03x09 - Power Failure

[bunniefuu]

Uh, Nick, there's no
exclamation point on that thing.

That typewriter's years old.

I guess people didn't
get as excited back then.

Wojo not back yet?

He called in.

He was dropping
Harris off at Division.

Okay. Coffee fresh?

YEMANA: Perfect.

I'm not looking for perfect.

I'll settle for safe.

Uh, Nick, you think Harris would
mind if I used his typewriter?

I got some, uh, forceful
things to say in this report.

I don't know.

I don't think he likes
strange words on his ribbon.

Well, I'll rinse it out
when I'm finished.

Talking about it's not
gonna help, Bernice.

I'll get over it.

No, no, no, no, no,
it's not your fault.

No, no, it's not the bed either.

No.

I'm sure it's only...
Uh, it's only temporary.

I'll be all right in a few days.

Goodbye, Bernice.

Insomnia. Oh.

How bad is it?

I don't know. For
the last week, I...

I can't seem to
be able to sleep.

Personally, I find
that a little activity

before I go to sleep helps.

Uh, exercise, that is.

Walk around the
block, pushups...

Uh, I couldn't help
overhearing your problem.

Huh?

You know, insomnia
is mostly psychological.

You just gotta try and relax.

What you should do is
create a tranquil environment

in your head.

I'll be all right.

Listen, you're not alone.

I know how frustrating it is.

You just... You just lie
there night after night,

hour after hour,

just staring up at the ceiling.

What do you do about it?

Me? Nothing. I sleep like a log.

Barney, Barney, are the
lights going on and off?

Tell me the truth.

They were flickering
in my office, yeah.

Thank God.

For a minute, I
thought that was it.

WOJO: Calm down.
MAN: I tell you,

it was a mistake. I
didn't do anything.

Yeah. Park it right here.

What have we got here?

Charles Keller.
as*ault and battery.

Actually, I hate v*olence.

Yeah.

His bookmaker
wouldn't pay off on a bet,

so he was b*ating up on him

in the middle of
Lexington Avenue.

Broke his nose,
knocked out a tooth.

But it wasn't me.

Come on. There's witnesses.

They were mistaken.

All of them?

Well, I know it's gonna be
very hard for me to explain.

Uh, you do the best
you can, Mr. Keller.

I've never laid a hand on
another person in my life.

You'll probably get insomnia.

What's your full name, Keller?

Charles Foster Keller.

But you don't understand.

You've arrested
the wrong person.

Your address?

West th Street.

I...

I... Would you...? I
tried to explain to you

that it wasn't me.

It was... Lenny.

Lenny? Who's Lenny?

Lenny is my other personality.

Does he got the same address?

Good evening, gentlemen.

What seems to be
the problem, captain?

Toilet stuffed up again?

That's no longer a
problem, Mr. Beckman.

That's a tradition.

Something's wrong
with your lights.

Our association
has not been in vain.

Oh, thank you.

Barney. Yeah?

The lights are
out downstairs too.

It's appliances. Electric
pencil sharpeners,

electric razor, a hot plate.

This building can't
handle stuff like that.

Is there something that
can be done about it?

I'll do my best, but
don't expect miracles.

Thank you.

Do we have, uh, some candles
leftover from the last time?

WOJO: I think over here, Barn.

[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]

Who's typing?

WOJO: Uh, probably Dietrich.

He knows the touch system.

You hear that? Dedication.

[CLACKING CONTINUES]

[TYPEWRITER BELL DINGS]

WOJO: Quitter.

[♪♪♪]

Three turbines out.

Twenty-five square
blocks are dark.

Have any idea
when they'll be fixed?

Could you give me
an approximation?

Daybreak. Wonderful.

Dr. Fitzgerald?

Charles Keller.

Dr. Fitzgerald,
Lenny is... back.

He, uh, got in a
fight with somebody,

and, uh, they think it's me.

I'm here at the,
uh, th Precinct.

Oh, yes, please,
please. Thank you.

I'm in therapy.

What about Lenny?

He won't go.

WOJO: Okay, Keller, come on.

Come on, I'm gonna
put you in the cage.

No, you're... You're
locking up the wrong person.

