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Tonight on "Hunter."

MALE VOICE: Help me.

Please, help me.

An anonymous snitch, maybe a wacko

wants me to take on the second largest aeronautics contractor

in Southern California.

I'm a police officer, damn it!

Do what I tell you.

Move!

Since now they know I'm a cop, any one of these students

is trying to mess with my head.

One of them just decided to blow up your school.

I'm too scared to do any more alone.

And my own daughter would killed that man.

Is it murder?

No, it's Memorex.

So before you get locked into one type of medium,

I would suggest you do some experimenting because each one

has different characteristics.

This is very nice, Judy.

It just needs a little more animation.

If you've used acrylics, you probably

like the quick-drying quality.

John, this is very nice, very good work.

Acrylics are excellent for impasto.

Vincent van Gogh, who died in 1890,

is a name associated with the impasto technique, though,

of course, van Gogh worked in oils,

which are much more forgiving because they're slow drying.

There are some drying agents that can be

applied for speeding things up.

Van Gogh was a master of color, and

the way that he layered on color was revolutionary in his day.

He also was a genius because of the way...

Got a message for Mark Hill.

He choose color and the way

that he attacked the canvas.

This is very nice, Emily.

I like your choice of color.

Don't ah... don't go away.

Emily has chosen a very nice translucent

in these waves by using that light base

coat that we talked about.

OK, before we go on to the palette knife,

let's all go next door to the theater art shop.

I don't know if I mentioned before,

but this class is going to help the scenic design

class with the new production.

It's all volunteer, but I think it's going to be

a wonderful experience for you.

OK?

Now, you'll start next week, so just come in and look

around at the rough flats.

Can you get up?

Can you stand?

Emily, take Lionel.

All right, listen.

This is the only way out of here.

We've got to go back enter here.

I'm a police officer, damn it!

Do what I say.

Move now!

Come on.

Stay low to the floor.

Try not to move too much till you get out.

Come on.

You'll be all right The sprinklers are on come on.

That's right, Emily.

So what makes you think you can paint?

Well, I've done a couple of mean spare bedrooms in my day,

you know?

Hey, you know the arson team isn't even sure why it blew.

Joe Base is on that, remember?

I remember Joe Base.

Yeah.

I got five in the five ring.

See there?

Yeah.

Let's see here.

Well, I got to hand it to you.

You tied me again.

No, no, no, no.

No, I didn't.

See, look at this.

You have four. I got five.

That's not a tie.

You just missed one shot.

That's all.

One of my rounds went in that hole right there,

right on top of the other one. - That's incredible.

- Hey, Smith! - What are you talking about?

You saw one of my rounds go in the same hole, didn't you?

See, he saw it.

That's preposterous.

Why can't you just admit that you missed one shot?

That's all.

I didn't miss one shot.

It's just one bullet.

It's four instead of five, that's all.

Just once. - I've got piggy-back rounds.

Get your stuff.

Hey, Joe, what's the verdict?

Somebody left the gas regulator valve wide open,

which wouldn't have mattered if the wiring

to the electronic igniter wasn't faulty.

Hell of the boom, I'll tell you that.

Listen, a couple of hundred cubic yards of methane

under pressure in a small volume, blast spark.

That's good as trinitrotoluene.

TNT.

Like you said, one hell of a boom.

Customer call.

I'm glad you're OK.

Thanks.

So am I. Joe, accident, right?

That's how I'm filing it.

Thanks.

Emily!

Are you OK?

Sometimes it's a good idea to kind of lay low after you've

had a scare, you know?

I suppose, but Mark was home, and well, I've

been wanting to come just as soon

as they'd let us so we could get what

was left of his sculptures.

Lyman was with my board for such a long time,

he's like part of the family.

I couldn't say, no.

I see.

Oh, there's Mark now.

And be careful, all right?

Just take it easy. - Thanks.

OK.

Bye.

MALE VOICE: Help me.

Please, help me.

The explosion was on purpose.

No accident.

Hillary Taggert tried to kill me.

