0:01:25 > 0:01:31The audience liked it. See what the vultures say. The critics will love it. It's a wonderful play.
0:01:31 > 0:01:38So was Low Maintenance Man - the reviews said it was derivative, pretentious...
0:01:38 > 0:01:44Those were the best ones. I thought COPS were paranoid. It's paranoia palace.
0:01:44 > 0:01:52Ooh... Listen, if I start drinking too much at this party and insult the investors,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55will you arrest me? I'll take you into custody!
0:01:55 > 0:02:01Christine Cagney - defender of peace and public morals - we thank you.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Here's to the good things in life. I'll drink to that.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31I'm glad that's over. I HATE first nights.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Come on, you were wonderful. Oh, sweetheart.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41What's wrong?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Stop the car! What's the matter? That man's working over that woman.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Can't you turn away? He has a knife.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53We do have a first night... Hey! Hey! Police!
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Hold it! ..Are you all right? I guess you better follow them.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Get out of my way! Look out!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I don't believe this. Get out the way!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Look out!
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Hold it! OK, baby - be cool! Get up!
0:03:16 > 0:03:22Against the car! Be cool, babe. Against the CAR! Call for back up.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28I'm innocent. Sure. I'm just doing my job. Roughing up women?
0:03:28 > 0:03:33You want some money? Quiet! I got some money. Keep your mouth shut!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Come on, baby...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38To the good things in life(!)
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Baby, I'm innocent. UH!
0:03:42 > 0:03:45..Be with you in a minute.
0:03:50 > 0:03:57What? Is that meat? No, but it gives you all... Vegetable? Yes, grains.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58..Hey.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Hey, how was the big night?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05It started out great, then it went downhill.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10The big opening night party? When we got there, it was over. What?
0:04:10 > 0:04:18There was an assault and I was stuck for two hours booking a pimp! Josh must have been disappointed.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23He was a good sport about it until the guy threw up on his tuxedo.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Oh, Christine...
0:04:26 > 0:04:29GIGGLES Sorry.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Cagney! Nice outfit.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Thanks. I liked it yesterday, too.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41What? Had yourself a little sleepover date?
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Oh, kiss off, Isbecki! ..I wore my yellow sweater yesterday, didn't I?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Cagney, Lacey - end of hen party!
0:04:49 > 0:04:55A baby was abandoned at St Joseph's. Find a line on the mother. Yes, sir.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05We get a lot of abandoned babies here. The mothers are young -
0:05:05 > 0:05:1015, 16, no money, no job. But this woman - she was no kid.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15She had plenty of money - jewellery and clothes you'd die for and cash.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21She posted five $100 dollar bills in advance. She brought the baby to see the doctor?
0:05:21 > 0:05:28Complaining of lethargy - said the baby was too quiet. I wish I had that problem with my boys!
0:05:28 > 0:05:33Dr Lewis examined the baby. She's totally deaf. Oh...
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Just then, the mother went to the ladies' room and never came back.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Where's the little girl? Child welfare took her.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Have you tried calling the mother? Yes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51The number on the admitting form was Information at Port Authority.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Thank you.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59The address and work reference were fictitious too? The whole form.
0:05:59 > 0:06:06The mother planned it. If the doctor confirmed the baby was deaf, she'd dump her.
0:06:06 > 0:06:13Nice(!) I think I've seen everything, then I get a surprise. Oh, are you something?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16So, what happens now? She'll stay here.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Aaw! What is a gorgeous girl like you gonna do in a dump like this?
0:06:22 > 0:06:28We do our best with limited funds. No offence. ..But YOU ought to be in pictures.
0:06:28 > 0:06:34If you can find the parents and a judge to declare them unfit,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36then we'll put her up for adoption
0:06:36 > 0:06:44and hopefully find a family for a handicapped child. Lots of ifs. A foster home's free in two weeks.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Two weeks! That's a long time.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51What do you say, lovely? You wanna come home with me?
0:06:51 > 0:06:56You gotta be kidding. Back off - I saw her first. It's our decision.
0:06:56 > 0:07:02Mrs Rosenmeyer - would it be OK? It's VERY irregular. Oh, come on -
0:07:02 > 0:07:06you've got some latitude. I'm a police officer
0:07:06 > 0:07:12with a husband and kids. We're only talking two weeks here. Well...
0:07:12 > 0:07:19I'll have to ask my supervisor. Tell her I was Den Mother for 17 Cub Scouts for a year.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22(Are you out of your mind?!)
