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Any action?

Only my feet. They're killing me.

You mean you're not loving the lights,

the glamour, the sweet song of the street?

What do you say, fellows? Let's go home, huh?

Call it a night?

CAGNEY: There they go. Goodnight, guys.

Where's the car?

-In the next block.

Where we parked it?

CAGNEY: Oh, I forgot. My mind is going.

-John detail is the longest. -I could handle it if it called for day work.

But I haven't had dinner with my family in two weeks.

I kind of miss the smell of lima beans in Harvey's hair.

CAGNEY: Lima beans is one thing, Mary Beth, but this...

MAN: Hey! CAGNEY: Oh, my gosh!

MAN: Hey, girls, wait. Hold on a second.

Listen.

How'd you girls like to make some fast bucks real easy?

Forget it, buster. This girl's ready for a bath and a single bed.

Come back tomorrow.

Oh, not that. Listen, listen.

I think I'm being tailed.

-Narcs.

-MAN: Yeah.

Well, look. I'm supposed to make this drop tonight at midnight.

-And if I don't show up, I'm gonna be out of business.

-Permanently. -Oh.

What you got to do is drop this in the trash can in front of...

-Hey! Hey, come on! -Police!

-You're under arrest.

-Hey, watch it! -All right, hold still!

MAN: Hey, come on. Give me a break.

-You have the right to remain... -LACEY: Hold still!

MAN: Watch it.

-Anything you say... MAN: Come on.

-Can and will be used in a court of law...

-Come on. Come on, let's go. -Stop it.

Come along, now.

And they're getting a special commendation from the narcs.

Terrific, last year blacks, this year broads.

Will you tell me why guys with families are getting laid off

and broads are getting promoted?

Maybe they had seniority.

Oh, please.

Thelma, I don't know.

When I'm through!

-Hey, hey, hey. Congratulations. -Thelma, I'll call you.

-Thank you. -I don't know!

-Nice collar. -In the springtime!

-Fell right out of the sky. I don't believe it. -All right!

We had enough chit-chat and back

Could we please get back to the daily hum

Speaking about daily hum-drum,

Lieutenant, don't you think that we rate getting out of these costumes, huh?

Why? You figure Isbecki looks better than you in a dress?

How would it grab you if we solved the Jimmy Hoffa case?

What she means is what do we have to do to prove ourselves?

Come on, you said it yourselves, you got lucky with that narc bust.

We're still on john detail?

Until something else comes up that you're better suited for.

End of discussion!

Now we've got some emergencies here. Take the rest of the day off.

I suppose it could be worse.

You know if it was up to him, female cops would still be returning lost kids

and searching women prisoners.

We should be so lucky.

Lace, let's check out that guy we busted.

You know, Vinnie Manconi.

Maybe he knows something, you know.

Maybe if we play him right, he can lead us right to the top guy.

The top guy!

The top guy in drugs is mafia.

You want to be in these clothes forever?

No. But I want to live forever.

Oh, be a little creative.

Remember when you went to do the paperwork on Manconi?

And I took him to lockup?

He starts telling me about his kids. He's showing me pictures.

I say to him,

"That one kid is gonna be 24 before you even see parole, sucker!"

The guy starts to cry.

He's crying right there in lockup.

We can get to him.

He's crazy about those kids. Crazy.

Chris, I'm going home. To my kids.

Aren't you gonna change?

Oh, I thought I'd give Harvey a little something to go with the tuna bake tonight.

Hiya, stranger.

Don't ask me what kind of day I had. 'Cause I'm gonna tell you.

There's only one way to get over a bad day, Harvey...

With a good night.

Michael got sent home from the Y for fighting.

The school called to tell me Harvey, Jr. cut class again and he needs glasses.

What does he need glasses for if he's never in school?

Stop, Harvey.

Harvey, look at me.

I know I'm a cop.

But, Harvey, I am also a woman.

And I'm crazy about you, Harvey.

Then why're you standing out in the hallway?

LACEY: Christine, Christine.

It's transition time. We're all working it out.

