1 00:00:00,260 --> 00:00:02,990 I'm inquiring as to the whereabouts of a Mr. Hugh Wexler. 2 00:00:03,063 --> 00:00:05,930 You see, he stands to inherit a great deal of money. 3 00:00:05,999 --> 00:00:06,988 Was he a cop? 4 00:00:07,067 --> 00:00:08,625 They beat him to death. 5 00:00:09,336 --> 00:00:12,669 I'm not going back over there and getting my gourd stomped. 6 00:00:12,739 --> 00:00:14,764 You better leave immediately. I'm with the FBI. 7 00:00:14,841 --> 00:00:16,570 Hi, how are you? 8 00:00:22,549 --> 00:00:25,882 We don't know how much information this Rockford has. 9 00:00:26,786 --> 00:00:29,016 Something will have to be done about him, won't it? 10 00:00:29,089 --> 00:00:30,386 Kill him? 11 00:00:35,095 --> 00:00:36,687 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. This is Jim Rockford. 12 00:00:36,763 --> 00:00:38,230 At the tone, leave your name and message. 13 00:00:38,298 --> 00:00:39,356 I'll get back to you. 14 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:41,694 MAN.. This is Department of the Army. 15 00:00:41,768 --> 00:00:44,100 Our records show that you are the Rockford, James 16 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:47,628 who failed to turn in his service automatic in May, 1953. 17 00:00:47,707 --> 00:00:49,038 Contact us at once. 18 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:22,962 ROCKFORD: I got to tell you, Dad, 19 00:02:23,034 --> 00:02:26,800 as good as it was to get away, people bugging you, 20 00:02:26,871 --> 00:02:29,499 getting away from the grind, it's nice to be home. 21 00:02:31,175 --> 00:02:33,905 Oh, hey, I got you that nice wicker chair that you wanted. 22 00:02:33,978 --> 00:02:34,967 ROCKY: Oh. 23 00:02:35,046 --> 00:02:37,105 And these? Well, now, 24 00:02:37,181 --> 00:02:41,049 these are for picking me up at the airport. 25 00:02:41,786 --> 00:02:43,754 They're Cuban. Oh, boy. 26 00:02:43,821 --> 00:02:47,018 Hey, ain't they illegal, sonny? 27 00:02:47,091 --> 00:02:48,991 You gonna turn me in, what? 28 00:02:49,060 --> 00:02:52,689 Well, I suppose it won't hurt us none to have a few good smokes. 29 00:02:52,763 --> 00:02:55,664 It won't make us into a pair of commies. 30 00:02:56,901 --> 00:03:00,701 Hey, hey, hold it. Hold it right here. 31 00:03:00,771 --> 00:03:02,671 Hold it, hold it right here. 32 00:03:03,374 --> 00:03:05,865 He's taping my door. Huh? 33 00:03:05,943 --> 00:03:08,571 He's taping my door. It's a surveillance technique. 34 00:03:08,646 --> 00:03:10,341 He comes back and if the tape is broken, 35 00:03:10,414 --> 00:03:13,383 he knows the pigeon's back in the coop. Stay here. 36 00:03:25,596 --> 00:03:28,463 Probably won't stick because the paint's peeling, pal. 37 00:03:28,533 --> 00:03:31,195 Hey, Jim. You like to scare me to death. 38 00:03:31,269 --> 00:03:33,601 Billy Merrihew. What do you think you're doing there? 39 00:03:33,671 --> 00:03:36,538 Well, I've been trying to catch you for weeks. 40 00:03:36,607 --> 00:03:38,507 So I figured I'd better start checking the tape 41 00:03:38,576 --> 00:03:40,237 'cause I didn't want to miss you when you got back. 42 00:03:40,311 --> 00:03:42,302 Well, why all the spy tricks? 43 00:03:42,380 --> 00:03:44,280 Why didn't you do something boring 44 00:03:44,348 --> 00:03:46,873 like leave a message on my answer phone? 45 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:49,248 This is Jim Rockford. At the tone... 46 00:03:53,691 --> 00:03:55,625 Sounds like that when you call in, too. 47 00:03:55,693 --> 00:03:57,490 Yep. Batteries. 48 00:03:57,562 --> 00:04:00,030 You really think so, Dad? Uh-huh. 49 00:04:00,097 --> 00:04:02,895 I'm sorry, Jim. I tried to leave a message. 50 00:04:02,967 --> 00:04:05,561 Thing is, I need you to do a piece of work for me. 51 00:04:05,636 --> 00:04:07,433 What, overflow? You doing that well? 52 00:04:08,239 --> 00:04:09,797 No, things are rotten, Jim. 53 00:04:09,874 --> 00:04:11,535 I'm not in the biz anymore. 54 00:04:11,609 --> 00:04:14,134 I lost my investigator's license. 55 00:04:14,211 --> 00:04:17,408 Hey, Billy, I didn't know about that. I'm sorry. What happened? 56 00:04:17,481 --> 00:04:19,346 Penal code violation. 57 00:04:19,417 --> 00:04:23,183 Breaking and entering. Oh, that's a shame. Here, have a cigar. 58 00:04:23,254 --> 00:04:25,518 They're genuine Cuban. 59 00:04:27,224 --> 00:04:28,657 Oh, thank you. 60 00:04:28,993 --> 00:04:30,961 I thought somebody's life was in danger. 61 00:04:31,028 --> 00:04:33,462 So I went into this house over in Brentwood. 62 00:04:33,531 --> 00:04:36,261 It's owned by some people by the name of Molinaro. 63 00:04:36,334 --> 00:04:38,234 The Molinaros' life in danger? 64 00:04:38,302 --> 00:04:42,705 No. It was a young actress by the name of Janey Windolf. 65 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,439 Here's a picture of her. 66 00:04:44,909 --> 00:04:46,740 Janey was in trouble. 67 00:04:46,811 --> 00:04:49,177 Sure I knew I was wrong, but she was in trouble. 68 00:04:49,246 --> 00:04:51,077 Not only that, I think she still is. 69 00:04:51,148 --> 00:04:53,173 Dad, weren't you going to make some coffee? 70 00:04:53,250 --> 00:04:55,047 I could sure use some. Well, there's no flame. 71 00:04:55,119 --> 00:04:56,848 The stove's on the blink. It's what? 72 00:04:56,921 --> 00:05:00,288 Wow, I'm late for a 9:30 appointment. 73 00:05:00,524 --> 00:05:03,516 Say, Jim, you got a minute to go for a ride? 74 00:05:03,594 --> 00:05:06,028 Yeah. Yeah, all right. Yeah. 75 00:05:15,239 --> 00:05:17,104 We'll eat out tonight. 76 00:05:17,174 --> 00:05:19,199 Janey is a friend of my client. 77 00:05:19,276 --> 00:05:22,268 Her name is Odette Sorelle. A fashion model. 78 00:05:22,346 --> 00:05:26,077 Odette told me that Janey was in love with this guy named Hugh Wexler. 79 00:05:26,150 --> 00:05:29,313 They met at the Palace Disco. He loved to dance. 80 00:05:29,387 --> 00:05:30,979 Odette got a call from Janey 81 00:05:31,055 --> 00:05:33,819 because Wexler had her holed up in this house 82 00:05:33,891 --> 00:05:35,688 and he was beating up on her bad. 83 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,228 Oh, at the Molinaro place over in Brentwood? 84 00:05:38,295 --> 00:05:39,762 Yeah. He was house-sitting. 85 00:05:40,264 --> 00:05:42,494 Hey, man, 9:30? Yeah, that's right. 86 00:05:42,566 --> 00:05:43,658 Oh. 87 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:46,100 Well, Odette was afraid to call the cops 88 00:05:46,170 --> 00:05:49,697 because Janey Windolf had some minor police charges in New York. 89 00:05:49,774 --> 00:05:51,366 WOMAN ON PA.. Next. 9:30? 90 00:05:51,475 --> 00:05:52,908 WOMAN ON PA.. Is there another 9..00 here? 91 00:05:52,977 --> 00:05:56,174 So, I staked out the Molinaro house for a whole day. 92 00:05:56,247 --> 00:05:58,044 Nothing, in or out. 93 00:05:58,115 --> 00:06:00,015 I waited until 1 1 :00, 94 00:06:00,084 --> 00:06:02,348 went in, three minutes pass, 95 00:06:02,420 --> 00:06:06,220 the doors flew open and I'm looking into a police .38. 96 00:06:06,290 --> 00:06:09,282 Anyway, there was no trace of Wexler or Janey. 97 00:06:09,794 --> 00:06:13,161 The police talked with the Molinaros' after they got back from Europe. 98 00:06:13,230 --> 00:06:15,164 And they claimed they never heard of the guy. 99 00:06:15,232 --> 00:06:17,393 All right, well, did Odette Sorelle back you up? 100 00:06:17,468 --> 00:06:19,265 Here's where it gets weird. 101 00:06:19,336 --> 00:06:21,099 She was gone from her apartment. 102 00:06:21,172 --> 00:06:23,732 Or maybe she was just a frightened girl who panicked 103 00:06:23,808 --> 00:06:26,402 when she didn't hear from me and she did something dumb 104 00:06:26,477 --> 00:06:29,105 like go back to the Molinaro house by herself. 