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4 Adam 30, 4 Adam 30, join 4 Adam 16, Narcotic Stakeout, Kenner Drive and

Beach Boulevard. 4 Adam 30, that's a roger.

Sucky Frickin' Boys, come on, wind me up.

Sucky Frickin' Boys, come on, wind me up.

What we are witnessing, Junior, is a continuous flow of drugs.

Mickey's stacked of vulnerable kids.

And we just saw money change hands, Hooker.

What flavor are you buying today?

White.

Pure white.

Wait a minute. That ain't white.

That's black and brown.

What's the whitest you're going to get for your money today, sweetheart?

I think it's a probable cause to jump like a stag. Let's do it. We'll round up

the kids later.

4 out of 30. 4 out of 60. Nuts out, too.

This is 16. Go 30.

We're going to take stack now. You guys cover the side in case he tries to wrap

it.

Snow cones!

It's just snow cones!

Right here! Snow cones!

This will only take a second.

Well,

how about that?

Look who's into snow cones these days.

Martin Carlson.

A heavy supplier.

But he wouldn't be stupid enough to do his dirty business in public.

Let's hold off a minute.

See what goes down.

Hello,

Mr. T.

Hello, Mickey.

Good to see you.

Hey, you're pushing some new flavors, you see.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, the word is you're buying Mexican browns from Jake Soma.

The word also is you're lining up other pushes to buy from Jake, huh?

I wouldn't do that, man.

Honest. You've done it.

That's what brought me down here. I'm going to make an example of you.

No, please. No.

Colson's been wasted.

It's probably because of dumb Colson.

Colson's tail, but a black and white just stuck their nose into it.

Put your hands up behind you.

We've got company now.

That blue sedan is trailing us.

Get out of the car.

Jan's behind your neck.

On your knees. Now, ease off, Sergeant. I said move it. Shut up.

Both carrying.

Check the ID, boys.

You telling me you're law enforcement?

Inside pocket.

Bed.

What the hell's going down?

You guys got in the way of a righteous drug bust.

It's the other way around, Sergeant. You were stepping on our investigation.

I'll be glad to fill you in on the details sometime, but right now we're in

hurry. The hardware, please.

For Adam 30 and all units in the vicinity of 6th and Carson, body

the alley behind Carson Liquors.

I made a buy from Stack.

Looks like she's OD'd.

Stuff must have been a lot stronger than she was used to.

Took her out awful fast.

She was maybe 15.

16 at the most.

Detectives are on their way to collect this evidence.

The evidence, yeah.

Toys of the streets.

Damn.

It really gets to you.

Child murder.

Phone call for you.

Said her name is Paige.

If she looks anything like she sounds, ask her if she has a friend.

Hooker.

I love seeing your great blue eyes again, Hooker.

The feds, Paige. I always knew you'd be discovered.

Way back when you were wearing a blue suit.

Yes, well, I had some ideas about you, too, back then.

Not necessarily professional.

I was tied up at the time.

Yes, but I understand you're divorced and your wife and children have moved to

Oregon.

not presently involved. I've had a few brief relationships, but none of them

were serious enough to last.

You always were a thorough investigator.

What do you say?

You busy this afternoon?

I'll see if I can squeeze you in.

Five o 'clock, 453 Strand.

And I really look forward to seeing you.

Who was that?

Oh, that was my aunt. You know, the one I told you about?

She fell down and broke her hip. I'm going to have to go to the hospital this

afternoon. Bethel, we'd spend the day at the track.

Oh, darling, I'm sorry.

You go.

Make a bet on the Daily Double for me.

I said you want this stuff. I promise, never again.

I tried, Kenny.

Honest.

I just can't make it. I can't get through today.

Can you please just give me some money?

Come on.

Hey.

Hi, doll.

What can I do for you?

I should take care of what you owe me.

I'll tell you what.

You go get some fresh green, come back.

Let's talk business.

Hey, come on, man. Can't you see she's strung out?

Yeah, this punk.

I take care of hot pets and my joints.

Hooker!

You got a minute?

What's up?

We've been chasing down leads on street pushers. Remember Kenny Dunn?

Yeah, I met him at your apartment. Isn't he one of your police athletically

kids? That's him. He called and told me his girlfriend was hooked on heroin.

She buys her stuff at the Royal Roost.

Maybe we can take the place out and get... Hold on.

I told you about the guidelines that the captain laid on me earlier today. We've

got to make sure that the Royal Roost isn't one of Colson's pushers. Well, the

feds have really got us walking on eggs, huh? Yeah, where do they get off?

We've got orders.

We've got to live with them.

So how do we find out if the Royal Roost connects to Colson?

Well, almost first hand, I'm going to see one of Rossi's agents in about an

hour.

Going undercover, Hooker?

I take it the agency owns the building.

