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Next on Vegas, a psychotic killer vows

to destroy Lieutenant Dave Nelson and

his family.

>> Nelson, you destroyed my family.

>> Who the hell is this?

>> And then I'm going to kill you.

>> Dave,

I'm a professional and you're denying

your family my expertise. Now, what do

you call that?

>> I call it a man doing what he has to do.

Heat. Heat.

Heat

up here.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Dr. red to Dr. Lauren administration.

Your father didn't call physical therapy

on

>> He's dead.

>> My son died 3 years ago.

>> Our son was gone long before the

shooting.

is not duty.

>> Simon, where are you going?

>> Vegas for the convention

>> and to kill a cop.

When the evening

>> sun goes down,

you will find me

hanging.

Oh, the nightlight

paint a good life,

but it's my life.

Many people

just like me

>> must be really proud of her.

>> Yeah, I am.

>> But there were times when I wanted to

choke her.

>> I used to take bath towels and stuff

them up into my bedroom door and drown

out her sounds when she was rehearsing.

>> Like once I was cramming for a final and

I hit her music in the garage.

>> Your mama let you get away with that?

Well, sis hasn't always been that good.

>> Paging Lieutenant Dave Nelson. Telephone

for Lieutenant Dave Nelson.

>> There you go. Saturday night.

>> This is Lieutenant Nelson.

>> Metro told me you might be there.

>> Are you enjoying your evening?

>> Who is it?

>> Enjoy it to the fullest. Could be your

last.

>> Who the hell is this?

>> You'll find out when the time is right.

Nelson, you destroyed my family.

Now I'm going to destroy yoursel

and then I'm going to kill you.

>> Your attention please. Arriving San

Francisco passengers, buses and taxis

from the strip hotel.

A good life.

Oh, but it's my life.

Yeah.

>> I'll see you later, old buddy.

>> Hey, I thought we were going to make an

evening of this. Aren't you going to at

least stay for the next set?

>> No, not right now. Do me a favor. Tell

Annabelle I see her at home with you.

>> What's up?

>> Nothing.

>> Nothing. Uh Dave, I'm enough of a

detective to know that before the phone

call you were fine and now you're not.

So what's up?

>> Crank call.

>> Crank call.

>> Well, when you're a police lieutenant,

it uh goes with the territory.

>> Dave, look. Uh

>> Dan, on this one, you can't help me.

Now, all I'm going to do is go down to

the station and make a prefuncterous

check to see who's been recently put on

the streets that doesn't share the

world's love for me.

I'll talk to you later.

Hello. Um, could you get a car rental

service for me, please, and call me

back? Thank you.

>> I live. I live. Come on, guys. Let's go

again.

Joey, I'm leaving for rehearsal now.

Come give mommy a kiss.

>> Oh, mom.

>> Okay, but just be careful. Hear me?

>> Getting too old for that stuff, right?

>> See you later, Anna.

>> Okay.

>> All right, you guys. Line up. Let's go.

No cheating. No cheating. There you go.

Back up just a little bit.

Get set. Go.

Smells real good.

>> So, why don't I get out of here and let

you do your thing? Huh?

>> No, you don't. You're going to mince

that celery and earn your supper.

>> Now, Mom, I do a lot of things, but I

don't mince.

>> Hand me that pot on that bottom shelf,

doesn't it?

>> Mhm.

>> This one?

>> No. No, not that one. The one next to

it.

>> There you go.

>> Now, you're a good enough cook to know

that's not a pot. That's a kettle.

>> Of course, that's a kettle. Anybody

knows that. And it's got to be this one.

>> Oh, now. How did you know that, Mr.

Detective?

>> It's the only one that's left.

>> Okay, Mincson, huh? Sure. I'll try this.

Watch this.

>> I'll do almost anything to endure some

of your good cooking.

>> You look like you could use some more of

it. You're almost as skinny as Dave.

>> Stir this.

