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Johnny Domino was one of San Francisco's hottest young jazz musicians.

But fate and a cosmic event were about to change his life forever.

What the doctors told him seemed impossible.

John, your brain has managed to acquire the capacity to pick up certain

frequencies like a radio.

But Doc, I'm all hearing bad stuff.

Yes, exactly.

You're tuned to the frequency of evil.

Who said you?

Hold it now.

I'm on your side.

A whole new line of super tools developed for super policemen. A belt,

which enables him to overcome gravity.

Fabric, which are virtually bulletproof.

A felt boat, which makes him seem to disappear.

A holographic display, which makes him appear to be where he ain't.

Mr. Gianello, the shipment's in.

Yes, sir. Give us about two hours.

You want to give me a break with that cigarette smoke? Put it out.

Yeah, over here. The rest of it's over here.

We have five, six, seven, yeah.

This is the last one here.

What's this?

Don't touch it.

It's toxic.

One of the containers must have ruptured inside.

What is it?

It's a newly discovered neurotoxin made from rainforest plant material.

This could prove to be a medical miracle, but in its natural form, too

dangerous to handle without gloves.

Could I just confirm the delivery address?

McCoy Science Center, Fairmont College.

Bobby, stop.

I can't write straight.

Your dad's not going to be back from the dean's office for hours.

Wrong again, Bobby.

Dad.

Don't make me regret it.

Let's get back to work. Yes, sir.

What are you doing?

Just making more room.

Very well.

Deanna, I have to prepare for tomorrow's lecture.

Let me know if you have any more problems.

Hey, Deanna, why don't you get us some food from the machine? I think we're

going to probably be here for a while.

Sure.

Looks like some of the doctor's exotic plants leaked.

That's all I need. Having to tell Mr. Gianello a hundred grand in his

merchandise got ruined in transit.

Maybe I should let you take the heat.

Everything went fine, Mr. Gianello.

Good.

Hey.

So.

Did you keep an eye on him today, son?

Yeah, sure, Pop.

But it's like I'm a glorified chauffeur.

I already told you, didn't I?

You learned the business from the ground up.

You take what Louie teaches.

And don't be in such a hurry, huh?

I'm not ready for this crap heap yet, am I?

Yeah, whatever you say, Pop.

All right.

So what'd you learn today?

One of the bricks is contaminated.

I gotta use the john.

Look, it wasn't our fault, okay?

Nobody's blaming you.

Yet.

What happened, Louie?

Some kind of slime got on one brick.

It was just a little bit, though.

And no sweat.

You tell Alonzo to step on that batch a few more times and move it to the ghetto

dealers at a good price.

Yes, sir.

I mean, it's not like a street junkie's going to be looking for the good

housekeeping, silly, right?

Quit time!

Hey!

Hey, what happened? You fall in?

You look beautiful.

Don't be quite plain.

What? You're already drooling over some other guy?

No one asked you to sit down. I only agreed to meet with you so I could get

my apartment key back.

Where's the waiter? You won't be here that long.

Remember, I own you.

Why can't you just leave me alone?

Hey, listen up.

You think walking out of me is going to be that easy?

Not by a long shot.

Excuse me.

Can you hold it down?

No, I couldn't.

And who the hell are you to tell me what to do?

Johnny Domino.

I'm the entertainment.

Or the bouncer. Your choice.

Hey, forget about it.

I'm out of this rat trap.

Hey, I'll see you later.

The policy here is lose the date, get a drink.

You want something?

No, really, I should be apologizing to you.

Do you mind?

Don't worry about it.

You okay?

Louie is such a jerk.

I used to think I couldn't live without him. Yeah, live and learn.

Yeah, I learned it wasn't him who needed it.

Got you into some bad habits.

Is that obvious?

Educated guess.

I came here to break up with him.

He's history.

Good for you.

I'm gonna go freshen up.

I'll be right back.

You sure you're okay?

Remember me? Get away from me, Louie. What? Come on. I got a little going away

present. Come on. White China, fresh off the boat.

I don't do that stuff anymore.

Oh, come on. You used to love to party with me.

