It's your last chance.
Hot.
Hoot.
Shoot.
Shot.
Chief has a one-track mind.
Lost.
Chief Ironside's office.
Yeah, she's right here.
Yes?
Yes, I have.
When?
I'll be right there.
Anything wrong?
I'll tell you about it in the morning.
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Oh, my dear.
Kim?
Honey, what happened?
I just ran a stoplight.
Honey, you wouldn't be here for that.
John?
Have a seat, Eve.
Cut the formalities, John. What happened?
Driving under the influence.
Drinking?
Kim?
You didn't let me finish.
Driving under the influence of and in possession of marijuana...
and dangerous drugs.
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Why, Kim? Why?
I told you I didn't do anything.
I just ran a red light.
Where did the drugs come from?
I don't know.
Really, a cop just looked in my purse, and there they were.
Do her parents know she's here?
They're not home.
If you lie to me, I can't help you.
Oh, I'm not lying.
Where were you tonight?
I was at a party.
Maybe that's it.
Maybe somebody put them in my purse by mistake.
Where was the party?
Was it a friend's?
What friend?
What are you trying to do?
Help you.
Well, don't give me the third degree.
Can I take her home?
Ooh.
Well, she'll have to be back here at 10 with her parents.
All right.
If I can reach them, I'll tell them you're on the way.
Thank you.
Honey, am I really in trouble?
Yes.
But if you're lucky, the worst you'll get will be probation.
I doubt that.
Why?
She's already on probation.
The candy cane slips from your hand.
Magician draws the curtain.
The crutch you held to help you stand
Has made you feel uncertain.
You walked across a river bridge
One day when you were smiling
Now the sun has turned to brick
The road you're on is winding
You lost your way the other day
Seeking the melody man
La la la.
La la la la la la la la la la la.
La la la.
La la la.
La la la la la la.
La la la la la la.
Remind me to have Amy fill that.
Oh, baby.
Will you take it easy?
Let's not lose our heads when we get here, huh?
All right?
No, of course not.
This is only the second time my daughter's been picked up with drugs.
There's no reason to lose our heads, is there?
Getting angry won't help.
Daddy.
Hi.
Thanks, Eve.
I'm sorry to put you to so much trouble.
That's the least of the trouble.
Oh, Kim, my poor baby.
I've been so worried about you.
Don't worry.
Everything's going to be all right.
Carolyn, please.
Please.
Ted, what are we going to do?
Do?
We're going to sit down.
We're going to talk about this calmly.
We're going to talk about it rationally.
Oh, isn't this just like you?
Everything is going to pieces, and you want to be calm and rational.
It doesn't help to get hysterical.
Well, then what does?
If you're such a model father, go ahead.
You handle it.
Kim, come on.
Let's sit down.
Maybe you and I could bridge the generation gap for a moment, huh?
I don't know.
Would you like to try?
Okay.
Okay.
One question.
Why?
Why did you do it?
At least you could have asked me if I did do it.
I didn't expect the cops to believe me, but you.
All right.
Did you do it?
No.
The police report said that the car wreaked of marijuana.
Well, it was a Turkish cigarette.
Well, look.
Look, I've got the rest of the pack right here.
She didn't do anything.
It was all a mistake.
May I go to bed now?
Oh, yes, of course.
Not yet.
Oh, now, Ted, she's been through enough.
Come on, dear.
We've both got to stay here.
Have a good night's sleep.
Forget all about this.
I don't need to be tucked in.
Okay.
Well, I think we've all had enough for one night.
It's late.
Carolyn, why didn't you tell me Kim is on probation?
She made a mistake.
I didn't want to have to make a family dinner conversation.
There is such a thing as family help.
We thought that was the best way to handle it.
I really have had it for one day.
Look, it's late.
Why don't you stay over?
Thanks.
I'd rather go home.
All right.
Good night, dear.
Good night.
I'll be up in a moment.
Can you do anything?
