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Say, Alice, listen to this.

Say, Alice, have I got news for you.

Alice, you're in luck.

Why, Ham?

Because I'm going to take you to the movies.

Oh, Ham, my darling, I'm going to throw up.

Say, Alice, you're in luck.

Say, Alice, you're in luck.

Why?

Because I'm going to take you to the movies.

Yeah.

Jemmy, who are you going to interview for your English report?

I don't know yet.

I don't believe you. You've had two weeks.

I know, but I want to do someone who's important.

You know, who's really doing something for America.

Hey, I've got to get some air.

How you doing, guys?

How you doing?

I am.

I got it.

I know who I'm going to interview.

Bus driver?

No, Ham.

The bus driver.

Belle, you're in luck.

I am?

Yes.

Why?

Because...

Oh, because we can go now.

Oh, thanks.

I have her statement to make.

The State Senate subcommittee has dedicated itself to collect all the evidence necessary

to cause the extradition of Miles Loring back to the United States.

And our dedication will not cease.

That means the hearing's on, Senator Boyce.

I'll get to that.

Now, as you know, one of our prime witnesses, banker Lars Handover,

was found shot to death in his home last week.

My personal condolences go out to his widow and his two small children.

The committee met today to reexamine the case without Handover's testimony.

And we have determined that in order to make sure we have enough evidence to proceed,

that we should postpone the hearing for an indefinite hearing.

I promise the day will come when I will deliver Miles Loring to you personally on a platter.

This man, this vile animal, has stolen millions of hard-earned dollars

from honest working people who have been gullible enough to invest in his pyramid scheme.

But I, for one, vow that I will not rest until this man pays for his crimes.

Thank you.

Let's do the night campaign for governors.

Come on, hurry this up, would you?

You're always in a hurry.

Being in your company is bad for my image, Loring.

It's very funny.

You have to be so rough on me with the press.

I had to make it look good.

Here's your first installment.

All laundered?

Cleaner than clean.

What the hell, that guy? He's taking pictures.

What guy?

I'll handle this.

Yes, sir?

Hey, do you see that guy with the camera?

I see him.

I want you to find out exactly what he's up to and why he's taking pictures.

You got it, no problem.

What were you trying to do, get us both killed?

What were you doing back there in the park?

What are you talking about?

I said, what were you doing?

Hey, what were you doing?

I'm a photographer for the Gazette.

I was taking pictures of the new module.

What's wrong with that?

Is that all?

Yeah, what else?

You need to...

Hey, what are you...

Shut up!

All right, all right.

You better not be lying to me, understand?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You better not be lying to me, understand?

So what we're trying to do is not anti-male at all, said Miss Steinem,

but rather a liberation of both sexes,

freeing them from binding and unrealistic role models,

which no longer serve any useful function in our contemporary society,

unquote.

That's it.

Thank you, Alice.

How did you ever get Gloria Steinem to agree to an interview?

She was signing copies of her book at the store.

I bought three.

Jeremy, your report is next.

We'll do it first thing Monday morning.

What prominent social figure did you interview?

State Senator John Boyd, candidate for governor.

Very impressive.

How did you get him to agree to be interviewed?

Well, I...

I...

Stand by the you-know-what.

Hey, Al.

The adjutant's going to see the new saloon movie at the arcade.

I hear it's real good.

I'm the one that told you that, right after I thought.

He said he's a photographer for the Gazette,

just taking pictures of that new statue in the park.

But I grabbed his camera just in case.

This is the beginning of a new role of film, Hicks.

That guy's still got the pictures he shot.

Geez, he could have been lying.

Hicks, I want you to find the guy and get the right role of film.

I want to know what's on it.

I want to know what that guy knows, and I want to know who else knows.

And I want you to take care of that photographer.

No problem.

It doesn't make any sense to me either,

but I tell you, the guy would have killed me.

Well, maybe he collects cameras.

He kept saying, what were you doing in the park,

like I was doing something I shouldn't.

Or shooting something you shouldn't.

Yeah.

Well, we got module from the right,

module from the left.

And module straight on.

And module straight on.

Did you find what's wrong with these pictures?

Dicky, can you blow up these backgrounds at all?

No, the film's too fast.

It's got a real coarse grain pattern.

If I blow it up more, you're going to see less.

You know, the only thing that might work is computer enhancement.

Computer enhancement.

Beautiful.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Is this a quiz?

No, this movie will go.

It plays at the Arcadia at midnight every Saturday.

The Arcadia's 20 miles from here.

Well, my brother will lend me his car.

Oh, that I really believe.

