Hill Street Blues (1981–1987): Season 7, Episode 13 - City of Refuse - full transcript
PERVADING OUR BUILDING
COURTESY OF UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE
IN THE ALLEY
AND BENEATH OUR WINDOWS
AND INTENSIFIED
BY A WARM SNAP IN THE WEATHER.
IN SHORT,
THE CITY'S GARBAGE STRIKE
GOES INTO DAY 12.
AND AS WE ALL FEARED,
WE WILL NOW HAVE TO ASSIST
SANITATION DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
ON EMERGENCY REFUSE PICKUPS.
[CROWD MUTTERS]
UNIFORMS ASSIGNED HALF DAY ONLY.
MORNING DETAIL--BROWN,
KOLVICKI, RICHARDSON,
SCHNEIDER, HILL AND RENKO.
WELL, SIR,
MY BACK WON'T TAKE IT
AND NONETHELESS MY PRIDE
WON'T TAKE IT.
NOT TO MENTION
MY DIGNITY AS A POLICE OFFICER.
AS FAR AS OUR PRIDE AND DIGNITY,
ANDREW,
THERE IS A TURKISH SAYING--
AND I TRANSLATE ROUGHLY--
"IF I AM A GENTLEMAN
AND YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN,
WHO WILL TAKE OUT THE TRASH?"
[LAUGHTER]
PLAINCLOTHES PERSONNEL
WILL NOT BE SPARED.
DETECTIVE LARUE AND WASHINGTON
JOIN GARBAGE COLLECTION
AFTERNOON DETAIL.
UH-UH, SARGE.
WE'RE IN COURT
ON THE BENETIZ STING.
PRELIMINARY HEARINGS.
WELL, CAN'T YOU POSTPONE IT?
72-HOUR DEADLINE.
WE DON'T MAKE IT,
HE'S PAROLED AND DEALING COKE
BY MIDNIGHT.
'COURSE IF WE HAPPEN TO GET DONE
BY AROUND NOON OR SO,
WE'LL BE GLAD TO PITCH IN.
[CROWD MURMURS]
ITEM EIGHT--AS IF OUR HANDS
WEREN'T ALREADY FULL,
WE HAVE
TODAY THE FUNERAL CORTÈGE
OF DRUG KINGPIN GERARD CULLEN.
DEAD AT 31.
STABBED IN HIS HARRISONVILLE
CELL BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.
[CROWD MURMURS]
SO YOUNG, SO INNOCENT.
TALK ABOUT STINKING TRASH.
TO FORESTALL TROUBLE,
THE CITY HAS GRANTED A PARADE
PERMIT ALONG DECKER AVENUE.
AND LIEUTENANT BUNTZ
WILL SUPERVISE.
UNIFORM PERSONNEL PLEASE CHECK
THE BOARD FOR CROWD CONTROL.
[CAT MEOWS]
AH, ITEM LAST--
A NEW RECRUIT.
[CAT MEOWS]
PLEASE WELCOME
OFFICER GRACIE ALLEN.
ASSIGNMENT--RAT POACHING
IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS
OF THE STATION HOUSE.
GO GET 'EM.
DISMISSED.
WE'RE TALKING 12-FOOT HIGH PILES
OF CACA HERE.
I'D RATHER PICK UP GARBAGE
THAN DO CROWD CONTROL
FOR THAT FUNERAL.
CAN YOU BELIEVE
THE CITY IS PAYING FOR COPS
TO STAND AROUND LIKE DAMN
HONOR GUARDS FOR GERARD CULLEN
LIKE HE WAS A HERO OR SOMETHING.
THERE BUT
FOR THE GRACE OF BENETIZ, NEAL.
HAVE YOU TWO GOT THE LAB REPORT
ON BENETIZ'S ALLEGED COCAINE?
BROUGHT THEM IN YESTERDAY.
IT SHOULD BE READY NOW.
WE CAN PICK THEM ON THE WAY FROM
THE LAB ON THE WAY TO COURT.
AND WHAT LAB IS THAT?
THE CITY'S OR A PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR?
CONTRACTOR.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
THEY'LL BE THERE, DON'T WORRY.
AND WHAT DOES THE P.B.A. SAY?
IT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
WELL, I DIDN'T CONTRACT
TO PICK UP NO GARBAGE.
AND I
AND THE P.B.A. REPRESENTATIVE-
OFFICERS HILL AND RENKO,
I'M PHILLIPS FROM SANITATION.
JUST ONE MOMENT PLEASE.
SO I SHORTLY BE CALLING LAWYER
TO TRY INVALIDATE THIS TRAVESTY,
BUT FIRST I MUST GO AND
PRIORITIZE MY OWN
EMERGENCY DUMP SITE.
EXCUSE ME.
OFFICER HILL.
I'M DRIVING YOU GUYS TO HAUL.
LIMOUSINE'S PARKED OUT FRONT.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN HE'S
PRIORITIZING WHO'S DUMP SITE?
[CHUCKLES]
I GOT A DUMPSTER
IN FRONT OF MY DONUT SHOP.
I PAY GOOD MONEY FOR IT,
AND THIS LOONEY TUNE IS STUFFING
HIS GARBAGE IN IT ALL DAY.
WHAT IS LOONEY TUNE?
IS INSULT, YES?
WRITE DOWN HE SAYS I AM
LOONEY TUNE IN PUBLIC.
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?
EVIDENCE.
A VERBAL DESCRIPTION
WILL DO, OFFICER.
THIS FREAKING STUFF REEKS.
- SELLS ANYWAY!
- YOU ARE A LIAR!
WRITE DOWN HE SAYS I AM LYING!
I AM LOONEY TUNE!
EXCUSE ME, IS THIS STUFF YOURS?
MINE, NO!
YES! HIS!
PROVE IT!
I PROVE IT! YOU CALL ME--
PROVE IT! PROVE IT!
DONUTS!
[CROSSTALK]
MORNING ALL, HOWARD.
FRANK.
[SIREN]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
CAN I TALK TO AN OFFICER PLEASE?
I GOT IT.
HOWARD!
WE'VE GOT A HOSTAGE SITUATION.
WILCOX HAS BEEN SHOT.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW BAD.
DIVISION IS REQUESTING
YOU TAKE OVER EMERGENCY ACTION
FOR THE DURATION.
- ME?
- FRANK?
FIRST I HEARD.
IF THE DIVISION WANTS YOU, GO.
GREEN HOTEL, AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
WHAT ABOUT SQUAD ROOM?
SERGEANT BATES CAN COVER.
HOWARD!
FRANK!
ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT.
YOUNGSTER'S STANDING AROUND
ON MY LAWN.
BUYING AND SELLING
THEIR QUARTERS.
FORTY YEARS NOW I'VE KEPT
THAT LAWN NICE.
WE'VE GOT
TO GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL, SIR.
MAKE THE HOUSE PRETTY.
SHE WAS GOOD.
BRINGS BIRDS TO THE DOOR.
HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH SOME
CRACK DEALERS OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED
US, MR. SLOAN. THAT'S OUR JOB.
MARVIN SLOAN
FIGHTS HIS OWN BATTLES.
LUCY? EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
OFFICER RUSSO WILL TAKE YOUR
SPOT ON OUT ON THE STREET.
YOU'LL TAKE THE SQUAD ROOM
FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
WILL YOU GUYS
GET HIM OVER TO MERCY EMERGENCY?
HE DOESN'T HEAR VERY WELL.
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
FOR THOSE CUTS, OLD-TIMER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL!
I AIN'T NO INVALID.
[GUN RATTLING]
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR REPORT
YESTERDAY.
MY ASSISTANT'S OUT WITH THE FLU.
MAKES MONDAY
THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE.
OH TERRIFIC. YOUR ASSISTANT'S
OUT WITH THE FLU.
SO A SERIOUS CRIMINAL'S
GOING TO WALK.
COULDN'T YOU HIRE A TEMP?
JUST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS?
YOU SHOW ME WHERE I FIND THEM
FOR THE LOUSY MONEY
THAT THE CITY PAYS.
HEY, WE AIN'T
AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
AND I'M NOT EITHER.
AND THE LONGER WE ARGUE,
THE LONGER IT TAKES ME TO GET TO
MY DO-OUTS WHICH I TAKE IN ORDER
AND WHICH YOU GENTLEMEN
ARE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BOTTOM
[PHONE RINGS]
GOOD DAY.
[SIREN]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, SIR.
THANK YOU.
HOW'S LIEUTENANT WILCOX?
SHOULDER WOUND.
THEY SAY HE'S OK.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO OUR MAN
UP THERE YET?
NOTHING.
ANY INFORMATION?
YEAH, STUCK HIS HEAD
OUT THE WINDOW,
TOOK A COUPLE OF POT SHOTS.
I DON'T KNOW.
I HEARD SOME LAUGHING.
[GUNFIRE]
[LAUGHING]
LIEUTENANT! [LAUGHING]
VALENTINE?
BESIDES WHICH,
WHERE DO GARBAGE MEN GET OFF
ASKING FOR PARITY
WITH POLICE OFFICERS?
YOU HOW MUCH GARBAGE
THE AVERAGE GARBAGE MAN LIFTS--
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES
TO BECOME A COP?
HOW MANY HUNDRED TONS--
IT DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE
TO ME HOW MANY TONS.
WHAT?
FUNERAL FOR CULLEN.
OFFICER, CAN'T YOU SPREAD
THE CROWD FOR US?
LET US GET THROUGH?
UH-UH.
NOT UNTIL THE PARADE PASSES.
WE'RE BEHIND ALREADY.
WE GOT TO WAIT,
WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE
GARBAGE SCOW ON FOURTH STREET.
LISTEN, TURN IT AROUND OR WAIT.
I CAN'T LET YOU THROUGH.
[CROWD SHOUTING]
ALL RIGHT, KEEP BACK. KEEP BACK.
I'M GLAD HE'S DEAD!
YOU ALL HEAR?
CULLEN WAS EVIL.
HE WAS THE DEVIL!
HE WAS
THE FEEL GOOD KING OF THE HILL
AND HE'S GOING OUT IN STYLE,
JUST LIKE HE LIVED.
HEY, YOU WANT TO GO OUT
IN STYLE TOO?
BACK UP THERE ONTO THE SIDEWALK.
YEAH, WELL IF MY MAN CULLEN
WAS ALIVE
YOU WOULDN'T TALK
TO ME THAT WAY.
HE ATE YOU COPS FOR BREAKFAST.
YEAH? IT'S LUNCHTIME,
AND HE'S MEAT.
OR YOU'RE BUSTED
FOR CREATING A NUISANCE,
OK, SCUM-WAD?
WHITE MAN'S TALK FOR SURE.
LET'S BEAT THEM
TO THE INTERSECTION.
GOT IT.
HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
GET OUT OF THE WAY, SON,
WE GOT A ROUTE TO DO.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
[HORN BLOWS]
[CROWD CHEERING]
HEY,
WHAT'S THAT GARBAGE TRUCK DOING?
PROBABLY COLLECTING GARBAGE.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
GET THIS TRUCK OUT OF HERE!
SHOW SOME RESPECT
FOR YOUR BROTHER!
CULLEN WEREN'T
NO BROTHER OF MINE.
YEAH, YOU'RE THE GARBAGE MAN,
AND YOU TALK THAT WAY
ABOUT A CLASS DUDE LIKE CULLEN?
OH YEAH, CLASS DUDE.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS CULLEN'S JUNK
PUT IN THE GROUND?
HEY, WHO'S THE BOSS?
I GOT YOUR BOSS RIGHT HERE,
BUDDY.
SHUT UP!
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
WE'RE DOING OUR JOB.
WELL, DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BACK IT UP.
I'M A POLICE OFFICER.
THIS IS A BLACK MAN'S FUNERAL.
YOU COMING DOWN HERE
TO HASSLE US?
HEY, I TELL YOU WHAT, BLOOD,
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US
CULLEN'S CASKET?
MAN, WE'LL SAVE YOU
THE TRIP TO THE CEMETERY.
PUT IT RIGHT UP THERE
IN THE TRUCK RIGHT NOW,
WITH THE REST OF THE TRASH.
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
I'M LOOKING AT IT.
NOW, WHEN YOU GOING TO MOVE?
WHEN I'M THROUGH, MAN.
- YOU THROUGH NOW.
- OH, YEAH?
[CROWD YELLING]
YOU PEOPLE HERE
TO SAY GOODBYE TO CULLEN?
TO SEE HE
GETS THE SEND-OFF HE DESERVES?
WELL HERE,
HERE'S WHAT HE DESERVES!
[CROWD YELLING]
N695314.
RAUL BENETIZ,
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,
ON FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.
DETECTIVES, GLAD
YOU COULD MAKE IT.
YOU READY TO PROCEED?
NO, YOUR HONOR.
LAB REPORT'S NOT READY.
AH, COME ON!
DEFENSE APPLICATION.
PAROLE, 72-HOUR RULE.
YOUR HONOR,
IN THE PEOPLE'S OPINION,
IF MR. BENETIZ IS PAROLED TODAY
HE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL
THE NEXT TIME HE'S ARRESTED.
