Cagney & Lacey (1981–1988): Season 1, Episode 2 - Cagney & Lacey - full transcript

[INAUDIBLE]

You call these plain
clothes?

[OPENING THEME PLAYING]

Everybody on the floor!
Now! Hurry up!

Get over there, on the
floor!

Over there!

Get over there. Hurry it up!

Shut up!

RADIO: All units, all units in
the vicinity of
Pell Street and Mott.

The Canton Bank. A ten-thirty.

Repeating. All units,
vicinity of Pell Street
and Mott, a ten-thirty.



Car three-twelve
responding to that.
En route.

Did you see the
price of those oranges?

23 cents a pound.

Didn't I tell you to keep
your eyes closed?

Knock it off, will you?

[CAR HORN BLARING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

Let's go!

Hey! Here's something to
think about!

Let's go!
Hurry!

Unit three-twelve...

Lady. Lady are you all right?

Let me just check the kids,
okay? Let me just
take a look at them.

It's all right.
The ambulance is on its way.



Don't worry about it. Let
me just check out
the kids. All right?

Are you okay, baby? Huh?
You were scared, huh?
I was scared too.

Here's a description:
silver-gray, four-door,
full-sized sedan,

license plate
New York 32
Boston David,

last two numbers missing.

How could you tell they
were Chinese if they wore
ski masks?

Couldn't you have told if
they'd been black?

Why can't they leave me alone?

Look. I just came in
to make change, honest.

This is the second time
I've been robbed.

Don't ask me to describe
anything except the gun.

Well, what kind of gun was it?

Big.

Mrs. Lee, you were the
only one they had any
conversation with. Why?

-Conversation?
-You were the only one
they talked to.

-They saw me looking at them.
-They? What do you mean they?

He saw me.

Well, what did he say?

He told me to close my eyes.

They had masks on.

What was he afraid
you might see?

He wasn't afraid.
I was afraid.

Of course, you were.

I was afraid for my baby.

Could I be excused?

Of course, you can.

We don't have any more
questions, do we, Chris?

No.

All she has to do is
mention the baby and you
turn into the tower of jello.

Just what is it you think
that this frightened
pregnant girl can tell us

about these completely
masked bad guys?

You're a snob. You think
I can't understand how
that girl feels

just because I'm not a member
of the great fraternity of
motherhood?

I think you mean
sorority, don't you?

-Yeah. I guess I do.
-[LAUGHS]

Hey, let me in on the
joke and don't tell me
I wouldn't understand.

You'd understand, but you
couldn't do it.

Couldn't do what, huh?
I can do anything.

It was hot in there.

You know you shouldn't
do that. That's very
bad for you,

going from hot to cold
like that makes you more
susceptible

-to catching a cold.
-Is that so?

Now, I'll tell you what we'll
do. We'll finish up here.

And go back to that
23 cents a pound orange place.

We'll get some more of
those and load you up
with vitamin C.

Mr. Lewis.

Hey. Mr. Lewis.

-Can I help you ladies?
-Detectives Cagney, Lacey.

-Hey, I already talked
to the man.
-Good. Now you can talk to me.

-I didn't see a thing!
-But I saw you, Mr. Lewis.

I was afraid we might
shoot you. Don't make us
sorry we didn't.

Well, what do you want to
say that for?

Because you're not
telling her the truth,
Mr. Lewis.

The car used in the bank
robbery was parked almost
in your lap.

I want a description
of the driver!

If you're frightened,
we can arrange protection
for you.

I didn't see nothing. And
that's all that's to it.

I'll try and make it,
Thelma. Yeah.

Yeah, but if I'm late,
in this case,
you can start without me.

I promise.

A Ronald Colman festival...

Uh-huh. Yes, ma'am.

I, I will give Sergeant Petrie
the message. Thank you.

[PHONE RINGING]

Detective Lacey, 14th.
Uh-huh, oh hi!
Charlie, yeah.

She's right here.
Chris. It's your dad.

Oh hi, Pop.

What're you doing?

Uh, uh, uh, gee
I'm kind of tired.
Uh...

Yeah, okay. I'll be there
in ten minutes.

