?

WELL, PERHAPS IF YOU WOULD JUST STOP TRYING TO INTIMIDATE ME

FOR 30 SECONDS...

THAT MIGHT BE A START.

HEY. LET ME GO GET A COKE

AND PONDER MY POOR UPBRINGING.

NORMAN BATES THAT YOU WERE ASKING ME ABOUT BEFORE‐‐

THAT’S WHO NORMAN BATES RESEMBLES.

WHO’S NORMAN BATES?

WHAT A COMPLETE ASSHOLE!

WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT APARTMENT?

OBVIOUSLY, THAT’S NOTHING YOU’D WANT TO BE A PART OF.

OH, BOY, YOU COULD SAY THAT AGAIN.

MY GOD.

SO THAT HEROIN WASN’T YOURS?

HELL, NO.

HE WOULD ALWAYS BRING THAT WITH HIM.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS‐‐

GIRLS...AND DRUGS.

THE GIRLS?

THIS WAS ALL MAL CULLINAN’S SHOW.

SEE, THERE, TRENT,

YOU DO INDICATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FELONY KNOWLEDGE

WHAT’S GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO TRAP ME, TOO.

NO. WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO, TRENT,

IS INDICATE HOW DEEP YOU’RE STUCK IN MUD.

I WANT TO BRING YOU TO A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING

THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU COMING NOW

WITH ALL YOU GOT

ON YOUR TWISTED PRICK FRIEND MAL CULLINAN

IF YOU WANT TO AVOID TAKING YOUR PLACE

IN A PART OF THE WORLD

YOU WOULD NOT KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE ON A POST‐IT NOTE.

ARE WE READY?

YEAH. WE’RE READY.

LOOK, LET’S ALLOW EVENTS TO UNFOLD SOMEWHAT,

SO PERHAPS WE’LL BE SPARED CONTEMPLATING

SUCH A VAST ARRAY OF CONTINGENCIES.

THERE’S A REASON WHY JUNIOR PARTNERS ARE JUNIOR.

I SUPPOSE IF YOU HAD A BITTER TURN OF MIND,

YOU MIGHT BE THINKING AT THE MOMENT

ABOUT CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST.

I’M THINKING ABOUT PROSTITUTES.

YOUR DECEASED FRIEND MISS MAYO.

NO. THE ONE STANDING IN FRONT OF ME.

DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

I CAN’T IMAGINE

YOU WEREN’T INVOLVED IN THIS ESCAPADE.

I TOOK A PASSING INTEREST.

JIMMY, THIS IS UTTER AND TOTAL ENTRAPMENT.

DO NOT SPEAK AGAIN UNTIL I TELL YOU TO.

I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY CLIENT IN PRIVATE.

I HAD NO INTENTION OF HARMING HER,

AND THESE PEOPLE HAD A BOGUS FLAT ON THE WAY IN.

SHUT UP OR GET ANOTHER LAWYER.

I WANT HIS CUFFS OFF. I WANT TO SPEAK TO HIM IN PRIVATE.

YOU WANT THAT DONE HERE?

RIGHT HERE WOULD BE FINE.

TAKE OFF HIS CUFFS.

THEY WON’T WANT TO BE USING THE POKEY ROOM.

INTERVIEW 3.

I BELIEVE THAT’S DOWN THE HALL.

HMM. YOU DO LOOK LOVELY.

THANKS A LOT.

YEAH, IF SHE WAS DRAWN TO PLAGUE CARRIERS,

THE FEELING MIGHT BE MUTUAL.

IT’S AMAZING HOW MANY ARE.

LEO, I’M GONNA BE A FEW MOMENTS WITH MR. CULLINAN.

THEN YOU AND I CAN HAVE A MOMENT IN THE COFFEE ROOM.

BOYS.

YOU WANT ME TO WEAR THIS HOME?

I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU DO.

TRENT COPS TO MAYBE HE ACTUALLY SAW

UP TO 5 GIRLS IN PASSING

THAT MAL BROUGHT TO HIS APARTMENT.

DOLORES CROAKED 3 MONTHS AGO.

TRENT SAYS, LIKE, 3 MONTHS AGO,

MAL GOT DIFFERENT.

MAL CROSSED A LINE‐‐ TRENT DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT‐‐

STARTED DOIN’ GIRLS IN OTHER PLACES.

EVEN WITH HIS TRUSTY CAMERA SET UP AT TRENT’S?

WHEN HE TOOK DOLORES TO ATLANTIC CITY, ANDY,

HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

HE WANTED DOLORES DEAD.

