All language subtitles for The Commish s03e18 Security

What is your name?

What is your name?

Christine.

That's nice.

I like that name.

Ernie!

Ernie!

What?

Elevator's stuck in the basement.

All right, just a minute. No, just a
minute. I gotta get this aspirin

Gracie's having a migraine.

all in a pot.

Yeah, yeah.

Christine?

Are you okay?

Did he... I think I'm too gay.

I'll call the cops. Let's go.

Oh, thanks, John.

Did you get a good look at him?

Not really.

It all happened so fast.

Sounds stupid.

Hey.

The way you flicked that elevator
switch, as far as I'm concerned, you're

genius.

There is one thing.

The knife.

That he used had a... Pearl handle.

Pearl or bone.

Good, that helps.

John here will take you to the hospital.

You know, just to be safe, okay?

This is Marvin Brady.

The guy with the knife ran past him in
the lobby.

Didn't notice anything.

Sorry. Well, you must have noticed
something.

Size, race, facial hair.

I think he was male.

Can I go now?

I gotta get this aspirin to my wife.
She's got a headache.

You're gonna have a headache if you
obstruct a police investigation.

You don't remember, you don't remember.

Sid, escort Mr. Brady here down to the
station. Maybe he'll concentrate a

better down there.

Wait.

I'm remembering.

This is too much.

It can't get worse. Hey, listen.

I'm just as upset as you are. I mean,
the guy worked me over pretty good, you

know. Then why don't you do something
about it? I will.

I will.

Oh, you've been saying that for months.
And I mean it.

But you've got to understand, if I put
in security, rent will go up.

We shouldn't have to pay extra just to
feel safe.

Exactly. I had a lease here. That's what
I'm going to pay.

Here's the commissioner. He can answer
some of your questions. You're supposed

to protect us.

We have patrols coming by here every two
hours, round the clock. Where were you

when that woman was attacked?

I'm sorry, we don't have the manpower to
patrol the building.

Oh, we are on our own.

Speak for yourself, I'm buying a gun.
Hold it, hold it, hold it!

The best security is to be good
neighbors. Watch out for each other. If

something suspicious, call.

We can be here in minutes. What about
things we don't see, like slime balls in

the elevator?

Last but not least, we have something
called the Residential Security Program.

One of our officers goes through the
building, makes recommendations. We can

have someone here tomorrow morning.

Okay?

All right, folks. Thanks for your
patience.

Excuse me.

You sure you're okay?

Mostly embarrassed.

The guy took me completely by surprise.

Pretty sad for an ex -cop, huh?

This was a good neighborhood once.

There's plenty of things you can do. It
doesn't have to cost you a fortune.

There's nothing like having a warm body
and patrol around the clock. You just

don't have the manpower.

I'm thinking private security.

You hate the idea?

Not necessarily.

It's just private cops don't have the
same training and background we do.

There's plenty of bad cops.

And we have a system to control them. I
mean, with private security, who knows?

Unbelievable!

My TV is gone.

While these two geniuses were discussing
security, someone ripped off half of

the apartments in the building.

Oh, isn't that just like my father?

We don't even hear from him for months.
And then out of the clear blue sky, he

gives us one hour's notice.

I've got news for him. He's not going to
get away with this. I won't put up with

it. Oh, Tony, check the turkey. He likes
it very, very juicy.

You know what he thinks?

He thinks everything will be all okay if
he just hands out enough big expensive

presents to David and Sarah.

That doesn't sound so terrible.

This reminds me so much about when I was
a kid.

He used to be like this stranger that
dropped over once a month with a big

teddy bear for everybody.

King of the road.

Salesman of the decade.

I'd like to know something. Why did this
man even have a family in the first

place?

The sauce is great. The meat is perfect.

So why don't we slow down a little, huh?

You're right.

Oh, I am just so sick of having that man
manipulate me.

Tony, wait a minute. Don't use that
platter. Use the good one.

Fine. As long as we're not being
manipulated.

I'm a nutcase, aren't I?

Put tactfully as possible, yes.

Why do I get like this about him?

Families are crazy.

