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Nobody's here, Coop.

Nobody's coming.

Let's go home.

You asked me to help develop this case for the DA cop.

It's 3 a.m., Jimmy.

Got something good waiting for you at home these days? Yeah, as a matter of

fact, I do.

No.

Donna and I split up last week.

Again?

Hey. Sorry, okay.

But you gotta admit, it's not like it's the first time.

Yeah.

Go ahead, go on home if you want. I'll call for backup if I need it.

Hmm, I think you may need it now.

Showtime!

Police!

Hold it!

I don't want to have to kill you, but in the long run, there's less paperwork.

They're armed and they're nervous.

They just don't... No!

Hey!

And here I was wondering if you're all right.

Come on, Cooper.

This guy's so dumb, he doesn't know who he is.

Well, I'm gonna find out what your name is.

You might as well tell me.

I know your friend's name is Phil Lorenzo.

Because he and I go way back.

Don't we, Philly?

Well, it doesn't matter.

I'll just type in John Doe, and you'll go into the system that way.

You have any idea how many John Does there are in county jail?

You know how easy it is for John Does to get lost in the shuffle?

John Doe.

Number 322.

You don't have to say hello, and you don't even have to wake up.

Because all I want to do is sleep, Meg.

After that bust...

I was excited, pumped up.

You know how it is, Cobb. I just wanted to go home and share it with Donna.

You're making a mistake, Detective. Man, she went ballistic when she saw me.

Insults, put-downs. You know Donna when she gets going.

I lost it when she started to compare me to her boyfriend.

That's why she does it, Jimmy.

You gotta let it go.

I didn't mean to hit her.

I just...

Well, you know how it is. I just lost control.

I don't know how it is, Coop.

You don't punch women.

You just don't.

You are screwing up your life.

You're screwing up your career.

Let it go.

She makes me crazy.

We'll put him into a counseling program.

Sure.

Just like the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that.

You know, some cop always shows up to try to talk me out of filing charges.

I didn't think it would be you, Dickie.

He's sorry, Donna.

Oh, he's always sorry.

And they always offer to put him into a counseling program, and he goes to one

or two sessions, promises to be a good boy, and they say, okay, fine.

And this time?

This time I've had enough.

I want a restraining order, and I want him charged with assault.

Jimmy is a really good cop. This is going to ruin his career. His career?

What about my face?

Give him a chance, please.

You know, somebody ought to round up every one of you bastards and ship you

all off to Siberia. Maybe if you didn't push him and push him and push him, he

wouldn't snap.

I am not saying it is Donna's fault.

You don't seem to think it's his fault. That only leaves her.

I want to prosecute this case, Arthur.

What do you have?

Visible injury, a history of abuse. A complainant who's not going to make a

sympathetic witness.

What? She has to be a saint to deserve protection? Oh, come on! Enough already.

Enough!

God, I hate these domestic violence cases.

I guess you'll be needing another partner for the Lorenzo case. I don't

want another partner. I know Cooper.

I know Donna.

There's got to be some middle ground here.

Middle ground?

Middle ground? Meg. What middle ground is there?

He only gets to hit her on Wednesdays and Fridays?

He only gets to hit her on the left side of her face, but not on the right?

Bruising is okay, but drawing blood is not allowed?

If guys like Cooper don't get help,

Nothing will change.

If a man goes out into the street and beats up a stranger, he is prosecuted.

If he beats up his wife, he gets sympathy and support and benevolent

concern.

Explain it to me. Helping him helps her.

Removing him helps her. So he gets a couple months in county jail, then what?

You will check into a hospital voluntarily for a full psychiatric

evaluation. Voluntarily.

You will stay away from your house. It's my house.

I'm the one paying the mortgage. Donna never paid for a damn thing in her life.

You will stay away from your wife.

This is not a request.

There will be a restraining order in force. If you violate it, you will be

prosecuted.

It's a good way to go, Jim.

Yeah? How do you figure? You got a problem, Jim.

You need help. I need for all of you to leave me alone and let me work out my

marriage. If she and I walk out of here right now, you are going to go to trial

and you are going to go to jail.

Take the damn deal, Jim.

Please?

One minute you're on a honeymoon, then you wake up ten years later and...

You're in court getting a restraining order.

Donna?

