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You should see
the three of us
working together.

I mean, it's embarrassing.
You try and pick up
a bad guy, right,

the two of them
are holding hands.

Are you crazy?

You shouldn't have cocaine
anywhere near
a police station.

Stop,
or I'll blow your heads off!

You're so much in control.

I know the pressure you feel
to be the perfect woman cop.

You gotta perform.

Don't play dumb with me.

There's a reason
that that man is on drugs.

On drugs? Come on,
we're not talking heroin.

He's a sergeant. You know
the department's attitude.

He will be out of here
in a hot New York minute.

Thank you.

You like it?

Yeah, as a matter of fact,
I did.

I thought you would.
It's half Colombian,
half Vienna Roast.

Well,
I should have known.

There's this great place
in Gramercy Park.

Sells 75
different kinds of coffee.
I'll take you there.

Oh, what, is it like
the great pasta place?

You liked it.

Oh, well. Hey, I mean,
I respect a good con.

Nine bucks for a plate
of cold, green spaghetti.

Are you kidding?
I was ready to invest.

Hey, it was written up
in The New York Times.

Oh, well, in The Times.

You are so unhip.

I'll take you to Eddie's,
a rib joint in Harlem.
That's hip.

So, take me.

I'd love to,
but I gotta go to work.

We're gonna be at least
an hour early again.

No wonder
everybody knows about us.

Well, you want to catch
the best cases?

Best cases.
Like Mrs. Harrington,
best cases?

Now, that one's a cinch.
It's a grounder, man.

So how come your terrific
Homicide Squad can't even
prove it's a homicide?

Didn't we have
this argument before?

I mean, like, during dinner,
after the movie
and all the way home.

Just happen to think
you guys are wrong,
that's all.

It's no defeat, you know,
because we were called in
on your case,

just because
you couldn't solve it.

Defeat? We're talking
about a 75-year-old woman

who happened to have
fallen down
a flight of stairs.

She was pushed.

You have no motives,
no evidence and no suspects.

She was pushed, Chris.
Leave it to the pros.

I'll look forward
to your findings.
I'm always eager to learn.

- You're learning.
- So are you.

Isn't she terrific?

Really cute.

Well, here.
This one is for you.

For me? Oh, no.
I couldn't take your picture
of your daughter.

I've got more.

Keeps you up at night, huh?

Claudia's exhausted.
But I don't seem to mind.

Suddenly I've got
all this energy.

Well, you've got a daughter.
You know what it's like.

My daughter is 36 years old,
lives with a guy
who teaches aerobic dancing.

Wanna know what that's like?

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

What, the master DD-5s
are due today?

Yeah, it's almost
the end of the month.

- Jeez, already?
- Yeah.

We got 11 convictions
out of 16 cases.
That's not bad.

That's damn good.

So, did you just come in early
to type this up?

Oh, I just had
a lot of energy this morning.

Uh-huh.

Oh, what is this, case 5378?

Oh, Mrs. Harrington.

Yeah, remember, the lady
who fell down the stairs
in the residential hotel.

I thought we kicked this
over to Homicide Squad.

Well, we called them in
to ask for their opinion.

We certainly didn't
kick it over to them.

Well, it was
more than an opinion, Chris.
We were way over our heads.

There's just
too many factors here.

I still wouldn't swear
one way or another
if it was an accident.

So?

So, just get it out of here.
It's not our case.

Technically, Mary Beth,
we're still working together

with the Homicide Squad
on this...

No. No. Wait, see,

now we can truly say
it's their case,
and we got one less case.

That means we got
11 convictions out of 15.
That's even better.

What's the matter?
You don't want
a better percentage?

No. Sure I want
a better percentage.
It's just...

I don't know, it's just
such a fascinating case.

You got a call from
a Sergeant Dorian McKenna.

I did? When?

I don't know.
I guess before you came in.

Isn't that sweet?

Isbecki, why didn't you
tell me he called?

Fascinating case.
Wants to follow through.
What am I, dumb or what?

Excuse me, Victor.

I never liked Dorian McKenna.

Yeah,
give me Homicide.

Sure, he's a good cop, but...

He's a fine detective.

Yeah, but he's a prima donna.
I don't know
what she sees in him.

Nobody expects you to.

If you don't mind
my being crude,
the boss is in the men's room.

No, that's not crude.

Well, you never know
how you're gonna offend
some broad these days.

Oh, here he is.

