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LA 15, S-4. I got an 1124.

Uh, possibly another vigilante incident. I need a tow truck.

Hi, sarge!

Hey, sarge.

Hey, what happened? Did you take a spill?

Sarge, you alright?

Yeah, I'm alright.

Listen, your wife called twice.

She sounded kind of upset. Anything I can do?

Yeah, you can get a haircut.

You're an officer, not a rock star.

That's the second time in two days he's chewed me out.

What's bugging him?

Oh, he's really been chomping at the bit lately.

Tsk.

Sergeant Getraer.

'Hope you didn't mind me horning in on you today, sarge.'

Who is this?

Look, why don't you face me, if you're such..

- Hi, honey.

Oh, hi. He's, uh, called twice today.

'I know. I know. He called me again just now.'

Joe, you got to do something.

Well, look, there's, uh..

...no use putting a monitoring box on our telephone line.

He probably calls from a payphone. Um..

'I'll have the phone number changed.'

Please be careful.

Yeah, I will.

I got to get back to work. Bye-bye.

Okay. Bye-bye.

Alright, knock it off.

Look, if you clowns can't act like officers

'I'll give you a few days off to practice!'

Alright.

I'm sure some of you have seen that citizen's patrol group

operating in the Northwest Valley.

'So far, they've done a pretty good job'

of deterring crime in their area, but recently

a few are getting high on power, acting like vigilantes.

So keep your eyes open for any of them stepping out of line.

Grossman!

- Uh, yes, sir.

Turner's chair is stuck on my foot.

Knock it off!

Ow!

And, Grossman, you can rest that foot today

by calibrating patrol car speedometers.

Okay, the rest of you, hit your beats.

Some coffee?

Heads.

Couple of coffees, please?

Hey!

Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

Look at this mess.

Now I got to go back in there and change my shirt

and maybe run into Getraer again.

Yeah? Where do you want the body sent?

'Honey, I've been giving this a lot of thought.'

'I want you and the kids out of the house'

'until we get this guy who's been bugging us.'

Joe, I'm worried for the kids.

Okay, just try and stay calm.

I promise you, I'll get this freak who's doing it.

Alright.

- Bye. - Bye.

Poncherello, don't you ever knock?

What's this about some freak bugging you?

What's that on your uniform?

Oh, just a little accident. Look, sarge--

Look, would you go change it?

And tie a bib on, while you're at it.

Hey, Joe, if there's something that I can--

Move!

Since we started this patrol

the crime rate in the area has dropped 30 percent.

We're happy, the citizens are happy

and the police are happy.

However, we've been getting some complaints about

'vandalism and harassment.'

Those who obey the law have nothing to cry about.

Let me warn some of you hotshots again.

We're out there on the streets to protect our families

and provide high visibility, not enforcement.

Don't pursue suspects!

'Radio it in to the police.'

By the time they get there, the guy's in the next county.

Look, Gibson, there's no room in this patrol for someone

who's gonna undermine our whole effort.

Yes, sir.

- Come on, Bon Bon! - Ha ha!

- Come on. - Take that! And that!

Watch your scanner! The scanner! The bombs are coming up fast!

Look out, look out! The kid's hot!

Hey, it's all eye and hand.

'All my humanoids are going mutant!'

Mm-hm. Happens to the best of us.

Let your co-pilot take over the mission.

Go for it, Bear.

Look out! Baiters and swarmers at 2 o'clock high!

Quit breaking my concentration, Harlan.

- Learn to talk mutant.

That's real teamwork for you.

Like a frog and an elephant in a sack race!

'I'm surrounded!'

You're clutching up. Go for hyperspace.

Oop! There goes another galaxy!

- Ah! - Thanks a lot!

Six-hundred points! Six-hundred lousy points!

Hey, ten thousand more and you'll really give us

a run for our money Saturday.

Hey, mister!

You realize you could have caused an accident

back there when you ran the red light?

Yeah, I realize that, and I'm sorry.

