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This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave
your name and message. I'll get back to

you. Jim, it's Paul.

Hey, I have been waiting two months for
that invitation, buddy. Are you going to

get that new sports channel before the
Rams leave L .A.?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Unless this is a movie about the Donner
Party, we're not getting it. The game's

going to start any minute.

There's that little sucker way back
there.

You know, this TV ought to be in the
Smithsonian.

Yeah, I'm going to get all the sports
channels on this cable system, right?

Yep. And the little woman's going to be
threatening to divorce you within a

week. My little woman jumped that fence
seven years ago. Get all the movie

channels, too.

Yep.

Is that what you're looking for?

He's pretty good, this guy. They've been
running it all week.

He ends up with her and the upstairs
maid on the kitchen table.

Well, he should forget about acting. Put
out a line of vitamins.

Okay. Well, you're all hooked up.

Have fun.

And if you have any problems, you just
give Image Cable a call and we'll be out

here before you can say Geronimo. That
must have been my problem. I didn't say

Geronimo. I just said please and waited
five months.

Well, we've been busy.

Enjoy. Hurry.

The fifth sale ends Sunday.

Let me in.

Yeah, come on in, Angel. Door's open.

Let me into your life.

Let me see your devastation.

Touch your withered limbs.

Hear your soul.

Refresh your tortured spirit.

Let me banish the vile.

residue of destruction.

I take away the pain and the suffering,
not in my name, but in the name of him.

Lord, God's work is merciful.

The temple is a holy light. It needs
your support. Yes, we do.

Remember, the angel of the temple, he
gives your offerings.

He doesn't take them.

He took it. That's my sports jacket.
That's where it went.

Now, your offerings, they're for the
children. We collect God's gifts for

I have here item number 357 entitled,
You Are My Special Angel.

You are my special angel.

This pamphlet tells my story. It tells
how this special angel walked the...

It's a short camp.

It would have to be.

Item 357.

Mail your checks to the Temple of Holy
Light.

Temple of Holy Light, please, and the
address if you can.

Thank you.

Yes,

I want to talk to Angel Martin.

Yes, I'll hold.

I want to talk to Angel Martin, please.

No, I don't want to send in a prayer
pledge.

I want to talk to... I'll hold.

Your offerings, they go to help the
starving children in Lapland.

Lapland?

Yes.

Sister who?

Well, this is silly, Sister Sunshine,
but it seems that Reverend Martin is

wearing my sports jacket on TV, and I
will... No, I'm not a giver.

Yes, I'll hold.

I had tickets for the LA Angels in 91.

Barely used them. Does that help?

You're not with the boycott, are you?

I did lettuce and grapes years ago.

On the street, pal.

When the Reverend Martin enters the
room, he will move to each one of you,

he will ask you what miracle you desire.

Then he will read your aura.

So sit very, very still.

Now, he'll only spend a few seconds with
each one of you.

Not to worry. That's all it takes for
the Reverend to get a spiritual reading.

You'll be notified later if he's agreed
to perform your miracle.

Back again?

And my son, what miracle do you wish for
this humble angel of the lurid to

perform?

I'd like my legs back.

He wants his legs back.

Hallelujah.

Nice aura.

Very shiny.

Very blue.

Wish you could see it, Sister Eve.

What do you wish for, Sister?

What? What do you wish for, Sister?

I want my hearing back.

She wants her hearing back. Holy, holy.

Elliptical aura.

Very resonant.

And what do you wish for, my son?

I want my sport coat back.

Hi, Jimmy.

Hi, Jimmy.

Is that all I get?

I don't get a Hosea?

You don't want to read my aura? In case
you can't see it, it's bright red and

it's shaped like a fist.

You're consigned to the depths of
purgatory for eternity and a day. I'll

the beef. Where's my sport coat?

Jimmy.

Jimmy.

I'm here dealing with the poverty and
the degradation of the human spirit at

with the cloven -hoofed forces of the
devil who strike out at the children of

flock. And while I look tirelessly for
human redemption, all you can think

is your gray, tweed, Mr.

Guy, one -button jacket.

with a single vent.

In hopelessly long, convoluted
sentences, that about covers it.

I'm frightened for your soul. I'm
frightened for your bridge work, Angel.

right, all right. I needed a good jacket
for the pulpit. The old black and white

check that I wore in court and lit with
strobing on TV, so I borrowed yours.

You stole mine. Let's use the right
verb.

An object taken for the Lord's work is
an offering, Jimmy. You get credit in

heaven. How did this happen?

The last time I saw you, you were
selling hot VCRs out of a supermarket

cart. Shh.

Jimmy, Jimmy, this is so amazing. I'm
having so much fun.

I heal guys. I make them walk again. I'm
selling little doohickeys on

television. I boycott stuff.

I'm signing autographs, and I'm selling
pamphlets about my life, and it's all

tax -free.

Jimmy, how?

I mean, how does it happen?

Well, one morning...

I woke up, and I had this vision.

And in this vision, I was walking in a
daze. Well, that's not a vision, Angel.

That's your natural demeanor.

Anyway, in this vision, God said to me,
Your name is Angel.

That's strange. My name is Angel. And
God told me, He said, That's not a

coincidence. It's a sign.

It's a message.

Well, you can't ignore a message like
that. Sure you can.

Your name is Evelyn.

They called you Angel in prison because
you were always on your knees praying to

hard cases not to kill you.

Yeah, well, I'd love to chew the prayer
rag with you, but I got an interview

with some hair and makeup people at 5.
Had to can the whole bunch. I was

so pasty in my close -ups, I could have
been doing spots for four hours long.

Besides, we got a boycott foreman in the
parking lot, and we march on the

Cineplex at 7. So if you don't mind,
this is His Holiness.

Send in the angels of the Lord.

We need to help a sinner on his way.

Now, why do I have a hunch these angels
won't have harms?

Zachary Irons, did we do time together?
You'd be in his holding. I didn't like

you in Star Rockford, and I don't like
you now.

Hey, hey!

Leave the Reverend alone,

or we're going to put some hurt on you.
You guys got a real rock and roll church

going here.

You little slut!

Go sell your devil movie someplace else!

I need to see Reverend Martin. We've
heard your satanic message. We know you

stand for it. Hey, hey, are you looking
for somebody closer to your weight

class, huh? I need to see Reverend
Martin. He won't see me. I've tried

times. All right, all right. This is not
a very good situation. Let's get out of

here. Where's your car?

Hollywood makes pollution and...

Don't cry, please.

Here, here.

Take this.

There.

On top of everything else, Laura Soudin,
they got canceled.

Can you believe that?

I sent posters and show hats and
everything.

My mom just called from Topeka, Kansas
and told me they canceled the whole

thing. The parade, the Laura Soudin look
-alike contest, the barn dance,

everything. Who the hell is Laura
Soudin?

It's me.

