" Good morning." " Good morning, Sergeant." "Can I put these under the tree for the party?" "Maybe better we keep them in the radio room." "I'll put 'em out later on." "Okay." "The children are so excited." "Look what we got for 'em." "A replacement rabbit." "He looks exactly like the one they reported stolen." "Yeah, we gave the pet shop guys the description." "Well, this is wonderful, Sergeant." "We got some other presents for 'em too." "We're gonna have Saint Nick here and everything." "Well, he's got some very kind elves working for him." "Yeah, and there goes Santa now." "Anything with a little tear or a stain that..." "Anything you couldn't sell or got returned." "Oh, that-that's great." "Great." "Thanks a lot, Mr. Peters." "I'll send a car over." "I just got two dozen Deadly Space Assassins dolls for four-year-olds." " Great." " Yeah, Detective Medavoy." "Let me call you back." " Hey, Andy, did you pick up the Santa suit yet?" " Not yet, Medavoy." " Oh." "'Cause I took it to the dry cleaners." "L" " I told 'em you'd pick it up today." " Well, I didn't yet." " The party's this afternoon, Andy." "Hey, Medavoy, how come I gotta be Santa Claus?" "Well, uh, Stillwell psychoed out, and Walker's got jaundice." "No offense, but you're the fattest guy in the squad." " Hi." " Andy." "Hey, what's Haverill doing here?" "Uh, I guess he's waitin' for the lieutenant." "Now, you see, that much I figured on my own, Medavoy, on account ofhe's standin' in Fancy's office." "I was more wondering', do we know what he wants?" "All's I know is he's gettin'to be a regular." "Haverill's gonna need a camping permit, huh?" "I can't make these numbers work." "I don't see the caseload to-to warrant the overtime you're putting through." "Obviously, I disagree." "You wouldn't be buying your squad's loyalty at time and a half, would you?" "Captain, the last time, it was my clearance rate." "The time before that, it was case management." "And both those conversations were as bogus as this one." "In other words, you think I'm secretly pleased... with the job you're doing, and I just don't realize it?" "I think all your cards aren't face up." "You want a command slot to open, and I'm the candidate to get moved along." "If you feel we've got a personality conflict, maybe you should put in for transfer." "Uh-uh, Captain." "You think I authorize too much overtime?" "You don't like my clearance rate?" "Go on record at the borough, 'cause I stand by how I command." "You don't want to do this the easy way, huh, Arthur?" "Move along on your own steam." "Just don't put this on stage." "Don't you undermine me in front of my people." "Trust me." "If I want you gone, you're gone." "Yeah, well, I didn't get here easy, and I won't be going easy either." " What do you know, Andy?" " How's it goin'?" " Merry Christmas." " Yeah, same to you." "Either I or Detective Sipowicz will pick it up." "Did you get the spot out of the fuzzy collar?" "Oh, that's great." "That hypocrite bastard Haverill knows Fancy's doin' the job." "He just wants to move his own man in there." "Probably that ass-kisser Murphy." "How come he's got such a big smile for you?" "Who knows?" "Screw him anyway." "Maybe he likes your sunny disposition." "You got a problem with my disposition?" "Yeah." "I'm just wonderin' where the big mistake's gonna happen this year... where I'm gonna create a disaster area for the holidays." "Who says there's gotta be a disaster?" "Come on, John." "They set clocks off of me." "Last year..." "Today's probably the anniversary..." "I was lookin' to bang my good friend, Lois the whore." "I go over to her room, I push open the door, I take down my pants." "Of course, it turns out not to be Lois." "I was in the wrong room." "Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there some alcoholic involvement in that incident?" "Lucky the hotel was all hookers, huh?" "Lucky I had the 20 bucks." "No, all I'm sayin' is that it could be different with you bein' off the booze, that's all." "Yeah, yeah, maybe you're right." "I mean, I get to play Santa Claus this year." "Hand out the precious gift of merchandise to all these