Aquarius (2015–2016): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript
SAM: Previously on Aquarius...
HALPERT: You got naughty
photos of somebody in
the White House?
That'd be illegal. I'm a cop.
(GRUNTING)
GRACE: Sam, my daughter,
Emma, she's gone.
Get my little girl back.
KEN: Obviously, finding her
is the important thing,
but if you can keep it quiet,
there are people
who'd appreciate it.
SAM: If I'm gonna
find this girl,
I need a cop in that world.
-I report to you?
-Yep.
CHARLIE: Emma,
you survive with us.
I'm Charlie Manson.
I'm not the only
one Manson can hurt.
We can't afford this, Kenny.
Me and your daddy.
I would never have chose that,
but it led me to you.
GUAPO: This'll be the
first shipment through
Nippon warehouse.
Delivery's tomorrow at noon.
Where's the stuff?
Now I know I can trust you.
-You're a real cop?
-Last I checked.
ROY: If she's looking
for Charlie,
she's got to go through me.
I plow them all eventually.
ROY: Sugar clam.
What are you doing here?
Charmain!
KEN: This cop and Grace,
that's the problem.
GRACE: I'm sick of lying
about what I am,
who I love.
No, Kenny.
Buddy, you can't...
-(SCREAMS)
-(GUNSHOTS)
We will lead
the world to a brand-new age.
(MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY)
(EMMA SHUDDERING)
(CLATTERING)
Breathe, Emma.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
That feeling in your skin,
that tingling,
that's us stepping
into a new world.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
Put this somewhere, anywhere.
No sense makes sense.
-No, not this. I can't.
-Shh. Hey, hey!
Hey.
The three of us,
it's our time now.
There can be no
birth without...
Come on.
Come on!
There can be no
birth without...
(STUTTERING) Death.
Attagirl.
(SNIFFLING)
(SOBBING)
MAN: Both suspects had to die.
SAM: I wanted him to
get shot by whoever
was in that house
if they were armed
because I didn't
want us to get shot.
-MAN: And the brother?
-(MAN 2 GROANING)
No, he didn't have to die.
I wanted him to die.
MAN: You will be
receiving the Medal of Valor
to the cheers of
a grateful city.
In Los Angeles,
we close killings.
You closed these for good.
Detective, I'm Ron Kellaher.
I'm with Internal Affairs.
There was a witness, so
I'm gonna need to
speak to you tomorrow.
You had no idea.
Medal of Valor,
Internal Affairs, cameras.
It all seems
a tad orchestrated,
don't you think?
If you think I
had anything to do
with that,
we can just step outside.
Relax, Cut.
This is not
a John Wayne movie.
Look at this.
Everybody's doing the funny.
Whoa. Yeah. Again, innocent.
What's in it?
Fan mail.
Now that's what
I'm talking about,
the upside of fame.
Is there a number on there?
CUT: Anonymous.
Playing hard to get. Me likey.
Sam.
It was absolutely Roy.
You hear
anybody else with him?
-I don't think so.
-Good.
One-man motorcycle kidnapping
strikes me as unlikely.
I'm guessing she just
had to be friendly-like.
-Make him feel comfortable.
-Great.
You know where
these guys hang out?
The gang's got a clubhouse.
I've never been,
but it's
called the Bleu Room.
Which one?
How many are there?
Santa Monica,
Van Nuys, Burbank,
Hollywood, that I know of.
So what do we do?
It's called police work.
-(RATTLING)
-(MUFFLED GROANING)
(PANTING)
(GROANING)
WOMAN: Oh, my God, is he okay?
MAN: Mister? Mister?
You all right?
Get over here.
WOMAN: What do we do?
So, your uncle died. Uncle...
Ted. I told you.
See, we kind of know
the owner of
the funeral parlor,
and he was not at all happy
about being woken up for this.
There ain't no dead Ted
nowhere on the premises.
So, you sure
you don't want
to try a little?
It focuses the mind.
-(BABY FUSSES)
-What's wrong?
Nothing at all, Cherry Pop.
We all have past karma.
I'm not exempt.
RALPH: Charlie!
You watch over Valentine.
Take him to the cellar.
Lock the door.
-What? But, Charlie...
-Shh!
No, no, no. See, now,
it is our destiny
to reach the stars.
No power on earth
can change that.
What, Charlie? What?
RALPH: What the hell, Charlie?
Ain't nothing in the cupboard?
I came a long way.
CHARLIE: Sorry, my man.
Lot of mouths to
feed around here.
Sometimes,
the cupboard gets bare.
You should have told
me you were coming.
I'd have been good and ready.
Now, you know me, Charlie.
Sometimes, I don't even know
what I'm gonna do
my damn self.
That pretty little
thing back there,
why don't you tell
her to drop the knife
and go fetch me
something to eat?
Charlie.
Do like he says, Sadie.
Okay,
here's the thing, I lied.
You lied about what exactly?
I was sent there to do a job,
to find out what I could.
-For who?
-Brian.
Brian sent me. You scare him.
He thinks you're
gonna cut him out,
but he can't be
a man about it,
so he's got me looking in
on how you move
the stuff coming in.
So you his old lady now?
I let him ball me.
Keeps him housebroken.
Way he's built down there,
I barely notice.
(CHUCKLES)
Do you ever blink?
You got eyes like a doll.
I'll say this, doll eyes.
You damn sure ain't here
'cause you can cook.
(CHUCKLES) I had better
sandwiches in the joint.
Then go back.
Ow! (GROANING)
Damn, Charlie!
You let these bitches
talk to you like this?
I must have came
at the right time.
-Charlie! Get off me!
-Charlie!
Charlie ain't gonna do...
