Entrapment Cagney and Lacey

WOMAN: 'Great location here.

'You only say that because you don't have to pay the rent.

'The neighbourhood's yuppie heaven. The place should be a gold mine.'

Yeah, that's what we thought when we took over the place.

-Personally, we'd have been better off with the Medicare crowd.

-Yeah.

I guess the only drugs your people are interested in are the, er...

recreational kind.

You are not joking.

They walk in here, bold as can be,

-"Can you sell me a dozen 'ludes?"

-THEY LAUGH

Can you?

-I beg your pardon?

-You got a supplier?

Er, no, thank you. We're not interested.

-Speak for yourself, Patricia.

-Daphne!

I am the one who's got a kid on the way I'm going to have

-to pay for on my own.

-I'm so sick of hearing about this baby.

We can have this fight on our own time, thank you.

Supplier?

Mm-hm.

What kind of drugs are we talking about?

How about the prescription kind

without, er, regulations or paperwork?

I've got amphetamines, Phenobarbital, everything in between.

-I don't know.

-Patricia!

Who is the one that's always whining about the low profit margin, huh?

The least we can do is listen to the woman.

'Huh?

-'How do you do this?

-No risk to you.

'All of the pills have been accounted for...

'(so no-one's going to come looking for them.)

'It's foreign stuff that you smuggle back in, right?'

SHE LAUGHS

-Look, you don't need to know that.

-No.

-'I don't need to know that.

-And it wouldn't be real smart of me

'to discuss the small strokes with you.

'Are you going to find that necessary for us to do business, Patricia?

-'I could live without it.

-Um, no. I'm OK.

-Good.

'Then you just tell me what you need. I'll give you a price.'

You give me cash and I can have you supplied the same day.

HE STOPS THE TAPE

The way you worked her was terrific!

You set her up so nicely with that struggling businesswoman routine,

that stuff about the baby,

and you let her make all the moves.

Absolutely perfect.

ISBECKI LAUGHS In fact...

I'll probably use this tape as a training film.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

-Thank you, Lieutenant.

-Petrie, Isbecki, nice job on backup.

-A good solid collar.

-Thank you.

It was tough turning on the camera, but, er, somebody had to do it.

Oh, ho! Very funny!

You two ever get tired of life at the 14th,

I'd be glad to have you in Narcotics.

-Score one for the good guys.

-Thank you, sir.

-Yes, thank you.

-Those ladies are hot, huh?

-Yeah, they're really good. >

Great job. >

Hey! Hey!

CHEERING

All right, that's it! No, no, no, no!

Don't get up. Sit down. Continue with your work.

We're all adults here. What? Going so soon?

LAUGHTER

Hi!

-Well, how good am I?

-Real good, Cagney, real good.

-What did you expect?

-Er, a little modesty, Sergeant?

I am very modest, Petrie, on those rare occasions

when I have something to be modest about.

-Hey!

-Josie!

-You done good, Cagney!

-Thank you, Josie! Good eye!

-Thank you, all.

-Congratulations.

-Why is the applause stopping?

-Congratulations.

-Thank you. I enjoyed the applause.

Thank you, thank you for gracing this humble squad room

-with your incredible presence!

-You're welcome, welcome!

I would like to take this opportunity to speak for

me, myself, personally and my, er, partner Detective Mary Beth Lacey.

We want you all to know that we will never forget the little people

-who knew us when we started out.

-LAUGHTER

You may all applaud again.

Thank you so much!

-So where's Rather?

-Rather who?

-Dan Rather!

-Yeah, not well, Christine.

Mary Beth, we are newsworthy.

At least Connie Chung!

-Good collar, you two!

-Oh, thank you, sir.

-Thank you, Lieutenant.

-They're saying good things about you upstairs.

-Oh, yeah?

-Like what? And by whom?

-Easy, easy, Cagney!

You know, three days minus four bodies made a pretty wild place

around here, so I need sober heads tomorrow, you hear?

