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I'm driving the anti -nuclear tank.

Come in, come in.

All right, let's go. Oh, my.

Go, go, go. Come on. Come on. I want to drive.

Oh, boy, I want to drive.

This whole night is screwed up. What are we going to do?

I want to get high.

Me, too.

Let's get some brew, okay?

I figured that's why you guys invited me out here. Come on, Matt. You're our

main man.

Let's have some money.

Here is George times four.

And that's two.

I'll be right back.

So, where should we go, huh? Don't matter. We'll just make this baby fly.

It's four

bucks.

I hear you're selling these for six.

You're never going to get rich that way, Matt.

I've already made 12 bucks tonight.

Yeah?

More than make at the arcade at the same amount of time.

Well, when you run out, you know where to find us.

Another four bucks.

Pure profit, Luke.

But we are down to our last case.

I think Luke has another liquor store in mind, don't you, sweetie?

We restock tomorrow.

You know about this flag football game with the 18th Precinct? Yeah.

Well, the captain... Look, Hooker, I know how much you like football. And how

much you know about football. And in my opinion, you would be the best possible

coach for the team.

But the captain... Made you coach.

How did you know?

It was my idea. I don't need that kind of agony again.

Looks like we got ourselves a deuce.

We better get them stopped before they kill somebody.

I'm backing up.

It's too dangerous.

Call for two ambulances.

Paramedics. Have the hospital stand by for triage.

Paramedic unit.

That one's dead.

Keep her airways up.

This one's bleeding badly.

Booze and kids.

On a waist.

Trafficking has cooped up all these personal effects scattered all over the

scene.

There's two of them. There won't be any bears anymore.

Every time my daughter goes out, I say, don't drink and drive. It can't be said

enough. 101.

This is someone that's stolen scotch that's been all over the high school

campuses. Kids must be buying it next to nothing.

And two lives snuffed up because of it.

Hello? Hi, Irene. It's Vince.

I hope I didn't wake you.

Oh, hardly. I just got in from work.

Why are you calling so late, Vince?

I just wanted to ask you about Matt.

There was an automobile accident tonight, and I found his student body

Matt, he's not... No, no.

I just wanted to know if he's home.

Well, he should be.

He was supposed to get off at work at ten. Hold on.

Ben, he's here. He's asleep.

Oh, good.

I'm sorry if I frightened you, Irene, but I just wanted to make sure.

Was anybody hurt badly?

I'm afraid so, Irene.

I'm afraid so.

Romano, if that's your football team roster, put me down for tryouts, huh?

Oh, it's a good idea. We need cheerleaders.

I'm talking about the team, Romano. It's going to be a co -ed gang.

What, are you kidding?

Women on a football team?

Who thought up that idea?

Well, I found it'd be a good arena to display the equality of police officers,

Romano.

Intergender relations, so to speak. What do you think?

You're absolutely right. That's a great idea, sir.

Good. Bye.

Stacy, did Traffic get any statements from the kids in the hospital yet?

So far, there's only one person who's in good enough condition to speak.

They asked her where she got the liquor, and she gave a boy's name, Matt.

What was that name, Stacy?

Matt. That's all they could get from her.

Ask them to stay on top of it for us, will you?

We'll be on the street. Right.

Are you taking the day off, kid?

No.

Okay,

don't move.

Just put away your gun.

Take what you want.

Shut up. Just put away your gun, please.

Okay, you just stay behind the counter and shut up.

Okay, guys, go. Let's get this boozled. Come on, move it.

Go.

There's not much more. Let's move it.

Cops! Head this way.

We got the booze. Let's go.

$12 in change.

Maybe this is worth something.

That's my wedding ring. You're not going to have my wedding ring.

Get in!

Now's the time to talk about stolen liquor, son.

Yeah? Well, you just bring that up with my attorney, provided at no cost.

You

have

the right to remain silent.

Did you get on that?

Okay, Ramona, let's have it.

You haven't said a word since we drove out.

I was thinking about the name of the kid that Stacy said was selling the booze.

Matt?

Yeah.

Matthew King.

Isn't he the son of the guy you served with in that?

Yeah.

I wasn't much older than Matt is right now.

16 with a phony birth certificate.

Josh, Matt's old man?

He looked after me the second I got off the boat.

He was more than like a big brother to me. He was almost like a father.

Where'd you get Matt King's student body card?

I found it in the effects from the wreck last night.

What? You know how kids are, Hooker.

