05x09 - The Summer of '69: Part 1

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You know what RIP means, don't you, Ray?

Sure. RIP. Run in place.

It means rest in peace. R...I...P.

You put her here...all those
years kicking and screaming.

You were...crazy as a child, an animal.

Gave her a bad heart, you did.

Her heart didn't seem to bother her none.

Not on nights she went out on you.

She'd lock me in my room.

Tie me on my bed.

Go out while you were at work.

Later on, when I was around 12...

...she used to take me in on it.

Do you know what she had me do then?

Do you know what she had me do then?

I'm sorry, Pop.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

I just thought you should know.

Pop?

I'm not staying in Providence.

I'm gonna start over.

Goodbye. Ray?

She always hated you.

Always, Just thought you should know that

Want a Coke? Sure.

You got 25 cents?

Here,

I've been up in Dannemora. What's that?

Jail. It wasn't that bad, though.

There's no sense in hiding it.

Don't!

My head isn't into making love this year.

I told you that on the road.

I thought maybe things had changed. why?

Oh I don't know. The joint, beer, a guy who finds
you very sexy. What more could you want? Right?

I got a guy who hasn't been with
a woman in eight years? I hate it!

No, don't. Don't say that. Don't do that!

Please?

Look. We'll be in New York in an hour.

I'll go...pick us up another six pack.

No more trouble. OK?

OK.

Story of my life. I mean, I get a half a day off,

and I can't even stand still in one spot.

Could you move over here, Lieutenant? Over here?

What do they do here?

What's that for? Your blood pressure.

Amy? This is the Lieutenant's 23rd annual checkup.

I'm sure he knows exactly what he's doing.

Did you hear, Theo? Ted Gillette died. Only 39.

Did you hear, Dr Ellis?
Lieutenant Krakow, he had triplets.

He was only 56.

You look sallow, Theo. Slow down.

Take your days off. Avoid excessive overtime,

Do you hear that? I mean, the force is being cut down,

crime is going up and I'm supposed to take it easy.

You know what's going on out
there? I miss the battles, Theo.

But I count the bodies.

A lot of men are talking early retirement.

Going on to something else. How about you?

What? Give up show business? No, no, no.

The force is stuck with me a couple more years.

Excuse me, but there are a
few questions you failed to check.

Are you married? Uh...

Divorced?

No.

And of course, no children.

Uh...

No children.

And uh, in the section on. And this isn't fair.

Because if I fail that high
blood pressure test, nurse...

that's the reason.

I don't understand. Just exactly
what are you using my window for?

We take one frame, one
picture every couple of seconds.

Then, when we run it later,

we squeeze four hours into one minute,

It's a film for our class in school.

Requiem for an abandoned
car on a New York City street.

I have sinned.

In deed.

Not just in mind.

You know what I've done?

I've...

I've uh...

I've tried to hurt her.

Mostly that's all. Just get even with my mother.

I had to tell my father the truth, just once.

She'd go out. I couldn't say anything.

She would've k*lled me.

And when I was older...

...if he phoned, like he was coming home early...

I'd have to answer.

Say she was asleep.

And then I'd call her at this hotel.

She maintained a room there.

Maintained.

I shouldn't have hurt my father's feelings.

I'm sorry.

But I can't go into it all right now.

It took too long.

I don't believe you went
ahead and did it. You just did it.

You don't think I was gonna put tap
water in MY African violets, do you?

I chipped in a buck a month. It makes better coffee.

That I can't believe. Just a minute here.

You can't put it there cos
the drawer doesn't open. See?

I told you before. Never mind about the drawer.

Hold that steady a second.
We'll fix your drawer later.

Let's get it over there. Hold it steady now.

What are you doing? Rizzo!

You quit that! I'm telling you right now!

You got it. Lieutenant, they won't
let me put the bottle in the cooler!

Well, put it in the cooler before you drown!

Saperstein did it, Lieutenant.

It was Rizzo. Get 'em out, Rizzo!

What broke?

You know what somebody asked me
just an hour ago and I said no? What?

Do I have any children? Well, do I have any children?!

