The Commish Season 4 Episode 10 Ghost
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00:00You
00:18Keep it on Ronnie. It's an improvement
00:23And love catalogs
00:26You know the workmanship that goes into this just boggles the mind only if the mind is yours
00:32Yeah, full disability helps, but it doesn't make up for the pain I've been through
00:38And Rita here that's what being a cop's all about Lee. Hey, don't get me wrong
00:44I'm not bitter about my suffering
00:48I'm gonna miss wearing the blue
00:51There's nothing like putting yourself on the line for your fellow citizens
00:56I'm gonna clean my locker out. I
01:00Just hope I can keep control over my emotions
01:10Putting himself online for his fellow citizens
01:14Believe he didn't fall down the steps. He's faking the whole thing. He never belonged here
01:19Anyway, he's scared of his own shadow now
01:21He's taking money out of miles of cops who really need it the medical board ruled in his favor permanent disability
01:27Why can't they challenge the ruling they did in court?
01:34But they didn't challenge it in the locker room
01:44Hey
01:51What's going on
01:57I don't like this
02:03Leaving in such a hurry
02:11It's a miracle it's shocked made my legs work again
02:18Here's another shock for you Lee you're going to jail for fraud
02:23Look on the bright side now. You can put yourself in the line for your fellow inmates
02:28welcome
02:47Oh
03:18Oh
03:23Units we have a silent alarm at Lawndale and Townsend repeat silent alarm at Lawndale and Townsend. This is x-ray 5 roger that
03:32Don't hurt us, please nose to the rock mouth shut
03:47Oh
03:59My wedding God's sake leave her alone you saw me that's a big mistake
04:17Oh my god
04:27Henry Sims age 47 one shot to the right temple
04:31He must have used the silencer. I didn't hear the shot. That's his mo
04:35He's a guy they call the ghost victims are wealthy. He grabs jewelry cash and if they see his face
04:42He kills him
04:47Hey, right, I
04:49Got it too late. I tried to come down Lawndale. What was I thinking? Hey, it's not like you stopped for doughnuts
04:55I knew about the construction. I just
05:00Might have made the difference and I might not have what's his wife. I
05:06Woke with a bright light in my face
05:11He told us to keep our eyes closed made us lie down on the floor
05:17Um, he went through the bureau
05:20And he tried to take my wedding ring
05:26That was when Henry look
05:32Did you get a glimpse of him his clothes his shoes
05:37What about his voice? Did he sound young old?
05:42Young maybe 30 or so
05:45Accent
05:48New York I think
05:52Good
05:54Good that's a very big help. Mrs. Simms. Thank you very much
06:04We already knew about the voice how does that help us doesn't it might help her
06:09Oh
06:11Once you go home sack out I want to be in on this
06:14Polish put together a special unit you can hook up with him in the morning. I could hook up with him now
06:18My tour just started
06:21All right
06:33Our little girl likes to paint this section of the wall
06:37With her food
06:39We've tried cleaning it but basically we just wanted to know what you'd charge to paint the wall
06:43I know it's a small job. No jobs too small for a man who takes his craft seriously
06:49Should be more than a hundred or so
06:52On the other hand paint the wall not the rest of the kitchen might look funny
07:00Well, I suppose we could paint the rest of the walls
07:06Not the ceiling
07:12Up to you you have to live with it. I
07:16Suppose I suppose that we could do everything
07:24You want to keep it this color, you know, I have been wanting to go a little lighter
07:29Um, is it more expensive for lighter paint? No, no. Okay. We can go light it. Oh
07:41Counter's starting to crack. It's fine. You have to live with
07:56What another
08:00It's just the kitchen is going to be lighter it won't coordinate with the dining room
08:08This could burn the house down
08:16So we'll lay new carpet in the den paint the dining room replace that kitchen counter
08:22Replace to the fireplace. Let's see that comes to
08:28$6,300
08:31When we started out you were gonna paint the wall for a hundred bucks
08:396400
08:44Trust me you are going to love it
08:52This guy's been hitting upscale neighborhoods he was working Cloverdale now he started on Oak Glen
08:58That's where we'll put the extra units. You think the ghost is gonna pull something so soon
09:01He's got to know that he's on in the first place. This guy's not a rock star an athlete
09:07The press can call him the ghost, but we don't the second place
09:10I think this guy likes the heat just like he likes his nickname and rubbing our noses in the fact that we can't nail him
09:17So let's nail him
09:22We
09:24Went over that whole house again, we got no prints nothing. Did you get any more from the wife?
