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Sunday everyone gets
a little relaxed.
But we're running
a light shift.
Last night's smoker
seems to have coincided
with a record number of
people calling in sick today.
I think it was
the crab cakes, Sarge.
Crab cakes, huh?
Well, given your own
proclivity for seafood,
from what I saw last night,
I advise you leave
the driving to
your partner.
Point is, manpower is light,
which means response time
could be a little slow.
If you get into anything,
get on the radio
sooner than later.
I promise you, we won't be
getting into anything today, Sarge.
***, moans, complaints?
All right, beat it.
Where's Yoda?
I heard he was running late.
Good, I'm starving.
Yeah, me, too.
I wouldn't
say no to some coffee.
Everyone up for Pedro's?
When the cat's in the house,
the mice eat breakfast.
Work, work, work, work,
yeah, you know I got that work
I'm why my baby mamas leave
I'm why baby fathers kirk
Maybach music
What did Sergeant Dean
call this?
Congregating.
And the penalty
for getting caught?
"You'll be relocated to
the most isolated, desolate,
and spiritually crushing
block in Northern Manhattan.
"
Relax, Ahmad, we're within visual
distance of all three posts.
On the one corner that isn't
in any of our posts.
We're spreading
the risk evenly.
You know?
A DMZ if you will.
Help! Stop him!
Stop him! Thief!
in pursuit bag *** suspect,
Wow, he's fast.
Ten bucks says I get him.
I got the bag!
We'll circle around!
Come here, come
here.
Up, up, up.
Be advised everything
under control.
Alley behind
What do you got?
Bag ***, Sarge.
Lester, Roy, right?
Hey, Sergeant.
Yeah, how long you been out?
Two weeks as of next week.
I didn't I know and you didn't
do anything last time either, Roy.
Where's the complainant?
Um, we saw him running out
of the subway with a bag.
And we heard someone, so we
Oh, so, six heroes
all chased the bad guy.
Nobody thinks to go downstairs,
see if there's a victim,
see if they're all right.
I got the bag.
What are you all doing
on 125th together, huh?
I know you weren't getting
breakfast at Pedro's
or half of you would be
throwing up right now.
So, Jackpot, Perry,
get back to your post.
Harper, Sanchez,
go back down to the subway,
see if you can find
a vic, please.
No complainant, Sarge D.
That's my bag.
Espresso!
Yeah?
What about him?
Where's my dog?
Your dog?
Yes.
A teacup Chihuahua
in this bag.
Long coat, apple head,
short hair?
What did you do to my dog?
That was a dog?!
The freakin' thing almost
gave me a heart attack!
And who puts a dog
in a purse anyhow?!
That is not a purse,
that is an Italian carrier
with solid pewter hardware
and ballistic nylon venting!
Sir, let's go
over here and talk.
Sir, over here.
Purse.
You know what he's saying!
Sergeant, looking for post 38.
of 735 West 1-2-3.
We're we're sorry.
Yeah, we'll keep an eye
out for the Chihuahua.
Your collar
your ten dollars.
Your bag.
Prisoner transport?
Uh, yeah.
Sarge
is sorting it out.
What do you got?
They got no dog
and got no case.
That's what they got.
I'm just a little surprised,
that's all.
Looked like you had
the lead on him.
There was a garbage can.
After the garbage can,
he still
kicked your butt
at the dead sprint.
I have a bad knee.
I didn't even see your
long legs get into the race.
And don't go under there.
There's always stuff
dripping down from it.
Your biggest
"stuff dripping down" risk comes
from the back end of a pigeon.
This is
the one place that
Uh
Listen, first the Fat Boys
break up
Now very day I wake up
Somebody got
something to say
Where's the love?
Look, scrapper, I got
nephews to look after
I'm not lookin' at you dudes,
I'm looking past ya
Ain't no love
In the heart of the city
I said, "Where's the love?"
Ain't no love
In the heart of town
Holler at me
Ain't no love
In the heart of the city
Where's the love?
Apparently?
What else? What else?
Address.
Uh, 187 West 120th.
We're up on the scaffolding.
Any ID?
Uh, no.
She's a female, maybe
you should check.
She's dead.
Hey, yo, Officer!
Yeah?
I saw it.
She was pushed.
Up there on the seventh floor.
There was a man
on the ledge with her.
Officer! Officer, I
know that girl.
Yeah?
Uh, 7-K.
Her name's Laura.
Lisa! Her name's Lisa!
