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Previously on Early Edition.

I'm stuck in traffic, Eli. Give me a break, huh?

You have to give me a picture in two days. Five o 'clock photo edit. It'll be

there. I swear to my mother's life.

Smile for the birdies.

Yeah, this is Miguel Diaz. Who's this?

Listen, pal.

If you print these pictures, I'm gonna be in a lot of trouble.

Hey, everybody worries about what their hair looks like, bro. But I'm telling

you, you look very nice.

I got the best police scanners on the market.

And you always seem to show up everywhere before me.

You got a secret, don't you?

A secret?

Hey, the pickle.

Watch the pickle. Everybody get out of the way. Watch the pickle.

How's that?

Mañana.

But remember, exclusive, right?

My story.

Miguel Diaz. Photo.

Journal.

I get tomorrow's newspaper.

Today, I'm out there saving people's lives.

That's what I do.

Traffic control is backing up back there. Okay.

Car is registered to a Mrs. Ida Frankel.

Ida Frankel wasn't driving this car. I didn't think so. She reported the car

stolen 10 minutes ago. Came out of the store with her groceries. Gone.

Car looks practically brand new. Yeah, their favorite kind.

You said you saw a couple of guys?

Yeah, well, I saw the driver.

I didn't see. He got out and he ran pretty fast. The other guy, I saw him.

was, I don't know, he was about 5 '8", 5 '10", dark hair, dark eyes.

Hispanic. You know, a detective may want to talk to you, Mr. Hobson. Sure,

anything I can do, absolutely.

Great, yeah. Sure.

Joey, come on, man. Relax.

The guy saw me, man.

So he saw you. So what?

They already got the car, right?

They're not looking for you, man.

Guess not.

Nothing to worry about.

It's Lucas.

Let me do the talking.

Where's my merchandise?

Oh, we just sort of ran into a little delay.

What kind of delay?

What's with that cut?

Can you believe this guy?

He comes running down the steps, he falls and he cracks his head.

Ice, man.

You know, I got a dozen other guys who can deliver what I asked for.

It's no problem, Lucas. We can do it.

Don't bring me any headaches.

It's not going to happen. We're going to get right on it.

Okay?

Okay.

Yo, man, we got to still make the ride.

Now? I can't, man. I'm going to be late.

For what?

My brother's going to start looking for me.

Look, we'll do it tomorrow.

Man, tomorrow's too late. This is our chance.

That's the course. You're not really into it.

No, I'm totally into it, Ray. You know that.

Look, Lucas isn't going to care if it's tomorrow, as long as we bring him a good

car.

All right.

You take off, man.

But I'm going to call you later.

Caribbean night at McGinty's.

Well, it could be fun.

A little pina colada, a little calypso music.

Yeah. You know what? I think the cold's getting to you.

Well, once you'll factor 20 below, yeah. It's inhuman.

Yeah.

Thompson.

Armstrong.

Marissa, you remember Detective Armstrong, don't you? Of course. And how

you, Detective?

Fine, thank you.

How you been?

Oh, good, good.

Why, you miss me?

Like an open wound.

Look,

I'm here about the car thieves you happened to bump into this afternoon.

Well, that was just a matter of the right place, right time.

I know.

I don't care what you were doing there.

I've given up on trying to figure you out.

But I heard you got a close look at one of them.

And I was hoping you'd help Detective Gerson here create a composite.

How's that?

A sketch of the suspect.

Oh.

Was all this over a car thief?

Well, we're looking for a little bit more than a car thief.

You know what a chop shop is?

Yeah, chop up stolen cars and sell the parts. It's big business, Hobson. And

lately they've gotten bolder.

We're seeing daylight carjackings and people getting hurt.

And the chief wants us to bust these operations as many as we can.

And this kid that I saw, he... He fits the profile.

We figured the car that he stole was heading right for a chop shop.

We find the kid, maybe he rolls.

Gives us the source.

So what do you want me to do?

And how does this work?

Start with the shape of his head, Mr. Hobson.

Is it round?

Oval? Square?

Oval.

I think.

I appreciate your coming down.

You caught the guy, huh? I think so.

It took us a couple of days, but we got lucky.

Loose talk at a pool hall.

These things usually come down to informants one way or another. So all

gotta do is nail the kid in the lineup and you're okay.

I'll let Detective Armstrong know you're here.

I get a call, I run down here, and you don't even let me see him? That's

illegal. There's nothing illegal about it. I want to talk to him right now. You

have to wait until it's over, Mr. Diaz. This is so typical.

