Police Woman (1974–1978): Season 1, Episode 13 - Shoefly - full transcript

- What do you know?
- When he gets to his house,

Woody Lane's gonna waste him.

Hold it! Stop or you're dead!

Police got Lane this morning.
I want you to handle it.

Case dismissed. Lane's
back on the street again, free.

Up against that wall.

Sorry, but I have to know
what happened here, Lieutenant.

What girl? Who is this?

My God. It's a baby.

Dear God. My God.

Operator. Operator!

♪♪

♪ The look of love ♪

♪ It's on your face ♪

♪ A look that time ♪

♪ Can't erase ♪

♪ Be mine tonight ♪

♪ Let this be just the start ♪

♪ Of so many nights like this ♪

♪ Let's take a lover's vow ♪

♪ And then seal it with a kiss ♪

♪ I can hardly wait to hold
you Feel my arms around you ♪

♪ How long I have waited
Waited just to love you ♪

♪ Now that I have found you ♪

Good evening,
Mr. Gerard. Good evening.

It's a good crowd.
Sonny always packs it in.

♪ Then seal it with a kiss ♪

Yep. ♪ I can hardly wait to hold
you Feel my arms around you ♪

Well, everything okay? ♪
How long I have waited ♪

Missed you. ♪ Waited
just to love you ♪

♪ Now that I have found you ♪

♪ Don't ever go ♪

♪ I love you so ♪♪

Different broad every night.
I don't know how he does it.

All you need is to own a place
like this and have a little bread.

Your singer's very good, Lou.

Well, I guess, if you
like that type of music.

Oh, I forgot.

You're a great
connoisseur of great music...

Brahms, Bach, Beethoven.

Uh, wrong order.
Beethoven first.

Have you ever,
uh, heard his Ninth?

No. Well, you will tonight.

At my place. It's
called The Chorale.

Oh. We're gonna get
all cultured up tonight.

Well, culture and force,
my old man used to say.

That's what makes great
civilizations and great men.

Aha, touché.

Hey, Sonny, wanna go
get a taste to eat, man?

No. No. I'm busy. But, uh,
I'll catch your act tomorrow.

See you later. Take it easy.

Hello, Sonny Boyer.

What are you, uh...
What's going on?

Hey, man, cool it!

Call the cops! The
guy's off his nut!

What's going on?

All right, hold it!
Hold it right there!

Up against that wall.

Hands up. Get 'em up!
Higher. Freeze. Don't move.

All right, where's your I.D.?

It's, uh, in my hip pocket.

I'm sorry, but I have to know
what happened here, Lieutenant.

We just got this
film from S.I.D.

Are you comfy, Pep?

No. But go ahead,
Joe. I want to get home.

That's Larry Coleman. This
film was shot from a moving van.

Oh, boo. I thought you were gonna show home
movies of me and my family on vacation.

- Will you guys roll the film?
- Yes, ma'am.

Okay, Larry Coleman,
local syndicate boss.

Promoted by the capos. Which brings
us to the contenders to take his place.

Artie Lasky...

Extortion, manslaughter,
and all charges dismissed.

Served six months... assault
and battery on a street lady.

- Mmm, nice man.
- Yeah, a real prince.

Now here we have
Charlie Piccone.

Of the three,
he's a lightweight,

and up until now, he was just a
hanger-on with some of the local crooks.

Controlled the numbers
on the Southside...

and used to be one of the
biggest fences in the state.

Unless, of course, I'm telling
you something you already know.

- I'm still learnin'.
- Some of it's new to me, Joe.

We got dirty movies? Hi, Bill.

Lou Gerard...
Younger but a comer...

and has the blessings of the
young blood in the syndicate.

A few brushes with the
law. Relatively unmarked.

He's tough, ambitious...

and very, very smart.

He runs the Club
Flora. It's a ritzy joint.

Oh? When are you
gonna take me, Bill?

When they lower the prices.

Well, what's the contest,
boys? It's got to be the butler.

- Gerard.
- "Why?" he asks.

Well, as you said, Joe, he's
the smartest, he's the toughest,

and the word is out he's
hungry for a promotion.

- I mean, that I know.
- Yeah, well, you might know it,
but Coleman doesn't know it.

He's back east, but he's still trying
to get support from the brotherhood...

to move out here and
take over the southern

half of the state,
instead of just the city.

