Original subtitles

[rock music playing]

[SINGING] She's hooked to the side.

She's so shady.

She knows how to hide it, the two-toned lady.

Two-toned lady, she's no lady.

You're never at home.

Never at home.

It's almost maybe, except on payday.

I got to get a new job, man.

This job is killing me.

Are you going to have like a business card?

I always wanted a job with a business card.

Me, too.

Around here, you wear yourbusiness card on your face.

[ambient bar noise]

[sighs] Look, I warned you.

I'm going to have to get the bouncer.

Booker!

Are you going to need some help with that?

No, I got it.

I got it.

You're up, killer.

Keep your chin down, hands high.

Stick and move, and circle to his weak hand.

Try not to get too much ofyour own blood on the floor.

Funny.

Screw you!

Who's this? Prom queen?

This guy is a little toofree with his hands, Denny.

This joint's got a160-pound bouncer named Denny?

Where are we?

Twilight Zone? - Yeah.

I think so.

Look, pals, I'm not a bouncer, all right?

I'm a customer relations expert.

[chair scrapes on floor]

[laughs] Here's $10, all right?

Why don't you go have a beeron me someplace else, OK?

- I got this guy, Paul. - No.

He's mine. - Look, guys--

You're dead, Tarzan.

I'm going to give you a head start.

And if you don't take off out of here running,

you're going to hit that sidewalk backwards.

I seriously doubt that.

[punches landing]

[thud]

[sound of struggle]

[thud]

[punches landing]

[rock music playing]

[SINGING] You got to watch--

[crash]

I wouldn't hit him with your face so much.

Doug, on second thought,I can use some help.

Well, you know, I wasthinking and-- and I'm off duty,

and this is your job.

I'll split tonight's salary?

Just pay for the stitches.

[crowd cheering]

[door slams open]

[thud]

[thud]

[clattering]

Tough way to earn a living, right?

You need a new job.

[laughs] Here.

[music - theme song, "booker"]

[SINGING] I feel a beat on the street tonight,

the lights are bright andit feels all right tonight.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

Hot!

Hot!

[ambient street noise]

JURY MEMBER: It's 6 o'clockand we're not getting anywhere.

[footsteps]

And I don't want to have one more meal

at the Civic Center cafeteria.

So we're going to vote again.

But before we do, I'm going to say this

to the person who's responsible for screwing

up these proceedings--

don't hang this jury.

You got any concrete evidence, let's hear it.

I'm-- I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

It's just-- OK, look, hismother is sitting there.

And he-- he keeps looking at her.

And when he does, I seeso much pain in his eyes.

And I know that he wouldn't do anything to hurt her.

[footsteps]

I know he wouldn't stealanything because he'd know

how much it would hurt her.

[footsteps]

I have reasonable doubt.

JURY MEMBER: Reasonable doubt?

The man is seen by two cops running

out of the jewelry store.

The alarm is ringing.

They get a partial plate onhim and trace him to his house.

They arrest him.

They find shattered glassin his trouser cuffs

that match the broken window.

Is there anything else? - No alibi.

And no alibi, right?And no character witnesses.

A violent past.

A violent past, right?

Again, the man is a prize fighter.

He hits people for a living.

But Miss Elaine "I got a hunch" Grazzo says, no.

We can't convict him becausewhen he looks at his mom,

he's got doe eyes.

Doesn't it matter that I have this feeling?

This hunch?

Hunches belong at the horseraces or orthopedic hospitals.

[sighs] Well, I just feel that--

I just feel that he didn't do it.

JURY MEMBER: Well, that'svery nice Miss Grazzo.

And now that you've indulgedyour hunch unsuccessfully,

might we please go home?

[dramatic music]

Thank you, Bailiff.

Will the defendant rise?

It is the finding of this jurythat you are guilty as charged

on one felony count of burglary,one felony count of flight

to avoid arrest, and one felony count of battery

and resisting arrest.

Now, the hour is late.

And I would like to review the case

and pass sentence on Monday.

Is there anything you'd like to say

to me before that deliberation?

I'm sorry, Momma.

I didn't do this. You know.

And Jesus knows.

I didn't rob no store.

That's all I have to say.

[dramatic music]

Mrs. Seaton, I'm Elaine Grazzo.

I'm one of the jurors.

Yes?

I didn't think he was--

you see, they were all so sure.

And they--

Did you know that alarm onthat store had been jimmied?

A very complicated alarm.

The burglar, he goes insideafter he breaks the window,

and he sets off a second alarm inside.

