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How does he know that?

I told him.

Why? Is it a secret?

No. It's not a secret.

Dane Wells can go screw himself.

I do two jobs for the county.

I'll get two pensions. Big deal.

It's legal and it's common.

Imagine the headlines.

"Freeholders get several pensions

while dying cop gets none."

We'll look like idiots

if we change our minds now.

It'll look like we cave.

That's what you do when your ass

is against the wall! You cave!

The Board of Freeholders

doesn't reverse itself.

That's all there is to it.

Besides if Bill's absent, we can't vote.

We need to cancel the meeting.

We are not canceling the meeting.

That's the governor.

The governor's got no authority

over county officials.

Governor?

What's going on out there?

Another Freeholder meeting

about that lesbian's pension.

Where are you going?

Going down to that Freeholder meeting.

I'm gonna show my support

for another gay cop.

Does anybody have anything

they wanna say about that?

How about you, Toohey?

I'm going in my office

and I'm closing the door.

And if anybody wants to

duck out for any reason,

I won't notice.

You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power! You have the power!

You have the power! You have the power!

You have the power!

You have the power!

Please sit down. We can't start...

About time.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please, please, please.

We've called this meeting today...

We're here today to address

the issue of extending

domestic partnership

benefits to county employees.

So if anyone wishes to make a comment,

now would be a good time.

I just wanted to let you know

that time is of the essence.

All I'm asking is that you make a change.

Are you okay? Are you okay?

Um...

I hate speaking in public.

I really hate it.

And I never really cared

about this whole pension thing.

I never understood why it

was so important to Laurel.

But now I think I get it.

We're just average people.

We have a house, and a dog,

and we pay our taxes.

And we're not perfect.

We have our differences

and our disagreements.

I love motorcycles and she hates them.

Our house, it isn't fancy.

But it was a labor of love.

You know, working on it and renovating it.

And Laurel put a lot of

thought into every detail.

The light fixtures and the tile.

And, um...

we worked so hard on it

'cause we thought we were

gonna live in it forever.

But I guess that's not gonna happen.

So the house,

I'd just really like to

hold onto it, you know?

To remember...

to remember how much we love each other.

Thank you.

Thank you.

On the motion of extending

domestic partnership benefits

to county employees,

Freeholder Kelder, how do you vote?

Yes.

Freeholder Wickery?

Freeholder Wickery?

Yes.

Freeholder Santucci?

Thanks for hanging me out to dry.

I vote yes.

It's unanimous. The motion is passed.

I love you guys!

I love you! Thank you!

Thank you for opening your hearts!

Yes!

Hey, Laurel.

How're you doing, Chief?

We got a conviction against the men

who killed Tommy and Debbie Cherico.

Put them away for life.

Thanks to you.

And we're pleased to inform you

that you've been promoted

to the rank of lieutenant

in the Ocean County Police Department.

Congratulations.

Thanks, Chief.

Congratulations, partner.

Let me see.

Will you marry me?

Yes.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

Platoon, attention!

Present arms!

Order arms!

About face!

Piece of garbage.

I don't know. Maybe it's not so bad.

Maybe I'll keep it.

Do you want it? You want it back?

Then you're gonna have to get it.

Come and get it.

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