Street Justice (1991–1993): Season 1, Episode 14 - Partner in Crime - full transcript

i'll do respect

could we hurry this alone i'm on the

clock i'll do respect

250 000 are missing from the evidence

locker

on a drug bust you helped make so

how for you detectives took the cash to

the evidence locker

standard operating procedure and officer

jack trotter went with you

he was one of the arresting officers



yeah and trotter was never left alone

with the money

no he wasn't and he was never out of

your sight

correct not even a stop at the water

fountain maybe have a drink

he never left us we went directly from

the van to the evidence locker

with the cash would you sign in with the

locker man just like it says in the

report

okay sergeant thanks for making time

for this sure

it's none of my business but it sounds



like you've got a thief in the locker

department

yeah it sounds that way doesn't it

i'll see you around

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it go with ia okay i guess told him what

i knew

good you got a second

yeah sure what's up i need you for a

special

to bust a gun running operation here in

town stakeout or underground

undercover with a wrinkle what kind of

wrinkle

you have to take a partner

can't you get me out of this one

partner's already made first contact

there's no way around it

charlie you know i don't like undercover

with partners yeah yeah i know but

you might not mind this one just tell me

it's not a rookie

i'm not a rookie what is it

k9 core believe me if i could trade

places with you on this one i would

it is it's a damn dog

you're way off sergeant way off

i'm detected kirkwood

after we're married you can call me lynn

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no i can't get you off this one you're

working with the lady and that's it

on a gun running case who's gonna buy

that anyone who's ever heard of mr and

mrs tj styles

and who are they a married couple

been buying guns back east for the last

three years you're going after their

newest supplier

where's the couple arrested last week

you and kirkwood are going to keep their

appointments here in town

now a guy is expecting you both today at

the docks

anything else tj

how long have we been married

we've been married five years i'm gonna

have to tell people i should

her name's lynn like a coincidence for

us and today's a low level meet

with the murphy i met him for drinks

last night we want his boss if not

higher

says here tj's a closed horse i'm gonna

have to stop get some flashy new threats

took the liberty

i hope you don't mind i had a few days

jump on you

nice thanks i don't know if this helps

him

but i'm used to working solo myself

let's be mad at our bosses not each

other

yeah sounds like a good idea

let's get started

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hey tj how's hawaii

hot it's funny i saw his drinks last

night with the little wife

jerry's got a sense of humor honey yeah

let me know when he finds it

all right about our business your boss

willing to deal sure

as soon as i clear you we're here to buy

some serious artillery either you can

deliver or you can't

you and your white could be cops okay

and we could be martians but we're not

is this where i dig into my pocket and

show you some id no man

it's what she does empty the handbag

empty it i see a badge

a paycheck you're a widow

okay murphy we're cops over serious

buyers

you decide

you crazy you want to find out

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okay i let him go put the thing away

we didn't set our deal my boss don't

like sit-downs

how does he feel about blow-ups

trust me on this all right i'll talk to

mr de palma he's going to want to meet

with you before anything changes hands

dining room at the meridian hotel we're

staying there tomorrow night

dinner he'll be there we look forward to

it

get lost

that's some property down there where'd

you get it

what do you mean prop you're not telling

me that thing's real

okay i'm not

what's the matter with you are you crazy

you could have killed us but i didn't

and he doesn't think we're cops anymore

either

i don't recall seeing explosives on

department issue regs do you sergeant

no sir i don't we set up the meat

if i lose my officers lives i don't much

care about the meat

do i make myself clear the file said mrs

styles is a loose cannon i thought the

grenade worked

what i think what she meant to say was

no more grenades

isn't that right partner

right exactly

right you keep me posted

so what's your pleasure business before

or after dinner i'm not sure we got

business

mr de palma that's why we're here

me i just came to see the woman who

negotiates with a hand grenade

only when i'm forced your guy murphy was

very stingy with your time

and my insistence

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i'm listening we're paying us dollars

cash on delivery i'm still listening

we like 200 aks at one eight a piece

plus 8 000

rounds how did you two meet

we met at my restaurant yeah tj was

running a little place on the border

what a nice place yeah she comes in i

take a look at her and i say

she's as good as she looks you're

married a week later

10 days sweetheart blood test

i love weddings everybody dressed up

happy

do you have any pictures no

not fixes

no pictures

tell you what i'm going to do mr mrs

styles

start right

i'm giving you a wedding present

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oh belated of course says i didn't know

you had to tie me in options

i'm giving you the aks but the

ammunition

it'll come a little later not two days

close enough tell us when you're ready

we're staying here at the hotel here's

our number

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to your wedding

we're on the 21st floor let's run your

history on the way up

say i won't freeze up again like i did

at dinner frankly

sorry about that thanks for covering

let's just make sure it doesn't happen

again

deal shall we start with high school

why not

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where did your parents live they both

