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Previously on Hill Street News.

Stop them.

There's cops on the tape. Don't step at a time.

The guilty verdicts are against reason, insupportable, and I hereby

vacate them.

The eyewitnesses were weak, but their testimony was sound. You're talking

a judge with an impeccable service record.

Where's my car back there? It should have been parked in a handicap zone. You

got what you deserve, buddy. Oh, yeah?

Will you take a look at this, buddy?

You are under arrest.

Are we going to do this double parked or are you going to come inside?

Whoa. Because I'm in a wheelchair, you think you can handle me?

Well, if I can't, I'll find six cops who can.

Mr. Seltzer's in the market for a trade. My security fund. Which contains?

A lot of voices, a lot of conversations.

Batch number 1146.

Patrolman H. Hunter.

Pay off for Douglas and Corley.

Here on tape three times, it's all pretty much the same conversation.

Iron 6.

Lookout continues for Hunky the guard goose.

Now an hour 38 of disappearance.

Testimony from afflicted grocers at the deck of markets and an early morning

fracas that sent one German shepherd to the neighborhood vet indicates that said

gander continues in its wanton and conscienceless orgy.

A foul play.

This is out there, folks.

Let's get them.

All right, item seven.

Detective Malcolm commences undercover today as one of our city's disabled

citizens. That's a fact.

A mixed wheelchair will be circulating proximate to banks in the area bounded

Elmwood, North Delaware, and Sumner Street.

Nature of the undercover commends area patrols to particular alertness for

backup. Or at item eight, Robert Hill enters the squared circle this evening

what he claims will be his fistic swan song.

8 .30 shop at E Street Gym.

Bobby tangles with vice's white, butt -ugly stepper.

Our department's middleweight crown.

Now, tickets at Morrissey's or via Officer Schnitz. Now, let's remember,

proceeds resuscitate the PAL boxing program.

They're going to have to resuscitate Dwight Stafford when Bobby gets finished

tattooing his noggin. Yeah.

Boy, you'll root for both seafarers safe return to port.

And secondarily, that hill cleans Stafford's clock.

Item last.

A continuing reminder that betting with boogies over the next fortnight is not

only fiscally imprudent, it can buy you a bus.

Now, all betting still otherwise advised should be mano a mano.

All right, that's it. Let's roll.

How good you were last night.

My pleasure.

So now, what should we do? Should we leave or should we back off? Yeah, come

Bobby. Vice is already calling about action for tonight.

Oh, I don't know. I don't know. Right now, it'd make me even money to live.

Hey, super cop!

Hey, nice fight.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Are we ready?

Ready for what?

Yesterday, you said you wanted to try being a gift. Would you change your mind

already? No.

Okay, then, let's go. Where's your chair, hot shot?

You can't come with me, Jerry.

Hey, we got a riding up out there without some amateur giving us a bad

They won't allow it. You could get hurt.

Oh, now, that'd be terrible, wouldn't it? I might have to spend the rest of my

life in a wheelchair.

I'm sorry.

Detective, I require a word with you.

Sure, Lieutenant.

You okay? No, I am not.

I was about to assist two uniforms in an off -duty arrest last night when I

discovered that my service revolver was loaded with blank cartridges.

I don't know what you mean.

My inference is that you had access to my gun while I was in the shower

yesterday and you replaced my live ammunition with blanks.

Let me get this straight.

You're mad because I kept you from killing yourself.

The only thing that you kept me from doing, detective, was bringing down a

felon. Oh, yeah?

What do you want to tell me about that?

What, the phone rang? You got mixed up and answered the iron?

Lieutenant, I think you ought to go talk to the captain. You have no right to

touch another officer's equipment.

You and I have nothing further to discuss.

Good day.

We have a 9 -11.

Our robbery in progress.

Seat surplus, door corner, People's Drive.

I thought we did business yesterday. I've got a worried client here. Mr.

Seltzer's team... I wouldn't try bait and switch if I were you, Ben. We've

copied your tapes and we have you signed authorization to use them. Look at me,

Captain. Nobody's trying to pull anything.

We've got to talk.

You've got to get me a better deal. In exchange for what?

I'll give you something in exchange.

Please, Captain.

Neil, J .D.

They should have known I was stand -up.

They should have known Ben Seltzer was the right guy.

Instead, all night, I get these phone calls.

They tell me I'm a dead man. Who does?

Promise me. Get me relocation. Then I'll tell you. Ben, we have to know what

you've got.

It's what you've got. You've got a rotten department.

You've got a whole division on the take, and then they're going to kill people?

