Extradition Cagney and Lacey

Newman? What's wrong with me?

The department isn't crazy about sending two female officers

out to California to bring back male prisoners.

Maybe you could send Newman along with Cagney, sir.

Well, you were the arresting officer, Lacey.

But it was a long time ago, Lieutenant. He jumped bail

before he was even indicted. Couldn't they send somebody else?

The DA says you arrest him, you got to bring him back.

Along with her partner.

Of my choice. Now I want to ask you something.

How would you like it if I sent two male cops out there

to bring back a female perp, huh?

If they were the right ones for the job,

I would say you exercised excellent judgment.

Yeah, up until Stevens has got to go to the john. Then what?

Lieutenant, I am a detective first and when I frisk a perp,

I frisk him thoroughly and if I have to take him into the john then I...

All right, all right, all right, all right...

First thing in the morning.

Thank you, Lieutenant. Aw, thank you, Lieutenant.

Thank you again.

I don't want to go to Los Angeles.

Are you crazy? How often do we get a chance like this?

We're talking sunshine, palm trees. Gorgeous men!

I'm talking escort duty. The guy who jumped bail eight years ago.

Why can't they send somebody else?

I've got better things to do with my time.

Mary Beth, it's only for 24 hours.

And an overnight away from my family.

Hell, they won't even know you're gone!

Well, hardly.

Alice's bottles are all ready to go

and I picked up some more diapers on the way home.

They're in the front closet... Are you listening to me here?

I'm listening, babe.

The casserole goes for an hour before you want to eat at 325

and the green beans, steam them for 12 minutes, Harvey.

No longer, otherwise they turn to mush.

I know how to cook the green beans.

I know but I wrote it all down. Now if she sleeps through her feeding,

she likes it if you tickle her on the bottoms of her feet.

If you have trouble getting her back to sleep, why don't you see

-if she has clean diaper...

-Would you stop...

-Oh, lord.

-..worrying,

I've been doing this for years. I will take care of everything.

Michael has a teachers' conference tomorrow.

Ma's here, I am home the whole week. We are going to be fine.

Harvey, I always thought that we'd go to California together.

You know, take the kids to Disneyland, show them the whales.

We'll see it together, I promise.

This way you'll just get to know your way around the place first.

-All these throughways look alike.

-These are not throughways,

Mary Beth, in LA they're known as freeways.

I don't care what they call them, we're lost.

-We're not lost!

-We're lost.

-I know exactly where I am.

-Isn't that the turn off there?

-Where?

Damn!

Look in the glove compartment, will you? Maybe there's a map.

See the stars homes.

Where do you want to start, Don Ameche or Lucille Ball?

This is illegal, Christine.

Illegal? Mary Beth, we're cops. They're cops. Professional courtesy!

Courtesy?

49 minutes late.

Mary Beth, would you relax?

They're so laid back here, they're not even going to care.

Look it! This is California.

What do you think? Is this great?

Looks like Jersey with palm trees.

Mr Stevens, you may not remember me. I'm Detective Lacey.

This is Sergeant Cagney.

I remember you, ma'am.

I have a warrant for your arrest from

the district attorney's office for jumping bail.

My partner and I will be escorting you back to New York city

tomorrow where you'll be indicted on charges of armed robbery

levelled against you...March 24, 1978.

Can I see my wife and son first?

That's not up to me to decide.

It says here you waivered your right to a hearing, is that correct?

There didn't seem to be much point.

You understand that you still have to

appear before the judge as a formality?

Do you understand?

Yes.

We'll be leaving for court in ten minutes, Mr Stevens.

You know where to find me.

We've arranged to transport you to court ourselves.

That way you won't get lost.

Lost here? This is a snap. You ought to try Canarsie.

Really? Most tourists get thrown by our freeway system.

Well, yeah, it must be rough on the tourists.

Can I get you something to drink? Mineral water, juice, natural cola?

I'm back on coffee. Does anybody here drink coffee?

Only east coast types who haven't mellowed out yet.

Couple of decafs here.

Boy, court was never that fast in New York.

We've got the whole rest of the day. What do you want to do, Mary Beth?

