05x20 - Bad Day at Blackburn

[bunniefuu]

Boy moves over those
machines pretty good.

Must have a date
waiting for him.

GEORGE: She's going
to be disappointed.

Not likely, look at
him, all buffed up,

blood racing through his veins,
all the poisons cleaned out.

You're missing the point.

CAPTAIN FULLER: What point?

There's these two bulls stand
on a hill overlooking a herd.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Uh-huh.

The younger bulls says,
lets us run down there

and get acquainted
with one of them cows.

The older bull says,
let's walk down there

and get acquainted
with all of them.

[laughter]

Got it.

Oh.

You know, I can
remember when you

and me used to get
acquainted with all of them

after racing down.

GEORGE: You've
got a kind memory.

Yeah.

Well, it hasn't
been that long ago.

GEORGE: years long.

Damn.

Seemed like last week to me.

GEORGE: Well, you've
been running at what?

Youngest captain in the
history of the force.

Yeah.

Well, you know, that came
with the jump street unit.

Don't tell me you're getting
humble after all this time.

Not likely.

Hey?

I've got me a new lady.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Aha!

Well, that explains it.

What?

CAPTAIN FULLER: Your being here.

The one's got nothing
to do with the other.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Yeah.

Sure.

Truth of it is, all
my suits have been

let out as far as they'll go.

Yeah.

Well, then, maybe
it's time to buy

yourself a new wardrobe, pal.

You priced
clothes lately, man?

Who can afford that stuff?

Oh, come off of it.

You pulling down a
lieutenant's salary every week.

Oh, yeah?

You know how much of
it goes out in alimony?

CAPTAIN FULLER: Oh, man.

Do I know that tune.

Anyway, why don't we go
out for dinner this weekend?

I'd really like you to meet her.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Fine.

I'll have to grab myself a date.

We'll try that new steakhouse.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Oh, yeah.

Are you buying?

You bet.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Then you got it.

George?

George?

Call --.

He's having a heart att*ck.

Come on.

Come on, George.

Come back.

Come on, George.

Come on, George.

Come on, baby.

Help is on the way.

[inaudible]

Come on, George.

Dammit.

[theme music playing]

THEME SONG: We
never thought we'd

find a place where we belong.

Don't have to stand alone.

We'll never let you fall.

Don't need permission to
decide what you believe.

Woo.

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

You're friends will be there
when your back is to the wall.

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

When it looks hopeless a
decision is what you need.

You gotta be ready
to, be ready to jump.

Jump Street.

MR. COSWELL: Come on.

Keep your balance.

Use the left.

The left.

'atta boy.

Keep coming. d Keep coming.

Come on.

Just the left.

The left.

Come on.

Good.

OK.

Let's call it night.

Getting any better?

It's getting great.

Pretty soon you'll be able to
hold your own with anybody.

Yeah, sure.

Yeah.

Trust me, Jamie.

You stick with this it's going
to take care of you just fine.

Well, we'll see.

In the meantime, are
they leaving you alone?

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

You gonna stick
without bringing charges?

OK.

It's your choice.

See you in class tomorrow?

Yeah, sure, Mr.
Coswell Good night.

Goodnight.

JUDY: You shouldn't be in here.

Oh, come on.

The man said :
AM in his office.

I'm just taking him at his word.

He didn't say : AM in his
office going through his stuff.

I just want to check
and see if he started

these evaluation reports.

Yeah.

Well, if he finds you in here
you will be re-evaluated.

Down.

Good morning, people.

- Good morning, Captain.
- Morning, Captain.

How are you?

Uh, Captain, I just
wanted to say how sorry

I was about lieutenant gray.

Yeah.

Me, too.

Thank you.

You guys have been
friends a long time.

Yeah.

Since the Academy.

He was years old.

Last night at Blackburn high
school a history teacher

named Brian Coswell was
beaten into a coma by person

or persons unknown.

g*ng?

Last I heard Blackburn
wasn't g*ng territory.

Well, it still isn't.

There was nobody wearing colors.

No suspicious people
hanging around the school.

So we go in blind?

No, not quite.

Coswell had mentioned
to the principal

that he thought there
was an extortion going

on at the school, but he didn't
have enough to bring charges.

So the question is, do we go
in as extorters or extortees,

right?

Last time you played
a snotty rich kid, Mac,

you were so obnoxious
even the good kids

wanted to b*at you up.

Never mind that.

Look, let me tell you how
we're going to do this, OK?

[bell ringing]

Sandy?

Hello.

You've been thinking
about our proposition?

Look, why don't you
just leave me alone, OK?

Come on, Sands.

You got enough money
to put gas in that RX.

