1 00:00:05,092 --> 00:00:09,096 And in the area of education, over 500 angry people 2 00:00:09,226 --> 00:00:11,881 crowded into City Hall tonight to protest a plan that 3 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:14,318 would make 12 month schools a reality 4 00:00:14,449 --> 00:00:16,799 within the next two years. 5 00:00:16,929 --> 00:00:18,888 Although the school board indicated that year round 6 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:21,760 classes seemed to be the only alternative, 7 00:00:21,891 --> 00:00:24,894 parents vowed to take their fight to the courts 8 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:28,115 If it proved necessary. 9 00:00:28,245 --> 00:00:30,987 Before we end this broadcast, I would like 10 00:00:31,118 --> 00:00:34,121 to make a personal statement. 11 00:00:34,251 --> 00:00:39,300 48 hours ago my daughter disappeared. 12 00:00:39,430 --> 00:00:41,302 There was no sign of violence. 13 00:00:41,432 --> 00:00:44,522 There's been no demand for ransom. 14 00:00:44,653 --> 00:00:47,221 What there has been is an incredible display 15 00:00:47,351 --> 00:00:50,789 of the most incompetent police work imaginable. 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,182 What the hell's she doing? 17 00:00:52,313 --> 00:00:54,663 I don't know. 18 00:00:54,793 --> 00:00:57,361 Well, you want to go to commercial? 19 00:00:57,492 --> 00:01:01,104 We cut her off, she'll have us all fired. 20 00:01:01,235 --> 00:01:05,717 So starting tonight, I intend to broadcast an update 21 00:01:05,848 --> 00:01:08,981 on this continuing farce, until the chief of police 22 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:14,074 assigns someone to this case, other than a keystone cop. 23 00:01:14,204 --> 00:01:16,598 I'm Mickey Croft for channel 8 News. 24 00:01:16,728 --> 00:01:21,081 Have a good night, and we'll see you tomorrow. 25 00:01:21,211 --> 00:01:24,345 How would you like to be the chief of police right now? 26 00:01:24,475 --> 00:01:28,566 Lot better than the yutz he's going to put on the case. 27 00:01:28,697 --> 00:01:32,570 [theme music] 28 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:40,796 THEME SONG: We never thought we'd never 29 00:01:40,926 --> 00:01:44,060 find a place where we belong. 30 00:01:44,191 --> 00:01:49,021 Don't have to stand alone, we'll never let you fall. 31 00:01:49,152 --> 00:01:52,938 Don't need permission to decide what you believe. 32 00:01:56,116 --> 00:02:01,904 I said jump, down on Jump Street. 33 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:06,909 Jump down on Jump Street. 34 00:02:07,039 --> 00:02:12,393 Your friends will be there when your back is to the wall. 35 00:02:12,523 --> 00:02:17,354 You'll find you need us cause there's no one else to call. 36 00:02:17,485 --> 00:02:21,793 When it was hopeless a decision's what you need. 37 00:02:21,924 --> 00:02:25,754 You'd better be ready to, be ready to jump! 38 00:02:25,884 --> 00:02:29,236 21 Jump Street. 39 00:02:29,366 --> 00:02:31,107 Why us? 40 00:02:31,238 --> 00:02:32,935 Our lucky day. 41 00:02:33,065 --> 00:02:34,850 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: As if it weren't for bad luck, 42 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:36,156 we'd have no luck at all. 43 00:02:36,286 --> 00:02:39,550 CAPTAIN FULLER: You got that right. 44 00:02:39,681 --> 00:02:40,682 Captain Fuller? 45 00:02:40,812 --> 00:02:41,552 CAPTAIN FULLER: Yeah? 46 00:02:41,683 --> 00:02:43,380 Frank Walters. 47 00:02:43,511 --> 00:02:45,165 CAPTAIN FULLER: Oh, Mr. Walters. 48 00:02:45,295 --> 00:02:47,471 We've been expecting you. 49 00:02:47,602 --> 00:02:50,648 This is Officer Tony McCann. 50 00:02:50,779 --> 00:02:52,998 Well, where's this wonder cop who's 51 00:02:53,129 --> 00:02:54,435 supposed to solve everything? 52 00:02:54,565 --> 00:02:57,177 Mr. Walters, we've been expecting you. 53 00:02:57,307 --> 00:03:00,571 This is Officer Tony McCann. 54 00:03:00,702 --> 00:03:02,486 Come on, he's just a kid. 55 00:03:02,617 --> 00:03:04,096 CAPTAIN FULLER: Mr. Walters, one of the reasons 56 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:06,403 the chief called us is because Mickey Croft's 57 00:03:06,534 --> 00:03:07,796 daughter is 16 years old. 58 00:03:07,926 --> 00:03:09,972 Now this unit sort of specializes 59 00:03:10,102 --> 00:03:11,669 in people of that age. 60 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,237 Yeah, we have subscriptions the team beat an everything. 61 00:03:14,368 --> 00:03:16,108 Yeah, also you got a smart mouth. 62 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:17,719 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Sad but true. 63 00:03:17,849 --> 00:03:19,373 It's been a problem for me ever since the first grade. 64 00:03:19,503 --> 00:03:21,026 CAPTAIN FULLER: Understand this, Mr. Walters. 65 00:03:21,157 --> 00:03:24,029 We'd just as soon pass on this investigation. 66 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,988 I mean our fellow officers aren't going to appreciate 67 00:03:26,118 --> 00:03:27,903 being shown up by us. 68 00:03:28,033 --> 00:03:32,516 FRANK WALTERS: They don't have a lot of choice do they? 69 00:03:32,647 --> 00:03:34,910 I still feel that this should be handled by a real cop. 70 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,651 I'm a real cop all right. 71 00:03:36,781 --> 00:03:38,435 It's just the only difference is instead 72 00:03:38,566 --> 00:03:41,569 of salary they give me course credit at my community college. 73 00:03:41,699 --> 00:03:43,832 You've been out of the first grade long, McCann? 74 00:03:43,962 --> 00:03:45,529 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: You know what they say, Frank? 75 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:47,139 You can take the boy out of the first grade but-- 76 00:03:47,270 --> 00:03:48,358 CAPTAIN FULLER: But you can't take 77 00:03:48,489 --> 00:03:50,055 the first grade out of the boy. 78 00:03:50,186 --> 00:03:52,449 Ixnay on the BS Mac, it's time to go to work, huh? 79 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:53,494 That an order, Captain? 80 00:03:53,624 --> 00:03:55,365 CAPTAIN FULLER: That's an order. 81 00:03:55,496 --> 00:03:56,758 Oh, well. 82 00:03:56,888 --> 00:03:59,804 Those guys downtown never liked us anyway. 83 00:03:59,935 --> 00:04:00,718 Oh! 84 00:04:09,336 --> 00:04:10,641 No way, man. 85 00:04:10,772 --> 00:04:12,208 Not in this world and not in the next. 86 00:04:12,339 --> 00:04:13,427 All right? 87 00:04:13,557 --> 00:04:14,471 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Come on, Brian. 88 00:04:14,602 --> 00:04:15,907 Why not share and share alike? 89 00:04:16,038 --> 00:04:18,258 Because the word came down from the captain, 90 00:04:18,388 --> 00:04:20,738 who passed it to the lieutenant, who passed it to all of us. 91 00:04:20,869 --> 00:04:22,697 What word? 92 00:04:22,827 --> 00:04:25,134 Then whoever the dragon lady got assigned to this case, 93 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,223 was persona non grata. 