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Hey, Davros.

Coil it, I said, not hang yourself.

Coil it, coil it. Sure, I'm ready to throw up and stay there. Coil it in.

Hey, where's Sally?

I thought she was going to be with us today.

She's pregnant.

Didn't you tell you? Really?

Hey, fantastic.

Since when?

Two months, but we didn't want to say anything to her real sure.

Well, all right, man.

Let's get a pool together.

Pick a date.

That's a good idea.

What date do you want?

December 22nd. Okay, the 22nd.

December the 5th and it's a boy. December 30th.

Hey, you want a beer?

You remember, Lieutenant, the guys rearranged their ships so they could

the afternoon on Richie's boat.

And I'm covering here. No, I don't remember, Lieutenant.

You tell the Navy to abandon ship.

Looks like we finally got a shot to nail this Jimmy Alonzo. He's in a midtown

hotel looking to buy 10 or 15 pounds of coke.

Take the address.

I got a room reserved right next door to his.

You tell Crocker I want him to get a team together and put out a stakeout.

going to nab him this time.

Well, go, Rizzo.

Guys, get this stern line.

Stern to bow line.

Hey, Richie, grab the stern line here. Hurry up.

Grab that stern line.

Watch the side. Watch the side of it.

Bobby,

what are you doing here? You're supposed to be covering.

Yeah, well, the lieutenant sent me down. We got a fix on Alonzo. Come on, I'll

tell you about it on the way back.

Hey, we got a make on Alonzo. We got to go.

Look, you guys go ahead. I'll have Richie tie down the boat, and we'll be

there. You got it.

Trouble.

What's the matter?

You know women.

First couple of months when they're pregnant, they're very emotional.

I mean, I don't show up on time. She thinks I'm cheating on her. She really

thinks that she's lost her looks.

Now, I think she's more beautiful than ever, you know?

Ah, don't worry about it, Richie.

Once the kid comes, you'll see how she brightens up.

Now, come on. Let's get this boat secured.

I'll get this when you get the jitter.

Someone just came in the room.

Mr. Alonzo.

Not a cop in the lot.

Where is it?

It's in the housekeeping cart.

Outside in the hall. Ten pounds, pure coke.

Lieutenant, the cellar just came up to the room.

Joe Cain, I think.

The coke is staged on the cart.

All right, follow Kane down to the lobby and stay behind him. Have Larry pick up

Alonzo.

Well, this better be just like the phone call. Hey, come on. I got a business. I

got a reputation.

Lay back down.

Hey, I'll call an ambulance.

I thought you were supposed to come down the elevator.

I went down one floor. I came back up. That wasn't the plan.

Lieutenant, on the boat today, I asked Larry to do some things for me.

Like check the tail tail. That's a little string. It's up on top of the

tells you which way the wind's blowing.

The point is, he doesn't see too well anymore.

And he's too proud to wear glasses. So I got worried about him.

For 30 years, Larry's been a top detective.

You're very lucky to have broken in with him.

And he's lucky to have you for a partner.

Larry, okay?

In the shoulder.

I guess that means my age is going to put me out to pasture.

Isn't that right, Theo?

Sooner or later.

Yes, sir, I'll be.

You're a good cop.

Selma, Louisa. Who are they, Richie?

They are informants, Sally. And where did you get this list?

Informants. Oh, that covers all the names I'll ever find, doesn't it?

Sally. Wait a minute. Excuse me.

Sally, I know for a fact that Richie and Larry Morton have a whole network of

hookers that they use as informants. Oh, yes. Of course. You're absolutely

right. How could I think such a terrible thing? What did you do tonight, Richie?

I was wrong. Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Richie. Wait a minute. He only

his own life to save Larry Morton. That's all.

That's nice.

Look, I'm sorry, but I just don't care anymore.

My lawyers advised me to change the locks. What?

You can come home if you want, but you won't get in.

Hello.

Come around.

Well, of course that depends.

On what?

On his wife's lawyer.

Come here.

Hey, Mitch.

Yeah.

Larry's going to be all right.

That's something.

30 bottles a year old.

So we settled for three bottles, 10 years old.

Thanks. Hey, I want them all open right now.

