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[Growling]

[Barking]

[Barking]

"Local resident dies after attack by crazed dog.

"Mrs. Jenny Campbell, 39, of 161 coast road

"Was declared dead on arrival this morning

At county hospital by attending physician..."

Blah, blah, blah.

"Her badly mauled body was discovered

At approximately 8 A.M..."

Blah, blah, blah.

"Age 13, of 260 coast road."

"Mrs. Campbell's dog, a doberman pinscher,"

"Was huddled over the body"

"And would not permit anyone to approach."

"Local veterinarian Dr. Warren g. Watkins,"

Summoned to the site,

"Managed to tranquilize the animal sufficiently

To permit the police to reach the body..."

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

Well, I'm glad I missed that.

Anything else?

The kriger girl broke her back

On a trampoline on Friday.

Lucy? Where, at the school?

No.

Ed gave her one for Christmas.

I'll be back.

Oh, John.

Hmm?

Is the car running?

Well, sure. Of course it is.

Which reminds me,

Did, uh, Clancy call about our state allocation?

Well, he said the county comes first, of course.

Oh, naturally.

What's that mean?

The sheriff's department,

Our glorious sector commander.

Streeter? What have you got against him?

Abel and little Danny streeter

Used to play "drop the soap"

Together in school.

He won.

Captain streeter...

He's probably put in for his own jet.

Madge said he did ask for a helicopter.

Neat.

Anyway, he's certainly getting

The biggest allocation,

But Clancy said

Some of our requests would be in the budget.

One new car,

500 for furniture,

500 for office equipment.

A new electric typewriter

Costs 700.

General increase for building maintenance.

One new push broom.

No air conditioning.

The county engineer says

The ducts can't handle it.

What ducts?

There are ducts running around

Behind all the walls there.

Those are rats.

Good-bye.

For Christ's sake!

[Honking]

[Honking]

What is it, Abel?

Where the hell's the keys?

He can't find the keys.

He can never find the key.

Oh, here. Give him this.

[Honking]

Abel's not going to like this.

He doesn't like dogs.

His vacation is over.

Where'd he go?

Los Angeles.

What have they got in Los Angeles

They don't have here?

That's all you guys think about.

Hey, don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

[Honking]

In the lock, Abel.

In the lock?

Who left them in the lock, John?

Ann Marie.

Ann Marie, your lovely wife, huh?

Sure you're through with it?

Could I take a kid to the dentist or anything?

I leave this town for one week,

And everything starts to fall apart.

Dogs start eating people.

Incidentally, here's the court order.

For what?

For the dog.

What am I supposed to do, shoot him?

No. The vet does that.

Oh, uh, Watkins?

Yeah.

You know, John, I was thinking.

If you and Ann Marie would move closer to town,

Then you could walk to work,

And I could have the car.

Sure, Abel.

Sure, John.

[Barking]

[Meowing]

You're supposed to use the phone.

Uh, yes, ma'am.

I'm Abel marsh, chief of police.

I've got a court order from the Campbell inquest

To put away the doberman pinscher.

Nobody calls them doberman pinschers anymore,

Just doberman or dobe.

Oh...

Neat.

I suppose you want to see the dog.

Well, not particularly, miss.

Mrs. bingham.

Come on, Mr. marsh.

Don't be nervous.

They only kill their masters.

He's a beautiful dog.

It's a shame.

Why would a dog do that?

There was a similar incident

A couple of years ago, somewhere...

Also a woman.

She'd been beating the dog for years.

It turned.

Got her by the throat.

Well, you know that,

If you saw Mrs. Campbell.

By the throat?

That's what they go for, you know.

No, I don't know.

I don't know very much about dogs.

I don't like them, really, particularly dobermans.

I don't know why people have them.

Well, anyway,

He's very well-trained.

Tell him to do something.

Tell him to sit.

What's his name?

Murphy.

Sit, Murphy.

Hey, Murphy. Come here.

Sit down, Murphy.

[Gate opens]

Oh, hi, Warren. How you been?

Abel. You left him on a command.

What?

He'll just sit.

Release him, Abel.

How?

O.K.

We'll put him to sleep for $20.

You tell us when, Mr. marsh.

Where'd you get her?

What?

Uh, what do you use to put the dog away?

Pentobarbital. Sodium pentobarbital.

It's like, uh, nembutal.

For euthanasia,

5 grams to a cc

And 1 cc for every 5 pounds.

They just go to sleep.

For a big dog like a Shepherd or a dobe

It takes about a half an hour.

You've got quite a job.

Better than yours.

Don't worry.

We'll get to it after work tonight, o.K.?

Yeah.

Well, we'll see you.

By the throat, huh?

Then what did you chew

On her hands and feet for, huh?