RALPH: Charlie!
Charlie!
Why you hitting yourself, huh?
Why you hitting yourself?
-Charlie!
-Why you hitting yourself?
Why you hitting yourself?
What? You used to love that.
-Charlie!
-(MOCKING) Charlie!
-Charlie!
-Charlie!
-Charlie!
-Charlie!
BRIAN: Hey!
What the hell is going on?
I think she wants
you to let her go.
I think I don't give a damn.
Yeah,
well, I think you should.
(SADIE PANTING)
RALPH: What is this, Charlie?
I'm just horsing around,
and this man want
to get serious.
Well, I'm seriously
here, Charlie.
And seriously,
(WHISPERS)
I ain't going nowhere.
(SPITS)
NEWSCASTER: It's been
confirmed that during what had
been a negotiated cease-fire
during the new
year holiday of Tet,
the Viet Cong have
attacked the American
Embassy in Vietnam
along with reports
of attacks in five
provincial South
Vietnamese capitals.
U.S. Forces seem
to have been caught
completely by surprise.
MEG: (ON RADIO)
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine. Speak, Meg.
Hey, Sam.
Patching in a call for you.
It's Officer Shafe.
BRIAN: There's a Bleu Room
in Culver City on Pico.
Well played, young buck.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(SIRENS WAILING)
Coffee?
I'm hoping to get to bed soon.
Me, too.
A little up, a little down.
I forget who I'm
breakfasting with.
So, big surprise,
no Roy, no blonde quiff.
They say if they'd been here,
where they might be now?
No. Of course,
they were
falling over themselves
to see which
they could be first,
courteous or helpful.
If you had to cut
one out of the herd,
have a chat with, who'd it be?
That big ugly fat
monster right there?
You're that ugly,
you've been
fighting your whole life.
And not the little
stubby one, either.
SAM: No, too much to prove.
I'm in no mood
for a short man,
not tonight.
-SAM: Eh, the pretty one.
-This a problem?
-Am I right?
-MAN: Yes, we got a problem.
-Thor.
-Just take that badge off.
I like you, Sam,
but one thing you are not
is a nice guy,
not even a little.
Ooh. Damn.
You are really good-looking.
I hope you don't
mind my saying,
but you've got great skin.
-Doesn't he, Sarge?
-Very supple.
Supple, yeah.
Smooth, tight, taut.
It's taut, really, isn't it?
I bet the girls
must just pile up
outside your door
like snow banks, huh?
I'm looking for Roy Kovic,
and nobody ever needs
to know you told me.
I ain't telling you, man.
Let me ask you, then,
'cause the Sarge and I
aren't getting any younger,
you think it's too late for us
to start moisturizing?
You know,
a little cocoa butter
before bed?
Is that your secret?
Man, I don't know
what you're on,
but kiss my ass.
(LAUGHS)
Sarge.
(GROANING)
No, no, no. Please, come on.
(YELLING)
Venice. He's in Venice.
He's in Venice.
Big town. Big town.
(GROANS)
San Juan Avenue.
-(YELPING)
-Address?
(PANTING)
1501! 1501!
Huh?
1501!
(GROANING)
(GRUNTS)
Buon Appetito.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
KEN: Grace?
Ken?
Please just listen.
I knew that you'd be there.
I'm not mad.
I don't want to fight.
I just want to tell you...
GRACE: Ken, where are you?
Home.
That's what we
still call it, right?
I wish you could
see the sunrise.
It's so beautiful.
Ken, I can't
really talk right now.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
The mess of our lives.
It's me. It's all me,
and I can't clean it up.
I'm tired. I'm just so...
I did love you.
And Emma, our sweet girl.
What we did to her.
God forgive us both.
Ken.
(PHONE DISCONNECTS)
(PHONE RINGING)
(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(GUN CLICKS)
GRACE: Hello?
What? No, I...
Oh, my God, when?
I don't know.
Ken?
It's Betty Banyin.
Hal's been shot.
The doctors say
he's gonna die.
SAM: Hi.
Oh, yeah, come on in, Officer.
Where were you last
Tuesday night, Roy?
Oh. I couldn't say. Why?
Assume the position.
Study the wall.
There's gonna be a quiz.
(ROY SIGHS)
Look, man,
what is all this about?
I told you.
Last Tuesday night.
WOMAN: He was with me.
Who are you?
Just somebody who
can say for sure
that Roy was with me.
See some ID, miss?
Come on.
This your new girlfriend, Roy?
Yeah, but I know
you're gonna want proof,
so why don't you
show him that corsage
I bought you, honey?
I'm turning over
a new leaf, Officer.
This could be the last time
that the law comes knocking.
Yeah,
she is just what you need.
Wow.
Charmain going deep.
Is there
anything we should do?
Besides spending
all night trying to
rescue a cop that
doesn't need rescuing?
No, I think we're good.
Sam, I never noticed,
but you're looking
a little bloated.
Bloated but sleek.
Like an otter.
Otter. Yeah, new nickname.
Tough to pronounce
without any teeth,
but give it a whirl.
BRIAN: So what now?
Keep quiet until
we talk to her.
These clowns and
their ilk get so much
as a whiff of what's going on,
and she's gone here.
Now, I'm gonna go
home and go to sleep,
all right, because I am so...
MEG: Hey, Sam.
Oh, for Pete's sake, Meg.
The desk
sergeant just found it.
All righty, man time.
Might want to close
those delicate eyes.
I was talking to Shafe.
If this is a gag, Cut...
No, my gags are funny.
SAM: It's the same girl.
All right,
well, that's either a V
or part of a W.
-Vineland High.
-Huh?
Those are the colors. We used
to play against them.
