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[dramatic music]

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[sultry jazz music]

♪

[gasps]

Oh, it's you.
What are you doing?

- I didn't say anything, I swear.
- you had to.

You were with him too often.

[screams]

[gasps]

[screams]

[both grunting]

- all right, I want you
To check under the nails.

I want a swab.

Inventory her
Personal belongings.

I want to be sure that nobody
Was after anything special.

- come on, joe, just because
A girl's lying on the ground,

Doesn't mean rape
Was the only motive.

Well, how about for starters?

Oh, captain.

How is she?

- he worked her
Over pretty well.

What brings you down here
On this frigid morning, captain?

- I heard you pick up the call
On the car radio.

You came down to chat?

How nice.

What do you think it was?

- just like the others.
Nurses.

Night.

Hospital close by.

He found a fertile field--
Back to the same place.

Adds to his excitement.

There's no way
We can cover this place

With all its entrances
And underground tunnels.

It's a fortification.

I think he's an employee,

At least that's
What I'm working on.

- the other girls
Weren't beaten up.

The other girls were raped.

Isn't that a beating too?

Detective long?

- excuse me, captain,
No time to chat.

- long.
- no.

You convinced me.

You know this rape scene
Better than anyone in the area.

You just convinced me again.

You know the mos.
You know the patterns.

You know the way
These guys think.

You know how their victims
Should be handled.

- captain,
You run a homicide unit.

I am not into that scene.

- long, suppose
Kojak wasn't there?

But he is.

And you are.

And you're into death.

And what I'm into in the sex
Crimes unit, I can understand.

I know why I'm working there.

- downtown wants a woman
In homicide.

It came up you.

- captain, I will not work
With that greek bowling ball.

- there.
- long, one word of warning.

Our coffee
Is one step ahead of suicide.

You're kidding.

You told the commissioner

You'd take all the help
You could get

And from anyplace
You could get it.

- he never listened to me
Before.

Why should he start now?

Theo, she knows her business,

And she knows this case.

Frank, it won't work.

Try.

- there's a personality conflict
Here,

And you know what the rule book
Says about that.

Lieutenant kojak,

Detective long.

- detective long,
Shall I put on my jacket?

And do you mind if I smoke?

And look, joe, I thought
You didn't want any part of me?

- is it too soon
To request a transfer?

I'll see you guys.

All right, all right.

No, that's all right,
I don't want to smoke.

And, yes, I do
Like my coffee black.

And okay,
If you and I want to double date

With a couple of broads
After work, I'm game.

All right, now, that ends

The lady and men's work jokes,
Right?

[telephone rings]

- oh, stavros,
We got a new member of the team.

Kojak.

- so I noticed,
And I'm just delighted.

Just think,
From now on,

We'll have to
Keep our pants pressed

And watch our language

Around the squad room
From now on.

Well, that just wouldn't hurt.

- all right,
I'll be right over.

Come on, let's go.

- couldn't you just leave me
With my normal,

Garden variety degenerates?

- you'll be right at home
Here in manhattan south.

You see,
Some of our leading degenerates

Are right here on the squad,
Including me.

Let's go.

The hell you trying to do,

Jackpot me, man?

People around know you.

They know you around here,
You know?

- okay, okay,
So I'm popular.

Look, I need some extras, okay?

- hey, man, that hand looks
A little infected, you know?

Don't worry about it.

It'll heal.

What do you say?

Look, I got about an eighth
Of a kilo of coke coming in.

I need the cut.

[clears throat]

You know, ringer,
This is getting to be

More trouble than it's worth.

Okay, okay.

Look, flarrety, how'd you
Like to make some real bread?

Why don't you score me some
Of that pharmaceutical coke?

You know, merc?
Quick flick?

I'll lay $500
An ounce on you, baby.

That's a quick score
For both of us.

How does it sound?

$600 an ounce sounds better.

Well, there you go.

Now you're a business man.

