All language subtitles for The Equalizer s02e08 The Line

I wouldn't have said those things about
Randy calling him a thief. All you need

to know is that I'm going to crack you
wide open. Every time I think about that

guy, I want to pound him right in the
ground.

I'm getting a gun. You do that and those
men win.

Elephant gun, man.

What are you doing? We got a rat. We're
taking Joe.

I didn't know what I'd tell you. Your
friend have chosen another target.

What are you doing? I'm trying to give
you a message.

You won't learn, will you?

Wasn't that concert the greatest, man?

I'm gonna take the shortcut.

Yeah, my mom always stays up. So I gotta
get home, okay? Alright, I'll see you

then.

It takes 45 minutes for the cops to get
there.

I mean, they clean the place out.

Well, they could have gone to New York
and back in that amount of time.

And then the cops think they can handle
it. Where were they a couple of years

ago when we were the only thing on the
streets?

People are plenty happy to see the
civilian patrol land.

Okay, first shift will be back any
minute. Let's saddle up.

Hey, listen.

It's an alarm.

No kidding.

What the hell are you waiting for, Lou?
Get going.

Move it.

dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun

He just fell. We didn't hurt him. I told
you guys to lighten up.

Where did you get a tire iron? You know
the rules. No weapon. Shut up. We didn't

kill anybody.

It's a damn accident.

What are we going to do now?

I'll tell you what we're going to do.

This kid is guilty as hell. And he's
going to look that way.

And this is for all of us.

We've got to stick together.

Well, go call the cops.

Hi, Sylvia. It's Miriam.

I'm sorry to bother you so late, but did
Randy stop by there tonight? He went to

a rock concert and he hasn't come home
yet.

No?

Okay. Thank you.

He's probably hanging out with a guy.

Would you lighten up?

You see?

He's home, and the road space lost his
keys again.

What's, uh... What's happening?

Are you the mother of Randy Blaine? Yes,
yes, yes. What's happened?

Mrs. Blaine has been an accident.

Hey, Lieutenant.

Can we go now?

We gotta get to work in the morning.

Vic, you mind?

Lieutenant's got his job to do, too.

We just don't know what else to say.

We told your detectives everything we
know.

Why don't we go through it one more
time? I'd like to get it firsthand,

Oh, sure.

It's simple. We were patrolling down
Leland Street.

We heard the alarm go off. Pulled in the
alley, and that's when we saw him.

Breaking into the warehouse.

No, he was coming out.

He started to run and fell off the dock.

That was it.

That's as close as you got to him?

Until he took the head up.

We tried to help him, but it was too
late.

God's truth, Lieutenant.

other ID'd the body.

Yeah? Well, what's the medical examiner
say?

Skull fracture consistent with a fall.

Wound matched the machinery to point of
impact.

Any other injuries? No.

As always, I'll check, Lieutenant.

I cut the men loose.

Hell, I thank him.

Was that right?

Okay, that's it for now, gentlemen.
Thank you for your cooperation.

You're free to go.

Cut it out.

Aren't these the men who said things
about my Randy, the ones in the Citizens

Patrol? Are you letting them go?

Mrs. Blaine, I'm very sorry. Wait a
minute. Wait a minute.

Don't you leave. I want to talk to you.

Easy,

easy. I said easy.

I said easy.

Letting them go.

Mrs. Blaine, I know this is hard for you
to accept, but they didn't do anything.

Oh, yes, they did.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have said those
things about Randy calling him a thief.

He ain't... He wasn't no thief.

He was one block from our house. He was
just coming home. Let's see that

Mrs. Blaine and her son get home safely.

Here's to better days.

I mean, your divorce is through, your
financial situation is much more stable,

and, uh, well, you're on the up and up.

Cheers.

You're not going to believe this,
McCall.

I started dating her again.

Your former wife?

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

You mean the one you just divorced?

The one whose lawyer took you to the
cleaners? That one.

I don't believe it. I just don't believe
it.

