All language subtitles for The Commish s01e16 True Believers

Did you get it?

Whoa. That must have cost a lot of
money.

You ain't kidding.

Is your mother upstairs?

Not yet. I'll tell her the bathroom sink
is leaking. She hates that.

Okay. We gotta time it.

So, your mother comes back downstairs
just as the balloons float up.

As soon as she sees the ring, we'll yell
happy anniversary.

Got it.

She's going to love this.

I bought her balloons on our first date.

Go inside.

Bathroom sink is leaking.

Not again.

Come back here!

They recused $2 ,000!

I'm the police commissioner!

Don't you have homes?

You think after breaking your back all
week, the money you earn belongs to you.

But you're wrong.

Just take a look at your paycheck.

See how much the feds take?

See how much the state takes?

I guess we should feel grateful they
leave us anything at all to feed our

families with.

Where is that money?

Defense?

Schools? Maybe a little, but you know
where most of it goes?

Welfare!

That money you worked so hard for, it
doesn't belong to you at all. It belongs

to people who are too lazy to work for
themselves.

People who sit out on their front steps
every night laughing at you.

You mean black people.

Why don't you just come right out and
say it, you bigot.

It's not bigotry to ask that the real
working people of this country get an

break. You mean white people. White
people built this country.

White people fought wars to keep this
country free. I'm not ashamed to be

I'm proud.

Oh, yes, the police are always handy
when one of them needs protection. But

who's protecting the decent, working
people of this country?

Nobody. Am I right?

Am I tired of working for other people?

Hey, Calixto, check it out.

contributions. We need your help. Will
you give it to us?

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate you coming. Thank you.

Some people only see visions in their
dreams.

I can have a vision any time, day or
night.

Okay.

So, do you use any special equipment?

Um, crystal balls.

Crystal balls are ridiculous.

I use pyramids.

They see the future far more clearly
than any crystal ball

when it comes to romance.

No kidding.

Listen, let me ask you something.

Do you see anything coming my way?

I see a redhead.

A tall redhead.

Yeah?

Here's my card.

When you meet her, bring her in for a
joint session.

Okay. Thanks.

Hi, boss.

Stan, what the hell are you doing?

Licensing psychic. You know.

It's the city council order. Oh, I
forgot about that. Yeah, Councilman

is very serious about all this
paranormal stuff.

He wants us to keep a file on all the
psychics and the fortune tellers in the

area so we can separate the real ones
from the fake. Well, we got enough

in town this week.

Now we got a crazy on the city council.

It's crazy.

Crazy.

Hey, Rose.

Saw you at the rally yesterday.

I didn't know we had any undercover.

Wasn't undercover.

You're kidding, right?

You mean you were there for real?

I need your permission or something.

Mike, Mike.

The guy's a racist.

Look, some of what he says makes sense.

You're like what?

Well, like when he talks about
economics.

Economics?

His economics is code for rub out
everybody with dark skin.

Look, you know, you people are too
sensitive.

You people?

What kind of people is you people?

Short broads with big mouths.

Commissioner?

Sullivan Godfrey.

Commissioner Scali.

This is my assistant, Donald Barrett.
Commissioner.

Will you mind if we sit?

Death threats.

By average.

Three or four a week.

I've been in Eastbridge one day and I've
gotten five.

Lively town.

You give pretty lively speeches.

There's some ugly things in those
letters, Commissioner.

I need protection while I'm in your
city.

I'm more concerned with protecting the
city from you.

That was uncalled for.

Everyone in the state knows what you're
about.

Stir up hate and fear, collect your
money and move on to the next town. I

suppose we shouldn't be surprised by
your attitude.

Jewish wife, Negro secretary?

Even a white citizen has a right to
state his opinions without being

As you see, I've been threatened.

It's your job to protect me. Will you do
it or not?

I'll do my job.

Just make sure you don't step out of
line.

We'll need extra security for the march
through Morgan Heights.

What? We're staging a march through
Morgan Heights on Thursday.

We'd like to avoid trouble.

Then stay out of Morgan Heights.

It's the most ethnically mixed area in
the whole city.

