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There's a shooter from Hawaii running around this town with a machine pistol.

That's all I know. And if you want any further information, make an

huh?

How long are you going to let this massacre continue?

I never saw nothing.

Looks like our surfers are moving slaughterhouse.

The guys are habitual. They love to put holes in people. They got me right where

they want me.

Get out of L .A.

Don't harass me, cop.

If you hadn't been harassed, you'd have been harassed by me, pal.

Freeze! Police!

I put two slugs in that guy. He barely flinched.

From that distant fighting zone.

One voice clear above the din.

And you need to let it go.

Simple things become hard.

Many feelings deep inside.

With the night so far gone.

Yeah, I'll be right in, just after the game here.

Got a message from Trader Man, Mr. Marks.

Marlene, if you saw this guy in the Hawaiian shirt again saying I'm lineup,

hard do you think it would be for you to pick him out?

Well, think about it. I mean, did he remind you of somebody, maybe?

Everybody reminds you of somebody, right?

Not when you're from Elkhart, Indiana.

We don't get a lot of beach boys out there.

You ever do any business with Eddie?

Any business that Eddie did, he did it on the phone.

Marlene, he wasn't exactly an insurance salesman.

He was into some bad business.

Look, I'm not going to stand here and tell you that he didn't sell some grass

make some extra money.

But that was just to finance a film company that he had.

He was going to direct his next project, and I was going to star in it.

You know, it was going to be one of those slasher flicks, but with a

script.

Anyway, he kept the drug business completely out of our thing together. It

never a big deal. Is that why he's headed downtown in the back of a wagon

now? So he sold some coke, too. But who doesn't? And for that, he's supposed to

die? Marlene, he's one of the biggest heroin dealers in Los Angeles. And if

ask me, he made a very bad business.

I mean, is there anything else you can think of that would help us?

Well, the other day, I remember he

was talking about Hawaii, about some guy in Hawaii. He was talking to a buddy of

his on the phone.

I think maybe his name was Quatro.

Quatro?

The real name was Thomas Chin.

He's one of the biggest heroin dealers down in Chinatown.

Owns a real ugly bar down there.

Got his name when he lost a finger when he was a kid.

Is this all you know?

That's it.

You okay?

Yeah.

Listen, why don't you give these people a call?

It's a counseling center, and they'll help you talk through everything, okay?

It's not like I left him or anything, you know?

Yeah.

Give him a call.

The guy here, McCall, is a classic example of somebody sending somebody a

message. This syringe business was meant to attract someone's attention other

than ours.

Quattro. Yeah, possibly.

Still doesn't make any sense.

A stick never makes sense.

Let me run something by you, see what you think.

Ed Marks makes the supplier mad.

That supplier, maybe he lives in Hawaii.

Suppose Quattro has the same supplier.

Now, Mark would expect Quattro to play the middleman to get the heat turned

which would explain the telephone call.

What do you think?

We're not going to know unless we go check it out.

Let's start with Quattro's. Let's go.

Maybe we should have made a reservation.

You cops never quit, do you, huh? We showed one minor one time, and you can't

cover back.

Why don't you take your business somewhere else? Two callers and draft.

Granted.

Cuatro been in here tonight? Hasn't been in yet. And when he does come in,

you're going to have to wait your turn.

Surf's up.

He works fast, eh? Didn't even bother to change his shirt.

Hey!

Which one of you people is looking for a classroom?

You guys don't want to do this, do you?

Please, police!

All right, now.

Where's the classroom right now?

I guess you didn't hear me very good.

Like he always does.

Like he always does?

Hey, Hunt, maybe our Beach Boy knows his regular hang -up.

Get over there.

You better not be lying to me. I ain't lying.

Well, that's good. You know why?

I hate liars.

Looks like our surfers are moving slaughterhouse.

Fire point blank.

I just wish I knew where he and his fun gun were going to have an extension.

When the crazies start doing the work for us, that's when I become interested,

folks. How about you?

Forget us, Mac. What do you got?

Well, if it was a robbery, I'd say it faded toward the end.

Take a look at old Quatro's body. The wallet, the jewelry, even his Maseratis

out front.

That is one beautiful car.

Anything else we need to know here?

Yeah, they make a real good sweet and sour you -name -it.

If nobody's waving a cannon around.

Look, Max, I want everything that's usable out of this place on my desk as

as possible. You got it? Done.

