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I love you, babe. I love you, too.

What was that?

What was what?

That noise.

Nothing. It was probably just the wind, sweetie.

Come here.

What is this?

Who are you guys? I'm Tricky Dick.

These are my associates, Spiro and Bozo Rabibi.

We've got money. Just take it and leave us alone.

Me? Steal money?

I am not a crook.

What do you want?

Well... All we want to do is have some fun, but...

You're pretty buffed out, right?

Football player?

So? Very strong, spend hours in the weight room.

Willing to do anything to save the, uh, fair maiden.

Get the tape off me and you'll see. Oh, actually, I've got a better idea.

Let's play a little game I like to call the Tower of Power.

How you doing there, Tarzan?

Great. Good, good.

I gotta tell you.

Here, you don't look so good.

Spiro, what's my number in the pool?

Four minutes.

Four minutes.

Well, let's see. That'll give us about 50 seconds to go.

Whoa, whoa.

Hang in there, tiger.

You see, if you cave now, you'll make a loser out of me and a corpse out of your

girlfriend.

Come on.

Come on.

Okay.

To be the best, you're going to beat the best.

So, go get them, boys.

No, no. The Gettysburg Address is a speech.

It's not a location.

Mr. President.

Mr. President, welcome.

We are not worthy.

Sir, this is fabulous.

Instantaneous travel between reality and cyber world. Tricky.

Tell me.

Why are you playing tricks on young school kids?

Yes, sir.

I can't, I can't, I can't help myself.

I'm Tricky Dick.

Well, that's right, but I gotta tell you something.

It's an endearing quality and all, but it's wrong.

See, we need your talents now.

And we need your talents for a much bigger enterprise, all right?

Of course, Mr. Keyes.

You'll get it. Good.

What's up?

Where are my shock troops?

They had to dust up the party, Cooper.

Nightmare.

Did you say nightmare?

Nightmare. Don't worry about him.

He's going to be a thing of the past before you know it. You know, gotta fly.

Sweet chips.

That is tricky dick. Tricky dick?

Chips. Bye-bye.

You sure he didn't get out of the far side of the car somehow?

No, I would have seen him.

And you didn't see his face?

Not with that mask on.

Kids said he called himself Tricky Dick.

Ah, ease.

Like many of you, I become increasingly disillusioned at the direction, or

should I say, lack of direction.

in the governing of this great city, and indeed this entire country.

And after further examination of the candidates, I realized it's time for a

new voice.

And therefore, tonight, I am announcing my independent candidacy for mayor of

Bay City.

Thank you.

Thank you. What?

But the election's next week.

to get reactions from the other candidates as they left tonight's city

council meeting.

First, incumbent mayor Lyle Dobson. I think it's much too little, much too

late for a bona fide run for this office.

Thank you.

And here's councilwoman Marion Price.

If there's enough public support for Mr. Keyes, then he should definitely be a

part of the final debate and any other campaign activities.

Any other questions?

Could you imagine Kieran Keyes running Bay City?

I'd rather not.

Yeah. Why bother? He's got no chance.

Right? I mean, I've just spent the past six weeks working for Marion Price.

Keyes is not just going to stroll in and steal this election.

I hope not.

You know, it'd really be a big help if you came and played at Marion's rally

tomorrow night.

Oh, I can't. I've got another gig.

Where?

Wild Dots is...

Funraiser.

Fine.

I have a good time.

Thanks for coming. Good to see you. Great. How are you? Hello, Lyle. Thanks

for coming.

You remember my wife, Eileen? Of course.

There's Dotson.

Let me take care of him.

Mayor Dotson.

Hi. Mayor Dotson, I am such a big fan of yours. Would you mind signing this for

me? Oh, certainly.

Such bold pen strokes.

You're a real man of action, aren't you?

I try to be. I bet you do.

And what's that they say about power being the world's best aphrodisiac?

Thanks for coming.

Thanks for coming.

Hello, Lyle. Oh, hi there.

Eileen's been meaning to talk to you.

Hello, Eileen.

Hi. How are you? Oh, I'm good.

Hi. Oh, good to meet you. Good, good, good.

Hi.

If there's someone here, you simply must meet there.

