05x17 - Under the Influence

[bunniefuu]

[siren]

SPORTS: Well, got to get
up and go get dressed.

Got me some job prospects today.

Knock 'em dead.

If you see anything
good, leave my name.

[crash]

[music playing]

Hey!

What-- oh, oh!

[grunting]

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Come on, Cat.

Let's go find us some breakfast.

No, no.

[music playing]

They're hurting him!

They're k*lling Sports!

MAN: Hey!

[music playing]

[THEME - LIAM STEMBERG
- " JUMP STREET"]

(SINGING) We never
thought of finding

the 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'll
need us, 'cause

there's no one else to call.

When it looks hopeless, a
decision's what you need.

You better be ready
to, be ready to jump.

Jump Street.

The victim was
another mission regular.

Uses it for telephone
calls, showers, food.

He's got a day job?

Yeah, well, on and
off, till last week.

You know, he had just set
up his digs by the dumpster.

He slept with everybody else
on the sidewalk up until then.

And all these g*ng members,
they all wears masks?

According to
the victims, yeah,

they just come out of nowhere.

They don't say a word, and
then they just disappear.

Into thin air, huh?
(SINGING) Oooh, wee, ooh, ooh.

Is that your professional
opinion, Officer McCann?

Ah, sorry, Captain.

I just-- I can't
take it seriously.

Hey, listen, I don't care if
they dress up in black robes

and run around
reciting incantations.

They're attacking
people, all right?

Perfect victims, too--

I mean, nobody cares,
nobody will miss them.

It's all pretty cold.

Where do you want me?

Douglas High School--
number one, it's close by.

Number two, they've
got a program

there called Project Outreach.

It provides teenaged people
to help run Hope Mission.

Which is right in the
alley next to where the g*ng

members disappeared, right?

Yeah, so maybe
they've got a key,

or maybe they just use the
place to scout out victims.

In any case, I want
you to get over there,

see if you can't scout
up me some Satanists.

I thought maybe I'd wear
black and carry a candle.

No, no, see, I
was hoping you'd

be just a wee bit more subtle.

I know.

OK, when the school has its
first assembly, I'll just--

I'll fall to my knees and
proclaim I'm Satan's child.

Excellent.

Excellent.

I knew I could count on you.

Did you see the new guy?

What new guy?

You'll know when you see him.

Just how will I know?

He'll be the best-looking
guy in this entire school.

What, Alan, what?

I'll catch you later.

Thanks a lot.

I found this downtown.

I thought you might like it.

Priscilla James, she
was a witch in Boston

during the th century.

Yes, I know.

Can I come to the
meeting tonight?

Not yet, Alan.

You promised.

I said I'd think about it.

I got you the key to the
mission, just like you said.

Yes, yes, you did.

Anything you want,
you just have to ask.

I know.

So will you let me?

OK, we'll give you a try.

In many ways, the
themes in "Paradise Lost"

parallel the ones
used by George Lucas

in the "Star Wars" trilogy.

Except in "Star
Wars," we had a world

in which the devil incarnate
had won and was in charge.

In "Paradise Lost," Milton tells
us how the devil was cast out

and will spend an
eternity trying to get

back to heaven, just like us.

It's a bunch of bull.

It's complete bull.

Ah, our new classmate does
not suffer from shyness.

Tell me, Mr., um,
Malone, just why

do you feel that my
analysis of "Paradise Lost"

is, uh, as you so
succinctly put it, bull?

No, Milton, man,
Milton's full of it.

The devil doesn't want
to get back into heaven.

He's got the whole damn
world in his hands.

He's got it all right
there in is power.

And you based
this opinion on--

MAC MCCANN: Take a
look around you, man.

You got your drive-by
sh**t, you

got your babies with
AIDS, you got, uh, cr*ck,

dying trees, crooked politics.

You got divorced parents who
think you're their best friend.

And worse, you got fat
chicks in t*nk tops.

[laughter]

Look, man, I don't know what the
devil's supposed to look like.

Maybe-- maybe he
doesn't have horns.

Maybe he's a she.

Maybe it's just the dark
side of our minds, whatever.

