NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 8, Episode 14 - Nariz a Nariz - full transcript

WHAT A MESS.

NO SIGN
OF FORCED ENTRY.

D.O.A.'s
IN THE BEDROOM ‐‐

WHITE FEMALE, 18.
HER NAME'S KAT McELROY.

ANY INDICATION
OF HOW THEY GOT IN?

UNH‐UNH. SUPER CAME
TO FIX THE SINK,

AND HE'S WHO FOUND
THE GIRL.

HER OLD MAN'S PASSED OUT
COLD IN HIS ROOM.

FATHER'S A DRUNK?
OUT LIKE A LIGHT.
DEAD TO THE WORLD.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT
THE PICTURE, SHANNON.

GET HIM OVER
TO THE STATION HOUSE.



WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

DAVE TIERREZ.

SO, DAVE, YOU KNOW
THAT GIRL?

IT'S HER DAD'S PLACE.

SHE'S BEEN LIVING HERE
ABOUT A MONTH.

HER DAD THAT'S IN THERE
DRUNK?

HER DAD THAT'S DRUNK,
LIKE, 24/7.

THEY'VE BEEN RAGGING ME
TO FIX THE SINK.

NO ONE ANSWERED,
SO I USED MY PASSKEY.

I'M GUESSING THERE'S NO SINK
IN HER BEDROOM,

SO HOW COME YOU HAPPENED
TO FIND HER IN THERE?

HEY, I DIDN'T HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

I HEARD THE RADIO.

OKAY, MAYBE I WENT SNOOPING,
BUT I DIDN'T KILL HER.



YOU EVER HEAR THE GIRL
AND HER OLD MAN ARGUE?

COUPLE TIMES.

LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO,

THEY WAS FIGHTING SO LOUD,
THE COPS CAME.

ALL RIGHT, LEAVE YOUR NUMBER
WITH THE OFFICER.

Man: WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

[ MUMBLING ]

LIGATURE MARKS.
SHE'S BEEN STRANGLED.

HANDS TAPED BEHIND.

RIGOR MORTIS STARTED.

SHE'S BEEN DEAD
AT LEAST SIX HOURS.

SAID SHE WAS 18.
SHE LOOKS 15.

MAKE SURE M.E. DOES
A RAPE KIT.

CRACK PIPE. LET'S GET
THIS VOUCHERED, TOO.

[ PILLS RATTLING ]

CONNIE AND ME
RAN THE FATHER

JIMMY McELROY
ON THE COMPUTER.

CAME UP WITH A COUPLE COLLARS
FOR DISCON ‐‐

PUBLIC INTOX
AND ONE FOR ASSAULT.

LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT
A TEMPER WHEN HE DRINKS.

YOU FIND ANYTHING ON THAT
RADIO RUN TWO WEEKS AGO?

COPY OF THE 61.

UNIFORM SAW BRUISING
ON THE DAUGHTER,

BUT SAID IT HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE FATHER.

ONE MORE THING ‐‐
THIS McELROY ‐‐

HE WAS ON THE JOB
FOR FIVE YEARS IN BERGEN COUNTY.

EXPLAINS THAT PHOTO
AT HIS PLACE.

SO WE LIKE HIM
FOR THE HOMICIDE?

THE GAL'S HANDS ARE TIED,
NO CLOTHES.

DON'T SEEM LIKE HER FATHER,
UNLESS HE'S A SICK BASTARD.

WELL, ON THE OTHER HAND,
HE WAS PASSED OUT DRUNK,

PLUS HE HAD
EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY.

THE DOOR WAS LOCKED
WHEN THE SUPER CAME.

COULD BE
THEY FOUGHT AGAIN,

THIS TIME
IT GOT OUT OF CONTROL.

FATHER FIXED IT TO LOOK
LIKE SEXUAL ASSAULT

AND DRANK HIMSELF STUPID.

ANYWAYS, WE GOT THE M. E.
TESTING FOR DNA OFF ANY SEMEN.

ALSO FOUND A CRACK PIPE
IN THE ROOM.

CRIME SCENE'S CHECKING
FOR PRINTS.

SMOKING CRACK ‐‐ THAT'S MAYBE
WHAT THEY WERE FIGHTING ABOUT.

WE'LL GO BACK ONLINE,
SEE IF THIS MATCHES ANY PATTERNS

OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
OR STRANGULATIONS.

LET ME KNOW.

LET HIM KNOW. WHAT'S HE THINK,
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT FROM HIM?

NEW BOSS SEEMS
PRETTY SHARP.

YEAH, SEEMS OKAY.
GUY'S GOING TO TELL US
HOW TO RUN A CASE.

I DON'T THINK
THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.

TOSSING OUT
HIS UNINFORMED OPINIONS

WHETHER THIS McELROY'S
GOT A TEMPER

AND DID HE GET HIS LOAD ON

TO COVER UP
KILLING HIS DAUGHTER...

ANDY, DON'T YOU THINK ANYTHING
THE BOSS THROWS OUT THERE

IS JUST HIM
TRYING TO HELP OUT?

I THINK HIM HELPING OUT

WOULD BE KEEPING
HIS MOUTH SHUT.

AND WHAT IS WITH THIS?

I'M GOING TO GO
ON THE COMPUTER.

OH, THIS IS ALL
I NEED.

ANDY, YOU GOT A MINUTE?

I HOPE THIS IS ABOUT
A CASE, GIBSON,

OR YOU OFFER ME
TICKETS TO THE KNICKS.

ANDY, I GOT
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.

THAT IT WAS YOU
WHO KILLED J. F. K.?

THERE WAS NO GUY.

GIBSON, WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHEN I TOLD YOU THERE WAS
A GUY AT WORK

WHO WANTED TO ASK OUT
CYNTHIA, THAT WAS A LIE.

HEY, YOU WANT TO KEEP
YOUR VOICE DOWN?

THAT WAS ME TRYING
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PUSH,

SEE FOR SURE WHETHER
IT WAS OVER OR NOT.

YOU DIDN'T CALL HER. I GUESS
THAT WAS YOUR ANSWER.

I TOLD YOU THE LAST TIME.

I DO NOT WANT
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

THIS IS ON ME 100%.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR,
GIBSON.

TURN AROUND
AND WALK AWAY NOW.

ANYWAY,
SHE'S AT HOME NOW,

CRYING HER EYES OUT,

IN CASE YOU DID WANT
TO GIVE HER A CALL.

MAY I HELP YOU?

I'M MARY McELROY.

I'M LOOKING
FOR DETECTIVE SORENSON.

YEAH,
I'M DETECTIVE SORENSON.

THIS IS MY PARTNER,
DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

I WENT TO SEE MY DAUGHTER
AT HER FATHER'S.

THE POLICE WOULDN'T LET ME IN.
THEY SAID TO COME HERE.

HOW ABOUT WE GO TALK
IN HERE?

NO, I DON'T WANT
TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON.