You just gotta have some
left over for your old pals.

You're not my pals.

It's a black one, parked
third row from the end, right?

You're unbelievable.

A lot of people say that.

I'm unbelievable, too,
but hardly anybody says it.

Look, we just hate to see
you walking home every night.

You know, it get
so dark so early.

Bad things can
happen after dark.

We really would worry about you.

Look, let's just make
this easy, all right?

Give it back.

Huh?

Excuse me?

You heard me.

Give her her purse back.

What's the problem?

Are you taking money from her?

She's loaning me $.

Is that true, young lady?

Uh, yeah.

They're friends of mine.

See?

Just the $.

What?

You want me to give her an IOU?

This is just a loan.

Right?

Yeah.

Is it OK if I go, too?

Yeah.

You a new teacher?

Mr. Coswell's replacement.

- Well, we'll see you around.
- You can count on it.

I pronounce it Bolton.

Now we're going
to spend the rest

of the week reviewing
the events that led up

to the f*ring on Fort Sumter.

That'll give me a chance
to understand just how

much you all really
understand about why

we fought the Civil w*r.

There is just one
thing before we start.

I know you're all upset about
what happened to Mr. Coswell,

and I don't blame you.

I don't know Brian Coswell but
I know that as a fellow teacher

he would want you all to
concentrate on your work

until he's recovered and
back in his classroom.

The last thing he'd want is
for the lowlifes that hurt him

to end up hurting you as well.

So the best get
well card you can

give him are good test scores.

PRINCIPAL (OVER SPEAKER):
Boys and girl, I'm afraid I

have a very sad announcement.

I've just been
informed that Mr. Brian

Coswell d*ed this morning.

The services will be on Friday
morning at Hillside Memorial

and any student who wishes
to attend will be excused.

If anyone has information that
might be helpful to the police

in their investigation
of this tragic incident,

please come to me
or any teacher.

Everything will be kept
totally confidential.

Well, real social kind of guy.

No problem.

I'll charm him.

You'll disarm him.

And next thing you know
he'll be our best friend.

And we'll be sharing
all his best secrets.

Right?

Exactly.

DENNIS: Hey, Barkley.

What do you want?

First off, we want you
to stop staring at us.

Didn't your mother
tell you it's impolite?

Also that it can get you hurt.

Mr. Coswell.

It was you.

You accusing us?

That is one serious,
serious charge.

[inaudible].

You think I better
get over there?

No.

No.

We got to keep a low
profile, remember?

Very sloppy, Barkley.

Bad manners all around.

Hey.

What is going on here?

This guy is kind of clumsy.

Looks like he's had a
little help getting that way.

DENNIS: Yeah.
It was an accident.

Right.

Go get yourself another lunch.

The three of, you grab a
sponge, clean this mess up.

Look, I told you
it was an accident.

And I told you to
clean this mess up.

We got class.

Then you will do
it after school.

We got practice.

Then you will do
it after practice.

Are you starting to get
the idea, gentlemen?

Mr. Lear, Mr. Henry,
and Mr. Richards.

Right?

Just to put into my
appointment book.

That doesn't seem
too low profile to me.

Not unless they redefined it.

You're here late.

Yeah.

Well, I thought I'd come by
and keep you company, you know?

Thank you, but I have
my own company coming.

Yeah, I noticed.

They should be here soon.

So maybe you better take off.

All right, Mac?

Uh, Captain?

What are you doing?

I'm getting acquainted
with three suspects.

At least that's what
I think they are.

With no backup?

You're drawing
attention to yourself.

Not to mention--

There are a couple of things
I haven't taught you yet.

You said you were going in
as a teacher, not a replacement

for the m*rder victim.

That's the opening they had.

Look, Mac, I appreciate
your concern, but--

Ah, gentlemen.

Well, I hope that clears
up those questions

for you, young man.

Well, actually, I
have a couple more.

They'll wait till tomorrow.

OK?

Yes, sir.
That will be fine.

Good.

I'll see you then.

OK.

Where's Mr. Lear?

He had a family emergency.

Ah.

I'll expect a note from
his parents to that effect.

His folks are divorced.

Well, then you tell
him that I will accept

a note from either one of them.

All right, gentlemen?

Brushes, sponge, mop, water.

I'll let you decide
who's going to do what.

[bell ringing]

Hey.

JUDY: So you lost him?

Yeah.

Well, he lost me
is more like it.

And don't start
in on me about how

I was working with no backup.

OK?

I'm not saying
a word, captain.

So what's our next move?

I think I've just learned the
secret of shutting you two up.

Captain, it's just--

CAPTAIN FULLER: What?

