T.J. Hooker (1982) s03e08 Episode Script
The Trial
(dramatic orchestral music) (light rock music) (knocking) - Come on in! - Hey, partner, carpool's here, time to go to work.
- Soon as Romano gets it in gear.
Must've had a tough night.
Mind if I finish my workout? - Are you kidding? I could stand here and watch you all day.
- [Stacy.]
Well, if you get bored, the newspaper's in the kitchen.
- It's okay, I'll suffer.
(knocking) - Morning.
- How you doing, pal? Boy, it looks like you've been through the ringer.
Earl Lane again? - Earlene.
Actually, it was more like having been through the spin cycle and tumble-dried.
I loved every minute of it.
- Do you have to try every machine in the laundromat before you clean up your act, Romano? - What's that supposed to mean? - When are you gonna try going out with a lady, for a change, like Gina? - Stacy trying to fix you up with Gina Canelli? - Yeah.
- Hey, you're crazy to say no, man.
She's a good-looking lady.
- Look, my old man used to tell me, never dip your pen in the company inkwell.
You know what I mean? - Good advice.
Someone like you would suck the inkwell dry.
- Let's hit it.
- No sweat, we can be a few minutes late.
The watch commander's on vacation.
- Who's handling roll call? - Hooker is.
- [Vince.]
Hooker, what are you standing around for? Come on, we're late.
(upbeat rock music) - Three moving violations and a malicious mischief.
Hooker, we are not earning our keep.
- Looks like Briggs and Canelli are having the same kind of day.
- Canelli probably likes it.
- [Hooker.]
Why do you say that? - (laughs) I'm always kidding her.
She's what, 110 pounds? If that's how I weighed in, I'd sure rather be writing greenies than going up against some mongoose with a knife and nothing to lose.
- Romano, that's 110 pounds of black belt in karate you're talking about.
- Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm all for her.
Same with Stacy, women, I think they're super.
(radio beeping) - [Dispatcher.]
All units in the vicinity and four out of 30.
A 211 in progress at the supermarket, 1019 Overland, three suspects, handle Code 3.
(dramatic rock music) (sirens wailing) For the description on the 211 suspects, wearing dark clothing, white masks, all units in the vicinity handle Code 2.
- [Gina.]
Four out of 18, roger.
- Move it! (robber talking and women screaming at once) Move it, move it, let's go, move it, let's go! - [Man.]
Over here now.
(women screaming) - Over there, over there, over there, over there! You, money, open it up! You got it, come on, put it all in here.
All right, you got it.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, nobody'll get hurt if you listen to exactly what I say.
Now, turn around.
Around, all right, move it.
- Back, let's go, let's go! - Come on, come on, come on.
- Let's go, go, go! - Move it, come on, come on.
Girls, turn it down! (women screaming) (explosion booming) (sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) (woman screaming) (sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) - I see two suspects, Carl Set Three.
Everyone, get away from the store.
- [Man.]
Come on! (tires squealing) - Cut 'em off.
(tires squealing) (sirens wailing) (shopping carts clattering) (siren wailing) - Dump me, I'll look for the third guy inside.
(tires squealing) (siren wailing) - We get the east aisle 30.
(dramatic rock music) (sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) (metal crunching) (tires squealing) (siren wailing) - You two okay? - Yeah.
- I'll cut 'em off.
(gunshots firing) (suspenseful rock music) (canned goods clattering) (somber bass music) - I don't know if we'll get out of here on foot.
At least I got the Trans Am, you for for it, I'll cover you.
- Let's just get out'a here.
- Go! (suspenseful music) - [Vince.]
Hold it! - Romano, behind you! (suspenseful music) (gunshot firing) (gunshots firing) (tires squealing) (sirens wailing) - Oh, I tried to shoot, but Romano was in my line of fire.
- Sorry, but they got away.
- Get down, sit down.
- Briggs is hurt! - How bad is it? - Plenty, two of them gone, two of us down.
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
It just nicked me.
- You okay? - Yeah, check Briggs.
- I'll call for an ambulance.
- You were wide open there.
- I had cover.
There.
- 1019 Overland.
Get an ambulance.
- Canelli yelled a warning to me.
She didn't fire.
Why? (somber orchestral music) - Three! - Keep it together! - Four! - And straighter! - [Group.]
One, two, three! (telephones ringing) - Hey, how's the hand? - Minor fracture, I'll be out of the cast in a week.
What's shaking, what's happening? - Detectives are still playing 20 questions with our bad guy.
- His name is Dean Jarvis.
He's an ex-con out of San Quentin.
- I'll lay you a five they come up blank.
- (chuckles) You won't get my money.
What's the word on Briggs? - He's out of recovery, his shoulder's torn up pretty bad.
He's hurting.
- Where's Canelli? - Having coffee, she's really shook.
- She oughta be.
It's because of her that Briggs got shot.
(telephone ringing) - I don't believe that.
- Well, you weren't there when it happened, Stacy.
- Well, maybe not, but I know Gina.
- You're real tight with her, big sister, can't do anything wrong.
- Knock it off, you two.
- I'm telling you, Hooker, she froze out there.
She deserves to be suspended.
- Romano.
How much of what happened did you actually see? As opposed to what Briggs may have told you? - Hey, who's side are you on? Briggs and I nearly got wasted out there.
- Come on, Romano.
When a shooting goes down, the moments pop damn fast.
Sometimes it's not always that easy to reconstruct.
- What actually went down.
- That's right.
- I thought I was with friends.
With my partner.
Could be I was mistaken.
- Man's feeling down, Hooker, alone.
Maybe it's understandable.
- Yeah, maybe.
- Gina.
I want you to know that I'm with you all the way.
I believe in you.
- Thanks, Stace.
You know how much I needed that? A trial, but I can't believe it's happening.
- It's gonna work out, I know it.
- Well, if it doesn't, I'll never wear this uniform again.
- Don't even think that way.
You're gonna fight, and you're gonna win.
- Thank you.
(sad saxophone music) (somber piano music) - Hey, flake, you're not gonna let a hole in your shoulder keep you down, huh? - Hey, Romano.
Good to see you, buddy.
- Just talked to the nurse.
They're gonna spring you day after tomorrow, huh? - That's the good news.
I don't look forward to the trial board.
I don't enjoy taking a fellow officer to the mat.
But cowardice isn't something you can let go.
- Yeah.
- Bill.
I hope you don't my mind falling in on you like this.