I'm Laura Soudin, the actress.

Oh, I'm sorry. Hey, please, don't cry.

Please, can I buy you a cup of coffee?

Oh, God, no, no, please.

Don't you know what that stuff does to
you?

Damn the gas. It ruined your stomach.

Do you have a car? We're going to drop
you. I took a cab.

There's a juice bar a couple blocks from
here.

I can force down a cranberry and
pineapple.

Are my eyes red?

Oh, just a smidge. Oh, God. I hate when
my eyes are red.

My eyes are my best feature.

Don't you think?

They're very nice.

Where's the juice bar?

Actually, I'd rather have a coffee if
you won't tell anyone.

God, I hope nobody recognizes me in
here.

My eyes still look horrible.

They're very nice.

Why were those people pushing you around
out there? I'm in little Ezekiel. I

play the mother. My agent said I was too
young to play the mother. But when I

heard that Guy Franklin was playing
Mark, the father, I said, come on, Guy

Franklin? He's only 26.

I mean, if he's the father, how does it
hurt me to be the mother? But my manager

is just so constrained about career
positioning and everything.

But you have to take what comes until
you get the big one.

That's why I switched agencies.

I'm with worldwide artists now. They're
about the best.

Miss Dean, do you think you can stay
with the reason those people were

you around? I still don't understand.
I'm in Little Ezekiel. Little Ezekiel is

movie? Yes.

And the Reverend Martin is boycotting
it, saying it's blasphemous. He says

making fun of the scriptures because of
the miracle of the bowling ball.

And because Zeke parts the waters in the
YMCA pool.

But none of these guys have even seen
it. And I tried to talk to Reverend

and tell him I'm being threatened.

And my career is being trashed. But he
won't let me in.

Just back up a minute.

The Miracle of the Bowling Ball? Yes.

It's about this little boy named Zeke
who's trying to get his divorced mother

and father back together.

And he wants them to believe that it's
God's will. So he rigs these miracles.

And his parents, they fall back in love
and they get remarried.

Oh, no!

What?

I don't believe it. What?

The TV, the sports quench you're at.

When you play hard.

That's me in the middle.

When you played for Keats.

I looked 12.

That hairdo did nothing for me.

Oh, but that bikini was darling.

I tried to buy it from Wardrobe, but
they said they had to keep it in case of

retake. Kiwi, grapefruit, lemon lime.

Now, because you're in this movie, they
were pushing you around on the temple

steps. That's it, huh? To drink your
body crazy. More suits.

Miss Dean.

Huh? That's why they were pushing you
around?

Yes.

I've also been getting these.

Here, let me show you.

Oh, my God.

How did this get in there?

What? What's that?

Just one of my reviews.

I did Streetcar in Laguna. It says I was
a vibrant and convincing blant.

See?

Vibrant. It's one of my best qualities.
I'm getting that.

You want to know another of your
qualities, Miss Dean?

What? You're very self -involved.

Well, you have to be in this business.

I mean, if you don't look after
yourself, nobody else will.

These people are threatening your life.
You should take this to the cops.

No, my producers don't want me to. They
say it will just feed the story.

Look, I have a client meeting.

You're an agent?

A private eye.

Oh, that's so cool.

Do you know how many bodyguards Kim
Basinger has?

I heard six.

I heard 12, but I'm not a bodyguard.

Are you going to eat?

I'm not hungry.

Look,

I just had a complete rainstorm.
Already?

I want to hire you to protect me. And I
bet you I could get Miliband and Bronco

to pay for it, too, because of these
letters. Let me guess.

Milovan and Branca have an animal act at
the Stardust. Am I close?

Milovan does not in Blanca da Costa.

They own Acropolis Pictures.

So how about it? You want the gig?

I don't think so.

I've got money. If you don't believe me,
I made a quarter of a million on Little

Ezekiel. You made $250 ,000 playing the
mother of a little boy who parts the

water in the pool at the Y?

And I could have got more, too. But I
signed a two -picture deal and gave

Acropolis a break on the first movie.

Satan lover!

Another great quality?

What's that?

Guts.

I've got to get my hair done and a cute
outfit for Morton Downey Jr. tonight.

We're doing a show on little Ezekiel.

I'm not sure I should do it, but Bronco
and Mila have been saying we have to put

the movie ahead of our personal safety.

Guess that's your business.

Miss Dean, I know you got a lot on your
mind, but since you haven't asked, my

name is Jim Rockford.

I was just getting to that.

Nice to know you, Jim.

I think these people are pretty
dangerous. You ought to start thinking

another place to stay tonight.

Yeah. I guess I could stay at M &M's.
Who's M &M?

Merrill Mark.

He's my old agent.

Still friend.

Well, most guys you named after a candy
aren't too tough.

Think you'd be safe there? Yeah.

Okay, I've got some unfinished business
with the Reverend Martin. When I talk to

him, I'll press your case.

Would you?

You can bank on it.

Now, where's Eminem's office? I'll drop
you there.

Wait till I tell Tori Spelling I've got
my own bodyguard.

Get the car washed. I hate it when I see
dust on the hood. We gotta be at the

studio in an hour. I'm gonna steam and
mud pack. Tell Morton I may need a trim

before air. I'll use his stylus. Right,
boss.

Uh, boss?

Doesn't seem right anymore. Can we go
with, uh, your holiness, your worship?

Don't push it, Angel.

I remember when you were running errands
and served a cigarette.

Me too.

Hey, just like old times, angel.

Swapping lines with the big stripes on
the main lines.

Hey, hey, hey, ain't this a bummer? I
mean, his holiness stuck here all alone

while angels of the Lord at the car
wash.

Jimmy, this is about that jacket that
Rocky gave you. I'll give it back to

I don't need it anymore. It used to be
just about the coat, but the list is

growing. This afternoon we added a paint
job on my car, new seats and windows.

Your protesters trashed my ride.

The Lord moves in mysterious ways, his
wonders to perform.

Blessed are the sheep of the Lord, but
they know not what they... I'll fix it.

Good. Now let's go get my sport jacket,
huh? Where is it? In the main closet.

There's this young girl, Laura's two
deans. She's in a little Ezekiel. She's

being threatened because of this boycott
you're orchestrating. There are

fanatics threatening her life.

Jimmy, there have been fanatics
threatening my life since I was eight.

Occasionally, you were one of them. I
still am.

Oh, I don't believe this.

This girl, she's about 20 years old.
She's a little obsessive, but

think she's an okay kid. I want you to
call your vigilantes off her. Jimmy, the

Lord helps those who help themselves.

I mean, this child must cleanse her own
spirit.

She's threatened again.

I'm going to come over here and cleanse
your spirit with a can of mace.

Okay, I'll work on that. Good.

Oh, nice.

Oh, well, now here it is.

Right next to my old leather jacket.

How did these get here? Oh, good
question.

There's a whole Rockford section in
here. You can keep this.

