All language subtitles for Rockford Files s06e12 Deadlock In Parma.eng

That's a proxy vote
from John Traynor.

Traynor is
a city council member.

The whole thing is
corrupt and the whole council is in on it.

I'd like to see
Proposition 46D.

The deciding vote
is number five.

My vote now.

How you voting?

Probably for.

Definitely for.

Get out of town, Rockford.

Out?

And don't come back.

(PHONE RINGING)

ROCKFORD
ON ANSWERING MACHINE: This is Jim Rockford.

At the tone, leave your name
and message.

I'll get back to you.

(BEEPS)

WOMAN: Because where you live
says so much about you,

your home has been
selected by Royal Imperial Roofing and Siding

as our neighborhood showcase.

A bonded representative
will call on you.

All right. All right.

Hello! Hello out there.

You got a minute?

I hope I'm not
interrupting anything.

I'm Carrie Osgood
with INS, Independent News Service.

And I'm doing a
feature article on trout fishing.

Oh, I understand.
A lot of people freeze up when they see these things.

Okay if I take notes?

I don't care what
you do as long as you don't do it here.

I'm sorry.

I guess I did interrupt.

I've been here
since dawn.

If you'd heard of the
fisherman's ethic, you'd just keep moving along.

Okay, okay.
No need to call the shore patrol.

Someone else who doesn't
understand the ethic of the stream or whatever.

Jim.
John.

Did I interrupt
something?

No, no, not a thing.
I was just thinking about dinner.

Yeah?

Oh, no.
You just got the one, huh?

John, I don't suppose
you'd tell a flatlander where you caught those?

(CHUCKLES)

Jim, you're not a
typical tourist like we usually get up here.

You got a feel
for the land.

I could tell that as soon
as I saw you yesterday.

I'll tell you.

Downstream a little ways,
you'll find a beaver dam just beyond Beaver Fork there.

You'll find the
best fishing ever.

Hey, here,
try some of these.

This stuff is delicious,
naturally.

Nice, huh? Yeah.
Oh, yeah.

You interested in
a little dinner?

You're on.
Let's go.

All right.

You close your eyes
and that malva weed will taste just like watercress.

You won't take it
personally if I pass on the yucca blooms?

No, that's all right by me.

But you'd better
get as much nature as you can, Jim.

The public's got
their back up against the wall, Jim.

It's too late
to have a home on the range,

but there is a chance
that they can have a place

where they can see
nature as it was before man got to it.

How do you like that trout?

Hey, delicious.

Good.

John, what did you mean
when you said

"the public's last chance
to see nature"?

Jim...

Tomorrow, Jim,
I get a chance to be

a part of something
that could be meaningful

to generations of kids
that haven't even been born.

You're staying in Parma,
aren't you?

Yeah.
Look.

Now, look.
Just east of town, right around here,

there's a little
piece of city land...

(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)

What's the matter, John?
You all right?

You all right,
John? Yeah, yeah.

Just a little pain I've
been having off and on for a couple days.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

I'm all right.

Now, you see,

I'm on the Parma
city council.

Now, tomorrow,
we're going to vote on Proposition 46D.

And if that
proposition passes,

this little piece of land
becomes a preserve.

You see, it's
got a playground and a campground...

(GROANS)

John, John,
hey, you all right?

Where is it?
Your stomach?

Where? There?
Yeah. Yeah.

You had your appendix out?

Uh-uh.

Okay, John, you rest
easy. We're gonna have you looked at.

Jim, I can't miss
that meeting tomorrow.

My vote could be the
one to save that land.

All right, all right.
You just try to relax, John.

We'll be at the
hospital soon.

WOMAN ON PA: The volunteer
meeting is now in Mrs. Wayne's office

at 2:00 p.m.

All right, tell me
where it hurts.

(GRUNTS)

Right there, right there,
right there. When you let the pressure off.

Rebound tenderness.
We'll keep him here for a while.

I've got to get back
to Parma.

You better listen
to the doctor, John.

If I were you,
Doc, I think I'd check his diet.

He's into some
very unusual health foods.