But it's in charge, man.

Life just keeps getting
worse and more of a bitch,

and I don't know why anybody
is planning for tomorrow

when they can party today.

[applause]

TEACHER: Yes, that's-- well,
that's very interesting.

But it's not what Milton
was writing about.

[bell ringing]

That was interesting,
what you said in there.

Yeah?

You mean it?

Of course I mean it.

Why else would I say it?

To impress people.

Impressing people is not
something I'm interested in.

I'm Stephanie Plummer--

Stevie.

Nice to meet you.

You have a first name?

Tony.

Tony, you, uh, interested
in meeting new people, Tony?

Well, that all
depends on who they are.

People who share the
same interests as you do.

MAC MCCANN: That kind of sounds
like an ad from the personals.

There's an abandoned
warehouse on Fifth

Street, around : o'clock.
- What do you do there?

Time of your life, guaranteed.

Guaranteed?

Wow, well, I didn't
think anything

was guaranteed anymore.

Oh.

There's a lot you
don't know, Tony.

See you around :.

You too, Alan.

You got a thing for her?

Not my type, man.

I like them a little
less maneater,

if you know what I mean.

I think she's perfect.

Well, you're a
braver man than I.

Did she invite
you to the meeting?

Yeah, what goes
on there, anyway?

I don't know, exactly.

It's my first time, too.

I'm Alan Michaels.

Well, it looks like we'll find
out together, Alan Michaels.

Come on.
[bell ringing]

- Take the milk.
- Don't use it.

- Take the milk.
- I don't want it.

Not for you, for Cat.

Oh.

I'll take the milk.

Thank you.

This here is cat.

Yeah, I figured.

Paulie.

Adam.

MRS. MICHAELS:
Hello, sweetheart.

Hi, Mom.

This isn't your regular night.

Adelle called in sick, so
they asked me to come down.

What brings you here?

I need an advance.

You got your
allowance two days ago.

I know, I know.

I had some surprise expenses.

All right, how much?

$ would be great.

I should be home around :.

Uh, I'm going
out late tonight.

With whom?

Some friends.

Not those awful people
I saw you at school with.

A new friend, Tony Malone.

I want you to bring
him by the house.

What for?

So that I can meet him.

You mean so you can
pass judgment on him.

I'm interested in
meeting your friends.

Why do you always
make me feel like I'm

getting a security clearance?

All right, I'll
bring him home later.

Good.

And don't be home late.

Alan!

The circle is closed.

Begin.

Half of Uganda is
infected with AIDS.

A crazy mother put her
baby in front of her car.

Then she ran it
over three times.

STEVIE PLUMMER: Great, great.

S*ddam Hussein has poison gas.

I told my father about
my mother's affair.

Letitia Barnes
was k*lled at her

fourth birthday party in a
drive-by sh**ting over cr*ck.

Happy birthday, Letitia.

In the last five minutes,
there's been a r*pe, m*rder,

and a drunk driving violation.

More personal.

In the last five minutes,
I committed a r*pe, a m*rder,

and a drunk driving violation.

That's not funny, Malone.

Do you want to be here?

If not, there's the door.

[siren]

No, I want to be here.

Good.

OK, old business.

The last spell we
tried was interrupted.

The Stanford
admissions committee

meets this week, which means
our next mission has to be soon,

or else I won't get
into Stanford early.

Be ready for my call.

You gonna call me?

Such an eager little beaver.

Well, I like the
sound of a mission.

You haven't even
been initiated.

So initiate me.

You don't even
know what that means.

I'm ready.

So am I.

OK.

[music playing]

We all make our mark.

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No.

This is my mark.

STEVIE PLUMMER: [gasps]

Good, Alan.

That's very, very good.

That's enough, Alan.

Hey, I decide
when it's enough.

Not this time.

[music playing]

Satan's not so
funny now, huh, Mac?

No, it's sick,
and it's stupid.

The kid b*rned himself, Captain.

And he would've
held onto that bulb

forever if I didn't
pull his hand away.

Are you gonna be
OK on this, Mac?

