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Mr. Shaw?

Mr. Shaw?

Everyone was quite surprised. She was never any problem.

Just a few minutes. She's lost a lot of blood.

I heard you were in here. I really got scared.

You'll lose your job if you come up during the week.

Why did you do it?

I'm still alive.

Maybe if they get a couple of linebackers.

Maybe if they get a hot running back.

So what do you think?

If they get a good kicker. And maybe if they traded helmets with Goodspark. It's

a deal.

Can I call Jack anything special? Bring him down here? Nothing for page one.

Yeah. We got ace to get.

What does that mean? All we wanted was a stay. We didn't get the stay. We didn't

get the eight hours you asked for, not eight minutes, nothing.

Burton offers Donovan a deal, and he bought it.

Burton, what's going on?

You gave us enough to make our case, and we made it. Enough. Put us enough.

I mean, we have some new leads, and all I need was time to check it out.

It's time they might have proved Donovan innocent.

Kojak, we got a guilty plea. We didn't have a complete case against Shirley

Harmon, but she pleaded guilty too. And how about those kids in the village?

Threatened to throw the book at them and they signed.

Now what the hell kind of justice is that?

We've done a team effort.

Secret words. That's what it's all about. You did your job, I just did

Hey, Burton, I'm not on your team. Do you understand?

And when I bring you evidence, I'm not a waiter at a party. I don't slam a cell

door on anybody unless I'm sure they're guilty. And I'm not going to settle for

second best because some conviction -hungry lawyer is scaring people.

I'll expect an apology for that last one. I hope you're holding your breath.

Keep a comment on it?

Not right now.

Ladies and gentlemen, please no more questions. Thank you very much. Scott,

here for a minute, will you please?

Look, we've got to find out what's going on.

Number one at 11 o 'clock. We've got to see more about that deposition of

Steinberg. He's got to move.

Why'd you try to shoot him?

Because no one cared.

Daniel Shaw, age 23.

You know him, Counselor?

Two years ago, his girlfriend got 20 to life for murdering her mother.

She confessed, Kojak.

This one signed a confession before I got there.

Forgive me.

Forgive me, gentlemen. I'm deeply grieved.

It's unfortunate a boy was only 23 and so very young.

When I accepted this appointment, I was fully aware that... A public official

faces the citizens' ire and their anger as well as their trust.

However, I will do my best to earn their respect.

Thank you. Mr. Burton, is there any truth to the rumor that you're going to

for district attorney with the backing of Mrs. Edna Morrison?

No comment.

All right, see what you can get on the kid, okay? It's getting late.

Got to see about that narco stakeout.

Oh, Lieutenant Kojak, you heard Mr. Burton. Any comment?

Uh... none that you can print. Are you going to apologize?

It was another near ride at the wholesale fruit and vegetable market

lettuce truck ran into a celery dealer's stand.

Apparently the salad came out lousy.

On a serious note, a psychotic young man tried to shoot one of the city's ablest

and most promising young assistant district attorneys earlier today.

Well, you can say what you want about public figures, and we've been saying a

lot about them lately.

All bad.

But young, dedicated, hardworking guys like Greg Burton received this

admiration. Not my envy, but certainly my respect.

On the international scene.

Okay.

So, what does anybody think?

The latest is it's 20, maybe 30 kilos on the blue swan out of Marseille.

Check this out. I called the feds after I spoke to Crocker, and they said for us

to stay right on it the way we've been doing.

Don't juggle us like oranges, baby.

Lieutenant, we made a deal.

I help you get this shipment, you get me off the gun running, right?

Ciao.

This guy here gives me an itch, understand?

Keep your back to the wall and keep your belly to the wind.

Daniel Shaw was killed today.

This is where he lived and you know nothing about him, right?

What do you expect for $20 a week?

Did he have any friends?

He never brought nobody here.

He kept the place clean, washed up good. That's all I care about.

He even went to church.

You didn't give me your name.

Who do you need my name for?

It's all right. It's not important.

Carr. Myrtle Carr.

Mrs.

Oh, Cracker.

I looked at the kid's prints and ran them through, and all we have is a nice

kid, quiet.

Nothing ever happened to him, except one night his girlfriend put a butcher

knife through her mother.

Her name's Karen Foster, and she's over at Bedford Hills.

Get someone over to 1641 Walker Street. That's the kid's room.

So Prince can go over.

And tell the captain that Stubbers is still with Geddes, and we cover the

on it. And what else?

Well, I probably won't be until tomorrow.

Where are you going?

I'm going up to the prison.

Bedford Hills? It's quite a drive.

Crocker.

The kid lives in a room as quiet as a wet box of soda crackers.

And yet, he walks up to a man and he tries to blow his head off. Why?

All right.

Any family you know?

He never even got mail here.

The only place I ever heard him mention was a lunchbox on Broadway and 119th.

Yeah. That's Karen's guy, all right.

Have you seen him lately?

He's, uh... I mean, the pizza parlor's only down the street.

But in the Big Apple, you take a job a block away, and it's another world, you

know?

Did he come in here often?

Yeah. He came sometimes.

Sit over there.

Stare at the paint.

Real lonely guy.

No trouble or nothing. Just kind of lost, you know? Tell me about Karen

Forrester, Sally.

Well, her mother was real hard on her, you know.

Well, how was her mother hard on her? She ran that place, and she and Karen

lived in the apartment in the back of it where it happened.

Down the block.

It's empty now.

I know.

Anyway, girls don't usually go out on takeouts, you know.

But her mother made her. Never mind what could happen on one of the deliveries.

Her old lady was there for every dollar, you know, for skating.

Uh, boys?

Nothing.

Well, nothing except for Daniel Shaw, and he was nothing, you know? Tell me,

Sally, you remember the night it happened?

Do I ever.

She was just coming to work, and I was making an order to take out.

And I said, hey, or something, and she said, hey, Sally.

And then she went out with the two specials.

She never did come back.

You remember the order?

I remember it was an old man who called.

Talked like a foreigner.

He called in often, so I remember he worked at the school, usually seven or

eight orders at a time.

