Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 4, Episode 18 - Last Call - full transcript

Previously on "Third Watch.."

Your dad was layin' right there

shot in the head.

'One second your dad was laughing'

'and... the next he was dead.'

I was supposed to protect her!

I was supposed to take care of her.

And I didn't, and now she's dead.

Whatever mess I made, it's my problem.

'I don't need you fightin' my battles.'

I can handle it.



I don't know you anymore, man.

Give me the wallet.

Davis.

Sul, I can't help you if you won't let me.

I don't know what
happened to me last night.

I mean, I-I, I was drinkin'

and then I wake up this mornin' on my couch

and I'm like this.

'Am I dying?'

I need your help.

- No drinking? - Not a drop.

I can smell it all over you.

'You can't wait to make
it through one day, man.'

I needed it.



You drank..

On the job in the RMP?

'It was a mistake, but I admit it.'

It's over. I already tossed the bottle.

Do I need to talk to
a, a specific union rep

about a problem or can I talk to anyone?

No, it's about my partner.

Sullivan, Jonathan Thomas.

'Besides, I do believe I hear
a motorbike approaching now.'

- Look at him, he's loopy. - 'It's Valium.'

Alright, how many did you take, Sullivan?

'If he wanted to kill himself,
he would've taken it all.'

And what was with the gun? Security?

- Doesn't mean anything. - Listen..

Relax! It's me, Hill, from the PVA.

Gal, where are you? Give
me a hand, I got to turn on...

We're gonna keep this thing on our own

so I didn't know what else to do.

This place makes Ted Kaczynski's
shack look like the plaza.

You are definitely not worth it, Sullivan.

Come on, take it easy.

- That can't feel good.
- Let's get him up, come on.

Tell the guys..

- You alright? - He did, where was I?

- Out playing with the radio.
- Oh, come on!

I was not about to listen
to New York's best country

all the way out to the boonies.

- Davis? - Yeah.

I need to talk to you.

- Alone. - Give us a second.

No way I'm gonna miss
you try to kick his ass again.

I told him this was
gonna happen by the way.

Davis.

You don't have to do this. I can quit.

No, no, no. This isn't an intervention.

- You're here to dry out.
- Don't say it like that.

That's what it is.

How much longer are we
gonna be? I got to get home.

I got to get some shut-eye before work.

Yeah, me too.

Alright, Officer Davis, sir

give me a minute over here, would you?

Alright.

'Bosco..'

I'm not a drunk.

No, you, you're just a social drinker.

Davis, come on.

Somethin' wrong?

No.

He really has to be out here, alright?

We can't do this at his house

or a more familiar environment.

Trust me, if the department
gets wind of this guy

this kind of a problem with booze

they'll try and fire him and he'll never be

able to collect his pension.

'He's got like, what, 25 years in right?'

- Yeah. - Yeah, well.

Unless you want those 25 to go to waste

keep this quiet.

'And believe me, over the next few days'

'he's gonna be anything but.'

Okay, alright.

Now, he's gonna hallucinate, okay.

He's gonna hear things, see
things, scream, holler, yell.

All that's normal. Don't worry about that.

'But his shakes can become seizures'

and that could be dangerous.

If that happens..

'...then you'll have to give
him a couple of drinks of that.'

- Really? - Only in an extreme emergency.

Oh, boy!

There's one more thing,

and this is sometimes the hardest part

he's gonna say things.

Mean things. He'll try to hurt you.

But you got to remember, it's
not about you, it's about him.

- 'Alright?' - Alright, alright.

- You sure you're up for this?
- What do you mean?

I could get a couple of other
guys up here to sit with him.

No, no.

I can handle it. I got
it, I'll take care of him.

- Okay? - Good luck.

Hey, Marty.

Look, about that gun on his lap..

Yeah?

I don't..

I mean, just because he had
it, that doesn't necessarily mean

he was... you know.

You're doin' the right thing here.

Good luck.

- Let me up! - Come, come on.

We gotta get this Valium out in the field.

Look at him. He's like Rubber Man here.

I got it, Bosco. I got it.

There's plenty of food for now

we'll re-stock as we go.

- I'm not stayin' in here.
- Have fun, ladies.

