All language subtitles for Police Woman S01E12 The Cradle Robbers

Hit the wall!

- Is that what Anna told you?
- Some lawyer. Anna said he was making all the arrangements.

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!

What? Child buying?

Kids are treated like merchandise by brokers
who buy the kids from hard-up mothers.

Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Simon.

Please, let me have my
kid. Let me have my kid.

Black-and-white found the body
about a half hour ago. Blood everywhere.

Bobby: Mommy,
mommy, mommy! Mommy!

Marcia: Ohhh.

How're you doing,
my little dynamite kid?

Bobby: Dynamite!

Laura: You know, I bet he
could spot you a mile away

with his eyes blindfolded. What
happened? Did you get off work?

Well, I took off early.

You see, I want to take him
some place really special today.

Wow, Bobby, did you hear that?
I wonder where you' re gonna go.

Bobby: Where?
Marcia: It's a secret.

It's a surprise and you're
gonna love it. Bye, bye. Thanks.

Laura: Bye, bye.
Drive carefully.

Marcia: Oh, yeah. Thanks.

Marcia: Look at those
beautiful animals, huh.

Did you ever see
such long necks? Huh?

Aren't they cute?

Oh, you like that
one. Isn't she cute?

Hey, Bobby, wait.

Hey, wait a minute.

It's a boy! A healthy boy.

-Hi, carolee.
-Hi, marcia.

Hi, Mr. Ronald.

You were supposed to meet
us at the main gate, honey.

Oh, I just wanted to
show Bobby everything.

-I guess I'm a little late.
-That's okay.

Ron, why don't you show Bobby
the lions? We'll be right with you.

What do you say, Bobby?

-Let's go take a look, huh? Hehehe.
-Yeah.

-Here?
-Okay, yeah.

Carolee: I have
this for you to sign.

Now, sign right here.

Where's Mr. Cory?

Oh, he couldn't make it. You
know, he's such a busy man.

Now, here you are.

-Here's your pen.
-Thank you.

Go ahead! Open.

[Sighs]

-$5,000?
-Uh-hmmm.

-This is for your records.
-Thank you.

Bobby: Mommy, mommy.
Mommy, mommy. Look at me!

Bobby, now you're gonna go
with Mr. Ronald and carolee.

Now I want you to be a really,
really good boy. Understand?

Mommy, where am I going?

It's gonna be better for you
this way, Bobby. Believe me.

Now, you know that mommy's got
to go into the hospital, you know that.

It'll be better this way, Bobby.

Bobby: Mommy, mommy!
Mommy, mommy! Mommy, mommy!

I gotta have those jackets
before five o'clock. Can't wait.

Okay, three o'clock. But you
get them here. You hear me?

I've got to have
them by three. Alright.

Hello, Billy.

Abe, you old son of a gun.

Falkner: It's been a
long time, hasn't it?

I'll tell you one thing, it's been a long
time since anyone's called me Billy.

Say, you're looking
good, healthy, happy.

-Single again.
-Oh.

Oh, no, no, I'm healthy and
happy. And look at you, Abe.

Hey! Come on, sit down.

Guy calls me up and says, "Abe
falkner is down here to see you."

Abe falkner, you
gotta be kidding.

[Sighs]

Hey, listen, I heard about Ted.

I don't know what to say.

Well, that's sort of what I
came to talk to you about, Billy.

Yeah, but you were the
one that busted that pusher.

Pepper: But Pete is the one who
found out he was working for Fontana

while you were out
following that other trail.

Remember that trail you
thought was going somewhere

- and that led you to nowhere?
- I don't want to hear it.

Hey, pep, can I see
you for a minute?

Okay. Hey listen, Joe, I'll
bet you five on the next case.

Yeah, yeah, I'll buy.

- Okay. Yeah, bill?
- Honey, I want you to meet an old friend of mine,

this is Abe faulkner,
sergeant pepper Anderson.

Pepper: How do you
do. Falkner: Sergeant.

You know, Abe and I have been
friends since I was about five years old.

I grew up with his son, Ted.

Abe, why don't you tell
pepper what you told me.

I was just saying that Ted
got married to this sick girl.

Sick up here.
Anna, her name was.

