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Uh, Nick, there's no exclamation point on that thing.

That typewriter's 40 years old.

I guess people didn't get as excited back then.

Wojo not back yet?

He called in.

He was dropping Harris off at Division.

Okay. Coffee fresh?

Perfect.

I'm not looking for perfect.

I'll settle for safe.

Uh, Nick, you think Harris would mind if I used his typewriter?

I got some, uh, forceful things to say in this report.

I don't know.

I don't think he likes strange words on his ribbon.

Well, I'll rinse it out when I'm finished.

Talking about it's not gonna help, Bernice.

I'll get over it.

No, no, no, no, no, it's not your fault.

No, no, it's not the bed either.

No.

I'm sure it's only... Uh, it's only temporary.

I'll be all right in a few days.

Goodbye, Bernice.

Insomnia. Oh.

How bad is it?

I don't know. For the last week, I...

I can't seem to be able to sleep.

Personally, I find that a little activity

before I go to sleep helps.

Uh, exercise, that is.

Walk around the block, pushups...

Uh, I couldn't help overhearing your problem.

Huh?

You know, insomnia is mostly psychological.

You just gotta try and relax.

What you should do is create a tranquil environment

in your head.

I'll be all right.

Listen, you're not alone.

I know how frustrating it is.

You just... You just lie there night after night,

hour after hour,

just staring up at the ceiling.

What do you do about it?

Me? Nothing. I sleep like a log.

Barney, Barney, are the lights going on and off?

Tell me the truth.

They were flickering in my office, yeah.

Thank God.

For a minute, I thought that was it.

- Calm down. - I tell you,

it was a mistake. I didn't do anything.

Yeah. Park it right here.

What have we got here?

Charles Keller. Assault and battery.

Actually, I hate violence.

Yeah.

His bookmaker wouldn't pay off on a bet,

so he was beating up on him

in the middle of Lexington Avenue.

Broke his nose, knocked out a tooth.

But it wasn't me.

Come on. There's 25 witnesses.

They were mistaken.

All of them?

Well, I know it's gonna be very hard for me to explain.

Uh, you do the best you can, Mr. Keller.

I've never laid a hand on another person in my life.

You'll probably get insomnia.

What's your full name, Keller?

Charles Foster Keller.

But you don't understand.

You've arrested the wrong person.

Your address?

751 West 27th Street.

I...

I... Would you...? I tried to explain to you

that it wasn't me.

It was... Lenny.

Lenny? Who's Lenny?

Lenny is my other personality.

Does he got the same address?

Good evening, gentlemen.

What seems to be the problem, captain?

Toilet stuffed up again?

That's no longer a problem, Mr. Beckman.

That's a tradition.

Something's wrong with your lights.

Our association has not been in vain.

Oh, thank you.

Barney. Yeah?

The lights are out downstairs too.

It's appliances. Electric pencil sharpeners,

electric razor, a hot plate.

This building can't handle stuff like that.

Is there something that can be done about it?

I'll do my best, but don't expect miracles.

Thank you.

Do we have, uh, some candles leftover from the last time?

I think over here, Barn.

Who's typing?

Uh, probably Dietrich.

He knows the touch system.

You hear that? Dedication.

Quitter.

Three turbines out.

Twenty-five square blocks are dark.

Have any idea when they'll be fixed?

Could you give me an approximation?

Daybreak. Wonderful.

Dr. Fitzgerald?

Charles Keller.

Dr. Fitzgerald, Lenny is... back.

He, uh, got in a fight with somebody,

and, uh, they think it's me.

I'm here at the, uh, 12th Precinct.

Oh, yes, please, please. Thank you.

I'm in therapy.

What about Lenny?

He won't go.

Okay, Keller, come on.

Come on, I'm gonna put you in the cage.

No, you're... You're locking up the wrong person.

Why should I be punished for what Lenny does?

Who's Lenny?

He's a troublemaker.

Lenny is Mr. Keller's other personality.

I beg your pardon?

He says that Lenny is the guy that beat up the bookmaker.

Split personality. Wonderful.

Call Bellevue.

Uh, he's in therapy.

His doctor's gonna come down here.

Split personality.

He's trying to beat a rap, Barn.

Well, actually, there have been documented cases like this.

People with two, three, even more distinct personalities

that... That function and operate as separate individuals,

and...

uh... Uh...

Forget it, I'm out of matches.

Okay, take it easy. We're doing the best we can.

Barney. Yeah?

The storeowners are complaining

from all over the neighborhood.

No burglar alarms, uh, prowlers...

Uh, Kogen can't cover all the calls.

It's a wide-open situation.

There's bound to be somebody taking advantage of it.

Ah, now you're cooking.

Way to go.

Hey, you! Open this rattrap and let me get to a phone.

I wanna call my lawyer.

Hello. Lenny?

Who are you?

I'm a friend of Charlie's.

Come on, come on!

I'm entitled to a phone call. - Keep it down.

I know my rights.

I wanna call my lawyer. Just take it easy.

Has this man got his phone call yet?

Yeah, he got his phone call. I sat here and watched him.

