1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:02,012 Lou, don't let him get by you. 2 00:00:03,552 --> 00:00:05,349 I don't want to sell the place. 3 00:00:05,421 --> 00:00:06,547 No, you don't know what you're saying. 4 00:00:06,622 --> 00:00:08,146 You know, there's something I can't abide in. 5 00:00:08,224 --> 00:00:09,816 A man who doesn't control his woman. 6 00:00:09,892 --> 00:00:11,052 I'm Beth Davenport. 7 00:00:11,127 --> 00:00:12,651 A junior partner in the firm. 8 00:00:12,728 --> 00:00:14,355 I don't deaI with junior partners. 9 00:00:14,430 --> 00:00:15,795 (SIREN WAILING) 10 00:00:17,033 --> 00:00:19,126 I need a respirator. She OD'd on reds. 11 00:00:19,201 --> 00:00:21,567 BETH: ''If I told anyone, they'd kill you.'' 12 00:00:25,908 --> 00:00:28,843 Three birds in one clip and nobody can prove it wasn't an accident. 13 00:00:32,948 --> 00:00:34,506 (PHONE RINGING) 14 00:00:39,021 --> 00:00:40,488 ROCKFORD ON ANSWERING MACHINE.. This is Jim Rockford. 15 00:00:40,556 --> 00:00:41,716 At the tone, leave your name and message. 16 00:00:41,791 --> 00:00:42,780 I'll get back to you. 17 00:00:42,858 --> 00:00:43,882 (BEEPS) 18 00:00:43,959 --> 00:00:44,983 MAN.. Hello. 19 00:00:45,061 --> 00:00:46,050 Hello. 20 00:00:46,996 --> 00:00:48,224 Hello? 21 00:00:48,297 --> 00:00:49,423 Hello! 22 00:01:43,051 --> 00:01:45,315 ROCKY.. T. T. Flowers used to say 23 00:01:45,420 --> 00:01:48,878 that cities made men poor and women old 24 00:01:49,190 --> 00:01:50,782 and everyone lonesome. 25 00:01:50,859 --> 00:01:53,760 So he bought himself 10 acres way out in the country. 26 00:01:53,828 --> 00:01:56,160 It was then in '35. 27 00:01:56,231 --> 00:01:58,995 Him and his little bride, Lou Ella, 28 00:01:59,234 --> 00:02:01,395 they built a reaI nice place there, 29 00:02:01,703 --> 00:02:03,295 and they named it Freedom, 30 00:02:03,371 --> 00:02:05,862 and then Lou Ella died 31 00:02:06,374 --> 00:02:08,467 giving birth to their little girl. 32 00:02:08,543 --> 00:02:11,944 I'd get out to Freedom every few weeks to visit with my friend. 33 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,579 I was there when they took T. T. Flowers away. 34 00:02:16,050 --> 00:02:18,917 T.T.: Hey! Stop! This is my home! 35 00:02:18,987 --> 00:02:20,079 Hey! 36 00:02:20,155 --> 00:02:21,622 (GROANING) 37 00:02:21,990 --> 00:02:23,184 Rocky! 38 00:02:23,258 --> 00:02:25,453 How'd you let them do that to T.T.? 39 00:02:25,660 --> 00:02:27,787 Come on, Cathy. We're running late. 40 00:02:28,596 --> 00:02:30,325 It's really for his good. 41 00:02:30,398 --> 00:02:32,332 The chlorpromazine is wearing off now. 42 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,868 We'll start with half a dose of lysergic acid today, 43 00:02:34,936 --> 00:02:36,096 double it tomorrow, 44 00:02:36,171 --> 00:02:38,366 then finish it off with E.C.T. on Thursday. 45 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:41,340 There ain't nothing crazy about him. He's just old. 46 00:02:41,476 --> 00:02:43,000 Rocky's boy. 47 00:02:45,914 --> 00:02:48,781 Dad, I don't know. He sounds like he's gone bananas. 48 00:02:48,983 --> 00:02:51,816 He can't hold a thought long enough to complete a sentence! 49 00:03:00,829 --> 00:03:02,296 Hey, what happened? 50 00:03:02,564 --> 00:03:05,761 Well, someone wanted me to die laughing. 51 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:07,834 So something's wrong somewhere. 52 00:03:09,137 --> 00:03:10,604 Oh, whoa. Whoa! 53 00:03:10,672 --> 00:03:11,798 You all right? 54 00:03:11,873 --> 00:03:13,306 Hey, what is that? 55 00:03:13,374 --> 00:03:14,671 Well, that's T.T.'s old well. 56 00:03:14,943 --> 00:03:16,342 Freedom's been sold. Now, get out! 57 00:03:16,411 --> 00:03:18,242 You'll break T.T.'s heart. 58 00:03:18,513 --> 00:03:19,605 Hey! 59 00:03:20,381 --> 00:03:22,576 Who are you? My name is Jack Muellard. 60 00:03:22,717 --> 00:03:25,015 The fellow that bought most of T.T.'s land here? 61 00:03:25,086 --> 00:03:26,451 Built these apartments? 62 00:03:26,521 --> 00:03:28,785 That's right. And I'm starting construction on the rest of it 63 00:03:28,857 --> 00:03:29,846 the day after tomorrow. 64 00:03:32,126 --> 00:03:33,889 I'll write a new will. 65 00:03:34,028 --> 00:03:37,191 Leave Freedom to the Sierra Club. How about that? 66 00:03:37,265 --> 00:03:40,462 It's no good, T.T. You've been declared incompetent. 67 00:03:40,535 --> 00:03:42,435 A Beverly Hills psychiatrist, 68 00:03:42,503 --> 00:03:45,563 an Encino stockbroker, a San Marino lawyer 69 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,801 and the biggest subdivider in the next county, 70 00:03:47,876 --> 00:03:51,039 all got together to do an old man out of three acres 71 00:03:51,145 --> 00:03:52,373 without the daughter's knowledge, 72 00:03:52,447 --> 00:03:54,312 but with her consent and full cooperation? 73 00:03:54,382 --> 00:03:56,475 I don't know if they all got together, Dennis, 74 00:03:56,551 --> 00:03:57,882 but they're all doing it to him. 75 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:01,186 Prime hunk of land. A crazy old beekeeper owns it. 76 00:04:01,256 --> 00:04:03,383 Muellard's been chipping away at him for years. 77 00:04:03,458 --> 00:04:05,426 But I hear the old guy would rather let it go for taxes 78 00:04:05,493 --> 00:04:06,983 than sell Muellard another inch. 79 00:04:07,061 --> 00:04:08,926 Someone paid the taxes this morning. 80 00:04:08,997 --> 00:04:14,230 ...by a check drawn on the Muellard Escrow Corporation two hours before the deadline. 81 00:04:14,636 --> 00:04:16,399 Have Steve and Arnie report to me, 82 00:04:16,471 --> 00:04:18,302 then prep Flowers for electroshock. 83 00:04:18,373 --> 00:04:20,841 But, he isn't scheduled... I'm rescheduling it for tonight! 84 00:04:20,909 --> 00:04:22,740 Now do what I tell you. Stat. 85 00:04:22,810 --> 00:04:24,437 You gotta do something. 86 00:04:26,114 --> 00:04:28,947 No, I'm finished, Dad, and so is T.T. 87 00:04:29,450 --> 00:04:33,147 I did everything I could except break him out of Horizons Crest. 88 00:04:35,089 --> 00:04:36,215 Yeah? 89 00:04:36,291 --> 00:04:38,851 Gelson Funeral Parlor. I'm here to pick up the Smith remains. 90 00:04:39,294 --> 00:04:40,693 (HORN BLARING) 91 00:04:46,267 --> 00:04:47,996 Come on, Arnie, let's go. 92 00:04:56,311 --> 00:05:00,111 You're not gonna electrocute me, you barren queen! 93 00:05:00,481 --> 00:05:02,210 Nurse, old man Jackson's not in his room. 94 00:05:02,283 --> 00:05:04,615 The new patient in 28 heard him run into the storeroom. 95 00:05:04,686 --> 00:05:07,951 Dr. Crist wants you to search every square inch of it, stat! 96 00:05:10,124 --> 00:05:13,389 Hold it, Brubaker. Hold it. That's a $26,000 automobile. 97 00:05:13,828 --> 00:05:15,819 Get on this. Yeah, I'm getting... 98 00:05:17,198 --> 00:05:19,029 BRUBAKER: Well, now, who put that there? 99 00:05:19,133 --> 00:05:20,191 Rockford. 