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Sure you don't want to go up today?

No, I'm going to gather the kids and feed them. Okay, I'll try not to stay up

too long.

See ya.

Thanks.

In a city of angels Under cover of night People are drowning In

a sea of light The devil holding Your life on the line

Angels are calling Raining for time

Something's gotta give

We're here to find out if they're going to keep their jobs.

And we're here to meet the new owner and decide the plea.

D .G. Marco, what's D .G.'s name for? I don't know, but whoever this Marco is,

he's done a really nice job with renovating Lou's place.

Take him inside.

That's good.

Over by the bar.

My goodness.

Maybe we should have brought a present.

I don't know. Looks like somebody died.

Hi. I'm, uh, Miss Buchanan, and, uh, well, if you're going to be one of the

waitresses here, let me assure you that you'll be getting all of my business.

Well, thank you, sugar.

I'm the owner.

Oh.

But I will appreciate your business.

You're D .G. Marco?

Please call me Donna.

You must be Garner Ellerby? I must be.

And, of course, Ryan McBride. Please, hello.

I use the initials in business because it's easier.

Change is good. I like it here. I do. Yeah.

Oh, that's awfully sweet of him.

Hi, girl.

Hey. Oh, you're all so lovely.

Thank you.

I think the customer should be paying attention to you, not the prices.

Those uniforms have to go.

Oh, so do we.

It's nice to meet you. Okay. See you later. Bye.

So their corporate controller is killed in an accident and three days later they

have a party.

Evidently the party was planned about three months ago.

Half these people are clients flown in from all over the country.

Wall Street, Big Buck, why you?

Because I'm an old friend and a very good dancer.

Guess those dancing lessons paid off, huh?

Yeah, and speaking of getting paid, what are we doing here? Oh, work, work,

work. Will you just lighten up and enjoy the day?

Look, I'm not real sure about this.

Don't worry.

I won't bite.

You better not.

Well, not that hard anyway.

Hey, Mitch!

Come here!

There's our guy.

Follow me.

He's first. Hey, you.

You look terrific. Thank you. You too.

Ryan,

I'd like you to meet Rhett and Deborah. This is my pleasure. Hi.

Nice to meet you.

It's a pleasure.

Nice to meet you. Elvis Bradley got here.

Yeah, well, you know, we're just putting up a good front for the clients.

We're all still pretty numb about what happened to Doug.

Sorry to hear about that. It's a terrible accident.

Mitch, we don't think what happened to Doug was necessarily an accident.

Look, let's go grab a bite and we can talk.

Last month, our senior legal counsel died

back east.

He fell asleep in his hotel room, smoking in bed.

You don't think that was an accident either?

Mitch, this was a five -star hotel.

The smoke detector in his room mysteriously fails, along with the hotel

sprinkler system.

I don't think so.

So you've had two deaths.

What did the cops say?

We haven't pushed the police.

As far as everyone's concerned, these are two separate accidents.

We're a public company.

The press would crucify us.

It could be just that.

A coincidence.

Anyway... Ryan, we've known Mitch since high school.

We need someone we can trust.

Someone who'll be discreet.

If this is our imaginations, just tell us. And what if it's not?

We'll take whatever you find to the authorities and push like hell.

So, is this the kind of thing you can do?

Oh, yeah.

Definitely. Great.

I feel better already.

Well, when can you start?

Well, it seems all your executives and most of your clients are here, so I'd

we can start tonight.

That's great.

Thank you, Donald.

Hi. Hi. I've been looking for you two. Yeah, there's plenty of time for that.

First, listen, I want you to meet an old friend of mine, Mitch Buchanan. Hi. And

his associate, Ryan McBride.

Nikki Schachter and Donald Jansen, two of Ranker's best people. Hello. Nice to

meet you.

Hi there. Nice to meet you.

That's me.

I gave a couple of folks from Omaha on my little Harvard tour. Tied her off and

some other guy slipped.

Sounds like he's back.

Looks like the party's working. Well, the town needs a little awkward for us.

That's all.

Well, Mitch and Ryan are going to help us find out what really happened to

Oh. They're private investigators.

Look, I wish you the best of luck, but I really must get out of this night air.

