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[MUSIC PLAYING]

POLICE OFFICER: (OVER RADIO) Attention all units

in the vicinity of [INAUDIBLE].

--in hot pursuit of a [INAUDIBLE] van,

licence 1 John Charles Timothy Ian,

heading westbound [INAUDIBLE].

Something I want to ask you.

Shoot.

Don't tempt me.

What do you want to know, partner?

AUGUST BROOKS: Your name, is that your given name?

CHASE MCDONALD: What?

Well, you know, it's a bit unusual,

and it just fits so well.

CHASE MCDONALD: No, it's not my given name.

AUGUST BROOKS: That much I figured.

So what is?

I don't want to talk about it, all right?

Come on, I'm your partner.

Is it a funny name?

What?

I don't want to talk about it, OK?

Leopold?

Simon?

Leonard?

Barry?

Barry, oh, baby, baby, baby.

Percy?

Percy?

I look like a Percy to you?

I don't know, what do you think a Percy looks like?

I don't know what a Percy looks like, all right?

But will you just drop this thing?

Huh?

AUGUST BROOKS: Look out! MAN: Hey, watch it!

Watch it! [CRASH]

MAN: Ah!

Damn!

Great, we're screwed.

We almost had him.

I asked you to let up about the name thing,

but no, you didn't want to let up about the name thing.

So what do you think we're going to do now, huh?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

All units, this is 1W13.

Suspect heading west on Hollywood Boulevard.

Request a code three backup.

McDonald's lost his mind again.

Mortimer, I think it's Mortimer.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN: Come on.

Come on, cop boy.

[POLICE SIRENS]

[GRUNTING]

[CRASH]

[GUNSHOTS]

[CRASH]

[POLICE SIRENS]

Uh-uh-uh, come one, get up.

Get up there.

[POLICE SIRENS]

You know, McDonald, you'll be getting the will, you know?

You still want to know?

Know what?

We'll take him.

Thanks, guys.

[GROANING]

You got a pilot's licence, punk?

Still want to know my real name?

Oh, yeah, what is it?

I'll tell you, but you've got to promise not to laugh.

OK, I promise.

You've got to really promise.

All right, I swear.

Cross your heart, hope to die?

POLICE OFFICER: Come on, don, let's wrap this scene up.

Let's go.

POLICE OFFICER: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Cross my heart, hope to die.

Chester.

Chester McDonald.

[POLICE SIRENS]

Chester?

[LAUGHS]

Hey, Chester, hold up.

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, you.

What's up?

Is there something going on tonight?

Melrose Place is on tonight.

All the men are being serviced by their wives and girlfriends.

The ones without girlfriends and wives, they're sitting at home,

servicing themselves.

Oh.

I hate Monday nights.

MAN: Hey, baby.

[LAUGHS]

How much for the both of you?

$500.

Get in.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: (OVER RADIO) --in the mic

shows another beautiful day in paradise.

We're looking at some low smog, blue skies, and temperatures

in the mid- to low-80s.

And if you're up for a good time today,

hit the beach where it's hot and sunny.

Surf's up to four-foot swells, [INAUDIBLE]

is going, beautiful girls in their bikinis.

If the city's where you want to be,

then check out Milly's on Melrose

for the dairy-free eggplant--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

So this guy walks into this doctor's office, right,

and he says to the doc, doc, I don't feel so good, right?

So the doc checks him out.

And the docs find, much to his surprise,

that the guy's got a carrot up his nose,

got some chips in his ears, and got a loaf of bread up his ass,

right?

So he says, doc, what's wrong with me?

And the doc says to him--

now, get this-- doc says to him, you're not eating right.

[LAUGHS] Huh?

You're not eating right.

[LAUGHS] Get it?

Yeah.

Uh, it was interesting.

What do you mean by that?

Oh, nothing.

I mean, it was interesting.

No, see, see I'm thinking about trying stand-up,

you know, as a new hobby.

Well, what about your coin collection?

Well, you know, I'm still doing that too.

Don't lie.

He gave it up after one week.

August, I-- you really don't have to worry about it.

I mean, it isn't like levity is a necessary part

of anyone's personality.

What are you saying?

Well, I'm just saying that maybe there was a reason

that God put you at the end of the line

when he was passing out a sense of humor.

[LAUGHTER]

Now, that was funny.

That was good.

Why was that funny?

I don't get it.

Because I laughed.

Ah, I love this song.

You wanna dance?

OK.

[LAUGHS]

I'm thinking it, you just go with it.

Just this trip.

