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Harris arrests a young loan shark. Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana. A tattoo artist refuses to remove his work from a client.
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00:03What are you looking at?
00:04Oh, looking at some old pictures.
00:10That's my graduation picture from the academy.
00:13Hey.
00:15Uh, which one are you?
00:18I'm the one in the back.
00:22No, no, on the right side.
00:26Behind the plants.
00:28Oh, right.
00:31You know, it was 20 years ago yesterday I became a cop.
00:36Hey, congratulations.
00:38That's okay, it was yesterday.
00:41I guess you must have a lot of great memories and anecdotes, huh, Nick?
00:44Oh, yeah, sure.
00:59Now, listen, I'm a legitimate pawnbroker.
01:02We've, uh, gotten some reports of increased loan-sharking activities in your area.
01:06Why would I know anything?
01:08Well, I mean, you do have a history of making loans at rather, uh, whimsical interest rates.
01:16I don't force anybody to do business with me.
01:18They come to see me because the banks and the finance companies won't touch them.
01:23I see.
01:24You know, I get a lot of you people.
01:28Pardon me?
01:29Cops.
01:30You know, he's coming in, pawning guns, gold badges, anything to get some money.
01:37Nice rings.
01:51Nick, didn't I ask you to do something about that board?
01:54Yeah, but you didn't specify.
01:57I think what I had in mind was putting it in some sort of rational order.
02:00I mean, look at it.
02:01There are suspects up there we captured two years ago.
02:04Uh, memos out of date, one circular covering another.
02:08Look at that.
02:09I like to think of it as a collage.
02:13Let's take care of it.
02:17Oh, uh, Barney?
02:19I got, uh, Nicholas De La Rosa.
02:21He owns that, uh, pawn shop over on 14th.
02:23Claims he's completely unaware of any loan shark activities.
02:28De La Rosa.
02:30De La Rosa.
02:31I am a law-abiding member of the merchant's community.
02:35Of course.
02:35Wasn't it last year that Mr. De La Rosa was arrested for receiving stolen merchandise?
02:40Mm-hmm.
02:41Now, look.
02:42I try to check.
02:43People bring me things.
02:45I ask them.
02:46You didn't steal that, did you?
02:48They say no.
02:49What more can I do?
02:53Oh, God, she edges me.
02:56Yeah, I got it.
02:58Barney?
02:59Uh, disturbance over in Lexington?
03:01All right, uh, you and Dietrich.
03:04Am I free to go now?
03:07Do we have any further need of Mr. De La Rosa's presence?
03:10No, Barney, we know where to find him.
03:13Thank you for coming down, Mr. De La Rosa.
03:15We really appreciate your cooperation.
03:17Cooperation.
03:18My pleasure.
03:20Look forward to seeing you both real soon.
03:23Lovely watch.
03:29Jewelry fetish.
03:36Bye.
03:37Welcome.
03:49This is your work.
03:50My pleasure.
03:54tutorial.
03:55Mystery.anas.
04:05Oh, my God.
04:26Oh, my God.
04:56He was trying to mutilate my body.
04:57I was trying to give him a piece of art, a thing of beauty.
05:02Such as?
05:03Tattoo.
05:05Uh, Mr. Fallon here runs a tattoo parlor over this porno shop.
05:09I told you, it's a studio.
05:12Who cares?
05:15I mean, Mr. Willis was in the middle of getting a tattoo when he had second thoughts.
05:18And he wouldn't take it off.
05:20These are not decals, buddy.
05:22When he first started doing it, I just had no idea how disgusting this thing really is.
05:27I mean, look at that.
05:30Off?
05:31Well, there's supposed to be an ER on it, you know?
05:33I figured out for myself.
05:35Thank you very much.
05:36What about the assault thing?
05:38Who's charging?
05:38It's mutual.
05:40All right, uh, Dietrich, you want to take Mr. Willis?
05:42All right, Mr. Willis, have a seat over here.
05:43Yeah, Mr. Fallon, sit over there.
05:46Uh, uh, with confiscated his dyes and needles.
05:50Artistic repression.
05:50I told you, tattooing is illegal in New York City.
05:53A tattoo is a work of art, and it's protected from laws, like a painting or a piece of sculpture.
06:00Not in this town, it ain't.
06:02Yeah, and if you saw Michelangelo painting the creation, I suppose you'd arrest him, too, huh?
06:07If he was doing it on someone's body, yeah.
06:10Have a seat, Mr. Fallon.
06:12I'll be with you in a second.
06:16So, so many guys in service get those things?
06:20Yeah, I bet.
06:22Pay in some guy to burn a picture in your body.
06:25Now, that's sick.
06:27Well, to each his own.
06:29Pretty grotesque, right, Barn?
06:32Well, I, I haven't really given it much thought.
06:34I mean, if you think about it.
06:37All right, if you insist, I will.
06:39You will what?
06:40Think about tattoos.
06:43Oh.
06:44No, I...
06:45Why don't you just tag this stuff for Joe?
06:52See, that's the kind of guy that I am.
06:54I, I go whichever way the wind blows.
06:57Like, sometimes in the middle of the day, I'll, I'll jump on a bus and go right down to Atlantic
07:00City.
07:01Just like that.
07:04Impetuous.
07:05I know I look pretty conservative, but, uh, but underneath all of this, I'm a pretty flaky guy.
07:11I just try and keep that a secret, that's all.
07:15Occupation?
07:16Accountant.
07:17Good cover.
07:22No, I want to put you in a cage now.
07:24Where?
07:24In a cage.
07:25Oh.
07:26You know something?
07:27You'd look great with a, an American eagle across your chest.
07:30No, thanks.
07:31Oh, but girls love tattoos.
07:33Gives them something different to look at.
07:36Yeah, I ain't had any complaints.
07:48Nick, can't you do that outside?
07:51It's illegal outside.
07:58Uh, Barton?
08:00I, uh, went through the files and found, um, some possible suspects who worked down on the docks, but nothing
08:04definite.
08:05All right.
08:06Take a rundown here, see what you can find out.
08:07Uh-uh!
08:09Is that an opinion?
08:11Oh, no, I was just bringing up some chalk.
08:17Okay, I give up, Nick.
08:18Where'd you put the current arrest file?
08:20Nick?
08:21We're out of coffee.
08:24Hey, come on, Nick.
08:29No coffee.
08:32Oh, really?
08:35I'm sure you'd love to have me make you some more.
08:41And I know you fellas want me to file your records for you.
08:45But as it happens, I'm gonna have a little lunch.
08:50I might have my shoes shined.
08:54I get a horse in the third race called Disco Danny.
08:59And I'm gonna put $20 right on his nose to commemorate the 20 years that I served on this force.
09:08And I'll be back later.
09:12And if the horse wins, possibly much later.
09:25Uncharacteristic behave.
09:28Usually never says more than two words.
09:31Uh, Mojo, I'd say that pretty much was two words.
09:40Paris still out?
09:42Yeah.
09:44Nick's not back yet either.
09:50I guess I just got tired of being the one that had to do the piddly junk around here.
09:55Fixing the coffee, taking care of the roster board.
10:00Yesterday was this anniversary, too.
10:03What anniversary?
10:0620 years on the force.
10:10Well, I would have appreciated if someone had told me.
10:13It was 20 years ago yesterday.
10:17You're welcome.
10:21Finished tagging that tattoo stuff.
10:27You're welcome.
10:29November 2nd, 1993.
10:32In case I'm still here.
10:35Don't make a note of that on my calendar.
10:39It's a strange custom, tattooing.
10:43Yeah.
10:45Some people consider it an atavistic reversion to an earlier primitive state.
10:50Others submit to it because of peer pressure.
10:55There's probably other reasons I haven't thought of.
11:01I seem to be carrying on the bulk of this conversation.
11:04It's okay.
11:05I'm used to it.
11:07All my life, I have to.
11:08I don't mind.
11:11Well, I'm going to go check those guys for Paris.
11:14Good idea.
11:19All right, come on.
11:20Inside here, Turner.
11:22Man, what are you hassling me for?
11:23I'm just trying to keep off welfare.
11:26Very commendable.
11:27This is our loan shark?
11:29Yeah, it's one of them, Barney.
11:31Leland Turner, age 14.
11:3314.
11:34I'm Captain Miller, Turner.
11:37Hey, man.
11:38Anybody going to be honkies from now on?
11:42Probably.
11:45Oh, uh, Barney, I spoke to a couple of the dock workers,
11:48and, uh, Master Turner's name came up in a number of the conversations.
11:52I found him down near Pier 70, waving this pipe at a wino.
11:56Well, look, he missed two payments.
11:57What would you do?
12:00He was also carrying this.
12:03It's just over $7,000.
12:06$7,000?
12:07Disgusting, isn't it?
12:09Look, those are my operating funds.
12:11I want a receipt for that.
