You once said, talking about your childhood,
"I grew up with seriousness all around me. "
Yeah. My parents were very, very strict.
He thinks I put up 100,000
to watch it go down the toilet?
He doesn't care about your money.
I want him to know it's every cent I've got.
It represents pocket change.
I can't get hit harder.
Does he know what this can do to me and Karen?
I know you're out there.
Does he know it?
Michael...
Listen, Roger, that does it.
Sounds good. Fax it to me.
I'll look at it, talk to you tomorrow.
I tried to keep it quiet.
I heard a noise from downstairs.
Didn't you hear it?
No. I was on the phone with Roger.
It's probably the wind,
Fuzzface here.
Why does he hate me?
If you paid more attention to him,
he'd like you better.
If I fed him goodies like you do.
I think you're jealous ofTiny.
Of course. He sleeps with you more often.
Is that...
Um, I'll go down.
Maybe we should call the police.
No, that's O.K.
I'll just check it out.
Don't worry. If it's anything serious,
I'll come back for my driver.
Michael, is everything all right?
There's somebody in the house.
Call the police.
Michael!
No!
Stop it.
Stop!
Stop, motherfucker!
Back off.
Back off!.
O.K.
Drop it! Drop-drop it!
Drop it.
Drop it!
Just take anything you want, all right?
You can have my watch.
I don't want that goddamn watch.
Please don't hurt her.
I'll give you anything you want.
Aah!
Karen!
Police, sir.
Hi. Come on in, guys.
Hi. I'm Officer Cole.
This is my partner Officer Davis.
Mike, how are you?
What happened to your foot?
I knocked a beer bottle down in the kitchen.
I stepped in it. It's nothing, really.
So, Mr. Carr, can you tell us what happened?
Yeah. We were, uh, we were upstairs in my office,
my wife and I,
and we, uh, heard a noise.
This is my wife Karen.
Thanks for coming so quickly.
What happened after you heard the noise?
Michael went down, and I-I, uh...
I- I heard another noise.
I went down, and, uh...
It's O.K., Mrs. Carr.
Just take your time.
Well, this man jumped out of the closet,
and he and Michael fought.
It wasn't much of a fight, really.
I just grabbed his leg.
He was trying to get away.
Got out in the kitchen.
He got ahold of Karen and went out back.
He put a knife to her throat.
You O.K.?
Yes.
You need a doctor?
No.
You sure?
Yeah, thanks.
Tiny.
Tiny?
Come here, Tiny.
Not a very good watch cat, are you, Tiny?
He's useless.
Well, I guess he likes policemen.
We'll have someone over in the morning to dust for prints.
Try and not disturb too much.
We've had several break-ins in this area lately.
We're pretty sure it's the same guy.
On this street?
In this general area, but we'll get him.
Wouldn't mind being there for that.
Does anybody want coffee?
Yes. I never turn down coffee.
Whoa! Watch-
Watch the glass.
Oh.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
If this guy's been doing this around here,
is there any chance he's going to come back?
We were told this was a safe neighborhood.
All things considered, Mrs. Carr,
this is a safe neighborhood.
Mr. Carr probably scared the hell out of the guy,
so he won't come back.
I'm getting a gun.
What?
I'm getting a gun.
No guns in this house.
Maybe she'll listen to you guys.
Don't get a gun.
You can say that. You've got one.
And I'm trained to use it.
I've done some shooting.
At targets.
Not people.
Look, take our advice.
Get an alarm.
Get a dog. Forget about guns.
The wrong people always get hurt.
Nice people.
Hey, I know what you're thinking.
What-what am I thinking, Roy?
I'm never going to be able to sleep.
Me, either.
I thought he-
When he grabbed me, I thought...
It's all right.
I don't think I can stay here, Michael.
It's just so weird.
We'll get some things together
and go to a hotel.
No. I mean I don't think I can live here anymore.
I think we should sell the house.
Wait. You love this house.
I know, but we really don't need this.
Slow down.
Michael,
we're in way over our heads.
We can barely afford this place.
Don't get carried away.
Know what we're going to do?
We're going to take that cop's advice.
Tomorrow morning I'll make a few phone calls.
We'll get the best security system known to man, all right?
