The Rookies (TV Series)

A Matter of Justice (1973)

Sam Melville: Officer Mike Danko

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• Jill Danko : This is gonna cost a fortune.

  Officer Mike Danko : It's supposed to. Besides, it's our anniversary and I'm out to impress you.

  Jill Danko : What's it gonna take to impress you? For me it only takes a pizza.

  Officer Mike Danko : Now she tells me.

  Jill Danko : I could tell you something else, too.

  Officer Mike Danko : What?

  Jill Danko : [Smiles blissfully]  Nope. It's gotta be the right place and the right time. I want everything to be perfect.

  Officer Mike Danko : [Looks at Jill quizzically]  What are you talking about?

• Officer Mike Danko : [strokes Jill's hair]  Hi.

  Jill Danko : [opens her eyes]  Hi.

  [pauses to swallow and lick her lips] 

  Jill Danko : Don't let this get to you, Mike. I'll be all right.

  Officer Mike Danko : I know that.

  Jill Danko : I love you.

  Officer Mike Danko : I love you, too.

  Jill Danko : [slides her wedding ring off her finger]  They won't let me me wear this, so

  [offers the ring to Mike] 

  Jill Danko : you keep it for me.

  [Mike takes the hand holding the ring in both of his and kisses it] 

• [Jill awakens from deep sleep and looks around to see Mike asleep in a chair next to the bed] 

  Officer Mike Danko : [awakens still holding Jill's hand, leans forward and stands up, while he rubs his face]  Hi. I fell asleep.

  Jill Danko : [smiles sadly with tears in her eyes]  That's okay. Am I gonna be all right?

  Officer Mike Danko : Yeah. You're gonna be fine, just fine.

  Jill Danko : [blinks and looks away]  But I lost the baby, didn't I?

  Officer Mike Danko : That's okay.

  Jill Danko : [shakes her head]  It was my surprise. I was gonna tell you last night. It was gonna be my anniversary present.

  [inhaled sharply, her voice strained] 

  Jill Danko : I don't understand that. I don't understand why they took it away.

  Officer Mike Danko : [shakes his head]  I don't either. I guess... I guess it was just chance.

  Jill Danko : [breathes rapidly for a moment]  Yeah. I guess so. But if that's the way it is and that's how stupid things are, I wonder if it's worth it. Maybe, it's just not worth the trouble.

  Officer Mike Danko : Look, you... you get some rest now. We'll talk about it later.

  Jill Danko : I don't ever want to talk about it again, because I'm never gonna understand it. There's nothing that you or anybody else can say that'll make me understand it and so I guess the safest way to live is just to be sure you can never get hurt like that again.

  [Mike wipes tears from Jill's face as she cries] 

• Jill Danko : [rises from the bed screaming]  Mike! Mike!

  Officer Mike Danko : [grabs Jill, holds her tightly and strokes her hair]  I'm here. I'm here. Shhhhh. It'll be okay. Easy. Easy now.

  [carefully lowers Jill to the bed] 

  Officer Mike Danko : [Jill cries hysterically and refuses to let go] 

  Officer Mike Danko : [gets Jill to let go, kisses and strokes her face]  Okay?

  Jill Danko : I was dreaming about the baby and I saw her. We were playing and something scared her. And she started to...

  [pauses to swallow and take a breath] 

  Jill Danko : She started to cry and she called me. I tried to help her, but someone just takes her away from me. I reached out for her and I couldn't get her. I tried, but I couldn't. I tried.

  Officer Mike Danko : [strokes her hair]  Shhhh. Shhhh. Shhhh. It's just a dream. That's all it is, just a dream. It'll pass.

  Jill Danko : [fiddle with the snaps on Mike's jacket]  Now, wouldn't it have been wonderful if we would really have been a family?

  Officer Mike Danko : We can again. The doctor said there's no problem.

  Jill Danko : [touches Mike's face]  No. I don't want to. I don't wanna give chance another chance. I don't wanna give anything another chance to hurt us like that again. I'm just not...

  [turns away and buries her face in a pillow] 

  Jill Danko : [Mike looks on sadly]