04x23 - Lady in the Squadroom

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Oh, it's you.

What are you doing?

I didn't say anything, I swear!

You had to.
You were with him too often.

Ah!

Don't

you check under the nails.

I want a swab.

Inventory of personal belongings.

We want to be sure that nobody was after
anything special.

Come on, Joe.

Just because a girl is lying on the ground...
doesn't mean r*pe was the only motive.

Well, how about for starters?

Ah, Captain!

How is she?

She worked her over pretty well.

What brings you down here on this frigid
morning, Captain?

I heard you pick up the call on the car
radio.

You came down to check?

How nice.

What do you think it was?

Just like the others.

Nurses, night.

Hospital close by, he found a fertile
field.

Back to the same place adds to his
excitement.

There's no way we can cover this place...

with all its entrances and underground
tunnels.

It's a fortification.

I think he's an employee.

At least that's what I'm working on.

Well, the other girls weren't beaten up.

The other girls were r*ped.

Isn't that a beating too?

Detective Long?

Excuse me, Captain.

No time to chat.

Long?

No.

You convinced me.

You know this r*pe scene better than
anyone in the area.

You just convinced me again.

You know the MOs.
You know the patterns.

You know the way these guys think.

You know how their victims should be
handled.

Captain, you run a homicide unit.

I am not into that scene.

Long, suppose Kojak wasn't there.

But he is.

And you are.

And you're into death.

And what I'm into in the sex crime unit,
I can understand.

I know why I'm working there.

Downtown wants a woman in homicide.

It came up you.

Captain, I will not work with that Greek
bowling ball.

There.

Long, one word of warning.

Our coffee is one step ahead of suicide.

You're kidding.

You told the commissioner you'd take all
the help you could get...

and from any place you could get it.

He never listened to me before.

Why should he start now?

Theo, she knows her business and she knows
this case.

Frank, it won't work.

Try.

There's a personality conflict here.

And you know what the rule book says about
that?

Lieutenant Kojak, Detective Long.

Detective Long.

Have I put on my jacket?

And, uh... Do you
mind if I smoke?

And, uh... Look, Joe, I thought
you didn't want any part of me.

Is it too soon to request a transfer?

I'll see you guys.

All right, all right.
No, that's all right.

I don't want to smoke.

And, uh, yes, I do like my coffee black.

And, okay, if you and I want a double
date...

with a couple of broads after work,
I'm game.

All right, now, that ends the lady and
men's work jokes, right?

Oh, stop, Russ.

We got a new member of the team,
Kojak.

So I noticed.

And I'm just delighted.

Just think, from now on, we'll have to
keep our pants pressed...

and watch our language around the squadron
from now on.

Well, that just wouldn't hurt.

Okay, all right, be right over.

Come on, let's go.

Couldn't you just leave me with my normal
garden variety degenerates?

You'll be right at home over here at
Manhattan South.

You see, some of our leading degenerates
are right here on the squad.

Hmm, including me.

Let's go.

What are you trying to do, jackpot me,
man?

People around know you.
They know you're around here.

Okay, okay, so unpopular.

Look, I need some extras, okay?

Hey, man, that hand looks a little
infected, you know?

Don't worry about it.
It'll heal.

What do you say?

Look, I got about an eighth of a kilo of
coke coming, and I need to cut.

You know, Ringer, this is getting to be
more trouble than it's worth.

Okay, okay.

Look, Flarrety, how'd you like to make
some real bread?

Why don't you score me some of that
pharmaceutical coke?

You know, Mark, quick flick.

I'll lay $500 an ounce on you,
baby.

That's a quick score for both of us.

How's the sound?



Well, there you go.

Now, you're a businessman.

Hey, Ringer, better have someone look
after that scratch.

Skin looks inflamed.

Did you put a guard on it?

No, I didn't.

Lieutenant Kojak?

Yeah, Seymour.

Lesley's a friend of mine.

Really?
How good a friend.

Well, we dated for a while and we broke it
off.

Nothing heavy.

I'm thinking of starting it up again.

Cops and nurses.

It's what you call an easy pair.

You know, go together like cops and
robbers.

