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Oh, Mike.

Hi.

You're back.

I just stopped to say hello.

What do you mean?

I'm still working.

They just let me out to say hi.

I see you later.

I love you.

Okay. Can we get back to work now?

Yeah, let's get back to work.

Luminary search didn't turn up the perp's weapon. Evidently, a cop planted

second gun.

Then the perp's weapon turned up.

Goldblum found it under a dumpster.

Steger says Garfield planted the gun. Garfield says it was Steger.

If it was Garfield's shoe, why would Steger plant a weapon? Good question.

I have the IED hearing.

If I were lawyering, I think I'd like to work for Steger.

If you were lawyering, you'd want to be working for Garfield. He's the underdog.

Item five is an old point with the renegade bridegroom, Michael Belton.

This louse not only left his fiancée at the altar, he left yours truly holding

the ring.

That truly...

Actually, Mick had to cook on his PCP operation earlier than scheduled. Now,

undercover closes this morning.

Rain date for his and Robinson Tagli as nuptials is 5 .30 this afternoon at the

Kubiak La Paloma Room.

Sorry, but if Belker takes the powder, does the head of the gift committee get

the refrigerator?

He ain't taking the powder.

Item, um...

Item six.

No perp interviews or IDs in interrogation room A today, people.

IAB has taken statements on the Garfield shoot.

Item seven.

Now, our worst fears with this wildcat walkout of the drivers of the city

department have come true.

The city health inspector, Rulowitz, has declared an emergency, which means

until this wildcat strike is over, cops are going to have to pick up the John

Doe sticks.

Now, people, I did this the fairest way I knew. I put the names in a hat and I

pulled them out. Now, the names I call, along with their partners, you're going

to be picking up croakers today.

Frank.

Donaldson.

Hill.

Let's have a safe ship.

Let's go. They're getting away out there.

How's it going, Ronnie?

I'm just waiting to make my stake.

S .O .P., my man. Stegger's driving the desk, too.

Yeah, and after today, Steger will be back on the streets. What do you think

going to be? Why are you so sure the hearing's going to come out against you?

Who do you think IAD's going to believe? A 27 -year member of the Fraternal

Order of Police or a black rookie? Hey, Ronnie, don't hang this up on color,

man. They just want to know what happened in that alley. There's no

It's Steger's word against mine.

And that's why they're going to be looking at how you handle yourself.

The way you say what you say.

And if you cop out on some self -pitying crap about color instead of trying like

hell to make them understand what went down out there, hey, if I was IAD, I'd

figure you were guilty.

I figured that you planted the piece, and now you're taking your best shot at

trying to make the hearing about something else.

You really think they might believe me?

I didn't do it, detective.

Then that's what you got to make them believe.

Are you going to try, Ronnie?

Store corner, People's Drive.

Oh, sorry, fellas.

Oh, Jim. Captain Gleeson.

Barry. Oh, Frank.

You remember that long -legged Irish steno, Frank?

Cassidy. Cassidy? Yeah.

You think these recorders are an improvement?

Start with Officer Garfield, Captain.

Yeah, off the prelims we could end with them, too. No prejudgments, Barry.

Whoever survives this inquiry is going to be a cop in my precinct.

No prejudgments, Frank. No prejudgments.

I figured if he took off, he must have warrants, so I knew I should presume he

was dangerous.

I saw him turn off Van Buren into the alley, and I continued pursuit.

I remember thinking, I didn't know this alley. I'd never been down this alley

before. What did you see when you entered?

The suspect had turned and was facing me with a weapon. I identified myself and

shot.

You were certain you were at risk?

I was certain.

He intended to shoot. I shot.

The impact knocked him backwards.

When I went to him, I said to myself, please don't let him be dead.

But I knew from the way he looked, there was no movement. He was just lying

there. He was absolutely still.

There was nothing.

No pulse.

God. Nothing.

So I got up to look for the gun. Was Officer Steger there by now?