Oh, well.

Guess I've been making a lot of
offerings, huh?

Yeah. I'll probably be in the diamond
lane to heaven, wouldn't you think?

Well,

what else you got?

Who does all this belong to?

Just people.

Besides me.

Angel?

You and I have had a long and difficult
history together.

Held together for reasons that baffled
all my other friends.

You'd steal from me. You'd lie and
cheat.

Your ethics would embarrass a get -down
robber. And here you are, living like

the Archduke Ferdinand.

Better. What?

Better than the Archduke. I'm up there
with Elizabeth Taylor and Travis Tritt.

Yeah, but what's the scam? How did you
get to be the head of a church?

I mean, what's going on? What is your
angle?

Jimmy, you're not going to believe this,
but I had an epiphany.

I woke up one morning, and I just saw
things through different eyes.

And I came down to the church, wandered
in a center, and then when the Reverend

Thomas Starr asked for sinners to tell
their story, I came up, and I was

bathed in the light of the Almighty, and
I felt such rapture.

And I told my story.

I actually spoke an ancient tongue.

Reverend Starr said he never heard
Aramaic spoken in such a beautiful

Aramaic? It's an ancient language.
There's no books to translate it. You

sort of, like, feel it.

You actually got away with that.

They made me a deacon.

So, uh, when Reverend Starr had his
stroke last month, I took over the

and the rest is Aramaic.

Jimmy.

I know you have a bad knee.

And I know it's been bothering you for
years.

I could coax the devil's spirit out of
it if you'd let me leave this bathroom.

What's your hurry?

How about I make you a deacon of the
temple? As a deacon, you get to sit up

front on Sunday, go to the Palm Springs
retreat, carry a church AMX card, you

get special parking, and use of the
choir on your birthday. I said, what's

hurry?

I have to do Morton Downey Jr.

in less than an hour. See, I'm doing a
point -counterpoint with the people that

made the film, and I'm running late.

Angel, let me ask you something.

What are you going to do when you
actually get up there and you have to

for all this, huh?

I'll, uh, think of something.

Have you?

Or haven't you?

I mean, it's a simple question.

Seen the movie?

That's the question, my friend.

People doubt that you've seen the movie.
They say you're boycotting it before

you even know what you're boycotting.

It's about a little boy who blasphemes
the scriptures with bowling balls and

pool water. What's more to know? That is
not true. My friend, I tell you, we

come to this country to make a beautiful
movie.

People cry when they see it. They tell
me, Mr. DaCosta, it's a very nice movie.

We open film tomorrow.

These people say we insult the Bible.
That is not so. We do not insult.

We are not insulting.

We are entertaining.

My life has been threatened by a lot of
the people in the audience. Show me.

Show me who did it. Point them out to
me. Point the people out. That one there

and that one.

Is this true, sir?

Have you threatened this young lady?

Yeah, we threatened the little slut. She
was spreading her satanic values on our

children. Morton, over here.

I put my money into this movie, and I'm
proud of it. I'm proud to be the

producer. And these people are
inhibiting my ability to make a profit.

picketing theaters. They're threatening
violence to keep the public away.

My rights are being undercut, and I
resent it. Okay, Dan Barkley, everybody.

All right, your dad owns Barkley's
department stores, correct? Yeah.

Now, why do these people have the right
in a free society to interfere with free

enterprise? Good question. Is this a
First Amendment issue?

First Amendment?

These men are idolaters.

They must be stopped.

They are poisoning our society with
godlessness, sir.

They're corrupting our society. I'm
going to find a blunt instrument. This

about to go up the spout. I look to my
lord for my guidance, but there are

in the flock who can see into the
future.

I would like to present the future.

I'm in your way, right?

May I present the East Indian mystic,
Sarah Lanka.

I see fires.

I see devastation.

I see the destruction of cities.

She sees nothing.

This is nuts.

No one can see into the future. You
can't. And these silk suit immigrant

gangsters can't. But Sister Lanka can.

She sees truth.

Heaven.

Listen, Jimmy, try and get out of the
events on time.

Lordy, I'm glad I got rid of that
jacket. That blood is never going to

Last note.

Tell the architect that the Angel Martin
Stadium has got to have a statue of me

in the Eastern style. I don't care if
we're over budget.

Tell him to rip off the one in
Washington of Abe sitting in the big

and get the drawings to me promptly. And
one last note of warning. See it?

Though it's a long, torturous trail up
the Holy Mountain to Deacon, it's just a

short cab ride back to Choir Master.

Don't disappoint me, buddy.

The Angel Martin Stadium?

Temple of Holy Light University, THLU.

I'm kind of worried about that name. I
don't want people saying tender love,

you, tough love, hey you.

Angel of Holy Light University.

That's got to ring A -H -L -U.

B -Y -U -S -M -U.

Brigham Young is a Mormon university.

We'll work around that. Oh, yeah, right.

I think I'll skip the ride home, Angel.

I'll call a cab. I don't think my
medical insurance could take much more

church. Jimmy?

Jimmy?

Thanks for pulling that little dust
bunny off of me, but I sure was cooking

there, wasn't I?

Oh, yeah. I love a fistfight with a good
downbeat.

bitchin' in there.

I mean, you risked your life to save me.
I'm gonna give your name to Shannon

Doherty. Laura Sue, this thing is out of
control. You need to get some

professional security. I'm just an
investigator.

Those guys with the tattoos and the
funny -looking hairdos, they're not

around. You need to take them seriously.

It's so gnarly.

LZ opens tonight, so it's only gonna get
worse.

LZ is Little Zeke?

That's so cool you got that.

I didn't get a chance to talk to Branca
and Milovan about security, did you?

No, I was going to Judith's party
tonight.

You know what?

You should be going with me.

Make sure none of those cheeseburgers
are laying in wait at the Phoenix room.

I can't stop my head from bleeding, my
coat's a mess.

No, that corny gray jacket with
bloodstains is going to rave at the

All right, Laura Sue, I'll go with you,
because somebody has to talk your

producers into protecting you.

You're blundering around in a minefield
wearing snowshoes. You really have to

try and focus on the problem. People are
trying to kill you.

Being opened and uncomplicated is my
best quality.

Yeah. Come on, Stevie.

Let me in.

Mr.

DaCosta, good to see you. Hi.

Hi. Hello, Stevie.

Good evening, Mr. DeSalle.

Sorry, but this place ain't for you.

What if I jump in a bat at Crisco?

This would be a joke.

And here's the punchline, DEA. You see
that roach behind your ear?

It's a cigarette.

You got a drug records TV?

If I run you, am I going to find a stack
of 22 .7s?

go stevie at the door didn't take my
jacket ray let's do this now so i go

tape up my head i don't think my
reputation can take much of it hey wait

minute dea are we gonna have to discuss
your future no what is this i've never

seen it back like this before it's real
i made it myself model airplane decals

and library card i'm working with my
thing so he's right so i'm coming real

like that the arab gunships just like
that I do not see it hiding, and I'm

coming low, right past.