It's for you.
Detective Cagney.

Hello.

Hi. What's up?

I stopped by
the coroner's office
on the way in.

There's a little contusion
on the side
of Mrs. Harrington's head

they can't figure out.

It could be from the fall
or a blow to the skull.

How do you like that?

It's worth considering.

Yeah, I thought so.
So I'm going back
to canvas the building.

Okay. You have any suspects?

No, I think it's random.

-You want any help?
- No, I've got it.

Oh. So, why'd you call?

Well, are you free
for a little coffee break?
You know,

half Vienna Roast,
half Colombian?

Coffee? Sure.
How do you take it?

Any way you like.

Cream? Sugar?

If you're ordering out,
get me a Danish.

I don't think so, sir.

I gotta go. Later.

Hi.

You got a suicide over at 149,
East 23rd Street.
Take Lacey with you.

What about me?

Cagney signed in first,
Cagney gets the case.

She's on a roll today.

He jumped from here.

Name of the victim?

A Meyer Riesman.
White male, aged 60 or 70.

He lived alone.
That's about it for now.

Okay. Thank you.

Why would he keep his overcoat
in the bathroom?

I found this
on the back of the door.

I don't know.
Maybe he forgot
where he put it.

Senile, huh?

I don't know. Look at this.

Oh, well,
that's just old country.

My grandmother used to keep
fruit and stuff out there.
She said it...

Wait a minute.
He's got a fridge in there
with an icemaker

and a freezer
four times the size of mine.

So, what do you think,
he's crazy?

Or lonely. Or both.

This is no surprise to us
and that is the damn shame
of it.

Why is it no surprise, Mr...

George Poulianakis.
And I am not afraid.

Good for you, Mr. Polu...
Sir.

Good for me? Yeah, sure.

I live here 17 years.
I never seen
nothing like this now.

Like what?

This used to be
a nice building.

Now we got busted mailbox,
elevator broke.

The heat,
electricity go on and off
in the middle of the night.

Is this a
rent controlled building, sir?

How else could we live?

Well, then, sir, you call
the Building Department

and you tell them precisely
what's going on here.

Oh, sure, sure, sure.

They're going to stand
in the hallways

so young people
don't write dirty things
on the walls? Hmm?

They could stop punks
from pounding
on Meyer Riesman's door?

And follow him home
and threaten to hit him
on the head?

Now, who are these punks?
Could you describe them to me?

Please, girlie,
I have to sit down.

Oh, please.

I remember,
every Monday morning,

the service would deliver
this huge plastic bag
of diapers,

and damned if we didn't use
every one of them.

Disposable diapers
are the answer,
I'm telling you.

Yeah. I'll bet.

We tried cloth, too,
thinking it'd be more natural,

but paper ones
really keep the baby drier.

You know, the first time
my son had diaper rash,
I cried.

I figured it hurt so much.
I didn't know how to
take away the hurt, you know.

I know what you mean.

That's between you and me.

No problem.

Cagney. Lacey. Come here.

Sergeant McKenna's not so sure
you got a suicide there.

Oh, no?

What're you doing
on this case?

Well, I heard about it
and it sounded a lot
like Mrs. Harrington,

the lady who was killed
in the residential hotel.

Was she killed?

The ME's office
is leaning that way, Bert.

I don't get it.
What's similar?

You have two old people
living alone
in rundown hotels.

Both deaths
could have been mistaken
for accidents,

although both victims
were active
and in good health.

Well, we just got
a neighbor... Excuse me, sir.

Mr. George Poulia...
P-O-U-L-I-A-N-A-K-I-S.

He said that two men
in their 20s
were harassing Mr. Riesman.

Do you think they shoved him
out the window?

Well, I sent a few guys
out this afternoon

and they found his daughter
living in Queens.

Her father just bought
a little retirement place
in the Poconos.

They were gonna spend
the summer together.

- So he wasn't lonely.
- Or crazy.

He just bought season tickets
for the New York City Ballet.

Does that sound
like a suicide?

Then what was the motive?

Any connection
between these two people?

Well, the best connection
we have so far

is that the hotel
and the apartment building

were two blocks apart.

We can canvas the area.

All right. I want you two
to work with Sergeant McKenna.

We got him on a steal
from Homicide Squad,

so make the most use
of his time.

Yes, sir.

Thanks, Bert.

You got it.

- What about dinner?
- Sure.

How about Cuban-Chinese?

