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[♪♪♪]

[SIRENS]

[DISTANT SIRENS]

Over across the bridge.

Ain't my business, but somebody ought to find out, I suppose.

Find out what, ma'am?

It's quiet now, but when I phoned,

it sounded like he's trying to put out her light, permanent.

GILLIS: OD?

DANKO: Yeah, whatever it was,

she mainlined it.

I still got a pulse.

She's alive. I'll get an ambulance.

What's her name?

You said there was a fight. Who did it?

Sounded like one.

I didn't see nothin'.

You said that he was trying to put out her light.

She had a habit.

She had to feed it.

Men.

[COUGHS]

That's one way. But you didn't see him?

You don't know her name?

She's just like all of us.

Nothing.

[COUGHS]

Just nothing.

[♪♪♪]

MAN: Okay, that's that.

I just don't understand.

It was a mistake, old buddy.

You know I didn't mean to kill her.

She was good to me, Floyd.

Now we're just gonna forget all about her, huh?

Country?

Have I ever steered you wrong before?

We need each other, don't we?

[SIGHS]

Back in Nam...

the lieutenant, he always knew what to do.

Just like you do, Floyd.

Sure.

Now, come on, you go get on those wheels of yours.

It's time for your medicine, huh?

Come on.

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

Country?

You've forgotten all about her, huh?

No identification, no purse, no driver's license?

No, sir.

No one seemed to know her in the neighborhood,

and no one claimed the body.

How long had she been living at this address?

A few weeks.

A couple of months, maybe.

No one seemed very sure about that either.

Cause of death: possible overdose.

Her arm looked like she'd been mainlining quite a while.

There were recent needle marks.

Yeah, but it says here you found no evidence of narcotics.

No kit. Did you shake the place down?

Yes, sir, we did.

But, uh, we didn't find any paraphernalia.

All right.

Name of victim: unknown.

Cause of death: unknown.

Detective will handle the follow-up.

Photographer's here from the paper.

He wants pictures of that stuff

we're set to deep-six tomorrow, lieutenant.

Lieutenant Ryker.

No pictures.

Oh, my assignment editor isn't gonna like it.

Okay.

We're gonna dump this stuff at sea tomorrow.

You tell your assignment editor

we don't need publicity for that.

It's news.

Especially with a couple of million bucks

worth of cocaine involved.

That's precisely why we don't need any publicity.

Lieutenant, what's all the sweat?

Your P.R. department usually cries for coverage.

With all these contraband weapons...

Oh, the public really digs pictures of guns.

Your paper ran a story last week. That's enough.

Everybody who can read knows that we've got the stuff.

Why should we advertise when, where and how

we're gonna get rid of it?

Well, I'll have to tell my editor that.

I've leveled with you.

I would expect him to do the same with me.

Her.

My editor. It's a woman.

Extend my apologies.

Huh.

Hey, what's the harm, lieutenant?

Two million bucks worth of snow.

Every cokehead in the area is gonna sell his mother

to get his hands on this stuff.

You are responsible to see that every bit of it

goes straight to the bottom.

I just don't wanna make things too complicated

for you your first time out, okay?

I thought we were just gonna be taking a boat ride.

If everything goes the way it should,

that's all it'll be:

a boat ride.

[♪♪♪]

Nope, she died on the way in.

We still don't know who she was.

Nobody came to claim the body, huh?

Uh-uh. It was hard stuff.

I wish they could just dump it all in the ocean.

What?

Uh, Mike told me about your boat trip

outta Manta Landing tomorrow.

GILLIS: Oh, yeah, yeah.

Well, at least they're trying to kick it.

Well, I'll see you.

Hey.

Huh?

[ALL HOOTING, LAUGHING]

JILL: It's all right.

That's no cop. That's my husband.

DANKO: You got it.

[PATIENTS LAUGHING]

Okay, have your cards ready, please.

Whoops. Okay.

Now, remember to sip this.

Don't chugalug, okay?

Good.

Mr. Jones, I've got you there.

Um, if any of you are strung out on anything,

this isn't gonna help.

So stay off whatever it was you were on,

and just give the program a chance.

Uh, I got a real problem.

I'm strung out on...you, Jill.

Oh.

It's, um, Mrs. Danko.

Try to remember that, okay?

Okay.

I don't forget when people are kind to me.

Well, Mr. Miller,

this is courtesy of Uncle Sam.

Do I look like Uncle Sam?

No, ma'am.

Next, please.

At night...

that's when it gets real lonely.

You know what I mean?