If he comes after me once more, not even the chief of police will be able to talk

me out of pressing charges.

Jimmy.

I'm so tired, I just want to go home.

I used to be home.

Now it's a broken restraining order.

We ID'd the guy through his fingerprints, Billy Morrison.

He's a low-rent hood. He and Phil Lorenzo are still in jail.

They're still not talking.

The van they were driving was clean.

We didn't find anything in their apartment.

They must have dumped the stuff someplace.

Hey, I don't want to cut him loose. But find me something.

Hi, Tess. Hey.

I hear you're not going to prosecute that cop who beats up his wife.

If he steps out of line just once, I'll come down on him like a ton of bricks.

What if the next time he steps out of line is when he kills her?

You're beginning to sound like a prosecutor, Maggie.

Hey, just don't, okay?

He is in the hospital. He's getting poked and prodded by a bunch of people

in white coats. Can we talk about something else, please?

Okay.

I found us a new therapist, since you didn't like the other one.

Swell. What is her name? It's a he.

Excuse me, Detective Cobb.

Well,

Meg, as fascinated as I am with all this therapy stuff, I have to go.

For you.

Enjoy. That one was fried, not baked.

Miss Stone.

I'm Detective Cobb.

I understand you're filing a missing persons report on your boyfriend?

Yeah, Lorenzo. Phil Lorenzo.

When was the last time you saw him? Two nights ago.

He came to my apartment and dropped off some boxes and then he went out again.

Really? He was supposed to come back, but he never did.

I mean, sometimes, you know, he gets tied up, but he always calls me to let

me know.

Can you help me?

Oh, I think we'll be able to help each other.

Now, she was fine until I told her that I wanted to search her apartment.

And then she clammed up.

So I'm just gonna have to get a search warrant.

Donna.

Dickie.

Sit down.

I'm getting phone calls.

From your husband?

Whoever it is, doesn't say anything, stays on for a second, then hangs up.

Could it be anybody else?

Oh, come on, I know it's him. And last night he was standing in the yard

looking in at me.

Donna, your husband is in the hospital.

He is under 24-hour surveillance.

Oh, please. Please.

They probably do one bed check a night if they feel like it.

Your yard is very dark.

Maybe it's a shadow.

Maybe it's a tree.

Are you sure it was him?

I know my husband.

Are you drinking?

I wasn't drunk.

Well, it's possible he sneaked out, but unlikely.

How is it possible?

This place isn't designed for criminals.

Mr. Cooper is here voluntarily.

I'll ask the night nurse to take an extra look at him.

Do you have a diagnosis?

He's depressed over the failure of his marriage.

He has strong feelings of suspicion and isolation, accompanied by fantasies of

suicide.

Prognosis? With antidepressants and regular therapy, he should level out.

Do we see him now?

Could you look in on Detective Cooper a little more often at night, please?

Dr. Mack?

Who's the girl?

Amanda Dorman.

Sad case.

Extreme mood swings.

Very unresponsive.

Is she deaf?

Yes.

It's that Ramsey woman who lives alone over in Brush Valley.

Well, that horse she's riding looks very familiar to me.

This is Gray, DA who makes house calls.

Net house calls.

We'll hear about Donna.

What a coincidence. So am I.

She's been getting phone calls from someone who hangs up.

She says she also saw you standing in her yard last night.

That was Jimmy Hoffa.

Come on, people.

I'm locked up in a mental ward.

It's only a couple more days.

Says who?

They have the power.

They have the keys.

So you deny your wife's charges?

Absolutely. You know what to say about the joint?

Turn a small-time hood into a big-time criminal? I think places like this can

drive you crazy. What's going on with the Lorenzo case?

Nothing.

I can't get an angle on him.

What's that?

And a doorman.

Oh, yeah.

A girl at the hospital.

Hmm.

What are you doing?

See if I can help her.

Why?

She asked you to help her?

She's dying to me.

Help me.

So, I want to help her.

Police found seven boxes of stolen video equipment in your apartment. Seven large

boxes. Yeah, well... I don't know anything about those boxes.

Look, Phil makes videos.

He's gonna make me a star.

Phil Lorenzo wouldn't know a video from a vacuum cleaner.

Phil Lorenzo steals things.

Linda. And then he resells them.

He's going to jail.

You want to go to jail, too? Look, Phil can't go to jail.