I'll try.
Morning.
Good morning.
Coffee?
I wasn't aware you were this anxious to get started on the commissioner's project.
Can you get along without me for a few days?
There's something I have to take care of.
Sounds serious.
It is.
Yes, we can get along without you for a few days.
Thank you.
Chief.
Do you ever get the feeling that we lose touch sometimes?
All we do is work on cases, but we don't see the people or feel them, even those close to us?
When someone makes a speech like that, it's what they don't say that interests me.
Kim was arrested last night.
Kim Channing?
Yes.
What's the charge?
23-105-VC-Drugs.
11-9-10-H&S and 11-5-30-H&S.
The arrest report said that the car reeked of marijuana.
What does Kim say?
Turkish cigarettes.
Chief, I want to believe her.
She's not just another kid.
I fed her, changed her, held her on my lap.
I watched her grow up.
I feel like her aunt.
But when I talk to her, I act more like a cop.
What can I do?
What can I help her?
Chief Ironside.
John, how have you been?
Good to see you.
Eve, you bringing in the heavy artillery?
I brought myself in.
Well, I know you like it straight.
Kim Channing got the brass ring, her second offense in less than a year.
Chances are the youth authority will send her to a girls' school.
What can we do to help her?
Her only chance is to tell us where she got those drugs,
but I don't think that information will come from her.
Suppose it comes from me.
Then I'll do what I can.
Hi, Mr. Ironside.
Good morning, Kimberly.
I am.
Carolyn said you remember Chief Ironside.
Yes, of course, Chief.
Sit down, please.
Thank you.
Do you both understand the charges?
Yes, sir, we do.
Kim, you were informed of your rights last night.
Do you understand them?
Yes.
Well, tell him about the Turkish cigarettes.
Yes, that's all in the arrest report,
but for your information, Mrs. Channing,
the odor given off by Turkish cigarettes in no way resembles marijuana.
The main problem is that Kim violated probation
and committed a felony while in your custody.
I'm sorry.
You'd think having been through this before, it'd be easier this time.
Please try and believe us.
We've tried our best.
Her grades were good.
She never missed class.
None of the warning signs you told us about.
Everything seemed all right.
What were we supposed to do, lock her in her room at night and never let her out?
Sergeant, you tell us what to do.
The probation department has decided to remove that responsibility from you.
They feel it's in Kim's best interest to hold her until she goes to court.
Hold her?
You mean jail?
No, you can't.
In the opinion of the probation department,
Kim lacks proper parental supervision,
and to leave her in the home would further the chances of her committing additional crimes.
Oh, no!
Let me understand you, Sergeant.
Are you saying that we are not fit to raise our own child?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Channing.
Don't let them, Ted.
I think it's better if you two wait it outside.
But I can't!
It's our baby!
I'm sorry, Mrs. Channing.
John, how about releasing Kim into my custody, or into Eve's custody?
Well, Eve is her aunt.
Are you willing to take the responsibility?
Of course I am.
Maybe that's better.
Thank you, John.
Thank you.
Now, Kim, you understand what's going on, where you stand?
Yes.
Then it boils down to this.
If you tell Sergeant Darga where you got the drugs,
there's a chance we can help you.
I didn't get any drugs.
I don't know where they came from.
If I knew, I'd tell you.
Have a little respect for our intelligence.
You were smoking pot in the car before you were stopped.
Now let's go from there.
Two minutes ago, you were my aunt.
Now you're a cop.
Kim, if you don't tell us where you got the drugs,
there's nothing we can do to keep you out of that girls' school.
But that's not fair.
I didn't steal anything.
I didn't hurt anybody.
You broke the law.
Laws are made for the protection of everyone,
even the people who break them.
You sound just like my mom and my dad.
Don't do that.
It's bad just because they say so.
What makes the law right and me wrong?
We're not talking about the validity of the law.
It's there. It exists.
We're talking about where you got the stuff.
