All language subtitles for T J Hooker - 03x04 - The Cheerleader Murder

(energetic music)

(rock music)

- Look at this scene, Hooker.

All these kids at this
hour of the night.

- You'd think they
were homeless,

but the truth is,
almost all of them have

parents and homes.

- Well, what's with the parents?

Don't they care?

- You tell me.

(rock music)

(engine revving)

(tires squealing)

(radio beeping)

- [Police Dispatcher]
All units in the vicinity

of Maple and Second
Street, a GTA just reported

at 413 Maple Street.

Vehicle a '71
Firebird, red in color,

license 421 Boy Mary Charlie.

(rock music)

- That looks like our man.

(siren wailing)

Four Adam 30 in pursuit
of possible GTA suspect

in a '71 Firebird, license
421 Boy Mary Charlie,

heading north on Mason
past Fifth Street.

- Four Adam 16, heading west
on 18th, we will intercept.

Our ETA is two.

(tires squealing)

(tires squealing)

(car crashing)

(wires sizzling)

- You guys are crazy.

Look what you made me
do to my dad's car.

- Put that to music.

Read him his rights
and then cuff him.

- 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 with an attorney

and to have the attorney present

- My God!
- during questioning.

Hooker!
- If you so desire

and cannot afford
one, an attorney will

be appointed for you, without
charge, before questioning.

- Put a call into the coroner,

then call homicide.

- She's just a kid.

- What a waste.

(dramatic music)

(gentle music)

- The girl's father,
he was called down

to make the identification.

- Her name's Gloria Neely.

- What about our suspect?

Did you get anything out of him?

- He didn't kill her,
didn't even know her.

He's a dumb kid
tryin' to steal a car.

The body happened
to be in the trunk.

The detectives cleared him
and the owner of the car.

- Are you the officers
that found her?

- Yes, sir, we are.

- She was my only daughter.

- Is there anything you can
tell us that might help?

- Me?

What about you people?

You're the cops!

How can you let something
like this happen?

(dance music)

- Miles, you don't listen.

I'm making this film
for the foreign market,

Asia, the Middle East.

You know what they
want over there,

something young,
fresh, a baby doll.

- I found you a baby doll.

- Gloria Neely was a baby
doll that developed problems.

- So she cost you 200 a
day for coke, so what?

- That isn't it.

It's my whole operation.

What do you think
would've happened

if I just cut her loose?

Would she have kept her mouth
shut about the abortion,

about being in
hard-core flicks at 16?

- Look, it's just the whole
idea of killing someone.

- That's not the
idea, that's the fact.

The idea is not to
wind up in prison.

Now, I'm shutting
down the operation,

and you're out of
a director's job

until you come up with
another baby doll.

You understand?

- They're tough to
find, Mr. Laszlo.

- Gold is tough to find,
Miles, but it's out there.

Charlie.

- I didn't even
knock on your door.

I thought you'd still be asleep.

- I couldn't sleep.

- The girl last
night, Gloria Neely?

- Yeah, I couldn't get
her out of my mind.

I kept seeing her in
the trunk of that car.

- It really got
to you, didn't it?

- Till two in the morning.

So I picked up the
phone and called Hooker.

- What about me?

I'm right across the hall.

- That's why I called Hooker.

- Speaking of which.

Hooker, what are you doin'
here on your day off?

- Stacy, I was
worried about you.

You sounded pretty upset.

- I was, until I talked to you.

Have you heard from homicide?

- Yeah, preliminary
findings indicate that

Gloria Neely died from
a single shot, a .22.

Detectives are gonna
need help on this one.

I've already talked to Corrigan.

I volunteered for
the four of us.

- A .22?

That sounds like a
professional job.

- On a teenager?

- Yeah, it does sound strange.

- Maybe she witnessed
something, something she

wasn't supposed to see?

Maybe her family's
into something illegal?

- That doesn't track with
what the detectives found out.

Her father's a highway
construction worker, a widower.

Gloria Neely,
popular, good student,

she was a cheerleader
at Washington High.

- Apple pie.

- A girl like that shouldn't
end up dead in a trunk.

Isn't Washington High
one of the schools

you and Corrigan are
monitoring for drugs?

- They've got a
supply that seems like

it's on a conveyor belt.

