Fraser, you do not want to live in this neighborhood. Cops do not live in areas like this. Most people we bust won't live here.
Why? It's central, convenient. I could walk to work in seven minutes.
Not without backup.
“Free Willie” · Season 1, Episode 1
In this episode: Benton Fraser (17), Ray Vecchio (15), Dennis (3), Welsh (2), Louis (1), Elaine (1)
Do me a favor, let's just turn around. I'll take you back to your hotel.
No, I can't. I checked out - the windows wouldn't open.
Fraser, this is Chicago. The only reason to open a window is to get a better aim.
Yo, I found the key.
I'll be right up, sir. [whispers] Ray, Ray, Ray.
What?
Is my lanyard straight?
[referring to Dennis] He's a slum lord !
Would you like to see my references now?
References?
It's like a rap sheet.
[gives a look] No, that's okay.
This is the place. The furniture, appliances, and all of this great stuff is included. Utilities are extra. [He moves to the window] One a good day, you can see Canada just across the lake.
Canada is four-hundred and eighty-eight miles due North.
You really have to squint.
Well, where is he?
Who?
The kid! The purse-snatcher! Where is he?! I wanna book him.
I let him go.
You let him go ?
Well he apologized and promised never to do it again.
[incredulous] You just let him go?
Not without a stern warning. Also, he gave me this.
Does the word "incarcerate" mean anything to you?
Well, it's from the Medieval Latin, "incarcerata" ...
Medieval Latin? You let a perp go and and you're giving me Medieval Latin?
Actually, "perpetrator" is also Latin from "perpetrare" ...
Shut up, okay? Just shut up.
I thought they sent you back up to the Yukon.
Well, they did, sir. And then they sent be back here again. I'm afraid I'm not at all that well liked up there, sir.
By, "up there", you mean...
Pretty much all of Canada, sir.
Hmm. The wolf isn't involved in this is it?
Only peripherally, sir.
Are you willing to take responsibility for him?
Personally? You see that's the problem, sir, in that, you know, I date a lot, and--
Huey and Louis get him.
Good call, Lieutenant.
I'll take responsibility, sir.
You want him?
It's a Mountie thing, sir. Two more points and he gets to go camping.
WWillie
Wow. So I took out the trash, washed the walls, and made the bed eight-thousand times. What's next, maneuvers?
[hands Willie some money] Here.
WWillie
For what?
You earned it.
WWillie
Yeah?
Yeah.
Goodnight Diefenbaker.
WWillie
Fraser? You know crack dealers are even afraid to come into this neighborhood?
Goodnight, Willie.
WWillie
Fraser?
Uh-huh?
WWillie
Why is this money pink?
Goodnight Willie.
WWillie
Goodnight.
He is in on it.
Yes.
Don't ask me how I know, but I know. How do you know?
Same way you do.
I guessed.
Oh.
What do you mean, "Oh" How do you know? You stick a wet finger in the air and you decide he was a thief?
No, no. From that all I can tell is they have a malfunction in the ventilating system. [to a repairman] Pardon me, you have a broken cooling vent in Suite B [to Ray] It's of no importance, Ray.
You know, Ray, when I was a young man, my father told me one thing to always remember about thieves. Well, actually, he told me two things, but I've forgotten the other one. Anyway, the important one is, that despite the adage, you will rarely find honor among thieves.
You can't remember the other one?
It was something about tying a wallet to your underwear. I was very young at the time. Anyway, the point is, if they took the money during the robbery then Hamlin would have to trust them to give him his share.
MMorgan
Don't move, Boy Scout. Back right off.
You alright, Ray?
I'm well, Fraser, and you?
MMorgan
[to Fraser] Dead in your tracks! Right there. Take out the gun and drop it on the floor.
Don't do it, Fraser. Take the shot.
I'm afraid I'm not carrying a gun.
MMorgan
Drop the gun.
I honestly don't have one.
[about Fraser] Sharp shooter first class. Can take the head off a pin.
He's right about that.
[to Morgan] Drop it or he takes you out.
I would if I had a gun, Ray.
MMorgan
Show me the gun!
Well we'd have to go back to my office. I do have this knife.
Oh, that's good Benny. Threaten her with your camping utensils.
She shot my hat, Ray.
She shot you in the hat?
I can feel air coming in through the hole.
She shot you in the hat, alright.
How does it look?
Doesn't look good.
We'll have to go home and get my other one.
We can do that, Fraser.
Thanks, Ray.
...All I'm saying is, in the future, it's a good idea that you don't suggest somebody shoot me.
Well I didn't want to, Ray, but it was necessary in order to enrage her.
You wanted to enrage the person that had a gun to my neck. That was your strategy?
I knew that if I kept at it, eventually I'd draw her fire and you'd get your shot. And I knew you'd trust me.
But I didn't.
Yes you did.
No, I didn't.
Yes. You did.
No. I didn't.
Well of course you did. Maybe you just weren't fully aware of it.
I was very aware of my feelings toward you, Fraser.
Well if you didn't know what I was planning, then why'd you follow along?
I wasn't playing along, I was begging for my life!
Oh. Oh well, uh, my mistake.
Mistake?! You coulda got me killed!
Well no, I'd never allow that - you're my friend. You're my best friend, I'd have to say.
I am? [pause] Hey! Exactly how many "best friends" have you had?
Elaine you should have seen me. So I land on this conveyor belt and this guy, he jumps on my back, and then suddenly--
Fraser saves you.
'[pause] No, no. I flipped the guy off, but then he grabs a crowbar, right? And he swings it at my--
Fraser grabs it.
[frustrated] No. I duck and then out of nowhere--
Fraser appears.
[evil grin] Did you know that he pins his wallet to his underwear?
Cool.
Well, actually, I was very young and the underwear was rather long and I... [Fraser turns from Elaine and looks for Ray] Ray?
Okay.
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