All language subtitles for Hunter s05e22 The Return of Whitecloud

Tonight, on Hunter, whoever killed
Harris took the masks.

I didn't kill her. Four Ashani
ceremonial masks.

Stolen from my people. They're
absolutely magnificent, she said.

200 ,000 to pop.

Your people are being ripped off, and
you're the one that's doing it. Do you

think there's a possibility that he's
involved?

It wouldn't surprise me. Were you aware
that she was having an affair with my

husband? I like her tie.

I told her to have nothing to do with
those masks.

Go.

um

Thank you.

Thank you.

I hope.

It's okay, I see.

One cappella. One cappella.

Are you ready for this, Gina?

Four Ashani ceremonial masks, over 200
years old.

I mean, these things were being used
back when George Washington was fighting

the British.

Would I kid you, dear?

They're sitting right in front of me,
and they are absolutely magnificent.

Oh, you should see the provenance. Talk
about a pedigree.

That's right.

That's right, I'm getting $200 ,000.

And my Japanese dealers are already
buying three, so I suggest you pull out

checkbook, my dear.

For you, $199 ,999.

I'll save you. Okay,

great. Bye, sweetheart.

So, what do we got?

Well, the victim was a Janet Harris, the
owner of the gallery. She was killed by

a blow to the back of the head with this
ceremonial club.

Hey, Zach, do you have that?

Yeah, right here. Thank you.

That's an interesting choice of weapons.
A weapon of opportunity, Charlie. This

place specializes in Indian art. Come
here.

Apparently, the killer, Jimmy, the back
door open, came in, snuck up on his

victim and clubbed her in the back of
the head. We found her slumped right

on the floor in front of the photocopier
machine.

Seems like a lousy time for a burglary.

Middle of the morning, people obviously
working.

If it was a burglary.

Anything missing?

Well, this isn't the kind of place
that's got a cash register sitting

Doesn't look like anything's been ripped
off the wall.

So, we do have an inventory coming.

As soon as it's done, we'll be able to
determine if anything is gone.

I just can't believe it.

I talked to Janet this morning.

Yeah, I know. We looked at the phone
records from the gallery and saw that a

call was placed to this number at 1014.

Who killed her?

Well, that's what we're trying to find
out.

I'd like to help you.

If I can.

Yes, you can, if you can answer some
questions.

Of course.

Thank you.

Won't you sit down?

Thank you.

So how well did you know Janet Harris?

We were friends.

We've become friends over the past few
years.

I bought most of the pieces I have here
from Janet. I'm her most... I

was her most reliable client.

What did you talk about today?

Some masks that she had at the shop.

Four very rare Shani masks.

These masks have never been on the
market before.

Very hot items.

It's funny, I don't recall seeing them
at the gallery.

Well, she said she had them there.

I didn't see them on the inventory
either.

She told me she was looking right at
them as we talked.

They're absolutely magnificent, she
said.

200 ,000 to pop.

And she had complete provenance for each
of them as well.

She didn't typically handle items that
expensive.

What's a provenance?

With most art, you get the title and
bill of fix.

When you buy cultural artifacts, the
dealer has to provide

provenance. That's a document that
attests to the object's authenticity and

tells where it came from.

I won't buy anything without provenance
now, and no legitimate dealer will sell

it without providing it.

Was Janet Harris considered a legitimate
dealer?

Oh, absolutely.

She was as clean as they come.

Of course, she was having some financial
difficulties.

You see, there's an enormous black
market in Native American artifacts,

especially overseas in the Orient.

These people will pay a high price for
authentic pieces.

Are you saying that you think she was
involved in black market smuggling?

Oh, I doubt it.

Anything else?

Yes.

She was having an affair with one of her
married artists.

Robert Whitecliffe.

He's a member of the Ashani tribe.

Oh, yeah, the Ashanis. Their
reservation's up in the mountains there.

involved, do you think?

Well, I don't know. There's plenty of
motive, along with whatever state their

relationship was in. Those masks were
worth a total of 800 ,000 bucks.

Wow!

That's a lot of money for a couple of
Indian curios.

Art, Captain, art.

Whatever. You got any pictures?