Will your father let you go to a midnight show?

Of course, are you kidding?

So we'll go.

I'll think about it.

What are the enemies?

Yeah.

There you go.

And the lady has the french fries.

The gentleman has the two to four supreme.

Hello?

Aren't you still there?

Yeah, I'm still here.

You might as well hang up.

You're never going to get near Senator Boyd.

Everyone on TV wants to interview him.

But everyone on TV doesn't have to bring up their English grade.

Senator Boyd's cute.

A real lady killer.

Hey, they're connecting me.

Are they? Really?

Senator Boyd's office, Carolyn speaking.

Hi there, Carolyn.

My name is Jeremy Saldino, and I'd like to interview Senator Boyd.

What media are you with, Mr. Saldino?

I'm on the staff of the Canyon Times.

Canyon Times.

I don't think I've heard of that.

Well, it's sort of a school paper.

So this interview is for your school paper?

Well, not exactly.

It's for my English class.

Mr. Saldino, we really appreciate your calling, but the Senate is very busy.

I'm afraid it won't be able to accommodate you.

Well, thanks anyway. Bye.

So when do you see me?

I'll think of something.

Is that reception? May I help you?

Miss Anderson, this is personnel. Would you come here right away, please?

Sure.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Frank?

Hey, Reggie.

I've got to talk to you about something.

Why are we using a negative when we've already got a print?

Because this is better. Now we'll just reverse polarization.

That's amazing.

I can't help it when you scan it.

Can we look and see what this is down over here?

It's a car.

Can we get in and close the run?

That photographer's business has been taken care of.

No, no, he didn't have them.

No, no, he didn't have them.

No, no, he didn't have them.

No, no, he didn't have them.

No, no, he didn't have them.

No, no, he didn't have them.

No, no, he didn't have them.

A guy named Farley does. I'm waiting for him to come back.

No problem, Sal. Have that film for you.

Count on it.

No, it can't be.

What can't be?

I mean, it looks like Miles Loring with a beard.

Oh, Dickie's taking some picture here.

Well, who's Miles Loring?

Miles Loring is an investment broker.

He's in Costa Rica with about $50 million in embezzled funds.

He's under investigation by the Boyd Committee right now,

and his bank official was supposed to testify against him,

and turned up dead.

There's no wonder they went after Dickie's film,

because Miles Loring cannot afford to be seen in this country,

and whoever this joker is can't afford to be seen with him.

Wow is right.

Robin, is Dickie Harper still here?

Yes, he is.

Dinner's on me, Dickie Angel. You're not going to believe who you took a picture of.

Dickie.

Oh, darn.

Oh, sorry. I'm going to go out of here.

It looks like strung-out junkies.

Maybe Arbus put up a fight. He got stabbed for his trouble.

A strung-out junkie walked through this room.

People ate this stuff because they wanted to make it look like a burglary.

Loring's got to be behind this.

Quinn, Quinn.

Dickie Arbus took a picture of Miles Loring today, and now he's dead.

Now those two facts got to be related.

The face in this picture, it looks a little like Loring.

It looks a little like my cousin Max.

It looks quite a bit like a bowl of oatmeal,

which figures, since it's not a photograph, is it, Farley?

It's a bunch of dots put together by some computer.

You can't use this as evidence.

I'll tell you how I'm going to use it.

Tomorrow I'm going to get my editor to run this picture on the front page,

the big banner headline saying Miles Loring is back in the country.

Yeah, we'll see what we can shake loose.

Oh, well, I hope you do, because if you're wrong,

the guy who's really in that car will sue you and your editor for defamation of character.

And I will come to the trial.

I'll bring popcorn.

Dickie Arbus was a real good friend of mine,

and I'm going to find out who killed him.

Excuse me.

Excuse me, where's my client, Carolyn?

Senator Boyd's secretary?

Right, that's her.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh.

Yeah, she left about ten minutes ago.

You her friend?

No, you're her own.

Her nephew.

When will she be back?

Tomorrow morning.

Oh, I see.

Well, she did set me up an interview with Senator Boyd,

so if you can just show me to his office.

This afternoon?

Just about now.

I'm sorry.

Carolyn must have made a mistake.

He's gone, too.

Well, thanks anyway.

I'll tell her you were here.

Oh, what's your name?

Jeremy, just tell her Jeremy.

Okay, Jeremy, bye-bye.

Bye.

Those pictures must be real blurry.

The cop isn't buying it for evidence.

No, no, no mention of Boyd at all.

Just you.

Yes, sir, I was planning on taking care of that tonight.

No problem.

Come on in.

