NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 5, Episode 17 - Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton - full transcript

Simone and Sipowicz look into the shooting of two women (one of whom was killed) who were raped by a group of men in an apartment owned by a former crack dealer, named Jamal, who was crippled in a previous shooting incident. Sipowicz confides in Simone about his medical condition when Simone runs into Sipowicz at the hospital undergoing tests. Meanwhile, Kirkendall, Russell and Medavoy investigate a shooting at a clinic. When they get a woman suspect into custody, a security guard from the clinic who was her secret admirer comes to the precinct demanding she get a second chance.

LOOK AT THESE PHONY BASTARDS
TALKING ABOUT THEIR GOLF GAMES.

THEY WERE GOING OVER
THEIR PATIENTS' CHARTS,
ANDY.

YEAH, WITH THEIR SCORECARDS
HIDDEN INSIDE.

HEY.

HEY.

WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

2 VICTIMS SHOT IN THE HEAD.

ONE D. O. A.

PATRICIA LAUGHTON.

UH, THIS ONE HERE‐‐
CAROL WILSON‐‐

BULLET JUST
GRAZED THE SCALP.



SHE LOST SOME BLOOD,
BUT SHE'S GONNA MAKE IT.

2 STICKS OF REEFER
IN HER POCKET.

WHICH YOU WILL VOUCHER.

YOU GOT IT.

OK.

HI, UH, WE NEED
TO TALK TO CAROL
FOR A FEW MINUTES.

SHE'S GOING FOR A CAT SCAN
IN A LITTLE WHILE.

WE WON'T HOLD IT UP.

CAROL.

DETECTIVE SIMONE.
THIS IS DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

SORRY YOU GOT SHOT.

PATTY'S DEAD, HUH?

CAROL, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US
HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED.

SHE'S DEAD
FOR BEIN' MY FRIEND.



I'M THE ONE
WHO KNEW ANTOINE.

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HUNG OUT
WITH NO FOOL LIKE THAT.

IS ANTOINE WHO SHOT YOU
AND PATTY?

ABOUT 6 OR 7 OF 'EM,
ALL WEARING THESE
KNIT SKI MASKS

TO COVER THEIR FACE.

RAN US UP TO
THEY RAGGEDY‐ASS APARTMENT...

EACH ONE OF 'EM
HAD SEX ON US.

AND THIS WAS, UH,
ANTOINE'S APARTMENT?

NO, IT WAS JAMAL'S
APARTMENT.

JAMAL BEING...

GUY FROM AROUND.
MAN, WHAT DO Y'ALL KNOW?

HE SELLS ROCK.

HE DID, ANYWAYS.

6 MONTHS AGO
HE GOT HIT.

SHOT 8 TIMES.
MESSED UP REAL BAD.

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME
WHAT ANTOINE'S
GOT TO DO WITH THIS?

NOTHIN'.

BUT WHILE THEM
SKI‐MASKED DICKHEADS

WAS STICKIN' IT
TO ME AND PATTY,

THEY KEPT SAYIN'
THIS WAS FOR ME

BEIN' ANTOINE'S GIRLFRIEND.

ME, ANTOINE'S GIRL?

PICTURE THAT.

I DONE WENT OUT
WITH THAT FOOL ALTOGETHER

2 DAMN TIMES.

CAROL. JAMAL
THAT SELLS ROCK,

WHO GOT SHOT,

WHOSE APARTMENT
THESE GUYS HAD YOU IN,

WHAT WAS HIS CONNECTION
WITH ANTOINE?

ANTOINE'S THE ONE
WHO SHOT JAMAL.

OVER WHAT?

ANTOINE SELL, TOO.

MOSTLY CHRONIC, THOUGH.

YOU GOT A LAST NAME
ON THIS ANTOINE?

CHAMPAGNE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LIQUOR?

SO THESE GUYS RAPIN' YOU,
THIS WAS SOME KIND
OF REVENGE

FOR ANTOINE SHOOTIN' JAMAL?

THEN WHEN THEY WAS
FINISHED WITH US

IN THE APARTMENT,

THEY RAN US UP
THE PROJECTS...

TOOK US ON THE ROOF,

AND ONE OF 'EM
SNATCHED HIS SKI MASK OFF,

SAID HE WANTED US
TO SEE HIS FACE.

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW
WE WAS GONNA GET SHOT.

YOU KNOW THIS GUY
WHO PULLED
THE SKI MASK OFF?

NO.

THINK YOU COULD
PICK HIM OUT?

NO.

YOU KNOW WHERE
HIS PLACE IS
THAT THEY TOOK YOU?

10th STREET
AND AVENUE C.

THIRD FLOOR.

APARTMENT 3‐H.

THERE'S A SILVER CROSS
UP ON THE DOOR.

ALL DONE.

WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT
THE SILVER CROSS
ON THE DOOR,

IT TAKES SOME OF
THE NASTINESS OFF
OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE.

OH, GOD.

OH, HI, ANDY.

YEAH, I'M‐‐I'M GONNA
CALL YOU LATER ON.

DO YOU HAVE
JUST A MINUTE
FOR ME NOW?

NO, NOT NOW. WE'RE
INVESTIGATING SOMETHING NOW.

THIS IS THE DETECTIVE
I'M INVESTIGATING WITH,
DETECTIVE SIMONE.

GERALD TALBOT.
HOW DO YOU DO?

HOW DO YOU DO?

I'M GONNA CALL YOU
LATER ON, HUH?

GIVE US JUST A MINUTE.

LISTEN, ANDY,
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
MY CONTACTING YOUR WIFE.

I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD
ABOUT IT, AND...

IN TIME,
I HOPE YOU'LL FORGIVE
MY INTERVENTION.

ANYWAYS, WE GOTTA
INVESTIGATE NOW.

BUT I CAN EXPECT
TO HEAR FROM YOU
IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO

TO SCHEDULE
SOME PROCEDURES?

YEAH. I PROMISED HER
I WOULD.

OK.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU,
DETECTIVE.

