Hill Street Blues (1981–1987): Season 4, Episode 7 - Goodbye, Mr. Scripps - full transcript
Chief Daniels' campaign for mayor hits a turning point. Members of the precinct attend the funeral of the boy who was accidentally shot by Perez. Furillo consoles Perez and his family. Hill and Renko arrest a mentally ill man who believes that he is running for mayor and is causing disturbances.
[NARRATOR]
PREVIOUSLY ON
HILL STREET BLUES:
POLICE--
WHO'S THERE?
YOU SHOT MY BOY.
I'M SORRY.
I UNDERSTOOD WE
WERE HERE TO DISCUSS
CHARGING PEREZ.
I THINK THIS IS
PROPERLY A MEETING
TO DISCUSS ALL THE
PERTINENT FACTS.
ONE OF WHICH IS,
WE SEEM TO BE DEALING
WITH A FELONY
ENDANGERMENT.
"PLEASE NOTE THAT
THE PURSUANCE
"OF THE CHARGES
"AGAINST
MRS. DORIS ROBSON
"OCCURRED WITHOUT MY
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
OR CONSENT."
DID YOU, OR DID YOU
NOT BEFORE THE DEBATE
ASK ME NOT TO
POLITICIZE
THE ROBSON SHOOTING?
THIS CITY'S POSITION
ON AID TO SINGLE
MOTHERS STINKS.
- [BABY CRYING]
- BABE, NOT NOW, PLEASE.
I'M GONNA HIRE COPS?
FOUR OF US.
MICK, GET DOWN!
FREEZE!
[GUNS FIRING]
WHAT A BUSINESS.
YOU'RE HERE TO CAST
YOUR LINE
IN THE SEA OF
MONOLITHIC INDIFFERENCE?
LET ME INTRODUCE
MYSELF:
SCRIPPS,
RANDOLPH SCRIPPS.
[NARRATOR]
AND NOW, TONIGHT
ON
HILL STREET BLUES:
WE MOURN AND GRIEVE
FOR THIS
GOOD WOMAN'S LOSS.
SHE HAD A FIERCE
LOVE FOR THIS BOY,
AND HIS FUTURE.
I'M COMING BACK,
CAPTAIN.
I WANT YOU TO
KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA
LET YOU DOWN.
YOU NEVER DID, MIKE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO NOW TO REVITALIZE
THIS CITY,
TO TAKE IT IN
NEW DIRECTIONS.
TOOK A SECRET POLL
LAST NIGHT.
WE'RE IN.
MURRAY, I HOPE
SOMEWHERE YOU'RE WATCHING
WHAT I DO FOR YOU.
[SERGEANT]
ITEM 12: ELECTION DAY,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IN YOUR LAST
NEGOTIATION,
YOUR P.B.A. SECURED AN
HOUR AND A HALF
OFF-DUTY WITH
PAY FOR THOSE WISHING
TO EXERCISE THE
FRANCHISE.
LET'S ALL GET THE
EXERCISE, HUH?
LET'S ALSO REMAIN
VIGILANT AGAINST ABUSES
OF THE DAY'S PRIVILEGE.
ILLICITLY OPEN TAVERNS,
ELECTIONEERING WITHIN
PROSCRIBED PROXIMITY OF
POLLING PLACES,
AND THOSE SHOCKING,
THANKFULLY RARE ATTEMPTS
TO MANIPULATE THE TALLY
BY ENLISTING BUMS
TO VOTE REPEATEDLY
UNDER THE NAMES OF THE
RECENTLY DECEASED.
THAT'S IT, THE DEAD
FOR DANIELS.
[OFFICERS LAUGHING]
[SERGEANT]
ITEM 13:
THIS MEMO FROM
DIVISION.
[OFFICERS CHUCKLING]
INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS
CONCLUDED
ITS INVESTIGATION
IN THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF JIMMY ROBSON.
JUDGEMENT REGARDING
INTERNAL DISCIPLINARY
SANCTION IS STILL
FORTHCOMING.
HOWEVER, IN THE CONDUCT
OF OFFICER MICHAEL PEREZ,
THE PANEL OF INQUIRY
FINDS NO EVIDENCE
OF INTENTIONAL OR
RECKLESS MALFEASANCE,
AND DOES NOT RECOMMEND
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
IN THIS MATTER.
[OFFICERS APPLAUDING]
I'M GLAD TO REPORT
MIKE IS IMPROVING
AT COUNTY GENERAL,
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT YET
RECEIVING VISITORS.
NOW, THE ROBSON BOY'S
FUNERAL IS THIS MORNING.
OFFICER SCHNITZ REPORTS
WE CLOSED CONTRIBUTIONS
ON HIS MEMORIAL FUND
AT JUST OVER
A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
[OFFICERS APPLAUDING]
FINALLY, AN INDEX
OF TROUBLED
FINANCIAL TIMES.
MAHALEY'S MORTUARY
HAS OFFERED UP
TO THE DEPARTMENT
FOR BLIND BID
11 PRIME BURIAL SITES
AT CAVALRY CEMETARY,
ON WHICH INSTALLMENT
PAYMENTS HAVE LAPSED.
NOW, THOSE INCLINED TO
PLOT THEIR FUTURES
- [OFFICERS LAUGHING]
- SUBMIT SEALED BIDS
TO LEO, WHO ALSO HAS
DIAGRAMS OF SAID BONEYARD
AVAILABLE FOR YOUR
PERUSAL.
IT'S A GRAVE
- SITUATION, INDEED.
- [OFFICERS GROANING]
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S
IT. LET'S ROLL!
- [OFFICERS CHATTING]
- AND HEY!
LET'S BE CAREFUL
OUT THERE, HUH?
WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF
ABOUT FUNERAL PLOTS?
I MEAN, UH, WHAT'S
THE BIG DEAL?
YOU KIDDIN'?
PEOPLE ARE DYIN'
TO GET IN.
IT'S JUST A
WAY OF PLANNING FOR
YOUR FUTURE, THAT'S
ALL.
I JUST DON'T SEE
ANY REASON TO PLAN
THAT FAR AHEAD.
ALSO IT'S A REAL
ESTATE INVESTMENT.
IT WORKS.
LEO, CAN I SEE THE
CEMETARY DIAGRAM?
SURE, LUCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
SO SURE
I EVEN WANT TO
BE BURIED LIKE THAT.
THANKS.
EGYPTIANS USED
TO GET STUFFED.
NO, ROY ROGERS'
HORSE IS STUFFED.
THEN IT STILL WORKS.
LEO!
HERE'S A SEALED BID
ON PLOT SEVEN.
UH, LET ME TELL
YOU, WHICH ONE IS THAT?
OH, UH-- IT'S THIS
ONE, RIGHT HERE,
UNDERNEATH THE
SPREADING
- CHESTNUT TREE.
- THAT'S THE ONE
I'M LOOKING AT.
WELL, BATES,
I SUGGEST YOU MAKE
A COMPETITIVE BID.
MORNING,
MS. DAVENPORT.
MORNING, LEO.
WHO ARE YOU VOTING
FOR?
(JOYCE CHUCKLING)
THAT'S A SECRET.
[ALAN]
JOYCEY!
JOYCEY!
ALAN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
FOR THE MARRIAGE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU,
AND--
YOU'RE
LOOKING MARVELOUS.
THANK YOU.
HOW'VE YOU BEEN?
WONDERFUL.
THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, JOYCEY,
IT OCCURS TO ME THAT
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN
A KIND OF EMOTIONAL
BARRIER BETWEEN US.
AN AMBIVALENCE.
I JUST THOUGHT WE
DIDN'T LIKE
EACH
OTHER VERY MUCH.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHY
I THINK THAT WAS?
BECAUSE
I ADMIRED YOU.
AND OUR CULTURE'S
ARCHAIC
MALE/FEMALE
DYNAMIC PREVENTED ME
FROM EXPRESSING
MY ADMIRATION.
I'M GLAD, ALAN.
YOUR FASHION SENSE
IS UNCANNY.
THANK YOU.
DOES THE CLUTCH PURSE
WORK WITH THIS,
OR DO YOU THINK
I'D DO BETTER WITH
A SHOULDER BAG?
[SIREN BLARING]
[DISPATCHER]
WE HAVE A 911.
ARMED ROBBERY IN
PROGRESS.
SEE SURPLUS STORE,
CORNER PEOPLES DRIVE,
AND 124TH STREET.
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
THE NOTE SHOULD
READ,
"THE ROSES
WERE LOVELY - ALAN."
NO.
NO, JUST ALAN.
THANK YOU, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
OH, FRANK.
THERE YOU ARE.
COUNSELOR.
IF I COULD HAVE JUST
ONE MOMENT
OF YOUR TIME.
COME RIGHT IN.
AS EXECUTOR OF MURRAY
CAPLAN'S ESTATE,
I REPRESENT
THE INTERESTS OF
MURRAY'S WONDERLAND.
MMHM.
I WAS APPROACHED
YESTERDAY BY A PARTNER
SEEKING TO PURCHASE
BOTH PROPERTY
AND INVENTORY AT
THE RIDICULOUS PRICE
OF TWENTY CENTS ON
THE DOLLAR.
ALAN, I, I BETTER
GO THROUGH THE FILES.
[ALAN]
CERTAINLY.
OF COURSE, I EXPLAINED
THAT BECAUSE OF
MURRAY'S DEATH,
THE ESTATE IS FROZEN
IN PROBATE.
[FRANK LAUGHING]
GESUNDHEIT.
THEY COUNTERED BY
SUGGESTING THAT
WE SIDESTEP PROBATE,
PREDATE THE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT,
AND THAT WITH
MY POWER OF ATTORNEY,
I SIGN AS MURRAY'S
PROXY.
[FRANK SNORTING]
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
OH, YEAH.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE
A LITTLE SINUS CONG--
CHANGE OF WEATHER.
NATURALLY, FRANK,
I DEMURRED.
IT'S NOT ONLY
ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL,
AS A BUSINESS MOVE
IT'S A BUST.
AT WHICH POINT
THESE FELLAS STARTED
POINTING THEIR NOSES
TO THE AIR,
SAYING THINGS LIKE, "DO
I SMELL SMOKE?"
"WHAT ARE THESE
WALLS MADE OF, CARDBOARD?"
SEE WHERE THEY'RE
GOING WITH THIS?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING
WITH IT, ALAN?
I WANT
PROTECTION, FRANK.
WHAT ABOUT THAT WRONGFUL
DEATH SUIT
YOU WERE MAKING
SO MUCH NOISE ABOUT?
DOES THAT SHOVE ME
OUT FROM UNDER
THE ROBES
OF THE LAW?
NO.
IT CERTAINLY MERITS
OUR ATTENTION.
GOOD FOR YOU, FRANK.
I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW RELIEVED I AM
TO HEAR YOU SAY SO.
HOW DID YOU LEAVE IT
WITH THESE PEOPLE?
I'M MEETING THEM AT
MURRAY'S THIS MORNING.
PRESUMABLY TO EXECUTE
THE CONTRACTS,
OR, FAILING THAT, SING
SONGS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
I WANT TO PUT A
WIRE ON YOU,
WE WANT TO
GET 'EM ON TAPE.
WHATEVER IT TAKES,
FRANK.
UH, DON'T YOU THINK
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA,
ALAN, IF YOU WORE
A SUIT AND TIE?
AND UNRAVEL EIGHT
MONTHS
OF
INTENSIVE THERAPY?
NO, I DON'T THINK
SO.
YOU COULD
GET HURT, ALAN.
AND PUTTING ON A SUIT
COULD INDUCE
A PSYCHIC TREMOR
THAT ROCKETS ME INTO
A PRENATAL COMA.
NO
DISRESPECT, FRANK.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE
A LOT TO LEARN
ABOUT GENDER
REIDENTIFICATION.
[ALAN]
LUCKY FOR ME,
I WAS GONNA WEAR MY AIRY
CHIFFON NUMBER.
NAH, THEY'D HAVE
SEEN RIGHT THROUGH IT.
WHAT ABOUT HERE,
MICK?
OH,
PLEASE, LIEUTENANT,
YOU'LL RUIN MY
DEFINITION.
- [OFFICERS LAUGHING]
- HOW ABOUT IN ONE
OF 'EM?
IN ONE OF WHAT?
INSIDE, HERE.
MY BOSOM?
- [OFFICER LAUGHING]
- OH, THAT'S GOOD.
MURRAY, I HOPE SOMEWHERE
YOU'RE WATCHING
WHAT I DO FOR YOU.
COME ON.
COME ON.
[WOMAN]
OFFICER, OVER HERE.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM,
MA'AM?
YOU SEE
HIM DOWN THERE?
THAT'S THE MAN I CALLED
YOU ABOUT.
NOW, WE TOLD HIM,
REPEATEDLY,
NO CAMPAIGNING INSIDE
PROSCRIBED LIMITS.
AND HE'S VERY POLITE,
BUT HE JUST KEEPS
ON WITH IT.
YOU SEE, MY POSITION
IS SIMPLE.
I DON'T
HAVE THE ANSWERS.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE
CAN START ASKING
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS,
THEN THE ANSWERS ARE
GOING TO SPRING FORTH,
FULL-BLOWN, LIKE
ATHENA
FROM
THE HEAD OF ZEUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR LISTENING,
IF JUST FOR
A MOMENT.
AH! GOOD DAY,
OFFICERS.
YOU'RE HERE
TO CAST YOUR LINE
IN THE SEA OF MONOLITHIC
INDIFFERENCE?
LET ME INTRODUCE
MYSELF:
SCRIPPS,
RANDOLPH SCRIPPS.
I'M A MAN OF FEW
MEANS
AND NO
END IN SIGHT.
PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR
ACQUAINTANCE.
NICE TO MEET YOU TOO,
MR. RANDOLPH SCRIPPS.
WOULD YOU, UH,
STAND RIGHT THERE FOR
A MINUTE, PLEASE?
SCRIPPS, YOU SEE
THIS LINE RIGHT HERE?
UH, YES, THAT IS
A WHITE LINE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW, MR. SCRIPPS,
THE ELECTION RULES STATE
THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED
TO CAMPAIGN
ANY CLOSER TO
THE POLLING PLACE
THAN THIS LINE
RIGHT HERE.
AH! IT'S NOT
SO MUCH A LINE
AS IT IS A
METAPHOR.
NO, SIR,
IT'S A LINE.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO CROSS IT
WHILE CAMPAIGNING.
A BOUNDARY, THEN.
THAT'S RIGHT.
A MYTHIC DEMARCATION!
ON THIS SIDE,
FAITH, HOPE--
[CAR HONKING]
HEY!
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
ON THIS SIDE, THERE
IS DESPAIR, LOATHING,
AND THE SEPULCHRAL
GLOOM OF THE PIT!
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO, MY NAME IS
SCRIPPS.
CALL ME A FOOL, BUT I
THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY.
YOU THINK THAT THE
WORLD IS OUT OF BALANCE?
DO YOU THINK THAT
YOUR LIFE
IS OUT OF TUNE?
WELL, WHOSE HANDS
ARE ON THE KEYS?
HEY, SCRIPPS!
