All language subtitles for Hunter s01e06 Flight On a Dead Pigeon

I want that kid.

Forget it. I'm not going to start
chasing pigeons around.

I'll take the reins on this one, McCall.

Ruffy's the only one who knows how to
run the bird.

Police!

All right, where is she?

This girl has been kidnapped due to your
negligence.

They got Ruffy.

Hit it, man. Pack!

Looks like our little bird's boon, too.

Works for me.

No cheating, Ig.

You gotta circle till I get on my bike,
okay?

Good luck.

I'm gonna beat you home, Yang.

Hey, yo. Yak, looks like you found me.

Don't you know that a gentleman always
lets his lady win?

Do you think you let me win, Uncle Pete?

Gee, I figure a win is a win, Ruffy, no
matter how you come by it.

That's not why I always take your socks
and gin rummy.

Come on, we've got to feed the birds.

Look at them. No matter how much you
feed them, they always act like they're

starving to death.

Well, maybe they're just tired of being
cooped up, Pete. Maybe I ought to let

them out for a while. Oh, sure. So
they'll all fly back to their old roost

Agoura, huh?

Why don't you train him to fly here like
King?

I'm gonna do that, Ruffy, pretty soon.

Pretty soon.

Uh, Ruffy, uh, look, honey, why don't
you, uh, go down to the market and get

a couple of big, thick, juicy steaks for
dinner, huh?

Steaks? Yeah.

Sure!

Did you get an exact or something, Pete?
Yeah, I got an exact thing. Hey, I

can't get with you. Come on.

Hey, turn around, okay?

Go. Get going.

Here's your stuff.

We're even, and I'm out.

It's all there. I wouldn't touch that
stuff.

Look, I'd appreciate it if you were out
of here by the time the kid shows up.

You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking
what a shame it is you went to all this

trouble to train these smart little
birds that fly in our merchandise for

And now you want to retire him.

I'm done.

Through? Where even?

For how long?

Till your next year thing breaks down in
a stretch?

You know so much about running birds.

Do it yourself.

You know what I think, fellas?

I think old Petey boy here is looking
for a bigger piece of the action.

I think so.

The last thing I want to hear is some
horse -playing rummy getting greedy.

So from now on, you're going to do what
I say, and you're going to do it for

free. You can't do a thing without the
birds. If I say no, it's no.

You don't even know where they land.

Grab them. Grab them.

He

was

trying to let the birds go. He saw it.

Grab those damn cages, load the birds
up, and let's get the hell out of here.

But we don't know how to run them.

I think I know someone that's going to
help us.

You wouldn't want to do me a favor,
would you, Nicole?

You want to do my nails over, I'll type
your report.

You're a police officer. You shouldn't
have nails.

Sergeant Hunter, I'm Rusty.

Rusty Collier.

and I want to file a stolen property
report.

Well, honey, you're in the wrong place.

I wore a helmet today. Do you want to
talk to somebody in burglary?

You are Sergeant Rick Hunter, aren't
you? I was this morning.

Your cousin, Jilly, my bookmaker, he
said that you were the best cop on the

force and that I should talk to you.

Jilly's your bookmaker, too?

Actually, he used to handle some of my
Uncle Pete's actions, and I used to help

him make his picks.

But Uncle Pete fell off the roof and was
killed, and somebody swiped the rest of

his pigeons.

And I want to file a complaint so that
you can help find them.

Pigeons, huh?

Okay, who put her up to this?

Delgado?

Look, honey, I'd like to help you out,
but I'm real busy right now.

They stole the rest of his pigeons, and
nobody wants to help me.

Nice going, Hunter.

Your Uncle Pete gambled a lot?

I guess.

Benny called him a degenerate. I think
that means he gambled.

Who's Benny?

A friend.

So Uncle Jilly's taking bets on pigeon
races, huh?

Uncle Pete never bet on pigeons.

He bet on horses and football and
basketball.

Lucky for them, those birds can live on
chicken feed, considering the odds Jilly

pays. Hunter.

Look, honey, I know how important these
birds are to you and we'd like to help

you out and all, but I gotta be honest
with you.

