Miami Vice (1984–1989): Season 5, Episode 20 - Leap of Faith - full transcript

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Come on, Swain,
you be a sweet man.

Just a little
something up front,

till I can put
something together.

The only thing
you got together
is lots of dumb nerve.

You tell me
it's gonna be payday
for what you already owe,

get me to make a house call,
then ask for more free rides?

Just a couple of vials.

Take anything in the house
you want.

You must think I'm
the fool of the neighborhood.

This isn't
the kind of junk...



(GLASS SHATTERING)

...I deal in.

You got no cause to do that.

You owe me and you's about
to find out the hard way that
Swain is as tough as the rent.

Swain, now look.

Just a couple of vials.

That's all I'm asking for,
that's all I want.

I'm gonna pay you as soon
as I got the money. Come on.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello.
LYNETTE: Hello, Valerie?

Lynette? Hi, honey.
How are you?

I'm scared, Val.

Mama's started using again

and there's
this man in there
breaking everything



and Mama can't stop him.

She can't stop anything.

Okay, are you
at the same place?

All right, stay put.

I'm coming down
and I'll get you
some help, all right?

YVONNE: Don't break
nothing else, Swain.

Please don't break
nothing else.

SWAIN: Well, well, you're
not much of a housekeeper,
now, are you, Yvonne?

All right, Swain,
we straight now?

Straight?

(CRASHING)

You trashed my place.

(PHONE RINGING)

This is Tubbs.

Valerie?

Hey, baby, how you doing?
You in Miami?

Yeah, sure,
I know the address.

A patrol car
can get there faster.

Yeah, okay,
we'll keep it family.

I don't know.
Okay, I had that coming.

Just give me enough
for a couple of days,
to keep the lamp lit

and by next payday
I'll know the rules.

You think this puts you
off the books?

That you got another
tab coming?

I was just talking rules,
Swain. I mean, you tell me.

Swain's rules are simple.
Pay me now or pay me now!

(YVONNE SCREAMING)

You pay me now!
LYNETTE: Swain!

Get off of her!
Don't!

This whole family needs
to be taught some manners.

You'll get your lesson when
I'm finished with your mama.

(SOBBING)

Oh God,
you know not to
play with my money!

Hold it! Police!

(WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA)

Thank you.

Hello.

So how you feeling?

Great.
This is how
I get my kicks.

You want to tell me
who did this to you?

Look, I didn't ask you
to jump into my life
and play the hero.

Don't you want
to get this guy?

All I want to do is
get the hell out of here.

Mama, why don't you...
Would you shut up?
Shut up!

Okay.

I just want you to know
that I'll be in touch.

Where are you going?

Mama,
I'm gonna tell him.

You don't want
Swain coming back.

Look, Swain is
the only connection I got.

Now, he got to come back.

I mean, all I got to do
is find him the money,
like he said.

You want to give him money?

For your lousy dope.
Mama, don't you ever
think about me?

Look, I care about you.
I mean, look, I really
care about you.

It's just that, you know,
it hurts inside.

It's the pain that
I'm feeling inside.

Lynette,
you gonna help your mama?

Just help your mama,
okay, babe? Come on.

I'm sorry
I've done this to you,
but I just need some help.

I just need somebody
to take care of me
right now if that's okay.

And Swain, you know,
he can do it.

I think he can
really do it for me.

All I got to do is find him
the money and everything
is gonna be okay, okay?

Good.

Switek pulled the logs on
the Morelli surveillance,

but he had to take off
and go to a GA meeting.

So Castillo wants
us to check them out.

You find another planet
to spend the day on,
take me with you.

Oh, I'm sorry.
What did you say?

The Morelli file,
it's due today.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna dot the "l"s
and cross the "T"s.

You all right, partner?

Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.

I just didn't get
too much sleep last night.

I bet I can guess why.

I wish that was the reason.

SONNY: Hello, Valerie.

How are you?

How are you doing,
Sonny?

I'm good. You down here
for business or pleasure?

Maybe both.

Yeah, well,

it's my day to
catch the bad guy,
so I got to go find one.

I'll see you all later.
Don't mind me. I'll be busy.

Will see you. Bye.

Same old Sonny.

Yeah, same old Sonny.

Thanks for helping out.

I talked to
Lynette from the airport
and she told me what you did.

Oh, come on,
I didn't do anything.

I can't even ID
the chump that did it.

And Yvonne didn't help,
right?
Right.

You know how it is
with domestic calls.

No matter what you do,
you're still a cop.

How'd you and Yvonne hook up?

Oh, well,
we grew up in Park Slope.

