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Come on, sugar.

Jump in. We'll have us a real good time. Is that the best you can offer, a good

time? Well, along with this, it's to pay for you to give me a party.

That's all it takes, sugar.

Why would you go and do that for?

So you don't drive off creepy when you find out you've been busted.

Solicitation of a sex act for money.

It's called prostitution. Hey, I ain't no prostitute. Same law applies to the

tricks. We call it equal opportunity enforcement.

Let's go, pal.

Come on.

money when the streets are full of blonde -haired, blue -eyed entrappers?

can always move on, ladies. Set up in another city.

Ah, police harassment. That's what this is.

Continue the economics lesson, Junior. There's something I want to check out.

What can I say, ladies?

We're drying it up.

Creating an environment free of lust and moral decay.

Making this a better place to live, to raise our children.

I don't believe the trash coming from this man's mouth.

Hey, what about it, honey?

$50 bill paid for the whole night?

Stacy?

God, Paul.

No, Stacy, get out of here.

Just get out.

Hey, what gives?

Looks like you made your righteous offering. You gave him a pass.

Hey, wait a minute. I've seen that car before.

Well, get back to work.

I want you, Danny.

The name, Kelly.

I want the name of the guy who's burning my porno investigation.

Get going or I'll blow your head off!

What'd you turn?

Night watch CP is still set up. Romano and Stacy are running a grid search on

each side of the alley for 20 blocks where he was last seen.

Anybody turn his wheels?

He tossed everything that moved since the shooting. Nothing.

And the prostitute you recognize in the motel room? Kelly LaRue. We put the word

out.

Go back to the motel. Want the names and addresses of everybody registered

there. License numbers for a five square block area.

Danny Silver Blue Mars is in the parking lot. Have forensics give the full

suite. And then hit the boulevard joints.

Put the squeeze on every hustler, every fly -by -night who could even remotely

help us find Kelly LaRue.

Table that.

All of it.

It's out of our hands. Mine, Lieutenant Stafford's, yours.

Daniel's work day watch vice for me. He was with a prostitute outside his

assignment, off duty. We received an anonymous call.

It was alleged that Daniels was taking bribes, shaking down some porn

Come on.

Internal affairs is already on it.

They searched his house over.

Tool box in the garage.

Turned this.

It's $10 ,000.

It's a paint job.

Maybe, but it's up to IAD to find out for sure. One way or another.

What about his wife?

She couldn't explain the money either.

Live without him, Hooker.

Oh, God, please don't let him die.

Do you have any idea what Danny was doing in the motel tonight?

We just started to watch the 10 o 'clock news.

The telephone rang.

A man.

He asked for Danny.

I didn't recognize the boy.

When Danny hung up, he said he had a meet at Piccolo's.

Do you have any idea who the man was?

Danny isn't what they're saying, Hooker. I never doubted that.

We'll clear his name, I think.

Code blue, intensive care.

Code blue, intensive care.

Thank you.

Paul Majewski just called.

He needs to get a hold of you.

You two still dating?

Occasionally.

Did Hooker turn him around yet?

He's working on it.

Hey, but Jesse called twice before Romano took that message.

He's the guy who gave you the password on the boulevard last night, right?

Car recognized?

I'd rather not talk about it, okay?

We're not ignoring the 18 departmental accommodations, Sergeant, but that

doesn't rule out the possibility of dishonesty.

Danny Daniels gave his entire adult life to the force.

He didn't have so much as a hair of a place in 17 years. The department has to

be sure if we're talking about a slightest hint of police corruption

press will have a feel. He wasn't taking any juice.

And he can't defend himself, but I damn well can.

And I'm not about to sit around, let this take away the one thing he has

his reputation.

I appreciate your loyalty to your friend, Sergeant, but I'm sorry we have

through with an internal affairs investigation.

I'm sorry.

I think you know that.

Everyone would be expecting an honor guard.

Mayor, chief, attending the funeral.

The commission paying their last respects.

Above all else, he is a slain cop.

Burial is Wednesday.

He can't have an inspector's funeral, none with these allegations.

And IAD won't have completed its investigation by then.

Then I want those two days.

You let Danny's body go to the ground, dishonored.

How are you going to feel if the next morning evidence surfaces that clears

name?

Just take this to the desk, Sergeant. I'll take care of it. Right away.

We've got 48 hours.

The entire vice squad has been put on ice, so we're hit.

Well, this Kelly LaRue has gone up in smoke.

Vanished. Well, besides the crater, that shotgun cut in the mattress, I've got a

good idea what she's running from.

The best we can turn up on Kelly is an ex -roommate, Sandy Wazinski. She's on

the run, too.

Seems she couldn't cough up a $5 ,000 fine for 26 prostitution busts from

turning into a year of counting time. Any idea where she's running to?

book guys have a high -rated rumor she's trying to make the fine on the tables

at an illegal gambling spot on Avalon.

