You once said, talking about your childhood,
"I grew up with seriousness all around me."
Yeah. My parents were very, very strict.
He thinks I put up 100,000 to watch it go down the toilet?
He doesn't care about your money.
I want him to know it's every cent I've got.
It represents pocket change. I can't get hit harder.
Does he know what this can do to me and Karen?
I know you're out there. - I know you know it, but does he know it?
- Michael... - Listen, Roger, that does it.
Sounds good. Fax it to me. I'll look at it, talk to you tomorrow.
- Sorry, I tried to keep it quiet. - I heard a noise from downstairs.
Didn't you hear it?
No. I was crankin' on the phone with Roger.
It's probably the wind, Fuzzface here. Why does he hate me?
If you paid more attention to him, he'd like you better.
If I fed him goodies like you do.
I think you're jealous of Tiny.
Of course I am. He gets to sleep with you a lot more than I do.
Is that...
I'll go down.
Maybe we should call the police.
No, that's OK.
I'll just check it out.
Don't worry. If it's anything serious,
I'll come back for my driver.
Michael, is everything all right?
There's somebody in the house.
Call the police.
Michael!
No!
Stop it.
Stop!
Stop, motherfucker!
Back off.
Back off!
OK.
Drop it! Drop it!
Drop it.
Drop it!
Just take anything you want, all right?
You can have my watch.
I don't want that goddamn watch.
Please don't hurt her.
I'll give you anything you want.
Karen!
Police, sir.
Hi. Come on in, guys.
Hi. I'm Officer Cole.
This is my partner Officer Davis.
Mike, how are you?
What happened to your foot?
I knocked a beer bottle down in the kitchen.
I stepped in it. It's nothing, really.
So, Mr. Carr, can you tell us what happened?
Yeah. We were... we were upstairs in my office,
my wife and I,
and we heard a noise.
This is my wife Karen.
Thanks for coming so quickly.
What happened after you heard the noise?
Michael went down, and I...
I- I heard another noise.
I went down, and...
It's OK, Mrs. Carr.
Just take your time.
Well, this man jumped out of the closet,
and he and Michael fought.
It wasn't much of a fight, really.
I just grabbed his leg.
He was trying to get away.
Got out in the kitchen.
He got ahold of Karen and went out back.
He put a knife to her throat.
You OK?
Yes.
You need a doctor?
No.
You sure?
Yeah, thanks.
Tiny.
Tiny?
Come here, Tiny.
Not a very good watch cat, are you, Tiny?
He's useless.
Well, I guess he likes policemen.
We'll have someone over in the morning to dust for prints.
Try and not disturb too much.
We've had several break-ins in this area lately.
We're pretty sure it's the same guy.
On this street?
In this general area, but we'll get him.
Wouldn't mind being there for that.
Does anybody want coffee?
Yes. I never turn down coffee.
Watch...
Watch the glass.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
If this guy's been doing this around here,
is there any chance he's going to come back?
We were told this was a safe neighborhood.
All things considered, Mrs. Carr,
this is a safe neighborhood.
Mr. Carr probably scared the hell out of the guy,
so he won't come back.
I'm getting a gun.
What?
I'm getting a gun.
No guns in this house.
Maybe she'll listen to you guys.
Don't get a gun.
You can say that. You've got one.
And I'm trained to use it.
I've done some shooting.
At targets.
Not people.
Look, take our advice.
Get an alarm.
Get a dog. Forget about guns.
The wrong people always get hurt.
Nice people.
Hey, I know what you're thinking.
What am I thinking, Roy?
I'm never going to be able to sleep.
Me, either.
I thought he...
When he grabbed me, I thought...
It's all right.
I don't think I can stay here, Michael.
It's just so weird.
We'll get some things together
and go to a hotel.
No. I mean I don't think I can live here anymore.
I think we should sell the house.
Wait. You love this house.
I know, but we really don't need this.
Slow down.
Michael,
we're in way over our heads.
We can barely afford this place.
Don't get carried away.
Know what we're going to do?
We're going to take that cop's advice.
Tomorrow morning I'll make a few phone calls.
We'll get the best security system known to man, all right?
If that doesn't do it, we'll just... we'll...
We'll get a killer watchdog.
I mean, a vicious...
pit bull...
with fangs...
with a studded collar.
Come on, honey.
We'll be all right.
Come on.
You chased him around with a fucking putter?
You're a hero.
Dirty Harry and Arnold Palmer
all wrapped into one, that's me.
Sounds pretty intense.
With me, boom. Heart attack. Done.
You did OK. You guys all right?
Yeah. Well, Karen's upset.
Shit. Here he comes.
We have to kiss him?
Gentlemen.
I read your prospectus. Demographics look good.
Well, I'll tell you, Jerry.
I'm not a big believer in demographics.
It's a lawyer's tool.
No offense, Roger.
None taken.
Quite an amazing place.
The potential here's fantastic?
I've learned to go with my instincts.
The one time I used demographics,
I went belly up.
That wasn't Denver, was it?
He's done his homework.
You weren't the only one.
I put a lot of my clients' money there.
All those buildings are still empty.
That won't happen here.
This downtown area has undergone
some amazing revitalization.
Those new buildings over the last 10 years?
All filled with people,
all within shouting distance of this place here.
OK. Here's what I want to do,
what worked the other three times.
Put on a backers' party...
It's mine.
Hello.
Hi. It's me.
Hey.
Bad timing?
We're in the middle of it, but we're getting close.
What's going on?
Those security people haven't shown up yet,
neither have the police to dust for prints.
