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Iok's got half The department Standing by.

Why do we need So much back up?

Because the last time They almost had him

They chased him through Six blocks of backyards.

He knows the neighborhood.

I'm a little tired Of standing in these bushes.

We know the house is empty.

The whole school knows.

Empty houses are being robbed.

We're staying in the bushes.

Wouldn't you rather be working On a real case?

This is a real case.

Twenty houses, three weeks-- $14,000.

This kid's amazing.

I'm amazed.

Who is it?

Hanson: It's walker Stevenson.

Walker?

I like walker.

He's in My bio class.

( breaking glass )

I don't remember this Being part of the m.O.

Isn't he suppose to be wearing A black outfit

And slithering in Through the window?

This guy's the worst Burglar I've ever seen.

He's... Drunk.

Hammered.

Pickled.

To the gills.

( needle scratches Across a record )

I don't think This is our man.

No.

( smashing glass )

I don't think This man's a cat burglar.

And I don't think The man we're waiting for

Is going to come by now.

Yeah.

Are we blown?

We're blown.

Ioki, we've got An unexpected guest.

He's yours.

That's too bad.

I kind Of liked walker.

Yeah, me, too.

He's in My bio class.

Let's go.

Ioki: Take him in.

Let me go.

You're going To ruin everything.

Settle down.

You're Under arrest.

Hey, enough out of you!

All right, You have a party.

Not a great party, A party of one.

He doesn't invite His buddies.

This hurts.

Flake off, isley.

Diana, your brother's Being mean to me.

Leave him alone.

He spent The night In jail.

That's What prison

Does to a man--

Just uses up All the good Inside him.

You can all drop dead.

Nobody here strikes me As the cat burglar type.

I still think we've been set up.

Are you kidding?

We've been at this school For three weeks

Staking out houses.

This kid

He just Stumbles in

And messes up the whole thing.

Walker's no cat burglar.

Tony: Yo, higgins.

Hey, guys.

Hey, man. Hi.

Hi, walker.

How you doing?

I've been to jail three times.

It's no big deal.

Who in the hell told you anyhow?

It's common knowledge.

The worst you'll get Is six months probation.

It's nothing.

What the hell Were you doing there?

"It's nothing"?

Nothing?

You don't get it.

I'm totally screwed No matter what I do.

I didn't mean to ruin his lunch.

Rachael: You can't ruin This lunch.

He won't even Talk to me.

Things are really bad For him right now.

Yeah, no kidding.

Yeah, no kidding.

Have you really Been to jail?

Yeah.

You didn't Bring us anything--

An ashtray, a t-shirt, A license plate?

What good Are you?

Maybe the next time I go You can go with me.

Penhall: Maybe we're Doing this wrong.

Maybe we should Check class schedules.

Huh?

Maybe while We're in english

Everyone else is In cat burglary 101.

Fuller on line three.

You better talk to him.

Hanson.

What's up?

Walker stevenson--

The kid who stumbled Into your stakeout.

Yeah?

They just found him With a rifle between his knees

And a note on the table.

He killed himself.

♪ we never thought of finding ♪

♪ the place where we belong ♪

♪ don't have to stand alone ♪

♪ we'll never let you fall ♪

♪ don't need permission ♪

♪ to decide what you believe ♪

♪ whoo! ♪

♪ I said jump! ♪

♪ down on jump street ♪

♪ I said jump! ♪

♪ down on jump street ♪

♪ your friends will be there ♪

♪ when your back is ♪ To the wall ♪

♪ you'll find you need us ♪

♪ 'cause there's no one else To call ♪

♪ when it looks hopeless ♪

♪ a decision's what you need ♪

♪ you better be ready to ♪

♪ be ready to ♪

♪ jump! ♪

♪ 21 jump street! ♪

That's not the way It works, peter.

What do you mean?

Why not?

The flag should be Lowered to half-mast.

I'm sorry, peter.

I don't get it.

That's for heroes.

Dr. Freedman: What do you do about death?

What do you do When a friend

Takes his own life?

Leave the flag up.

That's the first part.

No matter What you may have known

About walker stevenson

You are not responsible For what happened.

See. Walker's Responsible...

For making me Sit through this crap.

Five thousand young people

Will commit suicide this year.

Half a million Will try.

Half a million.

Some of you in this room Have tried.

Will try again.

I hope to god you fail.