WHY IS THE MUSIC
SO DISSONANT?
- JUST LOOK AROUND!
- SCRIPPS.
MR. SCRIPPS, I'M SORRY
TO SAY THIS, SIR,
BUT I'M GONNA
HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN.
WHAT A WORLD.
THE SKY
IS SO BLUE.
THE EARTH IS
SO GREEN.
TIME IS SO FULL
OF POSSIBILITIES.
[MINISTER]
DORIS ROBSON CAME
TO OUR COMMUNITY
SOME 18 MONTHS AGO
WITH HIGH HOPES.
SHE DIDN'T BRING
MUCH, BUT
SHE HAD
HER LITTLE JIMMY.
HE WAS THE FOUNDATION
OF HER DREAMS.
SHE HAD
A FIERCE LOVE
FOR THIS BOY AND
HIS FUTURE.
MISS ROBSON
TELLS ME THAT
HER SON LOVED
TO READ
AND ACT OUT
STORIES FOR HER.
AND HE'D GREET HER
THAT WAY
WHEN
SHE'D COME HOME.
BUT SOMETIMES SHE'D
BE SO LOW,
IT WOULD BE
HARD FINDING WORK,
AND WORK WASN'T
EASY.
BUT HE
MADE HER LAUGH.
HE LIGHTENED HER
HEART.
SHE LOVED HIM SO.
THIS ONE LIFE,
THIS SMALL, FRAGILE
LIFE.
HE HUNG ONTO LIFE
EVEN AS IT WAS
TAKEN FROM HIM.
HE CLUNG TO IT.
WE MOURN AND GRIEVE
FOR THIS
GOOD WOMAN'S LOSS.
AND WE ASK, "WHAT CAN
WE LEARN FROM THIS LIFE?"
THIS LIFE TEACHES US
THE WISDOM OF
FORGIVENESS.
BECAUSE THIS
IS THE LORD'S WAY.
HE TEACHES US, AND
WE BLESS HIM.
RECIEVE UNTO
THE HANDS OF THE LORD
THIS GOOD BOY IN A
PLACE OF PEACE,
AS RESTFUL AS
THE HOPES HIS MOTHER
HELD FOR HIM.
OH, JIMMY.
[MINISTER]
MAY GOD REST
HIS SOUL IN PEACE.
AMEN.
[MOURNERS]
AMEN.
OH, JIMMY, OH.
[MOURNERS SOBBING]
...CITY'S GOVERNMENT
HAS TO TAKE A STAND
ABOVE PARTISANSHIP,
AND ADDRESS ITSELF
TO THE GREATER ISSUE
OF JUSTICE.
I'M SURE THAT
COMMANDER CLEVELAND WOULD
JOIN ME IN ASSURING THAT
SUBSTANTIAL REPARATION
WILL BE MADE TO
MRS. ROBSON-- AND SOON.
IN A SITUATION AS
CLEAR-CUT AS THIS,
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY
NO EXCUSE
FOR HESITATION.
THIS WOMAN'S TRAGIC LOSS
DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION...
HELLO, CAPTAIN.
I WAS COMING
TO SEE YOU TODAY.
EVERYONE FEELS FOR
HER LOSS.
I FEEL
FOR HER LOSS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT MY
LOSS, CAPTAIN?
HAVE YOU SEEN MIKE?
TODAY, THEY SAID
MAYBE TODAY.
HOW ARE YOUR KIDS?
THEY SENT MIKE JR.
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
YESTERDAY.
HE GOT INTO THREE
FIGHTS.
BOYS WHO WERE CALLING
HIS FATHER A DIRTY COP,
A KI-- A KID KILLER.
[MARIA CRYING]
THINK IT'LL HELP ANY
IF I TALK TO HIM?
[MARIA]
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S VERY ANGRY
RIGHT NOW.
MIKE IS A
VERY GOOD FATHER.
HE'S A VERY GOOD
MAN, HE--
I JUST WISH THEY
UNDERSTOOD.
I HAVE TO GO TO
THE HOSPITAL NOW,
THEY SAID 11:00.
UH, MARIA?
I'M SORRY,
COULD I COME BY LATER
AND TALK TO YOUR
SON?
IF
YOU'D LIKE, CAPTAIN.
THANK YOU.
FRANK, YOU CATCH THE
NEWS LAST NIGHT?
- THAT CLIP OF YOUR EX
- MMHM.
- WAVING HER BABY IN MY FACE?
- I MISSED IT.
- I MISSED IT.
- YEAH, GREAT.
BUT, IF OZZIE WINS, HE
SHOULD APPOINT HER
COMMISSIONER OF
UNPROVOKED HYSTERIA.
FRANK, IT'S IN THE
BAG.
TOOK A SECRET
POLL LAST NIGHT.
EXTENSIVE.
WE'RE THREE POINTS
OVER THE MARGIN OF ERROR.
WE'RE IN!
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF THINKING, FRANK.
DOWN THE ROAD, I'LL BE
NOMINATING SOMEONE
TO TAKE MY PLACE
IN THE CHIEF'S OFFICE.
YOU'RE YOUR OWN MAN,
FRANK.
BUT TIME AND
AGAIN YOU'VE BEEN
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT
FOR ME.
A COOL HEAD
IN A CRISIS-- THE WAY
YOU HANDLED THIS
ROBSON THING.
I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T MAKE
ANY FIRM COMMITMENTS YET.
BUT THIS COULD PAY
BIG DIVIDENDS
FOR YOU, FRANK.
SO YOU ARE LAYING IT
OFF ON ME.
DENNIS, SOME PEOPLE
ARE SIMPLY MORE EFFECTIVE
FOLLOWING ORDERS THAN
GIVING THEM.
THE LETTER YOU
READ AT THE DEBATE
HUNG ME OUT TO DRY.
YOU'LL REMAIN DEPUTY
CHIEF AS LONG
- AS YOU CONTINUE--
- YOU LISTEN TO ME!
PROMISES WERE MADE
TO ME!
I'VE WAITED TOO LONG,
I'VE WORKED TOO HARD.
I'VE BURIED TOO
MANY BODIES TO LIE DOWN
AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE
WALK OVER ME!
DENNIS, THIS IS NOT
- THE TIME--
- I'M GONNA BRING YOU DOWN!
YOU MARK ME!
I'M GONNA BRING
YOU ALL DOWN.
MAN'S AN EMPTY GLASS,
FRANK.
LOT OF
THEM IN PUBLIC LIFE.
HE'S JUST NOT FRONT
RANK MATERIAL.
OH, MRS. FURILLO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE
BEEN THINKING, FRANK.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T
DISPLEASE YOU.
BOTH OF YOU.
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT.
FIRST THERE'S
STILL THIS SMALL MATTER
OF AN ELECTION
TO WIN.
I TRUST I CAN
COUNT ON YOUR VOTE.
EH, CHIEF?
[ENGINE STARTING]
THAT'S MY GUY.
LET'S GO.
HE CALLED YOU
CHIEF.
THIS A JOKE?
MAYBE. PROBABLY.
YOU'RE NOT LAUGHING.
I'VE HEARD IT
BEFORE.
HERE.
MR. SCRIPPS, I'M
LIEUTENANT HENRY GOLDBLUME.
[SCRIPPS]
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?
I UNDERSTAND OUR
OFFICERS EXPLAINED
THE ELECTIONEERING
RESTRICTIONS TO YOU.
YES,
QUITE THOROUGHLY.
THEN YOU DO UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE NOT TO
CAMPAIGN ANY CLOSER
THAN THE LINES ALLOWED?
YES, SIR.
I WON'T BE DOING
IT AGAIN.
I'M
GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT--
WELL, I'VE SO MUCH
GROUND TO MAKE UP
AND THERE'S
SO LITTLE TIME.
I JUST ANNOUNCED
MY CANDIDACY
THIS MORNING.
POLITICS IS A FINE
BUSINESS.
YES.
IT'S PHONY, BUT IT'S
ESSENTIAL.
WELL, I THINK WE
CAN LET MR. SCRIPPS GO.
LET'S NOT HAVE ANY
MORE TROUBLE
OUT THERE
TODAY, SHALL WE?
CERTAINLY NOT.
THIS IS THE KIND OF
THING I WANT TO ADDRESS,
ONLY AFTER TAKING
OFFICE.
PLEASURE, LIEUTENANT.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, INDEED.
YOU'RE A LUCKY MAN,
MR. SCRIPPS.
'CAUSE YOU GET TO
GO HOME AND WATCH IT
ALL OUT ON TV, NOW,
DON'T YOU?
YOU AIN'T GONNA
- BE HERE ANYMORE.
[WOMAN]
- HENRY?
HENRY!
[HENRY]
HI, FAY!
ARE YOU BUSY
TONIGHT?
UH, WHY?
WELL, I JUST GOT
A CALL INVITING ME TO
CLEVELAND
HEADQUARTERS.
REALLY? WHAT FOR?
I DUNNO, HE
PROBABLY SAW ME
ON THE NEWS LAST
NIGHT.
ANYHOW, THE AIDE SAID
HE WANTS TO MEET WITH ME.
HE SAY WHY?
NO!
I, I DON'T KNOW,
HENRY.
I JUST, I JUST
HAVE THIS FUNNY FEELING,
LIKE, LIKE SOMETHING'S
GONNA HAPPEN,
SOMETHING GOOD.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN
IT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL,
ISN'T IT?
I GUESS SO.
ANYHOW, MY MOTHER'S
GONNA BABYSIT,
CAN YOU COME?
'COURSE I CAN.
HENRY,
WHAT IF HE WINS?
I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT
BE WONDERFUL?
I WOULDN'T
HOLD MY BREATH.
BUT IT'S POSSIBLE,
ISN'T IT?
I MEAN, HE
REALLY COULD WIN?
SURE IT IS.
[DOOR CLOSING]
[BUTTON BUZZING]
HELLO, LIZ.
YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME YOU WERE A COP?
WELL, YOU NEVER
ASKED ME.
THERE WAS A LOT
OF INSINCERITY IN WHAT
YOU DID, YOU KNOW?
WELL,
I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S PART OF
THE JOB.
I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, LIZ, I SO
ENJOYED OUR TALK
THE OTHER DAY, I
WAS WONDERING IF PERHAPS
WE COULDN'T MEET IN SOME
MORE CONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
NO CHANCE.
FORGET ABOUT IT.
WELL, FRIENDSHIP ISN'T
IMPOSSIBLE
UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, LIZ.
I WAS SEEING A LADY OF
YOUR OCCUPATIONAL
PERSUASION
TILL QUITE RECENTLY.
UNTIL OUR CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES BECAME
TOO PRONOUNCED.
ED, READ MY LIPS:
NO WAY.
[ED SIGHING]
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ED?
STILL GOT SOME
TIME LEFT.
OH. HEH.
RIGHT.
I AM SEARCHING FOR
A SUBJECT THAT, UH,
COMMENDS ITSELF TO
BREVITY.
WHOOPS.
LIZ?
ED?
DO YOU WANT--
OR WOULD-- WOULD YOU
RATHER I JUST GO AWAY?
YOUR TOKEN.
[LIZ]
ED?
YES?
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO.
YOU'D LIKE ME TO
GO AWAY?
NO, NO! TO TALK.
I MEAN, YOU SEEMED LIKE
A PRETTY NICE GUY
THE OTHER DAY.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SO
P.O'D WHEN YOU
TURNED OUT TO BE A COP.
- DRAT, CAN'T FIND IT!
- WHAT?
- ANOTHER TOKEN!
OH, WE CAN'T GET IT
UP FROM OUTSIDE!
DO YOU HEAR ME
CLEARLY IN THERE?
YEAH.
I, I READ YOU
VERY WELL OUT HERE.
WOULD YOU CALL
THAT SYMBOLIC, LIZ?
WHAT?
WELL, ACHING FOR EXCHANGE,
CONFRONTING THE WALLS
OF THE ISOLATED PAST,
THE BARRIERS OF OUR NATURES.
IS ED YOUR REAL NAME?
HOWARD.
YOU'RE KIDDING!
- OH, GOD, THAT'S MY
- NO.
FATHER'S NAME, TOO.
[LIZ LAUGHING]
I LIKE YOU.
I LIKE YOU TOO,
LIZ.
TRY TO GET IT UP.
SORRY?
WELL, I CAN'T GET IT
UP FROM THIS SIDE.
TRY IT FROM YOUR SIDE.
LIZ, I CAN'T
RAISE IT.
WELL, GO GET TOKENS.
- ALL RIGHT!
- HURRY!
WAIT, WAIT!
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
I'M GOING FOR
TOKENS!
I GOTTA TALK TO YOU.
HEY, CAN'T TALK
NOW, BABE.
HERE, TAKE MY CARD,
GIVE ME A CALL AT THIS
PRECINCT LATER ON, OKAY?
[MICK]
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S
GONNA WORK, ALAN.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
TESTING, ONE TWO THREE,
TESTING.
GOT IT!
MICK!
COME ON, GIVE ME
SOME TOKENS.
HURRY, HURRY.
SOMETHIN' WRONG?
I DON'T KNOW YET.
GUY'S HOT TO TROT,
HUH?
WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU?
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'.
BUD TRUAX, NAUGHTY
FASHIONS.
YOU MUST BE--
IN CHARGE.
WHO'S THE EIFFEL EYEFUL?
I'M MR. KAPLAN'S
ATTORNEY.
OH.
GOD REST POOR MURRAY,
I JUST HEARD.
I BEEN COMING
IN HERE SEVEN YEARS.
MURRAY KAPLAN WAS
A SAINT.
HAD A HEART
LIKE A SIDE OF BEEF.
YOU BEEN WITH MURRAY
LONG?
NOT THAT LONG, NO.
MURRAY, THEY BROKE
THE MOLD AFTER
[TRUAX OVER BUG]
THAT GUY.
MAN UNDERSTOOD--
LIZ, I'M BACK!
WE CAN TAKE
OUR TIME,
I GOT
LOTS OF TOKENS!
WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED,
EXACTLY?
WELL, AS A MATTER
OF FACT,
I JUST GOT
OUR NEW FALL LINE.
TAKE A LOOK, TOUCH,
FEEL.
THIS IS THE HOT LITTLE
ITEM WE CALL
THE IRON MAIDEN.
BLACK PATENT CORINTHIAN
LEATHER,
STAINLESS STEEL STAYS.
KNOCK EIGHT INCHES OFF
THE MOST INDULGENT WAISTLINE.
UH, YOU WANT TO MOVE
OVER HERE, BUD?
[TRUAX]
CERTAINLY.
RIGHT ON TIME.
MR. ROEBLICK'S GONNA
NOTARIZE OUR AGREEMENT.
HE LOST ABOUT FOUR DAYS
RIGHT AFTER PEARL HARBOR,
BEEN TRYING TO GET 'EM
BACK EVER SINCE.
FUNNIEST THING.
HE THINKS
IT'S LAST FRIDAY.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO OVER
THE PARTICULARS
ONE MORE TIME.
- NICE DRESS.
- NICE FACE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE
WE'RE IN COMPLETE
SYNCHRONIZATION
BEFORE WE FINALIZE
THE AGREEMENT.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
DO YOU SMELL SMOKE
IN HERE?