We were very close
for many years.

You know her daughter?

I'm her godmother.

She called you.

She's a good kid, Rico.
I've got to help them both.

I mean,
it hasn't been
easy for Yvonne.

She had a baby at 18,
a dropout husband

and nothing but
mean streets to walk in.

Definitely not a picnic, huh?

You know, Val, I wish...

I wish I could
just get to her.

You're not only a cop,
but you're a man, Rico.

Let me talk to her.
Maybe I can find out
this guy's name, okay?

Okay.

Valerie, don't spend
all your time working.

This wouldn't be
an invitation for
dinner, would it?

Could be.

How about 8:00?

For old times' sake.

Sounds good, Detective.

I can't believe
you won't let the police
take care of this guy Swain.

Hey, he ain't so bad.

Mama, he almost killed you.

YVONNE:
He could have done worse.

Hey, look, Val,
I'm glad you're here.

You did right
to call her, baby.

Yvonne,

you know, we've beaten
this thing before.

But this time, I want
to get you into a program.

YVONNE: I've been
thinking about that myself.

Yeah.

All right.

Look,
I've got to get back to
the hotel and make some calls.

Why don't I
change and come back
and then we all go out?

Well, I got something
to do tonight.

Maybe you just go
see about that program.

Okay. Well, then
I'll call you tomorrow?

Okay.

Val, look,
I hate to do this,

but I need some cash.

Oh.

VALERIE:
Why did you have to
ask me for it, Yvonne?

Why?
Why did you have
to ask me for it?

Look, Val,
I just don't
feel right inside.

Just till
I get on the program.

Don't, she'll only
give it to Swain.

Would you be quiet.
Now, this is between
old friends, right, Val?

Right.
For old friends.
Yeah, for old friends.

But tomorrow, old friend,
I am taking you and putting
you in a program myself.

Okay.

Yeah,
give me a hundred win
and place on the sixth

in the first at Gulfstream,
will you?

(CLEARING THROAT)

Yeah, yeah, I used
to be the same way.

Yeah, always thinking
I could make it back in
the ninth. Some system, huh?

Right. Okay, yeah.
Call me any time. Yeah.

We got a mutual support
network.

We call each other
when we're thinking
about making a bet.

So those meetings are
working out for you, huh?

Oh, sure.

I went there with
the wrong attitude,

but after hearing people
coping with their problems,

it turned me around.

That's terrific, Stan.
Keep it up.

Absolutely.

I need those meetings
just as bad as anyone
else there.

And I owe it
all to you and Rico.
You guys got me to go.

Yeah, Switek.

VALERIE: I want to take
Lynette out of this situation.

Maybe you can get
Yvonne into a program.

I can try.

But the question is,
whether she'll stay
in it or not.

In the meantime,
I think we got a program to
be thinking about of our own.

What's that?

Are you trying to kick
or break an old habit?

In the beginning,
you make habits.

In the end,
habits make you.

And you're
the only habit I got.

You still know how
to make me feel good.

Okay, Swain,
here's the $200 I owe

and another $100
for five of your best.

Uh-huh. We don't
do business no more.

You waste
too much of my time.

But, Swain,
that's money I don't owe.
That's money I don't owe.

That's a late
payment penalty.

A little vig
for my patience.

No, no, no, Swain,
I got to have something.

I got to have it.
I got to have it.

Get off me, woman! And be
happy I'm calling us even.

No, Swain!
You can have me.

Any way you like it.

You'd have to pay me.

Come on, now,
Swain.

But there is something
you can deal with, though.

Okay, tell me, come on.

You're talking
about my little girl?

Oh, she's not so little.

No way!

There's a lot
of woman on her.

And look at the jewels.

Oh, please, Swain...

Come on, baby.

Look, somebody
gonna turn her out.

Why not me?

Who says you can't mix
business with pleasure?

What are you
doing in here?

Your mama and I made
a little arrangement
about you.

LYNETTE:
No, please.
Get away from me.

Swain!
LYNETTE: No.

I didn't mean it.
Yeah, you crazy.
You crack crazy.

(CRYING)

Now, we had a deal.

And don't you dare
try to break it again.

Now, is it a deal?

Well, how do you expect
us to fill out the forms
if we don't have them?

(WHISTLING)
Thank you.

The Morelli report.
A model of police paperwork.

What the hell are you
so cheery about?

Hey, man,
my buddy, my friend.

Last night Val and I
had dinner together.
I mean, just dinner.

But I think we're both
on the same road now.

Yeah, well, go slow,
old buddy, old pal.

Hey, man,
I am talking life's highway.

