1 00:00:46,730 --> 00:00:47,730 Hmm. 2 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:17,220 This is the story of Walter Nebecker. 3 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,320 Doing what he likes best, fighting crime in the streets. 4 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,600 You see, Walter's a policeman. 5 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,640 Unfortunately, the chief doesn't want Walter on the streets. 6 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,420 Captain, get back to your cage, boy. 7 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:38,160 Now! So Walter must fight crime in his own way, in the computer room. 8 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:39,800 That's where he's an expert. 9 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,740 Fortunately for me, Walter's advanced knowledge of electronics led him to 10 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:47,000 experiment with what is called a hologram. 11 00:01:47,380 --> 00:01:51,800 That's a very fancy word for a three -dimensional picture that, when 12 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,000 can be made to look real, sound real. 13 00:01:55,420 --> 00:01:59,420 As a matter of fact, given enough power, it can even be made to feel real. 14 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,980 That's kind of what got me into this world. 15 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,540 My name is Auto Man. 16 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,300 You must be Walter Nebeka. 17 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,900 How did you know that? It's on the programming you fed into my system. I 18 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:28,900 say, Walter, you're very good. Very good indeed. 19 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:31,680 I look wonderful. 20 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,100 If you do say so yourself. 21 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:36,800 You programmed me to be honest. 22 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,740 But tell me, why did you call me Auto Man? It means that you're the world's 23 00:02:41,740 --> 00:02:43,720 first truly automatic man. 24 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,220 You can do anything because you're not real. 25 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:50,820 Oh, but I am. I'm as real as you are, just different. 26 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:52,800 And thanks to you, perfect. 27 00:02:54,020 --> 00:02:55,460 Nobody's perfect, Auto Man. 28 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:56,820 That's not true, Walter. 29 00:02:57,220 --> 00:03:00,780 You've programmed me to observe other people and do whatever they can do as 30 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:01,780 as they can do it. 31 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,200 Jimmy Connors playing tennis, John Travolta dancing. 32 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,660 In fact, on a scale of one to ten, think of me as an eleven. 33 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,100 I've created a monster. 34 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,360 No, what Walter really created was a wonderful force for good. 35 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Auto Man. 36 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:23,700 That's me. 37 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:51,660 for heavy backup roger gallop on my way this is the police pull your vehicle 38 00:03:51,660 --> 00:03:52,820 over to the side of the road 39 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,760 crashed into a campground in Chatsworth this morning, killing the pilots on 40 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,100 board and three other people on the ground. 41 00:04:25,660 --> 00:04:30,340 FAA investigators are on their way to the scene to determine what caused the 42 00:04:30,340 --> 00:04:34,860 Air 860 to fall from the sky during its pursuit of a burglary suspect. 43 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,460 We'll have a complete update for you on the news. 44 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,240 We've got to talk. 45 00:05:29,300 --> 00:05:30,360 Sure. Drink? 46 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:32,740 No. Did you hear about the accident? 47 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:34,359 What accident? 48 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,200 It's all over the news. A police helicopter went down this morning. 49 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,540 I'm sorry to hear that. It was a Velair 860. 50 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:44,440 How's that our problem? 51 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:46,580 We didn't do business with Velair. 52 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:50,240 I've got a computer disc in my office that said we did. 53 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,560 We should have anticipated something like this. We paid almost nothing for 54 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,800 surplus parts, and that's exactly what we got. 55 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,560 Henry, accidents happen. 56 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,680 Five people lost their lives, Jarrett. 57 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 That's unfortunate. 58 00:06:05,340 --> 00:06:07,540 We're going to run tests on those remaining parts. 59 00:06:07,980 --> 00:06:11,900 Henry, three days from now, the problems of this company belong to the new 60 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:15,480 owner, not us. Now, you're not going to red flag a deal it took a year to put 61 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,300 together. There have been three accidents in the past three months. 62 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:23,720 I am not going to be responsible for another preventable tragedy, Jarrett. 63 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,840 I am afraid my partner's become a bit of a problem. 64 00:06:41,340 --> 00:06:43,780 Problems are the last thing you can afford right now. 65 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,400 I need to get this out to my daughter in the afternoon mail. 66 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,380 I wish I could talk some sense into him. I don't think talk is going to do it. 67 00:06:52,740 --> 00:06:53,740 Hang on a minute. 68 00:06:55,460 --> 00:06:56,460 Hello? 69 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,040 Ed, this is Henry. 70 00:06:58,340 --> 00:07:00,040 Oh, hello, Henry. How are you? 71 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,720 Not too good. 72 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:04,600 Listen, Ed, is there some place where we can meet? 73 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,720 Let me get rid of my other call. 74 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:10,920 You believe in miracles? 75 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,260 Guess who I got on the other line? 76 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,520 Who? Your problem. 