take a look at this, hanson. it's a forgery. vice has turned up 300 of these in the last 18 months all from the same shop. i'm putting you, ioki and hoffs on this with penhall. four cops on a fake i.d. case? isn't that a little top-heavy? sir. teenage drunk driving accidents have tripled in the past 12 months. i thought there might be a connection. ( phone rings ) yeah. yeah, i'll talk to him. ( phone rings ) penhall. adam? oh, fuller. no, he's on another call. rhonda? rhonda who? ballet, yeah. look, it will be there by the end of the week. i'll ship the paperwork when it gets here. he's kind of cute...

that's all i can do. yeah. adam's a nice guy once you get past all that surface stuff. no, he's my captain. i said put her on hold. yeah. rhonda? yeah, okay. how are you doing? yeah, that's fine by me. okay, i'll see you then. what did you think you were doing? i was just laying a little groundwork for you. i want to know where these kids are drinking-- which bars look the other way. i also want... you got a problem with that, hanson? i don't know. something about coming down on these kids.

heir parents' cars. i've made the calls where you knock on the door at 4:00 a.m. they say what's wrong? and you tell them your kid is dead. he was only 16. i had these made up. no offense, captain. these will be spotted as fakes in a second and a half. you think so? ( phone rings ) somebody want to get that? ( phone rings ) kirby. listen, did you mean what you said before? hey, how are you doing? i don't know. i... look, remember you said that if something bad happened to someone

i think so. well, what happened? just say it. you'll end up feeling a lot better.

any crushes, i hope. not at all. they were a very congenial bunch. for felons. were your parents so congenial picking you up? they were fine once i pulled out the ace in the hole. at least, i wasn't doing drugs. i could be a soviet spy but as long as i wasn't doing drugs my parents would let it slide. let's grab a seat over here. tommy! chug-a-doug!

ou transfer in? hanson: it's my first day. this is tommy farber. i spent six summers at camp with him. this is brian krompasick. krompasick-- hi. this is traci maldanado-- she's italian-- and kenny ryan. chug-a-doug, huh? it's a long story. yeah, at my brother's graduation party this guy chugged so many beers even the bartender applauded. i gave up the sport dropped dead. you guys want to ditch? come on, it's a great day. we're young, restless without a future. and we're thirsty. yeah. let's go. could i see some i.d., fellows? come on, angelo. you embarrass me. these are my friends.

with a picture on it. come on, we're legal. get these guys up to speed. let me see this. this wouldn't fool stevie wonder. he doesn't tend bar. let's find a place with no hassles. yeah. maldanado: good idea. penhall: i may be sensitive but i really don't dig the ambience here. you got something against dead people? of course not. my grandparents are dead. no, i'm serious. i mean... after all he went through he dies without knowing that we won. kenny: have another beer, man. penhall: personally, i hope there's a heaven where i can still catch monday night football.

yo, kenny. what? take a look, man. hey, yo, t.j. who's t.j.? he's a guy we know from the letterbox. his best friend just... was buried bummer. yeah, jonathan. he's the only guy i know who's dead. what are you bodines doing here? we got tossed out of the letterbox. these guys tried getting served with library cards. somebody ought to burn that place down. are you kidding? at least they serve us.

people are buried here, you know? ah, geez. brian: come on. i'm sorry, man. get your hands off me. just beat it. you know... it usually takes me a lot longer to become this comfortable with someone. how comfortable is that?

what? i'm not? i'll let you know. relax, fuller. do help yourself, captain briody. i'm on the wine-tasting committee. i got to find out if this is as bad as the stuff at our table. i don't know how i got roped into making a retirement speech but a few more of these it's got to be a lot better than that music we've been listening to. hello. it's all in the psychology, palones. i once stopped a guy who blew a .24... that's over twice the legal limit. the guy still beat me out of $40 playing darts

i remembered henderson pulled rookie rotation. he's out training these guys tonight. he's not an alleged driver. he's an alleged drunk. sometimes, they'll kibitz you about the baseball scores. maybe they'll worry if you're warm enough out here. these are all key signs. palones, am i getting through? yes, sir. okay, that was eleven. so, stop the t-bird. how are you feeling tonight, officer? just fine, sir. it's chilly tonight. where's your jacket? have you had anything to drink tonight, sir? no.

from dinner. you had nothing to drink with dinner? just a couple of glasses of wine. step out of the car, please. whoa, it was white wine. i asked you to step out, please. see what i get for being nice. step out of the car, please. look, officer palones... step to the front of the car. i appreciate the job you're trying to do. i'm a police officer myself-- then you're familiar with the field sobriety test. i only had one drink. you just said two drinks. of dinner wine. i'll have to ask you to take the breathalyzer. if you refuse this test your license will be revoked for a minimum of one year. this is ridiculous.