What's your turn on Danny's logbook?

Two entries including Kelly LaRue.

Both times, he bought her lunch out of Secret Service funds.

Then within a week of each meet, he deployed for warrants to search post

boxes that were supposed to be part of a porno distribution system he was trying

to craft. What did the search warrants do?

Came up dry both times.

What about the meet last night at Piccolo's?

Has that been logged?

Well, we know he came by the station, but it's not booked.

The street sources said that a man meeting Danny's description was at

about 11 last night.

And that he left with a woman matching Kelly LaRue's description.

Lunches, late night rendezvous to $10 ,000. Maybe there was a romance going at

Kelly's pin projector too.

It could explain why he didn't log Piccolo's or the motel room last night.

Could explain it.

It's not the theory I'm working on.

It was set up. What makes you so sure?

I know it in here.

Come on, let's go.

Stacy, get your boulevard clothes on.

I've got a prostitute cat.

What makes you the precinct's leading critic all of a sudden?

I gave up blind faith a long time ago when I got burned in the same kind of

situation Hooker's getting into.

Out that 100.

100.

100 to you.

100.

Let's see.

Full house, gentlemen and ladies.

Straight flush.

Cheating.

I know.

It's the only way I can win around here.

Now, wait a minute, fellas. Hold it. That's a plant.

Miss Wazinski, police officer.

I have a proposition for you.

Savings out.

I'm not amused. I could book it in at the station.

$5 ,000 in illegal gambling money. That's my money!

I want it.

You want to help me find Kelly LaRue?

Or do you want me to follow procedure and book the money and turn you over to

the sentencing court?

That's blackmail.

You're supposed to be a cop.

Okay, if I help you, can I get the key?

It's the only way you're going to get it.

You're a real sleazeball, you know that?

26 arrests for prostitution, you call me a sleazeball?

Well, yeah, I'll have those with humbug. You're a retrograde.

And fantasy and paranoia have become a way of life. That's your problem.

Retrograde. Retrograde. Want me to spell it for you? R -E -T -R -O -G.

Something like that.

Yeah.

Daniels is dead.

What about the girl? He missed her. You know that, don't you? He missed her.

Make sure he doesn't miss her next time.

I want Kelly LaRue dead, too.

You hear me?

Yes.

You don't want me to kill the prostitutes?

messages, including the ones for dispatch.

I want you to stop calling Paul.

I meant what I said. It's over between us.

Now, like I was telling your friend, Hooker here, Kelly Rue has not been my

roommate for over a month, which is why you should just give me back the key and

let me get on with my life.

The life, you mean?

Yeah, well, I told the judge I'm sorry now.

It's all behind me.

As a matter of fact, when I get out from under the seat, it's Vegas time. I'm

going to be a dealer.

You say that Kelly LaRue graduated the porno film. Some people think she was

tricking in a motel on the boulevard last night. Kelly LaRue never used the

boulevard motel.

Like I said, she was out of the life.

How long ago was it she made her screen debut in porno films?

A couple months.

And where did she make her first connection in showbiz?

Dive on the boulevard, Piccolo's.

Some slug named Moloch recruited her after he kicked the hell out of her pimp

and set him running.

I think you and Corrigan should work out a way to get Stacy a casting session.

While you track down Kelly LaRue?

Yeah.

Me and my new partner here.

Manager Willie Valdez stayed on the second floor, room 204, the third door

the right.

Valdez, was he your manager as well?

I didn't need a pimp hooker. You know, like the veteran ballplayers, I was a

free agent.

Experienced countless times at bat.

Makes sense.

Yeah,

where do you live?

Where do you lay off?

It's your party, remember? I am the XRT waiting to start a Vegas career. XRT,

you stay here.

I can take care of myself, thank you.

What are you looking at?

I'll take care of you, too, Hooker. Hey, what you guys want from me?

Well, here's a cop, Willie. If I were you, I definitely wouldn't trust you.

man. Oh, man.

I thought it was more like coming back.

I swear to you, guy, I'm going to make a good job.

More cop with more guns in my hand. I swear.

You got to stick your fingers, you know that?

True. But I also have great legs in the wedding process. That's true, too.

You say Mollick was here?

Looking for Kelly LaRue?

Dude, he's a stone killer.

Look how you did that. I don't want that guy in my face no more.

Where did you tell him he could find her?

Hey, man, I don't want his kind of trouble, okay?

Don't need my kind of trouble. Now listen to me, Boxer Bridges.

You waste two more seconds of my valuable time and I'm going to squeeze

a paper sack small enough to flush down a standard -sized toilet.

Okay, okay, okay.

I might have mentioned to Moloch that Kelly has a casting. They used to work

a bar on the boulevard.