And she was
beautiful, a beautiful girl.

But drugs, sex, what she called
the "exotic", that's all she cared about.

And she led Ted into a hell
that he never came out of.

It killed him...

Three years ago.

Oh, I'm sorry. And the wife?

Last week I learned that Anna, too,
was dead, found in some dive in New York.

She wanted everything.
She wound up with nothing.

But there shouldn't
have been nothing.

When the authorities
found Abe's daughter-in-law,

- they should have found a little girl with her.
- My granddaughter, Julie.

She'd be five now.

The last time I saw her,
she was a beautiful little child.

Now I don't know.

Pep, not only was
she not with her mother,

but the people who knew Anna falkner back
there, didn't even know she had a daughter.

If I read you right,
the girl's vanished?

Completely.

And the last time I know that she was
with Anna, was here eight months ago.

Anna wrote for some money
and she sent along this.

Heh. She looks like Ted.

Maybe if we start tracing, we might
be able to find out where Julie is.

- What do you think?
- Would you excuse us, please?

-Sure.
-Bill, can I see you outside?

-Abe, be back in a minute.
-Yeah.

Bill, why do you do this to me?

This isn't a case for us. It's not the
criminal conspiracy's line of work.

I mean, I know
how you must feel,

- but we've got our first real lead in the fontano case.
- Oh, honey. What've we got?

We've got a snitch who'll never
testify against his boss in court?

- Look, pep, don't worry.
- I know, but it just isn't fair.

Of course it's not fair,
pep. I know it's not fair.

Well?

Pep, I'm asking you to help
find my best friend's little girl.

You're the best police woman
in the city. You know that.

How come you only tell me that
when you want something? You fink!

Sergeant fink to you.

All you have to do is sign these
papers and the adoption can go through.

You said he's a boy. What's
he like? How old is he?

Four in October.

We wouldn't be here,
if we didn't have to be.

Either there's too much morality
these days or too much birth control.

But you're going to be very happy.
He's Caucasian and he's healthy.

We can see a doctor's report?

I can do better than that.

Carolee!

Bobby, this is
Mr. and Mrs. Simon.

Oh, Bobby. Bobby, hello.

Oh, am I glad to see you.

You know something?

I think he looks
like you a little.

When we talked, I thought
your fee was a little high.

- I mean, &10,000.
- Well, what do you think now?

When your dream comes true,
how can you put a price on it?

[Men whistling, vocalizing]

Can I do something
for you, lady?

Yeah. Is the foreman around?

Yeah, he's right over there.
Hey, Phil, lady wants to talk to you.

Foreman: What can I do for you?

If it's anything personal,
I'll come right down.

I'm looking for an old friend that
wrote me a letter from this address.

Everybody's moved out. Urban
renewal. We're improving the place.

Oh. Well, you wouldn't happen to have
any records on former tenants, would you?

No. If you want any forwarding addresses,
you'll have to talk to the old owners.

- You can get that at city hall.
- Yeah, I know.

Thanks.

Uh, hey, I know a
great little bar near there.

I can hop down and
we could stop for a drink.

-What do you drink?
-Oh, beer.

Sorry. I only drink champagne.

[Workers start laughing]

I told you, Phil. You
never had any class.

Hey, baby, you've got it all!

[Whistles]

We all try our best, sergeant.

Helping's what we're here for.

Helping each other,
helping ourselves.

I understand.

I've had this place now
for about seven years.

I think of it as kind
of a halfway house.

Well, what ike means, is that most of
the people that live here have problems.

Junkies, ex-cons, unwed mothers,
people with no place else to go.

Trying to get over the hump.

I'm just trying to pay back some of the kindness
that other people gave me when I needed it.

You can be real proud of what
you're doing, ike. Real proud.

So, now what about
this Anna falkner?

It should be in here.

I'd better go check on marcia
see that she's okay. Okay?

-See ya.
-Okay.

They're a great couple,
carolee and her husband.

[Door closes]

I couldn't run this
place without them.

For one thing, I could
never get organized.

Oh, yeah.

Anna falkner, she stayed
a little longer than a month,

had one of the one-bedrooms,
moved out with the rent a week overdue.