As far as the police department's
concerned and the law, this is a very

crime. Do you understand what I'm
saying?

You're not going to help me find out who
took him and get him back.

The captain wouldn't authorize this,
sweetheart.

The birds aren't worth enough to justify
the time of two police officers.

Those pigeons are worth from $100 to
$300 apiece. And Yank, I could get $700

him as a breeder.

How many birds did you say there were
again?

McCall. About 30, not counting Yank.

Well, I think we could go by the loft on
our way home. Come on. Hunter.

Forget it. I'm not going to start
chasing pigeons around.

I want you to go on up.

I'll check in.

This is L -56, McCall. I need some
information on somebody. Patch me into

records, please.

L -56, standby.

Ruffy, isn't it possible that somebody
left the cage doors open and the birds

flew away?

Somebody took them. The carrying cages
are gone, and anyway, if somebody did

them go, only Yank would come back.

Because, you see, Yank was retrained to
this coop, and if something happened to

this coop, Yank would fly back to his
old home. And the other birds wouldn't

back here?

Not yet. They hadn't been here long
enough to find out that this is their

home. Uncle Pete just got them.

Ruffy, you said your Uncle Pete gambled
a lot.

Was he a hawk to the bookies?

For a long time, but he got healthy
again just before his accident.

He'd been living on beans for a month,
and then all of a sudden he sends me out

to buy some steak.

He must have hit a big one.

Hunter?

I ran a check on the girl's uncle, Pete
Collier. The autopsy report showed that

he died of a broken neck, probably the
result of the fall.

He had an open pint of bourbon in his
pocket, but the blood test showed under

.01.

So he wasn't drunk.

So we've got a degenerate gambler who,
according to Ruffy, was tapped out. And

he happened to own $9 ,000 with a racing
pigeon.

Can you help me find my pigeons for me?

Well, I think it's time we take you home
now, Ruffy.

Well, we can't run a police
investigation with you tagging along,

Investigation? Come on, those birds are
probably... Those birds are probably

somewhere by now.

Come on, let's go.

Do we get to ride in the police car
again?

Can we run the siren this time?

We'll be lucky if the lousy car starts
this time.

You don't have to walk me to the door.
I'm ten, you know. And besides, I don't

want to worry my parents coming home in
a police car and all.

Bye.

I'll hardly recognize this as a police
car.

You think we're saps for running this
down?

I'm a homicide detective, not Dr.
Doolittle.

Well, we may have a homicide. It's
obvious what could have happened.

One of Pete's gambling debts caught up
with him, and they grabbed his only

assets. Ruffy said those birds were
worth over $9 ,000.

Well, I wouldn't believe everything she
said.

She's not going home.

There she is.

Hey, sweetie, should you be on your own
like this?

4062 Territon Road. And you don't have
to drop the meter if you don't want to.

Yes, ma 'am.

Police! You

okay? Yeah.

What do they want with that kid?

Good question.

No good question.

What do you mean you don't know where
she is?

What kind of answer is that?

We got to make that run or they're going
to full up shop on the other side of

the border. Then we'll be out the money
and the shipment.

Which one of you two guys wants to
explain that to our creditors? You don't

understand. These two are cops. You
don't understand.

What, the two of you just float out of
the sky?

Huh? What, do you think they're going to
slap our wrists for this?

We're going to all wind up as mincemeat
in some local butcher shop.

Now, you two hid every place where that
kid might be and then some.

I want that kid.

She's the only one that knows how to run
those birds and where they're going to

fly into.

And those two gunslingers we ran into,
we just forget about them?

That ain't so easy.

Listen, man, I've heard about Hunter.

I don't care what you heard.

You two guys find that kid.

This is what she said.

6042 Tiverton.

What do we owe you?

Always wanted to help so long.

Besides, the kid took care of it.

Here you go.

Thank you. Yeah.

Okay, Wags. Ten across on Rubberneck in
the third.

Can I help you?

Yeah, is your name Benny?

Yeah, uh, what do you want?

We're looking for a little girl named
Ruffy Collier.