Excuse me.

And he, hovering like this, by two
foxes.

Bop -bop! Bop -bop!

Excuse me. Rocco was the pilot for the
Israeli Air Force.

He helped bring U .S. fighter bombers
into Israel.

Mr. DaCosta, my name is Jim Rockford.
I'm a private investigator.

I believe that Laura Sue's life is in
danger. I can't work for her any longer,

but I think it's important that you
provide her with some protection.

This is silly.

I know danger. We do not need defense.

If she wants defense, it's okay. You be
defense.

But Acropolis will not pay.

Anyway, here I am.

Somebody blew up our limo?

The defense rats.

What do you mean you can't go over
there? I can't go over there. I'm

just walk in there without a warrant,
rifle through church records, looking

someone with a record as a farmer?

Hell yes, this is Angel we're talking
about. This is the Reverend Martin we're

talking about.

Oh, Dennis.

This bombing, these attempted murders,
they're all tied in with the silly movie

boycott of his. You go over there, you
grab him by his scrawny little neck,

like always, and tell him you're going
to launch him into space if he doesn't

cooperate. I'm not going to do it. I'll
try and get a warrant, but I'm going to

press the T's, dot the I's.

Of course, Angel has influence now.

I don't believe you're wussing out on
me.

I'm obeying the law and recognizing
Angel's rights. You're wussing, Dennis.

Angel isn't going to file a lawsuit. His
nose bleeds in court.

You're just mad because he made
something of himself, became a man of

heals people on television, gives them
communion and everything.

Man of the cloth, communion. Have you
been down there? It's strictly

and grape juice. The only healing you're
going to see is from Dobermans.

I'm not going to do it.

You know, you should get your head sewn
up. It's still bleeding.

You don't like this little leak?

A lot of people think it raves.

Thank you. Yeah, sure.

God, this is so depressing.

Yes, it is. We don't have a clue who's
doing it. Huh? What are you talking

about? You said it was terrible, and I
said it is.

I'm talking about how bummed I am I
can't leave.

I was going to sneak into the late show
and see little Ezekiel with an audience.

You know, sit with the straights in the
back of the theater.

That's when you can tell whether the
film really worked.

Well, Sue, I want you to go to a
friend's house. Stay there and don't

anyone where you are.

Dial this number. Leave a message on my
machine where I can reach you.

Isn't the bodyguard supposed to stay
with the client?

I haven't been a bodyguard very long, so
I'm not sure of all the rules. For now,

let's just do this.

Whoa, what do you got?

Hey,

come on.

So predictable.

Be finished in a minute, Zack.

You're finished now, Rockford.

Come on, on your feet.

and help them see this ministry and our
world outreach programs reach...

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy.

I'm so disappointed.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I fear no evil. My

rod and my staff, they comfort me.

Don't forget these chrome -plated .38s.

Yes?

I know what that's about. Tell him I'm
calling back. Hold my calls.

Jimmy, you can't just break into the
temple.

It's the Lord's house.

I'm sorry. It looks like a halfway
house. I got confused.

I'd love to put it in a go -kart track
somewhere.

I wonder if a Bible study center is
really all that important.

In a Bible college? No.

Trash it.

Yeah, I guess eventually it's got to go
somewhere.

Angel, do we really need the angels of
the Lord? I need to talk to you. It's

important. In all the years I've known
you, I have never hurt you.

Angels of the Lord may withdraw.

You give Frisky Rockford, you're going
to join the Hallelujah Chorus.

What do you pay that moron? He's a
deacon. He gets all the privileges.

I'm going to screw up the Palm Springs
retreat.

No, no, no, no.

I'm putting the Angel Martin
architecture garden.

Angel, this boycott, somebody's going to
get hurt. I think one of your flock

just blew up a limo that belongs to
Acropolis Pictures.

Well, I didn't do it. I'm a man of the
cloth. I got sections in Deacon's Tale

buy my... I didn't say you did it. I'm
just telling you that some of the people

in your church are a little
overcommitted.

Nice way to put it. I mean, you say the
picture is blasphemy, and they go out

and blow things up. You're going to have
to cool your jets for a while.

I can't!

I mean, I'm on a schedule here.

This kind of thing runs on a schedule
that is tight.

Can you believe what's happening here?

Well, that's what I'm saying.

I mean, you're going to have to slow
them down.

Oh, not that me.

Okay, you want to talk about tax audits,
Jimmy?

That's what started this whole deal.

See, it was an IRS audit.

I was trying to beat a tax rap.

Ended up on TV with all the business.

I mean, this country is the best.

Being an ex -con, it doesn't hurt you.

You and Don King.

You know, I figured that if I could get
into this church and become a sexton or

a minister or something like that, well,
then I could shelter my tax through the

church's tax -free clause.

Then I could tell these IRS clowns to
just take a hike.

So I come in one Sunday and look up on
stage and all these people are doing the

funky chicken and getting healed. And I
said, well, now, Angel, you can shake

the dust off these stiffs.

So I went up there.

I told the story of my life, and because
it was on TV, they got it all down.

Well, it's in that You Are My Special
Angel, word for word. I know, chapter

four, with illustrations.

Man, I got up on stage, and I was
jamming. And I started choking.

Really, Jimmy, I started choking. Maybe
one of the words went down wrong. Guess

what? It was perfect Aramaic.

Can you believe it? It might have been,
too.

How do I know? I mean, it's a dead
language. Listen, Angel, if you want to

this gig in play, you're going to have
to black flag the cowboys in the

congregation, or you're going to be up
to your rotten staff and angry cops.

Now, just give me the name of the
biggest nut in your files, and I'll work

Chances are, if he's not involved, he
knows the crazies who are.

Now, who's that going to hurt?

I don't know, Jimmy. Giving up a
parishioner? Let me put it to you this

Give him the name.

Or I'll go to Becker and he'll write up
a warrant and he'll come out here and

open up this church like the can of corn
it really is.

The guy's name is Buddy Rennick. I was
going to kick him out of the church

anyway. He lives in a trailer in
Palmdale.

Says he talks to the Holy Ghost, but I
think he's talking to the jackrabbits.

Okay, and just one more little favor.

I want you to call this protest off.

Uh, hey, I'm a little worried about
Laura Sue.

I can't seem to keep her headlights on.
She's gonna crash.

I'm giving up this boycott on the
weekend, anyway. I mean, the schedule's

killing me. You don't know how I've
been...

Oh, why,

you're really great at this.

I never would have thought about that.

You know, redesigning the building.

Now you can just lean it up against the
gym.

Ain't we, Lussard?

Okay, go ahead.

But, Mommy, if you and Daddy still love
each other, why can't we all live

together like before?

