All language subtitles for NYPD Blue - S01E08 - Tempest in a C-Cup.sd-en

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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JAMES: The super says
Hernandez's apartment is facing the rear.

Okay, you guys cover
the rear fire escape, all right?

- OFFICER: Got it.
- Martinez, grab this for me.

- JAMES: Okay.
- When you're up there, cuff him.

You're under arrest for armed robbery.
Nothing about the Simmons shooting.

- Understand?
- JAMES: Right.

Nothin' how a fireman workin' two jobs
to make ends meet gets shot in the face

for 12 dollars and 85 cents.

You know who son is, right?
He's a cop at the one-five.

- Yeah, Donny. He's a good cop.
- Okay, here we go.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (CAR HONKING)

- Police! Hit it.
- (GRUNTS)

- Police! Don't move!
- (FELICIA SCREAMS)

JOHN: Let me see your hands!
Let me see your hands!

- Let's go! Hands!
- ANDY: Check the bathroom!

- What the hell is goin' on?
- Yeah, what's this, man?

JOHN: Nothin' we can't talk
about down at the station.

Can I at least get my robe?

Yo, man, what'd I do? What's the charge?

- Go ahead, Martinez.
- JAMES: You're under arrest

- for armed robbery.
- Oh, yeah?

- Watch her!
- Hey! Hey!

- FELICIA: Luis! Luis!
- ANDY: Hey, hey, hey!

JOHN: Andy! Get him!

- ANDY: Come here! Come here!
- JOHN: Andy!

- (LUIS GRUNTS)
- (ANDY GROANS)

JOHN: Right there, freeze!
Let's go! Let's go!

ANDY: Let me drop-kick
this asshole right through the window!

By the numbers, Andy.

- By the numbers.
- All right. Yeah, okay, by the numbers.

- (LUIS GROANS)
- Which is lucky for you, dick-head,

otherwise your nuts would be sayin',
Good-bye, Johnson, hello, eyeballs.

- (GRUNTS)
- Let's go, nature boy.

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- (PHONE RINGING)
- OFFICER: One-five, Allen here.

- James.
- JAMES: Yeah, Detective?

- (MARTINEZ CLICKS TONGUE)
- You know what? Next time,

to avoid problems, don't give up
the charge until you've got

the guy cuffed, okay?
Because a guy like this hears

four counts of armed robbery,
he's here in his 15 years,

he's thinkin', "Maybe I should
get out of here," you know?

- Right, I got you. It won't happen again.
- All right. Good work.

- John.
- Hey, Donny.

- I heard you got the guy who shot my dad.
- Yeah, we got a suspect. A good one.

- That's him?
- JOHN: Yeah.

- (PHONE RINGING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You want a confession, John?
Give me five minutes alone with him.

I know what you're thinkin'.
I'd be feelin' the same way.

Now you've had... Donny...

You've had your look.

Now, go back downstairs,
and let me do my job, okay?

I'm gonna take care of this.

Yeah.

All right. Go ahead.

Okay.

JAMES: I have to ask you
a few questions.

Kelly. You and Sipowicz.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Isn't that the guy we like
on the Simmons shooting?

Yeah, Luis Hernandez, the illustrated man.

All he thinks we want him
on are the four robberies

- Conklin was workin'.
- And I don't wanna spook him,

'cause if I can get him to go
for the Conklin's robberies,

then I can tie him to the Roberts case.

And that'll give you
the same MO as the Simmons homicide.

- Yeah.
- ANDY: (CLEARS THROAT) Uh...

what about the, uh, topless bar
undercover, Lieutenant?

I thought I'd reassign it.

Well, uh,
you think that's necessary, um...

Kelly's gonna work interrogation
with Conklin and Roberts.

He's gonna be schoolin' Martinez.
I'd just be like, uh, a fifth wheel.

So, you'd prefer to stay
on the topless assignment?

Well, I think that's the most bang
for our law enforcement buck,

- manpower-wise.
- Take Medavoy.

Yes, sir. (CLEARS THROAT)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(DOOR CLOSING)

We go in, we patronize,

we see if the girls are offering anything
that isn't on the menu, huh?

Kind of like a busman's holiday for me.
(CHUCKLES)

Objective's to squeeze the owner,
who's laundering money for Tony Rago.

- Yeah, uh, listen... (HESITATES) ...Andy.
- Yes, Medavoy,

you will be seein' naked broads.
You gonna have a problem with that?

Uh, no, no. Um, I just, uh...
I... I wanted to tell you

that, uh,
I'm... I'm glad we have this, uh,

this, uh, opportunity to,
uh, to work together.

Yeah, likewise. Let's go.

Yeah, listen, there's something we,
uh, we have to discuss first.

- What's that?
- Um, well... (CLEARS THROAT)

- I've been, uh, talking to a physician.
- Uh-huh.