The name of the club is the War Wolf.

Her name is Victoria.

I swear to you, I don't know what she's doing now.

Thank you very much.

You're very welcome.

He's polite, too.

You know, despite the fact that I do not trust you, I have been doing my best to

make a team effort here, and you're not making it easy to take.

I'm getting my $5 ,000 worth.

So ease up. What's the big push?

The big push is a murdered cop is not getting a fair shake.

And I'm trying to make it straight, okay?

Okay.

I understand.

3 -16, give me a meet location, Hooker.

We got a rundown on Mullick.

Gargan, there's a bar at the south end of the boulevard. Oh, and Club Waldorf.

That's a roger.

that cop Daniel's information.

I already admitted that to you.

And I promised that I'd make it up to you.

He said you just wanted to take pictures of him and me so you could roll him

over, not kill him. I didn't kill him.

He tried to kill me.

Hey, hey, that's not so, Kelly.

Nobody's trying to kill you. The whole thing has been a big misunderstanding.

Oh, yeah?

Is it a misunderstanding that Malik is turning the streets inside out looking

for me?

He's just trying to find you so we can talk, that's all.

Maybe I should talk to the cops. What about that?

Not good, Kelly.

Besides, who would you talk to?

Doria.

I told you you might know a friend of mine.

Kelly LaRue.

Police officer.

So what?

Hey.

Looking for a girl named Victoria, Kelly LaRue's cousin.

Hey, what's the matter?

Did you hit a man?

Check it out, guys.

Back off. Police business, fireball.

See the badge?

See the badge?

See it?

My partner asked you a question.

Now, we'd like an answer before I roll you into a tiny little ball and I bounce

you to the other end of the ball.

Victoria owns a beef boutique on Madison.

Across from City Park.

You answer the same question for this man.

You're being rude again.

About a half hour ago.

Thanks a lot, doll.

You're all lucky we did not book you on a 647A.

That's enraging public decency.

Now behave.

Let's go, kid.

To the mirror.

On that goes.

Hey, kid.

Uh, Wisinski.

You did okay.

I'm a good study.

That's 647A1.

Oh, whatever.

I know I was laying in on you for making a quick judgment on Daniel.

But my decision about Paul wasn't as quick as you think.

As far as I'm concerned, the evidence is in on it.

And none of it your fault?

That crossed my mind for exactly one second.

What he did so completely turned me off that even if it was my fault, I wouldn't

be interested in correcting the problem.

Besides, he wasn't the love of my life, you know?

Good. Then I'll volunteer to help you keep looking.

Thanks. But I haven't needed help since I got my braces off in the ninth grade.

Shall we get to work?

I want to nail that porn movie connection at Piccolo's.

A little early for it to be closed.

now.

Hold it!

This Sandy Wyszynski, where is she?

I don't know. She wasn't here when I got back.

And after seeing that, she's probably running, scared.

I don't blame her after what I put her through.

You're supposed to stay out of the Daniels investigation, Hooker.

I got a reprieve.

I was making headway.

Don't you understand how all this is going to look? That girl you've been

running around with is a bail -jumping prostitute.

She's my source of information.

She's the only way I have of finding Kelly LaRue.

Look, Hooker, I understand you want to clear a friend's name. I'd like to do

that myself.

The man worked for me, but we have to let IAD do their job.

That's not for me. IAD isn't doing their job.

Where were they when that woman was filleted and hung in a meat book?

Where are they in finding Kelly LaRue? It takes time. They do things their way.

Downtown has ordered both Captain Sheridan and me to make sure you back

You let IAD handle it. All of it? 17 hours.

That's all I got left. 17 hours.

And Danny's laid in the ground, dishonored. I'm not going to let that

Booker, you've got nothing anyway. The girl is gone.

You let IAD run with Moloch, and I'm telling you, that's an order.

It's an order.

Well, I got my problems, too, you know. I mean, how the hell am I supposed to

know where she is?

I want her dead.

Or it's over for us. Do you understand me, huh? The business, the money,

everything, it's over.

Just tell me where to look.

Like that cop.

I'm running out of leaves, Andrew. You just find her.

I came that close to locating the porn factory last night.

Did you get burned or do you have a return invitation?

I can go back, but not till next week. But the place connects, we're sure of

The bartender made a call from the pay phone to try and get me a casting

session. If it's a toll call, we might be able to run down the location.

Good.

Get a Dun & Bradstreet and a State Corporation breakdown on Piccolo's

while you're out.

Hi.

Hi.

Thought you wouldn't stop running till you hit Mexico.

Well, I was up all night making some hard decisions about whether it's safe

not hanging out with you.

Oh, yeah?

Lock or key have anything to do with your decision?

Not a smart guy.

Tell me.

She called. She said she can't trust anyone, especially the cops.

She can trust me.

Well, there's no crazy reason that's why I called her. She said for me to bring

you to a meet at a very public place.

Chase Park.

Chase Park.

Stay with Piccolo.

Hold it. All of you, you're not going anywhere.

Cap, we got three hours.

And Kelly LaRue agreed to meet Sandy and me at Chase Park.

Nobody else.

To hell with the chief's orders.

I agree.

Go, go, go!

Yeah.

Yeah, put Moloch to work.

I found Kelly LaRue.

She's on her way to meet Hooker.

What do you

think

of Winger? What?

Sandy Winger.

What's wrong with Sandy Winger?

Wyszynski. Wyszynski.

God bless you. Right. Now, couldn't you just see me in Vegas dealing blackjack

with a Wyszynski blaster across my chest? I wouldn't get any tips.

What?

Where?

Sandy Winter. It has a nice ring to it. Yeah, like a doorbell.

Oh, no.

Good. Good.

No.

Not that I wouldn't want to. It's just that that old profession kind of scares

me. You're giving it up.

Las Vegas, blackjack, remember?

Yeah, but I couldn't lie about what I was.

I just couldn't.

Right guy could handle it.

Could you?

You know what the best part was?

I mean, before my dad kicked off, my mom had to go back to work.

That.

She'd sit on a bench, and she'd watch me, and I'd just swing.

And I'd swing so high, and nothing could hurt me, because Mama was always there.

I'm talking Bryant Park, Midtown Manhattan, by the Fifth Avenue Library.

She been there? No, no, I haven't.

Danny Daniels was brought up in Manhattan.

Lisa, tell me about those days when we weren't stakeouts together. You had some

fun, man, with some Brian Park.

Oh, man, so do I.

Help!

Police!

Help! Police!

All right, all right, all right.

Let me through, please. Let me through. Let me through. Police.

Call an ambulance. Quick, call an ambulance.

I'll kill it.

Oh, God.

I shouldn't have trusted you.

No, no, Kelly.

Sandy came here to help you. So did I.

Who did this to you?

The same people who set up Daniels?

I didn't.

They sent pictures.

Not killing.

Pictures. Were you giving information to them?

Poor, no.

Not good, though. They found out.

Who? Who found out?

Andros.

And who?

gone at the bar.

Negative, Hooker. It wasn't a toll call. There's no way to trace it. Yeah.

The Dun & Bradstreet on Piccolo. Has it come in yet?

Roger, 30. It just came in.

It's owned by a holding company, Rectime Incorporated.

Check the board of directors. Does the name Andros appear anywhere?

Yeah, I think you're onto something, Hooker. Andros Margolis listed as

president. Now check for property holdings.

The holding company owns one.

Warehouse, Commerce Street, 10 ,021.

Got it.

Hooker, what does it all mean?

I hope it means the porno studio that Danny was looking for.

Nice show, Hooker.

Is that what it is?

A show?

I don't blame you for what you think, but you're wrong.

You know, Kelly was a lot of things, but she was also my friend.

She's dead. You don't even care.

We each lost a friend.

Right now, I'm trying to make it up to both of them.

Cops.

Man, you're just like my old man. You never, never quit. No matter who you

on, do you? Your job is done.

Taken.

Just like that?

All the whore wants is her money. That's what you think, huh?

Well, I think.

That you're half right about Kelly being set up.

And I know it's foul. It's lousy.

Yeah. Danny didn't log his last entry on his meeting with Kelly

because his boss sent him.

Told him that Kelly would give him the name of the cop who was burning his

investigation.

That cop was you.

Kelly had to die before I could put it on again.

Now I have to cover it all up again.

Money is just too good, Hooker.

At least you died taking out a real bad character.

Isn't that always how you wanted to go?

Isn't it?

Bad mistake, mister.

I wouldn't.

You should get the best reason in the world to blow your head off.

You helped me give a friend an honorable burial. I'll never forget that.

You're a man of your word, Hooker.

You're okay, too, Wazowski.

I like the way you say that.

Wazowski.

Wander is kind of bland for a card player.

Well, that isn't you, that's for sure.

Think I should stick with Wazowski?

You'd get my tip.

I hope Sandy finds what she wants in Vegas.

That hooker even backed it up with a phone call to a pit boss.

Thinks he's gonna give her a shot.

Loyalty. One of Hooker's better qualities.

So I was wrong.

What do you want, blood?

What do you think, Ben?

Ah, poor it'll do.

Don't hurt me.

If you ever need anything, I'm a phone call away.

Thanks, but I probably won't call.

I should have Vegas locked down in a week, two at the most.

Of course, it could stay a while.

Wouldn't want you to miss that appointment.

You're too confident.

I'm not confident, Hooker.

It's just that I'm a lot like you.

What?

You're the best at what you do.

And so am I.