1 00:00:53,280 --> 00:01:03,800 Lonely, oh Lord, I'm lonely Walking down a crowded street 2 00:01:03,801 --> 00:01:13,800 Singing a lonely song Hoping to see Miss Azure D 3 00:01:13,801 --> 00:01:23,800 We shared a dream, oh, such a hopeless dream But it filled 4 00:01:23,801 --> 00:01:33,800 my empty life And I was one with Azure D, Miss Azure D 5 00:01:33,801 --> 00:01:46,800 The city's cold, it once was warm I have no place and my heart no home 6 00:01:46,801 --> 00:02:00,800 Her love meant everything to me, Azure, Miss Azure D 7 00:02:00,801 --> 00:02:10,800 Night again I'll go my quiet way And I'll Cherish every thought and cling to 8 00:02:10,801 --> 00:02:30,800 All I've got, a memory of Azure D [Instrumental] 9 00:02:30,801 --> 00:02:50,800 [Instrumental] 10 00:02:50,801 --> 00:03:19,800 [Instrumental] 11 00:03:19,801 --> 00:03:21,800 You wanna grab this one, Wheeler? 12 00:03:21,801 --> 00:03:22,800 It's yours, Squeal. You handle it. 13 00:03:22,801 --> 00:03:24,800 Why, Squeal, why, it's yours, Squeal. You took-- 14 00:03:24,801 --> 00:03:27,262 You know, I'm kind of sitting in my office, and 15 00:03:27,274 --> 00:03:29,800 I'm making out the semiannual evaluation report, 16 00:03:29,801 --> 00:03:33,789 and then it occurs to me that maybe you'd like to know 17 00:03:33,801 --> 00:03:37,800 that you two yo-yos are in a dead heat for last place. 18 00:03:37,801 --> 00:03:39,552 Now, would either of you care to go for a 19 00:03:39,564 --> 00:03:41,800 tiebreaker, or do you wanna leave it a photo finish? 20 00:03:41,801 --> 00:03:42,800 I'm all for it. 21 00:03:42,801 --> 00:03:43,800 I'm all for it. 22 00:03:43,801 --> 00:03:47,800 I haven't been so touched since Roy Rogers decided to have Trigger stuffed. 23 00:03:47,801 --> 00:03:51,800 Now, look, one of you tragedians, you wanna tell me what the beef is or not? 24 00:03:51,801 --> 00:03:55,800 Well, some fluff did a Dutch act at the Sheppard at Arms. 25 00:03:55,801 --> 00:04:01,800 [Instrumental] 26 00:04:01,801 --> 00:04:02,800 You sure about this name? 27 00:04:02,801 --> 00:04:05,800 Azure D. I may have spelled it. 28 00:04:05,801 --> 00:04:26,800 [Instrumental] 29 00:04:26,801 --> 00:04:28,732 Cut it down. 30 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:52,800 [Instrumental] 31 00:04:52,801 --> 00:04:58,800 [Instrumental] 32 00:04:58,801 --> 00:05:01,800 You should have seen her six years ago when I busted her in the East Village. 33 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:05,800 Teenage runaway from Elkhart, Indiana, I think. Yeah. 34 00:05:05,801 --> 00:05:08,202 With the hundred dollar habit. 35 00:05:08,801 --> 00:05:13,800 She was all skin and bones, but, hey, she had those big eyes. 36 00:05:13,801 --> 00:05:15,800 Could put a blister on your heart. 37 00:05:15,801 --> 00:05:19,800 [Instrumental] 38 00:05:19,801 --> 00:05:21,884 Yeah, she kicked the habit, all right. These 39 00:05:21,896 --> 00:05:23,800 tracks are so old, they got dust on 'em. 40 00:05:23,801 --> 00:05:26,800 [Instrumental] 41 00:05:26,801 --> 00:05:28,800 Not that she could afford it, she kicked it. 42 00:05:28,801 --> 00:05:30,800 [Instrumental] 43 00:05:30,801 --> 00:05:33,800 All right, call forensic. Have 'em send a crew down here. 44 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:55,800 [Instrumental] 45 00:05:55,801 --> 00:05:56,800 Ice cream all the way. 46 00:05:56,801 --> 00:05:59,342 You can spare me the grisly details. I want your 47 00:05:59,354 --> 00:06:01,800 assurance that everything went off as planned. 48 00:06:01,801 --> 00:06:04,800 I believe everything is all right here, Mr. Meadows. 49 00:06:04,801 --> 00:06:17,776 [Instrumental] 50 00:06:18,713 --> 00:06:21,800 This is Mr. O'Malley. Mr. O'Malley's the doorman. 51 00:06:22,283 --> 00:06:23,800 You finishing the job? 52 00:06:23,801 --> 00:06:24,800 Be my guest. 53 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:29,800 [Instrumental] 54 00:06:29,801 --> 00:06:33,800 Well, like always, I came at ten in the morning to collect Sir Toby Belch. 55 00:06:33,801 --> 00:06:36,312 That's Miss Dee's toy pool, you know. 56 00:06:36,499 --> 00:06:39,800 And like always, I came and delivered him back an hour later. 57 00:06:39,801 --> 00:06:43,800 Well, when she didn't answer the buzzer, I became very worried. 58 00:06:43,801 --> 00:06:45,800 So I let myself in with my passkey. 59 00:06:45,801 --> 00:06:50,800 And when I saw... Oh. Hmm. 60 00:06:53,123 --> 00:06:56,800 When I saw what happened, I... 61 00:06:56,801 --> 00:07:01,661 I locked the door and I went to my room in the basement and I phoned the police. 62 00:07:01,686 --> 00:07:02,800 How long has she been living here? 63 00:07:02,801 --> 00:07:03,800 A year and a half. 64 00:07:03,801 --> 00:07:06,800 Lovely lady. Lovely, lovely lady. 65 00:07:06,801 --> 00:07:08,800 Always prompt with the rent. No problems. 66 00:07:08,801 --> 00:07:10,646 Unofficial preview, Lieutenant. You DOA 67 00:07:10,658 --> 00:07:12,800 succumbed to strangulation and a broken neck. 68 00:07:12,801 --> 00:07:14,800 Probably self-inflicted. 69 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:17,800 I don't want the coming of trashes. I want the full feature, Doctor. 70 00:07:17,801 --> 00:07:18,800 Answer me something, Kojic. 71 00:07:18,801 --> 00:07:22,800 How do you string up a lady without her at least raising a mild objection? 72 00:07:22,801 --> 00:07:25,656 Well, that's what I expect you to tell me. 73 00:07:25,681 --> 00:07:26,629 Go ahead. 74 00:07:27,289 --> 00:07:28,496 Right. 75 00:07:30,970 --> 00:07:33,425 No evidence of a forced entry? 76 00:07:37,311 --> 00:07:38,800 No signs of a struggle? 77 00:07:38,801 --> 00:07:41,516 No, she was prompt with the rent, you said. 78 00:07:41,801 --> 00:07:44,169 A pad like this, even in today's market, 79 00:07:44,181 --> 00:07:46,800 unfurnished, got to bring in $2,000 a month. 80 00:07:46,801 --> 00:07:48,419 So what else are we talking about? 81 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:53,183 Well, Miss D would... entertain occasionally. 82 00:07:54,203 --> 00:07:56,800 I see. You mean she was turning tricks, right? 83 00:07:56,801 --> 00:07:59,800 Oh, no, no. It's not as bad as you think. 84 00:07:59,801 --> 00:08:04,800 This was no common call girl. Selective she was, unfaithful in her way. 85 00:08:04,801 --> 00:08:10,800 Now, I didn't know the names, but the men were men of class and substance, 86 00:08:10,801 --> 00:08:14,800 and she's entertained one of them regularly for a month or so, 87 00:08:14,801 --> 00:08:18,800 and then suddenly, I never knew the how or the why of it, there'd be a new face. 88 00:08:18,801 --> 00:08:20,800 Like beads on a necklace? 89 00:08:20,801 --> 00:08:23,083 Yes, except for the last two. One was middle-aged, 90 00:08:23,257 --> 00:08:26,800 and the other one was hardly more than a boy. 91 00:08:26,801 --> 00:08:31,800 Well, somehow, for the past three months, she was able to 92 00:08:31,801 --> 00:08:34,800 juggle both of them, divided her time between them, you know? 93 00:08:34,801 --> 00:08:36,800 It was easy enough to fathom why. 94 00:08:36,801 --> 00:08:39,800 Even a blind man could see that she was in love. 95 00:08:39,801 --> 00:08:43,356 But with which one, I honestly have no idea. 96 00:08:44,435 --> 00:08:45,682 Anything else? 97 00:08:45,942 --> 00:08:50,485 Well, I don't know if this is any help to you, but a 98 00:08:50,525 --> 00:08:52,800 couple of months ago, Miss D gave me a tip on the market. 99 00:08:52,801 --> 00:08:56,800 Now, I got a little bit of cash stashed away, so I took a flyer. 100 00:08:56,801 --> 00:09:00,800 Well, that stock went up 30 points within a week, 101 00:09:00,801 --> 00:09:04,632 and after that, I took to reading the financial section of the Times. 