YOU KNOW, IT IS
A BIT SMOKY, ISN'T IT?
LOOK.
UM, PLEASE, LET'S
NOT, UH,
HASTEN THIS
UNNECESSARILY, MY FRIENDS.
[ALAN OVER BUG]
I, I JUST, UM--
I SIMPLY WANT
TO ADDRESS BOTH
YOUR PROBLEMS,
AND THE PROBLEMS
OF MR. KAPLAN'S FAMILY.
THAT'S... TOUCHING.
DO YOU SMELL SMOKE?
MMM.
- OH.
- I THINK HE GETS THE IDEA.
- OH.
- NO, I MEAN REALLY.
IT'S A WIRE!
POLICE, FREEZE!
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
[TRUAX GIGGLING]
GET 'EM, MICK!
POLICE, FREEZE!
[ALL SHOUTING]
NO GUNS!
NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM!
GOT 'EM COVERED, GUYS.
[SOMEONE KNOCKING]
MIKE?
CAPTAIN FURILLO'S HERE
TO SEE YOU.
HI MIKE,
HOW YOU DOIN'?
HEAR YOU'VE BEEN HAVING
A TOUGH TIME IN SCHOOL.
YEAH.
WANT TO TALK ABOUT
IT?
NO.
LISTEN, MAYBE IF YOU--
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
GET OUT?
WHY DON'T WE
BOTH JUST GET OUT?
YOU FEEL LIKE TAKING
A WALK?
YOUR BROTHER AND
SISTER PLAY HERE?
YEAH.
YOU COME HERE
TOO?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE ANGRY AT, MIKE?
AND DO YOU KNOW
WHY?
YOU'RE ANGRY AT
YOUR DAD, AREN'T YOU?
THEY'RE SAYING ALL THIS
STUFF ABOUT HIM.
THINK IT'S TRUE?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S A GOOD COP.
HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
HE STILL IS.
HE KILLED HIM,
DIDN'T HE?
YES.
BUT IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
HE WAS DOING HIS JOB
AND SOMETHING HAPPENED
HE COULDN'T CONTROL.
THAT COULD HAPPEN
TO ANY COP, ANY TIME.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE
JOB'S LIKE.
AND THAT'S WHY COPS ARE
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW?
THAT KID'S MOTHER
MUST HATE MY DAD.
YEAH, SHE-- AT FIRST
SHE DID,
BUT
SHE FORGAVE HIM.
IF SHE CAN FORGIVE HIM,
YOU CAN, TOO.
YOU HAVE TO.
AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO
WHEN THEY
MAKE FUN OF ME?
THEY WANT TO
FIGHT WITH ME.
WELL, THE BEST WAY
TO SHOW 'EM
HOW TOUGH YOU ARE
IS NOT TO FIGHT BACK.
MIKE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA
SAY THINGS BECAUSE
THEY DON'T
KNOW ANY BETTER.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF THE FAMILY, NOW.
YOUR MOM NEEDS YOU.
YOUR DAD DOES, TOO.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
TO HIM?
IS HE
GONNA BE OKAY?
YEAH, HE IS.
IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME,
BUT...
I'M SCARED.
I'M GONNA SEE YOUR
DAD TODAY.
ANYTHING YOU
WANT ME TO TELL HIM?
TELL HIM TO COME
HOME.
TELL HIM
THAT I LOVE HIM.
[RAY]
FRANK, WE GOT THE
TWO ARSONISTS.
CLEAN BUST?
WE LOST THE WIRE,
BUT WE MAY HAVE
ENOUGH WITHOUT IT.
THE LAWYER'S HERE.
HE'S WITH WACHTEL
IN INTERROGATION.
LET'S CALL
A.D.A. BERNSTEIN.
HE'S ALREADY WITH
THEM.
[GOLDBLUME]
FRANK! YOU BETTER
- TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT?
--NINE YEARS, THE LAST
THREE AS DEPUTY CHIEF.
A MAN
I ONCE RESPECTED.
BUT REFLECTING UPON
HIS SHAMELESS MANIPULATION
OF THE EVENTS OF THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS,
I CAN NO LONGER IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE REMAIN SILENT.
ON OCTOBER 24TH,
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING
OF JIMMY ROBSON,
I HAD A MEETING WITH
CHIEF FLETCHER DANIELS
IN HIS OFFICE,
IN WHICH HE SUGGESTED
THAT WE PROSECUTE
MRS. ROBSON ON CHILD
ENDANGERMENT
IN ORDER TO,
AND I QUOTE,
"TAKE THE HEAT OFF
THE DEPARTMENT
AND MY CANDIDACY."
FRANK, THEY'RE GETTING A
LITTLE IMPATIENT OUT THERE.
...WHERE AFTER A MEETING
WITH CAPTAIN FRANK FURILLO
AND ASSISTANT
D.A. IRWIN BERNSTEIN,
MRS. ROBSON WAS ARRESTED
BY OFFICERS
FROM HILL STREET
ON THE ORDER
OF CAPTAIN FURILLO.
CHIEF DANIELS YESTERDAY
DISAVOWED KNOWLEDGE
OF THE BRINGING
OF THESE CHARGES.
THAT IS A BLATANT
LIE.
PEOPLE WILL QUESTION
RIGHTFULLY WHY I'VE WAITED
TO COME FORWARD.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT MY
OWN CULPABILITY
HAS BECOME
MORE THAN I CAN BEAR.
I FULLY ENDORSE THE
CANDIDACY
OF
COMMANDER CLEVELAND.
- FRANK.
- THE COMMANDER'S INTEGRITY
IS BEYOND REPROACH.
I AM PROUD OF THE
YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED
THIS CITY AND THIS
DEPARTMENT
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO MANY MORE--
CAPTAIN?
THIS IS THE CHECK
FROM THE ROBSON FUND.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT
DELIVERED
TO MRS. ROBSON IN HER
APARTMENT,
AND I'D LIKE IT TO
BE A COUPLE OF UNIFORMS.
WE'LL DO IT AFTER
WE VOTE.
IT'S APPRECIATED.
OH, UNACCEPTABLE,
UNACCEPTABLE, UNACCEPTABLE!
FRANK, THIS IS ARNOLD AAMES,
REPRESENTING
GARDNER WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
- PLEASURE.
- I WANT 1%
FOR OUR GOOD FAITH
AND 1% FOR THE ROYALTY!
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
WORKING ON A TRIANGULATED
AGREEMENT, FRANK,
THAT'S A LITTLE
COMPLICATED.
NOT BECAUSE OF ME.
HOW'S THE BURN?
FIRST DEGREE,
THANK GOD.
IF MY BRASSIERE
HAD CAUGHT FIRE,
I'D BE FIGHTING
FOR MY LIFE.
- YOU'RE HERE--
- I'M HERE REPRESENTING
THE THREE MEN YOU HAVE
IN CUSTODY, CAPTAIN.
THE ARSONISTS.
ALLEGED ARSONISTS.
LITTLE, ANDREWS,
AND ROEBLICK.
ALL EMPLOYEES OF
GARDNER WASTE.
IT GOES AS FOLLOWS,
FRANK.
GARDNER WASTE HAS AGREED
TO COME UP CONSIDERABLY
FROM THEIR ORIGINAL
OFFER FOR WONDERLAND.
90 CENTS ON THE
DOLLAR.
MR. KAPLAN'S FAMILY
WOULD ALSO RETAIN A ROYALTY
FOR THE CONTINUED USE
OF MURRAY'S
GOOD NAME IN
CONNECTION
- WITH THE WONDERLAND.
- 1% OF ALL GROSS INCOMES.
I WANT 2% WITH FULL
OVERSIGHT ACCESS
TO ALL ACCOUNTING
PROCEDURES
OR IT'S
NOT GONNA FLY!
PLEASE, ALAN.
JUST LET ME FINISH.
REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS
OF THE KAPLAN FAMILY,
ALAN WOULD
AGREE NOT TO PURSUE
A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
AGAINST THE CITY.
WE'VE AGREED ON
A CASH SETTLEMENT,
THEREBY AVOIDING A
LENGTHY TRIAL.
CUT TO THE CHASE,
IRWIN.
I'VE SPOKEN
TO THE D.A.
AND THE
CORPORATION COUNCIL.
THEY'VE CLEARED IT
FROM OUR END.
WE WILL DECLINE TO
PROSECUTE THE THREE MEN
ARRESTED AT MURRAY'S
THIS MORNING.
THREATS WERE
MADE THAT FULLY
JUSTIFIED THOSE ARRESTS.
UPON REFLECTION, FRANK,
I THINK THEIR REMARKS
CONCERNING SMOKE
AND FIRE WERE
SUFFICIENTLY AMBIGUOUS.
SINCE WHEN DO WE
TRADE ARRESTS
TO PROTECT
SPECIAL INTERESTS?
YOUR MEN WERE GONNA
BE NAMED
IN THAT
CIVIL SUIT, FRANK.
IT'S YOUR INTEREST, TOO.
SO IF YOU WILL AGREE
TO RELEASE THESE THREE MEN,
I THINK EVERYONE'S
INTERESTS IN THIS MATTER
CAN BE VERY NEATLY
SERVED.
I WANT MY 2%!
ALAN, DOES YOUR
FIRE INSURANCE
SPECIFICALLY COVER
ARSON?
1% WE
COULD LIVE WITH.
EXCELLENT.
GOD FORBID MRS. KAPLAN
SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY.
EXCUSE ME, FRANK.
YOU HAD ABOUT
20 CALLS
REGARDING
MAHONEY'S STATEMENT.
LATER, RAY.
AND CHIEF DANIELS IS
IN YOUR OFFICE.
CAN WE
GO AHEAD, FRANK?
CAN'T SEE WHY NOT.
SEEING AS HOW
EVERYBODY'S INTERESTS
ARE BEING SO NEATLY
SERVED HERE.
FRANK.
YOU'RE A VERY
SPECIAL PERSON.
CHIEF.
DO ME A FAVOR,
FRANK.
REACH OVER AND
PULL THIS KNIFE
OUT OF MY BACK,
WILL YOU?
I ALWAYS KNEW
DENNIS WAS A LITTLE
TIGHTLY WRAPPED.
HE WAS EFFECTIVE IN
THE RIGHT SPOT.
LIVE BY THE HATCHET...
POLLS ARE ONLY
OPEN FOUR MORE HOURS.
HE'S PROBABLY
TOO LATE.
- HE EVEN S--
- I'M ISSUING A STATEMENT
AT FIVE.
WE'LL POSITION HIM
AS A DISTURBED,
DISENFRANCHISED
FUNCTIONARY.
THERE'S HIS THERAPY
HISTORY TO DEAL WITH, TOO.
WHAT THERAPY
HISTORY?
HOSPITALIZED FOR
DEPRESSION, TWICE.
BEEN UNDER A
PSYCHIATRIST'S CARE
SIX YEARS NOW.
VERY HUSH-HUSH.
THAT HAS TO BE OUT
OF THE PERSONNEL RECORD.
YOU CAN'T REVEAL
THAT.
SOMEBODY'S ALREADY
REVEALED IT, FRANK.
I'LL SIMPLY COMMENT
ON WHAT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
WANT TO BE THERE FOR
THE STATEMENT?
I DON'T THINK SO.
NOW, ON
YOUR END, FRANK.
QUESTIONS ARE GONNA
START COMING
FAST AND FURIOUS.
WANT TO LAY LOW
FOR A WHILE?
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE IT THROUGH,
FRANK.
THEY CAN'T VERY
WELL GO BACK AND
CHANGE THEIR VOTES,
CAN THEY?
NOT TO MY
KNOWLEDGE.
'COURSE NOT, THEY'LL
SEE HIM FOR
THE LUNATIC HE IS.
WELL, GOTTA GO VOTE
MYSELF, NOW.
THEN THE MISSUS AND I
ARE GONNA BOWL A FEW LINES
AND HEAD OVER TO
THE HOTEL.
HOPE TO
SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU, FRANK.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
QUINCY'S GONE,
MURRAY'S GONE,
GOT NOTHING, NOW,
NOTHING.
YOU STILL GOT YOUR
JOB.
HOW LONG YOU THINK
THAT'S GONNA LAST?
YOU THINK THEY GONNA
PAY, THESE NEW DUDES?
THEY DON'T PAY,
MAN, I GOTTA WALK.
MAYBE THAT'S GOOD
FOR YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU GET YOURSELF
ON THE PROGRAM, HUH?
GET YOURSELF STRAIGHT.
YOU KNOW,
YOU PROBABLY COULD
- TURN THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.
- I'VE DONE THE PROGRAM.
DON'T PREACH ME
PROGRAMS.
THEN WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO, HUH, VICKI?
YOU CAN HIRE ME.
AS WHAT?
BE YOUR SNITCH.
[NEAL CHUCKLING]
SORRY, VICKI, I'M
KINDA OVER MY BUDGET
- ON SNITCHES.
- LOOK, I GOT YOU QUINCY.
AND I GOT YOUR PICTURES
IN THE PAPER.
YOU GUYS COME IN,
POLICE OPERATION,
BIG DEAL!
AND YOU JUST SHOOT
UP PEOPLE'S LIVES,
SHOOT UP THE WAY
THEY LIVE,
AND YOU THINK YOU
CAN JUST LEAVE?!
HEY, WHAT CAN I
SAY, HUH?
YOU OWE ME!
HEY, YOU LOOK
HERE, NOW!
I DON'T OWE
YOU NOTHING!
YOU ARE A STONE JUNKIE,
AND I JUST SAVED
YOUR BUTT
FROM GOING TO JAIL!
YOU AIN'T SAVED ME
FROM NOTHING!
YOU SHOOT UP
PEOPLE'S LIVES!
[NEAL SIGHING]
LOOK...
STILL GOT THE
CARD I GAVE YOU?
YOU CALL ME NEXT
WEEK, OKAY?
NOW IF YOU GOT
SOMETHING FOR ME,
WE'LL TALK.
NOW GO AHEAD.
WHAT'S EATIN' YOU?
NOTHIN'.
THEN WHY
ARE YOU ACTIN'
LIKE A CIGAR STORE
INDIAN?
I JUST CAN'T GET
IT OUT OF MY MIND.
WHAT?
DYIN'.
ALL THAT TALK ABOUT
CEMETARY PLOTS.
I KNOW IT'S DUMB,
BUT IT'S MAKING
- ME NUTS.
- OKAY, IT HAPPENS
TO EVERYBODY.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GONNA DIE, RIGHT?
AND WHEN YOU'VE BEEN DEAD
FOR A MILLION YEARS,
THAT IS JUST A
FRACTION OF HOW LONG
YOU'RE GONNA BE
DEAD.
WHICH IS FOREVER.
IT'S GETTIN' MORBID
IN HERE.
AT LEAST
IF I GOT STUFFED--
HEY, NOBODY GETS
STUFFED.
I'VE BEEN READING THIS
BOOK ABOUT EGYPTIANS--
THE EGYPTIANS DID NOT
GET STUFFED,
THEY GOT WRAPPED.