09:30So we got five break-ins two murders no leads
09:35Sure don't feel like another shift me neither. Let's do your job. Will you hey? Well, I'm saying something whipped you're whipped
09:43How do you think this lady feels seeing her husband shot right in front of her?
09:46Just put this guy away, then you can talk about being whipped
09:51I
10:02Just want to get him that's all can't keep blaming yourself money
10:06For two reasons one. It's not your fault and two won't do any good
10:10Yeah, might not be a bad idea to go get some rest. No start fresh tomorrow night
10:14I'm not gonna get any rest. Anyway, I might as well just keep working
10:18Really? I'm okay
10:20Really all right, go ahead
10:50I
10:56Got a possible 1031 at eight one four nine green
11:00Roger that this is c1 all units respond Ronnie you wait for backup
11:20I
11:50I
12:20I
12:51Oh, are you all right? Yeah
12:58Yeah, how's the lady she's scared, but she's all right
13:01Well, he's definitely not all right
13:04Got him right in the pump. I assume he attacked you. Oh, yeah shot him
13:11What there's no gun
13:20He shot at me I'm telling you
13:26What do you think I'm lying I
13:29Think you're telling the truth as you see it, but I also think you just killed an unarmed man
13:37No, no, this is crazy, this is nuts I'm telling you he shot him he did
13:50I
14:11Guy had no idea on nothing. All we found was a st. Jude's metal and this
14:21All right
14:23Let's go over this again
14:25You fought after he fired at me guy delivering pizza across the street. He only heard one shot same with mrs
14:31Gilbert mrs
14:32Gilbert was terrified and the pizza guy it's just a pizza guy
14:35We all heard one shot to me Paulie and him but maybe he used the silencer like he did the other night
14:41I know he fired at me. I saw the flash. Maybe you saw this one of the lights off our cars
14:47Maybe it reflected off or something in the house
14:49You
14:50Were ordered to wait for backup. I thought someone might be in danger. This is Gilbert got out
14:56Why didn't you follow her and wait for support?
15:00I'm a cop. I'm supposed to catch the bad guys
15:04especially this bad guy
15:06Ronnie
15:08Just relax a minute. All right
15:12Still no gun, right
15:15Right
15:18What
15:20Maybe there were two of them instead of one
15:22We should come up with that. I'm just
15:25Well, if there were two of them, maybe the other guy ran off with the gun still there's no bullet inside this house. That's for sure
15:32There's a lot of woodpeckers around here look at these trees must be a million holes in there
15:37We're gonna check everyone get ladders get a fire engine out here if you have to
15:42I got a gun
15:44I got a gun
15:46I got a gun
15:48I got a gun
15:50I got a gun
15:52I got a gun
15:54I got a gun
15:56I got a gun
15:58I got a gun
16:00I got a gun
16:03I
16:06Should have never let Ronnie go out again. I should have made him take a break if you had the ghost
16:12That is the guy the papers are calling the ghost would still be alive. I'm not even sure it's him
16:17That's the right kind of neighborhood same mo no weapon
16:21What if he's some run-of-the-mill cat burglar?
16:24Then Ronnie's in big trouble
16:28Keep looking I'll see you later after I go home and take a shower
16:33I
16:48Meant to tell you it'll be back on by dinnertime
16:52Dinnertime since when do you have to shut off the water to paint I had to replace this
16:57dangerous dangerous
16:59Rust could cause it to blow
17:02That happens you ruin your new paint job. Well, I'd call that dangerous wouldn't you?
