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Pop, you're gonna
Cut your fingers off.

Please, don't do
Anything crazy.

I became a husband,
I became a father,

I became a businessman.

I ran out
Of crazy things to do.

Go on. I'll be okay.

- are you sure?
- go on, go on.

Manhattan south.

Lieutenant kojak,
Please.

Tell him
It's charlie gerson.

Hey, charlie.
It's me, bobby.

Oh, hello, bobby.
You like the suit?

Yeah, it's all right.
The ladies like it.

Charlie.

Lieutenant, line two.
Charlie gerson.

What do you got
In a houndstooth?

Theo, I...I want to swear out
A warrant against hennessey.

Wait a minute, charlie.

Who's up?

I am, lieutenant.

Uh, do you need
A new suit, stavros?

Well, you and rizzo
Get down to charlie gerson's

And bring him in.

Charlie, you stay there, okay?

I'm sending stavros.

Charlie, I think
You're nuts.

Theo, I don't need
An escort.

Hey, charlie, they know
We're looking into

Their activities, okay?

Well, let them know.

Charlie, I give protection
To people I don't like.

Now let me do it
For a buddy, okay?

Get out of here,
Hennessey.

I don't want any trouble,
Charlie.

Just payment.

I paid you.

I paid you ten times over.

Late, charlie.
You're always late.

You know you have to pay
Double the interest

If you don't make
Your payments on time.

You don't want
Anything to happen

To all those new orders
Over there, now do you? Huh?

Hey, stop right there.

Stop.

Hey, what's going--?
Hey!

Hey! Hey, you!

Did you see
What that guy did?

Hey, what about my cab, huh?

He owed them.
He was paying them.

They didn't
Have to shoot him.

It happened just before
I got here, lieutenant.

He's dead, kojak.

Hey, jerry...

Lieutenant, is there
Anybody you want to speak to

Before we wrap this?

Maybe the kid
Was right.

These hoods,
Take one out,

And ten more take their place,
Just like weeds.

Lieutenant, uh,
The workers.

All right, look,

Get the names and addresses
Of everybody here, okay?

And have them give a statement
To the officers.

Yes, sir.

Yes, you can quote me,
Assistant d.A. Turner.

We have the killer,

And we're going to throw
The book at him.

And if you want--
Ah, excuse me.

Theo.

- look, what I'd like to do is...
- now, look.

Be careful with this one,
Tom, okay?

And cover ourselves
At every turn.

That's the son
Of frank hennessey.

And you know how big he is.

That animal can pull strings
From here to washington.

Here. They're good.
Now, come on.

Smile, will you, theo?

We'll hang hennessey
Together.

Joe, you all right?

They worked me over, pop.

Whoa, he hit his head when
He was pulled out of a cab

He stole while he was trying
To escape.

Now you got that straight now?

Who's the cop on this?

You called?

Look who's here.

Kojak.

If you can't get me one way,
Try another.

The land of opportunity, pop.

You know, everybody's got
To get ahead, you slime.

Who is the d.A.?

The name is turner.

Why hasn't bail
Been set yet?

Here, I just put in
The request.

250,000.

- he's crazy.
- murder one, mr. Hennessey.

Murder one.

Hey.

I said don't rush it.

You know, we can only hold him
For 72 hours

On grand theft auto,
Assault and like that.

Just don't press
The murder charge.

What do you need,
A videotape?

Look, if ballistics doesn't
Tie the bullet in charlie gerson

To that gun,
I will eat it, theo.

Look, I know you're
Taking this personally,

But I don't want you
To worry.

Now, I will not
Let you down.

Good. Just stall.

I need more time
To build a better case.

Theo, you've got statements
From nine witnesses.

They heard the shot.
They saw him run.

Yeah, but they're vague
And afraid.

Oh, come on now.

The--the traffic cop swears
That he was holding the gun.

We have the gun.

Yeah, but we don't have
A witness who saw it happen.

Now, we need more time
To build a better case,

And besides that,

I'm working on charlie gerson's
Friends to have them open up.

Okay. Do whatever you want to.
Remember, though,

Everything you get here on out
Is just icing on the cake, theo.

Now, I got to go.

I am trying an arson case

Against a battery
Of defense attorneys,

Any one of whom earns twice

What you, I and kojak combined
Take home.

Hi, theo. You look like
A leftover dinner.

