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[♪♪♪]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[♪♪♪]

MAN: Now look...he's my son.

I won't have him placed in a ward.

JILL: Mr. Essex, a lot of kids

prefer being in a ward,

where they've got someone to talk to.

Yeah. He gets a private room.

He gets the best. You understand what I mean?

I do. But I also understand

that you've got no medical insurance or hospitalization.

Now, we don't know how long

Jimmy's gonna have to stay here, Mr. Essex.

And you could run yourself right into bankruptcy.

Beautiful.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Should have figured.

All comes down to more money for the hospital, right?

No. It comes down to

what's best for your little boy and best for you.

Now, I just think you'd both be happier

if he was placed in a ward, that's all.

It's, uh-- It's your decision.

Yeah, it is.

And I say he gets a private room.

Don't you worry about the money.

I'm--

Don't you worry about the money.

[♪♪♪]

[CHATTER]

Hey, man, what was the number today?

One-seven-four.

Man, I got two hits.

I'm gonna get wiped out.

Aw. Well, we all got our crosses to bear.

Pike back there? Yeah.

[CHATTERING, MACHINE CLICKING]

MAN 1: Hey, you know, we got

three heavy bets to lay out.

This is the first time since we set up here.

MAN 2: What's the number? MAN 1: Seven-eight-three.

We can take one. Better call back.

[SNEEZES]

Ah. [CLEARS THROAT]

Marty. Ahem.

Problems? I, uh...

I...had a little bad luck, uh...

Oh? Yeah. I got a couple of hits.

How 'bout that? How much you need?

Uh...couple of grand. But, uh...

But you don't have to worry.

Oh, I'm not worried, Marty.

Not one little bit.

Go see Dave. He'll fix you up.

[INHALES]

Ah.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Pike.

I'll pay you back real soon. [INHALING]

I won't forget this.

I hadn't planned on letting you forget it.

[SIGHS]

[INHALES]

PIKE: Is that a five?

Fifteen... Pike.

[THUD] Hi, Frank.

Fill it for me, will you?

[LAUGHS]

[GUN COCKS] Pike. No game.

Keep your hands where I can see 'em.

Fill that quickly.

Paul, put your hands up there.

Bernie, keep your hands where I can see 'em.

Get over there against the wall.

[♪♪♪]

Lenny, your hands.

Come on, Pike.

Essex.

You know what you're doing? Yeah, I know.

[GUNSHOT] [GRUNTS]

[GUNSHOT]

Hold it! Lenny!

[♪♪♪]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

GORDAN: He reached for the money.

That's when I grabbed the gun.

I must have been crazy. He could have killed me.

Had you ever seen him before?

No, never.

What did he look like?

Oh, I don't know. He was...

He was kind of short.

Little fat. Bald.

Everything happened so fast.

Did he speak with a dialect or an accent,

or anything like that?

Any distinguishing marks, like a tattoo?

No. No, nothing.

Have you ever been robbed before?

[SIGHS]

Listen, fellas I'm really hurting.

Can't we finish this later, huh?

Sure. Whatever you say.

How much you say he got?

Hm, I don't know.

About 50 bucks.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

Well, what do you think?

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Ridgeway, call your...

I got mixed vibes.

All bad. Mm-hm.

Just doesn't lay right, hm?

A gunman holds up a dry-cleaning store

for 50 bucks.

Yeah.

It wouldn't be the first time, but...

He wasn't the most cooperative witness I've ever seen.

I don't know whose side he's on, but it ain't ours.

That's for sure.

Oh, hi, babe. Hello.

How you doing? Okay.

How do you like your new partner, Officer Webster?

Well, by the time Willie finishes

that course at the academy,

I would have heard every air force story

in the book.

Ah. Same ones he tells me, I guess.

Oh, well, maybe not the same ones, no.

Um...

how about a cup of coffee?

Uh, no.

What's the matter?

Mike, you remember that boy

that I told you they brought in here

the first of the week?

Yeah, you said he had some sort of anemia or something.

Mm-hm. Right.

That's treatable, isn't it? Well, yeah.

