All language subtitles for ironside_s08e05_cross_doublecross

All over.

I didn't do nothing.

Why'd you run, man? I was afraid.

What's the beef?

It's nothing.

All right, beat it.

It's a roust, huh?

He was in here.

I'm going down to the division.

Okay.

Okay.

You came on a little strong, didn't you?

I thought he was someone else.

I should have busted that creep anyway.
He probably just picked somebody's

pocket.

If I knew you, you'd be seeing frost on
every corner.

Better watch out for yourself too, old
buddy.

Yeah, I suppose.

Tired of leaving soon.

Seven years since we busted him? Eight.

Six since you resigned.

You have broken in three new partners
since then.

And by the way, how's the private cop
racket? I prefer to think of it as

business.

At this moment...

If things ever get going, we can work
together again.

Partners? Why not?

In the meantime, I'll see what I can
turn up on our friend Frost.

Come on, man, I can't afford you.

Well, thanks.

Oh, I hope you two still aren't talking
business.

Yeah, yeah, I've been thinking,
pleasure. There's a great jazz place

Not me, Tiger. I'll get a 9 a .m. punch.
And the chief expects me to be bright

-eyed and bushy -tailed.

A couple of live ones.

All right, Jim.

Who is he?

Ross?

It's a hood I busted.

Tank robbery.

He served seven and two and got out in
parole a little while ago.

Why are you so sure he wants to kill
you?

Little bird told me. Who?

Jamie. Pets knit your mind.

Pretty reliable.

The word is he's got a piece all greased
and loaded for me.

Do you know that's a violation of
parole?

Why don't you just call his parole
officer and he'll pick him up?

You really want him to try, don't you? I
really wouldn't stop him.

Hey, lady.

What are you sitting so far away for?

Well, a night capture would hit the
spot.

Not tonight.

I'm really tired.

You know, my partner said something
about us today.

Heavy, he said.

I'm starting to believe he's right.

Jim is late.

Okay.

Did you make a plate?

Jim, I'm hit.

Try to hang on.

All right, I'm giving you something for
pain.

You take one tonight before you go to
bed.

Otherwise, I'm afraid you lose.

No sick leave.

Thank you, doctor.

She'll be fine.

Thank you, doctor.

Hey, some kind of cop you turned out to
be.

Didn't even get a license.

I was an innocent bystander. Lucky you
weren't the innocent victim.

Well, I got my left front seat.

Looks like a 38.

Any idea who?

Stan Frost.

You saw him?

He made the car?

It had to be him.

Did you put out an APB?

You know me, Chief. Strictly by the
book.

Then you've mellowed in eight years.

Well, older and smarter anyway.

Come on, honey, I'll take you home.

And tomorrow you stay home.

Thanks, Chief.

I'll see how I feel.

Jim, can you prove it was wrong?

I gotta find him first.

And bring him in.

He'll come.

I'll follow through on those slugs.

What kind of small change for you, isn't
it, Chief?

You figure Fran is small change?

None of my business, I guess.

But Fran's got herself a guy with the
short shoes.

And fast burning.

Okay, when you hear from him again, I'll
just know, will you please?

Thanks.

Ross Perot lost his head. He's been out
about a month.

Saw him a few nights ago.

Seemed a little jumpy. Otherwise, no
indication of any trouble.

Wouldn't he have won any?

That was $350 ,000 at stake.

The take from the bank was never
recovered. Frost had two accomplices.

killed. The other man, a quad west,
escaped without a trace.

But with the money?

Hey, what's going on?

Why'd you get me yanked off the case?

Morning, Jim.

You know Ed Brown.

Yeah, I know Ed Brown. Well?

Well, what?

Why'd you take me off the case? I
didn't. It was your division commander.

You're telling me you didn't try to talk
to him. No, but I had a call from

Internal Affairs about you.

Well, what do they want?

They may have enough already.

A string of complaints about unnecessary
excessive force. Oh, come on. I was

given my badge to do a job. It's not an
excuse to throw your weight around.

Not everybody on the street is a
criminal, you know. Well, it's getting a

tougher to sort them out. Sometimes one
of us even gets killed trying.

What am I supposed to do?

Just your job.

That doesn't include Stan Frost.

He tried to kill me. He almost got Fran.

He's out there somewhere, you know.
He'll be found.

Well, I'm reassured by that, Chief.

Hey, Marshal.

Looks like that fuse is getting even
shorter.

What's been listed?

Two slides game from the 38. Good
grooves, bud, without the gun.

