01x08 - Missing

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Ricciarelli: Okay, before we get

to the important business,

let's get to the
important business.

Gentlemen...

Giants fourteen, Detroit seven.

And our losers for
the 14th week in a row,

- Williams and torres.
- [Crowd cheering]

And the winner is, for
the third week in a row...

- J.c.: Hit it!
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♪ Yeah ♪

♪ why, it's the babe in blue ♪

♪ so whatcha gonna do? ♪

♪ Wosinsky's the winner ♪

♪ of the football pool... ♪

[Cheering]

All right, all right, guys...

Very nice, very nice.

Detective ricciarelli,
we have a meeting

going on here of some kind?

Ricciarelli: Union
update, lieutenant.

Uh-huh, I'm sure. Lose it.

Sergeant wosinsky,
can I see you in my office

about this so-called
date, please?

Ricciarelli: On page one you'll
find an article about retirement.

Yo, baby, we getting
more money, or what?

And on page two
you'll find endorsements

for this week's city elections.

The important one
for us is city council.

Rita harrington
against Earl Reeves.

Reeves and his
police reform package

are running ahead in Manhattan,

so if you want to
keep your g*ns,

the union urges you
to vote harrington.

Twice, if you ever
want a pay raise.

Okay, everybody back to work.

Eddie: Oh, yo,
Chantal called about g.

She said not to forget
about dinner tonight.

Sandy didn't call me?

Eddie: Do I look like
your secretary, or what?

And since when are you
sweatin' a call from her?

J.c.: I'm not sweatin'
anything. We just...

We're missin' each other
for the last couple of days,

you know. Playin' telephone tag.

- Uh-huh.
- Torres, Williams.

Lieutenant, hey,

you advising wosinsky about,

you know, our dinner plans?

In your dreams, torres.

Listen, I just
got a ten-ten call

from a uni in central park.

I need you guys
to check it out asap.

Oh, please, can you send ed

to do this mugging alone?

I have all these reports
I need to catch up on.

The reports can wait,
because it isn't a mugging.

Dispatch says we may
have a missing kid, all right?

Let's go!

[Dramatic music playing]

Nena: No, I saw
nothing, nothing.

I didn't see anything.

I mean, it happened
so fast, you know?

Officer: About what time?

Nena: I don't know, about...

- 15, 20 minutes ago.
- We'll take over

- from here, officer.
- All right.

Detectives torres and Williams.

Hi. I'm his nanny.

I bring Michael
here like every day,

then when I look, he's gone.

Did anyone else
see what happened?

They were all here, too.

He's only two
years old. Please...

Can you tell us
what he looked like?

Maybe what he was wearing?

Striped shirt, black pants.

And he had his monito.

Dino.

Is it a doll or a
stuffed animal?

It's a dinosaur
he brings all over.

He says it smells
like his mother.

Where are his parents now?

His father, I don't know.

They're divorced.

His mother's at
her headquarters.

Her name's Rita harrington.

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[Indistinct chatter]

Harrington: Okay. Next
question. You right there.

Reporter: You're way
behind in the polls.

Do you think the
support for Reeves

is because of the
police reform package?

Well, the issue isn't
reform, it's crime.

Before I served
on the school board

I was a prosecutor,
so believe me,

I have seen everything.

The police and the courts

need cooperation not criticism

to make this city
safe. Thank you.

Reporter: Wait minute,
Ms. Harrington...

Ms. Harrington...

Excuse us. Pardon me, pardon me.

Excuse me, pardon me, pardon me.

- Ms. Harrington?
- Well, I've been meaning

to call somebody and thank
them for your endorsement.

This is Jerry gaines, my,
uh, campaign manager.

- A pleasure. How's it going?
- Look, I'm sorry,

Ms. Harrington, but we're
not here about the election.

Well, let's step over this way.

J.c.: Ma'am, we took a statement

from your nanny this morning.

She said that your son

disappeared from a playground

in central park.

What do you mean, disappeared?

Eddie: Well, he hasn't been
seen since 11:30 this morning.

And as soon as we
were called to the scene,

we ordered a search.