deprived kids." "Maybe some of'em actually didn't try to break into my car on their way to school." "Then maybe there's somebody you can talk to about it." "You know, somebody professional." "I'm sure you mean well by that question." " Hey, Kelly?" " Think about it." "We got a kidnapping." "Go in soft clothes." "Okay." "What time did you get the ransom call?" " Right after I got here at 9:00 this morning." " You recognize the voice?" "It was male." "He sounded pretty young." "Said he'd call back in two hours." "I cancelled all your appointments, spoke to Leonard at the bank." "He can have the money ready in a couple of hours." "You wanna tell us what that's about, Doctor?" "They've asked for $100,000 ransom." "Uh, I'll pay anything." "Okay, we can't tell you not to do that, but we would like a chance to record and mark some of those bills." "Look, Detective, these people are gonna get their money whenever and wherever they want it." "Now, I-I don't care if it's recovered or if they're even caught." "All I want is my little girl back." "What time you drop her off at school this morning?" "I did that." "I pick Tina up at 730 and drop her at school by 800." "Dr. Sachs goes the opposite way to the hospital." " You do that every day?" " The last couple of years." " Is that telling you something?" " Itjust means that... it was, uh, it was an easy job." "Look, we're gonna need some pictures and a description of what she was wearin'." "Okay, Doctor, we're gonna leave here now and work out of the station... in case anybody's watching the office." "We don't want them aware of our comings and goings." "The phone company will put a trap on the phone to monitor the location of any calls." "One of our people will come out and put a recorder on the line so we can monitor..." " the time of the calls." " I don't want my daughter put at risk." "This won't put her at risk." "If we can put a trace on the call, then we can put surveillance on the location of the call." "I am gonna pay this money, I am gonna get my daughter, and I don't want you to interfere." " Doctor, is this your first kidnapping?" " Andy..." "You really think that sarcasm is appropriate here, Detective?" "Nobody's bein' sarcastic." "Me and my partner got more experience at this than you do." "Now sometimes, people pay the money and they don't get their child back." "I've worked those cases, lookin' for a child from a cold start." " Okay, Andy..." " I don't like finding' some of those kids." " What do you mean?" " What do you think I mean?" "Doctor, you're gonna have to trust us." "We'll work with you." "Let us do our job." "And hopefully, something will come out of this." "Do what you have to do." "Lieutenant, we're all set up for the call in the doctor's office." " Did he cooperate on the ransom?" " The bank Xeroxed all the bills." "The F.B.I.'s been notified." "They want us to keep 'em informed." "They said they'd monitor the situation." "Good." "Just what the world needs..." "more monitors." "Kidnappers said they want a quick score in and out." "That's good news for the kid." " Put the guy in the cage." " Yeah." "Put the lady and the kid in Interview One." " We made a pickup on that North Carolina teletype request." " That armed robbery?" "Mm-hmm." "We can charge the guy here too." "He had a gun in the car." "Everything else falls in... the description on the driver, the license plate." "He had a woman with him, which the North Carolina want said a woman was seen in the car." "Let North Carolina know what we got." "Work the interrogation with Medavoy." "Nest to Base 'K."" " Base standing by." " We've got an incoming call." " 10-4." " We got an incoming call." "Nest to Base." "The subjects are on the phone." "These are the subjects." "Trap the call." "Got it." "Pay phone, northeast corner Water and Broad." "Ho!" " You okay?" " Huh?" " You okay?" "How am I?" " Yeah." "Look at this, Kelly." "Not a scratch, huh?" "'Cause he's totally loaded and he didn't get all tensed up." " Hey, what's goin' on?" " What's goin' on is you just hit us, you asshole." "Yeah?" "Well, why don't we let the cops figure out who the asshole