03x15 - How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars

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[Music]

What have we lost in
all of the days flown by?

A dream or two has gone to die.

What have we lost in only a year gone on?

We've seen some sadness and felt the cold.

But don't we still believe,
looking at children's eyes,

that time will bring a better life,
an end to hate, an end to strife.

What have we lost in
all of the days gone by?

A friend or two has said goodbye.

But what will we gain in
days that seem so near?

The hopes and prayers of a fresh new year.

Bartender, please, some
change for the cigarettes.

Thank you.

You should have been here last Christmas.

I think it was the last Christmas.

You hang around one bar a couple
of years, you start to lose track.

Anyway, I swear to you,
Jackie, on the stroke of midnight,

in walks these two basketball teams.

For me, are we engaged?

Whatever, Loretta.

Anyhow, they brought
their basketballs with them.

So get this picture.

Billy is going ho-ho-ho
beyond the ballpark.

Ah!

Ah!

Loretta, Jacqueline, we're
talking about your life here.

Come on, now.


for a swim in a bowl of eggnog.

What's the problem?

This guy comes in, fires
a g*n at our victim here,

and apparently sh**t himself in the arm
when someone tried to get the g*n from him.

Yeah, I heard the alarm
cr*ck on a radio coming down

between Carol's silent
night, holding night jingle bells.

It's a nominal fiasco.
What do you need me for?

Well, the young lady who
was sh*t at, Loretta Cain.

She can't imagine why anyone
would want to try and hurt her.

Hi, Colonel.

Loretta.

Now, what are we doing?

Protecting some jealous lover or something?

A man sh**t at you, makes
holes in private property,

risks people's lives, gives a
very bad tone to Christmas Eve.

Will you stop barking at me?

I never saw that man before in my life.

Not that it's such an
outrageous suggestion, of course.

A woman like myself, with the
wit and the lure,

and experience.

Yes, that too, of course.

Forgive me, Loretta.

Crocker.

Billy, I'm being taken
out of here against my will.

You're too young, lady.
You're a material witness.

As a matter of fact, for all I know,
maybe he was sh**ting at you.

Me?

But why is some guy going to sh**t at me?

Hey, Lieutenant.

Merry Christmas.

Well, it's bad.

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

You guys do this every night?

I got to start a rest with you.

Give them ladies a little libation,

and then help Crocker get
statements so we can get out of here.

Who are they?

They're our guests,
Frank, until we file out

who's sh**ting at the one
with the big mouth here.

Put the big, incestuous
mouth on the crazy ankles.

Hey, Houston.

You coming off stake out or going on?

Me and Greg, we're just going on.

Grand Central winery down at 42nd Street.

Put the booze back.

Another drop till you're off duty.

Either of you has the misfortune to blow
somebody away with liquor on your breath.

It'll bury the department.

I know it's lousy duty.

I'm sorry they stole you for this.

Don't make no difference to me, Captain.

Not this Christmas.

Let's go, Joe.

What's Houston's problem?

Remember, he was transferred
here from Bensonhurst?

His wife got k*lled last summer.

He doesn't talk about it much.

That makes him a lethal
man for a stakeout, doesn't it?

Got an old bottle up inside?

Who picked him anyway?

He volunteered.

I think we should pull
him off after tonight.

Oh, I see you guys put Tag Bowman
on the top of the tree this year.

Who else, Lieutenant? We're
searching for him on 14th and for warrants.

Hold it, guys. Hold it, hold it.

Captain, we saw where you came in in the
department's bridge tournament last month,

so the guys got together and were
presenting you with a pair of dark glasses

and a deck of mock cards.

Here's a witty captain
who's born to forgive.

Good luck next year.

Thanks very much.

Well, I can now finally b*at
my nephew at spitting the ocean.

And to you, Lieutenant, from all of us,

as the winner of the Manhattan
South Grand Memorial Award

for the loudest collection of vests
we'd like to present to you... Ta-da!