Oh, god.

Oh, my god.

Do you think it's possible
that Michael's father

might have picked him up?

He's in California.

We never fought for custody.

Do you think she had
anything to do with this?

Harrington: God, no.

Nena loves him as much as I do.

Okay, we're going to
need the most recent picture

that you have.

[Harrington crying]

[Phone rings]

Excuse me.

I can imagine how you
must be feeling right now.

But we' re setting
up a command post,

and I promise you

we're going to do
everything we can

to find your child.

Eddie: Thanks.

It was ricciarelli.

We got a witness.

Be right back, okay?

Hey, guys, she was
out urban foraging

- when she saw him.
- She sure it's the right kid?

Ricciarelli: Black male,
approximately three years of age,

wearing a black jacket,
carrying a little dinosaur.

Witness also says
she saw a white male

carrying the kid
out of the park.

- You get a description?
- Ricciarelli: She tried,

but the guy was all covered up.

He was just a red
sweatsuit and sun glasses.

Cooper: Well, that
eliminates the father.

He's black, and he's
also in California.

So unless we get a
request for ransom...

Sounds like a
straight-out abduction.

And you know the stats.

Yeah. If we don't find
the kid in 48 hours,

he doesn't get found.

You know what I was thinking?
I was thinking harrington

was D.A. for three years, right,

so she must have
made a lot of enemies.

All right, run a search
for similar abductions

in the tri-state area.

And let's move
on this, all right?

Yo, what do you have
on Rita harrington?

Um, hold it. I'll call you back.

Can we talk?

J.c.: Sandy,

how come you haven't
returned my phone calls?

It's work, j.C. I've just
been assigned another case,

and I'm already overloaded.

So? I'm busy, too,
but I make time.

Oh, sure, you do. At


or when you're not with g.

J.c.: Are you telling
me that you want me

to spend less time with my son?

Sandy: No. Never.

J.c., as hard as I have
worked and as much

as I have going on,

I can't keep
trying to fit my life

into your schedule.

Are you saying
that you want out?

Right now I think

I need some time apart.

Because of my schedule. Right.

Like that's the
only problem here?

I didn't say it was.

So why don't you tell
me what it is, Sandy?

Or better yet, let
me tell you what it is.

- J.c...
- J.c.: Yo, you see this woman here?

This rich woman,
educated at the finest,

and the best she could do
was some short-on-cash brother

who loses her an important
job promotion, right?

I didn't say anything
about that money,

nor did I say anything
about that promotion.

But that's what's
happening here, right?

Or you want to see
somebody else?

J.c., I told you.

But I guess you can
do what you want to do.

[Sirens wailing]

-Harrington: Sorry, no comment.
-Gaines: Do your job. Thank you.

They followed me from the park.

- Please, I just need a minute.
- No, not her, them.

Please, give her a moment.

I've been walking all morning,

just looking and thinking

that if I was with him,

maybe he'd still be here.

Ms. Harrington, we have a lead.

It's nothing solid, but
someone saw your son

- in the park this morning.
- Was he alone?

We have no suspects,
but we are looking.

You know, before I
became a prosecutor,

I never thought I'd
work for the system.

But after all I've seen,

it makes me glad that
I changed my mind.

I hear you. Ten years ago,
no one could've ever told me

I'd be a police officer.

But we're gonna do
this for you, all right?

Gaines: Please, give
her some room, will you?

Let us through...

Eddie: Yo, that's
one tough lady.

Yeah. She'll do a
lot of good up there

with all those white
boys on the council, too.

What, you think because
she's a black woman

she'll make a better politician?

That's right.

Plus, she's a single mom,
man. With all she's done,

I really hope this
doesn't stop her.

You all right, man?

I mean, you cool?

What's up with Sandra?

I'm cool. Is this the print-out?

Yeah. And I think
we got something.

Cooper: What's up, detectives?

Eddie: I ran those
searches, lieutenant.

No threats against harrington,

but I got a suspect
off the other list.

A guy by the
name of Phil peroni.

Two attempted
abductions in Manhattan.

He uses some sort of bird

to get three-year-old
boys into his car.