Did you call?
Yeah. All I get is the runaround.
Great. I'll tell you what.
Here's what you do.
Call the police.
Ask to talk to those cops from last night.
Those guys can help, OK?
OK. I'll try.
I'll be home soon. You all right?
You sure?
I love you. Bye.
Michael, this guy's good.
I'm being grilled here.
Michael, this area's high-crime.
So you get people in.
How do you keep the bad element out?
I'm into that as we speak.
I'm working on security right now.
Michael, you remember Officer Davis?
Oh, yeah. How you doing?
I didn't recognize you out of uniform.
You did all this?
It's no big deal.
It is. We appreciate it.
It's the least I could do.
Mrs. Carr called my captain
and said nice things about me and my partner.
Usually people call to bitch.
It was nice. I'm grateful.
Can I get you something?
Sure. That would be great.
- Great. - Thanks.
There's going to be contact switches
on every point of entry.
A breeze won't get into this house
without you knowing it.
Here you'll have an infrared motion detector.
This right here will be tripped
if anybody breaks the glass.
Hey, what's he doing in the bathroom here?
It's... it's just an extra precaution.
It's a safe room.
These old houses are great
because the doors are like solid rock!
We put a heavy dead bolt on each entrance here.
In case there's an intruder,
you lock yourself in and wait for the cavalry,
which is us.
You just have to pick out a code word now.
It's got to be seven letters.
Pyramid.
Pyramid?
This is the Michael Carr residence,
and the code word's going to be "pyramid."
Right.
OK. Thank you.
That's it.
Oh, yeah.
440 cubes, 500 horses.
Jesus.
You do the work yourself?
Every nut and bolt.
Installed the alarm. Relaxes me.
That is nice, really nice.
Thanks.
You got a knack for this security stuff.
Did you ever think about consulting as a sideline?
Consulting?
Yeah.
Homes, businesses.
I got a club I'm putting together downtown.
It's what you're doing today,
but you get paid for your time.
I never thought about it.
Staying for dinner?
Yeah.
- You doing anything? - Not tonight.
I'd be crossing the line...
Cops on one side, everybody else on the other.
Come on in.
This has really been nice.
Usually, dinner for me
is a bunch of us sitting around
boring each other with war stories.
That's why cops stick together.
Nobody else could stand us.
You've never been married?
No. Nope.
She'll try to line you up with one of her friends.
I'll get her, Jack!
Sorry, Michael.
She smells that meat and goes crazy.
Meet me around the front.
I'm sorry. I'm still a little freaked.
That's OK.
That's understandable.
I can't believe you've never been serious about anyone.
No.
Cops and marriage are a tough combination.
I can't believe how much I'm talking.
When I was a kid, I hardly ever talked.
When I was in school, I never talked.
I was famous for it.
Oh, well, take it from a teacher.
We love those quiet little boys
in the back of the class.
Don't you believe her, Pete.
She loves all kids.
Oh, that's what's missing.
I'm surprised you two
don't have a few running around.
Michael, I'm... I'm sorry about bringing up kids.
That's really none of my business.
I just wanted to thank you.
You really went out of your way.
I can't tell you what you did for Karen.
She'll bounce back.
She'll bounce back quicker because of you.
What about you? Have you bounced back?
I don't know.
Guy gets his hands on your wife like that,
you feel pretty helpless.
You did what you could.
You showed a lot of balls
going up against that guy.
There was one moment there where...
he had ahold of her,
and I had that stupid golf club,
but I thought I could just...
I didn't... didn't take the shot.
A fucking nightmare when you think
about what could've happened to her.
I wouldn't mind one more shot
at that son of a bitch.
Really?
Hell, yeah.
I'd like to kick the shit out of him.
I'm sure you would.
Wouldn't you?
I already know what I would do.
I was just wondering
about a nice civilized guy like you.
After what he did to Karen,
I think all the rules are out the window.
I'd rip his fuckin' heart out.
Michael.
You're a scary guy.
You know,
I bet you'd enjoy coming on a ride-along.
What's that?
Ride along with us on patrol one night.
You can do that?
We do it all the time for writers, journalists.
Yeah. That sounds...
Yeah. I could do that.
I'm going to set it up.
Come watch us kick some butt.
When?
Tomorrow.
Come on.
It'll be fun.
Yeah.
Why not?
Great. I'll see you then.
Sign this so your old lady can't come after the city
if you get killed, maimed, or dismembered.
Nothing will happen to him.
He's with me.
Hey, Pete.
OK, Mike,
a dope dealer, a public defender, and my ex-wife
all get thrown off the Empire State Building.
Which one hits the cement first?
I don't know.
Who lands first?
- Who cares? - Who cares?
Oh, my gosh. Look at this.
Think she's a real blonde, Roy?
Officer...
was I going too fast?
Do you have a license and a registration, ma'am?
Yes.
Certain types of women just have a thing for cops.
They think we're like movie stars.
We ever search any one of these assholes here,
we'd be up to our butts in drugs and guns.
This place is one giant supermarket of shit.
Isn't that right, Leon?
Whatever you say, Officer.
I ain't into nothing.
This is Mr. Clean.
That's right. That's me.
Yes, sir. Mr. Clean.
Maria, como esta?
Bien.
Everything OK?
It's OK.
No problemos?
No. No problemas.
If there is, you let me know, OK?
All right.
I don't think you'll be finding any clientele
for your club around here, Michael.
Try it.
Best in L.A.
You know, I ate before I came out.
I'm really full.
So...
you enjoying yourself?
