NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 10, Episode 1 - Ho Down - full transcript

YEAH. REALLY?

THIS GUY GAVE HIM UP.

YEAH, LYLE DENNISON.

AY‐YI‐YI.
84 DEGREES.

8:00 IN THE MORNING.
IT’S ALREADY 84 DEGREES.

YOU KNOW HOW I GOT THAT EXACT
TEMPERATURE?

BECAUSE THE THERMOMETER ON MY
DASHBOARD WORKS PERFECTLY,

AS OPPOSED TO THAT COCKAMAMIE
AIR CONDITIONING,

WHICH SUDDENLY STARTS BLOWING
OUT HOT AIR,

AND IT STINKS LIKE
AN ARMPIT.

SEE YOU THERE.



[ SIGHS ]

WHO’S THIS ASSHOLE?

SOMEONE DROPPED A DIME ON THAT
SHOOTER FROM STUYVESANT TOWN.

NAME’S LYLE DENNISON.

WE GOT A LOCATION ON HIM ‐‐
A PROJECT ON "B."

JONES AND MEDAVOY
ARE MEETING US THERE.

IF THIS PRICK CAN FIX
A CAR AIR CONDITIONER,

HE GETS A WALK.

LYLE DENNISON’S IN 1507.

TENANT PATROL SAW HIM WALK IN
HALF AN HOUR AGO.

WHERE YOU GOING?

WE GOT A HOME INVASION.
THE BOSS WANTS US THERE NOW.

THE SECTOR CAR WILL BACK
YOU UP.

I HOPE YOU BROUGHT
YOUR WALKING SHOES.



ELEVATOR’S OUT.

15th FLOOR?
YEAH.

GREAT.

AND THE STAIRWELL STINKS
OF URINE.

ALL RIGHT, MEDAVOY.

HAPPY HUNTING!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

WHAT YOU WANT?

THIS DON’T CONCERN YOU.

OH, NO, THIS MY HALLWAY.

I SAY WHAT CONCERN ME
AND WHAT DON’T.

WHY DON’T YOU GO BACK
TO YOUR APARTMENT, MA’AM?

WHY DON’T YOU GET OUT OF MY
BUILDING?

GO IN YOUR APARTMENT!

HELL NO!

HE HOME?!

YOU SEE A PIG BADGE
ON ME?

YOU SEEN THE GUY WHO LIVES
HERE OR NOT?

WHY DON’T YOU WIPE THAT PIG
GREASE OFF YOUR FOREHEAD,

SMEAR IT ON YOUR SHOES,
AND SLIDE ON OUT OF HERE?

AIN’T NOBODY TALKING TO YOU.

GO INSIDE, STICK YOUR HEAD IN
THE FRIDGE, AND COOL OFF.

ALL RIGHT. I’LL STICK
MY HEAD IN THE FRIDGE.

YOU STICK YOUR HEAD IN YOUR ASS!
[ SPITS ]

HEY! YOU LITTLE
SON OF A BITCH.

BACK OFF!

YOU WANT TO GO
TO THE STATION HOUSE?!

BACK OFF!
EVERYBODY SHUT UP!

ANDY.

LYLE DENNISON?

MAN, GET YOUR HANDS
OFF ME, MAN!

WHAT’S UP, MAN?
DAMN!

DAMN! DAMN, MAN!

SAY SOMETHING ELSE
OR SHUT UP.

ME THERE?

YEAH, YOU THERE.

GOOD, ’CAUSE I WANT TO GET
A GOOD VIEW OF Y’ALL.

I WANT TO SIZE YOU UP.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU IN AND,
LIKE, DIGEST YOU.

SHUT UP AND TELL US WHAT
YOU WERE DOING

AT STUYVESANT TOWN
LAST THURSDAY.

I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT.

WERE YOU DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD
AS A KID SO YOU SLOW,

OR YOU JUST GOT BIG BALLS
LIKE AN ELEPHANT?

CONCENTRATE OR I’M GONNA DROP
YOU ON YOUR HEAD.

A GUY WHO DEALS OUT OF STUY TOWN
NAMED LITTLE PETE

WAS SHOT IN A DRUG BEEF
LAST THURSDAY.

10 PEOPLE SAW YOU DO IT.
PETE SAW YOU DO IT.

CARE TO GIVE US YOUR SIDE

OR ARE YOU TOO BUSY
DIGESTING MY PARTNER?

YOU’LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME.
I NEVER SAW A WALKING DEAD MAN.

MAYBE WE NEED TO GO OVER
THE RULES

FOR ASSHOLES WHO MAKE
DEATH THREATS.

I THINK LYLE’S DONE NOW.
HE’S TALKED HIS TRASH.

YOU HAVE ANY CLUE WHO YOU SHOVED
ON HER ASS IN THAT HALLWAY?

I DON’T REALLY CARE.

YOU EVER HEAD OF THIS PLAYER
NAMED MONEY T.?

WE’RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
SHOOTING HERE.

HE’S A BIG GUY,
BIG NEIGHBORHOOD DUDE,

AND THAT GIRL’S HIS QUEEN
BITCH, SHALICE.

NOBODY TOUCHES SHALICE,
NOBODY SAYS HI TO SHALICE,

NOBODY EVEN LOOKS SHALICE
IN THE EYES

UNLESS THEY WANT THEIR NUTS
STOMPED,

ESPECIALLY WHEN TINY AND BILL
GOT HER BACK.

THOSE ARE THE TWO STEROID CASES,
THE TWINS?

HER BODYGUARDS, WHO SOME FOLKS
SAY GOT 20 BODIES BETWEEN ’EM.

YOU SEE HER SITTING ON
HER ASS,

SO PISSED SHE COULDN’T SAY
NOTHING?

SHE WAS HUMILIATED,

AND TINY AND BILL,
WHO DIDN’T SEE IT COMING?

WHOO!
THEY WAS HUMILIATED.

AND BETWEEN THE THREE
OF THEM,

YOU’RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE ARMY
COMING DOWN ON YOUR ASS.

I REMEMBER GIVING YOU A WARNING
ABOUT THAT KIND OF TALK.

ALL RIGHT, NITWIT, WHY DON’T YOU
GET IN THE CAGE.

JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

I APPRECIATE IT,

BUT IT’S TIME FOR THIS DEAD
MAN’S CUP OF COFFEE

AND MORNING CRAP ‐‐

ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE DEATH
WORTH LIVING.

SO ‐‐ DEATH THREAT.

YEAH, I DON’T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.

I HAVE HEARD OF MONEY T.

ME TOO.
I’LL PONDER IT ON THE CAN.

I WASN’T JOKING ABOUT
THAT CRAP.

IS THAT PAUL WINSLOW?

JUST WHO I’M LOOKING FOR.

MY PARTNER, ANDY SIPOWICZ.
I KNOW PAUL FROM NARCOTICS.

