Internal Affairs Cagney and Lacey

What time is it?

2.19. I'm sorry I asked.

WALKIE-TALKIE: 'Can we call it a night?' Hang in there.

You've been stood up. You would know.

Later, Cagney. 10-4.

SIRENS WAIL

Hold it right there! Freeze!

Who are you? Police. Step down.

All right, maybe I pushed the limit a little gettin' here. That's not all you're pushing.

What d'you mean? You tell me!

You're nuts. You're nuts! Just check the manifest.

I've never been in trouble. Gimme a break.

Everything you need to make a great Mai Tai...except the booze. What happened to the hijacked liquor?

I gave up a date with Jessica. Ortiz had an inside line on this shipment. How could he be wrong?

It's a new cover. Takes time. He said it was a sure thing. How many "sure things" are there?

Jessica was a sure thing!

Good news, Mr Krupp.

We've found your missing car. Oh, yeah?

With the car, we found your brother-in-law. He says you paid him to steal it.

Oh, yeah? Could you tell me why you had four different insurance policies?

Oh.

Yeah.

Very nice, Chris. So I said, "Harv, it's 4am." And HE said, "No time like the right time!"

We were talking about pizza. Oh. You're obsessed these days. Pizza?!

Huggable Henry, isn't it? You listen to my private calls!

She's got a glow lately. Yeah, your skin's clearing up nicely. You two!

Sin and redemption! Guy's on fire!

CONFUSED SHOUTING

Hey!

Is he all right? Yeah.

Get him to a hospital. I don't think it's bad. Have 'em examine his head!

What is this? Some guy thinks he's Joan of Arc.

Ortiz... A man set himself on fire in his cell.

Ortiz doesn't know what went wrong last night. Sorry. What happened?

The foreman said there'd be a delivery of liquor to the West 19th Street warehouse,

hijacked from a truck in North Carolina. Could it have been rerouted?

This time, I'll tape it. You're gonna wear a wire? You can't freeze your tochuses again on my account.

Just be careful. No problem.

Adios, senoritas. Adios. Adios.

We're gonna go have some lunch.

We are? Mm. What's the occasion? No occasion. Just an ordinary lunch.

Wh-what happened to my suspect?

Ladies. Bert, over here, please.

This is Anthony Berwick, uh...Internal Affairs Division.

How do you do? Ah. Hello.

D'you like Dover sole? Yes. Great.

Detective Ortiz has been working undercover on interstate truck hijacking.

Dave Sandrich is the kingpin. They were on the stakeout that went bust.

We think we know why. We believe the hijackers were tipped off. By whom?

A leak, your squad. You suspect Ortiz? No. We suspect everybody.

But not us?

You're female. You have an advantage.

Such as? Bad guys don't trust them. Besides, we checked you out.

Ah, Michel! Merci. Tres joli! C'est arrive directement de Londres ce matin.

Comme d'habitude. Merci pour la salle.

Avec plaisir. Mais il faut que vous soyez partis avant trois heures.

On doit preparer pour le diner.

Pas de probleme. Bon appetit, messieurs, 'dames.

You'll be part of our internal investigation. You will report on other detectives.

My cover will be Cagney's insurance agent. You'll call me from a phone outside the squad room.

Forget it. All right, if not insurance agent, bookie.

You need a sense of humour. I find nothing funny about spying on workmates.

We have the utmost concern for our undercover officers.

What if we won't do it? You serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner.

Your position is tenuous. You must do what you think is right, as will I.

I know my people. We don't have a leak.

This is just an excuse for IAD to meddle in local precinct affairs.

We don't need you. You're in trouble, whether you know it or not. You need help. I don't think so.

What is this? Fish?

Good stuff, huh? You want stereo equipment, designer jeans...

If it travels by truck, Sandrich's guy's got it - hot and cheap.

The DA'll love it. Might even release the album.

Come on.

All right! You got an envelope? Gimme a break! Yeah.

The score? "H-O-R"..."H-O-R-S".

It's over for you, Petrie. SHELLEY: Can I have winner? No.

Stick around, we'll have a search warrant for tonight. "E". Oh, shoot! Come on.

All right! Gimme that ball!

So this is where the taxpayers' money goes, huh? Pop!

Hi. Nice to see you. Good to see you again.