What did you
have for dinner?

Malva, yucca blooms,

yerba buena tea
and trout.

Are you a relative?

No, no, no.
I'm a friend.

Hmm.

Jim.

Jim, take this
to Mayor Sindell.

He runs the
Parma Pharmacy.

ROCKFORD: Your proxy vote?

Yeah.

The nurse and the doctor here
can be the witnesses.

It's just in case
I don't make it back in time.

John, I can't take this.
I'm leaving town tomorrow.

Listen, I'll be back
on my feet in no time.

But, John,
I can't take it. I...

Call us in a few hours.

Help you?
Yeah. Mayor Sindell?

That's right.

Fill these all the time.
Pick it up before 6:00.

That's a proxy vote
from John Traynor.

What's the matter?
The proxy is in order, isn't it?

Traynor is
a city council member.

The document is
apparently in order

and subject to the limitations
affecting the original voter. Notwithstanding...

All right, Hy. We don't need
one of your filibusters.

What's with John?

He developed stomach cramps.
I took him to the hospital.

He was really worried
about the vote tomorrow.

And you agreed to
vote in his place?

(MUMBLES)

James Rockford.

Staying over
at the motel?

Yeah, that's right.

Look...

Well...

See you tomorrow.

Hi, I'm sorry
if I was rude this morning.

I am here
after a trout story.

And I'm here after trout.

Well, it looks
like we're going to be neighbors.

Oh?

You caused a
lot of excitement at the pharmacy.

It's a small town.

What's the proposition about?

Preserving city-owned land.

I'll check it out.

What for?
I thought trout was your beat.

(MOANS)

Trout!

I'm really sick
of softies.

What?
Softies.

You know, fillers.

I started out
with column enders,

you know, the contractor
who painted the wrong house,

the babysitter who got
stuck to the freshly painted bathroom fixtures.

I have had some
minor success, though.

My feature,
"When the Buzzards Come Back to Hinckley,"

was picked up by
The Washington Post.

(CHUCKLING) What buzzards?

Well, every spring
they migrate back to Hinckley, Ohio.

Like the swallows
to Capistrano.

The trout story, here,
was my editor's idea.

Well, it's...
I better get on it.

It's been nice
talking to you.

Yeah.

Somebody wants
to talk to you.

In the limo, right?

Right.
Yeah.

This is Belding.
Run a license plate for me.

That's right.

It's the Portola Bell.
Famous local landmark.

Here's Rockford.
This is Mr. Gersh. Say hello to Mr. Gersh.

Mr. Gersh.
How are you?

You want to eat?

No, thank you.

No place to eat
in that crummy Parma.

You could die
of mayonnaise poisoning.

I had some nice trout
this afternoon.

Oh, yeah?

You got Traynor's
proxy, right?

Mmm-hmm.

How you voting?

Well, I was expecting
Traynor to get back in time to cast his vote.

If not, I'll vote the way
he was expected.

For or against?

Probably for.

Why don't you make it
definitely for?

Definitely for.

So we understand
each other.

You're probably
wondering why a businessman like me

is involved in a
jerk-water operation like this.

Well, you've got
a right to know. Kids and fresh air.

That says it all.

I don't come on
like some kind of a nature freak.

I just happen
to know from personal experience

what it's like to grow up
in the streets.

I think a nice
little park out here for kids to play in

might just turn
a street kid around. You know what I mean?

Keep him from
a life of crime.

Yeah, that, too.
But what I'm talking about is phobias.

Mental problems.
Now take me.

I was brought up
in a railroad flat.

Today, I'm afraid to fly.

I've got to travel
in this thing.

Now, I also happen to do
a little business for my construction company.

You know,
put in roads and concession buildings...

(LAUGHING)

But competitive bidding,
right? I mean, why not me?

So, we understand
each other?

Yeah, I understand
completely.

I don't have to worry
about how you vote,

or you deciding
to leave town?

No, no, no, nothing
to worry about at all.

That's nice.

Now why don't you
get out of here?

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(KNOCKING CONTINUES)

BELDING: I'd like
to talk to you.

