05x05 - Bangladesh Slowly

[bunniefuu]

Previously on
hill street blues.

Patrolman lawrence swan.

He hung himself this a.m.

What in the hell went on
in that back room last night?

It was just a party,
captain.

There's a couple individuals
from the sanitation department

Got fired after
one of your hatchet jobs.

I know how it's
gotta look, captain.

We wind up between the sheets,
and her husband

Gets whacked that same night.

So you think buttman
did that girl?

If he did, your silence
has let him get away with it.

And that's a felony, jack.

Randall buttman,
you're under arrest.

Joe, wake up.
There's somebody downstairs.

Larue just k*lled somebody.

Another hooker k*lling
in the heights yesterday p.m..

Same m.o.
As the previous five.

Either this kook
is heating up,

Or else we're starting
to get copycats. Whatever.

Expect a rise in
hooker-related v*olence.

As the high-toned females are
gonna be more heavily armed

And less inclined to indulge
their customers' quirks

Than usual.

Item five. We had
an officer involved last night.

Out of precinct. John larue,

While off-duty, sh*t and k*lled
an armed burglary suspect.

Eh, without the particulars,
detective,

I'm sure the sh**t
was justified.

In the meantime,
you know the routine.

I believe captain furillo
would like to see you

On his arrival.

Item six.

In the wake of rookie officer
larry swan's su1c1de,

Rookie officer
randall buttman

Has been discharged
from the force.

And he faces
criminal charges of pandering,

as*ault, and r*pe.

Former officer buttman
has been out on bond,

But as we speak,

Detectives brannigan
and schindler

Are re-arresting him
as per orders

Of the district attorney's
office.

Additional disciplinary
announcements

On the other rookies

Are due this a.m.

Item seven. Ah.

Advertising
on the premises.

A certain culinary
establishment,

The, uh, bengal pavilion,

Has been heavily papering
the precinct with flyers

Offering 10% off
tandoori chicken

Or any curry dish
between the hours

Of twelve noon and 1:00 p.m.

Does that include your mints?

Yeah, that includes your mints.

But it does not include
your already-discounted

Businessmen's special--

Well, anyway,
whoever's turning a buck

Littering the squad room
with these things.

How about I don't wanna
see any more of em?

Commencing now.

Item eight.

Rumor has it that
our own officers renko and hill

Are gonna be featured
on tv this a.m.

On morning report.

[Cops murmur]

Coffee and autographs
immediately following.

All right. Let's go.
Let's get out there.

Let's do it them
before they do it to us.

Well, what, you all
media-starved there, renko?

I am telling you,
if that woman decides

To crucify us on television,

We can bend over
and kiss it goodbye.

...i have good reason
to believe that

No one's reputation
gonna be unduly scarred.

Hey, yo, renko!
Check it out!

Let's go.

...is lynn williams.

On our continuing series--

Hey, renko, check this out.

We focused on
the less-than-harrowing lives

Of those whose duty it is
to serve and protect us.

Our men in blue.

[Cops]
there he is. All right.

In two days of hidden camera
surveillance

The investigative
action team

Captured graphic footage
of officer andrew renko

Discharging his sworn duties

With single-minded
gastronomic...

[Woman]
where did you put that?

As you can see here,
officer renko

Took in far more calories
than the criminals.

Hey, where are you putting
all that stuff, renko?

--When confronted
by this reporter?

Our contract specifies

A morning coffee break.

Oh, come on.
Four donut shops

In two and a half hours?

You feel this, lady.

[All laugh]

Put a fork in me, jack,
'cause I am done.

All right. Last name.

G-u-e.

"Goo-way?"

"Goo."

First name?

Lotta.

[Radio]
we have a 9-11.

Armed robbery in progress.

See surplus store.

Corner people's drive.

124Th street.

[Phone rings]

Belker.

Hi, ma.

How you feeling?

Did you see dr. Zimmerman?

Ma, sweetheart,
he has to feel them.

How else is he gonna tell?

Ma. Ma? Ma?

He's a doctor.
He sees 'em all day long.

[Belker growls]

Would you feel better
if I called him?

I certainly will.
I'll call you back.

I love you, too.

Don't worry
about a thing, mom.

It's probably nothing.

All right. Goodbye.

What?

Uh, I thought you might

Join me for lunch, mick.

Yeah, okay.

10% Off.

I like 'em
just the way they are.

Chocolate swirls.
Coming out of the oven.

Hey, renko, what's this?
Whoo-hoo-hoo.

Don't do me like that,
joe coffey.

Don't you all
do me like that.

Captain. Captain?

I was on the tv
this morning.

Yeah, I saw.

That woman took a cheap sh*t
at me, captain.

And you really gave it to her,
didn't you?