Hello,

>> Mrs. Nelson.

I'm calling again to check.

Is everyone in your family all right?

>> Who is this?

>> That's not important.

But your daughter Annabelle is,

and she might not be all right.

Mom, what is it? Um,

>> it was nothing.

>> Yeah, I can tell by the look on your

face. It was nothing.

>> Mom, Dave got a threatening phone call

last night. Was that the same kind of

call?

>> Was it?

>> My son's a police officer. The family

has learned to accept this sort of

thing.

Mom Nelson, that's the same kind of

nonsense your son gave me last night.

Now, please, what did the caller say?

He asked if everybody in the family was

all right,

then said

Annabelle

might not be.

>> She's a dissert.

La

down

Come on.

Come back.

Excuse

me. Excuse me. Take it easy. Take it

easy. She's all right.

What happened? He was shot with a mass

dose of a sedative.

>> With a what?

>> You've got somebody to thank. A man

didn't give his name. The paramedics

said if he hadn't called, it might have

been fatal.

Who called?

Who called?

No, just tell me who called. All I want

to do is thank you. Just tell me who

called. Oh.

God.

>> How'd you find out about it?

An anonymous phone call came in the

front desk at the station

and

>> I was at your house. Your mom got a call

>> at my house.

>> That's how I found out I got here as

soon as I could.

>> Man, stay out of this. I'll handle it.

>> Why don't you let me help?

>> I don't want to say it again. Stay out

of it. I take care of my own.

>> That's crazy. That makes no sense.

That's stupid.

>> Why? It's stupid for a man to want to

protect his family.

>> Well, it is if he won't let his friends

help. Yes.

>> You don't understand. You don't

understand any of it.

>> Well, I understand what I hear. And what

I hear is a man with too much pride to

ask for help. Pride has nothing to do

with it. I'm a professional

>> and you're denying your family my

expertise. Now, what do you call that?

>> I call it a man doing what he has to do.

town investigations.

>> B, listen. I want you to track down Ber.

Tell him to hit all the bars, strip

joints, and pull halls downtown. Tell

him to poke around and see if any

hard-nosed types have arrived in town

recently.

>> Dan, I worry about Benzer going in

places like that.

>> Well, that's the mother in you, B.

Listen, don't worry about Benzer. He's

not a threat to people so they open up

to him. Now, I want you to track down

Roth. He's uh probably in Tahoe. Tell

him we need full cooperation from

security in his hotels.

>> What's going on?

>> I'll fill you in later.

>> Okay. Where are you going to be if I

need you?

>> I'll be at the hospital. I'm going to

see Annabelle. Maybe I can get some

information over there. I'll talk to you

later.

>> Officer Parker, I want you to check with

all Nevada state and federal prisons. I

want information on all felons released

in the last 2 or 3 months that I had

anything to do with and if possible

their whereabouts.

>> Oh, and Lieutenant, there's a kid

waiting in your office. Says he won't

leave until he sees you.

>> Who is he?

>> I don't know, but I do know I'd like to

take him across my knee.

Are

>> you Nelson?

>> I'm Lieutenant Nelson. Yes. Get your

feet off my desk.

>> Some guy stopped me on the corner and

gave me five bucks to deliver this note

to you person.

Stay put.

This is just to show you that I can get

to you in many different ways. Is

everyone in your family all rights?

The man who gave you this note, what did

he look like?

>> A grownup about your age. To me, all

grown-ups look alike. But he wasn't

black.

There will be security on Annabelle

until she's released. An officer will be

stationed outside her door. She should

be home in a few hours.

>> Peter,

thank you. You've been very considerate.

You don't have to walk me to my car.

I'll be fine.

>> No, one of my superiors instructed me to

escort you all the way home.

>> Do I happen to know him? I think so.

Mom,

>> how is she?

>> The doctor assured me she'd be fine as

soon as the drug works its way out of

her system.

