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He okayed overtime for us and an APB to all precincts. Eyes blue, hair black,

mustache. We certainly do know it's Sunday, Captain.

We're on OT here ourselves, sir. That's right. Anything budges, you call us the

14th. Trust me, Samuels is going to understand. I know this. This is a

statute of limitations deadline.

How'd you get to be a cop with a face like that?

Plastic surgery.

I'm angry.

I'm angry. You're angry.

There's a woman who's going to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

So we get this guy, okay?

This is Stevie B on WREQ, and the drive time in the big bad apple is 4.47.

All you people heading out for the lean and long island are doing a very nasty

thing on the LIE, which is bumper-to-bumper speeds of 10 miles an

hour or less from the BQB interchange all the way out to anywhere you want to

go. If you're heading north...

4

.49. 11 minutes to go.

Boy, what a week.

Thank God it's Friday, huh, Marcus?

To tell you the truth, Victor, I'm really not looking forward to this

weekend.

Claudia finally nailed me.

We're painting the family room this weekend.

All weekend.

Can't you get out?

I've been getting out of it since summer. I've run out of excuses.

That's one of the problems about being married.

Me, I go home, flip a pizza in the microwave, grab a can of suds and turn

on the nickname.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow I work out in the morning.

Check out the cosmetic counter at Bloomy's for those stews on layover.

Then I pick up Bon Bon. I go for sweet and sour pork at Fong Shanghai Garden.

Then third row center at the Barry Manuel concert.

Sounds positively idyllic, Victor.

It's this little inn on the Connecticut River near White River Junction.

Oh, Vermont's supposed to be gorgeous this time of year. I know. I hope it

rains all weekend.

Sounds very nice, Christine.

Dory's been on the swing ship for two weeks. We've been like ships in the

night.

So, what are you and Harvey going to do this weekend?

Get a new bedroom set.

There's a sale at Kramer's, 23rd Street, if you want to go.

40% off.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, after 15 years, we'll get a new bed.

And a dresser.

That's great.

D.D. Fives? Oh, uh, not yet, sir. But first thing Tuesday morning. Wednesday?

Wednesday morning.

You know, the only one in this entire squad whose paperwork is up to date?

Detective Petrie.

Well, some people are disgustingly compulsive about their paperwork.

The mark of a good detective is a neat file cabinet.

Let me guess.

Aristotle. Close.

McGuire. Detective's manual. 57 edition.

Have a nice weekend.

Time to go.

Yes, Inspector.

I understand, Inspector, but it seems to me... Well, we do have extremely heavy

caseloads.

Yeah, I realize that is no excuse, but... Yes, Inspector.

Yes, I will see to it that it's taken care of.

I have an announcement to make.

You may remember we had a team from Inspections Division in here last week

to inspect our files and our paperwork.

I have just had their report read to me now over the phone by Deputy Inspector

Nelman.

And you will all be proud to learn that the 14th has been given the worst

evaluation in this area in the entire department.

that they saw fit to use more than once was dilatory.

Hm?

Dilatory.

DD-5s are backlogged.

Property books are missing.

Expense vouchers are misfiled.

And open case files are not cross-referenced with the master file.

I could go on.

The deputy inspector went on.

for 20 minutes.

Only exception to this exemplary performance, singled out by the team, is

Detective Second Grade Marcus Petrie, whose files and his paperwork

are complete and legible and up to date.

Well, I have assured the Deputy Inspector...

that this situation will be rectified monday morning all right monday sir

monday morning petrie have a nice weekend all the rest

is tomorrow morning you report here and you remain here

until such time as all files are complete correct up to date and

legible is that clear

I, uh, I really don't mind coming in and lending a hand. No, I don't want you

here, Petrie. You set an example. You deserve to have the weekend off.

It'd be a lesson to your fellow detectives.

You'll do anything to get at a painting this weekend, won't you?

Well,

there goes Bloomies in the gym.