Yeah. Yeah. It's an eye-opener.
Something occurred to me
when you were over at the house
for the barbecue, Pete.
I don't know how it works in Los Angeles,
but when I was in Phoenix and Kansas City,
I hired off-duty police officers
to work the club.
Hear that? Mike's offering us moonlighting money.
I'd like to talk about it.
Hi.
So how are you?
Are you, like, the captain or something?
Lieutenant.
Rosa...
Come on. Vamonos.
Can't you see the lieutenant's a married man?
Oh, yeah?
Oh, well.
Te amo, roy.
Bye, Pete.
See you later, Rosa.
These bitches can't get enough of us.
Michael, stay here.
Keep away.
Police. Everything all right in there?
No! Everything isn't all right!
Fucking asshole hit Jim in the face!
Fuck you!
In the fucking face!
Shut up!
There you go.
You all right?
Attaboy.
Just stay here with me
and hang on for a second.
Roy, I'll take him now.
Take that piece of shit back to the jailhouse
where he belongs!
Mom!
Mommy!
See? They got him.
Why don't you go up and get yourself cleaned up?
Me and Mike will put the car to bed.
Works for me.
- Later, gentlemen. - Take care.
It's a hell of a life, Mike?
- Is it always like this? - Oh, yeah. Day in and day out.
- Hop up in front. - Yeah.
And your wife wants to know why I can't meet a nice woman.
You guys handled it all pretty well.
Listen, where are we headed?
Just got one more errand to run.
Come on!
Move!
Michael!
Stay there.
Michael, meet Ernie Pike.
Come out and I.D. this piece of shit.
Come on, motherfucker!
Hey, that's him!
You got him.
Goddamn it! That's him!
Did you hear that? You just been made.
You just been made, scumbag!
Picked up a crackhead pal of his.
Turned in Pike here.
You broke into my friend's house?
Did you scare him and his pretty wife?
Did you do that? Did you do that?
OK. I'm sorry, man.
OK?
Shut the fuck up!
He doesn't want to hear about you being sorry.
He wants to kick your ass,
and guess what, scumbag?
I'm going to let him.
Ready?
What?
What are you waiting for? Let's go.
Are you serious?
Yeah, I'm serious.
You said you wanted
to rip his fucking heart out.
Well, yeah, but I mean, that was, you know...
I was just talking.
Tell him.
Say it. Say how you wanted that uptown pussy.
Say it!
Is that what you wanted? Say it!
Say it!
OK. I...
Tell him!
Whatever you say, man.
Whatever you say.
Come here.
Don't you fucking resist me.
Don't you resist me!
Now walk.
I said walk.
He just gave you the OK.
Here. You don't even have to touch him.
I wasn't going to hurt nobody, man.
Shut up.
Come on.
Come on, Michael.
It's OK. Listen.
He resisted. He gets hit.
Shit happens.
Come on, Pete. You got him.
Nice going. Let's take him in.
Michael, he put a knife to Karen's throat.
You're going to let him get away with that?
Hit the motherfucker!
Pete.
Hit him! Hit him!
No. I'm not doing this.
Motherfucker!
Hey, Pete!
Pete! Jesus, that's enough!
Honey?
Michael?
Yeah. It's me.
How'd it go?
Boy, what a screwed-up night.
What happened?
It was just... It was weird.
I went with the guys on a few calls,
got to watch them be cops.
Then we dropped Roy off,
and Pete had a little surprise for me.
The guy who broke in here.
He caught him?
He did more than that.
The guy's in jail.
Hospital's more likely.
He really beat the living shit out of this guy,
which is what I was supposed to do.
What?
Pete was showing off for me.
Had the whole thing set up
so I could nail the guy.
I'm just glad it's over.
Yeah.
Are you sure you're OK?
Yeah.
What's the matter?
I just...
I think our cop friend
is a little too tightly wound, that's all.
Well, do you think you might be overreacting a little bit?
Not really.
You know, I feel like a big weight's been lifted.
Yeah. Well, I'm glad you feel better, honey,
but I don't want him around here anymore.
Honey, you're upset. I understand.
But shouldn't we give him
the benefit of the doubt?
You're acting like Pete's the criminal.
Oh, am I?
I was there, Karen. I saw it, OK?
I don't care what you think.
You don't care what I think.
Fine. I won't bother thinking.
Knock it off.
No, you knock it off!
I'm sorry, but I don't share your sympathy
for the man who broke in and put a knife to my throat!
Hi. Sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
That's OK.
Can I talk to you for a minute, please?
Just let me get my robe, all right?
You know, you really should put a lock on that gate.
I don't think you came here to discuss my gate.
No.
Did you hear I arrested the burglar?
What happened?
What happened was,
the burglar knocked me down
and took off running,
and when I caught him, he resisted,
and it got ugly.
I don't think Michael took it too well.
He didn't quite put it that way.
It's not a TV show out there, Mrs. Carr.
The reality gets to people
who've never seen it up close like that.
You mean the violence.
Look...
When I first started out,
I went on a routine call.
All right?
It was a young kid. He was high on drugs.
He was beating on his girlfriend.
She couldn't have been more than 15, 16.
Sweet girl... blond hair, blue eyes,
so I didn't pay her much attention.
I was reading the kid his rights
when she took out a gun
and she shot me right here in the chest.
So now I restrain felons first
with whatever it takes...
Whatever it takes, and that's how it was last night.
I don't need another bullet in the chest,
and you don't need a dead husband.
I'm very sorry if Michael's upset.
I was just doing my job.
Pete. Pete, wait.
