Previously on nypd blue...
I hear you’re fighting
laughlin and the smoker.
Word’s out, huh?
You ever fought?
Sure. It’s been a while.
It’s no big deal.
Someone standing up for me ‐‐
that’s a big deal.
You deserve
to be stood up for.
What’s going on
with you and connie?
Nothing.
What’s holding you back?
Maybe the 20 years between us,
me being a mutt.
Maybe you do yourself a favor
and you go with it
The main things
that you’re worried about ‐‐
It doesn’t look like connie
gives a damn about that.
You stood up for me,
and I wanted to say thanks.
You didn’t have to do that.
I wanted to.
We got to get going.
Yeah, we really do.
Oh, boy.
We gotta go.
I still have to go home
and change.
I know, I know.
What are you doing?
We’re going.
Right. Here we go.
[ Pager beeps ]
We got to go.
Yeah.
I’ll see you later.
Yeah, definitely.
Okay. Here.
Um, so...
Hey.
Don’t worry.
Everything’s cool, okay?
Okay.
I got to go.
I know.
I found a palm pilot.
Send it to taru.
Have them decipher it.
It was open
when I found it.
So the male and female
get tied up here,
Then the perp gets
the other female
To unlock the studio
and sh**t her back there.
She kept the money
back there maybe.
Good morning, champ.
Morning.
How you feeling?
Uh, good, great.
What do we got?
Doa female in back.
This is her apartment.
She has a whole recording
studio setup back there.
And a woman tied up
and sh*t in the head
Next to this guy.
She’s still alive,
But unconscious,
en route to bellevue.
Let me go through
this thing.
[ Grunts ]
Ha ha.
Didn’t get much sleep,
it looks like.
Yeah, yeah, I was up
and down all night.
Adrenaline.
Probably, yeah.
Ahem. Good morning.
Hey. Morning.
Uh, medavoy and jones
are canvassing.
Why don’t you give them a hand?
They’ll fill you in.
Big night last night,
You know, with the, uh,
fight and all.
Mm‐hmm.
We got a b*mb thr*at
over on 3rd.
Get mcdowell and ortiz
on the radio.
Have them respond
to this.
What’s up
with your triple?
It’s a double ‐‐
one of the females...
Uh, yeah, a doa female whose
apartment it was ‐‐ sheri lent.
She rented out time
in a recording studio
She had set up
in her back bedroom.
Any forced entry?
No.
The sh*t female
and the doa male
Are friends
of this sheri lent ‐‐
In from michigan.
Been staying there a while.
In lent’s pocket computer,
we found a list
Of the people who rented out
the recording studio.
We’re bringing in the last guy
listed from yesterday ‐‐
A cole mclaughlin.
All right, keep me up
on everything.
I’m already getting
phone calls.
Are you going
to tell ’em?
Uh, my daughter katie’s
getting married.
Hey, congratulations.
Congratulations, greg.
That’s wonderful.
You met the guy?
Uh, no. We’re having
dinner tomorrow night.
His family lives here
in the city,
And, uh, they’re making
the rounds, I guess.
I’m still kind of shocked.
I‐i didn’t even know she was
serious with anybody.
My ex really drove a wedge
between me and my daughters.
Your ex going to be
at the dinner tomorrow night?
Not unless my head’s going
to be served up on a tray.
Nah, just me and katie
and her fiancé.
That’s great news.
Uh, no more carbs, huh,
till after the wedding.
You guys stay on me
about that.
Get a load of this.
Phony b*mb thr*at gets phoned in
to this building over here,
The b*mb dog starts going nuts,
sniffs out this lady’s purse.
b*mb squad does their thing,
try to deactivate it.
Turns out the lady
was just walking by
But carrying half a key of coke
and a whole bunch of ecstasy.
The b*mb dog used to be
a drug dog
Before being retrained
after 9/11.
That’s her?
Yeah. Rhonda clifton.