>> Can I see her?

>> Well, you can, but she wouldn't know

you're there.

Have you had lunch?

>> No.

>> Well, I have something set aside on the

stove. If you follow me home, you can

save Peter here a trip.

>> I thought you'd never ask. Thank you,

Mrs. Nelson.

>> Dan, see you, Pete.

So, what about Joey?

>> He's in school. A squad car is waiting

to drive him home.

>> He'll love that, won't he?

>> Oh, yes.

>> Okay, I'll be right behind you. Okay.

Hey,

Mom. Mom, you all right?

>> I'm all right.

I'm all right.

>> I didn't even see the car, much less the

license number.

>> Well, it was probably a rental.

I didn't get to see him either. He

turned his head away. All I saw was uh

graying hair conservatively cut.

I've seen that look before.

Mom, let me talk to him. All right.

>> All right.

What do you think you're doing?

>> Does it look like I'm doing?

>> Well, it looks like you're about to do

something crazy.

>> So, call a cop. I'm on leave of absence.

>> Dave, this is everything you hate.

Everything you've ever fought against in

your entire life.

Mom,

>> what is it, son?

>> I want you to get some things together

for you and Joey. I'm take you to the

airport this afternoon and I want you to

go to Los Angeles for a few days.

>> My daughter's in the hospital. She'll be

coming home tonight. Mom, as soon as the

doctor releases her, she will join you.

>> Son, you didn't let me finish.

Now, I live in your house because you

ask me to. And because you're my son and

I love you, I do most anything you ask.

But don't ask me to run. Cuz it would

hurt to say no to you.

>> Mom, it's only for a few days.

>> A few minutes. Running is running.

When I was a little girl, your

grandparents ran. Whenever things

Whenever things weren't what they should

have been, anytime the people in a city

or town we were in made them feel

uncomfortable, we pack and move. Pack

and move. And we never had nothing but

distance behind us.

And then

I met your father

and he taught me the only way to get

anywhere was to stay put.

I don't never want to unlearn that

lesson.

I've done all the running I'm going to.

>> Yes.

>> I just wanted to check, Lieutenant

Nelson.

Is everyone in your family all right?

>> Whoever you are, I'm coming after you

right now.

>> I hope you're waiting.

>> Dave, if I can't stop you, at least

let's work together. Dan, I don't think

I have to tell you that I like you. But

for now, I want you to stay away from

me, my family, and my house.

>> So you can carry out your personal

vendetta? so I can do what I have to do.

Now,

>> you can't mean that, Dave.

>> I can and I do. Now, Dan, that that

animal is out there somewhere and he's

out to destroy my family and me. And my

family does not deserve to be terrorized

because of my job. And I don't want you

hurt either.

>> That's not a choice you can make for me.

>> Go home, friend.

>> You don't think you can stop me from

helping, do you?

Not a chance, friend.

Jenna,

>> Metro call with the ballistics on the

gun that blew out mom's tire. It was a

lead ball from an antique flint lock

pistol.

>> Dan, Bener's at the Sahara Hotel. He

said he picked up a couple of leads, but

he doesn't know how strong they are. He

thinks you should follow through,

though.

>> Let's hope Bener's information holds up.

Somebody better get to that cycle before

Nelson does. Well, I'm betting on my

boss.

>> Well, let's hope so, B. Dave's out of

control. I'll talk to you later.

It's

a corner.

>> Your game's a little off.

>> There's something about you cops that

makes a repulsive noise. Even when

you're standing still.

>> Look, you're the best source of

information to let me know who's in

town. I need to ask you a couple of

questions.

>> I need to ask you. Well, ain't he

polite,

cop?

I wouldn't talk to you if you were

sitting on the white DA shoulder with a

warrant clinched in your mouth.

>> Tug, what I need to know is who's in

town who hates me enough to want to kill

me. I need I need I need

What you need, fool, is a hearing aid.