Constitution gives us the right to
assemble, just like any other Americans.

intend to exercise that right. It gives
you the right to assemble peaceably.

Then do your job and make sure it stays
peaceable.

You can coordinate the details with Mr.
Barrett. He'll be in touch shortly.

Even a sleazeball like Sullivan Godfrey
has a right to his own opinions. That's

basic First Amendment stuff.

And he was threatened.

Hey, no great loss.

We're not going to let our personal
feelings interfere with doing our jobs.

While he's here, we're going to protect
our city, and we're going to protect

him.

It doesn't matter what Sullivan
Godfrey's about. What matters is what

about. I thought you killed one maniac.
You got three others waiting to take his

place, right?

You want the soil sack protected?

We'll protect them.

Assignments will be posted within the
hour.

Okay, thanks, everyone.

You know, when I was a kid, I spent a
lot of time eating dirt because of guys

like him. Hey, Greta, yo, Vic.

Yeah, a lot of little kids gonna eat
dirt with like guys in town.

You still got a job to do.

No, not me, not this one.

I make the assignments, guys.

Yeah, well, I feel a cold coming on. You
know, starting right now. I'll dock you

every day you're out.

Do what you gotta do.

Tony, meet Franklin Sharp.

Missioner. A pleasure.

Franklin founded the One Neighborhood
League up in Morgan Heights.

I've heard a lot of good things about
you and the league. In fact, I was just

about to call you. About Godfrey's March
on Thursday?

How'd you find out about that so fast?

It's her neighborhood too.

It's not a secret right probably be on
the news tonight All right this way,

please We

used to have a lot of trouble in the
Heights racial

stuff It's been a long hard pull, but we
now have something approaching a

community

And I'm not about to let Sullivan
Godfrey blow it apart.

And that is exactly the point of this
march, to blow us apart.

Believe me, I understand.

I don't think you do.

Otherwise, you wouldn't be protecting
him.

It's my job to protect everyone,
including you. People in the Heights are

to protecting themselves.

Violence is just what Godfrey wants. It
gets him publicity and contributions.

And worse than that, it makes him look
right, like racial conflict's

And what would you like us to do?

Put crosses on our lawn so he can burn
them as he walks through? No, but you

don't have to play into his hands
either.

If decent people stick together, we can
beat this guy. Show him up for what he

really is.

The people in the Heights listen to you.
Make them see that.

I'll see what I can do.

I say we take these Nazis on. We go to
them before they come to us. That's just

what they want.

Good, let's give it to them. Hold it,
hold it, hold it. One at a time. If

there's one thing we've learned in the
last few years is that violence won't

solve anything.

We can't let those people march through
here without standing up to them. If

there's trouble, let the police handle
it. That's their job.

Most of the cops are probably on
Godfrey's side.

What do you think, Franklin?

I believe in self -defense.

I believe in striking the first blow if
you know a blow is coming.

But the entire city is watching, and the
state.

Violence only helps Godfrey.

When these people march through, we
don't start anything. We don't back off.

But we don't react to words or insults.
Then they'll just try something else.

Then we'll be ready for them.

One way or another, we're going to
protect this community.

So that when he grows up, he won't have
to face what we've had to face.

The bomb squad says it was mainly
gasoline.

Could have been whipped up in somebody's
basement.

Someone said they heard a car right
before the blast.

We're already checking that out.

Lucille, I'm so sorry.

You sure you're okay?

Fine, Tony.

I'm whoever did this.

We know who did this. So far, we don't
have anything that connects Godfrey

directly. Of course not.

He just stirs things up a little.

Some maniac he's never even met before
does his dirty work.

Well, he did this.

Just as surely as if he'd thrown the
bomb himself, and he's got to pay.

not the way the law looks at it. Then
the law is a fool.

So am I.

I stood here tonight, and I asked for
restraint.

Listen, I know how hard this is.

Ten people are in the hospital.

Three of them are children.

It's a miracle no one was killed.

It's a terrible thing.

Terrible.

There's a police commissioner with his
good friend, Mr. Sharp, no doubt

conspiring to pin this on me somehow.

You deny any responsibility.