And you know that boyfriend
pushed her! What boyfriend?!
The guy that works
in the sales office!
They're always fighting
in the lobby.
Yo, look, up there!
Look! There!
Come on, the seventh
floor, let's go.
We're suppose to secure
the crime scene.
It's a *** suspect.
Post 49, in pursuit of a
*** suspect, seventh floor.
What the hell?
Yeah, couple of kids taking
target practice
with some bricks.
Where you guys been?
Foot pursuit
up on 125th.
Oh, yeah, how'd it go?
Interesting.
You need us to take a 61? Nah.
Ocasio and McGuire,
they ran right into the action.
We've got one under.
What are you looking at?
You got a problem
with Jews, kid?
With who?
All right, Harper.
Do not talk to my prisoner.
Sorry, Sarge, I got a thing
about hate crimes.
Yeah, I know.
I read that five-parter you
wrote for the Ledger.
But you ain't
a reporter now so
welcome to part six.
Our other perp, he squeezed his
skinny little self through here.
Now, I search a building,
I want to have a couple
of uniforms with me in case
he takes a shot at us,
he can't say that he didn't know
that we were cops.
Terrific.
You think
this kid's got a gun?
No, but he did have a brick.
After you.
You think I'll get to
Central Booking by noon?
Beats me.
You in a hurry?
Well, I missed lunch.
I got to
wait all the way till dinner.
You said
I didn't have a case.
Yeah, but I know I got
to see a judge first.
You pretty fast,
you know that?
If I didn't have a jump on you,
no way I'd have been able
to ditch the bag in time.
Figured I take a quick peek,
maybe come up
with an iPad
or a laptop or something.
You came up with a dog.
Son of a *** bit my hand.
Maybe I got a law suit.
We'd have to find
the dog first.
Last I saw, he was running
through he lot.
Seen rats bigger
than that thing.
Shoot.
The rat's probably
spooning him by now.
You realized you just
confessed, right, Roy?
Officer, all due respect,
when the judge hears this story,
he's going to laugh,
and when the judge laughs,
I don't do any time.
I have some more
recent ones at home.
My apartment's right around the
corner, if you No, these, uh,
give us a pretty good idea
of what we're looking for.
Oh, you have somebody
out looking for him, right?
We put a description
on the radio.
Ah, all points bulletin.
No, an APB is for more
More what?
Oh, more important things.
Yeah, what if it was a child?
What would you do then?
But it's not a child.
It's a dog.
He is as important
to me as a
This is not, no
Can I talk to a detective?
I think I need to speak
with a detective.
I'll be right back.
Thank you.
Ahmad, this might assist
you with your investigation.
What?
He wants to talk to a detective.
About?
He wants an APB.
Sure.
How about ESU?
National Guard?
Delta Force?
God
What do I tell him?
That we're doing everything we
can.
But we're not doing anything.
And there in lies the
ingeniousness of the answer.
He's not upstairs.
Basement's clear.
Checked under
all the pews.
What about the ark?
What?
Seriously?
Like, I know what a nave is.
You learn something new
every day.
Come on, get out.
Come on.
Police!
Hey, get back in here!
Next apartment.
Police emergency, open
Hey, hey, hey!
Where you going?!
Where you going?
Is she dead?
Of course she is.
Seven stories.
I watched her fall,
I saw her land.
Lisa, I'm so sorry.
Hey, man.
Why don't you come in
and we can talk about this.
I couldn't blame her!
I didn't, I didn't
blame her.
I
It just happened so fast.
How did this happen?!
Blame her for what?
Sir, come in off the ledge.
Wow, that's the best you got?
Yeah
"Get off the ledge.
"
Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait, wait.
Hey, man, what's your name?
Gabe.
Gabriel.
Gabe.
Some people said you work
for the building, Gabe?
Work? Own.
I own the building.
Well, Lisa and I,
we own the building.
Put all your chips on Harlem.
Good for you.
I know.
I did.
We gave it everything we had.
We tried really hard.
No one appreciates that.
Thank you!
What's that?
What are they doing?
What's what? What's what?
It's an option game.
We're going to talk
about options.
I'm Jack Rizzi, Gabe,
and I'm going to need you
to focus on me, if you could.
Good.
Thanks, Officers.
Come on, let's go.
This is ESUs world.
J-j-just like that?
Yeah.
Unless one of you holds a
black belt in jumper psychology,
your talents
are needed elsewhere.