I'm...
I'm glad you got him.
That guy's not going to forget
the night he made the mistake of breaking in here.
That's for sure.
OK. Enjoy your swim.
This is the chromalite,
and it serves as the backdrop
for the dance floor area here.
With this chromalite, we can create any environment.
We've got cityscape here,
but this could be a desert or mountain. Anything.
I didn't know Michael had so many good-looking friends.
Are you kidding?
We don't know any of these people.
They're all potential investors
or friends of Michael's lawyer.
That's too bad.
Oh, now, there's one I'd like to meet.
That's the guy I was telling you about.
Your cop?
Really?
Candace said the music's too loud.
Who?
Candace. My wife.
Roger, I got a question only you can answer.
I got an I RS auditor and a lawyer...
Another lawyer joke.
Divorce lawyer... jump off a building at the same time.
Who lands first?
- Who cares? - Who cares?
Hi. How you doing, Mike?
Pete.
This place is great.
Thanks.
Pete Davis. Los Angeles Police.
Hello, Pete. Jerry Lurie.
Excuse me.
Jerry.
- My wife Candace. - Hi, Pete.
Roger Graham.
Mike's been talking to me
about security for the club.
Are you working the area tonight?
No. I did the precheck of the exterior.
I know it's normal to have your entrance under the marquee,
but it's too open. It's hard to control.
Be better to put the entrance in the alley.
Make people line up and file in.
If things get crazy and we have to get heavy,
only a few people will see it.
Something to think about.
Why don't you get yourself a drink?
I'll be with you in a minute.
Yeah. Good idea. I know you have business to discuss.
I'll fill you in later. Take care.
He makes a lot of sense.
Yeah.
You guys aren't bullshitting.
No. I take security very seriously.
Yeah. We're really on top of it.
Hi, there.
Oh, Penny. This is Pete.
Pete, Penny.
Hi, Penny. Nice meeting you.
Hi. Nice meeting you.
We teach together.
The kids at school would be so impressed
I'm talking to a real policeman.
They love cops.
They're young. Give them time.
Maybe you'd like to come and give them a talk sometime.
Yeah. Sure.
Public relations loves stuff like that.
Well, speaking of public relations, do you dance?
Honey, can you rescue Roger... Help me out?
Hey, Penny.
Come on, Pete, let's get that drink.
Here's to your club, Mike.
Pete, I want to get something straight here.
I'd like you to leave.
Michael, what's with you tonight?
Why did you even invite me here?
Oh, no. Telling you and inviting you
are two completely different things.
You seem so uptight.
Relax. Is it because you were up late last night?
How do you know that?
I was driving by your house on patrol.
I saw your lights on till well after 3:00.
You don't have to protect us anymore. You caught him. Remember?
One guy is out of business and you think that's it?
You're not a virgin anymore, buddy.
You saw how much evil shit's out there.
What kind of friend wouldn't try to protect you and Karen?
You listen to me 'cause I'm telling you...
You leave us alone.
You know, I think I understand where this is coming from.
- Oh, do you? - Yeah. Just cut the shit, OK?
Nobody expects you to be me.
I make my living going up against guys like Pike.
You don't. You've got nothing to be ashamed of.
Is that what you think this is about?
Yeah, I do.
I bet you had one hell of a night when you got home.
A friend would be thanking me.
I'm not your friend. I'm nothing to you.
You're a sick guy.
I don't want you around me or my wife.
- Michael, your guests... - I'll be right there.
Michael needs to get some things off his chest.
- Michael, Roger... - Honey, please.
Kicking me out, Michael?
Honey, please don't keep them waiting.
If I have to.
Tell Roger I'll be there in a second, OK?
What are you going to do?
You going to call the cops?
Get the fuck out!
Lower your voice.
Fuck you!
- Lower your voice. - Fuck you!
Your pigeon's watching.
Hope he doesn't fly away on you.
Hey, need your car, man?
Ticket.
Don't you think you were rough on Pete?
I told you I don't want him around.
I wanted to make that clear.
Well, you succeeded.
Come on, guys, it's time for our toast.
Come on.
Good health,
good fortune,
and the time to enjoy it.
That's an old Castilian toast.
Translated.
Honey, looks like
you've just made these two people very happy.
Candace, I know three people
your husband's made happy tonight.
We'll all be happy when everything falls into place, Roger.
What's not to fall into place?
That is a nice ride, dude.
I thought you were about to propose
another one of those wonderful continental toasts.
To the two most charming women here...
Your beautiful wife and mine.
I'm glad you called.
I been thinking about you a lot lately.
Leave it.
Sorry.
Still sensitive?
You get shot or something?
It was a fishing accident.
Yeah.
Who fishes with guns?
Are you all right?
'Cause we can go to a motel
on a nice, cozy bed.
I mean, if you're having a problem...
A problem?
The only problem that I have...
is sleazy, lowlife whores like you.
That's my problem.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Get out.
I'm not getting out here!
Just get the fuck out!
Are you crazy? I don't know where the fuck I am.
That's exactly your fucking problem, isn't it?
Isn't it?
So, being a policeman
is really all about helping people.
It's about being a friend.
It's not about shooting it out with bad guys.
That's what you see on TV.
That's not why I wanted to become a cop.
I became a cop to protect people...
To make them feel happy and safe.
Everybody understand that?
Yes.
Does anybody have any questions?
What?
Do you wear bulletproof vests?
Have to to protect myself.
Who else?
In the police car,
are you always with somebody?
I have a partner named Officer Roy Cole.
We've worked together for the past 7, 8 years.
He's a very good friend.
OK. You.
Can you show me how to use your handcuffs?
Sure. Come here.
What's your name?
Matthew.
Matthew? All right, Matthew,
put your hands out.
Think I could get him to use those on me?
There you go.
You're under arrest, Matthew.
Hi. I couldn't take off without saying thanks
for letting me impress the kids.
That was really a lot of fun.
Penny really set it up.
Yeah. I talked to Penny before.
I'd like to apologize for the other night.
Michael's behavior,
that kind of took me by surprise.
I would've never shown up.
Pete, it's not you. It's him.
He's just not been himself lately.
Would you like to go get a cup of coffee?
I don't go on for a while.
That's not a good idea.
You're safe with me. I'm a cop.
Just for a little while?
Yeah. Just...
Is everybody in here a cop?
Yeah, pretty much.
About a year ago, some jerk came in here
and tried to rip this place off.
He didn't do too well.
When he come crashing through the skylight,
I say, "How's your dick?"
I'm sorry. We should go somewhere else.
No. This is great.
Really?
Yeah.
I think it's really nice you got a place to go.
I'd like one.
Just... this is...
this is my least favorite time of the day.
Why?
Well, 'cause it's getting dark out
and Michael's not home yet.
How'd you and Michael get together?
I was a waitress at his first club.
Really? You were a waitress?
It was the first job I ever had...
The first one I needed.
We were kind of well-off.
My father, as it turned out,
had sort of a gambling problem, so...
You know, then people started coming over
and taking our cars in the middle of the night.
It was kind of a scary time.
And Michael took you away from all that?
Things always came really easily to Michael.
Is that why you married him?
I married him because I fell in love with him.
This is...
I hardly know you, and I'm talking like this.
Karen, all the things that come so easily to Michael...
Were you one of them?
'Cause there's no man that deserves that much good fortune.
I mean that.
A woman like you a man should never take for granted,
and you should never feel unsafe.
And I want you to know
that if you ever need anything...
You're feeling bad in any way
or you just need to talk...
That I'm there for you, OK?
As a friend... as a real friend,
I'm there for you.
OK?
Come on. Let me get you out of here.
How was your afternoon?
Hey. Good.
It was fine.
You and Mrs. Carr getting along OK?
We seem to be.
When I was a kid at Erasmus,
I didn't have a single teacher that looked like Karen.
I mean, they all had blue hair
with names like Mushbutt or Silvercrone.
Silvercrone's my maiden name.
She had me.
Thank you.
The good news is
Frank Taft was so taken with you,
he's considering kicking in half the capital himself.
Frank Taft? Booyoo Records?
Yeah. We handle him.
There's a company that's on a roll.
Major roll.
The kids love it.
Excuse me, sir, I'm sorry.
Do you have another card?
What's the problem?
It's canceled.
That's impossible.
Computer glitch. Happens to me all the time.
This is unbelievable.
Relax. You'll get the next one.
If you insist.
Don't worry about it.
All right. Now, we're on for Tuesday night.
Bye.
Take care, Roger.
Michael, what's that?
Looks like you're having a bad night, Michael.
Look, all I know
is what's on the computer print-out,
and the computer says you got parking tickets.
And the computer is wrong,
so I'm not paying 600 bucks for tickets I didn't get.
I've worked here five years.
The computer's never wrong.
Do you want the boot off your car or not?
This is unbelievable.
Here.
Wait a minute. Not that one.
Honey, you sure about this?
Remember the night we went to the Minzers' house?
What?
They had the party on Caņon Avenue.
I got one ticket.
600 bucks? Come on. Jesus.
Sorry, pal. You're over the limit on this card.
It's a computer thing, like Roger said.
Yeah. Right.
600 bucks.
Oh, Michael, drop it, OK?
Things went pretty well, didn't they?
Yeah.
I thought it went pretty good.
You know what?
It went great.
You really charmed the pants off the Luries.
Oh, please.
Thanks.
Stay here and lock the door.
Michael, what are you doing?
Karen, it's all right.
Hello.
Yes.
It's Michael Carr.
Code word is pyramid.
Well, we just had our cat
knock over a screen is all.
Thank you. Bye.
You know, I never thought I'd be so happy to see him.
Look, I thought it was the right thing to do.
Thanks for making that decision for both of us
without my having a say.
Goddamn it, you know how I feel about those things.
You know how I feel
watching a man attack my wife
and I can't do anything about it?
I'm not going to be in that position again.
I don't care what the police say.
I'm keeping that gun.
I'm sorry. I should've told you.
You all right?
Yeah.
Are you?
Jesus Christ!
Just a goddamn minute!
What the fuck do you think you're doing?
I was responding to your alarm, Michael.
Bullshit! You tripped it yourself!
What?
The credit cards, the boot on my car...
You did that, too, didn't you?
Everything all right in here?
False alarm.
False alarm, my ass.
I'm as embarrassed as you are.
Get the fuck out of my house!
I'm very sorry, Mrs. Carr.
Oh, man. That son of a bitch is crazy.
Hello.
Yeah. Roger.
Michael?
I know it's late. I'm sorry.
Listen, how do I get a psycho cop off my back?
And you're the same Michael Carr that I OK'd to do a ride-along
- with Officer Davis and Officer Cole? - Yes, sir. That's right.
The same Michael Carr whose wife called to commend officer Davis?
Yeah. The same two people that are now being terrorized
by this out-of-control sicko.
Out-of-control sicko.
Sure there's nothing personal in this, Mr. Carr?