Yeah, thanks again, guys, really.

- See you tomorrow morning? - Yeah.

Alright, do you wanna sleep here
or you wanna sleep on the bed?

Son of a bitch.

You need anything? You good?

'Sul?'

Alright.

Party's over.

Party's over.

Sully?

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

Sully!

Dammit.

- Sul, where are you goin'? - Home.

What, you gonna walk?

I'll get a highway eventually.

How do you know you're goin' the right way?

- This isn't the right way?
- I don't really know.

I should've never asked you for help.

Sul, come on.

You asked me for help
'cause you need help. Come on.

You just leave me the hell alone! Oh!

Sul, we're 50 miles away from anything

and you can barely
breathe 'cause of your ribs.

Let's just go back to the cabin,
alright? I'll make some eggs.

Listen to me.

I just panicked about the blackouts, okay?

The other night at your
apartment, that's all it was.

I just panicked.

But I'm okay now.

Really.

It was, uh, a one time thing.

So can we please go home?

- I'll quit. - We tried that.

- I'll go to AA, no arguments.
- Oh, you're gonna do that too.

First we've got to get it all
out of your system. Come on.

I don't need this!

Sully.

You know, those guys thought you were gonna

kill yourself last night.

What?

You had a gun in your hand.

You don't remember, do you?

Water looks pretty cold.

Food's ready in ten minutes.

Davis.

Wait up.

Let me know if it's too bright
for you. I can turn it down.

Wanna play some cards?

You know, I was thinkin'
we should talk some.

I kinda feel like I hadn't
really been there for you.

Been there for..

Oh, God! Don't do this.

I know.

There's been some times
where I think I could've

been more understanding..

- Of what you're goin' through.
- Please, shut up!

I mean, how many times
have I been to your new place

since you moved in?

'None. That's something... '

'Cause I didn't want you there?

I didn't really mean to talk about Tatiana.

You can't make me talk about anything.

Look, Sully, I understand why you wanna

forget about what happened. It makes sense.

God!

You think you're so much better than me?

N-no, I don't.

Like I should consider myself lucky

you decide to work as a cop

before movin' on to
bigger and better things.

You wanna know the truth?

You didn't go to law school
because you couldn't cut it.

And you pretend that
you're just givin' this a try.

But, basically, you don't have
the balls to do anything else.

So you wanna do somethin' for me?

Get the hell out of my life!

Davis!

Davis!

Davis!

You breakin' or you boardin'?

- Get this handcuff off me. - Why?

Get them off!

Where's Davis?

He went home to get some sleep.

I'm warden for the next 24 hours!

'He told me about your little expedition'

'out to the lake yesterday.'

'If you're thinkin' of a
repeat performance'

don't bother lookin' for
your shoes. I put them away.

You can have them
back at the end of my tour.

You really should give
this wood choppin' a try.

A little exercise might be good for you.

Arms, legs, back.

Even seems to do some cardio.

You hungry?

I'll take that as a no.

'I'm tellin' you, my heart
rate's got to be up around 200'

'and I was only out
there for a half an hour.'

How much money do people
spend on workout equipment?

Like a billion dollars a year?

All they need is a log in the yard.

Hmm.

Mm.

Sully?

Sully?

You don't think we're stupid
enough to leave anything

with alcohol in there, do you?

'Come on, come and get a sandwich.'

'You need to keep up your strength.'

Can I ask you somethin'?

Leave me alone.

Were you gonna do it?

Did you pass out or chicken out?

What are you talkin' about?

Bang, bang, bang.

It's a valid question.

What do you know about dryin' out?

I got a whole family full of yous.

They can't cope with life,
so they hide in a bottle.

But not you?

I guess I'm the black sheep.

Sounds like a pretty
screwed up bunch of people.

Is this where you try and
make me feel bad about my life

so maybe I'll cut you some play?

Huh?

Please!

Maybe you should try to walk in my shoes.

No, thanks. I walked in the
shoes of the kid next to you.

Or more like under him while he was beatin'

the crap out of my mother.

Is that funny? That funny to you?

And you think I feel sorry for myself?

I'm not the one lookin'
through the medicine cabinet

'for anything with alcohol content.'