MR. BERNSTEIN,
I DON'T MAKE UP THE LAWS.
AND I DIDN'T INVENT THE FACT
THAT WE'VE GOT
A RECORD NUMBER OF DRUG BUSTS.
HOW ABOUT UNTIL THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS, JUDGE?
DEFENDANT WAS ARRAIGNED
AT 10:00 A.M. THREE DAYS AGO.
DAMN IT, JUDGE,
WE WORKED HARD ON THIS COLLAR.
IT'S NOT OUR FAULT
THAT THEY FARM THIS STUFF OUT TO
THOSE INCOMPETENT PRIVATE LABS.
GUY HAD A PERSONNEL PROBLEM.
IF I PUT THE CASE DOWN
FOR 4:00, DETECTIVE,
WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
YES.
COULD THE LAB
DO IT'S REPORT BY THEN?
YES, I BELIEVE SO.
THEY INDICATED
A STRONG POSSIBILITY.
YOU SEE, YOUR CLIENT'S
A BAIL JUMPER FROM WAY BACK,
MS. DAVENPORT.
I'M SURE DETECTIVE LARUE
WOULDN'T DECEIVE THIS TRIBUNAL.
ON AGAIN AT 4:00.
[BANGS GAVEL]
- ANY SHOT?
- ALL KINDS OF SHOTS.
SURE, GUYS.
- HOW?
- HOW?
I DON'T KNOW HOW.
MAYBE WE COULD FIND
KRUGER SOME HELP.
YOU--YOU, SIR,
ARE A TRUE GENIUS.
OK, ASSAULT,
DISTURBING THE PEACE,
INTERFERING
WITH A POLICE OFFICER
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY.
COLLECTING THE GARBAGE,
THAT YOUR DUTY?
YES IT IS.
YOU KNOW HARRY CAN'T--
DIDN'T HE GO
TO PHARMACY SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.
UH-UH. VETERINARY SCHOOL,
YOU KNOW.
OFFICER HILL, WE HEARD THAT YOU
DUMPED THE GARBAGE
ON THE HEARSE,
BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR WHY.
NO COMMENT.
OFFICER HILL, MY OFFICE.
AH, WHY DON'T YOU TALK
TO MR. PHILLIPS HERE,
SEE IF HE'S GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY.
OK.
YOU WERE MAKING
A STATEMENT ABOUT CULLEN.
WE JUST WANT
YOU TO PUT IT IN WORDS.
GRANTED, THERE WAS PROVOCATION.
BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME
AS IF YOUR REACTIONS WERE OVER
THE LINE, OUT OF PROPORTION.
CAPTAIN, A PUBLIC FUNERAL
HONORING MAN LIKE GERARD CULLEN
IS OUT OF PROPORTION TOO.
DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE
I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
THAT YOUR BEHAVIOR
COULD HAVE CAUSED A DISASTER.
WE ALMOST HAD
A RIOT ON OUR HANDS.
I KNOW.
BUT I HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP
CULLEN'S MESSES
FOR SO LONG THAT I'M--
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR REASONS IN
A BLOW-BY-BLOW IN YOUR REPORT.
FOR NOW I'M LOOKING
TO SEE WHETHER
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AN ORDER.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR.
AND I CAN SEE HOW YOU'D WANT
TO CONSIDER THAT OPTION.
AM I DISMISSED?
I MEAN,
HOW MANY GUYS KNOW THEIR WAY
AROUND CHEMISTRY OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES AS WELL AS YOU
AND GET TO MAKE A QUICK DOLLAR
AT IT ALL WITHIN THE LAW.
OH, YEAH? THANKS FOR NOTHING.
I MEAN,
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT HIGH
SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHER
WE BUSTED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE?
AM I OVERHEARING
THE NEED FOR SKILLED HELP HERE?
YOU WANT BUCKS?
GO ASK SERGEANT BATES.
COME ON GUYS,
I HEARD WHAT I HEARD.
WHAT KIND OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE WE TALKING ABOUT?
HEY, J.B., DON'T EVEN THINK IT.
HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE TESTING
COKE, NEAL, AM I RIGHT, SYD?
ARE TURKEYS NERVOUS IN NOVEMBER?
SO? I CAN QUACK AND I CAN WADDLE
ACROSS THE STREET
BUT THAT DON'T MAKE ME NO DUCK.
YOU WANT TO LOSE BENETIZ, NEAL?
WE DON'T HAVE
A VAST AMOUNT OF TIME HERE.
YOU BUSY THIS AFTERNOON?
THINGS I GOT PENCILED IN
COULD BE ERASED
FOR THE PROPER COMPENSATION.
COME ON.
LUCY: BOBBY HILL, LINE THREE.
HEY WHAT--
HMM, OFFICER HILL SPEAKING...
EXCUSE ME?
JUST A SECOND.
COMMUNICATIONS,
I WANT A TRACE, LINE THREE!
DID YOU GET THAT?
YEAH, WE GOT IT.
YOU GOT IT.
I'M SORRY,
I LOST YOU THERE FOR A SECOND.
THIS IS OFFICER HILL,
HILL STREET STATION.
IT IS ME YOU WANT TO TALK TO?
HA.
THIS IS HARRY.
THIS IS HARRY, RIGHT?
HARRY, HAVE WE OUTGROWN
THESE PRACTICAL JOKES, PARTNER?
YEAH, HOLD ON FOR A SECOND.
HELLO.
WHO'S THAT?
MAN SAID, "YOU'RE A DEAD COP."
ONE OF CULLEN'S PEOPLE?
NAILED ONE AT LAST.
IT WAS JUST A PHONE BOOTH.
119TH AND WESTERN AVENUE.
FUNERAL PARLOR, RIGHT?
CULLEN'S.
BOBBY.
IS THIS RIGHT?
SOMEONE JUST THREATEN YOU?
LET'S GO VISITING, EH?
SEE IF WE CAN'T ARRANGE A FRANK
AND OPEN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS HERE.
LET'S GO. LET'S GO!
SO, MARK, DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE JERKS
WHO HIT YOU BESIDES
ONE OF THEM HAD SHADES
AND THE OTHER HAD PURPLE SHOES?
HAT, WHITE PANAMA.
HE WAS SORT OF WIRY.
THERE WAS THREE OF THEM.
IT HAPPENED SO FAST.
BUT I GOT
ONE GOOD LICK IN I THINK.
MR. SLOAN,
WHAT ABOUT YOUR GLASSES?
THE NURSE SAYS THAT YOUR
PRESCRIPTION IS OUT OF DATE.
I CAN SEE ENOUGH TO SEE
YOU'RE A FINE LOOKING WOMAN.
PLUS YOU NEED A NEW HEARING AID.
WHAT? SAY THAT AGAIN?
YOU NEED A NEW HEARING AID.
ALL THAT STUFF COSTS MONEY.
BEAT IT!
DAMN DRUNK JUST STEPPED
ON ALL MY SHRUBS.
IT USED TO BE A PRETTY LITTLE
HOUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
KEPT IT NICE FOR YEARS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING
TO BECOME
THE CRACK STAND
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU LIVE ALONE?
YEAH, MY WIFE'S INSIDE NOW.
PRAYING THE DEALERS
DON'T BUST OPEN MY SKULL.
MR. SLOANE WE'RE GOING
TO TRY AND GET MORE PATROLS--
THIS WAS A QUIET PLACE!
I DONE SOME OF THESE HOUSES.
USED TO BE A HARD CARRIER.
TWENTY POUNDS
OF MUD ON MY SHOULDERS
UP AND DOWN SCAFFOLDING ALL DAY.
PAT, GET
THE SOCIAL SERVICES BOOK.
YEAH.
LOOK, I AIN'T GOING TO STAND IN
NO LINES ALL DAY FOR NO CHARITY.
NOW, LOOK, MEDICAID
ISN'T CHARITY, MR. SLOAN,
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
NOW YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
ABOUT THOSE EYEGLASSES AND
GETTING YOUR HEARING AIDS FIXED
AND THEN YOU CALL THESE NUMBERS,
OK?
AND, MEANWHILE, YOU GOT TO BE
CAREFUL AROUND THOSE GUYS.
THEY COME BACK,
THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL.
GOT SOME INFO ON THE HOSTAGE.
A SHRINK FROM UXBRIDGE HOSPITAL,
DR. KATCHMER.
VALENTINE'S BEEN COMING TO HIM
ONCE A WEEK FOR COUNSELING.
A SHRINK, JUDAS.
BET THE MAN'S WISHING HE'D
GONE INTO PODIATRY.
VALENTINE?
VALENTINE : HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED
A KILL ZONE YET, HUNTER?
WHEN'S PEDDLEHOPPER'S
RECON UNIT DETACHING
BOY SCOUT TEAM UP HERE?
COME ON, EXECUTE THE GAME PLAN!
NO ONE IS GOING TO TRY
AND TRICK YOU, VALENTINE.
I'VE GOT YOUR SOFT BIBLE
ENGRAVED ON MY SKULL.
THIS NINJA IS READY
FOR WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT.
I GIVE YOU MY WORD, WE ARE
HOLDING OUR FIRE, VALENTINE.
GO AHEAD!
DEPLOY THOSE GOOSE-STEPPING
CLONES, MYERHOFF AND SIMPSON,
UP THE BACK FIRE ESCAPE.
THEY'LL WALK
INTO A TURKEY SHOOT.
TELL THE MEN ON THE BACK
FIRE ESCAPE TO BACK OFF
UNTIL ORDERED.
RETURN FIRE, SIR?
NO, HE CAN BE TALKED DOWN,
I'M SURE OF IT.
IN ANY EVENT,
HE'S GOT THE SHRINK TOO CLOSE.
VALENTINE.
VALENTINE,
HOW DID WE COME TO THIS?
THINK, SON,
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU SHOT A FELLOW EATER.
YES, I DID, HUNTER. I DID THAT.
AND I REGRET THAT.
GOOD. JACK, THAT'S GOOD.
YEAH, WHAT I REALLY REGRET
IS THAT IT WASN'T YOU!
AAH!
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
YOU HAVE THE BAD TASTE
TO COME HERE, BOTHER PEOPLE,
AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
WHO SAID PEOPLE?
WE WANT YOU, MANLY.
WE GOT SOMETHING TO DISCUSS.
BRING 'EM.
WHAT THIS THING
WE GOT TO DISCUSS
ASIDE FROM YOU GOT OUR MAN
BURROUGHS ON PHONY CHARGES?
GEE, I DON'T KNOW,
PICK A SUBJECT.
SPREAD 'EM! GET DOWN!
AW, THIS IS A ROUST.
I DON'T KNOW.
DEFINE ROUST, HUH?
IS THIS WHAT YOU DO
WHEN YOU ROAST SOMEBODY?
YOU NEVER THREATEN COPS, PAL.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEVER,
EVER DO.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I CAN'T FIND ANY WEAPONS,
MICK, YOU?
I'M NOT DONE LOOKING.
I SEE YOU GOT NO RESPECT
FOR MY FINE THREADS.
OH, WHAT DO YOU THINK NORM?
MAYBE THE WEAPON
IS IN THE CLOTHES.
THE LINING, SURE.
ALL RIGHT, MEN,
LET'S HAVE YOUR JACKETS.
COME ON.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
WHAT'D THEY SAY?
THEY DIDN'T MAKE
MUCH CONVERSATION.
IS THAT THE LAST REFILL?
GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE BEEN PUT DOWN
AND PLOWED UNDER BY DIVISION,
BY LAWYERS, BY STREET COMERS
LO THESE MANY YEARS
AND TODAY WE STOOD UP
AND FOUGHT BACK.
HERE'S TO US.
ALL RIGHT.
PARTNER.
TO US.
HOW COME I DON'T SMELL
ANY GARBAGE?
BECAUSE THE WIND SHIFTED.
PATRICK, WHITE PANAMA HAT.
AND PURPLE SHOES,
AS PER MR. SLOAN'S ASSAILANT.
AS I LIVE AND BREATHE!
THIS GUY'S TOUGH TO COLLAR.
RENKO:
Y'ALL WANT SOME HELP, OFFICER?
STOP! POLICE!
UP AGAINST THE WALL!
LET'S GO! HAND'S OVER YOUR HEAD!
I'M CLEAN HERE.
THEN WHY THE 50-YARD DASH?
I'M LATE TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND.
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HER,
THE SOVEREIGN?
AH, HE'S SAVING HIS PENNIES
TO BUY A CRAP FRANCHISE.
MY GIRLFRIEND GAVE ME THAT.
IF IT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE MONEY,
PUT ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE
IN JAIL.
[BEEPING]
LET ME GUESS,
YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S CALLING.
ARE YOU WELL VERSED IN
LAB PROCEDURE MISTER, UH...
THURSTON?
THIS GUY WAS PRACTICALLY BORN
IN A TEST TUBE.
I'LL HAVE TO DO
SOME BACKGROUND CHECKING.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO CALL
MY REFERENCES,
BUT IT'S STILL
KIND OF EARLY IN HAWAII.
HE'LL WORK CHEAP,
WON'T YOU, MR. THURSTON?
WELL, WITHIN REASON
FOR A MAN OF MY CREDENTIALS.