Cooper: Uh, torres, there's
nineteen names here.

How could you possibly have
narrowed it down to just one?

Because he's the only one
that was prosecuted twice

by Rita harrington.

Cooper: Oh. You
know where to find him?

Eddie: He's a
registered sex offender.

We got an address in Tribeca.

Good work.

Go.

- Both: Buddy.
- [Ominous music playing]

[Knocks on door]

- Eddie: Police!
- J.C.: Police!

Come out, come
out, wherever you are,

you little pervert.

- Come on, baby.
- Dino.

What?

Where's the kid, dino?

I wish you could talk.

Reporter: This is Suzy
Lee reporting from Tribeca,

with a live update

on the harrington
kidnapping case.

Bob, was that okay?
That was okay?

Do you believe these
reporters? How sickening is this?

He gets snatched,
and all they care about

is how far his mother's
comin' up in the polls.

- Ricciarelli: The world is sick.
- Lieutenant, any update

- on the kidnapping?
- Not now, thank you.

- Reporter: Can we get upstairs?
- Take a walk.

Here comes harrington.

We're going to need
an I.D. on the dinosaur.

Reporter: Ms. Harrington.
Ms. Harrington...

Okay. Not today. No comment.

Thank you, sorry.

J.c.: Is that his?

Yes, it is.

Cooper: The suspect's
name is Phil peroni.

At this point, we don't
know if the abduction

was a random thing or
some kind of revenge.

We know you
prosecuted him twice.

He got off both times
on technicalities.

- You think he still has Michael?
- We put an apb out an hour ago.

Right now we want to keep
peroni's name from the press.

Gaines: I think the
public has a right to know.

For god sakes, the man
never should have been let off.

J.c.: Well, as far as we know,

the boy hasn't been
hurt, Mr. Gaines.

Eddie: We don't want to give
him any reason to change that.

Ricciarelli: Lieutenant, I've got
the superintendent's statement.

He said he kicked peroni
out three weeks ago.

Came back in
here to fix the John,

- found all this kid's stuff.
- Did he get a forwarding?

What was he gonna do,
give him a good reference?

So as far as he knows,

peroni hasn't been
here for three weeks.

He wasn't supposed to be.

But yesterday the
super came back early.

Says he saw a guy
leaving this apartment.

Says he yelled at the guy,
but the guy just drove away.

- Did he get the car?
- He wasn't sure it was peroni's.

Said it was black.
And old Jaguar.

- An xk-e.
- We'll do a dmv search.

Get outta here.

Peroni in a ride like that?

He seems more like
the tricycle type to me.

Maybe he jacked it.

He Jacks kids not
cars, remember?

Yeah, I remember.
But it's our only lead.

Except for that.

He's got birds, right?

I mean, he's gotta feed them.

J.c.: So what are we gonna do,

stake out every pet
shop in Manhattan?

No, no, look, we'll
send out unis to question

all the pet shop owners, man.

I mean, one of 'em's gotta know.

All right. You ask
the loo, though.

And don't forget the dmv list.

I've gotta go meet my son.

All right.

Both: Butt out.

Chantal: So, j,
thanks for coming.

J.c.: Yeah, no
problem. Where's g?

Um, I left him at my
mother's so we could talk.

- Is that okay?
- Is there a problem?

Chantal: Um, so, I just
came back from g's teacher,

and she called me Mrs. Williams.

So, what's the problem?

Why didn't you just tell
her we're not married?

Well, I told her that, you know.

But evidently that's
not what he's tellin' her.

How long has my son been lying?

All year long, you know,

I think she thinks he's
tryin' to fit in or somethin'.

So we're gonna
have to talk to him.

Mm. Yeah.

So would you be willing
to wait here while I go

get him from my mother's?

Well, actually,

I'm on a case right now.

But maybe tomorrow.

All right. Okay.
I'll fix dinner.

- Oh, you gonna cook dinner?
- Chantal: Uh-huh.

- What you cookin'?
- Uh, chitlins.

- J.c.: Chitlins? Love chitlins.
- Yup.

- Is that okay?
- I'll be here.

