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[THEME MUSIC]

Really serious about this diet, August?

No.

Kendra's really serious about this diet.

You know, the main thing to remember

about being on a diet is that you've got

to stay away from temptation.

That means keeping away from the bad foods that are bad for ya.

There's no such thing as bad foods, Mac Oh, geez,

now where the hell did he go?

He's around here somewhere.

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey, what are you ding?

Mac, Mac, there he is.

Hey!

Hey, you guys, come here.

He's taking the van.

1 William 13, suspect is headed east on 19th Street.

He's driving a Baby Walters Sweet Cakes truck.

Oh, wow, I think that guy was eating

a juicy, french dip sandwich.

Hey, hey, hey, that's what I'm talking about.

Don't even look at that guy.

Don't even pay attention to him.

AUGUST: Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Watch it.

Watch it.

CHASE: I'll head him off.

AUGUST: OK, cowboy.

That's him.

You know what?

What?

I don't think he's going to stop.

I think you're right.

I've got the left tire.

I've got the right.

All right, out of the van.

Move it!

Turn around.

Turn around.

August, don't even think about it.

I've got a gun, stupid.

Come on.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you choose to give up that right, then anything you say

can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Thank you.

Get in the car. Come on.

You have the right to a healthy life.

If you choose not to have one, then one

will be appointed for you.

[THEME MUSIC]

Carrot's, steamed potatoes, and broccoli.

Ah, yes, my beautiful Kendra, I love you.

But you know how I feel about broccoli, baby.

Sweetheart, broccoli contains antioxidants

that are essential to the health of your vital body organs.

I am taking very good care of my vital body organs.

Would you like to see?

August, the poker game Tuesday night

when I asked everyone how the sausage

was, nobody could tell me.

Because you ate it all.

And, hey, what about your partner?

You have to be in good shape.

His life is in your hands.

Yeah.

Learn to love broccoli, August.

Hey, hey, hey.

Lunch is going to have to wait.

We've got a 2-11 at a motel over on Wilshire.

2-11 what, Captain?

Don't ask.

Just get rolling.

Honey, I'm going to have to finish

this up at dinnertime, OK?

2-11?

That's a robbery, right?

Yeah

So, what'd they steal?

A human kidney.

Who steals a kidney?

You steal a car, or a camera, you don't steal a damn kidney.

Um, Mr. Green, how can you be sure they stole your kidney?

Look at this.

Look at this.

What else would they be going for?

I went to med school for God's sakes.

So you're a doctor?

A dentist.

But it doesn't mean I don't know where my damn kidneys are.

Mac?

Yeah?

Paramedics said he's been operated

on in the last 24 hours.

Mr. Green, we've arranged to get you to the hospital,

but we need to ask you a few questions before that.

Look, I was mugged, drugged, and abducted, OK?

They dragged me here, stuck me with something,

and the next thing you know I'm laying there

without one of my kidneys.

Where'd you get mugged, Mr. Green?

Downtown.

I'm staying at the Pacific Hotel.

There's a convention going on.

Oral surgeons from all over the world.

Anyway, I was going to my car, and this guy comes up to me,

and he sticks me with a syringe.

Can you describe this guy?

Yeah.

Black hair, glasses, big guy.

Big.

They found this inside.

A lady's compact.

Mr. Green, this big guy, does he wear a lot of rouge?

What?

You've been the victim of a very serious crime.

I suggest you start telling us everything.

There was this girl in the bar.

A prostitute?

She brought me here, and this guy comes in,

and he says he's LAPD vice.

The girl takes off, and the guy sticks me

with some kind of hypo.

Can you describe the girl?

Back girl, nice face, great body.

She had really beautiful teeth.

Hey, hey, look, no, no, no, no, there, there, there.

That's the girl.

That's the girl that brought me here.

There. That's her.

OK.

I'll wait out here.

No, no, no, no.

It's your turn, Mac. My My turn?

How come it's always my turn when it's a woman's washroom?

I'm a married man.

Yeah?

Well, you know women always respond better to single guys

in women's washrooms.

You guys are cops?

Well, I'm a cop. Are you a cop?

I'm a cop.

CHASE: I guess that makes us cops.

Are you a hooker?

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Pleasure enhancement personnel.

Are you guys sure you're real cops?

Hey, watch the shirt.

What's this about?

I didn't do anything.

AUGUST: All right, so tell us what happened, Lorraine.

All right, I was sitting at the bar at the Pacific Hotel

having a drink, minding my own business, for your information.

Until one of your guys approaches me.

One of our guys?

Yeah, a cop.

He flashed his shield and makes me an offer I can't refuse.

