NYC 22 (2012): Season 1, Episode 2 - Firebomb - full transcript
All right, listen up.
First order of business,
let's welcome our rookies
to their first midnight tour.
This is one in a long list
of things you're gonna do
in your first year.
Contrary to popular belief,
midnights is not
a punishment shift,
unless you're Martini and Moore.
Everyone here wants to be here.
Better than being with my wife.
Really, 'cause I was
with your wife last night,
and I thought she was...
All right, all right, all right.
Per your training sergeant,
Perry, you're with McLaren.
Toney, you're with Khan.
Sanchez, why don't you
stay with Harper.
Sergeant Howard?
Anti-Crime has gotten some intel
on one of our baby gangs,
the Mafia Skull Crackaz.
Apparently, they're looking
to grow up fast.
Word is that they're hanging out
with big fish,
and they're looking
to score guns.
So, you hear,
you see anything,
I want to be the first
one to know, all right?
All right,
that's it for tonight.
Stay safe, and I'll see you
on the other side.
Sarge, what gives?
Different tour,
different teams.
Keeps it interesting.
Aw, I know
you're gonna miss me.
Just try not to cry.
Those are tears of joy.
Is it our destiny
to be like that?
I hate to break it to you;
you're already there.
Some cops are just creatures
of the night.
20 years of moonlight.
Or 20 years of bear claws.
Uh, you know a rapper
named Monsta White?
Yeah, Monsta, we shuttered
many clubs back in the day. Why?
He's playing a cop in a movie.
He wants to shadow
you for a few tours.
Uh, boss, honestly,
I'd rather not.
Yeah, I'd rather you not,
too, but this is coming
direct from the Puzzle Palace.
What, the toy store?
Headquarters.
The commissioner's
son is a big fan.
So, he's gonna meet you here.
You and Khan do your
patrol as usual.
Try not to get him killed.
Tonight?
Yes, tonight.
Okay, let's hustle.
Would you look at this?
It's, like, busier now than
it is at 4:00 in the afternoon.
You got the guppies,
the yuppies.
You got the old school,
new school,
middle school,
Rastafarians, trustifarians.
Man, if I didn't know better,
I'd think we were in the
Lower East Side. See that?
That's old-school
Harlem right there.
Christmas lights up
all out of season.
Yeah, that ain't
old-school nothing.
That's just plain lazy.
Jersey plates?
Maybe looking for an address.
Did you see what I just saw?
I do believe I did.
I did. How you doing?
22 post 32.
Uh, could I have training
sergeant 85 me non-emergency
at 121 and Adam Clayton Powell.
10-4.
Post 32, roger.
You've worked
this foot post before.
Is it always this quiet,
or it's just the midnights?
Depends on your
definition of quiet.
Don't you know it's bad luck
to desecrate the dead?
T?
What are you doing?
Who are you here with?
Nobody.
Who wrote on that tombstone?
Nobody?
Maybe Nobody needs
to be taught a lesson
before Nobody gets
into bigger trouble.
You heard the man.
You're under arrest,
Nobody, for tagging.
Hang on, I got a better idea.
Well, if it isn't
Beauty and the Beast.
What's up?
That house with the lights,
are they dealing
out the front door?
Purple Haze and Hindu Kush
to be exact.
So what are we
going to do about it?
Leave them alone, and
they'll leave us alone.
We have an unofficial
"live and let live" policy
with that house.
They've been here
longer than any of us.
With them here, the rest
of the neighborhood stays quiet.
Plus they've given us gun
collars, tipped us to robberies.
Oh, I see.
So, as long as you're
the friendly neighborhood
drug dealer,
you get a pass from the police?
Think of them like feral cats.
They're everywhere; you really
should get rid of them,
but when the cats are
gone, the rats take over.
So, given the choice,
you'll take the cats
over the rats.
Think of the alternative.
They're law-abiding criminals.
"Law-abiding criminals."
Yeah, well, on the other hand,
you know,
I've seen an angry drunk,
but I've never seen
an angry stoner.
You know, half the world's
problems would just melt away
if everybody had a joint
once in a while
and, uh,
just chilled the hell out.
What are you, last of
the hippies? You're a cop.
Yeah, but I'm a sensible cop.
Legalize it, tax it, and watch
the country's financial problems
just disappear like that.
Then you'd have a new problem.
The whole gateway thing.
But not every crackhead
started out with weed,
and not every stoner progresses to crack.
Yeah, well,
talk to me when it's in
your neighborhood, Mr. Love-In.
I've never known dope
to make a block better.
It always makes it worse.
And these dope slingers,
they might be nice,
but they're mopes.
And when justice finally
rains down on their heads...
♪ Uh ♪
♪ Listen, first the Fat Boys
break up ♪
♪ Now every day I wake up ♪
♪ Somebody got
something to say ♪
♪ Where's the love? ♪
♪ Look, scrapper, I got nephews
to look after ♪
♪ I'm not looking at you dudes,
I'm looking past ya ♪
♪ Ain't no love
in the heart of the city ♪
♪ I said where's the love? ♪
♪ Ain't no love
in the heart of town ♪
♪ Holla at me ♪
♪ Ain't no love ♪
♪ In the heart of the city ♪
Look, I'm gonna need everybody
just to stand back
behind the tape, all right?
Stay back? Stay back?
Why don't you law-enforcing
types do something useful
for a change, like tell us
what actually happened?
Yeah, we want to know
if Carl and Juanita are okay.
When we know, you'll know.
That's a bunch of same old, same old.
You never tell us
anything on this block.
Can you see if there's
anyone in that ambulance?
I can't see anything.
Carl! Juanita!
Oh, there he is.
Hey, hey, where you going?
Come on. Come on.
Look, we're all like family
here on this block;
would you hold us back
if it was your family?
Look, at least
let my husband go.
Larry's head of the
block association.
The rest of us
can stay back here.
All right, look,
it looks like they're about
to finish up over there.
You could follow them
to the hospital if
you want, all right?
I didn't see anyone
around the weed house.
Just the fireball.
Have you figured out what it was?
Yeah, yeah,
it was a Molotov cocktail thrown
at the back of the house.
There you go.
Glenwelg?
Yep. You guys get any more
specifics, let me know, okay?
We'll be here a while.
Okay, thanks, Detective.
All right, I want you to take
the complaint from the Morrells.
They sustained injuries, so
go to the hospital with them.
But remember,
you just take the 61.
Let the detectives
crack the case.
All right,
you're doing this for Yoda
and to score points
with the police commissioner.
Yoda. Score points.
You're doing this for the...
I thought this was
a friend of yours.
More like a bad memory.
Back in the day,
we ran in the same circles.
If I brought two girls
to the club,
he would bring three.
If he bought a Bentley,
I bought a Maybach.
If my entourage had ten people
in it, his had to have 20.
I'm talking prima donna
to the max.
That would explain
why he's late.
Let's just go.
Crackpot! Oh!
My brother from another mother.
What the what?
Wow, look at you.
Looks like you're doing good.
Well, you know what they say...
cream rises to the top, baby.
This is my partner, Ahmad Khan.
Oh, assalamu alaikum, brother.
Wa alikum Asalaam.
Yeah.
Just like old times, right?
Did Jackpot tell you
how we used to tear
the streets up back in the day?
Yeah, he mentioned a little bit.
Did he tell you about our game,
"Trap-her, keep-her"?
Jackpot Toney.
Officer Jackpot Toney.
Why, oh, why?
Look, man, I made
a good living here.
So, you know, I'm giving back.
Yeah, you lost
all that baller money, huh?
Hold up, my bad.
Just remember, you're
doing it for Yoda
and to score points with
the police commissioner.
Yoda. Score points.
My bad. That
was my agent.
He thought
he saw something wrong.
Saw?
Oh, yeah, he's, uh...
he's right over there.
Wait, your agent
is following us?
Yeah, got to take care
of his number one client, right?