Watch this. It's all in the wrist. I just don't wanna intimidate them.

Come on, talk to me. Save my place.

What're you doing here? Making sure my old captain hadn't died off.

I need him for a reference for a job.

Terrific! Where? It's on Wall St.

They need a courier with an impeccable background. I'm a retired cop. Great.

D'you want some coffee? Sure. OK.

BUZZ OF BUSY OFFICE

Dogs do that, sir.

So, what d'you think of the old place? Still smells the same. Same coffee too.

Ugh! Oh!

Close the door.

Ortiz is in the hospital. Somebody leaned on him pretty bad.

Is he OK?

He will be. Someone found out what he was doing. Got the tape.

Not his watch, not his wallet, just the tape. I don't believe it. I just don't believe it.

I can't believe that one of my own people did it,

but it's true. We'll have to play ball with IAD and plug that leak.

What does that mean? You two are working for Berwick.

Do what he tells you.

Get outta here.

We approach it like any other case - motivation and opportunity.

Petrie. Motivation - new baby, needs the money. Opportunity - he's around the squad room all the time.

Izbeki. Motivation... Stupidity. Figured he could get away with it once then got in over his head.

La Guardia. Ready to retire. Bitter towards the department cos he never made detective.

That's imaginative. Yeah. Ortiz? No, I don't think it's him.

Shelley. She's a civilian. Well, she's still got ears.

Maybe. How about helping to finance the honeymoon with Huggable Henry?

D'you see that guy? He's very cute.

Detective Riley.

Money. Taupman. Money. Cosetti.

Money.

All right. OK.

We're gettin' somewhere. Yeah? Where?

Hold it down! With Ortiz out of action, we're all pitching in with the DA's hijacking investigation.

Petrie, cover the street vendors. OK. He doesn't sound enthusiastic.

La Guardia, go after truck drivers. You got it.

TOO enthusiastic? Oh-h! Taupman and Cosetti, do insurance companies.

Izbeki, these are shipping manifests that Ortiz copied.

Check 'em out.

Cagney and Lacey, try and run down stolen goods in any retail stores.

OK. The girls get to go shopping.

Your insurance agent wants you to call him. Thanks.

Insurance hassle? Do I know?

My brother-in-law's an insurance salesman. Let's go!

I'll give Cagney his number. Swell!

You have a problem with the solvability quotient. I know, it stinks.

Is it the same with other cases? They don't mean spying on friends.

Get your hands dirty. I feel filthy already.

This jeopardises the lives of your fellow detectives. I know it.

Look into their financial records. Follow them. Follow who? Anyone. Mark Petrie.

Why Petrie? Taupman, Izbeki, La Guardia. Pick one. Get started.

Couldn't you get me a better rate? These premiums are ridiculous.

I didn't know Izbeki was a stereo freak.

There's probably a lot of things about him you don't know. Which I can't wait to find out(!)

Izbeki? Yeah. I took care of him.

Could we see a sales slip, please? Sure. Yeah, right... Izbeki?

There.

$3,742?! Yeah, but he got a good buy.

I mean, that is a $5,000 unit. It's state of the art.

What's the down payment? He put it all on his card. ALL of it?!

The card wasn't a phoney, was it?

OK. Thanks a lot.

Izbeki's got a $4,000 credit line.

We earn the same and the best I can do is $500. Makes you wonder.

I cannot tell you how much I hate this.

Want some left-over veal piccata? Did you have company?

No, I made it for myself. Is that a yes? Yes. Thank you.

Oh, it isn't fair.

Wouldn't it be terrific if Berwick was spyin' on us too?

Ortiz wouldn't be in the hospital if someone hadn't leaked. That keeps me goin'. You know,

I've hung around the department since I was 13 and I believe a cop should be above reproach.

What fairytale is that from? BUZZER SHOULD be, I said.

(Berwick.)

What a surprise(!)

Nice place you have here. Very nice.

I bought this 10 years ago with some money that my mother left me.

There's no reason for paranoia.

What can we do for you? Progress report.

We tailed Izbeki to a stereo store where he bought $3,700-worth of components.

Not outlandish, unless he paid cash. He has a $4,000 credit line on his credit card.

I'll follow up on that. You'll notice that someone who was at our last meeting isn't here.

