NYC 22 (2012) s01e11 Episode Script
Ransom
Okay, item one our murderous friend stomped a fellow drunk to death outside the Shannon Bar after a beef about Derek Jeter's proper place in the Yankees' constellation.
We've had more Crimestopper sightings on this guy than the Abominable Snowman.
So, apparently, he's still around.
If it were me, I would have left for parts unknown ASAP, but guys like this rarely come with PhDs attached.
Both our own 2-2 squad and North Homicide are out there hunting.
Keep your eyes peeled, especially you rookies on footpost.
He's hard to miss.
Item two, Barton Prep over on 112th, some students have been getting tuned up and robbed on their way home, most likely by kids from Herbert Walcott, the public high school on 114th.
Sergeant Howard's Anti-Crime squad and select plainclothes friends are setting up over at Barton.
Maybe we can catch some of these junior strong-armers in flagrante delicto.
In flagrante? Can they just go and do that? If both parties are over 18.
Except in Connecticut, where you got to be 21.
My point being if you're not patrolling the Barton Prep/Walcott area, steer clear so our guys can do their job.
All right, get out there.
No loitering and stay safe.
Some of these idiots would have to study to pass a blood test.
They're just kidding around.
I don't know.
I feel like I'm losing brain cells by the bucketload.
What crawled up your butt this morning? Yeah? Well, you tell me what "in flagrante delicto" means.
"To catch in the act," Mensa boy.
That true? I speak five languages, Greek isn't one of them.
It's Latin.
Neither is Latin.
Harper, Sanchez, you two hang in.
Boss, not to step over the line, but could you find someone else for this one? What for? Be up in Anti-Crime at 10:00.
In terms of plainclothes, what should we wear? You're wearing it.
Let me ask you-- I can never keep this straight-- what's the difference between Pathan and Pashtun? None.
Different names for the same people.
How do you even know to ask me that? My older brother's stationed in Helmand Province as we speak.
Army or marines? Doctors Without Borders.
Bang, bang, bang On the plane, on my brain, about to do the show 40K contract, take it out the dough, dice Symbolize my life, roll 'em on the floor From your grubby hands as you hand the grandstand Bang, bang, bang.
Hey, guys, beautiful day for the beach, huh? You heading for the beach? Nah, I always say that.
Just keeps me positive.
I never been to the beach a day in my life.
So what's happening? Quiet.
Been quiet all week.
But two young police officers like yourself, you should be grateful for that.
You get to go home in one piece, you live to fight another day.
Name's Errol Barnes, but everybody calls me Pappy Science.
Why Pappy Science? I have no idea.
Do you know how much that guy in there charges for loose cigarettes, huh? Two dollars.
Two damn dollars! You believe that? I'm flat-out busted today.
Maybe you should quit smoking.
Let me tell all you health nuts, some day you're gonna feel pretty stupid dying from nothing.
Hey! Sameer! Come on! Open up, bro! He was just open.
What the hell's going on?! Drop it! Police! Don't move! - Call it in.
- Cuff him! Cover the gun! The big one, he came charging at me with the hammer, and I put my hand up to keep him away! I shot him right through my own fingers! Then I'm crazy, shooting everywhere! Where is she? Where's who? My daughter! For three days, those two, they come into my store, showing me different things of hers.
The say, "We kidnapped her.
" They're asking me for $10,000! Post 43 to Central, 10-85.
I don't have $10,000! Three males shot, two likely.
We need a bus.
Make that two buses.
What's your location? Right above the bodega.
Three, four times a day they're showing me her sweater, her blouse, her ring, saying, "Where is my money?" What bodega? What's your location? What's our location? the building number.
You have an address? They say, "You tell the cops that we have her, she's dead!" It's the northeast, no, northwest corner building, third floor.
I'm going to make these bastards give her back! Ahmad, it's the fourth floor.
Fourth floor.
Fourth floor.
Tell them there's a girl missing.
I don't know what they did with her! Where is my daughter, you son of a bitch?! Enough! Where is she, you bastard?! Hey! Where is my daughter?! Uh [Jay-Z's "Heart of the City" playing.]
Listen, first the Fat Boys break up Now every day I wake up Somebody got something to say Where's the love? Look scrapper, I got nephews to look after I'm not lookin' at you dudes, I'm looking past ya Ain't no love in the heart of the city I said, "Where's the love?" Ain't no love in the heart of town Holla at me Ain't no love In the heart of the city Where's the love.
Ransom Look, you should have radioed it in as soon as you heard the gunshots go off.
But basically, once you got here, you did all the right things.
Except maybe next time you call in a murder, know where the hell you are.
Thanks for your help there, Martini.
Guy adds luster and dimension to the word "jerk," but he's right.
When you go into a location, you have to know exactly where you are because you never can tell when all hell's gonna break loose.
Hey, you got your first serious assault collar.
Gun collar, too.
Hell of a morning, huh? How you guys doing? You need anything? No, sir, just want to get back in the game.
The kidnapped girl, we don't even know her name.
Jasmeen al-Harani, 17, lives with her father right above the bodega.
And right now she's classified as missing.
And the kidnap the guys shot in the apartment? Maybe you guys should let us ask the questions, like, how we got to be standing here right now talking to you? From the beginning.
Look, I can't use it.
I mean, it's got some kind of short.
Half the stuff that's coming over to me, it sounds like it's in Martian.
Well, you got to fill out the paperwork properly.
I thought I did.
Can we get out of here? Oh, God! Get off me! Help! Get him off me, man! Get off me! Get him off me! Get him off me! Break it up! Hey! Come on! Over here! What the hell is wrong with you, man! You guaran-damn-teed that stuff! She said, "That's all you got for me?" She was laughing! Let me just ask you something, Earl.
How much you drink last night? None of your damn business! None of my damn business, huh? That much? What'd you expect to happen, Romeo?! You said that stuff was foolproof! The only problem with foolproof is that fools always turn out to be so damn ingenious! I'll have a main order of Undercover with a heaping side of Obvious.
We're gonna look like rabbits in a glass hat, man.
If you don't tell me what's going on with you I had him.
You had who? I was in some hole-in-the wall bar john, you know, I'm just waiting my turn, he comes out of the stall.
We're standing so close, we could've had a baby.
I froze.
Did he know you were a cop? I don't know.
I guess.
I mean, I had my hand on my weapon, I just, I froze, you know? He just laughed and kept walking.
Froze? What was I supposed to do, shoot him, you know? Besides, I wasn't exactly sober as a judge myself to be honest.
I mean, the guy was so freaking big, you know, he could've eaten apples off the top of my head.
You didn't tell anyone? I'm telling you.