GIVE THE MAN
A LITTLE DEMONSTRATION, SYNDEY.
OH, I WOULD LOVE TO, MAY I?
WOULD YOU?
HERE.
THIS. YOU GOT A SCALE?
IT'S ABOUT A HALF A POUND.
ACTUALLY, JUST A LITTLE UNDER.
THERE YOU GO.
AY, 0.46, BINGO!
VINEGAR?
ASCETIC ACID.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT INFORMAL
ABOUT LABELS IN HAWAII.
HAWAII.
ASCETIC ACID, VINEGAR, WHATEVER.
JUST A PINCH
OF THE UNIDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE.
ROCK IT OUT WITH A DASH
OF COBALT THIOCYNATE.
SAY THE TRAGIC, MAGIC WORDS.
OH, TURNS TO A BLUSHING BLUE.
MEANING?
MEANING IT'S GOT THE RIGHT BEAT
BUT AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW
WHETHER WE CAN DANCE TO IT.
CONFIRMATORY TEST?
YOU GOT ANY PLATINUM CHLORIDE
IN THE CUPBOARD?
OK, OK.
OK, OK, I'M HIRED?
OK, HE'S HIRED.
AND WE GET OUR REPORT, RIGHT,
MR. KRUGER?
YEAH, YEAH.
SEE YOU IN ONE HOUR, SYDNEY.
IT'S THE SUGAR FROM THE DONUTS.
WHAT IS?
THE SUGAR, IT'S A MOOD DEAL.
IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.
IT GOES UP AND DOWN,
DARRYLANN SAID THAT FOR ME.
WELL, IF IT AIN'T THE SUGAR
IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING.
WE GOT OFF EASY
ON THE GARBAGE DETAIL.
WE GOT TO DO TAP DANCING
ON SOME BAD GUYS' HEADS.
HAD A GOOD TIME.
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
- FURILLO.
- FURILLO?
AS IN CAPTAIN FURILLO.
JURY'S STILL OUT ON
WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL DISCIPLINE
ME FOR FLINGING THAT GARBAGE.
NO MAN, THAT'S JUST A REPRIMAND,
THAT'S A SLAP ON THE--
THEN WHAT DO I DO
BUT GO ROUSTING SOME HOODS
WITH YOU GUYS
LIKE A BUNCH OF DAMN ROOKIES.
THEY THREATENED YOUR LIFE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO ABOUT THAT, MAN?
THEY THREATENED YOUR LIFE.
DOESN'T THE CAPTAIN SEE?
DOESN'T HE REALIZE WHAT IT'S
LIKE STANDING OUT THERE,
WHILE CULLEN'S BEING STRUT PAST
US LIKE, PEACOCKS!
YOU GOTTA SEE IT FROM HIS SIDE.
HIS SIDE?
YEAH, SOMETHING
GOES WRONG LIKE THAT,
IT'S LIKE THE DEPARTMENT'S
RESPONSIBLE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]:
ALL UNITS IN VICINITY,
SHOOTING AT DUMP SITE.
CORNER OF HUDSON AND 111.
OPERATOR OF GARBAGE TRUCK DOWN.
[SIREN]
HIT IT! COME ON!
[TIRES SQUEAL]
GUY STARTING SHOOTING
AT HIM OUT OF NOWHERE.
EARL HAD A GUN. FIRED BACK.
PARAMEDICS WILL BE HERE,
PARTNER.
I GOT HIM.
BETWEEN THE LEGS, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- EARL, JUST LAY STILL.
- HE'S ABOUT MY HEIGHT.
EARL?
[CHOKING]
CAN YOU BACK UP, SIR?
I'VE GOT A PULSE.
HE'S NOT BREATHING,
NOT BREATHING.
START SOME VENTILATION.
IT'S BAD, RIGHT?
IT'S AN ABDOMINAL WOUND.
START SOME VENTILATION HERE.
HIS PULSE IS FADING.
WE'RE LOSING HIM,
WE'RE LOSING HIM.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE HIM.
COME ON, BREATHE, BREATHE.
THEY GONNA LOSE HIM, RENKO.
MORNING.
- MORNING GENTLEMEN.
- GOOD MORNING.
DRIVER'S STANDING BY OUT FRONT
TO TAKE ME TO FARMINGDALE.
BUT I HAD TO STOP BY AND SAY
IT'S A HELL OF A DAY
FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FRANK.
OUR MAN HILL SABOTAGING
THAT DOPE DEALER'S FUNERAL
PROCESSION, I LOVE IT.
HILL'S STUNT WAS PROVOCATIVE.
UNCONTROLLED.
AND NOW IT TURNS OUT--
AW, GEEZ, FRANK, TRY AND BE
A HUMAN BEING FOR ONCE--
AND NOW IT TURNS OUT WE MAY HAVE
A HOMICIDE BECAUSE OF IT.
SOMEBODY JUST SHOT
EARL PHILLIPS,
THE MAN WHO WAS DRIVING
THE TRUCK HILL WAS ON.
HIS CHANCES OF RECOVERY
ARE LOUSY.
- ONE OF CULLEN'S MEN?
- WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
PHILLIPS SHOT BACK,
WOUNDED THE MAN.
WE'RE CHECKING
ALL THE HOSPITALS.
WELL, OF COURSE,
THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.
BUT WORTH IT, CHIEF?
KEEP ME INFORMED
ON THE INVESTIGATION.
AND, FRANK,
ABOUT HILL'S BEHAVIOR,
TRY AND GET BEHIND YOUR MEN,
WILL YOU?
THEY AREN'T DIPLOMATS.
THIS AIN'T THE PEACE CORPS.
EXCELLENT WORK TODAY, OFFICER.
GUY WE WERE WITH OUT THERE
JUST DIED.
PHILLIPS?
YES.
THEN HE WAS A HERO.
MAN:
CHIEF DANIELS, JUST ONE MOMENT
OF YOUR TIME, PLEASE.
I HAVE A CAR WAITING FOR ME,
GENTLEMEN.
I HAVE TIME FOR ONE,
MAYBE TWO QUESTIONS.
RUSSO: WELL, MR. SLOAN?
FLAHERTY: TAKE YOUR TIME.
TAKE ALL DAY,
IT WON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.
HONEST TROOPER.
COULDN'T SEE THEIR FACES THEN.
I CAN'T SEE THEM NOW.
SORRY.
DON'T BE SORRY,
JUST GET YOUR EYES FIXED.
AND YOUR HEARING.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
OVER THERE MYSELF TO MAKE SURE.
NOT TODAY,
I'M ALL WORN OUT TODAY.
THEN TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S MORE DRIVE-BYS
ON YOUR STREET, MR. SLOAN.
IS THERE SOMETHING
I CAN DO FOR YOU TWO
NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME?
THANKS, BUT THAT'S
NOT NECESSARY, MR. SLOAN.
OH YEAH, IT IS.
I CAN WISE YOU UP.
YOU TWO AIN'T MARRIED, IS YOU?
NO.
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO BE.
TO EACH OTHER.
WHERE YOU GOING TO FIND YOURSELF
A WOMAN FINER THAN THIS ONE?
KINDER, PRETTIER.
MR. SLOAN.
OLD MAN'S PRIVILEGE.
I TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
GUY JUST CHECKED OUT OF
AN EMERGENCY ROOM AT MERCY,
HE'S A LITTLE SHORT ON MANHOOD.
FITS THE DESCRIPTION.
GET D.A. AUTHORIZATION
AND AN ARREST WARRANT.
WILL DO.
I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN A MINUTE, GUYS.
WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS.
THIS AIN'T YOUR STUFF.
COULD YOU GET ME
A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, DETECTIVE?
I'M TRYING OUT CERTAIN IDEAS,
CERTAIN COMBINATIONS IN A
DESIGNER FIELD OF MEDICATION.
MAYBE I'LL INVENT SOMETHING.
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT
THE NEUTRON BOMB, SYD.
WHERE'S KRUGER AT?
HE'S OVER AT O'MALLEY'S.
EVEN IF THE HEALTH INSPECTOR
WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR,
I STILL DON'T EAT THERE.
THE REPORT, SID?
OH YEAH, RIGHT.
TESTED MUCHO EL DOPO.
YOU DID GOOD, SYD.
THIS REALLY IS A RIGHTEOUS GIG.
I REALLY GOT TO THANK YOU
GUYS FOR PUTTING ME ON TO IT.
DON'T MENTION IT...
TO ANYBODY, SYD.
WHAT'S HE PAYING, BY THE WAY?
BETWEEN YOU AND KRUGER.
RIGHT.
HEY, MADAME CURIE,
GOT ANOTHER FIRE GOING THERE.
AH, GEEZ.
HOW ABOUT IT?
CAN WE TALK TO HIGBY?
THE DOCTOR SAYS NO.
IS THIS DOCTOR AWARE THAT
HIGBY'S UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER?
HE'S ALSO BEEN
UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
WHAT'S THE P.D. DOING IN THERE?
WATCHING HIM SLEEP?
LET ME TAKE A SHOT.
MS. DAVENPORT.
I'M SHORT ON TIME, LIEUTENANT.
THIS WON'T TAKE LONG.
HIGBY, CASE AGAINST HIM'S
A LOCK, RIGHT?
THERE'S THE GUN IN HIS CAR,
THE BLOOD ON HIS SHIRT,
A WITNESS ON THE STREET.
MOSTLY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
IF YOU'RE LEADING UP TO
SOME KIND OF DEAL
I'VE ALREADY TOLD THE D.A.
MY CLIENT'S NOT INTERESTED.
YOUR CLIENT'S A FLEA,
MS. DAVENPORT.
HE'S A MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE.
IT'S THE PEOPLE
WHO HIRED HIM WE WANT.
I TOLD YOU, LIEUTENANT,
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY DEALS.
I'M DUE IN COURT.
THIS IS A DEAL
WITH A DIFFERENCE, PLEASE.
WELL?
THING IS,
SEEING HIGBY'S DEFINITELY GOING
TO DO SOME TIME, PROBABLY A LOT.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT KIND
OF TIME HE'S GOING TO DO,
CONSIDERING HIS CONDITION.
WHAT CONDITION?
YOU'RE, AH, FAMILIAR WITH THE
EXACT NATURE OF HIGBY'S WOUND?
I AM, LIEUTENANT.
THEY WAY IT LIGHTENED HIM UP,
I MEAN.
SO NOW HE'S A LITTLE SHORT
IN THE,
AH, CRUCIAL EQUIPMENT
DEPARTMENT.
AS MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY,
WHAT'S THAT GOT
TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF BEANS?
I WOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING
THIS WITH YOUR GRANDMOTHER,
IT'S SORT OF A, DELICATE AREA.
I'M LISTENING.
IF HIGBY'S FELLOW INMATES
WERE TO SOMEHOW FIND OUT
HOW HE AIN'T THE MAN
HE USED TO BE--
HOW HE AIN'T EVEN A MAN AT ALL,
SO TO SPEAK--
YOU'RE SAYING HE'D BE ABUSED.
AS IN BADLY.
AND UNLESS HIGBY
NAMES HIS ALLEGED EMPLOYERS
YOU'D SEE TO IT THAT SOMEBODY
GOT THE WORD OUT?
THAT OFFER'S ASTOUNDINGLY
IMPROPER, LIEUTENANT.
YOU TRY IT AND I'LL HIT YOU
WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER.
JUST TELL HIM WHAT I TOLD YOU.
ALL RIGHT?
OF COURSE I'LL RELAY
TO MR. HIGBY ANYTHING
THAT'S RELEVANT TO HIS CASE.
ALL WE CAN ASK, COUNSELOR.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE SURVIVALIST
CONFERENCE, JACK?
HOW WE HARD
TO BIVOUAC IN THAT SWAMP,
AND WE WERE ONLY 50 YARDS
FROM THE HEADQUARTERS.
BUT THE FOG WAS SO THICK
WE JUST COULDN'T SEE IT.
AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER HOW
WE SANG SONGS
TO KEEP UP OUR SPIRITS?
SURE, SURE YOU DO, JACK.
LET'S SING NOW.
MAYBE...
I OUGHT TO TAKE OVER, HOWARD.
IS THAT AN ORDER, LIEUTENANT?
IT'S NO ORDER, HOWARD, I JUST
THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A TRY.
VALENTINE, THIS
IS LIEUTENANT GOLDBLUME.
OH.
OH. SWELL. SUPER!
NOW I GET THAT STEADY,
REASONABLE STUFF, HUH?
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH?
I ALREADY GOT A PSYCHOLOGIST
UP HERE, GOLDBLUME,
AND I'M ABOUT TO BLOW
HIS HEAD OFF!
NO PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF.
JUST A DIRECT APPEAL
TO YOUR INTELLIGENCE.
COME OUT. COME DOWN.
YOU CAN'T DO YOURSELF ANY
GOOD IN THERE, VALENTINE.
SURE, YOU GOT ME.
ONE CONDITION.
WHAT'S THAT?
YOU SHOOT HUNTER FOR ME AND TOSS
HIS BODY OUT WHERE I CAN SEE IT.
HA, HA, HA!
VALENTINE, VALENTINE,
LISTEN TO ME.
