04x11 - Parental Guidance Suggested

[bunniefuu]

[music playing]

[engine]

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Hello.

Very funny.

What's going on here?

We're just reporting
in for our shift.

Yeah, well the
two of you are late.

Well, the community the
alert is out in full force.

You know, it's getting harder
to sneak into this house.

JUDY HOFFS: Yeah, they got
more signs than the freeway.

So how's the old hole in the
wall g*ng holding up tonight?

Gimme another.

Even money he's our guy.

Yeah, well, no
action on that bet.

Neighborhood's already convinced
there's more than coincidence

between the LeBrecks moving
in and the recent string

of burglaries.

How come new neighbors
always bring suspicion?

What are you, kidding?

These guys are the
stars of America's Most

Wanted over here.

Hm, well, that's it for me.

I'm going to bed.

Goodnight, dad.

Goodnight, Judy.

Night.

How in the world am I
supposed to keep track

of all of our expenses
if you don't write

them down in the checkbook.

I can't keep track
of everything.

There's no receipts.

There's no receipts.

No, they're not.

My accountant is
coming down on my back

because you don't keep records.

[music playing]

[interposing voices]

[shattering]

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[singing]

We never thought of finding
a place where we belong.

Don't have to stand alone.

Never let you fall.

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

Your friends will be there
when your back is to the wall.

You'll find you'll need us when
there's no one else to call.

[inaudible] decision's
what you need.

You got to be ready
to-- bey ready to jump.

Jump Street.

I'll see you later.

Oh hey, Judy.

Here.

Homer's probably
casing the houses

through the kids at
school, you know, parents'

vacation time, work hours.

Stick by him.

Maybe we'll get lucky and find
out the next house they'll hit.

I hope so.

I can't take much more of these
baloney and cheese sandwiches

you've been making.

Is this a pretty girl
looking away or do you see

an old lady with a big nose?

OK, now what just happened here?

Your optic nerve processed
the image the same way

but it all depends on how your
mind was told to perceive it.

So here is a case where
seeing is not believing.

Now, you'll all learn a
lot more about the makeup

of your own eye by
dissecting a sheep's

eyeball in the next class.

I want you to find lab
partners by tomorrow.

[bell rings]

Lisa, are you OK?

What happened to your face?

Nothing, I just
fell in the driveway.

Well, you take
care of yourself, OK?

This isn't fair.

There's no reason I can't go.

Get inside this
house, young lady.

Hey, you hear me?

Inside this house now.

You be quiet, it's
none of your business.

You shut-- get out of the way.

Get in here.

No, dad.

Get inside this house.

You're hurting her, dad.

We're not here to interfere
with domestic squabbles.

We're staking out the
LaBrecks, not their neighbors.

DOUG PENHALL: Come
on, unscramble it.

HARRY IOKI: I'm trying.

I'm trying.

DOUG PENHALL: There, you got it.

Unbelievable.

HARRY IOKI: Oh man.

Jiggle the wires.

Here.

DOUG PENHALL: You know,
Sal's an electrical whiz.

I bet he could get this
cable thing to unscramble.

Hi, Judy.

Some of us have to
work the day shift.

You guys mind turning the TV
down so I can get some sleep?

Well, yeah.

It's-- the TV, it's busted.

Well, it's a good thing.

You know what that is?

I can't see a thing.

You know, it's cable.

Why don't you see what's
on the public channel?

Hey, hey.

LeBrecks, they're
either going shopping

or about to commit
a serial m*rder.

HARRY IOKI: Well, if it's
shopping, do we need anything?

Yeah, get some junk food.

Chips, sodas.

Whatever, anything with
a shelf life of years.

Here.

Don't let the neighbors
see you either.

- , - .

Get some diet soda.

You know, we've been watching
his family for a long time.

We don't know
anything about them.

That kid Homer, you
got anything on him?

Judy?

Oh, I haven't made contact.

What have you been
doing this whole time?

The girl in the next house,
she had a nasty black and blue

mark on her face.

Well, I'm not surprised,
had a nasty spill

last night in the driveway.

