(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
Come on, Swain, you be a sweet man.
Just a little something up front,
till I can put something together.
The only thing you got together is lots of dumb nerve.
You tell me it's gonna be payday for what you already owe,
get me to make a house call, then ask for more free rides?
Just a couple of vials.
Take anything in the house you want.
You must think I'm the fool of the neighborhood.
This isn't the kind of junk...
(GLASS SHATTERING)
...I deal in.
You got no cause to do that.
You owe me and you's about to find out the hard way that Swain is as tough as the rent.
Swain, now look.
Just a couple of vials.
That's all I'm asking for, that's all I want.
I'm gonna pay you as soon as I got the money. Come on.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello. LYNETTE: Hello, Valerie?
Lynette? Hi, honey. How are you?
I'm scared, Val.
Mama's started using again
and there's this man in there breaking everything
and Mama can't stop him.
She can't stop anything.
Okay, are you at the same place?
All right, stay put.
I'm coming down and I'll get you some help, all right?
YVONNE: Don't break nothing else, Swain.
Please don't break nothing else.
SWAIN: Well, well, you're not much of a housekeeper, now, are you, Yvonne?
All right, Swain, we straight now?
Straight?
(CRASHING)
You trashed my place.
(PHONE RINGING)
This is Tubbs.
Valerie?
Hey, baby, how you doing? You in Miami?
Yeah, sure, I know the address.
A patrol car can get there faster.
Yeah, okay, we'll keep it family.
I don't know. Okay, I had that coming.
Just give me enough for a couple of days, to keep the lamp lit
and by next payday I'll know the rules.
You think this puts you off the books?
That you got another tab coming?
I was just talking rules, Swain. I mean, you tell me.
Swain's rules are simple. Pay me now or pay me now!
(YVONNE SCREAMING)
You pay me now! LYNETTE: Swain!
Get off of her! Don't!
This whole family needs to be taught some manners.
You'll get your lesson when I'm finished with your mama.
(SOBBING)
Oh God, you know not to play with my money!
Hold it! Police!
(WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA)
Thank you.
Hello.
So how you feeling?
Great. This is how I get my kicks.
You want to tell me who did this to you?
Look, I didn't ask you to jump into my life and play the hero.
Don't you want to get this guy?
All I want to do is get the hell out of here.
Mama, why don't you... Would you shut up? Shut up!
Okay.
I just want you to know that I'll be in touch.
Where are you going?
Mama, I'm gonna tell him.
You don't want Swain coming back.
Look, Swain is the only connection I got.
Now, he got to come back.
I mean, all I got to do is find him the money, like he said.
You want to give him money?
For your lousy dope. Mama, don't you ever think about me?
Look, I care about you. I mean, look, I really care about you.
It's just that, you know, it hurts inside.
It's the pain that I'm feeling inside.
Lynette, you gonna help your mama?
Just help your mama, okay, babe? Come on.
I'm sorry I've done this to you, but I just need some help.
I just need somebody to take care of me right now if that's okay.
And Swain, you know, he can do it.
I think he can really do it for me.
All I got to do is find him the money and everything is gonna be okay, okay?
Good.
Switek pulled the logs on the Morelli surveillance,
but he had to take off and go to a GA meeting.
So Castillo wants us to check them out.
You find another planet to spend the day on, take me with you.
Oh, I'm sorry. What did you say?
The Morelli file, it's due today.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm gonna dot the "l"s and cross the "T"s.
You all right, partner?
Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.
I just didn't get too much sleep last night.
I bet I can guess why.
I wish that was the reason.
SONNY: Hello, Valerie.
How are you?
How are you doing, Sonny?
I'm good. You down here for business or pleasure?
Maybe both.
Yeah, well,
it's my day to catch the bad guy, so I got to go find one.
I'll see you all later. Don't mind me. I'll be busy.
Will see you. Bye.
Same old Sonny.
Yeah, same old Sonny.
Thanks for helping out.
I talked to Lynette from the airport and she told me what you did.
Oh, come on, I didn't do anything.
I can't even ID the chump that did it.
And Yvonne didn't help, right? Right.
You know how it is with domestic calls.
No matter what you do, you're still a cop.
How'd you and Yvonne hook up?
Oh, well, we grew up in Park Slope.
We were very close for many years.
You know her daughter?