The only thing worse than having a
family is not having a family.

It won't change.

My mom always used to say, I will never
live to see it.

She was right.

Sweetheart!

Hey, I'm sorry about the short notice.
You didn't go to any trouble now, did

you? No, no, not at all. Good, good. Is
there anything I can help you with? Oh,

yes.

That's it?

I'm sorry, pal, but this time I decided
to give myself a great big present.

I'm going to get to know my family
better.

I know what you're thinking, about time.

And you're right.

Can I stay for a few days?

Sure, stay as long as you want to. After
40 years, I've earned some rest.

And I can't think of any place I'd
rather rest than right here with you.

David, why don't you help Ben upstairs
with his stuff?

Hey, Dave. How's school, huh?

Hi.

I thought it was the local kids who
ripped off those apartments.

I was standing right in the lobby when
they did it.

It's not your fault.

People got excited. They forgot to lock
their doors and windows.

What about the attack on the girl?

Actually, the guy on the stairs gave us
a pretty decent description.

We're working up a composite now.

Good news.

I'll pass it on when I do the security
check.

You're doing it personally?

Aye, old man.

By the time I get finished with that
place, we'll make Fort Knox look like a

playpen.

What is it, Stan?

Um, and Ernie Andrews just called. He
said he won't be needing that security

check after all, so don't bother coming
in.

Yep, a little to the left.

Hey, Tony.

You didn't get my message?

Oh, Greg Nichols. Tony Scali, the police
commissioner.

You're Lone Eagle Inc.?

I wanted someone that could start right
away, and Greg was here an hour after I

called. Been on the job since last
night.

Well, why'd you cancel the security
check?

Because I'm handling security now.

Well, we can work together.

People work together if they need help.

I don't.

Besides, cops are wrapped up in red
tape. You can't always do what needs to

done. Like what?

I still should do the check.

Not if I'm handling security.

Maybe another time, huh?

Where did you find this guy? He's highly
recommended.

He's cleaned up some tough
neighborhoods.

How?

I'm going to give him a chance, Tony.

We've made some progress on that attack.

I thought you should know.

Terrific. I'll tell Christine.

What about the burglaries? We think it's
a couple of local kids.

That we know.

But who?

Ernie, you've been through it.

We have to find the merchandise first,
then backtrace it. Yeah.

I say something funny?

Thank you so much, Mr. Nichols. No
problem. It is great.

What a relief to walk down the street
without being scared.

As long as you don't get tired of being
an escort service.

It's a pleasure.

What a thoughtful young man.

You have some fans.

I'm just hoping to be careful.

Same goes for you. It'll be dark soon.

I'll be safe.

I'll be at the police station looking at
some sketches.

You doing okay?

I think so.

Thanks. That guy hasn't come around
again, has he?

I'm not sure I'd recognize him.

And I don't see how the cops can help.

Not that they do much anyway.

You weren't actually raped.

I thank God.

But in their eyes, that makes it a lower
priority.

So you think I'm wasting my time?

I think maybe it might not be a bad idea
for you to take a course in self

-defense. Hey, I give lessons every day
in the rec room. I'm not much of a

fighter. A woman can't be too careful
these days, especially a woman like you.

Look, hey, I didn't mean that as a come
on.

It's pretty simple. There's two kinds of
people in the world.

Good guys and bad guys.

The guy that attacked you was a bad guy.

I'm a good guy.

This is based on Mr. Brady's
description.

Could be him.

I can't be sure.

All right. We have something to go on.

Thanks.

You don't think he'll come back, do you?
Probably not. He knows he's been seen.

But be careful.

I will.

How much safer with Greg around?

You don't have proof of what he did to
those boys.

Do you?

A court would have given them a slap on
the wrist.

At least this way we got some justice.

Look, I'm human. Part of me wanted to
cheer when those kids drove up, too. But

what happens outside the law isn't
justice.

It's the rule of the strongest.

The law didn't protect me from people
like this.

Maybe Greg will.

Oh, Sid.

Run this against mug shots, especially
guys with records of sex crimes. Okay.

Oh, uh, and...

