"What's up?" "You guys want to buy this guitar?" "$50." " Fender Hollow Body." " I don't play." "Come on, you'll be like Chuck Berry." "Twenty dollars." "Twenty dollars." " You want to buy a guitar?" " No." "Foryourbrother?" "Your son?" "Orderup." "Hey, Arnie." " Hey, Joey, how you doing?" " Good." " Hey, look, you want to buy a guitar?" " I got one." "All right." "Then do me a favor." "Will you loan me $20?" "I don't think so." "I got an idea, man." "Why don't you keep the guitaruntil I pay you back?" " That way you're safe." " I'm not a pawnshop." "Arnie, please, man." "I just need to get straight here." "What you need, you don't pay for." "You got to pray forit." "Arnie, I don't need a fucking sermon right now, okay?" "I need to get well." "All right?" "Man, you know how it is." "Right?" "Please." "You're in for a real fucking treat now, man." "You're lucky you caught me because this is my last bag." "All right, Snake, let me see the shit." "Here." " This is all you got?" " It's enough, it's 90% pure." "Where you gonna find 90% pure?" "I know a guy's got a shitload ofit." "Picasso." "You want me to hook you up with him, you just say the word." "Yeah, baby, here we go." "Hey, where's this Picasso at?" "There he is." "My man, Picasso." "What did I tell you, man?" " You stay here, all right?" " Yeah." "Picasso, my man." "How you doing, man?" "Can I get two, okay?" " Let me pay you tomorrow." " No, man." "No fucking way." "Come on, man." "You know I'm good forit." " Pay me now, motherfucker." " You know I'm good forit!" "I'm gonna fucking cut you!" "Fuck!" "Give me that!" "Shit!" "Wie gotta get rid ofhim!" "Let's dump him in the river!" "His body will wash out to the ocean." "Come on, man." "Help me out here." "Fuck." "What?" "Joey?" "Joey, is that you?" "Joey!" "How did you get in, did you bust the door?" "No, I didn't bust the door." "What are you doing?" "I won't have drugs in this house." "Get it out ofhere!" " Joey, what happened?" " I got in a fight, that's all." " With who?" " I don't know." "It doesn't matter." "The fuckerpulled a knife on me, so I got the fuck out of there." " When are you gonna learn?" " I have learned." "I am tired ofit, okay?" "I am fucking tired ofit." "I know I got to stop this shit." " You heard it all before, right?" " More than once." " Ma, I'm trying to talk to you here." " Do you wanna talk?" "Here's a quarter." "Call yourfather." "Tell him you've changed." "I don't know why I fucking bother." "So tell me, what makes this time different from all the othertimes?" "Because the only difference I ever see is my money ormy jewelry are missing." "This is different." "If I don't stop this shit, I am gonna die." "I know you heard it before, but I'm tired ofit." "You know, if I can get away, maybe I could just clean up." "I don't know, I'll go some place like Key Wiest." "Do you rememberwhen we went to Key Wiest?" "Yeah." "That was a fun vacation." "I know." "The drug counselor says I'm not allowed to give you money." "Ma, I don't want yourmoney." "I just want you to believe me this time." " You don't believe me." " No, Joey, listen" "That's all right." "I gotta go." " No, Joey." "No." "Joey, no." " Ma, I gotta go." "LaMarca." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Who is this?" "You must have something to say." "Hello?" "Wiell, I was here." "You missed a chance for a good talk." "It's the middle of the night." "Talk to me or get off the phone." "Vincent, is that you?" "Michelle, sorry." "I thought it was a nut calling." "The thunderwoke me up." "You watching the storm?" "Yeah." "You want company?" "Be right down." "I think we ought to put a hole in yourfloor and get a fire pole." "You got a thing forfiremen?" " Cops." " Cops?" "Good, I'm a cop." "Prove it." "I'll show you my badge." "No." "Okay, Reg." "I got 6:17 a.m. and we're on the scene." "They had to beep us at this hour?" "The recently deceased would've waited." "You got the tide." "Anotherhour, the tide's gonna pull him to Jersey." "Jesus, he looks like a fucking human comic book." " Where's the medical examiner?" " Late." "As usual." "I'm not waiting." "Wie better start before the tide gets him." "No ligature marks." " Some bruises and contusions." " Look at this." "Bingo." "Let's see what we got here." "Guy was in a fight." "Look at the defensive wounds." " Ones." "Fives. 20's the largest in here." " Jesus." "This is 3000, 4000 bucks." "He's a fucking dealer." "They went afterhis dope instead ofhis cash." "Good morning." "So this is the guest ofhonor?" " Where you been?" " Don't give me any shit, Reg." "I had to jerk off twice this morning just to get my heart started." "Here we are." "Robert Monroe." "414 Seacrest Drive, Long Beach." "The city by the sea." "You know this guy?" "It's been a long time, but I wouldn't have forgotten him." "This gonna be a problem foryou, Vince, driving out there?" "When I was a kid, everything was new." " Everybody just bought theirfirst car." " Theirfirst wife." "Now, it looks like the Serbian army came through." " Must've been a real nice place." " It was." "I'm here to see Lieutenant Katt." " Vincent LaMarca." " Sam, how are you?" " My partner, Reg Duffy." "Sam Katt." " Sit down." "Sit down." "Putting on a little weight sitting behind that desk." " What brings you back to Long Beach?" " Wie got a floater." "Robert Monroe, 25." "Probably a street dealer." "414 Seacrest." "Got anything on him?" " Wie can do a run on him." " Spelled M-O-N-R-O-E?" "Right." " Lieutenant?" " Dave Simon." "He sits at your desk." " Hi, Dave." " Reg Duffy." "I thought you'd be retired." "You got the time." "And do what?" "I neverlearned anything else." " It's a bullshit job." "It is." " He doesn't believe that." "Sure, there are better-paid gigs, but I wouldn't give up my job." "Bullshit." " It's theirfavorite word in Manhattan." " He neverused to talk like that." "This was paradise." "I thought I could fool myself." "Why did you leave?" "He's got a lot of trespasses, burglaries and assaults." "He did six months on Rikers Island formisdemeanorpossession." "His alias is Picasso." "Wiell, Sam, thanks." "It was good to see you." "It was good out here for a while." " Nice to meet you." " Thanks." " Good to meet you." " Hey, Vince." "Come back anytime." "That didn't go too bad." " He seemed okay." " Yeah." "Katt's one of the good guys." "Neverfuck with a family of cops, they don't forget." "Come overthis Sunday." "Marge thinks you don't like herno more." " I love Marge." " It's the kids, then?" "Little bastards." "No, the kids are great." "Respectful." "Wiell-behaved." "Not like you." "But-You got a lot oflove in yourhouse." "When I go there, I feel uncomfortable." " But thanks forthe invitation." " Suit yourself." "You'll miss it when it's gone." " Sweetheart, give me a cup of coffee." " Coming right up." " Hey, Snake." " Spyder." " Wiant to lend me some money?" " What?" "What gives you the idea I got money?" "Did you hear?" "Some whacko fuck wasted Picasso last night." "They cut him up." "They found his body in the city, by the river." " That's bad, man." " Here you go." "So I hearyou and Joey went shopping last night." "I hearJoey Nova's Chevy Nova got parked overin Crystal Park." "At least it sounds like Joey Nova's." "Next thing you know, my associate, Picasso seems he ain't breathing too good anymore." "You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?" "See, the truth is, I can't let this pass, man." "I can't let some fuck walk off with my bread." "I'm a laughingstock." "Who the hell's gonna work forme, I can't protect my own people?" "It's about respect." "The way you're acting, I feel like I already lost yourrespect." "So where's Joey Nova?" "I don't know, man." "Where's Joey Nova?" "He's in the back, man." "In the toilet." "You're dead, you junkie cocksucker!" "You hearme?" "You're dead!" "How you doing, Herb?" "Can't eat, can't sleep." "A good shit is the adventure of my day." "I got a present foryou." "When are you gonna marry that girl in 3A?" " Who said I wanted to?" " I'll marry her." "You be my best man." "Only if you have a nudist wedding." "How about that?" "Good night." "Sprewell goes right, fires off the three, and hits it." "Latrell Sprewell, with 10.9 seconds remaining." " Good night, you guys." " See you." " Hi, Terry." " Happy anniversary." " Shut up." " Bye." "What anniversary?" "You've escorted me home every night for a year." "I have?" "You missed a couple nights here and there." "I tend to turn things into a habit." " I'm a habit?" " Yeah, you're all overme like a nun." " What is a first anniversary, paper?" " Something cheesy." " Cheesecake?" "Is that what it is?" " Yeah." "Let's go have some cheesecake." "That's a good idea." "What?" " I was just thinking." " About what?" "About what happens next." "Wie spoon until you fall asleep." "Then I go upstairs, catch a few winks get up at the crack, go to work, come home..." " Have a beer and make dinner." " Make dinner, watch TV head overto the theater and walk you home." "Good." " lf I'm a good boy, we make love." " lf you're a good boy?" " And then you ask me what happens next." " That's very good." "Very smooth." " in your own words, taking yourtime, giving us a clearidea what happened between you and this guy on that night." "Joey owes me money, and he's gonna connect me with this guy, Picasso." "He's gonna talk Picasso into giving him dope so he can step on it and sell." "Wie drive through this hurricane looking forhim." "Wie find him by this refinery." "Joey goes and says something." "Picasso pulls a knife." "And Joey goes off on the fucker." "Wiay off." " I'm like, "What the fuck?" "!"" " That his real name?" "That's what people call him." "He drives a Chevy Nova." "What are you doing here, Snake?" "What do you mean?" "You're not what I would call a concerned citizen." " So why did you rat out yourpal?" " Joey Nova is crazy." "He said he'd cut me up if I didn't keep my mouth shut." "You'll give us Joey." "Where do we find him?" "He's usually hanging around on the boardwalk." "By the old casino." "I don't know." "Suppose we pretend to believe this fuck you wanna get a description of this Joey?" "Let me run a make on the Chevy Nova registration." "The reason you're here is because you're scared." "What I want to know is who you're scared of." "You want to tell us?" "Here's your change and your order." "Bye, now." " May I take your order?" " A bacon cheeseburger and a blowjob." "How you doing, Gina?" " Fuck off!" " That ain't no way to treat a customer." " What do you want?" " Joey Nova." " Like I know where he is?" "Like I care?" " Tell him I want my 4 grand back." "Good luck." "Just get the hell out ofhere." "How's yourkid doing?" " You're gonna get me canned, asshole." " All right." "Catch you later." "CASINO" "Wie gotta get a warrant." "It'll take a couple of days and he'll vacate." "Bingo." "Stinks like a sewerin here." "Look at this." "It's a shooting gallery, for chrissakes." " This is where he comes to juice." " Anybody home?" " Wie got special delivery!" " Ice." "Blue Bellies." "Snow Caps." "Quills." "Whatever." "Hello?" " Anybody home?" " Hello?" " No buyers." " I guess not." "I think they're all dead." "Wiell, let's get out ofhere." "This place used to be beautiful." "My old man used to take me here all the time." "That's the first time I everheard you talk about your old man." "KEY WEST" " Hey, Gina." " What are you doing here?" "I just wanted to come take a shower or something." "Did you kill that guy?" " What?" "What guy?" " The guy you stole the $4000 from." " What did you do with it?" " I didn't steal $4000." "That's not what Spyder says." " Spyder?" " Yeah, the guy worked for Spyder." "And yourfriend Snake turned himselfin." " Fuck." " Yeah." "Fuck." "I didn't mean to do it." "He came afterme." "I didn't take his money." "What have you done?" "I don't know." " Are you staying clean?" " Trying." "Gina." "You gotta get out ofhere." "Spyder's been hassling me, looking foryou." "All right." " What are you gonna do?" " I don't know." "I gotta get out ofhere." "Maybe get some money and then maybe I'll go to Key Wiest or something." "Then I could send foryou." "I don't have the dough right now, but" " I'm skimming at work just to get by." " No, I didn't mean from you." "Yeah, sure, Joey." "Here." " Here." " No, no." "Look I got this foryou." "So maybe I'll see you in Florida." "All right?" "Bye." "ALL SHOWiS $2.00 OPEN ALL DAY" " PEEP BOOTHS" "Here you go, Herb." " Don't let the cops catch you drinking." " One of them lives here." " Nice guy?" " He's an asshole." "Cheap with his liquor." "Long Beach got a positive ID on the Chevy Nova." "It's registered to Joey LaMarca." " My Joey?" " Yeah." "Could you open up four, please?" "Snake, come out here for a second." " You know who that is?" " Joey Nova." " This the guy who killed Picasso?" " Yeah, Joey Nova." " Got anything to add to what you told us?" " No, sir." " You stuck him!" " I didn't, Joey did!" " Close it up!" " Get in the cage!" "Come on, Vince." "Lieutenant, you all right?" "Joey's my son." "His mother and me are divorced." " I'm sorry." " Put a warrant out forhim." "Get a search warrant forthat casino where he hangs out." "Keep checking with Traffic forthe Chevy Nova." "I'm gonna go see his mother." "Coverthe back, just in case he's in there." " Who is it?" " It's Vince." "Can I come in?" " I'm sorry." "It's late." " What do you want?" " You know where Joey is?" " Why?" "He's in trouble." "I think he might've killed somebody." " You know this oryou just think it?" " I'm pretty sure." "I know a very good lawyer." "He was with the D.A." " Really?" " I'm gonna give him a call." "So let me get this straight." "You walk out 14 years ago and now you come back giving orders." " Our son is in trouble." " Wie don't have a son." "I do." "Nothing here belongs to you." " Learn a new song to sing." " You walked out on Joey." " Not on him." "I walked out on you." " What's the difference?" "I'm trying to help." "You came here to arrest your own son." "lfhe's responsible." "He'll have to face up to it." "That's funny." "You, talking about facing responsibilities." "You ran away." "Anything got too close, you ran to yourjob." "Tell him he's better off turning himselfin to me." "You think I trust you to bring him in?" "You wife beater!" "You have to bring that up." "You had as much to do with it as I did." "There was neverviolence in my family." "Not like the LaMarcas!" "You can't save him by saying it runs in the family." "He made a choice to be there and kill." "Like you made a choice to be a bitch." "Okay, Vince, you got it off your chest." "Nothing more to say now?" "So go." "Just tell him he's better off turning himselfin to me." "Hey, where you been?" "I thought you got shot or something." "I'm sorry, I should've called." "Are you all right?" "Rough day." " Is something wrong?" " I'm just tired." "I just don't feel like" " I just don't feel like talking." " Okay." " Chief." " Close the door." "This is CommissionerJohnson and Vanessa Hansen from the mayor's office." " Actually, Deputy Assistant Mayor." " Take a seat, Vince." "Wie wanted to meet you, see how to spin this forthe media." " Spin what?" " They know about your old man, Vince." "Wie need a story on how the son of an executed child-murdererwas promoted to homicide detective." " One of the best." " The best." " Of New York's finest." "My father didn't kill the kid." "It was a stupid accident." "Yes, but the 11:00 news will be all overthis." "Wie want to be ready." " They'll wanna know how you got started." " I didn't kill the kid." "But you were hired by Police Captain McAuley, yourfather-in-law who shepherded you into Homicide." " What about him?" "He arrested my father and he took a big, big chance with me." "I know." "I'm just saying that this is how the media will frame it." "Afterthe execution, I had nothing." "That cop saved me, taught me everything." "He was the kindest guy I evermet." "Make that part of your story." ""Detective LaMarca is in no way responsible." "He's had a long and honorable career despite his father's violent past-"" " He wasn't violent." "What is this?" " "-and that ofhis son."" " Excuse us." " "He has fought criminals..."" " Something like that?" " Yeah, that would work." "I have to take you off the case." " I should reassign you too, Reg." " I want him on it." " It's your call." " I don't know." "I want Joey brought in safe." "I know you'll do that." "Okay, all right." "Rossi!" "You're working with Reg on this." "Take the rest of the week off." " I don't need a week off, sir." " This isn't a democracy." "I'll take you home." "Put my ex-wife's place under surveillance." "Awiretap too." "He may have killed a guy." "It's easier the second time." "You know that." "Whateveryou have to do, you'll always have my respect and friendship." "I'll do everything to bring him in safe." "You want company?" " How come you're not at work?" " Took a few days off." "I'm not used to seeing you in the daylight." "I look different?" "I'm sorry about yesterday." "I'm sorry I didn't call you." "Wiell, we're not in high school, right?" " I just had a tough day, you know?" " No, actually, I don't know." "I just don't like talking about work, that's all." "Okay." "You got yourplace, I got mine." "No complications, and that's okay." "I'm 43 years old, I like to keep it simple." "I don't want to marry you." "I just want to know you." "I think I know you, then something happens and I realize I don't know you at all." "You gonna say anything?" "What's there to say?" "It's my problem, not yours." "Why make it yours?" "You see?" "That's exactly what I mean." " What's up?" "I got something foryou." " How much you looking for?" "At least a grand." "I need some traveling money." " Where you going?" " Florida." "Really?" "What you gonna be doing down there?" "Wiell, my old man manages a hotel down there." "He'll get me a job tending bar." "One of those beach bars." "You know, palm trees." "Right on the fucking sand." " I'll give you a grand foryour Nova." " How will I get to Florida?" " I can't sell my Nova." " This is all shit." "Look, I got a silver-plated.45." "Bring me the piece, we'll talk money." " See you later." " Dude, we never close, baby." " Yeah?" " Mr. LaMarca?" "You Joey LaMarca's father?" " Who's this?" " Friend of Joey's." " Who are you?" " I'm Gina." "Okay, come on in, Gina." "Sit down." "You want something to drink?" "No." "So where's Joey?" " I don't know." " You don't know?" "When was the last time you saw him?" "I got something that belongs to Joey." "I was thinking I'd leave it here with you." "It's just stuff Joey saved." " Kind oflike a scrapbook, you know?" " How did you know to come here?" "Joey brought me once." "One day he said he wanted to see you." " And where was I?" " I don't know." "He chickened out." "Wiouldn't even push the doorbell." "Just like Joey." "He wouldn't let me either." "How do you get in touch with him?" "I told you." "I don't know where he is." "Keep asking questions like that, you'll have to read me my rights." "You live in Long Beach?" "Yeah." "I borrowed a friend's carto get here." "I gotta get it back." "You drove into the city just to give me this?" "Joe's gone." "That stuff was real important to him." "I didn't know what else to do with it, and his mother don't like me, so..." "So, what do you expect me to do?" "Just, like, be his dad, you know?" "I gotta go." "I'm gonna get a ticket." "Gina?" "Thank you." "Sure." "I'll talk to you later, okay?" "Cheesecake?" " That you?" " That's me." "Mom, dad?" " Connie." "His name was Angelo." " He's handsome." "My old man was executed at Sing Sing in '59 formurder." "I was 8." "BABY-KILLER LAMARCA ELECTROCUTED" "What happened?" "He was a moving man." "Moved rich people into mansions out in Locust Valley." "Somehow he got into debt." "I guess it was bad." "He had this idea to fix it." "This brilliant, idiotic, stupid idea:" "Kidnap a baby from a rich family." "Leave a ransom note." "They'll pay, no sweat." "He kidnaps the baby." "While he's waiting forthe ransom in his car the baby gets tangled in a blanket in the back seat and suffocates." "First murdering Long Beach, and it was my old man." "Just a little kid, that must've been hell." "You get through anything when you have to, but it was..." "What kept me sane was the cop who arrested my old man kind of adopted me." "Captain McAuley, he was a good guy." "But this is the ex-wife?" " Yeah, that's Maggie." "Who's this?" "That's my son, Joey." "You have a son?" "I'm sorry I lied to you when I said I didn't have any kids." "I'm sorry." " Why did you lie to me?" " I don't know." "I hadn't seen him in a long time." "The divorce was a mess." "Maggie had been seeing this guy and..." "I don't know, I just..." " I lost control of the situation." " Lost control?" "Is that cop talk?" "Wie fought a lot, shouting and yelling." "But it never got physical." "And then one day, it did." "I lost control." "I, of course, regretted it." "But we never got overthat." "On top of that, I think my son might've killed a guy the othernight." " What?" " I'm just trying to tell you everything." "Yeah, okay." "Okay." "Why haven't you seen him?" "I tried at first, but Maggie made it difficult." "I had supervised visits with a social workerwatching." "Like I was a criminal." "Like I was back going to prison to see my old man." "I couldn't take it." " So you just stopped seeing him?" " Not just like that." "Maggie was also doing a number on him, so he didn't want to be around me." "I just walked away." "I quit." "Maybe I should've tried harder." "I don't know." "Why couldn't you tell me this before?" "Wiell, I..." "I don't know, I..." "That was me." "With you, it's different." "I didn't wanna ruin that." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "It's what I asked for, isn't it?" " Not so simple, huh?" " No." "No, it's not." "I'm not your ex-wife." "I won't judge you." "I neverhave, I won't start now." "But I've gotta think about this." "I've gotta think about this." "See you, okay?" "Gina, I want you to know I got a lot of respect foryou." "The way you got your shit together foryourkid." "I got no problem with you." "Just tell me where Joey is." " Look, I don't know" " Don't!" "I don't wanna hearit." "I'll tell you what." "I'll give you till 12 noon." "Plenty of time to feed yourkid, whateveryou gotta do." " But afterthat, you find Joey, okay?" " Yeah." "He's a good-looking kid." " LaMarca." " It's Gina." " I need some money to pay the taxi." " All right, I'll be right down." "You okay?" "No." "It's 52 bucks." "Give him $60, he's a nice guy." " Who's this?" " Your grandson." "I try not to smoke around him." "Sometimes it's just, you know..." " What's his name?" " Angelo." " Wie haven't eaten." "Got anything to eat?" " I'll make you something." " Does Joey help you out?" " He would ifhe could, I guess." " How do you pay yourrent?" " Wiorkfare." "Flipping hamburgers." "Until they figure out I'm dipping in the register, which is any day now." " Then I'll be totally fucked." " When did you see him last?" "Night before last." "Said he was gonna get some money and go." " Go where?" " Like he knows?" "Florida." "Key Wiest." "Whenever he gets rabbity, he's going to Florida." "Like it's some magic country when it's only the dope capital of the world." "Can I ask you a question without you getting mad?" "Depends." "When you left Joey, was it hard?" "Very hard." "You miss him?" "Of course." "It get easier, you know, missing him after a while?" "You just stop thinking about it." "Put yourhead down, keep walking." "Otherwise it'd be too difficult." "Wias it betterforJoey, you think, that you left?" "For a while." "All I know is I missed out on stuff." " Like what?" " Like teaching him about things." "Like good music." "Old movies." "Not being afraid to fight." "Stufflike that." "I guess what you want and what you can do are different things sometimes." "Gina, I wanna help Joey." "You can't help him." "You never did." "That's what he says." "I'm gonna go buy some smokes." "Can I borrow a couple bucks?" "Yeah, my wallet is in the hall on that table." " You need anything?" " No, thanks." " You mind watching Angelo for a bit?" " He'll be okay." "You be good." "Mommy's gonna be right back." "His Pampers and stuff are in the duffel." " Duffy." " Reg." "My son's girlfriend brought overmy grandson." " Can you hearme?" " Hello?" "It's a lousy connection." "She's spooked." "She just went out." "When she comes back, I'll turn up the heat." " When she comes" " Wie're heading to Long Beach." " I got a warrant forthe casino." " Wiant me to meet you?" "There's Mommy." "Thattaboy." "Who's this?" "This is my grandson, Angelo." "Joey's kid." "His motherjust dropped him off." "I didn't even know he existed." "Listen, Vincent." "I brought yourkeys back." "I think we need to take it easy for a while." "Why don't you come in for a second and we can talk?" "Wie gotta talk." "Come on." "Wie should talk, you know?" " I didn't go out to buy smokes." " What's going on?" "Look, I've been thinking." "I'm thinking about scoring." " I'm sorry I took yourmoney." " Forget the money." "Let me come get you." "I'm gonna go away for a while, okay?" "Don't do this, you'll regret it." "A kid needs his mother." " Don't do this." " He's better off without me." "No, that's not true." "Please." "I'll come get you." "Where are you?" "You did it." "Maybe I'm like you." "I can't do it." "I just can't hang." "Stay here." "Or I'll get you your own apartment." "Come back." "You're gonna pay forit." "It's a big mistake." "Just come back" " Wiould you listen to me?" " Please come back." "Joey might be crashed up at that old merry-go-round." "He's gonna be up in the attic." " You won't hurt him?" " Of course not." "But please come back." " Please, you can't leave him." " Sorry." "You know, I tried." " I'm sorry." " What can I do to make you-?" " She's not coming back?" " No." "She told me where Joey was." "Can you...?" "Take care ofhim?" "Can't say no." "I came here to give you yourkey back." "And to get mine." "I'll come back and take care ofhim." "Just let me do this." "Wie'll talk then, all right?" "Wie're right outside." "Yeah." "Okay, thanks." "Wie're down here by this casino." " Send us some backup." " Come on, let's go." " You're not gonna wait?" " Vince and I were here already." "Let's see if anyone's there, then get back to town." "It's late." "All right." "Easy, easy." " This place stinks." " Yeah, the lovely smell ofhumanity." "I'm taking my gloves off." "I got them fucked up last time." "Holy shit, look at all this." " Wiatch it." "There's used needles all over." " I'll bet." "Shit!" "Fuck!" "Officer down." "Officer down, Long Beach Casino!" "Officer down!" "Rossi, what happened?" "He was up there with a gun." "Reg is overthere." " Oh, no." "Jesus." " I'm sorry, lieutenant." " What happened?" " They called for an assist but didn't wait." "You don't go in for a murder suspect without backup!" "He said you and him were already here before together alone." "Goddamn it, Reg." "One question." "Can I have a statement?" " Chief Henderson." " Lieutenant Katt, Long Beach Police." "Crime scene is in here." "Lt. LaMarca!" "Chief wants to see you." "Okay, here's the facts as we know them so far:" "A.45-caliberreported stolen from a clinic this morning." "Suspect's name is Joseph LaMarca." "He's at" " Wiait a minute." " Not now." "You don't have enough to make Joey the prime suspect." " I know it's yourkid" " Evidence." "Rossi didn't see it." " I didn't see it." " He didn't see anybody." " You said Joey hung out here." " That was just a lead." " It doesn't prove anything." " This is an investigation." "I'm just saying you don't have enough to make him the prime suspect." "Wie got a fingerprint match on the murderweapon." "I'm sorry, lieutenant." "It's definitely yourboy." "I'm here at the crime scene at the boardwalk where a detective was gunned down during a manhunt forJoseph LaMarca a murder suspect police consider armed and dangerous." "They're tearing the house apart." "They say Joey killed some cop." "Not some cop." "My partner." "I know what they'll do when they find him." "I know what cops do to cop killers." "One way or another, they'll find a way to kill him." " It's too late." " It's not his fault." "Then whose fault is it?" "Did you pull the trigger?" " He doesn't know what he's doing." " Don't start with that." "You choose right orwrong." "He's got nobody to blame but himself." " Please help him." "You're all he's got." " Then he's got nothing." "Please, help him!" "Don't walk away from him again!" " himself the son of Angelo LaMarca, executed for a horrific murdering 1959." "This photo shows LaMarca being booked forthe murder of the baby who was strangled to death while LaMarca attempted to collect the ransom." "Marge." "Here." "Take these into the living room." "Come on now." "Come on." "I'm sorry it was yourboy." "That'll be hard foryou." "I'm sorry." "I'm just so sorry." "It's hard to believe Reg will neverbe coming home again." "Why did he do it, Vince?" "Reg neverwould have hurt yourboy." "It's just so wrong." "It's just..." "It's just so wrong." "I swearto God, if there's anything I can do..." "Daddy, no!" "Bree's gonna miss him the most." "LaMarca has had a long career with this department living down the tragedy ofhis father's past and that ofhis troubled..." " Hi." " Hi." " Where's Angelo?" " Asleep in yourbed." "LaMarca has been moved to a different case." "There they go." "The big story." "I don't know what to say." "I'm sorry, Vincent." "I went to see Reg's wife." "You know, all the other cops wouldn't look at me." "Just like it was at school." "Nobody says anything, but they think you're guilty too." "You can't blame yourself for everything." "Is Joey my fault?" "I don't know." "But you're not responsible for everything your son does." "He's gotta choose who he wants to be." "You think we get a choice?" "Wie just pretend that we got a choice." "It's more like a sentence." "When my old man did what he did, I felt so bad, you know." "I felt like I was the criminal." "No way I'd feel that way again." "I'd be so good nobody could pin anything on me." "That was my choice." "But now, whetheryour dad is a cop or a murderer some kid's father's not coming home." "That's the real life sentence." "Yeah." "So, what do we do, Michelle?" "Wiant yourkeys back?" " LaMarca." " I didn't shoot that cop." " Joey?" " You hearme?" "I didn't shoot him." "I didn't shoot him." "Somebody did." "I just left the wife and daughter crying." " Wiell, it wasn't me." " Let's meet where we watched the planes." " What?" " Rememberwe used to watch the planes?" " Yeah." " Rememberwhere that was?" " Yeah." " I'll be there, just me." "Why should I trust you?" "Joey, you don't have a choice." "I'll be there by myself, I promise." "Please." "You gotta do it." "Please." "All right." " You gonna meet him?" " I hope so." " What are you looking at?" " The van down there." " They're tapping the phone." " But you're on their side." "I don't think they see it- I don't think they see it that way." " Speak." " Let's not play games." " Sorry, chief." " Why get cute about the meeting spot?" "I know what happens if the wrong cop goes." "You got my word that nothing's gonna happen to Joey." "Yourword is good with me." "If I can, I'll bring him in to you." "I gotta go." "There will be a lot of cops up here looking forme." "Bring Angelo to yourplace." " Where are you going?" " You can't say what you don't know." "You still watch those planes." "Yeah." "I met Angelo." "Gina brought him over." "Nice little kid." "Because of Gina, not me." "She won't let me see him." "She says I gotta stay away till I get clean." "Which will be whenever." " I got this lawyerready to meet with us." " You wanna take me in?" "I wanna help." "Did you hearme?" "I didn't do the cop." "I come to talk to you, you bring up a lawyer." "You think maybe yourlawyer could get me the electric chair?" "Fuck." "Too weird, huh?" "If I got the chairtoo, just like your old man?" "You everthink about him?" "Sure." " Did you love him?" " He was my father." "Of course I did." "Because someone's yourfathermeans you gotta love him?" "You think I love you?" " I don't know." " Right." "You don't even know me, do you?" "No, I guess I don't." "You wanna tell me?" "You know I was quarterback in high school?" "No." "Yourmothernevertold me anything." " I used to look foryou in the stands." " I would've loved to see you play." "You should have." "I was good." "Wie beat Cedarhurst in the county finals." "First time in 24 years." "The crowd went wild." "I didn't need drugs that night." "I was good then." "You should have seen me." "I wish I had." "All right, fuck it." "Wie all got reasons." "So you believe me about the cop, orwhat?" " Yourprints are on the gun." " I wasn't there when the cop went down." "That cop had a name." "His name was Reg." "So who was there?" "Fucking scumbag dealernamed Spyder." "He's afterme forhis fucking $4000." "If I had it, I'd be on a plane to Florida." "Did you see him?" "No, I didn't see him do it but I saw him right after." " I mean right after." "In the alley there." " What about Picasso?" "I don't know." "Look, I was fucked up he came at me with a knife..." " I guess, in a sense, I killed him." " In a sense?" "I don't know what happened." "One minute we're fighting and the next he's dead." "But that wasn't me." "All right?" "That wasn't the real me." "I wouldn't count on a jury believing that." "This is something you can't run away from." "You can't." "You can't run." " Do you believe me?" " It doesn't matterwhat I believe." "Plead self-defense, you could get off with maybe six years." "What ifit matters to me what you believe?" "I gotta take you in, you know that." "What are you, a cop ormy father?" "I'm both." "I'm getting out ofhere." "What are you now?" "Joey, come on!" "Just fucking with you." "I knew the answer." "You know, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a cop." "I really did." "Just like you." "Chief." "Where's yourboy?" "Picasso worked for a dealer called Spyder." "Spyder's afterJoey forhis $4000." "Joey told me he saw Spyderin the alley by the casino after Reg was hit." " Why didn't you bring yourboy in?" " He told me he didn't kill Reg." " You believed him?" " I believed him." "He's your son, of course you wanna believe him." " I've been a cop 25 years" " The operative word is "cop."" "You're not sometimes a cop, sometimes a junkie's father." "You're either a cop oryou're not a cop." "End of story." "This is bullshit." "You're under oath to perform your duty." "In this investigation" "What investigation?" "You already made yourmind up." "Peace, all right?" "Don't be playing no bullshit neither." "A motherfucking ghost." " How come you still breathing, Casper?" " Listen." "Athousand dollars formy Nova." "Cops got yourwheels, boy." "I'm sorry, man." "Will you do me a solid here, please?" "I need help." "Please." "What's the ring?" " It's a football ring." "It ain't for sale." " Let me see." "This is worth like 100, easy." "But I'm saving it formy son." "Wie'll treat it like a loan until I get you the 100 back." "Yeah, sure." "All right." "Here." "No, Carl, I can't use this." "I need cash." " You'd be the first junkie who couldn't." " Give me the ring." "Back the fuck off!" "You lucky I'm giving you anything!" "Please, the ring's important." "It's formy boy." "You ain't gonna be around to see yourboy." "And you ain't going to Florida." "You got Spyder and the cops chasing you." "You a junkie!" "Only place you're going is the morgue." "County, motherfucker!" "Wiait a minute!" "What are you doing?" "There's nothing in there foryou." "Wiant to come over and see my soup?" "Look, here's grandpa." "This is Evelyn Hancock." "She's an old friend." "You're a big boy, Angelo." "Evelyn is with Child Services." "What's going on?" "She's taking Angelo until Gina comes back." "It's temporary." "She's not coming back." "I can't take care ofhim." " Can I talk to you?" " Sure." "Go see this nice lady." "I just wanna talk to him for a minute." " What are you doing?" " What am I supposed to do?" " Take care ofhim." "You're his grandfather." " Nice idea, but I can't." "Vincent, Gina's gone." "You think his fatheris coming back?" " This is the best thing forhim." " No, you're the best thing forhim." " I can help you." " You neverhad kids, you don't know." " You're gonna walk away from him." " What do you mean, walking away?" " Like with Joey." " I'm not walking away!" " That's what you said you did with Joey." " I'm not-Wialk away?" "Let me show you something." "Let me show you something." "You think I want him growing up with this?" "Like the son of Frankenstein?" ""You neverknow what he might do." "Don't mention his father!"" "Call it walking away, but I'm doing the best thing forhim." "That is not about Angelo." "That's about you." "You told me." "You told me you neverhad a choice, right?" " Wiell, you got one right here." " Michelle, try to understand." "Right now it's more than I can handle." "I can't do it." "That's how you make a choice." "Goodbye." "Morning." "Let's try to wrap this up." "Wie got pretty substantial evidence." "Fingerprints are clear." "There are no others on the gun." "Shells and ballistics identify it as the shooter's." "Wie know he frequented the carousel and used drugs there." " Excuse me, sir." " Go ahead, Dave." "A shoe print in the blood doesn't match LaMarca's size." "So, what do we think?" "That O.J. was there?" "Maybe Bruno Magli?" "One last thing." "This kid has killed twice." "Don't give him a chance to do it again." "Wie got that?" "You got a phone call on my phone." "How come you're giving out my number?" " I don't even know yournumber." " This guy knows it." "Make sure you leave a nickel in the ashtray." "Dave Simon." "I couldn't call you direct." "What's going on?" "I have something you should see." "Could we meet at York and 59th Street Bridge?" "It's copies of crime scene photos I tried to mention." "What are they?" "Footprints in the blood at the top of the ladder." "Wie can account for all of them except for one heel from a size 10 cowboy boot made by Justin Boots." "At your ex-wife's we found some of Joey's stuff." "Joey wears a size 121/2 shoe." "There's no 121/2 prints anywhere in this blood." "I appreciate this." "Wiell, you know, it doesn't all have to be bullshit." " You born in Long Beach?" " No, Army brat." "Wie lived all over." " Distant climes, huh?" " Wie traveled a lot." " Now we got a baby." "I hardly get out." " Kids change everything." "Isn't that the truth." "Sir, listen, I'm real sorry about your son." "I appreciate it." "Thank you very much." "I appreciate that." "City by the Sea" "It's more than I can handle." " Wie just pretend we got a choice." " Wie don't have a son, I do." "I wasn't gonna feel that again." " You think I love you?" " I should've tried harder." "You said you neverhad a choice." " What are you, a cop ormy father?" " That's my son." "Please help him." "You're all he's got." "He's your son!" "This is something you can't run away from." "Just like his dad." "Sorry, sir." "Wie're closed." " Anybody know where Spyderis?" " Wie're closed, mister." "Where's Spyder?" "Peace, brother." "Peace." "Stick the Friar Tuck act up your ass." "Where's Spyder?" " You know who I am?" " Yeah" "Tell Spyder I know he killed my partner." "I got proof." "He wants to see me, I'm at the Seaway Motel." "Room 105." "You got that?" "Yeah." "105." "Seaway Motel." "Here's where we're expecting the storm." "On ourmap, lots of green." "And within that, yellows and reds." "These are the areas where we're expecting heavy rain." "In New York City, the storm will move in by tomorrow morning." "You got something forme?" "Dave Simon." "Lt. LaMarca." "Got it." "I want backup and emergency units to Ocean and Neptune." "Lt. Katt?" "OCEAN AV NEPTUNE AV" "Don't fucking move!" "Don't move a finger." "Give me the gun." "Give me the fucking gun!" "Go ahead." "Move!" "What the fuck is this?" "What are you doing telling people I shot that cop?" "I know you killed my partner, scumbag." "It was yourjunkie kid." "I'm not the only one that thinks so." "You left a footprint in his blood." "Are those Justin, size 10?" " You're a long way from Manhattan." " But too close to home foryou." "You broke into my property." "I'm within my rights to defend it." "I couldn't take the chance he'd hurt Gina or Angelo." "Wiould be just like him." "You broke in here pretty good." "You learn that in cop school?" "So, what now, Joey?" "Hold back and hold yourfire!" "Hold yourfire!" "Keep eyes on that door and those windows!" "Block that road!" "I don't want one TVvan!" "Right up there." "Okay, enough." "Give me the gun." "It'll be hard enough getting you out alive without them seeing that." "This is no game, son." "Please." "You saved my life but they didn't see it." "They don't care." " I ain't going to jail." " I understand." "I wanna help you, just..." "Just give me the gun." "Lt. LaMarca, signal yourlocation!" "All right, talk." "Talk?" "What are you now, fucking Oprah?" "You got a son and a woman that loves you." "Don't run away from that." " You did." " Yeah." "I did." "And I'm sorry." "I've regretted it ever since." "Wie all gotta pay one way or another, right?" "What's going on?" "It's called "suicide by cop."" "Quick and easy." "No pills." "No fucking around." "I thought I'd try it." "How did we get this way?" "I rememberthe day you were born." "Wiell, I rememberthe day you left." "So we're even." " I'm not gonna kill you, son." " Wiell..." "Yourfriends out there will." "You know it." " There he is!" " You two!" "Hold back!" "Hold yourfire!" "Get the building secure." "Give me the gun." " I don't want to shoot you." " You do." "You think I deserve it." " Get back!" " But you won't." "It's not the real you." " You don't know anything about me." " I do." "You're my kid." "You're not a bad kid." "You're a scared kid whose old man left him." "You didn't get a choice and it hurt." "I know." "But you're my son." "You always will be." "Then why did you leave?" "I was stupid." "I forgot what it felt like to be alone." "You don't want to do to Angelo what I did to you." "What my old man did to me." " You can't." " He don't need a junkie." "You're not a junkie to him." "My old man wasn't a killerto me." "When my old man left, I hated him all my life forwhat he did to me." "But all I wanted was forhim to walk in the doorbecause I missed him." "I didn't want to be alone anymore." "Wie all pay a price forwhat we do, but when's enough?" "Because I paid." "And you paid." "And what?" "Now Angelo has to pay?" "You can't!" "Wie got a second chance here, me and you." "I let you think you didn't matterto me." "But I swear I won't run away again." "I'll stay with you, I promise." "You just need to choose it." "Know how many people would love a second chance?" "Help me." " Dad, are you okay?" " It's just my shoulder." " I didn't do it." " I know." "Get rid of the guns!" "Empty yourpockets." "Don't give them an excuse." " They'll kill me." " It's okay." "I'm with you now." "Identify yourself!" "It's okay." "It's okay, there are no guns!" "Raise yourhands." "See the hands?" "No guns." " Get down, drop the gun!" " Show us yourhands!" " They're down." " Move away!" "Move away from him!" " Told you to move away!" " Take it easy." "All right, take it easy on him!" "Listen!" "Anything happens to him, you'll answerto me." "Easy with him!" "It'll be all right." "It's okay, son." "It's okay." "Here he comes." "This way." "Wiatch yourhead." "I love you." "I want to go on the rocks." "Yeah, those are the rocks." "That's the jetty." "Let's go on the rocks." "Yeah, those are the rocks." "Look, see that?" "You see that, the airplane?" "See?" " Where do you think that's going?" " Flying..." "You want to fly away with your dad sometime?" "Yeah?" "Because he wants to go with you." "He told me so." "He told me he wants to take you to Key Wiest." "You wanna go?" "Yeah?" "Good." "When he comes back, you'll go with him to Key Wiest." "Me, you and him." "Grandpa, Daddy and you." "Wie're gonna go to Key Wiest." " Okay?" " Yeah." "Okay, sweetheart." "You want to put the water in the thing?" "Go put the watering the thing."