100 00:05:22,603 --> 00:05:24,537 We're in a lot of trouble now. 101 00:05:24,605 --> 00:05:26,038 Jackson isn't in his room, sir. 102 00:05:26,207 --> 00:05:27,868 It isn't Jackson I'm worried about. It's Flowers. 103 00:05:27,942 --> 00:05:31,241 But Flowers is in his and Jackson isn't, sir, and you said... 104 00:05:31,312 --> 00:05:33,974 Jackson's tranqed. He hasn't left his room in six months. 105 00:05:39,020 --> 00:05:41,045 Get back on here and cover yourself up. 106 00:05:41,122 --> 00:05:42,953 I'm gonna try to buy us some time. 107 00:05:55,136 --> 00:05:56,330 (PEOPLE MURMURING) 108 00:05:56,404 --> 00:05:58,895 NURSE: Oh, don't worry, sir, the emergency equipment 109 00:05:58,973 --> 00:06:01,168 switches automatically to the auxiliary power. 110 00:06:01,242 --> 00:06:02,539 (SIREN WAILING) 111 00:06:04,412 --> 00:06:05,743 Jackson's missing. 112 00:06:05,813 --> 00:06:07,212 Jackson is missing. 113 00:06:07,482 --> 00:06:09,006 He is not missing. 114 00:06:30,705 --> 00:06:32,070 (SIRENS WAILING) 115 00:06:34,142 --> 00:06:35,871 Okay, T.T., start moaning. 116 00:06:35,977 --> 00:06:37,069 (MOANING) 117 00:06:43,418 --> 00:06:45,249 Oh, I'm so glad you got here. It's awful. 118 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:48,117 I mean, we're gonna have a lot more like this one. 119 00:06:48,189 --> 00:06:49,679 (MOANING) 120 00:07:02,203 --> 00:07:04,501 Jackson's missing, but I had nothing to do with it, honest. 121 00:07:04,572 --> 00:07:06,904 He isn't, Brubaker. He's tranqed. 122 00:07:14,782 --> 00:07:18,047 I wouldn't mention this to Dr. Crist if I were you. 123 00:07:20,822 --> 00:07:22,153 ROCKFORD: All right. 124 00:07:22,223 --> 00:07:23,315 Right, go. 125 00:07:57,125 --> 00:07:59,150 ROCKFORD: Your place will be as hot as mine by morning, Dad, 126 00:07:59,227 --> 00:08:01,627 so just stay long enough to get T.T. some clothes 127 00:08:01,696 --> 00:08:03,891 and then check into the Beal Motel on Third. 128 00:08:03,965 --> 00:08:06,456 I want him close if we can get a judge to hear his story. 129 00:08:09,670 --> 00:08:12,104 Okay. I'll see you at Beth's, huh? 130 00:08:12,173 --> 00:08:14,801 Third Street? That's downtown Los Angeles. 131 00:08:14,876 --> 00:08:16,434 What about Freedom? 132 00:08:16,511 --> 00:08:19,571 Were you able to stop Muellard from tearing her down in the morning? 133 00:08:19,647 --> 00:08:22,445 Well, no. And the odds are I can't, T.T. 134 00:08:22,517 --> 00:08:25,008 But my lawyer and I are going down there first thing in the morning. 135 00:08:25,086 --> 00:08:27,213 We're going downtown. We're going to put a few things right. 136 00:08:27,288 --> 00:08:31,452 It's not that I don't appreciate all that you've done for me, 'cause I do, 137 00:08:32,193 --> 00:08:34,423 but God help Freedom, if it's up to a lawyer. 138 00:08:34,495 --> 00:08:35,928 She's a good one, T.T., 139 00:08:35,997 --> 00:08:37,123 and the first thing we're gonna do 140 00:08:37,198 --> 00:08:38,426 is get you declared human again. 141 00:08:38,499 --> 00:08:40,558 And then we're gonna sue their pants off. 142 00:08:40,635 --> 00:08:43,160 Sue? For what? Money? 143 00:08:43,237 --> 00:08:46,468 Enough to get you 50 acres anywhere you want, T.T. 144 00:08:46,641 --> 00:08:48,336 It's gonna be all right. 145 00:08:49,210 --> 00:08:50,939 (CHURCH ORGAN PLAYING) 146 00:08:52,380 --> 00:08:55,474 ROCKY.. He said, ''There's more spiritual illumination 147 00:08:55,550 --> 00:08:56,778 ''in a hive of bees 148 00:08:56,851 --> 00:08:59,979 ''than you'd ever get from a man in a suit. '' 149 00:09:00,054 --> 00:09:04,081 T. T. found his inspiration in the miracle of spring. 150 00:09:04,458 --> 00:09:08,861 When he'd feel the first warm breezes start to push the frost north 151 00:09:08,930 --> 00:09:10,454 he'd jump in that old truck of his 152 00:09:10,531 --> 00:09:12,123 and load it up with beehives 153 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,100 and go chasing the blossoms, 154 00:09:14,168 --> 00:09:15,601 leapfrogging his bees 155 00:09:15,670 --> 00:09:18,434 to keep ahead of the flow of nectar. 156 00:09:18,806 --> 00:09:20,137 Well, he told me 157 00:09:20,208 --> 00:09:24,508 that they had been doing that in old Egypt in the days of the Pharaohs. 158 00:09:24,712 --> 00:09:26,179 Not in trucks, of course, 159 00:09:26,247 --> 00:09:29,808 but in big old barges floating slowly up the Nile. 160 00:09:29,884 --> 00:09:31,681 I can't stomach any more of this slop. 161 00:09:31,752 --> 00:09:33,151 I'll see you outside. 162 00:09:34,055 --> 00:09:36,853 ...just one step behind the grand opening of spring. 163 00:09:39,293 --> 00:09:42,057 Well, now our friend 164 00:09:42,129 --> 00:09:45,530 has joined those who brought honey to the Pharaohs. 165 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,364 Some say it was the city that killed T. T. 166 00:09:49,070 --> 00:09:52,062 But I know of one time when the city was his friend. 167 00:09:52,773 --> 00:09:56,174 And if he'd known it, T. T. 'd be alive today. 168 00:09:56,844 --> 00:09:58,402 (PHONE RINGING) 169 00:10:01,048 --> 00:10:02,413 BETH: Jim, could you get that for me? 170 00:10:02,483 --> 00:10:03,745 All right. 171 00:10:08,723 --> 00:10:10,156 Miss Davenport's residence. 172 00:10:10,224 --> 00:10:12,658 ROCKY.. He's gone, Jim. T. T. is gone. 173 00:10:12,893 --> 00:10:15,327 Yeah, okay, Rocky. Look, he's been cooped up. 174 00:10:15,396 --> 00:10:16,727 Maybe he just went out for a walk. 175 00:10:16,797 --> 00:10:18,128 In my truck? 176 00:10:18,633 --> 00:10:20,567 Well, how long ago did he leave? 177 00:10:20,635 --> 00:10:21,659 I don't know. I don't know. 178 00:10:21,736 --> 00:10:23,567 I just woke up. He left a note, though. 179 00:10:24,138 --> 00:10:26,936 ''I built Freedom with my own hands. 180 00:10:27,141 --> 00:10:29,075 ''And if they didn't find the rifle 181 00:10:29,143 --> 00:10:30,667 ''I hid under the porch, 182 00:10:30,745 --> 00:10:33,179 ''they'll pay hell trying to tear it down.'' 183 00:10:33,247 --> 00:10:35,545 Okay, Rocky. I'll pick you up on my way. 184 00:10:36,117 --> 00:10:39,484 T.T. is gonna wage war against a bulldozer. 185 00:10:39,654 --> 00:10:41,019 That means SWAT. 186 00:10:41,088 --> 00:10:42,988 Jim, I'm advising you not to got there. 187 00:10:43,057 --> 00:10:44,081 He has no rights 188 00:10:44,158 --> 00:10:47,355 and you're wanted on grand theft auto and kidnapping. 189 00:10:47,628 --> 00:10:48,720 Besides, Freedom's gonna be 190 00:10:48,796 --> 00:10:50,195 crawling with people who want you dead. 191 00:10:50,264 --> 00:10:51,925 Yeah, and there's nothing they'd like better 192 00:10:51,999 --> 00:10:55,127 than to see T.T. out on that porch with a rifle. 