If that doesn't do it, we'll just-we'll-
We'll get a killer watchdog.
I mean, a vicious...
pit bull...
with fangs...
with a studded collar.
Come on, honey.
We'll be all right.
Come on.
You chased him around with a fucking putter?
You're a hero.
Dirty Harry and Arnold Palmer
all wrapped into one, that's me.
Sounds pretty intense.
With me, boom. Heart attack. Done.
You did O.K. You guys all right?
Yeah. Well, Karen's upset.
Shit. Here he comes.
We have to kiss him?
Gentlemen.
I read your prospectus. Demographics look good.
Well, I'll tell you,Jerry.
I'm not a big believer in demographics.
It's a lawyer's tool.
No offense, Roger.
None taken.
Quite an amazing place.
The potential here's fantastic, huh?
I've learned to go with my instincts.
The one time I used demographics,
I went belly up.
That wasn't Denver, was it?
He's done his homework.
You weren't the only one.
I put a lot of my clients' money there.
All those buildings are still empty.
That won't happen here.
This downtown area has undergone
some amazing revitalization.
Those new buildings over the last 10 years?
All filled with people,
all within shouting distance of this place here.
O.K. Here's what I want to do,
what worked the other three times.
Put on a backers' party-
It's mine.
Hello.
Hi. It's me.
Hey.
Bad timing?
We're in the middle of it, but we're getting close.
What's going on?
Those security people haven't shown up yet,
neither have the police to dust for prints.
Did you call?
Yeah. All I get is the runaround.
Great. I'll tell you what.
Here's what you do.
Call the police.
Ask to talk to those cops from last night.
Those guys can help, O.K.?
O.K. I'll try.
I'll be home soon. You all right?
Uh-huh.
You sure?
I love you. Bye.
Michael, this guy's good.
I'm being grilled here.
Michael, this area's high-crime.
So you get people in.
How do you keep the bad element out?
I'm into that as we speak.
I'm working on security right now.
Ha ha ha!
Michael, you remember Officer Davis?
Oh, yeah. How you doing?
I didn't recognize you out of uniform.
You did all this?
It's no big deal.
It is. We appreciate it.
It's the least I could do.
Mrs. Carr called my captain
and said nice things about me and my partner.
Usually people call to bitch.
It was nice. I'm grateful.
Can I get you something?
Sure. That would be great.
- Great. - Thanks.
There's going to be contact switches
on every point of entry.
A breeze won't get into this house
without you knowing it.
Here you'll have an infrared motion detector.
This right here will be tripped
if anybody breaks the glass.
Hey, w-what's he doing in the bathroom here?
Oh.
Um...
It's-it's just an extra precaution.
It's a safe room.
These old houses are great
because the doors are like solid rock!
We put a heavy dead bolt on each entrance here.
In case there's an intruder,
you lock yourself in and wait for the cavalry,
which is us.
You just have to pick out a code word now.
It's got to be seven letters.
Pyramid.
Pyramid?
Uh, this is the Michael Carr residence,
and the code word's going to be "pyramid. "
Right.
O.K. Thank you.
That's it.
Oh, yeah.
440 cubes, 500 horses.
Jesus.
You do the work yourself?
Uh-huh. Every nut and bolt.
Installed the alarm. Relaxes me.
That is nice, really nice.
Thanks.
You got a knack for this security stuff.
Did you ever think about consulting as a sideline?
Consulting?
Yeah.
Homes, businesses.
I got a club I'm putting together downtown.
It's what you're doing today,
but you get paid for your time.
I never thought about it.
Staying for dinner?
Yeah.
- You doing anything? - Not tonight.
I'd be crossing the line-
Cops on one side, everybody else on the other.
Come on in.
This has really been nice.
Usually, dinner for me
is a bunch of us sitting around
boring each other with war stories.
That's why cops stick together.
Nobody else could stand us.
You've never been married?
No. Nope.
She'll try to line you up with one of her friends.
I'll get her,Jack!
Sorry, Michael.
She smells that meat and goes crazy.
Meet me around the front.
I'm sorry. I'm still a little freaked.
That's O.K.
That's understandable.
I can't believe you've never been serious about anyone.
No.
Cops and marriage are a tough combination.