94 00:04:27,354 --> 00:04:29,051 Hitler at a bar mitzvah, Andrew Dice 95 00:04:29,181 --> 00:04:30,531 Clay at women's lib meeting. 96 00:04:30,661 --> 00:04:31,749 You're not being reasonable here, all right? 97 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,273 You out of your mind? 98 00:04:33,403 --> 00:04:34,665 Woman goes on television, makes us downtown guys 99 00:04:34,796 --> 00:04:35,710 all look like fools. 100 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:37,277 You want reason? 101 00:04:37,407 --> 00:04:39,540 Look, just tell me what you run besides a drill, OK? 102 00:04:42,369 --> 00:04:44,327 It's been two days, Man. 103 00:04:44,458 --> 00:04:46,547 We haven't had time to run anything else. 104 00:04:46,677 --> 00:04:48,331 We checked kids' friends, the teachers, 105 00:04:48,462 --> 00:04:51,029 one of the photos at the train station, the airport, it's me 106 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,335 and Larson on this, right? 107 00:04:52,466 --> 00:04:53,684 We got five other cases hanging. 108 00:04:53,815 --> 00:04:56,513 Brian? 109 00:04:56,644 --> 00:04:59,124 I was just saying goodbye to McCann, Lieutenant. 110 00:04:59,255 --> 00:05:01,344 And that's just what I want you to be saying. 111 00:05:09,657 --> 00:05:11,789 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Well, don't sweat it, Lieutenant, 112 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,530 he didn't tell me anything. 113 00:05:13,661 --> 00:05:15,271 You know, I figured it would be one of you 114 00:05:15,402 --> 00:05:16,707 Jump Streeters picking up this case. 115 00:05:16,838 --> 00:05:18,143 Yeah? How so? 116 00:05:18,274 --> 00:05:20,232 Made up two lists-- 117 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:22,234 those that would be hungry enough to want it, 118 00:05:22,365 --> 00:05:23,366 ones that would be stupid-- 119 00:05:23,497 --> 00:05:25,150 And let me guess? 120 00:05:25,281 --> 00:05:27,109 Jump Street was the only one to make it on both lists, right? 121 00:05:27,239 --> 00:05:28,502 Come on. 122 00:05:28,632 --> 00:05:30,808 You got to update your act there, Donnelly. 123 00:05:30,939 --> 00:05:33,507 Look, I didn't come down here do numbers with you, all right? 124 00:05:33,637 --> 00:05:34,899 There's a missing kid out there. 125 00:05:35,030 --> 00:05:36,161 I figure if we scratch each other's backs, 126 00:05:36,292 --> 00:05:37,554 we can both come out looking good. 127 00:05:37,685 --> 00:05:39,295 Look, we don't need any back scratching, 128 00:05:39,426 --> 00:05:40,601 especially from you. 129 00:05:40,731 --> 00:05:42,603 The more time that goes by, the less 130 00:05:42,733 --> 00:05:44,387 chance we have of finding her. 131 00:05:44,518 --> 00:05:46,476 What's your problem? 132 00:05:46,607 --> 00:05:50,611 They going to send you back to Newark if you don't find her? 133 00:05:50,741 --> 00:05:52,352 How do you know about that? 134 00:05:52,482 --> 00:05:54,702 I've got friends back there. 135 00:05:54,832 --> 00:05:56,530 They told me about this boy scout who 136 00:05:56,660 --> 00:05:58,183 got himself in some trouble. 137 00:05:58,314 --> 00:06:00,055 I had a little help with the trouble. 138 00:06:00,185 --> 00:06:03,406 That's not the way I hear it. 139 00:06:03,537 --> 00:06:07,018 You know, sometimes I wonder if I did 140 00:06:07,149 --> 00:06:09,499 the right thing staying a cop. 141 00:06:09,630 --> 00:06:12,241 Most days I feel good about it. 142 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:13,851 But then someone like you comes along 143 00:06:13,982 --> 00:06:16,898 and I have to think it through all over again. 144 00:06:17,028 --> 00:06:20,336 [theme music] 145 00:06:41,096 --> 00:06:43,446 The way you drive, you don't sneak up on too many people, 146 00:06:43,577 --> 00:06:44,404 do you? 147 00:06:44,534 --> 00:06:46,101 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Nope. 148 00:06:46,231 --> 00:06:47,885 On the other hand, I don't have to ring a lot of doorbells 149 00:06:48,016 --> 00:06:48,799 either. 150 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:49,757 Come on in. 151 00:06:49,887 --> 00:06:51,976 I was fixing some lunch. 152 00:06:52,107 --> 00:06:53,543 Frank, thought it'd be best if I didn't 153 00:06:53,674 --> 00:06:55,763 go with him this morning. 154 00:06:55,893 --> 00:06:58,548 He was worried you try and get out of taking the case, 155 00:06:58,679 --> 00:07:01,377 and I'm not very good at taking "no" for an answer. 156 00:07:01,508 --> 00:07:02,944 I tend to get nasty. 157 00:07:03,074 --> 00:07:04,772 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: So I gather. 158 00:07:04,902 --> 00:07:06,338 You didn't make things any easier 159 00:07:06,469 --> 00:07:08,210 with that little ad lib editorial. 160 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:10,647 The people downtown were getting nowhere. 161 00:07:10,778 --> 00:07:13,781 I thought I'd ask for help from another unit. 162 00:07:13,911 --> 00:07:16,914 Provide them with a little incentive. 163 00:07:17,045 --> 00:07:21,179 Oh, you mean kind of like dating somebody else to make 164 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:23,660 your boyfriend jealous, right? 165 00:07:23,791 --> 00:07:26,315 I never had a problem making my boyfriends 166 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:29,927 jealous, Officer McCann. 167 00:07:30,058 --> 00:07:31,886 No, I'll bet you never did. 168 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:40,982 My mother used to cut the crust off for me. 169 00:07:41,112 --> 00:07:43,811 What kind of a boyhood did you have? 170 00:07:43,941 --> 00:07:47,075 Short. 171 00:07:47,205 --> 00:07:49,469 Thank you. 172 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:52,863 Sharon and I moved back here two months ago. 173 00:07:52,994 --> 00:07:54,996 I got my start in the local paper. 174 00:07:55,126 --> 00:07:59,000 We've been gone for 14 years. 175 00:07:59,130 --> 00:08:00,610 Sharon seems to have made the adjustment 176 00:08:00,741 --> 00:08:04,484 pretty well, making new friends, doing well in school. 177 00:08:04,614 --> 00:08:08,836 No problems with boys, no problems with drugs. 178 00:08:08,966 --> 00:08:10,228 Believe me, I would know. 179 00:08:10,359 --> 00:08:12,883 Wow, you know all the questions don't you? 180 00:08:13,014 --> 00:08:14,711 The police went over them with me what 181 00:08:14,842 --> 00:08:17,932 seemed several hundred times. 182 00:08:18,062 --> 00:08:20,064 How much money would she have on her? 183 00:08:20,195 --> 00:08:22,066 I gave her the week's allowance the day 184 00:08:22,197 --> 00:08:25,113 she disappeared. 185 00:08:25,243 --> 00:08:29,421 $20, she can't get very far on that. 186 00:08:29,552 --> 00:08:31,859 Look, Mrs. Croft, I don't want to upset you 187 00:08:31,989 --> 00:08:33,556 needlessly but there is a possibility 188 00:08:33,687 --> 00:08:35,689 we have to consider here. 189 00:08:35,819 --> 00:08:37,647 No. 190 00:08:37,778 --> 00:08:40,302 We will not consider anything but finding Sharon 191 00:08:40,432 --> 00:08:41,956 and bringing her back safely. 