193 00:11:02,107 --> 00:11:03,574 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 194 00:11:03,742 --> 00:11:05,369 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 195 00:11:05,444 --> 00:11:07,674 (MAN CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 196 00:11:14,420 --> 00:11:17,617 T.T.: Hey! I could've popped that one easy. 197 00:11:17,690 --> 00:11:19,681 Now, I'm warning you. 198 00:11:20,059 --> 00:11:22,152 I don't want to hurt nobody 199 00:11:23,062 --> 00:11:26,156 but I'm not coming out until those machines are gone. 200 00:11:27,399 --> 00:11:30,527 They got no right on my land. Neither do you. 201 00:11:32,204 --> 00:11:36,004 GILLIS.. As long as you insist on using a gun to solve your problems, 202 00:11:36,375 --> 00:11:38,002 we do have a right, sir. 203 00:11:38,077 --> 00:11:39,374 T.T.: It ain't right! 204 00:11:39,845 --> 00:11:41,642 I was here first! 205 00:11:43,449 --> 00:11:45,110 Excuse me, Commander. I'm a friend of his. 206 00:11:45,184 --> 00:11:46,378 I'd hate to see him get hurt. 207 00:11:46,452 --> 00:11:48,113 So do I. But it's up to him. 208 00:11:48,187 --> 00:11:50,087 Commander, that's Jim Rockford. 209 00:11:50,155 --> 00:11:51,747 Have you contacted his daughter? 210 00:11:51,824 --> 00:11:53,314 I think she ought to see what's happening here. 211 00:11:53,392 --> 00:11:55,257 I called Cathy, she wasn't at home. 212 00:11:55,327 --> 00:11:56,794 He's responsible for this mess. 213 00:11:56,862 --> 00:11:58,853 Listen, Commander. This man is a fugitive. 214 00:11:58,931 --> 00:12:00,831 Now, he stole one of my trucks, set it on fire, 215 00:12:00,899 --> 00:12:02,764 then he kidnapped the old man right out of his bed. 216 00:12:02,835 --> 00:12:04,097 That's what flipped the poor guy out. 217 00:12:04,169 --> 00:12:05,397 He could trigger my father-in-law 218 00:12:05,471 --> 00:12:07,063 into something rash just by being here. 219 00:12:07,139 --> 00:12:09,733 Commander, this is about as rash as it gets. 220 00:12:09,808 --> 00:12:12,504 And he wouldn't be in there if they hadn't phoney'd up 221 00:12:12,578 --> 00:12:14,637 a Diminished Capacity judgment against him. 222 00:12:14,713 --> 00:12:16,374 Sane men don't barricade. 223 00:12:16,448 --> 00:12:18,245 Now, are you the Rockford on the APB? 224 00:12:18,317 --> 00:12:19,249 He is. 225 00:12:19,318 --> 00:12:21,616 And he's voluntarily placing himself in your custody. 226 00:12:21,687 --> 00:12:22,949 He's prepared to make a statement 227 00:12:23,021 --> 00:12:25,285 which will implicate Royle and Muellard 228 00:12:25,357 --> 00:12:27,689 in a conspiracy to defraud, deprive... 229 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,660 Hold it. Now, who are you? 230 00:12:30,229 --> 00:12:32,789 I'm sorry, I'm Beth Davenport. I'm Mr. Rockford's attorney. 231 00:12:32,865 --> 00:12:34,457 I also represent Mr. Flowers. 232 00:12:34,533 --> 00:12:35,557 No, she doesn't. 233 00:12:35,634 --> 00:12:37,465 Only the conservator can engage counsel. 234 00:12:37,536 --> 00:12:38,594 And Tom Brockmeyer is... 235 00:12:38,670 --> 00:12:41,332 Let's deal with the man with the gun first, please! 236 00:12:41,673 --> 00:12:43,834 Commander, let me talk to him, huh? 237 00:12:45,444 --> 00:12:48,413 Unless you can persuade him to come out of that house minus that cannon, 238 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:49,879 you're no use to me at all. 239 00:12:49,948 --> 00:12:52,075 Well, I can try. Can I borrow that? 240 00:12:54,386 --> 00:12:56,877 ROCKFORD.. T. T., this is Jim Rockford. 241 00:12:58,157 --> 00:13:00,591 Only one way to go now, Jim. 242 00:13:01,326 --> 00:13:03,590 And if it's north, so be it. 243 00:13:04,363 --> 00:13:07,059 But I'm taking Sherm and Muellard with me. 244 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,530 T. T., you'll never beat them from in there. Come on out. 245 00:13:10,602 --> 00:13:14,561 Maybe not. But they'll pay hell trying to pave me under. 246 00:13:21,079 --> 00:13:23,946 Look, the old boy is trying to commit suicide. 247 00:13:24,249 --> 00:13:26,649 You'd be surprised how many people use our services 248 00:13:26,718 --> 00:13:28,151 'cause it saves them the responsibility 249 00:13:28,220 --> 00:13:29,949 of making the decision on their own. 250 00:13:30,022 --> 00:13:31,421 Well, he's been pushed to the wall. 251 00:13:31,490 --> 00:13:33,287 Let me go and talk to him, will you? 252 00:13:33,358 --> 00:13:35,485 Come on. What have you got to lose, huh? 253 00:13:35,561 --> 00:13:37,426 Just blood. Some friends. 254 00:13:37,729 --> 00:13:39,629 Besides, it's not good policy 255 00:13:39,698 --> 00:13:41,928 to give a barricaded man a hostage. 256 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,595 Oh, it's a better policy to shoot one when maybe you don't have to? 257 00:13:47,606 --> 00:13:50,473 Okay. Five minutes, and then I'm coming in after you. 258 00:13:53,479 --> 00:13:54,878 Stay where you are! 259 00:13:56,748 --> 00:13:59,216 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 260 00:14:28,247 --> 00:14:30,181 It's a long way from Dunkirk, T.T. 261 00:14:31,083 --> 00:14:33,517 If you've come to get me out, forget it. 262 00:14:34,353 --> 00:14:37,652 No, I'm just trying to stall for time 263 00:14:38,257 --> 00:14:39,849 till things cool down. 264 00:14:40,325 --> 00:14:42,122 Well, make yourself at home. 265 00:14:42,427 --> 00:14:44,395 Sorry I can't offer up a chair. 266 00:14:47,099 --> 00:14:50,830 T.T., I'm trying to point the police in the right direction, 267 00:14:50,903 --> 00:14:52,268 but the odds would be a lot better 268 00:14:52,337 --> 00:14:53,668 if you were there to back me up. 269 00:14:53,739 --> 00:14:56,902 Save your air, son. My mind is made up. 270 00:14:59,044 --> 00:15:01,342 Yeah, I guess I've bought myself a whole lot of trouble. 271 00:15:01,413 --> 00:15:02,402 Look. 272 00:15:03,148 --> 00:15:04,672 What do you expect me to do? 273 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:07,719 Stand by and watch them plough Freedom under, 274 00:15:07,786 --> 00:15:09,879 while they're sending for the van? 275 00:15:10,822 --> 00:15:13,552 Well, you don't have to worry about the little green van. 276 00:15:13,625 --> 00:15:16,685 You've bought yourself a trip to the county psycho ward. 277 00:15:20,065 --> 00:15:21,930 Ain't got much of a choice, have I, son? 278 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,797 I'll talk to the doctors. 279 00:15:23,869 --> 00:15:26,099 Beth'll talk to the D.A., maybe even a judge. 280 00:15:26,171 --> 00:15:29,197 We'll have you back on the streets before dinner, huh? 281 00:15:30,475 --> 00:15:32,443 Back on the streets is right. 282 00:15:33,412 --> 00:15:35,903 'Cause there'll be nothing left of Freedom. 283 00:15:38,216 --> 00:15:40,684 I ain't going nowhere. 284 00:15:41,253 --> 00:15:42,379 Period. 285 00:15:47,025 --> 00:15:49,016 All right, Rockford. One minute. 286 00:16:06,812 --> 00:16:09,679 T.T., come on out there with me, huh? 287 00:16:09,748 --> 00:16:11,045 Before it's too late. 288 00:16:15,153 --> 00:16:18,645 Old Alexander's close to 60 feet tall, now. 289 00:16:22,694 --> 00:16:24,093 Me and Lou Ella 290 00:16:24,863 --> 00:16:28,492 used to listen to the evening breeze play music in its leaves. 291 00:16:28,867 --> 00:16:30,266 T.T., there are other trees. 292 00:16:30,869 --> 00:16:33,064 But I planted Alexander. 