Yancy
can be seen in the fourth season episode 'I Love Lucy' (episode 18) of
NYPD Blue.
Yancy's
character's thread:
Marshall
and Ginny Hastings come to the precinct to file a robbery complaint and
spot Jill Kirkendall, who was friends with their daughter Lucinda back
in high school. Lt. Fancy decides to assign Jill to the case, and the Hastings
explain that Lucinda has become a drug addict and has been stealing from
them to support her habit. Mr. Hastings, suffering from Parkinson's Disease,
has long since written off his daughter and wants her arrested, but his
wife still has hope that Lucinda can get better. Jill suggests a compromise;
if she can recover the stolen property and get Lucinda into a strict rehab
program, the Hastings will agree not to press charges.
Lucinda
answers the door to her apartment looking haggard in a bathrobe and her
underwear, but quickly recognizes Jill, whom she hasn't seen in 20 years.
They do some quick friendly catching up, and Jill explains what she's doing
now and why she's there. Lucinda's used to her parents going to extreme
measures to try to get her into rehab, but there's one catch here: she
pawned off her father's pen and her mother's jewelry earlier in the day.
Jill gets her dressed and takes her to the pawnshop. The pawnbroker's not
one of her bigger fans since she gave him a venereal disease, but agrees
to release the Hastings' property so long as they come in to pay for it.
Before
checking Lucinda into the program, Jill gives her a business card with
her home number and address on it so she doesn't think she's being blown
off, but the next day, her sons' nanny calls and says that a strange woman
showed up at the apartment brandishing her card. Jill sprints out of the
office, and when she gets home, finds that the boys are okay. Lucinda,
meanwhile, is writhing on the bedroom floor, suffering a combination of
withdrawal and a bad reaction to a beat bag she bought, thinking it was
real smack. Jill realizes that Lucinda came here to steal jewelry to pay
for a real fix and decides enough's enough: Lucinda is going to the hospital,
and then she's going to jail.
Mrs.
Hastings still has trouble accepting the idea that her daughter will be
sent to prison, but Jill sadly tells her that at this point, jail may be
the only thing that scares Lucinda into getting better.
Genre:
Police Drama