Not yet. He arrived a few seconds later.

What did Officer Steger say?

Well, I was looking for the gun, and I told him I couldn't find the gun.

And he looked with me for about 10 seconds, and then he told me to go back

the unit and call in the shoot.

So I called the shoot in and came back with some uniformed officers from the

prostitution suite.

Steger met us, and he had a pistol by its trigger guard, and he was yelling

he had found it. Naturally, I was real relieved.

Show me where to indicate your position in relation to the Perp Gomez when

Officer Steger entered the alley.

Good callin', man.

Bet that stuff kicks like a mule, too, huh?

That'll do the job.

You did great, Mick.

Oh, you cook some great stuff. You're going to be big in this business.

Yeah, Mr. Suarez is going to be happy, too, mate. So, our meets at 2? 2 o

'clock. Sharp.

Suarez is always on time, Mick.

Hey, wait a minute, Mick.

What's this now?

I'll be back before the meet.

What?

Don't you want me there? Yeah, we want you here.

Jato is saying, where are you going? Look, we didn't get married, right,

I'm going out.

I'm going to walk around a little bit and I'll be back before the meet.

You're going to go and see your woman again, right, Mick?

You got me.

Fellow, tonight maybe me, you and Mick can take our ladies out to celebrate.

Yeah. We can go to Lotus Club. You ever been to Lotus Club, Mick? No.

She'll love it. It's a trip.

Okay.

I'll be back in a little while. All right, you got it. Hey, Mick.

Superstar. King of the cookers.

On the events subsequent to the shoot, did you speak with Officer Steger after

Captain Furlow told you a second gun had been found?

Yes, I did.

What was said?

I was upset.

I told him I couldn't believe the perp had two guns.

I told him that if the second gun had been found in the perp's pocket, I'd buy

that. But both pieces were found in the alley away from the body, and I knew I'd

only seen one gun in the perp's hand.

How did Officer Steger respond?

He got very upset. I confronted him.

I asked him if he planted that gun he found. And did he confess?

He said if somebody did plant a piece, they sure wouldn't have done it to hurt

you. How did you interpret that statement?

I took it to mean that Steger had planted a gun to help me and in turn

to lie to protect him. Did he ask you specifically to commit perjury? What he

said was, are you going to be stand up on this or what?

I said, I don't know.

That's where we left it. The next thing I know, I get called into the captain's

office and Steger's there lying through his teeth.

At the time of the shooting, Officer Garfield, how long had you known Officer

Steger?

About two hours.

Any mutual friends, other cops you both knew, anything like that?

Not to my knowledge.

Like I said, we'd only met that morning.

Hmm.

Let me see if I got this right.

A 27 -year veteran walks into a shooting scene and commits a felony.

By dropping a weapon for another cop that he just met two hours before.

Is that what you're saying?

Is there anything else you'd like to say on your own behalf at this time,

officer?

Just that the perp Gomez had a gun.

He pointed it at me, and I shot him.

And I never dropped any weapons.

Anything else?

No.

That's all.

Case closed.

The kid dropped it.

We have a long way to go before we say that, Barry.

Nobody else had motive.

I have to get through Steger's testimony on the shooting before lunch.

I really think you're making a mistake here, Luce.

Well, nobody asked you.

You know, you don't exactly have control of your emotions right now. All that

stuff we talked about, about you wanting a family and all. And then you see

Fabian's mother, and I know that just made it all worse.

Which has nothing to do with Hopper.

I'm going to go see him, that's it.

It's right up here on the left.

Well, do you want me to hold your coat?

Why?

A major part of my work is evaluating beauty.

You think I'm incompetent?

Yes, he is.

The next question is going to be, do you think I'm flirting? And yes, he is.

Give me five minutes.

Lucy, what's the matter with you?

I just wanted to take one minute to tell you the kind of person I think you are.

I think you use people.

And I think you're a coward.

A guy who lies to himself, let alone other people. I think you must have been

the worst husband in the world.