She’s putting on
Her aunt bee act now,
saying she don’t know how
The dr*gs got in her purse,
you know?
Detectives mcdowell
and ortiz, ms. Clifton.
I have absolutely no idea
how that got in my purse.
I swear to god.
When was the last time
you went through your purse
And knew it wasn’t there?
This morning.
Someone must’ve dropped it
in my purse ‐‐
Well, I don’t know why.
You live here in the city,
ms. Clifton?
No, i‐i live upstate
in glen falls.
What brought you in?
Shopping.
You have any trouble
with the law in the past,
Anything drug related?
Absolutely not. I’ve never even
got a ticket for speeding.
’Cause we’re going
to find out.
You can ask anyone.
I‐i would not do this.
This is a mistake.
We’re going to take a ride
and talk about it some more.
Oh, my god,
are you kidding me?
No. Come on, ma’am.
Why don’t you have a seat,
mr. Mclaughlin?
You coming from work?
Yes. I’m c. O. O. Of digityne
electronics.
Well, that’s great.
You know a sheri lent?
I don’t.
Lives over on 7th street?
She looks familiar,
but I can’t place from where.
Why was your name and number
in her address book?
Okay, so what’s up?
Trying to figure out why you’re
lying about knowing sheri,
That’s what’s up.
I know her,
but I don’t know her.
When did you see her last?
What’s sheri saying?
No, you see,
the way this works
Is we ask the questions,
you provide the answers.
I’m sorry. Do I look like
a toothless cr*ck whore
Over here? Don’t try
to strong‐arm me, detective.
I can ask questions,
and I will ask questions.
Okay, good.
Well, we found sheri dead
In her apartment
this morning.
And you were the last
appointment she had listed
In her calendar.
Now, you got any questions
on that, cole?
Look, I had nothing to do
with anything like that.
Please believe me.
Slipped right out of that
prick suit, didn’t he?
I’m a respected businessman,
i’m a member
Of the association
for a better new york...
When did you see her
last?
Yesterday.
What for?
To buy pot. All right?
There, I admit it.
I smoke occasionally. I never
buy more than 1/8th, though.
So she was your dealer?
Yeah, that’s what
she did.
Hydroponic one‐hit pot.
Where you been last night
and this morning?
I was at home with my wife
and young son and then to work.
You banging her?
No!
No. I‐i was not.
I bought pot from her.
That’s it.
All right. Start with
yesterday morning.
Write everything down.
Ms. Clifton, we’ve been
doing this a while,
And a dealer sticking a bunch
of dr*gs in a woman’s purse,
Basically giving thousands
of dollars away to a stranger ‐‐
That doesn’t happen.
Maybe the dealer was about
to get caught by the police
And needed to get rid
of it real quick.
That’s not what happened.
We know it, you know it.
I’m telling you, I don’t
know how this package
Got in my purse.
Pretty quick here, ma’am,
My partner and I are going
to lose any sympathy for you,
Any interest in trying
to help you out.
At that point, we’ll just
toss you in the system,
And you will get prosecuted
and you will go to jail.
Do you have
a drug problem, ms. Clifton?
No, I told you
that I don’t.
So you were looking
to make some quick money.
These aren’t my dr*gs.
Were you doing this
for somebody else?
Okay, fine. It’s mine.
The package is mine.
You bought the dr*gs here,
and you were going
To sell them up
in glen falls?
Yes.
How much you buy it for ‐‐
the coke and ecstasy?
$3,000.
How much were you looking
to make off it?
Double.
You’re way off
on both figures.
The dr*gs are worth
a lot more than that.
What’s going on,
ms. Clifton?
We’re done, then.
That’s felony weight
you were carrying,
And you’re going
to go to jail.
Andy says the doa
whose apartment it was ‐‐
She was dealing high‐end pot
to a big list of customers,
Not renting studio time.
That’s what the guy
in the pokey gave ’em?
Yeah. So we’re going to start
pulling all the clients
She had listed
on the palm pilot
While andy and john finish
getting this guy’s statement.