THEY GOT STUFFED AND
THEN THEY GOT WRAPPED.
[DISPATCHER]
ANY UNIT IN VICINITY
DECKER AND 76TH,
411 IN PROGRESS,
SEE THE MAN.
[SIREN WAILING]
THAT IS RIGHT AROUND
THIS CORNER.
[SIREN WAILING]
ALRIGHT,
WHAT'S GOING ON, HERE?
WHO CALLED THIS
THING IN?
[MAN]
HERE. HERE, OFFICER.
PLEASE, I'M NOT
TRYING TO DO ANYTHING.
I CAME OUT.
THIS GUY TRIED TO GET
SOME MONEY FROM ME.
- N-N-N-N-
- SCRIPPS.
WHEN I REFUSED,
HE GRABBED AHOLD OF ME
AND TRIED TO TAKE
MY WALLET.
OFFICERS, THANK GOODNESS
YOU'RE HERE.
- UNHAND ME, SIR!
- LET THE GUY GO.
ONE DOLLAR!
JUST ONE DOLLAR FROM
EVERY CITIZEN
WOULD BE ENOUGH
TO PUT ME OVER THE TOP.
NOW, THAT'S NOT ASKING
TOO MUCH, IS IT?
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE YOU IN.
BUT I'M NOT GUILTY OF
ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR
PERHAPS A SLIGHT
OVERZEALOUSNESS.
CONSIDERING HOW BELATEDLY
- I STARTED MY CAMPAIGN,
- ALL RIGHT,
- THAT'S PERFECTLY
UNDERSTANDABLE.
- COME ON, LET'S GO.
IT'S THIS UNGODLY
PRESSURE!
THE POLLS
CLOSE IN THREE HOURS.
VOTER AWARENESS OF
MY PROGRAMS
IS CERTAINLY
NOT CATCHING FIRE.
IT'S UPHILL ALL
THE WAY.
I DON'T LIKE THIS
HALLWAY ONE SINGLE BIT.
IT'LL ONLY TAKE A
SECOND, ANDY.
WHAT?
MS. ROBSON, PLEASE?
SHE'S BUSY.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE
HER SOMETHING.
SHE DOESN'T WANT
ANYTHING FROM YOU.
IT'S A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE FUND FOR JIMMY.
EASING YOUR CONSCIENCE?
HEY, PAL,THERE'S
- OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS
- ANDY,
- IN THAT ENVELOPE.
- AIN'T HELPING.
- WE ALL COLLECTED IT--
- THAT WHAT A DEAD CHILD'S
WORTH THESE DAYS?
[MS. DOBSON]
WHAT'S THE
TROUBLE, JOHN?
NO TROUBLE.
MS. ROBSON.
OFFICERS.
OUR CONDOLENCES,
MA'AM.
THIS IS FOR JIMMY'S
FUND, FROM HILL STREET.
PLEASE ACCEPT IT WITH
OUR SYMPATHIES.
JOHN, YOU CAN
GO INSIDE NOW.
♪♪
OFFICER HILL AND RENKO,
ISN'T IT?
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU.
THANK THE OTHER
OFFICERS FOR ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
KINDNESS.
♪♪
PLEASE, WE MUST
FIND SOME WAY
TO EXPEDITE.
I'VE GOT TO GET
BACK OUT THERE.
MR. SCRIPPS,
TWO ARRESTS IN SUCH A
SHORT SPAN OF TIME
MAKE THAT
PROBLEMATICAL.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANY
HOPE OF, OF HOLDING THAT
BACK FROM THE PUBLIC
UNTIL THEY'VE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
THEIR DECISION
FREE FROM THE CULT
OF PERSONALITY, BASED
SOLELY ON THE MERITS OF
WHAT EACH ONE OF US
STANDS FOR, THEN--
MR. SCRIPPS IS RUNNING
FOR MAYOR.
MS. DAVENPORT...
I FERVENTLY BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS STILL
AMONG US, AND IN US,
A QUORUM OF
DECENCY.
THAT THE HEARTS OF
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY
ARE VIBRANT WITH
GOOD WILL.
QUIESCENT, PERHAPS,
BUT JUST WAITING TO
ANSWER A CALL.
AND I INTEND TO
SOUND THAT CALL.
MR. SCRIPPS, ONCE THE
ELECTION'S DECIDED,
CAN WE ASSUME YOUR
URGENCY ABOUT ALL THIS
IS GOING TO RELAX?
HAH! WELL, UNLESS,
OF COURSE, UH,
WE CARRY THE DAY.
AND IF YOU DON'T
CARRY THE DAY?
WELL, NATURALLY THAT'S
A PROSPECT
THAT NO POLITICIAN
IS FOND TO CONSIDER--
BUT IF YOU DON'T.
COULD WE ASSUME THAT
THERE'D BE AN END
TO THE KIND OF
INCIDENT WE'VE HAD TODAY?
LIEUTENANT,
ONLY A FOOL FLIES
IN THE FACE
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
HOW EAGER IS COMPLAINANT
TO PURSUE?
I'VE EXPLAINED THE
COURT APPEARANCES TO HIM.
HE'S LESS THAN
ENTHUSIASTIC.
POLLS CLOSE IN
ABOUT AN HOUR.
THERE SHOULD BE
SOME PAPERWORK
TO CLEAR UP.
TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR.
CAN I GO NOW?
IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE
WHILE YET.
YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME
A SOLEMN PROMISE
THAT YOU'LL
STAY OUT OF TROUBLE
FOR THE REST OF
THE DAY.
MY HAND ON IT, SIR.
WE'LL SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO.
LIEUTENANT!
UM-- HEH--
IF WE SHOULD FALL
SHORT TODAY,
YOU'D HONOR ME IF
YOU WOULD CONSIDER
COMING ABOARD AND
MANAGING MY NEXT
CAMPAIGN.
I KNOW THAT I BARELY
KNOW YOU, BUT,
I SENSE THAT WE
SHARE A VISION OF THE
ESSENTIAL WONDER
OF THIS WORLD.
THANK YOU FROM THE
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL, I WENT BACK TO
THE BOOTH
AND SHE WAS GONE.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
FRIGHTENED OR CONFUSED
OR, OH, JUDAS,
WHO KNOWS, HENRY.
BUT WHAT TROUBLES
YOU...
WHAT TROUBLES ME IS
REALIZING THAT I
AM ATTRACTED TO THESE
FRAGILE, VICTIMZED,
NEUROTIC WOMEN.
I MEAN, SHE IS HARDLY
THE FIRST, HENRY.
FRAGILE EGO STRUCTURE.
I GUESS.
WHAT I CAN'T
RECONCILE IS
THAT CONSCIOUSLY,
THIS--
PROTOTYPE,
IF YOU WILL,
IS THE FURTHEST
IMAGINABLE PERSON
THAN I ENVISIONED
SPENDING MY LIFE WITH.
WHAT'S SHE
LOOK LIKE?
GOT AN IDEA?
CERTAINLY.
SHE'S BLONDE, MID-THIRTIES,
SELF-ASSURED,
CONFIDENT, PROFESSIONAL.
GOT, UH, SOLID
CAREER PROSPECTS.
SHE'S TALL AND SLIM.
SHE MOVES WITH THE
SUPPLE MUSCULAR GRACE
OF AN ATHELETE.
OR A DANCER!
WHICH IN FACT, SHE
MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN.
SHE'S...
[HENRY]
WILLOWY?
UH, WILLOWY AND
SENSUAL.
FRANK IN THE EXPRESSION
OF HER NEEDS AND DESIRES.
UH, BUT COMPLETELY
CAPABLE OF THE MOST
GENTEEL FEMININITY.
STYLISHLY UNDERSTATED
DRESS.
WELL-- WELL-READ
IN HISTORY AND POETRY.
FIRM GRASP OF HER
OWN OPINIONS.
BUT, UH, A LIGHT,
MUSICAL LAUGH.
A FIRM HANDSHAKE.
MAYBE SHE WEARS
GLASSES.
MAYBE SHE'S OUT
THERE, HOWARD.
BUT WHERE, HENRY?
WHERE?
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
GET A KICK
IN THE OLD ADRENALS
EVERY TIME I GIVE
THAT LEVER A YANK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M
IN THAT BOOTH BY MYSELF,
I CAN'T HELP BUT
FEEL THE WEIGHT
OF THE MANTLE OF
FREEDOM.
IT'S LIKE THE HAND
OF AN OLD
AND TRUSTED FRIEND.
FREEDOM DEMANDS
PARTICIPATION,
DON'T YOU THINK?
YES, IT'S AN
OBLIGATION.
I'D SAY IT'S A
SACRED RESPONSIBILTY.
I MUST SAY, IT IS
HEARTENING TO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH
OF US LEFT RUNNING
COUNTER TO THIS
INFERNAL APATHY TO STILL
MAKE A DEMOCRACY
OF IT.
OH, SHOOT.
I WASN'T IN THERE
TEN MINUTES,
NOT TEN MINUTES!
OH.
MADAM, ALLOW ME.
ALLOW YOU?
ALLOW ME TO DISPENSE
WITH THIS INCONVENIENCE.
I'M A POLICE
OFFICER.
LIEUTENANT HOWARD HUNTER,
AT YOUR SERVICE.
OH, WOULD
YOU, LIEUTENANT?
IT WOULD BE MY VERY
DISTINCT PLEASURE.
LIEUTENANT, YOU'RE
A DEAR.
I'VE HAD FOUR
THIS MONTH ALREADY.
YOU'VE SALVAGED MY
DAY.
WELL, WHATEVER
I CAN DO TO HELP.
WHERE ARE YOU
STATIONED?
PLEASE, LET ME CALL.
PERHAPS BUY YOU
A DRINK.
GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO MORE PROPERLY
EXPRESS
MY GRATITUDE.
UH, HILL STREET.
[ENGINE STARTING]
HILL STREET STATION.
WELL, WONDERFUL.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.
OH, I'LL LOOK
FORWARD TO IT.
THANKS AGAIN.
BYE.
BYE NOW.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
WHO WAS THAT?
SOMETIMES, HENRY,
LIFE IS KIND.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
WOMAN'S
TAKEN MY WALLET.
WITH 14% OF THE CITY'S
PRECINCTS REPORTING,
WE'RE PROJECTING
AT 56 TO 42% MARGIN.
A STUNNING, DECISIVE
VICTORY
IN THE MAYORAL RACE
FOR LAST-MINUTE
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATE
OZZIE CLEVELAND.
SUPPORTERS ARE
GATHERING NOW
AT HIS ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS
AT THE
OAKWOOD HOTEL
FOR WHAT WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY BE
ONE OF THE MOST JOYOUS
VICTORY CELEBRATIONS
IN RECENT MEMORY.
CLEVELAND BEGAN HIS
CAMPAIGN JUST 10 DAYS AGO,
AFTER THE TRAGIC
DEATH OF
- WHO'D YOU VOTE FOR?
- COUNCILMAN BENJAMIN FISK.
WHO DID YOU
VOTE FOR?
I ASKED FIRST.
LISTEN, I GOTTA GO
SEE MIKE PEREZ.
YOU WANT
SOME COMPANY?
YES.
[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
[PRESS ASKING QUESTIONS]
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE
A CONCESSION.
[PEOPLE CHEERING]
WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS
DO YOU PLAN ON INITIATING?
MY FIRST ACTION IS TO
GO DOWNSTAIRS
TO THE BALLROOM
AND THANK ALL THOSE
WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO
WORKED SO HARD.
WHAT APPOINTMENTS
ARE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE?
WHO FILLS THE OFFICE
YOU VACATED?
BEFORE YOU ASK ANY
MORE QUESTIONS,
I'D JUST LIKE TO
SAY THAT I BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS
THE DAWN
OF A NEW ERA
FOR THIS CITY.
[PEOPLE CHEERING]
THAT'S RIGHT!
[CLEVELAND]
WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY NOW
TO REVITALIZE THIS
CITY,
TO TAKE IT IN
NEW DIRECTIONS.
TO MAKE IT A GREAT
CITY AGAIN.
[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
TONIGHT,
I JUST WANT TO THANK
GOD AND THE PEOPLE
OF THIS CITY FOR
MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
I FEEL BLESSED.
[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
AND NOW IF YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME,
I'M GONNA GO DOWNSTAIRS
AND TELL
ALL THOSE WONDERFUL,
EXHAUSTED PEOPLE
TO TAKE A DEEP
BREATH AND ENJOY TONIGHT,
BECAUSE TOMORROW
MORNING,
THE HARD WORK IS
JUST BEGINNING!
[PEOPLE CHEERING]
BOBBY!
[PRESS SHOUTING]
[MICK] HEY, LET'S GO!
TAKE HIM!
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
OH, NO, NO, NO!
[SCRIPPS SOBBING]
ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT EASY.
IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE.
I'LL GO GET HELP.
NO, NO, NO,
I WANT YOU
- TO UNDERSTAND.
- THIS?
THIS IS WHAT
YOU WANT?
- IT WAS A PRESENT.
- LISTEN TO ME.
PLEASE, I WANTED--
- LISTEN TO ME!
YOU SHOULD NEVER
HAVE COME HERE.
- I LOVE EVERYBODY!
- QUIET!
DON'T TALK.
UNIT'S DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU TAKE HIM.
[HILL]
MIDTOWN?
COUNTY GENERAL,
PSYCHIATRIC,
I'LL MEET YOU.
THIS WAY,
MR. SCRIPPS.
CUFF HIM.
[SHOCKED MURMURING]
"ON YOUR GRADUATION
1964,
LOVE
MOTHER AND FATHER."
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[FRANK]
MIKE?
CAPTAIN FURILLO.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU, SIR.
I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR SEEING MY SON TODAY.
MARIA TOLD ME.
OH, I WAS GLAD TO
DO IT.
WELL, UM, I'M
VERY GRATEFUL.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HAVE
A NEW MAYOR
THIS EVENING.
MMHM.
OZZIE CLEVELAND.
THAT'S GOOD.
IT'LL BE GOOD FOR
COPS, FOR ALL OF US.
YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK IT
WILL BE.
I'M COMING BACK,
CAPTAIN.
I WANT YOU TO
KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA
LET YOU DOWN.
YOU NEVER DID, MIKE.
WELL, THEY, UM,
THEY WANT ME TO STAY
HERE A FEW MORE DAYS.
BUT I TOLD 'EM, I WANT
TO GET BACK TO WORK.
I'M READY.
WELL,
WE WANT YOU BACK,
SOON AS YOU FEEL
UP TO IT.
I FEEL GOOD.
YOU TELL EVERYBODY
I FEEL ALRIGHT.
THEY'LL BE
GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, I FEEL
ALL RIGHT.
EXCEPT, WELL, I--
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S
JUST THE STRANGEST THING.
WHAT'S THAT?
THAT'S WHERE HE
GRABBED ME.
I CAN STILL FEEL
HIS HANDS HERE, I CAN
FEEL HIM HOLDING
MY LEG.
HE DID THAT
AFTER I SHOT HIM.
I JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO SHAKE HIM.
IT ITCHES.
IT, UH, KINDA BURNS,
BUT...