I think you're cheap with your emotions.

You're totally joyless.

And I think you're a lousy lover.

And I don't like your pop!

Lorna.

She made many a man happy.

That woman was a hooker?

Died on the job.

Actually, she was the queen of phone sex.

Good Lorna talk.

I swear you'd listen to her. You'd close your eyes. You'd think it was a 20

-year -old starlet with a middle -aged woman's dirty mind.

Sounds like you're pretty familiar with the services here, pal. Well, sometimes

I'd bring up her meals.

Might hang around a little bit.

That's no crime, is it?

I can't seem to get this phone this way. Would you just...

Yeah, please. Can I just leave? Yeah, just take it out. Come on, Rinko.

Get it on three.

One, two, three.

Okay,

now. Hey, hey, please.

Lie her down.

Wouldn't think you'd have any trouble doing that.

Rinko, Rinko Morris.

All right, I'm just going to take it out like this.

What is that?

Heavy as she was, Lorna liked phones all over the room. Must be a customer.

I don't care.

I'm not even here.

I'm up in the mountains somewhere fishing.

I don't care one thing about this.

Get it through the door.

Get it through the door.

Get it through the door.

Get it through the door. Get it through the door.

I was going as hard as I could. No way I was going to catch him. They were

pulling a pretty good lead. And I didn't lose him until Garfield followed the

perp into the alley. And a second after that, I heard the shot.

How much time passed between when you heard the shot and your next door

Garfield?

Oh, 10, 15 seconds. Like I say, they were pretty far ahead.

What did you see when you went to the alley?

Well, I saw the kid over near the dumpster.

My first thought was, why am I relieved? You know, the guy's down, my partner's

on his feet. And then Garfield sees me.

That's when the curtain goes up.

Ron?

That's when he starts his performance.

Just state what you saw, officer.

I say, uh, Ronnie, is he dead?

He's dead, the kid yells. I shot him. Oh, my God, where's his gun?

I say, it's okay. Calm down.

We'll find it.

Anyway, the kid's throwing things around, saying it's got to be here. I

he's just going to query the search site.

So I send him off to call it in.

Then I start a methodical search.

I'll find the weapon.

Right, we're Garfield.

No editorializing.

Corner, Neidorf.

Be with you in a second.

We ain't got a second. What do you want to stiff?

Well, dealer's choice, fellas. Main performers ain't particular. Oh, there I

Ain't stiff enough on him a little bit, did you, sweetheart?

You got no problem, Teasdale.

The woman was pretty upset, Mr. Neidorf.

Let the shooter through the grease a little.

This mother.

Daughter -o -deed.

Ah, Mr. So -and -so, strange as it may seem to you, we at Nidorff Brothers

Mortuary consider the common agate marble the best implant following

donation.

Keeps the natural contour of the face, and what a generous gesture for your

daughter to have made.

I'm just raising the flag, Mr. Nidorff. She said she was suing us. I'm back in

public service, Teasdale. This is something you ought to be able to take

yourself. And will you, for God's sake, stop at Hopkinson Supply and pick up a

bunch of ball implants?

I did that on my way down here. Thank you, G. Dale. You're a great American.

Waste of good marbles. You fellas are too delicate.

You guys are from the Hill, right?

Told your captain three years ago when I had my little difficulties, this city

morgue hadn't seen the last of Wally Neidorf. Wouldn't call Morgan and bodies

till the strike started exactly coming back in honor, Wally.

Yeah. Listen, corner Fukumoto's an honorable man.

Fukumoto won't cross the picket line.

Wally Nidor's got his foot in the door, and who knows, once that extremity's

inside, what other body parts may fall.

All right, can we just get out of here now?

Oh, listen, would you hold on just a minute?

Now what?

It's time.

As long as you fellas are here, maybe we can walk old Wally through the picket

out there. I hate being on the same side as you, Mr. Neidorf.