Let me, uh, refill,
And then we’ll divvy up
the list and head out.
All right.
This lady’s saying
she doesn’t know how
The dr*gs got
in her purse.
They fell from the sky?
The whole thing
doesn’t make sense,
Including these being
her dr*gs.
We’re going to call the p. D.
Up in glen falls
Where she lives and see
what they have on her.
If she doesn’t give us anybody
else, the dr*gs are hers.
I’ll get her lodged
downstairs.
Hi. I’m katie medavoy,
here to see my dad.
Congratulations
on your engagement.
Thank you.
May I see the ring?
Sure.
Oh. A nice simple band
with little baguettes.
It’s beautiful. Who needs
a big diamond, right?
Yeah, I really love it.
Is my dad around?
Yeah, i’m sorry.
He’s in the coffee room.
It’s right through there.
Okay, thanks.
Hey.
Hey, dad.
I thought you were out trying on
dresses with your mom.
Oh, we ended a little early.
Everything all right?
[ Sighs ] what’s wrong?
Mom’s not going to come
to the wedding now.
She said she thought
about it,
And she doesn’t know how
she’d react.
Because i’ll be there?
Yeah.
I can’t believe her.
I can’t believe it.
So I just got off the phone
with kevin,
And I told him that I think
it might be a lot easier
If we just elope.
I don’t want you
to have to elope.
Have your wedding,
’cause it’s your day.
I just don’t want
any problems.
Let your mother come.
I‐i’ll take you and kevin out
to dinner before the wedding.
We’ll have our own
celebration.
Well, you say this now, but you
might be really upset later.
The only thing
that would upset me
Is if you have to elope
on account of your parents.
Have your wedding.
I didn’t come here to try
and get you to say that.
I know.
Thank you.
Thank you for just making
my life a lot easier.
Anything I can do.
If we have any more questions,
we’ll be in touch.
Thanks
for your help.
That was chief of police
up in glen falls.
That woman we caught with
a half key of coke on her ‐‐
That’s where she lives.
She have a record?
Nothing, but she does have
a dirtbag son
Who had a record up there
until they ran him out of town
And who now lives
in our fair city.
Is she muling
for her son?
I don’t know.
They’re faxing over
Her son’s sheet,
and i’ll go hit her up.
So, what’s the deal?
Nothing.
I went home
after the bar,
You know, after the fight,
and I was still worked up,
So I couldn’t sleep.
Nothing happened with nothing.
What’s the deal with the rest
of our doa’s client list?
Oh. Um, rob mccarthy’s
a scratch now,
And, uh, greg’s bringing in
this guy dave burgess.
Thanks,
that’s very helpful.
Your guy’s in the pokey.
Did you get any hit
off him?
Nah. Pretty quiet.
Hey, just call your ex,
And tell her to get her head
out of her ass.
That’s just what she wants ‐‐
a scene.
I got to let it go.
I want katie to have
a good wedding.
I owe her that.
You know
a sheri lent, dave?
Yeah, I know sheri, yeah.
How?
Party together sometimes.
Get high.
Yeah, you know, weed.
Sheri your dealer?
I‐i don’t want
to get her in trouble.
Just answer the question
Or you’re going
to get yourself in trouble.
Yeah, I bought pot
off sheri before, yeah.
Were you sleeping
with her?
No. No, I mean, she wasn’t
no dog or nothing,
But it was
just a pot deal.
When did you
see her last?
Yesterday.
What for?
To buy pot.
I‐i’m not getting her
in trouble here, am i?
Who else
was at her apartment?
Nobody.
She didn’t have friends
staying with her?
No, I was there
for, like, five minutes.
There was
no one else around.
You got a job?
Yes.
I‐i work for mark douglas ‐‐
commercial painter.
I’ve been working for mark
almost three months now.
Where you been today?
Day off,
But I went by to pick up
my check from mark,
And then I rode around
with him for a bit
While he was off bidding
on some other jobs.