So when I say that I want
Crocker and saperstein

Available to testify,

I don't want to hear
That you can't spare them.

Lakos, you never gave me
The chance.

Spare them, captain.
We're on the same team.

Lakos, I'm gonna need
A wiretap on frank hennessey,

The loan shark.

A wiretap?

You got to be joshing.

That is too much paperwork.

What about teamwork?

What team?

What is he asking?

Help in bringing criminals
To justice.

Now, lakos,
You're an assistant d.A.

You just said
All of us combined

Don't make what one high-priced
Defense attorney makes, right?

All right, all right.

So even lady d.A.'s
Have big mouths.

Can't it work for turner?

Well, turner is up to his neck
Preparing the hennessey case.

Okay, I'm gonna need probable
Cause to order a wiretap.

Well, gerson told me that
Joe hennessey called that number

Several times
From his office.

Yeah, but gerson is dead.

Don't you believe theo?

We're looking
For probable cause.

One greek trusting another
Isn't enough.

Hennessey told gerson
That he could call that number

Anytime if he needed money.

That's probable cause.

Well, we greeks,
We got to stick together.

Oh!

A hand.

That's all I have
To deal you, a hand.

Not what kind.

I'll take a leg.

At least I can walk on it.

Dave, why don't you
Be good like louie?

Ha. Louie gave up.

Look at him.

A model of despair.

Ah...

Hello, fellas.
You need a fourth?

You're in luck.

I just finished the new
Fall line of sport jackets.

Yeah, well, I didn't come
For a sport jacket, al.

You always come to defina
For a sport jacket.

Not this time.

This time I came
To save lives.

Look at the faces.
Surprise, surprise.

Now, how is theo gonna
Save our lives?

What's he gonna do?
Help us cross the street?

Well, I'm gonna tell you how
I'm gonna save your lives.

You're gonna testify

That you're into hennessey
For illegal rates.

That way he won't
Be busting your heads

And busting your hands,
And like that,

And you won't have to be paying

These usurious
Blood money rates.

I'm into hennessey?

Dave, for charlie's sake.

Me deal with
That killer?

You think
I'm out of my mind?

You think I'm some kind
Of nut?

I know you owe him.
You all do.

It's a rumor.

Who believes rumors?

This is the way it was, right?
Four hands.

Charlie, you know
Those friends

You've been playing poker
With all these years?

Well, they won't lift a finger
To catch the killer

Who blew you away,
Charlie.

Hennessey was indicted.

He goes on trail
For murder.

That's worse
Than shylocking.

The case is thin,
And we might lose him.

That's why I need a--
I need a reason to delay

So we can hold on to him.

Charlie, you're gonna
Have to wait a little while

Before you can rest
In your grave.

You see, your friends,
They're still playing poker

For their lives.

And charlie,
They're all bluffing.

Lieutenant.

Hi, judge cleary.

You going to the hennessey
Grand jury?

Yes.

- pretty quick.
- well, I think so too,

But turner thinks he's ready
And I can't slow him down.

What do you have?

Well, we have the gun
That hennessey threw away,

Plus witnesses
Who saw him run.

- eyewitnesses?
- no.

You want me
To do something?

Well, I'd appreciate it.

- just let me know.
- thank you.

Sorry. I was delayed.

I just couldn't budge
Any of gerson's friends.

We don't need them.
I just got the indictment.

I feel like I'm on
A greased rail.

Well, he's a known felon,
Theo.

- you can't introduce that.
- I don't have to.

Look, the press
Is playing this up.

Any potential jury is gonna
Be out for hennessey's blood.

Listen to this.
Now, good idea.

We won't need it,
But how about judge miller?

You can't pick
Your own judge, either.

I can request it.

Tough, hard, law-and-order
Miller. Good idea?

- I told you what I think.
- oh, there he is.

Judge miller.

Hello, tom.

I take it the indictment
Came through.

Uh, turner wants
Judge miller to sit.

Lieutenant, I realize
You knew the victim.

Perhaps you're being
Overly concerned.

Look, walter, you know,

I don't want to wait
Until the case is blown

Before someone comes up to me
And says,

"Kojak, you were right."

You asked if you could do
Something. Well, you can.

Talk to turner.

I'll do better than that.

Get me judge miller.

Frankly, turner has stumbled
A few times.

Rather unexplainably.

Well, let's try.

Thanks, walter.

Judge cleary.

