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This is Lieutenant Diehl
speaking, Sergeant.
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I got a body out here
in the junkyard. He's been shot twice.
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We're looking
for a James Rockford.
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You know, Rockford,
for a guy who's such a stickler for details,
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you play very sloppy ball.
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Alice Sandstrom?
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I don't think
she committed suicide, Mr. Rockford.
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We're calling it suicide,
because it was a suicide.
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See how neat that works out?
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I'm gonna jerk your ticket,
Rockford.
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You're gonna be
doing laundry for the County.
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(PHONE RINGING)
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ROCKFORD:
(ON ANSWERING MACHINE) This is Jim Rockford.
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At the tone, leave your nameand message.
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I'll get back to you.
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(BEEPS)
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Jim, it's Shirleyat the cleaners.
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You know that brown jacket?
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The one I saidlooked so great on you?
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Your favorite?
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We lost it.
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MAN: (ON TV) The teams areheading back on the fieldfor the second half.
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The Rams have beenparticularly effective duringthe first two quarters.
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Their pass defensehas been spectacular.
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Hey, Solly.
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Solly, what do you got
for odds in the second half?
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I didn't say
I wanted to press,
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I just want to know
what the odds are.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Come in.
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MAN: (ON TV) And thelinebackers have been...
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Hi.
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I'll be right with you.
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Fourteen and a half points!
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Solly, they came
into the game an underdog. They're only six points up.
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Well, what are you running,
a book or a bucket shop?
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No bet.
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Fourteen and a half points,
he thinks somebody's gonna take it.
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I'm sorry.
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My name is Jim Rockford.
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Jennifer Sandstrom.
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I hope you're available
for employment.
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I'm in need of
a private investigator.
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Hey, that's gonna
work out real great.
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That's what I do
for a living.
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I'm sorry.
That's just a little joke. Sit down.
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I don't know if
there's anything you can do.
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She may have
killed herself.
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It certainly is possible.
It just doesn't seem like her.
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She was always
such a happy person.
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Even when we were children,
she was always the most...
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(STAMMERING)
Miss Sandstrom.
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Could you just start
at the beginning, please?
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Oh, I'm sorry, of course.
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You don't know
what on earth I'm talking about.
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Here.
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Alice Sandstrom?
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My sister.
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Well, it says the body
was discovered
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on the beach near
the Santa Monica Pier two days ago.
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Her car was found
two blocks away,
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with a suicide note
written in her hand.
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I don't think
she committed suicide, Mr. Rockford.
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Look, Miss Sandstrom,
if the police have it down as a suicide,
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that's probably
just what it was.
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No. You see,
she was afraid of the water.
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Ever since we were children,
she was always afraid of the water.
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She would never
have chosen drowning as a way to commit suicide.
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I have a friend
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who is a psychiatrist
and he said
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it would be most unlikely.
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Yeah, unlikely,
but possible.
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Oh no, she was not
a suicidal person.
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I don't care what
the police say.
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She was a happy person.
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She loved life.
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I think she was killed,
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and I want you
to look into it.
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Miss Sandstrom, it says here
that you are the sole survivor?
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How much do you charge,
Mr. Rockford?
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Look, I think you
ought to let the police handle this.
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I really do.
I mean, they're good.
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Maybe they're not
telling you everything they know.
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It's $200 a day
plus expenses.
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But I'm trying to
tell you to let the police handle it.
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Look, maybe the police
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found out she had
a psychiatrist that you didn't know about.
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Maybe that psychiatrist
knows something you don't know.
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Are you listening
to me or not?
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Miss Sandstrom,
I don't take cases
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that don't seem real to me.
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Now, you could
triple that stack of money,
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it wouldn't change anything.
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Well, it probably wouldn't.
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Please.
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I need your help.
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Even if it turns out
she killed herself.
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I need to know for sure.
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Please.
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All right.
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All right. All right.
Look, I'II...
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I'll look around
for one day, huh?
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I'll go up there.
I'll look around.
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I'll see if I can
turn up something.
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You'll find her address
in that newspaper article.
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And here is mine.
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I'm there most of the time.
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Mandeville Canyon.
That's a nice area.
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Daddy left us some money,
Mr. Rockford.
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Jim. Just call me Jim.
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Oh, I almost forgot this.
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I got into her bedroom
and I found some things that weren't there before.
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Look. It's in here somewhere.
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I don't know who J.M. Is.
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We used to trade off jewelry
quite a bit, and I know she didn't have that last month.
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Also, there are these.
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They're love letters,
but the bottom's been cut off.
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That's pretty strange,
isn't it?
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Yeah, yeah...
Almost as if she
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didn't want anyone
to know who it was.
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Okay. Yeah, thank you.
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I wonder if
you'd do me a favor.
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Would you keep those on you?
I'd hate to lose them.
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Can you go up
to the house now?
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I mean,
can you start right now?
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Oh, well...
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Yeah. Sure. Sure.
Just let me get my coat.
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What do you mean,
it's Lieutenant Diehl's case?
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Can't you check on it?
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Sure I can check on it.
I just don't want to.
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Come on, Dennis.
She was a floater on the beach in Santa Monica.
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There's gotta be some reasonyou guys arecalling it suicide.
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There is.
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Okay, what is it?
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We're calling it suicide,
because it was a suicide.
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See how neat that works out?
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What about an autopsy?
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I don't know.
Look, Jimbo, it's not my case.
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It's Lieutenant Diehl's.
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Call Diehl up and
ask him to read you the R.O. Report.
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Okay.
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Okay, I'm officially
notifying you that I'm working on the case.
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Why tell me? Tell Diehl.
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I'm telling you
because I'm talking to you.
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You see how neat
that works out?
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Oh, hi.
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Say, is there
anybody in the house?
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That filter, I'm gonna have to
take it down to the shop and get some parts for it.
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I said,
is anybody in the house?
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Oh, yeah. I think so.
I think there's a guy in there.
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Why don't you
try the front door?
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Thanks.
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What is going on here?
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I don't know.
Let's wait and see.
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(DOOR CLOSING)
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May I ask
what you think you're doing?