Well, little Zeke, I guess your daddy
has more important things in his life

right now than you and me.

No, no, you wait, Mommy. Buffy and I
will make a miracle.

Come back here. Where are you going?
Come back!

I think I overplayed that.

The director said be angry.

I never thought it was an angry moment.

Little Zeke?

Little Zeke?

God, I suck in that scene.

I should have played it softer.

I thought you were just right.

Very convincing.

You did?

Did you really like me?

You're not just saying that?

Thank God. Well, maybe you and Mommy can
get married again.

Oh, hello.

Oh, wait.

There's my agent, Jerry Michaels.

Jerry! Woo! Jer!

He hated me.

He despised it. You can tell he doesn't
even want to talk to me. Oh, he's

probably just discussing the next
picture.

You think?

Yeah. That could be it, I suppose, huh?

Okay, Tim.

Be honest.

Did you like it? Did you like me? Did I
seem believable?

Did I bore your pants off?

Yes, yes, yes, and no.

I was just something to eat.

I wonder where Danny Barkley is. I dated
him a few times.

He said he would meet me here.

My darling, you are in the film A Breath
of Fresh Oil.

Air?

Air. Air is better, no?

Much better. Did you like the way I
played Camellia, Mr. DaCosta?

I kiss the fit of talent.

But not here. We'll do the fit -kitting.

I'm playing private.

I wonder where Danny Barkley is.

It is strange.

He usually likes this kind of thing.

Important agents and everything.

But he's not here, so there is more
champagne for the rest of us.

Excuse me.

Would you excuse us?

Sue, there is definitely something wrong
here.

I think Franca liked me in it. This film
isn't blasphemous. You don't need to

boycott this film. I mean, there's no
disrespect, Laura, but, well, it's...

hated it.

Hated? No, hated is a very, very strong
word. No, I was interested in a

secondary capacity.

What the hell does that mean?

I was a little bored.

Not a lot, just a little.

It's not boring.

How can you say it's boring?

Do you really think it's boring?

Oh, God, it is boring, isn't it?

I'm ruined.

Wait, Laura Sue, you were magnificent.

But the film, Laura, the whole enchilada
seems a little bit hot.

Hey, you wanted me to be honest.

Yeah, I mean, there's honest and there's
nasty.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be
nasty. The whole thing is setting off a

of my alarm buzzers. Yeah, with another.

All right. This is Danny Barkley. Where
is he?

I don't know.

You said you were dating him. Can you
think of any reason why he wouldn't show

up at a cast party?

No.

He put his money in because he wanted to
be a part of this business.

He bought 40 % of this picture. He would
definitely be here.

Do you know where he lives?

You have any questions?

I know where the key is.

Why is it happening?

I don't know.

But I'm going to find out.

You see, Dennis, you didn't want to go
stay in the angel on his head. Look what

happened. This whole thing is getting
worse.

And maybe if you didn't drive around
town with the word Satan scribble on the

side of your car, things would be a
little bit cooler down here. I didn't

that there and you know it.

Hey, you want my list of suspects?

Just take a hard look at the two guys
dripping gold and insincerity by the

door. They own a major movie company.
They're worth millions.

And talking about suspects, don't you
leave town, because I'm going to want to

talk to you.

What, me?

Oh, come on, Dennis. Didn't you lay this
Barkley guy out yesterday on the Morton

Downey Jr.

show?

Oh, great Vincent Pinguinetti. That's
all this case needs that qualifies an

spill. Hey, Vincent.

Hi, Tony. How you doing?

Good to see you.

The chief thinks Vincent is the best
private investigator in L .A.

Hey, Dennis.

Boy, that Bostenovich case was awesome.
Way to go, babe.

Chapman told me he's got his eye on you.

Really? Yeah. You talked to Captain
Chapman about me?

Yeah, me and the chief and Chappie on
the poker night.

Did a whopper of a commercial for you,
babe.

Right on the water. You know what I
mean?

So how's the repo business, Jim?

That's honest work, and it beats going
through Lonnie Anderson's track.

Well, somebody's got to work for
deadbeats.

Better you than me.

By the way, Acropolis Pictures has hired
me to organize their security for them.

Now, that's going to include all the
actors on this picture, as well as

and Bronk and the rest of the
executives.

What are you trying to tell me?

Pack it up.

You're through.

Jim, do you hear that? He told the chief
the Vasanovich case was awesome.

You were getting a massage, Dennis.

Penguin, man, he's a showman with good
PR.

You think we could talk about Angel's
Church for a minute? The congregation

there, they're not winning any mince of
memberships. His flock couldn't get a

job scraping gum off a theater seat.

What am I supposed to do with that?

Well, I'd check them for records.

The one guy, Zachary Irons, I did time
with.

He was a home invader or something.

Also, there's this scripture -quoting
weirdo out in Palmdale named Buddy

Rinnick. I pressured Angel into giving
me his name last night. I went out there

this morning and talked to him.

My instinct, he's not a killer.

Hey, you might want to run a scratch and
sniff test on him, though.

Hey, Jim, don't go away mad, okay?

That's awesome, babe, awesome.

I'm leaving.

Guy just pulled up in an Italian soup
can. His name is Vincent Pinguinetti.

Famous private eye. Does cooking
segments on Regis and Kathy Lee.

He's your new security.

Good luck.

Nice knowing you, Laura Sue.

Do I owe you anything?

I don't like to get paid when people end
up dead.

All I wanted was my port code back
anyway.

I think I'll just go home and go
fishing.

What are you doing?

You're my bodyguard.

No, I'm not.

Hey, Rockford.

That's my client.

Yes, I am.

You know, I love the beach. I just don't
get down here that often.

I've got my skirt and my dress and my
purse.

And you've got my two bags.

Yeah, I got them.

Why'd you have to bring all this stuff?

You're only going to be here a day or
two.

I need my things.

I can't believe I'm in Malibu.

You live in a trailer?

Here you go.

This is nice.

It's not everything you were hoping for.

Well, it's kind of small.

Well, I'm kind of broke.

God, this is so depressing.

Come on, it's not that bad.

No, I was thinking about Danny.

Yeah. I should have brought my Donna
Karen with the lace collar for the

I look dynamite in that dress.

He shouldn't be dead.

All he wanted was for people to look up
to him like they did his dad.

He was just a guy trying to live in a
giant shadow.

He was nice to me.

He really liked me, and he's gone now.

I'll never see him again, Jim.

I'm okay.

I just feel bad for him.

What are you doing?

Matthew 13, 49.

That was on the mirror in the bathroom.

Here it is. At the end of the world, the
angels shall come forth and sever the

wicked from among the just.

Don't worry.

I'm not going to let you get severed.

Laura Sue?

It's 3 .30. Are you okay?

Yeah. This movie always gets to me.

This girl runs away from her mother
because she wants this glamorous life.

And now her mother is dying and she
doesn't even know it. It's so sad.

