NYPD Blue s04e16 Episode Script

What a Dump!

-PREVIOUSLY ON "NYPD BLUE".
- AM I IN THE WRONG LINE OF WORK? - I SHOULD'VE BEEN A STORE CLERK OR SOMETHING.
- CUT IT OUT, MEDAVOY.
BOSS TAKES ME OFF OF THAT GUY.
MAYBE HE'S RIGHT.
I DON'T INTIMIDATE A SKELL.
ANDY, DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD REALLY AFFORD ME STOPPING WORK? ABSOLUTELY.
I-- I GET A MARSHAL'S JOB MOONLIGHTING.
IT WON'T EQUAL YOUR INCOME, BUT WE'D HAVE LESS EXPENSES.
COULD YOU FIND TIME FOR DINNER? PLEASANT MEAL BETWEEN FRIENDS? I HOPED THAT IT WAS A PLEASANT MEAL THAT MIGHT RESULT IN A SPECIAL OCCASION.
WELL.
HOW'S IT GOING? I JUST GOT MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT.
WHAT'S THIS, YOUR MARSHAL'S JOB? YOU WANT TO KNOW MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT? CUSTOMS TRAILER AT THE AIRPORT.
OH, MAN.
SPEND THE NIGHT HOLDING HANDS WITH NIGERIAN DRUG MULES TILL THEY MOVE THEIR BOWELS.
YOU CAN'T GET OFF THAT, HUH? NAH.
HOW AM I GONNA TURN DOWN THE FIRST THING THEY THROW ME? FEMALE D.
O.
A.
HER PANTIES ARE PULLED OFF.
WHO FOUND HER? GARBAGEMAN OVER THERE.
SHE'S GOT BRUISES ON HER THIGHS.
- PUBIC HAIR'S PULLED OUT.
- HMM.
AND MANUAL STRANGULATION.
MAYBE SHE'S HOOKIN'.
SHE BRINGS A JOHN BACK HERE.
WEARING A WEDDING RING, FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH.
NOBODY FOUND NO PURSE? NO PURSE.
THEY HAD THOSE TWO RAPE/MURDERS OVER IN THE 17th.
YEAH, STRANGULATIONS.
WE GOTTA CALL THEM.
DID YOU NOTIFY THE M.
E.
? ON THE WAY.
YOU FOUND THE BODY? I WENT TO DUMP THE CANS AND I SEE HER.
YOU NOTICE ANYBODY ELSE AROUND HERE? NO, NOBODY.
- YOU DIDN'T MOVE ANYTHING? - NO.
YOU KNOW, I-I DIDN'T EVEN PICK UP THE GARBAGE.
I SEEN HER AND I THOUGHT, "AW, HELL," YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU DID THE RIGHT THING CALLING IN.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE GARBAGE? - SHOULD I LEAVE IT, SHOULD I TAKE IT? - LEAVE IT.
LEAVE THE GARBAGE.
SO, CAN WE GET BACK TO OUR ROUTE NOW? [ Whistles .]
YOU GOT THESE GUY'S INFORMATION? GOT IT.
YEAH, YOU CAN GO.
I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE GOT LIVING HERE? I'M GONNA ASK MYSELF THAT TONIGHT WHILE I'M WASHING CRAP OFF SMACK BALLOONS.
THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR ROUTE.
- HEY.
- OH, THAT'S REAL FUNNY.
LET'S NOT GET TESTY.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
HIYA, GREG.
HEY, JAMES.
YOU CAUGHT ME IN THE ACT HERE, SNEAKING PEANUT BUTTER.
FALLING OFF YOUR DIET WAGON A LITTLE? I'M DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF.
AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, UH, I KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND IT IS THIS DINNER TONIGHT WITH ABBY.
MAKING YOU NERVOUS YOU MEAN? YEAH.
IT MAKES ME NERVOUS, AND-AND, IN TURN, I OVEREAT.
MMM.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE OUT WITH HER? YOU EAT YOUR MEAL AND HERS? I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HER AGENDA.
ROMANCE IS OFF THE TABLE, YET SHE DEFINITELY INDICATED WE'D BE TAKING UP A SERIOUS TOPIC.
WELL, MAYBE HER MIND CHANGED ON THAT ROMANCE TOPIC.
ISN'T THAT A WOMAN'S OPTION? NO.
SHE DON'T STRIKE ME IFFY ON HER LESBIANISM.
MORNING.
HEY, BOSS.
- SHOOTING FROM A BUS.
SOUNDS GANG-RELATED.
-[ Martinez .]
WHERE WE GOING? SEVENTH AND "B.
" DON WILL MEET YOU AT THE SCENE.
- YOU CAUGHT ME CHEATING.
- I NEVER GOT TO LIKE CHUNKY.
YOU WANT US TO GET SOME OF THAT PLAIN? I'M BETTER WITHOUT THE TEMPTATION.
[ Medavoy .]
THAT'S ME AS WELL.
I'VE GOT MOTIVE IN MY NERVOUSNESS, SO I GOTTA DEPRIVE MYSELF OF OPPORTUNITY.
OTHERWISE, HE MIGHT MURDER MR.
PEANUT.
- SEVENTH AND "B.
" - RIGHT.
THAT'S DAWKINS WITH A "D"? RIGHT.
YOU'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM? GREAT.
THANKS.
HE TALK ABOUT ANY OTHERS? DO YOU MIND IF WE COME SEE HIM? APPRECIATE IT, VALENZUELA.
YEAH.
NICE GOING.
HUSBAND CALLED MISSING PERSONS THIS MORNING WITH A DESCRIPTION FITS OUR D.
O.
A.
- SAYS SHE NEVER CAME HOME LAST NIGHT.
MARINA DAWKINS.
- CAN YOU REACH THE GUY? MISSING PERSONS IS GONNA HAVE HIM COME OVER.
VALENZUELA AT THE 17th COLLARED UP ON A SKELL LAST NIGHT JUST WENT FOR THEIR TWO RAPE/MURDERS.
SAYS WE CAN COME TALK TO THE GUY.
UH, GINA, SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE COMING OVER HERE FROM MISSING PERSONS.
- JUST HAVE HIM WAIT.
- SURE.
THANKS.
ABBY.
HI, GREG.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE? SHOTS CAME FROM THE BUS.
WE GOT TWO PEOPLE WOUNDED, A WOMAN AND A LITTLE BOY.
ME AND MY PARTNER WERE UP THE STREET.
WE GOT HERE QUICK ENOUGH TO KEEP MOST OF THESE PASSENGERS ON THE BUS SO YOU COULD GET STATEMENTS.
-GOOD.
- HEY, I WANNA GET OFF.
LET ME OFF THIS BUS.
WE FOUND A FULLY LOADED .
38 UNDER A SEAT.
THIS IS ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENT.
I WANT OUTTA HERE.
YO, MAN, I GOTTA GET OFF THIS BUS, MAN.
