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Hey, Danny,

see my stain-covered uniform?

That�s off your parade detail?

Some idiot covered in crankcase oil leaped

off one of the parade floats and kept hugging me.

You pay a price for personal charisma.

Well, it�s like I was wearing a "hug me" sign.

Yeah, Andy and me -- we caught an assault.

I guess these cops handled the job.

Yeah, good.

Hey, Neil.

Danny, hey, did you guys catch our assault?

Mikey silva?

Yeah, that�s US. My partner, Joe bradshaw.

How�s it going, Joe? How you doin?

Andy Sipowicz. How you doin�?

You, handled our assault?

Come on. Let�s talk over here.

The guy�s in the o.r. Right now.

Doc says it�s a coin flip if he goes out of the picture.

You want to be looking for a Jerry .

We saw him and this silva into it in the same alley

like an hour before.

They were in the same alley throwing fists.

Nothing major, and there�s 10 jobs holding in the precinct,

so we sent Jerry down the road.

Yeah, that Mikey got belligerent on US.

Son of a bitch spits in my face.

Spits in your face?

Mikey that�s upstairs in the o. R.? Yeah.

We had an explanatory conversation

in the alley with Mikey afterwards.

Nothing major?

Nah, a minor tune-up, sent him on his way.

So that�s irrelevant to what happened subsequent?

The minor tune-up? Nah. No, no.

It�s Jerry you�re making likely for the beating

that put this guy upstairs with the coin flip

if he�s going to live.

Yeah, the neighborhood mope. He must have come back.

Here�s his places.

Yeah, good.

All right, guys.

Yeah, thanks.

You know what they just did?

Yeah. They over-communicated.

We got to make out a five,

and this guy�s in the hospital off a beating,

and they tell US that they just tuned this guy up.

The other cop --

he looked embarrassed that baker said anything.

If it�s irrelevant, then don�t tell US about it.

They give US this bag of crap to hold for no good reason.

It�s my informant j. B. He�s beeping me 911.

This baker -- he�s a type. You know, ever since we laid eyes on him,

he�s had a constant sign around his neck --

"here, hold my upcoming bags of crap."

I�d better check out j. B., Andy.

He�s beeping me over to our crisis coffee shop.

Give me this guy�s places

that supposedly did the assault.

You�re going to take baker and bradshaw with you,

have them point the guy out?

I�ll go back to the house and get his picture.

I don�t want them dickheads anywhere near this.

Hey, Andy,

you got 10 seconds for a personal observation?

You are a very attractive man.

I don�t know if you�ve shed weight

or what it is, but...

Now.

I got it.

�cause he still owes for last Wednesday.

I got last Wednesday.

Eggs Benny, home fries, chocolate malt.

You?

Just coffee.

Yo, yo, yo -- and a side of ranch.

Vampire-looking bitch.

I�m working, j. B.

Based on observations I made last night,

I need you to vouch to some cops for me.

If that�s not too much trouble. Which cops?

Whoever had sector patrol last night off Lafayette.

Where you saw what?

Your boys roll up on two guys throwing punches in the alley.

The boys cool it out, walk one of the guys away.

The other guy loogies in one of your boys� faces --

i�m talking about a serous loogie:

The kind where you--you snort snot back and you mix it up with spit.

And what did the cop do?

They worked out on the guy that launched the loogie

till one sees me seeing what�s going on from across the street.

He gives me this laser death ray stare.

And what do you do?

I ran up and gave my card to everyone involved.

So you split? I split. Correct.

So bein� you split, how do you know what happened after the guy spit?

I don�t know what happened afterward, previous, or during,

is what i�d like you to tell your boys.

Never mind what you�re willing to forget, j. B.

All you know, these cops could have delivered a minor tune-up,

left loogie guy in the alley, and his asshole buddy

could have come back for round two.

I take it the loogie guy got hurt.

The loogie guy got hurt real bad.