So, uh, am I supposed to... Okay, sport,

I'm looking for that girl, and I better
find her in primo condition real quick.

Otherwise, I'm going to be sorry all
over you.

No! No!

Please don't hurt him! Leave him alone!

Are you all right?

I'm all right, sweetheart. It's all
right, baby.

It's all right, baby.

All right, sweetheart.

After her parents died, it was foster
homes and juvenile hall. The usual bit.

Then Pete found them.

Nobody from the social welfare never
came looking for you?

Sure they did, but Pete took care of
them.

Pete was a warm, decent, wonderful human
being. A sweetheart.

But he was a degenerate gambler.

Who did Pete owe, do you know?

Every book in town.

About three months ago, he told me he
was stuck over $30 ,000.

He was in that deep and they still
carried him?

Nah, they sold off his markers a quarter
of a dollar to, would you believe this,

Jake Henderson.

Jake Henderson?

He breaks kneecaps for a living. Since
when has he been buying up markers?

He bought up Pete's.

And a funny thing happened. The two of
them wound up partners in a scheme that

Pete said would get him even. Like what?

He didn't say. And me, I don't ask such
questions.

But it was plain that Pete didn't like
it.

They're going to put Ruffy in another
foster home, aren't they?

What else?

If you want her, you could file an
application with the child welfare

department. I'd give my right arm.

But what happens when they investigate
and find out what I did for a living?

Ruffy, it's time to go, sweetheart.

I want to stay with my Uncle Benny.

You will, sweetheart.

We'll work it out somehow.

You'll let me know where she is and
what's happening, please.

Sure, Benny.

I'm going to turn on my answering
machine, then I'll turn volume up, and

way if I call, you hear my voice, you'll
be able to pick up the phone and talk

to me, okay?

You tired?

Ready for a nap?

I bet I have a lot of new stuff to dream
about after what's happened today.

I bet you do, too.

Okay, come on.

Shut up.

Here.

Let's take a nap with you.

Sleep tight, kid.

You know, we really should turn her over
to the child welfare people.

Been to juvenile hall lately?

Yeah.

All right, what do you say we go see
what Jake Henderson was doing with Pete

Collier? Good idea.

McCall?

You know, maybe one of us better cover
the back door in case Jake tries to

boogie out of here.

Okay. It's your idea, your job. I'll go
in. Wait a minute.

It's a pretty rough place in there.

Okay, we'll flip a coin.

All right, we'll use my coin.

Head.

Head.

You cheat.

Next time we'll use your coin, the one
with two tails.

Now come on, let's go.

Besides you look like a cop they'll
never make me

I

Don't

think you're gonna get very far without
this Jake

Okay, Jake, you want to tell me why you
bought up all of Pete Collier's markers?

Pete Collier, I never heard of him.

How's your hearing now, Jake?

So I picked up a few of his markers, so
what?

I figured Pete Collier was due for a
change of luck, and at 25 cents on the

dollar, how much could I lose, right?

Yeah, well, his luck, it ran out
altogether.

It happens.

You didn't get hurt, though, did you?
The way I figured, you're just about

You spent $7 ,500 buying up those
markers, but you must have pulled in at

that much when you unloaded Pete's
birds.

What birds?

Oh, you mean the pigeons.

I heard they flew away.

Yeah, well, if you happen to see them
flying overhead, you'll be sure to let

know, won't you, Jake? Yeah.

Get out of here.

I think it's going to go tell on you,
Hunter.

Yeah, it'd be real nice to know to who.

This is how we used to do it when we
were busting bookies in vice.

Here we go.

555 -7721.

Deacon.

Jake.

Hey, what the hell did you get me into?

What are you talking about?

I just got shoved around by a hard
-nosed cop named Hunter.

I ain't standing still for this.

Deacon, I'm telling you. Cool it, Jake.
Just cool it. Did he bust you?

No, but, uh... Now, what are you worried
about? He's just blowing smoke.

If he flashes his badge again, call me.

You didn't tell him nothing, did you?

Of course not.

Hey, there's no connection to you at
all.

Okay, I'll talk to you later.

