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WOMAN: Oh!

It's me. I need you to do something. Listen.

In my dresser by my bed, there's a videotape.

I want you to take it and hide it.

Just do it!

["SWAN LAKE" PLAYING]

Pamela.

Come to me, Pamela.

Come to me now.

Where are you?

MAN: I'm here.

What do you want?

Open.

Why did you do it, Pamela?

I loved you more than the others.

More than all of them.

Who owns you?

You own me.

[GRUNTS]

Ah!

Ah!

Ugh!

Ugh!

Ah!

Uh! Ah!

Ugh.

[SCREAMING]

TINSEL [NARRATING]: I don't think I know where to begin this.

There's a lot I want to remember.

But a whole lot more I wanna forget.

I thought if I wrote it and put it away a while,

I'd know the things that I'd wanna keep

as memories.

September 3rd.

Dear Diary.

I know I haven't written in you for a while,

but so much has happened.

I guess I should start with Joe Garvey.

But I can't think

of what I'm supposed to say about him.

He wasn't like anyone I ever knew.

His boss once told me

that Garvey was best cop he ever worked with.

[CHATTERING]

TINSEL [NARRATING]: He was loyal to his friends and loyal to the job.

That's what the police call being a cop.

The job.

What are you doing here?I was ordered here.

By who?The bureau commander.

Caught me at home.

[CHATTERING]

DETECTIVE: Well, you see the angle of the razor blade...

[CHATTERING]

I'm sorry, I should have told you he was here

Forget it. What've you got?

KAREN: Okay. Let's see.

Female, Caucasian. Age 24.

Pamela Hanley.

DOA at rehearsal last night.

From severed arteries

in the neck, chest and pelvic area.

Multiple lacerations by a knife or razor,

probably knife, but not confirmed yet.

No witness to the actual slashing,

but the killer's probably male.

How do they know?

Well, some stagehand thought he saw a man backstage.

Look at this.

A tattoo on her ankle.

Could be part of a phone number.

Or maybe somebody's birthday.

[DETECTIVES CHATTERING]

You wanna know something really weird.

DETECTIVE: Everybody down...

There aren't any defense marks on her arms.

She didn't try to stop the man from slashing her.

NELSON: ...blessed with the presence of Detective Joe Garvey.

Come in here, Garvey. Let everyone get a look at you.

What we have here is an officer

who does not know what the word loyalty means.

Well, I'm gonna show you how it feels to be an outsider.

You're gonna get all the shitwork I can find.

Let me have those keys.

Start by checking out the girl's apartment.

When you're finished, you'll report back to me.

Personally.

I'm gonna find more shitwork for you.

Move it!

If you had any guts, you son of a bitch,

you'd eat your gun and do the world a favor.

[CHILDREN RHYMING]

Knock on some doors. See what the neighbors know.

All right.

TINSEL [NARRATING]: Some cops say over the years,

Joe Garvey had developed the dumb courage

of the genuinely burnt out.

I don't think I ever really knew what that meant.

I remember the day I met him.

He had cold eyes and a cruel face.

Joe Garvey was one of those people

who could scare you with a look.

Cops do that sometimes.

They put that hard look on their face.

Supposed to make you think that they've peered

into the darkest secrets of your soul.

And it makes them act coldhearted and mean.

But Garvey couldn't fool me.

I knew that looking mean was his normal expression.

JOE: Stay right where you are.

Holy shit.

Put your hands over your head.

Take a step forward and turn around.

Look, if you want my money, I'll just drop my bag and go.

Take one step forward and turn around.

What's your name?

Tinsel. Tinsel what?

Tinsel Hanley.What are you doing here?

I live here.

You do, huh?

Which is your bedroom?

Is this gonna be like a rape or something?

JOE: Which room?

This one.

Who's Pamela Hanley to you?

She's my sister.

JOE: You got any ID?

I got a bus pass. Show me.

Could you, like, put the gun down?

Show me.

Okay, put your hands down. I'm a police officer.

Damn it, you're a freaking cop

What do you mean coming here

and scaring the hell out of me like that for?

Sorry. I didn't know you were.

just because you're a cop,

doesn't give you the right to come in here

and shove in guns in people's faces.

I could've had a heart attack.

I said I was sorry.

Yeah, well, what's that supposed to do for me?

You know some guy robbed me in the park

of $11 the other day.

I didn't see you there sticking your gun in his face.

If I see him, I'll kill him.

Who else lives here?

I don't have to answer any of your questions.

You're in my apartment.

You're supposed to be telling me what you're doing here.

Something happened to your sister.

Yeah.

I know about Pammy.

Somebody sliced her up and killed her last night.

It was on the news all day. It's a real bummer.

A what?