THIS IS MY STOP.
THAT'S THE DRIVER.
LET ME OFF THIS BUS! - SHUT YOUR MOUTH! - YO, SHE'S BAD.
WHAT, YOU A DYKE? -YOU LIKE WOMEN OR SOMETHING? - HEY, SHUT UP! YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! -WE'LL TALK TO THE DRIVER.
JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THESE GUYS.
-YOU'RE MESSING WITH MY RIGHTS.
YEAH, I'LL MESS WITH MORE THAN THAT IF YOU DON'T KEEP A DECENT MOUTH ON YOU! HI.
I'M DETECTIVE MEDAVOY.
AIN'T THIS SOMETHING? YEAH.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE SHOOTING? I HEARD SOME SHOTS START GOING OFF, SO I PULLED OVER.
I TURN AROUND AND SEE THIS ONE GUY SHOOTIN'.
HE SEES ME LOOKING AT HIM, HE COMES TO THE FRONT OF THE BUS, PUTS A GUN RIGHT IN MY FACE TO MAKE ME LET HIM OFF.
HIM AND A COUPLE OTHERS JUST TAKE OFF RUNNING.
THEY WERE GANG GUYS.
THEN I SAW A COUPLE COPS RUNNING UP THE STREET, SO I KNEW I HAD SOME HELP.
I SHUT MY DOOR, WOULDN'T LET ANY MORE OF 'EM OFF.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM STILL ON THERE.
MAN! DAMN DRIVE-BY SHOOTING FROM MY OWN BUS.
- COULD YOU TELL WHO HE WAS SHOOTING AT? - SOMEBODY ON THE SIDEWALK.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS ALL THIS YELLING IN SPANISH, HE STARTED SHOOTING.
- MUST HAVE BEEN EIGHT OR 10 SHOTS.
- ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE TO STRAIGHTEN THIS OUT AT THE, UH, STATION HOUSE.
LET US ON THE BUS.
WE'LL TALK TO THE PASSENGERS.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PISSED-OFF PEOPLE HAVING TO GO OVER THERE WITH YOU.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO A THOROUGH SEARCH FOR GUNS BEFORE WE BREAK 'EM THE NEWS.
THAT ONE GUY MOUTHS OFF AGAIN, HIM AND ME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE.
GUY CALLING ABBY NAMES? HE BANDIES SLURS ABOUT, HE'S GONNA GET HIS ASS KICKED.
OKAY, FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
- HEY, GERARD.
A COUPLE OF OTHER DETECTIVES WANNA MEET YOU.
- THEY WANT TO SEE THE FREAK? WE UNDERSTAND YOU MADE A CONFESSION ON THOSE RAPE/HOMICIDES LAST WEEK.
YOU THINK I COULD SELL MY STORY TO THE MOVIES? THAT WHAT YOU WANT? YEAH.
I THINK IT'D MAKE A GOOD ONE.
BUT I GOTTA BE THE STAR.
OH, YOU'RE NEVER GETTING OUT.
HOW ABOUT TOM CRUISE TO PLAY YOU? -WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT, GERARD? - BEFORE HERE? - YEAH, WELL, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ONCE YOU GOT HERE.
-I-I WAS OUT.
I TOOK A LONG WALK.
WHERE'D YOU GO? ALL OVER.
BUT I DIDN'T DO ANYBODY LAST NIGHT.
I WAS IN A BAR WATCHING A TV.
I WATCHED ABOUT FOUR HOURS OF TV.
- WHAT BAR WOULD THAT BE? - I DON'T KNOW.
- ANYBODY THERE KNOW YOU? YOU TALK TO ANYBODY? -NO.
I WENT HOME AND, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN WAS WAITIN' FOR ME, AND NOW I'M HERE.
WERE YOU WITH A BLONDE WOMAN LAST NIGHT AROUND 14th STREET? - NO.
SOMETHING HAPPEN TO HER? - SHE WAS CHOKED TO DEATH.
I WASN'T AROUND ANY WOMEN LAST NIGHT.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, GERARD? HUH? YOU JUST CONFESSED TO TWO RAPES AND MURDERS.
YOU THINK ONE MORE'S GONNA MAKE YOU LOOK ANY WORSE? WELL, IT WOULDN'T HELP.
BUT TWO'S ALL I DID.
YEAH, WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
LOOK, I WOULDN'T CARE IF YOU SHOT ME.
I BLEW IT.
SO WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT ADMITTING ANOTHER MURDER? YOU WANT ME TO SAY I DID IT? ONLY IF YOU DID IT.
I DIDN'T.
- WHY'D YOU KILL THOSE TWO WOMEN? - WELL, ONE OF 'EM WANTED ME TO.
THE OTHER ONE, THAT WAS-- THAT WAS WRONG WHAT I DID.
ONE OF 'EM WANTED YOU TO KILL HER? SHE WANTED TO DIE WHILE SHE WAS HAVING SEX.
OH.
SHE TOLD YOU THAT, I SUPPOSE? YEAH.
SHE COMMUNICATED IT TO ME.
IT WAS CLEAR.
SHE COMMUNICATED IT TO YOU.
HOW'D SHE DO THAT? WITH HER MIND.
OH.
SHE WAS WALKING ALONG, AND SHE HAD THE KIND OF LEGS THAT WERE DOIN' THINGS.
THEY WERE PUTTIN' OUT VIBES.
AS SOON AS I SAW 'EM, I KNEW WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND THEN SHE STARTED IN SENDING ME IDEAS AND STUFF.
SHE WAS COMMUNICATING LIKE CRAZY.
IT WAS ALL COMING OUT OF HER WHAT SHE WANTED.
HOW ABOUT THE BLONDE WOMAN LAST NIGHT WITH THE LONG LEGS? WAS SHE COMMUNICATING THAT KIND OF STUFF TOO? NOPE.
- YOU KILL HER, GERARD? - NO.
NO.
NO.
DID YOU EVER HEAR OF DAVID BERKOWITZ, GERARD? WAS HE A BIG HERO OF YOURS GROWING UP? - THE SON OF SAM.
- YEAH.
YEAH.
HE GOT MESSAGES FROM A DOG.
BUT YOU, YOU GET MESSAGES FROM A HUMAN.
SO THAT PUTS YOU ONE STEP UP ON THE EVOLUTIONARY LADDER.
YEAH.
LET'S GO.
ON THE GATE.
THAT LOONY SON OF A BITCH.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TWO WOMEN, HE GAVE IT RIGHT UP, HE DID IT.
MAYBE HE DIDN'T DO YOURS.
MAYBE.
OR MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT HE'S ASHAMED TO ADMIT.
WHAT, HIM? ASHAMED OF RAPE AND MURDER? WHATEVER ARE YOU THINKING? WE GOT A NICE ROOM FOR YOU DOWNSTAIRS, RENALDO.
A COT, TOILET, OATMEAL.
HUH? YOU WANT TO MOVE IN WITH US OR YOU WANNA TALK TO ME? I DIDN'T SEE IT.
I WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.
EIGHT OR 10 SHOTS OFF THAT BUS ON WHICH YOU'RE RIDING AND YOU DON'T LOOK AROUND? WASN'T NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
HUMAN BEINGS GETTING SHOT WASN'T NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
THE PEOPLE SHOT FROM THAT BUS ARE BOTH BADLY HURT, JOSE.
THEY'RE BOTH IN CRITICAL CONDITION FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT WOMAN DIES OR THAT LITTLE BOY, BY YOU NOT COOPERATING, YOU MADE YOURSELF ACCESSORY TO MURDER.
THAT'S 25 YEARS IN JAIL JUST FOR NOT SAYING WHAT YOU SAW.
[ Sighs .]
NOW I'M READY TO BELIEVE YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED.
YOU WANT TO DO ALL THAT TIME FOR SOMETHING YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED IN? HELLO.
ANYBODY IN THERE? I-I DON'T EXACTLY GET YOU, FERD.
YOU RUN SUCH A BIG MOUTH OUT IN THE STREET.
IN HERE, YOU'RE QUIET LIKE A LITTLE PUSSY.
I AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE.
OH, YOU MADE A BIG CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF MY FELLOW COPS.
CALLING A POLICEWOMAN NAMES.
THAT'S NOT TOO SMART.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT WHAT YOU SAID.
SHE GOT ME LOCKED UP IN A BUS.
THAT'S INSULTING A POLICE OFFICER.
[ Clears Throat .]
SO-- SO HOW'D THIS TROUBLE START? I DON'T KNOW.
WE WERE JUST RIDING AND SOME GUY'S ON THE CORNER CALLING USPUTAS.
AND YOU WERE CALLING HIM NAMES? YEAH.
WE WERE SAYING HE WAS APUTAAND HE WAS SAYING WE WASPUTA.
AND THAT SUCKER WENT AND THROWN THAT BOTTLE.
YOU KNOW THIS GUY? NO.
ONE OF THEM BIG BEER BOTTLES COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
COULD HAVE HURT SOMEBODY.
- SO THAT'S WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED? - YEAH.
WHO DID IT? I DON'T KNOW.
SOME GUY.
WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE? AIN'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
YEAH? I THINK IT WAS YOU.
HELL, IT WASN'T ME SHOOTING.
MENDONCA WOULD BE DEAD MEAT RIGHT NOW IF IT WAS ME.
OH, SO YOU KNOW THIS GUY, MENDONCA? I DON'T KNOW.
JUST KNOW HIS NAME 'CAUSE HE'S A LITTLE NOBODY ASSHOLE THAT THINKS HE'S ALL BIG.
WHAT'S HIS FIRST NAME? WHERE'S HE LIVE? I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW.
HE GET HIT? I DON'T KNOW.
WISH HE DID.
I WOULD HAVE HAD MYSELF A GOOD LAUGH.
- YO, I'M READY TO GO.
- OH, YOU'RE READY TO GO, HUH? - YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
- YEAH, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, ASSHOLE.
YOU AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
AND-- AND WHEN I COME BACK HERE, EVERY ANSWER YOU GIVE, YOU BETTER GIVE IT POLITE.
YEAH, OR WHAT? OR YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT.
GUESS YOU SOUNDING ALL EVIL NOW, HUH? YOU MUST BE BRINGING SOMEONE ELSE BACK WITH YOU.
NO.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE ME.
YOU AND ME, FERD.
'CAUSE IF IT'S YOU, ME AND YOUR ATTITUDE, YOU'RE GONNA BE ONE SORRY PUERTO RICAN! HEY, GINA.
DETECTIVES, THAT'S EARL DAWKINS.
-MISSING PERSONS SENT HIM OVER.
- THANKS.
IF THIS IS THE D.
O.
A.
's HUSBAND, WE'RE GONNA WANT TO GET HIM TO COME DOWN TO THE MORGUE, HUH? GUESS YOU'D WANT TO SEE HOW HE'D TAKE IT.
MR.
DAWKINS.
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR? I'M DETECTIVE SIMONE.
THIS IS DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ.
WHAT IS IT? DID YOU FIND MY WIFE? WE NEED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HER, SIR.
SHE-- SHE DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT.
SHE CALLED AND SAID SHE WAS GOING TO THE MOVIES AFTER WORK.
I'M WORRIED SICK.
SHE'S NEVER STAYED OUT LIKE THIS.
WHERE DOES SHE WORK? SHE'S A WAITRESS AT A LITTLE PLACE ON ELIZABETH STREET-- RUSANOV'S.
MR.
DAWKINS, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUR WIFE WAS WEARING WHEN SHE LEFT? SHE HAD ON, UM, A BLACK JACKET AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE, A BLACK SKIRT, I GUESS.
SHE HAS A LITTLE MOLE OVER HER LIP, RIGHT THERE.
SHE'S BLONDE.
NOT JUMPING TO ANY CONCLUSIONS, WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME WITH US, MR.
DAWKINS.
HELP ON AN IDENTIFICATION.
- WHY? WHO-- WHO-- WHO IS IT? IS SOMEBODY HURT? - SIR, Y-YOUR WIFE'S MISSING.
WE HAVE AN UNIDENTIFIED BODY THAT BEARS A GENERAL RESEMBLANCE TO HOW YOU JUST DESCRIBED HER.
WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO COME TO THE MORGUE WITH US.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, GOD.
OH, GOD.
HEY, GREG.
WE NEED TO GET OVER TO BELLEVUE.
THEY GOT THAT GUY, MENDONCA, THAT KID FERD TOLD YOU ABOUT.
TURNS OUT HE TOOK A BULLET IN THE ARM.
YEAH, GOOD.
ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE REALLY SHOVELING THAT PEANUT BUTTER DOWN.
I TELL YOU, JAMES, THAT FERD CHARACTER, HE'S GOT VERY DEEP UNDER MY SKIN.
THE MINUTE HE CRACKED WISE ABOUT ABBY, I KNEW HE WAS ON YOUR BAD SIDE.
YEAH.
PLUS THIS GENERAL ATTITUDE HE'S GOT.
ANYWAYS, WE OUGHT TO GET OVER TO BELLEVUE, GREG.
YEAH.
LET THAT ASSHOLE FERD SIT IN THE INTERVIEW AND STEW.
[ Sighs .]
I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS.
I'M FEELING KIND OF SCARED.
YEAH.
J-JUST LET US KNOW WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO HAVE THE BLINDS OPEN.
LET ME JUST GET MYSELF TOGETHER.
OKAY, I CAN DO IT.
IT'S HER.
THAT'S MY WIFE.
YOU WANT SOME WATER? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER? - SHE WAS STRANGLED.
- WHO DID IT? WE DON'T KNOW.
WELL, WHY WAS SHE STRANGLED? WHERE WAS SHE? WHERE-- WHERE DID YOU FIND HER? SHE WAS FOUND IN AN ALLEY.
WAS YOUR WIFE HAVING ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS WITH ANYBODY, MR.
DAWKINS? ANY ENEMIES THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW OF? NONE THAT I EVER HEARD OF.
SHE WASN'T RAPED, WAS SHE? WE DON'T KNOW YET.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME TESTS RUN.
I SHOULD'VE GONE TO THE MOVIES WITH HER.
IT'S MY FAULT.
OKAY.
TAKE IT EASY.
I FEEL DIZZY.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST SIT DOWN IN THE OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I NEED SOME AIR.
I WANT TO GO OUTSIDE.
THERE'S SOME SIGNING OF STUFF YOU NEED TO DO, BUT IT CAN WAIT.
I CAN'T COPE NOW.
I CAN'T COPE WITH IT.
I WANT TO GO HOME.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN TAKE YOU HOME AND COME BACK LATER.
THANKS.
IF DAWKINS WAS SO UPSET THAT HIS WIFE GOT MURDERED, WHY DOES HE PROCEED TO TELL US ABSOLUTELY NOTHING? ABOUT THE ONLY THING HE GAVE UP IS HER WORKING HERE.
[ Knocking .]
WHAT IS IT? POLICE.
WE NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
[ Clears Throat .]
MARINA DAWKINS, SHE WORK HERE? SHE WORKED LAST NIGHT.
SHE WORK TILL CLOSING? MAYBE 9:00.
ANYBODY WITH HER WHEN SHE LEFT? NOT LAST NIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER NIGHTS? SHE EVER LEAVE WITH SOMEBODY? - I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE DOES.
IT'S HER BUSINESS, HUH? - SHE WAS MURDERED LAST NIGHT.
- AND I WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE COOPERATION OUT OF YOU.
- MURDERED? - I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
- THEN DON'T.
[ Simone .]
WHEN MARINA WOULD LEAVE WORK, WHO WOULD IT BE SHE LEFT WITH? - HE WAITS FOR HER SOMETIMES ON THE CORNER.
- IS THAT HER HUSBAND? - MAYBE.
- WHY WOULD HER HUSBAND WAIT AT THE CORNER? NO, IT WASN'T HER HUSBAND.
I MET HER HUSBAND.
THIS WAS A YOUNG MAN, VITALI.
- IS VITALI HIS FIRST NAME OR HIS LAST NAME? - FIRST.
HE ONLY CAME IN TWO OR THREE TIMES.
THEN HE STOPPED COMING IN AND WOULD WAIT ON THE CORNER TILL SHE FINISHED HER WORK.
- SHE EVER TALK ABOUT HIM? - NO.
THEY WALKED THAT WAY, TOWARDS THE RUSSIAN BAR.
- WAS SHE SOME TYPE OF RUSSIAN HERSELF? - OH, YES, SHE'S RUSSIAN.
MARINA.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THAT RUSSIAN BROAD MARRIED OSWALD.
- WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT BAR? - DIMITRI'S.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT IS TOO MANY PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES SCREW IT UP.
DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ HERE IS ONE OF THE FEW NATIVE AMERICAN POLES.
[ Medavoy .]
HOW'S IT GOING, MENDONCA? HEY, YO, WHEN AM I GONNA GET RELEASED OUTTA HERE, MAN? DO WE LOOK LIKE DOCTORS? WE'RE THE POLICE, DANIEL.
I WANNA KNOW WHO SHOT YOU FROM THAT BUS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.
SURE, YOU DO.
NO, MAN, I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE LIGHT AND I CAUGHT A BULLET.
THEY WAS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
POW, POW, POW, POW, POW! PEOPLE GETTIN' HIT.
YOU SAW THE GUY SHOOTIN'? MM-MMM.
I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
YOU WERE LOOKING RIGHT AT THOSE GUYS, CALLING 'EMPUTAS.
- THEY WAS CALLING MEPUTA.
- LOOK, WE WANT TO ARREST THE GUY WHO TRIED TO KILL YOU.
OTHERWISE, HE'S GONNA GO AFTER YOU AGAIN.
I DON'T NEED NO COPS HELPING ME, MAN.
I CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS.
UH-UH.
WE GOT YOU ON A FELONY FOR THROWING THAT BOTTLE THROUGH A BUS WINDOW.
-YOU'RE GONNA DO TIME YOU DON'T GIVE US THIS GUY'S NAME.
- I'M GONNA DO TIME? WHY, I'M THE ONE WHO GOT SHOT! HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE ME DO THE TIME? WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE YOU CALLING THAT? THAT'S JUSTICE FOR AN ASSHOLE WHO'S TOO STUPID TO GIVE UP THE GUY WHO SHOT HIM.
- SHOOT.
MAN, I AIN'T NO RAT.
- HEY, HEY.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOU.
THAT PUNK SHOT A WOMAN AND A LITTLE BOY.
THEY'RE BOTH IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOUGH.
TOUGH? THAT'S TOUGH.
[ Mendonca Groaning .]
YOU WOULDN'T COOPERATE, MENDONCA? GET UP! NOW YOU'RE A COLLAR FOR THROWING THAT BOTTLE.
HE HIT ME IN THE HEAD WITH A PHONE BOOK, MAN.
FIRST I GET SHOT, THEN I GET HIT IN THE HEAD.
AND NOW YOU'RE ARRESTED.
JUST HIT THE TRIFECTA.
OH, SCREW THAT.
LUIS UGALDE DID THE SHOOTING.
OKAY, NOW LEAVE ME ALONE.
SIT DOWN.
SIT DOWN! WHERE WE GONNA FIND THIS UGALDE? PROBABLY OVER ON, LIKE, MOTT AND BAYNARD.
HE BE OVER THERE DEALING MOST OF THE TIME.
- WHAT'S HE LOOK LIKE? - I DON'T KNOW.
HE GOT A THING ON HIS NECK.
- WHAT? LIKE A GROWTH OR SOMETHING? - NO, IT'S LIKE A TATTOO, MAN.
HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF TEARS.
LOOK FOR THE THING ON HIS NECK.
-IT'S-IT'S LIKE A DAGGER.
-ALL RIGHT, JUST SIT STILL A MINUTE.
HEY, GREG.
I THINK WE GOTTA LET THIS GUY GO, GREG.
YEAH.
WE BRING HIM IN, THERE'S LIABLE TO BE A BEEF ABOUT THAT PHONE BOOK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS DOCTOR SAW.
I APOLOGIZE.
I LOST CONTROL.
HE'S A SCUMBAG GANGBANGER.
YOU GOT RESULTS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A BREAK 'CAUSE YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
CAN I GO? YEAH.
WHEN THEY'RE THROUGH WITH YOU, GET OUT OF HERE.
[ Martinez .]
GREG.
YOU THINK I KILLED MARINA? GO AHEAD, ARREST ME.
YOU WANT TO BE ARRESTED? I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU DO, VITALI, IS TAKE A SEAT.
AND MAYBE GET YOU SOMETHING TO WATER YOUR LOAD DOWN.
ACCUSING ME OF DRUNK? YEAH.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE IMAGINING YOU ON THE CITY STREETS IN YOUR HACK.
DRINK THIS.
NO.
YOU CAN'T MAKE ME.
THAT'S MISTAKEN THINKING.
DRINK THAT DAMN COFFEE, VITALI, AND LET'S GET THROUGH THIS WITH NOBODY LOSING THEIR TEMPERS, OKAY? STINKS.
HOW'D YOU KNOW MARINA DAWKINS WAS DEAD? WHOLE BAR KNOWS SHE'S DEAD, AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ME 'CAUSE I'M RUSSIAN? YOU'RE SURE I DID IT.
WHAT WE'RE SURE ON, VITALI, IS THIS WOMAN HAD A HUSBAND DIDN'T HAPPEN TO BE YOU.
AND WHAT THAT WHOLE BAR ALSO KNEW WAS YOU WERE BANGIN' HER.
SO WHY DON'T YOU CALM DOWN AND TELL US WHERE YOU WERE LAST NIGHT? OH, I WAS KILLING HER.
WHERE WERE YOU, VITALI? MOVIES.
- HAVE A COMPANION? - NO, 'CAUSE SHE WAS WORKING.
DID YOU KEEP THE TICKET STUB? NO STUB.
RUSSIAN, SO I'M CERTAINLY LYING.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, AMERICAN DETECTIVES.
AMERICA, SO YOU THINK YOU GOT A RIGHT TO EVERYTHING! AMERICA AGAIN.
OUR FAULT.
GET YOU A RUSSIAN WIFE OUT OF AN AD.
YOU EVER SEEN THAT, MAN? HUH? I SEE HIS PICTURE.
UGLY LIKE A PIG.
[ Snorting .]
MAYBE LAST NIGHT SHE TELLS YOU YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK.
SHE'S GOING BACK TO PIG MAN.
SHE'S LEAVING PIG MAN.
TOO MUCH PIG MAN.
SHE CAN'T LOOK AT NO MORE.
YEAH, WHEN DID SHE TELL YOU THAT, LAST NIGHT? [ Chuckling .]
OH.
BEFORE LAST NIGHT.
WHAT I CARE IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE? NO FEELING IN YOU FOR MARINA.
SHE WAS A PERSON, HAD A FAMILY, SEND MONEY TO HER FAMILY IN CHERNOBYL.
-THEIR LETTERS BACK HAVE KIND OF A GREEN GLOW TO 'EM? -SON OF A BITCH.
SON OF A BITCH.
CALL HER STUPID, TREAT LIKE SERVANT, COMPLAIN AND PUSH HER, THEN EXPECTS SEX TREATMENT.
THINKS TO BUY A RUSSIAN WOMAN FROM AN ADVERTISING PAPER.
ASK WHAT I THINK WHO KILLED MARINA, A DUMB RUSSIAN YOU DIDN'T CARE HIS OPINION.
- YOU THINK IT WAS HIM, HUH? - PIG MAN, FOR HER GETTING DIVORCE, WHO YOU THINK? WHO? - MIGHT BE YOU.
- GET THE HANDCUFFS! GET THE HANDCUFFS! DETECTIVES, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TOLD ME TO TELL YOU THAT MARINA DAWKINS DIED OF MANUAL STRANGULATION AND-- I-I WROTE IT DOWN.
TRAUMA EXTERNAL TO THE GENITAL AREA.
NO EVIDENCE OF PENETRATION.
IF IT'S THE HUSBAND, MAYBE HE'S IMPOTENT.
OR WANTING IT TO LOOK LIKE A RAPE.
IF THAT'S RIGHT ABOUT THE DIVORCE, HIM NOT SAYING ABOUT IT, YOU GOTTA LIKE HIM A LITTLE.
WE GOTTA BRING HIM BACK IN.
YEAH.
- HEY, ANDY.
- WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'RE GOING TO GRAB THIS GUY UGALDE UP, - SUPPOSEDLY SHOT THOSE PEOPLE FROM THE BUS.
- HOW'S THE PEOPLE GOT SHOT? KID'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
THEY DON'T THINK THE WOMAN WILL MAKE IT.
WANT ANY BACKUP? NO, WE GOT IT.
ALL SET? YEAH.
[ Martinez .]
YOU OKAY, GREG? I'M ALL RILED UP.
PROBABLY A SUGAR IMBALANCE, GORGING LIKE A STUPID JERK.
WHY DON'T YOU DRINK SOME WATER BEFORE WE LEAVE, MOVE IT THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW.
HEY, I'LL DEAL WITH IT MYSELF, ALL RIGHT, JAMES! ENOUGH WITH DEAR ABBY.
OW.
MAYBE THAT DR.
JEKYLL GOT IN THAT TROUBLE BANGING BACK CHUNKY PEANUT BUTTER.
HE'S WEARING A BLUE JACKET, BLACK AND WHITE RUNNING SHOES, STANDING NEAR THE CORNER.
-[ Man .]
ALL RIGHT.
WHOA-- - HEY! DON'T MOVE! - ALL RIGHT, BE COOL, MAN.
HEY-- -GET YOUR HANDS UP! -UP AGAINST THE WALL.
- HEY, IT'S COOL, MAN.
IT'S COOL, MAN.
YO! YO! OW, MAN! BE COOL! PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN.
YOU HEAR ME? GET YOUR HEAD DOWN! [ Martinez .]
GREG, SETTLE DOWN.
OW, MAN! WHAT'D I DO? YO, MAN, I WASN'T ON NO BUS THIS MORNING, MONEY.
- SO WHERE WERE YOU? - IN BED WITH A LADY.
UH-HUH.
LET'S HAVE HER NAME.
[ Chuckles .]
CAN'T DO THAT, G.
SHE'S MARRIED.
HMM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT, JAMES? THIS GUY'S GOING TO THE JOINT TO PROTECT THE HONOR OF A WOMAN.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, THAT'S ROMANTIC.
I THINK I SAW THAT MOVIE.
BUT THAT PUTS YOUR ASS IN THE FRYING PAN, LUIS.
LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CLEAR YOURSELF IS TO STAND IN A LINEUP.
NO, NO LINEUPS.
I AIN'T GOTTA DO THAT, MAN.
THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE, G.
DON'T BE FLIPPIN' THE BIRD ON THESE PREMISES.
YOU GOT IT, LUIS? WE GOT HIM IN THE FILES ANYWAY.
WE GOT AN ACCIDENT OUT FRONT.
UH, DRIVER SAID HE WAS ON HIS WAY HERE TO SEE YOU.
THAT'S GONNA BE DAWKINS.
ALL RIGHT, BE RIGHT THERE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
LOOK AT THIS.
HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE? DON'T YOU LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING? DO YOU KNOW THE PAPERWORK I GOTTA FILL OUT FOR THIS? - HE PULLED OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
- OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
HEY, MR.
DAWKINS.
YOU HURT? AH.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SEE? NOW, THESE ARE THE GUYS I CAME TO SEE.
THEY CALLED ME IN.
HE'S DRUNK.
RUNS RIGHT INTO ME.
[ Dawkins .]
MY WIFE DIED.
I JUST COME FROM THE MORGUE.
TELL 'EM.
WE'RE WORKIN' A HOMICIDE.
HE WAS COMING TO TALK TO US.
WE NEED TO TAKE HIM UPSTAIRS.
LOOK, THE RADIO CAR'S DAMAGED.
I WANT HIM TESTED, DOCUMENT HE WAS LOADED.
THE HELL I'M LOADED.
I'M GRIEVING FOR A LOVED ONE.
IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK TO HIM NOW.
[ Man .]
WELL, UH, WHO'S GONNA HANDLE THE PAPERWORK? -WE'LL GET SOMEBODY.
COME ON.
- YOU HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING TOO FAST.
YOU WASN'T LOOKING WHERE YOU WERE GOING.
JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH, PAL.
THERE'S A LIQUOR BOTTLE ON THE FLOORBOARD.
ALSO MAKE A MEMO-BOOK ENTRY IMPACT KNOCKED THIS OUT FROM UNDER THE FRONT SEAT.
HEY.
HEY, WHAT YOU GOT THERE? YOUR WIFE'S PURSE, DAWKINS.
HER I.
D.
FELL OUT.
I WONDER WHY THAT'S THERE.
SHE MUST HAVE FORGOT IT A FEW DAYS AGO.
YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
COME ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT UPSTAIRS, HUH? THAT'S WHAT I COME IN HERE FOR.
- HE BACKED RIGHT INTO ME.
-[ Sipowicz .]
COME ON.
[ Man .]
I BACKED INTO DICK.
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD QUITE A SNOOTFUL, DAWKINS.
I HAD TO HAVE A DRINK.
I'M IN MOURNING FOR MY WIFE.
THAT COP WASN'T LOOKING WHERE HE WAS GOING.
WELL, WE CAN PROBABLY GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.
- SIT DOWN.
- LOOK AT HIM DOWN THERE.
HE'S TAKING CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE.
- YEAH.
IT'S MARINA'S.
- WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SEEN THAT PURSE? YESTERDAY, I GUESS.
SHE MUST HAVE LEFT IT.
LEFT IT? [ Simone .]
DAWKINS, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THAT YOUR WIFE WAS A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE? SHE DISAPPEARED.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
HOW ABOUT HER DIVORCING YOU? HOW COME YOU DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I-I CAN'T EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS PURSE.
SHE MUST HAVE JUST FORGOT IT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT HER DIVORCING YOU? NO, EARL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE PURSE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PURSE, EARL.
WELL, I-I TOOK HER TO WORK YESTERDAY.
SHE MUST HAVE LEFT IT IN THERE THEN.
EARL, A WOMAN GOING OFF AND FORGETTING HER PURSE, THAT'S LIKE YOU OR ME GOING OFF AND FORGETTING OUR RIGHT ARM.
I'VE BEEN WITH WOMEN, FALLING-DOWN DRUNKS THAT'D FORGET TO EAT, BUT NOT ONCE FORGET THEIR PURSE.
YOU KNOW WHEN A WOMAN FORGETS HER PURSE, HUH? A WOMAN FORGETS HER PURSE WHEN SHE'S DEAD, EARL.
YOUR WIFE DIED IN YOUR CAR.
SHE NEVER GOT TO WORK, LEAVE NO PURSE BEHIND.
I DIDN'T KILL HER.
BUT I HAD A GOOD EXCUSE.
ALL I WANTED WAS A WIFE AND I END UP WITH HER.
JUST IN IT FOR WHAT SHE COULD GET.
I THINK SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE IN RUSSIA.
WHO KNOWS WHAT WENT ON OVER THERE.
BUT SHE HAD THEM BIG BLUE EYES AND I TRUSTED HER.
BUT SHE-- SHE JUST USED ME TO GET INTO THIS COUNTRY.
SHE PLAYED ME FOR A SUCKER.
ALL THE MONEY I SPENT GETTING HER OVER HERE.
THEN SHE TRIES TO SOAK ME IN A DIVORCE.
TWENTY YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
I WAS A MASTER SERGEANT.
I-I GOT A NICE PENSION.
AND THEN, IN SIX YEARS, I HAVE MY OWN CARPET CLEANING BUSINESS.
I MADE SOMETHING OUT OF MYSELF.
THAT APARTMENT I LIVE IN, I OWN THAT THING.
BUT THAT BITCH, SHE WANTED IT ALL.
AND SHE'D HAVE GOT IT TOO.
ANYTHING FOR THE WIFE, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF LYING CHEAT SHE IS.
THAT'S THE WAY THE DIVORCE LAWS ARE IN THIS STATE.
SHE CHEATIN' ON YOU WITH ANOTHER MAN? IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE NOW TO FIND OUT HIS EXACT IDENTITY, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU FELLAS.
BUT MAYBE SHE WAS CHEATING ON HIM.
MAYBE SHE ROBBED HIM SOMEHOW AND HE WAS JUST PAYING HER BACK.
- THAT'S NOT YOU YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE, EARL? - UH-UH.
I-I SEEN HIM.
LAST NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SHE CALLED AFTER WORK - AND SAID SHE WAS GOING TO THE MOVIES BY HERSELF.
- YOU GO LOOKING FOR HER? WELL, I ASKED HER WHAT MOVIE SHE WAS GOING TO AND I WAS WAITING WHEN THAT MOVIE LEFT OUT TO CATCH HER LYING ON, YOU KNOW, BEING ALONE.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, HE'S, UH-- HE'S A BIG YOUNG GUY ABOUT 6'2", BROWN HAIR.
I GUESS SHE THOUGHT HE WAS NICE AND HANDSOME.
BUT I SEEN 'EM WALKING AWAY TOGETHER.
DID YOU FOLLOW 'EM? YEAH, THAT'S WHO YOU WANT TO GET.
YOU'RE FULL OF CRAP, DAWKINS! YOU'RE THE GUY HAD THE PURSE.
YOU'RE WHO KILLED HER.
EARL, DID MAYBE YOU FOLLOW 'EM? MAYBE AFTER THE BOYFRIEND DROPPED HER OFF NEAR WHERE YOU AND MARINA LIVE, YOU PULL OVER AND LET HER KNOW THAT YOU CAUGHT HER.
MAYBE YOU PULL MARINA INTO THE CAR, LET HER KNOW HOW UPSET SHE MADE YOU.
MAYBE SHE STARTED BEATIN' ON YOU.
COURSE OF FENDING HER OFF, THINGS, UH, JUST GOT OUT OF CONTROL THERE.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS, I GOT HER IN THE CAR AND I STARTED TALKING TO HER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HER SEEING THAT GUY, AND, YOU KNOW, WE START FIGHTING ABOUT THE DIVORCE.
AND THEN BACK HE COMES, THAT GUY THAT SHE WAS SEEING, AND HE-HE JERKED THE DOOR OPEN AND-- [ Simone .]
EARL.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
[ Sobbing .]
SOMETHING TOOK HOLD OF ME.
I KNEW I WAS CHOKING HER, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO STOP.
AND THEN WHEN I SEE WHAT I HAD DONE, I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND.
I HAD TO GET OUT OF IT.
SO I PUT HER IN THE ALLEY.
I REMEMBERED ON THE NEWS ABOUT THOSE GIRLS WHO WERE MURDERED AND RAPED, AND I TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THAT.
BEATING HER UP AT THE PRIVATES, TEARING HER HAIR OUT DOWN THERE.
BUT I COULDN'T RAPE HER, EVEN TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD.
I HAD TOO MUCH FEELING FOR HER.
YOU'LL BE OKAY IN THERE, GREG, MOVING THIS UGALDE? WE GO RIGHT AT HIM.
BUS DRIVER PICKED HIM OUT, TWO OTHER WITNESSES.
JUST HE'S A HALF A HARD CASE.
IF WE WANT A STATEMENT, I DON'T FIGURE HIM TO INTIMIDATE.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PROPOSAL, JAMES? BRING HIM SOME ROSES? I'M SAYING YOU'RE A LITTLE AMPED UP.
I THINK WE SHOULD PLAY HIM SWEET.
WE'LL PLAY HIM SWEET, THEN.
WONDERFUL.
- COME ON, GREG.
- START WITH HIS DIFFICULT YOUTH.
COME ON OUT, UGALDE.
[ Ugalde .]
WHAT'S GOING ON, G? [ Martinez .]
WE WANT TO APPRISE YOU THE INVESTIGATION'S STATUS.
MAYBE YOU START LOOKING TO HELP YOURSELF.
YOU'RE I.
D.
'd FOR SHOOTING THOSE PEOPLE.
THE BUS DRIVER PICKED YOU OUT OF A PHOTO ARRAY, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO SEND YOU UP RIGHT THERE.
PLUS THREE OTHER WITNESSES PICKED YOU OUT ALSO.
YEAH, FORGET ABOUT YOUR WEEPY TATTOO, UGALDE.
YOU'LL BE CRYING REAL TEARS IN THE JOINT.
YO, MONEY, WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO, MAN? I COULD DO THAT TIME STANDING ON MY HEAD, G.
TIME DON'T BOTHER ME.
HEY, I DONE WHAT I HAD TO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? DON'T NOBODY CALL MEPUTA.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RIDE ON A BUS AND BE A MAN SOMEBODY CALL MEPUTA? OH, THAT MAKE YOU A MAN, UGALDE? SHOOTIN' A WOMAN AND CHILD OUT A BUS WINDOW? GREG, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING ME AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YO, I DIDN'T SHOOT AT NO WOMAN AND CHILD, G.
- THAT'S WHO YOU HIT, ASSHOLE.
- LET HIM GET IT OUT, WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY, GREG.
HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WALK THE STREET, YOU GOTTA BE A MAN.
WELL, YOU'RE A DICKHEAD, UGALDE.
ALL THIS MAN STUFF, WHO'S GETTIN' HURT? - HE TOLD US THAT WASN'T HIS INTENTION.
- YOU'RE A STUPIDPUTA.
HEAR ME, UGALDE? HUH? WANT ME TO SAY IT AGAIN? NO.
- SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US NO STATEMENT? - NO STATEMENT.
- UH, HE'S TOO MUCH OF APUTA.
- UP ON YOUR FEET.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
SCREW HIM.
WE GOT TWO EYEWITNESSES AND THAT MENDONCA TOLD US MOTIVE.
YEAH, AND IT'S LUCKY FOR US, GREG, 'CAUSE YOU BLEW THAT INTERVIEW GOOD.
AH, GUY GOT MY GOAT.
EVERYBODY GOT YOUR GOAT TODAY.
I ASKED YOU GOING INTO THAT INTERVIEW TRY TO CONTROL YOUR TEMPER.
YOU WEREN'T SO UPSET, UH, MY GOAT'S BEING GOTTEN WHEN I SMACKED THAT MENDONCA WITH THE YELLOW PAGES.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT PRODUCED, UH, THIS PERP'S NAME.
GREG, I'M SAYING JUST NOW IN THAT ROOM YOU LET YOUR EMOTIONS RUN AWAY WITH YOU.
WELL, NOBODY SEEMS TO GET TOO BOTHERED WHEN ANDY BREAKS BAD.
ANDY DON'T PISS OFF A PERP AND WALK OUT WITH HIS HAND ON HIS JOHNSON.
ANDY BREAKS BAD WITH A GUY, HE COMES OUT WITH A STATEMENT.
WELL, EXCUSE THE HELL OUT OF ME FOR NOT BEING ANDY.
LIKE YOU SAID, UH, WE DID GET THE COLLAR.
WHY DON'T WE JUST CALL IT A DAY, OKAY? AS-AS-AS FAR AS, UH, LETTING MY EMOTIONS RUN RIOT, I'M NOT ARGUING I-I MADE A MISTAKE IN THAT ROOM, BUT YOU DON'T UNMAKE SPAGHETTI, JAMES.
YOU VENT YOUR EMOTIONS IN ONE CONTEXT, WHACK A GUY WITH A PHONE BOOK, THEN THE GENIE'S OUT OF THE BOTTLE.
AND ONCE HE'S OUT, HE'S OUT.
WHAT'D YOU ASK THE GENIE FOR, MEDAVOY? NOTHING, ANDY.
THOUGHT IF YOU HAD A WISH LEFT YOU COULD GET ME OUT OF DUMP DUTY AT THE AIRPORT.
NOW HERE I AM HITTING THIS SKELL WITH THE YELLOW PAGES MIDDLE OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL-- SHH! GOING ROUND AND ROUND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO SHOT HIM.
ONE SMACK OF THE PHONE BOOK, HE GIVES UP THE GUY'S NAME.
YOU HAD A SENSE OF WHAT IT TOOK.
COLLARING UP ON THE SHOOTER, I WAS-- I WAS ROUGH ON THAT GUY ALSO.
PHYSICALLY IN THE STREET AND THEN VERBALLY.
IT'S GOT ME WORRIED.
I REALLY DON'T SEE YOU BEING A VIOLENT TYPE, GREG.
I GOT WOUND UP TOO TIGHT TODAY.
HAD ENOUGH OF GANGBANGERS.
I THINK ALSO THAT GUY'S SLUR TOWARDS YOU AT THE CRIME SCENE, THAT GOT ME STARTED ON A BAD FOOTING.
WHEN HE CALLED ME A DYKE? THAT TYPE STUFF'S UNCALLED FOR.
WELL, IT'S NOT AS THOUGH HE WAS REVEALING A GUILTY SECRET, GREG.
THAT JERK DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GAY, ABBY.
HE-HE WAS USING LIKE A BLANKET EPITHET.
WELL, I AGREE.
I MEAN, WHAT HE SAID AND WHAT I AM HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETS SAID, BEING MY FRIEND DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY PROTECTIVE.
- UNDERSTOOD.
POINT TAKEN.
- NOT THAT I'M NOT APPRECIATIVE.
WELL, UH, HERE WE ARE APPROACHING DESSERT AND THE OCCASION'S, UH, SPECIAL NATURE HAS YET TO BE REVEALED.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN PUT IT THAT WAY THE OTHER DAY.
UH, NOT THAT A PLEASANT MEAL WITH GOOD COMPANY ISN'T SPECIAL OCCASION ENOUGH.
I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW IF YOU MIGHT LIKE TO MEET KATHY.
I ASSUME KATHY'S YOUR, UH, SI-SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
MY LOVER, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED.
UH, UH, WELL, I-I'D CERTAINLY, UH, HAVE NO REASON NOT TO MEET HER, IF THE CIRCUMSTANCE, UH, AROSE.
I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE YOU FOR DINNER SOME NIGHT AT OUR APARTMENT.
REALLY? WHAT COURSE WOULD I BE? WELL, NO, I-I-I'D CERTAINLY HAVE NO REASON NOT TO.
I GUESS I'VE MADE YOU PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE.
NO.
NOT AT ALL.
GREG, IF-IF YOU'D JUST AS SOON NOT MEET KATHY, I'D UNDERSTAND.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE OFFENSE.
YOU-YOU JUST TOOK ME UNAWARES.
WELL, THIS IS ALL PRETTY MUCH NEW TERRITORY FOR YOU.
PAST WORKPLACE CONTACTS, Y-YOU'RE THE FIRST DECISIVELY GAY WOMAN I'VE HAD MUCH TO DO WITH.
AND THE TRUTH IS, EACH HURDLE WE CLEAR IN OUR FRIENDSHIP, I FIND I'M DELIGHTED I LEAPED.
WELL, SOMETHING UNFAMILIAR DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BAD.
YOU RAISE AN INTERESTING POINT.
WELL, I-I WAS JUST REMEMBERING THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU.
YOU WERE LOOKING AT THAT STAIRMASTER LIKE IT WAS A T.
REX.
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
AND LOOK HOW WONDERFULLY THAT TURNED OUT.
MM-HMM.
THE LESSON I'M SENSING, ABBY, IS I CAN'T RUN FROM NEW EXPERIENCES.
SUDDENLY BEING WILLING TO USE FORCE ON THE JOB, FOR EXAMPLE.
THAT CAN BE GOOD OR WRONG DEPENDING ON CONTEXT.
I CAN'T REJECT THE THING OUT OF HAND.
I'D BE DELIGHTED TO MEET KATHY, HAVE A THREE-WAY DINNER.
THAT'S GREAT.
WHY NOT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN TO ME? I'M REALLY GLAD, GREG.
AND THEN, UM, GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FRIEND, KATHY, THAT IN ITSELF WOULD BE THE SPECIAL OCCASION YOU SPOKE OF.
WELL, LET'S JUST TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.
SO, WHO'S FOR DESSERT? HMM? [ Sighs .]
ANY PROGRESS? FEEL YOU'RE ABOUT TO DUMP OUT? YOU IN THE BED, YES.
DUMPED SIX SMACK CONDOMS FOR THAT LAST COP, HUH? NICE JOB.
THOSE WERE THE LAST SIX I HAD IN ME.
COURSE, NATURALLY, THEY WANT ME TO VERIFY THAT, EXAMINE YOUR SUBSEQUENT STOOL.
I UNDERSTAND.
[ Mumbling In Foreign Language .]
HOW ABOUT YOU TELL YOUR PARTNER HERE, NO PROGRESS THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, I'LL DIAL UP HIS I.
V.
HE'LL HAVE ENOUGH LAXATIVE DRIPPING INTO HIM, HE'LL WIND UP IMPERSONATING ONE OF YOUR GREAT NATION'S OIL DERRICKS.
HE'S HAUSA.
I DON'T SPEAK ENOUGH HAUSA TO SAY THAT.
SAYS HERE YOU'RE BOTH NIGERIANS.
HE'S HAUSA.
- I'M A YORUBA MAN.
- OH, YOU'RE "YORBA.
" [ Mumbling .]
HUH? OH, WHAT, YOU AND ME, WE'RE GONNA TALK GIBBERISH NOW? HUH? - YEAH, WANGO-BANGO, HOT TAMALE.
- [ Speaking Foreign Language .]
HE'S TRYING TO SPEAK YORUBA, MY LANGUAGE.
YEAH, WELL, THE TWO OF YOU, YOU HAVE A NICE CHAT.
[ Speaking Yoruba .]
SAYS HE'S POLITICAL.
YEAH? NATIONAL HEROIN PARTY.
[ Speaking Yoruba .]
SAYS HE'S POLITICAL.
THIS WAS HIS CHANCE TO COME TO AMERICA.
SAME STORY FOR YOU TOO? I'M AFRAID I CAME FOR LOVE.
MY GIRLFRIEND WAS A STUDENT.
I HAD NO MONEY TO FOLLOW.
-SO YOU SWALLOWED SOME BALLOONS.
-THEY ARE ALL IN THE STREETS OF LAGOS.
THEY OFFER YOU A TICKET IF YOU BRING SOME CONDOMS-- HEROIN, COCAINE.
THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD BEING HERE, WORKED HARD, MADE NO TROUBLE.
[ Gasping .]
[ Speaking Foreign Language .]
- WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM? - HE'S BACK IN HAUSA.
[ Panting .]
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? OH, I THINK HIS DRUGS HAVE BROKEN INSIDE HIM.
- OH, BROTHER.
-I HOPE HE HAS NO COCAINE, - 'CAUSE IF IT'S COCAINE, HE'S GOING TO DIE.
- SHUT UP.
I-I BEEPED THE DOCTOR.
HE'S GONNA BE HERE IN 90 SECONDS.
COCAINE IN SOME OF HIS CONDOMS.
HE'S GOING TO DIE.
ALL RIGHT, YOU JUST TAKE IT EASY.
TELL HIM WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE DOCTOR.
- HE'S DYING! - I WATCHED PLENTY OF PEOPLE DIE, PAL, ALL RIGHT? I DON'T NEED YOU TELLING ME HE'S DYING! WELCOME TO AMERICA.

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