I'm her godmother.
She called you.
She's a good kid, Rico. I've got to help them both.
I mean, it hasn't been easy for Yvonne.
She had a baby at 18, a dropout husband
and nothing but mean streets to walk in.
Definitely not a picnic, huh?
You know, Val, I wish...
I wish I could just get to her.
You're not only a cop, but you're a man, Rico.
Let me talk to her. Maybe I can find out this guy's name, okay?
Okay.
Valerie, don't spend all your time working.
This wouldn't be an invitation for dinner, would it?
Could be.
How about 8:00?
For old times' sake.
Sounds good, Detective.
I can't believe you won't let the police take care of this guy Swain.
Hey, he ain't so bad.
Mama, he almost killed you.
YVONNE: He could have done worse.
Hey, look, Val, I'm glad you're here.
You did right to call her, baby.
Yvonne,
you know, we've beaten this thing before.
But this time, I want to get you into a program.
YVONNE: I've been thinking about that myself.
Yeah.
All right.
Look, I've got to get back to the hotel and make some calls.
Why don't I change and come back and then we all go out?
Well, I got something to do tonight.
Maybe you just go see about that program.
Okay. Well, then I'll call you tomorrow?
Okay.
Val, look, I hate to do this,
but I need some cash.
Oh.
VALERIE: Why did you have to ask me for it, Yvonne?
Why? Why did you have to ask me for it?
Look, Val, I just don't feel right inside.
Just till I get on the program.
Don't, she'll only give it to Swain.
Would you be quiet. Now, this is between old friends, right, Val?
Right. For old friends. Yeah, for old friends.
But tomorrow, old friend, I am taking you and putting you in a program myself.
Okay.
Yeah, give me a hundred win and place on the sixth
in the first at Gulfstream, will you?
(CLEARING THROAT)
Yeah, yeah, I used to be the same way.
Yeah, always thinking I could make it back in the ninth. Some system, huh?
Right. Okay, yeah. Call me any time. Yeah.
We got a mutual support network.
We call each other when we're thinking about making a bet.
So those meetings are working out for you, huh?
Oh, sure.
I went there with the wrong attitude,
but after hearing people coping with their problems,
it turned me around.
That's terrific, Stan. Keep it up.
Absolutely.
I need those meetings just as bad as anyone else there.
And I owe it all to you and Rico. You guys got me to go.
Yeah, Switek.
VALERIE: I want to take Lynette out of this situation.
Maybe you can get Yvonne into a program.
I can try.
But the question is, whether she'll stay in it or not.
In the meantime, I think we got a program to be thinking about of our own.
What's that?
Are you trying to kick or break an old habit?
In the beginning, you make habits.
In the end, habits make you.
And you're the only habit I got.
You still know how to make me feel good.
Okay, Swain, here's the $200 I owe
and another $100 for five of your best.
Uh-huh. We don't do business no more.
You waste too much of my time.
But, Swain, that's money I don't owe. That's money I don't owe.
That's a late payment penalty.
A little vig for my patience.
No, no, no, Swain, I got to have something.
I got to have it. I got to have it.
Get off me, woman! And be happy I'm calling us even.
No, Swain! You can have me.
Any way you like it.
You'd have to pay me.
Come on, now, Swain.
But there is something you can deal with, though.
Okay, tell me, come on.
You're talking about my little girl?
Oh, she's not so little.
No way!
There's a lot of woman on her.
And look at the jewels.
Oh, please, Swain...
Come on, baby.
Look, somebody gonna turn her out.
Why not me?
Who says you can't mix business with pleasure?
What are you doing in here?
Your mama and I made a little arrangement about you.
LYNETTE: No, please. Get away from me.
Swain! LYNETTE: No.
I didn't mean it. Yeah, you crazy. You crack crazy.
(CRYING)
Now, we had a deal.
And don't you dare try to break it again.
Now, is it a deal?
Well, how do you expect us to fill out the forms if we don't have them?
(WHISTLING) Thank you.
The Morelli report. A model of police paperwork.
What the hell are you so cheery about?
Hey, man, my buddy, my friend.
Last night Val and I had dinner together. I mean, just dinner.
But I think we're both on the same road now.
Yeah, well, go slow, old buddy, old pal.
Hey, man, I am talking life's highway.
Nice and easy all the way.
No, no, I made a lot of mistakes and I did a lot of wrong, but not this time, man.
Yeah, I'm Switek, Narcotics. Yeah, hold on.
Tubbs, line four. It's Val.
Nice and easy.
Hey, sweetheart, how you doing?
I'll be right there.
She had the money.
She was gonna pay Swain off.
Why did he have to kill her?
From what you told me, Yvonne had a pretty serious jones.
She could've bought from another dealer.
Besides, when you're dealing with lowlife like Swain, hell,
they're liable to off you just for kicks.
Oh God, I feel so responsible for this.
Valerie.
Valerie, you had to give her the money.
If you hadn't have given it to her,
she'd have gotten it off the street.
What did the neighbor say?
She heard some screams, then she saw Lynette running down the hallway.
Poor... She must've saw whatever happened
and just taken off.
Anyway, we got to find her.
She must be scared as hell of Swain.
She can't be too hard to find.
I'll put out an APB. Then we'll split up and do some checking.
Hey, hey.
It's gonna be all right.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
And olé.
Listen, I have to audition a new dance instructor here.
Let me talk to you in just one second, okay?
Well, what about the Mexican peso, Mr. Ramirez?
It's been very depressed lately.
Well, if I was a Mexican peso, I would be as depressed as well.
If you want a thrill,
I would discuss a little AT&T stock options.
Many applications for everyone.
What is it this time, lzzi?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
And also financial advice.
Well, don't financial planners have to have a license?
This lady's a friend of mine from New York
and she's right about the license.
So, am I out of business?
If this is harmless and you do us a favor,
maybe we can waive the license for a while.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
A crack dealer named Swain.
Never heard of him.
He likes to beat up women.
Doesn't narrow it down much.
Your corner crack pusher is not the usual modus oportunis, plantaro.
I want this one so bad,
that I'm beginning to get a nosebleed.
Comprendo?
Si. Comprendo. I do what I can.
Gracias.
(BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH)
I bet baseball, football, hoops, horses, dogs.
That's right. I bet the rent money on an animal,
but nothing mattered but the action.
JANE: That's right.
And you keep on betting, even when you're losing everything.
Your car, your house, your husband.
Jane's right. That's exactly the way it is.
But now it's been one year, 365 days since I made a bet.
(PEOPLE CLAPPING)
Is there anyone else? Yeah.
Hi, everybody. I just want to say that after gambling for 40 years...
Yeah, it's a bug for 44. What's still open for tonight?
All right, all right. Iowa minus eleven, Utah plus four,
Indiana State plus the six.
Give me a dime on each.
Yeah, yeah, I know what my figure is.
Look, do you want the action or not?
Okay.
Life deals such low blows to good people.
And now Lynette.
Valerie.
What's going to happen to Lynette?
Oh, Valerie.
Oh, I need to be held.
You feel so good.
Oh, I'm ruining our dinner, aren't I?
Forget about the dinner and come here.
Oh, I love you.
I feel good
(SCATTING)
Man, two days in a row. This is starting to get depressing.
Yeah? Well, I feel like I'm 18, man.
Driving my convertible on the way to a Yankee game.
Yeah, well, don't forget what I said, go slow.
Yeah, that's what you said before.
It's not like I just met Val yesterday, man.
Yeah, well.
You know, you two just have a history
of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I mean, you haven't seen her in three years, man.
Don't forget, she came down here to be with her friend, to help her friend out.
Yeah.
And we meet again and it's hotter than ever before. What's wrong with that, Sonny?
Nothing wrong with that, man, nothing.
But you don't know what's going on with her.
Yeah, well, I love her enough to marry her.
You're kidding.
I'm serious.
You don't trust your feelings anymore, Sonny.
Every since Caitlin died, everything tastes sour to you, man.
Oh, man, come on, that's out of line, man. You don't have to talk...
Hey, look, you want to push the whole world out and I want to live in it.
I don't need you to tell me how.
So we haven't found that girl yet.
It's funny, you know.
Think a girl in shock would be easy to find.
Yeah, well, Valerie's got some ideas
and we're gonna check it out.
Okay. Well, I'll see you later then, huh?
We're on the same case.
(MIXED UP, SHOOK UP GIRL PLAYING)
You're looking fresh and fine.
You know, I've been thinking about Lynette.
