05x03 - Laid Off

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It's 2.20.

Money.

Move it.

It's under the seat.
- Get it.

No tricks.

Turn the motor off first.

Police!

Call the police!

We hear you've been working out on a
sidewalk since you've been let go.

Yeah, big joke.
It's terrific.

Meanwhile, I lost nine bucks when he broke
the changer.

What's the matter?
You're too good to come around and say hi?

Why?

Hey, when the city laid me off,
I was in shock.

But then I found out there's more money
out there than in here.

I can't afford to come back here.

The live one's back, right?

What are you doing?
Taking a book on a ball game tonight?

Yeah, you want to talk about the odds?
Come here.

I'll give you some good odds.

Excuse me.

Here, close the door behind me.

I hear you've been taking a book on your
life, too.

Well, the 20 bucks I stopped that bum from
taking.

It buys a lot of hamburger.

Yeah, well, I put you in for a civilian
commendation.

Thanks.

Hey, look, while I'm in the
neighborhood, Lieutenant,

let's talk about that
marker I owe you, right?

Oh, yeah.
What do you do?

Pay it all right now?

I forgot my checkbook.

Come on.

No respect for you, Lieutenant.

Hey, I owe you a lot of money for a long
time.

I didn't call you in here for a payment,
you know.

All right, okay.

Come on.
I got some prize.

Well, so have I, Murray, here.

Nobody blames you for anything.

All right.

So I'll just forget that I was the one who
talked you into joining the force.

Okay, so how bad has it been?

If you're talking to the guys out there,
you're doing pretty good, huh?

To tell you the truth, I'm doing all
right.

In fact, I've been doing like this for a
long time.

And recently, things are really coming
together for me.

I figure, oh, I don't
know, a couple of months,

I'll be able to pay you
back every dollar I owe you.

Okay.

So tell me.

I just told you.

Kenny, come on.

I mean, what?
I'm good for a touch and that's it?

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Hey, I wouldn't con you.

I'm telling you, things are good.

I drive a first-class hack at night.

Ten hours a night.

Do you know what it's like in tips alone
at night for a guy who can hustle?

Then I go to what I call my vacation job.

Can I see his funeral home?

I lie in my butt for ten hours.
I do nothing.

It's wonderful.

How many guys you know have got one good
job?

Your kid's got two.

Disturbing.

That's why I say, oh, two months,
three.

Yeah, right, three at the outside.

Then I'll be able to pay you back
everything I owe you.

Hold it.

How about your old job?

Oh, I gave up my seniority when I quit to
become a cop.

Hey, I'm going to see you in court,
right?

What kind of a slob would live in a pigsty
like this?

What kind of a slob would marry a slob who
lives in a pigsty like this?

You're late.

I know, I know.

Where's Mudball?

Oh, he's asleep, honey.
Please.

I just got him to sleep.

You know, I was passing a beauty shop
today.

The guy works only on movie stars,
but raving beauty types.

Suddenly he runs outside and he says,
aren't you Anne Murray's husband?

I gotta do her hair.

You gotta let me come up and do her hair.

But I told him, you didn't want to be
bothered.

Natural beauty needs no improvement.

I heard the newscast about the brave ex
-cop who thwarted the attempted robbery.

Thwarted?

You have a small child nearby of him using
dirty words like thwarted?

Hey, the drugist gave me this
prescription.

He said it's great stuff.

I said naturally.

It's for a lady who is great stuff.

Stop playing a clown.

We owe money to the whole world.

Don't you care?

Annie, we're gonna work our way through
it.

Louis was here.

The Shylock.

I told him to stay away.

Well, he won't.

Annie, come on.
We're gonna scare the kid.

The baby.

My God.

The baby.

What did I do to you?

What did I do to you?

A rookie cop.

Annie.

I had to have a baby.

We didn't have that baby when it fell off
the swing.

Oh, please, Annie.

We had to borrow all that money.

I wouldn't be going to a psychiatrist four
times a week.

I wouldn't be spending all that money.

I don't need to go to a psychiatrist four
times a week.

Annie, please.

You want someone to blame, you blame me.

Come on.
It was me.

It was me who figured every day the city
would take me back.

Well, I can't stand it.