Mo' money, mo' problems, baby!
Who would do this to us?
Baby, it's gonna be okay.
Carl, Juanita?
Oh, hey, brother.
Hey.
Thanks for coming.
Larry, it's so sweet
of you to come.
You know we're all
pulling for you.
What the hell happened?
Do we know yet?
Yeah, somebody blew up my house.
NiNi got cut by the flying glass.
What?
Don't worry.
The block takes care of
it's own; you'll be all right.
If you could excuse us,
I have to speak
to the Morrells.
This bombing?
This was bound to happen.
And why is that?
Because this is a drug war.
Look, every couple of
weekends this last year,
the SpaHa Latins send
a guy over to that corner
on Adam Clayton Powell.
Carl and them argue
about SpaHas trying
to divert his weed customers
to SpaHa country.
This last time,
it got really heated.
Violent?
Not until tonight.
The point is, you guys have been
ignoring this situation.
This has been
a long time coming,
and it's going to get
a lot worse.
Kenny.
Thanks for coming.
We called you because
we didn't want to arrest him.
What were you doing out?
He was tagging a tombstone
at the cemetery on 120th.
Tagging?
Yeah.
MSC.
Is he still running with that gang?
You told me you were out.
I am out. Then what were you
doing tagging at a cemetery?
Mom is gone,
Grandma's sick,
I'm working all the time.
T, we don't have enough
to deal with?
And what if another
officer had found you?
I'd be bailing you
out of jail right now.
Wait for me at the door.
How's everything else going?
All right?
We're hanging in there.
I got a new job waitressing.
Oh, I brought you something
from the restaurant.
It's just a little token
of my thanks.
And you'll let me know
if there's anything
I can do for you, right?
Yeah, no, of course.
You've been really
great with T, helping him out
in that gang fight.
I appreciate all your help.
Ooh, way to protect
and serve there,
Officer McLaren.
What?
Nothing.
I just see why that kid
merits the outreach.
How's she doing?
Better.
The doctor says she'll
have some scarring,
but it could have been
a lot worse.
Do they know
when she'll be released?
They say I can take her out
tomorrow,
but I don't know where.
I mean, half the parlor floor
is ash and water.
What about family?
We are the family.
Kids, grandkids.
When they need help,
they come to us.
Oh, God, why is this happening?
Why?
Who, uh, would want
to do this, do you think?
I don't know.
No enemies?
No.
What about your wife?
No.
Come on, think.
I'm sure you'll
come up with someone.
We help out more people
than the government.
Maybe, uh, we should
just get to this
complaint report.
Ah, here we are.
Uh, place of business?
I own a barbershop
at 124th at Lenox
and a Laundromat at 146th
and St. Nick.
What about the weed?
Sorry?
You sell weed out
of your house, right?
That'd be a place
of business, too.
Look, the police at the precinct
don't say anything.
They know I'm a good guy,
a good neighbor.
Mr. Morrell,
we're not here for that.
We're just here
to take the report.
Was it possibly
gang-related?
Do we look like we're in
a gang to you?
Rumor has it you've been having
words with the SpaHa Latins.
About them moving in
on your turf.
Rodrigo and Nate?
They just kids
playing at gangsters.
Hell, most of them been in my
chair since they were knee-high.
W-Wait a minute.
So you think they did this?
Mr. Morrell, please,
don't worry about this, okay?
You just go in there,
you take care of your wife.
When we know something
for certain,
one of the detectives
will be in touch with you, okay?
Let me talk to you.
What the hell are you doing?
He knows who did
the firebombing.
He doesn't want to say
'cause he's a drug dealer.
Hey, try
and remember this, okay?
They're the ones
that got bombed.
They're the victims,
you understand?
Let's go, you two.
Who's staying with the prisoners?
With the what?
Why is everybody being
so delicate with them?
They sell dope.
Look, you got
your big problems,
you got your little problems.
The Morrells?
They're a little problem.
The guy who threw the bomb,
that's a big problem.
Police work at a busy precinct,
it's about prioritizing.
This is what gets our priority.
I see it all the time.
Kid, new to the neighborhood,
doesn't know who to trust.
Falls in with the wrong crowd.
But he's a good kid, you know?
Just needs someone
looking out for him.
It doesn't hurt that he
has a hot sister.
We're just friendly.
How friendly is friendly?
It's not like that.
I mean, she's a banger's sister.
How dumb would that be?
So what?
She's not banging herself,
is she?
She seems nice.
Squared away.
True.
Gorgeous.
Let me ask.
Do you see chemistry between us?
Ray Charles would see chemistry
between you.
♪ I kick it, I kick it
like Olindo ♪
♪ I wear my Nike boots and
Gucci, I don't wear no Timbo ♪
♪ I kick it any tempo,
I'm lifted off the indo... ♪
He all right
over there by himself?
He kind of stands out.
Who, Barry?
He got his ghetto pass
a long time ago. He good.
Yo, tell me
about these footposts.
We walk our footposts
to stay connected
with the community.
Hey, Jackpot.
Ladies.
How are you?
Good. How y'all
doing tonight?
Better now.
And it's cool 'cause you get
to really interact
with the people.
I mean, but yeah,
but there's got
to be more action
than this, though, right?
We're rookies.
We mostly do complaints,
write summons, sit on DOAs.
Gentlemen, you guys should've
gone into library science.
Dana?
Ahmad, hey. Jackpot.
Hey, Dana, this is Lamont White.
He's gonna be
shadowing us for the week.
Monsta White?
One and the same.
Cool. My little brother
loves you.
That's what's up.
Uh, this is Wynton.
We are just out having drinks.
Wynton, these are
all the guys I work with.
How you doing?
Hey.
It's nice to meet you. Likewise.
Catch you next week?
Yeah, see you then.
Good night, Ahmad.
I smell a throw-down.
I'm just saying, man.
Two hours after the bombing,
and already a lot of new faces
on the block.
You see that?
With the weed house now gone,
there's a hole in the ecosystem.
Rats are gonna move in.
They're gonna try to fill it.
What is it with you vets
- and rat metaphors?
- Yeah, Sarge.
I think I missed the memo
on that one, too.
We gonna collar them?
One arrest isn't
gonna fix that problem.
They'll be back, but
they won't be alone.
What does that mean?
It means, if there's a major
move to take over the block,
we could be looking at more
bombs before the night's up.
What do you think?
Break-in?
With all the lights on?
Hello!
What? You wait two hours
after I close to show up?
We're just checking to
see if everything's okay.
Yeah, it's not okay. Come.
Come inside.
This was today.
What happens tomorrow, huh?
What happened?
These boys, they scare
my business away.
I phoned the police.
That's why you're here, right?
Sure.
Absolutely.
But now we need to know
exactly what happened.
These boys, they come in,
they play around,
they don't buy nothing,
they make a mess,
then they leave.
I phoned the precinct
the last few days.
They say, "Ring us back
when they commit a crime."
What do you mean
by "play around"?
They play around,
they play around.
They play in the aisle,
they play with
the blood pressure cuff,
they play by the door.
Where are your surveillance
monitors?
It's here.
See them?
SpaHa Latins hanging out
on the east side of the block.
And on the west side,
that kid right there,
he's 13 Devils.
What the hell is a gang
from that far uptown
doing scoping a neighborhood?
Must be trying to move in, too.
That guy there?
The one on the right?
That's Razor Hopkins.
He's the big dog on that crew.
Are you kidding me?
Taking pictures
of drug dealers?
This guy's suicidal.
I don't like this.
Whole block's gonna
be on edge all night.
You take my picture
one more time...
You're on my block.
You don't like it?
Go back to your own block.
Your block?
You two stay here, guard
the A and E detectives.
Assist him if he asks.
Where you going?
I can't stop the dealing,
but maybe I can stop everybody
from killing each other before
this whole thing settles down.
Sir?
Sir?
Here, see?
And this kid. This kid,
he tells me he's sorry.