It usually is. It probably will be this time too.

What worries me is that, um...

kid's so lonely.

No family?

Well, his dad brought him in.

Hasn't been back to see him since.

Hasn't even called him.

It's funny, it seemed like they were close.

Well, what about his mother?

Mm, she's dead. She, um...

died in childbirth.

[EXHALES]

Tsk. That's rough.

Well, I hate to sound old-fashioned,

but I know that, uh, kids are sometimes impressed

by policemen and all that, you know.

And I just happen to know a couple of policemen

that I think would be willing to pay a visit to this kid

in his hour of need.

Right this way, officer.

Follow that woman.

To the ends of the earth.

[♪♪♪]

His name's Jimmy Essex.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

[DOOR OPENS]

Jimmy, I got you a couple of live ones.

Hey. Jimmy, I'm Terry Webster.

Hi.

Hi, Jimmy. I'm Mike Danko.

Hello.

Danko.

Hey. Is he your husband, Mrs. Danko?

The very same.

Heh. He's not such a bad-looking guy.

I mean, the way you talked...

[LAUGHS]

[GIGGLES]

She didn't really say that.

Well, that's okay, Jimmy. I, uh...

I'm used to that kind of treatment by now.

So...you don't have to spare my feelings.

Uh...what you playing?

Oh, War. War?

I used to play that all the time when I was a kid.

Man, did I cheat. Do you?

Me too. Yeah.

I'm not too good at cards anyway.

My dad, though...

he's really good.

What does your dad do, Jimmy?

He's a welder.

Sometimes when it gets slow, he takes off

and tries to find a job outside of town.

You think that's where he might be now, Jimmy?

Looking for work?

Sure. He'll be back. You'll see.

My dad would never leave me.

He wouldn't.

Ah, well, we'd better split.

Uh, you need anything?

Magazines, anything like that?

No. No, thanks. But...

Yeah, go on.

A "no parking" sign.

A lot of the kids have 'em.

You know, they steal 'em.

But if my dad ever caught me stealing...

Well, I think we might be able to, uh, hustle one up for you.

No kidding? Oh, yeah.

Officer Danko here has very powerful friends.

Matter of fact, just the other day,

I was talking to Lt. Ryker,

and he was telling me that there wasn't anything

that he wouldn't do for Officer Danko here.

You think you could get one for me?

Um, well.

Uh, I'll see what I can do. Yeah.

I'll work on it, Jimmy.

That's great. Thanks.

[MEN LAUGH]

I'll see you.

Thanks. See you later.

Bye. Bye-bye, Jimmy.

[♪♪♪]

[DOOR CLOSES]

EVANS: Find Essex and waste him.

You know, it's bad business when someone you know,

someone you trust, walks in off the street

and hits the wheel.

People begin to start asking questions,

like, "What do we need an organization for

if it can't take care of itself?"

[SNEEZES]

Gesundheit.

Thank you.

You got anybody watching the hospital?

[SIGHS] Yeah.

Yeah.

Him and his kid are real tight, I hear.

Yeah.

He'll be back around.

Maybe.

He's no fool.

He knows we'll be looking for him.

How's Elaine and the children?

They're fine. Heh.

You know, Tony, he, uh--

He broke off a couple of teeth playing football.

Right in front here. Heh-heh.

[CHUCKLES]

You need a good dentist?

Nah. No thanks. We've got one.

[SIGHS]

I don't know how you take it in here. I'm boiling.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SNEEZES]

[SIGHS, SNIFFLES]

It's 140 in here, Pike.

You've been sneezing since you first came in.

[PANTING]

Yeah, I got a cold.

Get off the powder, you understand?

[SIGHS]

And make sure you find Essex.

Make real sure.

[♪♪♪]

[METAL CLINKING]

[DANKO GROANS]

Hey, babe, is that you?

Yeah, it's me.

Do you know what I did with that big monkey wrench?

Did I give that to Willie and Terry?

Did they bring that back?

Do you know?

Jill?

Jill?

[GRUNTS]

[SIGHS]

[♪♪♪]

Oh.

