Original subtitles

Jack lachman burned to death last night.

I didn't start those fires, ok?

You think he's your guy?

Definitely in the running.

He burned women and old people and kids,

and he burned 'em, like, to ashes, man!

Gotham city's counting on you, Batman.

And don't throw threats at me.

See, that's not healthy.

Better not upset him, hunter.

He might light you on fire.

If I see you around again,

I'm going to pull your head off.

Film at 11:00.

Works for me.

♪ Oh, my god, what time is it ♪

♪ I've been up all night ♪

♪ I can't eat, I can't sleep ♪

♪ I didn't take no drugs ♪

♪ no appetite except for you ♪

♪ and that's a little bit abused ♪

♪ hearts and bodies, soul and mind ♪

♪ torture of the sweetest kind ♪

♪ empty hands that held your heart ♪

♪ I live and die to play the part ♪

♪ play the part of your fool ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' ♪

♪ Sittin' here starin' at an empty wall ♪

♪ what a pitiful picture I make ♪

♪ I can't believe how bad I need ♪

♪ every breath I take ♪

♪ I feel like i'm going to break ♪

♪ I made another mistake ♪

♪ senseless devotion ♪

♪ I carry a torch for you ♪

♪ I wanna die in your arms ♪

♪ I wanna tell you I love you ♪

♪ that you've never been abused ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles ♪

♪ for you ♪

Sorry I'm late.

What happened to "i'm going to stay in tonight

and rest and watch the game, McCall"?

Nothing. I just had to go to the store, and I met her.

I'm going to give her a ride home.

Meet her in the produce section?

Who won the game?

Somebody won, somebody lost.

By my calculations,

I haven't even had a date in the last 6 weeks.

I was even desperate enough to try to get you on the phone

to see if you wanted to go to a movie paid for by me.

Look, McCall, you're pressing here.

You're in a dry spell.

Relax. It'll all happen for you.

Hmm.

The suspected arsonist

in the last 2 weeks.

Police at the scene have told us

that the homicide division has now been called in,

meaning that tonight's fire may have claimed

its first casualty in this series of fires.

Excuse me, officers. May I get a word?

Jake tibbett, arson.

Hunter and McCall, homicide.

I understand your firebug had some unexpected company.

Watch your step here.

This guy didn't have a chance, did he?

Any marks on the body?

No, he was too well-done,

but if you're looking for bullets,

you're going to have to wait for the coroner

to come and take him apart.

Same m.O. As the last 3 fires?

It varies a little, depending on what Mr. Hibachi feels like.

They've all been abandoned buildings,

but judging from the scorch marks we keep on finding,

he's using a flamethrower.

That's a pretty ugly weapon, isn't it?

You wouldn't want to shake hands with it.

Excuse me, officers.

Matt gold, channel 3 news.

You're wasting your time, Mr. Gold.

We're just beginning this investigation.

Now, the department will hold a press conference

when it's ready.

You can't even tell us how many people died in there?

You want to shut that thing off?

Cat.

Look, guys, it's late. We've been out here a long time.

Could you give me something other than ash on my clothes?

I am trying to do a piece here.

Let me ask you something.

You guys cover a lot of fires with that thing?

Oh, they call me the king of flame.

I'll make you a deal. You guys help us out now,

and we'll give you first crack at the story

when we decide to break it.

Deal.

Cat: That's the crowd stuff from fire number one.

What are you after here, hunter?

Oh, a pattern, is all.

Cat: Fire number 2.

Fire number 3.

Hunter: Wait a minute. Run that back for me.

That guy right there with the jacket on.

He was in the crowd at fire number 2.

And?

Well, arsonists usually return

to the scene of the crime more likely than not.

You think he's your guy?

Definitely in the running.

Let me see last night's fire.

Cat: Wait a minute. Our groupie's back.

McCall: Always at the back of the crowd.

Hunter: He can't seem to stay away, can he?

