Picket Fences (1992–1996): Season 1, Episode 13 - Frog Man - full transcript

OFFICER:
Okay, folks, we're asking you
to stay back.

Move on back.

All right,
get them out of the way.
Move them back.

Get out.
Are you gonna
detonate it?

Billy,
get the hell away from here,
will you?

Maxine,
get on the horn.

Everybody stand back.

There is extreme danger.

Back up.

Stay back. Everybody back.

KENNY: The clock wiring
isn't even connected.
This is a fake.



Well, be careful.
It could be a fake fake.

The wiring dead-ends
into the electrical tape.

It's not connected inside.
I'm gonna open it.

JIMMY: Be careful with that.

Wire cutters, Jimmy.

(BELL RINGING)

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

Okay, back off.

(CROAKING)

Frog Man.

What? Again?

There it is.

Damn it.

See if you can lift
a latent from that,
will you?



From a frog?
Well...

We know how to pull prints
off of human flesh.

Who knows?

I can't believe this guy,
whoever he is.

Well, whoever he is,
this is the fourth store
he's broken into.

I'm getting sick of it.

Do not be alarmed, people.

It was not a bomb,
just Frog Man.

Please disperse.

Maxine, no.

What? They want to know.

JIMMY: Peter who?

MAXINE: Lebeck.

He makes drapes for a living.

Also a known frog-lover.

He petitioned
the PTA last year

to stop frog dissection
in biology classes.

Is this thing hooked up?

I saw him eat a grasshopper
once after church.

(KARAOKE MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

What's this?

He sang a song
at last year's PTA meeting.

They videotaped it.
Just watch.

(SINGING BE A FROG)

* Green legs leaping

* Amphibial reaping

* Life, zeal

* It's all in the keeping

* Be a frog

* Be a frog

* Be a frog

Are you kidding?
All right, come on.
Turn it off.

This man has
a frog fetish, Jimmy.

I think this is our guy.

He chases tornadoes
with Carter.

He got food poisoning once.

I think it was
from a grasshopper.

* Be a frog

* Be a frog, be a frog,
be a frog

* Be a frog

"Then all set out full of joy
for the frog prince's
kingdom."

And Milton
smells like one.
Who's Milton?

Milton Lebeck, the son.
He's a geek.

And he smells like a frog.

I was next to him
in the cafeteria.

I sniffed him twice.

What does a frog smell like?
Like Milton.

Oh.

All right.
You know, I know Mr. Lebeck.

He's a very sweet man.

He even looks like a tadpole.

Twenty more minutes,
then bedtime.
I'll be back.

I think we should
question him.

Who?
Milton Lebeck.

I'll get him
to come over after school

and you can
sniff him for frogs.

Oh, no. He'll beat me up.

He's a geek.
And I'll be there.

We'll ask him some questions
about his father.

You can smell him,
then we'll tell Dad
what we find out.

We'll get in trouble.

Zack,
if we solve this crime spree
we'll be heroes.

Come on.
Okay.

All right.

Twenty-one eighty-one, over.
We got you, Ginny.

We've got
an alarm signal

from Dunphy's Jewelry
on Silver Street.

We're around the corner.
We got it.

It could be another frog hit.

Al probably forgot
to turn off the alarm again.

He fights with his wife,
he sleeps in the store.

We got the keys.

We should start
sending him a bill
if it's another false alarm.

Take the side entrance.
I'll take the front.

(CAT SHRIEKING)

Al? You in the back room, Al?

(THUDDING)

Who's there?

(CROAKING)

(GASPING)

All right, Frog Man,
it's over.

Put your hands up
and come out.

Come out, now.

It's the Rome
Sheriff's Department.

Hands up above
your head, now.

Kenny? Kenny?

Kenny? Kenny!

God.

Get an ambulance
out here, now!

Officer down!

Get an ambulance, now!
Officer down!

Kenny. Oh, God. Kenny, no.

Kenny, Kenny.

Come here.
Can you hear me?

My God,
what are his injuries?
Two gunshot wounds.

One in the left deltoid,
one in the thoracic cavity.

No exit wound.
He's in shock.

