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California, Hong Kong, London, New York, now Los

Angeles. It sounds like you've traveled almost everywhere in the world.

I have.

In all my travels, I've never met a woman as beautiful as you.

You know, it's funny.

You know, we just met a few years ago.

A long time.

Another round?

Two more.

No.

Nothing, sir.

Let me have a check.

Sir?

You know, I'm having such a wonderful time, I'd like to continue the evening.

Would you like to go somewhere else?

Why don't we go to my room and order drinks from there?

Your room looks exactly like mine.

With one big exception.

My room has you in it.

You're going to have to give me a minute to freshen up.

One minute.

Beautiful night.

Come on, let's have it. The wallet.

What is this?

Paula.

The money. I said the money.

Please, let me stand up.

His money's in his left coat pocket.

Tough luck, sucker.

So how does Allison like it?

Oh, she likes it just fine.

It's just that it's a tough school. It's very competitive, and I don't know if

that's good for a kid her age.

How is she doing in her relationship to other kids in the class?

Well, she's a good student.

Her best subjects are reading and spelling.

Her strongest subject is writing.

She's not very good in math.

Well, that's okay. I wasn't very good in math at her age either.

As a matter of fact, I'm not very good in math now.

You are going to pay the check, though, right?

Yeah, but I'd have to ask you to add the bill up for me.

So, it's a long day for her, isn't it?

Yes, she's up at 6. She has to be on the bus by 7.

She gets home around 4 .30, and I let her play for an hour.

She has dinner, does her homework, and goes to bed.

So what you're saying is you miss her.

Yeah, I do.

Yeah. He's grown up so fast.

He's not my little girl anymore.

I like your outfit very much this evening.

Thank you.

I also like the way it looks.

Sergeant Hunter, you have a telephone call.

The female suspect brings the man back to her room.

Then her male accomplice comes out and pulls the robbery. They hit two places

tonight. The first one's over at the airport lodge.

An Egyptian tourist. They beat him up pretty good, but he survived.

This guy, I think, fought back, and he didn't.

His name is Lawrence Ross. He's from Cleveland, Ohio. Flew in this afternoon.

Nate found the body.

Looks like he fell during the fight, I guess. He's got a big knock on the back.

Now, is Mitchell handling this investigation, Charlie?

No, we're not going to handle it, but we're going to give all the support we

to Vice.

Chris.

Al, hi.

What are you doing here?

From what I understand, we're providing support for Vice on this one. Well, Al

Novak's going to handle it from the Vice end.

Make sure that he gets all the Metro officers that he needs, okay?

For you, I got something special. Remember our old friend Jack the Eel

Yeah, I put him away two years ago.

He escaped from Chino Men's. On his way to L .A., supposedly, he's all yours.

Now, look, the hotel managers around the airport are really upset about these

muggings, so let's get on, huh?

I'll see you tomorrow.

Kevin.

How you doing, Hunter?

Real good, Al. How about yourself?

Oh, hey, never better.

So, looks like you two are out of town for the evening, huh?

Nice outfit, Chris.

So what's the deal here?

You two staying each other again, huh?

Yep.

Why don't you both talk about the case? I think that would be the best thing to

do right now, Al. Oh, sure, Chris. Ah, sure.

I just think you can do a lot better, that's all.

Okay, stop it, both of you. Stop the case, please.

Okay.

So, what lead would you like me to follow now?

Why don't you check into the deceased's background, his family, employment

record, et cetera?

I'm sure you can handle that, right?

Certainly. Okay, good.

Stick to the job.

We'll see you later.

Good night, Chris.

I want to tell you something, Hunter.

I've been involved in this investigation from the get -go.

So don't try and take the case away from me.

And don't go off on your own.

Just give me the support that Vane promised me and you stay out of my way.

Excuse me.

Larry Rossi headed up our Cleveland office, and there's just no replacing a

like him.

We heard about the circumstances surrounding his death, that he was

in a woman's hotel room.

Does the news really need to know about this?

Well, I'm afraid they already do.

See, Larry Rossi was one of my best friends.

His wife...

Well, she'll just be crushed by this.

Must be something we could do to sort of, you know, keep things quiet.

I'm afraid we can't help you with that.

Oh, that's a terrible shame, because Larry Rossi was not the kind of man to

chase around on his wife.

Well, I guess we just picked the wrong woman to break form with.

Excuse me.

But if you had known Larry Rossi, I don't think you'd say that.

Well, Mr. Rapp, I don't think he meant anything by it.

Nevertheless, we're asking our board of directors to establish a reward for the

capture of Larry's killer, $50 ,000.

Mr. Olten, that'll help out a lot. Thank you.

Well, Larry, uh... Larry was family to us, and we want his killer just as much

as you guys do.

Hi, Alice Doyle?

Yes? I'm Sergeant Chris Novak, LAPD.

I'm looking for your son.

Oh, yeah, I heard he escaped yesterday.

The boy's been nothing but trouble since he was 13.

Yeah, do you have any idea where he might be?

He doesn't have many friends.

Never did.

No one would put up with him for very long.

Does he still keep in touch with Spence Martin?

Why do you ask?

They were partners, weren't they?

I don't know.

You like boxing, Mrs. Doyle?

I love sport.

Watch it 24 hours a day with cable.

Helps pass the time.

Jack used to box, didn't he?

A long time ago, but he wasn't very good at it.

Well, I won't keep you any longer.

I would appreciate it, though, if you'd give me a call. Do you hear anything

from Jack?

Oh, uh, I'll do that.

but I don't think he'll be showing up here.

Thank you.

Yeah, this could be them.

She was a blonde, beautiful blonde, but not very nice.

Her boyfriend was even worse.

So you'd recognize either one of them again if you saw them? Yes, I have a

good memory for faces.

Well, that's good.

When you feel better, we'd like to have you come downtown and look at a lineup,

perhaps. Yes, but you'll have to catch them soon.

I return home in three days.

Well. We'll do that. Mr. Farid, thanks for your time. Appreciate it. I feel

better.

Thank you.

Death clerk says red hair, now Farid says blonde. So the girl's a quick

artist. What can I say?

Yeah, also, why would our hitter suddenly kill one of his victims? Come

Hunter. What's bound to happen sooner or later?

Maybe there's two mugging teams at work. What? What are you talking about? A

copycat? Sure.

I figured you were wrong. I had this case wired from the top. It's the same

woman in all the cases. Blonde, redhead, brunette.

Rothby was not killed by a copycat. I know the purpose. I don't know.

Well, I think it might be a copycat. Oh, that's right. You're the expert on

blondes, aren't you?

him off in the alley.

This is R30 Charles to 114.

R30, go. I need an air unit in the neighborhood of 4505 Morris Street.

male suspect running on foot northbound.

What are you doing here?

I read the newspaper this afternoon.

Well, congratulations.

I mean about Larry Rossi of Unified Manufacturing being killed.

What about it?

He was killed in the same room you had me check into.

Wasn't me you wanted last night.

You stayed in that room after I left and you killed him.

Didn't you?

You know, for a hooker, you have a very vivid imagination.

I may be a lot of things, but I'm not a murderer.

You put me in the middle of something I didn't want to be involved.

The police will be looking for me. I didn't bargain on a murder rap.

Take it easy.

I'm not taking anything easy.

I'm going to the cop.

Will you wait a minute, please?

Come here.

Come on.

I can make it up to you, really.

How are things going between you and Al?

Oh, you know, when you get to know him, he's really a sweetheart.

Look, I feel really bad about this. You feel bad?

Think of poor Al, how tormented he is working with me.

Well, I'm just glad you're being patient with him. Oh, yes.

He really is a good person. I'm sure he is, Chris.

It's just that his feelings are still hurt.

His feelings are still hurt.

I just don't want you two to fight.

Chris, we're just two men doing what two men do in a situation like this.

Listen to this.

Ocean waves break below your room in a carpet of sea foam and mist.

Indeed, the Carmel Sea Lodge is a vacation paradise.

What are the rates?

$400 a night.

Isn't there anything a little less expensive for a change?

First class, kiddo. That's what we promised ourselves.

I don't care what class it is. I think we better get the hell out of L .A.

What is the rush?

We got a good thing going here.

A couple more jobs and we can live it up for a week. Then hello, San Francisco.

No, no, it was a couple more jobs last week.

We're going to catch up with them. How?

How are we going to catch up with this? Half the guys who are here are afraid

their wives will find out they're fooling around.

They don't even call the cops.

God, a man's been killed. The police think we did it. We're pushing our luck.

I told you before, luck has got nothing to do with it.

Golf course beckons.

An Olympic -sized heated swimming pool all year round.

This is our kind of place. We deserve to stay here.

Who said that, Scott?

Who said we deserved to stay there?

Well, there's a golden book up in heaven.

It's got our names written in it.

I hate to tell you this, but I don't think you're going to be able to keep

teams on the stakeout forever.

Yeah? Well, they'll hit again. You'll see.

I know the type. They're greedy.

They're like ants all over the sugar cube. Never leave it alone.

Uh -huh.

Yeah, could I please have a tall soda with some wine?

Thanks a lot.

Rossi's death may have changed her.

Well, as long as they're idiots like Rossi around, our purpose is still to be

business. See?

This guy's like getting a jump under the sheets with some bimbo a second to

leave home deservedly.

Miss Ross, he may not agree with you.

In all the years I was married to Chris, I never flew around once.

Not once.

Believe me, there were opportunities.

It's strictly a matter of choice.

Of course, I guess a single guy like you doesn't understand it.

Look at that.

Hooker.

Not a hooker, Al.

What's wrong with you?

I'm telling you, it's not a hooker. Hey, hey, believe me.

It's a hooker. I know him. I see him.

Don't give her a whole lot of blood, Barney. Al, you're making a very big

mistake.

Hi.

Hello.

Mind if I join you for a drink?

Sure. Go ahead.

Name's Al.

What's yours?

Judy.

So, uh, where are you from, Al?

Philadelphia.

I'm here on business. I still have the equipment.

How about you?

Well, a client was supposed to meet me here.

Apparently they forgot about the appointment.

Oh, I see.

Well, you see, I have the afternoon off, so maybe we should get to know each

other.

Wait,

wait.

You want me to walk?

See, I'll get the room.

Just bring the equipment.

Oh.

You know, I have a better idea.

How about I bust you first?

What, are you a cop?

Yeah. Hunter.

You know her?

Let's go down here.

I'm an idiot.

Listen,

this guy tried to tell you he's a police officer. Hey, knock it off.

You

don't

have to be afraid of anything.

He'll never know you told me.

I know where you're coming from. I don't need the grief.

Well, from what I've heard, Spence Martin's given you plenty of grief

The bastard broke my jaw last year.

He popped me in the face and walked out and left me flat.

He would have called the cops then.

Yeah, well, so you owe him one.

Jenny.

Tell me the truth.

Where was Vince Martin the night Jack Doyle held up that gas station?

Jenny.

I threatened to kill me once.

I believe him.

We'll take care of that.

Where was he the night of the robbery?

I told the police that Vince was with me.

He was driving the getaway car for Jack Doyle. That's why the money disappeared.

Spence hid it. Where?

Come on, if I knew that, do you think I'd be working there?

Where does Spence keep himself these days?

Don't think he's a boxer.

He works out regular at a gym over on Pico.

Thank you.

Don't worry.

So, Mr. Know -it -all, how about her, huh?

President of the PTA, looking for the school dance committee?

Hey, Al, you're the expert on the hookers. You've already established

But if you have any doubts, why don't you go to the ball and troll them?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Hi. Hi.

What's your name?

Al.

Al Novak.

What's yours?

Paula.

So what do you do, Al?

Sell heavy equipment.

Heavy equipment?

Yeah.

Where are you from?

Philadelphia.

Well, do handsome men from Philadelphia like to buy ladies drinks?

You bet bartender

Open your purse.

Wait a minute.

How'd you like to double that 10 grand?

Double it?

Yeah, I'd like you to help me out one more time.

What are you, some psycho?

You like killing people?

Tomorrow night at the Arlington Hotel out by the airport.

Come on.

It's now your time for ten grand.

Well, my wife would kill me if she found me in your room.

Well, let's make tonight our special secret.

I want you, Al.

Let me freshen up a bit, huh?

Sure.

Well, that sure didn't take you long.

You're busted, pal.

Put her down!

Hold her right there! Don't even move. Up against the wall or you're dead.

You all right, Al?

I'm better than all right. I'm ecstatic.

If you'll turn to your left, please.

Turn to the front, please.

That's him.

Over there.

The second one from the right? Yes.

Okay, Brian. Thanks very much.

Thank you very much, Mr. Fareed.

I'm going to have Officer Dorsey take a written statement from me before you

return home to Egypt.

Just make sure Nichols goes right back to lockup. You got it.

Tell me, what was the woman's real name?

Paula Allen.

I hope when she gets out of prison she's not so beautiful as now.

She's going in for murder.

She's going to be a very old lady when she gets out.

Mr. Fareed, thanks for coming by.

Appreciate your time. Have a good trip home.

I will, Sergeant.

Thank you. Thank you.

What do you mean, murder, Al?

Going to the DA tomorrow morning. I'm asking them to write him on murder

charges. Both of them.

Al, this guy and Paula Allen did not kill Larry Rossi. Oh, come on. Wait a

minute. Come on, there was only a half hour between the two crimes. There

enough time.

There was plenty of time.

You know what your problem is?

You can't deal with the fact that I solved this one.

What about the wigs? So she had another one we haven't found. Well, get it.

See, I did all the footwork to bag the killer, and you can't handle it.

I'm not letting you step all over my arrest.

I'm going to the DA. I'm getting a murder conviction on this, whether you

it or not.

Al, we don't have the evidence to support your claim. Alan and Nichols

all the jobs, and they did the killing.

I know we got enough to get a murder conviction.

You're wrong on this, Al.

Yeah, well, don't worry about it.

I won't tell anybody you work in the case.

Are you ready for tonight?

Yeah.

What's the guy's name?

His name's Doug Roberts.

He's in from Vancouver.

Now, look, just check into the hotel.

Use the name Janice Ames.

Doug will give you a call around 8.

All you have to do is keep him busy until I get there.

Listen, I don't want to be there when you know.

You do what you do.

Look, it's going to go just as smooth as last time.

You're not getting cold feet on me, are you?

I'll be there.

But I don't want to talk about it anymore.

Goodbye.

Okay, goodbye.

Hey.

What are you still doing here? I thought you and Al Novak would be down talking

to the DA by now.

Well, look, I think...

Al is making a very stupid mistake, John.

What's the problem?

Well, look, at hotel number one, Mr. Farreed was mugged at 9 .35 in the

right? At hotel number two, Rossi was killed at 10 o 'clock in the evening.

Now, Alan and Nichols had plenty of time to get from hotel to hotel, but they

didn't have enough time to go up and actually commit the crime.

I see your point.

The DA would probably just laugh at you. I've been trying to tell Al that.

Al's a pretty good cop. How do you figure this?

Well, he's got a problem with me. You know what I mean?

You mean you and Chris?

Yeah.

So what are you going to do?

Well, I'm going to eventually talk to Rossi's employers, but first I'm going

call Mrs.

Rossi. Well, good luck. Yeah, I'll need it. Thanks.

Spence Martin?

Yeah.

What is it? Sergeant Novak, LAPD.

I'd like to talk to you about a friend of yours, Jack Doyle.

Go ahead and talk.

I got nothing to say.

You sure about that?

Sure as I'm standing here.

I'm taking you downtown for questioning.

You're taking me in?

That's right.

And you're here all by yourself.

Dorsey.

Al, what's up?

I want to talk to you.

Yeah?

Where you been?

Went over to see Mr. Olds. Oh, so you've been going behind my back.

Look, Al, we both have an awful lot of work to do on this case, so why don't we

just get to it, okay? If you'll excuse me.

I suppose you know the DA wouldn't take my story, huh?

No, I didn't know that.

All right.

What'd you do, go behind my back to him, too?

Your scenario doesn't make sense on this case. Now, that's not my opinion.

That's a fact. Oh, you're so smooth, Hunter.

I suppose that's the same quality that Chris saw in you, huh?

Okay, now, come on. Let me have all of it. No, no, no. I saw how you moved in,

Hunter, swarmed all over, consoled her in her time of need. Let me tell you

something. Your marriage is over when I met her. No, no, no, no. I'm looking at

the reason my marriage ended, pal.

Hey, be careful here. Oh, what's wrong, Hunter?

True thirst, doesn't it, huh?

Probably used my bed the first time you nailed it, didn't you?

Now, let's go.

That means any personal problems... All right, so long. Now, listen, look.

The two of you listen to me. We all finished now?

I want your words that from now on you'll find a way to work together.

I can't believe you actually hit him.

You can't?

No, I can't.

Well, I feel happy for Al.

Happy? Yeah, the guys wanted to pick a fight with him for the last two years.

finally did it. I feel happy for him. He's jealous because we're dating each

other, that's all.

No, Chris.

He still thinks he owns you.

Al thinks he owns everything. That's one of the reasons I divorced the guy.

Well, good. Sit Al down in the chair and tell him the facts.

Preferably out in the field somewhere.

Look, tell him you're a woman who's decided to do what she pleases. Right

you've decided to see me. Up until this point, anyway.

I can't talk to Al.

You can't talk to Al.

Good.

Well, look, Chris, I know you're in a tough spot. So am I. And it is apparent

me it is not my responsibility to talk to Al Novak. It is yours, and I wish you

would do it. Quickly.

I got a lot of things to do. What are you dragging me down here for?

Come on in, Al. I want to show you something.

Ozzie, fill him in.

The deceased was Joy Daniels, age 26, 105 pounds, 5 '7", brown eyes,

red hair.

Her hair matches the red hair we found in Lawrence Rossi's room.

I won't be absolutely positive till we run a DNA test, but I think there's a

better than excellent chance Miss Daniels was in Rossi's room the night he

killed.

Hunter!

What's your theory?

Larry Rossi found out Olsen was skimming money from his own company, so Olsen

hired Joey Daniels to set him up in a hotel room. The two cases were never

related, Al.

Yeah, well, if that's true, what do we do now?

Well, I don't know about you, but I think we ought to go to Joey Daniels'

apartment and shake it down.

Hunter.

You told Chris to talk to me, didn't you?

Yeah, I did.

She read me pretty good.

She told me I was acting like a jerk.

Actually, she said that you and I were both acting like jerks.

Yeah, so what happened?

Nothing. I didn't want to listen to that stuff, so I split.

Al, you're making a big mistake here. I think you ought to sit down and talk to

Chris again. This time, listen to her.

Don't forget, you have Allison to consider.

I told you, I don't know nothing about any robbery or where Jack Doyle is. If

you were involved in the robbery, you're going up for at least five years.

Jack is crazy. If I sell him out, he'll come after me. When I nail Jack, I'll

offer him a deal if he incriminates you in the robbery. He wouldn't do that. He

wouldn't, not even if I told him you were spending the robbery money he told

to hide. I haven't spent a cent of it.

Your life is slipping away, Martin.

It's Jack Doyle.

Or us.

Who do you trust more?

Okay. You start in the bathroom and I'll start in the kitchen.

Take a look at this.

I've been up all night going over the books.

There's $3 million of this corporation's money missing, and I think you know

where it is.

It wasn't me.

It was Larry Rossi.

He'd been double -billing clients and sucking money out of the company for

years. Cut the crap, Bob.

I know it was you.

What, were you trying to set me up?

Yeah, you boot me out as CEO, then you take my job and keep the money?

Is that how it works?

Hank, this whole thing's really gotten to you, hasn't it? What's gotten to me

you.

You know, I think you killed Larry Rossi, and I think it's high time the

know about it.

Well, all that's going to buy you is trouble, friend.

You know what's going to buy you is a trip to the jail for embezzlement and

probably murder.

No, what that's going to do is drag this company through the mud, and then your

career will be finished.

Then those stock options you have won't be worth a cent.

You think I'm just going to let you walk away from this?

Well, I expect you to look out for yourself first, Hank.

If that includes giving me time to hop on an airplane and disappear.

Yeah, you'll do it.

Oh, boy.

You're just pretty damn sure of yourself, aren't you?

Well, you taught me everything I know about corporate survival, Hank.

So what do you say to me?

How do you want me to play it?

Any sign of him, Dorothy?

No, yes, Sergeant.

How about you, Rigetti?

Negative.

Hold on. There's a car headed toward Martin right now.

Hold your positions till I say go.

Good to see you, Jack.

I got your message.

Fly me in. Let's get the money.

Maybe we should take Mike off. Forget it.

Last time I let you drive, I got busted.

That's the signal. Move in.

Get it on your way.

This is R30 Charles to 114.

Shots were fired. An officer is down. Send an RA unit to our location, 796

Avenue.

That $10 ,000 is part of the money you stole from your company, Mr. Abbott.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about. No, sure you do. I

found your prints all over it.

Yeah, we found that money in Joy Daniels' apartment.

That's the $10 ,000 you gave her to help set up Larry Ross.

Listen, I can explain all of this.

Well, it's Henry Olsen. He's trying to frame me. We're arresting you for the

murder of Larry Ross. I hope you got a good attorney.

I'll take that.

Freedom is rights.

You have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right to remain silent,

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

You have the right to speak to an attorney and have him bring presence to

question.

Well, you did a great job on this case. It was a pleasure. Thank you, Captain.

I'm just going to say this once, Hunter.

Nice job on the case.

Thanks, Al. One more thing.

What you said to me in the morgue made sense.

Maybe I need to have a long talk with Chris.

It's not going to make me like what happened between the two of you.

I understand.

You're a good cop, Hunter.

But I don't think I want to work with you again.

Got it?

Got it.

See you, Al.

Hope not.

What was that all about?

Oh, with Al?

Ebbing hormones.

No, I think it's a case of two grown men doing what two grown men need to do in

a situation like this.