Have a good time.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Why don't you come with us?

No, the investigation's
gonna be enough
of a triple date as it is.

- No, come on. We'll ask Harvey.
- Yeah.

Not for Cuban-Chinese.
We'll take a rain check, huh?

Okay. You're on.

I wanna stop by the lab first,
see what they got.

Oh, they're not going to
have anything yet.

Yeah, but you
get things faster
when you sit on their head.

You're going to a lab
in Brooklyn in the middle
of rush-hour traffic?

You've got a lot of energy.

The man loves his work.

Well, have a good time,
my children.
I will see you tomorrow.

Yeah.

Want to?

No. Are you crazy?

You shouldn't have cocaine
anywhere near a
police station. Put it away.

Well, I'll say it's evidence.

Would you stop kidding around?
You're on duty.

Please, Dory, put it away.
You're making me very uptight.

Thank you.

Shouldn't we
check the relatives

or the employment records
of the victims first?

I wanna do it this way.

Okay.

Mary Beth's just saying that
there could be a connection

between Mr. Riesman
and Mrs. Harrington other than
your theoretical homicide.

- The connection is heat.
- Heat?

Both those buildings have been
without heat this winter.

Why did Mr. Riesman
wear his overcoat indoors?

Why did he keep food out
on the windowsill?
No electricity.

But that's a nice building.

Yeah, I think what Dory's
saying is that the building's
just on its way down.

According to the tenants,
things started to deteriorate
during the last two years.

That happens a lot
when you change owners.

I think we're getting
ahead of ourselves here.

No, I think Dory just means...

He can speak for himself.

Chris, look,
why don't you let me
speak for myself?

Okay.

Excuse me.
I'm going to the men's room.

Miss Hickey's
on her lunch hour.
She said come back about 3:00.

3:00? Where's she
having lunch, Connecticut?

She has to go to her doctor.

- Can anybody else help us?
- Mmm-Mmm.

Nope.

Do you know we could
charge you with obstruction?

Would it get me off work?

Nobody's allowed in here.

Let's go, smart mouth.

I can't start going through
all that information.

I'm on my break in 10 minutes.

Well, then you've got
10 minutes to find it. Go.

The guy's got
buildings in everybody's name
but his own.

In his wife's, his son's.

Anyway, the bottom line is,
the hotel
and the apartment house

where the two people died
are both owned by one man.

A Leonard F. Nolan.

We found over 300
outstanding housing violations

and $43,000 in unpaid fines.

So, what does the guy do?
Walk?

He hires a P.R. firm
and a good lawyer. He's never
made any of his court dates.

In the meantime,
he's just destroying
his own buildings.

Co-op conversions?

- Yeah.
- Seems to be.

He's got a lot of ways
of forcing tenants out.

Broken mailboxes,
withholding heat,
etcetera, etcetera.

Yeah. They move,
he claims lack of occupancy.

He turns them into co-ops
and he makes a fortune.

So, where is this crumb?

The Bahamas, sir.
That's what the P.R. man said.

Get on a plane,
go down to the Bahamas
and bring him back.

Just kidding.

- I knew it.
- How could you tell?

Listen, Victor. If you
don't want it, I'll just
take it back. It's okay.

Want what?

The picture I gave you
the other day.

Oh, Marvin Oszelewski?

Lauren. My daughter, Lauren.

Oh, your daughter, Lauren.
Yeah.

I was just...

I was just gonna have that...

I was gonna have that framed.

You don't have to do that.

It's amazing,
but she's already changed
since we took that picture.

I've got two more rolls
developing right now.

That's great.

Paul La Guardia. 14th Squad.

Oh, yes.
Yes, I'll get her for you.
Just hold on.

Lacey. For you, on three.

Detective Lacey.
Yes, Mrs. Skimmins.

Thank you so much for coming.
I didn't know
who else to call.

I've kept the oven on,
but still it's 49 degrees
in here.

May I use your telephone,
please, Mrs. Skimmins?

Certainly.

And the electricity went off
again last night.

Now, fortunately,
I didn't have too much
in the freezer, but...

Does this happen a lot?

Oh, all the time,
and it's mostly
senior citizens living here,

like Mr. Poulianakis

Mr. Poulianakis. Is that
the gentleman I met
the other day in the hall?

Yes. Now, I am really
very concerned about him.

What's the problem?

Every Tuesday,
we go to the public library.

But yesterday,
I knocked on his door
and he didn't answer.