My hay fever's killing me.

Don't.

Well, I'm sure glad we're finally getting some help here.

And, um, listen, if there's anything I can do, please let me know.

We'll let you know.

There are a couple other people I'd like you to meet.

See you later, Nikki. Nice to meet you. Have fun.

Well, you got any ideas?

Not a clue.

My god.

Hey. Hi.

How's Red doing?

It's hard to say. They've got him so doped up.

But Deborah's with him. She's been here all night.

Did the cops find anything?

They still think it's an accident.

They haven't made a connection between the other two.

Well, they will.

I need to know more about what goes on at Ranker.

Right now, I have an office full of people waiting for me. Can you meet me

for dinner?

With both Rhett and Debra out of the loop, I really do have my hands full.

Nikki, I need some information, and I don't think Debbie's up to a lot of

questions right now.

Like what?

Well, to start off with, who?

Why? What's the motive?

I think corporate sabotage.

Someone's trying to ruin us, set us up for a hostile takeover by destroying our

management team. All right, that's the motive.

But who? I mean, who would want it bad enough to kill three people?

I'll see what you mean.

Okay. Where?

Nightclub on the beach. I'll find it. Ten o 'clock.

Ten o 'clock.

Thanks.

Hey.

How's he doing?

We've got him from touching a goat. He's holding his own.

I'm afraid to ask anymore.

You know, when Rhett and I were in college, we played on the varsity water

team together, right?

Well, we were sophomores, so we didn't get much playing time.

Well, when Rhett finally got a shot, he comes in, he gets slammed to the side of

the pool by two seniors.

He broke his wrist.

But you know, he kept on playing. He didn't ask to be taken out of the game.

Rhett never told me that.

Kept on playing, and he scored two goals.

Now, this man knows how to fight pain, and he knows how to win.

There's no way he's going to lose this fight. Yeah.

But you've got to hang in, and you've got to give him all the strength you can

give him. I will.

Okay? Yeah.

So, what'd you get from the guys downtown, Garner?

These were taken by the Malibu Sheriff's accident investigators.

Mm -hmm. See this?

This is the aluminum glider strut. You see these marks on it? Mm -hmm.

I don't think those are malfatigue.

Are you saying that somebody cut that hang glider, Frank? That's possible.

I need to take a look at that strut.

Hey, did you know that Debra filed for divorce last year? Yeah, yeah, I heard

about that, but I also heard they patched the whole thing up.

But they worked it out.

What did the police find at the marina?

Well, they pulled the boat up first thing this morning.

Loose wires, faulty fuel pump, leaky gas line.

Accident. Looks like way to them.

I don't buy that at all.

Can you go in a favor downtown?

Probably.

Have them check for something sophisticated, like gelignite or

Laid against the fuel tank.

And a remote trigger, not a timer.

Well, that'll cost me a lot of favors, but I'll see what I can do.

Also think I'll put in some undercover time at Rancor. Howl around, see if I

dish up some dirt.

Gas man again?

Oh, I think maybe telephone man this time. That's always interesting.

Very good. And you?

Well, I want to find out what's changed.

Who's new, who's angry, who profits, and who suffers from all this.

Great.

What about you? Me? I've got a dinner date.

With who?

Nikki Shepard.

Nice work.

ryan mcbride confidential investigations really a private dick

not my favorite choice of words i'm sorry would you like to sit down uh no

thank you it's just you're the first woman that i've met in this line of work

what were you before a cop the forensic specialist and i'd love to sit here and

swap resumes with you but I'm in kind of a hurry. You got a call from a Miss

Deborah Collins, didn't you? Yes, she said to cooperate, so what can we do for

you? You've been Ranker's headhunter for... Every new executive hired in the

last ten years.

Great. All right, well, I'm interested in the most recent, say, past year and a

half. Well, let's see what we have over here.

All righty.

This is belated.

Paul Prithard, Corin Tong, Nicky Schachter. Yeah, yeah, what about her?

Acquisitions and development, impeccable background.

And before her, Donald Jansen.

Jansen went to Harvard, Wharton School of Finance.

A real up -and -comer.

Where was he during this two -year period?

He could have been on sabbatical. I have four more. Do you want them?