Merry Christmas to you!

Merry Christmas to you!

Merry Christmas, Lieutenant!

Merry Christmas to you!

I mean, I love it so.

I love the orange and the green and
the fringe and the zap-a-dap-a-doo.

And what do you think, Loretta?

Well, I think between the singing and
the vest, you guys should have no trouble

running every crook right
off the streets of New York.

Yes, but is it me?

Well, as my present to all of you,

I'm going to wear it every day.

You ever want to be on your way home?

I'll sub over a couple of minutes.

Well, he's in a good mood. Let me ask him.

Uh, Captain? Yeah?

They flew Denabali's father in from Italy.

He hasn't seen him in ten years.

Anyhow, I... Hold it.

We're already down to the
thin red line on this next shift.

I know. I was going to
say I'd pull his duty for him.

I got relatives coming to Jackson Heights.

I'll see enough of them tomorrow.

Fine. You want to do it yourself?
Fine with me.

Terrific. Yeah, no problem.

Right. Merry Christmas.

You know a crook and
you've got a lot of class.

Now, after you help staffers get statements

from the young ladies,
you go back downtown.

Maybe somebody in the neighborhood can
identify this man from their description.

And let's get Loretta out of here
before she takes over the joint.

Santa Claus.

Anybody needs us, like, for a
tidal wave or an earthquake?

It would be a cunning restaurant.

Yes, sir.

Merry Christmas.

Have a nice time, Lieutenant.

That's it? Party's over?

That's it.

Well, we have a TV if you'd like to watch
Christmas with Pat Boon in Hong Kong.

Why don't you girls
relax for a few minutes?

We'll be right back. Go away.

I can't believe it.

Can you believe being
stuck here?

I'm here.

I'm at the bar.

It's the same thing.

Nothing.

Hey.

Am I the only person who ever got
bored of New York in two months? I work.

I learned to type 60 woe p.m.

Woe p.m.

Yeah? Words per minute.

Anyway,

I figure with 12 million people,

which is certainly a great
deal more than Ocala, Florida,

I gotta meet somebody in New York,

right? Sure, Mr.

Perfect.

Paul Newman's eyes.

Only a little taller than
Paul Newman,

naturally.

Hey.

I skipped it a long time ago.

I'll settle for a hardware clerk who
doesn't care if I never get past 40 woe p.m.

You know what I mean? Don't worry about it.

You're young.

You'll make it.

Say, what happened to that sailor?

He was supposed to be in at 7.

Too bad.

It's the typing, you know.

It's really too bad.

I kinda thought we had a brief
but promising communication.

When?

Before or after?

Before or after what?

They only talked online
at Radio City Music Hall.

You're kidding.

No. Why?

Maybe it's your nails.

What? Your nails?

You got lousy nails.

Let me do your nails for you later, okay?

It's the typing, you know.

Okay, you can start
looking through these photos.

Maybe you'll spot them in there.

Who knows? I'm going back
to the scene and ask around.

Girls, at the time, good
luck, okay?

Oh, he's cute.

Wanted for what?

Yeech.

Okay, you guys. Good night.

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, guys.

Thank you.

Merry Christmas.

Yes, what can I do for you?

Well, I'm looking to make
a few bucks, you know.

But like tonight, maybe you
need someone for deliveries.

But I don't know you, son.

I talked to your partner the other
day about driving a delivery truck

and

he didn't need nothing
and... Hey, Greg.

Hey.
You ever seen this guy in here before?

The guy with the red scarf.

I don't like the way he
keeps looking around.

He keeps his hands in his pockets.

If ever he pulls a g*n out of there.

Okay, son, why don't you deliver this box?

The label's on the top.

I really... I appreciate it.

Looks like he's delivering.

Yeah?

A couple of deliveries?

Just a case to joint?

We'll see.

Anybody looking for
me, I'll be out for a walk.

Can I help you, ma'am?

Are you one of the detectives?

