Uh, regarding, in fact, the Pussycat Art House on Avenue B.
The, uh, patrons of which...
have suffered over a half dozen recorded holdups in the past two months alone.
The complainants being most typically middle-aged business types...
seeking a bit of lunchtime divertissement.
Due to the inherently poor lighting involved...
we do not as yet have a reliable description of the perpetrator.
However, be apprised...
two of our people will be staked out this afternoon...
and may require short-notice backup assistance from vicinity patrols.
Uh, for the movie-going pleasure of, uh, said undercovers...
today's quadruple bill at the Pussycat includes such exotic fare...
as, uh, Nights of Bondage.
And the highly underrated Coed Madness...
- featuring Ailota Fern and Jack Granite.
Don't. Don't do it.
Okay, last item. The George Valesquez Benefit Basketball Game...
to be held at the Burgard Vocational Gymnasium tonight at 7:00.
Featuring the Hill Street Divisional All-stars...
Versus...
representatives from seven of our more illustrious local youth gangs.
Be apprised that in view oflast Tuesday night's armed hostilities...
between the Mau-Maus and Los Diablos...
and the subsequent manslaughter charge...
filed against one Jackson "Tweety Bird" Childs...
tensions between gangs and between gangs and police are unexpectedly high.
Uh, for those of you involved in crowd control...
Lieutenant Howard Hunter will be conducting a joint EATers and gang leaders...
security conference here at 1400 hours.
Oh, yeah, I'll be there.
After careful consideration by Coach Neal Washington...
and a vote by your peers...
the starting five for tonight's game is:
Hill.
- Coffey.
- Belker.
And J.D. LaRue, currently assigned to the Motor Pool.
- All right,J. D! - And...
Lucille Bates.
All right, that's it. Let's roll.
And hey, let's be careful out there.
I'm bettin' money on this thing, and now I have some woman playing on the team.
- Don't worry about it, copper. It's gonna be all right. - I am worried about it.
It came down from Chief Daniels's Gang Intervention Unit.
I don't care if it came down from Mount Sinai, Frank.
I'll be dipped in brown sauce before I'll admit...
a bunch of genetically disenfranchised warlords to one of my security briefings.
The prevailing opinion, and I tend to agree...
is that as long as we have to play them...
there's much less chance of trouble if we include them in the planning process.
Frank, Division on line five.
Why weren't we so enlightened back in '61, Frank?
I mean, we could have invited Castro into the Oval Office...
- for a consultation on the Bay of Pigs. - Excuse me, Howard.
- You ever watch Julius Erving?
- Yeah. - It's very simple, at the free throw line.
Right here, one hand. Boom.
- No, you- - Judas H. Priest.
I have seen sounder free-throw mechanics from the goldarn Vietnamese.
Dispatch. We have a 9-11.
Armed robbery in progress.
See surplus store, corner People's Drive, 124th Street.
We got 40 bills with the Mau-Maus, 65 with the Shamrocks.
Got a 30-buck side bet with Martinez on the free throw percentage.
I figure with you as starting guard, we got 20 points in the basket...
before the scoreboard even lights up.
Well, don't start counting your winnings so soon, cowboy.
You know those gang members live and breathe basketball.
Yeah, but you tell me how many of those little junkies made M.V.P. At city college...
- two years runnin'? - Wait a minute, man. That was 10 years ago.
Muscle memory, my man.
Which apartment did the screaming come from, ma'am?
Uh-huh.
All right. We'll get two of our people on it right away. Yeah.
I want him outta here!
I want his butt arrested and outta my apartment!
Look like you forgettin' who pays the freight around here, woman.
Pay the freight? He hasn't paid the rent in nearly two months now.
Besides which I got the lease in my name. It's right there in that drawer.
Papers don't mean squat, so why don't you just shut your mouth!
Hey, everyone, just calm down.
Aside from hittin' me in my face...
he's threatened me with that gun that he's always playing with.
Lady, you just bring that tone down.
I was just cleaning it, that's all.
Ain't no law against that, Officer.
Ma'am, would you mind stepping out in the corridor with me?
My partner would like a word with your husband.
We're not married.
Okay, now.
Mr. Reese, you have a permit for this thing?
Sit down.
He's a housing authority cop?