You mean by exposing
my stomach and all?

Andy. It violates
uniform code,

And it gives them footage
anybody would use.

What do you think
they're gonna do to me now?

Depends on division.

Just turn your log entries
over to lt. Calletano.

- I'll see what I can do.
- Sure.

J.d.?

Shut the door.

I just want you to know,
captain, I know how bad--

No, this is "larue listens."

And listen carefully, because
it's all you're gonna get.

I just came from midtown.

The sh**ting
at caroline reynolds

Is being pursued
as a possible homicide.

Justifiable, right?
The guy broke in.

As a possible homicide.

Captain, I'll plead
felony bad judgment

For going over there,
but seriously--

I told you not to go
back there, j.d.

Right now, nobody's sure
whether you were just stupid

- Or a lot worse.
- Look, captain,

This woman was receiving
weird phone calls.

I went over there
to protect her.

- Now, I'd like anybody to--
- no, no more, j.d.

Your old friend shipman
from i.a.d.

Is waiting to have
a word with you.

Excuse me. Please.

I wanna report
someone missing.

Who's missing, ma'am?

My cat, bentley.

A white angora.
Today is his tenth birthday.

Ma'am, I think
you want the city pound

- Or the humane society.
- Bentley is not lost.

He was kidnapped.

He was waiting for his birthday
cake, and then he was gone.

The city pound
or the humane society

Are your best bets.
Also, maybe you could, uh,

Post some signs around
the neighborhood.

But you've gotta
do something.

I know that
you're upset, ma'am,

But we're very,
very busy today.

Uh, you try those two places,
you see how that goes, okay?

You're not being
very helpful at all.

You're aware of your right
to counsel.

Yeah.

And you're waiving
that right?

Yes.

How about being
a good guy, shipman?

Tell me what the hell's
going on.

How long have you known
caroline reynolds?

I told you yesterday.

Today's
a m*rder investigation.

Very funny.

How long have you known
caroline reynolds?

Two days. What, they think
she set something up?

What's the nature
of your relationship

With caroline reynolds?

Personal. Love.

Come on, shipman. Do they think
she set something up?

Was there any
financial arrangement

Between the two of you?

No.

Three stars on hurwitz'
forehead.

Throwing buttman
back in the clink

Scared the hell
out of his lawyer.

Plus, I convinced him
furillo's got this,

Furillo's got that,
he's two steps

From a m*rder indictment.

- They've offered to plead.
- To what?

- as*ault one in the swann case.
- What kind of time?

Three years. The easy kind.
Minimum security.

- Erwin.
- Don't-- don't erwin me, frank.

What have we got
on this guy?

Instigating the r*pe
of larry swann?

You wanna sell a jury
a full-grown man gets r*ped?

- I don't.
- You don't believe buttman
m*rder*d that prost*tute?

We haven't got a single piece
of admissible evidence.

Well then, give us time,
damn it.

Isn't that why
we arrested him again?

Give you time,
and the horror story

I just fed them unravels
like a singapore suit.

All right. Just today, then.

Henry's already on it.

Got witnesses to check.
And buttman.

The day.

Talk on you later.

Hey, slick.

- Ronny?
- Yeah, I go to hand it
to you, man.

You played it real nice.

All the cheap music.

"Be right with yourself,
ronny"?

Be a right cop.
Be a right brother.

I don't know what you're
talking about, ronny.

What you get out of it,
washington?

You get yourself
a promotion?

- Out of what?
- Out of getting us fired!

Fired?

We're all fired. Suspended
contemplating dismissal.

Are you telling me
you didn't know that?

That's right.

You know why I don't
believe you, neal?

Because you've been so straight
with me until now.

Is it true?
Garfield's fired?

All the rookies
who were at the incident.

But garfield gave 'em
buttman?

After giving a perjured
statement to i.a.d.

You telling me
you never played d-n-d

- To protect another cop?
- Never to conceal a felony.

Captain, you're talking
about a kid

Taking a few hours to find
the guts to do the right thing--

There were a lot of other
factors involved, neal.

And getting fired
for doing it.

If you're interested,
I think maybe

They did come down
hard on garfield.

But he wasn't my cop,
and it wasn't my decision.

Oh. Buck don't stop with you,
is that it?

- Not this one.
- Little selective, captain.

Neal.

I have to ask you
something about j.d.

Do you have any reason to think
that he knew caroline reynolds

- Before two days ago?
- No.

Oh, sergeant, wait.

Will this do for a poster?

Sure, ma'am.

Maybe his lips
are a little fuller.

Why don't you
put 'em up outside?

Oh. What kind of
a police department

Is this, anyway?

Sergeant, didn't you ever
have a pet you loved?

I mean, how would you feel

If one day,
your friend was missing.