HERE, SIT DOWN
AT MY DESK.

UH, WE'RE SORRY TO HAVE
TO TELL YOU THIS,

BUT YOUR DAUGHTER'S DEAD.

HOW'D SHE DIE?

SHE WAS MURDERED.

OHH... MY GOD.

DID HE DO THIS?

Danny: WHO?

JIMMY ‐‐ HER FATHER.

WAS IT HIM?

WHAT MAKES YOU ASK THAT?

'CAUSE HE DRINKS TOO MUCH,

AND WHEN HE DRINKS,
HE GETS MEAN AND...

THEN HE HITS PEOPLE.

HE EVER HIT YOUR DAUGHTER?
HE EVER HIT YOU?

TOO MANY TIMES.

I THREW HIM OUT
WHEN KAT WAS 9,

AND I RAISED HER
ON MY OWN,

BUT THE LAST TWO YEARS,
IT JUST GOT TOO HARD.

SHE STOPPED GOING TO CLASS
AND SHE STAYED OUT LATE.

SHE SAID SHE HATED ME

AND SHE WANTED TO LIVE
WITH HIM.

I COULDN'T STOP HER.

SHE, UH, FIGURED HER DAD
WOULD BE LESS STRICT?

SHE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE
TOO DRUNK TO GIVE A DAMN.

BUT SHE HATED IT THERE,
TOO,

AND JUST LAST WEEK
SHE ASKED ME

IF SHE COULD COME HOME,
AND NOW SHE'S DEAD.

YOU ASK HIM WHERE HE WAS

WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL
GOT MURDERED.

DON'T WORRY.
WE'LL ASK HIM.

UH, ANYONE ELSE
THAT YOU KNOW OF

MIGHT HAVE WANTED
TO HARM HER?

NO. I‐I DON'T KNOW.

DID SHE HAVE A BOYFRIEND,
BOYFRIENDS?

I DON'T KNOW.
MARY, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

YOU BASTARD!
YOU KILLED OUR BABY!

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
GO ON, GO ON.

YOU SON OF A BITCH!

Andy: DID YOU EVER
THINK OF CHECKING

IF THE COAST WAS CLEAR?
HE WANTED TO TAKE A PISS.

WHAT'S SHE TALKING ABOUT?

I HOPE THEY HANG YOU!

MA'AM, SIT DOWN.

MA'AM, WE'RE GOING TO GET
A UNIFORM TO TAKE YOU.

I'M SO SORRY.

HOW YOU FEELING, JIMMY?

YOU AWAKE ENOUGH NOW
TO TALK?

WHAT'S SHE SAYING OUT THERE?
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER?

SHE'S BEEN MURDERED.

OH, GOD.

WHO KILLED HER?

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US?

HEY, YOU CAN'T BE GOING
BY MARY ON THIS. SHE HATES ME.

I'M NOT SAYING
SHE AIN'T GOT REASON.

JIMMY, WE FOUND YOUR DAUGHTER
DEAD AT YOUR PLACE, OKAY?

WE FOUND YOU THERE DRUNK.
THE FRONT DOOR WAS LOCKED.

THERE WAS NO SIGN
OF FORCED ENTRY.

NOT TWO WEEKS AGO,

UNIFORMS WERE CALLED
TO YOUR HOUSE

OVER A FIGHT
BETWEEN YOU AND HER.

I WOULD KILL MYSELF BEFORE
I'D LAY A HAND ON MY BABY.

BUT NOT BEFORE YOU'D LAY A HAND
ON YOUR WIFE.

HEY, THAT WAS
A LONG TIME AGO.

LOOK, YOU WERE PASSED OUT.

MAYBE YOU KILLED HER,
AND MAYBE YOU DON'T REMEMBER.

YOU WILLING TO GIVE US
A DNA SAMPLE?

OF COURSE I AM.
WAS SHE RAPED?

WE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

HEY, LOOK, I AIN'T
LYING TO YOU.

I WAS ON THE JOB FIVE YEARS
WALKING THE BEAT ‐‐

IN HACKENSACK.
MY SON WAS A COP THERE.

HOW COME YOU LEFT?

I GOT A DRINKING PROBLEM.

NO KIDDING.

HEY, YOU CAN THINK
WHAT YOU WANT.

I DID 2 TOURS IN VIETNAM ‐‐
82nd AIRBORNE.

I GOT THE SILVER STAR.
I WAS A GOOD COP!

NOW I'M A BROKEN‐DOWN DRUNK,

BUT I DID NOT
KILL MY DAUGHTER.

WHERE WERE YOU
LAST NIGHT?

I GOT A JOB.

I WORK TO 4:00 TO 12:00s

STOCKING GROCERIES
AT PATHMARK.

I COME HOME,
HER DOOR WAS CLOSED.

I JUST HIT THE SACK.

THAT'S AFTER
YOU GOT YOUR LOAD ON.

I STOPPED BY O'LEARY'S
AFTER WORK

FOR A COUPLE OF SHOTS.

I FINISHED OFF A BOTTLE OF GIN
WHEN I GOT HOME.

THE NEXT THING I KNOW,

THE COPS WERE DRAGGING ME
OUT OF MY BED.

FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE,

LET'S SAY IT WASN'T YOU
THAT KILLED YOUR DAUGHTER.

YOU GOT ANY IDEA WHO ELSE
MIGHT HAVE DONE IT?

I KNOW I'D BE ASKING CARLO.

WHO'S CARLO?

SCUMBAG SHE CALLED
HER BOYFRIEND.

HE WAS TURNING HER OUT.

IT COULD'VE BEEN HIM

OR MAYBE
ONE OF HIS JOHNS.

YOUR DAUGHTER
WAS HOOKIN'?

YEAH.

SHE USED MY PLACE
TO BRING HER TRICKS

WHEN I WASN'T THERE.

IS THAT WHAT THE FIGHT
WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO?

IT WAS ABOUT ME
TRYING TO BE A PARENT.

SHE SAID I HAD NO RIGHT

TO TELL HER
WHAT SHE COULD DO.

SHE SAID IT WAS TOO LATE.

I HADN'T BEEN IN HER LIFE
SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

NOW I WAS BACK SAYING
HOW SHE SHOULD BE LIVING IT.

LOOK, I DONE A LOT OF THINGS
I AIN'T PROUD OF,

AND FOR THOSE,

I'LL STAND UP
AND TAKE MY LUMPS,

BUT I DID NOT
KILL MY DAUGHTER.

WHATEVER ELSE I AM,
I'M NOT THAT.

UH, HOW ABOUT YOU GIVE US
A LOCATION ON CARLO?

MEANTIME,

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO HOLD YOU

WHILE WE CHECK
THINGS OUT.

HEY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

YOU CAN'T HURT ME

ANY WORSE THAN I'VE
ALREADY HURT MYSELF.

GO ON, CARLO. GET LOST.

YOU FIND WHO DID THIS TO KAT,

I'D APPRECIATE
YOU LETTING ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, SHUT UP.
GET LOST.

