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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Too much to ask that they're familiar with the rules of the road,

you know, starting, stopping, starting.

I know a guy who'll pull the dent out real cheap.

And then this woman's mystified, how'd I bang into her?

Otherwise you're gonna spend three hours in the police garage.

ANDY: Yeah, yeah.

Oh, great. When did I get this? When... when did I have noodles?

- BOBBY: Hey, Lieu. - Hey, how you doing, guys?

We zeroed on the re-canvass on that Chinatown homicide.

Yeah, those people got "looking the other way"

- turned into an art form. - So, where you gonna take it?

Well, maybe if we had tanks patrolling Canal Street,

they'd think they were back in their homeland.

They think that we're riding our bicycles again,

and wearing those stupid hats.

Twenty-four more hours, huh, Andy?

- Till what? - Your wedding.

Yeah, tomorrow. What made you think about that?

Nothing. I... I just...

saw Sylvia come in. Keep me posted on that Chinatown murder.

- Good morning, Sylvia. - Good morning.

- I'll go look for those 61s. - Yeah. How's it going?

Andy, we got lucky.

Remember I told you about the inn at St. Adolphe?

That place in the forest?

The Laurentian wilderness.

The travel agent called. They had a cancellation.

- They can get us in for three nights. - What about our hotel in Montreal?

- I canceled. - You canceled Montreal?

Oh, Andy, I can't wait.

- Waking up with the sun... - (SIGHS)

...breathing pristine air, listening to the birds, no phones,

- no TV. - Is it near any place?

It's bordered by a trout stream.

- They cook your catch for you. - I raise fish.

Well, uh, we'll hike then.

We'll... we'll see deer, moose, maybe even a bear.

Oh, Andy, we'll be completely on our own.

We could be on our own in a civilized region too, you know.

(SIGHS) But, yeah, this, uh,

this sounds great. This... It's great.

Yeah.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Art!

- Hey, Reggie. - You got a minute?

What's this? I thought you were working 8:00 to 4:00's?

I'm off the street. IAB has got me on modified assignment.

Come here.

What happened?

McNamara had me on a street condition...

cracking on Gypsy cabs, working bus stops.

- Mm-hmm. - So, I'm out there,

writing tickets, taking all this abuse from these guys.

Next thing, some Haitian driver comes into the house,

says I'm shaking down him and his crew.

Well, McNamara must know that it was bogus.

- He was the guy that put you there. - He told me his hands were tied.

- He had to put the complaint through. - That's crap.

If he knew the guy had no credibility, he should've kicked him out of the house.

He's looking to cost me my job, man.

(SIGHS)

Did you know anyone down at IAB?

It's already got a log number, Reggie.

If I reach out down there, it'll make things worse.

(SIGHS)

Look, I'll go see McNamara.

IAB is gonna interview him, so if he stands up,

- they'll stop it there. - (SCOFFS)

If he's gonna stand up, he never would've put it on paper.

Well, maybe the grief he's put you through will be enough for him.

- I gotta sit still for that? - No.

No. You gotta get past this jam and then you gotta get out of there.

- Thanks for tryna help me, man. - Yeah.

- Hmm. - Don't worry.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I'm gonna be gone a couple hours.

- Beep me if anything comes up. - Yeah.

Morning, Lieu.

- Good morning. - Sorry. Um, I got caught in traffic.

- DIANE: Morning. - ANDY: How's it going?

DIANE: Good.

FRANCINE: Who can I talk to about it?

Detectives, this person says she has information

on that Chinatown murder.

I'm Detective Sipowicz. This is Detective Simone.

I can help you with that dead Chinaman.

Come on. Let's talk in here.

- ANDY: What's your name? - Francine,

and the guy you're looking for, Richie Morales.

- Who would that be, Francine? - You see this eye? Nice, huh?

He's staying at my house,

he's spending my money, he's eating my food.

- Then I find out he's screwing Teniqua? - BOBBY: Teniqua?

FRANCINE: Black bitch. (SIGHS) You know, we'd see her around,

and I just knew that Richie was doing her. I just knew it.

You know, women know that kinda thing. We know.

How does this relate to the homicide, Francine?

Well, I brought it up to him, you know, was he seeing her?

And the guy slugs me in my face. That was it. Over.

I threw his ass out on the street. I don't need that.

And he got even with you by killing a Chinaman.

The guy is a scumbag junkie. He don't exactly have a regular job.

So, he rips off those little Chinese guys.

