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[SIRENS WAILING]

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[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Uh, this is Ludlow 9

requesting a ten-seven at 1053 Woodland.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: Roger, Ludlow 9.

Code seven, 1053 Woodland. Out.

EASY: Hey, Dean, go out

for a long one.

Hey, that's not bad for a senior citizen.

Uh, senior officer, I mean.

Well, an expectant father has to keep in shape, bub.

Ah.

Hey, what if you and Claudia have a girl?

Well, I figure eventually somebody's gonna change

the sexual discrimination in pro football.

Oh, look at this.

Would you believe this? Oh, look, look.

Yeah, it does.

Isn't that cute. Look at this.

It's musical.

[MELODY CHIMES] Oh, I love it. I love it.

Thank you. You're welcome.

WOMAN: Charlie, it wasn't

like you think. It wasn't!

CHARLIE: You were down at that place

drinking with him all afternoon

and you know it!

Clumsy termites you got here.

Yeah, I'm afraid it's Snipes, our new neighbor.

Sounds like he's fallen off the wagon again.

Ah, it's-- It's apartment living.

Don't worry about it.

DANKO: Everybody up against the wall.

This is a police raid.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I live here.

I just stopped by to check the shower loot.

Sweetheart, how we doing?

Good. Boy, did we collect.

Where are the footballs--? WOMAN: No, Charlie!

CHARLIE: I'm gonna blow his dumb

bald head off!

Is that Charlie and his wife?

All day. Oh, boy.

WOMAN: Put that gun away!

You'll hurt someone. Stay here.

CHARLIE: I've had it with you.

No, stop it! Both of you!

Somebody lied to you, Charlie. Don't do it!

Charlie, come back here.

Leave it alone, Charlie. Don't do it.

Oh, no. No, he's all right. He's just a little drunk.

Come on, lady. Just-- Please leave him alone.

Don't hurt me. Come on, let's go.

WOMAN: Please don't! Leave him alone!

DANKO: Okay, hold it, Charlie.

That's far enough, Mike. Stay right where you are.

Get back.

Come on now, Charlie.

Toss that thing on the ground.

There's too many people around. You don't wanna hurt anybody.

No way.

Now, you stay out of this, Mike.

Okay, Charlie, that's mine.

Come on, let's have yours.

No. Now, look, this is between me and Vera.

You stay out of this.

Oh, why, Charlie, why?

You don't want to do this to Vera.

You got no reason.

Now, give me the gun.

All right, Mike, that's far enough.

Now, stay right where you are. Mister, I'm gonna count to 10,

and that rifle better be on the ground by the time I finish

or you're gonna be breathing out the back of your neck.

And I'm counting to 10 by fives.

Five, 10.

No! No! No, no!

Okay, Charlie, I'm gonna have to take you in.

Come on.

DANKO: Watch your step.

Danko, I know you're this new breed of cop and all,

but let me give you some advice.

A dude pointing a gun has made a commitment to kill.

Don't ever try to disarm him with words

unless you've made a commitment to die.

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

GILLIS: Hey, there he is, Terry.

The silver-tongued rookie.

Yeah, I've heard about showboating,

but arranging a heroic confrontation

so that it takes place in front of your own wife,

that's a bit much, Danko.

Definitely bad form. No doubt about it.

Oh, boy, here it comes.

Hey, Easy, how come you stopped that drunk

from wasting him anyway, huh?

Well, to tell you the truth,

I just didn't wanna fill out all those forms.

[CHUCKLING] At least the man's being honest.

Hey, aren't you boys being a mite rough on my partner, there?

He just goofed up. WEBSTER: Goofed up?

That ain't what they call it at the academy.

You ought to get one of those instructing jobs at the academy.

Well, I'll tell you, Willie.

One rookie at a time's about all I can handle.

That's not part of your 20-year plan?

That's right.

And what plan's that?

It's my 20-year plan, Willie.

I'm gonna retire after 20 years, live off the fat of the land,

and not a rookie within miles.

No, sir.

Two more years, I'll be raising horses,

prime stock.

Teaching my baby boy how to ride them,

and that's called "heaven," friends.

Sheer heaven.

You boys hang loose.

Hey, hold up, Easy. I'll walk you out.

Hey, look, man, about this afternoon,

I-- I don't wanna get corny, but thanks anyway, huh?

