Original subtitles

You mess with me and I'll blow you away. You got that?

Take your best shot and you got one.

Let's just pass it to her.

I'm here to stay.

He could end up making you look like the homicidal maniac.

What are you doing, man?

Are you crazy?

Don't even think about it! You heard her! Drop him!

So is it getting serious between you two? Who knows? Maybe you'll like being

street cop's wife. Let's find out. What do you say?

Okay, so come on, take this test, your personal love potential.

Come on.

I'll have you know that my personal love potential will rocket up the scale.

Go take it.

Take the test.

If you plug, no one will know. It'll just be between you and me and your

rocketing love potential.

Attention all units, 211 Silent in Progress at Jewelry Store, 4567 Lambert.

Let's take that.

to 11.

you'll restore and almost knocked me down.

I'd remember him real good.

Okay.

Thank you, Mrs. Pippard. Thank you for your time.

We'll be in touch.

Old man was bludgeoned half to death and the lab can't find one speck of blood

on Grimes' clothes.

The D .A. is going to throw this one right back in our face. Listen to this.

No stolen property or weapon found on the suspect.

No fingerprints belonging to Grimes inside the store.

The jewelry store owner still in a coma, and our only witness saw somebody else

running from the scene of the crime.

I'll drop robbery in exchange for a plea of guilty on the assault and resisting

arrest charges.

No, no, no. That's not acceptable.

Sergeant Hunter used excessive force in arresting my client, and under the

law... Mr. Grimes had a perfect right to defend himself.

He'll never wash with a jury.

No? No.

Try this.

Wally Grimes is walking down an alley behind a jewelry store.

Suddenly a man bursts out of the building and he points a gun at him.

And naturally he becomes frightened and he runs out into the street where he

sees a second man with a gun coming after him.

And naturally, he did what any one of us would have done. He ran because he

thought his life was in danger. You should have identified yourself as a

officer, Sergeant.

I did that twice.

Any witnesses to that?

Did anyone see Mr. Grimes in the jewelry store?

Is there any evidence to substantiate his involvement in the robbery?

There's no way we can prosecute Grimes and get a guilty verdict.

It'd just be a waste of time filing charges.

Hunter, this just came in for you. Thanks, Rick.

We did it.

Well, the man that you were charged with this died.

It's now a murder case.

You know what I mean.

Just a second.

Hey, you.

You screwed up real good, didn't you, Pop?

And you freaked out, man, and I don't have to take this crap. I'll have you up

on harassment charges.

I'm not going to harass you. I'm just going to put you away.

You mess with me and I'll blow you away. You got that?

Take your best shot. You got one.

One is all I'm going to need.

Hi, Rick.

I hope you're alone.

Uh, Terry Barnes, how did you get in here?

With my key. How else?

Kept it safe for all these years.

Glad to see you.

Hmm. Not glad, huh?

What happened, Terry?

The station manager fired the news director.

And the new boss fired me.

Well, when did all this occur, Terry?

About three weeks ago.

Took me that long to realize that.

I should come home.

Don't look so worried.

I can always get my old job back at Channel 8.

And I don't have any silly assumptions about us.

Coming here straight from the airport was just an impulse.

Oh, well.

Okay.

Something to eat?

Not too hungry for food right now. Really?

Well, me either.

They got you guys punching a time clock now? No, my partner's picking me up in

ten minutes.

Oh.

Is your partner still Garamond?

No, Garamond retired.

McCall's my partner.

Enter, McCall?

Yeah, come on in. You're a little early.

It is so windy outside. I tell you, I don't know how you can live down here.

Good morning.

Hello. Hi.

George McCall. Meet Terry Barnes.

Hi. Hi.

Listen, I can come back later if you guys are... No, no, no, no. It's quite

right. We're on our way out.

I assume you'll be here when I get back.

If that's an invitation, I accept.

It is.

Come on.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Pretty face.

Nice bod.

Nice combination, huh?

Yeah, I think so.

What'd you do, promise her a ride with the siren on?

She's an old friend for the last four years, McCall.

Oh, I see. That's why you gave her the shirt off your back.

What a guy.

Yes, I am.