And I'm not the one who
decides to clean his gun

in the middle of the night.

So..

Pass out or chicken out?

Give me yours and we'll see.

I didn't bring it.

You don't take a crap
without your gun, Bosco.

Sully..

Sully?

I..

- Put the gun down.. - Tatiana..

There's an officer down! Officer down!

What was with the gun?

You know, those guys thought you were gonna

kill yourself last night.

Sully? Sully?

You are definitely not worth this.

You are definitely
not worth this, Sullivan.

- Sullivan? - Pass out or chicken out?

- No! No! No! - It is over.

- It is over. - You're just a substance.

You know, the guys thought
you were gonna kill yourself.

What's with the gun?

You know, the guys thought
you were gonna kill yourself

last night.

Passed out or chickened out?

Tatiana?

We did this, Shevchenko.

You and I, we did this!

There's an officer down.

There's an officer down.

Why did they kill my son?

Tatiana!

'No!'

Sullivan!

What are you doing?

The fire..

What's wrong with it?

Are you seeing things?

I gotta get out of here!

Hey, that's part of it, Sully.

Hallucinations.

My old man, he sees snakes.

Big huge snakes crawling all over him.

I can't do this.

Go lay down.

I don't like you.

You don't like me.

So?

Where's your gun?

- Go to bed. - Where is it?

Sully, get your damn hands off me.

- Where the hell is that gun?
- I'm not gonna ask you again.

Get your hands off me.

What are you doing?

Give it. Stop it.

You crazy son of a bitch!

I can't do it.

- I can't do this. - It's booze.

It's only booze and nightmares.

You did this to yourself.

Please.

You're crying, always crying.

Everyone's always
crying, "Help me, help me."

What about me? Huh?

What about me?

He probably drinks cause he can't stand

to be sober around you.

Imagine what it's like for him.

Having a son like you.

- I'd drink myself silly, too. - Shut up.

Beat the crap out of your mother

for ever having you in the first place.

- Shut your mouth. - Be a man.

Make him proud for once in your life.

Come on, step up.

He hates your guts, Bosco!

Be a man?

Be a man?

Do it.

Do it!

No.

I didn't come all the way out here

to make this easy for you.

Hello?

What the hell? Bosco?

- Son of a bitch clocked me. - What?

Your jagoff partner hit me in the head

and he bolted.

Son of a bitch! Where are you going?

I thought I heard a scream out there.

So what? He's probably out
there having another nightmare.

He's been having them all damn night.

- Let him scream. - I'm goin' after him.

He's got no shoes on.

He isn't gonna get too far!

No, wait!

Sully!

He ran away, remember?

- Sully! - He's not gonna answer.

Alright, we got to find his footprints.

There's footprints everywhere.

Well, you said he wasn't wearing any shoes.

Maybe they'll look different.

What the hell do you know, Davis?

Couple of guys who grew up in the city.

I think he went this way.

You think you're gonna track him?

Sully!

Oh, God!

No! No! No!

You see anything?

I didn't see the last two things you saw.

You know, I can really
use some help here, Bosco.

To do what? Huh?

I don't even know why we're out here.

What? He's lost in the woods.

No, here!

What are we doing out here?

He's a grown up. He wants to drink?

- Let him drink. - Even if it kills him?

You gonna stop that from happening?

- He'd do it for me. - No, he wouldn't.

Yeah, he would.

Sully! He got bigger
problems than we can handle.

We gotta do somethin'.

You saw the gun on his hand.

Haven't we all thought
about that once or twice?

He tried to get me to kill him last night.

What?

We have to call someone, Davis.

No. No.

- I can do this. - Is this about you?

Who are you trying to save here?

- Sully. - Why?

You know, either help me or don't help me

I don't give a damn.

'Sully!'

'Leave him alone!'

- Wait. - Sully!

Sully!

'Sully!'

Leave him alone.

Sully.

Sully!

Leave him alone!

- Oh. - 'Please.'

Please! Oh, God!

- Come on. - 'Leave him alone.'

- Let's go. - Ah!

- 'No.' - It's me, Sully. It's me.

- Davis? - It's alright.

- No. - Let's go back to the camp.

