The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977): Season 2, Episode 22 - Rampage - full transcript

An old college friend of Steve's is now a father - and part of a vigilante group fed up with the rampant crime in their neighborhood. Their latest crackdown, however, leaves a police informer dead.

Hey, what are you
doing? What's this?

What's the matter
with you? You crazy...

Hold it.

Hey, come on.

What was that all about?

Merle.

Yeah?

Yeah, I'm looking
for a flashlight.

Somebody open the john doors.

Let's get a little
light in here.

Come on.



Oh, wow.

Hey, Merle, throw
that flash over here.

What did you find?

Who is it?

I don't know, but
he sure is dead.

What happened, Murphy, fight?

No, they found a new
way of making love.

- How you doing, Mike?
- Okay.

- Body's back here.
- Who was he?

No ID.

Doesn't anybody know him?

On this beat? Are you kidding?

Nobody knows nothing
around here, right, Mike?

They're all deaf
and all blind, huh?



See this washroom?

What is it, 3-by-5, tops?

Six guys all say they were
in there at the same time.

Hey, Roy, give me the shiv.

We found this over
there in the corner.

Looks like it did the job.

Get this to the lab.

Dick, give me a report as
soon as you can, will you?

Let's have them all
in for questioning.

You got it, Mike.

All right, Harold,
let's try it again.

The man that was killed.
Did he come in the bar alone?

I don't know.

How many times have
you been arrested, Harold?

A couple, I guess.

I say five.

And then when this bottle
went flying, the lights went out.

And you didn't see
anything after that?

Nothing, man. Like I told you, I
went right underneath the table.

Violence gives me indigestion.

You know that, Merle?
Merle, you're just beautiful.

A man's knifed, the
bar's a total write-off

and you're telling me
it's just another fight.

Look, like I said, I got flat right
off. I didn't have a chance to...

You didn't see anything, right?

Right.

Okay, what about the dead
man? Now, was he a regular?

Steve.

Come here.

Merle, just hang
tight, all right?

Aren't you through?

- Do you know Perez from Narcotics?
- Sure. How you doing, Frank?

- Fairly well.
- His name was Ellis.

He was working with us.

- Was he an informer?
- Yes.

We picked him up for holding.

I could see he wasn't a bad kid

and so we worked
something out, you know.

Did you know he was
at the Parkside tonight?

He told me today that he
thought he could score there.

And that he would check it out.

He did, huh?

Bring him in here.

You don't mind if I hang in?

Why? He an old friend of yours?

Yeah, for the last
couple of years.

He's one of the reasons why the
whole neighborhood went down.

- Come in. Sit down.
- Yes?

I guess trouble's nothing
new to you, huh, Merle?

I run a clean place.

He never proved otherwise.

Well, I'll tell you what
we're gonna prove now.

The illegal sale of
drugs at the Parkside.

Big trouble, Merle.

Now, wait a minute.

Perez, you tell him
you got nothing on me.

What did they want?
Protection money?

Somebody trying to muscle you?

I told you, I don't
know anything.

When did you find out

that Ellis was feeding
information to the narcotics squad?

Ellis? Who's Ellis?

Lights out. A lot of noise.

Good time to take
a guy out, Merle.

Now, hold on a minute here.

Well, now, you better
come across with something.

Otherwise, I'm gonna
have to say you're it.

Perez.

This is murder, Merle.

Not my department, you know?

Okay, but first off, I wanna say,
and this is the truth, so help me God,

I did not kill the man.

- Who did?
- I don't know.

Those boys, they
busted through the door.

Now, I threw a bottle,
but they flattened me out.

And the first thing I knew
about anybody being dead

was after they left.

Who were those old boys?

Well, the one I recognized
was a cat named Joplin.

- Joplin?
- That's right, Joe Joplin.

How many were there?

Three.

That makes four altogether?

- That's right.
- Now, wait a minute.

How do you know Joe Joplin?

I seen him around.

I thought they wore masks.

Hey, look, I'm telling
you it was him, I'm sure.

- Yeah?
- That's right.

What does he look like?

Come on.

Now, they all look alike to me.

Oh, I see, now, is that your way
of telling me that he's black, Merle?

Oh, come on, who else
does a thing like that, right?

I mean, no reason.

No reason, huh?

Well, I don't buy it, Merle.

A guy you just seen around
walks in with a bunch of other guys

and tears your place apart,
and you say no reason?