CAGNEY: I'm a cop. I made detective. Now I want to make Chief of Detectives.

-Go be chief. Just get off the war path. Will you?

-CAGNEY: They tick me off. -They're just testing us.

-LACEY: Samuels is gonna reassign us. -Yeah.

Yeah, from 48th and 6th to 54th and 7th.

Next time, we'll be undercover topless.

He's driving me crazy!

Sense of humor, first thing to go.

You know what Samuels said to me yesterday when I told him I was headed downtown?

What?

He said stop at Orchard Street and buy his wife a birthday present for him.

All right.

Okay.

So, he's a pig. But you get involved in the mafia,

and we wind up spare ribs.

Leave that to the narcs. They're trained for that.

Look, it's all set up. We can go see Vinnie Manconi tonight.

-Right after we... -Wrong!

I'm going home tonight. You go see Vinnie Mane...

-Manconi. Manconi. -Whatever his name is.

I'm not getting into that.

He's so ripe!

You don't want to spend another week in those sequined platform shoes, do you?

Come on.

What do you say?

How much does Samuels want to spend on his wife's present?

Very funny.

I got here within 45 seconds to a minute of the scream.

Oh, Lieutenant, it's the worst I've ever seen.

She's all hacked up bad.

Blood all over the place.

Of course, no, no witnesses, no description, no nothing.

No, no. I've got the manager here.

He got to the room about the same time I did.

Uh, as soon as forensics shows up, I'll take him out and try and come up with something.

SAMUELS: Okay. You need anything, anyone?

Just some fresh air.

And I would appreciate it, ma'am, if you could come down to the precinct

and look at some photos.

You could identify...

Nature's toothbrush.

You building up for some wise guy remark, Cagney?

No, just making an observation. Apples are nature's toothbrushes.

The M.O.'s all the same.

Saturday night when the most cash is in the till,

two guys, sawed-off shotgun, the third guy locks the door

and the get-away car timed to arrive just when they are coming out.

SAMUELS: No more than five minutes total every case.

Well, at least they didn't assault anyone.

SAMUELS: Don't you girls have to get into your work clothes?

Drew a blank. Mrs. Locke won't come down.

She's afraid the kid'll get hurt if she cooperates.

Well, what about Lacey?

One mother to another.

That's a psychologically sound idea.

It's a kidnapping. And the Feds are in charge. Let them worry about it.

Isbecki, what about that, uh, bartender in that...

Why let the Feds get all the credit?

-Cagney, will you get on with your job? -And let me talk to my men.

He said he only got a quick look at the guy when his ski mask slipped.

SAMUELS: What's the matter? He didn't see how tall the guy was?

Mary Beth, that was a delicious stew that you made last night.

-SAMUELS: What he was wearing, no description or nothing? -Thanks.

Could you give me the recipe?

-ISBECKI: He was leaning... -Sure, first you've got to buy a pig.

-Yeah.

I didn't know that you could buy a pig in this town.

Well, sure you can buy a pig almost anywhere in this town.

But you don't want an old pig, you know? Or a fat pig.

You want a nice, succulent, firm, young pig.

All right, all right, hold it. Hold it!

You want off the john detail.

Okay, you're off the john detail.

Get over to the Delancey Hotel.

Petrie's there on a homicide. Assist him.

-Thank you. Lieutenant.

What's the matter? You can't take yes for an answer?

Go on, get out of here.

Yes, sir.

Cagney and Lacey on homicide?

When they see what is down there,

they'll be begging for the john detail.

CAGNEY: Detective Cagney. LACEY: Lacey.

You don't want to go in there.

I'm gonna throw up.

Don't you dare.

That cop did it. Why can't I?

Think of what Samuels would say.

Well, at least she died with her boots on, huh.

Hey, hey, hey. Let's go find Petrie. Huh, huh? Come on, Chris.

Let's go.

You get us prints of those. Right away.

-All right.

LACEY: Any better?

Uh-uh. I still see her.

She looked surprised.

Did you notice that?

I think I'm so tough.

Listen. It's homicide.

I bet everybody goes through that.

I don't know, Mary Beth.