Hi, Jeremy.

Am I interrupting?

Not at all.

Would you like some dinner?

No, thanks.

I already ate.

I'll just watch.

Sure you wouldn't like some meatloaf?

Meatloaf?

Maybe a little.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Maybe a little.

So what's going on?

I'm trying to figure something out.

If you want someone to do something for you,

and they don't want to,

how do you get them to do it?

Daddy.

Sure thing.

You wouldn't happen to be talking about Senator Boyd, would you?

Well, maybe.

I know.

Sure, I'll be serious.

Maybe you just better give up on him.

You think so?

Sure.

Then I won't tell you.

All right, Cheryl, tell us.

No, you don't want to hear.

Cheryl, we want to hear.

Tell us.

Well, if I want something for my good friend Tina,

I give her something she wants.

Like marbles.

She loves marbles.

Jeremy, you can give Senator Boyd some marbles.

She's right.

Senator Boyd wants marbles?

No.

Volunteers.

Yes.

Yeah, shoot.

Uh-huh.

Boy, I'll give me four graphs and a six.

We'll do a wraparound and drop it in page 12.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

We'll do a wraparound and drop it in page 12.

No, I don't think it's worth more.

Just do it, and I need a guess.

Right.

Right.

Okay, five.

No more.

Morning.

Hey, boss.

Let's get set for a three-column photo spread, huh?

And push the contract.

Trust me on this one, because this one's going to count for something.

Why do I want to stuff envelopes for this guy?

He's for open government.

And he's investigating that lowering guy.

And he's got a lot of charisma.

Oh, yeah, the real lady killer.

Okay, we'll do it without you.

Oh, I didn't say no.

Yes.

What can I do for you?

Here you see, for able-bodied volunteers,

it ain't just the work of Senator Boyd.

We're willing to put in a guaranteed 40 man hours,

including women hours, of course,

and trade for just 15 minutes of the senator's time for an interview.

Now, is that a deal you can turn down?

You must be my nephew, Jeremy.

That's me.

Funny I never met you at a family picnic.

Oh, well, I try to stay away from you.

The answer to your offer is no.

We don't need volunteers that go around lying to people.

Well, I exaggerated a little.

You can just get your butt out of here, young man.

Right him out.

You can almost see that it's me.

It's just a little piece of your hat.

I don't know. I don't like this.

I just talked to Mr. Loring at his beach house.

Told me to alleviate your worries.

I'm on loan to you as your security consultant for the foreseeable future.

Who is it?

Augie.

Augie.

Hi.

Oh, hi, Mr. Farley. Come in.

Richie here?

Yeah.

Rich.

Richie.

The dip.

With the picture of the limo on it?

Did you save it?

You mean this?

I sure do.

You're not seeing clear at this time, Rich.

That's because I increased the dot pattern.

You can almost see this guy.

He looks like a baseball cap.

Or a UFO.

If we knew who that other bozo was,

he could tell us if it's really Loring.

It's Loring.

Hey, Senator Boyd's investigating that guy.

I could come up with something to help the investigation.

I bet he'd give me that interview.

Can you print it out, Richie?

Sure.

Your man here assured me he had all the negatives.

I did. That's just a computer enhancement.

What's the difference what it is?

You didn't stop it from getting in the paper.

Deal's off, Loring.

No, no. The deal is on.

The money was delivered.

Now you're going to deliver.

You're going to get the charges against me dropped.

If anybody connects me to that picture,

we're going to be in adjoining cell.

Will you calm down?

The paper doesn't even say it's me in this picture.

Let alone give any tie into you.

Now it's going to blow over.

You have nothing to worry about.

Trust me.

I hope you're right.

Senator Boyd, what's the status of your investigation of Miles Loring?

No comment.

Does that mean you dropped it?

Well, I might as well tell you the sad news.

It's been determined by our committee and staff

that we just don't have enough evidence against Loring to proceed.

I'm afraid we're going to have to table the investigation.

Table as in drop.

Sorry to say it looks that way.

Hey, look at this.

A license number?

No, part of it.

Six, three, one.

F.

Yo, Farley.

Farley, hi. Rich.

Listen, I just found a partial license plate number on the limo in the picture.

Six, three, one, X.

Mercy, that's terrific.

Now, the DMV isn't going to run a partial plate

because there could be thousands of numbers that match that.

No, they couldn't.

Just six hundred and seventy-six.

Uh-huh.

I can have Ralph print out all the possible combinations

and I can give them to you to give them to the DMV to check out.

I don't think the DMV is about to check out six hundred and seventy-six license numbers for us.