No, and there weren't any in the files
either. I called Pacific who wrote the

store insurance.

They've got appraisals and photos of all
the stock except for the mask.

That's kind of strange. Why do you think
that's so?

I don't know. Maybe bookkeeping. There's
usually a week or two lag between

acquisitions and filings. Okay.

What else you got?

Well, unfortunately, not too much.

We didn't find any prints on the murder
weapon. Nobody saw anybody at the store.

I did find a couple of names of artifact
brokers in her Rolodex. So there was a

James Holloway out in Mountain Center, a
Leonard Oakley in Palm Springs, and a

Bobby Peters over in Phoenix.

Harris didn't have any employees, but
she had an awful lot of bills.

Big debts?

Yeah, she had a third mortgage out on
her house. We're running the rest of it

down now.

But she also had not met his sale over
$10 ,000 in weeks.

Maybe these masks were meant to bail her
out then.

Did she have them on consignment or
what?

Haven't found that out yet.

Got an address on White Cloud?

He lives out on the reservation, but
he's also got an artist's loft here

downtown. A hunter's going to go over
there just as soon as he's finished

running the background down on these
masks.

Okay, good.

Professor Weller. Yes.

Sergeant Hunter, L .A. Homicide.

I'd like to ask you a couple questions.

Well, you'll find nothing but skeletons
in my closets. So how can I help you,

Sergeant? Your signature was found on
several provenance documents given to

Gina Way by Janet Harris.

Yes, I work with Ms. Harris quite often.
I provide documentation free of charge.

It's tragic to see sacred Indian lands
dug up and destroyed.

So when I authenticate a piece, I make
damn sure it doesn't come from protected

lands.

It's not much, but it's my way of
helping the honest dealers. Please, have

seat, sir.

So, Professor Weller, I don't know how
to tell you this, but Janet Harris

was murdered this morning.

That's unbelievable.

I just spoke to her a few days ago.

How did it happen?

Well, we think it was robbery. You see,
there was four Ashani masks missing.

Ashani?

I told her to have nothing to do with
those masks.

She sent me a letter and these
photographs a few days ago.

She said she had a line on the masks.

I took one look and I told her that they
were stolen.

You see, the Ashani keep them in a
secret underground kiva. They dig them

a special ceremony every ten years.

Last month, when the Ashani elders went
to the kiva, they discovered the mask of

God. How did you know that? It was all
over the archaeological community.

The Ashani were devastated.

See, it would be as if somebody broke
into the Vatican and stole the Pope's

chalice.

I told her to report it to the federal
agent assigned to the area, a Ken Myers.

Well, obviously, she never made the
phone call.

Had I known that, I would have made the
call myself.

Too bad about her death.

And it's too bad she felt she had to
sell out the very people whose work she

supported.

Yes, it is, isn't it?

Thanks.

Who's there?

Sergeant Hunter, LA Homicide.

I'd like to have a couple of words with
the Robert White class.

Well, I guess that makes Robert
Whitecloud our number one suspect. Why

off?

Whitecloud's affair with Janet Harris
was no secret. She was the reason his

paintings were getting shot.

I interviewed some other artists in the
building, and they gave me a list of his

hangouts. I'll go run them down.

That's good.

He may be looking for friends to give
him a hand.

You know, it occurs to me that
Whitecloud and Janet Harris may be in

ways than one.

What do you mean?

Well, the masks were a shawnee.

That's White Cloud's tribe.

Maybe he helped to steal them.

Well, I think it's a possibility, but
it's kind of hard to believe that a

American would steal from his own
people.

Especially sacred objects.

Wait a minute. $200 ,000 a pop?

That's plenty of good reason to start
with.

And maybe the deal he cut with her
wasn't good enough. Maybe he wanted the

thing for himself.

Don't rule it out.

Excuse me.

I was told that Mary Whitecloud worked
here.

Hi, Mary.

I'm Sergeant McCall, Homicide.

Mrs. Roberts, is he all right?

Well, as far as we know, he's fine.

Could we sit down and talk for a little
while?

What's wrong? What's happened?

Janet Harris has been killed.

Did you know her?