Nice and easy all the way.

No, no, I made a lot
of mistakes and I did a lot of
wrong, but not this time, man.

Yeah, I'm Switek, Narcotics.
Yeah, hold on.

Tubbs, line four. It's Val.

Nice and easy.

Hey, sweetheart,
how you doing?

I'll be right there.

She had the money.

She was gonna
pay Swain off.

Why did he have to kill her?

From what you told me,
Yvonne had a pretty
serious jones.

She could've bought
from another dealer.

Besides,
when you're dealing with
lowlife like Swain, hell,

they're liable to
off you just for kicks.

Oh God, I feel
so responsible for this.

Valerie.

Valerie, you had to
give her the money.

If you hadn't
have given it to her,

she'd have
gotten it off the street.

What did the neighbor say?

She heard some screams,
then she saw Lynette
running down the hallway.

Poor... She must've
saw whatever happened

and just taken off.

Anyway, we got to find her.

She must be scared as hell
of Swain.

She can't be
too hard to find.

I'll put out an APB.
Then we'll split up
and do some checking.

Hey, hey.

It's gonna be all right.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

And ol?.

Listen, I have to audition
a new dance instructor here.

Let me talk to you
in just one second,
okay?

Well, what about the Mexican
peso, Mr. Ramirez?

It's been very depressed
lately.

Well, if I was a Mexican peso,
I would be as depressed
as well.

If you want a thrill,

I would discuss a little
AT&T stock options.

Many applications
for everyone.

What is it this time,
lzzi?

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

And also financial advice.

Well, don't financial planners
have to have a license?

This lady's a friend of mine
from New York

and she's right
about the license.

So, am I
out of business?

If this is harmless
and you do us a favor,

maybe we can waive
the license for a while.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

A crack dealer named Swain.

Never heard of him.

He likes to
beat up women.

Doesn't narrow it down much.

Your corner crack pusher
is not the usual
modus oportunis, plantaro.

I want this one so bad,

that I'm beginning
to get a nosebleed.

Comprendo?

Si. Comprendo.
I do what I can.

Gracias.

(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)

I bet
baseball, football,
hoops, horses, dogs.

That's right.
I bet the rent
money on an animal,

but nothing mattered
but the action.

JANE: That's right.

And you keep on betting,
even when you're losing
everything.

Your car, your house,
your husband.

Jane's right.
That's exactly
the way it is.

But now it's been one year,
365 days since I made a bet.

(PEOPLE CLAPPING)

Is there anyone else?
Yeah.

Hi, everybody. I just want
to say that after gambling
for 40 years...

Yeah, it's a bug for 44.
What's still open for tonight?

All right, all right.
Iowa minus eleven,
Utah plus four,

Indiana State plus the six.

Give me a dime on each.

Yeah, yeah,
I know what my figure is.

Look, do you want
the action or not?

Okay.

Life deals
such low blows
to good people.

And now Lynette.

Valerie.

What's going to happen
to Lynette?

Oh, Valerie.

Oh, I need to be held.

You feel so good.

Oh, I'm ruining our dinner,
aren't I?

Forget about the dinner
and come here.

Oh, I love you.

I feel good

(SCATTING)

Man, two days in a row.
This is starting to get
depressing.

Yeah?
Well, I feel
like I'm 18, man.

Driving my convertible
on the way to a Yankee game.

Yeah, well, don't forget
what I said, go slow.

Yeah, that's
what you said before.

It's not like I just
met Val yesterday, man.

Yeah, well.

You know, you two
just have a history

of being in the wrong
place at the wrong time.

I mean,
you haven't seen
her in three years, man.

Don't forget, she came down
here to be with her friend,
to help her friend out.

Yeah.

And we meet again and
it's hotter than ever before.
What's wrong with that, Sonny?

Nothing wrong with that,
man, nothing.

But you don't know
what's going on with her.

Yeah, well, I love her
enough to marry her.

You're kidding.

I'm serious.

You don't trust your feelings
anymore, Sonny.

Every since Caitlin died,
everything tastes sour
to you, man.

Oh, man, come on,
that's out of line, man.
You don't have to talk...

Hey, look, you want to
push the whole world out
and I want to live in it.

I don't need
you to tell me how.

So we haven't
found that girl yet.

It's funny, you know.

Think a girl in shock
would be easy to find.

Yeah, well,
Valerie's got some ideas

and we're gonna
check it out.

Okay. Well,
I'll see you
later then, huh?

We're on the same case.

(MIXED UP, SHOOK UP GIRL
PLAYING)

You're looking
fresh and fine.

