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How's your old neighborhood look to you, Ponch?

I'm seeing the ghosts on every corner.

Is it always this quiet early in the morning?

Yeah. You know, the one good thing about this assignment is we get in an hour of

duty before the traffic gets heavy.

Two good things.

Nothing very serious ever happens this early.

Come on, you guys. Move back.

4-5-9 now at the motorcycle showroom, Argyle and 3rd.

One good thing, okay?

10-4-L-A, Mary, 4 and 3 on Argyle from 20th.

Get it! Get on with me!

Sirens, man.

Cops. Let's go.

Billy and Terry. Forget it, man. Let's roll.

John, we lost one.

Easy, man.

I'm a juvenile.

No rough stuff.

I'll defend myself.

One time, son. Now put your hands all the way up. Put them up.

Revis, you see a guy on the motor?

Hey, I heard your siren. You lost him, huh?

You turned off, Revis. I had to be here.

Hey, I don't know, man. I was parking the car.

Mary 4, Mary 3, you copy?

10-4, John. I'm in the parking lot. One in custody in the alley north of 17.

Stand by.

It was hotter than Bo Derek's autograph.

Yeah, it looks like he dumped it and ran up the street.

You didn't see it then?

Hey, man, you know me, remember?

We don't play games with each other, okay?

Yeah, I said I was parking a car.

All these cars are locked.

You want to check?

I don't have the keys.

Hey, John, I have the stolen.

The suspect is G.O.A.

I'm gonna check the streets.

10-4, Ponch.

Now, you stay clean, eh?

Stay behind the cars. Out the gate at the back of the lot and keep going.

It's a righteous cop, but he don't mess around.

Love you, Revis.

Be here, you guys. Come on.

It's about time.

I miss one day of school. I go to Slam City.

Why am I late, you ask?

Because I had explained to my buyer.

I promised him four bikes. He only got two.

Is that good?

No, that is bad.

How'd you get away, dog?

A friend.

Riva Sanchez.

Here's a hundred apiece, and I don't want you to swear it around.

Huh?

Where's mine?

It's costing me your share and Billy's to get Billy strong.

I stuck my neck out for nothing?

Hey, that's kind of crummy, Andy. Terry and Billy didn't deliver.

I buy and I sell. No charity here.

That's part of what I'm trying to teach.

You take or you get taken from.

You just took my money, right? You took my money? What if I took it from you?

All right, so learn.

I want you to watch and learn.

Now go to school before your probation officer comes after you.

And tell Reva Sanchez I want to see him.

I'm not going to wait forever.

Car stripping, burglary, auto theft, crimes against property.

This whole area is heating up.

Now, among the allied agencies asking for our help is the California Youth

Authority. Far too many juveniles involved.

Everyone on the 7-beat, be alert in case Baker and Poncherello need help.

Okay, Frank, John, see me, the rest of you, find something to do.

That motorcycle heist, your appearance in court has been canceled.

What happened? Billy Rogers was kicked loose to the custody of his mother,

who's on welfare, represented by a lawyer we couldn't afford with a

government loan.

Sarge, Billy Rogers bragged about the number of times he'd been busted.

Shoplifting, coin boxes. Look, I know that.

You know that.

But he's a juvenile.

No prior convictions.

Motorcycles recovered, so?

So they're gonna let him practice till he gets it right.

That's terrific.

Just a minute. Who hired the lawyer, Joe?

Look, I don't know, and you don't care.

Heck, we don't.

Park it and lock it.

Did I see somebody speeding?

No. Are you with Sanchez around?

It's personal. I'm a friend.

A friend?

Sure. Never heard of him.

How about some identification?

Okay. Revis opens and he closes here.

Daytimes, he's at school, and this is over at the center by St.

Angela's. That's a church. You know what I mean?

Know it well.

Ah. Say Hail Mary for me.

Oak Street Youth Center.

Hey, buddy, Jamie, put the gloves on. I'll be with you in a minute.

Yes, sir, Mr.

Sanchez.

Hey, I missed you yesterday.

Mr. Harrison said he excused you.

I said I was sick.

I was just beat, you know?

Hey, you want to do a movie tonight?

My treat. I owe you.

I can't. I gotta work.

I told Mr. Macedon he'd help me.

Hey, what if I wasn't working yesterday morning?

I mean, you'd be downtown in the tank.

But Billy wasn't on probation.

You are.

Hey, Andy Macedon could handle it.

Why don't you quit him, Terry?

And do what? Be like you?

Two part-time jobs for 50, 60 a week.

Last week I made 300 bucks.

Made it or stole it?

I got it.

And that's what counts.

You could too, Revis. You know, we could really have fun.

Look, Mr. Macedon said to come see him.

He thinks you're real cool.

Hey,

Rivas.

Hey, the righteous cops are here.

What are you guys doing, slumming?

We're just kicking around the old territory.

Somebody said you work here.

Eight hours a week. I'm like the boxing coach.

Rivers was a desperate criminal when we met.

12 years old.

Stole some candy bars and a bottle of aspirin for his grandma.

And then ran right into a rookie cop, me.

Hey, I come with still friends, huh?

You got me off. No, you got me into boxing.

Yeah, you straightened me out.

Yeah.

So, Rivers, take a kid who's stealing big. Say motorcycles.

He's headed for a heavy fall.

But before it's too late, somebody helps straighten him out.

That guy's a real friend, wouldn't you say?

Some would say... rat thinker.

Yo, Riggs.

This is my boss. I gotta go to work.

How you doing?

I'll be right with you guys.

Hi, I'm Josh Harrison, project director.

What can I do for you? Frank Poncherello.

Just dropped in to see Rivas.

Would that be Officer Prancherello?

Even the good guys can spot us down here, huh?

Rivas is the only help I have.

Don't tell me he's in any trouble.

Oh, no, no, no, no. See, cops eat corn flakes, catch colds, and visit people,

just like human beings.

Well, I wouldn't know. I'm not a human being.

I'm a social worker. Oh, yeah.

Come on, sit down.

Where is the crowd arrived?

I mean, when I was a kid, you had to line up and get in a place like this.

This is another world.

Want some?

No, thanks.

Mr. Terry Evans, probationer.

She'd be great if she cared.

She's been ordered in here by the court.

Just killing time.

How many kids do you have here that are on probation?

Seven. Some little kids.

But the kids I want, the ones that really need a place like this.

Well, if I could give out with some acid rock, a little pot and a few fast bucks,

I could probably give this Macedon character a run for it.

Who?

The idol of the alleys.

Andy Macedon, the guru.

He's kind of an underworld boss around here.

You know the type.

I know the guy.

Mr. Harrison?

Um, about Andy Macedon.

Where can I find him?

You know the Hofbrau restaurant?

Try there.

Billy Rogers?

That's me.

Come on, sign in.

We'll see you. Yeah.

Hey, Billy, uh, make the most of it, will you?

That's it. Jab.

Jab. That's it. Now, keep your right up. Hey, otherwise you're gonna get eye

strain from looking at the ceiling, dummy. Come on.

That's it.

I swear I'm not lying. Jab.

That's it. Attaboy. That's it.

Keep jabbing. Keep jabbing. Come on.

All right, time. Time. Go on, you guys take a rest, huh?

It's beautiful how you handled Revis, if he got the message.

He read me like a neon sign.

If I accused him, I'd lose him.

And I don't want to lose him, John.

Especially to Andy Macedon.

You said you grew up with Andy Macedon? He was a couple years ahead of me.

He used to beat up on me once a month just to loosen up his knuckles.

He was...

Break, break. This is a law-of-duty highwayman on the roll. Any enforcement

unit in the area, come on. Come on.

I think I see him.

Any enforcement unit, come on Channel 9.

John,

guess what?

I think we're being pinched. I knew you were going to say that.

Officer, I can explain. I heard that 14 times today.

Oh, well, what do you know? Comrades in arms.

Poncherello Baker, CHP Central.

Hey, we were tailing some car thieves.

You were speeding.

You know any other way to catch a thief?

Hey, I don't go for anyone speeding on my beat.

Then on that corner, eight minutes, the only car I see speeding is yours.

Come on, show me some ID.

They must have turned the other way.

Look, it was a red two-door Plymouth, 70 to 72, no license on the rear plate.

You gonna show me some identification?

We showed you our badges.

You might have stole them. You might have stole these fancy wheels.

Yeah, and if you would have put out a call, they might have spotted that red

Plymouth.

Yeah, well, I guess you're authentic.

Oh, yeah.

And we patrol a beat. Guess where?

And keep guessing. Better still, write me a ticket. I'd like to meet you in

court on this. Uh, Ponch, come on. We were gonna go to Hofbrau first anyway.

Well, isn't that nice?

You find that Plymouth in there, look me up. I'll apologize.

Punchy Puncharello.

I heard you were in the neighborhood.

You were in Baker.

You'd be Baker, right?

Yeah, right.

I'm Andy Macedon.

Take a chair.

Billy Rogers tells me you're a regular wired earth baker.

Well, now we know who hired the lawyer.

Billy's gonna own half this town someday.

Mark my words.

You guys hungry?

No, thanks.

Take a carrot stick.

It's good for the eyes.

Cops, they need good eyes.

So you dropped in to see me.

Pure sentiment, right?

Do you know Rivas Sanchez?

Good boy.

Takes care of his grandmother.

Yeah, he teaches boxing at the youth center.

But he can't find any students.

Hey, boxing is out.

Karate.

Know any karate instructors who might be willing to teach over there?

What about you?

You're a black belt, aren't you?

I don't have the time.

Hey, kids, take a table.

Hey, feed those kids, huh? Bring me the bill. Right.

A lot of kids around here, they don't have enough to eat.

Look, Billy Rogers knows some karate. You know who taught him?

Yeah, I know.

A master of the art.

A private instructor.

Not available for teaching.

All for playing 20 questions.

Andy, thanks for the idea.

You answered all the important questions.

Mind telling me what idea you thanked Andy for?

A challenge.

I'm gonna whip that dude.

Wait a minute. The guy that used to use you for a punching bag? No, no, no. Not

that kind of fight.

The youth center versus Macedon.

The winner gets the kids.

We can glamorize the place. We'll teach karate and gymnastics.

Eh, I guess more and more kids are getting into gymnastics.

Especially girls. And if we get girls, we'll get boys.

Just what the doctor ordered let's do it

Only 15-7, Adam. Car strippers now. 10-300 block on Lorenzo Drive.

10-4-7, Adam.

Billy! Come!

Let's go!

Out of the van, one at a time.

You first read, on the ground, face down.

See anyone you recognized?

No.

Kid with a stick isn't here, I'm sure of that.

You almost fired a guy, you don't forget him.

I was showing off just a little bit. You won't be able to do all that stuff right

away, but then again, I couldn't do it a few weeks ago either.

I know it looks like work, and it is, but work makes it easy, and once it's

easy, it's fun.

So why don't we all come down here to the mats and see who can do the best

somersault? Okay?

Come on.

Come on, let's give it a shot out here. Come on, girls.

Okay, guys.

Chess lessons in Mr. Harrison's office.

Come on, fellas. Let's go.

Hey, I want the tough guys over at the boxing ring. Come on.

Ping-pong, anybody?

Well, you said if we get the girls, we'd get the boys.

Watch.

Karate! Yeah!

Got him.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

What's the tall guy doing here?

That's Berixa.

He was assaulted today by a kid with a bow.

Even here, huh?

So that's what this is all about.

A lineup.

Hey, you know better than that, Revis.

Look, everybody knows you and I are friends.

Being tight with a man is bad enough.

But you put the collar on somebody in here, and it's going to come back my

fault. You can find me at the county morgue.

Hey, I hear you.

And I promise you, we want these kids to have fun.

to learn, to stay straight.

While we're here, there'll be no trouble, none.

And you can put that out as gospel.

Come on, huh?

Come on.

Good.

Self is what the martial arts is all about.

Self-development, self-confidence, body and mind.

Mind, self-defense, defense.

Now, anybody here who wants to learn that so they can go out and beat up on

somebody?

I'm gonna change your mind.

I'll make you study chess with Officer Grossman.

Okay, Revis, stand like a boxer.

There are three basic stances in karate.

This is a back stance.

Most of the weight on the back leg.

Like a boxer.

Now let's try it. Come on.

Come on.

Hey, it could be Verrix's van.

They're coming.

Move it!

3 and 4 in pursuit of blue 72 van chevy possible hit and run suspect westbound

madison and 25th mary 3 and 4 7 adam i can pick you up at 61st

1183 at 43rd Cove.

10-4.

Hey, be cool, man. My ankle.

I've met this dude before.

You take him. I'll call an ambulance.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Um, she's as good as you thought.

She could be a champion.

The best part about it is you've got her into it, working.

She's already starting to change.

Hey, Terry.

God, that was really nice. You're really getting good, you know? Thanks.

Hey, Terry.

Where you been?

Here.

This is nowhere.

Then how come the whole gang's here, man?

You'll see.

Rivas! Karate!

You guys did a terrific job in very short order. If you're any more

successful, you'll have to start knocking out the walls.

Hey, good punch.

You're good at this, huh?

Okay, the martial arts has a lot of weapons that people used to use to

defend themselves against the bad guys.

The staff is called a bow.

This is a sai.

And a tomfa.

Somebody asked me if we were going to be using these things later.

Well, we will.

But for now, it's karate, the art of the empty hand.

Yeah, that's us.

We all got empty hands around here.

Hey, don't interrupt the teacher, man.

Right, you'll never learn to defend yourself.

Hey, cool it, you hear?

Hey, it's okay, Revis. Let them have their kicks.

That's what this is all about.

All right, last night...

We worked on the three basic stanzas in karate.

Anybody wasn't here, step up and I'll show you.

I see you've had some training.

How would you like to become assistant instructors?

Hold it!

Hold it!

All right, Torello.

Don't let these kids get away with this.

I mean, you gotta start them out right.

Else they ain't gonna learn.

Bring that back leg.

And your knee.

Bring your foot back.

And why don't we give him a little demonstration, huh?

You guys, get out of the ring.

Revis, you go too with your friend, okay?