I knew who she was.

Were you aware that she was having an
affair with my husband?

Yes.

Where were you yesterday morning?

Here at the center.

You can check with the women I work
with.

I've only been to Los Angeles a few
trips in my life.

Even when Robert started living there
most of the time.

And when was that?

Three years ago.

You say that he called you last week.

How often did you see him?

Twice a month he comes home.

Tells me it's for good.

I do what I can to make him happy.

And he tries his best to be happy.

A couple of days later, and he's gone.

Back to the city.

What do you know about these masks?

I know they've been stolen from my
people.

They were used in an ancient ceremony.

They're very sacred.

Some of our younger people don't care
about these things.

There is so much drugs and alcohol.

So many are lost between two worlds.

It is sometimes very difficult to keep
alive the way of the pipe.

To walk the truth.

Except the old way.

Some people don't understand.

Some people don't care.

Your husband, did he care?

You mean, did he take the mass?

He knew where they were hidden.

But did he take them?

I don't know.

Did he care?

He did what?

Hello. Hi, Ken Myers?

Yeah. Sergeant McCall? Yes.

Thanks for coming out to meet me. It's
no problem.

The office said you phoned, wanted to
meet somebody from the Forest Service

here.

Well, this is my turf.

It's all my turf.

What do you mean?

There are nine of us federal agents
assigned to cover the entire Southwest.

Now, me personally, I just cover
Southern California, a little chunk of

It's a large vein.

No kidding.

It's a battle just keeping up with the
looters.

Losing battle.

You heard about Janet Harris?

Yeah, it doesn't surprise me.

There's a lot of money to be made in the
illegal trafficking of Indian

artifacts.

Violence is just part of the equation.

Burglary in the gallery, though.

Not really common. Most of the crime
takes place out here.

Do you have a typical profile on these
looters?

Well, we're not talking about your
vacationing family finding an arrowhead

the campfire.

Here, look at that.

It's the Four Corners area.

It's a disgrace.

They'll tear up the ground looking for
pottery and ceremonial objects, even

bones of the dead.

These guys use trucks, bulldozers,
helicopters, even armed guards.

And we catch the usual hard case creeps
with copies of the treasure hunters

digest in their back pocket.

We also bust our share of well -to -do
people who ought to know better.

But hey, I guess when you're talking 15
grand for a five -pound rock scraper or

a quarter of a million for a death mask,
it's just too much money for these

people to resist.

Personally, I think they ought to be
shot.

Look, I'm sorry.

It's just frustrating, you know?

We not only have to prove that an
artifact came from federally protected

we've got to prove the looter knew it
was on federally protected land.

It's the only legal situation I know of
where ignorance of the law is an excuse.

Does the name Jim Holloway mean anything
to you?

Yeah.

He's an artifacts broker about 30
minutes from here in Mountain Center.

But I think you already knew that.

Yeah. We found his name in Janet
Harris's office on some papers.

Do you think there's a possibility that
he's involved with these stolen

artifacts? He is the closest broker to
the crime scene, you know. This guy is

responsible for most of the looting in
Southern California.

But the laws are so damn gutless, he can
just get away with anything.

Even murder?

You up from the city?

Palm Springs?

Or maybe heaven?

Try the police department.

I'll try anything once, kiddo.

What do you need?

I need some information about the masks
that were stolen from the Ashani people.

Oh, well, you're a little bit too late.
The FBI was in here last month.

And I'll tell you, same thing I told
them.

I don't know nothing about no masks.

I ain't never seen one, don't rightly
think I ever even heard of one.

If you ask me, I think Deshaun had faked
the whole thing for a sympathy vote.

You know, trying to coerce them Beverly
Hills whiners into donating to their

poor, downtrodden tribe.

You got a big heart, don't you?

That ain't all, sweetheart.

When's the last time you heard from
Janet Harris?

I don't know no Janet Harris.

Really?

That's interesting considering the fact
we found your name back at her gallery

in L .A. So?

After she was murdered.

That's life in a big city.

That's why I moved out here.

Folks are a lot friendlier.

Yeah, I'll bet.

Whoever killed Harith took the map.