Mucho campaign bucks. Oh.

Mayor Dodson, that does not give you the right to put your hands all over me.

I don't feel very good.

Oh, then maybe you should just go home and sleep it off.

City Voters Alliance has always sought to inform the public about the issues as

well as the candidates.

Tonight, we will be hearing from the second of the three principal candidates

for mayor, City Councilwoman Marion Price.

Now, before we hear from Marion, I would like to introduce her family who is here

with us this evening in the front row.

Hey. Hey, Bryony. I didn't know you were supporting Marion.

Actually, I'm supporting myself.

I turned to head up the candidate security detail.

Ah.

Anything up?

Not likely to function like this.

I'm very happy to be here, and it's wonderful to feel so much support in the

room. I want to tell you I feel it here.

Hey, hey. I want to talk to you.

You all right?

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Wait up.

What do you want?

I'm in a hurry.

Oh, yeah? And why's that?

I'm a neurosurgeon.

I was just paged 911 to the hospital.

Uh-huh.

So I'm guessing you have some sort of hospital ID on you, right? Yes, I do.

Oh, but before you check me out... Perhaps you should deal with them.

Hi, boys.

We

missed him.

How? He digitized and disappeared.

My guess?

The Ultraman.

Keith again.

Mr. Keyes?

Welcome to my humble home.

Thank you, Tricky.

Love what you've done with the place.

How'd your assignment go?

Good, good. A narrow escape, but mission accomplished.

Excellent. Come on over here.

We have a party to go to. Ready?

Oh.

They're all part of the Keith Youth Brigade. We're true to them all from the

ultra-left. I mean, it's impressive, but they're far too young to vote.

Most of them are too young to vote. Still going to win me this election, you

know, Tricky. You're familiar with history?

Little bit.

Convicts. Convicts are the ones who founded Australia.

Much like all of them have come to my new world.

Tricking it!

We want it!

We want it!

We want it! We want it! We want it!

So,

he's the system alley he got to Dotson.

Yeah, that's why I decided to check out your rally.

How's your eye?

Sore.

Oh, by the way, the police found evidence underneath the platform that

indicates that Dotson's people were involved in this sabotage.

Marion's campaign looks foolish in the papers.

Dothan then gets the blame for it. Keyes doesn't miss a trick.

You know what?

I really wish I knew what website Tricky Dick escaped to.

I think I have a pretty good idea.

I'm coming to you live tonight from the first three-way debate in this hotly

contested mayor's race.

It's also the first major campaign event for Kieran Keyes, the wildcard candidate

who has jumped squarely into the middle of this contest.

Political pundits are struggling to analyze exactly what influence Mr. Key's

candidacy will have on the race.

Polls from last week showed a very close two-way battle with a slight edge to

challenger Marion Price over incumbent candidate Lyle Dodson. However, those

results will obviously be skewed by Karen Key's entry. No one seems quite

sure from which candidate Key's will attract the most votes.

More importantly...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. But, um, there's a tiger in there.

Tiger.

I'm telling you, I saw... What he wanted you to see. An illusion.

Let's go.

Welcome to this gathering of the Bay City Voters Alliance.

And now with his opening statement, independent candidate, Kieran Keyes.

Thank you. You are too kind.

My opening statement is as direct and simple as I am. Why is this felon

running for mayor? I'm speaking, of course, of Marion Price.

Ms. Price was booked for shoplifting last year at Schumann's department

store. That was a mistake.

The charges were dropped. Yes, they were, Marion, but I'm sure you exerted

your influence to avoid punishment, Ms. Price. But pitchers do not lie.

Gentlemen.

Run the tape, please.

No,

that is not me.

It's not me.

Okay, okay, okay.

There are copies of this tape. We've pressed folk at the back of the hall.

Please pick one up after this session is over. It's just a mistake.

It's just a mistake.

It's just...

You can't let them get away with this.

Marion, if you quit now, Tease wins.

I understand.

Don't announce anything yet, all right?

Give me a little time.

Good.

I'll talk to you later.

Sounds like trouble.

Marion Price wants to drop out of the race.

What?

She can't do that. I wanted to vote for her. It's Keyes. He's dragging everybody

through the mud. He needs to be stopped.