- Come on. - Get away from me!

It's okay, let's go. Let's
go back to the cabin.

I killed him. I killed him.

It's alright. Just..

- Just take it easy. - No. No.

I'm no good.

Shevchenko never drew his gun.

- I did. After.. - Sul..

- After I killed... - Don't
say anything else.

- Let's just go. Come on. - I'm sorry.

Don't say anything else. Shut up.

- I let him die. - Sul, don't. Come on.

- You've gotta get away from me. - No.

Get away from me.

Don't you know that just looking
at you makes me remember..

I never wanted you around me.

Never.

I want you to get away from me.

I hate you.

- M-m-my fault. - Sully.

Sully, come on, you
need to drink some water.

Get away from me!

Hang tough, Sully, alright.
You're almost there, man.

- No, I'm not. - You're almost there.

No.

You don't understand. He's here.

Just try to rest, alright, Sul.

I can't do it.

I need a drink.

Sul, just go to sleep,
alright. Try to go to sleep.

No. Just one damn drink.

- I can't take this.. - Sorry, man.

'God..'

I want to talk to you.

Davis!

Bosco, what did I do, man?

You didn't do anything.

Oh, Hill told me he could
have other people out here

and I just had to..

I had to do it myself. It had to be me.

- He's in bad shape.
- Oh, no kidding, Bosco.

- You think so? - Don't jump on me.

Listen, that stuff that he said

about the guy not having the gun?

Shevchenko?

I don't give a damn about that, Davis.

We gotta do what we gotta do.

It's just the booze talking anyway.

Believe me, we all have things to hide.

Doc said he's gonna be out here.

How long he said he was gonna be?

He said he had to stop by the fire house

pick up some supplies first.

It's been more than an hour
and a half for one-hour trip.

- Maybe he hit traffic?
- You gave him good directions?

Yes, the same as we had. Yes.

Davis... I think it might be time.

- 'Davis!' - Time for what?

The pint of whiskey under the sink.

No, it's only if he's havin' a seizure.

You know what a seizure looks like?

So he could be having one, for all we know.

So what? The last three
days have been for nothing?

I don't think we have a choice here.

We'll just give him a couple of sips.

No. No.

One drink.

He doesn't look like he can
take a whole lot more of this.

How much can his heart handle?

Oh, thank God.

- How is he? - I don't think he's too good.

What the hell took you so long?

Had to stop by the fire
house to get some saline

and health store for some gel packs.

- Gel packs? - Yeah, runners use them.

They balance your
electrolytes, replace calories..

- Has he eaten?
- Tried, but he throws it up.

That's probably a big part of the problem.

Damn!

Sul.

Hey, come here. Look at me.

Doc..

Look at me.

Look at me.

I-I-I..

Here, I want you to
take some of this, okay?

- Take some of this. No, hey! - No.

Take some of this. Alright?

- Yeah. - No..

- Sul. - Just take it, Sul.

Take some.

Detoxing somebody like this is dangerous.

It should be left to the professionals.

- I was trying to protect him..
- From what?

He got a lot sicker than we expected.

Help me get him on his back. Get him.

Put the blanket on him.

Get him an IV, you know.

- How's your head? - I've been hit harder.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

You didn't do it.

I never should've left you here with him.

- Please don't. - Don't what?

I can't handle someone else feeling sorry

for themselves right now.

Listen, you know all that stuff he said

about how he hates you
and all, he didn't mean it.

- Okay, it's just... - No, I know. I know.

I just thought I'd be more ready for it.

How is he doing?

His vitals stabilized, he's sleeping.

How long do you think he'll be out?

Ah, he's pretty out of it. The
more he sleeps the better.

I mean, his biggest problem
is dehydration and malnutrition.

- So that's good, right? - Yeah, I guess.

Cool.

You should go home, Bos.

No, man. I'm alright.

- You go ahead, I'll stay.
- Yeah, you need some rest.

What I need is the head, right now.

- 'Thanks for coming, doc.' - 'Yeah.'

I'm glad it didn't take
me any longer to get here.

We were about to give him the drink.

- Whiskey. - Really?

There's a bottle hidden in
the cabinet in the kitchen.