Why did you do that?

[Whimpers]

You were right to dig her up.

The inquest was wrong.

She didn't bleed to death.

She drowned.

Obviously, the dog was trying to pull her out.

Was it booze?

Yes.

A lot of it?

Yes, enough.

But she did drown?

Yes, she drowned... In freshwater.

Freshwater with a lot of salt in it,

Not saltwater. There's a difference.

Come here.

This is ocean water.

See those ladderlike critters there?

They live in saltwater.

Now, the critters who live in freshwater

Are different.

They're round.

Well, octagonal, actually.

Now, a lady who's drowned in salt water

Doesn't have those octagonal freshwater critters

Swimming around inside her.

That sample is from Jenny.

So she was drowned in freshwater

Somehow doctored to make it look like saltwater

Because whoever did it

Planned to dump her in the ocean.

Uh-huh. And Rex, your wonder dog,

Pulled her out.

His name is Murphy, and he's not my dog.

Where are you going?

Well, I got to go catch somebody, don't it?

Sit down. We're not through.

We're not?

No.

There's more?

Sit down.

I found a fetus.

Jenny was pregnant, Abel.

Third month, I'd say.

Isn't that a double murder in this state?

I mean, legally?

Well, they told me there was a lady dead

Down on the beach

And that the doberman had killed her.

It was very early, so I never got any breakfast.

Your office called. Gloria?

Uh, Walter's wife.

She's on the force.

Oh. Well, she asked me

If I could go out and sedate the dog,

And so I did, and, uh,

I never got any breakfast.

We owe you one.

In the meantime,

What do we do about what's-his-name?

Murphy.

Well, you can keep him here for a while,

But this is no place for a healthy dog, Abel.

Did you people treat him?

Nope. Never saw him before.

Well, someone has to pay his board.

Who is that?

Isn't that, uh...

My wife. I guess you never met her.

No, I haven't. She's a fine-looking woman.

Thank you.

Neat.

Well, we'll see if we can find

A home for him.

He's needs companionship

And a place to run.

Yeah. If you could just keep him here

For a day or two, anyway.

He's the only one that, uh...

Well, he...

Ah, sh...

[Slam]

[Slam]

"Cromarty malt scotch whiskey unblended."

"The richest whiskey made."

Neat.

Hey, Abel, how was your vacation?

Did you get much?

Oh, shut up, Ernie.

Get me a glass with some ice in it, huh?

Hey, Watkins got a new nurse. You know her?

Yeah.

Kate something.

She lives over in one of Mrs. beasley's rooms.

She comes in here at night sometimes.

She likes the rhubarb pie.

Alone?

Well, sometimes

She has a glass of milk with it.

No, Ernie.

Does she come in alone?

Yeah.

Malt scotch. What is it?

What are you doing?

I'm joining you.

You got a liquor license?

You got teenagers on the premises.

You want to go to jail?

You're a sweetheart, Abel.

You always were.

Go ahead, Ernie, drink it.

No, go on. I don't mind. Go ahead.

But I want to tell you something.

If you drink it, Ernie, you'll die.

[Gasps]

He's right.

Dining room.

Oh, Mrs. macintire. How are you?

Mr. macintire?

Uh... I don't know, Mrs. macintire.

I'll just look down the list here

And see if I can find him.

Mr. marsh to see Mr. Campbell.

Just a moment, please.

Mrs. macintire,

I don't seem to find his name on the list here.

However, it could be an oversight.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll look around the club for you.

Well, personally, I think

That the offshore drilling plans...

Mr. Campbell?

Oh, yes. Marsh.

Excuse me.

Certainly.

Mr. marsh. How are you?

Why don't we sit over there?

All right.

That's quite a dog.

Yeah.

Oh, Ben, we'll need some drinks.

We got him from a breeder

Up in mill valley.

I remember driving home.

Jenny carried him on her lap all the way.

I'd always wanted a doberman.

When we separated,

I hated to leave that dog.

Have you, uh, remarried, Mr. Campbell?

No.

No. The world's so full of young people,

Mostly of the opposite sex.

I can understand that.

What would you like, Mr. marsh?

Bourbon, please.

Thank you.

The usual, Mr. Campbell?

Please.

Did you visit your wife after the divorce?

No.

No, I haven't seen her since we separated.

I let her use the house.

It was in my name.

I guess I owe someone some money.

I told some officer

That of course I'd pay for the funeral expenses.

Thank you.

Why?

Why what?

Why didn't you come to the funeral?

Mr. Campbell...

Your wife has been murdered.

I suggest you answer my questions.

I understand.

I don't like it, but I understand.

We were separated 2 years ago,

On Friday, the 4th of April.