How long
were you with him?
Um, 7:00 a. M.
Till, like, 10:00.
I‐i don’t mean
to be rude,
But would you mind telling me
what this is about?
Sheri’s name came up
in an investigation.
Oh. I’m not trying
to get her in trouble.
Write down
your boss’s number
So we can verify
where you’ve been today.
You know, the fact that pot is
still classified as a narcotic
Under federal law
is ridiculous.
How many crimes
do you see committed
By people under the influence
of pot, right?
You got a record, dave?
You done any time?
No. Absolutely not.
I didn’t do anything wrong.
Please let me out of here.
You’ve been in a cell
for two hours.
Imagine 15 years in here.
No.
That’s what
you’re looking at.
Those weren’t my dr*gs.
Are they your son’s?
Why would you say that?
Are they eric’s?
No.
You’re in town for the day.
Your son, who has previous
drug convictions, lives here.
You’re caught with dr*gs.
It’s starting to line up
for us.
Eric’s a good boy.
We’re sure he is.
He fell
into the wrong crowd
After his dad left.
Tell us what happened today
and we’ll get you out of here.
No, he can’t
go back to jail.
We’ll do our best
to get him in a program.
He gave me the package.
It was gift‐wrapped.
He said it was a present
For dan, this friend of his
up in glen falls.
Did you know there were
dr*gs in the package?
No, of course not.
Write down
where to find eric.
Sit down.
Our guy in the pokey
dave burgess ‐‐
His alibi sticks.
His boss confirms he came by
to get his check at 7:00 sharp,
Hung out till 10:00.
His boss says
he’s a good worker,
But half wacky.
I ran his name.
There’s a david burgess,
Same date of birth,
wanted for questioning
For an arson in topeka, kansas,
five years ago.
Get him printed
and compare it?
Yeah.
Need help?
No, I got it.
Where are you from
originally, dave?
All over.
My dad was a trucker,
kept moving the family.
How about yourself?
You ever spend time
in topeka?
Kansas?
Yeah.
No.
There’s an outstanding warrant
in topeka
For a david burgess,
same date of birth
As you got listed
on your new york license.
It’s not me.
Well, nothing personal,
but we got to find out for sure.
Oh.
Oh, hey,
what it could be ‐‐
I was a victim
of an identity theft.
This guy got hold of my name,
my vital statistics,
And basically racked up
thousands of dollars in my name
And did who knows what
kind of illegal activity.
I‐i’m still getting calls
because of him.
All right, so, uh,
what we got to do, then,
Is take you down
to fingerprint you.
No, it wasn’t me.
This is standard procedure.
It’ll take a few minutes
To prove it’s not you,
then you’ll be on your way.
You ‐‐
you know, i’ve been
nothing but nice to you guys.
I’ve been nothing
but cooperative,
And I get standard procedure
in return.
Relax, dave.
I am relaxed,
And I would like
to go home now
Because I have been
nothing but nice to you.
Well, we’re going
to have to print you first,
And then
you can go home.
Come on.
Take it easy.
Sit down and put
your hands on the table!
We’re going
to work this out, dave.
I was so nice to you.
You still are nice.
So am i.
No, no, no, no, no.
You are not!
You should have let me go.
You happy now?
Everything is going
to work out.
Shut up!
That was medavoy
and jones.
The female
sh*t at the apartment
Said a jamaican named ed
was the sh**t.
I’ll see
what narcotics has on that.
No luck finding
this woman’s son.
The son who planted
the dr*gs on her?
Yeah.
We notified the sector cars
to keep an eye out.
Where ‐‐
where’s andy?
He’s supposed to be taking
this guy down and get printed.
I don’t know.
Let me check.
Ahem.
Andy.
Andy: don’t come
in here, john.
You all right?
Dave: don’t you listen?
Don’t come in here.
When i’m ready to talk
to you guys, I will.
What the hell is this?
I don’t know.