His asshole buddy definitely could have come back,

and those cops absolutely could have calmed down,

kept it to a minor tune-up, and left the guy --

absolutely.

All right, good. Now, last Wednesday,

did you dine alone or treat a whole troop?

It was, like, $12.

Yo, yo, yo, Danny, can you leave the whole $20?

I think I got a chance.

Hey, Diane,

I want to run something past you.

Okay. I want your honest opinion,

not what you think I want you to tell me.

With kyle�s first communion coming up,

i�ve been dealing with Don a lot more regularly.

Don?

Yeah, he�s been very, um, helpful and reliable.

That�s good for Kyle, you know, to see that example -- yeah.

For Kyle and frank both.

Yeah, and,

i�m, um, entertaining the idea

of possibly seeing him socially.

Is that what you want my honest opinion about?

Well, Diane, he�s like the guy I always knew he could be if he grew up a little.

Like when he says he�s going to pick up the boys at 10:00,

he�s there at 9:59.

Now, he�s evidently working.

What does that mean?

Well, he has income.

I mean, he�s a partial partner

in a distributorship.

And, no, I haven�t asked him for details.

Why burden yourself with that information?

What am I going to do?

He�s the only one who got me to feel this.

You don�t think he deserves --

a sixth chance?

Hi, Danny.

Diane: Hi.

Danny: How�s it going?

Andy back yet?

He�s got some skell in the pokey.

I assume it�s connected with your assault.

Yeah, it�s gonna be a mutt named Jerry.

You like him for the assault on the case you caught?

I hope so, you know?

Let me go piss.

Absolutely.

I guess I wanted your opinion

if it was the opinion I wanted you to have.

You don�t have to make a logical case

for wanting to be happy.

Well, it�s not like we get that many times at bat.

No.

Thanks.

Last night --

start around 7:00?

I�m at my girlfriend�s apartment,

but we get into it.

She�s screaming and disrespecting me,

her kid�s crying --

page two, you know what i�m saying? Yeah.

Dropped by the spinning wheel,

had a few drinks, shot some pool.

Like maybe 10:30, 11:00,

I get into it with poodlehead Mikey.

I�m shooting 9-ball,

in walks the poodle

brown-bagging some thunderbird,

puts two quarters on the table, calls next.

I�m, like, "with all this discretionary income,

where�s the 20 you owe me?"

He tells me, "don�t worry about it,"

like i�m lice on his hair pie.

Poodlehead Mikey, playing me off.

It�s on.

Hey, but I ain�t busting up the spinning wheel --

it�s the last place with a pool table I ain�t 86�d.

Ultimately, we wind up in the alley off Lafayette.

I don�t see no marks on you. Did you kick mikey�s ass?

Believe me, i�d have kicked mikey�s ass up and down that alley.

Except what?

Nothing. The cops broke it up.

You didn�t kick mikey�s ass?

Hey, if that loser, deadbeat, juicehead

is filing a complaint against me,

I maybe nicked his lip.

All right, and then what, Jerry?

She calmed down.

She gave the kid some paregoric --

you rub it on their gums, they doze right off.

You�re saying once the cops break you and Mikey up,

you went straight back to your girlfriend?

She�s going to remember that, too.

I gave her a little love reminder,

and midway, she woke up.

Did you hear from the hospital?

Can we talk to this Mikey yet?

Gay john�s finding out.

I�ll tell you what else, Andy.

My informant j. B. --

he says that he saw the tune-up

that baker and bradshaw were putting on this Mikey,

and baker and bradshaw saw him.

Maybe that�s why they give US a casual mention

they put a minor beating on him.

Knowing someone else might tell US anyway.

Excuse me.

D.O.A.

Poodlehead mikey�s dead?

The hospital said Michael silva died.

Is -- is that poodlehead?

Yeah, that�s his nickname -- "poodlehead."

Thanks for the good news.

Sorry.

Go back to the alley and re-canvass.

Brother.

Whoever turned poodlehead mikey�s lights out

wasn�t worrying about possible spectators.