Look, I appreciate your sentiments because you expressed them reasonably,

whereas those fellows are fanatics.

You were a dreamer.

No, I had those dealers drive me over.

Listen, I got a couple things at the precinct, then I'll come by and change

drive to the Cougar together.

Just a couple things.

Honey, some loose ends off my desk.

I gotta go. I love you.

Bye.

Coffee, Stan?

No, it's bad for my ticker. Oh, come on. Come on.

How'd things go with I .A .D.? Hell going.

We're on a break.

Hey, tell him that how it was.

I hope it works out.

Stan?

I hate to say it, but I've worked with him for years.

The going gets rough.

They all run scared.

All of who?

Cut.

I don't buy that.

Right, I know.

No, I mean it.

Sure.

No, Jack, I really mean that. Hey, I believe you.

Hey.

Run it for me, Nick. I have to get back into the yard.

Well, I'm going back there after we talk.

And Suarez, their buyer, picks up the stuff I made at two.

Give me a couple of minutes to establish intent, then you make the puff.

Trying to think of a way to get you out beforehand.

That's no good, Captain.

We're getting you married today, Mac. They need me there to show the

they got a chemist. I'm not there. It's going to get hinky.

Look, we bust him at 2 o 'clock. Kids don't get married till 5 .30. Lays out

okay to me.

Okay. Okay.

I'll see you at 2.

Who's with you?

The Rue Washington, four uniforms.

Take six.

What communication, if any, did you have with Officer Garfield subsequent to the

discovery of the second gun?

Most of us were out looking for that heart.

I came back to the station house.

Kid was waiting for me.

Garfield. Right.

I'm not making a racial joke.

The kid looked about as pale as he was ever going to.

He took me aside and said, we got to talk.

We went into interrogation.

And he said they found another gun at my chute.

I said, you mean the perp had two guns?

And suddenly he started pounding his fists on the walls.

And he said, I wish to hell I'd have thought to say that. I wish I'd have

thought to say that.

And I'm getting sick of my stomach.

I said, kid, you mean you planted a piece and set me up to find it? You made

a patsy?

He said, I began doubting what I thought I'd seen. I knew you were coming.

And now he's bawling his eyes out.

He said, the captain gave me a way out.

He asked me.

He said, did the perp have two guns?

And I didn't think to say yes.

I'm going to call the chief of the act.

Hey,

Ron.

How'd it go, man?

I couldn't tell about Perillo, the IAD guy.

The outside captain.

Police him? He didn't believe word one.

Beggar's in with him now, lying.

What do you think? I mean, if I offered a polygraph.

If Steger would, too. Why would Steger do something that can only jam him?

Why would you?

Ronnie, do yourself a favor.

What's that?

Go home.

You can't do nothing for yourself here.

I just keep thinking about what he's saying.

Hey, go home, Ronnie.

Wait till he, okay?

I know, I know, I know. You got a lodge to run, but that's not the point. The

point is the wedding's at 5 o 'clock, and all you can think about is the

is blocking the way to your men's room.

Leon, Leon, it's only four more hours. Have a heart.

Leon. A real sentimental guy, huh?

How's your boy?

Great.

Maybe you got your dough on the wrong horse.

I don't think so, babe.

You know, I just couldn't help but feel bad for him. I told him, I said, you

didn't say there were two guns because you didn't see two guns. Stop it here.

Go to the captain. Tell him what happened.

He said, I don't think I can.

I said, do it.

You're not cut out to play it the other way.

Officer Steger, by your account, Officer Garfield stated his actions

were motivated by his fear, by panic.

Right. You also said you were about fear when you heard the shot fired?

Yes, right.

What would you estimate was the maximum amount of time it took you to arrive at

the scene?

I was running pretty hard.

Less than a minute?

Way less, yeah. 30 seconds.

I mean, the distance is less than 30 yards.

I guess 20 seconds.

Garfield knew you were this close.

Wait a second. I'm not sure what you're saying.

Okay, so we're back at the scene of the crime.