192 00:08:42,086 --> 00:08:42,957 Is that understood? 193 00:08:47,918 --> 00:08:50,094 I'd like to see Sharon's room, now, if that's OK? 194 00:08:58,929 --> 00:08:59,843 I'll need a picture of her. 195 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:16,294 Anything else? 196 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:18,253 Not for now, no. 197 00:09:18,383 --> 00:09:19,602 Let me know if there is. 198 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:20,560 OK. 199 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:42,059 [music playing] 200 00:12:07,901 --> 00:12:09,076 MAN: Watch your step. 201 00:12:12,209 --> 00:12:15,560 [music playing] 202 00:12:46,983 --> 00:12:49,333 Sharon? 203 00:12:49,464 --> 00:12:51,988 Hey, Sharon. 204 00:12:52,119 --> 00:12:53,816 Hi. 205 00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:56,166 Your mother sent me to find you. I'm Anthony McCann. 206 00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:57,167 I'm a police officer. 207 00:13:04,087 --> 00:13:05,349 She's going to be glad to see you're OK. 208 00:13:11,486 --> 00:13:12,661 Have you been here a long time? 209 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:21,801 I bet you that popcorn sucks, huh? 210 00:13:21,931 --> 00:13:24,064 Oh, right it sucks. 211 00:13:24,194 --> 00:13:25,674 So do the hot dogs. 212 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:28,677 Oh, yeah? 213 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:32,333 That's too bad Sting has to stand up in a place like this. 214 00:13:32,463 --> 00:13:33,725 Better here than nowhere. 215 00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:38,818 Are you ready to go now? 216 00:13:41,951 --> 00:13:43,474 OK. 217 00:13:43,605 --> 00:13:44,519 Well, you better where this because it's cold outside. 218 00:14:16,333 --> 00:14:17,247 Who is it? 219 00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:22,731 Oh my god, you did it. 220 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,864 You found her! 221 00:14:24,994 --> 00:14:27,518 Sweetheart, are you all right? 222 00:14:27,649 --> 00:14:30,260 Here, let me look at you. 223 00:14:30,391 --> 00:14:32,262 You're filthy. 224 00:14:32,393 --> 00:14:36,701 We have to get you cleaned up and put some food in you. 225 00:14:36,832 --> 00:14:38,573 Are you all right? 226 00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:39,530 McCann, is she all right? 227 00:14:39,661 --> 00:14:42,533 Yeah, she seems to be. 228 00:14:42,664 --> 00:14:46,146 Go on upstairs, honey, and get out of those clothes. 229 00:14:46,276 --> 00:14:48,583 It'll give me a chance to fix you something to eat 230 00:14:48,713 --> 00:14:51,847 and thank Officer McCann. 231 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:52,935 Go on, honey, get up there. 232 00:14:57,113 --> 00:14:58,985 All right, we'll see you, huh? 233 00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:08,951 Is there any way I can pay you a bonus? 234 00:15:09,082 --> 00:15:09,996 No. 235 00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:10,910 You're sure? 236 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,000 I'm positive. 237 00:15:14,130 --> 00:15:16,567 Well, then, let me walk you out. 238 00:15:22,617 --> 00:15:24,184 Well, thanks again. 239 00:15:24,314 --> 00:15:25,576 It's my pleasure. 240 00:15:25,707 --> 00:15:26,708 I like it when things turn out like this. 241 00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:27,796 MRS. CROFT: Me too. 242 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,232 We'll see ya. MRS. CROFT: OK. 243 00:15:29,363 --> 00:15:30,146 Don't hit anybody. 244 00:15:30,277 --> 00:15:31,017 Yeah. 245 00:15:35,108 --> 00:15:37,414 Well, that's better. 246 00:15:37,545 --> 00:15:39,634 Now, what can I get you to eat? 247 00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:41,897 There's some leftover chicken in the icebox. 248 00:15:42,028 --> 00:15:43,725 SHARON: I know. 249 00:15:43,855 --> 00:15:46,032 What are you talking about? 250 00:15:46,162 --> 00:15:48,034 I know. 251 00:15:48,164 --> 00:15:51,341 [music playing] 252 00:15:55,824 --> 00:15:58,000 OFFICER JOEY PENHALL: Thank you. 253 00:15:58,131 --> 00:16:00,437 All right. 254 00:16:00,568 --> 00:16:02,222 Bless you. 255 00:16:02,352 --> 00:16:03,092 Cough it up. 256 00:16:06,052 --> 00:16:06,966 Here. 257 00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:09,229 - What's this? - Your cut. 258 00:16:09,359 --> 00:16:10,665 - Cut of what? - The bets. 259 00:16:10,795 --> 00:16:12,232 What bets? 260 00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:15,104 We all put down money that you'd find that kid. 261 00:16:15,235 --> 00:16:17,889 The other cops couldn't wait to bet against you. 262 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,109 Oh, that's very reassuring. 263 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,632 You guys all had faith in me. 264 00:16:21,763 --> 00:16:24,722 Actually, we figured anybody with half a brain 265 00:16:24,853 --> 00:16:26,811 could have found her. 266 00:16:26,942 --> 00:16:27,856 Nobody, that talented qualified. 267 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:28,770 Here, take it. 268 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:30,119 No. 269 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:32,774 Here you guys go have a pizza on me, OK? 270 00:16:32,904 --> 00:16:35,037 OK, I'll tell them. 271 00:16:35,168 --> 00:16:39,911 Pizzas for everybody, on Mac. 272 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:41,304 Yo, Yo, Yo. 273 00:16:41,435 --> 00:16:43,132 What? 274 00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:44,177 You bet on me too, Captain? 275 00:16:44,307 --> 00:16:45,134 Hey. 276 00:16:45,265 --> 00:16:46,092 That's a pretty big bet. 277 00:16:46,222 --> 00:16:47,006 No, not really. 278 00:16:47,136 --> 00:16:49,530 I just got long odds. 279 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,185 I'm beginning to feel like a racehorse. 280 00:16:52,315 --> 00:16:54,056 Yeah, and if you keep doing this good 281 00:16:54,187 --> 00:16:56,102 we can all take early retirement. 282 00:16:56,232 --> 00:16:57,668 I don't think I should take this. 283 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:01,237 Well I do and I'm your commanding officer. 284 00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:02,673 OK. 285 00:17:02,804 --> 00:17:04,197 OFFICER JOEY PENHALL: Yes, exactly. 286 00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:05,720 That's exactly what I mean. 287 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,287 It's as simple as that. 288 00:17:07,417 --> 00:17:10,116 Once I decided to risk failure, I became 289 00:17:10,246 --> 00:17:11,856 a more complete person for it. 290 00:17:11,987 --> 00:17:13,293 I mean all you gotta do is risk. 291 00:17:13,423 --> 00:17:16,731 SHARON: Excuse me, is Officer McCann around? 