I can't believe how much I'm talking.
When I was a kid, I hardly ever talked.
When I was in school, I never talked.
I was famous for it.
Oh, well, take it from a teacher.
We love those quiet little boys
in the back of the class.
Don't you believe her, Pete.
She loves all kids.
Oh, that's what's missing.
I'm surprised you two
don't have a few running around.
Michael, I'm-I'm sorry about bringing up kids.
That's really none of my business.
I just wanted to thank you.
You really went out of your way.
I can't tell you what you did for Karen.
She'll bounce back.
She'll bounce back quicker because of you.
What about you? Have you bounced back?
I don't know.
Guy gets his hands on your wife like that,
you feel pretty helpless.
You did what you could.
You showed a lot of balls
going up against that guy.
There was one moment there where, uh,
he had ahold of her,
and I had that stupid golf club,
but I thought I could just-
I didn't-didn't take the shot.
A fucking nightmare when you think
about what could've happened to her.
I wouldn't mind one more shot
at that son of a bitch.
Really?
Hell, yeah.
I'd like to kick the shit out of him.
I'm sure you would.
Wouldn't you?
I already know what I would do.
I was just wondering
about a nice civilized guy like you.
After what he did to Karen,
I think all the rules are out the window.
I'd rip his fuckin' heart out.
Michael.
You're a scary guy.
Hey...
You know,
I bet you'd enjoy coming on a ride-along.
What's that?
Ride along with us on patrol one night.
You can do that?
We do it all the time for writers,journalists.
Yeah. That sounds-
Yeah. I could do that.
I'm going to set it up.
Come watch us kick some butt.
When?
Tomorrow.
Ugh.
Come on.
It'll be fun.
Yeah.
Why not?
Great. I'll see you then.
Sign this so your old lady can't come after the city
if you get killed, maimed, or dismembered.
Nothing will happen to him.
He's with me.
Hey, Pete.
O.K., Mike,
a dope dealer, a public defender, and my ex-wife
all get thrown off the Empire State Building.
Which one hits the cement first?
I don't know.
Who lands first?
- Who cares? - Who cares?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, my gosh.
Look at this.
Think she's a real blonde, Roy?
Officer...
was I going too fast?
Mm-hmm.
Do you have a license and a registration, ma'am?
Yes.
Certain types of women just have a thing for cops.
They think we're like movie stars.
We ever search any one of these assholes here,
we'd be up to our butts in drugs and guns.
This place is one giant supermarket of shit.
Isn't that right, Leon?
Whatever you say, Officer.
I ain't into nothing.
This is Mr. Clean.
That's right. That's me.
Yes, sir. Mr. Clean.
Maria, como esta?
Bien.
Everything O.K.?
It's O.K.
No problemos?
No. No problemas.
If there is, you let me know, O.K.?
All right.
I don't think you'll be finding any clientele
for your club around here, Michael.
Try it.
Best in L.A.
You know, I ate before I came out.
I'm really full.
So...
you enjoying yourself?
Yeah. Yeah. It's an eye-opener.
Something occurred to me
when you were over at the house
for the barbecue, Pete.
I don't know how it works in Los Angeles,
but when I was in Phoenix and Kansas City,
I hired off-duty police officers
to work the club.
Hear that? Mike's offering us moonlighting money.
I'd like to talk about it.
Hi.
So how are you?
Are you, like, the captain or something?
Lieutenant.
Rosa...
Come on. Vamonos.
Can't you see the lieutenant's a married man?
Oh, yeah?
Oh.
Oh, well.
Te amo, roy.
Bye, Pete.
See you later, Rosa.
These bitches can't get enough of us.
Michael, stay here.
Keep away.
Police. Everything all right in there?
No! Everything isn't all right!
Fucking asshole hitJim in the face!
Fuck you!
In the fucking face!
Shut up!
There you go.
You all right?
Attaboy.
Just stay here with me
and hang on for a second.
Roy, I'll take him now.
Take that piece of shit back to the jailhouse
where he belongs!
Aah!
Mom!
Mommy!
See? They got him.
Why don't you go up and get yourself cleaned up?
Me and Mike will put the car to bed.
Works for me.
Later, gentlemen.