I've got a search warrant to look
through your shop.

Do you really think I'd be that stupid?

Search away!

Seriously, though, kiddo, I didn't take
that mess. And I sure didn't kill

anybody.

But you know what?

I'm sure you're going to tell me.

You ought to quit worrying about them
Indians.

Start respecting my tradition.

Because I'm the last of the outlaws.

Yeah, well, maybe out here you are.

But not where I come from.

Here you go.

Don't want you feeling neglected.

Poor baby.

Hi.

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Robert Whitecloud.

He's not here right now.

Can I take a message?

I'm Mary Whitecloud.

I am his wife.

Oh, my God.

Hi.

I'm Kathleen.

I live next door with my boyfriend.

We're both friends with Robert.

When Robert got chased out of here by
the cops, I got worried about Mac, his

cat.

He's around here somewhere.

You haven't been here before, have you?

No, I haven't.

He's really great, isn't he?

It's different from what I used to see.

But I like him.

Can you tell me where I can find him?

I can tell you the same thing I told the
police.

I know a couple of places he hangs out
at sometimes, but I couldn't tell you

where he is right now.

You know...

Robert talks about you all the time.

If that means anything.

Thank you.

It does.

Hunter, Homicide.

Hey, Hunter.

Hey, what's up? Well, no sign of the
masks or white cloud.

Well, that's because the guy was in town
all day. He made a tour of three

different bars in the entire day. I just
missed him twice.

Great. So what's next?

Well, according to the bartender, all I
got to do is follow the order of

tequila.

Anything more specific?

Yeah, I'm waiting around here to go to
the opening of an art gallery in about

hour. Okay, great.

Well, I'm on my way in, so I guess I'll
see you in the morning.

Oh, and Hunter?

Yeah? Tonight, when you go to this
opening?

Uh -huh.

Wear something black.

Okay.

I was wondering where you were going.

Energy.

Ha!

His work has such energy.

What is that?

Could there possibly be a more fatuous
word to describe this than that?

Energy. A chocolate briquette has
energy.

A Snickers bar has energy. This art
piece doesn't have

energy.

Hi, Shannon.

Energy.

I don't know if it's worth it to be with
her.

I don't know if it's worth it to be with
her.

Hey!

Hey!

Excuse me, you wouldn't happen to know
where I can find Robert Whitecloud and

all this, would you?

He was just here.

Good line.

No, that's not a line. I'm really
looking for him. Where can I find him?

Hmm.

Try the sculpture room. And where is
that?

Up there. Thank you very much. Enjoy.

Hey, I like your tie.

And I like your jewelry very much.

I'm a drunken Indian.

What a cliche.

Janet Harris and I were having an
affair.

It just happened.

But I didn't kill her.

Why would I kill her?

I don't know. Why did you run from me
when I went to your apartment?

It's the government. Open up.

My people have been getting that knock
for 300 years.

Look what happened to us.

Your people?

White Cloud, your people are being
ripped off, and you're the one that's

it. How else would Janet Harris know
where to get the masks?

Now, look, if you want to clear your
name, you better start cooperating with

right now.

Now, start with the masks.

Janet told me that the gallery was in
trouble.

She needed a big deal to save it.

She knew everything there was to know
about the masks except where we hid

I owed her my career, what there is of
it.

So I tried to convince myself that they
were just carved pieces of wood

used in some jive religious ceremony
that nobody cares about anymore.

And it worked.

I convinced myself.

Just long enough to tell her where they
were.

Who was she working with?

I don't know.

I asked. She wouldn't tell me.

Said it was for my own protection.

Four weeks later, she had the math.
That's all I know.

I didn't kill Janet Harris.

That's not my problem. My problem is I
got $250 ,000 coming plus change, my

friend. Now that's turned into your
problem.

Oh, she was going to ruin your
reputation.

Just how much do you think your
reputation is going to be worth, friend,

get you sent up on a murder charge?

You listen to me, you little yellow
belly.

All I did was rob a grave.

I've beaten that rap a dozen times and
I'll do it again.

But you, my friend, you got a one -way
ticket to the gas chamber if I don't get

my money first thing in the morning.