Hey, are you aware of
what you're doing?

I'm aware. The thing is
not timed to open for
another ten minutes

and I need a cigarette now!

If you can't quit cold turkey,

you can at least
use the timer box like
you promised.

Does that bother you?

Come to O'Malley's, huh?
Charlie asked me
to join him for a drink.

A drink. Don't you mean
a drunk?

Come on, he's lonely. He just
wants to hoist a couple
with his number one son.

Tell it like it was
when he was a cop.
There's no harm in that.

No, no harm in that
except when you get drunk
with him,

he gets to go and lay in bed
the next morning.

You get to come
to work half dead.

You think he's taking
advantage?

Chris, I, I love your dad.
He's a, he's a real charmer.

But what do you
want to be his son for?

What's the matter with
being a daughter?

Oh. Daughters are
supposed to whip up Daddy
some home-made stew

while sons get to belly up
to the bar with him.

All right. Okay, you got
me. Go down there.

Drink 'em all under the table
for all I care. But don't
ask me to go.

Gum, gum!

So the judge turns to
Crying Kelso and he says:

are you trying to show
contempt for this Court?

-No, says, Kelso. I'm
trying to hide it.
-[BOTH LAUGH]

Hi ya, Charlie.

Hi ya, kid. How are you?

-Thought you said you
were alone.
-I was, I was,

until five minutes ago.
Hey, Frank, move over and

let my daughter sit down,
will you?

Hi ya, Frank. Nice to see
you again. Thanks.

Solly, do you know my
daughter, Christine or
officer daughter

as I call her sometimes?

Hey, Solly. What's everyone
having? This round's on me.

Ah, ho-hold it. Your money's
no good here, kid.

-Solly give her a beer.
-You got it.

A draft right here.

How're you doing, Pop?

I don't suppose it ever
occurred to you they had
to wait until I retired

before they tried to
knock off a bank in
Chinatown?

Solly, how many things
like that went down when
this was my beat?

I can't remember any,
Charlie.

Of course, you can't
remember any.

You want to
know why you can't
remember any?

'Cause it never happened.
You want to know why
it never happened?

Because Charles
Fitzgerald Cagney would
roust them

before they could
spend a dime of the loot.

I've got to go.

I'll be right back.

-You wait right here,
little Miss Detective.
-I'll wait here.

Oh. I almost forgot.
Here.

Some of that peanut
brittle from your aunt
you like so much.

Peanut brittle.

I haven't liked that stuff
in years.

What's this about
bank robberies?

You can't figure it out?

No, I can't figure it out.

Your dad's gonna help you
crack that Chinese bank
robbery.

Charlie?

He's retired.

Chris.

For someone like
your old man

who's always been
right in the thick
of the action,

retirement is a very boring
way of dying.

[SCOFFS]

He's close to seventy.

Tell him that.

You know when I retired from
the department after my
accident,

I thought I would go
absolutely crazy.

Until I found out
that O'Malley wanted to
sell this bar.

I guess I called my son
once a day.

I mean at least while he
was in Columbia.

Just to hear him ask me
for something.

You know when they forced me
into retirement,

you know what
the first thing I did?

Signed up for an
answering service.

Just so I could leave messages
for myself.

You're talking about
yourself, Solly.

Not my father.

You know I hope you know this
means it's ample provocation
for changing my will.

[CHUCKLES]

Pop...

Isn't this your night
to play gin?

Officer daughter.

Tomorrow I am going to
teach you about real
police work.

You and I are going down
to the Chinatown I know.

And I'm gonna help you
solve that bank robbery.

Now eat your peanut brittle.

Harvey?

Harve!

Kids?

Come in, my dear.

The champagne is cold and my
blood runs warm with
anticipation.

Oh, Harve.

You look just
like George Hamilton.

Where are the kids?

Across the hall with
Mrs. Hamlish.

And I'm appearing as America's
most attractive, seductive
male for one night only.

May I pour?

Yes.

You may pour.

And you may also tell me
what's going on?

[SIGHS]

Paradise.

You got it. What's going on?