That's the way it happened!

Now, listen, Merle, something's
going down here, right?

And you being a bigot
isn't enough to bail you out!

Steve, hold it.
Now, wait a minute.

Listen, I think Frank has a couple
of questions he wants to ask him.

- Take him with you.
- Sure.

Let's go.

What got you so hot? We
were just following a lead.

It's not Joe Joplin.

You know him?

I think so, yeah.

Somebody you booked before?

No.

Somebody I went to
school with at Berkeley.

Last I heard, he was
in that neighborhood,

but it doesn't jive.

I mean, Joe's a hard
nose, but he's not a killer

and he's not into hard drugs.

How long ago was that?

It's gotta be two... No,
maybe it's gotta be three years.

Well, then maybe it's time you
gave him another visit, right?

Like, maybe first thing
tomorrow morning?

Okay.

Hey, Joe.

Hey, Steve. I don't believe it.

You don't? See you later.

Hey, come on in here.
What are you doing, man?

Good to see you.

- Long time.
- How you been?

- All right, all right.
- Come on up and meet the wife.

- You got married?
- Yeah.

Hey, remember Foreshaw?

Foreshaw, was he that dude

who was always looking for
a rich widow, 20 years older?

- Right. I still see him once in a while.
- You do, huh?

He's got some scam
going down in San Jose.

Virgin Oil stops the hair loss
or some crazy stuff like that.

That looks beautiful.

- Give me the baby.
- Thank you.

Come on.

Well, if you like milk instead
of cream, we're in business.

Why, is somebody on a diet?

Well, you know, this year it's
cholesterol, next year, who knows?

Maybe it's corpuscles.

Old Joe "Don't Tread on Me" Joplin.
I mean, isn't this a picture, man?

All you need is a dog.

Perfect suburban
Americana, I tell you.

Look who's talking about
going straight, Keller the Cop.

When did all this happen, man?

Well, a few years ago.

So, what prompted this class
reunion after all this time?

Joe's name came up,

it seemed a good time
to see what's happening.

Joe's name, how? Where?

There was some
trouble up on Kings Road.

A bar called the Parkside...

- Wait a minute, is that near here?
- Two blocks.

Right, right. Anyway,
we got a call on it and...

Well, you know, a witness said
maybe you could help us out.

Who told you that?

You don't think too
much of the idea.

No, no. Hey, man, I
think it's a great idea.

I'll tell you anything
you wanna know.

Hey, dig it, Steve.

- What?
- Remember this?

I mean, "Hey, Steve, like, pull my
coat to what's going down, baby."

Remember?

Wait a minute, that guy in
Oakland. That gas station...

Bennie, no, Bernie.

Bad Bernie, right.

Bad Bernie. I remember, yeah.

So, what about the Parkside?

Well, I thought you would
give me a line on it. That's all.

I pass it.

Were you around
there last night?

Nope.

Would you mind telling me
where you were last night?

Hey, you're getting pretty good
at this cop thing, aren't you?

I've been practicing,
Joe, I've been practicing.

Can I tell him?

I was in my friend's
bedroom last night.

There goes my virtue.

Oh, no, that's long gone, baby.

Long gone.

So do you buy it?

Mike, he doesn't know
the guy from the bar.

He's never even been in the
place. He was home with his wife.

- What's not to buy?
- So he's in construction now, eh?

Carpenter, he's always
been good with his hands.

What about teaching?
He give up on that?

Wait a minute, did I ever
tell you he'd been a teacher?

No, you didn't.

I did a little
checking on my own.

Did you know he had a file?

One to ten in Mississippi
on an assault charge.

Sure, I know it. I was there.

We went down on one of
those Freedom Rides together.

Oh, he was with you on that?

Remember that friend of mine
that got worked over by the deputies?

- Yeah.
- That was Joe.

See, the drill was you go
limp and double up, right?

So I take 14 stitches
and Joe takes a swing.

That was his assault charge and
that's why he's not teaching today.

The question on the application.
"Have you ever been arrested?"

He could take it
to the commission.

But the whole thing sort of
knocked the wind out of Joe

about being involved.

Funny.

Just the opposite
happened to you.

You get thumped and you started
to think about becoming a cop.

Helping the breed.

- What are you talking about?
- No, it's true.

- No, I never said that.
- You didn't have to.