What are you doing here? The police told
me you were missing yesterday.

So I decided to try to find you.

I'm sorry.

I'm really glad to see you.

They let

you go.

There wasn't enough evidence to charge
me.

Mary.

I'm sorry about what happened with her.

And I'm sorry about getting you dragged
into this.

Nobody dragged me into anything.

You're my husband.

Shall we go?

I need a little time to sort out
everything.

Why don't you go back home?

What? I just noticed.

You don't call it hope.

Yeah.

I noticed that, too.

Jim, you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Sergeant McCall, you've got a visitor.

Hello. Good morning.

What brings the federales down to my
neck of the woods?

Some interesting news, I think.

Well, good.

Sit back down.

Tell me what's going on.

Jim Holloway got what was coming to him
last night. He got gunned down and

picked up after an argument inside.

Really?

Last of the outlaws.

He gave you that routine, too, huh?

Yeah.

Any suspects?

Three pedestrians saw a male take off
with Holloway shooting at him, but

apparently it happened so fast they
couldn't get a good description.

That's interesting.

White Cloud was released yesterday
morning.

I'd give him plenty of time to drive out
to Mountain Center.

Yeah, I would have.

Look, I just thought you'd want to know.

Yeah, I do appreciate you coming down
and letting us know. Thank you for your

time and your energy.

Anytime, Sarge. We'll be in touch.

Hey, how you doing?

I was just going to call you. Yeah, I
was going to call you, too. Guess what?

What? I just spoke with Harris' loan
officer at her bank, right?

He told me they were getting ready to
foreclose on her gallery.

But she called him and told him that she
was going to have to check for him that

week for $800 ,000.

No kidding.

So maybe she stiffed some partners to
save her gallery.

Precisely. And maybe one of those
partners decided to take the masks. Who

that guy I just left you?

Well, that was Ken Myers. That's what I
wanted to call you about. Remember the

Forest Service agent I told you about?
Well, he came down here to tell us that

Jim Holloway was shot to death last
night at Mountain Center.

Maybe it was the same killer.

Well, if so, then that means that...

Harris and Holloway were partners.

You know what's been bothering me this
whole time? It's a photocopy machine at

Harris' art gallery.

Copying machine at the art gallery? Why?
There was nothing in it. Perhaps she

was at the copying machine using it when
she was killed.

We're in luck.

Ordinarily, the electrostatic dry ink
image on the photoreceptor belt is

immediately after copying to get rid of
the mixed image.

But the victim jammed the machine on her
way down.

Now, the killer made sure he got all the
copies plus the page that was stuck

inside, but we still have the image on
the photo of Dr. Bell.

It's Professor Weller's signature.

He faked the Providence documents,
killed Harris because she held him up

cut. Had to knock off Holloway to shut
him up.

White Cloud could be next.

Well, but Janet never told him who was
involved. It doesn't make any

Weller didn't know that. Thanks very
much. Come on.

It's a good copy.

Professor Weller?

Mr. Whitecloud, you made it.

First we could get lost in here and
nobody would ever miss us.

Well, I'm very happy to finally meet
you.

Janet told me about you.

I'm sure she did.

So what's this about? You said on the
phone it was important.

Well, like you said, Janet told you
about me.

We can't let it go any further than
that, can we?

What are you talking about? She said
she'd worked with you, that's all.

I don't think so.

Come on.

Hold her right in there, Professor.

It's in the blood.

You moved!

My nose itches.

Sorry, but I'm not finished with your
nose yet.

But you can scratch your chin. I'm done
with your chin.

How are you, Robert?

Okay. Terrific.

Hey.

Guess we ought to take a break.

How are you, Mary?

Hi, great.

How are you?

I'm good. This looks wonderful.

Thanks for rescuing me. No problem.

I just wanted to come by to let you both
know that we found those masks at

Weller's house.

After his trial, they'll definitely go
back to your people.

That's fantastic. It sure is.

I have to say, it's also very nice to
see you both together.

It's hard to believe it took a situation
as extreme as this one to get me to

wake up.

My strength, my creativity is from the
earth.

From my people.

It's time I got back in touch with those
things.

He's coming home.