I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT, DO YOU?
I CAN FEEL HIS FINGERS,
AND, UM.
IT'S JUST THE
STRANGEST THING.
♪♪
♪♪
PREVIOUSLY ON
HILL STREET BLUES:
POLICE--
WHO'S THERE?
YOU SHOT MY BOY.
I'M SORRY.
I UNDERSTOOD WE
WERE HERE TO DISCUSS
CHARGING PEREZ.
I THINK THIS IS
PROPERLY A MEETING
TO DISCUSS ALL THE
PERTINENT FACTS.
ONE OF WHICH IS,
WE SEEM TO BE DEALING
WITH A FELONY
ENDANGERMENT.
"PLEASE NOTE THAT
THE PURSUANCE
"OF THE CHARGES
"AGAINST
MRS. DORIS ROBSON
"OCCURRED WITHOUT MY
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
OR CONSENT."
DID YOU, OR DID YOU
NOT BEFORE THE DEBATE
ASK ME NOT TO
POLITICIZE
THE ROBSON SHOOTING?
THIS CITY'S POSITION
ON AID TO SINGLE
MOTHERS STINKS.
- [BABY CRYING]
- BABE, NOT NOW, PLEASE.
I'M GONNA HIRE COPS?
FOUR OF US.
MICK, GET DOWN!
FREEZE!
[GUNS FIRING]
WHAT A BUSINESS.
YOU'RE HERE TO CAST
YOUR LINE
IN THE SEA OF
MONOLITHIC INDIFFERENCE?
LET ME INTRODUCE
MYSELF:
SCRIPPS,
RANDOLPH SCRIPPS.
[NARRATOR]
AND NOW, TONIGHT
ON
HILL STREET BLUES:
WE MOURN AND GRIEVE
FOR THIS
GOOD WOMAN'S LOSS.
SHE HAD A FIERCE
LOVE FOR THIS BOY,
AND HIS FUTURE.
I'M COMING BACK,
CAPTAIN.
I WANT YOU TO
KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA
LET YOU DOWN.
YOU NEVER DID, MIKE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO NOW TO REVITALIZE
THIS CITY,
TO TAKE IT IN
NEW DIRECTIONS.
TOOK A SECRET POLL
LAST NIGHT.
WE'RE IN.
MURRAY, I HOPE
SOMEWHERE YOU'RE WATCHING
WHAT I DO FOR YOU.
[SERGEANT]
ITEM 12: ELECTION DAY,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IN YOUR LAST
NEGOTIATION,
YOUR P.B.A. SECURED AN
HOUR AND A HALF
OFF-DUTY WITH
PAY FOR THOSE WISHING
TO EXERCISE THE
FRANCHISE.
LET'S ALL GET THE
EXERCISE, HUH?
LET'S ALSO REMAIN
VIGILANT AGAINST ABUSES
OF THE DAY'S PRIVILEGE.
ILLICITLY OPEN TAVERNS,
ELECTIONEERING WITHIN
PROSCRIBED PROXIMITY OF
POLLING PLACES,
AND THOSE SHOCKING,
THANKFULLY RARE ATTEMPTS
TO MANIPULATE THE TALLY
BY ENLISTING BUMS
TO VOTE REPEATEDLY
UNDER THE NAMES OF THE
RECENTLY DECEASED.
THAT'S IT, THE DEAD
FOR DANIELS.
[OFFICERS LAUGHING]
[SERGEANT]
ITEM 13:
THIS MEMO FROM
DIVISION.
[OFFICERS CHUCKLING]
INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS
CONCLUDED
ITS INVESTIGATION
IN THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF JIMMY ROBSON.
JUDGEMENT REGARDING
INTERNAL DISCIPLINARY
SANCTION IS STILL
FORTHCOMING.
HOWEVER, IN THE CONDUCT
OF OFFICER MICHAEL PEREZ,
THE PANEL OF INQUIRY
FINDS NO EVIDENCE
OF INTENTIONAL OR
RECKLESS MALFEASANCE,
AND DOES NOT RECOMMEND
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
IN THIS MATTER.
[OFFICERS APPLAUDING]
I'M GLAD TO REPORT
MIKE IS IMPROVING
AT COUNTY GENERAL,
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT YET
RECEIVING VISITORS.
NOW, THE ROBSON BOY'S
FUNERAL IS THIS MORNING.
OFFICER SCHNITZ REPORTS
WE CLOSED CONTRIBUTIONS
ON HIS MEMORIAL FUND
AT JUST OVER
A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
[OFFICERS APPLAUDING]
FINALLY, AN INDEX
OF TROUBLED
FINANCIAL TIMES.
MAHALEY'S MORTUARY
HAS OFFERED UP
TO THE DEPARTMENT
FOR BLIND BID
11 PRIME BURIAL SITES
AT CAVALRY CEMETARY,
ON WHICH INSTALLMENT
PAYMENTS HAVE LAPSED.
NOW, THOSE INCLINED TO
PLOT THEIR FUTURES
- [OFFICERS LAUGHING]
- SUBMIT SEALED BIDS
TO LEO, WHO ALSO HAS
DIAGRAMS OF SAID BONEYARD
AVAILABLE FOR YOUR
PERUSAL.
IT'S A GRAVE
- SITUATION, INDEED.
- [OFFICERS GROANING]
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S
IT. LET'S ROLL!
- [OFFICERS CHATTING]
- AND HEY!
LET'S BE CAREFUL
OUT THERE, HUH?
WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF
ABOUT FUNERAL PLOTS?
I MEAN, UH, WHAT'S
THE BIG DEAL?
YOU KIDDIN'?
PEOPLE ARE DYIN'
TO GET IN.
IT'S JUST A
WAY OF PLANNING FOR
YOUR FUTURE, THAT'S
ALL.
I JUST DON'T SEE
ANY REASON TO PLAN
THAT FAR AHEAD.
ALSO IT'S A REAL
ESTATE INVESTMENT.
IT WORKS.
LEO, CAN I SEE THE
CEMETARY DIAGRAM?
SURE, LUCE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
SO SURE
I EVEN WANT TO
BE BURIED LIKE THAT.
THANKS.
EGYPTIANS USED
TO GET STUFFED.
NO, ROY ROGERS'
HORSE IS STUFFED.
THEN IT STILL WORKS.
LEO!
HERE'S A SEALED BID
ON PLOT SEVEN.
UH, LET ME TELL
YOU, WHICH ONE IS THAT?
OH, UH-- IT'S THIS
ONE, RIGHT HERE,
UNDERNEATH THE
SPREADING
- CHESTNUT TREE.
- THAT'S THE ONE
I'M LOOKING AT.
WELL, BATES,
I SUGGEST YOU MAKE
A COMPETITIVE BID.
MORNING,
MS. DAVENPORT.
MORNING, LEO.
WHO ARE YOU VOTING
FOR?
(JOYCE CHUCKLING)
THAT'S A SECRET.
[ALAN]
JOYCEY!
JOYCEY!
ALAN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
FOR THE MARRIAGE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU,
AND--
YOU'RE
LOOKING MARVELOUS.
THANK YOU.
HOW'VE YOU BEEN?
WONDERFUL.
THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, JOYCEY,
IT OCCURS TO ME THAT
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN
A KIND OF EMOTIONAL
BARRIER BETWEEN US.
AN AMBIVALENCE.
I JUST THOUGHT WE
DIDN'T LIKE
EACH
OTHER VERY MUCH.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHY
I THINK THAT WAS?
BECAUSE
I ADMIRED YOU.
AND OUR CULTURE'S
ARCHAIC
MALE/FEMALE
DYNAMIC PREVENTED ME
FROM EXPRESSING
MY ADMIRATION.
I'M GLAD, ALAN.
YOUR FASHION SENSE
IS UNCANNY.
THANK YOU.
DOES THE CLUTCH PURSE
WORK WITH THIS,
OR DO YOU THINK
I'D DO BETTER WITH
A SHOULDER BAG?
[SIREN BLARING]
[DISPATCHER]
WE HAVE A 911.
ARMED ROBBERY IN
PROGRESS.
SEE SURPLUS STORE,
CORNER PEOPLES DRIVE,
AND 124TH STREET.
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
THE NOTE SHOULD
READ,
"THE ROSES
WERE LOVELY - ALAN."
NO.
NO, JUST ALAN.
THANK YOU, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
OH, FRANK.
THERE YOU ARE.
COUNSELOR.
IF I COULD HAVE JUST
ONE MOMENT
OF YOUR TIME.
COME RIGHT IN.
AS EXECUTOR OF MURRAY
CAPLAN'S ESTATE,
I REPRESENT
THE INTERESTS OF
MURRAY'S WONDERLAND.
MMHM.
I WAS APPROACHED
YESTERDAY BY A PARTNER
SEEKING TO PURCHASE
BOTH PROPERTY
AND INVENTORY AT
THE RIDICULOUS PRICE
OF TWENTY CENTS ON
THE DOLLAR.
ALAN, I, I BETTER
GO THROUGH THE FILES.
[ALAN]
CERTAINLY.
OF COURSE, I EXPLAINED
THAT BECAUSE OF
MURRAY'S DEATH,
THE ESTATE IS FROZEN
IN PROBATE.
[FRANK LAUGHING]
GESUNDHEIT.
THEY COUNTERED BY
SUGGESTING THAT
WE SIDESTEP PROBATE,
PREDATE THE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT,
AND THAT WITH
MY POWER OF ATTORNEY,
I SIGN AS MURRAY'S
PROXY.
[FRANK SNORTING]
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
OH, YEAH.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE
A LITTLE SINUS CONG--
CHANGE OF WEATHER.
NATURALLY, FRANK,
I DEMURRED.
IT'S NOT ONLY
ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL,
AS A BUSINESS MOVE
IT'S A BUST.
AT WHICH POINT
THESE FELLAS STARTED
POINTING THEIR NOSES
TO THE AIR,
SAYING THINGS LIKE, "DO
I SMELL SMOKE?"
"WHAT ARE THESE
WALLS MADE OF, CARDBOARD?"
SEE WHERE THEY'RE
GOING WITH THIS?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING
WITH IT, ALAN?
I WANT
PROTECTION, FRANK.
WHAT ABOUT THAT WRONGFUL
DEATH SUIT
YOU WERE MAKING
SO MUCH NOISE ABOUT?
DOES THAT SHOVE ME
OUT FROM UNDER
THE ROBES
OF THE LAW?
NO.
IT CERTAINLY MERITS
OUR ATTENTION.
GOOD FOR YOU, FRANK.
I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW RELIEVED I AM
TO HEAR YOU SAY SO.
HOW DID YOU LEAVE IT
WITH THESE PEOPLE?
I'M MEETING THEM AT
MURRAY'S THIS MORNING.
PRESUMABLY TO EXECUTE
THE CONTRACTS,
OR, FAILING THAT, SING
SONGS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
I WANT TO PUT A
WIRE ON YOU,
WE WANT TO
GET 'EM ON TAPE.
WHATEVER IT TAKES,
FRANK.
UH, DON'T YOU THINK
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA,
ALAN, IF YOU WORE
A SUIT AND TIE?
AND UNRAVEL EIGHT
MONTHS
OF
INTENSIVE THERAPY?
NO, I DON'T THINK
SO.
YOU COULD
GET HURT, ALAN.
AND PUTTING ON A SUIT
COULD INDUCE
A PSYCHIC TREMOR
THAT ROCKETS ME INTO
A PRENATAL COMA.
NO
DISRESPECT, FRANK.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE
A LOT TO LEARN
ABOUT GENDER
REIDENTIFICATION.
[ALAN]
LUCKY FOR ME,
I WAS GONNA WEAR MY AIRY
CHIFFON NUMBER.
NAH, THEY'D HAVE
SEEN RIGHT THROUGH IT.
WHAT ABOUT HERE,
MICK?
OH,
PLEASE, LIEUTENANT,
YOU'LL RUIN MY
DEFINITION.
- [OFFICERS LAUGHING]
- HOW ABOUT IN ONE
OF 'EM?
IN ONE OF WHAT?
INSIDE, HERE.
MY BOSOM?
- [OFFICER LAUGHING]
- OH, THAT'S GOOD.
MURRAY, I HOPE SOMEWHERE
YOU'RE WATCHING
WHAT I DO FOR YOU.
COME ON.
COME ON.
[WOMAN]
OFFICER, OVER HERE.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM,
MA'AM?
YOU SEE
HIM DOWN THERE?
THAT'S THE MAN I CALLED
YOU ABOUT.
NOW, WE TOLD HIM,
REPEATEDLY,
NO CAMPAIGNING INSIDE
PROSCRIBED LIMITS.
AND HE'S VERY POLITE,
BUT HE JUST KEEPS
ON WITH IT.
YOU SEE, MY POSITION
IS SIMPLE.
I DON'T
HAVE THE ANSWERS.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE
CAN START ASKING
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS,
THEN THE ANSWERS ARE
GOING TO SPRING FORTH,
FULL-BLOWN, LIKE
ATHENA
FROM
THE HEAD OF ZEUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR LISTENING,
IF JUST FOR
A MOMENT.
AH! GOOD DAY,
OFFICERS.
YOU'RE HERE
TO CAST YOUR LINE
IN THE SEA OF MONOLITHIC
INDIFFERENCE?
LET ME INTRODUCE
MYSELF:
SCRIPPS,
RANDOLPH SCRIPPS.
I'M A MAN OF FEW
MEANS
AND NO
END IN SIGHT.
PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR
ACQUAINTANCE.
NICE TO MEET YOU TOO,
MR. RANDOLPH SCRIPPS.
WOULD YOU, UH,
STAND RIGHT THERE FOR
A MINUTE, PLEASE?
SCRIPPS, YOU SEE
THIS LINE RIGHT HERE?
UH, YES, THAT IS
A WHITE LINE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW, MR. SCRIPPS,
THE ELECTION RULES STATE
THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED
TO CAMPAIGN
ANY CLOSER TO
THE POLLING PLACE
THAN THIS LINE
RIGHT HERE.
AH! IT'S NOT
SO MUCH A LINE
AS IT IS A
METAPHOR.
NO, SIR,
IT'S A LINE.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO CROSS IT
WHILE CAMPAIGNING.
A BOUNDARY, THEN.
THAT'S RIGHT.
A MYTHIC DEMARCATION!
ON THIS SIDE,
FAITH, HOPE--
[CAR HONKING]
HEY!
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
ON THIS SIDE, THERE
IS DESPAIR, LOATHING,
AND THE SEPULCHRAL
GLOOM OF THE PIT!
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO, MY NAME IS
SCRIPPS.
CALL ME A FOOL, BUT I
THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY.
YOU THINK THAT THE
WORLD IS OUT OF BALANCE?
DO YOU THINK THAT
YOUR LIFE
IS OUT OF TUNE?
WELL, WHOSE HANDS
ARE ON THE KEYS?
HEY, SCRIPPS!
WHY IS THE MUSIC
SO DISSONANT?
- JUST LOOK AROUND!
- SCRIPPS.
MR. SCRIPPS, I'M SORRY
TO SAY THIS, SIR,
BUT I'M GONNA
HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN.