292 00:17:16,861 --> 00:17:18,776 See, you're looking into a better person 293 00:17:18,907 --> 00:17:21,997 now because, I mean, how else are you going to grow up? 294 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:25,783 Hey. 295 00:17:25,914 --> 00:17:26,741 Hey, how are you? 296 00:17:26,871 --> 00:17:28,264 Fine. 297 00:17:28,395 --> 00:17:29,439 I never thanked you. 298 00:17:29,570 --> 00:17:31,093 Well, there's no need. 299 00:17:31,224 --> 00:17:34,923 No, you were really nice. 300 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,664 I'd like to take you to lunch. 301 00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:38,144 Are you free? 302 00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:39,493 Sure. 303 00:17:39,623 --> 00:17:41,973 Anywhere I want? 304 00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:44,324 I have a credit card for emergencies. 305 00:17:44,454 --> 00:17:46,761 Well, this is definitely an emergency. 306 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,200 This isn't what I meant. 307 00:17:51,331 --> 00:17:52,767 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Well, you said anyway I wanted. 308 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,121 Everyone's really impressed with how fast you found me. 309 00:17:59,252 --> 00:18:01,297 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Not quite everybody. 310 00:18:01,428 --> 00:18:02,820 Mom said you searched my room. 311 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:03,865 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Not exactly. 312 00:18:03,995 --> 00:18:05,954 I just kind of looked around. 313 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:08,130 You tell her what you found? 314 00:18:08,261 --> 00:18:10,785 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: I wasn't assigned to take inventory. 315 00:18:10,915 --> 00:18:14,049 So you don't have to always tell everything? 316 00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:16,834 You know, sometimes the nicest thing you can do for somebody 317 00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:20,969 is not tell them everything. 318 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:24,494 For a long time mom kept the truth about my dad a secret. 319 00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:27,541 Said he died in a car accident. 320 00:18:27,671 --> 00:18:31,371 It wasn't until I was 12 that she told me I was illegitimate. 321 00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:33,460 Said it wasn't anything to be ashamed of, 322 00:18:33,590 --> 00:18:34,896 that there are worse things. 323 00:18:35,026 --> 00:18:38,160 Lots of them. 324 00:18:38,291 --> 00:18:40,293 What I liked was that mom just decided 325 00:18:40,423 --> 00:18:42,295 I was grown up enough to know. 326 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:43,992 It was nice to think she thought I was 327 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:47,038 grown up enough for something. 328 00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:50,390 That's why it's so hard. 329 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,306 Sharon, if there's something you want to talk about-- 330 00:18:53,436 --> 00:18:54,220 Yeah. 331 00:18:58,267 --> 00:18:59,921 No. 332 00:19:00,051 --> 00:19:01,618 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Look, it'll just be between me and you, OK? 333 00:19:01,749 --> 00:19:04,795 No, forget it. 334 00:19:04,926 --> 00:19:08,190 It's your choice. 335 00:19:08,321 --> 00:19:11,150 I just-- 336 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,979 I mean I called you because I'm afraid. 337 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:16,894 The thing that made you runaway? 338 00:19:20,507 --> 00:19:22,552 Hey, you know if I can help, I will. 339 00:19:22,683 --> 00:19:23,771 You can't. 340 00:19:23,901 --> 00:19:25,076 Try me. 341 00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:26,165 I said, no. 342 00:19:31,474 --> 00:19:34,869 I think I want to go home, now. 343 00:19:34,999 --> 00:19:38,264 OK. 344 00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:39,178 It's cold. 345 00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:40,091 Can I borrow your coat? 346 00:19:40,222 --> 00:19:41,005 Sure. 347 00:19:44,095 --> 00:19:53,888 [music playing] 348 00:20:06,901 --> 00:20:08,294 Thank you. 349 00:20:08,424 --> 00:20:10,252 Well, thank you for lunch. 350 00:20:16,345 --> 00:20:18,521 I'm sorry. 351 00:20:18,652 --> 00:20:19,435 Sharon? 352 00:20:23,309 --> 00:20:25,441 Something's really bothering her. 353 00:20:25,572 --> 00:20:26,921 I'm getting her to a doctor. 354 00:20:27,051 --> 00:20:29,097 He'll help her with it. 355 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:30,881 I wonder, you know if-- 356 00:20:31,012 --> 00:20:35,016 Look, McCann, I haven't given Sharon the easiest childhood. 357 00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:36,365 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Well that hasn't hurt 358 00:20:36,496 --> 00:20:38,193 the way she feels about you. 359 00:20:38,324 --> 00:20:41,501 It's been one uprooting after another. 360 00:20:41,631 --> 00:20:43,938 I didn't want to come back here. 361 00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:46,114 We were happy on the east coast, but the offer 362 00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:48,638 was just too good. 363 00:20:48,769 --> 00:20:50,074 I talked to her about it. 364 00:20:50,205 --> 00:20:51,598 I thought she understood, but obviously it's 365 00:20:51,728 --> 00:20:55,515 having some negative reactions. 366 00:20:55,645 --> 00:20:58,518 And seeing you seems to have upset her too. 367 00:20:58,648 --> 00:21:00,302 No, that's not what's upsetting her. 368 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:02,522 MRS. CROFT: She'll be back in school tomorrow. 369 00:21:02,652 --> 00:21:04,001 I wanted her to return to a normal pattern 370 00:21:04,132 --> 00:21:05,438 as soon as possible. 371 00:21:05,568 --> 00:21:07,788 And I think that, that excludes seeing you. 372 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,532 Well, that's your call. 373 00:21:12,662 --> 00:21:13,750 I just I think that-- 374 00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:16,187 MRS. CROFT: I'm glad you understand. 375 00:21:16,318 --> 00:21:20,627 Now if you'll excuse me, I better make sure she's OK. 376 00:21:20,757 --> 00:21:23,673 OK. 377 00:21:23,804 --> 00:21:28,156 [music playing] 378 00:21:58,665 --> 00:22:01,102 Spare some change? 379 00:22:01,232 --> 00:22:01,972 Thanks. 380 00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:19,599 Hello, anybody home? 381 00:22:38,182 --> 00:22:38,922 Hello? 382 00:23:09,344 --> 00:23:11,651 [sirens] 383 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:31,148 Look, have you noticed anything unusual 384 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:32,149 in the last few days? 385 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,151 No, I did hear some noises. 386 00:23:34,282 --> 00:23:35,022 OFFICER: Check the bottom? 387 00:23:35,152 --> 00:23:36,415 OFFICER: No, good idea. 388 00:23:36,545 --> 00:23:37,328 Let me try that. 389 00:23:39,896 --> 00:23:41,420 I'm not going to see much, I don't think. 390 00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:47,774 [sirens] 391 00:23:47,904 --> 00:23:50,080 Who was the first one on the scene? 392 00:23:50,211 --> 00:23:52,735 OFFICER: McCann. 393 00:23:52,866 --> 00:23:54,607 OFFICER: How we doing here now? 394 00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:57,044 OFFICER: Pretty good. 395 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:58,001 Let me check this, again. 396 00:24:02,789 --> 00:24:05,008 OFFICER: That one there should do it. 397 00:24:05,139 --> 00:24:07,750 - You found her. - Yeah. 398 00:24:07,881 --> 00:24:11,058 My guess would be three maybe four days dead. 399 00:24:11,188 --> 00:24:12,929 What were you doing here? 400 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:15,105 His name is Richard Watkins. 401 00:24:15,236 --> 00:24:17,804 Cause of death seems to be that paperweight over there. 402 00:24:17,934 --> 00:24:19,066 Crushed his head like an egg. 403 00:24:19,196 --> 00:24:22,548 What were you doing here? 404 00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:24,463 Meaning no disrespect Lieutenant, 405 00:24:24,593 --> 00:24:28,031 but you have a tendency to repeat yourself. 406 00:24:28,162 --> 00:24:30,251 Listen, wiseguy. 407 00:24:30,381 --> 00:24:33,994 The last thing we need is a guy like you making us 408 00:24:34,124 --> 00:24:36,779 out to be a bunch of screw-ups. 409 00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:40,043 Back in Newark at the Academy we had this instructor, 410 00:24:40,174 --> 00:24:41,175 Charlie Monroe. 411 00:24:41,305 --> 00:24:43,917 He's a good cop, a great teacher. 412 00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:46,876 First day he said to us all, work hard and do good work. 413 00:24:47,007 --> 00:24:48,138 LIEUTENANT DONNELLY: What's your point? 414 00:24:48,269 --> 00:24:49,705 I came downtown. 415 00:24:49,836 --> 00:24:51,098 I said, let's do it together. 416 00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:52,621 But you said no. 417 00:24:52,752 --> 00:24:54,101 Foolish pride Lieutenant, it's your division's 418 00:24:54,231 --> 00:24:55,276 second biggest problem. 419 00:24:55,406 --> 00:24:56,669 And what's our first? 420 00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:58,105 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: You don't want to know. 421 00:24:58,235 --> 00:24:59,715 The hell I don't. 422 00:24:59,846 --> 00:25:00,760 But-- 423 00:25:00,890 --> 00:25:02,457 LIEUTENANT DONNELLY: But what? 424 00:25:02,588 --> 00:25:04,764 Butt, tush, rear end. 425 00:25:04,894 --> 00:25:06,635 It seems like you people are either covering your own 426 00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:08,245 or kissing somebody else's. 427 00:25:08,376 --> 00:25:10,465 Work hard and do good work. 428 00:25:10,596 --> 00:25:11,814 Hell of a teacher, old Charlie. 429 00:25:15,905 --> 00:25:20,170 [school bell rings] 430 00:25:20,301 --> 00:25:21,302 Excuse me? 431 00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:22,651 SECRETARY: Yes? 432 00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:24,087 Yes I have a message for Sharon Croft. 433 00:25:24,218 --> 00:25:25,567 Could you please see that she gets it? 434 00:25:25,698 --> 00:25:27,177 SECRETARY: And exactly who are you? 435 00:25:27,308 --> 00:25:28,352 I'm Anthony McCann. 436 00:25:28,483 --> 00:25:29,310 I'm a friend of Sharon's. 437 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:30,224 SECRETARY: Really? 438 00:25:38,449 --> 00:25:40,190 Melody? 439 00:25:40,321 --> 00:25:41,888 Take this to Sharon Croft. 440 00:25:42,018 --> 00:25:44,368 She's in room 220. 441 00:25:44,499 --> 00:25:45,282 Thank you. 442 00:25:45,413 --> 00:25:46,196 Thank you very much. 443 00:25:58,644 --> 00:26:00,733 What do you want with Sharon Croft? 444 00:26:00,863 --> 00:26:01,777 You know Sharon Croft? 445 00:26:01,908 --> 00:26:02,691 She's my girl. 446 00:26:02,822 --> 00:26:04,301 Oh, you're lucky. 447 00:26:04,432 --> 00:26:06,303 And I don't think she'd have some sleazeball like you 448 00:26:06,434 --> 00:26:07,870 as her friend. 449 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:09,829 - Well, you're wrong. - No. 450 00:26:09,959 --> 00:26:11,482 You are. 451 00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:13,441 No one else is going to come on campus and hassle her. 452 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,009 Look, I'm not looking to put you 453 00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:17,488 down in front of your friends. What's your name? 454 00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:19,229 - Brandon. - Brandon. 455 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,144 OK, now when I let you go, you tell them you checked me out 456 00:26:21,275 --> 00:26:23,146 and I'm OK. Got it? 457 00:26:23,277 --> 00:26:24,060 Got it? 458 00:26:24,191 --> 00:26:25,932 Yeah. 459 00:26:26,062 --> 00:26:28,238 Now, who came by and household her? 460 00:26:28,369 --> 00:26:29,631 Some old guy. 461 00:26:29,762 --> 00:26:32,199 Short, fat, never seen him before. 462 00:26:32,329 --> 00:26:34,201 I don't think he'll be coming around again. 463 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:38,901 Well, it's good you're looking out for her. 464 00:26:39,032 --> 00:26:40,163 So am I. Now, get back to your friends. 465 00:26:48,345 --> 00:26:49,129 Listen-- 466 00:26:49,259 --> 00:26:50,173 SHARON: Please? 467 00:26:50,304 --> 00:26:51,435 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Sharon? 468 00:26:51,566 --> 00:26:53,002 I don't have anything to tell you. 469 00:26:53,133 --> 00:26:54,700 Why did you put that address in my pocket? 470 00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:55,962 SHARON: I didn't. 471 00:26:56,092 --> 00:26:58,181 Sharon, I'm on your side, all right? 472 00:26:58,312 --> 00:27:01,315 SHARON: Fine, then just go away and leave me alone. 473 00:27:01,445 --> 00:27:04,274 There's been a murder, Sharon, and it's not going to go away. 474 00:27:04,405 --> 00:27:05,885 I don't know what you're talking about. 475 00:27:06,015 --> 00:27:07,582 I want to help you. 476 00:27:07,713 --> 00:27:09,105 Then just leave me alone. 477 00:27:09,236 --> 00:27:10,411 Forget you ever met me. 478 00:27:10,541 --> 00:27:11,760 I won't do that. 479 00:27:11,891 --> 00:27:13,457 You have to. 480 00:27:13,588 --> 00:27:15,808 Please, you can only make things worse. 481 00:27:15,938 --> 00:27:16,852 Just get out of my life. 482 00:27:23,859 --> 00:27:27,123 MRS. CROFT: Obviously, I didn't make myself clear. 483 00:27:27,254 --> 00:27:29,212 No, you did just fine. 484 00:27:29,343 --> 00:27:30,692 MRS. CROFT: Then why are you here? 485 00:27:30,823 --> 00:27:34,478 She's in trouble, Mrs. Croft. 486 00:27:34,609 --> 00:27:36,916 Nothing she and I can't handle. 487 00:27:43,009 --> 00:27:46,099 Don't make it necessary for me to contact my lawyers, McCann. 488 00:27:49,711 --> 00:27:50,538 Fine. 489 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,496 [school bell rings] 490 00:27:52,627 --> 00:27:55,456 [school bell rings again] 491 00:28:06,946 --> 00:28:10,471 Mac, you got anything you want to share with me? 492 00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:12,603 Nothing I can think of, Captain. 493 00:28:12,734 --> 00:28:14,388 Then how come I'm getting phone 494 00:28:14,518 --> 00:28:17,043 calls telling me to order you to stay away from the Croft kid? 495 00:28:17,173 --> 00:28:18,784 Beats me. 496 00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:22,004 You're not keeping secrets from me, are you Mac? 497 00:28:22,135 --> 00:28:30,796 Captain, secrets have to make sense and none of this does. 498 00:28:30,926 --> 00:28:32,493 None of what? 499 00:28:32,623 --> 00:28:35,278 Well, the kid comes to see me the day after I find her. 500 00:28:35,409 --> 00:28:37,324 She wants to tell me something but can't. 501 00:28:37,454 --> 00:28:39,630 And then I find this address in my pocket. 502 00:28:39,761 --> 00:28:41,328 Did she put it there? 503 00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:42,808 I think so. 504 00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:44,200 CAPTAIN FULLER: But you didn't see her do it. 505 00:28:44,331 --> 00:28:45,593 No. 506 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,769 I go to the address and there's a stiff. 507 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:50,076 Any connection to the Crofts? 508 00:28:50,206 --> 00:28:51,468 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: I don't know. 509 00:28:51,599 --> 00:28:53,557 When I talked to the kid, she ran. 510 00:28:53,688 --> 00:28:55,734 Then her mother starts getting nasty with me. 511 00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:57,387 Who is handling the killing? 512 00:28:57,518 --> 00:28:59,215 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Donnelly. 513 00:28:59,346 --> 00:29:00,608 Fine. 514 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,350 Then let's leave it to him, OK? - Yeah. 515 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:04,612 Whatever you say, Captain. 516 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:09,573 Mac, I got read out on your homicide. 517 00:29:09,704 --> 00:29:11,227 You on homicide? 518 00:29:11,358 --> 00:29:14,013 Donnelly's homicide. 519 00:29:14,143 --> 00:29:15,884 You want to hear it or not? CAPTAIN FULLER: No 520 00:29:16,015 --> 00:29:17,016 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Yes. 521 00:29:17,146 --> 00:29:20,584 OK, here it is. 522 00:29:20,715 --> 00:29:24,066 Captain, you can cover your ears if you like. 523 00:29:24,197 --> 00:29:28,114 Richard Watkins, age 58 at the time of death, 524 00:29:28,244 --> 00:29:30,159 minor city official. 525 00:29:30,290 --> 00:29:33,293 He was driven out of office 14 years ago, 526 00:29:33,423 --> 00:29:34,773 some kind of scandal. 527 00:29:34,903 --> 00:29:37,427 Worked for the party doing odd jobs ever since. 528 00:29:37,558 --> 00:29:40,604 Real hand-to-mouth existence, if you know what I mean? 529 00:29:40,735 --> 00:29:41,867 Well, what kind of scandal? 530 00:29:41,997 --> 00:29:43,259 CAPTAIN FULLER: McCann! 531 00:29:43,390 --> 00:29:44,347 OFFICER JOEY PENHALL: Computer didn't say. 532 00:29:44,478 --> 00:29:46,001 Trust me, I looked. 533 00:29:46,132 --> 00:29:47,263 You'll have to go to the library. 534 00:29:47,394 --> 00:29:51,746 He's not going anywhere, right, McCann? 535 00:29:51,877 --> 00:29:54,183 Right, Captain, no where. 536 00:29:54,314 --> 00:29:58,100 Well, thanks for the info anyway. 537 00:29:58,231 --> 00:29:59,885 Salmon. 538 00:30:00,015 --> 00:30:00,886 Jump! 539 00:30:01,016 --> 00:30:01,756 Spawning. 540 00:30:04,672 --> 00:30:06,369 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Thanks for the information 541 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,241 I won't be needing. 542 00:30:08,371 --> 00:30:09,764 Captain, you're right. 543 00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:16,989 Have you ever got a popcorn colonel stuck 544 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:18,991 between your teeth, Captain? 545 00:30:19,121 --> 00:30:21,036 Sure, it happens to me all the time. 546 00:30:21,167 --> 00:30:23,517 Drives me crazy. 547 00:30:23,647 --> 00:30:24,431 Yeah. 548 00:30:30,045 --> 00:30:34,745 I don't want to get any more calls from downtown, McCann. 549 00:30:34,876 --> 00:30:38,619 I don't like talking to the people downtown. 550 00:30:38,749 --> 00:30:40,099 Is that understood? 551 00:30:40,229 --> 00:30:40,969 Yeah. 552 00:30:45,017 --> 00:30:45,844 Go to it. 553 00:30:48,803 --> 00:30:51,893 Uh, yes sir. 554 00:30:52,024 --> 00:30:55,375 [music playing] 555 00:32:08,404 --> 00:32:10,232 Hey, ow! 556 00:32:10,363 --> 00:32:13,714 [music playing] 557 00:33:03,807 --> 00:33:05,418 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Brandon! 558 00:33:05,548 --> 00:33:08,116 What were you doing up there? 559 00:33:08,247 --> 00:33:09,813 I thought the cops were finished. 560 00:33:09,944 --> 00:33:13,600 And that gives you the right to go on a scavenger hunt? 561 00:33:13,730 --> 00:33:16,733 Where do you get off asking questions? 562 00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:18,344 This give you a clue? 563 00:33:18,474 --> 00:33:19,954 Now, back to the first question. 564 00:33:20,085 --> 00:33:22,304 What were you doing up there, huh? 565 00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:24,045 You have to read me my rights. 566 00:33:24,176 --> 00:33:26,395 I'd be happy to when I'm booking you for assaulting 567 00:33:26,526 --> 00:33:28,006 a police officer. 568 00:33:28,136 --> 00:33:29,442 You weren't planning on going to college now were you? 569 00:33:29,572 --> 00:33:30,921 OK. 570 00:33:31,052 --> 00:33:32,749 OK. 571 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,925 Somebody gave me $100 to find something for them. 572 00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:36,753 You want to play 20 questions? 573 00:33:36,884 --> 00:33:37,885 Fine, we'll do it downtown. 574 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:39,843 Let's go. 575 00:33:39,974 --> 00:33:42,759 Mrs. Croft. 576 00:33:42,890 --> 00:33:43,934 She told me to look for this. 577 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:47,895 I don't know what she wanted with these. 578 00:33:53,466 --> 00:33:56,773 [music playing] 579 00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:17,185 OFFICER TONY MCCANN: Ooh! 580 00:34:17,316 --> 00:34:18,534 Nice shot. 581 00:34:18,665 --> 00:34:19,970 It takes a while to get the hang of it, 582 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:21,363 then you'll have it for the rest of your life. 583 00:34:21,494 --> 00:34:22,799 Like golf, only easier. 