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Tonight, on Spencer for hire. The possible drug overdose.

I want a supplier and then his supplier and his all the creeps right up the line

right up to the guy that imported the cocaine and kill Laurie.

This be where the fun starts. You call that a gun? And this is a gun!

You can't destroy a drug-dealing network and expect to live.

We've got a lot of laws, just not a lot justice. We sell like a vigilante.

Great place for an ambush.

Hey, baby, how you doing? We're steady.

He's at the store getting the 10 things he forgot yesterday for the party.

How's the house look? House looks great. Decorations are up.

Mom and your sister are putting your durbs out.

Everybody's busy, so I get to pick you up. Just like the old days. Every day.

Thursday, three o'clock, Lincoln grade school. There you'd be with your socks down.

You hear all messed up, rare and ago. What do you say? Once more for old times sake.

Still got two hours before the party? You want an ice cream soda? Yeah, vanilla.

Just like we used to, and we'll split it right down the middle.

You're on. And it's the same deal. Nobody tells Mom why I'm too full to eat dinner.

Right. Come on, let's go.

All my relatives live far from Boston.

In my more selfish moods, I call this a blessing,

but the truth is, I often miss the closeness

of family.

There's a Japanese haiku that says a practical

bird having no tree of his own borrows and

others. being practical. Tonight I had an invitation to

the bar of the family tree of Frank Belsie. Where's Laurie?

Well, I can't take a picture with all my favorite niece, Laurie!

She's in her bedroom. Probably talking to her boyfriend on the phone. I'll get her.

No, no, no. You're going to get her, I'll never get your bag in the picture.

Just relax here. Laurie!

Thanks, Susan.

Well, let's figure out how this picture is going to be anyway.

Move a little closer, everybody.

Lori?

Laurie?

Thank you.

Spencer

Thank you.

for Pulse's weak and just barely breathing.

Laurie, for granted, how long? What's taking you so long?

619 North Avenue.

and ambulance.

possible drug overdose.

the nurse for him, seeing. Or his young and strong. She's going to make it.

I don't understand.

How can this happen?

No.

Oh no, she's getting off.

Did you sound? Yeah, maybe a beer. I'll get it.

The funeral

set of writing.

And those flowers, those flowers are real beautiful. Spencer, everybody, thanks you.

Susan Pekton.

House fancy the um families hold

it up I guess they'll get to this

Are you doing?

You look pretty beat up. Yeah,

well...

running around to all the funeral arrangements.

The truth is Spencer, I've been trying to find who...

who's so lorryed of drugs.

I mean, somebody's gonna get nailed for this.

Any luck?

It is town-to-size.

She could have gotten it in a hundred different places.

Boys and boys, anyhow? No, cops ask a dope or a question.

All they get is I want my lawyer.

Well, maybe a next cop can get some managers for you.

Need your help, Spencer. You got it.

Thank you.

I won one guy. I'm in bustin' some street punk isn't gonna change anything.

I wanna supplier and then his supplier and his all the creeps right up the line

right up to the guy that imported the cocaine and kill Laurie.

It's a long chain, Frank. A long get a better.

And then we'll feel if I can busf it, take it, and that little girl's.

It's just 15 years old.

I know I'm never going to have any kids with my own speds,

but that's just the way it is.

I was even there when she was born.

I'd love to like she was my own now, she's...

See you in Francine.

Charlie

You know, the kids are their hearts breaking. I want to do something for the family.

But I want do something for other families. I don't have to go through this.

And maybe I can't stop the drug business, but I can stop

a part of it.

right up to the fat cats.

I mean some people are gonna come down, I don't care what it costs.

The exciting to help Frank was easy, but finding

the person who sold Coke to Laurie was impossible

because she hadn't bought it. It was given to her by her boyfriend.

Right? Who wants to know? Ooh, who wants to go?

You get the tough guy act down pretty well. But let me give you a tip.

Tough guys don't worry, Prince.

as a friend of lorries.

I talked to some of our friends over at school

that are pretty upset about what happened. Suppose they'll learn a lesson from us?

It's not. Can't happen to them.

It was a freak accident.

Can't happen to the next girlfriend you tried to impress with Coke.

Take off, man. When boss doesn't let people come back here.

Who do you buy from, Brian?

get out of run, right?

Talk is better.

Sorry about Lorry.

I wish it had been me the time.

God, I'm sorry.

by the cook.

We weren't at it's anything.

Coke was just cool, you know?