- Any idea who's
pushing coke there?

- There's no proof yet,
but I can give him a name.

I think you know him,
Hooker, Tommy Carmel.

- Yeah, a senior, 18 going
on 50, slick and nasty.

- I can't wait to meet him.

- Put it on your schedule.

- Hooker!

Where you headed?

- Dr. Wagner's, she
should be finished

the autopsy by now.

- You want me to come with you?

- No, no, no, you stay here.

Make sure that she's okay.

You know, swim a few
laps, work on your pecs.

(upbeat music)

Not just another case, huh?

- Not when they're
as young as she was.

No matter what they say
about our being immune

to these things,
don't you believe it.

- I never did, about you.

Did you find out
anything we could use?

- For one thing, I was
right about the cocaine.

She was a user and a heavy one.

- With the face of an angel.

- An angel on a fast track.

She also had an abortion.

- Could you tell how long?

- Within the past
four or five weeks,

not a very good one, either.

- You think it was
a backroom job?

- Maybe, maybe not.

Even a practicing
physician can get careless.

- What is it with
kids these days?

They're old before they start.

- I not only see
it here, I see it

with my friends
and their children.

That scares me, Hooker.

Maybe that's why
whenever I think

about marriage, I back off.

- Well, that's not the answer.

You'd make a great
parent, because you care.

- Is that a proposal?

- Don't put ideas in my head.

- Hooker, my job's through.

Yours is just beginning.

Where do you go from
here with Gloria Neely?

- Right to the end.

I don't like living in a
city where a 16-year-old

girl is already hooked on
coke, has had an abortion

and gets shot in the head.

I'm gonna find out how
and why it happened.

(dramatic music)

(dance music)

- Excuse me, Miles.

- Yeah, how ya doin'?

Excuse me.

- I thought you'd
never get here.

I'm coming down.

- [Miles] Have you thought
about the thing we discussed?

- But you said before that
there are nude scenes.

- You name a movie today
that doesn't have 'em.

- I don't know, Miles.

I mean, my parents.

- Hey, they're never gonna know.

Besides, you're
a big girl, Lisa.

I'm offering you
a career and cash.

- How much would I get?

- Would you believe $3,000?

- You're kidding.

- Have I ever lied to you?

- Gloria was a beautiful
girl, Mr. Neely.

- Yes, she was, and now
she's in the ground.

- It must be rough.

- Yeah, now what
can I do for you?

- According to the autopsy
report, Gloria used cocaine.

- I suspected she
was on something.

Came down on her real hard.

She wouldn't level with me.

You know kids.

She was okay until
about six months ago,

and then, I don't know,
she just went to hell.

- Did you know she was pregnant

and had an abortion?

- That's why she spent that
week at her girlfiend's.

- Didn't you ask
her why at the time?

- Look, I gave her
money to spend,

I bought her a car, I
did everything I could.

But I got my own life to live.

- Do you know who
got her pregnant?

- How the hell
would I know that?

- This girlfriend you mentioned?

- Lisa Telford, in Gloria's
class at Washington High.

They were cheerleaders
together, best friends.

She probably told her
everything she never told me.

- Maybe Lisa had time to listen.

- Thank you, Mr. Neely.

I get the feeling if
Gloria had come home

and said she was pregnant,

Neely wouldn't've
paid much attention.

- Maybe that's why
she didn't go home.

She knew there would
be no love there.

I want to get Stacy and
Corrigan out checking

the clinics and the hospitals.

I told the skipper that
we'd follow through

on the abortion angle.

- Do you think a
legitimate medical facility

would perform an
illegal abortion?

I mean, obviously, there was
no parental consent involved.

- Well, might've been
a quack, an opportunist

lookin' for a fast buck.

We've gotta take a run at it.

- Where to now?

- To find Gloria Neely's
cheerleader friend.

(upbeat music)

Lisa Telford?

- Yes.

- I'm Sergeant Hooker.

This is Officer Romano.

We're investigating the murder
of your friend Gloria Neely.

- I was at the
funeral the other day.

I still can't believe it.

I've been having
nightmares about it.

- Anything you might
be able to tell us

about Gloria could be helpful.

- Like what?

- If Gloria was in any trouble.

If there was somebody who
might've wanted to hurt her.