did did you ever do time

six years ago nine years you got out six

years ago

right i was in for tax evasion as a

bogus non-profit organization

which name was telesco's group all right

let me get a gold star

my keys up

you ever been married

you're my first husband although i did

scam a boyfriend have a fortune in

edmonton

no i mean you

you ever married before me

once a long time ago

how about you have you ever been married

close a couple of times but uh no

how come

we're doing your history

this is nice mr and mrs tj styles live

well

all right so you don't talk about

marriage how about partners

dennis malloy no

i don't talk about dennis he wears your

last real partner right

until he died

what's the matter you worried i won't

cover your back

i didn't say that no but that's what you

were thinking

can a girl make conversation not about

dennis

tell me something do you ever lighten up

we're on the job funny i thought we

could be ourselves

when this is over we'll be ourselves

we'll get a beer

until then fine can't wait

till then i want to ask you anything

about anyone

what the in case someone's watching from

the window

i need a bedspread if you can spare it

hold on hold on we don't have to be

enemies oh no

no smart guy

i'd kiss you again but the drapes are

closed night hubby

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there it is i found it quarterly tax

bill

i write the check you dropping the map

uh let me pay the stamp

i'll even take out the trash deal screw

your taxes

yeah thanks for sneaking over here with

me no problem

it's a nice place you got here ah

yeah we like it you can never afford a

place like this not in a cop's wage

there you go papi's got a part of the

boy she's uh out right now dennis

malloy's daughter right

yeah did adam look up to dennis

i guess so uh dennis was older

tell you the truth i i wasn't around

much now oh so you would know whether

his death

changed him in any way his approach to

work

excuse me do you want to tell me what

this is about

i'm making conversation

looks like rain chase might take the

pennant that's conversation

sorry if i overstep some bounds cops

disease

can we start over yeah sure

i'll uh your drink i'll be right back

hey can i talk to you sure my mom and i

have to get back to the hotel

lin uh yeah um i i

don't trust her

come on you're afraid she's gonna skip

out on a bar tab no

well now you mention it

come on what's up

she has too many questions about you

about the bar

um maybe she's just making conversation

man

well i it just doesn't feel right

all right consider me put on notice all

right

then you'll watch your back among other

things

thanks okay

so you're matt grady i think i came out

a little too strong with him

do you mention that taking your closest

to grady since uh

dennis malloy's death you're asking

about dennis again

really i thought i was talking about

grady yeah

you keep going back to my days with

dennis

what do you have to let it go

i will as soon as you explain it

talk to me okay

you had it right the other night you

were dennis malloy's partner and you let

him get

shot

that concerns me partner that concerns

me a lot

mrs stiles that's right any calls for us

okay thanks uh yes we'll be in for the

night

no calls from diploma so we wait

good order room service you want

anything

i think i'll go down the coffee shop get

a bite

i was wrong to say what i said that

wasn't cool

that's how you felt who am i not to

trust you

i almost blew our cover the other night

with de palma

yeah well nobody died

we were just getting off a stakeout

danny said he wanted to go for a beer i

said i was too tired

so i go home straight to bed

then he takes the long way

on his way home he uh he sees this

this robbery in progress

breaks up the whole thing then he does a

john wayne you know

got the guy

yeah except the uh the blues

they mistake denny for the perp

then he gets all shot to hell and i give

my 15 minutes extra sleep

to show for it and you carry it too all

right here in your back

relax

latissimus dorsis yeah and you know

yeah i know doesn't mean i can do

anything about it

you want to try

we could rearrange the sleeping

situation

not interested

i was just trying to figure out how i'm

gonna hit my

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you know when you let yourself you can

be a lot of fun

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all right when

yeah i'll be sure to bring my wife along

don't worry

right

de palma he wants to be sure i bring my

wife with me

are you as uncomfortable as i am

that depends how uncomfortable are you

i was wondering what you think of me

funny

i was wondering the same thing

i think you agree it's a coincidence

because i think you're great too

i'll see you in the lobby okay

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um

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ready mrs styles ready tj

ah my favorite couple

how are you ready for business

you never did tell me who you two supply

with all these guns

no we never did

mr de palma our deal

200 aks is per hour

the money this time

after we see the merchandise

okay sweetheart

u.s greenbacks

maybe we can all go out and have dinner

after this

we got places to be

well uh maybe wife could join me

get you for you later not possible

see you're coming with us you're under

arrest

come with please me

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that murphy's amazing running that fast

the briefcase full of cash

what are you talking about you got the

cash right there

i know it's just kind of joking

don't joke about something like that

okay

but it would be easy to do same or if

you took the 75

keep it

easy to do not to live with 75 000 bucks

a new car a new vcr that's hard to live

with

it would be for me and we're not doing

it then

no way and say we are

just saying it would be

you guys are late

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i knew something was up i just i'm sorry

it's this

hey maybe she's not bad maybe she's just

drifting you know

yeah drifting are you gonna

check her out could it be the next move

except a partner asking about her just

send up all kinds of red flags

you get her hung without even having a

hearing huh

ah how do i get a file on her

thanks be creative just don't break the

law

no costumes i just love seeing you

rattled

okay i'll see you later

oh don't worry

james i'm married congratulations

and i'm on duty so am i kind of i'm

doing um

this paper for class i'm taking over

community criminology

i'm doing it on on women in the police

force and they're role models

you're joking right no no just people

who

influenced you to join the police

department your role models

uh my dad my brother my husband

actually i'm talking cops here yes all

night

female cops you know um like people like

kirkwood i think you know people like

that who

lynn kirkwood detective at the 18th she

moved to the ten last week

no never heard of her no wait a minute i

met her detective lynn kirkwood

look i don't know who you are or what

you really want but there's no kirkwood

here

detective or otherwise not at our

precinct anyway

you're telling me she doesn't exist

she's a cop believe me

she's not a cop there all right and she

never was believe me

oh man what

oh man you hear about this happening

other guys

but you never think it's gonna happen to

you what

be what

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so i say to myself

if she doesn't exist that can only mean

one thing that can only mean that she's

internal affairs thank you

adam i wasn't at liberty to tell you

anything oh no i feel so damn much

better charlie

that drug money case from last week yeah

the one i cleared officer jack trotter

on

everyone on that case cleared so

headquarters sent internal affairs after

each of you

so you're telling me there is no mr and

mrs t.j styles oh there is

hq knew better than to give you a case

that wasn't credible

uh-huh

so there i am working a gun running case

never suspecting that detective lynn

kirkwood's working me

nhq wins no matter what they catch a bad

cop on you or you're clean and you bust

the gun runners

life's just full of little surprises

later

hello detective how are things that

internal fish

a desk of mine

you had a lot of gold to ask me about my

last night with denny malloy

you didn't give a damn about denny's

death oh really yeah really

now tell me why you asked about this to

get background on you

to see if dennis was bad if he turned me

back or if you went bad after he died

get real it happens guys lose a partner

sometimes they lose their way

enough to steal a quarter million from a

truck bust in your dreams

what are you so mad at me for i cleared

your name you set me up

to take money and you didn't

you may not like it but that's my job is

it also your job to sleep with every guy

you investigate

that's not what got you so mad is it

all you talk about skimming money about

buying new cars

i was afraid you were dirty i cared

about you i cared about you and i was

that far from turning you in

that's because you're a good cop yeah

well thanks for confirming that

and good luck on your next case

hope you're not lifting too much give

yourself a heart attack

suddenly you worried about me what the

hell am i supposed to say

you were the rock i.a was a hard place

who was the bad guy what

who stole the drug money was it trotter

assistant to the assistant d.a

when'd you get him yesterday i have a

call from a whistleblower

i'm just glad that it's over it isn't

de palma rolled over got us a meeting

with his arm supplier big fish by the

name of simpson

charlie you're not telling me he's

expecting mr and mrs i do not want to

work with that woman again

duly noted

she meet us at the office tonight 1900.

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i'm sorry about dinner don't forget i'm

more concerned about you working with

kirkwood

you know you might as well be going in

alone i hate to say it but

she was just following orders i don't

care

all right i don't trust her to protect

your back i appreciate your concern but

it's police business credit

why don't you just get another cop to do

it because i'm the cop

so just be a buddy

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sorry we messed up your dinner plans

are you serious

excuse me i got work to do you just

better do it right

you hear me you talking to me

anything happens to him i held you

responsible

then nothing better happened to him

you got that right

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you guys reading me

let's go

his name is simpson biggest gun runner

on the coast

so you'll get yourself a real nice

commendation for your sophie case

sergeant

so are you i don't have a trophication i

don't like people who do

i can't wait till this is over you know

i liked you two better as a married

couple we're still a married couple

you got that don't worry

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everything's okay now

mr simpson so good to see you please

let me introduce my friends

tj styles

well hello how are you

depend on if you brought your grenade

mr stiles how do you deal with a woman

like this

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with both eyes open now we have business

to do

jamie open that box for the nice couple

let's try that box it's your party tj

choose any box you want

gentlemen i believe we owe you some

money

i think the figure we agreed upon is a

hundred thousand

you felt right

pleasure's all yours there's just one

little problem

murphy shut up

take the money and get the car

jamie take the truck partner's going

with us detective

so call off your police

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surveillance units man hold your

positions

what should i do to you old man for

bringing the cops to me that's the last

thing i wanted believe me

i didn't see any other way see one now

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get clear

get clear

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when you come to you're under arrest

nice work

when'd you get here just in time i think

it was sure

thank you grady yeah

but do you ever listen to me only when

absolutely necessary

let me get my name right on the report

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i guess this is it

congratulations on a job well done

no hard feelings i didn't say that

i owe you an answer so what

do i sleep with every guy i investigate

the answer is no definitely no

but you're trying to get me to take the

money

it's my job little advice lin

get a new job the day after you do

detective

the day after you do

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uh

hey how about a run

i just did all right how about a movie

people shooting people falling in love

no thanks

b what's the matter what dude

did you fall for her

i could have uh you know in time

uh what and now you're never gonna get

to know not just that it's uh

i trust everybody on the force a little

less even pine

i can't feel good

hey dress malloy

with my life just me

you saved my life okay i say two out of

three ain't bad

baby you wanna go for a run

yeah let's go for a run

it finally happened what happened

lynn i was afraid of

you fell in love

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have you given any more thought to

leaving internal affairs

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you