Yeah, I just don't
know what makes

people do stuff like that.

Yeah, well, the first thing
a cult wants to do is mark you,

make you do something
you can't take back.

Yeah, but all they were doing
was making these little paper

cuts in their fingers.

But this Alan Michaels kid had
to go everybody one better.

Say who?

Michaels, Alan Michaels.

I saw him yesterday.

His mom is a volunteer
at the mission.

MAC MCCANN: So she has a key.

Has he been a part
of this group long?

I think last night
was his first night.

He invited me back to his house.

Good, good, get to know him,
and this Stevie girl, too.

I don't think I want to
know her that well, captain.

Kind of spooky, huh?

You have no idea.

Yeah, well, um, I'd like to
get this case wrapped up, Mac.

These clothes are
getting a little

too funky for me, all right?

Yeah, well, I didn't
want to say anything but--

You didn't have to.

[music playing]

[shouting]

MRS. MICHAELS: Don't
you walk away from me!

I don't think I'm asking too
much to know where you are

and when you're coming home!

ALAN MICHAELS: Get off my back!

Why don't you just
take the door off.

Then you could watch me sleep.

MRS. MICHAELS: I am
responsible for you.

ALAN MICHAELS: I can be
responsible for myself!

MRS. MICHAELS: Not when you come
home at all hours of the night

with burns on your hands.

ALAN MICHAELS: That doesn't
give you the right--

I don't need your permission.

I'm your mother.

I wish Dad had better taste.

[doorbell]

Hi, uh, Mrs. Michaels.

I'm Anthony Malone.

Oh, yes, Alan's new friend.

Please, come in.

Hey.

You want to open his
mouth and check his teeth?

Alan doesn't think
it's appropriate that I

want to meet his friends.

Oh, it's OK.

That's great.

I mean, I wish my parents
were more like that.

Oh, well, you
finally hit paydirt.

It's very nice to meet you.

I have to run.

I hope I see you again
sometime, and soon.

You heard us before?

No, man, I just got here.

I just rang the doorbell.

You heard.

Look, Alan, it's none
of my business, OK?

You want something
to eat, drink?

Yeah, that sounds good.

She dusted my room.

What?

Some kit you get from
the Tough Love people.

You dust a kid's room.

If he's had dr*gs there, it
shows up and you got proof.

You can have a
meaningful confrontation.

She wanted to do a urine
test on me last month.

And before that, she
went through my tapes.

Did she throw any out?

No.

We sat down and listened
to Metallica together.

That was a moving experience.

I think she read some
pamphlet somewhere

on how to reach your teenager.

Well, at least
she's trying, Alan.

No, she's not.

She wants me under her thumb.

She can't see that I've changed.

My mom still tries to
pick out my clothes for me.

Why don't you let
her in on some stuff,

let her feel like a parent.

Like last night?

No, definitely
not like last night.

You got pretty heavy there.

It held Stevie's attention.

Was it worth it?

Of course it was.

Yeah.

Listen, we better go.

We're going to be
late for school.

ALAN MICHAELS: My freshman
year, I had this great friend,

Clay Reading.
- Yeah?

Man, we did
everything together--

malls, arcades, ball games.

Anyway, my mother decides
he's not good enough for me.

Well, what could she do?

I mean, you guys
were friends, right?

Call his parents
up is was what

she could do, tell
them how their son

is a bad influence on me.

Got them so aggravated
they told Clay to drop

me, which he did, and
told the whole school

while he was doing
it, which catapulted

me into instant dweeb status.

Thanks, Mom.

You know, I just keep
telling myself I'm out of here

in another year, you know?
Then it doesn't get to me.

I have this reoccurring
nightmare that the woman is

gonna follow me to
the ends of the earth

until there's nobody left
in the whole world who will

have anything to do with me.

MAC MCCANN: [scoffs]

Is she at it again?

She dusted my room.

Why?

Because she loves him.

Nobody loves
anyone anymore, Alan.

It's a question of keeping
power over you, dominating you.

Ah, that's a little
simplistic, isn't it?

I don't know.

What do you think, Alan?

Sounds right to me.

OK.

