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Bullet they dug out of our d. O. A. Came out

of the same gun used in your shooting two years ago.

He don�t want to come out with US, does he, this lazy bum?

Yeah, how about that? Ballistics makes a match.

I guess even a stopped clock�s right twice a day.

Believe me, this fat-ass does not come with US

to re-interview his victim.

He sits right on his piles in that station house.

Being we got no leads in our own investigation, Tommy,

Andy sipowicz and me thought we�d come talk

to the victim in your shooting where the same gun was used.

Fancy: This your D.O.A. from last night?

"Give Andy my best

and tell him I haven�t moved six years since he saw me."

Yeah, he said to say hi.

He�s having his morning constitutional.

Yeah, we catch some break.

We got this on our homicide

off crime scene and canvass. Here comes ballistics catching

a match with a case of lard-ass Tommy colangelo�s

from two years ago.

Colangelo�s not coming out to re-interview.

Tommy colangelo don�t re-interview with new information

on the hoffa case.

No, absolutely.

If you don�t feel you could contribute...

What�s he saying, a migraine?

If it might put him off, definitely stay away.

He feels he may have alienated the victim.

All his aggressive detective work two years ago.

And then if anything new develops,

we�ll keep you posted, all right, Tommy?

Says go it alone, Tom.

Who was that, Tommy colangelo?

Remember that case we worked with him?

Had to be about six years ago.

That�s right.

He never got off his ass.

Sergeant Martinez.

Hey.

Not till tomorrow.

Let the guy do a last day�s honest work.

Anyways...

We�ll go out and talk to this guy.

Yeah, that�d be some break?

Yeah, it looked like a complete mystery.

Afterwards, we still got some celebrating to do, anyways.

Yeah.

7:00 at mac�s, right?

You�re coming, right?

Yeah, Greg says he�s picking up the tab.

Yeah, right, Danny.

Ha ha.

Hi.

Hi.

So, you don�t have to have anything

to do with that task force guy, Jill.

Don�t give him anything.

Okay.

How about this?

They�ve already got all the evidence they need.

The federal prosecutor�s just afraid to go to bat.

This task force guy couldn�t even believe

they gave Don a deal.

Sounds like you got him to open up pretty good.

Yeah.

So you making drops for Don not knowing what was going on,

keep that to yourself.

That�s not coming up in a million years.

You didn�t drink with him?

No, no.

I told him I,

I told him I got off watching him drink.

Got a little messy at the end, was all,

but nothing 50 gallons of lavoris won�t cure.

I�m sorry, Diane.

Don�t be.

I was glad to find out where you stood.

I just haven�t been out that late in a while.

Thanks a lot.

This is going to get me in real good with my boss.

Put the brooms from there to there.

Make yourself look busy.

You don�t want US leaving twice daily messages

for you to contact US at our station house, ray, do ya?

You�re a citizen of this nation, ray, right?

And?

And you were involved in a shooting two years ago.

I got shot in the back. That what we�re talking about?

The same gun that shot you

was used last night in another crime.

Ray, what we call the dd5 of the incident two years ago

describes you as uncooperative.

Which I find hard to believe

given how forthcoming we see you at present.

How am I going to be cooperative?

I got shot in the back. I didn�t see anything.

If that was the case, this dd5 would say

that the victim could not identify.

That�s not what it says. See where it says "uncooperative"?

Don�t be demonstrative.

Ray, our experience,

the combination shot in the back

and uncooperative oftentimes indicates that the victim

isn�t so much unable to identify the perpetrator

as he is unwilling.

Which we could give less of a rat�s ass about, ray.

You got shot. You don�t want to press charges, fine.

But you ain�t the victim in this shooting

last night, ray.

Last night�s victim, ray, is dead,

and we�re asking you to realize you�re somewhat

at a skill level, when cops come talking

to you all the time,

your boss begins regarding you as a non-essential employee.

What good�s my information going to do you, anyway, man?

Two years is two years.

That gun�s probably changed hands more times

than a $20 bill.

Maybe, ray, and then again, maybe not.

Some people develop a deep affection for their handguns.

Guy on my street starts clowning me

about my uniform. I was working fast food then.

This is in front of people.

Put a name on the guy.

Jason wiggins.

Yeah, I tell him to get on these.