Take care.
It's a hell of a life, huh, Mike?
Is it always like this?
Oh, yeah. Day in and day out.
Hop up in front.
Uh, yeah.
And your wife wants to know
why I can't meet a nice woman.
You guys handled it all pretty well.
Listen, where are we headed?
Just got one more errand to run.
Come on!
Move!
Michael!
Aah!
Stay there.
Michael, meet Ernie Pike.
Come out and I.D. This piece of shit.
Come on, motherfucker!
Hey, that's him!
You got him.
Goddamn it! That's him!
Did you hear that? You just been made.
You just been made, scumbag!
Picked up a crackhead pal of his.
Turned in Pike here.
You broke into my friend's house?
Huh?
Did you scare him and his pretty wife?
Did you do that? Did you do that?
O.K. I'm sorry, man.
O.K.?
Shut the fuck up!
He doesn't want to hear about you being sorry.
He wants to kick your ass,
and guess what, scumbag?
I'm going to let him.
Ready?
What?
What are you waiting for? Let's go.
Are you serious?
Yeah, I'm serious.
You said you wanted
to rip his fucking heart out.
Well, yeah, but I mean, that was, you know-
I was just talking.
Tell him.
Say it. Say how you wanted that uptown pussy.
Say it!
Is that what you wanted? Say it!
Say it!
O.K. I...
Tell him!
Whatever you say, man.
Whatever you say.
Come here.
Don't you fucking resist me.
Don't you resist me!
Now walk.
I said walk.
He just gave you the O.K.
Here. You don't even have to touch him.
I wasn't going to hurt nobody, man.
Shut up.
Come on.
Come on, Michael.
It's O.K. Listen.
He resisted. He gets hit.
Shit happens.
Come on, Pete. Y- you got him.
Nice going. Let's take him in.
Michael, he put a knife to Karen's throat.
You're going to let him get away with that?
Hit the motherfucker!
Pete.
Hit him! Hit him!
No. I'm not doing this.
Hey!
Aah!
Motherfucker!
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Hey, Pete!
Pete! Jesus, that's enough!
Honey?
Michael?
Yeah. It's me.
How'd it go?
Boy, what a screwed-up night.
What happened?
Ah, it was just- It was weird.
I went with the guys on a few calls,
got to watch them be cops.
Then we dropped Roy off,
and Pete had a little surprise for me.
The guy who broke in here.
He caught him?
He did more than that.
The guy's in jail.
Hospital's more likely.
He really beat the living shit out of this guy,
which is what I was supposed to do.
What?
Pete was showing off for me.
Had the whole thing set up
so I could nail the guy.
I'm just glad it's over.
Yeah.
Are you sure you're O.K.?
Yeah.
What's the matter?
I just...
I think our cop friend
is a little too tightly wound, that's all.
Well, do you think you might be overreacting a little bit?
Not really.
You know, I feel like a big weight's been lifted.
Yeah. Well, I'm glad you feel better, honey,
but I don't want him around here anymore.
Honey, you're upset. I understand.
But shouldn't we give him
the benefit of the doubt?
You're acting like Pete's the criminal.
Oh, am I?
I was there, Karen. I saw it, O.K.?
I don't care what you think.
You don't care what I think.
Fine. I won't bother thinking.
Knock it off.
No, you knock it off!.
I'm sorry, but I don't share your sympathy
for the man who broke in and put a knife to my throat!
Hi. Uh, sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
That's O.K.
Can I talk to you for a minute, please?
Just let me get my robe, all right?
You know, you really should put a lock on that gate.
I don't think you came here to discuss my gate.
No.
Did you hear I arrested the burglar?
What happened?
What happened was,
the burglar knocked me down
and took off running,
and when I caught him, he resisted,
and it-it got ugly.
I don't think Michael took it too well.
He didn't quite put it that way.
It's not a TV show out there, Mrs. Carr.
The reality gets to people
who've never seen it up close like that.
You mean the violence.
Look...
When I first started out,
uh, I went on a routine call.
All right?
It was a young kid. He was high on drugs.
He was beating on his girlfriend.
She couldn't have been more than 15, 16.
Sweet girl- blond hair, blue eyes,
so I didn't pay her much attention.
