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Laura Ann.

Jim.

Oh, I couldn't believe it when you called. It's been so long.

Oh, much, much too long. You look wonderful.

Still sort of with a dash of light.

Yes.

Your memory is extraordinary.

It's one of the things I appreciated about you the most. What's your great

memory?

Oh, this is nice.

Peaceful.

You said this was important.

Is it IMF business?

This will be very important to the IMF and to me personally.

Imagine that.

After all these years.

Yes, imagine after all these years we haven't forgotten you.

That's because I have an extraordinary memory myself.

Want to describe this item for me?

Brass -plated E -flat major harmonica.

Initial J -R -B embossed on left side. Close. J -L -B.

I'd try the trunk in the corner.

I'll be in back if anybody knocks.

Good morning, Jim.

I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. On the 27th of last month, one of your

former team members, Laura Ann Wilson, was viciously murdered.

What is most bizarre about the case is that your fingerprints were found at the

scene. We know you were in Thailand on the night of the 27th. The local

authorities, of course, are not privileged to the classified information

whereabouts and consider you the key suspect.

Your fingerprints were found at the scene.

We know you were in Thailand on the night of the 27th. The local

course, are not privileged to the classified information of your

consider you the key suspect.

However, through the intercession of the secretary, they have agreed to keep the

details confidential for one week and will not issue a warrant for your

Jim, someone has tried to frame you for this murder.

Your mission, which I feel you must accept, will be to find the person who

framing you and stop him.

As always, should you or any of your I .M. force be caught or killed, the

Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This disc will self -destruct in five seconds.

Good luck, Jim.

Go ahead, sir.

Please understand my concern.

Russell Acker is our most dangerous patient.

He refuses any psychiatric therapy.

In all the years he's been here, he hasn't had a visitor nor requested one

six days ago.

Six days ago, the 27th of last month.

That's right.

That's when he put your name on his visiting list.

Does that date have any significance?

It's the 12th anniversary of the day the court declared Russell Acker criminally

insane.

Talbot, would you take this gentleman to see Russell Acker?

Ward J.

You just, uh, sign for your pass, sir?

Like to follow me?

Thank you, doctor.

You miss my anniversary?

I didn't know there was a cause for celebration.

Why not?

It was your day of triumph.

Was it?

You're too modest, Jimbo.

You're the one that laid charges against me.

You and your ladies.

Like Laura Ann Wilson.

Oh, yeah.

Yes, like Laura Ann.

or she met with a tragic death.

I wonder how the others are doing.

Leave them out of it, Acker. It's me you're after.

You can't possibly consider me a suspect in Lorraine's murder.

I'm in a cell in a maximum security institution.

But if I were you, I'd warn the other ladies.

He's upsetting me a great deal.

Sir.

Jimbo?

You promised to stop upsetting me.

And I'll make sure your name's on my visiting list.

Yeah.

Russell Acker is a genius.

Make no mistake about that.

Yeah. My father recalls consulting with the man several times at the I .M.

laboratories.

Yes, he was responsible for the genesis of a lot of the tools we currently use.

Including the latex mixture we're still using in our masks.

Acker could have duplicated Jim's fingerprints, left them on a glass at

scene of the murder.

How could someone go from being one of our most trusted consultants to a

homicidal maniac?

Fourteen years ago, Russell Acker almost lost his life in a car accident.

He suffered a severe concussion. He was in a coma for over a week.

He recovered. He was a different man.

He became prone to fits of rage and violence.

IMF was forced to let him go.

He opened his own research lab and became a very wealthy man.

He also started murdering women.

And he used his genius there, too. He taunted the police, and eventually eight

women were dead.

The secretary felt we had an obligation to trap him. I was assigned the mission,

and I picked a team, including three women, one of whom was Laura Ann Wilson.

But he's in a maximum security facility.

How could he possibly have murdered her?

That's what we have to find out.

Nicholas will be working inside.