Now, if he's so sorry,
why does he keep coming back
with the rest, huh?
You know they're
casing the joint, right?
Checking all the doors,
the locks.
I know.
We should tell Terry Howard.
I want to talk to T-Rex first.
He lied to me, and he
lied to his sister.
He's a kid. Lying is his job.
Hey, do you think it'd
be safer if you stayed with us?
No, I'm good.
It's the new Harlem, right?
Obama, bistros, lattes.
Look, you a white guy
with a $2,500 suit,
and it's 3:00 a.m.
Monsta says
I'll get in the way.
You'll get in the way?
Wow, that's rich.
You got to be forceful
with her.
Tell her what you want.
Tell her what to do.
Take charge, yo.
Do not listen to him, Ahmad.
Just be yourself, man.
You'll be fine.
No, no, no.
Don't listen to him.
Look, you see this
beauty right here?
This here is wifey.
You think I got her by
being Laid Back Jack?
No, no, no, no, no.
The number one thing
a woman wants
is a take-charge type of man.
It makes her feel safe.
Like the dude with the glasses.
He put his arms
around your babe.
He said it in
big neon letters ten-feet high:
"She's mine."
So what do I do?
Call her!
Tell her what's up.
Demand she go out with you.
But if he's claiming her,
it's too late.
No, no, no,
not necessarily, okay?
Don't worry about drinks.
Worry if he's staying
for breakfast.
Hey. Hey, can you
help me out here?
I've been looking for
the owner of this car,
and I can't find him.
He's got me blocked in,
and I really got to jet.
What, what?
So what are you gonna do?
A magic trick.
I'm gonna make the owner appear
using a pen
and a piece of paper.
I got to see this one.
See what I'm talking
about? Right there.
Okay. Hey, calm down.
Yeah, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
I'm out of here, I'm out
of here, I'm out of here.
I'm out of here. I'm-I'm-I'm out of here.
It's too late.
I already started writing the ticket.
Come on, man.
I was just delivering
medication to my mother.
In the middle of the night?
I was only up there
five minutes.
Your car is cold.
Oh, snap!
Monsta, that you?
That you?
Yo, dog, yo, these dudes
with you? Yo, come on.
You got to get them
to cut a brother some slack.
Let me see what I can do.
Ah!
Thanks.
Thanks a lot, man.
Hey, by the way, your joint,
"NYPD,
Not Yo' People, Dawg,"
gets mad replay in my car, son.
Good looking, man.
He really has a song called
"NYPD, Not Yo' People Dawg?"
Why you gotta harass
the brother, man?
Look, can't you
cut him some slack?
It's not like that's
like a real crime anyway,
know what I'm saying?
Right?
Right. You have
a nice night.
That's foul, man.
Come on, how much
is that ticket?
I don't know, $150?
Maybe $175? Hey.
Hey, hey, yo, my dude.
Come here for a second.
Now it's a good night.
Yo, Monsta, you the
real thing, dawg.
Thank you. Yo, you mind signing
an autograph for my shortie?
Yeah, where you
want me to sign at?
Central to 22, Post 41.
Go for Post 41.
85 the training sergeant
at 121 and Frederick Douglass.
10-4.
Please let us be
getting rid of his ass.
Oh, we leaving?
Hey, T!
T!
Oh, come on, T.
Your sister just picked
you up from the precinct,
and you're out again?
Screwdriver, crowbar?
What's this?
Tools for shop class.
You got class at 3:00 in the morning?
I just left them in there, is all.
Do you think 'm stupid?
Don't you know what'll happen to
you hanging out with this gang?
Did the gang do this?
Just leave me alone.
Let me help you, T.
Yeah.
You play all rightful
big brother with me,
but you just trying
to get next to my sister.
What's wrong with this kid?
Can't he see I'm
trying to help him?
I don't know.
He's got a point.
Are you really
trying to help him,
or are you trying to help you?
Looks like the burglary's
going down tonight.
Yeah. Let's find Terry Howard
and tell him what we know.
This situation
is becoming a powder keg.
I need you to keep everybody
separated, all right?
Keep the residents over there,
everyone else over there.
Dope crews are trying
to fill the market volume
at warp speed around here,
so I need you two to be
the scarecrows on this corner.
Name of the game:
keep the entire area clear.
Can you handle that?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
All right. Call me on
the radio if you need me.
You mind if I stick close
for a little while?
You scared of the hood, man?
No, of course not.
I just...
I get better cell service here.
Oh, my God, there he is.
I have all your CDs.
Yeah?
Can I get a picture?
Who are all these people?
Where'd they come from?
I tweeted our location
to some friends.
Do these look
like friends to you?
Oh, damn!
If it ain't Metal Mouth White.
Remember me?
Hey, I used to know this guy
when he was wearing
big-ass horn rims
and more mouth metal
than a robot.
His mom used to call
him, uh... Horace.
Now he call himself Monsta.
If you a monster,
what that make me?
End of the world?
We need to keep this area clear.
Back it up now.
Hey, Horace,
how's your mama now?
She know you out this late?
Come on, man, back it up.
Down the street.
Keep moving. Let's go.
Ladies, no, no, turn around.
All the way down. Move down.
Shots fired!
Shots fired!
He's got the shooter!
He's got the shooter!
Shots fired.
Carl! Carl's got a gun!
Police! Get down on the ground!
Don't hurt him!
Police! Get down!
You didn't do anything!
Lay it down, Carl,
before you get shot.
Down! Down now!
Carl, what did you do?
What the hell happened? He was shooting at
those SpaHas, and the gun blew up in his hand.
They burnt down my home.
Cut up my beautiful wife,
and why?
Over some damn weed?
That's it.
We got to clear these streets
before somebody gets killed.
All right.
All right, come on.
I want everyone
off these streets in 30 minutes.
You three, you take
Adam Clayton Powell.
You three take
Frederick Douglass.
The rest, sweep this block.
Anyone that doesn't
look right gets tossed.
You get I.D.
Anyone's got anything
on them at all,
anything at all,
they get collared.
I don't care if it
doesn't hold up.
Any of these people
could be the firebomber,
so be careful, all right?
Let's do it.
Hey, boss,
where do you want us?
Go back to your foot
post, resume patrol.
And take your circus with you.
Firebombs, street sweeps...
All this got to be in the movie.
All right, let's go.
All right, move it.
Out of the street.
Keep it moving. Let's go.
Monsta, baby, I love you!
Will you marry me?
Come on. Keep moving.
Tonight? Are you sure?
He had these tools on him.
They were all together
on that video.
All right, first,
we hook up with Yoda,
and we help him clear the
streets around that weed house.
Then we'll do a stakeout
on the pharmacy.
Maybe get
a burglary collar tonight.
You know T-Rex
is going to be there.
I know; talk about screwed.
Show up, go down for a felony.
Don't show up,
be labeled a punk.
In this neighborhood.
Okay, we're gonna need everybody
to go back to their homes.
We're clearing these streets.
Everyone off the block.
Thank you.
Finally!
What do you want
to do about them?
I don't know what we can do.
They're on private property.
Hey, you guys, let's
go, off the block.
Bite it.
Come here.
He's clean. Come on.
Everybody off the block!
Beat it. Everyone home.
What about you?
You special?
What am I doing wrong?
This is public property.
I ain't obstructing nothing.
Ain't got no open container.
You ain't got no reason
to knock me off this block.
Maybe I just don't like you.
You can leave now,
or we can arrest you
for disorderly conduct.
What you want to do?
Come on.
All right, let's go.
Everybody inside.
All you SpaHas are
going to jail tonight.
McLaren, what,
are you asleep over there?
McLaren, don't stare
at the Skull Crackaz.
They're gonna get cold feet.
Leave them alone
so we can bust them later.
You, get up.
What you want, Opie?
How many times I got to tell you
get off the streets and go home?
Huh?
And what's in here?
Spray cans?
