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Menendez meets her every morning?

HUNTER: When he's not out beating up one of his girls.

What's open at this hour?

When your boss is a murdering pimp, you work overtime, Joe.

Help me get some air in here.

Oh, yeah.

You look a little peaked.

Catching that flu?

No, I'm all right.

I can get a backup here for you.

No, I'm all right, really.

What do we have here?

I don't know.

Roll your window, Joe.

Find out.

Hold it there, honey.

Hold it!

Police!

- Freeze it right there. - Don't shoot!

Don't shoot! - Get your hands up!

Shut up and turn around.

Give me that.

What are you, Bo Jackson?

He's clean.

Hands behind your head.

What's this?

- I've been sick. - What?

I've been sick.

I've been sick.

Smell that.

Octave, what's happening?

This flu is a plague, Hunter.

They're dropping on all sides.

Robbery, now Vice.

And every time I bring more into Devane's office,

he plays shoot the messenger.

Yeah, after you.

Yeah, well listen, we've lost people over here too you know.

All right, I will put someone on it.

Right. Sure.

Bye.

Hawkins.

No.

Hunter, what's the story on the Hernandez case?

Well, Hernandez didn't show up.

But we got Ruiz. - Good.

Let someone else grill him.

I want you and Rigetti to pick this guy up

before the DA has a kitten.

That's Ken Lord.

He's the VP of a local company.

He's been skimming on a city contract.

The judge gave him a nice high bail and he disappeared.

They can't make the case without him.

His wife works at Gene's Health and Massage Spa.

Check that out.

Wait a minute.

The bail bondsman is John MacArthur?

That's the guy.

What a dirt ball this guy is.

So what is it Hawkins?

More?

Yes, sir, eight more cases and there's Osgood's case

load and Webb's.

What, Webb?

Webb is out?

Yes, and there's some I haven't

even brought it from bunco yet.

You can put Rigetti's his name on the pile as of this morning.

Why are they all being dumped on Metro?

Are we a landfill or something?

Well, what's the prospective this bar robbery situation?

There was another hit last night.

Yeah, they're coming quick and fast.

We've got to put a priority tag on this one.

Brian was working with me.

There's a lot of legwork on this one

and he went out this morning.

Are we the only healthy people left in this building?

You need help on this one.

Let me see who's available.

Isn't Rivera available.

He's down too.

What about Smith or Baker?

They went down yesterday.

Captain.

Oh, no.

Hey, Webb.

I hear you're on the sick list.

Yeah, you could say that.

Yeah, you don't look too good.

Listen, you wouldn't want to sell

me those Phantom of the Opera tickets now would you?

That's Friday.

I'll be better by Friday.

You're not going to be better by Friday.

You'll be out at least a week.

How do you know?

Because I've had the flu.

I'm an expert on the flu.

I know all about the flu.

Besides, everybody who's had the flu has been out a week.

So how about it?

I don't think so.

Look, I'll give you two Rams seats for them.

Rams tickets?

That's an insult.

Yeah, you're right, it is.

OK.

I'll give your two Raider tickets, two good Raider

tickets for the opera seats.

You know, it's a benefit performance, Hunter.

It's black tie.

It is?

Yeah, it is.

Well, that's OK.

I'll borrow Charlie's tuxedo.

How about it?

Top right hand drawer of my desk.

OK?

Top right hand draw.

Top right hand drawer. - Good, good.

Webb.

Hope you feel better, Webb.

Peter, you'll do fine.

Don't worry.

Listen, think of it as research.

You familiarize yourself with your case.

You make a list of priorities and then

you talk to your leads.

Chris, I've got two tickets to Phantom

of the Opera Friday night.

You want to go? - I would love to.

I've been dying to see this.

It's black tie.

Well, I don't know how I'd look in a black tie,

but I bet I can find something.

I bet you can.

Can you imagine Hawkins black tie?

I hear Robert Guillaume is excellent.

Yeah, I did too.

But they screwed up I think they put some movies face

can you see who the hell it is.

Anyway, Friday night.

Don't forget.

Um, Sergeant Novak, I think...

Come on.

Come on.

Close the door.

Stay.

OK. You got your man.

Now pay me.

It's 400 light.

You were late.

Don't play that with me, Mac.

Look, Duffy, I got expenses.

Besides, what's $400 to you?

You probably just drop it at the track.

Hey.

You shut your mouth.

You don't know me that well.

This is my living.

Don't mess with it.

Right.

All right.

Here.

Boy, you ex-cops, you're a little heavy handed,

aren't you?

Want to earn some real money, hot shot?

Find him.

Yeah?

Huh.

Tell me about this guy.

Ken Lord, you find him, I'll marry you.

Hey, look I got to have him.

I'll give you $15,000 if you find him.

$15,000 for this guy?

Pot's a little bigger than usual, isn't it?

Yeah.

I don't trust you, Mac.

I want a third of it up front.

Come on, Duffy.

You don't have a choice, Mac.

You want me to bring this clown in, I want $5,000 now.

You disgust me, Mac.

Good.

Excuse me.

Sergeant Hunter LAPD.

I'd like to ask you a couple of questions, if that's OK.

All you cops had the same aura.

This isn't about Lois Lord again, is it?

Well, yes, it is.

Why do you ask?

Because there was another cop in here earlier,

looking for Ken, the husband from hell.

Really?

This other police officer have a uniform?

No, jeans.

Kind of sloppy like you.

Did you tell this other sloppy police

officer where to find Lois?

Sure did.

Oh well, where might that be?

Well, if you really must know, the hot dog

stand down on Magnolia.

Near Whitaker?

That's it.

I know where that is.

Thanks very much.

Now what, what is your name?

Jean.

Jean.

Well, thanks very much, Jean.

Appreciate your help.

I'll let you do most of the questioning.

I'll just stay in the background if that's all right with you.

That's fine.

You know, I'm surprised at how much of this

is coming back to me.

Hey, watch it.

Big blind bat.

Hi, I'm Sergeant Novak and this is Officer Hawkins.

Were you the one who placed the call about the burglary

last night? - No, that was my boss.

But I was on last night.

We're making a followup.

Can you please tell me what happened?

The place was robbed, that's what happened.

Will you cool it, Joanne?

Nothing happened.

I closed up last night.

Left about 2:15 this morning.

When I opened up today, there was nothing in the safe.

No forced entry?

No.

I checked both doors, front and back.

All right, well can you have your boss

call me at this number?

You'll have to make a formal statement.

That's it?

We're trying to hit all the bars in the series.

You mean there's been a string of these things?

Eight others in four weeks.

And whoever's doing it leaves no trace.

That's right.

What are the cops doing about it?

Will you calm down, Joanne?

Yeah, you guys got a theory or anything?

I'm not at liberty...

Had to be someone who knows the place.

Or someone familiar with this type of place.

What do you mean this type of place?

Listen, we'll catch whoever it was.

It's just a matter of time.

Peter, let's go.

Yes.

This isn't going to work, is it.

Peter, people are a little more complex than computers.

Let's go to the bar that was hit before this one.

Jean said the vibrations for January are discordant.

Well, Jean's a lunatic.

You hang around with her and your brain will explode.

Well, she only wants what's best for us.

Honey, I got think about staying

alive, staying away from Stevens and away from the DA.

I know, sweetie.

Oh.

Yeah, I don't miss sweetie's hair.

I want him to look just like his picture.

Who are you?

Mac is very unhappy you skipped bail.

Maybe you better come with me, huh?

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Go, honey!

Go!

Go!

Get going!

Hey! Knock it off!

Get off of him.

Come on.

Come back here!

Duffy?

How you doing, Hunter?

What are you doing here, Duff?

My job, just like you.

You after Ken Lord?

Yeah, big payday for me on this one, Hunter.

So you're working for MacArthur.

Yeah.

Him a few others.

Freelance, you know, piecework.

Yeah, I haven't seen you since the day you left the force.

Yeah, as a matter of fact, it was the day I left the force.

Felt sorry for you that day, Tom.

You know I think you got a raw deal.

It's all right, man.

I don't need you to feel sorry for me.

So, how's it going?

You mean the gambling?

It's like they tell me.

It's one day at a time.

Some days are better than others.

Ah, you were a hell of a cop, Tom.

But I got to ask you to stay out of this one.

I guess I could say the same thing to you, couldn't I?

So where you living?

I left the beach.

Got too hot for me down there.

I got a little place over a music shop

down near Cole and Vermont.

Yeah, yeah.

I know that area.

Nice to see you, Hunter.

Yeah.

If I told you you had a beautiful body,

would you hold it against me?

Give the girl a break, why don't you, Bud.

No, don't.

I like him.

Has he asked you to nip him in the bud yet?

Well, we haven't actually been introduced.

Bud Crawford.

Hi, my name is Mary Ellen.

- And your phone number? - Geez.

On a handshake?

On a wing, on a prayer, anyway I can get it.

You're cute.

Did you hear that, Hank?

Don't encourage him.

We've got to be careful with this guy.

You see, he's always a little drunk.

I love you, but you gotta get some new short jokes.

See Bar nine.

That's features.

Now, neighborhoods.

OK, Mom, I'll see you at home.

About 11:00.

OK, bye, bye.

- How you doing? - Hi.

Alison is sick.

So I have to go pick her up and take her home

so she can stay with my mom. - Oh, gee.

I'm sorry about that.

You know, I was going to have to ask

you to sit on Loris Lord for me until I pick up Hernandez.

Sergeant Novak, Hunter.

I've got a new approach on these bar break-ins.

Maybe Peter can do it for you.

I'm only going to be gone about an hour.

OK?

Yeah.

OK, Peter, come on in here for just a sec.

I want you to do me a favor.

Want you go to this address.

Diaz and Oliver are staking out Loris Lord.

You're to relieve them.

If she moves, I want you to call me.

A stake out.

That's right.

Absolutely.

Good.

Got YOUR wake up call, Hernandez.

How's it going?

Pretty good.

Thomas.

Northeast Robbery.

Hunter wants me to relieve you.

What happened to Sergeant Novak?

Her little girl OK?

Oh, she's fine.

Any movement?

I'm afraid I have nothing to report.

OK, you're relieved.

I'd better check the back before I do.

Yeah, all right, thanks.

Give me the money now.

Sweetie, this is my only day off.

Don't you want to go somewhere, huh?

Do something fun, huh?

Maybe we could do something fun without going anywhere.

I know.

But I don't want to be cooped up in here the whole day.

Come here, baby.

Don't make a move, Ken.

Keep your shirt on, Lois, much as I hate to say it.

Lousy pig.

You leave us alone.

Shut up, Lois.

That's right, Lois.

Shut up.

No reason for her to be here.

Yeah.

Take off.

I'm not leaving.

Yes, you are.

Go tell the attorney.

Yeah, give me an outside line, will you?

Go on, go on.

Shut the door behind you.

Bail bonds.

I got Lord.

Duffy.

You got Lord?

Great.

Where are you?

Taluga Motel, Alvarado and Lucas, Room 216.

You just sit there.

I'll be there in an hour.

Hey, Mac, just bring my money.

Don't worry, buddy, you earned it.

Yeah.

Duffy's got him at a motel.

Really?

Where is it?

He was tall, heavy set, balding,

long red hair, black jacket, driving a black sedan.

Peter, Lois was our only lead to Ken Lord.

I am just mortified.

How could I make it up to you?

Look, find Novak.

Both of you work very hard at finding out

who's robbing these bars, OK?

What are we waiting for?

You're waiting for your bail bondsman.

I'm waiting for my payoff.

How much are you getting to bring me in?

What's the difference?

It's a lot more honest work than embezzling.

I didn't take that money, you know.

Yeah?

Why did you plead guilty?

I took the rap for my boss, Mr. Stevens.

He owns the company.

He told me he'd pay me off big if I did the time for him.

Then the DA went for the maximum time, six years.

I can't do that.

That's why I skipped bail.

You're lucky I'm bringing you in.

If I were your boss, I'd be very unhappy with you.

Ah!

Ah!

OK, everybody, thanks very much.

Oh, and uh, don't forget to give me a type

on the second blood sample, OK?

Sure thing, Sergeant Hunter.

Thanks again.

Mr. Willis?

Thanks for your help.

Appreciate it.

Have a business card?

May want to talk to you a little bit later.

Sure, if I can help.

Appreciate that.

Sorry about your place.

Well, looky here, Sergeant Hunter.

How you doing, John?

I'm doing just fine.

Business is great, thanks to your friendly boys in blue.

Hey, this isn't your neighborhood.

What's up?

Ran into Duff a little while ago.

He said he worked for you.

Said you had him looking for Ken Lord.

Is that right?

Yeah, that's right.

Duff's the best there is, but heck, you know that.

Where is he?

Well, last time I saw Duffy, he took $5,000 of my money

and promised to deliver Lord.

Lord's dead.

What?

That's not funny, Hunter.

No, it isn't.

I'm surprised you didn't know that, John.

Body's been in the morgue now for some time.

You don't think Duffy killed Lord, do you?

Don't be stupid. Now why would he do that?

Who else was after Lord? - Why you asking me?

Could've been anybody.

The guy carried a big price tag.

John, who else did you hire to find Lord?

Nobody.

Come on, John.

I swear.

That's the truth.

I hired Duff, that's all.

Let me tell you something.

If you're lying to me, you're going to be in trouble.

Come on, Hunter.

Hey, you're a liar, John.

You do know that, don't you?

I put $800 and change in the safe before closing up.

Was there anything that happened

last night that stands out in your mind,

anything out of the ordinary?

Not really.

The regulars were here.

And that new girl.

Bud was hitting on her, of course.

Everyone was gone about an hour before closing.

You've never seen this girl in here before?

No, I'd have remembered.

She's a looker.

So this woman came in with Bud?

No.

But they always go for him.

He's a little guy, you know, a dwarf?

Sure fire with the ladies.

I remember him.

Is he a regular?

Yeah, he's been...

He's been come around now for about three months.

You know, it would really be helpful

if we had a list of everyone who was in the bar last night.

OK.

Give me a couple hours?

The clientele, that's the only thing

we haven't factored in yet.

Yes, we should find out whether anyone

on the bartender's list has been seen at the other bars that

had break ins.

As soon as we get back, I'm going to start making calls.

Lot of phone work.

Let me at it.

Have a seat, Jean.

What's on your mind?

Sergeant Hunter, Lois and I share a strong bond

from previous lifetimes.

I understand that.

We've always had very close ties.

Now look, Jean, you called and said you wanted to talk to me.

What's it about?

Lois needs to talk to you.

She was with Ken right before they shot him.

She's really scared.

She's not making sense all the time.

Now, now, where's Lois right now?

She's at my spa.

She won't leave.

OK, let's go see her right now.

Anyway he gave me my money and then he shoved me out the door.

I should never have left Kenny.

I knew something was going to happen.

OK, honey, just settle down now.

Now, when Duff came into the room, what did he say?

What did he do?

Well, he didn't really seem to say much of anything,

except to get out.

He was in such a hurry to make a phone call.

Wait a minute.

He made a telephone call?

Yeah.

Did you hear the conversation?

I don't know what he said or who he was talking to.

I was just so worried about Kenny.

I was in a rush to get to the attorney.

I know, I know, settle down now.

Gene, need your telephone. - Sure.

Thank you very much.

How do I get an outside line?

Punch the black button and dial nine.

Yeah, nine.

Hello?

Mr. Wells, Sergeant Hunter.

Hello, Sergeant.

How are you?

Listen, do me a favor, will you?

Want you to check and see if there

was any outgoing phone calls from Ken Lord's room the night

he was killed.

I'll check the file.

Hold on.

There was one outgoing call made.

Really?

What was that number?

1013?

Thank you very much.

Bail bonds.

You set me up, you scum.

Duff.

What the hell happened?

Where are you?

You know what happened, Mac.

You had a little plan.

I find Lord for a cheap $5,000.

You set both of us up to be hit for a nice cut.

That's crazy.

I was waiting for you to show at the motel.

Next thing I know two hitters blow us up.

But they didn't get me like you planned.

I swear, when I got there, there

were cops all over the place. - You're a liar.

I told you I'm the best there is.

Now, I want my money.

Yeah, sure.

Sure, Duff.

You tell your partner I am going straight to the cops

if he doesn't bring me my money.

Now take down this address.

He knows.

He wants you to bring him the money

or he's going to the cops.

I don't like this.

I don't like this at all.

Give me the address.

Come on.

Listen, this place I just talked to,

they've seen the little guy every Saturday

night for the past two months.

Well, that's great, Peter.

But we've got a lot like that, at least seven so far.

And we just don't have the manpower to stake

out every single one.

So let's just finish the list, OK?

I tell you, I think we've got this case solved.

You see?

That's the beauty of it.

Every bar that was hit had the same feature.

But of all the places he's been spotted since the last one...

OK, OK, Peter.

I understand.

What do you think?

OK, Mr. You're on.

What'll you have?

About two to five, I think.

You have the right to remain silent.

Oh, please.

I have always wanted to do this.

I'm arresting you on suspicion of burglary.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you give up the right to remain silent, anything you say

can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Duffy!

Here it is, Mr. Stevens, $10,000.

Good.

Now we all understand what's happening here, correct?

Yes, sir.

Soon as I throw the money down at his feet,

you open up on him.

Matter of fact, you all open up on him.

You think this bum is going to be looking for trouble?

Yeah, this punk means business.

It's not him I'm worried about.

But we've got to get this problem handled.

You know, he's got a lot of nerve,

pulling a stunt like this.

It will be good exercise for you boys.

Ferria, don't miss.

This is R 20 Charles.

I need a three unit backup at the corner

of Laurel and Coldwater.

My ETA is five minutes.

Give me a foot long, everything on it.

Hey you back of pus, where's my $10,000?

You're the wise guy, huh?

Yeah.

I'm the wise guy.

It's too bad we missed you at the motel.

Yeah, well, I won't miss you.

Now where's my money?

You don't think you can get out of here with this?

Yeah, I know I am.

You two just relax.

And you, hand me the money.

Police!

Drop it right there.

Don't make a move.

Get back against the wall!

Get your hands up!

Move!

Get your hands up!

Both of you!

Duffy, drop the gun.

I can't do that, Hunter.

I'm not leaving without my $10,000 You're under arrest

for obstruction of justice.

Give me that gun.

But threatened our lives.

He tried to kill me.

And he's got my money.

All right, we're going to stay here till backup comes.

How about that?

Don't move or I'll shoot you.

Hook him up.

Give me that.

What the hell's wrong with you?

I was going to kill that guy.

Yeah, I know you were.

And I was going to shoot you.

All for $10,000?

What are you, nuts?

Hey, this is what I do.

This is what I am.

Yeah, this is what you are, Tom.

What is it with you? Guns and money now?

Take a look around. You happy with yourself?

What the hell do you know about it?

Do you have any idea what it was like to walk into a police

station and have people talking behind your back, saying,

there goes a dirty cop.

Yeah, I got a problem.

Everybody's got problems.

But cops aren't allowed to have problems.

Some do.

Then there was that drug bust...

Oh, I know all about the drug bust.

No, you don't know!

I was a gambler so all the fingers pointed at me, me!

Do you want to know something?

I was innocent.

But that's not important.

I just couldn't do it anymore.

And I was all alone.

You were all alone, huh?

So now you're the victim, is that it?

Well, congratulations, Tom.

You're a victim, now what?

All alone?

Let me tell you something.

There are more police officers in that department

willing to stand by you than you realize.

Believe me, I know that to be true.

You know your mistake?

You never stayed, used those friends

to help you fight those IA bastards.

That's what happened.

And now, look at the life you're living.

Don't you think I know that?

I think about that every day of my life.

I envy you, Hunter.

You want to get your life back, Tom?

Find the Tom Duffy I know that's in there,

because he's in there.

You find him.

You've got to find him.

Wow, wow, wow.

It's times like these when I'm grateful that we

have female officers in this department.

You are a sight for sore eyes. - Thanks, Charlie.

It's OK?

Oh, it's beautiful.

Look at this, a matched set.

Charlie, your tux fits great.

Yeah.

Hey, you look great.

You look great.

Thanks.

Hawkins, wait, wait.

No, no more.

I'm only the conduit, Captain.

It's taken me a while to catch up

on my other responsibilities.

Hawkins, something I want to say to you.

Yes?

Congratulations.

You did a great job.

Well, thank you, Captain.

Hawkins, well done.

Sergeant Hunter.

Well, I believe you and I have a play to go to.

Rick, I hate to say this, but I think I'm going to be sick.

Oh, no.

I don't even believe this.

I'd love to.