105 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:32,980 Yeah, this Odette Sorelle seems to be more than just a client to you, 106 00:06:33,050 --> 00:06:34,142 doesn't she? 107 00:06:34,218 --> 00:06:39,417 All right. All right. Now, if I turn her up or Janey or even Wexler, 108 00:06:39,490 --> 00:06:41,720 you really think you're going to get your license back? 109 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:43,521 The License Bureau said ''maybe.'' 110 00:06:43,594 --> 00:06:47,655 Well, Billy, if I should decide to take this case, 111 00:06:47,732 --> 00:06:51,099 I charge $200 a day plus expenses and you are... 112 00:06:51,168 --> 00:06:52,567 On unemployment. 113 00:06:52,636 --> 00:06:55,230 Don't worry. I'll work it out. 114 00:06:57,041 --> 00:06:58,941 9:30? 115 00:06:59,009 --> 00:07:00,442 9:45. 116 00:07:00,511 --> 00:07:02,103 Oh, right on, right on. 117 00:07:04,148 --> 00:07:05,877 Say, Jim, you know what? 118 00:07:05,950 --> 00:07:08,817 It's like this every Tuesday. 119 00:07:09,487 --> 00:07:12,752 Billy, this is Wednesday. Huh? 120 00:07:18,095 --> 00:07:21,155 You say her name's Janey Windolf? No. 121 00:07:21,499 --> 00:07:23,023 Don't ever remember seeing her around here. 122 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:24,397 Wish I had, though. 123 00:07:24,468 --> 00:07:27,096 What about the guy I mentioned, Hugh Wexler? 124 00:07:27,171 --> 00:07:28,798 No, don't know him. 125 00:07:28,873 --> 00:07:32,468 Do you think this would cover the cost of a phone call 126 00:07:32,543 --> 00:07:34,477 just in case either one of them show up? 127 00:07:34,545 --> 00:07:36,945 We're not allowed to make personal calls. 128 00:07:40,284 --> 00:07:43,720 Oh, a business call? Well, that's a whole other thing. 129 00:07:50,661 --> 00:07:52,128 Was he a cop? BARTENDER.. I don't know. 130 00:07:52,196 --> 00:07:54,756 But he was looking for Wexler and he had a picture of the girl. 131 00:07:54,832 --> 00:07:57,232 I got his license number. Oh, good, give me it. 132 00:07:57,301 --> 00:08:00,532 Mmm-mmm. We had a deal. You come down and pay for it. 133 00:08:05,709 --> 00:08:09,702 That woman out there has been waiting 10 minutes for a 1 488 in bone. 134 00:08:09,780 --> 00:08:12,544 Well, I don't think we have a 1 488 in bone. 135 00:08:12,616 --> 00:08:15,278 Look, can you take care of her, Carl, please? 136 00:08:15,352 --> 00:08:17,183 I have some very important business to take care of. 137 00:08:17,254 --> 00:08:19,154 You know, we've had this discussion before. 138 00:08:19,223 --> 00:08:20,554 And I'm up to here. 139 00:08:20,624 --> 00:08:22,717 Now, brother-in-law or no brother-in-law, 140 00:08:22,793 --> 00:08:24,920 you either get her the 1 488 in bone 141 00:08:24,995 --> 00:08:27,020 and stay here until closing time, 142 00:08:27,097 --> 00:08:29,190 or you're out in the street. 143 00:08:50,821 --> 00:08:52,982 Mrs. Paul Molinaro? Yes? 144 00:08:53,057 --> 00:08:56,288 John Sikes. Probate Office, Santa Clara County. 145 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,920 I'm inquiring as to the whereabouts of a Mr. Hugh Wexler. 146 00:08:58,996 --> 00:09:01,328 We understand he resides here temporarily. 147 00:09:01,398 --> 00:09:03,730 You are the second person looking for him, 148 00:09:03,801 --> 00:09:06,269 but we don't know a Hugh Wexler. 149 00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:08,703 There must be a fouI-up on some computer. 150 00:09:08,772 --> 00:09:10,103 We don't use a computer. 151 00:09:10,174 --> 00:09:15,305 No. Lengthy investigation has definitely pinpointed Mr. Wexler as residing 152 00:09:15,379 --> 00:09:18,041 at 1518 West Tiger-tail Road. 153 00:09:18,115 --> 00:09:21,573 You see, he stands to inherit a great deal of money. 154 00:09:22,753 --> 00:09:24,380 See, it's been determined that Hugh 155 00:09:24,455 --> 00:09:27,982 is the last living relative of a Mr. Bernard A. Wexler 156 00:09:28,058 --> 00:09:30,822 who died in Palo Alto leaving no will. 157 00:09:30,895 --> 00:09:34,331 And Hugh Wexler is entitled to the entire estate. 158 00:09:34,398 --> 00:09:36,628 Now, if we can't locate him, all monies, 159 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,463 that's several hundred thousand dollars, 160 00:09:38,535 --> 00:09:40,400 will devolve to the State of California. 161 00:09:40,471 --> 00:09:43,440 I hate to see anybody miss an opportunity like that, 162 00:09:43,507 --> 00:09:45,839 but I simply don't know the man. 163 00:09:45,976 --> 00:09:47,967 I'll tell you what I'd like to do. 164 00:09:48,045 --> 00:09:50,878 I'd like to leave you my card, Mrs. Molinaro. 165 00:09:50,948 --> 00:09:54,679 And if by any chance that you should see Mr. Wexler, would you have him call me? 166 00:09:54,752 --> 00:09:57,482 How can I see him when I don't know him? 167 00:09:58,022 --> 00:10:01,048 Problem, Gwen? No, not really, hon. 168 00:10:01,125 --> 00:10:03,150 I'll tell you about it on the way to the club. 169 00:10:03,227 --> 00:10:04,854 I'm sorry I can't help you. 170 00:10:04,929 --> 00:10:07,363 We have to go now. Yes, ma'am, thank you. 171 00:10:31,922 --> 00:10:33,480 You got 30 seconds to tell me 172 00:10:33,557 --> 00:10:35,491 all about your business with Hugh Wexler. 173 00:10:39,163 --> 00:10:42,360 Okay, bub, start yakking. I am in no mood! 174 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:46,068 Hey, take your foot off my back. 175 00:10:46,136 --> 00:10:48,366 I can't breathe, I'm an asthmatic. 176 00:10:48,439 --> 00:10:49,736 And I'm a Rockette. 177 00:10:50,908 --> 00:10:53,775 I can't breathe. I've got to have some air! 178 00:10:53,844 --> 00:10:57,280 So start talking. I need some air... 179 00:10:57,348 --> 00:10:59,509 Come on. Let's go! 180 00:11:36,787 --> 00:11:38,778 Vern St. Cloud. 181 00:11:38,856 --> 00:11:40,414 Okay, Vern, what's your problem? 182 00:11:40,491 --> 00:11:41,480 Rabies? 183 00:11:41,558 --> 00:11:43,617 Now, look, don't hit me again, mister, will you? 184 00:11:43,694 --> 00:11:47,357 Look, I'm gonna reach in my pocket. 185 00:11:47,431 --> 00:11:49,558 I've got Maalox in there, is all. 186 00:11:49,633 --> 00:11:51,897 Just Maalox. You tore up my ulcer! 187 00:11:54,271 --> 00:11:56,364 I've heard that name. Vern St. Cloud. 188 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,465 You're a local P.I., right? 189 00:11:59,943 --> 00:12:01,410 You working for Hugh Wexler? 190 00:12:01,478 --> 00:12:02,536 You a friend of his or what? 191 00:12:02,613 --> 00:12:03,944 Go suck an egg. 192 00:12:06,183 --> 00:12:08,048 Okay, let's go down to police headquarters. 193 00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:11,246 They always like to check up on handgun permits. 194 00:12:13,891 --> 00:12:16,860 You can try your funny lines on their laugh-meter. 195 00:12:16,927 --> 00:12:19,919 Now, look, bub, I've been trying to find Hugh Wexler. 196 00:12:19,997 --> 00:12:22,158 You're the only lead I've had in a month. 197 00:12:22,232 --> 00:12:24,792 Come on, give me a break. Let me go. 198 00:12:24,868 --> 00:12:26,335 I'm sorry I rapped you one. 199 00:12:26,403 --> 00:12:27,893 What did you do it for? 200 00:12:27,971 --> 00:12:29,404 Desperation. 201 00:12:33,444 --> 00:12:34,706 See, I... 202 00:12:35,579 --> 00:12:38,013 I lost my investigator's license. 203 00:12:38,082 --> 00:12:41,518 After 23 years in the crummy P.I. business. 204 00:12:41,952 --> 00:12:43,476 Breaking and entering. 205 00:12:43,687 --> 00:12:45,154 Go ahead and laugh. 206 00:12:50,425 --> 00:12:51,949 Now, hold on, man. 207 00:12:52,027 --> 00:12:54,052 Odette Sorelle came to you 208 00:12:54,129 --> 00:12:56,359 a whole month before she came to me 209 00:12:56,431 --> 00:12:59,867 and asked you to rescue Janey Windolf, right? Yeah. 210 00:12:59,935 --> 00:13:02,631 Except she told you that Janey was being held 211 00:13:02,704 --> 00:13:06,003 at a Santa Monica duplex and not the Molinaro house? 