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Hey, Harris,

I got a couple of tickets for the Jets-Tampa Bay game.

Why?

It was a sale.

Wanna go?

Hey, man. I'm ain't messing around no sports events.

I mean, ballparks are the highest-rated

crime areas in the country, man.

Muggings, assaults, mob riots.

There won't be any mob at this game.

Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning, Barn.

What's new?

Six murders, 141 robberies,

71 aggravated assaults.

Is that the good news or the bad news?

Bad news. What's the good news?

They were all in the Bronx.

I wish they wouldn't print

statistics like that in the paper.

Liz is talking about moving out of the city again.

Suburbs?

Maine.

As in maple syrup Maine?

Mm-hm.

She thinks it'll be better for our health and our sanity.

Hey, it's just as dangerous there, Barney.

I mean, you're always running the risk of not being seen.

Want the paper? Uh, no thanks.

Hey, Barney there's a funny knock-knock joke on Page 4.

You wanna hear it? Thank you, no.

But I appreciate it.

Why are you doing this to me?

I'm trying to help you... Graham... Hey, Graham, Graham.

Just be quiet. Just a minute, all right?

What's going on here?

This is, uh, Graham Roberts, Barn.

Disturbing the peace, and, uh...

Uh, that's Captain Miller.

And, uh, whose peace did Mr. Roberts disturb?

Everybody over on Hudson Street.

He was kneeling down in the middle of traffic,

trying to start a prayer meeting.

A cab went by him about 35, just missed him.

Please, you must listen to me.

We haven't got much time. Just...

Just take it easy, Mr. Roberts. Have a seat.

I'll, uh, call Bellevue.

I mean, it's all here in the Bible

for everyone to see.

And it's going to happen, captain.

I give you my word.

The world is coming to an end.

Uh, I'm sure you're right, Mr. Roberts,

but the question is, when?

Five-thirty.

You mean today?

In Revelation and Jeremiah.

A calamity shall go forth from nation to nation.

A great tempest will be roused up

from the remotest parts of the earth.

Expressions inspired by demons that perform signs

and they go forth to the kings

of the entire inhabited earth

who gather them together

to the place that is called Armageddon.

At 5:30?

I give you my word.

There goes our overtime.

Uh, why don't you give

all this information to Detective Wojciehowicz?

I can also quote from the book of Psalms, Genesis and Job.

Excellent. I'm sure he'd love to hear it.

I don't want to hear it.

Anybody heard from Fish yet?

Not yet. HARRIS: Nah.

It's almost 9:30.

Hey, Barney. Knock-knock.

Let me know when he comes in, huh?

Knock-knock.

Not now, Nick.

Come on. Knock-knock.

Harris, get that, will you?

L-listen...

Yeah, sure I'll tell him.

Tonight, dinner in town.

Sure. Okay, Bernice. Right.

Fish left the house this morning at 5 a.m.

Hey, that doesn't sound good.

Maybe you better put a call out on him.

Have them keep their eyes open. Right, Barn.

Don't say about his being missing or anything.

Who's missing? You are.

Where have you been?

Staten Island.

Staten Island? What for? What happened?

Nothing. I just heard on the news that they were raising

the fare on the ferry tomorrow and I don't know...

I... I just felt I should take a ride.

You... You know, uh,

like... Like it was the end of an era.

You're absolutely right, my friend.

And he sayeth among the trumpets,

ha-ha!

How are you?

And he smelleth the battle from afar off,

the thunder of captains and the shouting.

Bernice is worried about you. She just called.

Yeah, it's our monthly dinner tonight in town.

She wants to remind me.

You needn't worry about dinner.

It will all be over by then.

What is he, a doctor?

He's a 10-52, Fish.

Listen, don't talk like that.

I must.

Then pick a younger man.

Fish, can I see you in my office a minute?

Certainly.

Hey, this'll cheer you up.

Knock-knock.

What? It's a joke.

Knock-knock.

He will roar,

and from his holy dwelling place he will give forth his voice.

He will sing out against all the inhabitants of the earth.

You got a bad attitude.

What's wrong, Fish? What's bothering you?

It's not like you to just not show up in the morning.