Maybe they're right about us.

Watch that.

Eight years, eight years I've wanted to be a homicide detective. Eight!

-I'm sorry. -It's all right.

How often do I get a chance to have you lean on me?

Uh?

-I don't need nobody. -Atta a girl.

A lot of hookers have bought it in that neighborhood in the last six months.

But only three like Ellen Sue.

See? And nobody thought they would make detective.

What else did you read in Petrie's report?

Pathology report. No recent sexual activity.

Bull's eye.

So this alleged maniac, which we have on our hands,

is not after their bodies. He wants their lives.

Petrie, you got any leads.

Negative.

So we're gonna have to find a way to get a lead on this weirdo killer, huh?

Maybe, uh, put a couple of cops on the street dressed as prostitutes.

Huh?

The usual backup will be right there to make the collar.

Aw, gee. We're detectives, not decoys.

Homicide detail.

Which calls for you to be undercover like you were on the john detail.

Now look, no one's trying to put you down.

We've got a maniac on our hands.

Remember, he's not after your body.

So if any of these johns want you to take your clothes off, don't waste any time on them.

He's not our guy. Get rid of him.

Lieutenant.

If there weren't any women in the precinct,

then you would have your detectives go after him in the regular way, right?

Sure.

But now we're lucky.

This way, we get the chance to have him go after you.

Okay, now you guys are gonna be in the line-up

with some of the members of the Silver Dragon.

The thing is we need a positive identification

of the kid that executed the other kid.

This may take quite a while

'cause you guys all look alike, so we got to be patient, okay?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, what... Did that mean something nasty?

Did you guys hear?

If he said what I think he said, I don't need that!

I'm just doing a job here.

I'll take the room tonight.

SAMUELS: Okay.

Petrie, you'll be parked in the taxi just up the street here.

And Isbecki'll be doing his famous wino imitation across the road here.

Cagney, Cagney'll be staked out in 217.

Lacey, you use 216 when you take the johns upstairs.

You already used the mike set

Yes, sir.

If, uh, your intuition tells you there's something, uh, screwy about the joker

you've got up there, don't be a hero.

That's what that mike is for. We'll be right downstairs.

Yeah, I just want to catch that bastard.

It's not just him you got to worry about.

Every guy that follows you up those steps is gonna have one thing on his mind.

I don't care how good you talk your way out of it,

you're gonna be in trouble with every one of them.

So when someone gets kind of hairy,

you get in touch with me quick.

Got it.

Great. Okay.

Let's take a dinner break and, uh, we hit the neighborhood at 10:00.

10:00.

Come on, Isbecki. I'll give you a ride up town.

I'm gonna let my wife look at me for a few hours and remember who I am.

That's a good idea.

See you later.

You want to come home with me for dinner?

Or you can come with me to see Vinnie Manconi.

Will you forget it?

We're already on a case. What do you want?

I want you to open your eyes to new opportunities.

As far as I'm concerned, there's plenty of opportunity

just trying to find that creep

that knocked off that poor hooker.

Or have you forgotten about her?

-White tub, red bubble bath. -Hey, stop it!

You know me better than that. Come on.

I do?

Sometimes I'm not so sure.

Look. We could be stuck on that miserable stakeout forever.

We have an inside track on that drug thing.

This man, Manconi, is a loser.

His wife's sick. He's trying to raise his kids.

He runs errands, drugs one day, numbers the next.

You know? He's not a pusher.

He's a delivery boy.

So if he's such a loser, what, what could he know?

My pop always said,

"You wanna find out something, you go to the guy at the very top

"or you go to the guy at the very bottom."

What do you say, Mary Beth? Come on.

I say forget it.

More people die in these streets from drugs than anything else.

Especially the hookers.

You can't tell me that one's more important than the other.

Look. I'm going home to dinner.

You're invited.

Leave the rest to the narcs.

Besides, I talked it over with Harvey.

You what?

That's right. I talked it over with my husband.

You're a cop!

I know what I am!

I'm a mother-wife-cop. Emphasis on the mother-wife.