- I don't know anyone
who didn't like Gloria.

- We talked to her father, Lisa.

He said that Gloria
was your best friend,

sometimes she stayed with you.

She must've confided
in you, huh?

- Yes, about most things, but...

- But what?

- Well, I don't know, lately,
she was kind of private.

- You knew about her abortion?

- Yeah, I knew about that.

- Do you know where
she had it done?

- No.

But, um,

I think I remember her
saying she liked the doctor.

- This doctor, do
you know his name?

- I think Gloria said his
name was Adam, I'm not sure.

- That'll help.

Thank you.

(tense music)

- What's up, Hooker?

- A drug-dealing punk we
should have a chat with.

- Tommy Carmel?

- You got it.

Hey, Tommy?

Come here, I want
to talk with you.

(chase music)

Hate to ruin your day, but we
want you to sing us a song.

- I don't have to
tell you nothin', cop.

- Try again, punk.

We want some answers.

- If I give you the
answers, what do I win?

- If you're smart, you
try and cut your losses.

What do you know
about Gloria Neely?

- Like I said, I
don't talk to cops,

especially you, Hooker.

- That does it, wise
guy, assume the position.

- What for?

- To see if you have
a concealed weapon.

Read him his rights, Romano.

- I'm getting very good at this.

You have the right
to remain silent.

If you give up the
right to remain silent--

- Save your breath, man,
I know 'em by heart.

- All right, airhead,
if you're any part

of what happened to
Gloria Neely, you're not

lookin' at juvenile
hall this time.

We're talkin' hard time.

Try again?

Gloria Neely.

- Okay, Gloria was
a coke head, man.

I hear she went from zero to
being the biggest user around.

- How big?

- Maybe 200 bucks a day.

- Where did she get the money?

- She was into movies, at
least that was the word.

- If Gloria's makin'
movies, how come

the world didn't know about it?

That'd be big news around here.

- There's one kind of
movie you don't talk about,

especially if you're underage.

- Porno.

(dramatic music)

- Turn him over to the narcs.

- Hey, I played
ball with you guys.

- Yes, you did, and now you
can play ball with the narcs.

(gentle music)

- Nothing so far on
Gloria's involvement

with teen pornography.

I sat down with the guys
in vice and told them

what we were looking for.

They said they'd get back to us.

- Yeah, thank you.

Well, we've come up dry on
the hospitals and clinics.

No one of Gloria
Neely's description was

the patient at any of 'em.

- The doctor's name
that Gloria's friend

wasn't sure about,
Adam, anything on that?

- There are no doctors in
this city with that name,

neither first or last.

- Scratch hospitals,
clinics, Gloria Neely

got her abortion on
the black market.

- My God, no wonder
she was so hacked up.

- Poor girl must've
been desperate.

- Somebody else was too.

Somebody who stood to lose if it

became apparent that
she was pregnant.

- Illegal abortion mills
operate underground.

They're pretty hard to uncover.

- Yeah, but girls like
Gloria who keep 'em

in business somehow
manage to find 'em.

- But how?

- Referrals, a friend
of a friend of a friend.

- But how do we get referred?

- I think I know someone
who might point us

in the right direction.

We're still tracking
Gloria Neely's abortion.

We've eliminated all the
legitimate facilities,

clinics, hospitals.

- So then it's out
to an outlaw shop.

- That's our thinking,
and it occurred to me

that you might be
able to help us.

- Maybe I can.

There was a case
some years back.

An obstetrician was
brought up on charges

for performing an
abortion on a young girl

without benefit of
parental consent.

I did the autopsy on the girl.

- Was the doctor prosecuted?

- No, witnesses backed
out at the last moment,

so the DA had to drop the case.

But, the state board
revoked his license.

- That's good news.

- Dr. Adam Garwood.

- Could be our man.

- Sounds like our man.

- Are you sure?

For all I know, he could be
selling shoes these days.

- I don't think so.

Doctors like this tend
to keep doctoring,

license or no license.

(suspenseful music)

- Okay.

Relax, sweetie, relax.

Okay now, Lisa, the
camera's gonna want to see

a lot more of you, okay?

At first, I want you to start

with the top, lover, all right?

And I don't want
you to hurry, honey.

I want you to tease me, okay?

Yeah?

All right, here we go.

Okay, honey, let's do it.

(perilous music)

(energetic music)

- Can I help you officers?

- No.

- Wait, you can't go in there.

- What's going on here?

I'm seeing a patient.

- Not anymore you're not.

- Everything's
gonna be all right.

- Wait a minute,
wait a minute here,

what the hell is all this about?

- Let's start with patient
of your named Gloria Neely.

- Neely?

I don't believe I've
heard that name.

- I think you have.

- I don't discuss my patients.

It's a matter of
confidentiality, or
haven't you heard?

- Haven't you heard?

Gloria Neely is dead.

- What has that
got to do with me?

- She was a minor.

You performed an
illegal abortion on her.

Butchers like you don't stop
with one victim, Garwood.

When the DA's office
is through talking

to the girls you've
treated, they'll be an army

of witnesses
waiting to bury you.

I'll be the one with the shovel.

- [Adam] I'm not saying anything
until I talk to my lawyer.

- Who brought Gloria Neely here?

Who paid for your services?

- I'll have to ask you to leave.

- Sure, I'll leave.

But by the end of the day,
the DA's investigators

will be all over you and
your bogus weight-loss dodge.

You've performed your
last illegal abortion.

You've maimed your last
pregnant girl, doctor.

(dramatic music)

(phone ringing)

- Hello.

- Dickson?

This is Dr. Garwood.

- Yeah, what can I do for you?

- The police were just here.

They found out the Neely
girl had an abortion.

They tracked her to me.

- You didn't mention
my name, did ya?

- Not yet, but they're
gonna close me down,

and I'll need money
to set myself up

someplace else,
in another state.

- How much?

- 25,000 cash.

I'll give ya an hour to get it,

and then I'll be
there to collect.

- That Dr. Garwood just called.

The police just ran him down.

He'll be here in an hour.

He wants 25 grand
not to finger me.

- I'll take care of Garwood.

You guys got a
doctor's appointment.

- Kill him?

- Dead.

(tense music)

Now that's what I call
my kinda girl, Dickson.

We got us a real
hot baby doll here.

A real baby doll.

(energetic music)

- [Vince] What do we do now?

- Try and stay out of hot water.

(door opening)

Michelle.

- Hooker.

Did you come for an
autographed picture,

or did you want to take a dip?

- We're here on business.

This is my partner, Vince
Romano, Michelle Jameson,

reformed film star
of Jenny's Delights

and Babes in the Woods.

- Nice to meet you.

- Don't get up.

- Now, Hooker, you're
no longer on vice,

and besides, you
don't have any reason

these days to bust me.

So what kind of business
did you have in mind?

- We're looking for
someone who's cranking

out teeny bopper porn
using real teeny boppers.

- Most of them try to
fake it with 18 year olds.

I played 16 till I went
over the hill at 20.

- Are you kidding,
you, over the hill?

- He's sweet, Hooker.

Why don't you give
him the afternoon off?

- Hey, the subject is teen porn.

Give me a name.

- Miles Dickson, he'd
be my leading candidate.

He's out here from
the East Coast.

- Where'll I find
this Miles Dickson?

- The Black Star, it's a
nightclub on the west side.

If he's in town,
that's where he'll be.

I can point him out for ya.

- I'll take you up
on that, tonight.

(sexy music)

(moves to energetic music)

- [Police Dispatcher] Four
Adam 30, message for you

from the DA's investigators.

They're on their way to meet
you at Dr. Garwood's office.

- Four Adam 30, roger.

(gun with silencer firing)

- It's Garwood!

- Cops!

(tires squealing)

(siren blaring)

- Four Adam 30 in
pursuit at Franklin

and Van Ness construction site.

(guns firing)

(radio beeping)

- [Police Dispatchere]
All units in the vicinity

and four Adam 16,
officer needs help,

Van Ness and Franklin.

Four Adam 16, handle code three.

(siren blaring)
- Four Adam 16, roger.

(engine rumbling)

(gun firing)

(siren wailing)

- Whew, what happened?

- Close.

- You're not kidding.

They get away?

- One of them didn't,
over there, he's dead.

(radio beeping)

- [Police Dispatcher]
Four Adam 30, switch

to tack two for Four Adam eight.

- I'll get it.

Roger, this is 30.