WHO WAS THAT?

OUR D. O. A.'s BOYFRIEND
OR PIMP,

DEPENDING ON WHO
YOU BELIEVE.

HE SAYS THAT SHE WAS
HANGING OUT

WITH SOME LOWLIFES
TRADING SEX FOR CRACK.

DID YOU ARREST
MR. McELROY?

YEAH, WE GOT HIM IN CUSTODY,

AND WE'RE HOLDING HIM
DOWNSTAIRS.

WE'RE NOT SURE
HE DID IT.

HE HAD MOTIVE, SEEING HIM
AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE FIGHTING,

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
WHEN INTOXICATED.

HE HAD OPPORTUNITY
AND HE HAD MEANS.

STILL DON'T MEAN
HE DID IT.

YOU FIND OUT DIFFERENT,
I'M ALL EARS.

HEY, RAY,
WHAT'S GOING ON?

CAME TO SEE
YOUR NEW LIEUTENANT.

OH, YOU GOT BUSINESS?
HE'S AN OLD BUDDY.

WORKED WITH HIM

BACK WHEN HE WAS UNDERCOVER
IN THE BRONX,

HELPED HIM TAKE DOWN
THE OCHOAS.

NO KIDDING.
HE'S THAT RODRIGUEZ?

I KNEW HE CAME OVER
FROM NARCOTICS.

THERE'S A DOZEN RODRIGUEZES
WORKING NARCOTICS.

WELL, HE DIDN'T MENTION NOTHING
ABOUT BEING A LEGEND.

SOUNDS LIKE TONY.

WHAT'S WITH HIS BEARD?

THE BUREAU DON'T ALLOW
FACIAL HAIR.

UNDERCOVER HE MADE ENEMIES.
BUREAU LET HIM GROW A BEARD

SO HE COULDN'T GET RECOGNIZED
SO QUICK.

ANYWAY, I'M OUT OF HERE.

TAKE CARE.

HOW ABOUT THAT, ANDY?

NEW BOSS WAS A HEAVY HITTER
IN NARCOTICS,

GOT THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

YEAH, SO WHAT'S HE DOING
IN THE SQUAD,

GETTING HIS TICKET
PUNCHED?

I GUESS WHEN HE HAD
TO TESTIFY,

HE BLEW HIS COVER.

IT'S WRONG, A BOSS WEARING
A BEARD IN THE SQUAD.

THEY WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT HIM,

THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT HIM

SOMEPLACE WHERE THE BEARD
DON'T MATTER.

THEY GOT A PATTERN
ON FOUR HOMICIDES

OVER IN BROOKLYN NORTH.
MIGHT BE A FIT WITH OUR D. O. A.

GO TELL RODRIGUEZ?

BOSS, WE MIGHT HAVE A PATTERN.

FOUR HOMICIDES
IN BROOKLYN NORTH.

VICTIMS WERE ALL PROSTS,

ALL HAD THEIR HANDS
TAPED BEHIND,

AND ALL OF THEM
SMOKED CRACK.

FITS THAT CRACK PIPE
WE FOUND.

ALSO FITS WHAT WE GOT
OFF HER BOYFRIEND.

MAYBE THE SCUMBAG WHO DID THESE
MOVED HIS ACT ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

LAST THREE VICTIMS
IN BROOKLYN

ALL HAD THEIR FACES COVERED.
THIS ONE DIDN'T.

I REMEMBER A COUPLE
OF THESE MURDERS IN BROOKLYN

MADE THE PAPERS.

THE DAD
BEING AN EX‐COP ‐‐

COULD BE THIS GUY'S
SHARP ENOUGH

TO TRY A COPYCAT.

HE MADE THIS ONE
LOOKS LIKE IT FITS

THE PATTERN IN BROOKLYN.

AND THE FACES BEING COVERED
WOULDN'T MAKE THE PAPERS.

EITHER WAY, IF THE DNA
FROM OUR GIRL HERE

MATCHES UP WITH ANY
OF THEM OTHERS,

THAT PRETTY MUCH
RULES THE DAD OUT,

UNLESS YOU WANT TO TRY
AND TELL ME HE KILLED THEM ALL.

I'LL CALL THE C.O.
AT BROOKLYN HOMICIDE,

GET THEIR INPUT.

HI. I'M LOOKING FOR
DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

OH, UH,
HE'S IN A MEETING.

MAY I TELL HIM
WHO'S ASKING FOR HIM?

CYNTHIA BUNIN.

WAS THAT RAY OLIVAR
I SAW BEFORE?

YEAH, HIM AND RODRIGUEZ
WORKED TOGETHER.

IT TURNS OUT
OUR NEW LIEUTENANT'S

A LEGEND IN NARCOTICS.

NO KIDDING?

NO KIDDING. I GUESS THEY'RE
MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT HIM.

CYNTHIA, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING HERE?

CAN WE TALK, ANDY?

YEAH. UM, NOT HERE.

JOHN, I'M GOING OUT
A MINUTE.

I'LL BE ON THE AIR.

I'M SORRY
ABOUT THIS MORNING.

I KNOW UNCLE EDDIE
CAME TO SEE YOU.

YEAH, I GUESS HE TOLD YOU
WHAT I SAID.

OH, DON'T BLAME HIM.
HE WAS COVERING FOR ME.

THAT WASN'T HIS IDEA
TELLING YOU

I HAD SOMEONE ELSE
INTERESTED IN ME.

IT WAS MINE.

YOU TOLD HIM
TO SAY THAT?

I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE GAME
A LONG TIME, ANDY.

SEEMS I'M NOT VERY GOOD
AT IT.

AH, COME ON.

I MEAN,
YOU'RE THE FIRST MAN

I'VE MADE LOVE WITH
IN FIVE YEARS.

GUESS THIS IS ME TRYING
TO FIND OUT WHERE WE STOOD.

SO WHERE DO WE STAND?

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW COME WE GOT TO SAY
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?

I'M 42 YEARS OLD.

"I DON'T KNOW"
IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WELL, I‐I CAN'T DO
ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG
WITH ME, ANDY?

SOMETHING I DID?

SOMETHING I COULD CHANGE?

NAH, THERE'S NOTHING
TO CHANGE.

YOU'RE A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU DID.

OKAY, WELL, THEN IF
IT'S SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO,

UM...TELL ME
AND I'LL TRY AND DO IT.

IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT.

IT JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE
IT'S GOING TO WORK.

HEY, COME ON.

IT'S NOT JUST YOU.
IT'S THE WHOLE SITUATION.

YOU AND GIBSON ‐‐

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY
A WORD TO EITHER ONE OF YOU

WITHOUT IT GETS BACK
TO THE OTHER.

WELL, WE'RE
A VERY CLOSE FAMILY, ANDY.

HE'S LIKE A FATHER
TO ME.

YEAH, I KNOW.

SO THAT'S IT, THEN?

