All language subtitles for The Commish s01e05e06 A Matter of Life and Death

Chevrolet license plate Eddie Mary Quick
769.

Want warrants and DMV. Stand by.

That tan Chevy Eddie Mary Quick 769, is
that a DWI?

Heavy resting unit, meet me on TAC -2.

X -ray 6 on your DWI. Meet C -1 on TAC
-2.

Hi, Bobby.

That DWI, you got any ID on him? No,
sir.

The car's clean. It belongs to a Phil
Kelsey. We suspended his license three

weeks ago.

Book him and impound the vehicle.

Tell Rondazzo when you get him downtown,
I want this guy on the balloon.

But give him a field sobriety and have
your partner witness it. Yes, sir.

This is Scali.

Tell Helen I want a 9 .30 appointment
with Judge Blackburn.

Right.

Oh, boy, sis, what a night.

So many things on my mind, I barely got
ten hours.

Oh, sis, could you put some onions in
the eggs?

I already did, Arnie.

David! Rise and shine!

Rachel, who moved the petri dishes?

These were in a special order.

I don't know, Arnie. I really don't
think anybody touched them. This is real

important, sis.

Lenny's coming over today. We have to
monitor the potassium and the biomass

growth in each front. I thought you
understood how important this was.

Morning, Arnie.

How's the kelp farm this morning?

It ain't a farm, genius. It's a Petri
dish test.

David, come on. We've got to leave in 15
minutes.

Arnie, breakfast.

I pushed the button today, babe.

I got everything humming.

I always said, we get clearance rates
above 80%, I make my move.

Why are we going to have onions in the
egg? Can't we just have normal?

For Arnie.

You ever hear of a department clearing
86 % of its felonies?

As soon as Larry gets in the office, I
call him. Oh, boy, Larry.

Oh, boy, there's a beaut. Good old
Larry.

You know, every time I see that guy on
TV, I want to puke.

He's my best friend.

Yeah, of course.

He gave you the job here. Now he's going
to give you a job in New York.

So you love him. This guy grew up around
the corner from me in Brooklyn.

He started with nothing. He made D .A.
at 40. You're growing kelp in coffee

sauces. Mooching food and boarding,
putting together business deals with a

who delivers ice.

Sure, go ahead. Take off on Lenny again.
He happens to be an expert at kelp

harvesting.

Tony, Larry's usually in by now. Why
don't you make that call?

Hey, kiddo.

I like it here.

And I like my friends on the street.

And I don't want to move.

Oh, you mean if I get the job in New
York?

No. No, not New York.

That's not what I meant.

What did you mean, honey?

Hey, Arnie, weren't you supposed to tie
these up and take them out?

I was gonna, but I don't have the
energy.

I went to my doctor. He says I got
general malaise.

Oh, yeah, I heard of general malaise.
He's a famous Italian army officer.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute. You think I enjoy being
bedridden half my life?

I don't got no energy.

You know, it's like I got that Lyme
disease, you know?

Hi, it's me, Larry. Put the button.

Okay, buddy, this is it.

This is our dream.

I'm very excited for both of us. Listen,
they said they're going to be here in

about a day, so you and Ray...

Listen, I want to talk strategy, but I'm
all swamped up this morning, so meet me

at Gino's at 12.

I'm there.

He's gonna do it. He's gonna do it.

No way a guy who looks like a butch is
gonna be the next police commissioner in

New York City.

Yeah? Watch me.

This is something that Tony's been
dreaming about ever since he was a beat

in Brooklyn. It's okay, honey. I don't
listen to him anyway.

See you tonight, kid.

What's wrong with David? He said it was
bothering him.

Well, it's probably the idea that we can
move to New York and have to live in an

apartment. He loves it here. He likes
our house so much. Yeah, but he said

wasn't it.

People don't always say what they mean,
genius.

You above all should know that.

You won't forget our appointment at 10
.30?

I'm leaving school early.

How could I forget one of our
appointments?

I love you.

What's wrong, John?

Fletcher and Henning didn't make end of
tour.

They're missing.

When did the dispatcher get the last
call? 3 .45.

We got the whole day tour out looking
for them.

Couldn't put it on the radio because the
newspaper and TV had been riding our

frequencies. We wanted to give ourselves
a chance to notify their wives.

I'll do that.

These were good cops, boss.

They're not dead, John, just missing.

See if they've been loaned out to
anybody or if they were working any side

Check with all the guys on the same
tour.

Wake them up at home if you have to.

Let's try to keep our heads up here,
okay?

Where are they, Commissioner?

We don't know yet.

Look, this doesn't mean anything more
than they didn't come back at the end of

the tour.

You're Mrs. Senning?

Get me coffee in there. I didn't get
mine this morning.

Commissioner?

Thank you.

Now, we got to have hope here.

Could be these two jamokes are sleeping
behind a billboard somewhere. They wake

up and wander in all embarrassed, okay?

We can't do our best finding them if we
panic. So I want you to try very hard to

answer the questions I'm going to ask
you.

Okay.

This is great coffee.

Boy, I ought to get this brand. Do you
do something special?

It has vanilla in it.

That's great.

Maybe you get a chance, you could write
down how much you put in for me?

Okay.

Now, to start, did they have any trouble
with the car? Were they complaining

that it didn't run too good, wouldn't
start, anything like that?

They get a call, were they chasing
anyone?

No. No, it was a quiet night.

So that's good.

What could have happened?

They wouldn't have fallen asleep.

Susan, I want you to hold on to my hand.

Squeeze it.

Now, I know this is tough, but anything
that you could tell me that might help

may make a big difference.

Okay?

Okay.

You wouldn't have a day to show anything
to go with this, would you?

They were getting along pretty good?

They're best friends.

Nobody hassling them? No old bus get out
of prison?

Threatening them? Anything like that?

No.

That's great, thanks.

Like I need it.

Do they have any favorite restaurants
that they like to eat at?

Or anything?

Stomach shops here and there.

Okay.

I'll be in touch with you hourly.

Stay home?

Thank you for coming, Commissioner
Scali.

Hey, it's Tony.

We're in this one together, okay?

She seems close to the edge. You look
after her.

One other thing. When I asked if they'd
been getting along, you looked away like

something was wrong. Was something
wrong?

No, there was nothing wrong,
Commissioner. They're very close. It's

They're very close?

I was afraid that they...

On their off time, they were away from
home a lot. They said they were playing

golf.

But I checked the public courses and
they didn't have tea off time.

So what'd you think?

I thought maybe they... I thought maybe
they had girlfriends.

Maybe. I told Susan that's what I
thought, but she wouldn't hear him. He

very mad.