You back that up, and I'll have your deal.

Oh, I'll back it up. You just keep me alive.

Not with no vice cops. Ben, I think a stipulation to terms might be

here. I have to see something on the table. Ben, I wouldn't give back one

we have some guaranteed... You want to start?

Little Switzerland.

Ben, shut up. The lock is at 119th Street Depot.

There's more payoffs there than a vice... Shut up!

I want this agreement guaranteed by your chief in the DA's office.

Work it out.

You'll recommend?

If he'll deliver.

You want him protected?

Ben's indicated that he has some personal problems. Don't try and sell a

business like mine with a police escort.

I'd end the business latest. I want him out of the cold.

Let's go.

Ben.

Think he's dealing in the street, Captain?

Put a tag on Seltzer.

I don't want him out of our sight.

Stake out the lockers at the 119th Street Depot.

Continue with surveillance by camera until I take it off. Got it.

I've seen Lieutenant Hunter today.

No? Why?

You know, he swears I'm wrong, but I don't buy it.

I think he put a gun through his head last night. I think he tried to kill

himself.

If that's true, J .D., I need to hear everything you know.

The guy was in such bad shape.

I didn't want to take a chance, so I put some blanks into his gun.

He comes in today with some cockamamie story and a bandage about that big on

side of his head. Why didn't you tell me this yesterday? Hey, you don't say

something like that on just a hunch.

The captain, the guy's out on the ledge.

We've got to talk to him.

Now.

Ray.

Where's Howard?

Sniper call Oak Street.

Henry. Take her out with me.

Blue Fox One, have you got access on the second set of stairs?

Blue Fox One to Fox Leader. Hang him on the second stairs.

Blue Fox One, continue to reconnoiter.

Roger. Howard.

Can I speak to you for a minute?

Now, Frank? Henry, we're going.

All right, give the lieutenant a read on the position.

Okay, lieutenant, we got a lone gunman. Last window on the left corner of the

building.

Howard, I just had a talk with J .D., and I'm concerned it may not be

appropriate for you to be out here. Now, just a minute, Frank. J .D. thinks you

tried to kill yourself.

That's nonsense.

What's that?

That's a household mishap.

Or a powder burn.

Frank, I am fully able to meet my professional responsibilities.

I'm here.

Fox Leader, Fox Leader.

Can you take him without injury?

All right, Blue Fox, I want you to prepare for tear gas. Stand by.

Valentine, prepare to deploy tear gas on my command.

Blue Fox 1 and Fox Leader, I want you to move in on him on two counts after the

tear gas goes in. Do you copy?

Affirmative. Are you prepared?

Further questions?

All right.

See me at the station.

Often you're interfering with police business, you know, so you turn it

and beat it. Oh, what are you going to do, bust me again?

You got it.

Hey!

Hey! Do you know what your mistake is, man?

You think it's just a kind of wheelchair.

Just like I said, man.

No soul.

Hey, excuse me. Would you tell Jimmy that Bobby Hill is here to pick up the

ticket?

Hey, Bobby Hill.

I saw you on your fight.

Come on, I got your number.

How you doing, Bobby?

Hey, did you get your mouthpiece?

I wanted to talk to you about that.

And, uh, no, Steve, I ain't got the mouthpiece yet.

Andy. See, Andy, I got this problem in that I had to spend some of the

20, which I appreciated you gave to me.

Forget about it.

Because I got my first fight Saturday. I could pay you back after that.

So I was wondering maybe if I could borrow a few more.

No. No way.

Oh.

Okay.

Well, thanks anyway.

Here you go, Bobby.

If people want ringside, you gotta come early.

Okay, thanks.

Long bobbing, numbskull.

Good. Right.

I'll see you guys.

You really got a fight?

Shields? Sure he does.

Bill him Irish, put him in with a black guy, he'll do some business.

He got a future? You want to know what his future is?

He gets flattened twice, blocks a little change, commission takes away his

license. Then he moves to another state, puts Irish in front of another name,

and he gets knocked out somewhere.

Future for him is drooling into a cup that's broken out of his head.

Future kids, Doc, they'll live longer.

Let's go, Steve.

Hey.

There's some vicious -looking character if I ever saw one. Get a picture.

Not until my last 10 shots, babe.

Hey, come on. Who's to say she's not the chief trigger for some crazed female

assassination group?

Yeah, she could murder me.

Man,

I just can't believe it.

What? Hunter.

Trying to do himself in.

That's the last cat I would have thought.

Neil, a guy that's wrapped that tight, he pops a mainspring. The only thing

thinking is to eat his piece.

Look at Hogan in South Ferry.

Yeah.

Kimball in Castle Heights.

Anowitz.

Baker did it with an Italian number 7 millimeter.

Sankey. He took poison.

Hey, what about Pepitone?

He smoked it.

Same as Appleson.

Something like that. I mean, stopping the suicide.

You ought to know, pal.

We did it enough times for me.

Hey.

See that guy over there?

Mm -hmm.

Look familiar to you?

Yeah, I don't know.

County Courthouse. Man, it's just cold.

Oh, no.

This is too sweet.

Let's take it real easy, bro.

Yeah, but let's take it.

What's he doing back there?

Joe, get him up, would you?

Come on, kid.

You can do 60 miles an hour on a city street. You can sit up straight.

It's this vinyl, man.

Have you ever looked at this vinyl back here? It's got like these holes, like

craters on the moon, you know? Like craters on the moon with little holes.

inside, there's like these shadows. Behind the showers, there's like these

little things with torches, like little people with torches trying to signal us.

You see what drugs do to your brain? You're talking like a crazy man.

Joe, there's a goose over there attacking a vegetable stand.

All right, you stay put.

You see that ashtray? Keep your eyes on that ashtray.

Don't get out of the car, you understand?

Go for it.

I'll go low and you just go high.

Oh, his name was Chuck.

That must have been a hell of a fight. That part didn't work out. We had to

him animal tranquilizer on a lettuce leaf.

Where'd you get animal tranquilizer? Right here.

This kid was going 60 down Utica in a spaceship, if you know what I mean.

I think hockey ain't half the evidence.

Leo.

V -cell is empty.

Thank you. Thank you.

worth our giving him relocation, Frank? He claims he can substantiate widespread

corruption. Can he? The tapes he gave us yesterday were his advertised.

I understood they were also antique.

He gave us a drop location for payoffs, which turned up Judge Milton Cole.

Hedsel Roll Cole?

We're sending LaRue in this afternoon to see if he'll take a bribe.

LaRue will be wired.

Seltzer also claims that Midtown Vice is completely compromised.

Let's follow it out, Frank, wherever it goes.

I intend to.

Having said which, I have a favor to ask.

Sounds to me like you've got one coming.

It's about Howard Hunter.

He's on some of Seltzer's tapes from 15 years ago.

Was he on the take?

He was a bag man. He never took a cent.

What do you need, Frank?

If he could be spared an IAD hearing.

I'll take care of it.

Thank you.

Full bore on the rest of it, Frank.

Full bore.

Occur to you whose precinct that was?

Yes.

Commander Cleveland of Midtown.

Wouldn't that be something, Frank, if Ozzie got tarred with this brush?

I think the whole department would be tarred.

I don't think there'd be any winners, Chief.

You're right Keep me posted Frank

Anybody get the license of that truck?

Don't move.

I'm sorry, fella. You came out of nowhere.

It's okay.

Mick. Hey, Mick. How's the chair? Is the chair all right? Don't you forget about

the stupid chair.

You hurt anywhere?

Oh, I know that.

Move your arm.

Move your fingers.

It's okay. I'm all right.

He just clipped his arm.

Give me back the chair, okay, Mick?

Short date for the preliminary.

Illegal possession and discharge.

Preliminary hearing, 1 p .m. tomorrow.

Ten minute recess.

All rise.

His Honor, got a minute? Court business.

Chambers.

Judge Cole?

Yes? Detective John LaRue, Hill Street?

What can I do for you, detective?

Just give me a couple minutes of your time.

Shut it.

I'm one of the arresting officers on a case you got coming up. That boy

Rothmore, you were arraigning this afternoon.

And? I'd like to give you a little background.

As long as it's only a little.

This kid's got problems.

Most of them behind the wheel.

You got kids you're on, teenagers?

Two. Well, then I don't have to tell you anything about kids.

This kid's got great parents, and they just think about this. Now, they realize

Walter's going to get a fine, but they're real worried because it's his

offense.

Fifth offense should buy him 60 days.

There it is.

That's the tragedy.

See, his folks are hoping he'll get past this and go on to college.

But with that on his record... Your point, Detective.

You see, Walter's... parents are involved in all sorts of charity work.

And what they said to me was they'd like to make an appropriate contribution.

$2 ,000.

In return for?

A little understanding of this kid's situation, a little looking out for his

future.

Now, I think the PBA should get half the money and...

Well, some judicial charity, the other half.

I'm not opposed to showing a little mercy, if the occasion merits it. Oh, I

think it does, Your Honor.