They're in and out of each other's cars, so I called his mother and checked him

out.

And? Well, she had just gotten in from work, and he was home asleep.

He had worked until ten himself last night.

But she doesn't know when he got home.

An hour before she did? Two hours?

Five minutes?

Maybe we should drop by the house.

Matt's a lot like his father was, Hooker. I can't imagine he'd be tied up

stolen liquor. It's the lead, Junior. We gotta follow it. I'll just hope along

with you that the Matt we're looking for isn't your Matt.

Yes, I asked Matt about his student body card and he said he loaned it to one of

the kids to get into the football game.

He had to work at the arcade so he couldn't go himself.

Well, that sure explains it.

Matt worked last night?

He's a big help to me.

I really like Matt at the arcade.

He, uh...

Keeps all those computer games going for him.

I remember when Matt was little, he used to take apart anything that could be

plugged in.

Clocks, toasters. You should see him now.

Computer chips and integrated circuits.

Half the time I don't know what he's talking about.

How late did Matt work last night?

Till 10 o 'clock.

Ever since his father's endowment policy ran out, I had to get a second job.

Matt jumped right in.

He sounds like a terrific young man.

Oh, he really is hooker.

You know, I can't remember the last time I spent any time with him.

Maybe he'd like to go to the hockey game.

You guys had wonderful times together.

Yeah.

Well, thanks for everything, I mean.

I'm going to stop by tonight at the arcade and invite him.

Sounds to me like both of you could use something more than work.

Sorry if I sound so wrapped up with Matt, but I can't tell you how important

is to me. Don't worry about it, Junior.

I, when you're present, do exactly the same thing.

Now we'll have to see if the detectives have lined up a composite artist to work

with a woman from a liquor store.

It's really the best lead we have going.

Look,

can we walk this way?

Since they fired me, the owner gives me funny look.

Probably knows I sell around here.

Look, I'm not real sure about this whole thing.

What are you, turning chicken on us, honey? Hey, lay off.

Matt's a little tense.

Maybe he needs a drink.

I don't need a drink.

Well, there'll be plenty of time for that later. And plenty of booze.

This next hit I got lined up will keep the whole high school supplied for...

Five years?

Five years.

Maybe you, uh, can make enough money to have a little fun, huh?

You buy yourself some decent threads?

After you give your mom her allowance.

Come on, buddy.

Find out where you can get that electronic gizmo you need to get us past

computer ignition on those liquor trucks.

Where? I looked in all the stores.

Not in a store.

In a warehouse.

Yeah? Can we buy it there?

Who said anything about buying?

We just bust into the warehouse and take it.

I'm not busting into anything.

That's wrong.

You want me to tell the cops who sold the booze to those kids who died in that

car crash?

You wouldn't do that. Oh, no?

Just try me.

Can't make any money for your mommy when you're sitting in jail.

So tomorrow, the warehouse will be there.

Right?

Heard you got some good booze. Six dollars a quart.

What?

How old are you?

Twenty -two. You want to see my ID?

Come on, I got enough money from all my buddies for two quarts.

That'll be out of your mind.

You're selling any liquor to little kids.

Hey, if I have to, I can pay someone to go into a store and buy it for me. I

heard you had some bargains.

Why don't you just get out of here?

Come on, beat it.

Glad I caught you on a break.

You are on a break, aren't you?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, I'm on a break.

Hey, I talked to your mom.

Did she tell you?

Well, she said something about my student body car. Is there something

Nah.

It's straight now.

Did you know any of the kids in that automobile crash?

Just seen them around. You know.

Um... The one kid rich here, I did give my card to him for the day.

Yeah.

You don't get much chance to spend time with your friends or your mother these

days, huh?

I don't see her that much.

You know, she's got two jobs and I'm down here.

Hey, listen.

I got two tickets to the hockey game tomorrow night.

Thought we could go, you know? You and me.

Like we used to, huh?

Before I got wrapped up in all of the police academy stuff.

Well, I really can't.

I've got to work.

Your mom told me that you were putting in a lot of overtime. Come on. You

deserve it. One night.

You died.

I'd like it to, man.

Look, Ben.

I'm okay.

I mean, I know you have this obligation because you knew my father or whatever,

but... Your dad and I, we should everything.

From C -rations to snipe patrol for 13 months.

There's no whatever to it, kiddo.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Just got a lot on my mind.

Look, why don't I give you a call when I've got some more time, huh?

Matt!

What?

We're looking for this kid.