What do you want?

Let me in, Terry, and I'll tell you.

Terry, if you don't like what I have to say, I'll leave.

That's a promise.

How'd you find me?

A chubby guy sat next to you on the airplane.

He works for my company.

Insecurity, no less.

God.

Why did you run?

What happened?

I lost my job, so I came home.

Don't hand me that. You were in my apartment night before last.

I heard the door close when you left.

So did Berusso.

He wants to know how much you heard. And he wants to know why you left town so

suddenly. So do I.

It's hard to believe, isn't it?

What?

You and I were once lovers and friends.

Cut the crap, Terry.

You were in the apartment when Jake and I came in. We talked and you stayed.

Quiet as a damn mouse and listened.

What did you hear?

Carl, stop trying to act like a tough guy. It doesn't become you.

You want an answer?

Sit down.

I'll give you one.

Yes, I was there. I was in the bathroom, repairing my makeup.

The two of you walked in.

I didn't want him to know I was there.

So I waited.

And listened.

Long enough to realize that you're involved with that creep.

I couldn't believe it.

Someone like you.

Right school, right money, old money.

Jake Berusso is a powerful man. A rich and a cultured man.

And I like him.

Culture. Kind of buy at auctions.

He's a killer.

Dealer. Coke, probably.

Where's he from?

Columbia? He's an American citizen.

The old money was getting a little short. I needed some of his new money.

Did you hear him mention Coke?

Carl, relax, huh?

If you're doing business with Berusso, no one can prove it by me.

And if you think I know something which you'd rather I didn't, which I don't,

I wouldn't tell anybody.

I don't intend to forget what it was like between us. That's all I care to

remember.

That's why I'm here, Tara. And that's why when you just ran like that, I was

worried that you had misunderstood what Jake and I were discussing.

I'd been planning to leave since the day I lost my job.

Let's just say a sweet goodbye and remember each other as friends.

Okay?

You slept with him last night, didn't you?

There I was, holding my fishing pole, waiting for a big one to come along, you

know what I mean? Then I feel something tugging on the line.

Then I pull back, see? And then it tugs harder, harder, harder.

And then, before I knew it, it had yanked me clean off the pier and out

ocean. I had hooked up with a humongous whale.

Yeah, last time you said it was a shark, Uncle Arnold.

Well, shark, whale, you know, I didn't really get a good look, Jemiah.

A couple of friends of mine I want to see, okay?

I'm going to leave you in charge. Now, if anything bites, you give me a holler.

All right.

Those are cute kids, Gordy.

You been keeping some secrets from us?

They're my niece and nephew, Jamal and Dominique. They're my sister's kids.

Sometimes I wish they were mine, but then I regained my sanity.

How can I be of service to you public servants?

A man robbed a jewelry store and murdered the owner.

His name is Wally Grimes, you know him?

Yeah. Got a rip for a small -time job. Smash and grab, mostly.

I usually work for the partner.

Bart is doing time in San Quentin right now. So we don't know who it's working

with. That's why we came here.

Okay, I'll open up a couple of boxes and see what pops out.

Now for the quid pro quo.

A female acquaintance of mine named Georgia Willis got herself bum -wrapped

shoplifting choice.

And she, you know, needs somebody to just straighten things out, you know?

We'll see what we can do.

Uncle Arnold!

Uncle Arnold!

It's a whale, Uncle Arnold!

It's a whale!

Excuse me. I've got Moby Dick on the line.

Get it. Oh, my gosh. Look at that.

Where do you think you got those pants, anyway?

Caught them off shore here.

Look at that. Whoa, that's a big one. That's a big one. Pull it in.

Boy, you got talent.

I'm sending you to the fishing academy.

Yeah, I'm leaving the airport now. We gotta meet.

You're in L .A.? I'll bust around the line, pal. You bet I'm in L .A. What did

the girl say?

It's okay, Jake.

Everything's cool.

Oh, yeah? You tell me direct.

You meet me at the warehouse.

Now! Sure, but...

Okay, Jack, we got to get one thing straight between us right now.

You don't order me around like some errand boy. You chill out, amigo.