Gold: Ok, listen, we're really rockin' here, folks.

Cat, get me a blowup of this guy, right?

We throw it on the 6:00 with a "have you seen this guy?"

We sit back, we wait for those lines to light up.

Why don't you just sit back and relax

and let us worry about the tactics, ok?

I thought we were a team here.

Well, we are a team,

and I'm the head coach.

I just hate to have you get fried

trying to get tape on this guy.

Now, can we get a copy of those tapes?

Yeah, but I'll need approval from Matt.

No way. I have to protect my story.

Look, Matt, we know you have a reporter's right

to protect your information.

You got that right.

But this would really help us out.

You need it, you got it.

Looks like maybe we're starting to get someplace.

Some of us more than others.

What's that supposed to mean?

Nothing.

"Nothing." you're lying.

What?

You are. I can always tell when you're lying.

You get that little sound in your voice.

What in the hell are you talking about?

Ha ha! See? There you go again. There it is.

Look, today we started out just fine,

and now things are not so wonderful,

so that means there's either

one of two things wrong here.

Oh. What might they be?

One, you're upset because i'm the one who got us the tapes,

or you just don't like Matt gold.

I don't like Matt gold.

Hunter, look, he's a nice guy.

He's being nice to me, ok?

You know what I'm saying?

Look, McCall,

maybe you're groping for the first man that smiles at you

because you're on the rebound.

Oh, will you give me a break?

♪ Come ♪

♪ when I call ♪

♪ don't ♪

♪ run at all ♪

♪ die ♪

♪ from your pain ♪

♪ just ♪

♪ live again ♪

♪ free ♪

♪ my damned soul ♪

♪ don't ♪

♪ do what you're told ♪

♪ call ♪

♪ out my name ♪

♪ come ♪

♪ come, come ♪

♪ I am the demon seed ♪

♪ I'll set your senses free ♪

♪ you'll be the demon seed ♪

♪ I am the one to heed ♪

♪ cry ♪

♪ day and night ♪

♪ keep ♪

♪ out of sight ♪

♪ break ♪

♪ all the rules ♪

♪ don't ♪

♪ act like fools ♪

♪ beg ♪

♪ on your knees ♪

♪ come ♪

♪ and play with me ♪

♪ call ♪

♪ out my name ♪

♪ come ♪

♪ come, come ♪

♪ I am the demon seed ♪

♪ I'll set your senses free ♪

♪ you'll be the demon seed ♪

♪ I am the one to heed ♪

♪ don't ♪

♪ follow light ♪

♪ dark ♪

♪ blinding right ♪

♪ call ♪

♪ out my name ♪

♪ come ♪

♪ come, come ♪

♪ I am the demon seed ♪

♪ I'll set your senses free ♪

Dispatch: L-56, there's a warehouse fire

at 7th and Santa fe.

There it is... empty building, 3 days after the last one.

It's just like Matt said.

Yeah.

Why don't you check the crowd

before they lose interest?

I'll talk to arson.

McCall: Penny for your thought.

Hunter!

Hey, you, hold it!

Drop it! Police!

Sorry, you'll have to leave now.

There will be a departmental statement

as soon as we have some information.

Oh, you mean you're not the spokesman?

Not the official spokesman exactly.

You know, that is a shame, you know?

Because you certainly have the right look.

Be that as it may, there's nothing...

Terwilliger.

Terwilliger.

Terwilliger. Even the name has that feel to it, doesn't it?

Yeah. Huh?

Some guys got all the luck.

Wait. What are you saying?

Well, just that the public is getting so tired

of the same old pd PR faces

always rattling off the same lines.

They could use somebody different to look at,

somebody...

They can instinctively trust.

Cat, let's see what the light is on Mr. Terwillogy.

Terwilliger, by the way.

Terwilliger. Yes.

I took a couple of communication arts courses in night school once.

Oh, it looks great.