Michel, the waiter.

I want you to follow Lieutenant Samuels. I beg your pardon?

Do you mind?! It was a present. From Henry?

Shelley! Sir? Get me those shipping manifests Ortiz brought in. Right away.

Your calendar's three months behind. I like the view.

TELEPHONE RINGS

Detective Izbeki, 14th Squad.

Who?

Yes.

I've got the envelope, sir. Yeah. It's empty. WHAT?

Right away.

My father's coming for dinner this week. Did he get that job? That's what I'm gonna find out.

Don't go in there. Why not? You know those shipping manifests Ortiz copied? They're missing.

Wasn't Izbeki working on those? He gave them back to Samuels. I saw him.

Now he says he never saw them and wants to put the blame on me or Izbeki.

Detective Izbeki was helpful. What did he say? There's a reason he could afford the stereo.

He has a trust fund of $125,000. Izbeki?!

His grandfather's carpet store had the same name as a large chain that came along later.

They couldn't operate in New York due to the prior registration so they negotiated a settlement.

Izbeki's father invested his share in IBM stock. So now Izbeki's rich.

Depends on your definition of the term. It's a nice nest egg.

At any rate, he's no longer under suspicion. But the guy drives an old, ratty car.

You should see his apartment! When did YOU see it? He doesn't want anyone to know. That's good.

Good? Makes him more cooperative. Does he know we know? No. It might jeopardise the investigation.

I wanna hand in our report the end of the week. What if we've nothing to report?

There's no way Bert Samuels would turn against the department.

We've tailed him twice to the same building, same time each time. So? We don't have to draw conclusions.

Don't get personal. The job has to be done.

I'd rather WE drew conclusions than the IAD.

There was this man over in Arson, Ken Miller. Really nice man. Yeah.

Detective 14 years. A guy in his squad was being investigated by Internal Affairs.

Miller intervened on his behalf.

He was charged with interfering with the efforts of the department.

He was busted back to patrolman. Just think of feathers, huh?

Just think of falling into a room full of feathers.

You can't believe the power they have. I know, baby.

Harvey... Rubbing your back, it takes concentration.

They're judging me, I know it. So they gave you a spy job.

What a crummy thing to say. Management don't care about you.

You are not helping me here.

How do you want me to help you, my little Mata Hari?

Thanks a lot(!) Wait a minute, the room may be bugged.

CAR HORNS

How're you doin?

These are all genuine labels. Yeah, I see. I'll take 'em all.

You kiddin'? Nope. Let's go.

What for? The lot numbers on these match a hijacked shipment.

So unless you're a branch store...

Look, I bought these from some guy.

What if I show you where he is?

Could we work something out? We'll see.

Go!

SIREN WAILS

SCREECH OF BRAKES

Petrie! Stay on him, I'm OK!

..3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Come on, girls, move those hips!

Come on, smile! Move those hips!

Move, out, forward and... Move those shoulders! Here we go!

And move those hips. Come on! Reach up.

That's it, Claire. SCREAMING

Get out the way!

Freeze! I'm not kiddin' around!

Open your hand and drop it! Drop it!

Move over here.

On your belly.

You all right, there, ladies?

Hands behind your back. That's it.

Nice assist. What were you two doing here, anyway? Yeah, lucky.

You weren't visiting your insurance agent? What are you talking about?

Lots of rumours since Izbeki got called on by IAD. People think there's an investigation on. Really?

If IAD were gunning for a friend of mine, I'd try to let them know.

I'd hope they'd do the same for me.

Let's get back. Level with me? We heard the rumours too.

Uh-huh.

D'you notice La Guardia's dressing a lot better lately?

There's his contact.

Contact for what?

I can't stand it!

La Guardia's got a girlfriend!

Somebody's actually got something nice in their life.

I think I'm gonna cry. Come on! Leave me alone.

This is great!

Mario Paterson, who you nailed with the designer jeans, is involved with this hijacking operation.

Good news. Guess we got lucky, huh?

Seems he was hired by a man in Philadelphia who he's never met

to go down and drive a truckload of stuff back to New York. What stuff?

Could be anything. Doesn't know the destination here. They were gonna tell him when he got there.

Izbeki, I want you to go. To Philly? They never met the guy, so you're him.

You look like a Mario. Yeah.

Drive the truck back here, we'll meet you...and the hijackers.

Any problems? No, sir.

OK. Listen, keep it quiet.

I want no-one except the people in this room to know what you're doin'.

Understood. Right, sir.

That'll be a good assignment for you. Keep you out of trouble.

It's a good thing you two were around to catch the guy.

I found this in my desk drawer, sir.

We resign from this investigation. We have our reports here.

Pretty much covers what we know of everybody which is that they all appear to be clean...sir.

I appreciate how traumatic this was.

I'm sure(!) We have to work with these people.

You haven't found the leak. If there IS one... I'm sorry.

We've invested too much to pull you off at this point. It's tough, but try to stick it out.

We can't. Sorry, I should speak for myself. I can't, and I won't.

Neither will I, Mr Berwick.

I'm surprised at you, Det Cagney,

with your family's history of service to the department. Your father's a retired patrolman. Right.

Charles F Cagney. He's applying for departmental references for a job as a courier.

Sweet of you to keep in touch(!) He can't get it without our blessing

which we'd give, despite his record.

What are you talking about?

September 23rd, 1948.

Suspended without pay for two months for taking bribes. My father? What are you trying to pull?

Oh, yes. He had a regular route, hit up all the merchants.

If we tell his new employers, he won't get the job.

We have no reason to do that if you and Det Lacey decide to stay on the investigation.

(I'm sorry.)

I'll talk to her.

MUSIC ON STEREO: Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyrie"

BUZZER

TURNS VOLUME UP

BUZZER

BUZZER

PERSISTENT BUZZING

SWITCHES MUSIC OFF

PROLONGED BUZZING

Don't your ears ache? You're gonna make yourself deaf, playing your music that loud.

I left a message for you to call. I thought it'd wait till I got here. I wanted to cancel dinner.

I didn't smell cooking. Don't matter. I'll take my best girl out to dinner.

Chrissie, I got the job!

What's the matter, babe? You OK?

We don't HAVE to go out. Why didn't you tell me you were on the take?

What? Some IAD slimebag told me in front of people I work with!

Don't talk to me that way. September 1948.

You were suspended and fined for taking pay offs. You don't know what you're talking about.

You didn't even try and tell me. Nothing to tell. You could've told me why or that you were sorry.

Things were different then. Now you give me something!

You give me something, I need it!

When you walk a beat as long as I did, you get to know the people.

A bartender wants to keep a card game goin', a restaurant owner wants to park a car in a no-parking zone.

What's the big deal? Did you need the money?

Was somebody sick, Daddy? Give me somethin'. You don't hear one word I'm saying. I'm trying!

It was the forties. I came here to celebrate. I just got a new job.

He said you were on the pad. Said every week you took thirty bucks.

I'll see you later. We'll celebrate when you're feeling better.

I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay and talk to me.

MUFFLED SOBS

Are you ready to go? Samuels just left.

How'd it go last night?

Lousy. You got a cigarette?

Huh? A cigarette, do you have one?

We can buy a pack and split it.

I want this thing to be over! It won't be much longer.

Izbeki called in. He's on a truck coming into Sandrich's warehouse. Will we be in on the collar?

Samuels hasn't made the assignment yet. He may never make it till it's too late. That was crummy.

I'm in a crummy mood. You wanna follow Samuels or not?

Chris, if you're angry with your dad, take it up with him, not me.

He's got a woman in there. This is an office building, not a hotel.

You never read The Happy Hooker? He's been here four times in eight days. Something's wrong.

That's what we're here to find out, isn't it? We are here to find out if he's corrupt.

I have a bad feelin' about this.

Seventh floor. Well, this is it.

Is it the same floor every time he comes? Sure. You gonna bust him? Thanks for your help.

Can I come watch?

Well, they're all shrinks. Family Counselling...Psychiatric Therapy?!

Hey, lady!

It was Berwick, right? Sir, I'm sorry.

I am an honest cop.

I'm sorry. Don't be sorry for me. No...

I got problems. I'm dealing with them, here.

It's not YOUR business, it's not the department's.

It does NOT affect my job. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. I'm not asking for any special favour. If you gotta tell Berwick...

..you tell 'im.

But I expect the same confidentiality

that you are to give every other subject in your investigation.

I got an appointment I gotta keep.

I'm not tellin' Berwick, Chris. No.

You in danger? Don't think so, but scratch the bust at Sandrich's warehouse. We're not goin' there.

Hold it. Hey, you two!

That delivery was solid. Why the switch?

Shut the door.

Go ahead. All I know is, suddenly I'm like the plague.

Guys shut up when I'm around. Then I'm told we're changing our destination. Where you goin'? Dunno.

I want you outta there. You kidding? Out, right now.

Hop a freight, run off, just get outta there.

I'll figure out something. I'll let you know. It's too dangerous!

I gotta go. I'll see you.

Did either of you mention to anybody that Izbeki's planted undercover? No, sir. Course not.

We got a problem.

All right, it couldn't have been Samuels or Izbeki. It wasn't us.

D'you think the phones are tapped? Yeah, by Berwick.

Maybe there's a bug in Samuels' office. That's where we first talked about Izbeki going under.

I can't believe this. Well... This is the real world, not James Bond.

We talked about Izbeki one other place.

(This is crazy!)

LOUD VOICES: Did you mention to anyone about Izbeki bein' planted? Course not.

Did we talk about it at our desks?

Not that I remember.

In the booking area?

Huh? Uh...

In our car? At home?

OK.

OK.

So...

The only kinda bugs we got in here are roaches and silverfish.

If there WAS a bug, it could've been pulled.

This is science fiction. There's no bug here. Berwick's got us paranoid.

Well, then it's just us.

We're the only women that use this john.

We put that bug in Sandrich's office, it'll be an easy bust. I'm supposed to call Harv. No time.

RINGING TONE

'Hello?'

It's me, honey.

'Hi, Me. I miss you.' I miss you. I get off work soon.

'Then you won't miss me any more.'

Henry, they said they're putting a bug in Mr Sandrich's office.

'You're terrific, baby.' All in a day's work. I love you.

LINE GOES DEAD

D'you want us to take her?

She's my secretary. I'll do it.

Izbeki's in danger, Shelley. They've rerouted his truck and we don't know where.

They wouldn't hurt him. They hurt Ortiz.

It got outta hand. They're gonna hurt him, maybe even kill him.

And you'll be charged as an accessory. I'll do it myself.

Why'd you do it? Why d'you think?

Henry.

Yeah. Oh, come on! Guys adore you.

Henry was the only winner I ever had.

She understands that. No, I don't.

You did it for this man. I CAN understand that. But what about Izbeki?

I'm not sure where they'll send him. Tell us what you know. Something about the East warehouse.

Maybe one of Sandrich's warehouses. I'll get on to Intelligence, see what they know.

I always liked Izbeki, you know that, Mary-Beth. Sure.

I'm sorry!

Chris, your father called. Thank you.

He's your father. Stay out of it...

La Guardia, Cagney, Lacey! That's where Izbeki is. Is he all right? I dunno! Let's roll! Let's roll!

I don't get it. How can we unload without a dock crew? Oh, we got a dock crew. See?

Terrific. Why don't I go around and unlash the trailer?

Yeah!

I think we've got some com...pany. No kidding, cop(!) Yeah.

Get him! He's goin' round the other side! Freeze!

SIRENS WAIL

Let's split, man!

Police! Hold it!

Police! Stay where you are! Freeze!

She's talking to YOU, sport!

Don't be cute. Come on. We got here just in time.

Are you kiddin'? He owned these guys(!) Yeah, right. I owned them.

Petrie here. We're wrapping it up.

INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

We're different now.

We're the same. Petrie isn't Petrie, Izbeki isn't Izbeki, Samuels...

We had a job to do. Sign this. OK.

Did you talk to Charlie yet? Got nothin' to say.

Can't hate him forever. Drop it.

You guys finished your DD5s? Right here, sir.

How's it goin'? We had to do something people should not be asked to do. It'll pass.

No, it won't. Never.

It's one we're all gonna have to live with.

Chris...

you got company.

(Oh, God!)

Do it, my friend.

Hi. Just thought I...I'd drop by.

How you doin'? Pretty good.

Thirsty. Can I buy you a coffee?

I can only stay a couple of minutes.

What I got to say won't take long. Come on.

Subtitles by BBC Scotland 1994