That's what's all been set up.

The status says he'll be arriving at the Bay City State Hospital tomorrow.

They're also due for a little maintenance on their electrical system.

I'll be at their service.

All right. Now, we have to believe that Acker either murdered Lorraine himself

or had someone do it for him.

However he masterminded it, he had to have an accomplice.

And that accomplice has to be one of these men.

These are the only five attendants who have access to Acker's cell.

Why would anyone help a psychopath like that?

The song of a cash register?

Acker's millions are supposed to be in a blind trust.

In the past few months, $300 ,000 have been transferred out.

The question is, who's collecting it?

We have to find that out before Acker tries to kill again.

The other team members, have they been warned?

They will be as soon as I can find them.

Have you completed your tour, Mr. Ullman?

Oh, almost everything.

I'd like to take a look at the surveillance system. It's not very

afraid.

We have applied for more state -of -the -art equipment.

Yes, I know. It's all under consideration. Otherwise, I wouldn't be

I? Now, are all the cells and corridors monitored?

Well, in the violent wards, yeah, but only about 60 % of the others.

We need more.

Well, I'll be the judge of that now, won't I?

I presume I have free rent throughout the facility.

Your badge gives you access to any section at any time.

Quite frankly, we'd appreciate any recommendation you make.

Thank you.

How long is he going to be around?

He'll be in and out for a few days.

I met most of those state assessors when I worked in Sacramento last year.

I don't recognize this one.

He has all the necessary credentials.

moment, please.

State Personnel Division.

Look, I'm sorry, I must have dialed the wrong number.

State Personnel Division, sorry to keep you waiting.

Yeah, I want to verify one of the inspectors.

What's the name, please?

Let me check that.

Yes, we have him currently assigned to the Bay City State Hospital.

Is he new with your department?

It says here he came up from our Southern California division a couple of

ago.

Here's our boy.

We've got it, Grant.

All right, let's set up a tape on this guy so we have a 24 -hour record of him,

huh?

Are we into the full system down there?

It's pretty antiquated, though.

No computers, so we don't have any access to those files.

We've been working on the guards and the attendants, but we haven't come up with

much. Can Nicholas get into the personnel files?

That's on his agenda.

Four. Keep the line straight.

Good. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Stretch.

Good.

Keep it spacing.

Okay. It's looking good.

I think they're waist -high, girls.

One, two, three, four.

And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Stretch. Over. Watch the

spacing.

Even five.

Up.

Sharon. Yes?

This infection isn't working for me.

Take it from the bridge.

And see if you can't work something else out with it, okay?

Fine. Okay, girls, quickly, back to the top. Original places.

Sharon. Yes?

You work on that. I'll be right back.

Okay. And five, six, seven. And it's been, I, God, I can't even remember how

long. Hong Kong, nine years ago, we put a very dangerous international drug

dealer out of business.

Well, it's great to see you. Yeah.

But I suspect that you didn't come for the memories.

No. I'm afraid an old ghost has come back to haunt us, Lisa.

Russell Acker.

Acker?

They haven't released him.

No, they haven't released him. He's still three stories below ground in a

maximum security cell, but he's operating again.

I'm afraid to ask.

What's he doing?

He's murdered Laura Ann.

Oh, my God.

But how?

We're still trying to figure that out.

He either had someone do the killing for him, or he's figured how to get in and

out of the hospital where he's committed.

They say you and Marilyn also testified against him.

Which puts both of you in danger.

Enjoy your dinner.

That's him, in the middle.

Always a pleasure doing business with a dedicated public servant like you,

Talbot. Now give me the keys.

No, we gotta talk first.

Not here, not now.

I'm gonna do what I have to do.

And you're gonna lie low till I get back.

I'm taking too many risks.

I want double what you're paying me.

This is all gonna end soon.

And there'll be a big payoff for you.

That's a promise.

Now, the keys.

I'm a rehearsal man late. Sorry.