He comes back and he's tellin' me about how he beat them up

with that club of his and all,

and then, later on, I heard on the news about that Fong guy getting killed,

and I found these when I was throwing Richie's stuff out the window.

Credit cards. He must've stashed them because they were hot.

Got Fong's name on 'em.

Where does Teniqua live, Francine? Do you know?

- Hell no. - So, where are we gonna find Richie?

FRANCINE: Where he cops. 4th and C, in front of the pizza joint.

Him and his sorry jones will be there eventually.

Here. This is him.

Someone's cut out of this picture.

Is that your hand there lining the dope up?

(SCOFFS)

You know what? I did not have to come down here.

You wanna see justice done.

Well, we appreciate you helping us out, Francine.

Yeah? Well, you know what? When you find him,

why don't you slap him around or something.

- Want to do a sweep on Richie's corner? - Guy probably copped off the mugging,

he's banging some new broad.

Could be a couple days till he comes up for air.

I'm gonna beep Fancy, tell him we're gonna do a sweep out there.

(SIGHS) Otherwise I might get distracted out there in the pristine wilderness,

worrying how this guy's at large.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

- Sorry. That was an important call. - No problem, Mac.

- How you doing? - Good. Good.

- Little worried about my brother. - Hell of a thing, huh?

That Haitian making charges.

Yeah. Could we talk about that someplace?

Shapp!

- Take over here. - MALE VOICE: Yeah, sure.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

So Reggie says it's already with IAB.

Yeah, I tried to finesse the guy, but he was all cranked up.

He knew the procedure, insisted I put it on paper.

You wouldn't happen to have the 49 on this, would you, Mac?

- Sure. - You mind if I take a look?

No problem. I got it right here.

You know, a time was when this Haitian would've had a boot

in his ass to help him out the door,

and the complaint would've hit the round file.

It's a different department now.

So, um, Reggie says he was ticketing these Gypsies on your instructions.

Yeah, we had a street condition. They were soliciting at bus stops.

Well, it'd be natural for a cabby to try and get the heat off

filing this kinda complaint.

You'd hope IAB will take that into account.

Oh, you could make sure they do, Mac.

Reggie wasn't freelancing. He was out there on your say-so.

Yeah, complaint says he shook this guy down.

No one instructed him to do that.

Well, I don't think he did do it, Mac. Do you?

I'd guess no,

but I don't know him as well as you.

Did you help that cabby fill this 49 out, Mac?

- MCNAMARA: What do you mean? - This is textbook language.

(CHUCKLES) You gotta get current, Arthur.

We got all these new policies supposed to help civilians,

minorities and such.

Even if the complaint's against their own.

Yeah, and Reggie's one of your own.

I don't like the tone you're taking with me.

And I don't like the job you're doing on my brother.

It's one of his brothers doing the job on smart-mouth Reggie.

You better stand up in that IAB interview, Mac.

- Or what? - Or I'll be back down here.

I gotta get to work.

I'll need that form.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(SIGHS) Ah, I was looking forward to Montreal, you know.

Now I gotta honeymoon like some beaver pelt trader.

- Hey, maybe you'll like it out there. - Maybe I'll like it?

Maybe I'd rather the spend time on Riker's Island.

Maybe I'd rather spend it on... on one of these skell junkie's

- pissed-on mattresses. Maybe I'll like it. - Hey! Hey! Andy, Andy.

- I'm just tryna make conversation here. - (BLOWS RASPBERRY)

- Maybe I'll like it, huh? - Jeez.

15 Squad to 15 Boy, 15 Charlie, we're in position here?

MALE VOICE 1 OVER RADIO: 15 Boy, 10-4.

MALE VOICE 2 OVER RADIO: 15 Charlie, 10-4.

- Do you like it? - (SCOFFS)

Come on, let's do this, guys. Move in.

And I should be driving this car.

- I told you I was gonna drive. - Yeah. Andy, please.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - (TIRES SCREECHING)

- BOBBY: 5-0! - (TIRES SCREECH)

BOBBY: All right. Hold it right there! Up against the rail!

- ANDY: All right. Up against the wall! - Up against the rail!

- BOBBY: You two, walk! - ANDY: Up against the rail!

Here! You too, slowpoke, huh.

- Where you going, huh? - JAMES: Hey, hey, hey, knock it off!

Put your hands up here!

- I didn't do nothing. - Diane!

- Get the female. - Yeah.

