Power Cagney and Lacey

Central, this is car 2-11.

We are transporting a male prisoner to the 14th Squad for questioning.

Give me the mike.

This is Detective Victor Isbecki. That's I-S-B-E-C-K-I.

Be advised this is a homicide suspect. He's a major mob figure.

Please advise the squad commander to be available.

Car 2-11, this is Central. OK.

Victor, you realise that's a monitored frequency.

We're going to have to fight our way through the press.

Gee, Marcus, must have forgotten.

SIRENS WAIL

-Detective! Detective!

-OK, one picture, folks.

Isbecki, Detective...

What about the murder weapon? What did he use?

Easy does it, folks. Easy does it.

-Listen, I just want to ask you...

-What about the murder weapon?

If Berman was hired by the mob to kill Conrad Price,

why didn't he skip town?

Sorry, it's inappropriate to comment on an ongoing investigation.

-You think this arrest will get you a promotion?

-I hope so.

-I hope someone downtown's paying attention.

-Make that 'no comment'.

THEY CHEER

Hey, settle down, settle down, huh?

Sergeant Coleman, I want to book Mr Griffin here for homicide.

Hey, Isbecki! Isbecki.

-You owe me one.

-Hey, see me in 15 minutes, Cal.

-What happened? How was he caught?

-Well, it was real dark.

-You got everything?

-Well, if I don't, it's too late now.

-It's just a joke.

-Yeah.

Let me see if I've forgot anything.

Lieutenant, we've been over every case twice,

including the patrol guide.

Well, what do you think? It's that easy, Cagney?

You think the second whip can walk in and take over just like that?

I'll learn by doing it, Lieutenant. You can only brief me so much.

Besides, your vacation started yesterday.

You're not even supposed to be here this morning.

I thought I might have forgotten to tell you something.

Lieutenant, why don't you get out of here?

Well, you know what I think, Cagney?

A man's vacation time is his own business. It's a free country.

A man should be able to take a vacation if he wants to,

or not take one.

Well, you'd accumulated 12 weeks, Lieutenant.

They're only asking you to take two.

-So, what am I? Lucky?

-What did you finally pick?

-Mexico, Hawaii or the Caribbean?

-My sister in Baltimore.

Oh.

Well, you know, all those other places, Cagney,

-you've got to have special clothes for them.

-That's true.

You know, I'm just not the vacation type.

< Way to go, Isbecki!

Great job, Detective. Great job.

Hey, Lacey, did you hear the good news?

Sergeant Coleman made an announcement. Congratulations.

Griffin thought he got the best of me, thought he gave us the slip,

-but he didn't know who he was up against.

-I'm sure he didn't.

-Good collar, Victor.

-Should have seen him when I read him the rights. Turned green.

Guy knew he was going away for a long time.

-Exactly what he deserves.

-Let me tell you what else.

The simple part of it is it's a grounder.

We've got an eyewitness who swears he saw Griffin shoot Price.

We use that to make a deal with Griffin and move up to the big fish.

What do you mean we? Who made this collar anyway?

-Who backed you up?

-Who drove?

-Thanks and goodbye, guys.

This is my ticket to detective first grade, and it's only the beginning.

Oh, I love the sound of it - Captain Isbecki.

Wasn't that a '50s TV show?

THEY LAUGH

Isbecki, great collar. Congratulations.

I do have my moments, don't I? I'd be glad to save you some clippings for your scrapbook.

Why don't we just all take up a collection, get the guy a press agent.

THEY LAUGH

Hey, Cagney, with a face like this, who needs an agent?

Oh, you're more than just a pretty face, Victor.

-Yeah, and I got a world-class body too.

-With an ego to match.

THEY LAUGH

It was a good collar.

PIPE HISSES

Robinson! Get a plumber in here.

All hail, Macbeth! All hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!

The raven himself is hoarse who croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan!

Under these battlements... Ah!

HE MUMBLES

Is that a dagger I see before me, handle toward my hand?

Come, let me clutch thee! I see thee not, and yet I see thee still?

Art thou a dagger of the mind or art thou a...

HE MUTTERS

Kazak's in court all day tomorrow, so is Ellison.

That's going to leave us short

if the Sidowsky raid gets a green light.

Put Newman on it. He can work with Pappas and Aspromante.

-Pappas thinks that Newman's a hot dog.

-I know that.

Maybe it'll goose Pappas a little.

I like the way you think, Sergeant.