But I don't know. I mean, maybe... If
they did have girlfriends, maybe that's

where they were. Maybe are.

Look, sometimes cops get loaned out on
off -duty time to... I know.

It's okay.

It's okay, Marsha.

Listen to me.

Sometimes cops get loaned out on off
-duty time to do surveillance cases for

feds or the state police.

I'll check with the...

With their supervisors.

Sometimes they don't tell their wives so
they can keep the overtime.

Maybe he's going to get you something
nice like a ring.

It's okay, Bush.

Okay, everybody listen up.

I don't have to give you the drill here,
guys.

Anybody knows anything, no matter how
remote, I want to hear it. Were Blatcher

and Henning hassling any hard cases?

Were they sanding down any hookers,
pimps? Did they have any side action

You don't have a lot of time here, so I
need anything you've got right now.

Spread the word, okay?

Okay.

I feel bad, Commissioner.

Those kids was always so nice to me.

Yeah.

Hey, hey, this is a crime scene, fellas.
I want gloves on everyone.

Sorry, boss.

I want a lab man here immediately.

I want both of these lockers thoroughly
cataloged, okay?

Get your printout in half an hour.

We're having all their friends on the
force FI'd in person.

This is a surveillance log. These guys
on something?

Not according to the chart.

I want handwriting match -ups done on
this log.

And I want it dusted in case more than
one person was keeping it.

These guys were sure as hell sitting on
something.

Tomorrow he's completely jammed up. No,
ten minutes at 5 .15.

Right.

Hi. Tony, I'm sorry about Blatcher and
Hennigan. Hey, we'll find them. You

giving that appointment with Judge
Bradford? No, he's already in court.

she's gonna cut Phil Kelsey loose. I'd
like a piece of that bet.

Donovan called. There's a hunger strike
at the county jail. The prisoners want

to meet with you. They didn't eat their
breakfast.

Tell Donovan to keep a lid on him. I'll
be there 2, 3 o 'clock this afternoon.

Where are you going?

I gotta go lose my breakfast.

I want to be in the same time zone as
these inmates.

I'm gonna go set my biological clock.
I'll be right back.

What's the matter with you, Tony? You're
not eating?

Look, Larry, this may not be the right
time for me to see the search committee.

You gotta call it off. You gotta tell
them to come some other time.

You do that, Tony, you're gonna flush
the chance.

Come on.

It's just... I got Blatcher and Henning
on my mind.

I don't know what happened to those two
guys, but I'm all they've got, Larry.

I can't be focused on these people about
a new job. On top of that, I got a

hunger strike down the county. See these
guys when they get here. What's it

going to take, a couple hours?

It's a couple hours I don't have.

What are you talking about? The way you
juggle balls, you could be in Ringling

Brothers. Hey, when you first got here
right out of Queens Homicide, what did I

tell them? I told them I was a cop. I
know this guy. He doesn't rattle. You

never have.

You proved me right then. Prove me right
now.

I ain't played none.

It's not like I'm doing this out of
goodness of my own heart. I got an

motive.

I'm gonna make the run in the fall.

I told Kathy and the kids last night.

You going for the attorney general fee?
That's why the timing.

It's like we planned it.

If I make it to Albany, you're not gonna
do me any good here.

But if you're the top cop in NYC, we'll
have the whole state bracketed. You

think we got clearance rates now? The
bent noses and drug pushers have

they never thought of.

Come on. I'll be there. I'll walk you
through it.

Tony, I need you.

You're the best police commissioner in
America.

Do it for me.

Do it for us.

What the hell is that?

Is that your stomach?

What, do you want to diet? Do I look
like a guy who diets, Larry?

I gotta go. Okay.

Okay, I'll meet with them.

Noon tomorrow. We'll break bread.

Tony, you'll find your cops.

It's just every hour that goes by makes
it worse.

I'm beginning to worry these guys got
checked out.

You'll find them.

If there's anything I can do, you'll let
me know, huh?

Okay. Enjoy your lunch, Larry.

How we doing? We turn anything yet?

They're retracing it, starting with grid
A1.

Roger. Catch me through to my office?

Yeah. Alan, how we doing?

Okay. You call him, Tony.

Judge Blackburn heard Phil Kelsey's
guilty plea at 11 .45, sentenced him to

eight months, then suspended the
sentence.

He's going to pick up his car at impound
as we speak.

Oh, no, he isn't. Fall over there and
tell Joe not to release the vehicle.

Just release the car.

Can't do it. Got no paperwork.

I'll sign whatever papers are necessary.
Look, I... Unless I have something for

you. Who else?

This is your doing, isn't it, Scali?

It's against the law.

You can't hold my client's property.

Calm yourself, Nestor. I hate to see
lawyers sweat.

My client wants his car back.

Except they don't have a driver's
license. Not that that ever stopped him.

You know, Philip, we keep pulling you
out of this car drunk.

Five times we busted you. It's beginning
to frustrate me.

I want my car back. You can't hold it.

He's gonna drive it home. Oh, no, he
ain't. Because this department has 24

to process 10 pounds, and this car was
booked in here at... 9 this morning.

So you guys come and see us at 9 or 10
tomorrow.

We'll see about returning your vehicle.

What's to process? It's sitting right
there.

There ain't nothing to process, guys. I
just want one night where I don't have

to go home and wonder whether Philip was
putting his car through the window of

Vito's Pizzeria and killing innocent
kids.

Now, get out of this driveway.

You're blocking a police right -of -way.

Come on.

Can we do that?

We just did.

We checked every address in Henning's
notebook.

Handwriting matches both Henning and
Blatcher, so they were keeping the lock

together. That's all the addresses.

Restaurants, donut shops, nightclubs,
markets, florists, shopping malls.

anything to you? Nope.

Except for the market, all these are
places you eat or sit or do leisure

activities. Whoever they were following,
this person had lots of time on their

hands. Maybe unemployed.

Maybe the guy's a pimp.

Henning and Blatcher both used to work
for us.

Yeah, I know.

So work that.

One address, 1257 Henry Street. That's a
donut shop. It shows up three, four

times here.

Why don't you go out there and show some
pictures of Blatcher and Henning?

See if they ever ate there, if the
manager knows them. Good idea, I'm on

Tony, it's 2 .20. You're supposed to be
at the jail to talk to the prisoners.

Also, your wife called. Oh, God.

She said something about an appointment
you had.

No, not ready yet. Uh, call Donovan.

Tell him I can't make it till later on
tonight, dinner time.

Yeah, okay.

You know, it's just amazing how this
stuff grows, Lenny. I mean, no planting,

fertilizer, no seed, no water. I mean,
it's the perfect damn crop, Lenny. You

don't got to do nothing.