I'M SORRY.

DON'T GET MAD
AT UNCLE EDDIE.

AHEM.

LIEUTENANT JIM WALTERS
OUT OF BROOKLYN NORTH.

TONY RODRIGUEZ.
DETECTIVES EATON
AND KENT.

THANKS FOR CALLING US IN.

DANNY SORENSON, ANDY SIPOWICZ ‐‐
THEY CAUGHT THE CASE.

OUR GUYS BROUGHT FILES
ON THE PREVIOUS HOMICIDES.

ALL RIGHT, WE CAN GIVE YOU
WHAT WE GOT ON OUR D. O. A.

FACE DOWN,
HANDS TIED BACK.

NOTHING COVERING
HER HEAD.

WE'RE WAITING
ON DNA COMPARISON.

M.E.'s OFFICE
SAYS IT COULD BE TOMORROW.

MIND CATCHING US UP?

SURE.

WE FIGURED
THE FIRST VICTIM

WAS A SKELETON
FOUND UNDER THE BRIDGE,

LIVED IN
THE MARCY PROJECTS,

WENT MISSING TWO YEARS AGO.
IN EACH CASE,

WITNESS EITHER SAW
THE VICTIM WITH A BLACK MAN

OR SAW A BLACK MAN
LEAVING THE SCENE.

YEAH, THOSE WERE
ALL KNOWN PROSTS ‐‐

TWO WHITE, ONE LATIN,
ONE BLACK.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY KILLER.

RIGHT? THE ONE THAT
TURNED US ON TO THE PATTERN

LIVED IN THOSE SAME PROJECTS.

THEN FOUND HER STRANGLED
IN THEIR APARTMENT NAKED,

PILLOWCASE OVER THE HEAD.

WE GOT DNA OFF HER.

ALSO, M.E. FOUND
LARGE TRACES OF COCAINE,

WHICH FIGURES
FOR A CRACK SMOKER.

DO ANY GOOD
WE RE‐INTERVIEW THE PIMP?

FOR WHAT? WE GOT IT RIGHT
THE FIRST TIME.

NO ONE'S SAYING DIFFERENT.

THIRD VICTIM ALSO LIVED
IN THE MARCY PROJECTS.

WE FOUND THE LAST ONE
ON THE ROOF

SIX MONTHS AGO
A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM THERE.

ALL INDICATIONS VICTIMS
EITHER KNEW THE PERP

OR IT WAS A JOHN.

SOME WACK JOB
LIKES TO SMOKE CRACK

AND TIE UP HIS PROSTITUTES.

BEEN THROUGH
A SLEW OF THEM.

NONE OF THEM'S BEEN
THE RIGHT GUY.

NO VICTIMS LAST SIX MONTHS.

COULD BE WHOEVER'S DOING THIS
BEEN IN THE JOINT.

LET'S CHECK WITH PAROLE,

SEE IF ANYONE GOT OUT RECENTLY
FITS THE PROFILE.

UM, BEING I'VE BEEN
RUNNING THIS INVESTIGATION

AS A TASK FORCE
FOR BROOKLYN HOMICIDE,

I FIGURED I COULD STICK AROUND,
WATCH OVER THINGS

TILL WE DETERMINE IS THIS
NEW ONE PART OF THE PATTERN.

HOMICIDE IN THIS PRECINCT,
LIEUTENANT,

GETS RUN BY MY SQUAD.

TONY, FROM WHAT I HEARD,
YOU JUST TOOK OVER HERE.

SO WHAT'S THAT,
LIKE, STEP ASIDE, HOMICIDE?

I GOT MY GUYS HERE
TO HELP ME OUT.

I PROMISE,
FIRST POTHOLE WE RUN INTO,

I'LL SEND UP A FLARE.

YEAH. CHIEF SAYS
YOU GET 10 DAYS,

THEN IT GOES
TO THE TASK FORCE.

10 DAYS. YOUR GUYS WANT
TO STAY, THEY REPORT TO ME.

LIKE YOU SAID,
IT'S YOUR SQUAD.

KEEP ME POSTED, HUH?

ABSOLUTELY.

LOOKS LIKE THIS GUY'S GOT
SOME BALLS AS A BOSS.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE
TO DO MORE

THAN CHASE OFF
SOME CHESTY LIEUTENANT

TO SHOW ME HOW BIG
HIS BALLS ARE.

IT'S DAYS LIKE THIS
YOU GOT TO LOVE BEING A COP.

COMBING RAT HOLES,

TALKING TO EVERY DEALER,
JUNKIE,

AND HOSEBAG IN MANHATTAN.

YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING,
HUH,

NEW BOSS BEING SOME KIND
OF COP LEGEND?

TELL YOU THIS ‐‐ HE'S NOT
TOO HARD ON THE EYE.

NO, ESPECIALLY
FOR A COP LEGEND.

PROBABLY NOT YOUR BEST
CAREER MOVE, HUH,

HAVING A THING
WITH YOUR BOSS?

THAT'S NOT SHORTY BOAM.

HEADING RIGHT FOR US.

LADIES. OFFICERS.

SHORTY. WHY AREN'T YOU
IN JAIL?

DON'T TELL US
YOU MADE BAIL.

KNEW IT WOULDN'T GO
TO NO GRAND JURY.

TOLD THE D. A. WHAT HAPPENED
TO HIS JOHNSON WAS BLESSING.

WORD IS YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMEBODY.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

BUSINESS ASSOCIATE.
DON'T MATTER.

WHAT I WAS THINKING ‐‐
WE COULD WORK

TO OUR MUTUAL
ADVANTAGEOUSNESS.

WHY? YOU KNOW THIS GUY?

DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

JUST KNOW YOU LOOKING.

SO WHAT'S THE PITCH?

I HELP YOU LOCATING
THIS INDIVIDUAL,

THERE'LL BE SOME PAPER
IN IT?

'CAUSE YOU KNOW
I'M ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS.

YOU HELP US FIND HIM,
THERE COULD BE MONEY IN IT.

A'IGHT. IN THAT CASE,
WHO WE LOOKING FOR?

GUY WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IS BLACK.

HIS ACT IS HE LIKES
TO SMOKE CRACK WITH PROSTS

AND TIE THEM UP.

THAT'S IT?

MAYBE ONE OR TWO
OF THE GIRLS GOT HURT.

EW. THAT'S
A NASTY ACT, MAN.

THIS COMING FROM SOMEONE
SLICED OFF A GUY'S PENIS.
THIS GUY STARTED IN BROOKLYN.

COULD BE NOW HE'S MOVED IT
OVER THE BRIDGE.

I'LL PUT MY EAR
TO THE GROUND.

IF YOU FIND SOMETHING,
COME SEE US.

THIS MAKE ME
LIKE SOME KIND OF DEPUTY?

HA. WHAT A WORLD,
HUH, SHORTY?

RIGHT. A'IGHT.