I turn around and walk away.

Jason takes that as disrespect, yells at me to turn around.

I don�t. I get shot.

If he�s still got that piece,

I heard he cleaned up his act.

Now if you�ll excuse me, I got to kiss my manager�s ass.

Go ahead, ray.

Yeah, i�m citizen of the week.

See if Jason wiggins has got a sheet?

I�m confident he may.

Jason�s one of them guys, earth starts shaking,

he�s in the street,

half a chance of staying out of harm�s way,

runs into the biggest building he can find.

God forbid he just stays out in the street

and winds up with just a couple scratches.

Yeah, Jason wants to position himself

so instead of taking advantage of where he happened to be

when the earthquake began,

he�s located where not a single one

of them slabs of concrete from that huge building

that he ran into misses landing

on his big dopey head.

You get where we�re going with any of this, Jason?

Nobody is looking to make you the main performer.

Performer?

I ain�t in your circus no kind of way.

I ain�t playin�.

Okay, Jason, you remind them upstate

when they�re banging you four at a time

how tough you were in the station house.

Andy: You�re not in the circus, pal?

Well, don�t ever find yourself by mistake in a herd

of earring-wearing ostriches,

because the next thing you know, you are going to be right

with the rest of the flock sprinting

around the center ring, ducking your head

while that psycho with the top hat cracks his whip

a half inch from your nose.

So stupid, arrogant.

Knowing he didn�t do this one last night,

he�s going to put himself

in jail for a case no one�s even looking at no more.

This is Mrs. Wiggins.

You have my son here.

His name came up in connection with a crime last night.

My son came home at 5:30 in the afternoon.

I was home from work. I saw him come in.

He had been drinking, so he went to his room and slept.

I woke him up at 7:00 for dinner.

After that, he watched TV while I read in the kitchen.

He fell asleep on the couch at 11:00,

and I didn�t go to bed until midnight.

And he was still on that couch when I left this morning.

I got wood floors, and I sleep light.

Nobody comes in or out without me waking up.

I want my son released.

Your son may have been involved in a shooting two years ago

where the same gun was used that was used last night.

I told you where my son was last night!

You going to tell US where he was two years ago when this other shooting happened?

That shooting two years ago, Mrs. Wiggins,

thank god it wasn�t fatal. The victim recovered.

As far as how hard we go at your son,

we�ve got some wiggle room.

The only reason we�d look at that case hard

is if we don�t get cooperation on what�s in front of US,

because that victim didn�t recover.

My son has been in trouble before.

I�m not blind to that.

I�m a single working mother, and I lost him to the streets,

but he�s been trying to make a change,

and I believe he can make it.

Can I talk to him?

Why don�t we all go talk?

Aw, man, what�s up with this?

It�s called somebody giving a damn about you.

Mom, I didn�t do it. I know you didn�t.

They ain�t got nothing.

Just go home, and i�m going to be there later.

Quit acting like you�re in charge, because you�re not.

Now you�re buying yourself trouble if you don�t tell them

who has your gun.

I didn�t do anything last night.

Andy: That shooting two years ago, Jason,

where you were beefin� with the guy --

where you lost your temper and threw a shot into him --

that can come or go depending

on how you play this.

Jason, baby, if you let yourself

be taken away from me, I will never forgive you.

You asking me to trust them?

I�m askin� you to understand that right now,

you don�t have a choice.

Say I rent out my gun last night.

The guy use it, he�s supposed to dump the gun

and pay my buy-out fee. Say they bring it back to me,

even though I find out he did use it.

If I give you his name, what�s to say

he ain�t going to lie, and i�m hung out?

Will you do that, hang my boy out

if you can�t convict the other one?

No, we won�t do that.

Go ahead, son.

It�s Trey Langdon.

Trey lives on ludlow off Delancey

over the shoe repair.

Where�s the gun he returned to you?

It�s under my mattress.

Will you go with US and get it?

I trusted you.

I know.

We�re walking out of here, baby,

as soon as I get back here.

Hi.

-

I need some help.

A lot.

I don�t remember what happened last night.

Is that right?

You were an asshole.

Did you come to the motel with me?

Is this another sick game?

Black out.

Because I got what I needed to know from you.

He�s in the wind.

What are you talking about?