[Upbeat music playing]

Yo, money, what did I tell you?

Unis went out to
question all the owners

and boom, two hours
later we got a guy

who admitted he's
amigos with peroni.

[Bird chirps]

He's been coming here for years

to buy food for his macaws.

But we had a lot more in common

than tropical birds.

Like what, Mr. Yates?

We were both interested
in the same kinds

of, uh, books, organizations.

You two were in some
sort of group together?

Well, say somethin'.
You called us, right?

Okay.

It's a national association.

Legal. Called blas.

Blas?

What does that stand for?

Boy lovers of america society.

For men who want, uh,

relationships with a
younger generation.

You call takin' someone
else's son love?

No, I don't.

That's why I'm even
talking to you, okay?

Look, I know it's a
risk, but I truly feel

that kidnapping
is crossing the line.

Oh, you got a conscience, right?

What, do you help
them with their homework

- before you molest them?
- Look, call it

what you want, okay?

But please,

if you promise to
leave me alone,

I'll tell you where peroni is.

- J.c.: Ma'am, we're the police.
- Landlord: Go, go.

Eddie: We're looking for
a guy who's staying here.

Landlord: No, no,
all good tenants here!

- No, would you please...
- Leave us alone!

Would you please try.

[Speaking in Chinese]

J.c.: Yo, ed, you
speak Chinese, man?

[Landlord speaking in Chinese]

- J.c.: Nay-say what?
- [Speaking in Chinese]

[Upbeat music playing]

J.c.: Freeze!

Freeze! Put it down!

Put it down, now!

Put it down!

Down! Hands behind your back!

- Don't move!
- J.C.: Don't move.

Peroni: All right!

I didn't take that kid.

So why did you run?

I've been in trouble before.

Yeah, we know. But
that still doesn't explain

how come Michael
harrington's favorite toy

ends up in your apartment.

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

Oh, no? Well, the judge will.

- It's called evidence.
- Yeah, right.

J.c.: What we want to
know now is, where's the kid?

Look, I told you, all right?

Yesterday morning
I was at a meeting.

Yeah, you said that. What
meeting was that again?

[Sighs]

She asked you a question.

What meeting?

A blas meeting, okay? B-l-a-s.

J.c.: Are you trying to tell us

that you were with a
bunch of child molesters?

Eddie: So what was that,
some kind of foreplay?

Look, I didn't kidnap
anyone, okay?

I like boys, fine.

But I don't want
to go to prison.

- Hey!
- Too bad,

'cause that what happens

when you pull a knife on a cop.

And if we never find Michael,

you're going in for m*rder.

You hear me, you sick b*stard?

- m*rder!
- I hear you.

Eddie: Let him go, let him go.

Peroni: Now, you mind?

I want a lawyer.

You cool, man?

Don't let that son of a
b*tch get to you, man.

It's a case, that's all.

J.c.: It's not just a case, ed.

It's someone's baby out there.

Look, I know that.

But besides
pounding peroni's a*s

and ruining our investigation,

we're doin' all we can.

All we can is nothin' right now.

We still can't tell a
mother whether or not

her little baby
is dead or alive.

Maybe one day when you
have kids you'll understand.

See, I'm not afraid
of what I see out here,

but when I look
at little g's face,

I don't know if I'd survive.

You're gonna make
yourself crazy if you start

with the "what-if's", man.

You gotta chill. Call your girl.

Call dione at the
psychic friends network.

Do something, all right?

Nah, Sandy and I decided

that we would spend
some time apart.

- Eddie: Oh, really?
- Yeah.

But see, I got dinner with
somebody else tonight,

so I ain't gonna sweat it,
you know what I'm saying?

- Eddie: You're the mag daddy now, huh?
- That's right.

Cooper: I certainly hope you
two weren't thinking about jumping.

I have some work
I want you to do

before we meet
with peroni's lawyers.

Loo, I think, uh, someone else

should take the lead
on this for a while.

Look, detective,
I've got kids, too.

You don't think I feel
the same way you do?

After you left, peroni
was kind enough

to provide us with a list

of all the men he says
were at the meeting.

