Street Justice (1991–1993): Season 1, Episode 13 - Parenthood - full transcript
Miguel's mother shows up with a baby and asks for his help. The baby's father is a dangerous man.
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ah
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oh
hey you don't have to get up oh
man you would not believe the dream i
was having
you expecting someone no
does miguel mendes live here
how did you find me guillermo told me
where you were
my girl what
you planning on introducing us or you're
going to keep pretending i'm invisible
i can't remember this and this
you never told me you had any family i
don't
know who's this
she used to be my mother
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so
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so
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ah
this is your little brother his name is
fernando
i don't have any money what
is that what you're here for spent all
your money on crack and now you need
more
no i got straight when i found out i was
pregnant
i just thought you should have the
chance to meet your little brother
that's not why you're here you need
something
actually yeah
i need a place to stay there's not
enough room for you here
i can't go back to my place someone is
after me
yeah right did i hear you say someone's
after you
yes who i wish i knew
of course she doesn't know she's making
it up miguel come on
she's here to sponge boudreau miguel you
have to believe me
i don't
all i want is for you to stay out of my
life that's all
where will you go i'll find somewhere
there's shelters and things
no no you can stay here for the night
dro thank you i'm telling you pedro i
know her
she's conning you miguel whatever is
going on between you two is your
business
but i can't put your mother and a baby
out on the street
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the couch is very comfortable watch out
for the spring under the third pillow
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what happened to pedro's apartment
let's just say someone showed up who
needs a place to stay someone i don't
like very much
funny thing same thing just happened to
me
i'm going to hurt you if i sleep out
here i can take one of the booths
or the bar
hey that's all i got
it's pretty comfortable
thanks well
like you said what's it hurt
for one night it might be a little
longer if i know my old lady
you're a lady yeah but you can't go back
because of your mother
i'd be stoked my mom showed up it's
different from me
what do you see when you think of your
mom
uh best memory i have is
uh every night she put me to bed she'd
say the same thing
good night sleep tight i know that
somebody loves you
my image is of carmen getting the hell
beaten out of her by some drug dealer
shows money to
then i'd take care of her until she was
better and she'd go out and get high
again
she's a junkie
well then you ought to do something to
help her man you know boudreau can hook
you up with someone uh
she's supposed to be the mother not the
other way around
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miguel
stay as long as you have to
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good night
sleep tight
now that someone loves you
oh
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no expert but did you check his diapers
maybe he's hungry just nursed him i'm
sorry he woke you mr petroleum
i don't think so it just cries a lot
i don't know how to ask this other than
we're just asking it
i beat crack as soon as i knew i was
pregnant
how'd you know i was gonna ask that
miguel's making me sound like a major
junkie
and crack babies cry a lot
fernando ain't a crack baby i kicked it
i'm clean he's clean
that's a major accomplishment how'd you
do that
i went to pacific detox that's a very
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i was a bad mother for miguel i won't
beat fernando
i'm straight and i'm staying that way
hey hey
man you work fast funny
look i just came by to tell you that
miguel is crashing at the bar
phone broken no why didn't you use it
because i am well i wanted to meet
miguel's family
hi you must be miguel's mom i'm grady
jameson
carmen
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you do that balance
it's just a matter of focusing the
little guy's center hmm
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hey kels yep
nice outfit i hate hooker duty i just
busted eight
john's all at once bachelor party
they wanted to make me the e-ticket ride
great kels you know anything about this
woman no
it doesn't say what she's wanted for
well scottish social services call
number why don't you check with them
me i gotta take a shower hey thanks
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uh the warrant isn't actually for her
it's for her baby
what we have a court order to hold the
baby pending the custody hearing
the father's claiming the mother's
endangering the child
who's a father
antonio delgado
delgado yeah can you believe it
come on he's tied to gambling drugs
racketeering he's never been convicted
of anything
oh not yet anyway well sergeant boudreau
where's the child
i beg your pardon look i don't like this
any more than you do
but the man has never been convicted of
a crime he has the right to contest the
custody of his child
so so you said you know where the child
is what'll happen if i tell you
we'll bring him here he'll receive the
best of care from a staff of nurses
staff of strangers excuse me
nurses foster parents is that gonna
match a real mother
sergeant may i remind you that as an