Actually, he's a shrink.
About my... (HESITATES)

Today, Medavoy, huh?

GREG: Look, I wanna work with you, Andy.

- It's just, you make me feel very anxious.
- ANDY: (SNIFFS) Yeah? How?

How do I make you feel, uh, anxious?

That. Just like that.

You invade my critical distance.

- Your critical distance?
- Yeah.

My doctor says that,
uh, every animal species

that, uh, if you get too close,
they... they feel threatened.

- Hmm.
- He's says that for humans,

our critical distance is, uh, 18 inches.

So, uh,
what are we supposed to do, Medavoy?

- Send faxes to each other, hmm?
- Uh, no. No. No.

I think that, uh, that now
we... we realize the problem.

Yeah, okay, sure. We'll work on it.

(INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY)

- How do you pronounce your name?
- Ah-bon-don-do.

- Abandando. Donna.
- Right.

Well, Donna, we're delighted you're here.

We've been waiting three months
for your position to open up.

Oh, me too. I've been temping
the whole time,

so I could start as soon
as the funding came through.

Are you familiar with the origins
of the safe streets program?

It was designed to bring in
people like yourself

to relieve cops of a lot
of their administrative and clerical load.

Yes, I know.
It sounds like such a smart idea.

- (OBJECTS CLATTER)
- (COMISKEY GRUNTING)

- OFFICER: You all right?
- It... It's a very important job.

Someone like you
can really be uplifting to morale.

That'd make me feel great.

Donna, um,

working in this environment,
you got no problem with that?

- What do you mean?
- Well, it's predominantly male.

And, um,

I guess that's what I'm talking about.

- That it's predominantly male.
- I know that.

That won't be a distraction?

(CLICKS TONGUE) No, I don't think so.

All right.

All right, then.
Let me show you to your desk.

We'll situate you right across
from the catching bench.

Do you know what that is?

Where civilians wait to speak
with detectives about their cases.

- Very good.
- (SIREN BLARING)

- What happened to Comiskey?
- A little squad room traffic accident,

- Lieutenant.
- What happened?

Well, he seems to have
fractured his nose, sir.

That's yours.

See Connie Imperial downstairs
for your materials.

Lieutenant, is there a policy
on displaying personal collectibles?

Plants, memorabilia in the immediate area
of your desk, that's all fine.

Connie will show you
where to put your things after your shift.

Good, 'cause I'd hate to lose this.

Do you like hockey?

I'm not a huge fan.

This is autographed
by Brian Leach and Mark Messier.

- That's great.
- (CHUCKLES)

- Anyway, Donna, welcome aboard.
- Thanks.

If you cannot afford an attorney,
one will be provided for you.

Do you understand?

I don't need to understand
since I didn't do anything.

Luis, listen to this. It's important.

Anything you say, can and will be used
against you in a court of law.

- Do you understand?
- LUIS: Yes.

Okay. (INHALES DEEPLY)

Do you agree to proceed with questioning
without an attorney present?

LUIS: Sure. I got nothin' to hide.

You may request an attorney at any time.
Do you understand?

How many times are you gonna ask me that?
What, you think I'm like stupid?

Okay, I think if we can all get along,
we can come out of this okay.

Look, I don't have anything to come out of
because I didn't do anything.

- JAMES: You understand your rights?
- Yeah.

Please, read over this statement
and sign at the bottom.

It lists all the rights I just spoke of

that states that you were not coerced
into waiving those rights.

Take your time. (SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT)

Your photograph
has been identified by a Nigerian

robbed on October 14th last.

He identified you as the perpetrator.

You guys ain't been listenin', okay?
I'm not a thief, okay?

I'm a baker's assistant.
I work at Rego Park Bakery.

(CLICKS TONGUE) He picked you out
of a mug book that thick.

Now, we can have that Nigerian back
in here to pick you out of a lineup,

but between his ID and the fact
that the gloves you were seen wearing

in your apartment, believe me,
that one you're goin' away on.

Now, you wanna tell me about all those
other cab robberies you committed?

JOHN: Luis, we know the truth.

The only question is,
how difficult are you gonna make it on us?

Now, you make it easy,

we can show you some
consideration, gratitude.

We know you committed
these four robberies.

We've talked for a while,
and obviously you're an intelligent guy.

You got a job. You don't have anything
major on your record.

So, let me tell you
how it's gonna go, okay?

I think you're gonna like
what I have to offer.

What you're offering? What's that?

An all-expense-paid trip
to Puerto Rico, man?

JOHN: You confess to all four robberies,
they become one arrest.

That saves us a lot of time.
Time on the investigation,

time on the paperwork, lineups.
You save us a few days,

I'll be in a position
to save you a few years.

Wait a minute.

I'm supposed to trust you guys?

Facts are facts, right?