- Did she leave a forwarding address?
- No, no.

I have a picture
of her daughter.

- Did she have her daughter with her?
- Oh, yeah. Cute little kid.

-Almost forgot about her.
-Oh?

She was only here a couple of weeks when
she went back east to live with her father.

=you're sure about that? =sure,
I'm sure. That's what her mother said.

So the last time you saw the falkner girl was
must have been the week of the eighteenth.

Week of the eighteenth...
yep, that'd be about right.

You know, we missed
with Anna, sergeant.

Dope, booze, crazy parties.
She just wouldn't stop.

Well, she's stopped now, ike.

She's dead.

-Ah, that's too bad.
-Thanks, ike.

Pepper: Lucy. Lucy:
Sergeant Anderson.

-Hi.
-Sandy, this is sergeant Anderson.

Sandy: Hi. See you
later, Lucy. Lucy: Okay.

- What are you doing here?
- I might ask that.

Well, this is home for a while.

- You know, when I got out of jail.
- When was that?

Two weeks ago.

I swear, man, I
have had it with jails.

Twice in two years is
enough for a lifetime.

When my old man gets out,
things will be a lot better. When.

Good luck, Lucy.
Stay out of trouble.

-Well, see you around, maybe.
-Maybe.

Carolee: Now, marcia,
you've got to stop this.

Now, you've got to get
rid of Bobby's things.

Either give them away
or throw them away.

Like I threw him away?

Oh, now, you know
you didn't do that.

No, I did something
worse than that.

I sold him like he
was a piece of meat.

You know, he was always
such a... such a good little boy.

You know that? And brave.

I remember the time when he
was trying to learn how to walk.

No matter how many
times he fell down.

Now you know you couldn't do it
anymore. Not while you're so sick.

Now look, honey, you got
the money for the doctor,

at least you don't have
to worry about that.

I just wish there'd been
some other way, you know?

Cory's been a lifesaver to us.

I mean, after you've given it some time,
you'll see that he's been one to you, too.

Yeah, sure. Sure, he's
a real lifesaver, alright.

[Intercom buzzes]

Operator's voice: Mr. Cory,
marcia Gordon on line two.

Hello, miss Gordon.
What can I do for you?

Mr. Cory, I'm
sorry I had to call,

but I've been going through
hell these past three days.

There's no reason for that.
Bobby's in a fine home, the best.

I want him back. I want
my son back, Mr. Cory.

I appreciate your feelings but there's
nothing I can do. It's been arranged.

Well, isn't there something
you can do, please? Anything?

Well, I suppose I could talk to
the boy's new parents. I could try.

Let me get back to you.

[Slams telephone]

You know, Ronnie, I think you
were right about this marcia Gordon.

I trust I'm not interrupting
anything important.

Well, just because we don't get a chance to
play lone wolf, you don't have to rub it in.

Oh, you ought to see
the case he gave me.

What have you
got to tell me, pep?

Well, I pinpointed the time the people who
knew Anna falkner last saw her daughter.

That's fantastic! That's real
progress. What have you got?

She told them she sent
Julie to live with her father.

I thought you said
her father was dead.

He is. The story
had to be a cover.

It's getting to be interesting.

Pep, did you check
with child abandonment?

Maybe she walked off
and left the kid someplace.

What do you think, you
put a dummy on this case?

Yeah, bill, I checked.
No Julie falkner.

I even checked the morgue and I took a court
order to city hall to check the adoption records.

Nothing there either.

What am I gonna tell Abe, pep?

Well, I'm not gonna give up.

I was wondering, do you want me to
look into the illegal adoptions racket?

What, child buying?

Yeah. It's a high volume
business, child buying.

That's the kind that makes millionaires.
I'd like to take a crack at it.

Yeah, but you know that
game is played with babies.

I'm talking about
a five-year-old kid.

Yeah, but I think the older kids are involved
because infants are so hard to get now.

Pep, why don't you talk
to your friends in juvenile

and see what the child
buyers are doing nowadays.

I'll do it.

You know what really
bothers me about this racket?

I mean, real parents never know how
badly they're taken by these crooks.

They pay their money, they give
their kid love and the kid loves them.

