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I am ace.

Thanks to the continuing spell of warm weather, loving couples have returned to

that cozy row of park benches hidden away between Egan and St. Clair,

as a result of their unseasonable passion the return of the St. Clair

who eluded us all summer.

Six purses have recently been grabbed.

Detective Belker...

Officer Russo are therefore assigned undercover.

Item 9, ongoing surveillance.

Detective Natkin and Fuller on the Edgewood investigation. And Detectives

and Washington have been double -shifting since 2100 hours last evening

reported arsonist, Joseph Scornavaco.

Uniformed personnel, would you please check the duty board for your backup

assignments? And I think that just about handles it.

Officer Larry.

Some freak yesterday stole my tape deck out of my car over on Hurley.

Report it, officer.

Let's go, man. One of the ones you pulled right out. Why didn't you pull it

Is that the point?

I'm a cop, right? Are we going to get behind this? File a 642, man. I filed. I

filed. I'm saying we're going to give them hell on this. Okay, Patrick. They

the message. Let's go.

Okay.

Mr. Stornavaco, I presume?

One busted arsonist, Sarge. I would like a lawyer immediately. I got whiplash.

Come on.

Unit's fucking worse than ever, Sarge. It's all done us twice on the way in.

going to have something better.

Excuse us. Lee, get us a unit over there.

I can connect you to Bookley now.

Two streets.

Here we go. MD -12, Detective.

Hey, thanks, Art. Whatever happened to Team Spirit?

I mean, that tape percent wasn't cheap.

Lee, where's Raymond?

Lieutenant Colton. Good morning.

Sharon Fine, new member of the PD's department.

She just spent two months in rotation out in Farmingdale. Welcome to the hill,

Miss Fine.

I'll try to keep it busy. Thanks, Lieutenant.

We'll have to follow you tonight.

Oh, my.

Got to be a new PD, Neil.

Hey, hey, hey. Come on, lover. Let's get this guy down to holding.

Please, God, let her take this case.

PCP? Maybe.

Sergeant Hunter finds cases now. The interrogation...

Is it usually so... You know what? It can get pretty rough, but you'll get

to it.

You'll see when a day starts like this. No, my fingers!

We end up quite calm.

We have a 911.

Unlocking progress.

Seat surplus door, corner People's Drive.

Ah, Counselor Ricardo Diaz, Burglary Control Substance Interrogation Act.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Sarge, on that undercover with Tina Russo, now look.

I got nothing against her personally. I know that you prefer to work solo,

Detective, but I need a couple undercover.

Okay. You remember I mentioned to you I had a couple of personal things? I duly

noted. Work it out with Officer Russo.

Hey, Nick.

You still looking for a vehicle?

I'm going down this afternoon to look at one. Just hold the phone, my friend.

You know my brother -in -law robs a lot. He calls me up, says, do I know a guy

I'd like a favor?

Beware of brothers -in -law with deals.

Funny. 83 Dodge Diplomat, one owner.

You take it without the body work, it's $250 over in his car. What body work?

Couple dimples, nothing.

Hey, if he hammers them out, the price goes up $800, $900.

Hey,

call him up yourself, huh?

I'm not selling it.

Excuse me.

No problem.

Detective LaRue?

Yes, ma 'am, and you're... I'm Sharon Fine, the new PD here.

It's a pleasure, Sharon.

I'll be representing Joseph Scornivago. Heavy duty case, that. Very complicated.

Look, I don't normally offer, but since you're new, if you want a pre

-interrogation session to go over pertinent details, I'll make myself

Thank you, detective.

But for the moment, all I need are your sandals and your A15.

Yeah.

Devin Pryor is no resisting.

I didn't break into that store.

That's period.

But you were caught hiding in a dumpster behind a gun shop.

I was waiting for my girlfriend to come down there, all right? The police found

burglar's tools in the dumpster and half a gram of cocaine in your back pocket.

I know these may seem like petty charges to you, Mr. Diaz, but you're facing a

parole violation that can send you back to prison for six years.

If you want me to help you, you've got to trust me with some facts.

I've got facts.

Good.

Let's start with the night of your arrest.

Where were you? I've got some facts they want to know about. Who? The police,

man. I've got some heavy facts.

Such as?

Such as, you know, there are certain politicians with storefronts up here.