Yeah.

Where's John Hinckley when you really need him?

Right.

You know, Keyes is holding a rally at the theater tonight. He can dish it out

pretty good.

Maybe it's time to see if he can take it.

You seen Raleigh?

Yeah, he just left.

Left? He just called me, told me to meet him here.

He got a call from Marianne Price.

She's thinking of quitting the race, and then he just started ranting.

I've never seen Raleigh that mad.

Where'd he go?

He took off for the Keys rally.

He was in a pretty evil mood.

Thanks.

We want Keys!

We want Keys!

We want you!

Thank you. Thank you.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome.

It's so wonderful to see you all here.

So, without further ado, may I present to you the next mayor of Bay City, Mr.

Kieran Keyes.

We want you to do eyes open.

Drop the gun.

Mr.

Keyes says, Gotcha, John, John.

I got the shooter.

We're secure.

John?

I didn't try to assassinate Keith.

I'd like to believe that, John.

But we have to follow the evidence.

Come on, Bryony, you know Johnny.

Raleigh, I have to concentrate on two things.

Motive and opportunity.

Motive, how many times have I heard John claim that Keyes killed his father?

He did.

Frank died of a heart attack at his computer.

The coroner said so. The coroner's wrong.

Opportunity.

My people had that booth in sight seconds after the shot was fired. No one

went in or out, and John was the only one there, so who else could have fired

that shot?

Tricky dick.

Come again?

A magician, he calls himself Tricky Dick.

Come on, what are you trying to tell me here? Some cutthroat David Copperfield

shot at Keith and disappeared in a puff of smoke?

Something like that.

Give me a break.

Sorry, can I have a word, Lieutenant?

Yeah.

Cut him.

Policy.

Sorry about this, John.

This is all my fault.

Biden melted down and gone to that rally.

You said that Keyes' people grabbed you right after you arrived.

They must have known you were coming.

Yeah, I set up from beginning to end.

What do we do now?

It's time to start playing his game.

Sounds good to me. What's the plan?

Public reaction to the near assassination of Kieran Keyes has been

swift and predictable.

Keyes' coolness and bravery under fire have sent his popularity skyrocketing.

In fact, our telephone polls this morning make him the solid favorite to

become Bay City's next mayor.

In a related campaign story, rumors that candidate Marion Price will quit the

race have proven to be false.

In fact, she's called a news conference for us this morning in which she

promises to fight those shoplifting charges leveled against her.

She says she's going to expose, quote, the real criminal in this race, unquote.

In other news today... Tricky Dick, did you hear that?

Did you hear it?

Do you know anything about this?

No. No?

Here's what we're going to do.

I want you to get to that news conference right now, and I'd like you

to take the...

You. Brigade.

Good with you. Justin Cade.

Brigade. Can you do that? Justin Cade. Can you do that? Yes.

Gibby Gibby.

Go. Ghani.

Ghani Ghani.

I'm sorry.

It's a pound.

Well, I will do whatever you need me to do.

I really appreciate your doing this, Marianne. Oh, no, I should be thanking

you. I mean, you were the one that told me I must fight back.

Well, let's just hope it all works out.

Excuse me.

Oh, hey.

Hey. So you decided to show after all?

Yeah, well, we all have security duty. I just traded this event for the next one.

And if Tricky Dick shows?

Well, then I'll question him.

I don't know why, given that story at John's. We both really appreciate your

help. Yeah, yeah. So what's this for?

I've set up kind of an electronic trap in case there's any type of unusual

activity.

What sort of unusual activity?

I'll know it if I see it.

Okay. Well, when you know, let me know.

You'll be the first.

to get this thing looked at.

Gotcha.

Now let's see who's got the real tricks.

Yeah, what's up?

Tricky Dick is here.

Where?

Right over there.

I'm Lieutenant Branca.

I'd like to ask you a few questions.

Ooh, what kind of questions?

Well, we can start with your showing me some kind of ID.

Ooh, all righty, Lieutenant Branca.

Always happy to help out the authorities.

Thanks. We lost him.

But you saw him. A magician just like we said.

Yeah, but there's a big difference between disappearing from a large hotel

and vanishing from a projection booth.