293 00:16:33,605 --> 00:16:35,038 And all the rest. 294 00:16:35,674 --> 00:16:38,370 Carried water to them when they were seedlings. 295 00:16:38,644 --> 00:16:41,670 Staked them against the wind when they were saplings. 296 00:16:42,381 --> 00:16:44,246 Told them to grow. 297 00:16:44,683 --> 00:16:46,082 To reach. 298 00:16:46,318 --> 00:16:47,512 To sing! 299 00:16:50,422 --> 00:16:55,655 To share this ground, and to shade these good lives. 300 00:16:57,329 --> 00:16:58,819 That was a long time ago. 301 00:16:59,598 --> 00:17:02,362 T.T., you've got to get out of here or they'll kill you. 302 00:17:03,101 --> 00:17:05,467 The orange grove was in full fruit 303 00:17:05,537 --> 00:17:08,199 when Muellard ploughed it under. 304 00:17:09,174 --> 00:17:11,005 I couldn't eat for a week. 305 00:17:11,076 --> 00:17:13,442 I almost went north, I think. 306 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,445 My trees... 307 00:17:17,149 --> 00:17:18,673 The ones that... 308 00:17:19,985 --> 00:17:22,351 I hadn't sold for taxes, they knew. 309 00:17:22,421 --> 00:17:24,412 Yes, sir, they knew. 310 00:17:26,224 --> 00:17:28,749 Peach tree out back... 311 00:17:30,462 --> 00:17:33,022 It dropped all of its fruit in five hours. 312 00:17:33,565 --> 00:17:35,897 Figs just shriveled up, 313 00:17:36,735 --> 00:17:38,293 wouldn't ripen. 314 00:17:39,104 --> 00:17:40,662 I promised them 315 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,665 that I wouldn't let it happen again, 316 00:17:43,742 --> 00:17:46,210 not as long as I was alive. 317 00:17:46,578 --> 00:17:50,480 Not if old Alexander's the last thing these eyes... 318 00:17:53,618 --> 00:17:55,381 Oh, God! 319 00:17:56,388 --> 00:17:59,687 Ain't he beautifuI in this soft morning light. 320 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,757 Stand by with the tear gas. 321 00:18:36,828 --> 00:18:38,352 He has a mask. 322 00:18:39,264 --> 00:18:41,391 Terrific. How many weapons? 323 00:18:41,466 --> 00:18:43,559 One, Springfield '03. 324 00:18:43,635 --> 00:18:46,661 And more ammunition than he'll ever get a chance to use. 325 00:18:46,772 --> 00:18:48,501 Well, we'll try for a leg. 326 00:18:49,174 --> 00:18:51,836 But it's really up to him. It always is. 327 00:18:53,145 --> 00:18:55,613 All right, Mr. Flowers, this is your last chance. 328 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:56,806 Come on out. 329 00:18:56,882 --> 00:19:00,079 Not until that dozer's off my land! 330 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,047 All right, boys. Get hot. 331 00:19:06,224 --> 00:19:08,317 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 332 00:19:13,932 --> 00:19:15,524 (TIRES SCREECHING) 333 00:19:23,742 --> 00:19:25,369 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 334 00:19:26,077 --> 00:19:27,339 Let me through! 335 00:19:27,412 --> 00:19:29,107 Let me through! 336 00:19:29,414 --> 00:19:31,348 Commander, that's his daughter. 337 00:19:31,783 --> 00:19:33,546 All right, Officers. Let her through. 338 00:19:34,619 --> 00:19:36,177 Back on safety, men. 339 00:19:36,288 --> 00:19:38,313 Deal with the adrenaline best you can. 340 00:19:38,390 --> 00:19:39,721 Sherm, what is happening? 341 00:19:39,791 --> 00:19:41,281 Dad's flipped out completely. 342 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:42,951 Well, let's get him some help right away. 343 00:19:43,028 --> 00:19:45,155 Yeah, let's give him another hit of acid. 344 00:19:45,230 --> 00:19:46,925 Oh! I still don't believe you. 345 00:19:46,998 --> 00:19:48,329 I've heard enough of that nonsense! 346 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,868 Sure, Cathy. He's in there for his own good. 347 00:19:50,936 --> 00:19:53,336 I decided to go visit him today 348 00:19:53,705 --> 00:19:55,468 just to prove to myself that you were lying. 349 00:19:55,540 --> 00:19:57,838 And I found out that you were the one who helped him escape. 350 00:19:57,909 --> 00:20:01,106 Look, folks! Let's concentrate on the man with the gun, all right? 351 00:20:04,282 --> 00:20:05,544 Mr. Flowers, 352 00:20:05,617 --> 00:20:06,845 your daughter is here. 353 00:20:06,918 --> 00:20:08,317 Would you like to talk to her? 354 00:20:08,386 --> 00:20:10,650 I ain't got a daughter. 355 00:20:14,793 --> 00:20:15,782 Cathy. 356 00:20:17,762 --> 00:20:19,286 Okay, it's up to you. 357 00:20:19,764 --> 00:20:22,392 Either you call it, or let this man do his job. 358 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:25,167 Oh, this is all wrong. 359 00:20:25,503 --> 00:20:27,733 I don't want to see my father killed. 360 00:20:27,806 --> 00:20:30,104 Cathy, let the professionals handle it. 361 00:20:30,375 --> 00:20:31,672 No! 362 00:20:31,743 --> 00:20:33,472 You don't have any choice. 363 00:20:34,446 --> 00:20:37,438 Oh, yes, I do. I won't sell Freedom. 364 00:20:38,116 --> 00:20:39,515 It's already been sold. 365 00:20:40,252 --> 00:20:43,449 Title doesn't transfer until the close of the business day. 366 00:20:44,222 --> 00:20:47,419 Sherm, we can work this out. We always do. 367 00:20:47,826 --> 00:20:48,850 But not like this. 368 00:20:48,927 --> 00:20:51,452 And until we do, I don't want to sell the place. 369 00:20:51,529 --> 00:20:52,723 No, you don't know what you're saying. 370 00:20:52,797 --> 00:20:55,231 He's right, Mrs. Royle. Why don't you let the men handle the business? 371 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:57,427 Who is he? I'm Jack Muellard. 372 00:20:57,569 --> 00:20:58,934 Let me tell you something, lady. 373 00:20:59,004 --> 00:21:01,438 You back out of this deal, I'll sue you for everything you own. 374 00:21:01,506 --> 00:21:03,531 You've already got everything they own. 375 00:21:03,608 --> 00:21:05,337 Let me tell you the way I see it. 376 00:21:05,410 --> 00:21:06,342 Mr. Muellard, 377 00:21:06,411 --> 00:21:08,606 your equipment is in the middle of a family squabble. 378 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,045 Now, get it off the property. 379 00:21:10,115 --> 00:21:12,583 Keep it off until you can produce clear title. 380 00:21:12,651 --> 00:21:13,743 Now, that's it! 381 00:21:15,153 --> 00:21:16,745 All right, men. Relax. 382 00:21:17,923 --> 00:21:19,515 You, too, Mr. Flowers. 383 00:21:19,758 --> 00:21:21,248 The bulldozer is leaving. 384 00:21:21,326 --> 00:21:23,851 (BULLDOZER ENGINE STARTING) 385 00:21:38,209 --> 00:21:40,268 Mr. Flowers, put the gun down. 386 00:21:42,113 --> 00:21:43,307 Move it. 387 00:21:43,381 --> 00:21:45,178 All right, come on. Unload them. 388 00:21:50,488 --> 00:21:51,750 CATHY: What's gonna happen to him now? 389 00:21:51,823 --> 00:21:54,121 Well, I'm going to the funny farm. Are you happy? 390 00:21:54,192 --> 00:21:55,420 No, Mr. Flowers, 391 00:21:55,493 --> 00:21:57,688 you'll be booked for discharging a firearm 392 00:21:57,762 --> 00:21:59,593 in the city limits, fined and released. 