[LAUGHING CRAZILY]
HE'S REACHING SOME KIND
OF BREAKING POINT.
IF WE HAVE A SHOT,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT.
WE'RE STILL
IN THE TALKING MOMENT.
SHALL I TRY AGAIN?
JACK?
JACK, IT'S ME.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME, SON.
YOU ARE ANGRY AT ME.
AND I'M SURE THAT YOU FEEL
THAT YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT,
THAT I HAVE BEEN
POMPOUS OR VAIN ON OCCASION.
ON OCCASION! HA!
I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL, JACK.
OK, HUNTER, I'LL SING WITH YOU.
SAY AGAIN?
I REMEMBER THAT SONG WE SANG.
GOOD. JACK, GOOD.
♪ OVER HILL, OVER DALE ♪
BOTH:
♪ WE WILL HIT THAT DUSTY TRAIL ♪
♪ AS THE CAISSONS
GO ROLLING ALONG ♪
♪ COUNTER MARCH, RIGHT ABOUT ♪
♪ HEAR THE WAGON
SOLDIERS SHOUT ♪
♪ AS THOSE CAISSONS
GO ROLLING ALONG ♪
DO YOU FEEL IT, JACK?
♪ IT'S HI, HI, HEE-- ♪
NO!
NO MORE. NO MORE SINGING!
USING A SONG ON ME
LIKE I WAS A CHILD.
PLAYING ON MY FEELINGS
ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE.
BUT YOU WANTED TO SING, JACK.
YOU SAID, "I'LL SING WITH YOU."
DO YOU REMEMBER, JACK?
[BANGING]
I WON'T BE PLAYED ON ANY MORE.
NOT BY YOU, HUNTER,
NOT BY GOLDBLUME,
NOT BY THIS WORM
OF A PSYCHIATRIST I'VE GOT HERE.
YOU ARE LIKE METASTASIZED CELLS
EATING YOUR WAY INTO MY BRAIN!
[GUNSHOT]
MAN: GET THE MEDICS IN THERE.
[SIREN]
OK.
DR. KATCHMER, I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK,
BUT MUST TRY NOT TO BLAME JACK.
- HE WAS--
- I DON'T BLAME JACK.
I BLAME YOU,
THE GREAT LIEUTENANT HUNTER.
JACK TRUSTED YOU.
YOU WERE THE FATHER
HE NEVER HAD.
BUT YOU WERE TOO BUSY
HANGING UPSIDE DOWN
FROM THE CEILING
OR DATING TRANSSEXUALS.
HE TOLD YOU THAT?
READ YOU PRETTY HARD, SIR.
AH YES,
MAN'S OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING
FROM NEGATIVE TRANSFERENCE.
RECALL DOCKET N695314.
RAUL BENETIZ.
I DON'T SEE MS. DAVENPORT.
OH, SHE'S ON ANOTHER CASE,
YOUR HONOR.
I'M COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE.
UNDERSTAND. DO WE HAVE
OUR LAB REPORT?
IN THAT CASE, I'M GRANTING
DEFENSE'S REQUEST FOR PAROLE.
GOT IT, YOUR HONOR.
NO SWEAT. FELONY WEIGHT.
WHAT DID YOU DO, BUY THE GUY
A TICKET TO THE BAHAMAS?
DON'T ANSWER THAT.
THIS LOOKS IN ORDER. OK.
I THINK WE'RE
READY FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.
- OH, MAN.
- THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
AND MAY I ADD THIS IS
AN EXAMPLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKING
HAND IN HAND.
[YAWNS] THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW QUICKLY HIGBY
ROLLED OVER ON HIS BOSSES.
YEAH, WELL, THE REMAINDER
OF HIS PRIVATES WERE IN DANGER.
WOMAN: AAH!
POLICE! FREEZE!
FREEZE!
GET UP THERE!
COME ON, GET UP THERE.
COME ON, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
I'LL PUT YOU IN THE DAMNED
GARBAGE TRUCK, MANLY.
TURN IN HERE,
AND FACE THE COUNTER,
AND SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH.
MOVE! MOVE! COME ON!
ALL RIGHT, JOHN MANLY,
BUTCH JONES, DAVID MORRISON.
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER,
ALL THREE OF THEM.
LIEUTENANT?
CHIEF DANIELS SAYS THAT THE
ARREST OF CULLEN'S MEN QUOTE,
"STRIKES THE HEAVY BLOW AGAINST
DRUG TRAFFIC HERE ON THE HILL."
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
SURE, FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR AT
LEAST, DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
LOOK AT THAT, PARTNER,
BIGGEST BUST
SINCE THE BRINKS JOB.
AND WE COULD HAVE HAD
A TASTE OF IT
IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PULLED
US OFF TRASH DETAIL.
HEY, CAN'T SAY TOO DAMN BAD,
WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL
OURSELVES TODAY.
I HAVE
TO HAND IT TO YOU, GENTLEMEN,
I HEARD YOU REALLY PULLED
THE RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT
WITH THAT LAB TEST.
JUST A COUPLE OF GUYS DOING
OUR JOBS, MS. DAVENPORT.
TWO WEEKS WORTH OF WORK,
SCORCHED BY THAT ARSONIST
YOU PALMED OFF ON ME
AS A CHEMIST.
EXCUSE ME, WHAT CHEMIST?
AH, POLICE BUSINESS,
MS. DAVENPORT.
COULD WE DISCUSS
THIS IN PRIVATE, MR. KRUGER?
PLUS THAT MORON LIFTED
THREE GRAMS OF COKE,
PROBABLY OUT FRYING HIS
PEA BRAIN RIGHT NOW.
UH, MUST BE
SOME KIND OF MISTAKE, SIR.
ONLY MISTAKE IS
I LET YOU TALK ME INTO BELIEVING
THAT LIZARD HAD A DEGREE.
I CALLED A REFERENCE NUMBER
ON HIS APPLICATION
AND GOT THE BLUE BIRD OF
HAPPINESS MASSAGE
PARLOR IN HONOLULU.
EXCUSE ME, DETECTIVE,
WHAT WAS THE NAME
OF THAT CHEMIST YOU HIRED?
THURSTON. SYDNEY THURSTON.
NO WAY.
HOWARD, HOW ARE YOU?
I JUST TALKED
TO VALENTINE'S DOCTOR.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO BE A LONG ROAD BACK FOR HIM.
YEAH.
I THOUGHT I COULD REACH HIM.
TRUTH IS, I WASN'T VERY GOOD
OUT THERE TODAY.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING JOSTLED
BY SHADOWS.
YOU DID FINE.
WELL, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING
TO GET A CHANCE TO PUT THIS ON.
WELL...
ANY WORD
FROM THE REVIEW BOARD YET?
NO.
[CAT CRYING]
OFFICER ALLEN.
[CAT CONTINUES TO CRY]
GOOD HUNTING, OFFICER.
I WANT BENETIZ PAROLED AND THE
LAB REPORT REDONE RIGHT AWAY.
CAPTAIN, THE GUY WAS LEGALLY
HIRED BY A BONA FIDE LAB,
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
THE PROBLEM IS YOUR CHEMIST HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF FOUR FELONIES,
AND HE GOT HIS DEGREE
AT HARRISONVILLE
FOR MAKING LICENSE PLATES.
NOW GET OUT OF HERE
AND DO YOUR JOBS RIGHT.
RIGHT, CAPTAIN.
IT'S A CASE
OF MISGUIDED INITIATIVE.
SORRY.
DR. THURSTON, I PRESUME?
YOU'RE COMING WITH US, SYD.
YOU MIGHT WANT IN
ON THIS, LIEUTENANT.
COME ON, GUYS! QUE PASA!
SNITCHES COURT
IS NOW IN SESSION.
EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A,
TWO GRAMS OF ROCK
FOUND IN THE DEFENDANT'S
SHIRT POCKET.
HEY, COME ON,
I WENT TO BAT FOR YOU GUYS.
SNITCHES COURTS? THIS IS MORE
LIKE KANGAROO COURT.
EXHIBIT B, $100 FOUND
IN THE DEFENDANT'S PANTS POCKET.
THE DEFENDANT WILL RISE.
THE DEFENDANT, SYDNEY THURSTON,
IS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME
OF RIPPING OFF CERTAIN
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
WHILE TRICKING FOR HIS EMPLOYERS
AT KRUGER'S LAB.
WHAT'S THE VERDICT?
VERDICT? WHAT ABOUT THE FAIR
AND ADEQUATE DEFENSE PART?
GUILTY.
- GUILTY.
- ON TO SENTENCING.
COME ON! WAIT!
THE JURORS WILL KEEP IN MIND
THAT THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIMES,
ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT
THE DEFENDANT CLEARED A BUST
AND PUT HIS EMPLOYERS
IN A JACKPOT WITH THEIR BOSS.
LISTEN, I DIDN'T COP THIS STUFF.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WAS TAKEN FROM MY PRIVATE LAB
FOR SOME EXTRACURRICULAR
TESTING.
WELL, JURORS?
$100 FINE.
PLUS TEN PIECES OF INFORMATION,
GRATIS.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT THIS.
COURT'S ADJOURNED.
THE DEFENDANT CAN GO.
I'LL GO.
THE NEXT TIME YOU NEED
A CHEMIST, CALL MR. WIZARD.
GEEZ, NORM.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT
I DECIDED ABOUT DISCIPLINE--
I DON'T.
THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE.
I JUST...
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
ABOUT?
ABOUT HOW I'M NOT HAPPY WITH...
I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE
BEING A COP TODAY, CAPTAIN.
I DON'T JUST MEAN THE GARBAGE.
WE ROUSTED CULLEN'S MEN TODAY.
WE?
A COUPLE OF THE GUYS.
AFTER WE TALKED?
- YEAH.
- A ROUST?
THAT'S SOMETHING
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT,
BUT A ROUST IS SOMETHING
WE SOMETIMES DO.
BUT AFTER THIS MORNING, CAPTAIN,
WHEN I LOST IT,
I LOST CONTROL, I...
I HAVE THE FEELING
YOU RAN AMUCK, OFFICER HILL?
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
KNOW THAT YOU'RE A GOOD COP.
MOST DAYS.
KNOW IT.
THIS IS JENSEN COLLIER
ON LOCATION
AT THE CULLEN DRUG KING
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A COUPLE
THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.
CAN'T REALLY TELL
FROM THE PICTURES.
TRY AND TOUCH THE COFFIN...
I'M NOT GUESSING FROM THE TV.
IT'S DIFFICULT
TO EXPLAIN WHY SO MANY...
I HOOKED SCHOOL
TODAY TO CHECK IT OUT.
DOES THAT MAKE ME BAD?
I'M NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT
YOU'RE PLAYING HOOKY.
BUT NO, BABE, DON'T GO THINKING
BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT YOURSELF.
I MEAN, MY MOTHER
AND MY SISTER DIED FROM DOPE.
AND THERE I WAS CHASING
SOME PUSHER'S FUNERAL
LIKE IT WAS A CIRCUS.
BABE...
[TV TURNS OFF]
WHEN I WAS A KID,
A GUY GOT SHOT AT THE BARBERSHOP
DOWN THE CORNER.
SOME HOODLUM, VERY BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY CADILLACS
WERE AT HIS FUNERAL?
ELEVEN.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY 11?
I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING
ALONGSIDE COUNTING THEM.
THERE WAS 20 THERE TODAY.
YEAH.
LAST YEAR WE TAKE TWO WEEKS
AT THE BEACH, RAINS TEN DAYS.
NEVER FAILS.
SAME THING HAPPENED
THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
HAILSTORM TOO.
HAILSTORM IN AUGUST!
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]:
ALL UNITS, MAN WITH A SHOTGUN
SIGHTED AT 115TH,
ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF DECKER,
CORNER HOUSE.
[SIREN]
[SHOUTING]
SHOTGUN! RUN! RUN!
GET OUT OF HERE!
[SIRENS]
THERE HE IS.
POLICE, DROP THE WEAPON.
DROP THAT GUN NOW!
SIR!
JOHN, NO! NO!
WE TOLD HIM TWICE.
TWICE, CAPTAIN.
WE YELLED, "DROP THE GUN,"
AND HE WHEELS ON US.
HE LEFT US NO WAY TO GO.
WHAT THE HELL?
IS HE DEAF OR SOMETHING?
YEAH, AS A MATER OF FACT HE WAS.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
OH, MAN.
GIVE YOUR SIDEARMS TO S.I.A
AND GO TAKE A BREATHER.
WANNA WE GET A BEER?
YEAH.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS]
HERE'S TO MUSIC.
GOD LOVE IT.
YOU LIKE JAZZ?
SURE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
IF I EXACTLY UNDERSTAND IT,
BUT...
IF IT'S MUSIC,
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT
I CAN PUT ON SOMETHING ELSE.
HEY, I LOVE IT.
ALL MUSIC.
ESPECIALLY WHEN
SOMETHING BAD'S GONE DOWN.
WITHOUT MUSIC I COULD LIE IN BED
ALONE ALL NIGHT LONG
DOING INSTANT REPLAYS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YEAH, I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.