Hey, ringer.

Better have someone
Look after that scratch.

Skin looks inflamed.

Did you put a guard on her?

No, I didn't.

Lieutenant kojak?

Yeah, seymour.

Leslie's a friend of mine.

Really, how good a friend?

- well, we dated for a while;
Then we broke it off.

Nothing heavy.

Been thinking
Of starting it up again.

Cops and nurses.

It's what you call
An easy pairing,

You know, goes together
Like cops and robbers.

- you know detective long?
- I've seen her around.

You talk to the girl?

- I tried to,
But they said no,

Until a special police person
Came along.

- it's easier for a woman
To talk to a woman.

How would you know?

You ever work the street?

Take it easy, seymour.

I'm in the same job you are.

Yeah, I know.

Same pay day, except you get
More in your check than I do.

Is that all, lieutenant?

Yeah.

- tell them to check
With belleview.

Sorry to keep you waiting,
Lieutenant.

We're in a bit of a rush.

I thought you'd want to talk to

The chief of security
Rather than me.

- well,
He's got a nice gray uniform

And a very pleasant personality,

But I want to talk to you,
Doctor.

You sound upset.

- how many women were grabbed
On their way home

From the hospital?

Police get reports.

- I'm asking you
How many happened.

- I told you, sir,
Look at your records.

- doctor, would you like me
To walk up and down these halls,

Asking people
How many assaults took place

From this hospital
That were not reported?

Do you want that kind
Of advertising?

Six.

Six that you know of,

Or six that were not reported?

- do you realize
How difficult it is

To staff a public hospital?

Nobody wants to work
The late shift as it is.

All this sordid business
Be known,

We'd be operating
A parking lot here.

We're doing our best.

- bernard, I want
Your complete list of assaults,

And I want nurse smith's
Personal folder.

- I told you,
I am doing my best.

Wonderful.

Would you like to go
Inside there

And whisper it to the girl
In the coma?

She might hear you.

- the record room
Is next to my office.

Leslie smith.

Straight kid from tarrytown.

Lived alone.

Single.

- yeah?
How do you know she lived alone?

I checked.

I also checked out
Her love life.

Officer seymour was it
For a while.

After they split up,
She dated here and there.

There was one guy,

Average height,
Dark hair,

Very definite features.

Apparently she didn't bother
To introduce him

When she was seen with him
From time to time.

- who said you don't belong
In homicide?

- hey, lieutenant,
The first and final statement.

I did not choose to be here.

I don't like this.

I don't want to be
An experiment.

I do not want to be a crusader.

I just want to do the job I like
And go home,

And this is not it.

And I know how great it looks
In print, "Barriers broken.

"Police person
Stands side-by-side

With department's number one
Macho cop, theo kojak."

Why did you think
That they put us together,

Because we'd make
A great dance team?

- can you do this act
Underwater?

All right, how's this?

I'll stay on this case
Because it's an apparent rape,

But when it's over,
I'm gone.

Well, how's this?

Until I can arrange you
Out of here,

You stay here and do your job.

Do you understand?

You told me
What you feel about dedication,

I told you
What I feel about you.

Now that's a shorter speech,

But it's clear, isn't it?

Yes.

[telephone rings]

Yeah?

Okay.

It's no longer a rape case.

The kid is dead.

Oh, no.

[jazz music]

♪

Oh, miss long, welcome.

We hope you enjoyed
The ride down.

The chauffeur is a little funny
Behind the wheel,

But he's really all right,
You know.

- he's not the best driver
In the world, but he's honest.

He keeps the car clean,
As you can see,

And he dresses neatly.

- for an encore, you can canvass
Every building on this block

And the two around the corner.

- he's really got
A mean streak in him.

Once you get to know him,
You can see how mean he can be.

They do that all the time?

Almost always.

Dead bodies lying around,

And they go into
A comedy routine?

- do you know
What we're gonna find

When we go into this building?

