LOUDSPEAKER: Manager to checkstand five, please.
Manager to checkstand five.
Price check, checkstand two, on romaine lettuce, please.
Price check, check stand two, romaine lettuce.
You know, a lot of this stuff you've got in your cart
could kill you.
Now, see, balance, that's what I have in my cart--
balance.
17-year-old, that's what I have in my house,
a 17-year-old boy.
Ah, oh, OK.
In that case, you might be just a little bit
light on your ding dongs.
My ding dongs are fine.
Yes, they are. Adam.
Adam Fuller.
Adrienne Wallace.
Why is it that I always seem to get in the line that
takes the longest?
You know what bugs me the most?
The people with those coupons.
Actually, I saved eight bucks last week.
Patience can be a virtue.
I'm very patient.
I'm just double parked.
Well, that's against the law.
Arrest me.
Okie dokie.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can be held against you--
CASHIER: That'll be $42.50, please.
It's nice meeting Mr. Fuller.
We'll have to meet again here sometime.
It was very nice meeting you, Mrs. Wallace.
Miss Wallace.
That was the question, wasn't it?
CASHIER: How many coupons do you have here?
No, no, no, no.
Never mind these coupons.
Just total this stuff up for me, huh?
ADRIENNE WALLACE: Oh, no.
No.
Hey, that's my car.
Need a lift?
[music playing]
[MUSIC, HOLLY ROBINSON, "21 JUMP STREET"]
[SINGING] We never thought we'd find a place where we belong.
Don't have to stand alone.
We'll never let you fall.
Don't need permission to decide what you believe.
Oh.
I said jump down on Jump Street.
Jump down on Jump Street.
You're friends will be there when your back is to the wall.
You'll find you'll need us 'cause
there's no one else to call.
When it was hopeless a decision is what you need.
You gotta be ready to-- be ready to jump.
21 Jump Street.
JOEY PENHALL: Well, these guys do nice work.
ANTHONY "MAC" MCCANN: Whatever happened to the toilet
papering the front lawn?
And that's the fourth house in two weeks vandalized like that
all in the same neighborhood.
ANTHONY "MAC" MCCANN: Aren't there a lot of elderly people
living down there, Captain?
All the houses damaged so far are owned
by people over the age of 70.
What do we got here, some kind of new punk sport?
ADAM FULLER: Hey, I don't know.
[squad room chatter]
Those were found at the Rosenberg house last night.
Initials C.H.
Yeah, Carver High.
Belongs to the metal shop at the school.
They code all their equipment.
Now, two, maybe three kids were seen running from the Rosenberg
house last night.
One of them had a Letterman's jacket on.
So we got to figure that our-- our suspects
are probably students at Carver.
Mac, I need you to check out the neighborhood.
You know, see if anybody had a curtain pulled.
Maybe somebody spotted something.
You know.
Joey, as for you, I think I need my birthday
gift early this year.
Excuse me?
A tool box, a nice, new metal tool box.
A tool box.
ADAM FULLER: Mm-hm. - Metal shop.
Yes, sir.
No.
Don't do this to me.
I hate shop classes.
I'm no good with my hands.
I'm more of a cerebral person.
I d-- I like to brood.
I'm good at brooding.
You want your ah initials on that toolbox?
That would be very nice.
You can find me in homeroom.
Oh, this is a nice suit, Captain.
ADAM FULLER: Thank you.
No, thi-- this is really nice.
Look, it's-- it's-- it's wool.
Is there something on your mind, McCann?
N-- no, it's just, you know, I see how careful you're being
with this suit here.
And I'm thinkin', you know, maybe there's a lady.
I'd like her to see that suit while it still looks good.
Put that down.
Oh, sorry.
Um, so tell me, you know, where did you meet her?
Hoffs tell you to busy body me while she was on vacation?
No, ah, I just, you know, I figure since we're talkin'--
No, no, no.
We're not talkin', supermarket.
I met her at the supermarket.
Really?
Listen to this.
One time I was in the laundromat, right,
and I met this girl.
And I was helping her bring her clothes out to her car, right?
She's got one of those cars where the seats go--
[whistle]
--all the way back.
But anyway, I found myself sitting in the back seat
with her, right?