We got problems here, and you don't seem to want to see them, and that makes me

very nervous, you understand?

Like I told you on the phone, there's no problem.

There is no problem.

You sure of that, huh? Yes. Why?

Because I know this girl, and I know when she's being straight with me, and I

know when she isn't. You know what I hear you telling me?

I hear you telling me that she was there.

Huh? She don't deny that, right? She was there. She admits that she was there.

She just don't hear nothing.

We was discussing our deal.

We didn't say anything that she can put together. You know that?

You know that we never mentioned me buying a piece of your company?

I am a dealer.

I buy into a fine old company that's been importing coffee from Colombia for

past 60 or 70 years.

That lady is a reporter. You think she don't put that together? Listen to me,

listen to me, Jake. Even if she heard something about your buy -in, she's not

going to say a damn thing to anybody.

Huh?

She tell you that?

Yes, she did.

What? What? You see, that tells me two things. She did hear too much.

But she probably don't tell nobody yet.

Which means that we have plenty of time to think, to figure what we can do.

Jake, we don't have to do anything.

It's okay.

Maybe you're right, Carl.

You are right.

Oh, let's go have some dinner and...

Discuss the coffee importing business, huh?

You ain't gonna hold me for five seconds. You would follow me with no

cause. That's police harassment!

What happened to you?

That's a 148, and this is terrific. Where'd you get this? Out of my

I hope you

haven't had dinner yet.

Well, yeah, we're going to go out, right?

No, I have something else planned for us. You do?

Follow me.

We are not eating out tonight.

Salad's all ready, waiting for the dressing. Huh?

And I made hollandaise to pour over these asparagus, which take four or five

minutes to steam.

Water's waiting and ready.

And ta -da!

Two.

Healthy. Five minutes to broil on each side.

And rice lap.

So we don't have to go out of the house for dinner.

something we can't finish.

I could finish it.

But I'll take your show instead.

Okay. I'll be right back.

What's the 148?

Resisting arrest.

Oh.

Yeah.

You know, when you showed up in my bed last night, it really, really surprised

me. It really threw me off.

Really? Yeah. I didn't really expect to see you again.

Why?

Well, I mean, you'd taken off from New York for the job opportunity and all. I

figured some big executive would sweep you away.

Rick, didn't you ever guess why I left so suddenly?

Yeah, like I said, big job opportunity in New York City.

I was doing real fine right here.

I wanted you to tell me not to leave.

Oh, what are you talking about? Of course I didn't want you to leave.

Then why didn't you do something about it?

Look, Terry, haven't we gone over this before? A million times before?

I mean, a street cop's life is no type of life to share with a woman. Now, come

on, we've talked about that.

I know.

I felt that tonight.

When it got to be 8 o 'clock and I hadn't heard from you yet.

But I gave up the idea of being your wife a long time ago.

In fact, I found an apartment today.

Really? It'll be ready by Friday.

Well, good. In the meantime, you stay here.

If you want me to. I do want you to.

And when Friday comes, we'll talk about the apartment.

Don't tell me Grimes made bail.

Do you ever need an attorney to call Mike? No.

Honor and homicide.

Is this the same Sergeant Hunter who made Georgette Willis a free woman?

My sincere and eternal thanks to you and Sergeant McCall. And now I have got

something for you.

Shoot, Sporty. I got a line on Grimes' partner, a kid by the name of Conrad

Bleeker.

Conrad Bleeker, nicknamed Connie.

Yeah, this is Bacall, Homicide. Give me a line on a Conrad Bleeker, nicknamed

Connie. About 20 years of age, no current address.

He's approximately 20 years old, no current address.

I hear that Grimes and Bleeker hang out at a place called El Zarate, that means

the shawl, over in Venice, right? Now, that's all she wrote.

Okay, Sporty, thank you.

Yeah, good, I'm the devil.

Thanks.

Hunter, Captain wants to see you in his office.

Wish me luck.

What the hell is this?

Mike Snow has filed a complaint against you and us, claiming that you violated

Wally Grimes' civil rights. Now, what the hell happened? I was tailing him.

Get to the part where the problem started.

I'm following Grimes in downtown Los Angeles. He goes into a fleabag hotel.