You sure you're going to be out of there by 12?

1 o'clock at the latest.

Just paperwork.

So Mary Beth and I decided we're going to get in there 8 o'clock sharp.

Put in a few hours' work.

Then we'll still have our weekend.

Samuel's really low at the boom, huh?

Yeah.

Want a quickie?

You don't hurry through the finer things in life, Chris.

We got all weekend and we never have to get out of bed.

Yeah, my kind of weekend.

Yeah, mine too.

Melnick, sweetie, Midborough Hall.

Okay, you lose.

Dory, be careful.

Don't worry.

The stakeout's so cold, I'm planning on catching some sleep.

I'll see you, babe.

32 inches.

32 inches.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

79 inches.

79 inches? It's going to be real tight.

What do you say we hang on to the old stuff, Harv?

I mean, after 15 years, you get attached.

Mary Beth, you've been talking about replacing this stuff for five years. We

finally found something we like on sale. I know, I just... What?

Our remembering is all.

Yeah, I know. I remember.

I remember when we bought this.

$87 for the bed.

$117 for the dresser.

Seemed like a fortune.

Kingside's bed is very big, Hoff.

So?

So I'm used to having you close to me.

You don't have to use the whole bed.

I can come visit.

Yeah? Mm-hmm.

Maybe.

I'm glad.

Because when we fight, I won't have to sleep on the living room couch.

When did you ever sleep on the couch?

Name one time you slept on the couch. Three New Year's Eves ago.

You were drunk. I was not drunk. You were drunk.

I was happy. You were stink-faced. I was not stink-faced. Then why were you

leering at Vinnie's cousin? Leering? Leering? Leering?

I was giving her a napkin.

With your eyes halfway down her dress? Mary Betley already had this fight.

Yeah, we did.

Who won?

I don't remember.

I remember making up.

What do you say we give this old bet a send-off?

You're layering hard.

Face it, Mary, bet they were hard to miss.

Done, right? Next.

Okay, August 11th, 1980... Would you stop?

August 11th, 1981.

Grand Theft Auto, case number 16394D.

16394D, August 11th. Nothing.

What do you mean, nothing?

Wait a minute.

16394D, August 14th.

We're into the case file. We interviewed witnesses on the 14th. Well, what is it,

the 11th or the 14th? I mean, does it really matter? The guy's serving time.

We call Attica and ask him. I bet he remembers.

How's it going?

It's going.

Yeah, nice way to spend a Saturday, huh?

We got work here, okay, Victor?

Who doesn't?

August 14th, we were interviewing witnesses.

All right, I'll change it here.

Hey, where's the smoke shot from?

It's a bad check artist. We brought him in Wednesday.

Can I borrow this for a minute? Just bring it back.

Yeah, yeah.

So what are we going to do?

I'll fix it here. All 14?

Yeah.

Okay, 14.

Wait.

Okay, all fixed.

What's next?

Wait a second. Mary Beth, come on, let's get out of here.

Hold your horses.

What's next?

Pardon them, would you?

Mary Beth, did you write it down?

I can't think.

So what have you got? 14?

Yeah.

Same guy.

Where'd this come from?

It's a case Petrie caught before we were partners. He's been after the guy for

years. He even carries a copy of the composite in his glove compartment in

the car.

Petrie's been after a guy for years on bad paper? It wasn't bad paper.

It was a push-in assault and robbery in Stuyvesant.

Let me see your file.

He beat the hell out of a woman for 13 bucks.

Put her in the hospital.

We had this guy in here Wednesday.

Kurt Brennan. Thought he was a bad paper pusher. Who is he now? Central booking.

Unless he was arraigned, then he'd be in Rikers.

What's the date today?

19.

Who are you calling?

Central booking.

Statute of limitations on the felony expires midnight tonight.

Yes, Detective Cagney, 14th Squad.

Yeah, I'm calling about a Kurt Brennan.

Yeah, we brought him in last week.