The limousine license
is issued to a Newark, New Jersey firm.

Outdoor Construction
Company.

I have a great deal
of information, Rockford.

Like your
private investigator's license number,

your prison record,

along with every legal
problem you've ever had,

including parking violations.

I can have that
license reviewed.

I'm a little tired
of being threatened. Just who are you, pal?

I'm not one of those cretins
you sold that proxy to.

I didn't sell
anything to anybody.

Now just what is it
you want, exactly?

Get out of town, Rockford.

Out?

You heard me.
Out of town.

And don't come back.

I thought I might as well
read Prop 46,

but the records section is
closed until 4:00.

What's wrong?

I took a ride out to
Marion Davies' old motor home and now my car's gone.

I just saw it at the garage
across from city hall.

At the garage?

Where's the carburetor?

It's being exchanged
for a rebuilt one.

Put it back in
the way it is.

It's on its way
to Santa Barbara.

It'll be ready tomorrow night,
like I told you on the phone.

That was not me
on the phone!

Well, how was I
supposed to know? I never talked to you before.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

Where's city hall?

It's right down that way.
Take a left on Main Street and straight across.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Yeah, I'd like to see
Proposition 46D.

The hours are
4:00 to 5:00.

Yeah, well, this is
kind of a special case.

I was hoping maybe
you could bend the rules, just a touch.

Forget it, sonny.

The hours are
4:00 to 5:00.

It's only a couple of hours.
You mind if I wait?

What did he want?

He wanted to see
Proposition 46D.

(HONKING)

Get in the car, son.
Please.

Why? Where are we going?

I'm putting you on the bus
for Santa Barbara.

You can make
your way home from there, right?

What about my car?

Oh, don't worry
about that.

Once we get it fixed,
we'll truck it on down to LA for you.

That's going to cost
a lot of money.

Yeah, well, that's
between you and the tow service, ain't it?

Now get in the car,
please.

You mind telling me
why you're running me out of town?

Well, say it's more
like protective custody.

Look, son, I'm just
a simple peace officer, trying to keep the peace.

Now do me a favor.

We told you
not to leave town.

I didn't have
any choice.

You pull anything out of
that coat, I'm going to jam it down your throat.

Everybody just stay calm.
Whatever you like.

Hey, you were right.
That is an interesting bell.

I'm about
touristed out.

Well, I got rid
of Rockford.

What did you do?

Put him on the bus.
He's halfway to Santa Barbara by now.

(GROANS)

Isn't that what you wanted?

Get Rockford out of
the way so you could vote the tie-breaker?

This was supposed to be
a low-profile operation.

For what I'm paying you,
you ought to be able to follow the game plan.

$5,000,
that's all I'm seeing.

And I'm not sure
it's worth risking my professional reputation

for that kind of money.

Especially when you're
not telling me how much they're paying you!

Hey, what are we
arguing for?

It may be all right.
I'll check it out.

Listen, stick around
the office and watch me for signals.

I thought
you were gone.

Some places are
really hard to leave.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

CARRIE: Jim.
Unlock the door.

Do you know
who that was? Stan Belding.

Chief hatchet man for
the Chroma Corporation.

What would a company like that
be doing here?

Exactly.

I have been
doing some reading on Proposition 46D.

Now, the interesting
part about the prop

is that the city council is
divided two and two over it.

The deciding vote
is number five. Traynor's.

My vote now.

Are you sure about Belding
and the Chroma Corporation?

My news service just ran
a series on who's in power there.

Belding is near the top.

I'm going to go take a look
at that proposition.

You stay here.
These people are serious.

Come on.
I'm a reporter.

On a trout deadline.

Well, it's 4:00.

Clock's fast.

It's 3:55.

Would you care to let
me know when you start the official countdown?

I'll let you know.

How would I find
the proposition?

You'd find it by
looking for it.

Over there.

Well, Ms. Osgood,
I think we have it right here.

The series you were
planning to do on fat on city payrolls.

You know, employees
sitting on their chops waiting for retirement.

Oh, yeah, thank you for
bringing it to my attention.