Her company dumps toxic waste.

Stop them.

It poisons the pound.

Los Robles.

People are dying.

I found out how they want me dead.

I told the EPA needs more proof.

Please help.

Hillary's father doesn't care.

Arrest Hillary.

She's going to kill me.

Hillary Taggert.

Any relation?

To Winston Taggert?

Taggert Aeronautics?

Yeah.

It's his daughter.

I have public affairs pull this photo from the file.

That's from the chief's honor banquet last year.

Head table.

And I checked.

The main airframe line is in the high desert near Los Robles.

Wonderful.

An anonymous snitch, maybe a wacko

wants me to take on the second largest aeronautics contractor

in Southern California.

Taggert's got 450 behind him on the Fortune 500.

Guy is going to take a light touch.

You two should be perfect.

What'd do you find, Sevie?

The tape's steric oxide.

Japanese bulk manufactured by Osako Industries.

This one you can buy in any drugstore.

No prints.

New tape.

First use.

What about the voice?

Computer voice simulator.

Not very special.

Could be Apple, Amiga, IBM.

We could check it out.

Check it out.

All right, look. Notify arson.

We're going to send our lab out there.

I think we've got an attempted murder.

Charlie, I'm going to contact Frank Webster, the EPA,

and see what he says about the Los Robles area.

Good. Good.

Good. Good.

Start with him.

If we're going to tackle Hillary Taggert,

we're going to need a lot more to go on.

I'm working on it.

Okey dokey.

You're online.

Okey dokey?

What does that mean?

If you get lost, call up the Hilton,

then use in the use-it area.

Which are?

Online.

Listen, we're opening an investigation.

It better be well corroborated or we're going

to look like a bunch of fools.

Winston Taggert gets more press than most heads of state.

And his daughter Hillary, she's usually the third one

from the right in every shot you've

seen from the White House Rose Garden.

So how does this thing work, Charlie?

Well...

Good luck.

Look at my dad.

Half his mind is on setting markup

for his famous finish-line sprint,

and the other half thinks he just might get lucky with one

of those beach bunnies.

Did Winston talk to your mother after last night?

Of course.

She called him the minute she got home, shaky as hell.

I don't blame her.

From what Mark said, Emily damn near

got blown into Orange County.

He's just worried about her as I am.

Fire department said it was some fluky accident with gas.

The gas?

That's what they said, Hillary.

I talked to the top arson guy.

Look, it's not just the accident,

but your mother has been flaky enough.

You're going to have to talk to her again.

Be firm.

Tell her she's just going to have

to stop harping on this nonsense about us dumping in the desert.

I will. Leave that to me, Rhodes.

But you tell your security people

that she might try to get back into the plant anyway,

and I want them to call me the minute she does.

I think we should all look after her now.

I'll keep an eye on her.

Have the decency to at least pant for us, Dad.

Anybody need a beer?

Yes.

Yes, to wipe the egg off my face.

Grandpa beat us going away.

Ah-oh.

There's the G word.

Grandpa?

Anybody see a grandpa around here?

Some quaint old codger with tobacco-stained whiskers,

using stories about 1910?

Sorry, Winston.

Well, thank you.

Thank you, very much.

Hey, come on.

I'll show you Grandpa's new car.

Tell me something, when I was running

this company, Rhodes, did we do our business at the beach ever?

No, sir.

You're damn right, no, sir.

You complain to your CEO.

The beach was for getting sunburn and playing grab ass.

My beaches anyway.

Taking your son to see Emily.

Your mother was pretty rattled about last night.

You go see her.

OK, Dad.

I will.

Mark.

Uh.

Take it.

Just bring it back by the weekend.

Does 130 miles an hour in second gear, you know.

So if the CHP spots you, do what I do.

Shift into third.

Grandma would kill me.

But don't tell Emily.

Have it backed by Friday, and stay a few days.

That's exactly why she'd kill me.

I got these exams coming up, and she wants me to study.

Doesn't wants you hanging around here.

I know. I know.