I'm not going out looking for trouble. There's enough of that doing our job.

You want to be a

superhero person, emphasis on the superhero,

you're on your own.

So.

Okay.

We stick to murder, huh?

One thing at a time.

You know who I just thought of?

Who?

That creep from the liquor store.

Some of the things that he said to me when I...

Oh, yeah, I know the one you mean.

You know who else just crossed my mind?

Remember when Isbecki mentioned the outfit that one of the prosts was wearing,

I thought of that theatrical, uh, costume place on Mulberry Street.

The man that runs that is really weird.

LACEY: But not a killer.

CAGNEY: Wait a while. Maybe we're on the wrong runway.

Maybe it's not a man. Maybe it's a woman.

LACEY: No, it can't be a woman.

CAGNEY: Why not? LACEY: Well, you know us.

We only kill for love.

-Now this creepo... Huh?

Why don't you just leave that stuff for the locker room, huh?

I'd just like to have a little dinner with my wife and her friend.

That's enough with the police stuff, huh?

Great dinner, Harvey.

Thank you.

I'll get that. It's probably for me.

I'll get it.

It's for you.

That's all she thinks about, cops and robbers.

-Harvey. -I, I know. You don't like to hear it.

But she's my partner.

You know what kind of partner you need?

A married guy who wants to be home at night.

Who's not out all the time looking for trouble.

Put my dessert in the freezer, huh? I got lucky.

See you at 10:00.

I guess that's not all she thinks about.

She got lucky. I got lucky.

Kind of creepy out tonight, isn't it?

Yeah. You heard what's been happening around here.

We heard.

Little store-bought courage.

I'd offer you some, but I got a bad cold.

Thanks anyway. It's okay.

I was too scared to go out there without a little help.

Thought you paid for protection.

You kidding?

Frankie can't protect us from murderers. That's the cops' job.

The cops?

That's a laugh. They can't protect you.

She's right. They're never around when you need 'em.

Hey.

Like your shoes.

Yeah? Like everything else, they're for sale.

-'Evening, Father. -Good evening, Cleo.

Hey, listen. Thanks for the good words you said about Ellen Sue. It was nice.

Oh, you're welcome.

You, you're new here, aren't you?

Yes, Padre.

Well, I hope you'll visit our church.

Good evening, ladies.

158th and the Concourse.

Whoa, what? Can't you see I'm off duty?

You mean you don't want to drive to the Bronx, right?

I never thought I'd be glad to see a cop around here?

Hey, how'd you know?

Are you kidding?

Okay, 50. Just get your damned clothes off.

Quit stalling!

I'm not stalling. I, I can't even take my coat off until I take off my jewelry.

Ow! You're hurting me!

LACEY: Would you have a little appreciation?

You know, I've had a very bad day and besides that I got a terrible headache.

Headache?

My wife had headaches!

That's why I'm here!

A headache?

Okay. Let's go over it one more time.

The M.O.'s are similar.

The first, at the Delancey Hotel on Delancey,

Helen Malowski, prostitute, aged 24.

The second at the Paradise Manor, a fleabag over on Hester Street.

Mary Ryan, prostitute, age 23.

And the third at the Delancey,

Ellen Sue McGuire, prostitute, age 23.

You've got all the pathology reports and the photographs of all the victims?

Yeah.

All right. Any suggestions?

-They're all Caucasian.

So, there's a lot of Asian and black prostitutes in the area.

It could be racial.

Well, obviously it's somebody who hates prostitutes.

Whites, maybe.

Women, uh, certainly.

According to our psychiatrist, it's the Jack-the-Ripper syndrome,

a love-hate complex about women tied up with mother/mistress.

It all ties in with no sexual activity.

Oh, spare me the psychiatric jargon, will you, Cagney?

I'm not interested in a lot of theories about why it's happening.

I just want it stopped!

I just figured that every little...

Look, the girls haven't had much success on the john detail.

Why don't we try a different approach?

All right. Any suggestions?

Yeah, why don't we turn it over to our snitches.

Uh, it's out of the ballpark for them.