is, huh?" "And you're an asshole!" "I'm an asshole." "I'm an asshole, huh?" "Huh?" " I'm the asshole, huh?" "I'm the asshole?" " Get off my car!" "I'm the asshole?" "Huh?" "Look what you did, huh?" "I'm an asshole?" " You all right?" " Yeah." "What'd we get off the call?" "It's a zip." "The phone booth turned up empty." "No prints, no one in the area saw anything." " They tell Sachs where to make the drop?" " The deal changed." "The same ransom, but they added narcotics." "The doctor bought a couple hours to put it together." "We ought to work up his patient files for addicts." "The nurse is bringing them over." "You sure you're okay?" "Yeah, I'll be all right." "Hey, Lieutenant." "Listen, uh," " don't do anything rash on that Haverill situation." " What Haverill situation?" "I'm just saying, give it time to play out." "I don't know what you're talking about, Andy." "And if I did," "I'd tell you it's none of your business." "So how long you been drivin' your uncle's car, Calvin?" " I got nothin' to say." " That car looked like you were on a trip." " Full ashtray, a lot of litter in the car." " Like I said before..." "There was a couple ran a liquor store in North Carolina." "They got, uh, p-p-pistol-whipped during a robbery down there." "The woman lost an eye." "The owner got a New York plate number." " It was the car you were driving." " Screw 'em." "And screw you people too." "What's your relationship to the woman and the kid we picked you up with?" " Nothin'." "I gave 'em a ride." " Where'd you pick 'em up?" "Alabama somewhere." "Come on, Calvin." "You've been around." "You know how this works." "You're lookin' at-at-at armed robbery and-and-and felony assault in North Carolina... and-and felony weapons charges here." "Why don't you help yourself out a little?" "Well, I-I-I w- w-w-w-want a lawyer." "Do that again." "Come on." "Imitate me again." "I want a lawyer." "Well, the season bein' what it is, asshole, it's gonna take a while for us to get one here for ya." "So I lie in my cell and hope Santa don't forget me?" "Yeah." "You think about how we're gonna give you special treatment." "How we're gonna do our best to make everything turn out lousy for you." "Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to announce... that the main and basement levels of the precinct house... have been cleared of rodents." "Thank you." "I can now offer the services of Big Bad Bert... to the investigative level of this building." "The rats only ate lunches." "That panther in your arms looks like he eats the cops." "Not if you're my size." "You, Martinez, could be in danger." "So stay alert, be careful, and wear a name tag at all times." "If there are no further comments, let the hunt begin." "What are you..." "What are you doin'with Kyle?" "Uh, he's gonna be right outside with, uh, Miss Abandando." "Oh." "Could he be in here with me?" "He's real good with my face." "Real quiet." "It's better not for now, ma'am." "That's, um, finger-finger... where you fingerprint people who are going to jail." "Am I going to jail?" "Well, uh, you're gonna have a lot to do with that." "Uh, why don't you tell us what happened." "How did you meet Mr. James?" "Well, Kyle and me were hitchin' at a truck stop near Gadsden." "We had a sign that said, you know, 'New York City."" "And Calvin, he saw our sign and he picked us up." "Why'd you decide to come to New York?" "Well, it's such a big place, I just figured I could get some kind of work." "I know how to waitress." "And there's another reason, which I'm not so proud to tell you, but I've heard that the, uh, welfare system is better here than in Georgia." "I don't wanna be on welfare." "I wanna work, but I just want it there, you know, 'cause of Kyle." "Did you ever see Calvin before he gave you a ride?" "No." "This-This has somethin' to do with him, doesn't it?" "We think so." "It's-It's-It's about something that happened in, uh, uh, North Carolina." "What?" "Do you recall stopping anywhere there?" "Uh, yeah." "We stopped at one place... at a store, a package store." "Calvin, he just went in and he got himself a beer, and he brought out a moonpie for