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Skinny little jerk.

He�s gone -- j. B.

Unlocks the bathroom window

while he�s flushing the toilet.

He told me he�d stay the night.

Broke his promise to me, this little jerk.

He�s a dope fiend, Danny.

Thanks for the news flash.

What are you going to do,

take the gimmick out of his arm?

Why?

I�m trying to figure what you�re doing.

You work on that. Leave me a note.

This is your message, Danny. Read between the lines.

Yeah? Good.

May I help you?

Yes, my name is Michelle beacham,

and I own synchronicity.

It�s a vintage clothing store.

On bleecker. You shop there?

I was Maria butyrskaya for Halloween last year.

That�s great.

Michelle beacham, vintage clothing store owner.

I�m detective medavoy.

That�s my partner -- detective Jones.

I think I bought some stolen property.

How did that come about?

Well, I buy used clothes.

A girl came in to sell some dresses.

They were beautiful, beautiful dresses.

They were worth a lot more,

but I just sort of offered her $400

to start the bidding, and she went outside

to talk to her boyfriend, who I could see outside.

When she came back in, she said yes.

You bought the dresses?

I made up some excuse

that I hadn�t seen the beading on one of them.

I gave her $600.

There were 6 beaded l�envins from the �20s.

My goodness.

Three were stripped for the beads,

but the other three were in near-perfect condition.

Had the girl done business with you before?

No, i�d never seen her before.

How long ago did this happen?

Three weeks. That�s how long it took me

to decide whether I wanted to pay off my credit cards

or be able to sleep at night.

Most people wouldn�t even experience

that type of ambivalence.

Here�s an inventory and description

of what I bought,

and that�s where you can get in touch with me.

We�ll run a description of the dresses

through stolen property to see if a match comes up.

Will you let me know? Absolutely.

You may just have brought so much happiness

back into someone�s life.

That would be nice, because I know

I didn�t bring any into discover card�s.

Ha ha ha.

You in a beaded l�envin --

yes.

Where�s Sorenson?

He brought that junkie home with him last night.

Did you know that?

No.

Well, he did.

How�s it going?

Hi.

What�s his problem?

Why does he have to have a problem

to feed his fish?

Yeah, he didn�t see me walk in. Morning, Andy.

Where were you, out getting your hotel permit

for your youth hostel for skell junkies?

Don�t. I�m not going to have Patience for it.

For what�s that?

Do I need your seal of approval

who I reach out to?

Did I miss that somewhere in the regs?

Anyways, the skell junkie�s in the wind.

And you still got all your appliances?

Hey, feed your fish.

The virgin Mary would tear her hair out

behind his ball-breaking.

Excuse me.

I�m trying to find, um,

that�s who I need to talk to.

Yeah, what�s going on, Leslie?

Where do you want to talk at?

Come here. Come on.

Good morning, bozo.

Yeah, good.

The hostel�s back open.

What�s going on?

Back at you, Leslie.

When did you last see your boy, Danny?

I�m just coming at you straight out.

Who?

Come on. We playing games now?

What, you mean j. B.? Yeah.

I saw him last night.

All right.

When did you see him last, Leslie?

I�m just saying, you know -- excuse me --

he could use an intervention, you know?

Where should I go to intervene?

Well, if they intervene

where I saw him at last,

it could be up at bellevue

on a bunch of big machines and stuff like that.

He o. D.�d?

He was looking pretty blurpled.

What gallery?

The one on b at the hardware.

I don�t know if anybody intervened with him or not.

Intervened meaning they threw him out

on the street in front of the hospital?

Yeah, I don�t know if somebody stepped up.

Well, we know you didn�t, right, Leslie?

Okay.

I got to go. I got to go someplace.

Want some company?

No.

Lost time.

Um, a friend of ours is in trouble,

so, you know --

you on his side, I know he�s coming out okay.

Do you get exhausted from just being right

and perfect all the time? Is that it?

You got all the doughnuts you need?

Thank you, thank you. It was very helpful.

Very helpful.

What you need to do is be more respectful

when you�re talking about the possible dead.