Listen, the lady that runs the place, she might be able to give you a

description.

She's in the back with the cook. I eat here a lot.

She's always at that register.

Sergeant Harley, Sergeant McCall.

This is Kim.

We really need you to help us with this case.

The man who did this, you saw him now, didn't you? I saw nothing.

I wasn't in the room. I wasn't back getting an order.

You understand?

Look, we know you saw a face.

I never saw nothing.

I wasn't back.

No face.

Well, just a little welcome, but it's under control.

Yeah, everything's working real good.

Yeah, the car and the apartment are just like I like it.

We're going to be right on time tonight, Mr. Trader Man.

Call you tomorrow.

I will never understand the garbage that goes on in this department.

Don't tell me. No matter how much you batted your eyes, Vice didn't want to

you their deep, dark secrets, right?

We're on the same lousy side, and they treat us like we're Russian spies or

something.

Oh, you think it's funny? You try talking to them.

A little departmental sniping, McCall?

Captain, we got a trigger head out there, and our investigators down in

have decided to get selfish with clues that we need to solve this case. Now,

tell me who's running the asylum.

What'd they tell you?

Sorry, Sergeant McCall, it's jurisdictional.

You know, they like words like that down there, you know. It is jurisdictional.

Look, McCall, you have to weigh the importance of your case against the

importance of the case that they got in the works.

You know, if you flush all the Johns at one time, you run out of water.

In other words, since it was only a dealer that was shot, it's no big deal.

other words, don't step on departmental toes when they're working on a major

drug bust.

You know what really gets me here, Hunter? The fact that you think this is

funny. I'm just trying to keep some perspective here. You want to spin out

my guest.

Me? If I can't laugh at these nuts rules, they got me right where they

I know I can still dig up everything we need to know for sure.

Watch what you step in.

If you wear the right shoes, you can step in anything.

egg salesman and what they think passes for life out there, and now I'm this

close to making a bust, and here you come.

If I thought anybody was going to recognize me, I wouldn't have made a

Lynn.

Look, we have had two major pushers get blown out of their socks in the last 12

days out there. So I hear your homicide take care of it.

Fine. You ready? If I'm starting, even if you're not. We think the killer is

just a big Hawaiian guy.

That's a big surprise. The beach boy.

Traitor man's revenge on the association. Real garbage.

Okay,

what are the names of the other four guys?

The word I hear is that it's snazzy Louis Green, pepper to me the second,

open Otero, and Greg Jones.

Greg Jones?

Would he make that up himself?

Andre, are you sure snazzy Louis Green is going to talk to us?

They'll not only talk, they'll think.

Looks like you wiped out Kahuna.

Hands away from the body.

Would you look at that?

Pretty lady, and she's got a gun, too.

This is a bad town, huh, cop?

A little bit too bad for you.

Hey, Hunter!

Hunter!

This is the guy that broke down my door, and now you've got to make him pay for

that. I mean, he's got to pay for what the city, maybe you ought to pay for it.

Shut up, snazzy. Hey, Hunter, I'm a businessman being harassed on this.

What are you on, his side or mine? Definitely not his.

Have lunch, will you?

Have lunch?

Hey, Hunter, what about my door? That door costs money. Now, come on.

Hey!

It's a questionable bus, McCall. The department's not going to play ball if

we've got to go on is your hunch. No matter how convinced you two are that

guy's the tutor of this Eddie Marks and this Quattro guy, it's going to take

some turn, and you don't have it.

What do you mean we don't have it? That's what I said.

The pistol he was carrying doesn't match, and the ballistics are way off.

Airport detail says this guy came in from the islands yesterday. Now,

PD has got a record on West Sopano that's longer than most countries.

The guy is a habitual. He loves to put holes in people.

Yeah, but Honolulu hasn't pinned any homicides on him, have they? And unless

this woman points that finger, we can't hold this guy long enough to even find

out what he had for breakfast.

Hunter's down there trying to talk her into coming here right now.

Trying to talk her into it? You mean on top of everything else, we've got an

uncooperative witness?

Look, she'll ID him, Captain.

Yeah, but the court's not going to hold him on just a lineup ID.

Well, we can hold Wes Capano until we get more evidence.

Look, the answer is no.

I'm scared. Don't you understand?

Look, Marlene, the last time I talked to you, you said you'd help us.

Yeah, well, things change.

Look, I appreciate everything you guys are trying to do, but there's no point

talking because I've got a cab coming any minute.