Bridge. Abandon ship

Yeah. Detective Crocker.

Yeah. Uh, held...

Lieutenant. Yeah. Bleecker Street.

A m*rder. Girl found in the trunk of a car.

Her wrists tied and eyes are taped.

What do you got? No plates, no
ID on the victim, no purse, nothing.

A couple of film students got some sort
of movie for you if you wanna develop it.

Get their names and addresses.
I'll talk to 'em later. Right.

Looks Like clothes line, common brand.

Kind of like a pair of handcuffs.

Precise cause of death.
Multiple stab wounds in the back.

How do you know that?

We called him the clothes-line k*ller.

He m*rder*d three women in the summer of '69.

In October '69...I caught the clothes-line k*ller.

Name...

Fred Toner.

He was in a YMCA uptown, 23rd Street.

when he tried to escape, I k*lled him.

Two shots.

Hey, Frank. You remember 1969.

You were lieutenant and I was bucking for your job?

You had Captain Fisher's job all sewn up.

Mets won the World Series. who could forget '69?

Three women did. They were m*rder*d.

The clothes-line k*ller. Remember? Fred Toner?

First man I ever shot?

Frank, this girl was k*lled with the identical M-0.

I mean, including the tape over the
eyes, which we never released to the press.

When I shot Toner in '69, Frank,

how could he have been the right man? Theo.

He had the same kind of rope in
his room when you went after him.

Bluebird. That was it. It was
definitely his knife that k*lled that victim.

And it was her blood type the lab found
on his navy coat when they checked it out.

He even took a shot at you when he tried to escape.

And the murders stopped. So
how could it be the wrong man?

Excuse me.

But we found out one thing from the lab for sure.

The type of clothes Line he used
to tie up the girl's wrists in the trunk.

It was uh...Bluebird.

Cover!

All right. Move it now. Come on.

Keep covered!

Alright, alright. Enough.

Hey, hey! Knock it off!

You're letting your guard
down. You're not thinking, Quade.

He's not thinking of me, for sure.

I got a fight on Saturday night.
I got a lot on my mind, OK?

Yeah. Everything but my birthday!

What did you ever give me, anyhow?

Except promises. Come on, Leilah.

Don't bring it in my gym, huh?

Hey, Quade. You wouldn't believe it.

They've been sitting on this order five hours.

He wouldn't take nothing but long stemmed.

Says they were just right for your Long Legs

See, baby? I told you I wouldn't forget you.

I was outta line, Quade. I'm sorry.

But I sure was feeling taken for granted.

OK, OK. Take ten.

I got 25 K*llers in here.

Monsters.

But it's peaceful. No problems.

One woman? Derelict in nature, right?

Right. I got World w*r III.

Unbelievable. Hey.

When did you go out for those roses?

As soon as she started shouting.

Rudy.

Hey. How's it going, kid?

Blaine. You son of a g*n! This man's a champ.

Middleweight. Last two years up in Dannemora.

Oh. This is George Devane.

The best trainer there is.

Rudy always told me he hoped he'd hook up with you.

Yeah. Yeah, he thinks I got a great future here.

Running a health club. judo, kick-boxing.

That's what I wanna bring in. It's coming up fast.

Let's go, George, I wanna cool off.

Hey, Rudy. All right, man?

Hey. Nothing to do but the big
time. Alright, baby. Hey. Come on.

You're looking good.

A little fuzz there, huh? A little bit.

You got any say about him taking me on around here?

Maybe.

I been running the place.

Waiting to buy in.

If he gets down to 30,000, we're gonna have a deal.



You're out of prison six months
and you come up with 30 grand? Hey.

Us Puerto Ricans, we gotta work
harder than the next guy, that's all.

I could polish him off in two rounds.

What's his pay?

Quade's up in the ratings now.

That's big purses.

But for you?

Maybe 500. IF...you win.

No ifs, Rudy.

I gotta win big, make a reputation, right?

How old are you, Ray? 26.

All right, so I'm pushing 30.

That just makes me mean.

Come on! Get your Left up!

I need those files, and I need them now!

How did you get on? One registered owner.

The car's been hot so long, it's cold again.

We don't know where it came from? Garage, nothing?

Not a single clue. No gas
receipt, not even a service tag.

Nothing but about 1,000 smudged prints.

There's no ID on the victim. The
morgue's taking her prints now.

We'll check them out. The dental work's
no help. Didn't have a cavity in her mouth.

I'll check the cities that have fluoride in
their water and see if they have a runaway

Very good, Crocker, Stavros.

When will we get the records
from '69, Frank? Good question.

when the department started
microfilming all the files,

they misplaced some of the... closed-out cases.

Give them a day or two, they say.

Yeah. That's what they say.
And while they're looking...

.he'll k*ll again.

Lie back, Theo.

You're about to fall into a deep, dark sleep.

You have all the facts in your head.
We've gotta start digging them out.

Now, the summer of 1969. Where do you wanna start?

Where do I start, Frank?

Oh, sure.

The third k*lling, I guess.

That was the last one, wasn't it?
That's where we found the knife.

Where were you exactly the night I tried to call you?

Who were you with? Irene, right?

Irene.

Yeah.

For you, '69 meant the Mets going to the World Series.

But for me, it was...

Irene...and almost walking down the aisle.

You know what we oughta do this weekend?

I know what we've been doing. I
don't see why we should change it now.

The tango. I haven't tangoed since...Torremolinos.

Oh, really? Which one is he It's a city in Spain.

It's a perfect place for a honeymoon.
Casablanca's only an hour away.

Oh, really? well, your Casablanca
is my boardwalk in Atlantic City.

That will change. Sure. If I go into the rag business.

Textiles. Sorry.

Sorry. Your Lieutenant McNeil, he called.

He's gonna meet you at the rear of
the building, 9th Avenue and 56th Street.

He said uh...number three.
Does that mean anything to you?

Do you have to go?

Have to? Irene...

I was just a warm body sitting in
a chair checking batting averages

when this guy committed his first m*rder.

And now he's up to number three,
and I'm beginning to take it personally.

Well, maybe I should see my competition face to face.

Just once.

OK.

Her name's Gail Ryan. She lives in the neighbourhood.

We found a knife this time.
The k*ller must've dropped it.

Officer Crocker found it down below.

It's expensive. A Bear.

They don't sell many of these each year.

Now, her breath smells as if she's been drinking.

I want you to check the bars.
Find out if anybody knows her.

OK.

I always thought... that bodies were covered.

Stupid, huh?

I'm sorry.

MacNeil.

Captain? Lieutenant?

We'll have the film those students
shot of the car first thing in the morning.

All right, Saperstein. Thanks.

Good night. Yeah,

Chief of Detectives wants to see you tomorrow at 5:00.

He thought this case was closed out in '69.

I don't think they want you on it a second time, Theo.

Wait a minute. Don't get the wrong idea.

This is it? Hey! Wait a minute.

There's something inside I wanna show you.

My sister Lisa.

Come on in, Ray Blaine.

Lisa?

This is Lisa, my sister.

Ray Blaine.

Buenos noces. Buenos.

Muy bonita. Muy bonita.

Thank you. Ray was my cellmate.

I know, I know. You saved his Life. Thank you.

You been in jail a long time?
No, I only went up for a while.

That was...back in '69.

You've been in jail since 1969!

Ray was famous!

He knocked out two guards.

Flattened that cook. Oh, that was pretty!

Sure dragged on. Never again.

That's for sure. Hey, for sure.

I thought Ray could stay in the back room.

Flop down on that old bed. Not flop down on it!

I'll put some clean sheets on it. You got a bag?

Oh, my bag. I forgot my bag.

Must've been in that bar. No, no. It was at Devane's.

Don't worry about it. I'll pick it up
for you first thing in the morning.

I'll go fix your room.

I'm glad you're staying. So am I.

Isn't she an angel?

Come on in. Sit down.

Right here. Make yourself at home... com padre.

Well, it sure beats a cell.

You're doing all right, Rudy.

I told you I'm coming up with




How? I got this little arrangement downstairs.