Okay, that's neighbors feeding grain off
San Fernando Road, right?

That's a Roger, L -56.

Thanks, Lucille. L -56 out.

Oh, whoa, whoa, no, no, no, whoa.

You are not getting into my car with
that. It doesn't go with the

You're so picky.

You know, this sauce is going to eat
right through my paint.

Why do you have all of that?

I bought a couple extra chili dogs for
Ruffy. She doesn't have it tough enough

being a homeless orphan?

All right, look, I ran that number down
that Jake called. Are you ready for

this? It belongs to a neighbor's feed
and grain out in the Northwest Valley.

It's owned and operated by a guy named
Carl Deacon. You know what else?

There was a sack of pigeons feeding
Pete's loft with their name on it.

Okay, well, why don't you finish your...
whatever, and we'll go check it out.

L -56, stand by for a patch call from
your precinct, Captain. Stand by,

Hey, where are you?

Uh, Captain, this is McCall. Hunter is,
uh, out of the car right now. Can I

help? Yeah, I got a real... upset lady
from child welfare on my phone wanting

know what you two have done with one of
their charges. I suggest you explain it

to her. Hold on while I patch a call
into you. Great.

Okay, now what do I tell her?

Tell him you can't hear her because your
radio doesn't work.

Hunter, this is my car, not yours. In my
car, everything works.

Except the radio.

I'll take the reins on this one, McCall.

You didn't even want this case. Remember
you said, I'm not going to go chase

after a bunch of birds. You remember
that? This case is obviously bigger than

bunch of missing birds.

I think we should do it my way, McCall.

Otherwise, somebody's going to find out
you've been harboring a child that

should be in the custody of the child
welfare department.

You went along with it. You were an
accomplice.

But she's in your apartment.

Would you like to come in and watch?

Carl Deacon?

Yeah. What do you want?

A mutual friend sent me over to see you.

Jake Henderson?

About what?

Well, he said he'd make me a heck of a
deal on some pigeons.

I don't sell pigeons.

Only feed, a few quail, and some loft
equipment.

That's all.

Oh, come on. I was standing right there
when he made the phone call.

You're a cop, right?

He made you, too.

What do you think tipped it off? Was it
something you said or did, or maybe it

was just instinct?

Oh, I think it was instinct.

Like me, I've got it, too, only on the
other side of the fence.

Like right now, I think you're lying to
me about those birds and that maybe

they're right here.

I don't have to dance around with you,
cop, so get lost.

We'd really like to see those birds,
Deacon. They belong to a little girl.

you don't mind if we look around, do
you?

If you got a warrant, you can look till
your eyes pop out. If not, there's a

door. You want a paper?

I'll get the judge to issue me a paper.

But I got to be honest with you, Deacon,
the next time I leave here, this place

isn't going to be this neat.

And if you lie to me about what you had
to do with Pete Collier's dying from bad

credit and a broken neck, you're going
to need some rearranging, too.

What did you tell Miguel?

Well, tell him we're going to be down
there tomorrow like we said.

And he better have the stuff ready.

Yeah, yeah, I'll sell a bye -bye to you
too.

How are we going to do that?

Do what?

Go down there tomorrow.

We're going to fly down there in the
airplane. How else?

You know what I'm saying. Without the
kid?

She's dropped into a black hole.

She shouldn't be that hard to find.

Where the hell could that kid be?

At a friend of Pete's, right?

And how many friends can a deadbeat like
Pete have?

Uh, I don't know, Deacon. Ah, another
country you heard from. What's your

problem? Look, she's just a little girl.

You're kidding. I thought she was your
grandmother.

Let me tell you guys something.

The people that put up the money for
this run want that dope.

And if we don't deliver it, we're all
going to wind up in a cemetery.

Any other problems?

Okay, let's go.

Captain looking all over for you two.
Been running down those missing pigeons,

have we been?

Captain, huh?

Uh -oh.

Vogue is at 12 o 'clock.

Hunter, McCall.

This is Miss Rankin.

These are the two officers you want to
talk to. Miss Rankin is with the Child

Welfare Department.

