you will all have noticed a malodorous fragrance pervading our building courtesy of uncollected garbage in the alley and beneath our windows ananintensified by a warm snap in the weather. in short, the city's garbage strike goes into day 12. and as we all feared, we will now haha to assist sanitation-department personnel on emergency refuse pickups. uniforms assigned -- half day only. morninindetail -- brown, colzicky, richardson, snyder, hill, and renko. sisi my back won't take it. nevertheless, my pride won't take it, not to mention my dignity as a police officer -- as far as our pride and dignity, andrew, there is a turkish saying, and i translate roughly -- "if i am a gentleman and you are a gentleman,

[ laughter ] plainclothes persosoel will not be spared. detectives larue and washington join garbage collection, afternoon detail. sarge, we're in court on the bonitez thing -- preliminary hearing. 72-hour deadline. if we don't make it, he's paroled and dealing coke by midnight. of course, if we happen to get done by around noon or so, we'll be glad to pitch in. [ laughter and murmuriri ] item eight -- as if our hands weren't already full, of drug kingpin gerard cullen, dead at 31, stabbed in his harrisonville cell by an unknown assailant. so young, so innocent. talk about stinking trash. to forestall trouble, the city has granted a parade permit along decker avenue, and lieutenant buntz will supervise. uniformed personnel, please check the board for crowd control. [ cat meows ] ah.

ease welcome officer gracie allen, assignment -- rat t aching, immediate environs of the station house. go get 'em. dismissed! we're talking 12-foot-high piles of kaka here. i'd rather pick up garbage than do crowd control for thatatuneral. can you believe the city's paying for cops to stand around like damn honor guards for gerararcullen like he's a hero or something? but for the grace of bonitez, neal. report on bonitez' alleged cocaine? brought 'em in yesterday. they should be ready now. we'll be picking them up from the lab. and what lab is that, the city's or a private contractor? contractor. what's the difference? they'll be there. don't worry. and what does the p.b.a. say?? "it's in the contract." i didn't contract to pick up no garbage, and i -- officers h hl and renko? i'm phillips from sanitation. just one moment, please. so i will surely be calling our lawyer to try to invalidate this travesty, but first,

e. officer hill. i'm driving. you guys are hauling. limousine's parked out front. what does he mean? he's prioritizing whose dump site? i got a dumpster in front of my donut shop! i pay good money for it, and this looney tune's dumping his garbage in it all day! [ foreign accent ] ] what is looney tune? is insult, yes? write down he says i am looney tune in public! what the heck is this? evidence. a verbal description will do, officer. reaking stuff reeks. you are a liar! write down he saysys am liar! i am looney tune! excuse me. is this stuff yours? mine? no! yes! his! prove it, greaseball! i'll prove it! you call me greaseball! come on, prove it! prove it! donut! this donut is proof! idiot! idiot! you fafa-- idiot! morning, howard. morning.

armed robbery in p pgress, surplus store, corner of peebles drive and 124th street. [ slow piano music plays ]

can i talk to an officer, please? i got it. howard! we've got a hostage situation. wilcox has been shot. we're not sure how bad. division is requesting you take over emergency action for the duration. me? frank? first i heard. if division wants you, go. grant hotel as soon as you can. what about the squad room?

right. right. all day, all night, , nkies standing around on my lawn buying and selling their poison. for 40 years now, i've kept that lawn nice. we've gotta get you to the hospital, sir. it makes the house pretty. it feels good, brings birds to the door. he had a fight with some crack dealers outside his house. you know, you should have called us, mr. sloan. that's our job. marvin sloan fights his own battles! officer russo will take your spot out on the street. will you guys get him over to mercy emergency? he doesn't hear very well. where we going? we gotta do something for those cuts, old timer! you don't have to yell! i ain't no invalal! [ revolver cylinder spins ]

everybody wants their report yesterday. my assistant's out with the flu. makes monday the earliest. your assistant's out with the flu, so a serious criminal's gonna walk. couldn't you hire a temp just for a couple of days? you show me where i find them for the lousy money the city p ps. hey, we ain't an employment agency. and i'm not either, and the longer we argue, the longer it takes me to get through my due-outs, which i take in order and which you gentlemen are somewhere neararhe bottom. good day. [ telephone rings ] [ siren wailing ] [ siren stops, tires screech ] [ indistinct talking over police radio ] good to have you back, sir.

have you talked to our man up there yet? nothing. any information? yeah, he stuck his head out the window and took a couple of potshots. i don't know. i heard some laughing. [ gunshots ] [ laughs ] whoo! hunter! ballantine? asking for parity with police officers? you know how much garbage the average garbageman lifts -- do you know how long it takes to become a cop? how many hundred tons? damn. whatat the funeral for cullen. [ indistinct conversations ] officer, can't you spread the crowd for us? not till the parade passes. if we gotta wait, we're gonna miss the garbage scow on port street.