I just want to say how sorry I was Mrs.--

The DA doesn't say aboutthe alarm in the window.

He doesn't put that part of it in it.

How would that matter, Mrs. Seaton?

My son is a good boy.

He loves his Savior.

But my son dropped out of elementary school.

He has a registered IQ of 85.

No way could he jump thatsophisticated alarm system.

No way!

You put an innocent man in prison!

[dramatic music]

[footsteps]

Forget about it, Miss.

He did it.

Mothers and wives, they never believe.

They're the ones who pay for it.

[telephone ringing]

[click]

Hello?

Hey, Booker.

Wake up, pal.

It's 11 o'clock.

Who's this?

FULLER [ON TELEPHONE]: It's Fuller.

Oh, hi, Captain.

I hear you're looking to make a career change.

I'm considering it.

FULLER [ON TELEPHONE]: Good.

I got you a job interview.

Tell me about it.

It's Teshima Corporation of Japan.

Yeah.

FULLER [ON TELEPHONE]: Theycalled me about a week ago.

They're looking for in-house security.

Corporation?

You mean, guys with ties?

Hey, you want to knock heads in a beer

joint the rest of your life?

OK. OK.

[sighs]

I turned the job down but I recommended you.

They want to see you today at 1:00.

Don't be late.

And don't embarrass me.

I won't.

And, Captain, I appreciate it.

Yeah.

Just get the job.

DENNIS BOOKER [ON TELEPHONE]: I will.

Oh, and Booker?

DENNIS BOOKER [ON TELEPHONE]: Mhm?

Leave your earrings at home.

And do not-- repeat after me--

do not wear your leather jacket.

[upbeat music]

[engine revving]

[dramatic music]

[ding]

[door closes]

What does the other guy look like?

Porky Pig.

[laughs]

[ding]

[footsteps]

[door closes]

[ding]

[door opens]

Hello?

Hello?

[footsteps]

CHICK STERLING: Come on.

You know you love it.

Come on.

We can use a supply run.

[door opens]

CARLA ROSEN: Don't youthink we should be working

on our pending takeover? - No, I don't.

[laughs]

[clears throat]

[clattering]

Who the hell are you?

I'm from fun and games.

Somebody said you guys, uh,[laughs] needed an umpire.

Is that supposed to be a joke?

A bad one.

Sorry.

I'm Dennis Booker.

I'm your 11:45.

I got stuck in traffic.

I'm a few minutes late.

I don't know what you think you just saw here.

Dictation?

All right.

Listen, if you think you can use this against me,

I would sure think twice, Mister.

Mr. Bingham from Human Resources

sent me up about heading the newdivision you guys are starting,

the investigation division?

Carla, if you don't mind,if you could look after those

notes I just gave you.

I'll call Mr. Hugg aboutthat brief you requested.

Do that, Carla.

[footsteps]

Now if you think you're goingto blackmail me because of what

you think you just saw here--

[laughs] I just camehere for the job interview.

That's it.

Oh, you-- uh, you dropped this.

You trying to tell me something here, huh?

Is this some kind of threat?

Mr. Bingham--

CHICK STERLING: Let'scut the Bingham crap, OK?

Now that girl's been comingon to me since she showed

up as a temp two weeks ago.

A man has certain limits.

All right.

Let's say you got the job.

Bingham wants you, so you're hired.

Does that make you want me straight, huh?

We've got no row between us,I do for you, you do for me?

Just like that?

[buzz]

Carla?

CARLA ROSEN [OVER INTERCOM]: Yes, sir?

Call Alicia Rudd on 29.

Tell her-- Booker?

Yeah.

CHICK STERLING: Is on his way down.

He's going to head up IOD.

Bingham's got his packet.

Tell her to set him up on six.

CARLA ROSEN: Yes, sir.

Let's not make thisany worse than it is, OK?

Just go.

Remember, you owe me one.

Shoes.

[door opens]

[ding]

[footsteps]

You are a Don Booker?

Dennis Booker.

You're Alicia Rudd?

[sighs] Ms. Rudd.

- I might still be interested.- You're cute.

But I'm not interested.

So let's put our little libidosin mothballs, OK, Booker?

You'll report to me for the next six months.

DENNIS BOOKER: I thought I was supposed

to report Mr. Sterling.

I'm VP in charge of acquisitions

and corporate interface, so you're in my division

until you've established yourself at six months.

Then you'll report to Lionel Heath

on 30, unless I deem that the transition

period is not working.

In which case, we have acocktail party on the roof

and throw you into the street.

This is Ms. Rudd on six.