You know, Detective Long?

Seen her around.

Talked to the girl?

I tried to, but they said no... until a
special police person came along.

It's easier for a woman to talk to a
woman.

How would you know?

You ever work the street?

Take it easy, Seymour.

I'm in the same job you are.

Yeah, I know.

Same payday.

Except you get more in your check than I
do.

Is that all, Lieutenant?

Tell him to check with Bellevue.

Sorry to keep you waiting, Lieutenant,
but it's a bit of a rush.

I thought you'd want to talk to the chief
of security rather than to me.

Well, he's got a nice gray uniform...

and a very pleasant personality,
but I want to talk to you, Doctor.

You sound upset.

Yes, how many women were grabbed...
on their way home from the hospital?

Police got the reports.

I'm asking you how many happened.

I told you, sir.

Look at your records.

Doctor, would you like me to walk up and
down these halls...

asking people how many assaults took
place...

from this hospital that were not reported?

You want that kind of advertising?

Six.

Six?

That you know of or six that were not
reported?

Do you realize how difficult it
is... to staff a public hospital?

Nobody wants to work the late shifts as it
is.

All this sordid business be known...
we'd be operating a parking lot here.

We're doing our best.

Bernard, I want your complete list of
assaults...

and I want Nurse Smith's personal folder.

I told you, I am doing my best.

Wonderful.

Would you like to go inside there...
and whisper to the girl in the coma?

She might hear you.

The record room is next to my office.

Leslie Smith.

Straight kid from Terrytown.

Lived alone.

Single.

Yeah, how do you know she lived alone?

I checked.

I also checked out her love life.

Officer Seymour was it for a while.

After they split up, she dated here and
there.

There was one guy...

average height, dark hair, very different
features.

Apparently she didn't bother to introduce
him...

when she was seen with him from time to
time.

Who said you don't belong in a homicide?

Hey, Lieutenant.

The first and final statement.

I did not choose to be here.

I don't like this.

I don't want to be an experiment.

I don't want to be a crusader.

I just want to do the job I like and go
home.

And this is not it.

And I know how great it looks in print.

Barriers broken.

Police person stands side by side...

with department's number one macho cop,
Theo Kojak.

But I mean, why do you think that they put
us together?

Because we make a great dance team?

Can you do this act underwater?

All right, how's this?

I'll stay on this case because it's an
apparent r*pe.

But when it's over, I'm gone.

Well, how's this?

Until I can arrange you out of here,
you stay here and do your job.

Do you understand?

You told me what you feel about dedication,
I told you what I feel about you.

Now, that's a shorter speech, but it's
clear, isn't it?

Yes.

Yeah.

It's no longer a r*pe case.

The kid is dead.

Oh, Ms. Long, welcome.

We hope you enjoyed the ride down.

The chauffeur is a little funny behind the
wheel.

But he's really all right, you know.

He's not the best driver in the world,
but he's honest.

Keeps the car clean, as you can see,
and dresses neatly.

For an encore, you can canvas every
building on this block...

and the two around the corner.

He's really got a mean streak in him.

Once you get to know him, you'll see how
mean he can be.

They do that all the time?

Almost always.

Dead bodies lying around and they go into
a comedy routine?

You know who we're gonna find when we go
into this building?

No.

Neither do they.

Could be a k*ller with a .357 Magnum...

a body chopped up into pieces.

You better get your laughs whenever you
can.

I got things to do.

Yeah?
Would you believe me, too?

How long have you been living here?

About a year and a half.

Nice labels.

I can afford them and I make more than the
nurse does.

How long are you people gonna be?

I don't know.
They're nice b*tches.

Amphetamines, nitrates, uppers,
downers, supers.

A chick must have rattled for breakfast.

Did she get many visitors?

You know, men, women, whatever?

I don't know.
You know, I didn't pay any attention.

This is an apartment house, not a rooming
house, you know?

Yeah.

Any friends in the building?

Five B on the fourth floor.

Campbell.

Five B on the fourth floor?

I didn't build the house, lady.

I just keep it clean.

You stick around here.
I'll go talk to Five B.

She ain't home.