I follow him into the hotel. The guy jumps me.

Now... Cuffing him did require some force, but not excessive force.

Why the hell would he jump you? That makes no sense. And you know, Mike Snow

going to make use of that fact.

Yeah, I know that. But you see, Grimes is crazy. His behavior is very bizarre,

Charlie. What am I going to do?

Hunter, please, watch this guy, huh?

He could end up making you look like a homicidal maniac.

That's a very good point.

Grimes again?

Yeah.

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Conrad Bleeker is 20 years

He's got a criminal record going back to the age of 14.

No arrests since the age of 18.

So there's no current picture in the file, and there's no current address.

I know something will make you feel better.

What?

You could come over to my house for dinner tonight.

I'll cook. I mean, I'll cook. Now, that's a feat. What do you say?

Well, I appreciate that, but I promised Terry I'd take her to dinner this

evening.

Well, that'll be nice.

Yeah.

So, is it getting serious between you two?

Well, I, uh, I do like her.

A lot.

Perhaps it'll work out this time.

Who knows?

Have fun.

I know that you will.

By the way, what are you doing tomorrow morning around 8 .30?

What do you got in mind?

I'd like you to look at my new apartment.

No.

No. Why not?

Because I want to talk you out of that apartment. I want you to stay right

you are. Who knows? Maybe you'll like being a street cop's wife. Let's find

What do you say?

Rick, I'm worried about one thing.

What?

Well, I just came back and moved in on you, and you didn't have a chance to say

anything.

Terry Barnes, if I didn't like what you did, I'd have said so.

You know me better than that. Come on.

Well, why don't we do this? Why don't I take the apartment for a month or two?

And if everything is still good, then we'll try it together.

For God's sake.

Where's Hunter?

He blew out of here a couple of minutes ago, like a bat out of a belfry.

Dispatch said that the victim's name was Terry Barnes, and that she was dead. Is

that true?

Yeah, she must have been someone pretty special, judging by the way Hunter took

it. She was.

What happened?

A car drove by. A guy took a shot, and it hit her.

Nobody around here saw the shooter's face. But Hunter took off out of here,

saying he knew who it was.

Hunter was the target?

Well, they were standing arm in arm. The bullet missed them by this far.

I think, though, she was hit right in the heart.

Are you saying that there was only one shot fired?

Yeah. Well, that doesn't make any sense.

If they were trying to get Hunter, they would have taken another shot, right?

McCall, there was only one guy. He was driving fast. He took his best shot, and

he missed. Come on, I want to check something out. Check what out?

I'll explain in the car.

You got your own key, huh?

We're partners. We'll watch out for each other. You know that.

Yeah. Hold it.

Give me ten seconds to get around the back.

No wallets, no IDs, no nothing.

Ha -ha.

What have we here?

What do you want to bet?

These belong to a GM car and it's parked no more than two or three blocks from

here.

This is L57. What's the status on that APB on Hunter?

Well, keep it up, will you? If he does respond, tell him to get in touch.

L57 out.

Hey, here's one.

Next case.

Conrad Bleeker, your friend of Wally Grimes.

Who wants to know?

Where can I find him?

I don't know. You can check his address in San Luis.

I want to talk out in the alley.

Beat it!

I'm not sure where he is, but he spends a lot of time with this hooker, Courtney

McQueen. She does special duty.

Where can I find her?

He said, where can I find her?

Wally wrote it down. He said he needs to get in touch with her.

Stand up.

Stand up! I'll give you everything you wanted.

That man in the jewelry store?

He died, Connie.

You're wanted for murder.

Cut some bad stuff. I don't know about any jewelry store.

You won't mind standing in front of the lineup, will you?

Come on.

Take it easy. Come on, man. Cut it out. You've got no right to do this to me.

I've got to get right to avoid him.

Connor, wake up.

Listen, I just arrested a murder one suspect.

Why don't you do me a favor? Why don't you come down to where I am right now,

pick him up, and take him down to the station. You got that?

I'll tell you where I am, but you got to do me a favor. You can't tell anybody

else where I am.

Bingo.

Two X -ray 7 -9 -2 -3 -6.

This is L57 requesting DMV check on 2X -ray 79236.

L57, come in, please.

This is L57. Go ahead.

L57, 2X -ray 79236, blue GMC van registered to Hudson Imports, 15

Water Street, San Pedro. No wants.

Anything on Hunter?

No reports on the APB.

All right, patch me through to Captain Devane. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Wait, you're going to take the captain out of bed at 5 a .m.? Yeah, I am when

Hunter's life is on the line, yeah.

Captain, this is McCall. Look, I'm sorry to wake you up. No, you didn't.

I've been up all night with Harry. He had a furball. He wasn't feeling so hot.

Better now. What's up?

Look, I have something real important here, and it's concerning, Hunter. I've

got to talk to you in person, okay?

I'll meet you at Division half an hour.

Great. Thanks.

Who the hell is Harry?

They ripped Terry Barnes' luggage apart looking for something. Now, I am

positive they're tied into her murder and that Wally Grimes had nothing to do

with it.

Now, Captain, we have to let Hunter know. McCall, come on now. You know him

well as I do.

Hunter's not the type to blow somebody away, not even Wally Grimes. In any

given situation, I would agree with you 100%, but Hunter wanted to marry this

girl.

Now, if he thinks that Grimes pulled the trigger tonight... We've got an APB

out. We're calling him on every dispatch channel, and what the hell else can we

do?

Well, what about taking every available Metro cop and putting them on the street

to look for him?

That serious?

Captain, I don't want to take the chance we're wrong here.

Ambrose, Hudson Imports is an old established company founded in 1909, and

what they import?

I don't know, what?

Coffee.

From Columbia.

They own Remick's Columbian Choice.

Ooh, Columbian.

Let's go.

Wally, you gotta call Mike Snow for me.

I don't know how to get a hold of him. I got busted.

Okay, Connie, just keep your mouth shut. I'll call him right...

This guy named Hunter arrested me. I told him about Courtney.

He's probably at her place now waiting for you.

Thanks, Connie.

You've done the right thing.

Don't tell him squat down here.

L -57 requesting DMV and wants on one Lincoln William Henry 545.

L -57, here is the information you requested. One Lincoln William Henry

Mercedes 420, registered.

Luxury rentals on Wilshire. Vehicle is rented to Jake Maruso. No wants.

Any word on Hunter?

Nothing yet.

Stevens.

This is Sergeant McCall, Metro PD.

I'm investigating a murder and a guy named Jake Beruzzo just came into the

picture. You ever hear of him?

Well, yes. He's a mover and shaker in the coke trade. He works out of New York

City. Anything we can bust him on?

I wish there was.

Beruzzo stays behind the scenes.

Way behind.

We've had a tail on him for three years. Haven't even come close.

Well, listen, I have probable cause to hold Beruzzo for questioning in a

homicide. So, how'd you like to meet him face to face?

Oh, I'd like that.

L -57, this is D -84, over.

I'm reading you, D -84. What's your position?

I'm about 100 yards west of Hudson Imports.

We've got two backup units rolling in with us.

Let's go.

Come in. You can't come busting in here.

We're L .A. Metro Police investigating the murder of Terry Barnes.

Oh, no.

No, you let us.

You have to do it. Wait, wait, wait.

1257, go ahead.

Sergeant McCall, we have a report of gunfire at 9852 Webster. Patrol units on

the scene. They found Hunter's car.

Empty.

I'll be right there.

Hey, McCall.

Hey, you can't kill me!

You're a cop!

Your best shot wasn't good enough, was it, Luther?

Was it?

What are you doing, man?

The gun's empty!

You know that!

No.

Don't move.

Don't make a little itty -bitty move or I'll break your neck.

I owe you an apology.

For what?

I'll tell you when we're alone.

I'm sorry about caring.

I really miss her.

I don't know. Maybe I missed what I thought we could have had.

I talked to the captain.

Remick plea bargained and gave us Beruzzo.

So both cases are closed and the DA has them.

You know, you said something to me about owing me an apology.

Yeah, but it really doesn't matter now.

I think I know what you meant.

You're almost right.