If you're gonna get corny, forget it.

No, I'm gonna remember it. I owe you one.

Did you ever hear it's better to give than to receive?

Isn't that what the Book says?

I got some time to give tomorrow.

Need some help on your place?

Are you serious? Yeah.

Yeah, well, sure. I can always use an extra hand.

Okay, you're on.

Hey, you better come early, though.

Claudia and me got a date tomorrow at city hall.

What's that for? I thought I told you.

The city's got a notion about cutting a freeway off-ramp

right straight through our property.

You're kidding. No. We're protesting it.

They're talking about buying us out and everything.

Wow. What a drag.

Well, I think when they hear me out tomorrow,

they'll just tell their engineers

they can take their off-ramp and stick it someplace else.

Boy, it's a drag. You got a good lawyer?

It's not a trial. It's just a hearing.

Hey, listen. Why don't you bring Jill, and, uh,

we'll have some breakfast. Beautiful. Okay.

She can make those pancakes you've been bragging about.

[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh, excuse me.

I-- I must have the wrong apartment.

No. Come here.

Hey.

Mwah.

I think I'll stick around.

What's going on?

That's a little midnight supper for two.

It's an idea I picked up from Claudia.

See, no matter what shift Easy's on,

no matter what time he gets home,

there are always two things waiting for him.

Hot dinner and a loving wife,

or vice versa.

Okay. I can dig it.

But this wife happens to be a registered nurse

who has to put in a full shift of her own.

Which will coincide with yours from now on

whenever it's possible.

It's all arranged with my supervisor.

You're out of sight.

Hold me for a minute, Mike.

I love you very much.

Hey. Hm?

Tell me something.

Does any of this have to do

with what happened this afternoon?

Well, you know that saying,

"Today's the first day of the rest of your life"?

Well, I guess for a cop

it could also be the last day too,

and I don't ever want to lose you.

So that's the reason for the candlelight dinner

and that's why I wanted you to hold me.

And that's why I'm gonna start crying in about two seconds

if you don't open that dumb wine.

Okay.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[CAR HORN HONKS]

Hey, good morning.

Hey. Good morning.

Ah. How are you?

Okay. Whoa, what's that strange smell?

Mm, that's what we call fresh air.

Oh, yeah, I remember that.

Hey, Jill, you think old city-boy here

can handle a shovel? Oh, I think he might be able to.

He used to get circus tickets tending the elephants.

Funny, funny. She thinks she's a comedian, right?

Come on, give me a hand. [CHUCKLES]

Hi. Good morning.

How are you? Oh, just terrific.

Good. Cooking breakfast for me.

You'd think I was an invalid in my own home.

Oh, Claudia, come on. When you're gonna have a baby,

it's the only time you don't have to do a thing.

You'll still be productive. But I feel fine.

I know you do,

but you and Easy have waited for this baby for 13 years,

and it's important that you preserve your strength.

Oh, you sound just like Easy.

I have to wait till he goes to work

before I can do my own work.

Well, he's right.

Well, I must say, it doesn't seem much like work

after waiting all this time.

He still want a boy?

He'll take what he gets and like it as long as it's a baby.

What's for breakfast? I'm hungry.

I'll show you. I found a new thing.

How was your date with Shirley last night?

Ah, she turned out to be a football freak.

All she wanted to do was talk about football.

How'd it go with Brenda?

[LAUGHS]

Ah, don't tell me, don't tell me.

You came all the way downtown to hear a brilliant testimony

in a drunk-driving case. Oh, we won't tell you.

You won't? No.

Okay, I give up.

So, what are you doing here?

We're fighting city hall.

You should've told me. I got friends who would come down here

and help out to keep in practice.

Come on, Easy. We don't want to be late.

No, we gotta go. See you later.

Okay.

Bye-bye.

Well, I hope you guys get off with a clean sentence.

Hey, we're the arresting officers, not the defendants.

You know what they say. "Justice is blind."

Justice is blind. Justice is blind.

I'm gonna write that down, Danko.

Justice is blind.

Tell me.

Oh, I was just remembering those statistics

about married men living longer than bachelors.

So do sea turtles,

but I like it better out of the shell.

COUNCILMAN 1: In cases of eminent domain,

there are very few options under the law.

There are any number of reasons

why a city's need to condemn property

can be challenged,

and one of them is inadequate notice to the public.

