05x04 - Poison

[bunniefuu]

CHUCKIE: You got
nice legs, Trace.

You ought to show them off
more, you know, shorter skirts.

Thanks, Chuckie.

But I didn't come
here for compliments.

That's not where I keep my cash.

Where do you keep it?

Show me yours first.

I did a little cooking
before you got here.

All I need is a taste.

No, do a split down with
me, or you don't get jack.

Since when do I have
to split down with you?

Since you ordered so big.

You're a cop.

Oh, right, go ahead.

Frisk me.
Find my wire.

You're a cop.

A junkie'd be all over
a free split down, right?

I do my rigs with this guy.

Tell me about you
and this guy, huh?

What is this,
"Love Connection?"

No, I just make it my business
to know who I'm dealing with.

But you're not
dealing, Chuckie.

I'm out of here.

Wait.

Wait.

I was just, you know,
uh, relax, will you?

You don't have to do this.

We had a deal, right?

Let's do it.

What did I say here,
half an OZ, right?

You know, there's w*r
on dr*gs out there.

Cops could bust through
those doors any minute.

Hold, police, wait.

Take it easy.

You, I knew it.

You are under arrest for
the possession and sale

of a narcotics substance.

Well, let's go.

OK, which one of
you has the key?

Key, what key?

Hey, uh, Paulie,
did you bring a key?

What key?

I'm really going
to miss you guys.

Give me a hand?

Nice work.

Who are you?

I'm your new boss.

[THEME - HOLLY ROBINSON,
" JUMP STREET THEME"]

THEME SONG: We
never thought we'd

find a place where we belong.

Don't have to stand alone.

We'll never let you fall.

Don't need permission to
decide what you believe.

Ooh, I said jump,
down on Jump Street.

I said jump, down
on Jump Street.

Your friends will be there
when your back is to the wall.

You'll find you need us because
there's no one else to call.

When it looks hopeless, a
decision is what you need.

You better be ready to, be
ready to jump, Jump Street.

You heard me right.

The kid is selling heroin
in the high school.

Now, his real name
is Howard Smith,

but he goes by Jam or JMR too.

This kid is smart,
and he's patient.

So far, no one's been
able to bust him.

Which is why we
brought in Trace.

Sergeant Tracy Hill,
Detective Hoffs,

Officers Penhall and McCann.

Trace is going undercover
for us in the school

that, uh, Jam works out of.

All right, guys, listen up.

This operation is not to
denigrate anyone in this unit.

Trace is Narcotics Division's
top undercover high school

officer, over busts,
and more importantly,

as many convictions.

Her testimony sticks.

That's because I tell
the same lie every time.

Penhall, you're going
into the high school

as Trace's main backup.

Detective Hoffs, you'll be
running secondary with McCann.

All right, everyone
clear on this?

One thing, um, I
don't wear a wire.

Well, I have to stay
in contact with you.

You don't need a wire to
hear me if something goes down.

It's procedure.

Captain?

A wire would have had
me cold on my last job.

You were there.

I don't wear, or I walk.

OK.

Trace, that'll be all for now.

The rest of you,
I'd, uh, like a word.

Okie-dokie, guys, what seems to
be the problem with Trace, huh?

Is it that she's a narc, or
are you guys afraid she's

going to show you up?

Captain, you'd never take
an ultimatum for one of us.

No wire or she walks?

I'm not crazy about
that testimony cr*ck--

"tells the same lie every time."

You squeegee head, I
think she was joking.

Well, maybe so.

But the fact is is that it's
easy to pick up bad habits

from where she's from.

She's your new partner
on temporary assignment.

You cut her the same slack
you'd cut each other.

That fair enough?

Where are you from?

Who wants to know?

Ouch.

Old habits.

So you and your
friends dis the narc?

What?

Your unit's not comfortable
working with a narcotics

officer, right?

There are concerns.

Listen, when I got
in the Narcs Division,

I learned what
people think of me.

It's really none of my business.

Sounds like solid advice.

[sighs] I'm memorizing
my new identity tonight.

Who should I look for
in homeroom tomorrow?

Mr. Craig, chemistry teacher.

Mr. Craig.

You know about chemistry?

Yeah, uh, water, H O,
e equals mc squared.

That's physics.

Well, I'm teaching
sort of a combined

situation course thing.

I'm a much better cop.

I'm a much nicer person.

Damn.

Why aren't you in class?

Who are you, the hall monitor?

Do I look like a hall monitor?

Yeah, at some of the
schools I've been to.

Oh, where are you from?

Who wants to know?

And why you gotta
hide them pretty legs?