Well, everything I've checked seems secure.

Did you find something?

Nothing that's going to make anybody feel any better.

Good night, girls. Good night.

Have you been able to reach Marilyn yet?

No, and I'm getting concerned.

She lives on a ranch in southern Oregon. I've left several messages, but

nothing.

Black, one sugar.

Thank you.

Well, it's good to know that some things don't change.

Oh.

Lisa, I would feel a lot better if I could drive you to the airport tonight

put you on a plane for somewhere.

I don't like running, Jim.

I never have.

You don't have to run. You go away a few days till we get this cleared up.

You have someone who can cover the show for you.

It takes a lot of time to put a show like this together.

I don't know. Good night. I just don't know, Jim. Well, maybe we can help you

make your decisions.

The theater's secure, except for the lock in the back door.

I found wax particles in it.

Someone's made a key recently.

Acker?

You have to see how vulnerable you are. Lisa, please.

All right, Tim.

But only for a few days.

I have some business I can finish in Paris anyway.

Good, that's fine. Shannon will make the arrangements.

Nicholas, you'd better get back to the hospital.

Right. Ron and I will see what we can do about tightening security around here.

Thank you.

Well, your flight leaves for Paris at six tomorrow morning.

Whoa, not a lot of time to pass.

Yes, he's here. Hold on just a minute.

Jim.

He's at the St. Mark Hotel.

Jim, it must be a trap. Call the police.

He says he's going to kill Marilyn.

Jim, I'm so glad you're actually here.

I haven't seen you for nine years.

Two days ago you called, tell me to drop out of sight and meet you here.

What's going on?

It's just very important that you trusted me.

Actually, this is a matter of life and death.

Jim, you're scaring me.

Do you remember a man named Russell Acker?

He's not someone you ever forget.

I'm so glad to hear you say that.

if you want to get back

Michael, you just don't look yourself today.

Diet Pepsi. Taste that's generations ahead.

Continuing with our late -breaking story from the downtown St. Mark Hotel, the

woman who was murdered was checking into the hotel when attacked.

Eyewitnesses to the brutal slaying have identified this man as the assailant.

Anyone having information on the subject is asked to contact the San

Francisco... He's wearing a mask.

It makes sense. He practically invented them. But it's the voice, Nicholas, the

voice. Jim, he's had 12 years to perfect it. It's the perfect frame. Who would

believe that anyone could break themselves out of a maximum security

institution, commit a murder, and then check themselves back in again? No one.

Unless we prove it.

Well, there's one way.

I'm his next victim.

No, you don't.

I failed Marilyn and she's dead and that's not going to happen to you. I'm

to put you on a plane for Paris.

No, Jim.

Not while you're in trouble.

I'm supposed to be his next victim.

And I'm going to make damn sure he knows where to find me.

friends are coming to see me.

There's nothing friendly about this.

And we both know that.

I'm supposed to be your next victim.

Remember?

Victim?

Your buddy Jimbo has been spreading vicious rumors about me.

Again.

You may be able to make Jim Phelps into a fugitive, but I want you to know

something.

I'm not running.

Of course, I don't know what you're talking about.

But it sounds very courageous.

Courageous?

No. It doesn't take courage to deal with a coward.

A man who seeks out women when they can't defend themselves?

But then you never were much of a man, were you?

And I want you to know something.

You are not running me out of this city.

I'm going to be here, ready for you.

If you've got the guts.

This is the surveillance tape we've been watching from Acker's cell.

It doesn't make for exciting viewing.

Acker eating, Acker sleeping.

And maybe Acker playing us at our own game.

He was an old IM man.

So you asked yourself what we'd do in his place.

Right. Now this is what the normal surveillance looks like.

Individual videotape images are made up of a series of pixels.

Microscopic squares that reflect all degrees of light and shadow.

Now a live image like the one on the right has almost...

20 % more resolution than a copy or an overlay.

See how much darker the other one is?