I called. The phone rings,
but he doesn't
answer that either.

- Does he have a wife?
- No, his wife died.

Mr. Robbins,
this is Detective Lacey,
14th Squad.

- So, I think
he's just alone in there.
- We need some help here

- at 146, East 23rd Street.
- I'm really very worried
about him.

I think something
must have happened to him.

Could you show us
his apartment, please?

Well,
whatever you could do, sir.

I know that my Lieutenant
would be very grateful.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

- They're checking into
an emergency crew.
- Bless you.

Mary Beth.

Mr. Poulianakis' room
is right over here.

What?

Mr. Poulianakis!

We're the police.
We'd like to help you.
Are you inside?

It's not like him at all.

- He's in there.
- Yeah, he is.

- Where's your fire hose?
- Right here.

Sir? We're coming,
just hang on!

It's Detective Lacey
from the other day,
and just...

We're coming, all right?

- Okay. Okay.
- Back up. Back up.

Mrs. Skimmins, just hold this
and stand clear, all right?

Please get back there. Yeah.

Sir, we're gonna
break your door in now,
so just don't be afraid!

Mary Beth,
would you back up already!

Give me one more hit.

- Oh, my God.
-Good Lord,
it's freezing in here.

Oh, you don't know
what they did to me.

Hoodlums.
It was snowing outside,
you know.

- My wife with the baby.
- He's dehydrated.

Mrs. Skimmins, will you get
as many blankets
as you can find, please?

Please. I need drink.

It's all right,
Mr. Poulianakis.
You'll be fine.

- Mary Beth, he's so cold.
- Just easy, now, easy.

Who did this to you?
Who were they?

I could not go nowheres.
I could not call.

He took my walker.

They took his walker.

Get an ambulance
over to 149, East 23rd Street,
apartment 504.

- Hello.
-Did I wake you up?

Hi.

No, you didn't wake me up.

Why do I always say that
when people call me
in the middle of the night?

Of course, you woke me up.

I just wanted to
ask you a question.

-Ask.
- Are you alone?

Hold on a minute.
I'll put him on.

Harry, come here, sweetheart.

You're really cooking
for 2:00 in the morning.

Yeah, so are you.
What's the sudden paranoia?

No, no, no, no, I just...
I just didn't want you
to forget about me.

Dory,

you got nothing
to worry about, okay?

- Where are you?
- I'm in the corner...
I'm in a... I...

I'm in a phone booth
on the corner of 23rd and Lex.

I'm freezing my buns off,
by the way.

Why?

I couldn't sleep and
it's the first of the month

and there's a chance that
Nolan's thugs may come around
to collect the rent

and maybe
bust up the boiler again.

You're really onto this guy,
aren't you?

It's no big deal.

I don't like the idea
of you being out there
all by yourself.

Yeah. That's what
my ex-wife used to say.

And she didn't even know
the half of it. Right?

Listen.

Why don't you come over here
and be with me?

I'm all right, sweetheart,
really. Why don't you
go back to sleep? I...

I just get
a little crazy sometimes.

That's okay.

All right.
I'll talk to you later.

Bye.

- Good night.
- Harry, come here!

Mr. Nolan's on vacation
in Honolulu.

We heard the Bahamas.

I should know where he is.
I'm his mother.

Well, then you know
about his buildings.

He talks to me sometimes.
Here I just answer the phone.

Did you know that
two of your son's tenants
died the past 10 days,

and the third,
he's in the hospital
in grave condition?

Lots of people drop dead
every day in this city.

A Mr. Meyer Riesman,
a Mrs. Jane Harrington.

They give you
any particular problem?

I could look up and see
if they've been
paying their rents.

Please do.

These tenants today.
It's not like years ago.

They bring cockroaches,
let their kids make noise
in the halls.

Both of these people
were elderly and lived alone.

Now those, I feel sorry for.
They're the victims.

I got nothing
out of the ordinary
those names.

Isn't this a dangerous job
for you girls?

Let's get out a warrant
for Nolan.

I'd love to, but for what?
A chat?

We've gotta come up
with something
better than that.

How about criminal rottenness?

Look, I'm not gonna
go back with you.
I gotta go home and change.

For what?

I've got a date.

Someplace nice?

He said
he'd take me out to dinner.

Lucky you.

I love this job.

Oh, you really do, don't you?

Look at us,
fighting the bad guys.

