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I can't believe I missed that.

Listen, what do you think is the most effective span of control in a line

organization?

What is that?

Prep test for sergeant's exam.

Took it this afternoon.

You? Yeah, what's wrong with that?

Nothing. Just, you know, you're going up against guys like Stankovich.

Did you ever see that guy in action?

Once punched holes through these three longshoremen who were hassling him.

I mean, that is one tough hombre.

Newsflash, McGinley. It's more than just a muscle job. You actually use your

brains. Oh, then you're really in trouble.

I guess a sense of humor isn't a requirement either.

C4, respond to a 10 -31 at Lake Slicker, corner of 9th and Jensen.

C4 responding.

This is not what it looks like. You mean it's not a violin recital?

Oh, Stanley, thank God it's you. You gotta cut me some slack here. I'm on

probation. I can't go down.

B and E. Not too smart, Hester.

Get him!

B and E and resistant arrest, you jerk!

Stanley, take it easy!

That's Officer Kelly to you.

Is that tough enough for you?

Boss, you hear about that school bus that was stolen?

I was the one that called it in. See, I got this habit. I count things.

The ten buses parked in the city lot.

Last night I counted, there were only nine.

Take a closer look. I noticed somebody cut the gate lock with bolt cutters.

Good work, John. I'll follow up on it. The city doesn't even have theft

insurance on those buses.

Great. You know, Since I've been going for Sergeant, it's amazing how it's

focused my powers of observation.

Not to mention your powers of self -promotion.

Tony, did John fill you in on the case of the Mitchell school bus?

Every year it's the same thing. All the guys gone in for Sergeant suddenly

become Sherlock Holmes.

Yeah, you got how many slots to fill? A couple?

One. Oh, hearts will be broken.

Hey, listen, Rachel called, said she wanted to see me.

Do you know what that's about?

Maybe she's conducting a seminar. More effective ways to keep Tony happy.

Someone has a very active fantasy life.

Morning. Morning, Stan.

Oh, hey, boss.

Uh, name.

God, you know my name.

Just answer the question, garbage.

Ricky Hester, 1408 South Oak Avenue. I can handle it, Stankovich.

Now that's a sergeant.

Stan, you train for sergeant? You got a problem with it, too?

I think ambition's a wonderful thing.

You gotta put a word in with the DA for me.

My mother was an alcoholic when she was carrying me. That's documented.

It's that whole fetal booze syndrome thing. I mean, I have no idea why I

up in that liquor store.

Must be some kind of primal back -to -the -womb thing.

Date of birth?

Okay, fine, fine.

You play it that way. Okay, we are not friends.

It's too bad, because friends give friends information which could be

promoting a certain friend's career if they're friendly.

Forget Sergeant. I got something so good they'll make you captain.

Right.

Terry Ross?

Never heard of him.

That's why you're still a patrolman.

Wait right here.

Did you get a tip last month on a guy named Terry Ross?

Yeah. He's a local importer -exporter.

Supposedly legit. The call came in from Groverton. Said there was a shipment of

cocaine he might be fronting. Pan out?

No, why?

I got an informant. You got an informant?

Yeah.

Relationship I've developed over the years.

Anyway, he wants to roll over on Terry Ross. Now, that's not a name you pull

of a hat.

Great. Give it to Sid.

I thought I'd handle it.

I mean, he's my informant, and I took the sergeant's exam.

You?

Yeah.

You think grinding it out as a patrolman is what I want to do for the rest of my

life? I mean, is it so far -fetched that I could actually rise in the ranks? No,

it's just that... You don't think I got what it takes, right?

Stan, I didn't say that. Look, I made the arrest.

I got the tip on Ross.

I should be able to follow through on it.

It's your ball.

Run with it.

Thanks.

I'm sitting in this bar where, you know, certain people who do certain things

gather. Well, I look over. I see Mickey Shagins come walking in, sits down at a

corner table where Ross is sitting alone.

Now, I'm assuming you know that Shagins is one of the biggest suppliers in the

state. I mean, guns, drugs, you name it.

happens to be a very nice dresser. Has a good sense of what goes with what.

So you think Ross is doing a drug deal with Shagins, right?

Commissioner, I think that this man here would make a very good sergeant.

I'll get you a wire to happen a surveillance warrant. You set up on

Rachel!

Hi.

I'm sorry for coming by in such short notice.

I really hate to ask you, Sid, but I could use a favor.

It's done.

Whatever it is.

Well, I'd like you to speak to my class on career day.

I'll speak in front of kids?

Oh, it's not that I don't love kids. I do.

But I wouldn't know how to... Oh, no, it's nothing elaborate. You just tell

what you do on a typical day.

Oh, Rachel, I get a little squirrely in front of children.

They're so small.

No, not all of them. We're going to have some 11 - and 12 -year -olds there,

too. Three teens.

Oh, but that's worse, you see, because they're so impressionable.

No, I couldn't.

Look, I do want to see it.

It's just that...

I feel like it would be so good for the kids to meet a female detective.

And, you know, break that stereotype that they're fed every single day.

Yeah, that would be good.

And there are a lot of female patrol officers who would be much better than I

would. I'll help you find one.

You come and you ask me for a favor, and I don't... I'm not even there for you.

It was selfish of me to even ask. It's your workload.

Oh, I'm the selfish one.

Sid, I don't want you to take time out of your social life.

Nothing from nothing leaves nothing, right?

Please, let me do it.

I want to.

Great.

Great. Okay.

She's very good.

I see Gary sent you pretty well.

Hey, boss.

Yeah, yeah. State of the art. Check it out.

This thing changes the power.

It's normal now.

Now it's times 20. Goes times 100.

Ooh. And we got each bug on a separate channel, so while you monitor one, you

can record another.

Stan, I really don't need to know how it all works.

Well, I just thought I'd take this opportunity to learn about surveillance

the ground floor up, so to speak.

How's it going so far?

This guy, Ross, is a total creep when it comes to his wife.

I've been logging his calls.

At 12 .20, he had this very intense conversation with a guy we traced to a

booth in Morgan Heights.

Quote, I'll be bringing in the furniture from Bangkok.

Now, I'm thinking that might be a password for dope.

You know, Thailand, the Golden Triangle.

It could be his password for sofas and dinettes. He does import furniture from

the Far East.

Oh.

Yeah.

Is that him?

New dress?

Yeah.

You like it?

All your taste is in your mouth. You look like Bensonhurst.

I thought you'd like it.

You thought?

I don't want you buying any new dresses, new shoes, new shirts, nothing.

But the invitation said... You get in there and change it. You take it back

tomorrow.

You know, where?

Whatever it is, you'll button it up wrong.

This guy's messing with her mind.

Why don't you just go without me?

Prince.

Yeah.

Let's nail this guy with a fast hammer.

We gotta find something on him first.

You know, that's like the third time he's gotten on her about spending money.

I'm thinking we should run it down to Bradstreet on him. You already did.

We're still waiting to hear from Sid.

Why doesn't she just get out of there?

I can't take this anymore.

He never stopped.

Do you want me to arrange the meeting?

No one will ever know, Gail.

Yes. Yes?

Irwin parked by the wooden bridge tomorrow at nine.

I'll tell him he'll be waiting.

What was that all about?

I'd say offhand, Gail just decided to kill her husband.

What's with you?

You got nothing on.

Let's talk.

I said I'm clean.

What about the Constitution?

What's the Constitution?

How do we handle this?

Cash is customary.

I can put together... I might need a few days to...

Oh, God.

What am I doing? I can't do this. I thought I could go through with it, but

can't. But I'm sorry.

Gail, it's going to be all right. I can help you.

I'm a police officer.

It's always been bad, but now it's gotten really crazy.

He finds out that I came here.

We'll protect you.

This is when we lived in New York.

I called the police on Terry.

He nearly killed me.

So that was just a taste of what I would get if I ever did it again.

Did he ever mention Mickey Shaggins?

Well, he's talked to...

Someone named Mickey on the phone. I don't know his last name. He came to the

house once last week.

Is this him?

Yeah. You realize your husband's nearly bankrupt?

Well, I know that he's had some problems with the unions down at the docks.

Why are you... Why did you bug the phone? What is he doing?

We think he's about to pull off a big drug deal.

I think that surprised me. We can put him away for 20 years.

We just don't have enough to arrest him yet.

What do you need?

Would you be willing to go back in?

There might be things you can get that we can't get.

You know, you can go through his mail, his faxes.

If there's even a remote chance that he can go away for 20 years, I'll take it.

I can't live the rest of my life looking over my shoulder.

Could I see you for a moment, please?

What are you doing?

What do you mean? I'm following through on that. You're putting her in a very

dangerous situation.

She wants to go. Besides, she's been in a very dangerous situation for years.

At least if we're there watching, we can protect her. Is this about nailing Ross

or gunning for sergeant?

Ross is scum.

You want his drugs and David Stoll's drugs. We don't know his drugs. You want

take that chance?

I told you I'd take the chance, and I meant it.

Okay, one of us will be across the street at all times.

The house is completely wired, so if things get ugly, all you have to do is

yell, okay?

Okay.

What?

You've been listening to everything that's been going on in my house for two

days now, and all intimate things, and...

Well, I don't even know your first name.

Oh.

Stan.

Well, I'm glad you're going to be there, Stan.

See, don't worry.

You're going to be great.

Okay, so I guess you're going to introduce me? Yeah, yeah.

Boys and girls.

Today we have a very special guest. She's going to tell us all about her

exciting career as a police detective.

Sid Madison.

Hi, everybody.

I thought I'd kind of break the ice.

Joke.

What do you get when you cross a pushy salesman with a duck?

A quack in the door.

Funny. Yeah, that's good. The kids will like that.

Okay.

But seriously, kids, crime is a terrible thing.

You're working too hard.

Tell me something I don't know.

You know, uh... You want to let me help you?

What did you have in mind?

I don't know. I could, you know, do the books.

Maybe write some letters for you.

You know, I've got an idea.

Why don't you just take over the whole business?

Terry, I didn't... No, no, no, no, no, no.

You work, I'll stay at home, make crappy meals and watch soap operas.

Does that sound like a good idea?

No. No.

Because your job is to put on a pretty face and keep your mouth shut.

I mean, are you okay with that?

Yeah.

Because you seem kind of jumpy.

Baby.

A bus?

Don't suppose you decided on who's going to be sergeant?

Not yet.

Well, here's where we stand with the stolen bus.

It's not in any of the known chop shops or paint and repair joint. It hasn't

been seen on any of the roads going out of town either.

In other words, we got a pretty good idea where the bus isn't.

Right.

I'll keep looking.

Hope you get hit by a train.

Alone at last.

Hi, Stan.

This is so weird. You can hear me, but I can't hear you.

Talk about your glass houses.

I don't have many friends.

Carry a seat to that. I hope you don't mind me talking to you like this, but I

guess you don't have much choice.

I ran off with Terry when I was 17. We were dirt poor. My dad was pretty mean.

He used to slap us around.

And then along came Terry with a big car and a lot of money.

My old man hated him, but Terry didn't care. He stood up to him.

He said if he ever laid a hand on any of us ever again, he'd kill him.

He was my hero.

talk to anybody in a long time.

Well, there's got to be, um, statements and bank records and Terry's office that

could help you. He doesn't want anybody in there, but I know where he hides an

extra key.

Now, if you see him coming back...

This is weird. He's got a painting of sunflowers on the wall here. It's not

exactly his.

Neil. Oh.

Well.

I think I just found out where he keeps his books.

My dad works on an assembly line.

You knew that, didn't you?

Yeah, he solders one piece of metal to another, basically.

And every year or so, there's an opening for Foreman, and we'd always say, go

for it, Pop, come on, you can do it, you know?

And he'd always say, yeah, next year, next year, I'll try for next year.

He's been saying that for 28 years.

He's still on that line.

I don't want that to happen to me.

Show me something, Mickey.

I'm setting it up now.

I'll be in touch. Hey, I'm tired of waiting.

You know how to do it without me?

Be my guest.

It's Shagins.

I'm gonna run to the market and get some bread.

Why are we out of bread?

You ate it all?

Well, go on. I'm not gonna bite you.

What brains does it take to notice we're out of bread?

I didn't have time to go to the market.

What, there's no time between Oprah and Geraldo?

I'm putting a stop to this.

Don't help me.

Don't help me. Wait, boss.

She's talking to us.

We go in there now, he'll be on to us.

I don't want to put him away for six months. I want him gone for 20 years.

I want to put him away too, Stan, but what price are we willing to pay?

I didn't know about the safe. How are we going to get in?

I've had it worse than this, believe me.

Look, you let us worry about the safe.

We're going to get you out of there. You've done enough.

No, no, because if I split it, it might throw him off. He might come after me

instead of doing the deal. Your safety comes first.

On the other hand, the warrant expires in 24 hours.

I hate the idea of coming this far and then quitting.

What do you think?

I think if you leave and we don't get him, you'll always be looking over your

shoulder.

Now, wait a minute. No, I'm going back in, Commissioner. It's the only way.

Now, I'll call Stan when I know we're going to be gone for a while.

You come in and get us the safe.

All right.

You take care of yourself.

What do you get when you cross a pushy salesman with a duck?

A quack in the door.

Screams.

Well, now that we've broken the ice, why don't I tell you a little bit

about what it's like to be a policeman?

Woman.

Person. You ever waste anybody?

Excuse me?

Ice, whack, blow away.

You do speak English, right?

Well, as a matter of fact, I have killed in the line of duty.

Excellent.

It certainly is not excellent.

You don't become a cop to kill people.

Why then?

Well, because.

I mean, because you want to help people.

You want to be the knight in shining armor.

And, of course, there are also personal reasons, maybe.

Like maybe your father was a cop or... With yours?

No.

My father was Mr. Wall Street.

He had my whole life planned out.

Baths or business school.

By the time I got out of college, I'd spent so much time trying to please him.

And for what?

Nothing I did was ever good enough.

Is there a point?

And if so, are we getting closer?

I'm sorry.

Why am I a cop?

It's simple.

To protect law -abiding citizens and put away criminals.

Nowadays, nobody wants to take responsibility for what they do. It's

It's my parents. I say baloney.

You know the difference between right and wrong.

And when you commit a crime, you know what you're doing is wrong. You do it,

pay for it.

You know, jails are horrible places.

Lonely, dark, and dangerous.

Things happen there that I wouldn't even want to tell your parents about, let

alone you.

But people who commit crime know that's where they're going to end up.

And they've got nobody to blame. All right, all right.

I took the markers from Mrs. Kelly's desk.

It was just a joke. They're right here in my backpack.

Look, I'll give them back.

They're all here. Count them.

I'm sorry, really.

Just please, please don't send me to jail, okay?

I'll never do it again. I promise.

Well, boys and girls, that is what the police do.

They solve crimes.

Awesome.

That's really cool.

Awesome.

Remember,

breaking into Ross' office was your idea, Stan.

Okay, now I crack this, I skate, right?

If you called three years probation skating, yeah, who wouldn't?

Why don't we go to another movie? That's the movie I wanted to speak to. Well,

why couldn't we go to dinner? Why do we have to come home? We'll go another

night.

May I come today?

Uh, go to the living room.

Get it, will you?

My feet hurt, honey.

What, you can't walk across the room?

It's these shoes.

You do anything but complain.

I think I'll do some work.

Now?

Somebody's got to make some money around here.

Well, I thought we were to go out. Now we can't even be together.

You're awfully bitchy tonight, you know that?

What is it so wrong for a woman to want her man?

I just wanted a romantic evening, that's all.

But you're right, we don't have to go out if you want me.

Can't the work wait?

Is it any, any while?

I'm no accountant, but it looks like he's keeping two sets of books.

Yeah, I didn't get it all. They came back early.

You didn't suspect anything?

No.

Gale okay?

Yeah.

Look at this.

Some kind of business deal.

They're going to finalize it tomorrow, whatever that means.

Preston Flats. He's in the middle of nowhere.

Why would anybody go way out there just to do a drug deal?

That's Mickey Shaggins.

Well, we can close the book on the missing school bus.

Should we grab them both right now?

It's your call.

Sale of explosives, grand theft bus.

Nah, it's still Penny, Eddie.

I think there's gonna be something bigger involved, you know?

Look, we know Ross is having labor troubles at the docks, right?

Maybe he's looking to blow something up down there, you know? Make the unions

look bad or something. I don't know.

I just think if we bust them right now, we blow our chance at really putting

them away.

The wiretap's only good for a few more hours.

Ross is broke.

He needs to score in a hurry.

Trafficking in explosives is a felony. It'll get you 10 to 15. That's if you

priors, which Ross doesn't. So he gets five years suspended. Boom.

Gale's back in the lion's den.

And you don't get the big caller.

Okay, you think I'm wrong?

You're the boss.

Let's take him out.

We'll do it your way.

Planted it before the stunt with the bus?

Confidence. It means everything in life.

Goodbye, Terry.

Scali? Boss, the deal with Ross is going down at 11 o 'clock tonight.

You sure? Sid tailed Shagins to a steak joint in Greenwich Village. Shagins

already set the explosives before we put a tail on him. I just don't know where.

I think I do.

A ship that came in from Thailand.

Those papers from Ross' safe show two sets of invoices.

Those crates he's bringing in are empty.

He's going to blow them up to collect the insurance?

I'm going to get a bomb squad out there right now.

Never let me in your office and you know, I've been wrong about that.

This is your house, too

Look on my desk.

You know what that little gray thing is?

It's a listening device.

And do you know how it got there?

I have no idea.

You've been in here, haven't you?

Don't lie to me.

That would make me very, very angry.

No, I haven't. I swear.

I found a strand of your hair near my desk.

It couldn't be mine. Please don't.

That's a lie, Gail.

You've been working with the police. No, I haven't.

You had everything you wanted.

I gave you everything.

Why would you do this to me?

How could you do this to me? I can't do anything.

Believe me.

Believe you?

I'm gonna... I'm gonna kill you.

Why, Gail?

Why?

You okay?

Give me the phone.

Face down.

This is Officer Stan Kelly, batch 401.

I need an ambulance and backup at 8061 Chasing Street.

Get me to a hospital, Gail.

Gail.

You and my wife?

You and my wife? Shut up.

Big mistake.

There's no bomb in number one hole, boss.

Moving into the boiler room.

All right, keep me posted.

Mr. Ross, I'm Police Commissioner Scali. What the hell's going on? Why'd you

drag me down here? You got a shipment of furniture coming in here from Thailand?

So?

My wife and I love that stuff. You think we could drop by a showroom sometime?

Oh, it's 1045. Could you excuse me for just a minute?

Hey, hey, you got no right to keep me here. You want to book me, take me down

the precinct.

Dominic, got a suit for me? You're going on board?

Well, if I play my cards right.

I need you to come on board and identify your shipment.

What? Oh, I know it's a pain, but there's a rumor there's a bomb on the

gotta check the contents.

Not going on that ship? I don't think there's really a bomb on there at all.

the rumor said it was set for 11 o 'clock, which still gives us nine

be in and out.

Where's my stuff?

Well, it's just a rumor. You know how these things are.

Yeah, then why do you need that?

I got a family.

I don't know why, but Rattan really does it for me.

I hope they didn't store it below the waterline.

Because if there is a bomb in there...

It'll rip that hull apart like a tin can. We gotta get out of here.

Seven minutes, if that rumor's true.

Now, on the off chance water starts gushing in, I'm gonna try to unlock your

cuffs, but if I can't do it, how long can you tread?

Please. Now, when we're down there, try to memorize the floor plan so you can

feel your way out if you get blinded by the smoke.

Hail Mary.

Full of grace. This is crazy. You're crazy.

Six minutes to go. Where did Jenkins plant the bomb?

You want to go down to that hole to what?

You sure you're okay?

I'll never sing at the Met.

Is he in jail?

Yeah. Thanks to you.

So, uh, you can start over now.

You don't have to be afraid anymore.

I thought that would never happen.

But it did because of you.

Have you thought about what you're going to do?

Well, Terry always said that I belong in Bensonhurst. That's why I'm not going

back.

I'll always be grateful to you, Stan.

Did you, um... Did you make Sarge?

I don't think I'm the right man for the job.

Why not?

I went overboard.

I lost all perspective.

All I saw was that promotion.

staring me in the face, and I could have gotten Gail killed.

If Ross had pulled out a gun, she'd have been dead before I got there.

But you did get there.

And she didn't do anything she didn't want to do.

You protected her, and you helped her save the people that would have been on

that ship.

The whole time I kept saying, it's my case.

I kept thinking, how would the boss handle this?

Would you have done things differently?

Yeah.

But you did it your way.

You made the call.

Sergeant Kelly.

Congratulations.

I can't believe this.

You're the last to know.

Hey. Way to go, Sergeant.

Sergeant Stan.

Way to go.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

Way to go, Stan.

Thanks.

So now that you're a sergeant, what's the first thing you're going to do?

I'm going to see my dad.

Great. Thanks.

I'll see you. Yep.

No, Stanley!