It's Vineland High.
What are you thinking?
Um, Meg, can you walk these
over to missing persons,
see if they've got a girl
matching her description,
disappeared from
Van Nuys maybe?
-Okay, got it.
-Thank you.
Who is he, Charlie?
That one thing in all of us
that we can't ignore,
run from, bargain with,
hurt, or kill.
-You knew him in prison?
-(SIGHS)
It ain't like
the world out here.
I was alone.
All alone, Cherry.
Ralph and his crew,
they were too many.
Just too many to fight.
RALPH: Now why you got to
lie on me, Charlie?
Fight?
Come on, man.
I never gave you
cause to fight me.
You wanted under my wing.
Say it. Say it, Charlie.
Say it, like you used to.
Say it so your lady can hear.
That hurt, Charlie.
Why you want to hurt the man
that taught you everything?
Everything that we
talked about inside?
I kept you safe,
like you were my baby
in my world.
Now, we outside,
and this is your world.
Now, I want under your wing.
Everything is fine,
sweetheart, just fine.
(CLAPS) This place is
about to be jumping.
(LAUGHING)
Look,
we're just glad you're okay.
Now you've just
got to drop back.
No, I want this.
I can do this.
Charmain, please
don't take any offense,
but we both know how weird
it can get fast undercover.
There's a meet today.
He wants me there and you.
But I'm not
sure you should go.
This is my case, Charmain.
-Yeah, I know.
-My case.
I know, but I had to lie.
I didn't have time to think
so I kind of just burned you.
I told him that you
were suspicious of him,
that you sent me to check in
on his operation.
-That's why I was
at the funeral home.
-Smart.
And that I didn't like you
or respect you,
which is what
he needed to hear,
and that I would
have sex with you
to keep you, you know...
Docile.
That's the exact word I used.
How'd you know?
Great minds.
But that you don't
satisfy me in bed
because you have
a very small penis.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Wait, that's your cover?
It worked, okay?
I don't think he trusts you,
-but he doesn't want
to kill you or me...
-(COUGHING)
...so I'm sorry.
SAM: Can we get the check?
Waiter? Napkin.
SAM: Is the sun
always this bright?
I don't care how
docile she thinks
she's made him.
No, she's made you
and your eensy
genitalia docile.
Stay with the plot.
She cannot go back to Roy.
Look, you gonna tell her that?
Because between you
and me,
I'm a little afraid of her
right now, you know?
Sam, she's barely a rookie.
She has no idea
what she's doing.
This is not even remotely
my problem or my case.
You think I
should let her stay in?
I think if you're lucky,
she'll let you stay in.
Good night, kids.
You give me
hope that the world
is gonna be
a better place soon.
MEG: (ON RADIO)
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine. Hello, Meg.
Hey, Sam. So we got a hit.
Tina Greenwood,
Vineland High senior,
reported missing
right after Thanksgiving.
I've got a name and
address on the mom.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
MRS. GREENWOOD:
Um, so the picture you got,
was it taken recently?
SAM: Appears to be.
Um, you reported your
daughter missing in
November just after...
What kind of picture was it?
They were...
She was not wearing...
Uh, your daughter was topless.
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
Mrs. Greenwood, can I...
Would you like some water?
No, no. Thank you.
There's no reason
to assume the worst.
Last year, I had
a young girl go missing,
and we tracked her
down to a commune,
and she's, you know...
Well, kids nowadays.
But she's okay. She's okay.
Trying to determine if
this was written by
a left-handed person.
Was Tina left-handed?
(VOICE BREAKING)
Tina is right-handed,
and these are not hers.
(SOBBING)
-No, this feels like a...
-Yes?
That feels like a man's,
doesn't it?
(MONITOR BEEPING)
(WOMAN ON PA INDISTINCT)
You get a hold of her?
Yeah, I don't
think she should come.
Her doctor gave
her a sedative.
She could barely talk.
What was he doing up there?
Well, he'd sometimes
drive up there to... to think.
Really?
'Cause you'd say
the beach or the desert,
hitting golf balls
at a driving range
in the valley,
at a movie alone,
Betty and I have
heard them all,
except that one.
-Grace.
-Forget it.
WOMAN: (ON PA)
Dr. Peterson to Admissions.
SAM: Did you talk to
any of her teachers?
Did she have a boyfriend?
Look, I'm not trying
to crawl up your ass
and build a house or anything.
I'm just trying to see
if missing persons...
Morning, sunshine.
Perfect.
We'll pick this up later.
So, there was a witness,
you say.
Well, yeah, we'll get to that
if we have to.
Right now,
today, what I'd like to do
is lay out a broader
picture for you here.
Now, Sam,
you were a great
cop in your day...
Ron,
how'd you sleep last night?
Me? Like a babe.
I didn't, so unless you want
to write me up for narcolepsy,
I suggest you
pick up the pace.
Well, you know,
I'm sorry that this isn't
more entertaining
for you, Sam,
'cause I've got to say,
going back through
your greatest hits...
Use of deadly force,
unlawful discharge of weapon,
lying under oath,
illegal interrogation,
coercion,
drunk and disorderly,
and on and on,
right up until today.
You know,
I've got to say I am amazed
that you're even
still a policeman.
And when I told you
that you were
great in your day,
I mean the days
that cops used to run
through this city
like thugs on a bender.
And when I told you
that I admired you,
I admire
the fact that you have
somehow managed
to bully your way
into holding on to
a job for 20 years
that you should
have been kicked out of
when Ike was president.
You're at the pinnacle, Sam,
everybody's hero,
but you know what?
A pinnacle means
there's only one way
to go, and that's down.
You can walk down quietly,
or you can take
a long, loud fall.