212 00:13:06,074 --> 00:13:08,599 I never heard of no Molinaro house. 213 00:13:08,677 --> 00:13:12,078 I got busted at number 18, Euclid Avenue, Santa Monica. 214 00:13:12,147 --> 00:13:13,341 MERRIHEW: It just doesn't make sense. 215 00:13:13,415 --> 00:13:15,679 ''It doesn't make sense.'' It was a setup, you gonzo. 216 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,183 The old frame-ola. 217 00:13:17,252 --> 00:13:20,221 Maybe and maybe there's another explanation. 218 00:13:20,288 --> 00:13:23,689 I mean, how come the Molinaros got so uptight 219 00:13:23,758 --> 00:13:26,818 when you dangled that big carrot over there? 220 00:13:26,895 --> 00:13:29,591 Paul Molinaro has filed for divorce three times. 221 00:13:29,664 --> 00:13:31,427 Grounds, infidelity. 222 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:32,990 I mean, with her track record, 223 00:13:33,068 --> 00:13:34,763 Mrs. Molinaro's going to have a hard road 224 00:13:34,836 --> 00:13:37,134 trying to explain why people keep coming to her home 225 00:13:37,205 --> 00:13:39,196 asking for a strange man named Hugh Wexler. 226 00:13:39,274 --> 00:13:40,605 It could be that simple, you know. 227 00:13:40,675 --> 00:13:42,472 Well, take it easy, kid. 228 00:13:42,978 --> 00:13:44,605 Odette made a fool of you. 229 00:13:45,046 --> 00:13:47,810 She hit your hot button and promised you the moon. 230 00:13:47,883 --> 00:13:49,783 Well, put it behind you. 231 00:13:49,851 --> 00:13:51,079 Onward and upward. 232 00:13:51,153 --> 00:13:53,713 You're leaving something out, aren't you, Vern? 233 00:13:53,788 --> 00:13:55,255 She stroked you, too. 234 00:13:55,323 --> 00:13:56,415 What was it, 235 00:13:56,491 --> 00:13:58,391 ''Oh, Mr. St. Cloud, 236 00:13:58,460 --> 00:14:00,724 ''I'd be ever so gratefuI if you'd help me. 237 00:14:00,795 --> 00:14:02,660 ''You're so strong and reassuring.'' 238 00:14:02,731 --> 00:14:04,426 Something like that, huh? 239 00:14:04,499 --> 00:14:08,094 Why? Why did she set us both up for a fall? 240 00:14:08,170 --> 00:14:10,900 I don't know, but I do know you can forget about 241 00:14:10,972 --> 00:14:13,770 Hugh Wexler calling to claim his inheritance. 242 00:14:13,842 --> 00:14:15,503 And you can forget about Janey, too. 243 00:14:15,577 --> 00:14:18,341 The thing we've got to do is concentrate on finding Odette. 244 00:14:18,413 --> 00:14:20,881 I'd like to see you try. 245 00:14:21,116 --> 00:14:23,016 She was living at the Montmartre Apartments. 246 00:14:23,084 --> 00:14:27,020 She left a trail so cold an Eskimo would wind up in Sheboygan. 247 00:14:27,155 --> 00:14:29,020 She moved to the Winddrift Apartments 248 00:14:29,090 --> 00:14:31,422 'cause that's where she lived when she came to me. 249 00:14:31,493 --> 00:14:32,790 But she skipped again 250 00:14:32,861 --> 00:14:35,056 and left no forwarding address. 251 00:14:35,130 --> 00:14:37,121 It's a complete tapioca. 252 00:14:41,636 --> 00:14:43,331 Catch the look on his face, kid. 253 00:14:43,405 --> 00:14:45,498 He struck out with the manager just the way we did. 254 00:14:45,574 --> 00:14:47,701 Well, I didn't talk to the manager. 255 00:14:47,776 --> 00:14:49,437 I talked to the switchboard operator. 256 00:14:49,511 --> 00:14:50,910 So did I. 257 00:14:50,979 --> 00:14:53,106 Odette didn't leave a referral number. 258 00:14:53,181 --> 00:14:55,376 Yeah, but what you didn't check on was the outgoing calls. 259 00:14:55,450 --> 00:14:57,714 If you had, you'd have come up 260 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,652 with the Triple R Pet Clinic. 261 00:15:00,722 --> 00:15:04,089 She called them seven times between the third and fifth. 262 00:15:04,459 --> 00:15:06,984 See, these weekly places don't allow pets. 263 00:15:07,062 --> 00:15:08,256 So how come she has one? 264 00:15:08,330 --> 00:15:10,298 And if she has one, where is she keeping it? 265 00:15:10,365 --> 00:15:12,230 At the Triple R Clinic. 266 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:14,291 And they got to have records on the woman. 267 00:15:14,369 --> 00:15:15,700 All right. 268 00:15:15,937 --> 00:15:18,132 So what? How you going to look the records up? 269 00:15:18,206 --> 00:15:20,766 Odette Sorelle probably isn't even her real name. 270 00:15:20,842 --> 00:15:22,275 I mean, I checked the phone books, 271 00:15:22,344 --> 00:15:23,743 I checked all the model agencies. 272 00:15:23,812 --> 00:15:25,746 That's a waste of time. She's not a model. 273 00:15:25,814 --> 00:15:28,009 All right, she's blue eyes, very thin. 274 00:15:28,083 --> 00:15:30,779 But both of you said that she was 5'4''. 275 00:15:30,852 --> 00:15:32,911 You got to be at least 5'7'' to be a model. 276 00:15:32,988 --> 00:15:35,388 Designer's clothes hang better on taller women. 277 00:15:35,457 --> 00:15:37,721 Who are you, Yves St. Lawrence? 278 00:15:41,429 --> 00:15:43,829 You know, Jim, you are really on the case. 279 00:15:43,898 --> 00:15:46,458 If I wasn't so uptight about my future, 280 00:15:46,534 --> 00:15:48,764 I'd be clicking like that, too. 281 00:15:48,837 --> 00:15:50,737 Say, listen. 282 00:15:50,805 --> 00:15:54,297 Vern and I, we sort of decided to buddy up on this thing. 283 00:15:54,376 --> 00:15:57,402 If it's all right with you, you'd work for both of us? 284 00:15:57,479 --> 00:16:00,937 Billy, you really want to buddy up with that jar head? 285 00:16:01,449 --> 00:16:03,917 You know, I sort of feel bad for the dude. 286 00:16:03,985 --> 00:16:05,714 He's in the same boat I am. 287 00:16:05,787 --> 00:16:08,654 You tell him about the new setup, Merrihew? Mmm-hmm. 288 00:16:08,723 --> 00:16:10,953 Okay, okay, fine. 289 00:16:11,026 --> 00:16:13,085 But the fee does not split. 290 00:16:13,161 --> 00:16:14,753 You want me to work for both of you, 291 00:16:14,829 --> 00:16:17,093 it's $200 a day, apiece, plus expenses. 292 00:16:17,165 --> 00:16:18,530 Wait a minute, that's not fair. 293 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:19,931 ...the case for Merrihew. The work is the same... 294 00:16:21,369 --> 00:16:25,100 It's the same case, bub. Okay, true, true, it was the same case. 295 00:16:25,173 --> 00:16:27,767 But let's suppose I was a doctor, huh? 296 00:16:27,842 --> 00:16:30,970 And let's suppose that you boys were in the same car 297 00:16:31,046 --> 00:16:33,514 and you had an accident and you both broke a leg. 298 00:16:33,581 --> 00:16:36,015 Now, you wouldn't expect good old Dr. Rockford 299 00:16:36,084 --> 00:16:37,949 to charge for only one bone setting 300 00:16:38,019 --> 00:16:41,318 just because you were both in the same accident, now would you, huh? 301 00:17:10,885 --> 00:17:13,649 Good morning, sir. May I help you? Well, I sure hope so. 302 00:17:13,722 --> 00:17:16,122 Last month my wife was driving by here 303 00:17:16,191 --> 00:17:19,285 and she saw a young lady walking out carrying a Lhasa Apso. 304 00:17:19,361 --> 00:17:21,921 And Carla said to her friend, ''That's Lilith.'' 305 00:17:21,996 --> 00:17:24,362 Our dog, Lilith, ran away. 306 00:17:24,432 --> 00:17:27,924 By the time she whipped her car around and got back, well, the young lady was gone. 307 00:17:28,002 --> 00:17:31,096 Carla said that the girl was about 5'4'', 308 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:34,073 blond hair, blue eyes, very thin. 309 00:17:34,142 --> 00:17:37,168 There's a Miss Hanrahan that fits that description to a T. 310 00:17:37,245 --> 00:17:38,974 Not little Celeste Hanrahan, 311 00:17:39,047 --> 00:17:41,345 works for Dr. Sheehan in Holmby Hills? 312 00:17:41,416 --> 00:17:42,713 No. Susan Hanrahan. 313 00:17:42,784 --> 00:17:44,775 But she has a cat. A Persian calico. 314 00:17:44,853 --> 00:17:47,617 Was she in here last month? About the third? 