ANDY.

HEY, COULD I GET YOU GUYS
TO SIGN MY MEMO BOOK?

YEAH.
GIVE ME A SECOND
ON THAT, HUH?

ARE YOU, UH,
SICK, ANDY?

I GOT CANCER
IN MY PROSTATE,

AND THAT GUY'S
GONNA HAVE TO CUT ON ME.

SHE SAY 3‐H,

THIS GIRL
WITH THE HARD HEAD?

UH...

10th AND C.

HEY.

BODY'S IN
THE OTHER ROOM.

ROBERT McCLURE.
ONE TO THE GUT.

HIS PARTNER OVER THERE
FOUND HIM‐‐
BRUCE CLAYTON.

THANKS.

I'M DETECTIVE RUSSELL.

THIS IS
DETECTIVE KIRKENDALL.

BRUCE CLAYTON.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THIS?

I WAS UPSTAIRS,

AND I HEARD THE SHOT.

I COME RUNNING,
AND I FOUND HIM LIKE THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
THIS WAS ABOUT?

WELL, THIS‐‐THIS HERE
WAS A BREAK‐IN.

PEOPLE STEALIN' DRUGS.

SO WHEN I COME DOWN THE HALL,

THERE WAS THESE
2 BLACK GUYS
GOIN' OUT THE BACK.

WHAT KIND OF A LOOK
DID YOU GET AT THEM?

NONE, REALLY.
JUST SAW THEM
FROM THE BACK.

WELL, THEN
I COME IN HERE,

AND I SAW THE PLACE
A MESS,

AND I SAW BOB DOWN.

I TRIED CPR ON HIM,
BUT, UM...

HE WAS GONE.

DESERT EAGLE.

ONE EXPENDED ROUND.

DUMPED IN A TRASH CONTAINER
DOWN THE HALL.

EXPENSIVE PIECE
FOR A DOPER TO LEAVE BEHIND.

THAT'S ACTUALLY MINE.

WELL, IT WAS IN MY NAME.

SEE, BOBBY AND ME ACTUALLY
OWNED IT JOINTLY.

WE WENT IN ON IT TOGETHER.

FOR PROTECTION AT WORK.

EXACTLY.

SO YOU FIGURE
THEY TOOK IT OFF BOB?

CAN I CLEAN MYSELF UP?

SURE. SURE.
THEN WE'D LIKE YOU

TO COME DOWN TO
THE STATION HOUSE WITH US.

WELL, WHO'S GONNA BE
ON DUTY?

WE'LL LEAVE A COP HERE.

YEAH, OK.

SURE.

OH, UH...

WE'LL, UH...

NEED THE TAPE
FROM THAT CAMERA
IN THE HALLWAY.

THAT'S IN
THE SECURITY OFFICE.

I ACTUALLY TOOK IT OUT
TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE ON IT.

WHAT WAS ON IT?

I DIDN'T SHOW ANYONE.

LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS
SOME MALFUNCTION.

OK.

TAPE MALFUNCTION.

HMM.

LIEUTENANT.

YEAH.

WHAT IS IT, DOLORES?

THIS GENTLEMAN
HAS INFORMATION

ON DETECTIVES RUSSELL'S
AND KIRKENDALL'S CASE.

THE ONE THEY GOT
THIS MORNING.

YEAH. I'M JAY FARIA.

YEAH, I'M LIEUTENANT FANCY.

CAN I TALK TO YOU?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WHY DON'T YOU
COME OVER HERE?

IT'S ABOUT THAT
SECURITY GUARD GOT KILLED.

YEAH, UM, WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT?

FIRST THING
I'D LIKE TO SAY IS,

I'M A WORKING MAN.

SHORT ORDER COOK.

DON'T MAKE A LOT,
SO I'M SCRAPING
BETWEEN PAYDAYS.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

JUST SO YOU KNOW
WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

IF THERE'S ANY PAYBACK
FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP,

I'D BE GRATEFUL.

WELL, FIRST I NEED TO HEAR
WHAT YOU'VE GOT, JAY.

OK. I'M ON MY WAY
TO WORK, ABOUT 5:15.

I CUT ACROSS
THE PARKING LOT BY THE,
UH, HEALTH CLINIC.

I GOT MY HEADPHONES ON,
MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS.

BAM! THIS WOMAN COMES
FLYING OUT OF THE BACK
OF THE BUILDING,

WEARING A SWEATSHIRT
WITH THE HOOD UP.

SO WHAT DID THIS WOMAN
LOOK LIKE?

NOT TOO SURE.
SHE HAD THE HOOD UP.

WELL, HOW DID YOU KNOW
IT WAS A WOMAN?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I KNOW SHE'S A WOMAN
FROM HER BODY.

DID YOU SEE
WHERE SHE WENT?

AROUND THE CORNER.
I HEARD THE CAR
START UP AND DRIVE OFF.

IS THAT GONNA
BUY ME ANYTHING?

WELL, IF IT TURNS OUT
YOUR STORY'S ACCURATE,

I'LL SEE YOU GET $100.

I HAVE TO COME BACK
FOR IT?

WELL, I DON'T THINK
WE'LL BE FED‐EXing IT TO YOU.

OK. I'LL COME BACK IN.

I CAN AGREE TO THAT.

OK. WRITE DOWN YOUR ADDRESS.

HEY, BOSS.

HOW'D YOU DO
AT THE HOSPITAL?

2 FEMALE VICTIMS,

UH, GANG‐RAPED
IN AN APARTMENT,

THEN THEY WERE SHOT
ON THE ROOF.

SOME KIND OF PAYBACK
BETWEEN DRUG DEALERS.

THE ONE SURVIVED
GIVE US THE ADDRESS
WHERE THE RAPES WENT DOWN.

TAKE E. S. U.

YEAH, I'M GONNA CALL NOW.

NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE.

OK. THANKS
FOR COMING IN.

WITNESS IN RUSSELL
AND KIRKENDALL'S CASE.

I TOOK HIS STATEMENT.