I want a statement from
each and every one of them.

- Now?
- Yeah, now.

We have a meeting with the
D.A. first thing tomorrow morning.

Hello?

Don't worry, I'll
talk to all of them

on one condition, tonight,
you go see g, all right?

[Romantic music playing]

Uh, am I in trouble here?

Did you do anything wrong?

No.

Chantal: So, g, why
did you tell your teacher

what you told her about
me and your father?

G, you know I love you, right?

And no matter how much
you want to fit in at woodbridge,

- you cannot lie.
- I know, dad.

But why can't you love mom, too?

Your mother is a
beautiful woman,

and I know how hard
she works for you,

but no matter how
much all of that's true,

you can't tell people
we're married.

Okay?

So it's time for beddy-bye,

and tomorrow you
finish this, all right?

Good.

You just...

Dad...

I love you.

Oh.

I love you, too.

Now go to sleep, all right?

[Romantic music playing]

- Chantal: So thank you, j.
- J.C.: No problem.

The boy's got to know
we respect each other,

even if we're not
together, you know?

Oh, so this is respect?

- Yeah, between you and g.
- Mm-hmm.

You know, it could also be

something a little
more, you know.

Oh, what did you have in mind?

Oh, I don't know.

Just, uh...

So, this is how you
play Sandy, right?

- I'm not playin' anybody.
- Oh, no?

- No, it's over between us.
- Oh, so this is rebound?

- I don't know what this is.
- Hmm-mmm.

[Dramatic music playing]

G: Hey, mom.

Oh, hi, dad.

J.c., wait, what are
you going to tell him?

The truth.

After what I told him tonight,

I don't want him to think I
was lying about you and me.

But you weren't lying.

I mean, even if g
hadn't walked in,

one night doesn't mean
we're gonna be together.

- How do you know that?
- Because.

I mean, we didn't get married
when we did this ten years ago.

And even if we did it now,
it would only be for him.

Yeah, but did you see his
face when he opened the door?

He was shocked, but he smiled.

Well, of course he smiled, j.C.

It's what he wants more
than anything in this world.

You know, but think
about it, if you stayed,

would it be because of me?

Let him have his dream, j.C.

- Yeah.
- Just for tonight.

- Good night, Chantal.
- Good night.

[Dramatic music playing]

Eddie: Yo, where you been?

- Huh?
- J.c.: I had a long night.

Eddie: Oh, you got back
together with Sandy already?

Nope. I was with Chantal.

Nah! Chantal? You
gotta be kidding me, man.

Yo, get your mind
out of the gutter.

I had to deal with g.

And speaking of the gutter,
you talk to peroni's perverts?

Well, every freak on that list

confirmed that
they were with him



How are they so
sure about the time?

They take minutes.
You believe that?

Reynolds: Look, the boy-lover
meeting ended at 11:16.

Michael harrington's nanny
said that he disappeared at 11:28.

Yes, that's close,

but he certainly had
enough time to steal the child.

Are you telling me you think
he made it from the village

to central park in less than
twelve minutes, midday?

Cooper: Oh, come on, give
me a big fat break, richtman.

You know it could happen.

Especially if he left
the meeting early.

Lieutenant, your own
detectives confirmed those times.

Eddie: So what? They
could have been lying.

- Richtman: Five different men?
- Or maybe five co-conspirators.

I mean, think about it,
what kind of witnesses

does a room full of
pedophiles make?

Richtman: It doesn't matter,

because we're not
going to take your plea.

What the hell is? What's
goin' on here, man?

I ain't listenin' to
this! It's crazy, man!

Reynolds: Sir, do you
understand that unless you tell us

where Michael harrington
is we will be filing this

as a felony m*rder?

And whether or
not we find the body,

you will be looking
at a life sentence.

- You listen to me.
- Reynolds: Mm-hmm?

It's like I told her, okay?

I can't tell you where he is
because I didn't take him!

Hey, chill!

Cooper: Now, you listen
to me, you little weasel.

What about what they found?

How'd that stuffed animal
get in your apartment?

What, it just stroll
in by himself?