I’VE BEEN SIX MONTHS
MIDTOWN NORTH SQUAD.

IT’S GOOD TO MEET YOU.
I GOT BUSINESS.

YOU GOT A MINUTE?

SURE.

YOUR NAME CAME UP IN A PROSS
HOMICIDE.

CYNTHIA PATTERSON.
YOU KNOW HER?

DOESN’T RING A BELL.

TWO IN THE CHEST.
WENT BY "LOLLIPOP."

HOW’D MY NAME COME UP?

SHE RAN AN IN‐CALL BUSINESS,
MOSTLY BY APPOINTMENT.

WEDNESDAY LAST WEEK, YOUR NAME
WAS IN THE APPOINTMENT BOOK.

IT SAID JOHN CLARK?

"DETECTIVE JOHN CLARK ‐‐
WEDNESDAY, 9:00 P. M."

JOHN, IF YOU WERE
STICKING HER,

DON’T THINK YOU’D GET
JUDGED BY ME.

WHOA, IT’S NOT THAT.

IF IT IS THAT,
GET IN FRONT NOW,

’CAUSE YOUR NAME BEING
IN THAT BOOK’S

GOTTA COME UP WITH MY BOSS.

I KNOW YOUR DAD’S ON THE JOB,
SAME NAME AS YOU.

IS THIS MAYBE
A CONVERSATION FOR HIM?

NO, I’M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE
THIS GIRL WITH BLOND HAIR.

SHE EVER GO BY "RUBY"?

WE’RE NOT TOO FAR YET.

I GOT A C.I. IN THE
FREDERICK DOUGLAS HOUSES.

SHE REGISTERED?

NO, SHE HELPED ME OUT
IN NARCOTICS ONCE.

I STILL KEEP IN TOUCH.
I GOT A FEW LIKE THAT.

SEE HER LAST WEEK?

MAKE IT A MONTH AGO.

MAYBE SHE WROTE IT DOWN WRONG.
WHAT’D YOU TALK ABOUT?

LISTENED TO HER COMPLAIN.

ONCE EVERY FIVE CHATS,
SOMETHING COMES OF IT.

SHE MENTION ANYONE
GIVING HER TROUBLE?

NOTHING.
GOT ANYBODY YOU’RE LOOKING AT?

HER PIMP’S IN THE WIND.
HE’S THE GUY FOR NOW.

SO SHE’S A C.I.

YEAH.
GUESS SHE DYED HER HAIR.

WELL, THAT’S ALL I NEED.
OKAY.

SEEING HOW I COULD TAKE A RIP
ON HER NOT BEING REGISTERED,

HOW TIGHT’S THE CIRCLE
ON THIS?

IT’S JUST ME AND MY
PARTNER FOR NOW,

BUT IT’S GOTTA COME UP WITH
MY BOSS, AND HE’S HALF A PRICK.

I’LL TRY TO KEEP YOU OUT
OF THE PAPERWORK.

APPRECIATE IT, PAUL.

SEE YOU AROUND.

HEY.
ELEANOR MONCREFE, 80 YEARS OLD.

NEXT‐DOOR NEIGHBOR
SAW THE DOOR OPEN,

FOUND HER DUCT‐TAPED TO A CHAIR
BEAT TO HELL.

DID THE NEIGHBOR HEAR
ANYTHING?

SAID SHE WAS SHOWERING, DRYING
HER HAIR FOR THE PAST HOUR.

WAS THERE ANYTHING
FROM THE VICTIM?

SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS
WHEN WE GOT HERE,

BUT ANTICRIME WAS FIRST
ON THE SCENE.

YOU WANT TO TALK TO ANTICRIME,
I’LL GET THE NEIGHBOR?

YEAH.

HOW’S IT GOING?

GOOD. FINE.
MAYA ANDERSON.

YEAH. I REMEMBER.

SO I HEARD YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT
A STATEMENT FROM THE VICTIM?

SHE WAS IN AND OUT.

SHE GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF
DESCRIPTION?

SHE JUST MUMBLED, "IT HURTS.
IT HURTS."

I MEAN, IT WAS AWFUL!
SHE WAS ALL BLOODY ‐‐

WHAT YOU GOTTA TRY TO DO IS
CONCENTRATE ON THE CASE.

THAT’LL HELP GET YOUR MIND
MOVING FORWARD.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT?

I THINK MY PARTNER NOTIFIED
CRIME SCENE.

GOOD.

I MEAN, WHAT IS SOMEBODY
THINKING

TAPING UP AN OLD WOMAN AND
BEATING HER PURPLE?

I MEAN, WHO KNOWS, RIGHT?

WE GET ANY KIND OF DESCRIPTION
OFF THE CANVASS,

WE’LL NOTIFY YOU AND PARTNER.

WE’D APPRECIATE THAT.

THANKS.
I’M ‐‐ I’M SORRY.

DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT.

PETE? DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.
SECOND MESSAGE.

YOU GOT THE NUMBER.

HOW’D YOU DO WITH LYLE?

HE WOULDN’T GO.

THE COMPLAINANT ON THE SHOOTING,
THIS, UH, LITTLE PETE.

WE’RE TRYING TO GET HIM IN TO
VIEW A LINEUP,

BUT HE’S NOT AT HOME, HE’S NOT
ANSWERING HIS PAGER.

VOICE MAIL ON HIS CELL.

ONCE WE GET HIM IN AND LYLE’S
I.D.ed, HE’S IN THE SYSTEM.

HOW’S THE OLD WOMAN?

BEAT TO HELL ‐‐ LOTS OF FACIAL
CONTUSIONS, BROKEN NOSE, JAW,

AND SOME OF HER RIBS FROM BEING
TIED UP SO TIGHT.

DOCTORS DON’T KNOW IF SHE’S
GONNA MAKE IT.

ANYTHING FROM THE CANVASS?

NOTHING SO FAR.
JONES AND MEDAVOY ARE STILL OUT.

BOSS.

WE ALSO NEED TO GET
WITH NARCOTICS

ON A DEALER NAMED MONEY T.

THE SMACK DEALER.
HOW’S HE FIT IN?

PICKING UP LYLE,

I GOT INTO A SHOUTING MATCH
WITH HIS SKANKY NEIGHBOR.

TURNS OUT TO BE
MONEY T.’s GIRLFRIEND.

AFTER I GET SPIT ON,

THE GIRLFRIEND ENDED UP...
LOSING HER BALANCE

SO LYLE SAYS I’M GONNA GET
WHACKED OVER THAT.

WORD IS HE’S GOT A LOT
OF GUYS KILLED.

I’VE HEARD THAT, TOO.

I’LL KEEP MY EYES PEELED.

OR YOU CAN SIT TIGHT TILL
NARCOTICS GETS A VIBE.

WORK FROM THE DESK?