DETECTIVE, KATIE SIPOWICZ
ON LINE ONE.

AHEM.

HI, KATIE, IT'S ME.

PLANETARIUM?

NO, NO, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

NO, WE HAVEN'T
BEEN THERE.

LISTEN, UH,
WHEN YOU BRING HIM BACK,

WHY DON'T YOU STAY
AND HAVE DINNER WITH US?

I KNOW
THEO WOULD LIKE THAT.

THAT'S OKAY, I'LL STOP
AND PICK SOMETHING UP.

ALL RIGHT,
I'LL SEE YOU THEN.

HERE TO SEE
DETECTIVE RUSSELL.

IS SHE EXPECTING YOU?

GAVE ME THIS CARD.

AND THAT BLONDE ONE
DEPUTIZED ME.

CAN I GIVE HER YOUR NAME?

SHORTY BOAM.

SHORTY BOOM?

SHORTY BOAM.

BEEN HERE BEFORE.

I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT

WITH THE MAN WHO LOST
HIS JOHNSON.

OH, THAT SHORTY BOOM.

UM, DETECTIVE RUSSELL
AND DETECTIVE McDOWELL

ARE BUSY AT THE MOMENT.

WOULD YOU CARE TO WAIT?

TELL THEM SHORTY GOT
THE 411.

DETECTIVE ‐‐

SHORTY.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

ON THAT MATTER
WE DISCUSSED,

I GOT THE 411.
DEFINITELY WORTH $200.

COME ON, TAKE A HIKE.
WE LEFT YOU AN HOUR AGO.

AND I GOT A NAME.
SHORTY, I HOPE
YOU'RE NOT THINKING

YOU CAN JUST, LIKE,
THROW A NAME AT US

PICKED OUT OF A PHONE BOOK,

AND WE'RE GONNA HAND YOU
200 BUCKS.

SAYING I'M RUNNING
A NUMBER ON YOU?

NAH, WHAT I GOT'S
THE REAL DEAL.

AND THE PRICE AT HAND
IS TWO BILLS.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

WE GOT TO TALK
TO OUR BOSS.
YEAH.

JOHN, YOU WANT TO STICK
SHORTY HERE

IN THE, UH, COFFEE ROOM?

THAT YOUR NEW SNITCH ‐‐
MR. SLICE‐AND‐DICE?

WE FIGURED
LOOKING FOR A PERVERT...

WHEN IN ROME, RIGHT?

BOSS, WE'VE GOT A SNITCH SAYS
HE'S GOT SOMETHING FOR US.

WHAT'S HE GOT?
HE WON'T SAY
TILL HE GETS SOME MONEY.

HE WANTS 200 BUCKS.

HE A REGISTERED C. I.?
WE COLLARED HIM
LAST MONTH.

TODAY HE HEARS
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE,

VOLUNTEERS HIS SERVICES.

WHAT DID YOU
COLLAR HIM FOR?

UH, YOU SURE
YOU WANT TO KNOW?

WELL, NOW I GOT TO KNOW.

HE LOPPED OFF
HALF A GUY'S JOHNSON.

GUY DIDN'T WANT
TO PRESS CHARGES.

GUESS IT TAKES
A WACK JOB TO FIND ONE.

HERE'S $200.

YOU GIVE HIM THIS,
HE'D BETTER HAVE SOMETHING.

SURE.

AND NOT HALF OF SOMETHING.

IF IT PANS OUT,

SEE DOES HE WANT
TO REGISTER AS A C.I.

YOU GET MY MONEY?

MONEY'S CONTINGENT ON US
CONFIRMING YOUR INFORMATION.

THAT MEANS
YOU DON'T GET A DIME

TILL WE HEAR
WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

I GOT A SIGN
PINNED TO MY BACK

THAT SAY "EASY MARK"?

OKAY, A'IGHT.
I PUT MY EAR OUT,

FOUND THERE'S
A BROTHER FROM BROOKLYN

WHO LIKES TO TIE UP
CRACK HOS.

MIND YOU,
HE DIDN'T LET GO

HE WAS PUTTING
ANY HURT ON THEM,

BUT HE WAS FREE WITH
HE GETS OFF TYING THEM UP.

YOU SAID YOU HAD
A NAME.

VANCE DAVIS.

KIND OF DARK,
MEDIUM HEIGHT,

SKINNY BUT CUT.

AND THIS VANCE DAVIS
TOLD YOU

HE LIKED TO TIE UP
CRACK WHORES.

NAH, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY

INTERACT
WITH THE BROTHER MYSELF.

SO HOW CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE?

BROTHER BUYS ROCK FROM FLEA
DOWN ON AVENUE D ‐‐

SAME AS ME ‐‐
WHEN I GOT THE CASH.

OR ELSE HE TAKES IT
OFF ME IN TRADE.

IF THIS DAVIS
IS A CUSTOMER,

HOW COME YOUR DEALER
GIVE HIM UP TO YOU?

HEY,
NOW YOU DON'T WANT ME

GOING INTO
NO GRAPHICAL DETAILS.

CONCERNS ANY METHOD
OF PERSUASION AT MY DISPOSAL.

NO, HE'S GOT A POINT.

WHERE WE GONNA FIND
THIS GUY?

FLEA SAYS HE'S MADE FRIENDS
WITH SOME GIRLS

AROUND 9th STREET.

NOW, HOW ABOUT
WE SEE THAT GREEN?

SHORTY, HAVE YOU
CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY

THAT VANCE DAVIS MIGHT NOT
BE HIS REAL NAME?

I DON'T FIGURE
YOUR DEALER CHECKS I. D.

GUESS WE COULD
SIT ON FLEA'S PLACE

TO SEE IF HE SHOWS UP ‐‐
EXCEPT YOU BUST FLEA,

HE GONNA FIGURE
WHO GAVE HIM UP.

IF THIS PANS OUT,

YOU'LL GET THE OTHER $100.

A'IGHT.

OKAY I TAKE A DOUGHNUT?

OH, TAKE TWO.

POSSIBLE I. D.
ON OUR SUSPECT.

THE C.I. THERE
GIVE YOU THAT?

NAME'S VANCE DAVIS.

I'M GOING TO RUN IT,
SEE WHAT COMES UP.

Connie:
LATER, SHORTY.
Shorty: BYE.

VANCE DAVIS CAME OUT
OF RIKERS THREE WEEKS AGO.

SERVED FIVE MONTHS
ON POSSESSION.

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS ‐‐

1209 MARCY AVENUE,
BROOKLYN.

BINGO.

NO SEX OFFENSES,
JUST THE POSSESSION,

OLD COLLAR
FOR ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.

WE GET A PICTURE?
IT'S PRINTING UP.

[ PRINTER WHIRRING ]

Tony: THAT WHO THE SNITCH
GAVE YOU?

VANCE DAVIS.

YOU GOT PLACES
TO LOOK FOR HIM?

MM‐HMM.

GO LOOK FOR HIM.