I know, I'm an idiot. I thought I was
going to be so happy without her.

I mean, I hated her guts. How many times
have I told you that?

I was happy for about three months.

Then I got lonely as hell.

I don't know why, but one night I went
down to the neighborhood bar where we

first met, just to get a drink, you
know.

Anyhow, I slid into our old booth.

It's got a real high back, and I thought
it was empty.

You know something?

She was sitting in there, crying, all by
herself.

Anyhow, we're not back together or
nothing, but it's a start, and we're

take it one day at a time.

I can't... Oh,

no, no, I wouldn't say that, Jimmy.

I could say that, but I won't.

You're a braver man than I am.

Or something.

Excuse me, Mrs. Blaine.

Yes?

Robert McCormack.

I've read all the newspaper reports, and
I've been thinking very carefully about

what you told me on the telephone.

I have to say this to you, Mrs. Blaine.

Do you really want to get into all of
this?

These are the things the police gave me.

It was everything that Randy had on him.

And yet...

Randy

wasn't a thief.

He was at the rock concert that night. I
called the theater.

It got up late after the last bus.

He went through the alley because of the
shortcut.

It's right behind our street.

Very well, Mrs. Glenn, if you... I mean,
this is what you want.

I will take whatever steps I can to
help.

Thank you. And what are you going to
take us for?

Eugene? No, I got a right to know.

How much? Because we don't have that
much to take. I won't be taking

My services are free.

Then that must mean you're going to
steal it because there ain't nothing for

free. Eugene.

No, no.

Your son is right.

Everything has its price.

My services in particular come with a
very high price.

But you see, I've already paid it.

Eugene, you have a criminal record,
don't you?

Yeah.

Sure.

Petty stuff, made -up stuff.

But Randy was clean.

That's good, that's good.

Well, let's just say that I'm doing this
for you, shall we?

What do you mean?

It seems to me, young man, that you are
rather upset.

It means you could do something foolish.

And if you were to do something foolish,
you might have to pay a price that none

of us could afford.

Hello, McCall.

Hello, Jimmy.

Got a little job for you? Pay the usual
compensation?

All right.

I'm listening.

I want you to run this list of names
through your little system.

Martin Bennett.

Yes, he's a small -time politician.

West Grove, New Jersey.

He ran for city council once. He lost.
Wants to try again.

And the other four?

Small -time businessmen, so -called
decent citizens.

What do you want, general dirt of bank
accounts, credit rating?

No, no, I want you to be a little more
creative.

I'd like to find out one piece of truth
that nobody else knows about each one of

them. Gotcha.

I'll do it.

Oh, uh, also, I would like a copy of the
agency printout on the West Grove

Police Department.

You're really going to do a number on
these guys.

No, not unless I have to.

I don't like digging into people's past.

However, if that's the only way to make
people face reality, so be it.

And I'll need it soon.

Take care, old chap.

Can I help you, mister?

I was looking for the loading dock where
the Blaine boy died. This is it, isn't

it?

You got some business here?

No.

I was just puzzled by a rather
interesting question.

Why should a young burglar break into a
warehouse filled with styrofoam pellets

when right next door there's some very
expensive stereo equipment?

Rather odd, that, don't you think? Look,
this is private property.

Why don't you get the hell out of here
before I call the cops, huh?

Yes, of course.

I'd hate to upset a member of the
citizens' patrol.

Good day, gentlemen.

talk to you.

Over here.

Wouldn't you prefer an alleyway with a
loading dock?

You know, you've got a real smart mouth,
mister. Yeah, Mr. Big Shot, a real

smart mouth.

Hello, Marty.

You know this guy?

I never saw this guy before in my life.

Marty Bennett, Vic Ruffelli, Lou March,
Al Weaver.

All we need now is Ben Kerrigan.

and your vicious little group will be
ready for its nightly patrol.

So you know our names. So what?

Oh, I know more than that.