- BOBBY: Andy, you got Morales' photo? - ANDY: Yeah, I got it.

Come on, man. I was just walking by.

Yeah, well... (SIGHS) ...now we're gonna give you a little ride.

- ANDY: He's not here. - Hey! What did I do?

- You wore that idiot earring, asshole. - BOBBY: All right.

- Let's get them back to the house. - JAMES: Let's go!

Yo, what's the deal?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Diane. Yeah. - You want her in here?

DIANE: Watch your head.

Hey, hey!

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

- Sorry, uh... - Yeah.

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

Do I think you're happy about it?

I don't think you're sitting there in a puddle of tears.

Let me ask you this question, what is your record this month

for the longest period that computer has not been down?

Andy, when are we gonna get these rap sheets?

Yeah, I heard the term "Mutual respect."

You ever hear the expression "Kiss my ass?"

Look, I... I'm gonna take the guy in one.

Yeah, I'll take two when this guy's done explaining respect concept.

Give me a second.

ANDY: No! No! Do not hang up on... Do... don't put me on hold.

D... do not put... Oh!

Bobby, I don't know how I missed that gun.

- That stuff can't happen. - What? You think I want it to?

Why didn't you drive in to work with me this morning?

I told you, I had some errands to run.

Well, you know what, you run a lot of errands.

If you don't believe what I say to you, then we have no reason to talk...

You could've got somebody killed out there, Diane.

- DIANE: Then tell the boss. - And I'm telling you.

I think it's because you're drinking.

I guess you don't want my help with those interviews.

(GROANS)

(SIGHS)

- BCI computer's still down. I got two? - Yeah.

(DOOR OPENS)

- Toby Ray? - Yes, sir.

The good news, Toby, is I may not be too interested

- in that crack you were holding. - Look, I got a job

- down at the Video Barn on 2nd Avenue. - What I am interested in

is a way to this guy. Now, that gets your crack vouchered

as found property and you back out on the street.

- How can I give you what I haven't got? - And I don't have time for your crap.

Now, you're on that corner every day and so is this guy.

You're telling me you never see him?

Unless he looks different from that picture.

You know, that drug do that to you.

- Richie Morales. You know that name? - No, sir.

Stop calling me sir, all right.

You ready to go to jail, Toby, huh? Lose your good job at the Video Barn?

- I didn't do nothin'. - No, you didn't do enough.

Hey, look, man, why don't you come into the store, huh?

I'll... I'll get you Forrest Gump. We got a ten-day waiting list.

Think about jail.

Hey, hey, what about Lion King?

I got no help from my guy.

Trust me. One of these skells gives us Richie Morales by 7:00 p.m.

What's at 7:00?

ANDY: Uh, me and Sylvia are gonna go see some uncle

who's too sick to come for the wedding.

Yeah, then you got that bachelor party, right?

Yeah, that's gonna be a million laughs.

- Let me try BCI again. - No, Andy, let me try 'em.

Yeah, all right.

- No help with Morales? - GREG: No.

We're holding these guys, right?

Yeah. We don't want to tip this guy off that we're looking for him.

- Medavoy, you read this fish book? - (SIGHS) Uh,

- yeah. I read what you told me to. - You read the chapter on troubleshooting?

Uh, yeah. Um, you know, I... I...

I don't think there's going to be any problem, Andy.

I... I feed them every 48 hours.

- You're only gone five days. - Only five days, Medavoy?

Well, it... it's gonna be longer?

Medavoy, did you read that part about ammonia and nitrate poisoning?

Uh, that kicks in about a matter of hours.

- That's why I gotta check the pH. - (SIGHS)

All right, uh, suppose there's a white spot on the fish.

- What's that? - That's oobinium.

Oodinium, with a "D."

Oh, yeah. Uh, well, I... I know that if I see that,

that's when I put the treatment

- in the water. - (SIGHS)

GREG: Andy, uh, the... the fish are gonna be fine.

If there's any real problem, I'll... I'll call you.

You can't call me 'cause Sylvia booked us someplace,

the only contact with the outside world is through smoke signals. (SIGHING)

(SIGHS) What's that BCI hump saying?

- I'm on hold. Computer's coming back up. - I got it.

- Andy, don't piss this guy off, huh? - Yeah, yeah.

Hey, Bobby, any help with Morales off the sweep?

Uh, BCI's down. We're just getting the rap sheets right now.

(SIGHS) Okay.

ANDY: Yeah, Toby Ray. What do you got?

