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Thank you.

Good swim, huh?

Yep.

I thought I saw something down there. Something big.

Couldn't be sharks, could it?

Look, you saw jaws three times, jaws two twice. You didn't see anything?

All I saw was shadows.

It's trouble ashore.

Cameron's signaling not to commit.

Put him out.

Hey.

Not another shark.

Think I smell smugglers.

What are we gonna do about it?

But I know we can't catch the boat.

Come on.

All right.

What did you do? He was drunk like a maniac.

It was red, all red, a Camaro. Can anybody hear me? Oh, my gosh, Sharon!

Get me out!

Oh, Sharon!

Ouch. Sharon.

If I ever get my hands on that subhuman specimen, he'll wish he lived on another

planet. That pea-brained hot rod freak-o!

Where is he? Get him back here!

These guys saw it all.

Witnesses. Well, get their names! I want their names!

John Baker.

Tony Medrano.

Dwayne Poncherello.

Ah,

Officer Poncherello, Sergeant Dwayne Akins, Administrative Narcotics, uh,

LAPD. Works on marine drug smuggling.

Hi, Sergeant.

Uh, Sarge, could I have a report so I can make a copy for the girl? Here, take

mine. Weren't you needed?

No, I took a memory course.

They saw some flashes, they saw a boat turn around, which boats sometimes do

when they're getting close to shore.

Otherwise, you see, they might run aground.

Now, wait a minute.

Those flashes had a pattern, like a code, and the boat responded.

What kind of a boat? I mean, that's one of the things you didn't have in your

report. A cabin cruiser, smallish, yellow and white.

Oh, now we're making some progress.

I mean, there can't be more than 5,000 smallish, yellow and white cabin

cruisers out there. I saw it.

My partner saw it.

Zero multiplied.

Listen. The guy that took off in the red Camaro was not uptight about nothing.

Well, maybe he thought you two were going to mug him.

Hey, what do you ad-nocs get?

Promotion points for insult?

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Okay.

Maybe you guys did stumble in on a smuggling operation, and maybe you did

force the bad guys to cancel their delivery. But look what you give me. A

man with no name, a car with no numbers, and a cabin cruiser.

Smallish. Yellow and white.

Look, if they come up with one hard fact, give me a call, huh? I'll notify

the harbor patrol, and we'll go to work, OK?

Hope we're not wasting your time.

Akins, we don't pretend to be detectives.

But I'll bet my badge we can nail those guys with the facts we have while you're

downtown polishing your pants.

Hey, tell me, how do you plant kelp underwater?

I don't know. I'm the biologist. She's the marine photographer.

All right.

How do you plant kelp underwater?

Very carefully.

Thank you.

It's all right. Next time you go scuba diving, let me know. I'll take your

picture. Oh, I'm not going to go scuba diving anymore.

I mean, you never know when there might be another attack of the deadly killer

shadows.

That Grossman's not afraid of sharks. He's related to them.

Shark is known as nature's perfect eating machine.

Well,

listen, you guys, it was nice meeting you. Yeah. Thanks for the invitation.

Sounds like fun.

Well, yeah, we're all gonna get together Sunday.

Um, Tony and John and Bonnie and her friend.

You and me.

Terrific.

And thanks for the accident reports. My insurance man will be ecstatic.

All right. See you guys. See you Sunday. Bye-bye. Bye. Bye.

LA-15-7, Adam, in pursuit of a black 78 Porsche 928.

Partial, yellow Ida Norrell. Westbound 54 from Blair Road.

15 Mary 4, approaching Blair Road. We'll assist.

7 Adam, North Mountain, Canyon Drive.

Mary 3, eastbound on Canyon Road, I'll pick you up.

Thank you.

There, you just sit still, all right?

Thank you, guys.

But my pride's in shreds. That character flat-out classed me.

Not the driver, Bear.

The car.

Souped-up engine, custom suspension, a hill racer.

Yeah, that's a good guess.

Well, I would explain the Camaro.

Oh, yeah.

I mean, it acted like a hill racer. But who and why?

Can you handle it here? I want to check something out.

15 Mary 3, code 4 on the pursuit, 2 miles north on Canyon Road.

15 Mary 3, Mary 4, do you

copy?

Stand 4, Ponch.

I'm in the 23,000 block on Canyon Drive.

Think I got our red Camaro here parked at the house.

How soon can you 1198?

I can be there in 10. What's your plan?

Go in on suspicion of hit and run.

At 10-4, the only danger is we might spook him and lose him on the smuggling

ramp. Hold it.

I think there's a guy here that can help. Stand by.

In front of the truck, please. Yeah, sure.

I don't understand this. What did I do?

Nothing. No violation.

I just noticed your truck.

Mr. Kelly. That's right.

You cater, huh?

No, I deliver laundry.

What do you mean, do I cater?

Uh, big party.

The house you just left.

I do big ones and small ones.

