05x06 - Caper on a Quiet Street

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So let's go and grab him.

No, we wait for the lieutenant. That's
why he's a lieutenant. He makes decisions.

Here he is.

All right.

I drive all the way out here to play potsy?

If you look across the street about 11 o'clock...

Nice and easy. I mean, don't Look. Just...Look.

Slow.

Milly Blasky. The hooker.

And sitting to her right.

Denny Schwarz.

Well, that means the six
million's still stashed somewhere.

If you listened to me, you
wouldn't have to take those.

I won't tell nobody where that money is.

What do I have to say? Why do we have to
meet? So I can tell you what I said 100 times?

Denny, wait.

Ne waiting. I don't have to
wait. I got a job. I'm making out.

The cops are all over us. They're even pushing at me.

The deal was, I hide the money and we wait a year.

You tell Ryan not to forget.

Two guards died, one cop died,

and the money is the only thing that can tie us to it.

You fingered me!

No, I swear!

Let him run. Just don't lose him.

My heart...my heart.

You go call 911. Understand? 911.

Heart attack. I know.

Don't bother, Milly. He's dead.

But you're not.

Sure. I'm gonna be just fine.

I'm gonna move to Park Avenue
as soon as my rich aunt dies.

With your record, you got three to five
years, and only served 18 months. How come?

So you helped me out.

That's right. Me. Not Ryan. He's
a pimp and he's using you, Milly.

No, I swear he's not.

He's a good guy and he's clean
now, and he's trying to make out.

Ryan and Denny, they pulled an armoured car job.

Six million dollars and three dead.

The six mill? Still out there somewhere and

he doesn't know where. He'll k*ll you to find out.

What do you want me to do?

Help me save the lives of the people who get
in his way when he goes looking for the money.

Didn't I make that clear enough?

You watch him, wait for your chance and grab him.

You get him here, we beat it out of
him until he tells us where the money is.

Hey! We gotta do it the hard way now,
we gotta hit the whole damn building.

We should have listened to Denny and did like he said.

Like he said?

He wanted to sit this out
another year? You wanna do that?

I can't go to the john without some
cop Looking through my window.

Where are you going? Huh?

I don't know.

Maybe Bobby was right. People could get hurt.

Bobby? Hey, you stay away from
Bobby till this thing is all over with.

Or I'll break Bobby's head. You understand me?

You keep your lousy hands off Bobby.

Come on!

What did we bring this jerk
for, anyway? We don't need him.

We just blast a few walls, we're
gone. Bang, zoom, it's all over.

Right?

Come on. Don't be silly. If
you'd been in on the other

job, we'd have made it away without a shot fired.

Jesse, we were kids together.
You know how it used to be for us.

I'm 30 years old.

I've passed half of them in the slammer.

I don't wanna go back.

And I don't wanna live like this any more.

Hey, where are you going?

The electrical gear's coming in. I
wanna take a look with the expert.

Where's she been?

With the cop.

What did you tell him?

I'll do what I can to help him get you.

Look...

Relax. Everything's moving along just great.

Is it? Why did you send him to follow me?

I was working on him for you. I was getting to him.

He didn't have to die. He respected trust.

I was working on him all the
time. I told you I was getting there.

What did I say? I said protect Milly and watch him.

If he moves to hurt her, you
stop him. That's all I said to do!

I swear...

I try to do a good thing, it's
like always. It never works out.

OK.

Just start thinking of nice places to visit.

Milly, did you talk to Bobby like I asked?

Oh, Bobby's fine, Jess. Don't worry.

I said you were OK, and Bobby
said, 'Just tell him to be careful.'

Thanks.

You wanna get up? That's my desk.
Come on. I got a lot of work to do here.

You guys.

Run these through for me, won't you, Dummy?
You're so much faster at this type of thing.

Come on, Dummy. I'll put you at some other desk.

Oh, Theo.

Forensics just called on Denny Schwarz's
pad. They peeled off some good prints.

That was in his garbage in
the kitchen. Partially burned.

Blue paper.

It's a blueprint.

OK. Thanks a lot.

Hey, Lieutenant.

This guy here used to be a
bookmaker. He owes me one, you know?

