NYC 22 (2012) s01e10 Episode Script
Jumpers
Okay, it's Sunday.
Sunday everyone gets a little relaxed.
But we're running a light shift.
Last night's smoker seems to have coincided with a record number of people calling in sick today.
I think it was the crab cakes, Sarge.
Crab cakes, huh? Well, given your own proclivity for seafood, from what I saw last night, I advise you leave the driving to your partner.
Point is, manpower is light, which means response time could be a little slow.
If you get into anything, get on the radio sooner than later.
I promise you, we won't be getting into anything today, Sarge.
Bitches, moans, complaints? All right, beat it.
Where's Yoda? I heard he was running late.
Good, I'm starving.
Yeah, me, too.
I wouldn't say no to some coffee.
Everyone up for Pedro's? When the cat's in the house, the mice eat breakfast.
Work, work, work, work, yeah, you know I got that work I'm why my baby mamas leave I'm why baby fathers kirk Maybach music What did Sergeant Dean call this? Congregating.
And the penalty for getting caught? "You'll be relocated to the most isolated, desolate, and spiritually crushing block in Northern Manhattan.
" Relax, Ahmad, we're within visual distance of all three posts.
On the one corner that isn't in any of our posts.
We're spreading the risk evenly.
You know? A DMZ if you will.
Help! Stop him! Stop him! Thief! in pursuit bag snatch suspect, - Wow, he's fast.
- Ten bucks says I get him.
Come here, come here.
Up, up, up.
Be advised everything under control.
Alley behind What do you got? Bag snatch, Sarge.
Lester, Roy, right? Hey, Sergeant.
Yeah, how long you been out? Two weeks as of next week.
I didn't I know and you didn't do anything last time either, Roy.
Where's the complainant? Um, we saw him running out of the subway with a bag.
And we heard someone, so we Oh, so, six heroes all chased the bad guy.
Nobody thinks to go downstairs, see if there's a victim, see if they're all right.
I got the bag.
What are you all doing on 125th together, huh? I know you weren't getting breakfast at Pedro's or half of you would be throwing up right now.
So, Jackpot, Perry, get back to your post.
Harper, Sanchez, go back down to the subway, see if you can find a vic, please.
No complainant, Sarge D.
That's my bag.
Espresso! Yeah? What about him? Where's my dog? Your dog? Yes.
A teacup Chihuahua in this bag.
Long coat, apple head, short hair? What did you do to my dog? That was a dog?! The freakin' thing almost gave me a heart attack! And who puts a dog in a purse anyhow?! That is not a purse, that is an Italian carrier with solid pewter hardware and ballistic nylon venting! Sir, let's go over here and talk.
Sir, over here.
Purse.
You know what he's saying! Sergeant, looking for post 38.
of 735 West 1-2-3.
We're we're sorry.
Yeah, we'll keep an eye out for the Chihuahua.
Your collar your ten dollars.
Your bag.
Prisoner transport? Uh, yeah.
Sarge is sorting it out.
What do you got? They got no dog and got no case.
That's what they got.
I'm just a little surprised, that's all.
Looked like you had the lead on him.
There was a garbage can.
After the garbage can, he still kicked your butt at the dead sprint.
I have a bad knee.
I didn't even see your long legs get into the race.
And don't go under there.
There's always stuff dripping down from it.
Your biggest "stuff dripping down" risk comes from the back end of a pigeon.
This is the one place that Jumpers Uh [Jay-Z's "Heart of the City" playing.]
Listen, first the Fat Boys break up Now every day I wake up Somebody got something to say Where's the love? Look scrapper, I got nephews to look after I'm not lookin' at you dudes, I'm looking past ya Ain't no love in the heart of the city I said, "Where's the love?" Ain't no love in the heart of town Holla at me Ain't no love In the heart of the city Where's the love.
- Apparently? - What else? What else? Address.
Uh, 187 West 120th.
We're up on the scaffolding.
- Any ID? - Uh, no.
She's a female, maybe you should check.
- She's dead.
- Hey, yo, Officer! - Yeah? - I saw it.
She was pushed.
Up there on the seventh floor.
There was a man on the ledge with her.
Officer! Officer, I know that girl.
Yeah? Uh, 7-K.
Her name's Laura.
Lisa! Her name's Lisa! And you know that boyfriend pushed her! What boyfriend?! The guy that works in the sales office! They're always fighting in the lobby.
Yo, look, up there! Look! There! Come on, the seventh floor, let's go.
We're suppose to secure the crime scene.
It's a murder suspect.
Post 49, in pursuit of a murder suspect, seventh floor.
What the hell? Yeah, couple of kids taking target practice with some bricks.
Where you guys been? Foot pursuit up on 125th.
Oh, yeah, how'd it go? Interesting.
You need us to take a 61? Nah.
Ocasio and McGuire, they ran right into the action.
We've got one under.
What are you looking at? You got a problem with Jews, kid? With who? All right, Harper.
Do not talk to my prisoner.
Sorry, Sarge, I got a thing about hate crimes.
Yeah, I know.
I read that five-parter you wrote for the Ledger.
But you ain't a reporter now so welcome to part six.
Our other perp, he squeezed his skinny little self through here.
Now, I search a building, I want to have a couple of uniforms with me in case he takes a shot at us, he can't say that he didn't know that we were cops.
Terrific.
You think this kid's got a gun? No, but he did have a brick.
After you.
You think I'll get to Central Booking by noon? Beats me.
You in a hurry? Well, I missed lunch.
I got to wait all the way till dinner.
You said I didn't have a case.
Yeah, but I know I got to see a judge first.
You pretty fast, you know that? If I didn't have a jump on you, no way I'd have been able to ditch the bag in time.
Figured I take a quick peek, maybe come up with an iPad or a laptop or something.
You came up with a dog.
Son of a bitch bit my hand.
Maybe I got a law suit.
We'd have to find the dog first.
Last I saw, he was running through he lot.
Seen rats bigger than that thing.
Shoot.
The rat's probably spooning him by now.
You realized you just confessed, right, Roy? Officer, all due respect, when the judge hears this story, he's going to laugh, and when the judge laughs, I don't do any time.