However, in this case, notice was given.

Yeah, well, that's when I sent you the letter.

Yes, Mr. Wyatt.

I have the letter right here.

That's why you were invited to come down here this morning

and talk to us, because of your letter.

However, eloquence and facts aren't the same thing,

now, are they?

Well, the fact is the man loves his home--

Everybody loves their home.

COUNCILMAN 1: What my colleague

is trying to say, Mr. Wyatt,

is that we had hopes that you could come down here

and give us some geological or ecological reason

why the construction shouldn't proceed as planned.

Geological?

No, look. I mean... don't you see?

This place has been in my family--

COUNCILMAN 2: Well, I for one don't know

how eloquent your letter was, Mr. Wyatt,

but apparently it wasn't eloquent enough

to change the facts in which the engineers based their decision.

EASY: Well, now, wait just a minute.

I mean, just--

I'm not trying to cause trouble or anything,

but there must be a way that the city--

Mr. Wyatt,

I'm-- I'm awfully sorry,

we really are,

but our time is valuable. We're just trying--

Well, my home is valuable too.

Mr. Wyatt, I am losing patience.

You can't just sit there and tell me

that the city can take my house.

COUNCILMAN 2: No one is going to take

your house, Mr. Wyatt.

The city will buy it at fair market value.

Well, there's only one thing, bub.

I don't wanna sell.

COUNCILMAN 1: I'm sorry, Mr. Wyatt.

The order of the council stands.

You will have 30 days in which to vacate your home.

We want to thank you for letting us hear your views.

Let's proceed now to the next item on the agenda.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. We're not finished here.

Please. No, honey, they're talking

about tearing down our house.

Mr. Wyatt, you will either restrain yourself

or you will be removed from these chambers.

I'm not going till I've had my say--

No, wait-- DANKO: Now, cool it, Easy.

You're not gonna do anything inside a jail cell.

JILL: Come on, Easy.

Come on. So that's it, huh?

Come on. We'll see a lawyer about an appeal.

Where's Claudia? She's probably in the car.

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Whoa!

EASY: Get an ambulance.

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Anything?

WEBSTER: Not yet.

Doesn't make any sense.

Easy went into that courtroom without a care in the world.

Yeah, he talked like it was all cut-and-dried.

Cut, dried, and stacked.

[SIGHS]

A guy builds himself a dream

and they bulldoze it down for a freeway.

Yeah, there's a lot of that going around lately.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Marsden, Dr. Marsden,

please report to Surgery immediately.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Calling Dr. Westover.

Dr. Westover, please,

will you call your exchange?

Claudia's okay.

She's asleep, but she's okay.

He said it would've been a boy.

You want some time off, you got it.

You wanna go out and get drunk, I'll go with ya.

What do you want, Easy? Name it.

What I want you can't deliver, lieutenant.

Go with him. Stay with him.

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[MOANS]

Hey.

Hi.

How you feel?

Do you have any pain?

No, I just feel numb.

Well, you go back to sleep.

I'll stay here.

Where's Easy?

They told him you wouldn't be awake till morning.

Hey, Claudia, don't worry about him.

He's a big boy.

A big, overgrown boy,

and I've killed his dream and my own.

Hey, Claudia, now, that was an accident.

Things went wrong.

Don't you go wrong with them.

Hm?

Mm.

How you doing, Wally? Hi.

Uh, you wanna give us a pitcher and four glasses?

Coming up.

Hey.

You mind if we sit down?

Be my guest.

How you doing?

I've had better days, Willie.

Look, Easy, I...

I don't know what to say.

I guess all you can do is try to pick up the pieces

and go from there.

And go where, Mike?

That ranch was my dad's.

I've never known another home.

Neither has Claudia, for that matter.

Oh, what's the point of just finding another place

so they can come along and tear it down in the name of progress?

You gonna see a lawyer about an appeal?

There's no appeal in cases of eminent domain.

The city says, "I want it," they got it.

I'll get you another drink. I'll do it myself.

[GLASS SHATTERS]

S-seventeen years I got in working for this city.

I got a punctured eardrum pulling a kid out of the lake,

a broken arm chasing a drunk off an on-ramp.

When I go to a party,

some guy finds out I'm a cop, he says,

"Where are you when I need you?

"And why do you beat up kids?

And why are all cops on the take?"

Seventeen years of that.