I talked to my people over at C -Sub
International.

They say that the mini submersibles are
a good way to go, but you can't harvest

economically in deep water, and that's
got me worried. Yeah, me too, yeah. But

you know, I'm thinking, these fronds...

How fast do they grow in optimum
circumstances?

The laminaria or the neocystis?

Well, you know, the ones with the little
bulbs on the ends. The neocystis? Yeah,

right. I don't know.

Hey,

Lenny! I really

would appreciate it if you wouldn't park
your ice truck across the driveway.

Sorry. You see, I'm thinking, if we
could use the mini -submersibles, but,

know, only to go under the seabed, you
know, and to cut the string of stalks

from underneath, then we could unhook
the bed from the ocean bottom, right?

Would you move the truck, please?

I barely can get out.

I had to drive over some defenseless
petunias to get into the driveway.

Tony, we're dealing with a big
harvesting problem here, and you're

about a couple of half -dead petunias?
Come on. No, I'm not.

I'm saying move the truck, or I'll split
your lip!

You have the creative vision of a house
cat.

The ocean is going to feed the world in
the next century.

And while you and your stormtroopers are
out busting guys for jaywalking, we're

dealing with a solution to world hunger
here.

I'm going to let you slide, honey,
because I'm having a really horrible

But it ain't written on no stone tablets
in heaven that you get to sleep on my

sofa. And eat out of my refrigerator and
grow kelp in my coffee sauces. I'm

about one inch away from throwing this
kelp farm into the garbage with you

it. Oh, yeah?

Well, maybe you ought to talk to my
sister about that.

Because she happens to believe in global
sea farms.

As a matter of fact, she even put up the
money for the business cards. And look,

see? Business cards and the stationery.

Yeah, look.

This is them? Yes.

Are we going to hang these on the wall
with all the others?

along with the caterpillar farm and the
water mining company and the synthetic

diamond company and all the other get
-rich -quick, no -brain ideas you come

with. Tony, could I talk to you for a
minute?

I know he's your brother, Rachel, but we
didn't do anything, sis. He comes in

here, he starts in on us because he ran
over the petunias on his way in. I don't

know, some damn thing like that. He is
worried about his missing policeman,

Arnie.

You should be a little bit more
sensitive.

We need officers, Lenny.

I mean, this thing's working here.

It's appointment time.

I'm sorry. Your brother gets to me.

Oh, he means well.

Sometimes he gets tense, too.

Well, he's got a lot of pressure on him,
feeding the entire population of the

world with a kelp farm.

Anyone would crack.

Well, he's going to go to Carol's in a
month.

From sister to sister, mooching and
moaning.

He was always very sick.

And he needed a lot of mothering.

And then after my mom died, maybe all of
us girls just spoiled him.

I guess you're sort of not in the mood,
are you?

I guess.

But I'm here.

But Dr. Helen just said that if we want
to conceive again...

You should try this first, you know?

I know.

It's just... I'm having a really
horrible day.

It's like these two guys disappeared off
the planet.

I got a hunger strike down the county,
and now Arnie's kelp farm.

Maybe I could put those two together and
broom them off my problem list, huh?

Maybe instead of trying to have another
baby, we ought to just hold on to each

other for a while.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Maybe they found him.

Come on, you guys, get back. It's a
crime scene.

What do we got, Murph?

You're in the trunk, Commissioner.

It ain't pretty.

Headshot.

Come on, you guys, help me out here. You
got plenty of work to do downtown.

Anybody looks too stressed out, let me
know.

Any criers, let me know. Stan Kelly's in
bad shape.

He and Henning were in the academy
together.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

They're in there like a herd.

Yeah. That's what Murphy says.

We're going to get them out in a minute.

I can't stand behind this line,
Commissioner.

They were my friends.

Yeah, I know.

You stay here until we get a look, all
right?

I mean, like, it could be me in that
trunk. You know what I'm saying?

It could be me in there.

Don't untie the knots. Make sure you
preserve them.

Don't remove their weapons from their
holsters.

Tell Dr. Death I want entry wound
trajectory and powder residue

We got to take this car out of here on a
truck, dry it out, and go through it

fiber by fiber.

We need a time of death. Should be
sometime after 3 a .m.

I'll tell their wives. That one's on me.

May I help you, Commissioner?

I'm here if you need me.

What do you need, Commissioner?

Whatever I can do, Commissioner.

Okay, Stan.

Find out who owns this.

Belongs to the killer?

Just get out there and put that hat on
somebody. Can you do that?

Thanks, Commissioner.

Thanks. You bet I can do it. Okay,
you're off the chart.

Okay, everybody clear out of here so we
can get this car out of here.

God, I hate to lose cops.

We're going to find out who did this,
Murphy.

We're going to find out who killed these
fine men.

It was very quick.

They didn't suffer.

Your husbands were protecting all of us.

And they gave their lives in that
pursuit.

Thank you.

I overheard him. He said that he was
worried about the brass.

He said to try and think of anything.

He said that he was worried about the
brass.

His tour supervisor?

Special units? Me?

Did he say who?

He wouldn't say.

I'll look into it.

Oh, one other thing.

We found the log.

They were working on some kind of
surveillance.

They had places and times down. They
seemed to start about 2 and work on

about midnight.

It was going on for about two weeks.

They were not seeing Heather?

No, they weren't.

We don't know what or who they were
watching, but we'll find out.

I'd like to go and lie down.

Oh, Susan, I'm terribly sorry.

I promise you I'll find out who killed
them.

They're dead.

It's not going to bring them back.

They're going to make us feel better.

I don't know.

That's the only thing I have that I can
offer.

Already?

Yeah.

We already inventoried their lockers.
This is the stuff we found in their

at home.

Did you find anything?

Nope.

Irv's going over their phone dials.

Maybe there's something there. I wish I
knew what they were doing off -duty.

I won't forget your appointment.

Dr. Hellinger, over 9 o 'clock.

Do I have to do that, Rachel?

Tony, there's got to be a reason why
we're not having another baby.

We checked me.

Now we should check you.

Yeah, maybe I got tired blood, right?

The old sperm's got no zip in their
zippers.

Just go, all right?

We're good with children.

We got David. We should have more.

Well, I found out why David's acting so
strange.

Yeah? Well, he doesn't want us to have
another baby.

He says that he likes the family the way
that it is.

Well, he thinks that the reason we'd
have to sell the house is because we

have a room for the baby.

Doesn't he know we've got love enough
for everybody?

Yeah, I told him.

I think he needs to hear from you.

It would mean a lot to him.

Commissioner? Commissioner?