You think about my offer?

You'll be the only kid in the west coast

leaving school with a starting salary of six figures.

I know.

I know.

It's just that Grandma thinks I should put a little more

time into finding my own job.

Grandma can't design planes, you can.

Your Grandma and I disagree on a lot, but we both need you.

Volley ball is one thing, but I'm not playing tug of war

with you, Mark.

I love you.

So you think you might find him out there?

Right.

OK, now, listen, but if I don't find him,

don't forget to tell him Sergeant

Hunter from homicide call him...

Again.

Yeah, thanks.

Well, I'm going to go try to run down Frank Webster.

What have you got?

Well, I went through the night school enrollment,

and I narrowed it down to 11 possibilities here.

But you know what I keep thinking?

I keep thinking to myself maybe since now they know I'm a cop,

maybe one of these students is trying to mess with my head.

Yeah.

Either that or maybe one of them just

decided to blow up your school.

Did you think about that?

Watch your back.

DISPATCHER: This is EPA.

Dispatch calling agent Frank Webster.

Sergeant Hunter from homicide phoned.

He says you're supposed to meet him.

Want is number?

Negative.

I called him from the office.

DISPATCHER: 3320, 3320,

go to for Z23.

Motor unit to southwest identify.

3284 and 285 in southwest...

They IDed the victim, Franklin Jean Webster from the EPA.

Seems kind of funny does it, to have

spent an entire day looking for this guy

and ends up pounded flat on that truck.

And then we find out he's got a tape on him that

looks just like the one we found in your car outside the school.

Is it murder?

No, it's Memorex.

Here are the production schedules.

Building 33 and 34, they are base.

They cover up the truth.

Taggert dumped toxic waste.

The schedule hides it.

I've seen it.

The trucks use Gate 5 every night.

They take out the poison and come back in 20 minutes.

They must dump it near the plant.

I don't know where.

I'm afraid to follow along.

If they catch me, they will kill me.

Listen to this part.

I've told Hillary.

She won't stop it, The police don't believe me.

Somebody has got to stop it.

You know, Webster landing under that truck

kind of puts explosion at the school into perspective.

Yeah.

And if our source was passing Webster

those production sheets, the killer has them back.

Time to take a closer look at Taggert Aeronautics.

Yeah, I'm going to run out to the airport

and see a friend of mine.

I'll go check with the EPA and visit the Taggerts.

All right.

Do it.

Can I get you something to drink?

No, thank you.

Do you like a beach house?

No, thanks.

All right, you can have the ocean,

but I'm not giving up Catalina.

Now, let's draw the line,

I understand.

Actually, Mr. Taggert, it's about your company.

My daughter's company.

Four years ago I retired, turned everything over to Hillary

so I can spend more time with my grandson.

All right then, your daughter's company.

But you can call my company.

We're investigating a possible homicide.

The victim is an EPA investigator.

Your company has been accused of illegal dumping.

It's a cutthroat industry.

But I'm a straight shooter.

Some of the competition isn't about spreading false rumors.

They don't like Taggert because my company has

something they'll never have...

My name.

Hey, is that you standing up on top this biplane?

Rick, my rag please, Rick.

Listen, if it's about that leak in the garage this time,

I've asked you before not to bother me during the week.

A landlord can only do so much, all right?

It's not about the leak in the sink or the smell in the attic.

We'll take care of that later.

Talk to me about Taggert Aeronautics.

Taggert?

We're here for an avionics consultation.

M-hm.

Well, I'm sure you know that Winston

Taggert opened this airstrip 40 years ago right after the war.

Well, the reason I'm asking you is we've

had some reports of some toxic dumping coming on Taggert.

Rick, every airport has a list of very familiar substances

that they have to get rid of, you know,

solvents and petroleum-based products of all kinds.

Look, I understand all that, but what

would Haggard be producing that couldn't

be dumped at Los Robles?

If it's radioactive, if it's used with high heat

to make something out of graphite.

I mean, those things are illegal.