HEY, YOU. SWEETIE.

SWEETIE. HEY, COME HERE.

WHY ARE YOU HASSLING US?

AIN'T NOBODY
TOLD YOU PEOPLE

THAT PROSTITUTION
IS A VICTIMLESS CRIME?

ARE YOU SURE YOUR JOHNS
WOULD SAY THAT?
DISSED AND DISMISSED.

Diane: YOU SEEN
THIS GUY AROUND?
WHO, ME?

JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURE.

OUCH. UNH‐UNH, HONEY.
HE'S EVEN TOO UGLY FOR ME.

LEE LEE, AIN'T NO ONE'S
TOO UGLY FOR YOU.

YOU NEED TO SHUT
YOUR HOLE, TANIKA.

WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE
AND SHUT IT FOR ME?

DON'T START SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN'T FINISH.

THAT'S ENOUGH!

UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO DOWN
TO THE STATION HOUSE.

HOW ABOUT YOU TWO
TAKE THE DAY OFF, HUH?

HEY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

TIFFANY.

OKAY, TIFFANY, EITHER OF YOU
EVER SEE THIS GUY?

THAT'S MR. ROCK 'N' ROLL.

HE'S BEEN COMING AROUND HERE
THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

ROCK 'N' ROLL?

WE CALL HIM THAT
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE LIKES.

SMOKE SOME ROCK,
THEN HAVE A ROLL.

THAT'S REALLY FUNNY.

ANY IDEA
WHERE WE CAN FIND HIM?

OR WE COULD GO LOOKING
FOR WHAT YOU JUST STASHED

IN THEM GARBAGE BAGS.

NO, DON'T DO THAT.

I'VE BEEN TO HIS PLACE.

FIRST FLOOR RIGHT
OVER THE NEWSSTAND ON 3rd.

THANKS.

WE'RE IN POSITION.

Baldwin: WE'RE IN POSITION
OUT FRONT.

ANTICRIME'S AROUND BACK.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING IN.

Andy: DON'T MOVE!
DON'T MOVE!

WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON?

FREEZE! POLICE!

AW, CRAP!

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

EASY, PAL, EASY.

YOU GOT HIM?
YEAH, WE GOT HIM.

I THINK YOU CALL THAT
THE 2 1/2 TUCK,

WITH THE EMPHASIS
ON "TUCK."

HEY, LET'S GET
SOME CLOTHES DOWN HERE.

SO, VANCE,
YOU JUMPED NAKED

RIGHT THROUGH
A CLOSED WINDOW.

YOU MUST BE PRETTY SCARED

OF WHAT WE WANTED
TO ASK YOU ABOUT.

LOOK, I JUST COME
OUT OF JAIL, ALL RIGHT?

I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.

THAT'S FUNNY, 'CAUSE YOU'RE
DEFINITELY GOING BACK.

SO WHY WE TALKING?

RELAX. YOU SURE WE CAN'T
GET YOU A SODA?

UNH‐UNH.
I AIN'T DRINKING NOTHING.

IT SAYS HERE
YOU'RE FROM BROOKLYN.

YOU EVER BEEN
TO THE MARCY PROJECTS?

MAYBE.
MAYBE? YOU LIVE
RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK.

YOU FREQUENT
PROSTITUTES, VANCE?

LOOK, I AIN'T GOT
TO ANSWER THAT.

THAT'S RITA COREAL.
YOU KNOW HER?

HOW ABOUT WANDA BARRETT?

LOOK, WHY YOU
ASKING ME THIS?

DON'T GIVE US
THAT CRAP.

YOU KNOW WHY
WE'RE ASKING YOU.

UM, HOW ABOUT KAT McELROY?

SOMEONE WHO FITS
YOUR DESCRIPTION

WAS SEEN LEAVING
HER PLACE LAST NIGHT.

IT WASN'T ME.

YOU SEE, WHAT WE'RE
THINKING HERE

IS THAT MAYBE YOU COULD
HELP US FIGURE OUT

WHAT HAPPENED
TO THESE GIRLS.

NOW WHAT WE HEARD
AROUND 9th STREET

IS YOU LIKE SMOKING CRACK
WITH PROSTITUTES,

AND SOME OF THESE
GIRLS HERE ‐‐

THEY'D BE THE SAME KIND
YOU HANG OUT WITH.

I SAID
I DON'T KNOW THEM.

YOU SAID
YOU DON'T REMEMBER

THAT PICTURE
OF WANDA BARRETT.

MAYBE YOU'D REMEMBER
THIS ONE.

MAN, WHAT YOU SHOWING ME
THAT FOR, MAN?

'CAUSE YOU'RE THE SICK BASTARD
THAT KILLED HER ‐‐

SOME QUEER PERVERT SICKO
HALF A MAN

WHO ONLY GETS OFF
KILLING WOMEN.
GET OFF ME!

WE'RE GETTING
ON THE WRONG FOOT HERE.

ALL WE WANT IS TO TALK.

LOOK, I'M DONE TALKING.

MAYBE I'LL JUST GET
A DAMN LAWYER.

IT'S A GOOD THING
YOU SAID "MAYBE."

COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
YOU LIVING OR DYING.

HOW'S THAT?

JUST, UH, GIVE US
A MINUTE, HMM?

HANK, WANT TO KEEP
AN EYE ON THE POKEY?

YOU WANT TO TELL US

WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON IN THERE?

WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

ARE YOU TRYING
TO BLOW THIS CASE?

WHAT IF THAT'S OUR GUY,
AND HE LAWYERS UP?

WE'RE ON THIS 18 MONTHS.

YOU'RE GONNA TELL US
WHO OUR GUY IS?

HE LAWYERS UP,
WE WILL NEVER KNOW,

BEING WE GOT
NO PROBABLE CAUSE

FOR A DNA SAMPLE,
AND HE WON'T GIVE US ONE.

SO NOW YOU'RE TELLING US
HOW TO DO OUR JOB.
IS THERE A PROBLEM?

IT DON'T SEEM LIKE
CLEARING THE CASE

IS NECESSARILY THESE GUYS'
TOP PRIORITY.

IT SEEMS LIKE
IT'S WHO CLEARS IT.

LET'S TAKE THIS
SOMEPLACE ELSE.

LET MY PEOPLE TAKE A SHOT
AT THIS GUY ALONE.

WE DON'T GET ANYWHERE,
THEN YOU CAN TAKE A SHOT.

WE GOT A YEAR AND A HALF
IN THIS,

AND THIS GUY DOES TURN OUT
TO BE SOMETHING,

YOU WANT TO CUT US
OUT OF THE COLLAR?

HE LAWYERS UP,
MAYBE NO ONE GETS A COLLAR.

IT'S YOUR TONE IN THERE THAT'S
GOT HIM TALKING ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE SAYING
LET THE SUSPECT DECIDE

WHO HE WANTS
TO TALK TO, HUH?