Really, I didn't see that.

Supposed to be
watching the Addams

family here, not the Cleavers.

That father's
abusing his family.

Have you actually
seen him hit them?

No, but I've seen a lot.

Maybe you imagined a lot.

There are a lot more kinds
of abuse than physical, Doug.

If I were those kids, I'd
be at the breaking point.

I'd do anything to get out.

You don't need to see
those, dear, because they

have canceled tomorrow night.

Oh, they canceled?

Yes, they canceled.

Who do they think
they-- why'd they cancel?

Do you remember [inaudible].

Do you know what's happened--

That's not my fault, darling.

Nobody wants to
be with us anymore.

Well, that's not my
fault. You go to a place,

a restaurant like that, where
people don't [inaudible]..

[interposing voices]

Hey, don't you tell me.

Excuse me, Rob?

Hey, what do you know,
it's the girl next door.

More like across the street.

So how do you like
the neighborhood?

It's OK.

It was great when I was a kid.

Look, I was
wondering if you wanted

to be lab partners tomorrow.

Kind of ditching tomorrow.

I don't like hurting things
just to find out what's inside.

Sorry.

Screw this in here.

Punch that in there.

Plug this in here.

And bingo.

How's that?

Great.

Hey, I still don't
understand how she does that.

It is all yours today,
but remember that's the last

of the quantity--

Hey, Judy.

Online right now if you'd
like to get in on the deal

because that item
is completely gone.

Look at all the accessories
you get with that.

Yeah, what a deal.

There you go, guys.

Blowfish cable systems.

You've got a problem,
give me a call.

I'll put you on
hold for an hour.

That's it.
Sal.

Sal, I want you to go
across street, right.

Give them a whole spiel about
how they won this contest

to get free cable installation.

But here's the hitch, you got to
lay the cable inside the house.

Guys, that's a great idea.

Yeah, a little
undercover police work.

You got it.

Go get them, Sal.

HARRY IOKI: Doug,
you're always thinking.

The juices are flowing.

What can I tell you?

There he goes.

Don't you question
my responsibility.

Don't you question
my responsibility.

You're too young.

Don't you be so arrogant.

If you want to
know something, why

don't you just go ask her, OK?

Where is she?

I don't know where she is.

All right?

[interposing voices]

What do you mean
you wouldn't tell me?

You better start behaving
like a responsible son

or you're out of this house.

Ah, community alert guys.

Back off.

They got him.

- To install some cable.
- Let's go.

Let's go.

No, wait a second here.

My tools.

We'll get them later.

Should we go down
there and help him?

No, no.
We're going to blow our cover.

Look, we're not even
supposed to be in this house.

Good idea, Judy.

You go down there and tell
him that he's your cable guy.

Judy, Judy, talk to them.

Hey, where you going?

Hey, where you going?

Hey, are you OK?

I live across the street
and I heard some noises.

I thought maybe-- is there any--

[train whistle]

ADAM FULLER: Sounds
to me like you simply

witnessed a domestic argument.

JUDY HOFFS: Oh, no, no.

It was much more than that.

How do you know that?

JUDY HOFFS: You're a father.

You know the difference
between a domestic argument

and v*olence.

And you're a cop.

If there was v*olence,
why didn't you stop it?

Because I didn't--

Because you really didn't see
anything other than the family

argument, did you?

I mean, you saw what
you wanted to see.

If you opened your
eyes, you'd see it too.

You know, you're
getting caught

up in something that's really--

Captain, I think something
happened to Mr. Daniel.

Oh, for crying
out loud, Hoffs.

The family had no place to go.

The mother was afraid.

The kids couldn't
defend themselves.

You know, you don't
know anything about it.

JUDY HOFFS: You just don't care.

ADAM FULLER: And you
are way out of line.

Don't you question me.

JUDY HOFFS: Oh that's right,
when I want your opinion,

I'll ask for it, right?

ADAM FULLER: Bingo.

JUDY HOFFS: That sucks.

Guess it's my turn.

You OK?