Kind of-- kind of straddling the front seat. 'Cause when--
Mac, not the same situation, you read?
Of course not.
It never is, sir.
Hm-mm.
She had her car towed.
I took her to get it. We had coffee.
We're going out tonight.
Now, why don't you get outta here
before I decide that you should do all of Hoffs paperwork
while she's gone.
[sirens]
I'm gone.
Captain?
Yes, McCann?
Have a nice time tonight.
[sirens]
[heavy machinery]
What are you doin', man?
It's a good question.
You gotta to be careful with this stuff, man.
You probably do.
Name's Kyle. - Yeah?
Well, it was almost Lefty.
Bob Searle.
It's pretty good.
Is that yours?
How long did that take ya?
BOBBY: A couple of weeks.
That's all?
Yeah.
I worked on it at home too.
They never give you enough time to do it here.
DAVEY: Bobby, what time is it?
It's 2:20 already.
Oh, and I haven't done Jack since yesterday.
Charles, give me your hammer, man.
I gotta finish this.
Forget you.
Come on, man.
Let me use it.
I left mine at home.
That's your problem.
Nice guy.
So they let you take this stuff home, huh?
Don't tell anybody, just do it.
Hey, Charles, I got your hammer.
[drill running]
I said no.
Come on, Charles.
[fighting]
BOBBY: Come on, Davey, get him.
[students yelling]
Enough.
Give him a break, Charles.
All right, let me get the hammer away from him.
Use the hammer.
TEACHER: You two get over there.
Come on.
TEACHER: What's going on?
Nothin', man, everything's cool.
You all right?
Next time, you all get five points shaved off you're final.
No exceptions.
[class chatter]
STUDENT: OK, let's get back to work.
Guess the lesson for today is ah never
leave your hammer at home, huh?
[drills running]
[dogs barking]
MRS. DIXON: You don't look old enough to be a policeman.
ANTHONY "MAC" MCCANN: Well, that's
why I work undercover, ma'am.
I work with teenagers.
These kids that hit the Rosenberg house, ah
did you hear anything?
Oh.
I don't hear so well anymore.
Well, I know this is a long shot.
But did you see anything?
I saw those three thugs running away from her house.
You saw them.
Did you know them?
They're the ones that keep coming
around pushing us for money.
And when they don't get it, they take something else.
They're pressuring you for money?
The whole neighborhood.
They took my wicker chair last week 'cause
I didn't give them any cash.
Right off that very porch.
Well, I hope you reported the chair stolen.
I phoned 9-1-1.
Ah, Mrs. Dixon 9-1-1 is supposed to be
used for emergencies only.
I am 75 years old.
Some punk takes my wicker chair off my porch,
that is an emergency.
Wait till you get old.
I'm sorry.
Ah, can you tell me any of their names?
I don't know any names.
Ah, Mrs. Dixon, I'm going to need to talk to you again soon.
In the meantime, I have to walk out
there and get my morning paper.
They'll be back.
So will I. I promise.
[soft music]
Am I a good editor?
I think so.
What about you?
Are you a dedicated public servant?
Well, I work hard.
I worked hard today.
And I arrested some riffraff, let some riffraff go,
barked at a few people, kept the streets safe.
Have you always wanted to be a cop?
Well, let's just say that um I was never really interested
in doing anything else.
[music playing]
Hello?
You cruisin'?
You won't find anyone better than me.
And I'm not trying to.
Well, why are looking all over the room?
You've been doing it since we got here.
It's a habit.
No cop can leave the job at the office.
I know the story.
Phone calls at night, in the morning, on weekends.
My ex, he's a lawyer.
Ah, still friends or enemies?
A little bit of both.
He lives in Atlanta now, calls to talk to Charles.
It's never really easy on the kids, is it?
I want to warn you that Charles
has never taken to anyone that I've gone out with.
Oh, well, obviously you're going out with the wrong men.
[music playing]
[crickets chirping]
Mm, tonight has been very nice.
Nice?
What kind of word is nice?
I had a terrific time tonight.
OK, that makes two of us.
And it is freezin' out here.
Not tonight, Adam.
We're not going in?
Wait a minute, wait a minute, see, when I say the word
freezin', that always works.
