All language subtitles for The Rockford Files S05e06 The Empty Frame_prob3

That could be
dangerous, Angel.

That's called
influence peddling.

Go for the blades!

Go for the motor!

You want a name?

I want a name!

Cynthia. Any way you spell
it, it means trouble.

How much were
the paintings worth?

Somewhere around
$2 million.

I am E.A. Martin.
I'm the man!

Whatever you do,
don't let him outta there.

You just get
somebody down here.

And get him down here
now, Dennis!

This is Jim Rockford,

At the tone, leave your name
and message.

I'll get back to you.

Jim, directions to the party,
Left on Saugus, you'll see a rock,

Left, left again,
right, another left,

there's kind of a hill,
keep going,

you'll probably see
a bunch of cars,.

Go on,
have your party.

Just like the pigs up on Gorky Street
before the storming of the Winter Palace.

Sixty, 70 years go by
and nothing's changed.

Champagne, caviar...

Pigs.

Let's get moving.

Carolyn,
how you doing?

I'm ready, David.

Thanks. I left mine
in the den.

Hi, how are you?
Fine.

Oh, John?

Oh, will you excuse me? Thanks.

Thank you for rescuing
me from that broad.

What is she?
Another one of Aaron's relatives?

No, no. That's Marion Heverly's
mother, Phyllis.

You remember, you thought she had some
very nice impressionist paintings.

And I invited her because I
thought we might buy one of them.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Well, she may have
very nice art,

but her conversation
is je Ne sais quoi.

John! Oh, I must say
this party, it's just...

Well, it's just lovely.
You really didn't have to.

Oh, I know I didn't have
to, Aaron,

but this is one of those special
occasions when one wants to.

Jeff, it's lovely,
just lovely.

When do you start, Aaron?

Is it right away or is there
some sort of swearing in?

Oh, no, no,
right away.

Apparently, they just toss
you right into the fire.

You know, you and I really ought
to talk business one of these days

before you get too involved.

John, I've sent you a
letter that I'm sending

to the stockholders
of the newspaper.

Maybe you can
run through it

and, if there are any
changes you'd like to make...

Fine, fine.
I'd love to see it.

Ah, but let's not
talk business now.

Let's party.

Come on, Aaron,
there's somebody you have to meet.

Somebody with loads
of police influence.

Hey, Chapman,
I didn't know you were gonna be here.

It's quite a party,
isn't it?

Oh, Lieutenant Chapman,
I'd like you to meet Cynthia Daskin.

She's the assistant city
editor of Mr. Kiel's paper.

Miss Daskin is not
invited to the party.

Oh, then you're not
a guest here either, huh?

You're just here in your blue
double-knit, working the door?

Don't push it,
Rockford.

Well, it's such
a festive occasion,

why don't you make it
Mr. Rockford, okay?

Let's not cause any problems, okay, Jim?
Let's just leave.

No, no, no, no, here. If you'll
get somebody to read this to you,

it says "with guest." That
means I can bring anyone I want.

Hey, Jimmy, you made it. Great.

Cynthia, darling,
I'm so glad you came.

Here you go, fella.
Why don't you run that into the closet?

Oh, there's some friends from the paper.
I'll be right back.

All right.

You got Cynthia
all right.

'Cause I was kinda afraid
you'd lose the address,

I had to slide it
under the door.

I love playing
the old matchmaker.

Nice, huh?

Yeah. Chapman acted like she was
specifically not supposed to be here, Angel.

I feel a little funny
being here myself.

I mean, this is not
exactly my kind of party.

You're here because I wanted you here.
You're my friend.

What's Chapman doing
working the door?

Chapman and a couple other
off-duty cops are here

acting as security because
there's a lot of important people.

We got four police commissioners,
we got a deputy mayor,

we got
two deputy police chiefs.

This thing is bigger than Cher's birthday!
Watch this, watch this.

Lieutenant,
come over here and report.

Yeah?

You want to get us
a couple of Mai tais,

maybe a little tray
of hors d'oeuvres?

You pick it out,
something nice.

But don't take all night getting
it, all right?

I'm not a waiter, buddy.

Buddy?

Is that how you address the
brother-in-law of Aaron Kiel,

the guest of honor
of the party, "buddy"?