Mmm. That's what
it's all about.

Yeah.
That and getting promoted.

Don't worry about that.

You got what's called
the right stuff,
just like I do.

I'm so glad you think so.

Samuels respects your work.

So do I.

Thank you.

Do you have
a tissue or something?

Yeah. In my coat, in the back.

You know how long
I've been in this car?

It's going on 65 hours.

This keeps you awake?

Yeah.
It's a lot like caffeine.

But a lot more fun
than coffee.

Hey, frankly, I think
that cocaine's overrated,

I mean, the way I use it.
It's really very subtle.

I mean, do I look like
a raving maniac
or a record producer to you?

It's turning you
into a record producer?

Now, I'm really worried.

Are you? I mean,
it's no big deal
unless you abuse it.

Which you don't.

What, do you think
I'm a doofus, huh?

It just makes you concentrate.
I mean, it makes your mind
more alert, you know?

At least, you think so, huh?

Come on, baby.

This is it.

- Hold it. Hold it, police!
Hold it.
- Hold it right there.

Go, go.

- Get to the car
and call for backup.
- All right.

This is detective car 872.

Stop,
or I'll blow your heads off!

Freeze! Out!
Keep your hands up.
Against the car.

-All right.
- Spread! Spread!

- All right, man.
- Further!

- Out of the car, kid! Move it!
- Out of the car!

Close that door!

Spread! Spread your legs! Out!

Who paid you
to bust up that boiler?

- You have the right
to remain silent.
- Nobody,
it was our own idea.

- Where'd you get it?
- We got it from watching TV.

Watch your mouth,
you're in deep
and it's gonna get deeper.

We gotta call our lawyer.

- You call him.
- Come on, man. Take it easy.

Frisk them and cuff them.

Dory, you don't look so good.

I'm fine, thank you.

That was absolutely nuts
what you did.

But we got him, didn't we?

Hey, Tommy.

Hey.

Do yourselves a favor,
give this guy up.

We know that
Nolan paid you to do it.

Nobody paid us a cent.

Just your own
natural creativity, right?

You must think
an awful lot of Mr. Nolan
to protect him like this.

Oh,
they don't think at all.

We ain't as stupid as you.

- You got two seconds...
- Dory, come on.

- Two seconds to apologize.
- Hey, Dory, come on.

Apologize,
you stinking little punk.

- Come on, apologize!
- Dory, come on!

He apologizes.

This is Mr. Russell.
He represents Leonard Nolan.

Oh, yes. How is Mr. Nolan?

Still enjoying the sun
in the Bahamas?
Or is it Hawaii?

My client
called me this morning
and asked me to intercede.

Fine. These two
were caught trespassing
and damaging a boiler.

Yes, but Mr. Nolan has decided
not to press charges.

Oh, smart cookie.

Mr. Nolan feels
this act of vandalism

was performed by two
unfortunate victims of society

who, due to unemployment
and a lack of education,

had no alternative
but to vent their anger
on someone else's property.

He wants to give them
another chance.

He also doesn't want them
testifying against him.

So, can we go or what?

Well, Mr. Nolan
is the complainant, right?

And if he doesn't want to
press charges, what have we
got to hold them on?

Resisting arrest.

That'll do.

Good bye, Mr. Russell.

Dory's got a great idea.

We haul Nolan up
in front of the grand jury,

force him to explain why
he will not press charges
against those punks,

and hopefully,
he will perjure himself.
Is that a gutsy move?

Yeah.
How're you gonna get him in?

Petrie and Isbecki
are gonna do a nail and serve.

Dory seems to be in kind of
a bad mood. You two
still wanna come to dinner?

Oh, yeah. Oh, come on.
We're looking forward to it.

He may be a little
hung over. He did
a little coke last night.

- Cocaine?
- Yeah.

Just a minute.

Well, he was up for 72 hours
on that stakeout.

Did he tell you
that he was using cocaine?

After I got there, yeah.

I didn't hear any of this,
Chris.

And you better not tell
anybody else, either.

Hey, I didn't say
I was using it.

Mary Beth, look,
he just uses it
for recreational purposes.

Christine,
don't play dumb with me.

There's a reason
that that man is on drugs.

On drugs? Come on,
we're not talking heroin.

He's a sergeant. You know
the department's attitude.

He will be out of here
in a hot New York minute.

Yeah. Well, I'm not so sure
that there isn't
more drug abuse going on

than the department would like
to know about frankly.