I'll tell you what.

Maybe...

maybe nobody died today.

I'll go to the mortuary
and I'll go in Garcia's back

room and I'll lay on a slab
and I'll sleep for a while.

Now, I'll put a sign on me
and I'll say, do not disturb

this body because it's got
a whole lot of life in it yet.

Annie, I've got to go now.

But I'll call you, all right?

Bagger number 106-77.

People of the state of New York against
Fred Simpson.

Robbery, first degree, and possession of a
dangerous weapon.

Defendant is represented by legal aid.

You waived the reading of the charges.

You swear to the truth of this affidavit?

I do.

Your Honor, the people request a $10,000
bail.

Your Honor, that's excessive.

The defendant had a previous bail-jumping
charge.

Mr. D.A., don't plead here.

Let's leave it at $10,000.

Three days from now, gentlemen,
if the people aren't prepared to go

forward at this date, I'll release the
prisoner on parole.

Next docket is City of New York versus
Rainey.

Hey, listen, guys, I'll be seeing you,
all right?

Hey, you've blown a free lunch at the Old
English Tavern.

Ten minutes.

In that case, make it still as Manhattan
South.

Right.

Anything to save a buck, the lieutenant
should set an example, right?

Don't look.

Walk this way.

You see who he went to meet?

Oh, it's the Shylock.

Yeah, but some guys gotta get worse before
it gets better.

You're trying to fix me?

Is that what you're here for?

All my friends feel like a Shylock hanging
on my throat, huh?

Hey, I have clients in all walks of life.

Even among the police, you should know
that.

Look, I have your money for you on Friday.

Hey, Murray, we don't want to wait no
more.

I told your wife.

Stay away from her.

Listen, if the debt gets any bigger, you
could die, and what good is it gonna do us?

Rob a bank, k*ll somebody.

You understand?

Sure you do.

I didn't know numbers paid off this well.

You should have told me when I was in
uniform.

Yeah, sure.

Then you would have locked me up.

This way you thought I was a nice guy.

You like to hang around the block a lot
and talk to cops, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, Kenny, wait a second.

Listen, I, um... I mentioned
to my boys that I knew you.

And it seems that he's a friend of the
father or something like that.

What father?

Oh, the kid that you grabbed.

Anyway, they asked me to speak to you,
see what I could do.

A hundred.

I'm not walking out on any subpoena.

Okay, you got a show, you got a show.

Let's change the story a little.

Five hundred.

Look, I expect to be a cop again.

One thousand dollars.

Go ahead, beat me up, but just remember
one thing.

I didn't make you a cabbie and hawk.

They did.

Kojak and his buddies who cry all over you
then toss you a buck to feel better.

Then they turn their backs on you.

You can go.

Yeah, Louis.

He'll work.

I told you he would.

No candles.

Come on, will you? I want to ask
you about your brother-in -law, Joe.

He's still alive, still making money,
and my wife still hates him.

But her sister still loves him, and I
already asked him about a job for Murray.

He said he'd look.

You know something?

He's really hooked like a drug.

Yeah.

We did one hell of a job on him,
Frank, you know?

We really processed him, right?

We fill him with spirit, we give him the
pride, we give him that esprit de corps,

then zap!

Theo, I'll make a deal with you.

Either you k*ll yourself or I'm going to
k*ll myself.

There's no point in the two of us dying
over this.

Three, Frank.

You see his eyes?

He's broken, and we did it.

He's already half dead from overwork.

Well, he should be.

He's into the Shylocks for about 20 grand.

Theo.

If you have any idea about
going to work on those Shylocks,

I'll find me a new lieutenant
as soon as I help convict you.

Hey, Frank.

We took a good cop.

And we threw him out on his behind.

And we took away his pride.

And you know what else we took away from
him?

His medical plan.

I'll let you know how the trial comes out.

So, Mr. Murray, you're telling me that the
defendant was the perpetrator.

Mr. Murray?

Yes.

How's it going?

They're just establishing Murray at the
scene.

Was the street well lit?

No.

Louder, please.

No.

What?

Most of the street lamps were out.

Where was the perpetrator the next time
you saw him?

He was around the corner.

How did you know that it was the
defendant?