Carter's a good man, deep down, Officer.
He's been real good to William and me the past few years...
but... he's changed.
Ever since he got laid off eight months ago, he's changed.
He hasn't found anything else in that time?
Not that he hasn't tried.
Up until two weeks ago, he was going out looking for work...
nearly every single day, but there's nothing out there.
Got so bad that he stopped looking altogether.
How are you getting by?
We're not.
Mrs. Tate, what would you like for us to do?
If you file charges, we can take him down to the station...
but I can't say that's gonna solve anything.
No, please. I don't wanna get Carter in trouble...
but I'm afraid to stay here.
For me and my boy.
Is there anyplace that you can stay for a few days...
just until this thing settles down?
You tried making the rounds of the various private security agencies?
I know it doesn't pay much, but maybe it could tide you over till they have a recall.
Why don't you save that career counseling...
for your next domestic, Jack?
You don't know nothin' about my situation.
City's finest.
Yeah, you got an academy certificate that's good for 20 years...
a full pension and all benefits guaranteed.
- Look, I know how you feel, man. - Man, you don't know nothin'.
I worked the federal projects for eight years.
I went places you dudes wouldn't go.
I got shot twice, stabbed three times...
all in the line of duty.
Yeah, the city gotta tighten their purse.
It's always guys like me that gotta go first.
I came within three lousy points of making the academy.
- What's goin' on? - Carter, we thought it would be better...
if, uh-better for everyone if we took your lady and her son over to a friend's house...
just until things cool out.
You ain't goin' nowhere! Come on, stay, baby, please.
William, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, William.
Don't go. Please don't.
Look, if it'll help you, Mr. Reese...
I have some people I know down at the department that could-
Just go away.
No. Wh-
Just a minute. I'm coming.
- Hello? - Hi. Excuse me, ma'am.
I'm from the Complete Suction Vacuum Company.
I wonder if I could show you some of my equipment.
Well, l-I'm busy doing housework right now.
Really, it won't take much time at all. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Uh, well, my husband is very happy with ours.
- Oh, is that right? - I suppose I could use a new vacuum cleaner.
I can do a demonstration for you.
- It'll just take a little while. - Okay, why don't you come in.
All right. Beautiful place you have here.
- Oh, thank you. - Oh, but I see there is a little dirt on the carpet.
- Mm-hmm. - Let mejust turn this on, and I can show you how it works.
I've seen this one before.
- It's not that good.
The director stretches his metaphors.
- Ooh. - It's unbuttoned a little there.
I'm only killing a little time between appointments.
Take off myjacket so I can get more comfortable.
- Oh, good. It is rather hot in here. - It is quite hot. It is.
- It's getting warmer. - Say, does, uh...
all this smoke in here bother you?
Move it or lose it at the elbow.
Ooh, that sounds exciting, but, um, actually-
I could take you out to lunch.
I could take you to jail, dogbreath.
- Could I see how that one works, please? - Yes.
Looks like business as usual around here.
Henry. I didn't think you were coming back till Monday.
Been kinda antsy sittin' around the house.
- Can I talk to you for a second, Frank? - Sure.
Uh-
Just so you know, Rachel and I are getting a divorce.
Oh.
We've been at it from every angle-
professional counseling, talk of moving out of the city...
career changes.
Long, toneless conversations around the kitchen table till 2:00 in the morning.
Rachel laid a lot of stuff on me about the marriage...
that she'd been holding in for years, you know.
How she never wanted me to be a cop in the first place.
In retrospect, I'm surprised it didn't happen before now.
How's your boy taking it?
He's four years old.
Doesn't know what the hell's going on.
He's, uh, confused.
He's angry.
Scared.
- How do I tell him I am too? - Just like that.
How did FrankJr. Take it when you and Fay split up?
Hard. He thought it was all his fault.
He had the feeling that if he could...
somehow become this perfect kid, maybe he could get us back together.
- When he found out he couldn't, he had some serious problems. - And now?
Now he knows my problems with Fay had nothing to do with him...
that I love him very much.
But I won't kid you, Henry, there's still a lot of pain for all of us.
I don't like being a weekend father. You're not gonna like it either.
I just can't keep... going through the motions, Frank.
I mean, last week, lying in a hospital...
all I could think about was how lucky I was to be alive.