My uncle Tim shot three guys
in the line of duty.
And that was after Vietnam.
But the only time
I ever saw him cry
is when he had to put down
his Rottweiler, Rudy.
I understand how people
get attached to their pets.
Our family had three cats.
Until we ate them.
Joke.
Is it that hard to tell?
Guy's going to get
mugged again.
I think I know
why this time.
Hey.
You realize he's probably
not walking around
with that five grand stuffed
in his pockets, right?
We didn't we're
not doing nothing.
Well, "not do it"
in the other direction.
Who pays that much
for a dog anyway?
They give them away in front
of Petland on Saturdays.
This feels like the beginning
of an all-day problem.
We can't tell him to stop
putting up posters, can we?
Warn him he could
get himself hurt.
What do you think he'd say.
As long as the radio's
quiet, let's keep an eye on him.
H-Hey, Future, is it
your birthday yet?
Two more months,
Officer Martini.
Then you'll never
catch my ***.
You kidding, day
after, I'm putting
a down payment
on a Mercedes.
These are
criminal mischief collars?
Yeah, uh, Anti-Crime wanted us
to keep an eye on 'em
while they verified IDs.
Sergeant Howard told us to
keep them apart.
Darius Randall.
Making a religious statement
today?
I didn't do nothing this time,
Sergeant Conrad.
I was arrested for being
in the vicinity
of a felonious white boy.
Daniel Tanner.
How old are you?
Fifteen.
You managed to ally
yourself with the incredible
human handcuff magnet.
My man here screws up so much,
even the gangs don't want him.
All right, put Tanner
in the juvey room.
Put Darius in D-Cell 2.
Hold on,
why do I get the cell?
I didn't even
do anything.
'Cause A) you did something,
and B) you drew on the desk
last time.
Future?
Cops say I'm future
overtime for them,
as soon as I turn 16.
What?
What's your problem?
My problem?
You know what
a hate crime is?
A hate crime, is that
what we committed?
Why, because we
through some bricks?
At a house of worship.
Let me ask you, if
my aim was lousier,
and I missed the windows,
would it still be a hate crime?
So, this is all
a joke to you, huh?
A joke?
One of the windows
I broke was Abraham
getting ready to kill his son,
because God told him to.
God asked a man to *** his
kid to prove his loyalty
then at the last minute says,
"Hey, I was joking,"
and people think that's worthy
of a stained glass memorial.
That right there is your joke.
So you see something, you don't
like it, you destroy it, right?
If something good happens,
it's to the glory of God.
If something horrible happens,
it's to the glory of God.
It's his,
his inscrutable wisdom.
You don't happen to have
another brick on you,
by any chance, do you?
Sorry to break up your
little religious rap session,
but no one is answering
your dad's phone.
You got someone else we can
My mom is in Ohio right now.
Yeah, the address is on 120th.
Grab your partner,
go knock on the door.
The perp and vic were
living together for six years.
They were married three.
No history of mental illness.
No arrests.
They are, uh, they were
co-owners of the building.
They pooled their money
together two years ago
with some family and some
friends, they went to the bank,
they did a gut
renovation,
and they turned
it into condos.
Did a lousy job, too.
The building's at 25% occupancy.
The banks are this close
to foreclosing.
They used to scream
and fight all the time.
Today?
Not today.
But yesterday morning, yeah.
And you know how I know?
Because I'm the only other
occupant on this floor.
What were they fighting
about yesterday?
Whose turn it was
to sit in the sales office.
Maybe Gabe knew
what he was going to do.
Thought he'd make
a fast exit.
Was getting packed
Nah
Then why pack boxes?
I mean, you pack
a suitcase,
you don't pack boxes.
Boxes in the hallway,
gotta mean something.
Gabe, you have to
Shut up!
Shut up and let me think!
Gabe, get back here!
We're losing him.
He's moving
across the ledge.
Gabe, this isn't helpful.
Stop talking!
Just stop talking
and leave me alone.
Gabe, you can't just wonder
around the ledge like this.
I want the other one!
The one who understands!
The other who?
The women cop, the one
who I talked to about Harlem.
I want her.
Talk to?
I said one thing, and
I didn't even mean it.
Gabe, Gabe, where you going?
Now!
Out here with me or I go.
Okay.
Okay, hold on.
Okay.
Let's revisit
our strategy here.
Where is she?!
I want to talk to her!
You know, it's not like an
invading force, you know?