You stated that you barely saw him.

I thought it was him.

What exactly did you see of your
assailant?

He's a kid.

You want me to hang someone when I'm not
sure of it?

I'll get Simpson to the tomb's gate.

Hey, Vic, you're only going to work the
kid over, right?

I mean, he only took some money.

Ah, this isn't going to be enough.

I got an idea.

I deliver numbers to the bank from about


But traveling with the work army leaves me
open for a hit.

You understand?

What I'm trying to say is... you can
make the drop with your cab easy.

It's worth a hundred a week.

What do you say?

You listen good.

I am sick about what I did.

Now, one way or another, that kid is on
the street again.

And I did nothing, man.
Nothing.

Get out of the cab.

Sure, Kenny.

I'll call you.

Hey, so here's a couple of bucks,
so I'll pay it back, okay?

I don't like being laughed at.

Oh, you little pumpkin.

Ah!

How you doing?

Hey, look what I brought you.

I brought you some candy.

Atta boy.

Good-o.

Uncle, Mama.

Yes, okay.

Go to Mama.

Go play in your room.

Go play in your net.

We are going shopping today.

And if you're really good, I'm gonna buy
you a candy bar.

Maybe I'll buy you two candy bars.

Who can tell?

You got taken back on the force?

Now, Annie, please.

We decided that the police department
would no longer be the center of our lives.

Come on, let's go.

We can't.

You've got to go back on another job in an
hour.

Oh, to hell with my jobs.

I just want us to get out of this gone
-forsaken dungeon for once.

Come on.

The doctor said that I should take it
easy.

He's already talked to Bellevue.

He thinks that he'd like me in the
hospital for a little while.

Just so we could talk more often.

Bellevue.

It's okay.

It's okay?

What the hell is okay about my wife being
next to psychos and next to winos?

There's nothing okay about that.

Everything is her fault.

That's all she ever tells me.

Now, what is it now?

She's been talking about hurting herself.

Don't get hysterical.

It's remote.

But we shouldn't leave her alone.

Lousy charity ward.

Who said that?

You're not on welfare.

This is going to cost even Bellevue.

I'm sorry.

Now, don't you crack on us.

Yeah.

You tell him that he's got a deal.

I told you I got no influence with the
promotion review board.

Simpson.

Murray's holdup suspect.

He took a beating first.

I guess someone's trying to leave a
message.

It's too nice a day to die, even for him.

I get ballistics.

I get the ME to respond.
I want him here.

Anybody canvassing the area?

Rizzo's are not already.

Well?

Who talks to ex-patrolman Murray?

What does that mean?

It means that I know he told me what
happened.

We both know what happened.

We both know that he forgot it in the
courtroom.

Duff was in the courtroom.

Simpson's lying here dead now.

What else am I supposed to know?

Whatever it is, you're not going to find
it out hanging around here.

Come on.

Theo, is he wrong?

What kind of a question is that,
Frank?

It's like a woman asking you if she's
beautiful.

How the hell are you asking that?

But to put it another way.

Whatever happened, we can't prove it
happened.

And until we can, let's say it never
happened.

Theo, you're twisting my head around on my
neck.

Frank, look.

He's broke.

He's in trouble.

His wife is coming to part of the seams.

I mean, that punk, what's his name?

The guy who has the dry cleaning shops?

He wouldn't hire an ex-cop because he says
they're spoiled, they had it too good.

That's great public relations,
right?

Yeah, Kenny, we like the way you're
fitting in.

No beating, no mistakes.

Doesn't take brains to make a drop.

Takes corruption.

I like that.

Maybe you'd be willing to handle a couple
more things for us.

I'm not looking for any trouble.

Nobody gets excited about running numbers.

That's my speed.
That's it.

Come on, you make a delivery once in a
while.

You drive one of us somewhere.

No.

Two hundred a week, Kenny.

You'll be driving a cab days.

You won't lose that income.

Two hundred a week on top.

What cab?

I own six, add it up.

Five hundred a week.

Take off some of that Shylock heat.

Look, don't rush into anything.

Here's for the drops.

And here's two more for the first
deliveries up front.

You change your mind, I want it back.

This has got to be the hottest summer of
all hot summers.

Check that out for me.