Look, I'm in a terrible hurry. I'm a doctor.

If you've got an emergency, we'll give you an escort.

Well, no, it's not that kind of a..

The truth is, I'm late for a very important cocktail party.

A cocktail party?

That's a shame, doc.

How are the brakes on this land yacht?

Fine. They're just fine.

Well, why don't you use them?

- You'll see.

Hey, just a minute. Where's your badge?

And you have no gun!

We're a community citizen's patrol.

Hey, what are you doing?

Are you insane?

If you're not going to use your brakes

you won't need your brake lights.

Community Citizen's Patrol.

I'll report you for this.

Harry?

You've got to stop this, Harry.

This room is like a shrine to Mike.

I just don't want anything touched.

I know, but it's not healthy.

I told you I was going to need time.

But, honey, it's been six months.

We have to try and put it behind us.

Will you give me some space?

Harry, please!

- I'm going now, mom. - Oh, okay, honey. Bye.

I'll be late coming home today. I got a practice after school.

Hey, Timmy. Remember what I told you about strangers, huh?

Yeah. Sure, dad.

- Bye.

Oh, Timmy. That shirt is much too dirty to wear to school.

What do you think?

Yeah.

- Oh, I forgot to get the paper. - Okay.

Hello?

It's the phone company.

Oh.

Oh, good. That's not too different from our old number.

Seven-eight-seven-one. Thank you.

And thanks for rushing it for us.

Right. Bye.

'Joe! Come here!'

Joe!

What?

Whoever he is, he does know where we live.

This just arrived for you. Special delivery.

Thanks, Bear.

I've been seeing video defenders in my sleep.

That's what I call dedication.

Somebody's got to save the universe.

You mean win the tournament.

You say it your way, I'll say it mine.

A defense is the best strategy.

See, you got to get your scanners on the board.

Get ready before the bomber invaders come on the screen.

No way! Attack! Knock out the mutants.

And save the smart bombs to go for the pie.

I wish we had a scanner to tell us

when it's safe to talk to the sarge.

Sounds like he almost bit your head off in the office.

And you didn't find out what's going on.

I tried.

Look, if Getraer's in some kind of hassle, we could help.

I mean, you should have pressed him to open up.

Hey, old buddy.

I may be a little gutsy at times, but a daredevil I ain't!

You press him!

Well, there's another way.

Go directly to the source.

Oh, Jon, Ponch! Just a minute.

Come in.

Sorry to disturb you, Betty.

We just happened to be in the neighborhood.

Listen, I'm glad you're here. I was making some coffee.

- Go on in. - Thanks.

Thank you.

Look, Betty, uh..

I'm sorry. We didn't just happen to be in the neighborhood.

You were scared when you opened the door.

You had something in your hand. What was it?

Mace?

Don't worry. Joe had me take the course for the license.

Look, Betty, Ponch and I know this much.

Some guy's been harassing you and Joe.

And he's coming unglued.

'You want to tell us about it?'

It started about a week ago.

Just the phone calls at first.

Some in the middle of the night.

I'm scared.

For the first time since we've been married.

I'm really scared.

If he wants to find you, he will.

We can't stay here, Jon.

There's got to be something we can do.

Yeah, you can butt out!

Look, all we want to do is help out.

I can take care of my own problems.

Look, we're sorry if we stuck our noses in sideways.

- Come on, partner. - Hey!

Uh, you know how much coffee costs these days?

Finish your coffee.

There is some guy out there who is trying to unhinge me

and he's doing a pretty good job on me, on both of us.

Have any idea who it is?

No, not a prayer.

Well, why don't you file a report

and start an investigation?

He hasn't really done anything yet.

Just the phone calls, blowing an air horn in my ear

and scrawling "fink" on my garage door.

But it could get worse.

Look, he's probably just some guy

who wants to be a big man by playing games with cops.

What if he stops playing games?

What do you say we break for lunch?

As long as we can find a place we can get in and out of fast.

I don't know who those guys are, but I can tell they're not cops!