It's usually the other way around.

He claims that early this
morning, three guys ripped

off a construction site, took jackhammers, drills.

Maybe to build a tennis court.

You remember the psyche Diesel
Ramero? He ordered the stuff.

Lieutenant.

Yeah?

Lieutenant, we tailed that van to
Queens, by Our Lady of Fatima church.



All right. Stay there.

Frank, I need surveillance in
Queens. Five men around the clock.

Let's see. There's my wife. She's anxious to

keep busy. My Aunt Gertrude is good at windows.

If they can't come, would you settle for two men?

I don't know what they're up to.

Well, that's a cop's job. Despite all adversity,

you forge ahead. That's how you make Captain.

Boo.



Front and back doors. One doorman.

We need five hours.

Your price is 60 grand.

I know about that goon squad
you put together. Diesel and Quinn.

Something goes sour, they
cut you loose, just like that.

One furnished apartment. I
couldn't get an appointment till four.

That's soon enough.

Hey, you think about the 60 grand.
Think of the things you can do with that.

What are we doing tied in with
a guy who's with a working girl?

She gave that up.

An ex-lush stays away from booze.

Does an ex-hooker stay away from
people? You ever look at it that way?

All I know is Denny is dead.
We haven't even started this yet.

Hey, the Mets will be great in
'78 and Joe Torre will tell the story.

Yeah, sure. Aren't you glad you're
not hanging up by your thumbs

while you wait for Joe Torre to tell the story?

You're supposed to look like a worker.

Every worker I know eats.

You seeing that?

Yeah. They're still playing cut.

Gesundheit.

Lieutenant, 310.

They just got a visitor.

Lieutenant, I'm allergic to
this paint. I keep sneezing.

Ha-choo!

That's just pneumonia. Forget it.

Ha-choo!

Gesundheit.

Big Doberman walked at usual time.

Woman living alone in 4A
takes an hour's stroll at noon.

Does the doorman take a break?

Not so far.

Buddy, for 60 grand, get your butt
out on the street right now and find out.

Two weeks out on a manslaughter
rap and we take that flake along.

Hey, it wasn't his fault.

His old lady was cheating on him,
so he cut her. But a little too much.

Deliveries. One tenant is an airline pilot.

People living in 3B are in all the time.

There's a divorced dentist in 3, on vacation.

A patrol car passes every other hour at night.

During the day, they come and go. No schedule.

All right. We hit in the afternoon.

I just said we can't clock the cops during the day.

But during the day there's less
people in the building less to control.

You think we can do it without any sh**ting?

Car just pulled up.

They're taking something out of the car.

A jackhammer.

Hey, we're on our way.

Hey, guys.

The equipment we got is unbelievable.

We'd cut through the US mint in an hour.

You know what I'm going to do with my share?

I'm gonna buy this island in Hudson's
Bay. I seen it advertised in a magazine.

And no-one is gonna live there except me and a cat.

It's that broad. It's the pig.

Hey, a hooker is a hooker.

Ryan can buy her, a cop can buy
her, anybody can buy her. Right?

Make sure nobody buys her.

Suppose Ryan says no?

Then we take care of Ryan right after the job.

Invest his share.

This is my chance at the sweet life.

And nobody, nobody, blows it and Lives.

No-one.

OK.

Wait. Just relax.

The cops. They're just waiting for the money to show.

Darling, see the sign? Help your local police.

Help them. Just help them.

You want a Lift?

You're some cop. They could be
Looking out the window. Don't you care?

Do you?

Hey, now you listen to me. I
know what you've done for me.

And I said I'd tell you as soon
as I found out about the money.

But I don't know anything.
So why are you following me?

Waiting for your pretty stories.
Did you count the money?

If I knew about that money, I'd be on
some pretty beach, drinking daiquiris,

instead of standing on this
dirty street and talking to you.

So can I go now, or are you gonna bust me again?

You can go.

And Milly, forget about the
bill, OK? The debt is paid.

No, wait. Um...

Wait a second. Um...

They uh...

They bought some gear.

And they stole some too, for building.

Drills and crowbars and things like that.

