NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 7, Episode 1 - Loogie Nights - full transcript
Danny and Andy catch an assault that looks like it was done by the boys in blue. Jill considers dating her ex-husband.
HEY, DANNY,
SEE MY STAIN‐COVERED
UNIFORM?
THAT’S OFF
YOUR PARADE DETAIL?
SOME IDIOT COVERED
IN CRANKCASE OIL LEAPED
OFF ONE OF THE PARADE FLOATS
AND KEPT HUGGING ME.
YOU PAY A PRICE
FOR PERSONAL CHARISMA.
WELL, IT’S LIKE I WAS
WEARING A "HUG ME" SIGN.
YEAH, ANDY AND ME ‐‐
WE CAUGHT AN ASSAULT.
I GUESS THESE COPS
HANDLED THE JOB.
YEAH, GOOD.
HEY, NEIL.
DANNY, HEY, DID YOU GUYS
CATCH OUR ASSAULT?
MIKEY SILVA?
YEAH, THAT’S US.
MY PARTNER, JOE BRADSHAW.
HOW’S IT GOING, JOE?
HOW YOU DOIN’?
ANDY SIPOWICZ.
HOW YOU DOIN’?
YOU, UH, HANDLED
OUR ASSAULT?
COME ON.
LET’S TALK OVER HERE.
THE GUY’S
IN THE O .R. RIGHT NOW.
DOC SAYS IT’S A COIN FLIP
IF HE GOES OUT OF THE PICTURE.
YOU WANT TO BE LOOKING
FOR A JERRY DePAULO.
WE SAW HIM AND THIS SILVA
INTO IT IN THE SAME ALLEY
LIKE AN HOUR BEFORE.
THEY WERE IN THE SAME ALLEY
THROWING FISTS.
NOTHING MAJOR, AND THERE’S
10 JOBS HOLDING IN THE PRECINCT,
SO WE SENT JERRY
DOWN THE ROAD.
YEAH, THAT MIKEY
GOT BELLIGERENT ON US.
SON OF A BITCH
SPITS IN MY FACE.
SPITS IN YOUR FACE?
MIKEY THAT’S UPSTAIRS
IN THE O. R.?
YEAH.
WE HAD AN EXPLANATORY
CONVERSATION
IN THE ALLEY
WITH MIKEY AFTERWARDS.
NOTHING MAJOR?
NAH, A MINOR TUNE‐UP,
SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.
SO THAT’S IRRELEVANT
TO WHAT HAPPENED SUBSEQUENT?
THE MINOR TUNE‐UP?
NAH. NO, NO.
IT’S JERRY DePAULO YOU’RE MAKING
LIKELY FOR THE BEATING
THAT PUT THIS GUY UPSTAIRS
WITH THE COIN FLIP
IF HE’S GOING TO LIVE.
YEAH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOPE.
HE MUST HAVE COME BACK.
HERE’S HIS PLACES.
YEAH, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
YEAH, THANKS.
YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY JUST DID?
YEAH.
THEY OVER‐COMMUNICATED.
WE GOT TO MAKE OUT A FIVE,
AND THIS GUY’S IN THE HOSPITAL
OFF A BEATING,
AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY
JUST TUNED THIS GUY UP.
THE OTHER COP ‐‐
HE LOOKED EMBARRASSED
THAT BAKER SAID ANYTHING.
IF IT’S IRRELEVANT,
THEN DON’T TELL US ABOUT IT.
THEY GIVE US THIS BAG OF CRAP
TO HOLD FOR NO GOOD REASON.
[ PAGER BEEPS ]
IT’S MY INFORMANT J. B.
HE’S BEEPING ME 911.
THIS BAKER ‐‐ HE’S A TYPE.
YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE WE
LAID EYES ON HIM,
HE’S HAD A CONSTANT SIGN
AROUND HIS NECK ‐‐
"HERE, HOLD MY UPCOMING
BAGS OF CRAP."
I’D BETTER
CHECK OUT J. B., ANDY.
HE’S BEEPING ME OVER
TO OUR CRISIS COFFEE SHOP.
GIVE ME THIS GUY’S PLACES
THAT SUPPOSEDLY
DID THE ASSAULT.
YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE
BAKER AND BRADSHAW
WITH YOU,
HAVE THEM
POINT THE GUY OUT?
I’LL GO BACK TO THE HOUSE
AND GET HIS PICTURE.
I DON’T WANT THEM DICKHEADS
ANYWHERE NEAR THIS.
HEY, ANDY,
YOU GOT 10 SECONDS
FOR A PERSONAL OBSERVATION?
[ GRUNTS ]
YOU ARE
A VERY ATTRACTIVE MAN.
I DON’T KNOW
IF YOU’VE SHED WEIGHT
OR WHAT IT IS, BUT...
NOW.
I GOT IT.
’CAUSE HE STILL OWES
FOR LAST WEDNESDAY.
I GOT LAST WEDNESDAY.
EGGS BENNY, HOME FRIES,
CHOCOLATE MALT.
YOU?
JUST COFFEE.
YO, YO, YO ‐‐
AND A SIDE OF RANCH.
[ HISSES ]
VAMPIRE‐LOOKING BITCH.
I’M WORKING, J. B.
BASED ON OBSERVATIONS
I MADE LAST NIGHT,
I NEED YOU TO VOUCH
TO SOME COPS FOR ME.
IF THAT’S NOT
TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
WHICH COPS?
WHOEVER HAD SECTOR PATROL
LAST NIGHT OFF LAFAYETTE.
WHERE YOU SAW WHAT?
YOUR BOYS ROLL UP
ON TWO GUYS THROWING
PUNCHES IN THE ALLEY.
THE BOYS COOL IT OUT,
WALK ONE OF THE GUYS AWAY.
THE OTHER GUY LOOGIES
IN ONE OF YOUR BOYS’ FACES ‐‐
I’M TALKING
ABOUT A SEROUS LOOGIE:
THE KIND WHERE YOU‐‐YOU
SNORT SNOT BACK AND YOU
MIX IT UP WITH SPIT.
AND WHAT DID THE COP DO?
THEY WORKED OUT ON THE GUY
THAT LAUNCHED THE LOOGIE
TILL ONE SEES ME
SEEING WHAT’S GOING ON
FROM ACROSS THE STREET.
HE GIVES ME
THIS LASER DEATH RAY STARE.
AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
I RAN UP AND GAVE MY CARD
TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
SO YOU SPLIT?
I SPLIT.
CORRECT.
SO BEIN’ YOU SPLIT,
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER THE GUY SPIT?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
AFTERWARD, PREVIOUS, OR DURING,
IS WHAT I’D LIKE YOU
TO TELL YOUR BOYS.
NEVER MIND WHAT YOU’RE
WILLING TO FORGET, J. B.
ALL YOU KNOW,
THESE COPS COULD HAVE
DELIVERED A MINOR TUNE‐UP,
LEFT LOOGIE GUY IN THE ALLEY,
AND HIS ASSHOLE BUDDY
COULD HAVE COME BACK
FOR ROUND TWO.
I TAKE IT
THE LOOGIE GUY GOT HURT.
THE LOOGIE GUY
GOT HURT REAL BAD.
HIS ASSHOLE BUDDY DEFINITELY
COULD HAVE COME BACK,
AND THOSE COPS ABSOLUTELY
COULD HAVE CALMED DOWN,
KEPT IT TO A MINOR TUNE‐UP,
AND LEFT THE GUY ‐‐
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
NOW, LAST WEDNESDAY,
DID YOU DINE ALONE
OR TREAT A WHOLE TROOP?
IT WAS, LIKE, $12.
YO, YO, YO, DANNY,
CAN YOU LEAVE THE WHOLE $20?
I THINK I GOT A CHANCE.
HEY, DIANE,
I WANT TO RUN SOMETHING
PAST YOU.
OKAY.
I WANT
YOUR HONEST OPINION,
NOT WHAT YOU THINK
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME.
WITH KYLE’S FIRST COMMUNION
COMING UP,
I’VE BEEN DEALING WITH DON
A LOT MORE REGULARLY.
DON?
YEAH, HE’S BEEN VERY,
UM, HELPFUL AND RELIABLE.
THAT’S GOOD FOR KYLE,
YOU KNOW, TO SEE THAT EXAMPLE ‐‐
YEAH.
FOR KYLE AND FRANK BOTH.
YEAH, AND, UH,
I’M, UM,
ENTERTAINING THE IDEA
OF POSSIBLY
SEEING HIM SOCIALLY.
HMM. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT
MY HONEST OPINION ABOUT?
WELL, DIANE, HE’S LIKE THE GUY
I ALWAYS KNEW HE COULD BE
IF HE GREW UP A LITTLE.
LIKE WHEN HE SAYS HE’S GOING
TO PICK UP THE BOYS AT 10:00,
HE’S THERE AT 9:59.
NOW, HE’S
EVIDENTLY WORKING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL, HE HAS INCOME.
I MEAN,
HE’S A PARTIAL PARTNER
IN A DISTRIBUTORSHIP.
AND, NO, I HAVEN’T
ASKED HIM FOR DETAILS.
WHY BURDEN YOURSELF
WITH THAT INFORMATION?
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
HE’S THE ONLY ONE
WHO GOT ME TO FEEL THIS.
YOU DON’T THINK
HE DESERVES ‐‐
A SIXTH CHANCE?
HI, DANNY.
Diane: HI.
Danny: HOW’S IT GOING?
ANDY BACK YET?
HE’S GOT SOME SKELL
IN THE POKEY.
I ASSUME IT’S CONNECTED
WITH YOUR ASSAULT.
YEAH, IT’S GONNA
BE A MUTT NAMED JERRY.
YOU LIKE HIM FOR THE ASSAULT
ON THE CASE YOU CAUGHT?
I HOPE SO, YOU KNOW?
LET ME GO PISS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I GUESS
I WANTED YOUR OPINION
IF IT WAS THE OPINION
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE
A LOGICAL CASE
FOR WANTING TO BE HAPPY.
WELL, IT’S NOT LIKE WE GET
THAT MANY TIMES AT BAT.
NO.
THANKS.
[ DOOR SHUTS ]
LAST NIGHT ‐‐
START AROUND 7:00?
I’M AT MY GIRLFRIEND’S
APARTMENT,
BUT WE GET INTO IT.
SHE’S SCREAMING
AND DISRESPECTING ME,
HER KID’S CRYING ‐‐
PAGE TWO,
YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?
YEAH.
DROPPED BY
THE SPINNING WHEEL,
HAD A FEW DRINKS,
SHOT SOME POOL.
LIKE MAYBE 10:30, 11:00,
I GET INTO IT
WITH POODLEHEAD MIKEY.
I’M SHOOTING 9‐BALL,
IN WALKS THE POODLE
BROWN‐BAGGING
SOME THUNDERBIRD,
PUTS TWO QUARTERS
ON THE TABLE, CALLS NEXT.
I’M, LIKE, "WITH ALL THIS
DISCRETIONARY INCOME,
WHERE’S THE 20
YOU OWE ME?"
HE TELLS ME,
"DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT,"
LIKE I’M LICE
ON HIS HAIR PIE.
POODLEHEAD MIKEY,
PLAYING ME OFF.
IT’S ON.
HEY, BUT I AIN’T BUSTING UP
THE SPINNING WHEEL ‐‐
IT’S THE LAST PLACE
WITH A POOL TABLE
I AIN’T 86’d.
ULTIMATELY, WE WIND UP
IN THE ALLEY OFF LAFAYETTE.
I DON’T SEE NO MARKS ON YOU.
DID YOU KICK MIKEY’S ASS?
BELIEVE ME, I’D HAVE
KICKED MIKEY’S ASS UP
AND DOWN THAT ALLEY.
EXCEPT WHAT?
NOTHING.
THE COPS BROKE IT UP.
YOU DIDN’T
KICK MIKEY’S ASS?
HEY, IF THAT LOSER,
DEADBEAT, JUICEHEAD
IS FILING A COMPLAINT
AGAINST ME,
I MAYBE NICKED HIS LIP.
ALL RIGHT,
AND THEN WHAT, JERRY?
SHE CALMED DOWN.
SHE GAVE THE KID
SOME PAREGORIC ‐‐
YOU RUB IT ON THEIR GUMS,
THEY DOZE RIGHT OFF.
YOU’RE SAYING ONCE THE COPS
BREAK YOU AND MIKEY UP,
YOU WENT STRAIGHT BACK
TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND?