Your partner�s ex-husband is in the wind.

Come here, denby.

I had watch on him last night at the motel.

Woke up, like, 5:00 in the morning,

and he was gone.

Him loose can screw your partner up bad.

Yeah. Otherwise, i�d sure like to spend some time thinking

about you blowing your career.

No way he doesn�t reach out to her.

That�s you locking in on how a prick will behave,

right, denby?

Like you say,

I don�t get this guy back,

i�m looking at losing my job.

I don�t have to ask how you and me hit it off,

but it�s in your girlfriend�s interest letting me know

when he reaches out.

If I decide that�s true, I know how to get in touch.

For what it�s worth, I apologize.

Nothing is how much that�s worth.

I�m not meeting you,

because you�re talking to the wrong person.

I�m telling you,

you got me confused with somebody else.

You�re not going to believe this.

I know don�s in the wind.

Where is he?

I told him I didn�t want to know.

Good for you, Jill.

I can�t get involved with him.

The only smart thing he can do is turn himself in.

Jill: That�s right.

I can�t give him money to get away.

That�s right.

I�m sure they�re watching my house.

John: Who is this, please? You can�t get involved with him, Jill.

I guess that task force guy must have shown up

at the motel drunk.

He can�t remember what happened.

Thinks he must have left the door unguarded.

Did he put an alarm out?

Diane: Not yet.

He�s hoping Don will use his head the way you said.

Not to mention that it will save his ass.

That would be the bonus for denby.

That same person who called before

and didn�t identify himself is calling again.

Do you want to find out where Don is, Jill,

let denby know so they can pick him up?

I don�t want the call, John.

Tell him i�m not around,

whoever it is that�s calling.

I can�t give him up, though, either, Diane.

You�d just get on his bad side

in terms of what he might tell the d. A.

I can�t give him up.

Okay,

okay.

Sit down.

Man, this is messed up.

Murder classifying as "messed up" in trey�s book.

Murder? Y�all looking at me for murder?

A youth named Michael baylor, Trey, is no longer amongst US.

Our hope is that you killed him,

�cause you�re who we�re talkin� to, and that would make our lives simpler,

but if you got differing information,

now�s your time to leap in.

Who gave me up? Jason?

Asking questions is not where your best interests lie.

Well, Jason should have kept his mouth shut,

because this boomerangs back onto Robbie.

Start puttin� last names to these people.

Robbie wiggins.

That�s right --

jason�s brother Robbie.

Why would you have

to rent a gun from one brother to give to another?

Robbie knew Jason wouldn�t give him no gun to use,

so Robbie had me rent the gun off of Jason for him.

And here goes Jason, givin� me up, putting his own brother

in the hot seat, because I sure as hell

ain�t taking no hit for murder just for being no go-between.

Did Robbie tell you what he wanted the gun for?

Some romantic nonsense.

That Michael -- I don�t know the dude,

but Robbie was saying some Michael was hassling latasha.

That�s who robbie�s seeing now.

Hey, I don�t know the details.

Alls I did was rent the gun Robbie wanted

from his brother he knew wouldn�t give it to him.

Where are we going to find Robbie? Her place, probably.

Write down where latasha lives.

Josh, keep an eye on this guy for a while?

You got it.

Make a promise, now we�re going to lock her other son up.

Look, she�s gotta know this comes out of left field.

So you figure the unfortunate coincidence aspect,

that�ll move her to let US off the hook?

I figure her letting US off the hook

can�t decide how we work the case.

Now you�re carrying stone tablets off the mountain,

telling me how to do my job? Come on, Andy.

I am telling you, these are prejudiced people,

and I don�t want no unfortunate coincidences

confirming their prejudices against me.

Maybe Robbie didn�t pull the trigger,

didn�t have murder on his mind.

If he knows what�s good for him,

it better be what went on.

What is going on?

We�re following this thing out, miss wiggins.

Following it how? I took you to jason�s gun.

You�ve got Trey

that my son Jason told you about.

Now, you promised me.

There�s a new complication, Mrs. Wiggins.

It looks like it might involve your other son.

What?

Your other son, Robbie.

Robbie? No.

Robbie�s outside of that life.

We got to look into possible complications.

No.

No, no, no.

Let US look into them, and we�ll keep you posted.