393 00:22:00,332 --> 00:22:02,197 I'm glad that you kept your head, sir, 394 00:22:02,267 --> 00:22:04,792 and I sure hope you can work out your family problems. Thank you. 395 00:22:04,869 --> 00:22:06,803 All right, boys. It's all over. 396 00:22:07,605 --> 00:22:09,266 I know how you must be feeling right now. 397 00:22:09,341 --> 00:22:11,138 But I'm still responsible for you. 398 00:22:11,209 --> 00:22:13,200 And I think you'll be better off in a place you can be cared for. 399 00:22:13,278 --> 00:22:14,768 Okay, not Horizons Crest. 400 00:22:14,846 --> 00:22:16,040 But something we can find together. 401 00:22:16,114 --> 00:22:19,550 Why don't you go inside and take a last look at your mama's picture? 402 00:22:19,617 --> 00:22:21,380 Then get off my place. 403 00:22:23,288 --> 00:22:24,277 Cathy. 404 00:22:26,057 --> 00:22:29,493 Cathy, I think you'd better spend the night with a girlfriend. 405 00:22:29,561 --> 00:22:32,394 You've made Sherm and a few other people very unhappy. 406 00:22:32,464 --> 00:22:33,453 You could get hurt. 407 00:22:34,165 --> 00:22:36,030 Sherm may not be the man I thought I knew, 408 00:22:36,101 --> 00:22:37,329 but he's not violent. 409 00:22:37,402 --> 00:22:38,801 I'm gonna see him through this. 410 00:22:39,204 --> 00:22:41,502 If we're gonna prevent that title from transferring, Mrs. Royle, 411 00:22:41,573 --> 00:22:42,870 you and I better get moving. 412 00:22:42,941 --> 00:22:44,067 What about Jim? 413 00:22:44,142 --> 00:22:47,543 Oh, I'll be in the comfortable protection of a cell downtown. 414 00:22:47,612 --> 00:22:48,738 I'm under arrest. 415 00:22:48,813 --> 00:22:51,247 I forgot to tell you. While you were inside, 416 00:22:51,316 --> 00:22:53,216 all the charges were dropped against you. 417 00:22:58,256 --> 00:22:59,518 Hey, Rockford. 418 00:23:04,229 --> 00:23:06,197 Just one of those days, huh? 419 00:23:06,264 --> 00:23:08,061 You just can't even get yourself arrested. 420 00:23:13,605 --> 00:23:15,402 Tomorrow morning, they'll probably have her talked 421 00:23:15,473 --> 00:23:18,101 into getting the Diminished Capacity judgment reversed. 422 00:23:18,176 --> 00:23:20,110 What if she divorces you, huh? 423 00:23:20,512 --> 00:23:22,070 You know, there's something I can't abide in. 424 00:23:22,147 --> 00:23:23,512 A man who doesn't control his woman. 425 00:23:23,581 --> 00:23:25,071 Cathy wouldn't leave me. 426 00:23:25,150 --> 00:23:27,846 What if she does though, huh? What if she does? 427 00:23:28,019 --> 00:23:30,283 You're out in the cold. And I'm out $1 20,000 428 00:23:30,355 --> 00:23:32,186 I already paid you for this place. 429 00:23:32,257 --> 00:23:35,556 Plus, a few million profit after grease which I already laid out, too. 430 00:23:35,627 --> 00:23:36,924 I got to hauI this old man's junk 431 00:23:36,995 --> 00:23:38,622 out of here and pay his taxes. 432 00:23:38,696 --> 00:23:41,096 I'm sorry about that, Jack. You're sorry? 433 00:23:41,266 --> 00:23:44,667 But, listen. Even if we have to wait for the old man to die, how long would it be? 434 00:23:44,736 --> 00:23:46,101 Not long, Sherm. 435 00:23:47,072 --> 00:23:48,334 Lou, 436 00:23:49,274 --> 00:23:51,799 the old man's gonna have a fatal accident. 437 00:23:52,243 --> 00:23:53,232 Tomorrow. 438 00:23:53,311 --> 00:23:56,041 Hey, Jack. I don't want any part of a murder. 439 00:23:56,481 --> 00:23:58,073 Listen, you're gonna have the biggest part, 440 00:23:58,149 --> 00:23:59,776 if you don't sit on your old lady. 441 00:23:59,851 --> 00:24:01,409 I mean, no reversals, no divorce, 442 00:24:01,486 --> 00:24:03,078 no more waves, nothing! 443 00:24:04,923 --> 00:24:06,891 You make me sick to my guts. 444 00:24:07,192 --> 00:24:08,523 Let's go, Lou. 445 00:24:24,742 --> 00:24:26,175 (GOATS BLEATING) 446 00:24:45,563 --> 00:24:46,996 Hey, Rocky. ROCKY: Hi. 447 00:24:47,065 --> 00:24:48,157 Hey, Rock. 448 00:24:49,467 --> 00:24:50,456 Hey, T.T. 449 00:24:51,769 --> 00:24:53,669 Well, the deed's still in your name. 450 00:24:53,738 --> 00:24:55,399 (LAUGHING) Oh... 451 00:24:55,907 --> 00:24:58,239 I want to thank you for all you've done for me, son. 452 00:24:58,309 --> 00:25:00,174 Thank me? Thank the lawyer. 453 00:25:00,445 --> 00:25:02,845 Well, I do thank you, ma'am. 454 00:25:02,914 --> 00:25:05,849 You have no idea what this means to me. 455 00:25:06,284 --> 00:25:07,876 Well, you're certainly welcome, Mr. Flowers, 456 00:25:07,952 --> 00:25:10,113 but I couldn't have done it without Cathy's help. 457 00:25:10,421 --> 00:25:13,481 Cathy is what got me into this mess. 458 00:25:13,892 --> 00:25:16,224 Cathy knows she made a big mistake 459 00:25:16,294 --> 00:25:18,353 and she's having the judgment reversed. 460 00:25:18,429 --> 00:25:21,921 We have an appointment at 9:00 with the judge who issued it. 461 00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:25,334 When you wrap up here, I want you to take T.T. to a motel in LA. 462 00:25:25,403 --> 00:25:27,928 And this time, keep the keys in your pocket, will you? 463 00:25:28,006 --> 00:25:29,530 Motel? What for? 464 00:25:29,941 --> 00:25:31,875 Well, this thing's a long way from over. 465 00:25:31,943 --> 00:25:34,844 We hope the judge will ask the D.A. to look into the whole mess, 466 00:25:34,913 --> 00:25:37,211 but until he does, I want you stashed someplace. 467 00:25:37,282 --> 00:25:39,307 Well, I can't be sitting in a motel 468 00:25:39,384 --> 00:25:42,376 when I got bees going belly up in Ojai. 469 00:25:42,453 --> 00:25:43,715 Ojai? 470 00:25:44,355 --> 00:25:47,051 Apricots was poisoned right after pollination 471 00:25:48,126 --> 00:25:51,562 and the fog is coming in and I got 80 hives sitting right in the middle of it. 472 00:25:51,629 --> 00:25:53,927 They're all set to spray the day after tomorrow, Jim. 473 00:25:53,998 --> 00:25:56,694 The owners don't give a rat's rump about my bees. 474 00:25:56,768 --> 00:25:58,929 So if anybody's going to move them, it's got to be me. 475 00:25:59,003 --> 00:26:01,062 He ain't about to change his mind, you know that. 476 00:26:01,139 --> 00:26:02,367 Yeah, I know. 477 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,268 All right, all right, you go on up and get your bees tomorrow. 478 00:26:05,343 --> 00:26:07,277 At least you'll be out of town. 479 00:26:07,745 --> 00:26:09,212 But Rocky does the driving. 480 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,578 And you will stay in a motel tonight. 481 00:26:11,950 --> 00:26:12,939 Tonight. 482 00:26:47,585 --> 00:26:49,519 She should be leaving anytime. 483 00:26:49,654 --> 00:26:51,815 Yeah, if she's planning on keeping the appointment. 484 00:26:51,889 --> 00:26:53,015 (SIREN WAILING) 485 00:26:53,091 --> 00:26:55,855 I'll give her five minutes and then I'll go knock on the door. 486 00:27:19,684 --> 00:27:22,551 Hey, what do you got? A lady fell down some stairs. 487 00:27:23,054 --> 00:27:25,318 WOMAN: She's in the first room on your right. 488 00:27:27,191 --> 00:27:28,488 Right up there. 489 00:27:30,895 --> 00:27:35,025 She must have fallen right after Mr. Royle left with those real estate people. 