There's no question that it's personal.
What do you call it when an officer busts into your bedroom
while you're having sex with your wife?
Yes, well...
Officer Cole's report says
he and Officer Davis were responding to an alarm.
That was verified by your security company.
Sure. How about the boot, my credit cards?
What about them?
Got any proof that this guy did those things?
You know, you're accusing a highly decorated officer.
I don't care how many medals he has.
- I want this taken care of. - Or else what?
You're not giving me anything. You didn't bring any evidence.
You don't have any witnesses, not even a home video.
These days, everybody's got a goddamn home video.
OK. Fine. You're just going to bury this thing.
Mr. Carr,
this is a professional organization here,
and we're going to do a professional investigation, OK?
Mac, bring me the complaint forms, will you?
If there's any truth to your allegations, we'll take care of it.
Thank you.
Department doesn't want an unstable officer on the street
any more than you do.
Fill this out. You got a pen?
- No, sir. - Thank you.
Roger, how we doing?
He's not coming.
Your friend Officer Davis called Lurie on the phone,
asking all kinds of questions...
Does he know you? Has he done business with you?
Lurie's nervous enough to pull his people out.
He thinks you're under some kind of investigation.
This fucker is ruining me.
We're not dead yet. We have to deal with your friend.
I already filed a complaint.
You're the one who told me to do it.
Michael, this is some kind of cop scam.
This putz is just supplementing his lousy income.
Pay him off.
Roger, as my lawyer,
you're advising me to bribe a police officer?
No.
I'm advising you to make a donation
to the son of bitch's favorite charity.
Thanks for meeting me, Pete.
Give us a...
chance to talk a little bit.
You know, I...
I don't remember how this all began
or what I did.
But...
Whatever, I'm...
I'm sorry.
You know, I...
I'm not looking to get you into trouble, Pete.
And I certainly don't need any myself, so...
what do you say?
Water under the bridge?
Hell, we can part friends.
And, of course, I'll withdraw the complaint.
OK.
Here it is.
What's this?
5,000.
You walk away and don't mess with my investors.
A bribe, Mikey?
Call it whatever you want, Pete.
I need this deal.
You hear that?
I used to work these hills.
I knew this lady.
She was out walking her little poodle...
when a coyote comes charging out of the brush,
snatches up the little poodle, and takes off.
All we ever found of that little doggy
was its diamond-studded leash.
You know, when Karen first met you,
she actually thought you were different than her gambling father.
What?
It's very interesting how people follow patterns.
See, she doesn't feel safe with you either, Michael.
Karen needs to feel protected
from when those coyotes come charging out of the brush.
You stay the fuck away from her.
Assaulting a police officer?
Nice civilized man like you, Michael?
What are you going to do, arrest me?
Arrest you?
I could kill you.
...in the auditorium for our get-together.
What's wrong?
Fifth-grade parents,
please assemble in the auditorium
for our get-together...
What's going on?
What the hell are you talking about?
You and Pete.
What's going on?
What are you accusing me of?
We had a cup of coffee.
Some hot cup of coffee.
Penny invited him to talk to the kids.
Afterwards we went out.
If you think there was anything else, you're crazy.
Well, he just put a gun to my head.
What?
He just put a fucking gun to my head.
He wants you.
He thinks you want him.
He didn't get any of those ideas from me.
Well, he didn't pull them out of the air, Karen.
So, what is it, you get off on leading him on?
Talking to him... about us?
About our marriage? Jesus!
I told you he's dangerous.
What's it going to take, me in a body bag?
I'm sorry.
Officer Cole.
Your partner...
I went to him to try to work things out.
Didn't you know enough to stay away from him?
You're not going to listen?
Every time you react, it just gets worse.
"Cops on one side, everybody else on the other"?
Yeah, that's it.
He threatened to kill me last night.
How do you suggest I react to that?
Look, if anybody knows this guy's coming apart,
it's got to be you.
Come on, man. The guy's after my wife.
I don't know where else to go.
Come on in.
He doesn't understand.
I'm better for her than he is.
He doesn't love her.
He can't take care of her the way that I can.
She needs me.
What the hell are you going on about?
Like she's ever going to be yours.
You listen to me.
Nothing... nothing is ever going to happen
between you and her.
She is...
some fantasy in your head.
You don't know what you're talking about.
I don't?
You don't.
Tell me what you were doing with him the other night.
Tell me you didn't stick a gun in his face.
I was just playing with him.
I'm not playing with you.
You're going to back off this madness.
You're going to put in for a stress leave.
Then see a doctor and get your head straight.
Or?
Or I'm going to go upstairs
and tell them exactly what's going on with you.
You understand?
You'd do that?
You're goddamn right.
If you don't do it in the next 24 hours,
that is exactly what I'll do.
Now...
you go have coffee with a shrink...
and it'll be all right.
You'll see.
Will you look at that?
Oh, hell with it, man. Leave it.
Leon, freeze!
Shit!
Leon!
Open the door!
Put the box down!
It's bennies.
Put it down!
What the hell you making us chase you for?
Come on. Get up, boy.
You know the routine. Come on. Spread 'em.
There's some real crime out there.
Yeah, right. That's what I got.
A benny bust.
What we got here?
I'm providing a service out there.
Those cabbies, they fall asleep behind the wheel.
That's enough.
Come on. I need something more than this.
Come on, Leon.
Well, look what we got here.
You really are Mr. Clean.
I'll let you keep this.
Might need it later on.
Don't you believe in safe sex?
Hey, what... what's he doing?
He's got a gun!
Shit!
What are you doing? What are you doing?
What?
Come on.
Take the gun.
I don't want the gun!
Take the gun.
I don't want it!
Take the gun. Go.
You killed my partner, Leon.
You're not going upstairs to talk to anyone.
I went around the back.
And...
Roy...
followed the suspect in, I guess.
And then I heard shots.
And that scumbag shot Roy.
And I guess Roy...
nailed him before he died.
Weisman, Eichen, and Shawn.
This is Michael Carr. I need to talk with Roger.
This is an emergency.
Mr. Graham's out of his office.
OK. Page him. Do whatever you have to do.
Tell him I'm being set up. There's cops everywhere.
Michael!
Tell him to call me immediately.
We have a warrant to search for narcotics.
Narcotics?
I want to take a look at that.
Please, sir, step over here.
An informant has given your address
where he purchased narcotics from a Michael Carr.
Are you Michael Carr?
Yeah.
Surprise, surprise.
Michael Carr, I'm placing you under arrest
for the possession of narcotics.
No!
You have the right to remain silent.
You have the right to contact an attorney.
I'm removing your glasses for your safety, sir.
...in a court of law.
We'll be taking you down to the station.
If you prefer, we'll pull a car to the back
to avoid your neighbors.
That's very thoughtful of you.
Call Roger.
Be sure you get ahold of Roger.
I'm Detective Nobu, Mr. Carr.
How do you do?
I want to offer you the opportunity to make this easy.
If you'll furnish us with the names of your connection,
you can be out soon.
I'm not talking to anybody
till I speak with my lawyer.
That's your right, Mr. Carr.
You got 10 minutes.
You OK?
Yeah.
How's Karen?
Hanging in there.
Do I get to see her?
Not till after the arraignment.
Till then, you're only allowed legal counsel.
What about bail?
It'll be set at your hearing.
What's your money situation?
Well, everything...
Everything I had went into the party to impress Lurie.
I need to know exactly.
$2,200.
Well, I don't think they'll set bail too high.
It's not like you're a professional dope dealer.
Professional?
Michael,
the cops dredged about a half a pound of cocaine.
We got a problem.
My problem's real simple.
A cop wants me out of the way
because he wants my wife.
Look, this is way over my head.
I got in touch with Sam Gershon.
He's the best criminal attorney I know.
He'll represent you at your hearing.
You guys need to talk to Roy Cole,
Davis' partner.
Officer Roy Cole.
Now, he told me that if anything else happened,
he'd help me out.
Cole's dead.
In the line of duty in a shootout.
I talked to his captain.
He won't stop till he kills me.
Get me out of here, Roger.
I will.
It's all in hand.
No, no, no. You listen to me.
Just get me out of here.
Case BA-846059,
People vs. Alvarez.
Mr. Alvarez is charged with illegal possession of an automatic weapon
as set forth in section 12280,
subsection "B" of the California Penal Code.
Is Mr. Alvarez represented by counsel?
Mr. Alvarez pleads innocent.
He's a juvenile.
Nothing's served by his detention until trial.
We request release on O.R.
Denied. Bail set at $25,000.
Court secretary will set a date for trial.
Case BA-855327, People vs. Michael Carr.
Mr. Carr is charged with possession of cocaine
with intent to distribute
as set forth in section 11351 and 11352
of the California Health and Safety Code.
Is Mr. Carr represented by counsel?
Yes, Your Honor. Mr. Carr pleads innocent.
Your Honor, he is a model citizen, owns his own home.
He's in business locally.
His wife is a teacher in a respected local private school.
We request bail on O.R.
Your Honor, Mr. Carr pled out a similar case
in Austin, Texas, eight years ago.
Bring it here.
What about this?
It wasn't me.
Look, I took an investor out on the town.
He stuck a vial of blow under the car seat.
A lawyer said the easiest thing to do
was to plead it out,
but it wasn't me.
Doesn't matter.
You took the deal. It's on the record.
Counselor, in light of this, O.R. is denied.
Bail is set at $250,000.
Case BA-861288, People vs. Jenkins.
Mr. Jenkins is charged with felony grand theft auto
as set forth in section 4873
of the California Penal Code.
Mr. Jenkins pleads not guilty, Your Honor.
There's no evidence of anything...
Having trouble making bail, Mike?
Money's a little tight?
Karen's really upset.
You really shouldn't have done this to her, Michael.
She's all alone now.
But don't worry. Not for long.
I want you to know she's going to be taken care of.
I know what Karen needs,
and isn't it her happiness that we both want?
If you could find us, why not look us up?
Love to have you over for a barbecue.
If you go near her...
I'll kill you.
So long, Mikey.
You look good in blue.
Hey.
Hi.
How you doing?
Fine. I'm just a little tired.
There you are.
I thought he might be hungry.
Thanks.
How about you?
I could use something, yeah.
Good.
Penny...
I'm really glad you're here.
No problem.
I'll stick around till Michael gets home.
It's going to be a while.
That's OK.
Karen, get some rest.
Guard!
Make a telephone call?
Guard!
Guard... Thanks, man. Make a telephone call?
Guard?
Guard. Make a telephone call?
Shut up.
You're just a fat little piggy, aren't you?
Just a minute.
There you go.
Oh, sorry, Penny. I didn't mean to scare you.
Pete...
Karen's upstairs.
She's got a headache.
Well, I brought some groceries
in case she didn't have time
after, you know, everything that's been going on.
I'll tell her you came by.
Well, why don't I just give them to you?
I got to get going to work, so...
I'm not very popular here, am I, Penny?