Then one day, someone knocks on their
door and says, "hey, that child is mine."

Yeah. And if that's what happened to
Abe's granddaughter, it's gonna hurt.

It's gonna hurt everybody.

This Mr. Perry, ike Perry,
he told me about this place.

He said I'd be alright here.

You figure on stayin' long?

Well, 'til my time, I
guess. It's four months.

Listen, do you think you guys
can help me find some kind of job?

Could be. Were
you working before?

Oh, yeah, until little Charlie
in there knocked that right out.

What do you mean?

Well, the kind of work I did, a big belly
ain't exactly what you'd call an asset.

If the kid got in the way of your
tricks, why didn't you get rid of it?

That's the same as murder to me.

I know that a lot of people
don't understand that.

It's a living thing. It's alive.

I couldn't do that.

After the baby is born,
do you intend to keep it?

What for? What am
I gonna do with it?

Well, uh, maybe, we'll be able
to help you solve that problem.

-Hey!
-Will you take a look at that?

Oh, alright. What's the
matter? So I got tracks.

But I know that there's a
lot of junkies been here.

Those are new.
You're still on the stuff.

Yeah, but I'm gonna shake
it. I figure, as long as I'm here.

You're not here.
We don't want ya.

Chicks like you never shake it and your
baby's gonna be born a junkie just like you.

So, what?

So we don't need that,
lady. We don't need that at all.

So, who needs you? Who
needs anything you've got?

Ruth: Come on.

Sit right there and I'll
be right back, okay?

A lovely mother,
a loving mother...

How could anybody dump a kid in the middle of
the freeway, clinging to the center divider?

Oh, my god.

That's the fourth
abandoned child this week.

You know, across the country,
that probably makes 5,000.

Oh, pepper, sometimes...

Sometimes I wish I could just
forget who I am and what I am

and grab a shotgun and
go after all those parents.

Yeah, me, too. Me, too.

I guess his loving mommy
didn't know about child buyers.

Well, it gives us something
to be thankful for, doesn't it?

Oh, your phone call.
I did some checking.

Chances are the falkner
woman lived on the West Side

and did business with some
of these cockroaches, pep.

Twisted insects who use everything children
mean to people just to make a buck.

You've got nothing
on an ike Perry?

No, should we?

He runs the place where Anna falkner lived,
admitted to getting a lot of unwed mothers.

I saw at least one pregnant
girl while I was there.

Well, that should be a good
place for you to find the sellers

but no, no, we
have nothing on him.

Okay.

Ruth: You can keep
those files if you like.

- In case you need the pictures.
- Okay, Ruth. Thanks.

I'm sorry we had to meet
in a place like this, Mr. Cory,

but you see, I only get a half hour for lunch
and it's real close to the place where I work.

I think the important thing, miss
Gordon, is that we get to talk.

You've talked to the people
then? The people that have Bobby?

I did my best and I like to think of
myself as being able to talk to people

but I'm afraid they
just won't give him up.

Well, you see, I've got
the money right here.

I'm afraid there's
nothing we can do.

I've got it right here.
I've got four thou...

4,500 and-and $35
and some change.

And the only reason I don't have the whole
thing is because I paid some bills with it,

but I'll give it back to you,
Mr. Cory. I promise I will.

Now listen to me.
Keep the money.

I've just seen your
little boy. He's well.

He's a very happy little boy.

Things are gonna be much
better, isn't that what you told him?

Well, you didn't lie to him
when you said goodbye.

That's right. I lied to him, that's
what I did. I was so uptight, i...

Look, he said there's
no more he can do.

But he's gotta do something.
He'd better do something.

Because I can make trouble. I
can make a lot of trouble. I mean it.

I talked to a lady at the doctor's office
the other day and she works for a lawyer.

I'm not sure that anything
we did was even legal.

You know what she told me?
She told me that you can't buy kids.

And she also told me that parents
have to be approved by an agency.

You can't... it doesn't just take
a couple of days like we did it.

The only trouble you can make
is what you make for yourself.

Mr. Cory...

Without my kid, I've
got nothing to lose.

I'm just a nothing without my kid.
Please, Mr. Cory, I won't make it.