12:14Get a preliminary statement, see if he can find his family.
12:17Okay, Junior, come on, have a seat over there.
12:19Oh, man, what about my phone call?
12:20You don't get one.
12:21What about my lawyer?
12:22You don't get one.
12:24I'm afraid as a juvenile you have very few rights, Mr. Turner.
12:28Well, then, what do I get?
12:29An ice cream cone, if you're very nice.
12:33Mr. Harris, try that with the ice cream cone.
12:41Oh, kids, they say the darndest things.
12:45Sir!
12:51Oh, uh, hi, Nick.
12:53Hi, Harris.
12:57Well, I'm back.
13:00Nick, if you'd care to talk, I'd have...
13:14I guess you can't blame you cops for being the way you are
13:17when you've got to live like this.
13:23Full name?
13:24Mohammed X.
13:27What happened to Turner?
13:28That's a slave name.
13:29You can have it.
13:30Mine's Mohammed X.
13:34How do you spell that?
13:36X.
13:53So this is it, huh?
13:55This is what?
13:57The office.
13:59What?
14:00You've been here before.
14:01Just briefly.
14:03It's not like Wojo and Harris.
14:05They spend the better part of the day here.
14:09Because your conduct never required it.
14:12Up till now.
14:16Nick, I swear, if I knew that yesterday was 20 years...
14:19No, no, no, no.
14:21That's not it.
14:22What I want is my contribution to this squad is recognized and respected.
14:30Come on.
14:31You know I depend on you for a hundred different things.
14:34Coffee, filing, spring cleaning.
14:38Yeah.
14:39But also for your experience, your sense of humor that gets us through the day, your composure.
14:47Won't you mention once in a while?
14:50All right.
14:51I will.
14:53You know I wasn't coming back here today.
14:57Why did you?
15:00Mostly because I felt a sort of special obligation to you on account of all the time we've worked together
15:07and the high regard I have for you.
15:12And besides, Disco Danny blew it in the stretch.
15:20Address?
15:22I have a number of residences.
15:24Wherever you're wintering.
15:27540, 60s, 23rd.
15:30So where your parents live?
15:32Nah.
15:33Where can I reach your father?
15:35Try calling Attica.
15:36Anytime between 9 a.m. and 1981.
15:40What about your mother?
15:42This time of day, I'd say you could find her around 44th and Broadway.
15:49Hey, look, don't go sign for me, brother.
15:51I got 7,000 sitting in that safe.
15:53You got $7,000?
15:55I got a Lincoln Continental.
15:57You got one?
15:59Nah, they guzzle gas.
16:01So level with me, man.
16:02What are you pulling?
16:03$20,000 a year?
16:05I don't think that's any of your concern.
16:09Place of birth?
16:10Less than that, huh?
16:12Hey, look, I need your place of birth.
16:14$18,000.
16:15Look, Junior, I'm asking the questions here.
16:20Born in Newark.
16:23$16,000?
16:24$23,000.
16:26Stop that, man.
16:32Hey, hey.
16:34Is that including bribes?
16:36Oh, yeah.
16:43Yes?
16:44Fallon had some previous citations for the parlor.
16:47Other than that, they're both clean.
16:48All right.
16:50Just relax, Nick.
16:53Gentlemen, Sergeant Dietrich informs me that you both have relatively spotless records.
16:58Of course.
16:59Well, as soon as we issue another citation for your parlor, Mr. Fallon, it would appear to me that both
17:04of you could leave.
17:06We're not for the outstanding assault charges.
17:09I'll forget it if you'll just get this thing off.
17:11How many times do I have to tell you?
17:12They don't come off.
17:14Of course, there are methods to remove them.
17:16Oh, yeah?
17:17Sure.
17:20Tell it.
17:21Well, a tattoo can be treated with acid, usually carbolic or sulfuric.
17:25Yeah, you want to burn it all?
17:27There must be another way.
17:29Well, it's surgery.
17:30Partial incision to fold back the flap of the skin and scrape the ink from the tissue.
17:35Oh, my God.
17:36A tattoo can simply be sliced off and released.
17:38All right, Dietrich.
17:40I think we understand the alternatives.
17:44Can't you see you're upsetting, Mr. Willis?
17:47Sorry if I was unduly graphic.
17:50Listen, maybe I'll just keep it, okay?
17:54Fine, Mr. Fallon.
17:55What about you?
17:56He wants to walk around the rest of his life with Moth on his arm.
18:01All right.
18:03Write him up.
18:03Turn him loose.
18:04Hey.
18:05Right.
18:06Uh, Barn?
18:08I finished processing Turner.
18:10The, uh, the wino wasn't really injured, so I figured I'd call it assault, too.
18:14The DA will probably recommend family court.
18:16Whatever you think is best.
18:17Um, neither of his parents is exactly available, so, um, I'm going to run him up to Spofford.
18:23Fine.
18:24What gets me, Barn, is Turner, I mean, he's not a stupid kid.
18:29He's just a smart-mouthed little kid who could go either way.
18:35Reminds you a little of yourself at his age, huh?
18:39No, Barney.
18:42Oh, well, I meant...
18:43I was always as you see me now.
18:47Thank you, Barney.
19:01What are you staring at, honky?
19:04Honky?
19:05That has an interesting etymology.
19:08It was coined by blacks in the 1950s in reference to the nasal tone of Caucasians.
19:16Hey, man, don't mess with me, all right?
19:24Okay, let's go, Turner.
19:26You talking to me?
19:28Yeah.
19:29We're taking a trip up to the Bronx.
19:31Oh, I'm going to Spofford, huh?
19:35You familiar with the accommodations?
19:36Yeah, man, I was there last year for about half a second.
19:41No, Turner.
19:44You didn't get $7,000 being stupid.
19:47I mean, you got something going for you up here.
19:51So?
19:52So you got a chance to get out.
19:54A chance to make something good out of your life.
19:56I mean, you're not going to do it this way.
19:59Hey, you want to drive my Continental, you know, give yourself a thrill, brother.
20:02Hey, listen to me, you little twerk.
20:04What good is your car and your money when you're doing time in the slammer?
20:07Yeah, well, that's better than sucking up nine to five to some whitey.
20:10Hey, listen, I don't suck up to anybody.
20:13Well, you got to suck up, because if you don't, they don't throw you your bread.
20:17A child who ain't got his own, he ain't nothing.
20:20I don't care what you think of me, or what I do, but you are headed nowhere fast.
20:26And you still got nothing.
20:28I may not have money, but I got something that you will never have.
20:32Oh, yeah?
20:33What's that?
20:34Credit.
20:37Do you remember this short stuff?
20:40You are just another loser until you can sign for something with dignity.
20:48Come on, move out.
20:50Come on.
20:59Uh, made some coffee.
21:03Oh, yeah?
21:06Try a cup?
21:07Sure.
21:16You know, uh, uh, sometimes people will work together for a long time.
21:19They never ever, uh, say how they really feel.
21:23Yeah.
21:25No sugar.
21:26Uh, right.
21:31So, uh, so, uh, so I, I want you to know that I feel really lucky to be working with
21:36you.
21:38I mean it.
21:39I, uh, I learn a lot from it.
21:43Thanks.
21:47Here goes.
21:56Not too bad, huh?
21:58All these years I thought it was me.
22:03Here you can both go.
22:09I'm stuck with it now.
22:11Hey, I could finish it.
22:14Finish it?
22:15And outline it in magenta.
22:17It'll look fantastic.
22:19I don't know.
22:20And anyway, they've got all your needles.
22:22I got some old needles at the studio.
22:25Okay, but just a quick ER.
22:27Okay.
22:29So, what if they're not electric?
22:35Uh, Bon, would you like to try some Polish coffee?
22:40Oh.
22:41Nice.
22:43You want me to get rid of this stuff, Bon?
22:45Uh, yeah, sure.
22:47Pretty good.
22:49Welcome back, Nick.
22:52I bet one of these things hurts.
23:00A little.
23:04I got a tattoo.
23:10Well, we were 15 years old.
23:14It was V.E. Day.
23:17Just celebrating.
23:19A few beers, too many, you know.
23:21I see.
23:24Well, I'm not about to sit around feeling guilty about it 30 years later.
23:28Yeah, it would seem counterproductive to say at least.
23:31At least.
23:33Uh, where'd you get it?
23:37Asbury Park.
23:38Oh, I mean, uh, where?
23:40Oh, uh, under there.
23:48What's it say?
23:50Hey, just a B and an E.
23:55Little rose under it.
23:58Very tasteful.
24:02You know, you had to appreciate the atmosphere, the excitement, the camaraderie.
24:07You know, the war was over.
24:09We just wanted to do something to remember it, you know?
24:13Yeah, right.
24:18All right, before we close the subject forever, are there any other questions?
24:23Did you get one for V.J. Day?
24:30Me neither.
24:59That's a bit of a big deal.
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