We were gonna get it when you pulled up.

Alcohol might've helped him.

'Yeah, but wouldn't that just make'

'this whole thing last longer?'

'Uh, I don't know, this is something'

'I really don't know that much about.'

I-I've known Sully for..

For more than 15 years.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

The only other time I
ever saw him this bad was..

Yeah.

'He got pretty sick pretty fast like this.'

'I don't think he ever
thought he was gonna find'

'someone like Tatiana, you know?'

'Yeah, we thought the same about a partner'

'until you came along.'

'You know, he thought he
could just quit on his own.'

'He gave it a shot anyway.'

'You remember the other day, that, uh'

'little girl with the overdose?'

- 'On the day you fell?' - 'Yeah.'

'Supposed to be his first day sober.'

Reminds me of that, that movie "Airplane."

When the guy says, "Looks like I picked

the wrong day to stop sniffing blue."

Right.

Yeah, he didn't make it. He drank that day.

- So did I. - 'I mean, me too'

'But we waited till we were off duty.'

- 'He drank on the clock?' - 'In the RMP.'

'How are you feeling?'

- 'Me?' - 'Yeah.'

'Haven't slept in a while, have you?'

'No. I'm alright.'

It's a really good thing you're doing.

I thought you said it should've
been done by professionals.

I didn't say it was a smart thing

but, you know, most
people would've probably

just pretended that it wasn't happening.

'The thing is I think I almost
hotdogged him into dying.'

'Sometimes, someone
just caring is enough to live.'

I mean, he would've
done the same thing for me.

If the situation was reverse.

- Don't you think? - Does it matter?

No.

You want some coffee or something?

- No, I'm good. - I'll be right back.

What are you doing?

Looking for the bottle
that you hid somewhere

in the kitchen cabinet.

Sully, stop.

- Are you really that weak?
- Yes, I am, Bosco.

'So why won't you tell me where it is'

'and both of you can get
the hell away from me.'

- What's going on?
- You know what, fine. Fine.

Here.

Go ahead.

- Not gonna fight you anymore. - Good.

- Now get out of here. - No!

No, you wanna drink? Go ahead and drink.

You're gonna have to do it in front of us.

I told you, Davis, it's stupid to even try.

- No, you don't need that.
- Oh, leave him alone, doc.

- Go ahead. - Get away from me!

No, we're not going anywhere.

Go ahead.

What the hell is it gonna
take to get through to you?

- I'm not worth this. - Why not?

You tell me why not?

The bullet that killed your
father was meant for me.

What?

Come on, Sully.

You wanna help me?

You wanna stand behind me no matter what?

Then you should know who I am.

Right, doc?

What's he talking about?

He knows.

I was putting the
screws into this guy hard.

I made him meet us in that park

to tell us who his suppliers were.

I knew that they were
gonna know he rolled on him

but I didn't care.

I had the leverage and I was gonna use it.

Now, your old man, he said I
was pushing this guy into a corner

he couldn't get out of and it wasn't smart.

But seeing as to how he
was supporting two families

and stealing every dollar
he could get his hands on

I didn't think he was a good
person to take advice from.

- Hey! Hey! - Davis! Davis!

- That's what he wants.
- You wanna drink, go ahead!

- Davis... - Go ahead and drink!

Go ahead and drink it!

- Davis, come on! - Come on! Come on!

That's what he wants.

Don't you understand?

Every good thing in my life dies!

Because of me, your father is dead!

Because of me, Tatiana is dead!

Because of me, you almost got killed.

- No. No. - 'Yes!'

Yes!

Everything!

Every good thing in my life dies.

You were not responsible for me.

I knew damn good and well what I was doing

when I walked into that restaurant.

And what, because of you I got shot?

Please, I'm smarter than that.

- It was me. - No, it was me!

And Tatiana died when they killed her son.

It had nothing to do with you.

Her life caught up with her.

And my dad... was a grown man.

And he was standing next to you
in that park for the same reason

I'm standing here right now.

That's where he was supposed
to be, next to his partner.

I'm not leaving, this is where I belong..

And it's not because
of you, it's because of me.

We're partners.

We're family.

Now what?

Now we go home.

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