She's a nice two at the same hospital.

Her hours are from eight to six, but she
sometimes goes shopping first, you know?

I thought you didn't know anything about
your tenants.

This one here, she's got some great body.

You know what I mean?

I know what he means.

You know?

Mm-hmm.

I'd better go with you.

Don't worry.
He's my pigeon.

Just as long as he delivers.

I told you, DeBrieno, he's my pigeon,
okay?

Four ounces of Manitou.

Manitou?
What about the Merc?

I got deliveries tonight.

Hey, you want me to take a look at that
hen?

Talk to me about the Merc.

Those fingers are gonna get inflamed.

Look, you wanna operate?

You're gonna operate after we complete the
deal, okay?

The Merc's here, but I think we gotta talk
about it some more.

Talk? What do you mean, talk?
We already talked.

Hey, listen, let me get some penicillin
for that hen.

Hey.

You trying to stall me?

I think the Merc's worth another hundred
ounce.

You bum.

I don't like being shook down.

I don't like talking to a guy who's got
scratches on his hands.

The same day the nurse has been worked
over.

The same nurse that he gets his stuff
from.

I mean, that could happen to me,
you know?

When can I expect delivery?

Later, later.

Hey, smile.

Like you said, it's business.

But, Lieutenant, the camel girl's off for
two days.

She's up playing Snow Bunny up in the
caskets.

Now, I wouldn't mind going up there after
her.

Oh, yeah?
Why don't you take the coffee?

I had a petty cash.

When's she coming back?

Tomorrow.

Well, you are a couple.

Could have been me.

Well, I could have had pneumonia,
but I fought it off, too.

Oh.

Let me get that for you.

May I suggest a black skirt with soil on
it?

Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy
over there...

when you finish with your comedy routine.

I've got nothing more to say than that
the, uh, M.E.

report shows... that the
Smith girl was not r*ped.

Fits the pattern of the others.

Nurse, physical force, and after midnight.

Yes, but we don't know how far he intended
to go.

No, we don't.

We can't ask her.

Uh, hey, Long, be respectful.

Maybe the guy remembered he had another
date.

The girl is dead.

She's beaten to death, and you're gonna
joke.

I think I'll go get some coffee.

I'll buy.

It's Mike's turn.

Uh, Crocker, hold it.

Now, look, I want you to run down your
leads on the r*pe pattern, okay?

Make sure you talk to that cop Seymour
about those drugs she had...

and, uh, you help her with her.

Uh, Lieutenant.

Uh, look, I said give it a couple of
days... to see if it's gone somewhere.

You catch up with the Campbell girl,
too, okay?

Now, clear the office.

Uh, Long.

Hold on.

Wanna close the door?

That's where it's at, Detective Long.

When Crocker's record is better than mine...
then he can gripe about working with me.

Hey, look, he's not knocking your ability.

All he's saying is that he's gotta go out
into the street...

and maybe he has to arm wrestle with
somebody.

And he wants to make sure that his other
arm is in total sync.

Well, I don't belong in professional
football either.

Why don't you throw that one in?

I hear you pretty good.
Take it or pass.

Hey, Long.

What?

Be careful, okay?

I think we're into something very,
very heavy.

Why here?

I didn't feel like walking around with ten
ounces of coke in my pocket.

What is this?
It's kind of filling.

It's for your hand.

Look, it was always part of our deal that
you're supposed to walk the stuff out.

I don't like any change.

Listen, I'm gonna get you some water.

I'll take it later, okay?

Yeah, listen, that ringer was talking to
some friends of mine...

and they said the street price of pure
America is 2,000 an ounce.

Where's the stuff, huh?
True?

What difference does it make, huh?

You got your money out front, no risk to
you, no problem.

You could empty this hospital out before
the dum-dums would know if...

Yeah, but the difference between 2,000 and


Look, I got to finish this deal,
okay?

I'm committed, and I got people waiting.



You made a price on deliver.

Deliver!

What's it look like to you?

Old stuff.

Three, four days, maybe.

Okay.

Check for the heck of it.

Check his blood type...

because the sample's taken one of the skin
of the Smith homicide.