Be careful.
Be careful.

Thirty-two over 50.
He's going down.

We might lose him.
Be careful!

Max, get away, get away.

Okay, I'm going in.
Let's go. Come on.

I didn't see anybody.

I mean, I heard the shots,
but I didn't see anything.

Okay.

Soft tissue
through and through,
in and out.

No slug.

Did it hit any arteries?

No, it's under control.
What about that one?

I won't know
without a chest tube.

Eighty over 40. Pulse 55.

Cardiac damage.

Get a portable X-ray
in here, stat.

No,
we don't have time for that.

I'm cutting.
Prep and drape now.

Sixty-eight over 30.

Doctor,
can you help me with this?

Okay, scalpel.
Scalpel.

Okay, Kenny, stay with me.

Come on, stay with me.

Okay, retractor.

Retractor.

Forceps.
No, no, no.
No, I need room.

Jill.

Cautery. Cautery.

Cautery.

WOMAN: Sponge here.

Want to suction out there?

No, not yet.
Give me more retraction.

I need better exposure.

(HESITATING)

Okay, I got it, I got it.
I got the slug.

Heart and lungs okay.

Small bleeders,
but no major arteries.

Thank God.

Pressure stabilizing
at 98 over 68.

He's okay.

All right,
let's close him up.

WOMAN: Can I have
a 3-0 silk up?

Thank you, God.

He made it.

He took one in the shoulder
and one in the chest.

He's a very strong man.

Well.

Can I see him?

He's not fully conscious yet,
but sure.

Kenny, it's Jill again.

I brought you some visitors.

Hey, Kenny.
How you doing, pal?

I'm sorry, Jimmy.
I'm so sorry.
Shh.

Kenny. It's me, Max.

Can we ask him questions?

Not now.
He'll be better tomorrow.

But now, let him rest.

Frog.

Frog Man.

Maxine.

JILL: Kenny,
you get some rest now.

We'll talk to you
after you get some sleep,
all right?

Get some rest.

Get every officer
out to the scene, now.

Wake them up,
get them out there
within the hour,

and comb the place.

Got it.

You all right?

I'm fine.

Where are the bullets
that you dug out of him?

One of them exited.
Here's the other one.

Get that
to ballistics tonight.

First thing in the morning,
you pay a visit
to Peter Lebeck.

I'm off.

Another inch,
that would have
been his heart.

It could have been you
going into that jewelry store.

But it wasn't.
It was a 28-year-old kid.

Sometimes I forget
what it is you people
do for a living.

PETER: What?
You think I shot him?

Well, a frog was found
at the scene last night,
Mr. Lebeck.

And you're the only one
we know who loves frogs.

But Kenny Lacos
rushed me to the hospital

when I had
the shellfish reaction.

You think I could shoot him?

All I do know is
that we've got
nothing to go on but...

(FROG CROAKING)

Pay no attention to that.

What is this thing doing
on your mantelpiece?

Resting.

Mr. Lebeck...

Freeze!
No!

He's domesticated.

He was just
wanting some affection.

That's the same kind of frog
that was at the scene
last night.

Exactly the same.

Search the house!

Mr. Lebeck,
you are under arrest.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say
can and will be
used against you.

Hey!

(BOY LAUGHING)

How's it going, Milt?

Matthew Brock.
Nice to meet you.

We're in the same
art class together.

Leave me alone.

I just thought
we could be friends.

You know,
get to know each other.

We have a lot in common.

Hey!

It was his idea!

My idea about friends.
That's it.

You know, buddies.

Stop it!

Hey, Milt.

(EXCLAIMING)

Stupid.

(MILTON GROANING)

What did you do?

I protected you.

- Are you all right?
- It hurts.

Now what?
Run.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

Max.

You're not going
to believe this.

It's in the guest bathroom.

Wait, there's
an explanation for that.

You can explain
after I see it.

Will you please get
your hands off me?

This is unconstitutional.

This one, here.

PETER: There's
nothing wrong with that.

You're a frog bigot.

Do you shoot cops,
Mr. Lebeck?

Collect frogs and shoot cops?

Max.
Huh? He was my partner!