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Oh. It's all right.
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Oh, my name is...
Yes, I know your name.
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You're Tom Brice.
I called Friedler, Pike and Morris.
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They said you'd be here.
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You know we haven't
done the inventory.
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You... Who are you?
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Jay Volaro,
County Assessors Office.
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You know, Mr. Brice,
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that removing an item,
like that jewelry box, is a tax crime.
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You start messing around with
the County Assessors Office,
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you won't
get into heaven, son.
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Well, we were told
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the tax people had
already done the audit.
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We were authorized
to remove the items
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that were special bequests
in the will.
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Who told you that?
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I think...
Well, come on.
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I'd like to know.
Who told you that?
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It was Mr. Talbot.
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He's in your office.
Yeah.
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Mr. Friedler spoke
to him, I think.
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Talbot told you that?
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All right,
I've had it with him.
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He makes
too many mistakes.
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He's too old.
He told you that?
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When did he tell you that?
I'd really like to know.
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Was it before
10:30 this morning, huh?
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Look, I don't
want to get anyone into any trouble.
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I'm gonna find out, anyway.
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Look, I don't know.
You see, you'd have to ask Mr. Friedler.
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He spoke to him.
Okay, I will.
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You just might
as well clear out, son.
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I'll forget that
you were in here illegally.
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Oh, you...
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You found the keys
to the safe-deposit box, I suppose.
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Safe-deposit box?
Didn't know she had a safe-deposit box.
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But I did find some keys.
Here.
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Which bank?
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Bank. I don't know.
But her checking account,
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that's at
City Savings & Trust on Sunset.
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Okay, I'll return these
to you
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after the inventory
and the audit.
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Okay. You can go, son.
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Yes, sir.
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(MACHINE WHIRRING)
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(MACHINE STOPS)
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Sergeant Becker, please.
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WOMAN: (ON PHONE)
I'm sorry. He's not in.
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Yeah. Give me
Lieutenant Diehl then.
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This is Lieutenant Diehl
speaking.
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Hello, Lieutenant.This is Jim Rockford.
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Hello.
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I said this is...
What do you want?
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Lieutenant, I understand
that you're handling
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the Alice Sandstrom
drowning case.
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What do you want, Rockford?
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I think maybe you ought
to go up to her house and check the pool filter.
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Why would I want to do that?
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And then
I think you ought to get the autopsy report back
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and check and see
if anybody bothered to look,
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see what kind of water
was in her lungs.
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I think maybe she wasdrowned in her own pool
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then taken outand pushed in the ocean.
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This is not a murder,
Rockford.
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I closed this case.
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And I damn well
don't appreciate you digging around in it.
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I just said...
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I know what you said.
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Get off my back,
get off my case. You understand?
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Diehl, you get off your butt
and come up here and look at this pool filter,
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or I'm gonna go
to the City Attorney!
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I'm gonna jerk your ticket,
Rockford.
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You're gonna be doing laundry
for the County.
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You do yourself a favor,
Lieutenant.
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You loosen up
just long enough
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to check that autopsy report
and get up here and look at this pool filter.
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(DOORBELL RINGING)
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I'm here to see
Jennifer Sandstrom.
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Is she expecting you,
Mr. Rockford?
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Yes.
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One moment,
while I check.
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I'm sorry.
There must be some mistake.
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I was looking for
Jennifer Sandstrom.
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You found her.
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If you're here
investigating Alice's death
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for the insurance company,
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I've already told Mr. Dreikurs
we're not filing a claim.
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It was a suicide.
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I don't understand
what it is you people want to investigate.
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Oh, I'm working for
Friedler, Pike and Morris.
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Tom Brice hired me
this afternoon.
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There's some legal matters
that need to be concluded.
249
00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:38,497
Such as?
250
00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,600
Well...
251
00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:45,042
There was the whole matter
about your sister's investment
252
00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:47,977
in the Lake Oswego
Real Estate Corporation.
253
00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:50,108
She was a general partner
on that
254
00:15:50,182 --> 00:15:53,083
and had some
general partnership liabilities.
255
00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:55,445
Then there was,
of course, the matter about
256
00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:58,820
the civil misconduct case
we were handling for her.
257
00:15:58,924 --> 00:16:01,119
What the devil are
you talking about?
258
00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:05,096
Well, I guess I shouldn't
have said anything at all.
259
00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:08,291
I just assumed that you knew
about your sister's affairs.
260
00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:09,891
I mean, Mr. Brice
didn't say anything
261
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,199
about maintaining
any confidentiality.
262
00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:13,363
I do.
263
00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:15,634
And I've never heard
of any of those things.
264
00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:18,736
Well, it does seem strange,
doesn't it?
265
00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:21,135
Well, to begin with,
266
00:16:21,213 --> 00:16:24,341
my sister was
in no mental condition to be a general partner
267
00:16:24,416 --> 00:16:26,407
or to assume
any liabilities.
268
00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:29,579
After all, she'd been
in and out of Lynhaven for the last two years.
269
00:16:30,422 --> 00:16:33,289
Well, Lynhaven was
some sort of hospital?
270
00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:35,717
It's a mental institution.
271
00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:39,861
Surely Mr. Brice told you
that my sister had been deeply suicidal
272
00:16:39,932 --> 00:16:41,490
for the last
two or three years.
273
00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,434
Oh, yes, yes.
We went into that very thoroughly. Yes.
274
00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:47,532
What is all this malarkey
about my sister
275
00:16:47,606 --> 00:16:50,734
being a general partner
in some sort of investment?
276
00:16:50,809 --> 00:16:52,333
Well, it's just that.
277
00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:53,571
What?
278
00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:55,772
Malarkey. It's all malarkey.
279
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,317
I guess I'll just be
on my way. Thank you.
280
00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,247
What took you so long?
281
00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:05,881
Hey, I had to go
all the way back to the gas station.
282
00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:08,051
Okay.
We shouldn't have to use our own cars.
283
00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:09,151
Well, what did Sherman say?
284
00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:10,889
He said go ahead
and stick on this guy.
285
00:17:10,963 --> 00:17:13,761
His name turns out
to be Rockford and he's a P.I.
