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11:50 p.M.,

The start of what we cops Call the graveyard shift.

Actually, most people Call it the graveyard shift,

And we're no different.

The room is empty now Except for the hunched figure

Of a plainly dressed Woman in her 30s

Leafing aimlessly through the Tattered pages of a mug book.

The shift can be Quiet and uneventful,

But it can also suddenly erupt With violence and savagery.

Meanwhile, one sits And does nothing.

The waiting is the worst part.

Sorry to hear that.

Oh, barn. Top of the evening.

To you, too. What... Oh, tape recorder.

Really? What is it You're recording?

"Precinct diary."

You like the title?

Another one of your Literary efforts, I take it.

Barn, you know, It hit me last night.

Barn, you know the one Thing my writing lacks?

Got me.

Authenticity.

I mean, sure, it's Wry and pungent

And moves right along.

But it doesn't have That ring of reality,

A sense of immediacy.

It's all very interesting, Harris. However...

However, I said to myself, "Hey, wait, hold it a second.

"I mean, you got Work to do here.

You can't be wasting time Writing and typing stuff."

So, uh, I thought Of a tape recorder.

It's accurate, unobtrusive,

And won't interfere With the job one bit.

Who's that?

Oh, yeah. This is natalie Blier of youngstown, ohio.

She, you know, just came To the city for the weekend

And lost her luggage At the airport.

Cabby brought her into new York by way of connecticut.

And then she was Robbed outside her hotel.

Ma'am?

Miss blier?

Hmm? Oh, what?

I'm captain miller.

Oh, of course.

Sorry your weekend Had to start that way.

We'll do...

You know, I'd watch all those "I love new york" commercials

Back in youngstown,

You know the ones with The broadway actors

Singing and dancing.

And everything was so Exciting and colorful.

They're very appealing, yes.

They never mentioned The people with knives.

Well, they only have a minute.

There was plenty of time left.

Sure, but hegel's dialectic Says a clash between two forces

Is a natural and Inevitable process,

The result of which Cannot be altered.

Well, I say that the cowboys Could have won the game

If smith hadn't Dropped the pass.

Not according to hegel.

You guys still rehashing The super bowl?

Dietrich is.

Only from a Hegelian perspective.

Really? I would have imagined

You would have taken The freudian approach.

For defense, sure.

12th precinct. Wojciehowicz.

12th precinct. Harris.

Yeah, okay, okay. We got it.

Barn, there's a disturbance In a 24-hour drugstore

Over on 10th.

Okay, you and staubach.

Is this inevitable, too?

Mm-hmm.

Right.

Barney, we've got A possible bombing.

Where?

Here.

Kogan says some Guy just called up

And said he's giving Us 10 minutes' warning.

How considerate of him.

All right, see if kogan needs Any help clearing the building.

We were leaving anyway.

Miss blier,

I'm afraid we're gonna have To ask you to step outside.

We're gonna clear the building.

11:59 p.M. Bomb threat.

Harris!

More to follow.

The call was apparently a hoax,

As no bomb went off.

Although a first-time Visitor to the squad room

Might assume one had.

Humor is a very important Part of police work.

You, uh, need something, barn?

Well, I thought maybe, uh,

You know, in between Recording sessions,

You might, uh...

It's still running.

Yeah. I don't want To misquote anyone.

Oh.

Yeah. Go ahead.

Oh, listen, why not Go through the file,

Uh, seeking any, uh, recent Alleged bombing suspects,

Any, uh, perpetrators

With a history of... Of bombing activity

Or possession of explosives?

Uh, and, uh, also contact ko...

Contact, uh, kogan...

To be in readiness

In case the, uh, Suspect attempts

To communicate with us again,

So we can, uh, try To trace the call

- if he calls. - sure.

What, you want to Do another take?

No, no.

In here. Here we go.

They put those big signs up.

Drugs. Bright neon lights.

Drugs.

If you try to get some, they Jump right down your throat.

Mister, uh... This Is phillip bart.

He tried to get Some amphetamines

With a forged prescription.

My doctor is out of town.

Come on.

The druggist tried to stall Him, and he got hysterical

And knocked over a Couple display cases.

Destroyed a couple hundred Dollars' worth of notions.

I had to have those pills.

Are you an addict, mr. Bart?

Oh, no. I just Can't go to sleep.

Doesn't want to.

Why not?

You're gonna think that I'm just some kind of nut.

We already have certain Reservations about you.

Just tell me the problem, huh?

Succubus.

Watch your mouth.

Forget I said it, okay?

What is it he said?

Succubus.

Okay, dietrich.

It's the opposite of incubus.

- oh, well. - these were the terms applied

To certain demonic Spirits in the middle ages.

That's right.

Succubus was a female demon

Who was thought to enter The bodies of men as they slept

And have physical Relations with them.

Oh, they come in the night.

And they... They drain a Man of his vital energies.

They dissipate his Normal desires.

That what's happening to you?

You don't believe me, do you?

No.