I was reading the kid his rights
when she took out a gun
and she shot me right here in the chest.
So now I restrain felons first
with whatever it takes-
Whatever it takes, and that's how it was last night.
I don't need another bullet in the chest,
and you don't need a dead husband.
I'm very sorry if Michael's upset.
I was just doing my job.
Pete. Pete, wait.
I- I'm...
I'm glad you got him.
That guy's not going to forget
the night he made the mistake of breaking in here.
That's for sure.
O.K. Enjoy your swim.
This is the chromalite,
and it serves as the backdrop
for the dance floor area here.
With this chromalite, we can create any environment.
We've got cityscape here,
but this could be a desert or mountain. Anything.
Yeow!
I didn't know Michael had so many good-looking friends.
Are you kidding?
We don't know any of these people.
They're all potential investors
or friends of Michael's lawyer.
That's too bad.
Oh, now, there's one I'd like to meet.
That's the guy I was telling you about.
Your cop?
Mmm.
Really?
Candace said the music's too loud.
Who?
Candace. My wife.
Roger, I got a question only you can answer.
I got an I RS auditor and a lawyer-
Another lawyer joke.
Divorce lawyer-jump off a building at the same time.
Who lands first?
- Who cares? - Who cares?
Hi. How you doing, Mike?
Pete.
This place is great.
Thanks.
Pete Davis. Los Angeles Police.
Hello, Pete. Jerry Lurie.
Excuse me.
Jerry.
- My wife Candace. - Hi, Pete.
Roger Graham.
Mike's been talking to me
about security for the club.
Are you working the area tonight?
No. I did the precheck of the exterior.
I know it's normal to have your entrance under the marquee,
but it's too open. It's hard to control.
Be better to put the entrance in the alley.
Make people line up and file in.
If things get crazy and we have to get heavy,
only a few people will see it.
Something to think about.
Why don't you get yourself a drink?
I'll be with you in a minute.
Yeah. Good idea. I know you have business to discuss.
I'll fill you in later. Take care.
He makes a lot of sense.
Yeah.
You guys aren't bullshitting.
No. I take security very seriously.
Yeah. We're really on top of it.
Hi, there.
Oh, Penny. This is Pete.
Pete, Penny.
Hi, Penny. Nice meeting you.
Hi. Nice meeting you.
We teach together.
Oh. Oh.
The kids at school would be so impressed
I'm talking to a real policeman.
They love cops.
They're young. Give them time.
Maybe you'd like to come and give them a talk sometime.
Um...
Yeah. Sure.
Public relations loves stuff like that.
Well, speaking of public relations, do you dance?
Honey, can you rescue Roger- Help me out?
Hey, Penny.
Come on, Pete, let's get that drink.
Here's to your club, Mike.
Pete, uh, I want to get something straight here.
I'd like you to leave.
Michael, what's with you tonight?
Why did you even invite me here?
Oh, no. Telling you and inviting you
are two completely different things.
You seem so uptight.
Relax. Is it because you were up late last night?
How do you know?
I was driving by your house on patrol.
I saw your lights on till well after 3:00.
You don't have to protect us anymore. You caught him.
You think that's it?
You're not a virgin anymore.
You saw how much evil shit's out there.
What kind of friend wouldn't try to protect you and Karen?
You listen to me 'cause I'm telling you-
You leave us alone.
You know, I think I understand
where this is coming from.
Oh, do you?
Yeah. Just cut the shit, O.K.?
Nobody expects you to be me.
I make my living going up against guys like Pike.
You don't. You've got nothing to be ashamed of.
Is that what you think this is about?
Yeah, I do.
I bet you had one hell of a night when you got home.
A friend would be thanking me.
I'm not your friend. I'm nothing to you.
You're a sick guy.
I don't want you around me or my wife.
Michael, your guests-
I'll be right there.
Michael needs to get some things off his chest.
- Michael, Roger- - Honey, please.
Kicking me out, Michael?
Honey, please don't keep them waiting.
If I have to.
Tell Roger I'll be there in a second, O.K.?
Everybody's free
To feel good
What are you going to do?
You going to call the cops?
Get the fuck out!
Lower your voice.
Fuck you!