286
00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:16,332
That's great.
What about the girl?
287
00:17:16,802 --> 00:17:18,531
He's got two other guys
on her now,
288
00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:21,095
but he says it may have
already gone down.
289
00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:24,368
Hello. Let me speak
with Mr. Friedler, please.
290
00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:28,879
Well, when he gets in,
tell him to call Jennifer Sandstrom.
291
00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:30,005
It's urgent.
292
00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:57,463
Cops.
293
00:19:06,111 --> 00:19:08,807
Yes, this is Mr. Smith
in Room 24.
294
00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,007
I'm gonna take a little nap.
295
00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:12,915
Could you wake me
at 7:30, please?
296
00:19:13,218 --> 00:19:14,947
WOMAN: Yes, sir.
Thank you.
297
00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:33,495
Well?
298
00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:34,834
He's taking a nap.
299
00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:36,932
He left a wake-up call
for 7:30 tonight.
300
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:39,102
Let's go. We can
check back here at 7:30
301
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,645
if that's what
Sherman wants.
302
00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:50,299
Oh, hi.
303
00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,876
You ought to be able
to do better than that.
304
00:21:52,944 --> 00:21:54,172
You're upset.
305
00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:55,871
I can appreciate that.
306
00:21:56,281 --> 00:21:58,476
Why don't you
let me put a little extra in the pot?
307
00:21:58,550 --> 00:21:59,812
Would you stay
for lunch?
308
00:22:00,886 --> 00:22:02,046
Yeah.
309
00:22:04,056 --> 00:22:05,284
Where you going?
310
00:22:07,426 --> 00:22:08,757
Now, wait a minute.
311
00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,624
What the hell
do you think you're doing?
312
00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:14,798
I am going
to call the police.
313
00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,467
Just open the front door
and call out in a loud voice.
314
00:22:17,536 --> 00:22:18,696
What are you
talking about?
315
00:22:19,404 --> 00:22:21,395
Oh, come on, Tina,
don't tell me you don't know
316
00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:24,772
there's four of L.A.'s finest
sitting outside, drinking cold coffee.
317
00:22:28,313 --> 00:22:30,679
Well, well.
What have we here?
318
00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:35,810
You got paid.
What more do you want?
319
00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:38,180
That's just
about priceless.
320
00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:43,485
Wait a minute.
321
00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:49,426
Oh, so you think
I won't call the police, huh?
322
00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:50,862
Well...
323
00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:56,303
All right,
so I won't call the police.
324
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,808
But that doesn't
give you any right
325
00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:59,867
to go prowling through
someone's personal effects.
326
00:23:01,913 --> 00:23:03,380
What are you doing?
327
00:23:03,982 --> 00:23:05,847
Just earning my money.
328
00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:12,720
(SIGHING)
329
00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:17,225
Well, well.
330
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:19,625
Here we have the solution
331
00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:22,030
to the mystery of the letters
and the bracelet.
332
00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:23,397
Fascinating. I'm enthralled.
333
00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:24,901
Now would you
please get out of here?
334
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:26,835
Oh, I could be
persuaded to leave.
335
00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:28,167
Of course, I have
a few conditions.
336
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,037
I was sure you would.
337
00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:32,503
Don't get too salty,
Miss Dusseau.
338
00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:34,809
Remember, I'm the guy
that got red-dogged.
339
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,677
Red-dogged?
Yeah. It's a football term.
340
00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:38,181
That's where
the line opens up a hole
341
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:41,310
and they shoot a linebacker
through to sack the unsuspecting quarterback.
342
00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:46,890
Oh, my stew. It's burning.
343
00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:50,225
Aren't you coming?
344
00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:52,024
You didn't put it
on the stove.
345
00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:54,197
I notice little things
like that.
346
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,358
I'm a detective, remember?
347
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,527
If you want to get rid of me,
you'll have to do better than that.
348
00:23:57,836 --> 00:24:01,203
It's just that
everything around here is so messy. You know...
349
00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:05,543
Well, now,
don't feel too bad.
350
00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:06,599
What were you gonna do?
351
00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:08,339
Get a chill,
come in to get a sweater,
352
00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:11,610
and then pick up
your cute little chrome-plated cannon,
353
00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:13,173
chase me out into the street?
354
00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:15,318
I saved you a lot of trouble.
355
00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:18,546
You know,
I could get very tired of all this clever chatter.
356
00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:21,183
You know,
that makes my palms just all sweaty.
357
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:23,789
Where we going?
358
00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:26,422
First we're gonna
get out of here and then...
359
00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:28,159
Then you're gonna
tell me why you sent me
360
00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:30,531
to the Sandstrom house.
Although I have a pretty fair idea,
361
00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:32,092
I'd like to hear
all the gory little details.
362
00:24:32,170 --> 00:24:34,798
Now, wait a minute. Just...
Wait, wait a minute.
363
00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:40,076
Okay, so you just selected
the Alice Sandstrom drowning out of the paper at random,
364
00:24:40,445 --> 00:24:41,912
sent me up there.
365
00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:45,412
Then you gave me the envelope
so that when I left my trailer
366
00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:47,517
I'd take the two cops
off you.
367
00:24:48,386 --> 00:24:50,445
Now, I want to know
why they're interested in you
368
00:24:50,522 --> 00:24:53,252
and I want to know
what I got myself involved in.
369
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,348
Hello.
370
00:24:56,928 --> 00:24:59,328
Okay, you're on.
Make it good honey, huh?
371
00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:01,789
Aunt Elizabeth always said
you could dance.
372
00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:03,164
Funny.
373
00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:06,362
Well, I guess
it won't hurt to tell you.
374
00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:09,339
Pacific Trust insures
the Delany jewelry collection.
375
00:25:10,308 --> 00:25:12,105
It's worth maybe $3,000,000.
376
00:25:12,277 --> 00:25:13,266
Anyway,
377
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,472
the whole collection
was stolen from the Delany house
378
00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:16,605
about two weeks ago.