Then how come when I Wake up in the morning,

I feel like I've run 5 miles?

How come I've got no stamina?

How come I can't Satisfy a real woman?

We're just cops. We don't Have all the answers.

Book him.

Ka-bloooom!

Evening, inspector.

So you heard me coming, huh?

Uh, yeah.

I mean, you could Have made believe.

Oh, well, inspector, what Brings you down this time of night?

Hi, barney.

I was downtown signing Off duty, you know,

When I heard you got a little Bombarooney scare up here, huh?

Just a crank call, certainly Nothing to bring you out.

Oh, maybe, maybe not, barney.

But frank luger ain't gonna Lay cozy under the covers

While his men are being Blown halfway to the poconos,

Their bloody limbs being Torn off their mangled bodies.

- inspector. - what?

Ooh.

Sorry, miss.

Look, I don't want you to Worry about one little thing.

I wasn't.

Good.

It's best to keep them Ignorant, you know, barn?

Right.

Ah, remember how they got To poor old forester, hmm?

Shoved six sticks of dynamite

Under the front Seat of his packard

In the middle of 6th avenue, barn.

Bloooo!

I don't think you want to Dredge up old memories.

Even had his seat Belt fastened, barn.

Didn't help him one little bit.

Well, we appreciate the gesture Coming down here, inspector.

But it's late. I'm Sure you're tired.

No, no, no, barn, look.

Shouldn't we go Into your office?

Was there something Specific you wanted to discuss?

Probably.

There, there.

I'll be in my office if Anybody wants me...

For anything.

Never heard anyone having An experience like that.

It must be kind of weird.

But if I could stay awake For a couple of nights,

Then I know she Would leave me alone.

Yeah.

So don't let me fall asleep.

In the cage.

Just promise me that you Won't let me fall asleep.

Okay.

Just promise it, please!

You fall asleep, I'll Rip off your eyebrows.

Thanks. I appreciate that.

Guy's a real fruitcake, huh?

Oh, yeah? What'd he do?

Well, he, uh...

He thinks there's some Kind of female spirit

Going one-on-one With him at night.

Say again?

It's like in the Middle ages, see.

There's succubus and incubus.

And it... What are you doing?

Oh, I'm doing a book On police work,

So I'm recording Our conversation.

Go ahead.

No, thanks.

What do you mean?

I mean don't record me.

Well, look, I don't Want to misquote you.

I don't want you To quote me at all.

Why? What's the matter?

Nothing the matter.

I... Just leave me Out of it, all right?

Sure.

Too many characters anyway.

Oh, did I mention To you, barney?

I put agnes on the back Burner for a while, you know.

There's nothing much, Really, for me to go home to.

Can't even watch tv.

My dumont... Pbbt Busted for good.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Nothing... Nothing's Made to last anymore,

Is it, barney?

Inspector, I think the idea Is to sell you a new one.

They don't make Dumonts anymore, barney.

Right.

Look, barney,

I know you think the old Inspector's a pest sometimes,

So if you got anything you Want to do, say the word,

I'll vamoose.

Well, as a matter Of fact, I had the...

Just that I figured I'd rather Be here talking to a friend

Than home all alone In the apartment,

Smoking a cigarette in the dark.

I guess this can wait. Uh...

What the hell. I got all night.

Sure we do.

Wojo's on the phone With the bomber,

And kogan is working on a trace.

Yeah, well, now, Listen here, buddy.

You know, you may think This is some big kind of joke,

You know, but it's Not because we're s...

Says it was just a test run,

And he's got enough tnt To blow up the building.

Hmm.

We stepping out again?

I'm not gonna send 105 cops to the street

Every time some nut calls.

No, the bomb squad Says the building is safe,

The building is safe.

You're absolutely right, barney.

New york's finest Don't go running off

With their tails Between their legs

Every time they get a telephone Call from some malcontent.

Right, men?

Yes, sirree.

Okay. Sure.

Listen, barney, I'm gonna Go back downstairs,

Say a few encouraging Words to the uniforms,

Make sure none of them bolt.

I'll see you later.

- dietrich. - hey.

Something happen?

We had a bomb threat.

Oh.

But we're not going anywhere.

That include the poconos?

2:10 a.M. And we're still here.

General panic has So far been averted,

But a grim silence has Settled over the precinct.

You want to can it?

I'm trying to concentrate.

Oh, so sorry.

I'd forgotten what a Chore that is for you.

Try forgetting The witty remarks.

I don't think I can.

I ain't asking you, Harris. I'm telling you.

You want to tell me that again?

You want to step outside?

I wouldn't mind.

Ah, please.

Something going on?

Just chitchatting.

12th precinct. Harris.

Uh, yeah, right.

Barn, bomber on line two.

Better let kogan know.

This is captain miller here.

And you are?

Leon.

Well, at last we get...

Uh, yes, we're still here, leon.

We did get your Last threat, yes.

Well, leon, look at it this way.

Leon, you say you're Gonna blow us up,

I mean, you know, we just Can't take your word for it.