You ought to wear
shorter skirts,

if you want candy bar badge.

I love that creamy
milk chocolate.

You've got a sugar habit.

Name's Jam.

Can you help me out?

I don't deal with
people I don't know.

What kind of Junior
Achievement crap is that?

You-- you want references
from other hypes,

give you the name of the
last halfway house I was in?

Matter of fact.

Minneapolis, great city.

Like, what is Prince
still doing there?

How long you
been behind stuff?

I don't know.

I could use a bump right now.

I know that.

I'm gonna give you
something you can play with.

It'll run you bucks.

Be at Fifth and Main
at o'clock today.

Somebody tell you a joke?

I don't deal with
people I don't know.

You still don't
even know my name.

Down.

But I know a junkie
when I see one.

[bell ringing]

He didn't seem that hip to me.

I scarfed a candy bar like
a junkie between jolts,

and he bought it.

So what are you saying,
Fuller's intelligence is wrong?

How often do you trust
police intelligence?

I mean, I usually feel
it in here, don't you?

Yeah, well, I usually
feel it a little lower.

I meant my stomach.

Of which there is
a lot less lately.

I used to be kind of--

well, I was sort of--

What he's trying to
say, Trace, is that he

has lost a lot of weight.

Yeah, I lost a lot of weight.

And, uh, well, you see, he
used to be truly undercover.

Mhm.

No, no, I was a powerful
mass of molten steel,

just yearning to bust free.

But this little
wimp came out instead.

Isn't there somewhere
you got to be?

- Nope.
- Another chocolate malt?

Oh, here.

Will you excuse us, please?

Hm.

Will you take a hike?

I can't.

You can't?

I'm sitting here watching
how you look at her.

I'm debriefing my partner.

Oh, come on.

Look, it's none of my
business, all right?

But this is not the girl
to get tangled up with.

Excuse me.

Do you know her?

Well, you heard what she
said about intelligence.

She's a live wire, man.

She's enthusiastic
about her job.

That doesn't make her a bad cop.

Hey, guys, I hate to
break up your thing.

I just want to catch the
bad guys and go home alive.

Look, it's nothing personal.

We just--
- It's OK.

I'd feel the same way,
an outsider coming in.

My deal goes down in .

All right, let's do it.

Straight up you two, huh?

Hey, Minneapolis.

Where's Jam?

It's bucks.

Jam said $ .

I'm saying $ .

I want to see
what I'm getting.

What are those, barbs?

That was not our deal.

He said he'd
get you something.

This is something.

This is BS.

You don't want?

You tell your boss, next
time, I deal with him.

The deal is junk.

Or I find myself a new man.

OK, barbiturates at $ .

$ .

His runner's getting
her own action--

tough little girl.

$ .

Can I get your John
Hancock right here?

The lab goes ballistic if
I miss a signature line.

Hilda?

Don't tell anybody.

I'm named for my grandmother.

And all my life, I always
wanted a name like Tiffany

or Jennifer or something.

Tracy's a nice name.

Yeah.

I kind of invented myself.

Well, you are
definitely one of a kind.

The other day, how come you
told me that you were nice?

I don't know.

I can't usually afford to care
what people think about me.

Will it sound like BS if I say
there's something about you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I thought so.

So how about this motel
they're putting you up in?

Is it nice?

Mhm, the best, free
ice down the hall,

all the cable I can watch.

I usually call my folks, see
what my mom cooked for dinner,

turn in early.

You know, if you want to
sometime, you-- you could come

over to my place for dinner--

I mean, with me and my kid.

You have a kid?

Yeah, I kind of adopted him.

I'm a lousy cook.

But he's a great kid.

We could eat him.

Yes.

Yeah?

Yes is a great word.

How was work?

Work was great.

We're going to get the bad guy.

I met a girl.

I think you would
like this girl.

I don't like girls.

Well, she's not
really like a girl.

She's like-- she's like a lady.

You like her?

Do I like her?

I hardly know her.

You like her.

What are you, a wise guy?

You want trouble?

You ever want to see this
again, you'll wizen up, kid.

Huh?

All right, you say your prayers.

[speaking spanish]

And God, please bless Aunt
Marta, Uncle Douglas too.

DOUG PENHALL: Thanks.

Amen.

Amen.

Good night.

[music playing]

I can sure do without these
early morning briefings.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Someone should tell Fuller
about conference calls.

You know, reach out and touch?

You OK?

Oh, yeah, I was just
up late last night--

Arsenio.

Could you help me with this?

I just can't get this thing on.

It's very pretty.

Thanks.

I knew when I bought it I'd have
trouble getting it off and on.

But you know, sometimes
some things look so good.