I'm just trying it out.

See what not coming to work every day feels like.

Sooner or later we all retire.

Sure.

You've earned your rest.

Of course, the stud gets old,

they put him out to pasture.

That's a fair analogy.

I enjoyed it.

Will you please...?

Jilly, these are cops and we're persons.

Persons and cops don't mix.

I'm telling you.

We got a relationship.

Well, well, well, look who we've got here.

Ms. Papalardo, isn't it?

Yeah, and, uh, this is my friend Victor Kroitzer.

Mr. Kroitzer, my pleasure.

Sure.

Uh, what can we do for you?

We'd like to see Mr. Fish.

No, he's in with the captain right now.

You want to take a seat? Thanks.

Yeah?

Yeah, uh, excuse me, Barn,

but the DA's office wants us to go over and pick up some guy

who refuses to go on jury duty.

He barricaded himself in his house.

You ever get the feeling

the Democratic system is going under?

Yeah.

I better call Bernice.

Uh, Wojo, take Harris with you.

Okay.

Uh, Fish. FISH: Yeah.

You've got visitors here.

Hey, Harris, we got work to do.

All right, Wojo.

You want to see me?

Mr. Fish, it's me, Jilly.

Yeah, yeah, what are you doing here?

I came to see you about something very important.

Uh, this is my friend Victor Kroitzer.

How are you? Hangin' in.

What'd he do? Nothin', nothin'.

I didn't do nothin'.

I just came in here with her.

Ask the colored guy.

I wasn't paying attention.

Not you, him.

He's black. I'm colored.

Everybody else is blank.

You have no sophistication.

I didn't do nothin'. FISH: All right, take it easy.

What'd you want to see me about?

Well, we need a loan.

You mean money?

About a hundred bucks. A hundred dollars?

Are you crazy? A hundred dollars? What for?

We're gonna leave New York.

We're gonna go someplace and start life all over again.

Yeah, someplace out west,

like Montana or Pittsburgh.

I thought you said you lived in a group home.

It didn't work out and we're back in Children's Centre.

Yeah, and you gotta hang around

until somebody comes in and looks you over,

and then maybe adoption.

What's wrong with that?

Forget it. I've been waiting since I was 3 and a half,

and I ain't even cute no more.

Please, Mr. Fish. We'll pay you back, I swear.

How?

Hey, uh, I could work.

I'm pretty strong. Feel that.

Don't be disgusting.

Listen, if we don't get it from you,

we'll get it from somebody else.

Good.

But we don't know anybody else

with a hundred bucks.

Here's a dollar. Get some ice cream

and get back to the center. Forget it.

We don't want any ice cream and we're not going back.

Take the buck.

I thought maybe you cared something about me.

I thought I could come to you if I was really in trouble.

Well, forget it. Take the buck.

Come on, Victor. We can get along without him.

Women, huh?

Do you have the time?

It's a quarter after 10.

And there were flashes of lightning,

loud noises, peals of thunder

and a great earthquake

such as never had been since men were on the earth.

You have seven hours and 15 minutes left.

I think I can just make it.

Bernice, I don't want to go to a Japanese restaurant.

The food's all raw

and you have to take off your shoes

and sit like an Indian.

It's not fun. It hurts.

No, Bernice, Mexican food hurts too.

Nick, you know a good Chinese restaurant?

Yeah, Yamamoto's.

Bernice, Nick says Yamamoto's is good.

Okay, meet me here at a quarter to 6.

Yet a little while and the wicked will be no more.

Though ye look well at his place,

he will not be there.

Better make it 5:15.

Goodbye, Bernice.

Okay, come on in, Mr. Unger.

Why don't you take a seat right over here, huh?

Hey, Fish. Fish.

This... This old guy Mr. Unger...

He hasn't left his apartment for 35 years.

It's not just the jury notices.

I mean, Mr. Unger's been out of touch with the entire world.

Yeah, uh, his apartment's like a big hothouse, Barn.

He's got fruits, vegetables, all these plants.

Yeah, that's what Harris said.

And... And he hasn't seen a woman for 35 years.

Mr. Unger, I'm sorry we had to invade your privacy,

but, uh, refusing jury duty is against the law.