Yeah, can you give me hard copies of these?

Sure.

then maybe we could do some work on your resume.

Yeah, maybe we could.

I think we really could.

Hey. Hi.

Want to join in? Sure, go ahead.

So what do you think of the play? Do you like it? Love it.

What would make it better?

Um, pool table.

Bumper? No, regulation.

Competition size, four and a half by nine, or bar size, four by eight?

Four by eight.

You got it.

Just like that?

Just like that.

Why?

So you'll spend your time and spend your money.

Hey, you made it. Hi.

Sit down, sit down.

Between the rain and the traffic and everything.

No apology needed. Believe me, the wait was well worth it.

Thank you. What are you drinking?

Whatever you have. Iced tea.

Long Island? No, strictly West Coast.

I'll have the same, but...

You have questions?

Yeah, yeah, I got a few.

Do you have a list of suspects?

Well, I'm working on that.

Am I on it?

Should you be?

Where did you get those suspicious eyes?

Police?

FBI?

CIA? Uh, try lifeguard.

No, lifeguard?

As in beats? As in a fan.

What's the connection? between being a lifeguard and doing PI work?

I don't know.

Maybe I just like helping people in trouble.

Ah, sounds like a white knight complex.

Here's to knights in shining armor.

And damsels in distress.

Well, thanks again for coming, huh?

Well, I hope I was of some help.

Anyway, I'm glad I came.

I needed to relax a little.

Relax? I must have looked at your watch a dozen times.

Worth of habit.

Thank you.

I feel a lot better knowing that you and your team are on this case.

Hang on. Hang on.

I'll get it.

You all right?

No, I'm not even close to all right.

Police kept asking, who wants to kill you?

Like I can pull out a list or something.

You know, then I kept thinking, he's right.

Someone, someone I probably know wants me dead.

I'm scared. I want to go home.

Maybe I can't go home.

Maybe it's not safe, right?

No, it's not safe.

I couldn't do it.

There's a phrase that lifeguards use.

It's relax.

I gotcha.

I gotcha.

Now, if you want, you can spend the night at my place.

And I guarantee you'll be safe.

And tomorrow?

And tomorrow, when the sun comes up, we'll try to make some sense of this.

Make sure we keep you safe.

Okay?

Okay. Okay.

Let's go

You're quite the gentleman, Mitch.

Are you all right?

Yeah. I heard you and Nicky were almost killed.

Exactly. Almost. We were almost killed.

Just enough time to get away.

Well, you were lucky.

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. Except the timing was just perfect. I mean, it

was too perfect.

Another couple of seconds and parts of me would be in Oxnard.

Do me a favor, will you?

I want to check on this and see if... It can trigger an explosion.

Yeah.

Yeah, no problem.

And the one I'd find you here.

Gee, there's a safe bet.

I got no life, Mitch.

I'm either with the federal building or I'm here.

Take it from me, will you, pal?

Sad, isn't it?

Breaking my heart.

Hey, buddy, I need a favor.

Official?

No, actually off the record.

I need a background check.

Deep?

Very deep.

That's going to cost you, old buddy.

Desperate, lonely man, Mitch.

I need to meet a woman. Now, you're surrounded by women. All I need is an

introduction.

Who is this girl?

The blonde.

CJ. No, no, no. Not CJ. The other one.

You know, the one that bought the club.

Nice. Donna.

You want me to fix you up with Donna?

Mitch, I don't know what it is about her, but she's like... She's like a

goddess. Now, come on, pal. It's just an introduction. I mean, hell, it could be

kismet. She's got a guy.

Very rich.

I'm not looking for marriage. Just a little conversation. Come on, Mitch. I

mean, think of it as... Think of it as a mission of mercy.

She's gonna kill me.

Deal. Great. Now, what's the name you want me to check out? Woman, Nikki

Schachter. Don't bother. Here's a 411.

What'd she do?

I don't know. Maybe nothing.

But you don't think so?

Okay. I went from get up to get gone.

You're a prince among thieves.

Mitch!

I'll talk to Donna and see what she's going to be at night, and you can meet

there for a drink.

Round five?

After five.

Good evening, sir. Good evening, Andy.

Good evening. How are you?

Hmm.