Very few people Really want to die.

They're the exceptions.

Most want help.

They're faced with problems They don't know how to solve.

Your friend Wasn't hit by a car.

He made this decision.

Maybe you feel like...

Like he told you all You aren't good enough

And left.

Maybe you're Pissed off.

The english, a 100 years ago

Had laws dealing with suicides.

The body was dragged

Through the street naked

And buried at a crossroads

With a stake

Through Its heart.

How dare someone Reject life.

It's okay to talk about it.

It's okay to be pissed off.

It's okay to be mad.

And you know what?

It's okay

To mourn For your friend.

Look, I'll be around For the next couple of days

To talk to anyone Who wants to talk to me.

Why does a 16-year-old kid Kill himself?

What could be so wrong at 16?

There's not Some easy answer

I can give you.

I'm not looking For an easy answer.

I keep thinking that I'm the one who pushed him over.

You really believe that?

What is it You want me to say, tom?

How do I do my job?

We bust kids all the time.

They don't kill themselves.

I can't worry That the next kid I bust

Will put a gun in his mouth.

Look, hanson...

Or hang himself In his parents' backyard.

I'm not fighting you.

I know you're not.

I'm sorry.

But until I get why This kid died

I kind of feel Like I helped kill him.

I don't understand this thing.

These are decent kids At this school.

They're not too rich.

They're not too poor

They're not too anything.

It's like all-american high.

You know some of them do drugs. Some of them drink.

Some of them break into each Other's homes.

Most of them just grow up.

What place did this kid Get himself into

Where he thought That suicide made sense?

( banging on the door )

Penhall: Okay, okay, I'm coming.

Dorothy: I've got it.

Hi, tom.

Wow, you look nice.

Thank you.

He's all yours.

Is he okay?

Not lately.

Penhall: What's that mean?

Hey!

What?

You're not dressed.

What am I boxing in the nude?

What are you dressed Like that for?

I'm going to a funeral.

So are you.

Yeah, who died?

Walker stevenson.

Come on.

Give me a break.

I think these are people We know.

School's out for the day.

I'm off.

What's your problem?

I ain't got No problem.

I liked the kid.

Here, toss this On the grave for me.

Wow.

Penhall: "On april 22, 1988 At approximately 13:23

"Officer scott gilmour was Dispatched to 1592 geffen lane

"In reference to a dead body.

"Upon arrival at the residence

"I was advised By mrs. Carlotta guttierez--

"A domestic employed By mr. And mrs. Stevenson--

"That the victim Had shot himself in the head.

"The subject was found On the right-hand side

"Of the living room Seated in an arm chair.

"A hunting rifle Was propped between his legs.

"He was wearing blue jeans And a dark t-shirt.

"There was A great deal of blood.

"The bullet exited The back of the head.

"Bits of brain tissue Were apparent

"On the wall Directly behind the deceased.

"Although he was-- To the best of my expertise--

"Dead at this time

"Paramedics were called.

"They arrived at 13:41 And declared the subject dead.

"The perimeter was set up And the crime scene isolated.

"Detectives of the 34th Then took command

"Of the investigation.

Submitted april 23, 1988, Badge number 12237."

Dr. Freedman: This note's pretty standard.

"I hate all this. All my love."

Yeah.

Okay, I'm late.

What's this?

I thought We were undercover.

He's a doctor I asked here.

Freedman: Problems beyond him, Tried everything

Seems like The only way.

A lot of them Read like this.

Part of them Wants to die.

Part of them Wants to live.

The part that wanted to die Used the rifle.

Some people don't Want to screw up One more time.

( mouths the word )

Some set themselves up To be found in time--

An obvious outcry for help.

But he wasn't crying For help.

He killed himself.

Why?

Because he was a loser.

We're talking about The second leading Cause of death

Among adolescents.

More kids die To suicide than cancer.

Trouble at home, Relationships

School problems, Drugs and alcohol

Getting into trouble With the law.

They end up Alienating Themselves.

A sudden impulsive act.

Something as permanent as a gun Laying around the house.

He had a problem And he felt

That was the only way To solve it.

But he was wrong.

Yeah, we know that.

But when kids start To develop identities

Sometimes they get real Confused along the way.

I just lost A 15-year-old girl

Who overdosed on a whole bottle Of anti-depressants.

She killed herself On anti-depressants?