PATRICK, IS THIS WISE?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
COURTESY OF UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE
IN THE ALLEY
AND BENEATH OUR WINDOWS
AND INTENSIFIED
BY A WARM SNAP IN THE WEATHER.
IN SHORT,
THE CITY'S GARBAGE STRIKE
GOES INTO DAY 12.
AND AS WE ALL FEARED,
WE WILL NOW HAVE TO ASSIST
SANITATION DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
ON EMERGENCY REFUSE PICKUPS.
[CROWD MUTTERS]
UNIFORMS ASSIGNED HALF DAY ONLY.
MORNING DETAIL--BROWN,
KOLVICKI, RICHARDSON,
SCHNEIDER, HILL AND RENKO.
WELL, SIR,
MY BACK WON'T TAKE IT
AND NONETHELESS MY PRIDE
WON'T TAKE IT.
NOT TO MENTION
MY DIGNITY AS A POLICE OFFICER.
AS FAR AS OUR PRIDE AND DIGNITY,
ANDREW,
THERE IS A TURKISH SAYING--
AND I TRANSLATE ROUGHLY--
"IF I AM A GENTLEMAN
AND YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN,
WHO WILL TAKE OUT THE TRASH?"
[LAUGHTER]
PLAINCLOTHES PERSONNEL
WILL NOT BE SPARED.
DETECTIVE LARUE AND WASHINGTON
JOIN GARBAGE COLLECTION
AFTERNOON DETAIL.
UH-UH, SARGE.
WE'RE IN COURT
ON THE BENETIZ STING.
PRELIMINARY HEARINGS.
WELL, CAN'T YOU POSTPONE IT?
72-HOUR DEADLINE.
WE DON'T MAKE IT,
HE'S PAROLED AND DEALING COKE
BY MIDNIGHT.
'COURSE IF WE HAPPEN TO GET DONE
BY AROUND NOON OR SO,
WE'LL BE GLAD TO PITCH IN.
[CROWD MURMURS]
ITEM EIGHT--AS IF OUR HANDS
WEREN'T ALREADY FULL,
WE HAVE
TODAY THE FUNERAL CORTÈGE
OF DRUG KINGPIN GERARD CULLEN.
DEAD AT 31.
STABBED IN HIS HARRISONVILLE
CELL BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.
[CROWD MURMURS]
SO YOUNG, SO INNOCENT.
TALK ABOUT STINKING TRASH.
TO FORESTALL TROUBLE,
THE CITY HAS GRANTED A PARADE
PERMIT ALONG DECKER AVENUE.
AND LIEUTENANT BUNTZ
WILL SUPERVISE.
UNIFORM PERSONNEL PLEASE CHECK
THE BOARD FOR CROWD CONTROL.
[CAT MEOWS]
AH, ITEM LAST--
A NEW RECRUIT.
[CAT MEOWS]
PLEASE WELCOME
OFFICER GRACIE ALLEN.
ASSIGNMENT--RAT POACHING
IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS
OF THE STATION HOUSE.
GO GET 'EM.
DISMISSED.
WE'RE TALKING 12-FOOT HIGH PILES
OF CACA HERE.
I'D RATHER PICK UP GARBAGE
THAN DO CROWD CONTROL
FOR THAT FUNERAL.
CAN YOU BELIEVE
THE CITY IS PAYING FOR COPS
TO STAND AROUND LIKE DAMN
HONOR GUARDS FOR GERARD CULLEN
LIKE HE WAS A HERO OR SOMETHING.
THERE BUT
FOR THE GRACE OF BENETIZ, NEAL.
HAVE YOU TWO GOT THE LAB REPORT
ON BENETIZ'S ALLEGED COCAINE?
BROUGHT THEM IN YESTERDAY.
IT SHOULD BE READY NOW.
WE CAN PICK THEM ON THE WAY FROM
THE LAB ON THE WAY TO COURT.
AND WHAT LAB IS THAT?
THE CITY'S OR A PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR?
CONTRACTOR.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
THEY'LL BE THERE, DON'T WORRY.
AND WHAT DOES THE P.B.A. SAY?
IT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
WELL, I DIDN'T CONTRACT
TO PICK UP NO GARBAGE.
AND I
AND THE P.B.A. REPRESENTATIVE-
OFFICERS HILL AND RENKO,
I'M PHILLIPS FROM SANITATION.
JUST ONE MOMENT PLEASE.
SO I SHORTLY BE CALLING LAWYER
TO TRY INVALIDATE THIS TRAVESTY,
BUT FIRST I MUST GO AND
PRIORITIZE MY OWN
EMERGENCY DUMP SITE.
EXCUSE ME.
OFFICER HILL.
I'M DRIVING YOU GUYS TO HAUL.
LIMOUSINE'S PARKED OUT FRONT.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN HE'S
PRIORITIZING WHO'S DUMP SITE?
[CHUCKLES]
I GOT A DUMPSTER
IN FRONT OF MY DONUT SHOP.
I PAY GOOD MONEY FOR IT,
AND THIS LOONEY TUNE IS STUFFING
HIS GARBAGE IN IT ALL DAY.
WHAT IS LOONEY TUNE?
IS INSULT, YES?
WRITE DOWN HE SAYS I AM
LOONEY TUNE IN PUBLIC.
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?
EVIDENCE.
A VERBAL DESCRIPTION
WILL DO, OFFICER.
THIS FREAKING STUFF REEKS.
- SELLS ANYWAY!
- YOU ARE A LIAR!
WRITE DOWN HE SAYS I AM LYING!
I AM LOONEY TUNE!
EXCUSE ME, IS THIS STUFF YOURS?
MINE, NO!
YES! HIS!
PROVE IT!
I PROVE IT! YOU CALL ME--
PROVE IT! PROVE IT!
DONUTS!
[CROSSTALK]
MORNING ALL, HOWARD.
FRANK.
[SIREN]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
CAN I TALK TO AN OFFICER PLEASE?
I GOT IT.
HOWARD!
WE'VE GOT A HOSTAGE SITUATION.
WILCOX HAS BEEN SHOT.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW BAD.
DIVISION IS REQUESTING
YOU TAKE OVER EMERGENCY ACTION
FOR THE DURATION.
- ME?
- FRANK?
FIRST I HEARD.
IF THE DIVISION WANTS YOU, GO.
GREEN HOTEL, AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
WHAT ABOUT SQUAD ROOM?
SERGEANT BATES CAN COVER.
HOWARD!
FRANK!
ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT.
YOUNGSTER'S STANDING AROUND
ON MY LAWN.
BUYING AND SELLING
THEIR QUARTERS.
FORTY YEARS NOW I'VE KEPT
THAT LAWN NICE.
WE'VE GOT
TO GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL, SIR.
MAKE THE HOUSE PRETTY.
SHE WAS GOOD.
BRINGS BIRDS TO THE DOOR.
HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH SOME
CRACK DEALERS OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED
US, MR. SLOAN. THAT'S OUR JOB.
MARVIN SLOAN
FIGHTS HIS OWN BATTLES.
LUCY? EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
OFFICER RUSSO WILL TAKE YOUR
SPOT ON OUT ON THE STREET.
YOU'LL TAKE THE SQUAD ROOM
FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
WILL YOU GUYS
GET HIM OVER TO MERCY EMERGENCY?
HE DOESN'T HEAR VERY WELL.
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
FOR THOSE CUTS, OLD-TIMER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL!
I AIN'T NO INVALID.
[GUN RATTLING]
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR REPORT
YESTERDAY.
MY ASSISTANT'S OUT WITH THE FLU.
MAKES MONDAY
THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE.
OH TERRIFIC. YOUR ASSISTANT'S
OUT WITH THE FLU.
SO A SERIOUS CRIMINAL'S
GOING TO WALK.
COULDN'T YOU HIRE A TEMP?
JUST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS?
YOU SHOW ME WHERE I FIND THEM
FOR THE LOUSY MONEY
THAT THE CITY PAYS.
HEY, WE AIN'T
AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
AND I'M NOT EITHER.
AND THE LONGER WE ARGUE,
THE LONGER IT TAKES ME TO GET TO
MY DO-OUTS WHICH I TAKE IN ORDER
AND WHICH YOU GENTLEMEN
ARE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BOTTOM
[PHONE RINGS]
GOOD DAY.
[SIREN]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, SIR.
THANK YOU.
HOW'S LIEUTENANT WILCOX?
SHOULDER WOUND.
THEY SAY HE'S OK.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO OUR MAN
UP THERE YET?
NOTHING.
ANY INFORMATION?
YEAH, STUCK HIS HEAD
OUT THE WINDOW,
TOOK A COUPLE OF POT SHOTS.
I DON'T KNOW.
I HEARD SOME LAUGHING.
[GUNFIRE]
[LAUGHING]
LIEUTENANT! [LAUGHING]
VALENTINE?
BESIDES WHICH,
WHERE DO GARBAGE MEN GET OFF
ASKING FOR PARITY
WITH POLICE OFFICERS?
YOU HOW MUCH GARBAGE
THE AVERAGE GARBAGE MAN LIFTS--
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES
TO BECOME A COP?
HOW MANY HUNDRED TONS--
IT DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE
TO ME HOW MANY TONS.
WHAT?
FUNERAL FOR CULLEN.
OFFICER, CAN'T YOU SPREAD
THE CROWD FOR US?
LET US GET THROUGH?
UH-UH.
NOT UNTIL THE PARADE PASSES.
WE'RE BEHIND ALREADY.
WE GOT TO WAIT,
WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE
GARBAGE SCOW ON FOURTH STREET.
LISTEN, TURN IT AROUND OR WAIT.
I CAN'T LET YOU THROUGH.
[CROWD SHOUTING]
ALL RIGHT, KEEP BACK. KEEP BACK.
I'M GLAD HE'S DEAD!
YOU ALL HEAR?
CULLEN WAS EVIL.
HE WAS THE DEVIL!
HE WAS
THE FEEL GOOD KING OF THE HILL
AND HE'S GOING OUT IN STYLE,
JUST LIKE HE LIVED.
HEY, YOU WANT TO GO OUT
IN STYLE TOO?
BACK UP THERE ONTO THE SIDEWALK.
YEAH, WELL IF MY MAN CULLEN
WAS ALIVE
YOU WOULDN'T TALK
TO ME THAT WAY.
HE ATE YOU COPS FOR BREAKFAST.
YEAH? IT'S LUNCHTIME,
AND HE'S MEAT.
OR YOU'RE BUSTED
FOR CREATING A NUISANCE,
OK, SCUM-WAD?
WHITE MAN'S TALK FOR SURE.
LET'S BEAT THEM
TO THE INTERSECTION.
GOT IT.
HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
GET OUT OF THE WAY, SON,
WE GOT A ROUTE TO DO.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
[HORN BLOWS]
[CROWD CHEERING]
HEY,
WHAT'S THAT GARBAGE TRUCK DOING?
PROBABLY COLLECTING GARBAGE.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
GET THIS TRUCK OUT OF HERE!
SHOW SOME RESPECT
FOR YOUR BROTHER!
CULLEN WEREN'T
NO BROTHER OF MINE.
YEAH, YOU'RE THE GARBAGE MAN,
AND YOU TALK THAT WAY
ABOUT A CLASS DUDE LIKE CULLEN?
OH YEAH, CLASS DUDE.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS CULLEN'S JUNK
PUT IN THE GROUND?
HEY, WHO'S THE BOSS?
I GOT YOUR BOSS RIGHT HERE,
BUDDY.
SHUT UP!
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
WE'RE DOING OUR JOB.
WELL, DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BACK IT UP.
I'M A POLICE OFFICER.
THIS IS A BLACK MAN'S FUNERAL.
YOU COMING DOWN HERE
TO HASSLE US?
HEY, I TELL YOU WHAT, BLOOD,
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US
CULLEN'S CASKET?
MAN, WE'LL SAVE YOU
THE TRIP TO THE CEMETERY.
PUT IT RIGHT UP THERE
IN THE TRUCK RIGHT NOW,
WITH THE REST OF THE TRASH.
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
I'M LOOKING AT IT.
NOW, WHEN YOU GOING TO MOVE?
WHEN I'M THROUGH, MAN.
- YOU THROUGH NOW.
- OH, YEAH?
[CROWD YELLING]
YOU PEOPLE HERE
TO SAY GOODBYE TO CULLEN?
TO SEE HE
GETS THE SEND-OFF HE DESERVES?
WELL HERE,
HERE'S WHAT HE DESERVES!
[CROWD YELLING]
N695314.
RAUL BENETIZ,
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,
ON FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.
DETECTIVES, GLAD
YOU COULD MAKE IT.
YOU READY TO PROCEED?
NO, YOUR HONOR.
LAB REPORT'S NOT READY.
AH, COME ON!
DEFENSE APPLICATION.
PAROLE, 72-HOUR RULE.
YOUR HONOR,
IN THE PEOPLE'S OPINION,
IF MR. BENETIZ IS PAROLED TODAY
HE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL
THE NEXT TIME HE'S ARRESTED.
MR. BERNSTEIN,
I DON'T MAKE UP THE LAWS.