Aaron is the new police
commissioner, you know what I mean?

I could have you up leading
first graders at a crosswalk,

so I'd get the plate and I'd
bring it as fast as I could

like a good
little flatfoot.

I'll call your waiter.

Sir! Why don't you
call me "sir," Chapman?

You know, Chapman, that's my
brother-in-law, Aaron, over there

with his wife,
AKA my sister.

Aaron,

I'd like you to see one of your
police Lieutenants in action,

or should I
say "inaction"?

Sir.

Ain't that wonderful,
Jimmy?

I'd like to plow him up
like that all day long.

What I'm trying to demonstrate to
you is what true influence is worth.

I'm not talking small-time,
I'm talking the big bag job in the sky.

Any time Chapman starts to bother
you or any of your friends,

you call Angel Martin.

I'll have him crated and shipped
to the apple orchard indefinitely,

for which I will pick up
a little money or a favor.

Oh, no, that could
be dangerous, Angel.

That's called
influence peddling.

Peddling?
I ain't a peddler.

Peddler guy stands on the street
corner and eats exhaust fumes.

I got a penthouse
in the Brentwood Hotel.

Half the floor,
my own pool.

I'm telling you, this thing runs
smoother than a Mattel truck.

You go ahead, Jimmy.
Have a good time, eat all you want to eat

and make sure that Cynthia
gets a chance to see Aaron.

Drop it! Shut up!

All law enforcement officers,
put your guns on the floor!

Tell them!

Do as he says.

Everybody, outside.

A young lady will pass among
you to take a collection.

If we find one gun,
you've all had it.

Move!

Your capitalist booty is
being liberated by the people!

Everyone,
face-down on the ground!

One false move from
anyone and I'll waste 50.

Now! All the men
take off your pants.

Right now!

Okay,
little brother, do it!

You are the cancers
that feed on the people.

You are the swine
of the earth.

Realize your errors before
the people rise and crush you!

We need a boat.

There's a speedboat next door.
Use that.

Lieutenant, Lieutenant,
I found a shark gun. She's loaded.

Get alight
out there!

I think we got them,
they're slowing down.

Let them hear
about it, Finta.

Watch it!
Watch it!

Keep firing.

What the hell?

Cover me.

Go for the blades!
Go for the blades!

Go for the motor!

Go for anything!

Adios.
Enjoy Mexico!

I want the names and the
addresses of the three people

who held up this party,
and I want them now!

What do you think,
I set this up?

Look, you just write
down their names.

I'll do my best to help
you with the police.

Now write down
their names!

Now I want a name
and I want it now!

You want a name?

I want a name!

All righty,
I'm gonna give you a name.

Ce, that's for the community
property that you'll be splitting.

Y, that's for the
youngish look she has.

N, that's for the nights
you spent in Newport.

T, that's for
the telling of the wife.

Look,
knock it off.

H, that's for the home
you're gonna lose in Bet-Air.

I, is for the interest
for my silence,

and A, is for the alimony
you're gonna be stuck with.

You want a name, Aaron?

There's a name for you. Cynthia.
Any way you spell it, it means trouble.

What do you want?

You know, Aaron,
our game just went into extra innings.

Time to time, I'm gonna want
you to lean on somebody for me,

things like that.

And if you do
what you're told,

I'll protect my dear
sister from this scandal.

Look, Angel.

Look, this is ridiculous.

Another thing
I want to clear up.

I didn't set up this
rip-off, you know.

Last thing in the world I want
to do is make you look bad,

because that ruins
my game plan.

So if Chapman comes here
pointing the finger at me,

I know you're gonna
wanna clean my windshield.

You're gonna
blackmail me?

No, no, no, no.

After all the things
I did for you?

Aaron, when it's in the immediate
family, it's not called blackmail,

it's called
family spirit.

How do you like it?

Black, please.

Do you have
a little brandy?

Oh, I'm all
out of brandy.

Cointreau?
Cream?

I'll skip it.
Thanks, anyway.

Those paintings were like children to
us, Mr. Rockford.

Mr. Rockford,
what Jeffrey really means

is that we take our art
collecting very seriously.

We don't buy pictures
for their particular value.

We buy them because...

Well, they mean something to
us, they make us feel things,

emotions.

A good painting can do
that, you know.

