Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax

Andy bangs on the neighbor's door at 5:00 AM; the neighbor is practicing his bassoon for a big concert later that evening. He returns to bed, only to receive a call to a crime scene. He arrives with Clark at the scene of a retired cop, Roy Shaughnessy, and his wife who were beaten and robbed in their home. Sipowicz worked with the cop at the 20th precinct. Shaughnessy has been taken to the hospital; his wife tells the detectives what happened. While leaving Clark makes an off-hand comment about "old-timers," or rather as he corrects himself when Sipowicz appears annoyed "all-timers." The neighbor comes across the hall and gives Connie complementary tickets for her and her husband to his recital. Medavoy and Jones are on the scene of arson, where Barry Tytel, the author of a book "Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax," has found that his vehicle has been torched. Medavoy is more interested in the content of the Tytel's book rather than the arson. Michael's foster father comes to talk to

La journée commence plutôt mal pour Sipowicz. Non seulement il n'est pas arrivé à trouver le sommeil, mais en plus, il a été réveillé à cinq heures du matin par un voisin qui a eu la bonne idée de jouer du basson à l'aube. Un peu plus tard, il apprend que l'un de ses anciens collègues, aujourd'hui à la retraite, a été agressé chez lui en compagnie de son épouse. Les inspecteurs partent à la recherche des objets qui leur ont été dérobés pour tenter de remonter jusqu'aux agresseurs présumés. La voiture d'un écrivain à succès est retrouvée incendiée. Il soupçonne son ex-femme d'être derrière tout cela. Jones et Medavoy mènent l'enquête...