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Zach Lachlan burned to death last night

I didn't start those fires okay you

think he's your God definitely in the

running he burnt women and old people

and kids like burnt them like like the

actions man

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Gotham City's countin money Batman

and don't throw threats at me see that's

not healthy I'm not upset I'm hunter he

might light you on fire if I see you

around again I'm gonna pull your head

off till middle of it

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works for me

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No

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torture of the sweetest car

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carry on

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for you

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sorry I'm late

what happened to I'm gonna stay in

tonight and rest watch the game the call

nothing I just had to go to the store

and I met her I'm gonna give her a ride

home produce section

who won the game somebody won somebody

lost by my calculations I haven't even

had a date in the last six weeks I was

even desperate enough to try to get you

on the phone to see if you wanted to see

a movie paid for by me look all your

pressing here you're in a dry spell

relax it'll all happen for suspected

arsonist and in last two weeks police at

the scene have told us that the homicide

division has now been called in meaning

that tonight's fire may have claimed its

first casualty in this series of fires

excuse me officers may I get a word

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big divot parsley hunter i'ma call

homicide understand your Firebug had

some unexpected company watch your step

here

this guy didn't have a chance did he

any marks on the body I was too well

done but if you're looking for bullets

you're gonna have to wait for the

coroner to come and take him apart

same MO was the last three fires varies

a little depending on what mr. hibachi

feels like they've all been abandoned

buildings but judging from the scorch

marks we keep on finding he's using a

flamethrower some curry yellow wood

weapon and that you wouldn't want to

shake hands excuse me officers Matt gold

channel 3 news you're wasting your time

mr. gold was just beginning this

investigation now the department will

hold a press conference when it's ready

you can't even tell us how many people

died in there you want to shut that

thing up cat look guys it's late we've

been out here a long time

can you give me something other than ash

on my clothes me I'm trying to do a

piece here let me ask you something you

guys cover a lot of forest about that oh

they call me the king of flint I'll make

you a deal you guys help us out now and

we'll give you first crack at the story

when we decide to break it deal

that's the crowd stuff from fire number

one

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what are you after hearing about

patterns all fire number two

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fire number three

wait a minute run that bathroom guy

right there with jacket

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using a crowd of fire on the teeth and

arsonists usually return to the scene of

the crime worldwide bigger than that do

you think he's your God definitely in

the running

let me see last night's fun

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all right wait a minute our groupies

back always at the back of the crowd I

can't seem to stay awake any okay listen

we're really rocking kinfolks cat get me

a blow-up to this guy right we throw it

on the six o'clock with a have you seen

this guy we sit back we wait for those

lines later I want to just sit back and

relax and let us worry about the tactics

okay I thought we were a team well we

are a team not in the head coach I just

hate to have you get fried trying to get

tape on this guy No can we get a copy of

those tapes yeah but I'll need approval

from that no way I have to protect my

story

look Matt we know you have a reporter's

right to protect your information you

got that right this would really help us

out do you need it you got it looks like

maybe we're starting to get someplace

some of us more than others you're lying

what you are I can always tell when

you're lying you get that little sound

in your buttocks what in the hell are

you talking about

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look today we started out just fine and

now things are not so wonderful so that

means there's either one of two things

wrong here what might they be one you're

upset because I'm the one who got us the

tapes

or you just don't like Matt gold I don't

like that gold hunter look he's a nice

guy he's being nice to me okay

you know what I'm saying look McCall

maybe you're groping for the first man

that smiles at you because you're on the

rebound will you give me a break

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dark

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there it is empty building three days

after the last one it's just like Matt

said yeah why don't you check the crowd

before they lose into stock cars

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finish your thought

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traffic police

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sorry you'll have to leave now he'll be