I have some more recent ones at home.
My apartment's right around the corner, if you No, these, uh, give us a pretty good idea of what we're looking for.
Oh, you have somebody out looking for him, right? We put a description on the radio.
Ah, all points bulletin.
No, an APB is for more More what? Oh, more important things.
Yeah, what if it was a child? What would you do then? But it's not a child.
It's a dog.
He is as important to me as a This is not, no Can I talk to a detective? I think I need to speak with a detective.
I'll be right back.
Thank you.
Ahmad, this might assist you with your investigation.
What? He wants to talk to a detective.
About? He wants an APB.
Sure.
How about ESU? National Guard? Delta Force? God What do I tell him? That we're doing everything we can.
But we're not doing anything.
And there in lies the ingeniousness of the answer.
He's not upstairs.
Basement's clear.
Checked under all the pews.
What about the ark? What? Seriously? Like, I know what a nave is.
You learn something new every day.
Come on, get out.
Come on.
Police! Hey, get back in here! Next apartment.
Police emergency, open Hey, hey, hey! Where you going?! Where you going? Is she dead? Of course she is.
Seven stories.
I watched her fall, I saw her land.
Lisa, I'm so sorry.
Hey, man.
Why don't you come in and we can talk about this.
I couldn't blame her! I didn't, I didn't blame her.
I It just happened so fast.
How did this happen?! Blame her for what? Sir, come in off the ledge.
Wow, that's the best you got? Yeah "Get off the ledge.
" Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait, wait.
Hey, man, what's your name? Gabe.
Gabriel.
Gabe.
Some people said you work for the building, Gabe? Work? Own.
I own the building.
Well, Lisa and I, we own the building.
Put all your chips on Harlem.
Good for you.
I know.
I did.
We gave it everything we had.
We tried really hard.
No one appreciates that.
Thank you! What's that? What are they doing? What's what? What's what? It's an option game.
We're going to talk about options.
I'm Jack Rizzi, Gabe, and I'm going to need you to focus on me, if you could.
Good.
Thanks, Officers.
Come on, let's go.
This is ESUs world.
J-j-just like that? Yeah.
Unless one of you holds a black belt in jumper psychology, your talents are needed elsewhere.
My uncle Tim shot three guys in the line of duty.
And that was after Vietnam.
But the only time I ever saw him cry is when he had to put down his Rottweiler, Rudy.
I understand how people get attached to their pets.
Our family had three cats.
Until we ate them.
Joke.
Is it that hard to tell? Guy's going to get mugged again.
I think I know why this time.
Hey.
You realize he's probably not walking around with that five grand stuffed in his pockets, right? We didn't we're not doing nothing.
Well, "not do it" in the other direction.
Who pays that much for a dog anyway? They give them away in front of Petland on Saturdays.
This feels like the beginning of an all-day problem.
We can't tell him to stop putting up posters, can we? Warn him he could get himself hurt.
What do you think he'd say.
As long as the radio's quiet, let's keep an eye on him.
H-Hey, Future, is it your birthday yet? Two more months, Officer Martini.
Then you'll never catch my ass.
You kidding, day after, I'm putting a down payment on a Mercedes.
These are criminal mischief collars? Yeah, uh, Anti-Crime wanted us to keep an eye on 'em while they verified IDs.
Sergeant Howard told us to keep them apart.
Darius Randall.
Making a religious statement today? I didn't do nothing this time, Sergeant Conrad.
I was arrested for being in the vicinity of a felonious white boy.
Daniel Tanner.
How old are you? Fifteen.
You managed to ally yourself with the incredible human handcuff magnet.
My man here screws up so much, even the gangs don't want him.
All right, put Tanner in the juvey room.
Put Darius in D-Cell 2.
Hold on, why do I get the cell? I didn't even do anything.
'Cause A) you did something, and B) you drew on the desk last time.
Future? Cops say I'm future overtime for them, as soon as I turn 16.
What? What's your problem? My problem? You know what a hate crime is? A hate crime, is that what we committed? Why, because we through some bricks? At a house of worship.
Let me ask you, if my aim was lousier, and I missed the windows, would it still be a hate crime? So, this is all a joke to you, huh? A joke? One of the windows I broke was Abraham getting ready to kill his son, because God told him to.
God asked a man to murder his kid to prove his loyalty then at the last minute says, "Hey, I was joking," and people think that's worthy of a stained glass memorial.
That right there is your joke.
So you see something, you don't like it, you destroy it, right? If something good happens, it's to the glory of God.
If something horrible happens, it's to the glory of God.
It's his, his inscrutable wisdom.
You don't happen to have another brick on you, by any chance, do you? Sorry to break up your little religious rap session, but no one is answering your dad's phone.
You got someone else we can My mom is in Ohio right now.
Yeah, the address is on 120th.
Grab your partner, go knock on the door.
The perp and vic were living together for six years.
They were married three.
No history of mental illness.
No arrests.
They are, uh, they were co-owners of the building.
They pooled their money together two years ago with some family and some friends, they went to the bank, they did a gut renovation, and they turned it into condos.
Did a lousy job, too.
The building's at 25% occupancy.
The banks are this close to foreclosing.
They used to scream and fight all the time.
Today? Not today.
But yesterday morning, yeah.
And you know how I know? Because I'm the only other occupant on this floor.
What were they fighting about yesterday? Whose turn it was to sit in the sales office.
Maybe Gabe knew what he was going to do.
Thought he'd make a fast exit.
Was getting packed Nah Then why pack boxes? I mean, you pack a suitcase, you don't pack boxes.
Boxes in the hallway, gotta mean something.
Gabe, you have to Shut up! - Shut up and let me think! - Gabe, get back here! We're losing him.
He's moving across the ledge.
- Gabe, this isn't helpful.
- Stop talking! Just stop talking and leave me alone.
Gabe, you can't just wonder around the ledge like this.
I want the other one! The one who understands! The other who? The women cop, the one who I talked to about Harlem.
I want her.
Talk to? I said one thing, and I didn't even mean it.
Gabe, Gabe, where you going? Now! Out here with me or I go.
Okay.