This would be a good marriage.

You think?

Yeah, probably.

You know love you.

I know.

POLICE OFFICER: (OVER RADIO) [INAUDIBLE]

and 13th, proceed to the intersection

of Alameda and Industrial.

Bar DOA investigation in progress.

Ah, looks like two entry wounds shot at close range.

I don't know, though, these wounds look postmortem.

Bruises on the neck, right temple.

August, what's that on your chin?

Hm?

My chin?

Yeah.

You cut yourself?

Your chin.

Yeah, I cut myself shaving.

Doesn't look like she's been dead very long, either.

You shave with the grain or against the grain?

What does it matter?

No, I just noticed that you cut yourself a lot.

With the grain.

Ah.

Why?

How do you do it?

I go against the grain, cold.

So the lab should have us an ID pretty quick.

August, can I ask you a question?

Yeah.

Does Kendra talk in her sleep?

All right, what's going on?

I can't ask you a question?

Look, you are not focused, my man.

I mean, you are the most focused cop I know,

and your mind's not here with us.

It's someplace else.

I was just thinking.

Of

Ah, Jodi.

August, last night, she was talking in her sleep.

She kept on saying, I do, I do, I do, I do.

I mean, what's with that?

She was talking in her sleep?

Uh-huh.

You think she was talking in her sleep?

I don't think she was talking in her sleep,

she was talking in her sleep.

Chase, women--

[LAUGHS] no, no.

Oh, well, that's a big help.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Ow.

So the doctor says, you ain't eating right.

[LAUGHTER]

Would you guys shut up?

Man, we've been doing this all day.

Hey, Max, that her?

Yeah, bingo.

Ah!

[GUNSHOT]

Ugh, ah!

[GUNSHOTS]

Ah!

Ah!

[GUNSHOTS]

Ah!

[GUNSHOTS]

[CRASH, SCREAMING]

[GUNSHOTS]

No!

Ah!

Ah!

Go, go!

Come on, let's go!

Let's go!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[DRILLING NOISE]

Are you coming to bed anytime soon?

About a half-hour, honey.

You OK?

I'm find.

You don't sound fine.

I'm fine.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I got you something today.

For real?

What?

[SIGH] Chester, do you take this woman to be

your lawfully wedded wife?

Jodi, do you take this man, lawfully wedded?

I do, I do.

In sickness and in health, [INAUDIBLE]..

Good morning.

Morning.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Nothing.

I just had the most amazing dream.

We were getting married.

And we were in Tahiti on our honeymoon, and--

Honey.

--my ring was so big.

Honey, honey.

What?

I've got to get to work a little earlier than usual.

Do you mind if I take a shower first?

- No. - Thanks.

No, go ahead.

Don't you want to hear the rest of my dream first?

I do, but later.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Her name is Jessica Paret, alias Dario.

Five arrests in the past year.

And check this out, they were all for solicitation.

Pretty busy lady, huh?

Nothing else, huh?

Nothing she got pissed on.

All right, Hollywood hooker ends

her career butt-up in a trash pile way out of her district.

Where's the connection?

I don't know, hard to say.

Maybe drugs.

Yeah, maybe, or maybe she was working the area,

which is unlikely, or maybe somebody brought her down

there, which is far-fetched, or maybe she was killed someplace

else and dumped there, but why?

Rush job?

Unless somebody wanted us to find her.

CHASE MCDONALD: Hey, Benny.

What is it, Chase?

I was just wondering, why do you

have your gun and your holster backwards like that?

Because it's not backwards.

It's a cross-draw.

It's against regulations.

What are you talking about, man?

There's no regulations against how I should wear my gun.

August. August.

AUGUST BROOKS: Yeah?

Give me a hand here.

Tell him.

Oh, well, actually, Benny, there is a regulation, 69698.

You've got it on backwards, Benny.

You guys won't let up.

Hey captain, these two jokers are trying to convince me

my gun is on backwards.

Tell them, please.

It is.

Change it.

It's against regulations.

So do we have this girl's stomping grounds yet?

Hollywood, east of Gower.

Good.

Well, let's hope this was a one-time only.

But I'm thinking, we'd better check the files

for all prostitutes killed in LA county in the last seven years.

Are you thinking this might be serial?

I don't know.

Body found out in the open, long way from home, postmortem

gunshots, bruises on the neck--

it's possible.

You'd better call Kendra, tell her you'll be home late.

We've got to go to Hollywood and get us some hookers.

Yeah, right.

Cool, cool.

And I think I'll phrase it just like that, too.

