All language subtitles for Hooperman - S01E14 Chariots of Fire

- Where is he?

- How should I know, he's a snitch.

We don't exactly hang out.

- I got a beer, I got a woman,

I got a ball game waiting for me.

- So you miss the first quarter?

- I was planning on
missing the first quarter,

in fact I was planning on
missing the whole ball game.

- You're an animal.

- I do my best.

- [Shadow] Hey Hooperman.

Come here!

- Shadow?

- Over here.

- It's freezing out here you lowlife.

Where the hell have you been?

- You know McNeil,

I keep forgetting what
an engaging guy you are.

And so maybe next week we
oughta take in some polo.

- What have you got for us Shadow?

- I think I got what you
need on the Lugger Brothers.

However I'm gonna need a
little more than my usual fee.

- Eh eh.

50 bucks and only if the info is solid.

- Forget it, I'm in real trouble here.

The words out on my longstanding
relationship with you guys.

- You sure about that?

- Dead sure, remember that tip I gave
you

on the Underwood investigation?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, well that guy rolled
over on some other guys

who in turn fingered a bunch of other
GUYS

one of whom was the
brother-in-law of Nick Cusimanos.

- King of the docks.

- These guys are good,
they're very very good

'cause they found me in two days.

So now I gotta get a wad together

and tennis shoe out of town.

- I guess we could bump your money,

but you better have a major bulletin.

- This is crazy, this guys working us.

- Hey, you think I'm
making this up McNeil?

Fine, you keep your money.

I don't need the hassle, I can steal it.

You can cancel our polo date too.

(QFOans)

- Shadow?

Hey man, what's up?

- Remember this for the future
Hooperman,

that's a stab wound (groans).

- Hey, hey, hey, hey

- (groans) It's a bad time to
be without major medical huh?

(upbeat music with saxophone)

(door knocking)

- Oh, it's you.

- Oh it's you?

It's always me about this time isn't it?

- Erm...

come in.

This is Judith Fletcher.

This is Harry Hooperman,
Harry is the landlord.

- [Judith] Mr. Hooperman.

- Nice to meet you.

- You have a nice solid building
here, a good investment.

Shouldn't be too much trouble to run.

_ Run?

- I don't do repairs
but I know my carpentry

and I know my plumbing.

So when those bloodsuckers show up

I'll be on them like a tick in a cows ear,

you can count on it.

- Well that's reassuring,
a good tick hard to find.

- [Susan] Thank you for coming
by Judith, I'll be in touch.

- As soon as possible please,
I have other opportunities.

But I'd rather not return to Alaska.

Too many memories.

- Goodnight.

- Okay, you want to tell
me about Miss Alaska?

- I am looking for someone to take
over

my job as apartment manager.

- Nothing good can follow that
sentence.

- I'm leaving.

I didn't want to tell you about
this until the last minute

because I knew you would
try to talk me out of it.

- You're right, come on.

Sit down, let's start
talking you out of it.

Why do you feel,

- I need to get away.

I cannot concentrate on anything.

I keep thinking about you.

I'm not getting any writing done,

I just, I have to put
some distance between us.

- I could move to the third floor?

- I got a job as caretaker for a

private estate in Napa Valley.

- Napa Valley?

- The owners only use the
house a couple of months

out of the year, so it
will be the perfect place

for me to finish my novel.

Writing about the human
condition takes concentration.

- The human condition
has to be viewed up close

and in a high pressure urban setting,

where people face the constant threat

of life and death situations.

In Napa Valley the constant threat

is that someone will
order red wine with fish.

- I'm leaving in two days.

- You better give us
something quick cheesehead

or I'm gonna nail you
for obstructing justice,

withholding evidence and accessory
to...

To...

What the hell is he
supposed to know about?

- Autoboosting the Lugger brothers.

- This toilet plunger don't
know anything about them,

they're big time.

- If you got something then give it to
us.

- Hey, I am on mute until you guys
come up

with some dollars that I can deal with.

- We got you double your usual.

- A hundred bucks.

Excuse me are you guys listening or
what?

I am a dead man.

They already took a piece of me,

so now how I'm gonna get out of
town?

For a hundred bucks you
can't even buy a skateboard.