AND I DIDN'T INVENT THE FACT
THAT WE'VE GOT
A RECORD NUMBER OF DRUG BUSTS.
HOW ABOUT UNTIL THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS, JUDGE?
DEFENDANT WAS ARRAIGNED
AT 10:00 A.M. THREE DAYS AGO.
DAMN IT, JUDGE,
WE WORKED HARD ON THIS COLLAR.
IT'S NOT OUR FAULT
THAT THEY FARM THIS STUFF OUT TO
THOSE INCOMPETENT PRIVATE LABS.
GUY HAD A PERSONNEL PROBLEM.
IF I PUT THE CASE DOWN
FOR 4:00, DETECTIVE,
WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
YES.
COULD THE LAB
DO IT'S REPORT BY THEN?
YES, I BELIEVE SO.
THEY INDICATED
A STRONG POSSIBILITY.
YOU SEE, YOUR CLIENT'S
A BAIL JUMPER FROM WAY BACK,
MS. DAVENPORT.
I'M SURE DETECTIVE LARUE
WOULDN'T DECEIVE THIS TRIBUNAL.
ON AGAIN AT 4:00.
[BANGS GAVEL]
- ANY SHOT?
- ALL KINDS OF SHOTS.
SURE, GUYS.
- HOW?
- HOW?
I DON'T KNOW HOW.
MAYBE WE COULD FIND
KRUGER SOME HELP.
YOU--YOU, SIR,
ARE A TRUE GENIUS.
OK, ASSAULT,
DISTURBING THE PEACE,
INTERFERING
WITH A POLICE OFFICER
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY.
COLLECTING THE GARBAGE,
THAT YOUR DUTY?
YES IT IS.
YOU KNOW HARRY CAN'T--
DIDN'T HE GO
TO PHARMACY SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.
UH-UH. VETERINARY SCHOOL,
YOU KNOW.
OFFICER HILL, WE HEARD THAT YOU
DUMPED THE GARBAGE
ON THE HEARSE,
BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR WHY.
NO COMMENT.
OFFICER HILL, MY OFFICE.
AH, WHY DON'T YOU TALK
TO MR. PHILLIPS HERE,
SEE IF HE'S GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY.
OK.
YOU WERE MAKING
A STATEMENT ABOUT CULLEN.
WE JUST WANT
YOU TO PUT IT IN WORDS.
GRANTED, THERE WAS PROVOCATION.
BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME
AS IF YOUR REACTIONS WERE OVER
THE LINE, OUT OF PROPORTION.
CAPTAIN, A PUBLIC FUNERAL
HONORING MAN LIKE GERARD CULLEN
IS OUT OF PROPORTION TOO.
DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE
I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
THAT YOUR BEHAVIOR
COULD HAVE CAUSED A DISASTER.
WE ALMOST HAD
A RIOT ON OUR HANDS.
I KNOW.
BUT I HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP
CULLEN'S MESSES
FOR SO LONG THAT I'M--
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR REASONS IN
A BLOW-BY-BLOW IN YOUR REPORT.
FOR NOW I'M LOOKING
TO SEE WHETHER
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AN ORDER.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR.
AND I CAN SEE HOW YOU'D WANT
TO CONSIDER THAT OPTION.
AM I DISMISSED?
I MEAN,
HOW MANY GUYS KNOW THEIR WAY
AROUND CHEMISTRY OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES AS WELL AS YOU
AND GET TO MAKE A QUICK DOLLAR
AT IT ALL WITHIN THE LAW.
OH, YEAH? THANKS FOR NOTHING.
I MEAN,
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT HIGH
SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHER
WE BUSTED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE?
AM I OVERHEARING
THE NEED FOR SKILLED HELP HERE?
YOU WANT BUCKS?
GO ASK SERGEANT BATES.
COME ON GUYS,
I HEARD WHAT I HEARD.
WHAT KIND OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE WE TALKING ABOUT?
HEY, J.B., DON'T EVEN THINK IT.
HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE TESTING
COKE, NEAL, AM I RIGHT, SYD?
ARE TURKEYS NERVOUS IN NOVEMBER?
SO? I CAN QUACK AND I CAN WADDLE
ACROSS THE STREET
BUT THAT DON'T MAKE ME NO DUCK.
YOU WANT TO LOSE BENETIZ, NEAL?
WE DON'T HAVE
A VAST AMOUNT OF TIME HERE.
YOU BUSY THIS AFTERNOON?
THINGS I GOT PENCILED IN
COULD BE ERASED
FOR THE PROPER COMPENSATION.
COME ON.
LUCY: BOBBY HILL, LINE THREE.
HEY WHAT--
HMM, OFFICER HILL SPEAKING...
EXCUSE ME?
JUST A SECOND.
COMMUNICATIONS,
I WANT A TRACE, LINE THREE!
DID YOU GET THAT?
YEAH, WE GOT IT.
YOU GOT IT.
I'M SORRY,
I LOST YOU THERE FOR A SECOND.
THIS IS OFFICER HILL,
HILL STREET STATION.
IT IS ME YOU WANT TO TALK TO?
HA.
THIS IS HARRY.
THIS IS HARRY, RIGHT?
HARRY, HAVE WE OUTGROWN
THESE PRACTICAL JOKES, PARTNER?
YEAH, HOLD ON FOR A SECOND.
HELLO.
WHO'S THAT?
MAN SAID, "YOU'RE A DEAD COP."
ONE OF CULLEN'S PEOPLE?
NAILED ONE AT LAST.
IT WAS JUST A PHONE BOOTH.
119TH AND WESTERN AVENUE.
FUNERAL PARLOR, RIGHT?
CULLEN'S.
BOBBY.
IS THIS RIGHT?
SOMEONE JUST THREATEN YOU?
LET'S GO VISITING, EH?
SEE IF WE CAN'T ARRANGE A FRANK
AND OPEN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS HERE.
LET'S GO. LET'S GO!
SO, MARK, DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE JERKS
WHO HIT YOU BESIDES
ONE OF THEM HAD SHADES
AND THE OTHER HAD PURPLE SHOES?
HAT, WHITE PANAMA.
HE WAS SORT OF WIRY.
THERE WAS THREE OF THEM.
IT HAPPENED SO FAST.
BUT I GOT
ONE GOOD LICK IN I THINK.
MR. SLOAN,
WHAT ABOUT YOUR GLASSES?
THE NURSE SAYS THAT YOUR
PRESCRIPTION IS OUT OF DATE.
I CAN SEE ENOUGH TO SEE
YOU'RE A FINE LOOKING WOMAN.
PLUS YOU NEED A NEW HEARING AID.
WHAT? SAY THAT AGAIN?
YOU NEED A NEW HEARING AID.
ALL THAT STUFF COSTS MONEY.
BEAT IT!
DAMN DRUNK JUST STEPPED
ON ALL MY SHRUBS.
IT USED TO BE A PRETTY LITTLE
HOUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
KEPT IT NICE FOR YEARS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING
TO BECOME
THE CRACK STAND
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU LIVE ALONE?
YEAH, MY WIFE'S INSIDE NOW.
PRAYING THE DEALERS
DON'T BUST OPEN MY SKULL.
MR. SLOANE WE'RE GOING
TO TRY AND GET MORE PATROLS--
THIS WAS A QUIET PLACE!
I DONE SOME OF THESE HOUSES.
USED TO BE A HARD CARRIER.
TWENTY POUNDS
OF MUD ON MY SHOULDERS
UP AND DOWN SCAFFOLDING ALL DAY.
PAT, GET
THE SOCIAL SERVICES BOOK.
YEAH.
LOOK, I AIN'T GOING TO STAND IN
NO LINES ALL DAY FOR NO CHARITY.
NOW, LOOK, MEDICAID
ISN'T CHARITY, MR. SLOAN,
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
NOW YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
ABOUT THOSE EYEGLASSES AND
GETTING YOUR HEARING AIDS FIXED
AND THEN YOU CALL THESE NUMBERS,
OK?
AND, MEANWHILE, YOU GOT TO BE
CAREFUL AROUND THOSE GUYS.
THEY COME BACK,
THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL.
GOT SOME INFO ON THE HOSTAGE.
A SHRINK FROM UXBRIDGE HOSPITAL,
DR. KATCHMER.
VALENTINE'S BEEN COMING TO HIM
ONCE A WEEK FOR COUNSELING.
A SHRINK, JUDAS.
BET THE MAN'S WISHING HE'D
GONE INTO PODIATRY.
VALENTINE?
VALENTINE : HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED
A KILL ZONE YET, HUNTER?
WHEN'S PEDDLEHOPPER'S
RECON UNIT DETACHING
BOY SCOUT TEAM UP HERE?
COME ON, EXECUTE THE GAME PLAN!
NO ONE IS GOING TO TRY
AND TRICK YOU, VALENTINE.
I'VE GOT YOUR SOFT BIBLE
ENGRAVED ON MY SKULL.
THIS NINJA IS READY
FOR WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT.
I GIVE YOU MY WORD, WE ARE
HOLDING OUR FIRE, VALENTINE.
GO AHEAD!
DEPLOY THOSE GOOSE-STEPPING
CLONES, MYERHOFF AND SIMPSON,
UP THE BACK FIRE ESCAPE.
THEY'LL WALK
INTO A TURKEY SHOOT.
TELL THE MEN ON THE BACK
FIRE ESCAPE TO BACK OFF
UNTIL ORDERED.
RETURN FIRE, SIR?
NO, HE CAN BE TALKED DOWN,
I'M SURE OF IT.
IN ANY EVENT,
HE'S GOT THE SHRINK TOO CLOSE.
VALENTINE.
VALENTINE,
HOW DID WE COME TO THIS?
THINK, SON,
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU SHOT A FELLOW EATER.
YES, I DID, HUNTER. I DID THAT.
AND I REGRET THAT.
GOOD. JACK, THAT'S GOOD.
YEAH, WHAT I REALLY REGRET
IS THAT IT WASN'T YOU!
AAH!
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
YOU HAVE THE BAD TASTE
TO COME HERE, BOTHER PEOPLE,
AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
WHO SAID PEOPLE?
WE WANT YOU, MANLY.
WE GOT SOMETHING TO DISCUSS.
BRING 'EM.
WHAT THIS THING
WE GOT TO DISCUSS
ASIDE FROM YOU GOT OUR MAN
BURROUGHS ON PHONY CHARGES?
GEE, I DON'T KNOW,
PICK A SUBJECT.
SPREAD 'EM! GET DOWN!
AW, THIS IS A ROUST.
I DON'T KNOW.
DEFINE ROUST, HUH?
IS THIS WHAT YOU DO
WHEN YOU ROAST SOMEBODY?
YOU NEVER THREATEN COPS, PAL.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEVER,
EVER DO.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I CAN'T FIND ANY WEAPONS,
MICK, YOU?
I'M NOT DONE LOOKING.
I SEE YOU GOT NO RESPECT
FOR MY FINE THREADS.
OH, WHAT DO YOU THINK NORM?
MAYBE THE WEAPON
IS IN THE CLOTHES.
THE LINING, SURE.
ALL RIGHT, MEN,
LET'S HAVE YOUR JACKETS.
COME ON.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
WHAT'D THEY SAY?
THEY DIDN'T MAKE
MUCH CONVERSATION.
IS THAT THE LAST REFILL?
GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE BEEN PUT DOWN
AND PLOWED UNDER BY DIVISION,
BY LAWYERS, BY STREET COMERS
LO THESE MANY YEARS
AND TODAY WE STOOD UP
AND FOUGHT BACK.
HERE'S TO US.
ALL RIGHT.
PARTNER.
TO US.
HOW COME I DON'T SMELL
ANY GARBAGE?
BECAUSE THE WIND SHIFTED.
PATRICK, WHITE PANAMA HAT.
AND PURPLE SHOES,
AS PER MR. SLOAN'S ASSAILANT.
AS I LIVE AND BREATHE!
THIS GUY'S TOUGH TO COLLAR.
RENKO:
Y'ALL WANT SOME HELP, OFFICER?
STOP! POLICE!
UP AGAINST THE WALL!
LET'S GO! HAND'S OVER YOUR HEAD!
I'M CLEAN HERE.
THEN WHY THE 50-YARD DASH?
I'M LATE TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND.
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HER,
THE SOVEREIGN?
AH, HE'S SAVING HIS PENNIES
TO BUY A CRAP FRANCHISE.
MY GIRLFRIEND GAVE ME THAT.
IF IT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE MONEY,
PUT ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE
IN JAIL.
[BEEPING]
LET ME GUESS,
YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S CALLING.
ARE YOU WELL VERSED IN
LAB PROCEDURE MISTER, UH...
THURSTON?
THIS GUY WAS PRACTICALLY BORN
IN A TEST TUBE.
I'LL HAVE TO DO
SOME BACKGROUND CHECKING.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO CALL
MY REFERENCES,
BUT IT'S STILL
KIND OF EARLY IN HAWAII.
HE'LL WORK CHEAP,
WON'T YOU, MR. THURSTON?
WELL, WITHIN REASON
FOR A MAN OF MY CREDENTIALS.
GIVE THE MAN
A LITTLE DEMONSTRATION, SYNDEY.