315 00:17:48,022 --> 00:17:49,011 Yes. 316 00:17:49,090 --> 00:17:50,853 She had her animal neutered. 317 00:17:50,925 --> 00:17:53,450 But as I said, sir, it's a cat. 318 00:17:53,995 --> 00:17:56,361 Miss, Carla does have her problems 319 00:17:56,431 --> 00:17:58,228 but she can tell a cat from a dog. 320 00:17:58,299 --> 00:18:01,268 I mean, that's rather basic, don't you think? 321 00:18:46,047 --> 00:18:47,309 Special Projects. 322 00:18:47,515 --> 00:18:48,709 Hello, Wass? 323 00:18:48,783 --> 00:18:52,742 Garth McCreery. Listen, there's a guy been eyeballing my apartment. 324 00:18:52,821 --> 00:18:55,381 It's going on three hours now. So? 325 00:18:55,457 --> 00:18:57,618 Just had Records run a check on his plates. 326 00:18:57,692 --> 00:19:00,422 His name's Jim Rockford. He's a P.I. 327 00:19:00,895 --> 00:19:02,795 I think we better find out what he wants. 328 00:19:02,864 --> 00:19:05,355 But with my leg... Yeah, yeah, we'll be over. 329 00:19:05,667 --> 00:19:07,225 Look, you just tell Susan not to come home 330 00:19:07,302 --> 00:19:09,065 till we know where this guy's at. 331 00:19:16,744 --> 00:19:17,972 Hi. Hi. 332 00:19:18,046 --> 00:19:19,138 What you doing? 333 00:19:19,214 --> 00:19:21,648 Oh, just putting up my guard. Like I always do 334 00:19:21,716 --> 00:19:23,946 when somebody sticks their nose in my business. 335 00:19:24,018 --> 00:19:25,485 Your business is my business 336 00:19:25,553 --> 00:19:26,815 as long as you're loitering here 337 00:19:26,888 --> 00:19:28,583 staring at those apartments. 338 00:19:28,656 --> 00:19:30,954 We're with building security. No, you're not. 339 00:19:31,025 --> 00:19:33,084 You got out of that Vette back there just a minute ago. 340 00:19:33,161 --> 00:19:34,355 Hi, how are you? 341 00:20:50,271 --> 00:20:53,468 OFFICER: Outside, buddy. And hands on top of the car. 342 00:20:59,814 --> 00:21:02,681 Have you been drinking, paI? Hi. 343 00:21:04,118 --> 00:21:05,676 Come on, move it, friend. 344 00:21:12,527 --> 00:21:16,190 Hey, Dennis, will you do something about this? I mean, it's ridiculous. 345 00:21:16,264 --> 00:21:19,131 Hey, that's my buddy. Just a minute. 346 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,658 Hey, come on, Dennis, it's a nothing little traffic violation. 347 00:21:22,737 --> 00:21:24,034 Dennis? 348 00:21:28,576 --> 00:21:30,601 Hey, Marv? Marv Potempkin? 349 00:21:30,678 --> 00:21:31,736 What are you doing here, paI? 350 00:21:31,813 --> 00:21:33,007 I'm waiting to be processed out. 351 00:21:33,081 --> 00:21:34,514 You've been arrested? What for? 352 00:21:34,582 --> 00:21:36,675 Couldn't be worse. CCW. 353 00:21:36,751 --> 00:21:39,185 Carrying a concealed weapon? You? 354 00:21:39,253 --> 00:21:41,915 Yeah, me. They really got me, pal. 355 00:21:41,990 --> 00:21:44,891 Witnesses, the whole 15 yards. 356 00:21:44,959 --> 00:21:46,324 You know what this means? 357 00:21:46,394 --> 00:21:48,055 I lose my license. 358 00:21:48,930 --> 00:21:50,693 Finished as a P.I. 359 00:21:55,603 --> 00:21:57,161 What happened, Marv? 360 00:21:57,238 --> 00:21:59,365 Woman came to me, told me her ex 361 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,101 wanted to pay back the two grand he owed her. 362 00:22:01,175 --> 00:22:03,006 Wanted to meet her at the Tao Tao Restaurant. 363 00:22:03,077 --> 00:22:04,374 Well, the guy's a freak. 364 00:22:04,445 --> 00:22:06,743 Usually spends his Christmases in Camarillo. 365 00:22:06,814 --> 00:22:09,078 Now she thought it might be a ploy to get her alone 366 00:22:09,150 --> 00:22:10,981 and maybe for him to lay some heavy numbers on her. 367 00:22:11,052 --> 00:22:14,146 So you brought your gun? Just to scare the guy. You know, just in case. 368 00:22:14,222 --> 00:22:16,213 I mean, you've never done it? 369 00:22:16,290 --> 00:22:18,850 Anyway, I'm having dinner with her 370 00:22:18,926 --> 00:22:20,223 eating Chinese food in this restaurant 371 00:22:20,294 --> 00:22:22,888 when two cops blast in and roust me out of the place. 372 00:22:22,964 --> 00:22:25,330 I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to my client. 373 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,925 And I figured it must've happened in the men's room. 374 00:22:28,002 --> 00:22:31,995 Somebody might have seen me with the gun in my jacket, called the cops. 375 00:22:32,073 --> 00:22:35,804 I should have started my dinner with a Chinese fortune cookie. 376 00:22:35,877 --> 00:22:38,812 You know, Jessica is supposed to go to college this fall. 377 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,142 What am I supposed to do for money? 378 00:22:40,214 --> 00:22:41,340 Get a Mickey Mouse job? 379 00:22:41,416 --> 00:22:43,247 I don't know if you're going to believe this, Marv, 380 00:22:43,317 --> 00:22:45,785 but you're the third P.I. I've met in the last week 381 00:22:45,853 --> 00:22:47,753 with felony counts raining on his license. 382 00:22:47,822 --> 00:22:49,016 Yeah? Who else? 383 00:22:49,090 --> 00:22:51,581 Well, there was Billy Merrihew, Vern St. Cloud. 384 00:22:51,659 --> 00:22:52,648 Vern? 385 00:22:53,194 --> 00:22:54,661 I'm wondering how my client made out. 386 00:22:54,729 --> 00:22:56,026 You know, I forgot about her completely. 387 00:22:56,097 --> 00:22:57,462 Well, if it makes you feel any better, 388 00:22:57,532 --> 00:23:00,558 they were both deliberately set up. Breaking and entering. 389 00:23:01,235 --> 00:23:05,001 Yeah, I'd like to speak to Odette Sorelle, please. 390 00:23:05,073 --> 00:23:06,438 Mmm-hmm. 391 00:23:09,310 --> 00:23:11,175 Well, where's the Big R? 392 00:23:11,245 --> 00:23:14,180 He called this meeting. Where the heck is he? 393 00:23:14,248 --> 00:23:17,581 Okay, Marv, here's my client list going back two years. 394 00:23:17,652 --> 00:23:18,710 And here's Vern's. 395 00:23:18,786 --> 00:23:20,845 See if any of the names ring a bell. 396 00:23:20,922 --> 00:23:23,823 Oh, Merrihew, you and me already went through that dance. 397 00:23:23,891 --> 00:23:25,358 Well, we compared our client lists. 398 00:23:25,426 --> 00:23:26,825 We got no customers in common. 399 00:23:26,894 --> 00:23:28,054 It's no grudge. 400 00:23:28,129 --> 00:23:30,597 So, you know, let's forget about the whole thing. 401 00:23:30,665 --> 00:23:31,723 Hi. How are you? 402 00:23:31,799 --> 00:23:34,962 I checked out the Marquise Apartments. 403 00:23:35,036 --> 00:23:37,561 Odette has scrammed. No trace at all. 404 00:23:37,638 --> 00:23:39,663 What are we fooling around with that slop for? 405 00:23:39,741 --> 00:23:42,073 We know where she really lives, we know her real name. 406 00:23:42,143 --> 00:23:44,509 You should be there right now, Rockford. 407 00:23:44,579 --> 00:23:46,740 I never had any of these clients. 408 00:23:46,814 --> 00:23:48,907 You hear me, Rockford? Get back on your burro, 409 00:23:48,983 --> 00:23:51,315 get over to Susan Hanrahan's apartment. 410 00:23:51,519 --> 00:23:53,077 You hit a nerve there. 411 00:23:53,154 --> 00:23:54,746 That's why they fell on you, bud. 412 00:23:54,822 --> 00:23:58,189 I'm not going back over there and getting my gourd stomped. 413 00:23:58,259 --> 00:24:01,387 Look, if Susan Hanrahan is Odette Sorelle, 414 00:24:01,462 --> 00:24:03,726 she's bound to rabbit if we come at her head on. 415 00:24:03,798 --> 00:24:06,460 I mean, she has got a well-planned operation 416 00:24:06,534 --> 00:24:09,765 that uses a lot of resources, Vern. 417 00:24:09,837 --> 00:24:13,295 I mean, she is systematically destroying P.I.s. 418 00:24:13,374 --> 00:24:15,968 It doesn't make any sense and until it does, 419 00:24:16,043 --> 00:24:17,704 I'm going with a lot of caution. 420 00:24:17,779 --> 00:24:19,337 I'm a P.I., too. Remember? 421 00:24:19,413 --> 00:24:20,471 ''Well-planned.'' 