490 00:27:35,099 --> 00:27:36,930 And I was having my breakfast the whole time 491 00:27:37,001 --> 00:27:39,196 and I didn't even know it until I went up to vacuum. 492 00:27:39,270 --> 00:27:42,205 She was on the bed, all covered with so much blood. 493 00:27:42,273 --> 00:27:43,433 Was she conscious? 494 00:27:43,508 --> 00:27:45,703 I don't know. I couldn't stand to look that close. 495 00:27:45,777 --> 00:27:47,608 I just called the ambulance. 496 00:27:47,845 --> 00:27:50,609 What did the real estate people look like? 497 00:27:51,215 --> 00:27:52,773 I don't know. I didn't see them. 498 00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:56,445 Well, then how do you know they were real estate people? I don't... 499 00:27:56,888 --> 00:28:00,187 Yeah, I overheard one of them mention something about 500 00:28:00,725 --> 00:28:03,455 helping Mr. Royle's father-in-law buy a farm today. 501 00:28:03,528 --> 00:28:05,257 So I just... Yeah. Okay. 502 00:28:06,464 --> 00:28:09,365 Buy a farm. That means they're going to kill him. 503 00:28:09,801 --> 00:28:12,235 They're going after T.T. and Rocky's with him. 504 00:28:12,303 --> 00:28:14,567 I just hope they haven't left the motel yet. 505 00:28:25,550 --> 00:28:29,145 Have the two older men in room 20 checked out yet? 506 00:28:30,588 --> 00:28:33,421 Well, would you check, please? This is an emergency. 507 00:28:34,659 --> 00:28:36,752 Need a respirator. She OD'd on reds, 508 00:28:36,828 --> 00:28:38,887 and that was no fall, either. 509 00:28:38,963 --> 00:28:41,090 Someone worked her over pretty bad. 510 00:28:41,599 --> 00:28:42,998 How long ago? 511 00:28:43,868 --> 00:28:45,233 Okay, thank you. 512 00:28:51,142 --> 00:28:52,803 We missed them by 10 minutes. 513 00:28:52,877 --> 00:28:54,708 They're already on their way out to T.T.'s place 514 00:28:54,779 --> 00:28:56,212 to pick up the flatbed truck. 515 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,907 There's no telephone out at Freedom. 516 00:28:57,982 --> 00:28:59,040 There's no way to reach them 517 00:28:59,117 --> 00:29:00,607 unless I can get the San Kerven Police Department to... 518 00:29:00,685 --> 00:29:03,552 Hello. The Division Commander, please. 519 00:29:04,188 --> 00:29:07,123 Yes, I am familiar with the incident, Mr. Rockford. 520 00:29:07,191 --> 00:29:10,388 My SWAT Commander may lose his badge because of the, uh, 521 00:29:10,461 --> 00:29:12,725 disrespectful way in which he handled it. 522 00:29:12,797 --> 00:29:16,528 He was fantastic. That's just politics. Muellard's pulling strings. 523 00:29:17,635 --> 00:29:19,466 Everybody threatens to have our badges, 524 00:29:19,537 --> 00:29:21,505 but very few can make it stick. 525 00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:23,973 No, no, no, no. 526 00:29:24,041 --> 00:29:27,340 Unfortunately, we always find out who they are the hard way. 527 00:29:27,512 --> 00:29:29,036 I doubt if a man in my division 528 00:29:29,113 --> 00:29:31,172 would confront Mr. Muellard at this point. 529 00:29:31,249 --> 00:29:32,876 There's no need to confront him. 530 00:29:32,950 --> 00:29:35,248 Just send a patrol out there to keep their eye 531 00:29:35,319 --> 00:29:37,913 on T.T. and my dad until I can get out there. 532 00:29:37,989 --> 00:29:40,082 I'll take T. T. and hide him in LA County 533 00:29:40,158 --> 00:29:42,183 until this thing comes to a head. 534 00:29:42,260 --> 00:29:44,455 I'm sorry. I really am, 535 00:29:44,996 --> 00:29:46,930 but we're changing the watch right now 536 00:29:46,998 --> 00:29:49,660 and I just don't have a unit to spare. 537 00:29:50,768 --> 00:29:51,928 Thanks. 538 00:29:53,971 --> 00:29:55,871 Maybe Muellard won't go to Freedom. 539 00:29:55,940 --> 00:29:57,464 He knows T.T. isn't there. 540 00:29:57,742 --> 00:30:00,370 It's all here. She wrote it to T.T. after she took the pills. 541 00:30:00,445 --> 00:30:02,208 That's a big maybe to count on. 542 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,805 If Muellard knows that he's not there, 543 00:30:04,882 --> 00:30:06,975 he also knows that the animals are already back 544 00:30:07,051 --> 00:30:08,484 and somebody's going to be there to feed them. 545 00:30:08,553 --> 00:30:10,612 If he isn't waiting, he's got someone watching. 546 00:30:10,688 --> 00:30:11,950 What happened? 547 00:30:12,056 --> 00:30:13,990 Cathy and Sherm had a big fight last night. 548 00:30:14,058 --> 00:30:16,618 She told him she was going to get the DCJ reversed. 549 00:30:16,694 --> 00:30:18,059 That set him off? 550 00:30:18,129 --> 00:30:19,357 No, no, no, he didn't touch her. 551 00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:21,022 Listen to what she wrote, Jim. 552 00:30:21,666 --> 00:30:24,157 ''Two men showed up looking for you, Dad. 553 00:30:24,335 --> 00:30:26,326 ''I told them you were at Freedom where you belonged, 554 00:30:26,404 --> 00:30:29,100 ''and they said you weren't, and that I was lying. 555 00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:41,578 ''They started beating me. 556 00:30:41,652 --> 00:30:43,813 ''Sherm just stood there and watched. 557 00:30:44,355 --> 00:30:47,449 ''Then he said if I told anyone, they'd kill you. 558 00:30:47,992 --> 00:30:49,391 ''I've been wrong for so long 559 00:30:49,460 --> 00:30:51,724 ''that there's only one right thing left to do. 560 00:30:52,263 --> 00:30:55,255 ''Forgive me, Daddy, if you ever can. Cathy.'' 561 00:30:55,900 --> 00:30:58,232 Okay, Beth, come on. You go along with her 562 00:30:58,302 --> 00:30:59,701 and get Dennis in on it. 563 00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:01,237 I'll be along as soon as I can. 564 00:31:01,305 --> 00:31:04,172 If there's just some way I could warn T.T... 565 00:31:04,575 --> 00:31:07,066 I got it. I got it. Go on. You go with her. 566 00:31:23,261 --> 00:31:26,958 Nope. No jazzy pickup, just that junky old truck. 567 00:31:28,132 --> 00:31:29,190 What's this all about? 568 00:31:29,267 --> 00:31:32,430 Well, when they get there, just tell him that, uh... 569 00:31:33,137 --> 00:31:35,571 Well, tell him his daughter is in very serious condition 570 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:36,937 and not to go to Ojai. 571 00:31:37,008 --> 00:31:38,805 Tell them to go in the house and lock the doors. 572 00:31:38,876 --> 00:31:41,037 And I'll explain when I get there. You got that, Homer? 573 00:31:41,112 --> 00:31:43,945 You sound as crazy as that old man, mister. 574 00:31:44,015 --> 00:31:45,312 Besides, we're not on very good terms. 575 00:31:45,383 --> 00:31:46,509 He threw a rock at me once and... 576 00:31:46,584 --> 00:31:48,449 Homer, just do it, will you? 577 00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:49,884 Okay. Thanks. 578 00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:03,562 Hi, Mr. Royle. 579 00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:07,895 Say, you being Flowers' son-in-law and all, maybe you should give him the message. 580 00:32:07,972 --> 00:32:10,964 I'm not about to have him throw rocks at me again. What message? 