-Not too much celebrating tonight, huh?

-Yes.

-Congratulations, Lacey.

-Thank you.

-Good job.

Messages, messages.

-Got two for Cagney. Nothing terrific.

-What do you know?

-Harvey. Harvey.

Harvey's obstetrician about your checkup.

-Everything moving along OK?

-Everything. Thank you so much.

Isbecki, you must be slipping.

And nothing for you, Petrie.

I guess Claudia's studying motel architecture

with her night school teacher or something.

HE LAUGHS

LAUGHTER CONTINUES

Hey, something I said? It was just a joke!

He's so sensitive.

Wish I could say the same for you, Sergeant!

ISBECKI: Mark!

Hey, Petrie, wait a minute!

ENGINE STARTS

-He didn't know what he was talking about!

-Get out of here!

-Come on! You don't understand!

-Get out of my way!

Hey... Marcus, don't be mad at me!

It's the system that allows you guys to do these kind of things.

-You play on people's greed to get them to commit a crime.

-Yeah?

I didn't hear you object when Paul Newman and Robert Redford

-did the same thing in The Sting.

-HE LAUGHS

You get inside their heads.

You set them up on the right day at the right time.

Gestapo tactics.

Oh, Harv, you're way off base here. She offered.

We didn't ask. She offered to sell us drugs.

-She had a choice.

-No, babe.

She was headed for prison the day she made the list.

-List? What list?

-The government wants you, they'll get you.

Daniel Ellsberg, Jean Seberg, DeLorean - it is all the same.

Harvey, I don't think that we can have this conversation.

What about those senators a few years back, huh? Abscam?

What chance did they have?

-A guy comes up to you, he says...

-All right, Harv! Listen, I...

I take your point, OK? So let's drop it.

All I am saying is the government has the power

to destroy anybody they want.

-By the way, we're not arguing here.

-OK!

You think that the government, and the people I work with,

are out to get innocent citizens, and I do not!

-But we're not arguing?

-Of course not.

-OK.

-Let's go to sleep.

-Good night.

SHE SIGHS

-It started with J Edgar Hoover.

-Oh...

-Turned this country into a police state.

-Oh, my Lord!

-He did.

BUZZ OF CONVERSATION

Been looking all over for you.

Get away from me.

Hey, I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry.

-So what?

You're sorry!

I tell you something very private and, the next thing I know,

I'm hearing it back from the biggest mouth on the squad.

Look, Coleman asked me what was wrong with you lately.

Look, all I said was that Claudia was spending

a lot of time in night school. That's it! That's all I said!

Even if I believed you, that's enough!

You shouldn't have even said that!

It was a lucky guess, I swear it.

I can't believe I let you do this to me.

Victor, you're stupid!

An idiot!

But I'm a bigger idiot to think that you were my friend

-or that I could talk to you.

-Hey...

-Get off me!

I don't like my life aired in that squad room.

If you'd have just laughed, no-one would've known it was the truth.

Everybody would've just thought

you were laughing at one of Coleman's bad jokes.

Of course, it's MY fault.

You're unbelievable.

That's not what I mean.

Marcus, I know I blew it.

I didn't mean to, but I did, and I'm really sorry.

Hell, I felt really special that you even told me.

Marcus, we're friends.

It's water under the bridge.

It won't happen again, I give you my word on it.

I don't need your word, Victor,

because I'm putting in for a new partner tomorrow.

So don't worry about it.

-See you, George.

-Good night.

Narcotics has got your back. They turned your sales woman around.

She'll give us a higher-level dealer and Nelman has approved it.

Johnson is expecting you at 1 Police Plaza in half an hour.

-I'd like to be replaced.

-Why?

-It's personal.

-I don't want to hear personal!

It ticks me off that I'm going to be short-handed here again

and there's nothing I can do about it!

How the hell do they expect me to run a precinct like this?