What did she do-- Chuckle herself to death?

Okay, that Wasn't funny.

I never thought Of it that way.

She was so happy She exploded.

You done?

Ha, ha, ha, boom.

Shut up.

Sorry, he's got kind of A strange sense of humor.

Yeah, it's not funny.

That's what strange about it.

Hi, doug.

Hey.

Have you ever thought About killing yourself?

Seriously?

Well, no, not...

Not think About it seriously

But seriously Have you ever thought about it?

Well, of course.

I mean Everybody thinks about it.

Not me.

Hey, yo, dorothy.

I'm in here.

Hey, I got this joke.

It's a great joke.

Doug, I'm busy.

Come on, come on, Just sit down and listen.

Okay?

Okay, fine.

Um, okay.

This guy has been going To a psychiatrist for years

And one day He walks in and says

"Doc, I've given it A lot of thought.

"It's not your fault

But I'm going To kill myself.

"I don't want you To try to stop me.

Just so you know."

So then the doc says

"All right, I can respect that

"But there's one thing You could do for me.

"The circus Is in town.

"The world's greatest clown, Grimaldi, will be there.

"He's funny, he's... Well, he's amazing.

"All I want you to do Is go to the circus.

"If you still want To kill yourself--

"Even after Seeing grimaldi--

Then, okay, I won't try to stop you."

So then the guy says-- "But, doc, I'm grimaldi."

That's it?

Yeah.

Doug, that wasn't funny.

Don't you get it?

I thought it was going To be a joke.

You don't get it.

I can't believe You don't get it.

You said it was a joke.

That wasn't funny.

You never get my jokes.

I get lots of your jokes.

You don't think I'm funny.

You've got No sense of humor.

Doug.

Know why you don't?

You need a little Intelligence

To understand humor.

Doug!

What?

You take that back.

What?

Calling me stupid. Take it back.

I won't. It's true.

You know, you've been A real pain in the ass

These last couple of days.

It was just a joke.

( doorbell rings )

Did walker say anything To you beforehand?

Like what?

You two talked like You were becoming His new friend.

Did he say anything?

No.

Damn it.

He didn't even Talk to me.

After ditmar and beckman It's not that surprising.

Ditmar and beckman?

Johnny ditmar And roger beckman.

They were before You came to town.

They died, too.

They?

Yeah, committed suicide--

Went sideways.

Depends on who you ask, But they're dead.

Beckman didn't kill himself.

He went to reform school.

( chuckles )

Was ditmar a friend of walker's?

He was lots Of people's friend.

Ditmar Was incredibly cool.

How did he die?

A train hit him.

They said it Was an accident.

Like he was accidentally lying On the railroad tracks?

I thought his car got hit.

I love these rumors.

Uh, I heard

A giant vulture Carried him away.

Give me a break.

Like the tattoo?

Yeah, yeah, it's cool.

I had this day When nothing Was working.

It completely Sucked.

I was so numb I cut myself

To see if I would bleed.

It wasn't real.

It was like Watching myself on tv.

Hey, remember beckman?

You know he went To reform school?

Yeah, of course.

Yeah?

Now I find out He got out.

Joined the navy.

He runs a crane In norfolk.

He's got a house And he's married.

You believe that?

He's having A great time.

Lots of people I know Have tried it

Or contemplated it.

Diana has.

Keith has.

I don't get it.

It's like Giving your folks notice.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not taking anymore Of this crap.

It's not about killing yourself.

It's about knowing What it would be like.

If you're called loser enough, You believe it.

I could never kill myself.

But sometimes I get really drunk

And drive crazy.

I figure I'll let fate decide.

Penhall: Maybe he was a guy

Who couldn't face it--

A guy who just wimped out.

Come on.

What?

Come on.

Isley: Come on!

If you don't have Anything decent to say

Shut your mouth, You drink your beer

Or you leave.

Okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't want A beer anyway.

( turns on cassette player )

(♪ soft rock music playing ♪)

Something's wrong here.

Somebody's lying to us.

There was another kid who Killed himself six weeks ago--

Johnny ditmar.

Kid walked in front of a train?

It wasn't reported As a suicide, either.

Why not?

No one wants to admit Suicide exists.

The parents lie, The medical examiner

Even the cops.

They don't want The pain or humiliation.

They say suicide

Is the second leading cause Of death among adolescents.