Harlem was the third largest
Jewish settlement in the world.
You know, 200,000
in the '20s.
By 1930, there was four groups
of Black Jews living here.
You know, you want
to make a statement,
throw some rocks at
the high-rise condos
on Adam Clayton Powell
or at the University.
Plenty of good windows there.
Would you be
ranting and raving if it wasn't a temple?
How would you feel
if it were a church?
My brothers use
to loot the church.
Well, look, I haven't
been to a temple
since my daughter's
Bat Mitzvah.
All I'm saying
is there's a history
with this garbage, you know?
I mean Kristallnacht
started with a little broken
glass, too.
It didn't end there.
Future ain't a Nazi.
He's a knucklehead.
Kind that doesn't know how not
to get himself into trouble.
And what's with this Tanner kid
spouting the Bible, you know,
like some right-wing
redneck, you know?
Ten bucks says the old man's
got a swastika tattoo,
and his closets stuffed with
Luftwaffe memorabilia.
Oh, oh, good.
Yeah, I was just on my way.
Maxwell Tanner?
Yes, yes, that's me.
On your way where?
To the temple
to check the damage.
I'm the rabbi.
Don't judge him,
don't promise him anything,
and whatever you do,
don't let him catch you lying.
And the most important thing is,
don't touch him,
don't let him touch you.
Any questions?
Other than "Why me?"
This guy's going to get to you.
You're going to start
to feel bad for him,
so don't touch him,
don't let him touch you.
And don't ever lose sight of the
fact that he just killed someone.
Just try to engage him
long enough for ESU
to get that air bag in
place.
You're good to go.
The fact is, this isn't
in your job description.
No judgment if you don't
want to go out there.
Am I really supposed
to believe that?
The thing that worries me,
Sarge, is that whatever
I say to the guy
might make him want to jump.
You didn't put
him out there.
Any decision he makes,
is not on you.
Don't touch him.
Don't let him touch you.
Okay, Gabe.
What do you want to talk about?
A) I didn't post the reward.
B) I'm not brokering the reward.
(dogs barking)
C) I didn't even know
there was a reward.
D) there's a phone number
on the poster.
He ain't answering and I have
a doctor's appointment.
E) that's not a Chihuahua.
Doesn't remotely resemble
a Chihuahua.
Why am I not surprised?
Always kicking
garbage cans
and harassing people.
I chase this kid away
from the temple every week.
But to desecrate!
All right, this time
you're going to jail!
Here we go, acting like
you own the street again.
What is the matter
with you?
Are you so hard up
for friends
you're associating
with this
character now?
W-What, are you
so afraid of him
that you'd vandalize
your own synagogue
because he tells you to?
Afraid?!
I started throwing the rocks!
I didn't even see him
there until he joined me.
You didn't?
Then why?
I was sick of it.
I'm sick of the lie.
The lie? What lie?
You have always said
you walk into
this house, his house,
you surrender
your faith to him,
and he will carry
you like a feather,
all you need to do
is to let go.
To let go.
And we did,
the whole synagogue,
and me and mom,
and Richie
the nicest, kindest, best
And what did God do?
He killed him!
No, God doesn't kill
Yes, he does!
So I'll tell you what, Dad.
You leave me in jail
or next time I'll burn
the whole damn
building down!
All right, all
right.
You know what?
Let's all just take a breath.
Huh? Okay? Come on.
Damn.
I'd never talk
to my pops like that.
Papi, come on, it's a poster.
What, okay, all right,
hang on, hang on.
What if I give you $20?
I put up a sign for you,
I got to put one up for
everyone.
What if I give you $30?
Give the guy a break, Ramon.
And a tea for me.
$30, Ramon.
What if it's like the lottery?
What do you mean?
You get your dog back
from my poster,
I get a percentage of
the reward.
Yeah, sure.
He's taking advantage of you.
Ramon, you're taking
advantage of him.
I don't care.
If I get Espresso back,
that's all that matters.
What?
Is this for real?
Yeah.
What? Have
you seen him?
And there are posters
like this
over on 114th and Lenox, too? Yes.
All over the place.
Why?
Why?
Because I found
that dog
two hours ago
and my thieving-*** uncle
just bought him from me
for $100.
On 114th and Lenox?
Come on.
Come on!
Hey! I get that reward
if I take you to him, right?
We're from Ann Arbor originally.
Lisa looks at me
and says "Harlem,"
and off we go.
New Harlem.
Sky's the limit.
But you got to be
in it to win it.
A whole year
of sitting in that
office day after day.
We don't own this building.
This building owns us.
It's hard times for everybody.
I have to jump.
You know that.
There's a lot of
people in there
that are hoping you won't.
That other cop?
He doesn't think I'm serious.
Doesn't doesn't think
I'm sorry enough.
That my heart's
not really in this.
You guys have it all wrong.
I'd never do anything
to hurt her.
Well, I don't get it then, Gabe.
What are we doing out here?
If it was an accident,
maybe
You saw what was happening
almost from the start.
But you know me.
I never give up.
I just kept thinking
that next week
or next month
Just keep the faith,
you got to keep the faith.
Just about ground you down
to a powder.
Richie, his older
brother, died six months ago.
Sorry for your loss.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
There were treatments.
You know, we thought we'd
turned a corner,
and then the relapse.
You know, we all prayed.
Dan prayed.
His mother still
hasn't recovered.
You know, she's with her
sister right now.
And Dan stopped
going to shul.
You know, I thought he
would work through it.
And then I thought maybe
after I'd worked through it
I would be able to help him,
but the truth is,
you know, I haven't worked
through it either.
Have you thought of counseling?
Counseling, no.
That's what I do for a living.
I-I-I counsel.
All due respect, Rabbi,
but a surgeon can't
operate on himself.
Yeah
I-I know, I know.
So what happens now?
Well
Dan and the other kid
vandalized your temple.
So you have to make
a decision.
Do you want to press charges?
Send my son jail?
Send my son to jail
for exactly what
I've felt like doing
for the last six months myself?
There he is.
Lock this man up.
For what?
I don't know,
felony of being
a disgrace
to the family.
Where's my dog?
What dog?
Really? You really
want to be that way?
'Cause when I tell
Aunt Rita what you did
Okay, okay, okay.
We know you have the dog.
Let's just get him
and the two of you
can split the reward money.
Like hell we can!
And I'm keeping
your hundred, too.
I don't even have that mutt
anymore, okay?
Who you calling a mutt?
He's a pure breed.
All right, all right.
Where is he?
I don't know.
Guy come in looks
to use the bathroom
and I tell him
we don't let people use it.
He sees the dog, then he hits me
on the head with a wrench.
Hello?
Yes!
You're lucky
So we have another
robbery complaint?
From the guy who
cheated his niece,
who found the dog after
it had been stolen
in the first place.
You knew.
Don't even lie to me.
My head is starting
to hurt.
I've had, like, 16 texts
and messages since
we left the bodega.
Everyone says they
have my dog.
What do we do?
We?
We are gonna get Espresso back.
That's what we're gonna do.
Did you think I didn't
understand what you did?
That for one second
I blamed you?
Blamed me?
Who understands you
better than I do?
What did you expect
me to do, Lisa?
Live without you?
I'm not
I can take anything
this world throws at me
except being without you.
What did I do?
You did what you had to do.
But you shouldn't
have come back.
I wanted you to.
God, I wanted you to
but if you didn't
you'd still be
Did I go somewhere?
You tried to, but
you should've kept going.
You should've closed
the door behind you before
Before you what?
What did you do
before I closed the door?
She didn't close the door.
The door was open
when we got here.
Those were her boxes
in the front hall.
She was leaving you.
Nobody leaves the front door
of a New York City
apartment open.
She was leaving you.
She rushed back in.
You didn't kill her, Gabe.
Did you?
Gabe, listen to me.
I killed you.
No, you didn't.
You didn't kill me.
I saw her down there.
I know
you're not
No.
I'm not.
I'm just the cop
who showed up.
Lisa was leaving,
wasn't she?
She left,
but then she came back,
and I thought
it was to stay.
We were just coming back
to pack up.
You couldn't take it anymore.
You couldn't take me anymore,
and who could blame you.
She was walking out the door.
You didn't want her to go.
You would've done anything.
Someone said they saw
a man out on the ledge
before it happened.
You climbed out the window,
didn't you, Gabe?
I wasn't going to jump,
I just wanted you
to come back inside.
And she did.
She walked right back in,
didn't even close the door.
Dropped her boxes
and she ran to the window
to get you back in.
I would have
You had to give me a chance.
And when you reached for my arm
I didn't mean to pull back,
it was a reflex.
And I tried to catch you
when you were falling.
I reached for you.
I mean, how do I
come back from that?