Yes, ma'am.

My name's Alison DeWint.

My father, maybe you know of him.

DeWint and Sleighmaker.

They're brokers.

I can't say that I have, Mr. DeWint.

Well, he knows people in City Hall.

He could probably help me,
but I can't ask him not tonight.

To do what?

Well, that policeman, he claims

there's no way you can find any missing
person unless a person's been gone for days.

He's wrong, isn't he?

Well, how long is this person missing for?

Look, it's my boyfriend.

He's only been in New York a
couple of weeks from Tennessee.

He can't get work, he's
broke, and he hates it here.

Except for me, I guess.

And we just had a huge fight.

How long is this person missing for?

Three hours.

Three hours?

Yes, well, I wouldn't worry.

You can take the wrong
subway and it's time to be

lost for more than three
hours, lady, I guarantee it.

No, it's more complicated than that.

I'm afraid he's going to
try to steal some money,

grab a purse, rob a
cab, something like that.

I don't want him to get in trouble.

Can't someone help me
find him around 42nd Street?

He's wearing a new leather jacket

and a red silk scarf
that I just gave him.

Is this man armed and dangerous?

What?

Well, the only way that
we could put out an alarm

to have him picked up is if
he's armed and dangerous

and you file a complaint that
he threatened to commit a crime.

No.

I can't do that.

No.

Hey, what
happened? It's all right.

I'm a cop.

What happened?

Oh, girl, what happened?

A man, a man,

a man came in and he,
you could see there on

the floor of the blood,
he was, he was bleeding.

So, and with a g*n, he's making me,
he's making me give him the bandages.

So, I'm helping with the bandages

and I said you should,
you should see a doctor,

I'm telling him, because
this is a bad wound,

believe me, a bad wound.

So he says, give me the
name of a doctor around here.

Some local doctor, right?

Did you give him the name
of any particular doctor?

Then I'm coming to the register here

and I'm looking for a name
and he takes the list from me

and he says he'll find his own.

Takes what list?

My Christmas list.

For cards, for mailing cards to the
doctors that send their patients here.

You mean to tell me there's a
guy running around out there

with a g*n going down
your Christmas mailing list?

How many names are here?

A hundred, two hundred.

I've got to have this
list, do you have others?

Certainly I've got copies.

Where's your phone? Right over there.

Well, here you go, captain.

Thank you.

Oh, I don't mean to interrupt.

Oh, you met Mrs.

Aliatros? Oh, yes. We're just having a
wonderful discussion about goat's milk.

Goat's milk?

You, uh, only came from
Greece three years ago.

You know something?
You speak English beautifully.

I want to like it here.

To be accepted.

Not just in Greek parts of town.

You understand?

Eleonora, there's no way that you
wouldn't be accepted in any part of town.

Do you understand?

You grew up in New York, Lieutenant.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, call me Theo, okay?

Theo.

You must have been a lot
different when you were a child.

My father's friend, Constantine.

He was saying they used
to have open-air buses.

Double-deck buses, you
know, with no tops on them.

You'd stick out your hand and
touch the streetlights as you went by.

That must have been awful
in the summer with the smog.

There was no smog then.
Oh, don't get me wrong.

We had dirt and you got filthy.

But there was nothing
around that would kid you.

Anyway, we spent most
of our time by the rivers.

You'd be able to swim
in the river in those days.

We'd go up by the polo grounds.

They play polo up there. Oh, no, no.

That's where the Giants played baseball.

I thought they were in San Francisco.

Well, anyway,

things have changed and nothing's the same.

In Eleonora, this used to be a great city.

Twenty or thirty plays on
Broadway every season.

Great jazz joints, Eddie Condon's,
Jimmy Ryan's, the Birdland.

Summer nights, believe it or
not, you could walk in the park.

Any park in New York.

And downtown, the Lower East Side.

Great place.

Pushcarts and
selling watermelons

and pineapples and bananas and flowers
and people and laughter and like that.