a departmental statement as soon as we

have some information oh you mean you're

not the spokesman not the official

spokesman exactly you know that is a

shame you know cuz you certainly have

the right look

be that as it may there's nothing sir

we'll adjourn to Williger so we will

agree even the name has that feel to it

doesn't it huh some guys got all the

luck well just that the public is

getting so tired of the same old PDP our

faces always rattling off the same lines

they could use somebody different to

look at somebody they can instinctively

trust okay let's see what the light is

on mr. Tallulah gee mr. Williger by the

way so will I guess I took a couple of

communication arts courses in the nice

cool wow that's great

thank you very much sure what what

question is that you want to ask

well this arson investigation you

homicide boys have jumped on to mm never

mind

what's the point right we gotta go but

actually actually I am conversing in

that particular jacket the suspect you

have up here in the hot seat so you've

been formally charged there is some

questioning being done yet rumor about

it being a deliberately set insurance

fire is that true with a flamethrower no

way no way in the world and the only

suspect you get is the one that McCall

and hunter rounded up right I wouldn't

bring them into this departmental

blacksheep why drop a couple of flies on

the proverbial cake as it were at what

time you guys go in here or five to six

look I didn't start those fires okay why

are you doing this to me

yeah we know you say some guy called

Donnie Warrick and it's his face that

you're looking for at the scene of the

fires right

why I don't know can I go please

why'd you run jack I don't know now

listen to me very carefully

I'm gonna ask you this one time before I

lock your way why did you run

I saw Donnie's face we're driving by it

was him I saw him but he didn't see me I

know it was him

we served together in Asia you don't

forget where you were there with man we

were a secret recon squad there were six

of us we had orders to go over the

border into this village to gather

information and certain enemy troop

strength that was all nothing else

nobody heard his comin things were cool

we had it

something went crazy what what went

crazy yeah had a flamethrower

you see and as soon as we got this

information here

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you

we torched it man he torched it he burnt

women and old people and kids and I

burned him like like to ashes man he

burned everything we thought he'd burned

us if we tried to stop him did you

report him to your commanding officer no

Stu Pisa we shouldn't who was he a group

leader man his name was Jean birdy he

don't Donnie since high school and he

said that everything would be okay and

we shouldn't talk to anybody about it

because we weren't supposed to be there

in the first place you know so if they

found out about it we'd all hang for it

so you decided all of you guys to

protect Donnie because this guy Jean

Berg said so right yeah he said he'd go

back to San Diego with Donnie after we

all got home and make sure he's okay and

the whole thing it'd blow over so Donnie

was genes problem

yeah

anyway I started coming to these fires

because like I knew Donnie was here it's

weird but I knew it made you think it

was done he liked to start fires man

don't you get it hey what is that till

you do okay freedom of the press hunter

all right it's the public's right to

know want to copy the constitution go

look at the library oh come on sergeant

we're on assignment here we're just

trying to pay the rent we'll get a

part-time job at the all-night market

notes have the tape no way you're on the

premises of a police facility we have

the right to examine and confiscate

anything you may have brought in here

with you in you want to copy the Penal

Code get one on the way out now let's

have the tape I could go over your head

to get that tape back honey I am over

his head no you can't well if the tape

you're worried about we can fix that try

a two-parter you get a refund from the

desk sergeant for the cassette on your

way out guys got a lot of guts coming up

here he doesn't know when to quit desi

well they wouldn't be with the press if

he knew when to quit now listen I can

only hold this guy in here for so long

and resisting arrest you two have got to

get started on this right away now where

the hell is this Donnie Warwick last

known address is in San Diego what the

hell are you standing here for get going

spots one of my real favorites I like to

visit Donnie a lot I don't know when you

hear all the time you get different

feelings from all different graves

that's like the ones Donnie gives off

did you ever run into any of Donnie's

friends who came to visit him no that's

why I tried to give him just a little

extra time you know clear the leaves off

during the winter and a little extra

water during the summer I don't know I

just like to pamper him a little bit

never saw any family or friends come not

a soul

seems real wrong it's just a young guy

what about the funeral services like

this gravestone here somebody had to

have bought that well you know it got to

the point where I finally asked about it

myself saying is nobody ever showed up

front office told me that the stone was

ordered by phone paid through the mail

in cash and nobody showed up not even a

priest the day they put him in and after

they covered him up I went down there

and I talked to him for a little bit I

just tried to tell him that this was his

home he was welcome here

that sounds sick listen thanks a lot

Judy you really appreciate your help

is there something wrong it's not why

the two of you came down here

that's why nobody showed up at his

funeral isn't it well if we find

anything out we'll let you know okay

it's not gonna bring Donny back whatever

it is yeah

you can't release Jack Blackman we let

this guy slip through our fingers now

I'm making a big mistake

well I'll think about it hunter but I

don't know how much longer I can hold

this gun what I've got to keep this guy

loose right now I'm back to square one

oh you're not you still got your signed

statement from your caretaker in San

Diego and you still got your Crimebuster

instincts come on Gotham City's counting

on you Batman well well I just got off

the phone with San Diego

apparently this gene bird was so upset

about Donnie decided to move to LA and