Easy does it on us. You know, I spent the best years of my life here.

I want the best for all of you.

Welcome any time, Larry.

Yeah. Try to keep me awake.

Hey,

Larry. Sorry I'm late, partner. I got hung up over a court, but I didn't

to get you a present. Hey, buddy, I'm just glad you... How you doing?

Hey, you got a nice tan. Miami must have been nice.

It's okay. You know, for a couple of months. But forever?

There's no action.

I hated it.

Thanks.

Listen, um... Sally go through with the divorce?

No.

We're, uh... We're nowhere near that yet, thank God.

She has this lawyer, Coughlin. He has all these, uh, preliminary hearings.

Every time, I think I'm real close to making peace with her.

He tells her that I'm just watching out for myself.

You know what the court awarded him today?

5 ,000 bucks for two months' work, which I don't have.

Plus, she gets half my pay. I don't even get to live in the apartment. Plus, my

attorney.

I think I'm going to have to sell a boat if I can find a buyer.

Oh, I'm sorry, Richie.

How's Sally doing with the kid?

She's due in about two months.

She's crying herself to sleep every single night. And this lawyer of hers

an injunction, so now I can't even talk to her.

You could kill him, Larry.

Nice boat.

What are you asking?

I paid $9 ,500.

And I put another $5 ,000 into her. New motor, sails, galley work.

You want to see below?

How much?

Well, it's a really bad season to sell right now.

In spring, she'll bring 4 ,000 more at least.

Look, I'll die inside, but I take 7 ,000 cash.

Write a bill of sale, sign it, get 2 ,000. 2 ,000?

Is this some kind of a joke?

I get more than that from a broker.

So do it.

2 ,500.

Hey, you're hungry.

Take it.

Who the hell are you?

Don't tell me I'm him. Hey, hey, I see three witnesses looking at us.

You want to get sued for assault, you got it.

But I think you've got enough lawyer problems if you ask me. I didn't ask. So

how come you told?

Get on the ground and spread them. Hey, are you crazy?

Here you go.

See, you look like a bum I saw on a poster yesterday. Now take out your

You are making a big mistake. Just shut up or I'll run you in.

Coughlin?

He sends you to buy my boat when he's got me nailed against the wall?

Get out of here!

Charmaine? I want those Cutler briefs sent over to my apartment as soon as

they're done.

Call Mrs. Bright. Tell her not to show in court tomorrow.

I'll explain that she's ill. That way they'll give us an extension.

She'll get another two months in the house.

And I want that bill paid tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

Good night.

You know what it ought to say on these plates?

Scheisse.

Excuse me.

What's the matter? You run through court so fast you forget the faces, don't

you? May I suggest, Mr. Santorini, that we limit our contact to the courthouse.

Now would you please move?

I'm a detective, investigating a crime.

You touch me, I'll arrest you.

If you arrest me, I'll see that you're fired.

Now move!

$2 ,000 for my boat, huh?

Then you sit on it for what, maybe four months?

Make an $8 ,000 profit?

That's a crime in itself.

No, sir, it is not.

Now, you needed money to satisfy a court order.

I offered cash.

You ought to thank me.

What do you need the money for, Coughlin?

I have a license for this for exactly this reason.

Now, do you move or not?

Please.

Please get off my wife's case.

I think we can work this out if you just try and help.

I'm not a marriage counselor, Mr. Santorini.

I'm a lawyer.

And you'll pay for this, I assure you of that.

Hey, Larry.

I thought you were retired. Where's Richie? He had another appointment with

lawyer. How long is that going to drag on for?

The way his wife's lawyer is milking this case. A year, maybe. A year?

I know a guy who was married and divorced three times in one year. It

been four, only he murdered the last one.

What is this, a surprise party?

Neil.

Everett Copland, Santorini's wife's lawyer.

Called some friends in the department this morning.

Told them that Ritchie threatened him yesterday.

I think you better talk to Ritchie, Theo. I'd hate to see another career

by divorce.

I will, Frank.

And thanks for being so patient.

Mr. Copeland, I'm with Mr. Santorini, and we have a suggestion that'll settle

this affair right now.