I don't know, Christine. What do you want to do?

Well, there's supposed to be some

-really terrific restaurants around here.

-By the ocean?

-Yeah.

Maybe we could find one of those places where the

men are as good looking as the entrees, do you know what I mean?

Well, I always thought that I would have

my first dinner by the Pacific Ocean with Harv.

Oh, OK.

Or we could try a place up in Hollywood.

Hollywood? Maybe we could go by the theatre.

-Well, I hadn't thought of a play.

-No, the Chinese one.

The one with the hand and feet prints.

You think they'll have Noreen Dixon's?

I have always wanted to see Noreen Dixon's,

she always had such nice little dainty hands.

Yeah, well, we could try that.

And I could see Ingrid Bergman's for Harvey.

Do you think that theatre is by the tar pits?

The tar pits?

Yes, you know, where the dinosaurs are, that stuff.

Harv Junior studied all about it in science last year.

We could probably find it. OK, so, what do we have?

We have dinner, the theatre...and the pits.

-Or we could call Brian.

-You haven't called your brother yet?

Well, I'll call him now.

Call your brother!

He probably isn't even home, Mary Beth.

Hello, Brian.

It's Christine.

I'm out here.

-With Mary Beth.

-Oh, say hi from me.

Mary Beth said hi.

Plans?

Well, no, we don't have any set plans.

Dinner tonight?

Erm...hold on a sec.

-Want to have dinner with my brother?

-No, you go.

Yes. Yes.

Yeah, we'd love to.

And this is the living room.

Nice view of the valley, one of the reasons we bought the place.

You have a beautiful home, Brian.

Thank you.

It's comfortable.

Expensive too, I'll bet.

-Christine!

-How much?

It was a very good buy, practically a steal.

Come on, how much?

500,000.

500,000, that is a steal.

-The coals will be ready in just a minute.

-Oh, good.

I can see why you love it here.

Never saw so much open space in my whole life.

The place does grow on you.

Tell me, do you still like your meat medium rare?

Actually, I've graduated to rare.

-Remember Dad?

-Oh, yeah. He always used to order his meat blue.

-What about you, Mary Beth?

-Rare is good for me.

Oh, that looks interesting. What is that green sauce?

It's guacamole. It's from the avocados off our trees.

Your own trees? Good Lord.

Brian, let me take these. You stay with our guests.

-Bridgit, you want to take...

-Yeah.

-Let me help. What can I do?

-Chips.

-Here.

Thank you.

So, Bridgit, I'm so glad I was able to see you.

I thought you'd be at Stanford this time of year.

I'm taking a leave of absence.

She means she dropped out.

She'll be back in the fall.

We'll talk about it later, OK?

I just think there is nothing more vital than...

ALL: a solid education.

Mom would be very surprised to hear us quote her.

She thought I never listened.

Parents are like that.

Your aunt Christine had quite an education herself,

she went to Barnard.

Actually my favourite part was my junior year in Paris.

-Oh, France.

-Yeah.

-That's great.

-She was still at school when she was in Paris.

Oh, now that was an education.

The places I went, the people I met,

I'll never forget this one French artist.

I told him...

Actually the courses that I took at the Sorbonne

were very interesting also.

-I've always wanted to travel.

-Me too.

-You can travel for very little money when you're young.

-Really?

Sure. They have youth hostels in Europe

where you can stay for very little money.

Travel's something you can think about when you finish school.

You mean I can think about it now, I just can't do it now.

Travel's fun at any age.

Mary Beth, could I have the guacamole?

I'm afraid there's a little delay.

-How long will this delay be?

-That's difficult to assess right now.

Detective Masters, we have a plane to catch in 2 hours and 33 minutes.

You might consider changing your reservations.

What's that supposed to mean?

As we know more, we'll be glad to keep you updated.

You want to give us a little update now?

The prisoner isn't here.

So, where the hell is he?

His location is undetermined.

You mean he escaped?

We refer to it as temporarily out of custody.

Instead of a release for extradition,

the computer kicked out a general release.

You mean you just let Stevens walk out of here...

Sergeant, getting upset like this really isn't good for you.