102 00:09:04,657 --> 00:09:06,800 That's where I came across a familiar face. 103 00:09:06,801 --> 00:09:09,800 It was one of Miss D's gentleman friends. 104 00:09:09,801 --> 00:09:14,800 I can't recall the name, but I think if I go down to the basement, 105 00:09:14,801 --> 00:09:16,800 I might be able to find the article for you. 106 00:09:17,243 --> 00:09:18,800 I would appreciate it if you would. 107 00:09:22,572 --> 00:09:24,487 There's something in the kitchen you'll want to take a look at. 108 00:09:24,512 --> 00:09:25,085 All right. 109 00:09:25,719 --> 00:09:28,800 Mr. O'Malley, I wonder if we could go over those dates and times again, 110 00:09:28,801 --> 00:09:32,800 or the ingredients for a nice, cozy dinner for two. 111 00:09:32,801 --> 00:09:37,800 Now, the hostess, rudely interrupted while she's putting it all away. 112 00:09:39,192 --> 00:09:40,800 But delivered when? 113 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,800 (distant chatter) 114 00:10:02,504 --> 00:10:04,800 Eddie, you fellas touch the pillows on that sofa? 115 00:10:05,169 --> 00:10:06,800 Of course not. 116 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,596 Prince, come here. 117 00:10:13,863 --> 00:10:16,315 You got an aesthetic eye. I have. 118 00:10:16,801 --> 00:10:20,261 There's something about the arrangement of these pillows that's offensive. 119 00:10:20,801 --> 00:10:22,800 You do me something, okay? 120 00:10:22,801 --> 00:10:23,800 Mm-hmm. 121 00:10:23,801 --> 00:10:26,800 You bag and you tag 'em, and send 'em to the lab. 122 00:10:26,801 --> 00:10:28,152 Looking for what? 123 00:10:30,250 --> 00:10:32,210 You'll know when you find it, won't you? 124 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,680 (distant chatter) 125 00:10:48,130 --> 00:10:49,524 Hi, Millie Jo. 126 00:10:53,064 --> 00:10:54,800 That's a hell of a welcome. 127 00:10:54,801 --> 00:10:56,800 (music) 128 00:11:05,949 --> 00:11:07,800 Oh, yeah. 129 00:11:07,801 --> 00:11:11,356 Come on. Assume the position. 130 00:11:21,503 --> 00:11:22,800 Now, tell me where it is. 131 00:11:22,801 --> 00:11:25,800 Hey, man, you must be twisted. I'm off of the junk scene now. 132 00:11:25,801 --> 00:11:29,330 Two months out of Lexington, holding down a steady gig. I'm Mr. Clean. 133 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:30,137 Yeah. 134 00:11:32,052 --> 00:11:34,800 Hey, you weren't holding six years ago when I busted you. 135 00:11:34,801 --> 00:11:36,800 Remember that loft on Clinton Avenue? 136 00:11:36,801 --> 00:11:39,800 Your little girlfriend, she was holding your stash for you. 137 00:11:39,801 --> 00:11:43,800 She gets two years on a Bedford farm and you 90 days suspended sentence. 138 00:11:43,801 --> 00:11:46,800 You ought to remember her at Christmas time. What was her name again? 139 00:11:46,801 --> 00:11:48,800 Huh? Uh, Dee something. 140 00:11:48,801 --> 00:11:52,800 Azure, yeah. Azure. Azure Dee. 141 00:11:52,801 --> 00:11:54,721 Azure Dee, that's right. What ever happened 142 00:11:54,733 --> 00:11:56,800 to her? You haven't seen her lately, have you? 143 00:11:56,801 --> 00:11:58,903 Like I said, I've been out of circulation a while. 144 00:11:59,422 --> 00:12:01,800 That's right. Taking a cure in Lexington. 145 00:12:01,801 --> 00:12:04,838 I can imagine you're surprised when you get out delivering the 146 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:07,800 gourmet goodies to all your swanky east side residents, huh? 147 00:12:07,801 --> 00:12:12,463 And then lo and behold, there's your spaced out little girlfriend. 148 00:12:12,677 --> 00:12:16,800 Okay. You know, so what are you playing games for? 149 00:12:19,668 --> 00:12:20,800 Come here, you. 150 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:23,800 Games. 151 00:12:24,388 --> 00:12:27,800 Where does it say we're playing games? What happened, you little creep? 152 00:12:28,101 --> 00:12:29,800 You tried blackmail, it didn't work? 153 00:12:29,801 --> 00:12:31,800 Wish you could have blown the whistle and called a cop. 154 00:12:31,801 --> 00:12:32,800 Hey, come on. That's not funny. 155 00:12:32,801 --> 00:12:35,800 Hey, look. Last time it was Lexington. 156 00:12:35,801 --> 00:12:38,800 This time, it's gonna be the joint. 157 00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:41,800 Hard time too, baby. You had to kill her. 158 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,800 What are you... Are you saying Azure's dead? 159 00:12:58,425 --> 00:13:00,290 Me? Kill Azure? 160 00:13:01,801 --> 00:13:08,576 I'd OD myself with... battery acid before I'd let anything happen to her. 161 00:13:08,801 --> 00:13:10,589 She was beautiful, people. 162 00:13:11,801 --> 00:13:13,800 She was the only thing in life I put a value on. 163 00:13:13,801 --> 00:13:17,501 She got me this job, she put me into a methadone program. 164 00:13:18,801 --> 00:13:20,577 But she was alive, man. 165 00:13:21,597 --> 00:13:24,479 God strike me dead, she was alive when I split this morning. 166 00:13:25,801 --> 00:13:27,486 Any way you can prove that? 167 00:13:28,513 --> 00:13:34,449 Old lady Maybaum, uh... lives in the apartment across the hall. 168 00:13:35,529 --> 00:13:37,149 She saw me leave. 169 00:13:37,801 --> 00:13:39,843 And we rode down the elevator. 170 00:13:40,496 --> 00:13:48,800 Together, she can tell you a little after 10, Azure said good morning... to her. 171 00:13:51,743 --> 00:13:53,250 How did she die? 172 00:13:57,603 --> 00:13:59,638 She was hanged, Billy Joe. 173 00:13:59,801 --> 00:14:01,371 Oh, my God. 174 00:14:03,861 --> 00:14:05,874 Oh, my God. 175 00:14:08,526 --> 00:14:09,682 Hey, look. 176 00:14:10,557 --> 00:14:12,223 I'm gonna want to talk to you, okay? 177 00:14:12,543 --> 00:14:15,147 We'll wait. We'll wait until you get your head straight. 178 00:14:17,317 --> 00:14:19,417 When you finish work tonight, you want to call me? 179 00:14:19,637 --> 00:14:21,328 We'll sit together and rap? 180 00:14:24,608 --> 00:14:27,215 When you saw me, you started to run. 181 00:14:27,448 --> 00:14:28,367 Why? 182 00:14:30,707 --> 00:14:32,520 I'm a junkie. 183 00:14:34,770 --> 00:14:36,434 But I've been trying. 184 00:14:37,407 --> 00:14:38,687 I'm trying. 185 00:14:39,801 --> 00:14:44,429 At Lexington's, they cut me loose, but it's hard. 186 00:14:45,236 --> 00:14:49,800 To place at Azure, but... it's hard, man. 187 00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:52,170 It's hard. 188 00:14:57,906 --> 00:15:00,132 Kojak, I can't do it without her. 189 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,800 ( sobbing ) 190 00:15:27,183 --> 00:15:29,800 - Here you are, Lieutenant. - What's this? 191 00:15:29,801 --> 00:15:31,800 Azure D's yellow sheets. You asked for it. 192 00:15:31,801 --> 00:15:33,800 Soliciting dismissed. Shoplifting suspended. 193 00:15:33,801 --> 00:15:35,800 Vagrancy dismissed. 194 00:15:35,801 --> 00:15:37,800 For the past 21 months, nothing. 195 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,555 Okay, give me a rundown. 196 00:15:40,580 --> 00:15:41,800 Check out the arresting officers, witnesses, 197 00:15:41,801 --> 00:15:44,800 complainants, magistrates, attorneys, bail bondsmen. 198 00:15:44,801 --> 00:15:47,800 I want to know how a freaked-out flower child 199 00:15:47,801 --> 00:15:51,800 can go from the East Village to a Sutton Place apartment. 200 00:15:51,801 --> 00:15:53,800 - Go ahead. - No problem, Lieutenant. 201 00:15:53,801 --> 00:15:55,800 I'll take care of it. 202 00:15:55,801 --> 00:15:57,800 Savings account, 17,300 and change. 203 00:15:57,801 --> 00:16:00,800 Check-in, $4,261.52. 204 00:16:00,801 --> 00:16:04,800 Cash deposits generally sizable, but no apparent pattern to them. 205 00:16:04,801 --> 00:16:07,800 Praise value of furs and jewelry, $91,000. 