I'm looking for Teresa Collier.

Have you tried missing persons?

Uh -uh. You two are not going to smoke
this one past me. Now, everybody saw you

leave here this morning with the girl.

Oh, Ruffy.

They mean Ruffy.

Why didn't you say so?

I have a court order to pick up that
child.

Do you have a foster home ready for her?

My job is to pick up Teresa Collier and
take her into custody. The girl is a

truant and a runaway.

That's a laugh. She's got nothing to run
away from or to.

A kid that age, a foster home could take
weeks, maybe months.

Captain, I demand that you order these
two to tell me where I can find that

girl. I'm sorry, but an attempt has been
made to kidnap that girl. She's also a

possible witness in a crime.

So she's been placed under police
protection until this investigation is

complete.

Unless you want to be responsible for
what happens when the men looking for

find her.

Yeah. I didn't know anything about this.
But I think under the circumstances,

the girl should remain under police
protection.

Well, I at least have to see her first.
I have to report back the conditions in

which she's being held and who will be
the supervising guardian.

Teresa, it's Miss Rankin from Child
Welfare.

Teresa!

All right, where is she?

Sergeant, this girl has been kidnapped
due to your negligence.

Well, she wasn't grabbed.

And she took Yank with her.

Looks like our little bird flew the
coop.

Why?

trying to raise you and your partner all
day.

I still got that lady from the child
welfare department, and we know you have

that girl.

Now call me or get your butt in here.

Hey, Dee Dee, I just wanted to give you
a call and let you know that last night

was... Well, anyway,

at least we know she's all right.

Yeah, but for how long?

If she's in danger, the last place she
needs to be is on the streets. A little

girl with a birdcage shouldn't be too
hard to find, how should she?

Benny.

They got Ruffy.

Who? I don't know. They got it.

How many of them were there?

There were two. A big one and a bigger
one.

Easy, easy. Come on.

Come on.

Okay. This is Sergeant McCall requesting
an ambulance at 6042 Tiverton.

Right.

Ambulance is on its way. Go find her.
Get her back, please. I'll be okay.

You sure? I'll be okay.

You can relax, McCall. Ain't nothing
here but a chicken.

I'd have sworn they'd brought Ruffy
here.

They probably did.

And where'd they take her?

Probably the same place they took those
other pigeons that were in the coop.

And what do you suppose this is?

Looks like a life vest for pigeons.

You see, they put them on the birds when
they have to fly over the water.

You know, this does look like something
that would fit on a pigeon.

There's little pockets here.

This is heroin.

It's Mexican brown.

Hunter, that's what they're doing.
They're using pigeons to transport

I guess that would work.

With Pete dead, Ruffy's the only one who
knows how to run the birds.

I'll bet you they're on the way to
Mexico right now.

Look, I'll get in touch with
Immigration. They can contact the border

both Kiwan and Tecate.

They won't have enough time to drive to
Mexico and back.

Hello? Yeah, Chuck?

Yeah, what can I do for you? Yeah, I'm
calling about Mr. Deacon's airplane.

What's the matter with you people? How
many times I got to tell you? It's all

gas and the pigeons are on board.

It is? Great. Thanks a lot, Chuck. Just
checking.

Van Nuys Airport.

Quick.

the pigeons, but I don't know where
Uncle Pete trained them to land.

Either you remember where Pete's place
was in Agora, or we're going to drop you

out of the plane along with the pigeons.

Only you don't get no parachute.

Wait, wait a minute.

Uncle Pete gave me a picture of himself
in front of his old place in Agora.

Hey, look at that, will ya?

Take it, man. Cut.

This is the last pigeon.

I'm telling you, I know this country.

There's a shopping center a couple miles
this side of that hill.

And a new housing development going up
five or so miles the other side.

All I hope is you can find the place.

It should be easy enough to spot from
the air.

That is, if the kids tell us the truth.

Ah, she's too scared to lie.

If I didn't have the cash on my own
hands, I wouldn't believe that anybody

his right mind would be doing business
with you guys.

You hang a million bucks worth of dope
on a flock of pigeons?

Que estupidos.