- Lower your voice. - Fuck you!
Your pigeon's watching.
Hope he doesn't fly away on you.
Hey, need your car, man?
Ticket.
Don't you think you were rough on Pete?
I told you I don't want him around.
I wanted to make that clear.
Well, you succeeded.
Come on, guys, it's time for our toast.
Come on.
Uh, good health,
good fortune,
and the time to enjoy it.
That's an old Castilian toast.
Translated.
Honey, looks like
you've just made these two people very happy.
Candace, I know three people
your husband's made happy tonight.
We'll all be happy when everything falls into place, Roger.
What's not to fall into place?
That is a nice ride, dude.
I thought you were about to propose
another one of those wonderful continental toasts.
To the two most charming women here-
Your beautiful wife and mine.
Ohh...
Mmm...
I'm glad you called.
I been thinking about you a lot lately.
Leave it.
Sorry.
Still sensitive, huh?
You get shot or something?
It was a fishing accident.
Yeah.
Who fishes with guns?
Are you all right?
'Cause we can go to a motel
on a nice, cozy bed.
I mean, if you're having a problem...
A problem?
The only problem that I have...
is sleazy, lowlife whores like you.
That's my problem.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Get out.
I'm not getting out here!
Just get the fuck out!
Are you crazy? I don't know where the fuck I am.
That's exactly your fucking problem, isn't it?
Isn't it?
So, being a policeman
is really all about helping people.
It's about being a friend.
It's not about shooting it out with bad guys.
That's what you see on TV.
That's not why I wanted to become a cop.
I became a cop to protect people-
To make them feel happy and safe.
Everybody understand that?
Yes.
Does anybody have any questions?
What?
Do you wear bulletproof vests?
Uh-huh. Have to to protect myself.
Who else?
In the police car,
are you always with somebody?
Mm-hmm. I have a partner named Officer Roy Cole.
We've worked together for the past 7, 8 years.
He's a very good friend.
O.K. You.
Can you show me how to use your handcuffs?
Ha ha ha.
Sure. Come here.
What's your name?
Matthew.
Matthew? All right, Matthew,
put your hands out.
Think I could get him to use those on me?
There you go.
You're under arrest, Matthew.
Hi. I couldn't take off without saying thanks
for letting me impress the kids.
That was really a lot of fun.
Penny really set it up.
Yeah. I talked to Penny before.
I'd like to apologize for the other night.
Michael's behavior,
that kind of took me by surprise.
I would've never shown up.
Pete, it's not you. It's him.
He's just not been himself lately.
Would you like to go get a cup of coffee?
I- I don't go on for a while.
That's not a good idea.
You're safe with me. I'm a cop.
Just for a little while?
Yeah. Just...
Is everybody in here a cop?
Yeah, pretty much.
About a year ago, some jerk came in here
and tried to rip this place off.
He didn't do too well.
When he come crashing through the skylight,
I say, " How's your dick?"
I'm sorry. We should go somewhere else.
No. This is great.
Really?
Yeah.
I think it's really nice you got a place to go.
I'd like one.
Just-this is...
this is my least favorite time of the day.
Why?
Uh... well, 'cause it's getting dark out
and Michael's not home yet.
How'd you and Michael get together?
I was a waitress at his first club.
Really? You were a waitress?
It was the first job I ever had-
The first one I needed.
We were kind of well-off.
My father, as it turned out,
had sort of a gambling problem, so...
You know, then people started coming over
and taking our cars in the middle of the night.
It-it was kind of a scary time.
And Michael took you away from all that?
Things always came really easily to Michael.
Is that why you married him?
I married him because I fell in love with him.
Hmmph.
This is, uh...
I hardly know you, and I'm talking like this.
Karen, all the things that come so easily to Michael-
Were you one of them?
'Cause there's no man that deserves that much good fortune.
I mean that.
A woman like you a man should never take for granted,
and you should never feel unsafe.
And I want you to know
that if you ever need anything-
You're feeling bad in any way
or you just need to talk-
That I'm there for you, O.K.?
As a friend... as a real friend,
I'm there for you.
O.K.?
Come on. Let me get you out of here.
How was your afternoon?
Hey. Good.
It was fine.