I'm taking you off the case.

What?

We just got started.

It's not his decision, it's mine.

As your division commander, I expect

you to do me the courtesy of not throwing a tantrum over this.

Good luck.

What's this all about, Wilma?

Between you and me, Chase, none of your freaking business.

Your subtle term doesn't work on me anymore.

How about a swift kick to the nuts, hm?

It's classified.

The problem leaks all the way to the mayor's house.

I'm taking care of it personally.

The mayor?

What's he got to do with this?

Like I said, it's classified.

It's all right, McDonald, there'll

be lots of other murders.

After all, this is LA.

Yeah, come on, chin up, Chase.

Robbery case--

I want you on it now.

Sorry, guys.

You have no intention of dropping this case, do we?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

No.

I figured as much.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Thanks.

Thank you.

So did you do it?

[LAUGHS] Yeah.

It was so funny.

He was so scared.

Hey, can I get something to drink?

Yeah.

Just keep doing it.

You are not responsible for what you say in your sleep.

And it puts the thought in his mind.

I don't know, it just seems sort of sneaky--

I mean, pretending to talk in my sleep just

to get him to marry me.

He loves you, Jodi, he's just afraid.

And there's nothing wrong with planning the seed.

I know he loves me.

And when he's ready, he's going to marry me.

And I'm going to wait for him.

Yeah.

CHASE MCDONALD: [HUMMING]

AUGUST BROOKS: Uh-oh.

CHASE MCDONALD: What?

You're humming again.

That's not a very good sign.

Jodi's talking in her sleep again.

Ah, more marriage stuff?

You know, August, maybe it's time

I started looking at rings.

You know, Chase, I wasn't going to say anything,

because I really do think you and Jodi should tie the know,

but before I asked Kendra to marry me,

she was doing the same thing--

talking in her sleep, only she wasn't asleep.

You're saying Jodi is faking it?

[LAUGHS] Have you seen this woman?

You know her at all?

Faking it.

Huh?

Faking it?

What do you think, bright boy, huh?

And she knew exactly what it would do to you, too.

See, women don't think men can make up their minds

when it comes to love, right?

So they like to sort of help things along--

you know, kind of plant the seeds, so to speak.

No, no, no, no, August, Jodi's not like that.

Same thing I thought about Kendra.

Chase, you've got to stop looking at Jodi as just Jodi.

Jodi's a woman, which means that she's got everything

that comes with that package.

MAN: Hey, baby!

Woo!

Baby, come back when you have a little more money,

because Cindy don't negotiate, OK?

Drive safely.

Buckle up.

Hey, you cops want to party with Cindyrella?

Oof, how about the three of us getting together

and making like an Oreo cookie?

You mind being in the middle, sugar?

[LAUGHS] Just out of curiosity, what

makes you think we're cops?

Honey, I've been spotting cops for years.

Shoot, I would have been one, but I do

these things a little better.

What did you say your name was again?

Cindy, Cindyrella.

We can party, but you've got to have me back by midnight,

else I turn into a hooker.

[LAUGHS]

Have you ever seen this girl, Cindy?

Oh, yeah, that's Miss Ariel.

She worked the west end sometimes.

I don't know her real good, but she's

best friends with Miss Electra.

You wouldn't know where this Miss Electra is?

For free?

Give him some--

give her some money.

Go on, go on.

Just seen her over in a lot on Western,

but she ain't no Hoover like me.

[SUCKS IN AIR]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Um, thanks a lot, Cindy.

Oh, Miss Electra sure must be popular tonight.

Why do you say that?

I mean, you're the second group of people to ask

me where she was tonight.

There were other police here?

No, no, no, it was a big guy, and he had

two other brothers with him.

Western's that way.

Thanks a lot, Cindy.

Any time, sweet babies.

Just get back to me on that cookie thing, OK?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GASP]

Get her.

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Let's go, McDonald!

Come on, get in!

MAN: Get after them!

They've got our girl!

What are you doing?

Let me go!

Let me go!

Hey, hey, hey.

Let me go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Hey, hey, hey, stop it.

We're the good guys, OK?

Hey, August.

AUGUST BROOKS: Yeah?

There's a guy on the hood.

Yeah, I noticed that.

Well, what are you going to do about it?

I don't know.

Show him your badge.

You really think that's going to work?

Hey, give it a shot.

Seems committed.

Yeah.

Let's try this.

Watch out!

[CRASH]

That did it.

CHASE MCDONALD: Good job, partner.