Of course, why would I do something like
this? It makes Mr. Sharp and his

friends look like victims.

In fact, you shouldn't overlook the
possibility that someone from Morgan

bombed this church in order to make me
look bad.

You bastard!

I come off with sympathy and he attacks
me. Come on.

Make sure you get a picture of that.

Come on. Come on.

Call the march off.

These people are out of control.

Do you blame them?

Of course not. We never blame them for
anything, do we?

Call the march off.

Out of the question. By the way, Mr.
Godfrey would prefer to have only white

cops guard him from now on.

Mr. Godfrey will get whoever I assign.

We have to keep reminding ourselves.

He's just a puppet.

They're pulling the string.

All right, folks, make way.

Thank you.

This used to be part of a cheap alarm
clock.

Lab says it was turned into a crude
timing device.

Give the guy a few seconds to get clear.

I'll run a check on the make and model,
find out who carries it, and see if

anyone remembers selling one during the
last few days. Give it top priority.

Okay, boss.

Hey, I thought you guys had the flu.

We heard about the bombing. I hate that
son of a bitch more than ever.

We figure this is a bad time for people
not to do their jobs.

What jobs?

Any job you want us to do.

Good. We're going to need all the help
we can get.

Report to Art. He'll make out a new
shift schedule. Okay.

I specialize in finding lost objects. I
have an excellent record.

You lose it, I find it.

You specialize in lost objects?

Hmm.

A person comes to me desperate.

They've lost something valuable or a
family heirloom. I listen. I hint.

I see you.

I can provide you with a list of
satisfied customers.

I bought a ring for my wife a couple of
days ago.

Emerald. Really pretty.

Two grand.

I attached it to some

balloons as a surprise for my wife, see?

The wind got a hold of it.

You'll be hearing some make.

2 ,000 bucks is 2 ,000 bucks.

Tracing the clock's our best shot, but
we're still hoping to get a lead on the

car. Someone would have come forward by
now if they'd seen anything.

People get scared sometimes.

There's still a chance.

And we're bringing experts up from New
York to go through the church again in

case we missed anything.

I don't doubt you're doing everything
you can.

Thank you for keeping me informed.

What I said the other day still goes.

Violence in the Heights won't help
anybody but Godfrey.

He's not marching through Morgan
Heights.

Not now.

Not after the church.

He's got that right, Mr. Sharp. As far
as I'm concerned, the man is fresh out

rights.

It's been three days.

Nobody's answered the ads in the paper.
It's gone forever, Rach.

Maybe I should have fired.

One bullet might have hit two or three
balloons, and that would have been

enough.

You can't shoot in the air in a
neighborhood like this.

If one of your cops did that, you'd find
him a fortune.

I could have fired, find myself a
fortune, and still come out ahead.

David, what happened?

I was playing catch with Jerry's parish
today.

Some other kids came.

They called Jerry a nigger.

They said some guy named Godman.

Godfrey. Sullivan Godfrey.

Yeah.

Godfrey's in town now.

Things are gonna be different.

Those kids are wrong.

You keep playing with Jerry or anybody
else you want to.

You okay?

Guys like Sullivan Godfrey bring out the
worst in people, David.

So the rest of us have to be at our
best.

And we'll get through this, okay?

Corner of Fallon and Grove is the most
likely place for trouble. There's no

sidewalks and the yards are real small.

I'll get extra people there.

Want to take a look at this, boss?

This is just what we saw in guys walking
around the streets. We didn't even

scratch the surface.

There's no way you can talk Godfrey out
of this?

Absolutely not.

But that's no reason not to try.

I'm getting awfully tired of this
conversation, Scali.

For the last time, I will not allow
myself to be intimidated by those

Then understand this.

You or any of your people step one inch
out of line, and the whole thing gets

canceled. You understand?

We have a right to assemble.

You have the right to say what you think
and go where you want. You start

trouble, and I start exercising my
rights.

Fine.

Now, leave us alone.

What a disgrace.

He's just a puppet, Don.

Just a puppet.

How many people are here?

At least 200.

More coming every minute.

Good.

The cops are on the way for the new
shift.