Okay, hold on.
Okay.
Let's revisit our strategy here.
Where is she?! I want to talk to her! You know, it's not like an invading force, you know? Harlem was the third largest Jewish settlement in the world.
You know, 200,000 in the '20s.
By 1930, there was four groups of Black Jews living here.
You know, you want to make a statement, throw some rocks at the high-rise condos on Adam Clayton Powell or at the University.
Plenty of good windows there.
Would you be ranting and raving if it wasn't a temple? How would you feel if it were a church? My brothers use to loot the church.
Well, look, I haven't been to a temple since my daughter's Bat Mitzvah.
All I'm saying is there's a history with this garbage, you know? I mean Kristallnacht started with a little broken glass, too.
It didn't end there.
Future ain't a Nazi.
He's a knucklehead.
Kind that doesn't know how not to get himself into trouble.
And what's with this Tanner kid spouting the Bible, you know, like some right-wing redneck, you know? Ten bucks says the old man's got a swastika tattoo, and his closets stuffed with Luftwaffe memorabilia.
Oh, oh, good.
Yeah, I was just on my way.
Maxwell Tanner? Yes, yes, that's me.
On your way where? To the temple to check the damage.
I'm the rabbi.
Don't judge him, don't promise him anything, and whatever you do, don't let him catch you lying.
And the most important thing is, don't touch him, don't let him touch you.
Any questions? Other than "Why me?" This guy's going to get to you.
You're going to start to feel bad for him, so don't touch him, don't let him touch you.
And don't ever lose sight of the fact that he just killed someone.
Just try to engage him long enough for ESU to get that air bag in place.
You're good to go.
The fact is, this isn't in your job description.
No judgment if you don't want to go out there.
Am I really supposed to believe that? The thing that worries me, Sarge, is that whatever I say to the guy might make him want to jump.
You didn't put him out there.
Any decision he makes, is not on you.
Don't touch him.
Don't let him touch you.
Okay, Gabe.
What do you want to talk about? A) I didn't post the reward.
B) I'm not brokering the reward.
C) I didn't even know there was a reward.
D) there's a phone number on the poster.
He ain't answering and I have a doctor's appointment.
E) that's not a Chihuahua.
Doesn't remotely resemble a Chihuahua.
Why am I not surprised? Always kicking garbage cans and harassing people.
I chase this kid away from the temple every week.
But to desecrate! All right, this time you're going to jail! Here we go, acting like you own the street again.
What is the matter with you? Are you so hard up for friends you're associating with this character now? W-What, are you so afraid of him that you'd vandalize your own synagogue because he tells you to? Afraid?! I started throwing the rocks! I didn't even see him there until he joined me.
You didn't? Then why? I was sick of it.
I'm sick of the lie.
The lie? What lie? You have always said you walk into this house, his house, you surrender your faith to him, and he will carry you like a feather, all you need to do is to let go.
To let go.
And we did, the whole synagogue, and me and mom, and Richie the nicest, kindest, best And what did God do? He killed him! No, God doesn't kill Yes, he does! So I'll tell you what, Dad.
You leave me in jail or next time I'll burn the whole damn building down! All right, all right.
You know what? Let's all just take a breath.
Huh? Okay? Come on.
Damn.
I'd never talk to my pops like that.
Papi, come on, it's a poster.
What, okay, all right, hang on, hang on.
What if I give you $20? I put up a sign for you, I got to put one up for everyone.
What if I give you $30? Give the guy a break, Ramon.
And a tea for me.
$30, Ramon.
What if it's like the lottery? What do you mean? You get your dog back from my poster, I get a percentage of the reward.
Yeah, sure.
- Fine, whatever.
- He's taking advantage of you.
Ramon, you're taking advantage of him.
I don't care.
If I get Espresso back, that's all that matters.
What? Is this for real? Yeah.
What? Have you seen him? And there are posters like this over on 114th and Lenox, too? Yes.
All over the place.
Why? Why? Because I found that dog two hours ago and my thieving-ass uncle just bought him from me for $100.
On 114th and Lenox? Come on.
Come on! Hey! I get that reward if I take you to him, right? We're from Ann Arbor originally.
Lisa looks at me and says "Harlem," and off we go.
New Harlem.
Sky's the limit.
But you got to be in it to win it.
A whole year of sitting in that office day after day.
We don't own this building.
This building owns us.
It's hard times for everybody.
I have to jump.
You know that.
There's a lot of people in there that are hoping you won't.
That other cop? He doesn't think I'm serious.
Doesn't doesn't think I'm sorry enough.
That my heart's not really in this.
You guys have it all wrong.
I'd never do anything to hurt her.
Well, I don't get it then, Gabe.
What are we doing out here? If it was an accident, maybe You saw what was happening almost from the start.
But you know me.
I never give up.
I just kept thinking that next week or next month Just keep the faith, you got to keep the faith.
Just about ground you down to a powder.
Richie, his older brother, died six months ago.
Sorry for your loss.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
There were treatments.
You know, we thought we'd turned a corner, and then the relapse.
You know, we all prayed.
Dan prayed.
His mother still hasn't recovered.
You know, she's with her sister right now.
And Dan stopped going to shul.
You know, I thought he would work through it.
And then I thought maybe after I'd worked through it I would be able to help him, but the truth is, you know, I haven't worked through it either.
Have you thought of counseling? Counseling, no.
That's what I do for a living.
I-I-I counsel.
All due respect, Rabbi, but a surgeon can't operate on himself.
Yeah I-I know, I know.
So what happens now? Well Dan and the other kid vandalized your temple.
So you have to make a decision.
Do you want to press charges? Send my son jail? Send my son to jail for exactly what I've felt like doing for the last six months myself? There he is.
Lock this man up.
For what? I don't know, felony of being a disgrace to the family.
Where's my dog? What dog? Really? You really want to be that way? 'Cause when I tell Aunt Rita what you did Okay, okay, okay.
We know you have the dog.
Let's just get him and the two of you can split the reward money.
Like hell we can! And I'm keeping your hundred, too.
I don't even have that mutt anymore, okay? Who you calling a mutt? He's a pure breed.
All right, all right.
Where is he? I don't know.
Guy come in looks to use the bathroom and I tell him we don't let people use it.
He sees the dog, then he hits me on the head with a wrench.
Hello? Yes! You're lucky So we have another robbery complaint? From the guy who cheated his niece, who found the dog after it had been stolen in the first place.
You knew.
Don't even lie to me.
My head is starting to hurt.
I've had, like, 16 texts and messages since we left the bodega.
Everyone says they have my dog.
What do we do? We? We are gonna get Espresso back.
That's what we're gonna do.
Did you think I didn't understand what you did? That for one second I blamed you? Blamed me? Who understands you better than I do? What did you expect me to do, Lisa? Live without you? I'm not I can take anything this world throws at me except being without you.
What did I do? You did what you had to do.
But you shouldn't have come back.
I wanted you to.
God, I wanted you to but if you didn't you'd still be Did I go somewhere? You tried to, but you should've kept going.
You should've closed the door behind you before Before you what? What did you do before I closed the door? She didn't close the door.
The door was open when we got here.
Those were her boxes in the front hall.
She was leaving you.
Nobody leaves the front door of a New York City apartment open.
She was leaving you.
She rushed back in.
You didn't kill her, Gabe.
Did you? Gabe, listen to me.
I killed you.
No, you didn't.
You didn't kill me.
I saw her down there.
I know you're not No.
I'm not.
I'm just the cop who showed up.
Lisa was leaving, wasn't she? She left, but then she came back, and I thought it was to stay.
We were just coming back to pack up.
You couldn't take it anymore.
You couldn't take me anymore, and who could blame you.
She was walking out the door.
You didn't want her to go.
You would've done anything.
Someone said they saw a man out on the ledge before it happened.
You climbed out the window, didn't you, Gabe? I wasn't going to jump, I just wanted you to come back inside.
And she did.
She walked right back in, didn't even close the door.
Dropped her boxes and she ran to the window to get you back in.
I would have You had to give me a chance.
And when you reached for my arm I didn't mean to pull back, it was a reflex.
And I tried to catch you when you were falling.
I reached for you.
I mean, how do I come back from that? How does anybody come back from that kind of pointless stupidity.
Sooner or later we all lose someone, Gabe.
If you love someone, you live through it, because they want you to.
Lisa would've wanted you to live.
You love her back by going on.
Gabe? Does it get better? It gets less.
But you s you still carry it.
I know I'll see her falling.
It'll be there with me the rest of my life.
It's there.
I know you're not her.
I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
I just wanted to say good-bye.
White House, we got you.
Don't worry, you're safe! Just hold on tight, Gabe.
Hold on tight.
Your mom's waiting for you out in the car.
She didn't even come in? Yeah, she seemed slightly disappointed she has to take you home.
See you next week, I'm sure.
Nah, I got to go to New Jersey next week.
Hey, you.
What now? Why are you always causing so much trouble? You don't know me.
No, I don't.
You have brothers and sisters? Yeah, a lot.
You love 'em? I don't know.
You should-- each and every one-- because you never know.
Hey.
I'll stay away from your church or whatever, okay? Or you could come in sometime.
I don't know about that.
Sanchez, just get him out of here.
I see a nerdy kid throwing rocks, how am I gonna keep on walking? It was practically entrapment.
Catch you later.
All right, you're out of here.
Where am I going? Home.
He's your father, kid.
You honestly think he was gonna send you to jail? No.
It was the perfect crime.
That's it? That is it, sir.
All right, let's go.
That's really it, huh? On a good day we solve a crime.
We don't solve lives, even on our best day.
You know, my dad died.
I was almost his age.
Imagine if it was your brother.
Or your son.
Well, guess it's like Howard said-- we don't solve lives.
Yeah, but we can try, right? Otherwise what makes us any different than the bystanders? Well, what do you want to do about it? Uh, try.
Okay.
Uh, I called about this dog I found.
Officer McLaren.
One more for the kennel show.
Great, come on in back.
I'm down to ride with my dawgs It's do or die with my dawgs And if I have to testify, I'm down to lie for my dawgs I keep it real with my dawgs I chill with my dawgs And when we all I rhyme and steal with my dawgs Pullin' capers with my dawgs Dog number five.
You better think twice And place a call for backup So, what do we say? I don't know, how about, you know, they're, they're both hurting, they both lost someone close to them, and they need to put aside their Ah, let's just play it by ear.
Oh, Officers.
Was there something else or? No, we, we were just, uh, were in the neighborhood, we were just passing by, you know.
Oh.
We just wanted to let you know that we're around if you need us.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah, thanks.
Get everything over there.
But I still get the money, right? Espresso, hey, baby, baby, baby, oh, I missed you so much.
Mmm! Oh, God.
Oh, Officer Khan, the work you guys do-- I can't thank you enough.
I'd be lost without this little guy.
Uh, sure.
Oh, we're going to get you home, huh? It's been a rough day.
Take you into a nice, warm bath.
Love.
Hmm.
I know what a dog looks like.
I still don't think that's a dog.
You're my wife, you're mad at me.
What do you think if I buy you this? What's she mad at you for? Nothing, but I bought it anyway.
What's that about, huh? You know, when you try to pull someone out of the horror show in their heads, they have a way of dragging you into your own.
I thought this job would be different.
Than Iraq? Hopefully it is.
I was going to be in control of things.
How do you think you did? I know I broke pretty much every rule that you guys gave me.
My first jumper was at the Eastway Hotel in Times Square-- a high school girl, pregnant.
She didn't tell me whose it was, but I had an idea it was not a love story.
Anyway, I started talking, praying for backup to get there.
Stall for time, hand it off to someone else, follow the patrol guide.
Patrol guide doesn't seem to apply all that much.
That's why they call it a guide and not a bible.
Anyway, it seemed like it was taking forever for someone to get there, and then by the time they did, uh I can't picture her landing anymore, but I can still see her looking at me just before she stepped off.
And not a day goes by that I don't wish I'd been just a little dumber, that I had ignored my training, done something crazy and stupid and tried to save her.
I thought you said what they do isn't on us.
I lie sometimes.
That's why I bought the bracelet.
Sunday everyone gets a little relaxed.
But we're running a light shift.
Last night's smoker seems to have coincided with a record number of people calling in sick today.
I think it was the crab cakes, Sarge.
Crab cakes, huh? Well, given your own proclivity for seafood, from what I saw last night, I advise you leave the driving to your partner.
Point is, manpower is light, which means response time could be a little slow.
If you get into anything, get on the radio sooner than later.
I promise you, we won't be getting into anything today, Sarge.
Bitches, moans, complaints? All right, beat it.
Where's Yoda? I heard he was running late.
Good, I'm starving.
Yeah, me, too.
I wouldn't say no to some coffee.
Everyone up for Pedro's? When the cat's in the house, the mice eat breakfast.
Work, work, work, work, yeah, you know I got that work I'm why my baby mamas leave I'm why baby fathers kirk Maybach music What did Sergeant Dean call this? Congregating.
And the penalty for getting caught? "You'll be relocated to the most isolated, desolate, and spiritually crushing block in Northern Manhattan.
" Relax, Ahmad, we're within visual distance of all three posts.
On the one corner that isn't in any of our posts.
We're spreading the risk evenly.
You know? A DMZ if you will.
Help! Stop him! Stop him! Thief! in pursuit bag snatch suspect, - Wow, he's fast.
- Ten bucks says I get him.
Come here, come here.
Up, up, up.
Be advised everything under control.
Alley behind What do you got? Bag snatch, Sarge.
Lester, Roy, right? Hey, Sergeant.
Yeah, how long you been out? Two weeks as of next week.
I didn't I know and you didn't do anything last time either, Roy.
Where's the complainant? Um, we saw him running out of the subway with a bag.
And we heard someone, so we Oh, so, six heroes all chased the bad guy.
Nobody thinks to go downstairs, see if there's a victim, see if they're all right.
I got the bag.
What are you all doing on 125th together, huh? I know you weren't getting breakfast at Pedro's or half of you would be throwing up right now.
So, Jackpot, Perry, get back to your post.
Harper, Sanchez, go back down to the subway, see if you can find a vic, please.
No complainant, Sarge D.
That's my bag.
Espresso! Yeah? What about him? Where's my dog? Your dog? Yes.
A teacup Chihuahua in this bag.
Long coat, apple head, short hair? What did you do to my dog? That was a dog?! The freakin' thing almost gave me a heart attack! And who puts a dog in a purse anyhow?! That is not a purse, that is an Italian carrier with solid pewter hardware and ballistic nylon venting! Sir, let's go over here and talk.
Sir, over here.
Purse.
You know what he's saying! Sergeant, looking for post 38.
of 735 West 1-2-3.
We're we're sorry.
Yeah, we'll keep an eye out for the Chihuahua.
Your collar your ten dollars.
Your bag.
Prisoner transport? Uh, yeah.
Sarge is sorting it out.
What do you got? They got no dog and got no case.
That's what they got.
I'm just a little surprised, that's all.
Looked like you had the lead on him.
There was a garbage can.
After the garbage can, he still kicked your butt at the dead sprint.
I have a bad knee.
I didn't even see your long legs get into the race.
And don't go under there.
There's always stuff dripping down from it.
Your biggest "stuff dripping down" risk comes from the back end of a pigeon.
This is the one place that Jumpers Uh [Jay-Z's "Heart of the City" playing.]
Listen, first the Fat Boys break up Now every day I wake up Somebody got something to say Where's the love? Look scrapper, I got nephews to look after I'm not lookin' at you dudes, I'm looking past ya Ain't no love in the heart of the city I said, "Where's the love?" Ain't no love in the heart of town Holla at me Ain't no love In the heart of the city Where's the love.
- Apparently? - What else? What else? Address.
Uh, 187 West 120th.
We're up on the scaffolding.
- Any ID? - Uh, no.
She's a female, maybe you should check.
- She's dead.
- Hey, yo, Officer! - Yeah? - I saw it.
She was pushed.
Up there on the seventh floor.
There was a man on the ledge with her.
Officer! Officer, I know that girl.
Yeah? Uh, 7-K.
Her name's Laura.
Lisa! Her name's Lisa! And you know that boyfriend pushed her! What boyfriend?! The guy that works in the sales office! They're always fighting in the lobby.
Yo, look, up there! Look! There! Come on, the seventh floor, let's go.
We're suppose to secure the crime scene.
It's a murder suspect.
Post 49, in pursuit of a murder suspect, seventh floor.
What the hell? Yeah, couple of kids taking target practice with some bricks.
Where you guys been? Foot pursuit up on 125th.
Oh, yeah, how'd it go? Interesting.
You need us to take a 61? Nah.
Ocasio and McGuire, they ran right into the action.
We've got one under.
What are you looking at? You got a problem with Jews, kid? With who? All right, Harper.
Do not talk to my prisoner.
Sorry, Sarge, I got a thing about hate crimes.
Yeah, I know.
I read that five-parter you wrote for the Ledger.
But you ain't a reporter now so welcome to part six.
Our other perp, he squeezed his skinny little self through here.
Now, I search a building, I want to have a couple of uniforms with me in case he takes a shot at us, he can't say that he didn't know that we were cops.
Terrific.
You think this kid's got a gun? No, but he did have a brick.
After you.
You think I'll get to Central Booking by noon? Beats me.
You in a hurry? Well, I missed lunch.
I got to wait all the way till dinner.
You said I didn't have a case.
Yeah, but I know I got to see a judge first.
You pretty fast, you know that? If I didn't have a jump on you, no way I'd have been able to ditch the bag in time.
Figured I take a quick peek, maybe come up with an iPad or a laptop or something.
You came up with a dog.
Son of a bitch bit my hand.
Maybe I got a law suit.
We'd have to find the dog first.
Last I saw, he was running through he lot.
Seen rats bigger than that thing.
Shoot.
The rat's probably spooning him by now.
You realized you just confessed, right, Roy? Officer, all due respect, when the judge hears this story, he's going to laugh, and when the judge laughs, I don't do any time.
I have some more recent ones at home.
My apartment's right around the corner, if you No, these, uh, give us a pretty good idea of what we're looking for.
Oh, you have somebody out looking for him, right? We put a description on the radio.
Ah, all points bulletin.
No, an APB is for more More what? Oh, more important things.
Yeah, what if it was a child? What would you do then? But it's not a child.
It's a dog.
He is as important to me as a This is not, no Can I talk to a detective? I think I need to speak with a detective.
I'll be right back.
Thank you.
Ahmad, this might assist you with your investigation.
What? He wants to talk to a detective.
About? He wants an APB.
Sure.
How about ESU? National Guard? Delta Force? God What do I tell him? That we're doing everything we can.
But we're not doing anything.
And there in lies the ingeniousness of the answer.
He's not upstairs.
Basement's clear.
Checked under all the pews.
What about the ark? What? Seriously? Like, I know what a nave is.
You learn something new every day.
Come on, get out.
Come on.
Police! Hey, get back in here! Next apartment.
Police emergency, open Hey, hey, hey! Where you going?! Where you going? Is she dead? Of course she is.
Seven stories.
I watched her fall, I saw her land.
Lisa, I'm so sorry.
Hey, man.
Why don't you come in and we can talk about this.
I couldn't blame her! I didn't, I didn't blame her.
I It just happened so fast.
How did this happen?! Blame her for what? Sir, come in off the ledge.
Wow, that's the best you got? Yeah "Get off the ledge.
" Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait, wait.
Hey, man, what's your name? Gabe.
Gabriel.
Gabe.
Some people said you work for the building, Gabe? Work? Own.
I own the building.
Well, Lisa and I, we own the building.
Put all your chips on Harlem.
Good for you.
I know.
I did.
We gave it everything we had.
We tried really hard.
No one appreciates that.
Thank you! What's that? What are they doing? What's what? What's what? It's an option game.
We're going to talk about options.
I'm Jack Rizzi, Gabe, and I'm going to need you to focus on me, if you could.
Good.
Thanks, Officers.
Come on, let's go.
This is ESUs world.
J-j-just like that? Yeah.
Unless one of you holds a black belt in jumper psychology, your talents are needed elsewhere.
My uncle Tim shot three guys in the line of duty.
And that was after Vietnam.
But the only time I ever saw him cry is when he had to put down his Rottweiler, Rudy.
I understand how people get attached to their pets.
Our family had three cats.
Until we ate them.
Joke.
Is it that hard to tell? Guy's going to get mugged again.
I think I know why this time.
Hey.
You realize he's probably not walking around with that five grand stuffed in his pockets, right? We didn't we're not doing nothing.
Well, "not do it" in the other direction.
Who pays that much for a dog anyway? They give them away in front of Petland on Saturdays.
This feels like the beginning of an all-day problem.
We can't tell him to stop putting up posters, can we? Warn him he could get himself hurt.
What do you think he'd say.
As long as the radio's quiet, let's keep an eye on him.
H-Hey, Future, is it your birthday yet? Two more months, Officer Martini.
Then you'll never catch my ass.
You kidding, day after, I'm putting a down payment on a Mercedes.
These are criminal mischief collars? Yeah, uh, Anti-Crime wanted us to keep an eye on 'em while they verified IDs.
Sergeant Howard told us to keep them apart.
Darius Randall.
Making a religious statement today? I didn't do nothing this time, Sergeant Conrad.
I was arrested for being in the vicinity of a felonious white boy.
Daniel Tanner.
How old are you? Fifteen.
You managed to ally yourself with the incredible human handcuff magnet.
My man here screws up so much, even the gangs don't want him.
All right, put Tanner in the juvey room.
Put Darius in D-Cell 2.
Hold on, why do I get the cell? I didn't even do anything.
'Cause A) you did something, and B) you drew on the desk last time.
Future? Cops say I'm future overtime for them, as soon as I turn 16.
What? What's your problem? My problem? You know what a hate crime is? A hate crime, is that what we committed? Why, because we through some bricks? At a house of worship.
Let me ask you, if my aim was lousier, and I missed the windows, would it still be a hate crime? So, this is all a joke to you, huh? A joke? One of the windows I broke was Abraham getting ready to kill his son, because God told him to.
God asked a man to murder his kid to prove his loyalty then at the last minute says, "Hey, I was joking," and people think that's worthy of a stained glass memorial.
That right there is your joke.
So you see something, you don't like it, you destroy it, right? If something good happens, it's to the glory of God.
If something horrible happens, it's to the glory of God.
It's his, his inscrutable wisdom.
You don't happen to have another brick on you, by any chance, do you? Sorry to break up your little religious rap session, but no one is answering your dad's phone.
You got someone else we can My mom is in Ohio right now.
Yeah, the address is on 120th.
Grab your partner, go knock on the door.
The perp and vic were living together for six years.
They were married three.
No history of mental illness.
No arrests.
They are, uh, they were co-owners of the building.
They pooled their money together two years ago with some family and some friends, they went to the bank, they did a gut renovation, and they turned it into condos.
Did a lousy job, too.
The building's at 25% occupancy.
The banks are this close to foreclosing.
They used to scream and fight all the time.
Today? Not today.
But yesterday morning, yeah.
And you know how I know? Because I'm the only other occupant on this floor.
What were they fighting about yesterday? Whose turn it was to sit in the sales office.
Maybe Gabe knew what he was going to do.
Thought he'd make a fast exit.
Was getting packed Nah Then why pack boxes? I mean, you pack a suitcase, you don't pack boxes.
Boxes in the hallway, gotta mean something.
Gabe, you have to Shut up! - Shut up and let me think! - Gabe, get back here! We're losing him.
He's moving across the ledge.
- Gabe, this isn't helpful.
- Stop talking! Just stop talking and leave me alone.
Gabe, you can't just wonder around the ledge like this.
I want the other one! The one who understands! The other who? The women cop, the one who I talked to about Harlem.
I want her.
Talk to? I said one thing, and I didn't even mean it.
Gabe, Gabe, where you going? Now! Out here with me or I go.
Okay.
Okay, hold on.
Okay.
Let's revisit our strategy here.
Where is she?! I want to talk to her! You know, it's not like an invading force, you know? Harlem was the third largest Jewish settlement in the world.
You know, 200,000 in the '20s.
By 1930, there was four groups of Black Jews living here.
You know, you want to make a statement, throw some rocks at the high-rise condos on Adam Clayton Powell or at the University.
Plenty of good windows there.
Would you be ranting and raving if it wasn't a temple? How would you feel if it were a church? My brothers use to loot the church.
Well, look, I haven't been to a temple since my daughter's Bat Mitzvah.
All I'm saying is there's a history with this garbage, you know? I mean Kristallnacht started with a little broken glass, too.
It didn't end there.
Future ain't a Nazi.
He's a knucklehead.
Kind that doesn't know how not to get himself into trouble.
And what's with this Tanner kid spouting the Bible, you know, like some right-wing redneck, you know? Ten bucks says the old man's got a swastika tattoo, and his closets stuffed with Luftwaffe memorabilia.
Oh, oh, good.
Yeah, I was just on my way.
Maxwell Tanner? Yes, yes, that's me.
On your way where? To the temple to check the damage.
I'm the rabbi.
Don't judge him, don't promise him anything, and whatever you do, don't let him catch you lying.
And the most important thing is, don't touch him, don't let him touch you.
Any questions? Other than "Why me?" This guy's going to get to you.
You're going to start to feel bad for him, so don't touch him, don't let him touch you.
And don't ever lose sight of the fact that he just killed someone.
Just try to engage him long enough for ESU to get that air bag in place.
You're good to go.
The fact is, this isn't in your job description.
No judgment if you don't want to go out there.
Am I really supposed to believe that? The thing that worries me, Sarge, is that whatever I say to the guy might make him want to jump.
You didn't put him out there.
Any decision he makes, is not on you.
Don't touch him.
Don't let him touch you.
Okay, Gabe.
What do you want to talk about? A) I didn't post the reward.
B) I'm not brokering the reward.
C) I didn't even know there was a reward.
D) there's a phone number on the poster.
He ain't answering and I have a doctor's appointment.
E) that's not a Chihuahua.
Doesn't remotely resemble a Chihuahua.
Why am I not surprised? Always kicking garbage cans and harassing people.
I chase this kid away from the temple every week.
But to desecrate! All right, this time you're going to jail! Here we go, acting like you own the street again.
What is the matter with you? Are you so hard up for friends you're associating with this character now? W-What, are you so afraid of him that you'd vandalize your own synagogue because he tells you to? Afraid?! I started throwing the rocks! I didn't even see him there until he joined me.
You didn't? Then why? I was sick of it.
I'm sick of the lie.
The lie? What lie? You have always said you walk into this house, his house, you surrender your faith to him, and he will carry you like a feather, all you need to do is to let go.
To let go.
And we did, the whole synagogue, and me and mom, and Richie the nicest, kindest, best And what did God do? He killed him! No, God doesn't kill Yes, he does! So I'll tell you what, Dad.
You leave me in jail or next time I'll burn the whole damn building down! All right, all right.
You know what? Let's all just take a breath.
Huh? Okay? Come on.
Damn.
I'd never talk to my pops like that.
Papi, come on, it's a poster.
What, okay, all right, hang on, hang on.
What if I give you $20? I put up a sign for you, I got to put one up for everyone.
What if I give you $30? Give the guy a break, Ramon.
And a tea for me.
$30, Ramon.
What if it's like the lottery? What do you mean? You get your dog back from my poster, I get a percentage of the reward.
Yeah, sure.
- Fine, whatever.
- He's taking advantage of you.
Ramon, you're taking advantage of him.
I don't care.
If I get Espresso back, that's all that matters.
What? Is this for real? Yeah.
What? Have you seen him? And there are posters like this over on 114th and Lenox, too? Yes.
All over the place.
Why? Why? Because I found that dog two hours ago and my thieving-ass uncle just bought him from me for $100.
On 114th and Lenox? Come on.
Come on! Hey! I get that reward if I take you to him, right? We're from Ann Arbor originally.
Lisa looks at me and says "Harlem," and off we go.
New Harlem.
Sky's the limit.
But you got to be in it to win it.
A whole year of sitting in that office day after day.
We don't own this building.
This building owns us.
It's hard times for everybody.
I have to jump.
You know that.
There's a lot of people in there that are hoping you won't.
That other cop? He doesn't think I'm serious.
Doesn't doesn't think I'm sorry enough.
That my heart's not really in this.
You guys have it all wrong.
I'd never do anything to hurt her.
Well, I don't get it then, Gabe.
What are we doing out here? If it was an accident, maybe You saw what was happening almost from the start.
But you know me.
I never give up.
I just kept thinking that next week or next month Just keep the faith, you got to keep the faith.
Just about ground you down to a powder.
Richie, his older brother, died six months ago.
Sorry for your loss.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
There were treatments.
You know, we thought we'd turned a corner, and then the relapse.
You know, we all prayed.
Dan prayed.
His mother still hasn't recovered.
You know, she's with her sister right now.
And Dan stopped going to shul.
You know, I thought he would work through it.
And then I thought maybe after I'd worked through it I would be able to help him, but the truth is, you know, I haven't worked through it either.
Have you thought of counseling? Counseling, no.
That's what I do for a living.
I-I-I counsel.
All due respect, Rabbi, but a surgeon can't operate on himself.
Yeah I-I know, I know.
So what happens now? Well Dan and the other kid vandalized your temple.
So you have to make a decision.
Do you want to press charges? Send my son jail? Send my son to jail for exactly what I've felt like doing for the last six months myself? There he is.
Lock this man up.
For what? I don't know, felony of being a disgrace to the family.
Where's my dog? What dog? Really? You really want to be that way? 'Cause when I tell Aunt Rita what you did Okay, okay, okay.
We know you have the dog.
Let's just get him and the two of you can split the reward money.
Like hell we can! And I'm keeping your hundred, too.
I don't even have that mutt anymore, okay? Who you calling a mutt? He's a pure breed.
All right, all right.
Where is he? I don't know.
Guy come in looks to use the bathroom and I tell him we don't let people use it.
He sees the dog, then he hits me on the head with a wrench.
Hello? Yes! You're lucky So we have another robbery complaint? From the guy who cheated his niece, who found the dog after it had been stolen in the first place.
You knew.
Don't even lie to me.
My head is starting to hurt.
I've had, like, 16 texts and messages since we left the bodega.
Everyone says they have my dog.
What do we do? We? We are gonna get Espresso back.
That's what we're gonna do.
Did you think I didn't understand what you did? That for one second I blamed you? Blamed me? Who understands you better than I do? What did you expect me to do, Lisa? Live without you? I'm not I can take anything this world throws at me except being without you.
What did I do? You did what you had to do.
But you shouldn't have come back.
I wanted you to.
God, I wanted you to but if you didn't you'd still be Did I go somewhere? You tried to, but you should've kept going.
You should've closed the door behind you before Before you what? What did you do before I closed the door? She didn't close the door.
The door was open when we got here.
Those were her boxes in the front hall.
She was leaving you.
Nobody leaves the front door of a New York City apartment open.
She was leaving you.
She rushed back in.
You didn't kill her, Gabe.
Did you? Gabe, listen to me.
I killed you.
No, you didn't.
You didn't kill me.
I saw her down there.
I know you're not No.
I'm not.
I'm just the cop who showed up.
Lisa was leaving, wasn't she? She left, but then she came back, and I thought it was to stay.
We were just coming back to pack up.
You couldn't take it anymore.
You couldn't take me anymore, and who could blame you.
She was walking out the door.
You didn't want her to go.
You would've done anything.
Someone said they saw a man out on the ledge before it happened.
You climbed out the window, didn't you, Gabe? I wasn't going to jump, I just wanted you to come back inside.
And she did.
She walked right back in, didn't even close the door.
Dropped her boxes and she ran to the window to get you back in.
I would have You had to give me a chance.
And when you reached for my arm I didn't mean to pull back, it was a reflex.
And I tried to catch you when you were falling.
I reached for you.
I mean, how do I come back from that? How does anybody come back from that kind of pointless stupidity.
Sooner or later we all lose someone, Gabe.
If you love someone, you live through it, because they want you to.
Lisa would've wanted you to live.
You love her back by going on.
Gabe? Does it get better? It gets less.
But you s you still carry it.
I know I'll see her falling.
It'll be there with me the rest of my life.
It's there.
I know you're not her.
I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
I just wanted to say good-bye.
White House, we got you.
Don't worry, you're safe! Just hold on tight, Gabe.
Hold on tight.
Your mom's waiting for you out in the car.
She didn't even come in? Yeah, she seemed slightly disappointed she has to take you home.
See you next week, I'm sure.
Nah, I got to go to New Jersey next week.
Hey, you.
What now? Why are you always causing so much trouble? You don't know me.
No, I don't.
You have brothers and sisters? Yeah, a lot.
You love 'em? I don't know.
You should-- each and every one-- because you never know.
Hey.
I'll stay away from your church or whatever, okay? Or you could come in sometime.
I don't know about that.
Sanchez, just get him out of here.
I see a nerdy kid throwing rocks, how am I gonna keep on walking? It was practically entrapment.
Catch you later.
All right, you're out of here.
Where am I going? Home.
He's your father, kid.
You honestly think he was gonna send you to jail? No.
It was the perfect crime.
That's it? That is it, sir.
All right, let's go.
That's really it, huh? On a good day we solve a crime.
We don't solve lives, even on our best day.
You know, my dad died.
I was almost his age.
Imagine if it was your brother.
Or your son.
Well, guess it's like Howard said-- we don't solve lives.
Yeah, but we can try, right? Otherwise what makes us any different than the bystanders? Well, what do you want to do about it? Uh, try.
Okay.
Uh, I called about this dog I found.
Officer McLaren.
One more for the kennel show.
Great, come on in back.
I'm down to ride with my dawgs It's do or die with my dawgs And if I have to testify, I'm down to lie for my dawgs I keep it real with my dawgs I chill with my dawgs And when we all I rhyme and steal with my dawgs Pullin' capers with my dawgs Dog number five.
You better think twice And place a call for backup So, what do we say? I don't know, how about, you know, they're, they're both hurting, they both lost someone close to them, and they need to put aside their Ah, let's just play it by ear.
Oh, Officers.
Was there something else or? No, we, we were just, uh, were in the neighborhood, we were just passing by, you know.
Oh.
We just wanted to let you know that we're around if you need us.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah, thanks.
Get everything over there.
But I still get the money, right? Espresso, hey, baby, baby, baby, oh, I missed you so much.
Mmm! Oh, God.
Oh, Officer Khan, the work you guys do-- I can't thank you enough.
I'd be lost without this little guy.
Uh, sure.
Oh, we're going to get you home, huh? It's been a rough day.
Take you into a nice, warm bath.
Love.
Hmm.
I know what a dog looks like.
I still don't think that's a dog.
You're my wife, you're mad at me.
What do you think if I buy you this? What's she mad at you for? Nothing, but I bought it anyway.
What's that about, huh? You know, when you try to pull someone out of the horror show in their heads, they have a way of dragging you into your own.
I thought this job would be different.
Than Iraq? Hopefully it is.
I was going to be in control of things.
How do you think you did? I know I broke pretty much every rule that you guys gave me.
My first jumper was at the Eastway Hotel in Times Square-- a high school girl, pregnant.
She didn't tell me whose it was, but I had an idea it was not a love story.
Anyway, I started talking, praying for backup to get there.
Stall for time, hand it off to someone else, follow the patrol guide.
Patrol guide doesn't seem to apply all that much.
That's why they call it a guide and not a bible.
Anyway, it seemed like it was taking forever for someone to get there, and then by the time they did, uh I can't picture her landing anymore, but I can still see her looking at me just before she stepped off.
And not a day goes by that I don't wish I'd been just a little dumber, that I had ignored my training, done something crazy and stupid and tried to save her.
I thought you said what they do isn't on us.
I lie sometimes.
That's why I bought the bracelet.