Go!

MAN: 'The guy shows it to me. He says, "How do you like the yacht?"

'"That's not a yacht," I said. "That's a canoe!"'

LAUGHTER 'I want to sleep six all the way.

-'Try the veal here. You'll love it.

-Nothing for me, thanks.

'Say, this is the best Italian food in the city.

'Well, somehow, eating with cops spoils my appetite.

-'Have a nice day, gents.

-What do you mean cops?

'Come here! Come back here, will you?'

-HE STOPS THE TAPE

-Mistakes?

Overkill on the money talk. Rich dealers don't have to strut it.

No, I think it was a nice set-up,

Mansfield doesn't deal with street soldiers.

-They looked like cops.

-Maybe.

Petrie, what do you think?

-I didn't see any mistakes.

-Bingo.

Mansfield is shrewd.

We've tried to sting him three times now

and every time he's smelled trouble.

He's very good at playing games.

He'll even try to force you to entrap him.

-Has he ever served time, sir?

-Not even an indictment.

From pot to smack and everything in between.

Maybe he's backed by the mob. Maybe he bankrolled the Benedetti murder.

I don't know. He's crud and I would love to get him.

And this time, I think we've got a shot.

He trusts Laura Ferrell.

You two are as good as I've seen and not exactly typical-looking narks.

Lacey, the stomach...

absolutely beautiful.

-Thank you, sir.

-Just remember...

He's got to make the first move.

-What are we buying?

-Just pills. Large quantity.

This time, you'll be mini moguls from out of town.

The Premiere Towers.

Petrie, Isbecki, the camera and I will be here in room 907.

The sting will be in 909.

The camera will see through this two-way mirror

in the centre of the room. Now, we're using a wide-angle lens,

but you've still got to try to keep the action here in this area.

If you get into the bathroom, the dressing area or at the door,

you're out of frame, so try to keep it tight.

Questions?

OK, folks. Showtime.

SHE LAUGHS

He's smart, Mary Beth. He's sophisticated.

We can't seem too easy or he's not going to buy it.

He's sharp. We've just got to be sharper.

We will be.

It's the big time, Mary Beth.

-It's the fast lane!

-Uh-huh.

You gotta know these kind of people.

I can handle him.

Uh-huh.

-Go ahead.

-'They are on the way up.'

-All right.

TELEPHONE RINGS

-Yeah?

-They're on the elevator.

On their way.

KNOCK ON DOOR

-Hi, Laura.

-Mary Beth.

Er, Mary Beth, Christine, Bruce.

-Hello.

-How do you do?

-It's nice to meet you.

-And Don.

-Thanks for stopping by.

-Oh, it's my pleasure.

I don't like it. It doesn't feel right.

What?

I'm not doing business today. Sorry.

Well, wait a minute. What's the problem?

You could be cops. The room could be bugged.

I follow my instincts.

My instincts tell me no.

Wait a minute. How do we know you're not a cop?

How do we know Laura here isn't an informant?

-NERVOUS LAUGHTER

-Yeah! How does one know?

The eyes...

I checked the eyes. A cop's eyes never rest.

Like yours?

-Like yours?

-There's a fine line between cops and robbers.

-Right.

Which side are you on?

Go to bed with me, both of you.

What is this?

Have sex with me before we do business,

-then I'll know you're not cops.

-I'm pregnant, Mr.

Well, that leaves just you and me, kiddo.

-How does having sex with us make you safe?

-Precedent.

US vs Simpson.

Out in California. They entrapped Mr Simpson by engaging him in sex -

it's called "outrageous conduct".

Oh, no.

No, thank you...

not today.

Wait.

'Wait!'

Bruce?

Do you...?

Where are you going? I thought we were going to have a good time?

OK. My place.

-If you want to reach me, Laura knows how to get in touch.

-Bruce?

Come here.

Look, everybody's tense.

We've been dry for a long time now.