Maybe even in danger?

What's his name?

Blackie.

Uh-huh.

Buttman.

I went through
your log entries.

There are two gaps
for yesterday.

Drop dead, goldberg.

One for 45 minutes
in the morning.

Another hour and 20

Commencing at
a quarter past 12:00.

I took some personal time.

You're allowed one break.

I took two.

You gonna take points
off my score?

Where were you the 45 minutes
that coffey had to wait for you?

I can't answer that.
Advice of counsel.

How about the hour and 20?

Oh, that's different, right?

First 45, I'm silent
on advice of counsel,

But now for this hour.

Look, lieutenant,
I bought lottery tickets.

I did my laundry.

I planned my next vacation
to hawaii.

Get this guy out of here.
I'm through talking to him.

Thanks. I'm done.

Go get 'em, mr. Hebroid!

Put a white cop away.

Renko, are you gonna
talk today or what?

No. I'm giving you

The silent treatment.
It's well-deserved.

Come on, renko. I went to see
the woman for the both of us.

- I didn't know she
was gonna do that to you--
- oh that bobby hill.

He's so cute. I ain't
gonna hang him out to dry.

I'm not gonna
publicly ridicule him.

I'm gonna stick it
to his slob of a partner.

--1439 Van buren.

- Armed as*ault in progress.
- We just passed it.

- 2202 In response.
- [Sirens blare]

Down those stairs.
He tried to k*ll me!

Bobby, you go around
to the front. Ma'am, wait here.

- I'll get you
some medical, okay?
- Wait, don't leave me!

He's a freak!
He's a m*rder*r!

Bobby!

Backup! I have suspect--

In the froose case
going out the back.

You got anything?

No.

Damn!

I'm sorry, detective,
but you see,

When you take pot luck,
usually-- usually, you end up
with--

Uh-uh. I wanna see
the chief.

And I'm telling you,
you came down

Without an appointment.
And I'm gonna have to do.

Well, it's about
these rookies that got fired.

- The hazing incident.
- Mm-hmm.

It was disgraceful.

Well, I'll tell you something
else that's disgraceful.

You ask a kid to be honest.
You tell him to forget

All that stuff
about the cop code.

That the only guys you can trust
are your partners.

You tell him to go ahead
and belief in the system.

Just then, you cut him off
at the knees.

Detective, I assume
you're talking about

The rookie who came forward.

Behind my asking him to,
you're damn right.

And you fired him for it.

Under the prevailing
circumstances, detective,

I had no choice.

Well, I think it stinks.

You're entitled
to that thought.

I'll be at
the rotary brunch.

Maybe you could explain
the larger picture

To detective washington.

Hey, wait a minute.

Don't be stupid.

You get your hand off of me.

Hey, can I talk to you guys?

- About reynolds?
- I don't have the flu, okay.

Somebody just tell me
what the hell's happening.

- Ongoing, j.d.
- Hey, come on.

Just play me
a couple of bars.

- No way.
- Mayo? Line four.

Harry? Hey. Hey.
Harry. Harry.

Harry. The headhunters
are measuring my hat size,

And I'm clean, man. I told 'em
I don't want a lawyer.

I don't want nothing.
I just want a clue.

Come on, man.
Huh? What do you say?

J.d. The guy you sh*t's
the same guy

- That k*lled
caroline's husband.
- Oh man.

Yeah, there's a ballistics match
with his w*apon.

Plus, there was a snapshot
of her in the guy's wallet.

- Caroline?
- Yeah. In the nude.

So that puts two theories
on the board.

A, the guy who
took off the husband

Found out enough
about his crib and his wife

To go after them too.

Or theory b,
caroline got involved

Outside of her marriage.

Suckered the guy
into k*lling her husband.

So now she's stuck
with a million in insurance

And a boyfriend
she don't wanna share it with.

So she changes
the door locks.

She calls the boyfriend.
She says,

"Thomas, come quick.
There's a problem."

He does, but he can't
unlock the door,

- So he breaks in.
- You've gotta be kidding.

Yeah, well,
the thinking is that if, uh,

She set up her boyfriend

Oh, or made me a partner.
Great, oh, that's just great.

Do you believe that?

No. But she'd have to have
called the boyfriend

And the phone company
has no record.

Man, this is the best woman

I met in the last 15 years.

Oh brother.

- You're a jerk.
- Oh, come on.

Let's give the guy a break,
huh? He's a cop.

You were out of policy,
harry.

At the least,
he's a chronic screw-up.

What's worse,
he's the primary suspect

In a m*rder investigation.

I've worked too hard
for my badge to bet it on

Which of the two
we're dealing with.

P.s.

Insurance policy had
an accidental death kicker.

Jacks it up to
a million and a half.

Frank. Frank.