Two of them were friends, Mary Ryan and Ellen Sue McGuire.

Hey, they were both Irish. What does that mean?

Um. It might mean something if the third one was Irish, too,

but, uh, she was Polish.

Well, wait a while. What about the two friends, I mean, Ellen Sue and Mary Ryan.

Anyone talk to their friends and family?

Yeah, I... They all had the same friends.

I talked to them all, uh, blank.

Uh, there's none of them who had any family except Ellen Sue McGuire.

Her mother's coming in tomorrow from Minnesota to claim the body.

Detective Isbecki.

All right, just a minute.

It's your Uncle Shamus.

Hello.

Oh, hi, Uncle Shamus.

Hold on a minute. It's my Uncle Shamus.

Yeah.

Yeah, Uncle Shamus. Yeah, what's new?

Oh, why do they do this to me? I...

I hate doing this kind of stuff on my lunch hour.

That's terrific, Uncle Shamus. Vinnie got a new job.

-Yeah, thanks for letting me know. -South Street Pier.

All right.

-Ah, the narcs are showing off their favorite method, dogs.

Those dogs are terrific.

You know, I read somewhere that they can sniff out narcotics from anywhere.

Hey, Cagney, where do you think you're going?

Lunch. We eat sometimes, remember?

Lunch with my Uncle Shamus.

Hold it, Lacey. Nobody else leaves here until we draw lots for this lousy detail.

Hey, La Guardia, do up some numbers, will you?

You got a volunteer, Lieutenant. I love dogs.

I'm not even used to broads yet and now they're sending us dogs.

Oh, pardon me.

-What is this about your...

About your Uncle Shamus? Come on, Chris. What's going on?

You don't have an Uncle Shamus?

Ha! Interested, huh?

Ha! Interested, no. Worried, yeah.

My "Uncle" at Rikers said Vinnie just got out on bail.

You've been working on this behind my back.

Not anymore.

There they are!

Okay, cover me.

Hey, how'd you find me?

-We've got friends at Rikers. -Shhh. Come on. I got to live here.

You know if they knew I was talking to cops...

Hey, guys, give me a second, will you?

Look, just, just leave me alone, will you? Just leave me alone.

Vinnie, Vinnie, Vinnie, we just want to talk to you.

Do you know what you're facing?

Do I know what I'm facing? Do I know what I'm facing?

Yeah, sure I know what I'm facing.

All of the sudden I'm this big-time dope dealer.

Maybe I'll get life.

If I talk to you, I'll get dead.

We're gonna take care of you, Vinnie.

Look, sure. Sure.

Don't be a sucker, turkey.

The D.A.'s gonna put you away forever

and that's just what ought to happen to a punk like you.

Leave him alone, Mary Beth.

He's worried about his wife and his kids?

Wait a minute.

I get this.

Good cop, bad cop.

Well, if you don't mind my saying so,

I think it would be better if you did it the other way.

-I mean, she's really got a mouth on her, right.

I told you we shouldn't. Didn't I tell you we shouldn't come?

I'm, I'm, I'm just no good at this stuff.

Come on. Don't put yourself down like that.

No, no, it's all right. It's just I know what I can do and what I can't do.

And I just... I can't play this kind of scene. I just...

It's not me. You know?

-It wasn't a good idea. -No, no, I thought you were really good.

It's just it's... It's tough to fool me.

-That's all. -I appreciate your saying that.

MAN: Well, I, I...

Are you gonna turn or not?

No.

I'm not gonna put my head on any chopping block just so you can make a collar.

We shouldn't have come.

We should give this up.

Yeah, well, I know that this is dealing with, with big stuff.

This is too big for us.

Sweetie, you don't know nothing. I mean, I am just trying to make a living here.

I, I, I know enough to be scared.

See? She's got a head on her.

And I know I got two kids in the public school system.

Every statistic I read tells me

that at least one of them is gonna be into dope before he's in junior high.

And I...

I can't handle that.

Something's gotta be done about that.

I'm sorry.

I don't know anything.

Call me the first time your kids are in trouble, huh?

If you're around.

