All language subtitles for Simon & Simon s07e12 Ties That Bind

I got $4 in my wallet, all right? Let me
just get it.

Is that all, Phil?

As I recall, it was more like 10 grand
you owe me.

Mitch.

Please, man.

Come on.

Put that thing down, all right? I was
going to call you.

You won't. I swear to God, man.

I just got in last week, huh?

Mitch, don't.

You can't be letting every little punk
with a nose for candy run me five

deep and dead in that split town.

That can't I feel.

No. That would be extremely bad business
on my part, wouldn't it? Yeah, Mitch,

but... Wouldn't it?

I gotta let the whole community know
what happens to people who pull that

with me.

I gotta make an example of you.

No!

Some things you never lose.

Others you never find.

Oh, the sweet taste of sour grapes.

Sour grapes. Sour grapes. Me. You.

Get out of the way.

You've got to go for a little more
fluidity, Rick. Fluidity.

A little.

Do you mind?

Wait till Phil gets here. He's not only
a better bowler than me, but he's a

better teacher. Now, he can help pick
out the problems with your approach.

Where's he is? A crowbar?

Oh, come on, AJ. How about a little
fraternal support?

Look, Harry, you've got to understand.

Rick's the kind of guy who gets his best
motivation from humiliation. I don't

need motivation. I need new shoes. These
things kill me.

New shoes?

The walls.

The alley.

The planet.

Fluidity. Fluidity. Fluidity.

That's good. That's good. That's good.
That's... That's bad.

I got it, I got it.

Hi.

Hey, Phil.

Come on, over here.

This is my brother, Phil. He's the
scientist.

Nice to meet you. I understand you're
kind of the Annie Sullivan of bowling

teachers.

You get your work cut out. before you're
here. Yeah, before you get started,

though, I am going to get a new pair of
shoes. Excuse me, Phil. Oh, great. You

do that.

Listen, Harry, could I talk to you for a
minute? Oh, sure. Hey, AJ, why don't

you get us a round of frosties? We'll be
right back. All righty.

What's on your mind, huh?

Listen, I just like to... Hi.

I need some new shoes. These are just a
little tight.

Come right on in here, honey. Let me
measure your butt.

My Lord, what is this?

Uh, socks.

That's, uh, tube socks. White. $1 .95
pair.

Ooh.

Anyone ever tell you you have a
magnificent ungula?

Not in exactly those words, no. Let me
see.

Ooh.

What a dactylia.

You must be a...

Proud man.

Well, it's genetic. All the men in my
family have that. Maybe these shoes will

do it for you.

You can't afford to be cavalier about
your shoes or your socks.

We're talking here about our earth
anchors.

Your life trend.

Your firm, nadir foundation.

Ain't it the truth?

You go through life thinking no one will
notice.

Your friends don't have the time.

And then one day, someone tells you.

Just give me my sock back.

Listen.

You hear me?

Doesn't he look like a particularly
happy family reunion?

How does Phil look to you?

How's a guy supposed to look?

You ever try chains?

What?

You have the ankle for it. Maybe just an
itty -bitty gold one.

Don't give that some serious thought.

It's hot.

You hear me?

Of course, I always liked your deck,
Phil, yeah.

But I never felt I could say anything.

You still can.

Hey, there.

Where's Phil?

He wasn't feeling too good.

He said he was sorry, but he had to go
home and get some Z's.

Matter of fact, I'm not feeling so hot
myself.

You all right?

You know, it's nothing that a good
night's sleep won't cure.

Look, do you mind if we rain check this
till next week?

Are you kidding? My feet will be forever
grateful.

I'll see you guys.

So what do you say? A few more frames?

In your dreams.

No, I'm not kidding.

Look, Mastriani, are you some kind of a
temperamental artist type or are you in

business to make money?

No, Harry.

It's just that you brothers in blue
don't constitute a large portion of my

clientele. You can have the deal, or I
have to go elsewhere to do business.

But so help me, if this is the setup, I
swear to God I'll take your teeth out

one by one with a rat nose pliers.

You're in Wells' army, Jimmy, huh?

Ten G's, huh?