LET ME, UH,
GO WRITE UP A 5.

ONE DD‐5 AND HE THINKS
HE'S DICK TRACY.

THIS GUY'S IN 3‐H.

LOOK FOR THE SILVER CROSS.

HERE'S THE CROSS.

ANDY, UH...

YOU ALL RIGHT
TO DO THIS?

Sipowicz: EXCUSE ME.

POLICE!

[SHOUTING]

POLICE!
GET YOUR HANDS UP!
WHERE YOU GOING?!

WHERE YOU GOIN', HUH?
LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS!

WHO'S JAMAL?!

ON THE ROOF!

POLICE! DON'T MOVE!

GREAT.

NOW WE GOTTA GET
THAT SPECIAL VAN.

LIEUTENANT FANCY
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
AS SOON AS YOU GOT BACK.

THANKS.

UH, THE COFFEE ROOM'S
OVER HERE, BRUCE, UH...

A FEW PASTRIES
AND SO FORTH.

NOW, WHY DON'T YOU
GET YOURSELF SET UP
WHILE, UH,

WHILE WE TALK.

OK.

UH...IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A PASSION
FOR CREAM FILLING,

I'D APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU'D LEAVE
THAT ONE FOR ME.

BOSS.

SO WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE
AT THAT HEALTH CLINIC?

WELL, THIS GUY
IN THE COFFEE ROOM
AND THE D. O. A.

WERE BOTH SECURITY GUARDS.

THIS ONE DIDN'T WITNESS
THE SHOOTING,

BUT SAYS HE SAW
2 BLACK GUYS

HE FIGURED FOR DRUG ADDICTS
FLEE THE SCENE.

HIS STORY'S GOT
BIG HOLES IN IT.

HE DIDN'T MENTION
A WOMAN FLEEING THE SCENE?

Medavoy: UH‐UH.

A GUY JUST CAME IN.

SAID HE SAW A WOMAN
RUN FROM THE CLINIC
AROUND 5:15 THIS MORNING.

THAT'S WHO THIS
GUARD'S COVERING FOR.

THERE'S, LIKE,
A 40‐MINUTE SECTION
OF THE TAPE

FROM THE SURVEILLANCE
CAMERA THAT'S BEEN ERASED.

SEEMS PRETTY CERTAIN
THIS GUARD DID THAT.

PLUS WE FOUND
A .44 DESERT EAGLE

IN THE TRASH CAN
AT THE SCENE,

OWNED BY THIS GUARD
AND THE D. O. A. JOINTLY.

HE'S GOT SOME
EXPLAINING TO DO.

REMEMBER THE GAP
ON THE NIXON TAPES?

YOU KNOW, MY DAD
USED TO SIT

WITH HALF A LOAD ON
IN FRONT OF THE TV,

YOU KNOW,
WHEN THEY'D BE,
UH, ALIBIING

HOW THE PRESIDENT'S
SECRETARY

"ACCIDENTALLY"
ERASED THAT TAPE.

HE'D BE TALKIN'
AT THE TV SCREEN.

"YOU THINK
WE'RE COMPLETE IDIOTS?

A CONTORTIONIST
COULDN'T DO
WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING."

HE WAS A REGISTERED
REPUBLICAN, TOO, MY DAD.

YEAH. HE JUST NEVER
FOUND THAT EXPLANATION
CREDIBLE.

[DOOR OPENS]

SIT DOWN.

BRUCE, AN EYEWITNESS

PUTS A WOMAN RUNNING
OUT OF THE CLINIC

AFTER THE SHOOTING
THIS MORNING.

NO 2 BLACK JUNKIES.

YOU'RE GETTING
IN SO DEEP, BRUCE,

PRETTY SOON NOBODY'S
GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.

THE WOMAN‐‐AHEM‐‐

THAT RAN OUT...

SHE'S A NURSE
AT THE CLINIC.

WHAT'S HER NAME?

VAL DIXON.

VAL'S DEPRESSED,
MORE AND MORE.

HER HUSBAND'S
NOT ABLE TO FIND WORK.

I THINK ALL THAT
MADE HER VULNERABLE

TO THIS TYPE OF THING
WITH BOB McCLURE.

SHE AND McCLURE
WERE HAVING
AN AFFAIR?

VAL TRIED BREAKING
THINGS OFF WITH BOB
A MONTH AGO.

ALL NIGHT LONG,
HE'D TALK ABOUT HER.

AND HE'D CALL, AND
HE'D MAKE HER GO TO THE
PAY PHONE AT ECONO‐GAS

AND CALL HIM BACK.

THEN MORNINGS, I'D SEE
HER SHOWING UP FOR WORK.

YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS
GETTING MORE AND MORE
STRESSED OUT.

DID HE CALL LAST NIGHT?

YES. AND WHEN
HE CAME IN AFTER,

HE HAD THIS BIG,
RED FLUSH IN HIS FACE,

HE SAID HE WAS
GONNA MAKE HER LIFE
GOOD AND MISERABLE.

WHAT TIME WAS THIS?

2:00.

THEY RERUN
THE 11:00 NEWS,
AND IT JUST ENDED.

DID YOU TELL US THE TRUTH
ABOUT NOT WITNESSING
THE SHOOTING?

YES, I DID.

I HEARD THE SHOT,
RAN DOWN, AND FOUND BOB.

DID YOU SEE VAL
KILL BOB?

NO, I DIDN'T.

WAS SHE ON THE TAPE?

WELL,
I ASSUME SHE WAS.

BUT IT WAS YOU
ERASED IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HER
THROWING THAT GUN
IN THE TRASH.

I'D HAVE GONE
AND RETRIEVED IT.

SHE DID NOT WANT TO
CONTINUE THAT AFFAIR.

HE‐‐HE‐‐HE WAS
STRESSING HER OUT.

I HOPE SPOOKY
IS YOUR STREET NAME?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO HOW ABOUT GIVING UP
YOUR REAL NAME, SPOOKY?