I don't even have anything for myself.

And we've got to score, so if I can't go home

with at least some 'ludes, we're going to be out of business.

You broke my heart.

If that's what it takes.

You're saying that, if I solve your supply problem,

you and I can have a good time?

Yeah, I'd like that.

What exactly do you need?

Ups. 'Ludes.

A couple of thousand more if you've got it. Well, my list is inside.

-Can we do business?

-Oh...

After you.

Get on.

Yeah, let me see your list.

I'm sure I can give you everything you need.

-Oh, yeah. I can go 5K on the 'ludes and the ups.

-Good.

All units, stand by.

I'm low on tranqs.

When can you make delivery?

Well, if you've got the cash, I can have it for you in 15 minutes.

I've got the cash.

Come on, let's move it.

PEOPLE GASP AND CHATTER OFFICER: Stand back, stand back.

These two get into major cases easy.

For a chance like that, I'd even put on a dress.

And you'd probably look sensational in a pair of high heels.

SIREN WAILS

You remember Michelle the magnificent?

Sure you do. I talk about her all the time.

To tell you the truth...

the first night...

..didn't happen.

-I couldn't, um...

-What is this, Victor?

-I don't want to hear this story.

-Well, I want to tell you this.

Never happened to me before.

She tried to be nice about it...

..but that made things even worse.

Anyway...

You can tell Cagney or Coleman or send out a newsletter if you want.

-I don't care. I told you...

-I know why you told the story...

because you thought it would make us even.

-You embarrass me, I embarrass you. Fair is fair?

-Right.

-Wrong!

Victor, I...

HE SIGHS

What's the use?

We have different values, interests, everything.

It's a bad match, always has been.

-I think you're blowing this out of proportion, Marcus.

-I don't think so.

It's been ten minutes. He's either talking or he isn't.

Maybe he's trying to make up his mind.

I'm going to find out what's taking so long.

Lacey, had the amniocentesis test yet?

Hey, Sergeant, that's none of your business.

Hey, just trying to be helpful.

Sergeant Coleman.

I'm going to tell you something for the last time.

You keep your fat nose out of my personal life.

-Hey, hang on a minute...

-I hate that quinella thing in there,

I told you that 100 times.

And now you have the nerve to ask me if I'm going to get a test

so you can get the edge on whether it's a boy or girl? Forget it!

If I have the test, that's between me, my husband, and my doctor.

And if I do, I'm telling the lab I don't want to know the sex.

And, no matter what I do, I would never,

-never help you make money off of my baby.

-You've finished?

-Yes, sir.

Well, let me tell you something. You think I brought this up

-just to make a few bucks?

-Why else bother me?

-Because when my wife

and I were expecting a baby, she didn't have the test.

Then, when Betty was born...

Well, she's in a special school now

and it took us a long time to find it.

She's happier there. People don't make fun of her. She's doing OK.

It's just that when she was born, we weren't...

prepared, is all.

Betty's a pretty name. That's short for Elizabeth, right?

We were thinking about Elizabeth, if it's a girl.

-Or Muriel, maybe, which is after Harv's mother.

-That's a nice idea.

I just told your partner here the man is mute until his lawyer shows.

-Parker Parker Simonson.

-One of the best.

But we've got a good sting on tape plus a suitcase full of pills.

We'll have to account for the time in the hallway,

but I'm sure you didn't say anything that would take the collar?

-You're too smart for that.

-Lieutenant, what I said in the hallway...

-Cagney,

you don't have to tell me what you said, not right now.

Take the weekend, think about it, go over it between yourselves.

Bring your report on Monday,

we'll get this into the grand jury by Tuesday at the latest.

We made a great collar today.

So, whatever it takes, let's not lose him.

-Fine. Thank you, Lieutenant.

-Ladies.

Sergeant...

we're doing the tests next week.

I can't believe I stepped over the line like that.

When I stopped him outside, I could have said something else, anything.

