All language subtitles for Hunter S06E18 - Blind Ambition

Tonight, on "Hunter"...

Prison authorities

say Cooley took his own life.

Was that the, uh,
the same Douglas Cooley

that you prosecuted?

He was one of my last cases
before I became a judge.

You've been spending a lot
of time with this fellow.

You like him?

Yeah, I like him.

Hey!

Forget the dishes.

What's going on?

Tell her, so she'll understand
why you're going to die.

Cooley?

Cooley.

Oh, my god.

How would you
like a little bite of this?

Mm-mm.

No way, that's all yours.

Oh, it's OK.

I only eat the centers.

I know.

That's one of the
things I like about you.

No wonder you don't
gain any weight.

What, you mean this?

Michael, it's not how you eat.

It's what you eat.

I mean, look at your dish.

You have a plate that's
filled with nothing

but salt and
carbohydrates and sugar

and preservatives and fat.

I have a plate that's
filled with sustaining,

nourishing food.

I mean, this is vitamin
C. It's fresh fruit.

It's iron.

This is going to sustain
me through the day.

You sound like my doctor.

Well, you can't expect
to keep yourself going

through a long day on
nothing but a sweet roll

and a cup of coffee.

Are you a little
worried about me?

Maybe just a little.

You know, you could really
become a habit with me.

Sounds like a Kirchman song.

Morning, Dee Dee.

Judge Hayworth.

How you doing, Art?

He really enjoyed that.

I know you did.

I hate it when that happens.
- Don't worry.

Don't worry.

I'll get even with him next
time he's in my courtroom.

You promise?

Mmhm.

Where were we?

Well, unfortunately,
I have to get going.

I have a possible suspect
on that arson fire.

The one that happened
over on Flower Street.

- Where the janitor was killed?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

It was pretty unfortunate too.

I really hope this
witness pulls through.

I'd like to get this guy.
- You will.

You will.

In other
news, convicted murderer Donald

Cooley was found dead in
his cell at Fenwick Prison

last night.

Prison authorities
say Cooley took

his own life, slashing
his wrists with a spoon

filed to razor sharpness.

You may recall Cooley
was convicted in the rape

and strangulation murder
of his girlfriend,

Terry Lincoln, a
17-year-old Harvard

Hills High School senior.

The high school cheerleader
was murdered in March of 1987.

Her body was found in an
alley in West Hollywood.

Cooley, who was 18 at the time,
was given a life sentence.

The young man, who
claimed he was innocent,

had to be dragged from the
courtroom after his sentencing.

And now, the Southlands weather.

Oh, was that the same Douglas
Cooley that you prosecuted?

One of the last cases I
did before I became a judge.

I'm sorry to hear that happened.

Yeah.

He raped and murdered that girl.

It's hard... hard to
be sorry for him.

You've got an arsonist to catch.

Check, please?

Mr. Levy, how you doing?

I'm working on it.

Everything all right?

Heh.

I had a little indigestion.

An occupational hazard
when you're my age.

So take my advice.

Stay young.
- I'm going to do it.

Now, look.

If you're tired, we can take
you home and come back tomorrow,

you know?
- Oh, no.

The man who died in
that fire was a friend.

I want you to find who did it.

Thank you very much, Mr. Levy.
Now, look.

When you're finished
with these two books,

here's two more for you.
- OK.

Thank you very much.

Hi.

What's up?

Sorry I'm late.

I had to run a couple
of errands, and...

And having breakfast
with a judge we know?

How did you know...

A good detective
knows everything.

Yeah, and a few of
them have big mouths.

Now, look.

You've been spending a lot
of time with this fellow.

You like him?

Yeah, I like him.

This is good.

Oh.

I saw on the TV the
report about Cooley.

That was Michael's
case, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was.

How does he feel about it?

Well, you know, he said
that it didn't bother him.

But in reality, I think it did.

So how's Mr. Levy
doing on the ID?

Oh, yeah.

Uh, well, so far, OK.

But you know what?

Considering his eyesight, I...