Aren't you the one
who was ready
to write off her father

because he took payoffs
on his beat 30 years ago?

And all of a sudden,
it's okay with you

that cops who are supposed
to uphold the law
are taking illegal drugs.

I didn't say that.

Oh, I see.
Dory's the exception.

How come you're being
so hard on me?

If you were ever caught
in a car with him
with that stuff,

they could have you
for presumed possession,
you know that.

I hope you use your head
about this.

I'm really sorry
I ever mentioned it at all.

So am I.

Think Mr. Nolan'll
miss this warrant?

It's a pretty nice
neighborhood for a scuzzball.

Yeah. It's a great place
for children.

Claudia says that when you
give Lauren a rattle now,
she looks up and smiles.

I'm sorry if I'm boring you.

No. I love kids.
I told you that.

I might not love
hearing about them
all the time, that's all.

It's lousy working all day,
not being there
while your child's growing up.

Lauren does all these
terrific things and I hear
them second hand from Claudia.

You know, I get up
at 5:00 in the morning
just to play with my baby.

I never knew
fathers could feel that way.

I'll shut up.

That's okay.

You must get tired
of hearing me talk about
whatever I talk about.

Yourself.

Yeah, but who could blame me?

The kids made dessert.

Is that why
there's a bite missing?

I tell you, no. There were
two guys from my high school

that made it to the pro ranks
and I know that
there was one from yours.

You don't remember his name?

He was a defensive line.
He played...

Chicken smells great, hon.

Well, I hope so.
Are you guys hungry?

Yeah, I'm utterly starving.

Oh, well,
then we'll speed it up here.

Hey, Mary Beth,
please take it easy.
I mean it's only us slobs.

- Hey, speak for yourself.
- I beg your pardon.

Why don't you relax? I mean
you've been on your feet
all day. Have a drink.

I mean,
this'll take care of itself.

This? How?

I'll do it.

Yeah, yeah. We'll do it.
You girls sit down.

- All right? All right?
- What?

Why don't you put your feet up
on the chair?

- Very nice.
- Take your shoes off.
Here we go.

- Is that the way he treats you?
- This is the way I treat him.

Hey, Harvey,
where's the john?

Through there on the right.

All right. Excuse me.

Isn't that beautiful?

Hey, I think you've
got yourself a real swell
fellow there, Christine.

Yeah.

He's sweet, isn't he?

Oh, yeah.
Now what is sweet?

Sweet is going to
the drugstore for tampons
when you've got cramps.

Oh, what a thing to say.

- Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
I do that.
- Do you?

- Yeah.
- Well, you're sweet, too.

I would say so.

You should see
the three of us
working together.

I mean, it's embarrassing.
You try and pick up
a bad guy, right,

the two of them
are holding hands.

This is not true.
The woman opens her face,
lies pour out. It is not true.

Hey, it's gonna be a while,
Dory. This ought to hold you.

Oh, no thanks. Not for me.

- I thought you were starving.
- Oh, did I say that?

No, really, I can wait.
But, look, let me
make the dressing, huh?

Do I do great things
with garlic.
You got any fresh?

And, also,
I need some oregano.

- Hey, you got a cold?
- Oregano's right over here.

No, no, it's just
the steam heat, you know.
It dries me out.

You are going to love this.

- Wait a minute.
Park it over there.
- Yeah, sure.

You should keep a pot of water
on the radiator.

Yeah, pots. Look, I got pots
all over the apartment,
you know.

Then I look around,
I got nothing to cook with.

The whole trick
of these little devils is...

Honey, you want me
to help you set the table?

Yes. Excuse us, huh?

Now, how're you doing, baby?

Yeah.

Now, the whole trick of this
is to just try to get
the little garlics out

without wounding them.

It's a little, tiny,
delicate operation
that must be performed here,

which I learned
in the Catskill Mountains
from a friend of mine.

His name was Larry.

-Honey, I can't...
-Hey!

I know what that guy
was doing in this bathroom
and so do you.

So what's the story, huh?

Honey, I didn't know
he was gonna do it here.

You mean, he takes that stuff
while he works?

I don't know for sure.

Oh, you don't know for sure.

You mean, he only does it here
in our house,

with the kids asleep
in the next room.

I did coke before I met you,
Chris, long before,

so don't take it
so damn personally.

Well, how can you just
toot up like that
in Mary Beth's house?

I told you
how she felt about it.

It's like peanuts.
If it's there,
it's hard to resist.

- Well, can't you stop?
- I never thought about it.

How much do you take anyway?

I don't know, maybe a quarter,
maybe a half.
It's nothing I can't handle.

Oh, sure, but enough
that you gotta have Valium
to come down from it.

Why do you need it?

I don't need it.
I just don't like to be
without it, that's all.

I thought
you were so much in control.

That's because
you're so much in control.

I know the pressure you feel
to be the perfect woman cop.

You gotta perform, right?

Pretty close.

Yeah.

Well, for an
unfeeling coke-head,
I've got your number, don't I?

Yeah, maybe. Sometimes.

So, what,
coke makes you numb, huh?

I mean, your mind
works faster, but,
emotionally, you feel nothing.

Yeah, it's an anesthetic.
It cools you out.

You really want it
to be like that, don't you?

Even between us.

Like what?

Cold. Clean as ice.

I can't tell her what to do.
She cares very much for him.

I care very much for you.
I do not want you
working with this guy.

His judgment is obviously off
and it makes me wonder
about Chris, too.

- Honey, I can't set my own...
- Hey, this is not a discussion.

Get your priorities straight, huh?

- Honey...
- End of subject.

I'm sorry, Harv.

Where's Sergeant McKenna?

His line's been busy
all morning.

Well, try him at home.

That's where
I have been trying.

Oh, okay.
Well, let's go without him.

Our lawyer says he'll have us
out of here by tomorrow.

I wouldn't pack my bags.

Both of youse have priors.

So, what else is new?

Hey, you punk, you ever heard
of the persistent
felon program?

Two felonies and you qualify.

And the current sentence
is a minimum of
25 years to life.

I only have one felony
conviction. You can
look that up on my record.

We already have done that,
Mr. Nunzio,
and you're quite right.

But you did break that boiler
over at 149, East 23rd Street.

We didn't hurt it.

You did at least $250
of damages, wouldn't you say,
Detective Cagney?

Oh, at least. Yeah.

So that's at least
a Class E felony.

This is police brutality.

I think you guys ought to
call your lawyer again.

Either that or you got
another choice.

- You tell us about Nolan.
- What about him?

Did he pay you
to vandalize his property?
To terrorize his tenants?

Or would you rather
take the fall for murder?

Nolan paid us 50 bucks.

For what?

To hurt the old man,
take his walker?

What old man?
We never hurt nobody.

Whatever went down,
Nolan did that himself.

He said he was better
with people.

So we just did some
little jobs for him,
that's it.

I'm gonna go pick up Dory...
Sergeant McKenna.

If Mary Beth calls,
would you tell her to meet me
at the Nolan house?

Well, take backup.
Wasn't Isbecki and Petrie
on the case?

They're over
on the sweater factory arson.

Yeah, there are three of us.
It's okay. La Guardia,
can I use your car?

I've never met Mr. Nolan.
I've never even seen him.

Now you tell me
he's carrying a shotgun.

That's the way
Mr. Poulianakis described him.

I'm alone here.
I really can't get involved.

Mrs. Skimmins,
we can protect you.

I've never seen anything
out of the ordinary.

I really must be going.

Mr. Poulianakis is getting out
of the hospital today.

That's good. Thank you.
The heat still on?

Yes, thank you. It is.

La Guardia.
Detectives. 14th Squad.

No, she's just left.

She went to Nolan's?

Yeah. Give me the address.

Don't tell me we finally got
something on him.

I suggest you drop the gun,
sir. 'Cause he's...

Chris, just...

Chris!

I've got him.
Go around the other way.

- What're you doing?
- Leave him alone.

Why? Who was he?
Did I make a mistake?

No, no,
you did the right thing.

But he was
holding a gun on you.

Look, it was all right.

I'm sorry. I thought
he was one of Nolan's men.

No, it's just somebody
I owe money to.

No.

No.

Somebody could have
gotten hurt out there, Dory.

An innocent bystander.
Anybody.

Would you take it easy?
It was just bad luck
you came along when you did.

Damn it.

I can't take this anymore.

You know what'd have happened
if he'd have found out
I was a cop?

Damn you!

This is detective car 12,

have you got a message for me
from Detectives Cagney
or McKenna?

Are they on their way?

Negative.

I think.

Leonard F. Nolan?

Who wants to know?

Detective Lacey, 14th.
How are you, sir?

I've been better. How are you?