Yeah.

Ten G's are covered.

A grand a week back plus a hundred over
in children's square.

That's payable on Mondays.

If you're late, it's an extra hundred a
day.

No, no, no dice. Look, I already told
you, Mastroianni, I'll give you ten

in a month.

Put in for a withdrawal of my pension,
but it takes 30 days to get the dough.

Hold on a second, Harry.

Okay, I'll buy that.

But if you're late... I won't be late.

Uh, tonight okay, uh, Rubes? You're
gonna miss your bowling game, my friend.

We suffer through.

Who are you staring at?

Mastroianni? Jimmy Mastroianni?

Sure. Why are you talking to scum like
that?

You're setting up a meet. I'm going to
hook the guy that bankrolls him.

That's a job for Bunko. You know, that's
why you're still a desk jockey, Nix.

You never take any initiative.

This is it.

Here we go.

Don't! Please continue this lesson on
tape. What on earth do you think you're

doing?

Bowling. In the office?

What's my stuff doing on the floor?

It's, uh, spots.

What's all this garbage?

Boy, there is just no pleasing you, is
there?

First of all, you're on my back. Get a
hobby, get a hobby, get a hobby. The

minute I get a hobby. Arms support, $65.

My money? Uh -huh.

Marble -sheened, custom -drilled bowling
ball, $300.

My money.

Gucci bowling shoes,

$180.

My money.

Bowling shirt, $200.

There was a sale. I got a great deal.
Rick, you spent $200 of partnership

on that? It's deductible. Look.

Ah!

Advertising like this doesn't grow on
trees. No, it just makes them lush and

full of fruit.

Daisy, look, I got you one, too.

No!

Hey, guys, is this a private argument,
or can I join in?

Nixon, glad to see you. What? Look, what
do you think?

Color's all wrong, A .J. It makes you
look sort of green.

It's not the shirt.

I don't want to get in the middle of
this, guys. I just, uh, I came by.

What I'd like to know is...

Can I hire you guys?

You see there? Seven years we've known
this man. Never once has he asked to

us. But as soon as we got these
shirts... He's blinded by the

simulating his proletarian
sensibilities.

It's Harry. Harry Flank.

Sit down, Mixon.

Look, you know how close we are, right?
I mean, he's my best friend.

This morning, he took out a $10 ,000
loan from Jimmy Mastriani.

And he lied to me when I asked him about
it.

Harry's never lied to me.

What's he doing even hanging around a
lowlife like that?

I don't know, but he also put in for $10
,000 in cash out of his pension fund.

Nixon, I'm sure that there's a perfectly
logical explanation for all of this.

You know, maybe he's sick, or maybe he's
investing.

No, he's in bad trouble. Remember how
funny he acted last night?

Look, guys, I don't know how much money
you're making.

I really don't make that much, but...
Forget it, Nixon.

You can't afford us.

This is on the house.

Or if you like them scrambled, because
that's the way I make them. My favorite.

How did you know?

Something about great minds or... Oh,
yeah, I can't today. I've got an 8 o

'clock client for a perm.

What, and Mrs. Phil's famous mimosa
cocktail?

And what's the occasion?

Oh, just to say thank you to the best
external line brother in the whole world

for putting me up and putting up with
me.

Come on in, guys.

Good morning.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'll live, honey. Oh, I hope so.
What were you up three times last night?

Who's counting, huh? I am. I gotta take
care of you.

You're doing fine.

Well, it was probably those pretzels at
the bowling alley.

Maybe my eggs will help, huh?

I'm running late.

I'll see you both tonight.

You have a terrific day, okay?

See ya.

Bye -bye.

Can you handle three?

Oh, easy, but just give me two, okay?

Listen, Harry, did you, um... Yes, I
did.

By God, Phil, this better be the end of
this. It is, Harry. I swear it is.

You know, I don't know why God blessed a
jerk like me with a brother like...

Well, like... Go on, get now. Well,

I got the four job ads and the
classifieds to check out.

And, uh, you know, I can't wait to get
my own place. Get out of your hair,

paying you back. Right.

You go for it, Philip.

Have a good day. You too.

I don't take calls this early. Even when
it concerns $10 ,000 for you?

Nothing bigger than 50s.

I'll make it even better than that.

I've got a proposition for you, Mitch.

An offer you can't refuse.

I understand your rush, but you guys got
to understand where I'm coming from.

There's a certain confidentiality in my
business that has got to be respected.

You make it sound as if we were talking
to a representative of the Federal

Reserve. I like to think that we both
operate under the same code of ethics.

Jimmy, you're a loan shark. Remember,
you don't have a code of ethics.

People don't pay you back, you break
their legs.

I do wish that you wouldn't talk like
that, Rick. Well, I'm sorry. Well, you

make it real hard to concentrate. I
was... Well... Do you see what I mean?

Now, Jimmy, you do owe us one.

Do you remember the time we busted the
Minuti brothers right outside your joint

with that truckload of hot stereos and
we didn't bother to tell the cops where

they were headed?

Well, do you remember the Giovanni
brothers and that truckload of Gandhi?

about...

He's right.

Okay.

So we're even.

Okay.

Harry's a good guy. I broke a precedent
for him.

How much?

Ten thousand at a point a week.

What a deal.

I didn't want to get on his bad side.

No, certainly not.

What do you need the money for?

Do you think I got my reputation as the
sole discretion by Blab and Every Tom,

Rick and Harry?

Jimmy. October 14th, 1983.

All right. All right.

I imagine it was for his brother.

Phil?

For a long time now, he's been into
Mitch Wineside for 10 grand.

When Phil got back into town, Mitch put
in a collection notice. I just naturally

put one and one together and... And came
up with 52 % a year.

I don't understand. Why didn't he come
to you for the money?

He did. I turned him down flat.

With his history, he couldn't get last
week's weather report on credit.

What do you mean with his history?

Are you kidding?

Phil's a cokehead.

Or he used to be.

Either way, he represents an extremely
questionable risk -reward ratio for an

institution like me.

Thanks, Jimmy.

Here, eat before you weaken.

I wonder where Phil got that beat up old
hunk of junk.

Maybe he just wants to be unobtrusive.

A lot of people don't care what they
drive.

Nah. Every co -cat I ever met couldn't
wait to flash the wad in his wallet or

the rock in his finger.

Surprised he didn't go out and rent
himself a Testarossa.

Come on, let's not hang the guy without
a fair trial.

Who's hanging him?

Just picking out the tree and buying the
rope.

If we give him enough, I guarantee you
Phil will hang himself.

Look, we don't know for sure whether
Harry even gave Phil that $10 ,000.

Right. Then Einstein only guessed at the
theory of relativity.

What are you saying?

I am saying there is a chance that Phil
really has cleaned up his act.

Paying off an old debt is not a crime.

It is when your creditor is the number
one coke dealer in the city of San

Well, you're cynical.

Realist. Realist. I'm a realist. I'm not
a cynic.

Well, of course you wouldn't know.
You've probably never been here. Been

Oh, well.

The last time I was here, this place
seemed a lot bigger.

No, the last time you were here, you
were reading Hop on Pop, The Cat in the

Hat.

The Cat in the Hat's a great book.

Changed my life. Shh!

This is supposed to be a sanctuary for
the mind.

Well, since when is the mind an
endangered species?

Have a taste for modern literature.

The autobiography of Idi Amin, no doubt.

Looks like Phil isn't the only one with
a thirst for knowledge.

You do meet the most interesting people
here.

I suppose Wineside's reading Bernard
Baruch or the PDR.

I don't know, but it seems to interest
Phil, too.

Call it even.

Or you can use that to stake me for five
OZs.

What do you take me for?

A businessman.

Double your money back in 48 hours.

You must know somebody with a pretty
stupid nose.

And on the street I'm magic, and you
know that.

Call my office at six o 'clock.

Maybe, just maybe, we can do some
business.

All right.

But, Phil... I'm not looking to finance
any amateur

night. You screw this up... and your
body's gonna be sprinkled off the

Bridge.

Little pieces.

You got that?

I wish we could have heard what they
said.

Well, I suppose we could have read their
slimy lips.

You have any doubts anymore as to what
happened to that ten grand?

No, but I have a lot of doubts about
what we're going to say to Harry.

Don't disturb the dewey decimals.

It's better to be important, fellas. You
know, league quarterfinals tonight.

Don't want to be late. Yeah, Harry, it
is.

Thanks for coming by. The reason we
called you over is... You want to

help me out here?

Um... Hey, Harry, why don't you sit
down? Yeah, sure. Okay.

There's... There's something... that we
feel you should know.

What?

Well...

It's about Phil.

What about him?

Hey, look, is this some kind of plot to
ruin my game or something? You know, the

league starts at 7. I got to be there,
guys. No.

We know all about the money you gave
him.

About Jimmy Mastroianni and the whole
nine yards.

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

Harry, believe me, we're just trying to
help. We put a tail on Phil earlier

today. Look, I know you guys dig around
in people's private lives for a

living.

But I didn't think that included your
friends. It does when our friends make

dangerous choices, yeah. That $10 ,000
you gave him, that wound up in the hands

of Mitchell Wineside. I assume you know
who he is.

Well, that's the best news I've heard
all day.

Are we on the same planet?

Well, not that it's any of your
business, because it's not. But sure, I

Mitch Wineside.

Phil owed him some money from over a
year ago.

Now he owes it to me.

It's as simple as that.

Look, it's all part of Phil's recovery
program.

He had a problem with coke, okay?

I paid for him to go through the
treatment.

Now he's trying to get himself
straightened out, and I'm doing

to help him, including paying off a few
of his old debts.

Now, I'd sure as hell rather have him
owing me the money than owing it to some

leg -breaker.

Now, if you guys will excuse me, I got a
game to...

Maybe he's right. Maybe Phil is trying
to clean up his act. Come on, A .J., you

were there.

You saw.

Did he look like a guy who was on the
high road to recovery?

I'd like to give him the benefit of the
doubt. Look, it's not the first time

that somebody's brother tried to
straighten their life out.

Phil?

Sacking a few things. Gonna be gone for
a few days.

Phil, what is going on? What's in that
bag?

Nothing that concerns you.

I'm a policeman's wife. And I'm a
policeman's brother, so?

Phil, that's coke in there. You're
supposed to be clean. I am.

Phil, it's Harry.

He's risked everything. He has to help
you. Sandra, calm down.

Sandra, you don't understand.

I'm trying to pay him back.

By sneaking drugs into his house?

Look. After tonight, neither you or
Harry will ever see me again.

No, you can't do this to him. He loves
you more than anything in the world.

You don't get it, do you?

Get what?

Sandy, if I stay, I'll be hurting him
over more than drugs.

What could hurt him worse than by having
you run away again?

By having his brother fall in love with
his wife.

Listen, I know you're not blind.

I mean, ever since I got here, I can't
take my eyes off you. When you were in

the same room, you must have felt
something, too. You had to. No!

Look, look, calm down.

Look, I know, Sandy, that neither you
nor I would do anything that would hurt

Harry, so please, don't say anything
about this.

I just need to make this one delivery,
and then I'll have what I need to start

all over, as far away from here as I
have to.

Sandy, you have to trust me. You have to
trust me.

I'm doing this for all of us.

How you doing, Phil?

Told you to come alone.

They worry about me when I stay out too
late.

What do you got?

Let's see the money.

Let's see the merchandise.

What, you don't trust me, Mason?

Looking for human kindness, Phil.
Getting another line of work.

The weight's fine.

That's never been stepped on, huh?

You said that was gonna be good.

Look, I want this to go down clean. I
don't want any problems here.

We got a little problem with the money.

What's the problem?

Ain't gonna get it.

Damn it, Nathan!

Bad choice.

Come on, get out of here.

Who is it?

Bill!

Bill?

Lieutenant, it's the middle of the...
What is it?

Better get dressed, Harry.

What's this all about?

We need you downtown for questioning.

Oh, God.

Hey, honey, look, you just go on right
back to bed. It's just routine. Go on,

on. I'll take care of it. Go on, Sandy.

tap dancing. What's this all about?

Look, Harry, this isn't easy for me.

I mean, I respect you as a police
officer, and I'm looking forward to your

explanation. Now look, Lieutenant, I'm
not getting any younger standing here.

What's this all about?

I have to read you your rights, Harry.

You're under arrest.

What are you guys doing here?

Nixon called us.

He said that your gun had been found at
the scene of a murder in Sunset Beach.

I'm surprised you didn't hold a press
conference.

We're here because we care about you,
Harry.

Now do you believe us about Phil?

What has this got to do with Phil? Oh,
damn it, Harry. Take the blinders off.

Phil wasn't paying back an old debt to
Mitch Wineside. He was making a buy from

his wholesaler.

And then when he tried to turn the deal
around, it went sour, and now somebody's

dead. Look, the gun must have been
stolen. I had a break -in a few months

Some kids, they took some booze, record
albums.

I didn't notice that the piece was
missing, so I didn't make a report.

Harry, I know this is difficult for you.

But you're not seeing Phil for what he
really is.

Look, Rick, hey, Jane.

Don't you get it?

Phil's the classic case of a kid who got
hooked up with the wrong crowd. No way.

Phil invented the wrong crowd.

What do you know about it, either of
you? I raised that kid.

He's got everything going for him.
Looks, brains, charm.

If people like you would give him a
break, maybe he could turn out to be

somebody. Not a career grunt like me,
but somebody.

He couldn't tie your shoes.

He doesn't deserve to have somebody like
you in his family.

The DA is considering filing murder one
charges against you, Harry.

I'll file what he wants.

Nothing to hide.

Not an alibi. I'm innocent.

Of murder, but not of aiding and
abetting if you know where Phil is.

And that's enough to buy a nice medium
-length stay in a concrete room with a

lot of guys who'd love to have their way
with an old cop.

What?

Don't you see it?

Phil's not your brother anymore.

He's a lying, hustling drug dealer, and
he's killed somebody.

My brother.

Look, guys, when I get out of here, I'll
find him.

He'll probably get a job at one of those
all -night places where you can start

on short notice. We'll have a talk and
we'll get this whole thing straightened

out. You're dreaming, Harry.

Maybe.

Maybe I am, Rick. But it was you.

And A .J. was in trouble.

Do you think you'd be acting any
differently?

We're gonna help you, Harry.

You can hang us for it if you want.

Morning, boys. Can I interest you in a
snack?

Looking for Phil Flank. And we're in a
big hurry.

Well, you're in a rush. But believe me,
some of the people have a hefty lead on

you. Like who?

Let's just say that nobody in the
community really wants to see Phil get

arrested. I mean, if he were to spill
his guts, he could sink an awful lot of

big ships.

Including Mitchell Wineside.

If Harry goes looking for Phil, he's
going to get caught in a crossfire.

Mine?

Trying to cut down.

Hello? Abigail, this is Rick.

This is a mayday. Don't ask me why, but
whatever you do, do not repeat. Do not

release Harry Flank from custody.

Uh, you're too late. He's already gone.

It seems to you that we spend one hell
of a lot of time trying to keep Harry

Flank from getting killed.

Come to think of it, I do remember him
facing off against about five heavily

armed hoods at Carousel last year.

Most cops I know don't keep doing things
like that.

Most cops, you know, don't care about
people as much as Harry does.

Oh, KJ, hi.

I was just on my way out.

What's wrong?

Is this about Harry?

Uh, actually, no. It's about Phil.

Do you know where he is?

Uh, no. He left early.

But he was here.

Do you know where he is now?

No, I really don't.

Do you want to tell me what's going on?

You both look so serious.

You know, when you're married to a cop,
you dread things like... Nothing like

that. It's very important that we find
Phil, and the sooner the better.

Why? What do you want him for?

Well, come on. He's my family, too.

Sandra, sit down for a minute, okay?

Now, you know that Harry was called
downtown last night. I assume you know

been arrested for murder.

No, I don't want to see him take the
fall for something that Phil has done.

I'm sorry.

