Street Justice (1991–1993): Season 2, Episode 2 - Circle of Death - full transcript

When a young man is found dead with his neck broken and with an usual mark on his foot Adam investigates. When Grady hears about it, it brings up some old memories. It leads to fight to the death tournament.

oh

local merchants found the body same memo

seems to be young man badly beaten about

the face and body neck appears to be

broken

looks like we've got another one corner

says he'll have to slap him before we

can be sure

i'm sure now so the first time you

watched them was as an adult and you

still like them



very funny guys yeah three imbeciles who

sleep in the same bed and hit each other

with hammers

aren't the wise guy huh

it's funny stuff my gut hurts just

thinking about it oh my god d

why is it that women don't think these

students are funny

you've been pushing it around the clock

with this case adam you be careful

one five

grady the key word in hot coffee is hot

burner must have been up i'll get you

another one



yeah i'm sorry all right

i i take it you found another body and

i'm no closer to an answer than i was

after the first

serial killer well there's definitely a

pattern

young men battered those bodies all with

broken necks

that's really weird yeah well the

strangest

part of this whole thing is the

signature they've all got these circles

branded to the bottom

i'm sorry

now

you must be going deaf

i almost knocked a hole in that door

already

who's a kid it's just

someone i once knew

are you all right gritty yeah i'm fine

i just uh i'll stuff to do you know so

i'm gonna

go hi

bye what is going on

turn around jameson excuse me

your head must be someplace else to fall

for a simple move like that don't look

so surprised you taught us everything we

know

yeah but not everything that i know

attention next time you guys walk into

this dojo with your shoes on

calling me jamison i'm gonna teach you

the meaning

of push-ups now your lesson's not to

tomorrow right

what's up right uh seth and i just

wanted to perfect a couple of moves

good good all right to me

guys try and keep the bag in one piece

richie you never even said anything

quit moving man is this an exhibition

boat

i'm telling you we're ready

i know i know what the hell have you two

did

well we've been stuck in the coroner's

office for the last two hours which is

where we were supposed to be this

morning when instead we were at

sid which genius here was supposed to

handle yesterday look it's not my fault

there was a bus wreck last night and the

coroner got so backed up

enough what'd you find out

cause of death was exactly the same as

the other victims his neck was snapped

between the fourth and fifth cervical

vertebrae

it's too precise to be coincidental any

luck with the brand no one on the street

seems to know what it means

it's great found something our victims

have in common they're all

disenfranchised orphans runaways etc

people no one would mess why didn't you

tell me because i didn't want to confuse

you

what is that supposed to mean enough

what is it with you two lately we got

four dead bodies with more problems than

either of you

whatever it is now work it out

he's right he usually is yeah well if

you ask me the problem between us is a

fundamental lack of trust on your part

i'll tell you what why don't you come

over to my place tonight for a berry to

hatch at dinner

i'll make italian you setting me up

right

fundamental lack of trust on my part

right

i don't know richie it seems like an odd

place to be holding an exhibition hey

would you quit wine for once when they

dangle real money you take it

hi mr pierce how good to see you again

seth this is the guy i was telling you

about nigel seth

he's even better than i am ah well then

he must be

wonderful it's a pleasure to meet you

seth i don't permit just anyone

in the circle

so how much money are we talking how can

one place a price on excellence

it's participating in the game that

matters

barbed wire what the hell goes on here

our spectators demand the best

look uh thanks all the same but this

just isn't something we can get

yeah you promised us money we're out of

here

i'm afraid that's impossible

you're crazy man what is this

please remove your shoes

you must have took a wrong turn no i was

uh just in the neighborhood

doing what getting your bumper chromed

no i was waiting for

you i'm gonna put willis

every day i know so once you come up

i could have i guess i just figured i'd

wait

so what do you want i just want to talk

so talk

how old were you huh when you were when

you were on your own

i've always flown solo no i mean how old

when you first hit the street

i hit the pavement at 14 so what

what was it like being a kid out here

what was it like take a look around

does it look like candyland

you get to that point at that point

where if you don't hurt someone they're

going to hurt you

if you don't kill them they'll kill you

whoa

this is something that you should be

talking about with withdrawal

yeah well if you and me would you talk

to pedro about this

probably not so what do you want

help i'm i'm looking for somebody

somebody got a name

nigel britt about 50.

he's very slick very dangerous he'd be

involved in some heavy duty gambling

well if his gambling he ain't doing

without many lord's blessings he

controls all the gambling in the city

i'll see what i can find out for you how

soon

soon

you all mention this to boudreau

i don't like that look in your eye you

know what you're

something i should starting finished a

long time ago

richard they are calling for you

there's no way i fight man no way shoot

crazy cal

i won't do it i won't fight fight and

you may live

don't fight and you will die

it only hurts for a second

let the game begin

now yeah

he didn't eat anything huh what you

didn't like it

oh uh no it's just that i wasn't hungry

maybe i like dessert better

look there's something wrong you've been

staring at me all evening i'm sorry it's

just that

i've never seen you in a dress before

it's just that for the first time i'm

noticing that you're

well you're a woman

a beautiful woman thanks

you know this is crazy but if we weren't

partners

you'd be the kind of woman i'd go for i

don't see what being partners has to do

with anything

you know i was thinking about what you

said about trust

and i want to try a test what kind of

test want to see how much you trust me

i trust you good then close your eyes

and open your mouth

look i don't think i want to do this

come on shoe

something really good trust me

okay but it had better be good peek

um those are great

got them at that little candy store on

10th

that's my favorite place i know

you know i just realized it's not you i

didn't trust

what then i don't know

my feelings i guess feelings

for you

i think i'd better go

hi hi i got corners record

good i was thinking about getting that

too just grab it on the way up

so you want to try dinner again tonight

what do you have in mind

trust me we found another body last

night

his name's richie pierce we heard

another orphan yeah it's got a brother

named sethu ipb

is that the autopsy file everything

matches the other victims except in this

case

the circle brand was burned in less than

24 hours prior to death must have hurt

like hell

that's what i thought but according to

the corner it probably didn't

the brand was burned into a large

callous in the foot bottom

that seemed strange to me too so i had

the coroner double check

and the feet of all the victims were

heavily calloused

maybe they were runners

or into martial arts

i missed this thing must really be

eating at you

i've never seen you miss before

what'd you find out i asked around and i

found the guy that you're looking for

he's running a floating game out of one

of many lords warehouses one up on the

docks one on the east side

one up in the north woods to see a dress

where you place cards every day

for lunch

people tell me this nigel's one mean

hombre

if you want a sheriff

no it's my problem

what problem is that

no well my lessons just did show draw

miguel since when are you two so tight

actually he's just leaving and i'm kind

of busy

i thought you said your lesson was a

no-show what do you want

the circular brands on the bottoms of

the victim's feet

mean anything to you no i why uh

why would they i think all the victims

maybe martial artists i was hoping maybe

you know something

no no no i don't

why are you being so defensive i'm not

being defensive

then what's your problem my problems are

my problems man they don't have anything

to do with this case

i don't know anything i'm out of here

what's going on nothing

grady this is pedro we can talk

i'm talking no you're not talking i walk

in here and the two of you go

stone-faced

no law against being quiet right

come on man you've been acting so

strange for the last couple of days i

can't get two words out of you

you can trust me maybe i can help hey i

can take care of myself all right

we just save this babysitting speech for

somebody else

look you don't want to talk fine

but don't diss me for giving a damn

this is the latest victim

you hear anything or you feel like

talking

let me know

sorry man it's private game i said it's

a private game

just became published

brady jameson as i live and breathe

don't look so surprised i never forget a

face

where is he where is who seth pierce

i'm afraid i haven't the foggiest idea

you know what i'm talking about

but you tell me i swear to god i'm gonna

break your neck

i see you still have that old fighting

spirit

you can't put into use

you have two seconds to live it appears

we are both in a similar situation

the game will continue regardless

i'm gonna stop your sick game what are

you planning to do

go to the authorities and what will you

tell them

if there's a game going on with a

patrons wager on a fight to the death

i'm sure they'd also be interested to

know that you

were once the champion of my circle

i didn't think so

i'm gonna stop you you can't bet on it

come now i'm a gambling man you want to

stop me

come and play the game tomorrow

winner take all

you win and it is all over i win

and i win think of it a former champion

returns to the circle to reclaim his

crown

over my dear body that is the way

it works

it's up to you grady either way i'll

have a player

if not you someone else perhaps even

someone named

seth

without paying customers don't worry

he'll show up

once the game gets in your blood you

can't get it out

uh

oh god

a camel died in my mouth

we're in deep trouble i know

we shouldn't have done this not this

we're late

good morning morning morning you're late

again

uh well she asked for her broke down and

so so she had to pick me up across town

which is why we're laughing

good to see you getting along better

well we're trying

is that the evidence from the pierce

case yeah he and his brother reporters

at a rooming house downtown

this is all it was found pretty sad when

a person's life gets into one bag

any word on his brother nothing

just one unanswered question after

another there's got to be an answer

somewhere

i think i just found it

since you're packing you may want this

stay out of it me you're keeping me out

of it

lay off while you're running hmm

what's your deep dark secret get out of

my way

what are you hiding man

please why didn't you tell me about

richie pierce

cause i if i told you about richard i

gotta tell you about me

and i did that i can never look you in

the eyes again

man i'm closer to you than anybody on

the planet

i do anything for you

grady we're family why would you be

afraid to tell me anything

there's a lot of stuff

i never told you about

things i've never told anybody

it's a sign of the circle

circle of death

what the hell is going on i never

thought that i was gonna make it out and

ham alive

little duck we were both 17 and he

helped me

we uh got in a boat and escaped to hong

kong

it wasn't for him i wouldn't be alive

it wasn't for me

going um we got stuck

in this this refugee camp in hong kong

hooked up with this ex-patriot brent

nigel

the nigel and he offered us money to do

some some exhibitions

we needed the money and we figured it

would be our ticket to the u.s

at the exhibitions he

branded us and may put us in cages

and wait our turn till it was our time

for the circle

what happens in the circle

let's kill or be killed you break the

champion's neck or he

breaks yours between the fourth and

fifth vertebra

see it now the death call

signature of the champion this nigel he

ran the circle he made you fight

hey i had no choice i was a kid

i was fighting in the sick crowd and

steering vietnam vietnam

and they're putting bats onto one of us

to die

there's blood everywhere man that was

survival

and you survived no one's gonna blame

you for that

but no one

the champion the one you had to kill was

low duck

he was my best friend all right it'd be

like me and you fighting in the ring

i haven't even looked at his face for 10

years

it's all right no it's not all right

the first chance i got i ran and i've

been running from that demon ever since

you don't have to run anymore ladies

grady we can deal with this together

how one step at a time man

first nigel has to be stopped he's here

isn't he

i stop him before he kills richie's

brother

seth yeah and i just says that

he doesn't have him you know but i know

he's lying i gotta go in there

i gotta save him no this is a police

matter

i'm responsible okay it's my fight

look this man is killing people in my

city that makes it my fight great

then what am i supposed to tell the

demon in my head

i ran in hong kong

i was afraid greater you were a kid then

nah man i'm not afraid to die

no one has to die not if you let me

handle this the right way

only if i go with you no you know i

can't let you do that

grady

help me i can bring him down

trust me

i just run in the circle with

manny lord's protection

the game's gonna be held at lord's

warehouse the docks

this afternoon

thanks gray

sorry

kelsey shoeham gobedrow look something

about this seems strange

we move now let's go

damn i don't get it

you said grady himself gave you the tip

you don't think he

set us up

and where's the game and where's grady

no please

no that's a pessimistic one

you could very well become champion i

don't want to die

come now don't you think our paying

customers deserve

better from their fighters he's not

fighting

and why not because i am

lady they made richie fighting i know

sad

tonight young man you shall witness a

great battle

no nights you're wrong

i can see i i'm not gonna fight until

he's long gone

that's the deal so that he can run to

the police

ah night but you're a gambler come on

one in the other woods

huh we're like 30 minutes to the nearest

phone

and how long does it take your champ to

win a match five minutes

on a bad note well then i guess the

games will be long

done and you'll be out of here before

seth can reach the police

somebody is saying nige you feel lucky

why don't i just put a bullet in your

head and make the young man

fight yeah why don't you do it huh do it

but then you know you're not gonna have

your battle of the champions

and yet did promise the people

very clever greedy very clever

police

the champion awaits you well

i'll fight your champ knights

i'm gonna kill you

come on come on shoeham lady's gonna get

himself killed if i don't stop him

got it you're right boudreau computer

shows three properties owned by manny

lord

one on the east side one in north woods

and this one

okay you guys take three units to the

east side i'll take the rest of

northwoods now let's hit it

it only hurts for a second not the way i

do it

we are a witness tonight my friends to

history

two champions one circle

there is but one rule in the circle and

it has remained the same

since the beginning two men

enter the circle but only one

leaves alive let

the game begin

foreign

uh

ah

all right

it's your turn to play the game

are gonna fight me and you may live you

don't

you're gonna die you're crazy

up can't you see their faces and the

ones you murdered

i have money i can get you money can't

you hear their screams nigel

oh no

your name they're calling for your death

you give me the knife

please please give me the knot

knives of the crowd demands it give me

the knot please

it's not so easy it's your neck it's

gonna be broken

ready no

no this is my

fight b it's

our fight i let him go

he doesn't deserve it he doesn't deserve

to spend the rest of his life in jail

he's got to die

it's murder grady

it's justice you kill it

you're just as guilty as he is now let

him go

it's gonna be all right it's gonna be

all right

you just made the first step

you