Why should I be punished
for what Lenny does?

Who's Lenny?

He's a troublemaker.

Lenny is Mr. Keller's
other personality.

[DOOR SLAMS] I beg your pardon?

He says that Lenny is the
guy that b*at up the bookmaker.

Split personality. Wonderful.

Call Bellevue.

DIETRICH: Uh, he's in therapy.

His doctor's gonna
come down here.

Split personality.

[BLOWS RASPBERRY]

He's trying to b*at a rap, Barn.

Well, actually, there have
been documented cases like this.

People with two, three, even
more distinct personalities

that... That function and
operate as separate individuals,

and... [BLOWS]

uh... Uh...

Forget it, I'm out of matches.

Okay, take it easy. We're
doing the best we can.

Barney. Yeah?

The storeowners are complaining

from all over the neighborhood.

No burglar alarms,
uh, prowlers...

Uh, Kogen can't
cover all the calls.

It's a wide-open situation.

There's bound to be
somebody taking advantage of it.

Ah, now you're cooking.

[APPLAUSE] Way to go.

Hey, you! Open this rattrap
and let me get to a phone.

I wanna call my lawyer.

[GRUNTS]

Hello. Lenny?

Who are you?

I'm a friend of Charlie's.

Come on, come on!

I'm entitled to a phone
call. BARNEY: Keep it down.

CHARLIE: I know my rights.

I wanna call my
lawyer. Just take it easy.

Has this man got
his phone call yet?

Yeah, he got his phone call.
I sat here and watched him.

Dr. Fitzgerald, remember?

That was Charlie. I ain't
been out of this cage.

This is Lenny, the other
one I was telling you about.

So he's got an alias.

A lot of guys have
aliases, right, Barn?

Hey, you in charge here?

Yeah, the name's Captain Miller.

Yeah, well, do I get
my rights or don't I?

I don't know.

Seems to be a problem
of identification here.

There's no problem
of identification, Barn.

Hey, hey, did you
or did you not b*at up

Lewis Bumsick over on Lexington
Avenue at : this evening?

Sure. Wouldn't you? The
creep owed me $ .

That's two exactas
at the Raceway

and a double at Belmont.

Hello?

Are you or are you
not Charles Keller?

I am not.

He is too.

Uh, captain.

You notice the
change in his voice,

the change in mannerisms?

Dietrich, that's Charlie Keller.

I arrested him, I
brought him up here,

and... And... And I
stuck him in the cage.

Have you ever read

Schizophrenien nach Entbindungen

by Gregory Zilboorg?

Not recently, no.

We got classic schizoid
symptoms here. I'm telling you.

Well, in any case, I'd
just as soon not fool with it.

So why don't we just
leave him in the cage

until their doctor arrives?

Yes, sir. Okay?

Hey, ain't somebody gonna
say thanks for the lights?

My compliments to Con Edison.

Con Edison had
nothing to do with it.

We're operating on power from
the generator in our basement.

Are you saying

that this is the only building in
the neighborhood with lights?

Makes you feel kind of
important, don't it, huh?

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you, Beckman.
Oh, don't mention it.

We should all take
a lesson from this

and conserve all
the power we can.

Okay. Otherwise,

I don't know what's
gonna happen.

Thank you, Beckman.
Right, captain.

Turn off a light if
you don't need it.

Do something in the
dark when you can.

When I can.

Every little bit helps.

You're not kidding.

Yeah, okay, Kogen. Fine.

Uh, Wojo, you
and Nick grab a car

and, uh, check out
those calls Kogen got.

Right, Barn. Hey, Nick.

Yeah. You won all
three in one day?

Yeah.

Two exactas and
the daily double?

Sure.

Come on, Nick.
Yeah, in a second.

You do this a lot?

I hit exactas
this month alone.

Nick? I'd like to
get out of here.

I got a lock at Roosevelt
tomorrow night.

You're kidding. What?

In the sixth.

A mile-pacer stretching
out against softer company.

Here, mark it down.
WOJO: Nick, come on.

YEMANA: Yeah, right away. Nick?

I was going right for the door.

Split personality.

That's a lot of
baloney, isn't it?