I have to go.

Yeah, you go.

This is not your brother, right?

Forget it.

Thompson. What are you doing here?

Cops, man. They hauled in my brother. They say he stole a car.

Your brother?

Yeah. Look at that sketch. It looks nothing like Joey.

Look.

That's your brother?

Yeah. He looks nothing like him, right?

It's because Joey fell down, hit his head, and the guy in the picture's got a

cut.

Unbelievable. The cops, they don't care, man. They just pick up the first five

Latinos they see, and they drag them down here for a lineup.

You're sure your brother didn't have anything to do with it? What are you

talking about? You say my brother's a thief?

No, no, I'm not saying that. How do you get off even asking me something like

that? Look, I'm sorry.

Truth is, my little brother's been in trouble back home in New York.

I should have paid more attention to him, you know, but I had my job here.

Joey started hanging around with the wrong crowd.

Went after the quick buck.

Got arrested twice for stealing.

I moved him here about a month ago.

Convinced the judge to put him on probation, make me his legal guardian,

know.

Got him a job at the Sun Times. Thought I could teach him a little, keep him

straight.

I don't know, man. The day that that car got stolen, Joey says he was way across

town making a delivery.

I love Miguel. He's a good kid, option.

Sweet kid, talented, a real artist. You should see.

Just confused, that's all.

And young.

Mostly young.

If he did this, if he gets nailed for stealing that car, the whole deal's off.

Joey's going straight to prison.

What are you doing here anyway?

Me?

Don't tell me you're here to see that foxy detective. What's his name?

Brigatti? Yeah, but not exactly.

Mr. Hobson, I'll take you to the lineup room now.

Yeah, listen, I'll catch up with you in a while.

You're the witness?

Oh, man.

All right, take your time, Hobson.

Get each one carefully.

Turn to your left.

Turn front.

Turn right.

Look again, no rush.

No, I'm sorry.

Are you sure?

I told you not to worry. I was working, man.

It's all a big mistake.

Hey, Hobson.

I gotta go, Miguel. Wait a second.

Hobson, come here.

Hi. You know this guy?

Good brother of mine, Gary Hobson.

Hobson, this is my brother Joey. Joey.

Gary Hobson. Joey, how are you? How you doing?

Everything's great. Joey's free to go.

That's fantastic.

Yeah, but I guess you knew that already. You could have told me that before you

went in there. Saved me a heart attack or two.

Well, I... I know. With the cow standing there, it wouldn't look right, huh?

Give me a minute, all right?

Miguel, talk to Hobson. I got a call in.

You're going to have to tell him, huh?

He's your brother.

You're going to have to tell him you did it.

Did what?

Don't play games with me.

I didn't do it, man.

My friend Ray, he picked me up. I didn't know the car was stolen.

Honest to God, I didn't know what went down until we crashed.

Regardless of that, you're still going to have to tell him.

No, man, please.

Look, the only reason I didn't ID you is because of Miguel. That's it.

And I thank you for it. Believe me.

You don't think he deserves none of the truth?

Yeah, but it'll kill him after all he's done for me.

Don't you get it? That's the point.

I won't ride with Ray anymore. I promise you.

Please don't tell my brother.

Look, I want to do what's right by me gown, I will.

I'll work even harder, I swear.

I learned my lesson, man.

I was scared in there.

I've never been scared like that before.

I don't want to be scared like that again.

Please.

Well, got to run.

What?

Nothing, I was just surprised at something your brother just told me.

You were talking basketball. He's a Knicks fan. What's wrong?

What can I say, bro? We're from New York.

Mañana, huh?

Joseph Diaz.

Miguel Diaz's brother.

Yeah?

Miguel stuck his neck out for you while you were on the run.

Way out.

You owe him.

Are you covering for that boy, Hobson?

No.

I hope not.

I shouldn't be late.

What about dinner?

Leftovers in the fridge.

Forget it. They're older than me.

You want fine cuisine, call Mother Stewart.

You're starving me, man.

Get yourself a pizza or something.

Thanks, bro.

Oh, almost forgot.

Picked up your paycheck.

A lot of overtime this week.

Where's the rest of it?

Uncle Sam takes a big bite.

This sucks, man.

Listen, I know you've been working hard. Yeah, I've been sorting out letters,

delivering stuff all over town.

It's boring, man.

Now this?

You got some expenses I don't know about?

You know what I mean.

There's things I want.

Come on, man.

How many sweatshirts and sneakers does a person need?