Lieu! What's up?

Yeah, thanks for your cooperation.

My brother's on the job at the 8th Precinct.

- He just got suspended. - For what?

His Sergeant's got him ticketing Gypsy cabs picking up at bus stops.

So one of the drivers looks to hassle my brother,

says he, uh, solicited a bribe.

So, why'd the sarge put that through?

Because he's a racist, and my brother's got an attitude.

It's a perfect complaint because the driver's Black too.

I went through the academy with this Sergeant.

I tried talking to him, but I don't think it did any good.

So what, it's at IAB now?

Yeah, if I reach out there,

- it'll just make things worse for him. - Yeah.

- So, he's in 8th precinct, huh? - Bobby,

you wanna join me for an interesting conversation?

BCI says my interview took a collar with Richie Morales four years ago.

You go ahead, Andy. I'll... I'll check on these other skells here.

- ANDY: What is it, three? - BOBBY: Yeah.

Uh, Lieu! What's the cabdriver's name,

the... the one that made the bogus complaint?

Yeah, uh, Pierre LaFont. My brother banged him out at a bus stop

at, uh, 9th and 23rd.

Yeah?

Yeah, listen, I got some other names for you to check.

- (DOOR CLOSES) - What do you think, Toby, huh?

That this is the Dark Ages? You think we don't keep records, hmm?

- What, man, what? - What, what, what?

You said you didn't know Richie Morales.

- I don't. - You and Morales got collared together

in Nyack four years ago.

I got probation on that. Been clean since. You can check.

You been clean, but your memory went.

- You forgot who Richie Morales was. - Look,

Richie's bad news, man. I got nothing to do with him.

- I didn't wanna get connected up. - I can send you away, Toby.

Your next Video Barn job will be in Attica.

I swear I don't know where he is!

We got a drug charge, we got obstruction of justice.

Hey, look. Look! Maybe he's with this chick named Teniqua.

- That's all I know. - And this Teniqua would be where?

She stayed on Essex when I was boning her, 414.

You better hope we find him.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Got the address on Morales' girlfriend. - I'll call you back, huh?

Greg, James, Adrienne.

- Help us grab a guy? - DIANE: Yeah.

Diane, I need to talk to you for a second?

- Yeah. - Make an excuse, okay.

I don't want you out on this.

- What do you mean? - I mean I don't want you out...

- Bobby, you ready? - BOBBY: Yeah.

You guys covered without me?

- Yeah, we're okay. - DIANE: Good,

'cause I gotta run an errand.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

The outbound drive on the 59th Street Bridge

is absolutely longer.

- They were doing construction. - I'll check with the super.

No, there is no construction, and it's four to six minutes longer

than when I formerly lived with Marie.

Hey, guys, after this goes down, maybe you can do me a favor?

Yeah, sure. What's up?

- Lieu's brother's in a jam. - JAMES: He's a uniform cop, right?

Yeah. Some Gypsy cabby's filed some bogus bribery charge on him.

The kid's Sergeant's looking to hang him up.

Now, this guy, this cabby, he's got a record, right?

So I'm having his wet photo pulled down at BCI.

They, uh, say he cruises the bus stops on 9th and 23rd.

- We're looking to hail his cab? - BOBBY: Yeah, you got it.

Don't say nothing to Andy, though. He's looking for a reason

to bail on meeting Sylvia's sick uncle.

Landlord says this Teniqua broad's up in 3G,

and would we please remind her her rent check's a week overdue?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV)

Lori, my wife that I'm married to now,

is a wonderful lady. I'm not keeping anything away from Lori,

- it's just that... - MALE VOICE 2 OVER TV: You didn't tell her

- that you're coming on the show? - MALE VOICE 1 OVER TV: I told her

I was coming on the show, I didn't tell her why.

- Police! Freeze! Get your hands up! - (AUDIENCE CHEERING OVER TV)

- Richie Morales here? - What's going on here? Who are you?

- Police! Who else is in here? - TENIQUA: Nobody!

BOBBY: Hey! Get over here.

ANDY: Get your hands on the table!

- RICHIE: What's going on? What is this? - They kicked the door in, Richie.

- There was nothing I could do! - RICHIE: I'm not Richie. Who's Richie?

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV) - RICHIE: I'm not Richie, man.

- We're in! - BOBBY: Get dressed!

- Get dressed fast! - RICHIE: All right! All right!

(CROWD CHEERING OVER TV)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

I got a pretty good sense of people, Richie.