We've got renko's description
on the as*ault out citywide.

What'd we get from
the prost*tute?

Well, more descriptions.
And she'll press charges.

She says he talked weird.

All right. Stay on it.

We have a lead
in the prost*tute killings.

And it isn't
randall buttman.

Nothing from him.

Still no m*rder w*apon.

Witnesses gave us zip.

The only forensics we have
is some tan pants fibers from

Lois jordan's bedspread.

You figure five,
maybe six tricks a day.

Which leaves us nowhere.

Or maybe
buttman didn't do it.

Maybe this other guy
did 'em all.

Don't give up.

Henry? Are we on
for a quick lunch today?

- Sure.
- I thought maybe
we'd try this.

Okay.

What's wrong?
You don't like indian?

No, it's great.

I was just downtown trying
to talk to chief daniels.

- Oh?
- Well, you told me it was
his call f*ring garfield.

I figured he was
the man to talk to.

You get any satisfaction?

I got about
two and a half seconds

On the prevailing
public climate

And looking
at the big picture.

You know, there may
be something to that, neal.

Maybe from where you sit,
captain.

Now, the way I look at it,
it's a lot more simple.

I told the kid
to do the right thing,

And the department's
making me a judas.

I've gotta
look at myself mornings.

Come on, you're making
a big mistake.

Why don't you give it
the night to think it over.

If I did, captain,
maybe I would start

Thinking about
the big picture.

That's not the kind of person
I want to be.

Proof, sergeant.

Proof of crime.

What is it, ma'am?

See here?

Foreign man.

They put cats
in shopping bags,

And then they must sell 'em
from behind their establishment.

Uh, sergeant bates,

You wanna eyeball this?

Oh, cat-ibalism.

Well, you wanna
check it out?

Sure.

All right. Okay,
here's what I need.

A record of all calls in
the last month to this residence

From any one
of these numbers.

5571, 6807,

5692. These are pay phones.

They're all near each other
on spring.

Can you do that
through last night?

We could, if they're
all toll calls.

But-- detective,

I think I need at least
some kind of subpoena.

Some kind of subpoena.

Hey, ted? Ted.

Now, look here, okay.

Look-- look what it says.
See? It says subpoena.

Oh. Are you sure
that's official?

It's official
as can be. Ted...

Man, this is
a police emergency.

We need 'em now.

Public phone logs
are enormous.

I can't just
snap my fingers.

Fast as you can'll
be just fine.

- More water for you?
- Thank you.

So anyway, yeah, I'm feeling
a little less punk.

Are you gonna be able
to take some time off?

Next week.
Spend it with the kids.

Give rachel a break.

How's she doing?

Actually better.

All things considered,
better.

Listen. You know,
I didn't know,

But where was she, midtown?

Did she see
the victims' aide...

- Refused.
- If she ever
changes her mind,

I've got some
phone numbers for her.

Thanks.

- How's the chow?
- Good.

Lamb's a little tough.

Excuse me.

Very nice weather, this.

I know she lives alone,
but is it a lonely--

Very nice...

Thank you.

And a couple
of india pales, please?

And, uh, the tandoori
is excellent, by the way.

Thank you.

See, she's made me
her whole life.

Ever since my father d*ed.

Yeah, well, the
matriarchal-filial connection

Especially in your persuasion,
mick, is a highly-charged one.

Are you kidding? My mother's
a very emotional woman.

Now, my mother,

Being more your white
anglo-saxon protestant,

Keeps a tight rein
on her feelings.

The woman has
positively mastered

The emotional mood-swing.

My mother calls me
every single day.

- Every day?
- Yeah.

Hmm. Jeez.

Been nearly a month since
I heard from pensacola.

Sometimes twice in a day.

You know, in an odd way,
mick, I really

Envy your closeness.

Considering, of course, the
probable oedipal ramifications.

You know that all
she could talk to me about

Are her pains and her doctors
and her new pills.

Yeah, well, nary a peep from
mother hunter in that regard.

I don't want her
to be a hypochondriac.

Even when she was
sh*t in action.

What?

Oh.

Mother was a wac.

- Women's army corps?
- Jesus.

One hell of a commanding
officer.

Excuse me?

- Vishnu galati?
- He's over there.

Mr. Galati,
this is a warrant

To inspect these premises.

What means of insult
is this?

Did... Put you up to this?

No, no, we have
reason to believe that

You are violating
administrative code

Section 637-a through -f.

- Hey.
- Hey, you, hold it.

Excuse me, lieutenant.

[Cats meow]

Hey. What're
all the cats for?

Mice. The real mice.

[Speaking indian]

What is this, some kind of
ambiguous lunch loaf?

- I bought this...
- Cat meat.