379
00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:18,546
Pacific Trust was contacted
by the thieves
380
00:25:18,617 --> 00:25:20,881
and offered a chance
to buy back the collection
381
00:25:20,952 --> 00:25:22,249
at half the price,
382
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,915
which was a lot cheaper
than paying off the insurance claim.
383
00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:28,883
No. But they wanted
the cops kept on the outside of the deal.
384
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,326
And they wanted me
to be the go-between.
385
00:25:31,763 --> 00:25:34,755
'Cause they figured
I was a girl and I wouldn't be much of a threat to them.
386
00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:37,825
Oh, but they didn't know
that you keep a chrome-plated.38
387
00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:40,428
right next to
your pearl drop earrings.
388
00:25:40,505 --> 00:25:42,496
You're determined to be flip,
aren't you?
389
00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:44,439
Hey, come on now.
Give me a break, huh?
390
00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:47,478
I'm trying to walk off
a big emotional disappointment.
391
00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,513
TINA: Anyway, somehow
the cops must have gotten wind of the exchange
392
00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:52,482
that took place at 2:00
this afternoon.
393
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:55,145
I was on my way
to the insurance company to pick up the money
394
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:56,448
that came
in a manila envelope.
395
00:25:56,521 --> 00:25:59,149
I looked out
the front of my house and I saw two cops.
396
00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,658
So I decided to make
a duplicate envelope.
397
00:26:02,260 --> 00:26:03,727
$3 worth, please.
398
00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:05,124
So you...
399
00:26:05,196 --> 00:26:06,663
You smuggled it
out to your car,
400
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,028
you went to
the insurance company,
401
00:26:08,099 --> 00:26:10,624
you picked up the money
and then on your way to make the switch,
402
00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:13,227
you dropped by my place
with the phony envelope.
403
00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:15,899
And I walked out of my trailer
waving it like a flag,
404
00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:18,465
and I've had those two cops
following me ever since.
405
00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:20,067
I don't see what harm it did.
406
00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:22,306
I made the switch.
The insurance company has the jewelry.
407
00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:23,847
And you have $200.
408
00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:26,574
Well, the only thing wrong
with all that is
409
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,716
I think that Alice Sandstrom
was really murdered.
410
00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:31,212
You're kidding.
411
00:26:31,289 --> 00:26:33,382
I told you
I was a good detective.
412
00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:35,823
I think that she was drowned
in her own swimming pool,
413
00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,623
taken out
and thrown in the ocean.
414
00:26:37,696 --> 00:26:39,755
Hmm.
I called Lieutenant Diehl down at the police station...
415
00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:41,298
Lieutenant Thomas Diehl?
...and climbed his tree.
416
00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:42,731
Yeah. You know him?
417
00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:43,825
Do I!
418
00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:45,062
He hates me.
419
00:26:45,236 --> 00:26:46,464
Yeah, me, too.
420
00:26:47,138 --> 00:26:50,005
Well, anyway, we're going
down there, and you're gonna clear me with Diehl.
421
00:26:50,075 --> 00:26:52,373
You're gonna tell him
you sent me off on a wild goose chase
422
00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:55,106
to get those
two cops off of me that were following you.
423
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:57,614
Oh, no. I'm not going to
the police station
424
00:26:57,682 --> 00:27:00,173
to scrub you clean with Diehl.
Not on your life.
425
00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,181
You got a permit
to carry this thing?
426
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,582
Oh, come on.
427
00:27:05,657 --> 00:27:07,147
Lieutenant Diehl will
pull your ticket
428
00:27:07,225 --> 00:27:09,056
for carrying
an unauthorized weapon.
429
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:13,055
Why, I never saw that gun
before in my life.
430
00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:16,691
Well, you're gonna be
wearing it when we see Diehl just the same.
431
00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:18,432
You wouldn't.
432
00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:20,435
We're colleagues.
433
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,197
I'm just thinning out
the field.
434
00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:23,467
It's good for business.
435
00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:25,369
(GROANS)
436
00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:27,070
All right.
437
00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:30,677
But if I go in there
and I get you straight with Diehl, that's it, right?
438
00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:31,738
Right.
439
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:33,576
MAN: That's $3.
440
00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:34,778
Right.
441
00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:36,752
Thank you.
You bet.
442
00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:39,551
The thing is
that Diehl is such a cluck.
443
00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:41,317
Yeah.
444
00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:55,372
You got any idea
what this cost the County?
445
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,738
You got the faintest idea?
I just thought it'd be a good idea
446
00:27:57,809 --> 00:27:59,276
if you looked...
Okay, we checked.
447
00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,244
This lady got no pool water
in her lungs.
448
00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:03,246
She jumped off
the Santa Monica Pier.
449
00:28:03,314 --> 00:28:04,804
She left a suicide note.
450
00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:07,044
She's been in deep analysis
for over two years.
451
00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:09,416
Her psychiatrist says
she was suicidal.
452
00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:11,182
What does it take
to satisfy you, Rockford?
453
00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:13,747
Oh, I'd say
that right about now I'm satisfied.
454
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,553
What do you got
to do with this?
455
00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:19,154
She's the one that hired me
to investigate the drowning. She's my client.
456
00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:22,529
I have been dreading the day
when you two would get together on anything.
457
00:28:23,768 --> 00:28:25,531
Miss Dusseau,
if it wouldn't be too much trouble,
458
00:28:25,603 --> 00:28:27,901
would you mind
explaining to me why you hired Rockford?
459
00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:33,571
I was trying to get
the two detectives who work for Sergeant Vince Sherman
460
00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:36,070
to follow Rockford
instead of me.
461
00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:37,305
I see.
462
00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:39,784
I see,
and why would you want to do that?
463
00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:42,376
That is privileged
client information.
464
00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:44,554
Come on.
It is police business.
465
00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:46,487
Lieutenant,
I'm not gonna tell you.
466
00:28:47,058 --> 00:28:49,618
If you're that curious,
you can ask Sergeant Sherman. He knows.
467
00:28:49,694 --> 00:28:53,289
Look, Lieutenant,
why stand around yammering with us, huh?
468
00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:55,855
What do you expect to
get out of a couple of jerk private eyes?