I saw it on your face
the first time I met you.

You know, that's the
only reason I took you on.

I had to see if there could
be anybody as good as I am.

- Mike.
- Yeah, what do you want?

Joe's clean.

Okay.

Let's go and talk to Perez, see
what he's got on the other guys.

Here we are.

All of these photos were
taken in the neighborhood.

Really had our
hands full there lately.

Dopers, hookers,
pornos, you name it.

Must've made a hundred busts
there in the last couple of months,

but it's all uphill.

I remember him. What's his name?

Floyd Stahlbecker.

The other one is a
bent kid called Turban.

Any convictions on Stahlbecker?

He's been clean
every time we pop him.

I mean, he is dealing. There
is no two ways about that.

But he's, like, slick, you know.

It's like a revolving door, in
and out every couple of months.

He's supposed to be in
pretty tight with the heavies.

I thought they didn't
let users get close.

You figure them.

My guess is that they
get some kind of a kick

on account of he'll do
anything they tell him.

I mean, anything.
He is weird, twisted.

You know any of these?

Oh, yes, Richie Toledo.

He is the bottom of the barrel.

Works the schools
and neighborhoods.

I should get rid
of that picture.

What about the other guy?

I don't know him.

A guy that got in the picture.

Maybe he's asking their price.

Maybe he's giving the time.

Maybe he was giving
us the time this morning.

You know him?

I used to.

298BZE.

Now, there's a
neighbor next door,

the guy from the little car,
the guy that's walking in now.

Counting Joe, that
makes four, right?

Right.

Great way to spend a
weekend. Spying on an old friend.

I told you, you didn't
have to pull this duty.

I know, I know. You told
me something else once too.

About letting old times get in the
way of what's happening at the moment.

That's right.

I gotta tell you, though, I
never felt this old before.

There's Perez.

Let's go downtown and check
out the guys who own those cars.

Listen, would you
mind if I stayed on Joe?

I thought it was getting to you.

Yeah, but one way or the other,
I'd like to be the first to know.

Okay. But when he
goes, don't get too close.

Remember, he knows you
as well as you know him.

Which may be hardly at all.

So, okay, the cops get your
name and they ask a few questions.

Take it easy, they
got nothing on you.

Charlie's right, Joe.
They didn't do anything.

Of course I'm right.

Besides, what are they
excited about? One dead junkie?

What did they ever
do about my kid?

On his way to school, he
gets turned into a drug addict.

Right.

What about our wives?

My wife has been hassled twice.

There ain't gonna be no more.

Yeah, every day with the pushers,
the muggers, the pimps, you name it.

How come the cops haven't
done anything about that?

I don't know why, man. I
mean, I wish I did know why.

Look, we did something,
I mean, we tried.

And that's it. No more.

Oh, no, no, not me. I'm
gonna finish what we started.

I'm gonna throw those
creeps out of here.

Charlie, a man is dead.

Don't talk to me!

What about it?

What do you say?

I'm still in it.

For my kids, Joe.

I mean, I'd never forgive myself

if thought I didn't
do everything I could

to clean things up around here.

The way I see it,
it's us or them, Joe.

I finally get cleared
for a bulk purchase

and my distributor thinks
he's still selling nickel bags.

Hey, I'm telling
you, I know Ellis.

They turned him.

That buy he wanted was a setup.

So you killed him.

That was smart,
Floyd. Real smart.

Hey, nobody knows what happened.

I can tell you what your
dealers will think happened.

They're gonna hear about
those crazies with the clubs

coming down on
Merle's place like that.

They're gonna hear about
somebody getting killed.

And they're not gonna
want any part of you.

Now, come on. Relax, huh?

Relax?

How?

Look, I brought you in

because you said you could
handle a big distribution.

Now, what happens when
the shipment comes in Tuesday

and you can't find any dealers?

- Come on, who says I can't find any?
- You won't.

Not with those crazies around.

Who's gonna take a chance?

Look, didn't I
say I'll handle it?

I'll handle it.

All I know is

if it was Mariani's territory
or Sheldon Meltzer's,

they don't think
like shoe clerks.

And they wouldn't
stand for interference

from some crazy people.

Hey, Warburton, come on.

Look, these wackos, a
bunch of freaks, right?

Merle can finger this
guy who's in charge.

I'll just pay him a little
visit and straighten it out.

Is that what you want?

It's not what I want, Floyd.