Is this cat the tandoori?
Am I eating cat--

Hey, did you buy
these collars too?

Where did you find this?

My wife's...
Lost his collar weeks ago.

How long you
been serving cat?

We do not serve cat.

- You are under arrest.
- What for?

You have the right
to remain silent.

Should you give up
that right to remain silent--

[Man hums]

♪ Macaroni macaroni ♪

All right.
What's the deal here?

He's eating me
out of business.

I wish your girlfriend
could've filmed me

On a day like today.

What's with the taco salad?

You polished it off,
fat boy.

I hope it makes you sick.

Can't believe this!

Beep! Beep!

That guy makes you
look anorexic, renko.

He's eating for three.
He is three.

He's been here
two hours already.

He's a one-man
plague of locusts.

Look, you got our sympathy
there, pal.

But you got a sign there
that says,

"Salad bar--
all you can eat."

He's a menace.
He hits every customer

That comes near him.
He's throwing food.

The rules aren't so...

Food must be carried
back to the table.

All right,
what's the problem, sir?

I paid my $4.99.

I'll sit here
until next thursday.

I love this restaurant.

Listen, mister,
why don't you just

Save a little room
for the dessert?

There's plenty of room.
Don't worry.

Now, you look here, pal.
You are making

A public pig of yourself.

Pig? Don't call me pig.

- Pig. [Snorts]
- that's it. You are
under arrest, giganto.

- Thank god. We're saved.
- [People applaud]

- What did I do?
- You are disturbing the peace.

You are a fire hazard.

And you are a public
health hazard.

And there is danger here
of as*ault.

So you put your big fat arms
behind you, you bloat!

I can't. They won't go.

- [Man] roll him on out of here.
- On your feet.

Make me.

You don't wanna arrest me.
Believe it.

Of all the terrible things
that've happened

In the last two days,

The worst is what I hear
in your voice.

I'm a suspect, caroline.
We're both suspects in a m*rder.

You want me to sound like
the good humour man?

I don't want you
to be happy.

I just don't want you
to suspect me.

Aw, come on.

I can't help it.

I love you.

And if you started from that,
knowing that I couldn't do this,

Then everything they found
would have an explanation.

He went through
my husband's wallet.

He found that picture of me

And the apartment address.

Of course
the b*ll*ts are gonna match

If the same man who
k*lled my husband sh*t at you.

God, of all the people
to have to explain this to.

- What about the phone calls?
- What phone calls?

I don't know
what you're talking about.

Not this phone.
The pay phone at the corner.

24 Calls the last two weeks
from the pay phone

Outside here to thomas lake's
apartment.

I don't know.

Maybe my husband
and he knew each other.

Maybe the sh**ting
wasn't a robbery.

They might've been arguing.
I told you

Some of the ways
that warren made money.

Which explains all the calls
except the one last night.

40 Minutes
before the guy broke in.

Now, warren was dead
for that one.

Maybe the thief
called his own apartment.

Maybe he had
a girlfriend back there.

Boy, you really got it down,
don't you?

Every angle.

You think I made that call?

That I got out of bed
and went to the corner

With you still here?

Well, it's obvious
I can't make you believe

That I'm as much a victim
in this as you are.

I'm a suspect in a m*rder
investigation, caroline.

I'm on the verge
of losing my career.

All right, john.

All right, listen to me.

If you wanted,

And if it would help
under the circumstances,

I could give you some money.

Uh, $50,000
if you need it.

You mean-- you mean

So I'll sit on the evidence

About those phone calls.

You said you were a suspect.

That it was
gonna ruin your career.

I thought it would help.

My god, what do you
think I am?

You honestly think
I'm a m*rder*r?

You wanna know what I think?

I think you're heavier
than me, caroline.

I think you're
way out of my league.

The only cop smart enough
to check the phone booth,

And the only cop dumb enough
to go to her first

- With the evidence.
- Captain, you're not

Understanding some things.

There was a love affair here.
Okay, maybe I was a jerk,

But I loved her. I thought
she'd tell me the truth.

I wanted
to believe she would.

Is it enough to bust her?

Sure. Enough to hold her?
I don't know.

[Harry]
and what about a conviction?

We'll have to check
with bernstein. See how much

- The phone record helps.
- Captain?

Maybe, uh,
I can go back to her

With a wire.

I mean, she offered me
the 50 grand once.

Maybe she'll do it again.
I don't know.

Maybe I can
get a confession.

You're willing to do that?

Without a confession--

I mean, she didn't
pull the trigger.

There's nothing
in her apartment.

Nothing in the dead guy's
apartment.

It's real circumstantial.

Get a court order
for the wire.

Uh, ms. Simmons?

Your information was 100%--

See?

But I'm afraid that
we didn't find your bentley.

No?

No.