And I'm finding it...
pretty hard to imagine...
not waking upJosh for school in the morning.
I just know l-
I have to move forward.
I'm as aware as you people, given current events...
- that the timing of this game may not be perfect.
But it's been agreed upon...
- and we expect to proceed... - Watch it.
With the full expectation that as a community...
we can sit down and organize something positive.
In that spirit, I can only warn you. Do not-
Disappoint our expectations.
Lieutenant Hunter here will brief you on security.
Security.
Now, what the captain is suggesting, gentlemen...
is that in all confrontations between developed and undeveloped nations...
you may enjoy a numerical superiority...
but we will enjoy a superiority in firepower.
Yo, Howie, I get the distinct impression...
you're implying gang disruption of this illustrious affair.
Well, what I am implying, Mr. Martinez...
is that, uh, as Mao Tse-tung once observed...
power grows out of the end of a gun, and you'll be leaving yours at home.
Now, all persons-
Listen to me, gentlemen, all persons entering that gym...
will be stopped and frisked at the door.
No exceptions. And anyone found...
in illegal possession of a firearm will be put into custody...
and delivered to this station for incarceration.
I'm not coming here without my piece.
Gentlemen, this game will be a model of civilized behavior.
Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Wait a minute, my man.
Now, maybe you got all these other bacteria brains fooled, but not Cookie Marcel.
Now, you get a security force inside that gym, the Dragons get one too.
- That's right. - Who you calling bacteria brain, fool?
Well, you answered to your name, so it must be plain.
- Oh, no. - There's trouble in the monkey cage.
- Change your face, fool! - Trouble in the monkey cage.
- I'm cool. - Come on, Cookie.
- Hey, hey, get off my man, man. - Sit down.
What's your problem? Yes, ma'am.
Hey, wait a minute, hey. I want a Gypsy boy for every cop in that gym.
We want one too, man.
Oh, and I want some of them yellow armbands too.
You watch us, we watch you.
Uh, gentlemen, security has been well provided for. The request is denied.
What are we doing here then?
Excuse me. Excuse me, handsome.
Uh, I'd like to talk about diplomatic immunity, huh?
Diplomatic immunity?
Judas, Frank, are we expected to eat this "bushwash"...
from a bunch of genetically deviated miscreants?
Furillo, get rid of this guy, will ya?
No immunity, no game. Good night.
- I like that man. - No immunity, no game.
Gentlemen. Gentlemen, uh...
the captain has asked me to inform you...
that there will, indeed, be diplomatic immunity on all outstanding warrants.
However- However, there will be no transactional immunity.
You are liable for any crimes committed on the premises.
That is final and nonnegotiable.
- Oh, yeah, we're negotiating. - You're liable too, Junior.
All right, gentlemen, are there any other questions?
Yeah, I got a question. Yeah, are you some kind of a queen, or what?
Jerk.
See you on the court, Howie.
Frank, it's gonna be a regular Appalachian crime convention in that gym.
Now, just give me the okay.
I'll ring it with a beefed up EATer division, and we'll drop the net.
It's our chance to set urban crime back a generation.
Howard, it's a charitable event.
It very well could be, Frank.
Look at what those spaghetti-bending leathernecks did with the Red Brigades...
after the Dozier release.
I could move like that.
I'll consider it, Howard, later...
in the war room.
I wanna go home.
No, sir. You stay in this hospital. You're gonna get well sooner.
Besides, me and Tracy want you too. Right, Trace?
I think if Dad wants to go home, he should go home.
Besides, you got all the modern conveniences here.
You got a television set. Just push a button, it goes on and off.
You got another button, push it, pretty nurse comes running in here.
Damn it to hell!
- Daddy- Daddy, please, don't. - I'm just a piece of meat in this place.
They roll me from room to room, stick needles in me. I'm a piece of meat.
- Daddy, they're just trying to help you. - They're trying to kill me.
No, no, Daddy, they're not trying to kill you.
I just wanna get outta here.
I.C.U., third floor.
Thanks a lot for backing me up. You're doing him a hell of a lot of good, you know.
Look, the doctors tell me everything they tell you, Andy.
He's got six weeks. Everyone knows it but him.
It isn't right. If he wants to go home, he should go home.
You don't get radiation and chemotherapy at home.
Things are different, damn it. He can walk away from this, and you know it.
It's in his bones, Andy.
It's probably in his liver and his kidneys by now.
- Let him go home. - No. - Hey, Andy.
Hey, man, where you been?
- I had trouble with my bike. - Andy, leave him alone.
- Your father is up there sick. - Andy, just stop it.
It's not his fault. We're just at each other's throats.
You gotta stop it, or we're gonna kill what's little left of this family.
So, cowboy, why don't you let me take the wheel? You can grab a bite to eat.
What's the matter, don't I drive good enough for you?
No, that's not it. I just thought maybe-
Just give me a few more miles, man. Just give me a few more miles.
All units in the vicinity of 25 Linwood Terrace...
we have a 211, possible assault.
- Man with a gun. Respond, any units. - Lin- Linwood Terrace.
Isn't that where we dropped off that woman and that little boy this morning?
Yeah, damn. Hit it, Renko.
He's got Sheila! He's got Sheila and he's got a gun!
- They in the apartment?
- For God's sake, somebody help me! - Get in here!
- Now you all try coming up here. - Get back!
Come on up here, they dead, you hear me? I'm gonna kill 'em. You hear me?
Come on up and find out!
The perimeter's secure, Frank. The building's in the line of fire are being evacuated...
and my men are deploying as per policy.
Good work, Howard. Henry there?
Stay away from the windows. I repeat, stay away from the windows.
Stand back. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand back.
- He's just arriving now, Frank. - Okay. Keep me very posted.
I read.
He ain't answering his phone, Henry.
He's pretty agitated, Henry. Probably drinkin'.
- How long's it been ringing? - About four minutes.
You ever listen to a phone ring continuously?
- Bullhorn. - Folks, if you'll just step back.
Everybody, please move back.
Carter. Carter Reese.
My name's Detective Sergeant Henry Goldblume. I'm from the Hill Street Precinct.
It's very important that I talk with you.
Renko, try the number again.
- I'm gonna call you. I'm only gonna let it ring five times. - Police 6, this is 2202 Renko.
I want you to pick it up, please.
Mr. Reese? Mr. Reese, I wanna help you.
I've just finished talking with James Peterson, your commanding officer.
He was very sympathetic. He said he'd do anything in his power to get you your job back.
You're too late, man. It's too late.
Too late? What do you mean?
About jobs and all, you know.
I'm over the line, man. I crossed it.
Carter, you're wrong.
You expect me to believe they're gonna give anything to a man...
who say he's gonna kill his old lady?
Hmm?
It's too late, man. I'm over the line.
Carter, I know you think you're in big trouble, but it just isn't so.
No one's been hurt. At this point, we can work anything out.
Mmm, yeah.
What are we gonna work out, man?
Hmm?
Ain't nothin' to work out, man.
I tried. I tried it their way...
and it all falls apart anyway.
It's too late, man.
This time I'm takin' it... to the end.
Carter, let me have the child.
Put him in front of the door. Let the adults work this out.
I'm just goin' now.
You know, just ridin' with it.
Carter?
Francis, Henry on line two.
Thanks, Phil. Yeah, Henry.
It's a bad situation here, Frank. I've lost the guy. He won't respond to me.
- I got a terrible feeling he's gonna hurt somebody. - Uh, you wanna kick the door?
Uh, to be honest, I don't want the responsibility for that one.
It's not just the woman. He's got a six-year-old kid.
What do you think, Howard? Can you sharpshoot him through the window?
I think I'll go along with Henry. It may be a little premature, Frank.
Not with that boy in there.
All right. Uh, just try to get him back on the line. I'm on my way.
Yes, how may I serve you?
Uh, how do you do? I'm from the vacuum cleaner company...
and I'd like to show you some of my equipment.
Would you like to speak to the lady of the house?
What'll you have?
Uh, I'll have one of these chocolate bars, please.
And, uh, a bag of roasted peanuts.
And a package of these cookies right here and a large bag of mints, please.
And a large popcorn with double butter.
Oh, and a diet soda.
I don't mean any offense by this, ma'am, but I gotta tell you...
after three hours in there, it's a real pleasure to see someone with their clothes on.
- 4.95, please. - I know what you must be thinkin'.
Any guy that comes into a sleaze joint like this...
has gotta be a real dirtbag, right?
The fact is, these kind of movies make me want to puke.
I mean, I know it seems funny and all, my being in here half the day...
but, um, I had a client cancel out on me.
- You know, I got a lot of time to kill. - Yeah, I know what you mean.
The gentleman here before you said he was with a team of South American anthropologists...
studying North American mating rituals.
No kidding?
Nice and easy, slim. Nobody gets hurt.
- Sounds right to me, my man. - Okay now, where's your money?
- Right front pants pocket. - Don't even blink fast.
You got it.
You suck bilgewater, dogbreath!
- Get him outta my sight. - Get me medical attention. That animal tried to maul me.
Hey, are you all right?
Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
I had no idea you were a cop.
- You weren't supposed to. - You were magnificent.
Thank you very much.
You know, I only work here because I was laid off from the phone company.
- Jobs are so scarce. - I know. They really are.
You think you might be needing me as a witness or something?
Well, I don't know.
Uh, maybe we might- We're probably gonna need you.
Let me give you my card, and, uh-
If you wanna give me a call sometime...
uh, maybe we could get together.
- Just to talk about the case. - Yeah, I'd like that very much.
Well, good. Thank you.
- Anything? - We've been calling, but he hasn't picked up.
- Any chance he's passed out? - No, these types are so hyper, they burn it off.
Booze only makes them more unpredictable.
- How long would it take you to get in there, Howard? - Four seconds.
- All right, get back on the phone again. - Right.
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Man, if you call here one more time...
I'm gonna take this phone and I'm gonna throw it out the window.
Carter, it's Henry Goldblume.
I don't wanna talk to you, man.
Carter, l-I just thought you might be hungry.
Let me get some of the guys to rustle you up a couple of burgers.
The child must be hungry too. We can put 'em out in front of the door.
Yeah, yeah, I got a stomachache.
Yeah, it hurts a whole lot.
You know, the food will take care of that.
Anything else we can get you, Carter?
Carter?
Carter Reese?
He sounds tired, Frank. Exhausted.
But if we can get him to eat, it's a good sign.
Maybe I can put a note in with the food.
- He'll have a number to call in case-
- Oh, my God. - Kick it in, Howard.
Go! Go! Kick it!
- Oh, God! - Everybody out!
- Oh, God! - Is the woman still alive?
All right, get a unit for this one! Just get a unit for this one!
All right, we need a paramedic up here right away.
I'm sorry, man. I can't deal with this now. You take it over.
I'll call it in from downstairs. I gotta get outta here.
- Yeah, personnel's all safe. - Hi, William, remember me?
Everything's gonna be all right, son.
I want you to come to me, William.
Okay?
Come on, champ.
Attaboy.
Please, William.
Come on.
Yeah, yeah.
- You hear the siren? Wah, wah, wah, wah. - Yeah.
Let's turn this corner. Here we go.
- Policemen drive fast, don't they? - Yeah.
- Do you like that? - Yeah.
Oh, that's good. Here we go. Turn this corner.
Officer Hill, Ms. Morgenstern of the Youth Authority.
- Her assistant, Mr. Freeman. - Hi, ma'am.
Hello, William.
You know your mama is sick...
and she has to stay at the hospital.
So she's asked us to take care of you till she gets out.
Now, your mama's gonna be okay.
As soon as we can, we'll go visit her, all right?
- You wanna come with us now in our car? - It's okay, William.
I'll bet you're hungry.
We've got some, uh, fudge cookies? Fudge cookies, huh?
Mmm, sounds good to me. What about you, champ?
Uh, Officer Hill...
I hope it's not too imposing to ask...
but he seems terribly attached to you.
If you could come with us for even a half hour or an hour, it'd really help.
Sure. Wanna go for a ride, champ? Let's go for a ride.
There we go.
Let's go get some of those fudge cookies.
Oh, Francis- Thank you very much.
Uh, I just spoke to the hospital.
The mother's out of surgery. Her condition's stable.
Oh, good. Thanks, Phil.
But I'm not worried. I know we got this game in the bag.
What I wanna know is how the bookies down on Utica have us as 11 -point underdogs.
Because they don't know about our secret weapon, dummy.
- Hey, guys. - Hi,J.D.
All right. Look, are we ready to go out and kick the tails off of those little twerps, or what?
- You got it. Of course. - Sarge.
- Hi,J.D. - Hey,J.D.
Man, hey, something happened to your eye.
- Think quick. - I'll tell you about it later. How are you doin'?
Uh, Neal, thanks for throwing my hat in the ring.
I appreciate it. I really do.
- I don't belong here anymore, man. - Hey, you're playing, babe.
We need you.
Be apprised, that not withstanding all considerations...
both monetary and, uh, esprit de corps-wise...
this game will be officiated with scrupulous impartiality.
- We wouldn't want it any other way, Sarge. - Captain.
J.D.
Ah, gentlemen... and lady.
I know how badly you all want to win this one...
but let's keep our perspective, shall we?
I mean, the final score isn't gonna mean much...
if the whole thing ends up in a full-blown riot.
Given our current relationships with the, uh-with the gangs...
there's liable to be a lot of hostility out there on the court.
So let's exercise appropriate restraint.
Let's keep it cool and let's keep it clean.
Personal foul. Two shots, biting!
Foul on number 11, biting!
Personal foul, number 11-biting.
Sharron at the free throw line.
Hey, hey, what do ya say?
Two shots. Hold your position on the first.
Whoo!
Some team. I busted this clown for ludes a month ago. Looks like he's still high on them.
One coming. Play the miss.
Now playing for the All-stars...
Carl "the Pearl"Burlington.
That's the 11 -point spread.
I thought this guy was doing three-to-five upstate.
- This guy was upstate? - Yeah, but it was only for manslaughter.
Let's play.
All-stars 11, Hill Street 14.
All-stars 13, Hill Street 14.
- Hill Street 16, All-stars 13. - Yeah!
Basket by Carl "the Pearl"Burlington.
Two more from the Pearl.
Score two more for the Pearl.
Lucy Bates for two points.
All-stars 34, Hill Street 21.
And 10 seconds remaining in the half.
The Pearl for two.
And the first half is over.
All-stars 36, Hill Street 21.
Your mother eats dogs, your father eats cats.
Rah, rah, All-stars, kick 'em in the nats!
Just say the word, Frank.
Twenty paddy wagons and a little tear gas...
I'll accomplish more urban renewal in one hour...
than the feds have managed in a decade.
Gets under way with Belker scoring two for Hill Street.
Two points for Hill Street- LaRue.
From mid-court LaRue, and two more.
And that's the end of the third period...
with the All-stars 51, Hill Street 31.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. So it's a little late, guys.
We're down 20, but we still got 10 minutes.
Get off it, Neal. Without Bobby Hill, it's a washout.
- Look at the score. - All right, Bobby, all right.
- Come on, let's play some B-ball, all right? - All right!
Now playing for Hill Street, Bobby Hill.
Two points, Bobby Hill.
Layup, Coffey, Hill Street.
Basket from Hill.
Layup by Belker. Assist by Davis.
Time! Time! Time!
Time-out called by Hill Street.
- All-stars 60, Hill Street 59. - Felipe, study on this.
We have lost an African, they have gained one.
Coņo, that all important momentum has shifted, bro.
Perhaps irrevocably.
Nine... eight... seven...
six... five... four...
three, two, one-
What's that, flowers?
Yeah.
L-I don't know where- where to put 'em.
Well, Tommy stay for a while?
Now, look here, Daddy. I really think you can beat this thing 'cause you're a fighter.
Now, in the last 10 years, they've made a lot of strides...
in this chemotherapy and all that stuff.
And the doctor's got a whole plan for you.
Some of these doctors are real good people, Pop.
Is that all you come back for?
Daddy, if you go home, you're gonna die.
I'm gonna die anyway.
No, you're not. I don't believe that. I don't.
Now, you look at me.
These doctors can do something for you.
Besides that, we need you.
Grow up, will you?
Don't you care enough to do something about this?
Damn it, you owe me more than this!
I don't owe you nothin'.
I just wanna die like I wanna die.
I never asked you for nothin' before.
You can hate me...
for being selfish and not giving a damn.
But this one thing-
I'm asking you now, Andrew.
I'll talk to the doctors tomorrow, and I'll see if I can bring you home.
Good night, Daddy.