One arrest equals one conviction
equals one bit in the joint.

I can tell the DA,
and the judge you cooperated.

You cop to all four of these robberies,
and I promise this will all happen.

Yeah, but you still gotta prove
that I did all these.

Have I insulted you yet?
Don't insult me, okay?

You know you did 'em,
and we know you did 'em.

Now, if you don't go for this,
you get tried four times,

and you serve four sentences.

JOHN: Luis, these are cab robberies.
There's not violence.

There's nothing heavy-duty here.

Go for these four and that's it.

- That's it?
- That's it. Over and out. Done deal.

Okay, I'll go for the four robberies.

Okay. Set up the videotape. Call the DA.

Halfway to Puerto Rico.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (PHONE RINGING)

- (DOOR CLOSING)
- That's step one.

Detective, I know I'm new to this,
but we got three witnesses

who'll put Hernandez
right at the shooting.

Why not charge him
with the murder right now? Why play games?

Okay. Our witnesses place him
in the vicinity of the crimes

around the time of death.
That's not gonna cut it. By trial time,

witnesses disappear, they get sick,
they forget what they saw.

We want the confession.
We get the confession, they never go away.

- All right, right. Okay.
- JOHN: I'll see you in there.

The time is 11:18 a.m.

My name is Randall Williams,

assistant district attorney,
county of New York.

Also present in the room
are Detective John Kelly,

Detective Mike Conklin,
and Officer James Martinez.

Could you each state your name,
and shield number, please.

Detective John Kelly, shield 3118.

Detective Mike Conklin, shield 1708.

Police Officer James Martinez,
shield number 2205.

RANDAL: Also present in the room
are videotape technician Greg Wing.

- and, finally, Mr. Luis Hernandez.
- (CLEARS THROAT)

- RANDAL: Is that correct?
- Yes, sir.

RANDAL: Would you state your age,
please, Mr. Hernandez?

- Twenty-eight.
- RANDAL: And where do you live?

Uh, 635 Linden Boulevard.

RANDAL: Mr. Hernandez, you've agreed
to tell us about several incidents,

several cab robberies.

At this time, I'd like to direct
your attention

to the events
of October 14th of this year,

your dealings with a cab driver,
named Christian Mfume.

Just take your time, tell me everything
that happened from beginning to end.

- Okay. Well, I got off work...
- RANDAL: What time was that?

(CHUCKLES) I get off work at noon.

I called the Liberty Cab Company
from the employee locker room.

I told them to send one
to Green and Booker.

JOHN: That's the location
of the bakery you work at?

Yeah. It's like a few blocks away.

Uh, when the cab got there, I told him
to go to Reed Street in Manhattan.

But he didn't know how
to get there, so I told him.

MIKE: You told Mr. Mfume, the driver?

Yes. (CLICKS TONGUE) Uh,
he didn't know directions much,

bein' that he was like,
uh, African or somethin'.

- JOHN: Then what happened?
- Uh...

we got to Elmore Street.
I told him to pull into the alley.

But he didn't want to,
so I showed him my gun,

and I told him if he didn't,
somethin' bad would happen.

- JOHN: What kind of a gun was it?
- .45.

Uh...

I showed him the gun,

he drove into the alley,
and I told him, you know,

"Give me your money, or I'll kill you."
Somethin' like that.

I don't remember exactly because,
you know, the gun was just to scare him.

- And then he gave me the money.
- JOHN: How much money did he give you?

Uh... (CLEARS THROAT) ...72 dollars.

Now, I told him to stay there
for ten minutes.

"Don't call anybody on your radio
because I'll be watching."

And, uh, I just ran through the subway,
'cause I knew there was a stop near there.

RANDAL: Okay.
Now, I'd like to direct your attention

to events on or about
October 18th of this year

regarding a cab driver,
named Wendell McCoy.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, Laura! Welcome back.

- Thanks.
- You sure you're ready to be here?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I need to get back to work.

It's your call, Laura. I mean that.

I know. Thank you.

So, I can't believe
they dropped the Reyes case.

Yeah. So ends my uninterrupted ascent
up the prosecutorial ladder.

It was a great week.
Giardella gets wasted,

and our other chief witness
develops memory-lapse.

- Who do you think got to Perez?
- Probably kidnapped some relative in Lima.

The truth is, outside the DA's office,

no one cares about
these guys anyway, Laura.

Read the papers. "Three Colombians.
Four dead coke mules from Peru."

They got no faces.

Giardella had us in the game,
stuff he was givin' us.

You get to prosecute
a guy like Tommy Linardi, that's...

profile, that's got some future.

It's too bad Giardella's dead.

Yeah.

How long were you
alone with him before he died?

Uh,

- till the marshal came in.
- How long?

(SIGHS) Maybe 15 seconds.
The marshal was down the hallway.