If we can get it to make a positive idea on the mugshot, we can file on the

assault before midnight.

Marcus, if you want to come in.

Beats painting, huh?

Are you sure?

When?

All right, give me the name.

Okay, thank you.

He's not there. He was there. Until yesterday, 4.20 p.m. Someone bailed him

out. $5,000 bond.

She needed emergency surgery, and we couldn't talk to her for 48 hours. By

then, her memory was pretty hazy. But we got the composite from her and two

witnesses who saw it go down.

Nice work, Victor.

I'll never forget that woman.

She was a teacher at City College.

Bright, funny, full of life.

Brennan walks on the assault charge at midnight.

No, we can get him before then.

You got that right.

I thought you were going to Vermont with Dory.

You don't want to get him?

Guys, we have 14 hours and 37 minutes. Mary Beth, you want to trip over this

guy next week and have nothing on him but bad paper? What about the files?

So trust me, Samuels is going to understand. I know this. This is a

statute of limitations deadline.

We should call him. The call number he left for the weekend was South New

Jersey area code.

Roxanne, I didn't ask, Victor.

Hey, we should be so lucky, guys, huh? If we need a warrant or backup, then we

will call Samuels. You call him. I will call him.

Marybeth and I'll go see the bail bondsman about Brennan's address.

All right, I'll try and see if I can get a hold of the woman.

We'll need her to make a positive ID.

Aces.

This thing with Roxanne's heating up.

What do I care? What... Who are you calling?

Harv. He's picking me up at noon.

Marybeth, we'll probably be back before noon.

If the bail bondsman doesn't pan out, we have nothing.

Hold your horses.

You got the bail bondsman's address?

Yes, I do.

719 East 11th. Okay.

Is Marilyn George home?

This is Detective Petrie, 14th Squad.

Cash in the amount of 10% of the bail or cashier's check or an assignable title

deed on real property in the state of New York.

Listen, lady, I'm not the angel of mercy. I'm a bail bondsman. This is a

business.

24 hours a day, even on Christmas and New Year's.

Yeah, the reform's on the wall. You fill them out, you come back, we'll do

business. 14th Squad. Don't tell me.

A failure to appear.

We don't know that yet, sir.

We need information on someone you wrote a bond for.

Kurt Brennan.

Brennan.

You want to discount a second on a nice apartment house in Brooklyn?

I beg your pardon?

You put a garbage for collateral and I, out of the goodness of my heart, accept

it. Brennan, Brennan. Here we go.

Brennan, Kurt.

You got an address on him?

Well, it ain't gonna do you much good. It's a care of. A woman named Rochelle

Zimmer posted bail, $500 cash.

Can we have an address and phone number on her, sir?

You know... I don't have to give you this information without a court order.

I know, but if you don't, see, then we have to call the DA's office, and then

the DA's office calls the legal bureau, and a judge has to fill out a subpoena,

and then they serve you, and you end up having to give it to us anyway.

So why don't you just save us and the city a lot of time, Joel?

How'd you get to be a cop with a face like that?

Plastic surgery.

In the sense of humor.

Work or home?

Both, please.

Thank you.

Rochelle Zimmer, mind if we ask a couple questions?

Give me a break, will you? Saturday's my busy day.

This isn't very important, Miss Zimmer.

Kurt Brennan.

He's wanted on a felony assault.

What makes you think I know him?

Because you signed the bail application.

So I got a soft heart.

I don't know where he is.

Rochelle.

So how much do you charge for a manicure?

Lacey. L-A-C-E-Y.

Beg your pardon?

L, as in liverwurst.

14th squad.

Do you have a parole officer listed on a Kurt Brennan?

Brennan.

B, as in...

I don't know, sir. That's how come I'm calling you.

It calls me out.

Like it was just yesterday.

I hadn't talked to the guy in three years.

Bet you put up the bail money?

Yeah. I should have my head examined.