You pulling the long shots now?

If you can think of anything better,
would you let me know?

Don't tell me you have to work these
hours.

I have to work these hours, too,
and we're both on the city payroll.

So what do you want me to do?

I'm gonna have to... I'm
giving you what you want, right?

So let me write.

Okay, okay.

Now, you just keep checking the stuff and
keep calling, okay?

And tomorrow we'll have a party.

We've mentioned everything but band-A*DS
and toilet paper.

Nothing's missing.

Plenty is missing.

Morphine, among other things.

Oh, really?
How much?

Enough to blow this island's mind.

Any ideas?

Who knows?

One floor borrows from the other.

Nurses forget to file the slips.

A lot of patients' charts show that they
receive the shots.

Sometimes you go check the patients.

Some are gone, some are dead.

Some don't count the checks since shots
they get or don't get.

You sound tired.

Are you kidding?

Four hours in here with a dust of decades.

And I had plans to do the town.

And on top of that, the fellas here are
into...

What will the Equal Rights Amendment do
the quality of public toilets?

Now, is there anything that you might like
to add?

Yes.

Call Bernard at the hospital and tell him
I want to see him, okay?

Lieutenant, he's not like us.

He sleeps at night.

Do you know what time it is?

Crocker, your partner here is tired.

Why don't you go home, all of you?

I mean, get a lot of sleep.

Now, Crocker, you and
Long, go to the Campbell

girl the first thing in
the morning, okay?

It's the first thing in the morning now.

Oh, good.

Then you won't have to wake her up if
she's home.

Oh!

And I don't appreciate the bodying,
unless you understand the grunts and the

groans, the grimaces every time I tell you
to do something.

Now, Lieutenant,

would you please listen to me?

Your romances may wait for you to remember
them, but I don't intend to live that way.

And just because I'm a woman
on the job, don't assume that

I am even more dedicated
than you are, because I am not.

Don't say a word, you chauvinist pig,
because you and I, we're not equal.

I wanted to tell her was that the line was
busy.

I got home after midnight from the
Catskills, and I found your note in the

door, but the body and mind were worn
down.

Skiing can really wipe you out.

Are you any good on the slopes?

Oh, I don't even know how to pair skis.

Yeah?

I go in for the action.

Is it good?

I can always get better.

Did Leslie Smith ever join you?

No, we worked at the same hospital,
but we did our own thing.

Like ripping off drugs from the
pharmacies?

A minute ago, I liked you.

I saw the chance for the start of
something meaningful.

I'm just trying to get off on the right
foot.

Tell me what you get off on.

You want to see my arms?

Look, honey, I used to be a nurse myself,
and every once in a while we used to walk

around giggling at the walls for no
reason.

Okay, so a few of us pop a pill just to
keep it together when we get home.

And maybe you pick up a few extras?

You should be so lucky.

Everybody knows you can sell them.

Now, where do you sell yours?

You're as bad as he is.

Only at poker, which we're not playing
now.

So tell us who you deal with.

Look, maybe Leslie, not me.

A few of the nurses do that sort of thing.

So do a few cops.

Maybe I should start up a meaningful
relationship with one of them.

Try the restaurant near the hospital.

That's all I know.

Good.

You can buy me coffee.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You were never a nurse.

Well, she talked, didn't she?

You two believe the rumors about on-the
-job sex between cops?

Of course they're inventory losses.

They're always inventory losses.

Look at the size of this facility.

Pharmacies everywhere.

Satellites of staff members authorized to
withdraw everything from straws to heroin.

Doctor, there are enough drugs missing to
whack out all of Brooklyn.

Now, don't ask me why that's your problem.

My problem is the fact that 46 ounces of
cocaine, that's almost three pounds,

missing over the last four months.

I'm sure we can come to some logical
conclusion that isn't earth-shattering.

Well, you're looking for a save-your-job
conclusion.

I'm just interested in a dope peddler who
k*lled the girl that was supplying him.

What can I do to help?

Well, I don't know yet.

It's nice to know that you're available.

It warms my tired old heart, doctor.

We stopped off at the lab.

The skin samples from Flarrety did not
match the Smith girl.