You and Mrs. Carr getting along O.K.?
We seem to be.
When I was a kid at Erasmus,
I didn't have a single teacher that looked like Karen.
I mean, they all had blue hair
with names like Mushbutt or Silvercrone.
Silvercrone's my maiden name.
She had me.
Thank you.
The good news is
Frank Taft was so taken with you,
he's considering kicking in half the capital himself.
Frank Taft? Booyoo Records?
Yeah. We handle him.
There's a company that's on a roll.
Major roll.
The kids love it.
Excuse me, sir, I'm sorry.
Do you have another card?
What's the problem?
It's canceled.
That's impossible.
Computer glitch. Happens to me all the time.
This is unbelievable.
Relax. You'll get the next one.
If you insist.
Don't worry about it.
All right. Now, we're on for Tuesday night.
Bye.
Take care, Roger.
Michael, what's that?
Looks like you're having a bad night, Michael.
Look, all I know
is what's on the computer print-out,
and the computer says you got parking tickets.
And the computer is wrong,
so I'm not paying 600 bucks for tickets I didn't get.
I've worked here five years.
The computer's never wrong.
Do you want the boot off your car or not?
Ha ha. This is unbelievable.
Here.
Wait a minute. Not that one.
Honey, you sure about this?
Remember the night we went to the Minzers' house?
What?
They had the party on Caņon Avenue.
I got one ticket.
600 bucks? Come on. Jesus.
Sorry, pal. You're over the limit on this card.
It's a computer thing, like Roger said.
Yeah. Right.
600 bucks.
Oh, Michael, drop it, O.K.?
Things went pretty well, didn't they?
Yeah.
I thought it went pretty good.
You know what?
It went great.
You really charmed the pants off the Luries.
Oh, please.
Thanks.
Stay here and lock the door.
Michael, what are you doing?
Karen, it's all right.
Hello.
Yes.
It's Michael Carr.
Uh, code word is pyramid.
Well, we just had our cat
knock over a screen is all.
Thank you. Bye.
You know, I never thought I'd be so happy to see him.
Look, I thought it was the right thing to do.
Thanks for making that decision for both of us
without my having a say.
Goddamn it, you know how I feel about those things.
You know how I feel
watching a man attack my wife
and I can't do anything about it?
I'm not going to be in that position again.
I don't care what the police say.
I'm keeping that gun.
I'm sorry. I should've told you.
You all right?
Yeah.
Are you?
Aah!
Jesus Christ!
Just a goddamn minute! Hey!
What the fuck are you doing?
I was responding to your alarm, Michael.
Bullshit! You tripped it yourself!.
What?
The credit cards, the boot on my car-
You did that, too, didn't you?
Everything all right in here?
False alarm.
False alarm, my ass.
I'm as embarrassed as you are.
Get the fuck out of my house!
I'm very sorry, Mrs. Carr.
Oh, man. That son of a bitch is crazy.
Hello.
Yeah. Roger.
Michael?
I know it's late. I'm sorry.
Listen, how do I get a psycho cop off my back?
And you're the same Michael Carr
that I O.K.'d to do a ride-along
with Officer Davis and Officer Cole?
Yes, sir. That's right.
The same Michael Carr whose wife called to commend officer Davis?
Yeah. The same two people
that are now being terrorized
by this out-of-control sicko.
Out-of-control sicko.
Sure there's nothing personal in this, Mr. Carr?
There's no question that it's personal.
What do you call it when an officer busts into your bedroom
while you're having sex with your wife?
Yes, well...
Officer Cole's report says
he and Officer Davis were responding to an alarm.
That was verified by your security company.
Sure. How about the boot, my credit cards?
What about them?
Got any proof that this guy did those things?
You know, you're accusing a highly decorated officer.
I don't care how many medals he has.
I want this taken care of.
Or else?
You're not giving me anything.
You didn't bring any evidence.
You don't have any witnesses,
not even a home video.
These days, everybody's got a goddamn home video.
O.K. Fine. You're just going to bury this thing.
Mr. Carr,
this is a professional organization here,
and we're going to do a professional investigation, O.K.?
Mac, bring me the complaint forms, will you?
If there's any truth to your allegations, we'll take care of it.
Thank you.