What was the name of Marshall's
informant, Jamie, Jamie? Oh, yeah, small

Works the street.

Hustles where he can.

See what he's hustled lately.

See you too, Jamie.

You know I always cooperate with the
police, Sergeant. All right.

So let's have it.

Where'd you pick up the rumble that boss
wanted to reach Jim Marshall? Oh, maybe

here, maybe there. Come on, Jamie, give.
I knew I'd tell you. Honest.

He's going after Len Parsons, too.

Marshall's old partner. That's old news,
Jamie. Now, come on.

Now, those big ears of yours have
definitely picked up more than that.

Well, ain't gospel.

Somebody just come out of the woodwork.

McCaud West.

We just got cruising.

Robbery had happened, I guess, an hour
before there was an APB out.

We just got lucky.

Caught up on the car and went after him.
Alone?

I called for backup, sure, but I mean,
we were right there.

So when they cracked up and Frost got
out of the car and started running, Jim

went after him. The other two?

Oh, I blew it out with them.

Nailed one, but the other one got away.

Claude West.

Yeah. Yeah, I think that was his name.

An hour between the robbery and the time
he picked them up.

He'd easily have hidden the money.

Sure.

And it was never recovered.

Oh, well, that kind of money probably
went straight out of the state and was

laundered. At least the government man
and the insurance underwriter long since

given up on it. Maybe Stan Frost didn't.
Maybe he came out of queue looking for

it. The way I heard it, he came out
looking for Jim and me.

I told Jim I'd keep an eye open, but I
really never expected him to try it.

Try what?

So I get right there.

As I'm knocking my office door this
morning, I heard a noise at the end of

hall just as I turned. He fired. It was
close.

You dug out the slug?

No. The boy's from the precinct. I took
it to ballistics.

I'd guess it was a .38.

You didn't see the man?

No. By the time I got to the top of the
stairs, he was gone.

It could have been Frost, but I'd hate
to have to say for sure.

Thank you very much.

Sorry we took up so much of your time.

No sweat.

See ya. Be good, Len.

Whoever fired that shot was standing
just about where Len says he was.

Shot at Jim, shot at Parsons.

Missed them both.

Maybe his heart wasn't it.

No, Mr. Byrne, no messages.

Okay.

Mrs.

Frost? Yes?

I'm Robert Ironside. This is Officer
Sanger. Is your husband home? No, why?

is it?

We'd just like to talk to him.

Come in.

8215. No, Mr. Davis is out of town till
tomorrow.

Okay, Mr. Marsh, I'll tell him that you
called.

I don't know when Sam will be back. He
went on a job interview.

What about last night?

Was he home then?

Yes. All evening?

Well, he went out to visit some old
friends.

What time did he get home?

I don't know. I was asleep.

Mrs. Frost, did he come home at all? I
don't know what difference that makes.

It's not a violation of his parole.

That depends on what he did last night.

Look, my husband made one mistake in his
whole life.

He wanted to get us something better,
but he paid for it. And he's still

for it. We both are. Now, why don't you
just leave us alone?

I'm sorry, Mrs. Frost, but... 8215.

I'm afraid she isn't in right now.
Somebody there?

Yes.

Okay, well, just listen.

I'm up against it.

I gotta leave town.

I'll get in touch with you later.

I understand.

If you could leave a number where she
can reach you.

Thank you. Yes, within the hour.

Goodbye.

Please call us if you hear from your
husband.

Sure.

Not very efficient of Mrs. Frost. She
never wrote down the message.

You know who you'd make a good detective
yet?

Around the block.

Cab number 347.

East on Flint.

Cross the center.

Moving to take over.

We're too obvious.

Miss Frost, that phone call, it was from
your husband, wasn't it?

When Officer Sanger and I were at your
home, your husband called.

Now, what did he say?

He was scared.

He was scared to death.

Of whom?

Look, I just... I just told them in
there everything.

Tell us.

Someone, a cop, was trying to kill him.
A friend told him. What friend?

I don't know.

I had to go see him.

I just couldn't let him leave like that,
you know.

We only had a month.

After eight years.

Just a month.

Officer Belding will take you home, Mrs.
Frost.

Ed saw her stop at a bank before she
went to meet her husband.

My guess is she made a withdrawal.

Rough time?

Not a bit.

Internal Affairs gave me a vacation
until this is all cleared up.

Without pay.

Mrs. Frost?

I, uh... I didn't push your husband.

See, he was gone before I could get to
him.

Fran?