WHAT A WORLD.
THE SKY
IS SO BLUE.
THE EARTH IS
SO GREEN.
TIME IS SO FULL
OF POSSIBILITIES.
[MINISTER]
DORIS ROBSON CAME
TO OUR COMMUNITY
SOME 18 MONTHS AGO
WITH HIGH HOPES.
SHE DIDN'T BRING
MUCH, BUT
SHE HAD
HER LITTLE JIMMY.
HE WAS THE FOUNDATION
OF HER DREAMS.
SHE HAD
A FIERCE LOVE
FOR THIS BOY AND
HIS FUTURE.
MISS ROBSON
TELLS ME THAT
HER SON LOVED
TO READ
AND ACT OUT
STORIES FOR HER.
AND HE'D GREET HER
THAT WAY
WHEN
SHE'D COME HOME.
BUT SOMETIMES SHE'D
BE SO LOW,
IT WOULD BE
HARD FINDING WORK,
AND WORK WASN'T
EASY.
BUT HE
MADE HER LAUGH.
HE LIGHTENED HER
HEART.
SHE LOVED HIM SO.
THIS ONE LIFE,
THIS SMALL, FRAGILE
LIFE.
HE HUNG ONTO LIFE
EVEN AS IT WAS
TAKEN FROM HIM.
HE CLUNG TO IT.
WE MOURN AND GRIEVE
FOR THIS
GOOD WOMAN'S LOSS.
AND WE ASK, "WHAT CAN
WE LEARN FROM THIS LIFE?"
THIS LIFE TEACHES US
THE WISDOM OF
FORGIVENESS.
BECAUSE THIS
IS THE LORD'S WAY.
HE TEACHES US, AND
WE BLESS HIM.
RECIEVE UNTO
THE HANDS OF THE LORD
THIS GOOD BOY IN A
PLACE OF PEACE,
AS RESTFUL AS
THE HOPES HIS MOTHER
HELD FOR HIM.
OH, JIMMY.
[MINISTER]
MAY GOD REST
HIS SOUL IN PEACE.
AMEN.
[MOURNERS]
AMEN.
OH, JIMMY, OH.
[MOURNERS SOBBING]
...CITY'S GOVERNMENT
HAS TO TAKE A STAND
ABOVE PARTISANSHIP,
AND ADDRESS ITSELF
TO THE GREATER ISSUE
OF JUSTICE.
I'M SURE THAT
COMMANDER CLEVELAND WOULD
JOIN ME IN ASSURING THAT
SUBSTANTIAL REPARATION
WILL BE MADE TO
MRS. ROBSON-- AND SOON.
IN A SITUATION AS
CLEAR-CUT AS THIS,
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY
NO EXCUSE
FOR HESITATION.
THIS WOMAN'S TRAGIC LOSS
DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION...
HELLO, CAPTAIN.
I WAS COMING
TO SEE YOU TODAY.
EVERYONE FEELS FOR
HER LOSS.
I FEEL
FOR HER LOSS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT MY
LOSS, CAPTAIN?
HAVE YOU SEEN MIKE?
TODAY, THEY SAID
MAYBE TODAY.
HOW ARE YOUR KIDS?
THEY SENT MIKE JR.
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
YESTERDAY.
HE GOT INTO THREE
FIGHTS.
BOYS WHO WERE CALLING
HIS FATHER A DIRTY COP,
A KI-- A KID KILLER.
[MARIA CRYING]
THINK IT'LL HELP ANY
IF I TALK TO HIM?
[MARIA]
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S VERY ANGRY
RIGHT NOW.
MIKE IS A
VERY GOOD FATHER.
HE'S A VERY GOOD
MAN, HE--
I JUST WISH THEY
UNDERSTOOD.
I HAVE TO GO TO
THE HOSPITAL NOW,
THEY SAID 11:00.
UH, MARIA?
I'M SORRY,
COULD I COME BY LATER
AND TALK TO YOUR
SON?
IF
YOU'D LIKE, CAPTAIN.
THANK YOU.
FRANK, YOU CATCH THE
NEWS LAST NIGHT?
- THAT CLIP OF YOUR EX
- MMHM.
- WAVING HER BABY IN MY FACE?
- I MISSED IT.
- I MISSED IT.
- YEAH, GREAT.
BUT, IF OZZIE WINS, HE
SHOULD APPOINT HER
COMMISSIONER OF
UNPROVOKED HYSTERIA.
FRANK, IT'S IN THE
BAG.
TOOK A SECRET
POLL LAST NIGHT.
EXTENSIVE.
WE'RE THREE POINTS
OVER THE MARGIN OF ERROR.
WE'RE IN!
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF THINKING, FRANK.
DOWN THE ROAD, I'LL BE
NOMINATING SOMEONE
TO TAKE MY PLACE
IN THE CHIEF'S OFFICE.
YOU'RE YOUR OWN MAN,
FRANK.
BUT TIME AND
AGAIN YOU'VE BEEN
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT
FOR ME.
A COOL HEAD
IN A CRISIS-- THE WAY
YOU HANDLED THIS
ROBSON THING.
I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T MAKE
ANY FIRM COMMITMENTS YET.
BUT THIS COULD PAY
BIG DIVIDENDS
FOR YOU, FRANK.
SO YOU ARE LAYING IT
OFF ON ME.
DENNIS, SOME PEOPLE
ARE SIMPLY MORE EFFECTIVE
FOLLOWING ORDERS THAN
GIVING THEM.
THE LETTER YOU
READ AT THE DEBATE
HUNG ME OUT TO DRY.
YOU'LL REMAIN DEPUTY
CHIEF AS LONG
- AS YOU CONTINUE--
- YOU LISTEN TO ME!
PROMISES WERE MADE
TO ME!
I'VE WAITED TOO LONG,
I'VE WORKED TOO HARD.
I'VE BURIED TOO
MANY BODIES TO LIE DOWN
AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE
WALK OVER ME!
DENNIS, THIS IS NOT
- THE TIME--
- I'M GONNA BRING YOU DOWN!
YOU MARK ME!
I'M GONNA BRING
YOU ALL DOWN.
MAN'S AN EMPTY GLASS,
FRANK.
LOT OF
THEM IN PUBLIC LIFE.
HE'S JUST NOT FRONT
RANK MATERIAL.
OH, MRS. FURILLO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE
BEEN THINKING, FRANK.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T
DISPLEASE YOU.
BOTH OF YOU.
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT.
FIRST THERE'S
STILL THIS SMALL MATTER
OF AN ELECTION
TO WIN.
I TRUST I CAN
COUNT ON YOUR VOTE.
EH, CHIEF?
[ENGINE STARTING]
THAT'S MY GUY.
LET'S GO.
HE CALLED YOU
CHIEF.
THIS A JOKE?
MAYBE. PROBABLY.
YOU'RE NOT LAUGHING.
I'VE HEARD IT
BEFORE.
HERE.
MR. SCRIPPS, I'M
LIEUTENANT HENRY GOLDBLUME.
[SCRIPPS]
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?
I UNDERSTAND OUR
OFFICERS EXPLAINED
THE ELECTIONEERING
RESTRICTIONS TO YOU.
YES,
QUITE THOROUGHLY.
THEN YOU DO UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE NOT TO
CAMPAIGN ANY CLOSER
THAN THE LINES ALLOWED?
YES, SIR.
I WON'T BE DOING
IT AGAIN.
I'M
GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT--
WELL, I'VE SO MUCH
GROUND TO MAKE UP
AND THERE'S
SO LITTLE TIME.
I JUST ANNOUNCED
MY CANDIDACY
THIS MORNING.
POLITICS IS A FINE
BUSINESS.
YES.
IT'S PHONY, BUT IT'S
ESSENTIAL.
WELL, I THINK WE
CAN LET MR. SCRIPPS GO.
LET'S NOT HAVE ANY
MORE TROUBLE
OUT THERE
TODAY, SHALL WE?
CERTAINLY NOT.
THIS IS THE KIND OF
THING I WANT TO ADDRESS,
ONLY AFTER TAKING
OFFICE.
PLEASURE, LIEUTENANT.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, INDEED.
YOU'RE A LUCKY MAN,
MR. SCRIPPS.
'CAUSE YOU GET TO
GO HOME AND WATCH IT
ALL OUT ON TV, NOW,
DON'T YOU?
YOU AIN'T GONNA
- BE HERE ANYMORE.
[WOMAN]
- HENRY?
HENRY!
[HENRY]
HI, FAY!
ARE YOU BUSY
TONIGHT?
UH, WHY?
WELL, I JUST GOT
A CALL INVITING ME TO
CLEVELAND
HEADQUARTERS.
REALLY? WHAT FOR?
I DUNNO, HE
PROBABLY SAW ME
ON THE NEWS LAST
NIGHT.
ANYHOW, THE AIDE SAID
HE WANTS TO MEET WITH ME.
HE SAY WHY?
NO!
I, I DON'T KNOW,
HENRY.
I JUST, I JUST
HAVE THIS FUNNY FEELING,
LIKE, LIKE SOMETHING'S
GONNA HAPPEN,
SOMETHING GOOD.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN
IT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL,
ISN'T IT?
I GUESS SO.
ANYHOW, MY MOTHER'S
GONNA BABYSIT,
CAN YOU COME?
'COURSE I CAN.
HENRY,
WHAT IF HE WINS?
I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT
BE WONDERFUL?
I WOULDN'T
HOLD MY BREATH.
BUT IT'S POSSIBLE,
ISN'T IT?
I MEAN, HE
REALLY COULD WIN?
SURE IT IS.
[DOOR CLOSING]
[BUTTON BUZZING]
HELLO, LIZ.
YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME YOU WERE A COP?
WELL, YOU NEVER
ASKED ME.
THERE WAS A LOT
OF INSINCERITY IN WHAT
YOU DID, YOU KNOW?
WELL,
I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S PART OF
THE JOB.
I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, LIZ, I SO
ENJOYED OUR TALK
THE OTHER DAY, I
WAS WONDERING IF PERHAPS
WE COULDN'T MEET IN SOME
MORE CONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
NO CHANCE.
FORGET ABOUT IT.
WELL, FRIENDSHIP ISN'T
IMPOSSIBLE
UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, LIZ.
I WAS SEEING A LADY OF
YOUR OCCUPATIONAL
PERSUASION
TILL QUITE RECENTLY.
UNTIL OUR CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES BECAME
TOO PRONOUNCED.
ED, READ MY LIPS:
NO WAY.
[ED SIGHING]
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ED?
STILL GOT SOME
TIME LEFT.
OH. HEH.
RIGHT.
I AM SEARCHING FOR
A SUBJECT THAT, UH,
COMMENDS ITSELF TO
BREVITY.
WHOOPS.
LIZ?
ED?
DO YOU WANT--
OR WOULD-- WOULD YOU
RATHER I JUST GO AWAY?
YOUR TOKEN.
[LIZ]
ED?
YES?
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO.
YOU'D LIKE ME TO
GO AWAY?
NO, NO! TO TALK.
I MEAN, YOU SEEMED LIKE
A PRETTY NICE GUY
THE OTHER DAY.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SO
P.O'D WHEN YOU
TURNED OUT TO BE A COP.
- DRAT, CAN'T FIND IT!
- WHAT?
- ANOTHER TOKEN!
OH, WE CAN'T GET IT
UP FROM OUTSIDE!
DO YOU HEAR ME
CLEARLY IN THERE?
YEAH.
I, I READ YOU
VERY WELL OUT HERE.
WOULD YOU CALL
THAT SYMBOLIC, LIZ?
WHAT?
WELL, ACHING FOR EXCHANGE,
CONFRONTING THE WALLS
OF THE ISOLATED PAST,
THE BARRIERS OF OUR NATURES.
IS ED YOUR REAL NAME?
HOWARD.
YOU'RE KIDDING!
- OH, GOD, THAT'S MY
- NO.
FATHER'S NAME, TOO.
[LIZ LAUGHING]
I LIKE YOU.
I LIKE YOU TOO,
LIZ.
TRY TO GET IT UP.
SORRY?
WELL, I CAN'T GET IT
UP FROM THIS SIDE.
TRY IT FROM YOUR SIDE.
LIZ, I CAN'T
RAISE IT.
WELL, GO GET TOKENS.
- ALL RIGHT!
- HURRY!
WAIT, WAIT!
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
I'M GOING FOR
TOKENS!
I GOTTA TALK TO YOU.
HEY, CAN'T TALK
NOW, BABE.
HERE, TAKE MY CARD,
GIVE ME A CALL AT THIS
PRECINCT LATER ON, OKAY?
[MICK]
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S
GONNA WORK, ALAN.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
TESTING, ONE TWO THREE,
TESTING.
GOT IT!
MICK!
COME ON, GIVE ME
SOME TOKENS.
HURRY, HURRY.
SOMETHIN' WRONG?
I DON'T KNOW YET.
GUY'S HOT TO TROT,
HUH?
WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU?
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'.
BUD TRUAX, NAUGHTY
FASHIONS.
YOU MUST BE--
IN CHARGE.
WHO'S THE EIFFEL EYEFUL?
I'M MR. KAPLAN'S
ATTORNEY.
OH.
GOD REST POOR MURRAY,
I JUST HEARD.
I BEEN COMING
IN HERE SEVEN YEARS.
MURRAY KAPLAN WAS
A SAINT.
HAD A HEART
LIKE A SIDE OF BEEF.
YOU BEEN WITH MURRAY
LONG?
NOT THAT LONG, NO.
MURRAY, THEY BROKE
THE MOLD AFTER
[TRUAX OVER BUG]
THAT GUY.
MAN UNDERSTOOD--
LIZ, I'M BACK!
WE CAN TAKE
OUR TIME,
I GOT
LOTS OF TOKENS!
WHAT WAS IT YOU WANTED,
EXACTLY?
WELL, AS A MATTER
OF FACT,
I JUST GOT
OUR NEW FALL LINE.
TAKE A LOOK, TOUCH,
FEEL.
THIS IS THE HOT LITTLE
ITEM WE CALL
THE IRON MAIDEN.
BLACK PATENT CORINTHIAN
LEATHER,
STAINLESS STEEL STAYS.
KNOCK EIGHT INCHES OFF
THE MOST INDULGENT WAISTLINE.
UH, YOU WANT TO MOVE
OVER HERE, BUD?
[TRUAX]
CERTAINLY.
RIGHT ON TIME.
MR. ROEBLICK'S GONNA
NOTARIZE OUR AGREEMENT.
HE LOST ABOUT FOUR DAYS
RIGHT AFTER PEARL HARBOR,
BEEN TRYING TO GET 'EM
BACK EVER SINCE.
FUNNIEST THING.
HE THINKS
IT'S LAST FRIDAY.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO OVER
THE PARTICULARS
ONE MORE TIME.
- NICE DRESS.
- NICE FACE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE
WE'RE IN COMPLETE
SYNCHRONIZATION
BEFORE WE FINALIZE
THE AGREEMENT.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
DO YOU SMELL SMOKE
IN HERE?
YOU KNOW, IT IS
A BIT SMOKY, ISN'T IT?
LOOK.