I'm in cubicle 355.

Could you send a girl up withall the stenographics for a B2?

On the double.

SECRETARY [OVERINTERCOM]: Yes, Ms. Rudd.

What's a B2?

It's you, buddy boy.

Corporate designationmiddle management executive.

Ms. Rudd, have youever heard the expression

that the walls have ears?

Well, these walls also haveeyes, noses, hair, glasses.

You see, if I'm dealingwith the private business

of this corporation andinsurance and legal matters,

do you think it's a good idea for me to share

it with all those other people?

I have a better idea.

Mr. Quinton's in Tokyo for six months.

You can use his office.

[footsteps]

When the girl comes, we're in 603.

[door closes]

[footsteps]

DONNA: Hey, Lainey!

DENNIS BOOKER: Hey, Donna.

How was jury duty?

Um, don't ask, OK?

Hey!

Good to have you back, hon.

The dragon lady's in there with him.

ELAINE GRAZZO: Oh, terrific.

[laughs]

This is your phone manual.

The girl will show youthe operating procedures.

What's your name, dear?

Elaine Grazzo, Ms. Rudd.

Your girl here will showyou all the office systems.

There are computerterminals on every floor.

If you want to use them, fine.

Just don't tie them up.

Miss Grazzo, we prefer thatskirts come to the knee.

That one looks cheap on you.Don't wear it again.

Oh, I'm sorry, Ms. Rudd.

[clears throat]

You have a meeting in 10 minutes with Bob Hugg

and Dehavelen Smith on an insurance litigation

we're very anxious about.

What insurance litigation?

ALICIA RUDD: They'll fill you in.

Just be in the conference room on 30.

I'll tell them you're on your way up.

[footsteps]

DENNIS BOOKER: She has afresh, wholesome quality I

sort of like.

Aren't you supposed to be a B2?

Yeah.

I am.

This office is for B1s.

I'm a B2 with great BS.

[laughs] I see.

I'm Elaine Grazzo.

Hi.

I'm Dennis Booker.

[footsteps]

Is there any way you'dlike me to answer your phone?

Hello has kind of a friendly ring to it.

No, I mean, like, good morning.

This is Mr. Booker's office.

Or, um-- um--

Mr. Booker's office, goodmorning, or something else?

[sighs] Sir?

Elaine, if we're going to get along,

you're going to have todevelop a sense of humor.

[sighs]

[footsteps]

Oh, hey.

Listen, I-- [clears throat] Ididn't mean anything by that.

I'm just trying to--

No, I know.

It's-- it's just I'm really upset today.

And it's not like me.

I'll be OK.

You sure?

Yes, sir.

I really prefer Dennis.

OK, Dennis.

I just have a lot of personal problems

and I got to take care of them.

So I'm going to take care of them.

Miss Grazzo?

Yeah?

DENNIS BOOKER: Don't takethis the wrong way, OK?

But I think you look great in that dress.

[laughs] Thanks, Dennis.

It's Elaine.- You're welcome, Elaine.

[dramatic music]

I've been run TeshimaInsurance Group for six years.

Both Smitty and I thinkwe've got a pile of liability

on this guy.

So it's not something wewant to screw around with.

DENNIS BOOKER: What's the case?

OK.

Our insured hit this guy, Eric Von Bortelle

A fact not in evidence.

And it's Von "Bort-el."

Right.

Von Bortelle claims thatour insured hit him while he

was still in the crosswalk.

Problem is that this Von Bortelle character

is a quadriplegic now.

And they're suing Teshima Insurance

Group for $25 million.

That's a lot of money fora personal injury claim,

isn't it?

Tell him why, Dehavelen.

Because Dr. Erik Von Bortelleis a prominent brain surgeon.

And they estimate that hislost income over the rest

of his life will be 12 million.

They're doubling that for pain and suffering,

et cetera, and so forth.

So what do you guys want from me?

Well, this company's notgoing to take a $25 million hit.

Mr. Sterling was adamant on that.

So what we need from you is to prove

that the good brain doctorwas outside the crosswalk.

But as far as we know, he was in the crosswalk

and now he's in a hospital bed, paralyzed.

[laughs] Hey, let's take the high road, guy.

The old Hugger's telling you, this guy is lying.

A fact not in evidence.

This isn't "Matlock," Mr. Booker.

This is high stakes personal injury law.

And you're our dog in this fight,

so get out there and bite somebody.

[click]

[whirring]

[sighs] I know.

I could have hung that jury.

And I wimped out.

I let him talk me out of it.