You know, I've been
thinking about Lynette.

You know, where she would go
when things got rough for
her at home.

Anything we can use?

The park.
There's a park
on Fourth Street.

Yeah, I know the park.

We can cover that
in about an hour.

Lynette, can I talk
to you for a minute?

No.

(SOBBING)

He raped me, he raped me.

Detective Crockett and Tubbs.

Hi.
How are you?

Detective,
I'm Dr. Ellen Hardy.

I'm here to
talk to Lynette.

Good. She's in
the next room there.

Is she awake yet?

Yeah, she is.

But she's too upset
to talk to anyone.

Excessive,
but this is precisely
when she should talk to me.

Well, I'm sorry,
but you know,
I know this girl,

and she's far too fragile
to talk to anybody right now.

Possibly in
a couple of days.

I disagree.
It's important treatment
start as soon as possible.

Well, look,
let me worry about

taking care of her,
all right?

Then I will
let you know.

Meanwhile,
let's let the police,

you know,
take care of this man
who has done this to her.

Hell, the same man
that has killed her mother.

I'll respect your request,
Detective.

But tomorrow
I talk to her.

Guys, she is way too upset
to talk to anybody right now.

You know,
I wish you could
just get this guy.

We're working on it, Val.

Well, can you work on it
a little faster?

You know, maybe you can stand
the fact that he's out there
enjoying life

after what he's done,
but I can't.

MAN ON TV:
It was Carolina State 75,

Iowa 68.

New Mexico 67, Utah 61.

Georgetown 81
and Indiana State 70.

And now, turning to the NBA.
The Lakers have...

(SIREN WAILING)

Hey.

Hey, what are you doing?

Hey, what the hell
are you doing?

Collecting what you
owe the man, Stanley.

This trash you drive wouldn't
cover what you lost tonight.

Hey, look,
he'll get his money.

Stay out of my life!
Stay out of my life!

Hey, come back here, you!

Hey, you,
open the door.

Hey, hey!
That's my truck.

Where you going with that?

The man will kill you.
Come back here, you nut.

I'm sorry about the way
I jumped all over you
and Sonny.

It's no sweat.
We know how you feel.

I want Swain bad.

Yeah, we all do.

But, you know, Val,

you got to start
thinking about something else.

Rico, I don't know. I...

I need some time.

Why don't you have a seat,
just for a second.

You know,
we're not kids anymore.

I do understand how you feel.

God knows,
this isn't the perfect moment.

There are no perfect moments.

Valerie,
I'm in love with you.

I want to marry you.

Rico,

right now I just need
to be here for Lynette.

Look.

You shouldn't try to
take this whole thing on
your own shoulders, you know.

I mean,
I could really help.

Rico,
I'm not trying
to shut you out.

Did you hear
what I asked you?

Yes, I heard.
I heard you.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

So where in the hell
is lzzi? Damn hustler.

He's got
a few minutes left.

What's the matter,
partner?

It's Val.
I can't get her to
say where she stands.

This case is coming
between us for some reason.

Yeah.
Yeah, that can happen.

You got something to say,
say it, Sonny.

Okay.

I think there's
something funny about

Val's involvement
in this whole thing.

Like the way she keeps
Lynette away from us,
from talking to us.

And how she suddenly

knew exactly where,
in all of Miami,
the kid could be found.

So you're saying
that she's holding
something out on us.

You asked.

Yeah, that was
the first mistake.

Rico, man...

Hey, are we all on
the same page here
or what?

I mean,
is there some problem
I should know about?

No, there's no problem.
What you got?

Mojito. Address of a crack
house run by a guy named
Cordera.

Swain is there from
10:00 to 11:00 every night

to pick up
his street stash.

Drives a great
big white Caddy.
You're very welcome.

Don't worry, lzz.

When we retire,
we'll give you our
pension funds to invest.

Well, it might be
too late, man.
Swain is bad.

Stone evil.
Watch your assets.

(TV PLAYING)

Time to wake up, Stanley.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

I hear you don't
want me in your life.

If you
keep acting the way
you did the other night,

you're not going
to have a life.

You want the car, take it.
I don't care anymore.

We can be reasonable.

You keep the car.

Instead, you do me a favor.

What kind of favor?

What difference does it make?
You got to do it.

We own you now, Stanley.

You must understand that.

We own you.

(RAP MUSIC PLAYING)

How come you got to check
every single bag, Swain?

Think I'm gonna
short you a rock?

Just making sure
I get what I paid for.

You know,
you're too smalltime

to have such
a big attitude, Swain.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Then, maybe
you haven't noticed,

but I'm moving up
in the world.