How’d he get andy’s g*n?
That’s not andy’s g*n.
The guy’s holding
a silver a*t*matic.
What do we know
about this guy?
He’s wanted
for an arson in kansas.
That’s it.
Has he got family
that could talk to him?
We’re looking
at all that.
We got brooklyn detectives
Who are going through
his apartment right now.
15Th squad.
Hold on.
Detective ortiz?
We don’t know what he wants.
He hasn’t asked for anything?
The negotiator’s
trying to figure that out.
This way.
Okay. Thanks.
The woman
carrying the dr*gs ‐‐
Sector car found her son.
They’re bringing him in.
Interview him
down in 124.
[ Sighs ]
Connie, everything
will work out,
So go work your case
Because there’s nothing
you can do here.
What the hell’s
going on?
Guy we had in the pokey, he’s
got andy held hostage in there.
Baldwin: yeah, but how?
That’s what we’re trying
to figure out.
Greg, when you brought
this guy in,
Didn’t you toss him?
I‐i could have
swore I did.
He’s got a small a*t*matic
in there.
That’s not andy’s g*n.
God, i‐i don’t know.
All right,
i’m going back in there.
Greg, you stay here.
John, you and baldwin
keep working the case.
While andy’s
got a g*n to his head.
We got two doas,
And who knows if this guy
in the pokey’s involved somehow?
Either you work it
or i’ll assign it
To somebody else.
What’s it going to be?
That’s what
it’s got to be.
Surviving victim gave you
a jamaican named ed
As the sh**t?
Yeah.
Get on it.
It’s all right, greg.
I didn’t set fire
to the man’s house.
Was I in the vicinity?
Yeah. Yeah, I was,
but I did not set fire to it.
Who did
set fire to it?
Don’t you think
if I knew
I would have presented
that information to the police?
You ‐‐ you think I like
being accused
Of a crime
I didn’t commit?
Whose house was it?
Okay, well, this is
why people thought it was me,
Because the guy
who owned the house ‐‐
I didn’t like him.
He was garbage.
Hey, you there?
Shut up!
This man ‐‐
He stole an idea from me
that I patented,
And now he goes on
and makes money off the product,
Leaving me what?
Out in the cold?
Sorry, charlie?
Unh‐unh. Unh‐unh.
Wrong guy.
[ Knocking ]
dave, talk to me.
Shut up! But then,
on top of all this,
He turns it on me.
He gets a restraining order on
me, paints me as the bad guy.
Was I happy
the man’s house b*rned down?
Hell, yes, I was ‐‐
This is detective marty howard.
We’re going to work this out.
Shut up!
Who is this idiot?
A hostage negotiator.
Well, he sucks! He sucks,
and he’s pissing me off!
Howard, this is sipowicz.
Back off
until you hear different.
Back off!
Surveillance team
will be here at 5:00.
sn*pers?
Yeah.
Where are they
going to set up?
Right here.
As a last resort.
Always.
What was your invention
this guy stole?
You ‐‐ you don’t care.
Then what else are we going
to talk about, dave?
How about
if you don’t shut your mouth,
I’m going to blow
your head off?!
How about
we talk about that?!
Sit down, eric.
So what’s going on?
We found the dr*gs
on your mom.
We’ve got her
in custody.
What dr*gs?
The coke and ecstasy
you gift‐wrapped
And told her to hand over
to your friend dan
When she got back
to glen falls.
I don’t know
what you’re talking about.
That’s not how it’s going
to work today, eric.
Don’t waste our time
or your mom’s,
’Cause she’s sitting
in a cell right now for you.
Never gave my mom a gift
of dr*gs or anything.
I seriously don’t know
what you’re talking about.
So your 45‐year‐old mom
with no record
Is lying about you giving her
a package to take upstate.
I guess so.
She’s up in the suburbs
dealing coke and ecstasy.
I don’t know.
Eric, this is you
Hanging your mom
out to dry.
You know that, right?