He'll agree to maintain all medical insurance on his wife and child until

age of 18.

He'll pay 200 a month alimony until she remarries and 200 a month support for

the child also until 18.

Double it, Kerkorian.

He draws 500 a week in his current grade.

Before taxes, leave my client something.

Alimony is tax deductible.

And of course you know she'll need a new vehicle, an apartment suitable for

raising a child, plus some sort of live -in help.

She never asked for that before!

And a lump sum to cover emotional counseling and other hardships of, say,

,000.

Plus, Kerkorian, the $5 ,000 in fees already awarded me by the court.

And let's say another $1 ,000 each month until this affair is finally settled.

Oh, right. Why don't you just ask for the impossible so we never get into

You make a grand a month while we sit around waiting for a court date. You

a blank check? I'll write it.

Look, let's just get this over with.

But for Sally, she has a baby on the way, and I'm sure this is hell on her. I

will talk to you, Kerkorian, when you're ready to talk seriously.

But not to your client.

And he's damn lucky that I'm not suing him personally for assault.

I don't really need that $10 ,000 in cash.

What did he say?

Nothing that would serve your interest, Mrs. Santorini.

He's doing what we call churning the case.

Creating delays, keeping your wife off balance, generating a lot of fees.

He does it to 100 clients a year.

Now, if we offer him 300 a month support... No.

No maybes. No maybes. I'll give him everything.

A blank check.

Anything to end this right now.

Crocker?

Yeah, this is Richie. I need you guys to help me do something.

Mr. Coughlin? I think you better come out here quick.

office, Santorini.

You want everything I have, right? Well, here it is. Come on, we'll meet you

downstairs. Get it out of here.

No, no, no, I'm giving it to you.

What's the matter?

It's no good unless you steal it?

Here you go.

And if you don't think that's everything, a blank check. Help

good for 600 at best, and it's all the blood I got, Coughlin.

No, you have a boat that's insured for 10 ,000, which you don't set foot on

again after this weekend.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I don't care how much paper you slap on the boat, Coughlin, because

tomorrow it's not going to be there, you understand?

And good luck trying to find it.

Alvin, this is Coughlin.

I want us to meet.

There's a cafe, corner of 6th and 23rd.

I want a thorough job, and I want it done tonight.

A boat.

I don't know.

A boat, a building, what's the difference?

A boat.

Rocks.

You could retire on the business I've thrown your way.

You just dumped it right in his office. And TV dinners, light bulbs, shaving

cream, everything.

Yeah, well, I like the gesture, Richie.

But look, I gotta admit that the strain is showing in other areas.

Let's face it, reports that a week's late, all those hours spent on personal

matters... I'll fight any suggestion of a leave.

Wait a minute, don't jump the gun.

I'm really sorry, Lieutenant.

I know you're just trying to help me. Everybody is.

I just don't know anymore. Maybe I should take a leave. No.

You know what you ought to do?

You ought to throw yourself 110 % into a case like you used to.

That way you get your mind off personal matters.

All right.

I'll try, Lieutenant.

I catch a good case, I'll really try.

Thank you.

This is all we could salvage.

But it's in pretty good condition, considering.

ID? A driver's license in the name of Alvin Kettle.

And this slip of paper might be of interest to you.

It looks like a code of some kind.

Did I hear him say Kettle? The guy we almost nailed in the bowling alley fire?

Yeah, one of New York's busiest torchmen.

Blown out his own pilot light.

Now, what's he doing on your boat, Richie?

You tell me, Lieutenant. Now you tell me.

Because if Kettle doesn't bungle this job, some guy in some pretty tough

financial straits stands to collect how much insurance?

Ten thousand.

And you know what, Lieutenant, off the record?

I feel like punching you right in the face.

Thank God.

Because hearing that makes me trust you a whole lot more than if you come up

with a quick alibi.

All right.

You wanted a case you can sink your teeth into, you take this one.

Lieutenant, if I'm a suspect, they're going to call you on the carpet for

You know that. Yeah, well, look.

If you did it, you'll hang yourself trying to frame somebody else.

What am I going to tell you? You sure that's not what you really believe?