584 00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:24,801 Well, thanks for seeing me on such short notice. 585 00:34:24,932 --> 00:34:28,631 Well, boy, in my age all I got is short notice. 586 00:34:28,762 --> 00:34:32,287 Besides, I don't get too many visitors. 587 00:34:32,418 --> 00:34:34,289 Those who aren't dead are still too embarrassed 588 00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:36,465 to admit knowing me. 589 00:34:36,596 --> 00:34:38,989 You'd think after all these years they'd of forgotten. 590 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,426 Well, not likely. 591 00:34:40,556 --> 00:34:41,470 Hell, I even remember. 592 00:34:41,601 --> 00:34:42,732 Even made the news back east. 593 00:34:42,863 --> 00:34:45,083 Come on, you were just a baby then. 594 00:34:45,213 --> 00:34:46,432 Almost 8 years old. 595 00:34:46,562 --> 00:34:48,129 Hell, what did you know about hookers? 596 00:34:48,260 --> 00:34:51,263 Not much, but I knew a lot more after hearing about you 597 00:34:51,393 --> 00:34:53,961 and your pals in the city council. 598 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:57,269 I'll just bet you did. 599 00:34:57,399 --> 00:34:59,662 I don't know what people ask more, 600 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:01,621 that we were cavorting with call girls 601 00:35:01,751 --> 00:35:04,580 or doing it on city money? 602 00:35:04,711 --> 00:35:06,582 Probably the money. 603 00:35:06,713 --> 00:35:11,500 That was Watkins idea to charge it off to expenses. 604 00:35:11,631 --> 00:35:13,807 Damn, fool. 605 00:35:13,937 --> 00:35:16,679 He never had two dimes to rub together and all of a sudden, 606 00:35:16,810 --> 00:35:18,116 he couldn't spend it fast enough. 607 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:23,033 Nice shot! 608 00:35:26,602 --> 00:35:29,475 And this had to do with his murder? 609 00:35:29,605 --> 00:35:31,433 Uh, take a look at this. 610 00:35:36,046 --> 00:35:37,657 Oh, yeah. 611 00:35:37,787 --> 00:35:40,616 Yeah, this was the party group, sure. 612 00:35:40,747 --> 00:35:43,097 Oh, there's old Watkins. 613 00:35:43,228 --> 00:35:46,883 Wasn't much to look at, even then. 614 00:35:47,014 --> 00:35:48,189 Can't say is any of us were. 615 00:35:55,805 --> 00:35:57,807 Shallow boys are a lot like politics, 616 00:35:57,938 --> 00:35:59,548 best shot you can make not only scores 617 00:35:59,679 --> 00:36:03,335 your points, knocks your opposition on its keister, too. 618 00:36:03,465 --> 00:36:07,121 Mr. Sellers, do you remember the name of the reporter 619 00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:08,035 that broke that story? 620 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:14,389 Yeah, I wouldn't forget that one. 621 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,435 Croft. 622 00:36:16,565 --> 00:36:17,914 Mickey Croft. 623 00:36:18,045 --> 00:36:21,309 [music playing] 624 00:36:28,882 --> 00:36:30,710 How about him? 625 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,017 Officer McCann. 626 00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:35,976 You beg forgiveness for Mickey Croft? 627 00:36:36,106 --> 00:36:37,586 It's not my thing begging. 628 00:36:37,717 --> 00:36:40,067 I want it sometimes, but I never beg. 629 00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:41,460 Uh, may I? 630 00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:42,765 Help yourself. 631 00:36:42,896 --> 00:36:45,899 Not yours either, begging I mean. 632 00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:46,987 I'd like to think not. 633 00:36:47,117 --> 00:36:48,510 MAN: Get me some nails will ya? 634 00:36:48,641 --> 00:36:50,860 You used to be managing editor of the paper, here. 635 00:36:50,991 --> 00:36:52,601 Yeah. 636 00:36:52,732 --> 00:36:54,560 Mickey Croft hired you when she made network. 637 00:36:54,690 --> 00:36:56,388 It's called, loyalty. 638 00:36:56,518 --> 00:36:58,651 It's a very rare commodity in our profession. 639 00:37:02,698 --> 00:37:04,831 Hey, sleep on your own time. 640 00:37:04,961 --> 00:37:08,574 She, uh, she got her start with you. 641 00:37:08,704 --> 00:37:10,271 She sure did. 642 00:37:10,402 --> 00:37:14,319 She broke a story on some councilmen and some call girls. 643 00:37:14,449 --> 00:37:15,276 Broke her into the big time. 644 00:37:15,407 --> 00:37:17,496 She was just a kid then. 645 00:37:17,626 --> 00:37:19,193 21 years old. 646 00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:20,803 You know, I'm curious. 647 00:37:20,934 --> 00:37:22,544 I mean, that was a pretty big story. 648 00:37:22,675 --> 00:37:25,895 That's a pretty tricky thing for a new reporter, isn't it? 649 00:37:26,026 --> 00:37:28,376 She brought it in, she got to write it. 650 00:37:28,507 --> 00:37:32,206 Yeah, but that had to be one big time potential lawsuit. 651 00:37:32,337 --> 00:37:33,816 She had all the facts and they were solid-- 652 00:37:33,947 --> 00:37:35,862 names, dates, hotels. 653 00:37:35,992 --> 00:37:38,081 Yeah, but still, you would have had to put a lot of faith 654 00:37:38,212 --> 00:37:39,692 in her. 655 00:37:39,822 --> 00:37:41,302 I mean, what made you so sure that her information was 656 00:37:41,433 --> 00:37:42,216 reliable? 657 00:37:45,306 --> 00:37:47,003 You're not going to let this go are you? 658 00:37:47,134 --> 00:37:48,570 I can't. 659 00:37:48,701 --> 00:37:52,574 [music playing] 660 00:37:52,705 --> 00:37:53,532 Come on. 661 00:37:59,146 --> 00:38:02,497 [music playing] 662 00:38:14,117 --> 00:38:16,468 Frank called and told me. 663 00:38:16,598 --> 00:38:18,818 I wasn't sure whether it'd be you or the police. 664 00:38:18,948 --> 00:38:20,210 I thought we should talk first. 665 00:38:23,213 --> 00:38:23,997 Thank you. 666 00:38:33,093 --> 00:38:34,137 Something for you? 667 00:38:34,268 --> 00:38:36,009 Uh, soda if you got it. 668 00:38:36,139 --> 00:38:37,402 I've got it. 669 00:38:43,712 --> 00:38:45,497 Does this mean you're on duty, officer? 670 00:38:45,627 --> 00:38:48,717 That's what it means. 671 00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:51,111 You are good at your job aren't you? 672 00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:52,025 Afraid so. 673 00:38:55,115 --> 00:38:58,031 How much do you know and how much is guesswork? 674 00:38:58,161 --> 00:38:59,989 Mostly I know. 675 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,601 How you are making your living back then, how you knew Watkins 676 00:39:02,731 --> 00:39:03,906 and the other councilman. 677 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,563 And your guess is? 678 00:39:08,694 --> 00:39:11,349 You wanted to become a reporter. 679 00:39:11,479 --> 00:39:14,482 You saw a chance to break a big story and you took it. 680 00:39:14,613 --> 00:39:16,354 It's not that simple. 