What could you do for a big one? Say, a couple of dozen people.

I handle that many for him every Monday.

That's a small one. Big ones, I got a staff.

Are you sure it was the same Camaro?

We know it was.

How? Did you get the license number or what?

Instinct, powers of observation, retention, all those good things. Yeah,

but you weren't quite sure enough to knock at the door.

Look, Joe, if this is the guy, I don't like eating his dust on the beach or his

chicken hit and run on Tony and Sharon.

And we want him for the big one. We don't want to blow our narcotics case.

Your narcotics case?

I mean, every time I give you guys an inch, you take a country mile.

Would you come here, Sergeant Dwayne Akins, Administrative Narcotics LAPD,

please? Hold it, Sarge. You're not going to give our lead to that snoop hound.

There is no copyright on this case.

And you guys are not detectives, as John pointed out.

OK, as a matter of record, it's your lead.

So who got there first?

We did.

And not just because you happen to be on the coastline beat, huh?

Look, Joe.

Bud, John, look, what we do internally is our business, just as long as it's

not illegal, immoral, or fattening.

On the inter-service level, I play it straight and proper, and you know it.

Well, Higgins will muscle in.

You guys got one step ahead of him already.

This is Gutierre.

Look, I got some good news for you and some bad news.

And the bad news is that my guys brought in the good news.

Meet me at this address, 8 o'clock tonight.

What's this all about?

Well, you were asking about hill racers.

I asked if you could make a hill race out of my Firebird.

Impossible.

Well, not impossible.

Impractical.

Harlan, look, we think we're up against a guy that drives one. Now, he got away

from us once. If he tries again, we'd like a chance to catch up with him.

All right.

Just step this way.

These are powerful,

costly machines.

And their owners meet like a secret society, just for the thrill of

competition. They're elusive, mysterious people.

Who does this belong to? Me.

You?

Harlan, if you use it, it's official.

I mean, with permission and approval.

Oh, yeah? How long would it take you to install lights, siren, and radio?

Oh, I could have it ready for you by Sunday.

We'll ask it, Trey. We might need it by Monday.

Here we go.

All right.

Yeah,

come on.

Put this over here. Okay.

Um, I didn't mean to alarm anybody.

Shark!

It's got a name.

Okay, Willie, knock it off.

That thing started out life as a sailboat, but Willie likes this better.

He's a prankster.

You don't say.

What is this thing?

This is a cage. For protection, you know, against sharks.

I use it when I'm photographing in dangerous waters.

For protection.

The top is open. That's all right. A shark won't dive in. They only attack

head on.

Right.

Thank you.

Actually,

all kelp or seaweed is one of seven forms of algae.

Right now I'm working with the pheophyta and the giant macrosystis. I'm trying to

breed in some of the better qualities of Irish red.

It's a lot richer.

Didn't they used to use kelp for making soap?

Right, for the alkali. But now there are cheaper sources.

John Bear, try this salad.

Who made this, you?

Uh-huh. Like it?

Fantastic, Sharon.

It's delicious.

Mmm.

What's in it?

Mostly seaweed.

Bunch, you can have mine. I'll take your burger.

Look at this. Oh, am I glad we got wheels that can move.

Yeah. If there's any action, every car here is a getaway car.

All right, let's get on with it.

Where the heck have you guys been?

Maybe we got lost at sea after you got the delivery loused up.

Hey, I'm sorry.

I never saw scuba divers in that lagoon before.

But it shouldn't take you guys three days to get here.

Hey, man, you're lucky we got here at all.

I don't pay for luck, and I don't need your lip.

I pay for delivery.

From you?

Or I go somewhere else.

You get this for an extra two grand.

That's what I had to lay out to get it here.

Okay, fine.

This time.

But Wednesday night we meet at Dead Man's Cove.

And you'd be there.

I'm Rodney Cameron.

Hi, Rodney. Nice party.

Do I know you?

I'm John. This is Frank.

We're Debbie and Julie's friends from Cleveland.

Who are Debbie and Julie?

Well, Julie's kind of... Well, they're both kind of tall.

Back home, they think they're sisters, but actually they're cousins. They're

nieces of Mr. Simpson's.

Who's Mr. Simpson?

He's their uncle.

Does anybody you know?

Mr. Simpson?

Now? When we meet him, we'll introduce you.

Yeah, he'll show up. He's bringing Julie and Debbie.

It's his party.

Wrong.

It's my party.

Oh, Mr.

Simpson's house?

That's California for you, huh?

This is my house.

I think you fellas made a mistake.

Oh, well, let me see. I got it right here. We came right to this address.

23-910 Canyon Lane, Pacific Palisades. That's us. Right there. Yeah.

Yeah, well, this is Canyon Drive in Malibu. You're at the wrong address.

Uh, this is, um... This is embarrassing.

Nice party, though.

Our girls are at the other one.

Uh, well, we better get going, eh?