I wanted a thing. Ernie gave me Greg
Nichols' resume. It's on my desk. Check

guy out.

Oh, you don't think he's real?

Yeah. Real trouble.

We can't find her anywhere.

I mean, we're going nuts. Turn the place
upside down. No, Rachel.

So I hop in the car and I hit every
house and park in town.

I'm about to call the cops. And then I
hear this sort of gentle rattling.

I turn around.

And there's Rachel.

She hid in the back seat and fell
asleep.

What a character.

Why was she hiding in the first place?

I don't remember.

I do.

Circus.

Every year you used to promise me you'd
take me to the circus.

Every year you backed out.

Honey, I had to work. I didn't have a
choice.

Hey, that reminds me.

I did bring you guys some presents after
all.

For? For my little printer.

I found it when I was cleaning out some
boxes.

I bought it for your mother on her
honeymoon.

It's not expensive. I couldn't afford
much in those days.

I'd like to keep it in the family,
though.

And for you, Tiger.

Who's the greatest ballplayer of all
time?

Favorite?

My father caught that ball in Yankee
Stadium in 1934.

Oh, man.

I got to show Derek.

Sometimes the best presents don't cost a
penny.

And sometimes they do.

Close your eyes.

Come on, come on.

Okay, open.

Will you come?

No,

just come down on my insta, all right?
Try it slowly.

That's it? That's it? Good. Now, come
on, try it again harder.

Christine, what am I going to do with
you, huh? I can't stand the idea of

hurting anyone. Ever since I was a kid,
I'm a coward.

Nah, nah, you're just too decent to
defend yourself.

Maybe, uh... Maybe that's why God made
guys like me.

Commissioner.

Got a minute?

No, no. It's okay.

This won't take long.

Your resume said you were in the service
from 80 to 86.

That's right.

Special forces.

Well, the Army says you were discharged
in 84.

Dishonorably. That was the cover story.

I switched over to intelligence work.

Doing what? That's classified.

What branch?

Classified. Well, if the discharge was
false, why isn't it off the record by

now? Because a lot of my missions are
still classified.

And you don't mind living with a phony
dishonorable discharge because you're so

patriotic? That's right.

I make sacrifices for my country, and
I'm proud of it. Just like you're proud

what you did to those kids?

You pull another stunt like that and
I'll throw you in jail. For what?

Doing your job better than you?

My job is to enforce the law.

And that means obeying it. Your job is
to catch criminals.

You didn't do it.

He did.

They're not criminals until they're
convicted and caught. Everybody knows

kids are guilty.

Did you actually see them?

Anyone? All I know is that before Greg
got here, we were scared.

Now we're not.

Well, maybe you should be.

You Mike Konachek?

Who's that?

I'd like to ask you a couple of
questions.

About what?

About what you were doing last Saturday
afternoon.

I was watching basketball.

Who was playing?

Look, I don't have to talk to you. I can
leave anytime I want.

Unless you're under arrest.

Bye.

You're under arrest. What am I charged
with?

Assault and battery and attempted rape,
for starters.

Look, we can talk here.

Look, sit down.

I got nothing to hide.

I guess I'll take that trip to the
station after all.

I think it's number four.

You think?

He looks like the sketch.

But does he look like the man who
attacked you?

I think so.

Well, could you say under oath, yes,
that was the man in the elevator?

Not for sure.

Okay, bring him out.

What happens now?

What if that's really him?

We'll get him.

How? We'll get him.

John, could you escort Miss Davis home?

It's too bad we didn't find a knife on
him.

Did we search his apartment yet?

It's not there either. He must have
dumped it.

Sid, you're a genius.

Naturally.

Good work, John.

Bag it.

The tip we got on Konachek said he hangs
out at this bar all the time, so we

must have known this was a dead -end
alley.

But he came out here anyhow.

And this is the knife.

Find Konachek, pick him up again.

If we can get Christine to ID the knife,
we may have a case after all.

Hope I'm not too much trouble.

I've never stayed here this long before.

We love having you.

Those circus tickets, you can stay here
forever after that. Look, that's why we

need to talk.

I really don't want to miss the circus.
I know how much it means to Rachel.

But I just got this job offer in Jersey.

And I may have to take it.

Like tomorrow morning.

Job offer? Yeah, well, you know, things
haven't been going too well for me

lately, Tony.

Hey, I know how to sell, huh?

I've been doing it all my life. But the
guys I used to sell to, they've all

retired. The worst.

And these yuppies who are managing
things nowadays, well, you know what I

Anyway, I really don't want to leave
tomorrow, but fortunately, there's an

alternative.

I'm this close to making a sale, huh? A
big one.

But I've got to protect the right image.

Or a fancy suit, rent a big car.

Hmm? Wine him and dine him a little, you
know what I'm saying?

You want a loan.

Not a loan.

An investment. An investment in Ben
Metzger.

Please, Tony, it's my last chance.

Oh, so much for Ben Metzger family, man.

That was quite an act you put on. Hey, I
resent that. I came here to see Rachel

and the kids. Suddenly, after all these
years, you got sentimental, and it just

happens to be on the same week you need
money? I love my family. Just because I

don't show it the same way you do,
that's what makes horse races.

You think it was easy all those years
away from home? The road is a hard and

lonely place, let me tell you.

Besides, once I'm back on my feet, I'll
be able to spend more time with Rachel

and the kids. That's the whole point.

How much?

A grand.

Two, if you can manage.

One is fine.

I guarantee you'll get it back in 24
hours.

Can't miss a deal, Tony.

I don't care about the money. You better
be here in time to take Rachel to the

circus. And you better never, ever
breathe a word of this to her, ever.

Of course not.

Thanks, Tony.

Don't think I enjoyed it.

It's just the way things are, I have no
choice.

Scali.

Call a

check.

Shot in the heart.

He claims it was self -defense.

Any witnesses?

Just a cashier. She heard the shot.
Didn't see anything.

What were you doing here?

I happened to see him gassing up.
Thought I'd give him some advice.

About what?

About staying away from my building.

There's a funny thing about criminals in
this town. They, uh, just run around

loose.

Anyhow, he got mad. Came at me with a
knife.

Pearl handle.

Must be the same one he used to attack
Miss Davis.

I kind of doubt it.

That one's locked up in the evidence
room down at the precinct.

Maybe he got another one.

Maybe you got another one and put it
there after you shot him. It's a wild

theory, Scali.

Awful difficult to prove, too.

You have that much contempt for the law?

You shoot a man in cold blood and you
don't even bother to run?

Guilty men run.

Innocent men walk.

I'm walking.

Thank you for coming.

Please, sit down.

The man in the lineup, the one you
thought might have attacked you? Greg

me.

God, it must have been terrible.

He came at him with a knife.

It's a good thing Greg had his gun.

Just happened to.

Yeah, he'd been at the firing range. I
mean, he usually doesn't carry it.

Do either of these look familiar to you?

Yeah, they both look like the one I was
attacked with, but...

Have you seen either one in Greg
Nichols' possession?

No.

What are you getting at?

We think this is the one that was used
in the attack on you. We found it last

night. But Nichols didn't know that. We
think he killed the man, then planted

this one on the corpse to make it look
like self -defense.

You're accusing Greg of murder?

I don't believe it.

And even if... Even if?

That animal was going to rape me.

And for all I know, slit my throat. I am
not going to cry for him.

And I'm not going to accept you're
accusing Greg... Because he makes you

safe. That's right.

Starting with the way he beat up those
kids?

Yes.

Well, as it turns out, one of them
wasn't even in the state when the

was ripped off.

He just happened to be in the way when
Greg decided to defend some justice.

I could have been killed, and you're
sitting here treating me like I'm the

criminal?

That man had it coming one way or
another. If he was actually the one who

attacked you. Oh, and now you're saying
he's not? Well, you couldn't be sure.

How could Greg be?

You'd think he's the guy.

But we'll never know because there was
no trial.

Just one shot in the middle of the
night. Now, doesn't that bother you at

That's not fair.

You're right. It's not fair that you
were attacked.

Or that you have to feel afraid.

Or that the burden of being civilized
always falls on decent people. But it

does.

We think Greg Nichols is a murderer.

Will you help us catch him?

Am I free to go?

Well, good luck for living up to your
civic duty.

I'm not giving up.

Meantime, I'm going to put Stan in the
building undercover. We'll get Ernie to

help us.

Hey,

Greg. Wants to meet my nephew, Stan.

Hi.

Ernie's told me a lot about you. He's
going to be moving at 204.

Welcome to the building.

You know, he's looking for a job, and I
was thinking maybe you could, you know,

use a hand with security or something.

No, no, I don't think so.

Your bag's in the hall. Why don't you
take him upstairs and come back down,

okay? Sure. Great, thanks.

Greg, I know you don't need a lot of
help or anything, but Stan's my sister's

youngest boy, and he's sort of a...
Whip.

Yeah, right.

And I thought, you know, if he could
spend some time with you, you know... I

could toughen him up a bit. Right,
right. Show him the ropes. You know,

be a little more of a... Man. Yeah,
right, right.

I mean, what do you say? It would mean a
lot to him. And to me.

Uh... There's always work to do, but...
I think I can find something.

Great, great. And don't forget... Yeah,
toughen him up. Right, all right.

See you guys later, huh?

I've been thinking I might be able to
use some help after all. That is, if you

want to learn about security.

Definitely. Okay.

Well, you know anything about weapons,
surveillance, anything like that?

Well, I've been taking a little karate
lately.

Never let

your guard down.

That's lesson number one.

You got it?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Hey, Chris.

This is Stan, Ernie's nephew. He's going
to be helping me out a little.

Stop by later. I'm going to have a
drink.

It's your move, sir.

It's your move.

I thought you might like some hot
chocolate.

Thanks, honey.

Your kids are mean checker players.

Oh, by the way, I'll be away most of the
morning tomorrow.

I've got a few things to take care of. I
won't be gone long.

You're coming back?

Of course I am.

Hey, we got a date with some lions and
tigers, right?

Right.

All right, it's your move. Are you going
to eat the checkers or what?

You gotta look at the big picture, Stan.

You know how long human beings have been
around?

Uh... 200 ,000 years.

Huh? For almost all of that 200 ,000
years, man has been a jungle animal.

You know what happens in the jungle,
don't you? Only the strong survive.

You got it.

Now, uh...

Every so often. Like a rose in the
desert, a civilization blooms.

Egypt, China, Rome, the Aztecs, the
United States of America.

Beautiful creation.

All of them.

But always, in the end, the jungle
returns.

And you think that's what's happening
right now? Watch the news and read the

papers. The jungle is upon us, pal.

whether we want to admit it or not.

You know, Ernie says that there was a
time when everybody played by the rules,

you know, even the bad guys.

But now, there are no rules.

That's why you got to take care of
yourself.

I guess I got a lot to learn in that
department. Hey, at least you're making

start.

By the way, you write it down?

What happened earlier when I caught you
with that sucker punch, you should write

it... down write it down yeah keep a log
of every encounter

win or lose like a scientist records his
experiments that way you got something

to study from oh so you keep a log of
all your encounters you bet helps

train the mind the state of your mind is
just as important as the

state of your body

Then we went out for a beer. I think he
likes the idea of having a protege. Did

he open up?

Um, a little.

But I think it's gonna take some time.

He did mention something about keeping a
logbook of all of his encounters.

You mean, like a diary?

Yeah, yeah, I guess.

He's going out with Christine a little
while. You know, I could check out his

apartment. All right, but be careful.
And call me in an hour.

Hey, cowboy.

Anyway, so I've kept pretty busy since I
left the service.

These days, people want to know
everything they can about keeping safe.

Well, you're a very good teacher.

What? I just realized that guy that
you're teaching... Ernie's nephew.

Yeah, I've seen him before.

At the police station.

He was in uniform.

So he's a cop?

Yes, I'm sure of it.

He saw me leave the apartment.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Just wait, please.

Shame on you.

Not only did you invade my privacy, but
you also forgot

lesson number one.

Never let your guard down.

But then, I forgot too, didn't I?
Listen, Greg.

Sit down.

Shut up.

Don't make this any worse than it
already is.

I'm a police officer.

I'm acting under a warrant. You're
committing a crime right now by holding

gunpoint. The problem is, Stan, I don't
know you're a cop.

Call the precinct, verify it. There's no
time.

See, I came in, found you here, going
through my stuff.

You pulled the gun.

I had to defend myself.

I don't even have a gun.

You will.

He was in the apartment when I opened
the door. I asked him to leave. He

a piece.

I mean, look, I had one nearby. It would
have been me on the floor instead of

him. He was a police officer.

What? It was one of my men undercover.

He didn't identify himself.

He drew his weapon.

That happens to you a lot, doesn't it?
In my line of work, yeah. I guess it

does. You shot him.

Then you put the gun in his hand after
he was dead.

You're crazy.

Yeah? Yeah.

Why don't we ask someone who knows?

Is that about the way it happened, Stan?

That pretty much sums it up.

What is this?

I put blanks in your gun. You should
have checked before you fired it. But I

guess that's lesson number two.

I don't care what he says. He drew on
me.

You're under arrest for the attempted
murder of a police officer and for the

murder of Michael Konachek.

Stan, read him his rights.

Take him down to the station.

They're out of the way, people.

This was a setup.

You were in on it?

You knew all along he was a cop.

Scali wanted you to tell me.

You set yourself up when you decided to
murder him.

Who's going to protect you now?

Who's going to protect all of you?
They'll do fine. Get them out of here.

You did the right thing, believe me.

I hope so.

You don't suppose he forgot, do you?

This is ridiculous.

A woman my age getting all upset because
Daddy didn't take her to the circus.

It's not even important.

It is important.

He better show.

Or what? What are you going to do,
arrest him?

Maybe.

It's him.

Oh, hi, everybody.

Hi. Where are the kids?

David went to band practice and the
baby's asleep.

Oh, well, put her in her room. She'll
get a big surprise when she wakes up.

She's going to love it. Thank you,
Daddy.

I got your money, Tony. I closed the
deal.

You didn't think I could do it, did you?

Congratulations. I'm back, Tony. I'm
alive again.

When David gets back, would you tell him
his surprise is leaning against the

garage? Mountain bike.

I know he wants one.

You know, he's going to be back in a
couple of minutes. Why don't you tell

yourself? No time.

That's right.

We don't want to be late.

Sweetheart.

I'm afraid I won't be able to go after
all.

I've got to wrap up a few loose ends on
this deal I just finished.

I hate to leave, but I don't have a
choice.

I know you're disappointed.

But when I get things going again, I'll
be back.

I'll stay for a week.

I'll take everybody to the circus.

I mean, what's the point if you don't
spend time with the family, right?

Thanks for everything.

Give the kid my love. Don't forget,
okay?

I am the biggest fool on the face of the
earth.

I mean, what's the matter with me?

He won't change.

I've known that for 20 years.

Why does it hurt so much?

Suddenly I feel like I'm seven years old
again.

I kind of feel like I'm seven years old,
too.

And what do a couple of seven -year
-olds do when their parents run around

they have two tickets to go to the
circus?

I'll call Mrs. Murphy.

She'll take care of Sarah. She can be
here in 15 minutes.

Yeah.

Just stop by to see how everyone's
doing.

Not bad.

Christine's still a little upset, but
she'll come through.

I'm stepping up patrols in the area to
once every 90 minutes.

You might want to let everyone know.

Yeah, I will. Thanks. Appreciate it.

Oh, Ted, this is Police Commissioner
Scali.

Tony, this is Ted Farrell, our new
security guy.

I hope you don't feel I'm cutting in on
your territory.

Not if you're willing to work with us.

I look forward to it.

Gentlemen, if you'll please excuse me.

He's very top -notch firm, Tony.

Intense credentials are impeccable. I
double -checked him.

You know, Nichols was a disaster, but
what can I do?

I mean, the way things are now, people
are going to do what they have to do.