No.

Neither do they.

Could be a killer
With a .357 magnum,

A body chopped up into pieces.

You better get your laughs
Whenever you can.

I got things to do.

- yeah?
Would you believe me too?

How long she been living here?

- about a year and a half.
- nice labels.

I couldn't afford them,

And I make more
Than a nurse does.

How long you people gonna be?

- I don't know.
Nice pictures.

- excuse me.
- mm-hmm.

Hello.

Amphetamines.

Amyl nitrate.

Uppers. Downers.

Supers.

That chick must have
Rattled for breakfast.

She get many visitors here?
You know, men, women, whatever?

I don't know, you know?

I didn't pay any attention.

This is an apartment house,
Not a rooming house, you know.

Yeah.

Any friends in the building?

- 5b on the fourth floor.
Campbell.

5b on the fourth floor?

- I didn't build the house,
Lady.

I just keep it clean.

- you stick around here;
I'll go talk to 5b.

She ain't home.

She's a nurse, too,
At the same hospital.

Her hours are from
8:00 to 6:00,

But she sometimes goes shopping
First, you know?

- I thought you didn't know
Anything about your tenants?

- this one here,
She's got some great body,

You know what I mean?

I know what he means,

You know?

I better go with you.

- don't worry,
He's my pigeon.

Just as long as he delivers.

- I told you, debrino,
He's my pigeon, okay?

Four ounces of manitol.

Manitol, what about the merc?

I got deliveries to make.

- you want me to take a look
At that hand?

Talk to me about the merc.

- those fingers
Are gonna get inflamed.

Look, you want to operate,

You can operate after we
Complete the deal, okay?

The merc's here,

But I think we got
To talk about it some more.

- talk? What do you mean talk?
We already talked.

- hey listen, let me get
Some penicillin for that hand.

You trying to stall me, huh?

- I think the merc's
Worth another $100 an ounce.

You bum.

I don't like being shook down.

- and I don't like talking
To a guy

Who's got scratches
On his hands

The same day a nurse
Has been worked over,

The same nurse
That he gets his stuff from.

I mean, that could happen to me,
You know?

Okay.

When can I expect delivery?

Later. Later.

Hey, smile, ringer, smile.

Like you said, it's business.

- but lieutenant, the campbell
Girl is off for two days.

She's up playing snow bunny
In the catskills.

Now, I wouldn't mind
Going up there after her.

Oh, yeah?

Why don't you take the car fare
Out of petty cash?

- when's she coming back?
- tomorrow.

- the odd couple.
- it could have been me.

- well,
I could have had pneumonia,

But I fought it off too.

Let me get that for you.

May I suggest a black skirt?

It would soil less.

- abbot and costello,
And laurel and hardy over there,

When you're finished
With your comedy routine,

I've got nothing more to say
Than that the m.E. Report

Shows that the smith girl
Was not raped.

- fits the pattern
Of the others--

Nurse, physical force,

And after midnight.

Yes, but we don't know

How far he intended to go.

- no, we don't,
And we can't ask her.

Hey, long.

Be respectful.

- maybe the guy
Remembered he had another date?

The girl is dead.

She's beaten to death,
And you're gonna joke?

- I think I'll go
Get some coffee.

- I'll buy.
- it's my turn.

Crocker, hold it.

Now, look, I want you
To run down your leads

On the rape pattern, okay.

Make sure you talk to that cop,
Seymour,

About those drugs she had,
And you help with her on it.

Uh, lieutenant.

- uh, look,
I said give it a couple of days

To see if
It's going somewhere.

You catch up with
The campbell girl, too, okay?

Now clear the office.

Long?

Hold on.

You want to close the door?

That's where it's at,
Detective long.

- when crocker's record
Is better than mine,

Then he can gripe
About working with me.

- hey, look.
He's not knocking your ability.

All he's saying is that he's got
To go out into the street,

And maybe he has to arm wrestle
With somebody,

And he wants to make sure that
His other arm is in total synch.