Later, Jim.

Sure.

I got a lot of time now.

I don't know about you, Bram, but I've
logged 12 years with this badge. 12

years! Yeah, well, that's the way it is.
You're exactly as good as the last

entry in your jacket.

I didn't kill Frost, you see? You were
there.

Coincidence? I was tipped.

No gun on Frost.

He should have had one if he tried to
blow you down last night. You're

to sound like them now.

Sergeant, just make sure you take that
vacation.

One thing about being on your own time,
you can do what you want with it.

Did he ask you to bring him money?

What?

Did your husband need money?

I thought he would.

And that's why he stopped at the bank?

Yes.

So why did you think he'd need it?

It was his. I saved it for him.

For us.

Where did the money come from?

I told you.

I saved it.

Ironside. It's fine.

Be right there.

Frost, huh?

Mrs. Frost, check.

There doesn't seem to be anything
missing.

Somebody went to a lot of trouble for
nothing.

Neighbors didn't see anyone, but there's
a bedroom window that's unlatched. No

screen. I've been meaning to get that
fixed.

Mrs. Frost.

Is your complete list of subscribers?

Yes. And you never had any whose last
names began with W?

A few.

The W's are missing.

But it was all in order. How many W's
did you have, Mrs. Frost?

Uh, four or five.

You're not sure?

No. All right, check your records.

I'd like a complete list.

Get it to me as soon as possible.

I'll do my best. Thank you. We'll be in
touch.

I'll help you straighten that, Mrs.
Frost.

Thank you.

Mrs. Frost is hiding something. I'd like
you to get a court order and go to the

telephone company.

Run down a list of all calls she's made
in the past year.

There should be some last names
beginning with W.

W as in West?

W as in Right.

It's true what they say.

All good things come to he who waits at
Skanell's. Hi. Hi.

Well, what happened to Mr. Uptight?

Well, I decided to take a crash course
in brain.

Leave it to the experts.

Well, that calls for a celebration.

A glass of white wine, please.

You're really cutting loose.

Well, you know, I live dangerously.

Right up.

I didn't kill Frost.

Someone else was there and pushed him
over.

Look, I don't want to hear about it.

Let's just cut out the world.

Let's just enjoy.

I'm with you.

Thank you very much.

Well, we've got a drink or something.
What do we drink to?

Serenity.

Peace of mind.

Goodwill to mankind. I got the message.

Who set me up?

I don't know.

Honest. Jim, stop it.

Come on, talk.

West. Claude West. Where is he? I don't
know. I swear. I just hear from him.

That's all.

The next time you hear from him, you
better call me or I'll... I'll kill you.

Jim.

Crazy cop.

Crazy. All right, thank you, Mark.

Now, see if you can pick up Jamie.

I'd like to have a little chat with him.

Right.

Well, Mrs. Frost made fairly regular
deposits.

A hundred dollars a month.

He withdrew nearly a thousand.

Paraphrase Alice, Mrs. Frost is getting
curiouser and curiouser.

It's a list of her clients, beginning
with W.

Four.

But I found five in her phone records. I
assume I don't have to guess at the

missing name.

Shadowy Mr. Claude West.

You don't mind chasing shadows, do you,
Ed?

Not as long as they have as much
substance as this one.

See you later, friend.

Yeah.

Later.

Chief?

This, um, Claude West.

He could be connected with Stan Frost's
death, couldn't he? Connected with

Frost, certainly.

Let's say that West got away with the
money.

Suppose he made a deal to split with
Frost after he got out of jail and to

guarantee the deal, send his wife $100 a
month.

But he also could have been the man who
phoned Jim and told him where Frost

would be.

Hoping Jim Marshall would kill him? No,
no.

Setting him up.

Jim swears that's what happened.

And Jamie admitted it.

You're working independently now?

Well, I, uh... I met Jim after I left
Mrs. Frost.

I had to see him.

Talk with him.

Of course you did.

He, um, interested in you?

I think so.

I'm interested in him.

I see.

Well, anyway, he spotted Jamie.

And this terrible change came over him.

He ran after him, and by the time I
caught up, he was threatening to kill

Sergeant Marshall has always been a very
intense young man.

Yes.

Well, I'd better get back to work. I'd
suggest that, yes.

Take a look at that list.

Then ask Mrs. Frost about Claude West.

This is Robert Ironside.

I'd like to speak to Mr. Parsons,
please.

Pretty good.

Bye, Chief.

Haven't lost your touch.

I'll try to keep a hand in.