I know from this little exercise in
intimidation that you must have been

involved in the death of Randy Blaine.
We didn't murder anybody! I'm handling

this. I don't know who you are, mister,
but you don't know what you're talking

about. We're not a bunch of vigilantes
out to kill someone.

Two years ago, we were the only thing
that held this town together.

We've got a right to protect our
property. An innocent teenage boy who

anybody any harm? I don't think so.

Oh, no.

Possibly at some time your little group
had some purpose, but not anymore.

What that boy really needed was someone
to protect him against you.

Look, what's your stake in this?

Are you a private investigator? Are you
working for that kid's mother?

What I am doesn't matter.

All you need to know is that I'm going
to crack you wide open and the truth is

going to come forth. Is that right?

Take it easy.

I suggest to you that you start telling
the truth before it's too late.

This meeting is now at an end,
gentlemen.

It's a day.

Hold on.

Mr. Ruffelli.

Please don't do anything you will never
live to regret.

Hello? Is this Robert McCall?

Yes, it is.

Somebody told me that you're looking for
information about the death of that

kid. Mrs. Blaine's son, am I right?

Yes.

Well, I saw something that night.

I saw the citizens group go into that
alley. They were tailing him, you see.

But you know, I live here, so I don't
want any trouble.

Oh, yes, yes, of course. I understand
that. Well, I could meet you in the

But there's an old canning factory at
the end of Whitaker Street.

Foray's Foods.

Meet me there in an hour.

All right, of course.

Which way is it? Ah, yes, down here.

Lieutenant Wojciech, I would like to
speak to you. You're leaving now, fella.

Take your hand off me, Sergeant.

Your name's Sergeant Bertelli, isn't it?

The last three major cases you submitted
to the district attorney were rejected,

right? They were rejected because of
insufficient investigative evidence from

you and also charges of brutality,
correct?

Who are you?

My name is Robert McCall.

What I am, you will find out if you call
that unlisted number.

Some of your men have just tried to set
me up at a place called Foray's Foods.

Leave it alone, Vitelli.

Now, why would we want to do that? I
never heard of you before this morning.

received an anonymous telephone call
asking me to be there.

Tell me, why did you stake out that
factory?

Was it because you had a tip from the
Citizens Patrol?

You seem to know a lot about our
business.

We were told there was a fire being
planned, an arson.

Oh, how very convenient.

So I walk in, you arrest me, and lo and
behold, somebody finds a couple of cans

of gasoline in my car. Is that it? Why
would anybody want to do that to you?

Well, it could be because I am looking
into the death of the Blaine boy.

Well, that case is closed.

Oh, really?

Since when have you closed
investigations without looking at the

What are you talking about?

You sent that boy's coat back to his
mother.

It had a piece of cloth missing from the
right arm. Well, I found that piece of

cloth. It was attached to a nail on a
wall 100 feet away from where the

citizen's patrol say the boy died.

Does that suggest anything to you?

I don't know.

You don't know? Well, I'll tell you what
it suggests to me.

It suggests to me that that boy was
thrown against the wall and then taken

chased by one or more of the so -called
citizen's patrol.

down the alleyway to where he died.

Lieutenant, I understand that you have
two distinguished service awards.

That means that you know your job.

Sir, can you please tell me why you
allow the Citizens Patrol even to exist?

Well, if you're not from West Grover,
you'd understand.

A few years ago, this town was dying.
The steel mill closed.

There was unemployment.

Street crime was up.

There was no money for anything but a
skeleton police force.

And these men filled the gaps.

They walked the line until we were back
up to strength.

You just don't turn around and slap them
in the face.

I admire your community spirit.

But they're not walking the line
anymore, are they?

They've cropped it.

I'm afraid I don't see it that way.

I think you will.

Don't forget the number.

Marty's plan didn't work out.

I told him, get in the conference room.
Yeah,

well, now it's time for my plan.

This guy works for her.

That means that old lady Blaine and me
are going to have a real serious

discussion.

I'll watch the street.