He's starved us.

Want to take care of this loss and found
for me?

Sure!

He grabs a grenade, pulls a bit,
torpedoes!

Knock it off!

Knock it off!

Oh.

Think somebody starts pulling jokes?

You're not laughing.

You know something, you know why I became
a lieutenant?

Because I always can sense when my men are
upset.

It's called genius.

I find this out of town truck
driver pulls in over by the

loading dock to get some
sleep, only he doesn't sleep.

He sees a cab pull in with two guys
sitting in the back.

A few minutes later, the cab pulls out
with only one in the back.

Describe the cab?

He has to.

Start checking cabs.

Do you know how many cab garages around
New York, Lieutenant?

I don't want you to count them.

I don't want you to start canvassing them,
you know?

Look at their trip sheets, especially the
night of the dumping.

And you start with Manhattan.

Then we go into the other foreign
countries.

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens are like that.

Ten thousand cabs in New York.

Hey, they gave Crocker a long shot and he
delivered.

Is he better than you, Stavros?

Thanks a lot to you, paint on the neck.

I figured I owed you one.

Take a mug shot of Murray with you.

What does that mean?

Murray drives a cab, the k*ller drives a
cab, so?

So isn't that a big, fat coincidence?

All of a sudden he has
his phone bill paid, he

has a new job, and
happy days are here again.

And try this one.

Who is this, please?

This is Theo, Lieutenant Kojak,
Manhattan South.

Oh, Lieutenant, long time no see.

Yeah, well, look, the next invitation I'll
say yes, OK?

In the meantime, I just want a few words
with Kent.

Yeah, well, I missed him last night at the
Flash cab garage.

Oh, he quit that company.

Then I'll call him at Garcia's.

Oh, he's not with them anymore either.

He's with a new cab company now.

Days.

Oh, that's great, Annie.

Which one?

It's called Duet Cab.

We're very happy about it.

The pay is a lot better, too.

Lieutenant, I know I shouldn't
ask you about this, but what

do you think his chances are
of getting back on the force?

Annie, they're looking good.

Oh.

Well, uh, thank you.

Bye.

Three cabs each.

I just rent a space, check them out,
and keep them running.

Here it is.

Duet Service Corporation.

It's a six cab outfit.

I only have trip sheets on five for the
night you want.

Oh.

What happened to the sixth?

Owner took it out.

His name's Hobart.

And where is it now?

It's out.

New driver, Murray.

Be back in at seven.

Now, when that cab goes back in,
I want you to hold it.

You understand?

Hey, Lieutenant, I get my fee from a piece
of the clock.

Oh, yeah?

Now, wouldn't it be
better for you to cooperate

with the police and think
of us as your friends?

For example, you could call on me for a
favor sometime.

With all those cabs
you got parked outside,

because you don't have
any room on the inside.

Like I said, I'll be glad to help.

You see?

Well, we always knew, Duff, Hobart must
have crawled out of the woodwork.

I'll check him out through the,
uh, hack bureau.

Yeah, well, if there is a
sheet on him, there's no way

he could have got a
medallion or a cab corporation.

Well, I'll check that through
BCI Organized Crime Section,

Public Morals, and try to
get a rush job on a wet print.

Call forensics.

Get him here by 8 o'clock tonight and use
McNeil's name if you have to.

Oh, have you seen Murray Lainey?

No.

Well, be careful, because I don't think
he's a cop anymore.

Pull in next to my car.

I've got something else for you.

What's that about?

I think it's a print shop on 4th Avenue
and 12th Street.

What is it?

It's a box.
Did you see?

It's a box.

It's nothing.
Just a liver.

Think of nothing, huh?

I told him the good news, that you were
the new company.

He wanted to know the name.

Why would he be so interested?

I don't know.

Oh, what a dummy.

Do you know what?
I left the ice cream in the cab.

I'll be right back.
- But your dinner's going to get cold.

Two minutes.
I'll run both ways.

Ken.

This wouldn't have anything to do with
you.

It wouldn't have anything to do with the
money that you're bringing home.

Amy.

Please stop seeing monsters.

All right?

The ice cream's going to be melted by the
time you get back.

The tires hold the usual assortment of New
York dirt.