How are we doing in there, Commissioner?

Fine. Just fine.

Would you like a magazine?

No, no.

Everything's coming along. Thank you.

Okay, thanks for the sign -up sheet.

You got plenty of help.

Wallerstein's gonna coordinate leg
details.

The wounds were from 22 slugs.

We got lucky with one of the slugs. It
didn't break up on impact, so we should

be able to get a good ballistics match
-up if we can locate the murder weapon.

Trajectory indicates the weapon was
fired at a 25 -degree up angle.

The ME got good traces of barium and
antimony in the powder burns.

Looks like the killer was using
Remington .22 Longs.

That's it for now, except for this.

Pass it around?

It's some kind of unusual knot.

It's not a granny or a square. I've
never seen anything like it.

Have you guys ever seen a knot like that
before?

Okay, if not, leave it here for the guys
in the next tour. And thank you very

much for your help.

How you coming with the caps, then?
Making some progress.

Manufactured upstate, sold primarily in
this area by Heller and Smith Sports

Stores. I got about 6 ,000 computer
printouts to go through, but if the guy

by credit card, I could get lucky.

Good. Commissioner, thanks a lot for
letting me do this. If I didn't have

anything to work on, I don't know, I
think I'd be going nuts or something

that.

I got it.

Oh, no, no, no. What's going on here?
He's a nutcase. Stop it.

Let go of him.

Let go of him, damn it. That's an order.

the people of Earth welcome you.

It is not our custom to treat
intergalactic visitors with violence.

On behalf of the Intergalactic Council
of Earth People, I extend my apologies,

my greetings, and offer you the
hospitality of this planet.

We accept your hospitality.

Good.

As is our custom, we would like to have
you accompany one of our planet medical

officers to the best facility in this
area where you will be given food,

rest, and physical examination to check
for bacterial strains common

to the people of Earth.

A precaution to protect you from the
diseases of this planet.

Will that be acceptable?

We offer it with great respect to you
and your people.

That will be acceptable.

One moment.

Get into the psych ward of county.

Don't cuff him.

Put two guys in with him and tell him to
keep their mouth shut.

Then it is done.

You will be accompanied by our earth
ambassador.

He will take you forthwith to our
facility.

Thank you.

Pretty funny, huh?

This poor guy is sick.

He needs help.

We don't need to be banging his head in
and rolling around on the floor with

him. You guys got a delusional
schizophrenic. All you got to do is play

he puts you in.

He'll walk beside you and nobody gets
hurt.

Come on, we teach this stuff to you guys
at the academy. Let's get it right.

Tony?

Tony, you better get over to the impound
yard like now. What's up? A circus.

Here you go, Phil. Take it away.

You destroyed my car?

No, I didn't. I simply disassembled it.
You put these pieces back together, this

thing's as good as new. Maybe even
better than new.

Are you crazy?

I wonder how you could be defending the
rights of this drunk driver so self

-righteously. You're no better than
that, Commissioner.

The law is the law. And you have
destroyed my client's car.

A felony.

What I have done is interfered with your
client's rightful use and enjoyment of

said vehicle.

A misdemeanor?

That is the most outrageous thing I've
ever heard of. The most outrageous thing

I've ever heard of is that your client's
still out here trying to pick up his

car after being arrested and it drunk
five times.

Here you go, Phil.

Move it out of here.

How? Get a big bag.

Every day it sits in here, it's 35 bucks
storage fee.

I'm filing a lawsuit against you and the
city. I figured you would.

But in the meantime, Phil here isn't
going to be running anybody down in this

thing, is he?

It's been 30 hours for them. It's been
30 hours for me. I know your prisoners

are getting hungry out, but are they
getting violent?

Tell them I'll be there first thing
tomorrow.

I know.

I'm sorry.

Okay, you could squeeze in a trip after
you meet with the committee at lunch.

These things are delicate, Helen.

First ten hours, you're real hungry, you
know?

Then your stomach sort of shuts down.

You don't get ravenous again for about a
day, day and a half.

Then you get weak and you start
fainting.

Timing's everything.

We're in the shutdown period. I need
these guys really drooling, really

on, dreaming of hot beef and brown
gravy. Then we'll sit down and talk.

How do you know when then is?

When I'm hungry enough, they'll be
hungry enough.

Hey, Earth.

Did you talk to Blatch's tour
supervisor?

He said everything was smooth between
them.

Why was Blatch's so worried about the
Brats?

We've been going through their phone
dials. We got a sour note there. Go on.

Both these guys had Carl Slack on their
dials. About six different numbers for

them. Oh, I don't like that. That's
trouble.

These guys weren't working both sides of
the street, were they? As far as

everybody knows, they were good, clean
cops.

Oh.

I want to talk to Carl Slack.

Find out what that hemorrhoid is hanging
out. We're already on it, but those six

numbers are no good, and there's no
current address in his file, so we're

to have to hunt around.

After you threw him off the force, he
walked on his old lady, been living in

strippers' apartments.

You got to find him for me.

If he's where to be found.

I don't like that.

Damn it, I don't like that.

Hell of a deal.

The hell of a deal.

You know, those guys used to get their
haircuts in here.

I know.

Mel, it's killing me.

I hate to admit it, but I got nothing.

I'm juggling hard air.

I talked to their wives.

I don't know what to say.

What do you say to their wives?

Hell of a deal.

Hell of a deal.

Hey, you don't stop losing it on top,
I'm gonna have to stop cutting and start

buffing.

I'm not losing my hair, Mel. I'm growing
up through it. Oh, I see.

Everything in life's the way you look at
it, you know, Mel?

I guess so.

Hello, folks.

Sorry we're a little late.

Tony, you remember everybody from New
York last month? This is Leona Rice from

the Minority Action Council. We got Don
Chesney from the mayor's office.

And you remember Sheriff Garth Nielsen.
Nice to see you again, yes.

Hell of a thing, your two guys getting
killed.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm still real shook about
it. It was me. I wouldn't be shook. I'd

be mad.

I'd be out there doing something about
it.

Well, that's sort of what I meant.

Not what you said, was it?

So what are you doing about it?

I'm heading up the investigation, which
includes a review of every case they've

worked on. Is it standard practice for a
commissioner to have that kind of hands

-on approach to a case?

Well, I'm a hands -on commissioner.

When it involves members of my
department, yes, it's standard.

I noticed you had only 7 .5 % minority
employment in your department.

Well, that's sort of incorrect.

I have the statistics.

The department includes more than just
police officers. We also have non

-certified personnel, clerks,
secretaries. You include them, they were

12%. I didn't add them in.

I'm talking officers only.