Garfield is so panicked that he plants a gun in the mistaken belief that the

perp had no weapon.

Right. How many times are we going to go over this? And having crouched down at

the body to put the perp's prints on the weapon, and knowing that you're about

to come around the corner at any instant, instead of leaving the gun in

perp's hand, after he had planted it there, and saying, there's his gun,

the piece, when you arrive.

Instead of doing that, he risks your coming around the corner and seeing him.

He prolongs his time at risk by removing the gun from the perp's hand and

throwing it under a dumpster.

Right.

Then he has the further calculation at a time when, according to your testimony,

he's totally panicked to pretend he can't find the weapon. You ask me what

happened. I told you what I saw. I told you what the kid told me.

Thank you.

Do you have anything further to add to your testimony, Officer Steger?

What do you mean?

No.

I mean, what are you saying?

Are you accusing me?

I don't have any more questions.

The kid planted a piece.

He set me up to find it.

I mean, what has he got to lose? If I don't find it, he's going to find it

later.

That's a good point.

Thanks for your testimony, officer.

No problem.

I don't understand what this is about, Jimmy. Why don't you explain it to me,

Philo, huh?

We're closed, man.

What is this?

What's going on?

Is this your cooker? No way.

Hey, I'm here buying and selling. You're lying, man.

Think I don't inventory?

Think I don't see you guys shaping to make a move? You're gonna move with

Suarez, ain't you?

When's he gonna show up? I don't know why you're talking like this, Jimmy. He

watched this place last night.

You guys cooked here.

This guy's your cooker.

You see this, Jimmy?

You stop being careful.

You got to be too much of a big shot.

You just made a bad mistake.

You made the mistake. You did.

Now, we got ourselves an ace cooker here.

Are we going to make our move now?

You're going to take me out, Chato?

You think you'd take me out?

No one's going to be after you?

You think Suarez is going to trust you after you take out your own boss?

This is a big country, man.

Come on, Minka.

Move! Come on, where?

You're coming with us? Move it!

Hey, you want to cook?

You stay here and cook with me, man. Mick, you stand with us. Wait a minute.

My tall fellow, man. What you doing? Don't worry about him. Ain't no way to

it. He'll be okay.

All right.

Lie down, Jimmy.

Lie down!

Hey, Pella, Doug, you, lie down!

Hey, don't kill us, man.

We ain't gonna kill you, man.

We got in the car? Yeah, everything's in there. Let's go, man!

Sit down!

Doesn't make any sense, Barry.

A panicky Garfield just does not do all the things Steger says he did in that

amount of time.

Supposing Steger didn't get to the site as quickly as he says he did, Captain?

Yeah.

It's human nature, Frank.

Steger's pushing, what, 50? He's overweight.

So he fibs about how quick he got to the chute. Instead of 15 or 20 seconds,

it's 40.

If it's 40 seconds to invite Garfield's fashion, then what?

Still don't buy it. Sure, I'll say.

it's too risky and elaborate a set of judgments for Garfield to have made.

If he's going to plant a gun and he knows Steger's coming, he plants the gun

the perp's hand and backs off fast.

All right.

And you've got to answer me one, Frank.

Why? Why what?

Well, off what you're saying, it's got to be Steger planted the piece when he

sent Garfield out of the alley, right? Which is Garfield's position.

And I want to know why.

Wrong -headed idea about standing up for another cop.

I don't want anybody taking this wrong.

Okay?

We're talking about a colored rookie here.

A kid that Steger has never met.

Now, Steger's not going to put his life on the line for this kid, Frank.

I think the captain's saying that Steger wasn't doing it for Garfield. He's

saying Steger did it out of some misguided loyalty to another cop.

black, first they partnered or not.

Meaning he sold you, huh? I'm not sure.

Steger is a career patrolman.

Maybe he feels he's been passed up unfairly. Maybe he has a victim's

Oh, come on. The ice is getting pretty thin here now. Barry, neither one of us

was in that alley. I'm just trying to support a gut reaction here, same as you

are. I don't believe Steger's story.

And I don't believe Garfield's.

Truck driver's next.

I was leaning out, looking back, checking my clearance when I seen this

running into the alley.

And a cop's running, chasing him.

I figured I better get out of there when I seen him in the rear view.

He stopped and he pulled the gun out of his pants.

Well, that's when I take off.

And when I make my turn out of the alley, I heard a gunshot.

Then I saw this lady cop.

Did you indicate where you first saw the officer?

Yeah.

Right here.

Well, the hooker, she was arrested.

I stop.

I tell her there's a shooting in the alley.

She starts running towards the alley, shouts back to me to tell this other

Which you did.

I did while she was still running.

Did you observe the name tag of the female officer?

Yeah, it was Willie, Wiley, something like that. Officer Wiley.

Wiley, right.

So from what you're saying, she must have had a view of the alley before her

partner did.

Right, he was still running when she was already looking around the corner to

see where the shot came from.

Of course, this was after the shooting, you understand. I mean, she wouldn't

have seen the shooting.

Thank you, Mr. Kayser.

What is he doing here?

Who?

Him. Who?

It's Tom Hoffman, the potter. Can I help you, sir?

He looks like a wimp. I'm sorry, you can't file a complaint.

Then who should I speak to? Yeah, what's the problem?

I want to file a complaint against Officer Bates.

Ah, I'm the man you want to talk to.

Now, what's the problem?

Well, I previously knew Officer Bates on a personal basis, which gives her no

excuse for behaving like a thug.

She comes into a ceramic studio I operate, terrifies the students, breaks

things. What do you mean, terrifying students?

What does that mean? I just said her behavior was disruptive.

Well, did she take out her gun? Was she arresting people? What?

Look, I get the feeling you're not the person I should be talking to. No.

I get the feeling that Lucy didn't come to see you as a cop.

She came to you for personal reasons.

And you aren't man enough to talk to her face to face, so you come in here with

all this whiny crap, trying to embarrass her at her job, thinking that maybe

that'll keep her from coming to see you again. Look, I'm not going to be

intimidated by you.

Hey, I'm not trying to intimidate you. You used to want to file a complaint, or

did you accomplish what you came here for? I don't want a repeat of what

happened this morning.

If I'm getting the message that you don't think it'll be repeated, then a

complaint isn't necessary.

Well, that's the message.

Thanks very much.

You're welcome, Duke.

Stand!

Health department driver is just settled.

Hallelujah. I'll notify our people. Okay.

Dan, would you raise Officer Wiley for me, please? I do want to talk to her.

I'd also like a copy of her statement about the Garfield case. Got it.

What are they talking about?

Um, they want to talk to Officer Wiley. Why?

Your wife called while you were downstairs.

That's all I needed.

She just wanted to know how things are going.

No, she just...

Climbing all over me about this thing.

It's going to be over soon.

I'll tell you what's over. My shot at a promotion before I get my benefits.

27 years I'll be going out on a patrolman's pension.

Well, if they clear you, how's this thing going to affect your promotion?

Stan, believe me.

I've been a guy who never played the game, and I've always wound up on the

shorthand.

This is the kind of thing they've been using for 27 years.

Jack, do you mind if I tell you something as a friend?

Shoot. Self -pity stinks.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means maybe there are other reasons why you didn't get any promotions.

Oh, you don't believe that.

And that's something else. Don't think you always know what somebody else is

thinking. Oh, stand. Oh, Officer Wiley. Stand. Excuse me.

Officer Wiley, would you come with me for a second? IAD wants to talk to you

about the Garfield shoot.

Hill Street, Goldblum.

Hi, Robin. How are you?

No, you missed him. He just went out on the bus.

Oh. Well, uh, maybe he didn't go out on the bus. Maybe, uh... Look, I'll tell

him you called, okay?

Right.

Whoops.

We've heard testimony that you proceeded to the site of a reported shooting

without waiting for your partner. You're aware that's improper procedure?

Yes, sir.

In fact, you arrived at the mouth of the alley a good 15 or 20 seconds before

Officer Trapito, didn't you?

Yes, Captain. This fact was either omitted or misstated in your Form 319

correct?

At this point, Officer, I must inform you that your statements, both written

oral, can be used in evidence in any future internal affairs review of your

conduct in this matter.

Which I would add is not our intention now.

We just want you to tell us what you saw in that alley before Officer Trepito

got there. Was this omitted from your 319 report in order to cover the fact

you got there before your partner?

I didn't go down the alley till Jim went with me.

We understand you didn't go in.

But did you look down it?

Yes. What did you say?

If I thought it was anything, I would have written it. Officer Wiley, we're

out to get you.

You just tell us what you saw and we'll judge its importance.

Lieutenant, over here, sir.

Somebody went down right here, Lieutenant.

Here, take this coat over to the lab. Have it typed ASAP. At least we know it

ain't Belker. Not unless he bought that coat last night. He was wearing a black

cashmere.

Lieutenant, company coming.

Let's make a list of this stuff before we take it down to the lab.

10 quarts per game.

Freeze!

Come on, back around the car. Come on, come on. Don't let me come to you. Come

on, well, look what we got here, huh?

Hey, that was just on the way to the bank. Gee, you missed it, Suarez. It's

already after three.

My, my, my. Did you win the lottery, huh? That's my money. Really? You hear

that? He says all this money is his.

R .S. will be real glad to know how good your new stands are doing for

transplanting your back. What's the beef, man? I ain't done nothing.

Speed limit in here is 10 miles per hour, palsy. You were doing 50. Come on.

I'll call in an APB for Belka.

Uh -huh. A great big see you, Wally. I know.

Strike's over for that. I know.

Don't rub it in. Last deposit, Wally.

830 pounds.

Five foot four and a half.

Where to, bud?

5B.

Hard to believe anybody would want to work in a place like this.

Stand up high. What you're worried is you're dead. No action.

Well, Wally, if you would have kept the tighter ship, maybe you could have kept

your job.

Oh, hell, I was perfect for this place.

This is the kind of place where you come when you don't need any records. This

is the place where you wind up when you die an X.

No.

What's the matter, son?

You know the man?

It's his daddy.

I'll wait outside.

Sorry for your loss.

which is what delayed Officer Trapito.

I reached the other end of the alley, pretty adrenalated. I had my weapon out,

but then I was relieved because I could see there was a cop there, and he was

all right.

The cop was Officer Steger?

That's correct.

Then he bent over the body. I was blocked for a few seconds, but then he

so I could see that he'd found a pistol in the perp's hand and was removing it.

Try not to draw conclusions, officer.

Right, okay.

I saw him take.

He took the pistol out of the perp's hand and stood up.

Then my partner came yelling, what's going on? And the next time I looked

the alley, Steger was holding up the piece for Garfield and the other cops

were just coming in.

Captain, I'm sure this last part Jimmy and I had on our statement because he

there by then.

Are you absolutely certain that Officer Steger was removing a weapon from the

victim's hand?

Yes, sir.

Officer Steger claims he found the weapon approximately four feet from the

That's not true.

I can't believe it. I've always been able to reach her.

Stan. I've got a feeling something terrible is going to happen.

I've got to talk to Cynthia.

I'm arresting you for preparing false evidence and subordination of perjury.

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.

Hey, Robin, J .D. LaRue.

Look, Mick's still out on the operation.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, yeah, I guess it did pile up again.

No, no, nothing like that. Lieutenant, we got all points out on the vehicle

got felt earlier.

Let's divert units. Bring them to the heights and pull. Yeah, yeah, all right.

Uh, Bates, Palty, uh, Renko, you and Hill want to go on overtime to track

Belkin? Well, Bobby's father's dead.

