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Cash register's right in front. We take it, then we grab as many pieces as we

could carry. Look, I don't know. I don't feel good about this one.

Listen, I got news for you, cousin.

You ain't never gonna play with Count Basie. And that sister of yours, she

never gonna have that operation.

You lose your nerve now.

All right, let's do it.

I can't believe you, Hooker.

You really do your own taxes?

Pull out form 4562, will you?

Instructions on amortization and depreciation.

Nobody does their own taxes anymore. Not when you can get professional advice.

Professional advice?

Sidney Zuckerman and Associates. Oh, Sidney Zuckerman and Associates.

Yes, I've seen their TV commercial, Zucker. You know, they're the ones who

if you're audited, they'll personally drive you to jail.

Hey, I'm just trying to help. You want to stumble along on your own partner?

Okay, fine.

Let's go get some steamed clams.

I'm not exactly a pro hooker, but I do have a handy little pocket calculator

could borrow.

Cuts down on pencil sharpening. Why not? I was never very good at math.

Couldn't tell it from your academy classes.

I'm your biggest fan.

I've got a whole book of hooker homilies.

Act, don't react.

Be a mover and a shaker.

Passive might get you dead.

And don't you forget it.

Oh, please.

Yeah, I had trouble getting into the dating scene after my divorce, too.

But people need people.

And I've learned you have to get past all those awkward stages and just get

right to it.

So how about Saturday night?

Saturday night?

Yeah. Yeah, we can see a movie, grab a pizza, work on your tax return, bring my

calculator.

Well, um... Come on, Hooker. He's just a little backward, not used to dealing

with modern women.

You're on the spot, Hooker.

Well?

Saturday night, huh?

You're on.

And so are you.

All units in the vicinity.

Fifth and Stanley.

Lamar's gun shop.

Possible 211 in progress.

Suspects wearing ski masks.

4 Adam 30, handle code 3. That sounds like the same M .O. as last week.

Maybe the same guys.

Great, let's do it.

Go. It's cut.

Come on, we need the girl.

Stay with me, man. Stay with me.

Give it up.

There's no way out.

Come on. Come on. That's not what I'm saying. I'm telling you.

Yeah, are you all right?

Yeah. I just, I can't feel anything in my leg.

Get out of broadcast.

Call an ambulance. Fast.

Is everything all right?

Yes,

yes, it's okay.

News on the radio said one of them cops is in critical condition. The chick.

If she dies, that means we're facing a murder rap.

So she dies.

It's one less blue suit.

What about the car? They got a description.

Look, I already wiped it clean and dished it. If we need another one, we

rip one off.

You have the goods?

Hey.

Yeah, I got a whole stack of them for you, Jason.

But the price is going to start to go up as of today.

You don't set the price, Tate. I set the price.

Bring the merchandise to my office.

Through the rear entrance.

What are you trying to do? Get us killed?

Don't hurt to ask.

Come on, let's go unload.

Back for your help.

Any word?

Aaron's ex -husband is somewhere out of state in here.

Don and her mother are on their way by bus to Seattle. They left last night

sometime before the shooting. A visit for the boy and his grandparents.

We've notified the highway patrol.

They're trying to track the bus now.

Could be an hour, maybe longer.

That's too long.

Look, the arteries in her right leg are severed. She's losing a lot of blood.

What about transfusions, doctor?

We've got a whole precinct that'd line up to get blood. If we don't operate

immediately, amputation?

Usually we consult with the family, but in this case we can't reach anyone for

consent.

Would there be any other way besides amputation?

I'm afraid it could be a matter of her leg or her life.

Her legs are her life.

We'll take the responsibility for the family.

You do what you have to, Doctor.

Booker, if you're going to try to take the blame for what happened, it's not

going to do any of us any good.

Least of all, Officer Hall.

I can use a cup of coffee.

How

many

pieces do you have?

You got 28 in the first bag, 30 in the second.

Smiths, Colts, 45s, 38s. You got 9mm automatics.

Oh, 12 -gauge Winchester. Nice, clean.

Yeah, I could use a few more of these.

A couple dozen Sten guns while you're at it.

I ain't never seen nobody eat guns like you, Jason.

What are you gonna do, start your own war?