You know, where she would go when things got rough for her at home.
Anything we can use?
The park. There's a park on Fourth Street.
Yeah, I know the park.
We can cover that in about an hour.
Lynette, can I talk to you for a minute?
No.
(SOBBING)
He raped me, he raped me.
Detective Crockett and Tubbs.
Hi. How are you?
Detective, I'm Dr. Ellen Hardy.
I'm here to talk to Lynette.
Good. She's in the next room there.
Is she awake yet?
Yeah, she is.
But she's too upset to talk to anyone.
Excessive, but this is precisely when she should talk to me.
Well, I'm sorry, but you know, I know this girl,
and she's far too fragile to talk to anybody right now.
Possibly in a couple of days.
I disagree. It's important treatment start as soon as possible.
Well, look, let me worry about
taking care of her, all right?
Then I will let you know.
Meanwhile, let's let the police,
you know, take care of this man who has done this to her.
Hell, the same man that has killed her mother.
I'll respect your request, Detective.
But tomorrow I talk to her.
Guys, she is way too upset to talk to anybody right now.
You know, I wish you could just get this guy.
We're working on it, Val.
Well, can you work on it a little faster?
You know, maybe you can stand the fact that he's out there enjoying life
after what he's done, but I can't.
MAN ON TV: It was Carolina State 75,
Iowa 68.
New Mexico 67, Utah 61.
Georgetown 81 and Indiana State 70.
And now, turning to the NBA. The Lakers have...
(SIREN WAILING)
Hey.
Hey, what are you doing?
Hey, what the hell are you doing?
Collecting what you owe the man, Stanley.
This trash you drive wouldn't cover what you lost tonight.
Hey, look, he'll get his money.
Stay out of my life! Stay out of my life!
Hey, come back here, you!
Hey, you, open the door.
Hey, hey! That's my truck.
Where you going with that?
The man will kill you. Come back here, you nut.
I'm sorry about the way I jumped all over you and Sonny.
It's no sweat. We know how you feel.
I want Swain bad.
Yeah, we all do.
But, you know, Val,
you got to start thinking about something else.
Rico, I don't know. I...
I need some time.
Why don't you have a seat, just for a second.
You know, we're not kids anymore.
I do understand how you feel.
God knows, this isn't the perfect moment.
There are no perfect moments.
Valerie, I'm in love with you.
I want to marry you.
Rico,
right now I just need to be here for Lynette.
Look.
You shouldn't try to take this whole thing on your own shoulders, you know.
I mean, I could really help.
Rico, I'm not trying to shut you out.
Did you hear what I asked you?
Yes, I heard. I heard you.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
So where in the hell is lzzi? Damn hustler.
He's got a few minutes left.
What's the matter, partner?
It's Val. I can't get her to say where she stands.
This case is coming between us for some reason.
Yeah. Yeah, that can happen.
You got something to say, say it, Sonny.
Okay.
I think there's something funny about
Val's involvement in this whole thing.
Like the way she keeps Lynette away from us, from talking to us.
And how she suddenly
knew exactly where, in all of Miami, the kid could be found.
So you're saying that she's holding something out on us.
You asked.
Yeah, that was the first mistake.
Rico, man...
Hey, are we all on the same page here or what?
I mean, is there some problem I should know about?
No, there's no problem. What you got?
Mojito. Address of a crack house run by a guy named Cordera.
Swain is there from 10:00 to 11:00 every night
to pick up his street stash.
Drives a great big white Caddy. You're very welcome.
Don't worry, lzz.
When we retire, we'll give you our pension funds to invest.
Well, it might be too late, man. Swain is bad.
Stone evil. Watch your assets.
(TV PLAYING)
Time to wake up, Stanley.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
I hear you don't want me in your life.
If you keep acting the way you did the other night,
you're not going to have a life.
You want the car, take it. I don't care anymore.
We can be reasonable.
You keep the car.
Instead, you do me a favor.
What kind of favor?
What difference does it make? You got to do it.
We own you now, Stanley.
You must understand that.
We own you.
(RAP MUSIC PLAYING)
How come you got to check every single bag, Swain?
Think I'm gonna short you a rock?
Just making sure I get what I paid for.
You know, you're too smalltime
to have such a big attitude, Swain.
Yeah? Yeah.
Then, maybe you haven't noticed,
but I'm moving up in the world.
And the first thing I'm gonna do
is put you out of business.
Try it, Swain.
Kill. I'll kill you.
Dead.
You're not a very smart man, Manuel.
You never figured I'd line up a new supplier?
The word, baby, that's what's happening.
I'm in and you're out.
You ready for us to bring them in?
Will he know I'm here?
He doesn't know anything.
There have been no charges yet.
He agreed to do the lineup.
The rest is up to you.
He can't see you, honey. And this will only take a minute, okay?
Okay.
All right, bring them in.
They're all yours. Just take your time.
Just count from left to right, until you find him.
He's not there.
Lynette.
I don't see him. None of them is the Swain I knew.
I said I don't see him.
That's the truth. I don't see him.
Come on.
Man, I've seen witnesses blow an ID before,
but never one that easy.
Well, she could've just gotten so hysterical that she blanked out.
Yeah, and there could be two crack dealers named Swain.
Sure.
So why did she let him walk when we had him, huh?
Who knows?
Valerie whisked her out of there so quickly,
we didn't have a chance to ask her.
Wait a minute.
You think Valerie had something to do with this, don't you?
You got to admit, partner. A lot of things don't add up here.
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
Lynette, where...
Lynette go running off to the park again?
I'm glad you're here.
Are you really glad, Val?
Rico, listen, I...
No, you listen.
Tell me if I'm wrong, Val.
You had Lynette all the time, didn't you?
We couldn't find her until you let us, right?
Rico, I didn't know what to do. We both needed more time.
To get to Swain?
No, that's not it. You don't understand.
Yeah, I understand that little performance that went on at the lineup.
Nobody bought that, not even you.
Well, it surprised me, too. Rico, it's all gone wrong.
It's the way you played it. Where's Lynette?
When we came back from Metro, you know,
I tried to talk to her, but she kept on crying,
and she said she was too tired to think.
So she went to take a nap.
I went out for a walk. When I came back, she was gone.
You telling me you don't know where she is?
Rico, I swear to God I don't know where she is.
I'll call Metro and get Swain's address.
Rico, my gun's not here.
Hello, this is Detective Tubbs.
I need the address of a suspect who was booked last night. The name is Swain.
Billy Swain. Yeah, I'll hold.
Rico, there's something else that you don't know about.
Oh, really? Something else that you didn't bother to tell me about?
What a surprise. Okay, thank you. I got it.
So, you came over for another little taste of Swain.
And brought some party groceries with you.
You got glasses? The bottle's fine.
You know,
the police rousted me last night.
I thought it was because of you.
I didn't do that.
Yeah.
I figured your mama wouldn't want that.
Where else is she gonna score on credit without me?
Does your mama know you're here?
You giving this away free or is this another deal?
Mama's dead.
She OD'd or what?
Somebody killed her.
You crazy. I ain't killed your mama.
I know you didn't, Swain. Because I did.
You killed your mama?
After you had your fun with me, I went out to her.
I was hurt bad.
But she was too high to care that she sold her daughter for a little crack.
She got mad at me for crying.
Said I was to get used to you having me.
Something just went off inside of my head
and all of a sudden, I saw a kitchen knife in my mama's back.
Now, look, you got to be cool about this. You want to deal, Swain?
Deal? For what? Your life.
Lynette! Easy.
Easy.
VALERIE: You can't do this.
Come on. Give me the gun, come on.
You better pack up your crib, Swain.
You're gonna be in jail for a long time.
What's happening?
Lynette's with the doctor now.
Sonny's making sure everything goes smooth with the juvenile authorities.
What was I supposed to do, Rico, turn her in for murder?
You knew it wasn't murder. You knew that.
I knew that they were going to take Lynette away and Swain would walk.
So you decided to frame him?
Tell me this.
You never once, never once wanted to frame anybody?
I'd be lying if I said that.
But I never did. You're a cop, Val.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A burned-out cop, Rico, and you knew that.
You could have told me the truth, Valerie.
I was afraid they were going to send her to prison.
She would have never made it.
You didn't have to fake it.
There were some things that I didn't fake, Rico.
It's too late for us, isn't it?
Woman...
I'm sorry, Rico.
I'm so very sorry.
Valerie.
Where are you going?
After the hearing, if they drop the charges,
back to New York.
I'm gonna give them this.