I don't put too much faith
in him being able to pick out

the photograph out of mug book,
although he says if the guy's

in there, he will find him.

Sergeant Hunter!

Yes, Mr. Levy?

This is the bum.

Now, you're sure about that?

You think I don't see good, heh?

Who, me?

No.

Good.

Cause that's him.

Dean Haller.

Four arrests for
arson, two convictions.

OK.

We'll get an address.

Thanks, Mr. Levy.

Nice boy.

Yeah?

Who is it?
- Police.

Open up.

Hey, what's going on here?

Just shut up and turn around.

Don't make any stupid moves.

- Hey.
- Yeah, come on.

Get up there.

Let's go.

Spread them out.

Now, what have you got in here?

Oh, good.

Cigarette lighter.

Put your right hand
behind your head.

Let's go!

Another reporter
called for a comment

on the Cooley death.

I told him no comment.
- Good.

Judge Hayworth's office.

Yes, he's in.

One moment, please.

Mr. Austin from Washington.

Now, that's a call I'll take.

Line two.

I'm keeping both
my fingers crossed.

Judge Hayworth's office.

Come in.

Any luck?

You'll like this.

Haller claims he's had
extensive therapy in the joint.

Doesn't like fires anymore.

The lab boys are over
at his house right now

checking it out.

- He's a liar.
- Yeah.

My biggest problem
here, Charlie,

is getting Mr. Levy to pick
Haller out of the lineup.

Well, Mr. Levy's feeling
a little under the weather,

so I sent him home.

Maybe you ought to have somebody
pick him up, say, around 5:00?

Yeah.

I'll pick him up
personally at 5 o'clock.

Thanks.

Dee Dee.

Michael, what you doing here?

Is there someplace we can talk?

Sure.
Is anything wrong?

No.
Everything's fine.

Can we go in there?

Yeah, no problem.

This is a nice surprise.

Tell me.

You think I'd make a
good federal judge?

What?

Listen, I didn't want to
say anything before, because I

didn't want to jinx it.

But for the last three weeks,
the White House has been kind

of feeling me out about it.

They called yesterday
and offered it to me.

You're kidding!

I still can't believe it myself.

They want me to
fly to Washington

next week for the announcement.

This is great.

Listen, we have to celebrate.

Can you get tomorrow off?

Um...

Well, you have to.

I've already made reservations
at Las Primas in La Jolla.

We'll stop, get your
things, drop by my place,

and we'll drive out of
here late this afternoon.

We'll have a wonderful
weekend together.

I mean, come on, Dee Dee.

How many times does
a guy get offered

a seat on a federal bench?

And it doesn't mean anything if
I can't celebrate with somebody

I really care about.

I'm so happy for you.

I have a couple of days'
vacation time coming.

So...
- It's quite all right.

Don't fret.
Have a good time.

I'll pick up Mr.
Levy at 5 o'clock.

And if he identifies Mr.
Haller in the lineup,

we'll have an open
and shut case.

Great.

OK.

My notes on the Haller
investigation are on my desk.

And, uh, if you need me,
you know where I'll be.

Las Primas in La Jolla.

Right.

Bye.
Yeah.

Rest up.

You'll need it.

Well, home sweet home.

All right, listen.

I'm going to throw a
few things in a bag,

and then we'll get out of here.

OK.

Then we're going to go to your
house and get that racket.

Do you want me to
buy you a new one?

Not a sound, or I'll
blow your head off.

Michael?

We don't have to go back
for my racket..

Hey, get out of here!

Hold it!

Your girlfriend carries a gun?

I'm a police officer.

Just leave her out of this.

What's going on, Michael?

Your girlfriend wants
to know what's going on.

Tell her, so she'll understand
why you're going to die.

Tell her what happened.

Tell her, so she'll realize
what kind of scum you are.

Tell her!

About a week ago, a
16-year-old girl was

raped and murdered in San
Francisco by a drifter

named Derek Slocum.

A couple of days
ago, Leon came to me

with this lame idea
that wasn't his brother,

but this Slocum character
who killed Terry

Lincoln about three years ago.

Wanted me to check it out.