Your job is to deliver the good smart mouth. Where they go and what I do with

them is my business.

Mickey Mouse getting on my nerve.

If I get nervous, you better get nervous.

Dr. Campbell, two x -ray, please. Dr. Campbell.

Any news?

Anything on Karen?

Not yet.

Hooker was right about the M .O.

It matches something robbery was working on.

It's the second time they pulled this off.

Any solid suspects with the same M .O.? Zero.

There's one more thing, Captain.

A weapon dropped by one of the suspects during the getaway. I recovered it at

the scene.

It's being checked for prints and ballistics, Romano.

What about you, Hooker? I know they had masks on, but did you get a close enough

look at them to try to work on a composite?

No faces.

But the guy who pulled the trigger, I'll never forget his voice.

Eastern accent.

Probably New York.

And the other one.

I saw his hands.

Black.

Dr. White, telephone, please.

It'll be a couple of hours before she fully comes out of it.

We did everything possible to save her leg.

Hooker, I know how you feel. Do you? I don't think so, Junior.

I don't think you know what's in my gut.

That scum will pull the trigger. He's going to wish he never saw a cop.

I'm going to find him, and I'm going to bury him.

Going down through 12th Street.

Are you looking to check out gang activity? Gang activity, gun activity.

There's been a steady stream of guns turning up under the hands of street

Which may tie to the gunshot heists. It's worth shaking a few trees.

What about the automatic we recovered? Any report on that?

Army issue.

Brand new.

Serial number checks with an out -of -state heist, a shipment of military

weapons. Prints? Set of partials.

Robbery's running them through the computer.

They'll let us know if anything popped.

Look at the food.

Hands behind your head.

You got a permit for this cannon, punk?

It's not mine. I found it. Where's the scientist?

And skip the cha -cha, because I'm not in the mood for fairy tales.

I found it!

Let's just book him for practice and let him think long and hard about it. What

about it, Morales? Huh?

I book you for possession.

Huh?

With your good cold turkeys? With that horse habit of yours?

Huh? With your kind of steel wall type?

The public defender forgets who you are because you've got a caseload four miles

long? No, ma 'am, please. I couldn't take that, ma 'am. No way.

Couldn't take it.

Couldn't take it.

Where'd you get the .45?

Where'd you get it? My cousin, man. Your cousin. He knows some dudes. He knows

some dudes. Who does he know? I don't know any names, man.

Did you find out? I don't know. You don't know.

I guess so. I guess so. I bet you I know so. I know so.

All right, Morales.

I'm going to book you. And I'm going to let you walk on an OR.

Tomorrow, bright and early, I'm going to be right back in your face.

Because I want chapter and verse.

On any gun sales going down to my precinct, you got that?

You got that?

Yeah.

I got it. You got it. Good.

Because there's some hardcore scum on the streets nowadays that make you look

like Prince Charm.

Salt and pepper, too.

They heist gunshots.

The white guy, he's from the East.

Maybe New York.

You help me nail him.

And I might suddenly get amnesia about you.

That's good work.

I need to talk to you.

How about some lights so we can see each other? No lights.

Just get out.

I know how you must feel.

I can't tell you how I feel.

I just want you to know that... I care.

And I don't want you to get down on yourself.

Right, Hooker?

When was the last time you saw one -legged female cop?

You'll walk again. There are ways.

You know, when I was shot...

Couldn't feel anything from my waist down.

I was afraid I was going to die.

Really afraid.

Funny, huh?

Now I'm afraid I'm going to live.

Karen, give yourself some time.

Things have happened so fast.

Too fast.

Give your head time to get it all straight.

What's the matter?

You feel?

Yes, I am.

Maybe I didn't train you well enough.

Maybe too well. Whatever.

I just want you to know that I'm concerned about you.

And I want to help.

Don't worry about it, pal.

Everything's under control.

Your little boy needs to see you.

And your mother, too.

shut them out the way you have.

You keep them away from me.

How do you do?

How's Danny doing?

As well as can be expected, I guess.

I'll go see how I am.

Danny's so confused.

He just wants to see his mother.

Karen needs time to make an adjustment to what's happened to her.

Maybe a lot of time.

I know it's not just the loss of her leg.

Part of it's that she won't be able to be a police officer anymore.

We talked about that a lot.