I didn't have to initiate the deal.

We're going to have to come up with something creative on our report.

-What are you talking about?

-I entrapped him, Mary Beth.

I was the first one to bring up the subject of drugs.

We put that on the report, Mansfield walks!

-I'm not about to let that happen.

-Well, what are we supposed to do? Lie?

It's our word against his. We're not dealing drugs.

What? Come on, sometimes you've got to do whatever it takes.

I'll be damned if a big-time drug dealer's going to walk

cos I didn't say the magic words.

You heard Lieutenant Johnson, he practically ordered us,

ordered us, to lie if we had to.

Well, he's not going to be under oath.

I can't believe he even asked us to do that.

He's supposed to be our superior officer.

-He's just trying to give us a little room.

-Yeah, room to hang ourselves.

-He's backing us up!

-He's telling us to commit a crime.

Oh, please. Will you come down to Earth with the rest of us?

-How often do you get a shot at a guy like Mansfield?

-Not worth it, Chris.

Wait a minute. Mary Beth, we're doing this.

-Your ego's doing all the talking...

-Give me a break!

Thinking about promotions and commendations

-and having your picture taken.

-That isn't true! It is not true!

-Mansfield stinks and I want him.

-I want him as much as you do,

but we have to start all over again.

-We have to admit we made a mistake.

-No!

We're going to do this now, Mary Beth.

Please don't fight me on this one because you can't win.

You've got a hell of a nerve, lady. I make my own decisions.

Monday, I'm bringing in the paper

and it's going to say all the right words.

Now, you can either corroborate my testimony,

or you can say you never heard the conversation at all.

I really don't care.

But if you go into the grand jury on Tuesday and call me a liar...

..our partnership's over.

Beauty! Pick it up, baby!

Thank you.

-It's emotional blackmail and I don't like it.

-I don't like it either.

Does it all the time, puts you in danger while she does her super cop number.

-I got a spare, Mom.

-Spare with...?

-Eight.

All right, your turn, kid. Look out for him, Harvey.

You know, when you guys lie in that courtroom and get caught,

the judge is going to come down on you like a ton of bricks.

Not a chance, Harv.

Only three people know what was said in that hallway,

and two of us are officers of the law.

-Hey, Mom!

-I'm watching you, sweetheart. Go ahead.

That's all right. Don't worry about it. Go again.

You know, maybe you should call her bluff. You might be better off with another partner.

I don't want to think about that, Harvey.

Anyway, she didn't mean it.

Maybe she did mean it.

I call her a liar in front of the grand jury...

..that's it, it's all over.

-I'm not trying to be self-righteous here, Harv. You know, I...

-What?

I don't know what.

One more dealer off the street.

-Lord knows, it couldn't hurt.

-Oh, yeah?

You commit perjury, Mary Beth, you go to prison.

Five is good. Good for you.

-Your turn, Papa.

-Yeah, my turn.

What the hell does Lacey expect you to do? Let him walk?

Your job is to get the scum off the streets, whatever it takes.

He beat me, Charlie. He baited me and it worked.

-I'm the one who blew it.

-You didn't blow anything!

I knew I wouldn't get another chance.

You don't need another chance! You've got him, now!

These things, it looks like a jigsaw puzzle.

Mary Beth has to do everything by the book,

otherwise she doesn't sleep at night.

-Well, then she is in the wrong job.

-We're fine.

Listen, Chris. I used to cut corners, bend the rules.

I also lied in court any time it was necessary - we all did.

-I slept like a baby.

-Things are different now.

Oh, you can say that again! You guys aren't really cops.

-You're nothing but lawyers with badges.

-Thank you(!)

The criminal justice system today stinks!

Even if you've got a solid case, you don't know what's going to happen when you step foot in that courtroom.

I'm glad I'm out of it. I don't worry about it any more, but I'll tell you something.

You better tell your partner she's not living in the real world.

Give me that piece over there, will you?