All right. I know your job's not the most exciting thing in the world, but

got to start somewhere.

Everybody's got to pay their dues.

When I was trying to break into the news, I sold vacuums.

Vacuums, man.

I waited on tables. I worked at a pet store.

You clean parakeet cages for six months, then come talk to me.

You always knew what you wanted. You always had your camera.

And you have your drawing. Come on, man.

So I draw a little big deal.

It is.

Your work's beautiful.

So says my brother.

So says everybody.

Joey,

your talent's your ticket, man.

It's gonna take you anywhere you wanna go.

And where's that?

Well, you gotta give yourself a chance to figure that out.

Meanwhile, you keep your nose clean.

Punch the clock at the sun times.

You're doing great.

We'll talk more about this later.

Do I have a choice?

You

lied

in front of the police and in front of Detective Armstrong.

Look, Miguel, he brought Joey here from New York to give him a second chance.

All until Joey's paying him back by stealing cars.

Well, no, he didn't steal. His friend stole the car. He didn't know it was

stolen. Gary, that's the oldest line in the book. Oh, I didn't steal the money.

This friend just gave it to me to hold on to it for him. I mean, what do you

expect him to say? Look, he's a good kid. I talked to him. He made some bad

choices, but he knows it.

You think I made a mistake?

Yes.

You have a big heart, Gary.

But I think in this case, you should have used your head.

Are you playing judge like that? You've made yourself responsible for everything

that boy does in the future.

Well, the future is what I was trying to give him.

Thanks for the beer, Ray.

Sure.

Just remember, if anybody asks, you turned 21 last November.

Hey, we got a toast.

Who sails through a lineup like that?

Who walks out without a scratch?

Got lucky, I guess.

Yeah? You better save some of that luck for tomorrow.

Can we do the job for Lucas?

All right.

It's gonna go smooth, man.

Come on, the cops already mapped your moves.

And lightning cannot strike twice, you know what I mean?

Yeah.

Listen, I'm gonna have to work tomorrow.

Fine.

We'll do it after.

Yeah, well, I...

Might have to work overtime.

Overtime?

I could use a time and a half, bro. You can work triple time all week if you

want. You're never going to make as much as you can make with one score with

Lucas.

I know. The thing is, my brother, man.

Man, your brother. Your brother.

Let me tell you something about your brother, okay?

The guy lives in a dump and he drives a heap.

In fact, you know where your brother is right now?

He's out working.

He likes what he's doing.

Okay. So he likes it.

What do you like?

You like calling your butt all over town making deliveries?

Oh, man, I'm not going to be doing that forever.

Okay.

So what are you going to do?

I don't know.

Maybe something with drawing.

Drawing?

Who are you, man? Joey Picasso?

How are you going to make a buck with drawing?

I don't know. I've got to figure it out.

Meantime, your butt's in your hump for peanuts.

If you score as a Lucas, you make yourself a nice fat cushion. You take

time you want to figure it out.

Tomorrow, man.

After work.

Police arrested Raymond Pritchett and Joseph Diaz last night after chasing

stolen Mercedes in a high -speed pursuit. One day.

One day later.

Oh, you know what? That kid sure did play me.

Sorry.

Now what do I do? You know what I should do?

I should let them get caught. I should let the cops arrest the both of them.

That's what they deserve.

Maybe there's another way.

What? Tell Miguel.

You did what?

I saw Joey running from that car.

No, no, no. You saw somebody look like Joey.

Miguel, it was him.

When I saw your brother in that lineup and I recognized him, I decided to let

him go. And I didn't tell you at the police station because he promised he'd

stay out of trouble.

So why are you telling me now?

One, because I can't look at myself in the mirror. And two, I got a feeling

going to try it again.

A feeling?

Well, there he is.

Joey!

Hey, bro.

What? Don't give me that, man.

He told me.

Told you what?

The truth.

Hey, who are you, man?

Miguel, I don't know what he's talking about.

He lied to me.

Are you going to go ahead and believe his word now?

You're staying home tonight.

What are you doing? Tonight and every night. I'm going to be on you every

minute. You step out of line, I'm going to be right there.

I got work to do.

Your gal knows.

Can't stay long. He's all over me. You want a leash, man?

You're a little dog. You got to do what he says.

If I don't listen to him, I'm out on the street.

It's okay, man.

You want to be a chump? You be a chump. Hey, come on, Ray. Hey, we'll get the

good. When, man?

Huh? I mean tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. You keep putting me off.

Forget about it.

Get back to the mailroom, little boy. The lunch break is over.

