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He was doing his job.

We should go down there

and give a rebuttal.

I think it's mandatory.

He's got a right to his opinion.

Besides, I think the holdup guy...

...knows that I saw his face.

Yeah, I know he knows that.

What, are you afraid?

Yes.

All right, I won't get involved.

That's fine.

Great movies all this week on

Channel 6. Monday, Billy Jack...

Good evening, baby.

Hi, Poppy. How'd it go? Did you

find a new place for the station?

No, not yet.

It shouldn't be too hard

to rebuild the old one.

I didn't exactly tell you the truth

about my relocating, Candice.

I didn't want you to worry.

- It worked. I wasn't worried at all.

- You're old enough for the truth.

Just remember that things

always happen for the best, okay?

Now I'm worried.

I didn't say anything for you

to be worried about.

The last time you said

"Things always happen for the best"...

...you and Mom were getting a divorce.

So what's the terrific news this time?

Well, the truth of it is that...

What's this? PBS?

PBS, I'm sure. No, it's a cassette.

When The West Was Wet.

Who gave you this?

I went by the video arcade,

over by the laundromat...

...and they were playing these...

This guy was playing Cosmic Attack

while waiting for his shirts.

We talked and stuff...

And stuff?

Dad, cut me some slack.

He's a nice guy.

Nice guy?

Nice guys don't give

It was a tape, if you don't know.

Don't go near arcades,

don't even go near laundromats.

You're 16 years old.

You don't know the first thing

about life, about...

- I mean the near robbery

of the Pitstop Diner...

...about a week ago,

give or take a day.

- Oh, my God.

- What? What?

He said, "Hotshots with dumb luck

have no business handling crime. "

Who is that guy?

We're not hotshots,

we're non-victims.

I know it's the police's job

to stop crime...

...but it's everyone's right to

protect himself, be he male or female.

Be he male or... Redundancy

is odd, but we have that right.

He's a brain.

Why is there crime?

I think the root cause is criminals.

In crime, there must be

Criminals and B:
Victims.

Or B:
Victims, A: Criminals.

Without victims,

there's no criminals.

Unless criminals preyed

on other criminals, ad infinitum.

But I digress.

I'm speaking for myself,

not for Sonny Paluso, my compatriot.

- When I say I disagree...

- My God. He mentioned my name.

How would Mr. Van Dussen feel

if he had to undress at gunpoint...

...and wore no underwear,

like my poor friend, Sonny.

It's my opinion,

not Mr. Paluso's...

Directory Assistance.

A listing for Sonny Paluso

in either Brooklyn or Queens.

- How are you spelling that?

- P-A-L-U-S-O, Paluso.

- U-S-O?

- I guess. I'm not sure.

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