-Which one?

-The one that fits! Give me them both!

Gee, Charlie, I don't know! Take them all!

She has integrity, Pop.

Integrity's also knowing when to sidestep the rules.

And if Mary Beth is a decent partner, she'll go to the wall with you,

no questions asked.

-Hurray, it fits!

-Good. You want a soda?

No, I don't want a soda.

When I finish this bookshelf, I want a drink.

I think you could use one, too.

Don't walk away from me. We need to talk!

We've already talked.

It happened. It's over.

-But you're still punishing me.

-That's not true.

The hell it isn't!

I'm sorry I hurt you.

I've asked for your forgiveness. What more can I do?

I don't know, Claudia! You're the one who cheated!

Excuse me, I forgot I was talking to Mr Wonderful.

The guy who never makes a mistake.

-The perfect cop. The knight in shining armour!

-Claudia, shut up!

Why do I have to push you to a wall before I get your attention?

Marcus, if we can't get past this, we don't have a future.

You finished with Arts and Leisure?

You still have the Home Living section.

What about Sports?

ALARM BUZZES

Oh, gee. I'm sorry, sweetie. I meant to turn it off.

Go back to sleep.

I put the snooze alarm on, you've still got nine minutes.

What are you going to do, babe?

I don't know yet.

Mary Beth, would you sign me in, please?

-Thanks.

-You're wrong to put our partnership on the line over this.

I expect you to back me up, Mary Beth.

If you're not willing to do it, we don't have a partnership.

-A partnership is 50-50.

-Right.

-You owe me my share of any decision.

Instead, you throw your little ultimatum in my face

-and I don't like it.

-I'm sorry about that,

-but this is not a negotiable issue for me.

-Why not?

-Because you're afraid to admit a mistake?

-No!

No. Please, please, you've got to believe me.

I want Mansfield, Mary Beth. I don't want Mansfield

and his two hotshot rich attorneys to get in a chauffeur-driven

limousine and they drive off thumbing their noses at us.

It makes me sick, Mary Beth.

I have a chance to get him and I'm not going to walk away.

I'm sorry about the ultimatum.

-I'm a pushy broad.

-True.

Look, if you want to say you never heard the conversation

between Mansfield and me in the hallway, I'll understand.

But I did. No, I'm going to do it, God help me.

OK, I have to take up the damn report. You want to tell me

-what lie I'm...? Morning, sir.

-Morning.

I'm swearing too.

Petrie, Isbecki!

Come on in.

Close the door.

-What's this all about?

-Did you read it? It's self-explanatory.

Of course I read it.

But I'm not going to give you a new partner without some good reasons.

-Did you know about this?

-Yeah.

-Well?

Huh? Talk to me...

somebody. I'm listening.

It's my fault, Lieutenant.

I betrayed his trust and it wasn't the first time.

To tell you the truth, I haven't been much of a partner at all.

I'm always late with my paperwork.

He usually has to clean up behind me on the street.

Bottom line is, he's been holding me up for a long time.

All right, Victor, don't go overboard.

He's a good cop, and we've shared the load pretty evenly,

but the problem is that...

..we're not compatible.

I think we would both be better off with new partners.

Do you have problems at home, Petrie?

What would make you think that, Lieutenant?

You've been walking around here eating up

the furniture for the past month now.

You're telling me you didn't hear about it?

What did I miss, a juicy bit of gossip or something?

Maybe I ought to come out of the office more often.

Look, I'm not about to split up one of my best teams without a fight.

Now, we all know that you can be extremely obnoxious from time

to time and that you are too sensitive for your own good.

So I'll tell you what we're going to do.

I want to hear everything.

I want to hear every beef you've got between yous right here and now.

And if we can't find a way to mend fences before this is over,

and we're not leaving here until it is, then I'll grant your request.

You go first, Isbecki.

-Lieutenant...

-I'm not fooling around here.

-I don't have a beef with him.