I think this is a salvageable kid.

Now, they were wondering that if they do make a charitable contribution,

could you choose it for them?

What's that?

A thousand cash.

For the judicial charity.

Suspended sentence.

They'll really appreciate that.

Oh.

There's a couple officers waiting outside to see you. Should I show them

Who? They'll introduce themselves.

What's going on?

You're under arrest, Your Honor.

Just trying to call you.

Henry. I'm sorry. I should have called you before.

Can we talk?

Now.

Did we ruin a perfectly good relationship or what?

You know better than that.

I called you twice.

I waited all day for you to return my calls.

It was inconsiderate.

I didn't hear you go this morning.

I didn't want to wake you.

Tell me the truth.

Were you disappointed with me?

No.

Well, then why did you leave?

I guess I was scared.

Of what?

I don't know.

Didn't please you, maybe.

go to the shore for the weekend this weekend yeah we could leave frank jr

frank take the baby with us you know nothing fancy uh yes just

get away let's do it are you sure yes faye i'm sure

Get in the jail, Nosebleed. I am through with this from you. Now you go in there

and wait for me.

Taylor Herber.

Suspicion grants that person a resisting arrest.

Hey, what about me? I thought I was under arrest, too. I said get in there!

What are you, deaf to play in English?

What's the matter? You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

I've called you a million times.

I just need some water. I'm thirsty.

Over there, and then I want to see you with my dad. Yeah, yeah, okay.

I spoke to Chief Daniels about the tapes. Well, I don't think there's any

to protect me, Frank.

I'm fully prepared to confront whatever charges the department wishes to bring

against me.

They're not going to be any hard.

But frankly, I don't think departmental consequences should be your biggest

concern right now.

Well, it seems to me that we've proven my ability to do the job.

And all due respect, I'm not sure that anything further is your business.

I'm also your friend.

Friends respect each other's privacy.

Privacy, yes. Not hurtful isolation, Howard.

As your captain, I have to be concerned about the 20 people working under you,

too.

Now, you haven't seen one moment of behavior from me that will give you any

reason or concern, nor will you.

I'm sorry, but handling one situation in the field doesn't convince me, Howard.

Frank, I've given you no cause.

Judas, don't take my job away.

That's not my present intention.

But I'm asking you.

Please, to seek professional help, I'm urging you to... I don't believe that

that's necessary.

I don't think you even realize what you've done.

I botched a suicide attempt.

I had a box of live shells in my closet.

An ample opportunity to make a second attempt at work. Frank, I chose life.

Come on, Howard. If J .D. hadn't done what he'd done, you'd be dead right now.

There's no neat capsule you can fit that into.

I'm asking you to seek help.

Please.

I'm asking as a friend.

Well, as a friend, I'll consider it.

Let's have some room.

Call the paramedics. What happened? He was drinking water. I was behind him. He

kept drinking water and then he just fell out of the chair.

Get his feet elevated.

All right, we're going to need a blanket here.

Everybody stand back.

He's not breathing.

Medics are on their way.

What's wrong?

Why'd you stop for? Help him.

I was just talking to him. Come on, damn it. Breathe.

Move away, Nick. Please.

Gee, I was just talking to him.

I was told they were bringing in Judge Cole.

Just coming in now.

Erwin! Erwin!

Erwin! There's been a terrible mistake.

Get him into interrogation.

Get Captain Frilla.

Judge Cole, you've been advised.

Erwin, listen to what I'm trying to tell you.

I suggest you have an attorney present.

There was absolutely no need for an attorney.

What you'll hear in that tape is my trying to elicit evidence after

elicitation. What about these, Judge? What were you trying to elicit in the

depot?

I was in a bus terminal.

What's that supposed to prove?

We have pictures of you picking up a bag of money. We have the bag, $10 ,000 in

cash inside. We have the wire, and we have you. But I'm not going to prosecute

you, Judge. I'm turning you.

You're going to give us faces, names, and places.

And then you're going to resign in disgrace, which is what you are.

I just got a call. We lost a tail on Seltzer. He shook it.

Try to pick it up. A guy like that's got a lot of muscles.

I'm getting real bad feelings, Frank.

Making and receiving bribes.

That establishes habit and duration.

It establishes a belief of impunity.

Let's see where it goes, Erwin. I'm trying to make a point, Frank. I know,

I'm saying take it easy. My point is this.

If this is in the fabric of things, if you've got a pervasive corruption...

Driving up, I'm thinking this could go anyplace. This could reach into my own

office.