Here they are.

Let's do it.

It could have been more than five
seconds. The guy's going to stick out

sore thumb in that uniform.

It's gruesome.

Don't the jacket.

Come on.

That's him. Yeah. Good work, Phil.

That's who?

What, you didn't hear?

Hear what?

All I know is I'm coming out of the
belly and a track star here slams into

Next thing I know, he throws a damn
punch.

Like my dad always said, it's better to
be lucky than good.

Yeah. Come on. Let's go.

I'm sorry.

We caught the man who did it.

He's in custody now.

From this minute on, it's war.

Some of Godfrey's people went up to
Morgan Heights looking for trouble.

We had a few injuries and a few arrests.
Nothing major.

But it's going to get worse before it
gets better, Tony.

What about him?

Chatted with him yet?

Name's Walter Doyle.

No record, at least from this date.

He was sky high when we brought him in.
I'm letting him calm down a little.

We found this in the pocket of the
maintenance coat, all crumpled up.

Probably forgot he had it.

Phone numbers.

Yeah. We're tracking him down now.

There's another thing, Paulie.

Say you were going to hit someone who
was being guarded by the police.

When would you do it?

I'd do it between shifts.

Which is just when he did do it. Pretty
big coincidence, wouldn't you say? You

think he knew our shift schedule?

Of course I didn't know the shift
schedule. How could I?

You tell me.

How could you?

I couldn't.

I didn't.

Maybe somebody told you.

Somebody in the police department, for
example.

I don't know what you're talking about.

How'd you get a hold of the maintenance
jacket?

Found it. Where?

Lying around.

Godfrey was scum. He deserved to die.

The world's a better place because of
what I did.

If that march had happened, a lot of
people might have ended up hurt.

I see what you mean.

You and your friends did a good thing.

There was nobody else. It was just me.

You got a maintenance jacket.

You knew the shift schedule.

You had an escape route worked out.

That took a lot of planning. I'm a smart
guy.

Smart guys don't take the rap for other
people.

Look, I told you there were no other
people.

Listen, I get a lawyer, don't I? Tell me
who hired you.

Maybe I can help work out a deal with
the DA. I got a right to a lawyer!

Yeah.

You get that right.

Then I want one.

That's all I'm gonna say.

Sullivan Godfrey is a martyr.

I demand a complete investigation into
this outrage.

The man who pulled the trigger is not
important. We want the men behind him.

Why do you think there's someone behind
him?

Yesterday, Mr. Godfrey went to Morgan
Heights to offer assistance to the

victims. He was threatened and he was
physically attacked by Franklin Sharp in

the presence of the police who did
nothing.

You're suggesting there's some sort of
collusion between the police and the One

Neighborhood League? I'm stating facts.

People aren't stupid.

They can draw their own conclusions.

And I call on the followers of true
America to stop at nothing. And I

stop at nothing.

until justice is served and the real
murderers are exposed.

Shut that thing off.

He's practically telling people to take
it to the streets. Call the men

together.

What are you going to do?

What I have to.

We have four things so far.

First, the killer's name is Walter
Doyle.

Second... it seems likely he wasn't
acting on his own.

Third, whoever was behind him knew our
shift schedule.

Fourth, the most likely source for that
information was this department.

As hard as it might seem to speak up
now, later will be worse.

Worse for the department, worse for the
city.

What you're saying is it had to be one
of us, right?

A minority cop.

That's not what I said at all. Who else
would it be?

Who asked you?

Look, listen... Hey!

I'm not accusing anyone.

And I'm not interested in suspicions. If
you know anything about how the

schedule got out of this station, speak
up. If not, shut up.

Dismissed.

We ran down his phone numbers.

One of them was a bookie.

The second one was a pawn shop.

The third?

Franklin Sharp's private line.

A lot of people around here have my
phone number.

He's not from around here.

People all over the country know who I
am. I've been written up in national

magazines. It was your private line.

Private line is a joke.

I'm available to everyone 24 hours a
day.

Three days ago, you told me the march
would never take place. What did you

That we would do whatever we had to to
stop it.

Whatever you had to?

Yeah, we had plans.