You don't even know where they're going
to land.

Let us worry about it, okay?

You'll see us in a couple of days after
we turn this deal.

Maybe you'll turn this load over, and
maybe I'll hear from you.

Amigo, I got other customers who are
more of a sure thing.

Adios.

Let me tell you something, cucaracha.

You want to trade bad attitudes?

I got one with your name on it. All you
got to do is show when and where I tell

you to, or my pigeon -toting friends and
I are going to come back down here and

stomp on some sombreros.

Comprende, amigo?

Hey, I got all the dope you can buy,
amigo.

Now, if that stuff don't reach the
people who are bankrolling you, it ain't

neck.

Vamonos.

Let's finish up here and get out.

What the hell is this thing?

It's a vest they put on pigeons so they
can carry things.

You see, it's got these two little
pockets here.

We got it in the warehouse where they
were keeping the pigeons.

Pigeons with their own little vests.
It's cute, Hunter. But what's all this

to do with whether or not the girl was
kidnapped?

We think the people using these birds
are smuggling narcotics up from Mexico.

And they kidnapped the girl because
she's the only one that can manage the

birds. Using pigeons to smuggle
narcotics?

If you're putting me on, Hunter...
Really, if you are putting him on,

the police chemist ran a check on this
vest.

The preliminary report shows traces of
pure, uncut Mexican brown.

How many birds did you say there were
involved?

There's 30, give or take.

Each bird can carry two ounces.

Two ounces, big deal.

30 pigeons, each carrying two ounces of
pure heroin.

28 grams to the ounce, cut at seven
times.

and sell it on the street for $100 a
gram, and we come up with... $1 ,176

Exactly.

That would look pretty good on our
precinct report.

So across that side... Well, we might
have a problem with that. You see, this

the only bird we've got, and he was
trained to land in the city. Now,

to Ruffy, the other birds were trained
to land in an entirely different

location. We think that's out at a coop
in Ogura.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go out
and pick him up. We can't. Only Pete

Collier and Ruffy knew the whereabouts
of that coop.

He's dead and she's been kidnapped.

Obviously because she can take Deacon
Wright to the coop.

Well, after we run a house -to -house
through Agoura, Deacon and the dope will

be long gone and the kid will be stuck
in a well somewhere.

You could have talked all day without
reminding us, Bernie.

Just being realistic, McCall. There goes
our big bust.

You know, Captain, I think Yank can help
us. If he was half parrot and could

talk. Captain, according to Ruffy, he
was originally trained to the Agora

Now, if we could make him go back there,
we can hang a radio direction finder on

him. If? If your aunt had wheels, she'd
be a wagon. Now, look, Pete trained this

bird to land in the city coupe.

Pigeons are like cats.

They never forget where they lived. And
if a current loft isn't acceptable,

they'll always return to their former
roosting play.

How are you going to get him to move
out, Hunter? Move in a noisy neighbor

door to him?

That's very cute, Bernie.

But I've got something else in mind.

Let him fly.

Run, Mr. Willigan.

Okay, right there.

Take her down to the barn right there.

I'm going to go around the back and
create a diversion.

Yang! Hold it, kid.

What the hell is this?

That looks like a transmitter.

You okay, honey?

Yeah, I'm fine, but I don't think he's
doing so good.

Hunter, you all right?

I think I sprained my back.

That was a dumb stunt. You could have
gotten killed.

Well, it worked for her.

guys will come see me, won't you? We
sure will.

You betcha, Ruffy. Just as soon as you
get into your new foster home.

And you'll be sure to tell them where,
huh, Miss Rankin?

Quite.

Time to go. Give me a hug.

You take care, huh? You too.

Bye, Ruffy. Bye.

So long, Ruffy.

You too, big guy. Ow!

There ought to be a law.

Kids and animals don't belong in a
police station anyway.

Vern, you better get a shot for that
right away, otherwise you might come

with spikinosis of the mucket.

You must really think I'm stupid, don't
you, Hunter?

Well, when you've got me, you've got me,
Vern.

Hunter, you ever think about having
kids?

No.

Neither.