Thank you very much.

What... heh heh... what questions do you want to ask me?

Uh, well, this arson investigation

you homicide boys have jumped onto.

Mmm, no, never mind.

What's the point, right? We got to go.

But actually... Actually, I am conversant

in that particular jacket. Heh heh.

This suspect you have up here on the hot seat,

has he been formally charged yet?

Uh, there is some questioning being done, yes.

Rumor about it being a deliberately set insurance fire,

is that true?

With a flamethrower?

No way. No way in the world.

And the only suspect you got

is the one that McCall and hunter rounded up, right?

Excuse me. I wouldn't bring them into this...

Departmental black sheep.

Why drop a couple of flies

on the proverbial cake, as it were?

What time do you guys go on the air, 5:00 or 6:00?

Look, I didn't start those fires, ok?

Why are you doing this to me?

Yeah, we know. You say it's some guy called Donnie warrick,

and it's his face that you're looking for

at the scene of the fires, right?

Why?

I don't know.

Can I go, please?

Why'd you run, Jack?

I don't know.

Now listen to me very carefully.

I'm only going to ask you this one time

before I lock you away.

Why did you run?

I saw Donnie's face.

Where? Driving by.

It was him. I saw him, but he didn't see me.

I know it was him.

We served together in Asia.

You don't forget who you were there with, man.

We were a secret recon squad.

There were 6 of us.

We had orders to go over the border into this village

to gather information concerning enemy troop strength.

That was all. Nothing else.

Nobody heard us coming. Things were cool.

We had it, man.

But then...

Something went crazy.

McCall: What?

What went crazy?

We had a flamethrower, you see,

and as soon as we got this information,

he, uh...

He, uh...

He torched it, man!

He... he torched it!

He burned women and old people and kids,

and he burned 'em, like, to ashes, man.

He burned everything!

We thought he'd burn us if we tried to stop him.

Did you report him to your commanding officer?

No. Snoopy said we shouldn't.

Who was he?

Our group leader, man. His name was gene byrd.

He'd known Donnie since high school,

and he said that everything would be ok,

and we shouldn't talk to anybody about it,

because we weren't supposed to be there

in the first place, you know?

So if they found out about it,

we'd all hang for it.

So, you decided, all of you guys,

to protect Donnie

because this guy gene byrd said so, right?

Yeah.

He said he'd go back to San Diego with Donnie

after we all got home and make sure he was ok,

and the whole thing would blow over.

McCall: So, Donnie was gene's problem?

Yeah.

Anyway, I started coming to these fires,

because, like, I knew Donnie was here.

It's weird, but I knew it, man.

What made you think it was Donnie?

He likes to start fires, man!

Don't you get it?

Hey, what is this?

What the hell are you doing, gold?

Hey, freedom of the press, hunter, all right?

It's the public's right to know.

If you want to have a copy of the constitution,

go look at the library.

Cat: Oh, come on, sergeant.

We're on assignment here.

We're just trying to pay the rent.

Well, get a part time job at the all-night market.

Let's have the tape. No way.

You're on the premises of a police facility.

We have the right to examine and confiscate

anything you may have brought in here with you.

Yeah. If you want a copy of the penal code,

get one on the way out.

Now let's have the tape.

I could go over your head to get that tape back, hunter.

I am over his head, and, no, you can't.

Well, if it's the tape you're worried about, we can fix that.

Try a 2-parter.

You can get a refund from the desk sergeant

for the cassette on your way out.

Boy, that guy's got a lot of guts coming up here.

He doesn't know when to quit, does he?

Well, he wouldn't be with the press

if he knew when to quit.

Now, listen, I can only hold this guy in here

for so long on resisting arrest.

You two have got to get started on this right away.

Now, where the hell is this Donnie warrick?

Hunter: The last known address is in San Diego.

Well, what the hell are you standing here for?

Get going.

This spot's one of my real favorites.