Did you get her name?

I couldn't even get her
to tell me what ledger to look in.

Proposition 46D, right?

Right.

It's right here.

It's the Atlantic City
amendment almost word for word.

The one that made
gambling legal there? And they're doing it here.

That's right.
Only hidden in legalese.

You got to look through
about 16 amendments and 20 books to find it.

Yes, I'm calling
about a patient. John Traynor.

He did?

Thank you.

He left the hospital
after his examination, four or five hours ago.

Then he should
have been back here by now.

ROCKFORD: You know,
it all makes sense.

Parma is a natural
for a Vegas-style gambling center.

It's only half the driving
distance from the LA population center.

They could add
some goodies that Vegas and Reno can't offer.

Clean air,
low crime rate.

Trout fishing.

They're gonna have to do
something about the food

before they make it fly,
though.

I mean,
Gersh was right. This food stin...

Hi.
Sorry, miss, seems like we're all out of veal cutlet.

Oh, that's okay.
I wasn't in the mood for a regular meal anyway.

Um...

I'll have
a hot fudge sundae.

With nuts.

Why don't you try
our special chicken dinner?

You get a free wig.

Oh...

Just the sundae, thanks.

So that's it.
Belding was here to put up casinos.

No, I don't think so.

No, Gersh
and the Jersey delegation, they build casinos.

I think Belding is
here to stop that.

You know, protect Chroma's
interests in Vegas.

That's right. They
must have at least five major hotels.

I don't know. The whole thing
is corrupt, start to finish,

and the whole council
is in on it.

Yeah. Yeah, you know,

the gambling part of the
proposition, Rider 337,

has been tacked onto every
bill in front of the council for the last two years.

Nobody could ever get a
proposition together that the council agreed on.

One proposition
provided for widening the white lines

on crosswalks
for school children.

Rider 337 was tacked
on right in the middle.

The council still deadlocked.

There's some
local opposition, it's a pretty hot issue,

but I don't think
half the townspeople know what's going on.

Oh, check this out.

There has been
a procedural change in the way the council works.

The mayor votes
in case of a tie.

Well, that puts him in a
strong position. It means no more deadlocks.

That's exactly what
Traynor created when he disappeared.

Traynor was voting
for the bill. Gersh bought him off.

(ROCKFORD SIGHS)

There's only one reason
I can think of that would explain why he ducked out.

He sold out
to both sides.

Yeah. Maybe that'll explain
why he was headed upstream with a loaded backpack.

He was running out,
planning to set me up as a fall guy all along.

And you took that proxy
for humanitarian reasons.

Noble reasons.

Noble's good.

Stupid is how I feel.

ROCKFORD: You know, Carrie,
if Traynor was moving to a hideout,

he had enough supplies
to last him a month.

I mean, I saw him.

He conned me into the proxy,

then he faked
the appendix attack and took off.

But back up
the stream?

Why not? I mean,
this is a guy who makes French pastries

out of acorns
and jack-in-the-pulpits.

I'll bet he's sitting
up there right now,

waiting for the
whole thing to blow over.

Hey, can I borrow
your car?

What? To go
after Traynor?

Yeah, and bring him back.
He was talking about a place called Beaver Fork.

That puts everything back to
start. Puts Traynor in the city council and me in LA.

Uh...

I think they're
a little ahead of me.

Thank you.

Keep these out of sight.

Good likeness,
Mr. Belding.

Chroma is trying to
maintain a low profile. Rockford's back.

Can he use his proxy vote
from jail?

Not if he can't
get to the council meeting.

Then arrest him.

Arrest him and hold him
until the vote's completed.

Arrest him on a
reasonable charge.

Right. Right.

Smart move,
Mr. Belding.

It's just a little joke
I want to play on a friend.

I mean, he is going to fall
apart when he sees me in this jacket and holding that pizza.

Where's the humor?

It'll be funny, Virgil.
Believe me.

You ain't playing no joke
on nobody.

You just want to sneak
out of here without you getting seen.

All right, all right,
you got me.

Just give me the jacket
and I'll leave your truck around the corner.