You see, we'd get busy and it was hard to call, so one person would try for

all and get a tip, you know? Who are them all?

The college students up the street.

Saperstein. Look, I just left the university registrar's office.

They'll be calling in with some names.

Are you looking for me?

No, Lieutenant.

The university?

What's that about?

I fell in love with a co -ed. Okay.

And as an extra added attraction, I'm also trying to zero in on an older man.

He worked at the school and called in pizza orders for the students.

Right.

I've only gotten to it three, four times, maybe. Penal psychologist is

thinner than cops. I work at Beat Ramatica at Rikers.

What else is new? It gets hot in August.

Lieutenant, one of the inmates heard about Shaw's death on the radio, so the

girl knows.

Look, you think she tried to kill herself because a parole was turned

Oh, no. This girl is full of such deep loathing for herself, it permeates the

air around her.

I mean, a parole turned down was painful for him, but she didn't give it, Dan.

I think she was trying to give him a chance to be free of her once and for

Is she lucid?

Sheet Thane, whatever that means.

Karen, this is Lieutenant Kojak. He wants to talk to you.

Hey, kid.

I'm sorry about your friend.

You kill him?

No.

Somebody did.

Yes. Who?

It was a police officer.

Why?

Tried to shoot somebody.

An assistant district attorney named Burton.

You remember him, don't you?

I'm bad.

I'm evil.

Daniel Shaw ever talk to you about shooting Burton?

Matricide. What? I killed my mother.

I was talking about Daniel Shaw.

I killed Danny, too.

However it happened.

Look who got lost uptown.

How you doing, Lieutenant? How are you, Dave?

Just came down to see if you guys are still collecting your paychecks since

sent all the heavy work down to Manhattan.

So what do we got here?

We got a kid who comes out of the past.

No record, no history of any violence.

He signs his bank book over to this Karen Forster, and then he goes and

shoot the DA who prosecuted her.

Probably blow his brains out after.

Yeah, but why Burton first?

Uh, you know, Burton.

There was no plea bargaining.

I mean, she admitted she did it before Burton got to her.

She didn't even have to do that. We had a cold.

She sat up with the woman all night with a knife in her hand.

Next morning, the chef walks in and finds her there.

Anything else?

You know something? I know less now than I did when I walked in here.

I'm not sure I even feel sorry for her.

Listen, I lived with the case. She was a bad penny.

Sweet smile, innocent face, and the only thing that kept her from being a hooker

was she gave it away.

Hey, that's a pretty heavy number. I mean, even for an apprentice hooker. She

never even gave us a reason.

You come up with one, and I'll buy it.

Listen, whatever I can do to help, huh?

Good deal.

Go, Jack.

Hello. Theo, we've got to talk.

Can you come in right away?

I don't know what the hell it is. That's why I want you to come in.

Oh, shut it off.

How you been?

Good.

Use the doubles party next Saturday.

You're on.

Welcome back from the firing line.

Hi.

Greg.

The afternoon papers say he was Karen Foster's boyfriend.

As a matter of fact, he was.

No sweat.

He's in control.

You know everyone here? Joe Allen? Sure. Hi.

I just met both your sons out on the lawn. Mr. Burton, she's waiting for you

now. Uh -oh.

That means you were very good or very bad.

Ciao.

What do you think?

She says he's in control.

Maybe she's wrong.

Well, come in.

I got here as soon as I could.

You sound out of breath.

Greg, when a man stands in front of me red -faced and out of breath, he's

done something well that I was not a part of, or he's trying to hide

that I was not a party to.

In either case, I'm offended.

Sit down.

Oh, good Lord.

Roping around like a drunken sailor.

I may not even let you in among my antiques the next time you call.

You want me to raise the shade?

Lieutenant Decker, when the sun goes down, I come out. It's an arrangement

had for years.

I'll get to the reason why you're here and leave my comfort to my servants.

Lieutenant Kojak drove up yesterday to Bedford Hill State Prison to see Karen

Forster.

This morning he came to see me.

My friends tell me that he is an unpleasant man.

Hard -nosed.

Is he honest?

Very. Well, yes.

That might be sort of unpleasant to some of my friends.

At any rate, I have called the commissioner.

With what I hear about this man, it won't be enough.

Are there any suggestions?

Load him up.

His office has done up a fort on cooperative cops.

He's got a squad to run, investigations, depositions.

No way he can be on the parkway five hours a day if the DA's office throws

work back at him.

She murdered her mother.

She signed a confession. That's all he'll find. This will all blow over, I

assure you.

Greg, you are a charming young man.

If I had a daughter, you would make a gentle husband and father.

Unfortunately, what I'm looking for now is hard -headed logic.

Is Lieutenant Kojak to be a problem, or is he not?

No, I don't think so.

I see.

Decker, put the lid on and screw it down tight, and I'll call Albany.

Mrs. Morrison.

Yes?

You don't think it's important that I should know that you and Lieutenant

have locked horns before and often?

I can handle him.

You get along with that man until we can determine how much of a problem he is

going to be and what more, if anything, we shall have to do about him.

You can slice it any way you want, Frank.

First you get a call from the local brass, right? Then you get a call from

Capitol saying, hey, lay off.

It's not nice for lieutenants to yell at assistant DAs.

How come?

Leo, it's no secret. Eddie Morrison, the county chairman, has a rise on burden

for DA.

And that's just for starters.

State Assembly, Attorney General. Listen, when that grand dame says the

you better start to yodel.

You know Lieutenant Decker, Manhattan North?

Yeah. Well, this guy wouldn't activate a sweat gland if his mother was dying of

thirst.

As soon as I go over there and look into Daniel Shaw's girlfriend's case, he

falls all over himself being cooperative.

These are the facts you're going to hang by?

Fact number one, Decker was the investigating officer in that case. Fact

two, Burton was nobody in the DA's office.

And fact number three, two months after our number one loser, Cameron Forster,

is arrested, Decker, he makes lieutenant.

And Burton, he becomes the new star on the political horizon. Yeah, those are

the facts I'm hanging on to.

Go, Jack.

Greg Burton.

Greg Burton.

Oh, I promised to cooperate. Just don't hurt my family.