Hello, walter.

What case do you want me
To get you off, now?

This isn't one of mine.

It's the hennessey case.

Oh? The hennessey case.

I understand an indictment
Just came through.

And I promised lieutenant kojak
I'd talk to you about a delay.

Well, walter, if you want me
To push turner for a delay,

I will certainly
Consider it.

Not at all.

I promised I'd call you,
That's all.

In the event kojak asks, I did.

Kojak's a bit of a worrier.

I wouldn't let it concern me
For a minute.

Turner knows his business,
And the public's in good hands.

The bum is up
To something.

He knows I'm next in line
For the top job.

He wants it so bad,

I can feel his breath
On my neck.

How are you doing?

You guys playing
By the rules?

Yes, sir. Every two minutes,
I shut it off for five seconds.

If it's personal
I shut it off altogether.

I hate these
New york basements.

They're so cold and they're so
Damp and they're so lonely.

Then what do we got
To stay here for?

Because you guys born
On the grand concourse

Are more dedicated
Than I am.

- hello?
- hey, pa, listen.

I gave a guy a couple bucks
To let me make the call.

Where are you?
Why aren't you here?

Joe, like today
Is tuesday.

By this afternoon,
You'll be out of there, okay?

It's all been arranged.

- are you sure it's fixed?
- go on.

Go back to the court
And enjoy yourself.

I hope I didn't
Spoil things for you

By telling you
How it turns out.

We got him now, lieutenant.

And do you see the man who
Threw the gun away in this room?

Over there.

Excuse me, your honor.

Word is out that hennessey
Is blowing off his mouth

That he's got
This trial arranged.

How could he?
We just picked the jury.

What are you asking me--
What are you asking me for?

I'm just telling you
What I heard.

Mr. Turner, anytime
You're ready to continue.

Sorry, your honor.
Your witness.

I'd just like to offer the gun
Previously marked

People's exhibit one
For identification.

I object, your honor.
There's no foundation for this.

Prosecution hasn't established
Whose gun it is.

Your honor, officer logan
Just did that.

Your honor, could we have
A voir dire on this?

Send the jury out.

Counsel is offering a gun.

What gun? Who owns it?

Where has it been?

Counselor, you've got
Your voir dire.

Yes, sir.

Officer logan,

Did you mark in any way

The gun you took out
Of the garbage pail?

No, sir.

Did anyone write down
The serial number?

There was no time.

Now, were you all
Chasing the defendant?

- yes.
- exactly where was the gun

While the chase
Was going on?

In the police car,
On the seat where I put it.

And the car was locked

When you left to apprehend
The defendant?

No, sir.

But as soon as we came back
With hennessey in handcuffs,

The sector car officer locked it
In the glove compartment.

From that moment to this
It's been in custody.

I see. Thank you very much,
Officer.

Your honor, we still don't know
What gun it is.

It was left unattended
On the car seat,

So the chain of custody
Was clearly broken.

Now, this is no reflection
On you, officer.

You're in traffic,
This is homicide.

But, uh...

Mr. Turner.

Do you have
Anything more for me?

No, sir.

I see.

No corroborating
Eyewitness?

No, sir.

No eyewitness.

And, uh, you can establish
No direct tie

Between the defendant
And the murder weapon?

Hmm.

What have we?

A man running from
A loud noise?

Your honor,
I move for dismissal.

Your honor, I would like
A recess.

Mr. Turner, you should have
Asked for more time

Before the trail began.

I have no alternative

But to instruct the jury

To grant defendant's motion
For dismissal.

- I just feel that--
- mr. Turner,

It's already been said.

Bailiff, send the jury
Back in.

What happened?
What do you call this?

- please, jerry.
- jerry what?

No matter how you say it
My father is dead.

I'll never see him again,

And you won't be able
To get any more suits from him.

And the animal
Who shot him to death

- is going to walk out of here?
- mr. Gerson--

How could you let
Something like this happen?

- I'm very sorry.
- he's sorry too.

I don't know what to say.

Just say
You're a dumb fake.

- theo.
- come on, will you, frank.

He's so hungry for a conviction,
He let a killer go free.

- look, theo...
- come on, turner.

You're a blundering idiot.

Theo, we don't have to go
Through all this.

Chain of custody, right?

You didn't even bother
To try to establish

That you could prove
That the gun was hennessey's.

Don't put me down
In front of all these people.