17:06It may cost you a little more now, but in the long run you'll say
17:15This gonna cost it's all right here in the contract. I'm using copper pipes everywhere. It costs a little more now
17:21But in the long run I say
17:26Come on where's my lunch? I'm gonna be late in the fridge in the fridge
17:32Where's the fridge it's in the dining room. It'll be back by Thursday at the latest
17:48What are you doing
17:50Dental work and fingerprints didn't help. We still don't have an ID on the guy that Ronnie shot
17:56But I put some acid on this and raised the serial number
18:02You
18:04Know this might have been made for a particular church or school or something. That's what I was thinking
18:08We traced the serial number. Maybe we can get a line in this guy. Otherwise, we got nothing
18:12Well, maybe that's why they call him the ghost
18:16Not that I would call him the ghost
18:20Still no bullet
18:21Face it Tony. There's no bullet and no gun cuz there was no shot
18:26Now stop blaming yourself
18:28Like a wise man once said first it's not your fault and second it won't do any good
18:59You
19:04Already looked there three times
19:09Look everywhere three times
19:14Guys have been great. They've been working here all day on their own time
19:22Are you gonna suspend me
19:24Well, if I don't the review board will hold a hearing and do it anyway
19:28And then what criminal charges it's possible, Ronnie
19:32If you have to ask for my gun and badge then do it
19:36Just as long as you know that I am NOT crazy
19:39And I am NOT a liar if there was a shred of evidence anything at all there is
19:46What?
19:48My word
19:50I've worked for you my whole career most of what I know you taught me
19:55Yes, I was tired and I was stressed
19:58But if I wasn't fit for duty, there's no way I would have let you put me out there
20:02Cuz you taught me better than that
20:05And you know there was an easy way out if I wanted it all I had to do was claim that this guy tried to
20:09Kill me with his bare hands and the shooting would be clean
20:13But I did
20:16Because it's not the truth
20:19You taught me that too I
20:22I don't care what the public or the press or the review board thinks, but I do care what you think
20:31Do you believe in me or don't you
20:36Yeah, I believe in you don't let them take me down without a fight
20:42Hi
20:45You
20:48The city was being terrorized by a vicious killer
20:52Officer Lopez ended that reign of terror instead of thanking him we investigate him
20:58We can't be sure the dead man really is the so-called ghost
21:01There hasn't been another crime bearing his stamp since the shooting the ghost carried a weapon the dead man didn't
21:07He didn't present an immediate threat to officer Lopez or anyone else
21:11We contend that he did carry a weapon based on the word of a police officer with ten years of experience and a draw full
21:17of citations and a strong incentive to
21:20twist the facts
21:23I'm telling the truth the evidence suggests otherwise not necessarily
21:28It's possible there were two men in the house instead of just one
21:32The man who fired the shot escaped and his accomplice was shot by officer Lopez
21:37The owner of the house didn't report a second intruder
21:40Well, maybe he stayed out of sight acted as a lookout and then went inside the house to warn his accomplice
21:46officer Lopez
21:48You reported seeing one man into the house. Are you now claiming you saw two?
21:56No, just one commissioner did you or any other officer see a second man at the crime scene
22:03No, but that doesn't mean he wasn't there your loyalty is commendable, but we have to go by the evidence
22:10officer Lopez
22:12You entered the house against orders all witnesses say that there was only one shot fired
22:18No gun or bullet or second intruder has been found which could account for another shot
22:26we have no choice but to suspend you from active duty and
22:29Recommend that the district attorney's office open a criminal investigation
22:51My mom died when I was little my dad wasn't much
22:59Gambled away his paycheck as fast as he got it
23:03My two brothers, I pretty much raised him myself
23:07They kicked their butts when I had to keep him out of trouble
23:13Always made sure I was somebody they could look up to
23:16They were there the day I joined the force
23:18While they was prouder of me than I wasn't myself
23:26I guess they won't be so proud after this
23:30We're not giving up
23:32Come on lucky to stay out of jail now
23:38Guys a burglar I had to sell his goods somewhere. I'll check with a couple of fences see what turns up
23:45And don't forget we got that that st. Jude's metal
23:50How's that gonna help
23:54That's something you know about st. Jude don't you
23:59Patron saint of lost causes
24:07So you want me to pawn some diamonds, huh, how hard are they
24:13Commissioner
24:16No offense, but you gotta come during business hours why what's the difference you're not doing anything illegal are you know?