That�s what you need to do.

Lisa, can you take these kids up to the crib?

Sure.

Yeah, go with the nice lady.

This is Lisa, Jenny.

Hi, Jenny.

There you go.

Walk quick with me.

Stolen property -- I need to voucher that.

All right.

The baby sling�s bought and paid for.

The baby sling�s hers. What�s open?

Interview three. Shoplifting collar?

I�m going to talk to her down here.

I collared her myself. You leave your babies

with that son of a bitch, Lucy?

Lucy: No.

Because right now he�s got them in a bar.

The babies are all right. They�re upstairs.

I�ll give you a little background on this.

Here, take off your coat, Lucy,

and put it on the table.

Sit.

That tear�s just there.

It�s not on purpose to put things in.

What�s going on in your head, exposing your kids

to their mother stealing and getting busted?

I�m sorry.

The husband, he�s the one that sends her out.

What�s your husband�s name?

Harvey.

Does Harvey work?

Not now.

With unemployment at historic all-time lows.

Laughlin.

Couldn�t we just go home if I won�t do it anymore?

No, you can�t just go home,

and I need to talk to your husband,

otherwise your kids are going to child services.

I can help you with the husband.

God, please don�t bring him in.

I know all his gin mills.

Just a second.

Everything�s such a mess.

I don�t want to be a bad person.

You sit still.

So what�s your plan, laughlin,

find this guy wherever he�s getting his load on

and drag him in by the hair?

Three times I caught her. It�s him than sends her out.

If you can�t get her to leave, what kind of night

are you setting this woman up for roughing the husband up?

Yeah, all right.

You take it easy when you bring this guy in.

A detective called about some personal property.

Which detective was that?

A detective medavoy.

And my name is Julianne Maurice.

Ms. Maurice.

How do you do?

Sorry if I startled you there.

You left a message

about certain lost property.

Why don�t we talk at my desk?

My partner detective Jones and I will ask you

a few preliminary questions, and then I suspect

we�ll have some very good news in that regard.

Ms. Morris, my partner -- Baldwin Jones.

How do you do?

I noticed that although

you pronounce your name Morris,

it�s spelled as if it would be pronounced Maurice.

Please don�t turn this into a game show.

No, certainly not.

Ms. Maurice, could you show US a driver�s license

or some other form of picture identification?

Are these my grandmother�s dresses?

Ma�am, just trust the process.

I don�t drive,

but I do have this

from the motor vehicle bureau.

Well, there�s one bureaucratic hurdle overcome right there,

and if you have it,

if you could produce any type of documents

of ownership of the property you reported stolen...

These are photographs of my grandmother

wearing the gowns in question.

Those are ample documentation.

I�m sorry that they�re not in color.

They only had black and white back then.

My god.

Those are going to be ample.

I will certainly want to reward the person who found them.

Being that you filed

a stolen property report,

we have to supervise the exchange.

Shall I call the other party and set up a time now?

I�ll come in whenever it�s convenient

for the other person.

Just call and tell me when to come.

All right.

Lucky your things turned up at all,

Ms. Maurice?

I apologize if i�m seeming rude.

Obviously the dresses mean a lot to you,

i�m sure probably because of the family connection.

Do you think that the three

are damaged beyond repair?

I really didn�t get that impression, Ms. Maurice.

Please say how grateful I am and that I intend

to pay a reward and that i�ll be here

at the other person�s convenience.

Thank you for your work on my case.

Sure.

Those must be some dresses.

Poor soul.

So what did she do now?

Just have a seat, Harvey.

No, but is it the same thing?

Lucy had some things from walgreens

she hadn�t paid for.

For god�s sake!

Your kids are upstairs.

I was just going to ask where the kids are.

Yeah, they�re upstairs, and they�re both fine.

But they were with her while she was being a klepto.

You hypocrite bastard.

What is your problem?

The only problem you need to be worrying about

is your home situation.

I�m here to deal with that. I don�t need his abuse.

Okay, so let�s keep our eyes on the ball.

Have I been anything but respectful bringing you in?

Did you just call me a bastard?