Yeah.

I didn't mean to.

I couldn't help overhearing.

It's OK.

Thought you were ditching today.

I am.

Want some company?

Well, I kind of have some
things I have to take care of,

you know, by myself.

Oh, maybe I'll drop by later.

No, don't come over.

Hey, come on.

I'll drop you off at school.

OK.

Can't you wait just
five more seconds.

She's about to do the
thing with the teeth again.

Where is Ioki?

Because I want him to see this.

Come on, Sal.

You could hardly expect--

: in the morning
I'm sitting in a jail

cell with guys named
Bloody Eddie and Derek

the Domino waiting for Hanson
to come down and identify me.

He goes through all the trouble
of coming downtown to say,

I've never seen this
guy before in my life.

That's funny.

I was strip
searched, hosed down,

and naked in front of grown men.

I'm sorry, Sal.

That's not funny.

Hey, better call Hanson.

He's going to have
to go downtown again.

I know what you're
trying to do, guys,

but you gotta listen to me, OK?

Hi.

I'm Adam Murray.

I'm your new neighbor
across the street.

I hope I'm not
imposing or anything.

No, I'm Pam Daniels.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

My daughter's met your son.

I've got this favor to ask.

I mean, I know it's a bit
much for a new neighbor

but I went next door
to ask them and--

The LaBrecks.

Yeah.

Yeah, I hold on to
my wallet any time I

just look over at their house.

They are something.

Anyway, I've got this
pain in the butt tree stump

in my backyard.

And I've seen your
husband around

and I thought maybe you could--
you know, I'd buy the beer.

Maybe we could have a barbecue.

My husband's gone.

Oh, is he on business or is--

I didn't mean to
pry or anything.

Yes, on business.

Yeah, OK, well maybe
when he gets back,

you know, if he's up for it.

Maybe you can send him over.

Nice meeting you.

Yeah, nice to meet you.

Bye now.

His father is gone.

I know.

Rob and his sister are
pretty happy about it.

The mother's not.

What are you saying, captain?

That we're here to
stake out the LaBrecks.

But if you want to keep your
eye on that other situation--

He thought we were
fighting the other morning.

We were.

He thinks I'm suffering the
same problem with my father.

Captain, I can get him to
believe you are being abusive--

What?

Maybe I could get him to
open up about the other night.

He feels so alone, like he's
the only one in the whole world

with this problem.

Look, Hoffs--

He's dying for someone
to share his fears.

It can take weeks for
him to open up to you.

Look, we're going to the show
together at school tonight.

If we could stage
one minor incident,

I know I could gain
his trust immediately.

You will just have
to take the time.

Captain, this
boy needs help now.

No.

No.

I won't do that.

Now, if any of you have
Mrs. Brooks for English,

you've read that ancient
Greek classic, Oedipus Rex.

Well personally, I
think it'd be a lot less

boring if the parts were
played by Skipper and Gilligan.

Gilligan, little buddy,
you just k*lled your father

and slept with your mother.

Really, Skipper?

Gee, will that get
us off the island?

Gilligan, snap out
of it, little buddy.

Don't you get it?

You slept with your mother.

Oh no--

I don't recall
giving you permission

to go out tonight, young lady.

You get your ass back home.

As long as you
are under my roof,

you will live by my rules.

Now, let's go.

Don't ignore me because
I know how to get

your attention real quick.

Stop it.

I want you right now.

Stop it.

It's all part
of the act, folks.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Is this a bad time?

Oh, no, no.

Please, come on in.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

Can I get you coffee?

No, thank you.

Welcome wagon.

It's a little corny,
I brought some muffins.

Hey, nothing corny
about homemade muffins.

No, these are the kind
that come in a tube.

Ah.

So what brings you over?

There isn't anything
wrong, is there, Pam?

I have no one else to go to.

My family is so distant
and my friends--

I don't want them to know.

They don't want to know.

I mean, I feel so foolish.

I sense-- I know that
you're a good man.

Look, it's OK.

I'll help.

I'll listen.

I understand what
you've been through.