- well, I don't belong
In professional football either.

Why don't you
Throw that one in?

- I hear you're pretty good
At taking a pass.

- hey, long.
- what?

Be careful, okay?

I think we're into something
Very, very heavy.

Right.

Why here?

- I didn't feel like
Walking around

With ten ounces of coke
In my pocket.

- here.
- what is this?

- it's penicillin;
It's for your hand.

- look, it was always
Part of our deal

That you're supposed to walk
The stuff out in the open.

- I don't like changes.
- you want some water?

I'll take it later, okay?

- listen, ringer, I was talking
To some friends of mine,

And they said the street price
Of pure merc

Is $2,000 an ounce.

Where's the stuff?

Is that true?

What difference does it make?

You got your money up front.

No risk to you.
No problem.

You could empty
This hospital out

Before the dum-dums
Would know it.

- yeah, but the difference
Between $2,000 and $700

Is a big spread,
You know?

- look, I got
To finish this deal, okay?

I'm committed,
And I got people waiting.

- fifty-fifty.
$1,000 an ounce.

- we made a price.
Now, deliver.

Deliver!

What's it look like to you?

Old stuff.

- three, four days, maybe.
- okay.

Just for the heck of it,

Check his blood type
Against the samples

Taken from under the skin
Of the smith homicide.

- you pulling
The long shots now?

- if you can think of anything
Better, would you let me know?

- don't tell me
You have to work these hours.

I have to work these hours too,

And we're both on
The city payroll.

So what do you want me to do?

I'm giving you
What you want, right?

- so let me gripe.
- okay.

Now, you just keep
Checking the stuff

And keep calling, okay?

Tomorrow we'll have a party.

We've measured everything
But band aids and toilet paper.

And nothing's missing?

Plenty is missing.

- morphine, among other things.
- oh, really? How much?

- enough to blow
This island's mind.

Any ideas?

Who knows?

One floor borrows
From the other.

Nurses forget to file the slips.

A lot of patients' charts show

That they received the shots.

You go to check the patients.

Some are gone.
Some are dead.

Some don't count the checks--

Shots they get
Or don't get.

- mm-hmm.
You sound tired.

Are you kidding?

Four hours in here
With the dust of decades,

And I had plans to do the town,

And on top of that,

The fellows here are into

What will
The equal rights amendment

Do to the quality
Of public toilets?

Now, is there anything
You might like to add?

- yes, call bernard
At the hospital

And tell him I want to see him,
Okay?

Yes, sir.

Lieutenant, he's not like us.

He sleeps at night.

Do you know what time it is?

- crocker,
You're partner here is tired.

Why don't you go home,
All of you?

I mean, get a lot of sleep.

Crocker, you and long,

Go to the campbell girl

The first thing in the morning,
Okay?

- it's the first thing
In the morning now.

Well, good.

Then you won't have to
Wake her up if she's home.

Oh.

- and I don't appreciate
The body english,

You understand,
The grunts and the groans,

The grimaces every time
I tell you to do something.

Now, lieutenant.

Would you please listen to me?

Your romances may wait
For you to remember them,

But I don't intend
To live that way.

And just because I'm
A woman on the job,

Don't assume that I am even more
Dedicated than you are,

Because I am not.

- ah, don't say a word,
You chauvinist pig,

Because you and I,
We're not equal.

- all I wanted to tell him
Was that the line was busy.

- I got home after midnight
From the catskills,

And I found your note
In the door,

But the body and mind
Were worn down.

Skiing can really wipe you out.

- are you any good
On the slopes?

- oh, I don't even own
A pair of skis.

Yeah?

I go in for the action.

Is it good?

I can always get better.

- did leslie smith
Ever join you?

- no, we worked
At the same hospital

But we did our own thing.

- like ripping off drugs
From the pharmacies?

- a minute ago,
I liked you.