He can't make me a star if he's in jail.

You taking it upon yourself to do my

dishes now, ma'am? If not me, who?

If not now, when?

Hey, I do my own dishes. I do. I do them third Sunday of every other month.

A ritual, I'm sure, brings meaning and focus into your life.

I've discovered six new life forms in here. All toxic.

Now that I've got you in a good mood, you want to hear about a new therapist?

Mm-mm.

No. Just make the appointment. Tell them when it is.

5.30 tomorrow afternoon.

What?

Uh, I can't make that, Meg. Why not?

Because I have something else I have to do. What, work?

Sort of.

You gonna make me cast until I get it right?

No.

I have to go to a men's group with Jimmy Cooper, okay?

It's the first meeting, and I told him I'd go with him.

I'm sorry.

That's when they meet.

Nothing I can do about it.

Did you and Amanda have a productive exchange?

Yes. Why do you have her medicated?

Her first night here, she was hysterical, out of control.

She hasn't been allowed to have a clear moment since then.

We're medicating her for her illness, not for our convenience.

And the nurses don't sign?

Our therapist does.

I understand how you feel, Miss Koppelman, but the girl is ill, and we

can help her.

How?

The therapist is with her three hours a week, so that leaves 165 hours a week

where she has no one she can communicate with. This is where the state can afford

to place her.

Well, I'm sure it's a wonderful facility, Dr. Miller, but in my opinion,

it's the wrong place for Amanda.

I disagree.

Yes, I can see that you do.

I'm curious, though, Dr. Miller.

How can you justify releasing James Cooper while keeping Amanda Dorman

locked up and tranquilized?

We released Mr. Cooper with the court's permission, Ms. Kaufman.

The court only gave permission because you said that James Cooper was ready to

be released.

And when I think Amanda Dorman is ready for release, I'll say so.

Who'd like to go first?

Vince.

I've been thinking about my secretary again.

She's barely 20 years old.

I've been married for over 10 years.

I know it's wrong.

Well, let's see what we can glean here.

What do you think, Dickie?

No, I'm just here as a friend to Jim.

I understand.

What do you think about what Vince is going through?

Um... Have you ever been attracted to an inappropriate person?

Well, hasn't everyone?

Anyone at work?

Look, um, I think it's all right to feel attracted to someone, whether you

act on it.

Or not, that's the thing.

Jim?

If you're married, you're married.

You don't screw around. It's that simple.

But surely you've been attracted to... I don't cheat!

I mean, it's okay to feel things.

But if somebody loves you, you've got the power to really hurt them.

You can turn their lives upside down. You can make it not worth going on.

You're playing with fire.

And somebody could really get hurt.

The key.

You want another one?

I didn't want this one.

What's wrong?

Oh, something I don't even want to talk about because every time I do, I get in

trouble.

Therapy?

Your wife beating friend?

He's scared, Maggie.

I know.

Everything you are going to say, and I agree with every word of it.

Then why do you keep taking me aside?

There's no excuse that condones that kind of behavior.

I'm not trying to excuse it, Meg.

I'm trying to change it.

Maybe if someone had helped your father, your life would have been different.

If the doctors say the girl is sick, maybe she is sick.

Well, if she is sick, then she needs help, and she's not getting it. Well,

you spent a half an hour with this girl, and now you know more than the doctors.

I want to schedule a court hearing.

The doctors will have a chance to say whatever they want to, and the judge can

decide. Okay, what is it? You're not getting enough work to do?

I got three ADAs out sick. You want to catch some of their work?

Yes, or no other.

Go ahead.

Phil Lorenzo's lawyer is whining at me. Either charge the man or let him go.

We're working on it, Arthur.

The only thing that I have to say to you is that I have nothing to say to you.

Your boyfriend's a criminal, Linda. He's running some of his business out of your

apartment. Yeah, so?

So.

You help us.

We help you.

You don't help us, we prosecute you.

For what?

Questionable boyfriends?

Accessory before the fact, accessory after the fact, maybe even accessory

during the fact.

Ooh, wow.

Sounds like I'm in a lot of trouble, huh?

My friend here, he's a good cop.

But he's a normal guy.

He puts in his hours, he goes out with his buddies, he goes home to his

girlfriend.

Me.

I'm not so normal.

This job is my life.

