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Everybody cool?

Going alright.

Ready two.

Ready three.

I'm freezing to death.

Everybody sit tight, stay cool, it's gonna be a long night.

How you doing, baby?

Something tells me you're coming home late.

I just stopped to have a couple of things kinda got to rolling.

I gotta keep the boys lying, you know.

Hey, baby, be careful. Huh?

You know I will.

I love you.

See you later, honey.

Alright, ready three.

How do

you work this pocket warmer you gave me?

Ah, remove burner and pour liquid into the base of warmer.

Shake off all excess fluid before replacing burner.

Light the wick.

What are you talking about, wick, fluid?

I don't know what you're talking about, you dummy.

Look, Baretta, I only do what I'm told.

I can't look after every little detail.

Nice and warm down there, Foley?

Toasty.

Your pocket warmer's working good?

Right.

You do what you're told?

Right.

Get out of the car and start walking up and down with your hands out of your pockets.

Roger, Wilco.

Anybody want some breakfast?

If you want to buy my house, I got some booze.

Come on, let's go.

It's awfully quiet.

What the hell is going on?

Call the cops!

Police, a man...!

Hello? Police?

Here's some coffee.

I got him, you guys, hit the streets.

I'm pointing right at him, read where I'm pointing.

This way.

Eddie, did he come your way?

No!

Go ahead that way, watch me now.

Hold it, dummy!

Hold it right there!

You okay, Tony?

He didn't come your way, huh, Eddie?

No, I didn't get by me.

Go on out there.

Get back.

Oh, sweet Jesus, Lord, forgive me.

Baretta, over here, quick!

What's the matter?

A cat burglar hit a woman.

Baretta here, go.

Tony, investigate break-in at Parkview apartment.

The victim's en route to central receiving.

We're on our way out.

I'm sorry, sir, you can't come in.

Go relax and have some coffee.

Mr. Mazursky, I'm Officer Baretta.

I'm very sorry to hear about your wife.

I've been looking for a cat burglar in that area.

And I think he may be the guy who hurt your wife.

She's in a coma.

She might die.

I'm sorry, sir.

I got a good look at him.

I don't want to ask you to come down to the station.

Now, you stay here with her.

But I'll be back in a little while with some mug books.

And maybe you'll cooperate with me then.

I'll be right back. Just sit tight.

She'll make it, sir.

Here he is.

Hey, this is him.

This is the guy.

That's him, Warren.

That's the guy.

Are you sure?

Do you know him?

Yeah, I know him.

I sent him to prison, but this don't seem like his M.O.

Beside that, he found Jesus.

He hangs around on Mission all the time.

Well, that's the dirty little punk, all right.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Just beautiful.

Oh, Johnny, I missed you so much.

Oh, I missed you, babe.

You think this is something? Come on inside.

Let me show you what I've done inside.

You can do it.

I got good connections, baby.

You'll like it.

It's the Lord's work, Joey.

I'm growing it for Jesus.

You see, the way I figure, if we can make a dent

on these streets, we can change the whole world.

And we'll make up for a lot of things, right?

Yes.

Now, are you ready for this?

I'm getting a piano donated this afternoon.

Oh, praise the Lord.

Oh, Joey.

Thank you.

The beautiful, the beautiful, the river.

Pray that Jesus will talk.

Can I talk to you for a while?

Yes.

Pray for a sign from the Lord.

The truth of the matter is, sister, I'm a cop.

My name is Tony Baretta.

Yeah, Joey mentioned you.

He used to bust him a lot when he was a kid, huh?

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

We don't have any secrets from each other.

You sent him down for six years, beating up some old guy who'd have got him pretty bad.

He sure did tell you all about me, didn't he?

Well, uh... that kind of leaves me, uh...

I'm looking for him.

Do you know where he is right now?

You don't have to look for him.

I'll tell him, and he'll find you.

Oh.

You don't believe me, do you?

The truth of the matter is, we got a little trouble

brewing, and it looks like Brother Joey is right in between.

No, he isn't.

Look, people change.

Well, sugar, I've been around the block so many times that

I do my worrying first and save my believing for later.

You need Jesus, Brother Tony.

Amen to that. - You too.

Where can Joey find you?

I'm at the 53rd precinct, and I'll be looking for a

sign from Joey or Jesus, and I'll take either one.

He'll be there.

He's been born again.