It's here today, gone tomorrow.

Friday night, we're out doing the town.

Dinner, dance, and the whole number.

Wake up this morning, he's gone.

He didn't even leave me a note.

Is he going to come back?

I'm not making dinner for him, if that's what you mean.

Kurt's the kind of guy you shouldn't get within 10 miles of.

I met him at a disco in the village.

He's got these eyes.

Really put you away.

You know what I mean.

One day he's loaded.

Next day he's hitting you up for cab fare.

Walks in here three years ago. Says we're going to Atlantic City.

Just like that. He rents a limo.

We take off. We check into this $200-a-night suite.

Sunken tub, mirrors on the ceiling.

Kurt hits the, uh, crap table.

Two hours later, he's stone-broke, we're on a bus back to the city, and he leaves

the next morning.

Is that the last time you saw him? Before Friday?

I heard from him.

Must have found somebody else with a soft spot for blue eyes.

Rochelle, when was that?

June 10th, 1981.

You remember the date exactly?

I, uh... I took the room service menu for a souvenir.

You're not gonna hassle me for that, are you?

I mean, it was out of state.

The statute of limitations on a misdemeanor is two years.

You beat it, Rochelle. Oh, thanks.

Look, we're gonna...

We're gonna put some detectives outside your apartment.

If he gets in touch with you, you give us a call, all right?

Sure. Why not?

You got nice nails.

Thanks.

Hi.

Hi.

Is, uh, Chris in the squad room?

They're out on something. They'll be back any minute.

Yeah, a little early.

You mind if I sit down?

Suit yourself.

Maybe he'll show back up at Rochelle Zimmer's.

With this guy's track record, I wouldn't count on it.

I'm so ticked off. I mean, we had him right here in the holding cell three

days ago.

We don't have him now.

So what? Let's pin up the files and get out of here.

Hiya. Hi.

Hi. Sorry, we were doing something.

Dory, it's just gonna be a few more minutes. We have to finish the files,

okay? You wait for me? Excuse me.

The woman's in there with Petrie.

The woman?

The victim in the statute of limitations case?

Be right back. Yeah, excuse us just a sec.

Hiya, Hark. Hi, Chris.

What are we gonna tell him? We don't got the guy.

So, we get what we can from her.

She's probably blocked the whole thing out anyway. It's been five years.

I'm sorry, Harv.

It's okay.

We can't quit now. See, I got a line on this parole office. I got some ideas,

and say one of them pans out, I'll kick myself forever, Harv.

I mean, he put her in a wheelchair. He screwed up her life.

Marybeth, it is okay. I will go down and get it myself. What, are you gonna pick

out our bedroom set by yourself?

Well, what's the big deal? Uh-uh, Harv. No.

I have to live with that bed another 15 years more. Okay, well, do it some other

time.

Okay, why don't you say I get out of here by 5 o'clock? Maybe we get lucky.

You figure we make Kramer's?

Kramer's doesn't close till 6.

We could call Brenda, tell her to give the boys dinner, and maybe, you know, go

out, get something to eat, see a movie. I mean, how often do we get a night in

the city by ourselves, Saturday night?

Luigi's, 38.

Pizza and anchovies. Best in the city.

Double anchovies. Okay.

I'll call you when I know something. Okay, you be careful. You call Brenda.

The guy's got a sheet. His parole officer thinks that Brenda's getting

ready to unload.

You're gonna work the fences.

Well, he mentioned two places where Brendan's unloaded before. One's a pool

hall, one's a bar, so we're just gonna split up and cover it.

Well, I might as well take the car back, then. Why?

You've already paid for it for at least a day. What am I gonna do with it?

Rory, come on. If I can get out of here by early tonight, we can still make it.

It's only a four-hour drive.

Huh? Tomorrow morning we can wake up in Vermont. Will you say yes?

Chris, even if you trip over this guy, you still gotta do the paperwork.

Well, if Petrie and his Becky do the paperwork.