24:25But we'd have more time to chat say an hour we got a chat now
24:33Never seen this guy before was he criminal
24:36Because I don't associate with criminals come on Sammy
24:40cops in trouble here Ronnie Lopez
24:44You help me out, I won't forget it. Yeah, I like Ronnie
24:51Yeah, yeah, I dealt with him
24:54There's one strange individual
24:57Something spooky about the guy we did business. I can't say as I'll miss him
25:02Can you tell me anything about him besides he spooked you I?
25:07Never even knew his name
25:09This racket names aren't all
25:25You
25:47Can't find Ronnie uh-uh the guy he thinks he killed isn't dead and we can't even tell him
25:54I want you to double up patrols around Sammy's pawn shop in case the goat
26:00The perp shows up again
26:06What
26:08Tony we've been looking for this guy for about 12 hours now. Okay. We're tying up a lot of manpower
26:12I don't care how much manpower we're tying up
26:17You don't think I saw him
26:19This is the guy right that's the guy
26:22This guy here with the 45 in his chest now the fact that he's six feet under doesn't that make you wonder a little
26:32No makes me wonder a lot
26:35I
26:58Just want you to know I think you're on the right track
27:00Thanks, John my grandmother used to tell me about holy men in the old country
27:04We're going to a trance so deep you couldn't detect the heartbeat your grandmother told you that yeah
27:08You bury him dig him up about a week later, and he'd still be just as alive as you and me
27:14Uh-huh unless of course some wild animal got in there and chewed his arm off or something
27:19And you have one angry holy man on your hands
27:22really
27:24interesting
27:28Just about got it
27:34Yeah reptile like this too bad you can't kill him twice
27:41Or at least once
27:47Could be that someone's trying to make us think the ghost is still he is I chased him down the street
27:52Tony I took his pulse how long long enough to know he didn't have one you know there are certain holy
27:57Oh, come on. You're gonna. Tell me you believe Hibbs's grandmother
28:00Look McGinley's getting the autopsy report Marty's done a thousand of them. He'll know if the guy's dead no record up boy
28:06What are these embarrassed did he do the autopsy no his assistant was off backpacking in the Sierras can't reach
28:13I know how to take a pulse. I want to talk to Ronnie. He's not at his apartment
28:18We checked his brother's place in the Bronx find him when you do let me know. I don't care what time it is
28:24Weird huh no this is weirder than weird
28:31Tell me I can't take this anymore
28:33Yesterday I was drying my hair in the bathroom and the Tommy a couple frauds right in it says can't I do that somewhere else
28:39Because he's really got to go
28:41The plumber put one of his pipe wrenches right down on my mouth
28:47You gotta do something
28:51Leave it to me
29:01I
29:03Look you gotta talk
29:05I know I need another 500 of the plaster guy can't finish also you got a tomatoes
29:11No, that's not we
29:13It's not we got to talk about
29:15See you you said the cabinets would only take three days. It's already been six. They do only take three days
29:20They're just not three consecutive days
29:22We've asked you not to let your men smoke in the house not to use the upstairs bathroom
29:26You gotta go you gotta go and to keep their tools and their kids not to play music before 8 o'clock in the morning
29:32Is it that big a deal?
29:33I mean these guys are trying to make your house the thing of beauty and we're just trying to set up a few ground rules
29:39I mean we live here. How would you feel?