What else do we have?

Couple of details. Webb and Petrie both put in a vacation request.

-If you approve them, initial both copies.

-OK.

She's Claudia's favourite niece.

She'd really like us to fly down to Tampa for the wedding.

Oh, I hear Florida's so pretty this time of year.

-Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I.

-You can say that again.

-Probably will.

-Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I.

Is it not monstrous that this player here, but in a fiction...

Oh, right. God is in the details. Uh-huh. Well, I'll remember that.

All right, thank you again, Captain. Bye.

Not bad for a half a day on the job,

your partner already scored points with Major Cases.

SHE KNOCKS

Yes, Detective, come on in.

SHE HISSES

Sergeant Coleman says you're batting a thousand.

Oh, Mary Beth, I could learn to love this job.

You look right at home behind that desk.

I better be, I'm going to be living here for two weeks. What you got?

The felony assaults?

Yeah, I ran 'em through the computer as soon as I came in.

Sounds like fun.

If you think I work hard, Sergeant, you should see my partner.

He really tried to climb a building on Fifth Avenue?

-Would I lie to you, Steiger?

-What are you gonna book him for?

-Nothing.

He thinks he's King Kong. I'll call Bellevue.

-I get it. The doll is Fay Wray.

-FAO Schwarz.

-It's kinky, but I like it.

-You would. Come on!

-Isbecki, right?

-Yeah. Oh, sir.

You did a nice job nailing Teddy Griffin. Very slick.

Thank you. I thought so too.

Since when do you have the run of the precinct?

-Stay out of the squad room.

-I need a written appointment to see my client?

I don't care if you've got a note from your mother, you stay in the booking area. Hey! Hey!

THEY SHOUT

Over here!

HE GIBBERS

HE LAUGHS

What the hell is...

Thank you, Marcus. Nice timing, Newman. You alright, sir?

Get out of my way, please! Come on, clear this way.

-Are you alright?

-Yes, sir, I think so.

-Sit down, Detective.

-Mary Beth.

-That's an order.

-What happened?

-Nothing.

-You are in charge here, Sergeant.

-It's your job to know.

-Inspector Knelman, I did not see...

I want to see you in Lieutenant Samuels' office now.

There is no excuse for what happened out there.

I don't care how busy you were, you should have been on top of it.

And what the hell is a woman that pregnant doing in a squad room?

I want her out of here today.

Nothing happened, Chris. I'm not hurt.

I get pushed around more every day in the subway.

Yeah, well, Knelman doesn't care. He's afraid of a lawsuit.

He wants you on maternity leave, Mary Beth.

I'm sorry.

Regulations say I'm entitled to work as long as it's OK with my doctor.

And the department.

Knelman says in this case he is the department,

and he can override regulations in the interest of, quote,

"Detective Lacey's safety and wellbeing." Unquote.

My wellbeing? Well, that's a laugh. You know what's bugging Knelman?

Pregnant is not a good image for one of his detectives. My wellbeing?

SHE LAUGHS

-That's not fair, Christine. I'm doing my job.

-I told him that.

I showed him the pattern you discovered in the felony assaults.

It was like talking to a wall.

Thanks for trying.

So you leave a few weeks early. Think of it as a vacation.

I don't want a vacation. I'm not due for a vacation.

I hate taking money for nothing.

Well, it's not nothing, Mary Beth.

When you had the boys, there wasn't any maternity leave.

-You had to just take time off without pay, remember?

-Yes.

The men officers outnumber the women, what, 30 to 1?

We fought the department, we fought the union and we won it.

We got a benefit that we deserve.

So take the win, Mary Beth.

Look, I know Knelman's being a pig...

..but there's a good part.

It's probably better for the baby if you're home.

Give you time to shop for it, huh?

Hell, you could even do your Christmas shopping or...

The whole squad knows you're a good cop, Mary Beth.

This isn't going to change it.

I'm going to work out the rest of the shift, OK?

Mary Beth...

..he says no. He wants you out as soon as you clean your desk.

Don't you let anybody mess with my desk.

I want it exactly the same when I get back.

What's the matter with you, huh? You don't know how to close a door?

TELEPHONE RINGS

Charlie, it's just been a hell of a day. I don't know when I...

Yeah, all right, I'll try. I'll call you when I leave, OK? Bye.

Yeah, hey, Coleman, where are those old files on Teddy Griffin?

Yeah, today would be nice.

Gentlemen, first round is on me.