WOMAN: She wrote every week.

She sent money home in every letter.

She said she was a secretary.

And, I didn't let her know what I knew.

How she made her living.

It was a little game we played with each other.

This is all I've got left.

Her possessions the police called it.

I wonder if we could have a look at them.

Thank you.

Oh! It's not much to show for 23 years of life.

All, all, all right. All right, just let it go now.

Let it go now.

CAGNEY: Crucifix.

I don't know. We've had that hotel area staked out for a week now,

we're no closer to busting that killer john than we were when we started.

Well, maybe we ought to try a new tack.

You said that? Well, that's great.

Come on, I'm open. What's the hot new idea?

Look at, we got the connection, right? They all wore crucifixes.

All right, let's ram this down Samuels' throat.

Are you kidding? Not yet. We're hugging this to our sweet little female bosoms.

Chris, you can't do that. He's the boss.

I know.

But he's very busy right now.

Let's leave him alone. We'll tell him later on.

Detective Isbecki.

Chris, we don't really have to be twice as good to be equal.

-It's your Uncle Vincent.

-Hello.

Come on. Great neighborhood for our outfits. We're over-dressed.

Which theater?

That one. It's a Western.

A porno Western?

Yeah.

Boots and Saddles.

Maybe we got our signals crossed. Maybe he's inside.

Nah. Man, I told him. I laid it out for him. In front of the theater.

I never saw a horse look jealous before.

-How'd they get him to do that?

Come on. Over here.

If you don't mind my saying so, you dress a little flashy for cops.

Well, you see, when you're doing a man's job,

you don't want anyone to think you've lost your femininity.

-Oh. Yeah, I understand. -Yeah, I thought you would.

What do you have for us?

Well, I got a call today.

And, uh...

They, um, they want me on another errand.

It's a big shipment and I'm supposed to meet the boat when it docks.

Who are they?

I don't know. They, there's a, there's a they at the other end of the line.

-Hey, easy, easy!

One at a time, okay?

The boat's called the Palermo.

It's, uh... It's a Spanish registry.

It's out of, um, Pakistan or Iran.

It's one of those "ans."

And it's due in three days.

You got it all now. All right?

Now listen. I never want to see you two broads again. You got that?

-Never again, Vinnie. -Good.

Hey. You wouldn't mind if we put in a good word for you at the D.A.'s office, would you?

Strictly on the quiet.

It would be nice for your kids if you got off easy.

LACEY: Find another business, will you, Vinnie?

I don't think you're cut out for this.

Reporting it to the chief, huh?

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, well, we at the 14th are proud to be of service.

I'm going down the hall so we can check these out.

Pretty good police work, huh?

The narcs, I presume, were pleased.

Narcs, hell no. No, I gave it to the Coast Guard.

They'll rack 'em up at sea. It's better that way.

-Protect your source. -Well, thank you, Lieutenant.

Come in, girls.

Would you care to say a few words to my cleavage?

Testing, one, two...

CAGNEY: Could you be more explicit?

Nobody heard nothing. Nobody sees nothing. Nobody knows nothing.

A whole...

Pardon me, poolroom full of monkeys.

Yeah, well, stay on top of it, Isbecki.

-It's okay. -Thanks, Kraus.

-Thank you. -My pleasure.

Don't forget. Any problems, just let us know. We'll be right there.

-I'll sing something. -That'll do it.

Give me a drag.

-Hey! -You smoke too much.

-Shoot you for it. Odds.

Mine.

Cut off my mike, fellows.

I'm gonna go see Father Kavanagh before we get started.

Confession's good for the soul.

And it's private.

You can leave sound on me. I'm gonna check up and down the street.

Excuse me.

Where can I find Father Kavanagh?

Say, sweetheart, what'll it be like

Father.

I know that I'm not in the best of businesses, you know? Um...

The cops won't help us.

So far it even seems like God's forsaken us.

No, no, to blaspheme is not the answer.

I know, I know. I'm sorry, Father, um...

Well, we've been talking, you know, among ourselves, the girls and, uh...