A bummer. You know, bad news.

Bad news?

What would you like me to do? Get all amped up over it?

She's dead, isn't she?

There's nothing I can do to bring her back to life.

Besides, I'm enlightened anyway.

There's no law that says I have to cry on the outside

so people can see me.

I cry on the inside, where it's more personal.

I don't care where you cry.

But calling your sister's murder a bummer

stretches it even for me.

Don't tell me how to feel about my sister.

She's dead and there's nothing I can do to change it.

I'm getting out of here.Stay where you are.

You can't tell me what to do.Sit down.

Let go of me!

I said sit down!

Oh, was that what you cops like to do? Order people around?

That's right.

Yeah, well, include me out.

I'm not taking any orders from you.

Fine. Who pays the rent here?

Pamela does.

Who bought the furs

and paid for all this furniture?

Pamela did.

Not on a dancer's salary she didn't.

Where'd she get the money?

Well, I don't know. Ask her.

You're just a little smart-ass, aren't you?

How old are you, smart-ass?

That's none of your business.

This is a murder investigation, everything is my business.

How old are you?

I'm 22.

You're carrying a school bus pass, you're not 22.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

I'm 19.

Get your stuff, you're going to the station.

Wait a minute, wait a minute!

Don't get so violent.

I'm 14.

[CHUCKLES] You're 14?

Where the hell are your parents?

They're dead.

Pammy's been taking care of me since I was 9.

Fourteen.

You look like a 30-year old hooker.

Yeah, well, you're not exactly a day at the beach yourself.

[CHUCKLES]

I'll get a social worker to come and pick you up.

You'll have to stay in a foster home.

Don't bitch at me, got nothing to do with it.

Here's my work and home number.

If you think of something I should know, call me.

Let me tell you something, kid.

I've been a cop for 19 years,

and I'm still waiting to meet my first normal person.

Guess what, smart-ass.

You ain't it.

KAREN: I checked with the neighbors. Nobody knows much about her.

What'd you find?

She's got some expensive looking furs.

When the content breakdown comes in,

see if you can find out who paid for them.

Know what this is?

No, I've never seen it before.

Call the Department of Children's Services

and have them pick up a juvenile.

Hanley had a sister.

A 14-year-old fruitcake named Tinsel.

She's enlightened.

She's gonna cry on the inside, where it's more personal.

TINSEL [NARRATING] You think there's something wrong with me.

I didn't cry for Pamela.

I wanted to, but I couldn't.

I never told this to anyone, but I don't know how to cry.

I don't know where to go inside

and find the tears.

So instead I just fake out

that things don't really matter to me.

Does that make me bad?

Now, this is the kind of public relations the city doesn't need

and the department doesn't need.

A killing backstage in a theater.

This is gonna be news all over the country.

Now, Captain Eras will continue to be your immediate superior.

Dr. Rosen from the coroner's office

will be temporarily assigned to this case.

Now, listen to me.

Every half-assed politician in this city

is gonna try to make a reputation

by walking on our bones unless we wrap this up quickly.

So let's not make it easy on them.

Detective Garvey, I'd like to see you in the captains office.

I'll log us in.

Close the door, Joseph.

I'd like to cut to the chase, Frank.

Ask him where he stands on the Freedom Army thing.

You son of a bitch!

One of our best men was gunned down in cold blood.

You don't know where you stand, you're not fit

to carry a badge.

I want him out of my division.

We'll talk about it.

If you don't mind, let me use your office. Come on.

FRANK: I'm gonna have your ass, Garvey

He's a good by-the-book cop.

But he'll die a captain.

You, you're either a fool or a fuckup.

I don't know which.

I'm guess I'm a little of both, Frank.

I told the truth.

The truth?

The truth is one of our men was gunned down,

and I've got a problem that's ripping the department apart

because two other officers say they were fired at first

and you say you're not sure that's what happened.

They're cowboys, Frank.

They went in there looking to whack someone.

You don't know that.

You were on backup, you didn't see what happened.

I know them.

All right. Let's say that's where you stand.

These are your brothers in arms.

There are men on the force who'd like to see you hurt

if you take this position.

Some might hurt you themselves if they get the chance.

I don't care about that.

No, but I care about it.

Because I wanna see where you come out on this.

Whether it's on the side of duty or the side of justice.

I thought our duty was justice, Frank.

And so it should be.

And maybe in a better world it will be.

But let's deal with what's right in front of us.

Don't you blow this away, Joseph.

Damn it.

You were one of the rising stars of this department.

You could have been anything you wanted.

My generation's getting ready to move on--

Who the hell's gonna run the department?

I'm keeping you on the Hanley case.

Let IA deal with the other thing.

This is more important.