You let the fun go out
of this city, Eleonora.

Everybody's afraid of everybody else now.

That must have been a long time ago.

No, it wasn't that long ago.

Before Dean Martin
and Jerry Lewis split up.

Before Dean Martin
and Jerry Lewis split up?

Yes, I read they used to
be partners for some reason.

Was it that long ago?

Yeah,

it was even longer ago than that.

Excuse me.

This gunman who was taking the pot sh*ts

in the bar, Crocker thinks
he's got an idea where he is.

He's on the phone.

Oh, Eleonora, this is Dr. McNeil.

He's a very famous brain surgeon.

Brain surgeon?

He's just pulling your leg.

Actually, I'm a famous psychic.

Oh, yes, here.

Take a card, any
card from this deck.

Oh,

you find it very bright in here?

No.

Oh, boy, I do.

Houdini, the man who sh*t in Loretta's

out there with a g*n in one
hand and a b*llet in the other

looking for a doctor.
We got trouble, Frank.

Excuse me.

Uh,

this is an old American custom.

You see, this is mistletoe.

And if I put it over your head like that,

it entitles me to kiss you.

Tradition.

Which means I'm tricky
and, uh, and you're beautiful.

Hi, I'm looking for a girl.

Her name is Jacqueline Pierce.

We met up town last week standing
in line at Radio City Music Hall.

Jackie's out here. Police
took her in about an hour ago.

The police? Excuse me.

Um, the cops took her
in? Is that what he said?

Yeah, that's what he said.

Cops came in here
about an hour ago.

Took these two hookers out of here.

Hookers?

Yeah.

Same man who took the sh*t in Loretta.

Second sh*t must have
hit him in the left hand.

He's out there with
a list of local doctors.

Sure. Where are we standing here?
With a g*n.

Anyone else coming down?

Who else is there?

Yeah.

Down the list.

Starting with the
addresses closest to here.

We'll send a man out to take a statement.

I'm going back to the office.

Let's go.

Dr. Banker?

Yes. Emergency ward.

I'm worried. I think something might
have happened to a friend of mine.

I don't know.
Maybe he was sh*t or something.

Yes, his name is Douglas North.

Yes, I've tried the
other hospitals.

The police, they're no help.

You gotta be dead before they care.

Thank you.

Mr. Witt?

Would you care to sit down?

Maybe talk a little bit?

Can I get you something?

This fellow, your boyfriend,

Douglas North, is that his name?

You've only known him for a couple of weeks

and you're sure he's
gonna get into trouble?

Look, you know what the problem is?

He made me promise no
Christmas presents to him

until he got a job and
could get me something.

Well, it's all my fault.

I gave him a red silk scarf

and a leather jacket.

I think he's gonna steal some
money to get me something.

Well, that's, uh,

that's pretty terrible.

I mean, to steal to buy a present.

However, unless there's
some real reason for you to

suspect he's that type of
guy, I wouldn't worry so much.

Maybe you're feeling guilty,
Allison, about the present.

No, I'm afraid he's
gonna get hurt.

You know, real trouble.

You know, in just two weeks

you can really get to care about a person.

I mean, even if you're
not really in love.

Maybe you're like my father.

Maybe you can't understand that.

Sure I can, Allison.

Why not?

But there's something more, isn't there?

Yes.

He robbed a gas station

in Tennessee once

a few years ago.

Yeah.

Well, I'll tell you what.

You come on back with me.

We'll check the teletype.

Maybe he's been picked up in
some other precinct, okay? Thank you.

My privilege.

Come on.

Do you believe, Crocker,

I've run across two surgeons,

both of whom are cooking
goose this Christmas Eve?

No sign of our men?

No. What about you?

No sign of any trouble.

Okay, Dr. Lloyd Baker, 562 West.

That's right here.

No. No, she comes in.

No message.

Not tomorrow.

You must go to the hospital.