Why don't you just relax and let us handle this, all right?

All right, we're going to need everything you have on Stevens.

Case files, known associates, records of employment...

Sorry, no can do.

Detective Johnson, the sooner my partner and I find Mr Stevens,

the sooner we will be on our way back home.

You ladies are private citizens here, you really have no authority,

so why don't you just let us handle the investigation?

And if you like, we can give you the option of

riding along with us in the back.

-You know what you can do with your option...?

-Thank you, Detectives.

We'll be in touch.

Can you believe those clowns? They make Isbecki look good.

Samuels says stay over, see what happens.

Exactly my plan. Have you got that fact sheet from yesterday?

I talked to Harvey too.

Alice ate all of her apricots

and Michael is reading at seventh grade level.

Stevens has an alias, Tony Donner. He worked for a landscape architect.

There's not much here.

Harvey says everything's going very smoothly there

and I should relax and enjoy myself.

Think you'd enjoy having a little talk with Stevens' wife?

I told you, I don't know where he is.

If you're keeping anything from us,

you can be charged with criminal facilitation, you know.

He is not a criminal.

Your husband robbed a gas station and skipped bail.

He's an escaped felon.

That's your label for him, it's not mine.

Tell me, Detectives, what else does your little sheet say about him?

Does it tell you how he sits up at night when his kid's got a fever?

Probably not.

All you really know is that he got drunk one night

with the wrong kind of man. A man who steals for a living.

Tony...made a bad mistake.

And his accomplice is still paying for that mistake in Attica.

You think we haven't paid? Everyday looking over our shoulders...

Mrs Stevens, we understand that this is difficult for you.

-You don't understand anything.

-Mommy?

-Mommy?

-Jason, erm, why don't you go outside and play?

Is Daddy coming home tonight?

-We'll talk about Daddy later, OK?

-OK.

Lunch will be ready. Go on.

Look, when I met Tony, I didn't know about the robbery.

If I would've, I probably wouldn't have had anything to do with him.

But that would have been my loss.

-Think she knows anything?

-If it were you, would you tell the police?

-What are you two doing here?

-Hi there, Detectives. Small world.

-You two are way out of line.

-Oh, will you back off, Masters?

We're just trying to get some results here.

I don't give a damn what you're trying to do.

-Now, let us handle this.

-Like you handled it the last time?

I don't know what they teach you girls in New York

but this is our jurisdiction.

Either play by our rules or you get out.

Going to run us out of town, sheriff?

I think I made myself clear.

We're just two private citizens taking in the sites.

Gentlemen.

Where would you like to visit next, Mary Beth?

-Gee, I still want to take in the tar pits, Christine.

-OK.

Tony worked for me six years.

Missed only one day when his son was born.

He helped me with my accounts,

he could've taken advantage of me plenty but he's an honest man.

He ever talk about friends or places he went, things he did?

He never talks about anything except his family.

Look, the realtor lady's bringing buyers here in an hour.

I've got a lot of work to do.

Especially without Tony.

Well, thank you very much for your time, Mr Hernandez.

What do you think they'd get for a house like this?

I hear the owners are selling for 3.

All this for three? And Brian paid five for his.

Three million buys a lot more than it used to.

Mary Beth.

There must be something, could you look again?

You want me to look again? OK, I'll look again.

-No, place is still full.

-You've got a real attitude, mister.

Take it easy, lady.

I've got 62 couples reading each others biorhythms,

then another 54 who are going to dance their way back to health.

So, maybe could you dance a couple into sharing a double room.

It's the start of the tourist season. The city is booked solid.

The inn is full. Try the stables.

Harvey sends his best. Now what?

I know a place that serves great guacamole.

Wrong, my sweetheart. Not next to the pool, in the pool.

In the pool, Harv. It's one of those new ones. Cordless.

I was thinking it would be very handy...huh?

Oh, honey, I miss you too. Yeah, wish I could show you this place.

82 degrees, Harvey. A night for romance.

No, babe, not as nice as that Christmas time.

Well, like the time we went to the Poconos, fourth of July.

Before Harv Junior was born.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, being a New York cop, is it like The French Connection?