I am so into this job that I've lost all my friends.

I even lost my wife.

What I'm saying is that I really don't have anywhere else to go.

This is my only priority.

So I can just sit here for as long as it takes.

Linda, I know you're not going to believe this coming from me, but I have

never known this guy to back off of anything in his life.

See, darling?

I'm just going to sit here and look at you until you crumble.

This is crazy.

Exactly.

Mr. Cobb.

I'm Gilbert Lewis.

Come on in.

Miss Zombrow's not here yet?

Guess not.

Game ball.

Notre Dame versus USC, 1984.

You're that Gilbert Lewis?

I was.

Outside linebacker, right?

Wow.

Man, you were great.

What happened?

Cotton Bowl my senior year, I made a tackle on the 30.

My left knee ended up on 35.

I can pinpoint that moment in time as the one that got me interested in pain.

First physical and then emotional.

Hmm.

Hey, you ever look back?

You know, I wonder if maybe something else had to happen. Playing Pro Bowl?

Yeah.

Yeah. Sure.

But then I think your career's gonna end sometime.

It's probably better to start a new life in your early 20s than your mid-30s.

Things probably worked out for the best.

On the other hand, I never got to sack Dan Marino.

That would be fun.

Kyle, driving another man into the ground would be fun.

In the context of the game, yes.

But we all have basic aggressions, Miss Ambro.

How we can channel them in a socially acceptable way is what's important.

Well, we've only got 45 minutes. Could we get started?

I believe we just did.

I have read the material submitted by both sides for Amanda Dorman's

competency hearing.

I felt like I was reading about two different young ladies.

I think it was more a case of the fantasy and the reality.

That's what we're here to determine, Mr. Hart.

Ms. Dorman's records at your client's institution reveal little aptitude or

desire to penetrate the outside world.

Now, I have tests given by Ms. Kaufman's psychiatrist, and here she's been found

mentally competent.

Granted, this isn't an exact science, but what gives?

We told her that if she did well on these tests, she might be removed to a

place where people...

face similar challenges.

A place where she would receive education and counseling.

This boarding home for the disabled?

I'd probably use a different term, Your Honor, but yes.

It's also a place where she would get two things that she sorely needs.

Consistent support and a sense that she's not a freak.

Mrs. Dorman has in no way been treated like a freak.

The only person who sees her this way and possibly for personal reasons is

Mrs. Kaufman.

Maybe the best thing to do is to go to the source.

Amanda, I'd like to ask you a few questions.

Are you prepared to leave the hospital?

Amanda?

Do you want to leave the hospital?

I'll take that as a yes.

Can you tell me what going to the boarding home would entail?

What would you be doing there?

The move would involve increased responsibility on your part. I need to

know if you're prepared.

Does this mean you want to be friends John because I'm you know, I'm I'm

willing if you are Or

not

Hey! Yes?

Oh, sorry. Uh... Vicki here.

I'm Jimmy Cooper.

You should be back soon.

He tell you about me?

A little.

He's a great guy, isn't he?

I like him.

He deserves the best.

Everybody deserves the best.

Yeah.

But how many people actually get it? I mean, how many people actually find

somebody who's always going to be there for them?

Always is a big word.

Okay. How about ever?

Do I deserve somebody who's ever...

Gonna be there for me when I need her?

I think that's probably a question you need to work out with somebody besides

me.

Somebody? Somebody like who? Like my wife?

They won't let me near her.

Shrink?

There's nothing wrong with me.

Nothing I couldn't solve.

I could just talk to her. I mean, what the hell's the matter with you women

anyway?

Sorry, bud John likes you. You

must be okay

Well,

I guess I should go

Thanks,

John

Damn it, Cooper.

Come here, Donna!

You know what? I am not doing this again.

Come here, damn it!

You've got to get a grip on yourself, Jimmy. Come here, come here. You have

got to give something back, you know? You've got to get a grip on yourself.

You keep him away from me or I will shoot the bastard.

Donna, put the damn gun away. Go ahead, shoot me. Don't suck me dry.

Go ahead, finish me off.

Damn it, Jimmy!

Another hearing?

Tests. The girl's obviously in no condition to leave the hospital.

She was nervous.

It was her first try at this sort of thing. The real world is full of this

sort of thing. I don't think she can handle it.