Well, the reason I can be
Mr. Wonderful for tonight
only is that

tomorrow morning I, uh, have
an appointment to build
a sky scraper.

You're kidding.

There are two things I
don't kid about, my job
and my hot blood.

Oh, Harvey, that's wonderful.

What, but what about your
inner ear imbalance?

Mary Beth, I'm talking about
undreamed of erotic pleasures.

You're talking
about my inner ear.

You are absolutely right.

First things first.

I think I'll, uh...

slip into something a little
more comfortable.

Like nothing.

-LACEY: Harvey!
-Yeah.

I love you.

Then hurry.

HARVEY JR.:
The toast is burning.

They said you had
a learning problem. Would
you take it out please?

MICHAEL:
Daddy never burns the toast.

Oh, I love wise guys in
the morning.

-Thank you.
-Give me my lunch.
I'm gonna be late.

-What, no breakfast? I got
fresh juice this morning.
-Got no time.

MICHAEL:
I don't want mine either, Dad.

-I'm walking you to the door.
-A pleasure. Give us
a kiss, huh?

MICHAEL:
I want to try your hat on.

LACEY: When Daddy gets back
from work.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Have a terrific day
and be careful, huh?

I only have to worry when
I'm high on lust.

Harve, I'm serious.
You haven't worked up high
in over a year.

I'm not gonna.
I got a ground job.
Will you relax?

-Okay.
-Okay.

-Be happy.
-Work hard.

I will. Get out of here.

HARVEY JR.:
If you finish all the work and
you're really behaving,

then they give
you homework.

All right, fellows.
That's it.

You get your lunches.
I'm driving you to school.

We'll get breakfast...

Um, somewhere.

There you go.

I get the front.

No. I get the front.

But you did last time.

So, I'm the older brother.
I should get the front.

You will sit
where I tell you to sit.

'Cause I'm an
officer of the law. Go.

Go!

Seven thirty in the morning?

Good afternoon.

I was just about to call
Missing Persons.

Listen, the way things
are going, I'm lucky
to be here at all.

You know it's not easy being
a housewife and a detective?

It's not a snap being
a daughter and
a detective either.

Oh, you got to tell me
about that. However,

hot news.

Harvey Lacey is
back into construction

on the new Satellite Towers
Building starting... today.

Ah, Mary Beth, that's great.
He must be walking on air.

Oh, I hope not.
He promised me
it was a ground job.

La Guardia,
what're you nodding at?

I've been thinking about
what you said.

It ain't easy being
a housewife and a detective.

It's the same for a bachelor.

[CHUCKLING]

What do we got?

Uh, the ski masks photograph
like a million bucks.

You can see little
snow flakes and everything.

That's it?

So far, yeah.

So what about the car?

Car, there were five
silver-gray sedans stolen
over the last couple of days.

All makes and plates
don't come close.

Ours is the one with the
bullet holes.

So what do you think, huh?

How many stores in Chinatown
do you suppose sell ski masks?

That's very good, Mary Beth.
Very good. We should
check that out.

So how was O'Malley's?
You don't look so bad.

I'm not... hung over,
thank you. Pop just wanted
to talk.

But you'll never guess
about what.

He's getting married again.

-No.
-He thinks you should
get married.

-No.
-I give up.

He very graciously
offered to help us
crack this case.

[LAUGHS]
Are you serious?

Is he serious?

Hey, it's not that far
off base. I mean, he did
work Chinatown for years.

-It's only natural that
he should want to...
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So how do you feel about it?

I'm trying to put myself
in his shoes.

I know. Ever since
you were five years old.

What does that have to do with
how you feel about it?
[LAUGHS]

-Where are we going?
-A little pleasure spin.

In this traffic?
Who're you kidding?

Sit tight.

Thought you might want to
give a little team cheer
to the old man

on his first day back.

Yeah.

LACEY: I don't see him.

Do you see him?

Ah geez, Chris, I'm afraid
to look up.

-There he is.
-Where?

Yellow hat, see him?

[WHISTLES]

You've been hanging
around me too long.

Feel better?

Yeah.

I owe you one.

Hey...

I see something I like...