But one of them...

Made some bad enemies, man. Real bad.

What do you mean?

Blam! They're gonna blow his place straight to hell tonight.

Could you tell me a little more?

I tell you more, I got nothing to deal.

This is privileged, Mr. Diaz. They won't find out anything that hurt you, but I

need enough to be credible. I am not spending a six -pack in the hole, man.

Do you understand attorney -client privilege, Mr. Diaz?

It's Miguel S.

San Juan Libre.

Against the Garfield guy.

Okay?

I boosted the dynamite for Miguel S.

A couple of weeks ago.

Let me talk to the captain.

I think we can do something with this.

No,

I can't totally vouch for him, but it sounds real. Tell me more.

I've already told you enough to bring in the DA.

How does a low -rent thief like Diaz get involved in bombings?

Attorney -client privilege, Ferillo.

What does your client want? The narcotics dropped. The burglary down to

misdemeanor. Six months max, no parole violation.

Sweet deal, considering his prints are inside the gun shop door.

I'd say you get the better half of the exchange.

Tell me one thing. Is the plan to attack political? Or animal, vegetable, or

mineral?

Come on, Frank, call Irwin. Time's short.

Raymond, see if you can raise ADA Bernstein for me.

I guess this is the end of the heat wave.

Yeah.

Maybe nothing's happening because we don't look involved enough.

This guy steals people's purses when they're kissing, so... I think we look

pretty convincing.

Nick, it's only an assignment.

Do you really think it's necessary?

Look, you're the one who told me about undercover.

You want to be here till spring? No.

All right, I'm shutting my eyes and pretending you're Robin.

Me too.

And now remember, I got to check Rob Nelson's car.

Okay, I'll meet you at the coffee shop.

I'm very sorry. It was the only appointment I could get.

Eight dollars?

That was all that was in my wallet.

Mr. Hawkins, you say a large black man assaulted you?

Six feet, more maybe.

Hopkins, we just talked to an eyewitness, a Mrs. Baker, who said she

neighbor Danny Lopez beat you up. So why didn't you tell us the truth, sir?

I told her no police.

We're going to have to check this out whether you help us or not, Mr. Hopkins.

Was it Danny Lopez?

He's 18 years old.

His little sister, Elena, is only 11.

Their grandmother was all they had when she died last month, I promised.

Don't bring Danny in. He's a good boy. There's no one else to take care of him

but him.

So why did he assault you?

Something happened.

I was with... I came... I... Like I always do, I checked on

the little girl while he was at work, and Danny... I can't.

All right, all right, Mr. Harris.

Just tell me what happened.

He was with his sister.

You know how I mean.

His beautiful little sister.

I know, I saw them. He beat me, that was why.

Because of her.

Blue Book value on this baby is... You don't even want to know the Blue Book.

Actually, I'd like to see it.

When we get back, no problemo.

The way this works is I explain to J .D. here, let's say I get an overload of

late model sedans, I get an 83 Dodge, I pass it right on through. It's a pretty

sweet deal.

Hey, you guys always treated me real good.

A little crazy glue.

Steering is funny.

Huh? Never drive power steering before, Detective?

Oh, I drive it. Ah,

it's a little shimmy.

Take it to a brake shop, they charge you 40 bucks to fix it. If I gotta take

care of it... Yeah, I know, the price goes up, eight, nine hundred.

Stay right there! You won't get hurt!

What's the problem here?

It's a robbery.

Oh, a little excitement here. Well, it's time to snap on the old seat belt.

Whoa, hey here. Detective, uh, don't you think maybe we, uh, we can call this

one in? Huh?

Talk about it. On what? You got a radio in here? Well, uh, no, but, uh, look,

uh, let's wait a minute here, okay?

Hey,

this car just came on the lot today. There's no insurance on this car.

Raymond, would you deliver Mr. Diaz back to home with me?

You drop some change on me, dear?

No way, man.

I'm seeing your Miguel is down the garden.

Well, you're over, Ricky. You're done. You got it?

Come. Will somebody get my attorney, please?

You sold out my client. You sold me out. I didn't sell out anyone, counselor.

As of this moment, I don't know how we got to Miguel. You don't know.

Forty minutes after our conversation, you've got him in custody. I call that a

hell of a coincidence. I'll find out what happened.