[SIGHS]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

CHASE MCDONALD: So you say you can't remember anything?

Yes.

CHASE MCDONALD: Not even your own name?

No.

Your name's Lydia Field.

You're known on the street as Electra.

On the street?

You're a prostitute by profession.

That would explain why I'm dressed like this.

Do you have any idea why those guys were shooting at you?

No.

Do you?

McDonald.

Excuse me.

Listen, we're not going to get anywhere tonight, OK?

I'm hungry.

You got any donuts or something?

Daniels, Daniels, can you get this ladies some donuts?

DANIELS: Sure, August.

WOMAN: Sweeter than April's rain.

WOMAN: Ariel!

WOMAN: Sweeter than April's rain.

[EERIE MUSIC]

Either she really can't remember,

or she's yanking our chain.

Either way, there's nothing that we

can do that a little time spent in a cell can't do better.

August, we can't stick her in jail.

She hasn't done anything.

Listen, if we don't put her in jail,

then we've get to put her back out on the street.

Unless you want to be pulling another body out

of a trash bin, I don't think that's the course

we want to take.

Well, I'm not going to stick her in jail.

Hey, I've got an idea. What about your place?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

No, no, no, nada, uh-uh, no way, I don't think so, pal.

I've got a wife.

Kendra would kill me.

Besides which, you know, we're working on that,

you know, having a baby thing, tonight.

Jodi's going to kill me.

What?

Honey, what was I supposed to do?

If I put her back on the street, she'll die.

Oh, so you bring her home?

Of course, that makes sense.

She is a prostitute.

I mean, I don't know if we can trust her.

Honey, honey, she's a human being.

She's in danger. I'm a cop.

You tell me what choice I had.

You are not the only cop in the city, Chase.

I know sometimes you think you are.

Look, I am trying real hard to bring some semblance

of normal life here, OK?

I love you.

I want to marry you.

I know, you're not ready for that.

I understand that.

Here we go again.

Yes, here we go again.

I am the only person you run away from.

The fearless Chase McDonald, he'll

run into a burning building to save your cat, but nuptials?

Excuse me, thank you for your hospitality, but I should go.

You guys don't need me adding to your trouble,

and it sounds like you've got enough of your own.

No, you're not adding to our troubles.

I mean, we don't have any troubles.

It's just a discussion.

Please stay.

I want you to.

Are you sure you don't mind?

No.

No, not at all.

Thank you.

Let's go upstairs and get the guest bedroom ready for you.

We'll discuss this later.

[EXHALES] Jodi, can I help with anything?

Guess not.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WOMAN: Sweeter than April's rain.

WOMAN: Ariel!

WOMAN: Sweeter-- sweeter than April's rain.

[CRASH]

[SCREAMING] Ariel!

Are you OK?

What's going on?

CHASE MCDONALD: I think she was having a nightmare.

I remember figures, like three or four.

It was dark.

Thanks.

I can't remember any faces.

We were in a hallway, this really long

hallway with lots of doors.

And we walked into a room.

And Ariel, she screamed.

[CRYING] Ariel's dead, isn't she?

She's dead.

[CRYING]

Lydia, the guys from last night,

the ones that were chasing you, are they

the ones that killed Ariel?

I don't know.

I'm sorry, I just can't remember.

Which part of drop this case did you not understand, hm?

I thought you had them reassigned.

I did.

Your deep in this, huh, Wilma?

I have the mayor of this fine city right up my ass.

Now, you think what I do is easy?

You try it sometime.

I have my own people personally investigating this

because they know how to follow orders.

They know how to keep it quiet.

Now what happened to the hooker that you questioned last night,

the one Rupert said he saw?

Is she in jail?

For what?

Is she on the street?

Why is it so important to you, Wilma?

What happened to her?

She's at my house.

She's afraid someone's after her.

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS, HUMS] Division chief or no division chief,

I'd love to tear that witch a brand-new--

Something's not right, August.

Aw, man, I hate it when you say that.

OK, are you having a feeling, or is this a hunch?

Feeling.

It's a feeling.

Is it a good feeling or a bad feeling?

Pretty bad.

A bad feeling, I was afraid you'd say that.

Hey, Benny.

I checked it out.

There is no regulation 69698 in that damn manual.

Really?

Yeah.

You checked the new manual, right?

New manual?

What new manual?

Well, the one they distributed last week.

Check with the captain, he's got one.

[LAUGHS]

I was told they were sending someone yesterday, at least

that's what the officer said.

Look, I'm sorry, sir.

I don't want sorry.

I want action.