0:07:22 > 0:07:28What's the matter? You've got enough - you've got two kids of your own and your work!
0:07:28 > 0:07:35I won't fall down on the job. That's not what I meant. Then what? It's unprofessional.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Unprofessional? Yes. She's afraid of what the guys'll say.
0:07:40 > 0:07:47Coleman and Isbecki would never do that. She's worried we'll look like bleeding-heart women.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50You wanna get off it? See?
0:07:51 > 0:07:57This is not the pound! You're not taking home a Christmas puppy.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59This is a little, real person here!
0:07:59 > 0:08:06I'm aware of that. Who'll take care of her while you're at work? Harve. ..Wait till you meet him.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Don't you think you should ask him?
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Harvey loves babies. He doesn't have anything to do until the renovation next month.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19She's not going to be any trouble. No trouble at all.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Sure...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30DRAMATIC MUSIC ON TV
0:08:30 > 0:08:34ROARING Harve?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Yo! Hiya. Hiya, baby.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42It's me. Don't look. I got something. Turn around, OK?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Turn around. OK, OK...
0:08:45 > 0:08:47OK...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Hiya, men!
0:08:49 > 0:08:53BOTH: Hi, Mom! I've got a surprise.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57The show's almost over. Is it an Atari? Wow!
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Get over here!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Stand by your father. OK? Ready?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Ta-da!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Ta-da-da...! A baby? Oh, gross!
0:09:09 > 0:09:16Where'd you get her? She was abandoned and has agreed to stay with us for two weeks
0:09:16 > 0:09:21until she gets a foster home. What's its name? I dunno. Atari?
0:09:21 > 0:09:25No. ..Isn't she something? I knew you'd love her.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Say hi to Harve... Huh?
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Hand her over. Come on, Harve, let me hold her. Let me hold her.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38HE BABY TALKS
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Mmm...
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I couldn't explain this to Christine. What's that?
0:09:48 > 0:09:54That I miss holding a little person like this in my arms. She's a doll. Oh - diaper!
0:09:54 > 0:10:00I'll get it. ..Harve? Hmm? It's my birthday next month.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06I know. Like vintage wine - better every year. Huh, yeah(!)
0:10:06 > 0:10:08But not any younger.
0:10:08 > 0:10:16We don't have forever, lover. If we want another baby, we'll have to do it soon. Wanna practise?
0:10:16 > 0:10:23I don't know. It's a big decision. I keep going round and round. I don't know for sure.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I thought she could help us make up our mind, baby.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Kind of like a trial run, huh?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Harvey...get the diaper.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Diaper, diaper, diaper!
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Yeah... No, Petite Jolie - J-O-L-I-E.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Yes, they're the manufacturers.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Yeah. OK, I'll wait.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Where's the cops? I'm a taxpayer!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15(Josh!)
0:11:15 > 0:11:19..Uh... Oh, OK. Thank you anyway.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Hi!
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Do I take it that you've forgotten our lunch date?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Lunch...? No, no, I didn't forget lunch! You forgot.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38I didn't. What kind of a bloody twit do you think I am?
0:11:38 > 0:11:45Sorry. I've been so involved with this case. The only lead I have on this baby is her clothes.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Listen, let me take you away from all this -
0:11:48 > 0:11:53just for an hour. I can't. I'm up to my bangs in this. Come on.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Why not?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10What are partners for?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Take a seat.
0:12:18 > 0:12:25I'm not going to beat around the bush, Lacey. I don't think it's such a hot idea.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Sir...? The baby.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Give it back before you're in too deep. This is experience talking.
0:12:34 > 0:12:42Don't get involved personally in a case. I think I can handle it, sir. Good... I thought I could too.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47An assault victim. We dated each other for a while and I...
0:12:50 > 0:12:58Well, look - Lacey, can you handle it when you have to give the kid back? I'm set for it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04You got all the answers. Just don't let it interfere with your work!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06No, sir. Thank you, sir.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16Champagne for lunch? What's the occasion? Big news. What?
0:13:16 > 0:13:21..Sorry, I'm on duty. You're not going to toast my news with water?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26What the hell - gimme a splash! ..What is it?
0:13:26 > 0:13:32I've just signed a deal to do a new play in London this spring. That's fabulous!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Break a leg! Cheers, kid.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39So...
0:13:39 > 0:13:43How about it? How about what?