- Does bail usually work pretty fast?

I have to get back for the dinner
crowd.

- That's not our department.

- You don't know what it's like,

working with your wife
in a tiny little kitchen.

Everyday it's a critique.

The sauce is too thick, too thin.

She heckled my pesto.

I only hit her once.

- That's all it takes with one of these.

Now what do you call this?

I gotta book it into evidence.

- A lamb shank.

- They oughta get a kick out
of this down in property.

- Come on lets get him booked.

- I always come through for you guys,

leave my blood on the
street and what do I get?

Zippo.

I expected more from you
Hooperman.

- You wanted a high paying job

you should've been a computer
programmer.

- Alright, alright, alright.

Look, just between you
and me forget the money.

Give me police protection for like a
yean

You do that, I deliver
the Lugger brothers,

everybodies happy, everybodies alive.

- We don't do that,
not, not for informants.

- Alright then loan me a gun,
a bulletproof vest, something?

- I wish I could help
you Shadow, I really do,

but you knew the risks when you
started.

- Oh yeah, I knew the
risks, I just didn't figure

that one of them would
be you bailing on me.

Would you recognise me?

- So long Shadow, good luck.

- Good luck.

Excuse me.

- I gotta get a pack of
Cheetos or something,

my guts are barking.

- Hey McNeil, I ever
tell you about my feet?

- No and thanks.

- Sure, all those years I
thought I'm a nine and a half,

the salesman measured
me, turned out I'm a ten.

It's all about your feet you know.

They feel good, you feel good.

New shoes, new Bobo.

You notice the difference right.

- Yeah.

- Now when you first
here what I have to say,

there might be a slight negative
reaction.

- Get to it.

- It's Shadow Van Sant,
he's needs our help.

- No.

- See there's that
slight negative reaction.

You know he got stabbed last night.

- I heard.

It goes with the job.

Postman get dog bites, running
backs get knee injuries,

snitches get stabbed.

- Shadows go some redeeming
qualities, well one quality,

he's come through for almost
every office in the precinct.

- And he got paid that's
quid pro quo in my book.

- Can we at least loan
him a bulletproof vest?

An old one maybe?

That someones not using?

And I'm wasting my time and yours.

- Sudden insights a thrilling
experience isn't it.

- Yes ma'am.

- You know something else,
I'm gonna update all my sizes.

Shirt, pants, skivvies.

- Well you got my home number,

any major changes you
can call me, at any hour.

- Hey you still got that giant
rat you keep calling a dog?

- Yeah.

- You oughta take this home to him.

- Ah, dog heaven.

You sure you can spare this?

- Hah.

(door knocking)

- Hey you Hooperman.

- Shadow what are you doing here?

- Can I come in?

- Hey wait, wait, wait, wait.

Before you get started there's
something you should know,

I'm off duty, I'm relaxing.

You're in trouble, you're
nervous that's oil and water guy.

- Hey, you gotta let me hide out here.

Just for tonight.

There's guys watching my place.

So I spent the whole day in the
streets,

the alleyways and the rooftops.

I even spent two hours in a dumpster.

- Don't you have any
friends you can stay with?

- I snitched on all my friends.

- I'd like to help you Shadow but

- Look, I have known you for a long
time.

And so I know what kinda guy you
are.

I also know that if you
don't let me stay here

and something happens to
me tonight, like death.

For the rest of your life

you're never gonna forgive yourself.

- One night, one.

- Thanks, two at the most.

I left a couple of things downstairs,

I'll bring them right up.

Excuse me, go right ahead.

- Hooperman, I would like
you to meet Mrs. Eva Parker.

Mrs. Parker this is the owner
of the building, Hooperman.

- Nice to meet you Mrs. Parker.

- Well it's nice to meet
you too Mr. Hooperman.

Mrs. Smith here's
- Miss

- Oh okay.

Well she's been telling me some
really nice things about you

that I'm surprised she
wants to leave herjob.

- A question others have asked.

- I've interviewed a lot of people

and I think Mrs. Parker would be
perfect.

I could show her everything tomorrow.

- Yeah, well I run this
little old apartment building,

that'd be just about as easy as pie.

You see, I used to be
a house mother for the

Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity,

but watching out after 97 boys was
well...