Put you down?
I could kill you!

But don't worry,
It's not over.

I'm gonna nail him,

Just to prove
What a dumb dog you are.

And now, if you're ready,
Frank.

What are you going
To do about it?

What do you suggest I do?
Sue him for slander?

You know my boss
Would never go for it.

Well, at least you'd get an
Apology through the department.

Otherwise, you're finished.
And you know it.

Can't your brother-in-law
Send us one machine that works?

Surprise.

The brass is waiting
Up in my office.

Don't walk away from me,
You dumb fink!

You are a total
Incompetent.

Those are your words.
I'm just repeating them.

You said them to tom turner.

And in front of a group
Of his associates too.

I'm sorry.

See how easy that is?

Now why don't you say that
To tom turner?

He's a friend of yours too.

I can't, frank.

I mean, it'd stick in my throat
Like this lousy sandwich.

But don't worry,
I'll be okay.

I'm not worrying about you.
I'm worrying about me.

I know what happens
If you get hung out to dry.

And you're miserable
As a lieutenant.

You'll be even worse
If you're a lieutenant

Who gets hung out to dry.

Hey, kojak.

Got some glasses?

Well, I just though
You'd want to help me celebrate.

I mean, I hear you are
In big trouble.

Theo, knock it off. Theo!

Hey, hey, look at this.
Hey, hey captain, look at this.

- let him go.
- look at this.

What's all the fuss about?
The guy was only a tailor.

Keep it shut.

And if your business if over,
Get out.

How does it feel
To be on trial, cop?

I can't take this lying down,
Theo.

Now, my career
Won't stand it.

All a retraction means to you,
Captain,

Is an admission
That he was angry.

I was, and I am.

I'm begging you, theo.

Now, go in there
And admit you were wrong.

It'll all blow over.

Not for me, it won't,

Because you did
And the way you did it,

It's like a wife putting
The horns on her husband.

No matter how she apologizes,
He never forgets or forgives.

Well, what did I do?
I blew a case.

Now, you never blew one?

I told you,
They said they had it fixed,

And you did nothing
About that.

What? What are you trying
To do to me, theo?

I'll tell you.

Not only am I going
To prove

That you let a guilty bum
Go free,

I'm going to try to prove
That you did it on purpose.

Okay, you go on in there.

I hope they roast you
On a stick!

We understand mr. Turner
Requested an apology.

Are you willing to comply?

As far as I'm concerned,
Scarlet, I don't give a damn.

He can go to hell, sir.

Theo, your conduct
Is already in question.

We hoped you would try
To reassure us.

No, no.

Not until I prove that
Joe hennessey

Killed charlie gerson,

And turner blew
The conviction.

Now, that's enough.
Take a vacation.

Is your lieutenant aware
Of our need to remain impartial

In our dealings with
The district attorney's office?

Jack, you know he is.

Can I just say
On his behalf--

Mac, too much has been said

By members of manhattan south
Already.

That's why we are
In this mess.

Right or wrong.

Now take a rest
Until this cools down.

And when you get back,

Keep away from tom turner.

And stay off
The hennessey case.

I understand there's
A continuing investigation.

Let others do it.

Just let this whole thing
Fade away.

Oh.

Wait a minute, kojak.

I mean--

I mean,
A man is killed....

And the murderer is caught,

And an assistant district
Attorney blows the conviction

Over a basic,
Simple rule of procedure.

Shouldn't tom turner
Be coming here on his knees?

Lieutenant, you are suspended
As of now, pending a hearing.

Well, then, I can do what I
Want to do as a private citizen.

And I promise you,
I'll pursue this case.

Turn in your shield
To the desk, lieutenant.

I haven't been avoiding you
The last couple of days.

I've really been
Up to my neck.

You look relaxed.

So this is what
People do when they--

They don't have anything to do,
Right?

- how do you feel?
- I don't know. Scared.

Angry. Lost.

Your phone message
Sounded urgent.

Desperate.

You said that turner lost
Many cases unexplainably.

Now, what'd you mean, walter?

Oh, that was a tasteless slip.
Forget it.

Hey, you said
You wanted to help.

- you really gonna fight?
- with everything I have.

By trying to prove
Tom turner is incompetent?

Is he?

That's a lot to ask one man
To do to another, theo.

I don't know
That I'm up to it.

I don't even know
That it would lead anyplace.