The first

Is accidents--

Like being hit By a train

Or single-passenger Auto fatalities.

All the drug- And alcohol-related cases?

Suicide might Very well be Number one.

Yeah.

I can remember when we would Have written walker off

As a hunting accident.

Never mind He was in the living room.

Maybe they've been influenced By more than one death.

You're saying This is contagious?

Sometimes.

I don't get it.

Among young people, a suicide Can open the door for others.

A kind of horrible Example.

Depression spreads

From the first death.

Then, when someone else Can't hack it

It doesn't seem so bad to you.

So, yes, In a way

If ignored, repressed-- It is contagious.

I was at this party last night--

Bizarre death tattoos

Kids with superficial Wrist scars like badges.

The scars, the tattoos--

You mark yourself.

You make yourself an object.

You're less Than a person.

But it's Also a way

For the group to draw together, To belong to each other.

It's our relationships That keep us all alive.

Half of them sound like They could really do it.

What am I supposed to do?

Don't avoid the subject.

Talk about it.

You won't give them ideas.

Listen.

And if they need it, Get them to someone Who can help.

Hanson: Don't I look For something--

Like warning signs And all that?

Hostile behavior, Mood swings, promiscuity

Drug and alcohol abuse, Alienation.

Great. That sounds Like just being a teenager.

Not everyone.

But it does tell you something, Doesn't it?

Just listen.

Most of the time just having A friend who can listen

Is enough.

Nice of you to come to work.

Were we discussing The case?

Talking about The student cat burglar?

Suicide high ain't no case, And I ain't working on it.

You're on it until I say so.

They caught the kid Who's been breaking Into those houses

In a stolen goods Sting operation.

Transferred Out of taft.

That's why We missed him.

He confessed.

There is no case.

I'm caught up with my paperwork.

I'd like a personal day

Unless I have any official Police business to attend to.

I hate him.

I hate him For leaving us.

I hate him For going away.

Don't you Hate him?

No, I just miss him.

I don't miss Him at all.

He did it because He hated us.

He hated us!

Mitchell!

If he were here right now

I'd kick his ass For what he did.

I would.

Guys.

Hey, what's up?

You missed it.

Another morning On why we shouldn't Kill ourselves.

Isley: And homework--

We have to stay Alive until tomorrow.

It's a pass-fail Assignment.

You know, I could never kill myself.

Who would look after my dog?

There's nothing worth Looking forward to.

I've done every Drug there is

Except for heroin.

That's about it.

I've been drunk so many times...

And you've done Every guy I know.

I haven't done you.

And I never will.

Eat your heart out.

I've done most Of the ones I wanted.

It wasn't That great.

What's there to look forward to?

I'm going to pass science.

I could end up Passing everything.

Then my parents Would get me a car.

Could be a great summer.

Vicky: We came here From norwood--

Before my father was promoted.

It was better When we were poor.

We weren't poor poor, But it was better.

I hate This school.

I hate this place.

Those other kids died.

The school didn't cop to it?

They were expelled.

They didn't count.

Isley: That's The attitude.

If you're not up to par, They just expel you.

No room for slack-offs.

Vicky: My dad applied For a transfer.

He wants to move away.

Keith: My parents are Going out of town.

I'm having a massive party.

It would be a waste To kill yourself before then.

Vicky: I don't know.

It's like I fall in love Over and over.

And they leave me, Over and over.

I'm not getting Anywhere.

Everybody else Has plans.

It's really been Pointless lately.

I feel like a loser.

I've been there, too, vicky.

I don't know what to tell you

Except it doesn't last.

I've o.D.'d on stuff before--

Tranqs, valium, aspirin.

Don't you have anything You want to do?

Something to look forward to?

That's what I think about.

Getting out of here--

One way or another.

That's it? Just nothing at all?

Nope.

I thought I wanted to talk to you

But I don't think so anymore.

I don't even Know you, tom.

Could you talk To rachael?

She wouldn't get it.

What about a counselor Or a nurse?

They all hate me.

They think I'm a loser, too.

I don't hate you

And I don't think You're a loser.

All I've been Able to think About is suicide.

Maybe not mine...

I didn't want anybody to know

But I've been talking To that doctor guy a lot.

I'm feeling much better.

He explained a lot.

He made a lot of sense.

How could he know anything?

Yo, doc.

Hey, tommy.

Got a minute For a friend?