What? Bobby Hill's father's dead. We found him lying on a slab in the city

morgue.

That's how I was having problems.

The informer's pretty sure that Mick's okay.

They treat the chemists like royalty.

So your minds are made up. You think I planted the gun?

Officer, we're basing our conclusion on an eyewitness account.

What she saw tells you what I did. It doesn't tell you why.

That kid asked me to help him. Are you saying that Officer Garfield asked you

plant a weapon? Asked me? He begged me to do it for him. Why?

He was afraid of going down on a bad shoot. That's why.

That's not my question. Why would a man who had met you only two hours before

assume you would commit a felony to save him? You're asking me to think for the

kid again. How do I know?

It's the way I am or something. People are always asking me for favors. You're

talking about a lot more than a favor here.

Complicity is a crime. He was desperate for crying out loud.

He didn't have no one else. Don't you see what I'm saying?

I'm the kind of guy who would have helped him. Ask anyone.

Jack, is it possible you planted the piece?

No. Just trying to help the kid out.

No!

Oh, this is beautiful.

That's par for the course, all right.

Hey, look.

Officer, will you come with me, please?

I can't believe I'm going down on this.

Robin Tattaglia is on line three, Frank. She'd like to talk to you. How is she?

Holding up.

Yeah, Robin.

Well, we have two sightings of them on the interstate, and we have their

number.

Robin, I'm sure he's all right. The last thing they want to do is hurt him.

Well, yes,

there was some blood found at the scene, but it wasn't mixed type.

I know how hard this must be for you, but I don't think it's going to be long

now.

No hard feelings, huh, Mick?

Right. He'll be okay.

We're all gonna be okay once we cross that state line.

We're gonna be big once we get to Nevada, man.

We're gonna have the biggest syndicate in hundreds of dudes working for us.

We got the brain power, you and me, fella.

The ace chemist in the old free world, man.

Forget about her, Mick.

We are going to make a star out of you in Nevada.

Fellas, you don't understand.

I'm getting married.

In Nevada, you can get married as much as you want, Mick.

Hey, fella.

Over there, that looks like a good one.

Come on.

What the...

It's only a toy. You're just going to scare them.

Everybody down.

On the floor.

One move and I'll kill you. Don't even breathe.

Anything, okay? Just don't hurt me. All right. Get down.

Anyone moves, I'll kill them.

It's taking too long. Let's get going.

I got a badge in my back pocket.

Don't shoot.

Lower the gun. I'm just going slow into my back pocket for this badge.

Here.

I didn't buy anything that spoils. Otherwise, they'd have ended up getting

married, if they ever do, with dead flowers.

Hey,

Ronnie, my man.

Hey, I heard the good news. I'm glad.

I just want to say thanks for keeping me cool today.

Hey, no problem. How do you figure Steger?

I know.

Guy almost ruined my life.

I'm glad it worked out, Ron.

Hey, welcome aboard, kid.

Thanks.

I expected, you know, a few tears, a little upset.

But she was totally devastated.

It was like they were newlyweds.

Maybe that's the way she wants to remember it.

Did cat around.

Disappeared for years at a time.

And she'd still pray to Jesus that he would one day see the light.

Your mama's a good Christian woman, God love her.

Yes, she is.

Man.

But that's not what he needed.

He needed someone to kick his butt, someone to say, you got a family.

You got responsibilities.

Why don't you act like a man?

You got any idea what he's doing right here?

I don't know.

Working on an angle?

Worst part of it is, Renko, in spite of it all.

Who lived solely for his own pleasures.

A man who didn't give a damn about anyone.

I ain't gonna drink of that.

I don't think you want to either.

Even if he was here for me.

If he was here, so what?

We never worked it out.

And maybe this time, you ought to let yourself think it might have.

All right, come on, knock this off. We got a whore you want to try, brother.

Who is it?

Who is it?

Me.

Fabian, what are you doing here?

He sounded lonely, you see.