SHE’S GOING TO
REMEMBER THAT, TOO.
I GAVE HER
A LITTLE LOVE REMINDER,
AND MIDWAY, SHE WOKE UP.
DID YOU HEAR
FROM THE HOSPITAL?
CAN WE TALK
TO THIS MIKEY YET?
GAY JOHN’S FINDING OUT.
I’LL TELL YOU
WHAT ELSE, ANDY.
MY INFORMANT J. B. ‐‐
HE SAYS THAT HE SAW
THE TUNE‐UP
THAT BAKER AND BRADSHAW
WERE PUTTING ON THIS MIKEY,
AND BAKER AND BRADSHAW
SAW HIM.
MAYBE THAT’S WHY THEY
GIVE US A CASUAL MENTION
THEY PUT
A MINOR BEATING ON HIM.
KNOWING SOMEONE ELSE
MIGHT TELL US ANYWAY.
EXCUSE ME.
D.O.A.
POODLEHEAD MIKEY’S DEAD?
THE HOSPITAL SAID
MICHAEL SILVA DIED.
IS ‐‐ IS THAT POODLEHEAD?
YEAH, THAT’S HIS
NICKNAME ‐‐ "POODLEHEAD."
THANKS FOR THE GOOD NEWS.
SORRY.
GO BACK TO THE ALLEY
AND RE‐CANVASS.
OH, BROTHER.
WHOEVER TURNED
POODLEHEAD MIKEY’S LIGHTS OUT
WASN’T WORRYING ABOUT
POSSIBLE SPECTATORS.
IT’S THE DAY CORP SECTOR CAR.
COPS ‐‐ YOU’D THINK THEY’D
TAKE THE GUY TO ONE SIDE.
YOU BEAT A GUY SO BAD HE CROAKS,
YOU’RE NOT USING THE CAUTIOUS
PART OF YOUR BRAIN.
STOPPED ON A DIME, HUH?
YOU GUYS CATCH THE ASSAULT
FROM LAST NIGHT?
IT’S A HOMICIDE NOW.
I’M DANNY SORENSON.
THIS IS ANDY SIPOWICZ.
MARY FRANCO.
ED LAUGHLIN.
Danny: HOW’S IT GOIN’?
I HEARD MAYBE YOU
CAUGHT A GROUND BALL.
REALLY? THEY GOT A WEB SITE
UP ON THIS CASE?
THIS WOMAN
LIVES UP THERE ‐‐
SHE’S PARTLY CLOUDY,
BUT SHE’S USUALLY LOOKING OUT.
YOU KNOW HER NAME?
[ WHISTLES ]
SARA!
I SAW YOU PEEKING.
LUCKY NOTHING SHATTERED.
I WOULDN’T WANT
TO GET YOU STIRRED UP.
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT?
GET DOWN HERE!
I’M NUDE!
GET DRESSED AND GET YOUR ASS
DOWN HERE, SARA.
WHAT’S HER ACT?
SPEED FREAK.
NO. ’CAUSE JOEY BRADSHAW
SAID ON A PREVIOUS CIRCUIT,
LIKE AN HOUR BEFORE
THEY FOUND THIS GUY,
THEY BROKE UP A BEEF BETWEEN
THIS GUY AND SOME MOPE.
AND THEY FIGURED THE MOPE
FOR THE GUY COMIN’ BACK
AND DOING THIS.
OH, YEAH.
WE’RE LOOKIN’ INTO THAT.
LOOK, I WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY
WITH JOEY BRADSHAW.
YOU DID, HUH?
HEY, HE’S A GOOD GUY.
A GOOD COP.
THAT’S SOME ENDORSEMENT
THERE, ED.
Mary: THERE SHE IS.
I’M JUST SAYING
IF JOEY BRADSHAW’S
GOT AN OPINION ON SOMETHING,
IT’S WORTH
PAYING ATTENTION TO.
Sara: I’M BUSY, ALL RIGHT?
Mary: WHY DON’T YOU TELL THEM
WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT?
WHO SAID I SAW ANYTHING?
I’LL DENY IT WAS MY VOICE.
IT IS COMING OUT
OF YOUR MOUTH.
CALL 911 LAST NIGHT?
I’LL DENY IT WAS ME.
NO ONE’S GOING
TO JAM YOU UP.
YOU GOING
TO PUT ME IN RESTRAINTS?
NO ONE’S LOOKIN’
TO PUT YOU IN RESTRAINTS.
I’M DANNY SORENSON, SARA.
WHY DON’T WE TALK
AT THE STATION HOUSE?
I’M CLEANING THE TILES
IN MY SHOWER.
ALL RIGHT, THAT’LL WAIT.
COME ON.
WE’LL GET YOU BACK
IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WE’LL BUY YOU ONE OF THEM
LITTLE BRUSHES GOOD
FOR CLEANING THE CORNER GROUT.
ORAL B ‐‐
WITH THE RUBBER GUM TIP?
BRAND OF YOUR CHOICE.
HEY, DANNY.
WHAT’S GOING ON, NEIL?
THAT POODLEHEAD MIKEY
WENT OUT OF THE PICTURE.
YEAH, WE HEARD.
YEAH, WE JUST GOT BACK
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
WHAT ARE YOU,
VOUCHERING HIS STUFF?
YEAH, WE’RE
VOUCHERIN’ IT NOW.
HEY, ED. HEY, MARY.
YEAH. HOW’S IT GOIN’?
GET THAT GIRL
A CANDY BAR.
I DON’T WANT TO EAT.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO EAT.
WE’RE GONNA GET HER
A MARS BAR.
HOW’D WE DO
WITH JERRY?
OH, WE DID FINE.
DO WE LIKE HIM?
NEIL.
I’M SCARED.
YOU GOT A PROBLEM
WITH "WE"?
AREN’T WE
ON THE SAME JOB?
YES WE ARE. THAT’S WHY I KNOW
YOU’RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND
US HEADING UP THOSE
STAIRS TO DO OUR PART.
ED, WOULD YOU
COME WITH US ALSO, PLEASE?
FOR WHAT?
I NEED TO ASK YOU
A QUESTION.
WHAT’S THIS
CONFRONTATIONAL TONE?
OH, THAT’S A MISREAD,
NEIL.
I DON’T NOW. HE SEEMED
A LITTLE CONFRONTATIONAL.
NO, HE’S JUST LOOKING
TO TALK TO THIS GIRL.
SHE’S GOT A SPACESHIP
TO CATCH.
OH, YEAH?
SHE’S GOT AN INTERSTELLAR
TRAVEL AGENT.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO ASK ME?
I’M NOT PREPARED
TO ASK YOU YET.
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
IT MEANS
AT THIS IMMEDIATE INSTANT,
I AM NOT READY TO ASK YOU.
THEY’RE ARGUING.
IT’S NOT YOUR PROBLEM.
I’M GOING BACK DOWNSTAIRS.
NO, ED.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE
TRYING TO PULL HERE?
NOTHING.
WE’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHO CROAKED THIS D. O. A.
YOUR PRESENCE HERE
AND NOT DOWNSTAIRS
IS A COMFORT TO US.
GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN.
YOU SIT BY SARA.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
YOU SIT THERE AND PLAY
WITH THE FINGERPRINT MATERIALS.
I RECOGNIZE
THOSE OTHER COPS.
THE ONES WE
WERE TALKIN’ TO DOWNSTAIRS?
THEY WERE IN THE ALLEY
LAST NIGHT.
THEY SAID THEY
WERE IN THE ALLEY LAST NIGHT.
HEY, YOU BELIEVE I’M KIDDING
WHEN I TELL YOU TO BE STILL?
YEAH, WELL, EVER SINCE WE
WALKED INTO THIS STATION HOUSE,
I RESENT THE THRUST ‐‐
YOU THINK I’M KIDDING YOU?
I’M GETTING FRIGHTENED.
IT’S ALL RIGHT, SARA.
EVERYTHING’S OKAY.
YOU GOT NOTHIN’
TO BE SCARED ABOUT.
I DON’T WANT
TO BE PUT IN RESTRAINTS.
WOULD YOU GET HER
OFF OF THAT?
HOW ABOUT YOU LOWER
THE TEMPERATURE JUST A LITTLE?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERMOMETER’S YOURS.
I’VE BEEN HONEST WITH YOU,
RIGHT, SARA?
SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO
IS SAY WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT,
AND THEN YOU GO HOME
JUST LIKE I PROMISED.
I BET YOU’RE EVEN GOING
TO HAVE A FEW DOLLARS
IN YOUR POCKET.
YEAH, LIKE THAT AIN’T
GOING TO GO FOR CRYSTAL METH.
YEAH, GO AHEAD, MARY.
YOU THINK WE KNOW
WHAT THE PLAY IS HERE?
Sara: THEY BEAT HIM UP.
WHO DID, SARA?
THOSE COPS DOWNSTAIRS.
THEY BEAT HIM UP,
AND THEY LEFT HIM.
AFTER A WHILE, THEY CAME BACK
UNTIL THE AMBULANCE CAME.
AND YOU DIDN’T SEE NO ONE ELSE
IN THAT ALLEY?
BEFORE THE COPS CAME
THE FIRST TIME,
THE GUY THE COPS BEAT UP
WAS GOING TO FIGHT ANOTHER GUY.
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN
BETWEEN THE TIME
THE COPS BEAT UP THE GUY
AND THE COPS CAME BACK,
WHO ELSE DID YOU SEE?
WHO ELSE CAME IN
AND BEAT THE GUY?
NOBODY.
YOU WERE WATCHING
THE WHOLE TIME?
THE WHOLE TIME.
WHEN YOU WEREN’T SHOOTING
CRYSTAL METH, HUH?
I SNORT, AND I KEPT WATCHING,
EXCEPT ONCE I WENT TO PEE.
YEAH, HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE?
I WENT TO PEE.
SO, WHAT, A MINUTE?
HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES ME.
I NEVER TIMED IT.
THAT’S THE ONLY TIME
YOU WEREN’T LOOKING, RIGHT?
YOU WEREN’T CLEANING
OR ANYTHING, SARA?
YOU WEREN’T SCRUBBING
YOUR BATHROOM TILES?
WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO SAY?
TO THE BEST
OF MY RECOLLECTION, NO.
WHAT IS THIS,
PAYBACK, SARA?
DID SOME COP
JAM YOU UP?
I’M SORRY. IT TOOK ME
TOO LONG TO CALL 911.
[ WHIMPERING ]
COME ON.
LAUGHLIN, THAT CANDIDATE
FOR THE HOMICIDE
THAT BAKER AND BRADSHAW
GAVE YOU?
HE ALIBIS OUT.
PLUS BAKER AND BRADSHAW
SAW A C.I. OF MINE
WATCHING THEM PUT
THE BEATING ON MIKEY.
WHICH IS WHY THEY GET
IN FRONT OF THEIR STORY ‐‐
SAYING THEY TUNED THE GUY UP,
BUT JUST GAVE HIM A COUPLE
OF BRUISES.
HEY, YOU’RE SUPPOSED
TO GO TO BAT FOR GUYS
YOU WORK WITH.
BOTH OF US RESPECT THAT.
Sipowicz: THE SCALES
ARE TIPPING PRETTY BAD HERE,
AND YOU CAN’T BE KEEPING
THE TWO OF THEM UP TO SPEED.
WELL, WHAT, AM I SUPPOSED
TO STAY UPSTAIRS,
I’M SUPPOSED TO SNEAK
OUT THE BACK WAY?
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
IT MIGHT NOT BE
A BAD IDEA, IF YOU WANT.
SHE WANTS TO GO HOME.
WE GOT TO GET
A WRITTEN STATEMENT.
THANKS.
DON’T THANK ME
FOR JAMMING UP COPS.
HEY, EDDIE.
Ed: HEY, NEIL.
SHE GOT ANYTHING FOR US?
I GOT TO GO TO THE JOHN.
HEY, MARY.
HEY, NEIL.
HER APARTMENT
LOOKS OVER THAT ALLEY.
YEAH, HUH?
SHE GOT ANYTHING,
SEE WHAT WENT DOWN
LAST NIGHT?
SHE’S HALF A WACK JOB,
YOU KNOW?
HALF‐WACKY ON SPEED.
YEAH, HUH?
SO FAR SHE SAW
50‐FOOT DUELING CENTIPEDES.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
SHE’S A HALF A WACK JOB.