But I don't want to be on a jury.

I don't want to be on anything.

I'm perfectly happy being alone.

I just want to stay that way.

I'm afraid you're not allowed to resign

from the human race, Mr. Unger.

But I... I... I don't know what's going on... On out here

and I... I don't want to know.

I... I never understood the law.

I'm not an expert on human behavior.

You'd make a perfect juror.

All right, take it easy.

Uh, he started to choke, Barney,

as soon as we brought him out of the apartment.

We've got a second-stage smog alert today.

Are we still at war?

I beg your pardon.

I haven't heard a thing since Pearl Harbor.

I just assumed we won.

We did.

Twelfth Precinct, Wojciehowicz.

Yeah, he's here, just a second.

Hey, Fish.

Yeah? WOJO: New Jersey State Police,

Line 2.

Yeah, Sergeant Fish.

You're holding who?

My grandchildren?

Is one of them named Jilly Papalardo?

The other one is Victor something.

I don't... I'm not sure.

Well, uh, we're... We're not that close.

Will you send them back? I'd appreciate it.

They could have at least said "father."

Repent.

You who have turned away and walk in the shadow.

Repent and stand in the light

if you are to be saved when the city falls

into three pieces and sinks into the bottomless pit.

No, man, would you hold it down, please?

I want to pray.

You don't have to holler, man. He can hear you.

I want to be saved.

What was that? What was what?

Didn't you feel it?

The earth moved.

It groaned and moved.

Look, man, this building groans

and moves every time a truck passes by.

Now, would you be cool?

Oh, God, help us all.

That was a truck, wasn't it?

I hope so. Me too.

Mr. Unger. Mr. Unger, are you all right?

I gotta get back to my plants.

We need each other.

Well, I bet you anything they aren't gonna keep you, so...

Uh, I admire what you're doing, Mr. Unger.

Coughing?

No, no. Doing your own thing.

You know, surviving alone.

That takes guts.

What time is it?

About 5:00.

Ten minutes to 5. Ten to 5 for pete's sake.

Hello, everybody.

Oh, hi, Bernice.

Mwah.

Don't kiss me on the head.

Why not?

Because that's where you kiss a person when he's senile.

I'll kiss you anywhere you want.

Just say hello.

Hello, Fish.

What are you doing here anyway?

I said 5:15.

But I'm only 10 minutes early.

It's five after 5.

Save us, oh, God. Lord of hosts.

Lord of Israel.

Who arrested the rabbi?

Bernice, sit down over here.

I have some work to finish.

Would you care for some coffee, Mr. Unger?

Huh?

Coffee?

Oh.

I'd almost forgotten it existed.

I ran out in 1944.

Then you're in for a treat.

It's funny,

I don't remember it tasting like this.

Progress, Mr. Unger.

Hey, Barn, uh, Mr. Unger's...

I think he's getting worse.

Yeah, maybe we'd better get him over to the hospital.

Mr. Unger, uh, how are you feeling?

Who is that woman?

Oh, hello, Bernice.

This is Bernice Fish, Sergeant Fish's wife.

Mr. Unger, uh,

Detective Wojciehowicz is gonna take you to a hospital.

What for?

Because I don't think you look too well.

I think I'm just getting excited.

Um, why don't you go with Detective Wojciehowicz?

Everything will be okay.

Because they won't be able

to do anything for me at the hospital.

I'm allergic to sulfur drugs.

You'd be surprised at the progress

medical science has made in the last 35 years.

You mean like the coffee?

I'll take him down the back stairs

right to the garage. Good idea.

You can smell her perfume.

It is a little close in here, yeah.

Uh, would...? Would...? Would you say goodbye to her for me

and tell her I appreciate it?

I'll do that, Mr. Unger.

Here we go.

Bernice? Bernice, right.

Hey, sarge, I got your grandchildren here.

Grandchildren? What grandchildren?

I wanted to surprise you.

Uh, I'll take them, DeLuca.

Thanks. I'd like to give you somethin',

but I'm all tapped out.

You can only stretch a buck so far these days.

All right, get over there. Now!

I thought you said he was impotent.

I guess I was wrong.