Well, no. Actually detective work is mostly talk.

I mean, more talk than anything.

Yeah, but when you're out there

laying your life on the line like that, didn't you ever sweat it out?

Oh, once or twice.

-But I still can't think of any other job I'd rather have.

-That's great.

-Yeah, I like it.

-You having a job like that, that you really like.

-I'm looking for a temporary job right now.

-Yeah?

Yeah. Only I'm not really sure what it is that I want to do.

Oh, don't even worry about it.

You have plenty of time to worry about that.

Oh, I know. It's just...I don't know,

it seems like there's more to life than just reading about it.

But, you figured that out a long time ago.

What do you mean?

Well, my dad always told me that you were the free spirit of the family.

He did.

Where was this taken?

Oh, that's when I raced in the AA Youth Finals in my junior year.

-Yeah?

-Yeah. Took second in the backstroke.

Really? Well, you're much better than I was when I raced.

-You ever surf?

-The waves aren't very big at Long Island, I'm afraid.

I used to go every weekend, before I went away to college anyway.

-Yeah, you like it?

-Yeah!

In fact, this spring break, a bunch of friends and I

are having a surfing party down at Balboa by the wedge.

Wow. What's a wedge?

Oh, it's where the really big waves hit

and it's going to be really, really fun.

Hi.

Bridgit was just showing me the family photo gallery.

Looks like she takes after her father

in collecting swimming trophies.

Bridgit does good work when she sets her mind to it.

Oh! And you think if I don't, I screw up royally.

I didn't say that, Bridgit.

I know it's tough having a dropout for a daughter.

Teenagers.

-Difficult time.

-I remember.

I didn't think I'd make it to 20.

Believe it or not, it's harder raising one than being one.

I'll have to take your word for that.

Are you in there, Mary Beth?

-Oh, Christine, what a morning.

-Yeah.

Found these laying over there.

42 degrees in New York City, Harvey said. He'd never believe this.

Well, he said to enjoy yourself.

Too bad we have to ruin it with work.

You know, Christine, I've been thinking. About money. And a car.

No subway.

This place is so spread out, I don't think Stevens could get too far.

Hmm.

And he'll stay clear of his wife.

What about her relatives? Maybe they live in the city.

Did you see what her maiden name was?

-Smith or Jones?

-Brown.

But it was a good idea.

There is one bunch of people we haven't talked to yet.

You want to tell me who?

Look at the way that sunlight bounces off of that water.

California's a dangerous place, Mary Beth.

There must be 100 houses on this list.

The ones Stevens worked on are checked off.

Terrific. Then there's a dent about 40 or 50.

Thank you.

46.

At least we have the names of some people that he had contact with.

Maybe he got friendly with some of the owners.

Mary Beth,

how many of these houses do you think have locked security gates?

A landscaper would have to have a key to get in, wouldn't we?

Or know how to shut off the alarm.

If the owners are out of town, it wouldn't be a bad place to hide.

Especially if they had a guest house like at Brian's.

-You know, dear. Tony, the landscaper!

-Oh, I can't believe he's in trouble.

No, he's such a nice man. We even referred him to the Baileys.

Baileys? We don't show a Baileys on this list.

Do you have their address?

Oh, they live in the big white house down on the corner.

Oh, but they won't be back until next week. They're away at the islands.

Uh-huh.

Well, thank you. We're very sorry to have disturbed...

-whatever it is you're doing.

-We were closing a deal.

Isn't that great?

I love California.

-Working in the bath tub?

-Hot tub.

-Very weird town.

-This must be the place.

-Guest house is probably in the back.

Door's open.

Morning, Mr Stevens.

It's the police.

-Freeze where you are!

-Freeze!

Not a bad piece of work.

Well, we're so glad you feel that way.

Now, do you think we can speed things up here a little?

Of course you two are aware that you had

absolutely no authority to bring Stevens in.

Do you love it? You do somebody a favour and look at the appreciation.

Now that you have him back, Detectives, when can we have him?

Well, there's still the matter of these latest escape charges.

Oh, don't tell me.

You're going to book Stevens because of your computer screw up?