Me? What the hell am I supposed to do with this? They had so many damned sightings, you know.
One less isn't gonna make a difference.
Look, it was a onetime thing, all right? It's not gonna happen again.
What? I didn't say anything.
Look, you're worried something goes down, I ain't going to have your back, right? Well, don't.
I won't.
I don't.
No one is allowed on the block without residential ID! - No exceptions! - I live right there! Sorry.
I need to see some ID.
I've been on this block since Sorry.
No ID, no pass through.
I have an ID.
"I have an ID"" Hey, hey, listen, man, my grandmother's up there helpless, like an invalid.
- Which building? - Who you kidding, Terrance? Your grandmother died six months ago.
My other grandmother.
Richie, 445! I dreamt about it two nights in a row! 445! Two! A two, but two what? Are you the numbers guy? Walk to the tape, take care of your customers, and get 'em out of here.
Is that a numbers racket? He's gonna take bets right in front of us? Wow.
All right, so Barton Prep, we've had five reported robberies outside the school over the last ten days, only one vic coming out of the main entrance here.
The other four coming out of these side doors on 112th, walking east towards Manhattan Ave.
The descriptions of the perps are a little all over the place; black, Hispanic, white, working solo, in a crew.
Boss, can I ask? Do you have any footage of the robberies from the security cameras? No.
Could've all happened just out of range, or some of the cameras could have been down.
We're not sure why.
Harper, Sanchez, your job is to stand in front of the main entrance in uniform and just be present.
You're not there to foil robberies.
You're human pinball flippers driving the action to the side entrance.
We're gonna have two vehicles.
I'm gonna be in the northwest corner of 112th and Amsterdam by the deli.
Mason, you're on the southeast corner of the 111th and Amsterdam.
Apple and Davis, you're our eyes working on foot.
Apple by the pizza shop across the street, Davis by the bus stop.
Barton portable, you on the air? In position.
Hey, rooks, try not to wave at us, okay? Okay, we'll try there, boss.
You know how much the tuition is here? When the college boards come around, the tutors, even the lousy ones, 200 bucks an hour.
That's, like, more than for a double session with Freud.
Meanwhile, we got public school kids uptown, right, they raise their hand to answer a question, they're lucky they don't get tossed out a window.
Makes me sick, you know? It's supposed to be America, land of the level playing field.
I mean, I went to public school straight through to City College.
Worked fine for me; looks like you came out in one piece.
You kidding me? I would have killed to go to a school like this.
It's not the kids' fault that they're turned into these little Darwinian princesses and princelings, you know; it's the parents.
It's the parents and the whole Daddy? Honey.
Hi, uh how you do how was school? Dad, what are you doing here? Uh, well, you know, the, uh, the muggings that are going on around here.
They sent you? Well, Navy SEAL Team Six wasn't available, so, yeah.
Who? Hey, look, this is Tonya Sanchez, my partner.
This is Ruby, my daughter.
Hey.
Hey.
And this is Hazzard.
Hazzard? 'Sup? 'Sup? Excuse me.
Okay.
Nice kid, friendly.
Are you being sarcastic? Me, no, never.
How's your mom? Good.
Yeah, and, uh, what's-his-face, the dermatologist? Endocrinologist.
Endocrinologist.
Eric.
Eric.
He's fine.
Yeah, that's good.
And, uh, this Hazzard, is he your boyfriend or For only, like, a year.
And I would know this because Ruby.
See that boy over there? What happened to him? Carl? He was robbed by the kids from Walcott last week.
They took him for $200, too.
They charge him extra for that beating? He said he was going to the pizza shop across the street to get a soda, which is dumber than mud.
It's like ass-kick central.
Everyone knows that.
Joint right there? I have to go, too.
Okay.
Hey, Ruby.
I miss you.
I can't believe you're really a cop now.
Yeah, well, I am.
It's so weird.
Hey, honey, repeat after me: I miss you, too, Daddy.
I do.
Why'd that guy chomp on you like that? Well, I sold him some male-enhancement pills, and the fool went and washed them down with a bottle of Scotch.
And then he wondered why he couldn't get his sword out of the scabbard; he blamed me.
Just my luck we get locked up in the same cell.
I mean, it was his honeymoon and all, but shoot.
A whole bottle of that brown? I mean, I might be a man of medicine, but I ain't no miracle worker.
A man of medicine? You mean like a doctor? Yeah, like a doctor.
Where'd you get the pills? Fell off a truck.
I try to talk to her, you know, ever since the divorce as much as I can on-on the horn and in person, but 15-year-old kid.
You know, they always got a million things going on.
You know how we communicate We text.
We text.
Two years of playing thumb piano, you have any You have any idea It's my fault.
I was an ass back then; I would have divorced me, too.
Hey, FYI, my best year as a reporter, I couldn't afford this joint.
That's on the endocrinologist's dime.
God, I hate that guy.
Hey, uh, I don't know, I just overheard some people were saying that that missing girl had it coming.
Had what coming? Who said? I don't know; like I said, I just overheard.
I'm new here myself.
Hold on.
I'm hearing lots of stuff about Jasmeen.
You're a funny man.
You're funny, too, Jackpot Toney.
Mr.
NBA.
Hey, let me guess, you got, what, three, four lady friends, right? And them all asking you, "Hey, Jackpot, honey, are we going anywhere with this?" And you tell them back, uh, "Baby, where you want to go? We're having such a good time just like it is," and then you wonder why all these women you've been loving up on always seem to be so angry at you.
What you laughing at? You got a man at home, right? That's none of your business.
Oh, well this "none of my business" dude I don't know how to tell you this, but he don't really love you, and you don't really love him.
But I bet you anything when you two walk down the street together, strapping, young, athletical kids, heads do turn.
And how do you know we don't love each other? 'Cause you are a beautiful woman with a sad face.
And I ain't blind.
Let me ask you a question.
If you're so damned wise and all that, how come you're the one sitting in that chair in cuffs? Hey, I'm just shooting the breeze.
Uh-huh.
Fell off a truck? Potholes! City ought to do something.
The other police officer, he might have street information about the kidnapped girl.
Do you think you can get a detective's attention? First major collar, and we're standing on the street, holding up tape.
Well done, man.
Honor killing.
Do you know what an honor killing is? I know you do.
It's the father.
He murdered her.
Jasmeen runs wild.
She goes with anyone who asks.
It's a disgrace to the family.
He had no choice; it's their way.
What do you mean, "he had no choice; it's their way"? Here is here; New York, 21st century.
He shot those two other men to cover it up.
I'm telling you.
Hey, sir, we're hearing a lot of good information.
Yeah, yeah, we'll get to them.
Just, uh, take down names.
Yeah, and that is with the stress of polar-bear-chewed hand.
Normally, my pressure's so low, doc took it once, he said, "Either my watch stopped or you dead.
" Temp is 101.
2.
Ah, that's my normal skin heat.
Women love it.
Yeah, hard to resist a man with the flu.
He's going to the E.
R.
You got any painkillers? Nope.
- You want some? - You two, you ride in the bus with him, and when you get to the E.
R.
, don't do not lose your prisoner.
He stays cuffed at all times.
He needs to take a leak, you go in, you stand alongside of him, you hold it for him.
You kidding, right? That's what happens to rookies who are still in the house an hour past the time they're supposed to be on post.
Okay, if you guys don't let me get into my building, I'll show you what a homicide looks like.
Just go.
Come on! That was my gramp right there! I live Move it.
Excuse me, sir.
Excuse me.
What's up, boss? Memo books? You asked Homicide who the vics shot in the apartment were? You see, sometimes speaking to rookies, detectives can be a little less than forthcoming.
Daniel and Milton Irrizary.
Brothers.
They just moved here a few months ago from Riverhead for a construction job that never happened.
burglary, assault, and the like.
Daniel is DOA, and Milton is circling the drain, okay? Thanks, boss.
Go easy, easy, easy, man.
Why I still got wear this cuff? I mean, do you see me hotfooting it out of here? The Irrizary brothers lived in your own building and it took you three days to find that out? I work from 6:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night every day.
I walk up two flights of stairs to my apartment, and I crawl into bed; I don't know a soul.
Why are you talking to me anyway? Why are you asking me these questions? Why aren't you looking for my daughter? We're looking, but maybe after you and us talk, we'll have a better idea where to focus.
Am I asking for a lawyer? Do you think that I am so stupid that I don't know how to ask for a lawyer? I don't care what happens to me, but every one of you talking to me is one less person looking for her! How are you doing, Mr Williams? Well, you know, first off, I didn't get no tetanus shot.
Please, I'm not doing anything for this gentleman until you remove that handcuff.
I refuse to work on a man in chains.
Nothing doing.
Do you want to radio your sergeant for permission? I'm sure he'd okay it.
Tell him it's Dr.
Choudury asking.
Come on, you have him wedged in like bookends.
This looks pretty clean.
Let me just get my kit.
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You gonna do the stitching? Is there a problem? Well, it ain't nothing personal, Doc, but, you know, I've been serviced in this room before and get stitched up in here? I'd just as soon go down to the Garment District.
I'm sorry, ma'am.
Hey, what's he carrying? Groceries? I pegged him more of a liquid lunch dude.
This is supposed to be his block, right? Where's he been all morning? Do you think he knows anything about the kidnapping? It's Pappy, right? Hey, Pappy, come here for a second.
Hey, Pappy! Damn, he's going rabbit on us.
Hey, Sarge, we're taking a personal, okay? It just so happens my fiancé and I are truly in love.
Oh, well, good.
Don't forget to invite me to the wedding.
All right, proceed, Mahatma.
Mahatma? Treat the man with respect.
But, um, that's my name.
Elevator's not working.
We're movie Irrizary through.
Damn it.
Where's Harvey? Checked all the exit tapes.
He's still got to be in the building somewhere.
You got people at all the doors? Of course.
Don't tell me.
Somebody should call Yo da.
You got a copy machine? Take his online booking photo, make 20 copies.
Stay off the air.
I need a landline.
This is post one.
I've got six going into the pizza place.
I'm gonna check them out.
Stand by.
That's where Ruby said the kid got robbed, right? Mm-hmm.
This is Barton portable to operation post one.
Post one, go.
Yeah, can you ask the pizza guy if the cameras outside his place are working? Can do.
What's up? Just hold on.
Guys like Pappy Science, they're like those National Geographic forest lizards that can turn the color of tree bark.
Well, if you were a lizard and this was a forest, which tree would you pick? Maybe it's not a tree we're looking for.
Post one to Barton portable.
Guy says cameras are working.
He maintains them himself.
Thanks.
See? There's no way the kid got jacked up there and they didn't catch it.
Somebody gave that kid a beating.
Yeah, but why would he lie about where it happened? It's like throwing everybody off the scent.
Protecting the perp.
Why? Because maybe if it's somebody you got to see every day, then to point them out, it would make your life a living hell.
Well, you know, my brothers used to get away with bloody murder like that.
No lunch money vic in their right mind would ever say the Sanchez boys did the deed.
Well maybe, just maybe, none of the muggings were captured by the street cameras because none of the muggings took place on the street, which leads me to believe that all the bad stuff took place inside the school.
Look, I'm tired of playing statue here, you know? If Terry Howard wants us to be human pinball flippers, and drive the bad guys to the place where the bad guys do their thing, maybe we can make it happen another way.
Where are you going? Look, just keep an eye on me, all right? If you see anything that makes you want to go inside for say, like, a bathroom break, by all means.
How do I say "gotcha" without scaring you half to death? So who's the food for? My cats.
Who are partial to mustard? One more time.
Do you know what Checkpoint Charlie was? In the Cold War? Do you know what that was? American and Russian tanks facing off in Berlin, 1961.
I was a machine gunner.
Right there.
I done some bad things in my life.
But I was ready to fight for my country, scared as I was.
What's the punch line? I just don't want any trouble.
I don't want no more trouble.
I'm too old for any more trouble! Talk to us.
Jasmeen is a wild girl.
Not a bad girl, mind you.
That's not what I'm saying.
But since her mother died, a year or two back, she can disappear like an outdoor cat.
She don't get along with her father, real bad taste in boyfriends Not a bad girl.
Just off to the races.
Where is she, Pappy? Hand out those photocopies.
If this guy makes it out of here, you two are facing rips so bad your first vacation day's going to be your 30th birthday.
Catch him, on the other hand this thing never happened.
All right.
Team up, take a floor.
Sarge, what about us? The morgue.
Every cooler, every stiff.
I love rookies.
They're just so so interesting.
Hey.
How you doing? Come here for a sec.
So, uh I just heard what happened to you.
That puts you in last place.
Yeah.
So it was a public school kid, huh? I don't know.
I didn't ask for his student ID.
So, up by the pizza place, huh? Must've been the world's most expensive slice.
What? Why, I heard the guy took you for 200 bucks.
I mean, what are you doing carrying around that kind of money? Deposit for a class trip to Washington.
It was the deadline date.
Wow, that is good timing on the other kid's part, right? I mean, he doesn't go to this school, so he doesn't know about the deadline, but he picks that day anyway.
It's kind of like winning the lottery, no? I don't know.
Those kids, uh they seem pretty interested in our conversation.
Maybe they want to be cops.
Yeah, maybe.
Hey, look Thanks a lot.
All right? Sincerely.
Appreciate it.
Look you got to understand.
I known her since she was a baby.
Her parents, too.
God bless her mother's soul.
And all I wanted to do was help her in her hour of need.
Damn.
People coming to me for sanctuary.
But now with all these cops, bloodhounds, and helicopters I just don't want to get in any kind of trouble.
No kind of trouble.
Why does she need sanctuary? Take the ramp down to the basement.
She's in storage compartment 23.
Jasmeen? Jasmeen? Whoa.
No, let me go! Jasmeen, easy, easy.
Jasmeen, we're here to help.
How's my father? Injured, but he'll be okay.
And Danny? Daniel Irrizary? He died.
No! My father shot him? Who was he? My boyfriend.
Your what? This whole it's all my fault No, what I don't know why I did it, but I told Danny I thought my dad had money from the store.
And then the next thing, he and his brother went and told my dad they kidnapped me.
And wanted money.
So you were a part of this? No! I didn't even know about it.
Why did I tell him my dad has money? It's not even true.
It's okay.
You couldn't read his mind.
You couldn't know what he was going to do.
Sorry, ma'am.
No way this guy is down here.
Yoda's just trying to get us out of the way.
Wait a minute.
It's a big-ass hospital.
There's a third option, at least.
Yeah? Would you say our guy got a serious case of brass balls? I would indeed.
So the whole time your father thought you were kidnapped I was staying with Danny.
Because ever since my mom died, I don't like going home.
My dad always seems so mad at me Your mother dies, and you abandon your father? He doesn't want me.
Ahmad, ease up.
Jasmeen, it's okay.
It's okay.
Look, I don't know if it would make you feel better to say what happened, but why don't you try? I I guess they just figured that all they had to do was keep me out of sight.
So all this time I'm over there hanging out with them, I have no idea what they're up to.
And then when I finally wanted to see my dad, Danny had to tell me what was going on or their plan would fall apart, but as soon as they did, I ran home to stop it.
Good.
That was good.
You did the right thing.
Yeah, but it was too late.
I saw you two by the closed store.
I saw Pappy Science.
And when I heard the shots from up in the apartment, I knew what happened.
You're right.
If I'd only been a better daughter I wouldn't have left my father alone like that, I wouldn't be hanging out with boys like Danny just because I think they're being nice to me.
I miss my mom so much.
Just like he does.
I didn't say anything, I swear.
Then why did he shake your hand? He was playing head games.
I don't know.
If a cop-- any cop-- comes after me or Bobby or Tucker, we're going to know that it was you that told them about us, and that beating you got is gonna feel like a massage in comparison.
Do you understand me? I do.
All's we need to know is who Bobby and Tucker are.
Oh, damn.
Barton portable, 10-85, main entrance of the school.
We got him.
Come on! Now! - Give me your cuffs.
- It was Tucker's idea! All right.
He made us! You do not tell my dad, you hear me?! Do not tell my dad! Relax! Paging Dr.
Bender.
Paging Dr.
Bender, please.
This would leave an awful scar.
You see what I'm sayin', Doc? The guy sewed me up like he was lacing a boot! Look at this.
It's downright criminal, don't you think? I have a hospital release form for Harvey Williams.
Thank you very much.
Thanks.
Oh, thank God! Thank God! What? If you would have died, I would have nothing to live for! It's been so hard! I am so sorry! You're sorry? I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry! I'm sorry.
Yo, chief! Can I get some fruit juice! Keep your voice down.
Hey, boss.
Yeah, what's up? The father, what kind of time is he looking at? It's hard to say.
Depends on what the prosecutor makes of the circumstances, how much of a lawyer he can afford.
You know the daughter? I was so angry at her, and then I was angry at him, you know? I'm old enough to wear this uniform, carry a gun but sometimes I feel very young.
Earn as you learn, kid.
You had a good day.
Hey, heard about your collar.
Oh! You look like you tried to brush your teeth in a blender.
You okay? Yeah.
More like I tried to harpoon a whale from a rowboat.
Meanwhile, I heard about your day.
That was pretty cool, finding that girl with all those DT's running around like they had their helmets on backwards.
That kid, I felt so sorry for her.
Yeah.
All she was trying to do was duck her dad's anger, and we wind up with a dead body, a guy in a coma, someone going to jail.
Yeah, well, you know, some people zig when they should have zagged.
I can't even imagine having kids right now, but when I do, you better believe I'm gonna love them every second of every day.
No way any kid of mine is ever gonna feel neglected or rejected or anything but cherished in big block letters.
Yeah, well, we all start out by saying that, but But what? You know, life intrudes, it gets complicated.
Sometimes disappointment is inevitable.
I know I'll probably look back on what I just said and realize how stupid it sounds, but I guess I'd just rather sound stupid right now.
Know what I mean? Sure.
All right, see you tomorrow.
See ya.
See ya.
This is Ruby.
Talk to me.
Hey, honey, it's your dad.
Look, I know getting you on the phone is like a major victory, but, um, I just wanted to say that, uh, you know, I really need, you know, uh that I really that I really would, um, want to see you more.
And, um Today was like a major jolt, you know? I mean, it was a good jolt, don't get me wrong.
I just, um Tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna just hit you up with a text.
Hey.
I got to tell you, when I realized that he was gonna try to run through me, it was kind of like, you know that feeling you get right before you're about to smash into car, there's nothing you can do about it but brace yourself? He mowed me down like a bowling pin.
But you I know you must've had that same, "Oh, damn" moment when he was coming at you.
But you held on, had to be something like 50 feet.
Well, you know, it was fun.
You and this guy the other night? The fact of the matter is, if I can stuff my cojones-talk back in its drawer for a second, I'd probably admit that I would've done the same thing you did.
You mean, done nothing? I mean you're my partner, and I'm good with that.
You two, you realize how lucky you were today at that hospital? You saved your own asses, but I wouldn't be doing a whole hell of a lot of high-fiving about it.
You should have that looked at.
You're looking at it.
No, I mean, um I'm joining some friends at the Lenox Tavern in a few minutes.
Do you feel like? I don't drink.
Where do you stand on ginger ale? Whatever.
See you tomorrow.
Nice moves, Slick.
Hey.
Kenny.
This is my cousin Greg.
He's going overseas tomorrow.
We're giving him a dinner tonight.
Oh, hey.
Sir.
This is the officer I was telling you about.
You know, I heard what you did for my little cousin T with that gang thing.
I thank you.
Okay, we got to keep moving.
Sure, yeah.
Sure thing.
Bye now.
So slick.
We've had more Crimestopper sightings on this guy than the Abominable Snowman.
So, apparently, he's still around.
If it were me, I would have left for parts unknown ASAP, but guys like this rarely come with PhDs attached.
Both our own 2-2 squad and North Homicide are out there hunting.
Keep your eyes peeled, especially you rookies on footpost.
He's hard to miss.
Item two, Barton Prep over on 112th, some students have been getting tuned up and robbed on their way home, most likely by kids from Herbert Walcott, the public high school on 114th.
Sergeant Howard's Anti-Crime squad and select plainclothes friends are setting up over at Barton.
Maybe we can catch some of these junior strong-armers in flagrante delicto.
In flagrante? Can they just go and do that? If both parties are over 18.
Except in Connecticut, where you got to be 21.
My point being if you're not patrolling the Barton Prep/Walcott area, steer clear so our guys can do their job.
All right, get out there.
No loitering and stay safe.
Some of these idiots would have to study to pass a blood test.
They're just kidding around.
I don't know.
I feel like I'm losing brain cells by the bucketload.
What crawled up your butt this morning? Yeah? Well, you tell me what "in flagrante delicto" means.
"To catch in the act," Mensa boy.
That true? I speak five languages, Greek isn't one of them.
It's Latin.
Neither is Latin.
Harper, Sanchez, you two hang in.
Boss, not to step over the line, but could you find someone else for this one? What for? Be up in Anti-Crime at 10:00.
In terms of plainclothes, what should we wear? You're wearing it.
Let me ask you-- I can never keep this straight-- what's the difference between Pathan and Pashtun? None.
Different names for the same people.
How do you even know to ask me that? My older brother's stationed in Helmand Province as we speak.
Army or marines? Doctors Without Borders.
Bang, bang, bang On the plane, on my brain, about to do the show 40K contract, take it out the dough, dice Symbolize my life, roll 'em on the floor From your grubby hands as you hand the grandstand Bang, bang, bang.
Hey, guys, beautiful day for the beach, huh? You heading for the beach? Nah, I always say that.
Just keeps me positive.
I never been to the beach a day in my life.
So what's happening? Quiet.
Been quiet all week.
But two young police officers like yourself, you should be grateful for that.
You get to go home in one piece, you live to fight another day.
Name's Errol Barnes, but everybody calls me Pappy Science.
Why Pappy Science? I have no idea.
Do you know how much that guy in there charges for loose cigarettes, huh? Two dollars.
Two damn dollars! You believe that? I'm flat-out busted today.
Maybe you should quit smoking.
Let me tell all you health nuts, some day you're gonna feel pretty stupid dying from nothing.
Hey! Sameer! Come on! Open up, bro! He was just open.
What the hell's going on?! Drop it! Police! Don't move! - Call it in.
- Cuff him! Cover the gun! The big one, he came charging at me with the hammer, and I put my hand up to keep him away! I shot him right through my own fingers! Then I'm crazy, shooting everywhere! Where is she? Where's who? My daughter! For three days, those two, they come into my store, showing me different things of hers.
The say, "We kidnapped her.
" They're asking me for $10,000! Post 43 to Central, 10-85.
I don't have $10,000! Three males shot, two likely.
We need a bus.
Make that two buses.
What's your location? Right above the bodega.
Three, four times a day they're showing me her sweater, her blouse, her ring, saying, "Where is my money?" What bodega? What's your location? What's our location? the building number.
You have an address? They say, "You tell the cops that we have her, she's dead!" It's the northeast, no, northwest corner building, third floor.
I'm going to make these bastards give her back! Ahmad, it's the fourth floor.
Fourth floor.
Fourth floor.
Tell them there's a girl missing.
I don't know what they did with her! Where is my daughter, you son of a bitch?! Enough! Where is she, you bastard?! Hey! Where is my daughter?! Uh [Jay-Z's "Heart of the City" playing.]
Listen, first the Fat Boys break up Now every day I wake up Somebody got something to say Where's the love? Look scrapper, I got nephews to look after I'm not lookin' at you dudes, I'm looking past ya Ain't no love in the heart of the city I said, "Where's the love?" Ain't no love in the heart of town Holla at me Ain't no love In the heart of the city Where's the love.
Ransom Look, you should have radioed it in as soon as you heard the gunshots go off.
But basically, once you got here, you did all the right things.
Except maybe next time you call in a murder, know where the hell you are.
Thanks for your help there, Martini.
Guy adds luster and dimension to the word "jerk," but he's right.
When you go into a location, you have to know exactly where you are because you never can tell when all hell's gonna break loose.
Hey, you got your first serious assault collar.
Gun collar, too.
Hell of a morning, huh? How you guys doing? You need anything? No, sir, just want to get back in the game.
The kidnapped girl, we don't even know her name.
Jasmeen al-Harani, 17, lives with her father right above the bodega.
And right now she's classified as missing.
And the kidnap the guys shot in the apartment? Maybe you guys should let us ask the questions, like, how we got to be standing here right now talking to you? From the beginning.
Look, I can't use it.
I mean, it's got some kind of short.
Half the stuff that's coming over to me, it sounds like it's in Martian.
Well, you got to fill out the paperwork properly.
I thought I did.
Can we get out of here? Oh, God! Get off me! Help! Get him off me, man! Get off me! Get him off me! Get him off me! Break it up! Hey! Come on! Over here! What the hell is wrong with you, man! You guaran-damn-teed that stuff! She said, "That's all you got for me?" She was laughing! Let me just ask you something, Earl.
How much you drink last night? None of your damn business! None of my damn business, huh? That much? What'd you expect to happen, Romeo?! You said that stuff was foolproof! The only problem with foolproof is that fools always turn out to be so damn ingenious! I'll have a main order of Undercover with a heaping side of Obvious.
We're gonna look like rabbits in a glass hat, man.
If you don't tell me what's going on with you I had him.
You had who? I was in some hole-in-the wall bar john, you know, I'm just waiting my turn, he comes out of the stall.
We're standing so close, we could've had a baby.
I froze.
Did he know you were a cop? I don't know.
I guess.
I mean, I had my hand on my weapon, I just, I froze, you know? He just laughed and kept walking.
Froze? What was I supposed to do, shoot him, you know? Besides, I wasn't exactly sober as a judge myself to be honest.
I mean, the guy was so freaking big, you know, he could've eaten apples off the top of my head.
You didn't tell anyone? I'm telling you.
Me? What the hell am I supposed to do with this? They had so many damned sightings, you know.
One less isn't gonna make a difference.
Look, it was a onetime thing, all right? It's not gonna happen again.
What? I didn't say anything.
Look, you're worried something goes down, I ain't going to have your back, right? Well, don't.
I won't.
I don't.
No one is allowed on the block without residential ID! - No exceptions! - I live right there! Sorry.
I need to see some ID.
I've been on this block since Sorry.
No ID, no pass through.
I have an ID.
"I have an ID"" Hey, hey, listen, man, my grandmother's up there helpless, like an invalid.
- Which building? - Who you kidding, Terrance? Your grandmother died six months ago.
My other grandmother.
Richie, 445! I dreamt about it two nights in a row! 445! Two! A two, but two what? Are you the numbers guy? Walk to the tape, take care of your customers, and get 'em out of here.
Is that a numbers racket? He's gonna take bets right in front of us? Wow.
All right, so Barton Prep, we've had five reported robberies outside the school over the last ten days, only one vic coming out of the main entrance here.
The other four coming out of these side doors on 112th, walking east towards Manhattan Ave.
The descriptions of the perps are a little all over the place; black, Hispanic, white, working solo, in a crew.
Boss, can I ask? Do you have any footage of the robberies from the security cameras? No.
Could've all happened just out of range, or some of the cameras could have been down.
We're not sure why.
Harper, Sanchez, your job is to stand in front of the main entrance in uniform and just be present.
You're not there to foil robberies.
You're human pinball flippers driving the action to the side entrance.
We're gonna have two vehicles.
I'm gonna be in the northwest corner of 112th and Amsterdam by the deli.
Mason, you're on the southeast corner of the 111th and Amsterdam.
Apple and Davis, you're our eyes working on foot.
Apple by the pizza shop across the street, Davis by the bus stop.
Barton portable, you on the air? In position.
Hey, rooks, try not to wave at us, okay? Okay, we'll try there, boss.
You know how much the tuition is here? When the college boards come around, the tutors, even the lousy ones, 200 bucks an hour.
That's, like, more than for a double session with Freud.
Meanwhile, we got public school kids uptown, right, they raise their hand to answer a question, they're lucky they don't get tossed out a window.
Makes me sick, you know? It's supposed to be America, land of the level playing field.
I mean, I went to public school straight through to City College.
Worked fine for me; looks like you came out in one piece.
You kidding me? I would have killed to go to a school like this.
It's not the kids' fault that they're turned into these little Darwinian princesses and princelings, you know; it's the parents.
It's the parents and the whole Daddy? Honey.
Hi, uh how you do how was school? Dad, what are you doing here? Uh, well, you know, the, uh, the muggings that are going on around here.
They sent you? Well, Navy SEAL Team Six wasn't available, so, yeah.
Who? Hey, look, this is Tonya Sanchez, my partner.
This is Ruby, my daughter.
Hey.
Hey.
And this is Hazzard.
Hazzard? 'Sup? 'Sup? Excuse me.
Okay.
Nice kid, friendly.
Are you being sarcastic? Me, no, never.
How's your mom? Good.
Yeah, and, uh, what's-his-face, the dermatologist? Endocrinologist.
Endocrinologist.
Eric.
Eric.
He's fine.
Yeah, that's good.
And, uh, this Hazzard, is he your boyfriend or For only, like, a year.
And I would know this because Ruby.
See that boy over there? What happened to him? Carl? He was robbed by the kids from Walcott last week.
They took him for $200, too.
They charge him extra for that beating? He said he was going to the pizza shop across the street to get a soda, which is dumber than mud.
It's like ass-kick central.
Everyone knows that.
Joint right there? I have to go, too.
Okay.
Hey, Ruby.
I miss you.
I can't believe you're really a cop now.
Yeah, well, I am.
It's so weird.
Hey, honey, repeat after me: I miss you, too, Daddy.
I do.
Why'd that guy chomp on you like that? Well, I sold him some male-enhancement pills, and the fool went and washed them down with a bottle of Scotch.
And then he wondered why he couldn't get his sword out of the scabbard; he blamed me.
Just my luck we get locked up in the same cell.
I mean, it was his honeymoon and all, but shoot.
A whole bottle of that brown? I mean, I might be a man of medicine, but I ain't no miracle worker.
A man of medicine? You mean like a doctor? Yeah, like a doctor.
Where'd you get the pills? Fell off a truck.
I try to talk to her, you know, ever since the divorce as much as I can on-on the horn and in person, but 15-year-old kid.
You know, they always got a million things going on.
You know how we communicate We text.
We text.
Two years of playing thumb piano, you have any You have any idea It's my fault.
I was an ass back then; I would have divorced me, too.
Hey, FYI, my best year as a reporter, I couldn't afford this joint.
That's on the endocrinologist's dime.
God, I hate that guy.
Hey, uh, I don't know, I just overheard some people were saying that that missing girl had it coming.
Had what coming? Who said? I don't know; like I said, I just overheard.
I'm new here myself.
Hold on.
I'm hearing lots of stuff about Jasmeen.
You're a funny man.
You're funny, too, Jackpot Toney.
Mr.
NBA.
Hey, let me guess, you got, what, three, four lady friends, right? And them all asking you, "Hey, Jackpot, honey, are we going anywhere with this?" And you tell them back, uh, "Baby, where you want to go? We're having such a good time just like it is," and then you wonder why all these women you've been loving up on always seem to be so angry at you.
What you laughing at? You got a man at home, right? That's none of your business.
Oh, well this "none of my business" dude I don't know how to tell you this, but he don't really love you, and you don't really love him.
But I bet you anything when you two walk down the street together, strapping, young, athletical kids, heads do turn.
And how do you know we don't love each other? 'Cause you are a beautiful woman with a sad face.
And I ain't blind.
Let me ask you a question.
If you're so damned wise and all that, how come you're the one sitting in that chair in cuffs? Hey, I'm just shooting the breeze.
Uh-huh.
Fell off a truck? Potholes! City ought to do something.
The other police officer, he might have street information about the kidnapped girl.
Do you think you can get a detective's attention? First major collar, and we're standing on the street, holding up tape.
Well done, man.
Honor killing.
Do you know what an honor killing is? I know you do.
It's the father.
He murdered her.
Jasmeen runs wild.
She goes with anyone who asks.
It's a disgrace to the family.
He had no choice; it's their way.
What do you mean, "he had no choice; it's their way"? Here is here; New York, 21st century.
He shot those two other men to cover it up.
I'm telling you.
Hey, sir, we're hearing a lot of good information.
Yeah, yeah, we'll get to them.
Just, uh, take down names.
Yeah, and that is with the stress of polar-bear-chewed hand.
Normally, my pressure's so low, doc took it once, he said, "Either my watch stopped or you dead.
" Temp is 101.
2.
Ah, that's my normal skin heat.
Women love it.
Yeah, hard to resist a man with the flu.
He's going to the E.
R.
You got any painkillers? Nope.
- You want some? - You two, you ride in the bus with him, and when you get to the E.
R.
, don't do not lose your prisoner.
He stays cuffed at all times.
He needs to take a leak, you go in, you stand alongside of him, you hold it for him.
You kidding, right? That's what happens to rookies who are still in the house an hour past the time they're supposed to be on post.
Okay, if you guys don't let me get into my building, I'll show you what a homicide looks like.
Just go.
Come on! That was my gramp right there! I live Move it.
Excuse me, sir.
Excuse me.
What's up, boss? Memo books? You asked Homicide who the vics shot in the apartment were? You see, sometimes speaking to rookies, detectives can be a little less than forthcoming.
Daniel and Milton Irrizary.
Brothers.
They just moved here a few months ago from Riverhead for a construction job that never happened.
burglary, assault, and the like.
Daniel is DOA, and Milton is circling the drain, okay? Thanks, boss.
Go easy, easy, easy, man.
Why I still got wear this cuff? I mean, do you see me hotfooting it out of here? The Irrizary brothers lived in your own building and it took you three days to find that out? I work from 6:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night every day.
I walk up two flights of stairs to my apartment, and I crawl into bed; I don't know a soul.
Why are you talking to me anyway? Why are you asking me these questions? Why aren't you looking for my daughter? We're looking, but maybe after you and us talk, we'll have a better idea where to focus.
Am I asking for a lawyer? Do you think that I am so stupid that I don't know how to ask for a lawyer? I don't care what happens to me, but every one of you talking to me is one less person looking for her! How are you doing, Mr Williams? Well, you know, first off, I didn't get no tetanus shot.
Please, I'm not doing anything for this gentleman until you remove that handcuff.
I refuse to work on a man in chains.
Nothing doing.
Do you want to radio your sergeant for permission? I'm sure he'd okay it.
Tell him it's Dr.
Choudury asking.
Come on, you have him wedged in like bookends.
This looks pretty clean.
Let me just get my kit.
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You gonna do the stitching? Is there a problem? Well, it ain't nothing personal, Doc, but, you know, I've been serviced in this room before and get stitched up in here? I'd just as soon go down to the Garment District.
I'm sorry, ma'am.
Hey, what's he carrying? Groceries? I pegged him more of a liquid lunch dude.
This is supposed to be his block, right? Where's he been all morning? Do you think he knows anything about the kidnapping? It's Pappy, right? Hey, Pappy, come here for a second.
Hey, Pappy! Damn, he's going rabbit on us.
Hey, Sarge, we're taking a personal, okay? It just so happens my fiancé and I are truly in love.
Oh, well, good.
Don't forget to invite me to the wedding.
All right, proceed, Mahatma.
Mahatma? Treat the man with respect.
But, um, that's my name.
Elevator's not working.
We're movie Irrizary through.
Damn it.
Where's Harvey? Checked all the exit tapes.
He's still got to be in the building somewhere.
You got people at all the doors? Of course.
Don't tell me.
Somebody should call Yo da.
You got a copy machine? Take his online booking photo, make 20 copies.
Stay off the air.
I need a landline.
This is post one.
I've got six going into the pizza place.
I'm gonna check them out.
Stand by.
That's where Ruby said the kid got robbed, right? Mm-hmm.
This is Barton portable to operation post one.
Post one, go.
Yeah, can you ask the pizza guy if the cameras outside his place are working? Can do.
What's up? Just hold on.
Guys like Pappy Science, they're like those National Geographic forest lizards that can turn the color of tree bark.
Well, if you were a lizard and this was a forest, which tree would you pick? Maybe it's not a tree we're looking for.
Post one to Barton portable.
Guy says cameras are working.
He maintains them himself.
Thanks.
See? There's no way the kid got jacked up there and they didn't catch it.
Somebody gave that kid a beating.
Yeah, but why would he lie about where it happened? It's like throwing everybody off the scent.
Protecting the perp.
Why? Because maybe if it's somebody you got to see every day, then to point them out, it would make your life a living hell.
Well, you know, my brothers used to get away with bloody murder like that.
No lunch money vic in their right mind would ever say the Sanchez boys did the deed.
Well maybe, just maybe, none of the muggings were captured by the street cameras because none of the muggings took place on the street, which leads me to believe that all the bad stuff took place inside the school.
Look, I'm tired of playing statue here, you know? If Terry Howard wants us to be human pinball flippers, and drive the bad guys to the place where the bad guys do their thing, maybe we can make it happen another way.
Where are you going? Look, just keep an eye on me, all right? If you see anything that makes you want to go inside for say, like, a bathroom break, by all means.
How do I say "gotcha" without scaring you half to death? So who's the food for? My cats.
Who are partial to mustard? One more time.
Do you know what Checkpoint Charlie was? In the Cold War? Do you know what that was? American and Russian tanks facing off in Berlin, 1961.
I was a machine gunner.
Right there.
I done some bad things in my life.
But I was ready to fight for my country, scared as I was.
What's the punch line? I just don't want any trouble.
I don't want no more trouble.
I'm too old for any more trouble! Talk to us.
Jasmeen is a wild girl.
Not a bad girl, mind you.
That's not what I'm saying.
But since her mother died, a year or two back, she can disappear like an outdoor cat.
She don't get along with her father, real bad taste in boyfriends Not a bad girl.
Just off to the races.
Where is she, Pappy? Hand out those photocopies.
If this guy makes it out of here, you two are facing rips so bad your first vacation day's going to be your 30th birthday.
Catch him, on the other hand this thing never happened.
All right.
Team up, take a floor.
Sarge, what about us? The morgue.
Every cooler, every stiff.
I love rookies.
They're just so so interesting.
Hey.
How you doing? Come here for a sec.
So, uh I just heard what happened to you.
That puts you in last place.
Yeah.
So it was a public school kid, huh? I don't know.
I didn't ask for his student ID.
So, up by the pizza place, huh? Must've been the world's most expensive slice.
What? Why, I heard the guy took you for 200 bucks.
I mean, what are you doing carrying around that kind of money? Deposit for a class trip to Washington.
It was the deadline date.
Wow, that is good timing on the other kid's part, right? I mean, he doesn't go to this school, so he doesn't know about the deadline, but he picks that day anyway.
It's kind of like winning the lottery, no? I don't know.
Those kids, uh they seem pretty interested in our conversation.
Maybe they want to be cops.
Yeah, maybe.
Hey, look Thanks a lot.
All right? Sincerely.
Appreciate it.
Look you got to understand.
I known her since she was a baby.
Her parents, too.
God bless her mother's soul.
And all I wanted to do was help her in her hour of need.
Damn.
People coming to me for sanctuary.
But now with all these cops, bloodhounds, and helicopters I just don't want to get in any kind of trouble.
No kind of trouble.
Why does she need sanctuary? Take the ramp down to the basement.
She's in storage compartment 23.
Jasmeen? Jasmeen? Whoa.
No, let me go! Jasmeen, easy, easy.
Jasmeen, we're here to help.
How's my father? Injured, but he'll be okay.
And Danny? Daniel Irrizary? He died.
No! My father shot him? Who was he? My boyfriend.
Your what? This whole it's all my fault No, what I don't know why I did it, but I told Danny I thought my dad had money from the store.
And then the next thing, he and his brother went and told my dad they kidnapped me.
And wanted money.
So you were a part of this? No! I didn't even know about it.
Why did I tell him my dad has money? It's not even true.
It's okay.
You couldn't read his mind.
You couldn't know what he was going to do.
Sorry, ma'am.
No way this guy is down here.
Yoda's just trying to get us out of the way.
Wait a minute.
It's a big-ass hospital.
There's a third option, at least.
Yeah? Would you say our guy got a serious case of brass balls? I would indeed.
So the whole time your father thought you were kidnapped I was staying with Danny.
Because ever since my mom died, I don't like going home.
My dad always seems so mad at me Your mother dies, and you abandon your father? He doesn't want me.
Ahmad, ease up.
Jasmeen, it's okay.
It's okay.
Look, I don't know if it would make you feel better to say what happened, but why don't you try? I I guess they just figured that all they had to do was keep me out of sight.
So all this time I'm over there hanging out with them, I have no idea what they're up to.
And then when I finally wanted to see my dad, Danny had to tell me what was going on or their plan would fall apart, but as soon as they did, I ran home to stop it.
Good.
That was good.
You did the right thing.
Yeah, but it was too late.
I saw you two by the closed store.
I saw Pappy Science.
And when I heard the shots from up in the apartment, I knew what happened.
You're right.
If I'd only been a better daughter I wouldn't have left my father alone like that, I wouldn't be hanging out with boys like Danny just because I think they're being nice to me.
I miss my mom so much.
Just like he does.
I didn't say anything, I swear.
Then why did he shake your hand? He was playing head games.
I don't know.
If a cop-- any cop-- comes after me or Bobby or Tucker, we're going to know that it was you that told them about us, and that beating you got is gonna feel like a massage in comparison.
Do you understand me? I do.
All's we need to know is who Bobby and Tucker are.
Oh, damn.
Barton portable, 10-85, main entrance of the school.
We got him.
Come on! Now! - Give me your cuffs.
- It was Tucker's idea! All right.
He made us! You do not tell my dad, you hear me?! Do not tell my dad! Relax! Paging Dr.
Bender.
Paging Dr.
Bender, please.
This would leave an awful scar.
You see what I'm sayin', Doc? The guy sewed me up like he was lacing a boot! Look at this.
It's downright criminal, don't you think? I have a hospital release form for Harvey Williams.
Thank you very much.
Thanks.
Oh, thank God! Thank God! What? If you would have died, I would have nothing to live for! It's been so hard! I am so sorry! You're sorry? I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry! I'm sorry.
Yo, chief! Can I get some fruit juice! Keep your voice down.
Hey, boss.
Yeah, what's up? The father, what kind of time is he looking at? It's hard to say.
Depends on what the prosecutor makes of the circumstances, how much of a lawyer he can afford.
You know the daughter? I was so angry at her, and then I was angry at him, you know? I'm old enough to wear this uniform, carry a gun but sometimes I feel very young.
Earn as you learn, kid.
You had a good day.
Hey, heard about your collar.
Oh! You look like you tried to brush your teeth in a blender.
You okay? Yeah.
More like I tried to harpoon a whale from a rowboat.
Meanwhile, I heard about your day.
That was pretty cool, finding that girl with all those DT's running around like they had their helmets on backwards.
That kid, I felt so sorry for her.
Yeah.
All she was trying to do was duck her dad's anger, and we wind up with a dead body, a guy in a coma, someone going to jail.
Yeah, well, you know, some people zig when they should have zagged.
I can't even imagine having kids right now, but when I do, you better believe I'm gonna love them every second of every day.
No way any kid of mine is ever gonna feel neglected or rejected or anything but cherished in big block letters.
Yeah, well, we all start out by saying that, but But what? You know, life intrudes, it gets complicated.
Sometimes disappointment is inevitable.
I know I'll probably look back on what I just said and realize how stupid it sounds, but I guess I'd just rather sound stupid right now.
Know what I mean? Sure.
All right, see you tomorrow.
See ya.
See ya.
This is Ruby.
Talk to me.
Hey, honey, it's your dad.
Look, I know getting you on the phone is like a major victory, but, um, I just wanted to say that, uh, you know, I really need, you know, uh that I really that I really would, um, want to see you more.
And, um Today was like a major jolt, you know? I mean, it was a good jolt, don't get me wrong.
I just, um Tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna just hit you up with a text.
Hey.
I got to tell you, when I realized that he was gonna try to run through me, it was kind of like, you know that feeling you get right before you're about to smash into car, there's nothing you can do about it but brace yourself? He mowed me down like a bowling pin.
But you I know you must've had that same, "Oh, damn" moment when he was coming at you.
But you held on, had to be something like 50 feet.
Well, you know, it was fun.
You and this guy the other night? The fact of the matter is, if I can stuff my cojones-talk back in its drawer for a second, I'd probably admit that I would've done the same thing you did.
You mean, done nothing? I mean you're my partner, and I'm good with that.
You two, you realize how lucky you were today at that hospital? You saved your own asses, but I wouldn't be doing a whole hell of a lot of high-fiving about it.
You should have that looked at.
You're looking at it.
No, I mean, um I'm joining some friends at the Lenox Tavern in a few minutes.
Do you feel like? I don't drink.
Where do you stand on ginger ale? Whatever.
See you tomorrow.
Nice moves, Slick.
Hey.
Kenny.
This is my cousin Greg.
He's going overseas tomorrow.
We're giving him a dinner tonight.
Oh, hey.
Sir.
This is the officer I was telling you about.
You know, I heard what you did for my little cousin T with that gang thing.
I thank you.
Okay, we got to keep moving.
Sure, yeah.
Sure thing.
Bye now.
So slick.