OH, I WOULD LOVE TO, MAY I?
WOULD YOU?
HERE.
THIS. YOU GOT A SCALE?
IT'S ABOUT A HALF A POUND.
ACTUALLY, JUST A LITTLE UNDER.
THERE YOU GO.
AY, 0.46, BINGO!
VINEGAR?
ASCETIC ACID.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT INFORMAL
ABOUT LABELS IN HAWAII.
HAWAII.
ASCETIC ACID, VINEGAR, WHATEVER.
JUST A PINCH
OF THE UNIDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE.
ROCK IT OUT WITH A DASH
OF COBALT THIOCYNATE.
SAY THE TRAGIC, MAGIC WORDS.
OH, TURNS TO A BLUSHING BLUE.
MEANING?
MEANING IT'S GOT THE RIGHT BEAT
BUT AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW
WHETHER WE CAN DANCE TO IT.
CONFIRMATORY TEST?
YOU GOT ANY PLATINUM CHLORIDE
IN THE CUPBOARD?
OK, OK.
OK, OK, I'M HIRED?
OK, HE'S HIRED.
AND WE GET OUR REPORT, RIGHT,
MR. KRUGER?
YEAH, YEAH.
SEE YOU IN ONE HOUR, SYDNEY.
IT'S THE SUGAR FROM THE DONUTS.
WHAT IS?
THE SUGAR, IT'S A MOOD DEAL.
IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.
IT GOES UP AND DOWN,
DARRYLANN SAID THAT FOR ME.
WELL, IF IT AIN'T THE SUGAR
IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING.
WE GOT OFF EASY
ON THE GARBAGE DETAIL.
WE GOT TO DO TAP DANCING
ON SOME BAD GUYS' HEADS.
HAD A GOOD TIME.
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
- FURILLO.
- FURILLO?
AS IN CAPTAIN FURILLO.
JURY'S STILL OUT ON
WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL DISCIPLINE
ME FOR FLINGING THAT GARBAGE.
NO MAN, THAT'S JUST A REPRIMAND,
THAT'S A SLAP ON THE--
THEN WHAT DO I DO
BUT GO ROUSTING SOME HOODS
WITH YOU GUYS
LIKE A BUNCH OF DAMN ROOKIES.
THEY THREATENED YOUR LIFE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO ABOUT THAT, MAN?
THEY THREATENED YOUR LIFE.
DOESN'T THE CAPTAIN SEE?
DOESN'T HE REALIZE WHAT IT'S
LIKE STANDING OUT THERE,
WHILE CULLEN'S BEING STRUT PAST
US LIKE, PEACOCKS!
YOU GOTTA SEE IT FROM HIS SIDE.
HIS SIDE?
YEAH, SOMETHING
GOES WRONG LIKE THAT,
IT'S LIKE THE DEPARTMENT'S
RESPONSIBLE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]:
ALL UNITS IN VICINITY,
SHOOTING AT DUMP SITE.
CORNER OF HUDSON AND 111.
OPERATOR OF GARBAGE TRUCK DOWN.
[SIREN]
HIT IT! COME ON!
[TIRES SQUEAL]
GUY STARTING SHOOTING
AT HIM OUT OF NOWHERE.
EARL HAD A GUN. FIRED BACK.
PARAMEDICS WILL BE HERE,
PARTNER.
I GOT HIM.
BETWEEN THE LEGS, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- EARL, JUST LAY STILL.
- HE'S ABOUT MY HEIGHT.
EARL?
[CHOKING]
CAN YOU BACK UP, SIR?
I'VE GOT A PULSE.
HE'S NOT BREATHING,
NOT BREATHING.
START SOME VENTILATION.
IT'S BAD, RIGHT?
IT'S AN ABDOMINAL WOUND.
START SOME VENTILATION HERE.
HIS PULSE IS FADING.
WE'RE LOSING HIM,
WE'RE LOSING HIM.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE HIM.
COME ON, BREATHE, BREATHE.
THEY GONNA LOSE HIM, RENKO.
MORNING.
- MORNING GENTLEMEN.
- GOOD MORNING.
DRIVER'S STANDING BY OUT FRONT
TO TAKE ME TO FARMINGDALE.
BUT I HAD TO STOP BY AND SAY
IT'S A HELL OF A DAY
FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FRANK.
OUR MAN HILL SABOTAGING
THAT DOPE DEALER'S FUNERAL
PROCESSION, I LOVE IT.
HILL'S STUNT WAS PROVOCATIVE.
UNCONTROLLED.
AND NOW IT TURNS OUT--
AW, GEEZ, FRANK, TRY AND BE
A HUMAN BEING FOR ONCE--
AND NOW IT TURNS OUT WE MAY HAVE
A HOMICIDE BECAUSE OF IT.
SOMEBODY JUST SHOT
EARL PHILLIPS,
THE MAN WHO WAS DRIVING
THE TRUCK HILL WAS ON.
HIS CHANCES OF RECOVERY
ARE LOUSY.
- ONE OF CULLEN'S MEN?
- WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
PHILLIPS SHOT BACK,
WOUNDED THE MAN.
WE'RE CHECKING
ALL THE HOSPITALS.
WELL, OF COURSE,
THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.
BUT WORTH IT, CHIEF?
KEEP ME INFORMED
ON THE INVESTIGATION.
AND, FRANK,
ABOUT HILL'S BEHAVIOR,
TRY AND GET BEHIND YOUR MEN,
WILL YOU?
THEY AREN'T DIPLOMATS.
THIS AIN'T THE PEACE CORPS.
EXCELLENT WORK TODAY, OFFICER.
GUY WE WERE WITH OUT THERE
JUST DIED.
PHILLIPS?
YES.
THEN HE WAS A HERO.
MAN:
CHIEF DANIELS, JUST ONE MOMENT
OF YOUR TIME, PLEASE.
I HAVE A CAR WAITING FOR ME,
GENTLEMEN.
I HAVE TIME FOR ONE,
MAYBE TWO QUESTIONS.
RUSSO: WELL, MR. SLOAN?
FLAHERTY: TAKE YOUR TIME.
TAKE ALL DAY,
IT WON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.
HONEST TROOPER.
COULDN'T SEE THEIR FACES THEN.
I CAN'T SEE THEM NOW.
SORRY.
DON'T BE SORRY,
JUST GET YOUR EYES FIXED.
AND YOUR HEARING.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
OVER THERE MYSELF TO MAKE SURE.
NOT TODAY,
I'M ALL WORN OUT TODAY.
THEN TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S MORE DRIVE-BYS
ON YOUR STREET, MR. SLOAN.
IS THERE SOMETHING
I CAN DO FOR YOU TWO
NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME?
THANKS, BUT THAT'S
NOT NECESSARY, MR. SLOAN.
OH YEAH, IT IS.
I CAN WISE YOU UP.
YOU TWO AIN'T MARRIED, IS YOU?
NO.
WELL, YOU OUGHT TO BE.
TO EACH OTHER.
WHERE YOU GOING TO FIND YOURSELF
A WOMAN FINER THAN THIS ONE?
KINDER, PRETTIER.
MR. SLOAN.
OLD MAN'S PRIVILEGE.
I TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
GUY JUST CHECKED OUT OF
AN EMERGENCY ROOM AT MERCY,
HE'S A LITTLE SHORT ON MANHOOD.
FITS THE DESCRIPTION.
GET D.A. AUTHORIZATION
AND AN ARREST WARRANT.
WILL DO.
I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN A MINUTE, GUYS.
WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS.
THIS AIN'T YOUR STUFF.
COULD YOU GET ME
A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, DETECTIVE?
I'M TRYING OUT CERTAIN IDEAS,
CERTAIN COMBINATIONS IN A
DESIGNER FIELD OF MEDICATION.
MAYBE I'LL INVENT SOMETHING.
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT
THE NEUTRON BOMB, SYD.
WHERE'S KRUGER AT?
HE'S OVER AT O'MALLEY'S.
EVEN IF THE HEALTH INSPECTOR
WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR,
I STILL DON'T EAT THERE.
THE REPORT, SID?
OH YEAH, RIGHT.
TESTED MUCHO EL DOPO.
YOU DID GOOD, SYD.
THIS REALLY IS A RIGHTEOUS GIG.
I REALLY GOT TO THANK YOU
GUYS FOR PUTTING ME ON TO IT.
DON'T MENTION IT...
TO ANYBODY, SYD.
WHAT'S HE PAYING, BY THE WAY?
BETWEEN YOU AND KRUGER.
RIGHT.
HEY, MADAME CURIE,
GOT ANOTHER FIRE GOING THERE.
AH, GEEZ.
HOW ABOUT IT?
CAN WE TALK TO HIGBY?
THE DOCTOR SAYS NO.
IS THIS DOCTOR AWARE THAT
HIGBY'S UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER?
HE'S ALSO BEEN
UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
WHAT'S THE P.D. DOING IN THERE?
WATCHING HIM SLEEP?
LET ME TAKE A SHOT.
MS. DAVENPORT.
I'M SHORT ON TIME, LIEUTENANT.
THIS WON'T TAKE LONG.
HIGBY, CASE AGAINST HIM'S
A LOCK, RIGHT?
THERE'S THE GUN IN HIS CAR,
THE BLOOD ON HIS SHIRT,
A WITNESS ON THE STREET.
MOSTLY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
IF YOU'RE LEADING UP TO
SOME KIND OF DEAL
I'VE ALREADY TOLD THE D.A.
MY CLIENT'S NOT INTERESTED.
YOUR CLIENT'S A FLEA,
MS. DAVENPORT.
HE'S A MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE.
IT'S THE PEOPLE
WHO HIRED HIM WE WANT.
I TOLD YOU, LIEUTENANT,
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY DEALS.
I'M DUE IN COURT.
THIS IS A DEAL
WITH A DIFFERENCE, PLEASE.
WELL?
THING IS,
SEEING HIGBY'S DEFINITELY GOING
TO DO SOME TIME, PROBABLY A LOT.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT KIND
OF TIME HE'S GOING TO DO,
CONSIDERING HIS CONDITION.
WHAT CONDITION?
YOU'RE, AH, FAMILIAR WITH THE
EXACT NATURE OF HIGBY'S WOUND?
I AM, LIEUTENANT.
THEY WAY IT LIGHTENED HIM UP,
I MEAN.
SO NOW HE'S A LITTLE SHORT
IN THE,
AH, CRUCIAL EQUIPMENT
DEPARTMENT.
AS MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY,
WHAT'S THAT GOT
TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF BEANS?
I WOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING
THIS WITH YOUR GRANDMOTHER,
IT'S SORT OF A, DELICATE AREA.
I'M LISTENING.
IF HIGBY'S FELLOW INMATES
WERE TO SOMEHOW FIND OUT
HOW HE AIN'T THE MAN
HE USED TO BE--
HOW HE AIN'T EVEN A MAN AT ALL,
SO TO SPEAK--
YOU'RE SAYING HE'D BE ABUSED.
AS IN BADLY.
AND UNLESS HIGBY
NAMES HIS ALLEGED EMPLOYERS
YOU'D SEE TO IT THAT SOMEBODY
GOT THE WORD OUT?
THAT OFFER'S ASTOUNDINGLY
IMPROPER, LIEUTENANT.
YOU TRY IT AND I'LL HIT YOU
WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER.
JUST TELL HIM WHAT I TOLD YOU.
ALL RIGHT?
OF COURSE I'LL RELAY
TO MR. HIGBY ANYTHING
THAT'S RELEVANT TO HIS CASE.
ALL WE CAN ASK, COUNSELOR.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE SURVIVALIST
CONFERENCE, JACK?
HOW WE HARD
TO BIVOUAC IN THAT SWAMP,
AND WE WERE ONLY 50 YARDS
FROM THE HEADQUARTERS.
BUT THE FOG WAS SO THICK
WE JUST COULDN'T SEE IT.
AND REMEMBER, REMEMBER HOW
WE SANG SONGS
TO KEEP UP OUR SPIRITS?
SURE, SURE YOU DO, JACK.
LET'S SING NOW.
MAYBE...
I OUGHT TO TAKE OVER, HOWARD.
IS THAT AN ORDER, LIEUTENANT?
IT'S NO ORDER, HOWARD, I JUST
THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A TRY.
VALENTINE, THIS
IS LIEUTENANT GOLDBLUME.
OH.
OH. SWELL. SUPER!
NOW I GET THAT STEADY,
REASONABLE STUFF, HUH?
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH?
I ALREADY GOT A PSYCHOLOGIST
UP HERE, GOLDBLUME,
AND I'M ABOUT TO BLOW
HIS HEAD OFF!
NO PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF.
JUST A DIRECT APPEAL
TO YOUR INTELLIGENCE.
COME OUT. COME DOWN.
YOU CAN'T DO YOURSELF ANY
GOOD IN THERE, VALENTINE.
SURE, YOU GOT ME.
ONE CONDITION.
WHAT'S THAT?
YOU SHOOT HUNTER FOR ME AND TOSS
HIS BODY OUT WHERE I CAN SEE IT.
HA, HA, HA!
VALENTINE, VALENTINE,
LISTEN TO ME.