Hey.

Look out of shape, Andy.

You must need some points real bad.

Yeah, well, I wouldn't worry about my shape.

You ain't gonna be standing that long.

Now, if he's gonna teach you, I think we should find out how good he is, right?

Yeah!

What'll it be?

The bowl?

Karate? What?

No, Andy.

Class dismissed.

You saying no?

No.

Class dismissed.

Get out.

Well, the man said no.

You heard him.

As they say, them as can do, them as can't teach.

I know what you're thinking, Revis, but I promised you no trouble.

You blew it, man.

That tears.

Look, I am sorry about this. I'm really sorry, huh?

And as for you, you're fired, canned.

Go on, get out and stay out. Hey, just do it, will you, please? Hey, why me,

man? I wasn't driving the car.

You were in charge of the lot, huh? I'm getting stolen motorcycles, I get

wrecked. Ah, get out of here. You keep your crummy friends out of here, too,

huh?

Hey, I call Poncherello. You want to wait for him?

Hey, I got things to do.

Okay, I got all the information and I'll file a report.

Now you two get in touch with your insurance man right away, okay?

Thank you, officer.

No problem.

Well, my grandma's sick, and I gotta pay the rent. And I'm trying to finish

school. And once in a while, I like to eat.

And I just got fired. That's the story, man. I got no job.

Fired why?

That guy came barreling in here and ran into another guy's car.

But the real reason is you coming around.

The turkey that runs this joint thinks I'm a crook.

Listen, let me talk to him. Hey, forget it, man. Stop doing me favors, OK?

You come in here waving a flag and then you go riding off into the sunset.

Me? I gotta live here. You don't.

You don't even belong here anymore.

Hey, Rivas, I'm fighting for all the kids.

The whole neighborhood.

Fighting? Like last night?

Hey, you don't use martial arts the way Macedon tried last night.

A real karate master wouldn't have done that.

That's what I want the kids to learn.

Yeah, well...

Maybe you let a lot of people down.

You know, maybe a lot of people think you're chicken.

I'll give you chicken.

Chicken's somebody that knows every member of the Macedon gang and lets them

victimize innocent people because he's afraid to give their names.

Afraid what they might do to him. That's chicken.

Oh, John.

Well, I guess I lost them all last night.

What should I have done, huh?

What's this karate all about? I mean, self-respect, tranquility, peace of

mind, guts?

You had to mention guts?

Yeah, if you had guts to keep the peace.

You have a nice way of putting things, partner.

But you still don't understand this turf.

What I lose, Macedon wins.

And that's the worst thing that can happen.

It was a setup, wasn't it?

Me getting fired.

Sit down, Reathers.

You own the parking lot?

If I did, I wouldn't have had to frame you.

And if I didn't like you,

I would have framed you for something heavier.

Okay, I need a job.

Took you a long time to come to me.

Took some moxie not to come sooner.

That I like.

You a good driver?

Try me.

It's a personal services contract.

Get yourself some decent threads.

Tomorrow you drive for me.

Hey, Terry.

Here. For me?

No, for your Uncle Joe.

Why, sure for you. Why not for you?

Wow. How come?

Oh, to celebrate.

What?

Hey, you're all dressed up.

Got a new job.

Three bills a week, driving for Andy Massadon.

What?

Well, yeah.

I mean, you were out for the bucks. I got the bucks.

Like you said, now we can have some fun.

Hey, let's do a movie tonight. My treat.

What's wrong?

I mean, I thought you'd be glad.

Oh, I'm glad.

I am, but... Well, you've been watching me work out, Revis.

I'm good, and I... Hey, some other time, okay?

Officer Poncherello.

Hi, Joshua.

Place looks quarantined.

Where's the boxing instructor?

I think I talked Terry into telling you.

Should come from her.

Terry.

Glad to see you. I thought you walked out with Revis.

I did.

I came back.

He went to work for Andy Macedon.

Where?

I don't know.

Driving his car.

There's a car wash.

They meet there every night to find out what he wants him to steal.

All right, all right, all right.

How you doing, guys?

Huh?

Hey, Rivas.

Now listen, here's what I need. I need some AMFM radios, some tape decks, and I

need them right away. Andy!

Oh, look what we have here. Punchy Puncherello.

You want to join our gang, huh?

Get in your car, alone, and go.

Where's your chippy friends?

Forget them. This is you and me.

Oh, I see.

Assaulting a police officer.

Do you see a badge or a gun?

What are you hoping to accomplish, huh?

Well, I did hope to pull these kids out of the gutter.

Now I know I gotta clean the gutter first.

Come on, Andy.

Show him how to do it, Andy.

Hey, hey, wait!

You hit a beaten man.

That's Andy Mastodon.

He's a crook, and I can prove it.

I'll back you, Terry.

Hey, Clark.