I'm a man of action.

I'm sure you are, sir.

Now, exactly how many--

I'm sorry, what were they again?

Carnations.

--carnations were stolen?

Three dozen.

CHASE MCDONALD: You got that, August?

Three--

Dozen.

Three dozen, three dozen.

Carnations.

Carnations.

I-O-N-S.

I-O-N-S, right.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Jodi?

Jodi?

Chase.

We just went shopping.

We just got back.

Oh my god.

Honey, honey, are you all right?

No, I am not all right.

Look, maybe you can handle this, but I can't.

I need to go, OK?

Call me at my mom's, I'll be there.

Goodbye, Chester McDonald.

I'm sorry.

It's not your fault.

- The Chesterfield. - What?

I remember where we were that night, me and Ariel.

We were at the Chesterfield.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GUNSHOTS]

Electra!

You OK?

Yeah.

Ready?

Yeah.

Let's go!

[GUNSHOTS]

[PUNCH]

Yes!

[PUNCH]

Get in the car!

Keep your head down!

Go! Go, go!

Can you leave him?

Fasten your seat belt.

[AMBULANCE SIREN]

He's still coming.

[AMBULANCE SIREN]

[SCREAMING]

[EXPLOSION]

Oh my god.

[EXPLOSION]

Stay here, all right?

[POLICE SIRENS]

Will do, captain.

OK, emergency vehicles are on their way.

[POLICE SIRENS]

What's the matter?

I live there.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR SQUEAKING]

[BABY CRYING]

You sure you live here?

The maid must have forgot to come this week.

I remember now.

I remember what happened.

MAN: How much for the both of you?

$500.

Get in.

He took us to the Chesterfield Hotel,

where this strange lady was waiting for us.

Miss Reese.

Thank you for mentioning my name, Rupert.

Perhaps you should give them my business card as well.

Are you sure about this?

I'm positive.

Plus, she said we looked--

Sweeter than April's rain.

You famous or something?

No, not famous, just connected.

Call me Ariel.

This is Electra.

We're doing you?

Whatever, money's the same.

Thank you, Rupert, you can go now.

So take your clothes off.

Believe me, I've run into some weirdos,

but this woman really gave me the creeps.

Could I go to the bathroom first?

Now get on the bed.

I must say, you look very sweet, very nice, very nice indeed.

[TOILET FLUSHING]

Ah, there's the other little baby.

Now, come on, I'm waiting.

Take your clothes off.

Don't be shy.

Oh, yes, come on, I'm waiting for you.

Come on.

What the hell's this?

You stupid bitch.

I didn't-- I--

Were you trying to blackmail me?

Wait, please, no!

Come here you little tramp, I'll show you.

No!

[CRASH_]

Baby, are you OK?

Oh, no.

Oh my god.

The girl, you have to stop her.

LYDIA: So I got out of there fast,

and I ran back to my apartment, where I hid the tape recorder.

I was afraid that I was being followed, so I left in a hurry,

too much of a hurry.

I was out cold for a while.

And when I came to, I couldn't remember much of anything.

I just wanted to get out of there.

But now it's all clear to me.

It was the woman at the police station with the lamp.

All right, Lydia, listen to me.

This is very important.

You have to be absolutely certain.

I am.

WILMA: (OVER TAPE RECORDER) So take your clothes off.

Of course, it all makes sense now.

That's why Ariel's body was moved to our district,

so that Wilma would have control of the investigation.

[PUNCH, CRASH]

Give me the tape.

[CRASH]

[PUNCH]

Can't you do any better than that?

[PUNCH, CRASH]

[GLASS CRASHING]

Billy, hold it, there.

You have to wear that gun handle back.

What are you talking about?

It's in the manual, the new one.

The new one?

We got them last week.

You didn't get it?

We didn't get any manual, man.

You'd better have a damn good reason for dragging me in here,

because I was in the middle of a--

WILMA: (OVER TAPE RECORDER) Sweeter than April's rain.

ARIEL: (OVER TAPE RECORDER) You famous or something?

WILMA: (OVER TAPE RECORDER) No, not famous, just connected.

Here's the other little babe.

Very nice.

To hell, you stupid bitch!

[CRASH]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CRYING]

I love him so much.

And it's like--

[SIGH] it's just-- mm.

It's OK.

We understand what you're trying to say.

It's OK.

Love is very complicated.

But if you love him, you need to hang in there.

Is this going to be forever, or is it just--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Would you like to dance?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOBBING]

I'm sorry.

[SNIFFLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]