Please have some friends on the
department.

We can arrange once in a while.

Your own ammunition, I trust.

Sure. Down here to brush up?

No. Your secretary said I'd find you
here.

Oh? Something on the Frost case? Farther
back than that. The original robbery

and Claude West.

I told you everything I can remember
about that.

One thing I didn't get clear.

When West escaped...

Did you recognize him right away?

No, I'd never seen him before.

As I recall, I couldn't even pick him
out of the mug files.

How'd you get the make?

Frost. We sweated him a little and he
broke.

But that's all. Nothing but money.

Now, he didn't even bend on that.

Thanks. Mm -hmm.

Oh!

By the way, you might want to keep your
eyes open again.

What's up?

I've got a good idea. West is back.

Might want to clean up some unfinished
business.

Thanks for the tip.

I do want him alive.

Don't worry about that.

Well,

I'm no Jim Marshall.

Mrs. Frost.

May I come in?

I guess so.

All right, I'm leaving town.

Is that against the law?

Where will you go?

I don't know.

I just have to get away from you, that's
all.

Stan and I, we were ordinary people.

But we had something together.

We loved each other.

I guess it's all we ever really had, but
it was worth everything.

It was worth waiting all those years
until he could get out.

I was alone here.

And in some ways, it was just as hard
for me.

I was doing his time, too.

I understand.

Mrs. Frost.

Who was Claude West?

I don't know. Well, he was one of your
subscribers, wasn't he?

Why did you leave his name off the list?

Um, after Stan went to prison, this man
called me. He was going to send me some

money. A hundred dollars a month.

We checked with your bank.

Well... Then, you know, he was a friend
of Stan's, and he wanted to help me out

when Stan was in prison. And that's all?

Nothing in return.

He just asked me to phone him every once
in a while and let him know how I was

getting along and how Stan was doing
inside. Did you ever meet him?

No. But you talked with him?

Yeah.

Can you describe his voice? Kind of a
monotone.

Well, he hardly spoke anyway. He just
said hello, and then he'd mostly listen.

And about six months ago, he didn't even
do that. He got one of his tape

machines, and I'd just leave a message.

But why leave his name off the list if
he was only helping you?

I don't know.

Maybe I wanted to protect him. Maybe I
just wanted to keep him out of this.

Look, if I did something wrong, I'm
sorry.

But he was very kind to Stan and me.

And I'll never forget it.

Mrs. Frost, um... We may have some more
questions later.

I would suggest you delay your trip.

You think she told you the truth?

I believe her.

West must have broken into her house and
stolen the W -file to conceal his

identity.

Instead, he called attention to himself.

Chief Ironside's office.

Brent, tell the chief I've traced Claude
West to an apartment at 9723 Willard.

All right, thank you.

Whoever you surprised here was either a
pro or just plain lucky.

It really doesn't add.

Two -bit drifter winds up beaten to
death.

No writing paper, just envelopes.

Ms. Frost received her $100 a month
through the mail. Too bad we can't

their envelopes.

Receipt bet.

Why Mrs.

Frost's voice?

Oh, probably because it had his own on
it. You know how those things work. When

you hear the tone, please leave a
message.

Might even have had Mr. Frost's voice.

Wouldn't you think that as soon as he
got out of jail, he'd call Wes to get

share of the bank money?

Nothing from the apartment managers.

Rent was paid by mail, money orders
started six months ago.

You never saw anyone entering or
leaving?

A perfect apartment manager. Hear no
evil, see no evil. Sterile?

Unlived in?

Just a drop.

So, what was Jamie doing here?

Let's say he ties West into the missing
250 ,000.

He tries a shakedown.

West cons him up here, kills him.

And then I show up before he can get rid
of the body.

Mr.

West is out.

At the tone, please leave a message.

All right, set up a stakeout in Amy
Frost's home.

Right. And put out an APB for Jim
Marshall.

I think I know a couple of his hangouts.
I'll check them myself.

That fuse is burned all the way down
now, Mark.

I can't get to my car.

My aunt's got to be looking for me.

Jim, you're not making any sense.

How can I make any plainer? Jamie's dead
and I'm going to get nailed for it. Oh,

come on. Nobody's going to believe
that... Listen, will you? You've got to

me out of town.

Jim, you just can't get me out of town.
You're the only one I can trust, Lynn.

You've got to help me.

Yeah, all right, all right. I'll see
what I can do.

Where can I get back to you?

I'll be at 555 -3219.

3219. Okay.

And get on it, will you?