Spending the night in [INAUDIBLE] Institute

for Women, not to mention forking over some major bucks

trying to beat the rap, or join the team

and take down some John in a little sting operation.

Can you tell us what this cop looked like?

I don't know. Big.

Black hair.

Glasses.

All right, then you took the John to the motel.

Yeah.

Poor guy was a drunk dentist.

Very needy, if you know what I mean.

So then this cop showed up?

Yeah, and I left.

I came back for my compact this morning.

I saw the ambulance.

Look, I panicked when the guy kept pointing at me.

Lorraine, do you have any idea what happened to the John

you took to the motel?

He had his kidney stolen.

His kidney?

Get out of here.

A crime like that is called malicious mayhem.

The court system regards it as serious as murder.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute, I swear to you, I was set up.

I swear.

Then you're going to show us your good intent by helping

us to find this cop, right?

The head of surgery was very impressed.

Apparently, whoever cut Mr. Green knew what he was doing.

So we're dealing with a surgeon?

Or a very talented sadist.

Hm.

I don't think a sadist would stop at just taking one kidney.

You seem to know a lot about sadism.

Hey, listen, why don't we check out the hospitals, guys?

Find out who's been let go in the last six months and why.

August, unless we're dealing with some wacko who thinks

that fresh human kidneys will improve his sex life,

I think we've got a black market operation going here.

We're already in contact with the donor organizations.

What's the market for a kidney these days?

At the moment, there are more than 33,000

people on the waiting list.

How many of those will get a kidney?

In the next 12 months, less than a quarter.

I'm working up a list of the most recent recipients.

Not exactly a buyer's market.

How high could the price go?

Well, let's say you've got a kidney that's

no longer processing correctly, and a machine

is keeping you alive, but it's hardly a real life.

Let's say you're worth $5 or $6 million,

how much would you pay to be healthy again?

How much would I pay to stay alive?

It's become a big business in third world nations.

Poor people are selling off their organs one by one just

to feed their families.

It's called harvesting.

Why don't you come over here and sit down?

Hm.

LAPD.

You're under arrest.

You're free to go.

Wait-- hey!

CHASE: You get those names?

Yeah, this is everyone in the United States

that's received a kidney in the last couple of days,

and this is the waiting list.

Whoa.

Why are some of these names crossed off?

Well, they do that for one of two reasons.

Either they've gotten a transplant, or they've died.

I just spoke with the FBI, guys.

Our Dr. Frankenstein has been quite busy.

We've got Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix, Las Vegas.

Same MO?

Yeah, well, the feds have only tracked down the girls

in a couple of the cases, but each time

this guy pretended to be a cop.

They have a description?

Nothing significant.

Dark hair, glasses, the style of clothing always changes.

Well, we have Lorraine who can do a possible ID on this guy.

What we really need is someone to go undercover

and check out the bars.

Yeah, and they move pretty fast, Chase.

I mean, they're in town two, three days,

and then they disappear.

Well, everyone in vice is tied up.

Captain suggested that we recruit local talent.

No, no, no.

I'll stick with forensics. - Too bad, Annie.

I think you'd be a big hit out there.

Well, maybe you'd look good in heels.

Listen, we'll talk to Vallejo.

She won't like it, but she'll do it.

Annie, all the people on this list that have died,

I'm going to need death certificates.

And maybe I would look good in heels.

I'm sure you would.

His blood pressure is dropping.

He's going to need a transfusion.

What do you want me to do?

Go to the blood bank and make a withdrawal?

Yeah. Maybe.

His signal is vacillating.

Oh my god, we've got an arrhythmia here.

Prepare the lidocaine.

Dammit, Paul, we're losing him.

He's progressing to sustained ventricular fibrillation.

Something like this was bound to happen.

For God's sakes, this man is dying.

We've got to stabilize him.

He's got to get to a hospital ICU.

Why don't I call 911?

This way you can explain to the paramedics

why you're operating on a guy in a motel room.

This man is dying.

You're not a surgeon anymore, Richard,

and I'm not your OR nurse.

What the hell are you doing?

All those years, I watched you guys in surgery

with your fancy cars, living in your mansions,

it's my time now.

You get paid very well, Paul.

I plan on making more, and you have no choice.

I pull the plug on this, you're looking at the gas chamber.

You'd turn me in?

- If I have to. - You'd shoot me?

Oh, God.

We're taking this operation up a notch.

This guy dead is worth his weight in gold.

Oh God.

Oh my God.

Don't say it.

I wasn't gonna say anything. We're you going to say anything?

Not if you weren't going to say anything.

Not a word.

All right, then consider it unsaid.

Good.