A guy you want me to meet? Actually, I said that wrong.

He wants to meet you.

It amounts to the same thing.

It's just an introduction.

Introduction leads to conversation.

To invitation.

Then it's dinner.

He's charming.

We dance.

He's cute.

He says this, I say that.

We leave.

He wants to go to my place. It's not like that, really. I mean, well, not

time. Okay, how about if I came to you and said...

I want to set you up. All you got to do is say hello.

Donna, the guy did me a tremendous favor.

What favor?

I needed some information on someone, and he got it for me.

How's he able to do that?

Well, he works for the federal government.

Treasury Department.

Treasury Department?

Why didn't you say so?

Then you'll do it?

you get on Jansen? Carbon monoxide?

It turns out odorless sulfuric acid in his humidifier.

They've got him in a hyperbaric chamber.

Tell you, the cops are all over this now. Knee deep and rise.

McKinnon.

Yeah.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, yeah, I told you. After five.

Ned Judd. The Fed.

I want a background check on Nicky. Really?

Looks like little Nikki was in the intelligence branch of the special

Experts on sabotage and explosives.

Okay, she's got a working knowledge, but what's the motive?

Father committed suicide.

Turns out his company was absorbed by rankers legally, but... She feels they

steamrolled him.

Motive? Revenge.

Hey, guys!

You were right.

This thing was modified.

I mean, it's not gonna open any trucks. We'll definitely light up the parking

lot.

Get to the hospital and... Sit with Rick. Debbie.

She's got a condo at the marina. Let's do it.

Nikki's really lost it, killing all those people just to bring a company

Yeah, I just hope Debbie's not her next victim.

You're crazy.

Why are you doing this?

I said shut up. We can talk this out. It's too late for that.

Get in the boat.

Come on, come on. Move.

Sit down.

What? Sit down. You don't have to do that. I'm not going to give you any

trouble. I promise.

Yeah. That's what your lawyer sold my father just before they bought him out

ten cents on the dollar.

Before they crushed him.

Taking it to the water now.

Kobe, what's back up, huh?

What are you doing?

God!

You two both!

Wrong, Deborah.

Just you.

It's ready to go off if it's pulled loose.

Come on, come on!

Nikki, jump!

You're okay now.

Come on.

So, you're telling me that she had the chance to jump and didn't?

Yeah.

I guess she knew it was over.

Oh, that's heavy.

What's that saying about vengeance?

Dig two graves, one for yourself.

Uh, speaking of digging a grave for yourself, how's that deal with Donna

along?

I'm about to find out. Excuse me.

Hey, Mitch.

Hey, hey, bud. How are you? I'm good. Well, look at you. You look terrific.

Oh, my God. She's more incredible than I remember. Yeah, I know.

Why don't you sit down and have a drink here, and what I'll do is I'll just, you

know, smooth things over and let her know you're here, okay? Yeah, yeah. All

right, buddy. You look great. Thanks.

If you... In here.

Who?

Him.

Him? Yeah, the guy I told you I wanted to meet you.

Yeah, no, I don't think so.

Donna, you promised.

No, I didn't promise.

Okay, well, you didn't promise, but look, the guy gave me a huge favor.

Please, don't let me down.

You know, it's very dangerous, this business of meeting men in bars.

Strange men, even in familiar bars.

It always leads to problems. Don't do this to me.

Just an introduction.

Isn't that how it always starts?

Haven't we had this conversation?

And I'm still concerned.

Did I mention that he's with the Treasury Department?

Yeah.

What if I find him interesting?

Are you messing with me?

I don't know. Am I?

You owe me.

Hi.

Ned, right? Yeah.

I'm Donna. Welcome tonight.

Thanks. Pleasure to meet you. Mine, mine too. Mitch tells me you're a man in the

know. Oh, really? Well, not exactly.

Well, one thing you learn running a bar, confident, good -looking men never have

to brag.

I love that.

It's very sexy.

So this is your first time tonight. Allow me to buy your first drink.

Oh, thanks.

Have you seen the patio?

No, no, no. Oh, you'll love it. Oh, good.

So the treasury department.

Is that like the IRS?

In the blink of an eye, the devil is watching as we slide.

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