581 00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:12,566 Well, it's a funny thing. 582 00:32:12,643 --> 00:32:14,634 A guy named Rockford just called up 583 00:32:14,712 --> 00:32:18,011 and it's about his daughter, you know, your wife... 584 00:32:32,897 --> 00:32:34,262 That's them. 585 00:33:20,611 --> 00:33:21,771 All right, go. 586 00:33:50,875 --> 00:33:52,604 (DUCKS QUACKING) 587 00:33:52,943 --> 00:33:54,274 (DOG BARKING) 588 00:34:11,128 --> 00:34:13,688 You missed them, old stick, 589 00:34:13,964 --> 00:34:15,329 but don't worry. 590 00:34:15,533 --> 00:34:17,125 Mr. Muellard and the Boomer went after them 591 00:34:17,201 --> 00:34:18,668 to deliver your message. 592 00:34:19,103 --> 00:34:20,092 Boomer? 593 00:34:20,738 --> 00:34:22,000 Lou McCracken. 594 00:34:22,173 --> 00:34:23,868 He once blew a train off a trestle 595 00:34:23,941 --> 00:34:26,375 for the fun of watching it fall. Oh, yeah? 596 00:34:26,444 --> 00:34:28,537 Yeah, and you hit women for the same reason. 597 00:34:28,612 --> 00:34:31,206 Hey, that's funny, old stick. 598 00:34:32,049 --> 00:34:36,418 I bet you'd get a big laugh if you saw what he had in mind for them old men in the truck. 599 00:34:36,487 --> 00:34:39,183 Boomer, he enjoys his work. So do we. 600 00:34:39,990 --> 00:34:41,355 Me and Mort. 601 00:34:45,329 --> 00:34:47,627 We get to put you in a box where you belong. 602 00:34:47,698 --> 00:34:49,063 Hey, who are you kidding, paI? 603 00:34:49,133 --> 00:34:50,862 There's apartments all over this place. 604 00:34:50,935 --> 00:34:52,163 There's a lot of witnesses. 605 00:34:52,236 --> 00:34:53,897 Don't worry about it. 606 00:35:20,931 --> 00:35:22,660 Now, you can draw this out as long as you want, 607 00:35:22,733 --> 00:35:25,099 but it's going to end up one way anyhow. 608 00:35:26,704 --> 00:35:28,365 Now drop the flyswatter. 609 00:35:28,506 --> 00:35:29,905 Okay, you turkeys. 610 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:31,200 I've had about all I'm gonna take. 611 00:35:31,275 --> 00:35:32,970 Just come on. Come on and get it. 612 00:35:38,115 --> 00:35:39,377 (COUGHING) 613 00:35:45,990 --> 00:35:48,288 You're right. It was only gonna turn out one way. 614 00:36:12,850 --> 00:36:17,184 It's always felt nice to get another hill between me and the city, 615 00:36:17,755 --> 00:36:19,222 but this morning... 616 00:36:19,356 --> 00:36:22,883 Well, Rocky, I'm just glad that there is a ''this morning.'' 617 00:36:23,594 --> 00:36:26,495 I need a day to get back to my sources. 618 00:36:35,806 --> 00:36:37,706 LOU: It has a one-mile range. 619 00:36:37,975 --> 00:36:39,442 You're just going to blow them up? 620 00:36:39,510 --> 00:36:40,943 You said it was going to look like an accident. 621 00:36:41,011 --> 00:36:42,069 It will. 622 00:36:42,146 --> 00:36:43,579 It's attached to the master cylinder line. 623 00:36:43,647 --> 00:36:45,478 It's all wrapped up in an oily rag. 624 00:36:46,050 --> 00:36:48,746 It'll only sound like a backfire when it blows the brakes. 625 00:37:40,204 --> 00:37:41,193 (HORN HONKING) 626 00:37:55,119 --> 00:37:56,518 (TIRES SCREECHING) 627 00:37:56,921 --> 00:37:58,218 Lou, don't let him get by you. 628 00:38:20,744 --> 00:38:22,336 Blow it, Royle. Blow it. 629 00:38:22,413 --> 00:38:23,505 I can't. 630 00:38:24,048 --> 00:38:25,310 I can't do it. 631 00:38:34,925 --> 00:38:36,358 (HORNS BLARING) 632 00:38:56,347 --> 00:38:57,609 What was that? 633 00:38:58,115 --> 00:38:59,343 I don't know. 634 00:39:01,485 --> 00:39:03,009 What... What's wrong? 635 00:39:03,620 --> 00:39:05,383 It's a good thing we're in low gear. 636 00:39:29,847 --> 00:39:31,371 That's Jim behind us. 637 00:40:04,214 --> 00:40:06,307 No way, Rocky. No way. 638 00:40:09,353 --> 00:40:10,581 Go on, jump. 639 00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:24,464 That's beautiful, Lou. 640 00:40:25,402 --> 00:40:28,997 Three birds in one clip and nobody can prove it wasn't an accident. 641 00:40:30,107 --> 00:40:31,938 Well, let's get out of here. 642 00:40:40,584 --> 00:40:41,573 (MOANING) 643 00:40:54,298 --> 00:40:55,287 Jim! 644 00:40:56,233 --> 00:40:57,222 Jimmy! 645 00:41:06,009 --> 00:41:09,069 ROCKY.. Those of us who loved him lost a valuable friend 646 00:41:09,146 --> 00:41:12,013 when T. T. Flowers went north with the nectar, 647 00:41:12,483 --> 00:41:15,748 and the world lost another keeper of the bees. 648 00:41:15,819 --> 00:41:17,116 And a good one. 649 00:41:17,754 --> 00:41:20,917 Spring isn't going to be the same without him. 650 00:41:22,392 --> 00:41:23,950 Like the funeral notice said, 651 00:41:24,027 --> 00:41:25,654 there's an announcement to be made here 652 00:41:25,729 --> 00:41:27,822 regarding T. T. Flowers' will. 653 00:41:27,898 --> 00:41:30,924 A new one has been found and for anyone interested, 654 00:41:31,034 --> 00:41:34,492 it'll be read in the law offices of Harcourt and Lowe, 655 00:41:34,571 --> 00:41:36,436 right after the services. 656 00:41:36,673 --> 00:41:39,540 Now, let us pray for T. T. Flowers. 657 00:41:55,359 --> 00:41:56,758 No. No dice. 658 00:41:58,529 --> 00:41:59,518 Yeah. 659 00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:03,297 Yeah, yeah, well, look, you just be there when we get there. 660 00:42:03,367 --> 00:42:05,358 And have it with you, Brockmeyer. 661 00:42:06,436 --> 00:42:08,336 Don't worry, Jack. It's impossible. 662 00:42:08,906 --> 00:42:10,635 You know, I am worrying, Royle. 663 00:42:11,441 --> 00:42:12,567 It's funny. 664 00:42:13,076 --> 00:42:15,567 I never knew the meaning of the word ''worry,'' until I met you. 665 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,574 But Jack, even if he did draw up a new will before he and Rockford died, 666 00:42:19,650 --> 00:42:22,813 it's not valid unless the Diminished Capacity judgment was reversed. 667 00:42:22,886 --> 00:42:25,081 And no one could've done that but Cathy and she didn't. 668 00:42:25,155 --> 00:42:26,144 Right, love? 669 00:42:27,257 --> 00:42:29,623 Yeah, well, we'll all go to the reading together, huh? 670 00:42:29,826 --> 00:42:30,884 Get in. 671 00:42:53,317 --> 00:42:56,445 Do I have anything to worry about? Absolutely not, Jack. 672 00:42:57,187 --> 00:42:59,121 That worries me, Mr. Brockmeyer. 673 00:42:59,189 --> 00:43:02,022 There can only be one will, Jack, and I have it. 674 00:43:02,259 --> 00:43:05,023 Probate opens in the morning and I'm right on top of it. 675 00:43:05,095 --> 00:43:08,587 Well, that's fine. You just get right on top of this new will thing, huh? 676 00:43:08,665 --> 00:43:10,462 Take Royle and the little lady with you. 677 00:43:10,534 --> 00:43:13,367 I'll be waiting right here for the good news. 678 00:43:20,978 --> 00:43:22,343 (PHONE RINGING) 679 00:43:24,982 --> 00:43:27,314 Nice to see you again, Mr. Royle, Mrs. Royle. 680 00:43:27,384 --> 00:43:29,318 And you must be Tom Brockmeyer. 681 00:43:29,786 --> 00:43:31,879 I've heard a great deaI about you. 682 00:43:32,022 --> 00:43:33,216 I'm Beth Davenport. 