Richtman: Of course not. If
it really belongs to the boy,

then I have to
agree with my client,

someone is setting him up.

Okay, Maria, huh? All
right, let's get outta here.

- Look, we'll talk, all right?
- Okay.

Richtman: Look, I want to get this
boy back just as much as you do.

Then why couldn't you convince
peroni to cooperate with us?

How can he cooperate
if he doesn't have

- the information you want?
- That freak is playing you.

Richtman: Detective, that 'freak'
was in the hospital ward this morning

because 12 other inmates

spent their sleepy
time kicking him around.

So you tell me, if he
knows where that child is,

why didn't a night like
that make him talk?

Ricciarelli: Torres, dmv finally
sent over that list of jaguars.

- Peroni on that list?
- Ricciarelli: Negative.

Then it's no good now.

File it.

And lieutenant, St. Matthews
called about ten minutes ago.

They say they got a lost child.

Get a squad car.

Two years old. Black male.

Doctor: I saw him walk
into the east entrance.

At first, I thought he was
with one of the patients,

but then, one of the
nurses recognized him.

I looked at him. There
were no signs of injury.

A little hungry, but then again,

all of them are
when they find out

that we serve a
little bit of ice cream.

Cooper: Michael?

[Dramatic music playing]

[Chuckles]

[Indistinct chatter]

Gaines: Not today. No
comment. No comment, please.

- Reporters: Ms. Harrington.
- Gaines: Thank you, no, not today.

- Harrington: Michael...
- Gaines: Listen, guys, not today.

Harrington: Come here, baby.

[Cheers and applause]

Second reporter: Mrs.
Harrington, polls have you ahead

of Earl Reeves in today's
election for the first time.

Let me ask you something.

Is it true that the kidnapper
was in fact a released offender?

Please, please. Rita's not
here today as a politician.

Reynolds: Ms. Harrington,
we're going to need Michael

to I .d. Peroni.

I'm sorry, I can't
let him do that.

J.c.: Look, Ms.
Harrington, Rita.

I know how you must
be feeling right now.

I wouldn't want my son
to go through that, either,

- but you know the procedure.
- I do.

And there's no way I'm
going to let him face that man.

Reynolds: Listen, we
can do a photo line-up.

We have a juvenile
psychologist who's here to help.

All right.

As long as I'm
in there with him.

Woman: Michael,

I'm going to show you
some pictures, okay?

And if you see the
person who you were with,

just point him out
to me, all right?

Is that him?

Okay.

How about this man? Is that him?

And this man?

How about this man?

All right.

And this man?

Okay.

Was it this man?

Was this man the bad man?

Okay, very good,
Michael. Thank you.

He I.D.'d your suspect twice.

But I'm afraid the
rest of my observations

aren't going to help you.

- Why not?
- Woman: My expert testimony?

I can't say that that child

reacted to the
picture of an assailant.

What do you mean? I thought
you said he picked peroni.

Woman: The words were there.

But children that go
through that kind of trauma,

they react in two ways, either
very withdrawn or very reactive.

Michael harrington? I
can't say he was either.

- Is it enough?
- It'll have to be.

I mean, we can't
force Michael to talk.

And even if we
did, he's so young

- it might not help our case.
- Eddie: Yeah,

especially if he's wrong
and it wasn't peroni.

- What are you talking about?
- Well, you heard the woman.

Michael wasn't even
scared of those pictures.

So what?

What, now you believe this crock

about that creep
peroni being set up?

I'm just saying if harrington
won't let her son talk,

maybe it's because she's
got something to hide.

- Somethin' like what?
- Before this,

she's behind ten
points in the polls.

And then, boom, her son gets
kidnapped and she's ahead?

Ms. Reynolds, will you
excuse us a moment, please?

Cooper: Detective, even
if I bought your theory,

which I don't, there is no way

we can go after
Rita harrington now.

So it doesn't matter
to the department

that she isn't cooperating?

Or are we just scared
to call our candidate out?

No, what matters
to the department

is that we close the case.

So unless you have a
problem with catching a bad guy

and finding a little kid,

we're going to accept
the commendation

that the chief wants to give us.