IF I THOUGHT THAT YOU
HAD THE BEST SHOT,

I'D SAY YOU GO AT HIM.

THE ONLY THING MATTERS HERE
IS CLEARING THE CASE.

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT,
THEN WE GOT A PROBLEM.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM.

SHH. DON'T SAY A WORD
TILL YOU HEAR US OUT.

WE'RE GOING
TO DO YOU A FAVOR.

SO YOU DON'T GET A NEEDLE,

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE
TO CONFESS ALL YOUR SINS

AND SHOW SOME REMORSE FOR RAPING
AND STRANGLING THOSE GIRLS.

I DIDN'T KILL NO ONE!

HEAR US OUT.

SEE, IT'S SIMPLE.

ALL WE GOT TO DO
SO YOU GET THAT NEEDLE

IS MATCH UP YOUR DNA
WITH DNA FROM THE SEMEN

THAT YOU LEFT
IN THOSE DEAD GIRLS.

CAN I TALK NOW?

FIRST OF ALL,

I AIN'T GIVING YOU
NO DNA.

AND SECOND, YOU AIN'T GOT
NO CAUSE TO TAKE IT OFF ME.

YEAH, WE SAW HOW CAREFUL
YOU WERE BEFORE,

GETTING RID
OF THAT CRACK PIPE,

NOT TAKING ANYTHING
TO DRINK.

YOU LEARN THAT
IN THE JOINT, VANCE?

ALL RIGHT,
NOW YOU PICTURE THIS.

THAT GIRL
THAT WE FOUND YOU WITH?

WE JUST SENT HER
OVER TO BELLEVUE

SO THEY COULD TAKE
A RAPE KIT.

WE FIND YOUR SEMEN
IN HER AS A MATCH,

THAT'S THE BALL GAME.

AIN'T NONE OF MY SEMEN
IN THAT HO.

WHEN I HAD SEX ON HER,
I WORE ME A CONDOM.

NOW, YOU SEE,
WE HAPPEN TO KNOW

THAT YOU WERE NOT
PRACTICING SAFE SEX.

HOW YOU KNOW THAT?
WHAT, YOU WERE HIDING

UNDERNEATH THE BED
WHEN WE WERE DOING IT?

WE KNOW
'CAUSE WE CHASED YOU

OUT INTO THE STREET
BUCK‐NAKED.

OF COURSE,
IF IT'S NOT YOU

WHO KILLED THEM GIRLS,

THEN YOU GOT NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT.

THAT BITCH COULD HAVE
SCREWED NINE GUYS TODAY.

HOW YOU GONNA FIND MY DNA
IN ALL THAT MESS?

IT'S UP TO YOU.
YOU WANT TO ROLL THE DICE?

EITHER WAY,
I'M GOING HOME.

I'M GOING TO HAVE DINNER
WITH MY KID.

I LOCKED UP
A THOUSAND GUYS.

I KNOW A STONE‐COLD KILLER
WHEN I SEE ONE, VANCE,

AND THAT'S NOT YOU.

YOU DID THESE THINGS,
THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON.

AND YOU TELLING US
WHAT THAT REASON IS,

THAT'S THE ONLY THING
THAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU

FROM THAT NEEDLE.

I'M 14.

MY SISTER TANYA
COME IN MY ROOM,

OPENS UP HER ROBE.

SHE'S BUCK‐NAKED.

STICKS HER TONGUE
DOWN MY THROAT.

HOW OLD IS TANYA?

11.

I KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS,
SO I GIVE IT TO HER.

WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE,

MY MAMA COME HOME
WITH HER MEAN...

UGLY BOYFRIEND JELLYBEAN.

THEY CAUGHT YOU.

RIGHT AS I FINISH.

AND TANYA STARTS SHOUTING

ABOUT HOW I WAS
RAPING HER,

AND HOW I FORCED HER
TO DO IT.

AND JELLYBEAN,
HE YANKED ME OFF OF HER

AND HE STARTED BEATING
THE CRAP OUT OF ME.

HE KICKED ME
IN MY BALLS.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING
TO BEAT MY BALLS OFF

SO I DON'T DO
THAT NASTY THING AGAIN.

THEN THEY CALLED
THE COPS.

TOOK ME AWAY
TO A BOYS HOME.

YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT'S LIKE?

YOU WERE A KID.

WHEN I SMOKE MY CRACK,

THINGS COME IN MY MIND.

I ACT CRAZY.

AND, UH...

THAT'S WHY YOU KILLED
THOSE WOMEN?

THAT ONE LAST NIGHT?

DO YOU COVER THEIR HEADS?

THE PILLOWCASE.

SOMETIMES I TURN THEM
UPSIDE DOWN.

I CAN'T LOOK AT THEM
IN THE FACE.

THINK VANCE
WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING

HOW WE GOT OVER ON HIM ‐‐

TELLING HIM WE WERE SENDING
THAT PROST FOR A RAPE KIT?

IMAGINE THE D. A.'s OFFICE
IF WE GAVE HIM THAT ONE.

I'D HATE TO TRY AND PROVE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY

ON THAT SEMEN.

YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD,
SHORTY.

YOU HELPED TAKE A MURDERER
OFF THE STREETS.

I FEEL GOOD
I GOT MY MONEY.

PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS
WITH YOU LADIES.

DON'T HESITATE TO CALL
ON MY SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT TIME WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A PERVERT,

YOU'RE OUR FIRST CALL.

GO WITH GOD, SHORTY.

I HEAR
THE CHIEF OF DETECTIVES

ALREADY KNOWS
YOU MADE THE COLLAR.

I NOTIFIED CHIEF OF D's,
HAD YOUR MEN NOTIFY YOU.

YOU CALL DCPI, TOO,
GET YOUR NAME IN THE PAPER?

TRYING TO MAKE YOUR BONES?
I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MY BONES.

WHY DON'T WE TALK
IN MY OFFICE?

YOU COME INTO MY HOUSE
WITH THAT ATTITUDE

IN FRONT OF MY SQUAD?

MY ATTITUDE?
YOU GET LUCKY THIS SCUMBAG

MOVES HIS ACT
TO YOUR PRECINCT,

AND NOW YOU CLEAR THE CASE
AND YOU'RE DICK TRACY?

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? YOUR BALLS
ARE CLEARING SIX HOMICIDES

AND TAKING THIS GUY
OFF THE STREET.

WE BENT OVER BACKWARDS
TO BE RESPECTFUL

TO YOU AND YOUR MEN,
AS I'D HOPE YOU'D DO FOR US.

THAT'S MY MEN
YOU KEPT OUT OF THE ROOM

WHILE YOUR GUYS
CLEARED THE CASE.

THAT'S YOUR MEN
WHO HAD THE PERP

FIVE SECONDS
FROM LAWYERING UP,

OR ELSE THE CASE WOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN CLEARED.

WHY DON'T YOU HANDLE THIS
LIKE A PROFESSIONAL

LIKE THEY PAY US TO BE?

