Life on Mars

Hey, sammy.

Look what I got you, pal.

I got you a new spaceship.

But I like my spaceship, daddy.

Yeah, but you can have this one, too.

I like mine.

His birthday'snot till saturday.

You're not gonna have to work, are you?

Rose, I wouldn't miss sammy's birthday party for the world.

I promise.

One day you can go to the moon.

Would you like that?

Only in my spaceship.

Only in your spaceship.

What's the matter, tyler?

Ransom-Drop stakeouts make you sleepy?

Kidnappings are boring?

Actually, I was hoping to wake up to discover the institution of a proper A.M.B.E.R. Alert system.

You're off your snots, tyler.

Well, too bad the park ain't open.

We could pinch this kidnapper, hand mr.Kreshpane his baby,

And go for funnel cakes and lap dances with the bearded lady.

That broad still working?

Something tells me wall street wasn't beckoning.

Well, I just hope baby andrew is safe, wherever he is.

Baby andrew's gonna be dead baby andrew if we get made.

There's daddy kreshpane now.

We got a bogey at 1:00.

Where's my son?!

Where's my boy?!Where's andrew?!

No, no, no.

You're under arrest for kidnapping.

Kidnapping?

Sam, why do you look so stricken?

It's about my father.

What about him?

He walked out on me and my mother this year--1973.

He just disappeared from our lives.

We never heard from him again.

Where did he go?

I don't know.

Well, why did he go?

I have no idea.

Well, do you know anything, sam?

He left town in the middle of my 4th birthday party,

Before I even blew out the candles.

Well, he should be arrested for that alone.

It's my birthday this saturday--The exact date he vanishedin 1973.

Wait, so tomorrow'syour birthday?

Yeah.

How old are you gonna be?

I'm serious.

So am I.

Sam, you're not gonna be 4.

Am too.

Now you're actinglike a 4-Year-Old.

Annie, after the car hit meand I arrived here in 1973, I saw an image-

-A woman, my mother, wearing a red dress, being chased through the woods.

Now...

I-I-I cat explain it, but I keep seeing it.

You know, over and over again.

Sam, maybe we should have a little birthday party for you.

You know, I can make a cake.

No, I can't on saturday because I have to goto lee's cousin's wedding.

But, well, maybe on monday.

You're missing the point.

Maybe this is the reason why I'm here, to figure out what happened to my family...

and to prevent my father from leaving.

Are you saying that that filthy kidnapper is your father?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Happy birthday to me.

My name is sam tyler.

I was in an accident, and I woke up in 1973.

I don't know how or why I'm here, but whatever's happened,

It's like I've landed on a different planet.

Now maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home.

I swear to you, I had no idea this was about a kidnapping.

I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

So says every criminal I've ever arrested.

I know nothing about a baby.

Yeah, right, and I got zero interest in jacking up brigitte bardot.

So...

you dared to dream, seek greener pastures.

And when you read about the kreshpanes' windfall, you planned your score.

I'm sorry, but I can'thelp you out there.

Get off your rusty-Dustyand tell us where that baby is.

You okay?

Yeah.

You know, I...

I got a boy at home.His name is sam.

Yeah? I got a french bull dog at home named ollie.

He drools like your grandfather.

Where are we goin'with all the noise?

It's just coincidence, that's all.

I got two sam tylers in my life?

And I think I want to talk to my lawyer now.

And I think they ruined a perfect ass when they put teeth in your head.

Look, you--You're a father and a parent, and you love your son a lot, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I love my son very much.

So what?

Well, so how does a guy like that end up at coney island in the early dawn, collecting a ransom?

How does he get there?

Look, it was supposed to be a simple collection from a book maker.

At least, that's what I was told.

Wh-What do--What do you mean?

I owe their people money, and they were threatening me and my family.

Whose people?

The, uh, pignato brothers.

Who the hell are the pignato brothers?

The pignato brothers are an up-And-coming crew of the lower east side's criminal underworld.

They were penny-ante hoodlums until la year.

Freddy venetti.

Freddy venetti.

Who?

Freddy venettiwas a small time bookiewe found in a dumpster on avenue C.

Wait, he's missing eyes, ears and a nose.

And hands and tongue.

You can't see it in that photo.

Word on the street--The pignatos wanted it known if you cross them,

You have violated one of their five senses.

They retaliate symbolically.

Tin snips.

They used tin snips.

Turned freddy into a potato head.

Do we know if the kreshpanes had any business associations with the pignatos?

Mr.Kreshpane said there were none.

That's xactly why we need to lean harder on vic tyler.

This cren'severy shade of shady.

He keeps jerking us around, we'll have a dead baby on our hands.

Enter.

Uh, mr.And mrs.Kreshpaneare here.

Boss, maybe we should have vic meet the kreshpanes face-to-face.

What for?

Well, vic's got his own family.

If he's got even an ounce of humanity, he'll be more forthcoming in the presence of the devastated parents.

What do you say, boss?

Get vic tyler.

Okay

But if this coffee klatch doesn't work, know what happens next?

What?

I break out the tin snips.

Mr.And mrs.Kreshpane, I know this is extremely difficult for you.

The kidnappers threatened to--To do horrible things to andrew

If we got the police involved.

We are working on this as fast as we can.

Trust me.

Vic tyler?

These are andrew kreshpane's parents.

Whe's our baby, mr.Tyler?Where is he?

Please, we need him to come home.

I'm--I'm sorry.I have no idea.

I can't help you.

All righT.Come here, come here.

Detective tyler will do everything he can.

What if your son were kidnapped?

Where your son is.

Can you imagine being separated from him?

Can you imagine the heart break it will cause you and your wife?

Look, I feel lousy about this.

I really do.

But the pignatos are accountable for that baby, not me.

But what if you take the fall?

What happens to urur family?

Who provides for them?

All right, look.

I expect a phone call this afternoon at 2:00 to arrangefor the money exchange,

But that's all that I know.

The pignatos don't know I got pinched.

Not yet.

Doing the right thing here.

Hey, look, a-Anything just to put this behind me, you know?

You know, saturday's my boy's birthday.

I'm throwing a party for him in the park.

Ice cream. . .

cake. . .

and a cowboy hat comes by and--And makes the funny animals out of balloons.

I'ld like to be there for that.

You will be.

So what's the plan, sam?

Um, we'll wait for the call from the pignatos, and--

And once they give you the location on the money drop,

We'll--We'll take itfrom there.

This is our house.

Yes, it is.

I keep meaning to get this fixed.

You never will.

I sell cleaning supplies for a living.

I'm on the road a lot.

Money's not great, but you plug away, make yourself a life.

I tried to lighten the load by making some bets, you know?

I made some bad bets.

I couldn't pay them back.

You know, so they--They got me running these errands, these low-Level underlings.

You know, I figured, no big shakes, right?

But look at me now.

I got a cop in my living room like I'm some common criminal waiting for these. . .

frickin' psychos to call me.

I'm rry.

It's okay.