Well, perhaps you can Give us some indication

Of your expertise in the matter.

Well, like, um, um...

Uh, what kind of bomb is it?

How did you build it?

What kind of Explosives did you use?

Where did you get them?

No, leon. Now, wait a minute.

I think we have a Perfect right to know.

After all, we're the ones who...

Leon, leon, leon, now, look.

I'm sorry you feel that Way, leon, but... Leon?

Leon?

Yeah, thanks.

Kogan got a trace.

Good. Okay, you and wojo.

Oh. Lovely.

You ready?

Yeah, I'm ready. You ready?

Shall we step outside?

Sure.

Somehow I have a feeling

Of an undercurrent of Animosity around here.

Something happen I don't know about?

Yeah.

Hey.

Hmm.

No.

Not tonight.

But I'm too tired.

It's usually the woman.

What?

Oh, I don't go in for that, no.

You want me to do something?

I'm not sure he's Breaking any rules.

No visitors.

Okay, careful coming Through the door.

I thought he really Wanted to talk to me.

He didn't want to talk to me.

All right.

This is leon?

Voice never matches The face, does it?

Leon stipanich, barn.

We picked him up At his apartment.

His apartment? Got back Pretty quick, didn't you?

Just lives next door.

To us?

Mm-hmm.

That's the captain.

Hi, neighbor.

Look, mr. Stipanich Now it's stipanich.

It was leon before You caught me, right?

Excuse me. Leon. What Was this all about?

I'll tell you what It's all about.

All day long, hookers and Deviants in front of my house.

All night long, sirens howling,

People screaming, shouting.

It's like a wild party.

Look, I can appreciate Your dilemma, mr. Stipanich,

But that doesn't mean...

And all you people Are always in a hurry.

Your squad cars Shoot down the street

At 60 or 70 miles an hour.

You killed three of my cats.

That wasn't me.

Mr. Stipanich, just what is it

You were trying to accomplish With this bomb threat?

I thought you'd move.

- move? - move.

It's the only neighborhood We can afford, mr. Stipanich.

You know, when I Moved here 15 years ago,

I thought, "Beautiful.

"Live right next to The police station.

Rest easy. Feel secure."

I've been robbed seven times,

And the last time it took you People 20 minutes to get here.

I live right next to the Police station, for god's sakes.

We got manpower shortages.

Look, I wouldn't mind so much The noise or the confusion

If you people had been just A little neighborly, a little.

Well, we're kind Of busy up here.

Busy? Too busy to Say good morning

When you walk by with the new york times under your arm?

Too busy for a little Friendly conversation?

"What's happening? How's it going?

Anything new, leon?"

Too busy to be human beings?

Had an open house A couple weeks ago.

Nobody told me.

Harris.

Oh, sure.

Would you like to have a Seat right over there, please?

Sure.

I'll go check him for priors.

Barn?

He fell asleep?

Mm-hmm.

Well, did... Mm-hmm.

Anybody have a cigarette?

Oh.

Um, sure.

You all right, mr. Bart?

She was here, wasn't she?

Tell you the truth, We didn't notice.

All I want is a normal, healthy Relationship with someone,

But I'll never.

Mr. Bart, there are doctors, People who specialize

In just the kind of problem You're talking about.

You mean a sex therapist.

That's one possibility.

Listen, I've considered That. I really have.

Good.

But she won't go.

Miss blier?

Miss blier?

Any luck yet?

No, I haven't... Oh, my god.

It's him.

You're kidding.

Dietrich.

Send out an apb on This gentleman here.

Miss blier has identified him.

How fortunate.

Hopefully we'll Have to have you back

For a positive identification,

But in the meantime, You're free to go.

Oh.

Here you are.

It was nice meeting you all.

Our pleasure.

Once again, I'd like to try To apologize for everything.

I've made up my mind

Not to do all those stupid Touristy things anyway.

I'm sure that getting Robbed at knifepoint

And spending half The night up here

Wasn't exactly What you had in mind.

It was better Than seeing "Annie."

You live around here?

Uh, stipanich is clean.

Thank you.

Listen, harris...

Hey, look, man, You can rest easy.

I'm deleting you.

Thank you.

Sure.

Harris, the reason I get so sensitive

About your tape recorder

Is that I'm always getting In trouble for things I say.

And then I got to Go in and have a talk.

"Exactly what did you Mean by that, wojo?"

"I'm still unclear About that, wojo."

Kind of gets to you, you know?

Yeah.

Well, look, man, I mean, I'm not Trying to trap you, you know?

Yeah, I know.

I just want it to be Accurate, complete.

And I want it to sell.

Sure.

Oh, and what I said about Forgetting your witty remarks...

Well, I don't mind them, So keep them coming.

Thank you.

"Thank you"?

Yeah.

I was expecting something A little more witty.

Oh, well, I mean, I could.

You know, wit is a Spontaneous thing.

I mean, you know, it's Not the kind of thing

You just flip on Like a light bulb.

Guess not.