Look, i’m sorry,
but i’m totally confused here.
I don’t know
what you’re talking about.
So you trick your mom into
carrying your dr*gs back home
For you because the cops
told you never to come back,
’Cause with your record,
if you get caught with them,
That’s straight to the pen,
but if your mom gets caught...
Is that how it is?
Nope. You’re way off.
Eric, I know
you’ve hit some hard times,
And you’ve probably done things
you wish you could do over,
But don’t sell out your mom.
Don’t do it to her,
don’t do it to yourself.
I would stand up for her
if I did this,
But I didn’t.
Maybe she’s got a habit
or something. I don’t know.
Can I go?
You’re not going anywhere.
What’s going on?
The perp and detective sipowicz
are talking.
The perp’s not dealing
with the negotiator.
Can we look in through
the observation room yet?
No, on their orders,
And word just came in
from bellevue ‐‐
Judy gurtin, the woman
that survived the sh**ting
At the recording studio,
just d*ed.
Ain’t nothing from narcotics
on any jamaican named ed?
That was taru.
The doa male at the apartment
glenn gurtin ‐‐
They dumped his cell phone,
and there was a call out
To an ed brody,
jamaica, queens.
Running around looking
for a jamaican.
He’s got a record
and a mug sh*t you can pick up.
Okay, tony,
we’ll take it from here.
Okay.
Why don’t you give us
a little room?
I’m staying right here.
Let us do our job.
It’s my command, my detective
in there. I’m staying.
So just accept that
and don’t waste time
Turning this
into a pissing match.
Dave: just keep
your hands on the table.
What do you want, dave?
I want to be left alone.
This is how you go about
wanting to be left alone?
You brought me in here,
And I answered your stupid
questions about buying pot.
You could have let me go.
Dave, we got to talk,
buddy.
Damn it!
Back off! I’m not going
to say it again.
You should have
let me go.
You should have
let me go.
Let’s try and focus
on what we can do now.
You know what would happen
if they got a hold of me,
The things that i’ve seen,
the things I know?
I could pull the rug out from
under this entire government,
And they know it.
So what can we do?
You don’t care.
No, I do care.
Don’t you lie to me!
Don’t you lie to me!
Now, the only reason
that you are still alive
Is because you haven’t
tried to lie to me like that ‐‐
That assh*le out there and
pretend you’re my best friend.
Dave...
I want to walk out of here,
So i’m not lying
when I say I care.
Do I care because
I feel like you’re my brother?
No. I care because
we’re in this together now,
And I want to see it work out
for the both of us.
What is to work out?
I am a dead man
no matter what.
This guy
who’s holding andy hostage ‐‐
Brooklyn detectives
went through his apartment
And found
a stockpile of g*ns
And stacks of journals
spouting all sorts of nonsense.
Plus, word’s coming back now
That he did time
in a mental hospital.
It’ll work out.
Yeah, we should be
back there for andy.
There’s nothing we can do
back at the squad
Except get worked up.
What was medavoy thinking
when he grabbed this guy up,
Or was he?
Hey, you know what greg needs
right now?
Support from the rest of us.
He made a mistake,
But don’t think
this isn’t tearing him up.
Aw, come on.
It’s on ny1 now.
What, did they
give andy’s name?
No, just that there’s
a hostage situation
Involving a detective.
Should we do something
about theo?
I don’t know.
Here’s our guy.
My arm!
Shut up!
We’ll do a double tap.
First sh**t
takes out the window,
Second hits the target.
We’re an inch from the glass.
What if it doesn’t
shatter?
We’ll hit the target.
What if this guy flinches
and pulls the trigger?
This guy won’t talk
to our negotiator.
He’s obviously deranged.
He’s not even talking
to your guy anymore.
I don’t like it.
I have clearance
to go tactical.
If I have the sh*t,
i’m taking it.
I’ve let you stay in here
as a courtesy,
But maybe you should think
about leaving now.
Clear the hallway
in case of ricochet.