Kyle." " You waited in the car?" " Yeah." "Did something' happen in that store?" "Lord." "Did he commit some kind of crime in that store?" "We think he did." "We think he committed a violent armed robbery in that store." "Well, I don't know nothin'about it." "I didn't even know it happened." "If I had known he had a weapon, Kyle and me would've been out of that car." "You can place him at the scene." "Now, that makes you a witness." "Would you be willing to testify?" "Yeah, I guess I would." "Oh, Lord, this isn't how I wanted to come to New York City." "John Evans." "Doctor noted drug-seeking behavior." " Wouldn't be him." " You're sure?" "I'm sure." "He enrolled in a rehab program." "He works as a counsellor now." "He's very proud of being in recovery." "How long ago did you speak with him?" "Three days ago." "I'm telling you, it's not him." " I know you're upset about this." " Yes, I am." "You dropped Tina off every day." "You must've been close with her." "I can't stand to think of anything happening to her." "Larry Ashman." "Doctor noted drug-seeking behavior." "Would Tina have known him..." "trusted him enough to get in the car?" "No." "She wouldn't have known him." " You sure about him too?" " It isn't him, I'm telling you." "It isn't him." "Who is it, Mrs. Bowman?" "I think it's my son." "Nest to Base K."" " Base standing by." " Subjects are calling." "Doctor's receiving his instructions, 'K."" "Incoming call." "Make the trap." "He's to drive uptown on Amsterdam Avenue." "Son of a bitch." "They're callin' on a cellular phone." " They're gonna call him on his car phone, K."" " Base to Nest." " I wanna talk to the doctor when he's through." "Put him on." " He's off the line, K."" "I tell you, whoever invented cellular phones should be hung by his nuts." "Detective Kelly, I'm gonna do what they want." "Doctor, we want a chance to follow you." "This way, we can follow them off the pickup straight to your daughter, okay?" " Just let me do this." " Doctor, nobody's gonna know we're following you." "You head up Amsterdam Avenue." "We'll pick you up." "We know your car." "We're gonna be a in a taxi, number 1, T" as in Thomas, 5, 3, all right?" "Yes, all right." "Okay, here we go, pal." "Thanks a lot, all right?" "Have a nice holiday." "Yeah, you too." "He made the drop, Andy." "Parked car right where you left me." "I'm on it." "You got a phone?" "What you want, man?" "Hey, what do you need?" " A phone." "Phone." "It's inside?" " Over there." "Yeah." "Andy..." "He's got it, Andy." "Come on, Andy." "Andy..." "He's got it, Andy." "Come and pick me up." "He's headin' north." " Pick me up!" " Come on!" "Come on!" "Let's go!" "Come on!" "Son of a bitch!" "Andy!" "Let's go." "Go!" "You see him?" "That's him." "There." "There." "There he is." "I'll stay back here." "Come on, you asshole." "Take us to the kid." "Come on." "Come on." " What the hell is he doin'?" " He's gonna get high, John." "That piece of garbage is gonna fix right here." "Andy, that junk is pure." "He O.D.s., we got nothin'." "Let's go." " Get out of the car." " Hey!" "Hey!" "What'd I do?" " Get out of the car!" "Shut up!" " What'd I do?" "What'd I do?" "Now you listen careful now." "You got nothin'." "You got no family, you got no friends, and you got no rights." "All you got left is your life, and I'll take that from you right here on this spot." "Now, you got one shot." "You tell us where that kid is." " You better tell us." " I'll tell you." " I'll tell you." " Get up." "Hi." "My name is Laura Michaels." "I'm an assistant district attorney." "Am-Am I gonna be arrested and-and fingerprinted and go to jail?" "North Carolina has issued what is called... a Jane Doe warrant in the liquor store robberies... that the detectives talked to you about." "They've asked me to conduct an interview to determine... whether you should be tried in that case or held as a material witness." " Do you understand?" " Yes, ma'am, I understand." "But I got a little boy out there, and neither one of us done anything wrong." "Would you like to have an attorney with you?" "No, thank you." "According to the statement you gave to Detective Medavoy... and Officer Martinez, you waited in the car... outside the liquor store while Calvin James was inside?" " Yes, ma'am." " You have no idea what transpired in the store?" "N" " No, ma'am." "Only what they told me." "Miss Cahill, you have no relationship to Mr. James... other than having been a hitchhiker with your child in his car?" "Well..." "Go ahead." "He wanted to know if I would have sex... with him." "He said I didn't have to if I didn't want to, but that if I did, he would give me a hundred dollars." "I was grateful to him, and I kinda liked him." "And the money'd sure be a big help, so I did it." "But that prostituting was the only crime I've ever done in my whole life." "And I wouldn't have taken the money if it weren't for Kyle." "I bought myself some shoes and a dress with it... to go look for work in, 'cause you gotta have a good appearance for a job." "Would you be willing to testify against Mr. James... if this matter were to come to trial?" "Oh, I'd..." "I'd feel real bad about it, but I don't wanna go to jail and be away from my boy." "So you would?" "Yes, ma'am, I would." "Kathy, there's some steps we have to take now... on deciding how to proceed on your case." " It might take some time." " I'd be grateful for anything you can do for us." " Hi, Mommy." " There's a party for little kids downstairs later on." " It might be nice for Kyle." " Oh." "Do you have an idea for a present he might like?" "There's a toy he'd just die for." "It's, um..." "It's called a Power Ranger." "Yeah, I've seen that." "You know, I'd like to say that you are one of the nicest people I've ever met." "I'm gonna go call my boss." " Excuse me." " Go ahead." "Hey, baby." "So, was he any trouble?" "Oh, none at all." "We made snowmen." "Uh, we believe this woman, Lieutenant." "She said the guy picked her up in, uh, Alabama... that she was coming north with her kid, which the guy also says." "Um, on the robbery in North Carolina, she saw the guy go into the store for some beer, and he came out with it." "Uh, she didn't know what he did inside." " She's willing to testify?" " Yeah." "We'll get her prints." "If she's clean, we'll see what we can do for her." " Uh..." " She's got hands and fingers, doesn't she?" "She's scared to death as it is, Lieutenant." "I want her run through B.C.I., Medavoy." "Yeah, yeah." "We were just thinkin', uh, we could lift the prints from the glass she drank from." "Any other special handling you got in mind?" "Do you think she could stay in a motel with her kid instead of in the civil jail?" "Get her prints first, Medavoy." "Yeah." "Happy holidays." "I'm meeting Richie at 6:00." "He's taking me to Linardi's party." "Do you have the sector patrol assignments?" "You sure it's okay for me to give 'em to Linardi?" "This is cleared at command level, Officer." "Inspector, does it bother you... that this stuff is kind of low-rent?" "I mean, Linardi's supposed to be the new boss, and he's setting up a truck heist." "Al Capone was the biggest mobster of his time." "He went away for being a tax cheat." "Thomas Dewey popped Lucky Luciano for being a pimp." "And Dewey got to run for president, didn't he?" "Of course, he did get beat." "I just wanna tell you, Officer, that I think you're doin' terrific work." "And I appreciate the pressure that you're living with." "That's as close as I can come to holiday sentiments without sounding like a phony." "The only sentiments I wanna hear from you are telling me that I'm done." "Hey, don't make a move till you hear from me." "The guy we grabbed said they got the little girl in a closet in the back room." "They got three assholes in the front room, and the junkie girlfriend watching the kid in the back." "You guys go in the front." "We'll crash through the back and grab the kid." "Hold on a second here." "You guys ever hear of a warrant, for crying out loud?" "I can hear somebody callin' for help in that back room." "Now, if I can hear it, we got grounds to hit it, don't we?" "Come on, Sarge." "I sure as hell can hear her cryin'." "Yeah, I guess I can hear it too." "All right, you guys, go when you hear the crash." " Thanks a lot." " Yeah, merry Christmas." "Come on." "Let's go." "Get down on the floor!" "He's going out the window!" "Out the window!" "Check the window!" "Get down!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Get in the kitchen!" " Shut up!" "Don't say anything!" " Put your hands behind your back!" " Hi." " Can I come out now?" "Come on." "That a girl." "You're safe." "You're goin' home now." "She's okay." "We didn't hurt her!" "You can see that!" "We just wanted something for the holidays!" " Hey, you okay?" " Yeah, yeah." " We got the little girl." "How about you?" " We got three male suspects... slightly damaged due to necessary falls." "They'll live." " Hiya, Tina." "It's nice to see you." " Thanks." "This is John Kelly." "Yeah, hold on a minute." "Hold on a second." "Go ahead, honey." "Wish your dad a merry Christmas." "Hello, Daddy." "It's me." "Merry Christmas." "All right, come on." "Get in the car now." "In." "Watch your head." "Let's go." "You got my radio?" "Hey, I know a short cut." " I'll lead you guys out of here." " Okay." "John, I got a stop to make." "I'll see you back at the squad." " All right, buddy." " Bye-bye, honey." "Something on your mind, Andy, or are you moonlighting?" "If you got no objection, Captain, let's skip the foreplay and get right to the screwing." " What screwing is that?" " The one you're trying to give to Lieutenant Fancy." " Did he send you?" " No." "Because promotions and transfers of senior officers in this department," " detectives, they don't get a voice in that." " I didn't come here to vote." " Then what's your stake here?" " Never mind that." "Let's talk about famous meals from the past." "Remember the Disico hit?" "Carmine goes face down in his clams?" "I was tryin' to work him." "I didn't see the shooter." "I was clean, and you know it." "No, I don't." "I took your word for it." "I buried you havin' lunch with this guy so you wouldn't look bad for your bosses." "Nineteenth Squad's still tryin' to find that mystery diner, whose salad got dressed with Disico's front brains." "I don't get it." "Before you got shot, Fancy was ready to dump you." "Look, all you need to know, Captain, I think I owe the lieutenant enough... to put some wood up your ass if anything bad happens." "How's it work, Sipowicz?" "He let you drink in thejohn?" "Let's not quarrel, huh?" "It's the holidays." " John, where's Andy?" " He had to make a stop." "At the dry cleaner's?" "I already picked up the Santa outfit." "He didn't say where he was goin'." "What's goin' on?" "Oh, boy." "Oh, boy." "The kids are comin'." "John, you wanna be Santa?" "L..." "I don't..." "I don't think I would pass, do you?" "Well, you think I look like Santa?" "Because I'm gonna have to be Santa now." " Just tell 'em that the party's started." " Okay." " Hey, John." "Merry Christmas." " Merry Christmas." " Did you hurt yourself?" " Yeah, I just got a little banged up." "I'm all right." " So you gonna go to the party later on?" " Yeah." " Maybe I'll see you there." " Okay." "Miss Abandando will take Kyle down to the party." " Will he go with me?" " Oh, sure." "He's used to doin' things with different people." "We've stayed in so many different places." "Sweetheart, you wanna go to a Christmas party?" " Okay." " I can't believe it." " I can't believe it." " What?" "I took the rabbit out of the cage to put a ribbon on it." "L" " I-I-I come outside to find Andy." "L" " I-I-I go back in." " The rabbit's missing?" " The rabbit's dead." " Lucas' cat ate it." " Oh!" " Okay, let's go." " All right." "Be good, baby." "Your wet-brained errand boy came to see me." "What are you talking about?" "Deaf and dumb, huh, Lieutenant?" " You didn't send Sipowicz stumbling my way?" " No, I didn't." "Well, unpack your bags." "He did his job." "Listen to me, Captain." "I don't know what you're talkin' about." "And I never had my bags packed." "Andy, change into this." "And stall on the rabbit." "What are you talkin' about, Medavoy?" "Lucas' cat had rabbit stew for Christmas." "So when you give out the presents, just-just stall till I get back." "Your little boy's just fine." "Great." "You got a minute?" "I gotta talk to you." "Um..." "Hey, when are you taking Kathy to the motel?" "We're not." "That perp's prints came back." "He's not Calvin James." "He's Carl Shivers." "He busted his wife out of jail in Florida... a week ago at gunpoint." " And the wife's been I.D. 'd from those prints off the glass." " Kathy?" " She's married to that guy?" " Yeah." "She's got 11 armed robberies and two assaults on her sheet." "You stay back now." " You give me Carl and my little boy." " Drop the scissors." " No, you listen to me." "I will cut her throat." " You're not goin' anywhere!" " Drop the scissors!" " You clear me a path to the stairs, now!" " You're makin' things worse. - Please don't hurt me." " Shut up!" "You do it now!" "Clear me a p..." " Drop it, or I'll blow your face off!" " Go ahead." "You miss, she dies." "Go ahead!" " Grab the scissors!" "Grab the scissors!" " Let go!" "Grab the arm!" "Grab her arm!" "Get her up here." "Give me the hand." "Give me the hand." "Give me some cuffs." " Are you all right?" " She would've killed me." "Take it easy." "You're okay." " Just settle down!" "Take it easy!" " You saved me, Gregory." " I'm out ofhere." "Take her to Booking." " I gotta go to a pet shop." "Get yourself a drink of water." "I'm gonna get myself..." "some spiked eggnog." "Okay, merry Christmas, Daniel." "Ho, ho, ho." "Merry Christmas." "Ho, ho, ho." "All right." "Who's next?" "There you go." "Merry Christmas." "Ho, ho, ho." "Uh, what's your name?" "Ben." " Hey." "Yeah." " Hey." "Punch?" "Big change from last year, huh?" "Yeah." "You seem happy here." " I like the work." " Yeah." "Look at Andy." "Yeah." "It's a tough time of the year for him, you know." "So, I-I guess you're gonna go over to your mother's later?" "Yeah." "In fact, I was headin' over there, yeah." " Merry Christmas." " Merry Christmas, Lori." "Okay, merry Christmas, Ben." "Ho, ho, ho." "Can I talk to Santa for just a minute?" "How ya doin'?" "I put it in my letter." "I've been a good girl all year." "Do you have plans later?" "No, I think I'm gonna head out." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "I wouldn't make very good company." " Merry Christmas, Andy." " Merry Christmas." "Okay, who's next?" " Elizabeth." " There you go." " Hey." " Hi, Johnny." " How's it goin'?" " Okay." "That's, uh..." "That's just conversation." " I know." " I'm not prying'." " I know." " Okay." " I gotta go." "Lieutenant wants to see me." " Oh." "Yeah." "All right." "I'll-I'll talk to you later." " Nice seein' you." "Yeah." " Merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas." "Ho, ho, ho." "All right, up." " James." "This is for you." " Hey, Lieutenant." "For me?" "I'm a little embarrassed." "I didn't get you anything." "Open it." "I'm a detective?" "Don't ask me how I finagled gettin' the badge early." "Just show up at 1 Police Plaza Wednesday at 10:00 for the ceremony." "Thanks." "I got my gold shield." "Flyin'James, you're a detective, you son of a bitch." "Way to go." " Thank you." " Congratulations, Detective." " All right, Sarge." " Hey, way to go, Detective." "Hey, thank you." "Lucas, that animal..." " That animal is a killer." " Medavoy, rabbits are rodents." "That's how he makes his living." "Merry Christmas, Evelyn." "Ho, ho, ho." " Oh, look!" " Well, look what Santa's helper brought." "I thought maybe you crashed the sleigh, Medavoy." "Okay, this way." "Mommy!" "Look what I got!" "Come on." "What was Haverill talkin' about?" "Who?" "Cut it out, Sipowicz." "Haverill said you came to see him." "Look, Lieutenant, you know, I had a long day." "I got a long night ahead of me goin' up and down all those chimneys." "I don't know what kind of leverage you had, Andy, but I wish you hadn't used it." "That's a funny way to say thank you, huh, Lieutenant?" "I fight my own battles." "You know, maybe I did make a mistake." "Maybe Dumphy or O'Bannon or whichever other chowder-society turd..." "Haverill had cued up for your job would've been easier to work with." " Why did you do it?" " I don't know, Lieutenant." "All day long, I knew I was gonna make a mistake." "I guess this is just the one I got to first, all right?" "I don't owe you." " Nobody said you did." " I don't owe you." "You don't owe me dick, all right?" "Merry Christmas, Lieutenant!" "Look." "Look, when you and I talk, it's always a train wreck." "I mean to say one thing, and we wind up in each other's faces." " I got your drift." " No, you didn't, Andy." "I'm not easy with people doin' for me, but I shouldn't have sounded so ungrateful." "I appreciate your tryin'to help." "No problem." "I owed you one." "Merry Christmas, Andy." "Merry Christmas." "Christmas bonus time, Miss Janice." "Tommy's handing' out the goodies." "Here's a toast, Tommy." "Salud." "Who's that guy he's talkin' to?" "Fellow from out of town." "Did some special work for Tommy." "So, are you gonna get rewarded for all your good deeds, Richie?" "We'll see." "Between me, you and the lamp post, I wish Tommy... had a little more old-timer in him." "You wish he had a big moustache?" "He doesn't appreciate the tradition like the other guy did." "Marino?" " Besides, sometimes he's a little short-arm." " Oh, he's cheap, huh?" " Richie." " My turn at the trough." " How you doin', Tommy?" " Hey, Richie." " Janice, Tommy Linardi." " How you doin'?" "Yeah." "Have a seat." "You did good for us." "Well, if you say so, Tommy." "I don't know what a couple of sector designations... and personnel assignments can do for you." "Yeah, well, maybe that's why you're walkin' the beat." "Hey." "Hey, here's a little, uh..." "here's a little boost." "I think I did the right thing for you too, Richie." "Enjoy a happy holiday." " Thanks, Tom." " I wasn't expecting' this." "You must have something very special planned for those schedules." "Hey, spend the money." "Don't worry about my plans." " Tommy, happy New Year." " Yeah." "See you later, huh?" "Angelo, come here." "Do you believe this cheap son of a bitch?" "Huh?" "I'll admit to being a little disappointed." "I don't roll over and spread wide." "You wanna get treated like a punk, that's up to you." "Where's Justice, huh, Richie?" "Why don't you take your smart mouth someplace else?" "Okay." "Merry Christmas." "There she is." " Hi." " Oh!" "Hi, Johnny." "Oh." "I'm so glad to see you." "Oh, here you are." "Mrs. Hanson says you're eatin' better." "Mrs. Gallaway died Thursday." "Yeah." "She died a long time ago, Mom." "She did everything gracefully." "Even her passing was that way." "Can you turn that off?" "There's a controller around someplace." " Here." " It doesn't work anyway." "There's something I talk-talk..." "I want to talk to you about." " Okay." " But you have to help me keep my mind on it." "You got a deal." "I mean, with one thing and another..." "you working night duty..." "Well, it just never seemed the right time, you know?" "I don't want you to take this the wrong way." " Okay." " It's aboutJohn Jr." "Mm-hmm." "When you come home late, and you're so quiet so as not to wake me, I hear you." "And I know you go into his room." "I've watched you a few times." "Sitting by the side of the bed, I've seen you stroke his hair... and kiss him good night." "I know you love him," " and John Jr." "Knows it too." " That's right." "And John Jr." "Knows I love him." "He does." "He does." "But you need to spend more time with him." "Okay, I will spend more time with him." "He's young." "He's young, and he's just starting to form himself... to be the kind of man he'll be." "And he has to spend more time with you... to be able to do all that and still be the little guy he is." "You understand?" "Yeah." "Have I hurt you?" "No." "I'm okay." "All right." "That's what I wanted to say." " I got it out, didn't I?" " Yeah." " Yeah, you did." " Mmm." "You want some water?" "Something to drink?" "Now, I wanna be sure you're gonna spend more time with your son." " You promise me?" " I promise." "I'm gonna get you that water." "Johnny?" "Oh, you didn't have to drive all that distance tonight." "It's Christmas Eve, Ma." "Do you have to go back, son, or can you stay a while?" "Yeah, I'll stay till you fall asleep." "How about that?" " Okay." " Go to sleep." "Go ahead." "Go ahead." "Merry Christmas, Ma." "Merry Christmas."