422 00:24:20,548 --> 00:24:22,413 She's just some kind of sicko, that's all. 423 00:24:22,483 --> 00:24:24,246 She's got a beef against detectives. 424 00:24:24,318 --> 00:24:26,218 Or maybe her old man was one. I don't know. 425 00:24:26,287 --> 00:24:28,983 Oh, well, what about the accomplice who tips off the cops? 426 00:24:29,056 --> 00:24:30,353 Is he a sicko, too? 427 00:24:30,424 --> 00:24:33,552 Maybe little Susie Bananas herself tips off the cops. 428 00:24:33,628 --> 00:24:34,720 I don't think so. 429 00:24:34,796 --> 00:24:37,822 I went back to the Tao Tao Restaurant, Marv. 430 00:24:37,899 --> 00:24:39,366 Now, the parking lot attendant 431 00:24:39,433 --> 00:24:41,958 remembers her arriving in a cab, just like you did. 432 00:24:42,036 --> 00:24:43,560 But she left with a guy. 433 00:24:43,638 --> 00:24:45,629 Tall guy in a three-piece suit. 434 00:24:45,706 --> 00:24:49,699 California license plate, 003 PCE. 435 00:24:49,944 --> 00:24:52,640 Now, he thinks that it was a silver-gray Olds. 436 00:24:52,713 --> 00:24:55,238 Wait a minute. There's a skirt, 437 00:24:55,316 --> 00:24:58,649 the two that jumped Rockford here and now this tall drink of water. 438 00:24:58,719 --> 00:25:00,152 It's a four-man operation. 439 00:25:00,221 --> 00:25:01,245 You know, that's the first 440 00:25:01,322 --> 00:25:03,381 astute observation I've heard you make. 441 00:25:03,457 --> 00:25:04,788 Now maybe you understand why I think 442 00:25:04,859 --> 00:25:06,793 we ought to go at this thing through the back door. 443 00:25:08,696 --> 00:25:10,288 Well, I don't know what it is. 444 00:25:10,364 --> 00:25:12,161 But I'm going to kill whoever's responsible. 445 00:25:12,233 --> 00:25:14,963 Not now, you won't. Lunch break's over. 446 00:25:15,570 --> 00:25:18,038 Now, get out here and police up your chair section. 447 00:25:18,105 --> 00:25:20,369 You know you left tissue paper all over the floor. 448 00:25:20,441 --> 00:25:24,275 Boy, I bust my chops in this joint 449 00:25:24,412 --> 00:25:27,142 while he collects welfare. Typical. 450 00:25:27,215 --> 00:25:28,876 I don't collect welfare. 451 00:25:28,950 --> 00:25:31,612 I collect unemployment insurance. 452 00:25:31,686 --> 00:25:34,246 Welfare, unemployment, what's the difference? 453 00:25:34,322 --> 00:25:37,291 It sure enough beats working for a living, don't it? 454 00:25:37,458 --> 00:25:43,556 Well, sir, I don't knows about that, master, sir, 455 00:25:43,798 --> 00:25:47,495 but I do knows, is you better eat your food 456 00:25:47,568 --> 00:25:51,368 so you can have enough strength on the job. 457 00:25:54,842 --> 00:25:56,707 Did you see that? Did you see that? 458 00:25:56,811 --> 00:25:58,142 That's assault and battery. 459 00:25:58,212 --> 00:26:00,942 No. I think it was corned beef and mustard. 460 00:26:02,083 --> 00:26:03,209 Wait a minute, Potempkin. 461 00:26:03,284 --> 00:26:05,411 Wait a minute. Listen. I want to talk to you. 462 00:26:07,655 --> 00:26:09,145 I'll check with you later, Billy. 463 00:26:09,223 --> 00:26:11,657 I want to run a make on these plates. 464 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,688 Listen, let Rockford follow that guy in the Olds. 465 00:26:15,763 --> 00:26:18,027 Why should we sit around and let a hot lead go stale? 466 00:26:18,099 --> 00:26:19,589 Now hold it, Vern. 467 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:22,101 You don't have a license, I'm about to lose mine. 468 00:26:23,104 --> 00:26:27,165 Look, where is there a law that says a private citizen 469 00:26:27,241 --> 00:26:29,971 can't be watching an apartment building? 470 00:26:30,745 --> 00:26:34,909 Listen, we can spell each other, Potempkin. Simple, right? Huh? 471 00:27:00,374 --> 00:27:02,842 WOMAN 1 ON TV.. Well, he just couldn't bring himself to it. 472 00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:04,400 WOMAN 2.. Neither could I. 473 00:27:04,478 --> 00:27:05,775 Oh, I went up to the room 474 00:27:05,846 --> 00:27:07,177 but Brad was still unconscious. 475 00:27:07,248 --> 00:27:08,806 Or at least he seemed to be. 476 00:27:08,883 --> 00:27:11,283 Oh, Mother, what's this going to do to Brad? 477 00:27:11,352 --> 00:27:14,185 I mean, finding out that Tracy... 478 00:27:15,056 --> 00:27:16,683 Little tip for future reference. 479 00:27:16,757 --> 00:27:18,247 You're gonna do surveillance, 480 00:27:18,326 --> 00:27:20,658 check to see no one's posted to prevent it. 481 00:27:20,728 --> 00:27:24,391 Thanks. You better leave immediately. I'm with the FBI. 482 00:27:24,465 --> 00:27:27,628 Oh, that's nice. My wife's with the PTA. 483 00:27:31,973 --> 00:27:35,602 MAN: Yes, sir. He asked for you personally, sir. 484 00:27:36,477 --> 00:27:37,466 Uh-huh. 485 00:27:38,112 --> 00:27:39,101 Uh-huh. 486 00:27:41,916 --> 00:27:42,905 Yes. 487 00:27:47,922 --> 00:27:48,946 Mr. Durham? 488 00:27:49,023 --> 00:27:50,888 Oh, yes, yes. Are you Mr. Clair? 489 00:27:50,958 --> 00:27:52,084 What seems to be the problem? 490 00:27:52,159 --> 00:27:54,992 Something to do with some sunglasses you wanted to return? 491 00:27:55,062 --> 00:27:56,029 Well, yes. 492 00:27:56,097 --> 00:27:58,588 My fiancée and I were in the Tao Tao the other night 493 00:27:58,666 --> 00:28:01,601 and you were in the next booth. But when you left, 494 00:28:01,669 --> 00:28:03,728 your lady friend apparently walked off 495 00:28:03,804 --> 00:28:06,637 with my lady's sunglasses by mistake. 496 00:28:06,707 --> 00:28:08,038 Excuse me. 497 00:28:14,682 --> 00:28:15,910 Suz? Ted. 498 00:28:16,884 --> 00:28:18,442 You want to come down here for a second? 499 00:28:18,919 --> 00:28:20,716 Lobby of 1 2. Mmm-hmm. 500 00:28:22,390 --> 00:28:25,985 This is a beautiful building. Just a beautiful building. 501 00:28:26,060 --> 00:28:27,152 I've always wondered 502 00:28:27,228 --> 00:28:29,992 what the inside of the Waterbury was like. 503 00:28:30,064 --> 00:28:32,464 You know, you must be the world's largest 504 00:28:32,533 --> 00:28:35,024 detective agency, except Pinkerton, maybe? 505 00:28:35,102 --> 00:28:37,332 Yes, we're a complete systems security company. 506 00:28:37,405 --> 00:28:38,667 All facets. 507 00:28:38,739 --> 00:28:41,936 Are you a detective? I mean, it must be a fascinating life. 508 00:28:42,009 --> 00:28:44,068 Why don't you have a seat? I'm sure she'll be right down. 509 00:28:44,145 --> 00:28:45,134 Oh, thank you. 510 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,521 Ted? Ah, Susan. 511 00:29:02,430 --> 00:29:04,330 Mr. Durham, here, seems to feel certain 512 00:29:04,398 --> 00:29:06,195 that you have his fiancée's sunglasses. 513 00:29:06,267 --> 00:29:08,565 Yes. Aren't these yours, Miss? 514 00:29:08,636 --> 00:29:11,104 No, no, they're not. Sorry. 515 00:29:11,172 --> 00:29:13,140 Oh, boy, what now? 516 00:29:13,207 --> 00:29:15,175 That whole night at the Tao Tao Restaurant 517 00:29:15,242 --> 00:29:16,402 was really something. 518 00:29:16,477 --> 00:29:19,241 I mean, a man with a gun being pulled out by the police. 519 00:29:19,313 --> 00:29:20,644 Were you there when that happened? 520 00:29:20,714 --> 00:29:22,682 No, we weren't. Now, if you'll excuse us. 521 00:29:22,750 --> 00:29:25,218 But, Miss, surely you remember the man. 522 00:29:25,286 --> 00:29:29,120 You were sitting with him before Mr. Clair came in. Remember? 523 00:29:29,723 --> 00:29:31,281 Oh, yes. 524 00:29:31,358 --> 00:29:32,985 Ted, I forgot to tell you. 525 00:29:33,060 --> 00:29:36,552 While I was waiting for you, some crazy guy tried to pick me up. 526 00:29:37,064 --> 00:29:38,827 You see, I told you I never liked that restaurant. 527 00:29:38,899 --> 00:29:40,423 It's really a crummy location. 528 00:29:40,501 --> 00:29:43,129 Crummy location but hellatious wonton. 