officer of the law you have no choice in
this matter
it's a court order your job is to
enforce it
hi
yeah i had to bring him by to get some
of these things
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miguel why don't you stay i'll go
somewhere else
too late then stay here with nando and
me
just give us a chance i don't think so
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you want mommy yeah
hey what's going on
i'm sorry carmen sorry for what
what's going on boudreaux carmen mendes
please don't he belongs with his mother
i have a court order to surrender the
child fernando mendes into protective
care pending a hearing
no
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no control no but don't do something
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carmen this is arnold mendoza he's a
very good lawyer and i think he can help
you a lawyer yes ma'am
maybe you can tell me didn't he have to
identify himself before he took my baby
away
please understand carmen i didn't want
to take fernando away but i'm a police
officer and i'm sworn
i'm not talking to you
he never told me he was a cop isn't that
entrapment or something
well technically carmen miss mendes
technically miss mendes he didn't have
to identify himself as a police officer
until just because yeah
before he took my baby away
in all fairness ma'am sergeant boudreau
was just doing his job
he could have been charged himself with
aiding and abetting a fugitive and
he did bring me in to help you and what
will you do
antonio will have an army of men like
you
you have to try carmen i wouldn't be in
this situation at all if it wasn't for
you
i can't pay you you don't have to
tell me what to do just one thing keep
your nose clean literally
don't even go within a mile of narcotics
i won't i'm past that
and one more thing when we get in the
hearing we're gonna have to attack
delgado's motives and his intentions
okay with me do you have any idea why he
wants us baby
probably to get back at me for leaving
and why did you leave
to protect my baby from
antonio the man is
evil
if fernando grew up in that house he
would end up exactly the same way
heartless mean
can i visit fernando right now the court
is denying visitation rights i'm
appealing but
until i do you have to stay away from
him
i know this doesn't mean much to you
right now carmen
i'm gonna do everything i can within the
law to help you out
you're right it doesn't mean much
i want you to give up your custody
battle with carmen mendez
mr pedro i'm a man who has everything he
wants and gets everything else anyway
there's only one thing i'm missing let
me guess
a son is there something so strange
about a man wanting a son to follow
after him
there is when that man lives in a world
of crime it's a hell of a lot better
world than that junkie can provide him
on the streets
she's not a junkie anymore thanks to me
you put her through detox you sound
surprised
if you have such disregard for carmen
then why help her out like that
you still don't get it do you
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i wasn't helping her i was helping my
son
he's my legato and now if you'll excuse
me i
have a meeting
let carmen have her baby delgado
no way you don't want me on your case
no why not because i won't give up
mr pedro i've had your department after
me
i've had drug enforcement after me and
i've had the feds after me
but you haven't had me after you
no i haven't
take your best shot detective
i'm sorry sir but if you don't leave i'm
gonna have to call the police they're
right down the hall
did i hear someone mention police
sergeant boudreau would you please
escort this young man out of the
building
all i want to do is see my little
brother
that seems reasonable except we have a
court order that no one involved in the
case can see the child
according to law the investigating
officer can see the child right
correct if there were an investigation
i just opened one
there's a chance the child isn't who we
think he is so
i need a positive id this young man can
give it to me i could lose my job
you could also lose your job for
obstructing a police officer in the
course of an investigation
all right all right but make it quick
he's in nursery see right down the hall
i'll tell him
i owe you one
what's the matter miguel you're afraid
you're breaking nice too little
oh no he's just the right size
ah yes yes
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i think it's about time you hold your
little brother
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i think it's about time you got to know
him come on
he won't bite like i know that
and take it
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go fernando go
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setting myself up aren't i how so
i'm letting the kid in i shouldn't do
that why not
those common loses i won't be able to
see him again
i doubt oh god i'll be inviting you over
for dinner anytime soon
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you know i'm no fan of carmen's
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what what can i do to help win this
unfortunately not much i think the best
she can do is just to help her stay out
of trouble
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now
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smash and run at a jewelry store it did
not
i was just standing there
growing you're high i had the word for
it sarge she's on another planet
you have to believe me i thought you did
this to me i would
never go back on that stuff
miguel would you give us more ice please