I just busted you
for spray cans earlier.
That's it, you're done.
You're under arrest
for criminal possession
of graffiti instruments.
Get out of here. Go.
What's up, shorties?
The people seem to love him.
Yeah, well, margarinets.
Yo, Monsta, Monsta.
Hey, I've been your boy since
I was, like, a kid, man.
Like, I emulate my style
after you; take my CD.
I can't accept
unsolicited material, man.
Oh, you got to, dude. Look...
I got that new jam, blazing hit,
dawg, I'm telling you.
Listen. Yo, yo, I'm good.
All right, man?
All right, listen here.
♪ Check the verse I rehearse ♪
♪ That I stand here spittin' ♪
♪ On the street is my heat ♪
♪ Ecstasy be giving,
all the while ♪
♪ Like a child in getting
you don't know... ♪
Whoa, whoa, yo,
hold up, hold up.
There's no seal on this CD, man.
So?
So? So that means it's bootleg.
I ain't getting no money off of this.
Come on!
Hey, all my stuff
is legit. Look.
Nah, hell, no, man;
you done messed up.
Yo, yo, Jackpot, Ahmad,
arrest this cat, man.
For what?
For selling unauthorized copies
of my copywritten work!
Come on, man.
He's just trying to get by;
we don't want to harass him.
Besides, we're saving
all our energy
for the real crimes.
This is real crime.
Y'all ain't gonna...
All right, fine.
But I'm taking my CDs.
You leave my merchandise alone, man.
If it wasn't for me, you
wouldn't have no merchandise.
What the hell
is the matter with you, man?
Come on, man! Do I come
to your job causing fights?
Look, let's just
call it a night,
all right? Let's get Barry.
Let's just go.
- I don't see him.
- Me, neither.
He probably went to the
bathroom or something, man.
Yo, what's up, money?
Who this?
"Who this?" Who is this?
Yo, where the hell is my agent?
Your agent?
Your agent got problems.
What?
Hurry up. Hurry up.
Police! Don't move!
Hands up! Hands up!
Up against the wall.
Right there, don't move.
Gun!
Gun!
From third degree to first
degree felony in a heartbeat?
You're killing me.
Now, get him out of here. Move!
Barry!
Barry!
Guys?
Guys!
Over here.
Oh, guys, help!
Help! Over here.
Hey.
What are you doing?
I got robbed.
This got to be in the movie.
What movie?
Michelle...
Excuse me.
My brother
was arrested last night
by Officer McLaren.
Man, what a night.
Yeah, I can't
believe it's finally quiet.
I've never seen residents
so dedicated to their block.
Yeah, I don't blame them.
I wouldn't want
new drug dealers
setting up here, either.
They already blew up one
drug house to make a point.
What would happen if they were
actually allowed to
set up shop, you know?
Are you going in so soon?
Dew is setting in.
Got to get home
before that water
gets my perm wet.
I-I hear you.
- What's going on, baby?
- Hey.
Hey!
Hey!
This is the last time
I'm going to tell you
to get off this block!
Uh-oh. Check it.
Shut your
piehole, bitch.
Say that again.
I dare you! Say that again!
You think I'm scared of you?
Come here. Come here.
Come here so I can whip your ass.
Hey, hey! Come on!
Yo. Over there. Over there.
Let's go! Over there.
Did you see that?
Did you see what he did? Over there.
Man, what...?
Cross the street. Let's go.
Cross the street!
Relax. Go in.
Let them sell drugs
on the street in broad daylight?
It doesn't make any sense!
Relax, all right?
Gonna relax? Yeah?
Gonna relax?
Yeah.
All right.
Doesn't... it just...
it just... it's crazy.
Why me?
He's the one that
doesn't belong here.
I have a right to
protect my property.
I feel you,
but you have to calm down.
Have a lot of liquor here.
Do you sell?
Yeah, I-I... I did.
Had a top-of-the-line shop
on Lenox until last year.
Glenwelg. 18-year single malt,
limited to 2,000 bottles a year.
One of which
torched the Morrells' house.
Put your hands on the wall.
Sir.
Everyone said Harlem
was coming back.
Everyone said Harlem
was the place to be.
And I said,
"Put your hands on the wall."
What they didn't say...
what they didn't say
was that Wall Street was
going to take us to the cleaners
and people
would stop spending money.
I spent two years traveling
all over the UK
searching for
the best distilleries.
And for what?
Nobody wanted what I found.
Nobody could afford
it or give a damn.
Nobody wanted to buy
my single malts.
But do you know what...
what they could afford?
Do you know
what they did want to buy?
They want to buy that weed.
My business goes down the drain,
and-and...
and Carl is over there
making money hand over fist.
So you firebombed his house?
I didn't want anyone
to get hurt.
I was just sitting
in my kitchen...
drinking,
feeling sorry for myself.
And then I finished the bottle,
and I put the gas in it,
and I stuck a dish towel in,
and I lit it,
and before I knew,
I was walking across...
and I threw it
over Carl's fence.
I didn't even know
where it was going to land.
I... I'm not a monster.
Tell that to the Morrells.
I know.
You're right.
They're really nice people.
See, I just couldn't...
I couldn't stand it anymore.
I couldn't watch them
sell that weed.
It just wasn't fair.
Well, whatever they did,
they didn't deserve that.
How'd it go?
See for yourself.
Little advice.
Don't take the tagging collar
and give up
the burglary collar.
You take the better collar
for yourself.
Aren't you just going
to steal it later?
That's a good one, kid.
All right.
Let's go-- all of you
on one bench.
You will be processed
momentarily.
She hates me.
Did you tell her
you arrested him
to save him from a felony?
If I do, the kid
was right about me.
I was just using him.
Either I do it for
him or not at all.
So I did it for him.
Maybe it's not hate.
It's really early
in the morning.
Maybe it's exhaustion.
No, that's hate.
It's definitely hate.
God, I dig her.
Menacing.
Obstruction of justice.
Disorderly conduct.
Can I just say...
Zip it.
Assault and battery,
harassment,
theft, robbery, kidnapping.
You two
are a walking crime wave.
To be fair, some of that's
not our fault.
Oh, really? How do you explain
a 30% spike in crime in one day?
Fleet week?
And who tweets his fans
to come and meet him
at an active crime scene?
Actually, that-that was...
that was my fault.
You know what, you two?
This shadow session is
over, starting now.
Call the commissioner--
tell him to find
another precinct
for you to wreck.
What? No.
Absolutely not.
The police commissioner
said I could have
anything I wanted--
I want Jackpot.
And, see, the nice thing
about being me...
is I have powers of persuasion.
Oh, yeah?
Well, I have powers
of persuasion, too.
Like with a certain probation
officer in California
whose ward wasn't supposed
to leave the state.
We understand each other?
Come on, Barry.
Let-let... let's just go.
Who says East Coast
and West Coast can't get along?
Something Monsta said
about you, I...
can't get out of my head.
What was that?
Four women, one night?
Thank God I grew up.
T.
You're good to go.
What's going to happen to them?
They committed a felony.
Probably get jail time.
You know, you could
tell her what you did.
What'd I do?
You know, for me.
Stay out of trouble.
You'll get her next time.
Think there
will be a next time?
Nah.
Can you believe the girls
are missing this?
To the winner goes the spoils.
Yeah, win the collar,
spoil it with paperwork.
You might want to slow
down there, buddy,
or you're going to choke.
Uh-uh. I can't.
I'm easing my pain
with pancakes.
What are you looking for?
Uh, Dana.
She's meeting us here.
Look what she texted me.
Wait. She invites you
out for breakfast,
and you tell her to come here,
with four guys?
Yes. Was this wrong?
Yes!
Yes!
What should I have done? Hmm?
Wow.
You have a lot
to learn about women.
Hello, all.
Oh, speaking of.
What did I miss?
Nothing.
Nothing.
We were just
talking about sausage.
Yeah, pancakes.
What?