-Control yourself.
-[MOANS]

Let's go to work.

Bye, handsome.

RADIO: ...take this unit off
the clock, we're going out to,
uh,

Lincoln Hospital with
the bus...

CAGNEY: Hey! Look at that!

-LACEY: What?
-That's Charlie.

Are you sure?

It's Pop.

Charlie, what're you doing?

Get out of here. You want
to blow my cover? I'm
waiting for my snitch.

-Pop, you can't just do
this all by yourself.
-Get lost, will you?

Hey, you want to score? You go
check out Benny Lewis'
basement.

-Benny Lewis?
-Yeah, and that phony import
store he uses as a front.

Now get out of
here! Can't you see I'm
under cover?

Good, good morning,
Mr. Cagney. Lei ho ma.

Good morning, Mr. Eng.

Beat it!

-LACEY: Where to?
-CAGNEY: Benny Lewis' basement
like Charlie said.

One more trip to Lewis
and he'll have us up
for harassment.

LACEY: No alarms, no nothing.

Open the door, Mr. Lewis.

What're you talking about?

Hit the button, please.

[DOOR BUZZING]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

Talk about the car.

-Silver. Silver-gray.
-We know it was silver,
sucker!

What you wanna give this
turkey a pass for? Silver?

It was a Dodge!
A four-door silver Dodge.

You said that, man! What
year?

-Full-size! A four-door sedan!
-Mr. Lewis.

Calm down.

Calm down. Concentrate on
the driver. What did he
look like?

He was Asian.

Asian. Well, Chinese?
Japanese, Korean, what?

-Chinese.
-How can you be sure?

[LAUGHS]
Hey, I've been running a...

I've been selling
in Chinatown for twelve years.

-And I ought to know.
-Yeah, we know what
you've been doing.

He had a scar.

Find him.

My ulcer tells me I got to
have some yogurt.

You ought to try it sometime.

Oh listen, uh...
This Lewis thing, um...

It was, uh...
Good police work.

There's something
you ought to know,
Lieutenant.

Yeah, what's that?

We worked, uh, quid pro
quo with Lewis.

-What she means is we made
a deal with him.
-What kind of a deal?

We told him if he got his
memory back we would go
temporarily blind.

I didn't hear it.

Did he just say good
police work...

to us?

-That must have hurt him.
-[BOTH LAUGH]

SAMUELS:
Hey, Charlie, is that you
under that hat?

Yeah, hi ya, Lieutenant.
How are you?

-CAGNEY: Hi, Charlie!
-Hi.

Hey, that tip that you
just gave us on Lewis
really worked out.

We got a description
of the driver.

Oh yeah?

Didn't I always
tell you to listen
to your old man?

-Any luck with your snitch?
-No, he never showed up,

but I know where to find him.
That's why I came down here.

Come on, let's go.
Hi, Mary Beth.

I got a lot of paperwork.
You got a partner.
I'll catch you later.

Go, go.

Your snitch didn't show
before. Why should you
expect him now?

They don't pull that mistake
on Charles F. Cagney twice.

Hey, there he is.
Pull over.

Hey, Moke!

I am talking to you!

Maybe I ain't talking to you!

Don't let these bum
threads fool you, Moke.
It's Officer Cagney.

[CHUCKLES]
I'm still locking at a bum.

Oh yeah?

Hey, you little weasel.

Just because you haven't
seen me around lately

doesn't mean things
have changed that much.

I can still put you
in traction.

Now, I am looking for a
four-door, silver sedan

that was in that
bank hold up in Chinatown.

I want to know
where it is, Moke.

I, I don't know what
you're talking about!

I need that information,
Moke.

[CHOKING]

It's parked on the
corner of the East 156th
and Courtland.

[MOKE COUGHS]

Now, go on, get out of here.
Beat it.

Kind of rough on him,
weren't you, Charlie?

Hah, come on, listen, kid.
I know today you tell them

all about their
under-privileged childhood.

But my way keeps 'em in line.
Let's go.

CHARLIE: Go on up
Eighth Avenue.

RADIO: Attention Manhattan
South units.