He was checking the maid's cleaning cart.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) You were alone

with Giardella 15 seconds
after he was shot?

Yeah. Why, Jimmy?

'Cause if he spoke to you as he was dying,

if he accused his killer,
that's an exclusion to the hearsay rule.

- That'd be admissible in court.
- Except Giardella didn't say anything.

He crawled to the door,
he reached his hand out to me,

- and then he died.
- Laura, we know

who was responsible for that murder.

"If anything happens to me,
Linardi gave the order."

How many times did Giardella tell us that?

How many times do we have that on tape?

But it's not admissible.

A dying accusation this?

Giardella didn't accuse anyone, Jimmy.

People would understand
why you were reluctant to tell the police.

There'd been indictments,
allegations cops were on the mob payroll.

You even hesitated to tell me.
It's perfectly understandable.

- Jimmy...
- Look!

You were married to a cop six years.
I have a tough time believing

your ex-husband never told you
about helping a case.

When you didn't have a warrant,

saying the perp asked you
into the apartment.

Saying he came into the hall voluntarily.

Saying you didn't beat him
to make him confess.

No, Johnny never talked to me about that.

Well, maybe it's about time
someone paid you the compliment

of treating you like an adult.

Obviously, it's your decision.
You're the one who was alone with the guy.

You're the only one
who knows what happened.

Why don't we talk later?

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

You're too bad

Too bad for your own damn good

Oh, you act just like you should

FRANKIE: Yeah. Right.
What do you want from me?

Did I give your kid cerebral palsy? No.

Then his medical bills have nothing to do
with what you owe me.

- Cherry soda.
- This guy ain't drinkin'?

I want at least 30 on his tab,
or you're fired.

BARTENDER: Here you go.

- (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Whoo!

The devil will catch up with you

And what you can't replace

Well, the way you misbehave is criminal

But it only makes me
Want you more and more

You're too bad

Too bad for your own damn good...

GREG: Thanks.

You're too bad
Too bad for your own damn good

- Hi.
- (CHUCKLES) Hi.

- I'm Monique. What's your name?
- Andy.

Too bad for your own damn good

Hi. I'm Ingrid.

- Hi.
- INGRID: Can I do a private dance for you?

Yeah, sure.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) A-plus
in the tit department, Monique.

(CHUCKLES) Would you like to have
a touching party, Andy?

ANDY: I could get up
for any kind of a party.

- Really? (CHUCKLES)
- ANDY: Yeah.

How about a licking party?

An everything goes party?

- How much would that cost me?
- I'll tell you in the back.

Too bad for your own damn good

- Do you like me?
- Oh, yes.

Too bad for your own damn good

Do you like these?

Yes. Yes!

- (CHUCKLES)
- (EXCLAIMS) Yeah.

Okay. I can touch you for 50.

- I can lick you for a hundred.
- Hmm.

- Lickin' sounds good.
- (CHUCKLES)

There you go. Okay.
Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)

Okay. All right, baby, let's see it.

(SIGHS) You don't know how sorry I am
to tell you this, Monique,

but... (SNIFFS) ...you're busted.

Hey, you, asshole! Come here. Come here.

- Hey, what's goin' on here?
- You're under arrest.

- For what?
- Promoting prostitution.

Screw you! You got nothing on me,
and you're not doing anything

- until I talk to my lawyer.
- Is that right, huh? What do you got?

Solicitation.
And double billing on my cherry soda.

I can't believe you're a cop.

FRANKIE: Why don't you go
do something useful?

Anyone can tell you
there are muggings goin' on out there.

- If you had anything to do with this...
- Oh, shut up, Frankie!

Is that a threat, huh?
Are you threatening her?

'Cause that's called obstructing
governmental administration.

Now, you wanna be charged
with that too? Then shut up.

Get her some clothes.
Call in uniform and shut this place down.

Come on, asshole. Let's go.

FRANKIE: My lawyer's
gonna have a ball with this.

ANDY: Let's go.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Who's this? I thought we were done.

I'm Detective Roberts.

I'm investigating a cab robbery
last October the 24th.

The driver was robbed,
then his cab was taken,

and abandoned
on the 700 block of Fletcher.

Do you know anything about that?

- I thought we were done.
- JOHN: I thought so too.

But then Detective Roberts here
shows me this new cab robbery file.

What's goin' on, Luis? This is you.

(SCOFFS) I don't know
what you're talkin' about. That ain't me.

It's the same cab company,
same pickup area.

No, man. I ain't goin' for this.
I thought we had a deal.

This is not gonna work, Luis,
unless you are totally candid with me.

I asked you
about all the cab robbery files,

and now I'm lookin' through new ones.

Look through all the files you want.
I didn't do this one. I'm done.

JOHN: This is definitely you.
Take a look at it.