I was ready for a change
and San Francisco seemed

like the perfect place too.

There's a lot of boys
around here too though?

- Yes, well if Miss Smith
recommends you then,

welcome, to, welcome.

- Well it's been a bonafide
pleasure Mr. Hooperman

and I look forward to
(laughs) well whatever.

Bye.

- Bye.

- Hooperman, I want you
to meet my wife Magda

and my son Maurice Jr.

(jazz music)

- Hooperman, come over here a
minute,

I don't like the looks of that car.

It's been down there a long time.

- Shadow that's my car.

- I still don't like the looks of it.

- Will you relax, come on let's
just watch the news alright?

Hey, hey, hey, I was watching the
news.

- UCLA New Mexico, this is the news.

- Kid loves basketball.

I get counterfeit
general admission tickets

so after the first quarter

we move down to the empty good
seats.

- Where are the carrots?

- I don't have any.

- Well what do you have?

I'd like to serve a vegetable.

- I didn't get to the market,
I wasn't expecting guests.

- Maurice, the man has no carrots.

We have carrots and we're poor.

- [Shadow] Magda come on!

- What exactly are you cooking in
there?

- Veal kidneys, I brought them from
home.

- Darn I had that for lunch.

- There's not enough for you anyway.

- Dad look at these bullets.

- Hey gimme those!

- You shouldn't leave them lying
around.

- They weren't lying around,

they where in a drawer in my
bedroom.

Shadow come on will you watch him?

- Junior, never touch
another persons bullets.

- Maurice, I need you.

- Alright.

- You're a real
Knucklehead, you know that?

You touch anything else
and I'll shave your head.

Got it?

(door knocking)

- Hooperman?

- Hi, look if it were just
me I wouldn't be asking.

- Asking what?

- Asking if you could
put us up for the night?

- Hooperman.

- Those people have
taken over my apartment,

plus the wife is allergic to dogs.

- Come in.

We're going to have to
improvise something.

- I expected that.

- Let's see here.

- I didn't expect this.

- I don't want to have another
discussion about my leaving.

- Don't worry I'm here to get some
sleep.

- Good.

- Anyway I've said all I'm gonna say.

You leaving is probably a good idea.

Look Susan, I'm just
as confused as you are.

I mean we're lovers, we're not lovers.

We have a relationship, we
don't have a relationship.

I guess distance is the only solution.

- Well I'm glad you agree.

- I just want you to know
that I will always remember

those three passionate days we had.

- So will I.

- They'll get me through those nights

when I'm all alone thinking of you.

Wanting to see your
beautiful face and hold you.

- Those nights will be hard for me too.

- You're not that far away,
but you know how it goes.

You meet someone, I meet someone.

- I've tried not to think about that.

- I just can't get it through my head

that I'll never be able to kiss you
again.

I mean, really kiss you.

- Ham'-

(door knocking)

- Oh Harry.

(door knocking)

- Harry, the door.

- Excuse me ma'am but I forgot,
Hooperman?

Can I talk to you?

- Be right back.

Whatever you gonna say better start
with

this will only take a second.

- Why am I interrupting something?

- Yeah.

- Alright then this will only take a sec.

- Come on.

- You know I was thinking,
you're a really good guy,

you've always been straight up with
me,

and tonight you took in my family.

So I owe you.

And all I've gots the Lugger brothers.

- You said the magic words.

- You know why you can't shut 'em
down?

'Cause they got a guy on the inside.

DMV.

Sacramento.

And so they don't mess
with phoney pink slips,

he gets 'em the real deal.

And so here's his name.

He's a civilian, first
timer so you lean on him,

he'll roll over on the whole outfit.

- I appreciate the tip.

What are you gonna do now?

I mean with your family.

- I don't know, I'm too scared
to think about it right now.

- I never knew you had a wife and a
kid.

- Yeah I protect them.

They're the only thing I got

that makes me know that I'm not
worthless.

They count on me and I
always come through for 'em.

So I'm hoping that I can
come through one more time.

Don't worry about me.

I'll be outta your hair
in three, four days.

- Do I detect a slight change in mood?

- We got a little carried away.

I think if we spent the night in there,

tomorrow would just be impossible for
me.