29:42I'll take care of it
29:47We're out of here jobs over
29:50Wait a minute. Hey, we're not good enough to use your bathroom. How could we be good enough to work on your house? Hey
29:56Get back here
29:58We have a contract
30:18Morning boss house things down at the old precinct
30:26Shorter man, all right, that's too bad a
30:34Spherical or pointed cylindrical metallic projectile
30:40That's the definition of a bullet I
30:43Looked it up in the dictionary. The funny thing is I
30:47Got plenty of bullets. I
30:50Got him at home in my locker
30:54hundreds of them but
30:56The one little bullet that can save my life
31:02Nobody can find
31:06Isn't that funny, why don't we take a walk get some coffee
31:11I'll go that
31:13Startles in my clear head and what go will that do? You're gonna need a clear head for when I'm gonna tell you don't wanna
31:18clear
31:21Hey, come on leave me alone I could drink if I wanna wrong you're on duty
31:29Since when right now, you don't have the authority you take one more sip. I'll bust you
31:39You wouldn't dare
31:46You dare
31:50Let me see if I understand this the guy I killed you saw on the street and his coffin was empty
31:58Mm-hmm. I
31:59Need another drink
32:01You need about a gallon of coffee and you need to help us find this guy then maybe you'd be off the hook
32:08So I'm back on duty for now
32:11What about the review board? I'll handle them. Whoa
32:15Hope you don't feel as bad as you look
32:18Listen the st. Jude medal was part of a batch made in the fall of 74 now
32:21Most of them went to this place called our lady of sorrows church. No, it's an orphanage
32:26Someone burned it down a few years later, but the sister Marie O'Brien used to work there now. She's over st
32:31Mark's convent. Hey, maybe st. Jude will come through free after all
32:35Come on gorgeous
32:42How's your head to explode
32:47I
32:49Feel like I'm back in school me too. Hey three commissioner
32:55Gentlemen, I'm sister Marie. How can I help you?
32:58We want to ask you a few questions about our lady of sorrows wonderful place. I worked there for many years
33:04Well, we're looking for someone who may have been an orphan there
33:08I'm afraid this is the only picture we have
33:12You're looking for someone who is dead
33:15Well, it's a long story he may not be as dead as he looks
33:20We don't know his name or much about him except for that he's vicious and
33:25May be very smart, too
33:28We had our share of troubled boys
33:30One of them set the fire that destroyed the orphanage and what was his name?
33:34We never knew for certain
33:38Personally I suspected it was a boy named Jim Hawkins
33:43He ran away soon afterwards
33:45You have any idea where he might be now?
33:47Last I heard he had a place over in Fall Creek. That was some time ago
33:52That's a start. Thank you sister. You're not going to arrest him for anything based on what I said
33:58This is just an investigation good because I'm only speculating
34:03We were never sure which one actually set the fire
34:06Which one James or Jonathan?
34:10They were twins they were identical twins, you couldn't tell them apart
34:20I
34:22Checked the Fall Creek phone book no listing for a Hawkins. Well, if they had land that we'll find them
34:27Start with the county recorder's office. So these two guys worked as a team
34:32Right one went into the place while the other stood guard and I thought you just made that up at the hearing I did
34:40So I got one
34:42Probably the one that took the shot at me. Then the brother picks up the gun and splits
34:46He was in the clear until you saw him at the pawn shop
34:50Then he steals his brother's body. Why how does that help him?
34:55Look, we'll head over to Fall Creek start tracking him down. All right, call me if you find out anything
35:05This is Tony Scali you better listen up and you better listen good
35:09We have a contract. I'm out of the job
35:12So just leave your name and number and remember do it right the first time in the long run you say
35:18This is Tony Scali you
35:23We should sue him it'll take forever
35:28Shoot him. I'm not ruling that out. Well, we have to do something. We can't go on like this
35:34What about another contractor? I've called dozens all the good ones have booked up for weeks
35:39Tony you are the police commissioner for heaven's sakes lay down the law here. Yeah, dad lay down the law
35:48Yeah, you know that's not such a bad idea I'm gonna swing by the City Hall pick up a copy of the building code
36:02He'll be there in a minute in a shower
36:09It's
36:14Registered to a JJ Hawkins cute one J for each brother. You ready? Let's go
36:39Let's go in here
36:44Hey Tony look at this
36:48This guy's scheduled for surgery to tent the next month
36:51He's getting a new face
36:54We saw me at the pawn shop. He knew we'd be after him, right?