YEAH.

WHAT'S THE POINT?

PRESS IS GOING TO WANT
A WALK‐OUT.

YOU GOING TO CUT US
OUT OF THAT, TOO?

NO. YOUR GUYS CAN GO
WITH SIPOWICZ.

I GOT TO CALL DCPI.

WE'RE GOING TO DO
THE PERP WALK‐OUT ‐‐

US AND SIPOWICZ.

NAH, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU GUYS GO.

I'D RATHER DO
THE PAPERWORK.

LET'S GET THEM CUFFS
OFF HIM.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

HOW ABOUT WE GO TALK
IN THERE?

WE MADE A COLLAR
ON WHO KILLED YOUR GIRL.

SAME GUY STRANGLED
FOUR WOMEN IN BROOKLYN.

I APPRECIATE
YOUR FINDING OUT

WHO DID THIS.

BOTH OF YOU.

IT'S TOUGH LOSING A KID.

YOU GOT PEOPLE
TO TALK TO?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
I CAN PADDLE MY OWN CANOE.

I HAD A SON
GOT MURDERED ‐‐

24 YEARS OLD.

I WASN'T THERE FOR HIM
GROWING UP, EITHER.

WE WERE JUST GETTING CLOSE
WHEN HE DIED.

UH, YOU KNOW
HOW IT FEELS.

MAYBE THIS IS
YOUR CHANCE

TO TURN YOUR OWN LIFE
AROUND.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN
DO THAT IS TO STOP DRINKING.

I'VE TRIED TO STOP.

LET ME HELP YOU.

I'M A DRUNK
HASN'T TAKEN A DRINK

IN 4 1/2 YEARS.

LAST TIME I TOOK A DRINK

WAS RIGHT AFTER
MY SON GOT MURDERED.

HOW CAN YOU HELP ME?

WE'LL GO
TO A MEETING TOGETHER.

YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT.

I'M GETTING OFF DUTY.
WE'LL GO RIGHT AFTER.

I GOT TO DROP BY WORK
SO I DON'T LOSE MY JOB.

I COULD GET OFF TOMORROW.

IT'S THE LEAST
THEY COULD DO FOR ME.

MY DAUGHTER'S KILLED.

JIMMY, IT'S IMPORTANT YOU GO
TO A MEETING TONIGHT.

YEAH, BUT I CAN'T
LOSE MY JOB.

I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW.

YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT
BEFORE, BUT I SWEAR,

I'M GOING TO CALL YOU
TOMORROW.

SURE.

I GOT A CALL
FROM DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.

THEY FOUND
WHO KILLED KAT.

WAS IT THAT SERIAL KILLER
YOU MENTIONED?

HE'S CONFESSED TO KILLING
YOUR DAUGHTER

AND FOUR OTHER GIRLS.

SO JIMMY HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.

NO.

I'M SORRY, MARY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW SORRY I AM.

WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES THAT MAKE NOW?

I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ

HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH
TO OFFER TO TAKE ME TOMORROW

TO AN A. A. MEETING.

IS THAT RIGHT?

I'M GETTING SOBER.

I'M DOING IT FOR KAT.

ANYWAY, I GOT TO GET
TO WORK.

OH, COME ON.

I'LL DROP YOU OFF.

CALL YOU TOMORROW.

EIGHT YEARS AGO
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME.

I WASN'T TOO FAR
FROM THAT.

BUT YOU CAME THROUGH.

I GOT LUCKY.

PROBABLY BLEW
A DOZEN CHANCES FIRST.

THINK HE'LL CALL?

NO.

HE'S NOT READY.

GOOD JOB TODAY.

HEY, THANKS, BOSS.

Diane: GOOD NIGHT.

THANKS FOR STICKING UP FOR US
WITH THEM BROOKLYN GUYS.

GOOD NIGHT, JOHN.

GOOD NIGHT, LIEUTENANT.

COULD BE HE'S GOT BALLS.

HERE'S ANOTHER
GLASS OF MILK.

MORE SPARE RIBS.

YOU ATE
ALL THE SPARE RIBS.

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT
BUT BEAN SPROUTS.

NO, THANK YOU.

YEAH, DADDY ATE
ALL THE REST.

I'M FINISHED NOW.
CAN I WATCH TV?

DID YOU CLEAN UP
YOUR TOYS?

AUNT KATIE AND ME DID IT.

OKAY, THEN YOU CAN
WATCH TV.

TILL TWO COMMERCIALS,
THEN BED.

YOU GOT SCHOOL TOMORROW.

I'LL DO THAT.

IT'S NO TROUBLE.

[ TELEVISION PLAYING ]

THEO REALLY LOVES YOU.

I LOVE HIM, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO
WITHOUT HIM.

IT'S AWFUL LONELY
OUT THERE.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
SEEING SOMEONE.

IT'S TOO HARD

TRYING TO WORK ALL THAT OUT
WITH SOMEONE NEW.

TOO MUCH BAGGAGE.

ANYWAY, I SHOULD BE
GETTING HOME.

IT'S A LONG DRIVE.

HOW ABOUT
YOU SPEND THE NIGHT?

NO, I CAN'T.

IT'S TOO HARD FOR ME,
ANDY.

FOUR MONTHS I SLEPT
IN THAT BED WITH THEO

WHEN HE WAS SICK

WHILE YOU SLEPT OUT HERE
ON THE COUCH.

I DID IT
BECAUSE I LOVE HIM.

BUT I ALSO DID IT
BECAUSE SOMEWHERE IN ME

I MADE MYSELF BELIEVE

THAT WE COULD BE
A FAMILY AGAIN ‐‐

A REAL FAMILY ‐‐
YOU, ME, AND THEO.

I GUESS I WAS WAITING
FOR YOU TO REALIZE IT, TOO.

AND THEN WHEN THEO
WAS OKAY,

YOU WANTED TO MOVE ON
WITH YOUR LIFE,

WHICH YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT
IN THE WORLD TO DO.

BUT, UH, I JUST CAN'T
PUT MYSELF BACK THERE.

WHEN THEO WAS BORN,

I LET HIS MOM
DO MOST OF THE WORK

BRINGING HIM UP.

IT WASN'T UNTIL
I HAD HIM ON MY OWN,

AND THEN YOU COME BACK
INTO OUR LIVES,

THAT I SAW
WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

THAT'S FAMILY ‐‐

A MOMMY AND A DADDY.

11 YEARS
THAT WE WERE MARRIED,

I WAS A LOUSY HUSBAND,

A LOUSY FATHER,

AND A DRUNK.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO STAY TONIGHT.

I'M ASKING YOU TO STAY.

NOT AS THEO'S BABYSITTER
OR HOUSEKEEPER,

BUT AS A PART
OF THIS FAMILY.

A REAL FAMILY.

YOU MEAN THIS, ANDY?

THIS IS WHAT
YOU REALLY WANT?

YEAH.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT.