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Next, on Hunter.

Hold it! We found a flashlight with Kay's blood on it. I didn't kill that

and you know it.

Whether it's the man or not. You know that I eventually want to hang all this

up. Any little McCall's hopping around? Well, yes, exactly.

Jealous partner is going to curse my case. This is insane.

The point is, Hunter's got reasonable doubts.

Supported by some interesting developments.

Freeze! Don't move!

Paul, I want some of this.

What is it?

Atomic, California -style, vegetarian, deluxe ranch pizza.

We've got cheese.

We've got carrots, mushrooms, peppers.

And, oh, pineapple and, uh, I believe we've got a little bit of movie in

Piece I've ever seen.

Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to say no. Big pass here. I've got my own

date anyway.

Again? Then why'd you ask?

I guess you had something better, but it's obvious you don't. Get out of here.

Bye.

I'll save you some. It'll be in your drawer.

So, uh, what do you think?

Well, I had the braised duck one time. It was really great.

Really? Yeah, really.

Really great.

That's great.

So how's your dinner? Is it great?

Great. Great. Is it really great?

Oh, really great.

Oh, that's great.

What do you think? Do you think maybe that might be their first date?

Might? Their first date? I think it's definitely their first date.

You know what? That guy sounds exactly the way you sounded on our first date.

Oh, wait a minute. I wasn't quite that bad, was I?

I thought you were cute.

Well, since this is not our first date.

Jason, I would love to.

But I promised to go back to the office and give Hunter a hand tonight.

Well, you see, that's what I get when I proposition a cop.

I guess that's what I get for going out with a deputy D .A. who's not willing to

plea bargain.

Meaning?

Meaning maybe we can compromise.

Island at 8053 East Sedgemont. The PD is already...

Damn it.

Damn it, damn it.

Thank you.

I'm Deputy D .A. Leffler. Is there an incredibly good reason for this?

Sergeant Hunter's been trying to reach you.

Don't you have your beeper?

Beeper.

Yeah,

always off a spinoff.

Thanks, Bennett.

I'm never going to live this down.

I was dessert.

I meant dinner.

What'd they do, put it out on the wires?

Yep, it's all over town.

Great.

What do you got, Barney?

That's Kate Austin, woman of the house.

Blunt force trauma to the head.

Lots of contusions and abrasions.

She fell down the stairs.

She probably surprised the burglar when she turned on the automatic alarm. He

clipped her in the head, and that's when she fell down the stairs. It looks to

me as though he might have entered through the side patio door here.

Any sign of the murder weapon?

No, not yet.

The security guard almost caught him when he came out the front door.

He also got a part on the light.

Sergeant Hunter?

Mr. Dawson.

Yeah, this is Sergeant.

Hi. Sergeant.

Thank you for...

calling me. I'm tired. It took so long to get here.

Everybody's working.

And I ran into a lot of traffic.

You wouldn't have thought there'd been traffic.

Mr. Johnson, we need you to identify. Ten years ago, you know, there was never

traffic like that. Mr. Johnson, we need you to identify your wife. I'm sorry.

I'll try to pin down that license.

McCall, Hunter.

What's the progress on the Dawson murder?

Thomas Orlowski, prime suspect out of nine possibles. We also found his

fingerprints on the flashlight that killed Mrs. Dawson.

Orlowski? We've had him in here before. Right. Unfortunately, he squirmed away.

Hi, Rick. Jason, how you been? Looks like we nailed Tommy good this time.

Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Got any addresses?

Got three of them. Take off, huh? Okay, we're out of here.

You take Silver Lake, I'll take more visits in Venice.

All right.

See you. All right.

You know,

I know this fantastic little Ecuadorian restaurant down in Silver Lake.

What do you say?

Bust a punk, eat some food?

I think you're crazy.

Yep. How about you, baby?

I'll see you. Bye.

Wait up.

Positively beaming today, aren't we?

Is it that obvious?

Uh -huh.

Well?

Well, what?

Well, is this the man or not?

I don't know.

Well, maybe.

I'm about 60 % sure. Yeah.

I don't know. I'll just have to wait and see. You know, time will tell.

You know that I eventually want to hang all this up here, you know? Yeah.

I'm serious. I want to be able to have a home that I can share with somebody

and, you know, have those barbecues on the weekends, stuff like that.

Tiny little McCalls hopping around. Well, yes, exactly.

And maybe Jason is the man that I can share that with. I don't know. I'll have

to wait and see.

Of course, you know that that means that you will be losing the very best

partner that you ever had. Do you think you can handle that?

Well, I think so only if I'm the bridesmaid. Oh, I'm seeing some nice

lavender chiffon numbers. No, actually, I was thinking something in lime green.

You know, with the helmet, maybe a rhinoceros horn coming out here.

Open up, police.

Uh,

Tommy Orlowski doesn't live here anymore, does he?

No.

Didn't think so.

Just a minute.

Who is it?

Police, open up.

You got nothing on me. Really?

That's what they all say.

You're under arrest. Get up.

Sixteen burglary arrests. Two convictions.

Yeah, I saw that, yeah.

Got quite a career going here, Tommy.

Yeah, well, it's nothing to be proud of, at least not on welfare.

I really want you to reconsider.

I'm totally against this interview.

The man's talking a murder beef, and I'm clean.

I want to hear what he has to say.

You settle down, Sidney. I can deal with this.

Okay, Tommy.

Where were you when Kay came out of her bedroom?

Upstairs? I was downstairs.

I didn't know the lady was home.

I heard a noise. I said, will you look at my rap sheet? I'm not a hot, proud

man. I didn't know anybody was home. I heard a noise, so I split. End of story.

I don't think so. You see, someone hit Kay in the head and pushed her

downstairs. Well, it was somebody else because it wasn't me.

Really?

We found a flashlight in the neighbor's backyard with Kay's blood on it.

So? Also your fingerprints.

That's impossible.

Hey, come on. Watch that. Sit down.

Interview over.

Of course not, sir.

Tommy, you're not going anyplace until you talk to me.

All right, I'll cop to those other jobs. Shut up. But I didn't kill anybody, and

that's the truth.

I'm wasting my time. Voice.

Wait, look at my record. Tommy, damn it. I have looked at your record. I don't

have any assault beats.

I'm strictly non -violent. That's my policy.

You should have stuck to it.

I want you to go through this whole thing again.

From the top, and this time tell me everything.

I'd say it's time I hang Tommy or Lousy's scalp on my refrigerator door.

I love it when you talk dirty to me.

Go get him, tough guy.

Is the man you saw coming out of the house in this room?

Yes. Please identify him. That's him next to defense counsel in a plaid shirt

and gray pants.

Let the record show that the witness identified Thomas Orlowski.

You lifted a thumbprint and three fingerprints.

Did you match them to any particular individual?

Did the prints match those of Thomas Orlowski?

The evidence is entirely circumstantial. Will you entertain a bail motion?

Your Honor, I'd hardly call a murder weapon covered with a defendant's

fingerprint circumstantial evidence.

This is a capital offense, and I strenuously oppose any form of bail.

Honor. The court agrees.

Your bail motion is denied.

Don't worry about it.

We'll cop the second degree. You'll be a proponent.

Gotta help me.

What are you doing?

Help me!

I'll seek the strongest penalty the law provides. The death penalty?

The members of this community must feel safe in their own homes, women

especially. There you go.

You know, I tried him three years ago on a residence bird, but he walked because

of a search and seizure problem.

You know, Sid Dombrower is a damn sharp defender.

He and Orlowski go way back, but this time around, they're not going anywhere.

Jason, are you talking about revenge here?

I thought you were trying to make the community safer for women.

I think I'm going to have to reconsider about you.

Is that what you think? Yeah.

I think maybe I should do something to possibly redeem my good name. Don't you?

Yes, I think you should.

Here.

Oh!

Oh, honey.

Oh, gosh.

I'm sorry.

Oh, boy.

Could you be careful? You're dealing with a very delicate instrument there. I

know.

Here, I'll make it feel better.

Oh, that feels better.

Does it feel better? Do that again.

Make it feel a little bit better? It's feeling a lot better. Do it again.

I know how to make it feel a whole lot better.

You do?

Yes. I do, too.

I'm feeling great now.

Get him out of here. I'm not talking to him.

I'm not talking to you.

Me? Not you, him.

Tommy. Don't Tommy me, you Judas bastard. Get him out of here. I don't

talk to him. I don't want to look at him.

You sure inspire your clients, don't you?

I ought to object to this. You can object all you want, okay? I'm talking

him, and I'm talking to him alone.

You need me? I'll be right outside.

Yeah, right.

That seems to be the general consensus, doesn't it?

Look, I'll admit to every job I've done since junior high school.

I'll admit to every job I've done since junior high school.

I'll take you on the grand tour.

There must be 2 ,000 of them.

But I never laid a finger on anybody.

You proved that in court, didn't you?

Look, they're freaked out in there.

They're only trying to bury me in there.

I'll take a polygraph.

I'll take it right now.

I didn't murder that woman. I didn't even know she was home.

Well, even if I did give you a polygraph, Tommy, it's not admissible in

I'm doing it for you.

I didn't kill that lady.

And you know it.

In your gut.

Boy, I thought I was early.

What you got?

Oh, nothing.

I'm going to go talk to James Dawson.

Why? We've got a lot of work to do on this drive -by. I know. We'll get it

I just want to go see him. He's called and said something about some property

missing from his house or something.

I'll see you later.

Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Dawson took the day off to make the funeral arrangements for

his wife.

I thought I told you when you called.

No, no, you did, Caroline. It's just that I thought I might come by and see

could talk to somebody about Mrs.

Dawson. A couple questions.

Well, there's Susan Stevens, our manager.

She worked a lot with Mrs. Dawson.

I think she's in Mr. Dawson's office right now.

Oh, great, Susan.

Thank you.

Ms. Stevens?

Sergeant Hunter. Sergeant.

Hi. Susan.

I'm the manager here.

I was kind of expecting to talk to James Dawson today, if I could.

I'm afraid he's not in today, but I'm sure he'll be here tomorrow.

Okay.

Just out of curiosity, what is it you people do here, anyway?

Well, we develop software for industrial robotics.

About five years ago, we opened up the entire Asian market. We now sell systems

to both China, Korea, even Japan.

The Pacific Rim is the future, you know. Really? And we'll be there.

Sound like a bad corporate film, don't it? No, not at all.

I, uh, I assume James Dawson owns the company.

He does now.

Kay was always the heart of the operation.

She created the company about 15 years ago.

James came on shortly after they were married about five years ago.

I came on board a few months after that.

Kay Dawson, a nice woman?

A strong woman.

If you haven't already heard, Kay and James did have their differences about

running the company.

I think it's just awful what happened.

I miss her already.

I can understand that.

Well, I'll come back another time.

Thanks. Thank you. See you soon. Good luck.

How's it going?

Great.

Hunter? Yeah, it's Barney. Finished with the Dawson murder. Got some interesting

news. Great. Be right over.

I could use a little bit of help here, you know.

Can't wait.

Captain.

See you later. Thanks.

Bruises under both arms, huh, Barney?

Yeah, kind of hard to do falling downstairs.

Yeah. How would somebody get bruises like that?

Well, it is consistent with somebody dragging her a short distance.

Like from her bedroom to the top of the stairs?

That would do it.

She also had an awful lot of tranquilizers in her blood.

Enough to sleep through an earthquake.

Or a burglary.

Look, it was no secret that Dawson's fought like cats and dogs, Charlie.

James Dawson was having an affair with Susan Stevens, the manager of his

company. That's completely irrelevant.

Yeah, and Kay Dawson's body had bruises all over it, indicating that she could

have been dragged from her room. She was also loaded with tranquilizers.

Orlowski killed Kay Dawson. It's as clear as a bell to me. I gave Tommy a

polygraph. The examiner feels that Tommy's innocent.

A polygraph?

That's 20th century witchcraft.

I've got a murder weapon with Orlowski's fingerprints all over it.

It was a frame. Who knows?

Wait a minute.

Now, this is crazy.

Do you realize this will ruin us in court?

If Dombrauer tells the jury about your damn polygraph, it doesn't matter what

the judge will say. They'll never forget it.

Who the hell are you working for, the public defender?

You think Dawkins killed his wife?

That's a strong possibility, John.

Look, individually, what Hunter has isn't much, but collectively, I think it

makes for a kind of weird wrinkle.

Let's continue this investigation.

Captain, this is insane.

We finally got this guy. What is the point? The point is Hunter's got

doubts, supported by some interesting developments.

I think that's good enough for me. Charlie, I can't count the times that I

built probable cause to keep those creeps you send me off your street.

Jason, I don't owe you anything for doing the job you're paid for.

We're going to file this one out.

on here? Why did you keep me in the dark?

Because it's Jason's case and I felt as though you were too close to him. We

have worked on other cases before. It's never been a problem. No, I know, but I

think Jason's making a personal vendetta out of this thing. He just doesn't want

to compromise.

He's seen enough killers get off with just a slap on the wrist and then go out

and murder somebody else. And you've seen it too. I know that.

And both of us have seen innocent people suffer because of an overaggressive DA.

Now, I think we should follow the leads and see where it takes us.

Yeah, you have a point.

Okay, you said that the Dawsons fought a lot, right? Right.

I'll go talk with their attorneys and see if I can find out what the stakes

were. Okay, I'll re -examine the murder scene and go by Tommy's and see if I've

missed anything.

Okay. Listen, just one thing.

If all we come up with are dead ends, let's just be real careful along the

just for Jason's sake, okay?

Sure.

Absolutely.

See you later, partner.

Did he?

Devane didn't budge.

Your jealous partner is going to curse my case.

Jason, that's not it at all.

It's just that we have to follow through on the leads, you know?

We have to. We're talking about a man's life here.

Jason?

Hey, I gotta go.

Oh my god!

I couldn't believe you either.

It's really starting to look like Dawson had a strong motive for killing his

wife.

It'll be real interesting to see what Hunter comes up with.

Jason, are you listening to me?

Yeah, I'm listening, Dee Dee. It's just that every time I see you, it gets a

little worse.

Well, yeah, worse from your point of view in the case, but...

You know, the bottom line here is I'm just trying to get at the truth.

And I'm trying to maintain it. Maintain the fact that Orlowski is the one that

killed Kate Dawson.

That is my job.

And I'm just trying to do my job.

Jason, can't you just at least be open to the possibility here of an

alternative?

I'm really swamped.

We'll get together tomorrow.

Trouble on the home front?

I'd rather not talk about it.

You know, if you call one of those 976 party lines, I'll help you.

I didn't expect that from you.

What'd you find?

Well, I talked to Kay's attorney.

He said that Kay and James Dawson were at each other's throats continually.

Said they had a prenuptial agreement that cut Dawson out of everything in

of divorce.

Yeah, but would that be causing him to kill his wife?

I don't know. It came out of the picture.

Dawson retained control of the company. It's worth millions.

Uh -huh.

Miss anything at the crime scene?

You know, I think it's highly improbable that Tommy could have flown out the

front door like the security guard said, unless he had a key to the front door

of that house.

I thought you said he went in and out through the side window. I think that

just a mask. Here you go. Thanks.

I think Tommy somehow gets keys to these houses.

I also think he has an accomplice.

Really? Yeah.

Well, I went to Tommy's house to check to see if he might have any type of

machinery to duplicate keys.

I ran into a blonde woman. Now, she took off before I could grab her. But I got

her license plate, and I ran in.

The car belonged to Tommy.

This guy's facing the gas chamber. There's no time to try to hide in the

conflict. Unless he cared a great deal about it. Well, a hell of a lot.

How do you think James Dawson fits into this?

Well, let's see. If James Dawson wanted to kill his wife, he'd have to figure up

a way to frame Tommy for it.

Yeah, but to do that, he had to know exactly when and where Tommy was going

break in. Basically, he had to be able to predict it. That's exactly what we

have to do.

Well, we can start by going to the six burglaries that Tommy admitted to in the

neighborhood. Begin by interviewing the housewives, see if there's some way we

can connect what they were doing with Tommy breaking in and having access to

house keys.

Okay, I'll round them up. You talk to them.

On the day of the break -in, can you tell me where you were and what you were

doing? I had breakfast at the Bel Air Hotel and spent the rest of the morning

with Sam, my personal trainer.

Then it was lunch at the Ivy, and, well, it was Wednesday, so I had a facial

at the Beverly West.

Then I went to Trump for high tea.

That's nice.

You ought to go there sometime.

Yeah, maybe I will one day.

Brunch at the Polo Lounge, and then I did some shopping on Canon. I bought a

skirt for next season.

Then I went to the salon, Beverly West.

Then I'm pretty sure I took Maurice for shots.

Maurice, your son?

No, my dog.

Say hello to the policeman, Maurice.

Dog in your purse.

I had lunch at the Four Seasons.

And then I took a walk along Rodeo.

I might have picked a little something up. I'm not sure.

And then I went to Beverly West for a facial.

Of course.

All six of the victims had an appointment at the same facial salon the

Tommy broke into their homes.

That sounds promising.

Grab Hunter and get yourselves a mud pack.

Could we please speak with Tommy Rolowski's girlfriend?

Christy?

Blonde hair, drives a white Nissan.

Uh -huh. Yeah, is she here?

Yeah, she's in the back.

Yeah, that's her. Thanks.

Hi, Christy.

You finally meet him.

I'm Sergeant Hunter. This is Sergeant McCall.

I saw you yesterday, Tommy, if you were going out as I was going in.

I don't know, Tommy.

Well, it's funny. The car you were driving is registered to him.

Tommy must care for you an awful lot.

He's willing to be put away forever to keep you out of it.

If you feel the same, it's time to talk the truth.

He told me not to say anything.

He doesn't want anything bad to happen to me.

I'm so worried about him.

Things have changed now, Christy.

You might be able to help him with this case.

We think Tommy may have been framed for the murder.

The lady always tell me what they're doing that night.

If they're going to a party or something.

So Tommy had this idea.

I made an impression of the keys while the ladies were soaking.

And Tommy made the keys from that.

Then he went over to their houses at night.

He broke the window off of the police wouldn't know how he got in.

And that's where he got Kay Dawson's key when he broke into her house.

But that's what was so weird the picture in the paper of mrs. Dawson the lady

who got killed that wasn't the mrs. Dawson I took the keys from

Hi

Caroline me again, mr. Dawson in in his office with

miss Stevens. I'll just tell him that shit.

Oh So this is what you guys were doing the night of the murder What are you

talking about?

Well, after you figured out Tommy's M .O., you sent Susan here to the salon as

your wife, with your keys in her purse. Oh, that's just not true.

Uh -huh. You drugged your wife so she couldn't hear Tommy come in. Then you

smacked her in the head and pushed her down the stairs.

I was here.

James. No. You turned the alarm on, and then you came here.

Excuse me. What about the flashlight? You could have taken the flashlight out

Tommy's truck at any time.

You know something? You're crazy.

Yeah, I am.

And you both have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Number five, step back, please.

All of you, please, remain facing forward.

Please remain facing forward.

I'm sorry.

What do you mean you're sorry?

I don't recognize anyone.

What do you expect?

Jason, Chrissy, just take one more look. Are you absolutely sure that the woman

who made the appointment as Mrs. Dawson isn't in the room?

No, I did look three times.

She isn't in there.

Release Mr. Dawson and Miss Stevens, please.

Of course it was a real Mrs. Dawson that came to see you. You just didn't

recognize her from the newspaper, that's all.

Let's just consider this case officially closed, shall we?

And get on to the more important issues like solving crimes.

Maybe we missed something here.

Maybe Jason's been right the whole time.

We have missed something.

Would you look at one more thing for us?

It's her.

That's who I got the keys from. That's who said she was Mrs. Dawson.

You have something to tell me, Caroline?

About?

Beverly West's facial salon.

Oh.

I am so sorry. I did not mean to... Miss Stevens told me to...

I'll pay them back. Susan set up the appointments, didn't she? A bunch of

They were a present for Mrs. Dawson.

Susan paid for them in advance.

Right. And then she told you Kay couldn't go, is that right?

Uh -huh. And then she sent you instead.

That's right.

And to tell them that I was Mrs. Dawson and so they wouldn't go to waste.

And then I was supposed to tell them that I was going out of town that day.

And I needed a refund on the rest of the appointments.

Now, did anybody give you any house keys?

Whose car did you take?

Mr. Dawson's. She told me to get it washed.

Is Mr. Dawson or Susan in the building?

They were. They left together.

You cannot deny that you wanted to kill her. That's all you've talked about for

the last five years. Talked about this, but you actually did it. I get things

done. You just whine about them.

Don't you understand? You're going to get caught.

No. No, James. We are going to get caught.

It's only a matter of time before they figure this whole thing out. And when

they do, nobody will believe that you were not in this up to your neck.

I'm not going to let you treat me this way. We don't have time to go searching

for your manhood. Why should I give up a fortune? The company's mine now. And

where will you take it without me or your wife? Hey, I didn't need her. I

need you. Somebody has to yank your chain.

Don't talk to me that way. Let go of me. I'm not leaving here.

No fancy moves, Dawson.

It's not what it looks like. Really?

It looks like a dead body to me.

Susan Seeves and Saul, Mr.

Orlowski's girlfriend, lift the keys from a client's purse.

We believe that she and James Dawson conspired against Dawson's wife.

What's the charge?

First -degree murder.

What do you think will happen to Mr. Orlowski?

Well, as you know, he's going to be held for burglary and... What a perfect

frame.

Good enough to fool me.

Jason, I think that you let a personal grudge get the best of you here.

Oh, I got taken in.

It was not the perfect frame.

I tried to show you that. You refused to even look at it.

Do you understand that my career demands that I have to prosecute criminals to

the full extent of the law?

You blinded yourself to the truth. You refused to listen to anyone or anything

that threatened your possibility of moving up the ladder.

You wouldn't even listen to me.

I was just doing my job.

You know, I think we're talking about choices here.

Dee Dee, I don't want to lose you.

But I think we operate from different places.

Maybe.

Maybe we're just different kinds of people.

Guess it's good to find these kind of things out.

Now I've done it later.

Ouch,

you know.