206 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:10,800 Paintings, sculptures, first editions, cataloged 207 00:16:10,801 --> 00:16:12,800 antiques, say in the neighborhood of $200,000. 208 00:16:12,801 --> 00:16:14,800 Wait till the counselor checks. 209 00:16:14,801 --> 00:16:16,800 See what shop she's favored. 210 00:16:16,801 --> 00:16:18,800 Canvas them for any info they might provide, okay? 211 00:16:19,021 --> 00:16:20,067 Gotcha. 212 00:16:21,264 --> 00:16:22,951 - Lieutenant? - Yeah? 213 00:16:24,522 --> 00:16:26,243 Don't mind me. I'm just browsing. 214 00:16:27,003 --> 00:16:28,800 We tossed the subject's apartment. 215 00:16:29,163 --> 00:16:31,277 14-carat silk. 216 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:34,654 It's what we didn't find that fires the imagination. 217 00:16:34,807 --> 00:16:39,800 No phone book, no engagement pad, no personal correspondence, no snapshots, nothing. 218 00:16:39,801 --> 00:16:42,800 But in her box downstairs was the morning mail. 219 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:47,800 A phone bill, an invitation from a park Avenue couturier 220 00:16:47,801 --> 00:16:51,603 to attend a private showing of his new spring fashions, 221 00:16:52,150 --> 00:16:54,800 and a thank-you note from the UJW for her generous donation. 222 00:16:54,801 --> 00:16:57,561 Right here. You take the phone bill, 223 00:16:57,801 --> 00:16:59,800 check out every number she's called in the last month. 224 00:17:00,164 --> 00:17:01,164 Yes, sir. 225 00:17:02,266 --> 00:17:03,800 Deona, listen to me. 226 00:17:03,801 --> 00:17:08,800 Pulling four men off the charts and assigning them full-time to this investigation 227 00:17:08,801 --> 00:17:12,800 out of some purely personal sense of commitment... You never saw her, Frank. 228 00:17:13,156 --> 00:17:14,800 You never knew her like I did. 229 00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:17,800 To you, she's just another statistic, another routine homicide. 230 00:17:17,801 --> 00:17:20,800 No, you say homicide. Who else? Where's the proof? 231 00:17:20,801 --> 00:17:22,800 Right in here. Just like you, baby. 232 00:17:22,801 --> 00:17:24,800 It'll take me 20 years to sniff in the garbage. 233 00:17:24,801 --> 00:17:26,800 No, it's not in here. 234 00:17:26,801 --> 00:17:28,243 You won't let her be a suicide. 235 00:17:28,269 --> 00:17:32,800 You take it as a personal insult because you didn't pull her off the needle 236 00:17:32,801 --> 00:17:34,800 just so she could turn around six years later 237 00:17:34,801 --> 00:17:36,800 and throw a do-it-yourself necktie party. 238 00:17:36,801 --> 00:17:38,800 I just got the ME's report, 239 00:17:38,801 --> 00:17:41,800 and there's nothing in it to refute Hammerman's preliminary assessment. 240 00:17:41,801 --> 00:17:44,800 Nothing indicating foul play except for one small thing-- 241 00:17:44,801 --> 00:17:46,800 the deceased had a broken finger. 242 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,800 243 00:17:59,927 --> 00:18:01,614 - Hammerman? - Hammerman, Kojak. 244 00:18:01,801 --> 00:18:03,282 Broken when? 245 00:18:03,349 --> 00:18:05,800 The finger wasn't taped or split. 246 00:18:05,801 --> 00:18:07,800 Was there appreciable swelling, discoloration? 247 00:18:07,801 --> 00:18:10,163 No. Why, what are you getting at? 248 00:18:10,188 --> 00:18:12,523 Well, I'm postulating the proposition 249 00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:17,800 that the victim was already unconscious when hanged, dead weight, 250 00:18:17,801 --> 00:18:21,800 and that during the efforts to string her up, the finger was broken. 251 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:23,800 Being unconscious, she of course made no outcry. 252 00:18:23,801 --> 00:18:26,800 And since the death followed so shortly thereafter, 253 00:18:26,801 --> 00:18:32,375 the finger didn't have an opportunity to swell or discolor to any appreciable degree. 254 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,190 Yeah, it makes sense, Theo. 255 00:18:34,215 --> 00:18:36,800 Uh-huh. When did unconscious how? 256 00:18:36,801 --> 00:18:42,800 Warts office reports no bruises, contusions, abrasions, no drugs. 257 00:18:43,806 --> 00:18:44,800 Lieutenant Kojak. 258 00:18:44,801 --> 00:18:46,800 You know that hunch you had about the pillows? 259 00:18:46,801 --> 00:18:50,676 Right on. One of 'em reveals frustration. 260 00:18:51,173 --> 00:18:52,213 - Conclusion. 261 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:54,699 The DOA was first forcibly smothered... 262 00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:58,396 and then, unconscious and barely breathing, hanged. 263 00:19:01,233 --> 00:19:06,053 Well... I think you're on coffee. 264 00:19:10,798 --> 00:19:12,753 Are you making any progress with those phone numbers? 265 00:19:13,540 --> 00:19:14,273 Yeah, some. 266 00:19:14,870 --> 00:19:17,700 There's one of them that sticks out like a sore thumb. 267 00:19:17,701 --> 00:19:20,877 Up until a week ago, she must have called it on an average of twice a day. 268 00:19:21,104 --> 00:19:23,741 This is a long-aisle exchange of private residents. 269 00:19:24,701 --> 00:19:48,709 (music) 270 00:19:48,922 --> 00:19:50,342 Mrs. Meadows? 271 00:19:50,701 --> 00:19:52,208 Lieutenant Kojak. 272 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:55,119 Lieutenant Kojak? 273 00:19:55,701 --> 00:19:57,609 I'm Regina Meadows. Can I help you? 274 00:19:57,701 --> 00:19:59,271 Yeah, yeah. 275 00:19:59,701 --> 00:20:03,805 Somebody in this house can. It's about, uh, Miss Azzure Dee. 276 00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:07,330 Oh? Is she in some kind of difficulty? 277 00:20:07,444 --> 00:20:09,975 Well, you might say that. She was found hanged this morning. 278 00:20:11,792 --> 00:20:13,569 Oh, that poor child. 279 00:20:15,866 --> 00:20:19,449 Oh, how ghastly, that... that poor, poor child. 280 00:20:19,474 --> 00:20:22,700 Yeah, well, I appreciate what a shock this must be to you, Mrs. Meadows... 281 00:20:22,701 --> 00:20:24,242 but if there's anything you can tell me... 282 00:20:24,701 --> 00:20:28,089 you know, what I really mean, if you pardon my saying so... 283 00:20:28,701 --> 00:20:30,700 is that I wouldn't have thought that you and she... you know what I mean? 284 00:20:31,070 --> 00:20:35,254 Bluntly put, Lieutenant, you're wondering what we could possibly have in common. 285 00:20:36,407 --> 00:20:40,700 Nothing really, I suppose, except our hairdresser. 286 00:20:40,701 --> 00:20:42,931 And yet she called you several times a day. 287 00:20:42,956 --> 00:20:46,015 According to our records, except for last week. 288 00:20:47,155 --> 00:20:49,774 She was such an enchanting child. 289 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,933 Irresistible in her way. 290 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:55,977 I simply hadn't the heart to discourage her. 291 00:20:56,701 --> 00:21:00,700 You see, I have no children of my own... 292 00:21:00,701 --> 00:21:03,432 and of late I've found myself frequently alone here. 293 00:21:03,701 --> 00:21:09,099 Tyler, my husband, he's recently been elected chairman of Amfed Industries. 294 00:21:10,379 --> 00:21:17,097 His new responsibilities are... very demanding upon his time. 295 00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:26,620 Can I offer you some tea, Lieutenant? I'm not sure how hot it is. 296 00:21:27,112 --> 00:21:32,620 Now tell me about those phone calls. What'd you two find to talk about? 297 00:21:33,909 --> 00:21:36,323 Have you ever seen a Sandpiper, Lieutenant? 