Is that all right with you?

Am I talkin' to myself?

'Cause this doesn't
make any sense.

Ed, the case is closed.

And what you said about
Rita harrington, you're wrong.

Well, if this case is closed,
then I got one question.

If peroni was locked up,

who dropped Michael
off at the hospital?

What makes you think
somebody dropped him off?

Come on, j.C.,
like a two-year-old

is gonna wander
himself in there?

So next, you're gonna tell
me the doctor did it, right?

No. But for all we know,

he could be some
kind of witness.

Look, I know how you feel
about what harrington is doing.

But if it was anyone
else besides her,

you wouldn't even sweat this.

Doctor: All I remember is, I was
heading to the E.R. around 10:30.

I looked up at
the east entrance,

- and there he was.
- Was anyone with him,

- around him, anything like that?
- I definitely didn't see anyone.

- Doc...
- doctor: Maybe the cameras did.

- J.c.: You've got cameras?
- Video surveillance.

Videos, baby. Proof.

Yo, big man, you sure
this is the right tape?


east entrance.

Yeah, man. Yeah.

Man, he is large.

Eddie: Yeah, like you
still fit into your blues?

Yo, I ain't gained no weight since
I left the academy, my brother.

- Eddie: Ohh. You fish stick.
- J .c.: That's bulk.

- Like all that's bulk, right, baby?
- That's right.

- That's muscle?
- Man, your chicken chest.

Cuchi, frito, orozco, pollo,
eating masca, drinking...

Eddie: Wait, no,
no, pause it, pause it.

Yo, tiny, give me
the remote contr...

He's so...

- Check that out.
- Damn.

Eddie: You think
it's the same guy

that walked Michael
out of the park?

J.c.: Well, it's
the same outfit.

But you know it's not peroni.

Well, if he was set
up, then who planted

that stuffed animal
at his old apartment?

Him?

The super said it was a
guy driving an old Jaguar.

Yeah.

Yeah, ricciarelli.

Remember that dmv
list I told you to file?

The Jaguar xk-e's, you
say there's 12 registered?

He said it was an old one.

All right, give me
the earliest models.

[Dramatic music playing]

Eddie: Damn,

don't you ladies need
something from the store today?

No, man, that could be the
mother of my children right there.

J.c.: Come on. Come on.

[Knocks on door]

Hi.

I'm looking for the owner
of a 1964 Jaguar xk-e.

Did something happen to my car?

No, but we've got a witness
that saw a car like yours

outside a crime
scene two days ago.

Couldn't have been mine.

I've been in London
for the past month.

Well, could somebody
else have access to it

- or been driving it?
- Gaines: Patricia, hurry up.

- Rita's waiting.
- Oh, gaines.

Keep the girl!

[Upbeat music playing]

[Dog barking]

I'll be back.

Yo, ricciarelli.

Loo come back from the
commendation ceremony yet?

- Ricciarelli: Any minute.
- J.C.: What about that apb?

I sent it out. Tri-state
and all the airports.

Cooper: An apb
on who, detectives?

On Rita harrington's
campaign manager.

Cooper: Would either one
of you care to explain to me

what the hell is goin' on here?

Uh, while you were out
getting your nice little award,

we were doing some
crafty detective work.

Oh, let me guess. On
the harrington case?

Well, there was some videotape
at the hospital Michael was at.

When we followed
up on the trail,

it led to Jerry gaines.

Did you speak to him about this?

J.c.: No, 'cause he
was busy escaping.

But we searched his
apartment, and it seems like him

and his girlfriend were the ones
holding Michael for his mother.

Are you trying to
tell me that you think

that harrington set
this whole thing up?

We got witnesses
that saw her go inside

the two days Michael was there.

And we got these.

Looks like somebody
was tutoring the kid

on how to pick
peroni out of a line-up.

You are crazy if you think

that harrington set this
up to win an election.

Get outta here.

J.c.: We don't want
to believe this, either.

But think about it, if it
wasn't for this kidnapping,

harrington would have
never caught up to Reeves.

Oh, brother.