-Got to be something.

He's perfect. The guy is perfect.

-That bothers you?

-Yeah.

Yeah, it does bother me.

You're always so perfect...

and you don't mind letting me know that you know it.

You don't say it, though, and that's what really irks me.

You've got an attitude, Petrie, a real attitude.

What the hell is wrong with trying to be perfect?

-Sometimes you're not even human.

-As defined by you, Victor?

What do you know about human? You do all your thinking with your glands.

-OK, this is good.

-And I'm tired of your rooster stories.

You're never on time, you always complain.

-Victor, you talk too much and I'm sick of it.

-I told you I was sorry!

-That's supposed to solve everything?

-What am I supposed to do?

Keep your sorry and get out of my face!

-Is that human enough for you, Victor?

-This is very good.

Petrie, you want to go at it? Let's go at it.

I'm ahead now, I'm right here.

Lovely day for a hearing.

You nervous?

A little. I didn't sleep last night.

Are you expecting sympathy?

-You're doing the right thing, Mary Beth. This one is worth it.

-Yeah.

-If we don't do this now, Mansfield goes back on the street.

-Enough, OK?

I'm going to do it.

Mary Beth, thank you.

Good-looking suit, Christine.

-ON TAPE:

-Before I open the briefcase, I want to see the money.

We'll do it at the same time.

I'll show you mine, you show me yours.

Oh, ladies, that shade of green is my favourite colour.

Donald will want 5,000 'ludes, 3,500 of the barbs...

-What is this?

-Bruce, you should have trusted your instincts.

You've just been immortalised on video tape.

-Mr Mansfield, you're under arrest.

-Well, it's incredible.

It's incredible. You can stop it now, John.

Incredible.

I haven't seen anything that good on television since The Untouchables.

Anybody like Eliot Ness?

I loved Eliot Ness.

OK, Mr Ackerman,

your side is going to tell us what happened in the hallway,

-is that right?

-Yes, Your Honour.

Sergeant Cagney spoke to Mr Mansfield in the hallway

and can tell us what transpired.

Well, by God, on your feet.

Get over there and put the lady under oath.

This is exciting.

Raise your right hand.

Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but

-the truth so help you God?

-I do.

You can sit down again, Sergeant, this is informal.

Thank you, Your Honour.

After Mr Mansfield walked out of the room,

I decided to give it another try, as you saw on the video tape.

When I caught up with him in the hallway, I said, "Please wait."

He turned and sort of smiled at me, and he walked over towards me.

At that time, I said, "I wish you wouldn't go."

-It was obvious he was playing games with me.

-Objection, Your Honour.

-That is pure conjecture.

-Oh, come on, Mr Parker. This isn't a trial.

Sit down, take a load off, you'll live longer.

Go on, Sergeant.

Anyway, Mr Mansfield said to me, "You're pretty hyper, aren't you?"

I said, "Sometimes." He said, "You need to relax.

"You need a 'lude, don't you? I've got lots of 'ludes."

And I said, "So I understand."

He then smiled again. He said, "I bet if I solve your supply problem,

"you and I could have a good time," and I said, "I'd like that."

At that time he asked me what it was I needed and I told him

I needed a couple of thousand 'ludes and some ups,

and then I pretended that I couldn't remember the rest.

I said I'd left my shopping list inside.

He laughed and said, "What the hell? I know you're not cops.

"I just like to test people.

"We'll do business, then you and I can have some fun."

At that point, we all went back into the room.

That's a nice story, Sergeant, well-told and concise.

Now, you're telling us here

that Mr Mansfield initiated the actual drug deal even though

he had previously expressed an aversion to doing business with you.

-Is that right?

-Yes, sir.

I see.

Mm-hm, fine!

Thank you, Sergeant.

Your Honour, my client has an entirely different

-version of that story.

-I would hope so, Mr Parker.

I think a 30-minute recess would be pleasant right about now.

