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A prisoner released after serving his sentence has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. A cat burglar's widow continues the family business.
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00:07the same guy barney this demo is very familiar i'm sure we've dealt with it before
00:12on the other hand it may just be similar you know sometimes when you experience something
00:18over and over that has basic similarities the details just tend to fade it only appears to
00:23be the same thing you've experienced before much like this conversation that's a good example
00:32pretty good story inspector yeah but you see by the time old brownie comes up to my stakeout
00:37position i'd already spotted the car with the three suspects in it so when i tells him this he
00:43says to me frank frank he says you mean to tell me i've been watching the wrong car for three
00:49and a
00:50half hours isn't it beautiful that brownie i tell you oh some of the stuff he come up with me
01:03what uh brings you uh what brings you down here on a saturday hmm oh that's a good question barney
01:11yeah uh well i got some good news and i got some bad news well by all means let's have
01:17the good
01:17news first should we talk about it in your office certainly i think under the circumstances it'd be
01:24more appropriate barney those good news bad news jokes kill me but you're not gonna tell me one no
01:33that's the good news
01:34that's good news
02:01that's the good news
02:02that's the good news
02:02Oh, my God.
02:32Oh, my God.
03:02The juicy details as to why your marriage is on the rocks.
03:07Inspector, there are no juicy details.
03:09That's what I told him, Barney.
03:11I said if Captain Miller wants to get himself separated,
03:15he's got to be pretty damn sure that he's got a good reason.
03:17Inspector.
03:17And there ain't nothing dirty or smutty or juicy about it.
03:21Captain and Mrs. Miller are not dirty, smutty, juicy people.
03:27Why, you boy?
03:30Say.
03:32Inspector.
03:34Liz and I have had a few difficulties.
03:37And until those difficulties are resolved one way or another,
03:40we just decided it would be wiser to separate for a while.
03:44Barney, if you don't want to talk about it.
03:46I don't mind.
03:47Well, good.
03:48Because there'll be somebody down from personnel to talk to you about it.
03:52Personnel?
03:54Department policy.
03:55Don't worry about it, Barney.
03:59Thanks for the warning.
04:00You're welcome.
04:05Ironic, isn't it, Barney?
04:07What's that?
04:10Your marriage busting up.
04:12Me getting engaged.
04:18Come on in here, right across here.
04:20Will you look at this?
04:21Yeah.
04:21But these places haven't changed in 30 years.
04:24And you've done them in antiques.
04:26It's a kind of memorial to the Depression.
04:30Barney wants to sit down right here.
04:32Oh, thank you.
04:33Thank you very much.
04:34Yeah, you're welcome.
04:37I mean, something like this to happen at, uh...
04:40My age?
04:41Well, I didn't mean, uh...
04:43Listen, I wasn't, uh...
04:44That's the realities of life, Barney.
04:47Sometimes they creep up on you, you know, like a stomach flu or...
04:53Oh, what the...
04:55Oh, this is still a nervous reaction.
04:57Perfectly normal.
04:58Normal?
04:59What the hell is normal anymore, Barney?
05:02Huh?
05:03I mean, I thought you and Liz were normal, you know?
05:06I thought you were something safe, secure, something I could count on.
05:10And one day, what happens, huh?
05:13Gone, out the window, goodbye.
05:15That's a bit of an overstatement, Inspector.
05:18I mean, but now with you and Liz breaking up, I...
05:20I say to myself, is this what I want for Frank Luger, huh?
05:25Something...
05:25Tranchant?
05:27A lousy 20, 25 years to get when it's all over?
05:30Oh, no siree, Bob, Barney.
05:34That's for me.
05:35I want something permanent or nothing at all.
05:41Her name is Agonis.
05:45Who the hell is named Agonis, anyway?
05:49Okay, what do you mean, full name?
05:51Ralph Timmons, T-I-M-M-O-N-S.
05:58Occupation?
05:59Prisoner.
06:02I meant before now.
06:05Prisoner?
06:07Now, don't get smart, Ralph.
06:09Now, who's being smart?
06:11I was unemployed the last two weeks, but before that, I was in prison for 30 years.
06:16What are you doing to get yourself arrested for?
06:19Oh, see, I'm a victim of my past.
06:24What's the matter?
06:24Don't you read crime statistics?
06:27This was inevitable.
06:29You're nuts.
06:32Barney.
06:34Barney.
06:37This sounds more promising.
06:40Here it is.
06:41I told you so.
06:42It's the exact M.O. about three years ago, Henry Newbound.
06:46Everything's the same.
06:47It's only small buildings, method of entry, only jewelry taken, everything.
06:54Good work.
06:55Thanks.
06:56Congratulations.
06:57Thank you, Dietrich.
06:59Although, I think you're going to have a hard time serving arrest papers.
07:03Oh, do you?
07:05Man's been dead since 1976.
07:11I'm afraid that's right, sir.
07:13Yeah, got an anti-alibi, so to speak.
07:18Uh, excuse me.
07:20I'd like to study this.
07:27Sorry.
07:28He had to be told.
07:33Well, please, can you come on in?
07:36I think so.
07:38Inspector?
07:39Yeah.
07:39Uh, just a second.
07:41I called for you.
07:43Hi.
07:43She says it's you-know-who.
07:49Hello there, rag-in-us.
07:53Just a second.
07:56Excuse me.
07:58Huh?
07:59I told you never to call me here.
08:04Well, just go ahead and tell him about prison.
08:06Well, I've been out for two weeks.
08:08And he was in for 30 years before that.
08:11Really?
08:12Well, you can check the record, Captain.
08:14I should have served 43, but I had 13 off for good behavior.
08:18I'm very proud of that.
08:21Well, you should be, Mr. Timmons.
08:24Question is, what were you doing with a gun?
08:27Was he threatening someone?
08:29No.
08:30Listen, Captain.
08:31Carrying a gun is in violation of my parole.
08:34Indeed?
08:35Well, that was the only way.
08:37The only way to what?
08:38To go back to prison.
08:41You want to go back to prison?
08:43Isn't that obvious?
08:49Have a seat, Mr. Timmons.
08:57That's a new one.
08:59Guy's got a couple of lug nuts loose, Mark.
09:01See if he can find his parole officer.
09:03Maybe he knows what it's all about.
09:05Yeah.
09:07No.
09:09I haven't had any time to look for an apartment.
09:13Hmm?
09:15Well, what's wrong with my place?
09:18It's a perfectly nice room.
09:22Got it.
09:26All right, Barney.
09:28There's a robbery in progress over on Canal.
09:30Same area, same pattern, Barne.
09:32This is new bound.
09:34Come on, the records show the man deceased.
09:36Barne, records can be wrong.
09:39All right.
09:40You and Dietrich.
09:42Oh, yeah.
09:43Yeah.
09:48Right this way.
09:54Please wait here, Father.
09:55Sir?
09:57We get a license anytime.
10:00I'll call you back.
10:02Yeah, police priests just come out of the room.
10:08Father?
10:10There's Captain Miller.
10:12Captain...
10:14Let's talk.
10:17Certainly.
10:20Father?
10:21Son?
10:29A priest who's a cop?
10:30That's weird.
10:31A sense of singing nun.
10:34Nothing surprises me.
10:43Where's Timmons?
10:44I'm his parole officer.
10:45Ah, he's, uh...
10:47Over here, Fred.
10:48Thanks.
10:49Well, what in the hell are you doing in there?
10:53Reminiscing.
10:54I'm a person.
10:55Get out of there!
10:57I can't.
10:57I'm under arrest.
10:59What?
11:00The illegal possession of a firearm.
11:02He's shot somebody?
11:04No, he wants to go back to prison.
11:07You're nuts!
11:09See?
11:10And you wouldn't believe me.
11:15Therefore, shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.
11:22Any problems cleaving, Captain?
11:25No, no, that was...
11:26I mean, I never, uh...
11:29Captain, I can understand how embarrassing, even painful, this almost being.
11:35Department policy, I understand.
11:39Yes, I am a little nervous.
11:41Does the uniform bother him?
11:44Part of it.
11:46You're not a Catholic?
11:48I'm afraid not.
11:50That's funny.
11:51They told me you were.
11:57Probably a mistake in the chaplain's office.
12:00Same problems here.
12:03Not quite the same, Captain.
12:05Captain.
12:09Do you want to step in here, please?
12:14Oh, this place looks so familiar.
12:17I mean, it's like I've been here before.
12:19I know what you mean.
12:23You want to, uh, take a seat over here, please?
12:25I'll be with you in just a moment.
12:27Sure.
12:30Drinking habits?
12:32Occasional glass of wine.
12:34Not unlike myself.
12:36However, to excess...
12:42Gambling?
12:44Well, the Irish sweepstakes.
12:46Good for you.
12:49Barney?
12:51Oh, Barney, uh, sorry, I...
12:52No, no, no, come on in, come on in.
12:53Uh, Father, Sergeant Harris?
12:55Oh, Mr. Miller, what a pleasure.
12:56Not my father, Father Clement.
13:00Oh, it's a pleasure, Father.
13:04Converting?
13:06Oh, uh, Barney, we got the cat burglar.
13:08Good work!
13:09It was new-bound.
13:11How could that be?
13:11I thought he was dead.
13:13The Lord moves in mysterious ways.
13:16I beg your pardon?
13:18A little ecclesiastic at you.
13:20If you like.
13:23Uh, excuse me, Father.
13:25Harris?
13:26Yeah, come on, Barney.
13:28Excuse me, are you Captain Miller?
13:30Yes?
13:31I'm Denton, Timmons parole officer,
13:33and I'd like to get him out of there.
13:35Miller's committed a crime, Mr. Denton.
13:37Yeah, but, but on, on purpose.
13:40Most of them are.
13:42I'm just telling him.
13:43Captain.
13:44Well, I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. Denton.
13:46Just relax.
13:49Nick.
13:50Yeah?
13:51If I get any more calls from you-know-who.
13:55Do you know here?
14:01Barney?
14:02Mrs. Emily Newbound.
14:04Widow of Henry the Late.
14:07Did you know my Henry?
14:09Uh, no, no.
14:11I, uh, uh, we did arrest him once or twice that day.
14:15Of course.
14:16I posted bail here before.
14:20What is going on?
14:22Simple, Barney.
14:24After her husband died, she inherited the business.
14:29Who's a cat burglar?
14:31One of the best.
14:34Of course, I may be prejudiced.
14:39How long have you been, uh...
14:41Burglarizing?
14:43Mm-hmm.
14:45Um, about six weeks.
14:49I got so bored sitting around the house.
14:53Cleaning, watching TV.
14:56Answering sympathy cards.
14:58When it came to friends, Henry was a wealthy man.
15:04Harris?
15:07I'll have to, uh, get a little information from you, Mrs. Newbound.
15:14Oh, yes, I know.
15:16Henry told me all about the procedure.
15:18Good.
15:21You know, it's not unusual for a wife to follow in her husband's footsteps after he dies.
15:26Mm-hmm.
15:27A businessman's wife takes over the company.
15:31Politician's wife...
15:32Takes over his office.
15:34Butcher's wife becomes a butcher.
15:35A baker's wife becomes a baker.
15:37The candlestick maker's wife.
15:41There's probably some others we haven't even thought of.
15:45Um, Ben, there's a copy of the rest report.
15:50Yeah, you can read it over there at my desk if you want.
15:52Thanks, Ted.
15:53Don't worry, Ralph.
15:54We'll work something out.
15:56He still doesn't understand.
15:59What's to understand?
16:01You want to go back to the slammer.
16:02You're crazy.
16:04Have you ever been in jail, Sergeant?
16:06No.
16:07At the Army?
16:08The Marines.
16:09Well, then, you remember how it was when you got out?
16:11How strange it was.
16:13How, uh, out of place you felt.
16:17So, uh, that goes away.
16:20No, but the longer you stay in, the longer it takes to adapt when you get out.
16:24When I was sent away, Harry Truman was president.
16:29Gasoline was 18 cents a gallon.
16:32For a $20 bill, you could buy the company of a lady in the evening,
16:36have a three-course meal, and pick up a nice tie with a chain.
16:41So?
16:42Prices have gone up.
16:43You don't lock yourself away like an animal just because it costs a few more bucks to get your jollies.
16:49Can't any of you people get it through your head that prison changes you?
16:52They condition you.
16:54They mold you.
16:55They tell you when to sleep, when to eat, who you can see, what you can do, even how you're
17:00supposed to feel.
17:01I can't function unless they tell me how.
17:06Well, the last decision I made was, um, 30 years ago.
17:14And that was wrong.
17:20Captain, I think that with a little cooperation, perhaps we might just overlook the whole nasty incident.
17:28Well, normally we have a great deal of latitude, as you know, but, uh, not in the case of a
17:34weapon.
17:35You should know that.
17:36He's putting a black mark on my record.
17:39Who are you worried about, Mr. Denton?
17:40You or him?
17:42No, don't pull that on me.
17:44I've devoted my life to these people.
17:47Now, it's your job to take the garbage out of society.
17:51It's mine to put it back in.
17:52Hey, let's watch out who we call garbage, huh?
17:55Just because a guy makes a mistake and we put him away and then he gets screwed up because of
17:59it doesn't make any less of a human being.
18:04I'm sorry.
18:05I couldn't help thinking how many times my Henry said the same thing.
18:11He was considered a moderate on prison reform.
18:16I'm afraid you'll have to wait in the cell until I'm finished with your processing.
18:20Oh, I don't mind.
18:22In fact, it's almost like being a little closer to Henry.
18:25That doesn't sound as silly.
18:27No, I'm a bit of a romantic myself.
18:31Enjoy yourself.
18:38Hello.
18:40Hello.
18:43I like your outfit.