I can understand that.

Um, maybe we could talk about it sometime.

I mean, just talk.

There are other people waiting.

Huh? Other people.

Oh. Yeah.

Next, please.

Floyd.

That stuff must be all right, whatever it is.

You look like the cat that swallowed the canary.

No-oo-oo.

But I am the cat that found the map to the canary mine,

or farm, or whatever you wanna call it.

Still tripping out on that medicine.

No.

That ain't right, Floyd.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

Well, suppose you tell me what is right.

Well, you know how you're always talking about

how we should travel?

How it's so much better in other places?

How we should get outta this dump,

find us a nice place, do things?

You're always talking about things like that, Floyd.

There's a lot of things we ought to do,

but the things we ought to do don't come for free.

[♪♪♪]

They do now, Floyd,

on account of what I found out at the hospital today.

You wanna hear?

[♪♪♪]

Morning.

Lieutenant.

I guess you got the word, huh?

What word?

Oh, I see.

The usual foul-up in chain of command.

Your P.R. people approved coverage.

Check it out.

Lieutenant, what's the beef?

Anything I get here won't be in print

until this afternoon at the earliest.

I'll check it out.

[♪♪♪]

[SHUTTER CLICKS]

[SHUTTER CLICKS]

[SHUTTER CLICKS]

Okay.

Oh-ho, thanks.

I just finished.

You know your orders. Shove off.

[HELICOPTER BUZZING]

[♪♪♪]

DANKO: There's someone in the water.

[♪♪♪]

Ludlow 16.

Request registered owner of boat

with CF numbers 83-59 AX.

83-59 AX.

That's priority.

MAN: Stand by, Ludlow 16.

Webster, Gillis, Danko.

What were your orders?

We thought we saw someone in the water, lieutenant.

Your orders were to ride shotgun on that contraband,

to deep-six it at sea and return.

Nobody said anything about lifesaving.

I thought that was SOP, lieutenant:

the saving of life and property.

What did you find?

A smoke grenade and a dummy!

You two get back to the station and get into proper uniform.

Gillis, you stand by.

Hi.

Hi.

Webster, Danko, come on.

I hear you two took a swim for nothing.

You better believe it.

Heh. Well, at least I get my boat back.

Any damage? It's yours?

Yeah.

Tobin Boat Works.

I didn't even miss it until I heard the explosion.

The yard's down the channel there.

I saw him go over the side after the explosion.

Huh. Must have been the creep who, uh, borrowed my boat.

You saw him?

It was a man. That's all I could tell you.

He was, uh, head to foot in a wetsuit,

wore a face mask and scuba tanks.

Any idea why he'd do a kinky thing like that, huh?

Did you see anything else?

Yeah.

Just your boys here trying to rescue

what I hear turns out to be a dummy.

[LAUGHS]

Okay if I reclaim my property?

Uh, we'd like to go over it for prints if we can.

We got a team on the way.

Haven't had this much activity around here since the big storm.

Wetsuit and scuba gear.

He swam underwater and got the stuff while Mike--

Then he came away with nothing.

Cocaine dissolves like powdered sugar.

That stuff was in glassine containers.

That's the way they sell it on the streets.

We were gonna empty them when we got to the drop-off.

[♪♪♪]

FLOYD: Mmm.

Mmm, beautiful.

Country, you were beautiful.

Oh, there was nothin' to it, Floyd.

Just like shootin' fish.

Mm. Yeah.

Well, it's a shame, though, to waste any.

Well, there's a certain loss factor to be expected

with anything worthwhile.

Yeah.

Lieutenant used to say that.

[INHALING DEEPLY]

Sweet mama.

What was the name of that river?

[MYSTERIOUS ECHOING SOUND]

I can't remember the name of that river.

Some gook name.

The lieutenant would know.

Yes, sir, I can do it.

Anything, you just name it.

Sir, you give me that satchel charge,

I'll swim underneath the Pacific Ocean

if you want me to.

I did it, didn't I?

Why didn't the lieutenant tell me there was mines?

Easy, easy! He didn't tell me!

It's not my fault. He didn't tell me!

You need somethin', boy. You need somethin'.

Huh? You need somethin'.

No.

She says we was not to get strung out on anything

while we're still on the program.

Who--? Who said that?

Oh, that lady at the hospital.

I can't remember her name, but she knows what to do.

Country, Country, have I ever let you down, ever?

No.

Okay, look.

Look, you don't need her.

You don't need the lieutenant anymore.

You got me, boy.