will you keep wasting your energy on her
boudreau it's not a waste of energy
right i have been a believer well if you
believe that i got some land in the body
to sell to you miguel it's true antonio
did this to me
we'll have a fun time proving it in
court
hey you're not gonna walk
out on her again the hell i'm not
you're not leaving here
i am and you two are gonna work out your
problems
now i'm going for a walk when i get back
you better both still be here
well he's right you know um we have to
talk this out
what can i say miguel there's nothing
you can
say look miguel for what it's worth i
was 16 years old when i had you
is that supposed to be an excuse well
how would you feel if you were 16 and
out on the streets all alone
i was on the streets all alone from the
day i was born oh
and who do you think fed you who do you
think took care of you when you were
sick
who do you think took care of you who
cleaned you up when jimmy beat you
who washed you when you fell asleep in
your own vomit who took you to the
hospital when you almost oded
it's screwed up okay
i was young and i was stupid
i wish i could make it up to you
but i guess it's too late damn straight
but it's not too late for fernando
he's my second chance i can't lose him
so what's that got to do with me it has
everything to do with you
needs a family you're his family
mr woods you just said that you were in
the back of the store
yeah that's right and you're saying that
the suspect
shattered the case in the front of the
store took 15 grand worth of tennis
bracelets
well if you were in the back of the
store and she was in the front of the
store
how can you be sure it was carmen mendes
because i've got 20 20 sight
and she was only 25 feet away from me it
was definitely that woman
hi uh can i help you
yeah i'm a friend of carmen mendes
what do you want the truth now i told
the truth
i don't think so
okay i want you out of my store right
now not until you tell me the truth
i'm gonna count to five how your hands
are full one
two go ahead three pull the trigger oh i
will
four five we go
hello boudreau my god what the hell are
you doing you saw that
he brought out the gun not me yeah i saw
it but now it's over so put down the gun
not that this chump tells us the truth
look you better talk your friend out of
this the cops are going to be here any
minute
i am the cops i'll do something
this won't accomplish anything miguel
it'll get us the truth
tell him what's going to happen to him
all right tell him about about jail i
already been there i didn't mind it too
much
i hope that's true because if you don't
put down that gun you're going back
if that's what it takes now it's my turn
to start counting to five
one two three
miguel wait wait a minute what was he in
jail for
murder murder four
five okay okay two men they paid me a
visit
they gave me two choices lying all my
debts to mr delgado would be wiped clean
or die common mendez was never here
no
now what the hell was that all about
self-defense yeah well i don't think the
parole board would see it that way i got
us what we both wanted
i don't like the way you got it and how
you gonna do it you're gonna
ask him politely come on boudreau what
are you gonna do
turn me in a parole violation
it won't happen again
damn straight it won't
mr woods isn't it true that mr delgado
threatened to kill you if you didn't
tell a lie in this court yesterday
well um no not mr delgado exactly
i'm sorry didn't two men who work for mr
delgado threaten you
look i don't i don't know what two men
you're talking about but mr wood
yesterday you said
look i've never met mr delgado or anyone
who works for him
i guess doctor scares him more than you
do
you testify tell him what he said
he had a shotgun under his chin defense
attorneys call that coercion
what time is it what's the decision
we're waiting for the verdict mentos
just went to chambers to get it
hey
i open up money
i'm sorry carmen i started the ball
rolling for an appeal
don't bother
did she at least get visitation rights
i'm afraid not
the judge thought it was best to sever
all ties she really bought into the
whole junkie thing
we'll talk later
uh mr delgado will be coming to get
fernando any minute
i think it would be better if you
gentlemen weren't here mr newman
could you do me a favor if i can
got to say goodbye to little fernando
sheila bring fernando delgado out please
you'll have to make this quick
hey
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oh
good night sleep tight
you know someone loves you
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may i have the baby back now
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so does your sound system be
what she ripped you off boudreaux
probably trading it for crack right now
sure we haven't been here already yeah
anybody here no common man james she's
tall latina long dark hair
50 bucks in it 50 bucks for anybody can
lead us to her
50 bucks
where where's my 50 bucks
let's get out of here this jump hasn't
seen her she was making a buy out back
from the man in the van when i don't
know
five minutes ago mouse was given a
pretty hard time
i'll pack you sure yeah
here you better be telling the truth
hey open up call it
shut it up
there's some stereo equipment in here
that looks just like yours
you and carmen make a little trade
common was that a name
fine lady why don't you answer the man
yeah i made a business transaction with
her how much do sounds like that buy
these days
how much what crack heroin ice what'd
you give her
i know my rights i have the right to
remain silent
well yeah you do
22. all right i sold her a 22.
now let go a gun b
are you thinking what i'm thinking joe
got it
mr delgado i you got to believe me i i
said everything you wanted me to say
in court yes but why did they call you
back to the stand
i don't know i i guess i don't know
did you tell someone about our little
arrangement oh
no sir no sir i didn't no
it's interesting harry but your voice
cracks whenever you lie
please mr delgado he had a gun to my
throat
i didn't have a choice you're a loose
threat harry
i'm sorry we're gonna have to cut you
off
wait a minute what does that mean
get him out of here no no i told him
everything
antonio
what do you want there's no way i'll let
you raise fernando
carmen this is not the right way to
handle this it's the only way
i'll kill him
careful back off gus
where's fernando he's in the nursery
where's that it's in the east wing
down that hall and up a floor
good then the shots won't wake him
okay we have to handle this carefully
don't gotta may have an army in there
yeah i never stopped this before b you
two go around back
if there's more than one entrance make
sure you split up all right
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so
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but as long as you're alive fernando is
in danger
it's okay man i just came to stop her
hey you guys bothering you
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you know you should choose your friends
more carefully
coming please put down the gun throw
you i won't let this man raise my son
okay you killed him and then his people
kill you or you go to jail for the rest
of your life either way
i don't see how little fernando's gonna
be any better off
he's better off with adopted parents who
will love him and raise him to be a good
person
no now i've seen the way you love that
baby
no one could be any better for him than
his real mother
but he won't be with his real mother
will he
thanks to this monster
she's okay
mr woods fancy meeting you here
detective pedro i have enough evidence
to put that man in jail for life
i would like to make a statement
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i want to thank you for all you did both
of you hey we got lucky that's all
yeah oh oh clayman do you uh
need any help moving into a new place i
don't think so
hey if delgado gives you any more
trouble you make sure you call us okay
i don't think he will you can't raise
his son from jail might as well let me
do it
right say goodbye nanda
goodbye fernando goodbye fernando
oh fernando bye bye
bye bye
we were just saying our goodbyes
goodbye
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bye
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carmen yeah
you need some help paying the rent
i don't need your money no but how about
a roommate
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so
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so
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so
ah
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oh
hey you don't have to get up oh
man you would not believe the dream i
was having
you expecting someone no
does miguel mendes live here
how did you find me guillermo told me
where you were
my girl what
you planning on introducing us or you're
going to keep pretending i'm invisible
i can't remember this and this
you never told me you had any family i
don't
know who's this
she used to be my mother
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so
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so
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ah
this is your little brother his name is
fernando
i don't have any money what
is that what you're here for spent all
your money on crack and now you need
more
no i got straight when i found out i was
pregnant
i just thought you should have the
chance to meet your little brother
that's not why you're here you need
something
actually yeah
i need a place to stay there's not
enough room for you here
i can't go back to my place someone is
after me
yeah right did i hear you say someone's
after you
yes who i wish i knew
of course she doesn't know she's making
it up miguel come on
she's here to sponge boudreau miguel you
have to believe me
i don't
all i want is for you to stay out of my
life that's all
where will you go i'll find somewhere
there's shelters and things
no no you can stay here for the night
dro thank you i'm telling you pedro i
know her
she's conning you miguel whatever is
going on between you two is your
business
but i can't put your mother and a baby
out on the street
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the couch is very comfortable watch out
for the spring under the third pillow
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what happened to pedro's apartment
let's just say someone showed up who
needs a place to stay someone i don't
like very much
funny thing same thing just happened to
me
i'm going to hurt you if i sleep out
here i can take one of the booths
or the bar
hey that's all i got
it's pretty comfortable
thanks well
like you said what's it hurt
for one night it might be a little
longer if i know my old lady
you're a lady yeah but you can't go back
because of your mother
i'd be stoked my mom showed up it's
different from me
what do you see when you think of your
mom
uh best memory i have is
uh every night she put me to bed she'd
say the same thing
good night sleep tight i know that
somebody loves you
my image is of carmen getting the hell
beaten out of her by some drug dealer
shows money to
then i'd take care of her until she was
better and she'd go out and get high
again
she's a junkie
well then you ought to do something to
help her man you know boudreau can hook
you up with someone uh
she's supposed to be the mother not the
other way around
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miguel
stay as long as you have to
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good night
sleep tight
now that someone loves you
oh
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no expert but did you check his diapers
maybe he's hungry just nursed him i'm
sorry he woke you mr petroleum
i don't think so it just cries a lot
i don't know how to ask this other than
we're just asking it
i beat crack as soon as i knew i was
pregnant
how'd you know i was gonna ask that
miguel's making me sound like a major
junkie
and crack babies cry a lot
fernando ain't a crack baby i kicked it
i'm clean he's clean
that's a major accomplishment how'd you
do that
i went to pacific detox that's a very
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i was a bad mother for miguel i won't
beat fernando
i'm straight and i'm staying that way
hey hey
man you work fast funny
look i just came by to tell you that
miguel is crashing at the bar
phone broken no why didn't you use it
because i am well i wanted to meet
miguel's family
hi you must be miguel's mom i'm grady
jameson
carmen
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you do that balance
it's just a matter of focusing the
little guy's center hmm
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hey kels yep
nice outfit i hate hooker duty i just
busted eight
john's all at once bachelor party
they wanted to make me the e-ticket ride
great kels you know anything about this
woman no
it doesn't say what she's wanted for
well scottish social services call
number why don't you check with them
me i gotta take a shower hey thanks
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uh the warrant isn't actually for her
it's for her baby
what we have a court order to hold the
baby pending the custody hearing
the father's claiming the mother's
endangering the child
who's a father
antonio delgado
delgado yeah can you believe it
come on he's tied to gambling drugs
racketeering he's never been convicted
of anything
oh not yet anyway well sergeant boudreau
where's the child
i beg your pardon look i don't like this
any more than you do
but the man has never been convicted of
a crime he has the right to contest the
custody of his child
so so you said you know where the child
is what'll happen if i tell you
we'll bring him here he'll receive the
best of care from a staff of nurses
staff of strangers excuse me
nurses foster parents is that gonna
match a real mother
sergeant may i remind you that as an
officer of the law you have no choice in
this matter
it's a court order your job is to
enforce it
hi
yeah i had to bring him by to get some
of these things
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miguel why don't you stay i'll go
somewhere else
too late then stay here with nando and
me
just give us a chance i don't think so
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you want mommy yeah
hey what's going on
i'm sorry carmen sorry for what
what's going on boudreaux carmen mendes
please don't he belongs with his mother
i have a court order to surrender the
child fernando mendes into protective
care pending a hearing
no
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no control no but don't do something
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carmen this is arnold mendoza he's a
very good lawyer and i think he can help
you a lawyer yes ma'am
maybe you can tell me didn't he have to
identify himself before he took my baby
away
please understand carmen i didn't want
to take fernando away but i'm a police
officer and i'm sworn
i'm not talking to you
he never told me he was a cop isn't that
entrapment or something
well technically carmen miss mendes
technically miss mendes he didn't have
to identify himself as a police officer
until just because yeah
before he took my baby away
in all fairness ma'am sergeant boudreau
was just doing his job
he could have been charged himself with
aiding and abetting a fugitive and
he did bring me in to help you and what
will you do
antonio will have an army of men like
you
you have to try carmen i wouldn't be in
this situation at all if it wasn't for
you
i can't pay you you don't have to
tell me what to do just one thing keep
your nose clean literally
don't even go within a mile of narcotics
i won't i'm past that
and one more thing when we get in the
hearing we're gonna have to attack
delgado's motives and his intentions
okay with me do you have any idea why he
wants us baby
probably to get back at me for leaving
and why did you leave
to protect my baby from
antonio the man is
evil
if fernando grew up in that house he
would end up exactly the same way
heartless mean
can i visit fernando right now the court
is denying visitation rights i'm
appealing but
until i do you have to stay away from
him
i know this doesn't mean much to you
right now carmen
i'm gonna do everything i can within the
law to help you out
you're right it doesn't mean much
i want you to give up your custody
battle with carmen mendez
mr pedro i'm a man who has everything he
wants and gets everything else anyway
there's only one thing i'm missing let
me guess
a son is there something so strange
about a man wanting a son to follow
after him
there is when that man lives in a world
of crime it's a hell of a lot better
world than that junkie can provide him
on the streets
she's not a junkie anymore thanks to me
you put her through detox you sound
surprised
if you have such disregard for carmen
then why help her out like that
you still don't get it do you
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i wasn't helping her i was helping my
son
he's my legato and now if you'll excuse
me i
have a meeting
let carmen have her baby delgado
no way you don't want me on your case
no why not because i won't give up
mr pedro i've had your department after
me
i've had drug enforcement after me and
i've had the feds after me
but you haven't had me after you
no i haven't
take your best shot detective
i'm sorry sir but if you don't leave i'm
gonna have to call the police they're
right down the hall
did i hear someone mention police
sergeant boudreau would you please
escort this young man out of the
building
all i want to do is see my little
brother
that seems reasonable except we have a
court order that no one involved in the
case can see the child
according to law the investigating
officer can see the child right
correct if there were an investigation
i just opened one
there's a chance the child isn't who we
think he is so
i need a positive id this young man can
give it to me i could lose my job
you could also lose your job for
obstructing a police officer in the
course of an investigation
all right all right but make it quick
he's in nursery see right down the hall
i'll tell him
i owe you one
what's the matter miguel you're afraid
you're breaking nice too little
oh no he's just the right size
ah yes yes
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i think it's about time you hold your
little brother
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i think it's about time you got to know
him come on
he won't bite like i know that
and take it
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go fernando go
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setting myself up aren't i how so
i'm letting the kid in i shouldn't do
that why not
those common loses i won't be able to
see him again
i doubt oh god i'll be inviting you over
for dinner anytime soon
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you know i'm no fan of carmen's
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what what can i do to help win this
unfortunately not much i think the best
she can do is just to help her stay out
of trouble
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now
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smash and run at a jewelry store it did
not
i was just standing there
growing you're high i had the word for
it sarge she's on another planet
you have to believe me i thought you did
this to me i would
never go back on that stuff
miguel would you give us more ice please
will you keep wasting your energy on her
boudreau it's not a waste of energy
right i have been a believer well if you
believe that i got some land in the body
to sell to you miguel it's true antonio
did this to me
we'll have a fun time proving it in
court
hey you're not gonna walk
out on her again the hell i'm not
you're not leaving here
i am and you two are gonna work out your
problems
now i'm going for a walk when i get back
you better both still be here
well he's right you know um we have to
talk this out
what can i say miguel there's nothing
you can
say look miguel for what it's worth i
was 16 years old when i had you
is that supposed to be an excuse well
how would you feel if you were 16 and
out on the streets all alone
i was on the streets all alone from the
day i was born oh
and who do you think fed you who do you
think took care of you when you were
sick
who do you think took care of you who
cleaned you up when jimmy beat you
who washed you when you fell asleep in
your own vomit who took you to the
hospital when you almost oded
it's screwed up okay
i was young and i was stupid
i wish i could make it up to you
but i guess it's too late damn straight
but it's not too late for fernando
he's my second chance i can't lose him
so what's that got to do with me it has
everything to do with you
needs a family you're his family
mr woods you just said that you were in
the back of the store
yeah that's right and you're saying that
the suspect
shattered the case in the front of the
store took 15 grand worth of tennis
bracelets
well if you were in the back of the
store and she was in the front of the
store
how can you be sure it was carmen mendes
because i've got 20 20 sight
and she was only 25 feet away from me it
was definitely that woman
hi uh can i help you
yeah i'm a friend of carmen mendes
what do you want the truth now i told
the truth
i don't think so
okay i want you out of my store right
now not until you tell me the truth
i'm gonna count to five how your hands
are full one
two go ahead three pull the trigger oh i
will
four five we go
hello boudreau my god what the hell are
you doing you saw that
he brought out the gun not me yeah i saw
it but now it's over so put down the gun
not that this chump tells us the truth
look you better talk your friend out of
this the cops are going to be here any
minute
i am the cops i'll do something
this won't accomplish anything miguel
it'll get us the truth
tell him what's going to happen to him
all right tell him about about jail i
already been there i didn't mind it too
much
i hope that's true because if you don't
put down that gun you're going back
if that's what it takes now it's my turn
to start counting to five
one two three
miguel wait wait a minute what was he in
jail for
murder murder four
five okay okay two men they paid me a
visit
they gave me two choices lying all my
debts to mr delgado would be wiped clean
or die common mendez was never here
no
now what the hell was that all about
self-defense yeah well i don't think the
parole board would see it that way i got
us what we both wanted
i don't like the way you got it and how
you gonna do it you're gonna
ask him politely come on boudreau what
are you gonna do
turn me in a parole violation
it won't happen again
damn straight it won't
mr woods isn't it true that mr delgado
threatened to kill you if you didn't
tell a lie in this court yesterday
well um no not mr delgado exactly
i'm sorry didn't two men who work for mr
delgado threaten you
look i don't i don't know what two men
you're talking about but mr wood
yesterday you said
look i've never met mr delgado or anyone
who works for him
i guess doctor scares him more than you
do
you testify tell him what he said
he had a shotgun under his chin defense
attorneys call that coercion
what time is it what's the decision
we're waiting for the verdict mentos
just went to chambers to get it
hey
i open up money
i'm sorry carmen i started the ball
rolling for an appeal
don't bother
did she at least get visitation rights
i'm afraid not
the judge thought it was best to sever
all ties she really bought into the
whole junkie thing
we'll talk later
uh mr delgado will be coming to get
fernando any minute
i think it would be better if you
gentlemen weren't here mr newman
could you do me a favor if i can
got to say goodbye to little fernando
sheila bring fernando delgado out please
you'll have to make this quick
hey
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good night sleep tight
you know someone loves you
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may i have the baby back now
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so does your sound system be
what she ripped you off boudreaux
probably trading it for crack right now
sure we haven't been here already yeah
anybody here no common man james she's
tall latina long dark hair
50 bucks in it 50 bucks for anybody can
lead us to her
50 bucks
where where's my 50 bucks
let's get out of here this jump hasn't
seen her she was making a buy out back
from the man in the van when i don't
know
five minutes ago mouse was given a
pretty hard time
i'll pack you sure yeah
here you better be telling the truth
hey open up call it
shut it up
there's some stereo equipment in here
that looks just like yours
you and carmen make a little trade
common was that a name
fine lady why don't you answer the man
yeah i made a business transaction with
her how much do sounds like that buy
these days
how much what crack heroin ice what'd
you give her
i know my rights i have the right to
remain silent
well yeah you do
22. all right i sold her a 22.
now let go a gun b
are you thinking what i'm thinking joe
got it
mr delgado i you got to believe me i i
said everything you wanted me to say
in court yes but why did they call you
back to the stand
i don't know i i guess i don't know
did you tell someone about our little
arrangement oh
no sir no sir i didn't no
it's interesting harry but your voice
cracks whenever you lie
please mr delgado he had a gun to my
throat
i didn't have a choice you're a loose
threat harry
i'm sorry we're gonna have to cut you
off
wait a minute what does that mean
get him out of here no no i told him
everything
antonio
what do you want there's no way i'll let
you raise fernando
carmen this is not the right way to
handle this it's the only way
i'll kill him
careful back off gus
where's fernando he's in the nursery
where's that it's in the east wing
down that hall and up a floor
good then the shots won't wake him
okay we have to handle this carefully
don't gotta may have an army in there
yeah i never stopped this before b you
two go around back
if there's more than one entrance make
sure you split up all right
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but as long as you're alive fernando is
in danger
it's okay man i just came to stop her
hey you guys bothering you
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you know you should choose your friends
more carefully
coming please put down the gun throw
you i won't let this man raise my son
okay you killed him and then his people
kill you or you go to jail for the rest
of your life either way
i don't see how little fernando's gonna
be any better off
he's better off with adopted parents who
will love him and raise him to be a good
person
no now i've seen the way you love that
baby
no one could be any better for him than
his real mother
but he won't be with his real mother
will he
thanks to this monster
she's okay
mr woods fancy meeting you here
detective pedro i have enough evidence
to put that man in jail for life
i would like to make a statement
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i want to thank you for all you did both
of you hey we got lucky that's all
yeah oh oh clayman do you uh
need any help moving into a new place i
don't think so
hey if delgado gives you any more
trouble you make sure you call us okay
i don't think he will you can't raise
his son from jail might as well let me
do it
right say goodbye nanda
goodbye fernando goodbye fernando
oh fernando bye bye
bye bye
we were just saying our goodbyes
goodbye
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bye
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carmen yeah
you need some help paying the rent
i don't need your money no but how about
a roommate
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