My sense is you're not such a bad guy.

(SCOFFS)

You playing with me?

You did some muggings 'cause you needed to support your habit.

I tried to get in the program last year. They said they was full.

BOBBY: Mm-hmm.

With these muggings, you specifically chose the Chinese

because you know they tend not to fight back.

You're looking to lessen the possibility that something may get out of hand.

- Yeah, that's my guess on your thinking. - Yeah.

- I'm not looking to hurt nobody. - Mm-hmm.

Which is the bad luck with what happened with this guy

whose credit cards you took the other day.

See, you were just looking to score to help yourself.

Then everything went out of whack.

You know, this guy had some kinda heart condition.

I mean, if somebody sneezed when he wasn't expecting it,

he was gonna croak from that.

My point being here, Richie, you get in front of this now,

you can put yourself in a better light.

Basically good kid with a little bit of a drug problem

pulls some low-risk jobs to support his habit,

and on bad luck one goes totally opposite his intentions.

See now, that's the way I read it.

But you don't work with me on this, Richie,

how I read it doesn't matter.

You can take your chances, and you can go to trial, Richie.

But let me tell you this...

between the credit cards that we found in your things,

all these witnesses that we got that saw you out there,

and your girlfriend's testimony...

We got the death penalty back. Did you know that?

What kinda deal you talking about?

Your full cooperation, you telling me everything that happened here,

I could get you down to manslaughter.

- Can you make that deal? - BOBBY: Come on, man.

You know how the system works here, Richie.

I tell the DA, the DA lets the judge know that you gave us cooperation.

No, no. I don't want no if come on this.

I gotta talk to somebody with juice.

- (DOOR KNOCKS) - (DOOR OPENS)

- Bobby, can I see you for a minute? - Mm-hmm.

Let me see what I can do.

- What's up? - Yeah, we picked up that cabby.

Easy, James. I don't want Lieu to have to sign on to this.

- So, how's it going with Morales? - I think we'll be all right.

Sergeant said you made a collar?

Yeah, we were taking an early dinner,

- after we drop Joe off. - Uh-huh.

So we're driving back from Chelsea and this Gypsy cab

rolls through a stop sign, which is no big thing, you know?

But then the guy jumps a light, so we pulled him over.

- You pulled the cabby over? - So, what was this Gypsy cabby's name?

Uh, Pierre LaFont.

Turns out the guy had 14 suspensions on his license,

- and a gun stashed under his front seat. - BOBBY: Hmm.

- Did you collar this guy? - Yeah, we got him in three.

- Thanks, James. - Andy.

- BOBBY: Hey, Andy. - Hey.

- What are you doing here? - We saw her sick uncle.

- The bachelor party's now. - It's not for like 20 minutes.

What's going on with Morales?

He's in shape to go. He wants the DA to deal with him.

- He has something to trade? - BOBBY: No.

- ANDY: So, how's the DA gonna deal? - Andy, he wants to talk to the DA.

And I wanna talk to this guy over in three.

- Uh, Lieu's got a personal situation. - ANDY: Yeah, all right.

BOBBY: We're covered here. Uh, I'll see you at the party.

- See you over there. - ANDY: Yeah.

- Night. - Yeah. Uh, John!

Hey...

- you got a minute? - Uh, certainly, Detective.

Let me have your briefcase.

- Yeah, all right. - I'll only use it a minute.

(CLEARS THROAT)

There's nothing weird in here, is there?

Some Visine and my day runner.

Richie Morales?

- You the DA? - (CLEARS THROAT)

My name's Sipowicz.

I heard you wanted to talk.

(DOOR OPENS)

Now...

I want you to understand something here, Pierre.

I'm gonna want you to tell me the truth about a few things,

- and that is all I wanna hear. - I need that gun to defend myself.

Yeah, on that gun, uh, that's an illegal weapon.

Possessing a loaded unregistered firearm is a felony.

- That gun... - You ever been in a station house

- before, Pierre? - No.

- No? - Never once?

I need that gun to protect myself.

You never been at the 8th Precinct station house?

PIERRE: What'd you ask about that?

I told you what I'm lookin' for here, Pierre. I am looking for the truth.

- I spoke to those investigators already. - What investigators?

What you ask about 8th Precinct for?

You spoke to some investigators at the 8th Precinct?

Look, I don't want trouble with what went on up there.

Did you hear what I said about the truth, Pierre?