Let's do it right now.

Right now, let's go.

No time, no mistakes.

No mistakes.

Hey, check it out, man.

Jackpot.

Come on, you found it, man. You do it.

Come on.

Come on, Joe, hurry up.

Come on, man, fire it up.

You said you knew how to do this.

Hey, that's my car.

Get away from the car.

Keep going, Joe.

Keep going.

All right.

Bring in some help.

Hey!

Why'd you do that, man? Why'd you shoot him? You're lucky I did it. You'll be on

the sidewalk right now.

We're in this together now, Joey.

You got that?

We'll get up through.

Hey, where are you taking him? County General.

Listen, we catch him with Lucas, get out of town for a little while, let this

whole thing blow over.

Oh, Lucas, man.

What are you, stupid?

What?

Oh, the window.

We couldn't pop the lock.

Idiot, it's on the news.

What? A guy got shot by two punks stealing his Toyota.

It's on the news? Cops are looking for him.

Gunshot wound, upper chest, BP 60 over 4.

Pulse is ready.

No breath sounds on the right.

Let's get a chest tube in. Call the OR. Tell him to prep for surgery.

Is he going to make it? It's too soon to say. He's lost a lot of blood. He had a

gun, Lucas. He was going to shoot Joey. I never saw it.

Hey, what about the car?

What car?

We need the money.

We had a deal, Lucas.

You get the hell out of here.

What are you doing here?

I was just walking by the scene.

You were the witness?

How did... Never mind.

Just tell me what happened.

A couple of kids, they were stealing a car. This guy, he came out of his house

with a gun. He takes a shot at the kids, and one of the kids, he shoots back.

A couple of kids?

Yeah.

Joseph Diaz.

Listen, Joey was not the one who shot him. The guy you're looking for, his

name's Raymond.

Raymond Pritchett.

Look, Joey didn't even have a gun, all right?

He was just stealing the car. That was all.

Yeah, he was just stealing the car because you put him back out on the

Look, I wasn't sure that it was him. You knew it was him.

And now you got a man that's been shot, and if he dies, Joseph Diaz isn't just

that car thief anymore.

He's an accomplice in a homicide.

It's Armstrong.

I got a couple of suspects in the Lakewood shooting.

Raymond Pritchett and Joseph Diaz.

The full file on Diaz, we just brought him in yesterday.

He should have a full description.

All units, we have a lookout for two suspects in the Lakewood Avenue area.

Come on, baby, give me something good. First suspect is Raymond Pritchett,

Caucasian, 21, 5 '10", brown hair, wearing a black coat.

The second suspect is Joseph Diaz, male, Hispanic, 17.

What's happening around here?

I'll check the closet.

Hey, man, I didn't know you kept all my stuff.

What did you do?

This isn't joy riding, man. A man's been shot. I didn't do it, man. You know

what that means? I didn't even go right out of the gun. You blew it, man.

You threw it all away, Joey.

Why? Why?

For what?

I screwed up, man.

Screwed up.

I need your help, Miguel.

I've been trying to help you.

But you lied to me, you steal, and now... How can I help you now?

Tell me, Joey.

How can I help?

Let's go.

Go where?

The police.

No, man.

You're going if I have to drag you there.

This is my brother, man.

Yeah, well, your brother was going to let you rot in jail.

Miguel. Just take a little nap, man. Did you find anything?

Just a few bucks, man. I told you he doesn't keep a lot of cash in the house.

Get his keys.

What? His car keys, man. They're going to be looking for Camry.

Get his keys.

Come on. They're going to be here any second.

You all right?

Cops. Easy, easy, easy. Come on.

Oh, take it slow.

What are you doing here?

Well, I heard about Joey.

He was here.

I tried to take him to the cops, but somebody clocked me from behind.

Yeah, you got a good knockup there.

I gotta go.

No, no, no, no. I gotta go find my brother. No, no, no, no. Look, you're

going anywhere.

They stole your car.

Thanks. Man, how did this happen?

Oh.

Listen, Miguel, I gotta go.

I think you're gonna be fine.

What's going on? There is a fire escape out back, isn't there? Yeah. Oh, good,

thanks.

What kind of car are you driving?

Plymouth. Brown Satellite. Plates say F -stop.

Call that in.

So, you know where they're headed?

No.

Listen, man.

I'll do all I can to help, but you gotta promise me.

You won't hurt my brother.

I can't promise you anything.

Joey's not a violent person.

There's a man fighting for his life in a hospital because of him.