UM, PLEASE, LET'S
NOT, UH,
HASTEN THIS
UNNECESSARILY, MY FRIENDS.
[ALAN OVER BUG]
I, I JUST, UM--
I SIMPLY WANT
TO ADDRESS BOTH
YOUR PROBLEMS,
AND THE PROBLEMS
OF MR. KAPLAN'S FAMILY.
THAT'S... TOUCHING.
DO YOU SMELL SMOKE?
MMM.
- OH.
- I THINK HE GETS THE IDEA.
- OH.
- NO, I MEAN REALLY.
IT'S A WIRE!
POLICE, FREEZE!
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
[TRUAX GIGGLING]
GET 'EM, MICK!
POLICE, FREEZE!
[ALL SHOUTING]
NO GUNS!
NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM!
GOT 'EM COVERED, GUYS.
[SOMEONE KNOCKING]
MIKE?
CAPTAIN FURILLO'S HERE
TO SEE YOU.
HI MIKE,
HOW YOU DOIN'?
HEAR YOU'VE BEEN HAVING
A TOUGH TIME IN SCHOOL.
YEAH.
WANT TO TALK ABOUT
IT?
NO.
LISTEN, MAYBE IF YOU--
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
GET OUT?
WHY DON'T WE
BOTH JUST GET OUT?
YOU FEEL LIKE TAKING
A WALK?
YOUR BROTHER AND
SISTER PLAY HERE?
YEAH.
YOU COME HERE
TOO?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE ANGRY AT, MIKE?
AND DO YOU KNOW
WHY?
YOU'RE ANGRY AT
YOUR DAD, AREN'T YOU?
THEY'RE SAYING ALL THIS
STUFF ABOUT HIM.
THINK IT'S TRUE?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S A GOOD COP.
HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
HE STILL IS.
HE KILLED HIM,
DIDN'T HE?
YES.
BUT IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
HE WAS DOING HIS JOB
AND SOMETHING HAPPENED
HE COULDN'T CONTROL.
THAT COULD HAPPEN
TO ANY COP, ANY TIME.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE
JOB'S LIKE.
AND THAT'S WHY COPS ARE
DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW?
THAT KID'S MOTHER
MUST HATE MY DAD.
YEAH, SHE-- AT FIRST
SHE DID,
BUT
SHE FORGAVE HIM.
IF SHE CAN FORGIVE HIM,
YOU CAN, TOO.
YOU HAVE TO.
AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO
WHEN THEY
MAKE FUN OF ME?
THEY WANT TO
FIGHT WITH ME.
WELL, THE BEST WAY
TO SHOW 'EM
HOW TOUGH YOU ARE
IS NOT TO FIGHT BACK.
MIKE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA
SAY THINGS BECAUSE
THEY DON'T
KNOW ANY BETTER.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF THE FAMILY, NOW.
YOUR MOM NEEDS YOU.
YOUR DAD DOES, TOO.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
TO HIM?
IS HE
GONNA BE OKAY?
YEAH, HE IS.
IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME,
BUT...
I'M SCARED.
I'M GONNA SEE YOUR
DAD TODAY.
ANYTHING YOU
WANT ME TO TELL HIM?
TELL HIM TO COME
HOME.
TELL HIM
THAT I LOVE HIM.
[RAY]
FRANK, WE GOT THE
TWO ARSONISTS.
CLEAN BUST?
WE LOST THE WIRE,
BUT WE MAY HAVE
ENOUGH WITHOUT IT.
THE LAWYER'S HERE.
HE'S WITH WACHTEL
IN INTERROGATION.
LET'S CALL
A.D.A. BERNSTEIN.
HE'S ALREADY WITH
THEM.
[GOLDBLUME]
FRANK! YOU BETTER
- TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
- WHAT?
--NINE YEARS, THE LAST
THREE AS DEPUTY CHIEF.
A MAN
I ONCE RESPECTED.
BUT REFLECTING UPON
HIS SHAMELESS MANIPULATION
OF THE EVENTS OF THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS,
I CAN NO LONGER IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE REMAIN SILENT.
ON OCTOBER 24TH,
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING
OF JIMMY ROBSON,
I HAD A MEETING WITH
CHIEF FLETCHER DANIELS
IN HIS OFFICE,
IN WHICH HE SUGGESTED
THAT WE PROSECUTE
MRS. ROBSON ON CHILD
ENDANGERMENT
IN ORDER TO,
AND I QUOTE,
"TAKE THE HEAT OFF
THE DEPARTMENT
AND MY CANDIDACY."
FRANK, THEY'RE GETTING A
LITTLE IMPATIENT OUT THERE.
...WHERE AFTER A MEETING
WITH CAPTAIN FRANK FURILLO
AND ASSISTANT
D.A. IRWIN BERNSTEIN,
MRS. ROBSON WAS ARRESTED
BY OFFICERS
FROM HILL STREET
ON THE ORDER
OF CAPTAIN FURILLO.
CHIEF DANIELS YESTERDAY
DISAVOWED KNOWLEDGE
OF THE BRINGING
OF THESE CHARGES.
THAT IS A BLATANT
LIE.
PEOPLE WILL QUESTION
RIGHTFULLY WHY I'VE WAITED
TO COME FORWARD.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT MY
OWN CULPABILITY
HAS BECOME
MORE THAN I CAN BEAR.
I FULLY ENDORSE THE
CANDIDACY
OF
COMMANDER CLEVELAND.
- FRANK.
- THE COMMANDER'S INTEGRITY
IS BEYOND REPROACH.
I AM PROUD OF THE
YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED
THIS CITY AND THIS
DEPARTMENT
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO MANY MORE--
CAPTAIN?
THIS IS THE CHECK
FROM THE ROBSON FUND.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT
DELIVERED
TO MRS. ROBSON IN HER
APARTMENT,
AND I'D LIKE IT TO
BE A COUPLE OF UNIFORMS.
WE'LL DO IT AFTER
WE VOTE.
IT'S APPRECIATED.
OH, UNACCEPTABLE,
UNACCEPTABLE, UNACCEPTABLE!
FRANK, THIS IS ARNOLD AAMES,
REPRESENTING
GARDNER WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
- PLEASURE.
- I WANT 1%
FOR OUR GOOD FAITH
AND 1% FOR THE ROYALTY!
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
WORKING ON A TRIANGULATED
AGREEMENT, FRANK,
THAT'S A LITTLE
COMPLICATED.
NOT BECAUSE OF ME.
HOW'S THE BURN?
FIRST DEGREE,
THANK GOD.
IF MY BRASSIERE
HAD CAUGHT FIRE,
I'D BE FIGHTING
FOR MY LIFE.
- YOU'RE HERE--
- I'M HERE REPRESENTING
THE THREE MEN YOU HAVE
IN CUSTODY, CAPTAIN.
THE ARSONISTS.
ALLEGED ARSONISTS.
LITTLE, ANDREWS,
AND ROEBLICK.
ALL EMPLOYEES OF
GARDNER WASTE.
IT GOES AS FOLLOWS,
FRANK.
GARDNER WASTE HAS AGREED
TO COME UP CONSIDERABLY
FROM THEIR ORIGINAL
OFFER FOR WONDERLAND.
90 CENTS ON THE
DOLLAR.
MR. KAPLAN'S FAMILY
WOULD ALSO RETAIN A ROYALTY
FOR THE CONTINUED USE
OF MURRAY'S
GOOD NAME IN
CONNECTION
- WITH THE WONDERLAND.
- 1% OF ALL GROSS INCOMES.
I WANT 2% WITH FULL
OVERSIGHT ACCESS
TO ALL ACCOUNTING
PROCEDURES
OR IT'S
NOT GONNA FLY!
PLEASE, ALAN.
JUST LET ME FINISH.
REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS
OF THE KAPLAN FAMILY,
ALAN WOULD
AGREE NOT TO PURSUE
A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
AGAINST THE CITY.
WE'VE AGREED ON
A CASH SETTLEMENT,
THEREBY AVOIDING A
LENGTHY TRIAL.
CUT TO THE CHASE,
IRWIN.
I'VE SPOKEN
TO THE D.A.
AND THE
CORPORATION COUNCIL.
THEY'VE CLEARED IT
FROM OUR END.
WE WILL DECLINE TO
PROSECUTE THE THREE MEN
ARRESTED AT MURRAY'S
THIS MORNING.
THREATS WERE
MADE THAT FULLY
JUSTIFIED THOSE ARRESTS.
UPON REFLECTION, FRANK,
I THINK THEIR REMARKS
CONCERNING SMOKE
AND FIRE WERE
SUFFICIENTLY AMBIGUOUS.
SINCE WHEN DO WE
TRADE ARRESTS
TO PROTECT
SPECIAL INTERESTS?
YOUR MEN WERE GONNA
BE NAMED
IN THAT
CIVIL SUIT, FRANK.
IT'S YOUR INTEREST, TOO.
SO IF YOU WILL AGREE
TO RELEASE THESE THREE MEN,
I THINK EVERYONE'S
INTERESTS IN THIS MATTER
CAN BE VERY NEATLY
SERVED.
I WANT MY 2%!
ALAN, DOES YOUR
FIRE INSURANCE
SPECIFICALLY COVER
ARSON?
1% WE
COULD LIVE WITH.
EXCELLENT.
GOD FORBID MRS. KAPLAN
SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY.
EXCUSE ME, FRANK.
YOU HAD ABOUT
20 CALLS
REGARDING
MAHONEY'S STATEMENT.
LATER, RAY.
AND CHIEF DANIELS IS
IN YOUR OFFICE.
CAN WE
GO AHEAD, FRANK?
CAN'T SEE WHY NOT.
SEEING AS HOW
EVERYBODY'S INTERESTS
ARE BEING SO NEATLY
SERVED HERE.
FRANK.
YOU'RE A VERY
SPECIAL PERSON.
CHIEF.
DO ME A FAVOR,
FRANK.
REACH OVER AND
PULL THIS KNIFE
OUT OF MY BACK,
WILL YOU?
I ALWAYS KNEW
DENNIS WAS A LITTLE
TIGHTLY WRAPPED.
HE WAS EFFECTIVE IN
THE RIGHT SPOT.
LIVE BY THE HATCHET...
POLLS ARE ONLY
OPEN FOUR MORE HOURS.
HE'S PROBABLY
TOO LATE.
- HE EVEN S--
- I'M ISSUING A STATEMENT
AT FIVE.
WE'LL POSITION HIM
AS A DISTURBED,
DISENFRANCHISED
FUNCTIONARY.
THERE'S HIS THERAPY
HISTORY TO DEAL WITH, TOO.
WHAT THERAPY
HISTORY?
HOSPITALIZED FOR
DEPRESSION, TWICE.
BEEN UNDER A
PSYCHIATRIST'S CARE
SIX YEARS NOW.
VERY HUSH-HUSH.
THAT HAS TO BE OUT
OF THE PERSONNEL RECORD.
YOU CAN'T REVEAL
THAT.
SOMEBODY'S ALREADY
REVEALED IT, FRANK.
I'LL SIMPLY COMMENT
ON WHAT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
WANT TO BE THERE FOR
THE STATEMENT?
I DON'T THINK SO.
NOW, ON
YOUR END, FRANK.
QUESTIONS ARE GONNA
START COMING
FAST AND FURIOUS.
WANT TO LAY LOW
FOR A WHILE?
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE IT THROUGH,
FRANK.
THEY CAN'T VERY
WELL GO BACK AND
CHANGE THEIR VOTES,
CAN THEY?
NOT TO MY
KNOWLEDGE.
'COURSE NOT, THEY'LL
SEE HIM FOR
THE LUNATIC HE IS.
WELL, GOTTA GO VOTE
MYSELF, NOW.
THEN THE MISSUS AND I
ARE GONNA BOWL A FEW LINES
AND HEAD OVER TO
THE HOTEL.
HOPE TO
SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU, FRANK.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
QUINCY'S GONE,
MURRAY'S GONE,
GOT NOTHING, NOW,
NOTHING.
YOU STILL GOT YOUR
JOB.
HOW LONG YOU THINK
THAT'S GONNA LAST?
YOU THINK THEY GONNA
PAY, THESE NEW DUDES?
THEY DON'T PAY,
MAN, I GOTTA WALK.
MAYBE THAT'S GOOD
FOR YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU GET YOURSELF
ON THE PROGRAM, HUH?
GET YOURSELF STRAIGHT.
YOU KNOW,
YOU PROBABLY COULD
- TURN THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.
- I'VE DONE THE PROGRAM.
DON'T PREACH ME
PROGRAMS.
THEN WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO, HUH, VICKI?
YOU CAN HIRE ME.
AS WHAT?
BE YOUR SNITCH.
[NEAL CHUCKLING]
SORRY, VICKI, I'M
KINDA OVER MY BUDGET
- ON SNITCHES.
- LOOK, I GOT YOU QUINCY.
AND I GOT YOUR PICTURES
IN THE PAPER.
YOU GUYS COME IN,
POLICE OPERATION,
BIG DEAL!
AND YOU JUST SHOOT
UP PEOPLE'S LIVES,
SHOOT UP THE WAY
THEY LIVE,
AND YOU THINK YOU
CAN JUST LEAVE?!
HEY, WHAT CAN I
SAY, HUH?
YOU OWE ME!
HEY, YOU LOOK
HERE, NOW!
I DON'T OWE
YOU NOTHING!
YOU ARE A STONE JUNKIE,
AND I JUST SAVED
YOUR BUTT
FROM GOING TO JAIL!
YOU AIN'T SAVED ME
FROM NOTHING!
YOU SHOOT UP
PEOPLE'S LIVES!
[NEAL SIGHING]
LOOK...
STILL GOT THE
CARD I GAVE YOU?
YOU CALL ME NEXT
WEEK, OKAY?
NOW IF YOU GOT
SOMETHING FOR ME,
WE'LL TALK.
NOW GO AHEAD.
WHAT'S EATIN' YOU?
NOTHIN'.
THEN WHY
ARE YOU ACTIN'
LIKE A CIGAR STORE
INDIAN?
I JUST CAN'T GET
IT OUT OF MY MIND.
WHAT?
DYIN'.
ALL THAT TALK ABOUT
CEMETARY PLOTS.
I KNOW IT'S DUMB,
BUT IT'S MAKING
- ME NUTS.
- OKAY, IT HAPPENS
TO EVERYBODY.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GONNA DIE, RIGHT?
AND WHEN YOU'VE BEEN DEAD
FOR A MILLION YEARS,
THAT IS JUST A
FRACTION OF HOW LONG
YOU'RE GONNA BE
DEAD.
WHICH IS FOREVER.
IT'S GETTIN' MORBID
IN HERE.
AT LEAST
IF I GOT STUFFED--
HEY, NOBODY GETS
STUFFED.
I'VE BEEN READING THIS
BOOK ABOUT EGYPTIANS--
THE EGYPTIANS DID NOT
GET STUFFED,
THEY GOT WRAPPED.
THEY GOT STUFFED AND
THEN THEY GOT WRAPPED.
[DISPATCHER]
ANY UNIT IN VICINITY
DECKER AND 76TH,
411 IN PROGRESS,
SEE THE MAN.