Let's have lunch today.

Well, you and me together? I'd love to.

The plaza, one o 'clock.

I've booked a table.

Table for two. I'll be there.

As well.

Theo.

He's pending backwards.

For once.

We'll start with a bottle of Chateau Margot White. Good to see you.

Glad you could come.

I've ordered some white wine, okay?

Oh, is it as good as beer?

It's a start, and I have a feeling that's all you and I need.

Can I ask you a question?

Sure. I know what you're doing here, but what the hell am I doing here?

That's blunt.

We've got to start someplace, right? Okay.

I need a retraction, Theo.

You said some rough things.

It's already on the air, and...

Who does it serve but the press?

Your attraction.

Remember Donovan?

He needed eight hours.

Okay.

I just put a stay on Donovan.

You can present whatever new evidence you've got, and meanwhile we'll

motion for bail.

I don't know what to say. I'm overwhelmed.

I'm shocked.

Would the real Mr.

Burton please stand up?

You get to know me, who knows?

You might discover we both have the same goals.

All right, I'm waiting for the other shooter for him.

We issue a joint statement.

Regret past misunderstandings, et cetera.

Mm -hmm.

Pressures of work, et cetera.

Justice delayed as justice denied.

Um, mutual respect, future cooperation, et cetera.

Why am I doing this?

Well, I'll tell you why.

I'm just starting out politically.

I need friends, not enemies.

At least you're frank.

Just like you.

I'm an optimist.

Either that or you think I'm a patsy. No, no.

I don't think you're a patsy.

Not for a minute.

You don't take a patsy to lunch.

You get rid of him with a phone call. What I think you are is a hard -headed

who wants what I want.

Justice. Fair play.

For me and for the people on the other side of my desk.

So I sit in front of you here and Mr. Ward over there, right?

Mr.

Ward, please.

I had hoped the lieutenant and I would come to a meeting of the minds and put

this silly quarrel into proper perspective, but I was too eager to call

settled. I shouldn't have called you until the lieutenant and I came to an

understanding in private, and I apologize to both of you.

Well said.

Mr. Ward, Mr. Brayden.

So what do I print?

News is news.

Is the argument settled or isn't it?

What do you say, Theo?

Look, yesterday...

You fried me in court, right?

And then I followed lead on a kid who took a shot at you.

And it led to Karen Forcer, a confessed murderess. You tried her, and you

convicted her. All of a sudden, I get a call from downtown.

Every stop.

And then you call, talking about friendship and understanding and get

and like that. And you know something? That wine.

It smells beautiful. The company?

Down the tubes, baby.

It's a great meeting, counselor.

You know, you answered a lot of questions for me, except the big one.

What the hell are you so scared about?

Did you get it all, baby?

And that's the news from abroad.

Now we turn to news of local interest.

The open -air conflict between Assistant D .A. Greg Burton and Lieutenant Theo

Kojak has exploded into a full Donnybrook.

At a luncheon today billed as a hatchet ferry. ceremony, Lieutenant Kojak

attacked the DA's office with charges... Hey, that was exciting.

Yeah, well... Come on, I didn't come here to look at the view.

Getty says that freighter is still coming in.

Lieutenant, we're looking for you.

I was up at Bedford Hills.

Again?

Boy, uh, did you read the paper?

I wish I got taken to lunch by a DA with muscle I'd make captain in a month.

It's enough of that, okay?

You got a million dollars worth of smack coming down. Where's your stoolie?

Where's your cover?

What are you doing about verification?

Lieutenant, we're doing it very carefully. I mean, I know you got a lot

pressure on you and all that, but don't sweat this one, okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, well... Yeah, if the captain could see me now.

Now, you remember.

It's our secret.

You know, I've been wanting to do this for years.

But here, enough is enough.

Just hold it.

Fantastic.

There you go.

Why do you come here? I come to fly my kite.

You want to know why Danny tried to kill that man?

Yes.

What's it matter? It's all over.

Everything's over.

You know, Burton didn't convict you.

You confessed.

To matricide.

Yeah.

Well, you gotta have a reason for something like that.

You know, maybe if you told me. A reason, not an excuse.

When you find out, will she be alive again?

No.

But it may stop you from dying.

Uh, Assistant D .A. Dunn. I was just on my way up to your office to give you a

deposition. I'm sorry, I'm running late for a meeting. You've been a reflotter

for two of us this afternoon. Hey, look at me. Remember, public servant

overworked too? That's tough.

Hey, what's with you guys, huh? Why start a war? Ask your lieutenant, baby.

What do you mean my statement was incomplete?

I've been making out complete statements for 18 years.

I'll do it again?

Okay.

That kid Karen Foster?

She went to St.

Victor's, got pretty good grades.

Now, who asked you to look into that case?

Well, I had a little time, Lieutenant.

The Mother Superior says that Karen's old lady had this thing about making her

kid a big name in figure skating, and she kept her at it day and night. But

kid still managed to be a good student.

Now, look, if you don't have enough to do on your own cases, let me know, will

you? I'll give you something else to do.

Okay?

Saperstein. Yeah.

Thanks.

Kojak. Lieutenant, I'm all tied up. I can't get back there.

Hey, Crocker, I want a full, in -depth report on Geddes. Now, why don't I have

it? Stubbers is busy on that surveillance.

I don't have the book on Geddes because they threw the Donaldson case back in my

face this morning and Dunn just canceled our appointment.

On what grounds?

Never mind.

Hey, do the best you can, okay?

All right, T .O.

No time to see.

Hey, Vito.

How long have you been out?

About a year.

Yeah?

You keep them clean?

Beautiful. Let me clean.

What's that for? Let's keep your hand out of cash register.

Where's Angus?

Nice to see you.

I need a writ.

I gotta bring a prisoner down from Bedford Hills to Rikersland.

Why me?

Because you're a very cooperative assistant DA.

Go to a lawyer.

He's dead.

You know, this food is bad for me, and I think today it's gonna be even worse.

Has to do with Burton, right?

Yeah, he won't even let me see her.

Why? I don't know why.

You want some of this knockers? I need your help.

I really shouldn't eat so much, huh?