Harvey, it�s obvious to me

that you can tell Lucy has a problem.

She�s a friggin� kleptomaniac.

Whether she�s a kleptomaniac

or she�s taking things because of some idea

right now your family needs help --

having to be in the police station when i�m out of work?

Is that what you were doing at mallory�s,

looking for a job at the bottom of that rock and rye?

I hope you never have to deal

with the depression that comes from being unemployed.

Harvey, what I need to hear from you is whether

you�re prepared to keep your family together.

Isn�t that what i�ve been trying to do?

Which means if these charges go away

and Lucy comes home, you�re going to keep making

a good strong effort finding work.

Has she been complaining about that?

Lucy absolutely has not been complaining about that.

Hey, i�m willing to make 100% effort.

If you think I like being dragged down

to a station house, you�re out of your mind.

Nobody dragged you, asshole.

No, but I definitely take your point,

and off you showing good faith,

i�m going to put the charges against Lucy in abeyance.

And in the next week, if you come in

and show evidence of employment,

or even places you�ve applied,

that�s going to show me you going the extra mile,

maybe even more than she has.

Hey, i�m not going to hang up any dirty linen

about who puts his oar deeper in the water

in this relationship, but it�s me.

All right.

I really appreciate that

and you reaching a hand out to try to help Lucy.

All right.

It�s nice to be appreciated once in a while.

I mean, that is the girl I married.

I�m glad you�re reaching out to make this new effort.

Where�s he going?

Upstairs.

You see that? This has gone too far with him.

I had to take myself out of the catching order

and everything else.

Do you want to work on those stolen dresses?

You realize you take his side every available choice?

Andy, stop it.

He�s dead -- j. B.

O.d.�d.

Then someone burned him up.

He chose what he wanted.

That wraps him up in a nice little bow.

You can�t live other people�s lives for �em, Danny.

It�s just running away from your own.

We could be in each other�s lives.

Anyways...

Danny: Od�d.

On b...

At the hardware store.

And someone...

Set the room on fire.

Arson should look at the building owner

for settin� the fire.

They�re gentrifyin� over there.

A skell junkie,

he�s dissolvin� over in tears.

It�s all right, Danny.

He burned up... Like my sisters.

They�re alive, Danny.

That�s right...

That�s right.

I don�t know how to live.

And me, with my manual at home.

Hey, it�s okay.

I got your hair full of snot.

That�s nice.

No, i�m just kiddin�.

I was just sayin� what I was afraid of.

Ms. Maurice: You know...

I know I should see them...

I know I should see them.

These are the dresses, obviously,

and the damage is the damage,

whatever the damage is,

and so why don�t I just reimburse and reward you...

And look at the dresses later.

I�m making this for $1500.

That�s fine.

I know you could have sold them for much more,

and I wish I could afford to pay you more,

but I can�t.

It�s fine, don�t worry about it.

Thank you so very much.

You�re welcome, Julianne.

Could you fill in your name,

i�m sorry, I can�t remember it.

...it�s Michelle beacham.

Could you fill it in?

I will...

But I wanted you to know it.

All right.

Do you need some help with them, Ms. Maurice?

No. I don�t know

if i�m going to be so happy

as my mother would be to get them back

because of the missing beads and other possible damage.

Did your mother have the dresses before you?

They were in my safekeeping when they were stolen.

They belonged to my mother...

And since they were stolen,

she had a fatal cerebral incident,

or they say accident.

I�m sure that�s what I hear them say,

but I think

that they must mean incident,

don�t you?

I�m sorry your mom died.

Before the dresses came back,

well, it�s two weeks.

I�m sure it�s just a question of time

till I feel better.

I�ll tell you, a lousy break

is this skell junkie c. I. Burning up.

He confided a dream to me where this happens

to his sisters that he takes care of.

He was saying that.

He confided that dream to you?

He said j. B. Had burned up

like his sisters, almost as if

it had really happened to them.

And so he was terrifically upset?

What�s he doing now?

I think he�s washing up

and getting ready to come out, Andy.

�cause nobody wants to give him a hard time.

No, I know.

The boss never come back from comstat?

Take off, i�ll sign you out later.

I want to make arrangements for him at duffy�s.

Yeah, go ahead.

You lose somebody you like,

they don�t have to be dag hammarskjold...

Willy Sutton.

If they�re close to you, you�re going to get upset.

Anyways, i�m going to see to him at duffy�s,

then i�m going to get my load on.

You�re going to get your load on?

Yeah.

Well, that�s good.

That�s facing up to the problem.

Andy, have you ever seen the inside of a saloon?

Which proves exactly what?

I�m not looking to prove nothing.

No, but you think that you can carry on like this?

Upset about every damn thing

till alls that gets you any peace

is them stupid paper clips?

You remind me of my first wife Katie.

The minute she got up till she laid down at night,

she�d exhaust herself with worry.

I wouldn�t figure you gave her any cause.

Am I who we�re talkin� about?

Andy, let me go see to him.

Sure, go see to a junkie

you couldn�t help alive or dead.

You�re going to lose all your normal friends.

Who you should be seeing is that nice girl upstairs.

Anyways...

Hey, Jill.

Hey.

Where were you?

Out walking.

Slide over.

One of those?

Yeah. Collared a woman shoplifting at walgreens

who�s lucky she�s not a career criminal

because she�s bad at what she does.

Got her kids with her -- 3 and 1.

Husband�s out of work, abusive,

got a leg up on being a drunk.

You know, I-I take her for acting out.

Figured she�s looking to get out

of the domestic situation.

Long-term, you�d hope that would turn her

into heading for a shelter,

which means presently keeping her out of jail,

plus there�s two kids upstairs in the crib...

Who you want to keep out of the system.

Meanwhile, every time I get things cooled down

between the husband and wife,

laughlin from anti-crime

starts lobbing molotov cocktails onto the barbecue.

How�s laughlin get into the picture?

Isn�t that a puzzle?

There�s something about this woman,

this situation, that pushes his buttons,

he�s got to come in like the caped crusader.

Poor danny�s so upset.

That junkie informant of his o. D.�d.

That kid j. B.?

I guess Danny had him at his apartment

the night before, trying to get him to kick.

At his apartment?

Danny seemed so lost.

He was crying before in the locker room.

Said he didn�t know how to live.

Anyways, Andy was out there trying to counsel Danny.

Yeah. Let me see how that went.

You know, my youngest,

is always bringing hurt birds home.

Kyle?

Between him and frank,

he�s the one I worry about.

Hey.

Yeah, how�s it going?

Whatever we�d like to see, laughlin,

she�s staying with that guy.

Everything else is conversation.

So you kiss up to him,

treat him like he�s got an ounce of responsibility

in his body?

Laughlin, while he�s taking her and those children home,

acting like he�s the responsible one

in the marriage,

suppose Harvey stops by some employment office.

Well, suppose he lucks into a job.

Better hope they don�t dope test you

on your way out of here.

I�m not on drugs.

I know what the system will do to those kids.

Their best chance is her staying alive long enough

to figure out another way to live.

If we improve her odds this much,

we did our part.

Are you sure this isn�t you telling me

you got the corner on knowing how to help people?

No.

My concern is not as legitimate as yours?

Absolutely not.

Because I know what that home life is like.

I�m a veteran of that home life.

So don�t be de-legitimizing my concern.

Anyway, um, I hope we can let them

find their way.

Medavoy: Well, this is excellent --

very thorough description, and, we�ll see

that it�s appropriately circulated,

and, of course, if she should come back into your store

to sell you more property,

you should assume that it�s stolen

and contact US immediately.

That�s a good plan.

A good deed like you did,

I expect it�s a little disappointing

the person benefits wasn�t a little more enthusiastic.

It�s not that.

People in the secondhand business

spend a lot of time in other people�s skin,

imagining their lives.

I�m good at that,

which, I guess, is a blessing,

but it can also be a curse.

How so?

I keep thinking of that poor girl�s mother

on her deathbed,

wanting to see her lovely dresses one more time,

how if I hadn�t delayed bringing her dresses back,

she would have.

Of course, there is no way humanly possible

you could have known that.

When you live in other people�s skin,

what�s humanly possible doesn�t matter.

That�s the curse part.

Danny: Bud, please.

And a Jack back when you get a second.

Who you trying to catch up with?

I heard they were running out. How�s it goin�, laughlin?

Not too bad if you don�t mind a world

filled with assholes.

Well, does that include me?

Are we going to have to throw down?

Present company excluded. How�s it going with Mary?

Good. You know.

No hard feelings on that, all right, Sorenson?

In what respect?

I had a thing for Mary, all right?

That�s why we broke up being partners.

When they took US to anti-crime,

I was feeling so overprotective.

Never mentioned that?

Yeah, she might have mentioned it.

That why you�re sitting there breaking my balls?

No, i�m trying to get my load on,

and I guess I drew the lucky card

where you get to piss in my ear.

Excuse me for assuming one minute

we might have shared the same job

or work experiences or attitudes

or drawing human breath.

Wait a minute. You�re leaving?

I know when i�m not wanted.

Laughlin, come on.

Sit down.

You know, we lose our senses of humor,

and where are we?

Yeah, we�re dead without those.

We�re dead on our feet. We�re dead as doornails.

What did you say, they were running out?

Yeah, all intoxicating spirits --

that�s the rumor afloat.

Boilermaker.

Yeah, before everything�s gone.

You know that kirkendall in your squad

with the serious rack?

Be nice, laughlin.

Builds this guy up I got personal knowledge

is a wife-beating scummer.

Puts the two of them back together!

As opposed to what?

Gold shields stick together.

What was the alternative to putting them back together?

The alternative was giving him

the ass-beating that he deserved

for sending her out there to do what she did

while he sat on his drunken, wife-beating, unemployed ass.

But I took care of business.

You did?

Yeah. I saw too much of that growing up, Sorenson.

I�m not about to turn my back on that.

That�s not why I took this job.

So, how did you take care of business?

I waited for him outside the liquor store

that I know he goes to,

and I broke the bottle in his hand

and humiliated him on the street.

He�s going to know, all right?

When he goes through that door to her,

he�s going to know he�s got me on his shoulder.

All that weight from you being on his shoulder

is going to be comfortable for him?

Hey, Jill.

She�s dead.

My god.

He did it?

After what you did to him outside that liquor store,

he went home and fractured her skull.

So now she�s dead, he�s going to jail,

and those kids are going into the system.

Nice work, laughlin.

You looked after that family real good.

You�re lucky you�re not a man.

No you�re lucky i�m not a man,

because i�d like to beat your balls off.

There are enough problems on the street

without US adding ours on.

Now, you had problems in your family growing up,

get over it.

The hell with you, man or woman.

No, I know who I am, laughlin.

I know who I am,

and i�m standing right in front of you.

Are you all right, Jill?

Yeah, yeah, i�m all right.

Are you?

Yeah, i�m good.

Night, Danny.

Yeah, good night.

Hi.

So, this is wrong, yeah.

This is wrong. This is inappropriate.

I shouldn�t be here.

You seem to be drunk.

I�m drunk.

I�m drunk.

Come on in.

Lovely place.

Thank you.

You know what kind of drunk I am, Diane?

Dizzy -- i�m a dizzy drunk.

You want to be dizzy sitting down?

...no.

Well, you,

you want to lie down on the sofa?

Well, as humiliating as it would be...

Could I?

Go ahead.

I�m going to lie right here on the sofa,

and i�m going to put one foot on the floor

as an anti-dizziness technique.

Boy, you are a sorry picture.

Yeah, I can only imagine.

Diane, you got that manual?

It�s, it�s 1:30 in the morning, Danny.

I don�t know what you�re talking about,

and, um, I have to get back to sleep.

Fine. Thanks for letting me sleep here.

Thanks.

I�m, going to take my shoes and socks off

once I stop trying to not throw up.

The "how to live" manual we were talking about

in the locker room.

Yeah, no rush.

I wouldn�t read it tonight anyways.