Tell her how nice she looks.
What?
How are you?
First order of business,
let's welcome our rookies
to their first midnight tour.
This is one in a long list
of things you're gonna do
in your first year.
Contrary to popular belief,
midnights is not
a punishment shift,
unless you're Martini and Moore.
Everyone here wants to be here.
Better than being with my wife.
Really, 'cause I was
with your wife last night,
and I thought she was...
All right, all right, all right.
Per your training sergeant,
Perry, you're with McLaren.
Toney, you're with Khan.
Sanchez, why don't you
stay with Harper.
Sergeant Howard?
Anti-Crime has gotten some intel
on one of our baby gangs,
the Mafia Skull Crackaz.
Apparently, they're looking
to grow up fast.
Word is that they're hanging out
with big fish,
and they're looking
to score guns.
So, you hear,
you see anything,
I want to be the first
one to know, all right?
All right,
that's it for tonight.
Stay safe, and I'll see you
on the other side.
Sarge, what gives?
Different tour,
different teams.
Keeps it interesting.
Aw, I know
you're gonna miss me.
Just try not to cry.
Those are tears of joy.
Is it our destiny
to be like that?
I hate to break it to you;
you're already there.
Some cops are just creatures
of the night.
20 years of moonlight.
Or 20 years of bear claws.
Uh, you know a rapper
named Monsta White?
Yeah, Monsta, we shuttered
many clubs back in the day. Why?
He's playing a cop in a movie.
He wants to shadow
you for a few tours.
Uh, boss, honestly,
I'd rather not.
Yeah, I'd rather you not,
too, but this is coming
direct from the Puzzle Palace.
What, the toy store?
Headquarters.
The commissioner's
son is a big fan.
So, he's gonna meet you here.
You and Khan do your
patrol as usual.
Try not to get him killed.
Tonight?
Yes, tonight.
Okay, let's hustle.
Would you look at this?
It's, like, busier now than
it is at 4:00 in the afternoon.
You got the guppies,
the yuppies.
You got the old school,
new school,
middle school,
Rastafarians, trustifarians.
Man, if I didn't know better,
I'd think we were in the
Lower East Side. See that?
That's old-school
Harlem right there.
Christmas lights up
all out of season.
Yeah, that ain't
old-school nothing.
That's just plain lazy.
Jersey plates?
Maybe looking for an address.
Did you see what I just saw?
I do believe I did.
I did. How you doing?
22 post 32.
Uh, could I have training
sergeant 85 me non-emergency
at 121 and Adam Clayton Powell.
10-4.
Post 32, roger.
You've worked
this foot post before.
Is it always this quiet,
or it's just the midnights?
Depends on your
definition of quiet.
Don't you know it's bad luck
to desecrate the dead?
T?
What are you doing?
Who are you here with?
Nobody.
Who wrote on that tombstone?
Nobody?
Maybe Nobody needs
to be taught a lesson
before Nobody gets
into bigger trouble.
You heard the man.
You're under arrest,
Nobody, for tagging.
Hang on, I got a better idea.
Well, if it isn't
Beauty and the Beast.
What's up?
That house with the lights,
are they dealing
out the front door?
Purple Haze and Hindu Kush
to be exact.
So what are we
going to do about it?
Leave them alone, and
they'll leave us alone.
We have an unofficial
"live and let live" policy
with that house.
They've been here
longer than any of us.
With them here, the rest
of the neighborhood stays quiet.
Plus they've given us gun
collars, tipped us to robberies.
Oh, I see.
So, as long as you're
the friendly neighborhood
drug dealer,
you get a pass from the police?
Think of them like feral cats.
They're everywhere; you really
should get rid of them,
but when the cats are
gone, the rats take over.
So, given the choice,
you'll take the cats
over the rats.
Think of the alternative.
They're law-abiding criminals.
"Law-abiding criminals."
Yeah, well, on the other hand,
you know,
I've seen an angry drunk,
but I've never seen
an angry stoner.
You know, half the world's
problems would just melt away
if everybody had a joint
once in a while
and, uh,
just chilled the hell out.
What are you, last of
the hippies? You're a cop.
Yeah, but I'm a sensible cop.
Legalize it, tax it, and watch
the country's financial problems
just disappear like that.
Then you'd have a new problem.
The whole gateway thing.
But not every crackhead
started out with weed,
and not every stoner progresses to crack.
Yeah, well,
talk to me when it's in
your neighborhood, Mr. Love-In.
I've never known dope
to make a block better.
It always makes it worse.
And these dope slingers,
they might be nice,
but they're mopes.
And when justice finally
rains down on their heads...
♪ Uh ♪
♪ Listen, first the Fat Boys
break up ♪
♪ Now every day I wake up ♪
♪ Somebody got
something to say ♪
♪ Where's the love? ♪
♪ Look, scrapper, I got nephews
to look after ♪
♪ I'm not looking at you dudes,
I'm looking past ya ♪
♪ Ain't no love
in the heart of the city ♪
♪ I said where's the love? ♪
♪ Ain't no love
in the heart of town ♪
♪ Holla at me ♪
♪ Ain't no love ♪
♪ In the heart of the city ♪
Look, I'm gonna need everybody
just to stand back
behind the tape, all right?
Stay back? Stay back?
Why don't you law-enforcing
types do something useful
for a change, like tell us
what actually happened?
Yeah, we want to know
if Carl and Juanita are okay.
When we know, you'll know.
That's a bunch of same old, same old.
You never tell us
anything on this block.
Can you see if there's
anyone in that ambulance?
I can't see anything.
Carl! Juanita!
Oh, there he is.
Hey, hey, where you going?
Come on. Come on.
Look, we're all like family
here on this block;
would you hold us back
if it was your family?
Look, at least
let my husband go.
Larry's head of the
block association.
The rest of us
can stay back here.
All right, look,
it looks like they're about
to finish up over there.
You could follow them
to the hospital if
you want, all right?
I didn't see anyone
around the weed house.
Just the fireball.
Have you figured out what it was?
Yeah, yeah,
it was a Molotov cocktail thrown
at the back of the house.
There you go.
Glenwelg?
Yep. You guys get any more
specifics, let me know, okay?
We'll be here a while.
Okay, thanks, Detective.
All right, I want you to take
the complaint from the Morrells.
They sustained injuries, so
go to the hospital with them.
But remember,
you just take the 61.
Let the detectives
crack the case.
All right,
you're doing this for Yoda
and to score points
with the police commissioner.
Yoda. Score points.
You're doing this for the...
I thought this was
a friend of yours.
More like a bad memory.
Back in the day,
we ran in the same circles.
If I brought two girls
to the club,
he would bring three.
If he bought a Bentley,
I bought a Maybach.
If my entourage had ten people
in it, his had to have 20.
I'm talking prima donna
to the max.
That would explain
why he's late.
Let's just go.
Crackpot! Oh!
My brother from another mother.
What the what?
Wow, look at you.
Looks like you're doing good.
Well, you know what they say...
cream rises to the top, baby.
This is my partner, Ahmad Khan.
Oh, assalamu alaikum, brother.
Wa alikum Asalaam.
Yeah.
Just like old times, right?
Did Jackpot tell you
how we used to tear
the streets up back in the day?
Yeah, he mentioned a little bit.
Did he tell you about our game,
"Trap-her, keep-her"?
Jackpot Toney.
Officer Jackpot Toney.
Why, oh, why?
Look, man, I made
a good living here.
So, you know, I'm giving back.
Yeah, you lost
all that baller money, huh?
Hold up, my bad.
Just remember, you're
doing it for Yoda
and to score points with
the police commissioner.
Yoda. Score points.
My bad. That
was my agent.
He thought
he saw something wrong.
Saw?
Oh, yeah, he's, uh...
he's right over there.
Wait, your agent
is following us?
Yeah, got to take care
of his number one client, right?
Mo' money, mo' problems, baby!
Who would do this to us?