She'd been down to the house

The week before,

Opening it up with Murphy.

I drove down on Friday night.

I got there, I parked the car,

Got out.

She announced she wanted a divorce.

I mean, she didn't want me to come in.

I didn't even make it to the porch.

So we stood there in the driveway.

She asked me to go away.

She, uh...

She'd found someone else,

And she'd fallen in love, she said...

For the first time.

Please, would I leave her be?

And would I please go?

Please to go.

It was over.

Well, we stood there for a little while.

I left.

They were standing there in the driveway,

The two of them,

Jenny and Murphy.

You see, Mr. marsh, my wife...

I really didn't want to get into this.

She...

She told me she was leaving me

For another woman.

So that's why I never went back.

I expect you understand.

You ever carry, uh, malt scotch?

Malt scotch?

Oh, you mean unblended scotch.

Yeah.

No, there's no call for that.

You never stocked it?

No, I never stocked it. You want some?

George, did you ever deliver

To Mrs. Jenny Campbell?

You know, the woman...

Oh, yeah, the woman that the dog ate.

The dog didn't eat that woman.

The paper said he did.

Doberman pinschers are famous for it.

I know. They go around eating people, right?

You read it in the paper. It must be a fact.

They're killers, right, George?

Right.

Did you ever deliver to her?

Yeah, sometimes.

Not often. Gin, mostly.

Never malt scotch?

No. I told you I didn't stock it,

So how could I deliver it?

Oh, say,

Ernie told me that you really showed them

How to do it down there in Los Angeles.

Do what?

Well... You know.

No, I don't know.

Ha ha ha!

I don't blame you for doing it.

Doing what?

You don't have to talk about it, Abel.

Thanks, George. Thanks a lot.

Yeah.

[Laughing]

George...

Yeah?

You were there?

What?

You delivered out there?

You were there? Tell me.

What?

Mrs. Campbell, for Christ's sakes.

Who do you think we're talking about, George?

Oh, there.

Well, she didn't buy scotch, Abel, just gin.

George, would you tell me about her?

What was she like?

I didn't see her.

I was never inside the place or nothing.

I just left the stuff on the stoop.

Why?

Well, because she wouldn't let me inside.

Why wouldn't she let you in, George?

Do you know?

No. I guess she just didn't want nobody

Inside the place.

Hey...

Do you think there was something in there

That she didn't want me to see?

Yeah. Maybe.

What?

What what?

What was she hiding?

Oh, George, George, George.

Dear George.

The dog didn't eat that woman, huh?

Well, listen, the paper said he did.

It's right here!

Ernie,

Where's that bottle of malt scotch?

We drank it.

You left it here, and we drank it.

Where's the bottle?

It's in the trash.

Get it, will you?

Here it is.

I missed.

Ernie, I don't believe you.

It's o.K. I have others.

Hey, how about a vinegar bottle?

What was that you wanted me to do?

I just told you, John.

Who?

Bingham.

Kate bingham.

The dog lady?

Yeah.

You sure you want her? I could come out.

I don't want you, John.

I want Mrs. bingham.

Oh. Is she married?

Does it matter?

Gee, not to me, Abel.

Gee, that's good news, John.

Anything else, Abel?

Yeah, John.

Hang up.

It's a disinfectant.

Very strong,

But with no masking odor

Like simulated pine needles

Or whatever.

The smell is the ethyl alcohol,

Which is the base of all of them.

Abel: Gasoline.

You mean that all those spray disinfectants

Are gasoline?

That's what people are spraying

In their kitchens and bathrooms?

Yes, more or less.

Jesus Christ.

Well, Kate, thanks for coming.

I thought that, uh...

We could...

We?

We. We don't have the facilities

For much of anything,

So I didn't know who else to call.

I'm glad you called.

Is this where it happened?

Yeah. Probably.

So whoever it was cleaned up afterward.

Is that surprising to you?

No. As a matter of fact,

I saw him the first time I ever came here.

Whoever it was was probably here a lot.

Jenny had a friend.

She may have had

A couple of friends.

Anyway, there's just no sign

Of any other person or persons here.

It's all been cleared away.

It's been stripped off,

Tidied up, taken out, and washed down,

Cleaned, disinfected.

Nothing... well, almost nothing is left.

It doesn't look so clean in here.

Well, things have been removed.

The rest just garbage that doesn't matter.

The stuff that could tell us something is gone.

Believe me, a very tidy type went through here.

Who?

Well, there's an old police rule,

Which I just made up...

If you know who did it,

Then you know where to look.

I mean, if Harry did it,

You just run over to Harry's and catch him.

But, uh, if you only know how it was done,

That can tell you a little about where not to look.