Dr. Fitzgerald, remember?

That was Charlie. I ain't been out of this cage.

This is Lenny, the other one I was telling you about.

So he's got an alias.

A lot of guys have aliases, right, Barn?

Hey, you in charge here?

Yeah, the name's Captain Miller.

Yeah, well, do I get my rights or don't I?

I don't know.

Seems to be a problem of identification here.

There's no problem of identification, Barn.

Hey, hey, did you or did you not beat up

Lewis Bumsick over on Lexington Avenue at 7:42 this evening?

Sure. Wouldn't you? The creep owed me $3700.

That's two exactas at the Raceway

and a double at Belmont.

Hello?

Are you or are you not Charles Keller?

I am not.

He is too.

Uh, captain.

You notice the change in his voice,

the change in mannerisms?

Dietrich, that's Charlie Keller.

I arrested him, I brought him up here,

and... And... And I stuck him in the cage.

Have you ever read

Schizophrenien nach Entbindungen

by Gregory Zilboorg?

Not recently, no.

We got classic schizoid symptoms here. I'm telling you.

Well, in any case, I'd just as soon not fool with it.

So why don't we just leave him in the cage

until their doctor arrives?

Yes, sir. Okay?

Hey, ain't somebody gonna say thanks for the lights?

My compliments to Con Edison.

Con Edison had nothing to do with it.

We're operating on power from the generator in our basement.

Are you saying

that this is the only building in the neighborhood with lights?

Makes you feel kind of important, don't it, huh?

Thank you, Beckman. Oh, don't mention it.

We should all take a lesson from this

and conserve all the power we can.

Okay. Otherwise,

I don't know what's gonna happen.

Thank you, Beckman. Right, captain.

Turn off a light if you don't need it.

Do something in the dark when you can.

When I can.

Every little bit helps.

You're not kidding.

Yeah, okay, Kogen. Fine.

Uh, Wojo, you and Nick grab a car

and, uh, check out those calls Kogen got.

Right, Barn. Hey, Nick.

Yeah. You won all three in one day?

Yeah.

Two exactas and the daily double?

Sure.

Come on, Nick. Yeah, in a second.

You do this a lot?

I hit 20 exactas this month alone.

Nick? I'd like to get out of here.

I got a lock at Roosevelt tomorrow night.

You're kidding. What?

In the sixth.

A mile-pacer stretching out against softer company.

- Here, mark it down. - Nick, come on.

Yeah, right away. Nick?

I was going right for the door.

Split personality.

That's a lot of baloney, isn't it?

Oh, I don't listen to him.

But he makes a lot of sense.

Oh, uh, Captain Miller?

No.

Uh, Captain Miller just stepped out.

- He'll be back in a minute. - Well, well, well,

look who's here. Dr. Bigmouth.

Hello, Lenny.

Why don't you get lost and send back a lawyer?

Are you Dr. Fitzgerald?

Uh, yes.

I'm Arthur Dietrich. Detective third class.

Oh.

I've been watching your patient.

Thank you.

I, uh, made a few notes here.

Oh, that's very considerate.

It's okay.

Have, uh...? Have you read

Schizophrenien nach Entbindungen?

Gregory Zilboorg? Yes, I have. Have you?

Yeah.

It, uh, moves right along, doesn't it?

Hey, I didn't ask for no doctor. I want a lawyer.

Keep it down. Hey, I...

I'm telling you, she's a quack!

Quack! All, right, just...

Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!

Uh, Captain Miller, Dr. Fitzgerald.

How do you do? Hello.

Mr. Keller is your patient?

Yes, he is.

Hey, Charlie, your shrink is here.

Come out, come out wherever you are.

May we speak privately, captain?

Certainly. In my office.

He ain't here, shrink.

We know better, don't we, Lenny?

He took a cab and the hogs ate him.

He left a message for you.

Come on back here and I'll whisper it in your ear.

Hey, you, old guy.

Let me out of here. I got business to take care of.

I don't wanna discuss it. I got a headache.

So now you can see why you must release Mr. Keller

into my custody.

Well, I'm afraid I can't do that.

Well, I'll... I'll assume complete responsibility.

Well, I'm sure you can,

but, uh, this is out of my hands.

But Mr. Keller is not a criminal.

He's sick.

I'm not a doctor, doctor. I'm just a cop.

Captain...

Look, I... I... I realize that the...

The concept of... Of multiple personality

is a very difficult one for the layman to understand.

But... But Charles Keller and Lenny Keller

are two entirely different people.

At the moment, they're both in custody.

You see, one of them committed assault.

But Charles Keller did not assault anyone.

At least not in the moral sense.

How about the physical sense?

There's a man walking around with a broken nose.

That is unfortunate.

It's also a felony.

Oh, well, can't he be released on bail?

Certainly, but that's up to a judge.

Well, isn't there one available?

Don't you think you ought to get him a lawyer first?

Yes, I suppose I'll have to.

Look, Dr. Fitzgerald,

I don't want you to think that I'm unsympathetic.

There's really nothing that I can do.

You haven't seen the last of me.

Good.