Fine. We posted a warrant
on your door the other day.
Did you see that?

I tore it up.

Did you?
Oh, that's disrespectful, sir.

That costs the taxpayers'
money to send
two detectives out here...

Lady, I got
so many warrants and fines

and who knows what else,
I could plaster a room.

- That's harassment,
that's what it is.
- Oh, no, sir.

I've been dealing
with the city of New York
12 years.

No, this warrant isn't
about your property, sir.

It concerns
a homicide investigation.

Oh, then you definitely got
the wrong guy.

I'm not here to pass judgment.

I don't know whether
I got the right guy or not.
I'm just doing my job.

So?

Can I give you some advice?

Come down to the precinct,
straighten
the whole thing out.

- You got a lawyer?
- Of course, I got a lawyer.

Well, then, no problem,
no sweat.

You call him.
He'll take care of it,
I'm sure.

I mean, that's what lawyers
get paid for, isn't it?

I gotta be somewhere.

Mr. Nolan, you know
how these things
drag on and on.

Let's get it over with, huh?
You got to, sooner or later.

Come on, I'll drive.

Isn't this a nice house?

We live in an apartment.
It's so nice having
all this room, isn't it?

But it's a big commute
into the city. It must get bad
in sloppy weather, huh?

You could take the train,
I guess. Oh,
watch your step here.

We would have a private home
if we could afford it.

But the interest rates
have been so crazy recently.

I mean, we just never have
the price for a down payment.

I lived in an apartment
all my life. All my life.

To tell you the truth,
I don't know what I'd do
with all this room.

Sit down.

I got a girlfriend.
Believe it or not, she won't
go 15 miles outside the city

'cause she says
she can't stand the silence,
would you believe that?

Listen. Could you help me
going out of here,

'cause I got a little confused
on the roads?

Put that in the back
and put your seatbelt on.
I don't want to lose you.

You have no evidence
against my client.

We have statements
signed by two young men

who were hired by Mr. Nolan
to willfully damage
his property.

Who?

Those two lousy punks?
Street hustlers?
You're going to believe them?

Punks, huh? That's funny.
Last time you called them
victims of society.

Isn't that right, Mr. Nolan?

- Let me just recap this...
- Mr. Poulianakis...

Christine.

Mr. Poulianakis, do you know
who that man is?

- Just take your time, sir.
- Would you please...

Is he the one
that you described to us?

Yes. He is the one
who took my walker.

- Are you sure?
- Don't push.

I'm sure.

Okay,
and you're willing to testify?

Mrs. Lacey
already explained that to me.

Well, I just wanted you
to understand...

He understands.

I hope
you lock him away good.

Well, murder,
attempted murder,
reckless endangerment.

Don't worry.
He's in a lot of trouble.

Thank you for your help,
Mrs. Skimmins.

Now, he's going to say
something perfectly awful
in Greek.

Good for you.

Dory!

She's furious with me
and she's right.

We blew the collar.
We weren't there for backup.

Sure she's right.
We both acted
like a couple of jerks.

- We?
- Sweetheart,

you walked into a situation
with me in the car
that you did not understand.

And you blew it entirely
out of proportion. Really,
I had it under control.

Control? Who are you kidding?

Dory, when's this gonna stop?

What are you gonna do,
change my life?

But you're hooked or dependant
or whatever it is you call it.

Chris, without cocaine,
I couldn't do what I do, okay?

I couldn't work as long.

I couldn't work as hard.
It makes me a better cop.

If you really believe that,
Dory, you need help.

For me, it just gives me
a little push, okay?

If you don't get help,
I'm gonna turn you in.

Wait, wait. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute. Think about
what you're saying.

And who you're saying it to.

It's like holding
a loaded gun to my belly.

I don't want to be the one
holding the gun. I don't!

Then don't. Leave it alone.

I'm gonna turn you in.

I'm not worth all this to you.

If I had nothing else to do
with the rest of my life,

I'd try to convince you
just how worthy you are.

But as it turns out,

I got a couple of things
pending.

Christine.

I was wondering
if we got the new towels in.

Towels? I don't know.

Yeah. We were out
and I ordered some
that were softer.

I've been meaning to bring
some hand lotion from home.

Yeah, the weather's...
It's really hard
on your hands.

I know.

They should really
break their heart
and paint this place.

Well, maybe one weekend,
we'll come in, we'll paint it.

Maybe not.

Come here.