Please, please.
[Continues screaming]

You make sure she
gets her head on, okay?

Get's it on straight.

Woman: Don't you lay a hand
on me! You let me go, I'll hit you.

He's gonna kill me!
He's gonna kill me!

Pepper: Who's gonna kill you?

That lousy bum of a
husband of mine. Call the cops!

Pepper: Listen. I am a cop.

Come out in. Come
on in. Come on.

You don't know what I've had
to put up with, with that character.

- Where is he?
- Come out, you bum. You bum, the cops are here.

-Ah, the cops are here.
-Yeah, they are.

Where are the cops? Heh.

You're a cop?

Okay, now what's
all the fuss about?

I don't know. We were just having what you
might call a little domestic understanding.

"Mis" understanding, he's drunk.

Look at him. He
can hardly stand up.

Don't tell me I'm
drunk. Look at you.

I was just having a
little after lunch cocktail.

But you, you've been sipping
up ever since Wednesday.

That's because you haven't
shut up on me since Wednesday.

Why don't you go
out and get a job?

I'll get a job. But who's gonna cook
around here and who's gonna clean up.

Excuse me... be right back.

-He cooks?
-Yeah.

Him and his trusty can opener.
You name the soup, he cooks it.

Say, if you're a cop,
where's your gun?

Well, now, as I was saying.

We were just having a
little misunderstanding.

-Misunderstanding?
-Shut up!

When out of the clear blue, she started bugging
me about going to her mother's on Sunday.

-He hates her.
-Like the plague.

Hey, you put your pants on.

You never put your pants
on for me you lousy bum.

- There's a lady present.
- And what am I? Chopped liver?

Something you push around
whenever you feel the urge?

[Continue to argue]

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Now if you don't stop all the hollering,
there' s gonna be more than one cop around.

Now, you. Are you
paying attention?

Yes, ma'am.

[Pepper sighs]

Would you mind if
I... could I sit down?

Oh, please. Be my guest.

As long as I'm here, I might as well ask you
about a woman that used to live in this building.

We would love to help you out,
officer, but we just moved in yesterday.

Woman: The day before yesterday.

Well, okay. Thank you.
Now remember what I said.

Man: Oh, officer? Pepper: Yes?

Are you going to be
a regular on this beat?

No. But if you don't start
behaving, I'll come around regularly.

- Hi. You're sergeant Anderson, right?
- That's me.

I'm still looking for Anna
falkner's daughter. Can I come in?

Oh, sure. Sure.
Come in and sit down.

Okay.

I'll do anything I
can to help you.

That's what we're here for.

But, you know something, we
weren't what you'd really call friends.

Oh. So she didn't really share
any of her secrets with you?

No.

Well, did she ever mention any of these men
or did you ever see her with any of them?

No. Hmm. No. No. No. No.

Sorry.

Pepper: Okay.
Well, thanks anyway.

Those men, why do you
want to know about them?

They're all involved
in a burglary ring.

Carolee: Sorry, I couldn't
have been more help.

I'm getting used
to it. Bye. Thanks.

Carolee: Bye.

Who's that?

Sergeant Anderson,
the cop I told you about.

Well, what did she want?

I don't know what she was after.
She showed me some pictures.

Well, I did know
some of the faces.

Like who?

People I've done
business with before.

Guys who place kids like us.

-What is it, lady?
-Police officer.

Fred! Ditch that!

I didn't come looking for it, Charlie,
but since I'm here, where's the stash?

Stash? What stash?

Oh, Mr. Ronald. What are you...

If your friend hadn't
panicked, you wouldn't be here.

Eric: Hey, listen, that was
smack we had layin' around there.

- He'd been a fool not to panic.
- What did you want to see me about?

-A deal.
-A deal?

You asked me about
Anna falkner, right?

And you said you
didn't know her.

Well, I lied. Anna
and me were friends.

Very good friends,
if you follow.

I follow. What I want to
know about is her daughter.

-We got a deal?
-Maybe.

-Where's the girl, Eric?
-With her old man.

You're about as dumb
as you are chicken.

Hey, now listen. Wait a
minute now. That's the truth.

Now Anna didn't have
any use for the kid anyway.