A four-door silver Dodge
used in the Canton
bank robbery

dated 4/16 found parked in
a garage in an alley

between Chrystie and Bayard.
Manhattan South units copy.

[CHEERS]

What're you doing?

-Didn't you hear? They
located the getaway car.
-It's a mistake!

-Are you saying your snitch
has better information?
-Moke doesn't lie to me.

[SIGHS]

You had a choke hold on
him, Charlie.

In another minute he would
have been ready for
the paramedics.

He would have said anything.

You're implying that
I don't know what I'm doing.
You're way out of line.

Look, Charlie, uh...

You were terrific in
uncovering the Ben Lewis
gambling den.

That's how we got
the lead on the driver of
the car.

I'm glad you're smart
enough to admit it.

You said you wanted to
help... And you have.

Oh, so now you're
trying to get rid of me, huh?

Think you can handle
it yourself from here on
in, huh?

Pop, I just don't want
you to get hurt. That's all.

Listen, kid. Any day
I can't handle myself
as well as any...

Yeah?

Go ahead and say
it, Charlie.

As well as any broad?

Girl?

How about lady?

Why don't you drop me off
at O'Malley's?

You want to go to
O'Malley's? Take a cab!

That's a very good idea.
Now why don't you pull
over and let me out?

CHARLIE:
Hey, taxi!

Oh good. Come here.
I want to show you
something.

Look at this.

See?

Six for eight.

Ladies, you're batting 750.
That's better than
Pete Rose. Way better.

Not only that,

one of youse
got a home run.

The bullet went through one
of them and got imbedded
in the dashboard.

-What do you got?
-Human blood. Lots of it.

You give me an hour,
Lieutenant,
I'll tell you more.

-And what else?
-There's no prints.
Been wiped clean.

-You can take it away.
-SAMUELS: Well, you heard
the man.

You get this car over to
the garage and put
a hold on it.

Girls, let's get some air.

They didn't get very far
from the bank.

'cause the guy that one of
youse hit was the driver.

-Which one of us?
-[CHUCKLES] You'll find out
soon enough.

Well, I'll tell you what.

You take your revolvers
over to ballistics and
Internal Affairs

and before long, we'll
find out which one of you
gets the blue ribbon.

-Great.
-Now keep busy.

Because somebody has
got to have seen something

besides Nicky Arnstein
the import man.

Later.

You drive, huh?

Why? Because I feel so
much better than you?

Because I asked you, damn it!

Let's go around again
with the bank teller.

Maybe there's something
we overlooked.

If you want.

What do you think of Mei
Ling's no show today?

She hasn't missed a day
in four years.

She's pregnant, Chris.

I remember when you
walked a beat on Staten
Island six months gone.

It'd be different now.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

You don't have to come on
like gang buster, huh?

Mrs. Lee, we understand
you're not feeling very well.

Should we come back later?

No. It's over.

He's dead.

Dead?

My husband.

He drove the getaway car
in the bank robbery.

She hasn't told us anything.

She told us her husband
just bought a ski mask
and he doesn't ski.

-Oh yeah?
-Yeah.

That's why she was staring at
one of them, hoping that
it wasn't him.

She worked in the bank.
She could have told him
everything about it.

How the hell could we
prove that even if
we wanted to.

Look, she's 21.
She's pregnant...

Worst of all, she's
a widow. I mean, can't you
just see the jury?

Well, since when did you
become the district attorney?

When we get those punks
and they involve her,
Lieutenant,

then you can call in
the macho squad and kick in
her door. Until then,

-leave her alone.
-Please.

Lacey, you got
a silver tongue.

Here. Take this to the lab.

Oh, uh...

These came back
from ballistics.

What did the report say?

Well, it's filed now,
so forget it.

Which gun, Lieutenant?
I'd like to know.

What difference does it
make who's responsible?

One of us killed a man,
Lieutenant. Made his wife
a widow.

It's not same as uh, hitting
the bull's eye on
the pistol range.

And I'm not gonna lie to you
and say it's all in
a day's work.

I'd like to
know which gun.

You got to know too?

She's my partner.

But I promise you, Lieutenant,

no one's gonna fall apart like
a couple of bridesmaids.