- Did you?
- Of course I did.

There wasn't anything to it.

Damn liar.

Newspaper in San
Francisco said the girl

was raped and strangled
with a bicycle chain,

just like Terry Lincoln.

I talked to the
medical examiner.

He wasn't even sure the
murder weapon in San Francisco

was a bicycle chain.

Now, damn it, Cooley, think!

You can't believe that one
incident in San Francisco

makes your brother innocent.

You're dead, Hayworth.

Now, wait a minute.

Maybe it is possible.

Maybe this guy up
north is the killer.

Now, look.

I can contact the DA's
office in San Francisco,

and I can find out.

It's too late, lady.

My brother's already dead.

If this guy up north is guilty,

then at least your brother's
death would be vindicated.

If it was my brother, I'd do it.

You gotta at least let me try.

Come on.
Let me make the call.

We're talking
about your brother.

Let me at least try.

Make the call.

San Francisco.

The number for the district
attorney's office, please.

Thank you.

It's recording.

After hours.

We can call back in the morning.

We'll wait till morning.

Mr. Levy?

Mr. Levy?

It's Sergeant Hunter.

Mr. Levy?

Mr. Levy, it's 5 o'clock.

Aren't you haven't anything?

Gun pointed at my head sort
of eliminates my appetite.

There's dishes in
the glass cabinet.

What is it with this guy?

He's got nothing decent
to eat in the house,

but he got plenty of dishes.

This guy's got everything
anybody could want.

But he didn't have the time to
see if my brother was innocent.

Maybe he wasn't.

You listen to me.

I've been in trouble
most of my life.

I've been in the
joint twice already.

One time for armed robbery and
one time for shooting a guy.

I've done a lot of bad things,
but I'm not proud of it.

That's why I made sure Douglas
wouldn't end up like I did.

All we ever had was each other.

But he ain't never
been in trouble.

You know, he had a scholarship
to that college he went to?

Man, I seen a lot of punk
killers in the joint.

But not Douglas.

He would never kill anybody.

Yeah, well, the
jury thought he did.

They were wrong!

And don't you think I know
that every guy in the joint

comps to being innocent?

I did it myself.

But Douglas was innocent.

Why do you think
he killed himself?

Because when I told him
that that boyfriend of yours

in there wasn't interested
in the San Francisco murder,

he just kind of lost all hope.

Like he couldn't
hang on anymore.

Man, I should have known, and...

Look.

You bought your
boyfriend some time.

But if you don't come through
for me, I'm going to kill him,

you understand that?

Now, let's go.

Time to eat, Your Honor.

I have to untie him.

Why don't you feed him?

Now, look, Cooley.

Look, why don't you just eat?

It's going to be a long night.

Hunter.

I just heard about Mr. Levy.

It's a damn shame.
- Yeah.

He was a very nice old
gentleman, Charlie.

Yeah, he sure was.

I hate to say this, but without
him, Haller may just walk.

No, I know.

I'm just going through
McCall's notes.

There's a list of
people who saw the fire.

There's one note here.

A. Ochoa... possible.

Think maybe it's an eye witness?

I don't know.

I've got McCall's
number in San Diego.

Thought I'd give
her a call here.

Las Primas Hotel.

Judge Hayworth's room, please.

Oh, Judge
Hayworth is not here as yet.

They're not?

Would you
care to leave a message?

Yes, uh, could you have Sergeant

McCall call Sergeant
Hunter tonight,

as soon as they get in?

It's very important.
Yeah.

She has a number.

We'll do that for you, sir.

Thank you.

They're not there yet?

Traffic down there's murder.
Give it time.

Just keep trying.

Hey!

Forget the dishes.

Sit down.

What are you going to do?

Put your hands behind your back.

Now, I'm going to put your
boyfriend's car in the garage.

And I'm going to
get me some sleep.

Good morning.

It's time to make that call.

That's for you.

So you'll be alert.

What about him?

I like him better
with his mouth shut.

Make the call.

Yes.

Good morning.

This is Sergeant Dee Dee
McCall, LAPD homicide.