Just one.

You know, you're not asking.

You're leaning.

Hey, he's leaning on me and on my men.

Starcraft?

It's the best thing on the plate. All right, just a little.

So, he's leaning.

Said rough things about him. Hey, tell me one thing I said about him that isn't

true. Potato?

Huh? Would all this make work?

And don't tell me you didn't get orders to pressure my department.

It was suggested that we scrutinize your reports more carefully.

And I don't even know why, do you?

You lost your marbles locking horns with the guy in the Edna Morrison cap. Now,

why should my gallbladder suffer?

Oh, good. So, we get the written. Bring it down from Rikers Island, okay? No

more.

Then I take her for a tour of the city.

Are you crazy?

No way a prisoner could be out of custody.

Hey, I can't keep going up there every time I have a lead on her, right?

So you go to your friends at the Department of Correction, and you tell

got new evidence in the case, and you got to bring the prisoner down to your

office. So you assign me to bring her from Rikers Island to your office. And

take the long way.

Well, a little bit.

I am a very content assistant DA. I want to get old in the job.

Don't ask me, Theo.

Angus, four years ago, you came to me on your hands and knees begging for help.

And I helped you.

And I went to guys I didn't even like in order to help you. In order to get you

old on the job.

And now I'm coming to you because you owe me. And you owe me big, Angus. I

a writ. I need it fast. I need it now and like that.

What's the name again?

Forster. Karen Forster. I hope you know what we're getting into.

I don't know what we're getting into, Angus, but I want to find out what we're

getting into.

Edna Morrison.

That broad's got more money and power than Boss Tweed in the old days.

She makes and breaks guys bigger than us just for the fun of pulling strings.

Okay, I'll try to remember the name.

What can I tell you?

You didn't finish your dinner.

Mrs.

Morrison will be with you promptly.

Here.

Don't be sorry.

I don't know how to thank you.

Want a pot of saltwood?

Yeah.

Lieutenant Kojak.

Yes.

Thank you.

Goodbye. After 30 years of party caucusing, which, as you know, is just

word for a drunken brawl, I've become immune to cigar smoke.

Good.

you do?

Hat tricks?

No.

Mostly I observe.

Are you observing me?

Oh, goodness.

Days of the rubber horse are long gone.

I'm being grilled.

Mrs. Morrison, I am a lieutenant of police.

You know my name.

You knew I was coming. Of course, the guard at the gate called you and told

I was coming.

Now, it's not often that you're visited by lieutenants of police.

Although I do know some who give their right. I'm going to have an audience

you. So why don't you just ask me why I'm here?

Are you saying that I have political power?

An armada.

Which still haven't asked me.

Well, I'm flattered.

I'd always seen myself as no more than a few old battle wagons.

But I enjoy my role, Lieutenant.

I'm sure your work has added meaning to your life.

My work is upholding the law.

And mine is disseminating power.

Not quite.

Sex. But it keeps the adrenaline going.

Supposing you've lost your job.

Supposing you weren't Lieutenant Kojak at this time of your life.

Gracious, are you applying pressure?

I mean, like that gentleman who just walked out of here.

In your case, it's just a supposition.

And you still haven't asked me why I'm here? I try not to ask anything of

anyone.

I dislike rejections.

But I'm sure you'll get around to it in your own way.

Okay, lady.

Enough.

I just don't like what's happening to me.

I don't like being pushed around.

I don't like my men being pushed around.

That's heavy stuff.

I've heard about your little war.

Then hear this.

There's no way that an assistant DA can apply that kind of muscle.

And there's no way that Burton could have somebody from Albany called down in

order to get my train derailed.

Greg Burton is a good public servant, and everybody knows him. Are you sure?

I know it. That's fantastic that you can know that so clearly.

I hope you're not always so sarcastic.

This is plain ping -pong, baby.

I'm telling you right now, the game's over. You're behind it. And don't say

because if you say no, I'm going to say yes.

Will you also tell me whatever for?

Daniel Shaw.

Who?

You did that very well.

He's a who?

You're right, he's a who.

He's a nobody.

But he's important to somebody someplace.

And I'm going to find out.

And I got news for you, lady.

Call off your dogs or this whole thing's going to blow up right in front of your

face in this pretty green room library, whatever it is.

I hope you've got your hands on this.

I'm keeping abreast of things.

Edna, you enjoy jousting. I don't. How much does he know?

Lieutenant is furious because he has no idea what this is about and he will not

know. Just remember, you said you could handle it. We let you handle it.

Don't be wrong about him, Edna.

You're not alone in this mess.

What's left?

Well, you're in the appropriate place.

Why don't you go outside rechecking all your paperwork with the rest of your

unnecessarily overworked men?

Frank, some flaky kid takes a pot shot at the DA.

So I make a few legitimate inquiries, and I find out that his only friend was

prosecuted by our friend Burton.

He didn't try her.

She didn't cop a plea. She signed a confession. So much for that motive.

Okay.

So why all the pressure when I look into it? Theo, I want to know your plans.

Well, I can't give you a chapter and verse.

I don't need any lip.

I'm your friend.

I'll go see the girl in the morning.

All the way up there again?

She was brought down to Rikers Island.

How are you able to do that?

Uh, Frank, if I told you, I would make you an accomplice.

You're not ready.

You must keep people waiting when you told them you'd be ready.

Lieutenant Decker, please.

Hello, Karen.

Dr. Gotti, you sure get around.

I brought her down when Angus Moore requested it.

Well, you are helping.

I'm reserving the decision.

Karen.

Lieutenant.

I think I know the speech.

Let's be sure you do.

That's a human being, not just a lead to follow.

Please, keep it in mind.

Kojak got a writ to produce.

Stomped on an old rummy from this office and pulled the girl.

I know. A nurse out there called me.

Hey, the guy's got his own connections.

Decker, I got a career. You got a nice job.

It's on your hands.

Ryan here.

Ryan? Decker.

I got a job for you.

Yeah? What is it?

You're a bear.

You're a great woolly teddy bear.

Take a look at that, okay?

That could be a lot of things, but a great big woolly teddy bear. I mean, how

could that be?

Because I say so.

Okay.

Are they good?

Oh, yeah.

They gotta be in competition.

Why are you spending time with me?

I'm nobody important.

What's done, done.

All right, take it.

Close your eyes.

And you imagine that no matter what I say, nothing bad can happen to you,

Daniel Shaw.

Now, Daniel Shaw tried to kill somebody who I neither like nor trust.

And I had to investigate.

And then you know what? I met you.

And suddenly something happened. Poop.

People I didn't even know.

They tried to keep me from seeing you.

Watch this.

Ta -da.

I guess you showed me, right?

What would I show you?

You show me that people like to do their own thing.

It's almost like I leave the ground.

Is that why you like to skate?

It's like I'm a bird.

Soaring.

Free, alone, mostly because I'm alone.

Cold air in my cheeks, wind in my ears, soundless.

Is that a good reason?

Well, some people do it because they like to win.

Guess so.

How much did Daniel Shaw want to win?

A lot.

And your mother?

I got the key from the owner of the building.

Come on.

I shouldn't be here.

Come on. It's only an empty pizza joint.

I killed someone here.

I killed her.

I killed her.

Lieutenant Kojak?

You don't know me, but I'm gonna lay on a couple of names that you do know.

Daniel Shaw, Karen Foster.

I keep talking.

I know a lot more than names.

And for a nice round figure, I'm willing to share it all.

Hey, before I lay any bread on you, I gotta see some samples.

You get it just one time.

In one hour, come and meet me down here on South Street, underneath the Brooklyn

Bridge, the Manhattan side, by the old cement factory.

Why don't you make it two?

I gotta take a friend home.

Two hours, no more. Park, leave your car, out in the open.

Don't bring any friends.

Two hours, it'll be all over.

What have you got? He says he just picked up that caller in the harbor.

supposed to give us time. Hey, man.

Hold it. Hold it. Where?

That dock over there.

I think we gotta move. You think so?

Let's get it.

He blew it.

Get Lieutenant down. Okay.

Let's take a walk.

You keep cool, all right?

I bet you're calling all the shots.

Down in.

Come on, let's move it.

I am a cop.

Hold it.

Hands up. Where am I?

He tried to kill me. He tried to break my neck. I'm a cop, I tell you.

Here. Sure, you're a cop. You're a cop.

What else are you?

A lieutenant yet? Made me meet him. He said he was going to kill me if I didn't

come and talk to him about Assistant D .A. Burton.

It's a nice frame, baby, but I'm not going to hold it up for it.

Well, it was good of you to stop by. Shows a nice, friendly attitude.

What happened? Well, I'll tell you what happened.

That shipment got here all right, but not to where Geddes told you. He set us

up, then took off in a rush.

Yeah,

I got a call from a tipster.

And he met me with a gun.

So, do I have to tune in next week to hear the rest of the story?

I should have listened to you, Frank. You were right about Burton.

Burton?

Is that why you were late getting to a case as important as this?

Yeah, I've been set up.

Hung out like a Christmas turkey.

You'll be hearing about it, I'm sure.

Gentlemen, I've heard your opinions.

Now I'll give you the facts.

Up front, Lieutenant Kojak is one of the finest officers that's ever been my

privilege to command.

Captain, we do this all the time.

We check out every grade and classification from rookie patrolman to

commissioner. Fine.

Any spot on that list for an underpaid, overworked, pig -headed, hard -nosed

lieutenant who doesn't deserve what you're about to put him through? Duly

The captain in command underwrites the lieutenant's integrity.

Good.

I guess it must be my deodorant.

Lieutenant?

That's still true, Saberstein.

They're here now. The IED guys?

They're in there with the captain now.

He have to be here?

Relax.

They know I like fairy tales.

Lieutenant Kojak, you know what this investigation's about.

I should warn you that everything you say will be recorded.

This is Captain Juan Vida, Internal Affairs Division, assisted by Lieutenant

Lee.

Subject, the investigation of Lieutenant Kojak.

Go on with your story, Mr. Ryan.

Well, like I said, he probably heard that I was out on bail and...

Burton made a deal with my lawyer to get it knocked down to 18 months and no

hard time.

I could do that on one leg, you know.

Anyway, this guy Kojak, he only wants to hear that Burton traded off on

something that ain't kosher just to make himself look good.

And to hell with what really happened.

Well, I got nothing to sell, you know.

Kojak says I don't care what you have, baby.

I'm telling you what I want you to have.

Anything to take Burton down.

So? So?

I said no.

And so he worked me over.

So that's it.

Is that your entire statement?

Yeah, that's it.

Thank you, Mr. Ryan.

Officer.

We checked with his landlady.

She says you left a message to meet him.

You're a street cop.

I mean, if I wanted to sandbag somebody, would I leave my initials? Would I

leave my own name?

Your men were on an important stakeout that you had set up personally.

And they blew it.

Possibly because you weren't there.

I went to see a stoolie who had important information on the case. I was

on for a little while.

Did he deliver?

He pulled a gun on me.

Did you have one witness who saw the gun?

Two. The one who pulled the gun and the one who ran away with it. I was set up.

Yeah, take it easy.

We've got some other items to check out here, Lieutenant.

This squad's paperwork, for one thing.

According to the DA's office, they don't know how to file reports.

Make yourself available about 4 .30.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

You want to drive the nails in?

I'll give you something to hang on to, okay?

I smoke too much.

I suck lollipops six days a week, but never on Sunday, being Greek.

And my blood type is 90 proof.

Hi, Lieutenant.

How'd it go?

Like a party.

What's the matter? You guys don't have a home life? No TV dinners? No bowling

leagues? You don't need any attractions to stench a Manhattan South, right?

Anton Lenko, so?

Anton Lenko is the janitor at the Alpha Phi fraternity house. He's the dude with

the accent that ordered the pizzas the night of the murder.

So you want us to handle it?

Um... Stay away.

Hey, come on. What have you got against a little education?

Boodle, boodle, baby.

That gets done for a week.

Got time for a cup of coffee?

I know from TV about Fred and Take Position that you got time for coffee.

What command is that? That command means I'm not the secret police. Come on.