Why'd I say that
instead of choirboys?

-It was Lacey's gun.
-Thank you.

Now let's get on with it.

Well, there's one consolation.

Mary Beth.

Mei Ling doesn't know
that it was one of us.

It wasn't one of us,
Chris. It was me.

Then you're gonna have to
live with it.

They were trying to kill us.

Remember?

Harvey.

What's the matter?
Are you all right?

Yeah, they asked me to work up
high this afternoon.
Sixteen floors.

Worked ninety before.

Scared right away,
but I figured it to
beat it, you know?

Anyway, I got dizzy and
nearly took a header.

-Oh, my god.
-Oh, whoa. Nothing
happened. I'm okay.

I realized it was stupid in
taking too big a chance so...

-So?
-I quit.

Or I was fired.

I mean, who needs a hard head
who can't get his feet
off the ground, huh?

-Harve, I'm sorry.
-Yeah, me too.

Hey.

It's not gonna be easy
knowing I can never
do it again.

I really loved it,
you know?

I know. I know that.

Oh, all right. Look. Hey.
It's gonna be okay, huh?

Hey, I don't want you
to worry.

And, thank god,
I got the super thing
going for me.

-Is that gonna be enough?
-Yeah. With you and the
kids, anything's enough.

Baking bread?

Yeah, yeah, I, uh, I
just... I felt like it.

Wait a minute. You remember
who you're talking to?

You don't just feel like
baking a loaf of bread.

Last time you did,
Michael had a fever of 105...

-Don't, don't...
-They didn't know what was
wrong with him.

The time before that,
you mother died.

Oh geez...

[LACEY SOBBING]

Hey, baby, whoa...

Hang on. Just hang on.

-That's feels good.
-Okay.

Okay.

-That feels good.
-Ah.

[INAUDIBLE]

MAN: Hey, Charlie.

Yeah?

Are you sure, Solly?

I'm telling you. All he had
was a cup of tea, Chris.

Laced with what?

I swear.
That was all there was.

And then he
took off, mumbling, uh...

Retired at 65, dead at 70.

Thanks Solly.

Pop?

-Oh, hi ya, Chris.
-Hi.

What happened?

Oh, I ran into a couple of
punks in a dark alley,
that's all.

One of them hit me up
the side of the head
with his gun, that creep.

What were you doing in
a dark alley?

Hey.

Since when do I have
to explain my whereabouts
to one of my children?

-Don't start.
-Well, don't you start.

Charlie. Pop.

Look.

I know you've been going
through a rough time.

And I also know that it's...

It's hard for you to
accept me,
doing what I do.

What are you talking
about? Are you crazy?

I'm as proud as I can be
of you! I tell everybody that.

Yeah?

[INHALES]

Well, why don't you
ever tell me?

I'm a policeman, Chris.

A good policeman.

But I...

I always wanted to
be a detective.

Yeah, it, it, it never
happened.

So if, if I've never told
you how much I admire you
for making it...

I, I'm sorry.

I love you too, Pop.

You're all I... Hey, watch out
for my head, will you now?
Come on. Be careful.

Sorry.

Chrissy, sit down. I got
to tell you something.

Now last night in the
alley, one of those punks

was wearing the same kind of
a jacket that you found at
Tommy Lee's apartment.

And I heard one of them
call the other Chang.

How'd you know about
those jackets?

What is it, a state
secret? Isbecki told me
down at O'Malley's.

Well if it was dark in the
alley, how can you make sure?

Would you stop questioning me?

Sorry.

It's one of the reasons
you're a good cop,

but it's annoying as hell in
a daughter!

Now after they decked me,
they thought I was
still out cold.

But I heard them talking.

They were bragging about a job
they pulled off in
Passaic, a big robbery.

They were gonna celebrate
tonight at the Eye of the
Dragon.

-Do you know where it is?
-Yeah.

All right. Now, all you have
to do is go wrap it up.

Now get out of here.

Chang.

-Eye of the Dragon.
-Passaic.

Passaic. Now you be careful.

Yes sir.

-Chang.
-That's the name Charlie
gave me.