Come on!

One day in Vermont is better than nothing.

How about a sleazy motel in Brooklyn?

I

gotta

go.

I spiked you three balls.

This is a stakeout, doctor. Yeah, but we're supposed to blend in.

Hey, I'll start out slow.

Nine ball.

Tower on the three and the nine.

You want a cup of coffee?

No.

Thanks anyway.

Planning something for the weekend?

There's a furniture sale downtown.

Oh, yeah?

How about you?

Vermont.

Vermont.

Heard it's real nice this time of year.

Yeah, it is.

Three minutes after four.

Time flies when you're having a good time.

I should call home and tell them to forget about dinner.

Just give it a couple more hours.

Yeah.

We've flown the whole afternoon already.

Yeah, well, at least it's not raining.

Well, there you are.

He just bought the ranch, Marcus.

Just shoot the ball, okay, Victor?

Ace in the corner.

There's something wrong with this table.

Can I help you?

I'm here for Detectivist Becky.

You must be Bon Bon, right?

Yeah, Bon Bon Le Chocolat. Pleased to meet you.

Victor's spoken of me?

Incessantly. Oh.

Yeah. Le Chocolat, is that French or what? Oh, stage.

I'm an exotic dancer on Canal Street.

Oh, that's very, uh...

Interesting.

Yeah, well, we have a date tonight at 6, and he said we should meet here at 6.

Yeah, well, he's on an assignment right now.

Well, we have an 8 o'clock curtain for Barry.

Well, when he calls in, I'll tell him you're waiting.

Oh, well, that's very kind of you, Sergeant.

Coleman.

Sergeant Coleman.

Why don't you, uh, have a seat?

Oh.

Public morals is downtown, honey.

I beg your pardon?

I'm sorry, Harb, we didn't get lucky.

Christine doesn't want to give up on it, neither do I. I mean, it's only five

more hours, and what if the guy shows up between now and midnight?

It's okay, it's okay.

We'd do it some other time.

You're the best.

The best.

I'll make it up to you.

Right here.

Chris says, uh, tell him he might as well take the car back and she'll see

him a little after midnight, okay?

You be careful, okay?

Always. I love you.

Me too.

Still couldn't reach Samuels. The men are okay. Two non-white. They didn't

have prosciutto.

Couldn't at least get the tuna on rye?

You don't want to eat it, I'll eat it.

What a lousy way to spend a Saturday night.

Leave fat words. Name one.

February 19, 1983.

We were staking out the United Nations mission to the Republic of Samir.

We were eating pretzels. He was inside eating caviar.

Okay.

A hymn we got.

Eventually.

You owe me one weekend in Vermont, Buster.

Well, this is nothing. I've been on stakeouts 48 hours straight.

Anyway, you ought to be used to it by now.

You never get used to it.

Yeah. My ex-wife used to say that, too.

I didn't know you were married.

Oh, yeah. 12 years.

Got divorced in 79.

Kids? Two.

10 and 14.

I see them a couple of weekends a month.

How long have you been married?

Growing on 16.

That's terrific.

You two are real tight, aren't you? I envy you. What's that supposed to mean?

Just what it says.

Divorce rate sky high for cops, you know.

Look, Harvey.

I know you got some feelings about what happened.

I'm sorry about that. I got myself messed up, but that's history.

I'd like us to get along.

Why? Well, our women work together.

It'd be nice if we got along, too. Never walk into my house with drugs again,

McKenna. I'll throw you down four flights of stairs.

Look, I thought I'd just apologize. I just want to make sure we understand

each other.

I understand.

I'm 43 years old. I work with my hands, and I like it.

I got a wife and two kids I'm crazy about.

We got a good thing going. Somebody messes with it, I become violent.

I protect what I got.

That's all there is to it.

Now you understand me.

You wanna get along?

We can get along.

Maybe

somebody

tipped him off.

That's the nine ball, Victor.