It�s the day corp sector car.

Cops -- you�d think they�d take the guy to one side.

You beat a guy so bad he croaks, you�re not using the cautious part of your brain.

Stopped on a dime?

You guys catch the assault from last night?

It�s a homicide now.

I�m Danny Sorenson. This is Andy Sipowicz.

Mary Franco. Ed laughlin.

Danny: How�s it goin�?

I heard maybe you caught a ground ball.

Really? They got a web site up on this case?

This woman lives up there --

she�s partly cloudy, but she�s usually looking out.

You know her name?

Sara!

I saw you peeking.

Lucky nothing shattered.

I wouldn�t want to get you stirred up.

What?

What? What?

Get down here!

I�m nude!

Get dressed and get your ass down here, Sara.

What�s her act? Speed freak.

No. �cause Joey bradshaw said on a previous circuit,

like an hour before they found this guy,

they broke up a beef between this guy and some mope.

And they figured the mope for the guy comin� back and doing this.

Yeah. We�re lookin� into that.

Look, I went through the academy with Joey bradshaw.

You did?

Hey, he�s a good guy. A good cop.

That�s some endorsement there, ed. Mary: There she is.

I�m just saying if Joey bradshaw�s got an opinion on something,

it�s worth paying attention to.

Sara: I�m busy, all right?

Mary: Why don�t you tell them what you saw last night?

Who said I saw anything?

I�ll deny it was my voice.

It is coming out of your mouth.

Call 911 last night? I�ll deny it was me.

No one�s going to jam you up. You going to put me in restraints?

No one�s lookin� to put you in restraints.

I�m Danny Sorenson, Sara.

Why don�t we talk at the station house?

I�m cleaning the tiles in my shower. All right, that�ll wait.

Come on. We�ll get you back in a little while.

We�ll buy you one of them little brushes good for cleaning the corner grout.

Oral b -- with the rubber gum tip?

Brand of your choice.

Hey, Danny.

What�s going on, Neil?

That poodlehead Mikey went out of the picture. Yeah, we heard.

Yeah, we just got back from the hospital.

What are you, vouchering his stuff?

Yeah, we�re voucherin� it now.

Hey, ed. Hey, Mary. Yeah. How�s it goin�?

Get that girl a candy bar.

I don�t want to eat. You don�t have to eat.

We�re gonna get her a Mars bar.

How�d we do with Jerry?

We did fine.

Do we like him? Neil.

I�m scared.

You got a problem with "we"?

Aren�t we on the same job?

Yes we are. That�s why I know you�re going to understand

US heading up those stairs to do our part.

Ed, would you come with US also, please?

For what? I need to ask you a question.

What�s this confrontational tone?

That�s a misread, Neil.

I don�t now. He seemed a little confrontational.

No, he�s just looking to talk to this girl.

She�s got a spaceship to catch. Yeah?

She�s got an interstellar travel agent.

So what do you want to ask me?

I�m not prepared to ask you yet. What is that supposed to mean?

It means at this immediate instant, I am not ready to ask you.

They�re arguing. It�s not your problem.

I�m going back downstairs. No, ed.

What the hell are you people trying to pull here?

Nothing. We�re trying to find out who croaked this d. O. A.

Your presence here and not downstairs is a comfort to US.

Go ahead and sit down. You sit by Sara.

What am I supposed to do?

You sit there and play with the fingerprint materials.

I recognize those other cops. The ones we were talkin� to downstairs?

They were in the alley last night. They said they were in the alley last night.

Hey, you believe i�m kidding when I tell you to be still?

Yeah, well, ever since we walked into this station house, I resent the thrust --

you think i�m kidding you?

I�m getting frightened. It�s all right, Sara.

Everything�s okay. You got nothin� to be scared about.

I don�t want to be put in restraints.

Would you get her off of that?

How about you lower the temperature just a little?

Absolutely. Thermometer�s yours.

I�ve been honest with you, right, Sara?

So all you need to do is say what you saw last night,

and then you go home just like I promised.

I bet you�re even going to have a few dollars in your pocket.

Yeah, like that ain�t going to go for crystal meth.

Yeah, go ahead, Mary. You think we know what the play is here?

Sara: They beat him up.

Who did, Sara?

Those cops downstairs.

They beat him up, and they left him.

After a while, they came back until the ambulance came.

And you didn�t see no one else in that alley?

Before the cops came the first time,

the guy the cops beat up was going to fight another guy.

All right, and then between the time the cops beat up the guy

and the cops came back, who else did you see?

Who else came in and beat the guy? Nobody.

You were watching the whole time?

The whole time.

When you weren�t shooting crystal meth?

I snort, and I kept watching, except once I went to pee.

Yeah, how long did that take?

I went to pee.

So, what, a minute? However long it takes me. I never timed it.

That�s the only time you weren�t looking, right?

You weren�t cleaning or anything, Sara?

You weren�t scrubbing your bathroom tiles?

What do you want me to say?

To the best of my recollection, no.

What is this, payback, Sara?

Did some cop jam you up?

I�m sorry. It took me too long to call 911.

Come on.

Laughlin, that candidate for the homicide

that baker and bradshaw gave you?

He alibis out.

Plus baker and bradshaw saw a c.I. Of mine

watching them put the beating on Mikey.

Which is why they get in front of their story --

saying they tuned the guy up, but just gave him a couple of bruises.

Hey, you�re supposed to go to bat for guys you work with.

Both of US respect that.

Sipowicz: The scales are tipping pretty bad here,

and you can�t be keeping the two of them up to speed.

Well, what, am I supposed to stay upstairs,

i�m supposed to sneak out the back way?

It might not be a bad idea, if you want.

She wants to go home.

We got to get a written statement. Thanks.

Don�t thank me for jamming up cops.

Hey, Eddie.

Ed: Hey, Neil.

She got anything for US?

I got to go to the John.

Hey, Mary. Hey, Neil.

Her apartment looks over that alley.

Yeah? She got anything,

see what went down last night?

She�s half a wack job, you know?

Half-wacky on speed.

Yeah?

So far she saw 50-foot dueling centipedes.

So, in other words, she�s a half a wack job.

She�s more like a short bus ride from a total wack job.

She recognize me and bradshaw from being there last night? Make even that much sense?

To determine that, you�d have to pretend

you got 50 legs on either side of your body.

Wave my arms like i�m a centipede? Yeah.

Hey, Joey.

Anyway, let US get back in with her.

Danny and Sipowicz don�t feel she�s got much for US.

You�re not going to pursue this Jerry angle? You�re down on that?

We�ll give you the status report once we finish with this girl.

Which they feel she�s half a wack job, Joey.

She thought she saw dueling bugs.

I told Andy I should impersonate a centipede,

try and jog her memory.

So, you�ll keep US posted?

Absolutely.

Thanks.

Don�t thank US.

God.

Alls i�m going to say --

you don�t want to know.

The less you know, the better.

This is a 5-ton bag of crap.

Believe me.

If they make me testify, i�ll go back in restraints.

We�re going to try

so you don�t have to testify.

Thanks for all your help.

I got nothing. You got 24?

I�ll get your bag.

Thanks for all the coffee.

Was my printing too tiny?

Hi, Don.

You jammed with work?

Yeah, we got a stinky one,

but i�m not on it.

Why didn�t you come upstairs?

I don�t think i�ve got a big fan club up there.

Well, they take their cue from me.

So maybe my case isn�t hopeless.

I just want to make sure I wasn�t overstepping.

About what?

I took Kyle for his fitting.

Yeah, i�m sorry I punked out on that.

No problem. No, but while we were there,

they had the exact suit on the rack

that Kyle looked at

when we were first going through the catalogs,

and, you know, it�s more expensive.

But it is his first communion suit,

and, you know, maybe his son could wear it someday.