A plantation downstairs.

You wouldn't believe it.

That's good grass.

How are you fixed for money, Ray?

Oh, I blew it on a car.

So...

I'll advance you 500.

You can pay it back later. And tomorrow...

I'll see if I can get Devane to
watch you spar a couple of rounds.

Maybe with me. Or Carlos.

No. Make it Quade.

This ain't Dannemora, Ray.

You're on.

Good morning, Theo. What's with the early bird squad?

We know you're meeting
the Chief of Detectives at 5:00.

We figured maybe we could
come up with something by then.

I was getting a list off the teletype

of all the inmates released from New York
and New Jersey prisons in the last two weeks.

Looking for a logical candidate

who's been on ice for the past
eight years. So far, I got no leads.

No fingerprints, no witnesses, no suspects.

And still no records from the '69 case.

But I did come up with a photo
from a previous arrest in '68 of Toner.

Lieutenant? Would you like to see that film?

The students said it was all
speeded up and it'd Look kinda funny.

There's nothing funny about a dead body in a trunk.

Whenever you're ready, CB.

Go ahead.

They go to film school to Learn this, Frank?

Yeah. It looks like an old Charlie Chaplin.

Not with a corpse in the trunk, it doesn't.

Wanna hit the lights?

Wish we could speed up the arrest that fast.

Make still pictures of everyone whose
face shows. Maybe we can track 'emdown.

Maybe they swiped something that
shows whose car it was, where it's from.

Theo. The night of the third k*lling in 1969.

The victim's girlfriend, the barmaid
who worked in a club down the block.

She gave us a partial description of the
guy she saw leave the bar with the victim.

Sure. Sheila.

Did you show her a photo of Toner after you shot him?

I mean, to see if uh...it was really the guy she saw?

No. I...tried to look her up and couldn't find her.

She quit her job one week after the m*rder.

We could look for her now, show her Toner's photo.

Frank...I even went out with her after duty one night.

I can't remember her last name.

I thought you were marrying Irene that summer.

I know. She didn't have Irene's class.
But for one night, she was perfect.

Or two or...ten or 50.

She was beautiful. What was that...

Shaughnessy? Sullivan?

I got something here to help jog your memory.



Irene's.

He wants to spar with Quade.

OK. Bring him in at 4:00.

Four o'clock.

Sir, that's Quade, over there in the blue robe.

You should've seen him go after
Verona. I thought he'd k*ll him.

Really watch his footwork
this afternoon when he spars.

You watch his footwork, Mr Silas.

I will watch his eyes.

See, what I did, I rented two floors in this building.

I didn't fix the bottom one as an apartment.

But...

What do you think?

Bonita.

Theo!

Where the hell did you come from?

From a very expensively decorated office
in the lower rent district. You look fantastic.

So do you. As elegant as
ever. And obviously unmarried.

Obviously?

Oh, The detective game. Top The Cop. I forgot.

Well, I thought I helped you on a few of those cases.

No wedding ring. Oh.

How many married men do you know
who still wear a wedding ring? You would.

Besides, no married detective could buy $300 suits.

Very simple. I'm on the take You? Never.

And if you've ended up by marrying
some other rich lover, I'll k*ll you.

Why? You're the one who dumped me.

Well, you never tried to change my mind.

How could I? You ran away to Sardinia.

Who told you that?

Interpol. I had you followed. But don't worry, honey.

Your reputation...is clean.

why didn't you bust into my
villa and abduct me in handcuffs?

Irene...

Irene, after three months of calling you,

with my credit cards, ...

I couldn't get into the subway,
let alone on an aeroplane.

A rich woman's curse.

Only gigolos and ex—husbands take your money.

Not your lovers.

I kept thinking...you ought
to be at least a Little curious

about what happened. Maybe this year he'll call.

You had your life. Do you
know how often I thought of you?

A few times, I guess. More. Much more than that.

You needed patience to keep from being bored.

I thought I could...handle it.

Uh...we Left winners.

And I don't wanna change those memories.

It wasn't exactly a proposition.

That's... A song. 1969. What is that?