I'm going to take Kettle's piece of paper here, figure out the code.

If your name pops up on it, you'll be the first to know.

Now, give me a clue, Richie. Who's your first suspect here?

Coughlin, right?

The boat goes down, explosion in the bilge, and he collects 10 grand on the

insurance he can attach right away. I swear, Lieutenant, if I find Coughlin

anything to do with this... Hey, Richie, don't lynch him.

Build a case.

I was up in records when Santorini came in.

Santorini? For what?

Copies of every court date you've had in the last year.

Names and addresses of every client.

What's he want that for?

That's a good question.

Could be the name of some person he met.

Hey, Frank.

What's the most common place where numbers represent letters?

The phone. All right.

All right.

So you got 23.

Second button, third letter, C.

Next button would be the sixth.

Third letter O.

82.

That's you.

I had them all up together. They don't spell mother.

They spell Copland.

So, 3 o 'clock Wednesday afternoon, the day before Kettle tries to scuttle

Santorini's boat, Kettle has a meeting with Copland.

It's pretty juicy, Frank.

Have Richie check out every place they hung out together.

We might get lucky at one of them and come up with a reliable witness who saw

them together.

I'll go see Coughlin, find out what his alibi was for that afternoon.

I'll let Arno know that we have any suspicions.

And warn Ritchie to do the same, and Larry Morton. And you warn the whole

Frank. Of course, there's not one of them who won't try to help Ritchie.

Lieutenant?

Your detective is embarrassing me, acting in an irrational manner.

Now, if you can't discipline him, then I'm going to be forced to take him to

court. For harassment.

Why would he want to harass you, Mr. Coughlin?

Come on, Lieutenant.

I represent his enemy, just as you represent the enemy to all those little

crooks out there. It's a job. It's a racket.

Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn.

And you carry that scorn all the way to the bank.

Who's the last couple you helped bring together, Mr. Coughlin?

Lieutenant, more than half the marriages in this country end up in divorce.

Now, if people are so stupid and careless that they can't protect what

considered a sacred relationship, then as far as I'm concerned, they're fair

game. Then what you're saying, that it's fair game for me to shoot any

shoplifter on sight, right?

What do you want, Lieutenant?

Well, maybe you're right about Santorini, Coughlin.

You know, he's under a big, big strain.

He said certain things to me which... I don't think he's lying, but I think

maybe he doesn't remember correctly.

And here's your chance to help for once.

Wednesday afternoon at 3 o 'clock, the day before he tried to... The day

before his boat blew up.

He said he was with you. Now, I've got reason to believe that he was involved

something else.

He says he was with you in your office from 3 o 'clock till after 4.

It's impossible, Lieutenant.

I wasn't even in my office from 2 .30 until a little before 5.

You can check with my secretary.

Santorini left here at 2 .15.

He swore under oath.

Well, I guess I'd better send a man down here to get a statement from your

secretary.

Anytime, Lieutenant, anytime.

It may be good to have a secondary witness.

Could I get a statement from somebody you were with?

2 .30, Wednesday. I slipped off to a girlfriend's house for a coffee break.

Oh, could I have her name?

Sorry.

She's married.

Oh.

You know, I... I like the way you

respect these sacred relationships.

If you come to my office, would you call first? You'll feel right at home.

We got cockroaches.

At 3 o 'clock Wednesday afternoon, Kettle has a meeting with Coughlin.

And at 3 o 'clock Wednesday afternoon,

Coughlin can't come up with an alibi. Is that a coincidence or what?

Kidding, Lieutenant.

Take a look at this.

Out of the 108 cases handled by Coughlin and his associates last year, there's

four names to remember.

Wilson, Leary, Rembeck, and Warren. Okay?

Now take a look at the list of orphans last year for which Kettle was the

one suspect.

Four of them.

involved property belonging to guess who?

Wilson, Leary, Rembeck, Warren.

And each one got an insurance windfall, which Coughlin ripped off heavily in the

settlements for the wives at an average fee and commission of $21 ,000.

Mm -hmm.

So Misery just doesn't love company with Coughlin.

Misery is a company.

Anybody have any idea how Kettle met Coughlin?