Baby, it's gonna be okay.
Carl, Juanita?
Oh, hey, brother.
Hey.
Thanks for coming.
Larry, it's so sweet
of you to come.
You know we're all
pulling for you.
What the hell happened?
Do we know yet?
Yeah, somebody blew up my house.
NiNi got cut by the flying glass.
What?
Don't worry.
The block takes care of
it's own; you'll be all right.
If you could excuse us,
I have to speak
to the Morrells.
This bombing?
This was bound to happen.
And why is that?
Because this is a drug war.
Look, every couple of
weekends this last year,
the SpaHa Latins send
a guy over to that corner
on Adam Clayton Powell.
Carl and them argue
about SpaHas trying
to divert his weed customers
to SpaHa country.
This last time,
it got really heated.
Violent?
Not until tonight.
The point is, you guys have been
ignoring this situation.
This has been
a long time coming,
and it's going to get
a lot worse.
Kenny.
Thanks for coming.
We called you because
we didn't want to arrest him.
What were you doing out?
He was tagging a tombstone
at the cemetery on 120th.
Tagging?
Yeah.
MSC.
Is he still running with that gang?
You told me you were out.
I am out. Then what were you
doing tagging at a cemetery?
Mom is gone,
Grandma's sick,
I'm working all the time.
T, we don't have enough
to deal with?
And what if another
officer had found you?
I'd be bailing you
out of jail right now.
Wait for me at the door.
How's everything else going?
All right?
We're hanging in there.
I got a new job waitressing.
Oh, I brought you something
from the restaurant.
It's just a little token
of my thanks.
And you'll let me know
if there's anything
I can do for you, right?
Yeah, no, of course.
You've been really
great with T, helping him out
in that gang fight.
I appreciate all your help.
Ooh, way to protect
and serve there,
Officer McLaren.
What?
Nothing.
I just see why that kid
merits the outreach.
How's she doing?
Better.
The doctor says she'll
have some scarring,
but it could have been
a lot worse.
Do they know
when she'll be released?
They say I can take her out
tomorrow,
but I don't know where.
I mean, half the parlor floor
is ash and water.
What about family?
We are the family.
Kids, grandkids.
When they need help,
they come to us.
Oh, God, why is this happening?
Why?
Who, uh, would want
to do this, do you think?
I don't know.
No enemies?
No.
What about your wife?
No.
Come on, think.
I'm sure you'll
come up with someone.
We help out more people
than the government.
Maybe, uh, we should
just get to this
complaint report.
Ah, here we are.
Uh, place of business?
I own a barbershop
at 124th at Lenox
and a Laundromat at 146th
and St. Nick.
What about the weed?
Sorry?
You sell weed out
of your house, right?
That'd be a place
of business, too.
Look, the police at the precinct
don't say anything.
They know I'm a good guy,
a good neighbor.
Mr. Morrell,
we're not here for that.
We're just here
to take the report.
Was it possibly
gang-related?
Do we look like we're in
a gang to you?
Rumor has it you've been having
words with the SpaHa Latins.
About them moving in
on your turf.
Rodrigo and Nate?
They just kids
playing at gangsters.
Hell, most of them been in my
chair since they were knee-high.
W-Wait a minute.
So you think they did this?
Mr. Morrell, please,
don't worry about this, okay?
You just go in there,
you take care of your wife.
When we know something
for certain,
one of the detectives
will be in touch with you, okay?
Let me talk to you.
What the hell are you doing?
He knows who did
the firebombing.
He doesn't want to say
'cause he's a drug dealer.
Hey, try
and remember this, okay?
They're the ones
that got bombed.
They're the victims,
you understand?
Let's go, you two.
Who's staying with the prisoners?
With the what?
Why is everybody being
so delicate with them?
They sell dope.
Look, you got
your big problems,
you got your little problems.
The Morrells?
They're a little problem.
The guy who threw the bomb,
that's a big problem.
Police work at a busy precinct,
it's about prioritizing.
This is what gets our priority.
I see it all the time.
Kid, new to the neighborhood,
doesn't know who to trust.
Falls in with the wrong crowd.
But he's a good kid, you know?
Just needs someone
looking out for him.
It doesn't hurt that he
has a hot sister.
We're just friendly.
How friendly is friendly?
It's not like that.
I mean, she's a banger's sister.
How dumb would that be?
So what?
She's not banging herself,
is she?
She seems nice.
Squared away.
True.
Gorgeous.
Let me ask.
Do you see chemistry between us?
Ray Charles would see chemistry
between you.
♪ I kick it, I kick it
like Olindo ♪
♪ I wear my Nike boots and
Gucci, I don't wear no Timbo ♪
♪ I kick it any tempo,
I'm lifted off the indo... ♪
He all right
over there by himself?
He kind of stands out.
Who, Barry?
He got his ghetto pass
a long time ago. He good.
Yo, tell me
about these footposts.
We walk our footposts
to stay connected
with the community.
Hey, Jackpot.
Ladies.
How are you?
Good. How y'all
doing tonight?
Better now.
And it's cool 'cause you get
to really interact
with the people.
I mean, but yeah,
but there's got
to be more action
than this, though, right?
We're rookies.
We mostly do complaints,
write summons, sit on DOAs.
Gentlemen, you guys should've
gone into library science.
Dana?
Ahmad, hey. Jackpot.
Hey, Dana, this is Lamont White.
He's gonna be
shadowing us for the week.
Monsta White?
One and the same.
Cool. My little brother
loves you.
That's what's up.
Uh, this is Wynton.
We are just out having drinks.
Wynton, these are
all the guys I work with.
How you doing?
Hey.
It's nice to meet you. Likewise.
Catch you next week?
Yeah, see you then.
Good night, Ahmad.
I smell a throw-down.
I'm just saying, man.
Two hours after the bombing,
and already a lot of new faces
on the block.
You see that?
With the weed house now gone,
there's a hole in the ecosystem.
Rats are gonna move in.
They're gonna try to fill it.
What is it with you vets
- and rat metaphors?
- Yeah, Sarge.
I think I missed the memo
on that one, too.
We gonna collar them?
One arrest isn't
gonna fix that problem.
They'll be back, but
they won't be alone.
What does that mean?
It means, if there's a major
move to take over the block,
we could be looking at more
bombs before the night's up.
What do you think?
Break-in?
With all the lights on?
Hello!
What? You wait two hours
after I close to show up?
We're just checking to
see if everything's okay.
Yeah, it's not okay. Come.
Come inside.
This was today.
What happens tomorrow, huh?
What happened?
These boys, they scare
my business away.
I phoned the police.
That's why you're here, right?
Sure.
Absolutely.
But now we need to know
exactly what happened.
These boys, they come in,
they play around,
they don't buy nothing,
they make a mess,
then they leave.
I phoned the precinct
the last few days.
They say, "Ring us back
when they commit a crime."
What do you mean
by "play around"?
They play around,
they play around.
They play in the aisle,
they play with
the blood pressure cuff,
they play by the door.
Where are your surveillance
monitors?
It's here.
See them?
SpaHa Latins hanging out
on the east side of the block.
And on the west side,
that kid right there,
he's 13 Devils.
What the hell is a gang
from that far uptown
doing scoping a neighborhood?
Must be trying to move in, too.
That guy there?
The one on the right?
That's Razor Hopkins.
He's the big dog on that crew.
Are you kidding me?
Taking pictures
of drug dealers?
This guy's suicidal.
I don't like this.
Whole block's gonna
be on edge all night.
You take my picture
one more time...
You're on my block.
You don't like it?
Go back to your own block.
Your block?
You two stay here, guard
the A and E detectives.
Assist him if he asks.
Where you going?
I can't stop the dealing,
but maybe I can stop everybody
from killing each other before
this whole thing settles down.
Sir?
Sir?
Here, see?
And this kid. This kid,
he tells me he's sorry.
Now, if he's so sorry,
why does he keep coming back
with the rest, huh?