You see these pigeons?

You see how they--
They fight over a peanut?

But you know,
No matter how they fight,

They always stick together.

They don't go
Their separate ways.

Get some of your friends
In the d.A.'s office

To check turner's cases.

Go back two years.

- that should be enough.
- you tell me.

I can't, theo.

If they want to help you,
Let them.

How do you fix a trial?

You try to reach the jury.

And if you can't
Get to the jury?

You try to fix one
Of the lawyers.

It's a funny thing
About juries.

You know, sometimes they vote
Totally against common sense.

What the hell
Are you asking?

If you wanted to make
Absolutely certain

That a case was going
To go your way,

What would you have to do?

You fix the judge.

I'll see you, walter.

All I asked was what you know
About judge miller.

He is as tough as nails.

How about turner?

You know you're
A sinking ship?

I shouldn't even
Be seen here with you.

So give me the information
I asked for on the phone

And then leave.

Now, the knockwurst is good.

We're all out.

Theo, he is a fellow
Assistant d.A.

So, what are you
Asking me to do?

I'm asking you to tell me
If he's incompetent, that's all.

- how about the roast beef?
- it didn't get in yet.

Yeah, well,
I am not sure.

So why doesn't your boss
Fire him?

Oh? Oh, you don't know
Any cops that shouldn't be cops?

Hey, lakos, you know,
You're not a doctor, right?

I thought it was only doctors
Who protect other doctors.

Ah, ah, ah. Where you going?
I just set up the table.

I'm not hungry.

Arrest him yourself.

Sit down, theo.

He blew several cases
In the past couple of years.

And five of the six cases

Involved people
Who worked with hennessey.

I don't know
Why I just did that.

Do I just want to get rid
Of a rotten apple?

Or am I jealous because
He dresses better than me

And plays the market?

Mcneil.

Yeah, frank.

Hey, look,
There's a cigar in my desk.

The one that turner gave me.

Give me the name and the address
On the wrapper.

Theo, you were told
To stay away from turner.

I know, frank.

Don't worry,
I won't go near him.

Just get the cigar, okay?

Okay, this is a good place
To start.

Options, puts and calls.

And once we know the extent
Of your portfolio,

We can go further
In this high-risk area.

Gee, that's about
A quarter-million to start.

That's high-risk,
Low-risk?

Well, futures,
Commodities.

That sort of thing.

The greater the risk,
The bigger the gain.

Yeah.

Well, you know, mr. Yardley,
You see these hands?

I got them working
On the docks.

That's how kojak importing
Got started.

Oh, it's true, maybe I gross
15 or $20 million a year.

That's in olive oil.

But I don't forget how
Tough it was, you understand?

And this investment business,
All very interesting,

But I'm kind of green at it.

What do you suggesting,
I shoot craps?

Well, sir, you said you were
Recommended by tom turner,

And tom goes high-risk.

High-risk, huh?

Hey, look,
If it's a moneymaker for tom,

It's good enough for me.

Well...

Tom don't make money at it?

He must have
A rich relative somewhere.

A rich relative.
That's me.

Hey, look, I like him,
So I lend him.

I trust him, you understand?
That's why I'm here.

Oh, I see.

I was wondering how he got
That 25,000

To cover his margin
So quickly.

Mr. Yardley, this is a very
Interesting place,

Don't get me wrong.

And--but I'm a very
Cautious man, you understand?

Why don't I just talk this over
With tom.

Can I thank him
For sending you in to see me?

Oh, yeah.

Fortunes made
And fortunes lost, right?

Come in.

I never get over the feeling
I'm about to be buried

Every time I put
One of these things on.

I just got a call
From my stockbroker.

He thanked me for sending him
A new client.

The tall, bald-headed
Greek importer,

Theodopolous kojak.

He's interested in the same
Stocks that I've been playing.

Want a drink?

No.

Okay.

So he knows you're bad
In the market.

He'll never know
You borrowed from hennessey...

Unless you tell him.

What did we do?

We got you off the hook.

We let a killer go free.
Now, that is what we did.

And suppose
We found him guilty?

Convicted him?

What would he get, hmm?

His father wouldn't
Like that.

And we accommodated
His father.

He's an influential man, tom.

Also, he held your marker

For a small fortune.

Judge, we're the law.

Now, we turn it around
And use it for our own needs.

To survive in this world...

You got to know
What you need to know.

