Striking Distance

Police Department, zone one. Sergeant Roberts.

The Polish Hill Strangler has claimed a fourth victim.

The nude body of Arlene Dunn was recovered from the Ohio River.

Police had been alerted to the crimes by the killer, -

- who taunts them by playing the song "Little Red Riding Hood".

The police brutality trial of Detective Jimmy Detillo is over.

Detillo was convicted for the beating ofLeon Watson.

Watson remains in a coma. The key to the conviction -

- was the testimony of Detillo's partner and cousin Thomas Hardy.

Hardy testified that his partner used unwarranted force.

Come on, son, we're gonna be late for the policeman's ball.

- You've got to face him sometime. - I feel like an asshole.

Maybe you are an asshole. You always were kind of strange.

- I had you as a role model. - You got that from your mother.

- I see you got the boat fixed. - Yeah, we're going out tomorrow.

What's the latest on Little Red Riding Hood?

We get close, he slips away. I'm telling you, Dad, it's a cop.

Maybe an ex-cop. Uncle Nick thinks so, too.

- Did you talk to him about Jimmy? - We talked around it.

Every cop in Pittsburgh thinks I'm a rat.

You're not a rat. You told the truth. Nick knows that.

Yeah, we'll look where it's got me.

It's tough, but you know what my dad used to say?

"Loyalty above all else, except honour."

We're pursuing a murdersuspect. '89 Ford, dark blue, RHX715.

Wejust crossed the 31st StreetBridge.

Suspectis armed and dangerous.

- Let's go. - So much for the policeman's ball.

Take Bigelow.

- Don't you have a date tonight? - You're my date.

- What happened to that nurse? - It just didn't work out.

You've got to give these things a chance, Tommy.

That girl that works for Dutch is awful nice.

- Is there some meaning in all this? - Grandkids.

What? I'm not that grown up myself yet.

- There they are. - Go down the alley.

Send an ambulance to the southbound tube.

We'll trap him at 2nd Ave.

Captain Hardy.

Get out of the car now with your hands up.

- Uncle Nick. - Is this the policeman's ball?

This is your last chance. Get out with your hands up.

Here he comes.

He drives like a cop.

Pull up to him.

Come on, fellas, easy.

My leg!

Something's wrong with my leg.

- Where's Dad? - Tommy, listen ...

He's been shot, Tommy. The killer got away.

Daddy! Jesus Christ!

Look who's here.

- Tommy, sorry about your father. - Thanks, Don.

You just couldn't stay away.

Why come to the sentencing? We've already heard your testimony.

- Uncle Nick. - Hi, Tommy.

- How are you feeling? - I don't know.

- How's the leg? - Okay.

- I don't want to be here. - You're a better man than I am.

Tommy, they got the guy that killed your father.

- What is this? - His name's Kesser.

He couldn't even lift those women.

We have an eyewitness that saw him dump a body.

- Even you said it was a cop. - I said it could be.

Now we have a witness that said it wasn't.

- Dad, let's go in. - Sit down, I'll be right with you.

Go ahead. Sit down. I'll be right in.

I don't want any problems with you. Do you understand me?

You should be glad we caught him.

Where is he?

They're going to throw the book at him, Nick. Your son or not.

The criminal court of Pennsylvania is now in session.

The sentencing for the State versus Detective Jimmy Detillo.

The Honourable Judge Hellen Kramer presiding.

- Mr. Gunther, where is your client? - We don't know, Your Honour.

Jimmy ... Son, listen to me.

Listen to Daddy. We'll talk to them. We'll work something out.

Mama went off this bridge. You remember?

They never found her.

Jimmy, you don't have to do this.

Cops don't go to prison, Dad. I don't go!

Are you gonna give him a push?

- Jimmy! - Hey, Tommy.

That's my partner. My flesh and blood!

Come on down. You're scaring everybody.

- Who's the best cop now? - You, Jimmy. Always you.

Who's the best cop now?

Always you, Jim. Come on down.

Come on, partner. Just take my hand.

Come on.

Come on down.

- No! - Jimmy!

- You motherfucker! You did this. - Let go of him.

You did this. Fuck you!

No, Bob!

Don't lick me with that fish breath.

Hey, Hardy.

RIVER RESCUE

He's still on the sauce. He'll be sleeping it off somewhere.

He's a fifth generation cop. He'll show.

Yeah? Who wants to bet?

- $20 says he don't show. - You're on.

Thank you.

- Tie that up for me, will you? - Hardy!

I've been calling you for an hour.

You missed roll call.

Penderman's really pissed.

You look like shit. Did you fall off the wagon?

You're a fucking mess. I'm sick of taking shit for you.

- What do I put in the log? - Will you get the stern line?

You're a real asshole. How did I end up with you?

Hardy!

Get some dry clothes on, Sacco. I'll catch you on the next run.

River Rescue 9221, this is base.

We have a 111 one mile south of Neville lsland.

10-4.

Kim Lee, get Hardy.

- 9221, this is base. Come in. - Go ahead.

This is Penderman. Get back here and pick up Sacco.

Hardy. Hardy!

Malfunction on his radio, sir. Like when you shut it off.

- Jeff Schultz. Where's your diver? - He fell off.

Open it up.

Stand back, please.

Shot in the heart. Small caliber. Been in the water 48 hours.

Less. 24 hours.

She's been dead 48 though. Somebody held on to her a while.

- Who's this guy? - Tom Hardy.

- Tom Hardy? - The infamous.

- Uncle Nick. - How are you?

- How come you never call me? - I call, you're always busy.

- Danny's back. - Where was he all this time?

California, someplace.

- What did he say? - Nothing much. You know Danny.

- How are the treating you at work? - Good.

I read that Rossmore is retiring. Are you gonna be the next chief?

Not me, kid. I'm just a Larimer Avenue dago.

- I hear they're gonna fry Kesser. - That's what they do with killers.

- I'll see you around. - Come on, let's go.

When I grow up, I'd love to have a pair of shorts like that.

- How's your wife, Eddie? - None of your fucking business.

How would you know ... You're his partner, how's his wife?

Eddie's picking on me again, Uncle Nick.

One of these days it's just going to be you and me!

Workers discovered the nude body wrapped in a sheet.

Workers discovered the nude body wrapped in a sheet.

She was identified as Cheryl Putnam of Monessen.

Miss Putnam, a stewardess, was abducted from her home, -

- then taken to another location, where she was murdered.

The brutal crime reminds many of the Polish Hillstranglings.

There's no connection other than the victim being a white female.

The Polish Hill victims were strangled, not shot at close range.

- You picked the wrong house to rob. - You got nothing worth stealing.

- It's been a long time. - I could've killed you.

- I wanted to surprise you. - You did.

Give me a drink. Why do you live on a houseboat?

You and your old man should've burned this place down.

- How was California? - Sunny.

Sunny? You're out there two years and that's all you can tell me?

"The Simpsons" are on an hour earlier.

Are you still mad at me?

Yeah, well, I fucked up.

After that night on the bridge ... I blamed you for Jimmy.

Yeah, I blamed me, too.

- I looked for you at the funeral. - I couldn't deal with it.

An empty coffin like my mom's ... The river took half my family.

It never gave them back, either.

I was wondering what happened to that picture.

You, me and Jimmy at my dad's cabin. All going to be cops.

- Brilliant idea. - Look at us now.

I'm a dropout. Jimmy's dead.

- And you're one of those ... - Water dogs.

It wasn't your fault what happened to Jimmy.

He had something wrong with him. He did, like my mom.

Nobody noticed it, until he beat that suspect. But I noticed it ...

I never did anything about it. You did the right thing.

- Fuck 'em. - Fuck 'em.

- So, are you back now? - I'm back.

- You want to get something to eat? - No, I've got to meet a girl.

Danny ...

Welcome home, man.

HARDY-CHRISTMAN

- Hey, Kim Lee. - How are you doing, Hardy?

- Who's Christman? - Jo Christman. New diver.

- What's he like? - Not what you'd expect.

Come on in, Tom.

Tom Hardy, Jo Christman.

She's a police officer, a qualified diver and a paramedic.

- Hi, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- No. - Okay.

- Can I ask you what he said? - No.

Thanks.

I hope she floats.

You want to get that stern line, please?

- Afternoon. - Hello.

Give me the bottle. Let me rephrase that:

Give me the bottle now.

- You know this is a no-wake zone? - No, sir, I didn't.

- Drive a little slower next time. - We have to give them a ticket.

- No, we don't. - They were speeding.