She'll never believe it.

Good night.

Do you think you could talk to me for a
while?

Sure, I guess.

I know I'm a pain in the ass.

And I wouldn't blame you if you took a
cab on this whole deal. No, it's fine. I

don't usually have house guests,
especially movie star house guests.

You think I'm a movie star?

Well, you're getting in brawls on Morton
Downey Jr., then you're a movie star.

But Little Ezekiel's a pretty awful
movie, isn't it? Hey, just getting in a

movie in this town is a huge
accomplishment.

And you were good.

You didn't think.

The movie did.

You know, this movie, something's
troubling me. Maybe you can help.

I'll try.

Well, Danny Barkley bought 40 % of this
movie after the film had already been

shot. That's a little unusual, isn't it?
Oh, we were over budget. The bank was

going to shut us down.

So we can assume that Millivan and
Branca didn't want to put any more money

the film. They bring Danny Barkley in.
He buys 40 % at a pretty steep discount,

probably. Don't you think?

I guess.

Uh -huh.

So Danny dies.

Who gets his 40 %?

I wonder if Acropolis Pictures had a
buyback clause.

You know, sometimes in business deals,
the surviving partners have a right to

buy back the assets out of the estate at
a pre -negotiated rate.

That's what's been keeping me up.

That's neat you really care what
happened to Danny, what happens to me.

Sometimes I can't figure out what I care
about.

I mean, sometimes I think all I want in
the world is to be famous.

And sometimes it seems like being famous
isn't worth anything at all.

It's a man's fan we just keep slogging
on.

Fan?

Stanislavski. I wanted to be an actress
since I was six.

That's about when Stan and I hooked up.

Stan used to be my manager when I was in
grade school.

Now I've got a guy at Dirk and Roskin
and Klein who won't return my phone

Stan was a better manager.

Weren't you, Stanley?

Don't you have any friends?

Not really.

I may have club friends, people I know
who were never there for me.

And I have actress friends.

They're even worse. You've got to
compete with them for parts.

And a few old boyfriends.

They're just prowling.

No, it's just Dan.

And you.

Sometimes, Jim, I'm so frightened of
what I'll become that I'm almost numb.

And sometimes I'm so frightened of not
becoming anything that I can't breathe.

I mean, I want to be more than I am, but
I don't know how.

Is that just nuts?

That's not nuts.

It's your best quality.

Good night.

Good night.

Why do you think they wouldn't see me?

They're your agent. Maybe they have
another job for you.

I've been with this talent agency for
six months, and they've never called me

for a meeting. Now they want to meet on
Saturday?

Jerry and Michael painted the movie.

I bet Bronco wants to get out of the
second picture.

They don't like me, Jim. I'm ruined.
I'll never work again.

Whatever it is, you can't change it
anyway.

You're right.

apart, Jim. Get me out of there.

Promise? Code 3.

Oh, it was Dean.

This way, please.

Jared. Jerry.

Marty. Martin.

Jared.

To Laura Sue Dean.

Star of the 90s. What?

Star of what, Mr. Michaels? Call me Jer,
honey. And don't be coy.

Branca must have called with the weekend
groceries.

No, no. I was staying at Jim's.

Little Ezekiel is through the roof.

We're boffo in the city, socko in the
burbs.

Acropolis is estimating about 23 million
as the first weekend take. That's

fantastic.

Isn't that great, Jim?

And Jim would be what? Our favorite
uncle who really needs to get lost right

now.

Laura Sue is prime agency fruit. We
don't need some middle -aged walk -on

crowding the plate.

When it comes to protecting our clients,
you'll find that Waka can be pretty

damned aggressive.

I'm going to let all that fly past, Jer,
because obviously you drink too much

prune juice.

Tim is my bodyguard. He's protecting my
life from those threats.

I've talked with PR.

We think you should jump on TV and
attack these right -wing extremists. Get

right in their face.

It's going to be big news.

Lots of coverage.

We position you as the girl with the big
cojones and go after the next

Schwarzenegger movie.

Excuse me, Jerry, but as Laura Sue's
security consultant, I'd advise against

that. These guys are pretty scary.

Maybe to you, Jim, but not to me.

And I know a little about fear.

Believe me, I've been to Fear City. I've
seen that elephant.

We're talking about people who've
already killed one of the film's

Like I said, Laura Sue is a very
valuable fruit.

We're not going to risk getting her
hurt, and this is in her best career

interests. You going to stand between
her and the bullet, Mr. Michaels?

If that's what it takes, you bet.

I'm not just some guy in Gucci loafers,
Jim.

I was in Grenada. I've seen combat.

Grenada? Yeah, a lot of ripe fruit flew
in that one. Go ahead. Make fun of it.

But those Grenadine Defense Forces were
crack units.

And we looked down the business end to
those Cuban AK -47s, and we didn't

mister, just like we're not gonna blink
now.

Weren't you a cook, Jer?

Cooks were at risk, just like everybody
else.

Jerry, as tough as the Grenadine Defense
Forces were, you're not gonna scare

these thugs off with a potato peeler.

Now, I don't think we should inflame
them. You're going to risk Laura Sue's

for some television exposure?

You don't rise if you don't risk.

Stars aren't born.

They're developed.

Strike while you have the chance. And
remember, fear is just a four -letter

word.

Get out!

Come here.

Everybody out in the corridor and stay
low.

These walls are thin. They won't stop a
bullet. Go, go, go, go. Call 911.

What's going on, Jer?

Did you call 911?

Are they coming?

I don't hear sirens.

You can come on out. The guy's gone.

There's ten feet of open terrain to the
door.

I'm not coming out until the cops clear
the free -fire zone across the street.

Shoulder to shoulder, huh, Jer?

What, I'm supposed to die for an actor?

I'm telling you, very, very observant,
Dennis. I'm very impressed.

I was just looking around up there where
you said, and there it was.

Ladies and gentlemen, everybody, Dennis
Becker located the breath.

Eyes like an eagle, this guy. Show him,
Dennis.

No, I don't think so. Come on, we can
get print hits off these cases and make

the whole investigation.

Damn fine police work. Come on, show
him. You sure?

Yeah.

Hey.

Come on, knock it off, guys, huh?

You ever decide to pull the pin, you've
got a job in my shop.

Can I get out of here, Dennis?

The Penguin said I'm a policeman's
policeman.

high praise from a penguin.

You don't like him because he gets all
the high -profile cases in L .A. I don't

like him because I think he works for
mobsters without any regard for the

and because he's more concerned with his
image than he is with his clients, and

because he gets all the high -profile
cases in L .A.

So, can I go now? I've signed my
statement. Laura Sue signed hers.

Recording Ms. Dean back to her
apartment, I have two female operatives

to her, both martial artists.

I'm an okay artist myself.

Mostly it's just finger painting, but
sometimes I sculpt mountains out of my

cream when it melts.

