The Equalizer (1985–1989): Season 2, Episode 4 - Joyride - full transcript

You wanted to buy some
crack from Aurelio ?

This whole crack thing...

We are drowning.

I need to get a name first.

I want my crack now !

It was just a joke.

A practical joke.

It's the children who are drowning.

Look, call an ambulance. All
right? I think he's dying.

He's my son.

I will protect him at all times.



What you want (Oo) Baby, I got

(Oo) What you need (Oo)
Do you know I got it ?

(Oo) All I'm askin'

(Oo) Is for a little respect when
you come home (just a little bit)

Hey baby (just a little
bit) when you get home

(Just a little bit)
mister (just a little bit)

Is give it to me when you get home (re,
re, re, re) Yeah baby (re, re, re, re)

Whip it to me (respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (just a little bit)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find
out what it means to me

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB

When you come home (re, re, re, re)

Or you might walk in
(respect, just a little bit)

Ooo, your kisses Sweeter than honey

And guess what? So is my money !



All I want you to do for me

Is give it to me when you get home

Yeah baby !

Whip it to me

When you get home, now

R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find
out what it means to me

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB

Well, I guess they don't want an ***

Are you going home before school ?

That's too far.

Where's the line have to end here ?

Besides, my parents will probably
kill me for being out all night.

Check it out !

Hey, he left the motor on.

Comes with all the options, man.

What are you doing ?

Check this out, man !

*** dash, stereo, power
door locks. This is great.

- Do you think there's somebody in there ?
- No.

That would be the ultimate kick.

This is gross.

Wouldn't that be wild ?

Homeroom Mrs. Gross.

Imagine her coming home.

Find these things
parked in her driveway.

****

- Steve, Steve !
- What ?

Get out of the car !

Yeah, relax. We're sorry.

Get out of the damn car !

Get out of the car !

- What are you doing ?
- He had a gun.

- Where're you going ?
- As far away from them as posible.

What's going on here ?

I don't believe this.

Who do you think we
have in this thing, huh?

Some mob body or something ?

We were just shot at on the street.

- People are trying to kill us !
- Mike, will you shut up ! Shut up.

I don't believe this.

You're telling me to shut up when we
just got shot right on the street ?

Just cool out.

What are you going to do now ?

You're going to open it now ?

If there's a body in
there that's a mob body.

It's going to be covered
and cut up and everything...

Steve...

Oh, Jesus !

- Oh no !
- What ?

Who's in there ?

Not who.

- What. Crack,
- Huh?

It's rot cocaine.

A lifetime supply worth.

Do you know ow much this stuff
worth? I bet a million dollars.

Come on, don't even
think about that, okay?

Look, you can sell some
of it around school.

It's pure money, Mike.

- Yes, but I don't want to become a dealer.
- Okay !

Give it away.

Just be quiet about it.

I said no.

- What are you going to do?
- Sell it.

What? Sell it? Are you nuts ?

Look, Mike, don't worry
about it, all right?

I know who *** see.

Who ?

Somebody I know, a guy I know.

All right ?

Rachel ?

Look, Mike, just go have
yourself a good time, all right ?

Relax.

But if you do get in touch with
Rachel, give me a call, all right?

Yeah.

You're off the hook, Sonny.

Don't know what I would have
done without you, McCall.

I think you'd probably limp a little.

Breaking limbs is one of
their specialities, isn't it ?

Oh no, that went out a long time ago.

You don't pay up, they just
dump your body somewhere.

You seem to have a very cavalier
attitude towards all this, Sonny.

You win a few, you lose a
few. That's what I always say.

I mean, whoever would have
had any idea that Marino

was going to go to the 2
for 24 in the second half ?

I mean, do you have any idea
what the odds of that are ?

I don't even have any idea
what you're talking about.

What I do know is what Control is
going to do to you when he finds out.

You wouldn't.

No, no, I wouldn't.

But somebody will. You know Control.
He finds out everything.

You see, I've always thought that gambling
the way you gamble is an idiot's game.

I mean, there does come
up a point when what you

are willing to risk is not
worth what you're getting back.

Why do you do it anyway ?

What will you get out of it ?

McCall, I'm going crazy.

I mean, I'm riding a
desk for two years and

know me pushing papers is not my style.

Oh, no. Sorry. Come on, come on.

There's more to it than that.

Oh, no.

The rush, the little zing, it
just gets me through today.

That's what a junkie
says about his next fix.

Can you imagine what would
happen to you if one day

you are trying to protect
somebody and they get killed

because you are out
trying to make a fast buck ?

I can handle it, McCall.

You cant handle it.
You are hooked.

You couldn't stop now
even if you wanted to.

You want to bet ?

It's just a figure of speech.

I miss the action.

Well, I'll keep my eyes open and see

can't get you a little
action every now and then.

In the meantime, get
some help, because you don't

you're you are going to
lose everything you've got.

Tweet !

Hey, you, come here !

- Steve !
- Yeah. Hi.

- How are you doing ?
- Great.

Come in.

- Who's that guy ?
- Just a friend of mine.

What do you want?

I made a big score.

Whole car load full of
crack trying to sell it.

- You know some guys, don't you ?
- Come on.

No, really.

- Look, this is just a sample.
- Let's do something.

No, I need to get a name first.

Trying to move it.

No, I got to try it first.
See if it's any good.

Look, I'm all out. All right?

- Then I'll give you a name.
- All right.

How much of this stuff are you using ?

Not much. Five.

Ten once a day.

All right, all right.

Hello, Equalizer.

I'm really gonna ***. Every time the moon
is full, I get this itching in my palms.

Then I pass...

Hi, Equalizer.

I'm having trouble
with my stereo system,

and I was wondering what
the top of your line goes...

Hello ? My name is Ruth Winslow.

It's my son, Michael.

I don't know what to do.

I don't dare call the police.

He's got these drugs and
people are I trying to kill him.

Can you please help us ?

We're at 3225 Long Fellow Riverdale.

I don't think that's one
of the guys who chased me.

Hello.

- Robert McCall.
- Yes ?

You telephoned me.

Oh, thank you for coming so quickly.

Yes, thank you.

- You don't know how scared we are.
- I think maybe I've got some idea.

- Are you presumably Michael ?
- Yes.

Robert McCall.

- Are you really going to help us ?
- I hope so.

- Why don't you come in, please ?
- Thank you.

Oh, please.

Your message on the telephone
was a little unclear.

You've talked of drugs and some
men who were after your son.

You're selling drugs ?

My son would never do that.

Are you selling drugs ?

- No, I'm not a dealer.
- Good.

Because if you was, you'd
have to get somebody else.

I'm not in the business of attempting

to help people who are intent
on destroying themselves.

Well, I wasn't trying
to destroy anything.

It was just a mistake.

My friend and I, we had no
idea what was in the casket.

Casket ?

I think you better tell me
the story from the beginning.

It's in here.

Whose garage is this ?

Steve's, I guess. His father had a
lease on it before they moved away.

You mean his parents
moved away and left him ?

I guess they didn't have
any more use for him.

He's eighteen.

Was this broken glass here before ?

No.

Steady, Michael. Steady.

That's the guy who chased me.

They didnt just kill him ?

No.

He was left with a
message to his employers.

Or possibly to us.

I should inform the
police straight away.

But I do not want your family his
name attached to this. Not just yet.

It's far too dangerous,
particularly for your son.

I have friends in the police force.

I'll talk to them.

I saw you with that shotgun.

How good are you with it ?

I was a rifleman in 'Nam.

Now, for the time being, I want
you to stay at home with your wife.

No, you're not taking Michael into this.

Tell me, how old were the man
around you when you were in Vietnam ?

Eighteen, nineteen.

Well, if they were old enough to fight war
that they didn't start in the first place,

I do think that your son Michael

is old enough to take
some responsibility

or something that he did help start.

But I do promise you this, I
will protect him at all times.

You got to, McCall.

He's my son,
not a soldier.

****

My kind of guy.

Repulsive.

What did you find out about him ?

It's all here.

Norton R. Selby. Undertaker.

Give me a thumbnail sketch.

- I' run the details later.
- Okay.

Shelby has a history of bust going
all the way back to his early years.

Now most of them are felonies,

throwing a few convictions
on misdemeanours.

This guy is smart and he knows it.

So how did he get into
the funeral business ?

Well, he belonged to
his older brother, Al.

A couple of years ago Shelby wanted
to buy him out, but Al refuse.

So one day Al takes a vacation to
Bermuda and, and the sharks eat him.

Naturally, two weeks before the trip,

he names his little brother
as sole beneficiary.

How very convenient.

Yeah, and this guy's in a
business, man. No down cycle.

Particularly with
half the crime families

in town, running their daily
departure from his shop.

Thus, his entrance into
the world of illegal drugs.

Right.

But he's out of his death.

He's playing with the big boys now.

He's not just digging holes anymore.

I mean, one slip and
he falls in himself.

Perhaps this time I gave him a little push.

Was it absolutely necessary
to bring me to a funeral ?

Well, I think it's very important
to learn respect for the dead.

Especially when you're in the business
of hijacking of other people's cargo.

And what if I were to tell you that
my client does not have your cargo ?

Then I'd have to plan
to reshuffle my schedule.

You're really something of an
entrepreneur, aren't you, Mr. Selby ?

You deal the drug with one hand

and bury the victims with the other.

You catch them coming and going.

So, who are you ?

- Michael's guidance Counsellor ?
- Sorry? Michael ?

Michael Winslow, 3225.
Longfellow, Riverdale.

- I know where he lives.
- Ah, yes.

And I know where you live.

In fact, I know quite a lot about
you one way or the other, Mr Selby.

I know, for instance, that
you inherited this business

which you now very
conveniently use as a front.

I know that you have a house

on Long Island, a rather
beautiful apartment

on Fifth Avenue
overlooking Central Park.

Don't you dare treat me !

You can't possibly have
enough men to take me on.

I got waiting list of
kids from the street gangs

who want to move up to the big diamond.

I want my track now.

And I told you, the boy doesn't have it.

You know perfectly well that boy
didn't take out one of your men.

You have been ripped
off by another dealer.

And I don't care because he started it.

He's going to finish
it or I'll turn them

loose on Michael, his
family, their friends and you.

And don't think you can try to take me
out because his name has already gone

up the ladder to the whole organisation.

Oh, I see.

Well, don't worry, you are
going to get your drugs back.

I'll see to that.
I just need a little time.

And you are going to give it to me.

Why should I ?

Because you can't afford not to.

I'll give you to the end of today

and I don't care how much
juice you think you have.

You better be here on time.

Well, now, don't you worry, Mr Selby.

I should be back here
before the end of the day.

You can count on that.

Wait a minute, McCall, I'm curious.

We're in business, Jimmy.

- What do you get out of this ?
- So much satisfaction.

How is it ?

All systems call, McCall.

Selby could clip his
toenails and we'd hear it.

Keep me informed.

Come on, we're going to
find your friend Steve.

All right, all right. I'm coming.

- Hi, Rachel.
- What is it ? Reunion week ?

- Is Steve here ?
- Steve ? No.

Why would Steve be here ?

Because he said he was going to be here.

Who's this ?

I'm a friend of Michael.

A friend ? The badge to match ?

No, he's not a cop.

He has been here, hasn't he ?

Steve...

This is part of his shipment.

Now just a minute ! You give me that !

Michael, these little
things are like cancer cells.

Once they invade the body, they
multiply and multiply until they...

- ... destroy you completly.
- What are you doing ?

That's the last that I have.

Relax.

Stay out of this, boy.
Just stay out of it.

All right...

- Where is Steve ?
- I don't know !

This shipment has already
caused the death of one man.

If we don't find Steve quickly,

it is possible that he also will die.

Then Michael, then you.

Now, where is Steve ?

He's at a meeting.

A place called the Hell Hotel.

To hang out for runaways.

It's an abandoned school.

And who's he supposed to be meeting ?

Aurelio.

And what is Mr. Aurelio ?

He's your connection, is he ?

The man who set you up
in this place, who is he ?

All right, come on.

Let's go and find
where you've sent Steve.

You didn't tell us
everything about this place.

Did you really want to know ?

Camelab wasn't really that bad, was it ?

What can happen in a year ?

Some things don't Just happen.

- You don't have to come along.
- Steve's my friend.

That isn't going to do
you any good around here.

All right. Where to ?

I'll go on ahead and check things out.

They don't know you, guys.

Without this.

- We all go together, all right ?
- Yeah.

After you.

Hey, Candy ! What do you *** me out ?

Yeah. We're looking
for a friend of mine.

His name is Steve.

He's supposed to meet
a guy named Aurelio.

If you're looking to buy some crack...
How much money you carry ?

Oh, I shouldn't worry about that.

I'm worried.

Move away !

Trust me.
Move away.

All right, now, why dont
you just put that down ?

And then get out of here.

We are not alone.

You're right about that.

If you wanted to buy some crack
from Aurelio, it's gotta be loaded.

It'll be easy to get it
if I put him on the floor.

Be kind of hard to do when
you're down there with it.

Put them down !

Now !

Get the hell out.

Where are the kids ?

Mr. McCall ! Up here !

Steve !

Steve !

Go get an ambulance, all right ?

I think he's dying.

Just go get an ambulance.

He's dead.

Don't say that !

Steve ?

Preliminary exams says is O.D.

Anyone can see that.

Hey, look, don't jump on me, McCall.

- I didn't create this problem.
- I know you didn't, Isadore.

The question is what are you doing

to solve the problem.

The knocks are in here
two or three times a week.

It happens all the time.

It may well happen all the time,

that doesn't mean to say
that that boy was a user.

His friend Mike says he wasn't.

This stuff makes liars out of
people who use it. Liars and worse.

Maybe Mike just didn't know
his buddy as well as he thought.

Yeah, maybe, maybe.

This rips me up just
as much as it does you.

I know that.

- It's everywhere.
- Nothing changes, does it ?

And I know it's everywhere.

What do you want me to do ?

Where do I start ?

You can start by
burning this place down.

Oh, yeah? There are places like this
on every third block in the city.

Should I burn them all down ?

Look, Robert, this whole
crack thing, we are drowning.

No, we are fine.

We are all right, Isadore.

It's the children who are drowning.

Do you know about this place ?

How could you send him here ?

He knew what he was getting into.

I tried to warn him.

Warn him ?

Or use him to keep on
doing what you're doing.

How much was his life worth ?

Five, maybe ten vials.

That could have been you or
me they dragged out of there.

You've got it !

All right.

Now, the rest of it.

Now you tell me where I find Aurelio.

- I can't. I can't survive...
- Survive ?

You're not exactly
surviving with him, are you ?

There are hundreds of thousands of
stinking little Aurelios in this world.

And they're all propelled
by the same thing. Greed.

First of all, they take your
money, then they take your life.

They've already taken Steve's life.

Yours can possibly be saved,

along with a great number of others.

Now, where ?

I can hear the pennies dropping.

They're miles away.

I was thinking about Ozzy Nelson.

I used to think he spent his entire life

waiting in the driveway
for the kids to come home.

God, I envied that.

Now, the only time we ever spent on this
porch, was when I read him Dr. Seuss.

He was two years old.
He couldn't understand a thing.

It was more than that.

Yeah. Kiss every night
when he was half asleep.

Parents night every other semester.

I was too worried about who was after my
job and working extra hours to keep it.

You don't have to tell me about it.

I was down there bringing
you dinner on Saturdays.

And tell me if my boy
it home run that day.

No, I would have given anything
to have been in that driveway.

Instead, I blew it.

- And I didn't protect him.
- No, no, no.

You're a good father.

You've always been there for him.

And I know that I've been a good mother.

- It's not that.
- Then what is it ?

It's got to be something else.

Yes, it is something else.

Unfortunately, none of
us knows the answer yet.

This is Rachel.

Aurelio's crack house.

It's the number one boneyard.

What's the security like ?

Well, it all depends
on how you look at it.

Up front, they got enough
concrete to stop a Sherman tank.

But back, they're open for business.

Well, now, in that case,
we'll go around the back.

Yo', let's go !

Don't come back !

We got to move this.

Chill out, baby. Nobody knows is us.

Someone's going to wonder
who stuffed a man in a coffin.

Back again.

You got a real habit, man.

Hey, crack is my woman.

Money talks, and you walk.

You know what to do.

- Hey, Aurelio !
- You're talking to me ?

We got something for you.

What you're doing ?

Aurelio !

Mom !

- Hey, let me get these.
- Oh, thank you.

Mr McCall, this is Ruth
Winslow. Rachel's gone.

We've searched everywhere
for her. What should we do ?

Stay there. I'm on my way.

Hello, Mrs. Winslow.

No, I should have kept
a better eye on her.

You can't imagine where
she could have hone.

She has no family ?

No, she has none.

She ran away from her foster home,

right after she dropped
out of high school.

- No chance she would have gone there ?
- No.

First place we called. Not a word.

Mike checked all the
places he can think of.

I just wish we had some
idea where to find her.

Where else to look.

I'll give you the telephone
number of a friend of mine.

If you can bear to listen
some of his marrital problems

you'll find he's very
good at this sort of thing.

If anyone can find her, he can.

What about you ?

No, I have something I have to do.

Any word from McCall ?

- Not yet.
- What about Barker ?

I told him the crack was ripped off,

but we're trying to get it back.

You think McCall can do that ?

Yeah, I do.

But when he does,

I'm not going to tell Barker.

Bingo !

We've lost more then half of it.

***is gonna set with Selby.

I don't give a damn.

No intention of reuniting Mr. Selby
with his precious supply anyway.

Well, then why not Just *** all of it ?

Because, My dear
Sonny, we need the bait.

That might be the hook.

McCall.

Hey, that's something I thought you
might be interested in hearing.

This guy Selby loves
to hear himself talk.

What about Barker ?

I told him the crack was ripped off,

but we're trying to get it back.

You think McCall can do that ?

Yeah, I Do.

But when it Does, I'm
not going to tell Barker.

Thank you, Jimmy.

The Winslows will ne
calling. They need your help.

Yeah. Okay.

- Fish or cut bait ?
- We fish.

Mr. Barker, I would like to discuss a matter
of great mutual interest to both of us.

- Hey, hey, hey !
- You re a little late, Selby.

I started without you.

Hey, that's my stuff, McCall !

You will leave the boy
and his family alone.

In fact, you will
forget they ever existed.

See, I just had a little conversation
with your boss gentleman called Barker.

You talked to Barker ?

Yeah, I played him one
of your conversations.

You see, I placed a bug in your office

and he heard you describe precisely
how you're going to cheat him.

I would suggest that you
leave this city immediately.

To the hell would you !

Man can't take a suggestion.

Excuse me. Do you know if ***

- Listen, have you seen Aurelio around ?
- I can't help you.

- Hey, back of, Jack. She ain't***
You lay off !

Get lost.

What the...

She won't talk to us.

Thank you, Jimmy.

I only got $10.

You owe me at least that, don't you ?

Oh, we owe you much
more than that, Rachel.

Then give it to me.

Call off your man, because I can't get
anything with all the heat on my back.

Rachel, we're talking about your life.

Your life.

I just need a little bit of stuff,
a place to crash, and I'll be just fine.

No, you won't.
You'll be dead.

Sooner or later, you will be dead.

Burned out, used up by
people like Aurelio and Selby.

You know what ?

I spent so much of my life
surrounded by violence and death.

And yet I've learned something.

Despite it all,

I've learned that there are so
many people who want to give.

The Winslows, you see, are not users.

They're not takers. They are givers.

- And they want to give to you.
- Really ?

Well, why ? Why me ?

They cannot save everybody.

They couldn't even save Steve.

But they do have a chance to save you.

Why don't you save
your energy, all right ?

Maybe it sounds good to them
right now, but they don't know me.

They don't know what a freak I am.

When they find out they're
just going to cut me loose.

- I got to leave.
- Just a minute, Rachel, wait.

I wish to God I could force you to accept
our help, but I know that wouldn't work.

But at least take this.

What is it ?

It's an entrance slip for the
drug war to chidren hospital.

And the room's already been paid for.

You just telephone me or the windslows
whenever and if ever you are ready.

We will not let you down.

Okay, sure. Of course.

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