I want you to check the coroners report,

and make sure we haven't missed anything.

And, Joseph,

let me tell you something.

Most cops would kiss my left cheek

and massage my right

just to get half the regard

the department and I have for you.

Now, get the hell out of here.

You're off the case, right?

Sorry, captain.

It's not your day.

[MARC TANNER'S "EVERY LITTLE BIT OF MY HEART" PLAYING]

I'm not going to any foster home.

♪ Well, quiet on The left side ♪

♪ Kissing me on the floor ♪

♪ You won't start Until you have to try ♪

♪ Every little bit Of my heart ♪

♪ Every little bit Of my heart ♪

♪ Every little bit Of my heart ♪

Is anybody there?

[SCREAMS]

You're gonna die.

Just like Pamela.

[MAN LAUGHING]

[MAN LAUGHING]

Stop! Wait, wait, stop!

[TIRE SCREECHING]

[MRS. GARVEY SCREAMING]

Joe, wait. No, no.

[CHATTERING]

[POLICE SCANNER CHATTERING]

[POLICE SCANNER CHATTERING]

[SCREAMING]

JOE: Damn you!

Stop it! Let go of me! I'll kill him!

Ah!

You son of a bitch! I'm gonna kill you!

I'll kill you!

OFFICER: Get him!

Damn you!

Damn you!

Ah!

Goddamn, let go of me!

[SCREAMING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Yeah.

Guy broke into my apartment with a knife. Almost got me.

Who is this? It's me, Tinsel Hanley.

A man broke into my apartment and said he was gonna kill me

just like Pamela.

Slow down a minute. Where are you?

I'm at the La Reina theater on Ventura Boulevard.

Didn't anyone from Children's Services come and get you?

Yeah, they came, but I hid from them.

I'm not gonna go off to some place with strangers.

Okay. Listen to me.

Find a police officer and tell him what happened.

I'm not gonna go walking around here looking for a cop.

That guy man could have followed me

and put me in a car and do what he did to Pamela.

What are you looking at, geek face?

You know you told me to call you if anything happened.

Are you a man of your word or not?

You're not are you?

Okay. Do exactly what I tell you.

What do you see?

I see a rest area on the top of the shopping mall.

Don't talk to anyone.

Go up there and wait for me.

Right now. Just drop the phone.

I'm a little scared, you know

I know. Just drop it.

Okay, I'm doing it.

[BUSY TONE]

[PHONE RINGS]

Karen, someone tried to kill the Hanley kid.

What happened?

I don't know..

I'm picking her up at the Loreda on Ventura Blvd.

Back me up. Twenty minutes.

Come on.

You know, you sure took your time getting here.

Do you know how many people I saw looking at me?

Move. Where am I going?

Juvenile Hall doesn't open till tomorrow.

Unless you wanna spend the night at the station,

you'll stay with me.

With you? What are you kidding me?

I'd rather have root canal work.

I got 10 friends I could stay with better than you.

No friends.

Why not?

Because this guy could know every friend you've got.

He knew you were home alone, didn't he?

Now, move.

So I have to just because you say so.

Look, either come with me or don't. I don't care.

If you want this guy to find you, let him find you

You don't have to yell at me!

I'm standing right in front of you.

Now, listen to me, goddamn it.

Get in.

What are you writing?Do you care?

Not really. I didn't think so.

I'm writing about a boy I invented.

His name is Bobby Blue.

What's he do?

Does anything I want him to do.

I write about that we go to the museum,

we talk about things.

There's a car behind us.

I know, it's a police officer.

She's seeing no one follows us.

Well, how did she know we were here?

I mean, did you call her and tell her?

That's excellent.

TINSEL [ NARRATING]: Joe Garvey thinks he hung the moon.

I hate freaking cops.

And I hate Joe Garvey the most.

But to tell you the truth, I was kind of glad

he was there keeping that guy with the knife

away from me and everything.

It felt good having him protecting me.

It was like total drama.

Don't you have any normal clothes?

These are normal clothes.

For a prostitute, they're normal.

For a 14-year-old girl, they're ridiculous.

Get rid of that.

Pull your skirt down, for Christ's sake.

TINSEL [NARRATING]: Forget what I said. I hate him.

First chance I get, I'm gone

You're gonna have to tell the police more

about your sister.

TINSEL: There's nothing to tell.

People don't come after kids for no reason.

You can sleep in here.

Here, wear these.

I'll stay in what I'm wearing.

Do what ever you want.

Bathroom's down the hall.

If you get hungry, there's food in the refrigerator.

I'll be in the bedroom.

Don't try to run, that door's got an alarm on it.

Hey, wait.

I don't have a family anymore.

What am I supposed to do?

I don't know.