MY REAL NAME'S
JEROME...ALLARDIS.

WHAT'S THIS
ALL ABOUT, ANYWAY?

WELL, ONE THING IT'S ABOUT
IS YOU IN POSSESSION.

WE'RE GONNA
GET YOUR RAP SHEET,

FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND
OF JACKPOT THAT PUTS
YOU IN.

THAT'S NOT MY PLACE.
THAT ROCK DON'T
BELONG TO ME.

THE BIG POT WE GOT
BOILING FOR YOU, SPOOKY,

IS THEM 2 GIRLS
GOT RAPED IN THAT APARTMENT

AND THEN SHOT IN THE HEAD
UP ON THE ROOF.

NAH‐UH. I DIDN'T
SHOOT NO GIRLS.

GET OVER ON 'EM
IN THE APARTMENT?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHICH GIRLS
YOU TALKING ABOUT!

OK, NITWIT, DID YOU
BANG ANY GIRLS
EVER IN THAT APARTMENT?

DID YOU SEE
THAT CRIPPLE, MAN,
IN THAT APARTMENT?

WHAT DOES THAT GOT
TO DO WITH THE GIRLS?

WE TAKE CARE
OF JAMAL.

LOOK, ANYTHING
ELSE THAT GOES ON,
WHO THE HELL KNOWS?

SPOOKY AND HIS PALS
DOING THEIR GOOD DEED

TAKING CARE OF THEIR
CRIPPLED DEALER FRIEND
JAMAL,

WHO'S TO BEGRUDGE THEM
AN OCCASIONAL RAPE?

I DIDN'T SAY
I RAPED ANYBODY!

UH, SPOOKY, SAY THAT
YOU WERE WITH THOSE GIRLS
IN JAMAL'S APARTMENT,

BUT YOU WERE NOT THE ONE
THAT PULLED THE TRIGGER
UP ON THAT ROOF.

THAT WOULD PUT YOU
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

OF COURSE, MAYBE IT WAS YOU
WHO PULLED THAT TRIGGER.

HELL IF IT WAS.

ONE OF THOSE GIRLS
LIVED, SPOOKY.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

DON'T TELL ME THAT BITCH
PICKED ME OUT, 'CAUSE
THAT'S A DAMN LIE.

'CAUSE YOU
WORE A SKI MASK?

WE KNOW ABOUT
THE SKI MASKS, SPOOKY.

AND THAT GIRL THAT LIVED,

UP ON THE ROOF,

SHE HEARD 2 DIFFERENT GUYS
SAY YOUR NAME.

ALL RIGHT, SAY I DID
WEAR A SKI MASK.

YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT WOULD PROVE?

WHAT ELSE, SHERLOCK?

IF I WAS GONNA CAP HER,

WHAT THE HELL WOULD I
WEAR A SKI MASK FOR? SHE
WOULD BE DEAD ANYWAY.

WHAT WOULD I CARE
IF SHE SEEN MY FACE?

GOOD POINT.

ALL RIGHT.
WHO DID SHOOT 'EM?

NAH. I GOTTA
REPRESENT.

RISE, SPOOKY.

BUT IT WASN'T
YOUR PAL LEON THAT
WE GOT IN THE OTHER ROOM

THAT DID IT?

NAH, IT WASN'T LEON.

AND DON'T TRY TO PUT
IT ON HIM, EITHER.

MAN, IT'S
SKANKY IN HERE.

YEAH, THAT'S THE LAST
THING YOU SHOULD BE
WORRYING ABOUT, BRO.

TIME FOR A REALITY
CHECK, LEON.

THAT ROCK WE FOUND
ON YOU, THAT'S IN
OUR POCKET NOW.

WE SAY THE WORD,
YOU GO AWAY.

NOW WE GET
TO THE RAPE.

I DON'T NEED
TO DO NO RAPES.

SO MAYBE YOU WERE
JUST STAYING IN
SHAPE WITH THESE?

WE KNOW ABOUT THE RAPES,
WE KNOW ABOUT ROOF,

AND WE KNOW ONE OTHER THING
WHICH WILL SAVE YOUR ASS
IF YOU LET IT.

WE KNOW YOU
WORE A SKI MASK, LEON.

YOU WERE AFRAID THOSE
GIRLS COULD I. D. YOU,

WHICH PROVES THAT
YOU DIDN'T MEAN
TO KILL THEM.

NOW, KNOWING THAT
YOU'RE NOT GUILTY OF
PREMEDITATED MURDER,

WE WILL WORK
WITH YOU ON THIS,

BUT YOU GOTTA
GIVE UP ALL YOU GOT.

ONE OF YOU DID
NOT WEAR A SKI MASK.

SAVE YOUR LIFE, LEON.

TELL US WHO THAT WAS.

YEAH, WE WENT
UP TO THE ROOF.

WE THOUGHT WE WAS
GONNA HAVE MORE SEX.

THEN JACKSON SAYS
HE'S GONNA CAP 'EM,

PAYIN' THAT
ONE BITCH BACK
FOR BANGING ANTOINE.

'CAUSE ANTOINE,
THAT THE ONE BITCH

WENT OUT WITH MAYBE
A TOTAL OF 2 TIMES,

HE'S WHO SHOT JAMAL,

AND THIS WAS PAYING
HIM BACK SHOOTING
HER?

YOU SEE JAMAL
IN THAT CHAIR?
YOU CALL THAT RIGHT?

WHERE ARE WE GONNA
FIND THIS, UH, JACKSON
THAT SHOT THE 2 GIRLS?

YOU GONNA
WORK WITH ME, RIGHT?

WHAT HAVE WE
BEEN DOING?

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

HE'S STAYING WITH
OUR COUSIN IN RICHMOND.

THIS CRIPPLE JAMAL
THAT'S SUCH
A BIG MARTYR,

WHAT WAS HE DOING
WHEN THOSE GIRLS
WERE GETTING RAPED

IN HIS APARTMENT?

HE WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM.
SAID HE DIDN'T WANT
TO WATCH.

BUT HE WAS, UH,
EGGING THIS JACKSON ON

TO TAKE 'EM
UP TO THAT ROOF.

NAH, HE DIDN'T
SAY THAT, EITHER.

JAMAL DON'T
TALK THAT MUCH.

SO THESE PUNKS,
SPOOKY AND LEON,

THEY'RE ON THE ROOF WHEN
THESE 2 GIRLS GET SHOT,

BUT ALL THEY DID
WAS RAPE 'EM.

JACKSON, THAT DIDN'T
WEAR THE SKI MASK, DID
THE ACTUAL SHOOTING.

YOU GOT A PLACE
TO LOOK FOR HIM?

Simone: YEAH,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

WE GOT TO CALL
THEIR JOB DOWN THERE.

HOW'S THIS
FOR DEEP THINKING?

THESE GIRLS
GET RAPED AND SHOT,

AND THE ONE
GETS MURDERED

PAYING
THE OTHER GIRL BACK

'CAUSE SHE WENT OUT
2 TIMES WITH SOME
ASSHOLE NAME ANTOINE

THAT SHOT THESE
IDIOTS' BUDDY JAMAL.

JAMAL BEING
THE...QUADRIPLEGIC
DOWNSTAIRS?

YEAH.
THE BATTERY‐POWERED
DEALER.

WE'RE GONNA TALK TO HIM
AFTER WE NOTIFY RICHMOND.

UH, SO YOU'RE GONNA
TRY TO MOVE HIM ON
THE ORIGINAL SHOOTING?

YEAH. THAT WAS 6 MONTHS
AGO WHEN THIS ANTOINE
PUT HIM IN HIS CHAIR.

PROBABLY ONLY
DELAYED COMING
FOR IT UP TO NOW,

HE'S WAITING
FOR A MARCH THAW.

WHEN YOU
GET BACK UP HERE,

I'M GONNA HAVE THIS
WHOLE THING DIAGRAMMED.

THESE GUYS BETTER
NOT GIVE US NO TROUBLE.

WHO?

YOU KNOW...

HOW'S IT GOING?

FINE.

RICHMOND P. D.

RICHMOND P. D. IS RIGHT.

BREAK OUR BALLS BEFORE
WE'LL PICK HIM UP.

WHERE'S THE PAPERWORK?
THIS AND THAT.

ANDY, LET'S CHECK
ANTI‐CRIME FOR A PICTURE
OF THIS JACKSON,

FAX IT OVER
TO RICHMOND P. D.

THEN LET'S CALL
RICHMOND P. D.,

AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT
THEIR ATTITUDE IS THEN.

ALL'S I'M SAYING,

GRAB THE GUY UP,
DON'T START BREAKING
OUR BALLS.

"ARE YOU PREPARED
TO EXTRADITE?"

THIS AND THAT,
THAT'S ALL.

I UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

CAN I HELP YOU?

UH, I'M ROLAND DIXON.
THIS IS MY WIFE VAL.

UH, DETECTIVE RUSSELL
CALLED, ASKED MY WIFE
TO COME DOWN.

I'M DETECTIVE RUSSELL.

OH. ROLAND DIXON.

MR. DIXON, THIS
IS DETECTIVE MEDAVOY.

HELLO. THIS
IS MY WIFE VAL.

MRS. DIXON, I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMING DOWN.

SO, UH, THIS IS
ABOUT THAT BOB McCLURE
THAT GOT, UH,

KILLED AT HER WORK?
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

OH, THIS IS
DETECTIVE KIRKENDALL.
VAL AND ROLAND DIXON.

HI.
HELLO.

MR. DIXON, WE'RE
GONNA NEED TO TALK
TO YOUR WIFE ALONE.

HONEY?

IT'S ALL RIGHT, ROLAND.

YOU CAN WAIT RIGHT THERE
ON THE BENCH IF YOU LIKE.

YEAH. OK, I MIGHT
TAKE A WALK OUTSIDE,
GET SOME AIR.

THAT'D BE FINE.

RIGHT THIS WAY.

CAN WE, UH,
GET YOU ANYTHING?
SOMETHING TO DRINK?

OH, NO, I'M FINE.

SO WE, UH,

WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT BOB McCLURE.

YEAH, I HEARD WHAT
HAPPENED. IT'S TERRIBLE.

YEAH.

MRS. DIXON, WE KNOW
ABOUT YOUR AFFAIR WITH BOB.

WE ALSO KNOW
ABOUT THE, UH,

LATE‐NIGHT
PHONE CALLS
HE'D MAKE TO YOU.

WELL...

THERE'S A WITNESS PUTS
YOU LEAVING THE SCENE
LAST NIGHT.

I WORK THERE.

NOT AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING
YOU DON'T.

SHOULD I BE ASKING
FOR A LAWYER?

LOOK, WE HAVE A LOT
OF INFORMATION HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
REALLY WANT TO DRAG OUT
AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION.

YOU PUT THINGS
ON THE TABLE FOR US,

MAYBE WE CAN HELP
SO THINGS GO EASIER FOR YOU.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

NOBODY'S THINKING THAT YOU
WENT DOWN TO THE CLINIC
TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.

BUT WE NEED TO KNOW
HOW THINGS GOT OUT OF HAND.

WE'RE TRYING
TO HELP YOU HERE.

ARE YOU?

YEAH.

I HAD AN AFFAIR
WITH BOB McCLURE.

IT'S SOMETHING
I'M VERY ASHAMED OF.

OK.

WHEN I WAS
DONE BEHAVING
LIKE A DAMN FOOL,

I TRIED TO END IT,

BUT BOB SAID THAT
WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN,

THAT HE WOULD
TELL ROLAND.

BOB WOULD CALL
LATE AT NIGHT,

HE'D STAND OUTSIDE
OUR APARTMENT,

AND HE'D FOLLOW
ROLAND AND ME.

THIS WENT ON
FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

WHAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT?

HE CALLED LAST NIGHT
3 TIMES.

THE LAST
WAS AROUND 4:30.

DID ROLAND
HEAR THOSE CALLS?

NO.

HE TAKES MEDICATION,

FOR INSOMNIA.

ON THE LAST CALL,
BOB TOLD ME TO COME DOWN
TO THE CLINIC, AND...

I WENT, AND BOB
WAS THERE WITH A GUN.

HE SAID,

"VAL...

"I'M GONNA TELL YOU
THIS RIGHT NOW,

YOU'RE NOT
GONNA LEAVE ME."

THREATENING YOU.

YEAH. I MEAN, HE WAS
HOLDING A GUN
WHEN HE WAS TALKING.

I MEAN, HE WAS
GONNA KILL ME.

AND I ALMOST DIDN'T
CARE AT FIRST.

BUT THEN I JUST...

I JUST GOT SO TIRED
OF EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED

WITH ROLAND AND ME.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

HOW'D YOU GET
THE GUN FROM BOB?

I TOLD HIM
THAT HE WAS RIGHT,
THAT I LOVED HIM.

I WENT TO HUG HIM
AND I GRABBED THE GUN.

AND WAS THAT BECAUSE
YOU WERE AFRAID
HE WAS GONNA USE IT?

MAYBE.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

AND IT WENT OFF.

AND HE JUST FELL.

WAS IT YOU WHO SCATTERED
THE DRUGS AROUND?

NO, I DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING.

I JUST‐‐I JUST
WENT OUT THE BACK.

YOU GET BRUCE CLAYTON
TO MAKE THE PLACE LOOK
LIKE THERE'D BEEN A ROBBERY?

NO, I DIDN'T
EVEN SEE BRUCE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT HE ERASED
THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE
YOU WERE ON?

WHY WOULD HE GO TO SO MUCH
TROUBLE TO PROTECT YOU?

I DON'T KNOW.

I NEVER REALLY PAID
THAT MUCH ATTENTION
TO BRUCE.

I GUESS HE WAS
TOO NICE OF A GUY.

WE'LL NEED YOU
TO WRITE IT, VAL.

I KNOW.

YEAH, BUT WE WANT
THE GUY FOR MURDER.

I GUARANTEE THERE'S
GONNA BE A WARRANT ISSUED.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

"WE'RE NOT GOING OUT
WITHOUT A WARRANT,
RIGHT?"

WHAT I'M ASKING IS,

WHILE YOU'RE WAITING
FOR THE PAPERWORK
TO BE, UH, PROCESSED,

CAN YOU SET UP
ON HIS HOUSE?

NO, 'CAUSE THEY'D
HAVE TO GET OFF
THEIR FAT ASSES

AND OUT INTO
THE FRESH AIR.

WILL YOU SHUT UP?

LET ME TALK TO HIM.

YEAH, I MEAN,
I GOT THE ADDRESS
AND A PHOTO TO FAX YOU

OF THIS GUY JACKSON
IF YOU WANT TO GRAB HIM UP.

WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM NOW?

IS HE ASKING ARE WE
WILLING TO EXTRADITE?

HEY, DID HE
NOT JUST TELL YOU
IT'S A MURDER CASE?!

GREAT, GREAT.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST
GIVE ME YOUR FAX NUMBER.

YEAH, THE FAX.

RIGHT. THE ADDRESS,
HIS PEDIGREE, AND THE PHOTO
OF THIS JACKSON.

HUH?

THAT WAS, UH,
SOME GUY'S BIRTHDAY.

YEAH.

APPRECIATE
YOUR COOPERATION.

AHEM. HOW'D
YOU DO WITH HIM?

WE'LL BE WITH YOU
IN A MINUTE, MR. DIXON.

YOU WANT ME
TO TALK TO HIM?

OH, I'LL DO IT.

OK. I'LL CALL COLON.

LET'S GO OUT HERE.

S‐SO, UH...
YOU ALL FINISHED?

YEAH.

UH...

CAN VAL AND I GO?

MR. DIXON...

OH, NO.

YOUR WIFE HAS CONFESSED
TO KILLING BOB McCLURE.

WELL...

CAN SHE COME HOME?

I'M SORRY, SHE CAN'T.

OH.

MR. McCLURE HAD BEEN
HARASSING YOUR WIFE.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT
HE DID TO MY WIFE.

WE'LL TALK TO THE D. A.

THEY'LL WANT MANSLAUGHTER,

THE FACT YOUR WIFE DIDN'T
GO THERE WITH A WEAPON.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
A GRAND JURY WILL DO,

BUT THERE'S NO HARM
BEING HOPEFUL.

I'D, UH...

I'D LIKE TO SEE HER.

IT'S NOT HER FAULT,

ALL THAT'S HAPPENED.

SURE, WE CAN
LET YOU SEE HER

BEFORE YOU GO HOME.

THANK YOU.

STOP.

WHAT?

ARE YOU GETTING
HELP, ANDY?

I GOTTA GO
FOR THE OPERATION.

I'M GONNA CALL AND
SET UP THE APPOINTMENTS

THAT THIS BUSYBODY
STOPPED ME FOR.

ARE YOU TALKING
WITH SYLVIA?

I TOLD HER EVERYTHING'S
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT,

AND THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE LEAVING IT.

BELIEVE ME,
SHE'S UPSET ENOUGH.

SHE...SHE DON'T NEED
GETTING HIT WITH THAT.

WHAT?

WELL, MY...FEARS...

SO FORTH.

17‐MONTH‐OLD CHILD.

SHE'S GOT PLENTY
ON HER PLATE.

[SHUDDERS]

OK.

OK.

I'M SO CONCERNED BY THIS.

I'D PREFER TO JUST WORK.

FINE. BUT YOU GOTTA
MAKE THESE CALLS

TO SET UP
THESE APPOINTMENTS.

I PROMISED HER.

TALK TO THIS GUY.

YOU'RE MY FRIEND.

YOU'RE MY GOOD FRIEND.

HOLDING UP ALL RIGHT?

Jamal: YOU'D HAVE
TO TELL ME.

HOW ABOUT LET'S NOT
PLAY THIS BADASS,
OK, JAMAL?

NOBODY WANTS TO KEEP
YOU HERE ANY LONGER
THAN YOU NEED TO BE.

THAT'S WHY I'VE
BEEN IN THIS ROOM

2 1/2 DAMN HOURS.

WE HAD TO FIND OUT
WHAT TO COME HERE WITH.

AND NOW YOU KNOW
ALL OF THAT.

WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT
TO ASK YOU, YEAH.

WE GOT A GOOD IDEA
THAT YOU WEREN'T
ON THE ROOF

WHEN THEM GIRLS
GOT SHOT.

YOU NEED TO TALK
TO A WHOLE LOT
OF PEOPLE

TO FIND THAT OUT?

OH, MAN.

JAMAL, WE KNOW THAT YOU
WEREN'T INVOLVED

AGITATING TO GET
THOSE GIRLS HURT.

AND SINCE EVERYONE'S
21 IN THIS ROOM,

WE ALL KNOW THAT,
BEING IN YOUR CONDITION,

IT'S NOT VERY LIKELY

YOU'RE GONNA GET
PROSECUTED FOR THAT ROCK.

PROBABLY IF I WAS
STILL ON MY FEET,

YOU STILL WOULDN'T
RECOGNIZE ME,

YOU FAT, UGLY PIG.

DID OUR PATHS
ALREADY CROSS

AND ME NOT REMEMBER?

YEAH, THEY CROSSED.

STINKING DRUNK PULLED
ME OUTTA THE CAR
FOR NO DAMN REASON.

WHEN I GRABBED YOU
FOR NO DAMN REASON, JAMAL,

WERE YOU CLEAN
ON THE TOSS?

DID YOU CARE?

YOU THREW THE REEFER
DOWN THE SEWER.

JUST DIDN'T LIKE
THE GIRL I WAS WITH
BEING WHITE.

A LOT OF THINGS I DID DRUNK
I'M NOT PROUD ABOUT.

IS THAT ONE OF THEM?

YOU GOT SOME CHIP
ON YOUR SHOULDER, PAL.

I GUESS I WAS
JUST BORN CRANKY.

HEY. COULD WE TALK
ABOUT THIS THING
IN FRONT OF US HERE?

NOT WITH HIM
IN THE ROOM.

YOU'RE A COLLAR,
ASSHOLE.

YOU GONNA DICTATE TERMS
ON WHO'S GONNA
INTERVIEW YOU?

ALL RIGHT, LET ME
EXCUSE MYSELF.

MISS SOME MORE
BACK‐AND‐FORTH

FROM THE CRIPPLED
DON RICKLES.

[DOOR SLAMS]

SOMETHING TO DRINK?

AFTER 2 1/2 DAMN HOURS.

YEAH, AFTER 2 1/2 HOURS.
YOU WANT SOMETHING?

SPRITE.

WITH A STRAW?

YEAH. I'LL BRING IT
WITH A STRAW.

THIS ANTOINE

THAT SUPPOSEDLY CAPPED
OUR FRIEND IN THE CHAIR,

IF HE'S
ANTOINE CHANTAINE,

INSTEAD OF
ANTOINE CHAMPAGNE,

BCI's GOT WANT CARDS
ON 4 SEPARATE SHOOTINGS.

HOW COME THERE ARE
NO COLLARS THERE?

RECEPTIVE AS I GOT
THIS JAMAL,

IF YOU CAN'T GET HIM
TO FINGER ANTOINE,

I'M GONNA BE
VERY DISAPPOINTED.

YOU ARE GONNA MAKE
THAT PHONE CALL, RIGHT?

SARGE.

YOU GOT A STRAW?

THIS JOB, JAMAL...

WE KNOW IT'S NOT TOO OFTEN
THE FIRST COLLAR

IS THE FIRST CRIME
IN THE STORY.

AND THIS THAT HAPPENED
TO THESE GIRLS
UP ON THAT ROOF,

WE KNOW IT COMES OFF OF YOU
BEING IN THAT CHAIR.

WAS IT ANTOINE CHANTAINE
THAT PUT YOU THERE?

NO.

WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE LET
YOUR POSSE KNOW THAT.

SAVE THOSE GIRLS
FROM GETTING SHOT.

I THOUGHT
WE WERE GONNA TALK.

YOU ASKED, DID ANTOINE
PUT ME IN THE CHAIR?

I SAID NO.

WHO PUT YOU
IN THE CHAIR?

DON'T SAY THESE GIRLS
GETTING SHOT'S

GOT NOTHING
TO DO WITH YOU.

WASN'T NO PAYBACK
FROM ME.

THIS ANTOINE
THAT DID YOU...

WE WANT HIM, JAMAL.

AND I WILL KEEP YOU
HERE A WHILE.

YOU CAN'T KEEP ME.

YOU JUST GOT
WHAT'S IN THE CHAIR.

THAT CROSS
THAT WAS, UH...

ON YOUR DOOR THERE,

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

KEEP‐‐KEEP
YOUR DAMN HANDS...

OFF ME.

NOTHING WRONG
WITH BELIEVING IN GOD.

THANKS.

YOU'VE ALWAYS
FELT THAT WAY?

WHAT'S THAT TO YOU?

I'M JUST THE CURIOUS TYPE.

OR, UH...

YOU COME TO IT
AFTER THIS HAPPENED?

ALL YOU GOT'S
WHAT'S IN THE CHAIR.

YOU DON'T WANT TO
GIVE UP ANTOINE
ON RELIGIOUS REASONS.

GOD'S GONNA DO WITH HIM
WHAT HE WILL DO.

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN
SOME DEALER, JAMAL.

I DON'T DEAL NO MORE.

THAT ROCK THAT
WE FOUND ON YOU,

THAT WAS FOR
YOUR PERSONAL USE.

I DON'T USE, EITHER.

WANT A STASH ON ME,
THAT'S ON THEM.

RAPING THOSE GIRLS
IN YOUR LIVING ROOM,

THAT'S ON THEM, TOO?

ALL YOU GOT'S MY BODY.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENS, YOU JUST...

GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU WANT ME
TO STAY HERE?

GOD WILL DO...

WHAT HE WILL DO.

AND WHAT ANTOINE
DID TO YOU,

YOU THINK THAT'S
GOD'S PUNISHMENT?

ALL YOU GOT'S THE CHAIR.

IS IT THAT YOU THINK...

THAT GOD DON'T WANT
YOUR HELP, JAMAL?

OR ARE YOU AFRAID
THAT YOU'RE NOT
WORTH GIVING IT?

'CAUSE, SEE, WE'VE
ALL DONE WRONG, JAMAL.

THAT DON'T CUT US OFF
FROM EVER DOING RIGHT.

THIS ANTOINE...

HE SHOT 4 OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.

ASK GOD WHAT
HE WANTS YOU TO DO.

I WANT TO MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.

CAN YOU HELP ME
WITH THAT?

PLEASE.

OUR‐‐OUR FATHER...

WHO ART IN HEAVEN...

ARE YOU MOVIN'...
THROUGH THIS DETECTIVE,

ASKIN' ME TO BE
YOUR INSTRUMENT?

Medavoy: 2 MORE DAYS,

THEN IF NOTHING'S
FORTHCOMING,

INDUCE YOUR DELIVERY.

ABBY, YOU SHOULD BE
SO COMFORTABLE
WITH THAT,

AS A PLAN, I MEAN.

I REALIZE, PHYSICALLY,

YOU'RE VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.

CAN I HELP?

SHE'S OVER THERE.

HI, BRUCE.

HI, VAL.

HI.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE, BRUCE?

SO, UH, YOU'RE
UNDER ARREST NOW?

YEAH.

I THINK YOU GOTTA
END HER STRESS
FOR A WHILE

AND GIVE HER
ANOTHER CHANCE.

BRUCE, DO NOT
MOVE YOUR HAND
IN YOUR POCKET.

NO. VAL'S
GOTTA BE LET GO.

Russell: KEEP
YOUR HANDS STILL.

VAL IS NOT GONNA
BE LET GO,

AND IF YOU
MOVE YOUR HAND,

YOU'RE GONNA
GET HURT.

I WANT THIS WOMAN
TO GET A SECOND CHANCE.

SEE, NO ONE APPRECIATED
WHAT SHE'S GONE THROUGH.

THIS WON'T HELP VAL.

YOU CAN'T HELP ME, BRUCE.
DON'T GET INVOLVED.

I'VE GOT A GUN
IN THIS POCKET.

DO NOT MOVE YOUR HAND.

THEN UNHOOK HER HANDCUFFS.
SHE'S LEAVING WITH ME.

NO.

UNHOOK HER HANDCUFFS.

[OUTSIDE THE ROOM]
GUNFIRE! GUNFIRE!

AAH!

[SCREAMING
HYSTERICALLY]

Dolores: OH!
OH, MY GOD!

[DOLORES SOBBING
HYSTERICALLY]

ABBY, I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

DON'T BE CONCERNED.

I SWEAR, I'M NOT
LOOKING TO PULL BACK

OR GIVE NOBODY
A HARD TIME.

I JUST GOT
AN EXTREME PROBLEM

WITH ENCLOSED SPACES.

IS THAT
AN ENCLOSED SPACE ALSO?

THEN LET'S GO WITH THAT.

I GOT NO OBJECTIONS AT ALL.

GOOD. FINE. LET ME KNOW
THE APPOINTMENT TIME

AND YOUR EARLIEST
POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE,

AND WE'LL GET THIS SHOW
ON THE ROAD.

YEAH.

THEY'RE, UH, GOING
WITH THE CAT SCAN.

INSTEAD OF THE MRI?

MM. UH, DIFFERENCE BEING
THE MRI IS ONE OF THEM

COFFIN‐TYPE CYLINDERS.

I DON'T WANT TO END UP
STRANGLING SOMEBODY.

BUT THE CAT SCAN
IS JUST AS GOOD

IN TERMS OF DIAGNOSIS?

YEAH. HE SAID
THERE WAS NO PROBLEM
DOING IT THAT WAY.

I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW,

"YOUR EARLIEST
POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE,"

AND HE SAID HE'D LOOK
RIGHT INTO IT.

YOU'RE A MAN
OF YOUR WORD.

I THINK YOU'D FIND
A FEW SKELS

MIGHT ARGUE WITH YOU.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

YEAH.

NO, THAT'S, UH...

GOOD.

SURE.

GOOD.

9:15 TOMORROW MORNING.

GOOD.

YEAH. THEY HAD
A CANCELLATION.

PROBABLY SOMEBODY CROAKED.

UH, IT'S JUST DIANE
AGAIN, GREG.

GUESS YOU'RE STILL NOT BACK.

ANYWAYS, JUST WANTED
TO LET YOU KNOW

EVERYONE HERE'S
STILL AWAKE,

IF YOU FEEL LIKE CALLING
WHEN YOU GET IN.

AND TO THANK YOU AGAIN

AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH
I APPRECIATE

AND ADMIRE WHAT YOU DID.

ANYWAY, IF I DON'T
HEAR FROM YOU,

I'LL SEE YOU AT WORK.

BUT IF YOU
FEEL LIKE IT,

DON'T BE SHY
ABOUT CALLING, OK?

IS SOMETHING
GOING ON WITH ANDY?

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW.

SEEMS LIKE
HE'S IN AND OUT,

LIKE SOMETHING'S
ON HIS MIND.

WHEN ISN'T SOMETHING
ON ANDY'S MIND?

HOW'D YOU MOVE
THAT CRIPPLED GUY
GAVE YOU THE GANGSTER?

I'M NOT SURE.

BUSY WORLD, HUH?

IT'S A GOOD THING SOMEONE'S
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

MM.