I like to visit Donnie a lot.

I don't know. When you're here all the time,

you get different feelings

from all the different graves.

I just like the ones Donnie gives off.

Did you ever run into any of Donnie's friends

who came to visit him?

No. That's why I try to give him just a little extra time...

You know, clear the leaves off during the winter

and give him a little extra water during the summer.

I don't know. I just like to pamper him a little bit.

You never saw any family or friends come?

Not a soul.

Seems real wrong. He was just a young guy.

Well, what about the funeral services,

like this gravestone here?

Somebody had to have bought that.

Well, you know, it got to the point

where I finally asked about it myself,

seeing as nobody ever showed up.

The front office told me that the stone was ordered by phone,

paid through the mail in cash,

and then nobody ever showed up,

not even a priest the day they put him in.

And after they covered him up,

I went down there, and I talked to him for a little bit...

Just tried to tell him

that this was his home,

and he was welcome here.

Does that sound sick?

Listen, thanks a lot, Judy.

We really appreciate your help.

Is there something wrong?

Is that why the two of you came down here?

That's why nobody showed up at his funeral, isn't it?

Well, if we find anything out, we'll let you know, ok?

You don't have to do that.

I mean, it's not going to bring Donnie back, whatever it is.

Yeah.

Hunter: You can't release Jack lachman.

We let this guy slip through our fingers now,

we're making a big mistake.

Well, I'll think about it, hunter,

but I don't know how much longer I can hold this guy

on what I've got.

Well, if you kick this guy loose right now,

I'm back to square one.

No, you're not.

You still got your signed statement

from your caretaker in San Diego,

and you've still got your crimebuster instincts.

Come on, Gotham city's counting on you, Batman.

Well?

Well, I just got off the phone with San Diego.

Apparently, this gene byrd was so upset about Donnie

he decided to move to L.A. and just put it all behind him.

Take a wild guess what this guy does for a living.

Yeah. Donnie had trouble emotionally

from the day we met.

I always thought it was just a matter of time

before he hurt himself bad.

Or killed himself?

Jack said you were involved in a secret squad in Asia.

How secret?

Invisible.

The government never acknowledged the mission.

That's why Donnie got off.

If they'd have locked him up,

they would've had to admit

that it happened in the first place.

None of us ever said a thing about what happened that night,

but the army figured it out.

Is that why he's not buried in a military cemetery?

You got it.

What about his childhood?

You know anything about that?

Real messed up.

He had a history of starting fires

ever since he was a little kid.

He told me that, um...

That was all behind him

when we got to know each other in high school.

You never know, huh?

Yeah, well, I guess you knew

when you saw that village though, huh?

Yes, we did.

Coffee?

Yes. Thank you.

Well, I tell you, sergeant,

a lot of us felt like those people were the enemy,

no matter how you cut it.

Maybe Donnie did the right thing.

Maybe not.

It was war.

I thought at the time maybe it wasn't crazy.

I thought maybe he was a better soldier than me.

Maybe you should've tried to get him some help.

I did, but Donnie wouldn't hear of it.

He thought he was as normal as you or me.

He swore on it.

Well, I wouldn't be a bit surprised

if that automobile accident wasn't a suicide.

Ran into a pole to blow himself up?

No way, man. It was an accident.

Well, whatever it was, at least we know now

that Jack couldn't have seen him.

Uh, no, ma'am.

In fact, I was the last one to see him.

I went down and ided the body personally.

I handled the whole funeral myself.

Really? Yeah.

I bought the headstone and arranged for flowers

to be sent every other week.

Donnie wasn't just some casual acquaintance with me.

We were about as tight as it gets.

When I go home, I visit his grave all the time.

Hunter: What a bunch of crap, huh?

Well, you know, it's possible

he lied to us about visiting the grave and everything

because he was ashamed he never did.

Come on, would you lie to 2 cops about that?