- This is absolutely you.
- (SIGHS)

JOHN: Hey, Luis, I'm tryin'
to give you another chance.

You think I should have
a lawyer in here now?

That's your call.

If you want an attorney in here,
I'll get you an attorney in here.

He's gonna tell you to shut up.
And then things will become adversarial.

The deal's gone. Forget the deal.

Is that what you want? Us against you?

Knowin' what I know about you?
You want me against you?

I don't think so.

I want a cigarette.

You want an attorney present?

No, I just want a cigarette.

(SIGHS) Okay. Get the man a cigarette.

Get him a few.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JIMMY: Hey.

Hi, Jimmy.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

You're about to drive me back to smoking.

Don't. I don't need that on my conscience.

Yeah, I'm having a few problems
in that area myself.

Look, I hope you didn't get
the wrong impression

from our conversation this morning.

(INHALES DEEPLY) No, I didn't get
the wrong impression.

You can say that it's only to help
a case we're sure about.

We know Linardi killed Giardella.

Underneath all the party wrapping,
you're still asking me to lie.

- (CAR HONKING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You wouldn't be taping this
by any chance, would you, Laura?

No, I'm not taping this.

Wanna search me?

Sorry.

I haven't said
that I wouldn't be willing to help you.

But I need to know the terms.

Well, if you were to remember
that before he died,

Giardella accused Linardi
or the shooter mentioned Linardi's name,

that'd get us through grand jury.

We'd explain you held back
'cause you were frightened,

you didn't know who to trust
with the truth.

Once the grand jury indicts,
we'd have subpoena power.

We could also use our
taped conversations with Giardella.

We'd be back in business, Laura.

Talk to me about what happens
if I don't cooperate.

We're friends.
We'd find a way to work it out.

- Tell me how.
- Well, if you were more comfortable

not working for me anymore,
that'd be okay.

I mean, I know it might look
kind of awkward

- 'cause you changed jobs so recently.
- Yes, it would.

It'd look like Laura's
job of the month club or something.

You don't wanna give people
the impression of instability.

Let me see if I get the picture here.

If I want to stay, I have to remember

Giardella accused Linardi before he died,
even though I know that's a lie.

Otherwise, you'll have me
transferred from my job,

and spread rumors that I'm unstable.

You're putting things
in a pretty harsh light.

But accurate.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

You lost one case.
Do you really need to succeed that much?

What I don't need
is psychoanalysis from you.

(CHUCKLES) Okay. Food for thought.

Which is no substitute
for actual lunch. Come on.

No, thanks. I need to figure this out.

Let me know what you decide.

I hate what I'm doing.
I hate this. I wanna stop.

Yeah, well, my experience is,

the feeling will pass
as soon as you make bail.

You wanna sit down over here?

Do you know why I started
working at the club?

Uh, to pay for college?

(CHUCKLES) Happens to be the truth.

OFFICER: How long have you...

You know, at first I thought
it was just gonna be for a while, but...

- (PHONE RINGING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SCOFFS) Would it kill you
to believe me, to give me a break?

Look, Monique, I got no beef with you.

But if I let you walk,
your boss walks too.

Think of yourself as,
uh, the friendly dolphin

got caught in the shark net, huh?

Current address?

700 West 29th.

(KEYS CLACKING)

How about if I help you nail Frankie?

I'd say hooray, Monique.

But, uh, wouldn't you be
buyin' yourself some grief?

Doesn't make sense, does it?
Just to beat a 200 dollar fine?

Maybe I really do want
to get out, huh, Detective?

Yeah, maybe you do.

All right, ball's in your court.

(INHALES DEEPLY)
We're a cash business.

Do you think he declares all that cash?

Probably not.

(INHALES DEEPLY) I know
where his safety deposit boxes are.

I can tell you the banks.

Surprise, surprise, huh, Detective?

- Let's get it right.
- I told you, I only did the four.

Mm-hmm, Luis, did we
or did we not have a conversation

about how good you were doin'
for yourself, huh?

The four crimes combined,
the positive recommendation?

Remember your whole support system?
Do you remember that? Bye-bye.

All the details you gave us
on the first four, Luis,

they put you right
in the middle of this thing.

- (LUIS EXHALES DEEPLY)
- Hey.

You are taking your chances
on this one, buddy, and I'll tell you why.

Because if I have to pop you on this,
this is a whole separate deal.

This is a whole new trial.
More time. Put 'em together.

I didn't do that one.

Okay. I want you to listen to me, okay?

You got the one robbery.
You put it with the other four,

and then you have an umbrella
under which to place all the five crimes.

Do you understand?
No additional time, no new charges.

Cops are just like anybody else.

You make things easier for us,
we'll make things easier for you.

- That's it.
- JOHN: You hear about prison overcrowding?

Anything under five years,

they're lookin' for an excuse
to send you home.