Yes, well, you should add them in. The
department was only at 5 % when I came

here three years ago.

I've instituted a minority hiring
program.

We're bringing up the number
consistently.

That's still way under national quota.

But that's changing as fast as I can,
and not if you include non -certified,

which I maintain that you should.

How'd I do on the test?

You were the top scorer.

You got 100 % on the legal section.

I mean, I guess that's because you got a
law degree from Florida.

You also did well on the essay section.

Oh, I knew it.

I'm really good with forensic science. I
went to the entomology school at the

FBI. I did a lot of field work on crime
scene preservation.

Entomology? Shall we order the main
course?

You see, time of death estimates are
never precise.

So, uh... Tony. Yeah? You okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. You're not gonna
eat?

I'm fine.

Um... The insect half -life on larvae is
six hours.

Maggots breed in oral and nasal
cavities.

You see, they like mucous membranes or
open wounds, and they will reproduce

rapidly in a ripe cadaver.

Uh -oh.

There's my office. Tony, you go ahead.
This is fascinating stuff.

So you take a scraping.

Careful not to remove any of the
maggots, because those eggs are very,

crucial to the time of death estimate.

Excuse me. Can you do me a favor and ask
Commissioner Scali to come see me? I

have a problem at the office.

Yes, sir.

Ligatures and rope burns tend to draw
insects, so we studied that carefully in

the crevices, under the arms. Excuse me.

Mr. Bickford would like to speak with
you, Commissioner. A problem at the

office.

Excuse me.

What's up?

What the hell are you doing?

I'm nervous. They don't like me. Well,
if you would stop talking about maggots

breeding in nasal cavities, you might
change that.

What is wrong with you, Tony, to having
lunch? You look like a jamoke.

Next thing you'll be talking about
digestive tract, metabolic, stomach

and fecal analysis.

God, how could I have done that? You're
very nervous. You're nervous. You're

nervous. Just calm down. Be yourself.

They love you.

They don't love me. They love you. They
hate me, Larry.

They don't love me. They don't like the
way I look. Leona writes, hates me.

I hate being evaluated.

It's a shortcoming. We'll get you
through lunch. You take them out in the

You drive around the precinct. Show them
your coppers and choppers. You'll be

out in the field. You'll be very
comfortable.

Yeah, you're right.

Maybe if I show them around the
precinct, it'll be better. Yeah, yeah.

right.

Listen.

Dwayne, wait just a minute. Do me a
favor, huh?

Come on.

Come on.

What do

you got, Jonathan?

I got your location with Carl Slack.

The Billy Club.

Got there about ten minutes ago.

So, we're in the living room, and we got
this body, except it ain't got no head

on it.

Don't interrupt. I'm getting to the
comical part.

I look into the ice bucket.

Carl Black!

Wait outside.

I'd like to finish my beer before...
Shut up. Do what I tell you.

Pretty good job you got here, Carl.

You drink a beer for a living now.

I don't want to listen to you.

After what you did to me, I don't have
to.

Yeah, bitch you off the force because
you crossed the line.

Last three callers you made wound up in
intensive care instead of in court. What

did you expect me to do? I wore the
uniform.

I expected you to back me up.

You hear I lost a couple of blues?

Yeah, I heard.

Did you hear anything else?

I should help you now?

I was thinking more about their
families.

I figured since you knew them, you'd
want to help. They were kids, I heard.

I was at the academy for only a couple
of years. I didn't know them.

Don't shock me, Carl.

Your name was on their phone dials.

Now, I'm going to be a pimple on your
wrath.

So you can either explain to me what
your name was doing there, or you can

lot of pimple cream.

I'm a PI now, you know.

Blatcher thought his old lady was
playing around.

He had me follow her a few weeks.

Was she?

Don't push me, huh?

If you push me, you're not gonna like
what you get.

Gee, I hope that wasn't a threat call.

Because threatening a police
commissioner with bodily harm is

imprisonment of up to one year.

Oh, but you already know that, don't
you?

After all, you wore the uniform.

Jeez, Carl really looks great, you know?

Terrific. His skin's all cleared up.
There's no flaking on his forehead

He really looks great. I'm really happy
for him. Just supposed to show you. What

the hell are you talking about?

Asian myogonohepococcus?

The penicillin doesn't hit it?

That's why Carl was put off the force?

You guys haven't been... I mean, he
hasn't... Uh, no.

Of course not.

Oh, good.

It's real contagious.

I'm really happy for him. He really
looks great. Really great.

You guys have fun now.

Commissioner's office.

Hi, it's me. Tell Irv I want Ronnie
Lopez rolling to the Billy Club ASAP.

making a loop around it and I'll meet
him there.

Tell him to use his personal car and
come up West Pine. That's my location.

Donovan called.

The inmates are ready to start
cannibalizing.

Yeah, it's about that time. Tell him I'm
on my way. And call Corelli's and order

me a number 8 to go.

Tony, listen, be careful with Swack. You
know he's a court low, and what's

inside the crankcase is dirty.

I love it when you talk mechanical.

Get out of my face.

Give him a knee, short and sweet for me.

You remember Carl Slack?

Yeah. He's a suspect in Blatcher and
Henning. If you lose him, the boat's

registered to the girl, a Marie Pulaski,
25 Neptune.

And I want Collins, Ronnie, no matter
when.

Where have you been, man?

We've been calling since yesterday
afternoon.

We've got serious problems.

Fellas, I've had a couple of days you
wouldn't believe.

Non -stop, on the go, every two minutes
there's something.

We ain't here to talk about you.

When you're right, you're right.

You guys gonna listen?

This facility is in violation of the
Department of Corrections Regulations

-6 through 123 -8 inclusive.

You want to refresh me on that?

Item one, the food is atrocious.

Item two, the plumbing system on the
upper floors is in a complete state of

breakdown.

We are entitled to adequate recreational
facilities reflective of the current

state of technology, which should
include

new

VCRs with remote.

And new color television with remote on
each floor.

Damn, they forgot the Louis dressing.

I'm sorry. Go on. I'm listening.

Item three.

Private visitation rooms which can be
secured by the inmate.

Item four.

Improved gymnasium facilities.

You want to split this?

Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry, fellas.

If they found out inside that you guys
were scoffing food, they'd make

out of you.

I'm sorry. That was close.

Now, as far as

the food's concerned, I'll get the chef
from City Hall down here to supervise

your kitchen.

He'll eat as good as we do. The toilets
will be fixed in 24 hours. My word.

What's wrong with the gym?

The weights are hefty.

They heavy?

Yeah. Well, then they accomplish the
purpose.

Come on, fellas.

You knew that one was a loser when you
threw it in.