Yeah, that was
in a friend's garage

and he was going to throw them
away and they were free, so...

Mr. Rockford,

I really don't know how to
tell you this because...

Well, it seems
so foolish now...

I'll tell, Juanito.

You see,
Mr. Rockford,

we were so confident
of our alarm system,

and the fact that we were on a peninsula
with only one road in and one out,

that we never had
our paintings insured.

You see,
the way Johnny figured it

was that if somebody did break
in and set the alarm off,

by the time they got
everything loaded,

the police would
set up a road block

and catch them trying to
get off the peninsula.

You never figured a boat?

Okay,
there's no insurance.

How much were
the paintings worth?

Somewhere around
$2 million.

Mr. Rockford,
what we'd like to do is to hire you

to find our paintings for us.

Oh, with two deputy chiefs,
a deputy mayor,

two police commissioners,
and half of the LA social registry

stripped down
to their skivvies,

I feel safe in saying the
police are on top of it.

The fact is, Mr. Rockford,
that Johnny and I are afraid

that maybe because the police
are so embarrassed by this,

they may just
try to bury it.

We'll pay anything.

I charge $200 a day,
plus expenses,

and those paintings
are probably in Mexico,

along with the people
who stole them.

It could take quite
some time to place them.

Well, this should
handle the first week.

All right,
I'll get in touch with the police.

In the meantime, I'd like it if
both of you could make up a list

of anyone who's been in the house
for the last two or three months.

None of our friends would
have done this to us.

Oh, no, no, no, no. I mean,
cleaning people, meter readers, workmen...

Anyone who's been in the
house long enough to case it.

You could make
a list of your friends

just to see if there's a clinker
in among the blue bloods.

Right!

Now, come on,
come on,

will you send me the stationery
supply bills, please,

and while you're at it,

would you break out the entire
departmental parking blueprint?

Yes, that's right,
I'm reassigning parking places.

What do you want?

Relax, Lieutenant.
I'm happy with my parking assignment.

Hardy-har-har.

No, I just dropped in

to let you know I'm working for John St.
Clair and Jeff LeVane.

I know it's your hot potato,
and I thought you ought to know I'm on it.

No. It was my hot potato.

It's Captain Salducci's
problem now.

As of 10:00 this morning,
I'm frying a whole nother string of fish.

You want a box of paper clips?
Call Chapman.

You want your phone fixed?
Call Chapman.

Is Becker around?

How the hell
should I know?

Jim, Jim, just a minute. Jimmy!

Jim, look... Can I see you
in the office for a minute?

You see,
what I was wondering...

How does it work
with you and Becker?

I mean...

You give him info,
he runs plates for you? Right?

What is this,
Lieutenant?

Well,
what I was thinking is this.

You see, you don't carry any
extra weight in your saddle.

I mean, you can run roughshod
right through a guy's rights.

I mean, pick up
whatever you can,

and then you hand him to us,
we Mirandize him,

give him the old honest injun
and we drop him in Leavenworth.

Is that how
it works?

Okay,
so what's the story?

Does Becker have the exclusive
dealership in the Rockford department?

That's right.

Okay. Okay.

I'm not going to mince
words with you, Jim.

You see, they're rotating
me over a big fire here

and it's not just because
Chief German is on me,

or the police commission
is in an uproar.

You see,
I figure over the years

an average honest cop is gonna run
his share of departmental gauntlets.

Begging your pardon,
Lieutenant,

but isn't what we're talking about
here a departmental lynching?

Yeah, it's pretty much the same
thing, isn't it, Jimbo?

Well, no, not really.

You see, with a gauntlet there's
alight at the end of the tunnel.

But with a lynching, there's just that
old rope up there, swinging in the wind.

Whatever.

Now listen now.

Now if you were to
continue with this case

and you were to
come up with some evidence

that led to the arrest
of the malefactors,

I would be disposed in
ways, I mean subtle

but important ways,
to return the favor.

Well, that'd be nice,
Lieutenant,

but I figure I got some
juice in the department now.

Oh, oh, you figure Becker
can cover for you, right?

Well, I can
cover better.

No, I was thinking more
in terms of Angel Martin.

Angel?

You think he's gonna
have influence

with his brother-in-law,
Aaron, huh?

You never know now, do you?

Oh, listen.
Don't forget now,

I mean, you got an important friend
here, a real pal.

I mean, hell's bells,
I'd even be, you know,

interested in running a plate
or two for you myself, you know.

Just remember, if you need
something, I'm right here.

Yeah, well,
if I ever need a box of paper clips,

I'll look you up,
Chappy.

Oh, I'm so sorry.
I was taking a shower.

How's it going?

Well, it's not much of a
list, Mr. St. Clair.

You had a TV cable installed.
Did you see the man who did it?

No, no. Jeffrey and I were in
Mazatlan when that was done.

I put it down because you
said, anyone.

It's all so hopeless.

There was a police captain out
here, Captain Salducci.

He's looking
into that list, too.

He didn't seem
very encouraging.

Anybody for a Bloody?

Oh, yes, please.

Mr. Rockford?

No, it's a little early for me.
Soft drink?

Grapefruit juice?

Orange?

How about a soda?

No, I'll just skip it.
Nothing for me, thank you.

Mr. St. Clair, I mentioned
something about cleaning people.

I don't see any
on the list here.

Oh, well, we've had the
same man for five years.

Robert.
He would never touch a thing.

Never!

Oh, Jeffrey.

What happened to that couple that came
here three months ago to clean the carpets?

You remember,
it was just before we went to China.

They were
a strange sort of couple.

I remember, the man had long black hair.
He was very well built.

The woman... Well,
she was young and rather pretty, really.

A blonde.
A certain elegance.

I remember wondering
why she was cleaning house.

You know, Johnny...
Thank you.

You might be
right about them.

Do you remember
a name?

No.

Anything unusual?

Well... Yes, they did have
rather a strange sort of truck.

Do you remember?

Yes, we had to
ask them to move it

when I brought Mr. Benz
back from the garage.

Mr. Benz?

It's my little Mercedes.

Yeah, about the truck.
What was so strange about it?

Well, it was really one of those
old cars that nobody ever bought.

What did they call them?
A Clipper?

Oh, a Packard?
Yes, that's right.

And it wasn't
really a truck.

Somebody had cut
the back off it.

You mean
a conversion?

Yes, it was a conversion.
Ugly beast.

It was full of
carpet-cleaning things.

What was the name
of the company?

I don't remember.

Jeffrey, where did you
get them?

I got them off the bulletin
board at the market.

I don't suppose that was very
smart, was it, Mr. Rockford?

Look, can we get out of here
now, please?

You aren't ashamed to be seen with
me, are you, Chapman?

Look, Rockford,
this is very hard for me.

I'm a cop.
A good cop.

I don't like
private snoopers.

It's a long-time thing
with me.

And here I am in front of the
PD, talking with you,

talking about the toughest
case on the board.

So, look, do me a
favor, will you?

Put this thing in gear and...
Okay?

Okay.

Did you get the address
on that Packard?

I reconsidered.

Come on, Chapman,
don't deflate on me now

or we're through with
our little arrangement.

How can I do this?
I'm a cop!

I got certain
responsibilities!

I can't go running around
ringing doorbells

with some guy
in a checkered coat!

Then why did you
agree to the meeting?

Because I want to find out
who this Yossi Hendel is.

What's he up to?

I need the background
to establish a PC,

so I can bust the guy.
Come on, give me.

Nothing doing! Now you deal with
me or you don't get anything.

All right, okay, okay, you got
it, come on, how did you get this?

Three months ago,
the guy that owns that truck, and a girl,

they cleaned the carpets
at St. Clair's house.

Three months ago? That's it?
That's the big clue?

And then they waited for these guys
to come back from China to hit it?

I love it.
That's great.

I find myself sneaking around in a
computer room, running these plates,

feeling like a Russian spy and
that's the big wow? Three months ago?

Carpet cleaners?

Have you got
the address?

1658 Meadowlark Lane,
Agoura.

You know, once, five years ago,
I almost quit the department

and went into the liquor
business with my brother-in-law?

I almost did it, too,
because I was stuck down in Parker Center

as administrative assistant
to the Deputy Chief.

Why did you change
your mind?

I got transferred
to vice.

I used to love vice.

Well, Lieutenant,
I think we ought to sit on it for a while.

It's no
big deal.