Anything over,
they're gonna find a place for you.

So, put 'em together.

Okay, let me tell you what's gonna happen
if you don't cooperate, Luis.

My lieutenant is gonna have me look
into all the cab robberies

in the last six months.

And guess who do you think
he's gonna want me to connect them to?

Who do you think? Huh?

It's gonna take me
three or four days, but I'll do it.

No, that don't make sense.

Luis, you're probably feeling
like you're being jerked around,

and I'm partially responsible for that.

I should've looked
into more files before we talked.

So, I'm gonna make it up to you.
I'm gonna sweeten the pot a little, okay?

Right.

Tell me how you feel
about the crimes you committed.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Bad. I feel bad.

And sittin' here, hearin' you say that,
I believe you are sincere.

So, what I'm gonna do is, when you make
the second confession on tape,

at the end of the tape,
I'm gonna allow you

to make a statement
of remorse to the judge.

That's important, Luis.
They want remorse.

You got money problems.
You're desperate for money.

You can't make your rent.
Right? That make sense?

Think about it.

(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)

RANDAL: So, after you bound
the driver's wrists with duct tape,

and made him leave the cab,
then what did you do?

I drove the cab to 24th Street

'cause I knew
there was a subway stop near there.

I counted the money. (EXHALES DEEPLY)

There was, um...

Fifty-five... no, 58 dollars.

- And then I just left the cab.
- RANDAL: You took the subway home?

Yeah.

- Now?
- JOHN: Yeah, go ahead.

I just wanna say I'm very sorry
for doin' these robberies.

I know that they were wrong.

I didn't use the money for drugs
or any illegal things.

Uh, these are
the only crimes I've ever done.

You're the man.

- Nice job.
- (RANDAL CLEARS THROAT)

OFFICER: Hurry it up down there.

(ANDY EXHALES DEEPLY)

- Detective Sipowicz.
- Yeah?

I don't care if you embarrass yourself
but don't embarrass me.

Excuse me, Counselor. I, uh,
I'm not sure I'm taking your drift.

I've just come from an interview
with your arrestee, Frank Cantor,

whose two favorite words in regard to you
are asshole and entrapment.

- What exactly did he say?
- For openers?

That you solicited a sex act
from one of his employees.

That you took her into a back room,
offered to pay her 100 dollars,

and never identified yourself
as a police officer

until after you had quote,
"Taken her for a test drive

- around the block." End quote.
- First of all, ADA Costas,

that was a straight-up,
by-the-numbers bust which, never mind.

Second of all, what ever happened
to this... this concept

of you and I are supposed
to be a team here?

Why in the hell would you take the word
of some... some scumbag, puss pimple

like this Frankie Cantor over mine, huh?

You haven't banked a lot of credibility
with me, Detective Sipowicz.

This would be with regard to you
having to prosecute that thing

with Giardella's cigarettes?

- And having you as my sole witness.
- I don't drink anymore.

Watching you stumble through testimony,

not to mention grabbing your crotch,
and calling me a pissy little bitch.

I apologize for my bad behavior.

All's I'm askin',
before you kick this case,

how about you interview
that dancer Monique?

I am going to interview her, Detective.

And if she tells me that you got
your rocks off, I'm dropping the charges.

How about if she tells you

Frankie Cantor's not only
pimping out his dancers,

he's launderin' mob money,
which Monique,

whose rights you're so concerned
I violated, is prepared to testify to?

Don't you say anything
you shouldn't, Monique.

- MONIQUE: Up yours, Frankie.
- Careful, bitch!

Shut up, Frankie!

FRANKIE: I'll catch up with you
one of these days, you'll see.

If Monique says that, Counselor,
you gonna cut me a little slack?

We'll see what she says.

We got another problem, Luis.

No way, man.

Yeah. There's somethin' else
I gotta talk to you about.

You said we were through.

That's right, I did.

But we got another cab robbery.

Only this time, the driver got killed.

They told me
that I'd be havin' a meal now.

Forget it. Forget the meals, Luis.
Forget sleepin'. Forget it.

You're here because you did this,

and you're gonna be in here with me
until you admit it to me.

We had a deal!

Sit down.

Sit down!

Everything that I've said to you, forget.

- Look at me.
- (CHAIR SCRAPES)

Look at me, Luis.

(SIREN BLARING)

Because now we're gonna get serious, Luis.

Now we're gonna talk about
what this is really about.

You killed this guy,
and we're gonna be in here

for as long as it takes
for you to tell me that.

You know,

you tell me it's over,
and then it's not over.

And then you tell me it's over again,
and then it's not over.

Well, you can forget it, man

because you ain't
jerkin' me around anymore.

In number five, you told me
that you used electrical tape.

We found the same tape
in the dead driver's cab.

Same MO, same area.

I didn't kill anybody,
and you ain't stickin' me with no murder!