When we come back, Mr Mansfield will have a chance to enthral us.

Mr Ackerman, I would like to see you and your group in my chambers

and, Mr Parker, you can come too.

No offence, Mr Ackerman,

but you've got to walk a country mile to believe this lady's story.

Even if I do, who is to say a jury will?

We've got a very strong case, Your Honour.

Predicated on the assumption that our bright young sergeant here

didn't make the first move and entrap pretty boy.

And from where I'm sitting, that is practically impossible to believe.

Are you that good, Sergeant?

I don't know, Your Honour.

I only knew that I couldn't be the first one to bring up

the subject of drugs or deal-making. That would have tainted the collar.

Let me tell you something. Right now you have the luxury of my ear.

This could be considered a misinterpretation of facts.

But if you go back into that hearing room and stick to this story,

I expect Mr Parker is going to land on you so hard

-you'll have to reach up to tie your shoes.

-Harder.

And feeling the way I do right now, I'd probably help him.

With all due respect, Your Honour,

-sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

-Oh, I know.

We also have the corroborating testimony of Detective Lacey.

Ah. OK.

-You heard the exchange, Detective?

-Yes. Yes, sir.

-And you heard Mansfield initiate the deal?

-Yes, sir. He brought it up.

What exactly did he say?

He said exactly what my partner testified that he said, sir.

I want to hear you say it.

But before you continue, do you realise the dire consequences

if I find out you are bending the truth?

Yes, sir.

All right, little lady, let's hear it.

Mr Mansfield walked out of the room,

and my partner and I looked at each other. She went after him.

And she said, "I wish you would not leave."

And then Mr Mansfield said, "You're pretty hyper, aren't you?"

And Sergeant Cagney said, "Sometimes."

And Mr Mansfield said, "You need to relax. You need...

"a 'lude, don't you?

-"I have lots of 'ludes..."

-Let me...

Your Honour.

I would like it if Detective Lacey would not continue with her story.

Talk to me, blondie, it's now or never.

I initiated the deal, Your Honour.

I pushed my partner into backing my story up. It is my fault.

-You wear a badge so you're above the law?

-No, Your Honour.

Then what the hell did you think you were doing coming into my courtroom and lying?

I know it makes you crazy sometimes.

We expect you to rid the street of drug dealers and then we handcuff

you with a lot of stupid little word games, but that is the way it is.

And if you can't stand the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen!

I'm angry now and I don't like to get angry - life's too short.

I don't know what to do with you two,

other than give you a good sharp slap on the wrists.

What I should do is send you back to history class to learn

something about America.

I'll leave the rest of your punishment to the Department.

I will grant Mr Parker his motion to suppress,

which means you don't have a case...

..and the sleazebag walks.

Hm! Look at this here.

-I was wrong about everything.

-Yeah.

And I blew the collar.

-Sergeant Hotshot sure got her wings clipped, didn't she?

-Yeah.

Lieutenant Johnson didn't exactly rush to our rescue.

-Did you expect him to?

-Well, yes.

I didn't expect an oral reprimand, not from him.

Chris, the man may have hinted at lying but he didn't actually say it.

He didn't entrap us.

Mary Beth, what now? Huh? Where do we go from here?

I don't know, partner.

There is a dope dealer out there, he is about six feet tall, 250lbs.

He wears a pinkie ring. He's a real virus.

And it's not like we would have to look too hard to find him.

A little surveillance maybe, catch him with the goods...

if you're game.

-Hi, ladies, take a pamphlet?

-Thank you.

-Thanks.

-You're welcome. Goodbye.

You know, I've never even been to the Statue of Liberty.

I've lived in the city most of my life.

Oh, I can't wait till they get her all dolled up so Harv

and I can take the boys out there. They loved it last time.

-Did you ever take that little boat around the island? That's good, too.

-Yeah?

You should do it, Christine.

Yeah, maybe I will. Maybe I will.