[SIREN WAILING]
THAT IS RIGHT AROUND
THIS CORNER.
[SIREN WAILING]
ALRIGHT,
WHAT'S GOING ON, HERE?
WHO CALLED THIS
THING IN?
[MAN]
HERE. HERE, OFFICER.
PLEASE, I'M NOT
TRYING TO DO ANYTHING.
I CAME OUT.
THIS GUY TRIED TO GET
SOME MONEY FROM ME.
- N-N-N-N-
- SCRIPPS.
WHEN I REFUSED,
HE GRABBED AHOLD OF ME
AND TRIED TO TAKE
MY WALLET.
OFFICERS, THANK GOODNESS
YOU'RE HERE.
- UNHAND ME, SIR!
- LET THE GUY GO.
ONE DOLLAR!
JUST ONE DOLLAR FROM
EVERY CITIZEN
WOULD BE ENOUGH
TO PUT ME OVER THE TOP.
NOW, THAT'S NOT ASKING
TOO MUCH, IS IT?
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE YOU IN.
BUT I'M NOT GUILTY OF
ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR
PERHAPS A SLIGHT
OVERZEALOUSNESS.
CONSIDERING HOW BELATEDLY
- I STARTED MY CAMPAIGN,
- ALL RIGHT,
- THAT'S PERFECTLY
UNDERSTANDABLE.
- COME ON, LET'S GO.
IT'S THIS UNGODLY
PRESSURE!
THE POLLS
CLOSE IN THREE HOURS.
VOTER AWARENESS OF
MY PROGRAMS
IS CERTAINLY
NOT CATCHING FIRE.
IT'S UPHILL ALL
THE WAY.
I DON'T LIKE THIS
HALLWAY ONE SINGLE BIT.
IT'LL ONLY TAKE A
SECOND, ANDY.
WHAT?
MS. ROBSON, PLEASE?
SHE'S BUSY.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE
HER SOMETHING.
SHE DOESN'T WANT
ANYTHING FROM YOU.
IT'S A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE FUND FOR JIMMY.
EASING YOUR CONSCIENCE?
HEY, PAL,THERE'S
- OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS
- ANDY,
- IN THAT ENVELOPE.
- AIN'T HELPING.
- WE ALL COLLECTED IT--
- THAT WHAT A DEAD CHILD'S
WORTH THESE DAYS?
[MS. DOBSON]
WHAT'S THE
TROUBLE, JOHN?
NO TROUBLE.
MS. ROBSON.
OFFICERS.
OUR CONDOLENCES,
MA'AM.
THIS IS FOR JIMMY'S
FUND, FROM HILL STREET.
PLEASE ACCEPT IT WITH
OUR SYMPATHIES.
JOHN, YOU CAN
GO INSIDE NOW.
♪♪
OFFICER HILL AND RENKO,
ISN'T IT?
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU.
THANK THE OTHER
OFFICERS FOR ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
KINDNESS.
♪♪
PLEASE, WE MUST
FIND SOME WAY
TO EXPEDITE.
I'VE GOT TO GET
BACK OUT THERE.
MR. SCRIPPS,
TWO ARRESTS IN SUCH A
SHORT SPAN OF TIME
MAKE THAT
PROBLEMATICAL.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANY
HOPE OF, OF HOLDING THAT
BACK FROM THE PUBLIC
UNTIL THEY'VE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
THEIR DECISION
FREE FROM THE CULT
OF PERSONALITY, BASED
SOLELY ON THE MERITS OF
WHAT EACH ONE OF US
STANDS FOR, THEN--
MR. SCRIPPS IS RUNNING
FOR MAYOR.
MS. DAVENPORT...
I FERVENTLY BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS STILL
AMONG US, AND IN US,
A QUORUM OF
DECENCY.
THAT THE HEARTS OF
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY
ARE VIBRANT WITH
GOOD WILL.
QUIESCENT, PERHAPS,
BUT JUST WAITING TO
ANSWER A CALL.
AND I INTEND TO
SOUND THAT CALL.
MR. SCRIPPS, ONCE THE
ELECTION'S DECIDED,
CAN WE ASSUME YOUR
URGENCY ABOUT ALL THIS
IS GOING TO RELAX?
HAH! WELL, UNLESS,
OF COURSE, UH,
WE CARRY THE DAY.
AND IF YOU DON'T
CARRY THE DAY?
WELL, NATURALLY THAT'S
A PROSPECT
THAT NO POLITICIAN
IS FOND TO CONSIDER--
BUT IF YOU DON'T.
COULD WE ASSUME THAT
THERE'D BE AN END
TO THE KIND OF
INCIDENT WE'VE HAD TODAY?
LIEUTENANT,
ONLY A FOOL FLIES
IN THE FACE
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
HOW EAGER IS COMPLAINANT
TO PURSUE?
I'VE EXPLAINED THE
COURT APPEARANCES TO HIM.
HE'S LESS THAN
ENTHUSIASTIC.
POLLS CLOSE IN
ABOUT AN HOUR.
THERE SHOULD BE
SOME PAPERWORK
TO CLEAR UP.
TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR.
CAN I GO NOW?
IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE
WHILE YET.
YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME
A SOLEMN PROMISE
THAT YOU'LL
STAY OUT OF TROUBLE
FOR THE REST OF
THE DAY.
MY HAND ON IT, SIR.
WE'LL SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO.
LIEUTENANT!
UM-- HEH--
IF WE SHOULD FALL
SHORT TODAY,
YOU'D HONOR ME IF
YOU WOULD CONSIDER
COMING ABOARD AND
MANAGING MY NEXT
CAMPAIGN.
I KNOW THAT I BARELY
KNOW YOU, BUT,
I SENSE THAT WE
SHARE A VISION OF THE
ESSENTIAL WONDER
OF THIS WORLD.
THANK YOU FROM THE
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL, I WENT BACK TO
THE BOOTH
AND SHE WAS GONE.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
FRIGHTENED OR CONFUSED
OR, OH, JUDAS,
WHO KNOWS, HENRY.
BUT WHAT TROUBLES
YOU...
WHAT TROUBLES ME IS
REALIZING THAT I
AM ATTRACTED TO THESE
FRAGILE, VICTIMZED,
NEUROTIC WOMEN.
I MEAN, SHE IS HARDLY
THE FIRST, HENRY.
FRAGILE EGO STRUCTURE.
I GUESS.
WHAT I CAN'T
RECONCILE IS
THAT CONSCIOUSLY,
THIS--
PROTOTYPE,
IF YOU WILL,
IS THE FURTHEST
IMAGINABLE PERSON
THAN I ENVISIONED
SPENDING MY LIFE WITH.
WHAT'S SHE
LOOK LIKE?
GOT AN IDEA?
CERTAINLY.
SHE'S BLONDE, MID-THIRTIES,
SELF-ASSURED,
CONFIDENT, PROFESSIONAL.
GOT, UH, SOLID
CAREER PROSPECTS.
SHE'S TALL AND SLIM.
SHE MOVES WITH THE
SUPPLE MUSCULAR GRACE
OF AN ATHELETE.
OR A DANCER!
WHICH IN FACT, SHE
MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN.
SHE'S...
[HENRY]
WILLOWY?
UH, WILLOWY AND
SENSUAL.
FRANK IN THE EXPRESSION
OF HER NEEDS AND DESIRES.
UH, BUT COMPLETELY
CAPABLE OF THE MOST
GENTEEL FEMININITY.
STYLISHLY UNDERSTATED
DRESS.
WELL-- WELL-READ
IN HISTORY AND POETRY.
FIRM GRASP OF HER
OWN OPINIONS.
BUT, UH, A LIGHT,
MUSICAL LAUGH.
A FIRM HANDSHAKE.
MAYBE SHE WEARS
GLASSES.
MAYBE SHE'S OUT
THERE, HOWARD.
BUT WHERE, HENRY?
WHERE?
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
GET A KICK
IN THE OLD ADRENALS
EVERY TIME I GIVE
THAT LEVER A YANK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M
IN THAT BOOTH BY MYSELF,
I CAN'T HELP BUT
FEEL THE WEIGHT
OF THE MANTLE OF
FREEDOM.
IT'S LIKE THE HAND
OF AN OLD
AND TRUSTED FRIEND.
FREEDOM DEMANDS
PARTICIPATION,
DON'T YOU THINK?
YES, IT'S AN
OBLIGATION.
I'D SAY IT'S A
SACRED RESPONSIBILTY.
I MUST SAY, IT IS
HEARTENING TO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH
OF US LEFT RUNNING
COUNTER TO THIS
INFERNAL APATHY TO STILL
MAKE A DEMOCRACY
OF IT.
OH, SHOOT.
I WASN'T IN THERE
TEN MINUTES,
NOT TEN MINUTES!
OH.
MADAM, ALLOW ME.
ALLOW YOU?
ALLOW ME TO DISPENSE
WITH THIS INCONVENIENCE.
I'M A POLICE
OFFICER.
LIEUTENANT HOWARD HUNTER,
AT YOUR SERVICE.
OH, WOULD
YOU, LIEUTENANT?
IT WOULD BE MY VERY
DISTINCT PLEASURE.
LIEUTENANT, YOU'RE
A DEAR.
I'VE HAD FOUR
THIS MONTH ALREADY.
YOU'VE SALVAGED MY
DAY.
WELL, WHATEVER
I CAN DO TO HELP.
WHERE ARE YOU
STATIONED?
PLEASE, LET ME CALL.
PERHAPS BUY YOU
A DRINK.
GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO MORE PROPERLY
EXPRESS
MY GRATITUDE.
UH, HILL STREET.
[ENGINE STARTING]
HILL STREET STATION.
WELL, WONDERFUL.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.
OH, I'LL LOOK
FORWARD TO IT.
THANKS AGAIN.
BYE.
BYE NOW.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
WHO WAS THAT?
SOMETIMES, HENRY,
LIFE IS KIND.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
WOMAN'S
TAKEN MY WALLET.
WITH 14% OF THE CITY'S
PRECINCTS REPORTING,
WE'RE PROJECTING
AT 56 TO 42% MARGIN.
A STUNNING, DECISIVE
VICTORY
IN THE MAYORAL RACE
FOR LAST-MINUTE
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATE
OZZIE CLEVELAND.
SUPPORTERS ARE
GATHERING NOW
AT HIS ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS
AT THE
OAKWOOD HOTEL
FOR WHAT WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY BE
ONE OF THE MOST JOYOUS
VICTORY CELEBRATIONS
IN RECENT MEMORY.
CLEVELAND BEGAN HIS
CAMPAIGN JUST 10 DAYS AGO,
AFTER THE TRAGIC
DEATH OF
- WHO'D YOU VOTE FOR?
- COUNCILMAN BENJAMIN FISK.
WHO DID YOU
VOTE FOR?
I ASKED FIRST.
LISTEN, I GOTTA GO
SEE MIKE PEREZ.
YOU WANT
SOME COMPANY?
YES.
[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
[PRESS ASKING QUESTIONS]
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE
A CONCESSION.
[PEOPLE CHEERING]
WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS
DO YOU PLAN ON INITIATING?
MY FIRST ACTION IS TO
GO DOWNSTAIRS
TO THE BALLROOM
AND THANK ALL THOSE
WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO
WORKED SO HARD.
WHAT APPOINTMENTS
ARE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE?
WHO FILLS THE OFFICE
YOU VACATED?
BEFORE YOU ASK ANY
MORE QUESTIONS,
I'D JUST LIKE TO
SAY THAT I BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS
THE DAWN
OF A NEW ERA
FOR THIS CITY.
[PEOPLE CHEERING]
THAT'S RIGHT!
[CLEVELAND]
WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY NOW
TO REVITALIZE THIS
CITY,
TO TAKE IT IN
NEW DIRECTIONS.
TO MAKE IT A GREAT
CITY AGAIN.
[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
TONIGHT,
I JUST WANT TO THANK
GOD AND THE PEOPLE
OF THIS CITY FOR
MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
I FEEL BLESSED.
[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
AND NOW IF YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME,
I'M GONNA GO DOWNSTAIRS
AND TELL
ALL THOSE WONDERFUL,
EXHAUSTED PEOPLE
TO TAKE A DEEP
BREATH AND ENJOY TONIGHT,
BECAUSE TOMORROW
MORNING,
THE HARD WORK IS
JUST BEGINNING!
[PEOPLE CHEERING]
BOBBY!
[PRESS SHOUTING]
[MICK] HEY, LET'S GO!
TAKE HIM!
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
OH, NO, NO, NO!
[SCRIPPS SOBBING]
ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT EASY.
IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE.
I'LL GO GET HELP.
NO, NO, NO,
I WANT YOU
- TO UNDERSTAND.
- THIS?
THIS IS WHAT
YOU WANT?
- IT WAS A PRESENT.
- LISTEN TO ME.
PLEASE, I WANTED--
- LISTEN TO ME!
YOU SHOULD NEVER
HAVE COME HERE.
- I LOVE EVERYBODY!
- QUIET!
DON'T TALK.
UNIT'S DOWNSTAIRS.
YOU TAKE HIM.
[HILL]
MIDTOWN?
COUNTY GENERAL,
PSYCHIATRIC,
I'LL MEET YOU.
THIS WAY,
MR. SCRIPPS.
CUFF HIM.
[SHOCKED MURMURING]
"ON YOUR GRADUATION
1964,
LOVE
MOTHER AND FATHER."
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[FRANK]
MIKE?
CAPTAIN FURILLO.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU, SIR.
I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR SEEING MY SON TODAY.
MARIA TOLD ME.
OH, I WAS GLAD TO
DO IT.
WELL, UM, I'M
VERY GRATEFUL.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND
THAT WE HAVE
A NEW MAYOR
THIS EVENING.
MMHM.
OZZIE CLEVELAND.
THAT'S GOOD.
IT'LL BE GOOD FOR
COPS, FOR ALL OF US.
YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK IT
WILL BE.
I'M COMING BACK,
CAPTAIN.
I WANT YOU TO
KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA
LET YOU DOWN.
YOU NEVER DID, MIKE.
WELL, THEY, UM,
THEY WANT ME TO STAY
HERE A FEW MORE DAYS.
BUT I TOLD 'EM, I WANT
TO GET BACK TO WORK.
I'M READY.
WELL,
WE WANT YOU BACK,
SOON AS YOU FEEL
UP TO IT.
I FEEL GOOD.
YOU TELL EVERYBODY
I FEEL ALRIGHT.
THEY'LL BE
GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, I FEEL
ALL RIGHT.
EXCEPT, WELL, I--
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S
JUST THE STRANGEST THING.
WHAT'S THAT?
THAT'S WHERE HE
GRABBED ME.
I CAN STILL FEEL
HIS HANDS HERE, I CAN
FEEL HIM HOLDING
MY LEG.
HE DID THAT
AFTER I SHOT HIM.
I JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO SHAKE HIM.
IT ITCHES.
IT, UH, KINDA BURNS,
BUT...
I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT, DO YOU?
I CAN FEEL HIS FINGERS,
AND, UM.
IT'S JUST THE
STRANGEST THING.
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