[LAUGHING CRAZILY]
HE'S REACHING SOME KIND
OF BREAKING POINT.
IF WE HAVE A SHOT,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT.
WE'RE STILL
IN THE TALKING MOMENT.
SHALL I TRY AGAIN?
JACK?
JACK, IT'S ME.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME, SON.
YOU ARE ANGRY AT ME.
AND I'M SURE THAT YOU FEEL
THAT YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT,
THAT I HAVE BEEN
POMPOUS OR VAIN ON OCCASION.
ON OCCASION! HA!
I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL, JACK.
OK, HUNTER, I'LL SING WITH YOU.
SAY AGAIN?
I REMEMBER THAT SONG WE SANG.
GOOD. JACK, GOOD.
♪ OVER HILL, OVER DALE ♪
BOTH:
♪ WE WILL HIT THAT DUSTY TRAIL ♪
♪ AS THE CAISSONS
GO ROLLING ALONG ♪
♪ COUNTER MARCH, RIGHT ABOUT ♪
♪ HEAR THE WAGON
SOLDIERS SHOUT ♪
♪ AS THOSE CAISSONS
GO ROLLING ALONG ♪
DO YOU FEEL IT, JACK?
♪ IT'S HI, HI, HEE-- ♪
NO!
NO MORE. NO MORE SINGING!
USING A SONG ON ME
LIKE I WAS A CHILD.
PLAYING ON MY FEELINGS
ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE.
BUT YOU WANTED TO SING, JACK.
YOU SAID, "I'LL SING WITH YOU."
DO YOU REMEMBER, JACK?
[BANGING]
I WON'T BE PLAYED ON ANY MORE.
NOT BY YOU, HUNTER,
NOT BY GOLDBLUME,
NOT BY THIS WORM
OF A PSYCHIATRIST I'VE GOT HERE.
YOU ARE LIKE METASTASIZED CELLS
EATING YOUR WAY INTO MY BRAIN!
[GUNSHOT]
MAN: GET THE MEDICS IN THERE.
[SIREN]
OK.
DR. KATCHMER, I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK,
BUT MUST TRY NOT TO BLAME JACK.
- HE WAS--
- I DON'T BLAME JACK.
I BLAME YOU,
THE GREAT LIEUTENANT HUNTER.
JACK TRUSTED YOU.
YOU WERE THE FATHER
HE NEVER HAD.
BUT YOU WERE TOO BUSY
HANGING UPSIDE DOWN
FROM THE CEILING
OR DATING TRANSSEXUALS.
HE TOLD YOU THAT?
READ YOU PRETTY HARD, SIR.
AH YES,
MAN'S OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING
FROM NEGATIVE TRANSFERENCE.
RECALL DOCKET N695314.
RAUL BENETIZ.
I DON'T SEE MS. DAVENPORT.
OH, SHE'S ON ANOTHER CASE,
YOUR HONOR.
I'M COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE.
UNDERSTAND. DO WE HAVE
OUR LAB REPORT?
IN THAT CASE, I'M GRANTING
DEFENSE'S REQUEST FOR PAROLE.
GOT IT, YOUR HONOR.
NO SWEAT. FELONY WEIGHT.
WHAT DID YOU DO, BUY THE GUY
A TICKET TO THE BAHAMAS?
DON'T ANSWER THAT.
THIS LOOKS IN ORDER. OK.
I THINK WE'RE
READY FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING.
- OH, MAN.
- THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
AND MAY I ADD THIS IS
AN EXAMPLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKING
HAND IN HAND.
[YAWNS] THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW QUICKLY HIGBY
ROLLED OVER ON HIS BOSSES.
YEAH, WELL, THE REMAINDER
OF HIS PRIVATES WERE IN DANGER.
WOMAN: AAH!
POLICE! FREEZE!
FREEZE!
GET UP THERE!
COME ON, GET UP THERE.
COME ON, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
I'LL PUT YOU IN THE DAMNED
GARBAGE TRUCK, MANLY.
TURN IN HERE,
AND FACE THE COUNTER,
AND SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH.
MOVE! MOVE! COME ON!
ALL RIGHT, JOHN MANLY,
BUTCH JONES, DAVID MORRISON.
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER,
ALL THREE OF THEM.
LIEUTENANT?
CHIEF DANIELS SAYS THAT THE
ARREST OF CULLEN'S MEN QUOTE,
"STRIKES THE HEAVY BLOW AGAINST
DRUG TRAFFIC HERE ON THE HILL."
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
SURE, FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR AT
LEAST, DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.
LOOK AT THAT, PARTNER,
BIGGEST BUST
SINCE THE BRINKS JOB.
AND WE COULD HAVE HAD
A TASTE OF IT
IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PULLED
US OFF TRASH DETAIL.
HEY, CAN'T SAY TOO DAMN BAD,
WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL
OURSELVES TODAY.
I HAVE
TO HAND IT TO YOU, GENTLEMEN,
I HEARD YOU REALLY PULLED
THE RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT
WITH THAT LAB TEST.
JUST A COUPLE OF GUYS DOING
OUR JOBS, MS. DAVENPORT.
TWO WEEKS WORTH OF WORK,
SCORCHED BY THAT ARSONIST
YOU PALMED OFF ON ME
AS A CHEMIST.
EXCUSE ME, WHAT CHEMIST?
AH, POLICE BUSINESS,
MS. DAVENPORT.
COULD WE DISCUSS
THIS IN PRIVATE, MR. KRUGER?
PLUS THAT MORON LIFTED
THREE GRAMS OF COKE,
PROBABLY OUT FRYING HIS
PEA BRAIN RIGHT NOW.
UH, MUST BE
SOME KIND OF MISTAKE, SIR.
ONLY MISTAKE IS
I LET YOU TALK ME INTO BELIEVING
THAT LIZARD HAD A DEGREE.
I CALLED A REFERENCE NUMBER
ON HIS APPLICATION
AND GOT THE BLUE BIRD OF
HAPPINESS MASSAGE
PARLOR IN HONOLULU.
EXCUSE ME, DETECTIVE,
WHAT WAS THE NAME
OF THAT CHEMIST YOU HIRED?
THURSTON. SYDNEY THURSTON.
NO WAY.
HOWARD, HOW ARE YOU?
I JUST TALKED
TO VALENTINE'S DOCTOR.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO BE A LONG ROAD BACK FOR HIM.
YEAH.
I THOUGHT I COULD REACH HIM.
TRUTH IS, I WASN'T VERY GOOD
OUT THERE TODAY.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING JOSTLED
BY SHADOWS.
YOU DID FINE.
WELL, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING
TO GET A CHANCE TO PUT THIS ON.
WELL...
ANY WORD
FROM THE REVIEW BOARD YET?
NO.
[CAT CRYING]
OFFICER ALLEN.
[CAT CONTINUES TO CRY]
GOOD HUNTING, OFFICER.
I WANT BENETIZ PAROLED AND THE
LAB REPORT REDONE RIGHT AWAY.
CAPTAIN, THE GUY WAS LEGALLY
HIRED BY A BONA FIDE LAB,
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
THE PROBLEM IS YOUR CHEMIST HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF FOUR FELONIES,
AND HE GOT HIS DEGREE
AT HARRISONVILLE
FOR MAKING LICENSE PLATES.
NOW GET OUT OF HERE
AND DO YOUR JOBS RIGHT.
RIGHT, CAPTAIN.
IT'S A CASE
OF MISGUIDED INITIATIVE.
SORRY.
DR. THURSTON, I PRESUME?
YOU'RE COMING WITH US, SYD.
YOU MIGHT WANT IN
ON THIS, LIEUTENANT.
COME ON, GUYS! QUE PASA!
SNITCHES COURT
IS NOW IN SESSION.
EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A,
TWO GRAMS OF ROCK
FOUND IN THE DEFENDANT'S
SHIRT POCKET.
HEY, COME ON,
I WENT TO BAT FOR YOU GUYS.
SNITCHES COURTS? THIS IS MORE
LIKE KANGAROO COURT.
EXHIBIT B, $100 FOUND
IN THE DEFENDANT'S PANTS POCKET.
THE DEFENDANT WILL RISE.
THE DEFENDANT, SYDNEY THURSTON,
IS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME
OF RIPPING OFF CERTAIN
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
WHILE TRICKING FOR HIS EMPLOYERS
AT KRUGER'S LAB.
WHAT'S THE VERDICT?
VERDICT? WHAT ABOUT THE FAIR
AND ADEQUATE DEFENSE PART?
GUILTY.
- GUILTY.
- ON TO SENTENCING.
COME ON! WAIT!
THE JURORS WILL KEEP IN MIND
THAT THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIMES,
ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT
THE DEFENDANT CLEARED A BUST
AND PUT HIS EMPLOYERS
IN A JACKPOT WITH THEIR BOSS.
LISTEN, I DIDN'T COP THIS STUFF.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WAS TAKEN FROM MY PRIVATE LAB
FOR SOME EXTRACURRICULAR
TESTING.
WELL, JURORS?
$100 FINE.
PLUS TEN PIECES OF INFORMATION,
GRATIS.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT THIS.
COURT'S ADJOURNED.
THE DEFENDANT CAN GO.
I'LL GO.
THE NEXT TIME YOU NEED
A CHEMIST, CALL MR. WIZARD.
GEEZ, NORM.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT
I DECIDED ABOUT DISCIPLINE--
I DON'T.
THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE.
I JUST...
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
ABOUT?
ABOUT HOW I'M NOT HAPPY WITH...
I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE
BEING A COP TODAY, CAPTAIN.
I DON'T JUST MEAN THE GARBAGE.
WE ROUSTED CULLEN'S MEN TODAY.
WE?
A COUPLE OF THE GUYS.
AFTER WE TALKED?
- YEAH.
- A ROUST?
THAT'S SOMETHING
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT,
BUT A ROUST IS SOMETHING
WE SOMETIMES DO.
BUT AFTER THIS MORNING, CAPTAIN,
WHEN I LOST IT,
I LOST CONTROL, I...
I HAVE THE FEELING
YOU RAN AMUCK, OFFICER HILL?
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
KNOW THAT YOU'RE A GOOD COP.
MOST DAYS.
KNOW IT.
THIS IS JENSEN COLLIER
ON LOCATION
AT THE CULLEN DRUG KING
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A COUPLE
THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.
CAN'T REALLY TELL
FROM THE PICTURES.
TRY AND TOUCH THE COFFIN...
I'M NOT GUESSING FROM THE TV.
IT'S DIFFICULT
TO EXPLAIN WHY SO MANY...
I HOOKED SCHOOL
TODAY TO CHECK IT OUT.
DOES THAT MAKE ME BAD?
I'M NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT
YOU'RE PLAYING HOOKY.
BUT NO, BABE, DON'T GO THINKING
BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT YOURSELF.
I MEAN, MY MOTHER
AND MY SISTER DIED FROM DOPE.
AND THERE I WAS CHASING
SOME PUSHER'S FUNERAL
LIKE IT WAS A CIRCUS.
BABE...
[TV TURNS OFF]
WHEN I WAS A KID,
A GUY GOT SHOT AT THE BARBERSHOP
DOWN THE CORNER.
SOME HOODLUM, VERY BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY CADILLACS
WERE AT HIS FUNERAL?
ELEVEN.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY 11?
I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING
ALONGSIDE COUNTING THEM.
THERE WAS 20 THERE TODAY.
YEAH.
LAST YEAR WE TAKE TWO WEEKS
AT THE BEACH, RAINS TEN DAYS.
NEVER FAILS.
SAME THING HAPPENED
THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
HAILSTORM TOO.
HAILSTORM IN AUGUST!
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]:
ALL UNITS, MAN WITH A SHOTGUN
SIGHTED AT 115TH,
ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF DECKER,
CORNER HOUSE.
[SIREN]
[SHOUTING]
SHOTGUN! RUN! RUN!
GET OUT OF HERE!
[SIRENS]
THERE HE IS.
POLICE, DROP THE WEAPON.
DROP THAT GUN NOW!
SIR!
JOHN, NO! NO!
WE TOLD HIM TWICE.
TWICE, CAPTAIN.
WE YELLED, "DROP THE GUN,"
AND HE WHEELS ON US.
HE LEFT US NO WAY TO GO.
WHAT THE HELL?
IS HE DEAF OR SOMETHING?
YEAH, AS A MATER OF FACT HE WAS.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
OH, MAN.
GIVE YOUR SIDEARMS TO S.I.A
AND GO TAKE A BREATHER.
WANNA WE GET A BEER?
YEAH.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS]
HERE'S TO MUSIC.
GOD LOVE IT.
YOU LIKE JAZZ?
SURE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
IF I EXACTLY UNDERSTAND IT,
BUT...
IF IT'S MUSIC,
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT
I CAN PUT ON SOMETHING ELSE.
HEY, I LOVE IT.
ALL MUSIC.
ESPECIALLY WHEN
SOMETHING BAD'S GONE DOWN.
WITHOUT MUSIC I COULD LIE IN BED
ALONE ALL NIGHT LONG
DOING INSTANT REPLAYS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YEAH, I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.
PATRICK, IS THIS WISE?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYS]