'cause he's right. you're ronnie siebok, huh? why? who do you think you are? my name is tommy chapman.. ( bell rings ) look, the beemer's a better car. you spend that kind of cash it would be a pity

( knocking ) darlene, it's judy hoffs.

really. sorry, it's been kind of strange recently. come in. claiming to be some old friend of ozzie's. especially old friends who say he owed them money. who's that lady, mama? she's another police officer. why? go wait in your room, okay? okay. she wasn't ozzie's. kaileeee, like, from a whole 'nother life. but i love her. she's my baby.

o-z! it was kind of short for his initiaia. osborn ezekiel. o.z. for when he became a man. i wanted to ask a few questions not really. and i don't know who it was.s. people die all the time. do you think any of these friends..? no, they're just fishing for change. and there isn't any. pretty much what you see is what there is. i got a great black dress, though.

what do you think? do you think maybe you want to come? it's not like i i ve anybody to go with me. sure. those aren't allowed in school. ( beeping continues ) what are you going to do, take it away from me? try. expel me? you had a hard enough time getting me here. hey, hot shot. you tatang the bus or calling a taxi?

hey, hot shot! what? i want to talk to you. yeah? well, then, i want to talk to you. this is whatati. don't kill me. i just want to... i want to work for you. them ain't the right words. the guy that got it in the parking lot... i hear you're next in line. so? those guys in there will drag you down.

what product? come on, i ain't stutud. no. i'm a businessman. then be a smart one. you could end up dead. yeah. after school go to crenshaw's funeral parlor. hey! the safety's on the left.

never has. addabbo: about halfway down the block on the right. in the doorway. see him? now i do. that's eddie. thinks he's got a franchise here. sells crack when he's got it, bunk when he don't. bunk? granite chips wax, soap, macadamia nuts-- anything that will pass as rock. macadamia nuts? really? yeah. you get drug dealers then crackheads then street crime for cash.

but eddie is the type of eyesore we can do something about. get in tight to the building. inclothes cops to make the buy. if he's selling rock, they'll bust him right there. if he's selling bunk, he'll take their money say he'll get his stash, then blow out the back. what, some kid? yeah.

do i look okay? you look great. really?

i sent it over. looks good, you think? he would have liked that.. darlene. oh, half. everything looks real nice. you let crenshaw know always. don't t know it. hey. ozzie had taste. you'll call me sometime. yeah? will. who's he? he and ozzie--

i don't know. someone did. ozzie took care of these sometimes. could he have..? yo, judy i've been meaning to ask you about something. i'm only hear to help. well, it's like ozzie's car. do you think that like maybe i can get it? i mean we were almost common l l and all. i don't think so, darlene. the i.i.s. seized it the moment it got filed. i wouldn't go near it. yeah, i figured something like that might be up. don't you guys have a program for paying for information? i mean, some kind of payment? you mean like for informants? yeah.

hey, randall. man, that girl is totally fresh. i'm going to get a slice of that. dream on. hiya, boss. hey, what's this? boss? maybe. didn't think you'd show. that silk? tommy, come here. i've got to talk to you for a second.

voltron, don't you want to come inside? please? come inside. good boy. no cop's going to stop you for walking a dog... especially a dog like this. do you always do it this way? every time is different. i bought these for two grand. i'll break them up, sell t tm as $20 rocks. i'm moving up. should see about four grand. that's good business. that's right. double my money.

you know, that lady-- that old one. looks like a mummy. hangs out with the president on tv. nancy? "just say no." just say no. that lady should come down to the piedmont. see anything down here to just say yes to? man, there's old folks down here looking to get out. can't. losers looking to get out. you know what i could just say yes to? maybe some new clothes. maybe a new car. maybe a fine-looking woman on my arm. maybe getting out of here. i dodot know.

maybe someone we know whacked ozzie for a chance at all that. then again, maybe it's none of my business. you'u' smart. there's enough to go around. you try to sell where i sell... and i'm a businessman. keep it real clean. yeah, well, don't fire it much. don't have to. long as people know you're a businessman that's enough. but if i have to i will fire this gun.

yeah, i do. yes, he's a crack dealer and, yes, i think he'd kill me if he had to. but he didn't kill ozzie. he's carrying a gun fresh out of the box. it's'sust for show. okay, stay with him for now. i will. but he could get out of that life.

streets. we busted a dealer today selling bunk. know what bunk is? yeah. there are a lot of sides to this, penhall. it takes more than one side to make a dent. i didn't put you back in uniform to see if yoyove gained weight. hahaon? those are my clothes. from my locker. who had a shirt like that. then one day, he just disappeared. i found it in a locker. guess i could dry clean it if he came back. okay. fine. they say late at night you can still hear his ghostly voice. you think that's very funny, don't you? ( howling wind sounds ) hoffs how you doing with ozzie's girlfriend?

( knocking ) who's there? darlene, it's judy hoffs. hi, how you doing?

why don'n' you sit down? where's kailee? she's with her grandmama for a few days. we talked before about you being able to tell me certain things about ozzie. in return for a fee. you were talking about getting me some money. yeah. darlene, what happened to the stereo and all? where's your daughter?

she took my baby. she took my baby. how long? how long? i'm not a junkie. junkies are people who can't control themselves. i always did what i wanted and stopped when i w wted. yeah. no, you can't. then i'll get you money. who killed ozzie? i don't know. i really don't. can't you u st tell them i told you something? where did you buy the rock? darlene, i can give you the money but i need something to show. i bought it on the cornene what corner? i don't know. give me the money.

you don't hehe me, i can't help you. why don't you just give me the money? no, i don't think so. you decide you want to help me or get some help, you give me a call.. until then, i'm not going to waste my time with some junkie whore. go left! give. what? you two start chasing me out of nowhere. i'm just walking down the street. give.

yeah, sure. what's up? this bust. it won't stick. it was a roust. you figured he had something, we chased him. they'll l ss this 20 minutes after it comes in. yeah. it's not a good bust. there's got totoe 60 rocks here. 60 people won't get high today. 60 crimes won't be committed. does that sound like a wash to you, douglas? that's not whahai meant. you understand what i'm saying to you? yeah.

do things the correct way. what we did today... that's not the way they teach it. yeah. and it worked better. you were right. i think we made a difference today.

yeah. come look at this place. isn't this great? yeah. it's real nice. do you want to talk? do you have something to tell me that can help with ozzie? it's got a sauna and a whirlpool. yeah, that's nice. why did you caca me? i thought you'd like this place. i do. i really do. randy's in t t business, too? yeah. did you hear anything? do you know more about ozzie? ozzie's gone. people die. why do you care so much? he's dead. it doesn't matter anymore. because it's my job. maybe you should geteta.

no, my mother's still got her. i don't know why she won't let me have her back. do you think you can do something about that? you have nice clothes again, darlene. this is a beautiful place. but you'u' still a junkie. you don't even care who killed your boyfriend. hanson: it doesn't matter where i got it. it's like venture capital.l. i took this guy i knew down. i told him i could get him an ounce, and i split. it's not smart to rip people off. it's bad business. look, i got two grand, you got rock. my deal's crosstown. come on. i still work for you.

otherwise, there's no point in it for me. i figured as much. there's something i want to ask you. what? who did ozzie? why? maybe i'll offend the wrong person. what doessi? just tell me. even if i did know why would i tell you? you work for m m end of discussion. you still got that gun? right here. i want to show you something. what's that, a .38? that thing's a piece of trash. it comes with one of these.

tell me who did ozzie, and you'll walk. otherwise, i've got the rock. you've got the marked money. think about it. maybe i know who did ozzie. maybe i don't. what would i tell you for? it's my first bust, man. i'm going totokate anyhow. this don't mean nothing. next time will be a montnt then a year. doing time is part of doing business. ing to jail. you can get out another way. you can get a job, learn something. there's training programs. you know who the biggest employer is in the ghetto? rock, man. get a job! we don't have career day in the piedmont.

400 bucks! not apiece-- for the whole buy-and-bust program. we don't get some abandoned church like the mayor's pet project, huh? how close are you? close? we need $500 to get in the door! it's a cookhouse. i know it. i can feel it. they're making rock? think it comes shrink-wrapped? i'm just asking g question. yeah? yeah! addabbo: get in the car, douglas. we're e ing for a ride. try to overcome your lowlife roots. you two can have it outtwith kn. 20 minutes. around the corner from the place. make it 8th and avenue q. penhall: that's the guy i chased over the fence. looks like he's got real merchandise. no tearing through h e building today. guess he's moving up. i don't get it. that was a clean bust.

business? he's probably got a trial date pending-- three months. you know the courts are backed up. justice is a little constipated. he's right back where he was. he set up shop in the same place. yeah. and jose and tony get $400 a month to make buys. nice system, huh? ( siren wawaing ) why you always dogging me, man? i'm just standing here. you can't bust me. i want you to loan me 500 bucks. eddie: you're kidding. nope. give me the money. or what? nothing. you don't want to, i'll go away.

you'll get it back in an hour. you shook him down. when i give the money back will that be shaking him down? i'm not keeping the money. i'm getting somebody a lot bigger than eddie. we'll take four, maybe five ounces off the street-- take a cookhouse down in a good, clean bust. then i'll give this baba to eddie. you find a rule against that. before you're done looking... i don't like it. you understand what we're doing? and why? yeah. i understand why. i just don't like it. hey, it's up to you.

you in? yeah, i'm in. dealer: five bills? yeah man, you got it. five bills. addabbo: freeze, police! there's three of them! hold it right there!

right there! addabbo: freeze, police! ( gunshots ) they'll hang us. the slightest thing wrong and they hang yoyo what's wrong? he slipped. they won't hang you for that. it's the money. they'll want to know where it came from. where is it now? mr. pancake had it.

it was my money. came out of my pocket. i loaned it to you. okay. you want me to lie in a departmental investigation? yeah.

sergeant addabbo felt the bust was important enough that he used his own money. even though the collar would probably go to the plainclothes officers? yeah. he's a dedicated cop. well, he is. not arguing with you, penhall. just make sure all this just to prove you exist! i could have told them. i wish. jude, you had a flag on a file? there's a crack dealer, randy wallace. darlene lives with him now. not anymore.

darlene. hey. i just got tired. i had to rest here. got a place to stay? i'm just resting. that's all. let's see if we can get you into the montgomery shelter. no. let's just say it's good for you i got bailed out. you're getting prints on the finish! yeah. sorry. this is good stuff. look, i'm going to have to owe you. hey, man, don't dis me.

give it back! no. everything go okay with your captain? yeah. and i slept okay, too. good. now all we've got to do

fund would you, douglas? doug. doug, doug, right. i don't know how he slipped wearing those $100 running shoes. hmm? i said, i don't know how he slipped wearing those $100 running shoes. what are you trying to say? yeah, well, me neither. i guess those things just happen. i got to talk to you. i lied.

that's a pretty serious accusation, penhall. and i'm not thrilled that you'd lie to me, either. that's not all. look, i did this, okay? i let myself get sucked in here. i think he threw the kid off the roof. shut the door. [captioning sponsored by fx networks