Now, what about Campbell?

She gave us a tip on the restaurant across
from the hospital, but she didn't tell us

anything that we already didn't know that
some nurses do it.

Smith did it a lot.

Now, you forget about
the r*pe leads and just

concentrate on the
drug rip-offs, all right?

In the meantime, I'll call
downtown, get you your old

unit back, and you
concentrate on the r*pes, okay?

Now, see if you can't score a room in that
ten-minute course away from the restaurant.

Am I, uh, through here?

You were great.
Thanks a lot.

You really were.

I told them.

I want to set up a
plant on that restaurant,

because I think that's
the center of things.

In the meantime, I'll
call McNeil, and I'll see if

I can't get the manpower to
keep that room full. Go ahead.

Uh, I'm dumped, right?

Joe, he's k*lled twice.

So?
I'll wear old clothes.

I won't look so good, but that's your
loss.

I thought you wanted out.

I do.

The sooner the better, but I'm into this
now.

I mean, I'm tuned to it.

And there are women involved.

No offense meant, but, uh, they can con
you or they can't con me.

And, uh, look, if this plea doesn't work,
well, then I'll just apologize for the

hassling, and I'll ask to stay,
okay?

You proved you can handle homicide.

Oh, so I question a nervous nurse?

Hey, listen, I want this guy.

I mean, I want to be there
when you put him down

for what he did to that
poor misguided girl.

And I want to know that I didn't
run from this... Who said run?

Come on.

Okay, Coochie Coo, you catch up with
Crocker, all right?

And use your talents to charm the
landlord.

In the meantime, we'll talk about the rest
later.

All right.

Thanks.

Yes, sure.

How's it going?

How's it going?

She's gonna k*ll herself.

She's gone from blind indifference to
blind eagerness.

I know what you mean.

But I'd cry just as hard if any one of my
other men took a b*llet.

I'm sorry, Theo, but now
that she wants to stay, I've

got no reason to pull her
unless you give me one.

What can I tell you, Frank?

You think she'd make a lousy housewife if
she apparently doesn't want to be a hooker?

So, uh, I don't think she knows what she
wants.

You're beginning to sound like your man.

She's a cop.

Let her be a cop.

Yeah, blind chauvinist pig.

And because I became
a cop, it was automatically

assumed that I was
fighting the woman's w*r.

You know, running around, gung hoes,
screaming, let me at those chauvinist pigs.

But if all I want to do is a day's work
and a job I like, then I automatically get

a reputation as a traitor to the women of
the world.

I mean, it's all a bunch of bulls.

Yeah?

So why'd you ask to stay on?

You think I did it because all eyes are on
me, right?

I'll tell you what, for whatever reason,
don't try and be a hero, all right?

I could get shot in the back.

Bobby, I did not choose to run.

I'm not one of the guys.

I'm not gung h*.
I'm me.

Well, uh, don't ask me what that is.

I'm not sure yet.

But listen, just don't worry.

Listen, did we come here to play cards or
apologize?

Joe, come here quick.

Uh, that guy with the hair looks nervous.

I've seen him before.

Girl never forgets a pretty face.

Mm -hmm.

All right, so, wake up, okay?

Once you go down to narcotics,
start pulling photographs.

You two, you go along and keep them from
napping.

They're both of you, see?
You can ID this guy.

If the answer is yes, I want
you to pull his prints and

try to match them up with
the prints from the drugstore.

Make it up to a foreign call star so I can
get down here also.

Okay.

Have the winnings, will you?

Oh.

Who's passed this?

It's mine.

You cheat better than I do.

This guy looks impatient.

What do we do if he stops feeding his face
and decides to take off?

Then you grab him.

But let's hope he eats slow.

I'll be downstairs covering him.

You enjoy your stay here, okay?

Oh, look.

Now that you've developed
this respect and admiration

for each other, there'll
be no hanky -panky.

Mm-hmm.

What's with you and the lieutenant?

We have a disagreement.

He's getting up.

Yeah.

You just got a phone call.

Oh, he's our man.

The prints match, and he's got a drug
sheet.

What's that army I asked for?

It hit the fan at the office.