Come on, Max.
Take him down
to the courthouse.

We can arraign him
this afternoon.

Are you out of your mind?

You said I could go
as soon as I felt up to it.

Well, you shouldn't
feel up to this today, Kenny.

You almost died.

I heal fast, Jill.
I always did.

Hey, listen, tough guy.

Last night I had my hand
inside your chest.

There was a bullet
right next to your heart.

This morning,
you refused to take
pain medication,

and now you want
to check out?

What are you trying to prove?

I hate hospitals.

The sooner I go,
the sooner I'll feel better.

I know myself. This is best.

Kenny.

You said I could go.

Let the pain be my guide.

I'm okay.

CLERK: Case Number 8271.
People v. Peter Lebeck.

Douglas Wambaugh appearing
for the Frog Man.

Does everybody hire you?

I represent reptiles
for free, Judge.

Professional courtesy.

Plead not guilty.

Move for immediate dismissal.

Counsel, get up here.

No weapon, no eyewitness,
no physical evidence.

They're moving forward
with nothing more than
a tub full of toads.

It may be circumstantial,
Your Honor,

but it certainly
satisfies probable cause.

Like hell it does.

You're indicting with frogs.

Your Honor,
this man shot a deputy.

There's a public mandate
to get him off the streets.

Now, I'll get the evidence.

In the meantime,
you're looking to
calm people down

with a bogus arrest
and I won't stand for it.

Judge.
Shut up.

That means he likes you.

You shut up.

There. You see?

I'll hold this guy over
till tomorrow morning

for a probable cause hearing.

If you don't have
a hell of a lot more then

than you do now,
I'm kicking him.

Have a nice day. Next case.

DOUGLAS: I'll see you
in the cell.

CLERK: Case Number 32546.

Off the record, Jimmy,
did that guy shoot Kenny?

I think so, Doug.

Well, then, do me a favor.

Beat me for once,
would you?

That's inexcusable.
Do you hear me?

Ganging up on a weaker boy,
that's very cowardly.

There's nothing more cowardly
than a bully.

He took me out
with his backpack.

I didn't even touch him.

You beat him up?

It had to be done.

It didn't have to be done.

Now, I know Milton Lebeck
is unpopular

and the other children
torment him.

That's all the more reason
for you two to be kind to him.

He flattened Matthew.

I had to protect him.

You didn't have
to protect me.
All right, all right.

He decked you.

The day you have
to protect me...

I saved him, Mom,
and he doesn't
even say thanks.

That's enough, both of you.
Now, you listen to me.

It's braver to be nice
to children like Milton

than it is
to follow the crowd
and make fun.

You treat people
with respect.

The strong, the weak,
you treat all people
with respect.

Do I make myself clear?

Yes.
Yes.

All right, good.

Now, go upstairs
and think about it.

No TV.

You go to your rooms.
You think about it
for an hour.

Go.

He flattened you.
I had to take him out.

You didn't save me.

You could have said thanks.

Zack,
just go to your room.

You go to your room.

PETER: Hey,
everything's going to be okay,
I promise.

They're just picking on me
because I'm different.

The lawyer said
I'll be out tomorrow.

Really?

Hey, we're going
to be together, buddy,
don't worry.

Where do you
want us to take him,
Mr. Lebeck?

Oh, uh, Ellen Stone
said she could sit
at the house for the week.

Now, listen.

Remember to feed the frogs,
okay?

Ellen's afraid of them.

Uh-huh.
Hey.

Everything's going
to be okay, buddy.

Don't worry.
It's just a big mistake.

They're all going
to laugh at us more.

So? So what
if they all laugh at us?

We're frog people.
We're resilient.

Did you bring the song?

I don't want to sing
the stupid song, Dad.

It makes us feel better.
It always does.

Jimmy.

Come on.
One little verse, okay?

It'll lift our spirits.

Dad.

What's he doing?

He's working on
his insanity defense.

What do you got?

A search of Lebeck's garage

turned up some .22 caliber
bullets and shells,

and we pulled these slugs
out of the tree
in the backyard.

Ballistics matched
the bullet to the one
Jill pulled out of Kenny.

What about the gun?