Go ahead, eight,
this is Corrigan.

- Corrigan, Romano, tell
Hooker, Garwood didn't make it.

- Okay, Romano.

Hooker, Garwood's dead.

- Bad news.

Good news for a
lot of young girls,

whether they know it or not.

- Now all we have
is the porno lead.

- Yeah.

(dramatic music)

(disco music)

If Dickson doesn't show tonight,

I'm gonna have to bring you
back tomorrow, Michelle.

- If you insist, Hooker.

I'm all yours.

- I didn't see anybody
who looked like Dickson

come in while you
guys were boogieing.

You know, Hooker,
you move pretty good
for a senior citizen.

- Are you kiddin'?

I'm an Arthur Murray graduate.

You wanna see my rumba?

- Not while I'm eating.

- Hi ya, doll.

Hey, haven't seen
you here before.

- Maybe that's because I
haven't been here before.

- Yeah, well, you're in for
a real blast now, sweetie.

Wait'll you see
some of my moves.

- Why don't you show me
the one that gets you lost.

- Another one bites the dust.

- Stacy's spreading
a lot of insecurity

among the young bucks.

They're all hitting on her.

- Not all of them.

- You're not exactly joining in.

- No, I haven't seen anyone
who really turns me on.

- That's too bad, 'cause I have.

- Oh?

Who?

- You.

- Look buddy, if anybody
is gonna pick me up,

it's gonna be somebody in
high heels and a miniskirt.

- Don't leave.

I'll be back.

- I keep telling Romano he
oughta get his hair cut.

- Hooker, looks like
we've been watching

the wrong door.

There's Dickson.

- Who's the girl he's with?

- Lisa Telford.

- I'm going to
stick with Dickson.

- I get the uneasy
feeling that Dickson may

be setting Lisa up.

- To replace Gloria Neely?

- That's the kind of
innocence Dickson likes.

- Where did they come from?

What's in back of this place?

- Stacy and I were
asking the same question.

She's checking it out.

(suspenseful music)

(disco music)

Relax, Hooker, Stacy
can handle herself.

- I'd sure like to think so.

- Gloria Neely.

(door closing)

(tense music)

Hi.

- Hi, yourself.

What are you doing here?

- I'm looking for
the powder room.

- You're looking
in the wrong place.

- I already figured that out.

This is a big place.

They oughta give out road maps.

- Who told you the powder
room was back here?

- I think we better
see what's going down.

- Look, can we talk later?

I really have to find the
little girls' room, you know?

- Run along.

- You had us worried.

- It was worth it.

I found something.

- We are getting closer.

Stacy described the guy
she ran into last night

at the Black Star,
vice put a name on him.

- George Laszlo.

- The money man.

He owns the Black Star
and several other clubs.

Vice has a smell that
he might be moving

into the porno racket.

- Probably backing Dickson.

- Yeah, backing him
to the hilt if you can

judge by Dickson's flashy
wheels and his expensive condo.

- All of which means nothing.

For all we know,
Laszlo and Dickson

could be making
legal porno films,

if you can believe that phrase.

- What about the picture
I found of Gloria Neely?

- You can't hang him
on that, partner.

They could say some
agent submitted it.

- So we have to catch him dirty.

- Right on.

Vice says we have to
nail him in the act

of filming a teeny bopper flick.

That's when they'll jump in.

Meanwhile, we're
gonna need some help.

- Are we talking
about Lisa Telford?

- We are.

According to your partner here,

she may be willing to cooperate.

- Well, when Dickson
dropped her off last night,

they had a hot argument.

She ran into the house crying.

- I hate to use her,
but I'm gonna have to.

(upbeat music)

- There she is.

- Lisa.

You remember us, we talked
to you about Gloria Neely?

- I remember.

- We need to know more.

- Look, I told you
everything I know.

- Then perhaps we can
tell you something.

Gloria Neely was mixed up
with Miles Dickson, too.

- We saw you last
night at Black Star,

with Dickson, coming
out of a studio.

- Well, I'm through with him.

I'll never do what
he wants me to do.

- You mean performing
in his movies?

- The whole thing is sick,
but I was afraid of him.

- Lisa, Dickson will go
on destroying the lives

of other young girls like Gloria

unless you can help us stop him.

- I found out last
night that he was

the one who made her pregnant,

and he paid for the abortion.

I hate him.

- Then help us stop him.

- I don't understand.

How can I help?

- Tell Dickson you'll
do what he wants,

that you'll make
his sleazy films.

(dramatic music)

(dance music)

- These little chicks are flaky.

First they say they will,
then they say they won't.

You can't expect
me to control that.

- That's what I'm
paying you for.

- Look, Mr. Laszlo, we're
talking about kids here.

It takes time to suck 'em in.

- Your time's run out, Dickson.

Pack up your gear,
clear the office.

You're through.

- Mr. Laszlo, you
might wanna reconsider.

- Miles, I was
praying you'd be here.

I've gotta talk to you, now.

- That's all right, angel.

We're all friends here.

- You can't cut me off.

- You got a problem, kid,
I'm not interested anymore.

- Please, Miles,
I'm in a bad way.

And I changed my mind.

- No you listen to
me, Lisa, and this is

the last time we're gonna
do this little dance.

Okay?

Now, I'm gonna give
you enough stuff

to get through tonight,
and the way you

get through tomorrow
is you show up

here nine o'clock,
bright and early,

ready to do what we started.

- I'll be here.

- You can't let me
down this time, honey,

or we're talkin' trouble
like you never dreamed of.

Nine o'clock sharp, all right?

- It worked.

We shoot tomorrow
morning at nine.

- Good.

- What?

What do you want?

- What Dickson gave you.

- Sergeant Hooker,
please, I can't quit cold.

- Yes, you can.

I promise you.

I'll get you medical
help, long term.

You won't need drugs ever again.

Lisa, you can do it.

Now, let's talk about tomorrow.

(energetic music)

- You and your people
made this case,

Hooker, so it's your bust.

- We appreciate that.

Corrigan, Stacy,
you stay with vice.

- Okay now, we're rolling.

Lisa, honey, look,
don't be nervous, okay.

- Let's do it.

- What are you doin'?

You got no right to do this.
- Get on your knees.

No right?

We have a warrant
for your arrest.

- Hands on your head!

(tires squealing)

- Were you scared?

- You bet.

- Your trouble's only
starting here, Dickson.

You're looking at a murder rap.

- Where do you get that?

I didn't kill anyone.

- Gloria Neely.

- Hey, wait a minute,

I had nothing to do with that!

- You also paid Garwood
to give her an abortion

then had him killed
to shut him up.

- Look, I swear, you're wrong.

I'm not a killer.

- You'll do.

We've already read
him his rights.

- We'll take him.

Come on.
- Hold on, just one moment.

I'm bookin' you for murder one.

You alone, murder one.

- All right, all
right, it was Laszlo.

It was George Laszlo.

- Hooker, Laszlo's body
guard, I just saw him.

He spotted me and then took off.

- Laszlo'll know we're onto him.

Hold on, just a second.

Where will I find George Laszlo?

(tires squealing)

(chase music)

(sirens wailing)

- [Jim] Hold it right there.

Hands behind your head.

(tires squealing)

(siren wailing)

(punches thudding)

- Cuff him.

Then wash your hands.

(gentle music)

- Hi.

This meat is freshly ground.

The butcher did it
for me an hour ago.

- Ugh, this wine is
freshly made, too.

Romano, when you buy
the vino next time,

make sure it's aged more
than an hour and a half.

- Ah Corrigan, it just
tastes strange to you

'cause you're used to
wine with screw-off caps.

- Now, that's enough you guys.

Now, let's get
this thing started.

Anybody got a match?

- Yeah, this wine
and furniture polish.

- [TJ] Oh, does that look
good, and am I hungry.

- Here, help yourself, partner.

Salute.

- That should do wonders
on untreated wood.

- Hooker, what happened to
Lisa when you took her home?

- She laid it all
out on the table.

Her parents took it pretty hard,

but I think it's gonna work out.

- What about the drug program?

You think she'll stick with it?

- Yeah, and I think the
parent's will follow through.

- Let's get this
barbecue in motion.

Hooker, light the
fire, would you?

- I don't light fires.

I put 'em out.

- Yeah?

That's not what your
ex wife told us.

- Are you kidding?

We used to keep a fire
extinguisher by the bed.

(happy music)

(energetic music)

(light music)