529 00:29:44,171 --> 00:29:45,934 Well, I think that covers it, doesn't it? 530 00:29:46,006 --> 00:29:48,099 Now, if you'll excuse us. 531 00:30:11,065 --> 00:30:12,054 By the way, 532 00:30:12,133 --> 00:30:13,361 Wendell Butterfield was killed 533 00:30:13,434 --> 00:30:15,026 on the Harbor Freeway yesterday. 534 00:30:15,102 --> 00:30:17,195 CLAIR: Hmm, strange how things happen. 535 00:30:17,271 --> 00:30:19,899 Well, he's one we don't have to concern ourselves with. 536 00:30:19,974 --> 00:30:22,465 Was he a family man? I don't remember. 537 00:31:18,232 --> 00:31:19,824 My brother-in-law left about half an hour ago. 538 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,629 Now, don't ask me where he went. 539 00:31:21,702 --> 00:31:22,896 Yeah, well, if you see him 540 00:31:22,970 --> 00:31:24,597 would you tell him to contact Jim Rockford? 541 00:31:24,672 --> 00:31:26,606 I'll be in Marv Potempkin's office. 542 00:31:26,674 --> 00:31:29,040 Just tell him I've got something important to talk to him about. 543 00:31:29,109 --> 00:31:31,907 Yeah, well, if you see him, tell him I've got something important to tell him. 544 00:31:31,979 --> 00:31:33,970 He forgot to order the sateen wedgies. 545 00:31:34,048 --> 00:31:35,913 Senior prom week and we've got no stock. 546 00:31:35,983 --> 00:31:38,042 No stock at all. Thank you. 547 00:31:57,137 --> 00:31:59,833 ROCKFORD: Marv? Marv? 548 00:32:35,809 --> 00:32:37,868 Potempkin? 549 00:32:48,255 --> 00:32:50,485 Looks like somebody broke in. 550 00:32:51,959 --> 00:32:53,449 They beat him to death. 551 00:32:54,028 --> 00:32:55,655 Looks like they surprised him. 552 00:32:56,130 --> 00:32:57,427 What's he doing here? 553 00:32:58,699 --> 00:33:00,826 He was supposed to be on a stakeout. 554 00:33:00,901 --> 00:33:02,459 I went to spell him. 555 00:33:04,238 --> 00:33:06,229 What stakeout? 556 00:33:13,745 --> 00:33:16,179 He was supposed to be on a surveillance in the palisades. 557 00:33:15,643 --> 00:33:17,668 ROCKFORD: Marv wasn't even supposed to be here, Dennis. 558 00:33:16,248 --> 00:33:18,910 Vern, get over here and tell him about Susan Hanrahan's apartment. 559 00:33:18,984 --> 00:33:21,452 He already told me. But the killers came through that window. 560 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,614 And the secretary said that they took some petty cash and a typewriter 561 00:33:24,690 --> 00:33:27,784 and some surveillance gizmos and a bowling trophy. 562 00:33:27,859 --> 00:33:29,417 Now, call me a traditionalist, 563 00:33:29,494 --> 00:33:31,621 but to me that adds up to a burglary. 564 00:33:31,697 --> 00:33:33,961 Just maybe it was meant to look like a burglary. 565 00:33:34,032 --> 00:33:36,762 If we had a nickel for every maybe we hear on the job, 566 00:33:36,835 --> 00:33:38,996 we wouldn't need the job. Right, Sarge? 567 00:33:39,071 --> 00:33:40,902 It's my fault, I guess. 568 00:33:40,972 --> 00:33:43,270 I talked him into watching the girI's apartment. 569 00:33:43,342 --> 00:33:45,674 Okay, Billings, thank you. 570 00:33:45,744 --> 00:33:48,406 And as for you two, people usually don't murder other people 571 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,710 for looking at their apartment building. 572 00:33:50,782 --> 00:33:52,682 They didn't want Marv to link up 573 00:33:52,751 --> 00:33:54,878 Susan Hanrahan and Odette Sorelle. 574 00:33:54,953 --> 00:33:57,183 She's a phantom lady who's been running a game 575 00:33:57,255 --> 00:33:59,052 on private detectives all over town. 576 00:33:59,124 --> 00:34:00,716 Do tell? And why is she doing this? 577 00:34:00,792 --> 00:34:02,953 I'm not nuts about your tone of voice, Becker. 578 00:34:03,028 --> 00:34:04,154 It's very simple to understand. 579 00:34:04,229 --> 00:34:05,821 All you have to do is pay attention. 580 00:34:05,897 --> 00:34:07,626 Now, Rockford, he went up to the Waterbury offices... 581 00:34:07,699 --> 00:34:10,429 Vern, Vern. It's my story. Do you mind if I tell it? 582 00:34:10,502 --> 00:34:13,596 Now, look, Dennis, there's a woman, named Susan, 583 00:34:13,672 --> 00:34:15,902 totally fitting the description of Odette Sorelle. 584 00:34:15,974 --> 00:34:18,772 She works at Waterbury. She works with a guy named Ted Clair. 585 00:34:18,844 --> 00:34:21,574 Did you see this Odette Sorelle, St. Cloud? 586 00:34:21,646 --> 00:34:23,807 Is this Susan Hanrahan the same woman? 587 00:34:23,882 --> 00:34:25,782 I never seen Susan Hanrahan. 588 00:34:25,851 --> 00:34:29,048 Dennis, while Susan and Clair were walking back to their office, 589 00:34:29,121 --> 00:34:32,682 I overheard them talking about somebody named Wendell Butterfield. 590 00:34:32,758 --> 00:34:34,658 Said he got killed on the freeway 591 00:34:34,726 --> 00:34:36,489 and they wouldn't have to bother with him anymore. 592 00:34:36,561 --> 00:34:38,119 Who is Wendell Butterfield? 593 00:34:38,196 --> 00:34:39,959 Well, now, that was my question exactly. 594 00:34:40,031 --> 00:34:41,464 So I went through the phone books. 595 00:34:41,533 --> 00:34:45,128 This is a page out of the Orange County Yellow Pages. 596 00:34:45,203 --> 00:34:46,636 ''Wendell B. Butterfield. 597 00:34:46,705 --> 00:34:50,004 ''Discreet personaI investigation since 1958. 598 00:34:50,075 --> 00:34:51,303 ''We care.'' 599 00:34:51,376 --> 00:34:54,277 All right, so he was no whiz at advertising copy. 600 00:34:54,346 --> 00:34:57,941 He was a P.I. till some diesel truck put him out of business. 601 00:34:58,016 --> 00:34:59,540 Now, Waterbury won't have to do it 602 00:34:59,618 --> 00:35:01,984 like they did with Marv and Vern and Billy Merrihew 603 00:35:02,053 --> 00:35:03,987 and a few other guys I've been checking on. 604 00:35:04,055 --> 00:35:07,582 Gee, you people have an inflated picture of your own importance. 605 00:35:07,659 --> 00:35:09,923 One of the world's foremost security firms 606 00:35:09,995 --> 00:35:12,589 and they're worried about the little neighborhood stores, right? 607 00:35:12,664 --> 00:35:14,894 There's always a big attrition rate in your business. 608 00:35:14,966 --> 00:35:16,900 You people are flaky, undependable. 609 00:35:16,968 --> 00:35:17,992 Hey, flaky? 610 00:35:18,069 --> 00:35:20,060 Yes. And you have your moments, admit it. 611 00:35:20,138 --> 00:35:21,366 Look at this case history. 612 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,499 This guy busts into an old lady's house. 613 00:35:23,575 --> 00:35:26,601 Our dead man started to flash his gun in a Chinese restaurant. 614 00:35:26,678 --> 00:35:29,112 And this kind of thing is not unusual. 615 00:35:29,181 --> 00:35:31,877 So let's not blame it on some kind of a gigantic plot. 616 00:35:31,950 --> 00:35:35,784 Dennis, will you just check out Susan Hanrahan? And the Waterbury operation? 617 00:35:35,854 --> 00:35:37,446 I have no reason to. 618 00:35:37,522 --> 00:35:38,989 Well, Dennis... 619 00:35:39,958 --> 00:35:41,550 Well, that's that. 620 00:35:42,127 --> 00:35:43,458 We got no proof. 621 00:35:43,762 --> 00:35:45,195 Vern, why don't you... 622 00:35:46,531 --> 00:35:48,795 Why don't you just go sell shoes, huh? 623 00:35:54,306 --> 00:35:57,673 I understand that your department had something to do with that. 624 00:35:57,742 --> 00:36:00,870 No. We called in Sticks and Stones. 625 00:36:00,946 --> 00:36:03,574 They were to interrogate him and apply physical pressure. 626 00:36:03,648 --> 00:36:04,774 No one could have foreseen 627 00:36:04,850 --> 00:36:05,908 that the situation would eventuate 628 00:36:05,984 --> 00:36:07,008 into a heart attack. 629 00:36:07,085 --> 00:36:08,416 Special Projects Office 630 00:36:08,487 --> 00:36:09,749 isn't trained for interrogation. 631 00:36:09,821 --> 00:36:14,224 They're trained for subduing ex-husbands and bodyguarding rock stars. 632 00:36:14,593 --> 00:36:18,029 A 20-point reduction in the small agencies' share of the market 633 00:36:18,096 --> 00:36:20,257 is what we were after. 