I know how you must be feeling.
I got some questions I gotta ask you.
- Sure (groans) I don't mind.
- You got any idea why Canelli didn't pop the suspect? Other than cowardice? - No, but I wish I did.
Up until the time of the shooting, I thought she really had her stuff together.
- Tell me about the shooter, what'd he look like? You were the only one who had a full face look at him.
- Uh, 40, 45.
(chuckles) Pretty good shape.
One tough looking case.
Uh, scraggly, little mustache, brown hair.
I'm not gonna forget that face for a long time.
- Or what happened.
- I'll get a sketch artist down here in the morning.
You can work with him, meanwhile, I think you can plan on a visit from Lieutenant Ellis, get some rest.
I'll see you at roll call, partner.
- Yeah, right.
- [Woman On Intercom.]
Mr.
Hubbard, telephone, please.
Mr.
Hubbard.
(elevator dings) - Lieutenant.
Are you here to see Briggs? - That's right, what about it? - In your report, I noticed that Briggs and Canelli's statements are in conflict as to the number of shots fired by the shooter.
- That's right.
- Briggs says there were two shots fired.
Canelli says there were three.
- Exactly what is your interest in this matter, Hooker? - All the officers involved are on my watch.
I'd say that puts me personally and squarely right in the middle.
- I think it's Canelli who is in the middle.
Our investigation reveals a trend.
She did a similar thing three years ago.
Failed to back up her partner in a violent field confrontation.
- [Woman On Intercom.]
Mrs.
Fernandez, front desk, please.
Mrs.
Fernandez.
- She's a coward, Hooker.
And that's what I intend to prove to the trial board.
(dramatic orchestral music) (upbeat dance music) - I think you defended Scannon when everyone thought the department had him cold on taking a bribe.
You proved he was clean.
- That's ancient history.
- (sighs) Hooker, look, you've got what I need.
Dedication, commitment, objectivity.
Certain qualities don't change with time.
- That's what Ellis is gonna claim.
Three years ago, you didn't back your partner.
- (sighs) I bet he didn't tell you no charges were brought against me.
- Who was your partner then? - Tolliver.
Sergeant Bob Tolliver.
- 19th Precinct, I know him.
- Yeah, he's the kind of guy who gets a little bit of authority, and then promptly comes on like a deputy chief.
- Go on.
- I was a recruit, still on probation.
Been riding with Tolliver for about a month.
We got a family disturbance call, husband and wife, really going at it.
I started to talk to the husband.
He was just about ready to go off.
I guess he was pumped up on PCP.
- You on the hype, out there alone? - I used every crisis intervention technique in the book.
He was just about ready to let me put the cuffs on him.
- What went wrong? - Tolliver.
Came back and did what he always did, took over.
His exact words, move over, Canelli, while I handle this.
So I did just that.
Stood by and watched while he got creamed.
- You did wrong, no matter what your partner said.
- Well, I was a rookie.
It was an immature decision.
But, I was not a coward.
Not then, not now.
Hooker, I need you.
I really need you.
- Hey, Hooker, you called it right.
NCIC verified the shaped charge he tried to use in the supermarket safe.
- It ties into an MO used by one Max Proctor.
- His last market job eight years ago went bad.
The explosion went off early, put him in a wheelchair.
- Is he still on it? - He only gets out to sleep.
First floor, west block at San Quentin.
- Hey, maybe Jarvis and his partners went to yard school with him.
- Not Jarvis.
West block is senior citizen row.
Jarvis didn't do enough time to get to that side of the prison.
- Here are the convicts that Max Proctor did come in contact with.
- Well, Briggs is in the hospital, working with a sketch artist this morning.
Make sure he sees these.
What have you got from the lab? - They're still trying to analyze the shaped charge for possible ID, we may get lucky, and find out where it came from.
- Keep the pressure on the boys in the white suits.
Will you? - Okay, you got it.
Listen, I hear you're taking on Canelli's defense.
Are you sure you're doing the right thing? - Ah.
Marty, Jerry, what's happening? (ominous orchestral music) (gunshots firing) Not a bad way to work out your injury blues, partner.
- The injury's not my problem.
- Something eating at you? Must be a lady, huh? - Yeah, a lady.
Gina Canelli.
I hear you took on her defense.
(gunshots firing) - Hey, Romano, you got it, it's dead.
Somebody I know? - Hooker, how could you? I think you've got your loyalties screwed up.
- How do you figure? - I figure I'm your partner.
I tell you what went down in the parking lot.
Canelli tells you her version.
And you stand up for her.
That's calling me a liar, ready! - Romano! Canelli's career is on the line.
So far, I've heard two versions of what happened.
Well, before I let her go down the tubes, there's some important questions that gotta be answered.
Look, the point is to get at the truth.
I'm just part of that process.
- Damn it, Hooker, two of us almost bought it in that parking lot! - I know that.
And I care about you, partner.
And I care about that badge, what it stands for.
(somber orchestral music) (gunshots firing) (somber music) (arcade games beeping) - They got Jarvis, you got nothing, I heard on the radio.
- Jarvis won't talk.
- Look, Frank, I showed you how to blow those safes.
But I can't hold your hand while you're doing it.
- Hardly got enough money to walk away from my parole.
Settle in south of the border with somebody, young stuff.
That means I go again.
- I'm ahead of you.
No more rip offs needed.
Now whatever primer cord we need, I just walk in and buy it.
- The guy's picture's on the card.
- (chuckles) Not for long.
Photographer I know is gonna replace it with mine.
(ominous music) - [Jim.]
Hooker! - [Stacy.]
The lab finally came through.
- They ID'd the explosive as part of a shipment made to the Gold Coast Rock Company out on Fisher Road.
- You get the name of a buyer at Gold Coast? - The foreman, Richard Garcia.
- That's great, I appreciate the help.
- Hey, what are friends for, thank you! (upbeat rock music) - [Hooker.]
Richard Garcia.
- [Richard.]
One minute, please.
(explosion booming) - I'm Sergeant Hooker.
Some primer cord explosives that you signed for were used in a robbery.
- I was afraid of that.
- Tell us about it.
- Couple of weeks ago, this guy came around looking for some work.
I had a deadline, so I put him on without going through all the red tape.
He was gone by the end of the day, and so was some of the primer cord.
- You didn't report it? - My neck was out.
- It still is.
What'd he look like? - Kinda small, around 40, with a limp.
- That's it? - I wish it was, he took my buyer's permit along with the primer cord.