Well, make it Ralph to it.

I mean, if I can get their access code.

Yeah.

Okay, I'm going to try. I'll call you back.

Hey, I can give Senator Boyd that license number.

I bet he'd give me an interview.

Then he could use his connections to find out who's limousine he's using.

Yeah, great.

I'll see you later.

Okay, good luck.

Still don't have them.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, I was told they'd be here an hour ago, as a matter of fact.

Yeah.

Just a second.

What?

We found a partial license to the car that Lauren was in.

So what do you want me to do?

I want you to run it through the DMV computer for me.

I'll have to get back to you, Bob.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll call the DMV, and then you promise you'll go away and let me do my job, all right?

You don't have to call him.

Okay, I know the number.

You've got a direct link right here.

Look, Farley, I don't know how to use that thing.

But I'm real good on the phone, so I'll just call him like a human being.

No, wait a second.

There, okay?

All you've got to do is program in the access code and then the license.

Access code DMV.

What is the license number?

We've got four digits, 631F.

It's broken.

I've got to push return.

Error incomplete.

Oh, they must not search the partial plate.

Well, I guess we're wasting our time, huh?

Yeah, I'll have to get the numbers somehow.

Thanks a lot, Quinn.

Yeah.

Hey, Farley, wait a minute.

How do you turn this thing off?

Push off.

Hello?

Yeah.

Fantastic.

Hello?

Excuse me, where's Carolyn?

She's gone to the dentist. She'll be back in about an hour.

An hour? But I've got to see the senator.

Well, kid, I'd like to help you, but the senator is a very busy man.

But I have some important information about Miles Loring.

You know the guy he's investigating?

What kind of information?

I really should tell him.

Talk to me.

Come on, you can trust me.

Okay.

You know that picture in the paper?

That's Miles Loring in the black limousine.

And I've got the license number.

Mm-hmm.

Listen, why don't you sit down for a minute? I'll see what I can do, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

I just tore up all 676 possible combinations.

Yeah.

So, what does this mean?

It means it's not in the black limousine.

It's really a simple program.

For you?

Ricky, you got it.

Boyd for governor campaign?

Boyd, that's the man Jeremy wanted in your view.

He's there right now, giving Boyd the license number of the car Loring was in.

But it's Boyd's car.

But Jeremy doesn't know that.

Wait a minute, Jeremy's over there right now?

He left right after I called him.

Let's go.

Hi, I'm John Boyd.

Jeremy Saladino. It's a pleasure, sir.

It's a pleasure to meet you too, Jeremy.

I'm sort of hoping we can make a little trade.

What sort of trade, son?

The information I have on Miles Loring.

A return for an interview with you for my English paper.

On a person who's affecting our society.

I see, all right. Sit down, sit down.

Thank you.

Now, what information do you have exactly?

You mean it's a deal?

Certainly.

What information?

The four digits of the license number of the car Miles Loring was seen in.

Mm-hmm.

They're 6-3-1-S.

You can call the DMV and find out what black limousine has those four digits in its license plate number.

And you got him.

That's very interesting.

Did you happen to tell anyone else about this?

Nope, I came right to you.

You're a very clever young man.

Thank you.

Jeremy, how'd you like to spend the rest of the afternoon interviewing the senator here?

Great.

Could you excuse us for just a minute?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Thanks.

What if somebody saw him come in here?

No, nobody noticed. They were too busy.

I don't know.

You have no alternative.

Take him to Mr. Loring's beach house.

The ocean can be very treacherous at this time of the year.

Jeremy?

Uh-huh, thanks.

Jeremy?

How would you like to take a little ride with me?

All right.

Let me talk to you later about this, okay?

Let's go.

May I help you, please?

Yeah, I'm Farley with the Gazette.

We need a moment with Senator Boyd.

I don't think I can interrupt him.

This is real urgent.

That's fine.

Excuse me for a minute.

The hat.

What about it?

Well, that's what was in the picture.

Of course.

That's his trademark.

I can't find him or his driver.

Do you remember our friend Jeremy Saldino?

Did he come back here?

Not today.

Then why is his bike outside?

I don't know.

Unless he was here when I went to the dentist.

But you can see he's not here now.

Well, where is he?

He wouldn't leave without his bike.

Does the senator have a phone in his limo?

Yes, but...

Would you call him, please?

This is real important.

Anything for the press.

As governor, how would you plan to deal with special interest groups?

One man, one vote.

That's my motto.

That's good.

Should I get it?

I'll get it.

Mr. Hicks?

Yeah.

Is the senator with you?

Yeah, we're on our way to the beach right now.