Man, I'll tell you something.

I'm sorry I ever joined up.

I mean, I'm sorry that I can't afford to quit,

because that's what I wanna do is quit,

and that's what you ought to do.

E-Easy, if anyone's got a right to talk about a raw deal,

I guess you do.

Look,

why don't you just take time off and, uh, get yourself together?

Yeah, just--

I don't know.

Take the money that the city's offering and--

And try and find a new place.

Fair market value's better than nothing.

Tell me something, Willie.

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What's fair market value for a son?

You had the root beer, right? Yeah.

Well, what do you want on your hot dog, everything?

Yeah, fine.

Yeah, two with everything on them.

How you doing on that sergeant exam?

A lot of studying to that?

I wouldn't know. Huh?

I'm not taking the exam.

Man, what kind of talk is that?

You've been waiting a long time--

I said I'm not taking the exam.

Is that all right with you?

[TIRES SQUEAL, HORNS HONK]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[SIREN WAILING]

Oh, wow.

♪ Bummer ♪

All right, let's have your license.

I'm sorry, officer.

I-- I didn't see that sign or that guy

until it was too late.

You didn't see your speedometer either.

I made you 55 in a 25-mile-an-hour zone.

Now, let's have your license. I'm not gonna tell you again.

It's quite a machine you got yourself here, son.

If you're gonna drive it,

you'd better learn how to handle it.

Yes, sir. I got a little fat on that last corner.

A little fat?

Even if you hadn't seen that stop sign, you know better

than to overshoot an intersection.

You could've killed that guy.

EASY: Is this your current address?

Yes, sir, it is.

Look, give me a break, will you?

This'll mean my license

and I need it for after-school deliveries.

You got any proof of that job?

Yes, Call Mr. Wexler at my store.

He'll verify I make deliveries every afternoon.

All right, you wanna sign this?

If you don't, I have to haul you in.

Maybe what they say about you guys is true.

Come on, man, let's split before they bust us for breathing.

Thank you, officer.

Oink, oink.

You little punk.

Easy, cool it!

Now, get moving, both of you.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Hey, look, Easy, I know the kid was wrong,

but that's no reason-- I got 17 years seniority

and I don't need lectures from rookies. You got that?

Yeah, I got it.

[ENGINE STARTS]

And then we started to walk off and kid said something to Easy.

I don't know what he said.

It would've been his career right down the drain

if he'd hit that kid, and he would've hit him too.

Doesn't sound like Easy.

I shouldn't have put him up on such a pedestal.

It's just I thought he had it all together.

Well, Mike, sometimes hero worship's

best conducted at a distance.

Yeah, well, he'll get it together.

What, you don't think so?

Well, it's just that I remember one time when I was in school

we put on this funny kind of variety show,

and I wasn't in it,

but I was in charge of the lights backstage.

One afternoon when I came in for rehearsal,

there was a spider.

He'd built a web in the light board and I had to tear it down,

and he built it up again and I had to tear it down again,

and he'd build it again and I tore it down again.

It went on and on like that.

Then, uh,

after a long time I--

I noticed that the web wasn't even and proportioned anymore.

You know, it was kind of twisted and off-balance,

and by the time we finally did the show,

it wasn't-- It wasn't even like a web at all.

It was a few strands here and a little ball there and...

Well, I don't know that he ever built a proper web again, Mike.

What are you trying to say, that I should report him?

He's a good cop, Jill.

He's the best cop in the precinct.

What would Easy have done a week ago

if you had almost hit somebody?

I don't know.

I can't turn him in, Jill. He saved my life.

RYKER: So he saved your life.

As his partner, you were still responsible to let me know

if he got out of line.

Aren't you overreacting, lieutenant?

Easy got rough with a couple of teenagers

and their parents complained.

I know that's important, but-- He also got rough

with a member of the planning commission.

When was this? This morning.

He busted into the commissioner's office

and he ordered him to reroute the freeway.

You know who the planning commissioner called?

He called the police commissioner.

You know who the police commissioner called?

Okay, I get the message.

No, you just get part of the message.

The rest is that I hold you partially responsible

because you and your infinite wisdom did not trust me.

Look, he's my friend, he's my partner.

He was your partner. Effective immediately,

you're transferred to Traffic Control. You're dismissed.

What about Easy?

What happens to him?