Any idea when they're gonna use it?

Not a word. I swear. But I'll
Let you know if I hear. OK?

Da Vinci, Michelangelo.

Don't step back to admire your work.

Did you hear that? Yeah.

He's probably going uptown to eat.

Yeah.

You know, I wonder how birds
make out this high all the time.

Theo, the lab just called. Got a positive
match on the prints in Denny's apartment.

Jess Hoffstetter. Served time for
armed robbery. Was a wheel man.

Jess Hoffstetter.

All these specialists and now a wheel man.

What's that? .T-E-R.

So what have we got here?

Denny Schwarz and friends.

They pull a multi-million dollar job.

They sit on it for a while.

So Denny Schwarz, he hides the money some place.

So we get onto him. The others
say, 'Hey, let's grab and run,'

but only Schwarz knows where the money is.

So they press him, he dies, so where's the money?

Are we all right here? Yeah, there's the pipeline.

There.

This is it.

Can I help you guys?

Yeah. we're from the Al Exterminator Company.

What's that?

We got a complaint from one of the tenants.

I never heard about pest problems from the management.

The management knows nothing
about this. This is from a tenant.

Hey, look. These your roaches?

Absolutely not.

Open them up and we'll see where they go home.

Uh...I guess so.

Take it easy.

OK.

A few minutes and the alarm is out.

I ordered the refrigerator because I was
told I would have it by the end of the month.

Yes, ma'am. We will deliver it in
the next couple of days. Absolutely.

Ryan, we don't need Milly to get in the
apartment. We just picked up our ticket in.

Lieutenant, we got a call.

We're looking for Jess Hoffstetter.

His parole officer came up
with a girlfriend named Bobby.

I'm looking for Jess Hoffstetter's girlfriend Bobby.

I'm Bobby. OK.

I'm Lieutenant Kojak.

Come on in. Thanks.

Nice place you got here.

Where is he?

He's with Ryan. Where?


heard. Don't hurt him, please.

No. He did that to you?

No. Diesel Ramero. He was gonna k*ll me to

keep me from telling anybody what they were up to.

You think he's still alive?

He worked me over first for kicks then saved my life.

Then my friends came along.

You want protection, Bobby?

No, I'll be OK. I'm going out of town for a while.

That's all?

I think they're going to k*ll Milly Blasky.

Diesel doesn't like her, Ryan doesn't trust her.

Find a phone.

Don't you move or I'll sh**t.

Ryan, there's been a g*nsh*t. I'm going up to look.

Stay out of there!

I'll go to the basement door. The super's off.

What, are you crazy? We're clean.

Hey, that's a Lot of bread to Lose.

Gesundheit.

I just realised something. That truck is in violation.

You can't park a vehicle on a
public street for more than 24 hours.

What are we doing out here? I'm dying over here.

Gesundheit.

Wearing a new perfume?

Eau de Cologne de turpentine.

They showed up with a jackhammer,
then what looked Like a mine detector,

and some other things, a
crowbar, a hand drill, a sabre saw.

Upstairs?

Nothing.

Must be 100 odd.

And Ryan's windows are shut.

It's Kojak. Something's wrong. Go upstairs
and bust the apartment. We'll take the van.

You want us to bust it?

Now.

One drill,

one jackhammer. One of everything.

And they stole two hammers.

Two of this and two of that.

Feeding us. They've been
feeding us things to write down.

Lieutenant, the apartment is empty.

They stuck to the plan. We've been had.

They were on to us from day one.

Hey, what kind of a job am I involved in?

Hey, will you knock it off, man?

Mr Cool, Mr $200 suits, you're falling apart.

Go ahead. Bleed to death. Who is it?

Ryan.

Hey, what kind of job did you case?

Did anybody hear?

What's the difference? The job is all falling apart.

Take these. IT'LL help.

And you relax. Cos in a couple of hours,

we're going to be lighting
our cigars with $10 bills.

We'd better be. The gear is on its way up.

Did you find her?

She is in your office. What about this?

City Planning Commission sent over 16 blueprints

that could match the piece we got
from Denny's Schwarz's garbage.

Theo, she's feeding you a Lot
of lies. You said so from the start.