How do you change it?

You take control.

How.

The group can help you,
if you help the group.

Tell me what to do.

Um, are you gonna
finish that sandwich?

Help yourself.

We need a sacrifice.

Like what?

Like a living thing.

Mm, like a goldfish, right?

Something that bleeds.

Alan?

Let me think about it.

Tonight at the
warehouse, we need it then.

I said let me think about it.

Did you mean everything
you said in class yesterday

or what?

Yeah, I meant it all.

It's just that it's a long way
from that to a blood sacrifice.

Not as far as you think.

Let me take you there.

Not ready, K?

Get ready, K, or get out.

Those are your choices.

Don't keep Alan from
attaining what he wants.

Alan can make up his own mind.

Good, let him do that.

[music playing]

What I'm asking
you to do is scary.

I know.

ALAN MICHAELS: I want to.

You know I want to.

Yes, but it's hard, at first.

It gets easier, promise.

ALAN MICHAELS: Whatever
I get, you're going to--

k*ll it, yes.

That's what a sacrifice is.

I've never done
anything like that before.

Sure you have.

You swatted a mosquito
when it was biting you.

That's different.

No, it's not.

That's what you
have to understand.

I'll help you.

I'll make it easier.

Isn't that what you want,
for me to make it easier?

No, it's more than that.

You can have
anything you want.

You can have it all.

Hey, Adam, have you seen Cat?

- No.
- I've been looking all over.

I can't find her.

Yeah well, she'll turn up.

Probably found herself some
old tom to make whoopee with.

Not around dinnertime,
she knows better.

Can find an old time anytime.

Look, why don't you grab
yourself a tray, get some chow.

As soon as we're
done, I'll go out

and look for her with you, OK?

OK.

[train horn]

[meowing]

Here it is.

Good, Alan, very good.

Are you in?

Yeah, I'm in.

[meowing]

[music playing]

[cat hissing]

Remove it.

[music playing]

[cat screeching]

Ah, damn, it scratched me.

STEVIE PLUMMER: Get it!

Get the cat!

It's gone.

Damn you, Malone!

Damn you to Hell!

[bell ringing]

ALAN MICHAELS: Stevie,
it wasn't my fault.

You let the cat get away.

So did everybody else.

OK then, fine, I'll treat
you like everyone else.

That make you happy?

You know better than that.

No.

I know that I got
waitlisted by Stanford.

That's what I know.

And if things had gone
properly last night,

this would have been a
letter of acceptance.

There's still a
chance you might get in.

I don't plan to leave
anything up to chance, Alan.

I know what needs to be done.

All I need is someone
I can count on.

You can count on me.

Yeah, we'll see.

Hey, how's it going?

Oh, great, just great.

Listen, man,
about last night--

Just forget about it, OK?

Hey, I didn't think you
wanted to go through with it.

Yeah, well, you were wrong.

That's a bunch of bull, man.

You were scared to death.

Are you a shrink
all of a sudden?

No, but I--

What makes everybody
think they know me so well,

you and my mother?

I just didn't want
you to get pushed

into anything, all right?

Yeah, Stevie asked me
to make the sacrifice.

Yeah, but you
didn't want to do it.

I want to do what she wants.

And I want you to stay
the hell out of my way.

MAC MCCANN: I don't
get it, Captain.

Don't get what?

Why are you
changing your rags?

Because these are filthy.

These, believe it
or not, are clean.

Yeah, but it seems
like the old ones

will keep you in character.

Yeah well, being
in character doesn't

help when I can't stand being
in the same room with me,

all right?

Well, maybe Hoffs will
fill in for you when

she gets back from vacation.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
I don't plan on being

on the streets that long.

Why did you bust up the
festivities last night?

Because I didn't want this
Alan Michaels kid to get

sucked into that group.

Mac, Mac, let me
explain something to you.

OK, see, you are a cop,
not a social worker,

not a psychiatrist.
Now, this kid needs help.

Juvie will see to it that
he gets help as soon as he

and his nasty little
buddies get busted.

Yeah, but Captain, he
doesn't fit in with them.