469
00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:57,629
Why don't we just say
we made a big mistake
470
00:28:57,702 --> 00:28:59,670
and Tina and I'll
get out of your life, huh?
471
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,171
In the two and a half years
I've known you,
472
00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:02,934
that's the first thing
you've ever said I can get behind.
473
00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:09,405
Hey.
What?
474
00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:10,912
On the way back,
475
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,082
I want to drop by
the Sandstrom house for a minute. Do you mind?
476
00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:17,713
Of course I mind.
I don't want to get in trouble with Lieutenant Diehl.
477
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,189
If we go there,
we're just asking for it.
478
00:29:20,525 --> 00:29:22,686
Yeah. Yeah, well,
it'll only take a minute.
479
00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:31,692
Oh, come on, Jim.
I'm not impressed with this sort of thing.
480
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,829
Either you know something
or you don't.
481
00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:35,600
There was no pool truck.
482
00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,640
The door in the back
of the house was jimmied,
483
00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:39,973
but there was no pool truck
out front.
484
00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:42,444
Oh, that sheds
a lot of light on everything.
485
00:29:42,847 --> 00:29:45,543
You know,
you have a tendency for flip remarks yourself.
486
00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:52,916
You know that pool man.
487
00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:56,523
He said he didn't have
parts to fix the filter.
488
00:29:56,861 --> 00:30:00,194
You'd just think
they'd always carry parts to fix a filter.
489
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,057
Yeah, you'd think
they would.
490
00:30:04,602 --> 00:30:06,934
All right, I give up.
What are we looking for?
491
00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,038
The guy was carrying
a pool skimmer.
492
00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:12,941
You know the little thing
you fish the leaves and bugs out of the pool.
493
00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:14,308
See if you can find it.
494
00:30:18,416 --> 00:30:21,544
Seems strange
you wouldn't notice that truck was missing before.
495
00:30:21,619 --> 00:30:25,077
Well, I just assumed
that there was a back exit to this place
496
00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:26,783
and he was parked
in the back.
497
00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:32,192
There's no back road here,
and there's no pool skimmer.
498
00:30:33,097 --> 00:30:35,361
Guy just picked it up
and carried it off.
499
00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:40,234
Guy in his shirtsleeves,
carrying a pool skimmer just looks like a pool man.
500
00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:41,996
It's an instant disguise.
501
00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:47,839
I wouldn't break in there
if I were you.
502
00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:49,402
I'm not breaking in.
503
00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,607
It's been jimmied.
I told you that.
504
00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:23,779
"Police, fire,
505
00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:25,638
"pool service."
506
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,517
This is Mr. Brice.
507
00:31:30,588 --> 00:31:34,046
And we're handling the estate
of Alice Sandstrom
508
00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:38,452
and I'm sorry, but I'm afraid
we're going to have to terminate the pool service.
509
00:31:39,497 --> 00:31:41,931
Yes. Yes,
it was a terrible shame.
510
00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:43,695
Look, for our records,
511
00:31:43,768 --> 00:31:45,963
could you tell me
when the last time
512
00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:48,096
that the pool was serviced?
513
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:51,971
Uh-huh, and that was
the last time?
514
00:31:52,877 --> 00:31:54,242
No. No. No problem,
515
00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:56,041
just send us
a final statement, please.
516
00:31:56,114 --> 00:31:57,411
Yes. Thank you.
517
00:31:58,449 --> 00:31:59,882
Come and take
a look at this.
518
00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:10,789
Now, who would paint a room
and put on new curtains,
519
00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:12,989
if they intended
to commit suicide?
520
00:32:13,331 --> 00:32:15,856
Hmm. Taking a little
busman's holiday, I see.
521
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,561
It is pretty strange,
don't you think?
522
00:32:18,369 --> 00:32:20,428
Yeah. Yeah.
523
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:23,203
It turns out the pool man
was a phony.
524
00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:25,834
The last time
they had anybody up here was Tuesday.
525
00:32:26,577 --> 00:32:28,670
Do you think
it really was him that jimmied the door?
526
00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:30,611
I suppose
he has to be considered.
527
00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,445
What would he want
inside the house?
528
00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:36,252
Well, maybe it was these.
529
00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,514
Safe-deposit box?
530
00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:42,114
Yup.
531
00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:46,052
Where did you get these?
532
00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:48,056
Well, I'd rather not say.
533
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,696
Do you want to
call Lieutenant Diehl and let him in on this?
534
00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:53,131
Do you?
No.
535
00:32:58,376 --> 00:33:00,469
We could send him
an anonymous letter.
536
00:33:01,212 --> 00:33:02,543
Hmm. He'd know.
537
00:33:03,147 --> 00:33:04,136
Yeah.
538
00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:06,548
We could forget
the whole thing.
539
00:33:06,617 --> 00:33:08,642
After all, we don't owe
any of these people anything.
540
00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:11,278
(CLICKING TONGUE)
Now, don't go heroic on me.
541
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,622
You're right.
Let's get out of here.
542
00:33:49,927 --> 00:33:51,394
Look at it this way.
543
00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:52,895
It probably was a suicide.
544
00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:56,161
I mean, Diehl wouldn't lie
about her psychiatrist saying she was suicidal.
545
00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:57,258
Yeah. I know.
546
00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:59,769
Her sister Jennifer said
she was in and out of a mental institute
547
00:33:59,837 --> 00:34:00,963
for two years.
548
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,506
You see,
that corroborates it.
549
00:34:02,573 --> 00:34:05,133
So she painted a room
and went out and jumped off a pier.
550
00:34:05,209 --> 00:34:07,040
What about the pool man?
What about him?
551
00:34:07,111 --> 00:34:10,547
A friendly neighbor
who didn't want to see the filter get clogged.
552
00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:12,242
I know,
it's a little strange.
553
00:34:12,583 --> 00:34:14,278
But I'm sure
if we thought about it long enough,
554
00:34:14,352 --> 00:34:17,287
we could come up
with at least a dozen reasons for the pool man.
555
00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:18,617
Yeah, I suppose.
556
00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:43,938
Where do you want me
to drop you off?
557
00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:45,039
At home.