But I guarantee you what didn't happen is I didn't go to Bunce and tell him to

pick up somebody based on an unconfirmed report from your client. Besides, you

never mentioned McGillis. I didn't have to. You or Daniel's Red Squad or

somebody figured it out. Without any help from me, you're right. It sounds

the Red Squad.

Bunce is precinct liaison.

Look, just give my client his deal. You got what you wanted. Pardon me, but I

don't see a basis for negotiation.

You don't.

Mr. Diaz had information on a Major League bust, which I passed on to you.

know I can't sell that to Bernstein, not on a career criminal, not on a parole

violator. And what am I supposed to tell my client?

Sorry?

Sergeant, I'd like to see Mr. Diaz in interrogation, please.

All right.

Howard, where's Norman?

Downtown for a search warrant, I believe. Send him in as soon as he gets

Sure, but you better go playing cops and robbers with another man's shadow.

And let's stop it all if you don't even catch the guy. Oh, I love it. It's

perfect. Really perfect.

I smashed up a private citizen's car chasing a perp. Anyone hurt? No. You

know that. You don't know how my neck feels. I'll call city services. I'll

them in. Thank you. Oh, great. Another day of bureaucracy. I was doing you a

favor, pal.

I still need those A -16s, detective.

Paperwork takes time, Sharon.

You know, if you'd like, I could summarize the information for you

J .D., we've got to talk. Excuse us. I'll be right back.

Do you think I can get that basic change out of you, Detective?

What do you want? Come on, the guy wrecked the car. Our deal's off, John.

that's not my problem. I still get paid, don't I?

You still want to find us, Philip?

Hey, would you dial down the moral outrage, Rob?

I provided you with one customer per advertised. The idiot wrecked the car.

The idiot gave you the keys to a gold mine. You collect from the city to get

car out of the junkyard, and you sell it again.

Don't tell me how to do business, John. You're telling me that's not your

intention. You're telling me I don't deserve 20 % of all settlements?

He dogged me, J .D. I told you, I ain't talking to you. I want a new lawyer.

I share your anger, Mr. Diaz.

But a new lawyer won't change your situation. You went and told your old

everything.

Yeah, you don't think I know the score?

Guy in a pen told me.

You're married to the captain.

That has nothing to do with it. I asked for a lawyer to give me Mrs. Captain.

If Captain Furlow is to blame, we'll go after him in court. That is a lie.

You sold my ticket. I'm going to jail.

It haunts people going to stick me.

I'm angry, too, and I want to find out what happened as badly as you do. Let me

help. Forget about it, lady. You're history.

I'll get somebody else to help me buy my ticket back.

My brother's not here. Are you Elena Lopez?

We're police officers.

May we come in and talk to you?

Danny said not to let anybody in.

That's real good advice.

That's the same advice I give my little girl.

How old is she?

Oh, she's just a little girl. She's two years old.

Listen, can we just come in for a minute? It's real important.

It's Mason here.

I just got back from school.

Is this you and your brother?

Look at this picture here now. Who is this? This is your mom, and then this is

you, and this is Danny, right?

A few years ago.

Elena, do you know a Mr. Hopkins?

Yes. Well, he got hurt real bad, and we have to find out what happened to him.

I don't know what happened.

Look, I know it's hard, honey, but it would help if you could just sort of

us in your own way. I mean, that's what I want my little girl to do, just kind

of tell it her way. Elena, a neighbor of yours saw Danny beat up Mr. Hopkins.

Danny didn't do anything wrong. He takes good care of me.

Now, we will not... We will not let you get hurt again.

Danny said not to say anything.

I promise, and I won't. Where is Danny?

I don't know.

We need to talk to him.

I don't know where he is.

According to your arrest reports, Guanabaco didn't offer any resistance

morning.

Under the circumstances, I was wondering if he would oppose moderate bail at the

ring. Up to the DA, I'm afraid.

Sorry to interrupt.

Sharon, I need you to take over one of my cases.

Oh, I'll be right with you.

I thought we might have some time to talk.

I was hoping you'd help me learn to get the feel of this place.

Are you free tonight?

Yeah, I think so.

How about dinner?

Oh, um, if you'd rather not.

Oh, no.

Why not?

Oh, great.

Talk to you later.

You finding your way around okay, Counsel?

Uh -huh.