And sometimes I make quivering cowards
out of smart -mouthed pukes like you.

soon can we arrange for you to try that?

Jim, you can go.

I'll call you if I need you.

I'm Laura Sue.

You sure you want to go with this guy?

No. But Jerry wants me to go.

I guess I gotta do what my agent says.

Change agents, Laura Sue. Even for a
cook, Jerry was under that table way too

fast. I don't think he'll hang tough in
a career crisis.

I'll sneak away and call you.

out my date book? Did you pick it up for
me on your way out?

No, no, no.

I'm out of there.

I'm not going to go back in that office
building. I'm going to get my secretary

to go back and get my briefcase.

Then have her pick up my date book. I've
still got a lot of calls to make.

You know, we've still got the kitty cats
problem.

Cats is a problem client.

In fact, the whole Empress film slate is
weak. You know, I think we're in

quicksand there.

Yeah, you should see his new film.

I reviewed it last week.

It's a gobbler.

It's going to do no business.

We could sure use a boycott on that one,
couldn't we? Yeah.

You got that right.

That's what angels sell.

So you want to have your girl bring me
my book? Yeah, sure. Where are you?

I'm in the garage.

Where?

What?

What?

Charlie!

You say to me, how can that be? Brother
Martin. Charlie!

Oh, if the son of God spake not to
Abraham.

Then he's speaking to me.

And then the question must surely
follow, for whom the bell tolls.

It tolls for me.

For when you speak of this, and you will
be kind.

And then I heard the Holy Ghost saying,
oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me. And I

didn't. I didn't.

Because God.

Can we help the children? Can we help
the children? Yes!

Item 478 is one I feel a very special
pride in.

Offering 478 is the autographed E. Angel
Martin ivory chopsticks with the words

My Special Angel engraved in dragon red
ink on the tip.

Item 478 is only $45, plus postage.

And while you're getting out your
checkbooks, the Merciful Angels Choir

sing a song about my adolescent years.

What? It's not water, I'm dry.

Angels of the Lord are supposed to have
bottles of Perrier standing by at all

times during important sermons. You
haven't paid me or the guys in two

Angel. When's the little bird coming our
way?

Speakest of such meager things, of
payment, of pieces of silver.

Thou desirest money while souls are
starving for salvation.

Exactly. In a scam, when you fail to pay
the bodyguards, they leave you dead in

the gutter. Remember how that works? Mm
-hmm. Let's go.

You're paying.

Come on. All right.

Come on.

What are you doing?

A little neighbor crashed into a
workshop. Jimmy, they're trying to kill

met them in prison. They're all
murderers.

Boy,

that was one of my better sermons. I was
really cooking in there. You better get

a copyright attorney.

I think I've heard some of that stuff
before.

I just can't be traveling around the
city streets with my old investments.

Drop me off at the man's. No.

Forgive him, Father, but he knows not
what he does.

I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm going
to separate you from a couple of teeth

unless you get me some answers. Okay, go
ahead. Ask ahead. I'm fully in for it.

You're selling film boycotts to movie
producers that have thick films. Your

boycotts create free publicity and
interest at the box office, right?

Is this a multiple choice? Because I'd
like to hear the other possible answers.

You get these religious fanatics riled
up and they go out and kill people. I

control my flock.

That's as big to me. This is the next
big growth industry in the religious

which has become a very troubled
business.

What's so tough about standing up on TV
and hawking overpriced garbage?

Brother Swaggart and Brother Baker hurt
us bad.

Prayer pledges are dwindling. I mean, a
reverend's got to have some vision now.

It's one thing to make a video of the
service. I'm not knocking that, but this

boycott thing could be huge.

I'm thinking I could get a piece of the
box office. Who killed Danny Barkley?

I don't know, Jimmy. I swear to you, I
don't know.

But my boycott didn't kill him.

You mad, Jimmy?

Boiling. Get out.

Bless you, my son.

May the Lord smile down his holy
continents upon you.

What's happening at the moment?

Your Holiness, this is Martha Dean.

Your boycott's almost got her killed.

Dean!

Danish coffee, sugarless cookies. Don't
these immigrants have any glazed

doughnuts? I'm not feeding you, Angel.
We're trying to find out what's going

why Danny Barkley died.

If he was in on all this, why did he go
nuts and start clinging to the Morton

Downey Jr.

show? It's almost as if he didn't know
the whole deal was rigged.

He cut the show short by 15 minutes.
That doesn't make sense.

Angel? I guess just the Danish coffee
and I'll try the sugarless cookie. Was

Danny in on the boycott?

Was he ever in any of the discussions
between you and Branca and Milovan? No.

Tell you the truth, the boycott was Biff
Adams' idea.

Who the hell is Biff Adams?

He's head of marketing at Acropolis
Pictures. He's the one that set up the

meeting between me and Bronco and
Milivan. But Danny wasn't there. I

diddly squat about him. He's just a rich
kid that bought in. When he put up the

money a few months ago, they were
delighted to have him in.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

You can just hold it, Angel. You're not
gonna skate out the bathroom window on

me this time.

Even angels have to go to the bathroom
occasionally.

Read your Bible, Jimmy. Let's try it
this way.

What if Acropolis Pictures figured they
had a loser on their hands? They're

going over budget. They don't want to
throw good money after bad.

So they bring Danny Barkley in to get
him off the hook. They sell Danny 40 %

nothing. Then they get Angel to create
one of his phony boycotts.

Suddenly, Danny's piece is worth
millions.

But they gave it away cheap.

So these Euro trash ex -gun dealers
decide they're going to fix it the old

-fashioned way. They make Danny Barkley
a victim of the boycott. So maybe the

exploding limo and the gunshots at Watco
were just Milovan and Bronco trying to

make it look good?

Angel, you and I are going to break into
the offices of Acropolis Pictures and

see if we can get a look at Danny
Barkley's deal.

Break into Acropolis?

Yeah, that's right. Jimmy, you know I've
never been good at the black bag stuff.

I was always better at dividing the
money.

You're coming, Angel.

I may need you to help me grovel if we
get caught.

Let's go.

And if you dare bless one person on the
way out of here, I will deck you.

You better not take off if we get in
trouble. I wouldn't leave you. Yeah,

She wouldn't. She already waited in on
the poor rednecks while I was getting

stomped. Yeah, sure. I'm going to really
believe that.

Thank you, Lucky Stars, you hired me.
I'm watching your offices.

And you've just got a couple of
visitors.

Looks like they're trying to break in.

Sure, I recognize them. It's Rockford
and that reverend, the guy on TV.

Angel Martin.

Look here, Jim.

You first, then you pull me on. I'm not
going first. You are.

Why me?

Because if I go first, you're going to
take off and leave me here. Now up you

go. Come on. I'm a different person now,
Jimmy. I have an epiphany. I change.

Yeah, you're sleazier. Now up you go.
Come on. Come on.