What happened to him?

He was beaten to death.

Beaten? I put out an all points for Jim.

Then you're sure? I saw someone going
down the fire escape.

I couldn't make out his face, but it
could have been.

We all know that isn't conclusive, Fran,
but I do have to talk to Jim.

Of course.

Well, is there anything you want me to
do?

Yes. I want you to go home.

Now, when we know, you will know.

Good night. Good night.

Is she really that serious about
Marshall?

When we know, you will know.

Yeah, thanks.

He isn't here, Fran.

Look, why don't you go home? There's
nothing you can do now.

Hmm?

Yeah.

West. Claude West.

He realized Frost was the only man who
could verify his identity.

Marshall and Parsons got the name from
Frost.

Mrs. Frost?

She only spoke to him on the phone.

Right through last Sunday.

Update from the phone company.

All her calls for the last month.

She called him seven times.

And this number.

885 -0711.

Is that on the old record?

0711.

Not on this month.

Not on the month before.

The number was called almost every day
since the 17th, a month ago.

Now Stan Frost was released a month ago.

Could be a new subscriber.

One way to find out.

Well, I struck out Marshall staying away
from his old hangouts. It figures.

Anything new here?

Not yet.

No answer.

I'll get the name from the phone
company. I don't think that will be

You're the cop.

You know better than to have a lock
someone can slip so easily.

What are you doing here, Jim?

I had to see you.

Say goodbye.

What do you mean, goodbye?

You were at West's apartment, weren't
you?

Yeah, I... I got a call from Jamie to
meet him there.

He was going to tell me about Claude
West.

Some kind of proof.

Poor little creep, he couldn't tell me
anything.

So you tried to force it out of him? Oh,
come on, Fran. He was dead when I got

there. Then why run, Jim?

Come with me to Chief Ironside. You
think he'd believe me?

You think Internal Affairs would swallow
it with my record?

It's the only way.

There's no way.

There's an all point out for you. Well,
sure, that figures.

You carry a badge.

Want to turn me in?

Look, Fran, we've just got a few minutes
left.

Remember what you said that night at
Skanoi's?

Jim, it's a wonderful world.

Remember that, Fran?

You said it, Jim.

I got the badge.

I'll get it.

Yeah, go ahead.

Okay, we're all set.

Meet me at Pier 26A.

Why there?

I got a fishing boat lined up that'll
take you out to a freighter. Next stop

Panama. That sounds okay.

Why don't you pick me up? They got an
old poinsettia on me. Listen, partner,

I'll do everything I can to help you.

But if I get caught with you, my neck is
out and I got a license to protect.

Yeah, okay.

I'll make it somehow.

Pier 26A.

At 26A, I got it.

Take me a half hour.

Running scared?

Just like Stan Frost.

Yeah, it's a funny switch.

Jim.

Please turn yourself in. No.

You can't stop me, Fran, unless you want
to shoot me.

Guess there's still a little something
left.

I'm going to call the new note.

Sure, I know you have to.

Call DMV and get a look on his car and
start looking. And keep in touch.

Chief Heinz, that's the office.

Yeah.

Hold on.

It's Fran.

It's Fran.

When?

Do you know where he went?

All I heard him say was 26A.

All right, hold on, Fran.

We've lost Parsons. Or he left his
office by the time the state car got

All right, what were you saying, Fran?

26A.

And something about it would take him a
half an hour to get there. A half hour

from your apartment.

26A.

26A is a pier.

Embarcadero.

Whoever sent Marshall, I've had to know
him well enough to be sure he'd blow.

Set up.

Planned right down to the last detail.

Last I go out to detail.

Show me your hands.

All right, out, Parsons.

Right, right here.

You hurt?

No, I'm okay.

Okay, turn around.

Okay. Right over there.

Why?

You were the only little hole in the
center.

They had to plug it up.

Quite a deal, right, Parsons? When you
and Frost were alone, the split...

And an imaginary Claude West to pin it
on.

Yeah, I'm like that. But you got greedy.

Quarter of a million, Chief.

Was worth it.

Wasn't worth two lives.

Like I always said, partner, long hours
and short pay.

Let's go.

Come on.

Tough way to crack a case, Chief.

You may get tough on yourself, Jim.

When are you going to learn?

I think I'm starting.

Jim?

Hey, is he worried about me?

I'm always worried about my friend.

Friend? Looks like I've got to make up a
lot of lost ground.

Maybe we'll talk about it sometime.

Well, all good things come to he who
waits at Scanelli's.