What about the fact he said he personally went down to San Diego

to order the headstone

when we know for a fact it was ordered over the telephone?

Now, this may be a little rash,

but I think the guy's lying.

Dispatch: L-26, please come in.

McCall: This is l-26.

I got that info for you.

Jack lachman was released about an hour ago,

captain's orders.

♪ Sittin' here starin' at an empty wall ♪

♪ what a pitiful picture I make ♪

♪ I can't believe how bad I need ♪

♪ every breath I take ♪

♪ I feel like i'm going to break ♪

♪ I made another mistake ♪

♪ senseless devotion ♪

♪ I carry a torch for you ♪

♪ I wanna die in your arms ♪

♪ I wanna tell you I love you ♪

♪ that you've never been abused ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles ♪

I'm in my trailer watching TV,

and all of the sudden, I hear something like an explosion.

Then I got one look out of my window,

and, I mean, I couldn't believe what I was looking at.

And that's when you went to get the fire extinguisher

you were telling us about before?

Absolutely.

I've kept one ever since one night

I saw a trailer burn up on Kojak.

But you were too late to save Mr. Lachman.

Oh, yes. That car was real bad.

I mean, those fire department boys

must've had a heavy dinner,

because they sure took their time.

You know, I don't think your TV buddy

gives a damn what happened to Jack, you know that?

I think he runs strictly on ratings.

Why don't you give him a break, huh?

He's not that bad.

He's not the enemy, you know.

Not unless you make me mad.

Listen, we got to take off.

I was just wondering how things were coming here.

Well, we got a burned body, and someone's murdered her car.

Other than that, everything's fine.

Oh, look, Dee Dee, I have a friend in the car business.

I can arrange the whole thing for you.

I'll get you a real sweet deal.

I can take care of it myself, really,

but thanks anyway.

Well, you know, you change your mind,

you just... just say the word, ok?

Ok.

Let me know when my story breaks, huh?

Oh, and we should do that dinner... soon.

Hey, look at this.

Here's Jack and here's gene byrd.

So, which one's Donnie?

Right there... with the grin.

What's this all about?

Jack lachman burned to death last night.

What?

You know, gene, it's real tough

for me to believe you're not covering up

for your old buddy Donnie again.

Hey, what are you talking about?

You did it once. How do I know you're not doing it again?

Covering up what? He's dead.

Nah. We don't think so.

Jack saw him, remember?

Now there's flames all over the damn place.

Hey, come on. This doesn't make sense.

If a guy's alive, he's gonna be somewhere, right?

So, where is he? Why can't anybody find him?

Well, maybe you're covering up for him again

like you did before.

You lied to us, gene, and that's not good.

Nobody showed up for Donnie's funeral...

Not you, not anybody.

Yeah, and nobody sends him flowers anymore.

Plus, the headstone was ordered over the telephone,

followed up by an anonymous cash payment.

Now, how do you explain all that?

Look, I tried to help you.

You don't have any right to come back in here

and start accusing me of anything, man.

It's history. Donnie's over.

He's dead. Are you sure?

I think you'd better leave.

I don't think you're going to like it when I come back.

Well, he's nervous enough to be involved.

He's involved, all right. You can count on that.

Well, then why don't we go back in

and take him downtown for questioning?

Because all we have to work on so far

is circumstantial evidence.

We need something a lot stronger.

Like what?

This is not one of your brighter ideas, hunter.

Just open the door.

Your crime, sir.

No, wrong...

Moral imperative in defense of the public good.

Nobody's going to buy that.

Look, we're saving lives and property here.

We're preventing a bigger crime with a much smaller one.

Oh, a bigger with a smaller.

I see. Well, what do you call that? Uh...

Hunter's law, right?

That's right. Hunter's law.

Right.

Seek.

Zero.

Not quite. Read that.

If you got a flamethrower, you got to feed it, right?

Better killing through chemistry.

This place is right here in town.