That's a reason to celebrate right there.

Well, I made the collar of the year. I might even be talked into buying two rounds.

Come on, Marcus, you don't have to finish that now.

I'll be done in half an hour. Meet you at Flannery's.

Don't be too long. Might decide to close his wallet and open his mouth.

-Keep talking, Newman, and you're buying.

-Hey, guys.

It gets so lonely around here without your smiling faces.

What do you say you hang in till your shift ends?

-Sorry, my fans are waiting for me down at Flannery's.

-Gentlemen.

I'd love to look the other way,

but my watch says you've got 23 minutes left.

Your watch talks too much.

Come on, Sergeant, all you have to do is close your beautiful blue eyes

and pretend you never saw us.

I've been trying to do that since you got here, Newman.

I need three DD5s from you, Isbecki, and I need two from you, Newman.

Tell you what, after my party, I'll give you anything you want.

Isbecki, get your tail back here.

You know, you're real cute when you're angry, Cagney.

-Sergeant Cagney.

-Hey, you're not pulling rank on me, are you, Sarge?

That's exactly what I'm doing, Detective.

You owe me some paperwork, both of you, so get on it.

Yes, sir.

Meatloaf was terrific, babe. Best you ever made.

I had all day to do it.

Honey, I know you wanted to keep on working.

Well, mostly for Christine, Harve.

You know, with the Lieutenant gone, all that responsibility,

-she needs somebody there who knows her.

-She'll be fine.

-You said she couldn't wait for Samuels to leave.

-Yeah.

What do you think, Harvey? You think I ought to fight the thing?

Oh, honey, I don't know.

Knelman should not be allowed to get away with it.

Maybe I should go over his head or to the union, maybe, huh?

You know how those things are. It could take weeks.

-By then you'll be home anyway. Huh?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, that's what Chris said. Relax, go along with it.

-Mmm.

Oh, honey, I know you've got a lot of pride. I do too.

Honey, I would hate it if it happened to me. I would.

I just don't know if it's worth making yourself crazy. Huh?

You remember what the doctor said when you got pregnant.

It could be more risky now.

He said I'll be OK, as long as they keep on checking me,

make sure the cancer doesn't come back.

All I'm saying is, I'm glad you can take it easy now. Mmm?

-Mmm. Well, there's one nice thing.

-Yeah.

You and I can have a little more time together...

-..before we're on the baby's schedule.

-Honey, it's only 7.30.

We will tell the children we're going to bed early

'cause I need my rest.

-What?

-Mm-hm.

SHE LAUGHS

Mmm!

THEY LAUGH

We could have gone to Flannery's. It wouldn't have bothered me.

No, I'm tired of Flannery's. This place is fine.

Hey, look, I'm under doctor's orders,

but you don't have to handle me with kid gloves.

-I can watch other people drink.

-Good. Scotch.

-Diet soda.

Well, so, how's it feel being one of the suits?

Some parts are great. Some not.

Hey, Chris, I'm absolutely tickled pink about it.

I never thought any kid of mine would be

a head of a squad of detectives.

-It's only temporary, Charlie.

-Sure, sure. For now.

You notice how she couldn't wait to crack the whip. I bet you Cagney planned it all day.

You're the one who tried to leave early, Victor.

-Yeah, but she sure took advantage of it.

-Typical.

Oh, admit it - you have trouble taking orders from a woman.

-You all do.

-You've gotta be kidding. I love women.

-Ask anybody in my little black book.

-Anybody who grew up with my mother

-and my four sisters had to become a feminist.

-Right.

That's why you mentioned Cagney's eyes.

So I'm a feminist and a nice guy.

It wasn't nice, Newman, it was a come-on.

Hey, I do not have a problem working for a woman.

-I think women can be very competent.

-In certain jobs.

Once they learn how to deal with power.

I'm sure some women make terrific commanders.

When they're not out to prove something.

I will work for a woman any day,

-as long as they have their hormones under control.

-Oh, man.

THEY LAUGH

Hey, Tommy Lafferty called me today.

He told me the 14th collared little Teddy Griffin.

That's not exactly bush league, you know. He could make you look very good.

-Isbecki thinks he's got a great case.

-It's hard to crack a hit man.

But who knows? Maybe you could turn him.

The boys downtown would notice that.

I'm not sure that Griffin's guilty, Pop.

-I'm just not convinced he shot Conrad Price.

-What are you talk...

What are you talking about?