I don’t like it.
We’re clear on that.
Andy: come on, dave,
what’s going on?
What are we going
to do, dave?
President jimmy carter
Was ready
to decriminalize pot.
Not legalize, which is
what everybody trips on.
Decriminalize.
And then his drug czar
convinces him
That it’s a hard drug ‐‐
a gateway drug.
We got to start
figuring this out, dave.
Do you realize
the benefits if they did?
The reduced
drug‐related crime,
The reduced overcrowding
of the prison system,
The entanglement
of the courts.
And if you look
at the effect
On individual
cannabis posenders ‐‐
Individual...
Cannabis...
Possession offenders...
What is going on
out there?
Damn.
Well, to hell with it, then.
To hell with it.
You should have
just let me go.
Let me get you
some pot, dave, huh?
Would you like that?
You could have a joint.
You can do that?
If I tell you I can do it,
I can do it.
Smoke a joint, relax.
We’ll figure it out
from there.
No hurry.
A‐all right.
Okay.
Now just take your fingers
off those triggers for me, okay?
Get lieutenant rodriguez.
I need a couple joints.
This guy’s
just jerking us off.
He’s talking.
I’m going down
to the property room
And getting some pot.
Hold off.
You got 15 minutes.
Why?
Where is anybody going here?
Just hold off.
Dave: they’re not
doing anything. What’s going on?
Get rodriguez.
I’m right here, andy.
My man dave here needs
a couple of joints.
No ragweed
and ‐‐ and nothing laced.
No ragweed,
nothing laced.
Got it.
I’ll slide them under the door.
Huh?
Thomas jefferson
smoked pot.
I didn’t know that.
I want to know
what i’m being held on.
Eric?
Get in.
What’s up?
What am I doing here?
Get your ass in there.
Who’s going to jail?
Eric’s saying he never gave you
the package, ms. Clifton.
Eric.
Sweetheart,
what’s going on?
I can’t go back
to jail, mom.
This time
would be forever.
But they’re going
to send me to jail.
No, they won’t.
Oh, yes, they will.
Felony weight.
a*t*matic jail time.
Eric?
Sweetheart, please
don’t do this to me.
I can’t go back
to jail, mom.
You’re as big a scumbag
As i’ve ever dealt with
in my life.
Let’s go, then.
We got to process your mom.
I love you, son.
I do.
No matter what,
I love you.
I do.
[ Sobbing ]
[ Sobbing ]
I love you, too, mom.
I know.
I’m so sorry.
All right.
It’s mine, okay?
No. No.
You know a glenn
and judy gurtin, ed?
I know glenn.
How do you know him?
Mutual friends.
Yeah? When’d
you see him last?
It’s been a while.
Couldn’t even tell you.
Have you done
a lot of time, ed?
Yeah, i’ve made
some mistakes.
Yeah, all violent crimes.
Judy and glenn were staying
at their friend’s apartment ‐‐
This woman named sheri lent.
Okay.
Oh, sheri got robbed
this morning,
And whoever did it
sh*t all three of them.
That’s messed up.
I didn’t know that.
Why’d you run when we walked up
on you, ed?
I had some bad dealings
with cops. That’s all.
Hey, I didn’t
do no sh**t.
I’ve been
keeping it clean, boss.
When judy got sh*t,
The b*llet went
in back of her head,
Rolled her skull around,
and came out.
Yeah?
Yeah.
You want to know the first thing
she was able to say?
"Ed from jamaica."
Well, there’s a lot
of eds out in jamaica.
How many do you think showed up
on glenn’s cell phone records?
All right.
I got a call from glenn
a couple of days ago.
The woman him and judy
were staying with’s
A big pot dealer,
And he wanted me
to hook him up
With someone
who could pull a robbery.
I told him
I was out of that game.
End of conversation.
If we walk
out of this room
Without you telling us
what happened,
There won’t be
any deal, ed.
I don’t know
anything about this.
All right.
Let’s take a ride.