There are homicides all over the place.

Stavros will join up as soon as he slides
through pre-arrayment.

You got me.

You could have brought coffee.

Makes your hair fall out.

Plan to divorce.

Go ahead, Joe.

Oh.
Now it's Joe.

He's talking to a big guy at the table.

The Crocker thinks he knows the guy.

It looks like a meat.

All right, stay cool, Joe.

It'll fall into place.

What do you want me to call it,
Julius?

You got the flu?

Or you got a social disease?

You got the green?

It's a bye.

Okay.

Let's go.

Wait.

Relax.

Where's the stuff?

It's in an alley.

I got a scale in the car.

Look, I can't stand around while you
investigate.

I want to weigh it and I want to taste it.

Fair enough.

Tell them this is it.

They're leaving together.

Drop the plan and take it on foot.

Cover them from the downtown side.

We'll cover uptown.

Let them get the stash before you move.

You heard the lady.

Now get up against the wall.

It's all right.

I was calling my haberdasher.

I was ordering a black tie.

I thought you were dead.

Not that I didn't try.

Well, everybody blows a collar every now
and then.

You have your report?

Yeah.

Well, I mean, I blew it.

I had a shot and I just couldn't do it.

Hey, Joe.

It was that easy for you to k*ll.

We wouldn't want you on a job.

You know that...

they wouldn't even look at me when I came
in.

Well, at work and I just washed it down
the drain.

Mm-hmm.

Here.
- No, thanks.

Well, we got the salesman's customer.

Maybe he'll cooperate.

And you say you saw that big scratch on
his hand.

Right, I did.

Well, do you think he k*lled the nurse or
are you just hoping?

No.

It's the way I see it.

Okay.

No pleasure, all right.

And I want you to follow through on your
leads and, uh, like that.

How

do I handle out there?

The guys?

Live with it.

How?

Do I smile and serve coffee?

Uh-uh.

I'll take mine hot.

Let's face it.

I... I don't belong here.

I don't... What the hell am I trying for?

I don't know you said that before.

No, I mean on the job, the cop.

Well, since you saw fit to invade my
boudoir...

You listen to me, police person,
okay?

There's Stavros.

He's fat and he's slow and he couldn't run
the 100-yard dash in 12 minutes flat.

And then there's Crocker, like a panther,
right?

Young and he's fast and he cares an awful
lot and he's got a hot head.

And then there's Saperstein,
who believes in an awful lot

of people and he gets
disappointed an awful lot of times.

And Rizzo, what can you say about him?

He's in there hanging by his fingernails.

Now, you want me to go through the whole
last thing?

No.

I should give you a shower.

Look, I can't see.

Listen, um, here.

You have a minute?

You got a minute, you got a minute.

Wait till I can see.

I blew a marriage and at least a dozen
possibilities because of this job.

And maybe I feel that the job owes me,
but I still want to go to the finish on

this case, okay?

And after that, I don't know.

Hey, Long, you didn't
want to come down to

Manhattan South and I
got news for you, baby.

I didn't want you, okay?

But because of departmental
politics, public opinion,

whatever, they thought
we'd be good for each other.

You know, good public relations.

But I get the feeling that you're trying
to prove something.

And that's one way to get yourself k*lled.

Now, I've applied for you to be
transferred out of here.

And until that happens, I
want you to use that lovely

body of yours just to follow
leads and keep a low profile.

Comprende?

Comprende.

Captain McNeil, a clock and a half to
Bruno in the interrogation room.

Better get in there.

This is for her.

A little band-aid, some eyedrops,
and maybe you'll be as good as her.

Still fairy tale time.

Looked like a stick-up to me, I swear.

I was just holding a lot of bread,
so I just took off running.

What about the guy in the alley with you?

What did he think she was?

He was gonna sell me a watch.

$15,000 watch?

I don't like to get caught short of cash.

Oh, really?

Now, look, you got four previous arrests,
three for drugs.

We know you've had two previous meetings
with that salesman.

As a matter of fact, we have one on film.

Did you know that?

Detective Long, why don't you tell Mr.
DeBrieno what you have on the k*ller?

