Hill Street Blues

IT WON'T COME BACK.

WE'RE RIGHT OVER THE CITY.

GOD...

- WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN! -

CALL 'EM ON THE TOWER.

NO, THERE'LL BE COPS.

OH.

SORRY, I HAD TO DO THIS.

OH, PLEASE. WE'RE DOING THIS?

LOOK, WHAT HAPPENED, LOOK AT THAT.

THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE DEAD, WHOEVER'S IN THERE.

I AIN'T LOOKIN'.

SO THEN GO AWAY, DEIRDRE.

THEY'RE DEAD, MAN.

YOU KIDS GET AWAY.

IT'S A PLANE WRECK.

WHAT YOU YELL AT US FOR?

I'M TELLING YA, GET OUT!

I KNOW YOU, MAN, YOU HANG AT JERRY'S SUB SHOP.

JERRY'S NUMBERS.

WANT ME TO BEAT YOU, YOU WANNA GET BEAT UP?

YOU WANNA ROB 'EM, ROB THEIR BODIES.

GO ON!

OW! YOU JERK, MAN.

YOU STINK, MAN, YOU A THIEF!

GO ON!

TELL ANYONE YOU SAW ME,

AND I'LL COME BACK AND WHIP YOU GOOD!

HOLY GOD!

BOBBY, PLEASE, I GOT BUSINESS HERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT, SID.

IT'S IMPORTANT, HUH?

WHAT, BOBBY, YOU GOT A SHOT AT BOOSTING

YOUR LAUNDRY OUT OF THE CLEANERS?

IT'S IMPORTANT, SID, IT'S HEAVY.

OKAY.

COME ON.

SORRY, GUYS, STREET LIFE.

GO AHEAD.

I'LL TAKE NORM'S APP.

NORM, ASK NICE, HONEY GETS MONEY.

OKAY, BOBBY, WHAT...

SID SAYS YOU'RE IN PLUMBING SUPPLY.

YOU HAD PARTNER PROBLEMS.

YEAH, HE PUT 25 G's UP EACH NOSTRIL.

STUFF'S A CURSE.

CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY LIVES I'VE SEEN IT RUIN.

TRYING TO GET BUSINESS BACK ON ITS FEET AGAIN.

BANK'S DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

THAT'S OUR NICHE, NORM, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

UH, DONNY, I THINK YOU BETTER GET OUT OF HERE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I THINK HE MAY BE HOT.

- ARE YOU KIDDING? - UH-UH.

I'LL START YOU FOR TEN.

WE GET TWO POINTS A WEEK.

EXTRA TWO EVERY MONTH YOUR OUTSTANDING.

RIGHT, OKAY.

HE KNOWS HOW TO GET A HOLD OF ME.

I GET POPPED 'CAUSE OF YOU,

I'M GONNA FEED YOU YOUR FREAKIN' EYES.

COME ON, GO, BOBBY.

CAN YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR ME, SID?

WAIT WHERE WE SAID.

I'M GONNA SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

EXCUSE ME.

HERE, HERE.

SINCE WHEN DID YOU GET TO BE CAPTAIN

ON THIS TOUR CRUISE, HUH?

NORM...

GO, BOBBY.

CRAZY, AM I RIGHT, NORM?

I JUST BLOW OUR CONNECT WITH A SHY

THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SET YOU UP WITH, WHAT--

THREE WEEKS NOW?

AND NOW, NORM, I'M LAYING HANDS ON YOU.

SO THIS IS HOW YOU GOTTA KNOW

WHAT HAS COME INTO OUR LIVES, NORM, IS SO BIG.

IT IS SO POWERFUL, NORM.

OR ELSE I DON'T TAKE THE SHOT.

TELL ME ABOUT THE SUITCASE.

DID YOU SEE THAT SUITCASE?

YES.

DID YOU SEE THE WAY THAT KID WAS BENT OVER

WITH THE WEIGHT OF THAT THING?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT?

SODA, NORM.

UNCUT.

DIRECT FROM AN AIR DISASTER.

AND NOT A POUND, NORM.

WHICH A POUND, UNCUT, STREETS FOR 20, 22.5.

BUT IT'S NOT A POUND, NORM.

AND IT'S NOT TEN POUNDS, NORM.

WHICH TEN POUNDS, CONSERVATIVE, MOVES AT A DEUCE IN SIX FIGURES

AND GETS TWO PEOPLE, NORM...

OUTTA THIS STINKIN' RAT HOLE

AND SET UP BY ANY WATER WE COULD THINK OF.

AND NOT DOMESTIC WATER, NORM, DID I SAY DOMESTIC WATER?

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DOMESTIC WATER, NORM.

WE COULD SET UP BY ANY WATER IN THE WHOLE STINKIN' WORLD!

AND IT'S NOT TEN POUNDS, NORM, THAT'S NOT THE AMOUNT.

AND IT'S NOT 20 POUNDS, NORM.

WHICH, 20 POUNDS, NORM,

GETS BROADS AND LIMOUSINES

AND A HOUSE ANYWHERE YOU COULD THINK OF.

AND NOT 40 POUNDS.

NOT EVEN 60 POUNDS, NORM,

WHICH IS THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.

NORM... 80 POUNDS!

80 POUNDS, NORM!

THAT KID'S INTESTINES WERE DOWN IN HIS TESTICLES

WITH THE WEIGHT OF THAT SUITCASE.

NORM, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ONCE,

AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD RESPECT ME AS A MAN IF I DIDN'T.

THAT BOBBY, HE'S A MOUSE.

HE IS LOOKING TO OFF THIS STUFF FOR HIGH FOUR FIGURES--

7,500, TEN GRAND, MAX.

TEN GRAND.

AND KNOWING THE KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU DON'T HAVE

THAT IN A BANK ACCOUNT SOMEWHERE, AM I RIGHT?

AND NOW BOBBY IS OUT OF THE PICTURE.

AND YOU AND ME, NORM,

ARE STRUGGLING LIKE THIS WITH THAT SUITCASE BETWEEN US.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,

BUT I'M ASKING YOU AS A HUMAN BEING

TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY

OF AN ENTIRE FRESH CONCEPT

AND START IN LIFE... HMM?

OKAY, NORM, I'M GONNA TAKE MY HAND AWAY FROM YOUR LIPS NOW.

IT WOULD MEAN, NORM, SO MUCH TO ME,

IF YOU GAVE ME SOME POSITIVE INDICATION

THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER WHAT I AM SUGGESTING.

IS THERE A GLIMMER, NORM?

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY?

NONE.

NONE, YOU MEAN, IN THE SENSE OF WHAT?

NONE.

MEANING?

MEANING NONE.

- NONE? - NONE!

WE HAVE A 9-11, ARMED ROBBERY IN PROGRESS.

C-SURPLUS STORE,

CORNER OF PEEBLE'S DRIVE AND 124th STREET.

WHO SAW THE PLANE COME DOWN?

I DID, I DID...

I WANNA KNOW WHO ACTUALLY SAW THE PLANE HIT

AND EXPLODE INTO FLAMES.

I DID, MISTER.

- YOU LIE, EVANDER. - I SAW IT.

YOU WAS AT BREAKFAST.

...PLANE WRECK, I HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY THROUGH.

RIGHT, RIGHT, CAN WE SEE SOME I.D., PLEASE?

LOOK, I'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT WRECKAGE

AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I'VE GOTTA RETRIEVE THE BLACK BOX

AND THE OCCUPANTS' PERSONAL EFFECTS.

YEAH, WELL, HOW COME THEY SENT TWO OF YOU?

SORRY?

THAT GUY RIGHT THERE,

HE'S FROM THE F.A.A. TOO.

AND HE HAPPENS TO HAVE I.D., SIR.

UH-HUH, WELL, HE'S PROBABLY FROM A DIFFERENT FIELD OFFICE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO BE A LOOTER, WOULD YOU?

OH, NO, NO, NO, I GOTTA GO.

OKAY, YOU GOT THE AIRPLANE IN THE BACKGROUND?

I'M TALKING WITH F.A.A. INSPECTOR JAMES FOREMAN.

ANY PRELIMINARY THEORIES, MR. FOREMAN,

ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THIS CRASH?

WE'RE JUST BEGINNING TO ASSEMBLE THE DATA.

I'M TOLD, AS OF YET, NO MANIFEST, FLIGHT

OR DESTINATION PLAN HAVE BEEN FOUND FILED FOR THIS PLANE

AT ANY OF THE LOCAL AIRPORTS.

WE'RE JUST BEGINNING TO LOOK INTO THAT.

IS IT POSSIBLE THIS FLIGHT'S PURPOSE WAS CRIMINAL?

NO CONTRABAND'S BEEN FOUND ON SITE.

YOU'VE GOT TO EXCUSE ME NOW.

IN A DENSELY POPULATED AREA, THERE WERE NO FATALITIES

OTHER THAN THE FLIGHT'S OCCUPANTS.

WOULDN'T YOU CALL THAT A MIRACLE?

EVERYTHING IS VERY PRELIMINARY.

MR. FOREMAN, ONE MORE QUESTION, PLEASE.

AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES,

WE WILL BE GIVING UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY...

HEY, HOW COME YOU AIN'T TRYING TO GET ON TV, DEIRDRE?

INTAKE ON RENALDO LIMON, SERGEANT.

TRADE YOU FOR A PHILLIP ALLEN.

THOUGHT YOU'D GET AHEAD OF ME, DIDN'T YOU?

MORNING, STANISLAUS.

MORNING, LIEUTENANT.

HEY, HOW ABOUT THAT AIR WRECK?

OH, EXTRAORDINARY.

OH, 50 FEET EITHER WAY,

WHO KNOWS HOW MANY WOULD'VE DIED.

IT'S THE LUCKIEST THING I EVER HEARD OF.

WELL, NOT THAT THE GENTLEMEN IN THE COCKPIT

WOULD NECESSARILY SHARE YOUR OPINION.

NO PROBLEM, JIMMY.

I CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY CALLS YOU'RE JUGGLING.