My-- my husband's disappeared.

He hasn't shown up for
work in a couple of days.

Has he made a large
withdrawal at the bank?

What I mean is, I
mean, I've heard

that's what guys
would do if they

were going to just take off.

My husband--

Has something happened to him?

Do you suspect-- you think your
husband might be dead, Pam?

Do you have any idea how?

I think my son did it.

Three, two, one.

Congratulations.

I don't know,
it's kind of lame.

I'm and this is the
first time I've been

awake for hours straight.

How do you feel?

I think I'd feel
better if I had

done it when my dad was around.

Yeah, well mine's
going to k*ll me.

Don't go home.

I've thought about that.

I had my escape all planned.

You were digging
tunnels in your back yard?

No.

But everything else
has crossed my mind.

What's your favorite plan?

He's got this
bed that's perfect.

And when he was asleep, I
tie him up to the bedpost

with my shoelaces.

Then I wake up Lisa
and Jenny and mom

would be making
sandwiches and stuff

and grab some clothes,
drive all night.

Stop off at my
grandparents in Maine.

Then go some place, make
sure he'd never find us.

Was it really that bad?

I swear to you,
you're going to laugh,

but I really thought
he was the devil.

I mean, it was the only
excuse for the things he did.

You know, like your dad.

He'd get home at about
: , : everyday.

At around : I'd start feeling
a little nervous and sick.

And an hour before he
got home, I'd throw up.

Why he was ever allowed
to be a parent--

it just feels like--

it feels like we're
being punished.

It's not your fault. It's his.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'll tell you, though, I like to
believe that it was some angel,

I don't know, some
Jedi knight came

and took him from our lives.

That angel will come
for you too, Judy.

It's just until then,
guess you're stuck with me.

Where were you all night?

Contrary to what you may
believe, Captain Fuller,

we are not father and daughter.

Well, you should
have reported--

Reported what?

That you practically yanked
my arm out of the socket.

That I was totally
unprepared for your actions.

Why did you do that?

Because I wanted to help him.

You know, I have tried
to keep that part of me

locked away all my life.

But I can remember
praying for someone

to help me when I was a kid.

Captain, you-- you were--

My father used to sit
with his beer in the dark

at the kitchen table.

And when he had gathered up
enough hate for his own life,

he would turn on us.

It was all I'd ever known.

And I was afraid that
it might be the only way

I knew how to be a father.

But you're not that way.

No, my fear kept me
away from my own son.

Since my divorce,
I've ignored him.

I can't even remember the
last time I talked to Kip.

Opened up wounds getting
involved with the Daniels.

Those wounds never closed.

The screaming, the arguing.

They've been with
me my whole life.

They're quiet now.

Mrs. Daniels
thinks that, uh, Rob

may have m*rder*d his father.
- And you believe her?

I could almost
understand if he did.

Radial artery, metacarpal--

Hepatic artery.

Yes, thanks.

Right.

Cervical.

Inner jugular.

Did you know if you
cut the jugular,

the person only has
two minutes to live.

Yeah, well I doubt
that's going to be

on the test tomorrow, Rob.

Hate to die that way.

What's the one way you
wouldn't want to die?

Alone.

If you were going to k*ll
somebody, how would you do it?

I wouldn't.

It's just a question.

Look, I know what
you're getting at, Rob.

And I don't like it.

When I was a
kid in the winter,

I wished his car would skid
across the ice and hit a tree.

As I got older, I
knew what I had to do.

I'd wait till he
was really plowed,

give him sh**t, risk
him turning real mean.

Stand him up in the shower, warm
water, so he wouldn't sober up.

Put a towel around
his legs so there

wouldn't be any finger marks.

Pull his legs out from under.

People bash their heads
in the bathroom every day.

Look just like an accident.

Stop it, Rob.

Sorry.

Just wanted to tell somebody.

Yeah, well it
hurts to hear it.

He told me how he
would k*ll his father.

Would or did?

I think we should bring
him in for questioning.

All right, tomorrow
before school.

Lets allow that house
one more night of piece.