I know.

How much does that make?

$28.

You want to quit?

Rack him up.

It's Tuesdays and Thursdays at NYU, and the course is called 19th Century

Romantic Poetry.

That's nice.

I got a B+.

Well, I work at night, so it's hard to study.

Oh. I mean, did you know that Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a better poet than

her husband?

No kidding.

Yeah, he was a real lark.

5-2.

What a waste. We haven't even cleaned up the files.

We could go in tomorrow.

We could... I'm not going in tomorrow.

I don't care. Samuels can yell his head off. I'm not giving up my Sunday to do

paperwork. It's not like we've been goofing off all day.

Come on, let's go home.

No.

Five more minutes.

Three minutes, 15 seconds.

Your watch is slow.

Oh.

Chris, do you see Brennan walking down the street here?

I'm not moving till midnight.

All right.

Where are we supposed to pick up Petrie and his backyard?

89th and Broadway.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, I take a poetry writing course.

I'm a real Renaissance woman.

I should say so.

Hey, would you like to hear some of the poetry I wrote for my class?

Victor's going to be here any minute, I'm sure. Oh, it's no trouble.

This one is called... Bryant Park at Dusk.

Pigeon Droppings.

flake the bum-congested benches of this island oasis amidst the cacophony of

raucous taxi horns and the egregious rumbling of cross-town buses belching

their carbon monoxide fumes in the penetrating dusk.

What tragedies ensue in the radioactive half-life of Manhattan's gathering dusk?

Let me count them.

Fonda!

Victor!

I can explain.

Now, please do.

Excuse me, you guys. Must have something to do. Oh, no. Don't be silly, Victor.

We don't.

Introduce us.

Oh, uh, Detective Christine Cagney, Mary Beth Lacey, and this is my partner,

Marcus Petrie.

Bon, bon, le chocolat.

How you doing, Miss Le Chocolat?

I've heard so much.

Hi.

Well, if you'll excuse us, we have to chalk out.

I was on a stakeout. We were all undercover, and I couldn't use the phone

in place.

Uh, Mary... Excuse me.

Listen, I'll make it up to you.

We can spend all day tomorrow together.

How old's the blonde?

20, 60, 30, 30, 10.

Statute of limitations.

Statute of limitations.

What are you doing?

Listen to this. Come here.

Criminal procedure law, article 30, section 10.

In calculating the time limitation applicable to commencement of a criminal

action, the following periods shall not be included.

A. Any period following the commission of the offense during which the

defendant was continuously outside the state.

It is 3.30 in the morning, honey.

Now come back to bed. You don't understand. The room service menu.

What? Rochelle Zimmer can testify that Brennan was in Atlantic City for a 24

-hour period on a specific date in 1981.

You know what that means?

It means that we have till midnight tomorrow to get him.

Tomorrow? Wait a second. I thought tomorrow we were going to spend

together.

Well, but Dory, we'd get another shot at him.

Christine,

it's the middle of the night. Who are you calling?

Mary Beth.

Hi, Harvey. It's Christine.

Listen, can I talk to Mary Beth?

Yes, Harvey.

I do know that it's late. Would you mind just waking her up and putting her on

the phone?

Thank you.

What? And the kids woke up, and nobody got back to sleep.

Well, we'll all sleep tonight.

Who is it?

Detectives Cagney and Lacey.

Morning, Miss Zimmer.

You know what time it is?

9.37 a.m., ma'am. It's a nice Sunday morning.

Ma'am, can we come in?

Look, if it's about Kurt, he hasn't shown and he hasn't called.

Well, this won't take a minute.

I got somebody here in some one-room apartment.

We could get a warrant.

I didn't introduce you, but I can't remember his name.

So we got a description and a couple of known hangouts.

There's transient hotels, SROs, restaurants, the subway.

He's got to be here somewhere, doesn't he?

Eight million people in the city of New York. We need one guide.

Mary Beth, I give up a weekend in Vermont, and you give up a new bedroom

set on sale.

What's that have to do with anything? Because it's personal with me now.

I'm angry.

Aren't you angry?

We were supposed to take the boys to the Museum of Natural History today.

Hart loves to tell them all about the Indians.

Yeah.

I'm angry.

I'm angry. You're angry.

There's a woman who's going to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

So we get this guy, okay?

Eight million people.

No, we can't reach him, Inspector.

The weekend number he left doesn't answer.

Well, sir, we'd like to circulate a mug to all uniforms and radio cars in the

city. We'd like extra uniforms at all the airport and bus and train terminals.

And we'd like you to authorize overtime for two tours of duty.

Yes, I realize that's very expensive, Inspector, but we've got a statute of

limitations deadline.

It's midnight tonight, sir.

He's talking to Nelman. That's right.

I had to peep him off the golf course. All right, sir.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

Yes, yes, we'll keep trying him.

All right, he okayed overtime for us and an APB to all precincts. Great.

Let's hit the phones.

Victor and I will take Staten Island and Manhattan.

Okay, Mary Beth and I will do Brooklyn to Queens. Whoever finishes first gets

the Bronx. Done.

Do you have a precinct list for Brooklyn and Queens?

Sure.

You don't have one? Of course I haven't. It's filed.

Thank you, B3.

My bet. Thank you, Christine.

Not at all.

I vote 6-1.

Eyes blue, hair black, mustache.

175 pounds, Kurt Brennan.

Yes, B as in boy.

Yes, sir.

We certainly do know it's Sunday, Captain.

We're on OT here ourselves, sir.

We're asking the help of all precincts. Right.

We're getting the mug shots duplicated now. You should have them within an

hour.

Rudy's Pool Hall, 86th and Broadway.

That's right. Anything budges, you call us 14th.

Yeah, the arrest warrant's current.

All transient hotels west of 6th and south of 15th.

Yeah.

I'm not sure.

Uncle?

Thank you.

Oh, thank you, Sergeant.

Yeah, how's it going?

We've got as much area covered as we can.

Fort Authority, Penn Station, Grand Central, LaGuardia, Kennedy, plus every

cheap hotel and single-room occupancy that we know of.

You still got two hours.

Not much. Thanks, Coleman.

I'm really beginning to hate tuna fish.

Well, it's kind of hard to get prosciutto on Pumpernickel around here

on Sunday.

Detective Lacey, 14.

Say again.

Where?

All right, you stay put. We'll be right there.

Yeah. What? Desk work in a flophouse near Union Square, I.D. The picture, the

uniforms are already there.

Great, let's go. Petrie!

Miss Beckley, we got a bite!

Right behind you.

Detective's Cagney and Lacey, 14th. Is this the man you saw? Yeah, it's him.

He's in 307.

How many exits to this building? There's only one.

Otherwise, they'd steal the bed linen. Fire escapes.

In the alley.

Got an elevator?

Are you kidding?

You, make sure he doesn't touch the phone.

Fire escape to the alley. We're on it.

Kurt Brennan, this is the police. Want to open the door?

We have a warrant for your arrest.

If you do not open the door, you'll be adding resisting arrest to the charges.

He's not going to open that door.

Think he's armed?

We need a search warrant to break the door down. We go in there without it,

the whole case is going to fall apart.

So I'll call legal and I'll get a warrant.

Three minutes to 11.

It's a judge on a 24-hour call.

He's in 307. I'm calling for a search warrant. Very best upstairs.

Want to use your phone?

There's a pay phone over there.

Thanks for your help.

This is ridiculous. How long does it take to get a warrant over here?

Told me the good judge lives in Scarsdale.

We've got ten minutes, Mary Beth. Ten lousy minutes before this statute tolls.

We should have called and gotten the word before we left. I just know it. I

wouldn't have ridden a warrant without a detective there, Christine.

I know he's up there. I just know he's up there.