School? At the party?
I don't know.
All right, you and Kim go ahead.
Tell Carol and Ted what we've decided.
I want to talk to John for a minute.
Wait for me in the hall.
You really think you can help her?
Maybe it's the kids who weren't arrested last night who need the help.
What brought on the sudden interest in drugs in schools?
It's personal matters.
You and your personal matters. Why come to me?
You're on all the committees in this town.
If anyone knows what's going on, it would be you.
All my information is second or third hand.
Now that I have your permission, I'll get it for you first hand.
I haven't got my permission.
Bob, I want a full report.
Don't I always give you a full report?
No. And where are those arson statistics?
Mark, I'll have them finished by Monday.
Next stop, Board of Education.
Chief, if it's all right with you, I'd like to show Kim something.
Something she'll care about right now?
What's ahead of her if she doesn't straighten up right now?
Control. Right.
Mrs. Joyce, Gilbreath is on her way to La Jolla.
I want to, I want to dance and laugh and sing, be anywhere.
I'd like to drive the wild wind and let my hair blow free.
I'd like to see you smile and know that you're as lame as me.
I'd like to see a movie, get up and leave alone.
I'd change my mind and go downtown.
I'd see how my baby brothers are grown.
Control, come out on silent.
I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to.
As you can see, we try to provide a comfortable home atmosphere and pleasant surroundings.
We give our girls everything they need.
We have counseling and a complete vocational program.
A girl can even get a high school diploma from here.
We have church services, of course, all denominations.
And most important of all, for those that need it, we have excellent psychiatric care.
What about love and trust?
Of course, we always try to provide that.
Control.
Right.
Miss Brian and two guests on their way to reception.
The girls get a five minute break between classes.
What's she here for?
Narcotics violation.
Over 50% of the girls have used them at one time or another.
What are their chances?
Depends on the girl herself.
Well, if there's nothing further.
No, and thank you very much for your trouble.
Not at all.
I'll have one of the girls see you out.
Oh, Anne.
Yes, Miss Brian.
I'd like you to see Miss Whitfield and Miss Channing back to the office.
Sure.
Goodbye, Miss Channing.
Goodbye.
I hope you've learned something.
Thank you again.
Not at all.
Are you in trouble?
Well, don't let that bug you.
That's part of the game.
Well, how do you like it here?
It's not bad.
No cops, no parents to nag you.
Plenty to do.
Oh, and you don't have to worry about getting in on time.
The office is over there.
I have to get back to class.
Thank you.
Bye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Get cool.
Wait a minute.
Stay out of here.
Do anything you have to.
But stay out of here.
It's a real bummer.
Will?
Will what?
What are you thinking?
Just what you want me to think.
I'm in a very frightening place and I wouldn't want to stay there.
What makes the law that puts them there right?
Kim?
Hmm?
We used to be able to talk.
You used to be my aunt.
I still am.
Come on now, no fairy tales.
How did you get started?
You really want to know?
Yes, I really want to know.
It wasn't any big thing.
A friend of mine just lit up a joint after school.
She told me it was the grooviest thing she ever did.
Why didn't I try it?
I did.
How can you call a person who turned you on to pot a friend?
Have you ever tried it?
No.
Then don't knock it.
All right, go on.
What about the pills?
Anywhere there's grass, there's pills.
I don't understand you.
I know.
How can you be so nonchalant about taking drugs that are ruining your body?
I don't see anything wrong.
Sit down.
This conversation was your idea, not mine.
You're destroying your parents and yourself.
You may be sent to a girls' school, and I'm beginning to think that you don't care.
Oh, sure, I care.
But I'm not doing anything to anybody.
It's that law that's doing it to me.
The law isn't pushing pills down your throat.
Is this what it's going to be like all the time I'm here?
Lectures in the third degree?
It's up to you.
May I go to bed now?
No, you may not.
Just tell me one thing, Kim.