0:13:43 > 0:13:50Well... Tower of London, Hyde Park, walks along the Thames... Wait a second.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Don't turn me down till you've heard the deal.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00Since my divorce, I decided to keep everything light, and I've been hard to get close to.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06Well, I'm not the easiest person to get close to, either. Well...
0:14:06 > 0:14:12London is the chance for us to get closer. But I have a job.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17It's my career. Don't give it up - just come over for a few weeks.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23I don't get vacation time till July. You could arrange something?
0:14:23 > 0:14:28It doesn't work that way. I have a partner, a caseload.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32With this case, I can't just fly off to London!
0:14:33 > 0:14:40I wouldn't be very good company right now. How much of yourself can you give to your work?
0:14:40 > 0:14:47Don't you think you ought to live a little? You don't understand - I love my work.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51How can you love chasing after pimps?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55In a long dress and high heels? It's grim and depressing.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Last night at 3am you didn't find me grim.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04(No.)
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Better get you back.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12..Check, please.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18What kind of milk are you using for the formula? Milk from a cow. Goat -
0:15:18 > 0:15:23it's closer to human milk and you'll have fewer allergies later.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27And don't neglect a good healthy dose of liquid kelp.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Kelp? It's processed seaweed - full of minerals.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36And it simulates the sea-like in utero environment.
0:15:36 > 0:15:43And acidophilus... for the promotion of friendly flora and to encourage elimination.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47This baby doesn't need that encouragement. Ask Harve.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Sorry, Paul, I gotta go.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55How was lunch? Why is nothing easy? We gotta go. I found the store.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02What do you mean? Josh is the most exciting man I've ever met. That's a problem?
0:16:02 > 0:16:08He thinks my work is grim. He's observant. We'll talk in the car.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Is it not the most precious? All hand work - even the buttonholes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Very nice. Do you remember who purchased this? Yes, the mother.
0:16:21 > 0:16:29She adored this combination. It's also a favourite of mine. She bought everything in those colours.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33You have an address on her? I'll check.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39This is cute. Isn't this adorable? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44My niece would look great in this. There's no price tags on anything.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I have it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Thank you. Mrs Scott Jamieson? Uh-huh.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53I'll check the address.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57These are cute. How much are these here?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00$24. For six?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02For one.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Uh-huh...
0:17:04 > 0:17:08The kid has got enough of these for now.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11OK, thank you.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Park Avenue.
0:17:14 > 0:17:21That figures. Are we going? $24! Michael's entire layette didn't cost $24!
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Michael got the better deal.
0:17:29 > 0:17:36And you remembered to warm up the formula? ..Oh, come on, Harve - I'm not treating you like a bimbo!
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Of course he remembered. And Harve, kelp - liquid kelp.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43K-E-L-P.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I dunno, Harve... A health food store.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Yeah, OK... OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Kiss that little lovely for me. Bye. Yes, Mr Coffman?
0:17:54 > 0:18:01You'll be delighted to know that my clients, the Jamiesons, will co-operate 100%. How thoughtful(!)
0:18:01 > 0:18:08We don't need their co-operation to make this charge stick. There's no abandonment.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14The baby left at St Joseph's is not my clients' child. What are you trying to do?
0:18:14 > 0:18:20Do you have any idea how hard it is to adopt a white, healthy infant?
0:18:20 > 0:18:27We heard. The Jamiesons have been trying to adopt for three years. Finally, they found a source.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33They were promised a perfect child. But they found her to be defective. Deaf.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38That baby can't hear. Otherwise she's perfect.
0:18:38 > 0:18:45They don't regard deafness a slight imperfection. They dumped her. Mrs Jamieson left her in a hospital.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49How kind(!) Why are you wasting our time?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52It's still abandonment with an adopted child.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56They never legally adopted the child.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02It's difficult to effectuate a certain type of adoption in this city. Where did she come from?
0:19:02 > 0:19:09They purchased her from a baby broker... The price was $35,000...cash.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Now, can we come to some sort of accommodation?
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Sir, we got the name of the baby broker, we got the... Jamiesons.
0:19:22 > 0:19:29They're gonna co-operate. Why can't we make the collar? I checked with the DA's office,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33and they're not happy with the case. What do they want?