And the first thing
I'm gonna do

is put you
out of business.

Try it, Swain.

Kill. I'll kill you.

Dead.

You're not a very smart man,
Manuel.

You never figured I'd
line up a new supplier?

The word, baby,
that's what's happening.

I'm in and you're out.

You ready for us
to bring them in?

Will he know I'm here?

He doesn't know anything.

There have been
no charges yet.

He agreed to
do the lineup.

The rest is up to you.

He can't see you, honey.
And this will only take
a minute, okay?

Okay.

All right, bring them in.

They're all yours.
Just take your time.

Just count
from left to right,
until you find him.

He's not there.

Lynette.

I don't see him. None of
them is the Swain I knew.

I said I don't see him.

That's the truth.
I don't see him.

Come on.

Man, I've seen witnesses
blow an ID before,

but never one that easy.

Well, she could've just
gotten so hysterical
that she blanked out.

Yeah,
and there could be two
crack dealers named Swain.

Sure.

So why did
she let him walk
when we had him, huh?

Who knows?

Valerie whisked her
out of there so quickly,

we didn't have
a chance to ask her.

Wait a minute.

You think Valerie had
something to do with this,
don't you?

You got to admit, partner.
A lot of things don't add
up here.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Lynette, where...

Lynette go running off
to the park again?

I'm glad you're here.

Are you really glad, Val?

Rico, listen, I...

No, you listen.

Tell me if I'm wrong, Val.

You had Lynette
all the time, didn't you?

We couldn't find her
until you let us, right?

Rico,
I didn't know what to do.
We both needed more time.

To get to Swain?

No, that's not it.
You don't understand.

Yeah, I understand that
little performance that
went on at the lineup.

Nobody bought that,
not even you.

Well,
it surprised me, too.
Rico, it's all gone wrong.

It's the way you played it.
Where's Lynette?

When we came back
from Metro, you know,

I tried to talk to her,
but she kept on crying,

and she said she was
too tired to think.

So she went to take a nap.

I went out for a walk.
When I came back,
she was gone.

You telling me
you don't know
where she is?

Rico, I swear to God
I don't know where she is.

I'll call Metro
and get Swain's address.

Rico, my gun's not here.

Hello,
this is Detective Tubbs.

I need the address
of a suspect who was booked
last night. The name is Swain.

Billy Swain.
Yeah, I'll hold.

Rico,
there's something else
that you don't know about.

Oh, really? Something else
that you didn't bother to
tell me about?

What a surprise.
Okay, thank you.
I got it.

So, you came over for
another little taste
of Swain.

And brought some
party groceries with you.

You got glasses?
The bottle's fine.

You know,

the police rousted me
last night.

I thought
it was because of you.

I didn't do that.

Yeah.

I figured your mama
wouldn't want that.

Where else is she gonna
score on credit without me?

Does your mama know
you're here?

You giving this away free
or is this another deal?

Mama's dead.

She OD'd or what?

Somebody killed her.

You crazy.
I ain't killed your mama.

I know you didn't, Swain.
Because I did.

You killed your mama?

After you had your fun
with me, I went out to her.

I was hurt bad.

But she was too high to care
that she sold her daughter
for a little crack.

She got mad at me
for crying.

Said I was to get
used to you having me.

Something just went off inside
of my head

and all of a sudden,
I saw a kitchen knife
in my mama's back.

Now, look, you got
to be cool about this.
You want to deal, Swain?

Deal? For what?
Your life.

Lynette! Easy.

Easy.

VALERIE: You can't do this.

Come on.
Give me the gun, come on.

You better pack up your crib,
Swain.

You're gonna be in jail
for a long time.

What's happening?

Lynette's with
the doctor now.

Sonny's making sure
everything goes smooth
with the juvenile authorities.

What was I supposed to do,
Rico, turn her in for murder?

You knew it wasn't murder.
You knew that.

I knew that they were going to
take Lynette away and Swain
would walk.

So you decided to frame him?

Tell me this.

You never once, never once
wanted to frame anybody?

I'd be lying
if I said that.

But I never did.
You're a cop, Val.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

A burned-out cop, Rico,
and you knew that.

You could have told me
the truth, Valerie.

I was afraid
they were going to
send her to prison.

She would have
never made it.

You didn't have to fake it.

There were some things
that I didn't fake, Rico.

It's too late for us,
isn't it?

Woman...

I'm sorry, Rico.

I'm so very sorry.

Valerie.

Where are you going?

After the hearing,
if they drop the charges,

back to New York.

I'm gonna give them this.