T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 2, Episode 11 - The Connection - full transcript

LOOK, I CAN FLY, WATCH.
I'LL NEVER COME DOWN.

WATCH ME, I CAN FLY.

LOOK, EVERYBODY, LOOK.

I CAN BE LIKE A
BUTTERFLY IN THE WIND.

4-ADAM-30, 4-ADAM-30,

FEMALE STUDENT ON A ROOF
TOP AT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

POSSIBLE SUICIDE ATTEMPT
IN PROGRESS. HANDLE CODE 3.

4-ADAM-30. ROGER.

THIS IS SO EASY. I CAN DO IT.

I CAN DO ANYTHING. I CAN
DO IT. I CAN REALLY FLY.

OH, MY GOD.



IT'S SO EASY, IT'S SO
EASY, I... I CAN DO IT.

WHO IS SHE? DOES
ANYBODY KNOW HER?

HER NAME'S CINDY, CINDY PALMER.

I THINK IT'S DRUGS.

COME ON, ROMANO.

IT'S FLOATING THERE,
IN CONTROL OF ME.

I CAN FLY.

OVER THE TREES LIKE A BUTTERFLY.

I CAN FLY LIKE A BUTTERFLY.

I CAN FLY. I'M GONNA FLY.

I CAN DO THIS. I CAN FLY.
I'M GONNA LOOK WONDERFUL.

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU I CAN DO IT.

WATCH ME, I'LL SHOW YOU.

I CAN FLY. I CAN DO IT.



CINDY, LET ME HELP YOU.

I DON'T NEED ANY HELP.

WELL, THEN YOU HELP US, CINDY.
COME HERE, GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

COME ON, WATCH ME, DADDY.

JUST A MOMENT, CINDY. JUST...
JUST. I DON'T WANT YOU TO FALL.

DADDY, BELIEVE IN ME.
I... CAN DO IT IF... I CAN FLY.

CINDY, LET ME HELP YOU.

WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN ME?

I CAN FLOAT. I CAN... I CAN FLY.

GIVE ME YOUR HAND. I
DON'T WANT YOU TO FALL.

I CAN'T FALL.

COME ON, CINDY, TAKE HIS
HAND. BE A GOOD GIRL. COME ON.

I CAN DO IT. I CAN FLY.

CINDY. CINDY.

I CAN BE A... DADDY.

LISTEN TO ME TALK.
CINDY, DON'T GET EXCITED.

THEY KNOW I CAN FLY.
THEY BELIEVE IN ME.

WHY DON'T YOU
BELIEVE IN ME. DADDY?

I... I BELIEVE IN YOU, CINDY.

YOUR DAD HAS ALWAYS
BELIEVED IN YOU.

NO! NO.

DON'T! GIVE ME YOUR HAND!

DADDY!

LET GO. LET GO!

GRAB HER, ROMANO.
LET GO. LET GO. LET GO!

GRAB HER!

LET GO!

I CAN FLY.

DADDY. DADDY.

LET ME GO.

I GOT HER. I GOT HER.

HERE IT IS.

P.C.P.

EXCUSE ME. COMING THROUGH.

COMING THROUGH.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER STUDENTS?

ANY WITNESSES AS TO
HOW SHE GOT THE STUFF?

THEY COULDN'T OR
WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING.

COULD BE THEY'RE JUST AFRAID.
DON'T WANNA GET INVOLVED.

AND WHILE THEY'RE
NOT GETTING INVOLVED,

ANOTHER KID LIKE CINDY
IS BUYING A TICKET TO HELL.

BECOMING ANOTHER SCRAMBLED MIND

WITH A QUESTION
MARK FOR A FUTURE.

EVERY CHANCE I GET,
I'M GONNA COME DOWN

ON THE SCUM THAT
DEAL THIS POISON.

HIT 'EM HARD.

MAKE IT HURT.

MEXICO SUGAR, BABE?

THE BUYER YOU'RE
GONNA MEET AND THIS

ALL SPELL MEXICO.

YOU KEEP STEALING
THAT STUFF FROM TOOTIE

AND SELLING TO HIGH SCHOOLS,
AND WE'LL NEVER GET TO MEXICO.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WANTIN'.

WELL, YOU JUST GOTTA PUT
UP WITH THE GETTIN' TOO.

HEY, YOU'RE LOOKIN' MIGHTY
PRETTY TODAY, SUE ANN.

THANK YOU, TOOTIE.

HOW'D IT GO, KENNY-BOY?

WELL, THE MAN WAS THERE
WITH THE 10 GALLONS OF P.C.P.

JUST LIKE BEFORE.

MADE THE TRANSFER
AND COME STRAIGHT ON IN.

GOOD.

YOU'RE SURE NOBODY FOLLOWED YOU?

ISN'T THAT WHY I'M
SO VALUABLE TO YOU?

I MEAN, THERE IS NOBODY
THAT CAN FOLLOW ME

WHEN I DECIDE TO GET IT ON.

EXCEPT YOUR UNCLE TOOTIE.

RIGHT.

DON'T YOU FORGET IT.

YES, SIR.

IT'LL BE TESTED FOR PURITY.

I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S ALL THERE,
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY DUMB,

VERY DANGEROUS, FOR
SOMEBODY IF IT WASN'T.

COME ON, ROMANO, DIG IN.

SHE'S GAININ' ON YOU.

ALL RIGHT, STACY. YOU
CAN TAKE HIM, LADY.

PUMP. PUMP.

LOOKIN' GOOD, LADY, ALL RIGHT.

AH, LOOKIN' GOOD, STACY.

YOU GOT ROMANO BY A
FULL QUARTER OF A SECOND.

AH, HOW ABOUT THAT, ROMANO?

YEAH, WELL, I HAVE
A GOOD EXCUSE.

OH, I BET.

I DO. I WAS OUT HALF
THE NIGHT WITH ERLENE.

THAT WOULD SAP
ANY MAN'S STRENGTH.

ERLENE HARRIS? NOT
A REAL MAN, ROMANO.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT
WITH ERLENE HARRIS.

HOW ABOUT THAT? A
FULL QUARTER SECOND.

READ IT AND WEEP.

I GOT A FULL SECOND
OFF THE RECORD.

THINK HOOKER'D
BE ABLE TO STAND IT

WHEN ROMANO AND I
TEAM UP ON THE TANDEM?

YOU'RE KIDDIN'.

TANDEM'S MY SPECIALTY.

TANDEM'S THE ONE EVENT
THE ACADEMY HAS NEVER WON

IN THE POLICE OLYMPIAN TRIALS.

AND SO FAR, YOU AND
I HAVE THE BEST TIMES.

WHAT DO YOU SAY NOW, MACHO MAN?

DO WE MAKE A TEAM, OR IS
YOUR EGO GONNA FORCE US OUT?

LOOK, SHERIDAN.

WHERE I COME FROM,
WINNING IS WHAT COUNTS.

IF YOU'RE THE BEST
ONE FOR THE TEAM,

THEN THAT'S WHO I'LL RIDE WITH.

HEY, GREAT, VINCE.

NOW ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS TELL HOOKER

THERE'S A NEW TEAM AND
THAT HE'S BEEN REPLACED.

WAIT A SECOND. I
THINK I'VE BEEN HAD.

TANDEM IS HOOKER'S
FAVORITE EVENT, ISN'T IT?

BUT WINNING IS WHAT
COUNTS, ROMANO,

OR WAS THAT AN ECHO I HEARD?

NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'LL JUST HAVE TO
LAY IT OUT TO HIM.

NOTHING PERSONAL.

PRIDE OF THE ACADEMY
PRECINCT AND ALL THAT STUFF.

GOTTA GO. HEY, GOOD LUCK
WITH CHARMING HOOKER, VINCE.

TAKIN' THE DAY OFF?

I'M GOIN' UNDER AND
THIS IS A HEAVY ONE.

GONNA DO A P.C.P. DOPE
DEAL WITH THE NARCS.

DOPE DEAL?

WHAT, YOU KEEPIN'
SECRETS FROM ME, PAL?

THEY USED ME AS THEIR FRESH FACE

AND HAD ONE OF THEIR
INFORMANTS DUKE ME

INTO THIS GIRL LAST NIGHT.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS A
MULTI-OUNCE CONNECTION.

I'M GONNA MAKE THE
BUY THROUGH HER.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

YOU'RE A PROBATIONER LIKE US.

I GUESS SOME OF US
HAVE IT, SOME OF US DON'T.

HEY, KEEP IT UNDER,
HUH? YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

THIS IS MY BIG CHANCE.

HOW WAS YOUR TIME ON
THE BIKE RUN THIS MORNING?

SECOND AND A HALF
UNDER LAST YEAR'S RECORD.

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WHY NOT?

MY SOURCES SAY
THAT THE 17TH'S TEAM

IS COOKING WELL BELOW THAT.
MY TEAM HAS GOT TO BE BETTER.

WELL, IT WILL BE,
HOOKER. I GUARANTEE IT.

THERE'S NO EXCLUSIVE ON
THE FRONT SEAT, YOU KNOW.

THE BEST MAN SITS THERE.

DOES THAT GO FOR
THE BACK SEAT TOO?

YOU GOT IT.

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU,
HOOKER. ALWAYS CONFIDENT.

LAST YEAR I HAD A $100 BET
WITH LASSALLY OF THE 17TH.

I LOST. YOU LOST?

I'M NOT LOOKIN' OUT FOR
MY HEALTH, YOU KNOW.

THIS BODY MAY BE
BEYOND SALVATION.

BUT THAT RACE IS GONNA BE MINE.

I THINK WE'LL TAKE A
RUN BY CASEY'S BAR.

SEE IF ELI IS
HOLDING UP THE WALL.

ELI?

A 2-BIT PUSHER WHO
WALKS THE FRINGE.

IF I SQUEEZE HIM HARD ENOUGH,

MAYBE HE'LL TELL US SOMETHING
ABOUT P.C.P. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TAKE THE BACK, ROMANO.

ELI HAS A HABIT OF RABBITING

AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF DARK BLUE.

WHAT'S THE RUSH?

LATE FOR A DATE, ELI?

THANK YOU, OFFICER ROMANO.

WON'T YOU JOIN ME, ELI?

YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE.

I'M CLEAN, HOOKER.

ASPIRINS, ELI? YOU
GOT A HEADACHE?

WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT, HOOKER?

I DON'T DO...

I DON'T... I DON'T
DO HORSE NO MORE.

HOW ABOUT ANGEL DUST?
DO YOU HAVE ANGEL DUST?

GET OUTTA HERE. THAT
STUFF'LL DESTROY YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT, FRIEND. THAT'S
WHY I WANT INFORMATION.

IT'S ON THE STREETS.
IT'S IN THE SCHOOLS.

I WANT THE FIRST RUNG
OF THE LADDER, ELI.

SO I CAN CLIMB IT ALL
THE WAY TO THE TOP.

I AIN'T GOT ANY
INFORMATION, HOOKER.

NOW, YOU LISTEN TO ME, FRIEND.

THERE'S A 14-YEAR-OLD
GIRL LYING IN THE HOSPITAL.

HER BRAIN'S FRIED
WITH ANGEL DUST.

I LOOKED INTO HER EYES.

SHE REMINDS ME OF
MY OWN DAUGHTER.

WHEN I THINK OF THAT GIRL

AND WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH,
LYING THERE LIKE A ZOMBIE,

WITH NEEDLES PUSHED THROUGH
HER NOSE INTO HER THROAT,

I GET VERY ANGRY, ELI.
AND WHEN I GET ANGRY,

THOSE DIRTBAGS
WHO SELL THAT POISON

TO YOUNG KIDS HAD
BETTER WATCH IT.

LOOK, I AIN'T SELLIN', I SWEAR.

THE MAN IS ASKIN'
FOR INFORMATION, ELI.

I'VE GOT NOTHIN' BUT
JIVE ON DUST, MAN.

THEN I'LL TAKE JIVE

UNTIL YOU COME UP
WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

ALL RIGHT. STREET TALK.

AROUND THE HARBOR.
IS TH-THERE'S THIS GIRL

AND SHE'S LOOKIN'
FOR DUST CUSTOMERS.

NAMES, I WANT NAMES, ELI.

I GOT NO NAMES, HOOKER.

I'D TELL YOU IF I DID, I SWEAR.

THEN A DESCRIPTION.

DIDN'T ASK.

THEN ASK! I WANT SOME MEAT
ON THE BONES YOU JUST GAVE ME.

YOU GOT IT?

I GOT IT.

LOOK, WOULD YOU RELAX?
YOU'RE MAKIN' ME NERVOUS.

WELL, I BEEN THROUGH IT PLENTY.

THE LAST TIME

SOME DUDE WAS LATE ON
ME, THE DEAL WENT SOUR.

IT WAS A SET UP.

THE BACK UP UNIT ISN'T HERE YET.

WE'D BETTER CALL A
DISTRICT RADIO CAR,

I DON'T WANNA BLOW THIS ONE.

I'LL CALL HOOKER ON 4-ADAM-30.

HE MIGHT ENJOY GETTING'
BACK IN THE DOPE BUSINESS.

YEAH.

4-ADAM-30, 4-ADAM-30.
THIS IS 4-Y-24.

4-Y-24, THIS IS 4-ADAM-30.

WHAT'S GOING DOWN, SUPER NARCS?

WELCOME, HOOKER. IT'S
NICE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

THE BUY IS WAITING
AT THE BUS STOP,

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
GRANDVIEW AND MASON

TUNE IN ON TACH 1.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE
LONG. YOU'RE SO JITTERY.

I'M NOT JITTERY.

IT'S DRAGGIN' ON
TOO LONG, IS ALL.

WAIT A MINUTE. I
KNOW THAT VOICE.

THAT'S TOM CLEMENS.

HE WON'T BE LONG, I CAN
ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM.

YOU'RE GONNA BE COUNTIN'
ALONE IN ABOUT 1 MINUTE

IF HE DOESN'T SHOW.

JUST TAKE IT EASY.
THIS IS THE BEST DUST

ANYBODY CAN PUT THEIR
HANDS ON, BELIEVE ME.

YEAH. WHEN I SEE,
THEN I'LL BELIEVE.

TOM CLEMENS.

CLEMENS?

WHAT'S HE DOING ON AN
UNDERCOVER DOPE BUY?

HE TOLD ME HE HAD A
GIG WITH THE NARCS.

I THOUGHT THAT
WASN'T DONE, HOOKER.

USING A ROOKIE.

IT'S NOT, USUALLY.

THERE HE IS. LET'S GO.

THAT'S THE CONNECTION.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

THE SIGNAL, HANDS TO HAIR. I
USED TO WORK NARC, REMEMBER?

YOU GOT THE BREAD?

AS SOON AS I SEE THE DUST.

GET IN. WE DRIVE AND DO IT.

THAT WASN'T THE DEAL, MAN.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

NOW YOU RIDE OR
WE DON'T DO BUSINESS.

BACK OFF, TOMMY-BOY, BACK
OFF. CON THEM OUT OF THEIR PANTS.

THEY'RE MOVING, LET'S GO.

DAMN IT.

I WISH HE HADN'T
GOTTEN INTO THAT CAR.

WE GOT SOME BACK UP, JUNIOR.
16 JUST JOINED THE PARTY.

OK, MAN.

LET'S, UH, LET'S SEE THE DOUGH.

MAN, YOUR HAND'S
SHAKING LIKE A LEAF.

HOLD STILL OR
YOU'RE GONNA SPILL IT.

WHAT THE HELL.

HEY, LET GO OF MY ARM.

HE'S WIRED!

WHAT'RE WE GONNA DO?

GIVE IT UP, MAN. YOU'RE BUSTED.

NO!

HE'S BUSTED UP BAD,
HOOKER. HE NEEDS HELP FAST.

I'LL GET AN AMBULANCE.

4-ADAM-30, SEND AN AMBULANCE
TO BANKS AND KOLFAX.

WE HAVE AN OFFICER
HURT REAL BAD.

TAKE IT EASY, TOM.

YOU'RE GONNA BE OK.
YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

FAMILY SUPPORT UNIT IS ON IT.

TOM'S PARENTS SHOULD
BE ON A PLANE TOMORROW.

WAS THE KID MARRIED?

SINGLE. CAME FROM
IDAHO FOR THE JOB.

A HELL OF A YOUNG MAN.
PHASE 4, HOOKER-TRAINED.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS

I OKAYED YOUR REQUEST
TO USE HIM ON THE BUY.

HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE
GOTTEN INTO THAT CAR.

THAT WAS PART OF
HIS BRIEF. HE WAS TOLD.

BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES,
THAT GOES OUT THE WINDOW

WHEN A CROOK PUTS
DOWN THE SCENT.

I FOLLOWED IT ENOUGH
IN MY DOPE DAYS.

AND IT'S TIME WE GOT BACK
ON THE SCENT. WHO'S THE LINK?

IT STARTED IN A BAR AND
ENDED ON THE STREET TODAY.

YOU MEAN THERE
WAS NO SURVEILLANCE?

NO FOLLOW UP?

NO I.D. BEFORE THE BUY-BUST?

LOOK, THE CASE STARTED MOVIN'.

THE GIRL WAS READY TO
DEAL. THERE WASN'T TIME.

SO WE'RE BACK TO GROUND ZERO.

WE'RE WORKIN' ON IT, HOOKER.

THERE'S A YOUNG POLICE
OFFICER DOWN THERE

WALKING A HAIR
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

THE MESSAGE HAS TO BE
SENT OUT LOUD AND CLEAR.

NOBODY PUTS THEIR
HANDS ON ONE OF OURS.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
BUYING IN, HOOKER.

I'VE ALREADY PAID.

CAPTAIN, PLEASE
SLOW DOWN OUR CALLS.

GIVE ROMANO AND ME ROOM.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO
SUGGEST THE SAME THING.

DR. BROWN, PLEASE CONTACT
RECEPTION ON EXTENSION 78.

TOM.

PLEASE.

DOC, IS HE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT?

WE'RE NOT SURE.

DR. BEINER IS WAITING FOR
YOU AT THE RECEPTION AREA.

ROOKIES.

WHAT ARE WE?

MEAT FOR YOUR TABLE?

NUMBERS TO MAKE YOUR
ARREST RECORDS LOOK GOOD?

ROMANO, LET IT ALONE.

LOOK, ROMANO, WE'RE
SORRY ABOUT THE ROOKIE.

THE ROOKIE'S NAME IS
CLEMENS. TOM CLEMENS.

AND SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

I THOUGHT ROOKIES

WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED

IN THIS KIND OF STUFF.

HOOKER, YOU WERE THE ONE

WHO TOLD ME NOT TO BE SO ANXIOUS

ABOUT GETTIN' INVOLVED
IN UNDERCOVER WORK.

YOU TELL ME THIS IS RIGHT.

YOU TELL ME THIS IS THE
WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, JUNIOR.

WELL, IT STINKS.

AND I DON'T WANNA
BE ANY PART OF IT.

KEEP IN STEP.

GOT IT ALL WORKED OUT?

PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT. IF I'M MISUSED,

MAYBE I'LL AT LEAST BE
ABLE TO PROTECT MYSELF.

COME OFF IT, ROMANO, A
SOAPBOX DOESN'T BECOME YOU.

OH, HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO FEEL, HOOKER?

SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID

ISN'T THE WAY IT IS ANYMORE.

ROMANO.

REALITY ALSO CREEPS IN.

COME ON, HOOKER.

TOM CLEMENS WAS
THROWN OUT OF A CAR

HE NEVER SHOULD'A
BEEN IN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

EVEN YOU SAID HE
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.

WELL, HE WAS.

'CAUSE HE'S A COP

AND THERE WAS A JOB TO BE DONE.

DOPE TO BE TAKEN
OFF THE STREETS.

NO HELP, NO PERSONNEL.

AND NO NEW FACES TO DO IT.

SO THE NARCS MADE A CALL.

AND WITH ALL THE
LIMITATIONS AND BUDGET CUTS,

AND LACK OF SUPPORT,

THEY REACHED DOWN AND FOUND

THE BEST MAN THEY COULD
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

BECAUSE THE DOPE IS OUT THERE.

AND CINDY PALMERS

ARE FLYING OFF OF
BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE CITY.

IT WAS A JUDGMENT CALL.
IT HAD TO BE MADE, ROMANO.

POLICE WORK ISN'T
BLACK AND WHITE, ROMANO.

THERE'S A MILLION
SHADES OF GREY.

DECISIONS HAVE TO
BE MADE IN SECONDS.

SO THE BUY WENT DOWN SOUR.

THAT HAPPENS, TOO.

ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY AND
LEARN BY OUR MISTAKES.

REALITY.

THAT'S WHAT A COP
LIVES AND BREATHES.

AND SOMETIMES DIES FOR, RIGHT?

SOMETIMES,

BUT NOT THIS TIME.

IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.

BUT TOM MADE IT THROUGH.

HE WAS ASKING FOR YOU.

YOUR FOLKS WILL BE LANDING
IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.

THOUGHT I'D SEND THE
COMPOSITE ARTIST DOWN FIRST.

GET THE REAL BUSINESS
OUT OF THE WAY.

COUNT ON HOOKER TO
GET RIGHT TO IT, HUH?

HERE'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

SO, HOW'RE YOU DOIN', GOLDBRICK?

HEY, YOU KNOW,

IT'S ALL PART OF THE
UNDERCOVER TERRITORY.

I JUST HOPE IT ALL HEALS,
LIKE THEY SAY IT WILL.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF BEING A RETIRED COP

BEFORE I EVEN GET OFF PROBATION.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S
MUCH DANGER OF THAT.

HOOKER, I KNOW I BLEW
IT, GETTIN' INTO THAT CAR.

I SHOULD'VE STAYED OUT.

BUT YOU DIDN'T. SO
DON'T BEAT YOURSELF.

THIS IS ENOUGH.

TOUGH WAY TO
LEARN A LESSON, HUH?

BUT I'M READY AGAIN,
ANYTIME THEY NEED ME.

JUST WISH I COULD'VE SCORED.

GOT SOME OF THAT
P.C.P. OFF THE STREET.

PURE COP, PARTNER.

HOOKER-TRAINED, ROMANO.

WELL, LET'S SEE ABOUT THAT.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THIS GUY,

OTHER THAN THE COMPOSITE?

25, 6 FEET, BROWN AND BROWN,

RUDDY COMPLEXION, BONY FRAME,

WORE LEVI'S, YELLOW
WESTERN SHIRT

AND, UH, TAN DESERT BOOTS,

HAD ON CHEAP
DIME-STORE WRISTWATCH,

AND HAD DIRTY FINGERNAILS.

NOT BAD.

HOW ABOUT A NAME AND ADDRESS?

SHE'S SUE ANN.

I MISSED HIS NAME AND NEITHER
ONE OF 'EM GAVE ME THEIR ADDRESS.

WHAT'S THE GRADE, HOOKER?

I'LL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON
AS WE GET ON THE STREET.

ROMANO. QUESTION.

YOU WERE DRIVING THE PURSUIT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU KEEP GOING
INSTEAD OF STOPPING FOR ME.

YOU COULD'VE RADIOED
FOR AN AMBULANCE.

IT WAS A SPLIT-SECOND
DECISION, TOM.

JUDGMENTS IN POLICE WORK
AREN'T ALWAYS BLACK AND WHITE.

THERE ARE A MILLION
SHADES OF GREY.

RIGHT, HOOKER?

RIGHT, ROMANO.

WISH I HAD SAID THAT.

SERGEANT HOOKER?

YES.

I'M CINDY PALMER'S MOTHER.

THE NURSE TOLD ME YOU WERE
IN TO SEE CINDY YESTERDAY.

MMM-HMM. THIS IS MY
PARTNER, OFFICER ROMANO.

MA'AM.

HOW IS CINDY TODAY?

WELL. THE DOCTOR
THINKS SHE'LL BE ALL RIGHT

BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT.

BUT THEY'RE NOT TOO
SURE ABOUT FLASHBACKS

OR IF THERE'LL BE ANOTHER COMA.

OH. DEAR GOD.

YOU'RE THE OFFICERS
WHO SAVED ME, AREN'T YOU?

WE JUST HAPPENED TO
BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE HURT.

I WANT TO HELP IF I CAN.

WHAT I DID, IT WAS SO STUPID.

I KNOW THAT NOW.

MAYBE YOU CAN HELP, CINDY.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN EITHER
OF THESE PEOPLE BEFORE?

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE GIRL.

BUT THE MAN?

YEAH.

HE'S THE ONE THAT
SOLD ME THE DUST.

THEY CALL HIM KENNY.

YOU DID REAL WELL. YOU REST NOW.

FROM WHAT EVERYBODY SAID,

I GUESS I WAS A WHOLE LOT
OF TROUBLE TO YOU BOTH.

YOU'RE GROWING UP, CINDY.
YOU'VE LEARNED A HARD LESSON.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYIN' AIN'T SO.

I DON'T KNOW
NOTHIN' ABOUT NO COP

GETTIN' BURNED IN A DOPE DEAL.

YOU KNOW, KENNY,

THIS WHOLE OPERATION'S
PRETTY MUCH LIKE A FAMILY.

THAT'S WHY WHEN YOUR
DADDY CALLED ME I SAID,

"SURE. SEND THE BOY ON OUT.

HIS UNCLE'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM."

AND I SET YOU UP WITH WHEELS
AND GAVE YOU LOTS OF CREDIT.

NOW YOU'RE LYIN' TO ME.

AND I CAN'T... I CAN'T
HAVE THAT, CAN I KENNY?

BUT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

KENNY.

THERE WERE 6 OUNCES MISSING FROM
THE LAST BATCH. CHECKED IT MYSELF

AFTER I HEARD ABOUT THE COP

AND THE CHEVY
THEY'S LOOKIN' FOR.

NOW, THE WORD IS THE
FUZZ IS TRACIN' THAT DUST.

AND THAT'S WHY I NEED YOUR WORD

THAT YOU WERE DOIN'
THIS ALL BY YOURSELF.

NOW, KENNY,

DON'T MAKE ME ASK THAT
PRETTY LITTLE GIRL OUT THERE.

'CAUSE IF I DO, SHE AIN'T
GONNA BE PRETTY NO MORE.

ALL RIGHT.

IT WAS ME, JUST ME.

I DUMPED THE CHEVY.

BUT I'LL MAKE IT UP
TO YOU, TOOTIE. I WILL.

I... I KNOW YOU WILL, SON.

I ASKED YOU FOR THE
TRUTH AND YOU GIVE IT TO ME.

I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR LITTLE
LADY AND YOU'RE GOIN' HOME.

TOMORROW, YOU COME ON BACK HERE

AND WE'RE GONNA SET YOU
UP WITH A NEW SET OF WHEELS

AND WE'RE GONNA START
ALL OVER AGAIN, HUH?

UH, I CAN GO?

WELL, SURE YOU CAN GO.

COME ON. COME ON.

NOW, KENNY,

I WANT YOU TO BEHAVE YOURSELF
AND NOT GET IN ANY TROUBLE, YOU HEAR?

YES SIR.

YOU JUST KEEP IT COOL.

YES, SIR.

IN THE MORNING GO TO THE BANK
AND GET WHAT CASH WE HAVE.

WAIT FOR ME TO CONTACT
YOU AT YOUR APARTMENT

SOMETIME TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

BUT HE LET YOU GO, KENNY.

HE DOESN'T DIRTY
HIS OWN KITCHEN.

I'M ON BORROWED TIME
AND YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.

I JUST CAN'T TRUST HIM.

GO PLAY, ICEMAN.

DOUBLE TIME. LEFT,
LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT.

NOW DO IT WITH ME. UP. ONE.

ONCE THE BARBS HIT THE SUBJECT,

YOU GIVE HIM THE JOLT.

HARMLESS BUT EFFECTIVE WAY OF
IMMOBILIZING MOST PEOPLE OUT OF CONTROL.

SOMEDAY, THERE'LL BE
ENOUGH IN THE BUDGET

TO EQUIP THE WHOLE DEAPRTMENT.

TILL THEN, CALL FOR A SERGEANT.

ANY QUESTIONS?

ALL RIGHT, HIT YOUR NEXT CLASS.

HOOKER.

DO YOU KNOW A
NERVOUS VOICE NAMED ELI?

LIKE A LATE ECHO. DID HE CALL?

HE SAID IF THE
RUMBLES ARE RIGHT,

THE DUST GIRL HE
DISCUSSED WITH YOU

COULD BE THE SAME ONE

WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE BUY
THAT PUT TOM CLEMENS IN THE HOSPITAL.

WELL, IT'S A SMALL WORLD.

ELI MAY BE COMING
THROUGH FOR US.

THANKS, STACY.

ROMANO,

YOU'VE BEEN SANDBAGGING
HOOKER, HAVEN'T YOU?

WHAT? WHAT'RE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?

DID YOU TELL HIM ABOUT
THE TANDEM BIKE RACE?

WELL, I-I...

THAT'S CALLED
SANDBAGGING, ROMANO.

NOW, YOU TELL HIM

OR I'M GONNA WRAP THAT
MONADNOCK AROUND YOUR EARS.

I CAN'T.

WHY NOT?

SIMPLE.

I'M A COWARD.

BUT CUTE.

4-ADAM-30, 4-ADAM-30.

SEE THE MAN AT THE SNACK
STAND, OCEAN FRONT PARK,

REGARDING REQUESTED INFORMATION.

4-ADAM-30, ROGER.

WE'LL WAIT TILL
YOU SWALLOW, ELI.

HEY, HEY.

THAT LADY DUST CONNECTION, HUH?

YOU KNOW, UM, I GOT
A POSSIBLE FOR YOU,

IF SHE'S A BLONDE.

I TAILED HER HOME
FROM A BAR LAST NIGHT

TO HER APARTMENT THIS MORNING.

DOES SHE LOOK
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?

YEAH.

THAT'S THE ONE, HOOKER. YEAH.

UM,

SUNRISE APARTMENTS,
NUMBER 38, 35 AND A HALF.

WHAT'LL YOU BET WE FIND HER
WITH A FRIEND CALLED KENNY?

NO BET. YOUR ODDS ARE TOO GOOD.

YOU'LL GET YOUR
REWARD IN HEAVEN, ELI.

SUE ANN? HOLD UP.

DID YOU GET THE MONEY?

YEAH. WHERE ARE
WE GONNA GO, KENNY?

SOMEPLACE TOOTIE'D
NEVER FIND US.

COME ON, LET'S GET PACKED.

WE'RE GETTIN' OUT OF HERE.

IT'S OPEN.

COPS. LET'S GO.

THAT WAY! NOT THIS WAY!

THEY'RE GONNA KILL HIM!
THEY'RE GONNA KILL KENNY!

LET'S GO.

KENNY?

KENNY?

HE'S DEAD.

HE CAN'T BE DEAD.

WE'RE GOING TO MEXICO.

KENNY. KENNY.

KENNY. NO.

DON'T ASK.

NO, I HAVEN'T TOLD
HOOKER HE'S NOT RIDING,

BUT I'LL GET TO IT, I PROMISE.

NOBODY HAS TO TELL HIM, ROMANO.

AMENDED RULES JUST CAME
THROUGH AND THERE'S A NEW WRINKLE.

I GUESS IT'S TO PREVENT RINGERS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

TAKE A LOOK. EVERY
RACE MUST HAVE

AT LEAST ONE VETERAN IN IT.

AND THE VETERAN
PICKS THE PROBATIONER.

YOU MEAN HOOKER'S NOT OUT?

THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.

AW, THAT'S TOO BAD.

I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU
WANTED TO RIDE THAT RACE.

VINNIE, BABY, I AM RIDING.
THE FRONT SEAT IS MINE.

THE RACE ROSTER CAME THROUGH.

I PUT DOWN YOUR
TIME AND MY TIME.

STACY, BABY.

I TOLD YOU, I HAVE A GOOD
EXCUSE FOR WHY MY TIME WAS BAD.

I WAS OUT ALL NIGHT WITH ERLENE.

THAT'S LIFE IN THE BIG CITY.

OKAY, FORGET THAT.

READ THE RULE YOU DISCOVERED
YOURSELF. RIGHT HERE.

AND THE SENIOR OFFICER
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELECT

THE PROBATIONARY OFFICER.

SO? MY TRIAL TIMES
ARE BETTER THAN YOURS.

HOOKER'LL PICK ME.

AH, NO WAY IS HE
GONNA PICK A WOMAN,

ESPECIALLY WHEN
SHE'S RELATED TO BRASS.

HOOKER WANTS TO TAKE
THE 17TH'S CAPTAIN DOWN BAD.

HE'S GOT AN IMAGE TO
CONSIDER YOU KNOW?

HOOKER, I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOUR
FATHER. DID YOU SEE THIS?

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT
THE BRASS IS SMOKING. WHAT DO YOU WANT?

IT'LL WAIT. THIS WON'T.

I KNOW. THEY TOOK THE
CREDIT FOR YOUR BUST.

THEY'RE ENTITLED TO TAKE CREDIT,

BUT NOT TO SAY
THE CASE IS CLOSED.

IT IS CLOSED. NOT IN MY BOOK.

LOOK, ARE YOU EVER SATISFIED?

NOT WHEN KNOCKING DOWN
ONE PUNK RUNNER IS HEADLINED

AS TOPPLING AN ENTIRE
P.C.P. DISTRIBUTION RING.

ALL RIGHT, HOOKER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT YOU TO PUT UP MONEY TO
PROTECT THE GIRL. ROLL HER OVER.

LET ME GO AFTER KENNY
LANDER'S CONNECTION.

AND YOU FIGURE I
CAN RIDE THE HEAT,

GET YOUR RADIO CALLS ANSWERED,

AND KEEP THE BRASS OFF OUR
NECKS WHILE YOU'RE DOIN' IT?

IT'S CALLED COMMITMENT, CAPTAIN.

YOU LET KENNY GET KILLED.
THEN YOU LOCK ME UP.

WELL, I AM FREE. I HAVE BAIL.

YEAH, FREE,

TO FRY KID'S BRAINS
WITH ANGEL DUST?

THAT WAS KENNY'S
DOING, NOT MINE.

WE WANT YOU TO HELP US.

WE WANNA KNOW WHERE
KENNY CONNECTED.

I CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO.

WHAT D'YOU MEAN BY THAT?

I MEAN YOU'RE ALIVE NOW, BUT THEY
CAN'T AFFORD TO LET THAT CONTINUE.

BUT I CAN'T HURT NOBODY.

YOU CAN TESTIFY.

THAT AND SOME CORROBORATING
EVIDENCE WILL GIVE US ENOUGH

TO LOCK 'EM DOWN
FOR A LONG TIME.

WELL, I WON'T TESTIFY.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT.

HEY, SUE ANN.

WHY DO YOU THINK SOMEBODY
COUGHED UP $10,000 FOR YOUR BAIL?

'CAUSE THEY LIKE YOU?
YOU WERE SAFE HERE.

SUE ANN.

THEY KILLED YOUR MAN.
THEY MURDERED KENNY.

THEY CARE NOTHING ABOUT YOU.

LOOK, HE'S TELLING
YOU THE TRUTH.

YOU'VE GOTTA TRUST US.

THERE'S NOBODY LEFT.

WE'LL ARRANGE A SAFE HOUSE FOR YOU
UNTIL THEY'RE CAUGHT AND DURING THE TRIAL.

THEN WE'LL ARRANGE TO HAVE YOU
RELOCATED WITH A NEW IDENTITY.

SUE ANN,

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

HIS NAME IS TOOTIE NELSON.

TOOTIE NELSON.

TOP OF THE HEAP.

I'VE WANTED HIM FOR YEARS.

LOOK, YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

I SURE DO.

HOP IN.

WE'RE CHEAPER THAN A TAXI.

SINCE WHEN DO WE
PICK UP HITCHHIKERS?

NOW YOU COMPLAIN.

HOW'RE YOU DOING, HOOKER?

GREAT, NOW.

ANGIE DEFELICE, VINCENT ROMANO.

YOU KNOW HER AND A PAISANA TOO.

TERRIFIC.

YOU GOTTA TURN TO HER
TO SPEAK TO HER. SHE'S DEAF.

AND ONE OF THE BEST
TEACHERS OF THE DEAF I EVER MET.

HE'S SUCH AN EXPERT YOU KNOW.

IT'S NICE TO MEET
YOU, VINCENT ROMANO.

NICE TO MEET YOU ANGIE DEFELICE.

WHAT' S GOIN' ON?

ANGIE'S GONNA HELP
US CLIMB THE LADDER.

SHE ALSO TEACHES LIP-READING.

BUT THIS, HOOKER, IS A
FIRST, I GOTTA TELL YOU.

WELL, WE ALL GOTTA
START SOMEPLACE.

I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED
THAT YOU CAN PULL IT OFF.

RIGHT DOWN THERE.

WHO CARES? YOU GET 7
POINTS, YOU GET 7 AND A HALF,

THE COWBOYS STILL WIN.

WHAT'D SHE SAY?

IT'S PERSONAL.

DID SHE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ME?

ROMANO.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND
OF LANGUAGE IN HER VOCABULARY.

THEY'RE MAKING A PHONE CALL.

GET THE NUMBER.

5-5-5 8-3-6-2

HELLO, HANK. YEAH.
ARE YOU READY?

I DON'T CARE. NO,
THE ROVER IS FINE.

I'LL SEND, LARRY. YOU GOT IT.

AND SO DO WE.

4-ADAM-30, 4-ADAM-30,

YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER COMES BACK

AS A NON-PUBLISHED NUMBER

REGISTERED TO THE GRAPHIC
ARTS CHECMICAL COMPANY.

2040 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

30, ROGER.

A FULL-BLOWN P.C.P. LAB.

BUT NO TOOTIE NELSON.

THAT BRINGS US TO TOOTIE.

HE'LL BE OUT OF
THERE IN 5 MINUTES.

IT'LL TAKE AN HOUR
TO GET NARC OUT HERE.

THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE
TO RUN A TAIL OURSELVES.

IN UNIFORM? HOW DO
WE RUN A TAIL IN UNIFORM?

BY PLANNING AHEAD, JUNIOR.

WE'RE GONNA BIRD-DOG HIM.

FILL THE CANS THIS TIME.

SEEMS THE LOAD IS MOVING.

THEN WE CAN TAIL
FROM A MILE. NICE.

NOW THE TRICK IS TO PUT TOOTIE
NELSON IN POSSESSION OF THAT LOAD.

AND WE HAVE OUR CORROBORATION.

MAKE YOUR TEST.

SCORE.

4-ADAM-30 TO A-29,

SUSPECTS HAVE STOPPED ALONG RIVERBED
ACCESS ROAD. WE'RE MAKING OUR MOVE.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

TOOTIE, YOU'RE BUSTED.
POSSESSION OF P.C.P.

HANDS HIGH. MOVE
AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.

REPEAT...

HOLD IT!

GET OFF OF ME.

HE'S GOING FOR THE
PIER. HE MUST BE CRAZY.

IT'S THE P.C.P.

HE'S FINDING OUT WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE A JUNKIE.

KEEP OFF OF ME. GET 'EM
OFF OF ME. GET 'EM OFF OF ME.

HELP ME. HELP ME.

RIGHT NOW I'M MAKING
A HARD DECISION.

PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO
SEE THE DIRTBAG DROWN.

THAT'D BE TOO QUICK.

I THINK I'D RATHER SEE HIM PAY

FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

HELP ME. HELP ME.

HELP ME! PLEASE!

GET 'EM OFF OF ME.

IT'S ACADEMIC, ROMANO. MY TRIAL
TIMES ARE BETTER THAN YOURS.

AND LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE, HOOKER'S
GONNA SEE THAT ON THE ROSTER.

YOU'RE PUSHING IT, SHERIDAN.

BELIEVE ME. HOOKER IS
NOT GONNA GO OUT THERE

WITH A WOMAN ON HIS BIKE,

OH, RIDICULOUS. ONLY
TO YOU, SWEETHEART.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
WHO'S HOOKER'S PARTNER?

I AM, CAPTAIN. I AM, SIR.

CAPTAIN, I'M READY.

WE'RE SURE WINNERS
THIS YEAR, CAPTAIN.

NOW, WHO IS THE WE, HOOKER? BOTH
THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE GOING WITH YOU.

MY TIMES, SERGEANT.

I TRIED TO TELL HER, HOOKER.

NOW, LOOK, WHO
IS IT TO BE, HOOKER?

RECRUIT PROBATIONER
SHERIDAN OR OFFICER ROMANO?

CONSIDERING THE
HONOR OF THE PRECINCT,

AND THE HISTORY OF
THIS ANNUAL COMPETITION,

AND THE NOT INCONSIDERABLE
WAGER I MADE WITH CAPTAIN LASSALLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 2
OF YOU ARE ARGUING ABOUT.

I MADE MY DECISION THIS MORNING.

WHO?

GIVE IT EVERYTHING, THERE.

WHAT ROTTEN LUCK.

GRABOWSKI JUST TRANSFERRED
INTO THE PRECINCT YESTERDAY.

TWICE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
BICYCLE CHAMPION.

PUMP IT, MAN.

GO, GRABOWSKI, GO.