FIRST TIME, HE’S A CAUTIOUS PERV.

HE’LL TAKE IT OUT OF THE JURISDICTION.

KNOWS HE’S NEVER DOING IT AGAIN.

COMES AFTER WITH HIS LAWYER

WITH THE STORY HOW IT HAPPENED

GETTIN’ HIS HANDS CLEAN AND HIS MIND RIGHT.

NEXT HARD‐ON, HE NEEDS TO PUSH IT A LITTLE FARTHER.

LET ME TRY IT ON MY HOME FIELD.

YEAH, ASSUMING HE DIDN’T CROAK ANYBODY IN BETWEEN.

SO, DO YOU THINK CULLINAN TELLS SINCLAIR THE TRUTH?

I THINK HE LIES...

IN RESPONSE TO SINCLAIR SAYING, "LIE TO ME."

BOBBY’D GET REALLY CRAZY, TOO.

I WANTED IT TO WORK WITH LEO.

THE BOYS REALLY LOOKED UP TO HIM.

YOU’RE DONE?

THEY LOOK UP TO MARK McGWIRE EVEN MORE,

AND I WOULDN’T TAKE THAT CRAP OFF HIM, EITHER.

SO, YOU’LL TAKE HIM TO THE TOMBS?

YEAH. WE GOT HIM.

ANDY AND SORENSON WILL TAKE HIM OVER, GUYS.

BE A SHAME IF MR. CULLINAN

COULDN’T GET ARRAIGNED TILL TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE’LL SEE WHAT KIND OF BACKBONE OUR D. A. HAS.

ANYWAYS, GOOD JOB.

YEAH. THANKS, BOSS.

FROSTY LAGER?

NAH.

I’M GONNA STICK AROUND A WHILE, JAMES.

WANT TO WATCH THE MIGHTY BROUGHT LOW?

NAH. I’M GONNA KEEP EXCAVATING THESE NOTEBOOKS.

YOU’RE GONNA KEEP DIGGING

TILL YOU FIND ROBERTS’ ORIGINAL OUTFIT?

AH, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE THOROUGH.

THE THOUGHT OF MR. CULLINAN

PENNED WITH THEM LOWER SOCIAL TYPES...

GET YOUR JOLLIES NOW

BEFORE THAT BEADY‐EYED CONEHEAD STARTS DOING HIS LEGAL TRICKS.

Roberts, narrating: HERE I GO,

TRYING TO BREAK MY CHERRY.

WELL, LOOK WHO JUST WALKED IN.

HIYA, MIKE.

WHAT ARE YOU, DONNA,

MOONLIGHTING AS A BILL COLLECTOR

BESIDES BEING A P.A.A. IN THE DETECTIVE SQUAD

OF THE POLICE STATION HOUSE WHERE I FORMERLY WORKED?

I DON’T GOT A SECOND JOB,

NOR EVEN A FIRST ONE JUST NOW.

HOW’D THAT HAPPEN?

I DON’T KNOW.

YOU TELL ME.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, ANYWAY?

I GUESS I GOT SOMEWHAT OF A CRUSH ON YOU,

AND I QUIT MY JOB HOPING YOU’D HIRE ME.

WELL, I’M FLATTERED,

BUT IT’S A LITTLE SLOW WITH MY SHINGLE JUST UP.

YOU WERE ALWAYS VERY TRUTHFUL, MIKE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU...

HAVEN’T GOT EVEN A VAGUE IDEA WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’.

HMM.

THIS IS THE FIRST THING I’VE ATTEMPTED.

I WAS SITTIN’ HERE... HOPING A CASE BEGINS.

MAYBE I’LL BE YOUR LUCKY CHARM,

’CAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU.

YOU GOT SHORTCOMINGS,

BUT I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN

YOU’RE TRYING TO BE A GOOD PERSON.

I HOPE TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU

JUST SITTIN’ AT MY DESK.

I GUESS EVERYONE NEEDS SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN THEM

AT THE BEGINNING OF THINGS.

I’LL BELIEVE IN YOU,

EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

YOU DEFINITELY ADD TO THE FURNISHINGS.

Roberts, margin notes: USE HER TO ENCOURAGE THE DETECTIVE.

SHE CAN HELP HIM OUT, GIVE HIM ADVICE.

YOU KNOW, KEEP HIM GOING.

SHE’LL ALWAYS CHEER HIM UP.

EVERYONE LIKES A BEAUTIFUL BROAD.

MAYBE I CAN DO THIS.