And we want private visitation rooms for
conjugal visits.

Uh -uh.

Violation of Regulation 17, Stroke 2.

That one I remember.

This is a jail, fellas, not a motel.
Next time, run faster. You won't get

caught.

Well, take a couple of days.

Then let me know what you want to do.

Wait a minute. We're not finished.

Oh, neither am I, but I can't eat this
whole thing.

What about our demands?

Food and toilets, yeah. The rest of this
stuff, no can do.

What about amnesty?

To forgive is divine, and you guys know
I'm divine.

Thanks for coming up.

It could have got hairy.

How is the food, Al?

I've got to complain about something.
Yeah, but is it really bad?

Oh, no, I know. I don't eat here.

Start three times a week. I hear you
miss your gun.

Where is he, Ronnie?

He's in the girlfriend's house.

She looks like she's trying to throw him
out.

He ain't having any. It's a pretty good
show. Could go either way.

Tell Randazzo your location.

Flag starts moving, I want you to beat
me.

Yes, sir.

C -Sub model ST -7439.

Suggested retail, $675 ,000. Now, we're
going to let it go to you for our cost,

$425 ,000, with all stock cutting and
frond bagging accessories included.

Wait, you're going to knock a quarter of
a million off the sticker. I've got to

say to myself, whoa, back up.

My baloney meter is touching the red
zone.

Cards on the table, Arne. We're making
you this offer because C -Sub wants to

use your contract to obtain startup
financing.

You don't actually have a submersible
bill?

But the benefit to you is customization.

Our production facilities don't have to
be retooled to enable us to meet your

specific submersible needs.

It's a symbiotic relationship.

Well, you know, symbiosis is the basis
of every successful business venture in

history.

Black & Decker, Smith & Wesson.

Give me a pen.

Oh, Lenny, there's a camera in the hall.
We should get a picture of me signing,

you know, for the brochures.

Don't do it, Arnie. You don't know what
you're signing.

Tony, it's written in English. It's a
language that I happen to be conversant

in. Arnie, I should look at it. I went
to law school.

Yeah, well, that's the problem.

You know what lawyers always say?

No, don't commit.

Too risky.

They're a bunch of no -meisters.

I don't want to see you get screwed.

I just saved a quarter of a million
dollars.

Tony, you just sit on the sidelines,
okay? That's what you're good at.

I'm committing.

Because that's what it takes to build an
empire.

Do what you want. I got a dinner to go
to.

Say cheese.

I got a shower and shave, hon.

We'll do it at the restaurant in half an
hour.

What are you doing?

Don't tell me you forgot we're going to
dinner with the search committee

tonight. No, I didn't forget.

What's the matter?

Hey, what's wrong?

Are you sick or something? Yes, I am.

I'm sick of you saying how much you want
another baby.

Because all it amounts to is talk.

Unless there's some scientific
breakthrough that I don't know about.

Talking won't do it, Tony.

Do you hurt from the doctor?

Do you really think I wouldn't?

Mrs. Scali, we checked your husband's
specimen.

You'll never get pregnant, but your
laundry went great.

It's not funny.

It was humiliating, Tony.

If you don't want another baby, tell me.

Don't make me the brunt of your jokes.

I wasn't trying to humiliate you. I
was... Stupid and juvenile. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I do want to have another baby.

Honest to God.

Just the way we're going about it.

Between you and your thermometer and me
watching the clock, we might as well be

making cheese.

Why can't we just do things the way we
used to?

On the couch at my parents'. We were
trying not to make babies then.

Remember?

I mean the Riverside Ballroom.

Just you and me.

Have a little champagne, a little
schmooze, a little dance.

You mean like a date?

Yeah, a date.

It's been months, Rach.

We put on that blue dress.

Now with the houndstooth, we'll go to
Carmine's.

Get a bowl of clam.

Have a beer with Papa John.

I mean, what about that search
committee?

Maybe... Maybe we could go after him.

I don't care if Phil Kelsey wants to
drive around pounding the scooter.

If he's drunk, we'll take that apart and
arrest him for drunk scooting. Aren't

you worried about the flack over this?
You never have to worry if you're right.

Mr. Kelsey's car may not be intact, but
Commissioner Scali's sense of humor

still is.

The last bluff, however, may belong to
Kelsey's lawyer, who's filed a $1

suit against the city.

And speaking of laughing... It certainly
looked like you were enjoying yourself.

This man was allowed access to the... to
the public street by a judge who

refused to take appropriate... Leona, I
don't think it was Tony's intention.

I have a serious problem with any law
enforcement officer who violates the law

and then brags about it on television.

My husband was trying to prevent a much
more serious crime.

It's count to be a plot into a crosswalk
full of children. All of you would have

been calling for Tony's head.

As far as I'm concerned, he was trying
to save people's lives.

You can't ask a cop or anyone else to do
more than that.

How about some more wine?

Tony, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have jumped into the middle
of things.

It's over, Rach.

I'm DOA as far as the committee's
concerned.

I'm not what they wanted.

I was kidding myself for thinking I was.

You are the best commissioner this
town's ever had.

But I'm not tall, and I'm not smooth,
and I don't have a silver tongue to go

with the silver hair.

They got a picture frame to put their
commissioner in. I just don't fit it.

I don't want to hear what you don't have
or what you're not.

You've got guts, you've got brains, and
you've got heart.

And I think you still have a good shot
at the job.

My big mouth didn't ruin it.

If I'm still in the running, what you
said won't matter.

But even if it knocked me out of the
box, it was worth it to hear you say it.

I can't even begin to figure out how
much I owe you.

I'm running a tab.

Why don't we go home and work on that
next baby?

For you, Commissioner.

Thank you.

Scali.

Yeah, Herb?

I want that scene maintained.

Rope it off. Call forensics. You know
the drill.

Get Marty down there.

I have another officer down.

Take the car.

They need you, Tony. I'll just get a
cab.

Do your job, Commissioner.

Herbie Taylor.

He was on loan to Larry Bickford's
office the last six months.

Hands tied behind his back.

Same knot as Blatcher and Henning.

Marty, what do you think?

A little bottle of larvae in the wound.

Speculating until I get him back to the
lab, but by their size, I'd estimate a

type of death between 36 and 40 hours.

Oh, God. God.

Who would do this?

No more tomorrow.

It looks like the same no more as my
blues.

Same knot, same head wound.

He was three months away from his
pension.

I know.

I mean, I hadn't seen her in a couple of
days, but I thought he was skating by.

He was a solid pro, though.

Listen, if there's anything that I can
do, you let me know, huh?

More on top of it.

Give my love to Kathy, okay? Thanks.

See you tomorrow. Yeah.