I want to know how tight the case is
against the slime he's been dealing with.

Oh, well, it's cut and dried.

I mean, his prints at the scene.

There's a description.

We know she tore his hand up because his
skin is under her nails.

I was ringing who hit her!

I wasn't there!

I don't even know her!

Ring it.

I dread to think it was the two of you.

I'm afraid!

Now, look, you're garbage, but lucky
garbage.

And we want to ring her.

Now, sit down.

I told you I don't know you.

If I don't know a guy who got away,
you can't touch me.

We also have a bill, Jumper Warren,
tucked up in your folder here.

It has dust on it.

But you must owe some time on it,
don't you think?

That's an old misdemeanor.

It won't hold up.

It'll hold up if we press it.

And we'll shake the files.

Who knows what we'll find.

Are you here?

Are you there?

You two are like bookends.

You squeeze me from both sides.

Then deal!

Ringer has an insider at the hospital.

He comes up with good loads from time to
time.

Flarrety?

I try to reach him, but he only deals
directly through Ringer.

I was just a customer.

Ringer has something on him.

What about a nurse named Leslie Smith?

Ringer was hung up on her for a while.

Then she started hitting some cop and...

Ringer sweated that she might stool on
him.

He's a psycho.

He k*lled his lover because he was afraid
that she'd hang him.

If he could do that, what would he do to
some guy he was supplying...

if he thought that you could hurt him?

So I should talk, huh?

You're already in here.

Go explain to him that you weren't the
reason we grabbed him.

She's worse than you two.

Where's Ringer now?

I don't know, I swear.

Well, he's still holding all that coke.

Now, where will he go to unload it?

I guess you look for guys who can handle
that much.

Why should we look?

We got you, and you're gonna make the buy
for us.

Long handled himself well in the
interrogation.

Fair.

Leo, I talked to the deputy commissioner.

They want Long to work out in Manhattan
South.

You remember that young officer Grady was
his name?

Bright, sharp.

No, he didn't belong either.

But he tried, until he got knifed in an
alley.

Well, why do you keep her still involved?

Why don't you have her back answering the
phone in the squad room?

She has to stay through this case.

Well, I really think she could work out.

You're the boss.

Sometimes I think it only says that on
my door... just to make me feel good.

I thought they'd all be down on me.

What for?

No one got hurt but you.

Yeah, but I blew the collar after all that
work.

Listen, there are guys who'll never get
used...

to women working in the street with them.

These are the same guys that don't like
working with black cops.

But black cops manage.

What do you want?
Special treatment?

No.

Does it bother you?

Working with a different kind of cop?

I told you, I paid your dues.

You know what they call guys who are
immune to females?

Tired.

Is that it?

Relax, relax, relax.

I'll know when it happens.

God.

Mike?

Hello, Ringer.

You got away.

No, they arrested me.

I'm in the electric chair right now.

Come on, set it up.

Okay, you know that big fountain on 72nd
Street in the park...

the one with the lady with the big wings?

What kind of wings?

Look, DeBrieno, I haven't got any time for
jokes...

and I also won't have any time for
weigh -ins... where we're gonna be, okay?

Well, I guess I have to trust you.

That's it.

You

gonna pass the stuff right here?

No, no.

In the men's room up by the bandstand.

You still got the cash?

Same pocket, same amount.

Okay.

I'll go first.

You set me up!

Drop it, Ringer, freeze!

All right, hold it right there!

She's hit.

We'll be in on the finish.

Give me your hand.

You know, some women might be
able to do it... if they're okay at this.

Some police officers, you're nothing
special.

You're a five-foot cop, not a six-foot
cop.

Maybe I'd better rest.

Hold her up, Neil.

We can get you to emergency before an
ambulance gets here.

Guys have these shootouts all the time,
huh?

All the time.

Boy, I'm sure glad I'm getting out of
Manhattan South.

So are we.

You guys have no lives.

What's a life?

Hey, do me a favor, will you?

Don't call up downtown about my transfer
yet, okay?

I'll get the car.

If the sex crime unit hears about it,
I'm in trouble.

Anything you say, Detective Long.

Okay.