captain fuller. how are you? who is this guy-- the sorcerer's apprentice? say good night to captain fuller. thank you. i can't do that.

adam fuller. ( typing ) rank? come on, baker. you know my name, my rank.

because you ran down everything i hit! i only had a couple glasses of wine. grab a cup of coffee. we can skip the holding cell. thanks. i'll bring you an s-2 to acknowledge receipt of your hearing date with internal affairs. captain briody... you didn't need to be called. if you wanted to go home tonight, i did. in officer-related cases a supervisor must sign you out. need a lift? i hope your wife is driving.

everybody in that room had a drink or two-- even more. they must have remembered the roadblock. so it's okay to drive when you're drunk as long as you don't get caught? don't take it out on me. i didn't bring you in. i've been a cop for nearly 15 years. i checked on t.j.'s friend, jonathan kelley. about two months ago he and t.j. were in a car wreck. they were wasted on alcohol. johnny's blood level was .24. i'm surprised he could drive. apparently, he couldn't. t.j. walked away from it but johnny was paralyzed with permanent brain damage. a couple weeks ago t.j.'s taking johnny for a walk on some bridge. somehow, johnny winds up in the river.

in an electrical storm. you think we can link the letterbox with that accident? they're serving a lot of underage kids. maybe we can revoke their license if we can get t.j. to testify. i'm sure jonathan's parents would love that. think he'll do it? he already blames the bar for johnny's death. at least that's how he sounded at the cemetery. hoffs: me and ioki can approach the alcohol control office. let me guess. you heard i got arrested last night. it kind of leaked out. just to set you straight

like you weren't really drinking. thanks for the support. were you drinking? no. then there's nothing to worry about. i had a couple glasses of wine. i wasn't drinking. oh. there's a big distinction. look, if you don't mind so, how's it going? just like i thought. angelo took one look at that fake i.d. you gave us and laughed us out of the bar. oh... so, now what? we hook up with kenny and try to get fake i.d. like his.

okay, all right. you got me. i'm sorry. i underestimated you. it will never happen again. good. sounds just a little bit defensive, don't you think? it was a boredom banquet. everyone has a few drinks. doesn't make you drunk-- fuller's right. t.j. caldwell. is there a t.j. caldwell here?

how long do we have to wait? got 10 minutes so i can develop these or would you rather take the negatives? don't mind him. he gets cranky when he doesn't nap. you want the whole package? what's that? listen, there's plenty quality licenses floating around but i make available the all-important second i.d. $100 all together, cash. i can't really write you a check because i don't have a picture i.d. they're new. these i.d.'s are for amusement only. you got that? bartender: you fellows going to try it again?

bring us a pitcher, okay? pitcher. thanks, pal. so, what's the story with traci? you got your own personal groupie or what? no, she's cool. she just hangs out with us. she's a good barometer. what do you mean? soon as me and kenny start thinking about hitting on her we know we've drunk too much. exactly. give me a club soda. how's it going? we met the other day. i see kenny finally got you some decent i.d. yeah.

we didn't mean anything by drinking at the cemetery. hey, it's okay. i was just visiting a friend of mine, you know and seeing you guys out there partying... i heard about johnny. what did you hear? i heard he died. yeah, he did. i felt bad about drinking there. i just thought i'd apologize. well, thank you. thanks so much for apologizing. forget i said anything. why are you here anyway? you come over and i should feel happy because you're such a nice guy who can relate to something you know nothing about?

ller: the breathalyzer results are a little high for two glasses of wine. check the calibrations on the equipment. maybe they were big glasses? captain fuller, at one point during officer palones' questioning did you change your story to only one glass? yes. why? i wasn't counting. how do you know you only had two? we've been through this already. i was on a date. i had two glasses of wine, maybe. a beer in the afternoon at a football game is a big deal for me. i don't smoke pot, either or snort cocaine, take drugs beat my children, or cheat on my wife... when i was married. settle down, captain. can we just please try to get through this? i'm a little frustrated. i'm a good cop. i do my job well. it's guys like me you want on the force. i'm not questioning

to the bottom line? ask me to admit that i could barely walk much less drive. if that's all you want, i can give it to you now we can cut this short. that's not the purpose of the interview. i'm merely trying to ascertain the facts. great! i'm talking to joe friday now. i can't wait for you to be on my side if i'm ever in any serious trouble. make no mistake about it.

t.j.: i don't know, man. i just don't think it's working out, you know. kirby: give yourself some breathing room. whatever pain you're going through will heal but it will take time. what if i don't want to wait? you know... i mean, i don't know if i want to wait. come on, you've got to think this through. you've got to take some time and work on this thing. now, tell me about your friend. my friend's dead. fuller: is my case pretty much what you're used to, plesser? it's a walk in the park. my last client blew a .41-- that's legally dead. he did weigh 500 pounds but still that's a pretty big number.

ativity. i said if he's dead he couldn't be convicted. if he's not dead, the system's inaccurate. either way, he shouldn't be convicted. did they convict him? of course. but i must have made some kind impression. two weeks later, one judge asked me to represent him. so, what do you think i'm looking at here? that's marginal. normally, they let it pass. ism. but i wasn't drunk. i know you weren't drunk. you could drive. but that's the deal. rhonda: so how did it go? you want the party line or the truth? which ever's more optimistic. in that case, i'll make something up.

i don't remember a bad twilight zone episode. adam, relax. tomorrow, it will all be over. i wish i had the other night to do over again. what would you have done differently? for starters, i would have taken a different way home. i would have sat through a few of those boring speeches before we left. oh, no. didn't we suffer enough through the music? to hang around and let the wine settle. hold it. what are you saying? you're not saying i was drunk? no, i'm saying the longer we waited the lower the breathalyzer number would have been. so what's your point? people shouldn't be allowed to drink at all if they're going to drive? i didn't know i was making a point, adam. but maybe

that's ridiculous. maybe. but, my way, instead of being arrested you'd have spent the night with me. the woman's got a point. six months to a year just to investigate the complaint? the letterbox is serving these kids every day. i've got 162 cases pending, kids. some guy is selling these. i can hardly tell they're fakes. this guy's good, all right. it's the same stuff. we know who's doing these. good, because you know how many investigators i got budgeted? i bet you don't guess three. i started this job a healthy man. so these bars serving underage kids don't even worry about getting busted.

she looked 14. she wore braces. she got served in 18 of 21 saloons. i hope you didn't let her drive home. can we shut this place down, or not? down? no. it's just a fine for the first second or third offense. it's a class-a misdemeanor. yo, couple brews. they can't connect this place to the accident. besides, they love it here. at least t.j.'s not worried about getting loaded anymore.

g? ah... why don't i give you a lift home? hey, no thanks. i'm fine. can i ask you something, trace? hmm? how come you always hang around with these guys? i thought you knew. me and brian are kind of involved. well, he's a lucky guy. wait a second, what guy? you know, that guy-- you think i ought to believe him? why don't you sit tight. i'll just grab my keys. thanks. i'm giving t.j. a ride home. he's kind of... oh, great, he's gone.

( horn honking ) come on, t.j.-- ( honking horn ) pull over! t.j., pull over. pull over. ( horn honking ) t.j., you all right? what? you're under arrest, man.

of driving the porcelain bus? i've felt worse. i don't get something. if you're a cop, how come you couldn't get served? i was undercover. got it. look, t.j., we want you to testify against the letterbox that they served you and johnny

no. come on. let's go after them. let's get the people responsible. i'm responsible. hanson... yeah? mr. caldwell is here to sign t.j. out. you okay? hung over.

he sideswiped a parked car wrapped himself around a tree. i'd say he was drunk. t.j.'s had a tough couple of months. he could have killed somebody. i understand he's had a rough time. you need to get t.j. some help. your son is a problem drinker. fference. no, there isn't. give me a call. that was fast.

those are for amusement only. got that? yeah, well, these i.d.s aren't. nice job! who did you go to? the police department. you're under arrest. you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you. officer palones, did captain fuller appear drunk? no, sir. was his speech slurred? were his eyes watery, or was his balance off? no, they weren't. what was your first indication that officer fuller might be driving under the influence? he appeared to be overly friendly. that's a key to spotting an alleged drunken driver. overly friendly, i see.

he asked me how i was and commented on how chilly it was out. was it chilly out? yes, it was, sir. gentlemen-- i'm not trying to convince you alcohol isn't a problem and that it doesn't ruin many, many lives.

( phone rings ) hanson. yeah, i'll be right down. thanks for coming. what's up, t.j.?

why? so i don't blow my head off. i was driving the car the night johnny was hurt. we were both drunk. johnny was way worse off than me. i just told him-- i don't even remember the wreck. they tell me i was thrown from the car. it was johnny's car so they just figured he was driving. it's murder, right?

he fell off the bridge. yeah. well, he was pushed.

hanson: kid loses his best friend and chances are he'll be charged with manslaughter.

he should be going to a hospital. how's that going to affect the case? i don't know. how did it go? i got off. congratulations. don't congratulate me. it wasn't a smart thing to do. i think the next time [captioning sponsored by fx networks