For example, no passing tramp

Came in here with his disinfectant

And removed all the clues,

So we won't shake down all the local tramps.

If you know...

Where not to look,

That can tell you a little

About where to look...

Maybe.

Where are you from?

New York.

Why eden landing?

'Cause it isn't New York.

What about your husband?

What does he do?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Maybe the fact I don't know what he does

Tells you a little bit about where he is.

Well, at least it tells me where he isn't.

May I?

Yeah, sure. Sit.

Divorced?

Mm-hmm.

What about you?

I'm a faggot.

Aw, come on.

Have you seen the women in this town?

There are other towns.

Not really, no. No, they're all the same.

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe new Orleans or London

Or someplace else,

But I've never been there.

I have been to Los Angeles.

That's o.K. If you like basketball players.

Incidentally, nobody seems to want Murphy.

Everybody thinks he chewed up Mrs. Campbell.

Well, he didn't, damn it. I know that.

Well, then you take him.

Me? Are you out of your mind?

The dog's a killer.

[Yawns and whimpers]

[Muttering]

Grrrr...

[Growls and barks]

Go chew yourself.

What?

[Muttering] Damn dog in the place.

You gotta have a dog here.

What did you say?

Nice doggie.

I'm glad you like him, Malcolm.

[Telephone rings]

He obviously likes you.

Yeah. Neat.

Eden landing police. Marsh speaking.

Yeah. Hi, Phil.

Yeah. Well, wait a minute.

Phil, wait a minute. Slow down, huh?

Are you sure?

Well, o.K., Phil.

All right. What's his name?

Where is he now?

O.K. Where's Betsy?

Phil, how old is the boy?

Oh, this is it.

This is the one.

Well, listen, Phil.

Phil, it was an accident, obviously.

All right, Phil. All right.

You...

Are you sure she didn't bite anything first?

Yes. All right, Phil.

Yeah. Good-bye.

Good-bye.

Well, I don't believe it.

That was Phil Hamilton.

His daughter Betsy's over in the hospital.

She, uh...

She lost her nipple. Her left one.

[Snorting laughter]

Phil seems to think it was removed

By a young man named James tonetti.

Ha ha ha ha!

How?

Well, they were out riding in the car

With another couple, and, uh...

They were in the backseat.

The car hit a bump, and he bit it off.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Phil wants me to arrest the young man.

[Laughing]

Wh-wh-wh...

What are you going to charge him with, Abel?

What?

What about grand theft?

There's an awful lot of that

Going around today.

[Both laughing]

Wait a minute.

Maybe it was a second-story job.

And then you ask Phil,

What did she bite first?

It was tit for tat.

Well, I was born in this house...

In the front bedroom upstairs.

It's the... Only bedroom.

I like the house.

What do you spend your money on, Abel?

Rhubarb pie.

What?

What money?

Local schoolteachers make as much as I do.

Another 25 years, retirement.

At 65?

Mm-hmm.

You're 40?

You look older.

I'm serious. You look older.

I thought you were older.

Neat. Well, I'm not.

How old are you?

I'm 30.

Hmm.

What does that mean?

Nothing.

You thought I was older?

No. No.

You thought I was younger.

That's it, isn't it?

Will you shut up.

I thought you were married.

I'm divorced. I told you.

[Whimpering]

Go on, Murphy.

Well, uh, how's the Campbell case coming?

Oh, fine.

Just perfect. Perfect.

We have a pregnant

39-year-old d.O.A. Caucasian lesbian.

Any ideas?

Pregnant lesbian?

Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

Well, city people...

Who knows what they do, what they want?

Careful.

It's just that all we know

Is she was pregnant and she was murdered.

I guess dykes don't take the pill.

Well, that thought never occurred to me.

You, uh, think the druggist did it?

Can you imagine coming home and your wife says

She's leaving you for someone else?

And you say, "who? Phil?"

And she says, "no. Phyllis."

That's the ultimate putdown,

To those of us who are normal heterosexuals.

No, you'd take off.

Or it could be a clever way

To get rid of a guy.

Who'd hang around to see if it was true?

You mean it might not be a woman,

But a man?

That thought never occurred to me.

Now, if she was running

A lot of people through her bedroom,

It just might be that one of them

Didn't want to wait in line.

If you know a little about who was killed,

That should tell you a little about who did it.

But you don't really know much

About Jenny, do you?

No.

I will.

I will.

Listen...

I'm a normal heterosexual, too.

Your food will get cold.

Probably.

That dog will come right in here and eat it.

I didn't mean now.

But I do.

Well, I didn't.

But I did.

Eat your supper.

When?

Go on. Eat your food.

What is it?

It's, uh...

Love pie.

That's disgusting.

No. It's an old marsh recipe.

It's meat loaf.