I mean, I'm usually right in the door.
One of my smoother moves, see watch.
It's freezing out here.
You're with me now.
You better rethink all your moves.
You'll fall.
Time to come in, mother.
Charles, this is Adam Fuller.
Charles.
It's a school night.
[crickets chirping]
Well, I guess I should go.
CHARLES: Uh-huh, you should.
Charles Winston Wallace.
It's OK.
Good night.
[soft music]
Mac, your Miss Dixon, she isn't missin' a watch is she?
Why?
One of the guys in my metal shop had one, old fashioned.
Me, I don't think he got it at the mall.
ADAM FULLER: Anything else?
Not much.
Broke up a fight in class yesterday.
Guy with attitude.
Wore a letterman's jacket.
What sport?
JOEY PENHALL: Football.
All right, listen, why don't you
get a team photo from the school,
show it to your Mrs. Dixon.
Might help her remember someone.
I got a conference call, guys.
Listen, you two keep me posted, all right?
You got it.
No problem, Captain.
He had the date last night?
Last night, yeah.
So do you think the-- the captain got lucky?
I don't know.
You know, that suit looked like he meant business.
No, sex never happens when you're buffed.
It only happens when you least expect it.
Yeah, yeah, like somebody else's wedding, right?
Right, or a-- or a law enforcement seminar.
Or at a laundromat.
Exactly.
The laundromat?
It could happen.
Excuse me.
I'm looking for Adam Fuller.
Right over there.
I bet she could tell us about last night.
[knocking]
ADAM FULLER: Come in.
Hi.
So this is the office.
Yeah, this is the office.
And this is the phone.
ADRIENNE WALLACE: And I could have used it.
But I wanted to see you.
I feel like I'm in high school again.
I feel so stupid.
Hey, I've been thinking about you
ever since I left the house.
Well, that's a relief.
I want to apologize for Charles' behavior.
Hey, hey, hey, that is OK.
It was time to leave anyway.
How about a fresh start?
All right.
I hold no grudges.
Dinner tonight at my place, Charles, you, and me,
round two. I'll cook.
Ah, no, no, no, no, no, see I saw
what was in your grocery cart.
I'll do the cooking.
We'll eat healthy.
Be a good change for you.
Deal?
Deal.
[knocking]
Mrs. Dixon, it's Officer McCann.
[dogs barking]
Mrs. Dixon?
[birds chirping]
[suspenseful music]
MRS. DIXON: They broke my mirror.
30 years I had that mirror.
Mrs. Dixon, here let me help you here.
No, don't touch me.
I'll call the police, I will.
It's OK.
I am the police, remember?
It's OK.
They broke my mirror.
ANTHONY "MAC" MCCANN: I might be able to get
a clean print off of this.
All right?
OK, let me take a look at the arm here.
OK.
We're going to have to have someone look at this, OK?
Ah, my-- my niece is coming.
She'll take me to her doctor.
Let's see if we can get you up.
Come on.
Take it easy, nice and slow.
Nice and slow.
That's it.
Mrs. Dixon, who did this to you?
The same kids?
I-- I--
I couldn't call 9-1-1.
It happened too fast.
I--I was in the kitchen.
And it happened so fast.
I--
It's OK.
Take it easy.
Mrs. Dixon, I want you to take a look at this photograph for me.
No more.
No, I'm through here.
Let the real estate agents take it.
If you recognize one of the kids in these photographs
here--
And then they follow me to my niece's?
No.
OK.
No, I--
I want peace.
I want to feel safe again.
Please.
OK, it's all right.
It's OK.
Please, I--
I don't want anymore trouble.
OK.
It's OK.
[sobbing]
You want the truth.
It sucks.
Thanks.
Thanks a lot.
What's your project?
I'm makin' a CD holder for my dad's place in Atlanta.
Your dad lives in Atlanta?
What, do you live with your mom?
Woo hoo.
Ha.
Late again.
Better late than smokin' in the boys room,
though, huh, Mr. Coop?
Later.
Time off to visit your brother?
Yeah, I know Hoffs is on leave, but--
Hey, no problema.
She'll be back.
Take your vacation.
Thank you, captain.
Right after we wrap this case.
Thank you, captain.
[whistle]
Captain, wow, is all this stuff for ah your dinner
tonight?
Linguine Primavera.
And I don't intend to be late for this lady.
So fill me in.
And did you get a photo for Mrs. Dixon to look at?
Ah, Captain, Mrs. Dixon got roughed up last night.
Ah, she got a bad gash on her arm.
She had some things broken in her house.
Was she able to identify the guys?
ANTHONY "MAC" MCCANN: She wouldn't talk.
Well, was anything missin', any money?
She was all shook up, Captain.
She didn't say anything.
Hey one of the guys was flashing a lot of money in shop
today. Maybe there's a connection.
And the guy he was fightin' with yesterday, Charles,
they look like buds today.
As a matter of fact, it looked like old Charles was
getting his cut of some deal.
Charles?
JOEY PENHALL: Kid in the letterman's
jacket, Charles Wallace.
[phone rings]
Are you sure about that name, Wallace?
Yeah, Captain, what's going on?
Um, I don't know.
Maybe nothing.
I'll let you know when I know. [phone rings]
ANTHONY "MAC" MCCANN: Wait a minute, Captain, you know,
if this has anything to do with the case,
you always tell us to pool our information.
So--
And when I have some definitive facts, I will.
Good enough?
Oof, a little edgy today.
Wow.
Did I say something wrong?
I mean--
Yes.
But I don't know what.
[music playing]
[tinkling on glass]
To the chef.
Oh, yes.
That meal was not bad.
Not bad? Come on.
Come on, Charles.
You helped with the vegetables.
You going to stick up for us or what?
I've had worse.
- Oh, come on, man. - It was good.
OK.
I may even take some to school for lunch tomorrow.
It's better than that mystery meat they serve.
Where do you go?
- Carver. - Mm.
ADRIENNE WALLACE: Starting fullback for the football team.
All right.
I Played a little ball myself, quarterback.
Yeah?
You and I should maybe go out and throw
the ball around some, huh?
CHARLES: Maybe.
All right, how about ah, Saturday, Saturday morning.
OK.
All right.
I guess so.
Look, can I go now?
You mean you don't want to stay here with Adam and me
and watch TV?
Something like that.
All right, take off.
Not too late tonight.
OK.
Hey, pick you up early Saturday?
CHARLES: Yeah.
[piano music]
So, when you told Charles not too
late, just how late is late?
12:00, 12:30.
Ooh, 12:00, 12:30.
Mm.
[piano music]
[crickets chirping]
ADRIENNE WALLACE: It's been a long time.
ADAM FULLER: For me too.
You know, when I got divorced, I thought it was going to be
Charles and me for a long time, after he graduated
college or had his first baby.
Then you showed up.
At the dinner table tonight, you felt so right.
[soft music]
You felt right a lot of places tonight.
So why do I feel like we're both out of joint here?
Don't wanna blow a good thing.
Good thing.
You know, when I was a star of my high school football team,
I thought life was going to be just
one good thing after another.
But good things are rare.
We are.
[soft music]
So how are we going to do this, huh?
Well, we start with you getting out
of bed before my son gets here. - What?
What? What?
OK, OK, OK, I'm going.
I'm going.
Oh.
What are you grinning at?
Oh, I was just thinkin'.
I would have liked to have seen you way back in high school.
Well, that wasn't so long ago.
[crickets chirping]
ADAM FULLER: My jacket?
Ah, in the front closet.
Mm.
JOEY PENHALL: Would you get me a glass of water?
ADAM FULLER: Yes.
Oh.
[crickets chirping]
[soft music]
[ominous music]
ADRIENNE WALLACE: Adam, you OK?
Yeah.
It's got blood on it.
Ah, yeah, I found it in the bottom here.
It must have happened after practice.
Right.
ADRIENNE WALLACE: That boy of mine.
I've told him about roughhousing.
Just put it back in the closet.
I'll send it to the cleaners.
I'll get your keys.
[suspenseful music]
Doug Williams, get worried.
Oh.
First down? - Field goal position.
Oh, man.
Mm.
How about some wind sprints, huh?
If you think that us playing ball
is gonna make it OK for you to see my mom, you're trippin'.
Hey, I really like your mom, Charles.
Yeah.
So's my dad.
Hey, listen, I don't want to take your dad's place.
Good, 'cause you can't.
Mm.
[running steps]
Whoa.
Ah, oh.
Woo.
So, you guys got a pretty good team this year?
We're OK.
You know, I didn't play my ball until my senior year.
That's when I got my letter.
I got mine last year.
Ah, I haven't seen you wearin' your letterman's jacket.
Got one.
What, it's not cool to wear one these days, huh?
It's cool.
Mine's dirty.
Dirty?
Yeah, what's with all the questions
about a stupid jacket?
Oh, hey, no big deal.
Mom said you were a cop.
You doin' something here.
You checkin' me out?
Oh, hey, I'm not checkin' anybody out, Charles.
Right. I'm ready to go.
[traffic noise]
[kid's chatter]
JOEY PENHALL: I thought cops were
supposed to be in good shape.
There's nothing wrong with my shape.
I just probably won't be starting for the 49ers
next year.
Done.
No, no, no, no, no, more, more, more, more, more,
more, more, more more, more.
Hm.
Charles gave it to me.
Just because.
It wasn't even Mother's Day.
This is very nice.
Looks pretty expensive.
It's sterling silver.
He's been saving up.
Oh, he's got a job?
He works around the neighborhood,
helps out some of folks.
He must do very well.
You know, but most kids can't earn this kind of money.
We're not talking about most kids.
We're talking about my son.
Are you going on a case?
[birds chirping]
Yes.
Is Charles a suspect?
Everyone at Charles' school is a suspect.
[birds chirping]
[intense music]
Oh.
Well, where do we go from here?
I don't know.
Maybe we shouldn't see each other until this is all over?
Yeah, maybe that's best.
[intense music]
Ah, you probably shouldn't say anything to Charles
about the investigation either.
Keep secrets from my son?
You're saying the only thing missing from Mrs. Dixon's house
is a locket?
Yeah, her niece took an inventory,
one sterling silver locket.
Oh, man.
The lab came through with the fingerprints.
Matched that of a juvie arrested last year.
It gets better.
The juvie is the kid from my metal shop.
His name is--
Charles Wallace.
Is this a good day or what?
We have a prime suspect.
And I get to go on vacation.
Damn.
What'd we miss?
Charles Wallace is Adrienne's son.
The lady you've been seein'?
And he gave his mom a silver locket this weekend.
Oh, ouch.
ADAM FULLER: What was I holdin' back?
I found his letterman's jacket in the closet the other night.
It had blood on it.
He could have got that from-- from the fight in metal shop.
Or from rousting Grace Dixon's.
Ah, he couldn't have done it all by himself, Captain.
Ah, what about the other guys he hangs with?
We don't-- we don't have enough on them,
either of them, to do jack.
Listen, they're bound to act again.
I want you to stay real close to these guys.
Be their shadow.
I want them too.
Ah, Captain, ah, look, there's still one more thing
we have to do unless you think we don't have
enough on this Wallace kid.
Fingerprint, locket, jacket.
I think we've got more than enough.
You ah want me to come along?
No.
But thanks anyway, Mac.
Yeah.
[squad room chatter]
I'm not sure you'd like anybody I was seeing.
Well, I definitely don't like this guy, 20 questions,
you know?
Look, I don't know what's gonna happen with me
and Adam down the road.
But if we do start seeing each other again,
I'd like for you to try to accept it.
What, you two chillin' 'cause of me?
No.
Mom, you wanna see the man when the time is right,
see the man.
[doorbell]
Adam, what are you doing here?
I'm sorry, Adrienne, but I'm here in an official capacity.
What?
Charles, I need you to come with me.
I'm not going anywhere with you.
You have no choice, Charles.
You're under arrest.
You can't just take my boy.
Leave him alone.
Adrienne, listen, get him an attorney,
OK, a very good attorney.
[soft intense music]
[sirens]
Charles, your fingerprint was found in Grace Dixon's house.
That's 'cause I've been there.
I work for her sometimes.
You work for her.
Mow the lawn, clean up, help her out.
What happen? She get hurt?
Yes.
Do you know who hurt her?
Wasn't me, that's all I know.
Your mother's locket.
CHARLES: Mrs. Dixon gave it to me for cleaning out her attic.
This isn't about the locket.
No fingerprint.
I don't like you.
And you're afraid I might mess up
things between you and my mom.
I found your letterman's jacket the other night.
It had blood on it.
I got in--
I got into a fight.
Mom doesn't like me to fight.
So I hid it.
You don't buy any of this, do you?
ADAM FULLER: I don't know, Charles.
But everything you've said to me will be checked out,
same police work that got you in here
can just as easily get you out.
Cop talk.
Me, I'm holding my breath.
[phone rings]
Captain, I--
I got some news, which can wait.
Ah, she's in your office, Captain.
Think we should hold off on that wedding present?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
[phone rings]
You can take him home now.
I'm placing him in your custody.
But I have to warn you, he may be back.
You know you didn't play fair.
You were conducting your own investigation in my house,
in my house.
Adrienne, Charles would have been arrested
whether I knew you or not.
The hell, Charles is innocent.
You never told me about his record.
Record?
He was upset about the divorce and broke a few windows
in the neighborhood.
Well, I have to take that stuff into consideration.
What about me?
What about the kind of woman I am, the kind of son
I would raise.
Did you take that into consideration?
Yes.
Adrienne, no police officer can ignore the facts.
Then you won't ignore the fact that I'm going to get my son.
[door slams]
[knocking]
Ahem, you OK, Captain?
I suppose the whole chapel heard us.
She did crank up the decibels.
Yeah, well maybe she's right, you know.
You know, I get on a case. I want it solved.
I want it finished.
It-- sometimes I miss things.
Captain, I don't think you had any other choice
but to arrest her son.
You did all you could do at the time.
Something tells me times have changed.
Bobby and Davey borrowed some tools from class today.
I'd say they were a little bit low on funds.
We figure they're gonna go out and scare
some old people tonight.
Investigation is still open, isn't it, Captain?
[phone rings]
You in?
Let's do it.
[suspenseful music]
[dogs barking]
[suspenseful music]
Well, looks like they're waitin' for somethin', Captain.
Yeah, it looks like that's something is a someone.
[suspenseful music]
[beating on door]
Hey Gramps.
All right, listen guys, if they
go inside or start to do anything to the outside,
we move.
[angry voices] - Let us in.
No.
Let's move.
[suspenseful music]
Watch your mouth old man.
We'll just give it a look.
It's open.
High, low.
Ready?
Go.
[door crashes]
Police.
Don't you move.
ADAM FULLER: All right, get up against the wall.
You heard me.
Come on, grab some wall.
It's OK.
It's safe.
You're gonna be OK now.
Your partner, where is he?
What partner?
[furniture being overturned]
Take care of these jerks. I'll get him.
Yes, sir.
Don't move. - Charles?
Don't do this, Charles.
It's only gonna make it worse for ya.
All right, listen Charles.
I screwed up things.
I admit that, huh?
I should've told you and your mom the second I knew we were
going to be in your school.
We make mistakes, Charles, OK?
You're young, man.
You can right your mistakes.
You can get on the right track.
Charles?
[garbage crashing]
[intense music]
Yeah, well, cops make mistakes too, Charles.
I made one.
I'm sorry.
That make you feel better.
Matter of fact.
I told you I didn't do it.
That should have been good enough.
I'm sorry it wasn't.
I got to ask you one last thing.
When you took money from those guys in class--
Bet on the Holyfield fight.
I won.
It wasn't some split of any take.
You gonna arrest me for betting now?
Touche.
I got ball practice.
ADRIENNE WALLACE: Hi honey.
CHARLES: Hey mom.
[kid's chatter]
Hi.
I ah-- I wanted to apologize in person.
You didn't have to do that.
Is my apology gonna hold any weight with you?
I know this may not be the time, and I don't
know how we're gonna do it.
But I want to sit at your table.
And I want to sleep in your bed, no, our bed.
Settling down with the man who arrested my son
doesn't seem like the right move.
Oh, yeah, well, that's understandable.
You're a good woman Adrienne Wallace.
And you're a good man.
Unfortunately, your a better cop.
Yeah, well.
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[SINGING] Jump.
Jump.
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