Of course, for the official report,

we are going to need to know how much you charge.

For the official report, more than you can afford.

Very nice.

OK.

We ID this guy, and then we tail him.

Understood? - Got it, Captain.

I want you two to hit as many of the bars

as you can that are frequented by the conventioneers.

Richardson will stay outside all the time.

You keep a low profile.

You spot this guy, you signal Maria.

Whoa.

Save it.

Nice butt.

Shut up.

Nobody moves till everything's in place.

It is not enough to find this guy.

We have got to catch him in the act.

Those death certificates you wanted me to look into,

I think I found something.

This guy never received a transplant,

and the coroner has no record of his death.

Wild guess, Annie, is he rich?

Beverly Hills rich.

You see this nice spot?

You stay close to it.

You nervous?

Nervous?

Listen, I've been in firefights, stood up to guys twice my size

and brought them in.

But have you ever tried to sell your body?

Think I'll get any offers?

Everybody's nervous the first time.

It's like trying to sell your soul while you're

lying on your back.

Have you ever thought of changing your career?

This is truly outrageous.

Mr. Sorensen, you took your name

off the donor recipient list.

That can only mean one of two things.

You either a the kidney or you're dead.

Are you dead, Mr. Sorensen?

I think I should call my lawyer.

We believe you're in possession

of stolen merchandise, Mr. Sorensen,

which makes you a conspirator to malicious mayhem.

We could have you examined right here right now.

Two words, Mr. Sorensen, probable cause.

You can deal with your lawyer afterwards.

I was approached.

They must have gotten my name off the list.

A very good friend performed the transplant,

I asked him not to ask any questions.

He didn't.

How much?

Half a million.

Did you ever meet any of these people face to face?

No.

But I have had some experience with financial management.

I had the money trail followed.

Are you telling us you know who's stealing these kidneys?

The reason I did this was so I could be with my grandchildren.

I can't very well do that if I'm in prison.

That's a call for the DA to make.

Patrick, call my lawyer, and tell him I

need to finalize the deal with the DA by 8:00 PM.

That's when my plane leaves for London, gentlemen.

Let's get to work.

Yeah, let's get this over with.

Yeah, I just called the DA.

Sorenson's ID'd our boy.

Dr. Richard Mansfield.

Get everything you can on him.

Right.

- August? - Yeah?

Can I ask you a question?

Uh-huh.

Would you sell one of your kidneys

for half a million dollars?

No.

How about a million?

Nah

$5 million?

DISPATCHER: Attention all units, we have a possible 187

at the Royal Oaks Motel.

Corner of 9th and Olympic.

That hotel's right across from the convention center.

That would fit our MO.

Pop the bubble.

This is 1 William 13.

Nothing.

Give it another half hour.

You still nervous?

I've had five offers.

Have you ever thought about changing careers?

[SIRENS]

Listen, I think--

I think there's a guy back there--

Slow down. Talk slowly, sir.

I'm sure he put a body in his trunk.

AUGUST: Hey, Mac, go, go.

CHASE: I need the car.

Hey, Mac? CHASE: Yeah?

You ever thought about donating your organs?

I already did. AUGUST: Yeah?

Yeah.

You know, I've always wanted to.

But I have this paranoid feeling,

you know, I'm going to get into an accident,

and they're gonna want my organs so bad, that they're not going

to try real hard to save me.

CHASE: Oh, yeah?

Well, partner, I got news for you.

AUGUST: What's that?

The junk you eat, nobody's going

to want your organs anyway.

Why do I get the feeling Kendra's in this car?

[GUNSHOT]

Excuse me.

Not again. you know, this is getting very old.

Hang on, partner.

It's quite a lovely night, isn't it?

Very lovely.

Mac?

Yeah?

The way you drive.

Yeah?

Somebody is going to be getting your organs a lot

sooner than you expect.

Do you think?

Yeah.

We've got a call from a couple of kids.

Not much left, huh?

Looks like cattle mutilations.

All the organs surgically removed.

Except this wasn't done by some bug-eyed alien.

They took everything, kidneys, heart, liver, even bone marrow.

You name it, it's gone.

Looks like our doctor just expanded his market.

Well, Captain, until last year, Dr. Richard Mansfield

was one of their top orthopedic surgeons.

A guy like that doesn't decide to just go freelancing

on the black market.

Well, it goes a little deeper than that, Captain.

It seems that Mansfield's son was

on the list to get a kidney, some rich oil man

got that kidney instead.

Mansfield's son died before they could find another one.

Mansfield tried to start an investigation, apparently

pushed the wrong buttons.

Next thing you know, he got hit with a barrage

of malpractice suits, got his license suspended.