That's $6.50
for the pizza, without the tip.

Call me, right?

Mmm-hmm.

John?

John?

John?

Traynor's body is up
there in a tent. It's not far from the stream.

Near Beaver Fork?
That's right. That's right.

The trail leads right
down to the road, but it's a killer getting up there.

I'll radio this
to Sheriff Neal. He's out on patrol.

I guess you want me
to wait over at the motel?

I've grown so fond
of the place.

I'm sorry the man is dead,
but I just can't believe this.

An actual hard news story.

I've gotta phone this
in to my LA office.

Yeah, well,
we're all sorry.

But I'll tell you,

if I thought
I could buy a bottle of champagne in this town

that wasn't labeled
Chateau Hatfield, I'd celebrate.

Traynor's death
cancels the proxy. I am out.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

I have to ask you
to show us where the body was.

Sheriff Neal's up
where you said and it ain't there.

We took care of Traynor,
Mr. Gersh.

Oh, that's nice.

What did you do
with the body?

We left it in the tent
by the stream.

People say to me, "Why don't
the leaders in your industry retire? Why do they work?"

They work until...
Or maybe...

Every business I ever heard
of had some kind of a management training program.

What do I have?
I got you.

Hey, we didn't know
where to dump him.

The river's
like a couple feet deep.

So they find Traynor's body.

That cancels Rockford's
proxy and the crooked mayor

votes down
the proposition. That's all.

And we go back to
Jersey with cheese on our face.

I'll take care of it,
Mr. Gersh, huh?

Like your life
depended on it.

ROCKFORD: Well, now,
you can see right here.

I mean, this is the imprint
of where the tent was,

right there is the shotgun
blast, right there.

Now if you sift
through that,

you're gonna find
some shot pellets.

It's been a campsite,
all right.

Yeah, well, it's all just
like you said it was, except for the body.

We arrived here minutes
after we got the call.

So if anybody tried to
clear anything away,

they can't be
too long gone.

You're right, Sheriff.

Murray, you get the reserves
with the hound dogs and all.

Handle it just like
a lost hiker case.

Me and Chet will
take care of things in town.

And you,
you're under arrest.

On what charge?

Filing a false
police report.

Oh, that charge.

Well, I got Rockford
under lock and key and on a charge that sticks,

at least until
the council votes tomorrow.

I think you did it.

How about
you know I did it?

Course, if Traynor's
body turns up, all bets are off.

How could it?
You've got him.

That's right. I do.

And as long as I do, your
vote counts for something.

I'd say that makes
my part in this worth a little more than 5,000.

Well, I don't
know about that.

How much is
Belding paying you for the vote?

That has nothing to do
with our arrangement. It's my vote.

How much?

(MUMBLING)

What's that you say?

100,000.

And you were going to
pay me a whole 5,000?

Let's change those figures
around a little bit.

Let's make my share 50%.

They gave up the search.

The dogs came up blank.
We better go tell Gersh.

Dad, now that he's in there,

what are we going to
do with the... You know.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR RADIO)

Don't act suspicious.

Park it over in
the motor pool,

back it up against the wall
and bring me the keys. Check.

And if anybody should ask,
tell them it's engine trouble.

And turn down that music.

And park it
out of the sun.

If the dogs didn't
find him, then Traynor wasn't there.

Maybe a bear
drove them off.

Wait a minute, without a body,
Rockford's proxy is good.

We've got to spring him
before the vote.

How can you be
sure of his vote, huh?

How about we get somebody
from his family and put him in the back row?

Let Rockford see him
just before he votes.

No, no, no,
too theatrical. Don't worry.

Rockford saw Traynor's body.
He'll think about that when it's his time to vote.

Get out of here, will you?
I got work to do.

Well, you don't want me
to call anyone?

That's right.
I'm exactly where I want to be.

(DOGS YELPING)

Well, I thought you'd
want to help clean up some of this mess, huh?

Really?

Well...

How about when both
sides look wrong and I'm not even on a team?

Who am I supposed
to put my head on the line for?