634 00:36:20,332 --> 00:36:25,269 In terms of our overall operation, that isn't too big a deal. 635 00:36:25,337 --> 00:36:26,964 You were given good operatives, 636 00:36:27,038 --> 00:36:30,405 their salaries totaling over $84,000. 637 00:36:30,542 --> 00:36:33,534 And yet, suddenly, it is a big deal. 638 00:36:33,879 --> 00:36:34,937 It's a bloody mess. 639 00:36:35,013 --> 00:36:38,471 And I don't like spending my time on things like this. 640 00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:41,383 Now I'm told that James Rockford 641 00:36:41,653 --> 00:36:44,952 may very well be on to what we were about. 642 00:36:45,590 --> 00:36:48,252 Why haven't you disenfranchised him in your program? 643 00:36:48,326 --> 00:36:50,055 He was fourth on the list. 644 00:36:50,128 --> 00:36:53,620 Unfortunately, he was on an extended vacation when we tried to contact him. 645 00:36:53,698 --> 00:36:55,290 We weren't even aware that he had returned. 646 00:36:55,367 --> 00:36:56,925 My program was working well. 647 00:36:57,002 --> 00:36:58,697 The fact that a man had a coronary and died... 648 00:36:58,770 --> 00:37:01,568 You've allowed two of your people to cohabit, 649 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:02,971 isn't that so? 650 00:37:03,241 --> 00:37:05,141 Hanrahan and McCreery? 651 00:37:05,377 --> 00:37:07,675 Mr. La Pointe, it is the 1970s, isn't it? 652 00:37:07,746 --> 00:37:12,115 Back in the 1860s, when Judah Waterbury founded this company, 653 00:37:12,717 --> 00:37:15,185 some human beings liked to play house even then. 654 00:37:15,253 --> 00:37:18,518 And so they did. But not while they worked for him. 655 00:37:18,590 --> 00:37:22,219 It was sloppy practice then and it is sloppy practice now. 656 00:37:22,928 --> 00:37:26,364 If Hanrahan and McCreery had not been living together, 657 00:37:26,431 --> 00:37:29,764 he wouldn't have broken his leg while skiing with her. 658 00:37:29,834 --> 00:37:32,735 He wouldn't have been recuperating at her house 659 00:37:32,804 --> 00:37:36,467 and the Special Projects thugs wouldn't have been called in. 660 00:37:36,908 --> 00:37:39,433 What have you done about containment? 661 00:37:40,412 --> 00:37:42,437 Hanrahan has been taken out of the city. 662 00:37:42,514 --> 00:37:44,675 All evidence of her hiring has been shredded. 663 00:37:44,749 --> 00:37:47,809 The program, needless to say, has been deactivated. 664 00:37:47,886 --> 00:37:49,080 The paperwork and the cost figures 665 00:37:49,154 --> 00:37:51,679 will be shipped to the London office as soon as possible. 666 00:37:51,756 --> 00:37:55,658 We don't know how much information this Rockford has. 667 00:37:56,194 --> 00:37:59,129 Something will have to be done about him, won't it? 668 00:37:59,197 --> 00:38:00,494 Like what? 669 00:38:03,301 --> 00:38:04,563 Kill him? 670 00:38:04,769 --> 00:38:06,464 I didn't say that. 671 00:38:27,459 --> 00:38:29,256 You must be out of your gourd. 672 00:38:29,327 --> 00:38:30,555 Twenty-three years in the crummy business 673 00:38:30,629 --> 00:38:32,927 and I never heard anything so nuts. 674 00:38:32,998 --> 00:38:34,829 How do we get past the guards? 675 00:38:34,899 --> 00:38:36,560 How do we find where they keep the records? 676 00:38:36,635 --> 00:38:38,728 The Waterbury is a 15-story building. 677 00:38:38,803 --> 00:38:39,861 ROCKFORD: 16. 678 00:38:39,938 --> 00:38:41,872 What's the difference, for the love of Mike? 679 00:38:41,940 --> 00:38:42,964 Plenty. 680 00:38:43,041 --> 00:38:46,169 They have a 13th floor in that building, but they got it hidden. 681 00:38:46,244 --> 00:38:48,678 And that's where the office that Susan and Clair work. 682 00:38:48,747 --> 00:38:50,078 How do you know that, Einstein? 683 00:38:50,148 --> 00:38:52,946 Because Clair met me in the lobby, not in his office. 684 00:38:53,018 --> 00:38:55,714 And Susan came down the stairs, she didn't take the elevator. 685 00:38:55,787 --> 00:38:58,847 Then afterwards, I saw them walk up a locked staircase. 686 00:38:58,923 --> 00:39:02,290 When I got in the elevator, I looked at the elevator indicator, 687 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,693 and it said 15 floors, skipping 13 as usual. 688 00:39:06,164 --> 00:39:07,256 So what? 689 00:39:07,799 --> 00:39:10,495 Well, when I got outside, I counted the rows of windows in the building. 690 00:39:10,568 --> 00:39:12,229 There were 16, not 15. 691 00:39:12,303 --> 00:39:14,203 But we still have the whole floor to search. 692 00:39:14,272 --> 00:39:16,365 We don't know where Clair's office is. 693 00:39:16,441 --> 00:39:18,739 And how much time we have to waltz around up there? 694 00:39:18,810 --> 00:39:20,903 Well, we can narrow that down, too. 695 00:39:20,979 --> 00:39:22,606 You can create a diversion 696 00:39:22,681 --> 00:39:26,014 while we get by the guard in the lobby and into the building. 697 00:39:26,084 --> 00:39:28,985 Forget that. You're not handing old Vern his lunch. 698 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,611 The sap who makes diversion is the sap on the spot. 699 00:39:31,690 --> 00:39:33,817 You're going to do it, Vern. 700 00:39:33,892 --> 00:39:36,087 You're the guy who talked Marv into a casket. 701 00:39:36,161 --> 00:39:38,129 Now, he had a wife and kids. 702 00:39:38,196 --> 00:39:40,061 Now, there could be a lawsuit but there won't be 703 00:39:40,131 --> 00:39:43,032 unless we turn up some proof of foul play. 704 00:39:43,101 --> 00:39:44,864 Well, yeah, I know, but... 705 00:39:46,271 --> 00:39:48,205 Look, Merrihew, look what he's proposing. 706 00:39:48,273 --> 00:39:49,467 Another break and entering. 707 00:39:49,541 --> 00:39:51,406 You want to risk that? 708 00:39:51,476 --> 00:39:52,943 Do you want to get your license back? 709 00:39:53,011 --> 00:39:55,605 This is the last chance you're gonna get to do it. 710 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,274 Boy, you're on a real crusade, aren't you? 711 00:39:58,349 --> 00:40:00,010 You're a regular Sir Guinevere. 712 00:40:00,085 --> 00:40:01,916 I don't like what's happening to my friends 713 00:40:01,986 --> 00:40:04,386 and I don't like what's happening to my profession. 714 00:40:04,456 --> 00:40:05,855 Oh, yeah? 715 00:40:06,424 --> 00:40:08,051 Am I your friend? 716 00:40:21,172 --> 00:40:22,196 WOMAN ON PA.. Mr. Anderson, 717 00:40:22,273 --> 00:40:25,640 please report to the investigation office on the 10th floor. 718 00:40:51,035 --> 00:40:53,230 There's nobody on 13. 719 00:40:57,342 --> 00:40:59,606 Nobody anywhere but in the lobby. 720 00:40:59,677 --> 00:41:01,304 So far, perfect. 721 00:41:02,313 --> 00:41:06,909 My dad'll be calling Clair's extension in about five minutes. 722 00:41:07,519 --> 00:41:09,384 I'll make my call, too. 723 00:41:21,959 --> 00:41:23,449 ANNOUNCER ON TV.. ...looks it over. 724 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,628 OFFICER: Come on, we got a jumper on the roof. 725 00:41:24,701 --> 00:41:26,760 The call just came in. Come on. 726 00:41:28,672 --> 00:41:30,435 I don't see anybody. 727 00:41:31,875 --> 00:41:34,070 It's over there. Come on, let's go. 728 00:41:45,055 --> 00:41:47,148 Go away and leave me alone. 729 00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:54,930 Just take it easy, buddy. 730 00:41:55,165 --> 00:41:56,393 Just take it easy. 731 00:41:58,335 --> 00:42:00,098 VERN: Leave me alone! 732 00:42:28,632 --> 00:42:31,533 OFFICER 1.. Let's just take it real, real cool, now. 733 00:42:38,709 --> 00:42:40,108 Settle down. 734 00:42:40,978 --> 00:42:42,411 Chat him up. 735 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,944 OFFICER 2.. Sir, please don't stand so close. 