[SIGHS]

How you been?

What's the matter?

[SIGHS, SNIFFLES]

Remember that little boy you and Terry saw?

Yeah.

Well, he got back the, uh...

results on his tests today.

[SIGHS] What'd they say?

He's got aplastic anemia.

I'm sorry, babe. I--

I don't know what that means.

[SIGHS]

Is it bad?

It's fatal.

Oh.

Unless they can get a-a...

A bone marrow transplant...

from a compatible donor.

And that means immediate family.

And his mother's dead, and they can't find his father.

So that means...

that that little boy's gonna die.

[♪♪♪]

[MURMURING, KISSES]

[♪♪♪]

[PHONE RINGING]

MAN: This is Paul Collins.

But it's not really Paul Collins,

if you know what I mean. Hey, Paul, this is--

This is just a recording gizmo.

And if you'll wait until you hear the tone,

you'll have 10 seconds to leave a message, okay?

Tone coming up.

[BEEP]

Uh this is Frank. Frank Essex.

I'd like to see you this-- [BEEP]

[DIAL TONE BUZZES]

[♪♪♪]

WEBSTER: I think Gordan was lying.

That what you think, Danko?

By omission, yeah.

I mean, all-- His answers were all so vague.

It was like he was trying to cover up

for the guy who shot him.

You got anything to back it up with? Any proof?

Nothing yet. Um...

I mean...right now it's just--

It's just an opinion.

But we thought you'd like to know about it.

I don't. Your hunches and personal opinions

don't interest me because I can't use them.

I'm gonna act, you gotta

give me something to act with.

[PUTS KNIFE DOWN]

When's Gordan to be released from the hospital?

Tuesday afternoon.

Well, you'd better get moving then.

Start with the cleaners. Find out what happened there.

And don't get carried away.

It's just possible Gordan's telling the truth.

Webster...

police work is not some kind of a club for supermen.

You're in big trouble when you start to think your hunches

are anything more than just that: hunches.

Well, that's all I can tell you, boys. That's it.

Hey, man. GILLIS: Hey.

Where you going? Ah, back to the academy again.

You guys still holding down the fort?

Uh, we're trying, you dig, but it ain't easy.

Mm-hm. What's

the course you're taking there?

The course? Oh, it's--

Oh, it's called The Sensuous Patrolman.

The Sensuous-- Oh, that's lovely. Very good.

Have a good time with it. Clever, Danko.

The Sensuous Patrolman. DANKO: You got it.

The what?

[♪♪♪]

Hey, um...

I got a problem. I, uh-- Yeah?

--lost my ticket.

Name? What's your name?

Webster. Webster.

Webster, Webster, Web--

Uh, what did you bring in? A coat.

Camel-hair sport coat.

Well...

Uh, when did you bring it in? What date?

Tuesday. It was Tuesday.

So Tuesday, be back Fridays.

Okay.

[UNFOLDING PAPER]

Don't see it.

Well, um, maybe it's in the back here.

Hey, hey, hey, uh... Huh.

Oh. I really need that coat, man.

Call Gordan. He knows me.

I've been coming here long enough.

Okay.

[DOOR OPENS]

DANKO: Anyone here?

Uh, yeah. Uh, coming.

Be right back. Yeah.

DANKO: Hi there.

Uh, my name's Mike Danko.

I'm from the Solar Insurance Company.

Look, look, buddy. I've got all the insurance I need.

Well, that's what everybody says at first.

But what if something happened to your store?

It should catch on fire? You get robbed or something?

Yeah, well, that's the thing about insurance.

You never know when you have enough.

But if you don't, you can only be sorry.

Let me show you something here.

Look, look, buddy, will you buzz off? I'm busy.

Too busy to take care of business, huh?

Your business, yeah.

DANKO: I was talking to a guy

the other day

who said he was covered for plenty.

He got robbed, and he...

[♪♪♪]

Okay. Can't say I didn't try.

Good luck to you.

CLERK: When you're in the neighborhood,

please pass by.

Nice talking to you. My pleasure.

So you...find it?