He is on desk duty until I say otherwise,

which means until I am satisfied

he's gotten his head on straight.

That's gonna go down hard with Easy,

and he's had enough hard things lately.

Emotional cops do not belong on the street, Danko,

and there are those who feel they do not belong on the force.

Now, get out of here.

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[DOOR CLOSES]

What do you got?

Pawnshop over on Drummond Road.

Kid tried to hock this.

The owner started asking questions. The kid took off.

He figures this had to be stolen.

Well, we'll see soon enough.

What's the serial number?

Uh, 605786.

Claudia home yet?

Yeah, yesterday.

Is she feeling all right?

Fine.

Hey, Easy, uh, don't you get hoarse talking all the time?

Well, I tell you, if I was to start talking,

I'd probably just bore you to death

telling you about all the exciting things

happening on the job here.

You know, checking serial numbers,

keeping records straight. Yeah, Mike's the same way.

He's really turned on about directing traffic

out in the boondocks.

You two ought to get together,

compare notes.

Stolen from Lasalle's Appliances last week.

Congratulations, men. You've done it again.

Well, we'll just put another notch

in our crime-fighter badge. Best to you and Claudia, Easy.

Yeah.

Hey, uh...

where did you say they got Mike located?

Out by the amusement park. Why?

That don't even open up for another month.

Yeah, Mike says it's not the busiest intersection in town.

Welcome to the club.

[♪♪♪]

I thought you said you were coming to bed.

As soon as I finish my drink.

You've been doing a lot of drinking tonight, haven't you?

I feel like it.

Oh, my darling, we've...

We've got to stop looking back.

[SIGHS]

You know,

we have a great deal to be thankful for.

Like what?

Like each other.

I love this house.

I'm very grateful for the happiness it's brought us.

But what's to prevent us from being happy in some other house?

But you love this house.

I love whatever it takes to put things back the way they were.

I want us to be happy.

Why can't we pretend we've just gotten married

and we're starting out all over again?

Those were good times, weren't they?

A long time ago.

I remember you used to say

the secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Let's get started again.

Where do we start?

Well, you patch things up with Mike,

and let's find a realtor

so we can make some moving plans.

Okay.

[♪♪♪]

What's the matter? Don't you get enough exercise out there

dodging that traffic?

[LAUGHS]

Yeah, about as much as you dodging that desk, I guess.

That ain't very much.

How you been?

Oh, I can't kick. What about you?

Okay.

Listen, I haven't been acting myself lately.

Hope there are no hard feelings.

No, it's just good to see you.

Same here.

You off tomorrow?

Yeah.

Claudia and I are gonna go look for a new place.

You and Jill wanna tag along?

Sure.

What time?

Well, why don't you come around 9:00.

We'll have some breakfast, okay?

Sounds good to me.

Uh, say, Mike,

I thought I'd pick my shot,

ask Ryker about us being partners again.

Is that all right with you?

Yeah, that's okay with me, partner.

Okay.

Hang loose.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

Hey, what's happening up there?

CLAUDIA: We're coming.

We gotta go, honey. We're gonna be late at the realtors.

Okay, what kind of house you gonna look for?

I don't know. Something that looks like a jillion,

sells for two bits. CLAUDIA: Oh, Easy.

Who's that?

I don't know.

Something I can do for you?

Yeah, one of you Mr. Wyatt?

Yeah, I am. Oh, Jack Barnes.

Barnes Construction Company.

My firm is building the road that's going through here.

When are you moving out?

Well, we haven't picked a time yet.

Well, the sooner the better, of course.

I have to clear this house out

so we can get our heavy machinery through.

You're also clearing out my flower bed.

You mind watching where you're stepping?

Uh-- Oh, I'm sorry, but what's the difference, ma'am?

These are gonna have to go too.

EASY: Look, Mr. Barnes, uh,

this property still belongs to us.

Now, if you wanna check things,

you just play by our rules, okay?

Well, okay, Clem.

Hey, the name's not Clem, and I think you best be going.

Well, I'm not finished here. Yeah, you're finished.

Now, don't get your nose out of joint. I'm just doing a job.

Yeah, well, you can do your job after we've moved.

Don't get nasty, Mr. Wyatt.

Get off my land or I'm gonna have to throw you off.

BARNES: Uh, Mr. Wyatt,

would you mind just stop trying to be a big man

just to impress these two broads here?