All right.
I'll just leave them here.
You can get them...
You can get them later.
Take care.
You look great.
I'll see you later.
Bye.
250? That's a hard bullet.
You're looking at 25K, Mr. Graham.
Here's the deed to my house.
This takes care of the bail,
but what about my end?
I'm writing you a $25,000 personal check.
Nice Rolex.
Forget it.
Sam Gershon said you'd take care of me.
Usually this should be a cashier's check,
but if you're Sam's friend, I'll check.
If you got sufficient funds,
we got a deal.
Touch-tone phones, you don't have that?
Guard.
Think I might make that phone call now? Please?
Just take a second, man. I'd really appreciate it.
Talk to you when I can.
Operator.
A collect from Michael.
One moment.
I'm sorry, sir. The phone must be off the hook.
Well, can you cut in? This is an emergency, operator.
I did that, sir.
Can you help me out?
I might not get to...
It's a machine. I can't tell it what to do.
You're sure it's off the hook?
Yes, sir. It's off the hook.
Penny, it smells so good.
I didn't know cooking was one of your...
Hi.
Are you feeling better?
I got some mushrooms...
onions, dried tomatoes...
parsley...
Where's Penny?
Penny?
I told her to go home.
She'd just be a third wheel.
I took the phone off the hook so you could get some sleep.
I didn't want you to have any distractions.
Well, I'm not sleeping now, am I?
I want you to leave.
Wait.
I know I shouldn't be here.
I know you're upset,
but let's stop kidding ourselves, Karen.
We've been bending over backwards
to do the right thing.
You playing the perfect wife, me being the good friend.
I can't take it anymore. I just can't.
Now we can stop pretending.
We can stop pretending now.
Pete, I'm very tired.
I need some time alone, to be by myself.
I know. I know. Listen...
Come here. Sit down.
Sit down.
I know what's scaring you.
Listen.
I don't have to be a cop anymore.
OK? I could do something different with my life.
Something clean.
I think that's good.
No one should have to live their life
the way you've been living it, Pete.
You wouldn't have to carry a gun anymore.
Why don't you put it away?
No gun.
No badge.
I better go cook.
Pete?
What?
I forgot about Tiny.
The cat.
I don't like leaving him outside at night.
OK.
Be right back.
Karen?
You got him.
Yeah.
Hey, Tiny.
Are you OK?
Yeah.
You sure?
You seem really tense.
Yeah, I am a little bit.
Come here.
I know what you need.
Come here.
It's OK. Come on.
Move over.
Move over?
Come on. Let's go.
Go ahead, take my car.
I already risked my house getting you out.
Put on your seat belt.
You keep all your tension in your shoulders.
All up here.
Just relax.
Breathe.
I feel so lucky being alone here with you.
Tell me how much you love me.
It'll never be as much as I love you.
Pete, don't.
Don't what?
I don't feel very pretty right now.
Karen, you're beautiful.
No.
I want to look better.
I want to put on something nice for you,
something that you'll like.
I'll call you when I'm ready.
Don't be long.
Slow down.
We won't make it.
You can't make it.
Michael, no!
Jesus!
Karen...
Are you looking for this?
Yeah. You read my mind.
Yeah?
Yeah.
I hate the damn thing.
I wanted you to get rid of it.
I thought you were going to get changed.
Oh, fuck!
Pull over.
Hang on.
Don't shoot! I'm a lawyer!
Get out!
What are you doing?
You're a sick, fucking, brutal asshole.
Get out!
You're not going to shoot me.
I swear I'll kill you.
You're not going to kill anyone.
You know that this is right.
Get away!
Put the gun down.
Try it again. Shoot again.
Think I'd give you a loaded fucking weapon?
See how things are now?
You little fucking cock-teaser, is that it?
You're a cock-teaser.
You little cock-teaser?
You try to fucking shoot me?
You want to shoot me?
You know what you are, Karen?
You're a little fucking whore.
You're a worthless fucking whore,
just like every fucking whore I've ever met.
That's exactly how I'm going to treat you.
Get your fucking leg open!
I'm going to treat you like a whore, Karen.
Get...
No!
Michael!
Michael, he found your gun.
He's got it!
I got to get you out of this house.
Come on.
Hello.
Yeah, this is Michael Carr.
Yeah. Thank you for calling.
I was... I was swinging a golf club.
It went through the...
It went through the patio window.
It's OK. Yeah.
There's glass everywhere, but it's OK.
Yeah. Password's pyramid.
No.
No, I did not change the password.
I did.
What's the password?
Figure it out, asshole.
Seven letters.
Fuck you.
This is going to cost you, Michael.
Come on!
Get up here!
Karen...
You... mother... fucker!
Karen, this is the way it is.
We got two minutes to get out of here.
If you don't open the door,
Michael dies.
You understand?
He'll kill you, too. Stay...
Shut up. Just shut up!
Don't come out of there.
Karen, there's no time to fuck around.
He'll shoot me anyway, honey.
I'm not going to kill him.
Open up, and I'll let Michael live.
If you don't, though, your husband's dead, OK, Karen?
That's the way it is.
I'm counting to three.
1...
Honey, they're coming.
2!
They're coming!
Go ahead, asshole.
You're done!
Tell her to open the fucking door now.
OK, OK.
Karen... Karen, don't open the fucking door!
Michael!
What are you going to do, tough guy?
You going to make a citizen's arrest?
Going to arrest you?
All right, guys, let's go.
Right behind you.
Lonnie, get this going.
Got it.
Jackson...
Right.
Front door.