Oh, no. That's just what you think.

Looks like it, but it isn't.

Go on. I dare you.

Take one bite, and zap.

Go on.

Your food will get cold.

Well, I won't.

That's disgusting.

What do you want?

You said you'd leave the car for us this morning

At the station.

Gloria's got to go to the orthodontist.

I told you that.

And you said, ok, take the car.

All right. Get in.

Go on, Gloria. Get in.

Get in. He won't bite you.

Come on, Murphy. Up here.

Come on. Up here.

Good. That's a boy.

Get in, Gloria.

Kate: Sit.

Where was that you wanted to go?

To the orthodontist.

What's that? Teeth?

Yeah.

Your teeth falling out?

Not my teeth. It's hers.

Yecchh.

Sorry, Gloria.

Sigmund Freud said losing your teeth

Has great sexual significance.

Huh! It didn't for me.

[Gloria giggling]

[Engine grinding]

[Engine starts]

It's a neat car.

I'm here. I came.

Hello, Mr. Campbell.

I'd like you to come up to the house with me.

After we get a place to stay.

After dinner o.K.?

All right.

Say I meet you out there about 9:00?

Fine.

Um, do you have a motel here with vibrator beds, chief?

I beg your pardon?

You know, magic fingers,

Where the whole bed just vibrates?

You know, goes up and down.

You put a quarter in the box.

In the box. Neat.

I don't really know, miss.

I've never stayed in a motel

In this town.

Well, I can see why.

Would you wait a minute?

There's something I'd like to show you.

Who is it?

Who is it?

Is it Jenny?

No.

Just like that?

You haven't seen her in 2 years?

You certain?

You know the man?

You don't seem surprised by the question.

Did you find this at the house?

Yes, indeed.

She liked taking pictures.

What does that mean?

What do you think it means? Here.

Pictures like this?

Well, she...

She liked to keep a record

Of her friends.

Friends, huh?

You mean she obviously liked to take pictures

Of people making love.

Worse than this?

Do you find people making love

"Worse," Mr. marsh?

Mr. Campbell, you imply that she took these kind of pictures.

That's what you're saying.

The house is full of them.

Well, it isn't anymore.

Do you like taking pictures?

Is that what turns you on?

My normalcy is not at stake.

I'm hip.

Enjoy your supper.

City people.

[Tires screeching]

Good evening, rosa.

Abel!

Uh, bourbon. What do you want?

Beer.

Beer. We'll be in back.

Ah, thank you, rosa.

I, uh... Once read where Harry Truman

Used to drink triple bourbons for lunch.

When I read that, I voted for him.

[Glass breaking]

Hey!

Hey, yeah, let's get him down here.

Would you excuse me for a minute?

All right, now. That should end the fun for the day.

I want you two to pay for your drinks

And then leave,

So I can go back to my table

And drink mine, all right? Huh?

Yeah, man. Yeah, man.

Get my hat?

Wait a minute.

I said pay for your drinks

And then leave.

Here. Keep the change.

On the house, Abel.

Thank you, rosa.

Well, these are on the house.

Drink up.

I don't even like beer.

I am impressed, officer marsh.

Well, let's see. Where were we?

Oh, yes, yes.

We were discussing

Where you were going to spend the night.

We were?

Oh, yeah. Remember that?

All right, John. Sit down.

And it better be good.

Oh, I don't know how good it's going to be,

But, uh, your old classmate streeter...

What does he want to do, seal the whole town off again?

I think he wants to talk to you

About the Campbell case.

On Friday night?

I'm sorry.

John will drop you off,

And I'll call you later, all right?

I don't have a car.

Well, we have 2 cars, don't we, John?

Malcolm's got the other one.

He's out on traffic.

Friday night.

Well, how did you get here?

I took the taxi.

Neat.

Thanks, Abel.

Where was the, uh...

The husband?

He was with a 19-year-old girl

In west Sacramento.

Pretty sexy case.

Whatever turns you on, old buddy.

Listen, Daniel, I know I can't keep you out,

But, uh, I don't need your help.

There's nothing the sheriff's department can do

That we haven't, so...

Why don't you just leave us alone on this one?

See you, Abel.

Yeah.

Yeah, you do turn up. I noticed.

Now, listen, old buddy.

You're in my sector.

Now, you screw up,

And I get the flak from the state.

You've come a long way, Daniel.

I can remember when you were saving up

To buy a whoopee cushion.

Of course, you always were

A little strung out on things.

You probably got electric handcuffs by now.

See you, Abel.

[Horn honks]

Campbell!

Campbell!

Campbell!

Campbell, what the hell...

Campbell, come back here!

Campbell!

[Engine gunning, tires screeching]

Campbell!