I'm trying to remember something, and it's important.

Sit over here. A glass of
white wine for the young lady.

Rothschild...'33. Whatever.

Hi. Hi. K3. You know, I must've punched it 100 times.

Yeah? What's your name?

Sheila. I really appreciate your sign up there.

I think the boys put it up there to
stay on good terms with the cops.

But you wanna know
something? It really is true, isn't it?

You drinking? Uh-uh. Sheila?

Not really. I'm looking for a witness and uh...

hopefully, you can help me.

You heard a young lady was m*rder*d down the street?

Yeah. I'm quitting this job.
You never know who can get it.

Who was she?

Her name's Gail Ryan. Did you ever hear of her?

Gail?

Oh, my God! I'm sorry.

Gail!

In 1969 when you came with me to the
bar where I found that witness. Remember?

She saw a man proposition her girlfriend.

And they left the bar. Sheila? The
one who swooned over men in blue?

When I took her statement, do
you remember her last name?

I remember thinking she came
from your side of the tracks, was sexy

and why in the hell didn't you marry her? Sheila?

Come on. She was a witness. Nothing personal.

Liar!

Look. I feel in an awkward position suddenly.

And since I don't have to feel uncomfortable, I won't.

Rose?

I'm sorry. I can't help you. Goodbye, Theo.

Goodbye, Irene.

You sure you're in shape? Yeah, I'm in shape.

OK, OK. How long's it been since you last boxed, huh?

Who cares? If I can't do this, what can I do, huh?

Break into houses... work in a prison laundry.

Hey! I'm over here.

OK, Let's go.

OK. Go to it.

Come on. Put him away.

Jab, jab!

That's it! That's it, baby. Go!

Uppercut, uppercut! Yeah! Yeah! All right!

Alright! Come on, come on!

Hey, that's enough.

Hey. Looks enough, man.

It's all right, it's all right. You
don't have to do it all at once, man.

Just box him a Little bit, OK? You
don't have to knock anybody out.

Just box. Come on.

Now, keep that jab out there.

This man here doesn't want to win.

He wants to k*ll.

Find out more about him for me, Mr Silas.

Enough, Quade.

Lieutenant?

Ah, hello.

Congratulations. Oh?

Sit down.

You were 9th when you took your
exams a couple of years ago for captain.

Now you're first in Line for the next opening.

You know Captain Fisher up in The Bronx.

Well, he's retiring next month. We
think we'll move you into his command.

We'll get you up there right
away and you can get broken in.

Well, I don't wanna be taken
off the case I'm on right now, sir.

Well, Lieutenant, we'd rather
that the press didn't find out

that the officer who made an honest mistake in '69

is in any position to make another error.

Now, Lieutenant Farber, who was a spot ahead of you,

well, he's agreed to wait.

I don't want the job, sir. Look.

We bounce you upstairs now, we all come out ahead.

You know, sooner or Later, I was
bound to take that captain's exam.

And sooner or later, I was bound to turn
it down, because I like what I'm doing, sir.

I don't wanna be stuck behind a desk.

And I'm not the kind of guy who's
dreaming up his next political move.

Well, then, Lieutenant.

Report to headquarters tomorrow.

Work in administration.

Lieutenant Williamson will take
over for you at Manhattan South.

Then I will go on vacation tomorrow, sir,

And what I do with my time is my own business.

Be very careful what you do, Lieutenant.

Whoa! Hey. Where's Ray?

What happened, Rudy? Boxing.

It was gonna change his life?

It's not gonna be that easy for him, Lisa.

So, you're from New England. You got on the Patriots?

I still think you're crazy.

By the way, I've got a friend who'll
take your money, if you've got any,

and uh...invest it for you and you could be...

Hey, wait a minute. You know, being
tied up and hit is not my scene, mister.

I need a pen. Does anybody have a pen?

Here you go.

Lieutenant Kojak, Lieutenant Williamson.

How are you?

I see. What's the rush?

Theo...they found another victim. Two hours ago.

Wrists tied, stabbed. Same M-0.

I know how you feel, Lieutenant. But don't worry.

I'll get him.