That is all that I am looking for here.

And if I get it, then maybe the gun part of this can go away.

I'm a cab driver.

I know what you are. A Gypsy cabby.

So...

a cop was making me summonses with other guys I work with.

- BOBBY: At the 8th Precinct? - Yes.

What were you getting summonses for?

Pickup at bus stops, which we're not supposed to do,

but we are out there trying to earn.

So, I go to 8th Precinct...

maybe I say too many things. Maybe I exaggerate somewhat.

- Exaggerate how? - How maybe...

the cop was asking me to kick back money,

- give him a bribe. - Did the cop ask you for money?

Maybe I exaggerate somewhat.

I don't know what that means, Pierre. Did the cop ask you for money or not?

No, he didn't ask.

So that means that you lied to the cop's Sergeant

- that this cop solicited a bribe from you. - Somewhat,

that... that he as shaking me down. I just wanted to get him off my back.

And now the Sergeant says I have to write it down,

make a complaint. I tried to walk away, but he said no.

I didn't want it to get like this.

I thought he would just get moved somewhere else.

I didn't think it would get so big.

- But, now you're telling me that you lied. - I exaggerated.

You wanna take this exaggeration back?

- I do! I don't want to be in trouble. - Mm-hmm.

Who do I talk to, to take it back?

The more I see you

The more I want you

Somehow this feeling

Just grows and grows

- Andy, you having a good time? - Hey, you're killing them.

Hey, come here, buddy. Hey, fellas.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

For all you do, Andy Sipowicz, this broad's for you.

Say hello to Sabrina. How about it? Hey!

(MEN CHEERING)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

- Congratulations, Andy. - Yeah, thanks a lot.

On me, Andy. Anything you want to do, it's covered.

Yeah, maybe later on, huh?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- How's it going, Chris? - Andy.

- This bother you? - (SNIFFS) No.

I can catch you between drinks.

It's okay.

- Sixteen years since we rode together. - I was thinking when I saw you.

- Not close as previously. - I think about you.

New marriage on the wagon. I ain't neither of those...

but that's horse races.

- GREG: How's it going, big guy? - Hey, Medavoy.

- Greg Medavoy, this is Chris Dowdell... - How are you?

- ...and this is James Martinez. - How's it going, fellas? How's it going?

How are ya?

I was just congratulating Andy on his upcoming event.

- JAMES: Yeah. - CHRIS: We partnered

in the previous century.

Pretty glad he's getting married, Chris.

Yeah, it's great. He's turned a whole leaf.

JAMES: I wanted to take this girl out.

Andy's marriage coming up kinda broke the ice for me.

- Got her and me talking. - Yeah, how'd it go last night?

JAMES: I think all right. We had coffee together.

It was our first time out.

Hey... (CLEARS THROAT) ...I'm going to do this again.

Nice meeting you guys.

- Hey, take it easy. - Good to meet you, Chris.

Hey.

- Take care of yourself, partner. - You too, Chris.

- So... - JAMES: Yeah, well, uh...

(CLEARS THROAT) So, uh, you and Lesniak had coffee?

Yeah. Only thing is she asked me to walk her dog

while she was making it.

But she's got an older dog. He's a poodle.

So I take him outside, and we're walking along,

and I'm thinking it's a nice, mild night.

The leaves are out, and Adrienne's upstairs making the coffee.

Suddenly, I hear this thud, which I look down,

the dog walked head-on into a light pole.

- (CHUCKLES) - Knocked himself out cold.

She likes that dog.

What, the dog have some kinda, uh, vision problem?

Yeah, cataracts. She forgot to tell me.

So someone had the sprinkler on their lawn, so I held him under,

which I got all soaked, and finally he came around,

but I'm thinkin' while I'm holding him there

that it took me three months to go out and have coffee with this girl,

- and now I killed her dog. - (GREG CHUCKLES)

But the dog came around.

Yeah, fortunately, he did.

- ARTHUR: Hey, guys. - Here he is.

- ANDY: How's it goin', Lieu? - Sorry I'm late.

- So, how's the groom-to-be? - Counting the minutes.

- Anybody want anything? - All set, Lieu.

- Hey, Bobby. - BOBBY: Hey.

ARTHUR: Hey.

- How's it goin'? - ANDY: Good. Morales go?

Yeah, he gave up a statement, yes.

Morales said some assistant DA told him he was looking at manslaughter.

- Is that right? - I didn't know we had one in the house.