298 00:21:37,249 --> 00:21:41,131 That's what she was like. Nibbling, almost fanatically 299 00:21:41,156 --> 00:21:46,620 obsessed with the determination to improve herself. Art, music, language, literature. 300 00:21:47,403 --> 00:21:50,456 There was nothing in which she was not insatiably interested. 301 00:21:52,090 --> 00:21:53,059 It was sad in a way. 302 00:21:54,342 --> 00:21:55,526 Sad? How? 303 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,148 Well, she was so hopelessly out of 304 00:21:57,172 --> 00:22:01,620 her depth. Perhaps she came to realize that 305 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:04,062 perhaps that was why she killed herself. 306 00:22:05,423 --> 00:22:07,597 She didn't kill herself, Mrs. Menard. 307 00:22:07,621 --> 00:22:09,189 But I don't understand. You said... 308 00:22:09,214 --> 00:22:12,620 I said she was found hanged, but not by her own hand. 309 00:22:13,620 --> 00:22:15,395 I hear we have a visitor from the city, 310 00:22:15,655 --> 00:22:18,906 and a police lieutenant, no less. Tyler Meadows, Lieutenant. 311 00:22:18,931 --> 00:22:23,620 Oh, yeah. Excuse my appearance, I've just been exercising our new gelding. 312 00:22:23,621 --> 00:22:26,165 Well, my dear, what kind of mischief have you 313 00:22:26,177 --> 00:22:27,163 gotten into? 314 00:22:27,716 --> 00:22:31,502 You remember that young girl I mentioned? The cultural gourmand? 315 00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:34,036 It appears she's been murdered. 316 00:22:34,696 --> 00:22:36,076 Good lord, really? Yeah, well, 317 00:22:36,621 --> 00:22:39,825 I won't take up any more of your time, Mrs. Meadows, 318 00:22:39,837 --> 00:22:43,096 and, uh, oh yeah, thank you for receiving me. 319 00:22:43,422 --> 00:22:44,789 I heard that in a movie once. 320 00:22:44,814 --> 00:22:48,689 Let me see you out, Lieutenant. Do you have any horses of your own? 321 00:23:01,497 --> 00:23:03,090 Thank you, my dear. 322 00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:14,348 As I was saying, thank you for so skillfully handling a very 323 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:16,763 sensitive situation. 324 00:23:17,153 --> 00:23:18,597 I knew I could count on you. 325 00:23:27,236 --> 00:23:28,953 You bastard! 326 00:23:32,214 --> 00:23:34,509 Yes, you can always count on me. 327 00:23:34,803 --> 00:23:36,597 Secure in the knowledge that whatever the cost, 328 00:23:36,621 --> 00:23:39,336 I'll act in my own best interests. 329 00:23:40,676 --> 00:23:44,229 But I wonder, will your brother see it the same way? 330 00:23:46,329 --> 00:23:48,671 His flight's due in from Tokyo at six. 331 00:23:49,371 --> 00:23:52,620 You may find that he doesn't share my own abhorrence of 332 00:23:52,621 --> 00:23:53,472 scandal. 333 00:23:54,386 --> 00:23:55,699 With that in mind, 334 00:23:56,502 --> 00:24:00,979 how do you propose to explain to him the death of your precious concubine? 335 00:24:07,557 --> 00:24:10,516 Do I remember her? It's been nearly four years, 336 00:24:11,063 --> 00:24:12,054 and then who could forget? 337 00:24:13,593 --> 00:24:14,827 She was just a gypsy when I scouted her. 338 00:24:14,839 --> 00:24:18,620 Peeping and hustling in front of the wall door. 339 00:24:19,620 --> 00:24:25,977 Lavender hot pants, laced up boots, and a wiggle that could fry an egg at 50 yards. 340 00:24:26,457 --> 00:24:30,066 Sure, I signed her up. I know talent when I see it. 341 00:24:30,746 --> 00:24:32,343 I bring her into my stable. 342 00:24:33,023 --> 00:24:35,677 I was feeling 10 of New York's finest at that time. 343 00:24:35,823 --> 00:24:37,484 Then I meet her and my bottom girl. 344 00:24:38,878 --> 00:24:41,311 Do I remember as your... 345 00:24:43,264 --> 00:24:45,896 It's because of that bimbo I get myself all busted up. 346 00:24:46,096 --> 00:24:48,391 Just because I give her a few lumps 347 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:52,692 to straighten out her head. Zap! This yo-yo turns 348 00:24:52,704 --> 00:24:57,070 up out of his tree and literally stumps me into the ground. 349 00:24:57,437 --> 00:24:59,963 Yeah, well, what did this ding-a-ling look like? 350 00:25:01,121 --> 00:25:05,284 Skinny, scraggly hair, maybe 22 or 23. 351 00:25:05,384 --> 00:25:06,050 A user. 352 00:25:07,277 --> 00:25:10,143 But every inch of him was bad news. 353 00:25:11,063 --> 00:25:16,620 Oh, Azzure Dee. A natural at child, never a dissatisfied 354 00:25:16,621 --> 00:25:19,033 customer. I tell you, I'd had a couple more like 355 00:25:19,045 --> 00:25:22,750 Azzure, I could have retired to Fort Lauderdale, huh? 356 00:25:23,537 --> 00:25:25,490 Uh, she did a couple of seasons for me at my crib 357 00:25:25,502 --> 00:25:29,620 on East 55th. No time at all, she was scoring three, 358 00:25:29,621 --> 00:25:32,134 four bills a night. And that's not including tips. 359 00:25:32,146 --> 00:25:34,620 She was a funny kid, though, always with her nose 360 00:25:34,621 --> 00:25:38,178 in a book. And afternoons, she'd vanish altogether. 361 00:25:38,190 --> 00:25:41,620 If asked where she'd been, she'd say some museum. 362 00:25:41,621 --> 00:25:44,638 Huh? Some art gallery. Well, that was two years ago. 363 00:25:44,650 --> 00:25:47,620 Haven't seen her since. I loved that child, though. 364 00:25:47,621 --> 00:25:50,076 I still do, even though she put me out of business. 365 00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:53,620 Uh, what can you tell me about him? 366 00:25:56,490 --> 00:25:58,196 Oh, yeah. 367 00:26:00,555 --> 00:26:01,075 Yeah. 368 00:26:01,142 --> 00:26:05,620 I'm with Stavros. We just showed Billy Joe'spicture to a pimp named Steady Eddie Maxwell and an 369 00:26:05,621 --> 00:26:08,186 ex-east side madam, uh, Savannah Fuller. They both 370 00:26:08,198 --> 00:26:10,620 ID'd him as the cat who hassled them because he 371 00:26:10,621 --> 00:26:12,464 didn't like what they did to Azure Dee. He told 372 00:26:12,476 --> 00:26:14,620 Savannah's apartment, "Ditto Maxwell's, I think we'd 373 00:26:14,621 --> 00:26:17,081 better have Billy Joe in for a little eyeball 374 00:26:17,093 --> 00:26:19,183 session so we drop by DeFranco's. 375 00:26:19,621 --> 00:26:23,016 Trouble is, he split for parts unknown. 376 00:26:23,276 --> 00:26:24,722 Do we put it on the street, boss? 377 00:26:24,769 --> 00:26:29,429 Hey,you put it on the street, boss, and you put it on television at bite time if you have to, okay? 378 00:26:29,482 --> 00:26:29,916 Gotcha. 379 00:26:31,209 --> 00:26:32,350 Put it on the street. 380 00:26:32,621 --> 00:26:33,563 Let's go. 381 00:26:34,296 --> 00:26:35,296 Crocker! 382 00:26:37,867 --> 00:26:38,696 Yes, sir. 383 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:43,620 Aren't you gonna say excuse me? Forget it here. License number 287 BLA. 384 00:26:43,621 --> 00:26:46,164 Run a check, huh? Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't 385 00:26:46,176 --> 00:26:48,620 shake that feeling that this Regina Meadows, 386 00:26:48,621 --> 00:26:51,425 he was giving me a frugal street sleeve job this afternoon. 387 00:26:51,732 --> 00:26:53,620 Lieutenant, Mr. O'Malley is here to see you. 388 00:26:54,398 --> 00:26:56,332 Well, Lieutenant, you know that fella I told 389 00:26:56,357 --> 00:26:57,620 you about, the former gentleman friend of Miss 390 00:26:57,621 --> 00:27:00,024 Azure's, the one who had his picture in the 391 00:27:00,036 --> 00:27:02,620 financial section of the Times? Well, the same 392 00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,648 photograph's in today's edition, but this time it's 393 00:27:04,660 --> 00:27:07,003 not in the financial section, it's on page three. 394 00:27:11,556 --> 00:27:14,049 Go for a goldfish and nib a whale. 395 00:27:26,676 --> 00:27:28,556 - Hello, Lieutenant. - Your Honor. 