Well, isn't there someone I could talk to?

Someone that could help me?

Talk to the juvenile authorities,

they're trained for that

Why is that man after me?

I don't know that either.

You know. You're a cop, you must have some idea.

Why does he wanna kill me?

Because you know something.

Either about your sister or the man who killed her,

I don't know. But you know something.

And I don't wanna hear about your other problems.

Find someone who cares about you and ask them.

I can't help you.

I know her.

TINSEL: She's Pamela's friend.

KAREN: You're gonna love this.

Those furs Hanley had?

They were bought at Paige-Stanley.

Paid for in cash,

and the bill of sale was signed by a John Doe.

What did prints find in the apartment?

Nothing on the windows.

We're gonna check the rest of the apartment

with the kid's prints and her sister's.

I have a social worker that will take her to a shelter

until we find a family for her.

Do you wanna come with me?

We have a place for you to stay.

Is the kid all right?She's fine.

I'm glad, I was worried.

Do you know what this is?

I never saw it before.

Do you know what the numbers 8141 mean?

No.

JOE: It was tattooed on her ankle.

And it could have been tattooed on her ass,

I still wouldn't know what it means.

FRANK: Joseph.

When are you gonna stop

with these questions?Anymore?

I'm going to my club. Have lunch with me.

There's things I'd like to talk to you about.

We'll take my car.

[BOTH SCREAM]

[MUMBLING]

TINSEL [NARRATING]: I thought God was supposed to take care of people

if they didn't mess up and do bad things.

I hadn't done anything really rotten in my life,

so I didn't know why these men were trying to kill me.

I don't know what happened.

Maybe God changed his mind.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

FRANK: Will you bring me a member's edition please?

Thank you.

You ever been here before?

No.

It's expensive but it's worth it.

When my wife died, I was lost.

Everything was unstable.

I didn't realize how much I had come to rely

on the daily routines we'd built up over the years.

Then some friends brought me here.

It's very pleasant.

As a matter of fact, it's the only place

where I feel completely comfortable.

Good afternoon, Mr. McCay.

Good afternoon.

Menus. Thank you.

What do you wanna talk about, Frank?

You.

Pick another subject.

I like what I heard the other day.

You're an idealist.

You know what an idealist is?

An idealist is a dreamer

who tries to keep his dreams alive

while reality keeps trying to get in the way.

You're very much like me.

You and I, we have the same dream.

We dream about justice.

Why all the sudden interest in me?

No, no. I've always been interested in you.

I watched you climb through the ranks

with great pride, Joseph.

Most of the greybeards at of the ladder,

from the chief on down, used to speculate

as to who'd be the one to knock them off your perch.

They all thought it would be you.

Well, that was then.

Yes, that was then.

In some eyes, how you reacted

when your wife and children were killed

was considered aberrant behavior.

And they dropped you off the future delivery list.

I know this is still painful for you.

But hear me out.

My generation,

they're fighting just to stay in control.

They don't even know what it feels like

to be a police officer anymore.

For you, Mr. McCay.

Anyway,

Here's a history of the club.

I'm not much of a joiner.

Read it anyway. Take it with you.

Yeah?

[CHATTERING]

I'll be right there.

There was an attempt made on the Hanley kid's life.

She got away,

but an officer and a woman from Children's Services

were killed.

You'd better go.

Oh!I know what happened.

I'm gonna take my hand away, don't make any noise, okay?

They killed two people, and--Be quiet.

There's a car out there.

I called for backup. Let's get out of here

I don't know why they're after me.

Be quiet.I don't know anything.

Move. Come on.

Where am I going, the police station?

No, they followed you from there.

You go back to my house till tomorrow night.

I don't wanna stay with you. I don't like you.

I just wanna go home.

I'll sneak in and I won't turn on the lights.

No one will even know I'm there.

Are you crazy?

Get it through your head you don't live there anymore.

Then where do I live? Nowhere.

You live nowhere.

Move.

You're always ordering me around

in one-word sentences.

Throw your house keys on the table.

What for?

So you can't go back there.

Stop acting like such a brat.

You didn't even say thank you for saving your life.

Thank you for saving my life.

Now what?

Now you eat.

What if I'm not hungry?You eat anyway.

You've been on the run all day

and you haven't got any money that I know of.

Sit down.

You think you know everything

just because you're a cop, and you don't know shit.

That's nice talk for a 14-year-old.

Still gonna tell me your sister wasn't involved

in something that got her killed?

That's right.

You're 90 cents short of a dollar, kid.

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

Someone just sent three professionals to kill you,

do you understand that?

I'm supposed to eat

while you're talking about me dying.

That's real brainy.

Did she have any boyfriends?

Of course she had boyfriends.