So what you're saying is that it doesn't make any difference.

No, it does make a difference. Just not enough to alter your situation.

Lieutenant Branca.

Yeah, Keller, what do you got?

All right.

Maintain surveillance for the rest of your shift and get back to me tomorrow.

Right.

You made it.

You look surprised.

No.

Look, it is the first time I've ever programmed that thing, okay?

Good.

Well, you have to do it again.

I'll give you a chance.

I've reset the digitizer to take you back to the last setting before the

press conference. With any luck, you should find Tricky Dick there.

And Keith.

on my turf now.

Welcome to the world of illusion and reality.

What's the matter, Nightman? Are you confused?

No, just thinking.

Meaning what, Nightstick?

Meaning this.

Let's go to the keys.

I don't know where he is. I think you do. And this is going to take us there.

Punch in the coat.

Punch in the coat!

And I assure you I will not forget that you were the ones that put me

over the top.

Promises the moon when you are older, young man.

No!

The time for you to prosper is now!

What about keys?

I got some interesting footage on the IPs. You think you won't? But you're

wrong. A good magician saves his best trick for last. Shut up!

Oh, hey, you better head back. You're pushing the time limit on the hologram.

Right.

I'll drop him off on the way.

Shut up!

It's my job to get her out.

Ladies?

Do you see them?

Why?

Never mind.

Hey, Johnny, the lieutenant wants to see you right away.

Open it up.

Let's go.

Well, it looks like you might finally have some evidence to back up that story

of yours.

Paraffin tests indicate you didn't fire a weapon in that projection booth last

night.

That's not all.

Forensics lifted some partial thumbprints off the shell casing.

They belonged to one Richard Alden.

Who is a magician?

Of a sort.

He's mostly a grifter, slight of hand con artist.

Tricky dick.

But you know what's really strange is that some unknown individual...

dropped Richard Alden on our doorstep about an hour ago.

Don't look at me.

I've been your guest right here.

I was thinking more about Nightman.

Just the kind of vigilante stunt he likes to pull.

Could be.

Just got a call. Something about a note on your computer.

Anyway, said it was urgent.

Okay, thanks. I'll check it out. Just give me a minute here.

Well? It's a fake.

Of course it's a fake.

Just like the footage of Mary Price shoplifting.

Trying to make us believe that you're a night man.

It's ridiculous.

I mean, look at the time code on the tape.

You were in jail then.

Right.

Yep.

Delete.

It is lazy.

It is complacent.

And me, Lord.

sure you realize what would happen if this fell into the hands of the local

media.

I'd be sure.

Everything that I have worked so hard for, it would be over.

I'd be forever known as just some sick megalomania.

I'm not interested in punishing you, Mr. Keyes.

Resign from the mayor's race by six o'clock tonight.

And this tape will never be released.

I've got a better idea, Marianne.

Why don't you resign?

What? I think politics have become a little too hard on you. I think it's

time you started thinking about your family, the people who love you

especially.

See you.

Hey! Hey, hey!

Aren't you Marion Price's little boy?

Yeah.

Girl.

I'm not supposed to go with strangers.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. Just take it step by step, right?

Okay.

Yeah, yeah, I understand.

Look, just tell Marion to hang in there, okay? We're going to figure this out.

Bye.

What's that?

He kidnapped Marion's son.

What? Nobody can prove it, of course, but Tide disappeared on his way home

from school, and a couple of his classmates said they saw punk rockers in

the area.

Key's youth brigade.

Make sure this thing's working. I'm gonna go change. The ultra-web? Yeah.

Nightmare!

I've come for the boy, Keyes.

Well, he's at a concert right now.

But if you would sit.

Kid? Kid?

It's time to get back to Bay City, okay? Because we don't want to miss your

mother's resignation speech. Do it.

Do it.

Okay, let's go.

Don't be afraid. It's your mom's family. Get in

my very own funhouse.

You're too late, night man.

Because I'm now leaving at the speed of light.

Are you okay?

Let's go.

Now to the mayor's race. Yesterday's unexpected resignation of candidate

Kieran Keyes has sealed tonight's victory for Councilwoman Marion Price.