What's your deal?

the new Drake.

I bought it from Vinny.

You know where I can find him?

school.

Your high school.

Who needs engineering?

Yeah!

Yeah!

We're wasting time waiting for Vainey to take us to his supplier.

Give me five minutes for them, I'll make them tell us.

You want to start putting the muscle on a 13-year-old? It's crazy just sitting here.

Right. I got this covered.

Vinnie, come in.

What, Ma? You're going to the store like I told you. Not yet, I'm playing.

Do you like I tell you Vinny? In a minute. Vinny!

for a woman.

Unless she has any idea her son's a dealer. What a world.

That's where Vinny gets his coke. His mother's a dealer. What a world.

You guys want anything? What do you sell him, Mrs. Drake? You make it much dealing.

I'm not a dealer. Yeah, you're a dealer, you are also a user.

Have anyone bother to look at you? Perhaps, right.

Listen, I'm telling you I'm NOT a dealer!

I'm waitress, I am just using a little to get through the day.

Hey, youre a waitress. It's hard bringing up a boy or a woman.

Sure your packets from the restaurant probably. I hope to see you.

Look, I lost my waitress job.

The only selling cook is the only way I can earn money.

That's the only one you can earn some money, huh?

You couldn't get another waitress jobs, right?

No, because then you couldn't support your habit, right. Who's just a player?

Who's your supplier? Let me off.

I buy from Ned Cleary. He's the one you want. Cleary's a real slime.

I used to work in his cafe. He gave me coke when we were friends.

Then we were in friends. I had to buy.

I fired me when I started using heavy.

Look, I gave you a clear report. Him and jail not me.

Guys, do it on my mom!

I'm handling it. Jail won't help things. I'll quit dealing. That's what counts.

A rehab program. That is what I need.

I know who's going to take him to my little boy thumb and jail.

If he needs a mother. Yeah. To show him all the dealer tricks. He's lying, ma.

But he's been selling drugs to his friends at school.

Don't believe that, dude. We would have school coached himself. From me.

Oh my god, you're selling my coat to little kids. Don't worry, I'm not.

Don't lie to me, Vinny. I only did it a couple times to make a few bucks.

I'm sorry.

when you can't end up like me.

The drugs usually kill

slowly, secretly.

And there are those who profit from the carnage. People like Ned Cleary.

I'd come to the next step on the drug ladder.

As I moved up, I knew the action would get tough.

Thought it was time to break out the big guns.

Draftless? If you ever make she conspicuous, babe, this is a whine who look round.

I've never seen so much kish in my whole life.

So what have we got going on here? Sure ain't nothing just a couple of business boys

snorting up in a powder room. This be the recreation folk,

heavy dealing strictly back room.

So we said in late, got a limit on that. I should not do it too long.

The lady who fingered Cleary said he's a relative.

They all be active, Spencer. So you're gonna run down there, clear, get a name.

You're gonna go right over there while you're doing all that running.

Drug's still flowing and Boston like whanted and Italian wind.

So you bust a few haids. Traffic still moving on.

At least the vulture of the Boston's holding will be paid.

Point is whether I get paid for the gig.

So where's our boy? Introducing Mr. Naye, clearly.

The one with the damsel's fans is himself a lady's man.

I trust he does not own a mirror. Have you ever turned on by his personality?

Turn on him being those little tubes in his pocket.

You've got to find a way of getting Mr. Clear's attention.

Yeah, or while you're doing all that fine, then you might want to deal with the way

a little man just walked in the door.

So what can I get you? Something to go.

I thought we agreed that I would handle this. I'm just checking out clear accuracy.

Yeah, and Blondon real well. I wouldn't use a red and neon light flashing cop.

Stay out, he'll help me remember. I know, so let me handle him.

I know you got a vested interest in this, but we start pushing Cleary.

It could turn into a shooting war. Let me handle it.

get out of here before we're seen together.

But you got a problem? No problem.

I mean, you had a problem, but I think I solved it. The sauce bullet nays.

No customers in the kitchen. Right. I read this sign, but it couldn't help myself.

Perfect. Oh, yeah. Try.

Yeah, perfecto, will you?

It's better, right? That's better. Yeah. Ha ha ha ha. I'm going to buy you a drink.

OK. Come here.

So you too want to open your own restaurant? Yeah.

I gotta tell you.

You're gonna need a lot more than good sauce.

Most places crap out after the first six months because they

don't have the bank role to cover their start-up course.