HOW PISSED OFF’S
THE GIRL?

FIRST GET ME A COAT HANGER
SO I CAN LOBOTOMIZE MYSELF.

I AIN’T SITTING AT THE DESK JUST
’CAUSE OF SOME LOUDMOUTH.

IT’S WORTH LOOKING INTO.
YOU TWO AVAILABLE?

WE’LL GET ON IT.

YOU WANT THEO PICKED UP
FROM SCHOOL?

THAT’D SCARE HIM
FOR NOTHING.

LOOK, KILLING DOPE RIVALS
IS ONE THING,

BUT I DON’T SEE THIS GIRL
GOING TO WAR

WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NO HARM IN GETTING PATROL
TO SIT ON THEO’S SCHOOL.

YOU CAN’T TELL ME
SHALICE WHINED TO I. A. B.

CLARK, YOU GOT A MINUTE?

SURE.

COFFEE ROOM.

WHAT’S THIS?

YOU TALK TO A DETECTIVE WINSLOW
THIS MORNING

REGARDING A PROSS HOMICIDE IN
THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS HOUSES ‐‐

CYNTHIA PATTERSON?
YEAH.

I NEED TO CLARIFY YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GIRL.

SHE WAS A C.I.

NOT REGISTERED?

NO.

WHY?

SHE DIDN’T LIKE THE IDEA.
SHE WAS PARANOID.

ABOUT WHAT?

COPS.
SHE WAS A PROSS.

YOU MET HER IN NARCOTICS?

WHEN AND WHERE?

I DON’T RECALL OFFHAND.

BIG CASE?
LITTLE CASE?

NO CASE?

I WASN’T A CUSTOMER.

YOU WERE LISTED LIKE ONE.

SHE WAS GOOD WITH SMACK
DEALERS IN HARLEM,

WHO WAS ON TOP, WHO WAS MOVING
OUT, GENERAL INFO.

THAT’S WHAT SENT YOU TO HER
TWO MONTHS AGO,

GENERAL INFO ON DEALERS
IN HARLEM?

I LIKE KEEPING MY EAR
TO THE GROUND.

THAT’S THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HER?
YEAH.

YOUR PHONE RECORDS GONNA SAY
DIFFERENT, DETECTIVE?

WHY ARE YOU CHECKING
MY PHONE RECORDS?

HER PIMP WAS IN BELLEVUE ALL
NIGHT WITH A ROTTEN TOOTH.

SO YOU’RE LOOKING AT ME
FOR MURDER?

WE’RE LOOKING AT A LOT
OF THINGS.

YOU GOT ALL I KNOW.

YOU UNDERSTAND IT’S A PROBLEM
SHE’S NOT REGISTERED.

WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO.

YOU MIGHT TRY TO REMEMBER
THE CASE WHERE YOU MET HER

AND BRUSH UP ON YOUR FACTS,
GENERALLY.

JUST A SUGGESTION.

WHERE’S THE BOSS?

IN THE CAN.

I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF
SOMETHING.

WHAT?
NOTHING.

I’LL BE BACK IN HALF AN HOUR.

JOHN.
HEY, POP.

WHAT’S UP?
WHAT’S SO URGENT?

YOU HEAR ABOUT A PROSS
HOMICIDE IN MIDTOWN NORTH,

CYNTHIA PATTERSON?

HEARD ABOUT IT.

BUDDY OF MINE IS
WORKING THE CASE.

"DETECTIVE JOHN CLARK" WAS IN
HER APPOINTMENT BOOK.

HE CAME TO ME ABOUT IT.

WHAT’D YOU SAY?

SHE WAS A C.I.

IS THAT THE END OF IT?

I.A.B. SHOWED UP ASKING WHY
SHE WASN’T REGISTERED.

WHAT WAS YOUR EXPLANATION?

I DANCED AROUND IT.
HE SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM.

BECAUSE HE DIDN’T BUY
THE STORY?

HE MIGHT HAVE.
I DON’T KNOW.

COMING FROM NARCOTICS,

IT COULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE
AN UNREGISTERED C.I.

I COULD NEVER SELL THAT.

SO, WHAT...

YOU WERE A CUSTOMER?

SHE WAS A FRIEND.

THAT’S NOT HOW
SHE HAD YOU WRITTEN DOWN.

JOHNNY...

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL YOUR
FRIEND THE TRUTH?

BECAUSE HIS NEXT STEP
WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU.

I DON’T RECALL EVER ASKING
YOU TO PROTECT ME.

YOU MUST BE VERY
DISAPPOINTED.

I’M MORE STUNNED.

I NEVER LOVED ANY WOMAN
BUT YOUR MOTHER,

AND I COULD NEVER LOVE
ANYONE ELSE.

BUT, UM, I MET HER ON
A CASE.

I CALLED HER ONCE WHEN I...
WAS VERY LONELY.

THAT’S HOW IT STARTED.

SHE EVER TALK ABOUT ANYBODY
COMING AFTER HER?

IS THAT A SUBTLE WAY OF ASKING
ME WAS I INVOLVED?

I NEVER WOULD HAVE
CONSIDERED.

I PROMISE YOU, I HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH HER BEING KILLED.

A PROBLEM FROM I. A. B.

DOES THAT MEAN DEPARTMENT
CHARGES?

MAYBE.

I FIGURE IT BETTER I TAKE A RIP
FOR AN UNREGISTERED C.I.

THAN YOU GET THROWN OFF
THE JOB AND LOSE YOUR PENSION.

IF THIS GOES A HAIR PAST A RIP,
I’M STEPPING IN.

HOPEFULLY,
THE CASE GOES DOWN QUICK

AND NO ONE WILL LOOK
TOO DEEP.

I GOTTA GET BACK.

IF ANYTHING COMES UP,
I’LL KEEP IN TOUCH.

MONEY T.’s REAL NAME IS
DARNELL BATTUM.

NO RECORD, BUT NARCOTICS SAYS
HE’S DOING MAJOR WEIGHT.

WHY HAVEN’T THEY TAKEN
HIM DOWN?

HE WORKS QUIET,
AND HE’S WELL‐INSULATED.

AND HE’S GOT ESCAPE ROUTES BUILT
INTO HIS STASH HOUSES.

THE PHANTOM DRUG MENACE.

NARCOTICS SAY HOW VIOLENT
THIS GUY IS?

THE TWINS YOU SAW,
WALTER AND WILLIAM GRIMES,

BOTH HAVE A HISTORY
OF VIOLENT CRIME,

AND THERE’S NINE HOMICIDES
NARCOTICS SAYS ARE THEIRS.

BUT NO ONE WILL TALK,
AND NO ONE WILL TESTIFY.

PEOPLE BARELY HAVE THE BALLS
TO SAY THE GUY’S NAME.

IF WE GET NARCOTICS ANYWHERE
NEAR MONEY T.,

THEY SAID DINNER’S ON THEM.