I'll save my amens to that until I see the brother.

Jen, you told me all about Jesus.

Let me tell you about cops.

Joey, we're only gonna have to go down to the police station.

They got one-track minds.

They're like the Romans.

Persecute now, think later.

Joey, we don't have to be afraid.

I know what's on Baretta's mind.

Last three weeks, some people can get ripped off.

The last night a woman was hurt, I heard it on the radio this morning.

And I'm telling you, Baretta's gonna try and pin it on me.

Joey, you're not afraid anymore, are you?

We can face them.

We've got Jesus.

And we've got each other.

Ask me anything you want.

I got nothing to hide.

Oh, okay, brother.

But I just want to tell you this is some kind of serious tickets I'm dealing out.

If you want a lawyer here, you can call one or I'll get one for you.

You don't understand, man.

I'm innocent.

I love Jesus. I don't need a lawyer.

Amen, brother.

Where were you last night?

Jenny and me were together at the mission.

Is that right, sugar?

Was he with you at the mission?

Why do you want to know?

Well, I want to know because we've been having a lot

of burglaries in a certain area with a cat burglar.

And last night he busted a joint.

And he hurt a lady very bad, and she could die.

What's that got to do with me?

What are you trying to pull?

I'm trying to pull nothing. I'm trying to find out where you were last night.

I just told you.

And Jenny will tell you the same thing.

Is that right, honey, he was with you?

Yes.

You know, we're not playing around with small potatoes here.

If that lady dies, we're talking about murder.

And if you're not exactly sure what you're saying,

it could be an accessory before or after the fact.

Also, if this chumoke is on the streets when he should be in the joint because of

what you're saying, that kind of makes you responsible.

It gets very complicated after a while, you know?

She told you. What are you trying to pull?

You're trying to back me against the wall.

I'm warning you, I'm not going to be your patsy.

What's going on with you, man?

I'm sorry.

Tony, I'm sorry.

I'm new in Christ.

Joey was with me, Tony.

Fair enough, Jenny.

Fair enough.

You showed good faith in coming in here.

And that's new.

So I'm going to give you some points for that.

Hang around a mission.

If you want me, I'll be at the mission.

Come on by.

You'll see miracles.

I already seen one already, you walking in here.

You're okay, sister.

Good to see you again, Tony.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye, Joey.

Let me do that.

I'm good at that painting stuff, huh?

Thanks, brother.

Joey, why did I have to lie for you?

Only you and brother Ed know I've changed.

You think Baretta believes I'm different?

I've been here for three weeks by myself.

I got no alibi.

Now, how do you think it would look if I was in jail before our crusade?

What would brother Ed think?

You didn't do anything wrong, did you?

I mean, all of that stuff in the mission and the way you lost your temper back there.

I'm sorry about that, but Baretta opened up an old wound.

Jenny, as God is my witness, all the stuff in

the mission was donated, every piece of it.

You saw how I got the piano.

You see, even you don't believe me.

Jenny, I love Jesus, but I can't do any more time in jail.

Nobody has any faith in me.

Now, you got to give me some time until I find the guy who did it.

Now, is that asking too much?

Wouldn't Jesus give me that much?

I'm sorry, Joey.

I'm wrong.

I trust you.

What you don't seem to realize is that Tonelli's

are running around out there free as a bird.

Mr. Mazursky, for the 20th time, the kid has a perfect alibi.

What alibi?

I saw him with my own eyes.

Well, he's got a witness, his girlfriend, who says that he was at the mission.

She's lying.

Who's what witness?

She's lying.

All right, she's lying.

After all, she's his girlfriend.

What do you expect?

Let me just talk to your boss.

Let me just see him for a little bit.

My boss will be back in a few minutes.

You can talk to him.

Maybe he'll tell you something different, but

I think he's going to tell you the same thing.

Maybe the girl is lying, but sir, you were drunk.

The ambulance driver says that you were drunk.

The nurses, the neighbors had to break down the door to get in there.

And when I saw you at the hospital, you were still trying to sober yourself up.

Now, weren't you?

I wasn't that drunk.

Well, maybe if you had been a little bit more sober, you could have called the

ambulance a little sooner, and your wife wouldn't be in such bad trouble.

Think about that, sir.

My wife may be dying because that lousy little punk hit her.

Now, if you people don't want to do something about it, I'll handle it my own way.

Now, wait just a minute.

That kid is innocent until we can prove otherwise.

You see these eyes?

They've already proved otherwise.

Now, it may not be good enough for you, but it's damn sure good enough for me.

Now, hold it, Mr. Mazurski, let me tell you something.

You're getting yourself way out on a limb.

You just go and cool your head out someplace, sit down and think things over.

Don't take the law in your own hands because you're going to buy a lot of hot water.

You understand me?

Look, flatfoot, when I need some advice from you, I'll ask for it.

Don't go near that kid.

I'm going to be looking for you, sir.

He sounds like he's cracking up.

Yeah?

Yeah.

No, no, no.

He's just... he's blowing off steam, that's all.

Oh, come on, Tony.

That didn't sound like steam to me.

Yeah, well, the kid's hanging around a mission.

He's minding his own business.

He'll be all right.

And this guy is just a juicer.

He'll go out and get drunk and he'll be all right.

Well, I hope so, for your sake.

He'll be all right.

Lord, you know I didn't mean to hurt anybody.

Please let that woman live.

I'm sorry.

I need you to forgive me so much.

Don't forsake me.

Brothers and sisters, before Christ opened my

eyes, I can't tell you what my life was like.

I knew every sin a man could commit.

Every crime.

I met Sister Jennifer and Brother Ed, and I looked into my heart.

And at that moment, I found Christ.

With Jesus' help, I won't ever fall again.

He'll keep me straight.

He'll forgive me, because he knows what's in my heart.

In my heart, there's goodness.

And I want to share it with others, so they can feel the way I do.

I cried out like Dismas, the thief on the cross.

Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

And Jesus said to him, Amen.

Amen.

I say to thee, this day, thou shalt be with me in paradise.

Praise the Lord.

Let's sing Amazing Grace.

It says it all.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound.

That saved the wretch like me.

I've been in so much pain.

I've prayed for your wife all day.

I'm sorry. Can you forgive me?

No, I don't blame you.

I deserve that.

Hitting me won't help. We'd better pray for your wife.

I don't want to hit you.

I'm sinned. I'm sorry.

Please.

I need your help.

Let her live. I want you.

I want you.

Give me a sign.

Oh.

No, no, this is.

..

Son of Jesus.

This is Tony Baretta.

Will you tell me who did it to you?

Jenny.

Please, man.

Yes.

Jenny, I'm sorry.

Yes, Joey, I'm here.

You lied.

It's okay. I know all about that.

Did the stealing. - Jenny, tell me.

It's okay. Will you tell me?

Was it Mazurski? - The stealing.

Was it Mazurski? Tell me.

Did she die?

No, no, no.

Die.

Joey, she's going to make it.

I heard she's going to be okay.

Tell me who did it. - Jesus.

Joey, I know you know him.

Thank you, Jesus.

What?

What? - Thank you.

No, no. Who did it, Joey?

I have to forgive.

Tell me who did it.

Tell me who did it.

Forgive.

You'll have to leave now, sir.

Nurse, bring in a crash cart.

Call for code blue, stat.

Clear the room.

Prepare five cc's of adrenaline.

No.

Come on out, man. - Please, leave me.

Harry, I want to talk to you for a minute.

Either here or down at the station.

How do you want it?

Shoot.

That kid, Joey Tonelli?

Somebody beat him up bad last night.

Well, I can't say that breaks my heart.

Yeah, well, you were seen at the mission where he got beat up out in the alley.

So I wanted to get my soul saved. - Sure.

Now, look, brother, I don't give a damn what that punk said.

I never laid a finger on him and nobody can say I did.

Now, if it comes right down to my word against his, I'll

take my chances and I'll court a law any day of the week.

You got your hand kind of beat up there a little bit, didn't you?

I had a run-in with one of my drivers, Jim Rogers.

Jim Rogers a little testified to that?

Why don't you ask him?

Joey Tonelli admitted that he beat up your wife.

Well, then what's all this garbage about an alibi?

He admitted it just before he died.

Why don't you and me go talk to my boss?

You got a right to remain silent.

If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in

the court of law and all the rest of that jive.

I don't give a damn about that, boss.

That guy is a murderer and there ain't no way

in the world we ought to be out in the streets.

There's no way I'm going to spend my time getting shoot

on by the district attorney because you got no case.

I got a case. Did you see that guy's knuckles?

Look, I don't care about his knuckles.

The burden of the proof is on us and we got nothing.

We can't even bind that guy over for a hearing.

Look, Tonelli, look, do you get this?

The problem is not whether I believe you or not.

It's whether or not you behaved like a cop.

Look, if you thought that the threats were real,

you know what you should have done, right?

Right then you should have brought that guy in and booked him.

You do not wait until the kid gets killed.

I misjudged him.

I didn't think they were going to lock horns.

I thought I had things under control.

You got any witnesses, Tony? - No.

You got a single witness of that being? - No.

Well, you haven't got a single witness.

That's in a neighborhood where they pull dead

bodies out of the garbage cans every week.

We got nothing on him.

And you know what Mazursky is going to say, don't you?

You know what he's going to say?

He's going to say, yeah, I saw the kid.

He's going to say, yeah, I threatened the kid.

He's going to say, but when I left, the kid was on his knees praying.

Now, if we can't come up with any evidence to the contrary, we got nothing.

You're right, we got nothing.

You're right, I was wrong. I was wrong.

I should have put that guy in a slammer and that kid would be alive.

So that kid's on my conscience.

You're right about that. But I'll tell you something else.

He's a murderer.

And if he hits the streets, that's on your conscience, boss.

Walter, you want to know what we got out there?

I'll tell you what we got out there.

What we got out there, you see that irate citizen,

he's out there and he's out there with his lawyer.

And they're sitting there waiting for an assistant district attorney to come over

here and try and persuade the two of them not to

bring a civil suit against you and the department.

The department, huh? - Yeah.

The department again? Here.

There's your department. That's my badge.

If I don't come back for it in 30 days, it sticks.

Already you make a move against that guy, you do it legal or I'll have you in jail.

Fair enough.

Listen, I hope you get it.

Well, Fred, the dance begins.

How

long are you going to bug me, Baretta?

Maybe the rest of your life.

What, until you pay your dues?

Excuse me.

Or until you call a heathen, get me off your back?

Excuse me.

I don't need nobody to get you off my back.

Don't rattle my chain, sir.

Just excuse me.

Party's over. Break it up.

I'm saving you from me, Joe.

That's all right with me, Harry, because I'm

telling you, you're going to pay your dues.

You're going to pay your dues or you're going to kill me, either one.

I love an optimist.

What are you, drinking partner?

Get this place cleaned out, boys.

Straighten it up.

Tell your conscience, Harry, about killing that kid.

Or my conscience.

I should have arrested him.

He'd still be alive if I would have done that.

Let's just have a drink.

You know, a guy could waste his whole life on shouldness and goodness.

Drinking ain't going to change nothing, Harry.

You worry about your liver, and I'll worry about my conscience.

Here you go.

Well, the first round's even.

I told you, it ain't going to change nothing, Harry.

You're going to pay your dues.

Worry about that when the time comes.

Bring us another bottle.

We killed him, didn't we, Harry?

You and me, we both got dues to pay, Harry.

You're losing.

You're losing, Harry.

No, I ain't, Harry.

No, I ain't.

You're going to lose.

You're stronger than me, and you're bigger than me, and you ought to win.

But you ain't going to.

You're going to lose, because your conscience

is inside you, just eating you up alive.

I ain't lost yet!

Can you feel it, Harry?

Can you feel it inside you, just burning you like a poker?

Shut up, punk.

Why don't you put some of that hot air into your arm?

You're going to lose, Harry.

You're going to lose, and you're going to keep on losing.

You're going down, Harry.

You're going down.

I beat you, Harry.

You're going to go down, and I'm going to beat you.

And beat you.

And beat you.

Because you're wrong, and you've got to pay your dues.

What's wrong, Harry?

I thought you came to visit me.

I like the coat, sweetheart.

I love it.

But that's not what's really important, being here.

What happened, Harry?

You know, it made me realize we don't have all that much time left.

We've got to make every day count.

Every day from now on.

I know what's wrong with you, Harry.

You're jumpy.

Well, you've got a guilty conscience.

You know, but drinking so much.

Oh, come on.

Lighten up, Harry.

I still love you.

Just try to be a good boy for a change.

I want to be, sweetheart.

I want to be.

You think, Harry, my boy?

You ain't run away.

I know where to find you.

Night after night.

And before this whole thing is over, we're going to settle it.

One way or the other, between you and me, we're going to settle it.

How about baseball back south in the alley?

How you kill that kid?

He didn't fight back, Harry.

He didn't have a mark on his hands.

Not one.

No.

He got dues to pay.

You and me both.

You killed him, and we owe Louie upstairs.

Go ahead, shoot. It's your shot. It's an easy shot.

You ought to be able to make it if your conscience is clear.

Damn it.

You missed, Harry.

You're going to keep on missing all night long.

Punchy, get off my back.

You know, you're breaking my heart.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Tell me something.

What if a guy was to knock off some punk in self-defense?

No.

No, no, no, man.

No fairy tales.

You killed that kid.

You know it and I know it, and I ain't playing no games with you.

Ah, come on, man.

Put me in the ballpark.

If it was self-defense, you wouldn't get nothing, and you know it.

What if it was murder one premeditated?

Murder one would get you life, Harry.

Often seven to ten with a lucky judge.

Maybe two or three.

Life.

Seven to ten.

Maybe two to three.

Everything's a discount, even the law.

Yep.

Tell me, what if the guy was to knock off two punks?

Well, Harry, before this is over, you may get the answer to that one, too.

You know, I've seen a picture once on TV.

Frederick March was being handed by this cop.

I believe it was Charlie Lawton.

Well, he was running all through the sewers of

Paris, and he figured the guy needed a break.

The cop committed suicide.

What do you think about that?

You ain't looking for that kind of break from me, Harry.

And you damn sure ain't gonna get it.

You know, brother, if you'd stop looking my

direction, why, this thing would die a natural death.

Yeah.

Funny thing, if that kid would have killed you, he could have.

He's a tough kid.

I'd be camped on his doorstep instead of yours.

You shoot on, Harry.

Keep on shooting.

You missed, Harry.

And you're gonna keep on missing all night long.

Right.

This isn't a game.

This is madness.

I've got it.

I've got it.

You were right.

I was responsible for Joey's death.

Hey, we all got it.

Go ahead, Harry.

Go ahead.

Shut up now.

You did it again, Harry.

Go ahead. Come on, Harry. Do it.

You are an asshole.

I'll offer you a flake of water.

Let me see you do it, Harry.

Come on, Harry.

I'll rip your tongue out for you.

You're doing the same thing that he did when he killed Joey.

He took God's work into his own hands.

I'm not doing that.

You are.

You are so.

Would you look at your eyes?

You have the same hate in your eyes that he has in his.

You want to kill him.

I want to kill him.

You want to die? You're a tough guy.

You killed before, didn't you?

Come on, kill again, Harry.

Didn't you kill him? Say it.

You killed him, didn't you, Harry?

You killed him, didn't you?

You need Jesus.

I need him.

My niece.

That's it, Baretta.

That's enough.

It's all going to end right here and now.

Don't be dumb.

Stay down there.

You're going to kill me?

You can't arrest me.

You ain't even a cop no more.

You come up this hill, you'll find out.

Go on, use it.

Harry. - Go on, shoot.

Here we are.

We're on use it.

You never should have thrown that gun away, Baretta.

You can't do it.

You ain't no killer, Harry.

Quit.

Pay your dues, Harry.

Pay them.

It's going to be easier for you.

I know it's going to be easier for me.

You're going to have to kill me, Harry.

I promise you.

I swear to God.

You're going to have to kill me.

Alright, I'll pay my dues.

But you didn't beat me, did you?

I didn't beat you, Harry.

I didn't beat you.

I didn't beat you.

Hello, brothers and sisters.

Amen, brother.

Amen.

Hallelujah.

Jesus above.

Amen.

Hey, Tony.

Hello there, sister. How are you?

Fine. - Good.

Thanks for helping me with all those legal troubles.

Don't mention it.

So you came to let us save you today?

Yeah, well, I just came by to tell you thanks

for giving back all that stuff that Joey took.

And you're scoring a lot of points for you and Jesus both around town.

Jesus loves you, Tony.

All you got to do is let him.

Well, now, sister, when I was just a little whipper, I made a deal with Jesus.

I said I'm going to do the best I can and you got the ball from there.

But now Fred here, he's a shirker, ain't you?

A shirker and a ne'er do well if ever I saw one and needs the hand of divine guidance.

Ain't that right?

Amen for the bird.

Amen for the bird.