Hey, mister!

Hey! What type of heat you got in this building?

Radiators. No gas appliances.

Mary Beth.

Some of the rooms have gas stoves.

307. Yeah, there's a stove in there. Thank you. Thank you. Christine, come

on. What? I got it. I can't remember the number. If an officer has reason to

believe there's a life-threatening situation, he may enter the premises

without a warrant. Mary Beth, you're brilliant. No, diligent. I'm a study for

sergeant. You got the warrant?

Victor, you smell gas. Come to that room. Gas?

Yeah, gas. There's an odor of gas in this hallway, isn't there? I smell gas.

You smell gas, don't you, Victor? Oh, yeah, come to think of it, yeah. I do

smell gas in this hallway.

Hey, guys, you smell gas here?

1157-1234.

Okay, let's do it.

Welcome for you.

For what?

A number of things.

You got the SWAT team down here for bad paper?

How about first-degree assault and robbery?

But assault charges rotten.

The bell toll last night. Great. Spread them. Is that so?

I know the law.

Well, you're gonna have plenty of time to bone up on your criminal law while

you're in prison, Mr. Brennan.

You can start with Article 30, Section 10, Statute of Limitations.

What are you talking about?

Atlantic City.

Atlantic City.

Isn't that great?

By the way, Mr. Brennan, you do have the right to remain silent.

You do have the right to remain silent.

Gas must come from the next room.

Come on, Mary Beth, what's he going to say? It was a terrific car.

He's gonna want to know why we didn't call him Saturday, as soon as we matched

the mugshot with the composite. We did call him Saturday. We called him all

weekend. He just didn't answer. Wait till he sees that overtime report. It's

gonna hit the ceiling. Nelman okayed it. He doesn't like Nelman.

So he yells.

Yeah, he yells. And he says we gotta come in here next weekend and do the

files. No, next weekend I am going to Vermont with Dory come hell or high

water.

Morning, sir.

Morning.

Morning, Lieutenant.

Guess we ought to get it over with, huh?

Maybe we should mention how many times we tried to call him, huh? Oh, was it 20

at least, right?

20? Easy.

Good. Yeah.

Come in.

Morning. Morning, sir.

Said you have a nice weekend, Lieutenant.

Oh, yes, I did, Kay. Oh, excellent.

Excellent. How was yours?

Well, Lieutenant, you know... We were cleaning up those files, sir, when we

came across a mugshot. Turned out to be the exact same mugshot.

The thing is, sir, we didn't get the files done.

You didn't do the files, but I specifically asked that the files should

be in order by today.

Well, you see, there was a statute of limitations deadline on an assault.

An assault? What assault? Five years ago. It was Petrie's. But then Christina

and I had this bad paper case last week. Turned out to be the same guy.

It was so weird. I mean, as Becky saw the mugshots on our desk and we ID'd the

composite, thought we had the guy because he was supposed to be at Rikers,

but someone had bailed him out. So we staked out a couple fences, and we

waited there till midnight, but nothing. So we went to bed, and then Christine

remembered about Atlantic City.

Atlantic City?

Rochelle, um... Zimmer. Zimmer, sir.

She posted bail.

She said that she was there with him in 1981.

Mm-hmm.

In Atlantic City. Atlantic City.

And then Christine figured out that we had a 24-hour extension.

Article 30, Section 10, statute of limitations. Right, Lieutenant.

All this happened Saturday? And Sunday, sir. All day, Sunday.

We tried to call, but the phone didn't answer.

The phone?

Listen, you write all this up in a DD-5, and I'll look at it later, okay?

Yes, sir.

Hey, listen.

I want to see all those files in order by next week and come hell or high

water.

I don't believe it.

Do you believe that?

So we come in next Saturday morning, 8 sharp, work like beavers, and they were

out of here by noon.

But we made the call, and we just gave up an entire weekend.

Maybe we could do that during our lunch hour.