Just where did you think you were going?

We were wingin' it.

You didn't have to worry. We were doin' fine.

You could have wound up in prison in New Jersey.

You know what it's like to be locked up

in a primitive country?

We was just passin' through.

And now they'll probably toss you back into the Youth House.

You're fugitives. Fish, don't yell at them.

Bernice, stay out of this, please.

This your daughter?

I'll give you... Fish.

Shame on you.

I'm Mrs. Fish. How do you do?

Likewise. I'm Victor Kroitzer.

And this here is my, uh, fiancée, Miss Papalardo.

I'm Jilly. Mr. Fish has spoken about you many times.

Don't let him scare you.

He barks a lot, but he doesn't bite.

Yeah, we found that out.

Barney, what am I supposed to do with those kids?

You'll think of something.

You want to talk to them? No, no, no.

I guess somebody ought to take them back to Children's Center.

Good idea. See you tomorrow, Fish.

Harris? Harris, the kids have to go back

to the Children's Center. Could you...?

I'm sorry, man. I got a date in another direction.

Nick? Nick, could you take the kids...?

I'm going to the Jets-Tampa Bay game.

That's not till Sunday.

I don't care.

Those children don't have any parents.

The too old for parents.

Barney, they've been discarded.

They live in Children's Center like prisoners.

Bernice, they get food, they get clothing,

they get an education.

But no love.

They get no love.

Can't you see their eyes? They look haunted.

It's the light by my desk.

Don't I look haunted when I'm over there?

All the time.

Fish, can't we do something for them?

Yes, we have to take them back to the Children's Center.

Do we have to?

Bernice they're wards of the court.

It's not our business.

Well, can't we at least

take them to dinner with us?

No. Why not?

Because they're not allowed to eat exotic foods.

We're allowed to eat anything we can scrounge up.

Yeah, and if we don't eat at the Center

then there's more garbage for the rest of the kids.

Fish, please.

I couldn't enjoy myself now.

Know how to use a knife and fork?

Hey, no sweat.

One's for cuttin', right?

And the other one's for it don't move around.

Oh, my God.

Where are we gonna eat? Oh, you're gonna love it.

It's called Yamamoto's.

I never ate Japanese food before.

They all look alike to me.

Isn't that great?

Those are places where you get...

You get to sit on the floor and eat in your socks.

Save us.

Cleanse us, we are ready.

Ready to stand in the light... All right, Mr. Roberts.

Will you keep it down for God's s...?

Mr. Roberts, look:

It is 20 minutes to 6, do you understand that?

Five-forty.

And we're still here.

You're still here, I'm still here,

the city is still functioning

and, uh, the world, such as it is, goes on.

And you didn't think prayer would help.

Did you get Unger to the hospital?

Oh, yeah. I did. How is he?

He's dead.

What happened?

I don't know.

They... They said, uh, he just stopped breathing.

Something about "no tolerance," they said.

I guess that's the way the world's gonna end, huh, Barn?

Just quietly, little by little.

Wojo.

Wojo, the secret to sustaining life is adapting.

Now, you cannot live in a hothouse for 35 years

and expect to walk out and live out here.

I guess not.

We have learned to breathe this poison.

We have learned to deal with... With the noise and...

And... And the pressures and... And the... The fear.

We have learned to adapt.

So we're lucky, huh?

I'm not sure.

Uh, Barney,

the, uh, Good Humor boys are here for Mr. Roberts.

Oh, okay. Why don't you take him down on your way out?

Okay, Barn.

Nick, you can go too. - Okay.

All right, Mr. Roberts, if you'll come with me.

You've got some, uh, people downstairs who want to see you.

Are they believers?

Oh, yeah, they've seen it all.

Wonderful.

Isn't it, uh, remarkable that we're all still here?

It's a miracle.

Aren't you going to thank me? Thank you, Mr. Roberts.

Thanks, Mr. Roberts. Thank you.

Wojo, why don't you go home too?

What for? It ain't 5:30 yet.

Big deal, 5:29.

I'll see you tomorrow, Barn.

That would be nice.

Good night, Barn. Good night, Wojo.

Six, five, four, three, two, one...

Thank you.