Tomorrow won't make any difference.

You know, sometimes when you wait a day,

everything makes a difference.

Here.

Take one of these.

It's for the pain.

No.

Nice to put me to sleep.

You think you can make a fool of me, too?

Do you have some place to go?

Someone to help you?

I am going to hell.

And my wife has helped me.

They said I was an old
fool to marry a young girl.

Well, they were
not entirely right.

Now we are going to stay together.

Really stay together?

Don't you answer that.

People know that I'm home.

I have to.

All right.

Yes.

Dr. Baker, this is the police.

Can I come in a minute?

Well, I'm in bed.

Is it very important?

Well, there's a wounded man, and
we thought he might be in his area.

Is everything all right, doctor?

Sure.

Everything is fine.

Okay, well, just be careful,

and, uh, Merry Christmas.

You start screaming,

and I'll be back.

Thanks.

Now come to the rear.

Come on.

Have you any idea
where he's gone to, doctor?

Or, uh, who he is?

Well, he made two
phone calls,

two bars.

He said his name was Bill.

He was looking for his wife.

And a Merry Christmas to Daddy.

I told you.

Of course I'm with friends.

I'm having a lovely Christmas.

Okay, Mama.

Same to you.

Bye-bye.

A crazy man sh**t at you.

The police trap us in this building,

and this is a lovely Christmas.

They're sitting all alone
in a little room in Miami,

waiting for a call from
their only daughter.

Could I say anything different?

You're a sweet kid.

If you fix these nails, you'll be perfect.

Here you are, Stavros.

Oh, Merry Kaneki Maka.

He's not back in his room.

Well, maybe he's wiring home for money,

making an honest buck somehow.

He hasn't been picked up anywhere.
I checked.

I wouldn't worry, really.

He's going to get in trouble.

I know it.

The 52,000 women, you know,

prostitutes, shoplifters, she
may be in there. You never know.

Hi, Colonel. Who are we looking for now?

The person you look like,
Loretta, if that's possible.

You know, this guy's wife. Poor fellow.

Why don't you help her, Jackie?

Lieutenant, uh, I got a problem.

I got a young girl out there that's
been pulling her hair out all night long.

Her boyfriend took off four
hours ago, and she's afraid

he's liable to pull some
job to buy her a present.

And she wants us to
help pick him up for her.

Which you told her was impossible.

Well, she's too sure.

She's too worried. I think
she knows what he's going

to do, but she's too
afraid to come up with it.

Something big, maybe.

I know she's spoiled, but she's okay.

Her father is some
big-time stockbroker, and he

doesn't go for this
boyfriend of hers at all.

He's from Tennessee, and, uh, he got arrested
once for robbing a gas station there.

And pray tell,

good King Wenceslas,

how may I serve thee?

Well, I've been kind of nice to her,
Lieutenant, and it's going to be kind of hard

for me to lean on her now.
You know what I mean?

Ah, yes.

Another job for Scrooge.
All right, get her in.

Allison, will you come
in here a minute, please?

Lieutenant Coe Jack Allison DeWitt.

Sit down, Allison.

Thank you.

So this, uh, boyfriend
of yours who's missing,

why hasn't he just left you, Allison?

It happens all the time, I'm sorry to say.

Just leave me?

He wouldn't do that. He loves me.

What about this expensive coat you
told me you had a fight about? Yes, but

he's coming with me to Greenwich
tomorrow to have supper with my parents.

He wouldn't skip that.

Oh, this kid from Tennessee
who stuck up a gas station?

He's having a Christmas supper
with your parents in Greenwich.

Well, my father doesn't know he's coming,

but my father never wants to
know too much about me anyhow.

Oh.

That's nice.

Um,

well, I guess tomorrow
your, uh, your father's

really going to have
to pay attention to you.

He will absolutely freak.

Allison,

maybe you're giving this
kid too much to handle.

You know, freaking him out.

Maybe you're just using him,
Allison, for attention, no? No.