[ cheering and pounding ] all right, keep back, now. keep back! [ cheeeeng ] i'm glad he's dead! y'all hear?! cullen was evil! he was the devil! he was the feel-good king of the hill, and he's going out in style, just like he lived! you want t tgo out in style, too? back up there onto the sidewalk. when my man cullen was alive, you wouldn't talk to me that way. he ate you cops for breakfast! well, it's lunchtime, and he's meat, so back up there or you're busted for creating a nuisance, okay, scumwad? that's a white man's tie for sure. let's beat 'em to the intersection. you got it. hey, what are you doing? get out of the way, son. we got a route to do. we're going through.

hey, what's that garbage truck doing?! it's probably collecting garbage. hey, hey, hey, hey! get this truck out of here! show some respect for your brother! cullen wasn't no brother of mine. yeah, you're the garbageman, and you talk that way about a classy dude -- you know how many brothers and sisters cullen's junk put in the g gund? hey, who's the boss?! i got your boss right here, buddy! so shut up! what the hell are you doing? doing our job. well, do it somewhere else! back it up. i'm a police officer. le us? this is a black man's funeral. why don't you give us cullen's casket? we'll save you the trip to the cemetery, put it right up there in the truck right now with theheest of the trash. what's your problem?

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defense application. parole. 72-hour rule. in the people's opinioio if mr. bonitez is paroled today, he won't be back until the next time he's arrested. i don't make up the laws. and i didn't invent the fact we've got a record number of drug busts. how about till the close of business, judge? defendant was arraigned at 10:00 a.m. three days ago. damn it, judge, we worked hard on this collar. it's not our fault that they farmrmhis stuff out to those incompetent private labs. the guy had a personnel problem. if i put the case on for 4:00, would it make a difference? yes. could the e b do its report by then? yes, i believe so. they indicated a strong possibility. you see, your client's a bail jumper from way back, ms. davenport. i'm sure our detective larue wouldn't deceive this tribunal. on again at 4:00. any shot? all kinds of shot. sure, guys. how? how? how? i don't know how.

you, you, sir, are a true genius. assault, disturbing the peace, interfering with a police officer in the performance of his duty. collecting the garbage, that's'sour duty? harry kessler, didn't he go to pharmacy school? veterinarian school. you knkn -- animals. officer hill? we heard that you dumped the garbage on the hearse, but we didn't hear why. no comment. officer hill? in my office. why don't you talk to mr. phillips here,, see if he's got something to say? okay. you were makakg a statement about cullen. we just want you to put it in words. granted, there was provocation, but it sounds to me as if your r rctions were over the line, out of proportion. captain, a public funeral honoring a man lili gerard cullen is out of proportion, too. you don't think for a minute i disagree with that, but i i n't have to tell you that your behavior could have caused a disaster.

n give your reasons in a blow-by-blow in your report. i'm looking to see whether disciplinary action is in order. i can understand that, sir, and i can see how you'd want to consider that option. am i dismissed? [ door opens ] how many guys know their way around the chemistry of controlled substances as well as you and gegeto make a quick dollar at it, all within the law? oh, yeah? oh, thanks for nothing. neal, what's theheame of that high-school chemistry teacher we busted for indecent exposure? am i overheariri the need for skilled help here? you want buntz? go ask sergeant bates. come on, guys, i heard what i heard. what kind of controlled substance we talking about? hey, j.d., don't even think it. he has had experience testing coke, neal. am i right, sid? are turkeys nervous in november? so? i can quack, and i can wadddd across the street, but that don't make me no duck. you want to lose bonitez, neal?

the things i got penciled in could be erased for the proper compensation. bobby hill, line 3! what's happening, bobby? [ sighs ] officer hill speaking. econd. excuse me? communications, i want a trace, line 3! did you get that? yeah, we got it. got it. uh, sorry. lost you there for a second. this is offifir hill, hill street station. um, is it me you wanted to talk to? [ chuckles ] this is harry. this is harry, right? harry, haven't we outgrown these practical jokes, partner? yeah, hold on for a second. hello?