Yeah, look, I'm really sorry. Excuse me.

I told him to look at the map.

He's always trying to take a shortcut.

Check them out.

See where they go.

He picked up a watchdog.

Which way to Pacific Palisades?

It's the other way, turkey.

Lost him.

Maybe that'll convince him.

Convince me.

If you need speed, this baby flies.

Harlan, you devil.

You guys are beautiful.

Things are really looking up.

First you bring me nothing, now you bring me pictures of nothing.

Party guests, license plates.

Cheer on your Cameron III.

Oh, yeah, I get an emotional tug from this, but I don't get any closer to

smuggling or narcotics.

You could put a tail on Cameron. That might lead to something.

No, he's outside my jurisdiction.

Maybe I can get the sheriff to cooperate.

I could also get busted back to Blue Suits for trusting you two hot shots.

Well, you're young.

You could take up knitting.

Uh, may I suggest that we take our newfound understanding to the, uh,

briefing room?

You want to settle down, please?

I want you to give your attention up here to Sergeant Akins.

Okay, who has the coastline beat?

Uh, Bonnie Grossman, I'm putting you out there, too.

All right, you five are particularly involved in this, but I want you to know

it's an interagency operation.

It concerns us all.

Now, we have a suspect, J. Rodney Cameron.

who may be a major narcotics dealer.

Photographs are available in my office.

From photographic evidence, we know that there were four known traffickers and

dealers and possibly a couple of couriers at a party he gave last night.

Now, if you spot him, do not, I repeat, do not alert the man.

Advise Gutierrez and he'll notify me.

Now, we have reason to believe that his stuff is delivered ship to shore,

brought in by boat.

A cabin cruiser.

Yellow and white.

Smallish.

Now, you have a description of the suspect's red Camaro.

But remember at all times, we've got to catch him dirty.

Preserve the chain of evidence.

Any questions?

Yes, Sergeant, is there anyone you wish to thank for their work on this case?

No. I was just acting on key information provided by Officers Baker and

Poncherello.

I expect that someday they'll get around to thanking me for following through.

All right, shoreline detail front and center. The rest of you, chase them and

face them.

Got a visual with the 11-500 suspect vehicle.

Northbound Coastal Highway, one mile south of Blair Road.

10-4, Mary. Five assisting units are on Channel 2.

Seven, David.

He just passed me at Luna Lane.

I've got him.

7 Charles, you copy?

10-4, Jet. I'm southbound six miles north of Dead Man's Cove. If I see him,

I'll advise.

Mary 3 and 4, what's your 20?

Mary 3 and 4 are sitting at the 54 intersection.

Coastline units? Seven, David.

I lost them at Rogers Point.

Dead man's cause, the other way in.

OK, block the entrance and inform Gutierrez.

on the 11-500 car is parked.

We will not go for the suspect. We will observe. Stand by.

That's a signal to come in, right?

I guess it's... Hold it.

There's cops on the hill.

We go?

No. They'll call the Coast Guard.

Put the dinghy over the side and pull the plug.

They must have seen us.

Stay here and see what they do.

Coastline here to Samaria 3. Suspect vehicle is coming out high.

They left the boat sinking.

In pursuit, unmarked Mustang.

Listen, we got the Coast Guard out and we can cover the beaches.

And we can pick those two up from the boat.

But if they sank the boat, I don't know what good it'll do us.

You can rest assured they left the stuff on board.

I'll tell Sharon and Tony to get the boat ready. Meet me there.

We saw the boat, we saw the guys. You get the guys, we get the stuff. We're in

a broken chain of evidence.

If the water hasn't destroyed the stuff, if it hasn't drifted off to blue Hawaii,

and if we can prove we didn't plan it...

And lastly, if we can find the cockamamie boat. It's a big ocean out

there, you guys.

10-4.

10-4 what?

Uh, 10-4 the big ocean.

Look, if I know Baker and Poncherello, they'll know where to find your, um,

cockamamie boat.

It's true.

Thank you.

Bye.

you

This is CHP Navy out here. We've got the crook and we've got the evidence on him.

Is there anything else you need?

Well, uh, what do you say now, Sarge?

Whoopee. Let's throw a party.

Well, J. Rodney Cameron has some very influential friends.

He's probably been three years in a slam and rolled over on the rest of the gang.

Yeah, but when we left him, he wasn't singing.

Uh, but he was humming.

Hey, Akins, why don't you try the salad?

It's delicious.

What is it, kelp?

Yeah. Oh, yeah, I love it.

Figures.

Sergeant, what's gonna happen to those two guys who sunk the boat?

They belong to the feds. We don't need them.

I'm scared.

These burgers are super.

Did you make them?

No, they're Tony's invention.

Great, Tony.

How'd you get that flavor?

Oh, it's a combination of things.

Mostly seaweed and shark meat.

Kidding, Punch.

Just kidding.

Good.