OH, SHE’S MORE LIKE
A SHORT BUS RIDE
FROM A TOTAL WACK JOB.
SHE RECOGNIZE ME AND BRADSHAW
FROM BEING THERE LAST NIGHT?
MAKE EVEN THAT MUCH SENSE?
TO DETERMINE THAT,
YOU’D HAVE TO PRETEND
YOU GOT 50 LEGS
ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR BODY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
WAVE MY ARMS LIKE I’M
A CENTIPEDE, HUH?
YEAH. [ CHUCKLES ]
HEY, JOEY.
ANYWAY, LET US
GET BACK IN WITH HER.
DANNY AND SIPOWICZ DON’T FEEL
SHE’S GOT MUCH FOR US.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PURSUE
THIS JERRY ANGLE?
YOU’RE DOWN ON THAT?
WE’LL GIVE YOU THE STATUS REPORT
ONCE WE FINISH WITH THIS GIRL.
WHICH THEY FEEL SHE’S
HALF A WACK JOB, JOEY.
SHE THOUGHT SHE
SAW DUELING BUGS.
I TOLD ANDY I SHOULD
IMPERSONATE A CENTIPEDE,
TRY AND JOG HER MEMORY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, YOU’LL
KEEP US POSTED?
ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS.
AH, DON’T THANK US.
OH, GOD.
ALLS I’M GOING TO SAY ‐‐
YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW.
THE LESS YOU KNOW,
THE BETTER.
THIS IS A 5‐TON
BAG OF CRAP.
BELIEVE ME.
IF THEY MAKE ME TESTIFY,
I’LL GO BACK IN RESTRAINTS.
WE’RE GOING TO TRY
SO YOU DON’T HAVE
TO TESTIFY.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
I GOT NOTHING.
YOU GOT 24?
I’LL GET YOUR BAG.
THANKS FOR ALL THE COFFEE.
WAS MY PRINTING TOO TINY?
HI, DON.
YOU JAMMED WITH WORK?
OH, YEAH, WE GOT
A STINKY ONE,
BUT I’M NOT ON IT.
WHY DIDN’T YOU COME
UPSTAIRS?
I DON’T THINK I’VE GOT
A BIG FAN CLUB UP THERE.
OH, WELL, THEY TAKE
THEIR CUE FROM ME.
SO MAYBE MY CASE
ISN’T HOPELESS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
I WASN’T OVERSTEPPING.
ABOUT WHAT?
I TOOK KYLE
FOR HIS FITTING.
OH, YEAH, I’M SORRY
I PUNKED OUT ON THAT.
OH, NO PROBLEM.
NO, BUT WHILE WE WERE THERE,
THEY HAD THE EXACT SUIT
ON THE RACK
THAT KYLE LOOKED AT
WHEN WE WERE FIRST GOING
THROUGH THE CATALOGS,
AH.
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT’S MORE EXPENSIVE.
AH.
BUT IT IS
HIS FIRST COMMUNION SUIT,
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIS SON
COULD WEAR IT SOMEDAY.
ANYWAY, THE $65 EXTRA ‐‐
THANK GOD NOW THE MONEY
IS IN MY MEANS,
BUT I JUST DIDN’T WANT
TO FREELANCE
A DECISION LIKE THAT.
NO, IF YOU WANTED
TO DO THAT FOR KYLE,
I THINK
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK HE’LL APPRECIATE
THE GESTURE.
ALL RIGHT, I’M GOING TO.
OKAY.
ANY CHANCE I MIGHT, UH,
SHOW UP FOR A SECRET VISIT
AFTER THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP?
I TOLD YOU
THAT WAS A ONE TIME ONLY.
A MOMENT
OF MUTUAL WEAKNESS.
YEAH.
OKAY, I’M GOING TO TAKE OFF
BEFORE I GET A FIRM NO.
HEY, DON?
THAT WAS NICE
ABOUT THE SUIT.
OH, NO, I WANT
TO DO IT FOR KYLE.
ANONYMOUS CALL TO 911.
SECTOR COPS FIND A GUY
BEATEN IN AN ALLEY LAST NIGHT
OFF LAFAYETTE.
NO WITNESSES AT THE SCENE,
WE CATCH THIS MORNING.
AT THE E. R.,
THESE COPS TELL US
WE WANT TO LOOK
FOR A JERRY DePAULO.
SAME COPS
THAT FOUND THE GUY?
YEAH.
THEY DIDN’T CALL IN
NIGHT WATCH?
WHAT DID I JUST SAY TO YOU?
AT THE E. R.,
THESE SAME COPS WHO FOUND HIM
WHO BROUGHT THE GUY IN,
TELL US THAT WE WANT
TO LOOK AT A JERRY DePAULO
FOR THE ASSAULT
BECAUSE AN HOUR PREVIOUS,
THEY HAD BROKE IT UP
BETWEEN THEM TWO
IN THAT VERY ALLEY,
PLUS THROWING IN
HOW AFTER
THEY BROKE UP THE FIGHT
AND SENT THIS JERRY
ON HIS WAY,
THEY ALSO HAD OCCASION
TO HAND OUT A COUPLE
OF MINOR SMACKS
TO THIS GUY THAT WINDS UP
IN THE HOSPITAL.
THE GUY BROUGHT UP A LUNG‐ER
AND SPIT IN THE ONE COP’S FACE.
IF THEY’RE MINOR SMACKS
AND NO ONE’S ON THE SCENE,
WHY GO ON RECORD?
THEY DID SEE SOMEONE ELSE
ON THE SCENE, BUT THEY
DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP.
WE BRING IN
THIS JERRY DePAULO.
HE DON’T HAVE A CARE
IN THE WORLD.
HIM AND THE OTHER GUY DID BEEF
IN THE ALLEY.
THE COPS BROKE IT UP.
HE WENT HOME, HE THREW A HUMP
INTO HIS GIRLFRIEND
SO MASSIVE
HE ACTUALLY WOKE HER UP.
HIS GIRLFRIEND
BACKS UP HIS ALIBI
FOR WHAT TIME
HE GOT HOME?
PLUS, AT THIS POINT,
A C.I. OF MINE SAYS
HE SAW THE COPS
HAND THE BEATING OUT,
AND ONE OF THE COPS SAW HIM.
WHICH GIVES YOU YOUR INKLING
WHY THESE COPS GIVE US
THIS BAG OF CRAP
AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM ‐‐
SO THEY COULD BE ON RECORD
WHEN THIS WITNESS COMES FORWARD.
AT THIS POINT,
THE GUY GOES D. O. A.
NEVER REGAINS
CONSCIOUSNESS?
HE GOES D. O. A. WITHOUT EVER
REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS ‐‐
THIS POODLEHEAD MIKEY.
WE RE‐CANVASS, COME UP
WITH THE WITNESS
WHO MADE THE 911 CALL.
SAID SHE SAW THE WHOLE THING.
THE ONLY BEATING
CAME FROM THE COPS.
NO ONE ELSE CAME INTO THAT ALLEY
FROM THE TIME THEY
HANDED THE BEATIN’ OUT
TILL THE TIME
THE COPS COME BACK.
WHO ARE THE COPS?
JOE BRADSHAW
AND NEIL BAKER.
NEIL BAKER,
THAT EIGHT MONTHS AGO,
YOU STOOD UP FOR,
AND I CLEAR?
[ SIGHS ]
YOU GOT TO GET
THEIR STATEMENTS.
THE HELL WE DO.
WHAT, DID YOU JUST RETIRE?
DO BAKER AND BRADSHAW
KNOW YOU LIKE THEM?
THEY SENSE
THEY’RE A FEW LENGTHS IN FRONT.
THEY DON’T KNOW.
NO, THEY DON’T KNOW.
WHAT THEY DO KNOW...
YOU AREN’T COPS
THAT CALL I. A. B. IN
OVER A MINOR
TUNE‐UP,
SO IF I’M DOING
THE INTERVIEW,
THEY’RE HOLDING THE BAG
FOR A HOMICIDE.
YOU’RE NOT WATCHING US
BEHIND THOSE DOUBLE MIRRORS.
I’M NOT TALKING TO THEM
AND LYING,
AND NOBODY’S LISTENING.
NO, I DON’T
HAVE TO WATCH.
HOW WE DOING?
I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT WE KNOW,
AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHERE YOU STAND.
WHEN I’M DONE, AND YOU TALK,
YOU BETTER NOT COME OUT
WITH A LIE,
BECAUSE THE ONLY
CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU
AND A COP
NOT FROM I. A. B.
IS GOING TO BE
THIS CONVERSATION.
THE MINOR TUNE‐UP ‐‐
YOU DRIVIN’ OFF
AND COMING BACK
AN HOUR LATER
TO SEE MIKEY BEEN BEATEN
BY SOMEBODY ELSE?
LET GO OF THAT, NEIL.
WE GOT TWO WITNESSES
PUT YOU IN THAT ALLEY,
AND NO ONE COMING IN OR OUT
EXCEPT YOU AND BRADSHAW
WHEN YOU CAME BACK.
WHAT ABOUT
WHAT WE TOLD YOU?
TO TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED
WOULD BE TO RAT OUT
MY OWN PARTNER.
WELL THEN FIND
ANOTHER WORD FOR IT,
’CAUSE YOU ARE ABOUT
TO BURN DOWN.
I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW,
I SWEAR ON MY LIFE,
I WAS READY TO LEAVE.
SO THIS POODLEHEAD MIKEY
SPITS IN MY FACE
AND WE’RE TRYING TO HELP.
SO I TAKE HIM IN THE ALLEY,
AND I BACKHAND HIM HARD,
AND THEN I INSULT EVERY
FEMALE MEMBER IN HIS FAMILY.
THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME,
BUT NOT FOR JOEY.
SO JOE DOES WHAT?
HE YELLS AT ME,
WHICH ISN’T THE FIRST
TIME HE’S DONE IT
SINCE WE PARTNERED UP.
"ASSHOLE SPITS
IN YOUR FACE.
"THAT’S ALL YOU’RE GOING
TO GIVE HIM?
NOBODY’S GOING TO RESPECT YOU
ON THE STREET."
YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO PROVOKE ME,
BUT I DIDN’T LET IT
GET TO ME.
JOE TOOK OVER ON MIKEY?
LIKE YOU WOULDN’T
BELIEVE.
I MEAN, HE JUST ‐‐
HE JUST DRILLS THE GUY.
"YOU’RE A PUSSY, NEIL."
BANG.
"STAND UP
FOR YOURSELF, NEIL." BANG.
"THIS IS
OUR STREET, NEIL." BANG.
JOEY’S HAYWIRE
AT THIS POINT ‐‐
OUT OF HIS HEAD.
JOEY SAID SOMEONE SAW US
TAKE MIKEY INTO THE ALLEY.
HE SAID HE RECOGNIZED
THE GUY’S FACE,
AND WE GOT TO GET THIS GUY
AND SHUT HIM UP.
SO YOU GO LOOKING
FOR THE WITNESS.
I WAS AFRAID OF JOEY.
I WAS AFRAID OF WHAT
HE MIGHT DO TO ME
IF I WENT AGAINST HIM.
WE WENT LOOKING
FOR THE WITNESS.
IT WAS AN HOUR
TILL WE GOT BACK TO MIKEY.
I KEPT YOU
OUT ON THE STREET.
I’VE MET ALL THE TOUGH GUYS
I NEED TO, BRADSHAW.
YOU WANT TO WASTE TIME
PROVING YOU’RE ONE OF THEM,
YOU’LL ONLY SHOW ME
YOU’RE STUPID.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S ABOUT.
NO.
YEAH. THAT ALLEY.
WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE ALLEY.
YOU LIED.
THE ONLY BEATING THAT D.O.A.
TOOK WAS OFF YOU GUYS.
YOU AND BAKER
BEAT HIM TO DEATH.
WE GAVE HIM A MINOR TUNE‐UP
AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.
HOUR LATER, DISPATCH SENDS US
BACK TO THE ALLEY,
WE FIND THE GUY DOWN.
THAT HOUR, SOMEONE ELSE
GAVE HIM A BEATING ‐‐
EITHER THAT JERRY
WE GAVE YOU
OR SOME OTHER SKELL.
NO ONE ELSE WAS
IN THAT ALLEY, BRADSHAW.