A lot or just one?

One. She had one boyfriend.

Look, I'm not hungry.

Eat. Pretend I told you not to.

Don't I have any rights?

What's his name?

I don't know his name,

and I don't know what he looks like either.

When Pammy wanted to be alone,

I'd go spend the night at a friends house or something.

How often?

I don't know how often, a couple of times a month.

So a couple of times a month, your sister got rid of you

while her boyfriend slept over.

What's that supposed to mean? She was a grownup,

she could do whatever she wanted to.

Yeah, but how come this boyfriend

who sleeps with her doesn't even call

after he finds out she's dead?

What's this?

How the hell do I know what it is?

Pamela was a dancer that everybody liked,

nothing more.

She wasn't doing anything else.

You're a hard case, kid.

I'm trying to remind myself you're in trouble

so I don't throw you out of here.

Throw me out. That's what I want.

What size are you?

I'll go get you something normal to wear.

[CHUCKLES] You're gonna go buy me clothes?

Just answer the question, will you?

Why do you always have to say something?

What the hell size are you?

Three. I'm a size 3.

What are you so angry about all the time?

I'm not angry.

Bullshit.

You look like you wanna rip somebody's head off.

This is all so temporary.

This will all be over in two minutes.

I'll be out of here.

I'm not listening to you.

Why didn't you cry for your sister

you loved so much?

I don't know.

My insides belong to me. Not to you.

You're a piss-ass cop, you're not a doctor.

You're right. I'm a piss-ass cop

and it's none of my business.

Don't try to run while I'm gone.

Those men could be anywhere.

I'll be back in an hour.

And clean that up.

TINSEL [PRAYING]: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The bed be blessed that I lie on

One to watch and one to pray,

and two to bear my soul away.

JOLINE: Hello?

Joline?

Yes?

Hi, it's Tinsel Hanley.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm all right.

I just wanted to talk. It's been kind of lonely.

Where are you?

I'm staying with that cop you talked to at the precinct.

Oh.

A real rat.

Well, you know I have plenty of room.

If you want to, you can come here and stay with me.

No, I can't.

He said I couldn't leave the house.

You scared me.

Who's on the phone?

It's Joline. It's Pamela's friend.

You don't talk to anyone. Where's your brains?

What are you doing with those pictures?

I was just looking at them.

Put them down.

Here's some clothes.

Who's the girl in the pictures?

TINSEL [NARRATING]: I wasn't able to make any sense out of him.

One minute he was helping me,

and the next minute he was being a total creep.

And I was nervous.

I didn't know what role I was supposed to play.

Get hold of the morgue shots. I wanna check on something.

And get homicide reports for the next 24 hours.

Pick me up in the morning.

What you standing there for?

Where was I supposed to go? I wasn't ready for bed.

Well, go in there anyway.

What are you so angry about?I'm not angry.

Yes, you are. You're practically yelling at me.

Because you're a pain in the ass, that's why.

What did I do?

You were going through my desk.

Damn it, you know, I said I wouldn't do it again.

When I'm being shitty, you don't say anything.

When I'm not doing anything, you're yelling at me.

You don't make any sense you now that?

You're just a freaking retarded cop!

[HONKING]

[CHUCKLES] Hey, buddy.

How's it going?

I really can't complain.

Things are going pretty good.

I think somebody's watching us.

This is my friend. Allie Wheeler.

He's gonna stay with you while I'm gone.

How do you do?

I'm sure we're gonna have

a real fine time together, right?

There shouldn't be any trouble.

Well, if there's some trouble, I'll just bust a few skulls.

Stay away from the window.

And no more calls.

So when the hell are you coming back, Garvey?

Why?

Because you're leaving me here with some guy in a wheelchair

holding a hammer.

I don't even know who he is.

I told you he's a friend of mine.

You're safer with him than anyone I know.

I brought her some clothes I thought might fit her

Why are you helping me?

It's not like I'm your favorite person or anything.

I don't have any favorite people left.

Then neither do I.

And there's no alarm on the door.

So I understand there's another coal miners strike in Poland.

I'd laugh, but I'm out of practice.

KAREN: How come you're taking care of her?

This is a side of you I don't know.

Jesus Christ, what are you getting me involved with?

I'm already interfering with a murder investigation

by not telling anyone you've got the kid with you.

What is it with you, Garvey?

You just won't give anything, will you?

If I slept with you,

just once,

you think that would make you a little friendlier?

I mean, you know, just to get it out of the way?

It's not in the way.

Thanks. I feel a whole lot better now.

You know what you are, Garvey?

You're ice.

If ever I need a heart transplant,

I want yours.

Because yours has never been used.

Can you isolate the wounds?

Now put this on.

What are you getting at?Just do it.