Uh, fact is, ms. Simmons,

Odds are pretty good that
bentley has been ea--

Has departed.

Trouble is, ms. Simmons,

We found a couple of other
little guys in there.

Uh, pets

With no owners.

[Mews]

Isn't that the cutest little
fella you ever saw,

Ms. Simmons? Huh?

I want bentley.

I hate to think
what's gonna happen to him

If nobody claims him
at the pound.

What kind of
a police department is this

When you can't even protect
a poor pussycat?!

If you don't want him,
I'll take him.

[Bobby]
get on in there!

[Renko]
hey! Get in there!

Hold it, will anybody
get change for a dollar?

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Sarge.

You got a place
we can park this zeppelin?

We're all filled up with them
restaurant people.

- Put him in a squad room.
- Restaurant?

Shut your snout,
you feeder-hog, you.

Hey, leo, that guy looks like
the box you came in,

Before the diet.

I hate my diet.

Everything comes in packets.

- I'm hungry.
- Be quiet.

Just sit down here, jumbo.

What if I cooked dinner
for you tonight?

How would that be?

Your rain check
from last time?

- Okay.
- Eight o'clock.

Home cooking.

No packets.

Chief?

I need help
with neal washington.

Neal washington needs help
from dale carnegie.

The man came
within a body hair

Of being up on charges
earlier today.

He quit.

Over this rookie business?

What did he want us to do?
Give 'em all medals?

He felt it was wrong to punish
the rookie who came forward

As severely as the ones who
kept stonewalling.

In a more forgiving
public atmosphere,

I might've considered
the possibility.

I'd like to tell him
you intend to modify

Garfield's punishment.

Frank, it's bad enough
being second-guessed

By one of my captains,
but I will not tolerate it

- From a b*at cop.
- I appreciate your position,

But I don't wanna lose
one of my best detectives.

He's hot. He'll cool down.

I know the man.
I don't think so.

[Sighs]

Don't these people
ever think about time?

Don't they ever realize
that pencils have erasers?

Meaning?

Meaning...

I suppose
garfield's punishment

Might possibly be modified
in a few weeks

At a departmental
review board.

I'm not above
rethinking a decision.

I need something
more definite.

21 Days suspension
without pay.

If he agrees to testify
at buttman's trial,

And that's as definite
as it's going to get, frank.

- May I tell that
to washington?
- Off the record.

That's a generous
decision, chief.

Thank you.

He was really gonna quit?

He felt
he'd broken his word.

Hard to understand
that kind of thinking.

What I'm gonna tell you
is off the record.

They're willing to rescind
garfield's termination

At the departmental review.

He'll get a 21-day
suspension without pay.

- Says who?
- Chief daniels.

Then why'd they put him
through all this, huh?

We're not gonna get
into a policy discussion here.

I want you to reconsider
your resignation.

It's not that simple,
captain.

Excuse me,
but it is that simple.

Unless you have
some other agenda.

You wanna commit
occupational su1c1de?

You wanna blow 14 years
toward a pension, be my guest.

That kid came forward
because of me, captain.

And the department
shafted him.

And now they're willing
to unshaft him.

What're you looking for?

I don't know.

Maybe I'm looking for somebody
to say they're sorry.

Maybe for once,
I wanna see someone

Admit that they were wrong.

- Getting you exactly what?
- Some satisfaction.

Not looking like
such a chump.

Neal, you stuck your neck out
for this kid.

I'm not sure I would've,
under the circumstances.

You have my respect
for that.

But if you can't let go now,

And if you're holding out
because your ego says

You need some more,

You lose me.

Points taken.
[Sighs]

Points appreciated,
captain.

Good.

- Coffee break?
- No way. No food.

Renko, you're still allowed.

Lost my appetite, robert,
that monstrous human

Was like a nightmare vision,
the possible deadly future

Of an unchecked andrew renko
ravaging the countryside

Consuming everything in sight.
It--

- That's him.
- What?

The guy. The slashing guy.
This morning, the guy
with the hookers?

- All right, I got him.
- [Siren wails]

Stay behind him.
Do not get next to him.

Do not get next to him.

All right, I want you
to get out of your vehicle

With your hands
above your head.

Keep 'em above your head!

- Bobby, get down!
- [People screaming]

[Renko on radio] all units
down in alley west 2-9 street!

And a dangerous suspect
in a blue pontiac!

sh*ts fired! Proceed,
sh*ts fired are possible!

Okay! That's that!

I'm comin' out!

Don't sh**t!

- Don't sh**t!
- Up against that wall, man.

Get up against that wall, man!

He slashed a hooker!

Maybe you slashed
them all, huh?

You sh*t at me too,
didn't you, huh?

All right, you got the right
to remain silent,

You have the right to remain
silent, anything you say can...