I'd like to find out
who the assistant DA

is prosecuting a case involving
a Derek Slocum, please.

Eleanor Pearson.

Yes, would you ring?

Thank you.

Well, do you know
when she'll be back?

It's very important
that I speak with her.

Yes.

Right.

The case is involving
Derek Slocum, right.

Correct.

Sergeant McCall.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Please have her call me.

It's urgent.

213-555-0278.

Thank you.

I'm getting tired of waiting.

We don't have a choice.

I got a choice.

No, Sergeant Hunter,

they wouldn't have
gone to another hotel.

It's the only place
that Judge Hayworth

would stay in La Jolla.

You know, it might be possible
that they haven't left yet.

Yeah.

Could you give me the
judge's home phone number?

555-2078.

Thanks a lot.

It's got to be the call.

OK.

Pick it up.

Hello?

McCall.

Where the hell you been?

I've been calling all
over town for you.

I thought you'd be
in La Jolla by now.

Hi.

We got a late start,
and... and, uh...

We just... we stayed
over the night.

You know how it is?

Oh, couldn't wait, huh?

Yeah.

My partner.

Get rid of him.

Yeah, McCall?

Yeah, I'm here.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm just kind of tired.

Well, look.

Make sure you guys rest up now
before you get on the freeway.

You understand me?

Yeah, I will.

Now, look.

I got a situation here.

Remember Mr. Levy?

Well, Mr. Levy passed away
last night of a heart attack.

That's awful.

Yeah.

Now, look, I was going through
your notes, and I saw a name...

A. Ochoa, with a
"possible" underneath it.

Does that mean a
possible witness?

Yes.

Yeah.

I thought that
this guy Ochoa was

holding something back from us.

And uh, we had Levy,
so I didn't push it.

I figured that this guy
was illegal, because he

had one of those ESL textbooks.

So I thought he was
probably studying

for his English lessons
for amnesty proceedings.

You know?

Now, listen, I'm sure
that he will cooperate.

I know the guy will cooperate.

Well, good, because
that's the route

I'm going to have to go now.

So I'll follow up on that.

And in the meantime,
have a good time.

Thanks.

Bye.

Bye.

I know the DA's going to call.

Hold it!

Don't even think about it.

You feeling any better?

I could use a couple aspirin.

I have some aspirin in my purse.

Nobody's going anywhere
where I can't see them.

This is crazy.

That DA from San Francisco
is never calling back.

This is a total waste of time.

Leon, a DA will always
call back a police officer.

Now, we just got to wait on her.

Cooley, you know when you
came to me the other day

about your brother?

It really bothered me.

And when I came home that night,
don't you think I considered

going through his files?

Why didn't you, man?

Because I knew I
wouldn't find anything.

Michael, are the... are
the files here in the house?

What?

- Are they here in the house?
- They're in my study.

Why?

We can look through
the transcripts

of your brother's trial and
see if they missed anything.

Dee Dee.

It's possible.

I don't think so.

I do.

Hunter.

The captain told me
you might be down here.

- Any luck on Ochoa?
- Oh, yeah.

I checked out this
guy's home address.

It was a hot dog stand.

Oh, jeez.

You know, look.

McCall said the guy was
taking English classes.

Now, there must be over
300 English classes

given in Los Angeles.

I say we start with
the ones within a five

mile area of the fire.

You got it.

This is a waste of time.

Don't you get it yet, man?

Your friend here's the only
thing keeping you alive.

So shut up.

Now, here's something.

Apparently, there was a
discrepancy in the time

that Terry Lincoln left your
brother's garage on the night

that she was killed.

That's totally immaterial.

The girl's blood was
found all over the inside

of his brother's car.

He told you how
that happened, man.

He was doing some
body work, and she

cut her hand on a sharp edge.

Now, wait a minute.

In the, uh, medical
report, it says

that, uh, they found a gash
on Terry Lincoln's right hand.

That happened during
the struggle with him.

What about the bicycle chain
that she was strangled with?

They never did prove
it was Douglas's.

That's right.

They didn't find
any prints on it.

And they couldn't trace it
back to the original owner.

That's because it was stolen.

My brother never stole
anything his entire life.

I made sure of that.

Leon, why do you
think that Terry Lincoln

was at your brother's garage?

Dee Dee, it's all right
there in the transcripts.

Terry Lincoln went to
his brother's house

to break up with him.

That never was true, man.

OK.

Look.

They had a couple of arguments,
but she really liked Douglas.

Look.

I don't care what they
said in your courtroom.

I know how the deal
really went down.

She went over there that night.

She cut her hand.

Douglas helped her bandage it.

She went home at 10:30.

Next thing we
knew, she was dead.

Well, then why wasn't
there a bandage on her hand

when the body was found?

It could have fallen
off in the struggle.

No, they searched
the site completely.

There was no bandage.

This all came out in the trial.

You got an answer for
everything, don't you?

Any word on that Ochoa guy?

Oh, no.

I'm waiting to hear from Shyer.

Well, Haller is going to escape

if you guys don't find him.

We can't hold him
another 12 hours.

His lawyer is breathing
down the DA's neck.

And I'm sure he's
breathing down your neck too.

Who says life's fair?

Yeah.

Thanks, Captain.

Hunter, homicide.

This is all legal garbage, man.

We're getting nowhere, lady.

I haven't even gone
through half the files yet.

There's nothing in it.

Leon, I know how much you
cared about your brother.

But you gotta face the facts.

He was guilty.

Shut up!

Shut up!

Killing us isn't going
to change the facts, Leon.

I didn't convict your brother.
A jury did.

I just laid out the facts.

I did my job.

This is what
happened after, man.

You wouldn't listen to me.

I told you, that guy in San
Francisco, Derek Slocum,

he did it.

You don't know that.

All right.

Hello?

Yes, this is Sergeant McCall.

Thank you for calling me back.

Well, how long is Ms.
Pearson going to be in court?

This is urgent.

I don't want you talking
to no DA's assistant.

I think this is the
best we can do right now.

Yeah.
Hi.

I was wondering if you could
answer some questions for me

concerning a suspect in a case.

His name is Derek Slocum.

Hunter.

Good news.

Picked up Ochoa at
an ESL class about

three miles from the factory.

And, she's willing to testify
that Haller set the fire.

That's great news.

But what do you mean, uh, she?

Ochoa's a he.

Oh, you must've got
your signals crossed, pal.

Ochoa's a woman.

The A, it stood for Alejandra.

Alejandra.

I apologize for the confusion.

It's just that I was led to
believe that you were a man.

Now, you're sure that you
gave my partner your full name

the night of the fire.

Of course.

But she was writing
very fast in her book.

Oh, I see.

Now, tell me how
you know this is

the man that started the fire.

I saw him.

We both did.

Poor Mr. Levy.

He was such... such
a very nice man.

But that night, we...
We heard the noise.

And we saw this man running
away with a can of gasoline.

Now, what were you
doing in Mr. Levy's office

late that night?

I told the lady, your partner.

Sergeant McCall.

Mmhm.

I told her... well, after
hours Mr. Levy's been

teaching me to be a seamstress.

But no one knows about it.

Your partner, she said
that Mr. Levy saw this man,

and... and that
that may be enough.

She could see that I was...

I was very afraid.

I understand.

OK, Alejandra, I want to
thank you for coming in.

Now, I'm going to put
you with Detective Shyer

so he can take your
official statement.

Betty.

Take her to Detective Shyer.

- OK.
- Thanks very much.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you very much.

That was Ochoa.

I thought McCall
said it was a man.

Yeah.

I was led to believe
it was a man.

But the funny thing
is on the telephone,

she had the perfect
opportunity to tell me

it was a woman and she didn't.

- Something's wrong.
- Yeah.

Real wrong.

And what was that name again?

Lieutenant Mozak, Houston PD.

Thank you.

Yeah.

And when Ms Pearson comes back
in, please have her call me.

Thank you very much.

I thought you said you talked
to the medical examiner.

I did.

Well, the ME says that
that girl in San Francisco

was strangled with
a bicycle chain.