I truly built a clientele.

Exactly. There's always the unexpected.

For instance, when I first planned my cafe, Art Deco was in.

When I opened it, it was out.

place was like an art deco morgue.

The bank will save me.

So none of our business, but where'd you get the money?

No matter.

The point is, I had the money, but the redecorating survived.

What do you want?

Talk to my office.

Gentlemen, business. Nice meeting. Thank you very much. Good luck.

Thanks for the drinks. It's a great place.

sure seen his face.

I think we can find out where he picks up. Beyond call, babe.

Let us pray for our sister, Laurie, to our Lord Jesus Christ, to God said,

I am the resurrection and the life.

The man who believes in me will live even if he dies.

Every living person who puts his faith in me will never suffer eternal death.

Since all might he be, God has called us just a lorry from this life to himself.

We commit her body to the earth from which it was made.

Christ was the first to rise from the dead,

and we know that he will raise up her mortal body to be like his and glory.

Let us pray.

Lord, you wept at the death of Lazarus, your friend. Now comfort us in our sorrow.

We ask this in the knowledge of thy infinite comfort

for those of innocent and faith. In these hours of grief and sorrow,

we call upon you to give us understanding and strength

in the acceptance that wisdom flows from thy will alone. And we are part by service.

Spencer, isn't that Laura's job?

I'll be thy will that is done forever in this world.

And in the world yet to come, when all souls and spirits,

they'll be once again united. You're not welcome here.

I just wanted to pay my respects to you. Your respects?

You're the reason Laura is in her grave. You think we want your respects?

Stay away from us!

Stay, babe. Just be wet and fun, guys. Lucky we're fun, you guys.

Stop, below. We're gonna lose clearance.

Keep her. Keep us down ready.

This is more important than your son.

Stay with Cleary, get a name. And it rules. Just a name? Look at here.

You want the man? Yeah, I have to get the name. Salad.

So how is rehab, Mrs. Drake?

I'll keep your company this time.

Thank you.

What are you looking on the mirror for? Forget what you look like?

There's a beamer behind us. So I want to like it on the way out.

I'm sorry, I'm late.

No. Ah! No!

Call that a gun!

Give the gun! Began it!

Good help, sorry to find. Hey, take what you want, I'm not resisting.

I'm glad to see you ain't all done. You want the coke? Take it, it's in the trunk.

Get the keys.

So you cooked it? You inspect it.

Go back to Spencer. Tell him we can all have a piece of this.

I'll cut you both in his part. We ain't dealing. Man, it's easy money.

Everybody wants it. Doctors, lawyers, even cops.

It's like selling boot-laid booze during prohibition.

What you got in there is boot-layed booze. I might let you live.

Open the trunk, shut up!

Open it!

Who's the market to been sub-annite?

You don't! I'm gonna put some of them inside the coke!

Ah!

A drink, ladies, in for good now. Do you want to slip up again? What about Vinnie?

What a sweet face kid. He's over in juvenile. 13 years old, he's going to court.

Do you believe that?

Look at that creep, will you? There's some walking out of here.

He's in five whole hours and he's back out on the street.

I heard he tried to cut a deal.

And his dirty lawyer gets him out on bail and we lose him.

Not a damn system. My fee leads is on borrowed time anyway.

Laws protect everybody, Frank, including that trash. Laws. We got a lot of laws.

It's just not a lot justice. I swear to the next dope, where I get my hands,

I might not make it in there. You sound like a vigilante? Yeah, maybe I am.

Frank, take a day off. Take two. I can see it. You can't.

You're losing control. Maybe I should have lost control a long time ago.

Okay, now we take care of Spencer and his buddy. Good, I'll take a piece of that.

No, bring in a pro somewhere they can't trace.

They're gonna wish the hell they never stuck their nose in my business.

Hawke shook out a clearing. He was Fred Moines. I didn't want to believe him.

Fred was the kind of criminal Damon Runyon wrote about.

A good, nature-old timer whose racket was gambling, not drugs.

So I went to see Fred at his office.

He wasn't there, but his associates were kind enough to drive me to their boss.

After a long drive, squeeze between two large thugs

with bad hygiene, I realize they may have misjudged Fred Mullins. Ah, Fred.

Pretty funny setup for a numbers racket. Spencer, it's been too long.

We're having branched out.

Still pushing. Same old Spencer. But not the same old Fred.