- Thank you Shadow.

- I just can't figure this out,
where the hell could it be?

- It's gotta be here, nobodies
gonna steal a soup bone.

- On the other hand do we really need
it?

We got the wives testimony,
we got the hospital records.

- It's exhibit one in people
versus the battering gourmet,

those hotshot lawyers
jump at anything in court.

Mishandling of evidence
is a big technicality.

- I know, I know.

- Bushkin, you're the eyes
and ears of this place.

Have you see a soup bone about yay
big?

- Sure, I've even seen
them bigger than that.

- Thanks Bushkin.

- Hooperman, in my office.

Sit down please.

I want to discuss for a
moment, Shadow Van Sant.

And then I don't ever want
to deal with him again.

See you were right the
other day when you said

we should do something.

But as officers, we're
locked into our policy.

Not as private citizens though.

- Captain.

- A one way ticket to Tucson, Arizona.

This man is my cousin,

he owns a miniature golf course there,

he'll give Shadow a job.

You handle getting him out of town,

in an unofficial capacity.

- Where are they?

We gotta get moving.

- I don't believe we're doing
this for that little creep.

- Yeah.

Well look sharp, they're coming out.

- I'm nervous, are you nervous?

- Focus on your mantra, lets hit it.

(car engine starts)

(brakes squealing)

- [Hooperman] Shadow get down!

(gun bangs)

- Ah, ah.

(sad jazz music)

- Listen Magda I know it's gonna be
hard

without him for a while.

- At least he'll be at peace.

- You know in all the years
I've never know Shadow,

I never would have expected this.

- Who would (laughs)

- You know they treat men
in the cloth great here.

I gotta seat right by
the window, scenic level

right next to the can.

- Excuse me Shadow, I want
to talk to you for a minute.

Listen I gotta know something.

What's with you and Stern'?

You know the ticket,
the job, that's all her.

- Alright, a couple of
months ago she contacts me,

slips me a couple of bucks
to follow her old man around.

So I tail him, he's got
a bimbo on the side,

I give her the report.

Between you and me that husband
of hers is a real kinky one.

I didn't even tell her everything,

I figured why give the woman added
grief.

- Stern, wow.

Listen you better go.

- I hate this, this is killing me.

I hate leaving 'em.

- Listen it's not gonna be forever.

If they leave right after the
funeral it'll look suspicious.

Somebody'll piece things
together, track you down.

Look, let's just play it safe.

- Yeah I guess you're right.

Hey, you take good care
of your mother now.

- I will dad, love you.

- I love you too son.

- And you, come here.

Miniature golf huh?

- It's a career move.

Take care.

- Let the man through.

- Shalom

- Back at ya.

- May I have your ticket Rabbi?

- Hey-

I thought you'd be in Napa
well into your second chapter.

- I started driving and
thinking, who am I kidding.

I'd never get any work done up there.

I just, I'd be thinking about you.

So I pulled over went to payphone,

I called and told them I wasn't coming.

I missed you.

- The oddest thing happened
to me after you left.

I stopped thinking about you.

What does this mean?

I asked myself.

You know what I came up with?

- What?

- All my feelings for you,
where based on proximity.

You're here,

everyday,

with me,

together.

It's like that girl you sit
next to the eighth grade,

you're crazy about her, she moves
away

pretty soon you can't remember
what all the fuss was about.

It's quite a shocker isn't it.

Well, don't let it bug you,

because I'm just yanking you
chain the way you yanked mine.

Don't you ever pull anything
like that on me again.

I missed you, I missed you.

(door knocking)

I'll get rid of them.

Think impure thoughts.

- Hi Hoop, where's the bone?

- Is this a new code word.

- No, no.

The soup bone, Pritzger said
you took it for your dog.

Well it's evidence in a case.

- Yeah, come on in.

Susan Smith this is Mo
DeMott, Rick Silardi.

- Nice to meet you.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

Well I'm going to go start unpacking.

Goodnight Hooperman.

- Yeah uh.

- Goodnight.

- Bijoux's under the bed,
the boneééTMs in her mouth.

First aid kits in the bathroom
may the force be with you.

- [Silardi] Good dog.

(dog barks)

OW!

Why you little.

(jazz music)