Jerk.

All units, all frequencies, this is C
-1.

Felony hit and run.

Wants warrants on an 83 Chevy Caprice.

Black or dark blue.

Heavy window tint.

New York partial, Charlie 9 -4, moving
south on Lindell.

Banged up on the passenger side.

This guy ran me off the road.

Who went down?

Old -timer, Harry Taylor.

Always reminded me of the guys when I
was a kid. I used to hang down at the

station house and listen to the
detectives.

Doing what you can, Tony.

Everybody knows that.

But he's still out there. He's still out
there.

I don't know how everything... How could
everything be going so wrong all at the

same time just when everything's going
so right?

Everything's not going wrong.

You have a home to come to.

Every night.

Where the people who love you live.

No matter what else happens, that is
confident.

Don't you ever, ever say that
everything's going wrong.

I ordered 24 hours surveillance on the
house and protection for you and David.

Somebody tried to run me off the road.

I'm all right. Well, who was it? Did
they get them?

He got away.

I wasn't going to tell you. I didn't
want to frighten you. God, we've been

through this, Tony.

We're together.

I have the right to know good or bad.

That's something you do want me.

Sometimes I wonder why you put up with
all that.

I married a cop.

Naomi. Got

a

second? My mom said I can't be late to
school anymore.

Something's kind of bothering me.

I need your advice.

Dave?

Those officers that got killed?

They had kids.

We're working with the psychologist now
to try to figure out how much they

should be told about what happened.

About the kind of work their fathers
did. The truth, you know?

I wanted to know what you think.

How old are they?

About your age, maybe a little younger.

If they're my age, yes.

If they're younger, no.

So you figure it depends about the
cutoff?

Yeah. Otherwise, they can freak.

Maybe the older kids could help the
younger ones handle it?

Maybe.

Okay. Tends to cutoff. Thanks.

You think...

You would help your younger brother or
sister handle something like that? I

don't want a brother or sister.

Why not?

Things are fine the way they are now.

This is my room.

No one's taking it away.

It's my room alone.

Why do you need another kid?

How come I'm not enough?

Come here.

I'm going to miss the bus.

I'll drive you.

You're my firstborn son.

Nothing and no one will ever take your
place in my heart.

Your mother and I want more kids because
we love each other. We want to make

more of a family for you and for us.

But I couldn't ask God for a better kid
than you. Because he'd say, forget about

it. They don't come better.

Between you and me, your mom's kind of
missing having a baby around the house.

I mean, you're getting to be a man and
all. You know what I'm saying?

One other thing, because you passed the
cutoff.

Somebody tried to hurt me last night.

They didn't, but we didn't catch them
yet either. So I want you to keep your

eyes open, you know?

You think he'll try and get me?

No.

But I just want you to be careful.

And when you're here with your mom and
I'm not here, I'm going to be counting

you to look after her, okay?

Did you order surveillance?

Yeah. Good.

Until there's only so much I can do.

Commissioner. Yeah, Johnny.

I was passing that knot around the
squadron like you said.

It's an upholstery knot. How'd you get
that?

Well, Connor used to work at Eastbridge
Upholstery when he was in high school.

And he said once you tie those knots, it
never slips.

Help you?

Could be, John.

Hey, you ever pull Carl Slack's file for
me, please?

See if Larry's in his office. I need to
talk to him.

Okay, he left a message at 7 .30. Still
hopeful with committee. Don't love the

ghost. Yeah, get him for me, okay?

What are you looking for?

Previous work experience.

I want you to call every upholstery shop
in the Tri -County.

I want you to see if they know Carl
Slack, if you ever worked for him, even

kid.

Any connection we could... Look at this,
Irv.

Black father's name, Peter Joseph.

This is what we needed.

I got our cop killer.

Guy I pitched off the force a couple of
years ago. Carl Slack, you know him.

I know of him.

Slightly to the right of Hitler.

I assume you can connect him.

Blatcher, Henning, and Taylor were all
tied up with upholstery knots.

Slack's old man owns an upholstery shop.

That's your connection.

Slack's name was on Blatcher and
Henning's phone dials. Come on, Tony,

proves nothing.

What's his motive?

He doesn't need a motive. He's a
psychopath.

Thank you, Dr. Freud.

He's the guy. You may think so, but I've
got to prove it. Can you hook him up

with the weapon?

No. Tony, you're giving me nothing.

He's the guy who tried to kill me last
night. I know it in my gut. We're trying

to make the car right now.

If he tried it, it was in a hot vehicle.
Even if you're fighting, you're not

going to get anything. Tony, he was a
cop. He's not going to leave latent.

All you've got is circumstantial and
your gut. I'm not going to file a case

based on that. Would you stop worrying
about your conviction rates? This guy's

killer. I know how to do my job.

Then do it. We've made worse cases than
this stick like glue.

I'll file against him when you give me a
case.

I'm not going to do it just so you look
good to the committee.

Is that what you think this is about?

After all these years, that's what you
think?

You think all I'm interested in is my
conviction rate?

Oh, Tony.

I want whoever killed those cops.

I want them as badly as you do.

I want a case I can make.

For that, I need physical evidence.

And if there is no physical evidence,
and if more cops die, what then, Larry?

Bison, I'm with you. Just give me what I
need to put him away.

It ain't 2 .30.

I didn't check my temperature.

Oh, and I feel conception in the air.

I think that's a take.

What are you thinking?

Don't laugh.

Why?

I was just thinking.

Life and death are so fragile.

And here we are trying to start a new
life.

A few miles down the road, there are two
women trying to deal with the end of

life.

Sometimes you just can't figure it.

I love you.

God, how I love you.

He's still in the car

He's

moving now

Come on, turn around.

Let me get a look.

Making permission.

Cross -reference the last year's
bookings.

I'm looking for a case that involved
Blatcher Henning, Herbie Taylor, and

Bickford. All four of them. They all had
to have worked the case.

There it is, Commissioner.

They all worked on a homicide three
months ago.

That's the only one.

I need a printout.

Thanks.

Three months ago, Irving, a homicide.

Connective tissue.

A guy named Harold Boggs holds up a mini
-market.

That's a mini -market.

No.

Boggs kills the store owner. He drops
the gun.

A .38.

Blatcher and Henning search the garage.

Oh, that's a garage.

I'm an impressionist.

They search the guy's garage.

They find nothing. They got the weapon,
but no physical evidence to hook him to

it. Well, how do we get the convictions?

Herbie Taylor's assigned to Bickford's
office.

Larry sends him out the next day. Herb
finds a coffee can full of 38 casings.

Brass shell casings.

Well, how come Blatcher and Henning
didn't find the casings were planted?