36:57So he steals his brother's body bribes the enemy he gets a new face while we're looking for the guy with his old one
37:03Wasn't for good old st. Jude might have worked she's still gonna catch. Hey, we'll just wait till he gets back
37:11We might not have time this may be his next target
37:17Why would he pull another job before the operation maybe he needs the money to pay for it look at this
37:2545th and Marguerite, let's go
37:33You
37:46Hi, sorry to bother you we're just checking the neighborhood to see if everything's alright everything's fine officer
37:57Is your husband home no, he's working late tonight
38:01Well, if you see anything out of the ordinary, just give us a call. I certainly will. Thank you for coming by
38:13I think he's inside. She wasn't wearing a wedding ring. Maybe he took it. How do you want to handle this?
38:19Keep the guys knocking on the other doors like we're satisfied here Ronnie and I'll double back and get inside
38:30I
39:00I
39:16Okay
39:22More than we could say for him. He's really a ghost now
39:25I'll send someone for your husband. We'll make sure he gets home right away. Okay
39:38Thanks, man, well this should finally clear him, huh?
39:44Shouldn't it but sister Marie couldn't identify the photograph as either James or Jonathan Hawkins and since you haven't found the first body
39:52He could have buried the body anywhere
39:54The point is the evidence from the original investigation hasn't changed the bullet from the weapon
39:59Allegedly fired at officer Lopez has never been found and neither has the weapon itself
40:04It still looks like officer Lopez committed an unprovoked killing. Nobody wants to see officer Lopez go to jail
40:11Perhaps something can be worked out with the district attorney a plea bargain unless he wants to take his chances with the jury trial
40:18He's innocent not according to the evidence
40:25Commission you and I both know we live by regulations and procedures and if we disregard those
40:33We have nothing and in this case without that bullet
40:38Nothing is exactly what we have
40:40Nothing is exactly what we have
40:46When did those pinheads ever looked on the barrel of a gun
40:49What do they do all day beside where to have lunch? Yeah, Ronnie, you should fight this man
40:53Get a good lawyer and go to court. Yeah, like a cop could afford a good lawyer
40:57I don't know what I'm gonna do if I can't be a cop
41:00You guys order pizza
41:03How much
41:07Once you're there the night of the shooting
41:09Guys, I don't even own a gun. It's gotta be a bullet
41:14We search every inch of that neighborhood 50 times
41:17Didn't just get up and walk away. Enjoy your pizza. Ciao. All right. Thanks
41:25Garlic
41:28I love this little dough middle here
41:33Hey
41:36Is that the same car you drove that night? Yeah, we have assigned vehicles which way were you going what?
41:43Direction east or west
41:46Toward Oakdale Boulevard West
41:49So the driver's side was facing the house
42:03Oh
42:22What's that a spherical or pointed cylindrical metallic projectile also known as a bullet
42:33Oh
42:44Welcome back officer Lopez. I don't know
42:50I understand perfectly go to work. Okay. Yes
43:03I
43:10Takes a big man to apologize and in my book you're tops
43:14But my guys were deeply insulted when you said they couldn't use the facilities in your home now
43:22For another five grand I could
43:26Uninsult him and get him to start working again
43:29That won't be necessary
43:31How come you're under arrest?
43:34What you have the right to remain silent?
43:37Anything you say can and will be used against you if you cannot afford an attorney
43:42Crazy won't be appointed for you. Hey
43:45You and I may have had our differences, but I haven't done anything
43:48You can arrest me for missing fixtures exposed wiring faulty pipes
43:53There are at least a dozen building code violations in this room all because of you
43:59Now each one is a misdemeanor but taken together we could be looking at some serious time
44:05Oh, come on now. I could press charges or
44:09We could talk a little plea bargain such as you agree to live in this house till the work gets done. Oh
44:16Here you crazy. You got no water pressure. Your fridge is in the dining room exactly
44:20Meantime my family and I move into a hotel and send you the bill
44:24Or we could go down to the precinct and start the booking process up to you
44:32Now nice a place you talking about staying nice
44:36So the faster you get the work done the better off you are deal
44:46Oh and Bob
44:48Next time remember do it right the first time and in the long run you say
44:54Babe
44:59Bye bye
45:24You