Not a one, Lieutenant.

We can't find anybody that can put the two of them together at any time.

But we still got the guys working on it. Well, if we go to the DA's office with

what we got, if he asks for a warrant to bring Coughlin before the grand jury,

the lab is out of the office.

And there's no way that we can make him swear to where he was.

Lieutenant, if he gets away with this... Look, Richie, hiring an arsonist who

kills himself during the commission of a crime, that's a murder I'm facing,

Coughlin. I admit it's a tough case, but you're a tough detective, right?

So you want Coughlin?

Crack it.

When did you find this out, Frank? Just now.

Me and Rizzo finally got a search warrant, went over to Kettle's apartment

an hour ago.

Now, this check, Lieutenant, was inside his mailbox, in an envelope.

And it wasn't mailed. It was just slipped inside.

Could have been there a couple of days.

Paid to the order of Alvin Kettle, $500.

Signed, Richard Santorini.

Dated?

The day before Kettle blew himself up.

Called Internal Affairs about ten minutes ago.

We'll get on the case tomorrow.

Yeah.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah, didn't you say something about making out a blank check to Kaufman the

other day?

Yeah, it was a gesture. Take all I got. There is no more.

What? This a joke?

Who filled this in?

Where'd you find it?

Kettle's mailbox.

Wait a minute.

Somebody think I wrote Kettle a check?

A check? What, am I crazy?

Coughlin did this. It has to be him.

Why? Oh, come on. You know I'm being framed. I called the guy a shyster right

through his face.

He can't exactly like me for that.

Okay.

I'll stick my neck out because I believe you.

But there isn't a jury in the country, including Internal Affairs, not going to

pin this whole thing on you.

Conspiracy to commit arson?

Homicide?

Hey, Richie, you better have a case against this Coughlin.

I'm sorry, Lieutenant. I got nothing.

Three assaults, two rapes, right?

Between three and five in the afternoon on last Wednesday.

Yeah, thanks.

Stafford, can you get a chance to make those calls for me? Yeah, why don't I

them... There you are.

There you go.

On the afternoon of Wednesday the 1st, the Austin Division reported three

suspicious fires in Manhattan.

And during the same period, there were five first snatchings, two armed

robberies, one homicide domestic, and three hit and runs.

Any fatalities?

Yeah, they list here one elderly victim hit by a car on the corner of 72nd and

3rd. Yeah.

Thanks. Okay, Larry.

Records, this is Morton again, Manhattan South.

I want the particulars on a hit -and -run last Wednesday.

How come Larry's checking on rapes and hit -and -runs? Gee, I don't know. Beats

me, Lieutenant. I guess he must be on to something.

Did the witness specify a black car or a dark car?

Dark limousine heading uptown.

No passengers.

Thank you.

Yeah, dark limousine, hit -and -run.

And your accident's if you just heard about the Yankees five months late. What

case are you working on, Larry?

Lieutenant, Coughlin drives a deep brown Cadillac.

That's a dark limousine, right?

And from his office on Broad Street, it's almost a straight drive up 3rd

Now, if the accident occurred at 3 .20 in the afternoon, he had plenty of time

to make it up to 72nd Street.

Accident?

Hey, we're not trying to nail him for hit and run.

We're trying to find out where he met with Kettle that afternoon.

Lieutenant.

We haven't got one single lead that connects them.

No place that we're seen together. Nothing.

Now, the only way we're going to be able to help Richie is if we can get

Coughlin to tell us where he was that afternoon.

Are you going to do that with a Chinese water torture?

Lead pipes?

It's a little more like a frame.

Not on my squad.

But I'm not on your squad anymore, Theo.

Remember?

What do you mean, can you help me?

This is my boat.

What's left of it, anyway.

Lieutenant Lawton, Internal Affairs.

We'll have to ask you to stay off the vessel, Santorini, until we can complete

our investigation.

Oh, damn it. I got an offer on this engine. 450 bucks, and I need it. It's

job, Santorini. Nothing personal. Sorry.

Richie?

Richie?

What are you doing here?

Another woman, Richie?

Prettier? Without the big stomach and the bad moves?

I could see you with her, lying to me.