558
00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,141
Oh, say, I've got
some of that stew left.
559
00:34:47,218 --> 00:34:48,515
Do you want to
stay for dinner?
560
00:34:50,555 --> 00:34:51,579
Hmm.
561
00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:09,132
(GUN FIRING)
562
00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:11,675
ROCKFORD: Get your head down.
Quick!
563
00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:18,478
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
564
00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:20,278
(CAR ACCELERATING)
565
00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:24,012
If you hadn't taken
the bullets out of my gun, we could have shot back.
566
00:35:24,088 --> 00:35:26,113
Well, you can't shoot
what you can't see.
567
00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:29,125
So much
for the suicide theory.
568
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:30,852
All right.
569
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:33,525
Come on,
let's go up there
570
00:35:33,831 --> 00:35:36,026
and get the spare on
and get out of here.
571
00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:38,295
I can do it.
All right.
572
00:35:39,437 --> 00:35:41,462
Stay where you are.
I'll check and see if it's clear.
573
00:35:45,109 --> 00:35:46,872
"Brice. Thomas A."
574
00:35:50,548 --> 00:35:51,572
Brice?
575
00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:57,782
Sandstrom.
576
00:35:58,489 --> 00:35:59,581
Lieutenant,
577
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:02,088
Sergeant Sherman's
on the patch-through on your car right now.
578
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,149
Thanks.
579
00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:09,190
This is Lieutenant Diehl
speaking, Sergeant.
580
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:11,792
I got a body out here
in the junkyard. He's been shot twice.
581
00:36:11,869 --> 00:36:13,700
The guy's name is Tom Brice.
582
00:36:13,871 --> 00:36:16,237
He's an attorney
for Alice Sandstrom.
583
00:36:16,307 --> 00:36:19,105
You got anything
that ties Rockford or Tina Dusseau into this?
584
00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:20,469
SHERMAN: Yeah.
585
00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:22,240
I've just been readingthrough Deek's report.
586
00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:23,707
We got a match-up.
587
00:36:23,781 --> 00:36:26,249
Rockford was upat that house about the timeBrice was there.
588
00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:28,376
Maybe he followed him outand dropped the hammer on him.
589
00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:31,653
Okay. If we can put
Rockford with Brice this morning,
590
00:36:31,722 --> 00:36:34,156
I want a warrant
put out on him. Suspicion of murder.
591
00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:36,525
We better get a time of deathfrom the M.E.
592
00:36:36,594 --> 00:36:38,357
We need a match-upon the time.
593
00:36:38,429 --> 00:36:39,555
We need motive.
594
00:36:39,630 --> 00:36:40,995
It's a little thin.
595
00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:43,500
Suspicion is just
what it says.
596
00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,659
Suspicion, Sergeant.
Pick him up.
597
00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:51,071
Well, this is Sunday,
so we can't get into that safe-deposit box
598
00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:52,166
until tomorrow.
599
00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:53,301
What are we gonna do?
600
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:55,140
Well, ordinarily,
I'd go to the police,
601
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:58,011
but we just can't prove
anybody tried to kill us.
602
00:36:58,182 --> 00:37:00,343
And I get the feeling
Lieutenant Diehl would have
603
00:37:00,418 --> 00:37:03,046
a rooting interest
in the killer. So that doesn't make much sense.
604
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,680
How are we gonna get in
that safe-deposit box?
605
00:37:06,290 --> 00:37:07,951
Well, first we go back
to Alice's house,
606
00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:09,822
get something with
her signature on it,
607
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:13,159
and then we'll do
what we can tomorrow to make you look like Alice.
608
00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:16,995
Oh, no. The lady
who lets the people in the safe-deposit box area
609
00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:20,037
is not gonna be fooled.
She probably knows what Alice Sandstrom looks like.
610
00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:22,197
Well, that's why we wait
until she goes to lunch.
611
00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:24,639
Then we hit on the substitute
during the lunch hour.
612
00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:26,904
It's a gamble,
but it's the best chance we got.
613
00:37:28,045 --> 00:37:30,138
Oh, by the way,
we don't have to go back to the house.
614
00:37:30,214 --> 00:37:32,307
Well, we gotta get something
with her signature on it,
615
00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:34,248
so you can learn
how to sign her name.
616
00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:37,185
I stole these canceled checks
from off her desk.
617
00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:38,920
I figured
if we look through them
618
00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:40,719
we might find something
that was interesting.
619
00:37:40,791 --> 00:37:42,190
"We don't know these people.
620
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,023
"We don't need
to get involved."
621
00:37:45,396 --> 00:37:46,488
Forget it.
622
00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,064
(ROCKFORD CHUCKLING)
623
00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:50,532
Oh, you're a bigger sucker
than I am.
624
00:37:53,571 --> 00:37:56,404
ROCKFORD: I just don't see
anything in here that's gonna help us.
625
00:37:56,641 --> 00:37:58,233
How you doing?
Not bad.
626
00:37:58,776 --> 00:37:59,765
Look.
627
00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:03,145
Yeah. Yeah.
That's not too bad.
628
00:38:03,214 --> 00:38:05,648
Only I'd broaden
the "A" in Sandstrom.
629
00:38:05,983 --> 00:38:07,746
Really?
I think it's all right.
630
00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:10,082
She did have
a sort of a cramped hand.
631
00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:11,721
Typical of the paranoid.
632
00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:15,047
You know, Jim,
maybe she did commit suicide.
633
00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:18,824
Maybe the man that shot at us
this afternoon was really after something else.
634
00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:20,694
Well,
I think she was murdered.
635
00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:22,790
There's just too much
that can't be explained.
636
00:38:24,268 --> 00:38:25,826
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
637
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:35,501
Yes?
638
00:38:35,579 --> 00:38:38,070
We're looking
for a James Rockford.
639
00:38:38,582 --> 00:38:41,346
We thought you might have
some idea of his whereabouts.
640
00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:42,716
No. Why?
641
00:38:42,787 --> 00:38:44,755
We have a warrant
for his arrest.
642
00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:46,119
Suspicion of murder.
643
00:38:47,191 --> 00:38:48,453
Who was killed?