Where?
Bellevue.
What’s up? Why?
Judy lived.
Great.
Yeah, we’re going to stand you
in a lineup, ed. Let’s go.
Come on, let’s go.
What kind of deal
are we talking about?
You won’t get the needle.
I mean, you spent half
your life in the joint.
It’s not like
you can’t do the time.
Glenn set it up?
I tie him and judy up,
I take the blond bitch
back into the room
To get the dope.
She pulls out a g*n
She’s got hidden
under this console,
So I take her out.
I had no choice.
Yeah, well,
you’ll want to play that up.
What are we going
to do, dave?
They want me dead.
Then don’t put yourself
In a position
for them to k*ll you.
You don’t know
What the government
is capable of.
Sure I do.
I was in vietnam.
I’m not a fan
of the government either.
You were in vietnam?
Yeah.
What do you want, dave?
I want people to know
What the government
has tried to do to me.
Then let’s
get the word out.
How?
I’m an investigator.
I know people in the press.
That won’t do any good.
So then you’re not
really serious
About people knowing what
the government did to you.
I am serious.
Then let’s do it.
Me and you.
I have it all written down
In my journals
back at my apartment.
Do it here.
We’ve got to get
the word out now.
Don’t lie to me.
I’m not.
Write it down,
I’ll get it out
to my contacts in the press.
There’s a pad
and a pen right here.
Just get it down.
I don’t know
where to start.
The invention
they stole from you.
Dave, don’t move.
Just trust me
for one second
And don’t move.
If you move one inch,
I know that there’s people
behind that glass right now
With g*ns,
and they’ll sh**t you dead.
Just don’t move, okay?
Because you don’t want
to go out like this.
I don’t want you
to go out like this.
If you die, no one
will ever hear your story,
So real slow,
I want you to move your hand
away from the g*n.
No one’s
going to care anyway.
I’ll care.
I want to find out
what happened to you.
Don’t lie to me.
I’m not lying.
Real slow.
Move your hand
away from the g*n.
Come on.
Come on.
You promise you’ll look into
what the government did to me?
I will.
There you go.
Now, real slow,
I want you
to put your hands on the table
Like I did.
Okay.
Good.
Now, i’m going
to come around...
And i’m going
to take the other g*n.
[ Screaming ]
No, no! We’re all right!
We’re all right!
We’re all right!
You’re all right.
It’s all right. Relax.
It’s all right.
Now stand up for me.
You promised.
[ Handcuffs click ]
I know.
I promised,
And i’ll see you soon.
I’m going to hand you off
to lieutenant rodriguez now.
It’s going to be all right.
Come on.
Let’s get him inside.
Sorry, andy.
It’s all right.
Sorry.
Medavoy, you got
your daughter
Outside the precinct
asking for you.
I’ll go get theo,
get him home.
Okay.
What’s going on?
Uh, just, uh,
A little problem
with a suspect.
They said on the news
a detective was held hostage.
I didn’t know.
Yeah, it worked out.
Everything’s okay.
Well, thank god.
Yeah.
Dad, i’ve been thinking
about what you said,
And thank you.
It was so sweet of you
to do that,
But I want you there.
I mean,
who’d walk me down the aisle?
Yeah, yeah.
I was thinking
about that, too.
So I told mom she’s going
to have to deal with it
Or kevin and I will elope,
Which she’ll never go for.
Okay.
I’m sorry that I even put you
in that position, I really am.
Hey, no problem.
Are you all right?
Yeah, i’m fine.
Just a hectic day.
Yeah, I can imagine.
Well, i’ll see you tomorrow
for dinner.
I can’t wait
for you to meet kevin.
Yeah.
I’ll see you tomorrow.
Okay.
Bye.
Daddy!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, squirt.
Where have you been?
I had to work late
at the office.
I don’t like that.
Neither do i.
Theo, go get ready
for bed, okay?
Okay.
Can you stay a while?
I’ll stay
as long as you need.