You're a damn coke dealer. Oh, producer distributor. And I sell some baby laxid.

That's what we cut that stuff with. They're in all the tricks of a new trade.

Well, you see the gambling business is dying, Spencer.

The Atlantic City and state lottery, they're killing it.

So you've got to change with the times.

You see the people that worked in this factory before, they didn't change.

That's why they're gone. You can talk till you drop.

You can't justify what you do here. I'm not talking justifying.

I'm talking survival Spencer. I'm a businessman. Try to make a buck.

Everybody see the cocaine these days? That's the way it is.

I'm sure I'd like to turn the clock back to the old days, but I can't do that.

And a man's got to live while others die. What he can do if he loses all this?

Oh, you're going to make me lose all this? I'm sure it's all going to try.

That stupid breaking in here spits. You can't touch me.

It'll be long gone before you know it, before you can do anything about it.

Had the new shipments? There's a new place. I'm like that guy. What's his name?

Elliott Ness. I'm such a fool. He's dead.

Is that a message for you?

Spencer, I don't believe in killing. But I've had the higher men who do.

You're wrong, Fred. You're killing kids all over town.

You just don't see the bodies. Don't you talk to me like that.

You think I don' know what's happening? I know what is happening.

You think it doesn't get to me? I sometimes don't sleep at night.

people don't say to the guys what you do.

How much trouble is franking? Well, it depends. He doesn't exactly gather.

He's going to be suspended, maybe fired. For what? What does he hope to accomplish?

I mean, the drug trials are like a labyrinth. There's no end to it.

There's an end to what we just haven't found it.

What was that? I don't

know. Maybe somebody's at the door.

Frank.

what's left of them.

Thank you.

Oh, she's special. What are you trying to do, Drowney?

Well, if you're gonna behave like a jackass.

Well, you just put on your election crap, I'll...

Thank you.

What are you trying to do, break up the joints?

Susan will make some coffee and make your fill.

All in said it himself. He's a businessman.

And like all businessmen, I knew he'd keep books.

If he did, they might just take me to the top of the ladder.

He'll laugh, just cut you.

All in some half-cell of his boys in here. We shall soon find out later.

Answers, yes.

Who are you? What do you want, Aaron? Shh.

Quiet.

Pretend you're in a library. The name is Spencer.

As a matter of fact, I want you to tell Mullins that I was here, right?

You're not working on your autobiography, are you? No, no, I didn't think so.

I'd like the books. I don't know what you're talking about.

The accounts, the ledgers.

Come on, please.

Occupone was right. Workin' be accomplished with a kind word and a gun

and with a kinda word alone.

That's very good. Sit down.

Go back to work.

I'm sorry.

Got them mighty no.

I'm keeping it open. Spencer, without them, I'm out of business. I'm rolling off.

Come on, you said you wanted to make a deal. You could choose to go to jail or not,

but either way, you are out of businesses.

What kind of a deal is that? You only deal you can get.

Now I want you to call your supplier and tell him

on the next ship when you're sending two new guys, me and Hawk. Get crazy, Spencer.

You can't destroy a drug dealing network and expect to live.

Not a fact, I'm surprised you're not dead already. That's my problem.

Yours is if you don't do what I say, I turn your

books over to the feds with a good lawyer,

you can get five, maybe ten years tax fraud.

Man, you're right, that could be a life sentence.

Never see

your grandchildren again.

Change.

How can you make me do this?

Some nights I don't sleep.

Who's your supplier?

Usually, top cocaine suppliers try to keep their picture out of the paper.

That's hard to do when you're honored by City Hall.

Several years ago, Roger Thorn would own the small construction company.

Now, he was one of the largest developers in Boston.

Man builds big on a foundational white powder, bound above.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, all right. No. That's fine.

No, tell the car, I guess, man. I'll see him Thursday evening.

Yeah, look forward to it.

Helen, I don't want to be disturbed for the next few minutes. It's a decision.

Hi, we have a met. Yes, Spencer. Yes, yes. And you must be... I am.

Wow, this is really impressive.

Is this all yours? Most of it.

How do you like it? Yeah, yeah, it's nice.

I mean, it's okay.

I wouldn't want to run it out.

Actually, I wouldn't

want to either, but my partners will do that.

Can I get you something? You're gonna drink? Whatever.

No, no.

What about you, Hark?

Bob!

That's not it.

for a lot of back to Mr. Thornwood.

You're a very big man when it counts.

I'm very happy to make this acquaintance.