644
00:38:48,526 --> 00:38:50,551
OFFICER: An attorney
named Tom Brice.
645
00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:53,561
Is he here,
or do you know where he is?
646
00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:56,259
No, I don't.
But you're welcome to come in and have a look.
647
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,632
OFFICER: You understand
we don't have a search warrant.
648
00:38:58,703 --> 00:39:01,433
Well, that's all right.
If you want to have a look, you have my permission.
649
00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,238
Well,
that won't be necessary.
650
00:39:03,307 --> 00:39:05,070
Have you tried his trailer
at the beach?
651
00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:06,871
Yes, we have.
652
00:39:07,578 --> 00:39:08,738
Well, thank you.
653
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,593
It was a nice job.
654
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:26,490
You heard?
Yeah.
655
00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:28,395
Now, who would want
to kill Tom Brice?
656
00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:30,661
Well, look,
let's just put this together
657
00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:32,995
with some structure
that fits, huh?
658
00:39:34,271 --> 00:39:36,762
There is a safe-deposit box
with something in it.
659
00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:39,469
Something that
somebody's willing to kill for, huh?
660
00:39:39,910 --> 00:39:42,071
Now, Tom Brice went up
to that house
661
00:39:42,279 --> 00:39:44,213
to look for some jewelry,
but he found a key,
662
00:39:44,281 --> 00:39:46,545
which he didn't know
was there. But somebody else did.
663
00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:49,085
They went up there,
they jimmied the door.
664
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,184
Tom Brice interrupted them.
665
00:39:51,355 --> 00:39:53,585
So the guy went
out by the pool and just puttered around.
666
00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:54,988
And that's when I arrived.
667
00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:56,617
So he decided
to get the hell out of there.
668
00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:59,094
Now, I bluffed Tom Brice
out of the key,
669
00:39:59,296 --> 00:40:00,854
but the killer
didn't know that.
670
00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:02,125
He followed Tom Brice
671
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:04,531
to a spot where
they could have a little conversation.
672
00:40:04,602 --> 00:40:05,728
Things got rough.
673
00:40:05,803 --> 00:40:08,829
He wound up killing Brice
and he looked for the key, but it wasn't there.
674
00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:10,339
He still hasn't found it.
675
00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,467
And he made a try
for us this afternoon.
676
00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:14,340
It's a theory.
It's a good one.
677
00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:17,210
Hey,
I better get out of here. They're liable to come back.
678
00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:18,646
Wait a minute.
I'm going with you.
679
00:40:21,685 --> 00:40:23,983
We're gonna have to
get rid of this car and get a rental.
680
00:40:24,789 --> 00:40:26,086
I'd better rent it.
681
00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:29,024
Okay. Then we'll check
into a motel.
682
00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:31,523
We'll wait until 12:00 noon.
683
00:40:32,029 --> 00:40:33,724
Are you trying to corrupt me?
684
00:40:35,132 --> 00:40:37,464
Yeah. Yeah.
I think maybe I am.
685
00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:42,733
You know, this is funny.
686
00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:45,665
Here we are,
hotter than Bonnie and Clyde and it's...
687
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:47,403
It's funny.
688
00:41:23,914 --> 00:41:25,108
Hello. May I help you?
689
00:41:25,182 --> 00:41:26,376
Yes. My name
is Alice Sandstrom.
690
00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:28,441
I'd like to get into
my safe-deposit box.
691
00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:41,422
Thank you.
692
00:41:45,269 --> 00:41:46,964
Right this way,
Miss Sandstrom.
693
00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,396
(SECURITY DOOR BUZZING)
694
00:41:59,149 --> 00:42:00,912
WOMAN: Friedler, Pikeand Morris.
695
00:42:01,585 --> 00:42:03,314
Let me speak to
Mr. Friedler, please.
696
00:42:05,322 --> 00:42:06,311
Yes?
697
00:42:15,399 --> 00:42:17,424
You can use this booth
if you like.
698
00:42:17,501 --> 00:42:18,593
Thank you.
699
00:42:28,412 --> 00:42:29,970
It's getting out of control,
Pete.
700
00:42:30,047 --> 00:42:32,311
There's somebody at the bank
trying to get at that box.
701
00:42:33,417 --> 00:42:35,544
If the authorities
get that box, we're cooked.
702
00:42:35,986 --> 00:42:37,476
Look, I had to do it.
703
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,989
You didn't need to kill her.
You didn't need to kill Brice.
704
00:42:41,525 --> 00:42:42,787
Now, look here.
705
00:42:44,428 --> 00:42:46,157
This is
a tough business.
706
00:42:46,664 --> 00:42:48,495
There's a lot
of bread in it.
707
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,597
You don't like the risk,
you don't get involved.
708
00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:57,339
You'd better take care of it.
709
00:43:03,447 --> 00:43:05,142
She had a baby.
710
00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:07,547
Yeah. This is
the birth certificate.
711
00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:13,347
That explains
the baby blue room with the new curtains.
712
00:43:13,557 --> 00:43:16,720
It also says she was afraid
she might be murdered.
713
00:43:17,661 --> 00:43:20,186
She certainly was psychotic.
Look how it rambles.
714
00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:24,991
It looks like she had a baby
and gave it over to some guy named Pete Finch.
715
00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:27,401
Then she had a change of mind,
tried to get it back
716
00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:32,002
and threatened to expose
the whole baby racket, and they killed her.
717
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:33,734
The pool man?
718
00:43:34,411 --> 00:43:38,142
Well, we won't know that
until we can get a look at this guy Pete Finch.
719
00:43:38,215 --> 00:43:43,152
It says here Attorney
Aaron Friedler set up the whole deal.
720
00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:45,548
And her sister Jennifer
was in on it, huh?
721
00:43:45,956 --> 00:43:47,389
Yeah, probably.
722
00:43:47,458 --> 00:43:51,224
Probably Jennifer didn't want
her sister to have an heir.
723
00:43:51,528 --> 00:43:53,655
You said it best.
What do you mean?
724
00:43:53,797 --> 00:43:56,095
"Daddy left us
a lot of money."