And, Captain, this seems to be about a lot more than just

money.

Yeah, OK.

I want photos of Mansfield in every patrol car in the city.

Seems like this guy is on a mission.

That's always dangerous.

WOMAN ON PHONE: Thanks for calling, Doctor.

Now, the patient's name was Morehouse?

That's right.

Johnny Morehouse.

He's from Corpus Christi.

WOMAN ON PHONE: Yeah, here he is at the bottom of the list.

I don't care how far down he is.

WOMAN ON PHONE: Well.

Just find a way to get him to the top of that list.

WOMAN ON PHONE: We'll make the standard arrangements then.

And by the way, this is my last one for a while.

WOMAN ON PHONE: Are your days of philanthropy over?

No, nothing like that.

I'm just having some personnel problems.

WOMAN ON PHONE: OK, wire the payment,

and we'll proceed as before.

All right. I'll talk to you later.

WOMAN ON PHONE: Bye.

Something was strange about this list,

so I kept cross-referencing it, and I kept

coming up with these names.

And?

Each name on this list received

a kidney in the last six months, each one

moved suddenly and without explanation

to the top of the donor list.

So Mansfield is selling organs to the rich

and using the money to buy spots on the donor list?

Great.

It would be a hell of a lot easier if all he wanted to do

was buy a yacht.

Another thing about that list, they're all kids.

Paul, we've got to meet.

Now, you've got no choice.

We're in too deep.

You better work something out.

I'm prepared to compromise, Paul.

We'll meet, and we'll talk.

Paul?

Paul?

[SIRENS]

It's all right, I'm a doctor.

She has a badly severed artery in her leg.

We have to establish a pressure point,

so she doesn't bleed to death.

Com eon, give me a hand.

Yeah. Right.

There you are. Good.

- Like this? - All right.

Maria is coming up empty.

Plus she's getting tired of fending

off business propositions.

I'm surprised she hasn't cold cocked a conventioneer yet.

OK, guys, we've got Mansfield.

Go.

All right, she's stabilized.

All we need to do is, uh--

[SIREN]

Get her on the stretcher.

I've got some anesthetics in the trunk.

It'll help with your IV.

Out of the car.

Turn around.

Put your hands on the car.

You've got to stop him.

Stop who?

My OR nurse.

He'll go on without me, and a lot of people are going to die.

Where is he now?

I was on my way to meet him.

Doesn't look like he's going to show.

Get in the car.

Time to check you into the LAPD Motel.

Yeah, you're going to love the room service.

So that's very flattering, but I'm expecting someone.

This time I'm charging $300.

Make sure you've got it all in cash.

I'll be right back.

Who's he?

How the hell should I know?

I just met him.

Is that right?

He's close to the description.

Yeah, well, it's not him.

But you know what?

He does happen to have a wad of $100 bills so--

Lorraine, what is going on here?

Look, we have been here all damn day, OK?

I'm tired.

I need some money.

We have got an agreement here.

Look, if I don't take him, somebody else will.

OK, I have bills to pay.

See ya.

Richardson, Lorraine's coming out.

She says she didn't know this guy,

but I have a feeling she does.

And he does fit the description.

I've got him.

VILLEJO: He's close, and she's lying through her teeth.

You'd better tail them.

You gonna be all right?

I'll sit tight.

All right, I'm moving out.

Maybe now Jensen will let me get out of this get up.

Checking in with your service?

Something like that.

Paul Cook, LAPD vice.

I have a little proposition for you.

My son was next in line.

He was only 11 years old.

That oil baron was in his 70s.

After Bobby died, I started digging and discovered

the source of the corruption, powerful people

using their money to buy life.

I tried to expose them.

That's when the malpractice suits started.

They paid off everyone.

I lost again and again, and finally,

my license was taken away.

And you went into the black market yourself?

I was going to make sure those kids got what they needed.

Your OR nurse, is he playing Robin Hood too?

Paul's there for the money.

He sets up the women to get the donors to the motel rooms.

You mean, victims don't you, Doctor?

How does he contact you?

Well, once he gets the patient under,

he calls me on my cellular.

How do you contact him?

He's got a number, but he's stopped answering.

I'm telling you, this guy is out of control.

All right, Mansfield, here's what's going to happen.

We're going to put you in a holding cell with one

of our people, and that phone of yours,

and you're going to help us catch this guy, right?

Right.

I was just trying to save lives.

Let me ask you a question, Doctor, this oath you guys all

take, is killing one person to save another,

is that part of it?

A suspect matching the description just

left the bar with Lorraine.

Richardson's tailing him.