Do you remember the black kid Jeremy Saldino who was hanging around?

By any chance, is he with you?

The black kid?

Of course not.

He went home when we left.

Thank you.

Sorry to bother you.

Yeah.

All right, goodbye.

I'm sorry.

The senator's on his way to the beach.

And Jeremy went home.

That's no answer to Jeremy.

Hello, hello.

I'm holding for Lieutenant Quinn.

It's an emergency.

Dinner?

Where?

Please, wait.

Did he sign out?

Can you reach him on his beeper?

Broken.

You don't.

Look, the minute he comes in, would you have him call Farley at Senator Boyd's headquarters?

Farley, yeah.

How do we get to the beach from here?

Santa Monica freeway.

So let's go get him.

It's rush hour, ma'am.

We'll never catch him.

Quinn, where are you when I need you?

Is this connected to a modem?

I beg your pardon?

Can you talk to the computers with it?

This is how the senator gets his information from his office in Sacramento.

Great.

Farley, can you give me the access code for the freeway control computer?

I know someone over there.

Why?

With the freeway control code, I can turn the Santa Monica freeway into a parking lot.

We'll stall until Quinn calls.

Yeah, Howie, how's it going?

Yeah, what is it?

Yeah, it's good to hear your voice, too.

Howie, I've got to ask you a favor.

It's the biggest favor I'm ever going to ask you.

Do you need money?

No.

No, it's not money.

It's nothing like that.

I need the access code to the freeway control master computer.

Are you going to do something strange?

No, no.

There's no weirdness.

You know me better than that.

Farley, I can lose you a job.

Look, I know you could lose your job if they find out where I got it,

and they won't find out.

And I can tell you that it's real important.

It could be a matter of life or death.

Are you kidding me, Farley?

No, man.

I'm dead serious.

Got a pen?

Just a second.

Hold on.

Okay, you want to repeat it?

Okay.

Thank you.

Is that the speed traffic this far now?

Yeah, but not for long.

Okay, I'm going to take all limits off the on-ramp flow.

Decrease the off-ramp flow to zero.

Sorry, a bollacle.

Yeah.

I'm going to take all limits off the on-ramp flow to zero.

Sorry, a bollacle.

Yeah.

I'm going to take all limits off the on-ramp flow to zero.

Sorry, a bollacle.

Yeah.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

Zero.

I think there's more we can do.

So good vibes.

Cross ideades day rehearsal.

Oh boy that gasp.

Yeah, hello, has Lieutenant Quinn checked in yet?

How long can he eat for crying out loud?

Okay, all right, will you just keep trying for him?

All right, Farley, what the hell is this all about?

They've got Jeremy.

Who's got Jeremy?

The men in the black limousine.

What are you talking about?

Hey, would you take an alternate route, for God's sake?

We're in a traffic jam, Senator, we can't get to an alternate route.

You know what's a funny coincidence?

Loring had a black limousine in that picture, just like yours.

Isn't that funny?

Well, almost all limousines are black.

Give me ten black and whites and a copter right away.

Why not?

All the copters are tied up in a fire.

Yeah?

Uh, well, I didn't think of that, just a minute.

Dispatch is wondering how we're supposed to get cars up there,

since traffic can't move.

Well, if the police can't get to Muhammad.

We could get Jeremy out of the car.

You know, I voted against those signs.

Tremendous waste of taxpayer money.

Hey, you gotta help me.

Those men are killers.

I know what to do, it's against the law,

for a pedestrian to be on the freeway.

I'm under arrest, come on, put me under arrest.

Keep an eye on the check-outs, I'll do it.

Hold it, police!

I said, freeze!

What about the kid?

He's safe.

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

All right!

What about the kid?

Yes.

Hello?

Yes.

Give me a moment.

This is Howie.

Go ahead.

Talk to him.

I know a good one.

A guy named Howie.

Yeah.

In the world you think you're doing, I mean...

Boys Loring and Hick have been arrested on charges including bribery, embezzlement, election

fraud, and suspicion murder.

Howie Howitz a 17 year veteran of freeway control is going to receive a meritorious public service medal from the mayor this afternoon

for saving my life

And so that's how I spent my weekend

Jeremy I've got good news and bad news for you. The good news is that was an exciting report

The bad news is since you didn't complete your interview with a senator. You didn't fulfill the assignment

I'm afraid I can only give you a B-minus

Hey, you're the one who really deserves the medal so would you rather say about when he was car for the midnight movie? Oh

No, of course not, but you know, I don't really want to go

Oh, can we do something else closer and maybe earlier sure

Oh