I mean, it got in the way. So when this
dude comes up with some bucks for her...

You mean to tell me that her father made
a settlement? Is that what Anna told you?

No. Some lawyer.

Anna said he was making
all the arrangements.

Gave her a few thou. It bought
a lot of jollies, for both of us.

- What was the name of the lawyer?
- I don't know.

What do you mean,
you don't know?

I don't know. I
never met the guy.

You'll have to ask
carolee or Ronald.

- They're the ones that put her on to the dude.
- Carolee?

Pep?

Yeah?

- You know the neighborhood you caught our friend in?
- Yeah.

Homicide wants you
down there right away.

They've got themselves a mess that
they think you ought to know about.

-Okay, Joe. Take over, will you?
-Got it.

Caruso: Hi, sergeant.

Black and white found the
body about half an hour ago.

-But she wasn't killed here.
-Where?

In her room. There was obviously
a struggle, blood everywhere.

Caruso, but this is a homicide.
What did you call me for?

-Ike Porter, you know him?
-Yeah.

Well, he asked me to get in touch
with you about this. He'd like to see you.

He said it's important.

Ike: I try my best and something
like this has gotta happen.

It's a terrible thing to come out of
my place. After all I've worked for.

I know. But why did
you call me on this?

Well, Anna falkner's
daughter, the missing daughter?

-Yes.
-Marcia Gordon. She had a son.

A little boy. I figured if you
were interested in the first child,

- you'd be interested in him too.
- Keep going.

Well, he lived with marcia up until
a few days ago and then he left too.

Left for where?

Well, she said she brought
him to his grandparents

while she got ready to go into
the hospital, and she probably did.

But I thought you
should know about this.

Mr. Cory.

You were supposed to straighten
her out, not kill her, dummy.

The cops were moving in.

There was this
lady cop, Anderson,

she was asking questions
of everyone in the building.

If she would have gotten to her,
it would have ruined everything.

What do you think it is now?

Ronald, you've got to learn
to think, to work things out.

You're a big boy.

I did what I had to do.

You did what
every fool has to do.

I can't afford to associate
myself with fools.

Hey...

We'll just cool things
for a while, huh?

Then when all this blows over, we'll
do business at the same old stand.

-Forget it.
-What am I gonna tell carolee?

How am I gonna
explain it to her?

Carolee is your problem.

Yeah, well she could
become your problem.

Look, just keep away
from me, both of you.

Or the police will find
some interesting records.

There's no statute of
limitations on murders.

Pepper: Yeah, probably
pisces or aquarius.

I checked out all the
tenants in the building.

Now, there' s almost nobody
there so I soon encountered this guy.

He's got four pages of
charges after his name.

Royster: "Ronald English."
Crowley: It's all strong arm stuff.

Armed robbery, extortion,
attempted murder.

And he and his wife sort of
help ike in running the place.

Sounds like a logical
contender to me.

He's also got
an alibi, of sorts.

His wife said she
was with him all night.

That really makes it "of sorts.'

so, what's our next move?

I think, I'll decide
to skip this English.

'Cause this guy' s not smart enough
to handle an operation like that.

There' s somebody higher up.
What we got to do is get through him

as to who that somebody is.

The home survives on donations
and I've looked into the contributors.

One of the biggest is a
lawyer named Edward Cory.

Boy, you've really hit on a
heavyweight this time, pep.

I had a run-in with this dude
one time. He's very slick.

He's a real bend the
rules kind of operator.

Not to mention the fact that the
last time Ronald English was in court,

this guy was his attorney, and
got him off a manslaughter charge.

That ought to tell us something.

Yeah, well it tells me, we got to
find a way to smoke the clown out.

-Sergeant Anderson?
-Oh, hi, Lucy.

Lucy: You wanted to talk to me?

Yeah, it'll only take a
minute. It's about your guy.

Lucy: You talked to him?

He tells me you two have been wanting to
make plans for when he gets out of prison.

When did you talk to him?
When did you see him?

This morning, in the lockup. He
comes up for sentencing next week.

How would you like to help him?

Lucy: Help him? Sergeant
Anderson, I'd do anything to help him.

Pepper: Okay.

[Knock on the door]

Now, who the hell is that?