Suppose that's how he sees it?

Okay.

I guess it could look that way.

This is really
terrible of me, isn't it?

Hey, you're a young girl.

You're learning.

Now, you still believe he's out there

thinking about some caper? Yes.

Look,

he's a nice person. He really is.

And I don't want him to get k*lled.

Allison, why is he going to get k*lled?

He's got a g*n.

Oh?

He's got a g*n?

Yes.

You know that time when he
robbed that place down south?

Armed and dangerous,
that's what they called him.

They came after him
with r*fles, sh*t up his car.

You come at him with a g*n again,

and I don't know what'll happen this time.

Maybe the man is armed and dangerous.

Any idea where he is?

42nd Street.

Well, get his description.

Put out an alarm.

Midtown.

Get down there yourself.
See if you can spot him.

Hey, look, you won't sh**t at him if
you don't absolutely have to, will you?

Well, if we don't absolutely have
to, God knows, Allison, I hope not.

Thank you. Merry Christmas.

What else?

Here's to your miracle.

Enjoy us and spell this Merry
Christmas from Joe's cleaner.

Beautiful Joe.

You know, I think that this woman who
extorted the 50,000 is a very, very nice

look, the high forehead,
very intelligent looking.

Well, there's a resemblance,
Loretta, but hardly striking.

Frank, we agree.

There's a psycho out there
who's gunning for his wife.

I think you'd put it as
dramatically as possible.

Yes.

Loretta, you don't have to do
this when we ask you a favor.

Well, I love doing favors. Generally.

Well, there's other bars downtown, the
same neighborhood as the Green Lantern.

Now, a man with a g*n was in that area,

right? So what I'd like
you to do is

to be my guest.

You come bar hopping with me,

hope somebody recognizes
you, and maybe therefore,

we at least find out
who this man's target is.

And baby, I'll keep
a careful eye on you.

You mean that I get out of here?

You've got a deal, Colonel.

This red scarf, something
we could spot pretty easy.

I'll swing around and we'll
head in the other direction.

We'll cross town.

Eleven o'clock.

One more hour and my
kids get their stockings.

You got to give them something
before morning or they never get to sleep.

You got kids, right?

Yeah, my kid's in Dallas
with my wife's mother.

Oh, yeah? Your wife there, too?

No, I lost my wife last summer.

I'm sorry.

How did it happen?

Two guys att*cked her.

k*lled her.

Just like that.

Bingo. I'm real sorry.

Dollar seventy-five.

Hey, there's that guy I don't trust.

Thank you. He's got a g*n.

There he is.

Crank that loud.

What are you doing? Come on, the money.

Come on!

Dad!

Hold it!

All right, hold right there.

Get in the car!

Central, this is car 747K
requesting additional backup.

We have an armed perpetrator in the
area adjacent to the Grand Central Winery.

Madison at forty-second.

Repeat. Suspect is armed and dangerous.

We have an armed perpetrator in the
area adjacent to the Grand Central Winery.

Just when was this, Papa?

Ohana Maria must have left here
about thirty minutes ago, Mr. Swift.

Did she say she was going home?

She said if you came looking for
her that she wasn't coming back.

She left with another guy, Mr. Swift.

I'm sorry.

I'll have another one on my house.

Yeah, this is a thing.

Something like that again and all.

They call that dancing.

They got no idea how to move.

Hey, I hear there's a Latin place down
there that's supposed to be mucho fun.

Loretta,

we're not in this for fun.

You understand?

We're in this to keep
our eyes and our ears

open for a guy who calls
you by any other name.

Do you understand?

And by any other name I'd be
just as sweet, wouldn't I?

Come on.

Just for a minute.

Just for uno minuto.

Everyone will notice.
I'll make an impression.

We'll take care of the place all at once.

Yeah, well,

no one will last here like
Caracas, Venezuela, baby.

Hannah, Hannah.

You see my date out there
doing her thing on the dance floor?