The people at the boarding home will teach her to handle it.

There are counselors and teachers at the hospital.

The facility is underfunded and understaffed, Judge Clawson.

Amanda needs specific help that this institution is unable to provide.

I don't suppose I'm going to get lunch until I give you a favorable decision.

I've had a big breakfast, Your Honor.

I can keep this up for a while.

I'm sure you can.

Have her here at three sharp.

Yes, ma'am.

Why haven't you arrested Jimmy after what he did last night? You tell me what

good it did me to get a restraining order if he gets to violate it whenever

he feels like it.

You don't even know, do you?

You don't even know that he came over last night and threatened me and kept on

threatening me until Dickie Cobb pulled him off?

Oh, my God.

What in the world made me think you people were going to protect me?

Oh, yeah. If you need me, I'll be out buying ammunition.

I took him to the station, and I stayed there with him all night, Tess.

He's a lot better today.

The whole day shift is taking turns babysitting him.

He's not going to be alone for one second all day.

What about tomorrow?

What about the day after? What about next week? Look, thanks to Jimmy Cooper,

you now have a case against Phil Lorenzo, okay?

Cooper's the one who got his girlfriend to give us what we needed. How?

By beating it out of her?

Arrest Jimmy Cooper. Let's do it now.

Where's Joe Martley?

Right behind you.

How come you're alone?

Where's Cooper?

I was just trying to find you.

He gave me the slip.

Well, the news gets worse.

We've been on the phone with him.

Said he's ready to die.

Just waiting for his moment.

Let me talk to him.

Took the phone off the hook.

The negotiator's on his way over here.

Come on, let me go in. Relax, Cobb.

These things take time.

Amanda, can you tell me why you want to leave the hospital?

I want to be outside.

Once you're outside, you're kind of stuck there.

You have to make decisions for yourself.

I know.

It might not be as easy as you think.

I know.

But I want to take a chance. I want to have a life.

Do you remember the night you first came to the hospital?

Not very well.

Apparently you were hysterical, unresponsive, and suicidally inclined.

The streets are not a nice place to live, Your Honor.

Yes, and I'm concerned about your ending up on the streets again.

I'll do anything not to go back to the hospital.

Amanda, how much is eight and nine?

I don't know.

Can you read this?

No.

Do you feel prepared to be out in the world?

Your Honor, the boarding house has the capacity to teach... Hold it, Ms.

Kaufman.

Amanda?

I know I am.

It is my time.

You'll have her ready to go tomorrow morning?

Yes, Miss Cuff.

Amanda?

Congratulations. You

know the

negotiator's not going to talk you out.

Cooper knows this drill.

Let me guess.

You still want to talk to him?

Yes.

Have a good time.

Officer going in. Take your position.

I was wondering when we'd get to this part.

Coming in.

Go.

What are you going to do, shoot me?

Dickie.

Come on in if you're coming in.

How you doing, bud?

I say sit down.

Take your jacket off, spin around.

Thank you. Anything else you got, you're not going to be able to get to quick

enough.

Make me feel like a fool here, Coop.

You?

I'm the fool where she treats me.

You going to kill for that?

Come on, man. Walk away. I can't walk away.

I can't go on living like this.

I'm in love with her.

And nothing I do wipes her away.

I wake up in the morning, I'm looking for her and smelling her on my pillow.

And I can't face the thought of her with somebody else.

Maybe... Maybe we could work it out. Oh, sure, babe.

Stick a gun in somebody's head, they're a different person.

You're not in love with her?

No.

It's got nothing to do with love.

Jealousy, maybe.

Not love.

How do you know so much? What, you think you're the first guy to have your heart

broken? Come on, man, you're a heartless man, believe me.

You've got more inside you than pain, man, I've seen it.

You can't live without Donna. I remember when you didn't even know her. That was

a different life. It was still your life.

I just... I want to end the pain.

Just not this way, Coop.

I remember once you said you'd rather die than see me unhappy.

Yeah, and you said that you loved me.

I still love you.

I just can't be married to you.

That's supposed to make me feel better. Well, it's not the end of the world.

Just listen to me for ten minutes!

Please!

You had ten years, and it didn't get said, Jimmy.

Stay with me.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

You are the biggest jerk.

You tired?

I am beat to hell.

You tried.

Yeah,

I did try.