Why don't you think about that while you're enjoying these, okay?

You'll be back.

Want to get you a drink, Johnny? Let's go.

Are you okay?

I saw Louis leave. I was worried.

You were?

Yeah. Well, he's threatening me.

I'm afraid he might be waiting for me.

It's going to be okay.

This is cool.

Make yourself at home. I'm going to check the building and the parking lot.

Thank you.

You make me feel so safe.

Okay. Just relax.

I'll be back in a few minutes. Okay?

Sarah?

Sarah!

Get an ambulance.

Now!

We need an ambulance. Code 3 at the House of Soul.

That's the House of Soul. Code 3. Hurry!

Did you verify the initial tip?

It was an anonymous call, sir.

They said there was some drug activity going on, so we acted on it. By the time

we got here, that girl was dead.

Okay, thanks.

So, what happens next?

Police procedure happens next, Frank. You remember that, don't you? Come on,

Charlie. I take Johnny downtown and I book him.

For what? You know he had nothing to do with that girl's death. As your friend,

I know that.

But as a cop, I know a girl died of a probable overdose in Johnny's dressing

room, and as he said, his prints are going to be all over that drug vial.

Where's the lead investigator?

Am I living wrong or what?

Beloved assistant D.A. Howard.

Lieutenant Dan, you're the primary. That's right.

My first order of business is getting you and your press corps out of my crime

scene. They're not my press corps, Lieutenant. They are the people's press.

They are seeking insight to the collapse of this city's traditional values due to

the use of illegal drugs.

Yeah, well, they can seek whatever they want.

But seek it outside.

Get them out of here now!

I'll answer some questions right outside here. Frank.

Your second thoughts? Yeah.

Get Johnny a really great lawyer.

Howard started her campaign for DA last week.

She'll hang him out to dry if she gets a chance.

All right.

Preliminary autopsy reports suggest she didn't die of a heroin overdose.

How can that be? We saw her.

Yeah, well, the coroner isn't sure yet.

But yesterday they pulled a dock worker out that had the same characteristics as

Sarah. Traces of heroin along with severe bruising.

They're running toxicology studies as we speak.

They're checking for poisons.

That must mean they suspect that those drugs were tainted.

Which means there could be a whole lot of people dying around here.

How can I help you, Charlie?

Frank, for the umpteenth millionth time, you're not a cop.

Yeah, I know.

But I am a father, Charlie.

I've never heard of this.

Making house arrest in condition of bail. What is that?

Well, would you prefer to visit your son in jail for a few weeks?

Listen, let me tell you... No, she's way off date. Dad, cool it.

Before they send me to the gas chamber?

I'll say.

I can out-track this man anywhere in the world.

Good.

Did you realize, Mr. Domino, that these liberal judicial guidelines may have

required that we grant you bail, but I personally see to it that you are not

going to flee our jurisdiction.

Really, Miss Haworth?

Now, why would I want to flee from an attractive, tough-on-crime, sexy

prosecutor like you?

Don't try to suck up to me, Mr. Domino. You do realize that as soon as they

firmly establish the cause of Sarah Hamill's death, I'm going to be the one

arraigning you for murder.

Mr. Beard, will you please explain to Mr. Domino how this device works?

Yes, ma'am. It transmits data which is relayed to our global positioning

satellite. I can even tell whether you're here in the club or upstairs in

your apartment. And those are the only two places that you're authorized to be.

Come on, come on, come on!

Roll with the ball, you idiot!

Hey boss, I think you should look at this.

The overdose occurred in the presence of a well-known jazz artist.

Johnny Domino, who denies supplying young Sarah Hamill with the drugs.

Hey, boss, I'm sorry about that, you know.

Go, go, go!

Sorry about what?

Sarah, you know.

She was just a junkie.

You know what I don't understand, though?

How she could overdose.

I mean, I just gave her a little bit of stuff.

Tell Mr.

Constantino that Frank Dominos is here to see him.

I'm Johnny Dominos' father.

He don't want to see you, man. Go away. Wait.

Send him in.

What is so important that you've interrupted me?

Can't you see I'm grieving over the loss of my girlfriend?