LYLE DENNISON’S GOOD
FOR A SHOOTING.

HE MIGHT BE WILLING TO TRADE
TIME FOR INFO ON MONEY T.

YOU TALK TO THE GUY HE SHOT,
LITTLE PETE?

HE STILL
HASN’T CALLED BACK.

KEEP TRYING.
SOMEBODY FILL IN CLARK.

I GOT IT.

I’M SUPPOSED TO FILL
YOU IN ON MONEY T.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE SOMETHING YOU
WANT TO TELL ME?

THIS ABOUT I. A. B.?

NO, YOUR NEXT HAIRCUT
APPOINTMENT.

OLD C.I. OF MINE GOT
WHACKED.

SHE HAD MY NAME
WRITTEN DOWN.

PROSS?
AND A JUNKIE.

SHE HAD SOME GOOD INFO.

WHY IS I. A. B. INVOLVED?

SHE WASN’T REGISTERED.
HOW COME?

SHE WOULDN’T DO IT,
PARANOID.

AND SHE WAS JUST A C. I.?

YEAH.

WHAT GOT YOU RUNNING OFF
AFTER MARTENS LEFT?

I WANTED TO TALK TO THE
DETECTIVE WHO CAUGHT THE CASE,

SEE WAS THERE ANY PROGRESS.

SOMETHING WRONG WITH
THE PHONE?

WHAT IS THIS, RITA?

YOU’RE LYING TO ME.

WHAT DO I HAVE TO
LIE ABOUT?

I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’VE
BEEN WITH YOU FOUR MONTHS,

AND YOU’VE NEVER ACTED
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

OKAY, WELL, I’M NOT LYING.

DID YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THIS GIRL?

NOTHING PAST
HER BEING A C.I.

I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT COPS AND
UNREGISTERED PROSS INFORMANTS.

THERE WAS NO RELATIONSHIP PAST
HER BEING A C.I.

YOU DIDN’T SLEEP WITH HER?
RITA ‐‐

IF YOU’RE SCREWING PROSS, I
GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
GIVE ME A BREAK!

WELL,
SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT.

I WASN’T SLEEPING WITH HER.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHAT’S UP?

I JUST GOT OFF
WITH LITTLE PETE.

HE WOULDN’T SAY WHERE HE WAS,
BUT HE’S LEAVING TOWN.

SOMEBODY PUT A GUN IN HIS RIBS
AND THREATENED TO KILL HIM

IF HE I.D.ed LYLE.
HE’S OUT.

SO WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO
RUN A GAME ON LYLE.

YOU UP FOR THAT?
YOU SEEM DISTRACTED.

IT’S JUST ME AND HER.

THE DESK SERGEANT’S CALLED.

SOMEONE’S HERE TO EITHER PICK UP
LYLE DENNISON OR BAIL HIM OUT.

LAWYER?
A FRIEND.

TELL HIM LYLE SPLIT AN HOUR AGO
AND HAVE A NICE DAY.

SO WHAT WE DOING?

LITTLE PETE’S ON HIS WAY IN
TO VIEW A LINEUP.

WE GOTTA GET THE ROOM READY.

JUST SIT HERE FOR NOW.

I NEED YOUR EFFECTS ‐‐
BELT, LACES.

MAN, WE AIN’T EVEN HAD NO
LINEUP YET.

YOU GOT PICKED OUT OF A PHOTO.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE D. A.

COME ON. LET’S GO.

SO AIN’T NOBODY COME
ASKING FOR ME?

NOPE.
WE’D HAVE HEARD.

AFTER THIS GETS WRAPPED UP,
WE’LL GET YOU TO BOOKING,

WHERE YOU’LL PROBABLY
SPEND THE NIGHT.

WHOO!
COURT’S BEEN SLOW.

THEN IT’S RIKERS TILL THE TRIAL,
WHENEVER THAT IS.

SO NOBODY COME ASKING FOR ME,
NOBODY CALLED?

LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT HUNG
OUT, LYLE.

FILLERS?

SHOULD BE HERE IN ABOUT
TWO MINUTES.

I’LL GO GET HANK.

YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY,
YOU GOT TWO MINUTES.

IF NOT,
WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

OKAY, WELL, WE’LL SEE YOU
IN A BIT.

WAIT, NOW, WHAT’S THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN,

DO I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?

IF YOU GOT INFORMATION
ON A BIGGER CRIME,

THE COURTS
ARE WILLING TO DEAL,

ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT GUY YOU
SHOT WASN’T EXACTLY A CHOIR BOY.

ARE YOU DEALING DOPE?

MAYBE A LITTLE.

YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO
DEALS A LOT?

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.

YOU’RE A LITTLE FISH.
WE WANT THE BIGGER FISH.

AND I WALK?

DEPENDS.

I WORK FOR MONEY T.,
ALL RIGHT?

I WORK FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
SO WHAT?

I KNOW HIS OPERATION,
AND FOR A WALK,

I’LL GIVE YOU HIS WEEKLY
CARD GAME,

BUT AFTER THAT, WHAT YOU GET ON
HIM IS UP TO YOU,

BUT I’LL GET YOU TO HIM.

YOU GET US A GUY
PLAYING CARDS.

THIS IS MONEY T.,
MAN!

LYLE, YOU WANT TO GET WITHIN
50 MILES OF A WALK,

WE NEED MORE THAN A GUY
PLAYING HEARTS.

DAMN, MAN.

WHERE’S HE DEAL OUT OF?

YOU GOT A PEN OR
SOMETHING?

MAN, THIS IS BIG.

DAMN!

SO, ODALAS, YOU ANY RELATION
TO AN ELEANOR MONCREFE?

NEVER HEARD OF HER.

THEN WHERE’D YOU GET HER
CREDIT CARD?

I TOLD YOU, I DON’T KNOW
WHERE IT CAME FROM.

SO HOW’S IT WIND UP WITH YOU
TRYING TO BUY NEW SPEAKERS?

I GAVE THE GUY MY CARD.
HE SAID WAIT, SO I WAIT.

ALL THE SUDDEN,
I GOT COPS ALL OVER ME.

SO YOU’RE SAYING SOMEBODY
PULLED A SWITCHEROO.

GUESS SO.

NO, ODALAS, THAT AIN’T
GONNA FLY.

COP TO WHERE YOU GOT IT NOW

AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT MAYBE
A SLAP ON THE WRIST,

BUT IF YOU WASTE ANY MORE
OF OUR TIME,

WE’LL MAKE SURE
YOU’RE LOCKED UP.

A GUY GAVE IT TO ME.

A WHITE GUY.

A WHITE GUY.

GOES TO MY SCHOOL.

HIS NAME’S JOE.
I DON’T KNOW HIS LAST NAME.

A MYSTERY GUY NAMED JOE.

HE’S IN MY ALGEBRA CLASS.
ASK THE TEACHER.

MYSTERY JOE FROM ALGEBRA.

WITH THAT KIND OF DETAIL,

I THINK WE’RE ABOUT READY
FOR COURT.

I JUST DON’T KNOW HIM
SO GOOD.

DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT, ODALAS.
THAT’S PLENTY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I CAN GO?

WE’RE DONE DICKING AROUND
WITH JOE FROM ALGEBRA!

LET’S FIGURE OUT
WHAT WENT WRONG!

WHAT WENT WRONG WHERE?

JURIES UNDERSTAND ROBBERY,
ODALAS,

AND THAT A GUY CAN NEED
EXTRA CASH.

WHAT THEY DON’T GET IS BEATING
ON OLD WOMEN FOR IT.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
I DIDN’T BEAT NOBODY,

AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
NO APARTMENT!

SO YOU’RE GOING TO BAT WITH
JOE FROM ALGEBRA?

HE LAID THE CARD ON ME.
I FIGURED IT WAS HIS MOM’S.

SINCE HE’S NEW IN SCHOOL,
HE’S TRYING TO GET IN WITH ME.

LAST CHANCE, ODALAS!

JOE SOMETHING.
JOSEPH.

WHITE GUY, KIND OF GOOFY,
LOOKS LIKE HE’S OLDER THAN US.

YOU KNOW,
LIKE HE FLUNKED OUT.

THE TEACHER’D KNOW HIM!

SHE BETTER.

HER NAME AND WHERE YOU GO
TO SCHOOL.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

DON’T MOVE!
GET ON YOUR KNEES!

EVERYBODY!
GET ON YOUR KNEES!

WE GOT A GUN HERE!

I GOT SOMETHING.

A COUPLE OF OUNCES.
THAT’S IT.

WHERE’S THE REST?!
THAT’S IT!

WE’LL LUMP ON CHARGES YOU
DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT!

THAT’S IT!
I SWEAR!

OH, YOU DUMB SON OF
A BITCH!

NONE OF THEM’S MONEY T.?

NO, WE’LL BRING IN THE DOGS
TO SNIFF THIS PLACE OUT,

BUT I THINK YOUR BOY
SET US UP.

LET’S GET OUT OF HERE.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

I’D LIKE TO WASH THIS JUNKIE
PUKE OFF MY SHOES.

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOU?

I TOLD YOU, I DON’T LIKE
I. A. B. PAWING AT ME.

AND THAT’S IT?

IT DOESN’T HELP
RITA’S BULL

ABOUT THAT GIRL
NOT BEING A C.I.

SHE’S GOT A POINT CALLING
YOU OUT.

IT DON’T ADD UP, LIKE YOU
BOLTING OUT OF THE SQUAD

TO TALK TO THE GUY
THAT CAUGHT THE CASE.

WELL, I DID!

ALL RIGHT, WHAT’D HE SAY?

SO NOW YOU’RE GONNA
INTERROGATE ME?

YOU DON’T REMEMBER
WHAT HE SAID?

IT WAS MY DAD BANGING THAT
PROSS, OKAY?

IT’S BEEN GOING ON A WHILE.

HE’S GONNA LET YOU TAKE
THE RAP FOR IT?

YEAH, AND FOR NOW, THAT’S HOW
IT’S GONNA WORK,

AND I APPRECIATE YOU NOT GIVING
ME A SPEECH ABOUT IT.

ALL HIS TALK ABOUT
RIGHT AND WRONG

AND TOEING THE LINE,
AND HE’S OUT NAILING A WHORE.

THERE’S BEING A PARENT,

THEN THERE’S BEING
A HUMAN BEING.

SO YOU’RE DEFENDING HIM?

I GOT A LITTLE HISTORY
WITH THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT DID YOU EVER PASS
YOURSELF OFF AS A SAINT?

I KNOW IT’S HARD FOR YOU TO SEE
IT ’CAUSE HE’S YOUR DAD,

BUT HE’S JUST A GUY.
HE AIN’T PERFECT.

ARE WE GOING BACK AT LYLE?

KEEP IN MIND YOU DON’T JUST
SHRUG OFF

SOMETHING LIKE
AN UNREGISTERED PROSS C. I.,

AND IT’S NOT I.A.B.
YOU GOTTA WORRY ABOUT.

IT’S THE STINK
THAT FOLLOWS.

WHAT THE HELL?!

GET DOWN, EVERYBODY!
GET DOWN! HIT THE GROUND!

ANDY, WE GOT A GUY HIT!

WE NEED AN AMBULANCE!

WE GOT A SNIPER!

YOU’RE OKAY, PAL.
JUST HANG IN THERE.

YOU’RE ALL RIGHT.
HOLD ON, PAL!

OH, COME ON!
COME ON!

KID’S TIMOTHY MARTIN.
N. Y. U. GRAD STUDENT.

DRIVER’S LICENSE HAS HIM
LIVING ON "B."

ANY CONTACT NUMBERS?

MAYBE IN HIS BOOK BAG.
I HAVEN’T GONE THROUGH IT YET.

WHERE’S CLARK AND SIPOWICZ?

STILL CHECKING ROOFTOPS WITH
EMERGENCY SERVICE.

JONES AND MEDAVOY ARE LOOKING
FOR A SUSPECT ON THEIR CASE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW SHOULD THEY
COME BACK TO THE HOUSE.

TELL THEM JUST KEEP
THEIR RADIO ON.

JOHN GOT THEO FROM SCHOOL.
THEY’RE AT THE APARTMENT.

E.S.U. GOT SOME 9‐MILLIMETER
CASINGS

OFF A ROOF ACROSS
THE STREET.

YOU GONNA START A CANVASS?
I’M GONNA GO BACK IN WITH LYLE.

WE DON’T NEED A MASSACRE
UP THERE.

I’LL TALK TO HIM.

GLAD YOU’RE OKAY.

HEY, ANDY?
HOW WE GOING AT LYLE?

’CAUSE THERE’S A GOOD CASE
AGAINST YOU GOING IN AT ALL.

WRITE IT DOWN.
I’LL READ IT LATER.

YOU CAN’T GO TUNING UP
A GUY WE GOT NOTHING ON.

WHO SAID I’M GONNA
TUNE HIM UP?

YOU NEARLY DID
THIS MORNING.

ANDY, COME ON,
LET ME HANDLE THIS.

GET OUT OF THE WAY.

YOU GO IN THERE,
YOU’RE GONNA BLOW IT.

GET YOUR HAND OFF ME.
ANDY...

IF YOU DON’T GET OUT OF THE WAY,
WE’RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS.

THEN WE’LL HAVE PROBLEMS.

YOU LOOKING TO THROW
PUNCHES WITH ME?

IF THAT’S WHAT IT COMES
DOWN TO.

GET OUT OF THE WAY OR GET
ANOTHER PARTNER.

WHOA. WHAT’S THIS?

NOTHING.

IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE NOTHING,

AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE
SOMETHING

YOU WANT TO TAKE IN THE ROOM
WITH LYLE.

CAN YOU BOTH HANDLE THIS
OR DOES CLARK GO IN ALONE?

WE CAN HANDLE IT.

DON’T YOU EVER DO
THAT AGAIN.

I’M JUST WATCHING YOUR BACK.

IS SOMEBODY POPPING SHOTS
OUTSIDE?

WERE THEY SHOOTING AT YOU?

I TOLD YOU THERE WAS
GONNA BE TROUBLE.

WAIT A MINUTE!
WASN’T ME ON THE TRIGGER!

GET ME WHO WAS OR IT’S YOU
TAKING THE PUNISHMENT!

I GAVE YOU THE SPOT!

YOU GAVE US THIRD‐TIER DEALERS
WHO WERE BARELY HOLDING.

MAYBE THEY WAS DRY,
BUT THAT’S THE SPOT.

NO MORE OF THIS CRAP!

WHERE TO FIND MONEY T.
AND THE TWINS

AND WHOEVER ELSE MIGHT
HAVE SHOT AT ME

OR I TELL EVERY ONE OF THEM
THIRD‐TIER DEALERS

YOU SOLD ’EM OUT.

WON’T NOBODY BUY IT.

AFTER I LAY ON THAT
YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING

TO TAKE OVER
MONEY T.’s GAME

AND HIS WOMAN,
WHO YOU’VE BEEN CALLING

A TIGHT PIECE OF ASS
AND A WILD LAY,

HE’LL KILL YOU
ON PRINCIPLE!

YOU GOT A FUNNY SENSE
OF HUMOR, BROTHER.

NOW YOU GET THIS STRAIGHT,
PRICK ‐‐

I AIN’T YOUR BROTHER.

WE GOT SHOT AT IN FRONT OF OUR
PRECINCT HOUSE!

AN INNOCENT GUY GOT
BLOWN AWAY!

NOW, EITHER YOU GIVE US
WHO DID IT

OR YOU’RE GONNA DIE OUT IN
THE STREET.

GIVE HIM UP,
I’LL DIE ANYWAY!

AIN’T IT GONNA SEEM COINCIDENTAL
THE DAY I GET BROUGHT IN,

HE GOES DOWN?!

WE’LL GET YOU IN WITNESS
PROTECTION.

FOR GIVING UP MONEY T.?

HOW ABOUT A FREE JET
AND $100 MILLION,

’CAUSE THAT’S WHAT
IT’S WORTH!

WITNESS PROTECTION
OR YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN.

I GOT PEOPLE HERE!
I GOT A LIFE!

THEN GO LIVE IT, BUT PACK A LOT
INTO THE NEXT 24 HOURS,

’CAUSE THAT’S THE LONGEST
YOU’LL LAST!

THIS ASSHOLE TOOK
SHOTS AT COPS

FOR EMBARRASSING
HIS GIRLFRIEND!

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’S GONNA DO
TO A RAT, HUH?!

YOUR LIFE IS IN MY HANDS!

WHO SHOT AT US OR YOU DIE!

MAN! LITTLE PETE WASN’T SO
STUPID, MAN ‐‐

PUNK COULDN’T TELL HIS CORNER
FROM MINE ‐‐

I WOULDN’T EVEN BE HERE!

MAN, I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW,
IT IS A FORTRESS.

YOU WILL NEVER GET IN!

NO ONE ASKED FOR PREDICTIONS.

I’M SAYING, MAN,

IT’S ONE DOOR WITH A BIG‐ASS
DUDE SITTING ON IT,

AND EVEN IF YOU GOT BY,

THEY GOT SIGNALS TELLING
EVERYBODY HIT THE ESCAPE CHUTE.

THAT LEAD TO WHERE?

TO THE BASEMENT,

AND THEN THERE’S TUNNELS TO
A BUILDING THREE DOORS DOWN.

HERE. DIAGRAM IT.

[ SIGHS ]

WAKE UP THIS MORNING
WATCHING CARTOONS.

NOW IT’S WITNESS
PROTECTION.

E.S.U. AND NARCOTICS

WILL HAVE THEIR TEAMS READY
IN FIVE MINUTES.

CONNIE AND RITA?

IN THE LOCKER ROOM
TARTING UP.

THEY’LL BE READY SOON.

THAT YOUR SUSPECT ON
THE BEAT OLD WOMAN CASE?

YEAH, JOSEPH COWENS.

HE MIGHT HAVE GAVE A CLASSMATE
THE WOMAN’S CREDIT CARD.

Jones: WE’LL SEE WHAT WE CAN
GET OUT OF HIM.

HOW WE DOING IN HERE?

[ SIGHS ]
READY.

HOW DO WE LOOK?

IMPRESSIVE.
LET’S GO.

THANKS.

ANYTIME.

SO?

YOU KNOW WHY WE BROUGHT
YOU IN?

NO CLUE.

WHERE WERE YOU
ALL MORNING?

SCHOOL.

HOW COME WE FOUND
YOU IN AN ARCADE?

I DITCHED AFTER LUNCH.

ANYONE WITH YOU?

NO, I DON’T KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE HERE.

WHAT ABOUT ODALAS BROOKS?
YOU KNOW HIM?

FROM SCHOOL?
SORT OF.

SEE, I’M KIND OF NEW IN TOWN ‐‐
TWO MONTHS.

BEFORE HERE WAS DALLAS.
L. A. BEFORE THAT.

I LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR A YEAR.
STARTED OFF IN ATLANTA.

POPS IS BIG IN BUSINESS,
VARIOUS COMPANIES.

"EVERY MOVE’S A MOVE UP."
THAT’S WHAT HE SAYS.

IT MUST BE ROUGH MAKING FRIENDS,
MOVING AROUND SO MUCH.

I DO ALL RIGHT.

NOW, ODALAS, HE RUN WITH
A PRETTY IN CROWD?

I’M JUST FIGURING
THINGS OUT.

THIS MORNING,
DID YOU GIVE HIM A CREDIT CARD

AS A WAY OF MAYBE GETTING IN
WITH HIS CROWD?

DON’T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
A CREDIT CARD.

HE TOLD US YOU GAVE
HIM ONE.

WHAT A DICK.

WHY, ’CAUSE YOU DIDN’T DO IT
OR ’CAUSE HE GAVE YOU UP?

I DIDN’T DO IT.

HE OBVIOUSLY GOT BUSTED
FOR SOMETHING.

HE’S LAYING IT ON ME.

I DO CHESS CLUB.
I DON’T GIVE AWAY CREDIT CARDS.

’CAUSE IF YOU DID GIVE HIM
THE CARD,

WE’D BE COOLER
IF YOU COPPED TO IT NOW

THAN IF WE HAVE TO GO
FIND OUT ON OUR OWN.

I DON’T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
A CREDIT CARD.

WHO’S LORRAINE FIVELSON?

WHAT NOW?

YOU GOT HER MAIL IN
YOUR BAG.

OH, THAT ‐‐
I, UH, FOUND IT.

I THINK
A MAILMAN DROPPED IT.

I WAS GONNA TAKE IT
TO A POST OFFICE.

BUT YOU GOT SIDETRACKED,
YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE AND ALL.

I JUST ‐‐ I DIDN’T GET
AROUND TO IT YET.

MM‐HMM.

WE’LL SEE WHAT MRS. FIVELSON
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

IN THE MEANTIME,
YOU’RE STICKING AROUND.

I’M STUCK ’CAUSE I WAS DOING
A GOOD DEED?

WE WON’T TAKE LONG.

WHATEVER.

GREAT CITY.

I’M GONNA LOVE IT HERE.

HEY.
CARLISLE?

WHAT YOU WANT?

LOOKING TO HOOK UP.

WHAT’S THE WORD?

JACKSON 5.

WHO GAVE YOU THAT?

LYLE.

THAT WAS FOR YESTERDAY.
DON’T CUT IT TODAY.

WELL, WE GOT LOCKED UP.
WE COULDN’T MAKE IT.

CAN WE WORK SOMETHING OUT, HUH?
YOU, ME, AND HER?

YEAH.

RIGHT HERE
IN THE DOORWAY.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

DOWN THE STEPS,
AND DON’T MAKE A SOUND.

TRY ANYTHING AND I’LL PUT
ONE IN YOUR EAR!

FREEZE!
FREEZE!

FREEZE!
STOP OR YOU’RE A DEAD MAN!

DON’T MOVE!

FREEZE RIGHT THERE!
DON’T MAKE A MOVE!

WE GOOD DOWN HERE?

WE’RE GOOD.

EVERYBODY FREEZE!
DON’T MOVE!

IN THE RED, DON’T MOVE!
DON’T MOVE!

ARE YOU MONEY T.?

I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT, MAN!

YOU THINK YOU CAN TRY AND KILL
A COP AND GET AWAY WITH IT?

I DON’T KNOW WHAT Y’ALL
DOING HERE!

HOW ABOUT THAT, HUH?

AND WHAT’S THIS?

INSULATION?!

I WANT MY LAWYER.

YOU AND ME GOT SOME BUSINESS
FIRST, MONEY!

ANDY!

I WANT MY LAWYER!
ANDY, IN HERE!

TAKE THIS ASSHOLE.

CHECK OVER THERE.

YOU GOT CHANGE FOR
A MILLION?

WE GOTTA SECURE THIS.

YEAH, DON’T LET E. S. U.
OR CRIME SCENE IN

UNTIL THIS IS COUNTED.

SON OF A BITCH.

[ BUZZER ]

MRS. FIVELSON!

IT’S POLICE, MRS. FIVELSON!

LORRAINE FIVELSON!

POLICE, MA’AM!

MRS. FIVELSON?

OH, NO.

OH, BOY.

GET A BUS.
I’LL GET HER UNTIED.

15th SQUAD TO CENTRAL "K."

HAVE A SECTOR CAR
AND AMBULANCE RESPOND

TO 2130 7th STREET,
APARTMENT B.

PUT A RUSH ON THE AMBULANCE.
WE HAVE AN ELDERLY UNCONSCIOUS.

IS SHE ALIVE?

THERE’S A PULSE.

LET’S LIE HER DOWN
ON THE GROUND.

LYLE SQUARED AWAY?

IN WITH THE FEDS.

HE’S DECIDING DOES HE WANT
RELOCATION TO FLORIDA OR HAWAII.

I JUST GOT OFF WITH
A SPECIAL AGENT THOMAS.

LOOKS LIKE THE U. S. ATTORNEY’S
TAKING MONEY T. FEDERAL.

FEDS TAKING THE DOUGH, TOO?

IT GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD WORK TODAY.

TELL HIM.
HE’S THE ONE KEPT HIS HEAD.

THROUGH A LOT OF DISTRACTION,
I. A. B. AND SO FORTH.

HOPEFULLY,
THAT’S PUT TO BED.

YOU STILL COUNTING CASH?

UP TO $14 MILLION.

NEEDED A COFFEE BREAK.

UM, I’M HEADING HOME.

BE THERE AS SOON AS I CAN.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

NO, I’LL, UH, I’LL BE THERE
AS SOON AS I CAN.

HEY.

HEY.

I’M HEADING OUT.

OKAY.

RITA...

GOOD NIGHT.

NIGHT.

UH, AM I GONNA SEE
YOU LATER?

DO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO
TALK ABOUT?

I WASN’T LYING TO
YOU BEFORE.

IF THAT’S ALL YOU GOTTA SAY,
I DON’T NEED TO HEAR IT AGAIN.

IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP,
CALL ME.

WE SAW MRS. FIVELSON.

WE GOT YOUR PRINTS
OUT OF HER APARTMENT,

AND SHE’S GONNA I. D. YOU

AS SOON AS SHE GETS OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL.

WISH I KNEW WHAT YOU GUYS
WERE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU EVER BEEN TO PRISON?
NO.

THE POINT IS TO DO THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF TIME, NOT THE MOST.

WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU NEED TO
EXPRESS WHY YOU DID THIS

SO THE JUDGE WILL HAVE SOME
SYMPATHY FOR YOU

WHEN HE’S LOOKING AT
EMERGENCY‐ROOM PHOTOS

OF THOSE BEAT‐UP WOMEN!

WHY WOULD I BEAT WOMEN?

ARE YOU MAD AT THEM
FOR SOME REASON?

THEY’RE TOTAL STRANGERS.

MAYBE YOU WERE TRYING TO
MAKE A POINT.

LIKE WHAT?

WE DON’T KNOW, JOSEPH!

AND IF YOU DON’T LAY IT OUT
RIGHT NOW,

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!

NOW!!

WERE YOU EVER THE NEW KID
IN SCHOOL?

NO, NOT REALLY.

YOU GET YOUR ASS KICKED
A LOT.

THEY WHIP PENS AT YOUR HEAD,

PISS ON YOUR BOOK BAG,
AND STEAL YOUR SHOES AND WATCH.

THAT TAKES ABOUT SIX
MONTHS TO STOP,

BUT BY THEN,
I’M ON TO THE NEXT SCHOOL

AND HIS NEXT BIG OPPORTUNITY!

YOUR DAD?

GUAM TODAY.
HONG KONG TOMORROW.

HE WON’T BE BACK TILL
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

THEN IT’S THAILAND TILL
THE END OF THE MONTH!

MOM’S EQUALLY UNAVAILABLE
IN SEATTLE

WITH HER ARCHITECT
BOYFRIEND.

WE TALK
ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.

WERE YOUR FOLKS AROUND
WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP?

PRETTY MUCH.

I HAVE A GUATEMALAN
HOUSEKEEPER‐SLASH‐GUARDIAN.

AND SHE DOESN’T SPEAK
ENGLISH,

SO THERE’S NOT MUCH POINT
IN MY TALKING TO HER

ABOUT HOW I HATE
MOVING AROUND

OR I WISH I COULD SETTLE
IN ONE SPOT FOR FIVE MINUTES

SO I WOULDN’T HAVE TO STAY BACK
IN SCHOOL ANOTHER YEAR,

AND MAYBE I COULD MAKE
A NORMAL FRIEND

OR, GOD FORBID, A GIRLFRIEND!

THAT MUST START
TO BUILD UP.

YEAH, I WALK A LOT,
AND I‐I PUT ON MY HEADPHONES.

I TRY TO COOL OUT.

SOMETIMES, I WISH SOMEONE
WOULD BUMP INTO ME,

AND I COULD JUST...

[ SHRIEKS ]
SLUG ’EM!

DROP ’EM TO THE GROUND,
STOMP ON THEIR FACE!

IS THAT HOW YOU WERE FEELING
THIS MORNING?

I WAS WALKING AND WALKING,

AND FOR SOME REASON,
I JUST STOP AND LOOKED UP,

AND THERE’S THESE
LITTLE PLANTS

AND A TV WITH
A SOAP OPERA ON,

AND I COULD EVEN SEE MAGNETS
ON THE FRIDGE.

THIS WAS MRS. MONCREFE?

I COULD SEE IT ALL
FROM THE STREET.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO HER
APARTMENT?

HER DOOR WAS OPEN.
I WALKED IN.

SHE SAW ME,
AND I JUST FLIPPED!

BEATING HER.

HER FACE AND HER CHEST!

I KICKED AT HER KNEES!

I TAPED HER UP.
I BEAT HER WITH A BOOK.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
I’M BACK ON THE STREET WALKING.

IS THAT WHEN YOU FOUND
MRS. FIVELSON?

YEAH, WITH THE SAME PLANTS AND
THE TV WITH A SOAP OPERA.

AND I JUST WENT OFF.

I BEAT HER SO BAD.

WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH YOUR DAD.

HE’S GONNA HAVE TO CUT
HIS TRIP SHORT.

OH, HE’S GONNA FREAK OUT!
HE’S GONNA KILL ME!

HE’S GONNA FREAK OUT.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

HEY.

THANKS FOR COMING.

I’M MAKING SPAGHETTI.

I’M NOT REALLY HUNGRY.

YOU WANT SOMETHING
TO DRINK?

IF I WANTED SOMETHING,
I’D HAVE GOT IT.

YOU SAID ON THE PHONE

THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE
YOU HAD TO TELL ME.

I’M COVERING FOR MY DAD.

IT WAS HIM WITH THE PROSS?

I SCRAMBLED THINKING
OF A WAY TO EXPLAIN IT,

AND HER BEING MY C. I.
WAS THE BEST I CAN DO.

I’M SORRY I GOT
YOU UPSET.

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.

HOW LONG’S IT BEEN
GOING ON?

A WHILE.
I DON’T KNOW.

[ SIGHS ]

SO WHAT NOW?
HOW DO YOU CLEAR IT UP?

WE RIDE IT OUT,
HOPE IT GOES AWAY QUICK.

BUT I. A. B.’s INVOLVED.

I’LL JUST TAKE THE RIP.

DID YOU TALK TO YOUR DAD
ABOUT THIS?

IT’S BETTER I TAKE THE RIP
THAN HE LOSES HIS PENSION.

ARE YOU SURE IT’S A RIP?
IS THAT WHAT MARTENS SAID?

HE SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM.

THAT COULD MEAN LOSING
YOUR JOB.

NOBODY’S LOST THEIR JOB OVER
AN UNREGISTERED C.I.

WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE THINKING
YOU SCREW WHORES?

IF THAT’S THE BOOK ON YOU,
IT’LL RUB OFF ON ME.

YOU’RE GETTING AHEAD
OF YOURSELF.
I’VE SEEN IT HAPPEN.

I WON’T LET IT GET THERE.

THE ONLY WAY IT WON’T IS BY YOU
AND YOUR DAD GOING TO I. A. B.

THAT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU’RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE!

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

I AM TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM
WALKING OFF A CLIFF.

I DON’T REMEMBER ASKING
FOR YOUR OPINION.

COME ON.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I THINK YOU GOT SOME
THINKING TO DO,

AND I DON’T WANT MY OPINIONS
MUDDYING THE WATER.

[ CHAIR SLAMS ]

THAT’S SILLY.

HI, CONNIE!

HEY, SWEETIE.

OKAY, WHY DON’T YOU GO BRUSH
YOUR TEETH,

GET READY FOR BED, THEO?

I’LL KISS HELLO WHEN MY
TEETH ARE CLEAN.

THAT’S...VERY
CONSCIENTIOUS.

[ LAUGHS ]

THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE SCARE
TODAY.

YEAH, ME TOO.

HOW FAR AWAY WERE YOU
WHEN THAT KID GOT SHOT?

FAR ENOUGH.

IT REALLY SCARED ME.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I WANT TO STAY THE NIGHT.

THAT’S WHAT THE BAG’S FOR?

I DON’T WANT TO GO HOME
BY MYSELF TONIGHT.

I DON’T KNOW IF THEO’S
READY FOR THAT.

WELL I‐I THINK WE SHOULD TALK
TO HIM ABOUT IT AND SEE.

UH, THEO?

THEO, COME HERE A SECOND.

CONNIE AND I WANT TO ASK YOU
A QUESTION.

WHY DON’T YOU SIT DOWN OVER
HERE, BUDDY?

OKAY.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]

UH...

YOU SEE, WHEN PEOPLE ARE
TOGETHER FOR A WHILE,

AND THEY CARE ABOUT
EACH OTHER,

SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO SLEEP
IN THE SAME BED.

WHY?

SO THEY CAN BE CLOSE
AND TALK AND HUG.

AND WATCH TV?

YEAH, SURE.

AND, UH, YOU SEE, WELL...
[ SIGHS ]

WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW YOU’D FEEL
IF CONNIE SLEPT OVER WITH ME

ON THE PULLOUT.

LIKE A SLEEPOVER PARTY?

EXCEPT YOU’D SLEEP IN THERE
AND US OUT HERE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

CAN I WATCH TV NOW?

YEAH, YEAH,
FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

NOT SO BAD.

I’LL CLEAR YOU
SOME CLOSET SPACE.

NO, I’M FINE OUT OF
THE BAG.

FOR NOW.