Maybe she is about to get some sense.

Do you know what the odds on that are?

Detective Rizzo talking about odds.

Remember me? I saw your horses run.

oh, hi, Milly.

What's up, baby? Life still giving you a lousy time?

You seem real cool.

Well, I'm not gonna die today. A lot of
people are, but I'm not. You know why?

Because I'm here with you. That's why.

Like you said, it's a lousy life.

And what do you do to make
it better, huh? A guy like Ryan.

He loves me.

Tweedledee and Tweedledum, dum-dum.

He knew you and Denny were friends and he's using you.

Listen, let me tell you something about Ryan.

They're going after the money
now. A house on 61st Street.

He's here, Lieutenant.

Sure, I know Ryan has done some things.

But I guess you've done some things too.

I mean, he's one of those guys who knows how to love,

and make you forget things you've done in the past.

He just can't make it out in this world, that's all.

Bobby, what happened?

I'm OK, I'm OK. Diesel just wanted
to make sure that I keep quiet.

He's gonna k*ll you, Milly.

No.

Milly, Ryan is a pimp. You can cut it any
way you want to. That's what he'll always be.

You'll always be a hooker if
you let people like that use you.

You're using me.

I told you to your face I need your help.

All right.

All right. Let's go.

Yeah? I got a refrigerator here for 3B.

OK. Bring it in.

Trudy? Can't keep away from your fly boy, huh, baby?

Don't make a sound. Just come with me,

What, like this? Smile and nobody will notice.

Stay against the wall.

Trudy, what are you doing here?

She needed a dentist.

What, in your apartment, in
the middle of the afternoon?

Look, will you forget about her? Look at these

g*ns. And this building is supposed to be secure.

Well, maybe we'll get a rent reduction.

All right. You. Admiral. Yeah,
I'm putting you in charge.

You make sure they keep
in line, or your plane crashes.

Now, I want everybody to sit down.

Hello. Who are you?

All right, all right, all right.

Sit down and shut up!

Everybody Leave their hands
when I can see 'em. Everybody.

The elevator again.

Where are you gonna do with us?

We're gonna play a game.

Sit down!

Did you order a fridge?

All right. We know the six
apartments where the fire was.

Denny said he put the money in one of those.

Leave the rest alone. All right? One
wrong move, we're dead. Let's go.

Yeah, yeah. I'm right.

All I can see is green.

Sir, I'm a practising dentist,

and well, the loss of blood could
definitely affect that man's judgements.

Hey, sit down, or my
judgement's gonna get a lot worse.

Will you shut up?

Hello? This is the phone company,
ma'am. It's out of order for maintenance.

For how long? We're
working on it as fast as we can,

ma'am. Shouldn't take more than a couple of hours.

What a drag.

I'm very sorry about the inconvenience, ma'am.

Can I use Mrs Fisher's phone?
No, she's not able to call out.

Well, if you wish you can.

This stinks.

Stick it in your ear!

As soon as it hits...

the metal case,

we'll set this baby off like a firecracker.

Just tell me where there's piping and conduit.

Private island, here we come.

Hello, ma'am. The owner said you'd be back.

Is this building secure?

King Kong couldn't get in without a key.

Got any vacant apartments? 2D. It's furnished.

Sure you wanna go?

Yes. Maybe I can talk to him.

OK.

We're in 2D.

What does it look like?

Well, it's peaceful, like a graveyard.

Well, at least you're in.

Yeah, well, so are they.

Ever wish you were a kid again?

Not the scene I had.

Yeah, I do. Everything was so simple then.

Nobody ever asked you who you loved or why.

your dog, cat, friend.

We have the neighbourhood sealed off
and three ambulances around the corner.

You promised.

This building is full of innocent
people and Ryan is a k*ller.

You won't hurt him, you promise?

We won't hurt him.

I'm so scared I can't breathe.

I understand. So am I.

Hey, clothes. That's all that counts.

Good clothes.

People think you're somebody
else when you're wearing 'em.

Jackpot.

Ow. Lieutenant.

They're somewhere on four.

When you pinpoint them, we move.

It's nothing.

It's nothing!