Now, because of that, an innocent man

is going to change.

Yeah, but what can you do about it now?

I don't know. I don't know.

I feel horrible.

I don't know.

Who's going to jail?

Uh, I'll see you later, Elaine.

It's nothing.

It'll be OK.

[footsteps]

Look, Elaine.

I think you better tell mewhat the hell is going on.

Maybe there's some way I can help.

[dramatic music]

[ambient street noise]

You're not worried that Mr. Hugger

or Mr. Smith will fire you?

No.

Well, I was kind of hoping to have

a business card to show my mom.

But, other than that, Ididn't have his job yesterday.

And if I don't have itover tomorrow, all I'm out

is a case of frost bite from Ms. Rudd.

ELAINE GRAZZO: I ordered your cards this morning

and they print them in Tokyo.

It takes four days.

You may not last that long.

[laughs]

Yeah.

[laughs] You know, Iwant to say it means a lot

to me that you would risk getting fired

to look in to this for me.

Well, yesterday, I wasblocking punches with my nose.

I figure I'm ahead anyway it goes.

Yeah Sometimes I think I spend way

too much time worrying about my job

and what other people think.

You really don't care if you get sacked, do you?

No.

I pretty much head in thedirection I like best.

I'm very spur of the moment.

But I might as well go down and ask those two

blues what's going on.

See what we can get.

Willie Seaton was what he was, you know?

A kid going nowhere.

Well, he's got some direction.

He's going to state prison.

Was the window alarm jimmied?

Sure was.

Cross-wire.

New job, too.

But Willie tipped the beam alarm once he's

inside, set the ringer off.

We rolled in.

Saw him running out.

Got a partial plate on theOldsmobile he was driving.

Took the DMV an hour tospit out three probables.

Willie answered the third door.

We made him as the guy we saw.

Ask about his IQ.

His mother says he has an 85 IQ.

Now do you think he couldhave done the electronics

and the jimmied alarm?

[laughs] We've got seven-year-olds

down there could hot wire alarm systems

designed by guys with PhDs.

You've seen it, same as me.

Yeah.

Thanks for your time.

WILLIE SEATON: I had a prettygood contract with the manager.

But I lost my last three fights.

I figured I was--

I was through, you know?

So I started to look around for a job.

The DA said that's why hewas doing the smash and grabs

on the jewelry stores to support he

and his mom because his prize fighting

career was going nowhere.

What were you doing whenthe cops came to your house

that night?

I was sleep.

Uh huh.

How about the glass in your trouser cuffs?

I don't know.

It was just there.

[sighs] I know you was on the jury.

I seen you there.

I know you made your decision.

I just wanted to say, I don'thave no hard feelings about it.

You did what you thought was best.

[JAIL DOOR CLANGING

IN DISTANCE]

[door opens] - He didn't do it.

I know he didn't do it.What the hell was wrong with me?

I could've stood up to them.

I could have stopped it.

Miss Grazzo, let mesuggest something to you,

and I'd like you to think about this.

He could have done.

Oh, please.

I mean, the police saw him.

They made a positive identification.

The physical evidence of the glass in his cuffs

was irrefutable.

He has a violent past, andhe fights for a living.

Now maybe you did the rightthing for the wrong reason.

No.

Now that is the most outrageousand double-handed thing

I think I have never heard.

This guy is innocent. Come on.

I know it. I feel it.

Can't you just look into his eyes

and see that he would neverdo anything like that?

No. I can't.

Well, I can.

And I'm changing my votefrom guilty to not guilty.

You can't do that.

Who says?

Because it's never been done before.

So what?

I am tired of being pushed around.

You know what, Dennis?

I think I'm going to do like you do.

I'm going to head in the direction I want.

And I am voting not guilty.

The trial is over.

I think it's a great idea.LAWYER: Oh, you do?

She votes guilty.

Then two days later, she changes her mind.

Why not?

Because it's never been done.

DENNIS BOOKER: Excuse me,but that's a lousy reason.

You owe will Willie everything you've got.

You've got a juror here whois ready to hang the jury.

The only thing is, she's a couple

of days late with her vote.

It's one in a thousand.

So?

[sighs] Sentencing is tomorrow.

I'll file the motion in the morning.

[sighs] We'll see what happens.

In the meantime, Elaine and I will scare up

a story for tomorrow's newspaper,

make sure you get lots of coverage,

because then either way it comes out, we win.

[ambient street noise]

ELAINE GRAZZO: Ugh.

Where did they get this picture?

Ugh.

Well, I filed the motion.