nailil one at last, but it was just a phone booth. 109th and blessed avenue. a certain funeral parlor, right? cullen's gang. is this right? somebody just threaten you? let's go visiting, huh? see if we can't arrange a frank and open exchange of views s re. let's go. let's go! so, marvin, you remember anything e ee about the jerks who hit you besides one of them had shades and the othehe had purple shoes? uh, the hat -- the white panama -- he was sort of wiry. there was three of them. it happened so fast, but i got one good lick in, i think. mr. sloan, what about your glasses? the nurse says that your prescription's out of date.. i can see enough to see you're a fine-looking woman. [ laughs ] [ annunciating ] plus, you need a new hearing aid. say that again? you need a new hearing aid!

look at that! damn junkies stamped down all my shrubs! this used to be a pretty little house when i bought it, kept it nice for years. i didn't knono it was gonna become the crack stand of the neighborhood. you live alone? my wife's inside now. she's praying the dealers don't bust open my skull. we're gonna try and get more patrols -- this was a quiet place! i built some of these houses, used to be a...carrier, 20 pounds of mud on my shoulders, up and down scaffolding all day. get the social-services book. i ain't gonna stand in no lines for no charity. medicaid isn't charity, mr. sloan. it's your right. you change your mind about those eyeglasses and getting your hearing aid fixed, you call these numbers, okay? and meanwhile, you gotta be careful around those guys. they come back, they better be careful. [ indistinct talking over police radio ]

once a week for counseling. a shrink. judas. i'll wager the man's wishing he'd gone into podiatry. ballantine? have you established the kill zone yet, hunter? when's peddlehopper's recon unit detaching a boy scout team up here? come on! execute the e me plan! no one is gonna try and trick you, ballantine. i've got your assault bible engraved on my skuku! this ninja is ready for whatever you've got! i i ve you my word. we are holding our fire, ballantine. ahead. deploy those goose-stepping clones meyerhoff and simpson up the back fire escape! they'll walk into a turkey shoot! tell the men on the back fire escape to back off until ordered. [ shotgun cocks ] return fire, sir? no! no, he can be talked dowow i'm sure of it. in any event, he's got the shrink too close. ballantine... ballantine, how did we come to this? think, son.

i did that, and i regret that. good. jack, that's good. yeah, what i really regret is that it wasn't you! aaah! hunter! aaaah! [ tires screeching ] [ indistinct conversations ] [ convnvsations fade ] you have the bad taste to come here, bother people at a time like this? who said people? we want you, manly. we got something to discuss.

what's this thing we got to discuss, aside from you got our man burles on phony charges? gee, i don't know. pick a subject, huh? spread 'em! get down there! ah, this is a roust! define "roust," huh? this what you do when you roust somebody? you never threaten cops, pal. that's something you never, ever do. well, i can't find any weapons, mick. you? i'm not through looking! you got no respect for my fine threads?! oh. what do you think, norm? is in the clothes. the lining, sure. come on, let's have your jackets. let's have your jackets! you hear me, huh?! all right. not finding nothing here. find anything, mick?

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i wish i would have been thehe. what'd they say? they didn't make much conversation. gentlemen, we have been put down and plowed under by division, by lawyers, lo, these many years, and today, we stood up and fought back. here's to us. partner? to us. how come i don't smell any garbage? 'cause the w wd's shifted. patrick? white panama hat. and purple shoes, as per mr. sloan's assailant. as i live and breathe! excuse us, guys. y'all want some help, officer?! stop! police! up against the wall! hands over your head! i'm clean! then why the 50-yard dash? i'm late to see my girlfriend. where you taking her, the sovereign? oh, he's saving his pennies too buy a crack franchise. my girlfriend gave me that! is it illegal to have money?

[ pager beeps ] let me guess -- your girlfriend's'salling. are you well-versed in lab prpredure, mr., uh, thurston? this g g was practically born in a test tube. i'll have to do some background checking. you're welcome to call myy references, but it's still kind of early in "havaii." he'll work cheap, won't you, mr. thurston? well, within reason for a man of my credentials. give the man a little demonstration, sidney. oh, i'd love to. may i? would you? this is -- you got a scale? that's about a half a pound. actually, just a little under. there you go. .46! bingo! huh? vinegar? acetic acid? they're a little bit informal about labels in hawaii. "havaii." acetic acid, vinegar -- whatever.