Too late! Now, get in the car.

You, split. You heard me? I said, split.

Now, move it!

I've got some special plans for you, Clem.

We'll be in touch.

Yeah, that's him.

I want to file a complaint.

Assault and battery.

What about it, Easy?

I hit him.

If he hadn't, I would have.

I was just doing my job.

That's a crock.

RYKER: All right, Danko,

I'll handle this.

Mr. Barnes, what if Officer Wyatt apologizes?

Will that square things?

Oh, you boys in blue, you really stick together, don't you?

I get it.

No, you don't get it.

Seems to me Officer Wyatt was provoked.

Look, mac, I came in to file a complaint.

Suddenly I'm the heavy? Do you know what happens to him

if you file a complaint? That's not my concern.

Look, Mr. Barnes-- Mike, don't beg, will you?

Do I sign it or not?

Do you insist?

That's right, mac, I insist.

All right, Danko, you can go.

[CLEARS THROAT]

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to have an attorney present

during questioning.

If you cannot afford an attorney,

one will be appointed for you.

Anything you say can and will be used against you.

CLAUDIA: I was afraid

of something like this.

What happens now?

He'll be arraigned in the morning

and then released on his own recognizance.

Can I see him?

He doesn't want you to see him, Claudia.

Not while he's in jail.

How he must hurt now.

Look, why don't you grab a toothbrush

and come on over to our place?

Easy suggested it.

Come on. All right.

I'll tell you what, man.

Let's go by, get the girls, and have some breakfast.

And grab your stuff at the station later.

No, just drop me off at the station.

Claudia's pretty anxious to see you, man.

Yeah, well, tell her I-- I'll be by later.

I just gotta pick up my truck, take care of some things.

I think she's made an appointment with a realtor.

Well, she can cancel.

You mean postpone it. I mean, cancel it.

Oh, look, Easy-- Look, pal,

I'm suspended.

Now, by the time my trial is over, I'll be off the force.

You don't buy new farms with unemployment insurance.

Do you wanna drop me off at the station or don't you?

Sure. It's your ball game.

Well, let's go.

I'm sorry I had to be the one to book you.

I really felt bad about that, you know?

It's a booking officer's job, Gomez. I know that.

Hey, don't sweat it.

Thanks, Easy.

Listen, I gotta take these warrants upstairs.

Stick around. I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[♪♪♪]

I thought I told you to take down this gate.

Have the people moved out?

I didn't say take down the house.

I said take down the gate.

Now, I've got a completion date on this job

and I've got to get my heavy equipment through.

Now, get on it.

[GUNSHOTS]

All right, now, get outta here. Both of you.

Well, this time you're really in trouble, Clem.

[♪♪♪]

[ENGINE STARTS]

His resignation? He left it in my mail slot.

He's got himself convicted and kicked off the force

even before his trial begins.

Any of you talk to him today?

Not since I dropped him off here this morning.

He was supposed to pick up Claudia at our place

and he never showed.

All right, get ready for roll call.

You mean, that's it?

You're gonna accept his resignation?

What alternative do I have?

You could try and talk him out of it.

Yeah, you just gonna let him walk off?

I can't talk him out of something until I find him,

and I can't find him until I finish roll call.

So would you mind getting in there now?

[DOOR CLOSES]

[RINGS]

Hello?

[OVER PHONE] It's Easy, Jill.

Is Claudia there?

Yep, she's here. She's worried sick.

It's him.

Easy, where are you?

I'm home.

But you were supposed to pick me up hours ago.

Yeah, well, I had some, uh, thinking I had to do, honey.

Listen,

I want you to stay put for a while, okay?

Why?

Because I said so.

Darling, is everything all right?

Everything's fine.

I just want you to stay put, okay?

Easy...

I love you, honey.

[DIAL TONE HUMMING]

MAN: Right.

Right, well, we'll put somebody right on it.

[HANGS UP PHONE] Lieutenant?

What?

Lieutenant, we just got something on Easy Wyatt.

What? What is it?

Well, I don't think you're gonna like it.

[MUSIC BOX PLAYING]

OFFICER [OVER RADIO]: Ludlow Control

to the following division units. Code 3.

Repeat, Code 3.

Switch to Tact 2 and keep channel clear.

The following units to proceed north at maximum on Route 4.

Ludlow 7. Repeat, Ludlow 7.

Ludlow Two-Niner.

Ludlow Two-Niner,

your ETA: two and one-half minutes to intersection.

Ludlow Two-Niner, Code 3 to join Ludlow units

at intersection Belvedere and Route 4.

Repeat. Code 3 to Ludlow Two-Niner.

Join other Ludlow units

at intersection Belvedere and Route 4.

To proceed north on Route 4.

Join other Ludlow units.

Attention, following units,

from present position,

proceed east to join other Ludlow units

on a Code 3.

Ludlow One-Seven.

Ludlow One-Seven.

[POLICE SIRENS BLARING IN DISTANCE]

[SIRENS NEARING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

RYKER [OVER LOUDSPEAKER]: Easy?

Easy Wyatt, are you in there?

Easy, this is Lieutenant Ryker.

Come on, Easy, let's talk.

Maybe he's not in there.

Ah, he should be so lucky.

Easy, if you are in there, come on out now.

I'm staying put, Eddie.

RYKER: Why? That's stupid.

Come on out. Let's talk.

EASY: I've done all my talking.

He's got a rifle. I can see it.

You're gonna have to blast him out of there.

Get that man out of there.

Come on, get out of here.

Get back there and stay there.

Ryker said he took a gas mask too, huh?

Yeah. Easy hasn't left us any pleasant options.

Now, let's see what happens.

RYKER: Oh, this is crazy, Wyatt.

Come out of that house. That's an order.

I don't take orders anymore, lieutenant.

Didn't you read my resignation?

RYKER: Why, Easy? Why?

Why not, Eddie?

How much pushing can a guy take?

Easy, I'm coming in.

Now you're being stupid!

You won't make it to the porch.

Stay where you are, Eddie!

[♪♪♪]

Don't make me do it, Eddie.

Get out of here, Mike.

No. I'm staying.

Go on, Mike. Get out of here.

If I walk out, Easy, it's a round trip,

because sooner or later they'll come in after you.

Mike, I gotta-- I gotta make a stand someplace.

I mean, they stripped me of every dream I ever had.

My son, my home, my job, everything.

Not everything.

You're still alive.

Now they're working on that.

Well, I'm not gonna let you do it, man.

Get out of here. I'm gonna do what I want.

What you want?

You haven't even considered what anybody else might want.

Well, if you want to bail out on Claudia,

man, that's your business.

But I'm not gonna let you bail out and me and Jill.

This has got nothing to do with you and Jill.

Oh, you think not?

Well, think again, bub.

I had you so built up in my head,

there wasn't anything you could do wrong.

I guess I thought you and Claudia were just about

the greatest people I'd ever met.

Well, what do I say to Jill tonight?

What do I tell her when we leave the morgue where you're laid out

like frozen salami?

Man, you shouldn't have counted on me so much.

Well, you're a little late.

We did count, and now Jill's gonna wanna know

if this is what being a policeman does to a guy.

Well, what do I tell her, Easy?

What do I say?

Mike, don't do that.

I'm not gonna make it that simple for you, man.

Either you hand me that gun, or shoot me.

[♪♪♪]

Fielder's choice, Easy.

Thanks, partner.

Now, didn't I tell you...

never to try to talk a dude out of a loaded gun?

What do you expect from a rookie?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[LAUGHTER]

Here, it's your party. You open it.

Hey.

I guess being free isn't as soft as I thought.

Well, a man who has to see a probation officer once a week

and a psychiatrist twice a week, and--

And owes for a bulldozer engine, I can hardly call him free.

Well, especially if he's married to you.

[LAUGHING] Oh, stop.

[GRUNTS] [POPS]

JILL: Oh, wow!

[ALL LAUGH]

Buddy.

Hey, just in time.

Just in time. ALL: Hey.

Yes, got all the stuff there, but not enough glasses.

DANKO: Pull up a few more chairs,

we'll have a party.

WEBSTER: Okay.

Wally, you gotta do something about those stairs.

Gotta do something about those stairs. How are you?

How are you? How are you? ALL: Hey. Hi.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Would you like to sit?

Hi. Hi. Would you like to sit?

WEBSTER: All right.

Hey, Wally?

Listen, the last time I was in here I broke a glass.

What do I owe you?

Oh, Mike paid for it, Easy.

You owe him.

I sure do, bub.

[♪♪♪]