I mean,
just a bunch of carpet cleaners.

Even if they did
use the house,

everybody saw the
helicopter take off.

Listen, the department's position
is they're long gone, Mexico.

Besides, I gotta get back
for roll call in an hour.

Come on, let's go on up there.

Lieutenant, there's alight
on, there's a...

Rockford, we're playing
hard ball here.

You wanna watch
the ball game

or do you wanna
get on in it?

I know what I'm doing.
Come on, let's go.

Open up,
police!

Yeah, well,
what do I know?

I'm just a guy
in a checkered coat.

You got any idea what kind of
trouble I'm in, all because of you?

Because of me?
I better get my ears fixed.

What was it
you said?

You wanted a dealership
in the Rockford department.

Isn't that the way
you put it?

I think you'd better phone downtown
and tell them about this place.

I'm sure there'll be
some good prints around.

Oh, oh, yeah.

I can just hear Captain
Salducci saying right now,

"What are you doing out
there with Rockford?"

Now he's
gonna say,

"How come you didn't bring
a team in there with you?

"Why didn't you call in SWAT?"

I'm gonna look like
some kind of jerk!

Hey, hey, look at this.
Do you believe these guys?

They make their revolutionary
speeches about capitalist booty,

then they buy their magazines in
the lobby of the Bet-Air Hotel.

They've got Vogue, Harper's,
all kinds of foreign car manuals.

They left in
a Mercedes.

I wonder where the current
issue of Free Press

or the newspaper for the Chinese
People's Republic is, huh?

Don't ask me,
I'm not on this case, Rockford.

I mean, the only reason I came
up here in the first place

was you made it
sound sort of incidental.

Hey, if I'd thought this had
anything to do with the terrorists

who ripped off
the St. Clair place,

I would've turned it all
over to Captain Salducci.

Hey, I know departmental
procedure, you see,

but sometimes these things
are hard to differentiate.

So believe me, the only reason I came
by here at all, was because it was...

It was on your way home?

I wouldn't try it,
Chapman, we're in Agoura.

I'll call it in.

Like, who should I
be saying is calling?

Like, who are you here to see?

Like, Angel Martin, like.

Hey, hey, Jimmy!
How's the boy, how's the boy?

Angel,
could I talk to you?

Don't call me
Angel anymore.

Like Bugsy Siegel,
he didn't like people to call him Bugsy,

unless it was behind his back,
which I don't mind either,

as long as it's got a certain
affectionate quality to the moniker.

Yeah, am I gonna have to write
all this down, or is that it?

No, no. Come on in.
Look around, Jimmy, look around.

Hey, boss, what should I do
about the City Hall deal?

If the Mayor calls,
you don't put him through

unless he's ready to talk
turkey on the amusement park.

What are
we asking, huh?

Move a little off-ramp,
make my park more accessible.

My clients are big taxpayers,

Topsy-turvy world.
Be a big park, generate a lot of debts!

Topsy-turvy world?

Pritz,
you call the DA.

You tell him if he wants
a satisfactory vote

on the police commission
crime program

that he better get real tender
on the Detonis prosecution.

Yeah, boss.

Come on, Jim. I'm telling you,
the pressure is killing me.

If it isn't 20 phone calls a
day, it's 400 guys

wanting favors from me,
you know what I mean?

They say, "Can you do this,
can you talk to Jerry..."

Why don't you
stand right there?

I mean, what are you gonna say
to a guy who's been canceled out

by a county ordinance and
he's looking for a power base?

You know,
there's only so much I can do.

I don't know what
to say to the guy.

I mean, breaks my heart to say
no, but I am in business.

Angel,
is this for real?

Can you believe this, Jimmy?

Aaron gets appointed to the commission
and the next thing you know,

I'm kinda boasting about it,
nothing too big, you know,

a little bitty boast and then suddenly
guys are coming out of the woodwork at me.

Big guys, they want me to
enter in to stuff with them.

Push a button or two.
And before you know it, I'm moving stuff.

I mean big stuff,
important stuff.

Freeway off-ramps?

I've spent too much time with
you, already.

Time is my only commodity.
Time and my ability to make things happen.

Okay, Angel,
I need a favor.

Favors are
my business.