I'm a company man, Frank.

It scares me not knowing who to trust.

We could start with each other, Erwin.

I'd appreciate that.

I'd appreciate having someone to talk to.

Same for me.

Thanks, Frank.

Sorry about getting so nervous.

John?

Yeah.

I want to apologize for my outburst this morning. Hey, no problem.

Especially under the circumstances it was unconscionable.

I believe these are yours.

Lieutenant.

You feeling okay?

Yes.

You know, in Japan, your sort of intercession...

would entail your watching over the rest of my earthly career.

Oh, yeah.

I want you to feel no such obligation.

Thank you, John.

It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm Tom Shorter.

Are you on the goose?

Oh, sure, Mr. Shorter.

He's right back there. The cell door's unlocked.

You can just take him home.

Thank you.

I gave you a lot of chokeholds.

I bought you live grasshoppers, and this is what you do to me.

You obey other people.

You go out on your own.

I ought to wring your neck.

Leo, what's going on with that goose?

What have you done?

You have killed a defenseless animal.

I didn't. I swear.

I never touched him.

I walked in to put the leash on and he just...

Fellow, I could have you arrested for cruelty to animals.

Wait a minute.

I could just say I was going to eat him. Then I'll have you arrested for

slaughtering livestock in a public area.

You keep doing it to me. Get out of here.

Get out of here before I'm no longer responsible for my actions.

Poor guy.

After all he went through.

Must weigh 30, 35 pounds.

Probably all dark meat.

Ice.

Upstairs refrigerator.

I think there is a container in supply that's big enough.

We're going to do it. We're going to kick some butt. We're going to show some

stuff. If I don't get him in 30 seconds. Cut it out.

Then you're going to do it to me. Roberto, with thoughts like that, Norman

Vincent Peale would have died, bro.

Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. You going to hurt somebody?

I'm going to hurt somebody. You going to hurt somebody bad? Yeah, I'm going to.

17 something. Hey, we can arrest you, Bobby. I got 13 bucks in there. Do that,

man. Don't forget that. Forget that crap.

You were breaking in there, weren't you?

Weren't you?

Yeah.

I sneered a few bucks.

Now I'm going to let you walk away from this one, Bobby.

That's the last rhythm you're going to get.

Good luck.

to go call him?

He's supposed to come around.

I'm supposed to meet him at the station.

I think he's going to be late.

Say goodnight, Gracie.

Listen, if you're up for it, why don't we go have a beer after this?

Yeah, yeah, I'd like to.

All right, so I'll meet you at Mulligan's.

I'll have them set up an IV drip.

We had a tough night.

behind a supermarket in the Heights.

Shot five times.

Doesn't have to be Armageddon, Frank.

They can all still be unrelated incidents. I wouldn't bet on it.

I can't.

My bookie just croaked.

Tell me about your day.

No chance.

And tomorrow I can wake up, my headache will be gone, and I'll still be pretty.

Stop it, it'll still be.

But ugly.

No, no, no. But ugly.

But ugly.

Very ugly.

Let's just keep on walking.

Something's late.

Not on my account. I don't want to hear it.

Fuck it. And I ain't for it's late.

Oh, man.

Nice day.

Bobby.

Pretty damn stupid, Bobby.

No brains.

Too many shots to the head.

I figured two of your bit, right?

Three, maybe five.

Upstate.

Food's pretty good.

I wouldn't know.

Hey, Bobby, you win your fight?

No.

Don't worry.

Don't get discouraged.

I want you to be careful up there.

Not in time before.

It ain't so bad, hell.

It's okay.

Just take it easy.

So long.

Going home, huh, Steve?

Thanks for the help.

I'm not sure you'd want to go see Bobby fight.

Mick, it wasn't your fault.

Think about him bleeding inside and not even knowing it. Dying.

I killed him.

How can you say that? Because I promised him.

I said I'd let him teach me about wheelchairs, and then I told him to get

And I think people were always promising him things and building his hopes up

and then telling him to get lost.

You know, everything you've told me about Gaffney reminds me of somebody

Independent, defensive, a loner. So?

So maybe that's what's bothering you.

You knew what he was going through, but you didn't know how to tell him that.

You understood each other, but you just didn't know how to be friends.

You couldn't make the connection.

I respected him. He knew that.

You know, when we first started going together, I thought... ...only dynamic's

gonna open up to me.

He's gonna tell me all his secrets.

But you never did.

And after a while, I knew you never would.

But that's okay.

Some people got to be like that.

It's not always easy loving them.

You shouldn't have yelled at him.