Yes, it's one of our safe houses. It's safe until Rossi finds out you invited

here. Heard you two didn't hit it off so well. Uh -uh.

Well, how's it going?

With Coulson.

Isn't there a saying about mixing business with pleasure?

When are you guys going to drop on Coulson?

Oh, the Coulson operation is really hush -hush.

Okay?

Just that I'm anxious to get him closed down. His drugs are littering my streets

with victims.

You are really something else.

Is there any other business? Because I would really like to get it all out of

the way.

Yeah, I'd like to talk to Rousey about the Royal Roost.

Stay away from it, Hooker.

Coulson supplies the Roost. And we don't want to make him nervous until we can

put the skids on the whole operation.

When, Paige?

When? I'll let you know.

Mom is so good.

Why doesn't it ever last?

I don't get it, Hooker.

If Paige is right, Colton has legit business that's going for him. Why does

have to mess around with drugs?

He's always been in drugs.

That's what gave him the money and the leverage to buy into the conventional

world. Did Paige say what he owned?

Yeah.

Clover linen supply.

Regal Restaurant and Bar Supply, the Premium Ice Company, and more.

Sounds like they all tie into the restaurant and liquor business.

They do.

And I'll lay money at least one of them as a cover for his drug racket.

units in the vicinity.

A 211 purse snatch just occurred on Mason Street, west of 6th Avenue.

See the man. Code 2.

4 Adam 30, roger.

And he done.

The kid Stacy was talking about.

Call an ambulance. What happened, Kenny?

My girlfriend Amy, she needed a fix. She couldn't help herself.

Is that back with you, please?

She grabbed the lady's purse.

That's not all. This woman was seriously hurt.

What would have happened if you cops did your job? I told Stacy Sheridan when

she was getting the drugs, why don't you guys arrest them before Amy kills

herself or someone else?

Our hands have been tied.

That's going to change, no matter what it takes.

Is that it again?

Look, Hooker, I don't care what you think. You're not safe to think. You're

blue -suit street cop. Now stick to your feet. Listen, Rossi, we have a problem

here.

I can't seem to get through to Rossi. I can't lay off of Coulson's pushers any

longer. The people on the street are paying too high a price.

My operation could be compromised.

Now, you don't have to agree with the way Rossi's running the show, Hooker,

it is his show. Look, Captain, a woman had her purse snatched this afternoon by

a young addict.

There was a struggle. She was injured. She's in the hospital.

How high does the body count have to go while you play your cloak and dagger

games? Sheridan, Hooker's your problem. I'd appreciate it if you'd deal with

him.

Well, the ball's in your court. No, Hooker.

It's in the Fed's court.

That means you're not to arrest anyone at any place that's pushing Coulson's

drugs.

Yes.

What's going on, Hooker? Direct orders.

We can't make any drug busts at the Royal Roost. I thought we were supposed

enforce the law. Let's stand here and watch it be broken.

There's more than one way to skin a bad cat like Coulson.

What's your angle?

Starting tomorrow, we're going to see that no more drugs are sold at the Royal

Roost, and we don't have to arrest anyone to do it.

You're very resourceful, Paige.

I learned some of that from you, Hooker.

Rossi's going to learn some of it, too.

Hmm, not sure I like the sound of that.

I'm sorry.

It's very hush -hush.

You're right.

Let's not talk shop tonight.

I feel good just being here with you.

Ocean's kicking up tonight.

What's bothering you, Hooker?

Martin Coulson and you.

I told you, I'm just as girl Friday.

You live under the same roof.

So do a lot of people he employs.

Are they as beautiful as you are?

It's business, Hooker.

Strictly business.

I gotta believe that, Paige.

I have a job to do. And I do it the best way that I can.

Just the same as you.

That's a problem, Paige.

For both of us.

I don't want it to be.

Four item 16 to four item 30.

Go 16.

We'll cover if you want to go to the Royal Roost.

Four item 30, Roger.

Listen, you've got to let me take you to see my friend Stacy Sheridan. She wants

to help you.

Put you on a drug program.

Tomorrow, okay? I promise.

I'm just too strong out now.

I gotta get some stuff right away.

And you know it's only a matter of time until the cops find you. Why don't you

give yourself a break and turn yourself in?

Oh, cops!

Now's your chance.

Go to them!

Looks like we're scaring away most of the customers.

Without making a single arrest.

Yeah, but it's still not going to make Rossi very happy.

Yeah. This is Rich Foster, the Royal Roost.

I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. C.

Wait a minute, how'd you get this number?

Well, your guy Boone, he gave it to me. He said if I ever needed a rush order...

All right, what is it?

Blue suits, sitting out in front of the club.

They've been here all day.

Forget about selling any junk or anything.

Nobody's even coming in for beer.

Well, you must have been careless and let the word get out you were dealing.

No, I play it real close, Mr. C.

Honest. Well, somebody doesn't.

Something wrong?

Yeah, the cops.

They're doing a high visibility number.

Keep people away from the roost.

And I sent a delivery in there this morning.

Oh, Martin, what are you worrying about?

They can sit on the roost all they want.

And that won't leave them to you or tell them how you make your delivery?

Yeah, where I keep my stash.

That's something nobody gets to find out.

Not even me?

Not even you, Paige.

and wants to see you, Hooker.

For Adam 30, that's a roger.

Hooker?

I want to talk.

Alone.

You like running your own police department, Hooker? You talking about

Roost? Your orders were to stay away from Coulson's operation.

My orders were not to arrest anybody.

You knew the intent of the order and you ignored it.

I have no choice.

Neither do I.

Washington called. They want me to guarantee that there'll be no more

interference on the Coulson case.

I can't do that with you on the street.

I want your badge and your gun.

Suspending me is one thing.

How long are they going to suspend justice in the streets?

Things are coming together.

There's been a new development.

Rossi just learned there's to be a summit meeting at Colson's this

I'm impressed.

Do you know who'll be there?

Stephen Gordon, Sacramento.

Miles Randolph, San Diego. Charlie Pappas, Napa Valley.

Who Baldwin from? Charlie Pappas.

Paige busted him when she was wearing glues. He walked.

The charts didn't stick.

He knows Paige is a cop. If Charlie Pappas sees her, she's dead.

Did the captain come down on you for a move?

Not just the captain.

I've been suspended.

All you did was keep Colson's drugs bottled up. How long did they hang you

for? Open end, but that's not the big problem.

Paige's cover is about to be blown.

Charlie Pappas, a hood she once busted, is on his way to see Colson.

I've got to do everything I can to prevent Pappas from seeing me. Hold on,

Hooker. You're already in deep enough. One of us can get to Paige.

I can't do that. One suspension in the family's enough.

Come on, Hooker. Let us in.

That's right, damn it. We want to help.

I can get into Coulson's path.

The real trick is going to be getting Paige out.

16. This is 16. Go 30.

I'm in position.

Pappas is in the building.

Booker's coming in now.

We've got him covered from across the street.

16, hookers in.

Standing by for backup.

Roger.

Jake Tomac tried to take over some of my bushes, but I'm on top of it.

I know you got similar problems, Mike.

Some young buck upstate trying to flood your county with cheap Mexican brown.

Tony Pappas, I've been looking for you.

Who the hell are you?

You're coming with me, Pappas.

Shots fired. Be ready to move in.

Get him!

You take that side. I'll cover the back way.

16, hooker's out.

There's no sign of Paige.

Looks like someone's got a contract out on you. Yeah.

What bothers me even more is, how did he know I was here?

This was supposed to be a secret meeting.

Wait a minute. Hold on, Pappas.

I run a tight ship.

I think it just sprung a leak.

Let me know when things cool down. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Shaw.

There are two cops at the front door.

They're looking for Paige.

What's the problem, officer?

Have a warrant for the arrest of a Paige Miller?

I'm Paige Miller.

What's this all about?

Out -of -state warrant for jumping bail on a narcotics charge in Illinois.

A narcotics charge?

You never told me that.

Well, now you know.

Looks like I'm going to be taking a free trip to Chicago.

Yeah, well, don't worry.

I'll have you back here in an hour.

My lawyer will be at the DA's office before you can get fingerprinted. Let's

miss.

Thanks for the assist.

But you took a big chance breaking in like that. It was the best I could do. I

knew the party was over the minute Pappas got a look at you. Well, that I

figure, but why this phony arrest?

It dirties you up a little, which makes you clean in Coulson's eyes.

Okay, someone starts wondering about who passed the word about Pappas and the

others being in town.

Well, I like it, but I have a problem.

Coulson's going to have his lawyers bring me.

Yeah, I figured that, so my partner's at the DA's office right now setting up

the paperwork to make it look like a bona fide arrest.

Can we have a word?

See you later, Hooker.

How many times have you told your recruits not to get too personally

About as many times as I told them not to go too far when they're working

undercover.

This, uh... This thing with Coulson, I get the feeling you're in pretty deep. I

can't get what I'm after without getting close to Coulson.

Doesn't mean I'm happy about it.

Come on, I'll drop you off at the precinct so you can go to the movies to

this false arrest look valid.

Whether you like it or not, when Colton's ready to tumble, you get the

call.

Paige Miller is one gutsy lady, playing the game as close as she's playing it.

Especially with a dangerous guy like Colton.

Talk about playing it close.

Hooker just took a hell of a chance.

Must care about her a lot.

Just hope he doesn't care too much.