We will establish that you take orders from a lot of the students and you call

them in all at the same time.

Some you pick up and some you deliver.

I'm interested in the one that Karen Forster delivered.

Kit? Karen?

Yeah. The kid who murdered her mother a couple of years ago.

Kit?

Pizza giant.

Mother was crippled. Karen Forster. You speak that much English?

Oh, yes.

That girl.

Very sad.

Mm -hmm.

She left the restaurant about 7 .30 p .m.

She didn't come back until long after the joint was closed.

It was only a ten -minute walk.

Any idea where she was?

You could ask the girl.

Hey, I'm asking you.

It was a long time.

I forget.

How long have you been working at the university?

Three years.

As soon as I get to country, I...

I get a job.

I'm trying hard to be a citizen.

Where'd you get the job, at the university?

Here, there.

Well, where were you here, there, two years ago?

I can always look it up, you know.

He must know.

You say.

How much do you remember when you just think about it? Come on.

Take a walk.

Please, Mr. Lieutenant, I know nothing about it. About what?

What is this?

You say you're not circle police, but I tell you I know nothing.

Steal your question.

Huddling masses, yearning to be free. You know that poem underneath the Statue

of Liberty?

I am not yet citizen.

Yeah. I don't think you're going to make it. You know that part about being

free?

That's the part you got to do all by yourself.

I must go back.

I have job.

Yeah, well, I don't know what to tell you.

No, he's not.

Wait a minute. Here he is now.

Lieutenant, it's for you.

I'll tell the captain here.

Yeah. Lieutenant, coffee.

Look, I'm jealous of your technique, whatever it is. She wants to talk.

Why don't you say what about?

No, but I'm optimistic. I really think she's ready to open up. I mean,

fantastic.

Great.

Look, I'll expect you in about an hour.

Okay.

You can't split now.

I .A .D. is trying to hang you, and you're buying the rope for them.

Yeah, well, okay, break them to him gently, Frank.

My grandma, my I .A., she died again.

I can't get a thing out of her. I don't think he has either.

Slava.

I'm in trouble.

It's all coming down around me.

That's a change.

Okay, okay.

So I lean on you now and then.

But I did for you. I helped you.

I still got that file on you.

I have to go now.

Hey, no, no.

Please. Forget it.

A burn allows a report.

Please.

Listen to me.

Help me this one time.

She must not tell Kojak anything.

I'll see what I can do.

Going out again?

With Lieutenant Koja.

He upset you last time.

Dr. Garvey said it was okay if I wanted to.

Well... All right, dear.

He only said I could go out for a little while.

I wonder if it's worth the risk.

We just visit places.

And he asks you questions, digs into memories that you don't want to think

about.

No. Came back very upset last time. No. We just visit places.

We go for walks.

And talk.

See, that's because you're reminded of things. No, I know what I did. Nobody

to remind me. I know it, but I've got to live with it. All right, dear. I know

what happens to people when they're reminded of things they want to forget.

Don't. They're forced to remember things they want to forget. Don't.

Doctors say cope. Face your problems. Please don't. It's easy for them to

You killed your mother. No!

Frankly, I was going to refuse to let you see her again. Your last visit left

her in shreds. But who knows? Maybe that's the way.

Karen?

Karen? Karen, the lieutenant's here.

Karen?

She was fine a while ago.

Then what happened?

I have no idea.

Pulse is stable.

Looks like hysterical blackout. She needs rest. I was right the first time.

shouldn't be here. She has to see me. Look at her. She's dressed for the

streets.

Miss Slavik!

Hey, baby.

It's your kite -flying friend.

How'd she seem to you earlier?

She was dressed to go out with the lieutenant. She seemed anxious.

Nervous? A bit.

Minutes before I get here.

On a business she asked for, she falls apart.

You're talking about a fragile mind. I know that.

What are you suggesting?

I told you.

There are those that don't want me to investigate Daniel Shaw.

Or this girl.

Lieutenant, no one here would try to harm her.

I'm sorry, Doctor. Maybe you're right.

I guess I've been a cop too long.

Do me a favor, will you?

You keep her eye on her anyway, okay?

Let her rest. Ten mil diazepam. If she gets restless, I'll check back in a

while.

Don't tell me.

I can't come back.

I want you to stay away.

Doctor, she's my only lead.

She's my patient.

What you said she was sane.

You're pressing too hard. Doctor, didn't you say that any insight into that

night, the night of the murder, would help her?

Well, if for no other reason, let me find it.

Lieutenant, I read the papers and I listen to the news.

There's no reason in the world for you to continue this investigation. If that

girl hadn't been prosecuted by Burton, you wouldn't care two cents about her.

Daniel Shaw.

So please, stay away.

Or I'll make it an official order.

What's going on around here, huh?

Stavros and Saperstein drinking coffee to keep awake.

Crocker is leaving at three o 'clock, going home.

And Rizzo pulls up his chair asleep.

You guys sick or hiding out?

A little bit of both.

Project.

Want me to get you something?

Yeah?

Peace of mind, Charlie.

Peace of mind.

Coach Ackman out in South.

All right.

I want to be free.

Free is in the mind.

You making free?

You tell me what you know, Mr. Lanko. That's all.

I tell.

But I don't tell all.

No matter what you do.

Has anyone threatened you?

You think you're a big shot cop.

You think you can make trouble.

They can step on you like bog.

Where are you now?

I am in hell.

That is where?

You take it easy, Anton.

Listen to me.

I want to be citizen.

I hear her cry and scream.

And I go down to basement.

I go to boiler room. And I lock door.

And I try not to hear.

But I hear.

My business is not to tell how to behave.

She can't talk. Just look at me.

There was blood on her.

She was crazy scared.

She ran home.

I start to think.

What should I do?

Who I go to?

Maybe some big shot paid judge to say it was me who did it to her.

So keep your mouth shut, Mr. Lenko, and we'll let you be.

Anton, who told you that?

Are you all right, Kojak?

No.

Rizzo, I hope you slept well.

Anton Lenko, the maintenance man. Pick him up, fat.

Martin!

Lieutenant! All you need is a bottle of muscatel and a brown paper bag. Did you

know that Karen Forster was raped a few hours before you took her confession?

I don't pursue every piece of evidence.

Neither do you. I evaluate. What difference did it make to this case? It

big difference to the girl who was raped and killed her mother two hours later.

She worked in a pizza parlor. She delivered to anybody with a dime to make

call. She delivered anything.

How do you rape a dumb girl like that? According to a friend.

She was straight down the middle.

Friends lie.

And according to the Mother Superior, she was a high -rated student.

You said she was dumb. Hey, why are you digging into it?

Do you embarrass me? Do you justify your attack on me?

Are you going to drag that poor, unfortunate girl around the streets

breaks out again? Oh, you heard.

Kojak, for the last time, go and do your job.

There's crime in the street. Stop following my shadow.

I'm not following your shadow.

I'm following what you're afraid of.

Night of the forced murder.

A big cop checking for witnesses.

He found a tenon of her screens.

He saw a cab pulling away.

The tab made to locate said driver.

Karen Forster confessed.

Searched for driver. Therefore, suspended.

Now, who was in the cab and why was he in the cab?

The girl confessed.

I was only too glad to write. Case closed on the cover.

Oh, sorry. That's not good enough for me.

She was a slut.

On whose evidence?

And show me one statement that you took the time to get.

Kojak, we found her leaning over the body. We found the knife in her hand. We

found them alone.

You never found a cab driver who might have been taking someone away from the

scene of the crime?

You didn't think that was important?

You know, you got a reputation for being a good cop. For me, you stink.

Back off, baby.

Oh, is there a copy around?

I'll have to memorize this.

They double -crossed me, too.

I got scared. I had to run.

Yeah. You sing to us about it.

Lieutenant, look what we found.

Oh.

Yeah.

Where have we failed each other?

They had me fooled, too.

I don't know where the stuff came in.

Giddies. I'm a very tired man.

And I got no time for dilly -dally.

Okay.

All right.

It ain't gonna be easy.

I'll try.

Gee, you look comfortable.

Back up!

Yes, Lieutenant.

What is this?

The guys at the fraternity house on the murder night. We can make no connection

with those names and either Daniel Shaw or Karen Foster.

So quick.

They're back, Lieutenant.

Rizzo called and he hasn't been able to come over to Lincoln yet.

You guys realize you're getting involved in my personal war with the DA's

office? Not us. They're leaving us alone.

What are you doing here until 3 o 'clock this morning? Shining your shoes?

I mean, rechecking the reports they threw back at you. Now, the case is

You got the problem. I'll kill him. And leave my spies alone.

The Karen Forrester case, it's a closed issue.

So we stay off of it, right?

Right.

10 .30 p .m. The cab was seen leaving my emergency room. I'll take care of it.

We'll go take it.

Not here.

I...

Assume this is necessary.

Kojak is still at it.

Greg, have we overestimated you?

He's like a wild dog.

He won't let go.

We've got to deck her.

And the girl.

And that old man at the fraternity house.

They said nothing. You can continue to handle the rest of it.

Continue?

Madam Chairperson, I made you an accommodation. I did you a favor.

That's as deep as it's going.

A favor?

What else do you call it?

Decker questioned those boys at the university. They called you, and you

me because a hacky picked them up at the scene of the murder of Mrs. Morrison.

Do you doubt to this day that she was guilty as charged?

Who knows what went on that night?

I did nothing to find out.

You did me a favor.

I told myself.

You say that now.

Now I am in trouble.

The girl implicated no one.

What do I say if this is reopened and they ask me why I didn't pursue it?

You're moving along nicely.

No one moves ahead creating problems, just solving them.

You solve this one, Greg.

Does this mean what I think it means?

It means what you want to think it means.

The month before the murder, Decker was so broke he took out a Christmas loan

from the PBA.

And three months after the murder, he buys a farm upstate with $30 ,000 down

cash. How and why?

And now for the bad news.

What you hold in your hand is my last involvement in this mess you got into.

Angus. And I'm sending the girl back upstate.

Angus. Theo, they are all over me.

Burton, his boss.

I have no answers.

The girl knew Daniel Shaw.

Burton prepared the case against the girl.

Her parole was denied.

Daniel Shaw tries to kill Burton.

Why? I mean, she did it. She confessed she did it. All the evidence says she

it. Angus, they're all involved.

Somehow, someway, I don't know, but I know it. In my gut, I know it. I got

nowhere with that approach because you got nothing from her.

Angus, one more day.

Tomorrow.

6 p .m., there's a train.

We'll have to be on it.

Okay, baby, thanks.

When you pick out the box, make it a wide one that can bury us together.

All right, what does he know?

I don't know what he knows.

All I heard was that Assistant D .A. Angus Moore is looking into my finances.

Mine.

Why? You've been known to gamble. You got lucky. That's all that could happen

about it, except possibly a bill from the IRS, and we can handle that.

The janitor knows me.

I'm the one who told him immigration would get involved if he started

Yes. You should resolve that one point once and for all.

I don't like what you're saying.

You do enjoy what I've done for you, though.

I can't kill.

You consider the alternatives.

Lieutenant Kojak and the man have had one talk, and he left the fellow rather

distraught. In your own words, what happens if they talk again?

If the persuasive lieutenant encourages the man to tell him more?

You're stumped.

You're in this too.

How can you be so damn cool?

You just consider what will happen to you, Lieutenant.

Don't give me a second thought.

All right, fellas, are you kidding?

If Tucker says that I've been leaving on him, he's lying.

What were you doing up there?

I'm on a case.

You're still digging into the same case prepared by Assistant D .A. Greg Burton,

which is also the reason you blew that stake out of the dock. It's not blown

yet. Captain, we were leaving the lieutenant of all of his pending cases

once. That means the badge, the weapon, and the office.

How about my jockey shorts?

He says the knockout case is still alive.

He says a lot of things. That's part of his trouble.

If he can still solve a Gettys case and does him because you took him off it,

you're going to have a lot of explaining to do regarding your judgment.

And I'll be in on that one.

How long?

Another day or two.