Fine, then pull
him out of there.

I can't.

All he wants is Stevie
Plummer, and I'm afraid she can

offer him something I can't.

All right, I'll tell you what.

You get her to
offer it to you, OK?

Captain, she's
a high school kid.

I'm not saying
you have to take it.

I'm just saying, if you can't
get in tight with Michaels,

then try her.

Try somebody, OK?

Fine.

You've got nothing to
say that I want to hear.

Just give me a chance, OK?

The other day in class you
said all the right things,

but you don't do any of them.

No, this is different.

Look, I told you, I
don't want to hear it.

Look, it's one thing
to think these things

through in your
mind to yourself,

but it's another
thing to find somebody

who really wants to do it.

Yeah, well that's
the difference

between leaders and sheep.

I do what the others talk about.

How did you make the jump?

I mean, you didn't just
wake up one morning

and say, what a swell day
for a human sacrifice.

No.

I spent years watching my
parents be model citizens,

and for nothing.

They work hard, and
they go to church,

and they say all
the right things,

and they do all the right
things, and for what?

My dad isn't rich or powerful,
and my mom isn't anything.

I don't want to
end up like that.

Come on, their
lives aren't that bad.

It's boring.

It's like being with
the living dead.

And if you ask them
why they've spent

their existence that way--

I'm not going to dignify
it by calling it a life--

they said they'll get
their reward in heaven.

Well, I can't wait.

I want it now.

And doing what I
do is how I get it.

You really believe that?

Yeah, I do.

And so can you, if
you'd let yourself.

You're most of the way there.

You have to decide
what you want.

I know what I want.

I want you.

All right.

Tonight at the warehouse,
just you and me.

[music playing]

We'll see how sure you are.

[music playing]

Oh, hello.

Hi.

Tony wasn't it?

Yes, ma'am, Tony Malone.

Is Alan around?

No, he hasn't
been here all day.

Has he called or anything?

No.

Why, is something wrong?

I don't know.

It's just that, uh, he
gets real tense sometimes.

He's keeping
very strange hours.

When he is here,
he's so distracted.

Well, he's that
way with me, too.

I try to talk to him.

Heaven knows I try, but he
refuses to be accessible.

Well, you know, you
got to keep trying.

I'm sure sooner or later,
you'll get through to him.

I hope you're right.

I'm certainly glad he
has you for a friend.

So am I. Thanks.

I'll see you later.

[music playing]

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Take off your shirt.

Control, that's
what it's all about.

Control.

Now your pants.

What happened to being sure?

Good, very good.

I'm in control.

Are you?

Yeah.

We'll see.

Are you still in control?

No.

At least you're honest.

What's with the
clothes, Captain?

You taking us off this case?

I wish.

I just wanted to remember
what normal clothes

felt like, you know?

For a couple hours anyway.

Yeah, well, I'd like to
remember what normal anything

feels like, but I think it
would take more than a couple

of hours.

Get a little
strange last night?

Captain, you
wouldn't believe it.

Try me.

Well, Stevie meets me at
this old abandoned warehouse,

right, where she got
all these candles lit.

Oh, real romantic, huh?

Oh, yeah, like a
Valentine from Dracula.

Yeah, wine, music, like that?

Well, she's not real
big on foreplay, Captain.

First thing she has us do
is take off our clothes.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
you're not gonna make me blush,

are you, Mac?

Next, she gives me
this kiss that I'll keep

my tonsils clean for a year.

And then she goes on about this
evil stuff, the power of evil

and how it's everything we
ever needed to get anything

we wanted in life, any
pleasure, including each other.

Well, does this mean I'm
not going to have to arrest

you for statutory r*pe, McCann?

Turns out she didn't
even need me, Captain.

This is way too weird for me.

Yeah, well, it's not
so funny anymore, is it?

No, it's not funny at all.

Listen, just
stay with her, huh?

I mean, she's the key to
wrapping this whole thing up.

Sooner or later, she's gonna try
something we can bust her for.

Can't be too soon for me.

Didn't need him, huh?

So, dream about me last night?

Oh, yeah.

Pleasant dreams?

Well, it all depends on
how you define pleasant.

We had a little house
in the suburb, a couple

of kids, a station wagon.

Sounds like a nightmare to me.

Well, you were
president of the PTA.

Ugh, worse and worse.

You made great brownies.

You're really with
me now, aren't you?

Yeah.

We're gonna do
great things together.

I can't wait.

Starting tonight.

I'm gonna fill you
in later when I

know everyone else can make it.

Hey, listen, man, I've been
looking for you all morning.

I wanted to explain.

There's nothing to explain.
I understand.

I know how you feel about her.

Some things
aren't meant to be.

And if it couldn't be
me, I'm glad it's you.

Wow.

So I guess I'll be
seeing you around then.

Maybe at the meeting tonight.

Wait a minute,
you're still into that?

Sure.

Stevie isn't the only
reason why I'm a part of it.

Maybe I can find a way
to get what I want, too.

It'd be enough for you to
just come with us tonight.

ALAN MICHAELS: I don't want
to be part of the group.

I want to do
something different,

something none of you
have ever done before,

something you'll never forget.

Maybe I underestimated you.

You sure have.

[music playing]

See you later, then.

Count on it.

Ah, see, man, I told
you she'd come back.

Right you were.

She in good shape?

Seems to be, except
she's hungrier than hell.

Yeah, well, she probably
worked up an appetite messing

around with that old tom.

I'd like to see how
hungry that old tom is.

Now you'll know what it's
like to rule, to take control,

to take power.

Where's Alan?

Why do you care?

I thought we all
had to be here.

He has his own mission
tonight, very special.

[music playing]

Police, back off, bucko.

You people are under arrest.

MAC MCCANN: All right,
hold it right there.

All right, hold it, police.

What are you doing?

Looks like you're not
going to Stanford, Stevie.

Looks like you're going to jail.

You betrayed me.

I sure did.

Now where's Alan.

Where is Alan?

Where do you think, Tony?

Who does he hate?

Who does he want to harm?

Oh god, it's his mother.

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Alan!
Alan?

Open up the door, Alan.

Alan!

What are you doing, Alan?

Thinking, about the
greater evil, taking someone

else's life and taking my own.

Which do you think
is worse, Tony?

I couldn't say.

Neither can I. I kind of
lean towards k*lling myself.

I mean, if you m*rder
somebody, you get sent

to prison or off to a shrink.

You get rehabilitated
or you get cured.

If you k*ll yourself, they
can't rehabilitate you.

They sure the hell
can't cure you.

There's no need to do that.

I wanted to do
something to show

Stevie how much I loved her!

So I thought, who should I k*ll?

I thought about k*lling you.

I thought about that a lot.

Then I thought
about Mommy dearest,

but all she ever did
wrong was act like a mom.

That's not enough to die for.

And then I realized that
no matter what I did,

I just wasn't going
to have Stevie.

But she's just like all
the organized religions.

She makes promises,
but never delivers.

Why do you have a g*n?

Because I'm a cop, Alan.

What we were doing
wasn't against the law.

b*ating up people is.

Did you arrest Stevie?

Yeah.

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[sighs]

You don't have to
prove anything to her.

You never did.

All I wanted to do
was make her happy.

MAC MCCANN: She used that, Alan.

The way you felt, she
made it all wrong.

She won't be doing that anymore.

But what happens to me?

You get better.

Rehabilitated?

Cured.

Well, Captain, here's the
last of the paperwork.

If I never see this case
again, I'll be a happy camper.

Ditto.

It is nice to be clean and dry.

MAC MCCANN: Yeah, I'm just glad
to be done with all these kids

and this Satan stuff.

Want to go grab
a beer, some pizza?

No, thanks.

I think I'm gonna go
see a movie, you know?

Escape from reality
for a couple of hours

and get rid of all this demented
stuff I've just been through.

You up for it?

What movie?

Uh, it's a triple feature--

"Nightmare on Elm Street,"
parts through .

You got to be kidding, right?

No.

Part 's the best in the
series, but isn't that bad.

Come on, you up for it?

- Why not?
- Cool.

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