Look at this.

All these movies.

You know what I see here, Jimmy?

Lost business opportunities.

Thirty boycotts hanging on the wall.

Makes me want to cry.

Oh, oh, oh. Get in here.

Now you sit out of that chair and stay
here. I'm going to tie you to it.

Don't you start wearing glass.

Are they still over there? Yeah.

Okay. Now, me and Milovan will take
over. Oh.

This gives me a little problem here.

What did you say?

That's right.

See, I think you guys are going to go in
there and make a body count.

Yeah, so?

So it makes me an accessory before the
fact in a double murder.

That's a special circumstance, this
beef.

People break in our business.

This is not murder. This is protecting
property.

In America, we call the cops.

We let them handle it. But you just
can't go in guns a -blazing. It gives me

problem. Because I know you're planning
to light these two up.

In any event, it's premeditated murder.

So, how do you suggest we fix this
problem?

Maybe the problem just goes away.

If you put me on your permanent payroll,
I'll protect you instead of that bunch

of corduroy suits you got working for
you now.

For how much? What are you saying?

How much?

How about 100 grand a year?

It's way too high a price for a problem
I can solve with two ounces of lead.

Oh, it's all here, Angel, the whole
deal.

He bought 40 % of Little Zeke for $5
million.

Picture's gonna gross at least 50.

Means he's going to get 20 million for
his five.

Maybe more with the European grosses.

So Bracken Milovan killed him.

This is the motive for the killing, all
right. I'm relieved.

You're relieved.

Can we leave?

Hey, hey. There's a survivor clause in
here. It says if anyone dies, the

remaining partner can buy the interest
back at fair market.

I'm really going to go to the bathroom.

I had to kill him before the weekend
grosses came in, because when Danny

died, there was no box office, therefore
no adjusted values.

Five million buys them 20.

There's a memo in here that they have
exercised the buyback clause. It's dated

June 7th and signed by Branca.

The 7 has one of those crosses through
it.

Just like the 7s in the threatening note
that Laura Sue got. You know, I thought

at the time that was strange.

You don't see many guys in mohawks
making French sevens. I gotta go.

To the bathroom?

No, home. I'm feeling ill. I think I got
a whole bad communion waiver.

It is against the law to break in my
building.

You're guilty, so you'll have to die.

You have a kind of sketchy concept of
the American legal system.

Angels see none.

Witness not and need not perish.

Verily I say unto you... Shut up! Shut
up or I kill you now. You make too much

noise and confusion.

Get in. Maybe if you offer him a
deaconship.

Excuse me.

Oh, my God!

My God! Are you praying or pleading?

Go to 4616 Atkin Way.

I think you also killed poor Vince
Pinguinetti.

We're going to take you to Pinguinetti's
boat. You will die there tragically.

Jimmy.

Jimmy. Jimmy. What, Angel? Jimmy, do
something.

I don't want to die.

Get in line.

Dear Lord, this is a real one.

This is a legitimate prayer. This time
I'm not telling nothing.

This time I'm begging.

Don't let them kill me.

And if you have to take Jimmy, I'll
understand because I know how hard it is

save us both.

Amen.

That was very moving.

That's his boat. Let's see now.

You break in.

We break the window and set off the
alarm.

Vince comes out with his gun.

Wampa, wampa, couple of shots, everybody
dies.

I put the gun in your hand.

You know, this may sound silly, but hear
me out.

Would you consider a deaconship? There
are huge tax advantages.

Never again do you have to pay the
skinny guy in the red, white, and blue

all of your income.

It's Top Street. Tell him about the Palm
Springs retreat.

You're both dead men right now. Please,
say goodbye. It's time for you to die.

Jimmy, do something.

Well, maybe I'll see you upstairs, but I
doubt very much you're going to make

it, Angel.

Try to get him in the truck.

Let's make a deal.

Okay?

There's money.

Lots of it.

From the movie.

Negotiations are over.

taking the deaconship, you would have
even got the choir on your birthday.

You're going to be okay.

He almost killed me, Jimmy.

Divine penance.

Oh, my God.

You think the big boss was telling me
something?

You, Angel? No.

Just because you've been raising money
for starving children and putting it in

your own pocket?

Now, why on earth would that count
against you?

I'm through with that church.

That's a good idea, because when this
boycott deal comes out, you're going to

on the list with Brother Swaggart and
Brother Baker.

Maybe you ought to think about getting
out of town before the fraud

investigators get hold of you. They can
have their thinly church. I'm out of

here. Jimmy, where should I hide?

Lapland?

See ya.

Feeling so bad about the penguin. I love
that guy. He can make you laugh, make

you cry.

Private eye's private eye. Yeah, he was
prime proof.

I want to go home, Dennis. You've got
the Barclay deal folder. It's the motive

in his murder.

Yeah, we have a little discrepancy in
this story.

Millivan and Branca said that you killed
Panguinetti. I'm not saying I believe

them. That's what they're saying. And
right now, it's their word against

They're alibying each other on Barclay,
too.

You're forgetting that their word
doesn't mean anything in this town

litigation. Come here.

And then Rockford, he's at the front
door.

Then Mr. Penguinetti goes out.

Wampa, wampa, some shooting.

And then Mr.

Penguinetti, he's dead.

You're lying.

I am not used to actors in my film talk
to me in that way.

You have one more picture. You be
careful or you'll be working with the

next time.

I wouldn't work for you again if I
hadn't eaten in a year.

These guys shot Penguinetti right in
front of their own office. I saw it. You

lie. You think I'm lying? Yes.

I got the whole thing on film, Bubba.

You know, she has so many good
qualities.

Sometimes it's just hard to know where
to start.

I'm thinking maybe I'm trying to impress
the wrong people.

What do you think?

Well, you've got to make those decisions
for yourself.

You know, I don't like Jerry Michaels
very much. He didn't care about me until

the movie started to make money, and
that's not right. Good point.

I'm thinking maybe I need to worry more
about being a good actress than being

famous. I agree.

Honey, me and Stan have something we
want to tell you.

What is it, Jim?

I have to tell you that I think that you
are a very special girl.

Special in a way that's so rare that you
only see it occasionally.

If I had a daughter, I'd want her to be
a lot like you.

Because you have courage and honor and
talent.

You don't quit on your friends in a
crisis.

So me and Stan, we talked it over and we
want you to know how we feel.

You are one in a million.

How do you expect your daughter to
accept her father's death when you

Desiree Gill made a wish. Desiree wishes
that her mommy wouldn't be sad anymore.

And got a miracle.

It traveled thousands of miles and
landed at Mermaid Lake.

It's quite good, you guys. Based on a
true story.

I just don't think it would hurt for you
to break down and have a little fun.

Catch Ellen Burstyn in Mermaid. The
story begins tomorrow night at 9 on the

Hallmark Channel, where great stories
come to life.