When you called the cab dispatcher,
they got your voice on tape.

So when we make a voice print,
we can match it to your other calls.

Oh, so, uh,
every cab crime now, I did it, huh?

- JOHN: Hmm.
- Yeah, well, look, I ain't goin' for it.

JOHN: You know what I was wonderin', Luis?

Did the driver have his own gun?
Was it self-defense?

I didn't do it. Now, I'd like my meal now.

Luis, there's an easy way,
and there's a hard way.

What's it gonna be?

I didn't kill anybody, and I don't know
anything about any shooting.

Okay.

Okay, Luis.

- LAURA: Sorry it took me so long.
- Oh, that's... that's okay.

I wanted to make sure
the recorder worked.

CRAIG: Look, I hope you didn't get
the wrong impression

from our conversation this morning.

LAURA: No, I didn't get
the wrong impression.

You said you didn't record us.

I know.

You're a liar!

Jimmy, please. You'll make me cry.
Now, listen to me, you son of a bitch.

I'm not going to bring you up on charges,
or report you to the Ethics Board.

What are you going to do?

I'm going to transfer out.

I don't want to work with anyone like you.
And if I hear one word

of the kind of rumors
that you threatened to circulate...

No, forget it, forget it.
That's not going to happen.

It better not.

It better not, Jimmy.

Laura, listen to me.

It isn't gonna happen.

Anything I could do
to get you to give me that?

Once you can't trust someone,

the world gets kind of complicated,
doesn't it?

How do you know there aren't copies?

Point.

Yeah, point, asshole.
I'll have my desk cleared out by 5:00.

I've gotta hand it to you, Laura.
You're a lot tougher than I thought.

You can mention that
in the glowing transfer recommendation

you're going to write.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

- Now or never, Medavoy.
- Hey, Andy, wait a minute.

Hi. I'm Detective Sipowicz.

Hi. I'm the new
detectives' administrative aide,

Donna Abandando.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Do I have to say that

- three times real fast?
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah, I know.

Those two together,
they're quite a mouthful.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) Amen to that.
Uh, you mind if I stick with Donna?

Not at all. Uh, anyway,
any typing or filing you want done,

- that's what I'm here for.
ANDY: Well, that's the best news

I've heard all day. Welcome.

Thanks.

- (EXHALES DEEPLY)
- Is, uh, is he okay?

uh, 'm sorry. This is Detective Medavoy.

- Pleased to meet you.
- (EXHALES DEEPLY)

Detective Medavoy
has taken a vow of silence

till they, uh, they sort out
this mess in Bosnia, huh.

Well, it's been nice meeting you, Donna,
and, uh, don't worry about him.

If he wants anything, he'll leave a note.

(PANTS)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

- (PHONE RINGING)
- (EXHALES DEEPLY)

I'm gonna ask you to leave us
alone for a minute, James, all right?

JAMES: Sure.

Why don't you take this with you? Okay?

JAMES: Okay.

Lock the door on the way out, will ya?

What's this?

JOHN: Luis, you gotta
understand somethin'. The man you killed,

I knew him.

Hey, man, I didn't kill nobody!

He worked 32 years pulling scumbags
like you out of burning buildings.

Worked some side jobs.

Make it easy on his family.

His son's a cop.

He works right here in the one-five.
Right in this building.

And you took this man's life
for 12 dollars.

- I can't let it go, Luis.
- I told you, man, I didn't kill nobody.

No more talkin'. The talkin' is over.

- You're gonna tell me the truth right now.
- Or what?

What's the hardest
you've ever been hit, Luis?

- Come on, man, get out of my face.
- Hmm.

Because I promise you,
unless you tell me the truth,

I am gonna give you the beating
of your life in this room.

- You can't do that.
- I can do that.

I can do anything I want in here. Okay?

Nobody's gonna hear it.
It's my word against your word.

I will beat you, Luis,
until you wish you were dead.

So, you have ten seconds
to start tellin' me the truth.

Nine, eight...

What if he had a gun,
like you were askin' me before?

So, he had a gun.
So, it was self-defense. Is that right?

- Yeah, he had a gun.
- Six, five...

- Wait a minute! I'm tellin' you!
- You're lyin' to me, Luis.

You are still lyin'. I searched that cab,
every inch. There was no gun.

- Four, three, come on.
- He was tryin'! Okay, all right!

He was tryin' to grab my gun.
I thought he was gonna shoot me.

Tell me exactly what happened.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

It was like the others, man, okay?
I showed him the gun.

I told him to pull into the alley,
and to give me the money.

But he wouldn't do it.
So, I pointed the gun at him,

and I tried taping his wrists,
so I'd be able to take the money.

But all of a sudden,
he tries to grab the gun.

I mean, I was just tryin' to scare him.
But when he was grabbin' the gun,

- there was nothin' else that I could do.
- So, you shot him.