Have you seen him around here? Do you know him?

I really have to go.

Yeah.

Do you recognize this boy this long?

Yes, of course.

James J .D. Turner.

He wasn't in the accident, was he?

No.

No, we think he may be involved with the liquor that caused it.

Can you tell us any of the students that this Turner spends time with, aside

from the classroom?

Well, there's a girl, Susan Folson, and Jack Jenkins.

Him, we have in custody. He's not telling us anything, but he is in

I've seen Jack with Matt King, too.

Matt?

He hangs out with Jenkins?

Well, I wouldn't say he hangs out. Matt's more a loner.

Do you know him?

Very well.

How's Matt doing school?

Doesn't do well at all. I'm very concerned about him.

It probably has to do with all the hours he puts in at the arcade.

The arcade?

He doesn't have that job anymore?

No, no.

You're mistaken. I was just there last night and... Officer Romano, I signed

Matt's work permit.

I know when he was hired and when he was fired.

Which was over a month ago.

What else can you tell us about that?

He's a very talented boy.

Especially in science and electronics.

But then he's rarely in science class.

Or any other class, for that matter.

You mean he doesn't come to school?

He has a very high absentee rate. And when he is here, he's usually remote and

distant. He has his mind on other things.

And his behavior?

Irrational.

Big ups and downs, mostly downs.

I think you understand Matt's problem, Sergeant.

Wait a minute.

Hooker, you lost me.

I think what Miss Long is trying to say is that Matt is an alcoholic.

If you knew Miss Long, why didn't you...

tell anybody i called his mother's never home we sent letters five or six no one

ever answered it's just another case of a mother who doesn't care she does care

and i care

Let's go, buddy.

We're heading for the big time.

Well, stealing the electronic override and this car, I don't like it.

Well, it really isn't a matter of what you like, now is it?

Mm -mm.

Be ready to move out fast.

You got it.

A gun?

You didn't say anything about using a gun.

You don't have to say anything about guns, Matt.

They speak for themselves.

Yeah, what I...

Okay,

you two guys, you move around.

I put a hole in you.

Three, four.

Okay, buddy.

Get to work.

I don't know where it is.

They make hundreds of different parts.

If I could see an inventory sheet or something.

You heard him.

Inventory sheet. I'm not going to help you punks.

No, no, wait. I'll find it.

The car's hot.

Must have made us.

4 Adam, 30, show us code 6 at Rackatronic and 2.

Hurry up!

It's the cops!

We're not leaving until we get what we need.

Top of the bat.

I lost them too.

You damn well better be able to explain this, Romano.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

I apologize.

I don't want any apologies. I want an explanation.

It was Matt King.

So his problems are bigger than Boo's.

But maybe not bigger than yours.

Look, Hooker.

I told you about being a nom with Josh King.

One night, we were sent out on patrol to Scott B .C. armor positions.

We were on point.

Josh stepped on a landmine.

I held him in my arms for hours, listening to him talk about his baby

knowing that he would never see him again.

I just couldn't let you shoot that boy.

Matt wasn't the one with the gun.

You should have known I wouldn't have fired at an unarmed kid.

I guess I just lost my cool.

It was a bad decision, Romano.

You reacted emotionally in a situation that could have been potentially

dangerous. That punk with the gun was firing at me.

And us.

I know.

I screwed up.

And whatever you want to do is okay with me.

What I want to do is make sure that I can depend on you.

Right now, I'm not sure that I can.

Then I'll have to buff my neck proving it to you.

We'd better pick up Matt's pieces or it's too late.

I just called the department store on my day job, and my manager's not too happy

I'm going to be late.

I guess it must be important, huh?

I wish it weren't Irene.

Is Matt home?

Of course not. He's at the arcade.

No, he's not.

Irene, Matt's in serious trouble.

What are you talking about? What kind of trouble?

There's no easy way to say this.

His son... Matt's an alcoholic.

And his drinking has led him into criminal activity.

An alcoholic?

That's crazy.

He lives here. I know.

He lives here, remember?

The trouble is, you're hardly ever home, Irene.

I know it's not your fault. Holding down two jobs, working nights and weekends.

I don't know how you do it.

What about school, Vince?

His teachers would know he'd be failing.

They do know.

We talked to Matt's homeroom teacher.

She's tried to call you.

The school has sent you half a dozen letters.

I guess Matt intercepted them.

I know how you must feel.

Time is short.

A few hours ago, Matt took part in an armed robbery.