725
00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,735
My house is only
a couple of blocks from here.
726
00:44:36,807 --> 00:44:38,502
Why don't we go there
and call Lieutenant Diehl?
727
00:44:39,009 --> 00:44:41,569
The cops are probably
staking out your place.
728
00:44:56,126 --> 00:44:58,924
TINA: Where are you going?
You going toward my house? There are cops there.
729
00:44:58,996 --> 00:45:00,691
ROCKFORD: I know.
That's the whole idea.
730
00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:24,578
(CAR HONKING)
731
00:45:51,682 --> 00:45:53,115
(SIREN WAILING)
732
00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:18,065
OFFICER: Get out of the car.
ROCKFORD: All right.
733
00:46:18,142 --> 00:46:19,939
All right. I'm getting out.
Feet apart.
734
00:46:20,010 --> 00:46:21,307
Hands on top of the car.
735
00:46:21,378 --> 00:46:23,175
(WOMAN CHATTERING ON RADIO)
736
00:46:25,649 --> 00:46:27,640
Put your hands
behind your back.
737
00:46:28,852 --> 00:46:29,841
Hey!
738
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,384
My briefcase,
get my briefcase, will you?
739
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:33,616
Move it!
740
00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:53,671
You must be Pete Finch.
741
00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:56,611
Well, I'm not talking
to anyone until I see my lawyer.
742
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:57,704
Hey, Pete.
743
00:46:57,781 --> 00:46:59,112
You're a lousy shot.
744
00:47:02,786 --> 00:47:04,913
DIEHL: Book Finch
and pick up Friedler.
745
00:47:05,322 --> 00:47:08,155
Yeah, the charge is
the murder of Alice Sandstrom and Tom Brice.
746
00:47:08,225 --> 00:47:10,420
And get somebody
to check way back on Finch.
747
00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:13,463
I think we just might have
the tip of a big baby racket going here.
748
00:47:14,231 --> 00:47:16,062
And tell the D.A.
I want to see him at 4:00.
749
00:47:16,133 --> 00:47:17,930
And get his whole staff
involved in this.
750
00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:19,559
Yup. Could be a biggie.
751
00:47:19,636 --> 00:47:20,796
Right.
752
00:47:20,871 --> 00:47:24,034
Hey, Lieutenant, I hate to be
a stickler for details,
753
00:47:24,107 --> 00:47:27,873
but you forgot to add
two counts of attempted murder to those charges.
754
00:47:28,011 --> 00:47:30,639
I mean, he did try to kill
Miss Dusseau and myself.
755
00:47:31,315 --> 00:47:32,441
No kidding?
756
00:47:33,083 --> 00:47:34,812
Hmm. Sorry I missed that.
757
00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:41,880
Can we go now?
758
00:47:49,099 --> 00:47:51,659
Why didn't you
come right to us when you turned up the key?
759
00:47:52,436 --> 00:47:54,427
Well...
And why didn't you call us when you found out
760
00:47:54,504 --> 00:47:55,835
she had a safe-deposit box?
761
00:47:55,906 --> 00:47:58,067
Well, now, on that one...
How come you broke into the house?
762
00:47:58,141 --> 00:47:59,403
Well,
I didn't really break in...
763
00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:02,468
You know, Rockford,
for a guy who's such a stickler for details,
764
00:48:03,146 --> 00:48:05,205
you play very sloppy ball.
765
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:06,538
Yeah.
766
00:48:06,650 --> 00:48:09,448
Yeah, I guess if you want to
overlook the fact
767
00:48:09,519 --> 00:48:14,218
that I took a suicide out of
your wastebasket and put it on the D.A.'s murder docket.
768
00:48:16,126 --> 00:48:18,686
I can't figure out
what Becker likes about you.
769
00:48:18,762 --> 00:48:21,959
Well, I think he likes me
because he can beat me at handball.
770
00:48:24,801 --> 00:48:25,961
Sign the statement,
771
00:48:26,036 --> 00:48:29,233
keep yourselves handy.
We'll need you for the preliminary hearing.
772
00:48:29,306 --> 00:48:32,207
You were in there
playing a great game of catch-up with Diehl.
773
00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:33,436
I appreciate
all your help.
774
00:48:33,510 --> 00:48:35,102
What do you mean?
You were doing fine.
775
00:48:35,178 --> 00:48:36,873
You did say to tell him
what he wanted to hear,
776
00:48:36,947 --> 00:48:38,642
and I figured he didn't want
to hear from me.
777
00:48:38,715 --> 00:48:39,739
Oh, I see.
778
00:48:39,816 --> 00:48:40,840
You're a real princess.
779
00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:42,408
You know,
I feel great.
780
00:48:42,486 --> 00:48:45,421
We stuck to this thing
because our instincts told us we were right.
781
00:48:45,489 --> 00:48:47,013
And we ended up
catching a murderer,
782
00:48:47,090 --> 00:48:49,024
exposing a multimillion dollar
baby plot,
783
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:50,992
and we may have gotten
a little boy his heritage.
784
00:48:51,061 --> 00:48:52,460
Real heroic stuff.
785
00:48:55,098 --> 00:48:57,089
You rented it.
It's your ticket.
786
00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:02,761
Look,
787
00:49:03,407 --> 00:49:04,499
you don't quite understand.
788
00:49:04,574 --> 00:49:06,235
You see,
the police impounded this car.
789
00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:08,471
Then they drove it around here
and they parked it here.
790
00:49:08,545 --> 00:49:10,445
We don't deserve a ticket.
I'm sorry.
791
00:49:11,081 --> 00:49:12,981
But... Wait a minute.
792
00:49:13,050 --> 00:49:14,984
I just said
that I didn't park it.
793
00:49:15,052 --> 00:49:16,485
The police did.
You can ask them.
794
00:49:16,553 --> 00:49:18,487
Go right in there
and ask them. I'm sorry.
795
00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:24,318
You know, I try.
796
00:49:24,394 --> 00:49:25,861
I really try, Jim.
797
00:49:26,363 --> 00:49:28,092
But, damn it,
I hate cops.
798
00:49:28,142 --> 00:49:32,692
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