Yeah, I can see how broken up you are.

All right, I'll get right to the point.

Those drugs you gave Sarah were tainted.

Drugs?

I'm a businessman.

Yeah, Sarah told my son all about your business.

Louie, those drugs have to be destroyed.

Look, I don't know anything about any drugs.

But even if I did, why would I destroy a fortune over your say-so?

Because I thought maybe you had a conscience.

Well, if you don't, I guess I could always go over your head.

Anthony Gianello.

See, I happen to be the cop who saved him from that assassination plot nine

years ago.

You're probably too young to remember that.

I don't think there's any need to go to Mr. Gianello.

From what I read, your son's the one who killed Sarah.

Hey, listen, you punk.

Stop wasting my time. You and I both know that's not the truth.

Truth is what people read in the newspapers.

And I like this story just the way it is.

You're not going to talk to Mr. Gianello or anyone else.

Louie gave us enough stuff there to kill an elephant.

Plenty.

All right, let's dump the body.

Professor Winston?

Yes.

Lieutenant Charles Dan, Bay City Police.

Can I help you? I understand you received a shipment of chemicals from

South America yesterday.

The manifest here indicates some newly discovered compounds that required a low

-grade hazard import license.

Yes. They might make you sick or give you a mild burn, but that would be all.

Nothing to cause subcutaneous hemorrhaging and nearly instant death.

Good Lord, no.

We have reason to believe that some of your compounds got mixed up with an

illegal shipment of heroin.

Tell me, could you do a sample analysis on the heroin?

See if the chemical compositions match up.

I can't tell what could have happened, but yes, I'd be happy to run a check.

Do you have a sample with you?

No, we're working on it, trying to track something down.

Lieutenant Dan.

He's critical, but he's hanging on.

Yeah, I'm here.

I think we all get a little tired of celebrities getting special treatment

and then summing their noses up.

You left these premises at 2.39 p.m. and traveled to 1908 Stevens Drive. You

returned approximately 15 minutes ago.

This is my theory of the criminal justice system in a microcosm. Tough

rules, strict enforcement.

Wait, wait, wait. You haven't even heard my side yet. I'm only interested in the

side of justice.

You violated the terms of your parole.

Therefore, I'm having it revoked.

Officer, arrest this man.

I wouldn't do that until you've seen this.

What is it?

A modification to the bail order, which allows me to visit my father in the

hospital.

Did he go to a hospital?

Yes.

Authorized by Judge Landers. Damn liberal judges.

Why didn't you tell me this?

I didn't have time to check my messages. I've been spending all my time with you.

Want water? Yeah.

So how's my dad?

About the same.

Jesse Fish is going to call if there's any change.

See, what we need is a sample of the tainted heroin so that the doctors can

counteract the poison.

That's what we need.

I know right where we should start.

Oh, there. Hang on a second there, troubled teen. What about your, uh,

ankler, huh?

Haworth is going to have to catch me if you can.

Be back in an hour with the money.

Where's the money?

We got the money.

Here you go.

Cool. So let's go.

You can run as you can, all right?

You'll see it.

Check this out.

Ah, bingo.

Let's put these guys in the real cooler.

Those two bozos should have been back a long time ago.

You want me to go over there?

Without much money, we all go.

Where's Damien?

He's upstairs. He went to the can a long time ago. What's he doing upstairs?

There's a bathroom down here. I don't know.

Damien!

This stuff really is contaminated.

How did he get it?

I don't know. Maybe he stole some of the heroin you had us use to kill Frank

Dominos.

You stupid idiot!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Okay. This is what we're going to do. We're going to take the body out to the

desert, and we're going to bury it, okay? And then we're just going to say

he took off.

Okay, listen.

I've got Louie's Mountain Cabin for the weekend, okay? We can head up there

tomorrow.

I don't know. I've got a paper due.

Louie isn't coming, is he? No.

Just you and me.

I've got the sample, Doc.

It's imperative we find out exactly what we're dealing with.

My ex-partner's life could depend upon it.

I understand.

I'll get started right away.

You got a secure place for this?

Oh, yes. Every lab doing pharmacological studies has a safe.