FROM THE TIME YOU GAVE HIM
HIS "MINOR TUNE‐UP,"
THE HOUR THAT HE LAY THERE
TILL YOU AND BAKER CAME BACK,
NO ONE ELSE
LAID A HAND ON HIM.
YOU KNOW THIS?
WE KNOW IT.
’CAUSE COPS TOLD YOU?
YOU DON’T WANT TO PLAY
THAT CARD, ASSHOLE,
NOT AFTER LYIN’
IN OUR FACES AND PUTTING US
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CRAP.
YOU’RE PUTTING YOURSELF
IN THE MIDDLE,
DISREGARDING OUR WORD.
OH, YOU FIGURE YOU AND BAKER
ARE STILL ON THE SAME PAGE, HUH?
BRADSHAW, PICTURE YOUR
PUNK PARTNER WITH SORENSON
IN THAT OTHER
INTERVIEW ROOM.
WHAT’S
YOUR VISUALIZATION, HUH?
IS BAKER DIGGING
HIS SHOULDER IN,
HOLDING UP
THAT BIG BLUE WALL?
I HOLD MY END UP.
YOU HOLD UP THIS.
ARE YOU TELLING ME
I’VE LIED FOR COPS 30 YEARS
SO YOU CAN GO CRAZY
ON SOME STREET MUTT
AND DO MURDER?
NEITHER ME NOR BAKER
MURDERED THAT GUY.
YOU SMACK A SKELL
BAD ENOUGH THAT HE’S HURT,
YOU COLLAR HIM FOR DISCON
AND BRING HIM TO THE HOUSE
OR THE HOSPITAL.
YOU DON’T LEAVE HIM
LAY THERE TO DIE.
IS THAT WHAT I DID,
LEAVE HIM TO DIE?
LOOK IN MY FACE AND CALL ME
THAT KIND OF COP.
HERE’S WHAT I GOT NOW,
BRADSHAW ‐‐
YOU’RE A GUTLESS SCUMBAG
THAT BEAT A GUY UNCONSCIOUS
AND LEFT HIM
IN THE STREET TO DIE.
YOU WANT
TO SHOW ME DIFFERENT?
MY GUTLESS SCUMBAG PARTNER
LEFT HIM IN THE STREET.
I WANTED TO BRING HIM IN.
I WANTED TO BRING HIM IN,
BUT MY GUTLESS SCUMBAG
PARTNER FREAKS OUT.
SOME GUTLESS SCUMBAG
STREET SKELL SAW THE TUNE‐UP
AND RUNS FOR THE RADIO CAR
TO GO AFTER HIM.
I’D STARED AT THAT GUY.
HE KNEW NOT TO MESS WITH US,
BUT MY GUTLESS
SCUMBAG PARTNER’S
GOT TO JUMP
IN THE RADIO CAR
SO WE CAN TRY
AND CHASE HIM DOWN.
YOU NEVER FOUND HIM.
WHICH WE NEVER FOUND HIM,
AND I GOT TO LISTEN
TO MY GUTLESS SCUMBAG
PARTNER CRY,
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
HE SAW US. WE GOT TO FIND HIM."
TILL AN HOUR’S GONE WHILE
WE LOOK FOR THAT SKELL
TILL I CAN GET BAKER
BACK TO THAT ALLEY.
HE DIDN’T BEAT HIM.
BAKER RAN, BUT YOU’RE
WHO TUNED THAT GUY UP.
I DID WHAT
WAS APPROPRIATE.
THESE ARE OUR STREETS.
HE SPIT IN BAKER’S FACE.
BAKER GIVES HIM
ONE LITTLE BACKHAND?
I DID WHAT
HAD TO BE DONE.
GIVE ME A HINT.
"POODLEHEAD."
I’M GLAD YOU LIKED IT,
SWEETHEART.
YEAH, I WANT TO SEE YOU IN IT
AS SOON AS I GET HOME.
IT WAS.
IT WAS A NICE THING
FOR DAD TO DO.
HI.
HI.
SORRY YOUR CASE
BROKE THIS WAY.
YOU MAY TAKE A RIP
FOR NOT NOTIFYING I. A. B.
TILL THIS AFTERNOON.
THOSE TWO COPS HAND US
THEIR BAG OF CRAP.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A RIP
FOR NOT PASSING THE BAG ALONG?
THIS JOB MAKES
MORE AND MORE SENSE.
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
WHAT TYPE
OF RIP YOU FIGURE?
THEY’LL SEND ME
BACK TO VIETNAM?
IF YOUR FIVES ARE DONE,
LEAVE THE VOUCHERING
FOR GREG AND JAMES.
THEY’LL RIP US
FOR VACATION DAYS.
WHEN’S THE LAST
YOU TOOK VACATION?
YEAH, GOOD.
I GOT TO COOK DINNER.
SUBMIT
BOTH THEIR STATEMENTS,
LET THE JURY DECIDE WHICH
OF THESE BUMS IS A LIAR.
I HAD A COUSIN.
THIS TYPE DAY’S EVENTS
TENDED TO PUT HIM IN A MOOD.
BE THINKING, "THIS ISN’T
WHAT I JOINED UP TO DO.
WHAT ABOUT
THESE COPS’ FAMILIES?"
WOULD HE GET PEOPLE
OFFERING HIM ADVICE
HE DIDN’T ASK FOR?
WHEN HE WAS IN THAT TYPE
HEAD‐UP‐HIS‐ASS MOOD,
HE’D GO OUT LOOKING
FOR PEOPLE TO BUTT IN
WITH THEIR OPINIONS,
SAY WHAT HE WAS THINKING
ABOUT HIMSELF
SO HE COULD PUNCH THEM.
THAT’S HOW HE DEVELOPED
ENORMOUS CAREER MOMENTUM
AND A WIDE CIRCLE
OF FRIENDSHIP.
OKAY, ANDY.
YEAH, OKAY. GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
YEAH, GOOD NIGHT.
AHEM.
UM...
FEEL LIKE HAVING
SOME DINNER?
I’M GOOD, YOU KNOW?
I’M JUST GOING TO DO
THIS VOUCHERING MYSELF,
TAKE, LIKE, 10 MINUTES.
THANKS FOR HELPING ME
WITH THE FIVES, DIANE.
YOU EVER MET
ANDY’S COUSIN ‐‐
MR. HYDE?
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
GOOD NIGHT, THEN, DANNY.
YEAH, TAKE CARE.
[ READING ALOUD ]
"UH‐OH,
THERE WE GO AGAIN
"TO THE FIREFIGHTER’S
HOUSE.
GO, GO.
GET THE WATER, TOO."
ANY JOB YOU HAVE,
YOU TRY AND HELP PEOPLE.
THAT’S YOUR PURPOSE
WITH A JOB ‐‐
YOU EARN A LIVING,
AND YOU TRY TO HELP.
MASHED POTATOES.
YEAH, THAT’S YOUR
MASHED POTATOES THERE,
RIGHT NEXT
TO YOUR MEATLOAF
THAT I PROBABLY
OVERCOOKED.
OKAY, COME ON,
LET’S SIT DOWN AND EAT.
COME ON.
HERE. HERE YOU GO.
SIT DOWN IN FRONT
OF PETE THE BEAR.
MMM, GOOD.
WE HAVE TO SAY
OUR PRAYERS, OKAY?
PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
BLESS THIS FOOD
TO OUR USE
AND US TO THY SERVICE.
AMEN.
AMEN.
YOUR MOM IN HEAVEN ‐‐
SHE HAD THAT GOAL
WITH HER JOB ‐‐
THEO, THEO, DON’T PLOP
YOUR MASHED POTATOES
ALL OVER THE TABLE.
COME ON.
JUST EAT UP.
YOU HAD AN OLDER BROTHER
I’LL COME TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
HE ALSO TRIED TO HELP.
I TRY TO BE HELPFUL.
I’M HELPING YOU.
YEAH, YOU’RE HELPING ME.
YOU’RE HELPING ME
BY NOT DISTRIBUTING
YOUR MASHED POTATOES
ALL OVER THE TABLE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU
A KISS.
YOU’RE GOING TO KISS ME
IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER?
I’M GOING TO KISS YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SMACKS LIPS ]
THAT’S VERY HELPFUL.
I’M HELPING YOU.
YOU HELPED ME
WITH THAT KISS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANOTHER ONE.
SHANNON, YOU DON’T
WANT TO KNOW
HOW MY SISTER LORI IS?
FIGURE THIS CITY’S
SAFER TONIGHT, DANNY?
YOU TOOK TWO COPS
OFF THE STREET.
THEM TWO COPS?
YEAH, THE CITY’S SAFER.
YOU KNOW THE CASE.
TRUE, THAT.
SAY HI TO LORI.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
HOW’S IT GOING?
THE 20 I BORROWED.
I’D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THE CASE.
I DON’T KNOW I’D WANT TO BE
TALKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH.
IF IT WAS YOU,
MAYBE YOU’D KNOW
THERE WAS A BIG MARGIN
YOU GOT THE WRONG TWO GUYS.
THIS IS WITHOUT ME.
WE’LL MUDDLE THROUGH.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO SAY?
I WANT TO SAY THIS CASE
BROKE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TODAY
WHERE EVERY TIME I GLANCED
IN YOUR DIRECTION,
I DIDN’T NEED DISAPPROVING
MYSTERY LOOKS,
OR YOU ACT LIKE I ENJOYED
SCARING THAT GIRL.
I WAS TRYING TO SHAKE HER
OFF HER STORY.
YOU WENT TOO FAR.
I WAS HOPING SHE’D MOVE
OFF THOSE COPS.
ARE YOU USUALLY
OFF BASE THIS FAR
ON WHAT’S
ON PEOPLE’S MINDS?
I COULD SEE IT SLOWING DOWN
YOUR DETECTIVE WORK.
ANYWAY, WHO’S OUR MUTUAL
ACQUAINTANCE, FRANCO,
THAT YOU CAN CRACK WISE
I DON’T LIKE
GETTING STIRRED UP?
TAMMY SIMPSON.
THAT I DATED TWICE.
MY GIRLFRIEND WHO I WAS
IN THE ACADEMY WITH.
I HOPE NOBODY SHARES MISSILE
INFORMATION WITH HER.
THE WHOLE THING SHE SAID
WAS YOU WERE THIS SWEET GUY
WHO WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED,
AND YOU PUSHED HER AWAY
WHEN YOU WANTED TO HOLD HER.
AND THIS CAUSED YOU
TO HATE ME.
NO, I GUESS
IT PROBABLY CAUSED ME
TO BE INTERESTED IN YOU.
YOU THINK THERE’S ONLY
ROOM ON EARTH
FOR ONE CONFUSED PERSON?
FRANCO, YOU WANT
TO COME HOME WITH ME?
YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
WAIT. WAIT. WAIT.
WHAT’S THE MATTER?
I’M NOT COMFORTABLE.
OKAY.
LET’S GET COMFORTABLE.
C‐CAN WE JUST STOP?
STOP COMPLETELY? SURE.
I‐I’M SORRY. I’M JUST NOT
COMFORTABLE DOING THIS.
I KNOW I CAME UP HERE
WITH YOU.
I JUST GOT SCARED
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
THAT HAPPENS, I GUESS.
I’M JUST GOING
TO GO, ALL RIGHT?
I’M VERY SORRY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SOBBING ]
NOTHING WRONG IS GOING
TO HAPPEN HERE.
YOU WEREN’T DOING
ANYTHING WRONG.
WHEN I SAW YOU
IN THE BAR TONIGHT,
I WENT FROM LOOKING
FOR A FIGHT
TO JUST WANTING
TO KEEP COMPANY.
AND I WANTED
TO KEEP YOU COMPANY.
SO YOU JUST WANT ME
TO HOLD YOU?
DO YOU MIND
JUST HOLDING ME?
NO, I’LL JUST HOLD YOU.
HERE, TAKE
YOUR PANTS OFF ‐‐
STRICTLY FOR HOLDING
PURPOSES ONLY.
I’M NOT GOING
TO DO ANYTHING.
WE’LL JUST LAY BACK
RIGHT HERE
UNTIL WE GET IN A MORE
PERMANENT POSITION
UNDER THE COVERS
WHERE NOTHING IS GOING
TO HAPPEN ALSO.
HA HA HA HA HA.
OKAY?
YEAH.
THAT’S GOOD.
THAT’S JUST
WHAT I WANTED TONIGHT ‐‐
JUST KEEPING COMPANY
WITH YOU.