I saw the chance for the start
Of something meaningful.

- I'm just trying to get off
On the right foot.

Tell me what you get off on?

You want to see my arms?

- look, honey,
I used to be a nurse myself,

And every once in a while

We used to walk around giggling
At the walls for no reason.

- okay, so a few of us
Pop a pill

Just to keep it together
When we get home.

- and maybe you pick up
A few extras?

You should be so lucky.

- everybody knows
You can sell them,

Now, where do you sell yours?

You're as bad as he is.

- only at poker, which we're
Not playing right now.

So tell us who you deal with.

Maybe leslie, not me.

A few of the nurses
Do that sort of thing.

So do a few cops.

- maybe I should start up
A meaningful relationship

With one of them.

Try the restaurant near
The hospital, that's all I know.

- good.
You can buy me coffee.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You were never a nurse.

Well, she talked, didn't she?

You two believe the rumors

About on the job sex
Between cops?

- of course
There are inventory losses.

There are always
Inventory losses.

Look at the size
Of this facility.

Pharmacies everywhere.

Satellite pharmacies everywhere.

Thousands of
Staff members authorized

To withdraw everything
From straws to heroin.

- doctor, there are
Enough drugs missing

To whack out
All of brooklyn.

Now, don't ask me why;
That's your problem.

My problem is the fact
That 46 ounces of cocaine,

That's almost three pounds,

Missing over
The last four months.

- I'm sure we can come to
Some kind of logical conclusion

That isn't earth-shattering.

- well, you're looking for
A save-your-job conclusion.

I'm just interested
In a dope peddler

Who killed the girl
That was supplying him.

What can I do to help?

Well, I don't know yet,

But it's nice to know
That you're available.

It--it warms my tired old heart,
Doctor.

We stopped off at the lab.

The skin samples from flarrety
Did not match the smith girl.

What about campbell?

- she gave us a tip
On the restaurant

Across from the hospital,

But she didn't tell us anything

That we already didn't know,

That some nurses do it.

Smith did it a lot.

- all right, you forget about
The rape leads,

And just concentrate on
The drug rip-offs, all right?

Meantime, I'll call downtown,

Get you your old unit back,

And you concentrate
On the rapes, okay?

Go see if you can't score a room
In that tenement

Across the way
From the restaurant.

Am I through here?

- and you were great.
Thanks a lot.

- you really were.
I told him.

- now, I want to set up a plant
On that restaurant

Because I think
That's the center of things.

Meantime, I'll call mcneil,

And I'll see if I can't get
The manpower

To keep that room filled.

Go ahead.

I'm dumped, right?

- joe,
He's killed twice.

So I'll wear old clothes.

I won't look so good,
But that's your loss.

I thought you wanted out?

I do,

The sooner the better,

But I'm into this now.

I mean, I'm tuned to it,

And there are women involved.

No offense meant,

But they can con you.

They can't con me.

And look,
If this plea doesn't work,

Well, then, I'll just apologize
For the hassling,

And I'll ask to stay, okay?

- you proved
You can handle homicide.

- oh, so I questioned
A nervous nurse.

Hey, listen,
I want this guy.

I want to be there
When you put him down

For what he did
To that poor misguided girl.

And I want to know
That I didn't run from this.

Who said run?

Come on.

Okay, coochie coo.

You catch up with crocker,
All right?

And use your talents
To charm the landlord.

In the meantime,
We'll talk about the rest later.

Go ahead.

Thanks.

Sure.

How's it going?

- how's it going?
How's it going?

She's gonna kill herself.

She's gone from
Blind indifference

To blind eagerness.

I know what you mean.

But I'd cry just as hard

If any one of my other men
Took a bullet.

I'm sorry, theo,
But now that she wants to stay,

I've got no reason to pull her
Unless you give me one.

What can I tell you, frank?

I mean,
She'd make a lousy housewife,

And she probably doesn't
Want to be a hooker,

So I don't think
She knows what she wants.