You know they're
casing the joint, right?
Checking all the doors,
the locks.
I know.
We should tell Terry Howard.
I want to talk to T-Rex first.
He lied to me, and he
lied to his sister.
He's a kid. Lying is his job.
Hey, do you think it'd
be safer if you stayed with us?
No, I'm good.
It's the new Harlem, right?
Obama, bistros, lattes.
Look, you a white guy
with a $2,500 suit,
and it's 3:00 a.m.
Monsta says
I'll get in the way.
You'll get in the way?
Wow, that's rich.
You got to be forceful
with her.
Tell her what you want.
Tell her what to do.
Take charge, yo.
Do not listen to him, Ahmad.
Just be yourself, man.
You'll be fine.
No, no, no.
Don't listen to him.
Look, you see this
beauty right here?
This here is wifey.
You think I got her by
being Laid Back Jack?
No, no, no, no, no.
The number one thing
a woman wants
is a take-charge type of man.
It makes her feel safe.
Like the dude with the glasses.
He put his arms
around your babe.
He said it in
big neon letters ten-feet high:
"She's mine."
So what do I do?
Call her!
Tell her what's up.
Demand she go out with you.
But if he's claiming her,
it's too late.
No, no, no,
not necessarily, okay?
Don't worry about drinks.
Worry if he's staying
for breakfast.
Hey. Hey, can you
help me out here?
I've been looking for
the owner of this car,
and I can't find him.
He's got me blocked in,
and I really got to jet.
What, what?
So what are you gonna do?
A magic trick.
I'm gonna make the owner appear
using a pen
and a piece of paper.
I got to see this one.
See what I'm talking
about? Right there.
Okay. Hey, calm down.
Yeah, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
I'm out of here, I'm out
of here, I'm out of here.
I'm out of here. I'm-I'm-I'm out of here.
It's too late.
I already started writing the ticket.
Come on, man.
I was just delivering
medication to my mother.
In the middle of the night?
I was only up there
five minutes.
Your car is cold.
Oh, snap!
Monsta, that you?
That you?
Yo, dog, yo, these dudes
with you? Yo, come on.
You got to get them
to cut a brother some slack.
Let me see what I can do.
Ah!
Thanks.
Thanks a lot, man.
Hey, by the way, your joint,
"NYPD,
Not Yo' People, Dawg,"
gets mad replay in my car, son.
Good looking, man.
He really has a song called
"NYPD, Not Yo' People Dawg?"
Why you gotta harass
the brother, man?
Look, can't you
cut him some slack?
It's not like that's
like a real crime anyway,
know what I'm saying?
Right?
Right. You have
a nice night.
That's foul, man.
Come on, how much
is that ticket?
I don't know, $150?
Maybe $175? Hey.
Hey, hey, yo, my dude.
Come here for a second.
Now it's a good night.
Yo, Monsta, you the
real thing, dawg.
Thank you. Yo, you mind signing
an autograph for my shortie?
Yeah, where you
want me to sign at?
Central to 22, Post 41.
Go for Post 41.
85 the training sergeant
at 121 and Frederick Douglass.
10-4.
Please let us be
getting rid of his ass.
Oh, we leaving?
Hey, T!
T!
Oh, come on, T.
Your sister just picked
you up from the precinct,
and you're out again?
Screwdriver, crowbar?
What's this?
Tools for shop class.
You got class at 3:00 in the morning?
I just left them in there, is all.
Do you think 'm stupid?
Don't you know what'll happen to
you hanging out with this gang?
Did the gang do this?
Just leave me alone.
Let me help you, T.
Yeah.
You play all rightful
big brother with me,
but you just trying
to get next to my sister.
What's wrong with this kid?
Can't he see I'm
trying to help him?
I don't know.
He's got a point.
Are you really
trying to help him,
or are you trying to help you?
Looks like the burglary's
going down tonight.
Yeah. Let's find Terry Howard
and tell him what we know.
This situation
is becoming a powder keg.
I need you to keep everybody
separated, all right?
Keep the residents over there,
everyone else over there.
Dope crews are trying
to fill the market volume
at warp speed around here,
so I need you two to be
the scarecrows on this corner.
Name of the game:
keep the entire area clear.
Can you handle that?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
All right. Call me on
the radio if you need me.
You mind if I stick close
for a little while?
You scared of the hood, man?
No, of course not.
I just...
I get better cell service here.
Oh, my God, there he is.
I have all your CDs.
Yeah?
Can I get a picture?
Who are all these people?
Where'd they come from?
I tweeted our location
to some friends.
Do these look
like friends to you?
Oh, damn!
If it ain't Metal Mouth White.
Remember me?
Hey, I used to know this guy
when he was wearing
big-ass horn rims
and more mouth metal
than a robot.
His mom used to call
him, uh... Horace.
Now he call himself Monsta.
If you a monster,
what that make me?
End of the world?
We need to keep this area clear.
Back it up now.
Hey, Horace,
how's your mama now?
She know you out this late?
Come on, man, back it up.
Down the street.
Keep moving. Let's go.
Ladies, no, no, turn around.
All the way down. Move down.
Shots fired!
Shots fired!
He's got the shooter!
He's got the shooter!
Shots fired.
Carl! Carl's got a gun!
Police! Get down on the ground!
Don't hurt him!
Police! Get down!
You didn't do anything!
Lay it down, Carl,
before you get shot.
Down! Down now!
Carl, what did you do?
What the hell happened? He was shooting at
those SpaHas, and the gun blew up in his hand.
They burnt down my home.
Cut up my beautiful wife,
and why?
Over some damn weed?
That's it.
We got to clear these streets
before somebody gets killed.
All right.
All right, come on.
I want everyone
off these streets in 30 minutes.
You three, you take
Adam Clayton Powell.
You three take
Frederick Douglass.
The rest, sweep this block.
Anyone that doesn't
look right gets tossed.
You get I.D.
Anyone's got anything
on them at all,
anything at all,
they get collared.
I don't care if it
doesn't hold up.
Any of these people
could be the firebomber,
so be careful, all right?
Let's do it.
Hey, boss,
where do you want us?
Go back to your foot
post, resume patrol.
And take your circus with you.
Firebombs, street sweeps...
All this got to be in the movie.
All right, let's go.
All right, move it.
Out of the street.
Keep it moving. Let's go.
Monsta, baby, I love you!
Will you marry me?
Come on. Keep moving.
Tonight? Are you sure?
He had these tools on him.
They were all together
on that video.
All right, first,
we hook up with Yoda,
and we help him clear the
streets around that weed house.
Then we'll do a stakeout
on the pharmacy.
Maybe get
a burglary collar tonight.
You know T-Rex
is going to be there.
I know; talk about screwed.
Show up, go down for a felony.
Don't show up,
be labeled a punk.
In this neighborhood.
Okay, we're gonna need everybody
to go back to their homes.
We're clearing these streets.
Everyone off the block.
Thank you.
Finally!
What do you want
to do about them?
I don't know what we can do.
They're on private property.
Hey, you guys, let's
go, off the block.
Bite it.
Come here.
He's clean. Come on.
Everybody off the block!
Beat it. Everyone home.
What about you?
You special?
What am I doing wrong?
This is public property.
I ain't obstructing nothing.
Ain't got no open container.
You ain't got no reason
to knock me off this block.
Maybe I just don't like you.
You can leave now,
or we can arrest you
for disorderly conduct.
What you want to do?
Come on.
All right, let's go.
Everybody inside.
All you SpaHas are
going to jail tonight.
McLaren, what,
are you asleep over there?
McLaren, don't stare
at the Skull Crackaz.
They're gonna get cold feet.
Leave them alone
so we can bust them later.
You, get up.
What you want, Opie?
How many times I got to tell you
get off the streets and go home?
Huh?
And what's in here?
Spray cans?
I just busted you
for spray cans earlier.
That's it, you're done.