396 00:27:29,773 --> 00:27:31,646 - Just sit down, make yourself comfortable. - Okay. 397 00:27:32,413 --> 00:27:38,571 Now, you, uh, wish to know about my relationship with Azzure. 398 00:27:39,877 --> 00:27:40,912 Well, there's very little that I can tell you 399 00:27:40,937 --> 00:27:43,885 that'll bear upon your investigation, I'm afraid. 400 00:27:44,385 --> 00:27:47,191 It was clandestine, true, but I'm not ashamed of it. 401 00:27:47,638 --> 00:27:52,417 It was nothing illegal, no, uh, impropriety, no betrayal of my office. 402 00:27:53,697 --> 00:27:57,253 My wife died ten years ago, Lieutenant, and I'm still a vigorous man. 403 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,683 And Azzure was a constant delight. 404 00:28:04,894 --> 00:28:06,176 I knew from the outset, of course, that I was 405 00:28:06,188 --> 00:28:09,800 just a transient in her life, but I didn't care. 406 00:28:10,879 --> 00:28:15,344 As long as I had her, I shared her with no man. 407 00:28:15,704 --> 00:28:19,201 - And it ended, why? - No reason, just ended. 408 00:28:20,127 --> 00:28:23,800 At the conclusion of what turned out to be our last evening together, 409 00:28:23,801 --> 00:28:27,556 she requested the return of the gold key that she'd given me. 410 00:28:28,643 --> 00:28:31,323 Asking no questions, I surrendered it, 411 00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:34,800 knowing that it would be passed on to the next man in her life. 412 00:28:36,363 --> 00:28:40,043 - That was, uh, three months ago. - Mm-hmm. 413 00:28:40,423 --> 00:28:43,800 - And you haven't seen her since? - She left a big void in my life. 414 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:47,800 It saddens me to think that she's dead. 415 00:28:48,073 --> 00:28:49,337 It saddens you? 416 00:28:50,801 --> 00:28:53,445 Well, it damn well should sadden somebody. 417 00:28:53,931 --> 00:28:56,291 This was no act of passion. 418 00:28:56,801 --> 00:29:01,390 - This was a cold-blooded execution. - Execution? What do you mean? 419 00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:03,270 The work of professionals. 420 00:29:03,801 --> 00:29:06,596 They were in and out of that apartment in under an hour. 421 00:29:06,621 --> 00:29:10,476 And in that time, they perpetrated an almost perfect crime 422 00:29:10,501 --> 00:29:13,167 and systematically looted their premises of every 423 00:29:13,179 --> 00:29:15,800 shred of evidence that might have linked their client. 424 00:29:16,272 --> 00:29:19,283 Hey, your honor, you don't have any idea who that might be? 425 00:29:19,308 --> 00:29:22,800 - How would I possibly know? - Well, she was your mistress. 426 00:29:22,801 --> 00:29:24,857 You had to know something about her life. 427 00:29:25,403 --> 00:29:28,211 I can conceive of no earthly reason why any man 428 00:29:28,223 --> 00:29:30,800 should seek to destroy such an exquisite creature. 429 00:29:30,801 --> 00:29:34,299 Well, maybe I can. You said you gave back the key. 430 00:29:34,393 --> 00:29:35,706 Yes, why do you ask? 431 00:29:35,731 --> 00:29:38,800 Well, the killer surprised Azzure in the kitchen. 432 00:29:38,801 --> 00:29:41,464 To do that, someone had to provide them with a key. 433 00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:45,281 Wait a minute, are you suggesting... That you're not the sporting guy you might be? 434 00:29:45,524 --> 00:29:47,839 Hey, look, maybe you'd rather see her dead 435 00:29:47,864 --> 00:29:49,800 than playing around with another guy or guys. 436 00:29:50,262 --> 00:29:53,515 Lieutenant, have you forgotten who you're speaking to? 437 00:29:53,540 --> 00:29:56,927 Your honor, I'm talking to a man. 438 00:29:59,411 --> 00:30:01,444 And I don't care about your black robes. 439 00:30:01,469 --> 00:30:03,800 I wouldn't care if you were sitting in the Oval Office. 440 00:30:03,801 --> 00:30:06,104 I don't care about my badge. I don't care about my pension. 441 00:30:06,129 --> 00:30:08,800 Somebody's gonna take a hard fall for Azzure. 442 00:30:08,801 --> 00:30:11,604 You say you don't have any evidence? You know nothing about it? Terrific! 443 00:30:11,629 --> 00:30:12,629 Terrific! 444 00:30:12,734 --> 00:30:16,800 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC] 445 00:30:16,801 --> 00:30:18,800 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]. 446 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,800 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]. 447 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,800 [POLICE RADIO CHATTER] 448 00:30:48,801 --> 00:30:51,800 Give me the city Mark, please. 449 00:30:51,801 --> 00:30:58,800 [music] 450 00:31:00,218 --> 00:31:03,557 Why would anyone do such a thing? Why? Why? 451 00:31:03,582 --> 00:31:07,800 It's only a police theory. It was assumed suicide initially. 452 00:31:07,801 --> 00:31:11,194 Azzure never. She had no reason to do anything like that. 453 00:31:11,219 --> 00:31:12,754 She had every reason to want to live. 454 00:31:13,347 --> 00:31:16,761 She was going to be married in two weeks. I found a little flat in Tokyo. 455 00:31:17,434 --> 00:31:19,446 She was learning Japanese. 456 00:31:20,490 --> 00:31:22,144 Where is she, anyway? 457 00:31:22,517 --> 00:31:23,771 Tyler, what have they done with her body? 458 00:31:23,796 --> 00:31:25,005 I assume the city morgue. 459 00:31:25,565 --> 00:31:26,355 Oh, where are you going? 460 00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:28,039 You don't think I'm gonna leave her there, do you? 461 00:31:28,064 --> 00:31:28,886 Well, you must, Farley. 462 00:31:28,911 --> 00:31:29,910 Must? Why? 463 00:31:30,001 --> 00:31:34,000 I hoped to spare you this, but you leave me no alternative. 464 00:31:35,941 --> 00:31:37,000 Cleaver. 465 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,000 This is Mr. Cleaver. 466 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:47,129 By my request, he has compiled a detailed dossier on your late fiancée. 467 00:31:47,969 --> 00:31:50,009 I'll omit the childhood data. 468 00:31:50,529 --> 00:31:53,600 Begin with Misty's arrival in New York. 469 00:31:58,261 --> 00:31:59,800 Any word on Billy Joe? 470 00:31:59,801 --> 00:32:02,183 This guy's got more moves than Lou Brock. 471 00:32:02,323 --> 00:32:05,896 The only way we're gonna nail him is if some junkie sells him to us. 472 00:32:05,901 --> 00:32:06,900 Yeah. 473 00:32:06,901 --> 00:32:08,583 Uh, that license plate you wanted me to run down? 474 00:32:08,608 --> 00:32:12,420 It's a '75 Caddy registered to Bertram Cleaver, private investigator. 475 00:32:12,445 --> 00:32:13,472 Now, this cat must do all right. 476 00:32:13,497 --> 00:32:14,900 He's got a suite of officers in the Pan Am building. 477 00:32:14,901 --> 00:32:18,636 Now, what's Tyler Meadows' loan with the Shamers on the payroll? 478 00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:19,930 (phone ringing) 479 00:32:20,670 --> 00:32:22,043 There. You have lunch? 480 00:32:22,430 --> 00:32:24,443 (phone ringing) 481 00:32:25,616 --> 00:32:26,229 Go, Jack. 482 00:32:26,501 --> 00:32:28,369 Theo, I thought you would like to know that the 483 00:32:28,381 --> 00:32:30,500 remains of Azzuree D have just been claimed for burial. 484 00:32:30,501 --> 00:32:31,500 Who? 485 00:32:31,501 --> 00:32:34,650 Who? Judge Seymour Lavery, that's who. 486 00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:35,500 Where? 487 00:32:35,501 --> 00:32:36,500 What? 488 00:32:36,501 --> 00:32:37,500 Where? 489 00:32:37,501 --> 00:32:38,500 Check. 490 00:32:40,671 --> 00:32:42,740 Heavenly Rest Funeral Home. 491 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,500 137 East 21st Street. 