His findings were inconclusive.

Didn't you have the slightest
bit of doubt in your mind?

You could have looked
into Douglas's case, man.

Give him some hope.

I told you what prison
was doing to him.

I told you he couldn't take it.

You don't reexamine a case
with that kind of evidence.

That DA mentioned a girl
in Houston who also got

strangled with a bicycle chain.

She also mentioned
some cop... uh, Mozak.

Lieutenant Mozak.

Call him.

When Lieutenant Mozak
comes back, please have him

call me right away
at that number.

Thanks very much.

Not a word.

Get over here.

Who is this guy?

Looks like a cop.

It's my partner.

Get over here.

Stay right there.

He's gone.

Leon Cooley.

OK.

Yeah, thanks very much.

Very helpful.

Hey, Greenberg.

Yeah?

You arrest a guy named Doug
Cooley about three years ago?

Yeah.

Did you hear what
happened to the kid?

He have a brother?

Yeah.

Leon.

Why?

This is Sergeant Dee Dee
McCall, LAPD homicide calling

again for Lieutenant Mozak.

Correct, this is
the second call.

He's not in, but you're
expecting him back shortly.

When he does return, please
have him call me at that number.

This is urgent.

Thank you.

Thanks, bye.

That curtain was open
the last time I was here.

I think Sergeant
McCall is in there.

I'm going around the side.

You don't hear from me in
five minutes, come on in.

I'll have my men in
position in two minutes.

Good.

You two take the right rear.

You two take the left rear.

I'll key you on my rover.

You stay with me.

What the hell was that?

Get over here!

Get over here now!

Police!

Drop the gun, Cooley.

Get away from that wall,
cop, so I can see you.

No, it's not going to happen.

You'll never make it
out of here alive.

Drop the gun.

I don't care about
getting out of here.

I don't care about anything.

You do care, Leon.

You tipped him, didn't you?

This whole thing was a put on.

You don't care about clearing
my brother's name at all.

That's not true.

I should have killed you
both when I had the chance.

But you didn't
because you can't.

You're not a murderer.

Well, I'm about to become one.

Is he going to be all right?

Yeah, he's gonna be all right.

Nigel, come here.

Mike, get an ambulance.

Here, watch him for me.

Hunter, untie me.

Hello?

Yes, Lieutenant.

Thank you for calling me back.

Right.

Right.

Slocum.

What?

I don't under...
No, he never did...

He never did tell me that.

Well, I don't know why.

No, that's not
the way we usually

do things in LA, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Thanks very much.

I'll be in touch.

Dee Dee, what's wrong?

Mozak says that
three months ago,

his department
contacted you, and you

didn't do anything about it.

Do you know how many
telephone calls I get?

This wasn't just a call.

Mozak says that three months ago
in Houston, a Derek Slocum was

the prime suspect in
the rape and murder

of a 16-year-old girl, and
it looked like she'd been

strangled with a bicycle chain.

It looked like.

But they weren't sure.

Mozak was familiar with
the Douglas Cooley case.

He told me that he called you.

He told me that he
told you about Slocum.

He asked you on three
separate occasions

to send an investigative team
to Houston, and you ignored it?

Hunter, will you talk to her?
She's got it all wrong.

Mozak said they couldn't hold
Slocum due to a technicality.

When they finally arrested
him in San Francisco,

guess what they found
in his possessions?

A credit card belonging
to Terry Lincoln's mother.

I didn't know about
the credit card.

That's because you never
bothered to check it out.

Dee Dee, listen to me.

Why don't you tell
him to listen to you?

Damn.

Michael, you sent an
innocent man to prison.

That man is dead.

You're telling me that a
seat on the federal bench

was more important to
you than a man's life?

There's nothing to see, folks.

Let's break it up, OK?

Let's go.

You'll probably wind
up doing some jail time.

I'll help you any way I can.

And then what?

Well, that'll be
up to you, Leon.

You think my brother's
name will ever get cleared?

Well, that's up to the courts.

But I think it
looks pretty good.

And what about him?