736 00:42:46,016 --> 00:42:48,143 Stay back from the edge a little, okay? 737 00:42:48,218 --> 00:42:49,617 Come on, who's got the keys? 738 00:42:49,686 --> 00:42:51,153 Now, look, go get the master keys. I'll get them. 739 00:42:51,221 --> 00:42:52,381 Come on, shake it. 740 00:42:56,226 --> 00:42:59,195 Yeah, Dad? Yeah. We're in. 741 00:43:00,330 --> 00:43:02,161 Yeah, Rocky. 742 00:43:02,733 --> 00:43:04,701 Dad, not now, okay? 743 00:43:08,305 --> 00:43:09,397 How you doing over there? 744 00:43:09,473 --> 00:43:11,634 Ah, I haven't found nothing yet. 745 00:43:15,579 --> 00:43:16,841 Go on. 746 00:43:24,922 --> 00:43:26,787 WOMAN: Anybody know who he is? 747 00:43:29,393 --> 00:43:31,520 Don't they put a net out or something? 748 00:43:36,033 --> 00:43:39,002 MAN: I saw something like this on the Golden Gate Bridge. 749 00:43:43,073 --> 00:43:47,407 There's just graphs and memos. There's got to be something here. 750 00:43:47,477 --> 00:43:50,002 Oh, man, they cleaned everything out. 751 00:44:02,092 --> 00:44:03,684 Get out. Don't come near me! 752 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,092 We're not moving. See? 753 00:44:09,399 --> 00:44:11,128 My name's Phil. What's yours? 754 00:44:11,201 --> 00:44:12,429 Suck an egg. 755 00:44:13,370 --> 00:44:16,168 Hey, you... You have any kids, buddy? 756 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:17,831 I do. Couple of them. 757 00:44:18,508 --> 00:44:20,271 Let me show you their pictures. 758 00:44:20,344 --> 00:44:21,572 I know what you're trying to get at. 759 00:44:21,645 --> 00:44:23,340 Just stay away from me. 760 00:44:28,418 --> 00:44:30,386 WOMAN 1 : It must be 300 feet up. 761 00:44:30,454 --> 00:44:31,751 WOMAN 2: Does he work in there? 762 00:44:35,258 --> 00:44:38,625 Hey. Potempkin, Marvin. 763 00:44:41,598 --> 00:44:43,065 Oh, look at this. 764 00:44:43,133 --> 00:44:46,227 They got gross earnings, 75, 7 4. 765 00:44:46,703 --> 00:44:50,298 Logs, times, dates. 766 00:44:51,208 --> 00:44:54,609 Oh, hey, here's the meeting at the Tao Tao. 767 00:44:55,579 --> 00:44:57,979 Tally of the man hours and everything. 768 00:44:58,048 --> 00:45:00,539 Uh-huh, there's Wendell Butterfield 769 00:45:00,617 --> 00:45:04,781 and here's Harry Telfair and here's mine. 770 00:45:04,855 --> 00:45:07,483 And here's the Molinaros' address 771 00:45:07,557 --> 00:45:09,525 and the Molinaros' travel dates. 772 00:45:11,962 --> 00:45:13,452 Let's take this stuff. 773 00:45:13,530 --> 00:45:15,395 Okay. Got it. 774 00:45:31,848 --> 00:45:33,042 Hey. 775 00:45:34,084 --> 00:45:36,052 Hey, hey. We can't take the elevator. 776 00:45:36,119 --> 00:45:38,349 There'll be people, remember? Come on. 777 00:45:44,194 --> 00:45:45,855 Just take it easy. 778 00:45:46,997 --> 00:45:49,659 All right, all you people down there, please disperse. 779 00:45:49,733 --> 00:45:50,961 Please disperse. 780 00:45:51,034 --> 00:45:54,629 You're not doing the man up here on the roof any good. Please disperse. 781 00:45:59,976 --> 00:46:01,671 Take it easy now. 782 00:46:13,290 --> 00:46:15,087 Hold it. What are you two doing here? 783 00:46:15,158 --> 00:46:16,216 Where's the nearest liquor store? 784 00:46:16,293 --> 00:46:17,351 I said, hold it. 785 00:46:17,427 --> 00:46:19,759 Answer me. The man on the roof has demanded more beer. 786 00:46:19,830 --> 00:46:20,888 Now, where can I get it? 787 00:46:20,964 --> 00:46:22,022 You two were up there? 788 00:46:22,099 --> 00:46:24,226 We're police psychiatrists. Now, stop wasting time. 789 00:46:24,301 --> 00:46:26,269 I got to get over to the man's home and coach his wife. 790 00:46:26,336 --> 00:46:28,600 There's Barry's Wine Cellar near Camden. 791 00:46:28,672 --> 00:46:30,264 Okay, you get on that, Hank. 792 00:46:30,340 --> 00:46:33,867 I'll get a black and white to go over to the man's home Code Three. 793 00:46:33,944 --> 00:46:35,912 Now, he wants Rocky Mountain brand. 794 00:46:35,979 --> 00:46:38,140 Try and spike it with some chlorpromazine. 795 00:46:38,215 --> 00:46:39,876 I got some in my bag in the car. 796 00:46:41,885 --> 00:46:43,375 Jump! Jump! 797 00:46:43,453 --> 00:46:44,852 Good old Vern. 798 00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:53,821 Hey, mister, come on now, we're your friends. 799 00:46:53,897 --> 00:46:55,762 We don't want you to jump. 800 00:46:56,633 --> 00:46:59,932 Jump? I never said I was going to jump. 801 00:47:00,003 --> 00:47:01,470 Come on, get him. 802 00:47:06,109 --> 00:47:07,838 Here, you want a beer? 803 00:47:08,678 --> 00:47:11,238 It wasn't as totally nefarious as it seems. 804 00:47:11,314 --> 00:47:13,441 You small timers can't even provide your clients 805 00:47:13,517 --> 00:47:14,848 with decent high-quality service. 806 00:47:14,918 --> 00:47:15,942 We can. 807 00:47:16,019 --> 00:47:17,987 Put him in the second-floor lockup. 808 00:47:20,190 --> 00:47:22,784 You know that guy was once an FBI agent? 809 00:47:22,859 --> 00:47:26,420 And he copped out on his friends like a Hollywood junkie. 810 00:47:26,530 --> 00:47:28,259 We're picking up the two muscle heads now 811 00:47:28,331 --> 00:47:30,561 and they'll all face homicide charges. 812 00:47:30,634 --> 00:47:32,761 Tell me, you have any idea 813 00:47:32,836 --> 00:47:35,703 who your anonymous friend at the Waterbury company was? 814 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,107 The one who sent these records 815 00:47:38,175 --> 00:47:40,803 in this mysterious plain brown envelope? 816 00:47:40,877 --> 00:47:43,607 I wish I knew, Dennis. I really do. 817 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:46,114 I'd like to thank him. Or her. 818 00:47:46,183 --> 00:47:47,172 Yeah. 819 00:47:47,784 --> 00:47:49,945 Well, I think you've got everything you need. 820 00:47:50,020 --> 00:47:51,885 You got our statements. I think we'll be going. 821 00:47:51,955 --> 00:47:53,149 These two gentlemen have an appointment 822 00:47:53,223 --> 00:47:55,123 with the Investigator's Licensing Bureau. 823 00:47:55,192 --> 00:47:57,126 Not me. First I got to have my daily chat 824 00:47:57,194 --> 00:47:59,287 with a psychiatric social worker. 825 00:47:59,362 --> 00:48:00,556 On account of the suicide. 826 00:48:00,630 --> 00:48:02,928 You see, nobody believes that I wasn't despondent. 827 00:48:02,999 --> 00:48:05,024 Me! Despondent. 828 00:48:05,502 --> 00:48:08,198 You're lucky no criminal charges were filed against you. 829 00:48:08,271 --> 00:48:10,796 For what? Drinking beer on the roof? 830 00:48:11,274 --> 00:48:12,571 He's a good man. 831 00:48:12,642 --> 00:48:13,768 He's a sap. 832 00:48:13,843 --> 00:48:15,140 He's a friend of mine. 833 00:48:15,212 --> 00:48:18,978 Oh, come on, you guys, we hit it right on the bull's eye. 834 00:48:19,049 --> 00:48:22,985 We should be dancing. No more unemployment. No more shoe stores. 835 00:48:23,053 --> 00:48:24,281 You're right, Billy. 836 00:48:24,354 --> 00:48:28,415 Matter of fact, I got some champagne left over from my dad's birthday. 837 00:48:28,491 --> 00:48:30,857 What do you say we pop a cork later tonight? 838 00:48:30,927 --> 00:48:32,224 Hey! 839 00:48:32,295 --> 00:48:35,492 How about it, Vern? A little champagne? For Marv. 840 00:48:35,899 --> 00:48:36,957 In a couple of weeks 841 00:48:37,033 --> 00:48:39,399 we are going to be competing with each other all over again. 842 00:48:39,469 --> 00:48:40,766 Dog-eat-dog. 843 00:48:40,837 --> 00:48:43,567 Oh, so what, man? Let's bury the hatchet. 844 00:48:44,741 --> 00:48:47,801 Bury the hatchet. That's a catchy phrase. 845 00:48:47,877 --> 00:48:49,401 Very original. 846 00:48:49,479 --> 00:48:51,504 Hey, come on, Vern, we went through a lot together. 847 00:48:51,581 --> 00:48:53,139 Let's be friends. 848 00:48:54,584 --> 00:48:56,711 I'll see you guys around. 849 00:48:58,488 --> 00:48:59,785 Hey, fellas. 850 00:49:05,462 --> 00:49:07,692 Don't take any wooden nickels.