Anyway, the $65 extra --

thank god now the money is in my means,

but I just didn�t want to freelance

a decision like that.

No, if you wanted to do that for Kyle,

I think that would be great.

I think he�ll appreciate the gesture.

All right, i�m going to.

Okay.

Any chance I might, show up for a secret visit

after the kids are asleep?

I told you that was a one time only.

A moment of mutual weakness.

Yeah.

Okay, i�m going to take off before I get a firm no.

Hey, Don?

That was nice about the suit.

No, I want to do it for Kyle.

Anonymous call to 911.

Sector cops find a guy beaten in an alley last night

off Lafayette.

No witnesses at the scene, we catch this morning.

At the e. R., these cops tell US

we want to look for a Jerry .

Same cops that found the guy? Yeah.

They didn�t call in night watch? What did I just say to you?

At the e. R.,

these same cops who found him who brought the guy in,

tell US that we want to look at a Jerry

for the assault because an hour previous,

they had broke it up between them two

in that very alley, plus throwing in

how after they broke up the fight

and sent this Jerry on his way,

they also had occasion to hand out a couple of minor smacks

to this guy that winds up in the hospital.

The guy brought up a lung-er and spit in the one cop�s face.

If they�re minor smacks and no one�s on the scene, why go on record?

They did see someone else on the scene, but they didn�t want to give that up.

We bring in this Jerry .

He don�t have a care in the world.

Him and the other guy did beef in the alley.

The cops broke it up.

He went home, he threw a hump into his girlfriend

so massive he actually woke her up.

His girlfriend backs up his alibi

for what time he got home?

Plus, at this point, a c.I. Of mine says

he saw the cops hand the beating out, and one of the cops saw him.

Which gives you your inkling why these cops give US

this bag of crap at the emergency room --

so they could be on record when this witness comes forward.

At this point, the guy goes d. O. A.

Never regains consciousness?

He goes d. O. A. Without ever regaining consciousness --

this poodlehead Mikey.

We re-canvass, come up with the witness who made the 911 call.

Said she saw the whole thing. The only beating came from the cops.

No one else came into that alley from the time they handed the beatin� out

till the time the cops come back.

Who are the cops?

Joe bradshaw and Neil baker.

Neil baker, that eight months ago,

you stood up for, and I clear?

You got to get their statements.

The hell we do.

What, did you just retire?

Do baker and bradshaw know you like them?

They sense they�re a few lengths in front.

They don�t know.

No, they don�t know.

What they do know... You aren�t cops

that call I. A. B. In over a minor tune-up,

so if i�m doing the interview,

they�re holding the bag for a homicide.

You�re not watching US behind those double mirrors.

I�m not talking to them and lying,

and nobody�s listening.

No, I don�t have to watch.

How we doing?

I�m going to tell you what we know,

and i�m going to tell you where you stand.

When i�m done, and you talk, you better not come out with a lie,

because the only conversation between you

and a cop not from I. A. B.

Is going to be this conversation.

The minor tune-up --

you drivin� off and coming back an hour later

to see Mikey been beaten by somebody else?

Let go of that, Neil.

We got two witnesses put you in that alley,

and no one coming in or out except you and bradshaw when you came back.

What about what we told you?

To tell you what happened

would be to rat out my own partner.

Well then find another word for it,

�cause you are about to burn down.

I�m telling you right now, I swear on my life,

I was ready to leave.

So this poodlehead Mikey spits in my face

and we�re trying to help.

So I take him in the alley, and I backhand him hard,

and then I insult every female member in his family.

That was enough for me, but not for Joey.

So Joe does what?

He yells at me,

which isn�t the first time he�s done it since we partnered up.

"Asshole spits in your face.

"That�s all you�re going to give him?

Nobody�s going to respect you on the street."

You know, trying to provoke me,

but I didn�t let it get to me.

Joe took over on Mikey?

Like you wouldn�t believe.

I mean, he just --

he just drills the guy.

"You�re a pussy, Neil." Bang.

"Stand up for yourself, Neil." Bang.

"This is our street, Neil." Bang.

Joey�s haywire at this point --

out of his head.

Joey said someone saw US take Mikey into the alley.

He said he recognized the guy�s face,

and we got to get this guy and shut him up.

So you go looking for the witness.

I was afraid of Joey.

I was afraid of what he might do to me

if I went against him.

We went looking for the witness.

It was an hour till we got back to Mikey.

I kept you out on the street.

I�ve met all the tough guys I need to, bradshaw.

You want to waste time proving you�re one of them,

you�ll only show me you�re stupid.

What�s it about? You know what it�s about.

No. Yeah. That alley.

We told you about the alley.

You lied.

The only beating that D.O.A. took was off you guys.

You and baker beat him to death.

We gave him a minor tune-up and sent him on his way.

Hour later, dispatch sends US back to the alley,

we find the guy down.

That hour, someone else gave him a beating --

either that Jerry we gave you

or some other skell.

No one else was in that alley, bradshaw.

From the time you gave him his "minor tune-up,"

the hour that he lay there till you and baker came back,

no one else laid a hand on him.

You know this? We know it.

�cause cops told you?

You don�t want to play that card, asshole,

not after lyin� in our faces and putting US in the middle of this crap.

You�re putting yourself in the middle,

disregarding our word.

You figure you and baker are still on the same page?

Bradshaw, picture your punk partner with Sorenson

in that other interview room.

What�s your visualization?

Is baker digging his shoulder in,

holding up that big blue wall?

I hold my end up.

You hold up this.

Are you telling me i�ve lied for cops 30 years

so you can go crazy on some street mutt

and do murder?

Neither me nor baker murdered that guy.

You smack a skell bad enough that he�s hurt,

you collar him for discon and bring him to the house or the hospital.

You don�t leave him lay there to die.

Is that what I did, leave him to die?

Look in my face and call me that kind of cop.

Here�s what I got now, bradshaw --

you�re a gutless scumbag that beat a guy unconscious

and left him in the street to die.

You want to show me different?

My gutless scumbag partner left him in the street.

I wanted to bring him in.

I wanted to bring him in,

but my gutless scumbag partner freaks out.

Some gutless scumbag street skell saw the tune-up

and runs for the radio car to go after him.

I�d stared at that guy. He knew not to mess with US,

but my gutless scumbag partner�s

got to jump in the radio car

so we can try and chase him down.

You never found him.

Which we never found him, and I got to listen

to my gutless scumbag partner cry,

"what are we going to do? He saw US. We got to find him."

Till an hour�s gone while we look for that skell

till I can get baker back to that alley.

He didn�t beat him.

Baker ran, but you�re who tuned that guy up.

I did what was appropriate.

These are our streets.

He spit in baker�s face.

Baker gives him one little backhand?

I did what had to be done.

Give me a hint.

"Poodlehead."

I�m glad you liked it, sweetheart.

Yeah, I want to see you in it as soon as I get home.

It was.

It was a nice thing for dad to do.

Hi.

Hi.

Sorry your case broke this way.

You may take a rip

for not notifying I. A. B. Till this afternoon.

Those two cops hand US their bag of crap.

I know what you did.

We�re going to take a rip for not passing the bag along?

This job makes more and more sense.

Good night.

Good night.

What type of rip you figure?

They�ll send me back to Vietnam?

If your fives are done,

leave the vouchering for Greg and James.

They�ll rip US for vacation days.

When�s the last you took vacation?

Yeah, good.

I got to cook dinner.

Submit both their statements,

let the jury decide which of these bums is a liar.

I had a cousin.

This type day�s events tended to put him in a mood.

Be thinking, "this isn�t what I joined up to do.

What about these cops� families?"

Would he get people

offering him advice he didn�t ask for?

When he was in that type head-up-his-ass mood,

he�d go out looking

for people to butt in with their opinions,

say what he was thinking about himself

so he could punch them.