If that happened, I'll bet the ADA told him a statement

that would get him some consideration.

- Only a judge could make the deal. - Uh-huh.

Leon says you might want a private dance lesson.

Uh-oh.

MALE VOICE: Go, Andy!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

But I don't really need a private dance session.

Well, you're an easy man to please.

- Thanks. - MALE VOICE: Good investment there, Andy.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CHUCKLES)

You don't mind if I don't stay, do you?

ANDY: Would you smuggle me out in your trunk?

Andy, I'm...

- You know I'm seeing this girl, right? - Russell.

Yeah.

- You were right about that problem. - It's her problem.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- Guys, see you later. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

So, Andy, uh, what do you think's the best bet this time of night?

The, uh, 59th Street to the Grand Central or, uh, the midtown to the L.I.E.?

I'd go with the bridge.

I'm... I'm... I'm back with Marie, you know,

I'm... I... I'm making the drive again.

JAMES: This thing working?

How do all these people get in my room?

(ALL LAUGHING)

Uh, I wanna dedicate a song now to the groom-to-be,

which I think is very appropriate at this time.

Hit it, Leon.

And now the end is near

And so I face

The final curtain

My friend I'll say it clear...

- Medavoy, promise me something. - Andy, I will take care of your fish.

No. If this goes more than two choruses, I want you to blow my head off.

(MUSIC FADES)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, Reggie.

I guess you know that cabby recanted his statement.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm glad.

You are one hooked-up Negro, Arthur.

- Wasn't me. - Oh, yeah. (CHUCKLES) Okay.

No, no. It's the truth. Some people in my squad made it right.

- Oh, yeah? - Yeah, you don't live by yourself

in this job, Reggie.

So, I guess before I transfer out of there,

I'll ask McNamara for an invite to the next St. Patty's Parade.

No, no, you steer clear of McNamara,

but keep in mind, four or five people reached out for you last night.

Not a brother in the bunch.

I gotta turn in my monthly stats.

- Hey, uh, tell those people thanks. - Yeah, you got it.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JOHN: Good morning, Detective.

- Hey. - I was hoping you'd be here. Uh,

I sent away for this and it was delayed. It... it just came mail order.

- Best wishes to you and Miss Costas. - Thanks a lot.

It... it... it's one of those love-it-or-hate-it presents.

It's a quilt. (CHUCKLES)

It has fish on it.

I collect fish.

- Yes, I know. - (SIGHS) Saltwater tropicals.

Anyways, uh...

- thanks a lot, John. - You're welcome, Detective.

ANDY: Yeah.

- Best of luck. - ANDY: Thanks.

Detective.

I understand you're my new colleague now.

- Yeah, you joined the force? - No, I gather you've become an ADA.

Hey, is this like a running start for what you wanna say to me?

You represented yourself as a district attorney to Richie Morales.

He made a statement thinking you'd offered a manslaughter plea.

I never said that and I never said that I was a DA.

He figured I was and I didn't correct his impression.

I didn't say one word to that guy different than I'd have said as a cop,

which was the judge makes the call, but his cooperation would be noted.

As it happens, the courts have held a confession

can be obtained by ruse or trick,

so long as an innocent man wouldn't be deceived.

ANDY: Well, there's a relief.

That doesn't make me more comfortable with what you've done.

Hey, what... what... what's your name again?

Arnold Rosenthal.

Yeah, well, Arnold, why don't you leave me your card,

and I'll be in touch the second

that your comfort becomes important to me. Hmm?

I don't know what Sylvia sees in you.

What a dick.

Morning, Lieu.

What are you doing here, Andy?

An 8:00 to 4:00. Wedding's not till 6:00.

What, is it gonna take me nine hours to get dressed? (CHUCKLES)

Well, Lillian called from Maryland to tell you

she sends her very best wishes.

- ANDY: Oh, yeah? - Yeah,

she's down there taking care of her sister.

Well, tell her thanks for her thoughts.

- Yeah. Bobby, got a minute for me? - Sure.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CLEARS THROAT)

So my brother says that cabby's withdrawn his complaint.

- Hmm. Pierre LaFont. - ARTHUR: Yeah.

The guy you collared on those moving violations.

Well, he mentioned that was bogus, those charges he filed in the 8th.

Yeah, well, however that went down, I'm very grateful about it.

Hey, you were looking out for your brother.

And you were looking out for me.

BOBBY: You know that.

So, you think we're all gonna live till Andy's wedding?