I'm telling you, Neil, there's a chemistry between me and that chick. Mm

Well, just cool down, lover. Because she just asked me out on a date.

What do you mean I wasn't on city business?

I was chasing a robber.

That's what cops do. Your own statement makes it clear. You were off -duty test

-driving a car for private purchase.

Right. When the incident went down. Detective, I work for the city, all

go by the city's rights. I never, ever heard of this before.

happens to be new as of January 1 as the result of abuse by your own fellow

officers. If you're off duty and there's no resulting apprehension, there's no

reimbursement. Oh, so if I'd arrested an innocent citizen, I could have covered

my butt.

Detective, please.

I sympathize. The car owner has zero insurance.

That leaves me on the hook. Look, here's what you do. Explain the situation to

him. Settle for 50 cents on the dollar. He'll be happy to take it. Believe me.

That's still $2 ,000.

Hey, the dough you cops make compared to us civil servants?

Be a little grateful, detective.

What happened? Did you get another date?

You okay, Mick?

First they send me Mrs. Captain, now I get Barbie.

I want a man lawyer.

Let's just stick to the business at hand, all right, Mr. Diaz? Now you tell

how they got Migueles without her diming on me.

Please sit down, Mr. Diaz. You tell me. Mr. Diaz, I will not continue to speak

to you if you use that tone of voice with me. I want to know what's going on.

And I am warning you, don't come any closer. You're going to tell me what's

happening here. I got it all set.

Halt. What is that?

I mean it.

Give me the gun, little girl. I'm going to shoot.

This is it. Hey, what's going on in there? This is the ticket.

Counselor, you all right?

No, no.

You stay still, lady.

You be quiet now. Still and quiet.

Put down the gun. No way, man.

I've been messed over enough. Now I say what goes on here.

Out of here.

What do you want? Out of here.

can work this out. Just get out of my way, man.

Talk ain't got me this far before.

You fold your hands, I'm afraid there's no one out in the hall.

Because if I get it from behind, I shoot.

I go, she goes.

Mr. Diaz, Mr. Diaz, I'm Lieutenant Goldblum. If you'll talk to me. Now

wants to talk. Nice.

I want car keys. Send my car with the radio.

Car keys!

Here.

It's at the curb out front. Good.

I'll be tuned into that radio.

You follow me? I hear you.

Understand? Say bye -bye to wifey, Captain.

You better pray they ain't sending no messages about us.

2202, domestic.

Where do you want me to go?

Don't matter. The highway, anywhere.

You get me out of here, I won't hurt you.

2202, we copy.

All right.

Work to the ticket.

Oh, you got an idea.

I would ask if you had a gun.

But I don't ask liars no questions.

You trying something? You trying something?

No, it's the car. I'll do it. I'll do it.

Pump it, pump it.

Dan, I think it's running.

Get out. Get out.

Possible 211 in progress, 91st and Ogden.

Area units respond.

May I help you?

Car keys, give them to me. I don't have a car.

Like hell, give me the keys.

Take my money, I don't care.

Car keys!

I swear to you, I don't have a car.

Get the keys.

I'm trying to move you. Shut up! Check his pants!

It's true.

There are no keys.

I've got to get a car.

Get

Bernstein,

get Bunce, inform Henry I'm moving.

to hostage scene. All others retain sectors.

What the hell's going on over there?

Peter and anti -crime personnel responding.

I mean with the hostage.

Davenport. Mrs. Farillo.

No communication with interior premises as of yet. Uh, 2203, is Flaherty

present?

Flaherty. Got a call from Uptown Impound. Serial number's on a wreck up

Match the 642 on your stolen tape deck. No kidding. Way to go, cops.

Thanks. You hear that?

I heard it. We toned down our concern about our tape deck right now.

Oh, excuse me for being slightly relieved.

Look, I'm very concerned about Mr. Spirillo. If I was the captain, I'd bust

through that window and blast that guy, and that's the honest truth.

Stupid honest truth.

Hey, would you lighten up, huh?

All right, I won't be relieved that they found my tape deck, okay?

I didn't pound lots in our sector.

Diaz, how about just letting us know everybody's okay inside? We know

everybody's healthy. It makes it easier.

Payphone inside. No luck yet.

Mr. Diaz, the captain's here now, so we can start straightening this

misunderstanding out.

You want me to try it?

Well, what do you think, Frank?

I think I ought to do it.

I think you're right.

We're getting a floor plan.

Until then, we stay passively presented north and west.

We will be taking the utmost care, Captain. Do.

Mr. Diaz, at least signal me.

Is the phone ringing?

Inoperable condition?

What is he, dead?

I didn't mean... I'm trying to save his life.

I can't stop the bleeding. I didn't want to kill anybody.

I wanted my ticket. You messed me over. It's your fault. You lied.

I told you I didn't lie.

Look, are there any paper towels on the shelf?

I don't know what to do.

Then help me.

I don't want him to die.

He caught me.

I wasn't even in the place.

Look, then pick up the phone and tell them that.

Start talking because this man is badly hurt.

Stop ringing.

Stop. I don't want him to die.

I never killed anybody.

Do anything.

No, not shouting, you hear me?

This is practically a diagram of Wilcox's inexperience.

Pairing Webster with Shromsky.

Brewster at 100 yards.

Maybe you should call him up and give him some help.

I shall do just that.

And what?

None.

Fine. Might I ask what you were doing with a gun in interrogation?

I didn't know.

I wasn't thinking.

You didn't know that weapons are forbidden inside this precinct?

I got a carry permit when I joined the P .G.'s office.

If anything happens to her...

I'd exchange myself if it would do me good.

That's a noble thought, Miss Fine, but you have several clients waiting for

representation. I can't work with this going on.

Of course you can.

You must.

You think I wouldn't rather be at that site myself? My job is here.

I'm needed here.

Raymond, get Miss Fine the file on the rapist that Henley brought in.

Go on, now.

Billing engineer.

I was checking the broken air duct.

Interrogation A.

I found this little mic.

This is it.

You see?

P .F. I scratched it there.

I'll see if I can vouch for it.

You might need it as evidence, though.

Temporary dealer's license.

Louie, this the car of the officer from Hill Street wrecked this morning?

Yeah, did one heck of a job, huh?

What's that? What did he say?

The radio's in the car that Belker's on the hook for.

This is LaRue's brother -in -law's car.

2202, what's the deal on this hostage situation?

Keep this channel clear for official communication.

No, I'm just curious. Over there, isn't that the kid from the pictures?

Okay, just forget this. Forget it.

Danny Lopez?

Yeah. You're under arrest.

You hear Arthur Hopkins?

You're taking me in for beating up that piece of garbage. Get the hell out of

here, don't you, boy. Hey, I did what I did. Well, how's your sister feeling

about that? You leave my sister out of this. Take this piece of garbage in

there.

Hey, I don't care what you do to me. You just leave my sister out of this. Why

will you have to shut up?

Chief wanted me to express his personal concern, Frank.

Thank you.

How is she?

We don't know. He won't pick up the phone.

Let me negotiate with him.

We've got to get this man out of here. I can do it.

I don't listen to you. You've got to. This man is dying, don't you see?

No matter what you think of me, no matter what happens to me, if you get

here, you'd be slapped with a murder charge a few hours ago, the most you've

faced over six months.

You are not on my side.

I understand you never meant for any of this to happen.

I want all of us to get out of here alive.

You want you to get out of here alive, maybe him.

The minute I step out the door, they blow me away.

Not unless you give them a reason to shoot.

Who are you kidding, lady?

They lied to me so far. They lied and they shoot.

Then do it this way. Keep me.

Let me negotiate to take the man out.

We go back into the storeroom, shut the door.

We've got to do something, Ricardo. He's not going to last much longer without

help.

Yeah.

Mr. Diaz, this is Lieutenant Henry Goldblum. Please stay on the line. I'm

to work this thing out. Yeah, right.

I'm putting Mrs. Captain on.

You mess with me now, and Mrs. Captain dies.

You understand?

We understand, Mr. Diaz.

Put Mr. Alvin Ford on the line.

Joyce? I'm all right, Frank.

But the store owner is badly hurt. We've got to get him out of here. We'll get

you all out. Mr. Diaz doesn't feel this is the time for an overall deal. Deal

myself to dead.

Right. Great idea.

But he will help to save the man's life.

Tell him I got conditions.

Two conditions.

Mr. Diaz, we'll let you in here. No more charges because I popped the dude.