Yeah, and here's the good part.

"Unified chemical warehouse.

"Dear customer, your order for chemicals has just arrived.

Please claim as soon as possible. Sincerely..."

Et cetera, et cetera.

"Unified chemical warehouse."

Postmarked the day before yesterday.

McCall: Maybe we scared this guy so bad

he's going to go to ground on us.

Hunter: Nah, he'll show up, believe me.

Here comes our boy.

Very weird.

Yeah, tell me about it.

Not only is he covering up,

he's helping to buy supplies for his friend.

2 firebugs?

Heavy odds.

Maybe there's only one firebug, and it's Donnie.

Which means gene byrd

never helped Donnie vanish in the first place.

Donnie did it himself.

That means the body in that grave could be gene byrd's.

Yeah.

It fits. He kills his own best friend,

assumes his identity.

It's the perfect cover.

He's not going to any barbecue. Let's go.

What the heck's that?

I don't believe this guy. He's following us.

You know, you keep sticking your nose into police business

I'm going to break it for you.

This story is public business, hunter.

And don't throw threats at me.

See, that's not healthy.

Especially when I could go on the air at any time.

I could tell all my viewers

about your illegal entry

into gene byrd's apartment.

I was down the block when that happened.

And I'll tell you something else.

If I'm in the mood, I might just mention

how you two always seem to manage

to show up just a little bit too late.

Now roll this around in your fat empty head, gold.

There's a screwball out there

trying to fry half the people in this city.

Now, they want him caught, and that's what I'm going to do.

Justice? That's exactly right.

Now, do yourself a favor and stay away from me,

because you and I aren't friends anymore.

If I see you around again,

I'm going to pull your head off.

Film at 11:00.

We had a deal, Matt.

Look, I know I haven't helped you guys out,

but it's not exactly my business

to stay out of the way.

When we broke this case it was going to be yours,

so what happened?

The station needs footage, Dee Dee.

I make a living my way, you make one yours.

Look, I don't often say this,

but I am sorry.

Come on, Dee Dee, I admit it. I'm human.

You know, your partner's getting to be a real hard-nose,

and I don't feel like getting stonewalled

when this case cracks.

You know what I was thinking?

Maybe you and I should go have dinner,

the one we've been talking about,

just as a way of saying thank you

for getting hunter off my case, huh?

It'd be my treat.

Not hungry.

Right on time.

You know, you're breaking about 500 laws

following them like this, Matt.

Look, we're getting paid to get film. Let's do it.

♪ I can't eat, I can't sleep ♪

♪ I didn't take no drugs ♪

♪ no appetite except for you ♪

♪ and that's a little bit abused ♪

♪ hearts and bodies, soul and mind ♪

♪ torture of the sweetest kind ♪

♪ empty hands that held your heart ♪

♪ I live and die to play the part ♪

♪ play the part of your fool ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' ♪

♪ Sittin' here starin' at an empty wall ♪

♪ what a pitiful picture I make ♪

♪ I can't believe how bad I need ♪

♪ every breath I take ♪

♪ I feel like i'm going to break ♪

♪ I made another mistake ♪

♪ senseless devotion ♪

♪ I carry a torch for you ♪

♪ I wanna die in your arms ♪

♪ I wanna tell you I love you ♪

♪ that you've never been abused ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles for you ♪

♪ I'm burnin' candles ♪

Ok, ok, stop here. Let's see what they're doing.

I'm going to take off and get this.

Matt!

You stick with hunter.

What the hell are you doing here?

Matt... he wanted to find out what was going on.

Where is he?

Aah!

Help! I can't get out!

Help! I can't get out!

Help! Somebody! Help!

Nice going, Matt.

"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."

Read the rest of them in the car on the way downtown.

I'm on to your secret. Stand up.

I ain't got no secrets.

Hey, what's with the cuffs, man?

Hey, calm down, Donnie.