Let's get outta here.

You keep them inside the elevator.

Seize anyone you find it in any other apartment.

This floor's a bust.

Hey, this was supposed to
be easy, Tom. I don't like it.

We got cops here, It's getting
complicated. I don't like it to be complicated.

Let's go downstairs and blow 'em away.

It's gonna be OK, Diesel. Think about that money.

Let me look at that wound of yours.

Shut up! Get in there!

Move it! Let's go! Come on!

Kojak.

oh, Milly.

We fell for it, hook, line and sinker, baby.

Maybe he didn't really wanna
k*ll me. Maybe he's really my guy.

Sure.

All right. Move into the room.

Milly, you sure you wanna be a part of this?

Shut up! Shut up!

You want me to sing to her? Sing to her.

When Irish eyes...

I didn't even know you knew him.

He was my dentist before he was yours.

I met Bobby.

Go on, Laugh.

It's crazy.

I know it's crazy. Go on. Get in the kitchen.

Sure, but it's crazy when you have
no-one. Look at me. Am I laughing?

Is Bobby laughing either?

Oh, no, he's in emergency, getting his jaw wired.

And his lip stitched too.

And Diesel Ramero?

He just didn't like the way he told the truth.

Three, go.

All right. Now we're moving along three.

That means there's nothing on four.

Good afternoon. This is the phone company. The

number you've dialled is disconnected for repairs.

Hey, I said stay down there. Did you get the cops?

Jess has them. OK.

Ryan... What?

Did you set me up?

Who said that the cops?

Come on, huh?

You Listen to a cop?

I think you are a very attractive lady.
Do you understand what I'm saying?

What about these people? What about 'em?

That elevator hasn't moved. They have the
equipment in it or they're holding hostages.

We've got the first floor contained.

All right, Let's squeeze.

OK. Slow and easy.

Captain, we can't reach the tenants.

They have the lines cut.

It hit four and came up empty.

Each floor means more hostages,
and we can't reach the tenants.

That truck it must be theirs. It's
too quiet out there. They'll catch on.

Get some traffic and run it around the building.

Any Luck? No.

Maybe we got the wrong building. Shut up.

Just keep trying.

I can smell the coffee in Brazil.

Which boyfriend gave you this?

Cheapo. You had to insist on
making lunch in your apartment.

That stuff can be traced.

Truck's a phony, Rizzo.

Hey.

What?

There's one more apartment on this floor.

Suppose it's a bust?

If it's a bust, we go down to two.

Hey, why is it so hot in here?

Open a window.

Ryan. Hey, Ryan.

I saw a car in a show room window.

Air conditioning. I'm gonna walk in and pay cash, man.

I'm gonna walk in and I'm gonna pay cash.

Get her!

Get her!

Diesel! Diesel!

Let me out!

Go!

Shut up!

Shut up! Shut up!

Ryan, stop it! Stop it now. Please!

Quinn?

That money...it's here!

You just keep Looking. Denny worked in this

building. He put it here somewhere, Keep looking.

Two left.

We couldn't risk a shot, Frank.

One burst of that combine
in the elevator and forget it.

The hostages have had it.

Hello, Ryan?

Ryan?

Is anybody up there?

Come on.

Found anything yet?

Ryan, come on. Come on! What's the matter with you?

Freeze! Police!

It's all over. Come quietly. Hands up.

Ryan! Ryan, I found it!

Six million! I found it!

Six million!

Diesel, I got it! I got it!

Six...

Get up against the wall.

Ryan, no! Stop!

Just give it up!

Diesel Ramero, knife, ill*gal.

$10.

Keys, no credit cards.

Tom Ryan, keys,

wallet, $12.

Jess Hoffstetter, wallet, keys, $6.

Brad Quinn, wallet, keys, penknife, $10.

From riches to rags.

All right. Come on.

Come on.

Some of you guys know the way to go.

All right, miss.

See you, Lieutenant. Hey, Milly.

Look, you're gonna do time, no question
about that, but I'm gonna talk to the DA, OK?

You did save those people's lives. Good luck.

What?

Don't stick your neck out for her. She's a loser.

Frank, would I bet on a loser?