Oh, I don't listen to him.

[LAUGHS]

But he makes a lot of sense.

Oh, uh, Captain Miller?

No.

Uh, Captain Miller
just stepped out.

He'll be back in a minute.
CHARLIE: Well, well, well,

look who's here. Dr. Bigmouth.

Hello, Lenny.

Why don't you get lost
and send back a lawyer?

Are you Dr. Fitzgerald?

Uh, yes.

I'm Arthur Dietrich.
Detective third class.

Oh.

I've been watching your patient.

Thank you.

I, uh, made a few notes here.

Oh, that's very considerate.

It's okay.

Have, uh...? Have you read

Schizophrenien
nach Entbindungen?

Gregory Zilboorg?
Yes, I have. Have you?

Yeah.

It, uh, moves right
along, doesn't it?

Hey, I didn't ask for no
doctor. I want a lawyer.

Keep it down. Hey, I...

I'm telling you, she's a quack!

Quack! All, right, just...

Quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack, quack, quack!

DIETRICH: Uh, Captain
Miller, Dr. Fitzgerald.

How do you do? Hello.

Mr. Keller is your patient?

Yes, he is.

Hey, Charlie,
your shrink is here.

Come out, come
out wherever you are.

May we speak privately, captain?

Certainly. In my office.

CHARLIE: He ain't here, shrink.

We know better, don't we, Lenny?

He took a cab and
the hogs ate him.

He left a message for you.

Come on back here and
I'll whisper it in your ear.

Hey, you, old guy.

Let me out of here. I got
business to take care of.

I don't wanna discuss
it. I got a headache.

So now you can see why
you must release Mr. Keller

into my custody.

Well, I'm afraid
I can't do that.

Well, I'll... I'll assume
complete responsibility.

Well, I'm sure you can,

but, uh, this is
out of my hands.

But Mr. Keller
is not a criminal.

He's sick.

I'm not a doctor,
doctor. I'm just a cop.

Captain... [SIGHS]

Look, I... I... I
realize that the...

The concept of... Of
multiple personality

is a very difficult one for
the layman to understand.

But... But Charles
Keller and Lenny Keller

are two entirely
different people.

At the moment,
they're both in custody.

You see, one of them
committed as*ault.

But Charles Keller
did not as*ault anyone.

At least not in the moral sense.

How about the physical sense?

There's a man walking
around with a broken nose.

That is unfortunate.

It's also a felony.

Oh, well, can't he
be released on bail?

Certainly, but
that's up to a judge.

Well, isn't there one available?

[SIGHS]

Don't you think you ought
to get him a lawyer first?

Yes, I suppose I'll have to.

Look, Dr. Fitzgerald,

I don't want you to think
that I'm unsympathetic.

There's really
nothing that I can do.

You haven't seen the last of me.

Good.

That is to say, uh... Good.

[DOOR CLOSES]

WOJO: Come on, step in. Come on.

I didn't mean to do it.

I was just frightened.

My finger just
pulled the trigger.

Whoa, whoa, what happened?

Uh, me and Nick were over at
the Manhattan Jewelry Exchange.

Uh, we saw a
flashlight in there,

so we stopped and
took a look in the window.

And he took a sh*t at Nick.

It was a mistake. Is this right?

I give you my word...! Shut up!

He's all right, but the
b*llet went right by his ear.

Took off a piece
of his sideburn.

[CHUCKLES]

Why didn't you say
so in the first place?

I'm sorry, I... Where is he now?

Well, he stopped in
the john downstairs.

Why downstairs?

I told you, the b*llet
went right by his ear and...

Oh, all right. Right
this way, Mr., uh...

Rosten.

Twenty-six years
in the same location.

This is the first time I
ever took a sh*t at anyone.

You have a license
for this w*apon?

No. Wonderful.

Well, I was just trying
to protect my store,

what with the
blackout and no alarm.

He's got a load of
jewelry here too, Barn.

So you just sat there in the
dark with an unlicensed w*apon

and took a sh*t at the
first thing that moved?

It seemed like the
thing to do at the time.

Nick, you all right?

Oh, officer, I'm so
sorry. That's all right.