I just heard on the radio,

she's preparing her
acceptance speech.

It's not too late, loo.
We get a confession,

that's the only vote
we need against her.

Spokesman: We've just
received a call from Earl Reeves

conceding the election!

Please welcome our
new city council member,

Rita harrington!

[Cheers and applause]

Thank you.

We tried talking to
your campaign manager

this afternoon, Ms. Harrington.

Harrington: Really? About what?

J.c.: About your
son's abduction.

Now, we found out
that he and his girlfriend

were hiding him for you.

[Laughs]

Oh, my god, that's crazy.

How could you accuse
me of something like that?

Because it's the truth.

We're tracking
gaines down right now.

I can't believe this.

I would have to
be out of my mind

- to risk something like that.
- You must have known

Michael's testimony
wouldn't stand.

And even if you admit
you knew where he was,

what's the most we could
charge you with, huh?

- Filing a false police report?
- Actually, no.

That's all you could
charge nena with.

J.c.: I thought you
were on our side.

Now you're gonna stand
there and try to play us

like we're stupid?

You think I'm playing you?

- Prove it.
- Eddie: Yeah?

All right.

That was detective Chang.

They picked up
gaines at the airport.

They want to make a deal.

He's gonna turn you in.

He doesn't have a
thing to say against me.

Nothing, huh? Except the fact

that you used your own child
to help you win an election.

That's all any
jury needs to hear.

Why don't you
just give it up, Rita?

This is not fair to Michael.

I see a man in court who stabs
a sixty-five-year-old woman

in the chest for
a bag of tin cans.

And when he walks out
of jail on a technicality,

you know what he
did? He sued the cop

that tried to pull him off
that woman, and he won.

You gonna try and tell
us that's why you did this?

We are losing this
city, and there is no way

that I was going
to let Earl Reeves

keep pulling us down.

And send an innocent
man to prison?

Peroni isn't innocent.
You know that.

And if it wasn't really
Michael, sooner or later

it would have been
somebody's baby.

You can't arrest me, detective.

We're on the same side.

Not anymore.

[Applause]

[Dramatic music playing]

J.c.: Throw your rocks.

So, listen, after
I take you home,

I'm going to help you
with your homework.

Then I have to leave, all right?

G: Does that mean that you're
not gonna spend time with mom?

[Sighs] No.

G, I know what
you saw last night,

and I know what I told
you about two people

being together like that.
But after you walked in,

your mother and
I started talking,

and we realized that
we were mixing up

how much we love
you for lovin' each other.

So that means that you're
not going to try to get married?

No.

But I promise you,

I will always be your father,

and she will always
be your mother.

Do I have to tell my
teacher the truth?

Well, you know you do.

And you can do that
when you're ready.

I think I'll wait.

Maybe when I tell her the
truth, it'll hurt her feelings.

[Laughs]

Now, that's how you skip a rock.

You see that? Three
skips, my man...

♪ Oh, I'm with you ♪

♪ more I got my eyes on you ♪

♪ this mystery is
thrilling [indistinct] ♪

♪ I'm not sure just what to do ♪

♪ oh, oh, oh, this is
all [Indistinct] yeah ♪

♪ it is [indistinct] on me ♪

♪ touch it gently ♪

Eddie: Wait, wait.

Where is my centerfold cop, huh?

Where's sergeant wosinsky?

We had a side bet
on last week's pool.

I won.

So does that mean, we're
buyin' you dinner instead?

It serves you right for
bettin' against my giants.

- Can I have some wine?
- Yeah.

So, you talk to the D.A.?

They're filing
against harrington.

Eddie: Well, what about peroni?

Cooper: A slap on the
wrist for resisting arrest.

Everything else,
he's walking on.

That b*stard's on the street?

- That's foul, loo.
- Word.

- Just like harrington said.
- We'll get him.

But he was innocent this time.

That's a lot more
than I can say for her.

Yeah.

Singer: ♪ tell me what you
gonna do in my [indistinct] ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm [indistinct] ♪

♪ Tell me what you
gonna do? Oh, yeah ♪

[Dramatic music playing]