Well, that's funny. I always heard you could never go home again.

Let me worry about Elkhart.

All I know is I want to be somewhere that hula boy and his machine gun can't

find me.

I just wish you guys would find him and stick him on a rock and shoot him off

this toilet. Look, Marlene, I know you're not going to like hearing this,

don't blame you.

But just because you're scared doesn't mean you shouldn't help him. You've seen

what he did.

Oh, I wish I had. I'd be right down there at that line up this very minute.

No, you wouldn't.

Marlene, don't you understand? Eddie is not the only one that's been murdered

here. He's killed several other people.

Now, how long are you going to let this massacre continue?

All right, let's do it.

Which one?

You're free to go now, Capato.

So get your stuff and get out of L .A.

Don't harass me, cop.

If you haven't been harassed, you've been harassed by me, pal.

Hey.

I'm on vacation in L .A., man.

What's your problem? My problem is your vacation's turned into a hunting trip.

So I'm going to hover right over your shoulder.

And when you get that special little itch you get, and you reach up to

it, the air is going to be full of Beach Boy parts.

Aloha.

Sergeant McCall.

I thought you had a plane to catch. I do. I just wanted to tell you I am

sorry that I picked the wrong guy.

It's all right. You did your best.

This is McCall. Patch me in a hunter. I got a bad one here.

Hey.

Hey, remember me?

Yeah.

You're the guy who ate my dog.

Hey! I'm talking to you. Look at me when I'm talking to you.

You silly, dumb -looking...

Fancy.

Go. We're at the last call bar.

Snazzy just went in and I think this thing's about to split wide open.

Listen to me now. Stay out of there. Got it?

Turn around.

I'm not going to ask you again.

Hey.

Better come now.

Something's going down in Simpson units.

If he didn't know, I'd hit her.

You know, when he ran out, he didn't care if I was a cop.

If I could have had the whole department out there, he wouldn't have cared.

Where do you get people like this?

How are you going to stop them from killing the next guy?

take away their targets.

That's the lesson that I've learned.

I was normally wounded.

merchandise get these seconds off of these you are ruining my business do you

know that okay i'm sorry i'm sorry jeff use your brain all right i'm not asking

you to go to medical school okay just think about what you're doing okay okay

you're trying to ruin me baby huh now merchandise is in the back all right

come on move it move it move it come on man what is wrong with you huh i cannot

teach you nothing i don't

How are you doing?

Can I help you? You are people or album people?

We're taking you into custody.

Hey,

what's going on here, man? I didn't pay a parking ticket or what? I mean, this

ain't not Germany, you know.

Relax.

watch 2020 man you know that right yeah they butt fry people like you come in

here bust me tell me this ain't no buck huh you're making a real sad mistake man

yeah yeah give me uh give me ervin sapiro yeah tell him it's powerful to

second what then get him off a long distance damn it he's my lawyer

baby will you take it easy what are you are you trying to ruin me or what

You pull us in off the streets?

You don't tell us why?

You eat us no rights?

You're looking for a lawsuit, Sergeant Joe Friday.

Look, you idiots, I'm going to explain this to you one more time.

We didn't bring you people in off the streets on charges that would be dick.

Then you're talking harassment.

You know, my lawyer has to actually come down here. He's going to eat your nose.

It's not harassment, LeMay.

Then it's bull, lady cop.

You know it, and we all know it. Hey, LeMay, I don't need you to talk to me.

You got it?

I don't need trash on my side.

Who you calling trash, huh?

Hey! We brought you in here to save your tails. You want to settle, you do it on

your own time.

Now get over there and sit down.

Sit down!

Save our tails, huh?

Well, I make you a promise, lady cop. I will always wear my safety belt.

Now can we go?

So Mr.

Otero and I can have a little talk?

I'd love it.

Look, there's a shooter from Hawaii running around this town with a machine

pistol. He's already killed Eddie Marks, Quatro, and Nazdy Lewis Green.

Your peers, I believe.

I've got no peers.

Here's

the

deal, boy.

Listen to this. Listen to it good.

You tell us what you know about this guy so we can catch him.

Our nobody here is going to lift a finger to protect you when this maniac

looking for you to turn you into a red stain.

And I mean nobody.

Now get out of here. All of you.

Close the door, Hunter.

It's this Hawaiian source.

Traitor man.

Whatever we get, we get from him.

About a month ago, he decides he's going to drive up the price.