I thought that the
paintings that were stolen

from the St. Clair house were going
to get flown right out to Mexico,

but, last night,
I got shot at by the guys who stole 'em.

At least, I think
they're the same ones.

If they are, there's a chance that
the paintings are still in the city.

So, I don't know why they'd go to all
the trouble of getting a helicopter

and not leave
the country.

Smoke screen, maybe?

Where do I fit into this
and at what price?

Hey, look, I said,
I'm in the favor business,

but if I have to do a favor
for a nickel plate like you,

what can I possibly
get out of it?

You know, you can't turn
no tricks for me, Jimmy.

I'm afraid it's going to have
to be cash on the old kazoosky.

I need someone
to sniff the streets,

to see whether anybody's tried
to deal off those paintings.

Why should
I do that?

What kind of favor
you're gonna do me back?

I could promise not to
knock your head off!

It's not much of a favor, since it's
never been screwed on straight, anyway.

Okay, we'll work
something out.

You want me to sniff around, see if
anybody's trying to sell any paintings.

Right.

Okay.
We'll work it out.

I thought
we could.

I've been trying to
find you all morning.

I've been out pounding the pavement,
trying to get a line on those paintings.

Jim, I'm very, very worried about Jeff.
He's gone.

Gone,
or just overdue?

No, no, no. Yesterday, after you
left, Jeffrey became very upset.

Then he went
to the Berkeley Club.

That's where Jeffrey goes when
he wants to be by himself.

But this morning, we had a very
important meeting with our accountants,

and he never
showed up.

He never came home.

Do you mind if I ask you
a few personal questions?

No, I guess not.

The money, the house, everything,
who pays for that? You or Jeff?

I don't see that, that...

It's you,
isn't it?

I don't think that's a
deep, dark secret. So what?

Well, Jeff hired
those cleaners.

Now, I think it's possible

that he could have arranged
for the theft of the paintings.

If he was planning
on moving out,

two million in paintings could
be a nice place to start.

That could explain why the
paintings never left the country.

I think we ought to
bring the police in on it.

What kind of car
does he drive?

Well, he didn't
drive his car last night.

He took Mr. Benz.

Is Mr. Benz
a maroon 2208?

Yes. Burgundy.
Why? How did you know?

Well, I think I know where we might find
Jeff, but you're not going to like it.

Somebody's been
digging here before us.

It's Jeffrey.

Rockford, you stop by in an hour
or so and fill out a statement.

Everything's secured,
Captain.

Okay, good.

You don't pay much attention to
signs, do you, Rockford?

I beg your pardon?

This place was posted and
you walked right in here

and started digging
up the ground.

Now, when we post a location,
Rockford, it's for a reason.

You should've called us up,
given us your suspicions

and we would've come out
and done the digging.

Now, what you did was
technically a misdemeanor

and, since I'm a stickler
for technicality,

I'm gonna give a lot of
thought to filing it.

Well, pardon me
all to hell!

Hey, where's Chapman?
I called this thing in to him.

Didn't you hear?

He got suspended for the way
he handled things last night.

Hey, where is he? I mean, he says 11:30.
I gotta get back.

He said
he'd be here.

Relax! Forget your crummy job
for five minutes, will ya?

Oh, that's easy
for you to say.

A job isn't a condition
of your parole.

You got the capitalist bandit gang
to thank for all your problems.

This revolution
is coming.

When it does, we'll see who works
in the kitchens and who doesn't!

Hey, David, will you knock
off that stale '605 rhetoric?

You're looking at the new Jag,
she wants a Kenzo wardrobe.

I'm sick and tired of hearing
about the pigs up on Gorky Street

and the storming
of the Winter Palace.

I'm not buying a new Jag,
I'm buying a paramilitary vehicle,

a fast escape car to
get away from the pigs.

We all sold out the day she
got her first $50 haircut

and you and I
said we liked it.

Now, I'm sick and tired
of that Berkeley dialogue!

Yeah.
Me, too.

Me and my people
talked...

Yeah, and?

And the stuff
is very hot.

You guys should've got it
out of the country.

If you had it in Mexico
or someplace like that

we could talk
a lot better deals.

We couldn't get it to Mexico.
We had engine trouble.

I'm just telling you,
that's all, you know.

Look, we don't want
none of the jewelry.

Forget that,
but we'll take the paintings.