Pats, s.i.d. Wants
everything we got.

We got a jerk
who needed women's underpants.

With me is officer andrew renko
of hill street.

This is a remarkable story.

Just this morning,
on morning report,

I made this cop out
to be a goldbrick.

Or maybe a donut brick.

This afternoon, two rounds
are fired at him,

Point-blank range,
by a maniac suspected
of murdering six women.

And officer renko perseveres
to apprehend the suspect.

- [Horn honks]
- officer, please accept
this reporter's apologies

And uh--

- May i?
- Why, thank you, ma'am.

Thank you very much.

I did janette brandon,

I did a redhaired whore
named mary,

I did tiffany conlon,

I did donna smith.

And these are all women
who give their sexual favors

For mere money.

There'll be a lineup tomorrow
for a woman who was
att*cked this morning.

She said her name was "starr."

She wanted $40.
[Laughing]

- She's filth.
- Our strategy is to get
you evaluated, mr. Platt.

Plus, we keep
absolute silence.

Wait and see
what they have.

Do you understand...

That I'm not...

- Ashamed?
- I understand.

- What?
- Hey. We got some
talkin' to do.

- Yeah? You're good at that.
- Hey, you showed up,
didn't you?

Now you got to have
half an idea that I'm trying
to straighten this out.

How 'bout I got
nothing else going?

Oh, shut up, man.

Maybe you got more
future than you think.

Now, I got something
to tell you, ron.

And you're gonna have
to trust me on how I know.

Now I want you to lay low
till your d.r.b. Review.

No mouth to the press.

If the department asks you
to testify against buttman,

- You go ahead and do it.
- Why?

They're gonna give you
a better deal. There's been
some talk about the possibility

Of a 21-day suspension,
without pay.

And tell me how you know.

I got friends.
Including my captain,

Who has reason to believe
that's how it'll come down.

- And that's all I can say.
- Sure.

Got you sittin' up
like a damn dog, don't they?

- What do you mean by that?
- I mean, here you are,

Trying to make me believe
how lucky I am

That they're only going
to suspend me for 21 days,

- For telling the damn truth!
- Uh-uh.

Suspension's for
what happened to swan--
and for lying about it.

If I'd lied and stuck with it,
I wouldn't be in this mess!

Now you listen to me, kid!
What you did in
that back room was wrong.

For a cop
or anybody else.

And you coming forward
doesn't mean that you don't
have to deal with it.

Now, they're handing you
back your career.

Now you can sulk, and think
that they did you wrong.

And then you're gonna be
the kind of cop who's
always got a reason.

Always an excuse.

Or you can use this
as a chance to start over.

Be a cop who can say
that he made a mistake,

And try to learn from it.

Now that's how
I hope you go.

Good collar on
those hooker killings!

You're gonna be ready
for the grand jury tomorrow?

On this morning's att*ck,
and the three other killings.

But there's no link to
connect him to the k*lling
of lois jordan.

He's certainly a suspect.

- Not if buttman k*lled her.
- Can you prove that, frank?

Because if you can't,
I've got a serial k*ller

Stone cold in this hand,
randy buttman pleading
to a r*pe-as*ault in this,

And that's by me
a good day's work.

What if platt could deny
he k*lled lois?

Single out one m*rder
for denial?

He'd be indicting himself
inferentially on all the others.

No, no. Councilman council
would never allow it.

Excuse me, gentlemen.
Mr. Platt awaits
a discovery process.

Till then, no deals.
No statements.

Come and get us.

And mr. Platt has
competent counsel.

And buttman gets away
with m*rder.

What would
you rather, lieutenant?
A cosmetic m*rder trial

Or putting the guy away?

Come on, frank.
I gave you the day.

If buttman's attorney gets wind
that you made a bust
on these hooker killings--

They want to renege
on buttman's plea bargain.

All right, put him away.
Close it.

It's best.

You know, sometimes "best"
just doesn't seem good enough.

Ball took a funny bounce.

You ready to move
on caroline reynolds?

We have the order for a wire.

- Want to take a little ride?
- Ooh. Law enforcement work,
frank.

I wouldn't miss it!

Ronald garfield, sir.
You got a moment?

I'll just be a minute, irwin.

Yes? What?

I just wanted to say that
if there's gonna be any charges

Against officer buttman,
I'm willing to testify.

- That's good.
- And I don't know how exactly,

But I think I've got you
to thank for something.

My understanding is,
you've been suspended.

Right. Right. Anyway--

Neal washington is one
of my best detectives.

If anybody did anything,
it was for him.

Anyway, I just wanted to say,
I hope that maybe someday

I can be under your command.
A captain who stands up
for his men.

You have a ways to go
before I'd want you.