And I bet I end up eating it, fine print

newspaper, headline, and all.

Hey, hey, hey, come here.

Come here.

Come here.

Who's that?

I don't know.

DENNIS BOOKER: He looks kind of familiar.

They're probablyreporters here to watch me

hang from the flagpole at noon.

[laughs]

[laughs]

[gavel banging]

JUDGE ALVAREZ: Now, onthe matter of your motion

to have Miss Grazzo changed hervote from guilty to not guilty,

obviously to do that would hopelessly backlog

the entire legal system.

So that motion is denied.

Now, in the matter of your sentencing,

will the defendant rise.

[chair scrapes on floor]

You have exhibited a criminal record

that goes back almost 10 yearsto when you were a juvenile.

So I'm sentencing you tothe maximum time allowable--

five years on the burglary,three years on the assault,

and one year on the avoidance of arrest.

That's a total of nine years.

You'll be removed to the state prison facility

where you'll begin servingyour sentence as of that date.

[gavel banging]

DENNIS BOOKER: Something's wrong.

I'm going to check this guy out.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[car engine starts]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[car engine starts]

[saxophone playing]

[door closes]

Hey, Booker!

What are you doing here?

Brill, what are you doing here?

I work here, ever sinceI lost my Internal Affairs

shooting review last year.

No kidding?

THOMAS BRILL: Yeah.

You coming down to see Billy McKenna?

Wait, wait, this isWide Load McKenna's place?

Well, yeah.

Except we don't call him WideLoad to his face no more.

He's got in very big business.

I-- I just came in here for a beer.

Hey, I heard you got pitchedoff on the Tom Hanson thing.

I quit.

You ought to ask Wide Load for a job.

Yeah? THOMAS BRILL: Yeah.

We got 10, 12 broken badgesworking here and there.

He's got a piece of aracetrack, six or seven clubs.

He's even got guys working onhis personal security company.

You ought to ask him to look you over.

Could be in tonight, if you want.

I'll set it up for you.

Why don't you do that?

THOMAS BRILL: Yeah.

Great.

Willie Seaton took theplay, Brill, and the judge

plotted him down for nine years.

And that dumb ass juror whowanted to change her vote?

JOHN SILK: Denied.

That's a good thing for you this

all worked out becauseweak links make me nervous.

JOHN SILK: Thanks forgetting me out of this, man.

I couldn't have handled jail.

Let Willie Seaton take the fall.

[saxophone playing]

[ambient street noise]

[footsteps]

SALLY: Lainey, can we come in?

DENNIS BOOKER: Doug Penhallgave me a copy of the whole file

on the Willie Seaton case.

Did you there's anotherguy arrested before Willie?

ELAINE GRAZZO: Uh, no.

Well, he was parked about twoblocks away from the jewelry

store with a blown engine.

Now his name is John Silk.

And Sergeant Eaton rolls in and embraces

this guy, who's a real jerk.

OK.

You can turn around now.

You know what John Silk does for a living?

What?

Alarm installer.

So he could have been the robber?

Yeah.

This guy had no previous criminal record.

So in come these two copswho are going to bust him.

Now remember the two copsthat we saw in the cafe?

Yeah.

Well, they come in Willie Seaton.

That's John Silk.

ELAINE GRAZZO: He looks familiar.

DENNIS BOOKER: Well, he should.

He was in the courthouse this morning

listening to the whole thing.

Then he goes straight to a bar owned

by an ex-cop named McKenna.

So that's what you meant yesterday when

you said either way we'd win.

That's why you put it all in the paper.

Because you knew that somebody would

come and see-- ew, Dennis,you are very devious person.

Right.

I mean, now we're gettingsomeplace, you know?

Yeah.

So what next?

Well, Elaine, I think you were right.

I think something is wrong here.

Maybe Willie didn't do it.

You believe me, really?

Really.

So now I'm going to take my great reputation

and try to get a job and see what

those other guys are up to.- OK.

[door opens]

[footsteps]

We just wanted to thankyou for what you're doing.

DENNIS BOOKER: What I'm doing?

For Elaine.

I mean, we just think it's really spectacular.

- Spectacular? - [laughs]

Oh, thanks.

I'll see you.

[footsteps]

Lainey, he's gorgeous.

Yeah, but what he really is, is nice.

[club music]

Look, look, is McKenna going to see me tonight?

Or am I just here for the music?

He'll see you.

You just got to learn to cool out.

[club music]

How you doing?

Good.

Excuse me.

Thanks.

So I called some guysI know downtown from when

I was on the job.