Campbell!

Well, thanks for your help, killer.

Hello, Mrs. slate?

It's Abel marsh.

The Campbell place is on fire.

Yeah. Out on coast road. And hurry.

This is marsh again.

Send an ambulance, too.

[Sirens]

What's wrong, Abel?

He's dead. That's what's wrong.

The tunnel was blocked, Abel.

There was a car jammed in it...

A sports car.

The tires were cut.

The steering wheel was locked.

We tried to push it out of the way,

But we couldn't,

So we went after Harry to get Harry's tow truck.

He wasn't at home,

So we had to go find him.

Boy, is he pissed.

Neat.

That's your word, isn't it?

What?

Your word.

You use it all the time.

What word? What are you talking about?

Your word "neat."

I never used the word in my life.

My husband used the word "wholly" all the time.

Holy?

With a "w."

Mm.

This is a wholly serious matter.

It is wholly important.

I am wholly certain of it.

Neat.

[Feet pattering]

Abel: There he is.

Well, that's all that's left...

The one big clue.

Dogs can't talk, Abel.

Yeah, but they can bark.

Murphy, why didn't you bark tonight, huh?

Hey.

Come here.

Come here to me.

Was it an old friend, huh?

That's why you didn't bark?

Hey.

Murphy,

Why didn't you bark tonight, huh?

[Barking and growling]

[Grrr]

[Barks]

[Grrr]

[Grrr]

[Grrr]

Murphy, now, stop it!

[Barking and growling]

[Grrr]

No! Murphy. No!

What's the matter with him?

Murphy, now stop it! Down!

All right, you're the expert.

What is it?

I don't know.

[Barks]

Where's his lead?

On the chair downstairs by the door.

Come.

Sit. Sit.

Down. Lie down.

Stay.

I don't understand that.

What's the matter with that dog?

He turned.

Look at him now.

I don't want to look at him.

Put him in the back room

And close the door.

Come on.

I'm going to have to get rid of him.

It's true what they say about dobermans.

I guess that's why they say it.

Oh, damn.

The tire off my car... Where is it?

I don't know. Over there somewhere.

Harry. Harry.

Yo.

Where's the tire off my car?

Over here by my foot.

Sharp knife, huh?

Looking for traces of blood,

Aren't you?

There aren't any.

I already checked all that out.

What I figure happened was,

I figure that

He wiped his knife off on something

Before he cut your tire.

Maybe he had 2 knives.

Either of you guys think about that?

How are the teeth?

$700.

What are you going to do?

He's going to feed her a lot of soup.

Who owns a Chevrolet?

Who what?

Last night a Chevy passed me going fast.

On the coast road?

Yeah.

Was it coming from the house?

Could have been.

Could have been coming from the north,

From San Francisco,

From Oregon, from Washington.

What year?

I don't know.

What color?

I don't know. Dark.

What body style?

I don't know. It was a sedan.

4-door?

How many people in it?

One.

Man or woman?

I don't know.

Half the people in America drive chevrolets.

My family always drove plymouths.

Could've been a Plymouth.

The law is here.

Abel...

Do you think

That car was coming

From her house?

That would mean

There were 2 people there.

One stayed back

And torched the house.

What do you think?

I don't know.

When you get that down there,

Check it out right away.

[Police radio] 919 at 710 fremont.

I-32. 925 at LA tienda park.

925...

Dick Duffy turned his bar topless last night.

Yeah? Who's dancing, his wife?

We're at Abel marsh's office.

Well, I'll keep you posted.

Abel. Abel, what the hell is going on?

There wasn't anybody in here...

Nobody on the phone. Nothing.

I had to put Walker on it.

Now, what time do you clowns open up

Around here anyway?

All right, Abel.

Now, this is what I'm going to do.

First I'm going down to the vet's.

Then I'm going to run the remains

Of that house.

Then I've got the county coroner

Coming over about the autopsy.

Here.

And, incidentally,

Why did you wait almost a week

For the autopsy?

He was on vacation, captain.

We thought Murphy did it, as I remembered.

Murphy?

Yeah. The doberman.

Oh, yeah. The dog. Where is he?

I took him back.

Did you want to cross-examine him, Daniel?

Hmm.

Where did he ever get that stupid name?

I don't know. That's his name.

Let's pack up and get out of here.

Reade, you stay, look around some more.

How did he get that name?

What?

How did she know his name?

She said his name was Murphy.

How'd she know that?

They didn't treat that dog.

They never saw him before.

Abel.

Abel, I'll do it.

No, John.

Streeter, get that toy factory out of the way.

O.K., o.K., Abel.

Come on, streeter, move it! Move it!

Abel, take it easy, huh?

Just take it easy.

Abel!

