Third Watch s02e02 Episode Script
Faith
NARRATOR: Previously on Third Watch: I haven't told him yet.
We're barely scraping by.
We can't afford another kid.
- How pregnant? - I'm three weeks late.
I took one of those home kits this morning.
I love watching you dress.
- I thought you love watching me undress.
- Mm-hm.
That too.
- You should tell them you're pregnant.
- I don't wanna be on a desk.
And, no, I haven't told Fred yet.
FAITH: Every so often it's like I come out of a fog.
The fog of my everyday life.
The bills, and the kid the laundry, and the cleaning my job, and my marriage.
For a day, or sometimes even two something lifts and suddenly, I can see myself clearly.
The choices I've made.
The hundreds of small decisions that have come to be the sum total of my life.
The last week of August of this year .
.
just before Labor Day was one of those times.
And if only for a moment, I could see my life for what it really is good and bad.
And I made some decisions both right and wrong.
Damn it, Denny! Stop running! I know where you live! Your mother is gonna beat your ass When I tell her you were running! BOSCO: Eminem? Eminem? What, you didn't see the parental-warning label? Hey, there's no crying.
There's no crying.
I had to chase him four blocks.
Nice, huh? The kid's in sixth grade.
You're bleeding.
I got hit in the head with a CD.
BOSCO: You shouldn't be trying to run When you're pregnant.
You're packing a couple extra pounds.
- I am not.
- Must be my imagination.
I can't believe Fred still doesn't know.
Why let yourself get pregnant if you're so worried? [BOY CRYING.]
- Let myself? - Um, condoms, the pill? I was using a diaphragm.
Hey! Knock it off, or we'll pull off into an alley - I'll give you something to cry about.
- Take it easy.
The kid stole a couple of CDs.
He's not John Gacy.
Fred was supposed to get a vasectomy after we had Charlie.
Ouch.
Ouch.
The big snip? Why didn't you just go on the pill? I was on the pill for 10 years! The pill makes me cranky.
Fine.
Good relationships are based on trust and faith.
You undermine those fundamentals, the whole thing collapses.
FRED: We got another notice from Con Ed.
- Yeah, the red envelope? - On the counter.
- You mail the check? - No.
I paid the rent instead.
We got it? I don't know.
I get paid tomorrow.
Want me to drop it off? Probably too late to mail it.
No.
I'll do it.
"We wrote this, wanna do it?" I said, yeah.
What, you going in early? Jeff and I are meeting at the cages.
Wanna get some batting practice in.
- You gonna be able to stop by tomorrow? FAITH: Yeah.
If We're not too busy.
FRED: We're playing FedEx.
If we win, we go to the playoffs.
I'm pregnant.
- How pregnant? - I don't know.
But I don't want anybody to know right now, okay? What? Are you happy? I guess the big man's still got the mojo.
- We can't afford another kid.
- We're fine.
We have two bedrooms.
So what? We had six plus my grandmother in less space than this growing up.
- Look how you turned out.
- I'll get a second job.
Oh, come on.
What are the kids gonna do? They're gonna fend for themselves While we're at work? You worry too much.
[FAITH VOMITING AND COUGHING.]
I thought morning sickness was supposed to happen in the morning.
FAITH: Do you have any more of that soda left? Fred wasn't pissed about how long you took to tell him? Mm-mm.
He was too busy crowing about his mojo.
- I told you he'd be cool.
- He never worries about anything.
I'm the one up at 3 in the morning staring at the bills.
You're not sleeping? I was up all last night, going over and over our expenses trying to figure out how we can have another kid.
Fred, he's in bed sleeping like a baby.
- He's right.
why lose sleep over it? - Yeah.
why should he worry? I always take care of everything.
All this with the baby, is it really about the money? Bosco, what would you know about it? I got bills, all right? Apartment, car, phone insurance, utilities.
Mm-hm.
Disposable diapers, formula groceries for five, child care for when you go back to work a PlayStation for Charlie, an iMac for Emily.
You guys are both working.
It can't be that bad.
You know how much it costs for us to go to McDonald's? 70 bucks minimum.
Don't buy the PlayStation and the iMac.
I didn't have that when I was growing up.
I want them to have those things.
I grew up Wearing hand-me-downs.
I want something better for my kids.
WOMAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Five-five David, you still 98? We are 99, Central.
Apartment 3, Henry, Madison to Park.
EMS already on scene.
Four-six-four, 109, 5-5 David.
A rape.
Great.
Another kid.
Great.
Fred and I are procreating our way into poverty.
Guy slipped in When they were taking out trash.
FAITH: She injured? - Broken hand, banged-up ankle.
Looks like he got pretty rough.
FAITH: Hey.
DOC: Hey.
Is she okay to answer a few questions? DOC: Yeah.
FAITH: I'm Officer Yokas and this is Officer Boscorelli.
You were raped? Can I get your name? Bonnie Bryson.
That with a Y? Did you know the person that did this? BONNIE: No.
FAITH: Did he have a weapon? BONNIE: A knife.
Can you give us a description? Twenties White muscular, short brown hair.
He had tattoos on his arms.
He forced you to have intercourse? In the middle he got hungry made himself a sandwich.
Bastard ate a sandwich? DOC: Hey.
FAITH: Hey, who got her? - Morales.
Exam 2.
Patient's looking for you.
Doc, you want in on fantasy football again this year? Draft's this weekend.
DOC: You still commissioner again? BOSCO: Yeah.
- Can't get anyone else to do it.
CARLOS: You guys run a league? BOSCO: You watch football? CARLOS: Sure.
BOSCO: Two bucks a head.
BONNIE: No.
- Anal penetration? BONNIE: No.
FAITH: Hey.
BONNIE: Hi.
MORALES: There is semen present.
I'm gonna swab for it now, okay? - Is there anything that I can get for you? - No, thank you.
MORALES: Do you know where you are in your cycle? There's always a possibility of pregnancy.
There's a morning-after prophylaxis I can give you to prevent that.
I'm also gonna treat you for sexually transmitted disease.
You can go ahead and sit up now.
Can I call anybody for you? Your husband? He's in Germany in the air force.
What about a friend or some family? I just moved back here from Europe.
I start law school at Columbia on Monday.