Deliver to us and
we'll pick the spot.

Okay, let's get on
with the figure, shall we?

You're not
gonna like it.

$200,000.
Half on the exchange, half later.

You saw the art.

Now, we're talking about two million,
at least. Those are originals.

You're right, sonny.

And they're so hot,
they're trailing smoke, huh?

You know, there's a
situation that's analogous...

Before the long march,
Mao Tse-tung found it necessary

to climb into bed with certain
reactionary self-interested warlords.

Now, some of them later came
to embrace the revolution,

some didn't. Like you.

And those
who didn't

wound up with their heads on the
paving stones of Tiananmen Square.

Who's he kidding?

Let's shag. We make no deals.
They're flakes.

And they're
from Berkeley,

At least,
one of them is.

They had this Cal-Berkeley sticker
on the bumper of their car.

Angel, what the...

Okay, okay, you want to try
murder one on Nate Detonis,

you go ahead,
but you look out, mister.

If that sounds like a
threat, then maybe it is.

You just tell the
DA to look out.

He's dealing with E.A.
Martin and I do not fool around.

Make them sweat
a little bit.

You think that's smart,
threatening the DA?

Jimmy,
that's my town down there.

It's all mine.

All the little people,
all their little jobs

looking up at E.A.
Martin saying, "Help me, E.A., help me!"

We were talking
about a bumper sticker.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

Well, I got this friend of mine
that's a fed. "Cat Eye" Wilson.

He met with those boys
of yours, all right.

Said he wouldn't trust them to
float ice cream in a root beer.

One of them went around
spouting revolutionary slogans.

The other guy's stocky built, black
hair, were white suits all the time.

And the third member
of the group is this

stoned out, major league
blonde fox.

He said they had a Berkeley
bumper sticker on the car.

I said that
already, didn't I?

What am I out here
repeating myself?

Angel, I got some
sound advice...

Jimmy,
I give advice now.

When you give advice,
you don't take advice.

Shut the hell up!

Now, you're running
way too fast.

You can't threaten the DA and make
deals with killers like Nate Detonis.

I can't? Damn you!
Why do you say I can't?

Nobody tells me
what I can do!

Nobody! Ain't nobody big
enough to deal with me. No law!

No law,
no official big enough.

I am E.A. Martin. I'm the man!
I'm E.A. Martin!

I'm Stephen Davis.

Ah! Steve,
what class?

Berkeley '47.

Ah, you're here from
Buellton, you say?

Yes, that's right.

What line you in?

Aluminum doors
and siding.

Oh, really?
Well, I'm in publishing.

Well, I'll tell you, you know,
you got aluminum in the walls,

they're already stronger
and lighter.

And with the asbestos, you know,
you got on the front and the back,

now you got your fire retardant
problem kicked in the head

and the whole cuckoo's nest is gonna
weigh 15 to 20,000 pounds lighter.

Cut your construction
costs in two.

Oh, really?
Well, it's a good idea.

Oh, yeah, I don't know what to
tell some of these guys sometimes.

You know,
half of them never spent more than

six seconds on any kind
of engineering problem.

Yeah, I was talking
to Jeff LeVane about it.

Oh, it was last week.
You know Jeff used to be in engineering.

You know Jeff?
He's a member here.

Oh, well, Jeff and I go way
back, sure, yeah.

You know,
Jeff's kinda changed.

I used to be able to put a
set of plans in front of Jeff,

he could read them from any
corner, you know.

That must have been
along time ago.

Jeff doesn't seem
to work anymore.

Yeah, he collects art.

Oh, yeah, he's been hanging
around some strange types.

Strange types?

You know that guy
with the black hair,

that whole radical group.
There's a blonde, and the guy,

the other guy that spouts
all those slogans and things.

No kidding.

You know,
once I did see him talking in here

with that Yossi character
that works downstairs.

Yossi, Yossi...
Yeah, I think that's the guy, yeah.

Let me tell you
about this guy.

Now, we had to have a board
meeting about him three months ago.

This guy, Yossi Hendel,
was a Berkeley grad in the '605.

Now that
you mention it,

he was one of those free
speech guys at Berkeley.

But, technically, he was a member of
this club, because he was a graduate.

Well, you know, I...