That�s how he developed enormous career momentum

and a wide circle of friendship.

Okay, Andy.

Yeah, okay. Good night.

Good night.

Yeah, good night.

Um...

Feel like having some dinner?

I�m good, you know?

I�m just going to do this vouchering myself,

take, like, 10 minutes.

Thanks for helping me with the fives, Diane.

You ever met andy�s cousin --

Mr. Hyde?

All right, well,

good night, then, Danny.

Yeah, take care.

"-There we go again

"to the firefighter�s house.

Go, go. Get the water, too."

Any job you have, you try and help people.

That�s your purpose with a job --

you earn a living, and you try to help.

Mashed potatoes.

Yeah, that�s your mashed potatoes there,

right next to your meatloaf

that I probably overcooked.

Okay, come on, let�s sit down and eat.

Come on.

Here. Here you go.

Sit down in front of Pete the bear.

Good.

We have to say our prayers, okay?

Put your hands together.

Bless this food to our use

and US to thy service. Amen.

Amen.

Your mom in heaven --

she had that goal with her job --

Theo, Theo, don�t plop your mashed potatoes

all over the table. Come on.

Just eat up.

You had an older brother i�ll come to tell you about.

He also tried to help.

I try to be helpful.

I�m helping you.

Yeah, you�re helping me.

You�re helping me by not distributing

your mashed potatoes all over the table.

I want to give you a kiss.

You�re going to kiss me in the middle of dinner?

I�m going to kiss you.

All right.

That�s very helpful.

I�m helping you.

You helped me with that kiss.

Thank you very much.

Another one.

Shannon, you don�t want to know

how my sister Lori is?

Figure this city�s safer tonight, Danny?

You took two cops off the street.

Them two cops? Yeah, the city�s safer.

You know the case.

True, that.

Say hi to Lori.

Yeah, all right.

How�s it going?

The 20 I borrowed.

I�d like to talk to you about the case.

I don�t know i�d want to be talking about it too much.

If it was you, maybe you�d know

there was a big margin you got the wrong two guys.

This is without me.

We�ll muddle through.

So what do you want to say?

I want to say this case broke difficult enough today

where every time I glanced in your direction,

I didn�t need disapproving mystery looks,

or you act like I enjoyed scaring that girl.

I was trying to shake her off her story.

You went too far.

I was hoping she�d move off those cops.

Are you usually off base this far

on what�s on people�s minds?

I could see it slowing down your detective work.

Anyway, who�s our mutual acquaintance, Franco,

that you can crack wise

I don�t like getting stirred up?

Tammy Simpson.

That I dated twice.

My girlfriend who I was in the academy with.

I hope nobody shares missile information with her.

The whole thing she said

was you were this sweet guy who was totally confused,

and you pushed her away when you wanted to hold her.

And this caused you to hate me.

No, I guess it probably caused me

to be interested in you.

You think there�s only room on earth

for one confused person?

Franco, you want to come home with me?

Yeah, all right.

Wait. Wait. Wait.

What�s the matter?

I�m not comfortable.

Okay. Let�s get comfortable.

C-Can we just stop?

Stop completely? Sure.

I-I�m sorry. I�m just not comfortable doing this.

I know I came up here with you.

I just got scared all of a sudden.

That happens, I guess.

I�m just going to go, all right?

I�m very sorry.

All right.

All right.

Nothing wrong is going to happen here.

You weren�t doing anything wrong.

When I saw you in the bar tonight,

I went from looking for a fight

to just wanting to keep company.

And I wanted to keep you company.

So you just want me to hold you?

Do you mind just holding me?

No, i�ll just hold you.

Here, take your pants off --

strictly for holding purposes only.

I�m not going to do anything.

We�ll just lay back right here

until we get in a more permanent position

under the covers

where nothing is going to happen also.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Okay?

Yeah.

That�s good.

That�s just what I wanted tonight --

just keeping company with you.