Call me the second you find out anything.

Uh, this may be the only chance that we get the cat.

There's a hot tub.

Sailboat. I promise you'll have the time of your life.

It does sound like fun.

Hello?

What's up, guy? Something wrong?

Where's Damien?

Janelle. I don't know.

Check the back.

I got an anonymous call from someone who seems to think that my son is with you

and he's in some kind of danger.

Look, I'm just following Louie's orders.

Just following orders, huh?

That's good.

Damn!

What is it?

Jamie!

CJ, I'm sorry, you don't want to see this. Out of the way!

You know, he OD'd.

There wasn't anything we could do.

What happened to his face?

Nobody touched him, I swear.

He just took some of that bad heroin.

If you tell me where Louie is now...

I'll make it painless and quick, which is a lot more than I'll do for him.

What do you got in that crystal ball there?

Oh, good Lord.

The plant matter is bonded to the heroin in a structure reminiscent of ricin

poison. Ricin poison?

There was only a trace amount in the first test, but this one shows much

more. That's why Frank survived and Sarah Hamill did.

Lieutenant. Racine is one of the deadliest compounds on Earth.

There you go, Mr. G.

Rocky, take the front door.

Louie, I have been racking my brain as what to do with you.

I'm so sorry, Mr. Gino. It wasn't my fault, okay?

We told you the drugs were bad.

You said it didn't matter.

You said cut it and sell it.

But not to my son.

He swiped it.

I mean... I didn't know he was a user.

Maybe I was responsible for Damien's addiction.

And...

I did tell you to sell those drugs.

That's right.

But you didn't tell me those drugs kill instantly.

Look, I'm telling you, I didn't know.

You didn't know?

What's that?

That says a guy named Johnny Dahlman will kill the... Don't play

with me, Louie.

Mr. G.

There's a cop at the door.

He insists on speaking to you.

Take him around the side and make sure you keep him quiet.

Cut out his tongue if you have to.

Bart.

Let's go, Louie. Come on.

Send them in.

You got it, boss.

Officer, what can I do for you?

The name's Lieutenant Charlie Dan.

My ex-partner Frank Dominus and I met you nine years ago.

Saved my life, you mean.

I told you, I'll never forget.

What can I do for you?

Frank tried to inform an associate of yours, Louis Constantino, about some

tainted drugs that hit the streets.

Instead, he got injected with an armful for all his trouble.

Is he? Not yet, he isn't.

Look. You can't even imagine just how deadly this stuff really is.

I think I can.

And you need to understand, this isn't about busting anybody.

I want you to exert whatever influence you might have to help us get it off the

street. I'd appreciate it.

Lieutenant Dan, of course, I know nothing about these drugs.

No. Of course you don't.

But I will do what I can.

That's what I'm asking.

I hope your partner makes it. So do I.

The young woman that died.

Her name was Sarah Hamill.

Do me a favor.

Give her family my sympathy.

Take the rest of those street drugs out and burn them.

That's a lot of cash.

I said burn them.

I got you this time, Mr. Dominic.

As soon as Mr. Beard here finishes calculating your exact whereabouts, all

of last night, this fine officer will be escorting you to jail.

Doesn't sound good, kid.

As soon as I get the information from the source disk here, I'll be able to

tell you exactly where he's been.

Excuse me, are you sure this device is accurate?

It's accurate, all right.

I'd stick my reputation on its accuracy. See, this little device here was

designed by the Defense Department.

Got it. Great. Well, then why don't you tell us where he went when he left here?

Okay.

According to this...

He went straight up 2,000 feet and then went...

Excuse me.

What did you say? He went up 2,000 feet?

Mr. Beard, that's impossible.

Well, no, according to the data, he just... Ms. Palworth, I confess, I have

been defying the law.

The law of gravity.

Just check it again, Mr. Beard, will you? I'm sure there was some kind of a

glitch. Just go ahead, check it again. Right.

Okay. Okay. Well, he came back down to street level here at Maple Street

and then went back up 2,200 feet.

Wow, Diane, it really seems like you've had your ups and downs.

Yeah.

You are an idiot.

Dad is totally useless.

Wow. Looks like you almost got railroaded, Johnny Domino. I hope that

you're not planning on pressing charges against Assistant D.A. Howard for a

malicious prosecution.

You know,

I would love to comment on that, but you must... No,

no comment. Bye.

You're right.

I'm glad we came.

Good.

But I have something here that's going to make Louie's hot tub 50 times better.

Bobby, I told you I don't do that.

I better go check on him.

What? Hey!

Come on!

You like it?

Dr. Granville, please call the operator, Dr. Granville.

I'll go with you now.

I don't know. He seems sincere. I think I got through to him.

But he's going to be flushing a whole lot of money down the drain, that's for

sure. He'll cooperate.

He knows how much pain this poison can cause.

Somebody answer that. I'm trying to sleep here.

Dad, you're awake.

And now, Lazarus speaks.

Lieutenant Dan here.

Lieutenant, the rest of the sample is missing.

Stolen from the safe.

How many people knew you had that sample?

Only my two assistants.

Now, I know my daughter Deanna is not involved, which leaves her boyfriend

Bobby. Where is he now?

That's just it.

He and Deanna went up to Crystal Lake for the weekend.

Now, if he took that contaminated sample with him... Yeah, I know, I know. Look,

stay where you are. Stay by the phone.

Deanna may try to call you.

Don't worry, we'll find him.

Thank you.

Good to have you back, Frank.

I gotta go.

Wait, what happened?

Professor Winston's daughter and her boyfriend went up to some cabin on

Crystal Lake. The boyfriend took the tainted drug sample with him.

Do they know which cabin? Louis Constantino used to have a place up

there.

Guys, you don't have to do this. Come on, Louis. Take it easy, guys.

Get off me. Come on. Take it easy, man.

Shut up. Make it easy. Shut him up and put him in the car.

I'm telling you guys, I got tons of money stashed, okay?

More than you're ever going to make in a lifetime.

All you have to do is let me go.

There's only one problem with it.

We wouldn't enjoy the money, huh?

We'd be too dead to spend it.

Yeah.

Come on.

Dig.

What was that?

That's what I know, huh?

These wide-open spaces, they give me the creeps. That's another thing, guys.

This used to be Indian land.

A lot of weird stuff goes on here.

Like in the Poltergeist movie.

Oh, yeah, you know, I saw that. When those skeletons, they come up from their

grave and jump. Hey, shut up.

You, dig.

Whoa.

Did you hear that?

Are you kidding me? What are you? I want Bobby. Where's the cabin?

You expect me to rat on a friend?

I want Bobby.

Okay, okay.

It's 854 Cooper Creek Road.

You have one chance to live.

The Witness Protection Program.

Call Lieutenant Dan.

Did you leave a window open? I feel a draft.

I've got a better question.

Did you find a chance to bring that insensitive bikini?

You wish.

I'm sorry.

What did you do that for? I didn't!

Did you use the heroin you took from the lab?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Drop the innocent act. That heroin was contaminated.

We don't have any.

He's got a vial in his pants pocket.

Take it out.

That vial is almost empty. Did you use the rest?

I sprinkled some in the food.

You tried to drug me?

No, Deanna.

You and Bobby almost had the night of your lives.

The last night.

I want you to take her home.

And I mean straight home.

I'll be watching.

Nightman will be right back after these messages.

Hey, Frank.

Hey, what's the good word?

Well, you're up right and alive, and I'm stuck in air and survived another day.

The eternal optimist, Charlie. Can I get a drink over here?

So, one of those days, huh?

Yeah. Going after Anthony Giannullo isn't pretty, especially with Louis

Cattatino's testimony.

Bravo!

Mr. Domino. Wonderful.

Hey, Professor.

Everybody enjoying themselves?

Absolutely.

Deanna's convinced that a guardian angel saved her from all drugs.

It's true. I mean, the fork flying out of my hand, the dish scooting across the

table. Then, this apparition just materialized in the room.

It had to be supernatural.

Not necessarily.

So frequently, sound waves can move objects.

Given those two choices, I'm on the side of the angel.