I think sometimes maybe we
ought to put a few restrictions

on the club memberships.

I think it's nice that you're
required to wear a tie.

Some of the simple
things, you know.

Probably wouldn't hurt to
set a few income levels, too.

Steve, doesn't that sort of defeat
the purpose of an alumni club?

Oh, yeah, yeah,
I suppose, yeah.

Anyway, Steve,

Yossi is on parole,
and he came here looking for a job.

We finally gave it to him. Now, it took
two board votes, but what the hell,

I mean, the man is a Berkeley
graduate and he needed the job.

Where's he working?

He's in the kitchen,
washing dishes.

What time is it?

It's almost 3:00.

Lieutenant Becker.

Oh, Dennis,
this is Jim,.

I'm at the Berkeley Club
on 3rd Street, downtown.

I'm sitting on a guy
named Yossi HendeL.

He's one of the characters who
ripped off the St. Clair place,

so you better get
somebody down here.

Looks like he's about
ready to go off his shift.

Well, hold on to him. Whatever you
do, don't let him outta there.

You just get somebody down
here, Dennis.

And get him down here
now, Dennis!

What happened?
Get in.

Let's get out of here!
He must have called the cops!

All right! All right!
Pigs! I know my rights!

The Jag, man.
We could have used the Jag!

“He“ put out a call and the
suspects were quickly apprehended.

One of the suspects, Mr. Yossi
Hendel, led us to the paintings,

which were recovered
at 2:38 this afternoon.

They were stored in a rented
garage and that's it, fellas.

An official statement will
be made by Captain Salducci

later this afternoon.

You really give Salducci the old
kiss-up, don't you, Becker?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Until we hear from the captain,
you guys are free to go.

Was that Chapman I heard out
there, bleating?

It sure was.

I thought he was suspended.

He is, but it was a political
maneuver to take the heat off.

They fed him to the
press, so to speak.

But now that
we've got it solved,

they'll let him
out of the closet again.

And when he hits the
streets, watch out.

Oh, hey, Jim, thanks a lot.
It was a real good bust for me.

Any time, pal.

Well, I'd better get over
to the mortuary

to make the final arrangements
for Jeffrey's funeral.

You're paying for the funeral even
though he tried to steal your paintings?

I don't know why he did
what he did.

I probably will
never understand that.

But for 15 years
he was my devoted friend.

I can't forget that,
and I won't.

I expect you deserve
a bonus. A reward.

I'll send you a
check, with my thanks.

Well, thank you.

Lieutenant.

A reward?
How much do you think you'll get?

Oh, not much, Dennis.

Probably no more than a
couple hundred thousand.

Hey, you can't come
in here like that. Hold it!

Look at this department!
There's paper everywhere.

Now let's keep
this squad room...

Hey, hey!
You wanna take a walk, Martin!

E.A. or Mister!
Shall we remember that, Lieutenant?

What is this? Is this somebody's lunch?
Let's keep it off the desk.

All right, hold it,
hold it, Mr. Martin.

I know you got a lot of
influence around here,

but damn it,
we're running an active department!

You know, being a good cop means more
than parading around in blue pants.

You know what I mean?

Being a good cop means learning
how to keep your desk neat!

This came in
two hours ago,

but with all the excitement
I forgot all about it.

Oh, boy.

Influence?

I assume you're referring to my
dear brother-in-law, Aaron Kiel.

Well, as long as you
bring up Aaron's name,

what do you think he's
gonna think of this pigpen?

Hey, Jimmy, do you see
what goes on around here?

Come on, people,
let's file these papers!

It's not so hard!
Next time I come back here

I wanna see everything clean,
clean, clean, everywhere I look.

Well, maybe you want
to take this with you.

What's this?

Oh, I'm sure you're
familiar with those, E.A.

You've seen
over a hundred of them.

It's a warrant
for your arrest!

My arrest?

This is my town,
Chapman.

Maybe you forgot
about Aaron.

No, I haven't,
but apparently the DA isn't too worried.

He wants you for coercion
of a District Attorney,

trial tampering,
verbal assault...

Three months in a county is
probably the absolute minimum.

So, as long as we're
cleaning up this squad room,

let's start by unloading the
biggest piece of garbage of all.

Billings?
Yes, sir?

Bust him!

Jimmy!