Uh, no. I guess I got beat out of a hundred-dollar sport coat.

Oh, it'll probably turn up.

Yeah.

[SIGHS]

Hey, man, let me lay off a bet.

Got a hunch that three-four-oh's gonna play today.

Where's Gordan anyway? He got busted?

[SIGHS] Nah.

Some joker tried to hit the wheel and shot Gordan.

A real smoker.

But, uh, he'll be all right.

Yeah. It's unreal. It's unreal.

Bernie, he wants this cat.

Hey, uh, Webster.

Maybe they'll be, uh, something in it for you

if you should happen to have seen the guy.

Do you know the guy's name? Yeah, sure.

Essex. Frank Essex.

[♪♪♪]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Uh, Mr. Collins, we're doing a survey of sexual habits.

I hear yours is unbelievable.

Frank. Hey, man, how you doing? Great.

Come on in. Thank you.

It's good to see you, buddy. We got part of your message,

but you didn't say when you were coming.

Hey, Jan, get in here, honey.

What are you doing in this neck of the woods anyway?

To tell you the truth, Paul, I'm in a bit of a scrape.

I was wondering if I could stay here for a couple days.

You stay here as long as you like.

Hi, Frank.

Hi, Janet.

Hey, you look terrific.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Frank's gonna be staying with us for a couple of days.

I hope you don't mind. Oh, don't be silly.

Let-- I-I'll just get the guest room ready, okay?

Uh, have you had dinner yet?

Yeah, thanks.

Great.

Hey, you, um...

haven't asked me what kind of trouble I'm in.

Hm. That's funny.

I don't remember you asking me what trouble I was in

that day outside of Saigon.

[♪♪♪]

Come on. Sit down. Make yourself at home.

Right there. Uh...scotch.

Right.

JILL: Jimmy's father sent it

with instructions

to use it for Jimmy.

All in small denominations? Mm-hm.

No return address? Nope.

So he ripped off that numbers wheel

to get the money for the kid.

The wheel, that's where they collect the money

from the day's bets.

Tsk.

Uh...

look, couldn't we give this story to the papers?

I mean, Jimmy's father's gotta know what's going on.

I don't know. We can talk to Ryker,

see if he'll go along.

But...I don't know.

Can we, uh, look in on Jimmy?

Uh...only one of you.

He's not supposed to have a lot of visitors.

Well, you're the man with

the "no parking" assignment.

Okay, come on.

[♪♪♪]

You awake, Jimmy?

[DOOR CLOSES] Yeah.

Hey. How you doing, buddy?

Okay, I guess.

Mrs. Danko?

Mm-hm?

[SADLY] Has...?

Has my dad been around?

Not yet, sweetheart.

[SOBS] He's hurt.

Maybe something's happened to him.

Sh. No. He just

got hung up.

He's-- He's gonna be here.

Come on.

You think so?

I'll bet on it.

Hey, you know, I think I got a lead

on that "no parking" sign for you.

Yeah.

That'd be cool.

You hang in there, okay?

Okay, I will.

JILL: See you later,

tiger.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Where is he? He's staying

with an Army buddy.

South side of town.

I got the address right here.

Okay. If he's there, I'll knock off a grand

of the two you owe me.

Why not all of it?

Because you're a crud, that's why.

[CHUCKLES]

RYKER: Suppose you're right?

Suppose there is a contract out on Essex?

[PULLS LEVER]

What makes you think that if he sees a story

about his son's condition, he's gonna believe it?

And he won't think it's a trap? Oh, come on.

He knows his kid's sick.

He took him into the hospital himself.

How does he know we're not using that to flush him out?

Well, because nobody's that paranoid, that's why.

Paranoid? Well, uh, even paranoids have enemies.

That's what the kids are saying these days.

This guy's been looking at life

through the wrong end of the telescope.

You're not gonna give out the story?

I didn't say that.

Just don't be surprised if he doesn't show up, that's all.

'Cause if you really wanna find this guy,

you'll have to start lifting rocks.

And you'll have to find him before the organization does.