If you tell me nothing else, why?
You're a pretty girl.
You're bright.
You come from a good family.
Why do you find it necessary to turn on?
Which star gangster do you want?
Number seven, number nine, or number 11?
Kim, I want the truth.
Because I dig it.
You know, whenever you spring for steak without a fight, I can't help wondering what's in the wind.
Just routine.
Tomorrow I want us to infiltrate that high school.
See if we can get a line on the drugs those young people are getting and their source of supply.
Which one of us do you intend to duke in as a teenager?
Good morning.
Good morning.
My name, believe it or not, is Mr. Brown.
I'll be subbing for Mrs. Weston today.
We'll pick it up on page 197 and...
Will the young man with his head on the desk please sit up?
Bruce.
Bruce, sit up.
Yes.
He doesn't get much sleep.
Why not?
I guess his parents fight a lot and when he's that tired, Mrs. Weston just lets him sleep.
Come on, sit up, Bruce.
Isn't there a rule against wearing shades in class?
He was stoned.
From the way the other students acted, it wasn't the first time he's shown up in class that way.
Well, why wouldn't a teacher report something as obvious as that?
There's several reasons.
I'd like to hear them.
Well, some teachers feel they're here to teach, not apprehend addicts.
Others don't want to get involved in what could be a very nasty situation.
And a few, who I am weeding out, don't want to jeopardize their I'm-your-buddy image.
Mr. Fall, there are 4,200 students in this school.
I'm sure you realize that at least 30% of them are turning on.
It's over 1,200.
Well, what's the police department doing about it?
What are you doing about it?
Everything we can.
We're constantly checking up.
Tomorrow, we're going through every locker in the school.
Those students possessing drugs will be suspended or put on probation.
Don't you ever turn them over to the police?
Only as a last resort.
We turn them in, two days later we get them back.
They're heroes on campus.
Do they know about the shakedown?
No, no, of course not.
That's a closely guarded secret.
Well, back to the upper-class blackboard jungle.
That isn't funny.
It wasn't meant to be.
Maybe they aren't being raised in a hoodlum environment, but there's nothing wrong with their grapevine.
Ironside.
Chief, Kim is gone.
When did it happen?
During the night.
I called her parents, but she didn't go home.
Well, she couldn't have gone far.
What if we can't find her?
We'll find her, Eve.
I'll have Ed meet you.
Both of you start digging.
Find out who her friends are.
We'll check the high school.
Right.
Mark!
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No, I, uh, I wouldn't have any way of knowing where she could have gone.
Just a chance.
What about your shakedown?
How'd you make out?
Not as well as we had expected from you.
I only got drugs out of nine lockers.
Kim's?
Including hers.
This is what she had.
The little black one's opium.
I saw some pictures of it in the magazine.
How'd you know?
Mr. Fall.
Just a moment.
It's for you.
Officer Whitfield.
Yes, Eve.
Well, good.
Let me have them.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Okay.
C-H-A-Y.
That's it.
Four.
All right, I will.
May I have an office to question these four girls?
Of course.
Use mine.
Seems to me the quality of education here is pretty low.
Why?
Except for Kim, who wasn't here.
The only reason I can figure for the other eight being busters, they couldn't read the signs.
I wonder why the teachers didn't take the signs off the walls.
Communications gap.
They didn't understand what they meant.
I can't believe all teachers are that naive.
Not one of these four girls is at school today.
The reason none of the girls showed up in school is that one of the girls, Susan Burgess, wasn't feeling well.
The others ditched class to keep her company.
Sure a lot different than in my day.
Where are you now?
Back at the Channing house with Eve.
We thought we could pick up some other leads.
Eve better stay with her sister.
You get an A.P.B. rolling.
Ashbury, North Beach, everywhere a teenager might show up.
What about Susan Burgess and the other girls?
My department.
You're fuzzed.
It's to a degree.
I'm a consultant.
This is Mark Sanger, my interpreter.