Father, all the girls that have been murdered are Catholic.

Well, what are you saying?

Somebody, you know, might think that we've blasphemed for being what we are.

They might want to kill us for what we are.

-We need your help, Father. -My doors are never closed.

Well, if you knew anyone who hated us.

If they confessed, you could warn us.

If a person like that appeared in my confessional,

I would convince them that they are on a path of evil.

I would turn them from their purpose. Now I will hear your confession.

The Lord be with you.

In nominus patris, et filis, et spiritus, sancti, amen.

Amen.

Excuse me, miss, but would you mind if I asked you...

Dynamite. You're dynamite.

Ah. Thanks.

Show the cross.

You guys got Cagney plugged in again, right?

I don't like the looks of that guy, Isbecki. Stay sharp.

Tell your coat to shut up. I'm trying to sleep.

It's warm in here, huh?

Look, oh, ah, look, I wanted to talk to you about the price.

See, my, my pimp told me that I...

What's your hurry, fellow?

Don't take that off.

Anybody ever tell you you got a, you got a real mean look.

Be my love, for no one else can end...

Huh, I sing when I get nervous.

It's kind of a habit. Hey, hey! I'm a cop!

Police! Freeze!

Don't move. Don't move.

Nice.

-Stop! Police! -Easy, easy.

You think this is him?

There's only one way to find out, Isbecki. Take him down and book him.

You should never have started up with a cop.

All women are whores.

Sweet.

Dirty.

That's a mean guy.

-Uh-huh.

Lace. Do you think it was him?

If it was him, he's not following the same M.O.

He's after our lives, remember? Not out bodies.

Maybe he's branching out.

I'm gonna wash my face.

I screamed.

That's a...

That's a great thing for a cop.

It was to scream at for God's sake.

Come on. I'll take you home.

We're on duty.

You've had enough of duty for tonight.

I'll call us in, uh, sick or something, uh?

All right, but you don't, you don't have to drive me home.

ISBECKI: Nice collar, girls.

We were all almost back in uniform.

Yeah, the next time you decide to bust a john,

why don't you make sure that he don't work in the mayor's office?

That's it.

Goodnight, everybody.

I've had it for tonight.

-You too, okay, Chris. -Drive carefully.

What do you say, men? The night's still young. Shall we go back to work?

-Yeah. -It's okay by me.

Forensics is gonna be up there for another hour.

Hey, urn, why don't you and I go off for a little, uh, coffee and danish?

Come on, Petrie.

I never said you shouldn't work.

But this night stuff is for the birds.

I'm with you, Harve.

Come to bed, huh?

I'm just asking you to remember you're a married woman.

Remind me.

Hey.

I don't mean to be critical.

You know I think you're terrific.

New York's finest.

Yeah, Chris...

She's one thing.

I don't know.

Maybe she doesn't mind this night stuff.

Mary Beth?

Oh, Mary Beth.

Sweet dreams, copper.

Thanks, Charlie.

Fellows, let's pack it in for tonight, huh? I'm beat.

Come on, Isbecki. Let's call it a night.

Excuse me, Charlie.

My limo's here.

This is a dangerous neighborhood.

A nice, Catholic girl like you should be more careful.

She's in there.

-Hiya. -You don't know a damn thing about teamwork, do you?

Or friendship, do you?

-Hey, Mary Beth, I'm not... -No, no. You'd have got yourself killed last night.

I'd have to live the rest of my life feeling like it was my fault,

-like I let you down. -Listen, if I wasn't there,

another woman would have been killed.

Not good enough.

Anyway, I was upset about Cleo. I had to find something to do with myself.

You never had any trouble finding something to do before!

Don't give me that crap, Chris!

Somewhere in the back of your head, you wanted to make that collar alone.

And maybe we're two different kinds of cops.

I want to do my job.

I want to do it well, but to me it's a job and to you it is some kind of...

I've really been pulling hard on you, haven't I?

You want to be a star.

Maybe I saw too many films when I was a kid.

You're right.

Deep down, what I've been pushing for all along is to be a star.

Uh-huh.

Want my autograph?