The Bridge

Roach, come out of there!

It's a dead end! You got nowhere to go!

Come on, Roach!

We want to get home sometime tonight, okay?

You believe this guy? Roach, we're running out of patience here!

Okay, that's it.

Aah!

My gun jammed. Get the shotgun.

I'm shot! I'm shot! I need help! I'm shot!

Move where we can see you, Roach!

Toss that gun away from you!

What's up with your weapon?

I don't know. I just cleaned the damn thing.

You wouldn't listen, huh?

Now look at you. Look what you made me do to you.

This is Bridge 211.

We need an ambulance and detectives to our location.

We got a male suspect with a gunshot wound.

¶ I got mine ¶

Lady, you all right?

There's no way we could see the old lady in there.

The guy was shooting at us.

You give your gun to the shooting team?

Yeah. The gun jammed on me.

I didn't even get a shot off.

How's the old lady?

Paramedics said they were looking over her,

and a bullet fell out of her hair.

Said it was just under the skin.

That's a first.

Oh, you know my partner, Les Hedford.

Hey, how you doing? How you doing?

I.A. shows up, acts like we planned to shoot this old woman.

They want us down at the division for a statement.

No, no, no, you guys can forget about that.

You got 24 hours, and they know it.

So, what do we do?

Tomorrow you come and see me.

Union lawyer goes to I.A. With you.

Right now, you guys go home.

Okay.

Thanks, Frank. All right, Partak.

Rytell, what the hell?

You know cops have 24 hours

before they have to talk to you guys.

Why you pushing this? You push us, we push back.

I'm talking to Rytell. Who the hell are you?

Ruiz. Who the hell are you?

Frank Leo. Get out of my face or get hurt.

Ruiz, back off.

Go talk to the shooting team.

Hey. Go.

Frank Leo. Big deal.

Got to teach your boy.

Ruiz just transferred in.

He thinks he's got to show attitude.

You know what?

You guys keep ignoring the 24-hour rule,

I'm gonna promote all I.A. Detectives out of rank and file.

You guys will be brass...

No more union healthcare, no more union pension fund.

And don't think the brass is gonna give you guys a raise

just 'cause you joined their little club.

They're not gonna give up their vacations to the Bahamas for you guys.

Point taken, okay, Frank? But we're just doing our jobs.

We got orders to push the rule every chance we get.

Whose orders?

See you around, Frank.

Looking for somebody?

Yeah, I'm looking for Tommy Dunn.

Yeah, he's in the back.

Daniels? Yeah.

Office in the far corner.

Tell you later.

I just got some good news

about the Partak/Hedford shooting last night.

Mm-hmm?

The bullet that hit the homeless woman

came from their suspect's gun.

So, the shooting team will give them a pass?

Yeah. Gets even better.

Talked to I.A... no statement.

Guy named Rytell over there seemed sympathetic.

Oh, right, yeah. I put the fear of God into him.

Threatened to kick I.A. Out of the union.

That's great. Thank you.

So, how's the homeless woman?

She's talking about a lawsuit.

Of course she is.

I'll call Partak and Hedford's duty sergeant,

tell him not to expect any suspensions.

I already did that.

He's gonna put them both back out on the job tonight.

Well, they still need to see our psychologist.

Yeah, I set that up, too.

So, you're kind of all over this thing, aren't you?

You said Partak was a friend, so...

Yeah, we were actually partnered together in our first year.

And, uh, yeah, he saved my ass on day one.

What happened?

We're serving a fugitive warrant in the projects, right?

And this guy decides to run.

So, we chase him and we split, and I get completely lost.

Like, I have no idea where I am. You know what it's like down there.

All the buildings look the same.

It's my first day. I'm overwhelmed.

So, anyways, I'm trying to figure out where I am,

and, suddenly, the guy's right behind me with a knife.

I have no idea he's there.

Partak takes him out.

Saved my life.

First day on the job, and you almost get killed?

I didn't pull the trigger on a guy

till I was three years in.

Partnered with Frank Leo? You never told me that.

Yeah, I did... couple months my first year.

Shot a guy on my first day out.

Yeah, okay, yeah, I remember now.

That reminds me... What'd they say about your gun, anyway?

The firing pin was screwed up.

Mercury must be in retrograde.

What the hell does that mean?

Oh, anything mechanical breaks down,

my wife says, "Mercury's in retrograde. "

All these years we've been running together,

and I just find out you're a flake, huh?

It's my wife's thing, astrology.

I pretend I'm listening,

but she's happy because we're sharing something.

Hey, man, whatever floats your boat.

Hey, you seeing this? That's not who I think it is, is it?

Yeah. It's Roach. Unbelievable.

What the hell is Roach doing out?

Didn't we arrest him last night?

Tell me I wasn't dreaming that.

He looks like he's going towards the school.

10 years ago, kids played basketball in there,

and now it's full of pipe fiends.

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, it's the cops, you idiot.

See that? Son of a bitch has a gun already.

Roach, stop right there.

I'll call for backup.

What? What for?

It's drug addicts. We've been in there.

I heard there's a bunch of mental patients who live in there, too.

Dale, the guy's got a gun, okay?

Yeah, all the more reason we should call it in first, right?

Okay, so, we wait, and in the meantime, Roach shoots some helpless head case.

Is that what you want?

We just had I.A. looking at us, questioning our procedure.

Is that what you want?

I'm calling it in.

Fine, call it in, but I'm not waiting.

I'll see you in there, partner.

Roach, I'm coming for you! Come out of there!

This is Bridge 211,

requesting backup to our location.

We got a male suspect with a gun.

Copy that, 211.

Come on, Roach.

You know I'm gonna find you, you little creep.

Come back, Dale.

Any zombies, man...

You shoot them in the brains, that'll kill them.

Les, you read me?

Les, Les, you reading me?

Damn it.

Roach, how's that leg?

It's got to sting, huh?

Dale, come back.

I need you, man.

Dale?

My walkie's not working! You in here yet?

Dale?! Ugh!

Does that sting?!

Huh?! Does that sting?!

Les!

Les!

So, what's the mayor want?

She found out about these little meetings we're having,

and she wants in.

Really? How'd she find out?

I told you... she's got eyes and ears in the department.

I thought she was gonna hand me my ass,

but she seems to like the idea.

She says it's time for the two of you to bond...

Her choice of words, not mine.

All right, well, tell her it's the same deal as us.

She comes alone.

She also said, as a sign of good faith,

she'll rescind the freeze on, uh, hiring new officers.

Really? How many new cops?

50 to start with.

50? I need 500.

I'll talk to her.

Oh, one other thing, Frank.

You remember that cop who was ripping off the drug dealers?

Mike? Yeah, what about him?

He's getting out of prison. What are you talking about?