I'll try to get there.

Good night, sir.

[Chattering]

Here, kitty. Here,
kitty kitty kitty.

- Sergeant?
- Kitty!

Sergeant, is this
what you're looking for?

- [Chuckles]
- [meows]

Where did you disappear
to, you little devil?

He was under my desk, using
my leg as a scratching post.

You had me worried sick.

[Doorbell rings]

Can I come in? I had
to see you to apologize.

It was like I got hit
by a tidal wave.

I don't know what the hell
was happening.

Baby, just tell me
it's not over for us.

You know it is.

Okay. I understand
what happened here.

But it doesn't have to be
too late for this.

Now, whatever happened
with your husband,

Whatever put that guy
in your apartment last night--

Say what you mean, john.

- All right, caroline.
- So much for a general
confession.

- Nice strategy, d.
- I'm sayin', okay.

Forget the evidence.
There's explanations
for all of it.

Even the phone call last night.
Which, you might want to know,

I lifted a clean fingerprint
off the receiver.

- What fingerprint?
- How am I coming through?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

How am I coming through
if I say 50 grand's not enough

For me to sit on the evidence?

- Like a blackmailer?
- You saying you didn't
offer it to me before?

I offered you a loan because
your career was in jeopardy.

Now you turn it
into a shakedown.

You're a stone
lyin' bitch, lady!

God, you ought to be president!

We've got as much
as we're gonna get, frank.

He's losing it!

-[Caroline] I don't know what--
-take her.

...in this ugly way!

It was a setup from the jump,
right, caroline?

How'd you pick me out, huh?
Guy most likely to follow
his sword into battle?

- I think you ought to go!
- We're both gonna go.

- You're under arrest!
- [Knocking on door]

- Come in.
- [Door opens]

You're ready to sit still
for the bust too,
ain't you, baby?

You figured you'd have
to sit still for it.

Shouldn't you
read me my rights?

You have the right
to remain silent.

And you were afraid I wasn't
gonna get to try a no-win
m*rder case?

Maybe she'll be
overcome by remorse.
Maybe she'll confess.

Only way she was ever
going to get punished

Was if we left her alone
with larue.

Five more minutes,
he'd have k*lled her.

Five more minutes,
he'd have believed her.

Paul? Good.

- Was that okay?
- I don't know.
[Chuckling]

I-i guess. Maybe, yeah.

- Again?
- Uh-huh.

Oh, leo, you are hot.

You have no idea
how many times
I've imagined this moment.

Wait. Stop.

- Why?
- I can't.

It's wrong.

Says who?

I'm sorry.

It's because I'm plain,
isn't it?

It has nothing to do with that.
I don't think you're plain.

Leo, you are not even
married anymore,

And she's still
looking over your shoulder.

I-i can't help it.

I still love her.

And what am i, then?
Some slut you think you can

Just come over here
and scrounge a hot meal
and a cheap thrill off of?

- Is that it?
- No! You're great!

You're kind,
you're extremely sensuous,

It's just--

The woman owns me,
natalie, heart and soul.

I'm sorry.

Don't keep apologizing, leo.

- Okay.
- Leave.

The casserole was first-rate.

[Loud chattering]

[Man]
hey, neal!

Hey, what's happening?

- I hear you're back
on the payroll.
- Yeah.

Hear you are, too.

Yeah, they took me off
the ten-most-wanted list

And slapped an "injudicious
conduct" in my jacket.

- I'll never make chief.
- [Chuckles]

Well, look at
the bright side of it, babe.

It's still
"larue 97, women, 1."

Hey jerry! Let me get
a sh*t and a beer, okay?

- You got it.
- Twice.

For you. Been a long day.
You got to drink for both of us.

[Laughs]

- Thanks, jer.
- Hit me again
with the seltzer, jerry.

Gotta tell ya, this seltzer?
It's a real pick-me-up.

[Neal sighs]

[Reporter]
I made this cop out
to be a goldbrick.

Or maybe a donut brick.

This afternoon, two rounds
were fired at him,

Point-blank range,
by a maniac--

Bum one day,
hero the next.

- Mm.
- Officer renko perseveres...

Thanks for the cocoa, joyce.
You're more than welcome.

Thank you.

Honeymoon over that soon?

Imagine it. Woman gets
her lover to k*ll her husband,

Cons larue into
k*lling her lover,

And we can't lay
a glove on her.

- In other local news...
- Gotta roll with the punches,
big guy.

Some weeks, everybody
gets away with m*rder.

- Yeah, great.
- Read the cup.

"Don't bring the office home."

Mm.

- His and hers?
- Definitely.

- Visual aids.
- [Turns off tv]

I like the concept.

Friendly reminders also
offered in braille.

[Both laughing]

[Mews]