What does a consultant do?
Give advice.
I didn't know my mother was a consultant.
Well, I know mine is, and I would like to get this over with before she comes home.
I wouldn't want her to think we all got busted.
Kim Channing disappeared last night.
We're trying to find her.
I haven't seen her since...
Since when?
Since the day before yesterday at school.
Were you going to say since you were at a party together?
Since the day before yesterday at school.
Oh, I haven't seen her since I had my hepatitis thing.
Mr. Ironside, we would like to help you, but we don't know where Kim is.
If you did, would you tell me?
Of course.
Not.
Which is it?
Both.
Chris is goody-goody at heart.
She'd tell.
But you wouldn't.
We're up to you, sir, and you're, uh...
I'm Kim's friend and want to do what's best for her routine.
Look, can we level?
Talk to each other honestly, no covering, strictly off the record?
Why not?
As long as we understand one thing.
You're the enemy, and we all know it.
You all turn on, don't you?
Once in a while.
I don't.
I refuse to answer on whatever grounds people refuse to answer on.
Tell me why.
It's groovy.
Makes the whole lousy world a little better.
How groovy is it when you get strung out?
You just drop its opposite and get even.
Even's a nice high, right in the middle.
Not too far up and not too far down.
Has anyone ever told you about barbiturate convulsions?
That's for someone who's hooked.
We're not.
We can put down any time we want.
I've heard that from a lot of addicts.
The time to stop is before you start.
Under the law...
I thought you wanted to level, and you're pulling the law in on us.
The law meant to protect you.
Look, Mr. Ironside, pretty soon we're going to have to go out into that society of yours and do our thing.
And be nice, respectable people like our parents.
And you.
And we know it.
And when that time comes, we'll put it down.
You're part of that society now.
You have your thing.
You're responsible.
Then why don't you treat us like that?
You know, we hurt, too.
I don't mean aches and pains.
I mean hurt, deep inside.
Just like everybody else in the world.
Does that include older people?
Sure.
They hurt, too.
But they have crutches.
Booze.
Gambling.
Sex.
And what do we have?
Except grass.
And it takes the pain away.
Christine, your friends play around with drugs, and you don't.
I'll drop an upper once in a while to get through a test, but I wouldn't call that taking drugs.
What do you call it?
Better education through chemistry.
I don't suppose you've ever turned anybody in who was dealing to your friends.
No.
If they want to buy that stuff, it's their business, not mine.
Would you call the police if you saw a burglar climbing in one of your neighbor's windows?
That's a poor analogy, Mr. Ironside.
Really?
Next time you see a burglar, think about it.
Well, thank you, girls.
You're all alone on frozen ground.
Your friends go on without you.
And now that devil's on the phone, you've got no place to run to.
You walked across a river bridge one day when you were smiling.
Well, Mark, I'm glad you're here.
You were smiling.
Well, Mark, two of them are halfway there, and Susan has already made it.
Have you the details on her first arrest?
Yeah, it was ten months ago.
She was one of seven arrested at a party.
I called the police because they saw kids running around the house naked.
How about the names of the others arrested at the party?
Got them right here. You want me to bring them up?
Yeah, please.
How will that help?
We have to look for other friends or connections.
She's become dependent on drugs.
She won't be very far away from her source of supply.
I don't think she's hooked.
She said she took them now and then just for kicks.
Eve, I seem to have heard that before.
I knew guys strung out so far they were twinging, and they still swore they could put on.
Here's a school personnel breakdown at the time of her first arrest.
And read those.
What is it?
Underground papers.
Each of them has an article on marijuana.
I don't know where to buy it.
I tell good stuff from bad.
How to roll it, how to smoke it.
How to spot a narcotics officer.
What to do if you spot one.
Well, maybe we ought to be on their subscription list.
You look terrible. Did you ever get any sleep?
With my kind of a caseload, 14 last night.
So far this year it's doubled.