I always wanted her to go to law school, be a lawyer.

No, Karen felt that being a cop was what she wanted to do.

It's what she thought she could do better than anything else in the world.

if it comes down to whether we need more good cops or more lawyers, you know how

I feel. Same way Karen has always felt.

When do you think that Karen will be ready to accept things as they are?

In amputee cases, the initial shock takes a while to wear off.

So until Karen's ready mentally, she's taken a beating.

But when she comes swinging back, things will happen fast, and that's when

she'll need you, Mrs. Hall, need all of us.

That sure is a neat schooner you got there, Danny.

I sure like that boat.

Hey, Danny.

Danny, your mom wouldn't like you sulking around like this.

Why doesn't she want to see me?

Well, it's not that she doesn't want to see you.

It's just that she's got to spend a few days in the hospital talking to the

doctors.

About what?

They're going to give your mom an artificial leg.

Do you know what that means?

Something in place of the one she lost?

That's right.

And then when she's fitted with that leg and she learns how to use it...

She's going to be able to walk again.

But she's still going to need your help.

You're going to have to be the man in the family until your mom gets well

to come back home.

Every day after school, we always play ball together.

Will she be able to play ball with me?

Not the way she did.

Maybe not at all.

Are you going to see her soon?

As soon as I can.

Tell her for me. I don't care about playing ball. I just wanted to come home

be my mom.

If I had more hooker, you see, I tell you.

I mean, there's guns to be had and full supply, you see.

My cousin didn't give me no name, see?

I mean, he just bought the piece from some black dude over on Marston

who has a direct connection to the pipeline.

I need more, Morales.

I want to know where the pipeline is.

I want to nail that salt and pepper tea.

Well, let's say I did hear that they was working in the neighborhood, but that's

all you see. That's it.

All units in the vicinity, 1200 block on Galvan Boulevard, 211 in progress, 4

Adam 30, handle code 3.

Four out of 30, Roger. Don't go away. We'll be back.

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Hurry up!

Joe, come!

Come on.

Ambulance is on the way. Looks like a piece of pocket.

And a reed. A reed?

Yeah, a clarinet saxophone, maybe.

Could be one of the guys we're looking for as a musician.

A musician who likes guns.

Yeah.

You think it was them?

I know it was them.

We came close. We almost nailed them. Close isn't good enough, Hooker.

We have further descriptions of them and another partial print to compare to the

gun left behind on the first round. They've already come up with a composite

robbery will distribute it to every gun shop in the city. There's got to be

something else that we can do.

The detectives are on it, so you let them handle it, okay, Hooker? You handle

your street duty.

What about the reed we found?

Any guy who carries around a special reed like that has to be either a

professional musician or a very turned -on amateur. Okay.

There could be something in there.

Check the local music outlets that handle that brand of reed show them what

have to suspect Right now I got something else I got to do

Dr.

Davidson said you were here

First time. How's it feel?

How do you think it feels?

Not exactly ready for tap dancing lessons.

I've always found this a good place to come when you need help.

I'm not here to pray.

I'm here to ask why.

Why my leg?

Why does it have to be my life that's screwed up?

I thought I knew where I was going.

Just when I was learning how to live.

Now look at me.

No matter how bad you think it is now, you're still alive and that's what

counts.

You're still the same person I trained, the same kid who came into the academy.

A green rookie and came out a cop.

And a woman.

And what I need from you now.

What your family needs.

It's the same grit you needed to get through the academy.

You have to be tough on yourself to get through this, Karen. Real tough.

You're not my drill sergeant anymore, Hooker. You just get out of here. I'm

quitting. I'm not going to let you quit. Where are your guts, Karen?

Your leg is gone.

But did they cut out your guts, too? Why, you... Your leg

is gone, Karen.

And your head and heart have to take over.

That is, if you have the guts and the stamina to do it.

in motion.

Put a step in the right direction.

My little boy, Hooker.

I want to see him.

And my mother.

I'll have him here before you can catch a breath.

the chapel.

She wants to see you, Mrs. Hall.

You and Danny.

Thank you, Hooker.

That's terrific.

Listen, Hooker, Stacy just called.

We finally have something on the sax reed. A music store owner on 7th made a

positive idea on the black guy as a musician who's purchased equipment from

before. Any name?