Does this involve his girlfriend?

We can�t tell specifics.

You and Jason need to stay here till we find out what happened.

That latasha�s no good. It may be her behind this,

or her old boyfriend --

hood by the name of Michael baylor.

He�s the homicide victim,

that Michael baylor you mention.

We�re not looking to hurt your family.

You got our word.

Your word?

Well, in that case,

I have nothing to worry about, do I?

15th squad.

I�m sorry.

She�s still not available.

No, wait, John, wait.

Yes, hello.

All right, listen to me. Listen!

555-0146.

In 45 minutes, I want you to call that number.

No, 0146.

Say the number again.

Call there in 45 minutes.

That number sounds familiar.

Please, Diane.

What, you want me to go to my place and talk to Don?

I need to see him.

If denby�s any kind of cop,

he�s got my place up.

Jill...

Please.

Tell me what your plan is.

Right now he�s a material witness.

If he runs, they�ll reinstate the charges,

and then he�ll be a fugitive.

Are you going to talk him through

to understanding that?

That�s right. That makes sense.

He�s got a deal in place if he cooperates,

and he may not even have to testify.

Okay. I understand.

Jill, don�t hurt yourself.

I won�t. Thanks, Diane.

Boss?

Hey, Jill.

I need a few hours lost time.

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything�s okay at home.

So, is -- is that okay --

if I take the time?

Yeah.

Hey, Greg.

Is this where you�ve been?

What did I miss?

Nothing.

I�ve just been looking all over for you, buddy.

You composing your speech for the racket tonight?

Yeah, I guess.

Yeah, i�m bringing my, "a" game

to introducing you, i�ll tell you that right now.

Attaboy.

One thing, each day that goes by,

a little more of me is looking forward to it.

Your new position? Absolutely, James.

As difficult as it�s going to be missing everyone.

No, I-I understand.

Not working with you, especially.

All right, don�t get me started, James.

Don�t get me started.

Down here.

You�re in some jackpot, Robbie.

We know what you done. You understand, Robbie?

We know you shot Mike baylor.

Now, you�ve had family members forthcoming with US

without knowing you were involved,

and we�re not on this job taking advantage of that,

whether you believe it or not.

Your job�s putting what happened

in the right light, Robbie,

where we might find some extenuation.

He stole the 6-months anniversary ring I gave her

off my girlfriend latasha�s finger.

That�s why you went

to Mike baylor�s apartment last night?

I went to get it back.

And you went there packing.

That�s right.

Was that primarily self-defensive?

Were you necessarily intending to use that piece?

Or was that primarily self-defensive?

I didn�t go there intending to use it.

I went to get the ring back.

All right, so what happened?

I knock on the door, he lets me in.

I tell him I want that ring back

he took off latasha�s finger.

So, i�d be right saying at this point

that you didn�t have your piece out?

I had it in my belt.

So what does Michael do?

Pulls his piece on me -- says he�s going to

rub the ring on his dick,

tells me what he used to do to latasha

when he was taking her out.

That�s when I went crazy.

Okay, but now when you say you went crazy,

he�s already got his gun out,

pointing it at you, correct, Robbie?

He could have shot you at any second

is what I guess you must have been feeling.

I went after him.

Meaning what?

I went after him to kick his ass.

Kick his ass while he�s pointing a gun at you?

I told you I went crazy.

And saying you didn�t pull your piece?

I forgot I had it till he shot at me.

Then I shot at him back.

We didn�t find no gun of michael�s

in that apartment, Robbie.

I took michael�s gun.

I was going to give it

to who I rented my piece from,

�cause if I used my piece, I was supposed

to throw it away and pay a buy-out,

but I didn�t have no money.

Come to find out, I thought I threw my gun

in the dumpster behind that building,

it was michael�s I threw away,

so I had to give my piece back.

You could not make this stuff up.

Did I get Jason in trouble?

Just sit here, Robbie,

while we check out that dumpster.

One p. P. -- He�ll be back in 20 minutes.

What did my son say?

We got to confirm that, and then maybe things are going to be all right.

What did Robbie say?! Mrs. Wiggins...

Was he involved? Shh!

Don�t you shush me.

We�re going to talk in half an hour.

What is going to happen now?

Shh!

We�re going back to the crime scene.

You sound like Dr. Evil -- shh.

Yeah, like that motorcycle lunatic

would have any better chance making that woman hear reason.

Whose place is this?

Who�s Bobby Simone?

Never mind.

Who�s this guy to you?

You think maybe we got other things to talk about?

Yeah. I guess you got to live your life.

You need to go back to that motel.

Do I need to?

Why does the guy who guards you getting drunk

mean you got to blow a deal keeping you out of jail?

I�m out now. And you aren�t here

to make me go back to that motel.

Why am I here, Don?

To stake you hitting the road, livin� a skell�s life

till they collar you for this or somethin� else?

Like that�s the only choice.

It�s the one you made with boys who wanted

to look up to you and me hoping you�d make good.

Yeah, well maybe i�d do better

without the holy Trinity keeping score.

You think I want to be bitter like this, Jill?

I wouldn�t rather stay where I could see the boys?

But I go back, and i�m looking at months

in that rattrap till I testify,

and then god knows what relocation someplace

away from here anyway?

Isn�t a clean break better now?

Some clean break.

Hey, i�m thinking about making a few other stops,

let some people pay for how i�ve been set up.

Don...

Did you bring money for me?

I didn�t have time to wrap that question up pretty

and find a nice card.

I�ve got $780.

Okay.

Great.

Hey, look, maybe when I land someplace --

get in touch with me again,

and i�ll tell them where to pick you up.

All right.

I understand.

Maybe we found each other too young.

Maybe I did put pressure on you

so you couldn�t become what you needed to.

Make a life, Don.

Hey, tell the boys I love them.

Go away.

Hi.

You want to get a cup of coffee?

Sure.

Thanks, Diane.

What happened?

He may not turn himself in.

He may leave town.

In other words, he�s leaving town.

I guess, maybe.

Did you give him money?

If he�s caught, Jill,

he can give you up

for accessory to felony escape.

Look, if anything happens,

obviously you didn�t know I was taking your keys.

He never would have gotten his deal.

He never would have kept his end

of the bargain to get it.

He wanted to run.

That�s what he does.

Okay.

I believe he�s going to be out of my life now.

In a way, I feel like I ransomed

the rest of my life and the boys�.

I really believe that.

I hope that�s how it works.

Using the lavatory.

Welcome back.

Danny: Looks like we cleared this, boss.

The guy that owned the gun in the shooting two years ago --

that you were with US when that ballistics information came in --

he kept that piece. What do you think of that?

And this guy that had the piece,

his younger brother reached out to get it,

because the younger brother got dissed

by his girlfriend�s former squeeze.

The former squeeze being our d. O. A.?

Who had a piece of his own, this d. O. A.,

which detective sipowicz will now show you.

He�s not addressing the problem.

What is the problem?

The problem�s coming out of the can.

The d. O. A. Threw shots

at this woman�s younger son which crime scene missed

and my same eagle-eyed partner just come up with out of the hallway floorboard.

Here�s the point.

Here is the crucial point.

This woman staring daggers got her older son

that owned the piece to cooperate with US

prior to knowing that it was her younger son

that actually used the piece.

Which the older brother didn�t know he was renting it to the younger brother.

The younger brother knew the older brother wouldn�t rent to him,

so he rented through an intermediary.

So here, this woman staring daggers

gets the older son

inadvertently giving up her younger son --

that should make a pretty good argument

for self-defense for,

to begin with, the younger son.

So, it shouldn�t go bad for neither son on the merits,

plus they both were also cooperative,

and we�re going to do everything we can

how we write things up.

And this is what you got to explain to her.

The woman staring daggers?

Yeah, �cause she�s going to take it a lot better coming from you.

We kind of steered her into a jackpot without meaning to.

Plus she�s taken an instinctive dislike --

possible racial component.

Andy: Lorraine wiggins.

I�m Arthur fancy.

My detectives asked me to talk with you.

Lorraine: Make me wait all this time

and don�t have nerve to talk to me theirselves?

Shall we talk in my office?

No. Tell me out here.

I know you�re afraid for your boys.

He told me I could trust him --

that old bald one,

and look what it got me.

That old bald detective and his partner,

they told me this homicide clears

because you and your sons cooperated.

And what does that count for?

D.a.s don�t figure to make their careers

prosecuting cases detectives aren�t really behind.

They know things can get embarrassing at trial.

They�ll have to be arraigned, Mrs. Wiggins,

but i�d be surprised if either of your sons

gets jail time.

And if they do end up in jail,

where do I cash you being surprised?

We honor the favors people do US.

I won�t be able to stand saying goodbye to them.

I�ll tell your boys you said goodbye,

and i�ll have a lot more information for you tomorrow.

Tell that old bald one

I hold him accountable.

He knows.

Andy: How�d it go?

It went okay.

Was she, combative?

No.

What was she?

She accepts we�re going to try our best

to keep her sons out of jail.

Yeah. I knew you�d have a better rapport.

She make any derogatory references?

She said you were old and bald.

Old?

Bald?

You hurt your back, Greg?

No, I just caught a twinge when I straightened.

Mac�s at 7:00?

Mac�s at 7:00.

Get the right statements from her son.

Absolutely.

Hey, Tommy.

-Here you go.

I better get all the, teasing and levity

out of my system here tonight

�cause, James being promoted to sergeant,

I know any shoe-squeezing I do the next time I see him

is liable to cost me a 10-day rip.

Greg: Yeah. One thing,

him going back in the bag,

I get to keep postponing that conversation

i�ve always dreaded having with James,

about his taste in clothes.

Woman:!

So,

what should I say about my partner

I hooked up with seven years ago?

Came over from anti-crime wet behind the ears,

now he�s leaving married and with a kid of his own.

James Leo Martinez

has been a pleasure to work with --

a first-rate detective

and a great daily companion --

not just taking my back,

which there have been those days,

and thank god James was with me.

He�s been a great partner.

Everything life brought, whatever came down the pike,

that�s what the two of US shared.

All of US here know

our time on this job goes so quick.

We don�t get many long-term partners.

I�m grateful I caught such a lucky hand.

Sergeant James Martinez.

Go get �em, pal.

One thing -- my wife made me promise I wouldn�t sing.

Good for Gina.

I also waive the honoree�s customary 10% cut

of the post-racket crap game!

Seriously, i�m grateful you all came tonight,

and I enjoyed working with every one of yous,

and i�m also grateful not to be leaving this job,

so I can look forward to US keeping on working together,

even though in my new capacity,

I can�t be compromising myself

cutting anyone any special breaks --

which I hope you all know is a bunch of malarkey.

One thing is,

if we don�t run into each other working,

I hope we all still can stay in touch,

�cause, I remember, even in high school,

my closest buddies,

we didn�t stay in touch that much,

so I hope that ain�t the case here.

I just want to thank everybody again for coming out,

and,

thank god for whoever invented this job.

Way to go, sarge.

Look at this, Rudy.

Look what I gave up for this mess.

Diane, Diane, i�m sorry, honey.

Honey? Are you drunk?

I wish I was drunk.

Why�d you page me?

This has got to be your partner�s ex.

Diane Russell from the 15th, Rudy Russo.

How are you doing?

Better than this guy.

Are you at least going to get me off the hot seat

for standing her up? Russo: Denby discovered our mystery man,

hands and feet cut off,

head cut off so we can�t check dental records.

Best this guy gives me for a lead

is two unidentified male hispanics

beating feet down the street out there.

Excuse me for my first curiosity being,

what mischief might the unidentified male hispanics

be up to in the alley?

Diane: Thanks.

You�re a good influence.

Latest i�ve seen denby upright.

What am I doing here, denby?

I give up on your partner�s place,

like, two hours ago,

start sitting on one of the Dominicans

her ex-husband muled for like two blocks from here.

One of his crew�s outside washing down the inside of a Van.

I start checking some dumpsters, I find that.

You didn�t tell Russo

about sitting on the dominicans� place?

These Dominicans are going away anyhow.

If that body is your partner�s ex,

my life�s a lot simpler if he�s never identified.

The only thing --

is this his ring, do you know?

You found that on the body?

Some kind of interlocked hearts on the inside.

Do you know if it�s his?

�cause he didn�t have a ring when I was guarding him.

I want that.

You want to give it to your partner? Yeah.

You understand about my life being simpler?

Give me the ring, denby.

So it is his ring.

Yeah...

It�s his.