You've got an eyewitness, and a hundred people who saw Griffin eating dinner with Price.

That's what's bothering me.

Why let a whole restaurant full of people see him with Price

when he's planning to hit him right outside?

Griffin is a contract killer.

He's with a man his people don't like, a second later he's dead -

now, who the hell else could have done it?

Griffin says he was walking towards his car after leaving Price.

He heard the gunshot a few feet away, turned around,

there was a large man in a ski mask running away from the body.

-Oh, Chris...

-He says he thinks the man had a gun.

Oh, you didn't fall for that garbage, did you?

Griffin's got, what, nine, ten hits to his name?

-He's smart enough to learn to lie to save his neck.

-That's the thing!

He's been so good at covering his tracks, we've never been able to nail him.

Now, why would he mess up this one?

I don't know.

But I do know that putting Griffin away is a public service.

Now, you listen to me, Chris.

You go around claiming Griffin is innocent, you're not going to do yourself any favours.

ALARM BUZZES

Oh.

HE STOPS ALARM

Sorry. I keep meaning to buy a new one of those.

-Other than that, it's a great way to get up.

-Mmm.

Mmm. Hi.

-Or not get up.

-Huh, don't tempt me.

-You just said the magic words.

Mmm.

-I'm glad you called last night.

-Me too.

-I wasn't expecting an invitation to come over.

-And you know what?

That makes it better.

HE LAUGHS

Want to try for terrific? I'll be in LA almost two weeks.

Well, I'd love to, but the boss can't be late. And I'm the boss.

THEY LAUGH

Bye.

Do you think it's Freudian?

I always seem to fall for women who get out of bed before I do.

That's because you never want to get out of bed.

'And Griffin was apprehended in Brooklyn yesterday

'after a high-speed chase.

'On Tuesday, Channel 3's Samuel Freedman

'talked with Robert Salinas, who witnessed the shooting.'

-You saw the crime committed?

-Yeah, man, I'm an eyewitness.

I saw it happen, man. I saw the guy run right by me.

-You heard the shots?

-Well, it was one shot and then...

-It was only one shot?

That's what I heard, yeah, then the guy came running out.

-Can you describe him?

-Well, he was bald.

-Did you see the gun, Mr Salinas?

-No, I didn't see the gun.

He probably threw it away, but it sounded like a .45, you know.

I know a lot about guns, man. My brother, Julio, he found a gun one time on the fire escape.

Say, is this going out into the tri-state area, man?

Oh, good morning to you, Sergeant Cagney...

Good morning to you too, Josie.

I think my picture's a little small, but I can live with it.

-What the hell is this?

-Great piece, huh?

-Oh, it's terrific.

Cal Davis wanted an exclusive on Griffin so I gave it to him.

-Without clearing it through me.

-How about that? Must have forgotten about it.

MEN LAUGH

Oh, too bad. It'll be in your folder with a reprimand.

What are you making such a big deal about?

You go to the press

and talk to them in full detail about an ongoing investigation

and you shoot your fat mouth off about this great witness of yours.

Salinas, he's money in the bank.

Really? Did you see this morning's news?

Any of you gentlemen see the news this morning?

Well, Isbecki's eyewitness was on it.

-There isn't a jury in the world who would believe him.

-You're crazy.

A 2-year-old could have seen through the interview, Isbecki.

Salinas is no eyewitness. His story was all over the place.

The reporter was telling him what he saw.

Griffin's attorney will take three seconds to tear him apart.

Cagney, this is my case. Don't try muscling in to impress the department.

I can bring you up for insubordination, Detective.

I want you and Petrie to check into other angles.

-When did you talk to Price's widow?

-She hasn't returned our calls.

What about the ME's report? What's in it?

We haven't got it yet.

There's some flu bug going around the ME's office,

so they're backed up.

-So lean on them, Petrie.

-Well, this isn't our only case, Sergeant.

Look, we arrested a suspect positively identified as running

away from the body, a known killer with a good motive.

We nailed him within 48 hours, right by the book.

Now, no further investigation is necessary. Griffin did it.

So why don't you just take it easy, Cagney?

Go find yourself a new boyfriend, maybe it'll put you in a better mood.

Hey, Victor.

I'm telling you I want you to continue investigating, Detective.

What is it? Your time of the month or something?

Newman and Corassa, as of today, you will take over the Price homicide.

Make sure these two give you all the papers.

OK, let's play it back. Here we have Conrad Price, and his widow.

His widow who's a good 20 years younger than he is.

Sheila Price did not seem particularly grief-stricken

when questioned, nor particularly cooperative.

-Upon leaving, the masseur arrives.

-Accu-pressurist. One Kerry Donohue.

Then later you find out she has a standing appointment with this guy.

Which she hasn't missed since her husband was killed.

She claims she needs the treatments for stress.

It appears to be that he's relieving her stress rather nicely, I think.

MEN LAUGH

-So what's the history on the marriage?

-Oh.

Second marriage for both parties. Price was a widower. No kids. Big bucks.

He met Sheila Lundsford on Saint Croix five years ago.

Married her three months later. The marriage looks pretty solid since then.

On the outside.

-Is Price as rich as he looks?

-Probably richer.

The widow wouldn't give us any details on the will

but I'd give good odds she's chief beneficiary.

OK. Find out. How much does she know about her husband's business?

Not much if you believe her. She had no idea who Teddy Griffin was,

or why he was having dinner with her husband that night.

-Cagney, I've got a message for you.

-Wait a minute, Coleman.

But it's possible that Sheila Price knew that Griffin was a hit man

and she and Donohue set him up to take the fall.

Is there anything unusual in the autopsy?

No, except Price had lousy coronary arteries.

-Whoever killed him probably didn't have to bother.

-Cagney!

Ah, wait a minute, Coleman. Give me a minute.

'Traces of fibre recently acquired

found under the fingernails of both hands of the victim'.

-Where does it say that?

-In the margin.

There's a note right here, Newman.

If they didn't sent a sample of the fibres to Forensics, get it now.

-I want to find out what it is.

-Kind of a long shot, isn't it, Sergeant?

It says 'recently acquired', Corassa!

Price was shot at close range. He could've grabbed anything the killer was wearing.

I'll sit on the lab until we get an answer.

Cagney, I think you should pay attention to this.

-Coleman, what is it?

-It's more like, 'Who is it?'.

I tried to warn you he was on his way.

What the hell is going on around here?!

I'm waiting for the paperwork on Griffin

and you're off playing Kojak with your detectives.

Tell me something, Cagney,

are you intentionally trying to blow this case?

Or are you just that stupid?!

-Inspector, I...

-The arrest was made!

We finally got Griffin with his back against the wall

and you're screwing it up.

Griffin may not be guilty, Inspector.

The eyewitness is not reliable.

Why don't you let the DA worry about that?

You have other responsibilities.

You're no longer a detective. You're running the squad now, Sergeant.

-You'd better learn where your priorities are.

-Yes, Inspector.

How you do your job reflects on me.

And you're not gonna make me look bad. You got that, Cagney?

I was glad to hear it when you made sergeant.

We had our differences about Hennessy,

but I always thought you were a good, smart cop.

I mean, I'm all for the right women making it to the top.

I thought you had what it takes...

..but I could be wrong.

I'm warning you, Cagney, get your act together.

Three strikes and you're out.

HE KNOCKS

-Yes. What is it?

-Nothing special.

-I just thought I'd see how you were.

-Fine.

That's what they all say.

-I'm not in the mood for a stand-up routine, Newman.

-I'm sitting down.

Don't push it, OK?

Listen, we've all been working hard lately.

Why don't I buy you a drink tonight? Maybe a couple.

I'm sorry. What?

You may not be aware of this

but I know more dirty limericks than any other living human.

Been trying to come up with one I don't already know.

-I've got a lot of work to do, Newman.

-I can also listen...

..if you have anything you wanna talk about.

Some other time.

Sure.

I'll see you around the squad room, Sarge.

Excuse me.

Coleman says you haven't approved my vacation request yet

and Claudia's niece called again last night.

She needs to know as soon as possible.

I initialled it this morning.

Oh. Thank you.

Petrie!

I'm sorry about what happened on the Price case.

I know you were an innocent bystander

and you can't be responsible for your partner's attitude.

Look, Victor was way out of line.

But you were wrong to take the case away from us

in front of the whole squad.

I don't have to answer to you, Detective.

I know you're ambitious,

and I can understand because I'm ambitious too.

But now...you're on some sort of power trip.

-I think you ought to stop right there, Petrie!

-No! Go ahead.

Discipline me, but I have to say this.

You're over the top, Sergeant.

If you don't see it, the rest of us do.

Maybe what you see, Petrie,

is that I passed the Sergeant's Exam higher than you did

and I'm sitting at this desk and you're not!

You didn't hear a word I said.

KNOCKING

Yeah.

-Oh, hey, Christine!

-Hi!

-How ya doing?

I'm terrific, Mary Beth. I'm sorry I came by so early.

No, no. I've been up almost an hour. Harvey had to leave by 6.30.

I've been at Forest Hills all night, staking out Conrad Price's wife.

You must be exhausted. Let me make you some breakfast.

-No. Nothing for me.

-I made a Spanish omelette for Harvey.

-I've got green peppers left.

-No. Coffee, that's all I want.

-It'll only take me a minute.

-Coffee, that's it.

Listen, I think Teddy Griffin's telling us the truth.

Somebody else killed Price.

His widow is sleeping with a kid named Kerry Donohue.

He parked his car round the corner last night and didn't leave till six this morning.

How about pancakes? I'm making them for the boys.

He also fits the physical description Griffin gave us of the killer.

The motive is money, I'm sure of that.

His widow, Sheila Price, is getting over a million bucks off the estate.

I know you're gonna tell me that all the evidence is circumstantial,

but it's cumulative, Mary Beth!

-Why don't you sit down, huh?

-Oh, thanks.

What I need is a link between Donohue and Price besides the wife.

Now, the ME's report says there were fibres

found under Price's fingernails.

Probably picked up from the killer.

So what I need is to connect that with Donohue

and then I can get him and the wife.

Then all I'll have to worry about is Knelman.

How much coffee have you had in the last twelve hours?

-Sit down and relax a minute.

-Yeah.

How's everything down at the squad room?

-Mary Beth, I need some feedback here!

-How's Charlie doing?

Did you pick out his Christmas present yet?

No, I didn't pick out a present.

I've had other things on my mind, like this case, which I'm trying to talk to you about.

I thought this was Isbecki's case. His big-deal collar.

I took Isbecki off the case.

I reassigned it to, uh, Newman and Corassa.

Isbecki was insubordinate!

He's lucky I didn't charge him, actually.

He got stubborn and started shooting his mouth off at me!

So what else is new?

SHE LAUGHS

What is that supposed to mean?

That I'm the bad guy because I beat up on poor Victor?

No, Chris, I didn't say that.

I had every right to take him off the case!

I could have done a lot more to him too.

I don't want anybody else telling me how I'm supposed to handle things.

Chris, I understand how you feel.

The hell you do! You weren't there!

I didn't have a choice. I was sent home. Remember?

You did have a choice! You had a choice about getting pregnant!

It's not like it was an accident.

That's my business, Chris.

And it becomes my business when I lose a partner!

You know, you never even talked to me!

I had to hear it with everybody else!

Christine, I'm having a baby. I'm on leave. Maternity leave.

-I'm not retiring.

-Yeah, well, you were thinking of retiring last year.

-That was last year.

-Fine.

How do I know you're not still thinking of retiring?

I've got to go, Mary Beth. Sorry.

I am not retiring.

Sergeant! I got what you wanted on the Price homicide.

Pried an answer out of the lab

and you won't believe what was under Price's fingernails.

-Try me.

-Ostrich leather.

Forensics thinks it might have come from a jacket.

-Ostrich leather sounds like something you made up.

-Scout's honour.

According to my sources, ostrich leather is rare and expensive

and only a few places carry stuff made out of it.

-A jacket can cost a couple of grand.

-Sheila Price could afford it.

-Exactly what I was thinking.

-There's more good news.

His landlord says the boyfriend's in the hospital. A hernia operation.

So Donohue's not going to be around for a couple of days.

-Oh, isn't that too bad? OK.

-Yeah.

Petrie and Isbecki, I want you to help Newman and Corassa

check out retail outlets for ostrich leather.

Oh, Newman, apply for a warrant first

then I want you to check out Donohue's apartment,

and the locker at his health club.

If he had a jacket like that he probably threw it away.

I met the guy. He's not the type to throw away a 2,000 jacket.

-Sergeant, I think this is a waste of time.

-Nobody asked you, Isbecki.

I thought we were off the case.

You are assisting Newman and Corassa.

Coleman, what are you doing here?! It's after seven o'clo...

Yeah, I was gonna meet Shirley and take in a show,

so I went to the deli for a bite.

Had some time so I came over here.

-I bet you ten bucks you haven't had lunch yet.

-No bet.

Well, we got your chicken salad for protein.

We got your rye bread for energy. Sliced tomatoes for vitamin C.

Coleslaw with carrots for your eyes. And a pickle.

-What's the pickle for?

-Fun, Cagney. Do you remember fun?

-Vaguely.

-How much do I owe ya?

-Hey, it's on the house.

We Sergeants have gotta take care of one another.

-Thank you, Coleman.

-Enjoy.

-It's nice.

I always wondered what it would be like sitting in here.

-Well?

-We got a big zero on the leather jacket.

Only three places carry them.

No-one sold one to anybody like Mrs Price or Donohue in the last year.

We didn't find anything in his apartment, or in his locker.

-Where's Newman?

-Chasing long shots.

My shift is over and I am out of here.

You know, when I first took over the desk, that was the hardest part.

-What?

-You're not one of the guys any more.

I hate to give up, but I think the jacket's a dead end.

-There's nowhere else to look.

-OK. Well, then, go home.

Come back to it tomorrow. Thanks.

-Night.

-Good night.

-Hey, Newman?

-Yeah?

Do you think Donohue could be working

-at more than one health club?

-I checked.

The receptionist at The Body Beautiful says it's a rule

-he sees their clients only.

-Thanks. Night, Newman.

Good night.

-No women allowed in here.

-I'm Sergeant Cagney, 14th Squad.

I'd like to ask you some questions about one of your members.

-Kerry Donohue. Do you know him?

-Yeah. He's bad news.

If he's in trouble I'd love to help you out.

Honey, it's over.

Harvey.

'Stay tuned for the eleven o'clock news,

'with a weather and sports update.'

I always forget the end of that picture.

-That's because you always fall asleep, sweetheart.

-Yeah.

KNOCKING

Chris!

-Hiya, Chris.

-Hi, Harve. I hope it's not too late.

No, we're still up.

-But I'm on my way to bed. Good night.

-Good night, Harvey.

Mary Beth, I came to tell you that I was sorry about this morning.

I lost my temper. And your personal life is none of my business.

Yeah, well, you got that right.

-That's my family, Christine, not my job.

-Oh, I was out of line.

And I am happy for you, Mary Beth, about the baby.

And I'm sorry if it didn't sound like it.

You know what's funny about babies?

When they're inside you, you feel different about each one.

Harvey Jr was like, er, a mystery.

Like a surprise package I couldn't wait to open.

And Michael...

Yeah, Michael...

..felt kind of like an old friend.

Well, with this one here, I feel peace.

Like everything's gonna be alright. I don't know why.

But he's somebody that I'm supposed to make a safe place for.

And he makes me feel safe. Like I'm gonna be around for a long time.

You don't have to explain to me.

What?! I'm talking about babies!

OK.

Do you want a glass of milk or something?

-Got any Scotch?

-Oh, sure.

-That one's nicer.

-Oh, thanks.

-How's the case going?

-Er, I broke it tonight.

Griffin is not guilty.

And, uh, I was right and everybody else was wrong.

-So I'm gonna bring Donohue in tomorrow.

-Fast work.

-Congratulations.

-Oh, thanks.

I feel like hell.

This job is hard enough for a man, Mary Beth.

You add to it the flak they give a woman, it's almost impossible.

Maybe I'm just not cut out for it.

Or maybe I'll just have to settle for being a great detective.

Now you listen to me, Christine.

You are a great detective and you don't have to settle for anything.

You're gonna be very good at running the squad.

It takes time, that's all.

-You're getting used to it still.

-Yeah? You tell that to Knelman.

Knelman?! What does Knelman know?

He still thinks a pregnant woman is an eyesore

that should be kept hidden in the house.

Knelman! You're better than he is, Christine.

You're smarter than he is. You've got more nerve than he does.

And you'll be better with people too, with a little more practice.

You can go as high as you want to in the Department, Christine.

And you'll be doing it for all of us. Make up for the Knelmans.

Thank you.

You know, if I gave the Price case back to Isbecki,

-he probably wouldn't even be grateful.

-Huh?

If I let Isbecki share the collars with Newman and Corassa, I bet he wouldn't thank me!

-Well, Victor's manners are not the best, that's true.

-Manners?!

You should have heard him in the squad room! He was rude.

-He was obnoxious. He got everything he deserved.

-I'm sure he did.

-Can I use your phone?

-Go ahead.

Do you know how late it is?

Hello, Victor. I just knew you'd be up.