0:19:33 > 0:19:40They want the natural parents of the baby that the broker has placed. So, we get criminal solicitation
0:19:40 > 0:19:48AND the social services law violation. Legal smokescreens! I don't make up the laws.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I agree with them, so we're meeting the Assistant DA -
0:19:52 > 0:19:559am, the three of us tomorrow.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Tomorrow? You can give her a hard time instead of me.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I can't go tomorrow. Why not?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08It's supposed to be my day off.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13Josh rented a car and we were going to go away. What will I tell him?
0:20:13 > 0:20:18That you have to work. You know how understanding he is about my work(!)
0:20:18 > 0:20:25Christine, I hate to discourage you about a man, but maybe he's the wrong one for you.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31Maybe everyone's the wrong one for me. Well, it must be ME.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36I mean, if enough people tell you you're drunk, lie down.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40You got to make compromises to be with a man.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43A lot of compromises!
0:20:44 > 0:20:47God, I hate compromises!
0:20:50 > 0:20:56W P Jarvis - attorney. We've been trying to build a case against him.
0:20:56 > 0:21:03The Jamiesons will testify that they purchased a baby from him. A jury might not convict on that.
0:21:03 > 0:21:10I want him to solicit a mother to abandon her baby. We had a 16-year-old willing to testify.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13DID have? She disappeared.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18We can't prove it, but Jarvis may have paid her off, or who knows?
0:21:18 > 0:21:25Nice fella we got here(!) Jarvis solicits pregnant women at the welfare office.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Where do we come in? Assign a female officer -
0:21:29 > 0:21:34padded out to look pregnant - waiting to be solicited.
0:21:34 > 0:21:41We have to be very careful about entrapment. Let him make the first move. We get Rita Higuero?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Yes. A blonde officer is best. Huh?
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Blonde, blue-eyed babies go for the most on the baby farms.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00I'm not wearing a maternity dress with bows on! I'll send a male detective as a husband.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03You have a blond detective? Oh, yeah.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Does HE have to be blond?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11How's my blushing bride? Going home.
0:22:11 > 0:22:18Sounds good to me! Where are you going? Home with the little woman.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23You have to be pregnant tomorrow, so I thought... Don't think!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Oh, you're back. There you go.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Gorgeous!
0:22:35 > 0:22:40OK. Oh, I don't know what to eat!
0:22:40 > 0:22:45I feel like such a blimp. You look great. ..Doesn't she?
0:22:45 > 0:22:49You look wonderful. I'm three pounds overweight.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54So order the fish. It's great. We'll order it dry. Oh, why not?!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57It's just so confusing - which diet to be on!
0:22:57 > 0:23:03- First they say, "Forget carbs and eat protein." - Remember the water maven?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07The worst! Noting but meat and so much water, your kidneys floated!
0:23:07 > 0:23:12- Now they say meat raises your cholesterol. - What about cellulite?
0:23:12 > 0:23:19You should see these thighs! When I saw that glorious bod, there was no cellulite!
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Well... Hang on there a minute!
0:23:21 > 0:23:29Before you get your duelling pistol, she appeared in the buff in the play we did off Broadway a few years ago.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Yeah. Oh, I'm not jealous! ..Do I look jealous? Do I?
0:23:33 > 0:23:38I love it when you do your caveman number. Come on.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41THEY LAUGH
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Well, have you decided?
0:23:43 > 0:23:48I don't know. I'm not real hungry. Oh, don't fast!
0:23:48 > 0:23:53You'll lose it quick, but will gain it back just as quickly! Believe me!
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I'm not dieting.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00You're lucky! You don't have to be in front of a camera. It adds 10lb!
0:24:00 > 0:24:06When I went out to the coast to do that picture with Clint, I asked for fresh salads in my dressing room.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09You should've heard the uproar!
0:24:09 > 0:24:13You would've thought I'd asked for my picture above the title!
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Every suit in the studio descends, with cost sheets telling me the picture had gone over budget!
0:24:19 > 0:24:24We're taking about a salad here! A little itsy-bitsy salad!
0:24:24 > 0:24:30Why couldn't you just relax and enjoy yourself? Was I rude? You hardly said a thing.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34I'm sorry, but dieting is not my favourite topic of conversation.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39She babbled on for 45 minutes as if it's the best thing in the world!
0:24:39 > 0:24:43You don't like that sort of people, do you?
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Frankly, I find them very full of themselves and rather superficial.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Yeah, well, they're not as fascinating as cops(!)
0:24:52 > 0:24:58But cops talk about REAL things! Yeah - pimps and junkies! That is a barrel of laughs(!)