Make it fast. Be careful.

What do you want? Please get out.

Not until I finish talking. I said to
please, please get out. You made a big

mistake calling in that investigator.

It was you who made the mistake.

Your people killed Randy and Mr. McCall
is going to prove it. Now, please get

out of my house. You call off that guy
and you're going to be real sorry.

Don't touch me.

What are you doing? I'm calling the
police because I'm going to get you out.

What are you doing? I'm trying to give
you a message.

You won't learn, will you?

He was trying to kill me. I had to use
the knife.

Easy. Wait.

Taking a life.

It shouldn't be like that.

No, it shouldn't.

I worked so long for this.

Ten years, working two jobs, saving
enough money so we could move.

Out of the city.

I didn't want my boys to grow up with so
much violence.

And now Randy is dead and... I've killed
somebody with my own hands.

It was self -defense, Mrs. Blaine.

You had no choice.

Yeah.

Well, I hope you're ready to pay for the
lawyer, McCall, like you paid for the

bail. Eugene.

Because I know the man.

And he's going to send her away for a
hundred years.

Eugene. You know what those patrol dudes
are saying? They're saying that he came

up here to apologize and she knifed him.

And the jury's going to believe him,
too, because they know how to lie.

No.

There will be no trial.

Once I have proved that the citizens'
patrol is violent, all charges against

your mother will be dropped.

Big talk.

But you're wrong.

There's only one thing that'll make them
stand up and listen. I'm getting a gun.

You'll do no such thing.

You do that and those men win.

You try to harm them and you will be
proving their lies against your family.

This man.

All those men need is one little push
and they will start tearing each other

apart.

I start pushing tomorrow.

I'm telling you, it's falling apart.

Vic, you've got to look at the total
picture.

What the hell are you talking about?
Al's dead.

He was our friend.

But he made a bad mistake. He should
never have gone to see that woman.

Marty's right.

Look, you guys have got to trust me. I'm
handling this thing. It's under

control. Oh, yeah, you're handling it
all right, Marty, just like you handled

McCall. Hell of a plan, Marty. Shake him
up.

Get him arrested.

Only it didn't work.

All it did was get the lieutenant
screaming down her neck.

Okay.

But think about this.

If McCall had something, he would have
used it by now.

Every time I think about that guy, I
want to pound him straight in the

He's the cause of all our trouble.

Come on, Vic.

There's been enough violence. Will you
forget about McCall?

What if they make us be at that woman's
trial?

We go.

And we tell the story just like we've
been telling it right from the

Nothing's changed.

We've got this thing licked.

All we have to do is stand together.

Sure, Marty.

And we read you loud and clear.

All we gotta do is watch out for each
other.

Right, Marty.

I'm looking for Jumping Jack.

Yeah, well, you found him. Now, what you
want?

I want to buy a gun.

You mean like this one?

Yeah. I got $150.

Hey,

get lost, boy.

Cost you $350.

Yeah, well, I'll be back.

At six.

7, 8, 9, 10. Thanks a lot.

Take care now.

What's this?

Just got this sent to my store.

McCall knows about my affair with Edie.

My wife finds out I'm dead. Yeah, well,
he knows something else, too. We got a

rat on board.

Somebody in the group sold out.

Who? There's two possibilities.

And I'm betting on the wimp at the
corner.

Carrigan?

Robert McCall.

What do you want with me now?

If I were you, I would get down to Ben
Kerrigan's place straight away.

Why? What's going on down there?

It's all going out of control.

Out of control?

Look at this.

That's from McCall.

Ben's the only one who could have told
him.

What the hell is this? It's no big deal.
Two months ago, I bought a hot

Mercedes. He was the only one who knew.

It came at 3 a .m. He was here making
his damn cookies.

You bought a stolen car?

It was nothing. Half the guy's in the
body business, dude. It's no big deal.

I promise you, I didn't tell nobody
nothing.

I promise you. My God.

What were you going to do, kill him?
Marty, you butt out.