683 00:43:33,290 --> 00:43:34,689 A junior partner in the firm. 684 00:43:34,758 --> 00:43:36,851 I don't deaI with junior partners. 685 00:43:36,927 --> 00:43:39,122 Tell Harcourt or Lowe that we're here. 686 00:43:39,196 --> 00:43:41,630 They're both in court. I'm handling this. 687 00:43:41,698 --> 00:43:42,790 Very well. 688 00:43:43,233 --> 00:43:45,030 I don't know what ''this'' is, 689 00:43:45,469 --> 00:43:47,960 but must we put this woman through any more? 690 00:43:48,972 --> 00:43:50,837 As you can see, she's most despondent 691 00:43:50,907 --> 00:43:53,239 over her poor father's tragic demise. 692 00:43:54,344 --> 00:43:57,404 I understand completely and I'll try to be as brief as possible. 693 00:43:57,481 --> 00:43:58,948 Won't you step into the boardroom? 694 00:44:12,696 --> 00:44:14,061 Cheer up, Sherm. 695 00:44:14,264 --> 00:44:15,663 It can only get worse. 696 00:44:15,732 --> 00:44:17,723 What is it, Royle? Who are they? 697 00:44:18,001 --> 00:44:19,593 ROCKFORD: I'm Jim Rockford. 698 00:44:19,670 --> 00:44:22,662 T.T.: And I'm just another carcass you ran through your mill. 699 00:44:22,739 --> 00:44:25,401 The name is T.T. Flowers. 700 00:44:25,509 --> 00:44:26,498 But... 701 00:44:26,777 --> 00:44:27,835 I mean, the papers... 702 00:44:27,911 --> 00:44:29,674 Mr. Royle, I'd defer comment 703 00:44:29,746 --> 00:44:32,010 until this development can be analyzed. 704 00:44:32,449 --> 00:44:33,677 BETH: Good advice. 705 00:44:33,850 --> 00:44:36,648 Why don't you sit down? We still have a little time. 706 00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:40,486 ROCKFORD: The D.A. needed a little time to check out our story, 707 00:44:40,957 --> 00:44:44,188 so my dad became the only survivor and told the press 708 00:44:44,294 --> 00:44:45,625 it was an accident. 709 00:44:45,696 --> 00:44:48,631 Old truck and all. You know, unavoidable. 710 00:44:49,399 --> 00:44:51,867 Kind of crawls your nape, don't it, Sherm? 711 00:44:52,469 --> 00:44:54,903 What got the D.A. really cooking 712 00:44:55,639 --> 00:44:58,699 was the deposition you took from Cathy in the hospital, Sherm. 713 00:45:00,977 --> 00:45:02,410 Cathy? How could you? 714 00:45:02,979 --> 00:45:04,640 How could you, Sherman? 715 00:45:08,118 --> 00:45:10,018 On the basis of her deposition, 716 00:45:10,087 --> 00:45:12,988 the judge rescinded the Diminished Capacity judgment, 717 00:45:13,056 --> 00:45:16,355 freeing Mr. Flowers to testify before the Grand Jury. 718 00:45:16,426 --> 00:45:18,826 And I wore their ears out. 719 00:45:19,029 --> 00:45:23,125 The State bar took a quiet look into your operation, Mr. Brockmeyer. 720 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,692 And the AMA took a little look into Dr. Crist's. 721 00:45:26,770 --> 00:45:28,738 They found out it was all one operation. 722 00:45:29,339 --> 00:45:32,399 (PHONE BUZZING) You charge hungry relatives fat fees 723 00:45:32,476 --> 00:45:36,242 to railroad their old people into your rest homes. 724 00:45:36,446 --> 00:45:39,006 All of which are built and financed 725 00:45:39,082 --> 00:45:41,209 by your silent partner, Jack Muellard. 726 00:45:41,284 --> 00:45:45,277 And Dr. Crist's pharmacy supplied all the medicine, at twice retail. 727 00:45:45,355 --> 00:45:46,947 Then Dr. Fellows, 728 00:45:47,524 --> 00:45:49,492 he double-bills the whole thing to Medicare. 729 00:45:49,559 --> 00:45:52,050 I don't have to listen to another one of these outrageous insults. 730 00:45:52,129 --> 00:45:53,858 You're right. It's time for you to go. 731 00:45:53,930 --> 00:45:55,192 The D.A.'s here. 732 00:46:12,783 --> 00:46:15,308 Sure has you on a short string, doesn't it, Sherm? 733 00:46:18,889 --> 00:46:20,686 I don't have many choices left, do I? 734 00:46:21,158 --> 00:46:22,284 Sure, you do. 735 00:46:22,359 --> 00:46:25,886 Sure, you can agree to turn state's evidence against Muellard, 736 00:46:25,996 --> 00:46:29,557 or you can just walk out the door and tell Muellard that T.T.'s still alive. 737 00:46:30,434 --> 00:46:33,835 Of course, it doesn't make much difference to the D.A. which one you choose. 738 00:46:35,205 --> 00:46:37,469 If your testimony doesn't convict him, 739 00:46:37,808 --> 00:46:41,767 then the undercover boys will be photographing your death in living color. 740 00:46:42,679 --> 00:46:44,670 Then they got him on murder one. 741 00:46:55,459 --> 00:46:56,687 Out! 742 00:47:03,099 --> 00:47:05,624 I hope they make you spend the rest of your life 743 00:47:05,702 --> 00:47:07,966 waiting for bingo and shuffleboard 744 00:47:08,038 --> 00:47:11,530 and taking naps in one of your own places! 745 00:47:15,712 --> 00:47:17,612 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 746 00:47:22,853 --> 00:47:26,152 MAN ON TV.. And today, when so many of our mentaI and convalescent hospitals 747 00:47:26,223 --> 00:47:27,588 have become scandaI-ridden, 748 00:47:27,824 --> 00:47:30,292 one elderly man, Thomas Tyler Flowers, 749 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,658 had the courage to stand up for his rights. 750 00:47:32,729 --> 00:47:34,924 None of that would be happening without your performance. 751 00:47:34,998 --> 00:47:36,556 That took a lot of guts. 752 00:47:36,633 --> 00:47:38,362 ...for those who really are in need. 753 00:47:38,435 --> 00:47:41,461 How many of these go under, unnoticed, everyday? 754 00:47:42,806 --> 00:47:46,333 Next up, LA County's own property tax situation takes a turn for the worse, 755 00:47:46,409 --> 00:47:47,774 after this word. 756 00:47:48,512 --> 00:47:50,503 Well, worked out real fine. 757 00:47:50,580 --> 00:47:52,912 Of course, it took a little persuading at first, T.T., 758 00:47:52,983 --> 00:47:55,645 but I knew as soon as we got Jim here on the case, 759 00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,983 he'd wrap it up just as easy as pie. 760 00:47:58,188 --> 00:48:00,179 As easy as pie? 761 00:48:00,323 --> 00:48:02,484 You almost got yourself killed 762 00:48:02,559 --> 00:48:04,493 and your car ain't worth a spit. 763 00:48:04,561 --> 00:48:06,222 I'm real sorry about that, Jimmy. 764 00:48:06,296 --> 00:48:09,322 Don't worry about the car. The insurance will take care of that. 765 00:48:09,399 --> 00:48:12,562 Of course, my premiums did go up a little. 766 00:48:12,903 --> 00:48:14,837 Oh, I'm sorry about that, too. 767 00:48:15,639 --> 00:48:18,574 But at least this is all over. Finally. 768 00:48:19,276 --> 00:48:21,471 We're not going to have any more trouble. 769 00:48:21,545 --> 00:48:23,103 No more conflicts. 770 00:48:23,713 --> 00:48:26,546 Old Poison Thumbs is at it again. 771 00:48:31,521 --> 00:48:33,216 There you go again! 772 00:48:33,790 --> 00:48:36,554 Always trying to belly-up my bees! 773 00:48:36,860 --> 00:48:39,090 My business along with them. 774 00:48:40,096 --> 00:48:44,396 When you gonna stop using that blasted chlordane? 775 00:48:44,801 --> 00:48:48,498 The day you start teaching your stupid bees to eat aphids. 776 00:49:06,022 --> 00:49:07,489 (GLASS SHATTERING)