Have you ever seen her before?

What?

It's the Fuzzy Wuzzy, baby.

Is that Ana Maria?

No, it can't be.

Ana Maria.

Ana Maria.

Look at the bar down there.

Ana Maria.

No, that's not her,
but could be her sister.

You're kidding.

What's her last name? Swift.

Her old man was just in here,
and I do mean her old man.

He's a lot older than she is.

Came in here to drag her out. Just left.

Left here? How long
ago? A few minutes.

He was a little drunk, so he
couldn't have gotten too far.

Loretta, stay quick.

She got a good figure, too?

The Santa Maria? Bastante bien.

What's this all about?

I guess the old man's
trying to sh**t her.

For running around? That's loco.

I mean, there's a million broads.

Hey, he doesn't think
there's a million broads.

He thinks there's just one.

Still crazy.

Poor man.

You'll be okay.

You came back.

Yeah.

Of course.

Is this the guy?

He's dead.

You'd better get back up to


All hell's breaking loose.
I'll stay here with him.

Hey, Colonel.

Getting old.

Dying is scary, isn't it?

Loretta, baby.

I want you to go in there and dance.

I want you to dance as much as you can

for as long as you can, and
that's an order, okay, kid?

An order?

And do it for both of us, okay? Please?

Don't stop the music, muchachos.

Here I come.

Starbuck told us to be downstairs.

The kid panicked. What happened?

Craig tried to go out, but it's not.

He's got the door covered.

Houston's out there now.

All right, so let the kid
sweat it out till daylight.

He'll cool off.
He doesn't have to end up a corpse.

There are the roofs.
We can't cover them all.

Maybe he'll slip away. And maybe he can't.

Houston could be
trying to talk him out of it.

Houston's not thinking
anything but revenge, Frank.

Oh, enough of this already.

He's down to his last
few sh*ts, lieutenant.

Just cover me. Just cover
me, you understand? I mean it.

North!

North!

You listen to me.

Nobody's been k*lled here yet.

Yeah, you're in trouble.

But it could be a whole lot worse.

So you do yourself a favor, kid.

Throw your g*n out.

What?

So that cop can blow me away?

Forget it.

That cop's gonna have to
sh**t right through me first.

I'm walking over to you.

Unarmed.

You're gonna do time.

Let's hope you get smarter.

But you're gonna live, kid.

What do you say?

It's all in front of you.

Okay.

Doug, I was so worried.

I was gonna get bus
fare and go home, Allison.

Tonight.

That's all there is to say.

Well, you're not hurt.

That's what's important.

Yeah.
Hey, kid. She really does care.

I know.

All right, book him. Get him a ride.

Can I help him?

You want to, too?

Okay.

Come on, Allison.

Hey, Lieutenant.

I guess I'm glad I didn't
have to do it after all.

I'm not gonna leave you alone.

Wish them a Merry Christmas
when you talk to them.

Merry Christmas, men.

Look that out for some Merry
Christmas when he gets back.

I'll do it.

Jackie.

Wake up. It's Christmas.

You can go home now.

Love, Santa Claus.

What did I get for Christmas, Mama?

I got my nails painted green.

Oh, excuse me.

Yeah?

Is this the precinct where they
brought a couple of hookers

a little while ago from a
bar in Greenwich Village?

One's named Jackie.

Hookers? They're not hookers.

One is a waitress, the other is, uh,

one hell of a woman.

Jackie's in there.

Thank you. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Oh, my friend.

You could have at least worn some
protection out on that roof tonight.

You know, this whole
city's gonna be wearing

bulletproof vests if it
doesn't wake up pretty soon.

But you know something, Frank?

It's our neighborhood, right, baby?

We gotta love it.

Well, these people have a lot of
passion left and the energy to do it.

Yeah, if they just stop putting
them in the right places, right?

Love thy neighbor, baby!

Good night, Theo.

Jingle bells, Frank.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

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