Who else knows about this?

No one.

I gotta tell you something, Garvey.

I've seen two other bodies in the last six months

with marks similar to that.

I gotta tell you something else.

Hanley's body was released from the morgue last night.

She was cremated.

JOE: Who signed the release?

Her sister.

Her sister's 14 years old.

I know that.

[MUSIC PLAYING OVER THE RADIO]

I have to ask you something.

What?

I have to ask you something about Pamela.

I can't stand her being all alone.

I mean, she's supposed to have a service with friends

sending her flowers,

and be buried with a minister saying his prayers.

I don't know how to do that.

There's something I gotta tell you.

You're gonna tell me something bad, aren't you?

No.

[D.B. KNIGHT'S "I'M HANGIN'" PLAYING]

Move.

Do you know how to dance?

What do you mean?

It's a simple question, yes or no.

Do you know how to dance or don't you?

Of course I know how to dance.

Well, then dance.

You're a kid, for Christ's sake.

This is the best time in your life.

Enjoy it while you got it.

What, are you crazy?

You want me to go out there and dance by myself.

Do you know how embarrassing that would be?

♪ Yeah, I'm hangin' ♪

♪ Hangin' on to your love ♪

Come here. Dance with her.

What?

I want her to have a good time. You're gonna show it to her.

Dance with her.

♪ You act so cold But you like me hot ♪

♪ I feel the rope As you tighten the knot ♪

♪ But I'm hangin' ♪

♪ Hangin' on to your love ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm hangin' ♪

♪ Hangin' on to your love ♪

You dance with that kid

or I'm gonna kick your ass up around your shoulder blades.

Yes, sir.

♪ I feel so dirty I feel so bad ♪

♪ You're the best baby That... ♪

Who was that guy?

I don't know, some crazy person.

♪ I feel so dirty ♪

♪ I feel so dirty ♪

♪ I feel so dirty ♪

♪ I start to go You want me to stay ♪

♪ You think I'm yours 'Cause you get your way ♪

♪ You act so cold But you like me hot ♪

♪ I feel the rope As you tighten the knot ♪

♪ But I'm hangin' ♪

♪ Hangin' on to your love ♪

TINSEL [NARRATING]: For some reason, it was important to him

that I had fun that night.

♪ Hangin' on to your love ♪

♪ But I'm hangin' ♪

♪ Hangin' on to your love ♪

Below all the scary face and all that meanness,

there was actually a heart that could beat

when he'd let it.

♪ Tighter and tighter ♪

♪ Tighter and tighter ♪

♪ Tighter and tighter ♪

He tried to take care of me in the best way he knew how.

You can tell me what you were gonna tell me about Pamela.

Even if it's bad.

I still wanna know.

TINSEL [NARRATING]: He told me what they did to Pamela.

And I knew why he wanted me to have a good time.

Oh, my God.

TINSEL [NARRATING]: It's crazy, I know.

But I think that's the night I started liking Joe Garvey.

You've gotta tell me what you know.

She's gone.

You can't protect her anymore.

You've gotta take care of yourself now.

TINSEL: Behind the painting by the table,

there is a video tape that Pamela told me to hide.

I know what's on it.

Please, please don't tell anyone what you see.

Tinsel Hanley.

What are you expecting? A war?

[CHUCKLES]

ALLIE: Where's the kid?

She's sleeping.

I won't be long.

Take your time. We'll be fine.

I thought you were asleep.

I'm not.

Where'd he go?

He didn't tell me.

Hey, that's me in that picture.

As a matter of fact, that's how this happened.

What do you mean?

[CHUCKLES]

I had intercepted this pass, I was-- I made a great catch.

I'm boogying down the sidelines,

and this guy came out of nowhere.

Did something to my spinal column.

Are you, like, totally paralyzed?

Can't feel anything from my waist down.

Does it hurt?

[CHUCKLES] No.

I almost don't feel nothing.

Isn't it weird your name is Allie Wheeler,

and you're in that thing?

[CHUCKLES] Bet you 500

people have wanted to ask me that question.

Yeah. I guess it's a little weird.

[LAUGHING] Hey, it's damn weird.

I mean, Allie, the wheeler.

You tell me about the bad things

that have been happening to you.

Do you really care?

Believe it or not, I do.

Honest.

I mean, we both have had our share of problems, haven't we?

Haven't we?

Mm-hm.

MAN: Who owns you?

You own me.

MAN: Do it for me Pamela.

MAN: Yes.

Oh, yes.

Who's the girl in the picture?

That's his daughter.

I thought so.

Where is she?

She's dead.

She and her mom were killed in a car crash four years ago.

I never saw a man love anyone the way he loved that kid.

She owned his heart.

He probably thought it'd be better if he was the one killed

How old was she?

About 9.

So she'd be about my age now.

Is that why he's helping me?

Because I'm like a stand-in for his daughter?

I don't know.

Be quiet.

Go in the kitchen.

What's going on?

Just get in there and close the door. Move.

Ah!

[SCREAMS]

Get back!

Ah!

Ugh!

Ah!

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

ALLIE: Run! Run!

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

[MUMBLING]

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

[MUMBLING]

[CHATTERING]

[CHATTERING]

What the hell happened here?

Garvey.

HAROLD: He took two shots.

One of them severed his spinal column,

and that's not even the one that stopped him.

Is there a kid here?

What kid are you talking about?

Was it the Hanley kid?

Were you keeping the Hanley kid here?

Fuck you!

Don't walk out of here! Garvey!

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

[BANGING]

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

[BANGING]

Shit.

There's nobody here. What do you want?

Somebody tried to kill the kid.

Nobody knew where she was but you.

Who did you tell?

Don't be ridiculous. I didn't tell anyone.

Some friends invited me away for the weekend.

Why are you staring at me?

Get your hands off me.

Who did you tell?

Pamela had men around her all the time,

always coming on to her.

That's how she fell in with that man.

She needed someone to protect her.

Who is he?

She never told me his name.

She was a child, you know.

He owned her.

You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?

He gave her protection,

an explanation for why we ballet dancers put up

with all the shit we take.

And she ate it up like a hungry child.

She was perfect for him.

She was owned.

How did he find her?

I don't know. How does a shark smell blood in water?

Describe him.

I only saw him once.

Where?

Don't push this, okay?

I'm so frightened I can't breathe.

He's gonna kill the kid.

And what about me? If I tell you, he'll kill me.

He's gonna kill you anyway.

You know too much.

Look, this is the truth.

Pamela took me someplace once.

I was stoned real heavily, so I don't know where it was.

There were some very scary men there,

and I let them do anything they wanted to do to me sexually.

That's how scared I was.

I don't know anything else.

I swear it.

Now, will you please leave me alone?

I want to get out of here.

JOE: What are you writing?

TINSEL: I'm writing about a boy I invented.

His name is Bobby Blue.

JOE: What's he do?

He does anything I want him to do.

I write about that we go to the museum

and talk about things.

Garvey?

I kept walking around here hoping you'd remember.

I didn't think you were paying attention.

Come on. You gotta go somewhere they won't find you.

Come on.

What?

Could you listen a minute?

I don't wanna stay here.

I wanna stay with you.

I don't feel safe anywhere else.

You can't stay with me.

Why not?

Because you're 14 years old for Christ's sake.

Where's your brains?

I know how old I am, what's that got to do with it?

Those people know that I'm 14 years old,

they're trying to kill me anyway.

And I'm trying to protect you.

No, you're not. You're trying to get rid of me.

You don't care about me, this me.

I'm not a person to you, I'm just some case number.

You don't give a damn about your own life,

how can you care about mine?

Well, we have a room for her.

It's being prepared right now.

You know, I wouldn't be doing this

if it weren't an emergency.

Can you tell me more than you have?

I'd rather not, Mother.

Trust me that it's as bad as I said.

Garvey!

[TINSEL SOBS]

JOE: What is it?

What?Who's going to take care of me?

Someone will take care of you.

Someone? Who's someone?

I don't know.

Is it because I was mean to you?

Is that why I can't stay with you?

It's got nothing to do with that.

But I won't be mean anymore. I promise.

Please let me stay with you.

I'll be quiet. I'll never say anything.

[SOBBING]

I don't know how to be nice, no one ever taught me.

Don't punish me for it.

I'm not punishing you.

Then let me stay with you.

I can't.

Hold her.

No.

Joe, hold her.

No!

[SOBBING]

Jesus.

Come here.

Now, listen to me.

Listen, it's okay.

I'll take care of you.

Damn it.

I didn't want to.

You're like my kid, you know.

You're like my own little girl,

and I wanna take care of you

more than anything in the world.

I'm not like just a stand-in, am I?

I mean, you want me. This me?

This you.

You're one of a kind, believe me.

Come with me, dear.

You will come back for me, won't you?

I'll come back.

He's going to be my father.

Give me that area there.

Enlarge it.

Enhance it.

More.

There.

KAREN: 8141.

It's mine.

FRANK: You're a good cop, Joseph.

Don't do anything foolish.

We could have killed you many times,

but I don't want you dead.

Don't judge me too quickly, Joseph.

Come with me,

let me show you the truth the way I see it.

Come.

Come in, Joseph.

Please, sit.

This wasn't supposed to happen

for at least another year or so.