Forty -eight hours.

that are golden gloves.

Did you really come up with anything? Come on, we're kidding.

Solid proof that Burton was involved in miscarriage of justice.

A janitor who's told to keep his mouth shut.

Lieutenant Decker, getting uptight every time I go near the case.

Add on to that, a possible cover of a cab driver leaving the scene on the

of the murder.

And no wonder, five weeks after the murder, Lieutenant Decker, he's a big

property owner in an upstate real estate spa.

How's that for payola?

Yeah, hold it.

Yeah. Lieutenant, you should know about this first.

The janitor, Anton Lenko, has been killed.

Where?

He's been dead about two hours, but I got a cleaning lady who can describe a

who was in the area about that time.

Okay, I'll be right over.

Can you get the janitor to talk?

It won't be easy, Frank.

Look, Dad, there's a reason why you gotta know about this first.

I got this witness, this cleaning lady.

Now, she claims the guy that wasted this janitor has been in the area a few

times lately.

Should we make an ID?

Well, let me finish, okay, Lieutenant?

I mean, we got the DA's office hassling us. You got the Internal Affairs has got

you hung out to dry.

And I'm standing here with a name I don't even want to whisper.

My brother, Captain.

Yeah.

Take care.

I'd call a captain.

Probably want a gold shield to bring this one in.

Lieutenant, you know the captain who had to pick up the fares at the pizza

place? The one in Decker's report?

Well, he's not hacking anymore. He bought himself a flower shop, and about

months after the murder, Saperstein called and he's there.

Uh, Crocker.

Stay off my desk, okay?

Lieutenant, it's that report. Decker's report? Go right in my hand, then.

He didn't say much, but his flowers are willing.

What can I do for you? Your handwriting, your record two years ago, 10 .30 p

.m., outside of Pizza Joy at 129th Street near Broadway.

I told a detective I can't remember that far back.

Why don't you think ahead? Ten to 20 years hard labor.

What took you two years?

I'm dumb, like it's stupid.

I'm glad you're here, and I really am.

Some people can live with lies.

Why don't you relieve yourself of the burden?

I picked up a fare.

Two boys.

I read about the trial, wondering why they weren't mentioned.

And you're still wondering, right? A nice new business? My heart bleeds for

Oh, hey, no, no.

When I got convicted, I went to a police station. I told the detective

everything. His name Decker?

Come on, come on, come on. That's right.

He put me on to the DA.

And the DA's name was Burton.

I do it with mirrors.

He told me what I saw wasn't important.

I'm telling you, it bothered me.

Yeah, it bothered you so much, huh? You didn't have to hack anymore.

You didn't have to worry about being mugged. You got yourself in a nice new

business. Silence is golden. Who paid you off?

Came in the mail.

Who were the fares?

No idea.

How many?

Who remembers?

Are we back to that again?

The two.

Yeah, two. It was two boys.

Would you recognize him again?

Hey, who remembers his two years?

I wonder where I heard that before.

I put a rose in his teeth and take him in.

I can't.

I can't go in there.

It's empty.

No.

Karen, I want you to face up to it, okay?

The night it happened, there were two boys seen outside.

Now, do you remember any of that?

Karen, what happened inside?

Were you paid to do what you did?

Did somebody help you?

Kojak, I said if she wanted to go in, okay. If not, we wouldn't push her. You

agreed. Doctor, she was raped at the fraternity house two hours before she

here and did what she did.

And we've come this far. Look at her.

I mean, what could be worse to what she is right now?

Karen?

Sally took an order from a men's dorm at the university.

You delivered that order.

It was late.

You came home with blood on you.

Was your mother here?

Karen?

Take it.

Try it.

She was wrong.

You know it.

You're not what she said.

She was my mother.

She worked hard for me. She wanted you to be a winner because she was a loser.

let her down.

Karen, open up.

Let's look for the signature.

What did you call us?

Did you see what you did to her?

We're sorry. We're sorry. We'll make it up to you. Mom, you disgraced her. You

ruined her life.

Come on, you bitch.

Educated pig.

I told you, we got drunk.

Here. Here, take this.

Take this. I'm going to tell your father.

You're going to ruin your life like you ruined hers.

Take this. It's $500.

$500?

Mama?

Mama?

Mama?

You have to leave me alone, Mama.

Didn't even do it.

Yes,

he did.

There's one load of horse.

Little I .A .D. sees this load.

Come on, I'm not mad at you. I mean, you delivered, didn't you?

There's one thing about a crook. You can always depend on him.

The honest people, they're the ones who mess up the world.

Lieutenant, just found Decker.

He screwed on a silencer.

Nobody even heard him do it.

Lieutenant, this was on the seat. It's for you.

Hey, Burton.

What did you accomplish?

What on earth did you accomplish today? You set a girl free today. What did you

accomplish? Can't you get it through your head? She confessed.

I did nothing to make her look guilty. You did nothing to make her look

innocent. I told you there was nothing to be gained by smearing those boys.

But there was, wasn't there?

For you.

Oh, and for her. Give us a few more minutes.

She was a waitress.

She did that sort of thing all the time.

Get him out of here.

Her mother was crazy.

I've heard something to that effect, but there's no basis to it.

As I've told you before, ladies and gentlemen of the press, the public

public servant, is right up there in the firing line.

It's happened to me before, you know, it's happened to me before.

Everybody has enemies, and you, if you believe, I

have...

fought all my life.

I think, uh, uh, I think when you work, fight for justice, and, um,

it seems to me that, uh...

Two

fine young men, bright and intelligent, do one silly effort.

Well, too many people went down the drain to protect them.

We really do intend to fight them.

Just so we know where it's at, okay?

I don't know how, and maybe I'll make it my life's work.

But you're headed down the tubes, baby.

I'll call you the first thing in the morning.

You're a bear.

You are a really terrific woolly bear.

What do you mean?

The red skin couldn't wash the giant's underwear.

Charlie, I told you, save your money. It just ain't our season.

Hey, Kotech, come on, tell me the truth.

But thinking like that, how do you keep your job? How do you get by?

Are you ready?

Yes. Yes.

Charlie, tomorrow is another day.