Have you got any idea how many
Changs there are in Chinatown?

Not in rough figures, but how
many of them are wearing
black satin jackets

with dragons on the back?

So he thinks he saw
a dragon.

Well, your father, and I love
him, has also been known
to see pink elephants.

If you don't believe his
story, Lieutenant, check
on the heist in Passaic.

-I don't want to
embarrass him.
-Embarrass him.

La Guardia. Call Passaic.

Hey, everybody, I'm gonna
send out for a pizza.

-What do you...
-You're not gonna have
time to open the box.

You wanna bet?

-What kind you getting?
-Mary Beth, a little faith
in my father, please.

Pepperonis, peppers,
onions, double cheese.
That okay with everybody?

I don't want no onions.

Pepperoni? You know I'm
a vegetarian.

Well, what about mushrooms?

Because I'm not ordering
a salad. I'm ordering a pizza.

Mushrooms are great on
pizza, Lieutenant.

Well, what's wrong
with onions?

I got a heavy date
tonight.

So don't kiss her.

Thank you, sergeant.
We owe you one.

Talked to Passaic.
It's just like Charlie said.

This is where the Eye of
the Dragon is located,
right here.

It's an interesting
neighborhood.

So you know the kind of
people that patronize this
joint, don't you?

B-girls and hoods.

That's why the girls
are getting dressed
in those outfits.

What's holding 'em up?

The undercover team is still
working with them downstairs.

Yeah, women. If they'd only
stop primping we could
get on with this!

No comments.

Come on. No one's trying
to put you down and you
know that.

We've got to do this fast and
quiet. That's why you girls
got to be the diversion.

Remember, we don't want
any citizens getting
hurt, right?

-Let's go.
-We don't get any pizza?

Oh yeah, I, I, I, uh...
I bought pizza for
everybody.

Here. Eat this
on the way.

Isbecki. La Guardia,
go on around to
the rear of the club.

Let me know
the minute you're in position.

-When are we going in?
-Hey, look it.

This is not a Wild West show
and you're not John Wayne.

You don't do anything
until I signal. Everybody
got that?

-ALL: Check.
-I was just asking.

All right, go.

Petrie, I want you
to go in first.

Try and get near to them
at the bar.

I've got the jackets spotted.

Four of them.
Two at a table. The other
two in a booth.

Isbecki and La Guardia are
in position.

If Cagney and Lacey can get
the guys at the table,

we can take
the others easy.

Okay, ladies. Go on down
to the entrance.

CAGNEY: So. How do I look?

LACEY: What is this?
Prom night?

CAGNEY: Do I look sexy?

LACEY: Irresistible.

It's going down.

Got ya.

MAN: Okay?

See you later.

No time like the present.

Well, hello, sweetcakes.

I said hi.

Contact.

Your friend isn't too
polite, is he?

Uh, I think you girls got
the wrong guys.

-Oh, wouldn't you like to
buy us a drink?
-No.

-Maybe we're too old for them.
-Should have worn that
other dress.

Hey, look. Do you mind?

I got this thing about
being crowded.

You're so tough. I just
can't stay away from you.

I thought you might like to
talk to us about banks,

withdrawals, Passaic,
that kind of thing.

Don't!
Don't move, or
I'll blow a hole in you.

Don't let the way I look
fool you, kid.

Easy now. Let's go.
Let's go.

Easy now. It's
all over. Grab my purse,
will you?

Thelma.

Thelma, I know
I told you we were raiding
a Chinese joint,

but it wasn't the time for me
to pick up a take-out order
of mui-shee pork.

Pop, I heard you. You've
got a tip that will blow
the lid of corruption

off the Borough of Queens.

Pop.

All I want
is your love.

And your respect if it's
coming to me.

I love you too, Pop.

I can be out of here in
ten minutes, Harve.

Yeah, do we need
anything at home?

I'll bring it with me.

Stay awake, huh?

We should go for some Chinese.

Oh thank you, Lieutenant,
I got a hot date.

Lieutenant, you're on.
Szechwan or Cantonese?

Well, you know what they
say about Chinese food.
Let's try them both.