681 00:39:16,484 --> 00:39:17,616 Hardly ever is. 682 00:39:26,538 --> 00:39:29,802 Back then we were just hanging on. 683 00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:34,328 Sharon was two and it didn't seem like I was much older. 684 00:39:34,459 --> 00:39:35,851 But I knew if we could just hold out 685 00:39:35,982 --> 00:39:39,028 that I was going to make it. 686 00:39:39,159 --> 00:39:40,813 Then Frank told me there were going 687 00:39:40,943 --> 00:39:46,079 to be cuts at the newspaper and I was at the top of the list. 688 00:39:46,209 --> 00:39:49,822 All that could protect me was coming up with a story, 689 00:39:49,952 --> 00:39:56,045 a significant piece was how he put it. 690 00:39:56,176 --> 00:39:58,483 It was significant all right. 691 00:39:58,613 --> 00:40:00,746 Yeah, launched your career. 692 00:40:00,876 --> 00:40:02,704 Oh, yeah. 693 00:40:02,835 --> 00:40:06,534 Jumped me out of the hotel room and into the city room. 694 00:40:06,665 --> 00:40:09,711 Everything I ever hoped for. 695 00:40:09,842 --> 00:40:13,106 Nobody ever figured it out until Watkins 696 00:40:13,236 --> 00:40:14,586 read that article about you becoming 697 00:40:14,716 --> 00:40:16,762 the new local TV anchor. 698 00:40:16,892 --> 00:40:20,505 Realized who broke that story all those years ago. 699 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:25,727 He came to me, threatened to expose what I've done. 700 00:40:25,858 --> 00:40:28,513 And I knew once he started to bleed me it would never end. 701 00:40:32,647 --> 00:40:35,607 So I went to his apartment, I took a paperweight, 702 00:40:35,737 --> 00:40:36,477 and I killed him. 703 00:40:44,093 --> 00:40:45,443 OK? 704 00:40:45,573 --> 00:40:47,009 No. 705 00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:48,533 No, I had the lab lift the prints 706 00:40:48,663 --> 00:40:50,230 off the photo you gave me. 707 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:51,753 They weren't on the murder weapon. 708 00:40:51,884 --> 00:40:53,363 So I wiped it clean. 709 00:40:53,494 --> 00:40:54,756 I don't think so. 710 00:40:54,887 --> 00:40:57,498 SHARON: It's all right, Mom. 711 00:40:57,629 --> 00:40:58,412 He knows. 712 00:41:01,154 --> 00:41:03,809 No, I'm guessing. 713 00:41:03,939 --> 00:41:05,463 Based on what? 714 00:41:05,593 --> 00:41:09,031 Based on Sharon's leather jacket at Watkins apartment. 715 00:41:09,162 --> 00:41:11,251 Maybe I wore it there. 716 00:41:11,381 --> 00:41:14,776 Maybe, but I don't figure you'd pay him blackmail. 717 00:41:14,907 --> 00:41:16,038 You're too strong for that. 718 00:41:16,169 --> 00:41:19,912 I already told you I didn't pay. 719 00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:23,437 Here's what I think happened. 720 00:41:23,568 --> 00:41:27,659 Watkins came to your mother and she turned him down cold. 721 00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:28,703 Then he went to your school-- 722 00:41:28,834 --> 00:41:30,139 Right. 723 00:41:30,270 --> 00:41:31,837 She's got a lot of money to give a blackmailer. 724 00:41:31,967 --> 00:41:34,535 --to put pressure on your mother through you. 725 00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:37,669 How did he get you his apartment? 726 00:41:37,799 --> 00:41:40,062 He said he was an old friend of mom's. 727 00:41:40,193 --> 00:41:41,499 Don't say anything. 728 00:41:41,629 --> 00:41:45,328 He knew enough about her that I believed him. 729 00:41:45,459 --> 00:41:47,200 When I got there, he showed me pictures of mom 730 00:41:47,330 --> 00:41:49,332 and that group of people. 731 00:41:49,463 --> 00:41:50,551 He said they used to party together. 732 00:41:53,641 --> 00:41:55,382 Then he started saying things about what he and mom 733 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:59,691 used to do, awful things. 734 00:41:59,821 --> 00:42:02,215 And I didn't want to hear them. 735 00:42:02,345 --> 00:42:03,303 So I started to leave. 736 00:42:03,433 --> 00:42:06,175 No! 737 00:42:06,306 --> 00:42:11,180 And then he grabbed me, and he started to touch me. 738 00:42:11,311 --> 00:42:14,227 So I picked something up and I hit him. 739 00:42:14,357 --> 00:42:16,229 And there was blood everywhere and I ran. 740 00:42:20,842 --> 00:42:22,757 You realize when I get her to retract 741 00:42:22,888 --> 00:42:24,498 what she just said there's no prosecutor that 742 00:42:24,629 --> 00:42:27,632 will take this case. - Probably not. 743 00:42:27,762 --> 00:42:29,938 Then what's the point? 744 00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:31,723 Why are you here? 745 00:42:31,853 --> 00:42:34,029 You know what it's like to live with secrets. 746 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:35,988 You want to carry that around with her 747 00:42:36,118 --> 00:42:37,337 for the rest of her life? 748 00:42:37,467 --> 00:42:39,818 The point, McCann? 749 00:42:39,948 --> 00:42:41,689 I think she should turn herself in. 750 00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:44,257 I think she should tell the truth. 751 00:42:44,387 --> 00:42:46,085 What truth? 752 00:42:46,215 --> 00:42:48,696 That Watkins tried to hurt her to get back at you 753 00:42:48,827 --> 00:42:51,394 for something you wrote years ago. 754 00:42:51,525 --> 00:42:55,137 In her panic, Sharon killed him. 755 00:42:55,268 --> 00:42:57,183 That's all? 756 00:42:57,313 --> 00:42:59,011 It's all the truth the police will need. 757 00:43:02,144 --> 00:43:04,843 Then you are not going to tell them anything more? 758 00:43:09,848 --> 00:43:13,591 It's not my concern. 759 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:16,594 It's not even my case. 760 00:43:16,724 --> 00:43:18,030 It's up to you. 761 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:23,949 [music playing] 762 00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:26,255 CAPTAIN FULLER: Police Lieutenant Carl Donnelly, 763 00:43:26,386 --> 00:43:28,083 said it was his-- 764 00:43:28,214 --> 00:43:31,609 his department's reputation for tenacity 765 00:43:31,739 --> 00:43:35,134 that convinced the Crofts their only course of action 766 00:43:35,264 --> 00:43:36,309 was to come forward. 767 00:43:36,439 --> 00:43:37,919 Yeah, well, that's what downtown 768 00:43:38,050 --> 00:43:40,008 is known for all right. 769 00:43:40,139 --> 00:43:42,358 The kid going to be OK? 770 00:43:42,489 --> 00:43:45,318 Assistant DA I talked to said they cut a deal-- 771 00:43:45,448 --> 00:43:46,667 involuntary manslaughter. 772 00:43:46,798 --> 00:43:48,321 Probably a suspended sentence. 773 00:43:48,451 --> 00:43:51,193 No, that's not what I meant. 774 00:43:51,324 --> 00:43:53,456 Look, you got a mother and a daughter 775 00:43:53,587 --> 00:43:55,545 fighting over who's going to take the rap for one another. 776 00:43:55,676 --> 00:43:58,070 I'd say they're in pretty good shape. 777 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:02,509 I wouldn't mind having someone like that in my corner. 778 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,252 Yeah, well, maybe someday. 779 00:44:10,256 --> 00:44:14,086 Yeah, maybe. 780 00:44:14,216 --> 00:44:18,003 [music playing]