- you're beginning
To sound like your men.

She's a cop.

Let her be a cop.

Ah, a blind chauvinist pig.

And because I became a cop,

It was automatically assumed

That I was fighting
The women's war.

You know, running around,
Gung ho, screaming,

"Let me at those
Chauvinist pigs."

But if all I want to do
Is a day's work in a job I like,

Then I automatically
Get a reputation as a traitor

To the women of the world.

I mean,
It's all a bunch of bull.

- yeah?
So why'd you ask to stay on?

- you think I did it because
All eyes are on me, right?

- I'll tell you what,
For whatever reason,

Don't try and be a hero,
All right?

I could get shot in the back.

- bobby,
I did not choose to run.

I'm not one of the guys.
I'm not gung ho.

I'm me.

Don't ask me what that is,

I'm not sure yet.

But, listen, just don't worry.

- listen, did we come here
To play cards or apologize?

Joe, come here, quick.

That guy with the hair
Looks nervous.

I've seen him before.

Oh, yeah.

He looks like the guy
In leslie smith's photo.

- a girl never
Forgets a pretty face.

- mm-hmm.

Hi, rizzo.
Wake up, okay?

I want you to go down
To narcotics,

Start pulling photographs.

You too.

You go along
To keep him from napping.

The both of you,
See if you can I.D. This guy.

If the answer is yes,
I want you to pull his prints

And try to match them up with
The prints from the drug store.

When you get to a phone,
Call stavros.

Have him get down here
On the double.

Okay.

I had the winning hand.

Whose pot is this?

It's mine.

You cheat better than they do.

This guy looks impatient.

What do we do
If he stops feeding his face

And decides to take off?

- then you grab him,
But let's hope he eats slow.

I'll be downstairs covering him.

You enjoy your stay here, okay?

Oh, look, now that you've
Developed this respect

And admiration for each other,
There'll be no hanky panky.

- what's with you
And the lieutenant?

We have a disagreement.

He's getting up.

Yeah?

He just got a phone call.

Oh, he's our man.

The prints match,
And he's got a drug sheet.

Where's that army I asked for?

It hit the fan at the office.

There are homicides
All over the place.

Stavros will join up

As soon as he slides
Through pre-arraignment.

- you got me.
- huh.

You could have brought coffee.

Makes your hair fall out.

Plant to boss.

Hey, go ahead, joe.

Oh, now it's joe.

- he's talking to a big guy
At the table.

Crocker thinks he knows the guy.

It looks like a meet.

- all right.
Stay cool, joe.

It'll fall into place.

What do you want
Me to call her, julius?

You got the flu?

Or do you got a social disease?

You got the green?

It's a buy.

Okay, let's go.

Wait. Relax.

Where's the stuff?

- it's in an alley.
- I got a scale in the car.

- look, I can't stand around
While you investigate.

- I want to weigh it,
And I want to taste.

Fair enough.

- tell him this is it.
- they're leaving together.

- all right, drop the plan
And take it on foot.

Cover them from
The downtown side.

We'll cover uptown.

Let them get the stash
Before you move.

- police.
Don't move.

- hold it.
You heard the lady.

Now get up against the wall.

Come on, move.

Oh.

Are you alright?

Frank?

I lost him.

- all right, crocker,
Go call an ambulance.

[knocks on door]

Yeah, come in.

No, no, no.

- go ahead and make your call.
- that's all right.

I was calling
My haberdasher.

I was ordering a black tie.

I thought you were dead.

Not that I didn't try.

- well, everybody blows a collar
Every now and then.

You have your report?

Yeah.

I mean, I blew it.

I had a shot,
And I just couldn't do it.

Hey, joe.

If it was that easy
For you to kill,

We wouldn't want you on the job.

- you know that they wouldn't
Even look at me when I came in.

All that work, and I just
Washed it down the drain.

- mm-hmm.