Pull over!

I'm not stopping!

I said pull over!

Please, go away!

Aah!

Let's get out of here!

- No.

Look, I didn't know what they wanted.

We were so scared.

Yeah, I think your citizen's patrol has gone

a little bit too far this time.

Well, he didn't really do anything, officer.

It was the other one.

I tried to stop him, but, uh..

Well, Gibson sees things a little differently.

Mr. Gibson? I'm Officer Poncherello.

This is Officer Baker. Can we talk a minute?

Of course. Anything to help the highway patrol.

Well, it's about the sort of help we've been getting.

Has it occurred to you that harassment of motorists

is a violation of the law?

Our patrol is keeping those motorists

from injuring and killing innocent people.

And children.

We know about your son, Mr. Gibson.

And we know how important it is to keep it

from happening to other kids.

But terrorizing the streets won't bring him back.

And it just might put you in jail.

Then why don't you protect us

from the reckless and drunk drivers?

We do, but lately we've had to protect them

from the vigilantes, too.

No law-abiding citizen needs to be protected from us.

Hey, look, why don't you back off, Mr. Gibson?

Now, we don't have enough facts to arrest you

but we're gonna be watchin' you.

Well, do you think you got through to him?

I don't know. He's still hurting pretty bad.

Sort of like a wounded animal. Unpredictable and dangerous.

Great. Well, keep an eye on him.

Any luck with the guy who's been bugging you?

I got a list of the recently released from county.

And?

Not one of 'em rings a bell.

Look, you two better roll out.

- Hey, Bonnie. - Hi, Bonnie.

- Hi. - Hi!

How do you like Christopher's new friend?

Aw!

He'll love it.

Listen, Bonnie, uh..

I appreciate you taking my family in for a few days.

Forget it.

Can't wait to see Christopher's eyes

when he sees this little guy.

Um, when's Timmy's big game?

Uh, tomorrow morning.

Well, I thought we'd do something special for him.

Maybe a victory lunch?

Bonnie, that's not necessary. You've already done too much.

It'll be fun.

- Alright.

Okay.

Your teddy bear did the trick.

He went right to sleep with it.

Oh, good.

Thanks again, Bonnie.

I just couldn't stay in our house any longer

with that man out there.

Well, as long as you feel secure here.

You guys can stay here as many days as you need to.

Thank you.

Boy, this is more fun than having lunch at home.

Hey, come on!

Shows you how excited he is about my cooking.

Well, you know, Betty. The grass is always greener.

- No.

- Vanilla. - Well, you can come in anyway.

Look who's here.

Hey, looks like a real picnic, sarge.

Yeah, we got everything here but the ants.

Everything cool, sarge?

Yeah, I think Betty and the kids'll be okay here

for a few days.

Uh, Jon?

Hey, sarge, Ponch!

- Yeah, I'm okay.

I had to keep my eyes on the road

so I couldn't get the license number.

Plates were dirty, but I made the letters.

Ida King Charles.

We make a good team.

I made the numbers. Four-three-six.

Hey, hey, hey, that-a-way! We got him!

Look out, son!

Pull over!

Now, look, officer..

Let me-let me explain!

It was a drunk like you that killed my boy.

He never had a chance.

Guy hit him..

...and he dragged him 200 feet!

Now I'm gonna show you what it feels like

to dodge a hunk of steel comin' at you.

We'll see how you like it.

Wait!

'You know, it was a lousy day today.'

Some days it just doesn't pay to get up in the morning.

Yeah. I'll tell you somethin'.

Wasn't a lousy day for me.

I had some real kicks.

Playing tag with Wyatt Earp.

- Bad luck. That's what it was.

I got laid off of work! And my rent is due.

I don't need this problem.

You want to hear about problems?

They busted me three times for drunk driving.

Took my license, then another fink books me again

and shoves me in the county jail for six stinkin' months!

I guess that's a problem.

I got out last week, nothing was left.

No job, my old lady ran off on me.

All on account of that rotten cop.