Now, I just finished saying I ain't got

nothing to talk to you about.

>> It's important to me, man.

>> Well,

it's important to me that you get out of

my face and let me continue my game.

>> All right.

It's one black man to another. It's

because of my family.

>> Black.

>> You don't know the meaning of the word.

>> Why? Because I'm not some punk who picks

on weak people. How many little old

ladies have you mugged this week, punk?

>> Thank you. Thank you.

Thanks for your cooperation, Tub.

Somehow I knew you'd help me.

I'll see you around.

Heat. Heat.

Benzer

>> snuck up on me.

>> Well, I'm a detective.

>> I know. Listen, I I have some

information for you, but Well, I don't

know if it's any good. It came really

easy.

>> Yeah. Well, I I met this lady at the

layoff lounge that I know and uh she

works in an office where felons have to

go to register when they come into town.

There is a very hard excon newly

arrived. His name is Harry.

>> Don't know. Not a chance.

>> Don't like Harry Randall.

>> What else?

>> Scratch him. Well, I I got one more

shot. Um there's this ex- cop named

Johnny Blue. Lieutenant Nelson had him

busted off the force. He's working as a

security guard now.

>> Yeah, I remember. A real Wyatt Herb

type. A real Yahoo. Where do you suppose

we find him?

>> Right over there. He's working the gun

show.

>> Very good, Benzer.

>> Don't move, Tana. Don't twitch. Don't

sneeze. In fact, don't breathe or you're

a dead man.

>> Be careful with that piece, sweetheart.

Somebody's liable to get hurt. Most

likely me. What are you doing? Put that

down.

>> Well, for a man who just had a gun

shoved in his back, you sure don't look

very frightened.

>> Well, that's because I recognize your

beautiful voice even when you're not

singing. How you doing, Captain? Hello,

Tony.

>> Hello.

>> I hear you got him waiting in the

streets at the MGM.

>> That's true. But, uh, how come Las Vegas

best looking detective hasn't been

around to investigate? I

>> I'll be there. It's just I got a little

business to take care of and I'll come

over and, uh, see you.

>> Okay.

>> You know something about these things?

>> Sure. I've always been fascinated by

swashbucklers and musketss.

>> Well, tell me something then. How good

would you have to be to uh shoot this

thing and hit a tire on a moving car?

>> Well, a person would have to know an

awful lot just to load it, and you'd

have to have a heck of a lot of practice

to hit anything, much less a moving

object.

>> Somebody like a cop or a security guard.

>> Could be. Yeah.

>> Been more help than you know. I love

your new album and I promise to buy it.

>> You bad thing. We'll send you one. Nice

talking to you.

>> Hey, the guy talks. I'll see you guys

around.

>> Now he knows.

>> What's he know?

>> That you talk.

>> Is it loaded?

>> It might be.

>> Well, if it isn't the pride of the

strip.

Careful, Johnny. Flattery just might get

you what you're looking for.

>> Don't push, Tyler.

>> Don't push. Hey, you got to push. You

used to push all the time when you were

on Las Vegas Metro. Used a heavy hand on

everybody from kids to retirees, right?

>> I said don't push.

>> All right, just give me 30 seconds of

your valuable time and I'll be on my

way. You see, we've got this uh mutual

friend,

>> Lieutenant David Nelson. friend.

Cops like Nelson don't have any friends.

>> You know, he's the guy that cost me my

job with the department.

>> I just wonder if you hate him enough to

take a shot at his mother.

>> I hate him enough that I'd like to put a

bullet right between his eyes.

But mothers are a little out of my line.

Now

look, I'm doing this for a living.

Now, if you don't take a hike, I'm going

to have to remove you. And then you'll

get a chance to feel my heavy hand.

>> Johnny, if I find out you're the guy I'm

looking for, I'm going to come back and

give you a chance.

>> Click.

60 215.

>> Yes.

>> I'm just checking.