First name, Jerry. No known address.

That's it?

So far, but that just might be enough.

Stacy and Corrigan are running it down with a buddy of mine at the musician's

union.

Hooker!

We thought we'd let you know before we turned it over to the detective that we

came up with a name from the musician's union.

Jerry Slaughter.

The computer's spit out enough I don't make it look like a righteous suspect.

Like? Like a dozen priors from assault and rape to armed robbery.

Is that on parole?

Got a location?

His last known working address was a club on the south side, The Action.

It's over on Marston Boulevard.

Dino Morales told us that's where his gang was buying their guns.

Thank you, guys. You can turn it over to the detectives now.

Booker, if you're headed where I think you're headed, I want to be a part of

You've got it, Junior.

How you try?

Who isn't quick?

She will lie, you'll believe her.

You keep her sad and proud.

She never gets me to breathe.

But the end is what you get.

Put her hand in your pocket and tell her to knock.

You feel a little conspicuous?

Well, just act like you belong.

Maybe nobody will notice.

Right.

Oh, yeah, I come here every Saturday night. I love this band.

Yeah?

Especially the saxophone.

Jerry Slaughter, right?

So, you taking a survey for Lawrence Welk?

Get a suit here, will you?

Get the smart dial on it.

Look, they're taking Slaughter away in the ambulance. He's alive, but he's

messed up.

I take it messed up means his mouth is shut for a while.

Yeah, long enough for us to hit the warehouse, if that's what you mean.

But now we're guys short.

Don't worry about it. Brett and Nick will take care of Slaughter then on the

inside.

If Brett's inside, who drives? I do.

Ooh, you must want this one real bad.

There's enough guns in that building to outfit the Marines.

I want them.

The Army issue automatic that was dropped at the scene where Karen was

down was taken from a military shipment.

These guys don't limit their takes to small scores.

And I think this blueprint sketch means they're going to hit again.

Soon. So what do you think? Shipping depot? Warehouse?

Oh, just for the hell of it.

Let's cruise the docks.

This looks like the floor plan of one of the warehouses out there. And we got

the pepper half of the team, but not the salt.

That truck shouldn't be there.

Call it in.

4 Adam 16 to Control.

Code 6, Supply Center Warehouse, Washburn and Stanton.

Request a backup.

Roger, 4 Adam 16.

4 Adam 30, Officer requesting backup at Supply Center Warehouse, Washburn and

Stanton. Respond, Code 2.

4 Adam 30, roger.

What do you got?

I don't know yet.

It looks like somebody unauthorized decided to put in some Sunday duty

the warehouse.

What about the security system?

It looks like it's been cut, and a lock on the rear door has left it open.

Call for more backup. Roger.

Joyce, the cops!

All right, all right. Hold your fire.

Put out your gun.

Come out with your hand up.

Hold it right there.

On your knees. Get on your knees.

Now it'll be some difficulty at first until you get used to it But depending

the patient and any complications, we can usually have you up and about and

walking easily with no pain within an area of three to four weeks.

And if there are complications?

We don't expect any.

If you're ready to take that first step.

I don't know.

I used to be able to do things.

Karen, it's still you.

You don't have to leave the forest.

Desk job, right?

Hey, it's a guy working in vice with only one hand. What about Phil Bonner?

put in 19 years in the force this month.

And he's been missing an eye since he was a rookie. That's right.

Get the feeling these guys are trying to tell me something?

Well, if you'd stop being so stubborn and open your ears a little wider, you

might learn something.

Well, four o 'clock.

Time to roll.

Sheridan's got you guys pulling night watch again?

Yeah. It's just his way of expressing his appreciation for our getting in the

detective's way on the gun heist.

Oh, I see. And the federal boys are into it now.

Mm -hmm. They got Jason and the others on a dozen different counts. Most of

those guns were being used as trade on the narcotics market.

Well, why not? Guns are better than money the way the economy is.

What about Tate and Slaughter?

Attempted murder of a police officer.

They won't be seeing the outside of those prison walls till you're ready to

your old age picture. Maybe never.

Yeah, probably not before I get that date with you, right?

Saturday night, three weeks, you and I have a date.

Why three weeks?

Because I'm going to take you dancing.