What are we doing about these?
If we can prove that two or three of these kids started using pot as a direct result of one of these articles, we can nail the author for contributing.
And that's all?
It's not as much of a headache as these spontaneous demonstrations.
With the printed instructions and the signs where the kids can get grass and pills free.
Oh, that's the list you wanted.
Any additional beefs against any of them since the party are underlined.
Why was the sales charge against that Terry Lawrence dropped?
Defense of entrapment, insufficient evidence.
Possible sales, possible source of supply.
Terry Lawrence.
Yes.
Police.
I can ask you a few questions about Kimberly Channing.
Oh, come on in.
Kim Channing disappeared last night.
We'd like any information you might have that can help us locate her.
Well, I don't have any.
What do you run?
Oh, 1500 meters, but I don't run anymore.
Why not?
Say, do you mind if I ask you a question?
Certainly.
Why ask me about Kim Channing?
We're questioning everyone who was arrested with her at the party.
Oh, sure. Well, that stuff I took at the party is the reason I don't run anymore.
But, uh, well, I got hip and I put down.
That's smart of you.
Look, I wish I could help you find Kim, but I haven't seen her since the party.
You haven't seen her since the party?
Yeah, that's right.
Mind if we look around?
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.
I can have a search warrant here within five minutes.
Don't hassle him.
I came here on my own free will.
Kim.
Get dressed.
Still mind if we look around?
Don't look at me like I killed somebody.
Aren't you just a little ashamed?
No, I'm not.
I think you mean it.
I do.
I came here because Terry was the only one I could turn to.
He understands me and trusts me.
I can trust him any time, any place, anywhere.
I said search the apartment, not play around with his food.
A lot of cats hide their weed in the bottom of cereal boxes.
Another magazine article.
Well, what do you know?
The magazine was wrecked.
You ready to tell us about it?
Man, most of the time I just sold the stuff for what it cost me.
I didn't make a dime.
That's not very good business.
I wasn't in business.
Terry was just one of the stuff and I knew where to get it.
Right now the charges are possession and contributing.
But do you realize the gravity of a sales charge?
I never thought about it.
Did you get your drugs from Terry?
No.
What's so funny?
Well, that I'm being charged for contributing.
Why?
Kim's the one who turned me on.
Two years ago.
Oh, my darling.
We'll come every visiting day, huh?
Take care of yourself, huh?
I will.
Bye, Aunt Eve.
Bye, Kim.
The year will be over before you know it.
Thank you.
Maybe I should have been a drunk.
At least alcohol is legal.
The candy cane slips from your hand.
Magician draws the curtain.
The crutch you held to help you stand
Has made you feel uncertain.
You walked across a river bridge.
One day when you were smiling.
Now the sun has turned to brick.
The road you're on is winding.
You lost your way the other day.
Seeking the melody now.
Well, include these totals, Eve.
They cover the area from the Presidio to the Embarcadero.
Eve.
Oh, I'm sorry, Jim.
Arson statistics don't mean very much
When you've just had a fire in your own path.
The fire isn't even out.
Thirty percent of all the high school students are turning on.
Do we lock them all up?
Lack of communication.
The whole thing reminds me of the War of 1812.
It was settled by a great treaty.
I got a D in history.
The Battle of New Orleans
Was the bloodiest battle of that war.
Because of a lack of communication,
It was fought 15 days after the treaty had been signed.
Someone to see you, Chief.
Well, Christine, what brings you into the enemy camp?
Well, I...
I saw a burglar last night.
My sister, in junior high, she's only 13.
Well, a boy in her class showed up with a handful of pills,
And he's only 13, too.
That's his name.
Thank you.
I guess now I'm a fink.
I think you've been a friend, Christine.
More than a friend.
Not only to your sister, but to a lot of people you don't even know.
Well, I... I hope...
What was that all about?
Communication.
Maybe there won't have to be a Battle of New Orleans.
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