>> Is everyone in your family all right?

>> Why are you doing this to us?

>> Oh, you're you're home.

You gave up your hospital room. You

shouldn't have done that. What do you

mean?

>> Well, you're going to need the hospital

room again.

Next time for your son, Joey.

>> Honey, don't worry. Everything's going

to be fine. Time. Just time. A little

time. Everything's going to be all

right.

>> No, not as long as we're still in this

house. Joey

>> and Belle.

>> Joey.

>> And my mom. Joey, go. Go and put on your

best suit.

>> What for?

>> Don't ask any questions. Just do as I

say.

>> Hey, Belle. What do you think you are

doing?

>> I'm taking my son and I'm getting out of

here.

>> Oh, look. If we don't leave, I won't

have a son.

>> Mom. Annabelle.

Where's Dave? I have to talk to him.

>> Dave isn't here. And in just about 10

minutes, you can add me and Joey to the

absentee list.

>> Annabelle, that doesn't make any sense.

>> Oh, well, does it make sense to sit here

shaking every time that phone rings,

waiting and wondering if a bomb is going

to come through the window?

>> Belle, you have police protection here

24 hours a day. There are two police

officers outside your front door.

There's no place safer.

>> That's what I've been trying to tell

her.

>> But she won't listen.

>> Look, this is exactly what he wants to

split you people apart. He said it

himself. He wants to destroy your

family. Not kill, destroy.

>> What do you know,

>> Annabelle? I know if he wanted you dead,

you'd be dead right now. If he wanted to

hurt your mother, he wouldn't have hit

the tire on a car. He would have hit

her.

Don't let him win.

>> Go ahead.

>> I had a hungry job.

Dad,

>> you're not going to tell me to stay away

from this house, are you?

>> No, the lieutenant's on leave. I know

what you're trying to do. Dan, a report

came in. Dave tore apart Fergie's pool

hall.

>> It's just terrific.

>> Yeah. Right after that, he called. He'd

like to pick you up in front of the

mint.

>> Thanks, Pete.

>> Okay, take it easy.

Hey,

heat. Hey.

You want to talk about it?

>> Been all over town. Dan came up empty.

I'm at a dead end.

Hey

19440 Harrison, owner on premises. Code

for 1940 Harrison owner on permanent

headquarters. Is that 1029 years old?

>> God 3 years ago. The Webster boy.

>> Drop the gun.

John

How is he?

>> Well, I can't find any broken bones, but

if he doesn't have a minor concussion,

he's got a harder head than I thought.

>> Is he going to be all right?

>> Definitely.

>> Good. When he comes around, tell me a

dummy told the story. I know who it is.

>> Tell me.

>> He'll know what I mean.

>> Lieutenant, are you sure you don't want

to come with us and let the docs have a

look at you?

>> No thanks. I'll be fine.

There you go.

>> Just relax, Tana. Tana, we're taking you

in for X-rays.

>> No, wait. I'm okay. I'll just

>> Lieutenant's fine. You just worry about

yourself.

>> Where is he? He left.

>> He left.

But he gave me a funny kind of message

for you. He said uh he said uh the dummy

told the story. He knows who to look

for.

>> He said you'd understand.

>> What are you doing? Just sure you are.

Wait, I'm I'm okay.

>> All right.

>> Toe check is negative.

>> Hey, give me a ride home. Huh?

>> Wait for me.

Frontier Hotel.

>> Yes. I'd like some information, please.

Do you have a Simon Webster registered?

>> Just a minute. I'll check. Yes, sir.

Would you like me to ring his room?

>> Uh, no. Fine. Thank you. Don't ring.

Frontier Hotel.

>> Ow. Ow.

>> I'm sorry.

>> It's okay. It's not as bad as it looks.

>> But my son,

>> he's fine. But mom, we got to figure out

where he is. Now look,

I know it's a cardinal rule in this

house not to question Dave about his

police work, but maybe he slipped up.

Maybe he said something that can help

me. Please, Mom.

>> Ask.

>> There are three things that seem to be

connected.

The caller keeps saying, "You destroyed

my family." Then we got a flint lock gun

and a dummy in a ski mask with a red,

white, and green shirt.

Oh my god.

>> What?

>> No.

>> Mom, what is it? Tell me.

>> Three years ago, um, a man named

Webster,

Simon Webster, and his family were in

town for the gun show,

and Dave shot their son.

>> Well, what happened? What were the

circumstances?

I'll get in.

the Nelson home.

>> Dan, you're there.

>> Yeah, B, what is it?

>> I've been trying to reach you in the

T-Ird, but you didn't answer.

>> Well, I've been here with mom. What do

you got?

>> Willie, the security guard at the

Frontier Hotel called. Nelson's there.

>> Thanks, B. Dave's at the frontier.

>> I know why he's there.

The Webster stayed at the frontier.

>> Thanks, Mom.

Go back.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Hello.

>> When I gave you the dummy, I knew you'd

come. I'll be waiting for you on the

roof.

He's

coming out.

Heat. Heat.

Did

>> you see a black man come this way?

>> I've seen lots of black men, including

that dude who came by here so fast he

knocked all these towels out of my face.

>> Where'd he go?

>> Uh, that way. Up the stairs toward the

roof.

>> Did I give you enough clues, detective?

>> I didn't get your nephew.

But I'm satisfied.

>> I don't think you'd have gotten him if

you had the chance, Simon.

>> That's right.

You're the one that's going to pay.

I'm going to destroy your family by

killing you.

>> I told your son to drop that gun when he

came out of the bank. And you shot him?

>> Because he shot at me first twice and he

hit me.

>> According to the cops and the papers, he

shot first. Simon, there were a dozen

civilian witnesses.

>> You're still the one that shot him.

All right.

What would you have done? Given him a

third shot? He would have taken it and

you know it.

I'm sorry.

>> You're sorry.

You don't know what sorry is

sorry is sitting in a hospital room for

3 years with your wife

watching your son's body atrophy

and your friends whispering they're not

surprised because he wasn't

encourageable.

>> I know what you've done for your son. I

talked to your wife. She told me how you

brought your son in here 3 years ago on

his 18th birthday to the gun convention

hoping that he would become interested

in your gun business.

But he never did

because a cop named Nelson shot him.

You're going to pay.

Let's go.

It's your choice, Dave.

What are you going to do with him?

Take him to the station and call his

wife.

Let's go.

At first I was afraid. I was petrified.

Kept thinking I could never live without

you by my side. But then I spent so many

nights thinking how you did me wrong.

And I grew strong and I learned how to

get along.

And so you're back from out of space. I

just walked in to find you here with

that sad look upon your face. I should

have changed that stupid lock. I should

have made you leave your key. If I have

known for just one second you'd be back

to bother me. Go now. Walk out the door.

Just turn around now cuz you're not

welcome anymore. Weren't you the one who

tried to hurt me with goodbye? We got

crumbled. We got lay down and die. I

know that I I will survive. Oh, as long

as I know how to love, I know I'm still

alive. I got all my life to live and

I've got all my love to give. And I'll

survive. I will survive. Hey. Hey.

>> Um, Dan, I don't mind you occasionally

interrupting my act, but when it comes

to my sister, you see, I draw the line.

I don't make any hasty judgments, Dave.

You haven't seen my [ __ ] wing.

>> Oh,

>> you get up on that dance floor and I'll

pay the cover job.

>> You are on, Mom.

But I need a partner.

>> The legs aren't what they used to be,

but the mind just won't tell them.

>> They're trying hard to win the pieces of

my broken heart. And now I spent so many

nights just feeling sorry for myself. I

used to cry, but now I hold my head up

high and you see me. Somebody new. I got

the chain of little

Heat.

Heat.