77 00:07:16,650 --> 00:07:17,650 I'll get back to you. 78 00:07:20,950 --> 00:07:24,090 Yes, Henry. How about that place I took you last time? 79 00:07:24,450 --> 00:07:25,530 Club Dionysus. 80 00:07:26,150 --> 00:07:27,150 Well, that's fine. 81 00:07:27,390 --> 00:07:28,390 What time? 82 00:07:28,410 --> 00:07:29,410 How's 8 o 'clock? 83 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:31,150 You're on. 84 00:07:39,150 --> 00:07:44,070 I don't know if I can, Norm. Wally, believe me. I have been in the video 85 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:46,030 business for a long, long while. 86 00:07:46,510 --> 00:07:51,750 But I can't remember the last time I saw something that had winner written all 87 00:07:51,750 --> 00:07:53,390 over it like this thing does. 88 00:07:53,990 --> 00:07:59,430 So, uh, what is it? They want to design a video game based on the TV show 89 00:07:59,430 --> 00:08:00,570 Abilene. 90 00:08:01,610 --> 00:08:02,650 The soap opera? 91 00:08:04,270 --> 00:08:07,470 Is that an idea whose time has come or what? 92 00:08:07,710 --> 00:08:11,870 Well, I don't know, Norm. I think you're talking to the wrong guy. I'm not much 93 00:08:11,870 --> 00:08:13,750 of a fan of that kind of thing. Nope. 94 00:08:13,980 --> 00:08:18,060 I've never even seen the show. No problem, no problem. I got six months of 95 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:22,340 videotape right here. Now, you check this out, and you tell me if that isn't 96 00:08:22,340 --> 00:08:23,720 worth money in the bank. 97 00:08:25,220 --> 00:08:32,220 Well... I'm not gonna promise anything. No, wait a minute. All I'm asking 98 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:33,980 is that you give it half a chance. 99 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:39,919 Terrific wallets. I'll eat them on the way out. Bye -bye. Okay. 100 00:08:55,870 --> 00:08:59,550 Otto? You seem surprised with someone who programmed my arrival. 101 00:09:00,010 --> 00:09:00,849 I did? 102 00:09:00,850 --> 00:09:03,270 We were going to work on some refinements of my database. 103 00:09:04,390 --> 00:09:09,990 Oh, that's right, yeah. I have some tapes on criminal behavior I got from 104 00:09:10,570 --> 00:09:11,570 Sounds wonderful. 105 00:09:12,570 --> 00:09:13,570 Huh. 106 00:09:13,970 --> 00:09:16,750 Hello? No problem at all, Captain. 107 00:09:17,150 --> 00:09:18,150 I'll be right there. 108 00:09:19,510 --> 00:09:20,510 What is it, Walter? 109 00:09:20,650 --> 00:09:22,810 Oh, a small emergency down at headquarters. 110 00:09:23,110 --> 00:09:24,089 I gotta go. 111 00:09:24,090 --> 00:09:25,090 Anything I can do? 112 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,580 Oh, no, just stay out of trouble. I shouldn't be gone that long. 113 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,200 Hmm. 114 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:40,420 These must be those criminology tapes. 115 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,640 Abilene? What's that got to do with crime? 116 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,100 Well, no sense wasting time. 117 00:10:11,020 --> 00:10:12,720 I hope I don't seem ungrateful, then. 118 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,720 You were nothing short of a miracle worker arranging that foreign bank loan 119 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,500 us, but... Believe me, Henry, you're doing the right thing. 120 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,920 Trying to sell a company under a cloud is only going to make a bad situation 121 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,020 worse. I wish Jared could see it that way. 122 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:31,220 He wanted a stone wallet until the deal was made. 123 00:10:31,580 --> 00:10:33,460 The sooner you get this behind you, the better. 124 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,540 As a matter of fact, we're going to go talk to Jared as soon as we leave here. 125 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,300 Once you both make a clean breast of it to the authorities, you'll feel a 126 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:46,300 thousand percent better. 127 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:50,020 Well, I'm glad someone doesn't think I'm crazy. 128 00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:53,140 Shall we? 129 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:18,220 I just want you to know your partner won't be into work tomorrow. 130 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:20,740 He had to make a detour. 131 00:11:21,420 --> 00:11:22,440 By the morgue. 132 00:11:22,860 --> 00:11:23,860 You killed him? 133 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,540 It was that or watch him blow the sail of the company clear out of the water. 134 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:29,660 Now listen to me. 135 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:31,920 Carefully. 136 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:34,120 I want you to go through his office. 137 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,540 He has the entire operation on a disc. 138 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,980 I know. I turned his office upside down after he left tonight. 139 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,560 Now the disc was gone. I assumed he took it with him. 140 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:47,560 That disc gets in the wrong hands and you're going to have one hell of a time 141 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:49,000 hanging off that loan I arranged. 142 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:54,240 Don't worry. You can tell your friends that I'll pay them their money just as 143 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,400 soon as the sale goes through. 144 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:56,860 I hope so. 145 00:11:58,260 --> 00:12:00,100 They're not the kind of people to disappoint. 146 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:11,740 Oh, yes, sir. I am doing that right now. I am putting Lieutenant Curtis on the 147 00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:12,740 case. 148 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,040 Yes, sir, will do. 149 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:17,280 Second call from the commissioner. 150 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:23,000 Every time some big, high, muckety -muck like Henry Innes gets murdered, it's 151 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,260 then the torpedoes, so we find out who did it. 152 00:12:25,740 --> 00:12:27,060 Nebbish, come on in. 153 00:12:27,340 --> 00:12:28,340 What's up? 154 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,660 Did you ever hear of Henry Innes? 155 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,320 The aerospace guy. 156 00:12:31,540 --> 00:12:33,760 Yeah, his body was found tonight in a downtown alley. 157 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,600 Might have been a mugging. He was missing his billfold, he was missing his 158 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,980 jewelry. Now, I don't know if this figures or not. His secretary says that 159 00:12:41,980 --> 00:12:44,880 was very rattled today and she's never seen him so upset. 160 00:12:45,180 --> 00:12:46,180 Any suspects? 161 00:12:46,860 --> 00:12:51,500 No. We did find this appointment book in his briefcase, though. I want you to 162 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:52,500 look at the last entry. 163 00:12:53,380 --> 00:12:54,400 CD 2000. 164 00:12:55,020 --> 00:12:57,700 An abbreviation of some kind. Any idea what it means? 165 00:12:58,020 --> 00:13:00,900 Isn't that what you and your high -priced hardware store are for? 166 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:02,500 I'll get on it right away. 167 00:13:03,340 --> 00:13:04,339 All right. 168 00:13:04,340 --> 00:13:05,460 Has the family been notified? 169 00:13:06,940 --> 00:13:10,220 There's only a daughter. We haven't been able to contact her. 170 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:14,000 So we better put a newslet on this thing until we do. All right. 171 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,140 Are you still working on that appointment book entry? 172 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,360 Oh, yeah, I keep going in circles on it. 173 00:13:29,980 --> 00:13:34,360 Wally, I never thought I'd say this, but have you thought about calling Auto 174 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,340 Man? I'm quite capable of figuring out a simple abbreviation without running to 175 00:13:38,340 --> 00:13:39,620 a hologram for help. 176 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:52,800 Walter, 177 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,160 you called? 178 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:00,680 Second opinion never hurts. 179 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,180 Well, I'll leave you two to your flu thing. 180 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:05,880 Bye -bye, Roxanne. 181 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,360 Have a good evening, gorgeous. 182 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,460 What was that all about? 183 00:14:15,780 --> 00:14:16,800 I'm a new man, Walter. 184 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,920 And I owe it all to you. And to those marvelous tapes. 185 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:21,640 The tapes on criminal behavior? 186 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,080 That's what you said. I found it odd. They were all set in a town called 187 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,080 Abilene. 188 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:28,100 Soap opera. 189 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,820 Otto, you watched the wrong tapes. Not wrong. 190 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,700 Right. Fact. 191 00:14:34,220 --> 00:14:37,380 For the first time, I've realized what's been missing in my life. 192 00:14:37,980 --> 00:14:38,980 What's been missing? 193 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:40,100 Lust, Walter. 194 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,600 Passion. Ruthlessness. Deceit. 195 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:46,800 I'm missing the struggle for life's most worthy goals. Power and romance. 196 00:14:47,140 --> 00:14:50,680 What have I done? Choruses of angels. Midnight rendezvous. Burning desires. 197 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,300 Yeah, yeah. Otto, Otto. I get the picture. 198 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,460 Walter, I've been in the world for close to six months. 199 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,440 And I still haven't fallen in love. 200 00:14:59,220 --> 00:15:00,220 You don't understand. 201 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,360 You're a hologram. You're not even real. 202 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:07,310 Neither are the people in soap operas, and they fall in love every 20 minutes. 203 00:15:07,870 --> 00:15:09,750 I don't believe this. 204 00:15:10,070 --> 00:15:13,530 Walter, you don't want people to think I'm a wimp. 205 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:15,550 No, I don't. 206 00:15:16,190 --> 00:15:19,830 But if you don't mind, I'd appreciate you directing your energies toward 207 00:15:19,830 --> 00:15:21,970 cracking that code that I fed into your memory bank. 208 00:15:22,730 --> 00:15:23,730 That was a breeze. 209 00:15:24,210 --> 00:15:26,390 Oh. Did you figure out what CD means? 210 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:28,150 Well, I came up with three possibilities. 211 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:30,150 One, certificate of deposit. 212 00:15:30,610 --> 00:15:31,830 It's a financial instrument. 213 00:15:32,790 --> 00:15:36,430 Two, Carnival Dream, a long shot in yesterday's fifth race at Hollywood 214 00:15:36,630 --> 00:15:40,630 Innes was something of a horse player. And the most likely possibility, Club 215 00:15:40,630 --> 00:15:43,230 Dionysus. He had a credit card receipt from that establishment. 216 00:15:44,090 --> 00:15:46,670 Otto, you're terrific. That's a singles club on Lancashire. 217 00:15:46,910 --> 00:15:48,850 Now, what about that 2 ,000? 218 00:15:49,250 --> 00:15:51,870 Military for 8 p .m. He spent six years in the Navy. 219 00:15:52,090 --> 00:15:54,510 Which means he had an appointment at that bar last night. 220 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,780 It may just pay to go down there and ask some questions. It's a good thing I'm 221 00:15:57,780 --> 00:16:00,600 familiar with the case. We can go over the questions on the way. Otto, Otto, 222 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,120 in your present state of mind. A single club full of eligible young women just 223 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,340 isn't the place for an inexperienced young hologram. 224 00:16:09,420 --> 00:16:10,420 Well, I guess you're right. 225 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:12,900 Good luck, Walter. 226 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,040 Thanks, Otto. 227 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:15,960 I never would have found that place without you. 228 00:16:24,430 --> 00:16:26,170 You're darn right he couldn't have found that place without me. 229 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:29,830 There's one thing I've learned from Abilene, it's you don't take no for an 230 00:16:29,830 --> 00:16:34,510 answer. Besides, my program won't allow me to stand by idly if there's some way 231 00:16:34,510 --> 00:16:35,510 I can help. 232 00:16:36,470 --> 00:16:38,850 No, Cursor, it has nothing to do with the beautiful young women. 233 00:16:39,490 --> 00:16:42,490 Now, res me up something chic, but unpretentious. 234 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:54,920 This should drive them wild. 235 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,280 Hey, where's the fire, buddy? 236 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:11,839 Auto Man? 237 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:14,359 Auto Man? 238 00:17:49,350 --> 00:17:50,350 I could do that. 239 00:17:51,550 --> 00:17:52,550 Probably better. 240 00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:05,070 May I join you? 241 00:18:08,470 --> 00:18:10,430 Till death do us part. 242 00:18:12,510 --> 00:18:14,890 I mean, uh, sit down. 243 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:17,930 Hi there. 244 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,280 Well, hi. 245 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:21,140 She's spoken for. 246 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:25,500 Do you enjoy piano music? I love it. 247 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,180 It's my second favorite thing in the whole world. 248 00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:35,460 What's that he's playing? Great Balls of Fire. 249 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:36,760 Do you play? 250 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:37,800 Try me. 251 00:18:48,970 --> 00:18:50,150 Can I buy you a drink? 252 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:53,730 Hey, I saw him first. 253 00:18:54,850 --> 00:18:59,490 Hi, my name is Rachel Ennett. I wonder if you know my father, Henry Ennett. 254 00:18:59,990 --> 00:19:01,650 Ah, sorry, don't know the name. 255 00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:03,870 Oh, well, maybe you'd know the face. 256 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:06,010 Here. 257 00:19:06,510 --> 00:19:08,330 Yeah, I guess I've seen him once or twice. 258 00:19:08,710 --> 00:19:10,050 Look, it's real important. 259 00:19:10,290 --> 00:19:14,810 He was supposed to meet someone here last night, but he was murdered en 260 00:19:14,910 --> 00:19:17,210 and I need to know who he was meeting. 261 00:19:17,710 --> 00:19:19,030 Look, I'm really sorry to hear this. 262 00:19:19,430 --> 00:19:22,950 All I know is the other times he was in here with Ed Scanlon. Good customer. 263 00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:24,810 Do you know where I could find him? 264 00:19:25,690 --> 00:19:26,690 No, sorry. 265 00:19:27,010 --> 00:19:29,050 Oh, well, thanks. 266 00:19:29,750 --> 00:19:30,750 Excuse me. 267 00:19:31,450 --> 00:19:32,450 Rachel Innes? 268 00:19:33,550 --> 00:19:35,590 Yes? My name is Walter Nebeker. 269 00:19:35,930 --> 00:19:37,350 I'm a police officer. 270 00:19:38,230 --> 00:19:39,970 I think we're here for the same reason. 271 00:19:42,630 --> 00:19:44,570 Well, why don't we let the gentleman decide? 272 00:19:45,929 --> 00:19:50,350 Well, it doesn't seem fair to deprive either of you. 273 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,570 How did you know about your father's appointment? 274 00:19:57,970 --> 00:20:01,130 Look, sooner or later, you're going to have to start trusting somebody. 275 00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:07,470 Excuse me for one moment. 276 00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:16,050 Your place or mine? 277 00:20:19,170 --> 00:20:20,170 Excuse me. 278 00:20:23,230 --> 00:20:25,210 What are you doing here? 279 00:20:25,410 --> 00:20:27,270 I was doing just fine until you interrupted. 280 00:20:27,810 --> 00:20:31,210 Next time, we really should have a little signal worked out between us. It 281 00:20:31,210 --> 00:20:32,610 really would save a lot of embarrassment. 282 00:20:32,890 --> 00:20:34,330 I don't believe this. 283 00:20:36,170 --> 00:20:37,230 Where did she go? 284 00:20:37,650 --> 00:20:38,650 Where did who go? 285 00:20:39,430 --> 00:20:40,430 There she is. 286 00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:43,990 Uh, where are you going? 287 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,720 Oh, I'm sorry, but the smoke was really getting to me. 288 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,000 Well, that's okay. We can talk outside. 289 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,560 Oh, Rachel Innes, this is my associate, Otto. 290 00:20:57,260 --> 00:20:58,260 Hello. 291 00:20:59,060 --> 00:21:00,060 Walter, 292 00:21:00,380 --> 00:21:04,700 is there a chorus of angels singing right now? 293 00:21:09,140 --> 00:21:13,500 I got a call from my father about 7 o 'clock last night. 294 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,340 Did he call you from work? 295 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,220 Yeah, he was pretty upset. 296 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,860 He said he'd made some serious misjudgments, that he was involved in a 297 00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:26,780 that could have devastating consequences if he couldn't stop it in time. 298 00:21:27,340 --> 00:21:28,500 Oh, excuse me. 299 00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:32,580 I'm feeling rather strange, Walter. 300 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:35,900 Probably interference from those power lines overhead. 301 00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:39,700 Did he say anything else? 302 00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:44,030 That he'd be coming to this bar later in the evening and that he'd call me when 303 00:21:44,030 --> 00:21:45,030 he got home. 304 00:21:45,530 --> 00:21:46,730 Only he never called. 305 00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:49,850 Well, we'll do everything we can. 306 00:21:50,890 --> 00:21:51,890 Right, Otto? 307 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:52,910 Rest assured. 308 00:21:53,130 --> 00:21:54,910 We'll go to the ends of the earth if necessary. 309 00:21:55,390 --> 00:21:56,750 We'll overcome any obstacle. 310 00:21:57,190 --> 00:22:02,670 If I have to climb the highest mountain, cross the deepest river, Otto, we'll 311 00:22:02,670 --> 00:22:03,670 get the idea. 312 00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:06,390 Thanks. 313 00:22:06,890 --> 00:22:07,890 Both of you. 314 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,020 Edward M. Scanlon, longtime operative for West Coast Organized Crime Family, 315 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,400 specializing in gambling and loan sharking. 316 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,900 And what would a reputable businessman like Ennis be doing meeting a man like 317 00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:32,600 that? Maybe his partner can answer that. 318 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:43,980 Lieutenant Curtis, my wife Christine. How do you do? Hello, Lieutenant. 319 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,380 Now, if there's anything we can do to help expedite your investigation, just 320 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:49,279 name it. 321 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,760 For starters, could you tell me if Henry Innes had any enemies? 322 00:22:52,260 --> 00:22:54,080 I thought he was the victim of street crime. 323 00:22:54,460 --> 00:22:57,140 Well, that could be, but right now we just don't want to rule out any other 324 00:22:57,140 --> 00:22:58,140 possibilities. 325 00:22:58,660 --> 00:23:00,800 As far as I know, he was everybody's friend. 326 00:23:01,020 --> 00:23:04,340 A colleague of mine spoke to his daughter. She seems to think that her 327 00:23:04,340 --> 00:23:07,140 might have been in some sort of trouble, something that he couldn't handle. 328 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:09,900 Rachel always had an active imagination. 329 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,040 So you wouldn't know anything about that? 330 00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:15,740 Well, if he was in some kind of trouble, he never shared it with me. 331 00:23:15,940 --> 00:23:17,060 What about Ed Scanlon? 332 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,480 Is that a name I should know? What's the name of your partner named? 333 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:22,860 I'm afraid I can't help you there. 334 00:23:23,180 --> 00:23:24,940 I don't recall us ever mentioning him. 335 00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:27,380 What about you, Mrs. Powers? 336 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:29,740 Sorry, Lieutenant. 337 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:34,480 Is there anything else that either of you would like to tell me? 338 00:23:34,820 --> 00:23:36,560 Just assure me you'll find Henry's killer. 339 00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:38,260 I will. 340 00:23:39,660 --> 00:23:40,660 Good day. 341 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,720 It wasn't your fault at all, will it, Joe? 342 00:23:46,110 --> 00:23:48,790 It was an evil thing that E .J. was saying about me. 343 00:23:48,990 --> 00:23:51,950 I couldn't convince anyone else he was lying. That's why I took off from 344 00:23:51,950 --> 00:23:54,290 Memphis. Well, it's all over now, Willie Joe. 345 00:23:55,070 --> 00:23:56,070 Autobahn? Shh! 346 00:23:56,330 --> 00:23:59,910 What are you doing? Do you realize I've been trying to reach you all morning? 347 00:24:00,190 --> 00:24:03,470 Walter? Would you please tell me what's going on? 348 00:24:04,250 --> 00:24:05,250 Okay. 349 00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:08,610 Willie Joe left the ranch after he got blamed for Bonnie's nervous breakdown. 350 00:24:08,850 --> 00:24:12,870 But now he's come back only to find his stepbrother E .J.'s in love with both 351 00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:15,050 Bonnie and her half -sister, Yvonne. 352 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:16,650 That's not what I meant. 353 00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:19,910 Otto, you've gone absolutely mad. 354 00:24:20,290 --> 00:24:24,410 No. You're thinking of Earl, Willie Joe's long -lost brother. Now, he is 355 00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:26,350 Enough! 356 00:24:27,710 --> 00:24:29,990 Why didn't you res up when I accessed you? 357 00:24:30,410 --> 00:24:32,250 I didn't realize you'd called. 358 00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:36,670 I called because Lieutenant Curtis has been asking for those profiles on 359 00:24:36,670 --> 00:24:37,890 Henrietta's business associates. 360 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:41,230 The analysis you were supposed to leave on my desk this morning? 361 00:24:41,530 --> 00:24:43,290 I'm sorry. I forgot. 362 00:24:43,870 --> 00:24:44,870 Otto. 363 00:24:46,050 --> 00:24:47,050 You're a computer. 364 00:24:47,270 --> 00:24:48,270 You can't forget. 365 00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,990 I have felt rather out of phase of late. 366 00:24:51,630 --> 00:24:54,830 It seems every time I try to concentrate on something, my circuits get 367 00:24:54,830 --> 00:24:56,110 overloaded by Rachel's face. 368 00:24:57,190 --> 00:25:01,710 Walter, the simple fact is, I think I'm in love. 369 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:03,710 That's ridiculous. 370 00:25:04,810 --> 00:25:06,010 How can you be in love? 371 00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:08,170 You're an electronic display. 372 00:25:09,490 --> 00:25:10,730 You're a series of commands. 373 00:25:12,090 --> 00:25:13,870 And you're programmed to do police work. 374 00:25:15,070 --> 00:25:16,910 Not to fall prey to human weaknesses. 375 00:25:18,030 --> 00:25:19,270 Of course, you're right. 376 00:25:20,350 --> 00:25:22,210 I can't possibly be feeling emotion. 377 00:25:22,910 --> 00:25:26,650 I'm... I'm simply reacting to interesting stimuli. 378 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:30,650 All right. Now, look. 379 00:25:31,370 --> 00:25:32,450 I'm going back to work. 380 00:25:32,710 --> 00:25:36,570 When I get there, I want a full update on the Innocence Investigation. Cross 381 00:25:36,570 --> 00:25:38,330 -indexed and summarized. Yes, Walter. 382 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,000 More soap operas! 383 00:26:03,220 --> 00:26:05,580 It's falling apart, Scanlon. I can see it. 384 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,060 That Snoopy cop all but accused you of Innes' murder, and it's only a matter of 385 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:13,040 time before we're tied in with that helicopter accident. 386 00:26:13,420 --> 00:26:16,920 Finding one defective part is a long way from proving a conspiracy. 387 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:19,580 You and your foolproof schemes. 388 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,040 I should never have taken that blood money. 389 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,100 I never want to hear you talk like that again, Powers. 390 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,540 Six months ago, this company would have gone belly up. 391 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,540 My friends hadn't bailed you out. 392 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:36,340 I haven't forgotten. 393 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,140 Well, I hope you haven't forgotten that the Barons are coming over to celebrate 394 00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:41,140 buying the company. 395 00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:42,700 Have the lawyers settled on a price? 396 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:44,300 Here are the figures. 397 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,900 Make sure Ennis' daughter's here tonight. 398 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,520 Her signature has to be on the papers. 399 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,360 It'll be easier if she makes a new owner. What happens if that young cop 400 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:01,520 been seen with gets in the way? 401 00:27:02,460 --> 00:27:03,460 Don't worry. 402 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,640 I'll make sure he doesn't show up tonight. 403 00:27:26,670 --> 00:27:27,670 Like I said! 404 00:28:07,690 --> 00:28:08,690 what's to come. 405 00:28:10,850 --> 00:28:12,630 Now stay away from Rachel, punk. 406 00:28:12,870 --> 00:28:13,870 She's my girl. 407 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:18,730 Who's there? 408 00:28:19,250 --> 00:28:20,250 Rachel Ennis. 409 00:28:22,730 --> 00:28:23,730 Oh. 410 00:28:23,910 --> 00:28:24,910 Hello, Otto. 411 00:28:25,830 --> 00:28:28,530 They told me I could find Officer Nebuchadnezzar here. 412 00:28:29,130 --> 00:28:30,930 He, uh, just left. 413 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:33,450 Is there anything I can do for you, Rachel? 414 00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:37,200 Well, shouldn't we wait for Officer Nebaker? 415 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:40,120 Well, there's no need. 416 00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:41,800 He works for me. 417 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:43,320 Please. 418 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,280 Now, how can I help you? 419 00:28:51,740 --> 00:28:57,760 Well, Dad and Mr. Powers have been trying to sell the company for almost a 420 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,340 now. Suddenly I find out there's a party at the Powers estate tonight to 421 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:03,580 celebrate closing the deal. 422 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,280 Now, do you think this might have something to do with your father's 423 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:08,040 Well, I don't know. 424 00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:11,580 I just didn't know who to turn to for help. 425 00:29:12,020 --> 00:29:14,000 I just feel so alone right now. 426 00:29:14,660 --> 00:29:16,620 Tell Mr. Powers you'll be bringing a date. 427 00:29:17,420 --> 00:29:20,600 A millionaire by the name of, uh, Traspers. 428 00:29:21,380 --> 00:29:23,840 Who's also a prospective buyer for the company. Would you do that? 429 00:29:24,620 --> 00:29:25,620 Yes. 430 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,160 But who's this Mr. 431 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:28,480 Traspers? 432 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,100 Me. 433 00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:31,300 You. 434 00:29:32,780 --> 00:29:36,200 Why are you... sticking your neck out like this for me could be dangerous 435 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:42,040 because because it's my job 436 00:30:11,690 --> 00:30:13,910 Of course, a change of pace is always nice. 437 00:30:20,970 --> 00:30:21,970 Otto? 438 00:30:22,430 --> 00:30:23,430 You here? 439 00:30:31,890 --> 00:30:34,770 When I get my hands on him... 440 00:31:14,570 --> 00:31:15,830 How long have you been playing the piano? 441 00:31:16,330 --> 00:31:17,670 How long have I been sitting here? 442 00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:20,490 You amaze me. 443 00:31:26,330 --> 00:31:27,330 Great. 444 00:31:36,290 --> 00:31:38,790 Not to mention the way you tickle those ivories. 445 00:31:39,070 --> 00:31:42,310 I don't recall running into any ivories. Not to mention tickling them. 446 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,900 You know, you're a very special person. 447 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:50,700 Walter Nebuchadnezzar. 448 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,520 And how did you say you made your fortune, Mr. Joseph? 449 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,480 Oh, please, ma 'am. Plain old Billy would do just fine. 450 00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:59,360 I'm in cattle. 451 00:31:59,540 --> 00:32:00,660 How many head did you raise? 452 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,260 Oh, we raised the whole steer. 453 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:03,620 Head, body, and tail. 454 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,160 Oh, 455 00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:12,160 there's the little fella now. 456 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,680 Folks. 457 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,720 I'd like you all to meet my personal accountant, Walter Higgins. 458 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,460 I'd never leave home without him. 459 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:20,480 Have an accident, Mr. Higgins? 460 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,220 No, thanks. I already had one. 461 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,660 Looks like the IRS got to you again. 462 00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:28,340 Can we talk? 463 00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:32,260 Walter tells me what I can afford and what I can't. Of course, there aren't 464 00:32:32,260 --> 00:32:34,580 many things I can't afford, so he don't have much to do. 465 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,280 Otto. I'm just joking. Of course, there are a lot of things I can't afford. 466 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,720 For instance, there was that judge in Fort Worth. 467 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:43,910 The late, honorable Homer Banks. 468 00:32:45,250 --> 00:32:46,330 Don't look so shocked. 469 00:32:46,830 --> 00:32:50,810 Whatever Billy Traspas wants, Billy Traspas gets. Tell him, Walter. 470 00:32:51,390 --> 00:32:54,550 Uh, well... What part of Texas are you from? 471 00:32:55,090 --> 00:32:59,610 That funny little part on the left. The panhandle. I knew that, Walter. 472 00:33:00,590 --> 00:33:02,830 They sure know how to grow them in the panhandle. 473 00:33:03,290 --> 00:33:07,350 I'd like to propose a toast to Mr. and Mrs. 474 00:33:07,550 --> 00:33:10,350 Behrens, who are about to become the new owners of this great company. 475 00:33:10,830 --> 00:33:11,830 Thank you. 476 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:15,030 And to the memory of Henry Innes, who made it great. 477 00:33:15,650 --> 00:33:21,890 You don't drink? 478 00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,010 No sense risking a short circuit. 479 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:26,730 I know exactly what you mean. 480 00:33:27,070 --> 00:33:28,530 Excuse me, I'll be back in a minute. 481 00:33:31,130 --> 00:33:34,610 By the way, I love your collar. 482 00:33:37,030 --> 00:33:39,330 Does the rest of you glow like that? 483 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:43,270 Well, as a matter of... Ah, Mr. Trospers. 484 00:33:45,630 --> 00:33:46,630 Excuse me. 485 00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:51,990 What happened to you, Walter? 486 00:33:52,310 --> 00:33:55,890 I had a run -in with a couple of freelance chiropractors. What is this 487 00:33:55,890 --> 00:33:59,250 about? Rachel didn't want the company sold until she found out what happened 488 00:33:59,250 --> 00:33:59,829 her father. 489 00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:01,470 So I thought this might do the trick. 490 00:34:02,150 --> 00:34:03,670 And I wound up your accountant. 491 00:34:04,150 --> 00:34:06,590 Well, I thought sidekick might offend you. 492 00:34:08,620 --> 00:34:11,520 Your father didn't send you anything before he died, did he? 493 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,219 I don't know what you mean. 494 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,139 Well, he had a computer disk the accountants need to finish completing 495 00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:18,179 inventory on our assets. 496 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:19,960 I don't know anything about a disk. 497 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:24,139 He might have mailed it, but then you haven't had a chance to check your mail. 498 00:34:24,940 --> 00:34:28,300 Why would my father mail me something when he could hand it to me? 499 00:34:29,699 --> 00:34:31,780 Don't worry. We have all the facts we need. 500 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,239 I'm just trying to save time. 501 00:34:37,870 --> 00:34:39,429 You know the Rawlings on Abilene? 502 00:34:39,929 --> 00:34:41,170 The TV show? 503 00:34:41,469 --> 00:34:43,030 They're modeled after my family. 504 00:34:43,850 --> 00:34:48,510 And what about that no -good E .J.? Modeled after me. 505 00:34:49,210 --> 00:34:51,530 You don't strike me as being that ruthless. 506 00:34:52,150 --> 00:34:54,810 Only when I'm going after something I want. 507 00:34:58,550 --> 00:35:00,870 How much did you say you were paying for this company? 508 00:35:01,230 --> 00:35:04,670 Well, actually, that's confidential. 509 00:35:05,410 --> 00:35:07,030 What is it, $30 million? 510 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,200 Bordy, I'd rather not discuss it. 511 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:11,740 Oh, Mr. Powers? 512 00:35:12,020 --> 00:35:16,840 Yes. I don't know what this geezer's offered you for your firm, but I've just 513 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,060 added 10%. What? 514 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:24,340 Now, see here, this transaction is all but done. It's a little late to reopen 515 00:35:24,340 --> 00:35:25,340 the bidding. 516 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,000 20%. What? 517 00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:30,220 I've just improved his offer by 20%. Cash. 518 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:32,100 Cash? Cash. 519 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,060 Do we talk or are we going to let this buzzard steal your company? 520 00:35:35,450 --> 00:35:39,170 Well, you have to understand, Mr. Trosper, this is rather sudden. It'll 521 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:40,530 some time to study the proposal. 522 00:35:41,230 --> 00:35:43,430 I understand that. Take 15 minutes. 523 00:35:45,050 --> 00:35:47,870 What's the matter with you? You look like someone just put starch in your 524 00:35:47,870 --> 00:35:51,890 bloomers. I've never met such a rude young man in all my days. 525 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:54,770 Not even when you were toast of the Dallas Cowboys? 526 00:35:55,210 --> 00:35:58,970 Well, I never... It's not what those linebackers used to tell me. 527 00:36:00,470 --> 00:36:02,450 What are you doing? 528 00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:05,630 I'm saving them from financial disaster, Walter. 529 00:36:06,350 --> 00:36:07,570 Yes, sirree, Mr. B. 530 00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:10,510 She must have been a hot little number before the fire went out. 531 00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:14,130 Theodore, let's go. 532 00:36:14,490 --> 00:36:15,570 How about it, Mr. Powers? 533 00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:18,470 Excuse me, I'd like to confer with my associates. 534 00:36:19,430 --> 00:36:20,430 Certainly. 535 00:36:23,870 --> 00:36:24,870 Yeah, I got you. 536 00:36:25,870 --> 00:36:26,870 What? 537 00:36:30,270 --> 00:36:32,230 Cavanaugh just ran a computer check on him. 538 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,340 Says the guy's worth maybe 500 mil. 539 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:37,300 And what are we waiting for? 540 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,780 I got a feeling we can ask our price. 541 00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:41,460 I don't know. 542 00:36:42,620 --> 00:36:43,800 It's all too easy. 543 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,740 I say we take this cowboy for all he's worth. 544 00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:53,100 Darling, Lieutenant Curtis is here. 545 00:37:06,410 --> 00:37:07,410 What can I do for you, Lieutenant? 546 00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:10,710 Well, I thought you might be interested in our progress on your partner's murder 547 00:37:10,710 --> 00:37:11,710 investigation. 548 00:37:13,370 --> 00:37:16,710 Couldn't this wait until tomorrow? A traffic helicopter went down in 549 00:37:16,770 --> 00:37:18,070 North Carolina this morning. 550 00:37:18,330 --> 00:37:20,490 What does that have to do with anything? The fan mechanical failure is our 551 00:37:20,490 --> 00:37:25,570 police chopper. Only this time, somebody traced the defective material to your 552 00:37:25,570 --> 00:37:26,570 company right here. 553 00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:29,670 Lieutenant, I'm sorry, but I can't help you. 554 00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:33,370 Mr. Powers, I'll be working late tonight. 555 00:37:34,089 --> 00:37:36,570 Police headquarters, if you think of anything, just call me, all right? 556 00:37:48,770 --> 00:37:52,250 Listen, Otto, I think I know where we can find the answers to a lot of our 557 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:54,050 questions. Are you game? 558 00:37:54,790 --> 00:37:56,730 Well, I started off this morning. 559 00:37:58,550 --> 00:37:59,550 Well, then let's go. 560 00:38:01,370 --> 00:38:02,370 What about Walter? 561 00:38:02,730 --> 00:38:06,030 I think it'd be easier for just the two of us to slip away unnoticed. 562 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:07,550 Where to? 563 00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:10,050 My father's beach house, Point Dune. 564 00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:13,350 I'll just leave Walter a note. 565 00:38:15,830 --> 00:38:16,830 Cursor? 566 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:25,450 Excuse me. Did you see that Mr. Higgins receives this? It's quite important. 567 00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:26,870 Certainly, sir. 568 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,320 You really know how to travel and dial. 569 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:42,640 I like to think so. 570 00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:45,580 For you. 571 00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:15,090 Wait up. 572 00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:17,610 Come on, faster, faster, move. 573 00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:27,350 The car's been with us for miles. 574 00:39:28,590 --> 00:39:29,970 Do you think they're following us? 575 00:39:30,710 --> 00:39:32,890 Well, there's one way to find out. 576 00:39:33,970 --> 00:39:34,970 Hang on. 577 00:39:43,950 --> 00:39:44,950 Where'd they go? 578 00:39:57,010 --> 00:39:59,650 It's my father's writing, and it's addressed to himself. 579 00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:02,350 Now, be careful. Don't touch the shiny parts. 580 00:40:02,810 --> 00:40:04,510 A disc's memory is very sensitive. 581 00:40:24,670 --> 00:40:25,810 Interesting. What is it? 582 00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:27,910 See this unit designated surplus? 583 00:40:28,250 --> 00:40:31,230 The purchase price of the assembly from the manufacturer in the Orient was $1 584 00:40:31,230 --> 00:40:32,230 ,640. 585 00:40:33,170 --> 00:40:37,010 But look what it was sold to the aircraft company for under the 586 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:39,090 new. $37 ,000? 587 00:40:39,910 --> 00:40:43,430 Well, that's quite a markup considering it's just middlemen selling surplus 588 00:40:43,430 --> 00:40:45,650 goods. I think the term is highway robbery. 589 00:40:46,830 --> 00:40:47,830 Wait a minute. 590 00:40:47,850 --> 00:40:49,090 See this name, Bel Air? 591 00:40:50,910 --> 00:40:53,210 That's the name of the helicopter that had the rotor gear go out. 592 00:40:54,290 --> 00:40:55,490 Now it's beginning to make sense. 593 00:40:55,810 --> 00:40:58,610 Your father and his partner must have been engaged in the buying of surplus 594 00:40:58,610 --> 00:41:00,210 parts and selling them as though they were new. 595 00:41:00,670 --> 00:41:04,930 Well, that must be the catastrophe Dad was trying to avert. Another accident 596 00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:06,170 like that helicopter crash. 597 00:41:07,170 --> 00:41:09,550 We better get this information into the right hands. 598 00:41:10,230 --> 00:41:12,850 I think it might be advisable to wait for Officer Nebaker. 599 00:41:13,050 --> 00:41:14,470 He undoubtedly got my note. 600 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:22,640 This is Stanley. 601 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:27,160 We had him for about five miles, and then that sports car he was in took off 602 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:28,160 like a bat out of hell. 603 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,360 Where did you lose him? 604 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,080 Pacific Highway, just a mile or so north of Topanga Canyon. 605 00:41:34,260 --> 00:41:36,440 That's it. They're headed for Henry's beach house. 606 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,340 I'll bring the papers for Rachel to sign, and I'll meet you there. 607 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:40,640 All right. 608 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,860 You are more beautiful than ever. 609 00:41:48,940 --> 00:41:50,140 Is she your ex? 610 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,960 No. She's E .J.'s cousin. 611 00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:56,100 You're crazy. 612 00:41:57,060 --> 00:41:58,060 Yes. 613 00:41:58,340 --> 00:41:59,340 About you. 614 00:42:04,740 --> 00:42:06,480 I'm a little bit at a loss. 615 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:10,640 You see, this is the scene that's usually cut off by the commercial. 616 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,180 I was sure I was beginning to mean something to you. 617 00:42:17,020 --> 00:42:18,800 Rachel, it would never work. 618 00:42:19,530 --> 00:42:21,250 We're from two different worlds. 619 00:42:22,510 --> 00:42:23,510 What are you saying? 620 00:42:25,690 --> 00:42:26,910 I'd only disappoint you. 621 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:30,910 And I don't think I could stand to see you hurt. 622 00:42:33,390 --> 00:42:35,030 I'm not interrupting anything, am I? 623 00:42:36,270 --> 00:42:37,270 No. 624 00:42:37,570 --> 00:42:38,570 Hello, Walter. 625 00:42:39,050 --> 00:42:42,230 We think we have a good idea why Rachel's father was murdered. 626 00:42:42,570 --> 00:42:43,570 What is it? 627 00:42:44,090 --> 00:42:45,910 Yes, I think we'd all like to hear. 628 00:42:49,690 --> 00:42:51,110 Mr. Scanlon, I presume. 629 00:42:51,370 --> 00:42:54,730 I didn't buy that good old boy routine for one minute. 630 00:42:55,670 --> 00:42:56,670 You're cops. 631 00:42:57,490 --> 00:42:58,490 Both of you. 632 00:42:58,930 --> 00:43:02,050 And unless I'm mistaken, you're the man behind Henry Innes' murder. 633 00:43:02,390 --> 00:43:05,610 Not to mention the conspiracy to sell second -rate aircraft parts. 634 00:43:05,910 --> 00:43:09,050 You're going to have a hard time proving much of anything in the condition I 635 00:43:09,050 --> 00:43:10,050 leave you. 636 00:43:13,950 --> 00:43:15,430 What do you want from us? 637 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:20,580 All I want from you is your signature on the sale of the company tomorrow. 638 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,280 Then why don't you let her go? 639 00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:24,280 Because I'm not a fool, that's why. 640 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:33,080 Now, why doesn't everybody get nice and comfortable? 641 00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:36,600 Mr. Powers is on his way now. 642 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,880 Young lady, move! I'm in a hurry! A big hurry! 643 00:44:51,070 --> 00:44:52,070 No, 644 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:53,690 but don't let that stop you. 645 00:45:00,650 --> 00:45:01,150 I 646 00:45:01,150 --> 00:45:08,390 guess 647 00:45:08,390 --> 00:45:09,390 we lost him. 648 00:45:14,350 --> 00:45:16,050 I'll get on the radio to Lieutenant Curtis. 649 00:45:16,570 --> 00:45:17,570 Chopper to headquarters. 650 00:45:17,740 --> 00:45:20,760 Send backup units to the south of Malibu and then east on Canyon Road. 651 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:23,520 10 -4. I'll be there in about three minutes. 652 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:34,580 There they 653 00:45:34,580 --> 00:45:36,080 are. How are we going to stop them? 654 00:45:36,420 --> 00:45:37,660 We'll just have to close the road. 655 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:39,080 How are we going to do that? 656 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:41,920 Cursor? 657 00:45:57,140 --> 00:45:59,740 What the hell is a wall doing in the middle of the road? 658 00:46:28,490 --> 00:46:30,390 I could have sworn there was a wall here. 659 00:46:44,810 --> 00:46:45,810 Come on, then. 660 00:46:48,270 --> 00:46:49,270 Scanlon, get out. 661 00:46:50,270 --> 00:46:52,090 Come on, get out. Up against it. 662 00:46:53,990 --> 00:46:57,690 When I thought you were shot, something inside of me almost died. 663 00:46:58,380 --> 00:46:59,560 I'm amazingly resilient. 664 00:47:00,380 --> 00:47:02,340 I wish I could say the same from my heart. 665 00:47:03,300 --> 00:47:08,540 I hate to sound like a soap opera, but no matter what happens, I'll never 666 00:47:08,540 --> 00:47:09,540 you. 667 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:10,600 Never. 668 00:47:53,290 --> 00:47:54,169 Is there anything wrong? 669 00:47:54,170 --> 00:47:59,210 Would we bring vintage champagne if something was wrong? 670 00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:02,690 No, Nebbish, for once something is right. 671 00:48:02,970 --> 00:48:09,130 The FAA has grounded at least 90 helicopters and at least a dozen 672 00:48:09,130 --> 00:48:10,450 based on the information you found. 673 00:48:10,650 --> 00:48:12,290 Think of the lives you saved. 674 00:48:12,570 --> 00:48:13,570 I didn't do it alone. 675 00:48:13,610 --> 00:48:17,570 Well, it looks like Powell has turned to the mob to get his company a bailout. 676 00:48:17,820 --> 00:48:21,100 Yeah, and after Scanlon got the loan, he put together a scam to make sure that 677 00:48:21,100 --> 00:48:24,340 the mob got their money back. He arranged so they bought literally tons 678 00:48:24,340 --> 00:48:26,040 second -rate parts and sold them as new. 679 00:48:26,460 --> 00:48:30,080 And the disc you found on him is going to make the DA's work a lot easier. 680 00:48:31,460 --> 00:48:35,260 Ooh, sweet sound of success. You know where that comes from? 681 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:38,260 Hard work. 682 00:48:39,580 --> 00:48:42,640 Look it, Nebbish is here. It's 10 .30 at night. 683 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,660 He's still working on his computer stuff over there. 684 00:48:46,030 --> 00:48:47,350 Yeah, what are you working on, son? 685 00:48:48,090 --> 00:48:50,830 Well, uh, it isn't really very interesting. 686 00:48:51,250 --> 00:48:53,050 Don't be modest, Walter. Tell him. 687 00:48:54,730 --> 00:48:59,310 Well, uh, I was trying to figure out how many points to give it to 4C for having 688 00:48:59,310 --> 00:49:00,570 an affair with her plastic surgeon. 689 00:49:00,930 --> 00:49:02,290 See that? What'd I tell you? 690 00:49:07,270 --> 00:49:08,270 Plastic surgeon?