We didn't think you were quite ready.

So this is gonna come at you a little too fast.

All I ask is that you hear me out to the end.

When I was your age, Joseph, being a cop was holy, sacred.

I literally used to get down on my knees and thank God

for giving me the chance to help others.

And you felt the same way, didn't you?

Of course you did.

FRANK: But it's turned rancid, hasn't it?

It's not the same holy experience anymore.

Being a cop is a joke, Joseph.

Because society doesn't give a shit about decency anymore.

Murder, drugs, violence, they're all increasing.

You gave your life to nothing.

I gave it to the law.

The law?

Yes.

But not to justice.

And the law's a big joke anyway.

And we have laws that let murderers go free,

that sentence child rapists

to discuss their problems in therapy.

The law is useless and everyone knows it.

So,

a bunch of people:

Doctors, judges, senators, fellow officers.

All decent, respectable people, have gotten together

and decided to do something, to act.

The system isn't working anymore.

We take the drug dealers, the killers, the corrupters

who have slipped through the judicial system

and we pass judgment on them.

You kill them.

We execute them.

Who gives you the right?

Who gives a thief the right to come into my house

in the middle of the night and rob me at gunpoint?

You know, first hearing, this may sound extreme,

but it's not, Joseph.

It' s not compared to what's going on out there.

Why did you kill Pamela Hanley?

That was an unfortunate mistake.

A what?

A mistake we had to correct.

She was gonna expose us to the news media.

Sometimes, Joseph,

innocent people have to die to keep an idea alive.

Why are you after the kid?

She was a loose end.

I was afraid she might know something.

As it turns out, I was right. She knew about the tape.

We want you, Joseph.

Because you've been beaten down every day,

because you had dreams,

because you're still being crushed

for wanting to do right.

We want the hatred in you, the anger and the rage

that wants to come out.

Let me give you that release, Joseph.

Please.

Come with me.

Come with me, Joseph.

You're home, Joseph.

Everyone of these people has been tracking you

since you lost your family.

Everyone?

Everyone.

Her father was a cop.

He was killed in a gunfight.

His killer went free due to some technicality.

I recruited Karen while she was still at the academy.

Do you recognize him, Joseph?

Yeah.

No one can give you this gift, Joseph.

No one but us.

This is the scum that killed you wife and child.

He served a total of five months and 11 days.

This is what our society's become.

He's yours, Joseph.

Kill him.

You're ready now.

It's just a small step to take.

Kill him.

Hey.

I didn't mean to kill anybody.

Please.

Do it, Joseph.

Do it for your wife and child.

You'll never feel better in your life. Do it.

Joseph?

No.

It's all talk Frank.

You kill innocent people.

Pamela Hanley never hurt anyone.

Don't throw this away. You're so close.

Ah!

[CROWD GASPING]

[SCREAMING]

FRANK: No. Wait. Wait.

Please. Please, wait. Wait.

Joseph, don't.

You're making a terrible mistake.

Joseph. It's not too late.

Joseph, listen to me!

Joseph.

You can't get out of here. I'm your only way out.

We'll give you everything.

We want you, Joseph. Especially you.

We can't let you walk away, don't you see that?

The department you joined doesn't exist anymore.

You're almost there, Joseph.

Take this step, take this last step and be one of us.

Joseph,

we won't kill the girl if she means that much to you.

I'll take care of her. We know where she is.

Let me have her, Joseph. Let me own her.

Ah!

Jump.

Now.

Garvey!

They're going after the kid.

[SCREAMS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Get out of here!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Ugh. Uh.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

MAN: Ah!

MAN: Ah!

JOE: Ah!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH SCREAMING]

TINSEL [NARRATING]: That was Joe Garvey.

I was never more wrong about anyone in my life.

He wasn't mean.

He was just lonely, like I was.

Like I am.

I think he was the best cop that ever lived.

He loved the job

and the people that did it right.

He wore green on Saint Patrick's Day,

didn't take graft,

and paid his dues to the League on time.

I miss him so much.

He was tall, good-looking, dressed well,

and he knew who Mahler was.

What else do you want?

Where am I going?I don't know, hon.

I was told to wait here.

Garvey?

Garvey!

[CRYING]

I knew you wouldn't die.

I knew you wouldn't.

Listen,

you'd better get moving.

I don't want some freak on a roof taking a shot at you.

I'm going with him.

JOE: Get in the car.

I was wrong about you, Garvey.

I owe you an apology.

You're right.

I want you to call me sometime.

Let me know how you're doing.

Where's he going?

[CHUCKLES] You don't wanna know that.

Those people are gonna come looking for him and the kid.

So if anybody asks you where Joe Garvey is,

just tell them he's dead.

[♪♪]