Oh, grape?

DENNIS BOOKER: No, thank you.

They tell me you're quite a quirky guy.

Not to take that the wrong way.

I like quirky guys.

As long as they know how to keep score.

I can keep score.

You got any problem when itcomes to a little heavy work?

Life is full of violent people.

When I run in to get the loans, I don't

mind getting a little rough.

You know, I think you'regoing to work out just fine.

[laughs] You know, maybe I got something cooking

you might be interested in.I'll tell you what.

Go on home, give Brill the address.

And we'll call you later on tonight.

Maybe give you a little coming out party.

Sound OK?

Yeah Thanks.

[club music]

How you want to handle it?

Let's give him a ride in the squad car.

[club music]

[door opens]

[footsteps]

Willie Seaton.

DENNIS BOOKER [ON TELEPHONE]: Willie, hi.

It's Booker.

I forgot to ask you a questionand I need to know the answer.

WILLIE SEATON [ONTELEPHONE]: Sure, if I can.

All right.

You said you were asleep when the two

cops came to your house, right?

WILLIE SEATON [ON TELEPHONE]: Right.

Where were you sleeping?

In bed.

DENNIS BOOKER [ON TELEPHONE]:What were you wearing?

My underwear!

What's it got to do with anything?

OK.

You got up, you went to thedoor, and what happened next?

One cop is holding a gun on me.

And the other guy, he goes and gets

my clothes out of the closet.

How many pairs of pants doyou have with cuffs, Willie?

-

DENNIS BOOKER [ON TELEPHONE]: One.

And that's the one he goes and gets.

Then they got me dressed and take me downtown.

Does that help?

MAN: You guys go around back.

Cover the fire escape.

[phone clatters]

[dramatic music]

[clicking]

[door opens]

Doug!

DOUG PENHALL [ON ANSWERING MACHINE]:

Hi, this is Doug Penhall.

I must have gotten lucky because I'm not home.

So, at the tone, leave amessage and I'll call you back.

Maybe. [beeping]

Doug, it's Dennis.

I think I screwed up.

The two cops that originallyarrested Willie Seaton

had to be in on it.

They pulled Willie'strousers out of the closet

and they're the ones thatput the glass in the cuffs.

I think I also screwed up bygoing to McKenna's because he's

got to be in on it with them.

Those cops must have toldMcKenna I was asking questions.

And now I got his guys at my door.

Got to go. See you.

[phone clatters]

[dramatic music]

[clattering]

[shotgun blast]

[crash]

Ah! [thud]

[shotgun clicking]

Freeze, Booker!

Get dressed.

[door opens]

[footsteps]

[dramatic music]

[door closes]

[door closes]

[dramatic music]

Take a right up here.

[dramatic music]

[telephone beeping]

Yeah.

We're on Third, heading across the river.

I'm going to pick one of the ones

at the end of the street,where the street lights are

older and a little bit dimmer.

Right.

[telephone beeping]

[dramatic music]

That one there.

Nice knowing you, Dennis.

Sorry it didn't work out.

The ride is from upstate.

Be sure to tell us how the food is.

[dramatic music]

[door opens]

[footsteps]

[punches landing]

Ah!

[groans]

[punches landing]

[thud]

[handcuffs jangling]

[groans]

[crash]

[glass shattering]

[thud]

[alarm sounding]

[door closes]

[tires screeching]

[sirens wailing]

[door closes]

POLICE OFFICER: That's him!

He's in here.

Cover me!

[alarm sounding]

[footsteps]

You're under arrest, Booker, for burglary,

avoiding arrest, and assault.

See anything you like, Booker?

You guys really get around.

[coughing]

[ambient street noise]

I'll call you back.

Sally, can you help?

Here's 40.

Come on.

How much more do you need?

His bail is 20,000.

We need 2,000.

We're short $800.

Come on.

These should hock for about 100.

Each.

OK.

Thanks, hon!

[footsteps]

Homeless relief.

I'm very passionate about it.

You want to see passion?

[footsteps]

[laughs]

DENNIS BOOKER: You were set up, Willie.

John Silk wired the box.

And the other two guys did the smash and grab

and intentionally triggeredthe alarm on the way out.

Now the two cops were the firstunit to get to the squeal.

Now, see, they make sure thatno evidence was ever booked.

WILLIE SEATON: And they go and arrest me?

Now John Silk blew hisengine getting out of there.

He got arrested.

But since he's no hard case,just the guy that turned

the alarm off, heprobably panicked in jail

and threatened to talk.

Wait a minute.