Like what?

None of your business.

You've never seen this guy before?

Never. But if I ever do, I'd like to
shake his hand.

Don't bother.

The guy that took Godfrey's place is
just as bad as Godfrey was.

Maybe somebody ought to blow him away,
too.

And someone will just take his place.
And then somebody can blow him away.

Damn it!

Who am I talking to here?

Is this the man that spent five years of
his life turning a dump into a decent

neighborhood? No, it's the man who
watched children bleed after a bomb went

in a church.

And by the way, Commissioner, how's that
investigation going?

Or has the bombing been entirely
forgotten now that a white man's been

dead? No.

The man who threw that bomb will go to
jail.

And so will the man who shot Sullivan
Godfrey.

Am I glad he's dead?

Yes.

Would I kill to protect this
neighborhood?

Maybe. Did I have anything to do with
the killing? No.

Now, unless you plan on making an
arrest, get out.

From you, I get a very strong feeling
you're about to enter a Venus phase of

karmic cycle.

Venus? Like the goddess of love?

Yes. And I get a strong dose of the
color red.

You mean like I might meet a redhead or
something?

I think it's very likely, yes.

Wow.

You know, you're the second one this
week who's told me that.

Are we done here?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

Enjoy your redhead, please.

Wait.

Excuse me, don't I know you from
somewhere?

No, but that can change.

Do you mind?

No, not at all. I just thought you'd
teach me properly how to do it.

Stan, this is Aurora Dawn.

Otherwise known as Manny Finguinetti.

I just picked him up an hour ago on 38th
Street.

Come on, Aurora, I've got to book you.

I get out in a few days, sugar.

See you then.

I got double patrols out with extra help
in the Heights.

The only way we're going to calm things
down is to solve these crimes.

Like you didn't know that, right?

You really think one of our cops leaked
a schedule?

Who leaked it to Sharp? Who got Doyle to
kill Godfrey?

I don't know what else to think.

There is another possibility.

Lucille.

I'm not saying she knew what it was
going to be used for.

Maybe she thought she was doing Sharp a
favor.

They're buds, right?

She had the schedule just like the cops
did.

You ask them, you gotta ask her.

I trust Lucille.

I won't do it.

I can't.

How dare you accuse me of something like
that?

I'm not accusing. I'm acting, just like
I asked my cops.

You did tell Sharp about the march.

That was public information.

The shift schedule wasn't. Then just
answer my question.

Not a question. It's an insult.

Then answer my insult.

If you doubt my integrity, you should
fire me.

I'm not firing you.

Then I fire myself.

You can't fire yourself!

I quit you!

Nazi! Here we go! Come on!

Get off him, Mike! Nazi!

Get off him, Mike!

Let him go, Mike. Come here, Nazi!
You're gonna break your face up! Nazi!

Hey! What the hell's the matter with you
two guys?

Are you out of your minds?

This whole city's out of its mind.

America is run by minorities for
minorities.

And anyone who stands up and says so
risks getting murdered, like Sullivan

Godfrey. And what are the police doing
about it? Nothing.

Because even the police are controlled.

The city's boiling over. My cops are
fighting.

Lucille hates me.

I've got two major unsolved crimes, but
other than that, everything's under

control. You know, Tony, you used to say
that if everybody was mad at you, you

must be doing something right.

Well, now I think I'm doing something
wrong.

No. Not if you're doing everything you
can. You can't do any more than that.

It's the uncertainty that's killing
everybody, Rach, including me.

I don't want to believe that Sharp's
involved, or one of my officers, or

Lucille. But when I look at the
evidence... Truth is, I don't know what

believe. Yes, you do.

Believe in yourself.

In your own instincts.

Forget about Sharp and Barrett and all
the terrible things that could happen.

Start by looking inside yourself.

My instincts tell me I should trust my
people.

Still, uh... I'm sure Doyle wasn't
acting alone.

And I'm pretty sure someone leaked our
shift schedule.

Then you have to find out who.

All I have to work with is one scared
weirdo in a jail cell.

And that's what you have to find a way
to use.

One scared weirdo in a jail cell.

Spoke time.