We don't know what
we're doing on this case.

Trying to find a m*rder*r.

But how?

Not by the book you taught us.

Because it looks like
you threw that book out.

But those three
are our best lead.

There could be
other ones, captain.

Then why don't you try
following up that way

instead of behaving
like my babysitters.

Yes, sir.

Are you going to follow
up on these three, captain?

That's my plan.

Captain, if it is
these three then they've

already committed a m*rder.

I can take care of myself, OK?

But there are three of them.

And I'm a trained
police officer.

So there's nothing to
worry about, all right?

OK.

Fine.

Fine.

Now if there's
nothing else I've got

some paperwork to catch up on.

Goodnight, Captain.

Goodnight.

[music playing] Baby
first steps from a crawl.

You can't help him if he falls.

First he stumbles then
he runs to the b*at

of a new world drum.

In a town on a busy
street, in the fire

through the heat, until my
heart no longer beats, yeah.

I walk alone.

Yeah.

Yeah, I walk alone.

This world is what
I call my own.

Before you call yourself a
man you got to take a step.

I walk alone.

JUDY: These kids bring a brand
new meaning to stonewalling.

Nobody saw anything.

Nobody heard anything.

And no one knows anything.

I mean, I haven't had so
many doors slammed in my face

since I sold Girl Scout cookies.

Yeah.

I guess Brian Coswell ran
up against the same thing.

How so?

Well, he started his boxing
club up a couple of weeks ago,

you know?
Middle of the semester.

Out of the blue.

I asked some of
the other teachers.

Evidently, he talked about
this extortion thing to them.

Did he mentioned any names?

Teachers won't repeat them.

They're all afraid of being
hit with a lawsuit, or worse.

Anyway, they said that Coswell
thought if he couldn't get

the kids to accept his help,
he'd at least try and get them

to help themselves, you know?

Well, you know,
captain, that didn't

sound like such a bad idea.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

So I'm starting
the club up again.

It's been a long time
since you put on some boxing

gloves, Captain Fuller.

Oh, yeah.

Well, Officer, you
know, once you got it,

you get it all your life.

It's just like riding a bicycle.

Well, let's hope son.

Remember, gentlemen,
always keep your weight

on the balls of your feet
that way you can always

move around nice and easy.

You've heard the expression,
caught flat footed.

This is where it
comes from, huh?

Mr. Hammond, how'd you like to
help you with my demonstration?

Uh, well, you
know, I don't want

to take anybody's place here.

So--

Uh, you're the only
one with gloves on.

Yeah.

OK.
I'll give it a sh*t.

All right, gentlemen.

I'm going to show you what
I mean about the feet.

Hit me.

Go ahead.

See what I mean, gentlemen?

I'm not using my hands at all.

It's all the feet.

Not using any hands.

Just my feet and my brain.

Sorry.
It's OK.

It's OK.
- You said hit you.

It's all right.

It's time for me to
use my hands now.

Give me your best
sh*t, Mr. Hammond.

Your basic w*apon, keep it up!

I think they've got the idea.

Come on.
Come on Come on.

Let's keep going.

Keep going.

OK.

Gentlemen, your jab is
the best w*apon you have.

Remember, stick it out
there nice and sharp.

Left jab, always push off
on your right foot stepping

off with the left foot, pushing
off with your right, gentlemen.

And remember, keep the right
hand up high close to the chin.

Protect yourself at all times.

How about I take a turn?

I'm not going yet.

CAPTAIN FULLER: Let's
give the man a chance.

MAC: OK.

I see you've sparred
before, Mr. Richards.

A couple times.

We're just going over
the basics here today.

The basics are fine with me.

All right.

Gentlemen, we'll
be demonstrating

the left hand again.

The left hand is designed to
keep your opponent off balance

and to keep him away from you.

Always remember, put your weight
on the balls of your feet.

Now the man is
trying much too hard

and moving in one direction.

And all his movements
are predictable,

which makes it very easy.

See?

See?

Throwing wild punches is
the worst thing you can do.

It leaves you wide
open for all kinds of--

MAC: Woe.
Easy.

Easy.

Easy.

Woe.

I think, uh, we get
the idea, Mr. Fuller.

I don't know
what's up with him.

Well, I don't know.

You're the one
who's been working

with him all these years.
- Well, I'll tell you what.

I've never seen him
like this before.

He's--
- Out of control.

- Exactly.
- I know.

He's out of control.

Evening, people.

Captain.

Want to know where I've been?

In the principal's office.

I have not been in the
principal's office in--

never mind.

What did he want?

What he wants is for me
to get out of his school.

