Prime Target

[thrilling instrumental music playing]

What is it? I told you I didn't want to be disturbed.

Come on.

What is this? Some kind of a joke? I haven't got time to...

My God, you can't.

You can't do that.

Five, four K, 10, four.

Twenty-eight and seven? That's Southwick's.

Attention all shoppers.

As part of Southwick's policy of cooperation with civilian defense,

we participate in an evacuation drill.

Attention all shoppers. As part of Southwick's policy in cooperating...

Rooney, Esquivel, come here.

Look, the caller said it was due to go off at 12:30.

That gives us 15 minutes. Now you two check the dressing rooms. Let's move it!

You two, the back. Go! Go!

Hey. See if there's any dressing rooms over there.

Hey, check the restrooms in the back.

Go to the other side, anybody over there in the back...

Police officer. It's an emergency.

Let's go. Everybody out.

Everybody out! Fire drill!

Everybody out!

Anybody here? Anybody?

Ma'am, you got to get out of here!

My man, excuse me. Excuse me.

My mother's up here. Watch it.

Excuse me, man. Right here.

Hey, we got one.

Hey, baby, you want to see a show?

Hey, how about you come and see a show with me, huh?

Hey, you know that purse is funky fresh. What you got in it?

Yeah, why don't you open that purse up

and maybe spare me and my man some change.

-Why don't you boys run along? -Fake badge.

Yeah, fake badge. We trying to get a little bit of money.

Come back with some jive when you've grown up.

Hey, you got it lady. No problem.

Yo, yo. Keep the change, baby, Keep the change.

So, why didn't you arrest them?

Why didn't I...

Well number one, I arrest them today, the courts let 'em out tomorrow.

Number two, it's my lunch hour.

Number three, I've been wanting to see Les Miserables for months now.

I'd lose my place in line. See, you'd get here instead.

Every time I get in line and get close to getting the tickets my...

My beeper goes off.

Excuse me.

Take the freight elevator, Kel. It wasn't damaged. Save the feet.

A steel fire door fell on her, Kel.

We're waiting for the techs and the M.E.

They should be here by now.

Why aren't they here? What are they doing? Taking the scenic route?

You're her partner?

Yeah.

Sergeant Mulcahaney. Homicide.

How long were you partners?

What I mean is no, ma'am. See, we were just, uh...

We were just riding together today. I mean, she's not...

See, she wasn't my regular partner, she was a temporary.

Where is your regular partner?

He called in sick.

So who sent Esquivel in here into these dressing rooms, Officer Rooney?

Well, the field sergeant sent us to round up stragglers,

and I told Esquivel to come into the dressing rooms and check them out.

Because there might be ladies, you know, without clothes on.

Where were you when the bomb exploded?

On the stairs.

I didn't hear you. Where were you?

On the stairs!

See, I thought Esquivel was somewhere behind me. I swear.

Was Esquivel married?

Yeah, I think. He was, uh... He was a waiter or something.

Did she have any close friends in the department?

Somebody that she and her husband saw socially.

Yeah, yeah, she talked about one friend.

Paula, something. No, no, it was Pilar.

Pilar something.

Why?

Why do you think, Rooney?

Grandma!

-Sgt. Mulcahaney? -Right.

I'm Pilar Sandovel.

What's her husband's name?

Jesus. They were newlyweds.

Jesus Esquivel, please.

-In the kitchen. -Thanks. This way.

Thanks for doing this, Pilar.

Yeah, well, I guess that's all part of the job.

Pilar.

What is this?

It's Juanita.

You guys want to give us a minute alone here?

Tell me.

She was trying to save lives, Jesus.

She was a hero.

She didn't suffer. I'm sure of it, Jesus.

I made her go in this morning.

She didn't want to report.

She was afraid.

I ordered a Danish. Is this a Danish?

Hey! I didn't tell you to take it! Leave it!

Well, excuse me.

Oh.

Oh, I hope I never have to do that again.

Yeah, I'm all right. I'm all right.

Here you go.

What was she afraid of, Pilar?

Who? Juanita? Not too much.

Phone calls.

Phone calls?

Yeah. Yeah, every night.

Hour after hour.

These phone calls.

-She know who made the phone calls? -No.

Well, what? Do you think these were in any way connected to her death?

Somebody planted a bomb, and Juanita stepped into it.

That's it.

That's how you see it, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, but you're the detective sergeant. So go detect.

Me, I'm just a narc.

Kelly! DC wants us in the commissioner's office pronto,

and pronto, as you know, in police parlance means an hour ago. Get it?

Got it. Why?

The commissioner doesn't confide in me, Kelly.

He merely calls the bureau chief who calls the precinct commander

who calls me who tells you.

-Catch my drift? -Caught it.

The mayor wants this task force to find out...

Come on in. Sit down.

Wants this task force to find out exactly how Officer Esquivel died,

and the party or parties responsible.

Two, if there was... You can write this down.

If there was negligence on the part of any officer or supervising personnel.

Three, why Officer Esquivel was where the bomb was.

And four, who was the perpetrator or perpetrators,

and why and how they planted this bomb.

Now we've already had complaints coming from the women's groups,

Spanish-American group, Patrolman's Association,

Spanish-American Patrolman's Association,

Spanish-American Women's Patrol Person's Association...

We don't have a department here, gentlemen.

What we've got is an association of associations.

Co-chairpersons of this task force will be Sergeant Mulcahaney

and Lieutenant Fahey here.

You have carte blanche, phones, transportation, overtime, whatever.

Set your schedules, pick your personnel, write your daily reports, sit down!

I want everything in writing.

Thank you.

Sgt. Mulcahaney, may I see you for a second, please?

So, why am I heading this task force?

Because, you're one of the highest ranking female homicide detectives we've got,

because you're on the women's committee, and because I requested you personally.

You know what they're going to say about this.

About us. Again.

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.

You're my friend.

Not anymore I'm not.

How's Judge what's-his-name?

How's your wife?

Gosh, you're tough. Why are you so tough, huh?

Come on.

It's my birthday today. I'm pushing 50. Today.

What does the bomb squad say?

The bomb squad found a box.

Pipe-bomb, 24 hour clock, spring activated, plastic wrapped in a pipe.

Crime lab thinks it has a partial fingerprint.

They'll know tomorrow.

Aren't you going to wish me happy birthday, even? Huh?

Do me a favor.

Call the crime lab, and tell them I want that partial print

shaded and referenced today.

Use your influence, okay?

Oh, and by the way, happy birthday, Peter.

I'd have brought you a present, except

what do you give someone who's had everybody?

I couldn't sleep.

I can't ever sleep when a cop's been killed.

I don't know, it's some kind of insult.

Go home.

You're wasting the department's electricity.

I queried the FBI, Interpol, ATF, the CIA.

They've cross-referenced terrorist organizations,

cross-referenced employees, disgruntled customers, business rivals.

I don't know. If we got a mad bomber,

why hasn't he contacted the papers and TV?

Those guys get off on publicity.

Here.

You eat that stuff? You been a cop too long.

It's 2:00 in the morning. Go home.

You're right.

You're right.

I've been looking through Esquivel's files.

She wrote up a lot of cops on 604's.

Harassment, prejudice, intimidation.

Well, some cops are like that. They always got to be writing up somebody.