Not if he dies.

There's no way they'll go along.

He's not going to die.

That's what I'm saying. That's why we're doing this.

Condition one, no charges against him on the shooting, assuming the man lives.

And I take you back there.

And two,

he and I go back into the storeroom.

You come in, Mrs. Captain is dead.

Joyce, I want you out of there. I think we have a better chance of negotiating

with Mr. Diaz for my release.

If you carry the injured man out of here first, then give him a reason to trust

you and me.

I don't trust you. Life and death.

Tell Diaz we meet his conditions, provided the man lives and you're

brought out unharmed. I ain't harming her. Just don't come in.

Will you trust me now?

Yeah, as long as I got this.

So, now what do we do?

Continue negotiating.

You'll probably have to do some time.

I think I can keep it under a year.

Forget it.

We're going for total amnesty.

That's not realistic. You have to give them something. That's how a negotiation

works. I'm the client. You're the lawyer, okay?

You asked him. He wants total amnesty?

Joyce, say yes or no. If we give it to him, will he just think it's a trap?

I don't know.

Good chance.

What did I say? No? Give me that.

This is me. Who is this?

Captain Perillo.

I don't want her talking to you. You two already messed me up.

Frank, let's do it. He's got your wife in there.

The owner's alive.

The rest of it, I don't give a damn.

With due respect, Warren, if it would work, of course.

But I can hear it in her voice. She's gone over the edge.

We offer him total amnesty. I don't think he's going to believe it. And

lost. There's no place to go.

With due respect, Captain, then what the hell else do we do? We do. That's the

process.

Negotiating. Small steps. She's saying small steps.

I got nothing more to say to them.

They gotta let me out of this.

For what?

You kill me and they shoot you? Or you kill me and they kill yourself?

I don't trust them.

They work for the back room. They didn't come in.

They always find a way to jam you up, man. One thing or another.

You're not thinking straight, Ricardo.

We'll have them on record this time.

Please. Let me. We'll offer this morning's deal and knock off three

their bad faith.

And only three months instead of six.

Since my client's actions today have been the result of serious duress.

Yeah, you got it, duress. I got duress!

Let me check it with the ADA.

Lieutenant, let's not waste time on this.

Listen, man.

I got duress. I want ten days max.

You got it? Ten days!

He's asking for a further reduction. He sounds weird.

Mr. Diaz.

If we could work out this ten days idea, would you come out? No, I don't want

ten days either.

What am I going to do with a lot of bologna sandwiches?

Give me that freedom.

Total amnesty.

Is that what you want, Mr. Diaz?

The impossible?

Fellas, I hate to be the one to say it. I know they're kind of tight, ma 'am.

What about taking this guy out? Damn it, Warren. Calm down.

We need just some reason.

Anything. So when we give in, he'll believe us.

He's got the captain's wife in there, for pity's sake.

Which reminds him not to believe it. Why don't we make a false confession? Say

we lied to him about Migueles and we're sorry.

Where have you been?

Raiding a warehouse full of explosives.

Captain, I got Migueles because the interrogation room was bugged.

What?

Carp. Communications.

He planted a bug in an air duct.

It had nothing to do with me and it wasn't even supposed to be serious.

Carp thought a typist was bringing her boyfriend down there for lunch break.

But you knew there was a bug. Carp came to me.

I mean, he says he was testing it out and he hears this thing about bombings.

What was I supposed to do? What you're supposed to do is report bugs and

discipline the personnel who placed them. What you do now is come with me.

Hello?

Mr. Diaz, come here and listen.

Look, Ricardo, this is Lieutenant Bunce.

We got McEllis because that room you were in was bugged. See, I told you it

like that. You see, so your attorney didn't know, the captain didn't know,

guess we violated some civil rights.

Diaz, it's the only reason the DA and I are offering you what you want. No jail

time probation.

All right, no crap now.

Mrs. Captain here.

Unfortunately, we have to give you what you want because we violated your civil

rights. Before we accept, Captain, what's the point of probation even if

admit you violated my client's civil rights?

Well, look, probation merges with his parole. He just continues to see his

parole officer.

You understand that, Mr. Diaz?

All right.

I can live with that.

Nice and easy, Mr. Diaz.

Nice and easy.

Just lay the gun down.

That's right. Just lay it down and keep coming this way.