Yeah, I got shoes like that.

You sure you're OK?

Oh, you mean my hands.

They always shake till
I have that first cup

of coffee in the morning.

[knocking]

She's here.

OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.

Hi.
- Hi.

Come on in.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Oh, no, no problem.

Uh, you look different.

Oh, my, um, off hours clothes.

Can I take your coat?

Thanks.

This is my kid.

What's your name?

Clavo.

Clavo, right, Clavo.

Hola.

[speaking spanish]

[speaking spanish]

For my work sometimes,
yes, I speak Spanish.

[speaking spanish]

What's he saying?

Um, he said that you
were married to his aunt.

Yeah, I was.

And he also said
that you bought

this shirt special for tonight.

Go in the bathroom
and wash up for dinner.

I hope you enjoy this meal.

It may be your last.

I bought a book to get fluent,
but it's just not in my makeup.

I mean, I have enough
trouble with English.

Oh, so there I was in
this corporate office

behind a desk looking
at flow charts.

And I thought I would
rather die standing up.

And my father d*ed
soon after that.

I have a brother,
but he's a real bum.

The summers were great.

I'd go visit my Gram.

She lived in Texas.

I would eat rhubarb pie
and catch fireflies.

I loved my grandmother.

Boston was my team,
yes, not too flashy,

but monster dependable.

Is it all right if
I ask you about Marta?

It's kind of funny
hearing you say her name.

No, I-- I don't mind.

She was here from El Salvador.

She was trying to
help her people.

The INS sent her back.

I went after, but
it was too late.

She had been k*lled.

That's awful.

You know, I think
she would've liked you.

Not that you two
are anything alike,

I mean, what with her culture
and all, very reserved.

The things that she did,
brave, even for a female.

You know, it's--
it's kind of weird.

I mean, when we talk,
she'd listen to me just

like you are with her eyes.

With her, it was like
all the lights were on,

and everybody was home.

I know this isn't smart
to do while we're both

working on the same operation.

It's all right.

We're not doing anything.

I gotta respect you for that.

I just--

I just think it would make
things more difficult.

You've been here before.

I don't think
so, not like this.

I'll get your coat.

JUDY HOFFS: I'm just
telling you what I saw.

I don't think so.

I know Trace.

I had dinner with her.

It's cool.

Penhall, you're a
lot smarter than this.

You want to talk about smart?

You see her hand
shaking one morning

before work, automatically,
she's doing heroin.

Well, I didn't say I
had definitive proof.

I'm just saying.

She seems a little--

I don't know-- wired.

Well, she acts
normal around me.

It's her job to act.

Be careful, OK?

Yeah, whatever.

[bell ringing]

I hear you're
giving me ultimatums.

Address for a rendezvous?

Am I going to be happy?

Girl, you're going
to touch the sky.

There will probably be a few
needles full, just to test me.

But it's a start.

It'll lead us to the big bust.

Patience, I always
tell myself, patience.

What's wrong?

You seem a little up.

Adrenaline rush, I get
it before all my buys.

You know, it keeps
me on my toes.

Doesn't that happen to you?

Yeah, sometimes, I guess.

You know, it's bad
luck to say good luck.

I didn't say anything.

No, I mean I am.

I've been wanting to
say it all morning.

When this thing is over, I--

I think that we should--

I mean, if you don't mind--

see each other.

It's a stupid idea, huh?

[sighs] My life is
really complicated.

And I-- I don't know.

I go onto the next job.

I don't have a lot of time.

I only need a little time.

I go to work.

You know, I-- I cr*ck jokes.

Keep Clavo fed and all
that kind of stuff.

But the truth is,
I don't feel good.

And you come along,
and life ain't so bad.

Maybe even it might
be good again.

I just want us to spend some
time together to see if there's

anything there, you know?

Can I think on it?

Sure.

I'll give you to Arbor Day.

Hm.

What's this for?

Well, you're cold, aren't you?

Oh, yeah.

Here we go.

You're shaking like a leaf.

[music playing]

You're over due, ain't you?

You want to use my needle
or be safe like all them

brochures say?

I do it alone.

Now, you split down with
me, or there's no sale.

You mark me a junkie
are first meeting.

What?
Do you think you're wrong?

Oh, you're a
junkie, all right.

I just gotta make
sure you're no cop.

Now what's it gonna be?

I ought to quit this game.

It's your call.

Just like I thought, a leg girl.

I'm seeing some friends next
week from the halfway house.

They're going to want to party.

Yeah, well, I'll
see what I can do.

Gimme.

I called Clavo.

He wants us to come by and
take him for ice cream, uh,

after we get back from the lab.