♪ ♪
SEE MY STAIN‐COVERED
UNIFORM?
THAT’S OFF
YOUR PARADE DETAIL?
SOME IDIOT COVERED
IN CRANKCASE OIL LEAPED
OFF ONE OF THE PARADE FLOATS
AND KEPT HUGGING ME.
YOU PAY A PRICE
FOR PERSONAL CHARISMA.
WELL, IT’S LIKE I WAS
WEARING A "HUG ME" SIGN.
YEAH, ANDY AND ME ‐‐
WE CAUGHT AN ASSAULT.
I GUESS THESE COPS
HANDLED THE JOB.
YEAH, GOOD.
HEY, NEIL.
DANNY, HEY, DID YOU GUYS
CATCH OUR ASSAULT?
MIKEY SILVA?
YEAH, THAT’S US.
MY PARTNER, JOE BRADSHAW.
HOW’S IT GOING, JOE?
HOW YOU DOIN’?
ANDY SIPOWICZ.
HOW YOU DOIN’?
YOU, UH, HANDLED
OUR ASSAULT?
COME ON.
LET’S TALK OVER HERE.
THE GUY’S
IN THE O .R. RIGHT NOW.
DOC SAYS IT’S A COIN FLIP
IF HE GOES OUT OF THE PICTURE.
YOU WANT TO BE LOOKING
FOR A JERRY DePAULO.
WE SAW HIM AND THIS SILVA
INTO IT IN THE SAME ALLEY
LIKE AN HOUR BEFORE.
THEY WERE IN THE SAME ALLEY
THROWING FISTS.
NOTHING MAJOR, AND THERE’S
10 JOBS HOLDING IN THE PRECINCT,
SO WE SENT JERRY
DOWN THE ROAD.
YEAH, THAT MIKEY
GOT BELLIGERENT ON US.
SON OF A BITCH
SPITS IN MY FACE.
SPITS IN YOUR FACE?
MIKEY THAT’S UPSTAIRS
IN THE O. R.?
YEAH.
WE HAD AN EXPLANATORY
CONVERSATION
IN THE ALLEY
WITH MIKEY AFTERWARDS.
NOTHING MAJOR?
NAH, A MINOR TUNE‐UP,
SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.
SO THAT’S IRRELEVANT
TO WHAT HAPPENED SUBSEQUENT?
THE MINOR TUNE‐UP?
NAH. NO, NO.
IT’S JERRY DePAULO YOU’RE MAKING
LIKELY FOR THE BEATING
THAT PUT THIS GUY UPSTAIRS
WITH THE COIN FLIP
IF HE’S GOING TO LIVE.
YEAH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOPE.
HE MUST HAVE COME BACK.
HERE’S HIS PLACES.
YEAH, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
YEAH, THANKS.
YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY JUST DID?
YEAH.
THEY OVER‐COMMUNICATED.
WE GOT TO MAKE OUT A FIVE,
AND THIS GUY’S IN THE HOSPITAL
OFF A BEATING,
AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY
JUST TUNED THIS GUY UP.
THE OTHER COP ‐‐
HE LOOKED EMBARRASSED
THAT BAKER SAID ANYTHING.
IF IT’S IRRELEVANT,
THEN DON’T TELL US ABOUT IT.
THEY GIVE US THIS BAG OF CRAP
TO HOLD FOR NO GOOD REASON.
[ PAGER BEEPS ]
IT’S MY INFORMANT J. B.
HE’S BEEPING ME 911.
THIS BAKER ‐‐ HE’S A TYPE.
YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE WE
LAID EYES ON HIM,
HE’S HAD A CONSTANT SIGN
AROUND HIS NECK ‐‐
"HERE, HOLD MY UPCOMING
BAGS OF CRAP."
I’D BETTER
CHECK OUT J. B., ANDY.
HE’S BEEPING ME OVER
TO OUR CRISIS COFFEE SHOP.
GIVE ME THIS GUY’S PLACES
THAT SUPPOSEDLY
DID THE ASSAULT.
YOU’RE GOING TO TAKE
BAKER AND BRADSHAW
WITH YOU,
HAVE THEM
POINT THE GUY OUT?
I’LL GO BACK TO THE HOUSE
AND GET HIS PICTURE.
I DON’T WANT THEM DICKHEADS
ANYWHERE NEAR THIS.
HEY, ANDY,
YOU GOT 10 SECONDS
FOR A PERSONAL OBSERVATION?
[ GRUNTS ]
YOU ARE
A VERY ATTRACTIVE MAN.
I DON’T KNOW
IF YOU’VE SHED WEIGHT
OR WHAT IT IS, BUT...
NOW.
I GOT IT.
’CAUSE HE STILL OWES
FOR LAST WEDNESDAY.
I GOT LAST WEDNESDAY.
EGGS BENNY, HOME FRIES,
CHOCOLATE MALT.
YOU?
JUST COFFEE.
YO, YO, YO ‐‐
AND A SIDE OF RANCH.
[ HISSES ]
VAMPIRE‐LOOKING BITCH.
I’M WORKING, J. B.
BASED ON OBSERVATIONS
I MADE LAST NIGHT,
I NEED YOU TO VOUCH
TO SOME COPS FOR ME.
IF THAT’S NOT
TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
WHICH COPS?
WHOEVER HAD SECTOR PATROL
LAST NIGHT OFF LAFAYETTE.
WHERE YOU SAW WHAT?
YOUR BOYS ROLL UP
ON TWO GUYS THROWING
PUNCHES IN THE ALLEY.
THE BOYS COOL IT OUT,
WALK ONE OF THE GUYS AWAY.
THE OTHER GUY LOOGIES
IN ONE OF YOUR BOYS’ FACES ‐‐
I’M TALKING
ABOUT A SEROUS LOOGIE:
THE KIND WHERE YOU‐‐YOU
SNORT SNOT BACK AND YOU
MIX IT UP WITH SPIT.
AND WHAT DID THE COP DO?
THEY WORKED OUT ON THE GUY
THAT LAUNCHED THE LOOGIE
TILL ONE SEES ME
SEEING WHAT’S GOING ON
FROM ACROSS THE STREET.
HE GIVES ME
THIS LASER DEATH RAY STARE.
AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
I RAN UP AND GAVE MY CARD
TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
SO YOU SPLIT?
I SPLIT.
CORRECT.
SO BEIN’ YOU SPLIT,
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER THE GUY SPIT?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
AFTERWARD, PREVIOUS, OR DURING,
IS WHAT I’D LIKE YOU
TO TELL YOUR BOYS.
NEVER MIND WHAT YOU’RE
WILLING TO FORGET, J. B.
ALL YOU KNOW,
THESE COPS COULD HAVE
DELIVERED A MINOR TUNE‐UP,
LEFT LOOGIE GUY IN THE ALLEY,
AND HIS ASSHOLE BUDDY
COULD HAVE COME BACK
FOR ROUND TWO.
I TAKE IT
THE LOOGIE GUY GOT HURT.
THE LOOGIE GUY
GOT HURT REAL BAD.
HIS ASSHOLE BUDDY DEFINITELY
COULD HAVE COME BACK,
AND THOSE COPS ABSOLUTELY
COULD HAVE CALMED DOWN,
KEPT IT TO A MINOR TUNE‐UP,
AND LEFT THE GUY ‐‐
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
NOW, LAST WEDNESDAY,
DID YOU DINE ALONE
OR TREAT A WHOLE TROOP?
IT WAS, LIKE, $12.
YO, YO, YO, DANNY,
CAN YOU LEAVE THE WHOLE $20?
I THINK I GOT A CHANCE.
HEY, DIANE,
I WANT TO RUN SOMETHING
PAST YOU.
OKAY.
I WANT
YOUR HONEST OPINION,
NOT WHAT YOU THINK
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME.
WITH KYLE’S FIRST COMMUNION
COMING UP,
I’VE BEEN DEALING WITH DON
A LOT MORE REGULARLY.
DON?
YEAH, HE’S BEEN VERY,
UM, HELPFUL AND RELIABLE.
THAT’S GOOD FOR KYLE,
YOU KNOW, TO SEE THAT EXAMPLE ‐‐
YEAH.
FOR KYLE AND FRANK BOTH.
YEAH, AND, UH,
I’M, UM,
ENTERTAINING THE IDEA
OF POSSIBLY
SEEING HIM SOCIALLY.
HMM. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT
MY HONEST OPINION ABOUT?
WELL, DIANE, HE’S LIKE THE GUY
I ALWAYS KNEW HE COULD BE
IF HE GREW UP A LITTLE.
LIKE WHEN HE SAYS HE’S GOING
TO PICK UP THE BOYS AT 10:00,
HE’S THERE AT 9:59.
NOW, HE’S
EVIDENTLY WORKING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL, HE HAS INCOME.
I MEAN,
HE’S A PARTIAL PARTNER
IN A DISTRIBUTORSHIP.
AND, NO, I HAVEN’T
ASKED HIM FOR DETAILS.
WHY BURDEN YOURSELF
WITH THAT INFORMATION?
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
HE’S THE ONLY ONE
WHO GOT ME TO FEEL THIS.
YOU DON’T THINK
HE DESERVES ‐‐
A SIXTH CHANCE?
HI, DANNY.
Diane: HI.
Danny: HOW’S IT GOING?
ANDY BACK YET?
HE’S GOT SOME SKELL
IN THE POKEY.
I ASSUME IT’S CONNECTED
WITH YOUR ASSAULT.
YEAH, IT’S GONNA
BE A MUTT NAMED JERRY.
YOU LIKE HIM FOR THE ASSAULT
ON THE CASE YOU CAUGHT?
I HOPE SO, YOU KNOW?
LET ME GO PISS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I GUESS
I WANTED YOUR OPINION
IF IT WAS THE OPINION
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE
A LOGICAL CASE
FOR WANTING TO BE HAPPY.
WELL, IT’S NOT LIKE WE GET
THAT MANY TIMES AT BAT.
NO.
THANKS.
[ DOOR SHUTS ]
LAST NIGHT ‐‐
START AROUND 7:00?
I’M AT MY GIRLFRIEND’S
APARTMENT,
BUT WE GET INTO IT.
SHE’S SCREAMING
AND DISRESPECTING ME,
HER KID’S CRYING ‐‐
PAGE TWO,
YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?
YEAH.
DROPPED BY
THE SPINNING WHEEL,
HAD A FEW DRINKS,
SHOT SOME POOL.
LIKE MAYBE 10:30, 11:00,
I GET INTO IT
WITH POODLEHEAD MIKEY.
I’M SHOOTING 9‐BALL,
IN WALKS THE POODLE
BROWN‐BAGGING
SOME THUNDERBIRD,
PUTS TWO QUARTERS
ON THE TABLE, CALLS NEXT.
I’M, LIKE, "WITH ALL THIS
DISCRETIONARY INCOME,
WHERE’S THE 20
YOU OWE ME?"
HE TELLS ME,
"DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT,"
LIKE I’M LICE
ON HIS HAIR PIE.
POODLEHEAD MIKEY,
PLAYING ME OFF.
IT’S ON.
HEY, BUT I AIN’T BUSTING UP
THE SPINNING WHEEL ‐‐
IT’S THE LAST PLACE
WITH A POOL TABLE
I AIN’T 86’d.
ULTIMATELY, WE WIND UP
IN THE ALLEY OFF LAFAYETTE.
I DON’T SEE NO MARKS ON YOU.
DID YOU KICK MIKEY’S ASS?
BELIEVE ME, I’D HAVE
KICKED MIKEY’S ASS UP
AND DOWN THAT ALLEY.
EXCEPT WHAT?
NOTHING.
THE COPS BROKE IT UP.
YOU DIDN’T
KICK MIKEY’S ASS?
HEY, IF THAT LOSER,
DEADBEAT, JUICEHEAD
IS FILING A COMPLAINT
AGAINST ME,
I MAYBE NICKED HIS LIP.
ALL RIGHT,
AND THEN WHAT, JERRY?
SHE CALMED DOWN.
SHE GAVE THE KID
SOME PAREGORIC ‐‐
YOU RUB IT ON THEIR GUMS,
THEY DOZE RIGHT OFF.
YOU’RE SAYING ONCE THE COPS
BREAK YOU AND MIKEY UP,
YOU WENT STRAIGHT BACK
TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND?
SHE’S GOING TO
REMEMBER THAT, TOO.