This ain't a patrol meeting. You ain't
in charge anymore.

You...

Don't you understand?

Get out of here or we're all dead.

McCall knows about this.

He was the one who told me.

That's real interesting.

When did you stop being such great
buddies with McCall?

You're crazy.

Come on, let's get out of here.

I can't stand the odor.

You got here fast.

I was expecting your call.

You really got my men jumping.

I guess you know that.

Sped them all their weakest, meanest
parts.

Twisted them all up inside.

If you keep this up, someone is going to
get killed. Someone's already been

killed. Perfect, innocent young boy. And
let's not forget Al.

He'd live a little longer. Who knows? He
might have had time to repent.

What do you want?

How about the truth?

They'd probably try us for manslaughter.

Maybe even murder.

Every one of us has to account for his
crimes, either now or later.

Your time's now.

I've got to think fine just don't take
too long about it

your friends have chosen another target

All his savings and some of mine.

I'm frightened.

I'm scared he's going to buy a gun.

Mrs. Blaine, try not to worry. I'll find
him.

All right, where would he buy a gun?

McCall? I'm ready to talk.

Where do you want to see me? The alley
where it happened.

At five o 'clock. I'll be there.

44, man.

Elephant gun, man.

Dirty Harry?

Five snacks.

Or 38 snub nose.

It'll do the job.

350.

Get an early start, kid.

I'm not starting anything. I'm just
going to finish.

Like hell you are. Hey, you're a dead
man. I'll kill you.

Hey.

I thought

I told you not to go out and buy a gun.

Yeah, you told me.

Then why the hell did you...

You don't run my life. I'm going to get
them. I'm going to blow them away for

what they did to Randy and my mama.

That is not the way.

It's what you do, isn't it?

You think I don't know you got a gun
under that coat?

If all I did was blow people away, those
men would have been dead days ago.

Then who would be the bigger criminal?

You're all talk.

Sure, you can push people around in an
alley, but you're really afraid of

killing anybody.

I wish to God you were right.

You think it makes you more of a man to
go and pick up a gun and take someone's

life? Is that what you think?

Every time you pull that trigger, you
see a face.

You never, never stop seeing all of
their faces.

Every single one.

Every single one!

Never! They are always with you.

Now, perhaps that is part of the price I
have paid.

But let's say that I paid it for both of
us.

Okay.

So what happens now?

Go home to your mother.

Look after her.

And then perhaps...

I can get a little justice around here
without any more violence.

You know, it's funny.

When you want to believe something bad
enough, it almost becomes real, even if

it isn't.

Yes, I understand that.

I've lived in this town my whole life,
Mr. McCall.

I was born here, married here.

It's all I've got.

That's why I started the patrol.

To stop the violence and make it safe
for kids.

Isn't that a laugh?

You know, I played stickball right here
when I was growing up.

Me and Ben, a bunch of others.

Vicky was just a little guy.

There were no warehouses then.

Tenements.

They were real clean, you know.

I bet I walked down this alley a
thousand times in the dark.

When I was the same age as Randy Blaine.

What happened that night, Monty? We
didn't hate him, Mr. McCall.

We were afraid of him.

When that alarm went off, it was like
something snapped inside.

We chased him down the alley, trapped
him. That kid was so scared.

He wasn't near this warehouse. We pushed
him here.

Cornered him like an animal. That's when
he tripped and fell.

Yeah, yeah, I'm all right

None of this would have happened if
you'd done your job.

Can we get this thing moving? Come on!

There's no need to be ashamed of tears.

I was just thinking.

Somehow, if we could nail those two, it
would make a

difference.

Stop.

Yes,

he is.

There's really no point in revenge, is
there?

And hitting back, just for the sake of
hitting back, well, that never takes the

hurt away.

But now you understand.

What about you?

You've got another face to remember.

Mr. McCall.

Why don't you come home with us?

Have a little dinner.

And to talk.

I would like that very much indeed.