4 Adam 16, 4 Adam 16. Meet the rescue ambulance with a victim of an OD at

Wash near the intersection of Olive and Franklin.

4 Adam 16, roger.

She OD'd, but we've got to thank Paul.

Sure to make it?

Man, I wouldn't bet on it.

We'll run an appearance for you.

Heard about Amy, is she okay?

Not good. They're trying to save her.

A place to save her.

It's on the streets, not in the hospital.

Mrs. O 'Brien, telephone.

Mrs. O 'Brien.

Amy didn't make it.

They did all they could.

No consolation.

Amy's family's a victim, too.

I can't stand her out here doing nothing.

Hooker, I wouldn't call what you did this afternoon standing around.

You already bought yourself a suspension.

Keep it up and you'll end up with an early retirement.

I'm going to drop in on Amy's pusher.

You got company? Hey, the Royal Roost is officially off limits.

And I'm officially off duty.

Drop it, Tenny!

Show him the badge.

Hey, wait a second.

What,

you got a warrant?

Let's just say we're investigating a citizen's complaint.

Unless you want me to give him back his knife.

Oh, look at this.

Somebody put a bag of white flour with the Bloody Mary mix.

Can't contaminate the drink.

What are you doing? Hey, don't do that. Fifty thousand.

Fifty thousand what?

Fifty thousand bucks?

You mean this isn't white flour?

Maybe if you come up with another fifty thousand, you'll get delivery of another

bag of white flour.

What the hell's that with you?

Do you know what he did? I know what he did. He broke the law. He's going to pay

for it. You broke the law, too.

Assault with a deadly weapon.

I guess I went a little crazy.

I guess.

Now go on straight home. No, better.

Go visit Amy's parents.

See if you can make things easier on them.

Losing Amy pushed him over the edge.

It all goes back to Coulson's drugs. There has to be a way to stop Coulson.

There has to be.

And there will be.

Tried to call you last night. Where were you? I was out walking. Had some

thinking to do.

About Coulson?

Who else?

Come up with any angles?

Well, not last night, but this morning when I was jogging, I thought of

something that I saw when I dumped the smack at the wrong person.

What was that?

Some twisters on bags of ice.

I thought I saw one like them beside the girl who OD'd in the alley.

But I got to see her personal effects to be sure.

And the property room was off limits to me.

But not to me.

That's my part.

Sign off the evidence. Get back here.

I'm on my way.

I think this is the only one of your businesses I haven't seen yet.

I had to keep this one secret from you, Angel.

Until my lawyer got a look at your rap sheet the other day, I wasn't sure you

could be trusted.

Of course.

You distribute the drugs to your network of pushers by hiding it in rich

shipments of ice.

It's brilliant.

We not only distribute from here, we cut it and refine it.

I've got my own laboratory in the basement.

Mr. Coulson, the man from Singapore, he's still here.

I paid him, but he wants to talk to you about the next delivery before he

leaves.

That's my main source. He's very nervous around strangers.

As soon as I get rid of him, I'll show you around.

Here, darling, take your time.

That's it, Hooker. What you wanted from the property room.

Hooker. I've got it. Colson's lab, distribution base, everything. Get here.

It's... Paige.

Paige!

What happened?

Paige.

She got cut off.

She said she was at...

Coulson's supply base.

She had enough chance to tell me where she is.

This is it.

Identical to the fasteners I saw at the Royal Roost.

The ice bags they were on came from Coulson's plant, Premium Ice.

And we saw the girl who OD'd make her buy from Mickey Stack's snow cone stand.

Ice. Coulson's ice.

He has to be distributing drugs with ice shipments from the plant.

And Paige said she was at his distribution base. You gonna call the

Rossi? If I go through channels, Paige could get buried.

And I don't mean on red tape.

Well, Angel.

That's pretty good.

You know, uh, you really had me going.

I never dreamed you were an ARC.

Federal agent.

It's over, Martin.

It is for you, babe.

Put her in the truck.

Get rid of her!

You calling for backup?

Okay.

Okay.

Our only chance is to make it up to the roof.

Go ahead.

I'll cover you.

Pin him down.

I'm going after Colton.

Of course, and you haven't got a chance.

Washington's made it official.

As far as they're concerned, the case was closed.

Colson's men rolled over.

And we nabbed his Singapore connection at the airport.

With the list of Colson's customers you found, you'll be able to make a sweep on

all of his bushes. Captain put together a task force. We hit the streets this

afternoon.

Hooker.

About you and me.

About our timing. Paige, it isn't just our timing.

We found out how much alike we are.

We both devote 24 hours a day to the job.

Doesn't leave much room for relationships.

You're leaving something unsaid, Hooker.

The way you feel about how close I got to Colton.

You're leaving something unsaid.

You'd do it again.

I guess I would.

But maybe all we'll ever have is the dream.