We find these particles of wood.

They were jammed in the differential.

Must have hit a wooden hump in the road.

That help?

Oh, yeah.

It might help, but it gives you some extra
work.

I think I need it to compare to a particle
found on the loading area.

Tonight?

Well, unless you could do it yesterday.

Oh, hello, Ken.

What are you doing?

Want to sit down?

What's going on?

Well, you see, there's a suspect you
couldn't ID.

He was k*lled, hit.

And, uh, a cab was
identified at the scene, and we

think this is the wife, and
that's what we're doing.

Oh, wait a minute.

You suspect me?

No.

What are you doing with my cab?

Lieutenant, that stuff we found is
definitely blood.

Where?

Rear seat.

I think there's enough there for us to
work with.

Were you ready to identify that suspect or
not?

Would you believe me if I told you?

You're in quicksand, and you're sinking.

That's what I believe.

I'm not a cop anymore, Lieutenant.

And I've got to earn a living.

Do you understand?

Don't I know that guy?

Yeah, you used to.

But he was somebody else.

Maybe it's nothing.

If it's nothing, why do you tell me?

Sit down, troublemaker.

What was that for?

You left that box open,
and when I moved it,

I had a carton of
caps all over the floor.

What are you talking about?

That box was sealed with tape.

That tape was broken.

Anybody else handle a box besides you?

No, I put it in the trunk of the cab
myself.

I told you, I never liked the idea of
using that ex-cop.

Maybe he did take a look.

That don't make him trouble.

He can tie us into Simpson through you,
Duff.

That's trouble.

Well, Hobart owns the luncheonette.

Simpson listed as a place of employment on
an old numbers collar.

Duff runs for Hobart.

Duff is in court when
Murray blows the ID, and

Murray ends up getting
a job driving for Hobart.

I guess you were right about Murray.

Well, I've been thinking about Murray and
those guys, even if he isn't or something.

What would I do if I had on my head what
Murray has on his?

You stay here.

I'll set up a tail on Murray, and then
I'll talk to him.

Now, whether you change your mind about
him or not, we've got to be sure,

one way or the other.

The next time you see Murray, you tell him
what you just told me, okay?

Lieutenant, I didn't say much.

You said you understand, and that's
plenty.

Hiya, is Kenny in?

He's still working.

I'm home, Mama.

Do you mind if I wave at you?

Come on in.

I'll get you something to drink.

I've been here before, haven't I?

Yes.

Yes, you were one time.

Right after Kenny passed his police review
exams.

Do you remember?

You came over, and we celebrated.

The baby looks nothing like Kenny,
thank God.

Thank you.

He never came back after that.

Well, you get up in the morning,
you make a list of people you want to see,

things you want to do, and then you go to
work, right?

You get all caught up, and before you know
it, the clock goes tick-tock and zap.

Look, when Ken borrowed that money from you,
he told you why he needed it, didn't he?

Yes.

Well, I'm coming along very well.

I am.

So you can tell me the truth.

I want to know about my husband.

All right.

You know, I think this
business about him

being laid off, I think
it's getting to him.

Kenny?

No.

My rock of Gibraltar?

You should see him.

No matter how rough it is, anytime he
comes in that door, he has a smile and a

joke and... Don't
let me kid you.

Maybe he needs you to smile or tell him a
joke once in a while.

Hey, you remember when I first met you?

You said that Kenny and I were towers of
pizza.

We lean on each other.

Like I said, maybe you should let him lean
on you once in a while.

Listen, he'll be okay.

He will.
He'll be just fine.

He's gonna get his job
on the force back soon

and then everything will
start to come together.

Suppose he doesn't get his job back?

You told me that... I'm not
saying he won't get his job back.

But how about all those days in between
before it happens?

Well, not to worry.

I mean, you're young, you're alive,
you've got a beautiful baby.

I used to hear such terrible stories about
what an ogre you were.

How you growled at your men all the time.

Well, don't blow the whistle on me.

Okay.

Hello?

Yes, he is.

Just a minute.

It's for you.

Hello.

Hey, Lieutenant, Murray just turned in his
cab.

Now Duff is there.

They talked for a while and Murray's still
in there.

All right, stay close to him.