Abel, what the hell

Do you think you're doing, damn you?!

You won't move it, I'll move it for you!

[Knock on door]

Who is it?

Abel marsh.

Abel marsh. Can't get enough, huh?

Jinkies.

Abel?

How did you know his name was Murphy?

That's his name. What do you mean?

I want you to tell me

How you knew his name was Murphy.

You mean...

Because I know his name...

That's exactly what I mean.

Damn you. Get out of here.

Kate, I want you to tell me how you knew

His name was Murphy, and you tell me now!

Tell me now!

Warren told me that was his name.

Warren, huh?

Yes, Warren.

He was the one they called that morning.

He went out and tranquilized the dog

And... Brought him back,

And when I came in,

I asked who it was, and he said Murphy.

That's a boy. That's a boy.

O.K., now. O.K.

[Barking]

That's it. Come on. Come on, Murphy.

O.K. Enough.

Good boy. Good boy.

Good boy.

That's a boy.

Good boy.

Good morning, Abel.

Good morning, Warren.

More questions?

No, no.

I, uh, saw you playing with Murphy

When I drove up.

Those snarls are part of what turned me off.

I didn't know it was a game he played.

Yeah, it's his game, it's play.

Something he likes to do...

Apparently.

Silly, huh?

Yeah.

You're under arrest, Dr. Watkins,

For the murder of Jenny Campbell,

Her husband,

And your own unborn child.

All right.

[Horn honks]

It's an emergency.

That's why I'm here early.

Let me fix it, please.

You come with me, and then I'll go with you.

All right.

You know, you should have gotten rid of that dog.

He did tell us things,

Like I found out

That you knew one of his games,

And you knew his name.

You've got knives

To slash tires and people

And disinfectant to clean out bathtubs.

You're a very tidy man.

The only thing missing is the woman.

We'll sweat that out of you.

What woman?

The woman. The third party.

Jenny's girlfriend.

The third member of the menage.

That's the word, isn't it?

Menage a trois...

When 3 people do it.

I thought it was your nurse, but it isn't.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I saw her in the Chevrolet.

The Chevrolet?

What Chevrolet is that, Abel?

What is it, doctor?

It's the prostate. Swollen.

Blocks the nerves here...

Hence the paralysis.

We'll bring it down.

Uh, have you had any trouble

With this before?

No. Not ever.

Well, it'll probably happen again

Twice a year, you know,

When the local females come in heat.

He can't help it.

It's a physiological reaction to that.

O.K., little fella.

You'll feel right as rain in just a minute.

All right. Here. Hold him.

Good boy.

Of course it may not happen again...

But once it does happen...

Turn his head.

If it happens again...

What about tarquinius?

[Siren]

Gloria, this is Abel. Now, listen to me.

Dr. Warren Watkins is headed east on maple.

Pick him up.

License number w-p-a-

3-8-4.

It's a blue Chrysler.

And, Gloria... Gloria,

He gave me a shot of something.

Find out what it is and what's going to happen to me.

It's some kind of dog stuff.

Is that why you want him arrested?

No, no. It's because he killed the Campbells.

Now, move it!

Yeah. Yeah!

Abel?

Yeah?

That shot will make you fall asleep.

Thanks.

Abel, listen to me.

It's lethal. It'll kill you.

[Brakes squealing]

Sodium pentobarbital?

Yep.

You know, if you'd been a German Shepherd,

You would have been dead.

They washed it out of you somehow.

Did you get him?

No, but, uh, we got the woman...

Bingham.

She's not the woman.

There may be no woman.

Anyway, it's not her.

John said that you said...

I was wrong.

Where is she?

I locked her up, Abel...

Suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

John said that you have proof

That she's involved...

Some dirty photographs

That you won't show anybody

Of her doing it with the doctor.

I said it's not her. Let her go.

She's a material witness.

Daniel, if you don't release her,

I'll kill you.

I'm serious.

I am wholly serious.

You're some cop, old buddy.

Abel?

Sh-should I wait?

I don't know.

[Turns off engine]

[Knock on door]

Are you all right?

Do you want anything?

Then what do you want?

Hey, Wendell.

Yeah.

Does Watkins still keep his boat here?

Yeah. Over there.

Well, it was over there.

Must be out.

Must be out for a sail.

You figured that out, huh?

You ought to run for mayor.

I am the mayor, Abel.

Oh, yeah. Right.

Uh, sorry, Wendell.

Where's Mrs. bingham, the nurse?

I don't know.

Who hired you?

I don't know.

Some lady called us, said pack it up,

So we're packing it up.

I'll check with him on the phone.

Afternoon, Abel.

Hi, Walker.

Well, we... Looked everywhere, Abel.

Everywhere?