Well, if it's not being produced here at Taggert's

where the hell could it be coming from?

You know something, 35 years they didn't use

that old air strip I was telling you

about, the one he started with?

About four years ago, they started beefing it up.

I fly over there every week.

There's something going on over there.

Can you show me that?

Ricky, you're going to have to go up.

Make sure the rubber band is hooked up.

I know exactly who sent those tapes, my mother, Emily Hill.

Emily Hill is your mother?

Yes.

She and Winston were never married,

but we're all one big, happy family.

Did Emily tell you what was on those tapes?

That's all she ever talks about.

At one time or another she has accused

me of creating nearly every toxic waste

problem in the State.

The woman's obsessed.

Sounds like you two don't get along very well.

I'm tired of her making false accusations

to the EPA about this company.

Now, if she weren't my mother, I'd sue her.

I see.

Well then, do you think she contacted Frank Webster

to take another shot at you?

I wouldn't doubt it, but this company is clean.

Ever since I took over, the EPA hasn't

cited us for one violation.

I'm very proud of that record.

If that's the case, then why do you

think Emily is so convinced that you're in the wrong?

She misses Winston.

Ever since I became CEO of Taggert Aeronautics,

she's done nothing but complain.

Do you know of any reason why someone

would want Frank Webster dead?

Sorry, I can't help you.

Are you suggesting he was murdered?

Strong possibility.

If anything comes to mind, give me a call at that number,

would you please?

All right, I will, Sergeant.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Sam, I don't understand what's going on.

What is my mother trying to do?

I don't know, but she isn't going to go away unless you

talk some sense into her.

The police tell me Frank Webster may have been murdered.

That poor man.

Maybe we should do something.

I'll send him a card.

Mother, you're acting crazy.

How can I explain the situation to you?

I don't want to hear of this.

Please stay away from me, and stay away from Mark.

Could you two just stop it.

Let me in.

I am not letting you into this house,

not after what you've done.

Oh, mother, don't sound so self-righteous.

I won't stand for it.

You have no idea what it takes to run that company.

Well I do now.

Oh, Grandma, just stop it, for god's sake.

Oh, don't lay that crap on me.

You don't know anything.

It is my company now whether you like it or not.

That's enough I'm tired of listening to it.

Are you following me?

I came to speak with your mother

and find out what's going on.

Well, when you find out, why don't you tell me.

There's nothing at Taggert Aeronautics that's out of line.

My mother just flipped her wig.

That's all.

May I come in?

I don't want her in here.

No problem.

I'll call you later, Mother, unless Sergeant

McCall wants me to stay.

No, there's no reason for you to stay right now.

Grandma, just take it easy, all right?

I'm just going to get you a glass of water.

Mark's not coming.

Let's go to the beach.

My father is not going to be happy about this.

She folded into his embrace,

her lips yielding to his demanding kisses

as their two bodies became as one.

Time seemed to stand still, and finally, she prayed to her...

It's a reader.

That this blissful moment

would never end.

Belongs to Lyman, my border.

I type what I wanted on the tape, and the machine read it.

It's the only way I could think of not

to let anybody know it was me.

Mark must not know.

Well, Emily, if it's true, I can't think of a way

to keep him from finding out.

Besides why are you doing this?

For Mark mostly.

You know what my daughter is doing,

and now Winston is dangling big salaries to get

Mark to go to work for him.

I want Mark to lead his own life,

not fall under Winston's spell.

He's a beguiler.

I should know.

Yeah, but all this stuff with the dumping,

why didn't she just go to the police and tell them?

Or the EPA?

Go to both of them directly and tell them.

Why are you dealing with these tapes?

I was scared.

I've tried for months to get Hillary to do something.

She calls me a crank.

I'm not. I was there.

I saw him die.

I've been Winston's mistress for 40 years.

Hillary is our daughter.

She couldn't grow up and run her own life.

When she got back from Europe in 1970,

she was pregnant with Mark, but she had

no patience with motherhood.

So I've raised him, and that has been pure joy.