You're under arrest
for criminal possession
of graffiti instruments.
Get out of here. Go.
What's up, shorties?
The people seem to love him.
Yeah, well, margarinets.
Yo, Monsta, Monsta.
Hey, I've been your boy since
I was, like, a kid, man.
Like, I emulate my style
after you; take my CD.
I can't accept
unsolicited material, man.
Oh, you got to, dude. Look...
I got that new jam, blazing hit,
dawg, I'm telling you.
Listen. Yo, yo, I'm good.
All right, man?
All right, listen here.
♪ Check the verse I rehearse ♪
♪ That I stand here spittin' ♪
♪ On the street is my heat ♪
♪ Ecstasy be giving,
all the while ♪
♪ Like a child in getting
you don't know... ♪
Whoa, whoa, yo,
hold up, hold up.
There's no seal on this CD, man.
So?
So? So that means it's bootleg.
I ain't getting no money off of this.
Come on!
Hey, all my stuff
is legit. Look.
Nah, hell, no, man;
you done messed up.
Yo, yo, Jackpot, Ahmad,
arrest this cat, man.
For what?
For selling unauthorized copies
of my copywritten work!
Come on, man.
He's just trying to get by;
we don't want to harass him.
Besides, we're saving
all our energy
for the real crimes.
This is real crime.
Y'all ain't gonna...
All right, fine.
But I'm taking my CDs.
You leave my merchandise alone, man.
If it wasn't for me, you
wouldn't have no merchandise.
What the hell
is the matter with you, man?
Come on, man! Do I come
to your job causing fights?
Look, let's just
call it a night,
all right? Let's get Barry.
Let's just go.
- I don't see him.
- Me, neither.
He probably went to the
bathroom or something, man.
Yo, what's up, money?
Who this?
"Who this?" Who is this?
Yo, where the hell is my agent?
Your agent?
Your agent got problems.
What?
Hurry up. Hurry up.
Police! Don't move!
Hands up! Hands up!
Up against the wall.
Right there, don't move.
Gun!
Gun!
From third degree to first
degree felony in a heartbeat?
You're killing me.
Now, get him out of here. Move!
Barry!
Barry!
Guys?
Guys!
Over here.
Oh, guys, help!
Help! Over here.
Hey.
What are you doing?
I got robbed.
This got to be in the movie.
What movie?
Michelle...
Excuse me.
My brother
was arrested last night
by Officer McLaren.
Man, what a night.
Yeah, I can't
believe it's finally quiet.
I've never seen residents
so dedicated to their block.
Yeah, I don't blame them.
I wouldn't want
new drug dealers
setting up here, either.
They already blew up one
drug house to make a point.
What would happen if they were
actually allowed to
set up shop, you know?
Are you going in so soon?
Dew is setting in.
Got to get home
before that water
gets my perm wet.
I-I hear you.
- What's going on, baby?
- Hey.
Hey!
Hey!
This is the last time
I'm going to tell you
to get off this block!
Uh-oh. Check it.
Shut your
piehole, bitch.
Say that again.
I dare you! Say that again!
You think I'm scared of you?
Come here. Come here.
Come here so I can whip your ass.
Hey, hey! Come on!
Yo. Over there. Over there.
Let's go! Over there.
Did you see that?
Did you see what he did? Over there.
Man, what...?
Cross the street. Let's go.
Cross the street!
Relax. Go in.
Let them sell drugs
on the street in broad daylight?
It doesn't make any sense!
Relax, all right?
Gonna relax? Yeah?
Gonna relax?
Yeah.
All right.
Doesn't... it just...
it just... it's crazy.
Why me?
He's the one that
doesn't belong here.
I have a right to
protect my property.
I feel you,
but you have to calm down.
Have a lot of liquor here.
Do you sell?
Yeah, I-I... I did.
Had a top-of-the-line shop
on Lenox until last year.
Glenwelg. 18-year single malt,
limited to 2,000 bottles a year.
One of which
torched the Morrells' house.
Put your hands on the wall.
Sir.
Everyone said Harlem
was coming back.
Everyone said Harlem
was the place to be.
And I said,
"Put your hands on the wall."
What they didn't say...
what they didn't say
was that Wall Street was
going to take us to the cleaners
and people
would stop spending money.
I spent two years traveling
all over the UK
searching for
the best distilleries.
And for what?
Nobody wanted what I found.
Nobody could afford
it or give a damn.
Nobody wanted to buy
my single malts.
But do you know what...
what they could afford?
Do you know
what they did want to buy?
They want to buy that weed.
My business goes down the drain,
and-and...
and Carl is over there
making money hand over fist.
So you firebombed his house?
I didn't want anyone
to get hurt.
I was just sitting
in my kitchen...
drinking,
feeling sorry for myself.
And then I finished the bottle,
and I put the gas in it,
and I stuck a dish towel in,
and I lit it,
and before I knew,
I was walking across...
and I threw it
over Carl's fence.
I didn't even know
where it was going to land.
I... I'm not a monster.
Tell that to the Morrells.
I know.
You're right.
They're really nice people.
See, I just couldn't...
I couldn't stand it anymore.
I couldn't watch them
sell that weed.
It just wasn't fair.
Well, whatever they did,
they didn't deserve that.
How'd it go?
See for yourself.
Little advice.
Don't take the tagging collar
and give up
the burglary collar.
You take the better collar
for yourself.
Aren't you just going
to steal it later?
That's a good one, kid.
All right.
Let's go-- all of you
on one bench.
You will be processed
momentarily.
She hates me.
Did you tell her
you arrested him
to save him from a felony?
If I do, the kid
was right about me.
I was just using him.
Either I do it for
him or not at all.
So I did it for him.
Maybe it's not hate.
It's really early
in the morning.
Maybe it's exhaustion.
No, that's hate.
It's definitely hate.
God, I dig her.
Menacing.
Obstruction of justice.
Disorderly conduct.
Can I just say...
Zip it.
Assault and battery,
harassment,
theft, robbery, kidnapping.
You two
are a walking crime wave.
To be fair, some of that's
not our fault.
Oh, really? How do you explain
a 30% spike in crime in one day?
Fleet week?
And who tweets his fans
to come and meet him
at an active crime scene?
Actually, that-that was...
that was my fault.
You know what, you two?
This shadow session is
over, starting now.
Call the commissioner--
tell him to find
another precinct
for you to wreck.
What? No.
Absolutely not.
The police commissioner
said I could have
anything I wanted--
I want Jackpot.
And, see, the nice thing
about being me...
is I have powers of persuasion.
Oh, yeah?
Well, I have powers
of persuasion, too.
Like with a certain probation
officer in California
whose ward wasn't supposed
to leave the state.
We understand each other?
Come on, Barry.
Let-let... let's just go.
Who says East Coast
and West Coast can't get along?
Something Monsta said
about you, I...
can't get out of my head.
What was that?
Four women, one night?
Thank God I grew up.
T.
You're good to go.
What's going to happen to them?
They committed a felony.
Probably get jail time.
You know, you could
tell her what you did.
What'd I do?
You know, for me.
Stay out of trouble.
You'll get her next time.
Think there
will be a next time?
Nah.
Can you believe the girls
are missing this?
To the winner goes the spoils.
Yeah, win the collar,
spoil it with paperwork.
You might want to slow
down there, buddy,
or you're going to choke.
Uh-uh. I can't.
I'm easing my pain
with pancakes.
What are you looking for?
Uh, Dana.
She's meeting us here.
Look what she texted me.
Wait. She invites you
out for breakfast,
and you tell her to come here,
with four guys?
Yes. Was this wrong?
Yes!
Yes!
What should I have done? Hmm?
Wow.
You have a lot
to learn about women.
Hello, all.
Oh, speaking of.
What did I miss?
Nothing.
Nothing.
We were just
talking about sausage.
Yeah, pancakes.
What?
Tell her how nice she looks.
What?
How are you?