Check!

You shouldn't have opened the car.

There were drugs.

No one said I was going to handle drugs.

A couple of pills, candy, that's all.

What else have I done?

Nothing.

You call Simpson nothing?

I swear, I don't have anything to do with
that.

About what?

Simpson stole some money from Hobart.

You go to all that trouble to get a kid
for a couple of dollars?

That's Hobart.
He's crazy.

What the hell did I do?

I let you use me to set up a hit.

And now they own me.

Get out of here.

Please, I help you out, remember?

Come on, will you?

They're worried about you.

They're going to hit me?

No, no, no.

Listen, I'll just tell them you got a little
nosey and you looked in the box, okay?

But just show up like everything is okay.

And it will all calm down.

Then you can slide out and nobody gets
hurt.

Okay?

Please!

They'll k*ll me.

Listen, uh, maybe I didn't lose all that
pride, huh?

Murray.

It is.

Good.

We're all here, then.

Look, they just gave me a drop.

Now, listen.

They hit that kid, Simpson.

Now, I don't know how you're going to pin
living me.

Murray!

Look, I'm going to Hobart's luncheonette.

If I was them, I'd do it right after that.

Murray just made a pickup from Victor.

And then he made a phone call.

To me.

He's making his drop here.

He's also running for them.

And he told me that, too.

Give me that.

Crocker.

Murray, you say you're not still a cop
first.

I don't buy it.

Come on, let's go.

They're going to sh**t me right here in
front of all these witnesses.

You see them?

They're blind.

But I could hit that lady over there,
or that kid.

You wouldn't want that.

No, not you, Kenny.

First time I saw you, I said, There's a
guy who loves his fellow man.

Now, move it.

Out the back door.

Hurry up, Murray.

Let's go.

It's taking too long.

Come on!

And as usual, stand at the parking lot,


Well, that's fine, because he's all we've
got.

You stay here, fatso, and have a diet
drink.

You got any lonesome?

Tim.

I'm clean, clean, clean.

I'm clean, I'm clean.

Clean, I'm clean.

Snow white.
So was Simpson when we found his body.

I didn't have anything to do with that.

Where's Hobart now?

He's luncheonette.

No, Hobart left there.

Had he had Murray with him?

I don't know.

Why don't you think?

Print shop.

Oh, God, he's a dead man by now.

Really, why?

I mean, he's part of the team,
he's a k*ller.

He doesn't know anything about Simpson.

It's one he doesn't have to pay for.

He's really a great guy, I swear.

Sure.

Rizzo, cover the front.

For a guy with problems, you can forget
him.

When they find you, you ain't gonna owe
nothing.

Victor, just finish it up and get him out
of here.

How's the front?

Clean.

So we do it now.

Murray, you block the front doors.

And then hit the siren.

sh**t, they're gonna get me sooner or
later.

Remember what you were taught?

Come on.

Jake, get up here.

Put him on.

Glad you remember your lessons well.

Annie?

Annie, like I said, we can't keep the
whole world out.

Who is it?

Hello, come in.

It's just in time for dinner.

No, thanks.

But can we talk?

Yeah, sure.

Annie?

I wanna hear it.

Sit down.

Well, we can't prove what happened to the
courtroom, right?

So that's something you're gonna have to
live with.

But these other
things... What else?

Your old man, Annie.

He's bananas.

He tries to put out a fire by putting
gasoline on it.

He did it for me.

Punish me.

Hey.

I don't know whether you deserve this or
not.

But you did call me.

You did tip me.

And during the altercation...

you did risk your own life to save the
life of a police officer.

And that's exactly what I'm gonna tell the
police review board, all right?

Now, when the D.A.

starts to balance the scales...

I'm sure it'll be a trade-off.

Bottom line?

Yeah.

I don't know whether you're gonna get back
on the force or not.

But I'll tell you this.

If I was in your trouble... and I had
to take care of my family like you do...

I probably would have done the same thing.

Your friends.

Okay.

They're all gonna come down to the hearing
and testify.

And they're gonna say what I just said.

Thank you.

You two gonna be all right?

I don't know.

Suddenly I'm out of jokes.

I can't do it alone, Annie.

How dinner you say?

Why not?