What he wants is to
make sure that Richard's

parents aren't going to sue
him for as*ault by a teacher.

What he wants is for his
school to run nice and smooth.

And if the price for that is
not finding Coswell's k*ller?

Well, then he can
live with that.

Well, I can't.

So what are you going to do?

Clear my stuff out.

I mean, what choice have I got?

If we don't have his
cooperation there's

not much chance we stay secret.

All he's going to do is
stand in the corridor yelling

cop and pointing his finger.

JUDY: So we're on our own?

Right.

Business as usual.

People, I want
these guys nailed.

Understood?

[bell ringing]

All right.
They're coming.

How long?

Give it about
a count of seven.

Seven, Six, five,
four, three, two, one.

Why are you doing this?

I told you I left
my wallet at home.

MAC: Bull.

Come on.

Nobody leaves home
without money.

I told you.

I don't have any.

What's this?

That was my grandmother's.

Please.

Oh, isn't that nice?

Isn't that nice?

I'll tell you what, maybe I'll
take this instead of the money.

But-- look, I'll bring
you the money tomorrow.

I promise.

OK?

OK, fine.

Yeah.

I tell you what,
maybe, maybe, I'll

let you buy it back from me.

What do you think
you were doing?

Oh, I was just passing along
the collection plate, boys.

Only I didn't bother
with the plate, you know?

This is a nice school.

And that kind of
thing is frowned upon.

Not by you guys,
from what I hear.

DENNIS: Yeah?

What do you hear?

Well, only that you guys
aren't hurting for lunch money,

or dinner money for that matter.

That's what I hear.

Well, you hear right.

One reason being that we
don't have any competition.

Didn't have any competition.

Don't.

Yeah.

Well, you know, is it worth it?

What?

Well, having to grow eyes
in the back of your head.

Because if you
guys try anything,

well, that's what you're
going to have to do,

watch your backs hours a day.

Not worth it.

Not this time.

Hey, Jamie.

Mr. Fuller

What's going on?

I was wondering, what time is
the boxing club open tonight?

Oh.

Well, that's something
we should all talk about.

Jamie, I'm not sure
the boxing club

is such a good idea anymore.

Oh, it's an excellent idea.

I didn't think so at first
when Mr. Coswell started it.

But once he got
us to come around,

things started to change.

After what happened
to Mr. Coswell things

have kind of gone back
to the way they were.

Until last night when we saw
you handle Dennis Richard.

Um, what I did with
Dennis Richards was wrong.

I mean, Dennis is
still just a kid.

He hurts people.

They all do.

And worse.

What are you saying, Jamie?

- Nothing.
- Look, Jamie?

Can you connect him to
Mr. Coswell's death?

No.

Will you testify about
them extorting you?

No.

Look, Jamie, I
can protect you.

No, you can't.

That's what Mr. Coswell
finally made us understand.

No one can do that
for somebody else.

What you can do is show
me how to protect myself.

That's all I'm asking.

Will you do that, Fuller?

For all of us.

CAPTAIN FULLER: All right.

Left, left.

Left, right.

Left, right.
That's right.

You set everything
up with the left jab.

Left.

Left.

Left, right.

Left, right, hook.

There you go.
There you go.

Watch your feet.
Watch your feet.

Stay on the ball.

Stay on the balls of your feet.

Left, and right.

All right.
All right.

All right.
Hey, hey, hey.

Why don't we try
this for real now?

Terry?

Get in here.

Let's see what you
guys have learned, huh?

Touch gloves, guys.

All right.

Round one.

Keep them hands up.

Keep them hands up.

Jab.
Jab.

Stick him.
Stick him.

Stay on the balls.

Stay on the balls.

All right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Jab.
All right.

Get on the balls of your feet.

On the ball of your feet, Jamie.

Don't get caught flat
footed like that.

Come on, baby.

Come on.Oh!

See, Jamie.
All right.

All right.
All right.

Round.
Round.

Clang.
Round.

Round.
Round.

That's it.
That's it.

Good work, both
of you guys, huh?

All right, guys.

That's it.

Why don't we call
it a night, huh?

Hey.
Hey.

Hey.
Hey.

Not the the end
of the world, huh?

Getting a little bloody nose?

Hell, I didn't even feel it.

'atta boy.

Tomorrow night?
Same time?

You got it.

I bet Mac $ you
wouldn't be here.

I thought you know
me better than that.

I thought I did, too.

Well, things change.

OK?

Didn't say a word, Captain.

Good.

I'm using the mitts, guys.

I'm not putting any gloves on.

That's not the problem.

There is no problem.

You have an assignment.

I expect you to take care of it.