Larry had the gun in the evidence room.
All he had to do was fire off a couple

of rounds and then plant the casings in
the garage.

You know what you're saying, Tony.

And about who?

Blatch's wife said he was worried about
the brass.

I thought that meant it's superior.

It was those paintings.

He knew they were plants, and so did
Henning and so did Taylor, because they

were all comparing notes.

They were all killed by the guy who was
planting evidence for Larry Bixby.

How the hell does he figure into
anything?

He was on Larry's pad.

I saw him last night at the meet.

He planted the stuff so that Larry could
make the conviction.

But all of a sudden, three cops know
about it.

And when the heat looks like it's going
to come down... I want you to dummy up a

case file, Irv.

I'm going fishing.

I'm going to catch myself a district
attorney and his trigger man.

Class dismissed.

We got him.

Larry, we got him nailed.

Call Slack?

No. Peter Sudakis. Peter Sudakis.

We called him last night at Proposal's
bar.

Turns out Blatcher and Henning got him
on an assault charge 18 months ago. He

threatened him in court. He was
furloughed two days before Blatcher and

were killed.

I'm figuring Herbie Taylor was with him
when he got it.

Sudakis just wasted them all.

Tony, this is great.

Only I got a problem.

It's a tough case to make.

I'm lacking the evidence to hook him.

Where is he now?

This guy had motive and opportunity.

Our cops were tied up with upholstery
knots. This guy worked at an upholstery

shop in prison. He's a dead -bang fit.

It looks wrong. I'll give you that.

So you feel in your gut he's the one.
I'm like this.

Then we gotta go with it.

No physical evidence at all.

I can't even get a warrant.

I got no PC to search his place.

I know you want a case you can make, and
for that you need physical help. If you

feel that strongly about it, I'll get
you the warrant. We gotta move on this

now. I promised their wives that I'd...
I'll get you the warrant by 9 .30

tomorrow morning.

But that's when I want your best guys
out at his place.

Thanks, Larry.

Hey, are we a team or are we a team,
huh?

Okay, Mel, let's go eat.

What did you have me waiting in here
for? I could have been down at Mort's.

Could have had us a table already.

I can't keep the shop closed all day
long, you know.

Hair grows.

Well, on some guys anyway.

Stop fetching. Lunch is on me.

You okay now?

Thanks, Commissioner. I got my feet
under me now.

You got a suspect.

You want him on the bus?

You got an ad?

Gotcha.

Get him! Get him. Get him off. Get him
off. Over there.

Keep your hands behind your back.

Don't break his arm. Don't break his
arm.

Put the guns away. Put the guns away.

Get him up here. Come on. Get up.

I'll bet this .22 is going to match the
slugs we pulled out of three dead cops.

I want to make a statement. I don't want
to hear it. Let me talk.

What about your rights?

Forget about it. Can we make a deal?

I'll give you what you want. You got
nothing I want. You're going to do time,

Carl. I got a name.

I got a name you got no idea.

The guy behind all this.

We can cut a deal.

We can work it out.

Take the cuffs off.

I'll put them back on.

Get them down to hold it. We'll take the
statement.

Hey, pal, you're here late.

Get your coat.

What's going on?

Get your coat.

Faison? You have the right to remain
silent.

If you give up that right, anything you
say... Tony, what are you doing?

Shut up. It can be used against you.

Stop it. You have the right to an
attorney.

If you cannot afford one, one will be
provided for you, you maggot.

Tony, what are you doing?

I was praying I was wrong, Larry.

But we caught Carl Slack tonight
planting the murder weapon in a bogus

put in Peter Sadakis' file.

You were the only one with that file,
Larry.

You promised me you'd get the warrant
tomorrow.

That gave you tonight to plant evidence
one last time.

You're an accessory to three murders.

Slack rolled over on you.

Tony, I didn't tell him to do it.

Get your coat.

I swear to God, I didn't know.

Your coat.

Slack was only supposed to plant the
evidence.

Blatcher and Henning were on to him. I
didn't tell him to kill him. I swear to

you. Tony, we can still make this thing
right.

The committee, they're on the edge, but
I know. If I talk to him, I can swing

him over to your side. You can still get
the job.

We can still make this thing happen,
Tony. We can make the dream come true.

You killed the dream, you bastard.

All my life I looked up to you.

If I had a brother, I wouldn't have
wanted him to be just like you.

You broke my heart.

Help me?

No.

Tony.

Tony, it's like you don't even know me.

Help me.

Why?

You're dead.

You died the moment I saw you with Carl
Slack.

Did I tell you not to sign the papers? I
told you not to sign the papers.

He signed the papers.

I offered to look at them.

But what was his response?

Lawyer said no.

If I said no, you wouldn't be looking at
a $2 ,500 penalty payment.

You got the skins?

No. Penalty for what?

For having the courage to dream.

Mr. Sandman here signed an agreement
that calls for a $2 ,500 penalty payment

C -Sub International if your genius
brothers under the deal go south.

The kelp farm's food for the fishes,
right?

It was Lenny's fault.

He should have known you need leasing
rights to grow kelp. Can't you get them?

No. The EPA declared a moratorium and no
one can start up a new farm.

I mean, Lenny should have known that.
I'm the visionary. He's supposed to take

care of all the technical stuff.

What could they do to him?

Jail. Up to six months in county.

But the food's much better now.

Tell me.

Wait. Sis, he's right.

I made a mistake, and I have to face the
consequences.

Right.

You know, the damnness and the cold will
probably accelerate my rheumatism, but

that's part of the price.

My joints will swell up like grapefruits
and...

I'll probably be bedridden, but... You
know, it'll be like when we were kids,

Rachel. Yeah, barely get out of bed now.
I'm susceptible to fungus.

Couldn't we lend him the money?

He'll never repay what he owes us now.

Rachel, just don't worry. It'll be okay.

Just visit me in jail once a week.

You know, turn me over so the fungus
spreads evenly, and thank God Mom will

never know.

Don't worry.

As soon as I'm over my malaise, I'm
going to Carol's.

I mean, I'd be out of here today if I
wasn't so exhausted.

He won't go.

He says he will, but he won't.

Thank you.

I made seven o 'clock reservations.

And then we hit the ballroom.

Maybe we should just stay

at home tonight.

I really thought you'd get it, Tommy.

You would have been the best
commissioner that New York ever had.

And what hurts is not even getting a
chance.

What am I, 80?

There'll be another opening someday.

Meantime, I'm doing what I always wanted
to do.

And I got a home to go to every night
where the people who love me live.

Not so bad.

My time will come, sweetheart.

Our time will come.

Time is here.