- Terrific.
(somber orchestral music) - Hey, I hear we got a third suspect to find.
- Small guy with a limp.
- What's the matter with the kid? Got something stuck in his craw? - This choking on him.
- Canelli, he still grumbling about you defending her? - Give him time, he'll come around.
- Yeah, but have you got the time? When you're on the street, the last thing you need is a partner who's head's not straight, think about it.
Hey, trial board's tomorrow, isn't it? - Yeah.
- That's a lot of law to read in one night.
- Tell me about it.
(somber orchestral music) (dog barking) (shattered glass tinkling) - Lousy yellow coward! - Chicken in the hen house! (imitating chickens cackling) - [Man In Black Jacket.]
Lousy yellow coward! - [Man In Denim Jacket.]
Chicken in the hen house! (imitating chickens cackling) - [Man In Black Jacket.]
Yellow belly! - Oh, oh! (men laughing) - [Hooker.]
Hold it, you men, hold it there! (dramatic orchestral music) (car engine revving) - Hooker! Oh! (dramatic orchestral music) (somber orchestral music) I'd like to write off last night, but how can I? Those weren't punks, they were cops.
- We don't know that for sure.
- Oh, come on.
I didn't just get off the bus from Bakersfield.
Every cop in the precinct would like to hang one of those poor chickens on my door.
- Not every.
- Sorry, Hooker.
I was scared last night, but this trial has me petrified.
- I understand that we drew Captain Daniel as the senior member of the trial board.
- (chuckles) Forget it, Hooker.
Just because you used to play racketball with him, isn't gonna cut any ice in this trial.
- Yeah, I guess he's past playing with sergeants.
I understand his Friday afternoon game is with the chief.
- Hooker.
- Captain.
- Let the record show the accused and defense representative, Sergeant T.
J.
Hooker, present.
As is the department advocate, Lieutenant Peter Ellis.
Officer Canelli.
The department alleges that on the 16th of this month at or about 1300 hours in the vicinity of 108th Street and Stanford, you failed to take appropriate action in a field incident, such failure resulting in serious injury to your partner, Officer William Briggs, and a lesser injury to Officer Vincent Romano.
How do you plead? - Not guilty.
(dramatic orchestral music) - After deciding to split up, I moved to this position.
As I arrived, I observed Officer Romano running from here, this location, and the suspect came from here, with his gun raised and pointed at Romano's back.
- What did you do? - Well, I raised my gun to fire.
And I observed that Office Romano was in my direct line.
I heard Canelli yell a warning.
I assumed she was in a better position and would fire herself.
But nothing happened.
Suspect shot Romano.
- And then what happened? - Well, as I reached this point, the suspect turned, and he pulled one off.
I was hit in the shoulder, and went down.
- Did you at any time see Office Canelli before you were shot? - Yes sir, I did.
As I was running, when I cleared the truck right here, I saw Office Canelli crouched behind this pickup.
- Do you have any idea why she took this position after having yelled a warning to Officer Romano? - That would just be speculation on my part, sir.
I'd rather not say.
- Yes, that is a judgment for the board to make, isn't it.
Your witness, Sergeant Hooker.
- You were right, looks like they're gonna call my old partner, Sergeant Tolliver.
- His story could bury you.
No matter how we explain your actions, the fact is, you're charged with the same thing he accused you of three years ago.
- Sergeant Hooker.
You have any questions for the witness? - Yes sir, I do.
But before I begin, may I approach the board? - Well, what is it, Sergeant? - I think the board oughta know that I plan a thorough cross-examination of Officer Briggs.
It will probably take 45 minutes to an hour.
- What are you trying to pull, Hooker? You can question Briggs all night, as far as I'm concerned.
- Well, that's very generous of you, Lieutenant, but I didn't want to interfere with Captain Daniels' schedule.
- Thank you, Sergeant.
This board is recessed until Monday morning.
Reconvene at 9 a.
m.
- Well, I bought some time.
- Ah yeah, all we need now is a miracle.
- [Drill Sergeant.]
Hep hep hep.
Hup, hep.
Hep hep hep.
Hup, hep.
Hep hep hep.
Hup, hep.
Hep hep hep.
- Stacy followed through on the description you got at the quarry.
- The guy who stole the primer cord? - What if he got his limp in the same explosion that took out the con in the wheelchair? - Mickey Dowd, the accomplice, and injured in the same explosion that put Max Proctor in the joint.
And, Dowd has a limp.
- [Hooker.]
Where do we find him? - We're working on it, now get this, Dowd's cellmate is Frank Abbott.
- The man who shot Bill Briggs.
- We should get these out to all ordinance outlets.
- They're already in the system.
But photo duplicating is closed today and tomorrow.
So they'll be out first thing Monday.
- Monday, don't remind me.
It's back to the trial board pressure cooker.
Talk about Monday.
I went over Briggs' package last night.
He transferred in from San Francisco four years ago.
Did you know him out there? - I saw him around.
I transferred in a couple of years before he did.
- Any idea what went into his decision? - I heard he was in a big shootout.
Sometimes, you wanna put those things behind you.
- Yeah.
- Vince, I wish none of this had happened.
- I know how you feel about Gina.
- That's right, but I care about you, too.
And the scuttlebutt says you may be putting in for another partner.
- Well, I was about as close as you can get.
Now, I don't know.
(dramatic orchestral music) (suspenseful orchestral music) - Spot the safe? - Yeah, it's a drop job, check stand five.
- See that clock on the back wall? Manager's office is above it.
It's got a view of the whole store.
See those mirrors? He can see all the aisles.
When we take this place, I want you to keep your eyes glued to them.
I don't want any surprises, in case some jerk wants to play hero.
- Gotcha.
When do we do our thing? - Sunday.
Safe should be fat with weekend receipts.
(dramatic orchestral music) (somber orchestral music) - 953, that's the truck the company dispatcher said was at the scene of the robbery.
Bingo.
And the slug is still in there.
There was a third bullet fired.
Canelli was right, and Ellis didn't bother to look for it.
- All right, it's a third bullet.
But all that tells me is Abbott was a lousy shot.
- It could tell us more.
Let's get the lab boys down here.
- Hooker! Your bulletin on the stolen explosives permit paid off.
- Just verified a full case of primer cord purchased this morning at the Triple X Supply in Alameda.
The salesman made the buyer is Mickey Dowd, the man with a limp.
- We'll need the location on him.
- We have a possible, prison log showed Dowd completing a course in electronics.
City records show a video game parlor license issued to someone of the same name at 1016 Central.
- And the lab report indicates the bomb used to blow the safe was rigged with components used in video games.
- Sounds like we're smokin'.
Get all that to the DA's office, pick up a search warrant.
We'll meet you at the location.
- Hooker, about tomorrow, when I get on the witness stand, I'm gonna tell it like I saw it.
- You do that, that's all anybody could ask.
And if I have to cross-examine you, I'm not pulling any punches.
(dramatic rock music) - Dog is good.
Why don't you make it easy on yourself? - I'm telling you, Officer, you're wasting your time.
(dog barking) - Give me the key.
Give me the key.
You bought this primer cord this morning.
Some of it's missing.
Now if it goes boom, and people get killed, you're riding on murder, because that crazy you're teamed up with.
- Crazy, I don't know who you're talking-- - You know what I'm talking about, Frank Abbott.
Come on.
- It's gonna kick off the market at Sixth and Union.
- Book him.
(dramatic orchestral music) That Camaro, gotta be Abbott.
(siren wailing) (tires squealing) (auto horn blaring) (shattered glass clattering) (siren wailing) (tires squealing) Out of the car, let's see your hands.
Nice and slow.
- Hands behind your head.
Come on.
- Get your hands on your neck.
(somber orchestral music) - The department calls Sergeant Robert Tolliver.
- Objection, Mr.
Chairman.
I believe that Lieutenant Ellis intends to use Sergeant Tolliver's testimony to establish a trend relating to some on-duty activity of Office Canelli's past.
- [Ellis.]
That's correct, Mr.
Chairman.
- Sir, in Section 6, Paragraph 2 in the Board of Rights manual, "The board may not examine anything relating to a trend "of character or behavior, until after a finding of guilty "and then only for the purpose of determining penalty.
" - Objection sustained.
- When'd you come up with that? - Three o'clock this morning.
- To sum up, then, Officer Canelli was standing to your right, just before you moved out to face the suspect.
- Yes sir.
- And you were depending on her to back you up? - Yes sir.
- But when the suspect opened fire, she failed to protect you.
- That's correct, sir.
- Your witness.
- Officer Romano, you testified that you saw Officer Canelli standing to your right just prior to the shooting? - That's correct.
- Did you actually turn and see her? - No, I saw her out of the side of my eye.
- Ah, your peripheral vision.
Let's discuss your peripheral vision.
What did you actually see in your peripheral vision? - Office Canelli.
- Are you positive? Think very carefully, 'cause it's important.
Did you see Officer Canelli, or did you see a blue uniform? - I saw a blue uniform, but when the shooting stopped, I turned, looked, Officer Canelli was standing right there.
- But before the shots were fired, all you can swear to is that you saw a blue uniform.
Which could have been Officer Canelli.
Or it could have been Officer Briggs.
(suspenseful orchestral music) - I guess so.
Yes.
I guess I assumed it was Canelli.
- No further questions.
- You're excused, Officer Romano.
Call your next witness, Lieutenant.
- The department rests, Mr.
Chairman.
- Sergeant Hooker, you may now call witnesses for the defense.
- Yes sir, I wish to call Mr.
Hong, the department criminologist.
- The bullet entered the truck at a 30-degree angle here.
That would place the suspect somewhere along this line coming from the truck.
- Yet that trajectory is well above the location where Officer Briggs says he was hit.
- That appears to be the case.
- On the other hand, if Briggs were here, and not here, where he says he was, would that be more consistent with your trajectory analysis? - Yes, it would be.
- This is the weapon I recovered from the shooting suspect, Abbott, did you after a chance to examine it? - Yes, it's a .
44 Magnum revolver.
- And the slug that was removed from Officer Briggs? - Fired from that gun.
- And the bullet that was recovered from the truck, was that also a .
44 Magnum? - Yes, it was.
- No further questions.
I believe that we have shown that two bullets were fired in rapid succession at Officer Briggs, and that their trajectory places Briggs, not Canelli, in Officer Romano's peripheral vision position, behind the truck.
Your witness.
- Mr.
Hong, is it possible that one of the bullets may have hit the truck, as you said, and the other, Officer Briggs, in the position he claimed he was in? - The shooter would have to substantially redirect his aim.
- No, answer the question, is it possible? - It is possible.
- Thank you.
I have no further questions.
- The shrink, is he here yet? - He's outside.
But he's here only because of the subpoena.
He's refusing to testify, he's got the law to back him up.
- I have here Officer Briggs' personal jacket from his prior service with the San Francisco Police Department.
Have you ever been involved in a shooting before? - Objection.
- Overruled.
Answer the question, Officer Briggs.
- Um, once (coughs).
When I was on the job in San Francisco.
- Was it a hit or no-hit incident? What's that, I didn't hear you.
Please speak up so that we can hear you.
- Uh, hit, it was a hit.
- Who was hit? I'll repeat it.
Who was hit? - Danny.
- Danny, who's Danny? - Danny.
My partner, Danny.
- Danny was hit, what did you do? - I tried.
Oh god, I tried.
But I couldn't stop him.
He killed Danny.
- You exposed yourself to save your partner? - But I couldn't save him.
- Just like you thought you couldn't save Romano, so you didn't.
You were the one hiding behind the truck, with the gun in your hand, weren't you? And it all came back to you.
And when it was over, you remembered the story of Sergeant Tolliver and Canelli.
And you had a ready-made scapegoat to explain away your inability to act.
(sobbing) - I tried.
I just, I just couldn't pull the trigger.
I just couldn't, I couldn't (sobbing).
(Hooker shushing) - Mr.
Chairman.
Officer Briggs' psychiatrist is here.
I believe Officer Briggs could use the help, now.
(dramatic orchestral music) (upbeat dance music) - This is my celebration, I'm buying the next round.
- I'll give you a hand.
- When she thanked you, Gina was afraid she'd get too emotional.
- That's all right, I got her message.
- Well, Hooker, I think it's about time you got mine.
- Uh oh.
- Look, if you hadn't dug in and gone after the truth, everyone would have had to pay the price.
- Right, the department would have lost a good cop in Gina, and Briggs would have stayed on the job without getting the help he needs.
- And I wouldn't have gotten my perspective straightened out.
- We learn as we go.
- I'll drink to that.
- What are we drinking to? - To Romano! He's decided to buy the next round.
- Do the raggedy! (glasses clinking) (upbeat dance music) (dramatic orchestral music) (tinkling music)
- Soon as Romano gets it in gear.
Must've had a tough night.
Mind if I finish my workout? - Are you kidding? I could stand here and watch you all day.
- [Stacy.]
Well, if you get bored, the newspaper's in the kitchen.
- It's okay, I'll suffer.
(knocking) - Morning.
- How you doing, pal? Boy, it looks like you've been through the ringer.
Earl Lane again? - Earlene.
Actually, it was more like having been through the spin cycle and tumble-dried.
I loved every minute of it.
- Do you have to try every machine in the laundromat before you clean up your act, Romano? - What's that supposed to mean? - When are you gonna try going out with a lady, for a change, like Gina? - Stacy trying to fix you up with Gina Canelli? - Yeah.
- Hey, you're crazy to say no, man.
She's a good-looking lady.
- Look, my old man used to tell me, never dip your pen in the company inkwell.
You know what I mean? - Good advice.
Someone like you would suck the inkwell dry.
- Let's hit it.
- No sweat, we can be a few minutes late.
The watch commander's on vacation.
- Who's handling roll call? - Hooker is.
- [Vince.]
Hooker, what are you standing around for? Come on, we're late.
(upbeat rock music) - Three moving violations and a malicious mischief.
Hooker, we are not earning our keep.
- Looks like Briggs and Canelli are having the same kind of day.
- Canelli probably likes it.
- [Hooker.]
Why do you say that? - (laughs) I'm always kidding her.
She's what, 110 pounds? If that's how I weighed in, I'd sure rather be writing greenies than going up against some mongoose with a knife and nothing to lose.
- Romano, that's 110 pounds of black belt in karate you're talking about.
- Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm all for her.
Same with Stacy, women, I think they're super.
(radio beeping) - [Dispatcher.]
All units in the vicinity and four out of 30.
A 211 in progress at the supermarket, 1019 Overland, three suspects, handle Code 3.
(dramatic rock music) (sirens wailing) For the description on the 211 suspects, wearing dark clothing, white masks, all units in the vicinity handle Code 2.
- [Gina.]
Four out of 18, roger.
- Move it! (robber talking and women screaming at once) Move it, move it, let's go, move it, let's go! - [Man.]
Over here now.
(women screaming) - Over there, over there, over there, over there! You, money, open it up! You got it, come on, put it all in here.
All right, you got it.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, nobody'll get hurt if you listen to exactly what I say.
Now, turn around.
Around, all right, move it.
- Back, let's go, let's go! - Come on, come on, come on.
- Let's go, go, go! - Move it, come on, come on.
Girls, turn it down! (women screaming) (explosion booming) (sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) (woman screaming) (sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) - I see two suspects, Carl Set Three.
Everyone, get away from the store.
- [Man.]
Come on! (tires squealing) - Cut 'em off.
(tires squealing) (sirens wailing) (shopping carts clattering) (siren wailing) - Dump me, I'll look for the third guy inside.
(tires squealing) (siren wailing) - We get the east aisle 30.
(dramatic rock music) (sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) (metal crunching) (tires squealing) (siren wailing) - You two okay? - Yeah.
- I'll cut 'em off.
(gunshots firing) (suspenseful rock music) (canned goods clattering) (somber bass music) - I don't know if we'll get out of here on foot.
At least I got the Trans Am, you for for it, I'll cover you.
- Let's just get out'a here.
- Go! (suspenseful music) - [Vince.]
Hold it! - Romano, behind you! (suspenseful music) (gunshot firing) (gunshots firing) (tires squealing) (sirens wailing) - Oh, I tried to shoot, but Romano was in my line of fire.
- Sorry, but they got away.
- Get down, sit down.
- Briggs is hurt! - How bad is it? - Plenty, two of them gone, two of us down.
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
It just nicked me.
- You okay? - Yeah, check Briggs.
- I'll call for an ambulance.
- You were wide open there.
- I had cover.
There.
- 1019 Overland.
Get an ambulance.
- Canelli yelled a warning to me.
She didn't fire.
Why? (somber orchestral music) - Three! - Keep it together! - Four! - And straighter! - [Group.]
One, two, three! (telephones ringing) - Hey, how's the hand? - Minor fracture, I'll be out of the cast in a week.
What's shaking, what's happening? - Detectives are still playing 20 questions with our bad guy.
- His name is Dean Jarvis.
He's an ex-con out of San Quentin.
- I'll lay you a five they come up blank.
- (chuckles) You won't get my money.
What's the word on Briggs? - He's out of recovery, his shoulder's torn up pretty bad.
He's hurting.
- Where's Canelli? - Having coffee, she's really shook.
- She oughta be.
It's because of her that Briggs got shot.
(telephone ringing) - I don't believe that.
- Well, you weren't there when it happened, Stacy.
- Well, maybe not, but I know Gina.
- You're real tight with her, big sister, can't do anything wrong.
- Knock it off, you two.
- I'm telling you, Hooker, she froze out there.
She deserves to be suspended.
- Romano.
How much of what happened did you actually see? As opposed to what Briggs may have told you? - Hey, who's side are you on? Briggs and I nearly got wasted out there.
- Come on, Romano.
When a shooting goes down, the moments pop damn fast.
Sometimes it's not always that easy to reconstruct.
- What actually went down.
- That's right.
- I thought I was with friends.
With my partner.
Could be I was mistaken.
- Man's feeling down, Hooker, alone.
Maybe it's understandable.
- Yeah, maybe.
- Gina.
I want you to know that I'm with you all the way.
I believe in you.
- Thanks, Stace.
You know how much I needed that? A trial, but I can't believe it's happening.
- It's gonna work out, I know it.
- Well, if it doesn't, I'll never wear this uniform again.
- Don't even think that way.
You're gonna fight, and you're gonna win.
- Thank you.
(sad saxophone music) (somber piano music) - Hey, flake, you're not gonna let a hole in your shoulder keep you down, huh? - Hey, Romano.
Good to see you, buddy.
- Just talked to the nurse.
They're gonna spring you day after tomorrow, huh? - That's the good news.
I don't look forward to the trial board.
I don't enjoy taking a fellow officer to the mat.
But cowardice isn't something you can let go.
- Yeah.
- Bill.
I hope you don't my mind falling in on you like this.
I know how you must be feeling.
I got some questions I gotta ask you.
- Sure (groans) I don't mind.
- You got any idea why Canelli didn't pop the suspect? Other than cowardice? - No, but I wish I did.
Up until the time of the shooting, I thought she really had her stuff together.
- Tell me about the shooter, what'd he look like? You were the only one who had a full face look at him.
- Uh, 40, 45.
(chuckles) Pretty good shape.
One tough looking case.
Uh, scraggly, little mustache, brown hair.
I'm not gonna forget that face for a long time.
- Or what happened.
- I'll get a sketch artist down here in the morning.
You can work with him, meanwhile, I think you can plan on a visit from Lieutenant Ellis, get some rest.
I'll see you at roll call, partner.
- Yeah, right.
- [Woman On Intercom.]
Mr.
Hubbard, telephone, please.
Mr.
Hubbard.
(elevator dings) - Lieutenant.
Are you here to see Briggs? - That's right, what about it? - In your report, I noticed that Briggs and Canelli's statements are in conflict as to the number of shots fired by the shooter.
- That's right.
- Briggs says there were two shots fired.
Canelli says there were three.
- Exactly what is your interest in this matter, Hooker? - All the officers involved are on my watch.
I'd say that puts me personally and squarely right in the middle.
- I think it's Canelli who is in the middle.
Our investigation reveals a trend.
She did a similar thing three years ago.
Failed to back up her partner in a violent field confrontation.
- [Woman On Intercom.]
Mrs.
Fernandez, front desk, please.
Mrs.
Fernandez.
- She's a coward, Hooker.
And that's what I intend to prove to the trial board.
(dramatic orchestral music) (upbeat dance music) - I think you defended Scannon when everyone thought the department had him cold on taking a bribe.
You proved he was clean.
- That's ancient history.
- (sighs) Hooker, look, you've got what I need.
Dedication, commitment, objectivity.
Certain qualities don't change with time.
- That's what Ellis is gonna claim.
Three years ago, you didn't back your partner.
- (sighs) I bet he didn't tell you no charges were brought against me.
- Who was your partner then? - Tolliver.
Sergeant Bob Tolliver.
- 19th Precinct, I know him.
- Yeah, he's the kind of guy who gets a little bit of authority, and then promptly comes on like a deputy chief.
- Go on.
- I was a recruit, still on probation.
Been riding with Tolliver for about a month.
We got a family disturbance call, husband and wife, really going at it.
I started to talk to the husband.
He was just about ready to go off.
I guess he was pumped up on PCP.
- You on the hype, out there alone? - I used every crisis intervention technique in the book.
He was just about ready to let me put the cuffs on him.
- What went wrong? - Tolliver.
Came back and did what he always did, took over.
His exact words, move over, Canelli, while I handle this.
So I did just that.
Stood by and watched while he got creamed.
- You did wrong, no matter what your partner said.
- Well, I was a rookie.
It was an immature decision.
But, I was not a coward.
Not then, not now.
Hooker, I need you.
I really need you.
- Hey, Hooker, you called it right.
NCIC verified the shaped charge he tried to use in the supermarket safe.
- It ties into an MO used by one Max Proctor.
- His last market job eight years ago went bad.
The explosion went off early, put him in a wheelchair.
- Is he still on it? - He only gets out to sleep.
First floor, west block at San Quentin.
- Hey, maybe Jarvis and his partners went to yard school with him.
- Not Jarvis.
West block is senior citizen row.
Jarvis didn't do enough time to get to that side of the prison.
- Here are the convicts that Max Proctor did come in contact with.
- Well, Briggs is in the hospital, working with a sketch artist this morning.
Make sure he sees these.
What have you got from the lab? - They're still trying to analyze the shaped charge for possible ID, we may get lucky, and find out where it came from.
- Keep the pressure on the boys in the white suits.
Will you? - Okay, you got it.
Listen, I hear you're taking on Canelli's defense.
Are you sure you're doing the right thing? - Ah.
Marty, Jerry, what's happening? (ominous orchestral music) (gunshots firing) Not a bad way to work out your injury blues, partner.
- The injury's not my problem.
- Something eating at you? Must be a lady, huh? - Yeah, a lady.
Gina Canelli.
I hear you took on her defense.
(gunshots firing) - Hey, Romano, you got it, it's dead.
Somebody I know? - Hooker, how could you? I think you've got your loyalties screwed up.
- How do you figure? - I figure I'm your partner.
I tell you what went down in the parking lot.
Canelli tells you her version.
And you stand up for her.
That's calling me a liar, ready! - Romano! Canelli's career is on the line.
So far, I've heard two versions of what happened.
Well, before I let her go down the tubes, there's some important questions that gotta be answered.
Look, the point is to get at the truth.
I'm just part of that process.
- Damn it, Hooker, two of us almost bought it in that parking lot! - I know that.
And I care about you, partner.
And I care about that badge, what it stands for.
(somber orchestral music) (gunshots firing) (somber music) (arcade games beeping) - They got Jarvis, you got nothing, I heard on the radio.
- Jarvis won't talk.
- Look, Frank, I showed you how to blow those safes.
But I can't hold your hand while you're doing it.
- Hardly got enough money to walk away from my parole.
Settle in south of the border with somebody, young stuff.
That means I go again.
- I'm ahead of you.
No more rip offs needed.
Now whatever primer cord we need, I just walk in and buy it.
- The guy's picture's on the card.
- (chuckles) Not for long.
Photographer I know is gonna replace it with mine.
(ominous music) - [Jim.]
Hooker! - [Stacy.]
The lab finally came through.
- They ID'd the explosive as part of a shipment made to the Gold Coast Rock Company out on Fisher Road.
- You get the name of a buyer at Gold Coast? - The foreman, Richard Garcia.
- That's great, I appreciate the help.
- Hey, what are friends for, thank you! (upbeat rock music) - [Hooker.]
Richard Garcia.
- [Richard.]
One minute, please.
(explosion booming) - I'm Sergeant Hooker.
Some primer cord explosives that you signed for were used in a robbery.
- I was afraid of that.
- Tell us about it.
- Couple of weeks ago, this guy came around looking for some work.
I had a deadline, so I put him on without going through all the red tape.
He was gone by the end of the day, and so was some of the primer cord.
- You didn't report it? - My neck was out.
- It still is.
What'd he look like? - Kinda small, around 40, with a limp.
- That's it? - I wish it was, he took my buyer's permit along with the primer cord.
- Terrific.
(somber orchestral music) - Hey, I hear we got a third suspect to find.
- Small guy with a limp.
- What's the matter with the kid? Got something stuck in his craw? - This choking on him.
- Canelli, he still grumbling about you defending her? - Give him time, he'll come around.
- Yeah, but have you got the time? When you're on the street, the last thing you need is a partner who's head's not straight, think about it.
Hey, trial board's tomorrow, isn't it? - Yeah.
- That's a lot of law to read in one night.
- Tell me about it.
(somber orchestral music) (dog barking) (shattered glass tinkling) - Lousy yellow coward! - Chicken in the hen house! (imitating chickens cackling) - [Man In Black Jacket.]
Lousy yellow coward! - [Man In Denim Jacket.]
Chicken in the hen house! (imitating chickens cackling) - [Man In Black Jacket.]
Yellow belly! - Oh, oh! (men laughing) - [Hooker.]
Hold it, you men, hold it there! (dramatic orchestral music) (car engine revving) - Hooker! Oh! (dramatic orchestral music) (somber orchestral music) I'd like to write off last night, but how can I? Those weren't punks, they were cops.
- We don't know that for sure.
- Oh, come on.
I didn't just get off the bus from Bakersfield.
Every cop in the precinct would like to hang one of those poor chickens on my door.
- Not every.
- Sorry, Hooker.
I was scared last night, but this trial has me petrified.
- I understand that we drew Captain Daniel as the senior member of the trial board.
- (chuckles) Forget it, Hooker.
Just because you used to play racketball with him, isn't gonna cut any ice in this trial.
- Yeah, I guess he's past playing with sergeants.
I understand his Friday afternoon game is with the chief.
- Hooker.
- Captain.
- Let the record show the accused and defense representative, Sergeant T.
J.
Hooker, present.
As is the department advocate, Lieutenant Peter Ellis.
Officer Canelli.
The department alleges that on the 16th of this month at or about 1300 hours in the vicinity of 108th Street and Stanford, you failed to take appropriate action in a field incident, such failure resulting in serious injury to your partner, Officer William Briggs, and a lesser injury to Officer Vincent Romano.
How do you plead? - Not guilty.
(dramatic orchestral music) - After deciding to split up, I moved to this position.
As I arrived, I observed Officer Romano running from here, this location, and the suspect came from here, with his gun raised and pointed at Romano's back.
- What did you do? - Well, I raised my gun to fire.
And I observed that Office Romano was in my direct line.
I heard Canelli yell a warning.
I assumed she was in a better position and would fire herself.
But nothing happened.
Suspect shot Romano.
- And then what happened? - Well, as I reached this point, the suspect turned, and he pulled one off.
I was hit in the shoulder, and went down.
- Did you at any time see Office Canelli before you were shot? - Yes sir, I did.
As I was running, when I cleared the truck right here, I saw Office Canelli crouched behind this pickup.
- Do you have any idea why she took this position after having yelled a warning to Officer Romano? - That would just be speculation on my part, sir.
I'd rather not say.
- Yes, that is a judgment for the board to make, isn't it.
Your witness, Sergeant Hooker.
- You were right, looks like they're gonna call my old partner, Sergeant Tolliver.
- His story could bury you.
No matter how we explain your actions, the fact is, you're charged with the same thing he accused you of three years ago.
- Sergeant Hooker.
You have any questions for the witness? - Yes sir, I do.
But before I begin, may I approach the board? - Well, what is it, Sergeant? - I think the board oughta know that I plan a thorough cross-examination of Officer Briggs.
It will probably take 45 minutes to an hour.
- What are you trying to pull, Hooker? You can question Briggs all night, as far as I'm concerned.
- Well, that's very generous of you, Lieutenant, but I didn't want to interfere with Captain Daniels' schedule.
- Thank you, Sergeant.
This board is recessed until Monday morning.
Reconvene at 9 a.
m.
- Well, I bought some time.
- Ah yeah, all we need now is a miracle.
- [Drill Sergeant.]
Hep hep hep.
Hup, hep.
Hep hep hep.
Hup, hep.
Hep hep hep.
Hup, hep.
Hep hep hep.
- Stacy followed through on the description you got at the quarry.
- The guy who stole the primer cord? - What if he got his limp in the same explosion that took out the con in the wheelchair? - Mickey Dowd, the accomplice, and injured in the same explosion that put Max Proctor in the joint.
And, Dowd has a limp.
- [Hooker.]
Where do we find him? - We're working on it, now get this, Dowd's cellmate is Frank Abbott.
- The man who shot Bill Briggs.
- We should get these out to all ordinance outlets.
- They're already in the system.
But photo duplicating is closed today and tomorrow.
So they'll be out first thing Monday.
- Monday, don't remind me.
It's back to the trial board pressure cooker.
Talk about Monday.
I went over Briggs' package last night.
He transferred in from San Francisco four years ago.
Did you know him out there? - I saw him around.
I transferred in a couple of years before he did.
- Any idea what went into his decision? - I heard he was in a big shootout.
Sometimes, you wanna put those things behind you.
- Yeah.
- Vince, I wish none of this had happened.
- I know how you feel about Gina.
- That's right, but I care about you, too.
And the scuttlebutt says you may be putting in for another partner.
- Well, I was about as close as you can get.
Now, I don't know.
(dramatic orchestral music) (suspenseful orchestral music) - Spot the safe? - Yeah, it's a drop job, check stand five.
- See that clock on the back wall? Manager's office is above it.
It's got a view of the whole store.
See those mirrors? He can see all the aisles.
When we take this place, I want you to keep your eyes glued to them.
I don't want any surprises, in case some jerk wants to play hero.
- Gotcha.
When do we do our thing? - Sunday.
Safe should be fat with weekend receipts.
(dramatic orchestral music) (somber orchestral music) - 953, that's the truck the company dispatcher said was at the scene of the robbery.
Bingo.
And the slug is still in there.
There was a third bullet fired.
Canelli was right, and Ellis didn't bother to look for it.
- All right, it's a third bullet.
But all that tells me is Abbott was a lousy shot.
- It could tell us more.
Let's get the lab boys down here.
- Hooker! Your bulletin on the stolen explosives permit paid off.
- Just verified a full case of primer cord purchased this morning at the Triple X Supply in Alameda.
The salesman made the buyer is Mickey Dowd, the man with a limp.
- We'll need the location on him.
- We have a possible, prison log showed Dowd completing a course in electronics.
City records show a video game parlor license issued to someone of the same name at 1016 Central.
- And the lab report indicates the bomb used to blow the safe was rigged with components used in video games.
- Sounds like we're smokin'.
Get all that to the DA's office, pick up a search warrant.
We'll meet you at the location.
- Hooker, about tomorrow, when I get on the witness stand, I'm gonna tell it like I saw it.
- You do that, that's all anybody could ask.
And if I have to cross-examine you, I'm not pulling any punches.
(dramatic rock music) - Dog is good.
Why don't you make it easy on yourself? - I'm telling you, Officer, you're wasting your time.
(dog barking) - Give me the key.
Give me the key.
You bought this primer cord this morning.
Some of it's missing.
Now if it goes boom, and people get killed, you're riding on murder, because that crazy you're teamed up with.
- Crazy, I don't know who you're talking-- - You know what I'm talking about, Frank Abbott.
Come on.
- It's gonna kick off the market at Sixth and Union.
- Book him.
(dramatic orchestral music) That Camaro, gotta be Abbott.
(siren wailing) (tires squealing) (auto horn blaring) (shattered glass clattering) (siren wailing) (tires squealing) Out of the car, let's see your hands.
Nice and slow.
- Hands behind your head.
Come on.
- Get your hands on your neck.
(somber orchestral music) - The department calls Sergeant Robert Tolliver.
- Objection, Mr.
Chairman.
I believe that Lieutenant Ellis intends to use Sergeant Tolliver's testimony to establish a trend relating to some on-duty activity of Office Canelli's past.
- [Ellis.]
That's correct, Mr.
Chairman.
- Sir, in Section 6, Paragraph 2 in the Board of Rights manual, "The board may not examine anything relating to a trend "of character or behavior, until after a finding of guilty "and then only for the purpose of determining penalty.
" - Objection sustained.
- When'd you come up with that? - Three o'clock this morning.
- To sum up, then, Officer Canelli was standing to your right, just before you moved out to face the suspect.
- Yes sir.
- And you were depending on her to back you up? - Yes sir.
- But when the suspect opened fire, she failed to protect you.
- That's correct, sir.
- Your witness.
- Officer Romano, you testified that you saw Officer Canelli standing to your right just prior to the shooting? - That's correct.
- Did you actually turn and see her? - No, I saw her out of the side of my eye.
- Ah, your peripheral vision.
Let's discuss your peripheral vision.
What did you actually see in your peripheral vision? - Office Canelli.
- Are you positive? Think very carefully, 'cause it's important.
Did you see Officer Canelli, or did you see a blue uniform? - I saw a blue uniform, but when the shooting stopped, I turned, looked, Officer Canelli was standing right there.
- But before the shots were fired, all you can swear to is that you saw a blue uniform.
Which could have been Officer Canelli.
Or it could have been Officer Briggs.
(suspenseful orchestral music) - I guess so.
Yes.
I guess I assumed it was Canelli.
- No further questions.
- You're excused, Officer Romano.
Call your next witness, Lieutenant.
- The department rests, Mr.
Chairman.
- Sergeant Hooker, you may now call witnesses for the defense.
- Yes sir, I wish to call Mr.
Hong, the department criminologist.
- The bullet entered the truck at a 30-degree angle here.
That would place the suspect somewhere along this line coming from the truck.
- Yet that trajectory is well above the location where Officer Briggs says he was hit.
- That appears to be the case.
- On the other hand, if Briggs were here, and not here, where he says he was, would that be more consistent with your trajectory analysis? - Yes, it would be.
- This is the weapon I recovered from the shooting suspect, Abbott, did you after a chance to examine it? - Yes, it's a .
44 Magnum revolver.
- And the slug that was removed from Officer Briggs? - Fired from that gun.
- And the bullet that was recovered from the truck, was that also a .
44 Magnum? - Yes, it was.
- No further questions.
I believe that we have shown that two bullets were fired in rapid succession at Officer Briggs, and that their trajectory places Briggs, not Canelli, in Officer Romano's peripheral vision position, behind the truck.
Your witness.
- Mr.
Hong, is it possible that one of the bullets may have hit the truck, as you said, and the other, Officer Briggs, in the position he claimed he was in? - The shooter would have to substantially redirect his aim.
- No, answer the question, is it possible? - It is possible.
- Thank you.
I have no further questions.
- The shrink, is he here yet? - He's outside.
But he's here only because of the subpoena.
He's refusing to testify, he's got the law to back him up.
- I have here Officer Briggs' personal jacket from his prior service with the San Francisco Police Department.
Have you ever been involved in a shooting before? - Objection.
- Overruled.
Answer the question, Officer Briggs.
- Um, once (coughs).
When I was on the job in San Francisco.
- Was it a hit or no-hit incident? What's that, I didn't hear you.
Please speak up so that we can hear you.
- Uh, hit, it was a hit.
- Who was hit? I'll repeat it.
Who was hit? - Danny.
- Danny, who's Danny? - Danny.
My partner, Danny.
- Danny was hit, what did you do? - I tried.
Oh god, I tried.
But I couldn't stop him.
He killed Danny.
- You exposed yourself to save your partner? - But I couldn't save him.
- Just like you thought you couldn't save Romano, so you didn't.
You were the one hiding behind the truck, with the gun in your hand, weren't you? And it all came back to you.
And when it was over, you remembered the story of Sergeant Tolliver and Canelli.
And you had a ready-made scapegoat to explain away your inability to act.
(sobbing) - I tried.
I just, I just couldn't pull the trigger.
I just couldn't, I couldn't (sobbing).
(Hooker shushing) - Mr.
Chairman.
Officer Briggs' psychiatrist is here.
I believe Officer Briggs could use the help, now.
(dramatic orchestral music) (upbeat dance music) - This is my celebration, I'm buying the next round.
- I'll give you a hand.
- When she thanked you, Gina was afraid she'd get too emotional.
- That's all right, I got her message.
- Well, Hooker, I think it's about time you got mine.
- Uh oh.
- Look, if you hadn't dug in and gone after the truth, everyone would have had to pay the price.
- Right, the department would have lost a good cop in Gina, and Briggs would have stayed on the job without getting the help he needs.
- And I wouldn't have gotten my perspective straightened out.
- We learn as we go.
- I'll drink to that.
- What are we drinking to? - To Romano! He's decided to buy the next round.
- Do the raggedy! (glasses clinking) (upbeat dance music) (dramatic orchestral music) (tinkling music)