492 00:32:45,501 --> 00:32:46,463 I got it. 493 00:32:48,623 --> 00:32:50,210 Now, why do you do a thing like that? 494 00:32:50,701 --> 00:32:52,700 I mean, who knows if the papers will pounce on it? 495 00:32:52,701 --> 00:32:54,700 Just a whiff of scandal and there goes the appointment. 496 00:32:54,701 --> 00:32:56,052 I wonder what get into him. 497 00:32:57,019 --> 00:32:59,700 This friend of yours who works for the Post, what's his name? 498 00:32:59,701 --> 00:33:01,700 The one who covered the Attica riots. 499 00:33:01,701 --> 00:33:02,700 Harvey Palmer. 500 00:33:02,701 --> 00:33:04,700 Oh, yeah, look. I want you to get in touch with him, okay? 501 00:33:04,701 --> 00:33:08,700 Tell him I want a couple of paragraphs in tomorrow morning's edition. 502 00:33:08,701 --> 00:33:14,892 Azzuree D, noted Manhattan playgirl, blah, blah, like that. 503 00:33:15,892 --> 00:33:17,700 Funeral services tomorrow. 504 00:33:18,595 --> 00:33:21,212 The Heavenly Rest Funeral Home, okay? 505 00:33:21,412 --> 00:33:23,740 But have him treated like a news item, otherwise some bored 506 00:33:23,752 --> 00:33:26,700 city editor is going to Bury it in the open column, okay? 507 00:33:26,701 --> 00:33:27,700 Right, got it. 508 00:33:27,701 --> 00:33:29,077 I didn't say forever. 509 00:33:30,303 --> 00:33:31,796 What's that all about? 510 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:35,700 She had a lot of friends, Frank, okay? 511 00:33:35,701 --> 00:33:38,383 I mean, people who cared about her. 512 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:41,243 Maybe I can pull a chain and flush out a few of them. 513 00:33:41,536 --> 00:33:43,603 Maybe there'll be at least one fresh face who can't 514 00:33:43,615 --> 00:33:46,823 bring himself to stay away from that funeral tomorrow. 515 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:49,700 (music playing) 516 00:34:08,634 --> 00:34:10,700 That's the cleaning lady, Mrs. Ortiz. 517 00:34:10,701 --> 00:34:13,085 She hasn't stopped crying since they found the body. 518 00:34:13,110 --> 00:34:14,700 (music playing) 519 00:34:14,701 --> 00:34:23,515 (music) 520 00:34:25,068 --> 00:34:25,677 (gun shot) 521 00:34:25,701 --> 00:34:26,700 (screaming) 522 00:34:26,701 --> 00:34:33,750 (screaming) 523 00:34:37,522 --> 00:34:38,589 (gunshot) 524 00:34:39,102 --> 00:34:40,389 (gunshot). 525 00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:42,700 (gunshot) 526 00:34:51,865 --> 00:34:52,700 Grab that gun. 527 00:34:52,701 --> 00:35:02,700 (music playing). 528 00:35:02,725 --> 00:35:05,700 (footsteps) 529 00:35:11,432 --> 00:35:12,700 But I didn't hit him! 530 00:35:28,738 --> 00:35:29,700 (gunshot) 531 00:35:29,701 --> 00:35:30,700 (screaming) 532 00:35:30,701 --> 00:35:32,700 Stop. Hit the rewind. 533 00:35:34,861 --> 00:35:35,700 (screaming) 534 00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:36,700 Hold it. 535 00:35:37,121 --> 00:35:38,700 The signal ring, right? 536 00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:39,700 Mm-hmm. 537 00:35:39,701 --> 00:35:40,700 I want a big, big blow up. 538 00:35:40,701 --> 00:35:41,700 Got it. 539 00:35:41,701 --> 00:35:44,700 (phone ringing) 540 00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:47,450 Kojak. 541 00:35:48,811 --> 00:35:50,319 At what caliber? 542 00:35:50,805 --> 00:35:52,919 Okay, thanks, Angie. Will you send me a copy? 543 00:35:53,366 --> 00:35:54,086 Right. 544 00:35:54,701 --> 00:35:56,707 You'll be relieved to know that ballistics confirms the 545 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,700 fact that it wasn't your piece that totaled Billy Joe. 546 00:35:58,701 --> 00:36:00,489 The slug came from a .32. 547 00:36:00,609 --> 00:36:01,700 Who's .32? Not one of ours. 548 00:36:01,701 --> 00:36:04,943 No, one of theirs. Look, Billy Joe's been breaking chops, right? 549 00:36:05,343 --> 00:36:07,167 First he stomps this Eddie Maxwell. 550 00:36:07,447 --> 00:36:10,700 Then he totals this, uh, what's-her-name, Fuller's, uh, Pleasure Palace. 551 00:36:10,701 --> 00:36:13,004 I mean, what for? What's in it for him? Kicks? 552 00:36:13,651 --> 00:36:14,700 Revenge. 553 00:36:14,701 --> 00:36:15,700 Sure. 554 00:36:16,584 --> 00:36:19,244 He deployed himself as your guardian angel, 555 00:36:19,331 --> 00:36:22,045 dealing out punishment to anyone who gave it a short end. 556 00:36:22,070 --> 00:36:25,677 Check. Today, he shows up with a big, big Cannon. 557 00:36:26,023 --> 00:36:28,257 Which means that he didn't show up just to break heads. 558 00:36:28,964 --> 00:36:30,700 He came here for the kill. 559 00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:35,700 Which means he held his intended victim responsible for Azzuree's death. 560 00:36:35,701 --> 00:36:36,700 Mm-hmm. 561 00:36:37,376 --> 00:36:40,700 Because he knew that much, they... they wasted him. 562 00:36:40,701 --> 00:36:42,700 You know something, Frank? I could have prevented this. 563 00:36:43,359 --> 00:36:44,358 I had him. 564 00:36:44,383 --> 00:36:46,277 You know, all I had to do was lean a little harder. 565 00:36:46,650 --> 00:36:48,183 I might have coughed up a name. 566 00:36:48,883 --> 00:36:49,857 He'd be alive now. 567 00:36:50,297 --> 00:36:51,700 Hey, Theo. 568 00:36:52,530 --> 00:36:55,427 Hindsight is an exact science. 569 00:36:55,881 --> 00:36:57,700 So he held out on you. You had no way of knowing that at the time. 570 00:36:57,701 --> 00:37:02,123 I'm supposed to know, Frank, damn it! That's what I get paid for. 571 00:37:02,623 --> 00:37:03,353 Yeah. 572 00:37:05,096 --> 00:37:07,010 Oh. When did this happen? 573 00:37:10,145 --> 00:37:11,345 Did the police leave a note? 574 00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:17,175 Now, stay there. Nose around. Maybe you can snip out something. 575 00:37:17,811 --> 00:37:21,500 Anyway, that explains why Lavery didn't show up for the funeral today. 576 00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:22,700 That was Amos. 577 00:37:24,386 --> 00:37:27,653 His honor just took a Brodie from the 16th floor of the Franklin Towers. 578 00:37:29,003 --> 00:37:31,578 Well, that's a wrap. 579 00:37:33,111 --> 00:37:33,906 How do you figure that? 580 00:37:34,513 --> 00:37:36,983 Oh, come on, Theo. What do you want? His signed confession? 581 00:37:37,103 --> 00:37:40,760 If Lavery's our man, Frank, why didn't Billy Joe move on him? 582 00:37:40,847 --> 00:37:42,833 Theo, we're talking about a junkie. 583 00:37:43,133 --> 00:37:46,960 For all we know, his brains were in Afghanistan when he fired those shots. 584 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,546 And the piece that iced them wasn't in Afghanistan. Come on, Frank. 585 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,419 Lavery hasn't left his pad all day. 586 00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,100 He hasn't made one phone call. 587 00:37:55,610 --> 00:37:59,424 Under whose instruction was that hitman acting when he blew away Billy Joe? 588 00:38:02,345 --> 00:38:06,650 Stavros, grab a rookie. Go down to the Times. 589 00:38:07,176 --> 00:38:09,100 Have him pick up the obituary on Lavery. 590 00:38:09,101 --> 00:38:12,100 Oh, not the one they're gonna print. I want one with everything, okay? Go ahead. 591 00:38:12,101 --> 00:38:13,100 Yes, sir. 592 00:38:13,101 --> 00:38:17,462 Just for the record, do you mind telling me what that's in aid of? 593 00:38:17,555 --> 00:38:19,100 It's the note, Frank. 594 00:38:19,101 --> 00:38:22,889 If you're gonna, mm, Pierce away the world, you're gonna leave a note. 595 00:38:25,715 --> 00:38:28,114 If he put Azzure in a box, why not say so? 596 00:38:29,122 --> 00:38:30,502 He knows we'll think it anyway. 597 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:33,300 Elucidate. 598 00:38:33,599 --> 00:38:35,703 You're a respected magistrate. 599 00:38:35,916 --> 00:38:37,789 Twenty years on a civil bench. 600 00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:40,577 You're up for appointment to the court of appeals. 601 00:38:40,891 --> 00:38:44,896 And suddenly your past is invaded by a homicide inquiry. 602 00:38:45,301 --> 00:38:47,249 And you're that man. 603 00:38:49,950 --> 00:38:50,976 Okay, Frank. 604 00:38:52,616 --> 00:38:54,276 What's even worse than murder? 605 00:38:58,150 --> 00:39:00,100 That guy actually tried to kill me, Tyler. 606 00:39:00,101 --> 00:39:01,100 A total stranger. 607 00:39:01,101 --> 00:39:02,100 I never saw him before. 608 00:39:02,101 --> 00:39:03,100 Why me? 609 00:39:03,101 --> 00:39:04,100 I never did anything to him. 610 00:39:04,101 --> 00:39:05,100 Well, I'm sure it's not personal. 611 00:39:05,101 --> 00:39:09,100 Just another senseless act of violence that's not unusual in contemporary America. 612 00:39:09,101 --> 00:39:12,555 Look, Polly, I've got to run into town. 613 00:39:13,950 --> 00:39:16,513 Polly, I suggest while I'm gone that you give 614 00:39:16,525 --> 00:39:20,101 serious thought to returning to Japan without delay. 615 00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:22,596 We'll discuss the matter when I return this evening. 616 00:39:27,350 --> 00:39:29,505 Cornell, class of '71. 617 00:39:29,530 --> 00:39:31,959 You know what we found under "M"? 618 00:39:32,599 --> 00:39:35,604 Farley Meadows, brother of Tyler Meadows, 619 00:39:35,629 --> 00:39:38,100 chairman of AmFed Electronics Industries, period. 620 00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:39,805 It's fascinating. 621 00:39:40,398 --> 00:39:41,872 Regina Meadows. 622 00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:44,697 Loyal confidante of the dear departed. 623 00:39:44,722 --> 00:39:47,382 Doesn't come to the funeral, but her brother-in-law does. 624 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,100 You think that's fascinating? 625 00:39:49,850 --> 00:39:50,826 Get a load of this. 626 00:39:53,050 --> 00:39:54,931 You're hair show off. 627 00:39:57,811 --> 00:40:00,159 The obit material on Judge Lavery. 628 00:40:00,553 --> 00:40:03,445 Ten months ago in the lower courts, AmFed 629 00:40:03,457 --> 00:40:06,100 lost a critical patents judgment sending their 630 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:08,729 stocks getting right straight down into the sewer. 631 00:40:08,754 --> 00:40:12,170 AmFed, which was in the process of negotiating 632 00:40:12,182 --> 00:40:14,716 a Japanese affiliation, appealed the decision 633 00:40:14,741 --> 00:40:18,384 with a case being reviewed by three guesses. 634 00:40:18,861 --> 00:40:20,101 Judge Lavery. 635 00:40:20,350 --> 00:40:23,245 Who promptly overturned the original decision 636 00:40:23,257 --> 00:40:26,712 in favor of AmFed, and that was three months ago. 637 00:40:26,737 --> 00:40:27,747 Three months? 638 00:40:27,772 --> 00:40:28,380 Yes, sir. 639 00:40:29,447 --> 00:40:32,472 Three months ago, Azure D broke off with the judge. 640 00:40:32,820 --> 00:40:34,052 (phone ringing) 641 00:40:34,077 --> 00:40:34,752 Yeah. 642 00:40:34,813 --> 00:40:36,812 Mr. O'Malley? 643 00:40:36,837 --> 00:40:37,922 Yeah, I called. 644 00:40:37,947 --> 00:40:40,486 Yeah, that stock tip that Miss D gave you? 645 00:40:40,846 --> 00:40:43,518 The one that jumped over 30 points in a single day. 646 00:40:45,250 --> 00:40:46,924 Was it AmFed Industries? 647 00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:52,497 Thank you, Mr. O'Malley. 648 00:40:53,944 --> 00:40:56,135 The only way she could have known that is to 649 00:40:56,168 --> 00:40:58,907 know which way the judge was going to lean. 650 00:40:59,005 --> 00:41:00,341 Well, no wonder he checked out. 651 00:41:01,550 --> 00:41:03,890 He knew if you dug deep enough, it was bound to surface. 652 00:41:03,915 --> 00:41:06,869 You know, after Lavery's bow off, two men entered Azure's life. 653 00:41:06,894 --> 00:41:08,924 One hardly more than a kid, according to O'Malley, 654 00:41:08,949 --> 00:41:11,101 and she was in love with one of them, according to O'Malley. 655 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,450 But with which, he couldn't say. 656 00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:17,113 You know, we know she fought on Long Island at 657 00:41:17,125 --> 00:41:19,804 least twice a day, and then one week, nothing. 658 00:41:20,101 --> 00:41:23,100 Hey, check customs and immigration. 659 00:41:23,150 --> 00:41:27,313 Dollars to whatever, I bet you that this what's-his-name was at a town in Japan. 660 00:41:29,558 --> 00:41:34,026 Well, that accounts for one paramour. 661 00:41:34,101 --> 00:41:35,433 What about his rival? 662 00:41:35,766 --> 00:41:39,845 Now, who stood to gain the most from Judge Lavery's decision, huh? 663 00:41:57,393 --> 00:42:00,100 Oh, Mr. Meadows, so nice of you to join us. 664 00:42:00,150 --> 00:42:02,100 All right, we are. 665 00:42:02,205 --> 00:42:03,465 Oh, sorry. 666 00:42:04,275 --> 00:42:06,821 If you want a piece of your brother, you're going to have to stand in line. 667 00:42:06,938 --> 00:42:07,913 Huh? 668 00:42:12,650 --> 00:42:13,500 Park! 669 00:42:14,078 --> 00:42:15,048 I got a permit. 670 00:42:15,050 --> 00:42:15,753 Sure you do. 671 00:42:15,751 --> 00:42:16,981 What's the other cockroach carrying? 672 00:42:17,006 --> 00:42:19,060 38, S and W, like yours. 673 00:42:19,140 --> 00:42:20,750 What's the 32 that knocked off Billy Joe? 674 00:42:20,751 --> 00:42:21,750 You got a permit for that? 675 00:42:21,751 --> 00:42:22,750 What 32? 676 00:42:22,751 --> 00:42:23,750 What Billy Joe? 677 00:42:23,751 --> 00:42:24,750 Come here, you. 678 00:42:24,751 --> 00:42:25,750 Get over there. 679 00:42:28,551 --> 00:42:29,551 Pocket scum. 680 00:42:30,699 --> 00:42:32,455 And I don't want to hear anything from you. 681 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:33,882 Until further notice, okay? 682 00:42:34,875 --> 00:42:36,695 Breathing maybe, and very little of that. 683 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:37,655 You got a permit? 684 00:42:38,409 --> 00:42:40,774 And that's how it is with violence, Mrs. Meadows. 685 00:42:40,951 --> 00:42:43,138 It's an abstract until it hits your own living room. 686 00:42:43,163 --> 00:42:45,126 If that concludes the theatrics, Lieutenant, 687 00:42:45,151 --> 00:42:47,951 perhaps you'll explain the purpose of the visit here. 688 00:42:48,250 --> 00:42:49,950 Oh, you know, I thought you'd never ask. 689 00:42:50,550 --> 00:42:52,169 Well, pending your arrival, I was entertaining 690 00:42:52,750 --> 00:42:56,443 your wife and your brother with a little local folklore. 691 00:42:57,083 --> 00:43:00,950 I don't know about Mrs. Meadows, but your brother was absolutely enthralled. 692 00:43:00,951 --> 00:43:02,272 So I observed. 693 00:43:02,612 --> 00:43:06,599 No doubt I would be equally captivated if I had the time to listen. 694 00:43:06,624 --> 00:43:08,421 Do yourself a favor, make the time. 695 00:43:08,681 --> 00:43:12,153 Unless, of course, you'd like to reconvene this gathering not at my office. 696 00:43:21,411 --> 00:43:22,664 Well, Lieutenant. 697 00:43:22,790 --> 00:43:23,510 Oh, good. 698 00:43:23,535 --> 00:43:26,950 Once upon a time, that's what we call a scenario. 699 00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:31,250 Anyway, this one begins six months ago when you tried to bribe a Supreme Court judge. 700 00:43:31,275 --> 00:43:34,065 Oh, and it would be Judge Lavery. 701 00:43:34,577 --> 00:43:37,479 Being dead, I'm afraid he has to suffer this 702 00:43:37,491 --> 00:43:39,950 allegation, but I'm under no such handicap. 703 00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:42,453 If you are reckless enough to repeat that 704 00:43:42,465 --> 00:43:45,950 fiction in public, I most certainly will sue you for slander. 705 00:43:45,951 --> 00:43:46,950 You needed it. 706 00:43:46,951 --> 00:43:48,310 Secret surroundings. 707 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,950 So the judge, he picked a location, Azzure Dee's apartment. 708 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:56,716 The deal was struck, but it cost his honor, his mistress. 709 00:43:56,741 --> 00:43:57,611 You deny that? 710 00:43:57,636 --> 00:43:59,950 Because I can produce the doorman, Mr. O'Malley. 711 00:43:59,951 --> 00:44:00,976 He remembers you very well. 712 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:01,950 He likes you. 713 00:44:01,951 --> 00:44:04,950 Well, I was acquainted with Miss Dee, yes. 714 00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:11,223 That hardly confirms the existence of a deal between myself and Judge Lavery. 715 00:44:12,651 --> 00:44:15,348 Anyway, back to Ajardee's apartment. 716 00:44:15,951 --> 00:44:18,427 You know, exit his honor, the judge. 717 00:44:18,581 --> 00:44:22,556 Enter Mr. Tyler Meadows, a few idyllic months, 718 00:44:22,568 --> 00:44:25,629 and then lo and behold, enter baby brother. 719 00:44:25,654 --> 00:44:28,076 He introduced her as a friend of a business associate. 720 00:44:28,100 --> 00:44:29,662 I'd run into them in a restaurant. 721 00:44:29,687 --> 00:44:30,950 I didn't know. 722 00:44:30,951 --> 00:44:31,536 I didn't even suspect. 723 00:44:31,951 --> 00:44:34,572 And when I got up to leave, she slipped me her phone number. 724 00:44:37,150 --> 00:44:40,128 Well, we have now what you call a menage a trois. 725 00:44:40,686 --> 00:44:46,950 Only this time, and I guess maybe for the first time in Azzure's life, it's not a matter 726 00:44:46,975 --> 00:44:48,941 of, hey, John, come on over. 727 00:44:49,461 --> 00:44:51,318 This time it's a matter of love. 728 00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:54,950 Hey, but this poses a problem. 729 00:44:54,951 --> 00:44:56,713 You wanted to marry Farley. 730 00:44:56,951 --> 00:44:58,950 Tyler here had other ideas. 731 00:44:59,150 --> 00:45:00,950 You couldn't level with Farley, could you? 732 00:45:01,300 --> 00:45:02,950 He didn't know about the bribe. 733 00:45:03,476 --> 00:45:06,190 And how can you have a call girl marry into the family? 734 00:45:06,576 --> 00:45:10,622 She knew about the bribe, and her testimony would have put you behind bars. 735 00:45:10,647 --> 00:45:14,950 And that's exactly what would have happened if you interfered between her and Farley. 736 00:45:14,951 --> 00:45:16,238 So what's the solution? 737 00:45:16,331 --> 00:45:17,950 What do you do, huh? 738 00:45:17,951 --> 00:45:20,139 We send baby brother off on a business jockey 739 00:45:20,164 --> 00:45:26,396 to Japan, and in his absence, we proceed to solve the problem. 740 00:45:26,469 --> 00:45:30,950 As a spinner of tales, Lieutenant, you are sheer Scheherazade. 741 00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:35,016 Although I detect a strain of bias in your 742 00:45:35,569 --> 00:45:41,229 presentation, as if you view Azzure as some pathetic heroine in a Victorian novel. 743 00:45:41,824 --> 00:45:43,364 She was nothing like that. 744 00:45:43,951 --> 00:45:47,860 She was an amoral little harlot whose sordid 745 00:45:47,885 --> 00:45:52,288 passing will not cause the smallest ripple in the cosmic sea. 746 00:45:52,841 --> 00:45:53,950 You pig. 747 00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:54,951 Sit down! 748 00:45:56,533 --> 00:45:58,900 I got your brother on a sure fuse, mister. 749 00:45:59,770 --> 00:46:03,031 And for what it's worth, I might as well tell you I'm on an even shorter one. 750 00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:05,049 So you got any more contributions to make 751 00:46:05,061 --> 00:46:08,456 toward the idea of Azure Dee, I suggest I save it for your confession. 752 00:46:08,481 --> 00:46:09,521 My confession? 753 00:46:11,951 --> 00:46:12,951 To what, Lieutenant? 754 00:46:13,050 --> 00:46:14,950 Judge Lavery is deceased. 755 00:46:14,951 --> 00:46:19,950 My brother, as you were good enough to point out, has just returned from Japan. 756 00:46:20,625 --> 00:46:21,950 What have we got, really? 757 00:46:21,951 --> 00:46:23,596 Grounds for divorce. 758 00:46:24,690 --> 00:46:28,316 Hardly a milestone in the annals of a police investigation. 759 00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:29,687 Oh, yeah, I know. 760 00:46:31,806 --> 00:46:35,532 I just came to serve notice that I'm wise to you, mister. 761 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:38,950 And I don't care how long it takes. 762 00:46:39,950 --> 00:46:45,950 I'm going to see that you get it packed in, you and your hired help over there. 763 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:48,583 So I want you to take care of yourself. 764 00:46:50,470 --> 00:46:52,644 I wouldn't want anything to happen to you. 765 00:46:56,637 --> 00:46:59,977 It occurs to me, Mrs. Meadows, that you really never met Azure, did you? 766 00:47:00,373 --> 00:47:01,107 Here. 767 00:47:06,340 --> 00:47:08,276 Looks like she's sleeping, doesn't it? 768 00:47:08,300 --> 00:47:12,410 Except for that Mark around her neck, you'd hardly know she was dead. 769 00:47:12,951 --> 00:47:15,163 And here's another fallen sparrow. 770 00:47:16,450 --> 00:47:18,543 Learned a little too late that you can't outrun a bullet. 771 00:47:22,173 --> 00:47:23,950 No, no, you please keep it. 772 00:47:23,951 --> 00:47:25,357 Put it in your family album. 773 00:47:25,951 --> 00:47:26,981 Isn't that right? 774 00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:29,950 You knew her, Lieutenant. 775 00:47:30,100 --> 00:47:31,342 Oh, yeah. 776 00:47:32,450 --> 00:47:33,950 A long time ago. 777 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,771 And Billy Joe said it, not me. 778 00:47:37,951 --> 00:47:39,442 She was good people. 779 00:47:45,450 --> 00:47:46,419 Lieutenant, 780 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:52,626 is it a fact of law that a wife cannot testify against her husband? 781 00:47:54,050 --> 00:47:55,973 Cannot be compelled to testify. 782 00:47:57,053 --> 00:47:58,750 However, if she likes to volunteer. 783 00:47:59,019 --> 00:47:59,985 Regina? 784 00:48:00,735 --> 00:48:03,289 If you just hadn't called her a harlot. 785 00:48:04,190 --> 00:48:06,650 I held her cheap, but you shouldn't have. 786 00:48:07,432 --> 00:48:09,750 Her death should have touched your heart. 787 00:48:10,050 --> 00:48:11,789 Not just your bank account. 788 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:14,750 It's true, Lieutenant. 789 00:48:15,302 --> 00:48:16,989 Farley was out of the country. 790 00:48:19,209 --> 00:48:20,356 But I wasn't. 791 00:48:25,505 --> 00:48:26,602 Stavros. 792 00:48:28,190 --> 00:48:29,750 Read them their rights. 793 00:48:47,550 --> 00:48:58,750 ♪ Lonely, oh Lord, I'm lonely ♪ 794 00:48:58,751 --> 00:49:01,750 ♪ Walking down a crowded street ♪ 795 00:49:01,751 --> 00:49:05,750 ♪ Singing a lonely song ♪ 796 00:49:05,751 --> 00:49:08,750 ♪ Hoping to see ♪ 797 00:49:08,751 --> 00:49:12,750 ♪ Miss Azure D ♪ 798 00:49:12,751 --> 00:49:15,750 ♪ We shared a dream ♪ 799 00:49:15,751 --> 00:49:18,750 ♪ Oh, such a hopeless dream ♪ 800 00:49:18,751 --> 00:49:21,750 ♪ But it filled my empty life ♪ 801 00:49:21,751 --> 00:49:24,750 ♪ And I was one ♪ 802 00:49:24,751 --> 00:49:28,750 ♪ With Azure D ♪ 803 00:49:28,751 --> 00:49:32,750 ♪ Miss Azure D ♪ 804 00:49:32,751 --> 00:49:35,750 ♪ Azure ♪. 805 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:37,750 ♪ My Azure D ♪.