Absolutely.

Hi.

Hey.

( ejects cassette Of rock music )

( I pagliacci aria playing )

( knocking )

( pounding )

Hey.

What's this?

It's opera.

What's it sound like?

Opera.

I was in the neighborhood.

Yeah?

I came over to tell you You were wrong

And you're being a jerk.

You should Have phoned.

I could have Hung up on you.

You've got a problem-- A big problem.

You're self-centered.

You don't care about anybody But doug penhall.

I had a chance to help someone Who was hurting

And I did.

Whoop-de-do.

You listened to tapes.

You don't even know What's going on.

I know more about suicide Than you ever will.

You know more about making Stupid jokes-- that's it.

What is wrong With you?

My mother killed herself When I was six.

I've known about suicide every Moment of every day since then.

All I knew was That something Really horrible

Had happened To my mother.

Police were there.

I was six.

I thought they were Taking her to jail.

Kept walking around The day of the funeral

With my shoes untied.

I wouldn't let Nobody tie them.

My mom used to tie them.

Even as I was growing up, I used to not want to come home.

I used to stay on the playground Till it got dark

Because I didn't want To come home

And see that she wasn't there.

And, uh...

My father used to have To come and get me.

My father.

He had been a priest

So he couldn't kill himself.

Instead, he just Drank himself to death.

I'm really sorry, doug.

Hey, anyhow

I tie my own shoes now Every morning.

Sometimes in the day, too.

I never really Brought this up before.

I wanted to tell you.

I'm sorry.

It's just been... Real hard.

Hanson.

Hey, coach.

Things okay?

This walker thing...

It's like one of those Slot machines in las vegas.

It's a one-in-a-million chance

That all the wrong things Will line up for you.

Like seven Emotions.

Seven things in your life

That seem like more Than you can handle.

I guess if you can take

One sad thing away From someone

They're safe.

So that ain't so bad.

Been doing some thinking, huh?

Yeah.

The funny thing is

I thought it was so important I had to know why walker died.

But I'll never know.

Never.

Can you live with that?

Yeah.

The best I'll know Is that I'll never know.

That has to be okay.

Tom.

Captain.

Hi, dorothy.

Have you seen doug?

No.

He and I got In this fight.

I went away.

He didn't call.

When I called No one answered.

I went home.

He wasn't there.

I don't know Where he is.

I called here and was told He wasn't around or on a case.

He didn't tell me.

It's not like him.

He'd kill me if he found out I came here.

I know everywhere else he goes

But I went to those places Already.

You're a hard man To find, doug.

Some people Are looking for you.

Yeah?

People like dorothy.

You should call.

She's worried About you.

There's something I want To tell you.

I tried to kill myself When I was eight.

I drank a bottle Of vanilla extract.

That's kind of cute.

Well... I didn't mean for it to be cute.

I meant to kill myself.

My mother was an alcoholic.

She was really hard To have around

Even when I was six.

It was easier When she was gone.

I felt so incredibly guilty After I realized that.

It was like I killed her.

Like I sent Her away.

Like she left because I hadn't loved her enough.

She thought I didn't love her.

Doug, you were six years old.

You do a lot of funny stuff When people leave you.

You make a lot of deals With god.

I used to eat all my vegetables

Because I knew It was what my mother wanted

And that would make her happy Up in heaven.

I didn't talk To my father for months

Because I thought That would bring her back.

I had this other deal with god

That if I was a real good boy

That she would come back.

She didn't come back.

I was kind of difficult For a while--

About some 20-odd years.

I don't know.

Maybe that's my excuse

For acting like I'm six sometimes.

I'm sorry.

What are you sorry for?

I'm a friend.

I should have seen your pain.

Okay, so maybe it's all right If I act obnoxious sometimes.

No.

Have you seen anybody About this?

I don't need To see nobody about this.

Are you sure?

I dealt with this A long time ago.

I thought this might help you.

I don't know.

You don't like my stories

You don't like The music I listen to.

You got the weebles To ride with me in this stuff?

You've got to help me eat Dorothy's terrible meatballs.

Hey.

Hey, tom.

I'm sorry about your brother.

I still live with it day to day

But it's going all right.

I guess that's all I have to say.

Does anyone else Have anything tonight?

Penhall: Yeah, I'll talk.

What's your name?

Doug.

My mother killed herself When I was six.