I'm not Donnie. You're talking about my best friend.

I'm not going to let you trash him

over some stupid theory.

You want to talk about theory?

You know, when I saw your squad picture of Vietnam,

you know what hit me right between the eyes?

How much you and gene look like brothers, Donnie.

The name's gene, damn it.

McCall: You guys got the same build, the same height,

the same coloring.

I'll bet you were mistaken for each other all the time.

You're going to hold me in jail

just because we look alike?

No. You're under arrest for suspicion of arson,

suspicion of first degree murder,

and suspicion of second degree murder,

no matter what you look like.

Now come on.

I want to talk to a lawyer. I got a right.

Yeah, you'll call him downtown,

but listen to my theory first.

So, you see, it doesn't make any difference

who burned up in that car fire 15 years ago.

The one who lived could've assumed the other one's identity.

Might've pulled it off, too, if he'd played his cards right.

Right, McCall?

Yeah. With burns covering 99% of his body,

it'd be easy. It'd be a simple way to assume a new identity.

Especially if you've burned down a village.

Yeah, except for one problem.

Right. It's bull.

Aren't you curious to know how you blew it?

X-rays.

You see, we went and talked to gene byrd's pediatrician yesterday,

and he was very helpful, wasn't he, McCall?

Yeah. He told us that when gene was a kid,

he broke his right leg playing pop Warner football.

Now, he sent me the X-ray.

I bet if we checked your leg,

there wouldn't be any sign of a break.

So we're going to drive down to San Diego,

dig up that body, and check out his leg.

How does that sound, Donnie?

You two are insane.

Well, you'd know.

You can't do that. It's wrong.

Better not upset him, hunter.

He might light you on fire.

When I come back from San Diego,

you're going to be sorry you even saw a book of matches.

Well, you were wrong, hunter.

You went down and dragged a guy off his civil service job

on nothing but circumstantial.

We followed this guy right to the fire.

And you didn't see him do a thing, did you?

We saw him jump through the window.

And you couldn't I.D. him in a million years.

The guy you saw was all greased up.

He had on goggles and a breather, didn't he?

Didn't he?

Yes.

So you couldn't I.D. him in a lineup then, could you?

I guess not, no.

There.

Heh heh. You see how easy it is

to be a defense lawyer?

I'm sorry, but this department has no choice

but to let the guy go.

And I hope, for his sake, he finds himself a good hospital.

Lord knows he needs it.

Oh, that'll be great. He'll like that.

That'll give him something else to burn up.

Well, I'll tell you what, hunter.

Next time you catch him in the act,

otherwise I don't want to see him, you got me?

Oh, we're going to catch him, all right.

So?

So, he knows we're going down to San Diego.

Let's go down there and see what kind of trouble we can dig up.

This plan of yours better fall together quick.

It's freezing out here.

Not if you're the one doing the digging.

Well, if Donnie's going to show,

he's going to do it pretty soon.

I'll be watching.

I'm counting on that.

Why don't you come on out, Donnie?

I'd like to help you, Donnie,

so why don't you drop that flamethrower?

Shut up! Come on, Donnie.

We both know you don't want to do what you did to gene.

I said shut up!

That's not going to get it, Donnie.

You know that.

It never did.

Donnie?

Gene. My name is gene.

You don't have to lie anymore, Donnie.

We know what your real name is.

Now, remember that story I told you about gene's football injury?

Well, I just told you that to get you to follow me down here.

Now why don't you drop that flamethrower

and let me help you?

I don't want your help.

Donnie!

Aah!

Unh!

End of the line, Donnie.

What a thing to happen.

Aw, you get used to it.

No, you don't.

Why would anyone invent a thing like that?

I hope they give him the no smoking section at the hospital.

Officers, could we get a word or two here?

Come on, guys, it's late, and it's starting to drizzle.

Give us something besides wet clothes, will you?

We're trying to do a piece here.