Yeah, but he didn't give me
no choice, man.

Okay, Luis. Okay.

Now, I'm gonna ask those people
to come back in here.

And I'm warning you, I'd better not
have to send them out again.

Do I get to do this on tape?

Yeah. Yeah.
I'll have the camera brought in.

What about at the end
when... when I say how... how I feel?

We can do that too.

You see, Luis? I told you we'd come
out of this okay, didn't I?

- (PHONE RINGING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

FEMALE VOICE: Monique,
I need you to sign...

- JOHN: James.
- Yeah?

- We're ready.
- JAMES: Okay.

- SYLVIA: It was like you said, Detective.
- (OMINOUS MUSIC CONCLUDES)

And the stripper's testimony
will make our case.

Good.

So, I guess I owe you an apology.

I don't know. I think I may still owe you
for that time outside the court.

(CLEARS THROAT) Maybe I could work
some more off at dinner?

Let me see if I can decipher
that location.

Oh, don't start that Latin crap
with me again, huh?

Did you just invite me out to dinner?

- Yeah.
- OFFICER: I'll see you tomorrow.

Why in the world would I want
to have dinner with you?

I don't know. You do or you don't.

Yeah, I do.

- Good.
- Good.

ANDY: Good.

(SIGHS) Good.

- LUIS: I was tryin' to tape his wrists.
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

He kept tryin' to grab my gun,
so I shot him.

Where did you shoot him, Mr. Hernandez?

Where on his body?

In the face, I think.

RANDAL: And then what'd you do?

I jumped out, I ran
to the subway and I went home.

RANDAL: Where's the gun you used?

It's at my girlfriend's house.

Okay, Luis, that'll do it.

- Okay, let's get a warrant for the gun.
- All right.

What about the other thing? The remorse?

Go ahead, tell him how sorry you are.

- I just wanna say I'm really sorry that...
- Good work.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONCLUDES)

- How's that Kiev?
- It's good.

Yeah, they do a nice job here.

- (CLEARS THROAT)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Sorry. I sweat when I eat.

You remind me of my father.

Is that a plus or a minus?

Plus.

He's a...

enthusiastic eater too.

He has four brothers.
They come over every Sunday,

and they eat a ton,
and they drink even more, and...

They end up in fistfights with each other,
and they think it's fun. (CHUCKLES)

Oh, yeah, when I was drinkin'...

it will change your idea about fun.

Oh, don't get the wrong idea.
That's not all my dad.

In fact, he's the kindest,
most decent man I've ever known.

He took a second job
to pay my tuition at Saint John's.

Said he wanted me to be able
to concentrate on my studies.

And when I graduated...
Oh, he was so proud.

He sat right in the front row,
with all my uncles.

They were all wearing these
gigantic red carnations.

And when I walked by,
they were all shouting, "There she is!"

"There's our Slyvia."

(SNIFFS) Sounds like a good man.

(CLEARS THROAT)
And he sweats when he eats.

(CLICKS TONGUE) Yep.

(CLEARS THROAT) I, uh...

- I like fish.
- How come you ordered steak?

(CHUCKLES) No. I was tellin' you
somethin' about myself.

I mean, you know, you told me
somethin' about you.

I'm tellin' you about me. I like fish.

I got an aquarium.

- Really?
- Saltwater tropical.

You know, you give 'em half a chance,
people can surprise you.

So, uh, you wanna maybe do this again?

Yeah, I would.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING)

JAMES: You doin' the DD5s?

JOHN: I'm done.

I appreciate you showin' me the ropes
with that interrogation.

I feel like I'm learnin' from the best.

What's on your mind, James?

I wanted to ask you,
when you sent me outside,

you gave me your gun
and so forth, uh...

I wanted to ask you
what happened in there?

Why the guy gave it up?

- You mean, did I beat it out of him?
- Yeah. If that's why he confessed.

- I didn't beat him.
- Then why'd he give it up?

Because he's guilty,

and he knew I was willing
to beat it out of him to get the truth.

So, if it came to it,
you would've beaten him?

Let me put it to you like this.

I never raise my hand to a guy

if I think he's guilty,
or I'm trying to find out if he's guilty.

But if I'm sure he's guilty
and the case is gonna walk

unless I raise my hand,

- I do what I gotta do.
- Even though you're breakin' the law?

Okay, you're askin' me
if I believe in the constitution, yes.

I believe in the constitution,
and I hang on to that as long as I can.

But in the case of a murderer
like this, who's gonna walk,

I leave my gun and my jewelry outside,
along with the constitution.

And if you're wrong about this guy?

Well, then God forgive me.

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

If you... if you want, I can make
somethin' up prettier than that, James.

But that's the way it is.

- Okay.
- Night.

Night.

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES)