1. In the criminal justice systemCopy !req
2. the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,Copy !req
3. the police who investigate crimeCopy !req
4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.Copy !req
5. These are their stories.Copy !req
6. Heard you did okay last night.Copy !req
7. Meatloaf and mash. A
couple of Dr. Peppers.Copy !req
8. I would've gone with a
pizza, sausage and pepper.Copy !req
9. Maybe I should start over.Copy !req
10. I bet you get a
real kick out of that.Copy !req
11. Now's not a good time
to go crybaby, Mickey.Copy !req
12. Yeah, right. In your dreams.Copy !req
13. You sure about the priest?Copy !req
14. I'm sure.Copy !req
15. How about the curtain?Copy !req
16. What about it?Copy !req
17. It's your choice,
Mr. Scott. Open or closed?Copy !req
18. What would you like?Copy !req
19. Closed.Copy !req
20. Then open the sucker up.Copy !req
21. Fine.Copy !req
22. Like a damn fish in a barrel.Copy !req
23. Want to say anything?Copy !req
24. Do it.Copy !req
25. Tell you what. They should
ban cars in Manhattan.Copy !req
26. What, no pithy response?Copy !req
27. You leave me speechless.Copy !req
28. Nobody forced you to watch it.Copy !req
29. I can't imagine
what it must be like,Copy !req
30. staring at a clock,
knowing the exact moment.Copy !req
31. Adele Saunders thought
she was going to work.Copy !req
32. She ended up dead.
Your pity's misplaced.Copy !req
33. I'm tired of arguing, Jack.Copy !req
34. Good.Copy !req
35. You know, I'm
not feeling too well.Copy !req
36. Must be the flu.Copy !req
37. Yeah. The flu.Copy !req
38. Want to take the day?Copy !req
39. No, I've got Silverman.Copy !req
40. I'll cover.Copy !req
41. What? You sure?Copy !req
42. Okay, fine. I'll drop
you off at the office.Copy !req
43. No problem.Copy !req
44. And you've got Schwinger.Copy !req
45. She'll wait. I'll take a cab.Copy !req
46. Maybe you'll feel better.Copy !req
47. I'll call you later.Copy !req
48. Hell of a way to
spend your day off.Copy !req
49. He just twitched. Closed
his eyes, case closed.Copy !req
50. What did you expect, a dozen
archangels strumming their harps?Copy !req
51. Well, Mickey Scott's gonna
have nothing to do with angels.Copy !req
52. Who knows? Maybe somebody
somewhere will learn something from this.Copy !req
53. Yeah, the 30 friends and
neighbors that cheeredCopy !req
54. when he ripped off
Adele Saunders' skirt.Copy !req
55. You wanna get some Chinese, Rey?Copy !req
56. I guess executions
make me hungry.Copy !req
57. Actually, I've got some
files I've gotta finish up.Copy !req
58. Hey, watch out, Lieutenant.
This kid's gunning for your job.Copy !req
59. Yeah, well, it doesn't
get him any overtime.Copy !req
60. So where you boys
going, to Disneyland?Copy !req
61. Knock it off, Profaci.Copy !req
62. What's up with him?Copy !req
63. He lost the lotto.
Takes it personal.Copy !req
64. Beginning of a
new era, huh, Rey?Copy !req
65. We're just lucky that Scott
kept his lawyers out of it.Copy !req
66. So, what's it like, man?Copy !req
67. What?Copy !req
68. Does the guy turn green?Copy !req
69. Does he lose control of
his bodily functions or what?Copy !req
70. That would be cruel and unusual.Copy !req
71. Yeah. For the poor SOB
who had to clean it up.Copy !req
72. Man two? Three-to-nine?Copy !req
73. Man one. Five-to-15.Copy !req
74. Is that the best you can do?Copy !req
75. A bird in the hand, David.Copy !req
76. Right. My mistake.Copy !req
77. I forgot how easy this job is
when I don't have any choices.Copy !req
78. Marissa and Kevin Mandalay.Copy !req
79. Nothing to talk about.
Man one all around.Copy !req
80. Come on, Jack.Copy !req
81. Marissa's an honors student,
a member of the math club.Copy !req
82. Who likes to hold up bodegas.Copy !req
83. That was Kevin.Copy !req
84. Marissa just thought they
were going in for Ding Dongs.Copy !req
85. With an Uzi?Copy !req
86. She's a good kid, Jack.Copy !req
87. Give her aiding and abetting.
Kevin, he goes the distance.Copy !req
88. Sorry.Copy !req
89. You don't like to lose, do you?Copy !req
90. When's Claire coming back?Copy !req
91. The flu? Who knows?Copy !req
92. Hey, nice pace. What
is it, a 10-minute mile?Copy !req
93. I don't keep track.Copy !req
94. Feels pretty good.
Maybe nine and a half.Copy !req
95. You going the whole loop?Copy !req
96. If I'm still alive
after heartbreak.Copy !req
97. Mind if I use you as a rabbit?Copy !req
98. Hey, be my guest.Copy !req
99. So, are you an
actress or a student?Copy !req
100. Excuse me?Copy !req
101. Hey, you're running in
the middle of the day.Copy !req
102. You look too smart
to be unemployed.Copy !req
103. I'm an attorney.Copy !req
104. A lawyer. Lucky you.Copy !req
105. Chauffeured around town
in limos, fancy lunches.Copy !req
106. Yeah. Some life.Copy !req
107. So what if everyone hates you?Copy !req
108. Tell them to go to
hell, that's what I'd say.Copy !req
109. You know, it's so funny, I thought
about going to law school once,Copy !req
110. but then I figured three years,Copy !req
111. life's too short, you
know what I mean?Copy !req
112. Lesbo.Copy !req
113. So me and Lennie
are still in uniform.Copy !req
114. What was this, about
the turn of the century?Copy !req
115. Yeah. Give or take.Copy !req
116. Yeah, we see this skell,
he's got hair down to here,Copy !req
117. he hasn't showered
in about two months.Copy !req
118. Sounds like my son-in-law.Copy !req
119. There was this string of vending-machine
robberies in the neighborhood,Copy !req
120. and we knew this guy
who was hanging aroundCopy !req
121. but he wasn't there to do laps.Copy !req
122. So, anyway, we cuff him, we
take him down to night court.Copy !req
123. Now, he pleads not guilty
on the vending machine thing.Copy !req
124. And we don't really have
anything on him except loitering.Copy !req
125. Until the banana's wife
shows up to post his $600 bail.Copy !req
126. In quarters.Copy !req
127. - Thousands of quarters.
- Okay, gentlemen,Copy !req
128. it's time to see a
little green here.Copy !req
129. All right, I pledge $10.Copy !req
130. Ricky says yours is
on the house, Lennie.Copy !req
131. Hey, after this morning, the
world's a better place, huh?Copy !req
132. A club soda on the house?
Your boss is a real philanthropist.Copy !req
133. Another 2 cents plain for me.
And the rest is for you, sweetheart.Copy !req
134. Thanks. By the way, I
get off at 5:00, handsome.Copy !req
135. Six months, I've been
asking her out, bubkes.Copy !req
136. You didn't kill a
rapist-murderer.Copy !req
137. To Detective Briscoe. Briscoe.Copy !req
138. Hey, hey, hey, cut it out.Copy !req
139. Lennie's just pissed off 'cause he
didn't get to shoot the SOB himself.Copy !req
140. Yeah, right.Copy !req
141. Name? Manny Rose.Copy !req
142. Real name. Emanuel.Copy !req
143. Shouldn't you be a
dentist or something?Copy !req
144. Shouldn't you kiss my ass?Copy !req
145. What are you looking at?Copy !req
146. DOB? What's that?Copy !req
147. When's your
birthday? October 8th.Copy !req
148. What year? Every year.Copy !req
149. Don't you guys need some kind
of IQ test or something to be a cop?Copy !req
150. Profaci.Copy !req
151. I'll take him.Copy !req
152. You got him.Copy !req
153. Come on, we're going
for a walk. Easy, dude.Copy !req
154. That's Detective Dude.Copy !req
155. Yeah, well, nice
threads for a cop.Copy !req
156. I get it. You're on the
under-the-table plan.Copy !req
157. You gonna shut
your face, or what?Copy !req
158. It sounds like I hit a sore spot.
What is it? Kickbacks from dealers?Copy !req
159. Hookers? What?Copy !req
160. Hey, man, that hurts!Copy !req
161. I told you to shut up.Copy !req
162. Hey, it's not my problem you
got extra-curricular activities.Copy !req
163. So, Officer Krupke, what's it
gonna cost to get my butt out of here?Copy !req
164. You sure you wanna
keep spouting off like that?Copy !req
165. I tell you to shut
up, you shut up,Copy !req
166. or I'm gonna rip that
tongue out of your throat.Copy !req
167. Detective! You gonna
shut up? Shut up!Copy !req
168. What you talking about?
You wanna keep talking?Copy !req
169. Hey, Rey! Take it
easy! The dude is wacko!Copy !req
170. He's in for using a
slug in the subway.Copy !req
171. Shut up!Copy !req
172. Today's your day
off, Detective Curtis.Copy !req
173. Take it.Copy !req
174. I'm sorry. Claire's out with
the flu. I had this brief. Adam...Copy !req
175. No problem. I keep
myself good company.Copy !req
176. Nice place. You're paying.Copy !req
177. What's good?Copy !req
178. The pasta if you're PC,
the veal if you're not.Copy !req
179. I trust you reviewed
the Newman file.Copy !req
180. Sure, but can't
it wait till coffee?Copy !req
181. Maybe you don't know
me all that well, Liz.Copy !req
182. Outside of work, I really don't
have much to say about anything.Copy !req
183. Somehow I don't believe that.Copy !req
184. What is it, people like you?Copy !req
185. You bury yourself in your work.Copy !req
186. I wonder, is it because you're
hiding from your emotions,Copy !req
187. or you have no
emotions to hide from?Copy !req
188. I wouldn't know. I
work because I love it.Copy !req
189. All the time?Copy !req
190. Sure.Copy !req
191. It never gets to you?Copy !req
192. I mean, basically you're paid to
make someone's life miserable.Copy !req
193. Yes, and the better I get at my
job, the more miserable I make them.Copy !req
194. What is this about?Copy !req
195. Scotch, rocks.Copy !req
196. Sometimes you have
to take a beat, Jack.Copy !req
197. Adam called you, didn't he?Copy !req
198. You saw a man die this morning.Copy !req
199. You were instrumental
in the process.Copy !req
200. I won a case.
Justice was served.Copy !req
201. I'm a happy man. Now,
can we change the subject?Copy !req
202. Veal. Very rare.Copy !req
203. You reading that?Copy !req
204. Oh, no. Help yourself.Copy !req
205. Thanks.Copy !req
206. Can you believe Dole? He's
older than my grandfather.Copy !req
207. I love him. You're kidding.Copy !req
208. He guarantees four
more years of Clinton.Copy !req
209. You've gotta be an endangered
species, a Democrat on Wall Street.Copy !req
210. What makes you
think I'm Wall Street?Copy !req
211. Look in the mirror, sweetie.Copy !req
212. You're pretty smart
for, what, a sophomore?Copy !req
213. Excuse me. Grad student.Copy !req
214. I'm sorry. Okay.Copy !req
215. Actually, I'm just jealous.
I used to love school.Copy !req
216. Right. Cramming for finals.Copy !req
217. Forty-eight hours without sleep.Copy !req
218. Lunatic professors preaching
about God knows what.Copy !req
219. Best time of my life.Copy !req
220. What happened? Bond
market go to hell today?Copy !req
221. Something like that.Copy !req
222. Tell you what I'm
gonna do, Wall Street.Copy !req
223. I'm gonna let you take
me to lunch. One time offer.Copy !req
224. Going, going...Copy !req
225. Sure.Copy !req
226. You like Italian.Copy !req
227. You're nuts, Lennie. Loch
Ness is up for the race of his life.Copy !req
228. That's not what
I'm reading here.Copy !req
229. He ran second
last week in Florida.Copy !req
230. Yeah. On three weeks rest.Copy !req
231. I'm telling you, I got
inside info on this one.Copy !req
232. Do I arrest you now,
or after you lose?Copy !req
233. Listen to him. Fat
Frankie over at Chelsea'sCopy !req
234. says if you get 5-to-1
or better, he's a lock.Copy !req
235. The board says 3-to-1.Copy !req
236. Loch Ness, huh?Copy !req
237. Sneaky Pete in the
fourth at Aqueduct.Copy !req
238. What are you, a masochist?
The horse is 20-to-1.Copy !req
239. Story of my life.Copy !req
240. "Between scotch and
nothing, I'll take scotch."Copy !req
241. Somebody said that once.Copy !req
242. Somebody with brains.Copy !req
243. Somebody with an inadequate bar.Copy !req
244. It's a bitch, huh?Copy !req
245. What is?Copy !req
246. The boss, the wife,
the kids, whatever.Copy !req
247. I'll stick with the whatever.Copy !req
248. You some kind of smart-ass?Copy !req
249. No. Are you?Copy !req
250. Mike. Jack.Copy !req
251. Haven't seen you here before.Copy !req
252. My oversight.Copy !req
253. And you're absolutely
right about it being a bitch.Copy !req
254. Tell me about it.Copy !req
255. I work construction
for 30 years,Copy !req
256. pay two mortgages in
Queens, three kids in school,Copy !req
257. one with a mouth
full of new teeth.Copy !req
258. You tell me,Copy !req
259. how come this Duchess of York
broad can't make ends meet?Copy !req
260. It's un-American.Copy !req
261. And the little kid, he's
gonna grow up to be king.Copy !req
262. What the hell is that?Copy !req
263. Get a job.Copy !req
264. Damn straight, mister.Copy !req
265. My old man, he laid
carpet for 50 years.Copy !req
266. Died with a hammer in his
hand and a nail between his teeth.Copy !req
267. Never had a vacation.Copy !req
268. Not even Sundays.Copy !req
269. 8:00 in the morning
till 8:00 at night.Copy !req
270. 7:00 to 9:00.Copy !req
271. My old man, he walked
a beat for 35 years.Copy !req
272. A cop? Yeah.Copy !req
273. No crap.Copy !req
274. Noblest profession in the world.Copy !req
275. To cops.Copy !req
276. To working your butt off.Copy !req
277. Yeah!Copy !req
278. See what I mean? Don't
mess with Fat Frankie.Copy !req
279. What's he got in the sixth?Copy !req
280. So we can share a cell,
the three of us together?Copy !req
281. Hey, a guy's gotta
pay the rent, no?Copy !req
282. Okay, Tippy Top,
if she's up 5-to-2.Copy !req
283. Make it Tippy Top, for a C-note.Copy !req
284. Hey. Hi.Copy !req
285. Figured, you
know, what the hell?Copy !req
286. She wants you, Lennie.Copy !req
287. She's my kid, dipstick.Copy !req
288. So you're still a nut
for tuna fish, huh?Copy !req
289. Yeah. Only no one makes it like
you, with the chopped-up pickles.Copy !req
290. Did you get that Father's
Day card I sent you?Copy !req
291. Right. Yeah. It's
on the hall mirror.Copy !req
292. I thought I called to thank you.Copy !req
293. You know, you look
great, sweetheart.Copy !req
294. Yeah.Copy !req
295. So you actually watched it?Copy !req
296. Yeah, well, we figured
we should, you know.Copy !req
297. I can't get that
girl out of my head.Copy !req
298. I mean, it was just a
fender-bender, right?Copy !req
299. She just happened to
dent the wrong Camaro.Copy !req
300. So how'd you know
where to find me, anyway?Copy !req
301. I called the station, they
told me it was your day off,Copy !req
302. so I figured,Copy !req
303. "Hey, some of my best memories
are picking up your winnings at OTB."Copy !req
304. I was a hell of a daddy.Copy !req
305. You were fine.Copy !req
306. When I could stand up.Copy !req
307. At work, I beat the
doctors' butts at poker.Copy !req
308. Straight draw?
It's the only way.Copy !req
309. Yeah, 'cause that
wild-card crap, that's...Copy !req
310. It's for fraternity boys
and blue haired ladies.Copy !req
311. I know.Copy !req
312. Attagirl.Copy !req
313. I guess I did a couple of
things right, after all, huh?Copy !req
314. Your mom okay?Copy !req
315. Yeah.Copy !req
316. Cath, you gotta know,
it's driving me crazyCopy !req
317. trying to figure out
why you're here.Copy !req
318. Hey. I saw you on the
tube. It's no big deal.Copy !req
319. I shouldn't have
eaten that calamari.Copy !req
320. Hot sauce'll put
hair on your chest.Copy !req
321. Do you like Xscape?Copy !req
322. Yeah. They're pretty good.Copy !req
323. Now, Oasis, that's the ticket.Copy !req
324. They're all right.Copy !req
325. Not that you need
hair on your chest.Copy !req
326. I'm in the mood for retro.Copy !req
327. What? Like Big Brother?Copy !req
328. You're kidding. My favorite.Copy !req
329. Take another little piece
of my heart, now, babyCopy !req
330. Damn, Rey, you're just
a bundle of surprises.Copy !req
331. Well, you know, I
wanted to be The Boss,Copy !req
332. but I wasn't from Jersey,
and I couldn't carry a tune.Copy !req
333. Still cute.Copy !req
334. And married.Copy !req
335. So?Copy !req
336. Come on, you're gonna help
me find something really special.Copy !req
337. No. He left about 10:00,
10:30, I think it was.Copy !req
338. Of course, of
course. No problem.Copy !req
339. You, too. Bye-bye.Copy !req
340. Profaci, did Curtis say where he was
going before he stormed out of here?Copy !req
341. He wasn't exactly
in a sharing mood.Copy !req
342. Well, if he calls in, his
wife's looking for him.Copy !req
343. Why don't you call him on
that damn cell phone he carries?Copy !req
344. She tried. He's not answering.Copy !req
345. So, did he ever kill anybody?Copy !req
346. Thirty-five years,
what do you think?Copy !req
347. Scags deserved it.Copy !req
348. A lot of people South
Side of Chicago deserved it.Copy !req
349. Double or nothing.Copy !req
350. It's my game. You
tapped out, remember?Copy !req
351. That's why I'm gonna
kick his butt this time.Copy !req
352. Maybe later, I'm
getting thirsty.Copy !req
353. On me.Copy !req
354. All right, 5-to-2, you've
been in a joint like this before.Copy !req
355. Well, we had a
board in the basement.Copy !req
356. I was probably three when
he first put a dart in my hand.Copy !req
357. He'd pick... He had
these big, thick hands.Copy !req
358. I sat in his hands
like they were a chairCopy !req
359. and tossed darts
till I fell asleep.Copy !req
360. My old man didn't
do squat for me.Copy !req
361. When I was about eight,
he took me down to his pub.Copy !req
362. He put a sawbuck
on the son and heir.Copy !req
363. You know, sonny against
anyone in the room.Copy !req
364. And you whipped their butts.Copy !req
365. Three in the men's room door.Copy !req
366. Eight years old,
what do you want?Copy !req
367. I spent the next three
weeks in the basement.Copy !req
368. I haven't lost since.Copy !req
369. In my family, losing
was not an option.Copy !req
370. How is it possible that the
Eidler case upheld the statute,Copy !req
371. while the Bannon case had
the exact opposite holding?Copy !req
372. Miss Stadler?Copy !req
373. In Eidler, the plaintiff
sued as a class.Copy !req
374. So hundreds of
people were ripped off.Copy !req
375. Irrelevant. Guess
again, Miss Stadler.Copy !req
376. In Bannon, the defense never
raised the res judicata issue.Copy !req
377. Take out your casebook.Copy !req
378. Look at the first page
on Eidler, Miss Stadler,Copy !req
379. and tell me why the holding is
exactly the opposite to that in Bannon.Copy !req
380. The answer is not
on my forehead,Copy !req
381. Miss Stadler, look
at the damn book.Copy !req
382. I'm sorry, I don't know
what you're looking for.Copy !req
383. Because Bannon was
written by Rehnquist.Copy !req
384. People, the law is
written by human beings,Copy !req
385. some with less gray
matter than others.Copy !req
386. Remember that.Copy !req
387. Here for a refresher?Copy !req
388. Some things never change.Copy !req
389. You pulled that
Rehnquist thing on me.Copy !req
390. And you never read a
case the same way after that.Copy !req
391. I never dared to.Copy !req
392. Proving, once again, that
fear is an excellent motivator.Copy !req
393. I still don't think that's
what Socrates had in mind.Copy !req
394. That's exactly
what he had in mind.Copy !req
395. Well, he never had to
set foot in a courtroom.Copy !req
396. But if he did...Copy !req
397. He'd be totally unprepared.Copy !req
398. Look what goes on here, Mac.Copy !req
399. The school teaches contractsCopy !req
400. without ever showing a
contract to the students.Copy !req
401. Civil procedure, nobody ever
shows us a complaint or an answer.Copy !req
402. That's because it's a law
school, not a lawyer school.Copy !req
403. Always a snappy
answer at the ready.Copy !req
404. The bottom line is
we walk out of here,Copy !req
405. we have no idea
what we're walking into.Copy !req
406. You walk out of here, you have
a mind that actually functions.Copy !req
407. Yeah. I'm just saying that
there's a lot more to this professionCopy !req
408. than reading law
review articles.Copy !req
409. You don't like trial work,Copy !req
410. you can always write
wills or do house closings.Copy !req
411. Or teach.Copy !req
412. Touché.Copy !req
413. It's a juggling act.Copy !req
414. Pragmatism and
idealism and cynicism.Copy !req
415. I'm thinking about quitting.Copy !req
416. Bravo. Another disillusioned
member of the bar.Copy !req
417. Take a ticket, Claire. There's
a hell of a line ahead of you.Copy !req
418. You didn't get married, did you?Copy !req
419. You kidding?Copy !req
420. Why? You've been living
with that guy, what, four years?Copy !req
421. His name's Martin.Copy !req
422. Yeah, well, it's about
time Martin grew up.Copy !req
423. He asked me plenty of times.Copy !req
424. You mean...Copy !req
425. Why would I want to get married?Copy !req
426. Well, there's plenty of reasons.
I mean, kids. There you go.Copy !req
427. Sure worked for you.Copy !req
428. What made you stop,
anyway? Drinking.Copy !req
429. Ask me who got me started.
It's a much better story.Copy !req
430. I just assumed it was me.Copy !req
431. Come on.Copy !req
432. I was seven years old when
you stumbled out of my life.Copy !req
433. What's a 7-year-old gonna think?Copy !req
434. I love you, kiddo, but
do me a favor, will you?Copy !req
435. Today's really
not the right day.Copy !req
436. Stupid idea.Copy !req
437. Me and my dad having lunch,
talking like a couple of grown-ups.Copy !req
438. Well, that's been at the
top of my wish list, too.Copy !req
439. You know, you could call
sometime. I have a phone.Copy !req
440. Yeah, right. "Hiya, kid, I
arrested a couple of mooks today.Copy !req
441. "Sorry I ruined your life.
What're you doing for dinner?"Copy !req
442. Okay. You win.Copy !req
443. Look, it's just...Copy !req
444. I see dead people all the time,Copy !req
445. only they're already
dead when I show up.Copy !req
446. See, then it's my job to go
find the bastard who did it.Copy !req
447. Now, this morning, I
watched a guy get killed,Copy !req
448. and I wasn't supposed
to do anything about it.Copy !req
449. I don't know, I guess I'm better
when they're already dead.Copy !req
450. I was up at Attica today, Mac.Copy !req
451. That was damn stupid.Copy !req
452. I was part of it. I
had an obligation.Copy !req
453. And you want me to
say that it's all right?Copy !req
454. No, of course not.Copy !req
455. Well, it is.Copy !req
456. Wow.Copy !req
457. You're surprised?Copy !req
458. I guess not all your
lectures stayed the same.Copy !req
459. The law must be stable,
but should never stand still.Copy !req
460. It's not an absolute.
It's not like physics.Copy !req
461. But state-sanctioned killing?Copy !req
462. Is the penicillin of the '90s.Copy !req
463. You should have
been an ad man, Mac.Copy !req
464. I am.Copy !req
465. What do you think
the law is, anyway?Copy !req
466. A way of bringing
order to the chaos.Copy !req
467. It's society's way of
slapping itself on the back.Copy !req
468. "Look what a great job we're doing.
Look how civilized we've become."Copy !req
469. There has to be
some exactitude, Mac.Copy !req
470. Taking a life is wrong, period.Copy !req
471. Well, you can fool yourself,
but you can't fool me.Copy !req
472. You didn't go up
there out of obligation.Copy !req
473. You went up there to show off
your sense of moral superiority.Copy !req
474. It's not superiority.Copy !req
475. It's conviction!Copy !req
476. And what happened this morningCopy !req
477. is gonna stick with me
for the rest of my life!Copy !req
478. And since when is
conviction a character flaw?Copy !req
479. When it turns into
self-congratulatory depression.Copy !req
480. You can quit the
profession, Claire.Copy !req
481. You just can't quit
the human race.Copy !req
482. Thanks, Mac.Copy !req
483. Claire.Copy !req
484. Yes?Copy !req
485. You know, your mother would like you
to come by one of these days for dinner.Copy !req
486. So, you on the
job, too, or what?Copy !req
487. Nothing I would have liked more.Copy !req
488. What's the problem?Copy !req
489. Couldn't pass the physical?Copy !req
490. You want to step outside?Copy !req
491. Cop was good
enough for my old man,Copy !req
492. but it wasn't good
enough for his first-born.Copy !req
493. So, when are you
running for president?Copy !req
494. Don't kid yourself. If
he was still around...Copy !req
495. Boy, I wanted to wear the
blues, walk a beat, carry a gun,Copy !req
496. be the toughest
guy on the block,Copy !req
497. with his big, thick hands.Copy !req
498. But, "No," he said.Copy !req
499. "You, Jack, you are
going to law school."Copy !req
500. You're a shyster? Get out!Copy !req
501. Res ipsa loquitur.Copy !req
502. You should have seen
him the day I graduated.Copy !req
503. Chest was out to here.Copy !req
504. He hung my diploma in his den,Copy !req
505. right above his bowling trophy.Copy !req
506. He bowled, too?Copy !req
507. He could do everything.
He was a superman.Copy !req
508. You know what he said the
day I gave him my diploma?Copy !req
509. "Jack, my boy," he said,Copy !req
510. "someday, we're gonna be judge."Copy !req
511. Nothing like making
the old man proud.Copy !req
512. Look at that. I know that guy.Copy !req
513. You know the guy on the tube?Copy !req
514. Wisest man east of the Missouri.Copy !req
515. Barkeep, a little volume here.Copy !req
516. Mickey Scott was declared dead at
12:22 a.m., Eastern Standard Time.Copy !req
517. The cause of death was cardiac
arrest caused by lethal injection.Copy !req
518. Yes?
Mr. Schiff! Mr. Schiff!Copy !req
519. Him.Copy !req
520. What's going to
happen to the body?Copy !req
521. The family has
24 hours to claim it.Copy !req
522. If they don't, it'll be
buried at state expense.Copy !req
523. Mr. Schiff!
Mr. Schiff! Yes, there.Copy !req
524. Mr. Schiff, isn't it true,Copy !req
525. when you were
in private practiceCopy !req
526. you wrote an amicus brief
against the death penalty?Copy !req
527. That was 25 years ago.Copy !req
528. And you've since
changed your mind?Copy !req
529. The People changed
theirs. Thank you.Copy !req
530. That seemed to go well.Copy !req
531. Finnegans Wake, The
Faerie Queene. I'm impressed.Copy !req
532. Impressive things
don't impress me.Copy !req
533. And Moby Dick?Copy !req
534. Love story. Man meets whale,
man loses whale, blah, blah, blah...Copy !req
535. I never actually thought
anybody read Henry James.Copy !req
536. Bedtime reading. Two
pages, you're out like a light.Copy !req
537. Well, maybe I missed something.Copy !req
538. Come on, what do number-crunchers
like you need Keats for anyway?Copy !req
539. You cops, you're all the same.Copy !req
540. Peel away that thick skin,
and you find a heart of brick.Copy !req
541. Oh, now I get it.Copy !req
542. You saw me on TV and
remembered how much you hated me.Copy !req
543. No. But I'm beginning to.Copy !req
544. Somebody said, "I'd rather be
a terrible warning to my childrenCopy !req
545. "than a good example."Copy !req
546. You were funnier
when you were drunk.Copy !req
547. I gotta go to work.Copy !req
548. I'll get you a cab.Copy !req
549. It's okay.Copy !req
550. You know, you're right.Copy !req
551. You are better when you
find the people already dead.Copy !req
552. Thank you.Copy !req
553. Long day.Copy !req
554. Actually, I'm not on the clock.Copy !req
555. I thought maybe
Lennie... Day off.Copy !req
556. The man is scarce.
Look, are you hungry?Copy !req
557. 'Cause I ordered the orange
beef and the General Tao's.Copy !req
558. This job, you'd think I'd be
able to make up my mind.Copy !req
559. Which one do you want?Copy !req
560. I'm not really hungry.Copy !req
561. Hey, you making any
headway on that Fox thing?Copy !req
562. The wheels of
justice grind slowly.Copy !req
563. Do you mind if I
ask you a question?Copy !req
564. Fire away.Copy !req
565. Why didn't you
go up there today?Copy !req
566. It's not a part of my job.Copy !req
567. Why didn't I think of that?Copy !req
568. You know, Claire, if I thought I
could get some kind of divine guidanceCopy !req
569. by watching them run poison
through that bum's veins,Copy !req
570. I would have made the trip,Copy !req
571. but the fact that you're hereCopy !req
572. tells me my decision to
stay away was the right one.Copy !req
573. That's not why I'm here.Copy !req
574. Well, we all seek
absolution in our own way.Copy !req
575. You sure you don't
want a dumpling?Copy !req
576. What I'm saying
is, she was a saint.Copy !req
577. You laughing at my old lady?Copy !req
578. What kind of person
would do a thing like that?Copy !req
579. No, I was thinking, "My mom,Copy !req
580. "she was all right.
She did her best."Copy !req
581. She made corned beef
and cabbage like nobody.Copy !req
582. She just made too much of it.Copy !req
583. But it was all my
dad ever wanted.Copy !req
584. You could say, "Come on, Dad,Copy !req
585. "we're going out for
hundred-buck T-bones, on me."Copy !req
586. He'd rather stay home, watch his
ball game and eat his corned beef.Copy !req
587. Routine's good.Copy !req
588. Find something you
like, don't screw with it.Copy !req
589. That's what he said.Copy !req
590. And if anybody messed it up,Copy !req
591. he had these big, thick hands.Copy !req
592. Sometimes my mother had
to lock herself in the basement.Copy !req
593. Son of a bitch hit her?Copy !req
594. Ten years.Copy !req
595. I'm still scared of those hands.Copy !req
596. He smoked like a chimney.Copy !req
597. Cancer.Copy !req
598. He'd lay there in that hospital room,
with tubes coming out of his arms.Copy !req
599. They pumped him
full of morphine,Copy !req
600. so he wouldn't know
how much he hurt.Copy !req
601. He didn't know where he was.Copy !req
602. This tough...Copy !req
603. He just lay there.Copy !req
604. He was breathing,Copy !req
605. and then he was gone.Copy !req
606. I don't know why I'm talking
about this. I never talk about this.Copy !req
607. Let's play darts.Copy !req
608. Thanks.Copy !req
609. My casa is your casa.Copy !req
610. So, you do this all the time?Copy !req
611. Usually, I drink vodka.Copy !req
612. You know what I mean.Copy !req
613. You're my fourth guy today.Copy !req
614. You gonna kiss me, or what?Copy !req
615. He was an acting
justice of the peace.Copy !req
616. You know, so the clerk calls
my name, I stand up and say,Copy !req
617. "Guilty, Your Honor."Copy !req
618. And justice for all.Copy !req
619. Damn.Copy !req
620. I'd better take this in private.Copy !req
621. Seat's taken.
Buddy's on the phone.Copy !req
622. Is this your buddy?Copy !req
623. Like brothers.Copy !req
624. Detective Briscoe.Copy !req
625. Counselor.Copy !req
626. Out of all the gin joints in all the
world, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.Copy !req
627. Is it my imagination, or are you
not exactly thrilled to see me?Copy !req
628. It's just that I thought that
the Constitution providedCopy !req
629. for the separation
of work and play.Copy !req
630. That's funny. He's funny.Copy !req
631. No work here, Detective.Copy !req
632. This is play, pure and simple.Copy !req
633. I'll bet you didn't
think I had it in me.Copy !req
634. Tell you the truth, I
never thought about it.Copy !req
635. Barkeep, a drink
for my friend here.Copy !req
636. Yeah. Club soda with lime.Copy !req
637. Make it a double, on me.Copy !req
638. Sure you haven't
had enough already?Copy !req
639. This is what it's all about.Copy !req
640. A couple of drinks with a couple
of guys, for a couple of hours.Copy !req
641. I don't think he's home. I
haven't seen him all day.Copy !req
642. Okay. Thanks.Copy !req
643. You're Leonard's
partner, aren't you?Copy !req
644. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
645. I thought so. Saw you
both on the news. Good job.Copy !req
646. I just thank the Lord for
boys like you and Leonard.Copy !req
647. What does that say?Copy !req
648. It says she isn't
coming, whoever she is.Copy !req
649. What makes you think...Copy !req
650. Twenty-five years on the force.Copy !req
651. At least she's Irish.Copy !req
652. Hey, hey, you know what? Maybe
I'd better take you home, huh?Copy !req
653. I don't believe there's any law
against taking a cab while intoxicated.Copy !req
654. It's been a good day,
hasn't it, Detective?Copy !req
655. For who?Copy !req
656. The good guys pulled
through, bottom of the ninth.Copy !req
657. And to hell with her.Copy !req
658. To hell with all of them.Copy !req
659. Hey, pal, you know
what club soda's good for?Copy !req
660. Cleaning the grill.Copy !req
661. Give me a vodka, straight up.Copy !req
662. First day here, I
was so nervous.Copy !req
663. Lennie comes in my office,Copy !req
664. and I can see on his face
I am not what he expected,Copy !req
665. but he never said anything.Copy !req
666. But he was thinking it.Copy !req
667. So he gives me the whys and
the wherefores of some case,Copy !req
668. I tell him what to
do, and he does it.Copy !req
669. Girl, I looked in the mirror and
said, "Anita, you have arrived."Copy !req
670. And I thought it was just me.Copy !req
671. Nah, don't let the macho
fool you. It's everyone.Copy !req
672. You know, we make decisions
that affect people's lives.Copy !req
673. That's scary business.Copy !req
674. The only cure,
don't talk about it.Copy !req
675. Sometimes, all the fighting,
ludicrous judges, moronic lawyers...Copy !req
676. Idiotic unis.Copy !req
677. Please, don't get me
started about downtown.Copy !req
678. But the wheels keep grinding, eating
up people on both sides of the aisle.Copy !req
679. And we're still here.Copy !req
680. Yeah, I guess we are.Copy !req
681. You can't take all
the blame, Counselor.Copy !req
682. I'm not.Copy !req
683. It just sticks in my throat.Copy !req
684. Want to get a
drink or something?Copy !req
685. No. I've already kept
him waiting long enough.Copy !req
686. Thanks.Copy !req
687. No way. You were the guys?Copy !req
688. Yep, we caught him.
McCoy cooked him.Copy !req
689. Let me buy you another.Copy !req
690. Hey, you can buy them
all night, little buddy.Copy !req
691. Kill me twice, Jimmy.Copy !req
692. You got kids?Copy !req
693. Try three.Copy !req
694. I got two girls.Copy !req
695. You must be proud.Copy !req
696. Proud, yeah.Copy !req
697. You know who kills
me? The weather lady.Copy !req
698. The weather lady says,
"It's 65 at the airport."Copy !req
699. Who gives a damn?
Nobody lives at the airport.Copy !req
700. She hates my guts.Copy !req
701. The weather lady?Copy !req
702. No, my kid.Copy !req
703. Her mother cheats around
on me, and she hates my guts.Copy !req
704. Hey, you shoot stick?Copy !req
705. Once or twice.Copy !req
706. Couldn't sleep? Uh-huh.Copy !req
707. It was a rough day.Copy !req
708. What are you doing?Copy !req
709. Writing a letter to my mother.Copy !req
710. Only I'm not sure if I
should send it to her.Copy !req
711. Let me hear it.Copy !req
712. Okay.Copy !req
713. "Hey, Mom, it's almost
midnight, and I can't sleep.Copy !req
714. "It was a day like any other,Copy !req
715. "except today the state of
New York put a man to death.Copy !req
716. "He deserved whatever
happened to him.Copy !req
717. "A 26-year-old girl rear-ended him
in traffic. He raped and murdered her.Copy !req
718. "I suppose I should feel good
about the execution, or bad,Copy !req
719. "or guilty, or something,Copy !req
720. "but I don't."Copy !req
721. Come on, you gonna
lie to your own mother?Copy !req
722. Right.Copy !req
723. What is it with you guys?
First darts, now pool.Copy !req
724. Never mess with a
civil servant, my friend.Copy !req
725. Too much time on your hands.Copy !req
726. Yeah, too much
time, not enough time.Copy !req
727. Look at this.Copy !req
728. You've been drinking.Copy !req
729. That's what's causing this!Copy !req
730. This your kid?Copy !req
731. Let's see. Do you hate my guts?Copy !req
732. I guess not.Copy !req
733. Jack called me.Copy !req
734. Jack? Jack turned
into a pumpkin.Copy !req
735. Can I buy you a
drink, Counselor?Copy !req
736. No, thanks.Copy !req
737. Okay. I got one for you.Copy !req
738. How come California
has the most lawyers,Copy !req
739. and New Jersey has
the most toxic dumps?Copy !req
740. Because New
Jersey got first pick.Copy !req
741. You don't get it.Copy !req
742. Look, why don't you get your
coat, and I'll drive you home?Copy !req
743. Home, James.Copy !req
744. Where to?Copy !req
745. I used to know.Copy !req
746. So, this morning
really bummed you out.Copy !req
747. Do I look bummed out to you?Copy !req
748. You know, it
wouldn't be so terrible.Copy !req
749. What's that?Copy !req
750. If you were my kid.Copy !req
751. I guess I should take
that as a compliment.Copy !req
752. Hey, you're smart,
you're pretty,Copy !req
753. you got a good job, and
you don't hate my guts.Copy !req
754. Lennie, I doubt your
daughter hates you.Copy !req
755. No, you don't know.
You don't know her.Copy !req
756. I don't even know her.Copy !req
757. I never will.Copy !req
758. "A crowd of people stood and
cheered when he raped her.Copy !req
759. "They were
supposedly good people,Copy !req
760. "and they did
absolutely nothing.Copy !req
761. "Then he beat her to
death with a tire iron.Copy !req
762. "And today the state of
New York got its revenge.Copy !req
763. "It's not enough,
and it's too much."Copy !req