These two cops have to goand find somebody else,

so they picked me?

They put the glass from thejewelry store in my cuffs?

[thud]

They made the positive ID themselves.

Hey, why me?

What did I ever do to them?

DENNIS BOOKER: Beats the hell out of me, Willie.

I guess they wanted somebodywith a past record of violence.

The fact that you're a prizefighter, I mean--

WILLIE SEATON: But I wasn't going to be

no prize fighter much longer.

Mr. McKenna only had sixmonths left on my contract.

Wide Load McKenna is your manager?

- Why is that important? - Don't you see?

You were losing fights.

He needed somebody to take the fall.

I mean, you're black.

Silk's black.

He gets Silk out of jail,gives you to the cops,

and doesn't pay you for theremainder of your contract.

We can't prove none ofthat, can we, Mr. Booker?

No, we can't.

Not as long as I'm stuck in this place.

[buzz]

[door opens]

Thanks for trying to help me.

Tell Miss Grazzo I said thanks!

Good luck, man.

[footsteps]

ELAINE GRAZZO: [clears throat]I'd like to get Dennis

Booker out of jail, please.

If Mr. Sterling caught usin here, we'd all get fired.

[indistinct conversations]

One more!

One more!

Whoa!

[door opens]

Ta-da!

[cheering and applause]

They pitched in, Dennis.

Everyone.

We had to hock some jewelry, $100!

[laughter]

But we got the cash!

Yes.

Thanks a lot, guys.

This is really-- oh--

[laughs]

Oh, listen, Dennis hasgot this all figured out.

But he needs more information.

I told him we could give it to him.

This company thrives on information.

I need to know everything youcan dig up on William McKenna--

taxes, audits, assets, everything.

And I need a picture as operation as of today.

I could check his property ownership

by cross-referencing fire insurance

through our computer data link.

Excuse me?

If he owns property, he has to have it insured.

I could just get a printout.- You could do that?

I mean, that'd be-- - Sure.

I do it for Mr. Sterling all the time.

Great.

All right.

I need to know if any of this stuff has surfaced.

Now this stuff is part ofthe 10 or 12 smash and grabs

in the past two months,including the one that Willie

Seaton was arrested for.

I know the cops have this information.

But I'm not too popular down there right now.

[laughter]

You know?

We have a computer link with the police

department on stolen jewelry.

I can check with my contact down there,

see if they have the list.

I can also check on McKenna'scurrent investigations

while I'm at it.

You can do that too?

[laughs]

Have it in 10 minutes.

Great.

All we need now is some backup.

Does anyone know any paid assassins?

Well, I work for Mr. Devlin in PR.

Sometimes I have to schedulesecurity for our executives

when they're in foreign countries.

I could get us Koji Shin Do!

[laughter]

SECRETARY: The Ninja chiropractor?

[laughter]

Oh, thanks.

SECRETARY: At least we canrelax while we're waiting.

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pattering]

ELAINE GRAZZO: You know, sitting in the jury

room I just felt so sure.

I mean, I always felt I was so unspectacular.

Voted most friendly, withnever made cheerleader.

Not pretty enough.

I think you're beautiful, Elaine.

[laughs] You really think so?

Yeah.

I really think so.

[laughs] No.

No.

I don't-- I don't know.

It's so confusing.

I knew I was right.

I-- I just couldn't stand up to them.

Miss Most Friendly wouldn't dare keep

those jurors from getting homeor let their dinners get cold.

So what-- what do I do?

I send an innocent man to prison instead.

[scoffs] Big lesson, huh?

I don't know.

It's better to be strong.

It's easy to be right.

Real strength comes from when you're wrong

and you do something about it.

You cared when no one else did.

Like you?

No.

Not like me.

You're the hero.

You-- you took the chance.

You-- you-- it was almostimpossible for you to do this.

You knew that.

You took a risk.

[sighs] I think you're pretty special.

[laughs]

[thunder rumbling]

SECRETARY: It's all right here.

It looks like McKenna hasbeen selling off his assets.

The clubs have all changedhands in the last 30 days.

He also has his house on the market,

and he withdrew from hisownership in the racetrack.

He's no longer on the liability policy there.

He's cashing in.

I wonder why.

I don't know.

I do.

[footsteps]

The police have nothing onhim except a lot of suspicion.

But the IRS has a solidupside-down tax case brewing.

They're about to file it against him.

Any of the jewelry surface?

Not one single piece.

Nothing.

What's this, probable cause 110MVTIOA.

What's that?

His 110-foot yacht,called The Probable Cause.