The cobra from Chroma
or the trash bag from Jersey?

Or maybe the little people of Parma

who don't even know
or care what Proposition 46D,

AKA 377,
is all about?

So you're not even
concerned over finding Traynor's murderer?

Right now,
I'm a little preoccupied with survival.

(DOGS CONTINUE YELPING)

Good night, Jim.

Good night.

Guard!

Thanks for lunch.

(YELPING)

Those dogs going
to yap all night?

They're all excited
over today's tracking.

They're barking
at something.

Maybe a squirrel
or a cat in the motor pool.

Nothing else there but
some impounded cars and old number one.

Oh, let me
take a guess.

The sheriff's cruiser.

Yeah. His kid, Chet,
blew a gasket on it. It's deadlined.

I'll try to run them off.

Thanks.

(DOGS BARKING)

(DOGS CONTINUE BARKING)

Lee Melvin.
He's here?

With a writ. You'll
be at the city council meeting, voting.

Gersh got him here to
make sure I'd be out.

Oh, hey, I think I know
where Traynor's body is and it's your story.

Great!

You're gonna have to
take this on faith.

I'm a believer.

I want it on record
that my presence here

is being witnessed by
a duly elected member of the city council.

Get some names
in case this cracker gives me any trouble.

Chet, bring the
prisoner out, will you?

CHET: Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Stall them as long
as you can, Jim.

I'd planned on it.

Take some advice, kid.
Move with the tide.

Live a long
and fruitful life.

You have no right to
remain in that cell.

I would if I popped you
in your fat mouth.

The ballots for the voting on
Proposition 46D are now being submitted to the council.

I move we cast
ballots in order.

MAN: Order?
What kind of order?

ROCKFORD: Seniority.
It's the basis of our senate committee system.

It's primary.

Isn't that right,
Mr. Newman?

Seniority has
always been accorded a special privilege,

as far back as
the Roman senate.

Would you quit
chattering, Hy?

Let's just vote
and get it over with.

I'd like to hear
Mr. Newman's thoughts.

Mr. Newman, isn't it true
that in the United States Senate...

Yes, as I was just about
to say, the seniority system there is...

Quit stalling!
Let's vote!

Seconded.

Hold it.
Everybody stay put.

MAN: What's going on?

WOMAN: It's the state police.

OFFICER: Freeze. Freeze.
Hands behind your head! Behind your head.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Hold it.

Traynor's body was
just where you said it was,

in the trunk
of Sheriff Neal's car.

That got the cops
here quick.

I'll get Belding
in print.

There's one more
in the grove north of town.

Officer, the man who set up
Traynor's death is pulling out in a few minutes.

But, Jim, Gersh is...
Hold it, Rockford.

I suggest you don't
make any further statements at this time.

You have the right
to remain silent, you have the right to...

See? See? See?

Hey!

Hold it.

Hey, come back.
He's getting away.

(SIRENS BLARING)

Hold it, you.

Got that fuel pump
cleaned up real good for you.

Fine. You through here?

I just gotta
write it up.

Seems wrong for you
to have to pay the bill.

I mean, Gersh must
have been the one who ordered the repairs.

I don't really care.
I just want to get out of here.

You make me feel so guilty.

I mean, everything's
turned out so great for me.

Did I tell you that my editor
thinks I'll get a byline in The New York Times?

No kidding.

Yeah. I mean,
it's a big story, you know.

Thank you for
letting me have it.

Well, what would I
have done with it? Change professions?

I'm just happy that
everything worked out so well.

Do you want me to
stay around and see if everything is all right?

No, no. I'll just pay up
and get out.

See you.

See you.

$187?

Parts and labor.

What is this?
What's with the air filter?

I didn't order
an air filter.

I couldn't
let you drive away with what you had.

Would have been
downright irresponsible.

You know, I put a
new filter in there three weeks ago.

Yeah. They just
don't build them like they used to.

(ENGINE SPUTTERS)

It's cold.

(ENGINE STARTS)

You're gonna notice
a real difference in that machine, mister.

A real difference.

Yeah, yeah. I'll bet.

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