That man dies, Joey's down for felony murder.

Same as if he pulled the trigger.

Look, let me come with you. If you find him, I'll talk to Joey. He'll turn

himself in without a fight.

Yeah, he might.

I'm not so sure about Raymond Pritchard.

Don't worry, man. I got plenty of friends in Detroit.

My friend Manny owns a snack club. He's going to hook us up, no problem.

I even got this cousin in Canada.

Canada? Well, if we have to.

All units suspect in the Lakewood shooting. Now driving a brown Plymouth

satellite. Manatee plate, F -stop. Frank, Sam, Tom, Ocean, Paul. You see,

that's your brother.

He's already turning us in.

It's okay. We'll just use the side roads now.

We need the gas anyway.

Dispatch, this is Unit 41.

We have a location on that brown Plymouth heading east on Parker Road.

Requesting backup, please.

You want regular premium or super premium?

Super.

Boy, you don't see many of these old Plymouths around, I tell you.

Hey, you don't have to do that, man.

It's part of the service.

All units, request backup 2 ,000 block of Parker Road.

Unit in pursuit of Brown, Plymouth, Vanity Plate, F -Stop, Frank, Sam, Tom,

Ocean, Paul.

Suspects are armed and dangerous.

Get over by the pole!

Ray!

Ray, listen to me.

The police are coming. It's over.

Too late, man. Not too late.

Move.

What are you doing?

Who gives a guy a gun, man? We're okay.

Joe, you can stop right now. You don't have to be part of this. Get back.

Drop your weapon.

Drop the gun.

Freeze.

Backup units to Parker Road.

Suspect now at the new Lenox gas station believes to be holding a civilian

hostage.

Great.

Dispatch. This is Detective Armstrong.

Have the units on scene to secure the area.

I'm three minutes out.

Another cop just pulled up.

Listen to me, Joe. You can still get out of this.

You forget him, man. You're in it deep.

Joe, you think about your future. You start running now, you're not going to

able to stop.

If you listen to him, you're going to end up in a six -by -nine cell.

Suspects are still inside.

Have you made contact yet? No, sir.

Who's the hostage?

A male Caucasian around 30. We don't have an ID.

This is Detective Paul Armstrong of the Chicago PD.

You're surrounded by police officers.

Put down your weapons and leave the building.

And we call the shots, man.

We got the hostage.

Let me talk to him. I need to know he's okay.

Armstrong, it's me.

Hopson?

I'm all right.

Look, we can work this out.

You want him to stay that way?

Huh? You back off!

Easy, Raymond.

I'll pop him, man.

If you give me any trouble, I will pop him.

Come on, Ray.

He's cool, man.

What do you want, Ray?

I just want to get back in that car.

If you let us drive out of here, we'll drop Pops in off later.

All right, take it easy, Raymond, all right?

I don't want anybody getting hurt.

I know you're scared. I know you didn't mean for things to get this far, but

it's time to stop.

You can't be a part of this anymore.

He still believes in you, Joey.

Not after this.

He's your brother. He believes in you.

We can't win anymore, man.

Are you with me or not?

Don't give up on yourself, Joey.

What's it gonna be, man?

I'm staying.

You're a loser.

Just like your brother.

Armstrong!

I'm coming out with Hobson!

And if anybody tries to stop me, he dies!

Hold your fire!

Raymond.

I was just trying to help you out.

You're gonna be okay.

Little help, please!

It'll be stiff, and you'll need some physical therapy, but I'd say you were

lucky today.

I know.

Hey, Doc.

The guy who was shot.

The one whose car I... He's doing fine.

Thank you, doctor.

She says I can get out of here in a couple of days.

Yeah, I know. That's good.

I'm not going to go home again, am I?

The cops nailed that chop shop because of your help.

That guy Lucas.

The judge will take that into account.

I'm still going to do time.

Yeah.

But you'll make it through.

And I'll be here when you get out.

Listen, I should get going.

Wait.

I'm sorry I got you involved in all of this.

It's all right. I got myself involved.

Still, that was a whole lot of trouble.

Yeah.

Just make sure you've been worth it, huh?

Not your job.

Still here?

Yeah.

Want some company?

No, I got some thinking I ought to be doing.

Well, you just did what you thought you had to do, Gary.

Yeah, a man got shot.

Joey got shot.

He's spending a longer sentence than if I'd just identified him in the first

place.

I'd say you were right.

Well, I don't get the paper, so I don't have to make the tough calls.

Night, Gary.

Night.

More tomorrow at the same time.

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