It's your decision.

Whatever you think is
necessary to move the goods.

You know, it's almost 20
minutes. Maybe I should go back in.

Not yet, no.

All right, boys, back to the
benches. The varsity's here.

Frank's going. I stay.

- Stone says you too.
- He say why?

Yeah, he's got some names to go
with those faces you saw at Joplin's.

Wants to know if they
ring any bells. Chop, chop.

You know, it's incredible,
I mean, really incredible.

My father never made
as much in a whole week

as we just spent in
a half hour in there.

And he had six mouths to feed.

That's why I wanted you to
come so you could see for yourself.

Yeah, well, the next time,
you can spare me the misery.

Okay, except that how many
bananas can one kid eat?

Don't worry, they
won't waste any.

Well, at these
prices, they better not.

Yes, sir, anything you say, sir.

Oh, come on, baby.
Don't hand me that.

You know the situation.

I make what I make and
that's all we can spend.

If I'm holding you back and you
think you can do better, then go.

Because I'm not gonna
be the bad guy, okay?

- Watch her.
- Where are you going?

I have to buy something
at the drugstore

and I wanna pick up my
dress from the cleaners.

But I'll bring you
all the receipts.

All right, I'll take this stuff home
and I'll meet you back at the cleaners'.

Come on.

All those bananas,
you little monkey.

Which one you want?

Excuse me, are you Mrs. Joplin?

Yes, I am. Why?

Oh, your husband, he's not feeling
too well, and he's in back and...

What do you mean? What happened?

- Where is he?
- Hey, wait, take it easy, it's all right.

Where is he?

Oh, he's in back of
this store, over there.

Yeah, come on.

I don't know, he just looked
kind of sick, you know.

He asked me to call
you, but... Back there.

Oh, we'll just use
your back door, okay?

Thanks.

He's somewhere in the
back, lady, of the car.

- Where's my daughter?
- Daughter? I don't know, lady.

This man got sick, asked me
to call. I don't know nothing...

- Joe?
- He's back here.

Here, come here.

Oh, in there. Yeah, that's it.

He'll be all right.

What do you think, Steve?

Joplin ever mention
any of those guys?

No.

Frank, any of those
names familiar to you?

Not off the top. You
run them pass R&I?

Not a record between them.

That looks more like a Wednesday
night bowling team or something.

Maybe Merle's stringing us out.
Could've gotten Joe's name anywhere.

Yeah, maybe.

And maybe that guy just
pulled a number out of a hat

when he mentioned
four guys, huh?

And maybe that picture of Joplin
next to the pusher was just a fluke.

We may not know what
game they're playing yet,

but I'll bet you that those
boys are in the line-up.

Please let me go.

Let you go?

Sure.

We'll let you go, mama.

This time.

But you listen to me.

You tell your husband to
stop sticking his nose in.

Another deal like that
one at the Parkside?

Maybe you don't go home, then.

Go.

Let's go.

Hold it, hold it.

Freeze.

Now, don't you move.

Hey, what are you doing,
Murphy? Throwing another party?

Well, I didn't expect you to
get an invitation this time, Mike.

Everybody got out alive.

Well, sounded like the
same bunch you had last time.

I still wanna talk to him.

Yeah, well, this one's
not much of a talker.

Won't even give me his name.

Well, maybe we can do that.

What do you say, Steve?

Isn't this the guy with the
pickup and the camper?

That's right, Charlie Casella.

I can't, Joe, I can't.

Of course you can.

You were standing
next to one of them.

Now, how tall was he?

Oh, Joe, please, let's leave.

We don't need this house.

Where are we gonna go, huh?

It's gonna be the
same anyplace we go.

Oh, there must be somewhere.

That's what we said
when we got this place.

It was gonna be better
here. Well, it's not.

Oh, it looks nice,
trees on the streets.

Trees and junkies.

But when she's 15 years old
and walking around here, Corby,

we found out that
moving isn't the answer.

Well, neither is
what you're doing.

Come here, you listen to me.

- How tall was he?
- Joe.

- Was he as tall as I am?
- No.

- What was he wearing?
- I don't know.

A jacket.

- What color?
- Well, it was dark.

Blue.

What was his hair like?
Long, short, dark, light...?

I think it was dark, but he
had a scarf tied on his head.

Who pay you, Charlie?

Nobody.

In other words, you just
bust up places for the fun of it.