Uh-huh. Everywhere.

They, uh, patrolled every inch of the coastline,

And so did we.

There is no boat.

Anyway, we couldn't find it.

Maybe he sank it. He's smart.

Everywhere, huh?

Uh-huh.

Did you look here?

Where?

Here.

Where here?

Here.

Who went through the house?

We did.

I did. I went all through the house.

Was there a car there?

Yeah. The wife has a car.

Where was it?

In the garage.

In the garage. How do you know?

How do I know? I saw it there.

It was there, Abel, under the cover.

What kind of car, Daniel?

A Chrysler.

I don't believe it.

What color?

I don't believe it.

Blue, I think.

Blue Chrysler, huh?

John, there's a blue Chrysler

Parked in Watkins' garage.

I don't believe it.

County sheriff, huh?

What the hell's so exciting about a blue Chrysler?

If you can't find a man,

Then obviously that tells you

Some of the places he isn't, right?

Right. So that should tell you

A little about where he might be. Right?

Right. Left you in a field,

Drove home, parked his car,

And hid inside his own place.

That takes a lot of cool.

He had heard these clowns had taken over.

He was inside the house the whole time.

And he still is.

I don't believe it.

[Ring]

Everything goes upstairs, front room on the right.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Abel?

I'm ready to kill you, Watkins,

If you wink.

In my present circumstances,

That isn't much of a deterrent.

Capital punishment has been abolished.

You're very much alive unless I kill you,

And I'm thinking about it.

You're shrewd, Abel,

But you're not very smart.

You seem the opposite to me.

I'm only baffled by your...

Solution for your problem.

I don't think you had to kill Jenny.

I didn't.

As a matter of literal fact, I didn't.

Fascinating.

It's true.

I didn't kill any of those people.

But it doesn't matter.

Well, we're going to talk about it,

In some detail.

I promise you.

Now, where's your wife?

In the kitchen.

Care to join us for lunch?

All right, move.

[Gunshot]

Watkins, stop!

Stop!

Watkins!

Streeter, don't shoot!

You idiot! He didn't kill anybody!

All right, boys, get the ambulance in here.

Get the cars.

We loved each other.

Who? Who loved who?

He came home to protect her.

He wasn't running like a murderer.

He parked his car in his own garage.

He must have loved you very much, Mrs. Watkins.

He was always cleaning up after you.

What about Jenny? Did he love her?

Maybe he did.

Everybody did.

She was beautiful.

She was a bitch.

She wouldn't let anything be.

She wouldn't let it be us.

Just us.

It was just us,

The two of us.

She had to take him.

She wouldn't let it be the two of us.

That's what she was like.

Then she wouldn't let it be 3.

Oh, she destroyed us with it.

She got pregnant.

There was nothing left.

Nothing for me,

Nothing for him.

[Siren]

There was nothing left of him.

Nothing of me.

I had no choice.

Come on, get her in the car.

Mrs. Watkins.

Where's your Chevrolet?

You're so smart, you find it.

Yes, ma'am.

You're a lousy shot, old buddy.

Now, listen, you never told me

That you were chasing a blue Chrysler.

You told them.

Who cares?

What's new with you?

Nothing. What's new here?

No calls. Nothing.

It doesn't have any keys.

Abel, they gave us a typewriter

With no keys.

We might have known they'd do that.

All right, get up. I'll fix it.

It doesn't have any platen, either.

This is the platen, Gloria.

What it doesn't have is a carriage.

What's a carriage?

Uh, Gloria, would you go get Ann Marie?

We left her at the pediatrician's.

Would you go get her? I'll fix this.

You just go pick her up.

Oh, sure.

Hey, we got a broom, too.

Neat. Get on it and go.

I love you, chief.

You leaving?

I don't have a job.

There's nothing to keep me here.

We arrested Mrs. Watkins.

She did it.

I know.

I never thought he'd done it, any of it.

He saved lives.

That's what he was trying to do...

Save his wife's life.

He followed her around tidying up.

You know, Jenny took a photograph

Of them together.

They were holding hands.

Is that the photograph

The police thought I was in?

It's the photograph I thought you were in.

I didn't think it for very long.

But you did think it.

Yeah.

What a bummer.

Yeah.

Well, you got yourself a dog, anyway.

A man and his dog.

Calling sheriff's vehicle 203.

I want to talk to Daniel streeter.

This is car 203.

Captain streeter's in car 204.

Beautiful.

Are you listening, Daniel?

This is Abel marsh.

Streeter: What do you want?

Uh, streeter,

Our local taxi, 555-dnx,

Is traveling through your area.

I want to know where he goes.

Will you do that for me, Daniel?

Yeah. Yeah, Abel.

Neat.