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Josh, I'm sorry! But I find it very difficult to deal with work
0:25:03 > 0:25:07AND spend my entire evening consumed with her cellulite!
0:25:07 > 0:25:12You can't live in the gutter just cos you work there.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16What does that mean? Stop taking it home with you.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Where should I leave it?! I mean...! Wait a minute!
0:25:20 > 0:25:26I see people eat dog food cos they can't afford a decent meal, and she's worried about losing weight?!
0:25:26 > 0:25:33Different people live in different worlds! You CAN move between them! Oh?! How about selling children,
0:25:33 > 0:25:38and she's worried about having a salad sent to her dressing room?!
0:25:40 > 0:25:46Let me tell you something, pal. The next time somebody steals your bloody sports car, call an actress!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I just might. Wait. Where are you going?!
0:25:51 > 0:25:56I thought you were gonna spend the night. Under the circumstances...
0:25:56 > 0:26:00What circumstances?! I'm angry! I am not dead!
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Not tonight. ..Got a headache(?)
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Oh, well, I guess I'm just not in the mood.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Josh, come...
0:26:19 > 0:26:22This just isn't gonna work for you and me, is it?
0:26:22 > 0:26:28Well, frankly, I don't find you very appealing when you behave this way.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Really?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Well, isn't that terrific(?)
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Good night.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58It must be tough to do, with both parents working. LAUGHTER
0:26:58 > 0:27:03But you and Claudia are doing fine, right? I wouldn't go that far.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07What do you do with Lauren? Daycare? Claudia's mother.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Daycare, baby-sitting... It's the logistics that kill you.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16That bad, huh? You know the worst part? What?
0:27:16 > 0:27:23The only one who knows if it's working out is Lauren, and she's too little to say. Don't worry.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27When she's 13, you'll hear from her...constantly. Thank you(!)
0:27:27 > 0:27:34The most important thing you can do is not to let them walk too early. I beg your pardon?!
0:27:34 > 0:27:40Well, premature homolateral movement can cause severe switching in the cerebral hemispheres.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42You know - right brain, left brain?
0:27:42 > 0:27:48See that? ..His parents probably encouraged him to walk too soon.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Ah, here comes Ma and Pa Kettle now. How'd it go? Nothing!
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Hey, Josie! So? ..We stood in line for six hours, not one bite. I tell you, my feet are killing me!
0:28:00 > 0:28:05Hey, Lacey. You got one terrific partner there. You wanna trade?
0:28:05 > 0:28:10I'll give you Petrie and two draft choices. No, thank you, Victor.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19Six hours with Isbecki. You must've had a time. Oh, he's not so bad.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Actually, he's a good cop. He thinks I'm very interesting.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26You had a fight with Josh.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33We just came to an understanding. What kind of an understanding?
0:28:33 > 0:28:36He thinks actresses are more his type.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Oh.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Mmm, thanks. That feels so good.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47I'm sorry, Chris. I don't care. It's not a big loss.
0:28:47 > 0:28:53Harv's making his famous pot roast tonight. Wanna come join us? I think I'll get to bed early.
0:28:53 > 0:28:59Yeah, you look a little tired. Yeah? Pregnancy'll do that to you!
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Mary Beth? Hiya, gorgeous. Hiya, baby.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10HE SIGHS
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Where's Jeanie? Jeanie?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27She's sleeping.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I thought you said we weren't gonna name her?
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Make it too hard when... We have to give her up, yeah.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40It's just, today, I thought about her as Jeanie. You know?
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Er... Jeanie with the light brown hair.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Like that song. Let's adopt her, Harv.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Let's adopt her. I thought we were baby-sitting for two weeks here.
0:29:52 > 0:29:58Is she a problem...? Slow down! Not for you, but what happens when I have to start work again?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02I won't be here to watch her. We did it twice before.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07No, my MOTHER did it twice! She starts a new job next week. So we get daycare!
0:30:07 > 0:30:14How else do other families manage? Mary Beth, she's going to need special attention. The deafness!
0:30:14 > 0:30:20It's not a problem now, but... There's special schools. We'll all learn sign language.
0:30:20 > 0:30:26Oh, you don't wanna do it. Mary Beth, listen to me! She's a doll. I'm crazy about her!
0:30:26 > 0:30:30But you and me, we are finally getting to a stage in our lives!
0:30:30 > 0:30:36The boys'll be self-sufficient soon! We can go places! We can do things...!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40You don't wanna do it! There's nothing more to say. Did I say no?
0:30:40 > 0:30:46BABY CRIES She knows we're talking about her? Jeanie? Yeah. Nice name.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Honey? Either way, I love you.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53CRYING CONTINUES OK, all right! We're coming!
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Think it over. 18 more years, she'll be out of the house.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11What? Are you two just gonna stand in line all day?
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I'll handle this, honey.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24You haven't completed these forms properly.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Oh, yeah?
0:31:26 > 0:31:32Sorry. It's kinda new for us. It's embarrassing. I've never been out of work. This isn't right!
0:31:32 > 0:31:39Let's get out of here, please... No need for the missus to have false pride! Not in her condition.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Yeah. Look, er...
0:31:42 > 0:31:49It's possible I can help you out. ..Really help you out. None of this Mickey Mouse government stuff.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54This guy's a lawyer. Helps people like you get back on their feet.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59I'll call him. Tell him you're on your way over there.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Thank you very much.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08How much do you need? Hmm? I thought you said there was trouble in lending money?
0:32:08 > 0:32:15I've also been known to say that it's greater to give than receive, provided both sides do some giving.
0:32:16 > 0:32:22There are a lot of fine people in this city. Rich, generous people. These folks have everything.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Save for one thing.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27They don't have children.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Legal heirs to their fortunes. And they're grieving for it.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Look, Mother...
0:32:36 > 0:32:42You have something growing in your belly that these folks would pay dearly to possess.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46My baby?! I know that may sound a little hard,
0:32:46 > 0:32:53but think of that child of yours growing up in a beautiful house with toys, clothes, college, computers...
0:32:53 > 0:32:58Think of yourselves. Now, you're young. You will have other children.
0:33:01 > 0:33:07This time, you'll have a $15,000 nest egg to see to the future.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15You're saying you'll buy our baby for $15,000? Cash.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Plus all hospital and incidental expenses.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24Did you get it? Loud and clear. ..Mr Jarvis, you have the right to remain silent.
0:33:24 > 0:33:32If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law...
0:33:37 > 0:33:42You should've seen Cagney! She was great! Wide-eyed, sweet.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48Then, all of a sudden, BAM! "OK, buster, you're under arrest." I thought he'd lose it there.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53Come on. It was no big deal! Credit where it's due... Enough already!
0:33:53 > 0:34:00The assistant DA is happy. She's filed Jarvis for conspiracy, child selling and criminal solicitation.
0:34:00 > 0:34:06We got one welfare clerk, and they're seeing if they find others. What about the parents?
0:34:06 > 0:34:12Child abandonment and endangering. We're bringing them both in. Did you get the file on Jeanie?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Yes. May I see it?
0:34:25 > 0:34:30Ann Jessop. ..You're gonna arrest her? Yeah.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36I'll bring her in. No, Lacey. The uniforms are making the collars. Please, sir... Lacey!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Forget it.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15So, what do you think? Should I cut more off the top?
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Harv and I decided we're gonna try to adopt her.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Oh, yeah?
0:35:25 > 0:35:32That's wonderful! Lieutenant should've let me bring the mother in. For what?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35So you can yell at her and threaten her?
0:35:35 > 0:35:39I wanna see her! Mary Beth, don't see her!
0:35:39 > 0:35:44It's only gonna make you feel bad. I'll never have peace with this!
0:35:44 > 0:35:48I don't understand it! There's nothing to understand!
0:35:48 > 0:35:55Some people you can't understand! Now, go home! You don't wanna be here when they bring her in.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01No, I'm staying here. You're going out of your way to cause yourself pain, my friend. No!
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Some day, Jeanie's gonna ask me, and I'll need something to say.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22No way!
0:36:22 > 0:36:25You keep that on my tab.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I ask you out, your my guest.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Here's to fighting crime and pursuing justice,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35and if you don't know it, I'll hum a few bars(!)
0:36:38 > 0:36:44Isn't that good?! You having fun? To tell you the truth, I'm not used to girls taking me out on dates.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Especially not you.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50But I was... I was surprised when you asked me out.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Is that good surprised or bad surprised?
0:36:54 > 0:37:01What do you think? I don't know! I'm asking! You might find me grim and depressing and unappealing!
0:37:01 > 0:37:03That's a joke, right?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I never joke, Victor.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Let me ask you something.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15What do you REALLY think of me? Is this serious?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Well, er...
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I think you're really a looker.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25I think you're funny. I think you're smart.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28And I think you're a good cop.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Enough? More.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33You're scintillating, captivating,
0:37:33 > 0:37:36exciting, enchanting...
0:37:36 > 0:37:41OK. Now for the acid test. Are you ready?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45This is the question.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50Would you throw me out of bed on a cold night?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54That is the joke, right?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59It was supposed to be a come-on.
0:37:59 > 0:38:06Oh, I get it. I say yes, and you laugh in my face, right? Victor. Do you want me or not?
0:38:07 > 0:38:12We are two consenting adults. So which is it? Your place or mine?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28You've got hurt feelings.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Or something.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37You don't want me. Not tonight, at least.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I'm gonna hate myself in the morning.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I'm Detective Lacey, Mrs Jessop.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Did they tell you you don't have to talk to me?
0:39:21 > 0:39:27I just wanted you to know that my husband and I have been taking care of your daughter.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I never really saw her, you know.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36They took her away in the delivery room.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41What does she look like?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Pretty.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49She's pretty. She's got big blue eyes, but I think they'll go brown.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53And a healthy appetite.
0:39:54 > 0:40:01Mrs Jessop? Did they tell you in the hospital that she's deaf? I don't care. I want her back!
0:40:01 > 0:40:05You gave her away, Mrs Jessop. You sold her.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10We were living in two rooms without heat! I already had two children!
0:40:17 > 0:40:24They gave me...money. Yeah, $15,000. You should've hung around for the mark-up.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28When they sold her again, it was 35(!) (Shut up!)
0:40:31 > 0:40:36I didn't... I didn't really know her yet. Can't you understand that?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38She was just...
0:40:41 > 0:40:43..something inside of me!
0:40:47 > 0:40:50I want her back!
0:40:51 > 0:40:58That's for a court to decide. She's MY baby! What'll you do next time you can't make rent?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01You're not gonna get her, you know.
0:41:01 > 0:41:08I... The courts always decide in favour of the natural mother. Maybe! She's mine.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11My Sarah.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18Sarah?! That's the name that I gave her when I was carrying her.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24It's a pretty name, isn't it?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Yes, a very pretty name.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38Hey, lady... She needs more from you than a name.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I hope to God she gets it.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59KNOCK ON DOOR
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Yeah? It's Chris!
0:42:04 > 0:42:06LOCK RATTLES
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Hiya. Thanks for coming. Sure.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Sit down.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Where's Harvey?
0:42:24 > 0:42:29He's getting her dressed. We got her a sweet outfit. Oh, yeah? Yeah.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33So, why don't you keep her until the trial's over?
0:42:33 > 0:42:38Oh, the bureau wants her in a foster home. So fight 'em!
0:42:39 > 0:42:41No. Why not?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Her mother is not so bad!
0:42:45 > 0:42:51Oh, it's easy to judge, Chris. It's easy to judge. How do I know what I would've done?
0:42:51 > 0:42:56I know what you'd do. You'd eat dog food if you had to.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00The court's won't give her to me.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04The preference is the natural mother.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Well, at least that she's OK, though, huh? The mother?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Yeah. You can keep an eye on her.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Yeah. That's good. Yeah.
0:43:20 > 0:43:26You and Harvey should have one the old-fashioned way, you know? Yeah? Mm-hm.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Oh...
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Christine, I feel so sad.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38SHE SOBS
0:43:38 > 0:43:42KNOCK ON DOOR Mary Beth... Mrs Rottenmeyer.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44What?! ROSENmeyer!
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Hello, come on in. Officer Lacey. Yeah, you remember Officer Cagney?
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Harv! Mrs Rosenmeyer's here! HER VOICE BREAKS
0:44:10 > 0:44:15Well, she looks like she's been very well taken care of. ..We really appreciate that.
0:44:20 > 0:44:26So long, kid. Of all the gin joints in the world, you had to walk into this one.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38I'll be thinking about you, Jeanie.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Poor little thing. She can't hear a word. That's what you think.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Bye, funny face. Oh...
0:44:48 > 0:44:52There you go. And... Bye. ..thank you.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Have a beautiful life, Sarah.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Want a beer?
0:45:06 > 0:45:07I'll get it.
0:45:19 > 0:45:26Subtitles by Karin Anderson and Raymond Morrison, BBC Broadcast 2003