Okay, well, I've been having a little fun with him, but..

Now the fun's over.

Got a couple of souvenirs from the army.

I'm going to lay on old sargie-boy.

I'm expecting a report from the DMV on that license plate.

If I'm not around, you make sure

you get the information from 'em.

- Will do. - Okay.

Hon? Hi. Cathy called.

They'd like us to go bowling with them tonight.

No.

Harry, we haven't been out of this house since..

He was my son, too, remember?

Hey, I knew him for nine months before you did.

There was a boy yesterday, about the same age as Mike.

He even kind of looked like him.

- And a car almost hit him. - Oh, no.

Something happens to me when I see things like that.

- It's almost like-- - Shh, shh.

You don't have to explain, honey, it's okay.

Don't talk about it.

You and Mike..

I love you both.

Oh, I love you, too.

Harry, don't go out there today.

I have to, because they're out there, and they're killing.

And they're maiming and they're getting away with it.

And I just keep thinking that I just might..

...find the one who got Mike.

Huh. Well, you say hi to your Aunt Joan for me.

Ha! Well, that sounds like a lot of fun.

'You have a good time, now. Bye-bye.'

Ahh...Bonnie, um..

I appreciate what you tried to do for my family..

...but I just feel safer with them up in Bakersfield.

Oh, boy.

I tell you..

...this is no way to live.

It certainly isn't.

Sarge, I got that info from DMV on your license plate.

Sarge, do you want me to..

- Yes.

Officer Baker, Officer Poncherello.

Is your husband home?

No, he's not here right now. Why

'Do you know where he is?'

What's happened? What did he do?

A man was attacked by a member

of the community citizen's patrol.

We think your husband fits his description.

Do you know where we could find him?

Um, well, he's on patrol right now.

And I don't know where. He could be anywhere.

'Mary 3 or 4, LA.'

I'll get it.

How long ago did he leave?

About an hour and a half.

Mary 4.

'Mary 5 requests you 1198 S-4'

'at 4256 Hastings Street in Pacoima.'

'DMV report identifies vehicle owner'

'as Lou Millard at that address.'

'Respond as soon as possible.'

10-4.

They ID'd the mustang!

Getraer's on his way there now.

Excuse us.

- Joe Getraer.

We got something to talk about. Open up!

Not without a search warrant.

Open up, Millard! It's over for you.

Aah!

'Green 1969 mustang on old Santa Susanna Road'

'north of Devonshire.'

10-4, LA.

'S-4 is now turning onto Cottonwood road'

'north of Wilmont.'

10-4, LA.

- Forget about me!

Get that guy!

Are you nuts? You tried to kill me!

Put your left hand on your head.

Police brutality, that's what it is!

That cop smashed my windshield with his hammer

and almost killed me!

No, Millard. That was no cop.

That was a citizen. A law-and-order citizen.

Hundred years ago, he would have strung you up

from the nearest tree.

I'd like to rip your head off

for what you did to me and my family.

But I can't.

I am a cop.

That's it, Gibson. It's all over.

You just resigned from the Community Patrol.

I was only doing it for Mike.

Somebody had to get him.

Somebody had to bring him to justice.

He was out there every day, breaking the law.

Trouble is...so were you.

- 'Alright!' - Alright.

Okay!

Look at them go! 45,000 points. Do you believe this?

They've already beaten us.

Us, the undisputed champs.

Yeah, and yesterday they had a hard time

scuffling up 600 points.

Well, that's it! 48,000 points! We're the new champs.

Wait a minute, are you sure your defender ships

didn't have eyes?

Yeah, I couldn't get the directional lever

to work right for me today.

Yeah, me either!

You can thank Harlan the machine works at all.

Uh, this round's on me.

Wait a minute.

What do you mean we can thank Harlan that the machine works?

It was acting up last night and Harlan fixed it.

Yeah, I-I sort of, uh, you see, I, uh..

Hey! How about dinner, folks? It's on me, huh?

New champs, huh?