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So this is how it ends.

The short, exciting life of AJ Simon.

There's a way out of this.

There's got to be a way out of this. I will not die.

How did I let myself get into this?

How the hell did it all start?

Hold it, Hawthorn.

On your feet.

I think I'll live.

I know I'll live.

i was on my way out the door and a new client walked in i guess i don't have

priority call any services anymore well let's hope not well there's always after

business hours

I know that.

Frank Morgan's new one.

Easy living?

Yep.

I didn't know you liked that.

Well, there's a lot about me you don't know, AJ.

You haven't changed much.

Yes, I have.

So who's your new client?

Um, a small research lab working with lasers, industrial espionage.

Sounds boring.

Not nearly as interesting as a stupid lovesick woman being taken in by a con

man.

A very dangerous professional confidence man took advantage of many, many

men.

Besides, you weren't stupid.

He hired us.

Other women are showing up?

You bet.

All the press coverage is bringing them out. You weren't alone.

Last in the Bulls parade.

Hey, come on.

Thanks to you, the parade is over.

You know, I couldn't have done it without you, AJ.

You're always there for me, and I just hope that doesn't end just because the

job's over.

Allison, it's perfectly natural for a client to develop a special feeling

someone who's been protecting her.

I'm not a patient falling in love with a shrink.

I didn't mean that.

I know.

I won't ever pressure you, AJ.

I've just gotten kind of used to having you around.

That was delicious.

The way to a man's heart.

No, no, no, no, no, no more. I have to drive home. Later.

No, you don't.

Uh, let me help you with these dishes, okay?

Oh, I don't really want to tell Maureen.

Allison, are you trying to tell me something?

Oh, oh, I said I wouldn't pressure you, didn't I?

Well, we're two adults, clearly attracted to one another.

Why shouldn't we enjoy each other for one night?

No strings attached.

Are you armed?

How do you mean?

I don't usually need a gun on the first day. Oh, I'm just checking.

I know.

This is the future of laser technology.

High performance at lower levels of power.

Excuse me.

I've been working on this laser design 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for a

Could be the next real breakthrough.

75 % savings in energy.

Could mean a lot of money.

Millions of dollars.

You must have other projects.

This is quite a place.

Rented.

I've been plowing all the profits back into the research.

If this comes through...

I can buy the building and fill it full of the latest equipment.

Then you'll see something.

It's all riding on this project.

And now someone's trying to pull it out from under me.

You have any ideas who, Janet? Well, I just know that it's suddenly in

development at Graykirk International.

But I made some subtle design changes that they don't know about yet.

How did you find that out?

My spy over there told me.

Ah, but our spy is a good spy, right?

It's part of the game, Mr. Simon.

I'm not a heavyweight, but I'm a survivor.

What is

it?

It's, uh... different.

It's clean.

cleaner.

Wait a minute.

Forgot your tie, mon cher.

I left it at her place last night. Uh -huh.

You, uh, went over there to have dinner, not to take off your... Yeah, it was a

very informal dinner.

Look, uh, it's not my business. Yeah, that's correct.

Somebody's gonna have to turn your headlights on. This is beginning to look

serious. Oh, give me a break, will you? Just simply...

Two adults who enjoyed each other for a night with no strings attached.

No strings attached, huh? Just got your tie and a noose there. Oh, I don't

believe this. This from the man who holds the Guinness record for

one -night stands? AJ, this house has not looked this clean since the first

Liz spent the weekend here. This is not Liz.

Yeah, yeah. This is not Liz. Mm -hmm.

This is fun.

A woman does not break into your house and clean it for fun.

She didn't break in. She still has the key that I gave her last week. I don't

like this.

Just uncomfortable around clean, that's all.

I think that's for you.

Hi. Hi.

Hi, Allison.

Hi. Clean my dog too? Come on, Marlo. Come on.

Leave these two alone.

You really didn't have to do all that.

Oh, I was waiting for you. I didn't have anything else to do.

I'm a lot cheaper than a maid.

I'll settle for a bite of lunch.

Oh, I can't. We've got a lot of work to do.

How about dinner?

I already have plans, sorry.

Some other night?

All right.

All right.

Oh, I borrowed this from your bookshelf. It's great.

Keep it. Finish it.

I'll give you a call.

I want a complete inventory of equipment and a rundown on all research projects

in my hands by tonight.

Yes, sir.

Is anyone working on holography?

Yes, sir. I am.

Andrew Cornwallis. Mark Tyler.

Mark. Nice to meet you.

How's it going?

I'm making progress.

Making progress. Good.

Very good.

Richard.

Yes, sir. Write that down.

At Gibson Laboratories, we are making progress.

Call Scientific Monthly. Reserve a two -page spread.

Yes, sir. Oh, we will need some artwork. Call TechEd in Atlanta. Get them on it.

I wasn't expecting to see you so soon, Andrew.

Have you met everyone? No.

Tim Kelly?

Tim.

Sandy Trout?

Sandy. Mark Tyler?

Mark. We just met.

And Arthur Paulson.

Art?

Well... We're all one big...

Happy family now.

Welcome to the family.

Excuse me if I seem a little dense, but what just happened?

Oh, Mr. Cornwallis just got bored with computers. He's looking for another

hobby. I guess it's going to be lasers.

He's investing in Gibson Labs?

He's thinking about it.

Only thinking about it?

He just adopted us.

Mr. Cornwallis makes lots of plans.

Some of them even go through.

We just did this routine at, uh, Graykirk International this morning.

Well, then, Janet doesn't stand a chance.

Thank you, partner. Oh, I just mean, Graykirk is out of our league.

Oh, no, don't count her out yet.

Mr. Cornwallis always roots for the underdog.

Richard! Yes, sir.

Excuse me, please.

Next time I'll wrap your skates around your neck! Destroy it!

Hey,

hey, watch out! Oh, oh, oh, take it easy. Mix and roll these two off the

box. Now check with the DA and see if roller skates are considered a deadly

weapon. Do me a little favor, town. Oh, that's great. Whatever happened to

hello, town? How you feeling, town? You walk in here, all you can see is I need

a little favor.

Hello, town.

Hi, town. How you feeling?

Lousy. Good.

And another thing, I don't appreciate being your message center.

My message center?

Allison Baker called here today three times looking for you.

Why'd she call here?

I don't know. She probably knows that you stop by here from time to time

for little favors.

The guy seduced this poor little girl. Oh, come on. Give me a break. I

didn't seduce anybody.

It was simply two adults who... Forget it. Just forget it, all right? No, no,

no. Go on, please. This is the high point of my day.

I'm sorry.

I'll make sure she never calls here again.

We need a little favor, Town. Just run down some names for us.

Yeah, these are researchers at Gibson Laboratories, and we're looking for an

inside man who stole some laser plans.

Okay, thank you.

Oh, by the way, Town, we need this right away, and when you get done, if you

could type up a couple of dossiers on each one of these things. Nothing very

fancy, just a few pages on each one and some photographs, all right?

Thank you.

Eight by ten should do it.

must be Cecilia.

Yes. Oh, I've really been looking forward to meeting you.

Hello. I'm Allison.

Oh, oh, I was going to surprise AJ.

In this house, that's a little dangerous.

Well, I should be going. Oh, no, no, please.

Uh, let me make you some coffee.

I want to hear all the stories about AJ's little boy.

Well, there's a lot to tell.

Surprise.

Hi.

I thought you had a date.

I broke it. I tried to reach you.

Cecilia and I have been having a wonderful chat.

Has the subject of your clothes come up?

Oh, okay. I'll put my pants on. Will that make you feel better?

Yeah.

Cecilia seems to understand.

I don't think you understand, Mom.

Well, I didn't realize you were serious about anyone again.

Well, I'm not.

I... Well,

maybe you better tell her.

I think she plans to bury your children.

Good night, honey.

Make my apologies.

Oh, she had to go?

Uh -huh.

These surprise visits have got to stop.

No, don't be silly. That's no way to talk about your mom.

I wasn't talking about her surprise visits.

Hey, Allison, I thought we were very clear with each other about all this.

We're friends.

Last night was wonderful.

Tonight would be better.

No, not tonight.

I am exhausted.

Well, wait, we could just listen to some jazz.

We could read quietly together.

No, some other time.

Some other time, okay?

Oh, I could have that key back, by the way.

Of course.

No, it's not a good idea to have a lot of keys floating around, and I might

to loan it out to somebody.

You know.

I didn't realize you gave them out to all your clients.

No, I'm really sorry that I bothered you Allison Allison

Janet, is that you?

Hello?

Janet, is that you?

Who's there?

Come on now, I know you're in there.

Turn on the lights here.

Mark was friendly with everyone in the lab.

I just can't believe one of my own people.

Who knew Mark.

Worked with him every day.

Janet.

Whoever did this left his conscience behind a long time ago.

We're dealing with a professional agent.

Somebody he was willing to kill rather than be exposed.

I just don't understand someone like that.

Oh, excuse me. I didn't realize... Allison, this is not a good time.

No, I've taken up enough of your time already.

Allison Baker, this is Janet Gibson, our new client. We just finished

Allison's case.

I'll walk you to your car.

If you left.

You never told me your new client was so attractive.

You said it was a boring case.

I never said that.

You were the one who said that.

Look, what has this got to do with you?

And what are you doing here?

I had to talk to you, A .J.

I wanted to tell you that I understand about the key and all, and I got you

something. No, no, no. Come on. No.

It's a keychain for your spare key.

It's a making -up present.

Allison, this is solid gold. I can't accept this. No, please. No way.

A .J.

AJ, AJ.

I love you.

Whoa. Am I going to see you tonight?

No. Tomorrow night. No, no.

Allison, the point is we should not be seeing as much of each other right now.

So you just used me for kicks.

And then you brushed me aside.

No. You're the same as the rest of them.

You're the same as the rest of them.

No sign of forced entry, right? Nope.

Still dealing with them all.

Homicide just got started.

They're beginning to screen all of Janet Gibson's employees.

Good idea.

How am I going to explain that I just did the same paperwork when I'm not even

involved in the case?

Want to see what you get for doing us a favor? Get to investigate a murder

before it's committed.

I'm only letting you see these because I think it might help solve a case. Any

of them have criminal records?

Arthur Paulson has a couple of moving violations.

Tim Kelly was caught hunting game out of season.

Maybe he knows guns.

I don't think he used this gun while he was hunting.

The murder was committed with a 9mm fully automatic.

Has anybody talked to Great Kirk International?

Yeah. Hear no evil, see no evil.

They deny any kind of espionage.

I'm really getting to the bottom of this one.

Thanks, Tom.

Yeah.

Wait a minute.

Stop right there. Why?

Those are official police documents.

They're not to be taken out of this building. Well, fine. I will make a copy

them on the official police department copying machine.

The taxpayers didn't buy that copying machine for your personal use.

We're taxpayers.

New policy.

Pay as you go. Fine. Pay as you go. What are the charges, sir?

Officer Nixon will be glad to... Oh, come on, town. Anything but that. Give

break here.

Officer Nixon, will you assist these two citizens?

You're trying to make some copies?

Yes, sir.

If you'd be kind enough to fill out these forms in triplicate, please. I

being taken for granted.

So how are you two holding up under this witch hunt?

Are we all suspects?

Yes, I guess we are.

But it could have been done by anyone who found a way in.

Yeah, anyone who found their way in with a key, who understood about our

security system.

Hi.

Allison Baker. We met this morning?

Of course.

Come into my office. Thank you.

You're very lucky to have A .J. and Rick on your team.

Did they ask you to come?

No, no, it's a coincidence.

I've been looking for your type of company to invest in.

A .J. told me about it.

Oh, well, I was afraid all this would scare investors away. They're not

generally as brave as you are.

The laser projects that we developed here are going to revolutionize

manufacturing in this country.

Let me show you some of the specifications.

I'm not very good at technical things.

I like to take a more personal view of my investments.

I just want to know a little bit more about you and your company.

To be honest, they're both just about the same.

My whole life is practically spent in the lab.

Doesn't your husband mind?

I'm not married.

Neither am I.

I guess we're all looking for the right man, aren't we?

Would you like to see our prospectus?

Hello, everyone. Sandy, Tim.

Mr. Conwallis. Yes.

Janet has someone with her.

Oh. Looks like we'll be working together again, A .J.

I'm going to be Janet's new partner.

Excuse me, sir.

May I have a word with you inside, Miss Biddle?

Unfortunate situation.

Former associate of mine.

Very messy proxy battle.

Don't you ever interrupt us when we're on a case. I have every right to

investigate. You have probably blown our cover here and our lives are on the

line.

Go home, Allison.

No. Janet, please, trust me on this.

You do not want Allison as your partner.

I don't understand.

Is she lying about the money?

No, not at all. She has the money. But the only reason she's doing this is in

order to be close to me.

A .J., we're talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars. I know.

I know how it sounds. It sounds... crazy.

and would you?

Hawthorne was bailed out?

Yeah.

Order came down about an hour ago.

Make sure Allison Baker is notified.

One of your rich girlfriends drew the trick, Hawthorne?

Lopez and Lopez bail bondsmen think I have an honest face.

Don't leave town.

Leave town?

I love San Diego.

Hello? Hello, AJ.

It's Allison.

What Allison?

I'm scared, AJ. He's been calling here.

Who?

Hawthorne. Hawthorne is in jail?

No, no, he's not. The police called.

He's going to kill me, AJ. You've got to come over.

I'll be there in ten minutes.

You're not going to walk away from this one, Hawthorne. Oh, come on. Don't you

have anything better to do? We're already got you on one phone account.

we're talking against Vincent Murphy.

What the hell's wrong with you, man? Do you ever get anywhere near Allison

Dinkering? No, I do not. What are you doing?

Oh, sure. You're out 24 hours and someone lights a can of cleaning fluid

bedroom. No, Simon, I never tried to kill Allison.

I just went over there to scare her. Now you're grabbing me. That's all.

I haven't been anywhere near her since I got out. Well, put me on a polygraph.

We're going to do that and that's more, Hawthorne. Now you take it easy and back

off.

You have any other candidates in mind, wise guy?

Could have been anybody off the street.

A woman like Allison invites in trouble.

What the hell is that supposed to mean? It means... It

means when a con artist is looking for a new target, he looks for an Allison

Baker with no self -confidence and no identity of her own and lots of money. A

woman like Allison just needs a man to feel alive.

Check it out.

But she's already found some new guy to hang on to.

Maybe he did it.

I seriously doubt it.

AJ will try again.

But, Allison, you've got police protection. I can't do anything more

can. Well, I'm going to stay with you for a few days. No. Well, tonight. Just

tonight. No, absolutely not. I'm on a new case. I have a new client. I've got

work to do. Rick is helping her. Yeah, and I have to help Rick.

AJ. AJ, will you call me?

Allison, Allison, Allison, get some rest, okay?

AJ. Get some rest, all right?

As we put more pressure on, either your spy runs or if he still needs your final

modifications, he stays. But sooner or later, he's going to have to do

about us.

You all right? I think so.

So how was your day?

Look, I would feel a lot better if you stayed with us tonight. I don't want her

to be alone.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm going to take another look around. Call him to town and let him know what

happened. Got it.

This is a safety precaution for a few days. That's all.

Your spy knows where you live, and we don't want you there.

Maybe I should close the lab down for a few days.

Not yet.

That's the one place we know he'll be when we want him.

He's not going to try anything with the others around.

Look, I'll follow you.

We'll be okay.

Must have been set while the car was in my place last night. I can't for the

life of me figure out how he found us, though.

Maybe he tailed you home?

Come on, Tan, you know me better than that.

Well, we're definitely looking at two separate attacks here.

Certainly different M .O .s.

I mean, a firebomb is hardly in the same league as an automatic weapon.

You lab boys have any ideas?

Nothing traceable, you know, just your typical household cleaning fluids,

naphtha, phenols.

What did you say?

It was filled with cleaning.

fluids.

Thank you.

Ms. Allison?

I mean, I can't prove it, but I know it was.

What happened to her police protection anyway?

She released them right after you left.

What am I supposed to do, Tam?

I mean, I can't wait until she kills one of our clients. We've already got one

in the hospital.

Well, you need a 5150, but I don't think it'll hold up in court.

What is a 5150?

Involuntary incarceration of a psychologically unbalanced person who

danger to his or herself or others. That's Allison.

What are you going to tell the judge she was using cleaning fluid?

No, I'm going to tell him that she's obsessed with me.

Your Honor, the defendant desperately loves me.

I'd like to put her away to get her off my back.

Well, it probably won't help, but you can also say that she bailed out

Hawthorne.

For real?

Oh, yeah.

I leaned on Lopez and Lopez bailed Bondsman.

Hawthorne's bail was anonymously guaranteed by Allison Baker.

So what if I did?

I just hated to see him in jail.

I think you bailed him out, giving me a reason to come back.

I think you set fire to your bedroom yourself so that I would save you.

Me?

You think I did it? I also think you're responsible for the fire in Janet's car.

A .J., just because I fell in love with you, that doesn't make me a murderer.

I know about your mother and her boyfriend.

I hate to disappoint you, AJ, but I didn't kill them.

The police questioned me, but I was never charged.

And I don't go around attacking people or trying to...

I think you need help, Allison.

And I would like to try and help you find it.

I was really wrong about you, wasn't I?

Bye, Allison.

Janet's friend over at Grey Kirk International gave us a map of the

but after that we're on our own.

The VC in charge of research and development had a seminar in Washington

week, a guy by the name of Porky Pig, and if the Roadrunner ever catches up to

Wile E. Coyote, we're in serious trouble.

If what? What did you say?

I need you here, AJ. Forget about Allison. That's over.

Really believe that?

I will if you will.

I believe we'd better get our act together before we hit great, Kurt.

Plans for Janet's laser.

The Abracadabra Cheese Company.

Say what?

Suppose that's a subsidiary?

Yeah. Graykirk International is into lasers, Star Wars technology, and cheese

dip. Works for me.

We've got a non -existent company paying out untraceable checks to our spy.

ALP, what do you want to bet that Arthur Paulson's middle name is Lawrence?

I got a message about a meeting.

Everybody late for me?

Well, actually, you're the only one coming in today, Arthur.

We wanted to have a little heart -to -heart with you. About espionage?

About murder?

AJ. AJ, you all right?

It went in my eyes. I can't see.

Let me see. Let me see. Come on.

All right, just stay put.

Oh.

Are you all right?

What do you want, Allison?

I've been looking for you.

I love you, AJ.

Allison?

Allison?

Allison?

you

Put your hands around that.

Where is he?

Where is he?

All right, lady, you're going to take me to my brother, and if he dies, you die.

Get in there.

She's the one started the fire. Hang on to her.

She's all right.

Hold her. Put a call in to

downtown Brown, all right?

I'll never forget you, AJ.

Never.