Bonnie I also have to talk to you about the possibility of HIV infection.
We have no way of knowing if your assailant is HIV-positive.
So you'll have to be tested over the next six months.
If he's apprehended, though, We can test him right away.
FAITH: How much longer is she gonna be here? MORALES: Another couple hours.
I was thinking Bosco and I could give her a ride.
- Make sure she gets home safe.
- I won't release her till you come back.
Is there a women's clinic in the area that you can recommend for me? You don't have a gynecologist? Never mind.
I'll just look up something in the Yellow Pages.
Family Planning Services on 11 0th.
They're excellent.
One of our OBs volunteers there.
I'll write her name down for you.
What kind of year do you think Terrell Davis is gonna have? Not a clue.
I drafted him in the first round last year.
He blows his ACL in week four.
All right, what are we doing here? Preventing crime.
Under the bridge? Crime everywhere.
Haven't you heard? We should be driving around, see what's going on.
- Something bad happens, they'll call.
MAN [ON RADIO.]
: Units in the 5-5, EDP discharging a fire extinguisher at passing traffic, 9-7 and Madison.
So we're not gonna take that? Some guy with a tinfoil hat to keep the aliens from invading his brain with a fire extinguisher? No.
SULLY: Central, 5-5 Charlie.
Where is 5-5 David? - Sully sounds pissed.
- What's new? MAN: we show 5-5 David out at Mercy on a past sexual assault.
SULLY: Five-five Charlie, 9-7 and Madison.
What do you think this jackass is doing? - Who? - Over here.
You think he's got a hooker in there? - Should we go over there? - And what? Arrest him for parking? I don't know.
Just see what he's up to.
Damn! There's something you don't see every day.
A man with no brains driving a Chevy.
- Maybe it'll run out of gas.
- We could shoot out the tires.
Maybe the door's open.
Bosco! BOSCO: Maybe he glued his foot to the pedal.
Well, Bosco! One of us has got to crawl in there and turn it off! With his brains all over the place? [BOSCO LAUGHS.]
[CAR HORN HONKING.]
Now, that's gonna be a lot of paperwork.
You're gonna need one of these.
You forget to do anything today? Oh.
No.
Oh! Damn it! I found some candles in with the Christmas stuff.
- When did they go out? - Around 7.
- What did you tell the kids? - Charlie thought it was fun.
Emily was upset.
She couldn't watch Charmed.
God.
Oh, my God, the refrigerator.
Oh, my God.
All that frozen meat from Costco.
Missus Angeles let us put everything over at her place.
- What did you tell her? - I told her the power got shut off.
She has the biggest mouth in the building.
I gotta see these people every day in the laundry room and on the stairs.
So what? It's happened to everybody.
No, it hasn't happened to everybody.
Most people have electricity, Fred.
Most people pay their bills.
Most people don't live hand-to-mouth.
Hey, don't yell at me.
I'm not the one who forgot to pay the bill.
I forgot to pay the bill? I didn't pay the bill because we don't have the money, and we still don't.
I was gonna kite a check until I got paid tomorrow! We'll go to Con Ed first thing, get it turned back on.
I can't.
I can't live like this anymore.
I won't.
I won't.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Dr.
Morales over at Mercy sent me here.
She said that I should ask for Dr.
Seidelman.
- Have you ever been here before? - No.
Dr.
Seidelman is here this morning.
If you wait a bit, she's the doctor you'll see.
- Okay.
- Why don't you fill this out? Bring it back to me when you're done.
What's your name? Yokas, Faith.
Faith Yokas.
Great.
Faith, if you could have a seat.
[CHILD CRYING.]
You know what? I just realized.
I'm sorry.
I don't have time to do this today.
But I'll come back later.
- Okay? Thank you.
- Okay.
There aren't more than four or five quarterbacks I'd bother taking in the first round.
Favre, Manning, Bledsoe, Kurt Warner.
- Maybe Beuerlein.
- What about Testaverde? No Keyshawn to throw to? Vinny and the Jets are going nowhere.
Working today, or you gonna give us a performance of your holiday-in-uniform routine? No powdered sugar on your shirt, Sully.
What, Krispy Kreme burned down? You were on that rape yesterday for what, six hours? What, did a band of Vikings come ashore at 101st Street - and pillage an apartment building? - We're working today.
TY: How much do trades cost, Bos? - Five bucks during the season.
TY: How big is the pot? - 20 guys so far.
100 bucks a pop.
- Hey, Boscorelli, right? BOSCO: Mm-hm.
Dukes.
Second watch.
Just came up from the 38th.
- What's up? - I hear you're seeing Wild Nicole.
- Is she still a blond? - Yeah.
Not many girls will call you up at 3 in the morning and invite you over.
- Nicole's a hell of a ride.
- Excuse me? Enjoy it.
You knew she dated other cops before.
It's not like you thought she was the Virgin Mary.
This your business how? If a girl's like a hooker in the sack, she didn't pick it up reading Cosmo.
- Making me feel worse.
- Not like you've been a choir boy.
You've had more ass than a public toilet seat.
How did this go from finding out my girlfriend's a slut - to me being a jerk? - Slut? Okay, where are we going? - She's done half the force.
- Half the force.
- One guy! - Why are you defending her? You don't even like her! Has she slept with anybody else since you've been together? I don't know.
Maybe.
Right now I like her a lot more than I like you.
No.
Bosco, Bosco, this is a bad idea.
I'll be right back.
Bosco, you're gonna make a fool out of yourself! - Nicole around? WOMAN: In the back by the dressing room.
NICOLE: We also have it in lavender.
That would look fabulous with your coloring.
I'll get it for you.
- Hey.
- Hey, yourself.
You better not be here to cancel tomorrow.
- I told everybody you were coming.
BOSCO: Got a minute? I'm with a customer.
Keep me company.
- Hi, Faith.
How are you? - Peachy.
BOSCO: I ran into somebody says they know you.
Steve Dukes? Used to work at the 38th Precinct.
- At the 5-5 now.
- Yeah, I know Steve.
Yeah.
He acted like he knows you pretty well.
I used to sleep with him, if that's what you're getting at.
Anything else you wanna know? How many cops you slept with? How many cops are there in New York? Maybe I should just check precinct toilet stalls see which ones have your name and number scratched in the paint.
You want a list of the men I've slept with? Why don't you grab a phone book? I'm sure there's at least one on every page.
Well.
That went even worse than I thought it would.
Please, she's in the living room.
She's bleeding.
I live next door.
She came to my apartment.
She was hysterical.
I can't believe I was home the whole time and I didn't hear anything.
[BABY CRYING.]
FAITH: What's wrong with your neck, ma'am? I don't know how he got in.
He was just there in the bedroom, and he had a knife.
Oh, it's okay.
Are you bleeding badly? Let me see.
I know I locked the door.
I always lock the door.
BOBBY: Paramedics.
Anybody here? - Street side, up front.
I had the television on the whole time.
I didn't hear a thing.
FAITH: Try to take some deep breaths.
KIM: How are you feeling, ma'am? Lay back.
Okay, there you go.
I want you to lie back, okay? - Let me see your neck.
- It's bleeding.
KIM: Lay back so I can get a better look at it.
SARA: I can't believe he raped me.
KIM: Let me see.
SARA: It's bleeding.
KIM: Well, it looks superficial, Sara.
Are you hurt anywhere else? I locked the door.
I know I locked the door.
All the locks.
[SARA SOBBING.]
- He's not out here walking around.
- Who? He already raped a woman today.
He's not out looking for seconds.
Maybe he's walking over to Third, trying to get something to eat.
Or he's, you know, picking up his dry-cleaning.
Right.
Right.
All the rapists I know worry about getting their shirts dry-cleaned.
Maybe he's sitting on a stoop drinking a forty, kicking back, thinking he got away With raping a woman while her I went to a family-planning clinic this morning before the shift.
I don't know if I want this baby.
- What does Fred say? - It's not Fred's decision.
- So you didn't tell him? - What? Is this coming from a guy who just accused his girlfriend of being a slut? What? Go ahead.
Say it.
It's selfish.
And it's wrong.
And you know it.
You never dropped a girl off at a clinic gave her 150 bucks, told her you'd catch up later? It's not the same thing.
You're married.
You're talking about getting an abortion without telling your husband.
- It's my body.
- That is so much crap! You're talking because you feel guilty and you haven't even done anything yet.
Have you? - I blew it with Nicole, didn't I? - Oh, I don't know.
Checking toilet stalls for her name, that may have been a bit much.
Makes me crazy thinking she slept with other guys.
- What the hell is wrong with you men? - Oh, great.
Here it comes.
SULLY: Night.
FAITH: You know what? You say that you love her, but you can't accept the fact that she's a real person.
So what? So what if she slept With 50 other guys? - Or even a hundred? BOSCO: Easy.
A hundred? Doesn't mean she'll fool around on you.
It means that she's probably less likely to fool around on you.
The grass isn't any greener.
She's got a good thing, she's gonna hang onto it.
I will catch you guys tomorrow.
Right.
See you.
You really think she slept With a hundred guys? - You see? That's what I'm talking about.
- What? You don't want the truth.
You want fantasy.
Your beautiful girlfriend who likes sex? She's really a virgin.
And Fred with his perfect family.
He thinks he can have as many kids as he wants and the credit card bills always get paid, the rent never comes due.
It's not the real world, Bosco.
Okay? It's not.
And the sooner all you little boys decide to accept it and grow up and act like men the sooner all of us women can stop carrying the whole damn load.
BOSCO: That looks serious.
Glad we're off.
You want some advice? Fall on your knees and beg for forgiveness.
Good luck.
Good night.
Hi.
I never lied to you.
No? No.
You never told me about Steve Dukes.
Why would I? It's none of your business Who I slept with before we got together.
Some guy that I don't know comes up to me and asks about wild Nicole? I'd say it's my business.
You're all such bastards.
You wanna know how many? Too many.
This is your stuff from my apartment.
I want my key back.
Give me my key back.
Thank you.
[CHATTERING.]
[FOREIGNER'S "HOT BLOODED" PLAYING ON STEREO.]
MAN: What a day! what a day! - Hey, Faith! WOMAN: Hey! We won! Sixteen to four! - Where are the kids? - Around.
- Baby, it's almost midnight.
- Tomorrow's Saturday.
You've been drinking? A couple sips of beer for the toast.
That's it, Warden.
I swear.
Oh, he was a monster, baby! Five RBIs! You should have been there.
Your man was on fire.
Congratulations.
It's so great.
I wish we stopped at three.
You don't want five, though.
That's for sure.
What, did you tell everybody? Just a couple guys.
Just a couple guys.
You want something to drink? I got a headache.
I'm gonna take some aspirin.
- You want me to get it for you? - No, I got it.
Thanks.
Ten minutes, mister.
Then you're in bed.
- Mom! - Ten minutes.
Great news, Faith.
So excited.
[KNOCKING.]
Go away! It's Holly.
want some company? Didn't know we were gonna all be here, huh? He's out there drinking.
Matt's drunk as a skunk.
Caught him drooling all over Chris Carson's girlfriend again.
- Crystal? - Yeah.
Wearing a skirt the size of a napkin.
I slapped him silly.
I hear congratulations are in order.
Jesus, what did he do, get on a bullhorn? Seems pretty happy about it.
Aren't you? No.
I feel like I'm drowning over here.
Everything's so weird.
I don't even know if Fred and I are gonna make it.
I don't wanna be a single mom with three kids.
I want more, Holly.
Don't you want more? God.
When did this become my life? How'd it go with Nicole? Fine.
Fine? We decided to take a bit of a break.
So, what, did she rip your heart out and serve it to you on a skewer? - Whose side are you on? - In this? Hers.
Definitely hers.
- You talk to Fred? - No.
I didn't talk to Fred.
Because Fred was too busy celebrating the pregnancy with his buddies.
I come home last night to an apartment full of drunken softball players.
They won last night.
Yeah? What was the score? What? What? It puts them into the playoffs.
MAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Units of 5-5 for a 10-34, sexual assault in progress.
Two-two-seven, 96.
Between two and three.
Unit to respond.
Two-two-seven, 96, 5-5 David.
- Think that's our guy? - Let's hope so.
SULLY: Central, 5-5 Charlie, 227, 96.
MAN: Five-five Charlie and David, perp is fleeing.
Victim is reporting white male twenties, short hair, yellow shirt.
That's him.
We got this bastard.
Central, do you have a direction of flight? MAN: Victim has you in sight, is on the sidewalk in front of 227.
[MARGARET SOBBING.]
MARGARET: He was in my bedroom.
SULLY: All right, all right.
He was in my bedroom, and my husband came home.
And I grabbed a letter opener.
I think I stabbed him, because there's blood.
SULLY: Where's your husband now? MARGARET: He ran after him.
TY: what does your husband look like? MARGARET: Um.
He's.
He's blond and big.
And he's-- He's wearing a suit.
His name is James.
TY: I need you to go back inside the building.
- Husband's blond, in a business suit.
- See him? - No.
Charlie, this is David.
We're continuing on 96.
Take Third.
TY: Got it.
Turning onto Third.
Come on.
Hey! Out of the damn way! Bosco, on the right! James! James! - Stop running! - Up there! - Yellow shirt, yellow T-shirt.
- All right, we got him.
You go home! I see him right there.
We got you, son of a bitch.
We got him.
Ninety-six, between Park and Third.
He's in front of the projects.
Damn it, there he goes! Pull over! Let me out! Hey! Go around and cut him on Park! You see him? Damn it.
I'll go right.
We lost him on Park.
I'm heading north.
Davis is going south.
Guy shoved her down.
Kept right on going.
He went into the subway.
East-side entrance at 98th.
Out of the way.
Half the force is out there.
You got a lot of friends.
X-rays look good.
Just bruised ribs.
Yeah.
what do you do about that? Not much.
Ice.
I'll give you some Vicodin.
Give it time to heal.
I'm sore as hell.
Yeah.
You will be for the next three or four weeks.
You're gonna have some pretty severe bruising too.
Damn lucky you were wearing that vest.
Your partner's wanting to come in.
You ready? Yeah.
Yesterday when I was asking you about that clinic.
I'm pregnant.
Could this have any effect on that? - How pregnant? - Ten weeks.
The blow was nowhere near the uterus.
But if you have any spotting, just come back in.
You ready for Bosco? I'll go order the Vicodin.
So? Just some bruised ribs.
They're gonna give me some good drugs.
- A couple of weeks' desk duty.
- That's it? What? You sound disappointed.
No.
That's great.
It was stupid, huh? Me chasing him like that.
You didn't know that guy was gonna have a pipe.
I lost my gun.
If he wanted to, he could've picked it up and shot me.
Hey, can I call Fred now? - Have him come down here? - No.
- Why? - Because it'll just freak him out.
I'll tell him When I get home.
- I miscarried.
- What? Morales said because of the beating, it must have dislodged the egg.
Damn it.
I'm sorry.
Listen, I know you weren't really sure about all this baby stuff and everything but I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Damn, Bos.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see that one.
Okay, just take it easy, all right? I never should have let you get out of the car.
It's not your fault.
It is my fault.
You should have been doing the driving.
All right.
Forget it, okay? I'm gonna be fine.
It's funny, huh? How things happen.
You've been so worried about being pregnant.
You ever wonder about that kind of thing? Whether there's some sort of plan or something that We don't really know about? You going off on some existential tangent on me? Existential tangent? The sum total of what I remember from my one semester of philosophy.
You took philosophy? Yeah.
Why? You didn't think I was smart enough to take philosophy? I didn't think you were stupid enough to take philosophy.
MAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Five-five David, 10- 1, the house.
Five-five David.
En route from Mercy.
I'm taking my partner home.
Squad has a suspect in custody, The rapist? Is it the rapist? Could be.
Bosco, you tell him We're coming in.
She says we're coming in.
- Anybody ID him yet? - No.
They're bringing the women in now.
The guy showed up down at Bellevue.
He had a stab Wound in his right shoulder.
Claimed that he slipped and fell on a nail.
Bellevue had the bulletin.
Dropped a dime on him, We picked him up.
Did you recognize him, Davis? No, I never got close enough to get a good look.
RYAN: You Yokas? FAITH: Yeah.
Thanks for bringing her down, guys.
Why don't you wait downstairs in the hall? - I'll be in Roll Call.
- Okay.
- How you doing? - Sore.
We put together a line-up.
Have some victims coming in.
You up for it? - You ready? - Yeah.
Number four.
RYAN: That's the man you chased, Who then assaulted you? Yeah, that's him.
RYAN: Great.
Thanks.
- Is that it? - For now, yeah.
Bonnie? I'm Faith Yokas from yesterday.
Hi.
They called me, said they may have found him.
- Do you know if they did? - That's for you to say.
- Will he be able to see me? - No.
FAITH: They'll, um.
They'll show you a room full of men and they'll ask you if you recognize any of them.
And what if I don't? Then you tell the truth.
I haven't told my husband.
He's over in Germany, right? I know I should but I don't know how to, really What to say.
I don't think he'll understand this.
We've been having a hard time lately.
This would be a pretty tough secret to keep, wouldn't it? You can call me if you need anything.
Fred.
- What? What time is it? - It's after 2.
- You okay? - I got beat up.
- What? - I was chasing this rapist in the subway, and he hit me with a pipe.
And I got some bruised ribs.
A pipe? - They take you to the hospital? - Yeah.
FRED: Why didn't you call me? There wasn't anything you could've done.
You would've been sitting around in the waiting room.
God, I hate this.
You gotta quit this job! This is it! This is absolutely it! I'm not gonna quit my job.
You're getting beat up by damn rapists on a subway.
I lost the baby.
- What? - The doctor says that sometimes from the force of the blow, that it happens.
Sometimes.
Fred.
Fred.
Fred, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Shh.
It'll be okay.
It'll be okay.
It'll be all right, Fred.
It'll be all right.
FAITH: It was just before Labor Day.
Fred's softball team had made the playoffs.
And I had forgotten to pay the electric bill.
And wild Nicole broke up with Bosco.
The rape suspect we caught was identified by all three of his victims.
And I lied to my husband about something important for the first time in 10 years of marriage.
I'm not sure we ever know if the decisions we make are right or wrong.
I'm afraid they're usually a little of both.
We're barely scraping by.
We can't afford another kid.
- How pregnant? - I'm three weeks late.
I took one of those home kits this morning.
I love watching you dress.
- I thought you love watching me undress.
- Mm-hm.
That too.
- You should tell them you're pregnant.
- I don't wanna be on a desk.
And, no, I haven't told Fred yet.
FAITH: Every so often it's like I come out of a fog.
The fog of my everyday life.
The bills, and the kid the laundry, and the cleaning my job, and my marriage.
For a day, or sometimes even two something lifts and suddenly, I can see myself clearly.
The choices I've made.
The hundreds of small decisions that have come to be the sum total of my life.
The last week of August of this year .
.
just before Labor Day was one of those times.
And if only for a moment, I could see my life for what it really is good and bad.
And I made some decisions both right and wrong.
Damn it, Denny! Stop running! I know where you live! Your mother is gonna beat your ass When I tell her you were running! BOSCO: Eminem? Eminem? What, you didn't see the parental-warning label? Hey, there's no crying.
There's no crying.
I had to chase him four blocks.
Nice, huh? The kid's in sixth grade.
You're bleeding.
I got hit in the head with a CD.
BOSCO: You shouldn't be trying to run When you're pregnant.
You're packing a couple extra pounds.
- I am not.
- Must be my imagination.
I can't believe Fred still doesn't know.
Why let yourself get pregnant if you're so worried? [BOY CRYING.]
- Let myself? - Um, condoms, the pill? I was using a diaphragm.
Hey! Knock it off, or we'll pull off into an alley - I'll give you something to cry about.
- Take it easy.
The kid stole a couple of CDs.
He's not John Gacy.
Fred was supposed to get a vasectomy after we had Charlie.
Ouch.
Ouch.
The big snip? Why didn't you just go on the pill? I was on the pill for 10 years! The pill makes me cranky.
Fine.
Good relationships are based on trust and faith.
You undermine those fundamentals, the whole thing collapses.
FRED: We got another notice from Con Ed.
- Yeah, the red envelope? - On the counter.
- You mail the check? - No.
I paid the rent instead.
We got it? I don't know.
I get paid tomorrow.
Want me to drop it off? Probably too late to mail it.
No.
I'll do it.
"We wrote this, wanna do it?" I said, yeah.
What, you going in early? Jeff and I are meeting at the cages.
Wanna get some batting practice in.
- You gonna be able to stop by tomorrow? FAITH: Yeah.
If We're not too busy.
FRED: We're playing FedEx.
If we win, we go to the playoffs.
I'm pregnant.
- How pregnant? - I don't know.
But I don't want anybody to know right now, okay? What? Are you happy? I guess the big man's still got the mojo.
- We can't afford another kid.
- We're fine.
We have two bedrooms.
So what? We had six plus my grandmother in less space than this growing up.
- Look how you turned out.
- I'll get a second job.
Oh, come on.
What are the kids gonna do? They're gonna fend for themselves While we're at work? You worry too much.
[FAITH VOMITING AND COUGHING.]
I thought morning sickness was supposed to happen in the morning.
FAITH: Do you have any more of that soda left? Fred wasn't pissed about how long you took to tell him? Mm-mm.
He was too busy crowing about his mojo.
- I told you he'd be cool.
- He never worries about anything.
I'm the one up at 3 in the morning staring at the bills.
You're not sleeping? I was up all last night, going over and over our expenses trying to figure out how we can have another kid.
Fred, he's in bed sleeping like a baby.
- He's right.
why lose sleep over it? - Yeah.
why should he worry? I always take care of everything.
All this with the baby, is it really about the money? Bosco, what would you know about it? I got bills, all right? Apartment, car, phone insurance, utilities.
Mm-hm.
Disposable diapers, formula groceries for five, child care for when you go back to work a PlayStation for Charlie, an iMac for Emily.
You guys are both working.
It can't be that bad.
You know how much it costs for us to go to McDonald's? 70 bucks minimum.
Don't buy the PlayStation and the iMac.
I didn't have that when I was growing up.
I want them to have those things.
I grew up Wearing hand-me-downs.
I want something better for my kids.
WOMAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Five-five David, you still 98? We are 99, Central.
Apartment 3, Henry, Madison to Park.
EMS already on scene.
Four-six-four, 109, 5-5 David.
A rape.
Great.
Another kid.
Great.
Fred and I are procreating our way into poverty.
Guy slipped in When they were taking out trash.
FAITH: She injured? - Broken hand, banged-up ankle.
Looks like he got pretty rough.
FAITH: Hey.
DOC: Hey.
Is she okay to answer a few questions? DOC: Yeah.
FAITH: I'm Officer Yokas and this is Officer Boscorelli.
You were raped? Can I get your name? Bonnie Bryson.
That with a Y? Did you know the person that did this? BONNIE: No.
FAITH: Did he have a weapon? BONNIE: A knife.
Can you give us a description? Twenties White muscular, short brown hair.
He had tattoos on his arms.
He forced you to have intercourse? In the middle he got hungry made himself a sandwich.
Bastard ate a sandwich? DOC: Hey.
FAITH: Hey, who got her? - Morales.
Exam 2.
Patient's looking for you.
Doc, you want in on fantasy football again this year? Draft's this weekend.
DOC: You still commissioner again? BOSCO: Yeah.
- Can't get anyone else to do it.
CARLOS: You guys run a league? BOSCO: You watch football? CARLOS: Sure.
BOSCO: Two bucks a head.
BONNIE: No.
- Anal penetration? BONNIE: No.
FAITH: Hey.
BONNIE: Hi.
MORALES: There is semen present.
I'm gonna swab for it now, okay? - Is there anything that I can get for you? - No, thank you.
MORALES: Do you know where you are in your cycle? There's always a possibility of pregnancy.
There's a morning-after prophylaxis I can give you to prevent that.
I'm also gonna treat you for sexually transmitted disease.
You can go ahead and sit up now.
Can I call anybody for you? Your husband? He's in Germany in the air force.
What about a friend or some family? I just moved back here from Europe.
I start law school at Columbia on Monday.
Bonnie I also have to talk to you about the possibility of HIV infection.
We have no way of knowing if your assailant is HIV-positive.
So you'll have to be tested over the next six months.
If he's apprehended, though, We can test him right away.
FAITH: How much longer is she gonna be here? MORALES: Another couple hours.
I was thinking Bosco and I could give her a ride.
- Make sure she gets home safe.
- I won't release her till you come back.
Is there a women's clinic in the area that you can recommend for me? You don't have a gynecologist? Never mind.
I'll just look up something in the Yellow Pages.
Family Planning Services on 11 0th.
They're excellent.
One of our OBs volunteers there.
I'll write her name down for you.
What kind of year do you think Terrell Davis is gonna have? Not a clue.
I drafted him in the first round last year.
He blows his ACL in week four.
All right, what are we doing here? Preventing crime.
Under the bridge? Crime everywhere.
Haven't you heard? We should be driving around, see what's going on.
- Something bad happens, they'll call.
MAN [ON RADIO.]
: Units in the 5-5, EDP discharging a fire extinguisher at passing traffic, 9-7 and Madison.
So we're not gonna take that? Some guy with a tinfoil hat to keep the aliens from invading his brain with a fire extinguisher? No.
SULLY: Central, 5-5 Charlie.
Where is 5-5 David? - Sully sounds pissed.
- What's new? MAN: we show 5-5 David out at Mercy on a past sexual assault.
SULLY: Five-five Charlie, 9-7 and Madison.
What do you think this jackass is doing? - Who? - Over here.
You think he's got a hooker in there? - Should we go over there? - And what? Arrest him for parking? I don't know.
Just see what he's up to.
Damn! There's something you don't see every day.
A man with no brains driving a Chevy.
- Maybe it'll run out of gas.
- We could shoot out the tires.
Maybe the door's open.
Bosco! BOSCO: Maybe he glued his foot to the pedal.
Well, Bosco! One of us has got to crawl in there and turn it off! With his brains all over the place? [BOSCO LAUGHS.]
[CAR HORN HONKING.]
Now, that's gonna be a lot of paperwork.
You're gonna need one of these.
You forget to do anything today? Oh.
No.
Oh! Damn it! I found some candles in with the Christmas stuff.
- When did they go out? - Around 7.
- What did you tell the kids? - Charlie thought it was fun.
Emily was upset.
She couldn't watch Charmed.
God.
Oh, my God, the refrigerator.
Oh, my God.
All that frozen meat from Costco.
Missus Angeles let us put everything over at her place.
- What did you tell her? - I told her the power got shut off.
She has the biggest mouth in the building.
I gotta see these people every day in the laundry room and on the stairs.
So what? It's happened to everybody.
No, it hasn't happened to everybody.
Most people have electricity, Fred.
Most people pay their bills.
Most people don't live hand-to-mouth.
Hey, don't yell at me.
I'm not the one who forgot to pay the bill.
I forgot to pay the bill? I didn't pay the bill because we don't have the money, and we still don't.
I was gonna kite a check until I got paid tomorrow! We'll go to Con Ed first thing, get it turned back on.
I can't.
I can't live like this anymore.
I won't.
I won't.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Dr.
Morales over at Mercy sent me here.
She said that I should ask for Dr.
Seidelman.
- Have you ever been here before? - No.
Dr.
Seidelman is here this morning.
If you wait a bit, she's the doctor you'll see.
- Okay.
- Why don't you fill this out? Bring it back to me when you're done.
What's your name? Yokas, Faith.
Faith Yokas.
Great.
Faith, if you could have a seat.
[CHILD CRYING.]
You know what? I just realized.
I'm sorry.
I don't have time to do this today.
But I'll come back later.
- Okay? Thank you.
- Okay.
There aren't more than four or five quarterbacks I'd bother taking in the first round.
Favre, Manning, Bledsoe, Kurt Warner.
- Maybe Beuerlein.
- What about Testaverde? No Keyshawn to throw to? Vinny and the Jets are going nowhere.
Working today, or you gonna give us a performance of your holiday-in-uniform routine? No powdered sugar on your shirt, Sully.
What, Krispy Kreme burned down? You were on that rape yesterday for what, six hours? What, did a band of Vikings come ashore at 101st Street - and pillage an apartment building? - We're working today.
TY: How much do trades cost, Bos? - Five bucks during the season.
TY: How big is the pot? - 20 guys so far.
100 bucks a pop.
- Hey, Boscorelli, right? BOSCO: Mm-hm.
Dukes.
Second watch.
Just came up from the 38th.
- What's up? - I hear you're seeing Wild Nicole.
- Is she still a blond? - Yeah.
Not many girls will call you up at 3 in the morning and invite you over.
- Nicole's a hell of a ride.
- Excuse me? Enjoy it.
You knew she dated other cops before.
It's not like you thought she was the Virgin Mary.
This your business how? If a girl's like a hooker in the sack, she didn't pick it up reading Cosmo.
- Making me feel worse.
- Not like you've been a choir boy.
You've had more ass than a public toilet seat.
How did this go from finding out my girlfriend's a slut - to me being a jerk? - Slut? Okay, where are we going? - She's done half the force.
- Half the force.
- One guy! - Why are you defending her? You don't even like her! Has she slept with anybody else since you've been together? I don't know.
Maybe.
Right now I like her a lot more than I like you.
No.
Bosco, Bosco, this is a bad idea.
I'll be right back.
Bosco, you're gonna make a fool out of yourself! - Nicole around? WOMAN: In the back by the dressing room.
NICOLE: We also have it in lavender.
That would look fabulous with your coloring.
I'll get it for you.
- Hey.
- Hey, yourself.
You better not be here to cancel tomorrow.
- I told everybody you were coming.
BOSCO: Got a minute? I'm with a customer.
Keep me company.
- Hi, Faith.
How are you? - Peachy.
BOSCO: I ran into somebody says they know you.
Steve Dukes? Used to work at the 38th Precinct.
- At the 5-5 now.
- Yeah, I know Steve.
Yeah.
He acted like he knows you pretty well.
I used to sleep with him, if that's what you're getting at.
Anything else you wanna know? How many cops you slept with? How many cops are there in New York? Maybe I should just check precinct toilet stalls see which ones have your name and number scratched in the paint.
You want a list of the men I've slept with? Why don't you grab a phone book? I'm sure there's at least one on every page.
Well.
That went even worse than I thought it would.
Please, she's in the living room.
She's bleeding.
I live next door.
She came to my apartment.
She was hysterical.
I can't believe I was home the whole time and I didn't hear anything.
[BABY CRYING.]
FAITH: What's wrong with your neck, ma'am? I don't know how he got in.
He was just there in the bedroom, and he had a knife.
Oh, it's okay.
Are you bleeding badly? Let me see.
I know I locked the door.
I always lock the door.
BOBBY: Paramedics.
Anybody here? - Street side, up front.
I had the television on the whole time.
I didn't hear a thing.
FAITH: Try to take some deep breaths.
KIM: How are you feeling, ma'am? Lay back.
Okay, there you go.
I want you to lie back, okay? - Let me see your neck.
- It's bleeding.
KIM: Lay back so I can get a better look at it.
SARA: I can't believe he raped me.
KIM: Let me see.
SARA: It's bleeding.
KIM: Well, it looks superficial, Sara.
Are you hurt anywhere else? I locked the door.
I know I locked the door.
All the locks.
[SARA SOBBING.]
- He's not out here walking around.
- Who? He already raped a woman today.
He's not out looking for seconds.
Maybe he's walking over to Third, trying to get something to eat.
Or he's, you know, picking up his dry-cleaning.
Right.
Right.
All the rapists I know worry about getting their shirts dry-cleaned.
Maybe he's sitting on a stoop drinking a forty, kicking back, thinking he got away With raping a woman while her I went to a family-planning clinic this morning before the shift.
I don't know if I want this baby.
- What does Fred say? - It's not Fred's decision.
- So you didn't tell him? - What? Is this coming from a guy who just accused his girlfriend of being a slut? What? Go ahead.
Say it.
It's selfish.
And it's wrong.
And you know it.
You never dropped a girl off at a clinic gave her 150 bucks, told her you'd catch up later? It's not the same thing.
You're married.
You're talking about getting an abortion without telling your husband.
- It's my body.
- That is so much crap! You're talking because you feel guilty and you haven't even done anything yet.
Have you? - I blew it with Nicole, didn't I? - Oh, I don't know.
Checking toilet stalls for her name, that may have been a bit much.
Makes me crazy thinking she slept with other guys.
- What the hell is wrong with you men? - Oh, great.
Here it comes.
SULLY: Night.
FAITH: You know what? You say that you love her, but you can't accept the fact that she's a real person.
So what? So what if she slept With 50 other guys? - Or even a hundred? BOSCO: Easy.
A hundred? Doesn't mean she'll fool around on you.
It means that she's probably less likely to fool around on you.
The grass isn't any greener.
She's got a good thing, she's gonna hang onto it.
I will catch you guys tomorrow.
Right.
See you.
You really think she slept With a hundred guys? - You see? That's what I'm talking about.
- What? You don't want the truth.
You want fantasy.
Your beautiful girlfriend who likes sex? She's really a virgin.
And Fred with his perfect family.
He thinks he can have as many kids as he wants and the credit card bills always get paid, the rent never comes due.
It's not the real world, Bosco.
Okay? It's not.
And the sooner all you little boys decide to accept it and grow up and act like men the sooner all of us women can stop carrying the whole damn load.
BOSCO: That looks serious.
Glad we're off.
You want some advice? Fall on your knees and beg for forgiveness.
Good luck.
Good night.
Hi.
I never lied to you.
No? No.
You never told me about Steve Dukes.
Why would I? It's none of your business Who I slept with before we got together.
Some guy that I don't know comes up to me and asks about wild Nicole? I'd say it's my business.
You're all such bastards.
You wanna know how many? Too many.
This is your stuff from my apartment.
I want my key back.
Give me my key back.
Thank you.
[CHATTERING.]
[FOREIGNER'S "HOT BLOODED" PLAYING ON STEREO.]
MAN: What a day! what a day! - Hey, Faith! WOMAN: Hey! We won! Sixteen to four! - Where are the kids? - Around.
- Baby, it's almost midnight.
- Tomorrow's Saturday.
You've been drinking? A couple sips of beer for the toast.
That's it, Warden.
I swear.
Oh, he was a monster, baby! Five RBIs! You should have been there.
Your man was on fire.
Congratulations.
It's so great.
I wish we stopped at three.
You don't want five, though.
That's for sure.
What, did you tell everybody? Just a couple guys.
Just a couple guys.
You want something to drink? I got a headache.
I'm gonna take some aspirin.
- You want me to get it for you? - No, I got it.
Thanks.
Ten minutes, mister.
Then you're in bed.
- Mom! - Ten minutes.
Great news, Faith.
So excited.
[KNOCKING.]
Go away! It's Holly.
want some company? Didn't know we were gonna all be here, huh? He's out there drinking.
Matt's drunk as a skunk.
Caught him drooling all over Chris Carson's girlfriend again.
- Crystal? - Yeah.
Wearing a skirt the size of a napkin.
I slapped him silly.
I hear congratulations are in order.
Jesus, what did he do, get on a bullhorn? Seems pretty happy about it.
Aren't you? No.
I feel like I'm drowning over here.
Everything's so weird.
I don't even know if Fred and I are gonna make it.
I don't wanna be a single mom with three kids.
I want more, Holly.
Don't you want more? God.
When did this become my life? How'd it go with Nicole? Fine.
Fine? We decided to take a bit of a break.
So, what, did she rip your heart out and serve it to you on a skewer? - Whose side are you on? - In this? Hers.
Definitely hers.
- You talk to Fred? - No.
I didn't talk to Fred.
Because Fred was too busy celebrating the pregnancy with his buddies.
I come home last night to an apartment full of drunken softball players.
They won last night.
Yeah? What was the score? What? What? It puts them into the playoffs.
MAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Units of 5-5 for a 10-34, sexual assault in progress.
Two-two-seven, 96.
Between two and three.
Unit to respond.
Two-two-seven, 96, 5-5 David.
- Think that's our guy? - Let's hope so.
SULLY: Central, 5-5 Charlie, 227, 96.
MAN: Five-five Charlie and David, perp is fleeing.
Victim is reporting white male twenties, short hair, yellow shirt.
That's him.
We got this bastard.
Central, do you have a direction of flight? MAN: Victim has you in sight, is on the sidewalk in front of 227.
[MARGARET SOBBING.]
MARGARET: He was in my bedroom.
SULLY: All right, all right.
He was in my bedroom, and my husband came home.
And I grabbed a letter opener.
I think I stabbed him, because there's blood.
SULLY: Where's your husband now? MARGARET: He ran after him.
TY: what does your husband look like? MARGARET: Um.
He's.
He's blond and big.
And he's-- He's wearing a suit.
His name is James.
TY: I need you to go back inside the building.
- Husband's blond, in a business suit.
- See him? - No.
Charlie, this is David.
We're continuing on 96.
Take Third.
TY: Got it.
Turning onto Third.
Come on.
Hey! Out of the damn way! Bosco, on the right! James! James! - Stop running! - Up there! - Yellow shirt, yellow T-shirt.
- All right, we got him.
You go home! I see him right there.
We got you, son of a bitch.
We got him.
Ninety-six, between Park and Third.
He's in front of the projects.
Damn it, there he goes! Pull over! Let me out! Hey! Go around and cut him on Park! You see him? Damn it.
I'll go right.
We lost him on Park.
I'm heading north.
Davis is going south.
Guy shoved her down.
Kept right on going.
He went into the subway.
East-side entrance at 98th.
Out of the way.
Half the force is out there.
You got a lot of friends.
X-rays look good.
Just bruised ribs.
Yeah.
what do you do about that? Not much.
Ice.
I'll give you some Vicodin.
Give it time to heal.
I'm sore as hell.
Yeah.
You will be for the next three or four weeks.
You're gonna have some pretty severe bruising too.
Damn lucky you were wearing that vest.
Your partner's wanting to come in.
You ready? Yeah.
Yesterday when I was asking you about that clinic.
I'm pregnant.
Could this have any effect on that? - How pregnant? - Ten weeks.
The blow was nowhere near the uterus.
But if you have any spotting, just come back in.
You ready for Bosco? I'll go order the Vicodin.
So? Just some bruised ribs.
They're gonna give me some good drugs.
- A couple of weeks' desk duty.
- That's it? What? You sound disappointed.
No.
That's great.
It was stupid, huh? Me chasing him like that.
You didn't know that guy was gonna have a pipe.
I lost my gun.
If he wanted to, he could've picked it up and shot me.
Hey, can I call Fred now? - Have him come down here? - No.
- Why? - Because it'll just freak him out.
I'll tell him When I get home.
- I miscarried.
- What? Morales said because of the beating, it must have dislodged the egg.
Damn it.
I'm sorry.
Listen, I know you weren't really sure about all this baby stuff and everything but I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Damn, Bos.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see that one.
Okay, just take it easy, all right? I never should have let you get out of the car.
It's not your fault.
It is my fault.
You should have been doing the driving.
All right.
Forget it, okay? I'm gonna be fine.
It's funny, huh? How things happen.
You've been so worried about being pregnant.
You ever wonder about that kind of thing? Whether there's some sort of plan or something that We don't really know about? You going off on some existential tangent on me? Existential tangent? The sum total of what I remember from my one semester of philosophy.
You took philosophy? Yeah.
Why? You didn't think I was smart enough to take philosophy? I didn't think you were stupid enough to take philosophy.
MAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Five-five David, 10- 1, the house.
Five-five David.
En route from Mercy.
I'm taking my partner home.
Squad has a suspect in custody, The rapist? Is it the rapist? Could be.
Bosco, you tell him We're coming in.
She says we're coming in.
- Anybody ID him yet? - No.
They're bringing the women in now.
The guy showed up down at Bellevue.
He had a stab Wound in his right shoulder.
Claimed that he slipped and fell on a nail.
Bellevue had the bulletin.
Dropped a dime on him, We picked him up.
Did you recognize him, Davis? No, I never got close enough to get a good look.
RYAN: You Yokas? FAITH: Yeah.
Thanks for bringing her down, guys.
Why don't you wait downstairs in the hall? - I'll be in Roll Call.
- Okay.
- How you doing? - Sore.
We put together a line-up.
Have some victims coming in.
You up for it? - You ready? - Yeah.
Number four.
RYAN: That's the man you chased, Who then assaulted you? Yeah, that's him.
RYAN: Great.
Thanks.
- Is that it? - For now, yeah.
Bonnie? I'm Faith Yokas from yesterday.
Hi.
They called me, said they may have found him.
- Do you know if they did? - That's for you to say.
- Will he be able to see me? - No.
FAITH: They'll, um.
They'll show you a room full of men and they'll ask you if you recognize any of them.
And what if I don't? Then you tell the truth.
I haven't told my husband.
He's over in Germany, right? I know I should but I don't know how to, really What to say.
I don't think he'll understand this.
We've been having a hard time lately.
This would be a pretty tough secret to keep, wouldn't it? You can call me if you need anything.
Fred.
- What? What time is it? - It's after 2.
- You okay? - I got beat up.
- What? - I was chasing this rapist in the subway, and he hit me with a pipe.
And I got some bruised ribs.
A pipe? - They take you to the hospital? - Yeah.
FRED: Why didn't you call me? There wasn't anything you could've done.
You would've been sitting around in the waiting room.
God, I hate this.
You gotta quit this job! This is it! This is absolutely it! I'm not gonna quit my job.
You're getting beat up by damn rapists on a subway.
I lost the baby.
- What? - The doctor says that sometimes from the force of the blow, that it happens.
Sometimes.
Fred.
Fred.
Fred, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Shh.
It'll be okay.
It'll be okay.
It'll be all right, Fred.
It'll be all right.
FAITH: It was just before Labor Day.
Fred's softball team had made the playoffs.
And I had forgotten to pay the electric bill.
And wild Nicole broke up with Bosco.
The rape suspect we caught was identified by all three of his victims.
And I lied to my husband about something important for the first time in 10 years of marriage.
I'm not sure we ever know if the decisions we make are right or wrong.
I'm afraid they're usually a little of both.