I GAVE HER
A LITTLE LOVE REMINDER,
AND MIDWAY, SHE WOKE UP.
DID YOU HEAR
FROM THE HOSPITAL?
CAN WE TALK
TO THIS MIKEY YET?
GAY JOHN’S FINDING OUT.
I’LL TELL YOU
WHAT ELSE, ANDY.
MY INFORMANT J. B. ‐‐
HE SAYS THAT HE SAW
THE TUNE‐UP
THAT BAKER AND BRADSHAW
WERE PUTTING ON THIS MIKEY,
AND BAKER AND BRADSHAW
SAW HIM.
MAYBE THAT’S WHY THEY
GIVE US A CASUAL MENTION
THEY PUT
A MINOR BEATING ON HIM.
KNOWING SOMEONE ELSE
MIGHT TELL US ANYWAY.
EXCUSE ME.
D.O.A.
POODLEHEAD MIKEY’S DEAD?
THE HOSPITAL SAID
MICHAEL SILVA DIED.
IS ‐‐ IS THAT POODLEHEAD?
YEAH, THAT’S HIS
NICKNAME ‐‐ "POODLEHEAD."
THANKS FOR THE GOOD NEWS.
SORRY.
GO BACK TO THE ALLEY
AND RE‐CANVASS.
OH, BROTHER.
WHOEVER TURNED
POODLEHEAD MIKEY’S LIGHTS OUT
WASN’T WORRYING ABOUT
POSSIBLE SPECTATORS.
IT’S THE DAY CORP SECTOR CAR.
COPS ‐‐ YOU’D THINK THEY’D
TAKE THE GUY TO ONE SIDE.
YOU BEAT A GUY SO BAD HE CROAKS,
YOU’RE NOT USING THE CAUTIOUS
PART OF YOUR BRAIN.
STOPPED ON A DIME, HUH?
YOU GUYS CATCH THE ASSAULT
FROM LAST NIGHT?
IT’S A HOMICIDE NOW.
I’M DANNY SORENSON.
THIS IS ANDY SIPOWICZ.
MARY FRANCO.
ED LAUGHLIN.
Danny: HOW’S IT GOIN’?
I HEARD MAYBE YOU
CAUGHT A GROUND BALL.
REALLY? THEY GOT A WEB SITE
UP ON THIS CASE?
THIS WOMAN
LIVES UP THERE ‐‐
SHE’S PARTLY CLOUDY,
BUT SHE’S USUALLY LOOKING OUT.
YOU KNOW HER NAME?
[ WHISTLES ]
SARA!
I SAW YOU PEEKING.
LUCKY NOTHING SHATTERED.
I WOULDN’T WANT
TO GET YOU STIRRED UP.
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT?
GET DOWN HERE!
I’M NUDE!
GET DRESSED AND GET YOUR ASS
DOWN HERE, SARA.
WHAT’S HER ACT?
SPEED FREAK.
NO. ’CAUSE JOEY BRADSHAW
SAID ON A PREVIOUS CIRCUIT,
LIKE AN HOUR BEFORE
THEY FOUND THIS GUY,
THEY BROKE UP A BEEF BETWEEN
THIS GUY AND SOME MOPE.
AND THEY FIGURED THE MOPE
FOR THE GUY COMIN’ BACK
AND DOING THIS.
OH, YEAH.
WE’RE LOOKIN’ INTO THAT.
LOOK, I WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY
WITH JOEY BRADSHAW.
YOU DID, HUH?
HEY, HE’S A GOOD GUY.
A GOOD COP.
THAT’S SOME ENDORSEMENT
THERE, ED.
Mary: THERE SHE IS.
I’M JUST SAYING
IF JOEY BRADSHAW’S
GOT AN OPINION ON SOMETHING,
IT’S WORTH
PAYING ATTENTION TO.
Sara: I’M BUSY, ALL RIGHT?
Mary: WHY DON’T YOU TELL THEM
WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT?
WHO SAID I SAW ANYTHING?
I’LL DENY IT WAS MY VOICE.
IT IS COMING OUT
OF YOUR MOUTH.
CALL 911 LAST NIGHT?
I’LL DENY IT WAS ME.
NO ONE’S GOING
TO JAM YOU UP.
YOU GOING
TO PUT ME IN RESTRAINTS?
NO ONE’S LOOKIN’
TO PUT YOU IN RESTRAINTS.
I’M DANNY SORENSON, SARA.
WHY DON’T WE TALK
AT THE STATION HOUSE?
I’M CLEANING THE TILES
IN MY SHOWER.
ALL RIGHT, THAT’LL WAIT.
COME ON.
WE’LL GET YOU BACK
IN A LITTLE WHILE.
WE’LL BUY YOU ONE OF THEM
LITTLE BRUSHES GOOD
FOR CLEANING THE CORNER GROUT.
ORAL B ‐‐
WITH THE RUBBER GUM TIP?
BRAND OF YOUR CHOICE.
HEY, DANNY.
WHAT’S GOING ON, NEIL?
THAT POODLEHEAD MIKEY
WENT OUT OF THE PICTURE.
YEAH, WE HEARD.
YEAH, WE JUST GOT BACK
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
WHAT ARE YOU,
VOUCHERING HIS STUFF?
YEAH, WE’RE
VOUCHERIN’ IT NOW.
HEY, ED. HEY, MARY.
YEAH. HOW’S IT GOIN’?
GET THAT GIRL
A CANDY BAR.
I DON’T WANT TO EAT.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO EAT.
WE’RE GONNA GET HER
A MARS BAR.
HOW’D WE DO
WITH JERRY?
OH, WE DID FINE.
DO WE LIKE HIM?
NEIL.
I’M SCARED.
YOU GOT A PROBLEM
WITH "WE"?
AREN’T WE
ON THE SAME JOB?
YES WE ARE. THAT’S WHY I KNOW
YOU’RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND
US HEADING UP THOSE
STAIRS TO DO OUR PART.
ED, WOULD YOU
COME WITH US ALSO, PLEASE?
FOR WHAT?
I NEED TO ASK YOU
A QUESTION.
WHAT’S THIS
CONFRONTATIONAL TONE?
OH, THAT’S A MISREAD,
NEIL.
I DON’T NOW. HE SEEMED
A LITTLE CONFRONTATIONAL.
NO, HE’S JUST LOOKING
TO TALK TO THIS GIRL.
SHE’S GOT A SPACESHIP
TO CATCH.
OH, YEAH?
SHE’S GOT AN INTERSTELLAR
TRAVEL AGENT.
SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO ASK ME?
I’M NOT PREPARED
TO ASK YOU YET.
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
IT MEANS
AT THIS IMMEDIATE INSTANT,
I AM NOT READY TO ASK YOU.
THEY’RE ARGUING.
IT’S NOT YOUR PROBLEM.
I’M GOING BACK DOWNSTAIRS.
NO, ED.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE
TRYING TO PULL HERE?
NOTHING.
WE’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHO CROAKED THIS D. O. A.
YOUR PRESENCE HERE
AND NOT DOWNSTAIRS
IS A COMFORT TO US.
GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN.
YOU SIT BY SARA.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
YOU SIT THERE AND PLAY
WITH THE FINGERPRINT MATERIALS.
I RECOGNIZE
THOSE OTHER COPS.
THE ONES WE
WERE TALKIN’ TO DOWNSTAIRS?
THEY WERE IN THE ALLEY
LAST NIGHT.
THEY SAID THEY
WERE IN THE ALLEY LAST NIGHT.
HEY, YOU BELIEVE I’M KIDDING
WHEN I TELL YOU TO BE STILL?
YEAH, WELL, EVER SINCE WE
WALKED INTO THIS STATION HOUSE,
I RESENT THE THRUST ‐‐
YOU THINK I’M KIDDING YOU?
I’M GETTING FRIGHTENED.
IT’S ALL RIGHT, SARA.
EVERYTHING’S OKAY.
YOU GOT NOTHIN’
TO BE SCARED ABOUT.
I DON’T WANT
TO BE PUT IN RESTRAINTS.
WOULD YOU GET HER
OFF OF THAT?
HOW ABOUT YOU LOWER
THE TEMPERATURE JUST A LITTLE?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERMOMETER’S YOURS.
I’VE BEEN HONEST WITH YOU,
RIGHT, SARA?
SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO
IS SAY WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT,
AND THEN YOU GO HOME
JUST LIKE I PROMISED.
I BET YOU’RE EVEN GOING
TO HAVE A FEW DOLLARS
IN YOUR POCKET.
YEAH, LIKE THAT AIN’T
GOING TO GO FOR CRYSTAL METH.
YEAH, GO AHEAD, MARY.
YOU THINK WE KNOW
WHAT THE PLAY IS HERE?
Sara: THEY BEAT HIM UP.
WHO DID, SARA?
THOSE COPS DOWNSTAIRS.
THEY BEAT HIM UP,
AND THEY LEFT HIM.
AFTER A WHILE, THEY CAME BACK
UNTIL THE AMBULANCE CAME.
AND YOU DIDN’T SEE NO ONE ELSE
IN THAT ALLEY?
BEFORE THE COPS CAME
THE FIRST TIME,
THE GUY THE COPS BEAT UP
WAS GOING TO FIGHT ANOTHER GUY.
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN
BETWEEN THE TIME
THE COPS BEAT UP THE GUY
AND THE COPS CAME BACK,
WHO ELSE DID YOU SEE?
WHO ELSE CAME IN
AND BEAT THE GUY?
NOBODY.
YOU WERE WATCHING
THE WHOLE TIME?
THE WHOLE TIME.
WHEN YOU WEREN’T SHOOTING
CRYSTAL METH, HUH?
I SNORT, AND I KEPT WATCHING,
EXCEPT ONCE I WENT TO PEE.
YEAH, HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE?
I WENT TO PEE.
SO, WHAT, A MINUTE?
HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES ME.
I NEVER TIMED IT.
THAT’S THE ONLY TIME
YOU WEREN’T LOOKING, RIGHT?
YOU WEREN’T CLEANING
OR ANYTHING, SARA?
YOU WEREN’T SCRUBBING
YOUR BATHROOM TILES?
WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO SAY?
TO THE BEST
OF MY RECOLLECTION, NO.
WHAT IS THIS,
PAYBACK, SARA?
DID SOME COP
JAM YOU UP?
I’M SORRY. IT TOOK ME
TOO LONG TO CALL 911.
[ WHIMPERING ]
COME ON.
LAUGHLIN, THAT CANDIDATE
FOR THE HOMICIDE
THAT BAKER AND BRADSHAW
GAVE YOU?
HE ALIBIS OUT.
PLUS BAKER AND BRADSHAW
SAW A C.I. OF MINE
WATCHING THEM PUT
THE BEATING ON MIKEY.
WHICH IS WHY THEY GET
IN FRONT OF THEIR STORY ‐‐
SAYING THEY TUNED THE GUY UP,
BUT JUST GAVE HIM A COUPLE
OF BRUISES.
HEY, YOU’RE SUPPOSED
TO GO TO BAT FOR GUYS
YOU WORK WITH.
BOTH OF US RESPECT THAT.
Sipowicz: THE SCALES
ARE TIPPING PRETTY BAD HERE,
AND YOU CAN’T BE KEEPING
THE TWO OF THEM UP TO SPEED.
WELL, WHAT, AM I SUPPOSED
TO STAY UPSTAIRS,
I’M SUPPOSED TO SNEAK
OUT THE BACK WAY?
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
IT MIGHT NOT BE
A BAD IDEA, IF YOU WANT.
SHE WANTS TO GO HOME.
WE GOT TO GET
A WRITTEN STATEMENT.
THANKS.
DON’T THANK ME
FOR JAMMING UP COPS.
HEY, EDDIE.
Ed: HEY, NEIL.
SHE GOT ANYTHING FOR US?
I GOT TO GO TO THE JOHN.
HEY, MARY.
HEY, NEIL.
HER APARTMENT
LOOKS OVER THAT ALLEY.
YEAH, HUH?
SHE GOT ANYTHING,
SEE WHAT WENT DOWN
LAST NIGHT?
SHE’S HALF A WACK JOB,
YOU KNOW?
HALF‐WACKY ON SPEED.
YEAH, HUH?
SO FAR SHE SAW
50‐FOOT DUELING CENTIPEDES.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, IN OTHER WORDS,
SHE’S A HALF A WACK JOB.