He's going to cut whether I'm there or not.

Lay back and relax, because it's abut to get hot.

Freeze.

Police.

What is with you guys anyway?

What the hell are you doing here, Lorraine?

What does it look like I'm doing?

This is one of my regulars.

August, meet Tom Andrews, councilman

for the 3rd district.

Where's Maria?

I left her at the bar.

You've been a bad girl, Lorraine.

Where do you think you're going?

Get your butt back here.

So you got a place?

Sure.

You know, a couple of drinks might

heighten up the mood, right?

Honey, this is my lunch break.

I mean, we agreed on the price.

I really, really want to be with you.

All right, let's go.

You lead the way.

Yeah, that's right, Captain, black and gray Thunderbird,

license plate number 3DUF502.

We're driving over to the Empire Motel, room 106.

He gave me the keys.

Yes, sir.

I'll wait for him with weapon drawn.

Look, you propositioned me.

I was just enjoying--

Here's what's going to happen.

We are going to drive over to the motel where we have a room.

You and I are going to go inside the room and lock the door.

What?

There is a man from the bar following us.

He's going to try to come in the room,

my fellow officers will move in on him at that moment,

and arrest him.

My God, you're using me as bait.

I'm a citizen.

I've got rights.

You solicited me, which is a crime.

Under the circumstances, I'm going to make

certain no charges are pressed.

What do you want this guy for?

Let's put it this way.

You're lucky you met me in that bar

instead of some other woman.

AUGUST: All units be advised, we have confirmation

Detective Vallejo is in route.

Empire Motel, room 106.

Sirens off.

Lights off, people.

Let's get into position quietly.

August, it's Jenson.

Don't take them till he's out of the vehicle.

I don't want another three-hour freeway chase on television,

you understand?

You've got it, Captain.

Hey, try calling Maria again.

Right.

You mean, if there was a real working girl in that bar,

this guy would have stolen my kidney?

Last victim, they took everything.

Everything?

Sold the guy in pieces on the black market.

That battery is dead, isn't it?

Don't sweat it.

This area is crawling with cops.

My God, my God, that's a gun. That's a gun.

It's loaded, isn't it?

What do you think?

Thank you.

Oh, no, where is that perp?

Now, I'm trusting you on this.

Good.

Listen, maybe when this is all over,

you might want to go to dinner with me?

So you'd settle for dinner?

Sure.

Oh, God.

Listen, I was serious about that dinner.

OK, honey.

You did your civic duty.

Now go.

That's the car, August.

She's inside.

I said go.

Go.

Come on, give a working girl a little thrill, huh?

Let me see you bust this guy.

All units, hold your position.

We're going in.

Are you crazy?

I'll bust you too.

No need to get nasty.

I thought you and I were making a pretty good team here.

What the hell is going on?

Shut up.

Who the hell are you anyway?

Go!

Run!

Freeze.

Get down. - There's somebody--

- Get down now. - All right.

OK.

Go go.

VILLEJO: Paul. PAUL: Back off.

VILLEJO: That's it.

Mac!

VILLEJO: Put the gun down.

Paul, don't be stupid. They're cops.

You shut up.

Paul, I'm a cop.

PAUL: I don't think-- - Take it easy.

PAUL: Move.

Take it easy, Maria, you'll be OK.

Can you get a shot, August?

You're not that good.

AUGUST: Not a clean one.

Don't be stupid.

Shut up.

Stay in the car.

LAPD, I need your bike.

Oh, geez.

Can you put some gas in it?

We've got an officer down. Get some assistance.

Quick.

I should have known better. all the other girls

needed being convinced.

Listen, we've got Mansfield.

He's talking.

Shut up.

Honey, I'm out of the country and you're my passport.

Your friends want to see you die.

Chase, [INAUDIBLE].

Come on.

Hurry.

Come on.

You guys OK?

Call it in, Vallejo. - All right.

It looks like he's in pretty bad shape, August.

You know, it's never too late to become an organ donor.

Tacos, burritos, guacamole, homemade tamales,

and homemade beans.

Thanks, guys.

No, no, No, no, no, thank you, Vallejo.

If it wasn't for you, this guy'd be in another state by now.

Yeah.

We'd have never caught this guy if it hadn't been for you.

Oh, yes.

August?

Sweetheart.

Kendra, I tried to talk him out of it,

but he just would not listen to me.

I'm sorry, Maria, but August is on a diet.

So why don't the three of us go gorge on your wonderful cooking

and we'll rent a movie?

We're not the ones with the cholesterol problem.

Next time, guys.

Boiled chicken strips.

Cranberry juice.

What's that good for?

The kidneys.

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