I didn't.

Never even considered it.

So you didn't.

I did.

But the dreamer?

Go back on her?

Destroy her?

Coughlin said you did it.

Look at it, Richie.

She was so beautiful the first day we took her out sailing.

Under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Wondering whether the mast would scrape or not.

Yeah, I remember that.

We only cleared it by a couple hundred feet.

It's ugly.

Black are dreams.

You couldn't do that to your boat, would you?

I know that.

I couldn't do that to our marriage, Sally.

You remember?

That was the dream that came first.

Something kicked me.

I'm the one who needs a kick.

Oh, Richie, after work.

Come home tonight.

Can I help you?

Hey, Nadine.

I thought you got contacts.

You're squinting again like an old lady.

Come on, put on the glasses.

I like them.

Hey, Larry!

What you doing here?

I thought you were in Florida chasing widows.

Oh, Nadine, I'm 62.

Let them do the work. Chase me for a change, huh?

Make you feel like 22 now that you ain't the fuzz no more.

Thanks. I need a bigger favor than that.

Well, hey, Larry, you were fair by me. I mean, you got my charges dropped when

you retired.

Didn't pass me on to the next cop.

Give you one more tip on the house, if it's information I can get.

Well, it's not an informant I need.

What I need is a witness who can identify this guy.

And say they saw him in here last Wednesday afternoon. About, um, four o

should do it.

I never saw him in my life.

Nadine, what I need is somebody to lie for me. To help me build a case, a hit

-and -run case against this creep.

Ah, you mean me do this in court? Hand on the Bible?

Larry, some of us sinners still fear God. I mean, hand on a man, sure.

But on the Bible?

Uh -uh.

Nadine, this guy is framing my partner.

Richie? Who'd want to hurt him?

Were you ever married, Nadine?

Oh, twice.

First one was real rich, but I didn't know about it until the divorce.

Any lawyers involved?

Are you kidding?

I mean, here was this sweet kid, 19.

I met him in Fort Gordon and got married.

He had this stuck -up family.

Hired some big Harvard lawyer.

Do you know what that stuffed shirt called me?

A whore.

Just win the case, that's all.

Didn't care about people, about feelings.

Well, Nadine,

And this guy is a lawyer who's a little worse than that.

You want to hear the whole story?

Sure. Love a good hate.

You make a citizen's arrest on that kind of evidence, he's going to sue you for

every cent in your pension plan and you're going to end up waxing his cars.

how's he going to do that?

Only one way.

By proving where he was on Wednesday afternoon.

In order to do that, he's got to tell us where he met Kettle and the witnesses

that saw them.

Now look, it's my butt on the line.

I know what I'm doing.

Now, come on.

All right.

I'll play it.

Mrs. Santorini, I asked you specifically and repeatedly, were you committed to

this divorce before you came in here?

And you assured me over and over... Well, now I'm saying no, Mr. Coughlin.

I've seen a very hard, a very determined, very successful man up close

office.

And my husband is a treasure compared to you.

Mr. Coughlin?

I didn't know you were still coming here. It's the last time, Richie. I have

it with these theatrics. Do you understand?

You, sir, are trespassing and will be arrested.

You are under arrest, Mr. Coughlin, for the hit -and -run killing of Edna

Wallace. This is a citizen's arrest.

Detective Santorini is just here to back me up. A citizen's arrest?

He has the right.

These are dignified offices.

With clients outside that respect me, I will not be humiliated this way. Are you

resisting arrest, sir?

Oh, you'll pay for this, Santorini.

You'll really pay.

And here's a deposition.

The manager of the Diplomat Massage Parlor, located about six blocks from

scene of the hit -and -run, stating that a man answering Mr.

Coughlin's description arrived there about five minutes after the hit -and

This is a statement from William Jones, a witness in the scene, who noted three

numbers on the license plate of the hit -and -run vehicle.

387. Now, you notice that those are the first numbers on the license plates of

the dark brown vehicle.

owned by Mr. Everett Craig Coughlin. Didn't you tell Larry Morton to stay out

Manhattan South?

That's right, Frank.