OH, SHE’S MORE LIKE
A SHORT BUS RIDE
FROM A TOTAL WACK JOB.
SHE RECOGNIZE ME AND BRADSHAW
FROM BEING THERE LAST NIGHT?
MAKE EVEN THAT MUCH SENSE?
TO DETERMINE THAT,
YOU’D HAVE TO PRETEND
YOU GOT 50 LEGS
ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR BODY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
WAVE MY ARMS LIKE I’M
A CENTIPEDE, HUH?
YEAH. [ CHUCKLES ]
HEY, JOEY.
ANYWAY, LET US
GET BACK IN WITH HER.
DANNY AND SIPOWICZ DON’T FEEL
SHE’S GOT MUCH FOR US.
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PURSUE
THIS JERRY ANGLE?
YOU’RE DOWN ON THAT?
WE’LL GIVE YOU THE STATUS REPORT
ONCE WE FINISH WITH THIS GIRL.
WHICH THEY FEEL SHE’S
HALF A WACK JOB, JOEY.
SHE THOUGHT SHE
SAW DUELING BUGS.
I TOLD ANDY I SHOULD
IMPERSONATE A CENTIPEDE,
TRY AND JOG HER MEMORY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, YOU’LL
KEEP US POSTED?
ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS.
AH, DON’T THANK US.
OH, GOD.
ALLS I’M GOING TO SAY ‐‐
YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW.
THE LESS YOU KNOW,
THE BETTER.
THIS IS A 5‐TON
BAG OF CRAP.
BELIEVE ME.
IF THEY MAKE ME TESTIFY,
I’LL GO BACK IN RESTRAINTS.
WE’RE GOING TO TRY
SO YOU DON’T HAVE
TO TESTIFY.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
I GOT NOTHING.
YOU GOT 24?
I’LL GET YOUR BAG.
THANKS FOR ALL THE COFFEE.
WAS MY PRINTING TOO TINY?
HI, DON.
YOU JAMMED WITH WORK?
OH, YEAH, WE GOT
A STINKY ONE,
BUT I’M NOT ON IT.
WHY DIDN’T YOU COME
UPSTAIRS?
I DON’T THINK I’VE GOT
A BIG FAN CLUB UP THERE.
OH, WELL, THEY TAKE
THEIR CUE FROM ME.
SO MAYBE MY CASE
ISN’T HOPELESS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
I WASN’T OVERSTEPPING.
ABOUT WHAT?
I TOOK KYLE
FOR HIS FITTING.
OH, YEAH, I’M SORRY
I PUNKED OUT ON THAT.
OH, NO PROBLEM.
NO, BUT WHILE WE WERE THERE,
THEY HAD THE EXACT SUIT
ON THE RACK
THAT KYLE LOOKED AT
WHEN WE WERE FIRST GOING
THROUGH THE CATALOGS,
AH.
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT’S MORE EXPENSIVE.
AH.
BUT IT IS
HIS FIRST COMMUNION SUIT,
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIS SON
COULD WEAR IT SOMEDAY.
ANYWAY, THE $65 EXTRA ‐‐
THANK GOD NOW THE MONEY
IS IN MY MEANS,
BUT I JUST DIDN’T WANT
TO FREELANCE
A DECISION LIKE THAT.
NO, IF YOU WANTED
TO DO THAT FOR KYLE,
I THINK
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK HE’LL APPRECIATE
THE GESTURE.
ALL RIGHT, I’M GOING TO.
OKAY.
ANY CHANCE I MIGHT, UH,
SHOW UP FOR A SECRET VISIT
AFTER THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP?
I TOLD YOU
THAT WAS A ONE TIME ONLY.
A MOMENT
OF MUTUAL WEAKNESS.
YEAH.
OKAY, I’M GOING TO TAKE OFF
BEFORE I GET A FIRM NO.
HEY, DON?
THAT WAS NICE
ABOUT THE SUIT.
OH, NO, I WANT
TO DO IT FOR KYLE.
ANONYMOUS CALL TO 911.
SECTOR COPS FIND A GUY
BEATEN IN AN ALLEY LAST NIGHT
OFF LAFAYETTE.
NO WITNESSES AT THE SCENE,
WE CATCH THIS MORNING.
AT THE E. R.,
THESE COPS TELL US
WE WANT TO LOOK
FOR A JERRY DePAULO.
SAME COPS
THAT FOUND THE GUY?
YEAH.
THEY DIDN’T CALL IN
NIGHT WATCH?
WHAT DID I JUST SAY TO YOU?
AT THE E. R.,
THESE SAME COPS WHO FOUND HIM
WHO BROUGHT THE GUY IN,
TELL US THAT WE WANT
TO LOOK AT A JERRY DePAULO
FOR THE ASSAULT
BECAUSE AN HOUR PREVIOUS,
THEY HAD BROKE IT UP
BETWEEN THEM TWO
IN THAT VERY ALLEY,
PLUS THROWING IN
HOW AFTER
THEY BROKE UP THE FIGHT
AND SENT THIS JERRY
ON HIS WAY,
THEY ALSO HAD OCCASION
TO HAND OUT A COUPLE
OF MINOR SMACKS
TO THIS GUY THAT WINDS UP
IN THE HOSPITAL.
THE GUY BROUGHT UP A LUNG‐ER
AND SPIT IN THE ONE COP’S FACE.
IF THEY’RE MINOR SMACKS
AND NO ONE’S ON THE SCENE,
WHY GO ON RECORD?
THEY DID SEE SOMEONE ELSE
ON THE SCENE, BUT THEY
DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP.
WE BRING IN
THIS JERRY DePAULO.
HE DON’T HAVE A CARE
IN THE WORLD.
HIM AND THE OTHER GUY DID BEEF
IN THE ALLEY.
THE COPS BROKE IT UP.
HE WENT HOME, HE THREW A HUMP
INTO HIS GIRLFRIEND
SO MASSIVE
HE ACTUALLY WOKE HER UP.
HIS GIRLFRIEND
BACKS UP HIS ALIBI
FOR WHAT TIME
HE GOT HOME?
PLUS, AT THIS POINT,
A C.I. OF MINE SAYS
HE SAW THE COPS
HAND THE BEATING OUT,
AND ONE OF THE COPS SAW HIM.
WHICH GIVES YOU YOUR INKLING
WHY THESE COPS GIVE US
THIS BAG OF CRAP
AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM ‐‐
SO THEY COULD BE ON RECORD
WHEN THIS WITNESS COMES FORWARD.
AT THIS POINT,
THE GUY GOES D. O. A.
NEVER REGAINS
CONSCIOUSNESS?
HE GOES D. O. A. WITHOUT EVER
REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS ‐‐
THIS POODLEHEAD MIKEY.
WE RE‐CANVASS, COME UP
WITH THE WITNESS
WHO MADE THE 911 CALL.
SAID SHE SAW THE WHOLE THING.
THE ONLY BEATING
CAME FROM THE COPS.
NO ONE ELSE CAME INTO THAT ALLEY
FROM THE TIME THEY
HANDED THE BEATIN’ OUT
TILL THE TIME
THE COPS COME BACK.
WHO ARE THE COPS?
JOE BRADSHAW
AND NEIL BAKER.
NEIL BAKER,
THAT EIGHT MONTHS AGO,
YOU STOOD UP FOR,
AND I CLEAR?
[ SIGHS ]
YOU GOT TO GET
THEIR STATEMENTS.
THE HELL WE DO.
WHAT, DID YOU JUST RETIRE?
DO BAKER AND BRADSHAW
KNOW YOU LIKE THEM?
THEY SENSE
THEY’RE A FEW LENGTHS IN FRONT.
THEY DON’T KNOW.
NO, THEY DON’T KNOW.
WHAT THEY DO KNOW...
YOU AREN’T COPS
THAT CALL I. A. B. IN
OVER A MINOR
TUNE‐UP,
SO IF I’M DOING
THE INTERVIEW,
THEY’RE HOLDING THE BAG
FOR A HOMICIDE.
YOU’RE NOT WATCHING US
BEHIND THOSE DOUBLE MIRRORS.
I’M NOT TALKING TO THEM
AND LYING,
AND NOBODY’S LISTENING.
NO, I DON’T
HAVE TO WATCH.
HOW WE DOING?
I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT WE KNOW,
AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHERE YOU STAND.
WHEN I’M DONE, AND YOU TALK,
YOU BETTER NOT COME OUT
WITH A LIE,
BECAUSE THE ONLY
CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU
AND A COP
NOT FROM I. A. B.
IS GOING TO BE
THIS CONVERSATION.
THE MINOR TUNE‐UP ‐‐
YOU DRIVIN’ OFF
AND COMING BACK
AN HOUR LATER
TO SEE MIKEY BEEN BEATEN
BY SOMEBODY ELSE?
LET GO OF THAT, NEIL.
WE GOT TWO WITNESSES
PUT YOU IN THAT ALLEY,
AND NO ONE COMING IN OR OUT
EXCEPT YOU AND BRADSHAW
WHEN YOU CAME BACK.
WHAT ABOUT
WHAT WE TOLD YOU?
TO TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED
WOULD BE TO RAT OUT
MY OWN PARTNER.
WELL THEN FIND
ANOTHER WORD FOR IT,
’CAUSE YOU ARE ABOUT
TO BURN DOWN.
I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW,
I SWEAR ON MY LIFE,
I WAS READY TO LEAVE.
SO THIS POODLEHEAD MIKEY
SPITS IN MY FACE
AND WE’RE TRYING TO HELP.
SO I TAKE HIM IN THE ALLEY,
AND I BACKHAND HIM HARD,
AND THEN I INSULT EVERY
FEMALE MEMBER IN HIS FAMILY.
THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME,
BUT NOT FOR JOEY.
SO JOE DOES WHAT?
HE YELLS AT ME,
WHICH ISN’T THE FIRST
TIME HE’S DONE IT
SINCE WE PARTNERED UP.
"ASSHOLE SPITS
IN YOUR FACE.
"THAT’S ALL YOU’RE GOING
TO GIVE HIM?
NOBODY’S GOING TO RESPECT YOU
ON THE STREET."
YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO PROVOKE ME,
BUT I DIDN’T LET IT
GET TO ME.
JOE TOOK OVER ON MIKEY?
LIKE YOU WOULDN’T
BELIEVE.
I MEAN, HE JUST ‐‐
HE JUST DRILLS THE GUY.
"YOU’RE A PUSSY, NEIL."
BANG.
"STAND UP
FOR YOURSELF, NEIL." BANG.
"THIS IS
OUR STREET, NEIL." BANG.
JOEY’S HAYWIRE
AT THIS POINT ‐‐
OUT OF HIS HEAD.
JOEY SAID SOMEONE SAW US
TAKE MIKEY INTO THE ALLEY.
HE SAID HE RECOGNIZED
THE GUY’S FACE,
AND WE GOT TO GET THIS GUY
AND SHUT HIM UP.
SO YOU GO LOOKING
FOR THE WITNESS.
I WAS AFRAID OF JOEY.
I WAS AFRAID OF WHAT
HE MIGHT DO TO ME
IF I WENT AGAINST HIM.
WE WENT LOOKING
FOR THE WITNESS.
IT WAS AN HOUR
TILL WE GOT BACK TO MIKEY.
I KEPT YOU
OUT ON THE STREET.
I’VE MET ALL THE TOUGH GUYS
I NEED TO, BRADSHAW.
YOU WANT TO WASTE TIME
PROVING YOU’RE ONE OF THEM,
YOU’LL ONLY SHOW ME
YOU’RE STUPID.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S ABOUT.
NO.
YEAH. THAT ALLEY.
WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE ALLEY.
YOU LIED.
THE ONLY BEATING THAT D.O.A.
TOOK WAS OFF YOU GUYS.
YOU AND BAKER
BEAT HIM TO DEATH.
WE GAVE HIM A MINOR TUNE‐UP
AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.
HOUR LATER, DISPATCH SENDS US
BACK TO THE ALLEY,
WE FIND THE GUY DOWN.
THAT HOUR, SOMEONE ELSE
GAVE HIM A BEATING ‐‐
EITHER THAT JERRY
WE GAVE YOU
OR SOME OTHER SKELL.
NO ONE ELSE WAS
IN THAT ALLEY, BRADSHAW.
FROM THE TIME YOU GAVE HIM
HIS "MINOR TUNE‐UP,"
THE HOUR THAT HE LAY THERE
TILL YOU AND BAKER CAME BACK,
NO ONE ELSE
LAID A HAND ON HIM.