Close your ears
To everything else.

No.

Tom.

Tom, wait.
Shut the door.

Wait a minute.

Tom, what are you going
To tell the police?

Hennessey can't be tried again
No matter what we do.

They're not going
To believe you anyway.

Unless you confess

That you and I

Conspired...

To intentionally
Throw a case.

Go home, tom.

Go ahead.

Hennessey was acquitted.

What is all this
Questioning for? He's free.

Hey, jerry,
I can't tell you now,

But I want you
To trust me, okay?

I don't see any point
In cooperating any further

With this whole
Investigation.

Look, jerry,

You know, charlie gerson
Wasn't just a guy

Who sold me suits.

I know you lost
Your father,

But I also want you to know
That I lost a very dear friend.

Kojak, I told you.

I have nine people

Six machine operators,

A payroll clerk, a shipping
Clerk and a floor boy.

Nine. Not ten, not eight.
Nine.

The first officer on the scene
Said he counted ten.

He remembered that.
And you know why?

Well, he's irish.

But he said he remembered
That among jewish people,

You need ten
To pray over the dead.

It struck him a ironic.

What strikes me is that
I received statements

From only nine people.
Who else was here?

Kojak, leave the kid alone.

Let him get it all
Into the past.

Louis, you come
Into the building a lot.

Did you see anybody
In the hall or in the elevator?

No. Not that day.

What's different
About that day?

Am I being
Interrogated?

Louis, do you have to be?

Wouldn't I tell you
If I was here?

You were that day, louis.

Jerry, no.

Lou, you're afraid.

- this is crazy.
- no, it's not crazy, louis.

You came by that day
And got a bolt of linen.

And here's the receipt.

You signed it,
And the receipt is still here.

I forgot.

Did you also forget that
You saw hennessey kill charles?

Look, he's dead.

He's buried.

What is this?
I mean, what good is all this?

Louie, no good at all.

I saw him kill charlie.
I saw him.

Lou, why didn't you tell this
To the d.A.

When he was
Questioning you?

He never did.

I told you he was there.

You could have
Come by sooner.

I mean, you've been following me
For hours.

I hear you ain't a cop
Anymore.

So how come you still
Look the same?

Hey, I knew you were dumb,
But not this dumb.

You see a witness?

How about that traffic cop?

Wonder where he is now?

Hey, cop,
Come be a witness.

Hey, there! Hold it!
Get away from him!

- hold it. You stay with him.
- no!

Are you okay,
Lieutenant?

Huh?

A detective should never
See their lieutenant

In this condition.

Let me get this clear
In my mind.

You can now prove
That a man is guilty of a crime

After he was acquitted
Of the crime.

You're also building up a case
For conspiracy

Against the prosecutor

While working on a case
You were told to stay off

And ordered to stay away
From said prosecutor

By two deputy
Chief inspectors?

That sounds like
A fair day's work.

Why don't you go
After them?

Why aren't you dragging
Hennessey

And his hoods in here?

I told them not to.

Oh, great.

I won't even
Question that.

Will you do me a favor?

Do me a big favor.

Stay out of it. Now.

Frank, what do you
Want to do?

You want me to uh,
To arrest the man

Who I tried to put away
After he's been acquitted?

I mean, do you think
There's a jury in the country

That's not going
To believe hennessey

When he says that I lied
In order to try to put him away?

I'll drive you home.

Well, I'm going
To go see turner.

Theo, you were suspended.

You were told
To stay away from him.

It's--it's a personal matter.

Well, at last.

You're being sensible.

Go over there, you'll apologize,
And you'll get it over with.

Frank, there's no way
He didn't know

That he didn't have a chain
Of custody in that gun.

Tell me, how does a d.A.
Who makes 20,000 a year

Play the stock market
Like a millionaire?

Tell me this.

How does he come up
With $25,000 in a hurry?

And how come he lost five cases
In two years,

All to frank hennessey's
Friends?

Theo, are you trying to say
There was a conspiracy?

Well, we picked it up
On the wiretap.

They said they had
The case fixed.

Oh, yeah.

And they were sure
About it.

$25,000.

You know something, frank?

Turner was
Into hennessey's money.

Theo, judge cleary told you

An attorney can never be sure
He's able to blow a case.

They were sure.

They had the judge too.

He's going down the drain
And we're letting it happen.

Hey, captain, what do you
Want us to do?

He's your lieutenant.

Go with him. What do you think
I want you to do?

Yes, sir.

Should I call for help?

Oh, theo,
I'm glad you're here.

I don't even care why
You're here. I'm glad.

I didn't know what I was gonna
Say when I came here,

But I just had to come
And talk it out.

- sit. Please, please, sit.
- thanks, tom.

It's from my stockbroker.

- he give you any?
- no.

Why did you go there, theo?

I was mad with you, tom,
And I wanted to hang you.

And I heard
From one of my sources

That the hennessey case,
It was thrown.

And it was.

See, what has gotten
Into you on this?

And all the time
I'm yelling at you,

When it was really miller.

That's how they knew that
That kid was gonna get off.

Can you prove that?

Tom, I'm gonna need
A court order for a wiretap.

On miller? On a judge?
Are you crazy, theo?

No, no, no.
On hennessey.

That issue is dead, theo.

Tom, so is charlie gerson.

But I can't
Try hennessey again.

Hey, I'm sorry, tom.

I just can't let go.
You understand?

You want to get me into libel?
Into harassment? And what else?

I want you to get me
A court order

To tap hennessey's phone.

So what do you say, friend?

Thanks, tom.

Hey, I'm glad I came too.

I thought you weren't gonna.
Call me here.

Look, kojak just left.
He knows the case was thrown,

And he wants
To wiretap you.

I thought he was
Out of the way.

I told you
He'd never let go.

You know,
I admire the guy.

I'm afraid of him,
But I admire a guy I can't buy.

Well, I bought you,
So take care of it.

Well, I am.
I'm telling you.

Now, he's such
A dedicated fool

I'm gonna get
That court order for him.

There's always a chance some
Judge will feel sorry for him

Because he's got a good record
And he's in trouble.

How long will it take?

I can stall. A day. Two.

Okay. Long as we know.

Oh, and hey, my kid says thanks
For getting him off.

Call the lieutenant.

Oh, hi, lieutenant.

Hey, lieutenant,
We can hang this guy now.

Really stretch him
Over the coals.

Are you ready for this dirty,
Rotten, shyster lawyer?

He buys the whole ball of wax

And now we put him away
For good.

I guess he's right.

I'm just a dedicated fool.

- miller?
- yes?

Kojak just left turner.

Did he mention me?

Yup.

He's guessing you're in
On the fix.

Not a thing. Just don't
Discuss it on the phone,

Or I'm in trouble.

All right.

That's pretty good advice,
Lieutenant.

Late, but good.

Counselor.

Your honor.

Uh, you get a wiretap
From the judge?

We were just
Talking about that.

I have strong feelings
About wiretaps, lieutenant.

- they're bad business.
- oh.

Well I have strong feelings
About corruption, your honor.

Here's an invitation
To a party.

It's a grand jury party,
And there's one for each of you.

Theo. Theo, they had me
By the throat.

Whatever trouble you were in,
We could have worked it out.

Isn't that what you said?

Listen.
Please just listen to me.

Theo, I had such big dreams
When I was a kid.

District attorney.

A partner in a law firm with
Ten names on the letterhead,

200 attorneys on staff.

How does a guy say he's just not
Going anywhere with his life?

He's so damned eager to make it,
He keeps blowing it.

Well, I don't dream about
Being chief inspector anymore.

What crime should I commit?

Theo, we are friends.

So were brutus and caesar.

And cain and abel
Were brothers.

So you see,
We're in good company.

They are going to throw
The book at me.

I'm not gonna like that,

But I'm gonna help them
Do it.

I really enjoyed
Signing those invitations.

Hmm. I would have enjoyed it
More if I had one for you.

Theo, your humor.

Look at me.
No laughter.

Mm-hmm. You turned turner on me,

And then you turned me
On turner.

Oh, you didn't happen
To be in the d.A.'s building.

You were waiting for me.

You did research on turner,
You did research on miller,

Then you saw your chance.

They let hennessey go free,

And you didn't do anything
About it.

You know why?

Because you wanted miller's job,
And you used me for it.

I can't prove it.

I guess I never will.

But look, you're no criminal
Like they are.

I mean, you're not gonna
Be disbarred.

You'll continue to do
What's right for society

After you do what's right
For yourself.

Your honor.

Come on, frank.

I knew you couldn't
Prove it,

But it must have felt great
Saying it.