Oh? When do we get the early returns
from Vermont and New Hampshire?

I don't think this one's gonna be settled
by that old red, white and blue method.

No, this'll be more
like black and blue.

Mmm. Come on, Pep. Let's go.

Now you can run the
good stuff. Dirty movies!

Hey, where are we going?

We are going to the hospital
to visit Rose Hess. Remember?

But I wanted to go
home and change first.

Honey, she's not gonna write
a nasty note to Harper's Bazaar.

You're anxious to meet her.
She's anxious to meet you. I know.

What difference does it make what
you got on? Besides, I'm low on gas.

Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha.

Will John be there?
Yeah. I just talked to him.

Is he okay now? I mean, he took
her illness, that operation, pretty hard.

I thought a couple times
there he was gonna crack.

Honey, for a year it looked like
his wife was not gonna make it.

But she's okay, and
now he's in great shape.

Wait a minute. That's
not the punch line.

So... So... Wait a
minute. So the kid...

So the kid leans over,
and he says to the lawyer,

"You keep doin' that, ma'am,
and we're gonna lose this case."

- That's the punch line.
- Oh, Billy.

Oh, move over, Don Rickles.

- But not too far.
- Right.

That's a funny story.

Bill, don't make
me laugh. It hurts.

We kicked him outta Homicide
because of jokes like that.

- Right after they kicked me
out of Internal Affairs.
- That's right.

Anyway, guess who gives me all
my material. Only the clean stuff.

Oh, is that right? Tell them the one
you told me about the camel and...

Oh, Bill, stop it!
You're terrible!

She's probably just having car
trouble. Your daughter'll be here.

I'm not worried
about her, honey.

Bill tells me she sang with
a rock group for a while.

Not anymore, Pepper. She got that
out of her system. I can't say I'm sad.

♪ Hey, have you ever tried ♪

♪ Really reaching
out for the other side ♪

♪ I may be climbing
on rainbows ♪

♪ But, baby, here goes ♪

♪ Dreams, they're
for those who sleep ♪

♪ Life is for us to keep ♪

♪ And if you're
wondering what this song ♪

♪ Is leading to ♪

♪ I wanna make it with you ♪

Mr. Gerard,
telephone. It's Mr. Lane.

He said it's urgent.
I put it in your office.

♪♪

♪ No, you don't know me well ♪

♪ And every little
thing only time will tell ♪

♪♪

Yeah, Woody, what's up?

I just got a call
from New York City.

It seems Mr. Coleman has decided he
doesn't like the weather or the business.

- He's coming back?
- He's flying back tomorrow.

His plane lands about
a quarter of 12:00.

Word from my associates
back east is to dump him.

Now, how, I leave up to you.

All right.

What do you say, kid? Wanna
get this show on the road? Yeah.

Hey, come on,
Billy. It's not time.

It'll give you two a
chance to be alone.

Now that we got rid of him...

You look terrific, honey.

Thanks, Bill.

I'll take you out dancing
when you get outta here.

Bye-bye, Rose. Good-bye, Pepper.

I heard so much about
you from John and the boys.

Uh-oh. Nothing but
the loveliest things.

They were right. Thank you.

Well, we'll get together later.

Bye-bye. Bye.

Pepper, keep an eye out for
this guy, will you? Oh, you know it.

Thanks for dropping by. Sure.

Good night, honey.
So long, Billy. So long.

Don Rickles.

Hey, you know, they look
good together. Mm-hmm.

How about you?
Tired, hon? A little.

Yeah. Except for
these dumb eyes.

Hmm? I keep wanting to
look at that handsome cop.

You want me to climb in
there and get in trouble?

I feel so good, I think I'll
buy you something to eat.

Oh, another bad joke.

No, I hear there's a pretty
good coffee shop downstairs.

Or maybe you'd rather
buy me another bowl of chili.

You know, that great place
where you stand up and eat?

You got a better way?

Sergeant Pepper Anderson,

phone call at the fifth
floor nurses' station.

I'll be right back.

If that's Telly Savalas, ask
him for one of his lollipops.

Dr. Hyde, outside call.

Uncle Bill.

Donna? Donna.

Hi, honey. Hey, look at you!

You look terrific. Thank you.

Now that you're this tall, you
can stop calling me Uncle Bill.

What do you say?
Right. I'll call you Bill.

I just saw your mother. She
looks great too. I know. Thank God.

We were so worried about her.

Yeah. Open-heart surgery is...

Yeah, I know. She's
gonna be fine. Yeah.

You know what I missed? What?

I miss your singing. Remember
when you were about that high?

♪ Once I had a secret love ♪

I've given all
that up now, Bill.

My big career is just
a thing of the past.

Listen, it was really good to see you.
I better go, 'cause it's late, you know.

Bye-bye. Good to see
you. Bye-bye. Okay.

Hey, and stop
growing, will you? Okay.

I'm going to visit
my mother. Bye.

Dr. Randall, please call
the operator. Dr. Randall.

That was the office. One of my
contacts wants to see me tomorrow.

Beautiful girl. Can't leave
you alone for a second.

Hi, Trudy. Hi.

What ya got? I've got
some good information.

Worth a lot.

Well, let's hear what it is,
and then we'll establish a price.

I don't want money
for it. Come on.

If it's about your guy, I've told
you... He's a two-time loser.

I just can't go to the D.A.
and say, "Take it easy on him."

You could... with
the right information.

The D.A. would buy
it. Like Lou Gerard.

Lou Gerard? What do
you know about him?

Coleman's flying back
from the east today.

When he gets to his house,
Woody Lane's gonna waste him.

Are you sure about this?

And it's scheduled
to arrive on time?

Oh, give me that flight
number again, will you?

Thanks very much.

Got it.

What do you know about that?

Excuse me, honey.

12-Y-50 to 12-Y-52.

52. Go, 50.

Yeah, Joe, this is Bill.

Airport Intelligence reports that Larry
Coleman just arrived from New York.

Word's out they're gonna waste him.
I'd like to say just lay back and watch,

but you'd better get over to
his place and check things out.

- How long will it take you
to get there?
- Approximately five minutes.

Good.

Lou Gerard asked me to stop by.

Hold it! Stop or you're dead!

Police officers! Freeze!

Drop it or you're a dead
man! Get off there, man!

Hey, what's goin' on?
Huh? I've got my rights.

Come on, Crowley. Come
on! You got nothin' on me.

No, man. Come on,
Lane. You come on.

Now, you've gotta stop
kiddin' yourself, man.

This is like taking a trip to
fantasyland. What do you want from me?

If your lawyer were
here, I'd say a confession!

My lawyer's gonna be here. Oh, yeah.
He's gonna take you apart, old buddy.

Oh, your lawyer's gonna
take me apart, huh? That's it.

Man, this fantasy trip builds
and builds for you, doesn't it?

Look, I told those two creeps
of yours. Now I'm telling you.

I didn't kill him I didn't
shoot him. That's it.

Coleman shot himself, even
though he didn't have a gun.

I told you... Somebody else
shot him. Somebody behind me.

Somebody on the other side of the
house. How many times I gotta tell you?

Well, why don't you tell me again,
Lane? Now, what were you doing there?

Where? At the
house? At the house.

He owed me some
money, some heavy bread.

Why didn't you get on
the phone and call him?

It needed my personal attention.

Oh, I see. It needed
your personal attention.

You knew Coleman
was coming in, didn't you?

Yeah, I knew
Coleman was coming in.

- I mean, it was no big secret.
- Who told you? Lou Gerard?

No.

You drove to his house,
Lane. You had a gun on you.

I had a gun. I got a
license to carry a gun.

You know, there's a lot of muggers in
this city, and you know what they say.

When you want a cop...
Don't get cute with me.

Well, I'm telling the truth. Well,
I said it. Don't get cute with me.

Man, you had a gun on you.
You dusted Coleman with that gun.

We got that gun, and my two men
wrestled it away from you, and we got it.

And right now... right now... it's
on its way upstairs to Ballistics.

Ballistics, man. You know what
that means? You're a smart fella.

Ballistics is where
they're gonna test it...

and prove that that's the
gun that wasted Coleman.

Now you tell that to your
lawyer when he gets there.

Hey, Pep, he's gonna roll over.

Oh, fabulous.

It'll take a little while, but
he's gonna help us nail Gerard.

Fantastic. Where are the guys?

One guess. Vinnie's.

Some cops are sure smart.

Come in.

Lou. Well, you look good.

I like your tux. Black,
the way it should be.

Sit down.

I think you oughta get
a new secretary, Albin.

I like my messages
delivered on the spot.

She left the
message with my wife.

My wife was busy
with this party tonight.

Oh. Your son's birthday.
What'd you get him?

What he wanted...
A jazzy sports car.

Kids today.

When I was a kid, I couldn't
even promote a bicycle.

My family had any dough,
went for piano lessons.

Well, it looks like I'm treating you
and yours pretty good, counselor.

- Have I complained?
- The police got Lane
this morning.

- For what?
- Coleman's been shot.

Dead. I want you to handle it.

- How'd they get Lane?
- Cold.

Things don't look too
good then, do they?

They're gonna look a lot better, counselor,
after you've had a talk with him.

And I want you to give him a
little message from me, hmm?

I was just going
over Gerard's file.

He sure runs around
with a lot of bad characters.

Woody Lane clammed up.

What happened?

Well, Gerard sent over his
attorney. They had a little talk.

Now Woody just sits there
with a big smile on his face.

Sergeant, you are an expert
in the field of ballistics, correct?

I am.

Now you testified a little
while earlier in this hearing...

that the bullets found
in Mr. Coleman's body...

were fired by this
weapon, Exhibit "A,"

which two police officers allegedly
found in my client's possession.

Correct? That's right.

All of your expertise,

all of your testimony about
marks from the extractor,

the indentation of the firing pin,
grooves made on the bullets...

by the rifling in
the pistol barrel,

et cetera, et cetera,
would vouch for that.

True? That's right.

Sergeant Bingham, what would
you say if I were to tell you...

that I am prepared right
now to introduce to this court...

three... three other witnesses
who will help me to prove...

that, all of your
expertise notwithstanding,

that the weapon in question...
This gun, Exhibit "A"...

Was not the weapon
which fired the fatal bullets?

If I can prove to this court that the
bullets which murdered the deceased...

came from another
gun... An unknown gun...

That the barrel markings
are all quite different...

from these comparison
photographs,

and the testimony which
you have so carefully

prepared and
presented to this court,

what would you say?

The witness will
answer the question.

I'd say there's no
doubt in my mind...

that this weapon fired the
bullet that killed Larry Coleman.

- No doubt in your mind?
- No, sir.

Thank you.

I have no further questions.
The witness may step down.

Does the assistant district
attorney have any further witnesses?

No, Your Honor, I do not.

Very well. Mr. Albin, you
may call your first witness.

Yes, Your Honor. As you know, I
presented the police department...

with a subpoena duces tecum,

and we were allowed to
conduct our own ballistic tests...

in the presence of
Sergeant Bingham.

My next witness will now
produce the results of those tests.

I call Lieutenant Fred
Rowe to the stand.

Who's he?

He used to be with the
Sacramento Police Department.

Ballistics man.

Case dismissed! Lane's
back on the street again, free.

Gerard's running things,
free, with our blessings!

There's people out there on that street
splitting their sides laughing at us.

At the D.A. Captain,
you asked to see me.

Your men... Styles,
Royster and Bingham...

Were notified this morning that they
are temporarily suspended from duty.

Contact Anderson. Tell
her that she... and you...

are helping us work
an investigation.

Why us? Because you're a
special unit that answers to the top,

so you've gotta help us
clean your own house.

Now, you check with me before you
make a move, but you've got 72 hours.

The chief wants some
action on this and fast.

Are you asking us to
shoefly our own people?

And Bingham too. Telephone him.

Tell him I want to see him
here in my office in half an hour.

Now look, Crowley, I am not
asking you. I am telling you.

This is what Internal
Affairs is all about.

Now it may be lousy duty, but
this is the way it's gotta go down.

For cryin' out loud,
you were weaned here.

- Is that it?
- Yeah, that's it.

Cop spyin' against cop.
Makes me wanna throw up.

Joe and Pete? Suspects?

Oh, no, these are cops. And I'm
telling you... I am no headhunter.

You're a cop, honey. You think
I like it any better than you do?

Hello, Billy. Hello, John.

How's Rose? Just great.
Glad to be home, of course.

I sneak off a little early,
spend some time with her.

Hey, look. I just heard
about Styles and Royster.

The word sure takes a long
time to get around, doesn't it?

Well, yeah, but...

Hello, Bingham. Captain.

Get you some coffee? No, thanks.

How's your wife?

What am I supposed to say?
"She's fine. Never felt better?"

Now you know why you're
here. Yeah, now I know.

Crowley, come in.

Ready, Paul?

What... are you helping Internal
Affairs now? See that they put me away?

Oh, come on. You
know better than that.

Nobody's putting anybody away. We're
just trying to get to the bottom of this.

Now what do you make about what's
happened? Aside from the fact it's insane?

Would you mind keeping your voice
down and answering my question?

- It wasn't the right gun.
- It wasn't yesterday
in that courtroom.

But look, Captain, the word
"right" is strictly relative here.

It was the same gun I tested
with the same serial number.

I don't know what we're
pussyfootin' around about.

It's obvious somebody changed
the barrel. It's as simple as that, right?

"That simple" is right. That
gun's an imported number.

The parts, including the barrel,
had no serial numbers attached.

Somebody pulled the switch
between the time I made my test,

and Albin got his three
guys to make theirs.

So naturally it was me.
Nobody's saying it was you.

Yeah, but me,
Styles and Royster...

All of a sudden, we got
a lot of time on our hands.

That gun never left this building
until the day it was exhibit in court.

Let's face it.
Gerard got to a cop...

who got hold of a key
and made the switch.

Right? So find that
cop. But get off my back!

Joe and Pete...

They're really pretty upset
about this whole thing, aren't they?

Yeah, I know. But not for long.

Wanna go for a pony ride?

You like that? Giddyap. Giddyap.

Boy, you're getting
heavy... and really beautiful.

I don't buy it.

You mean to tell me all of a
sudden one of us got a key?

Or maybe the both of us got a
pair of keys? Are you kiddin'?

- It's Batman and Robin
on a caper.
- Hey, man, that's not funny.

Yeah, I know what you're sayin'.
You know, it really ain't funny, Bill.

I mean, this whole
mess is really a drag.

Yeah, I know. You know
it's a drag? Then why?

They think that scum Gerard
got to one of us to free his creep?

'Cause that's what they gotta
be thinkin'. Why else, Bill?

Huh? You know that too?

Wait a minute. Remember me? I'm on your
side. I mean, why am I even sayin' that?

'Cause you've
gotta say it for me.

All of a sudden, out of the clear
blue sky, things start to happen.

Things that could put
Pete away, me away.

Yeah, man, you've gotta say it.

♪♪

Are you onto
anything at all, Bill?

No. ♪♪

Joe, listen to me.

Pepper and me are on this thing.
That's gonna work out. Believe me.

First thing in the morning,
we're moving in on Gerard...

His house, his club,
who's been goin' in,

who he's been meetin'
with, which cops, which cop.

In the meantime,
just trust me, will you?

Will you trust me?

Sergeant Pepper Anderson.

Can we do something
for you, Sergeant?

I'm Tony Beldon. This is
Ned Levering. Ned. Tony.

I understand you fellows have been
on night duty the past couple of months.

Right. Does your beat
happen to include Club Flora?

Sure. I'd like to ask
you a few questions.

Can we sit in your car
for a minute? Of course.

Hey, you'd better
check the roast in there.

Oh, it's all right. It's not going
to be ready for an hour yet.

Where's Donna? I don't know.

Well, did she call? No.

Honey, are you all right?

Yeah. What do you mean? Sure.

Hess? Johnny Hess.

What do you mean, it
could have been Hess?

Just because he got in
a fight with some singer?

Outside Gerard's club.
And Gerard watched it...

until our boys stopped it.

Bill, I don't like it any better than
you, but we've gotta check it out.

They file an incident report
on it? They filed it, with copies.

Put it on Captain Mendoza's
desk the next morning.

And when I checked
with him, he never saw it.

And there was no copy of any
incident report in Hess's package.

Sergeant Crowley.
Yeah, just a minute.

I'm gonna check in
with Peters. It's for you.

Oh. Sergeant Anderson.

Uh, this girl you know...
She wanted me to phone ya.

What girl? Who is this?

Well, uh, my name
would mean nothin'.

But her name's Trudy...
Trudy Marks. Do you know her?

Yes, I know her.

Well, I'm kind of a Good Samaritan
when it comes to somethin' like this.

I mean, I seen her
in a culvert, hurt.

- I mean, badly beaten,
you know?
- Where is she?

Sergeant Anderson? Yes.

Oh, yeah. Where is she?

She's right under the
bridge there... Down there?

But I didn't have
nothin' to do... I'm just

reporting it. Wait here
for the ambulance.

Wait here? Yes, ma'am... I
mean, Sergeant. Wait right here.

Trudy, what happened?

Oh, my God! Your face.

Gerard... He caught
me trying to call you.

They don't like people
who talk to cops,

and so they worked
me over as a reminder.

- An ambulance is on the way.
- No, I just wanna talk to you.

To tell you... Tell me what?

Don't give up... on
the D.A., on my guy.

Promise me? Please?

All right, I promise.

I also promise to
get you to a hospital.

See the girl on this
cover? That's Donna Hess.

So what?

You two worked together. She sang in
your group. What do you want from me?

I want to know why you
and her old man fought.

I want to know what
she had to do with it.

She didn't have
anything to do with it!

Are you gonna get outta
here and leave me alone?

This isn't Los Angeles. I
don't have to talk to you.

What happens if
you talk to me, Boyer?

Does Gerard find you
another job someplace?

He doesn't have
anything to do with this!

Listen, Boyer, I think I better
explain the facts of life to you.

When I get to the
bottom of this... and I will...

I guarantee you that
Gerard is gonna be sore.

He's gonna be real sore.

And between now and the time
it takes me to shove him in jail,

he's gonna order a little action
through his local connections here.

Now I would suggest to you, unless
you want to end up as a hot dog,

that you get your tail outta here
as fast and as far as you can.

I mean, if I were you,

I'd start looking for me
someplace nice and safe to sing...

Like Guam, maybe.

Pep?

Pick a card. They got
lousy food in Vegas.

Oh, you ate in a
bus station again.

Did you get a line on Donna
Hess? She's not around today.

What does that mean,
"She's not around today"?

If you lost at blackjack, don't
take it out on me. Come on, Pep.

I had a lousy flight. What does it
mean? She's with a church group.

They took a bunch of kids
to San Diego to the zoo.

She won't be back
till later. I can't help it.

If you think you can tear yourself away
from that, we've got some work to do.

Wait! Wait for me!

This is the part I
hate, Bill. Yeah, I know.

Something's really
wrong, Pepper.

Since I came back from the hospital,
John... He's like a different person.

He's drinking too
much, not eating right.

Spends half the evening
just sitting, staring at the TV.

Then he goes off to bed.

I began to think
it was all my fault.

You know, after an
operation like mine,

with all the tension
and all the bills,

people tend to
pull away from you.

God forgive me, I began to
think I was spoiling everything.

Like last Saturday... It was
a beautiful day, remember?

So I said to John, "Why don't
we take a drive up to the cabin?"

He built it all by himself.
It's up on Rainbow Beach.

Anyway, he said,
"No, it's too long."

So I said, "Well, why
don't you go by yourself?"

I guess I pushed him.

He finally said, "I don't want to
see the damn cabin! Not anymore!"

So I said, "Well,
why don't you sell it?"

He said, "It's not for sale."

There have been so
many days like that.

Oh, Pepper, I'm so confused.

There's a cabin... Rainbow Beach.
I think we should go take a look.

See if one of them's open.

Bill, what is it?

My God! It's a baby.

That station down the road...
Why don't you go phone in?

Right.

It's out of order, miss.

You got a phone in the
office? Where are you callin' to?

The city. Boss
wouldn't like that.

Well, I'm a police officer. I
can't get through on my car radio.

This place is really crawlin'
with cops today. Yeah?

Trooper had a flat.
Lieutenant Hess was just here.

Filled up his tank and then he shot
out like a rocket. Towards his cabin?

No, no, no. The other way.
Towards the beach, on the bluff.

Okay, thanks. Sure.

John?

Pepper, what are you doin' here?

- I could ask that.
- You thought I was gonna jump?

What would you
think... in my place?

Pepper pot, I may not
be such a good cop,

but I'm still a good Catholic.

Suicide's not in my book.

I kinda came up here
to sort some things out.

And?

Donna wanted to get an abortion.

But the doctor told her
she was too far gone.

So she called me.

I told her that...

I thought the boy
would marry her.

You know, I mean...
I mean, in my day...

So she said he wouldn't,

and I told her I
would handle it.

I'd fix it.

It was so obvious... We had to
be careful not to tell her mother.

You know, I mean,
Rose was so sick.

I mean, she was...
Oh, Bill, you know that.

Anyway, there's a... there's
a little clinic down the beach...

that, uh, I brought her to,

and, uh, I had her checked in.

She was supposed to be gone for a
couple of months, singing with the group.

Well, she was here. I mean, she
was... She stayed here the whole time.

I visited her, and then one day,

she went into labor, you know?

She had the, uh...

She had the baby prematurely.

She called this
guy on the phone.

She begged him
to come over here,

and he said he wanted
her to leave him alone.

So then she called me.

When I got down here,

she was unconscious,

laying on the floor.

The baby was dead.

When she came out of it,
she was... she was afraid.

- Afraid of what, John?
- She was afraid that
she'd killed the baby...

and that somehow...
she'd dropped it on purpose.

I said, "You have to think of
yourself now and your mother."

We buried the little girl.

A couple of nights later, I found
Sonny Boyer, and I got him.

Gerard found out
about it... and why,

and later he used it,
blackmailing you, right?

He said it was simple, you know?

Just break down the
piece, switch barrels.

I couldn't believe
he'd call me that...

And then he said he
was gonna phone Rose...

and tell her all
about it, you see?

He said he'd
telegram her every day.

He'd remind her what
happened, you know?

That'd kill her. I did it.

Okay, John, it's done.

You had a choice to make, so you
crawled into bed with some crooks.

Let me tell you something,
John. You're still a cop.

And, damn it, your first obligation is
to help us put these guys behind bars.

Now you've hung three
good men out to dry.

It's time you climbed down out of that
bed and squared yourself away with them.

Now come on. What
do you say? Yeah.

John, whatever is gonna
happen will happen,

but no one is gonna condemn a
man for protecting the people he loves.

Nobody.

Let's go. Look, I'll follow
you. Follow you down, man.

Uh, I think Pep
better ride with you.

What's the matter?
Don't you trust me?

All right. Come on, Pep.

Let's go.

Bill, he's not behind
us. Where'd he go?

He went to get Lou Gerard.

12-Y-50 to 12-Y-90
and all units.

Request backup units at
Lou Gerard's Club Flora.

♪♪

Hello, Lieutenant. Sorry, but the
bar's closed this time of the afternoon.

What are you doing here? You
did a job, and you did it real fine.

Yeah. Made you
happy too, huh, Gerard?

- Very happy.
- Well, I'm sorry about that.

I've had a change of heart.

I've got one last man to book,
Gerard, and it's you. Get up.

Book me? On what?

On getting you to
do what you did?

I said let's go. Now get
your hands behind your back.

Freeze, turkey!
Drop that gun easy,

and get your hands
on top of your head.

So that's what I
have to tell a judge...

and the jury...

and help them put
Gerard away... and Lane.

Oh, of course.

Of course. And you
know what happens to me.

I'm what happens
to you. Like always.

Mm-hmm.

Daddy, I'm so sorry.

Oh, toots, no, no, no.
Come on. Forget it now.

You're the one that
went through real hell.

Hey, I feel like eatin' Chinese.

You feel like eatin'
Chinese? Great idea.

Look what I found holed
up in a health food store.

Anybody home? Pete.

Hello. Oh, welcome back aboard.

Thank you very much. It's good
to be back. Great to have you back.

For you. Me?

Yeah. Thank you.

Listen, I just got some more
good news, about Donna Hess.

The coroner's preliminary
report indicates...

that the baby suffered no
fractures or spinal misalignment...

and probably died
of natural causes.

Isn't that terrific?
Oh, thank God.

Is Bingham back? No, but
he's due back any minute.

Well, hello, group.

Hey, look what the cat
drug in. Oh, welcome back.

Hey, how's it goin',
man? All right.

I brought him in to you personally, just
to make sure he gets out of the house.

Yeah, they're tired of me playin'
Sherlock Holmes with the TV.

Welcome back, Joe. How are
the kids? I'll have a little of that.

Driving the babysitter
bananas. Yeah.

Well, now that you're
a rich man again,

I guess I can go out and do
myself some heavy shopping, huh?

No. Be comfortable
with that dollar.