Is that the idea?

No.

Okay, let's get
back to the Parkside.

Now, was the whole
idea just to get Ellis?

Ellis?

Well, how did you find out he
was feeding us information, Charlie?

- We didn't know anything about that.
- You were there.

But we didn't touch him.

- "We didn't touch him"?
- Honest.

"We didn't touch him."
Who was we, Charlie?

I don't know. Nobody.

Nobody knifed him?

I don't know
anything about that.

One more time, Charlie,
how many of you are there?

I don't know.

Now, how do you like
that for loyalty, huh?

Did you look under his tongue?

I bet he's got a
cyanide pill under there

just in case we start
pulling his fingernails out.

Do you think that Joe Joplin
would do the same for you

if he was seated in that chair
that you're sitting in right now?

Or your other
buddies, Ted, and...?

What's that other guy's...? Leo?

What do you look
so surprised for?

We know that you all went to
Joe Joplin's house this morning.

We know all about
that vigilante thing.

Come on, Charlie, you'd better
give us credit for something.

Now, which one of you
put that knife in Ellis?

No, no, you got it all wrong.

We were just trying to
clean up the neighborhood.

See, we did it for our families.

My kid.

My son.

They got him hooked.

Fifteen years old.

And they did that to him.

Charlie.

Charlie, why don't you give
a full statement to Frank?

Would you like
some of my coffee?

Hey, where did that come from?

- Well, I just took a shot.
- Well, that was some shot.

Well, it wouldn't be the first
time a couple of guys thought

they could do a
better job than we can.

Yeah, they try it out
on some of their friends

over a couple bottles of beer,
get themselves all riled up,

and before you know
it, you got yourself

a bunch of vigilantes
on a rampage.

Yeah, it's just hard for
me to figure a guy like Joe

getting that far
out of line, though.

- Oh, it is, huh?
- Yeah.

Well, listen.

I can remember when I was a kid,

my old man 86ed the
neighborhood drunk off the block.

He did.

He had just had it with drunks
hanging around his wife and kids.

It was a stupid thing
to do, but he did it.

Now, this is my old
man I'm talking about.

Yeah, now it's hard drugs.

That's right, drugs.

Yeah, I can understand why
Joplin's doing what he's doing.

But we've gotta make him
understand that his way isn't the answer.

Who's with him now? Harris?

No, nobody, Frank pulled the
team after we booked Casella.

After? What about before?

Well, Harris said Joe went out
once, that was to pick up his wife.

And he was home when
they ripped up that nudie place.

Well, come on, we better find
out whether he's home now.

What's he doing? Playing
outraged citizen again?

Tearing another joint apart?

He's trying to protect me.

He's risking his life for me
because nobody else gives a damn.

All we want is a place to live
where we don't have to be afraid.

Corby, listen. Corby, we care.

But if you want us to help Joe,

we have got to
understand what's going on.

All right.

Before we bought this house,
we had an apartment in the Haight.

We were robbed twice there.

The first time, the police said
it was probably a drug addict.

They said, "Oh, this
happens all the time."

And that was that.

The second time, Joe
was out of town on a job.

I came home while
the man was still there.

He raped me.

We moved here to get
away from all those memories

and all those people.

How do you think Joe feels

when he finds this
neighborhood changing?

When he sees people
doing rotten things?

Joe is a man.

He had to do something.

Did he kill somebody last night?

No.

He never killed anybody, but
he might get himself killed now.

What do you mean?

He's out looking for a
man who threatened me.

- Because of what Joe's been doing?
- Yes.

- Where is he now?
- I don't know.

Somewhere on the Boulevard.

Joe, Joe, Joe.

All right, hold it, hold it.

Let me go.

So, what has this solved?

So, what do you know, man?

It's just a place where
you work, it's where I live.

What you talking about? It
happens to be where we live.

When you forget that,
that's when the whole thing

goes right down the drain.

Well, better look
again, brother,

because there ain't much
left in the bowl right now.

And don't tell me you can't
see it from where you sit.

I mean, they're right
back out on the street

as soon as you book them.

And where do they end
up? On my doorstep.

No, that's not good enough, man.

I mean, your way
isn't working, Steve.

So why don't we
try working together?

Oh, come off of it, man.

You mean, call city hall?

That's right, you call me, you
call Mike, you call any of us.

What do you think we're
doing down here anyway?