just put it all behind him take a wild

guess what this guy does for a living

yeah Donnie had trouble emotionally from

the day we met I was thought it was just

a matter of time before he hurt himself

bad or killed himself Jack said you were

involved in a secret squad an Asian no

secret invisible the government never

acknowledged the mission that's why I

Donnie got off we've been locked him up

they would have had to admit that had

happened in the first place none of us

ever said a thing about what happened at

night but the army figured it out is

that why he's not buried a military

cemetery you got it what about his child

the only thing about that real messed up

he had history is starting fires ever

since he was a little kid he told me

that

that was all behind him when we get to

know each other in high school

never know

yeah well I guess you knew when you saw

that village snow huh

yes we did yes but I tell you sergeant a

lot of us felt like those people were

the enemy no matter how you cut it maybe

Danny did the right thing

maybe not it was war I thought at the

time maybe he wasn't crazy I thought

maybe he was a better soldier than me

maybe you should have tried to get him

some no I did

but Danny wouldn't hear of it he thought

he was as normal as you or me

he swore I would be a bit surprised if

that automobile accident wasn't a

suicide I him to a pole the blow himself

up no way man it was an accident well

whatever it was at least we know now

that Jack couldn't have seen him no

ma'am

in fact I was the last one to see him I

went down and ID'd the body personally

handled a whole funeral herself really

yeah

what'd the headstone in arranged for

flowers to be sent every other week

Danny wasn't just some casual

acquaintance with me every about as

tight as it gets I go home I visit his

grave all the time what about the crap

huh well you know it's possible he lied

to us about visiting the grave and

everything because this ashamed he never

did come on would you lie to two cops

about that what about the fact he said

he personally went down to San Diego the

order the headstone we know for a fact

it was ordered over the telephone now

this may be a little rash but I think

the guy's lying

this is l26 I got that info for you Jeff

it was released about an hour ago

captain's orders

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Carrie

Oh

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I'm in my trailer watching TV and all of

a sudden I hear something like an

explosion then I got one look out of my

window and I mean I couldn't believe

what I was looking at and that's when

you went to get the fire extinguisher

you were telling us about before

absolutely

I've kept one ever since one night I saw

a trail up herd up on Kojak but you were

too late to save mr. Larkin yes that

call was real bad I mean those fire

department boys miss Hanna heavy dinner

because they show it's a bit hard you

know I don't think a TV but he gives a

damn what happened Jack you know that I

think he runs strictly on ratings did

you give him a break honey it's not that

bad it's not the enemy not unless you

make them mad listen we got to take off

I was just wondering how thanks for

coming out well we got a burn body and

someone's murdered her car other than

that everything's fine look TT you know

I have a friend in the car business

I can arrange the whole thing for you

I'll get you a real sweet deal I can

take care of it myself really but thanks

anyway well you know you change your

mind you just just say the word okay

okay let me know when my story breaks

huh oh and we should do that dinner soon

Hey look at this

here's Jack and his Jane bird

so which ones timing

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right there with the grin what's this

all about jack Lachman burned to death

last night what you know gene it's real

tough for me to believe you're not

covering up for your old buddy Donny

again hey what are you talking about you

did it once how do I know you're not

doing it again covering up what he's

dead yeah we don't think so

Jack song remember now there's flames

all over the damn place hey come on this

doesn't make sense if a guy's alive he's

gonna be somewhere right so where is he

why can't anybody find that maybe you're

covering up for him again like you did

before he lied to us Jane that's not

good

nobody showed up for Donny's funeral not

you not anybody yeah nobody sends him

flowers anymore plus the headstone was

ordered over the telephone followed up

by an anonymous cash payment man how do

you explain all that look I tried to

help you you don't have any right to

come back in here and start accusing me

of anything man

its history Donny's over he's dead you

sure I think you better leave

I don't think you're gonna like it when

I come back

well he's nervous enough to be involved

he's involved alright you can count on

that well I would go back in and take

him downtown for questioning because all

we have to work on so far circumstantial

evidence we need something a lot too

stronger

like what this is not one of your

brighter ideas hunter just open the door

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your crime sir moral imperative defense

of the public good nobody's gonna fire

look we're saving lives and property

here for paying a bigger crime with a

much smaller one oh I'm bigger with this

much

I think whoa oh you call that uh-oh yeah

well hunters law right seek

zero not quite read that if you got a

flame sore you gotta feed it right

better killing through chemistry this

place is right here in town yeah here's

the good part unified chemical warehouse

dear customer you ordered four chemicals

has just arrived please claim as soon as

possible sincerely at such at cetera

unified chemical warehouse postmark day

before yesterday maybe we've scared this

guy so bad he's gonna go to ground on us

yeah he'll show up believe me here comes

our boy

very weird yeah tell me about it

not only is it covering up his hoping to

buy supplies for his friend to firebugs

maybe odds maybe there's only one fire

but it's Donny

which means gene bird never helped Donny

vanished in the first place Don he did

it himself that means a body in that

grave could be gene birds yeah it fits

he killed his own best friend assumes

his identity it's a perfect cover

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he's been going to any barbecue let's go

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the hex that I don't believe this guy

he's following us

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you know you keep sticking your nose

into police business I'm gonna break the

for you this story is public business

hunter and don't throw threats at me see

that's not healthy especially when I

could go on the air at any time I can

tell all my viewers about your illegal

entry into to Jean Byrd's apartment I

was down the block when that happened

and I'll tell you something else if I'm

in the mood I might just mention how you

two always seem to manage to show up

just a little bit too late I'll roll

this around in your fat empty head Gould

there's a screwball out there trying to

fry half the people in this city now

they want them caught and that's what

I'm gonna do justice that's exactly

right

now do yourself a favor and stay away

from me because you and I aren't friends

anymore if I see you around again I'm

gonna pull your head off

film at 11:00 we had a deal Matt look I

know I haven't helped you guys out but

it's not exactly my business to stay out

of the way when we broke this case it

was gonna be yours so what happened the

station needs footage didi I make a

living my way you make one year's look I

don't often say this but I am sorry come

from on didi I admitted I'm human you

know your partner's getting to be real

hard nosed and I don't feel like getting

stonewalled when this case cracks you

know what I was thinking maybe you and I

should go have dinner for when we've

been talking about just this a way of

saying thank you for getting hunter off

my case huh my treat

not hungry

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right on time

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you know you're breaking about 500 laws

falling a like a mad look we're getting

paid to get film what you do

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Carrie

a lot of joy

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okay okay stop here let's you

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and take off

you stick with hundred

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what the hell are you doing here Matt he

wanted to find out what was going on

where is he

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thanks to it man

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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 read the

rest of them in the car on the way

downtown I'm under your secret stand up

we got no secrets hey what's with the

cuffs man calm down Donny I'm not Donny

you're talking about my best friend I'm

not gonna let you trash him over some

stupid series I'll talk about theory you

know when I saw your squad picture of

Vietnam you know what hit me right

between the eyes how much you and gene

look like brothers Donny the name's gene

damn it

you guys got the same bill the same

height the same coloring I bet you were

mistaken for each other all the time

right you gonna hold me in jail just

because we lookin like nah you're under

arrest for suspicion of arson

suspicion of first-degree murder and

suspicion of second degree murder no

matter what you look like now come on I

don't want to talk to a lawyer I got a

right

yeah you look calm downtown but listen

my theory first so you see it doesn't

make any difference who burned up in

that car fire 15 years ago the ones who

live because of Sutan the other one's

identity might have pulled it off - he

plays his cards right right and fall

yeah

the burns covering 99% of his body be

easy be simple way to assume a new

identity especially if you burned down

the village except for one problem right

it's bull I'm so curious to know how you

blew it x-rays saying we wanted to talk

to gene Birds pediatrician yesterday

he's very helpful wasn't him at all yeah

he told us that when gene was a kid he

broke his right leg playing Pop Warner

football now he sent me the x-ray I bet

if we checked your leg there wouldn't be

any sign of a brain

so we're gonna drive down to San Diego

dig up that body and check out his leg

how does that sound Donnie you're tore

insane oh you know you can't do that

it's wrong

better not upset him hunter he might

light you on fire when I come back from

San Diego you're gonna be sorry you even

saw a book of matches well you were

wrong hunter you went down and dragged a

guy off the Civil Service jab on nothing

but circumstantial and followed this guy

right to the fire and you didn't see him

do a thing did you

we saw him jump through the window and

you couldn't ID him in a million years

the guy who saw was all greased up he

had on goggles and a breather didn't he

didn't he yes so you couldn't ID him in

a lineup then could you I guess not no

yeah you see how easy it is to be a

defense lawyer I'm sorry but this

department has no choice but to let the

guy go and I hope for his sake he finds

himself a good Hospital lord knows he

needs it well that'll be great he'll

like that let me give him something else

to burn up well tell you what Honda next

time you catch him in the act otherwise

I don't want to see him you got me but

we're gonna catch you all right so so he

knows we're going down to San Diego

let's get down there and see what kind

of trouble we can dig up this plan of

yours better fall together quick it's

amazing out here

not if you're the one doing the digging

well Donnie's gonna show is gonna do a

pretty soon I'll be watching I'm

counting on that

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won't you come on out Johnny

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I'd like to help you time why don't you

drop that flame through shut up come on

Donnie we both know you don't want to do

what you did the Jean I said shut up

that's not gonna get it Donnie you know

that never did

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gee my name is Jeannie you don't have to

lie anymore dining we know what your

real name is and remember that story I

told you about genes football injury I

just told you that to get you to follow

me down here why don't you drop that

flamethrower let me help you

I don't want you

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what a thing that happened now you get

used to me no you don't why would anyone

invent something like that I hope they

give the no-smoking section at the

hospital officers because we'll get a

word or two yeah come on guys it's late

I started to drizzle

give us something besides wet clothes

well yeah we're trying to do a piece

here

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