[knocking]

Upstairs.

You stay right there.

Pam?

You OK?

A mother is supposed
to protect her son.

Um, do you want to come in?

No, I can't stay.

I'd have sent him away.

I'm no better than what I hate.

I can't stand it
and I can't leave.

Look, I understand you're
under a lot of stress.

I'll do everything I can to
help you and your family.

No.

You can't help anymore.

Look, Pam, if Rob
has hurt someone,

you can't just let it go.

He didn't do anything.

Are you trying
to tell me that--

He's back.

My son of a bitch
husband has come back.

Since that first night, there
haven't been any problems.

There will be.

Daniel's got to know
he's hurting his family.

Oh yeah.

He can't enjoy it.

No.

Well, maybe while he was
away, he got some help.

You can't stop that
sickness in a week.

And you certainly
can't do it alone.

Can it be stopped?

God, I hope so.

But it seems like the
only thing that kids

learn from their abusing
parents is v*olence.

It's a cycle, keeps
repeating itself.

No, no, I never hit my son.

You broke the cycle.

No.

No, I did something
just as wrong.

I was so afraid of
becoming my father

that I kept myself totally
away, both physically

and emotionally.

I love my boy so much.

But he scares the
hell out of me.

I'd just come to
accept unhappiness.

But for the time he was
gone, I really felt free.

I can imagine.

No, he can't.

It's like Mr. Lawson's
history class,

you know, they toss that
word around all the time,

freedom this, freedom that.

And you just kind of sit
there and go, yeah, right.

But now I know what it means.

I can't go back.

Well, he hasn't done
anything since he's been back.

It's even more
terrifying, the waiting.

I don't know if I can take
him wigging out on me anymore.

Maybe you've got
to give him a chance.

No.

No, I've given him too
many chances already.

[doorbell]

Hi, Pam, how are you?

Adam.

Can you talk?

I-- I just wanted to stop
over and check on you.

Oh, thank you.

Well, I haven't done anything.

No, you've been so helpful.

You're talking like it's over.

Well, I think it is.

I really think so.

Why is that?

Well, if Phil just--

he needed to get away just to
try to get himself together,

to stop hurting his family.

And it's worked.

It's really worked.

Well, I hope
you're right, Pam.

I am.

I have to be.

But if you're not,
you have to get out.

There are people
who can help you.

Thank you, Adam.

In my professional
opinion, the LaBrecks are

nothing more than just weirdos.

I think we ought to
pack it up and go home.

I concur.

These community alert people,
they chase us every day.

I'm beginning to feel like
a mechanical rabbit at a dog

race.

Yeah, well, just
keep watching, guys.

What is it?

Hey, now you're
talking, buddy.

You're going to love it.
You're going to love it.

Now you're talking.

What's the matter with you?

Why are you always a punk?

Why don't you show respect to
your father and your mother

when we're having a--

you've got no right to
talk to me without respect,

you understand that?

Where did you go?

You're no good.

You ought to get a job.

Get back in here
and face the music.

Hey, get me some ice, you punk.

Where are you?

Nobody respects
their elders anymore.

Get a job or mow the lawn
or do something right.

Down.

Captain--

Down, down.

What is it, pinhole?

I got dizzy here.
Wait a minute.

Where are you taking me?

We're going to the bathroom.

They're not coming
over to borrow sugar.

[interposing voices]

Captain, this is just how Rob
said he would k*ll his father.

I really think we should--

Nobody break cover.

Ioki, call for backup.

Pinhole.

Hoffs.

We didn't-- we didn't
know you were home.

We saw this dude
breaking into your house.

I'm with the
community alert patrol.

You guys know this man?

No.

Take care of this.

You, on the ground.

Pam, we're cops.

We need your keys right now.

Honey, stay by the car.

You OK?

He's alive.

I couldn't do it, mom.

I'm too weak.

Oh no, baby.

You're not the one who's weak.

No.

Get in the car there, Juney.

Keys?

[car engine]

Hello, Kip.

It's dad, son.

How have you been?

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