We didn't find the gun.

But, Jimmy,
we matched the bullet.

We've got him.

(PETER AND MILTON
SINGING BE A FROG)

* 'Cause you've got me
and I've got you *

We found the bullets.

Maxine,
take Milton out of here.

What's going on here?

It's okay, buddy.

Keep your head up, Milt.
Come on.

Take him out.

* Man of might

* Full of fight

* Not contrite

* Looking bright

Be a frog, buddy.

These bullets match the one
that Jill took out
of Kenny's chest.

So?

We found them in your garage.

Do you want
to make a statement?

It was...

It was supposed
to be harmless.

Walter Mitty, you know?

Except it's a little man
who makes curtains all day.

Everybody snickers at him.

So...

He becomes Frog Man.

(IMITATING FANFARE)

You almost killed
one of my deputies.

I never meant to shoot.

I really didn't.
I got scared.

I know Kenny.

I wouldn't have
tried to hurt him
on purpose.

Would you do me a favor?

Would you send
my boy back here?

I want to tell him
about this myself.

Please.

(SIGHING)

Hey!

What the hell are you doing?

Practice.

I shot at a guy last night
and I missed.

Kenny, it's one thing
to come back into the office,

but to be shooting a gun?

I'm okay.

If it starts to hurt,
I'll stop.

We broke the case, Kenny.

We matched the bullets,
plus the frogs.

We nailed him.

I heard. Good.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I want to practice,
that's all.

Is that okay with you?

Fine.
Good.

(KENNY GROANING)

Kenny.

I think they're
working out a plea.

A probable cause hearing
might not even be necessary.

Good.

What's going on?

Meaning what?

For God's sakes,
we haven't even
talked about it.

I don't want
to talk about it.

It's easier for me
to deal with
if I don't talk about it.

You got shot, Kenny.

I know that, Max.
Just drop it!

I need to talk about it.

Your blood was on me.

I thought you were dead.

I mean, I think
if something
like this happens,

I think it has to affect us.

I mean, a little bit.

I think we have
to deal with it.

I'll deal with it my way,
you deal with it yours.

PETROVEK: No jail time?
He shot a cop.

By accident.

I didn't really
mean to hit him.

Look, you committed
a rash of burglaries.

You carried a gun.

You fired it,
hitting a deputy twice.

You're going to jail.

I'll put a frog mask
on him,

have him hop up and down
and croak insanity.

JIMMY: Do it.
He's not walking.

But I'll lose my kid.

You should have
thought of that before,
Pete.

I'll get psychiatric help.

I'll even go into a hospital.

If I go to jail,
I'm gonna lose
Milton forever.

Do you think you deserve
to be a parent?

The last reason
I'd set you free
is so you could be a father.

How dare you?

Let's not make things
too personal here, okay?

He damn near killed someone
I care about.

I take it personal.

Look, Milton has no mother.

He doesn't have anybody
who could take him in.

I'm all he has.

You hold yourself out
as a man of compassion,
Sheriff.

Let's see some now.

What do you think, Jimmy?
I can get this man off.

You won't get him off,
Wambaugh.

He signed a written statement
last night.

Now, reduced time maybe.

He's going to jail.

I don't want to lose Milton.

I'll give up being Frog Man.

I'll go into an institution.

Can you beat this?

Maybe I can. I don't know.

Try.

MAXINE: Let's go.

What are you doing here?

I thought you were my friend.

You said you wanted
to get to know me better.

Oh.

I really just wanted
to smell you.

Is your father going
to put my father in jail?

I think.

But my mom thinks
maybe your father
can get off if he's crazy.

He's not crazy.
He's just different.

He is not crazy.

How could he
contest probable cause?

This is a complete
obliteration of justice.

We got a statement.

The entire matter
should be thrown out.

Shut up.

Your Honor,
probable cause
is more than satisfied.

We've got a written statement
by the defendant
confessing the crime.

The confession was
illegally obtained.
It's worthless.

It was completely voluntary.

Voluntary, my tuchus.

This is ridiculous
legal grandstanding.

Shut up!

Your Honor,

I would like to call
the arresting officer,
Maxine Stewart, to the stand.

Why?
You're asking me why?

I'm asking you why.

I'll tell you why.

I don't care why.

If he wants
to examine her,
he can do it.

Officer Stewart,
take the witness chair,
please.

(PEOPLE MUTTERING)

Oh, some of these
stitches have pulled apart.

Would you stay away
from the shooting range,
please?

I saw the flash,
then it felt like a minute
before the bullet hit me.

It just happened
in slow motion.

It's called disassociation.

The slow-motion
effect is a way
for you to see the events

as if they were
part of a movie,
like they weren't real.

It's a sign of pretty
heavy denial, Kenny,

which you and I
both know you're in.

I feel like I've
got to go forward.

If I don't, then what?

Post-traumatic stress
can be more damaging
than a bullet sometimes.

You almost died, damn it.

Now,
get a counselor and talk,

or find a friend
and have a good cry,

because if you
just do nothing,
it could destroy you.

How would you
describe your relationship
with Deputy Kenny Lacos?

We're partners.
Close?

Yes.
Very close?

We're close.

And when you saw him shot,

it was probably
very traumatic,
wasn't it?

Yes, it was.

And you wanted to get the guy
who did this, didn't you?

What's the point
of all of this?

I'll get to my point.

Get to it right now.

Why did you go
to Mr. Lebeck's house
yesterday?

We knew he loved frogs,
that he probably had
frogs in his possession.

Frogs had been
found at all the scenes.

I see. Did you go there
to arrest him?

I went there to question him.

Then why did you arrest him?

I arrested him
after I saw a frog
in his living room,

sitting on the mantelpiece.

That was the basis
of your arrest?

The sight of a frog
in the living room?

Yes.

Well, I would like to ask you
a simple question, Deputy.

If possession of a frog
was enough to arrest him,
in your mind,

and you knew when you
went into the house that
my client had frogs,

why didn't you get a warrant
before going to the house?

PETROVEK: Your Honor,
the frog was in plain sight.

That gave Deputy Stewart...

I understand that,
Mr. Petrovek.

But defense counsel
makes an excellent point.

You knew he had frogs.

If possession of a frog
constitutes probable cause
in your mind,

why didn't you get
a search-and-arrest warrant

before going to the house?

Douglas Wambaugh
has trapped you.

If Mr. Lebeck's
possession of a frog

didn't entitle you
to get a warrant,

then how can seeing a frog
entitle you to arrest him?

Possession probably did
entitle me to a warrant.

Then why didn't you get one?

Your Honor,
without a warrant,
that arrest was illegal.

That means that
the search in the house
and the garage was illegal.

And that means
that the bullets
are poisonous fruits.

No. He still confessed.

After being confronted
with the bullets.

The confession is
poisonous fruits, too.

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

BONE: Settle down.

Everybody, be quiet!

I'm afraid
Mr. Wambaugh
is right.

The warrantless search
was unconstitutional,

and everything
that came after it,

including the confession,
is poisonous fruits
and inadmissible.

The case against Mr. Lebeck
is dismissed
without prejudice.

How can you put him
back on the street?

I'm following the law.

What you did
puts him back
on the streets.

This is crazy!
Kenny!

That son of a bitch shot me!

What the hell is
wrong with you?

He almost killed me!
Get the hell back or
I'll put you in a cell.

Deputy Lacos,
I am deeply sorry.

I would hold
the suspect over,

but with the confession
and the bullets being out,

I see no way the prosecution
could even file
a complaint here.

The defendant is free to go.
Adjourned.

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

ZACK: But why?

(SIGHING)

Well,

because
the judicial system guarantees
certain civil rights,

and we didn't
follow the rules.

Did Mr. Lebeck shoot Kenny?

Yes.

Then how can he go free?

I can't really
explain it, Zack.

But I'll try tomorrow, okay?

JIMMY: Good night.
ZACK: Good night.

I'll be up soon,
little bopper.

Man thinks he's a frog,
turns violent,
shoots somebody,

goes free,

still has custody
of his own child,

presents a danger
to almost every child
in the community,

and you can't do
anything about it.

How will you
explain that tomorrow?

I'm just wondering.

Well, I guess we could say...

I don't know.

Victory for the Constitution.

Jimmy,
except for my little lapse
with Frank the Potato Man,

I'm a pretty
staunch civil libertarian,
but come on.

So what?
Max should have
gotten the warrant first.

What's the harm?

The right man was arrested.
The truth came out.

Are we supposed to
ignore justice here,

just because
the correct procedure
wasn't followed?

How can that be right?

I don't know.

The worst part is
he'll do it again.

What?
Lebeck.

Those weren't
crimes of greed, Jimmy.

They were acts of fantasy.

The man's escaping himself.

Trust me.
The Frog Man will rise again.

GINNY:
Rome Sheriff's Department.

Kenny,

I'm really sorry.

Maybe I should have waited
to get the warrant,

but when I saw the frog
on the mantelpiece,
I knew he was the one.

I wasn't about to
leave and go chasing
after a warrant.

Basic procedure, Max.
You screwed up.

Basic procedure.

I just reacted.

What about the jewelry store?

Why didn't you react then?

What?

You were supposed to come in
through the side door.

Where the hell were you?

That's what this attitude
is all about?

Attitude?

I almost died because of
who knows what

you were doing
in the alleyway.

I came.

I was in there
at least a minute.

Where the hell were you, Max?

I was in there one minute.

You think
I could have prevented
your being shot?

With two uniforms,
he wouldn't have fired,
but you didn't get there.

I got there
as fast as I could.

You didn't get there!

A gun gets put on me.

You didn't get there
when I needed you.

I was there.
You weren't there!

I can't count on you.
You weren't there.

How can you say that?

I can't even go
to sleep at night

because I'm so terrified
that when I close my eyes

that I'm going to
see you lying there,
half dead.

Kenny,

you're my best friend,

and you know that.

You know, it's all I can do

to put on
my uniform in the morning
because I'm so scared.

You know
what your problem is?

You have to be the hero.

Man to the rescue.

It's the only way
that you can be there
for somebody.

I know you got shot, Kenny.

I know you got shot.

But you're just
so stupid sometimes.

You're just so stupid.

(PETER SINGING
BE A FROG ON TV)

* Just hop
and croak out ribbit

* Be a frog

* Be a frog

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(DOOR OPENING)

Jimmy,
can I talk to you a second?

Yeah, sure.

First of all,
I'd like to be
taken off desk duty

and assigned
my regular shift.

Well,
that's not going to happen.
Not for at least...

I believe my recovery process
will go a lot faster
like that.

Well, I'll tell you what.
You get counseling.

If the counselor
tells you that,

I'll reassign
you in a second.

Anything else?

I don't want to ride
with Max anymore.

Why?

I just don't.
I'd like to leave it at that.

No, no, no.
We don't leave it at that.

You got a problem
with Maxine,
I want to know about it.

I just lost confidence in her,
that's all.

Why?

I think she froze up
at Dunphy's.

I just don't think
I would feel comfortable
with her as a backup.

And the way
she screwed up that arrest,
I just don't like the way...

You son of a bitch.
JIMMY: Hey!

I told you before,
I got in there
as fast as I could.

This is
a private conversation.
Get the hell out of here.

I did not freeze up.
Maxine. Get out.

What kind of partner are you?
Get out!

How dare you attack me
behind my back?
Maxine!

What kind of partner are you?
Get out!

Shut up!
No, Jimmy.

I want to be reassigned, too.

I do not want to ride
with him anymore.

You sit down and shut up.
Sit down, now!

All right, a lot of fabric
has been torn up here.

The guy that shot you
is free.

People have lost faith in us.

They've lost trust
in the judicial system.

You two have lost trust
in each other.

All right,
I wasn't going to
get into this now,

but since you two
are pushing the issue,

I'm going to
tell you right now
that both of you screwed up.

You walked into
that jewelry store alone.

Backup should have
been with you.

You were careless.
By your own description,

you walked in there
and looked around

like it was
an Easter-egg hunt.

Nothing could be dangerous
about the Frog Man.

Well, you screwed up big.