We want to help. We've got to find him and stop before he gets in deeper.

Oh, my God.

A robbery?

And Matt...

An alcoholic? I can't believe it.

I know my son.

We may not have time together, but I know the kind of person he is.

That's just it, Irene.

He's not the person you know anymore because of the alcohol.

I don't understand it. I've worked so hard to make a home for us since we lost

Josh. Matt is everything to me.

It's possible that you're part of the problem.

Me?

What do you mean?

Well, Matt's got his hands full of all normal head trips that teenagers have to

go through.

On top of that, he sees you, his mother, wasting her life, sacrificing every day

for him.

It's a heavy load.

Heavy enough to lead him into anything, something, that will

let him forget for a while.

Feel better fast, they call it.

No, that's not true.

I'm not wasting my life.

I'm filling it with love for my son.

And with respect for myself, for Matt, and me.

We're fighting to make it all work, and we're winning.

Is this all?

You should tell Matt that, Irene.

And I'm going to find him for you.

If he calls, you tell him he's got a friend.

Matt. Oh, Matt.

Oh, thank God I have you.

You were inside all the time.

I'm so messed up.

I never wanted to hurt you.

I just wanted to take Dad's place.

And when I couldn't do that, I just had to sit there and watch you wear yourself

out.

For me.

No, everything I've done is for the both of us.

Not a few, Matt.

I'm going to need some help.

This Bruce thing is really tough to shake.

I thought maybe Alcoholics Anonymous or something.

I saw a sign. They have a special program for teenagers.

Mom, I've got to find Vince and tell him there's going to be a big liquor

robbery.

I've got to give him that.

They can't do the ripoff without it.

Good.

Matt. Mom, please just do what I say.

Matt. Go on and go. Matt, let's go.

Mom, remember, I love you.

Let's go.

We waited for an hour for you at the pier, Matt.

Did you get cold feet?

I'm out of it, Luke.

I'm not going to do it.

Oh, yes, you are.

Detectives finally got a full socialist run down on Susan Colson and that J .D.

kid. I think we've got number three nailed down, too. His name's Luke

That's the one who shot him, though, right?

Checked with his parole officer.

Stevens ran through a spring of jobs.

Movie theater rusher, swamp rat allied paper box, gopher on a construction gang

dishwasher.

Fired from all of them.

Useless.

One of those types with big money dreams and nothing good to go with them. Have

the detectives found any of those suspects yet?

There's an APB out on all four of them, but nothing yet.

What'd you turn up at Racketronic?

Nothing specific.

But those security devices that they manufacture are those new anti -hijack

computer ignitions.

A truck hijack is a strong possible.

Like a liquor distributor.

You got it.

I called in from Racketronics.

Got a full list.

The liquor distributor.

There's no way we can cover all these.

Right. That's why we've got to find Matt and his buddies.

Ninety to four out of thirty on tap two.

Go, Stacey.

Mrs. King just called. She's at home and frantic.

Something's happened to her son.

Tell her we're rolling.

Do you have any idea where they might have taken Matt?

Those kids forced him into the car.

He had that electronic thing. He knew they needed it.

And Matt along with it.

I'd like to take a look around Matt's room.

Okay, buddy, get to work.

Get to work.

Get to work.

According to Rackatronics, four liquor distributors use the EK -47 electronic

ignition.

Luxor? Maxim? Regal? Regal, that's it. Luke Stevens works at the Allied Paper

Box Company.

I know that place. It's right across the street from Regal. That's probably how

Stevens knows about the electronic conditions in Regal trucks.

This is 4 Adam 30 rolling code 3 on a possible hijack in progress

at Regal Liquor Distributors.

Request backup.

Look, it's not that easy.

There's a lot of wiring I have to do.

I'm counting to three. And if this truck isn't roping, I'm pulling the trigger.

That's it.

What about you?

An ambulance isn't going to bring me the kind of help I need.

I'm going to have to find it inside myself.

There are people who are going to help you help yourself.

Let them do it.

Game must almost be over.

Is the captain going to be mad at me?

Talk about him the way he'll understand. Besides, Matt's on his way to better

things.

We're behind one point.

Five seconds to go.

Forty -two, seven, hut, hut!

You made us all aggressive.

In fact, you got all the women so filled with hatred, we could have beat the

Pittsburgh Steelers. The Pittsburgh Steelers! Yeah, yeah, well, I had that

planned. It was a great coaching technique, wasn't it? Oh, Romano!