How much did you buy?

Just a few needles worth.

Any trouble?

It's smooth sailing,
baby, smooth sailing.

What the hell is going on?

Trace?

Oh, man, how could you be using?

It's just work, baby.

DOUG PENHALL: Work?

You get high at work?

I fake it just to let
him know that I'm cool.

I sh**t through the
vein into the tissue,

and every so often, it
registers by mistake.

I'm going to have
to tell Fuller.

But I'm in tight with Jam now.

I don't care.

You're not going to blow
everything we worked for,

are you?

You sh*t dope tonight.

Occupational hazard,
everybody knows.

Nobody's talking.

I am.

You're not going to make
me lose my job, are you?

[sighs] I wish you
weren't so hard right now.

I feel so good.

I have to go to the lab.

I swear it was a mistake.

I tried to tell
you people otherwise,

but the truth is,
narcs are poison.

Not her.

No?

We're two inches from busting
this guy, and she gets high?

To save the operation.

You've been undercover.

You know what it's like.

Exactly.

Look, Doug, things don't
always go by the book.

But you don't jump
to the other side.

I don't think
that's what happened.

I think it's what
she said, a mistake.

Yeah, yeah, and she
probably gave you her

occupational hazard speech too.

What's that?

Bad narc standard rap, Doug.

They have to sh**t
up with the bad guy

in order to win their trust.

They would like to be good cops,
but the job requires otherwise.

Doesn't it?

I don't know.

I know that if it
happens again, she

goes straight to detox with
a bust for buying and using.

I honestly don't think
that'll happen, Captain.

OK, but she wears
a wire from now on.

I want to hear every
move she makes.

Yeah, Reynold, this is Adam.

Send me up a wire kit.

We were worried you were
staying home sick today.

Sure you were.

Come here, Trace.

I can hear you from here.

I'm not going to do no
wilding in a public place.

Psh, you still don't think
I have a brain, do you?

Did you have a good
party last night?

It was OK.

Right.

Who you loyal to, Trace?

Myself.

Now, that's interesting.

Because see, Dave and Lisa
here, now, they're loyal to me.

Aren't you, Lisa?

Is this just a rift
to back out of our deal?

Hey, you said two OZs.

I got a carload of friends
coming in from Minneapolis.

Your friends depend
on you, don't they?

Yeah, we have a good time.

You're loyal, Trace.

I want you to have this.

See, Lisa?

This is a good woman.

We'll see about that deal.

Are you OK?

Yeah, that Jam guy
is one weird freak.

What happened?

He must have
figured out Lisa's

been skimming off his sales.

He did a freak show that
should scare her out of retail.

What about me?

Do I still have a job?

You want college
placement information?

Uh-huh.

I'm primarily interested
in an Ivy League college.

You're Howard Smith, right?

Yeah.

Excuse me, but I
didn't see your name

on this semester's honor roll.

Well, I realize I may have
to spend a remedial year

or two in junior college.

Are you serious?

It says guidance
counselor on the door.

Aren't you the counselor?

Look, why don't
you have a seat?

I have some resource aids
that might be what you need.

Great.

You trust me, but I
have to wear a wire.

[huffs] It is the
same old story.

Let's talk.

I can't believe you're giving
me grief about this after I went

to bat for you with Fuller.

I don't need anyone
to go to bat for me.

I'm a good cop.

You were loaded last night.

I explained why.
Why?

Do you want to look at
my arms for track marks?

Go ahead.

No, I don't want
to check your arms.

Oh, great, everything you
said, it doesn't mean anything,

does it?

No, it means something.

It means a lot.

This job, after a while,
you don't know what's real.

What are you talking about?

I make my living lying to
the dealers, to the courts.

It's the only way
to get the bad guys.

And it spills over into
my own life sometimes.

You lie in your life.
Did you lie to me?

No, no, I'm not.

It just takes so much to
stay clear on what's real.

And I think, in a
way, I'd given up.

And then I meet
you and your son.

And this voice inside my
head goes, this is real.

Thanks for going to bat for me.

Forget about it.

I'm going to make
some changes in my life.

Yeah?

Cut down on chocolate malts.

Chocolate malts, chocolate,
OK, no more chocolate malts.

Maybe we should go.

I believe in you.

I-- I do believe in you.

[scream]

Excuse me.

Get out of my way.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

[moaning]

JUDY HOFFS: Let me help you.

It's OK.

DOUG PENHALL: Somebody
got her with a Kn*fe.

He got me in that
meeting to have an alibi

when he had his girl knifed.

Do you think he made you?

[sighs] No, I don't
think he knows I'm a cop.