We think, no, we know that Phil was
involved in some kind of drug deal.

That was... That was what?

To make enough money to pay Harry back.

And to get a fresh start someplace else.

Why would he walk away from his meal
ticket?

He hasn't bled Harry dry yet, has he?

Sandra? Because he felt things for me.

Look, there was nothing between us.
Nothing happened, I mean.

Harry's not the world's most exciting
man, but he's the best thing that ever

happened to me, and I love him. I would
never hurt him.

What else did the Silvertongue brother
say?

I felt sorry for him.

Sounds so foolish now.

Oh, come on. Don't feel bad.

Phil could sell ice to Eskimos.

Do you know where he is?

He called a few minutes ago. He, uh...
He said he was desperate. He wanted me

clean up my checking account.

Bring the cash to him here.

Harry, how did you find me?

It's all part of the pattern, Phil.

When things start to go sour, you always
end up in this part of town.

It's not what you think, Harry. I'm not
strung out.

Then what are you doing in this rattle?
I needed a place to hide. I'm waiting

for a friend.

Moinsides. Now, wait a minute.

You used my gun to kill somebody last
night. Kill somebody? What are you...

don't lie to me, Phil.

Harry, I've never shot a gun in my life.
I wouldn't even know how.

Harry... Now, Phil, don't start with me.
It's over.

Your soft -touch brother is going hard.

I don't have much time, Harry. I got to
get out of here right now, and I need

your help.

I need a few more bucks, just enough to
get me out of town.

It's Wineside. He's still after me.

He wants to make an example out of me.
Well, look, fine, then we'll go to the

district attorney. You can tell him all
about that garbage bail. He might let

you cop down to a lesser charge, Bill.

You're serious, aren't you?

You would send your own brother to
prison?

No.

Not the Harry I know.

You remember what Dad used to say? A man
turns his back on his family ain't no

good. God, Harry, I can still hear him
like yesterday. Stop it. Stop it. Look,

look, you give me bus fare to Mexico.
Let them investigate all they want.

You are guilty.

I didn't say that.

But I will say I will be out of your
life permanently if that's what you

And it sounds like that's what you want,
Harry.

No, Harry, no.

Harry, no. No, Harry.

Put things on.

No way.

You can't do this to me.

I'm your brother.

I know what you are.

I raised you.

Oh, you protected me.

You protected me from everything. You
made me what I am, Harry.

That's a lie.

The hell it is.

Because he's so special.

Well, you weren't my father.

And all you ever did was make me hate
you.

Put the gloves on, Phil.

You do it yourself, huh?

You have the right to remain silent.

Come on.

Get the bastard.

Come on. Are you all right?

Bill, help your brother.

Bill, help me.

Okay, you're going to be all right,
Harry.

Bill, please!

It's going to be all right.

We're going to call you an ambulance.

Don't run away from me, Phil.

I can still help you. Don't talk so
much, huh?

We've got to worry about you right now,
all right?

You're going to be okay.

You're going to be okay, all right.

We are.

Does that put me over 100?

132. What?

132. Do you want me to put it on the PA
system?

Bitter, bitter, bitter.

Hey, what happened to that famous Simon
Sportsman, Jim?

Oh, Mrs. Simon.

I figured I'd find you guys here.

I just wanted you to know that the
hearing went okay today.

You want to elaborate on that?

Well, they brought in the dead guy's
pals, and it turns out they had weapons,

too. So Phil's attorney's going to knock
it down to self -defense, and they'll

probably cop the second degree
aggravated.

A little time, but maybe not too much.

Hey, you don't have to sugarcoat it, AJ.

Probably the best thing that ever
happened to Phil.

You know what?

You're all right.

Yeah, Rick.

I am all right.

Now look, are we going to stand around
here slobbering all over me, or are we

going to bowl?

Yeah,

Harry,

I've been thinking maybe it's just the
mechanics of what I'm doing.

Fluidity. You've got to go for the
fluidity. Fluidity. Remember, you've got

go for the fluidity. Fluidity.

Fluidity.

crossover step that I do.

Roll the ball, Rick.

Maybe that ball's just too heavy.