He's in the interrogation room right now with an attorney from the D .A.'s

office and Everett Coughlin. Sally Senorini's lawyer?

Right. Morton brought him in on a citizen's arrest.

A hit and run. He's trying to get the D .A. to back him up with a warrant.

That's a frame, Frank.

Here I have a photograph of the right front grill of Mr.

Coughlin's vehicle.

which I took in the parking lot about 5 .30 this afternoon.

Now, you can see there's been recent damage to the grill and to the

Now, that's it. Enough already.

Santorini did that the other day when he threatened me.

Come on, wait in the squad room.

Go ahead.

You're too late, Lieutenant.

Because I not only have a perfect case against Morton, but against you and

others in this department.

Now, I suppose you're going to perjure yourself and say that you had no idea

that this frame -up was planned.

Come on, Coughlin, we have a highly emotional situation here. You know, men

loyalties who made a mistaken judgment against orders, and I promise you we'll

deal with it in this department.

No.

We'll deal with it in the court of law.

I promise you that.

Where do we stand on this, Weeks? Well, if Coughlin can prove he was nowhere

near the scene of the hit -and -run.

Then Morton faces felony charges for filing a false report.

And also there are civil suits, along with conspiracy and negligence charges

against the department and, quite possibly, yourself and the captain.

Mr. Weeks, draw up a statement for me to sign.

Because at 3 .10, which is approximately the time that this frame -up has me

uptown, I was some 50 blocks away.

Can it be confirmed?

I parked my car in a parking lot on the corner of 6th and 23rd.

They'll have a stub with the time of day and my license number on it.

There was an attendant, red -haired, who'd admired my car.

He'll remember me perfectly.

Can anyone else place you at the scene? I had a date with a young lady whose

identity I don't need to bring into... Everett. Who?

Get down to the parking lot on 23rd and 6th and make it fast.

Check out all the bars.

Check out all the immediate vicinity where this Coughlin really might have

And take a picture of Kettle, take a picture of Coughlin.

And then break row with us. They might have spotted him together.

Yes, sir.

What you did in there is unforgivable.

What Coughlin did to Richie was even worse. That's still no excuse.

Not only put a noose around your neck, you put a noose around Richie's neck and

the whole department's.

Which I gave Coughlin every opportunity to pull.

Which I knew he couldn't resist.

Which means that maybe...

We have a witness who saw him with Alvin Kettle.

And that means the noose strangles Coughlin and not us. That's still

unforgivable, Morden.

I know that, Lieutenant.

Look, I spent 30 years with the force and never for one moment did I do

but play on the up and up. I'm sorry.

Hey, look, I hope this Coughlin hangs himself.

But if he does, what I told you before still stands.

Stay out of Manhattan South, understand?

I understand, Lieutenant.

You're right.

Yeah.

Lieutenant, I got a waitress around a restaurant around the corner from the

parking lot.

who definitely saw Kevlin and Coughlin together for at least 30 minutes.

You know, they were cozy talking, passing notes and stuff.

Yeah, we got him for sure.

Got him.

Oh, uh... Good work, Stowers. Thanks.

What's in there now?

Coughlin's room.

Sheridan, he told us they got an earful.

That better have been a stone wall.

Kettle's death isn't ready to wrap coffee.

When they gave me immunity in there, I washed my hands. It's the way it goes.

Is our waitress here?

Miss Thompson?

Right this way, Miss Thompson.

What do you think? How's it going in there?

The grand jury?

You know I can't say anything to anybody.

But nobody said I couldn't smile.

Well, all you had to do was keep your mouth shut.

And Larry Morton's case would have fallen apart all by itself.

You did it to yourself, Coughlin, and you know it.

Well, I got the best team of lawyers in the East.

They'll beat the case.

Oh. Well, let's see.

Conspiracy to commit arson.

Homicide during the course of a crime.

Forgery.

Planting false evidence, et cetera.

Boy, they got to be geniuses to beat that.

For 500 bucks an hour.

That's just what they are.

Oh. Let's see. My men get eight bucks an hour.

And they nailed you.

You're finished, Coughlin.

And I love it.

Champagne. For the lodging?

That won't be for a very long time.

What?

I thought the baby was due any day.