Acker could have reflected that image through a mirror.

Then he has a way of projecting a short loop of film that keeps repeating over

and over.

And what you're saying is that Acker wasn't in his cell when this was on the

monitor.

If I'm right, this is the projected image that lets Acker out.

I can't see you.

This is my last time out, partner.

Where's my money?

Oh, I promised you a big payoff.

Today's your lucky day.

Jim, I'm a one of the gods place.

That's how it would.

A scrapbook. All of his victims.

No wonder they put him away.

Yes. Really sick.

Beautiful. Good morning, Jim.

I knew it would be you.

When your team would be the only ones capable of finding my little hideaway.

Interesting scenario, wouldn't you say?

Every single piece of evidence you need to prove your innocence is in this room.

And there's one more piece of information in your computer back in

apartment. If you get the chance to hear it.

Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to survive this ordeal.

They're going to put you away for killing those girls, just like they put

away. They're going to sentence you to hell.

Such a pity.

We both know the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

And all the while, the evidence is here.

To coin a phrase, this room will self -destruct in five seconds.

Out of here!

What do you mean about information in the computer?

That's what I'm about to find out.

No, it's a trick. You can't trust him. He has to kill Lisa to get at me. Now

and the others protect her. I'll meet you at the theater as soon as I can. All

right.

I just don't like it.

Jim's taking too big a risk.

Yeah, but the logic's sound.

Now, Acker's intentions are clear.

He's out to frame Jim, not kill him.

We've just got to make sure we're one step ahead.

Up to it?

Yes.

I helped put him away once before.

And I'll do it again.

the enemy on your terms.

That was your usual method.

Acker?

She's the last one, Jimbo.

Word.

Kind of gives you the creeps, doesn't it?

Mind you, Jimbo, the great Jim Phelps, how I love to watch you

squirm.

Today the... Oh,

Jimbo.

How careless.

Sodium diazinol. A contact anesthetic.

You use it in your spray cans to knock people out.

But you always forget who was responsible for discovering it.

We did good, huh?

You'll be awake by the time the police get here.

Very nice.

Very nice.

Very clumsy of you.

Oh so very clumsy.

We did really good, didn't we?

And now, Mr. Phelps, I'm on my way to take care of Lisa.

Sir, I am Dias now. Well, it's a good thing we didn't forget. Grant found a

of neutralizing it. Yeah, Hacker thinks he has the upper hand. That'll work in

our favor.

Grant.

Right here, Jim.

Is Lisa all set?

You better believe it.

Tell her to get ready for the great performance.

This is the one that counts.

That's Gronk's signal.

Jim?

Is that you?

Jim? Yes.

And I have some good news.

About our friend Acker?

History repeats itself.

How's that?

A car accident.

They took him to the hospital and he was dead on arrival.

Lisa, it's all over.

Oh, Jim.

It's over for all of us. What about the police?

They found enough evidence in his car to clear me. I'm a free man.

Oh, that's great, Jim.

Well, I think that this calls for a celebration.

Oh, well, later. I think Lisa's kind of upset and I'm... Why don't you go ahead

and I'll call you tomorrow?

Yeah, I'm not going to argue with that.

Let's get out of here.

Oh,

Lisa.

Oh.

Oh, my, my.

Jim, what makes a person like that?

Well, who can say? I mean, Russell Acker was a genius.

He was driven by voices and urges that he could neither understand nor resist.

Jim, you really sound like you understand the man.

Yeah, perhaps we are sort of the same person.

Now, that's not as bizarre as it sounds. I mean, psychiatrists say that

genius... And madness are opposite sides of the same coin.

Wouldn't you agree with that?

I think it's about time we upstaged her, Mr. Racker.

So, you ready?

Right.

What did they say? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Oh, Lisa, you always were my favorite.

I always saved the best.

Where am I, baby?

I didn't kill those girls!

He did.

He did.

Will he ever come back?

Not from where he's going.

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