- Carolee.
- Oh, hi, Lucy. Is something the matter?

I wanted to talk to Ronald.

Carolee: What's the matter?
Something I should know about?

No, it's... well, yes.

Come on in.

Sit down.

You know, Lucy, Ron and I
have no secrets from each other.

What can we do for you?

Well, it's about
the other night.

- You know, when marcia was killed.
- What about it?

Well, I couldn't sleep so I
decided to go out for a walk.

-When I came downstairs, I saw you.
-What?

You were at marcia's door.

It was one o'clock
in the morning

but you were letting yourself
into her apartment with a key.

So?

So, I heard some glass
breaking and I heard a struggle.

Why didn't you stay
around for the whole act?

Because I got
scared and I split.

You killed her,
Ronald. You killed her.

Ronald: Why you
little... carolee: Hold it.

Hear her out.

Yeah, that's real smart.

You can't kill two of us in the
same apartment and get away with it.

Lucy...

What if I should tell you that
Ronald and I were together all night?

- No way he could've left.
- Cops need eyewitnesses and I'm it.

Lucy: Look, carolee, I hate
cops as much as anyone.

I won't go to 'em unless
I absolutely have to.

How much?

You two are involved
in that baby business.

I don't know what it is, but
I know there's some bread.

How much?

Oooh, fifteen thou.

-You blackmailer...
-hold it.

It'd wipe out everything we worked
for. We'd have hardly anything left.

You know something, Ron?

It wouldn't wipe out ed Cory.

I tried to phone him. He
won't pick it up. Not for us.

He's got to, now.

Carolee: You know, I never
really bothered you, Mr. Cory,

but it's for your own
good as well as ours.

A girl here saw Ronald with
marcia Gordon the other night.

She wants 25,000 to keep quiet.

Fine. We'll be there.

He wants the three of us to
meet him tonight at 11 o'clock.

-She made it.
-So far.

How's that for upping the ante?

[Car door closes]

Crowley: 12y52 to
12y50. They just pulled out.

Be ready to pick
them up at the corner.

Got you, bill.

You're sure everything's
cool now? I'll get the bread?

We told you, Lucy, you're gonna
be rich. Relax. Listen to the music.

I can't say much for
the guy's taste in music.

- Well, it beats listening to his rap... a little.
- Yeah.

You guys stay here.
Pepper and I'll take the park.

Right.

So this is the young lady that's gonna
put us back in the business together, huh?

You got the bread?

Before we talk about
money, tell me what you know.

I already told them.

Who put you up
to this? Ike Perry?

That old goat? Strictly
on my own, man.

Now, you got the bread?

No, I don't have any bread.

They said you were gonna
come up with 25 big ones...

What they said is what I told
them, not what I thought about later.

What your husband did was messy.

Having this around is messy too.

Hey look, mister, this is just supposed to be
a business deal. Pure and simple, that's all.

Ronald, straighten her out your own way
and I'll welcome you back into the fold.

Come and get me! Hurry
up. Come and get me!

Crowley: Police
officers. Freeze!

Stay back! Stay back!

Pepper: You okay?

Cory: Hey, you two.

I'm gonna get you for
false arrest, entrapment.

We' gonna throw the book at you.

And that includes
murder, sweetheart.

Sergeant. Sergeant.

You're still gonna talk to the
judge about my old man, aren't you?

You promised.

You bet, I will. You
really delivered, Lucy.

Falkner: It's me, Julie. Julie,
don't you remember me?

Don't you remember the
zoo and the pony rides?

She needs a little
time, Mr. Falkner.

She's a super little girl.

Julie, this is your grandfather
and he loves you as much as we do.

And you' re gonna
live with him now.

I'm not gonna take
you away, Julie.

I won't take you
anywhere, I promise.

Couldn't I be your grandpa?
Couldn't you call me grandpa?

Mr. Falkner, we'd like it very
much if you'd stay for dinner.

I'd love that. Thank you.

Oh, and all of you stay, please.

-Gee, I don't know, pep...
-oh, no, thanks. We've got a lot of work to do.

And you need some time to
yourself. We'll take a rain check.

We'll talk to you later.

Bill, thanks. Both of you.