Go back to the precinct, Mr. Diaz, then we'll process this matter.

Yeah, all right.

I don't know if they do.

An apology might be appropriate.

It'll be all right if I take care of a few things. Just 15 minutes, we'll go.

Frank, I'm not going to take the Diaz, Raymond.

Of course not.

But I've got to bring somebody up to speed.

I'm not hurt.

Sorry.

I've got to go.

Raymond.

Find Carp for me, would you? Yes, sir.

Lieutenant Norm Bunce? Who wants to know? This is State Senatorial Candidate

Garfield. Lieutenant, I want to personally thank you. Who knows how many

innocent people might have been hurt had that bomb gone off at my storefront.

Yeah, I'm glad I could help. Excuse me.

Lieutenant, Carp.

Captain's going to can you.

You see that?

That's Candidate Garfield.

Tell him about that buggy point. You tell him Norm Bunce recommends you for

kind of plumbing job, all right?

All right, detective.

Group the note.

36, even monthly payments.

Sir, are you Rob Nelson of Roberts Motors?

I want to know.

You're under arrest.

Possession of stolen property to wit...

Car Stair 692 tape cassette player owned by me in a vehicle owned by you.

Oh, come on.

This has got to be a frame -up.

You'll never prove criminal intent, pal. Maybe not.

Just think of all those court appearances, Mr. Wilson.

And attorney fees.

Not to mention your own time.

Goodwill gesture.

That's so I don't press charges personally, but see, if we find any

stuff in your heap, forget about it. We go full steam, put your butt in the

hooska.

Elena, we had to take Danny into custody.

He said he'd be at Mr. Hopkins.

Now, Mrs. Jackson here from the Youth Authority is going to watch you for a

while, okay?

Danny takes good care of me. Put me in jail with Danny.

We can't do that, dear.

Elena, we know some bad things happened to you. If you could just talk about

them. Why does Danny have to go to jail? Because that terrible man touched me.

Mr. Hopkins touched you?

He was always coming by after school.

He said not to tell Danny. Danny would be mad.

But Danny saw what Mr. Hopkins was doing.

Danny wasn't mad at me. He was mad at Mr. Hopkins.

I believe her.

Stone cold.

Daddy said we couldn't talk.

He didn't want me to be ashamed.

It's okay.

It's all right.

Ready?

Look, you sure you're up for this?

Detective, I was shaken up today.

But I had a good talk with myself.

And I am not going to let one mistake get the better of me.

Oh, um, we are going to be meeting in a couple.

Okay.

Yeah, sure, fine.

Disgusting. What's that? Our new PD almost gets dabbed in Fordyce. Does that

interrupt her social schedule? No. Have a nice time.

Yes, you do.

Want more new reg?

Change forced on us by circumstances.

Henceforth, all attorneys are subject to discretionary frisk, same as other

visitors. And if you need a frisk on Miss Fine, let me know.

Right.

Ooh.

I don't think I'm dressed for this place.

You look fine.

Mom? Hello, dear.

Dad, this is Detective Neil Washington.

How do you do?

Told you we'd be meeting with a couple.

Detective.

How do you do?

Won't you sit down?

Yes, won't you sit down?

Sharon,

is your cheek bruised?

Mother, I told you I'm fine.

Were you part of today's excitement?

No, sir.

I just can't believe our daughter getting mixed up in something like that.

I'd like a cure, please.

Scott's rocks.

Double.

So... Are you a basketball fan,

detective?

Yes, sir.

Well, who do you like to make the playoffs?

Walt Frazier. One of the greats. I saw him score 30 points in a quarter once.

Here we are, dear.

Such a good sport.

That's the car.

Would you, uh... Would you like to follow me home?

Is that my reward?

What do you mean?

For showing your folks how liberal and independent you are.

For giving them a shot.

That wasn't the idea.

Oh, no?

Your mother couldn't even look me in the eye.

And your father could only babble about sports.

And I caught you enjoying the whole thing.

Daddy's little girl getting back some of her own.

I'd stick to basketball if I were you. You know something?

People like you will always be strangers on the hill.

And strangers always end up causing trouble.

I don't need a lecture.

Go back to Farmingdale.

I guess this proves it.

You'd do anything for a plea bargain.

Guess so.

I knew you were so close.

I knew.