How does anybody come back
from that kind of
pointless stupidity.
Sooner or later
we all lose someone, Gabe.
If you love someone,
you live through it,
because they
want you to.
Lisa would've wanted you
to live.
You love her back
by going on.
Gabe?
Does it get better?
It gets less.
But you s
you still carry it.
I know I'll
see her falling.
It'll be there with me
the rest of my life.
It's there.
I know you're not her.
I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
I just wanted to say good-bye.
White House, we got you.
Don't worry, you're safe!
Just hold on tight, Gabe.
Hold on tight.
Your mom's waiting for you
out in the car.
She didn't even come in?
Yeah, she seemed
slightly disappointed
she has to take you home.
See you next week,
I'm sure.
Nah, I got to go
to New Jersey next week.
Hey, you.
What now?
Why are you always
causing so much trouble?
You don't know me.
No, I don't.
You have brothers and sisters?
Yeah, a lot.
You love 'em?
I don't know.
You should--
each and every one--
because you never know.
Hey.
I'll stay away
from your church
or whatever, okay?
Or you could come in sometime.
I don't know about that.
Sanchez, just get
him out of here.
I see a nerdy kid
throwing rocks,
how am I gonna
keep on walking?
It was practically
entrapment.
Catch you later.
All right, you're out of here.
Where am I going?
Home.
He's your father, kid.
You honestly think
he was gonna send you
to jail?
No.
It was the perfect crime.
That's it?
That is it, sir.
All right, let's go.
That's really it, huh?
On a good day we solve a crime.
We don't solve lives,
even on our best day.
You know, my dad died.
I was almost his age.
Imagine if it was
your brother.
Or your son.
Well, guess it's
like Howard said--
we don't solve lives.
Yeah, but we
can try, right?
Otherwise what makes us any
different than the bystanders?
Well, what do you want
to do about it?
Uh, try.
Okay.
Uh, I called
about this dog I found.
Officer McLaren.
One more for
the kennel show.
Great, come on in back.
I'm down to ride
with my dawgs
It's do or die with my dawgs
And if I have to testify,
I'm down to lie for my dawgs
I keep it real with my dawgs
I chill with my dawgs
And when we all I rhyme
and steal with my dawgs
Pullin' capers
with my dawgs
Dog number five.
You better think twice
And place a call
for backup
So, what do we say?
I don't know, how
about, you know,
they're, they're both hurting,
they both lost someone
close to them, and they
need to put aside their
Ah, let's just
play it by ear.
Oh, Officers.
Was there
something else or?
No, we, we were just, uh,
were in the neighborhood,
we were just passing by,
you know.
Oh.
We just wanted
to let you know
that we're around
if you need us.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah, thanks.
Get everything over there.
But I still get
the money, right?
Espresso, hey,
baby, baby,
baby, oh,
I missed you so much.
Mmm!
Oh, God.
Oh, Officer Khan,
the work
you guys do--
I can't thank you enough.
I'd be lost
without this little guy.
Uh, sure.
Oh, we're going to
get you home, huh?
It's been a rough day.
Take you into
a nice, warm bath.
Love.
Hmm.
I know what a
dog looks like.
I still don't think
that's a dog.
You're my wife,
you're mad at me.
What do you think
if I buy you this?
What's she mad at you for?
Nothing,
but I bought it anyway.
What's that about, huh?
You know, when you try
to pull someone
out of the horror show
in their heads,
they have a way of dragging
you into your own.
I thought this job
would be different.
Than Iraq?
Hopefully it is.
I was going to be in
control of things.
How do you think you did?
I know I broke
pretty much
every rule that
you guys gave me.
My first jumper
was at the Eastway Hotel
in Times Square--
a high school girl,
pregnant.
She didn't tell me
whose it was,
but I had an idea
it was not a love story.
Anyway,
I started talking,
praying for backup
to get there.
Stall for time, hand it off
to someone else,
follow the patrol guide.
Patrol guide doesn't seem
to apply all that much.
That's why they call it
a guide and not a bible.
Anyway,
it seemed like it
was taking forever
for someone to get there,
and then by the time
they did, uh
I can't picture her
landing anymore, but
I can still see
her looking at me
just before she
stepped off.
And not a day goes
by that I don't wish
I'd been just a
little dumber,
that I had ignored
my training,
done something crazy and
stupid and tried to save her.
I thought you said
what they do isn't on us.
I lie sometimes.
That's why I bought
the bracelet.