We can't make those decisions. We'll have to run it by our superior.

And how long will that take?

It's difficult to say. Captain's not available right now.

Where is he, playing tennis?

Staff meetings.

And he's a real stickler for procedure.

He's going to want to double check for outstanding warrants,

run the prints again...might not get all that processed before morning.

-But we'll keep you posted.

-Have a nice day.

-Have a nice day! They can't do that to us.

-I think they already did.

How dare they. Jerking us around like that...

They'll release him to us, Christine.

As soon as they scrape the egg off their faces.

You think they were having a nice day?

THEY LAUGH

-We did do a hell of a job, didn't we?

-Couldn't have been much better.

We probably deserve a treat. What do you say to a posh lunch?

Oh, I can't go to lunch in these clothes.

All right, me either.

In fact, I can't stand these clothes another minute so,

get in the car because I'm going to take us to Beverly Hills.

-This you will love, Mary Beth.

-Huh?

-Look at this, is this great?

-Oh, I don't know, Chris.

Why do I get the feeling we're not supposed to touch anything?

What do you think?

Is it me?

Christine, I thought we were looking for clothes we could wear.

Mary Beth, this is California, where is your sense of adventure?

-Not on Rodeo Drive.

-It's Ro-de-o.

-Excuse me.

May I help you?

I'm looking for something to wear.

I see, erm, are we interested in any particular...style?

For the day time.

We have a lovely assortment of day time ensembles right over here.

Is this for luncheon, a benefit? A rendezvous?

-It's for work.

-Oh, are you in the industry?

-The industry?

Show business.

-I'm a detective.

-Oh, how fabulous! On what series?

You think it was extravagant?

A 93 dress for an 11-year-old girl, extravagant is not the word for it.

Well, it's my family, Mary Beth.

I still don't know what to give Bridgit.

Oh my Lord, Christine.

-Look over there, it's that man, the movie star!

-Where, who is it?

Over there! Oh, he's so handsome, I can't believe it.

-Where?

-By the door! Oh, he's gone.

That was what's his name! Wait until I tell Harvey. What was his name?

I wouldn't know.

What is this? I didn't order the child's plate here.

Mary Beth, this is California cuisine.

Tasty but low calorie.

12 dollars and 95 cents for 3 carrots and a baby chicken breast?

Would you stop worrying about the price?

-It's not like we're paying for it.

-Tell that to my stomach.

Want to talk about real expense, hmm?

Three days here and maybe one more.

Want my opinion, that's a lot of time

and man power to waste trying to get a bail bondsman back his money.

-Maybe. Stevens does have a debt to pay.

-Yeah.

To the bondsman and the DA. After eight years,

I think they're the only two people who care about this.

The people he robbed may care.

You're right about the lunch.

Shut your eyes and pretend it's New York pastrami.

Mmm.

Ta-da!

Don't you just love this?

-It looks terrific on you!

-It's a perfect fit.

Draw your attention ladies, if you will,

to the tasteful striping along the side.

Oh, I'm glad you like it, Bridgit.

Do you know how long I've been asking my dad for one of these?

Thank you so much.

Oh, you're welcome.

It is kind of hot though so, I think I'm going to cool off.

Ta-da!

Ah, you're only a kid once, Mary Beth.

Yes, so I see.

You should've seen her face, Brian.

Well, obviously you made my daughter's day.

Oh, thanks. Well, I remembered her talking about this surfing weekend

she wanted to go to over the spring break.

Break from what? My daughter dropped out of college.

It's only for a semester, Brian.

I mean, so she wants to sow a few wild oats

before she goes back to school.

I was speaking figuratively, of course.

Look, she's young and she's curious. And she's bright.

So, what's wrong with seeing some of the world before you

settle down and study, it certainly broadened my horizons.

Wait a minute, whose life are we talking about here?

We were talking about what's best for Bridgit.

I didn't know you'd become such an expert on kids.

-Brian, I was only trying...

-Look, Christine,

just because you chose to play it footloose

and carefree doesn't mean that Bridgit should do the same thing.

I don't see that kind of future for my daughter.

-I didn't say I did, I...

-I want her to have an advanced degree,

some professional security.

Someday a husband and kids.

I don't want her alone at 40 with nothing to fall back on

but a civil service job.

I'm not 40.

-TELEVISION:

-Carrots are not only good exercise when eaten raw

but when ingested are one of nature...

Night, Mary Beth.

Good night, Chris.

Hey, Chris. Want to stay up?

We could watch TV. They've got a channel here for everything.

They've got one that only shows programmes about vegetables.

And there's a Noreen Dixon movie on later - 1.30.

The one with David Niven.

We could eat chips on green sauce.

Or talk.

I don't want any chips and green sauce.

What I want is to pick up Stevens in the morning

and go back home to New York.

Yeah, me too. Three days, it feels like a month.

I can't remember the last time I was away from my family this long.

Bet they really miss you, huh?

I don't know, Mary Beth,

I think some families work better when they're far apart.

You going to hog those chips?

Why do I feel I'm at a slumber party?

Suzie Mackleroy.

We all always used to sleep over this huge apartment

her parents had and she'd sneak around in the middle of night

and put everyone's brassiere in the freezer.

-You're kidding.

-Yeah. Every single time we slept over.

Until she had to wear one herself.

Brian used to breed parakeets and we had a sleepover at my house

and we're all downstairs asleep.

-And he sneaked in and let 11 parakeets go.

-In the room?

In the dark.

Want to talk about screams?

It looked like a scene out of The Birds.

Poor Judy, she had to call her mother.

Made her come and pick her up and take her home.

Brian was always pulling weird stunts like that.

The strange thing is I really didn't mind.

Wish I'd had a big brother.

You've got a nice family, Christine.

All I ever really wanted was for Brian to like me.

Brian and I...

..are just so different, Mary Beth.

But he's my brother.

I think Brian loves you too, Christine.

Night, Mary Beth.

Good night.

You don't want to go in there, sir.

Not one word, Mary Beth.

Not one.

Let's see what the delay is.

-I'm going to have to wear these on the airplane, too?

-Yes, you are.

Can't you just lock me into my seat belt?

I am not in the mood to kid, Mr Stevens.

Neither am I.

The escort to the airline had an emergency,

he said he'd meet us at the gate.

I don't care if he's meeting you on the moon.

Without an escort, you walk him through like everybody else,

without the cuffs.

Give us a break here. The man has already been frisked.

-And I'm running the show.

-Then maybe I should talk to your superior.

ANNOUNCER: Flight 103 for New York leaving in 10 minutes.

Take them off.

Everybody's John Wayne.

Ever think of coming to New York?

-METAL DETECTOR BEEPS

-It's the cuffs!

Go ahead.

-Hey!

-Hey!

Mind your right! Mind your right, sir!

Coming though!

Open this up! Get somebody to open this, I'm a police officer.

May I see some ID, please?

Right there! Will you get somebody to open the door?

-I'll get the key.

-Thank you.

-Damn it!

Don't take it so hard.

Police work can be unpredictable.

I'm just trying to make you feel better.

You want to make us feel better, you could give us a little cooperation.

It's unfortunate, but we have more pressing things to do.

-Is that so?

-No, Sergeant, that's so long.

All we need here, Detective Masters, are the recent files on

Stevens so we can find him, so we can take him out of your state.

We're really sorry but we've got criminals of our own to worry about.

If you guys ever come to New York on an extradition case...

Maybe we can all take in a show.

Let me at him, Mary Beth! Let me at him!

Give me one minute with him, Mary Beth!

OK, we've got 2 hours and 12 minutes before the next flight out.

-Who the hell do they think they are?

-Stevens doesn't have money,

-he doesn't have a car, he's not going to hitchhike...

-Those two...

-..it's too dangerous.

-..are the most obnoxious, arrogant!

He'll need to call someone to pick him up.

They're holding on us just because they don't give a damn.

Somebody he can trust, somebody he can hide out with.

I'm telling you, Mary Beth, they're not going to away with this.

-Christine.

-What? We'll find Stevens, even if it kills us.

-I'm with you, Sergeant.

-What'd you say?

-What's our next move?

I don't believe this!

-That's it! That's it!

-Christine!

-What?

-Relax! It's California, relax!

Oh!

How you doing? Jason, am I right?

I'm Detective Lacey, this is Sergeant Cagney.

We were here day before yesterday, remember?

I remember.

Yeah. That's a snazzy bike you've got there.

My boys would love to have bikes

but there's not a lot of safe places to ride around where we live.

You ride around here?

Sometimes my daddy rides with me on the walk

and he's going to buy me a bigger bike with a horn.

A horn is a good thing to have.

So, is your mom home?

What about your daddy? You seen him?

I'm not supposed to talk to strangers.

That's a good rule, Jason.

Mary Beth.

Jason, come inside.

-What are you doing here?

-We'd like to ask you some questions.

-May we come in, please?

-No. I want you to leave.

You know where he is, don't you, Mrs Donner?

I want you to get out of my life.

Maybe you think you're doing the right thing here,

protecting your husband, maybe you want to live like this

but what about Jason? Who's thinking about him?

Cops in and out of the house. What's he supposed to learn from this?

Run and hide from your mistakes?

Please, just leave us alone.

What do you want to do, call the cops?

Detective Lacey.

I think you're looking for me.

Yes, sir.

It was nice of you to stop by before you leave.

Look, I'm new at this, being an aunt.

I'm not saying I'm not good at it.

Just saying maybe I need a little practice.

But last night I was not trying to tell you how to raise Bridgit.

-A father wants what's best for his daughter...

-I know you do.

So do I. For both your daughters.

-I happen to think they're terrific.

-Thank you.

What I was trying to say,

someday Bridgit's going to have to decide for herself.

I did and I happen to think I made the right choices.

-I didn't mean to say anything...

-But you did.

Well, sometimes, I make mistakes.

Mary Beth said that it's not easy being a parent.

But I happen to think you must be doing something right.

You have a lot to be proud of.

My whole family makes me proud.

Petrie said he'll have a squad car meet us at Kennedy.

Guess who died?

Who?

Joel Steiger.

The bail bondsman? He's the complainant on this warrant.

Daddy!

-Daddy, Daddy!

-Hey!

You shouldn't have come here.

Please...let us have a minute.

Sergeant?

-Sure.

-Now, wait a second.

Over here.

Come on. You come with me.

That's fine, right there. Come here.

Don't try anything, you understand me?

OK. Now, watch out for him.

Makes you feel great, doesn't it?

Knowing that we're removing a menace from society.

-We are transporting a felon.

-Right.

Look at him, Mary Beth.

We're going to be putting a man in prison

so he can get rehabilitated and then become a decent citizen.

Will you give me a break?

He'll probably be in Attica two years.

Then we'll all hope that he gets a job, has a family,

keeps his nose clean, what the hell's he doing now?

He doesn't only owe society, Christine, there are victims here.

And locking him up is not going to help them.

There are other ways to make restitution, Mary Beth.

Chris, are you OK here because I've got to make a call.

I'll meet you at the gate.

You're going to see Harvey in a few hours.

Sergeant Cagney!

-Where the hell have you been?

-On the phone.

I spoke to assistant district attorney Dubin

and he wasn't too receptive, until I told him Joel Steiger died.

Then he decided to take a look at the file.

He's never gone over this case?

Well, you know how new assistant DA's can be sometimes, Christine?

Anyways, after we discussed the case...how it would have been

eight years and all, wise man that he is,

ADA Dubin decides that there's not too much reason in trying

for indictment unless, of course, the victims want to press charges.

Let me guess. He called the victims

and they're not really going to spend time in court.

They already put it behind them, long ago.

What's going on?

Well, it appears that the DA is not going to take you

in front of the grand jury.

I don't understand.

It's another kind of justice, Mr Stevens.

Are you saying that Tony's free?

Yes, ma'am, and free men don't wear these.

-I don't know what to say.

-You don't have to say anything.

Just keep doing what you've been doing the last eight years.

And good luck.

-And I can go?

-Yeah, go home.

Thanks!

You're welcome.

Well, ready to go home, partner?

Yeah. Ready now.