He hasn't put it on the market yet.

Well, that's it.

I mean, it's all sitting here in black and white.

- It is? - Yeah.

McKenna's about ready togo to jail for tax fraud.

So he sells everything he owns to get liquid.

Now he's using the jewelry store robberies

to get his take to take off.

Now if were McKenna, I'dhave this stuff someplace

where I can get it in a hurry.

Like on his yacht, whichhe hasn't put up for sale.

Exactly.

So what we need to do is get McKenna on that boat

with all this hot jewelry,roll the cops in, and bust him.

Well, why don't wejust call him up and tell

him the boat is sinking.

[horn sounding]

Well, it doesn't look like it's sinking.

[dramatic music]

DENNIS BOOKER: There's McKenna.

Where the hell is Shin Do?

I don't understand it.

The plane was supposed to land, what?

Two hours ago?

[dramatic music]

Where are you going?

They'll be gone in less than two minutes.

He'll check it, find out he wasscammed, and pull out to sea.

I got to slow him down.

I don't like it.

[door closes]

How do you think I feel?

Call the cops. 9-1-1?

Oh.

[dramatic music]

[telephone beeping]

Let's get this boat out of here.

All the loot's where we stashed it.

Let's go! Move, move!

OK.

[dramatic music]

[thud]

[sound of struggle]

[glass shattering]

[thud]

[water splashing]

[clattering]

[sound of struggle]

[punches landing]

[thud]

You know, you're reallybeginning to piss me off.

So you might as well saveus the hassle of a fist fight

because I'm going to stop you.

Yeah?

You and what army?

[punches landing]

[thud]

[punches landing]

[sound of struggle]

[punches landing]

[door opens]

Hey!

Koji!

Stop him!

[dramatic music]

[coughing]

[thud]

[sound of struggle]

[thud]

[groans]

Ah!

Ah!

[thud]

Ha!

Me and that army.

[dramatic music]

[laughs]

[dramatic music]

[ambient street noise]

DENNIS BOOKER: No, really.

He's perfect.

Ex-prize fighter, a lot of size.

Yeah.

His name is Willie Seaton.

Yeah.

I'll send him down.

Hey, thanks a lot, man. [laughs] Yeah.

All right.

Bye bye.

[phone clatters]

It's a bar in midtown called the Sweet Spot.

Now you're much better suitedfor a bouncer's job than--

well, than I was.

So [laughs] if you want the job, it's yours.

Thanks.

I owe you a lot.

I won't forget you, what you done for me, man.

You're welcome.

Hey.

Hey.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

You have a great son.

I know.

[footsteps]

DENNIS BOOKER: Well, guess I'm out of here.

Oh, I hate to see it in this way.

Yeah.

Me, too.

Hey, at least I made a good friend, right?

Yeah.

[footsteps]

- Dennis? - Yeah?

I don't think Mr. Sterling isgoing to want to get rid of you

after all.

Well, that's not what he said this morning

after he heard I wasn't workingon the Von Bortelle case.

You ought to hear him now.

You know, a lot of people canread the papers in the morning,

see something that bothersthem, and just let it go.

But the Teshima Corporationis a company that cares.

Now it's a new direction.

And I think our involvementin the front page

story on the release of Willie Seaton

is just another example ofhow this corporation takes

an interest in thepeople of this community.

Gentlemen, and ladies, I am going

to sign Willie Seaton to bea spokesman for this company

because Teshima Corporationis a company that cares.

[cameras clicking]

Now my associate, Bob Hugg,will answer all your questions.

Thank you.

[footsteps]

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to take

this opportunity to answer any questions you

may have about the specific--

Don't get the wrong idea, Booker, this

was just too good to walk past.

But you'll be on your best behavior, guy,

because I got a pink slip already

printed with your name on it.

We need you.

We'll take it one day at a time.

[footsteps]

ELAINE GRAZZO: Hey, Dennis,here are your business cards.

They just arrived.

So I'm out of here, unlessyou want me to stay.

No.

I'm going to plow throughthis Von Bortelle file

a little longer.

But it's a loser.

The company that cares, it's going

to take the hit on this one.

Well, you're the best.

See you in the morning.

All right.

Take care.

[footsteps]

[dramatic music]

[laughs] Perfect.

[whimsical music]

[laughs]

[dramatic music]

[music - theme song, "booker"]

[SINGING] I feel a beat on the street tonight.

The lights are bright andit feels all right tonight.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.

It's a hot summer night and it feels so right.

It's a hot summer night and I'm ready tonight.