Whatever I'm doing here is
separate and apart from that.

JUDY: But it's not.

I say it is, Detective.

End of discussion.

Is that clear?

That's clear.

See you tomorrow.

Jamie?

Jamie?

Easy, easy, easy.

I didn't--

Oh.

I didn't keep the left up.

Was it Richard?

Come on.

Tell me.

If it was, they're in
jail tonight, Jamie.

Just tell me.

Oh.
Hey, Jude.

Hello.

Well, hospital says
Barkley is going to be OK.

They just want to hold him
overnight for observation.

Did he say anything
about who did it?

No.

Uh, Jude, I think I
owe you an explanation.

No.
No.

You don't have to
explain anything.

Well, my problem is
I'm not sure I can.

Well, this is a switch.

I'm usually the
one coming to you.

Yeah.

I know I'm supposed to be
the one with all the answers,

only I haven't got any.

Maybe that's because
there aren't any.

What?

This is tied into
Lieutenant Gray dying.

Hell, I know that, Jude.

I just don't know how.

Well, it's tough
to come face to face

with our mortality, Captain.

We're cops.

We do that all the time.

No.

No, that's different.

You know, I remember
when I was a little girl,

I was about seven or eight,
my father was working away,

writing something.

So I look over his shoulder
and I see that it says will.

I mean, I never even thought
about this man dying.

He was my daddy.

Too big, too strong to ever die.

But I knew then at that
moment that he was going to.

And my world was never
the same after that.

You know, these last
few days I've been feeling

like my life is out of control.

It's like I'm burning up and
there's no way to stop it.

It's like there's not
enough oxygen. I'm sitting

on my butt behind that damn
desk and I'm just waiting

to k*ll over like George.

So I wanted to take control.

I wanted to have an
effect on something.

Like get those victimized
kids out from under.

Right.

And it turns out I can't
control that either.

Wrong.

What?

You'll control that
like you always do.

You use the book.

You use the rules.

Just like you taught us
over all these years.

So when did you get
so damn smart, huh?

I've been watching
you all this time.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[bell ringing]

I don't think you'll
have much of a turnout?

Why is that?

Word is you can get hurt.

Boxing is a dangerous sport.

Mr. Richards, can I speak
with you in my classroom

for a moment, please?

Sure, man.

So what's up?

The hell do you
think you're doing?

I'm putting you on notice.

I'm going to
bring charges, man.

There are no witnesses, man.

Just like Jamie Barclay
had no witnesses,

and Brian Coswell
had no witnesses.

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

You listen up and
you listen good.

I'm coming after you
and your buddies.

And I'm going to get you.

Today, tomorrow, next week.

Sooner or later I'm going
to find somebody who'll

testify about what you do.

And then you're going to
find out what bringing

charges is really all about.

Hey, man?
What's wrong?

That damn Fulton.

What's he doing now?

He says he's going to shut
down our collection business.

Who does he think he is?

Dudley Do Right?

Look, I don't
know, but I don't

plan on letting him do it.

You need some help?

Look, I don't recall
asking for any volunteers.

Hey, man, he gets
on you, he gets on me.

I figure we got
common interest here.

This make get rough.

No problem.

OK.

We'll meet tonight on
third and Brookhurst.

o'clock.

See what we can figure out.

I'll be there.

Well, Watch says :.

Hit your break lights
if you got the same.

I don't know what
happened to him.

They said third and Brookhurst.
Wonder where they are.

He'll be waiting
there all night.

I don't know what his angle is.

But he's just a little too
anxious to deal himself in.

Let's go take care of business.

I think we've been had.

All right.

We better get over to the gym.

Come to join the
club again, boys?

Nah.

You ain't that good a teacher.

Well, you really
haven't given me a chance.

That's what the
loser always says.

Don't be so sure I'm a loser.

Oh, you are.

Big time.

I count, what?

One, two, three of you.

More than enough.

Maybe for Barkley.

Any one of us could
have handled that.

What about Coswell?

Well, we didn't mean
for it to go that far.

Shut up, Lear.

Hey.

Hey.

JAMIE BARKLEY: Let
him go, Richards.

You've got to be kidding me.

Yeah?
Just try us.

Please.

Give us an excuse.

OK, I give up.

What's going on?

MAC: Oh, just teaching her a
little self-defense, Captain.

Ah.

For what?

I mean, you took
self-defense at the Academy.

Yeah.

But you guys made it
look like so much fun.

Yeah.

Well, boxing can
be a lot of fun.

But, Mac, be careful
with those mitts, man.

Because they don't
keep you from getting

poked in they eye
every once in a while.

Tell me about it, Captain.

Tell me about it.

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