rock it out with a aash of cobalt thiocyanate. say the tragic magic words. ohh -- turns to a blushing blue. meaning? meaning it's got the right beat, but at this point, we don't know whether we can dance to it. confirmatory test? you got any platinum chloride in the cupboard? okay, okay. "okay, okay" i'm hired? okay, he's hired. kruger? yeah, yeah. see you in one hour, sidney. it's the sugar from the donuts. what is? the sugar -- it's a mood deal. like a roller coaster, it goes up and down. daryl ann set it out for me. well -- well, if it ain't the sugar, it's gotta be something. we got off easy on the garbagagdetail. we got to do a tap dance on some bad guy's head, had a good time for the first time in a long time. furillo. furillo?

for flinging that garbage. no, man, that's just a reprimand.d. and then what do i do but go rousting some hoods with you guys like a bunch of damn rookies? they threatened your life! what are you gonna do about that, man? doesn't the captain see? doesn't he realize what it's like standing out there while cullen's men strut past us like peacocks? you gotta see it from his side. something goes wrong like that, it's like the department's responsible or something like that. all units in vicinity, shooting at corner of hudson and 111, opopator of garbage truck down. hit it! come on! [ siren wailing ] [ siren stops, tires screech ] this gang started shooting at him out of nowhere. earl had a gun, fired back. paramedics will be here, partner. i got him. shh, shh. i shot him between the legs, man. you know what i mean?

earl... [ earl wheezing ] can you back up, sir? he's not breathing. he's not breathing. start your ventilations. it's bad, right? it's an abdominal wound. his pulse is fading. we're losing him. we're losing him. man...they're gonna lose him. come on, breathe. breathe. [ voice breaking ] they're gonna lose him, renko! morning. morning, gentlemen. od morning. driver's standing by out front to take me to farmingdale, bubui had to stop by and say it is a hell of day for the department. our man hill sabotaging that dope dealer's funeral -- i love it. hill's stunt was provocative, uncontrolled, and now w turns out -- try and be a human being for once -- and now it turns out we may have a homicide because of it! somebody just shot earl phillips, the man who was driving the truck hill was on! his chances of recovery are lousy!

we're checking all the hospitals. well, of course, that is unfortunate. but worth it, chief? keep me informed on the investigation. and, frank, about hill's behavior, try and get behind your men, will you? they aren't diplomats. this ain't the peace corps. excellent work today, officer. the guy we were with out there just died. phillips? yes, sir. then he was a hero. chief daniels, just one moment of your time, please. i have a car waiting for me, gentlemen. i have time for one, maybe two questions. well, mr. sloan?

honest truth -- i couldn't see their faces then. i can't see 'em now. be sorry. i'm sorry. just get your eyes fixed and your hearing. i'm gonna take you over there myself to make sure. not today. i'm all worn out today. then tomorrow. and we're gonna make sure that there's more drive-bys on your street, mr. sloan. me? is there something i can do for you two thanks, but that's not necessary, mr. sloan. oh, yeah, it is. i can wise you up. you two ain't married, is you? no. well, you oughta be. to each other. where you gonna find yourself a woman finer than this or kinder or prettier? [ laughs ] mr. sloan! old man's privilege. i tell it like it is. [ laughs ] [ clears throat ]

he's a little short on manhood, fits the description. let's go. get d.a. authorization and an arrest warrant.

i'll be with you in a minute, guys. g on here?! don't worry about it. this ain't your stuff. could you get me the fire extinguisher, detective? i'm trying out certain ideas,

maybe i'll invent something. they already got the neutron bomb, sid. where's kruger? he's over at o'malley's, which h en if the health inspector is right next door, i still don't eat there. the report, sid? oh, yeah, right. tested mucho el dopeo. you did good, sid. this is righteous gig. i gotta really thank you guys for putting me onto it. don't mention it -- to anybody, sid. what's he payingng by the way? between you and kruger. hey, madame e rie. you got another fire going there. how about it? can we talk to higby? doctor says no. is this doctor aware that higby's under arrest for murder? he's also been under general anesthesia. what's the p.d. doing in there, watching him sleep? let me take a shot. ms. davenport? i'm short on time, lieutenant. this won't t te long. [ clears throat ] higby -- the case against him's a lock, right?

mostly circumstantial. if you're leading up to some kind of deal, i've already told the d.a. my client's not interested. your client's a flea, ms. davenport. it's the people who hired him we want. i've told you, lieutenant, we're not looking for any deals. i'm due in court. this is a a al with a difference. please. [ sighs ] well? the thing is, seeing higby's definitely gonna do some time, probably a aot, the only question is what kind of time he's gonna do what condition? [ coughs ] you're, uh, familiar with the exact nature of higby's wound, the way it lightened him up, i mean? so now he's a little short in the crucialalquipment department. as my grandmother used to say, what's that got to do with the price of beans? i wouldn't be discussing this with your grandmother. it's sort of a delicate area. i'm listening. if higby's fellow inmates were to, uh,

how he a a't even a man at all, so to speak... you're saying he'd be abused. as in badly. and unless higby names his alleged employers, you'd see to it that somebody got the word out. that offer's astoundingly improper, lieutenant. you try it, and i'll hit you with a aestraining order. just tell him what i told you, all right? i'll of course relay to mr. higby anything that's relevant to his case. n ask, counselor. [ sighs ] you remember the survivalist conference, jack, how we had to bivouac in that swamp? and we were only 50 yards from the headquarters, but the fog was so thick, we just couldn't see it. and remember how we sang songs to k kp up our spirits? sure! sure, you do, jack. let's sing now. maybe... maybe i oughta take over, howard.

it's no order, howard. i just thought i'd givv it a try. ballantine, this is lieutenant goldblume. oh! oh, swell! super! now i get that steady, reasonable stuff, huh?! the psychological approach?! i already got a psychologist up here, goldblume, and i'm about to blow his head off! no psychological stuff. just a direct appeal to your intelligence. come out. come down. you can't do yourself any good in there, ballantine. you got me. one condition. what's that? you shoot hunter for me and toss his body out where i can see it! ballantine, ballantine, listen to me. [ laughing ] he's reaching some kind of breaking point. if we have a shot, we're gonna have to take it. we're still in a talk mode. shall i try again? jack? jack, it's me. now, listen to me, son. you u e angry at me,

that i have been pompous or vain on occasion. on occasion?! ha! i understand how you feel, jack. okay, hunter, i'll sing with you. say again?n? i remember that song we sang. good. jack, good. ? over hill, over dale ? both: ? we will hit the dusty trail ? ? as the caissons go rolling along ? ? countermarch, right about ? ? hear the wagon soldiers shout ? ? as those caissons go rolling along ? ? oh, it's hihihie hee ? no!! no more! nonoore singing! using a song on me like i was a child! playing onony feelings about military service! but you wanted to sing, jack. you said "i'll sing with you." do you remember, jack?

i won't be played on anymore! not by you, hunter! not by goldblume! not by this worm of a psychiatrist i've got here! you're all like metastasiziz cells eating your way into my brain! [ gunshot ] have you done anything out of the ordinary recently? we bought a new washer and dryer from the home improvement store. i'm afraid you're suffering from fobo. fobo? fobo. fobo... fear of better options. cure fobo with black friday savings now at hhgregg. get up to 40% off storewide.

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but you must try not to blame jack. i don't blame jack. i blame you, the great lilitenant hunter. jack trusted you. you were the father he never had, but you were too busy hanging upside down from the ceiling or dating transsexuals. he told you that? ragged you pretty hard, sir. yes, the man's obviousus suffering from negative transference. recall docket n-695314 -- raul bonitez. i don't see ms. dadanport. oh, she's on another case, your honor. i'm counsel for the defense. bernstein, do we havee our lab report? in that case, i'm granting defense's request for parole.

no sweat. felony weight. what did you do, buy the guy a ticket to the e hamas? don't answer that. thisisooks in order. okay! i think we're ready for our preliminary hearing. oh, man. thank you, your honor, and may i add that this is an example of the private sector and the public sector working hand in hand -- [ yawning ] thank you. you know, i can't believe how quickly higby rolled over on his b bses. yeah, well, the remainder of his privates were in danger. [ coughs ] [ woman screams ] police! freeze! manly! [ crowd screaming ] freeze!

come on, you're under arrest! gogoa put you in the damn garbage truck, manly! all right, turn here, face the counter, and shut your damn mouths. move! move! come on! all right, john manly, butch jones, david morris -- conspiracy to commit murder, all l ree of them. lieutenant, chief daniels says that the arrest of cullen's men, "strikes a heavy blow against drug traffic here on the hill." would yoyoagree with that? sure, the last half-hour, at least. depends on the weather. lolo at that, partner -- biggest bust since the brinks job, and we could have had a taste of it if they wouldn't have pullededs off trash detail. we've done pretty well ourselves today. i have to had it to you, gentlemen. i heard you really pulled the rabbit out of the hat. just a couple of guys doing our jobs, ms. davenport. two weeks worth of work scorched by that arsonist you pawned off on me as a chemist! excuse me. what chemist is that? it's police business, ms. davenport. could we discuss this in private?

probably out frying his pea brain right now. must be some kind of mistake. only mistake is i let you talk me into believing that lizard had a degree! i called a reference number on his applicicion and got the bluebird of happiness massage parlor in honolulu! excuse me, detective. what was the name of that chemist you hired? thurston. sidney thuhuton. no way. howard, how aryou? just talked to ballantine's doctor. looks like it's gonna be a long road back for him. yeah. i thought i could reach him. [ sighs ] the truth is, i wasn't very good out there today.

you did fine. [ chuckles ] well, i didn't think i was gonna get a chance to pututhis on for a while. any word from the review board yet? no. [ meowing ] officer allen. good hunting, officer. i want bonitez paroled and the lab report redone right away. captain, the guy was legally hired by a bona fide lab. so what's the problem? your chemist has been convicted of four fefenies, and he got his degree at harrisonville for making license plates! now get out of here and do your jobs right. right, captain. it's a case of misguided initiative.

dr. thurston, i presume. you're coming with us, sid. you might wantntn on this, lieutenant. come on, huh? guys, huh? que pasa! snitch's court is now in session. evidence, exhibit "a" -- 2 grams of rock found in t t defendant's shirt pocket. i went to bat for you guys. snitch's court? more like kakaaroo court. exhibit "b" -- $100 found in the defendant's pants pocket. defendant will rise. sidney thurston is accused of the crime of ripping off certain controlled substances while tricking for his employers. what's the verdict? what about the "fair and adequate defense" part? guilty. guilty. on to sentencing. come on, wait! the jurors will keep in mind the severity of the crimes, especially the fact that the defendant queered a bust and put t s employers in a jackpot with their boss. what we're talking about was taken to my private lab for some extracurricular testing.

plus 10 pieces of information gratis. i'm gonna fight this. court's adjourned. the defendant can go. i'll go, but next time you need a chemist, call mr. wizard. jeez, norm. if you want to know what i decided about disciplinary -- i don't. i mean...that's not why i'm here. i juju want to talk to you. about? about, uh, i'm not happy with... [ chuckles ] i had a lot of trouble being a cop today, captain. i don't just mean the garbage. we rousted cullen's men today. we? a couple of the guys. after we talked? yeah.

but a roust is something we sometimes do. but after this morning, captain, when i lost it, i lost control, i -- you have the feeling you ran amok, officer hill? yeah, i guess so. know that you're a good cop. most days. know it. [ door opens ] this is jensen collier on location at the cullen drug king funeral procession. ththe must have been a couple of thousand people there. can't really tell from the pictures. i'm not guessing from ththtv. [ sighs ] i hooked school today to check it out. does that make me bad? well, um, i'm not too crazy about your playing hooky, but, no, fab, don't go thinking bad thoughts about yourself. i mean, my mother and my sister died from dope,

like it was a circus. fab... when i was kid, um, a guy got shot at the barber shop down on the cororr. some hoodlum, you know, a very big deal. you knowowow many cadillacs were at his funeral? 11. you know exactly 11? i know because i was running alongside counting them. there was 20 there today. [ chuckles softly ] yeah. last year, we take two weeks at the beach. it rains 10 days. never fails. the same thing happened the year before that. hail storm, too. haha storm in august! all units -- man with a shotgun sighted at 115th, one block south of decker, corner house. [ siren wails ] look out, man! he's got a shotgun! let's get out of here! [ shouting ] there he is. [ tires screech ] come on, you suckers!

watch it! sir! god! no! [ crying ] no! we yelled "drop the gun," and he wheels on us. he left us no way to go. what the hell, is he deaf or something? yeah, as a matter of fact, he wasas are you serious? oh, man. give your statements and go take a breather. wanna get a beer?

here's to music. gotta love it. you like jazz? sure. i mean, i don't know if i exactly understand it, but... if it's music, it's all right with me. if you don't like it, i could put on something else. hey, i love it. all music. especially when something bad's gone down. without music, i could lie in bed alone all night t ng doing instant replays. you know what i mean?

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hey, vince. hi. two men, one woman, dead. - club president and a waiter. - what do they say went down? best i got are that two guys stuck the whole partrtup, some reason started shooting. why don't you start us with the president, vince? [ sighs ] i'm gonna try and urinate. yeah. can you put some blanketet over these people? these detectives are taking over, mr. ibarra. want you to tell ' ' again what happened. [ whispers ] i'm out.