'Cause they got every hood in the city looking for him.

[TIRES SQUEAL]

[♪♪♪]

JANET: I don't know. He just...

He just makes me uncomfortable.

Hey.

What do you mean, "uncomfortable"?

I don't know, uh...

You know, he never did say what kind of trouble.

For all we know, the police could be after him, right?

[SIGHS] What do you want me to do?

[CHUCKLES]

Nothing.

Now, come on. Let's not make

a big thing of it, huh?

Okay. But you know,

if we could just ask him...

what kind of trouble.

I-I just think I'd feel a lot better about it.

[CLOSES DOOR]

That you, Frank?

Yeah.

[PHONE RINGS]

What's on? Anything good?

Ah. Same old stuff. Hello?

Hi. Is Frank Essex there?

Oh, yes, he is. Just a minute, please.

Frank, it's for you.

Hello?

Essex? Yeah.

Pike.

If you want your friends to live,

you do exactly what I tell you, understand?

Uh-huh.

[SCREAMING ON TV]

Now, you be out in front in five minutes.

Otherwise, we'll splatter blood

all over that pretty little house.

Five minutes, uh...

starting...now.

Okay.

You all right, Frank?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.

[SIGHS]

We ought to go in for him.

He'll show.

Hey, you know anything about, uh,

transplants?

Hm?

You know, hair transplants.

No, I don't know anything about hair transplants.

Do you think it'd help anyway?

It wouldn't hurt.

[LAUGHS]

Let me see. [DOOR CLOSES]

There he is.

Get in.

Thanks, I'll stand.

Where's the bread, Essex?

Jeez, I don't know, Tarr.

Look, Frank...

get smart, okay?

Otherwise, you and your friends are gonna get greased.

[WHISPERS] Now get in.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[SIGHS]

Tsk. Locker at Marine Terminal.

[♪♪♪]

MAN [ON TV]: To the future.

NEWSMAN: And now a special

bulletin.

We are attempting to contact Frank Essex.

Frank Essex, if you are watching this,

please report to the Memorial Hospital,

where your son is in critical condition.

The boy is in desperate need of a bone-marrow transplant...

which only you can provide.

If anyone has seen this man,

please contact the Memorial Hospital

or the local police.

This is urgent.

Operator, get me the police, please.

[♪♪♪]

So then he gets this phone call,

and he thanks us...

cuts out.

Did he say where he was going?

Nope.

How sick is his little boy?

[SIGHS] Very.

Did you, by any chance,

recognize the voice on the phone?

No.

Any other phone calls or messages?

No.

Can you think of anything else

that could help us find him?

Well, it may not be important,

but earlier on my way to work,

he asked me to drop him off

at the Marine Terminal down by the waterfront.

[♪♪♪]

[TIRES SCREECH]

Yeah.

[CLOSES DOOR]

All right, Frank, where's the rest of it?

I don't know, Pike.

[TIRES SCREECH]

Let's go.

Halt. Police.

Hold it right there.

[♪♪♪]

[BOAT BELL DINGING]

[♪♪♪]

[BUBBLING]

Went into a coma early this morning.

Sometimes it's hard not to get involved.

Yeah.

You said his mom was dead.

How-- How do you know that for sure?

It's in the medical history

his father gave to the doctor.

No other relatives?

Well, uh, the wife had an aunt,

but she wouldn't be a compatible donor.

DANKO: Maybe the aunt can give us

a lead on Essex.

How do you know the wife is dead?

It's in the medical history.

How do you know Essex didn't lie

when he told the history?

Why would he lie?

Well, there could be a hundred reasons.

Maybe the boy's illegitimate,

Essex didn't want him to know.

Maybe the wife took off with another man.

Maybe not a hundred reasons. Enough to start investigating.

But you're gonna have to do it on your own time.

That's just it, lieutenant. We haven't got the time.

Webster, this is not a police matter.

Since when is saving a life not a police matter?

Why don't you think about the lives we do save.

What? Writing traffic tickets

And warning jaywalkers?

I'm sorry we don't come up to your expectations,

Officer Danko.

But writing traffic tickets and warning jaywalkers

does save lives, undramatic as that may seem to you.

WEBSTER: Well, if you'll excuse me,

I'm off duty now. So that, uh--

No, you're not.

According to the schedule--

Schedule has been changed. Since when?

RYKER: Since we found out that Gordan

is due to be released

from the hospital this afternoon.

If he's running true to form, he's gonna lead us

to another numbers wheel.

When he does, we hit.

Thought you didn't play hunches?

I don't ignore past history.

This man has a record a mile long with numbers.

Busting that numbers wheel isn't likely to help us find

that boy's father, is it, lieutenant?

I don't know if I've said it yet,

but I'm saying it now.

Dismissed.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Reidenbaugh, I sent Gillis out to the academy

for that orientation thing.

Get him in here, will you?

I want him to go over every, uh, financial transaction

Essex has made in the past 10 years.

And call the hospital.

I want to know how the Essex boy is doing.

[♪♪♪]

Attention all units.

On my mark, proceed to Grand and 7th.

Hit your sirens loud and clear. Repeat:

Hit your sirens on my signal.

Do you read me?

Ten-four.

Ten-four.

Why the sirens?

I don't know.

Maybe we couldn't get a search warrant in time

to catch him in the act.

Ryker's betting they'll hear the sirens,

blow their cool, and then we can

pick 'em up when they come out.

What if they don't blow their cool?

Oh, if they don't blow their cool,

Ryker's gonna have a heck of a lot of explaining to do.

[CHUCKLES]

He's got chutzpah.

Say what? Chutzpah. Chutzpah.

Courage. Guts.

Chutzpah. Chutzpah.

[♪♪♪]

All units, Code 3 now. Okay, that's it.

[SIREN WAILING, TIRES SCREECHING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[WHISTLE BLOWN]

[ALL SHOUTING]

What did you do? I'm not doing anything, man.

I have my rights. Police brutality, man.

Come on, let me go, you--

[ALL SHOUTING]

[GRUNTING]

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[ALL SHOUTING]

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Where's Essex?

Man, I don't know.

I'm not in on that. It just looks like it.

Move it.

MAN: Come on, I've got my rights.

Here it is.

Um...

it was a joint account.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Essex.

Uh, there was also an account

in her own name, Elizabeth.

But that was closed five years ago.

Could you tell me who closed it?

Uh, she did.

Elizabeth Essex.

Then she didn't die in childbirth.

[♪♪♪]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hello, Liz.

I'd like to talk to you.

What about?

Our son, Liz.

Our son.

Yours and mine.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

I don't think there's much choice, Liz,

for either of us.

They say he'll die.

And I can't go back 'cause they'll kill me.

But they don't know about you.

Even if they did, they wouldn't care.

So you can go.

The papers will make a big thing

out of it, won't they?

So what?

My husband will find out about it, Frank.

So what?

He doesn't know about you...

or Jimmy.

Or that I was ever married.

I have a new name, a new life.

Would it make a difference?

[SCOFFS]

You better believe it.

You don't even know if the story is true.

It could be a plant.

That's why you're going to the hospital instead of me.

You don't have anything to lose.

[SIGHS]

Only my whole way of life, that's all.

I don't believe you.

I don't believe you.

Jimmy's your son. Or have you forgotten that?

I haven't forgotten.

Then what kind of a woman are you?

Your son may be dying, you're worried about

your way of life? Don't put me on trial.

I didn't leave you. You left me when you started with them.

Don't start that again.

I've had that.

I wanted to be somebody.

That means having some things. Having some money.

It also meant running numbers

and dealing a little on the side.

I loved you, Frank.

But it tore me apart.

Here I have comfort and peace.

And I don't want to give that up.

I wanted my chance.

This means everything to me.

[♪♪♪]

I remember about 10 years ago...

standing beside your bed in the hospital...

and you were holding the baby.

You said those exact words.

"He means everything to me."

Liz, maybe--

Maybe it's my fault.

Maybe it's your fault.

But the "everythings" are all turned around now.

I don't think Jimmy should have to die because of that.

[SOBS]

DANKO: When's the last time

you saw your niece?

I haven't seen Liz in years.

She cut herself off from everyone

when she left Frank and Jimmy.

Would you have any idea where we could reach her?

Come on, eat. Butchie bird.

Eat up your din-din.

[BIRD CHIRPS]

Is this about Jimmy?

Yes, ma'am, it is.

[GASPS]

Is something the matter, Mrs. Simmons?

Uh, no, but, um--

A doctor from the hospital came by,

and he was asking these same things.

I gave him Liz's address.

I didn't do anything wrong, did I?

He was a doctor.

[CHIRPS]

Mommy didn't do anything wrong,

did she, Butchie birdie?

[CHIRPING]

No one at the hospital has seen

or talked to Mrs. Simmons.

The description the aunt gave us fits one of the numbers men.

Guy named Kyle.

Late 50s, gray hair.

You're the nearest unit. Roll.

We're on our way.

[STARTS ENGINE]

[SIREN WAILING]

[♪♪♪]

Five.

Three.

Eight.

[BUZZING]

It's out of order. Or dead.

Let's go.

[♪♪♪]

Come on, Liz, let's go.

I wanna leave a note for my husband.

Call him from the hospital.

Mrs. Sanders?

Yes.

I'm Dr. Grayson

with Memorial Hospital.

We've been trying to reach you

or your ex-husband.

Looks like I've hit the jackpot.

Yes, what's this all about, doctor?

Uh, Mrs. Sanders' aunt read the newspaper

and called the hospital.

I can't overemphasize the urgency.

Mrs. Sanders' son is in grave condition.

My car is right over here.

Mrs. Sanders' son?

Yes, it's quite complicated,

but he needs a bone-marrow transplant.

Is Billy gonna be all right, doc?

Yes. We hope so.

FRANK: His name's Jimmy.

Liz, get in the house!

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SIREN WAILING]

[TIRES SCREECH]

Get down against the wall.

[SIREN APPROACHING]

I'm a doctor. That man tried to kill me.

Put your hands behind your neck! Lock your fingers.

Move to that side of the car.

There must be some mistake, officer. I'm a doctor.

Sir? Please sit in here.

We'll straighten it out later.

[TIRES SCREECH]

He's in the house. He's got the woman with him.

Webster?

Gillis?

Around back.

Backup units.

This is Ludlow 7.

Send backups to 101 South Gainsborough.

LIZ [PANICKY]: Frank, forget it.

They're all around the place. It's no use.

I just need a second.

If I can just get the jump.

Essex...

this is the police.

Get away!

I just talked to the hospital.

That boy of yours needs help.

FRANK: It's a trap!

You're trying to trick me.

RYKER: It's not a trap.

Jimmy's really sick.

It is a trap, Frank.

And Jimmy's in it with us, just like you said.

WEBSTER: Hold it.

Jimmy's a good boy, Mr. Essex.

I don't want to be the one to hurt his father.

Don't know why his father wants to hurt him.

I don't.

[SIGHS] I don't.

They're waiting for you at the hospital, Mr. Essex.

Lieutenant...

let's head for the hospital.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Hey, how's the boy?

He's better, lieutenant. Much better.

Good. Good. Excuse me.

Hi, lieutenant. Hi, lieutenant.

What do you got there?

Huh? Oh, that's for Jimmy.

Oh, we have an official receipt

from the traffic department for this.

It's somewhere here.

We could have you spend a lot more time down there,

Officer Danko.

No. Don't take him up on that, man.

Yeah. You wouldn't get along with their boss either.

Hm. Hey, how you feeling?

Okay, thanks. Say, uh--

I wanted to thank you guys.

I appreciate your not involving Liz in all this.

She's, uh--

She's got her own life now.

And Jimmy and I have got ours.

I hope you make the best of it, man.

We will.

See you. See you.

[♪♪♪]

I was going down too.

No parking. Get going.

This is a loading zone, you know. Come on.

[LAUGHS]

[MURMURS INDISTINCTLY]

[♪♪♪]