18:45I mean, you know, from a professional point of view.
18:54A parole suit.
18:59Yeah.
19:00I thought so.
19:04Oh, Inspector.
19:06There was another call for you, but I took care of it myself.
19:09Thanks, Nick.
19:09I appreciate that.
19:11Have a good day, Inspector.
19:12See you around, Walsh.
19:13See you.
19:15Oh, Inspector.
19:16I believe congratulations are in order.
19:18For what?
19:19Who told you that?
19:21Oh, a lady called downstairs looking for you.
19:23She said she was your fiancé.
19:25I want to wish you the very best, sir.
19:28Yeah, well, I'm afraid it's too late for that, Levine.
19:36I got a transfer order for a Timmons Ralph.
19:41Well, that's it.
19:42It's over.
19:44Goodbye, Ralph.
19:45Good luck.
19:47Enjoy yourself.
19:49Fred, I really appreciate everything you did.
19:52I mean that.
19:53Yeah.
19:53Sure.
19:54Sure.
19:54Are you Fred Denton?
19:57Yeah.
19:58You were my husband's parole officer.
20:01Henry.
20:02Henry Newbound.
20:04Oh.
20:04Oh, Henry told me how much you helped him.
20:07Oh, really?
20:09That's nice.
20:11How is Henry?
20:13He's dead.
20:18Yeah, well, I mean, they're going to come out and die, aren't you?
20:26Well, I think we've covered everything, Captain.
20:28I'm sure we've covered everything.
20:30I want to apologize again for the intrusion into your private lives.
20:33But the department takes a special interest when a commander's involved.
20:36You know, they have a certain image they want to protect.
20:40I understand.
20:41I wish there was something I could suggest to you.
20:44But from what you tell me, you're just going to have to make this decision yourself.
20:48Well, I appreciate your concern.
20:50Is concern too?
20:52Lord have mercy on such as we.
20:55Chronicle 16.
20:57The whiff and poof song.
21:00What?
21:03I thought of...
21:08I find it very interesting that you want to go back to prison.
21:11Well, not really.
21:12See, there's nothing on the outside for me, so why not?
21:16No mother or father?
21:18Oh, no.
21:20A wife?
21:21I'm divorced.
21:23Oh.
21:24Well, she left me in her 50s, I think.
21:28Let's get it together, Timmons.
21:30You're leaving.
21:32Already?
21:34Well, it was nice sharing a cell with you for a little while.
21:39I enjoyed it, too.
21:41You know what?
21:42I think that if they let men and women share a cell, there'd be less problems in prisons today.
21:49It's tough on the outside, too.
21:54I was wondering...
21:56Oh, no, no, forget it.
21:57No, what?
21:59Well, this is your first offense, and they'll probably put you on probation, so sometime, you know, if you happen
22:05to be up near Sing Sing...
22:07I'll stop by.
22:10You know, visiting hours are...
22:12Sundays at 2.
22:14Yeah.
22:15Yeah, I'll look forward to it.
22:17Okay, Timmons, looks like you're getting what you want, so...
22:21Let's go.
22:22I'll look forward to it, too.
22:26Goodbye, Sergeant.
22:27Thanks for everything.
22:29Officer Levitt's gonna take you down.
22:34Take care of yourself.
22:36Well, in the patrol car, there'll be no smoking, gum-chewing, talking, spitting, glass receptacles of any kind.
22:42Valuables will be hand-delivered by the attending office.
22:47I knew that.
22:48I knew that.
22:53Okay, it's time for prints and pictures, Mrs. Newbound.
22:56Oh, of course.
22:58This way, please.
23:02Sergeant, did you know my husband?
23:07Uh, professionally, we met a couple of times.
23:11He was a good man, Sergeant.
23:14He really was.
23:19Well, what I remember most about him is, uh, how polite he was.
23:25Oh.
23:27And, um, he talked about you.
23:30Really?
23:31Oh, yeah.
23:31Well, I mean, in fact, uh, just the other day, we were talking about Henry.
23:36We were talking about what a nice guy he was and how we never get to meet people like him.
23:44Oh, hey, Bart, uh, how'd it go with the priest?
23:51Okay, I guess.
23:52Just a department's way of making sure you've got someone to talk to, huh?
23:57I guess so.
23:59You know, uh, when I was a kid, I knew this priest.
24:03He had a 19-inch neck.
24:05I mean, he was the only one that I could talk to if I had a problem.
24:10Hey, with me, it was a cop on the block.
24:13I guess that's the reason why I'm here today.
24:16I was an only child.
24:18Uh, both of my parents worked, and, uh, I didn't have any friends.
24:23The only thing I had to talk to was my teddy bear.
24:28And he studied.
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