He decides he's going to drive it way up.

So you guys form an association to take your business somewhere else in

Buckingham, right?

No.

Buckingham wasn't good enough. We wanted to punish him.

Where'd you go? We heard about this Miami connection.

A guy named Ocean Jimmy.

He runs straight white octane in from South America.

So the Trader Man hurts you, and then you hurt the Trader Man.

Hurt ain't the word.

Where's Parker LeMay?

He ain't here.

Oh, oh, oh.

Look, look, oh!

How's the Trader Man get his goods?

He's a tailor -made. He runs an overnight air freight business.

Typical coast -to -coast rush.

I'll bet you he gives you bulk rates, right?

When's Jimmy due in town next?

He's in town right now.

Till tomorrow night.

Checking out our pipeline.

Wants to make sure nobody's plugged up.

I want you to call the trader man in Hawaii.

Have him tell the beach boy where to find Ocean Jimmy.

But before you do, tell us first.

And?

McCall and I go surfing.

How you doing?

You don't know me. Let me introduce you to my badge. It knows everybody.

Oh, come on, man. This ain't legal.

This is a bug, but we'll discuss that later.

It's a crazy man. He's an assassin.

He's on his way here to see you right now. I need you off the street while I

nail him.

It's either that or you can stick around and talk to him and his machine gun.

Now get out.

I don't know this man.

Send him in.

Over here.

You're never going to make this stick, man.

Oh, yeah?

We got a warehouse full of dope in there. I think we'll make that stick.

Step in our general direction.

And if you play along with it, maybe that spanking you're going to take won't

hurt so much.

Okay, what do you want?

We want the trader man's name.

The trader man, you kidding?

He's a competition.

We know that.

His name.

Is that going to help?

Yeah, it sure will.

Okay. Joe Brannigan.

Lives in Hawaii.

Guy deals in condo developments for a cover.

Get him out of here.

Seems like the whole world's

going condo. Yeah.

You know, this guy's got to own property around here somewhere.

Let me have you walk the talk.

Chuck? Yeah, this is Hunter.

Give me a make on a Joseph Branigan and all the real estate he owns downtown and

at the beach.

Roger. Yeah, get back to me as soon as you can, will you? Thanks.

Maybe a vacation home?

Yeah, with a beach boy, maybe.

I don't know, I was wondering.

I thought maybe you figured it out, decided not to show up.

Then maybe again he did.

Okay, Campano, give it up.

I'll take the fire.

Hey,

you alright?

Yeah, I'm alright.

I put two slugs in that guy. He barely flinted.

He's probably wearing a vest.

Yeah.

Help me up, will you? No, no. Stay down there and rest.

Help me up.

Oh, well, take it easy. It's still connected, you know. Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. It's not bad.

Ocean, Jimmy's at police protection, Mr. Trader Man.

Yeah, I'm clear in L .A. I got a flight booked in an hour.

See you when I land.

This is Hunter. I'm at the Joseph Brannigan property at the Marina Dam.

also made a positive identification on the escaped vehicle.

Requested backup. Thank you.

Glad you're out there.

Carrier bag?

This is the worst wake I have ever been to. Easy, brother.

You don't like it?

Keep it to yourself.

Yeah, really.

This is Snazzy's wake.

Not yours.

Hey.

Hunter.

McCall. Some of the toast marshmallows, or am I still in the red zone again?

Well, we heard you were having a wake from Snaz, so we thought we'd pop in.

Yeah. Right.

I thought wakes were held in houses or churches. This seems a little

disrespectful, you know?

Disrespectful?

Disrespectful. Hey, Hunter, is she for real? This is a very significant alley,

McCall. Not only is this the alley in which Nancy made his first deal, it's

the alley in which I first busted him.

Very sentimental stuff.

That's right, sweetheart.

This is hallowed ground.

Besides...

We're all brothers here anyway.

Right, Hunter? Look, the only reason I'm here, believe me, the only reason I

showed up here is because Snazzy cooperated with us.

And as you well know, Elton, I don't forget favors.

Now, for the rest of you eight balls, we'll clear you right off the sidewalk

sooner or later.

Don't stand so close to helping the ball in.

You're not really upset about Snazzy, are you?

Yeah, what's the difference?

He was a dealer. Yeah, and that's what killed him, all right.

Hunter, you didn't answer my question.

I think you and I should have some secrets, McCall.

After all, make black interest.