That is to say, uh... Good.

Come on, step in. Come on.

I didn't mean to do it.

I was just frightened.

My finger just pulled the trigger.

Whoa, whoa, what happened?

Uh, me and Nick were over at the Manhattan Jewelry Exchange.

Uh, we saw a flashlight in there,

so we stopped and took a look in the window.

And he took a shot at Nick.

It was a mistake. Is this right?

I give you my word...! Shut up!

He's all right, but the bullet went right by his ear.

Took off a piece of his sideburn.

Why didn't you say so in the first place?

I'm sorry, I... Where is he now?

Well, he stopped in the john downstairs.

Why downstairs?

I told you, the bullet went right by his ear and...

Oh, all right. Right this way, Mr., uh...

Rosten.

Twenty-six years in the same location.

This is the first time I ever took a shot at anyone.

You have a license for this weapon?

No. Wonderful.

Well, I was just trying to protect my store,

what with the blackout and no alarm.

He's got a load of jewelry here too, Barn.

So you just sat there in the dark with an unlicensed weapon

and took a shot at the first thing that moved?

It seemed like the thing to do at the time.

Nick, you all right?

Oh, officer, I'm so sorry. That's all right.

I really didn't mean to do it.

I think it was just a reflex action.

I was in the infantry in World War II.

Sometimes I wish I was Chinese.

Mr. Keller's bail ticket.

Forty-eight minutes. That's very good time.

Everyone was very cooperative.

I can understand that.

Hey, I ain't going anywhere with her.

Does anything else have to be done?

Just have to fill out a release form.

It'll take a few minutes.

Would you like to wait in my office?

This ain't none of that nosy broad's business.

I don't leave this room till I see my lawyer.

Just control yourself, or I'll stuff a towel in your mouth.

You don't scare me.

You haven't seen our towel.

Hey, Keller, where's the pad?

What?

With the name of the horse?

What horse?

Nick, this isn't Lenny.

It's Charlie.

Lenny didn't leave a message for me, did he?

Well, everything seems to be in order, doctor.

Are you always so formal?

I don't often get the opportunity.

It has a nice feel.

And safer.

Than what?

Well, self-revelation is not for the squeamish.

That's right. You're an analyst.

You poke around a lot.

So do you.

I'll need your address.

672 East 68th Street, Apartment 407,

end of the hall.

Oh, my office is, uh, 620 East 81st Street.

How long have you been married?

Nineteen years.

This your daughter? Mm-hm.

She's lovely. Looks like you.

Thank you.

I'm a widow.

Sorry, doctor.

You're being formal again.

You'll have to excuse me.

I don't seduce well.

Do you seduce at all?

So far I have only lusted in my heart.

When do you finish here?

Mandatory retirement is 62.

Looking for something for the wife?

Yeah, what do you got that's nice, tasteful

and extremely cheap?

Nothing.

Good.

Okay, Rosten, come on.

Let's get this over with.

Oh, how about you, officer? Huh?

Oh, no, no, there's nothing I, uh...

Nobody I wanna buy anything for.

Well, how about an earring for yourself?

You're kidding?

It's very fashionable.

A brilliant ruby stud for your left ear.

It would be beautiful.

Be beautiful.

Well, if you think it's beautiful,

why don't you wear it?

I can't.

It would make my glasses go on crooked.

Well, the lights seem to be out.

Our generator.

I've got a flashlight around here somewhere.

Anything I can do?

I'd rather not discuss it.

Oh, pardon.

Oh, well, my pleasure.

Not entirely.

Everything okay? Fine, fine.

You want some matches?

Oh, I don't smoke.

Thank you, Dietrich. You're welcome.

We'll be out as soon as we're finished.

Oh, good.

With the paperwork.

Uh-huh.

Hey, Fish, Fish, you seen my flashlight?

Shut up, I'm trying to get some sleep.

Listen, in this business you learn not to trust anybody.

Get off my desk.

Everybody okay out here?

Sure. Yeah.

How about you?

I'm fine.

Fine.

You look... refreshed.

Have Keller sign these and then turn him loose.

Charlie?

Charlie?

Lenny?

I'm Neil, and I'm bored.

He's free to go now.

Will I, uh, see you in court?

It's unlikely.

Come on, Neil.

Neil?

Dr. Fitzgerald, you have no idea

how long I've been trying to reach you.

I think it's a breakthrough.

Well, let's, uh, go somewhere and talk.

Love it.

Goodbye, captain.

Goodbye.

Thank you for everything.

Oh, you've been very cooperative for the most part.

As I said before, it's not that I'm unsympathetic,

it's just that, uh...

Nothing I can do about it.

More's the pity.

What's everybody sitting around and staring at everybody for?

We have some work to do, don't we?

Uh, what's the disposition on Mr. Rosten's case?

Uh, well, uh, I figured we'd charge him

with discharging a firearm in the city limits

and, uh, we confiscate the gun.

Thank God it wasn't worse.

I appreciate the consideration, captain.

What about a little something for your wife?

How did you know I was married?

Earrings?

No, thank you.

Uh, how much is that, uh, bracelet?