Sorry. I'm starving to death in here.

We bring it over from a diner across the
street. We gotta test it first.

Test it? For what?

Uh, nothing.

Enjoy.

What's that thing?

What, you're not hungry?

What's he doing?

No, no fun anyway.

Like what?

Hey, what's going on?

I got a right to know.

Look, I can't discuss details, okay? But
you got no reason to worry.

That machine is very reliable.

Something funny is going on.

Recognize this handwriting?

No, why should I?

You're sick.

Yeah.

What was in here?

Well, it's just a damn good thing we ran
it through the x -ray.

It didn't seem okay.

Uh, what's going on?

Even a slime bag like Selden Godfrey has
friends.

You're not that favorite person right
now.

Take a look at your fan mail.

Well, nothing can happen to me while I'm
in here, right?

Of course not.

Why don't you lie down?

Get a little sleep.

Hey, you gotta protect me.

That's your job!

I think it's working.

He's getting pretty squirrely in there.

Of course, we end up arresting Franklin
Sharp. Morgan Heights is going to

explode.

Yeah.

And if it turns out one of our cops is
involved, this department's probably

going to explode.

Yeah.

So if we were smart, we'd probably just
leave Doyle alone.

Lay off him.

He takes the rap himself.

Sooner or later, Barrett moves on.

Things get back to normal.

That's if we were smart.

Too bad we're dumb.

Yeah, too bad.

You're the guy that busted me, aren't
you?

You ought to be glad I blew Godfrey
away.

I am.

If I'd known what you did, I never would
have made the bust.

Well, yeah?

Well, it's a little late for that now.
People are trying to kill me in here.

I know.

I don't think the commissioner would
mind too much, either. You're causing

hell of a lot of trouble.

You can't let that happen, man.

I know.

Wait exactly three minutes. I'm going to
open the door down the hall. The door

right next to it leads to the street.

And you're on your own.

What about the other guards?

Leave them to me.

And one more thing. I need some money.

The phone.

What if he doesn't lead us anywhere?

What if he hops a freight train?

He's broke, scared, and not too bright.

He'll go to the guy who used him to kill
Godfrey.

He's turning towards the height.

This is C -1 moving south on Gardner.

Foot units, keep close, but stay out of
sight.

Move it!

Get out of the car!

Out!

What is the problem here? Get out of the
car! What is the meaning of this?

It was you.

You killed Godfrey to take over true
America. Oh, my God, that's ridiculous.

Look what I found.

Looks like your pal was planning to take
you somewhere and finish you off.

Don't you listen to him.

This is outrageous.

Oh, sure. He was just going to buy you a
cup of coffee.

Walter, it was his idea.

He said Godfrey was getting too soft.
Shut up.

He planned the whole thing.

He wanted to frame Franklin Sharp.

He had me bomb the church so when
Godfrey was killed, it would look like

revenge. He is lying.

Now, I want a lawyer. Do you understand
me?

And I want a press conference.

Do you hear me, Scully?

I demand a press conference.

Get him out of here.

Morning.

I guess you heard.

It was Barrett.

He was Godfrey's security chief, so he
knew the shift schedule all along.

Nobody in the department was involved at
all.

I'm sorry I doubted you.

It's just... I had to be sure.

No hard feelings?

Commissioner, it's Tally!

Commissioner?

I had a vision.

A wooded area, an elm tree not far from
a railroad cropping.

I made a few inquiries, I took a walk in
the country, and there it was.

Hmm?

Wait a minute, wait a minute. It is the
ring, isn't it?

Yeah.

At least I think it is.

You could have had another one made just
like it.

How would I know the exact design?

Well, you could have checked around all
the local jewelry stores until you found

a store that remembered selling a ring
to a guy that looked like me.

Yeah, that must have been it.

That would be very easy to verify,
Commissioner.

Call up the store and ask them.

You could have paid them, not the Pell.

Face it, Mr. Scali, my psychic powers
have found your ring.

These tones are genuine.

How much do I owe you?

Nothing. Just consider it a free
demonstration of my powers.

And should you ever find yourself up
against a particularly

baffling case, keep me in mind.