- here.
- no, thanks.

- well, we've got
The salesman's customer.

Maybe he'll cooperate.

And you said you saw
That big scratch on his hand.

- right.
I did.

Well, do you think
He killed the nurse,

Or are you just hoping?

No, that's the way I see it.

Okay.

I'm glad you're all right.

And I want you to follow through
On your leads and like that.

Listen.

How do I handle out there?

The guys?

- live with it.
- how?

Do I smile
And serve coffee?

I'll take mine hot.

- let's face it,
I don't belong here.

- what the hell am I trying for?
- I don't know.

You said that before.

- no, I mean on the job,
As a cop.

- well, since you saw fit
To invade my boudoir,

You listen to me,
Police person, okay?

There's stavros.

He's fat,
And he's slow,

And he couldn't run the hundred
Yard dash in 12 minutes flat.

And then there's crocker,
Like a panther, right?

Young,
And he's fast,

And he cares an awful lot,

And he's got a hot head.

And then there's saperstein,

Who believes in
An awful lot of people,

And he gets disappointed
An awful lot of times.

And rizzo,
What can you say about him?

He's in there hanging
By his fingernails.

You want me to go
Through the whole roster?

No.

- why don't you get me a towel,
Because I can't see.

Listen, um...

Here.

You have a minute?

- you got a minute,
You got a minute.

Wait until I can see.

I blew a marriage

And at least
A dozen possibilities

Because of this job,

And maybe I feel
That the job owes me,

But I still want to go
To the finish on this case.

Okay?

And after that, I don't know.

Hey, long.

You didn't want to
Come down to manhattan south,

And I got news for you, baby,
I didn't want you, okay?

But because of
Departmental politics,

Public opinion, whatever,

They thought
We'd be good for each other,

You know,
Good public relations.

But I get the feeling

That you're trying to
Prove something,

And that's one way
To get yourself killed.

Now, I've applied for you to be
Transferred out of here,

And until that happens,

I want you to use
That lovely body of yours

Just to follow leads and
Keep a low profile, comprende?

Comprende.

Captain mcneil and crocker

Have debrino
In the interrogation room.

Better get in there.

This is for her.

Oh, no.

Oh.

- what do I do now?
- I don't know.

But you better act mad,
Or they'll never forgive you.

- well, I've got the helmet
And the lasso.

Now where am I gonna go
To get the manure?

[laughs]

- how did I know
The chick was a cop?

- why don't you go
Get yourself some iodine, huh?

A little eye band aid,
Some eye drops,

And maybe you'll be
As good as new.

It's still fairy tale time.

- it looked like a stick-up
To me, I swear.

I was just holding
A lot of bread,

So I just took off running.

- what about the guy
In the alley with you?

What did he think she was?

He was gonna sell me a watch.

A $15,000 watch?

- I don't like to get
Caught short of cash.

Oh, really?

Look, you've got
Four previous arrests.

Three for drugs.

We know you've had two previous
Meetings with that salesman.

As a matter of fact,
We have one on film.

Did you know that?

Detective long, why don't you
Tell mr. Debrino

What you have on the killer.

I want him to know
How tight the case is

Against the slime
He's been dealing with.

Oh, well, it's cut and dry.

I mean, his prints at the scene.

We have a description.

We know she tore his hand up

Because his skin
Is under her nails.

It was ringer who hit her.

I wasn't there.

I didn't even know her.

Ringer?

- I'd rather think
It was the two of you.

That's a frame.

- now, look,
You're garbage,

But lucky garbage,

And we want ringer.

Now, sit down.

- I told you,
I don't know him.

If I don't know a guy
Who got away,

You can't touch me.

- you also have
A bail jumping warrant

Tucked up in your folder here.

It has dust on it,

But you must owe some time
On it, don't you think?

That's an old misdemeanor.

It won't hold up.

It'll hold up if we press it,

And we'll shake the files.