I really didn't mean to do it.

I think it was just
a reflex action.

I was in the infantry
in World w*r II.

Sometimes I wish I was Chinese.

Mr. Keller's bail ticket.

Forty-eight minutes.
That's very good time.

Everyone was very cooperative.

I can understand that.

Hey, I ain't going
anywhere with her.

Does anything else
have to be done?

Just have to fill
out a release form.

It'll take a few minutes.

Would you like to
wait in my office?

This ain't none of that
nosy broad's business.

I don't leave this room
till I see my lawyer.

Just control yourself, or I'll
stuff a towel in your mouth.

You don't scare me.

You haven't seen our towel.

Hey, Keller, where's the pad?

What?

With the name of the horse?

What horse?

Nick, this isn't Lenny.

It's Charlie.

Lenny didn't leave a
message for me, did he?

Well, everything seems
to be in order, doctor.

Are you always so formal?

I don't often get
the opportunity.

It has a nice feel.

And safer.

Than what?

Well, self-revelation is
not for the squeamish.

That's right. You're an analyst.

You poke around a lot.

So do you.

I'll need your address.

East th
Street, Apartment ,

end of the hall.

Oh, my office is, uh,
East st Street.

How long have you been married?

Nineteen years.

This your daughter? Mm-hm.

She's lovely. Looks like you.

Thank you.

I'm a widow.

Sorry, doctor.

You're being formal again.

You'll have to excuse me.

I don't seduce well.

Do you seduce at all?

So far I have only
lusted in my heart.

When do you finish here?

Mandatory retirement is .

Looking for
something for the wife?

Yeah, what do you
got that's nice, tasteful

and extremely cheap?

Nothing.

Good.

Okay, Rosten, come on.

Let's get this over with.

Oh, how about you, officer? Huh?

Oh, no, no, there's
nothing I, uh...

Nobody I wanna buy anything for.

Well, how about an
earring for yourself?

You're kidding?

It's very fashionable.

A brilliant ruby
stud for your left ear.

It would be beautiful.

Be beautiful.

Well, if you
think it's beautiful,

why don't you wear it?

I can't.

It would make my
glasses go on crooked.

Well, the lights seem to be out.

Our generator.

I've got a flashlight
around here somewhere.

Anything I can do?

I'd rather not discuss it.

Oh, pardon.

Oh, well, my pleasure.

Not entirely.

Everything okay? Fine, fine.

You want some matches?

Oh, I don't smoke.

Thank you, Dietrich.
You're welcome.

We'll be out as soon
as we're finished.

Oh, good.

With the paperwork.

Uh-huh.

[BLOWS]

BARNEY: Hey, Fish, Fish,
you seen my flashlight?

FISH: Shut up, I'm
trying to get some sleep.

Listen, in this business you
learn not to trust anybody.

Get off my desk.

Everybody okay out here?

YEMANA: Sure. Yeah.

How about you?

I'm fine.

Fine.

You look... refreshed.

Have Keller sign these
and then turn him loose.

Charlie?

Charlie?

Lenny?

I'm Neil, and I'm bored.

He's free to go now.

Will I, uh, see you in court?

It's unlikely.

DIETRICH: Come on, Neil.

Neil?

Dr. Fitzgerald, you have no idea

how long I've been
trying to reach you.

I think it's a breakthrough.

Well, let's, uh, go
somewhere and talk.

Love it.

[DOOR OPENS]

Goodbye, captain.

Goodbye.

Thank you for everything.

Oh, you've been very
cooperative for the most part.

As I said before, it's not
that I'm unsympathetic,

it's just that, uh...

Nothing I can do about it.

More's the pity.

What's everybody sitting around
and staring at everybody for?

We have some
work to do, don't we?

Uh, what's the disposition
on Mr. Rosten's case?

Uh, well, uh, I figured
we'd charge him

with discharging a
firearm in the city limits

and, uh, we confiscate the g*n.

Thank God it wasn't worse.

I appreciate the
consideration, captain.

What about a little
something for your wife?

How did you know I was married?

[ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Earrings?

No, thank you.

Uh, how much is
that, uh, bracelet?

[♪♪♪]

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