You know,
I thought getting a medal
was gonna be a lot more fun.
BRIAN: (SIGHS) You've got to
be kidding me.
I only kid when I've slept.
So what do we do?
Find the witness.
Why?
Look, we're not gonna
kill anyone, all right?
That would screw up
my pension.
Well, I'm late.
It's gonna have to
wait till tomorrow.
All right, just calm down.
Okay, we're not gonna do
anything at all.
I know just the guy. Go.
ROY: Man, I had no idea.
CHARLIE: Yeah,
well, it's a problem, man.
This cat's got
a whole army on the way.
He thinks I'm in
his debt or something.
Look, I just need you
and your guys
here for a while,
like just a repelling force,
like a great wall.
Look, man,
I got business. Serious.
You think I'm not
being serious, man?
This prick thinks I owe him.
For life.
Be cool, all right?
We'll work something out.
ROY: Charmain,
she's with me now, you dig?
BRIAN: Cool.
No friction?
'Cause you got none from me.
Not personally, no, but...
But?
Business. I want to trust you.
I hear that.
And I'm just not
seeing where I fit in.
You fit in, brother.
I just got to be very,
very careful.
We're not talking about
a couple lids of grass.
Come on.
ROY: All right, everything
up till now has just been
setting the spike.
Quality, volume, price,
they're all gonna triple.
-I dig that.
-ROY: Good.
Now, we've all done business,
and we've tested and passed
five ways from Sunday,
but the mini-moves
and the power plays,
they all got to drop.
I mean it.
My supplier's got eyes
on this operation,
and he likes what he sees.
Just one thing.
I've got to meet him.
Me, too.
Care to look in the eyes
of who I'm risking prison for.
My guy's already
way ahead of you.
He's rolling as we speak.
Says he'll meet you
anywhere you want tonight.
(BRIAN INHALES)
Your call.
Be as the water.
Be as the flow over the rock,
the shaper of the rock.
I am the shaper. No.
Be... Be as...
Be as the water.
Be as the flow over the rock.
Shape the rock.
I shape the rock!
I shape the rock!
I shape the rock!
(CRYING) I shape the rock.
It's good to see you.
It's good to see you,
too, sweetheart.
-We haven't seen
you guys in a while.
-(LAUGHS) No.
And we need a favor.
What kind of favor?
Later, baby.
Later.
We'll have to
reschedule, then.
I can't leave Hal.
We're still waiting to...
What? What did he say?
Hal's gonna live.
Hey, Hodiak.
We've got something.
Not everything
but not nothing.
So I go door to door,
the whole block.
Said I was doing
follow-up for IA.
Used my old badge.
I forgot how soft
it makes people.
The witness is not a neighbor.
So the witness doesn't exist?
No, but I'm pretty
sure that ass-lick
Kellaher's got a witness.
So was there someone else
in the house that night?
It's a cop.
Hi, Colin.
I think we met
the night Officer Shafe
was shot at and I was stabbed.
Well, not actually met,
but that neighborhood's
your beat, right?
Sam Hodiak.
Your hand's a little damp,
there, Colin.
You okay?
-Get off of me.
-You heard shots.
You came running
like any good cop would.
You got to a window.
You looked in.
Am I right?
I don't think I
should talk to you.
I don't think
you should, either,
especially if you're thinking
of testifying against me.
Come on.
I don't know what
Detective Kellaher of
Internal Affairs
said would happen to you
if you testify
against a brother officer,
-contradict his
sworn statement...
-Get off of me.
...and challenge
the public pronouncements
of our beloved commissioner,
but let me give you a preview.
You would not believe
the day that I have had.
I probably would.
(KISSES)
(SIGHS)
I'm never leaving this bed.
Okay.
-ROY: Brothers,
we rode a lot of miles.
-MAN: Oh, yeah!
-We ate a lot of dust,
kicked a lot of ass.
-(CROWD AGREEING)
We hung tight,
and it looked
like it was gonna be
nothing more
but the damn same.
But tonight,
tonight is a new game.
ALL: Yeah!
Tonight, we are finally
gonna get what
we got coming.
ALL: Yeah.
ROY: There are some sons
of bitches who got no code.
They are gonna get
what they got coming.
ALL: Yeah!
CHARMAIN: Hey, it's me.
BRIAN: I'm on my way to
meet Guapo now.
Don't. Don't go.
This is the supplier.
I've got to meet him.
Guapo's got to meet him.
Yeah, I don't think
that's what tonight is.
Charmain, what did you...
Charmain!
(PHONE JINGLES)
(CHARLIE MURMURING
INDISTINCTLY)
-Sadie is a genius.
-What?
MINNIE: She got
the Satans to...
Oh, man! It's beautiful.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hodiak, I think.
Over where?
You're not gonna believe this.
About an hour ago,
I was supposed
to be down here.
Charmain called, so I wasn't.
Roy wanted me here.
He didn't
actually do it, though.
None of the Satans did.
Charmain was
with them all night
at the Bleu Room.
Need a homicide detective.
You think?
Disarmed.
Not a gunfight. An execution.
You see any casings?
No.
'Cause this was
done with an M16.
Carried one for two tours.
I know the holes.
So M16s eject casings.
Six head shots.
Should be six casings.
Shooter's very buttoned-up.
The shooter is U.S. Military.
RALPH: Charlie boy.
Bring your ass on
out here, Charlie.
Charlie boy!
(EXHALES)
It's been coming
for a long, long time now.
This country's gonna burn.
You see it, don't you?
The war that's been brewing
for over 200 years.
Blacks and whites
wiping each other out.
This is our
message to the world.
We're igniting the apocalypse,
and we're the only
ones who'll survive.
Helter Skelter.
HALPERT: You got naughty
photos of somebody in
the White House?
That'd be illegal. I'm a cop.
(GRUNTING)
GRACE: Sam, my daughter,
Emma, she's gone.
Get my little girl back.
KEN: Obviously, finding her
is the important thing,
but if you can keep it quiet,
there are people
who'd appreciate it.
SAM: If I'm gonna
find this girl,
I need a cop in that world.
-I report to you?
-Yep.
CHARLIE: Emma,
you survive with us.
I'm Charlie Manson.
I'm not the only
one Manson can hurt.
We can't afford this, Kenny.
Me and your daddy.
I would never have chose that,
but it led me to you.
GUAPO: This'll be the
first shipment through
Nippon warehouse.
Delivery's tomorrow at noon.
Where's the stuff?
Now I know I can trust you.
-You're a real cop?
-Last I checked.
ROY: If she's looking
for Charlie,
she's got to go through me.
I plow them all eventually.
ROY: Sugar clam.
What are you doing here?
Charmain!
KEN: This cop and Grace,
that's the problem.
GRACE: I'm sick of lying
about what I am,
who I love.
No, Kenny.
Buddy, you can't...
-(SCREAMS)
-(GUNSHOTS)
We will lead
the world to a brand-new age.
(MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY)
(EMMA SHUDDERING)
(CLATTERING)
Breathe, Emma.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
That feeling in your skin,
that tingling,
that's us stepping
into a new world.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
Put this somewhere, anywhere.
No sense makes sense.
-No, not this. I can't.
-Shh. Hey, hey!
Hey.
The three of us,
it's our time now.
There can be no
birth without...
Come on.
Come on!
There can be no
birth without...
(STUTTERING) Death.
Attagirl.
(SNIFFLING)
(SOBBING)
MAN: Both suspects had to die.
SAM: I wanted him to
get shot by whoever
was in that house
if they were armed
because I didn't
want us to get shot.
-MAN: And the brother?
-(MAN 2 GROANING)
No, he didn't have to die.
I wanted him to die.
MAN: You will be
receiving the Medal of Valor
to the cheers of
a grateful city.
In Los Angeles,
we close killings.
You closed these for good.
Detective, I'm Ron Kellaher.
I'm with Internal Affairs.
There was a witness, so
I'm gonna need to
speak to you tomorrow.
You had no idea.
Medal of Valor,
Internal Affairs, cameras.
It all seems
a tad orchestrated,
don't you think?
If you think I
had anything to do
with that,
we can just step outside.
Relax, Cut.
This is not
a John Wayne movie.
Look at this.
Everybody's doing the funny.
Whoa. Yeah. Again, innocent.
What's in it?
Fan mail.
Now that's what
I'm talking about,
the upside of fame.
Is there a number on there?
CUT: Anonymous.
Playing hard to get. Me likey.
Sam.
It was absolutely Roy.
You hear
anybody else with him?
-I don't think so.
-Good.
One-man motorcycle kidnapping
strikes me as unlikely.
I'm guessing she just
had to be friendly-like.
-Make him feel comfortable.
-Great.
You know where
these guys hang out?
The gang's got a clubhouse.
I've never been,
but it's
called the Bleu Room.
Which one?
How many are there?
Santa Monica,
Van Nuys, Burbank,
Hollywood, that I know of.
So what do we do?
It's called police work.
-(RATTLING)
-(MUFFLED GROANING)
(PANTING)
(GROANING)
WOMAN: Oh, my God, is he okay?
MAN: Mister? Mister?
You all right?
Get over here.
WOMAN: What do we do?
So, your uncle died. Uncle...
Ted. I told you.
See, we kind of know
the owner of
the funeral parlor,
and he was not at all happy
about being woken up for this.
There ain't no dead Ted
nowhere on the premises.
So, you sure
you don't want
to try a little?
It focuses the mind.
-(BABY FUSSES)
-What's wrong?
Nothing at all, Cherry Pop.
We all have past karma.
I'm not exempt.
RALPH: Charlie!
You watch over Valentine.
Take him to the cellar.
Lock the door.
-What? But, Charlie...
-Shh!
No, no, no. See, now,
it is our destiny
to reach the stars.
No power on earth
can change that.
What, Charlie? What?
RALPH: What the hell, Charlie?
Ain't nothing in the cupboard?
I came a long way.
CHARLIE: Sorry, my man.
Lot of mouths to
feed around here.
Sometimes,
the cupboard gets bare.
You should have told
me you were coming.
I'd have been good and ready.
Now, you know me, Charlie.
Sometimes, I don't even know
what I'm gonna do
my damn self.
That pretty little
thing back there,
why don't you tell
her to drop the knife
and go fetch me
something to eat?
Charlie.
Do like he says, Sadie.
Okay,
here's the thing, I lied.
You lied about what exactly?
I was sent there to do a job,
to find out what I could.
-For who?
-Brian.
Brian sent me. You scare him.
He thinks you're
gonna cut him out,
but he can't be
a man about it,
so he's got me looking in
on how you move
the stuff coming in.
So you his old lady now?
I let him ball me.
Keeps him housebroken.
Way he's built down there,
I barely notice.
(CHUCKLES)
Do you ever blink?
You got eyes like a doll.
I'll say this, doll eyes.
You damn sure ain't here
'cause you can cook.
(CHUCKLES) I had better
sandwiches in the joint.
Then go back.
Ow! (GROANING)
Damn, Charlie!
You let these bitches
talk to you like this?
I must have came
at the right time.
-Charlie! Get off me!
-Charlie!
Charlie ain't gonna do...
RALPH: Charlie!
Charlie!
Why you hitting yourself, huh?
Why you hitting yourself?
-Charlie!
-Why you hitting yourself?
Why you hitting yourself?
What? You used to love that.
-Charlie!
-(MOCKING) Charlie!
-Charlie!
-Charlie!
-Charlie!
-Charlie!
BRIAN: Hey!
What the hell is going on?
I think she wants
you to let her go.
I think I don't give a damn.
Yeah,
well, I think you should.
(SADIE PANTING)
RALPH: What is this, Charlie?
I'm just horsing around,
and this man want
to get serious.
Well, I'm seriously
here, Charlie.
And seriously,
(WHISPERS)
I ain't going nowhere.
(SPITS)
NEWSCASTER: It's been
confirmed that during what had
been a negotiated cease-fire
during the new
year holiday of Tet,
the Viet Cong have
attacked the American
Embassy in Vietnam
along with reports
of attacks in five
provincial South
Vietnamese capitals.
U.S. Forces seem
to have been caught
completely by surprise.
MEG: (ON RADIO)
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine. Speak, Meg.
Hey, Sam.
Patching in a call for you.
It's Officer Shafe.
BRIAN: There's a Bleu Room
in Culver City on Pico.
Well played, young buck.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(SIRENS WAILING)
Coffee?
I'm hoping to get to bed soon.
Me, too.
A little up, a little down.
I forget who I'm
breakfasting with.
So, big surprise,
no Roy, no blonde quiff.
They say if they'd been here,
where they might be now?
No. Of course,
they were
falling over themselves
to see which
they could be first,
courteous or helpful.
If you had to cut
one out of the herd,
have a chat with, who'd it be?
That big ugly fat
monster right there?
You're that ugly,
you've been
fighting your whole life.
And not the little
stubby one, either.
SAM: No, too much to prove.
I'm in no mood
for a short man,
not tonight.
-SAM: Eh, the pretty one.
-This a problem?
-Am I right?
-MAN: Yes, we got a problem.
-Thor.
-Just take that badge off.
I like you, Sam,
but one thing you are not
is a nice guy,
not even a little.
Ooh. Damn.
You are really good-looking.
I hope you don't
mind my saying,
but you've got great skin.
-Doesn't he, Sarge?
-Very supple.
Supple, yeah.
Smooth, tight, taut.
It's taut, really, isn't it?
I bet the girls
must just pile up
outside your door
like snow banks, huh?
I'm looking for Roy Kovic,
and nobody ever needs
to know you told me.
I ain't telling you, man.
Let me ask you, then,
'cause the Sarge and I
aren't getting any younger,
you think it's too late for us
to start moisturizing?
You know,
a little cocoa butter
before bed?
Is that your secret?
Man, I don't know
what you're on,
but kiss my ass.
(LAUGHS)
Sarge.
(GROANING)
No, no, no. Please, come on.
(YELLING)
Venice. He's in Venice.
He's in Venice.
Big town. Big town.
(GROANS)
San Juan Avenue.
-(YELPING)
-Address?
(PANTING)
1501! 1501!
Huh?
1501!
(GROANING)
(GRUNTS)
Buon Appetito.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
KEN: Grace?
Ken?
Please just listen.
I knew that you'd be there.
I'm not mad.
I don't want to fight.
I just want to tell you...
GRACE: Ken, where are you?
Home.
That's what we
still call it, right?
I wish you could
see the sunrise.
It's so beautiful.
Ken, I can't
really talk right now.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
The mess of our lives.
It's me. It's all me,
and I can't clean it up.
I'm tired. I'm just so...
I did love you.
And Emma, our sweet girl.
What we did to her.
God forgive us both.
Ken.
(PHONE DISCONNECTS)
(PHONE RINGING)
(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(GUN CLICKS)
GRACE: Hello?
What? No, I...
Oh, my God, when?
I don't know.
Ken?
It's Betty Banyin.
Hal's been shot.
The doctors say
he's gonna die.
SAM: Hi.
Oh, yeah, come on in, Officer.
Where were you last
Tuesday night, Roy?
Oh. I couldn't say. Why?
Assume the position.
Study the wall.
There's gonna be a quiz.
(ROY SIGHS)
Look, man,
what is all this about?
I told you.
Last Tuesday night.
WOMAN: He was with me.
Who are you?
Just somebody who
can say for sure
that Roy was with me.
See some ID, miss?
Come on.
This your new girlfriend, Roy?
Yeah, but I know
you're gonna want proof,
so why don't you
show him that corsage
I bought you, honey?
I'm turning over
a new leaf, Officer.
This could be the last time
that the law comes knocking.
Yeah,
she is just what you need.
Wow.
Charmain going deep.
Is there
anything we should do?
Besides spending
all night trying to
rescue a cop that
doesn't need rescuing?
No, I think we're good.
Sam, I never noticed,
but you're looking
a little bloated.
Bloated but sleek.
Like an otter.
Otter. Yeah, new nickname.
Tough to pronounce
without any teeth,
but give it a whirl.
BRIAN: So what now?
Keep quiet until
we talk to her.
These clowns and
their ilk get so much
as a whiff of what's going on,
and she's gone here.
Now, I'm gonna go
home and go to sleep,
all right, because I am so...
MEG: Hey, Sam.
Oh, for Pete's sake, Meg.
The desk
sergeant just found it.
All righty, man time.
Might want to close
those delicate eyes.
I was talking to Shafe.
If this is a gag, Cut...
No, my gags are funny.
SAM: It's the same girl.
All right,
well, that's either a V
or part of a W.
-Vineland High.
-Huh?
Those are the colors. We used
to play against them.
It's Vineland High.
What are you thinking?
Um, Meg, can you walk these
over to missing persons,
see if they've got a girl
matching her description,
disappeared from
Van Nuys maybe?
-Okay, got it.
-Thank you.
Who is he, Charlie?
That one thing in all of us
that we can't ignore,
run from, bargain with,
hurt, or kill.
-You knew him in prison?
-(SIGHS)
It ain't like
the world out here.
I was alone.
All alone, Cherry.
Ralph and his crew,
they were too many.
Just too many to fight.
RALPH: Now why you got to
lie on me, Charlie?
Fight?
Come on, man.
I never gave you
cause to fight me.
You wanted under my wing.
Say it. Say it, Charlie.
Say it, like you used to.
Say it so your lady can hear.
That hurt, Charlie.
Why you want to hurt the man
that taught you everything?
Everything that we
talked about inside?
I kept you safe,
like you were my baby
in my world.
Now, we outside,
and this is your world.
Now, I want under your wing.
Everything is fine,
sweetheart, just fine.
(CLAPS) This place is
about to be jumping.
(LAUGHING)
Look,
we're just glad you're okay.
Now you've just
got to drop back.
No, I want this.
I can do this.
Charmain, please
don't take any offense,
but we both know how weird
it can get fast undercover.
There's a meet today.
He wants me there and you.
But I'm not
sure you should go.
This is my case, Charmain.
-Yeah, I know.
-My case.
I know, but I had to lie.
I didn't have time to think
so I kind of just burned you.
I told him that you
were suspicious of him,
that you sent me to check in
on his operation.
-That's why I was
at the funeral home.
-Smart.
And that I didn't like you
or respect you,
which is what
he needed to hear,
and that I would
have sex with you
to keep you, you know...
Docile.
That's the exact word I used.
How'd you know?
Great minds.
But that you don't
satisfy me in bed
because you have
a very small penis.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Wait, that's your cover?
It worked, okay?
I don't think he trusts you,
-but he doesn't want
to kill you or me...
-(COUGHING)
...so I'm sorry.
SAM: Can we get the check?
Waiter? Napkin.
SAM: Is the sun
always this bright?
I don't care how
docile she thinks
she's made him.
No, she's made you
and your eensy
genitalia docile.
Stay with the plot.
She cannot go back to Roy.
Look, you gonna tell her that?
Because between you
and me,
I'm a little afraid of her
right now, you know?
Sam, she's barely a rookie.
She has no idea
what she's doing.
This is not even remotely
my problem or my case.
You think I
should let her stay in?
I think if you're lucky,
she'll let you stay in.
Good night, kids.
You give me
hope that the world
is gonna be
a better place soon.
MEG: (ON RADIO)
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine.
Six-William-Nine. Hello, Meg.
Hey, Sam. So we got a hit.
Tina Greenwood,
Vineland High senior,
reported missing
right after Thanksgiving.
I've got a name and
address on the mom.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
MRS. GREENWOOD:
Um, so the picture you got,
was it taken recently?
SAM: Appears to be.
Um, you reported your
daughter missing in
November just after...
What kind of picture was it?
They were...
She was not wearing...
Uh, your daughter was topless.
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
Mrs. Greenwood, can I...
Would you like some water?
No, no. Thank you.
There's no reason
to assume the worst.
Last year, I had
a young girl go missing,
and we tracked her
down to a commune,
and she's, you know...
Well, kids nowadays.
But she's okay. She's okay.
Trying to determine if
this was written by
a left-handed person.
Was Tina left-handed?
(VOICE BREAKING)
Tina is right-handed,
and these are not hers.
(SOBBING)
-No, this feels like a...
-Yes?
That feels like a man's,
doesn't it?
(MONITOR BEEPING)
(WOMAN ON PA INDISTINCT)
You get a hold of her?
Yeah, I don't
think she should come.
Her doctor gave
her a sedative.
She could barely talk.
What was he doing up there?
Well, he'd sometimes
drive up there to... to think.
Really?
'Cause you'd say
the beach or the desert,
hitting golf balls
at a driving range
in the valley,
at a movie alone,
Betty and I have
heard them all,
except that one.
-Grace.
-Forget it.
WOMAN: (ON PA)
Dr. Peterson to Admissions.
SAM: Did you talk to
any of her teachers?
Did she have a boyfriend?
Look, I'm not trying
to crawl up your ass
and build a house or anything.
I'm just trying to see
if missing persons...
Morning, sunshine.
Perfect.
We'll pick this up later.
So, there was a witness,
you say.
Well, yeah, we'll get to that
if we have to.
Right now,
today, what I'd like to do
is lay out a broader
picture for you here.
Now, Sam,
you were a great
cop in your day...
Ron,
how'd you sleep last night?
Me? Like a babe.
I didn't, so unless you want
to write me up for narcolepsy,
I suggest you
pick up the pace.
Well, you know,
I'm sorry that this isn't
more entertaining
for you, Sam,
'cause I've got to say,
going back through
your greatest hits...
Use of deadly force,
unlawful discharge of weapon,
lying under oath,
illegal interrogation,
coercion,
drunk and disorderly,
and on and on,
right up until today.
You know,
I've got to say I am amazed
that you're even
still a policeman.
And when I told you
that you were
great in your day,
I mean the days
that cops used to run
through this city
like thugs on a bender.
And when I told you
that I admired you,
I admire
the fact that you have
somehow managed
to bully your way
into holding on to
a job for 20 years
that you should
have been kicked out of
when Ike was president.
You're at the pinnacle, Sam,
everybody's hero,
but you know what?
A pinnacle means
there's only one way
to go, and that's down.
You can walk down quietly,
or you can take
a long, loud fall.
You know,
I thought getting a medal
was gonna be a lot more fun.
BRIAN: (SIGHS) You've got to
be kidding me.
I only kid when I've slept.
So what do we do?
Find the witness.
Why?
Look, we're not gonna
kill anyone, all right?
That would screw up
my pension.
Well, I'm late.
It's gonna have to
wait till tomorrow.
All right, just calm down.
Okay, we're not gonna do
anything at all.
I know just the guy. Go.
ROY: Man, I had no idea.
CHARLIE: Yeah,
well, it's a problem, man.
This cat's got
a whole army on the way.
He thinks I'm in
his debt or something.
Look, I just need you
and your guys
here for a while,
like just a repelling force,
like a great wall.
Look, man,
I got business. Serious.
You think I'm not
being serious, man?
This prick thinks I owe him.
For life.
Be cool, all right?
We'll work something out.
ROY: Charmain,
she's with me now, you dig?
BRIAN: Cool.
No friction?
'Cause you got none from me.
Not personally, no, but...
But?
Business. I want to trust you.
I hear that.
And I'm just not
seeing where I fit in.
You fit in, brother.
I just got to be very,
very careful.
We're not talking about
a couple lids of grass.
Come on.
ROY: All right, everything
up till now has just been
setting the spike.
Quality, volume, price,
they're all gonna triple.
-I dig that.
-ROY: Good.
Now, we've all done business,
and we've tested and passed
five ways from Sunday,
but the mini-moves
and the power plays,
they all got to drop.
I mean it.
My supplier's got eyes
on this operation,
and he likes what he sees.
Just one thing.
I've got to meet him.
Me, too.
Care to look in the eyes
of who I'm risking prison for.
My guy's already
way ahead of you.
He's rolling as we speak.
Says he'll meet you
anywhere you want tonight.
(BRIAN INHALES)
Your call.
Be as the water.
Be as the flow over the rock,
the shaper of the rock.
I am the shaper. No.
Be... Be as...
Be as the water.
Be as the flow over the rock.
Shape the rock.
I shape the rock!
I shape the rock!
I shape the rock!
(CRYING) I shape the rock.
It's good to see you.
It's good to see you,
too, sweetheart.
-We haven't seen
you guys in a while.
-(LAUGHS) No.
And we need a favor.
What kind of favor?
Later, baby.
Later.
We'll have to
reschedule, then.
I can't leave Hal.
We're still waiting to...
What? What did he say?
Hal's gonna live.
Hey, Hodiak.
We've got something.
Not everything
but not nothing.
So I go door to door,
the whole block.
Said I was doing
follow-up for IA.
Used my old badge.
I forgot how soft
it makes people.
The witness is not a neighbor.
So the witness doesn't exist?
No, but I'm pretty
sure that ass-lick
Kellaher's got a witness.
So was there someone else
in the house that night?
It's a cop.
Hi, Colin.
I think we met
the night Officer Shafe
was shot at and I was stabbed.
Well, not actually met,
but that neighborhood's
your beat, right?
Sam Hodiak.
Your hand's a little damp,
there, Colin.
You okay?
-Get off of me.
-You heard shots.
You came running
like any good cop would.
You got to a window.
You looked in.
Am I right?
I don't think I
should talk to you.
I don't think
you should, either,
especially if you're thinking
of testifying against me.
Come on.
I don't know what
Detective Kellaher of
Internal Affairs
said would happen to you
if you testify
against a brother officer,
-contradict his
sworn statement...
-Get off of me.
...and challenge
the public pronouncements
of our beloved commissioner,
but let me give you a preview.
You would not believe
the day that I have had.
I probably would.
(KISSES)
(SIGHS)
I'm never leaving this bed.
Okay.
-ROY: Brothers,
we rode a lot of miles.
-MAN: Oh, yeah!
-We ate a lot of dust,
kicked a lot of ass.
-(CROWD AGREEING)
We hung tight,
and it looked
like it was gonna be
nothing more
but the damn same.
But tonight,
tonight is a new game.
ALL: Yeah!
Tonight, we are finally
gonna get what
we got coming.
ALL: Yeah.
ROY: There are some sons
of bitches who got no code.
They are gonna get
what they got coming.
ALL: Yeah!
CHARMAIN: Hey, it's me.
BRIAN: I'm on my way to
meet Guapo now.
Don't. Don't go.
This is the supplier.
I've got to meet him.
Guapo's got to meet him.
Yeah, I don't think
that's what tonight is.
Charmain, what did you...
Charmain!
(PHONE JINGLES)
(CHARLIE MURMURING
INDISTINCTLY)
-Sadie is a genius.
-What?
MINNIE: She got
the Satans to...
Oh, man! It's beautiful.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hodiak, I think.
Over where?
You're not gonna believe this.
About an hour ago,
I was supposed
to be down here.
Charmain called, so I wasn't.
Roy wanted me here.
He didn't
actually do it, though.
None of the Satans did.
Charmain was
with them all night
at the Bleu Room.
Need a homicide detective.
You think?
Disarmed.
Not a gunfight. An execution.
You see any casings?
No.
'Cause this was
done with an M16.
Carried one for two tours.
I know the holes.
So M16s eject casings.
Six head shots.
Should be six casings.
Shooter's very buttoned-up.
The shooter is U.S. Military.
RALPH: Charlie boy.
Bring your ass on
out here, Charlie.
Charlie boy!
(EXHALES)
It's been coming
for a long, long time now.
This country's gonna burn.
You see it, don't you?
The war that's been brewing
for over 200 years.
Blacks and whites
wiping each other out.
This is our
message to the world.
We're igniting the apocalypse,
and we're the only
ones who'll survive.
Helter Skelter.