Who knows what we'll find.

A year here, a year there.

You two are like bookends.

You squeeze me from both sides.

Then deal.

- ringer has an insider
At the hospital.

He comes up with good loads
From time to time.

Flarrety?

Ah.

I tried to reach him,

But he only deals
Directly through ringer.

I was just a customer.

Ringer has something on him.

- what about a nurse
Named leslie smith?

- ringer was hung up on her
For a while.

Then she started dating
Some cop,

And ringer sweated
That she might stool on them.

He's a psycho.

He killed his lover because he
Was afraid that she'd hang him.

Now if he could do that,

What do you suppose he'd do
To some guy he was supplying

If he thought
That you could hurt him?

So I should talk, huh?

Well, you're already in here.

Go explain to him
That you weren't the reason

We grabbed him.

She's worse than you two.

Where's ringer now?

- I don't know.
I swear.

- well, he's still
Holding all that coke.

Now, where will he go
To unload it?

- I guess you look for guys
Who can handle that much.

Ahh.

Why should we look?

We got you,

And you're gonna
Make the buy for us.

- tony.
It's me.

I'm in an outside booth.

The number I gave you.

Tell ringer to call me.

Tell him that I'm clean,

And we can still do
What we have to.

- long handled herself
Well in the interrogation.

Fair.

- theo, I talked
To the deputy commissioner.

They want long to work out
In manhattan south.

- you remember that young
Officer, o'grady was his name?

Bright. Sharp.

No, he didn't belong either,

But he tried until he got knifed
In an alley.

- well, why do you keep her
Still involved?

Why don't you
Have her back

Answering the phone
In the squad room?

- she asked to stay
Through this case.

- well, I really
Think she could work out.

You're the boss.

- sometimes I think it only
Says that on my door

Just to make me feel good.

- I thought they'd all be
Down on me.

What for?

No one got hurt but you.

- yeah, but I blew the collar
After all that work.

- listen, there are guys
Who'll never get used to women

Working in the street with them.

These are the same guys
That don't like

Working with black cops,

But black cops manage.

What do you want,
Special treatment?

No.

Does it bother you?

Working with a different kind
Of cop?

I told you.

You paid your dues.

- you know what they call guys
Who are immune to females?

Tired.

Oh, god.

[telephone rings]

- is that it?
- relax.

Relax. Relax.

He'll know when it happens.

[ringing continues]

- mike?
- hello, ringer?

- you got away.
- no, they arrested me.

I'm in the electric chair
Right now.

Come on, set it up.

- okay, you know
That big fountain

On 72nd street
In the park,

The one with the lady
With the big wings?

- what kind of wings?
- look, debrino.

I haven't got any time
For jokes,

And I also won't have any time

For weigh-ins
Where we're gonna be, okay?

- well, I guess I'll have
To trust you.

That's it.

- you gonna pass the stuff
Right here?

No, no.

In the men's room
Up by the bandstand.

You still got the cash?

Same pocket, same amount.

Okay.

I'll go first.

You set me up.

[gunshots]

Drop it, ringer.

Freeze.

[gunshots]

- all right,
Hold it right there.

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

She's hit.

- she okay?
- can you walk?

Get debrino.

What am I doing here?

- well, you wanted to be
In on the finish.

Give me your hand.

- you know, some women
Might be okay at this.

Some police officers.

You're nothing special.

You're a five foot cop,
Not a six foot cop.

Maybe I better rest.

Hold her up, theo.

- we can get you to emergency
Before an ambulance gets here.

- you guys have these shootouts
All the time, huh?

All the time.

- boy, I'm sure glad I'm getting
Out of manhattan south.

So are we.

- you guys have no lives.
- what's a life?

- hey, do me a favor,
Will you?

Don't call up downtown
About my transfer yet, okay?

I'll get the car.

- if the sex crime unit
Hears about it,

I'm in trouble.

- anything you say,
Detective long.

Okay.