I was just the best available
alibi, no classes to teach.

So this girl,
Lisa, you said she

was making money on his deals.

% according to Trace.

Now, Davey Han's
the guy who probably

did the actual knifing.

He's been at or near every
dirty deal Jam's been run in on.

He left school right
after the knifing.

There's no leads where he is.

Everyone does
Jam's dirty work.

It makes the young
man very hard to nail.

TRACE HILL: Captain,
we're about to nail him.

He set up the deal
I've been asking for.

It's sweet.

All we have to do is show up.

And get out alive.

If something doesn't feel
right, let the bust go.

Are you wired?

Like a Christmas tree.

Just don't scramble the wires,
or I'm standing across from Jam

sounding like my phone machine.

See you, guys.

[knocking]

Trick or treat.

I wanted to make
sure you came alone.

I came alone.

I've got a lot of
people waiting though.

Inside.

He made her.

I don't think so.

We say two OZs?

That's what we said.

JAM (ON WIRE): I'm
into you, Trace.

It means you ain't got no
friends from no Minneapolis.

I know you're selling this
junk for a nice profit.

What?

Are you going to stick me for
it the way you stuck Lisa?

Ow, ow.

Maybe I'm going to hurt
you worse than I hurt Lisa.

OK, OK, you made me, but
I'm not horning your works.

I'm on my way to LA.

This will pay for it.

Where'd you get buy money
from in the first place?

You-- you saw my legs.

Look, I got sick of rotary
types winning the prom queen--

like I've been to a prom.

Well, all right.

OK.

TRACE HILL (ON WIRE): All I
want to do is our deal and go.

JAM (ON WIRE): This
can be arranged.

TRACE HILL (ON WIRE):
OK, so we're cool now?

JAM (ON WIRE): Oh, we're cool.

We'll do a little business.

TRACE HILL (ON WIRE):
Here's my money.

I'll take the stuff
and be out of here.

JAM (ON WIRE): Just
like we agreed.

Nice doing business with you.

Have a nice trip.

You're under
arrest for possession

and sale of a narcotic.

Man, this is crap, A- crap.

No, no, no, no crap, Howard,
a lot of nice square meals

coming your way.

DISPATCHER (ON RADIO):
[inaudible] [inaudible]..

Thank you, all clear.

If he'd have found
my wire, I'd be dead.

Sergeant, go home, take
the phone off the hook,

and get some sleep.

We got paperwork.

Take the phone off the
hook, and Clavo and I

will come by with a pizza.

OK, [inaudible].

Hey, all right,
heard you busted Jam.

Hm.

All right.

Wish I could say the
same about his buddy.

Davey?

Yeah, I can't find
the guy anywhere, man.

The guy's thin air.

What are you doing?

Davey does all of
Jam's dirty work.

He's going to blame
Trace for the bust.

[busy signal]

Oh, damn, it's busy.

Look out!

[music playing]

[knocking]

[dial tone buzzing]

How do you do it?

Do you dip into the
evidence of every bust?

Is that why you
won't wear a wire?

Not every bust.

That's refreshing.

Do you sweet talk
all your partners?

I mean, do they all end up
buying shirts for dinner?

No, Doug, no,
it's not like that.

[phone ringing]

No, I need it.

I need it.

Hello?

ADAM FULLER (ON PHONE):
Yeah, Fuller here.

We picked up Davey
down by the wharf.

Your girl's out of danger.

And all this time, I
was worried about her.

Thanks, Captain.

Just let me do one last rig.

I thought I knew you.

I actually thought--

I thought I actually
found somebody.

You did.

Just let me do one last
rig, and then I'll quit.

I will.

You're under arrest.

You have the right
to remain silent.

If you give up that
right, anything you say

can and will be used against
you in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot
afford an attorney,

one will be provided for you.

MAN (ON TV): Election--
WOMAN (ON TV): Be--

WOMAN (ON TV): And I--

[static]

MAN (ON TV):
Tomorrow, I find--

[tv voices blurring]

Bad dreams?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, these
aren't much better.

Come on over, buddy.

Why doesn't Trace
come see us anymore?

I told you about that.

Al you said was
she won't come.

Well, it's like this.

Her work took her away.

Why does God take people away?

G-- God takes people away.

Well, he takes people
away because sometimes

he wants them to be with him.

And sometimes he takes
people away because he

wants them to come back better.

Oh, I don't like my pillow.

You don't?

OK, this pillow here, you
know, it's a-- it's a special

sleeping pillow.

I've spent many
nights on this pillow.

You want to try it out?

Will Trace ever come back?

I hope so, buddy.

I hope so.

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