YOU KNOW THIS?
WE KNOW IT.
’CAUSE COPS TOLD YOU?
YOU DON’T WANT TO PLAY
THAT CARD, ASSHOLE,
NOT AFTER LYIN’
IN OUR FACES AND PUTTING US
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CRAP.
YOU’RE PUTTING YOURSELF
IN THE MIDDLE,
DISREGARDING OUR WORD.
OH, YOU FIGURE YOU AND BAKER
ARE STILL ON THE SAME PAGE, HUH?
BRADSHAW, PICTURE YOUR
PUNK PARTNER WITH SORENSON
IN THAT OTHER
INTERVIEW ROOM.
WHAT’S
YOUR VISUALIZATION, HUH?
IS BAKER DIGGING
HIS SHOULDER IN,
HOLDING UP
THAT BIG BLUE WALL?
I HOLD MY END UP.
YOU HOLD UP THIS.
ARE YOU TELLING ME
I’VE LIED FOR COPS 30 YEARS
SO YOU CAN GO CRAZY
ON SOME STREET MUTT
AND DO MURDER?
NEITHER ME NOR BAKER
MURDERED THAT GUY.
YOU SMACK A SKELL
BAD ENOUGH THAT HE’S HURT,
YOU COLLAR HIM FOR DISCON
AND BRING HIM TO THE HOUSE
OR THE HOSPITAL.
YOU DON’T LEAVE HIM
LAY THERE TO DIE.
IS THAT WHAT I DID,
LEAVE HIM TO DIE?
LOOK IN MY FACE AND CALL ME
THAT KIND OF COP.
HERE’S WHAT I GOT NOW,
BRADSHAW ‐‐
YOU’RE A GUTLESS SCUMBAG
THAT BEAT A GUY UNCONSCIOUS
AND LEFT HIM
IN THE STREET TO DIE.
YOU WANT
TO SHOW ME DIFFERENT?
MY GUTLESS SCUMBAG PARTNER
LEFT HIM IN THE STREET.
I WANTED TO BRING HIM IN.
I WANTED TO BRING HIM IN,
BUT MY GUTLESS SCUMBAG
PARTNER FREAKS OUT.
SOME GUTLESS SCUMBAG
STREET SKELL SAW THE TUNE‐UP
AND RUNS FOR THE RADIO CAR
TO GO AFTER HIM.
I’D STARED AT THAT GUY.
HE KNEW NOT TO MESS WITH US,
BUT MY GUTLESS
SCUMBAG PARTNER’S
GOT TO JUMP
IN THE RADIO CAR
SO WE CAN TRY
AND CHASE HIM DOWN.
YOU NEVER FOUND HIM.
WHICH WE NEVER FOUND HIM,
AND I GOT TO LISTEN
TO MY GUTLESS SCUMBAG
PARTNER CRY,
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
HE SAW US. WE GOT TO FIND HIM."
TILL AN HOUR’S GONE WHILE
WE LOOK FOR THAT SKELL
TILL I CAN GET BAKER
BACK TO THAT ALLEY.
HE DIDN’T BEAT HIM.
BAKER RAN, BUT YOU’RE
WHO TUNED THAT GUY UP.
I DID WHAT
WAS APPROPRIATE.
THESE ARE OUR STREETS.
HE SPIT IN BAKER’S FACE.
BAKER GIVES HIM
ONE LITTLE BACKHAND?
I DID WHAT
HAD TO BE DONE.
GIVE ME A HINT.
"POODLEHEAD."
I’M GLAD YOU LIKED IT,
SWEETHEART.
YEAH, I WANT TO SEE YOU IN IT
AS SOON AS I GET HOME.
IT WAS.
IT WAS A NICE THING
FOR DAD TO DO.
HI.
HI.
SORRY YOUR CASE
BROKE THIS WAY.
YOU MAY TAKE A RIP
FOR NOT NOTIFYING I. A. B.
TILL THIS AFTERNOON.
THOSE TWO COPS HAND US
THEIR BAG OF CRAP.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID.
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A RIP
FOR NOT PASSING THE BAG ALONG?
THIS JOB MAKES
MORE AND MORE SENSE.
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
WHAT TYPE
OF RIP YOU FIGURE?
THEY’LL SEND ME
BACK TO VIETNAM?
IF YOUR FIVES ARE DONE,
LEAVE THE VOUCHERING
FOR GREG AND JAMES.
THEY’LL RIP US
FOR VACATION DAYS.
WHEN’S THE LAST
YOU TOOK VACATION?
YEAH, GOOD.
I GOT TO COOK DINNER.
SUBMIT
BOTH THEIR STATEMENTS,
LET THE JURY DECIDE WHICH
OF THESE BUMS IS A LIAR.
I HAD A COUSIN.
THIS TYPE DAY’S EVENTS
TENDED TO PUT HIM IN A MOOD.
BE THINKING, "THIS ISN’T
WHAT I JOINED UP TO DO.
WHAT ABOUT
THESE COPS’ FAMILIES?"
WOULD HE GET PEOPLE
OFFERING HIM ADVICE
HE DIDN’T ASK FOR?
WHEN HE WAS IN THAT TYPE
HEAD‐UP‐HIS‐ASS MOOD,
HE’D GO OUT LOOKING
FOR PEOPLE TO BUTT IN
WITH THEIR OPINIONS,
SAY WHAT HE WAS THINKING
ABOUT HIMSELF
SO HE COULD PUNCH THEM.
THAT’S HOW HE DEVELOPED
ENORMOUS CAREER MOMENTUM
AND A WIDE CIRCLE
OF FRIENDSHIP.
OKAY, ANDY.
YEAH, OKAY. GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
YEAH, GOOD NIGHT.
AHEM.
UM...
FEEL LIKE HAVING
SOME DINNER?
I’M GOOD, YOU KNOW?
I’M JUST GOING TO DO
THIS VOUCHERING MYSELF,
TAKE, LIKE, 10 MINUTES.
THANKS FOR HELPING ME
WITH THE FIVES, DIANE.
YOU EVER MET
ANDY’S COUSIN ‐‐
MR. HYDE?
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
GOOD NIGHT, THEN, DANNY.
YEAH, TAKE CARE.
[ READING ALOUD ]
"UH‐OH,
THERE WE GO AGAIN
"TO THE FIREFIGHTER’S
HOUSE.
GO, GO.
GET THE WATER, TOO."
ANY JOB YOU HAVE,
YOU TRY AND HELP PEOPLE.
THAT’S YOUR PURPOSE
WITH A JOB ‐‐
YOU EARN A LIVING,
AND YOU TRY TO HELP.
MASHED POTATOES.
YEAH, THAT’S YOUR
MASHED POTATOES THERE,
RIGHT NEXT
TO YOUR MEATLOAF
THAT I PROBABLY
OVERCOOKED.
OKAY, COME ON,
LET’S SIT DOWN AND EAT.
COME ON.
HERE. HERE YOU GO.
SIT DOWN IN FRONT
OF PETE THE BEAR.
MMM, GOOD.
WE HAVE TO SAY
OUR PRAYERS, OKAY?
PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
BLESS THIS FOOD
TO OUR USE
AND US TO THY SERVICE.
AMEN.
AMEN.
YOUR MOM IN HEAVEN ‐‐
SHE HAD THAT GOAL
WITH HER JOB ‐‐
THEO, THEO, DON’T PLOP
YOUR MASHED POTATOES
ALL OVER THE TABLE.
COME ON.
JUST EAT UP.
YOU HAD AN OLDER BROTHER
I’LL COME TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
HE ALSO TRIED TO HELP.
I TRY TO BE HELPFUL.
I’M HELPING YOU.
YEAH, YOU’RE HELPING ME.
YOU’RE HELPING ME
BY NOT DISTRIBUTING
YOUR MASHED POTATOES
ALL OVER THE TABLE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU
A KISS.
YOU’RE GOING TO KISS ME
IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER?
I’M GOING TO KISS YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SMACKS LIPS ]
THAT’S VERY HELPFUL.
I’M HELPING YOU.
YOU HELPED ME
WITH THAT KISS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANOTHER ONE.
SHANNON, YOU DON’T
WANT TO KNOW
HOW MY SISTER LORI IS?
FIGURE THIS CITY’S
SAFER TONIGHT, DANNY?
YOU TOOK TWO COPS
OFF THE STREET.
THEM TWO COPS?
YEAH, THE CITY’S SAFER.
YOU KNOW THE CASE.
TRUE, THAT.
SAY HI TO LORI.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
HOW’S IT GOING?
THE 20 I BORROWED.
I’D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THE CASE.
I DON’T KNOW I’D WANT TO BE
TALKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH.
IF IT WAS YOU,
MAYBE YOU’D KNOW
THERE WAS A BIG MARGIN
YOU GOT THE WRONG TWO GUYS.
THIS IS WITHOUT ME.
WE’LL MUDDLE THROUGH.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO SAY?
I WANT TO SAY THIS CASE
BROKE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TODAY
WHERE EVERY TIME I GLANCED
IN YOUR DIRECTION,
I DIDN’T NEED DISAPPROVING
MYSTERY LOOKS,
OR YOU ACT LIKE I ENJOYED
SCARING THAT GIRL.
I WAS TRYING TO SHAKE HER
OFF HER STORY.
YOU WENT TOO FAR.
I WAS HOPING SHE’D MOVE
OFF THOSE COPS.
ARE YOU USUALLY
OFF BASE THIS FAR
ON WHAT’S
ON PEOPLE’S MINDS?
I COULD SEE IT SLOWING DOWN
YOUR DETECTIVE WORK.
ANYWAY, WHO’S OUR MUTUAL
ACQUAINTANCE, FRANCO,
THAT YOU CAN CRACK WISE
I DON’T LIKE
GETTING STIRRED UP?
TAMMY SIMPSON.
THAT I DATED TWICE.
MY GIRLFRIEND WHO I WAS
IN THE ACADEMY WITH.
I HOPE NOBODY SHARES MISSILE
INFORMATION WITH HER.
THE WHOLE THING SHE SAID
WAS YOU WERE THIS SWEET GUY
WHO WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED,
AND YOU PUSHED HER AWAY
WHEN YOU WANTED TO HOLD HER.
AND THIS CAUSED YOU
TO HATE ME.
NO, I GUESS
IT PROBABLY CAUSED ME
TO BE INTERESTED IN YOU.
YOU THINK THERE’S ONLY
ROOM ON EARTH
FOR ONE CONFUSED PERSON?
FRANCO, YOU WANT
TO COME HOME WITH ME?
YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
WAIT. WAIT. WAIT.
WHAT’S THE MATTER?
I’M NOT COMFORTABLE.
OKAY.
LET’S GET COMFORTABLE.
C‐CAN WE JUST STOP?
STOP COMPLETELY? SURE.
I‐I’M SORRY. I’M JUST NOT
COMFORTABLE DOING THIS.
I KNOW I CAME UP HERE
WITH YOU.
I JUST GOT SCARED
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
THAT HAPPENS, I GUESS.
I’M JUST GOING
TO GO, ALL RIGHT?
I’M VERY SORRY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
[ SOBBING ]
NOTHING WRONG IS GOING
TO HAPPEN HERE.
YOU WEREN’T DOING
ANYTHING WRONG.
WHEN I SAW YOU
IN THE BAR TONIGHT,
I WENT FROM LOOKING
FOR A FIGHT
TO JUST WANTING
TO KEEP COMPANY.
AND I WANTED
TO KEEP YOU COMPANY.
SO YOU JUST WANT ME
TO HOLD YOU?
DO YOU MIND
JUST HOLDING ME?
NO, I’LL JUST HOLD YOU.
HERE, TAKE
YOUR PANTS OFF ‐‐
STRICTLY FOR HOLDING
PURPOSES ONLY.
I’M NOT GOING
TO DO ANYTHING.
WE’LL JUST LAY BACK
RIGHT HERE
UNTIL WE GET IN A MORE
PERMANENT POSITION
UNDER THE COVERS
WHERE NOTHING IS GOING
TO HAPPEN ALSO.
HA HA HA HA HA.
OKAY?
YEAH.
THAT’S GOOD.
THAT’S JUST
WHAT I WANTED TONIGHT ‐‐
JUST KEEPING COMPANY
WITH YOU.
♪ ♪