You've met Winston.

He's like a Santa Claus.

He gives and gives and gives, and most people can't take it.

He has given Hillary everything that she ever wanted,

and four years ago, he gave her the company,

and that's why Hillary is what she is.

Well, It's partly my fault. I could

have put some controls on Winston's generosity,

but I didn't.

I won't let that happen to Mark.

Tell me something, how did

you first find out about the dumping of the toxic waste?

Well, I've always had the run of Taggert Aeronautics, or I did.

After Hillary took over, things changed...

Cutbacks, layoffs, new faces.

And she didn't like my criticism.

She told me not to meddle.

In time, she fired me.

I was never on the payroll, just...

Just Winston's gifts to me.

And finally one night, I saw a truck leave full of waste.

Nobody admitted it.

No records.

Hillary cut me dead.

Bad choice of words.

I told Winston, and he babied me.

He couldn't imagine Hillary...

Well, he dotes on her.

So finally, I called the EPA, and I tried to tell that man,

Webster, about the trucks.

And of course, I thought that it would be a secret,

but Hillary found out.

It kills babies.

So I shouldn't be surprised that my own daughter,

that Mark's mother would kill that man

and even tried to kill me.

So I finally thought that nice woman would help because I'm

too scared to do anymore alone.

I think I got Emily to promise to let us handle it from here

on out. - Yeah.

Well, if you find the guy who pulled Mark out of class,

I think we've got our mad bomber.

McCall, Hunter.

Suarez says that the lab is not going

to be much help to us in proving that attempted

murder at the college.

Now, as far as Webster is concerned,

I've notified the FBI.

I think they should follow this up

if they think there's a case because I

don't think we have one.

Captain, Emily Hill said that she saw Webster get

taken out by a one-ton truck.

She saw him get hit by the truck,

if we can even believe that much.

Taggert has built three new hangers on his north runway.

He's putting in a brand new parking lot and a lot

of low-intensity lighting.

Yeah.

And Emily said they beefed up the night shift.

Well, what does that prove?

What do you mean does it prove?

It proves that we've...

It proves nothing.

Go out and find me something that's

going to hold up in court.

Great.

That's great.

Well, I hope that Emily stays out of this.

What do you mean you hope?

She'd better stay out of it.

As of now, we have nothing.

She raised Mark as her own son, you know.

She's just trying to protect her family.

What is it?

It's been a long time since I had a witness cry in my arms,

you know?

So twice in one week.

Well, Robby, I looked at my calendar.

It's Joe's birthday.

He's 50.

He's still on the night shift, right?

Yeah.

I brought him a cake.

You never forget a thing.

Save me a piece, will you?

Oh, and I have some pictures here from the last picnic.

Great.

There's a good one of you.

Mr. Rhodes, Emily Hill is in the building.

I thought you'd better know.

Uh-huh.

Yes, sir.

I'll take care of it right now.

Miss Hill, I thought you were going up to see Joe.

Well, I looked all over, and I could find him,

so I just left the cake on his desk.

Well, it's late.

Just tell him that I stopped by.

Good night.

We've got to stop her.

Miss Hill, wait.

Miss Hill, this is Robby.

Miss Hill, wait, please.

Miss Hill?

Where are you?

Miss Hill!

No!

Your mother dumped this in my office in exchange

for a load of files.

My god, what does she thinks she's

doing breaking into officers in the middle of the night?

Sam, I'm really worried about her.

Well, I told you she's gone way over the edge.

Now you got to get tough.

She's a danger to herself.

But how do we find her?

Sergeant McCall's partner is Rick Hunter.

She'll probably call one of them.

How do you know that?

It's an obvious choice for her.

Emily is too scared to go to a cop shop.

They'll come to her.

I've got a bad CAT scanner in the car that will

pick up any police frequency.

Yeah, but you can't get every frequency at once.

Won't have to.

Hunter's call is William 56.

McCall's is William 57.

Tag two frequency.

I'll bet you're going to tell me that's just sewer water.

Who the hell are you?