Not enough, man, not enough.

Now, look, Joe, just look.

We make mistakes, all right?

We aren't everyplace we
ought to be, but we are trying.

Well, I got news for
you, Steve. So am I.

What do you mean?

That you're entitled
to special privileges?

The victim's right to revenge?

We know about your
wife, what happened to her.

Oh, no, you didn't make her go
through that whole thing again.

Nobody made her go through
anything unless it was you.

You took the law in your own
hands, you made your family a target.

That's right, Joe, you have
no one to blame but yourself.

Now, look, you don't have to tell
us anything if you don't want to.

But if you do,

I promise you it
doesn't leave this room.

Corby was afraid
for you so she told us.

So what? What are we gonna do?

Despise you? Laugh at you?

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe we're holding
our own, maybe not.

God knows things aren't
changing that much.

But what's the alternative?

I mean, are you really ready to turn
everybody loose to do it your way?

Give them a club, tell them to work
on anybody they decide isn't right?

I mean, you were
gonna be a teacher, right?

Bet you still teach
your daughter.

Is that what you
want her to learn?

No, man.

Let's take a look.

Is he one of the men
that threatened you?

Yes, he is.

That's it, it's all over.

Can I see Joe now, please?

Right now.

Why don't you wait here?

Look, señor, you kidnapped
the woman in there,

and she just identified you now.

Kidnap?

No, man, we just took her
for a ride in the car, that's all.

Who did? You and who else?

I don't know.

Hey, Turban, man, it's me, huh?

Floyd.

Me and Floyd.

But I swear to you, man,
we didn't even touch her.

- Floyd Stahlbecker?
- Yeah, that's right.

What was the idea?

I need a doctor.

You help us, we help
you, you know that.

Something about her old man.

You know, getting
him to lay off and stuff.

What was going down? A buy?

- Yup.
- Stahlbecker and who else?

Come on, now, whose money?

I don't know.

It's okay, man.

When is it coming off, Turban?

Soon. At the pier.

What pier?

- I don't know.
- Come on, man.

Forty-one.

Pier 41.

Who found out that our
boy was at the Parkside?

Was it you?

Oh, no, man, no. That
was Floyd, not me.

I guess that's
why he knifed him.

Yeah.

Book him. We
better cover that pier.

I'll get right on it.

Where is doctor?

Hey, man, you got
my word, you know?

Three coming ashore,
one has got a package.

Got him.

Frank.

Yeah, I got him.

There's Stahlbecker.

Okay, Frank, it's on.

Richard?

Let's see what you got.

If they split up, we
take Stahlbecker.

Right.

How was your voyage in, huh?

Oh, you don't
speak English, huh?

How about it, Frank?

No, not yet, Mike.

Okay.

Bon voyage, buddy.

Okay, Mike, he's all yours.

No, no, not yet.
Let them clear first.

Okay, now.

- He's turning right.
- I got him.

Right here.

So, what do you think?

We'll let him get on the cars
first, then we'll follow him.

I'll take the box.

Warburton.

- Watch it.
- Come here, come here, come here.

Watch it!

All right, hold it.

Hold it.

- Dump the gun.
- Stay back.

- Dump the gun.
- All right.

Get back, down, down, dump it.

Watch out.

All right, man, just cool it.
Just cool it out right there.

- You're going in, man.
- No way, baby, no way.

Now, man.

Just hang...

All right, Floyd.

Just cool it, Floyd,
just cool it, man.

Just cool it,
Floyd, just cool it.

Need any help?

Let's go. Let's go.

There's Mommy.

Say hi.

Hey.

Yeah?

Hey, it's big bad Joe.

Hey, what's happening?

Hey, neighborhood’s
looking better.

It's not bad, it's coming along.

So when's the trial?

A week from Monday.

Good, I'll be there.

Steve, how's your arm?

Fine, coming along
too. Thanks, Corby.

So you really think it's
looking pretty good, huh?

Yeah, as far as I can see.

What about down to the
corner? Can you see that far?

Yeah.

Cat sitting around
on the bus stop?

Except that's his
office, he's in business.

Well, what kind of
business is he in?

He's a salesman. Pills.

Any color, any kick.

And what are you thinking
of doing about it, Joe?

Well, I'm just glad you
came along, lieutenant.

Saved me a dime.

Police inspectors.

You mind standing up
for a second, please?