I think the odds are up to even money.

(CHUCKLES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

She's in the locker room.

- (DOORKNOB RATTLES) - (SCOFFS)

(DOOR KNOCKS)

- Just a minute. - BOBBY: Yeah, well, I need to come in now.

(KNOCKS)

(LOCK CLICKS)

(DOOR OPENS)

BOBBY: What's going on here, Diane?

You don't answer your pager. I don't know where you are.

I, uh, had to think things out.

Yeah?

And you're right.

I have a problem.

They say that's a good thing when you can admit it.

Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

- You got a gold star for me? - (SCOFFS)

I told myself it came from working undercover but, um...

it's worse since I transferred.

(SIGHING) And thinking back, I've been drinking since I was 15.

That program really seemed to help Andy.

Yeah, maybe I'll get in touch with someone there.

I, um...

I wanna help you, Diane.

I care for you.

I don't wanna mess us up, Bobby.

I think I'd better take care of this first.

All right, if that's the way you wanna handle it, uh...

(CHUCKLES)

So, you don't wanna see each other at all?

You're not gonna go to the wedding with me.

No.

Yeah.

All right.

Oh...

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

- I'm sorry. - Don't be sorry.

You're trying to help yourself.

Yeah.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Is Maurice okay today? - James, he's fine.

You know, I just... I worry about his skull.

How do you think I found out his cataracts were so bad?

It's not the first lamp post he bumped into.

JAMES: Yeah.

Can I ask you one more question?

How's it feel to be the best-looking girl in the church?

- ARTHUR: How you doin'? - ADRIENNE: Ah, here's Lieutenant.

- Hey, Lieu. - ADRIENNE: Hello.

Don't let this guy eat too much cake, Adrienne.

He'll have to move up to a new weight class.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

That's my boss and my boxing coach.

MARIE: Isn't it beautiful, Greg?

Very much so, yeah.

Our fourth day back together, here we are, in a beautiful church.

Yeah, it's very striking.

I think there's a reason you and I are here, Greg.

I think the ceremony is for us as well.

Interesting.

I'm gonna pretend we're up there.

Oh, yeah?

I'm gonna take the vows when Sylvia does.

You should do the same when Andy takes his vows.

S... uh, s... silently, right?

We'll just look at each other so we know we're doing it.

Okay, Marie.

Is she here?

Marie, do not start.

- (GRUNTS) - Am I sticking you?

I don't know.

Here. You're all set.

Oh, yeah. (EXHALES)

- There's the finish line. - (ANDY SIGHING)

Tell you the truth, I didn't know if I was gonna make it.

- That right? - I felt a little...

skittish the last few days.

I could still be on the turnpike before anybody knew I was missing.

You don't want that.

No.

I just don't wanna screwup.

Are you all right, Daddy?

- I'm f... full of emotion. - I know.

- I know. - (SIGHS)

I'm happy, yes.

I just wish that your mother could've lived to be here.

I feel like she is here.

And I feel like she is standing in front of me.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Are you all right, my argyro?

(SYLVIA CHUCKLES)

Yes.

He's a good man.

He's a man I trust.

Everyone is tested, argyro...

but I know he wants good for you.

I love him, Papa.

And that is everything.

My beautiful child.

There's my kid.

- I thought he couldn't make it. - That's what he said.

- Hey, Pop. - Hey, son.

Late for church. What else is new?

- Should I be looking for MPs? - Nah, I finagled a pass.

(CHUCKLES) Uh, this is Bobby Simone, my best man.

How you doin'? Andy Sipowicz.

How's it going, Andy?

Uh, anywhere is on the left there.

I'll see you afterwards, huh?

(CHUCKLES)

He made it, huh?

(SIGHS) Yeah.

Look how good he turned out.

Here we go, pal.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Let's do it.

- (SIGHS) It's what that guy in Utah said. - What's that?

"Let's do it." (CLEARS THROAT)

He said that to the firing squad just before they whacked him.

How's it going?

Andy...

look at that beautiful girl.

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR KNOCKS)

- Hi. - Hi.

Can I come in?

Sure.

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

- How was the wedding? - BOBBY: It was nice.

They left for Canada. (SIGHS)

How you doing?

Not too good.

I, um...

I mean, I haven't had anything to drink. I'm...

just scared.

You call anybody?

(SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT)

Can I, um...

can I cheat a little?

What do you mean?

Can I get held a little before I'm fixed?

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Yeah.

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES)