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I need to make it a little later.

As late as you can.

Webber.

Oh, six o 'clock?

Good, that's great, thanks.

Where are you going at six?

Oh, I went to the doctor.

Everything okay?

Yeah, just a regular checkup.

Listen, if I'm not home in time, just heat up the macaroni and cheese at the

fridge.

By the way, I thought you were going to fix that shower head over the weekend.

I'll get to it.

Tony, hire a plumber.

Pay him a fortune? I'll fix it myself.

When?

Mom, I'm dying on this English report.

You gotta help me find the meaning of Moby Dick. That's easy.

Stay on dry land.

Tonight?

Sure. Thanks.

I have to get Sarah to daycare.

I don't suppose you can... I've got a budget meeting in 20 minutes. I can't be

late.

But I can.

Come on, Sarah, dare.

Come on.

Will you at least, please remember to fix the shower tonight? I'll fix it.

Why?

Where's the perp? He's in the lobby with the hostage.

Be careful, he's on.

One false move and I'll blow his head off.

Ma 'am?

Take it easy. Oh, no, no, I'm through taking it easy. If I go, he goes with

Nobody's going to go.

And we're going to stay real calm.

We're going to talk this over.

Talking won't help. I've talked till I'm blue in the face.

Let me at him!

Ma 'am! Ma 'am, I don't want to use handcuffs. So calm down, okay?

I'm trying.

Good. Take your time.

You're a very nice, considerate young man.

Are you going to take me away now? I'm afraid we have to. No, I understand.

May I apologize to him first?

That might be a good idea.

Mr.

Dudzik, I pointed a gun at you, and I'm very, very sorry that it wasn't loaded.

Ow!

I want to press charges.

Mr. Dudzik, she's a 70 -year -old woman. I don't care. She's dangerous.

The gun wasn't even loaded. It didn't even have a firing pin. It's still an

assault, isn't it?

Yeah, technically. Then do your job.

Is that the guy she went after? Yeah.

Found this in her purse.

Some sort of investment advisor.

He's a common thief.

He stole all of my life savings.

$50 ,000, every cent I have in the world.

Thank you very much. Careful, it's hot.

Now, he stole it?

Lost it.

It's the same thing. The money is gone.

He promised that he would triple my investment.

He said there was very little risk, and he took 20 % off the top.

20 %? The rest he lost inside of three months.

This is terrible, Mrs. Simpkins, but technically...

You committed assault, battery assault with a deadly weapon.

The gun wasn't even loaded. But he didn't know that. You scared the guy

death. I was hoping that he would be scared into giving me back my money.

This contract doesn't say anything about tripling your money or low risk.

But he said it to me.

In front of anyone?

I was a fool. I could see that now.

This guy's pretty slick.

He takes a flyer with other people's money and he keeps a share of the

And if there are no profits, he still makes out because he took his cut up

front. He was charming and persuasive.

You might have a case in a civil suit.

Sue him. We'll recommend a good lawyer. I can't afford the fees.

And I certainly can't afford the time.

Will I have to go to jail now?

I think we can avoid that.

But you have to promise never to do anything like this again.

I promise.

Now, can I at least get my gun returned?

It was my husband's in World War II.

It has special meaning for me.

Not that I don't trust you, but maybe I should give it to a gunsmith and he'll

cement the barrel first.

It'll still look the same. Oh, that's fine.

Can I go now? Sure.

Will you be all right?

My husband died 12 years ago, Commissioner.

And I've been able to take care of myself ever since.

And I can manage now, too.

Thank you.

Are you sure there's nothing you can do?

No, no, I understand.

If you could recommend someone else.

Thanks. Give me a bus.

Trying to get someone to take the Ruby Simpkins case on contingency. No luck so

far. I did some checking up on Dudlik.

This guy makes his living scamming old people.

He wins their trust, promises them the moon verbally, but the written deal is

always above board. That's fraud.

If you can prove it.

But it's always the victim's word against his.

Several people have filed complaints, Tony, but nothing ever sticks.

He ought to be in jail, not her.

Well, she's not going to be.

The D .A. reduced the charges to a misdemeanor nuisance, provided she stays

least 100 yards away from him.

Good.

I'll let her know.

When I go return, her husband's gone. Listen, do you mind if I come with you?

She reminds me of my mother a little.

What? You think that's happy?

Very.

Except she reminds me of my mother, too.

You know, there's got to be something more we can do for her.

That's what I was thinking, but apart from finding her a lawyer... Mrs.

Simpkins, it's Commissioner Scali.

It's Jack.

Let's get her out of here, quick!

It was bad enough that I lost all my savings.

There was an eviction notice waiting for me when I got home this morning.

I thought, it's the electricity, the water.

That's when I thought of the gas.

Have you tried to explain things to your landlord?

For three months, I've been explaining the rent to my landlord instead of

it.

I mean, you can't blame him.

It's so funny.

I was so worried that the money I had wouldn't be enough.

give anything to have it back.

Why don't you try to get some sleep?

I'd like to talk to you about Ruby Simpkins.

The nutcase who shoved a gun in my face.

She tried to commit suicide today.

Like I said, she's a nutcase.

I mean, you know, in this business, you pays your money and you takes your

chances. She had some hard luck, but it has nothing to do with me.

You lied to her.

Prove it.

You told her the investments weren't risky.

That's not what the contract says. That's what you said.

You got any witnesses?

You left her with nothing. At least refund the 20 % you took off the top.

That's my fee for services rendered.

Like what? Losing the other 80 %?

Like I said, you paid your money and you... I heard you the first time.

I'm a busy man, Commissioner.

Are you going to arrest me or what?

I wish I could.

But you can't.

So don't let the door hit you on the way out.

This will just take a minute, Rachel.

Why don't you lay down?

Sure. There we go.

How's it work?

Good.

Tony and the kids?

Oh, they're great.

Whenever I catch a glimpse of them in between errands.

I just want to look at something on the ultrasound. I'm sure it's nothing.

Do you want to slip your gown down for me, Rachel?

The gel's going to be a little cold.

Okay.

You can sit up.

Now, there's no cause for alarm, but I do seem to be picking up a small growth.

In my breast?

Yes. Now, it could be anything. A fatty cyst, irregular cells.

Or cancer.

When my mother got breast cancer, she was younger than I am right now.

Which is why we monitor you so closely.

Now, I want to biopsy this.

I'll make arrangements at the hospital, and I'll call you at home.

It's a minor procedure.

And we're not going to worry until we know more, right?

You like it, sweetheart.

Try it. It's macaroni. It's like little telescopes.

You know, the food's not as good without mom, but the entertainment's better.

Hi, how's the doctor?

Come on, Sarah, try some macaroni for you.

Yo, pop, come on.

I'll get it.

Hello? Oh, hi, Rachel. Katie Gordon here.

I set up the biopsy at Eastbridge Memorial for Wednesday at noon.

Okay, thanks.

Have you told Tony yet?

Not yet.

I just got home.

Well, I'm sure it's going to turn out to be nothing, but I'm a big believer in

getting all the support you can.

Wrong number.

Mom, have you gone over my Moby Dick report?

No, not yet.

It's due Thursday.

I know. I'll get to it tomorrow.

Missed you today.

I missed you, too.

The landlord withdrew the eviction? How'd you manage that?

Hey, you're not the only one with special powers of persuasion. So you

the situation.

Eloquently. What a nice lady she is. Brought tears to his eyes.

And then you paid the back rent.

482 bucks.

That's whatever you have.

Good morning, Mrs. Sinkins. Hi.

How are you feeling? I'm okay.

He's called me Ruby.

Oh, what a nice young man.

Nobody has bought me flowers for longer than I care to remember.

And nobody's called me a nice young man for longer than I care to remember.

Doctor says you're doing fine. Oh, yeah.

And as long as I don't do anything foolish again, I'll outlive us all.

It's the standard pep talk.

Did you listen?

I hope you did.

Because we got some good news.

First of all, you're not evicted.

Paulie talked to your landlord.

We thought that would make you happy.

You're both so kind.

How am I going to pay my bills, my utilities, my food, my clothes?

One day at a time.

Easier said than done at my age.

Well, the thing is, we have a plan to get your money back.

You do?

What kind of a plan?

A real good one.

Yeah, so you just leave the rest to us and get some rest.

What's our plan?

I didn't think there was any way we could nail this guy.

We might just have to use a different kind of nail.

We might not be able to put him away like he deserves, but with a little

we might be able to get Ruby's 50 grand back.

However, this is strictly volunteer on your own time.

If you kill the captured, I'll disavow any knowledge of your activities.

Got it.

Studsick's sense of morality is not very well developed, but his sense of greed

is. Now, we still have an empty office from the Brinkman stakeout. Paulie can

use that.

I'm not sure I can pull this off.

Listen to this.

Convertible subordinated debenture.

Coupon equivalent rate.

Callable preferred stock.

And this is just the letter C.

I don't think I can learn all this stuff. You won't have to. Just don't

throw out a few terms.

If Dudzik was all that good, he wouldn't have to fleece old ladies.

You've left your way through plenty of undercover gigs before. This won't be

different. I hope so.

Convertible dementia.

Sounds like a car with false teeth.

Scali.

Sorry to bother you, but we couldn't get hold of your wife. The hospital just

called. They need to reschedule her biopsy.

Her what?

Why didn't you tell me? I didn't want you to worry.

I'm your husband. I'm supposed to worry. You think I want you to go through this

by yourself?

Are you all right?

Actually, I'm pretty scared.

I mean, I know it's probably nothing, but... No, I'm sure it isn't. I mean,

don't feel weak or anything, right?

Not the way it works.

I'm going to take a couple of days off.

Until we get the results, we should be together.

Honey, I appreciate it, but I just want to keep going.

Same hectic routine that I'm always complaining about.

Maybe people are supposed to stop and smell the roses more often.

But I like our life.

I like having a job and a house, a husband, two kids.

I hope not, but I'm in a high -risk category.

Next couple of days, they could be the last normal ones I'm ever going to have.

I don't want anything to change unless it has to.

Okay.

You want normal, you got normal.

Be so normal, they'll have to put us on the cover of Normal magazine.

What if there isn't one?

We'll be so normal, they'll have to publish one.

I should get back.

Or should you?

Okay.

What about David?

I don't know.

I don't think we should worry him until we know something.

Listen, I'm going to the biopsy with you. That's not open to negotiation,

I like that.

Normal?

Normal.

hundred thousand of the convertible preferred and hedge on the option side,

don't exercise the puts.

Okay.

Larry, long time no see. Yeah, listen, I really don't have a lot of time.

You've got time for this.

Uh, the same, please.

You into apples now?

Just call me Isaac Newton.

Take a bite of that and try and guess where it came from.

Mmm. That's really good.

Washington?

New England.

In a test tube.

It's genetic.

You can grow it year -round, and it costs half what a normal apple does.

Okay, I'm interested.

A few weeks ago, I made friends with this guy at my club, CEO of a small

called Fruit Tech.

That's their apple.

They're going public in ten days, but I can get shares now.

CEO's got a little gambling problem.

He's got options up the wazoo, but he's desperate for cash.

So you pre -buy shares from him at 50%, and he post -dates them after the IPO.

$100 ,000 today is half a million in six weeks.

It's also illegal.

No. I'll know.

I don't know, Franco. It sounds risky.

Take my card. I got a new number.

Well, it just seems to me she should be resting or something.

Well, she can if she wants to, but it's really not necessary.

Well, what can I do? There must be something.

There is, Tony.

And it's probably the hardest thing of all. You just have to wait.

All right.

All right, thank you, Kate.

This finance stuff isn't so hard after all.

I think he bought us.

You know, I never understood the difference between a stock and a bond,

real simple.

You just... Hey, Paisan, what's wrong?

Most likely it's going to turn out to be nothing.

But even if it is something, there's a very good chance I'm going to

be able to beat it.

Things are a lot different now than they were when my mom got sick.

And if I'm not around, you're still going to be taken care of.

Because your daddy loves you very much.

So does David.

You know that, don't you?

And of course.

What happened?

You are going to be one normal and healthy and happy girl.

And if I'm not here, I don't want that to hold you back.

I know.

She won't forget me, will you?

I had no idea.

You should have told me before.

Just found out this morning.

Chances are it's nothing. I mean, doctors these days are super cautious.

You know, I just wish it was me going through this instead of her.

Not just because I love her, but because it would make it so much easier.

I just feel so helpless.

I've always had this...

This fear that she would die before me.

Because of her mother?

Maybe.

Maybe just because it was the worst thing I could think of.

I wouldn't be any good without her, Paulie. I just know I wouldn't.

You would.

But you won't have to be.

We've known each other since we were kids. I mean, life without her wouldn't

life. It would just be an early death.

Hey, hey, come on now. It's not going to come to that.

And then...

What would I do without her?

I can't raise two kids by myself in a job like this. I'd have to quit. And

do what?

I know that sounds selfish, but... No.

It's human.

Hey.

Why don't you go home now?

Be with her.

That's the hardest part of all.

She says she wants everything to be normal until we find out.

I don't think I can do it.

If that's what she needs, you can do it.

Don't you fall for the first man who comes along.

Take your time.

Be choosy.

Of course, I did fall for the first guy who came along.

We waited five whole years before we got married.

I guess what I'm saying here is take the time to get to know yourself first

before you start worrying too much about getting to know anybody else.

You getting all this now?

How do you feel?

Now, I want you to help me out, Norm.

Okay?

Hey, Dad.

Hi, Dad.

Hi. How you doing?

Good. How are you?

Good.

The anesthetic has taken effect by now. You won't feel a thing.

Simple procedure.

Won't take very long.

No any good songs, Tony?

Mostly opera.

I wouldn't want to crack any windows.

You okay?

Yeah.

Can you come to all my operations?

There aren't going to be any more operations.

There we go.

Two stitches, and I'll be back to work tomorrow.

How soon will we know something?

You should hear from the pathologist by three on Thursday.

There's no way to find out any sooner?

I'm afraid not.

We'll come by your office at 3 .30.

In the meantime... Just wait.

And the city council wants to cut the training budget in half.

That's fine.

You've been fighting that for two years.

Right. Have Lucille draft up a letter of protest for my signature.

You'll know something on Thursday, right?

Yeah.

3 .30.

I'm counting the seconds.

Even knowing the worst is better than knowing nothing.

Hey, there's a call on a dedicated line from Mr. Franco.

I'll take it here.

Hey.

Louis Franco speaking.

Mr. Franco.

Or should I say Mr. Newton?

You have the wrong number.

Oh, I don't think so.

You like apples, right?

Who is this?

I was sitting here wondering whether I should tell the police what I know about

you and Fruit Tech IPO.

What do you think?

What do you want?

I want what the whole world wants.

A piece of the action.

I'll come by your office in, say, about an hour.

Be there.

He bit.

Who are you?

And how did you find out about Fruit Tech?

I'm an investment advisor like you.

And like you, I have my sources.

I looked into Fruit Tech.

There isn't one single system analyst with any major brokerage following it.

Nobody knows anything about it.

It's a gold mine.

So why mess it up?

Oh, I have no intention of messing it up.

As long as I'm on the inside.

Well, I'd love to cut you in, but all the shares are spoken for.

But next time I get a tip... Forget next time.

You don't have any more shares?

Then I'll have to take some of yours.

No. Or you could go to jail.

It's your call.

I've got 20 ,000 shares.

I bought them at 10.

That's $200 ,000.

I'll let you have them for 100.

I'm assuming you're lying by, say, 100%. Which means you paid 100 grand.

I'll pay you 50.

It'll have to be cash. There can't be a paper trail.

Okay, that'll take a day or two.

How about Thursday, 4 o 'clock?

It's been a pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Franco.

What, are you kidding?

He's bringing the 50 grand Thursday afternoon.

I can't wait till we turn it over to Ruby.

Oh, when are the stock certificates going to be ready?

The phony stock certificates?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'll pick them up Thursday.

I'll do it. You shouldn't have to think about work at a time like this.

I have to think about work or I'll go crazy.

Tony. I said I'll handle it.

Okay, fine.

How's Captain Ahab?

On Moby Dick report, remember?

I forgot to read it. I'm sorry.

Again? Come on, Mom. It's due tomorrow.

Hey, don't talk to your mother in that tone of voice.

Tony, I just want to know... You heard what I said.

Okay.

Sorry.

He should be doing his own reports.

He just wants me to read it over.

Up in the shower head.

Johnny, I thought we were going to act normal. I am.

Well, if you were acting normal, you'd put off doing that for two more weeks at

least.

I feel like I never want to put off anything ever again.

Forget the shower.

Get normal.

Forget everything.

You remember this?

My senior year picnic.

I remember that day.

So do I.

You went out afterwards with Harry Skinner.

Only because you were paying so much attention to Judy Crawford. What

She dropped her plate. I helped her clean up. For two hours?

She was heavily smudged.

You know, I never told you this, but I followed you two that night.

Me and Harry?

Uh -huh. You followed him? Uh -huh.

I don't believe it.

You went to see Mash. Then you went out to dinner. You had a hamburger, a shake,

no fries, but you had some of his.

And then he took you home.

I had to see if he was going to try to kiss you goodnight.

What if he had?

He'd have been pushing up daisies now.

I sure was crazy about you.

Still am.

Oh, look.

The day you graduated from the academy.

You look so handsome in your uniform.

You still do.

The day of days.

Happiest day of my life.

They must give a course in medical school how to keep patients waiting.

people majored in it.

Scali.

Yeah, put him through.

It's David's school.

Yes, this is he.

No, he didn't.

I see.

Well, thanks for letting us know.

Terrific. What?

David left school after his first class. He hasn't been seen since.

He probably didn't want to turn in that stupid English paper because you hadn't

read it. All the times for him to pull a stunt like this.

Honey, look, he doesn't even know what we're going through.

Still, he's got to take responsibility for his own work. He knows that.

Or if he doesn't, he soon will.

Mr. and Mrs. Galley, Dr. Gordon will see you now.

I thought we were supposed to hear something today, now.

I know, and I'm terribly sorry, but Dr. Ruskin hasn't finished analyzing the

sample. Call him.

It won't do any good.

We're just going to have to wait until Monday.

Monday? We waited for the biopsy. We waited for the results. Now we have to

for the weekend?

His office called and said that's how long it's going to take.

Get him on the phone personally. Tell him it's important.

All his patients are important.

Call him.

Kate Gordon.

Is Dr.

Ruskin available?

Thank you.

As I said, he's not available. Did I hear the word racquetball?

Robert Ruskin?

That's right. Who are you? Police Commissioner Tony Scali. You're supposed

analyzing my wife's biopsy. Why are you playing racquetball?

I resent this. You resent this?

Being police commissioner does not give you the right to come barging in here

and treat me like a criminal. You're right. Forget all about police

commissioner. This is man to man, and you better have a damn good reason for

being here instead of in your office finishing your work.

As it happens, I do have a good reason for being here.

I'm finished analyzing your wife's sample.

And you couldn't be bothered to make a phone call because of a racquetball

I ran two tests. One gave favorable results, the other unfavorable.

Now, that's why I didn't call.

I have to do a different test for the sample, but I couldn't arrange it until

Monday.

Now, the minute I know anything, I'll call Kate Gordon.

She'll call you.

I was way out of line. I apologize.

What are you doing here? I had a meeting with Dudzik at 4 o 'clock. Oh, the

stock certificates. I completely forgot.

What happened?

Dudzik showed up.

Briefcase full of money.

And he left with a briefcase full of money.

Tony, I had nothing to give him.

So, Ruby Simpkin?

Still out in the cold.

You're a guy who likes to have things under control, and you usually do, but

you've just got to let go.

Concentrate on the things you can do something about.

Snap out of it.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself.

Do you have any idea what this is like?

No, I don't.

If you want to be with Rachel, go.

But if your body's here and your mind is there, you're just in the way.

Mr. Dudzik.

I want to file a complaint.

Stock fraud, insider trading, tax evasion, you name it. The guy's name is

Franco.

The IRS hands out rewards for turning in guys like this, don't they?

Yeah, I suppose they do.

Well, he's been doing an illegal stock deal with a company called Fruit Tech.

How do you know?

He told me.

Well, it's his word against yours.

Not a very strong case.

Although, if we were able to set up some sort of sting, you could split the

reward money with the department. It could be as much as 10 or 20 grand.

This deal he's setting up, I don't suppose you could get in on it?

Well, he offered it to me. Of course, I turned it down because it was illegal.

Of course.

I could tell him I changed my mind.

We could catch him in the act.

Good idea.

Uh, one problem, though.

It's really not in our budget. We'd have to use your money for this thing.

Uh, I'd have to have interest on my money.

One day's interest?

Every little bit helps.

Good. You got it.

The whole thing should take a little less than an hour.

Ten grand plus interest and less than an hour's work? Not bad, huh?

I can do business along those lines.

Good. Set it up for noon tomorrow.

And listen, I'm sorry I unloaded on you the other day.

You're obviously a law -abiding citizen.

People make mistakes.

They certainly do.

Look, I'm not going to come down on you too hard.

I haven't been exactly perfect myself these days.

But you skipped school, David. Don't you think you owe us an explanation?

Are you going to die?

David, what are you talking about?

You know what I'm talking about.

You wouldn't tell me, so I went to the library to find out for myself.

Causes of breast cancer, rates of survival, types of treatment.

I found out everything except for the one thing I want to know.

Is my mom going to die or not?

I don't even know if I have cancer yet.

We're still waiting to hear.

The other day when Dad yelled at me, I knew something had to be wrong.

He came back down the stairs and heard you guys talking.

David, you misunderstood.

Your mom just had a biopsy. We won't know anything until Monday.

Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?

I wouldn't have gone through all this.

I thought I was part of the family.

Honey, I'm so sorry.

Your mom didn't even tell me right away.

We didn't want you to worry, David.

You know, honey, they don't give out instruction books for this kind of

mean, we're just trying to muddle through.

Will you forgive us?

We're just scared.

So are we.

At least now we can all be scared together.

Just go in there, make the deal, and leave.

Once you're out of the way, we'll make the bus, and we'll meet you at the

precinct later. Wait.

What if he makes a break for it? With my money? Don't worry about it. We've got

the whole place covered like a blanket. Look around.

See the hot dog vendor?

Yeah. He's one of ours.

Really?

And the gardener?

One of ours.

Wow.

Well, then, here goes.

thanks for giving me a second chance i was afraid you'd turn me in oh i

do a thing like that you got the stock it's all

right here congratulations my friend you're about to be rich

see you around

Fuzz off. It's okay. I'm in on it.

Is this everything?

$50 ,000?

Mm -hmm.

How did you manage?

It might be better if you didn't ask.

Oh, you boys aren't going to get into any trouble over this, are you? No, I

think we'll be okay.

How can I ever thank you?

You already have.

Now, look, now they're reading up on this stuff.

You might want to think about convertible debentures.

There's some very attractive rates out there.

Also, an index fund might be good.

I think I'll just put it in a federally insured bank account.

Good idea.

Where's my money, Scali? What money?

$50 ,000 in that briefcase. You told me to take it into his office. Got any

witnesses? It was a scam.

You're in with Franco.

Prove it.

I'll ransack his offices. What offices?

The office was a front, okay? I'll find the president of Fruit Tech. He knew

Franco personally. Good luck.

Fruit Tech was a scam, too.

I've certainly never heard of it. I want my money back, Scali.

I'm going to call the mayor. I'm going to call the governor. Well, with your

reputation, I'm sure you'll get all the consideration you deserve.

You know what the thing about investments is? It pays your money and

your chances.

Oh, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

I figured we'd watch a couple of movies this weekend.

And if we get bored with that, we'll go into the city, catch the next game.

We'll stay busy, and we'll stay together.

So what do we watch first?

Dr. Ruskin.

Come in, please.

I got to thinking about what happened yesterday.

Like I said, I'm really sorry.

Well, I'm sorry, too.

In retrospect, I should have called, if only to tell you that there were no

definite results yet.

I felt so badly about it, I pulled some strings, got the additional tests done

this afternoon.

Dr. Gordon said it'd be okay if I stopped by in person.

It's not malignant.

There's no trace of cancer.

You sure?

Positive, Mrs. Scali.

You're fine.

I thought you'd want to know.

I should be going.

Thank you, Doctor.

Thank you.

Now we can really get back to normal.

That's right.

I guess that means I've got to finish my book report.

But we should do something special to celebrate.

Oh, wait a minute. I have a great idea.

Here. Oh, sister.

Why not fix the showerhead?

Rachel.

You're the one who said.

I know. Back to normal.

You know something?

Normal is beautiful.

Oh.