And we got all the medicine in the world,

and that's gonna buy our way to-- To all the nice places.

Okay, Floyd.

But you'll tell me what to do, won't you?

I'll tell you.

Okay.

Honey, I can't give you that information.

The names and the addresses of the patients

on the methadone program are confidential.

Jill, we don't wanna disrupt the program.

But we did talk about the boat ride

when we were here yesterday,

so maybe one of them overheard.

Willie, they're here for treatment.

They're not criminals.

DANKO: Nobody says they are.

But suppose one of 'em did hear, and--

And spreads it around in the wrong place?

Mike, look, I can see the problem.

But I cannot give you their names.

[SIGHS]

Okay.

Okay.

Were they all here this morning?

You could tell me, can't you?

No.

No, they were not all here this morning.

Well?

Well, what?

How many weren't here?

[SIGHS]

Come on, Mike,

I've got responsibilities too.

Okay.

[SIGHS]

That, Officer Danko,

is a woman of principle.

[SCOFFS]

Yeah.

COUNTRY: Hello, Floyd.

You feelin' good?

I always feel good.

Where you goin'?

I'm gonna stash the babies.

Don't worry, I'll be back.

I ain't worried.

♪ Yeah, Momma I'm a good, good boy ♪

♪ Ah, yeah, boo-mm, dah-mm ♪

♪ Dee, dee, dah ♪

I should've been a rock singer.

Hey, Floyd!

Oh, say, Floyd, wait up.

Floyd?

I wanna talk to you.

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

GILLIS: At least we know that one or

more of them didn't show today.

Could mean nothing.

Maybe...they were sick or got into an accident.

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING]

DANKO: There's one of 'em right there.

He's kinda late, isn't he?

Yeah, about seven hours late.

WEBSTER: He sure wasn't in an accident.

Well, he knows me and Mike.

He saw us yesterday.

Doesn't know me.

[PA SYSTEM CHIMES]

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Miss Gray, answer call

from room three-two-four.

Miss Gray, answer call from room three-two-four.

It's closed.

What?

It's closed.

Yeah, well, I gotta see that lady.

I wanna talk to her.

I can't-- I can't think of her name.

What's her name? Mrs. Danko?

Yeah.

Well, you'll have to come back in the morning.

Sorry.

[PA SYSTEM CHIMES]

WOMEN [OVER PA]: Dr. Litchfield,

call extension--

Hey.

Excuse me.

They got hours here, huh?

Yeah.

You hurtin'?

[SNIFFS]

No.

Not yet.

Hey, I, uh-- I hear that they can help a guy out,

you know, without no questions.

Yeah.

But nobody's ever around when you need 'em.

People are always running out on you.

Yeah.

[♪♪♪]

[ENGINE REVS]

You know what I figure?

Surprise me.

I figure we could both use a friend, huh?

Coffee, black.

Anything else?

Sugar.

[SNIFFS]

GILLIS: Maybe Terry'll see the paper.

DANKO: Oh, man, if he doesn't...

You know, we could be all wrong

about that guy on the cycle.

Hey, man, I hope we are wrong.

Because it's for damn sure

whoever ripped off that coke has seen that paper.

He knows Terry's a cop.

[SIGHS]

[DINGS]

[DINGS]

[DINGS]

[DINGS]

Well, gee, I wonder why it didn't work for me.

Oh, it takes a...

clear eye,

steady hand.

You gotta tell it what to do.

Yeah, I guess so.

Well, I'll see ya.

[♪♪♪]

Hey, my man.

Yeah?

Well, I thought that-- Well, you know.

[SNIFFS]

You lookin' for a mother?

Well, don't worry, you'll score.

Me, I already got somebody tells me what to do.

Bye.

[ENGINE REVS]

[SIGHS]

Where have you been?

I just went out for a while.

Where'd you go?

Over to the hospital.

Why?

Now, you tell me why.

I'm hurtin', Floyd.

I wanted company is all.

I told you I'd take care of you.

I fixed you before I left.

It wasn't enough.

So you climb out a window, risk your life?

Boy, what am I gonna do about you?

I'm sorry, Floyd.

Did you talk to anyone?

No.

W-well, yeah.

Just one guy is all.

Who?

Well, just some guy I met over at the hospital.

He was hurtin' like me.

What'd you tell him?

I didn't tell him nothin'.

What's he look like?

Hm?

Describe him.

Well, he's just a--

Some colored guy is all.

Come here.

I didn't tell him anything. Honest, I didn't.

Come here.

[SNIFFS]

Is that him?

[♪♪♪]

COUNTRY: Why, yes, it is.

What's he doing out there?

Well, he must have followed me.

Why, he's just looking for a mother.

I didn't tell him anything, though.

He's just a flake is all.

He's just a cop.

Quartz Street, a couple of blocks west of Meridian.

It's an apartment.

GILLIS: Terry, you're-- Willie, listen.

There's some guy with him. I spotted him at the window.

Second floor, front. Now, I don't--

Your picture is on the front page of the late edition,

in uniform at the dock this morning.

How do I look?

Exactly like a cop.

Hi.

[DIAL TONE]

Terry?

What'd he do, hang up?

Yeah, but he told me where he is.

Let's go.

[SNIFFS]

You sure this is cool?

Well, why would I put you on?

What about your friend?

Who?

The dude I saw you up in that window with.

Oh, him.

No, h-how do--? How do I know he's not the heat?

Heat?

No, man.

He's a good ol' boy.

Say, maybe you don't need a connection.

I mean, it's up to you.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

No, where's this mother?

Well, you drive. I'll show you.

[♪♪♪]

All right, hold it, hold it, hold it.

Just hold it, now.

Now let's take it from the top again:

Officer Webster made a contact,

only you are not sure if it was a contact,

and he called you from here.

No, no, no. He called from a phone booth.

Over by that market.

Called from a phone booth over by that market,

and he said he was being watched?

Yeah, he said they were watching him from here.

This room.

By two men?

And then he hung up. That's all?

Just hung up?

Yes, sir.

This is the evidence you mentioned?

Yes, sir. Found it in the cupboard.

You searched the place?

With the manager's permission.

He let us in.

All right, I want to talk to the manager.

Okay.

It is cocaine, isn't it?

Yeah.

Looks like Webster fell into a real tub.

Gillis, after you seal this place,

I want you both in uniform.

GILLIS: Yes, sir.

COUNTRY: ♪ No mama, I won't play

Near the train track ♪

♪ No mama, I won't play In the street ♪

♪ No mama, I won't play Near the train track ♪

♪ No mama, I won't play In the street ♪

♪ La da da da da dee Da da dee da ♪

♪ Yeah da da da da dee Dee da ♪

I did good, didn't I, mama?

Real good, boy.

Hey, what's your name?

Terry.

You're a pretty nice guy, Terry.

FLOYD: He's a cop.

Still a pretty nice guy, I think.

He'd cut your throat if you gave him a chance.

Yeah?

What would you do a thing like that for?

We're pals, ain't we?

No, he's just a cokehead, like I am, Floyd.

Well, then help him.

Looks like he's hurtin' to me.

Hey, you wanna share with him?

Go ahead, we got plenty.

Sure, I wanna share.

He's my pal.

[♪♪♪]

Each unit'll cover one zone.

We're gonna have helicopters up,

and the, uh, harbor patrol will work the shoreline.

You wanna communicate directly with me here,

use the special assigned radio frequency.

You've got descriptions of both suspects

and the vehicles involved.

Also keep an eye out for Officer Webster's private vehicle.

Any questions?

Yeah, th-this name Frank Brown, how good is it?

That's the name he used when he rented the apartment.

It's probably no good.

Anything else?

If you spot anything, report it and keep clear

till you get further orders.

We have to assume Officer Webster is a hostage,

if he is still alive.

Okay, let's go.

[♪♪♪]

COUNTRY: There it is.

Isn't that pretty?

It's all yours.

Go on, I want you to have it.

Well, go on.

Go on, now.

[LAUGHS]

What'd you do that for?

You'd better pop him.

You a mainliner?

I could fix you up.

There's a dropper in that room.

I'm gonna fix you up.

He wouldn't know what to do without you, would he, Floyd?

COUNTRY: Where's that, Floyd?

Second drawer.

When do you dump him, Floyd?

Who you talkin' about?

You take all the risks, right?

He mails the profits out of town...

and who collects the gravy, huh?

Huh, Floyd?

My boy knows better than that.

And what happens the next time he fixes you?

An overdose, maybe?

Pop. You'd never know, would you?

Would you?

Pop him. Go ahead, pop him.

You did it all, didn't you?

Borrowed the boat.

Planted that smoke bomb.

Collected the junk.

You bet.

You bet?

You bet, just like that?

But what if it hadn't worked?

What if you'd been caught?

Yeah, I never thought about that.

But Floyd said it'd work,

and by George, he was right too.

You're gonna have to untie him.

[♪♪♪]

What did you do that for?

I didn't want to, Country, but I had to.

Well, what for?

I know he's a cop, but he's still my buddy.

And a good fella takes care of his buddies, doesn't he?

Well...

you still didn't have to hit him.

[GRUNTS]

Ah!

Floyd?

You stupid jerk.

No.

Floyd, I didn't mean to.

Wh-What are you gonna do now, boy?

No.

No, Floyd.

[♪♪♪]

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Mrs. Danko.

Mrs. Danko,

answer call two-seven-six.

Mrs. Danko.

Mrs. Danko, answer call two-seven-six.

Yes?

This is Lieutenant Ryker.

Have you talked to your supervisor yet?

Uh, yes, lieutenant, I've talked to her.

Uh, the answer's still the same.

They won't open confidential records without a court order.

Mrs. Danko, they've got Officer Webster.

Unless you can come up with an address,

he could very well wind up dead.

She knows that, lieutenant.

[ELEVATOR DOOR OPENING]

Mrs. Danko, I apologize.

We've got no leads as to Webster's whereabouts.

Yes, doctor, he's at the hospital.

You talking about Webster?

Uh, no, doctor, absolutely not.

Um, we'll, uh--

We'll look forward to seeing you soon, though.

One of them's at the hospital.

Hi.

Boy, I'll bet you didn't expect to see me today, did you?

Uh, no, I didn't.

Yeah, well, I come by 'cause, uh,

you know, like I said, uh,

a guy gets lonely sometimes,

and, uh, needs someone to talk to.

Yeah, I-I can understand that, Mr. Miller.

No, please don't call me that, uh...

My first name is kind of stupid.

It's Lonnie.

But everybody calls me Country.

All the guys in the outfit called me that.

They'd say, "Hey, Country, you goin' into town with us?"

And I'd say, "You bet."

And, uh,

I'd go on in with them and, uh,

and, uh,

uh, sometimes I would go to one of them houses.

You know. Mm.

And I never let on, but, uh,

all's I'd ever do is just talk to the girls.

You know, I-I mean, I never did anything else.

Uh, because, um...

I don't know, just talkin' about it--

Talkin' about the killin', uh,

well, I don't know, somehow it just,

made it easier for me to sleep.

That's why I got to talk to you.

Did you kill somebody?

Yes, ma'am.

[♪♪♪]

You know...

killin', uh,

is not an easy thing to do.

I-I know, uh,

it looks easy and all in the movies, but,

it's not.

It's just not an easy thing to do.

It's really kinda tough to kill somebody.

Did you know that?

Go away!

You hear me? Go away!

I'm talkin' to this lady!

I got some things need to be said!

I got some things that somebody's gotta hear me say!

You understand?

[ELEVATOR DOOR OPENING]

Police officers. Halt.

Okay, hold it.

RYKER: Clear the hallway.

All right, now stand still.

Drop that knife.

[♪♪♪]

Lieutenant, it wasn't my fault.

Honest, sir, I didn't know.

RYKER: Danko.

I can do it, sir.

Anything, lieutenant, you just tell me, I could do it.

It's gonna be all right.

Everything's all right now.

Um, you put that weapon away now, Country.

Battle's over.

Really?

[SIGHS]

Boy,

that sure was a close one, wasn't it?

Yeah, I was glad you was with me on this one, lieutenant.

'Cause it sure was close.

What's that for?

It's okay.

We're going to see the lieutenant.

I thought you were the lieutenant.

There's more than one, Miller.

Yes, sir, there's lots of 'em.

Lots of 'em.

Danko, don't ever take a chance like that again

when a suspect is armed.

He's no suspect, lieutenant.

The man's a patient.

[♪♪♪]

RYKER: Webster, Gillis, Danko?

How's your arm, Webster?

Uh, fine, sir. Thank you.

And it is the wish of the chief

that Officers Danko, Gillis and Webster be commended

for their initiative and fidelity to duty

in connection with the recovery of said contraband

and arrest of the suspects involved,

etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

You came outta this smelling like a rose.

Sir?

It's luck, you know.

Sheer fool's luck.

You conducted an unauthorized cover surveillance,

and you nearly got yourself killed.

And you handled an armed suspect

in the most unorthodox way I have ever seen in my life.

I got one question for you, lieutenant.

What's that?

Isn't that what the program asked for?

Thinking officers?

Mm, do me a favor.

Clue me in on your thinking ahead of time.

On second thought: don't warn me.

It'd take too much excitement outta my day.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]