Thank you.

How long have you worked for Fred? All long time. We go way back.

I've been out of commission for the last couple of years if you know what I mean.

Hey, this is really something, huh? Some dicks.

Maybe someday I'll have a spread like this.

All it takes is money and connections.

You see, that's why I had Fred make this little introduction.

We're thinking about going into business ourselves real soon, huh?

OK. I remember that. So what?

How can we help one another?

Once your next shipment.

I'll know tonight how much do you want? All of it.

All right, but I should tell you the price has gone up.

I lost a plane to the DEA agent's business, I got expenses.

Money's no problem, right?

Bye.

Okay.

I can remember the call.

Yeah.

But I'm curious. I mean, you got all this.

And you're still involved with?

drugs and all the inherent risks.

You think about it as part of a diverse event portfolio.

Right now that's where the smart money is.

Yeah.

Money's no problem, right? What's an extra hundred thousand friends?

What's the long word cause I'll call you? Whatever, ten thousand problems, right.

Ha ha ha ha.

Sergeant Nelson vouch for you. You're free to go. What's the bad time?

What about Hawk? He's already gone.

Another minute, now we're confess to the great train robbery. Not so fast, Spencer.

Stay away from Thornwood. You nearly ruined our investigation.

We're ready to nail him on Weapon Smuggling. Weapons? What about cocaine smuggling?

We can get him on the guns.

The coke investigation ran into a brick wall two months ago. Two?

You would let them bring cocaine into this country for two months?

Don't tell me how to do my job.

We're just trying to build a case that will stand up in court.

So don't screw it up Spencer. We almost had thorn wood on the coke almost,

but it's impossible to get one of our guys on the inside.

I'm inside.

inside.

Spencer. Spencer. Level with me, will you?

You seem worried to stay put on the dummy on the bus.

Well, you haven't exactly been the rot at your broader front. Yeah, yeah, I know.

Look, I hit rock bottom at your police spencer. I'm back in control now.

I really want to see this thing through to the end.

If you don't trust me, look, I'll stay away.

see you there.

Bad call Spencer, loose cannon should be tied down.

You're supposed to trust friends.

Does that mean you trust him or you should?

I was throwing him once right on time. Man, I could afford a good watch.

have another 200 feet will stop. Wait there for Nunez. He's bringing him the coke.

Great place for an ambush. A count of two shooters on the ship. You see any more?

A count two. Check with me in a couple of minutes.

Maybe we'll have time to do some fishing. I've brought my poles.

Fisher here, brought poles their own.

Spencer? Yep. You know, yes. Time for socializing's over. Let's deal.

Yeah, this chatter's got me all tuckered out.

Watch the paint.

Thank you.

How about you?

Damn, I'm late, we brought your car. The shotgun's mad.

thought you

Read this guy's rights.

We're both two. We're Stornwood. Didn't show. You still going to have a case?

Yeah, the show's going to fingers boss.

Wasn't Nelson with you? He was here.

Police.

I just came from the docks.

We've got none years in custody and you're

chauffeur.

But you weren't there where you missed a thornwood.

I don't know what you're talking about. If you were there, we would have booked you,

cuffed you, read you your rights.

You weren't there.

You'd slipped out, you'll always slip out, right?

Look, look, if it's money you won't...

Money! It's all that matters to you guys, isn't it?

More money for more power for more money! That's your addiction, right?!

I'll live your badge for this. Take it. I didn't come here as a cop anyway.

What have I ever done to you? You killed my little girl.

I'm gonna make you pay.

Right.

It's safe, it's expensive.

I'm gonna kill him and there's nothing you can say that can stop it.

He's villainous, city up with drugs, he's preyin' on people.

Kids like Laurie.

You never get the top guys. And that's what they say, Spencer.

The top guy, the big man.

Larry is right in front of me and that's all it matters.

Now maybe I'll have to go down from murder in him.

If I have to, I will.

I swear on Laurie's grave, this man is gonna die. Oh, go. Stop, please.

Spencer, do something!

What are you doing?

Back in them up.

If he misses, I'm going to put a hole on you the size of a pumpkin.

All right Frank.

Nobody does that to me!

And bring it you up on charges for once.

Police brutality?

All I saw was a cop treating you better than you deserve.

Some Dave Frank would find comfort in remembering his niece

as she lived, not as she died. But today he was in pain.

because comforts in heaven.

And he is on the earth where nothing lives but crosses, cares and grief.