Every time you walk into
a situation like that,

you could be looking down
the barrel of a gun,

and you forgot that, Deputy.

And it almost
cost you your life.

And you're so embarrassed,
you want to blame Maxine.

The confidence you lost
is in yourself, young fellow,

and you're not
going to get it back
by switching partners.

And you,
a search without a warrant

before the arrest
is inexcusable,

a mistake
a rookie shouldn't make.

Now, I don't care
how traumatized you were,

or how much
you wanted to get that guy
that shot him,

there is no justification
for such negligence.

You both made
a terrible mistake,

and don't you compound it
by refusing
to accept responsibility.

Do you understand me?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Jimmy, somebody's
in Dunphy's
jewelry store again.

What?

Nalle and Thayer
have him pinned in.

They think it's the Frog Man.

All available personnel,
all available units,
out there now.

You, get into your gear.

Lebeck?
Don't know.

Nalle saw somebody moving
with a green head,
but he won't answer.

The premises secure?

Every exit.

King thinks he hid
in the storage closet in back.

All right,
we're going to move in.

Now, I don't think
this guy wants
to shoot anyone,

but I want two shields
up front.

You ready?
OFFICER: Ready, chief.

Let's go.

What are you doing here?

I'm fine.

No, you're not.
You stay here.

Jimmy.

That's an order.

Let's go. Come on.

Lebeck!
The place is surrounded.

Guns all over.

Put your hands over your head
and come out slow.

This is no game, Frog Man!

I see him!

PETER: No! Stop it.

No, don't kill him.
Did you kill him?

Kill who?

Milton Lebeck.

Son?

MAXINE: What?

Son, I'm coming back.

No, don't. Don't do anything.

Don't do anything, Son.
This is your father.

Your son? You're kidding me.

Quiet.

PETER: Milton?

(MILTON WHIMPERING)

Son?

What are you doing?

I'm Frog Man.

I really didn't have any idea
till you found the bullets.

When the Sheriff told me
he found bullets in my garage,

I knew it must be Milton.

Pete, w-why did you confess?

I didn't want his life
to be over.

He's 11 years old.

If he goes to jail,
his life will be over.

And I figured,
you know, my life...

It's what it is.

But, you know,
he has a future.

Did you really think
that confessing

to something that he did
would solve things?

I could have gotten him help.

He's doing this
because of me, Jill.

His father is a geek.

He's just looking for heroes
'cause his father
embarrasses him.

Yes, but...

Your son tried
to incorporate you
into that hero image.

He didn't become
the Terminator,
he didn't become Batman.

He became Frog Man.

Where'd he get the gun?

Supposedly he bought it
off a high-school kid.

I got taken down
by an 11-year-old.

Kenny, I can't
keep fighting with you.

I don't care whether
you need me or not.

I need you.

I'm sorry I didn't
get there sooner.

I didn't freeze up.

But I wish I'd
gotten there sooner.

No, Jimmy's right.

I'm blaming you

because all this time I've
been calling you Super Cop,

but the truth is
it's me who thinks...

I never thought
nothing could
happen to me, Max.

I thought I was invincible.

I've been clinging
on to this identity that's...

That's no more real
than Frog Man.

Just an image
to help me survive.

We're kids.

I'm 27 and you're 28,
and in the last month
we both almost died.

Yeah.

I'm gonna...

I'm going to let you
deal with this
however you need to.

But you gotta know that I...

I know you're there.

I know you're there.

We're okay?

We're okay.

Milton? Hey, buddy.

Hey, how you doing?
Hey, how are you?

We have to take him
to juvenile hall
in Madison, Pete.

Tonight?
Yes.

Can I go with him?

No, I'm sorry.

Maxine, could you...

Yeah. Come on. Let's go.

I'm sorry, Daddy.

Hey, don't worry about it.

Everything's
going to be okay.

Okay? I'm going to
get you somebody.

They're the very best there.

It's going to be okay.

Just remember,
keep--keep your head up.

Let's go.
Uh-huh.

Milton? Milton?

Just keep that head up.

(PETER SINGING BE A FROG)

* Man of might

* Full of fight

* Not contrite

* Looking bright

* Be a frog