The Glimmer Man

- Hey, what's up?

- Hey, it's Chicken-Noodle Campbell.

Shouldn't you be sittin' in a high chair?

Coroner's report.

Why don't you just try crack?

You call that humor?

The Captain says no more 976 calls.

Mr. Love Beads, you'll have to seek

higher enlightenment somewhere else.

I'm Lieutenant Cole.

Been assigned to the case.

They asked me to come

and look at the file.

Didn't mean to be discourteous.

Nice to meet you.

I heard about you.

I wasn't expecting you so soon.

You worked in New York, right?

DeMarco killings?

This ain't New York

and this ain't the DeMarco killings.

We work as a team around here.

You know, the way I work is

I just like to solve the case.

I don't even care who gets the credit.

Beautiful. That's that.

We call this guy, "The Family Man. "

He's killed six families

in the last eight months.

All ritual killings.

Have you found any connection

between the victims at all?

Other than the fact

that they're all Catholic...

...which ties into the crucifixion ritual, no.

They just found two more.

Fresh kill. Today's your lucky day.

Let's go.

This ain't the same, Jim.

Yeah, this is the first one in a motel.

All the rest have taken place

in their houses.

Normally, we can ID the couple, but...

...other than that,

it's pretty much the same MO.

No, there's a lot more than that goin' on.

I mean, this is different.

Are you married or what?

This is what I hate about new partners.

They always want to get personal.

I don't want to talk about it, all right?

Forget that I ever mentioned

anything at all.

Are you married, or what?

No, I'm not married.

Every cop I know who's married,

has a wife who won't sleep with him...

...two kids who don't listen to him...

...and a dog that'd rather lick himself

than fetch the paper.

All units respond to a barricaded suspect

with hostages...

...at the Saint Edmund's School.

- Possible suicide.

- Yeah, we're in that area.

- Hey, what are you doin'?

- It's right over here.

No, man. That's suicide. We're Homicide.

If some dumb ass wants to jump

off a buildin', that's his problem.

Somebody pushes his ass off a buildin',

then call me.

The way I look at it, death is death.

We gotta have compassion for the dead,

the dying...

...the could-be-dying

and the about-to-be-dead.

I'm going. I'm going.

Faster, come on. Quickly, quickly.

Detective Cole. Detective Campbell.

What have we got?

A boy named Johnny Deverell.

He's a senior.

He's got a gun and a class full of kids.

That's nice.

- What does he want?

- I don't know.

His girlfriend broke up with him.

He's got her up there too.

Has he been in trouble before?

He was arrested for drugs.

They had him seeing a therapist.

Yeah, must have been the wrong therapist.

Keep everybody quiet.

Keep everybody back.

Man, you know this ain't our gig.

Look, it's a love-sick kid.

A well-armed, love-sick kid.

Why do you think they got SWAT?

'Cause they look good in black.

See if you can get me a couple

of cell phones right away.

Johnny, please stop it.

They're gonna hurt you.

Shut your mouth, Millie!

I'm not in the mood for this!

Put the gun down, Johnny.

- Just put it down!

- Shut up!

Johnny, stop it! Please, Johnny!

This is Detective Cole, LAPD.

I'm not here to hurt you.

I'm here to help you.

I gotta get into a dialogue with you...

...before the guys in black get here,

'cause they don't listen to anybody.

I don't want you to get hurt.

I want you to step over to the window

and look at me.

You'll see that I'm unarmed.

Nobody move!

Come on over. Step over to the window

and look at me.

Sorry, Johnny. Put the gun down.

I don't want to shoot you,

and you don't want to be dead.

Why not?

Drop the gun! Come on.

What are you on?

Don't talk to me like you know me!

You want me to start shooting?

You're right, I don't know you.

I'm gonna put my gun down.

We'll start out like this.

Now, what's the problem?

You don't understand, man.

You don't understand.

I can't go back with him.

I can't, I won't.

With who?

You don't understand.

I can't go back with him.

With who?

I can't. I won't.

I love you, Johnny!

I love you, too.

I love you, too.

I hate this job.

- Calm down, son.

- Wait!

Watch your head. Calm down.

Now, you see?

SWAT would have killed this boy.

You know it, and I know it.

- You're not a freelancer, okay?

- Oh, no.

This ain't New York.

No sh*t.

Frank Deverell. It figures.

Rich people's kids are always f***ed up.

Lieutenant, where will I find

Detective Cole?

- Right down there, sir.

- Thank you.

- Detective Cole?

- Yes, sir.

I'd like to thank you

from the bottom of my heart...

...for not letting my stepson

take his own life.

You look like a very sincere individual,

and I...

...really appreciate your coming down.

So nice of you.

Well, I sincerely hope that

if there's ever anything I can do for you...

...you won't hesitate to ask me.

You'll be the first one I dial.

Let's get out of here.

Nice coat.

Detective Cole, can I have a minute?

I'm kind of busy right now.

I'll be very brief. Mr. Deverell asked me

to speak to you...

...on behalf of his stepson.

About what?

Mr. Deverell feels your testimony

would be very helpful...

...in getting Johnny acquitted on grounds

of temporary insanity.

There's a little problem.

First of all, I don't think he's insane.

Second of all, I like to testify

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