It's legal.

LAPD.

Shut it off. Shut it off!

It's legal, huh?

Smell that.

Go on. Come on.

Move it.

DISPATCHER: 1 William 157,

you've got a Mrs. Hill Standing by,

code 2 at 555-3596, a payphone, corner of Magnolia and Abbey.

Dee Dee, can you hear me?

Yeah, Emily. What's the matter?

You sound out of breath.

Dee Dee dear, please listen to me.

I took the files from Rhodes' office that prove everything,

that they know it.

I can't go home.

OK, go to the school, all right?

The classes will still be under way.

You've got a half hour left to classes,

and there'll be a crowd there.

You'll be safe.

Wait for me outside the art room,

and I'll be there in 20 minutes.

1 William 156, come in.

1 William 156, this 1 William 157.

Come in.

1 William 156, go.

Meet me at LACU code 2.

Roger.

Estimated time, about 10 minutes, huh?

My ETA is 5.

What did I tell you?

There's your mother again right on cue.

Mother, don't do this.

She'll hurt herself if she keeps this up.

- Why did you do that? - Rid of these people.

1 William 157, we've

received a code 8 at LACU.

Please don't do this.

Mother, stop it.

You need help.

Now, we'll sort this all out later.

I want you to come with us now.

Emily, we haven't got a lot of time.

People are dying.

You've got to stop this.

When you're more rational,

we'll discuss what I'm doing.

Do you really think I would kill my own mother?

Yes.

Dear god, yes, I do.

Oh, mom, please.

Rhodes!

Ah!

That will be enough, Rhodes.

That's enough, everybody.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know what to do.

It's OK, baby. It's OK.

I'm here.

It's all right.

We're going to go to the police now, Emily.

We're going to do what you wanted to do all along.

You were right.

Nobody is ever going to hurt you again.

How did you know I was here?

I got the reports, sir.

Emily, you're jumping into conclusions.

No, she's not, is she, Dad?

You've been behind this pulling the strings

from the very beginning, haven't you?

Emily, give me those papers.

Rhodes, Taggert, get your hands up in the air

where I can see them.

Do it!

Emily, come back here by me.

You were doing it all the time, both of you.

Such nonsense.

I should have listened to you, Emily.

Emily, my partner has got all the proof.

Winston never did let go of that company.

He ordered all of the toxic dumping.

He ordered everything.

It's ridiculous.

I don't think so.

I think it was you all of the time.

You bastard.

Do you want to live?

Let her go.

I've got to assume that's Rhodes.

Yep.

Well, there's a phone upstairs.

You'd better call this in.

I'll stay here and watch him.

Well, they moved Winston Taggert's arraignment

this afternoon.

I'll have to tell Emily.

She wanted to sit in on it.

Well, if she does, she will get an earful.

Listen to this.

Illegal weapons manufacturer and export...

That's the keyword, export...

Use of prohibited chemicals, dumping of toxic waste,

not to mention murder.

Yeah.

At least Hillary is in the clear.

You know, Emily said that the two of them

are talking like they never talked before.

I think that's nice. - Isn't that's sweet?

Yeah.

And Mark, he decided to go to Boston for a semester.

And you know what I think, that in some way that just

kind of brought them a little closer together,

you know what I mean? - Really?

For me.

Thank you.

Mark Hill. How sweet.

What is it?

I don't know.

Oh.

Well...

Let's see.

I don't think you want to.

Turn it around.

OK, well don't just...

Just turn it around.

Be nice.

How about that noise, huh?

Ah.

Yeah.

Well.

I assume there is a definite explanation for this.

Well, I don't know I would say there's exactly a logical...

Stop that... a logical explanation,

but I would say it's definitely um, a passionate one.

I like that spot right there.

Well, yeah, you like that, do you?

Somehow it's in a way I've never seen you before.

Yeah, this is true.

Excuse me.

Where are you going?

Well, I thought I'd put this on the ceiling above my bed

at night. - You're so sick.

Yeah.

Give me this.