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Is anything wrong?

No, not a thing, baby.

You know, this whole thing is gonna break wide open. I can feel it.

Yaa!

I think the answer's still back at that club, the cradle.

You want time and money to go undercover as a singer?

Freeze, wilcox!

You want to take the air out of that?

Hey, turn the sound up.

I want to hear that.

The car is registered to rock star Zack sherman.

Sherman, who was divorced last year

after a stormy marriage to rock vocalist Gina b,

has been missing for over 2 weeks

and is suspected to be the victim of foul play.

I'm speaking with detective sergeant Dee Dee McCall

from Metro homicide division.

Sergeant, what can you tell us about the reports

that Gina b filed battery charges

against Zack sherman last year?

Well, they were filed and withdrawn after the divorce.

Has the possibility of suicide been ruled out?

Dee Dee!

McCall: No, but it hasn't been seriously considered.

I don't believe this.

We just found the car, not the body.

Well, is there any evidence to indicate

that this could be something other than an accident?

I'm not really at Liberty to discuss that right now.

Excuse me.

From the south bay area,

this is Inez pedrosa for the all news channel.

Hi, hunter.

Hunter: You have absolutely no screen presence.

I guess that's why they decided to interview me.

You should enroll in one of those classes,

those acting classes that teach you how to get in touch

with your most inner feelings.

You have such wit.

Good night.

All right!

I guess we don't get any better than that, huh?

Hey, Larry, thank you, baby.

Yeah.

They found the car.

The car. That's all?

Move outside. I want to talk to you for a minute.

Is anything wrong?

No, not a thing, baby.

Oh, ok. Me and the guys are going over to the cradle for a couple drinks.

Um, do you want to come with us? I'm popping.

No, I'm too tired, baby.

Ok. Can I wake you up later?

Well, you can try.

I'll do better than that. You can count on it.

Oh... Sam, thanks for everything.

Thanks for bringing me back.

Hey, no problem, baby.

You have a good time.

All right.

And you sounded real good tonight, baby.

Oh, thanks. Ok, bye-bye.

You know, this whole thing is gonna break wide open.

I can feel it.

All right. Now what's going down with that broad?

Will you stop worrying?

I'm meeting her tonight, right here.

She's due any minute.

Well, close it out!

And I don't care what it takes.

Do you get my meaning?

It's done, Sam. I told you not to worry.

It's not funny anymore, hunter.

It's charlene.

Charlene. I haven't talked to you in years.

How have you been?

I got to talk to you, Dee Dee.

It's about the case you're working on... Zack sherman.

What about it?

Not on the phone.

Well, where are you?

I'll meet you at the cradle. It's...

Yeah, I know where that club is.

When do you want to meet?

Let's say, uh, about an hour and a half... 1:30.

But don't go inside.

Stay in the car.

I'll find you.

Charlene, look, can't you tell me a little...

Charlene: Ted?

You in here?

Ted?

You alone?

Uh... yeah.

Good.

Did you bring it with you?

No.

I'm calling off the deal.

What the hell you talking about?

I mean, uh...

Just forget it.

I don't want any money.

Tell miss b not to worry.

I'm cutting out.

Not until you give me the merchandise, you're not.

I haven't got it. It was a scam.

You don't understand.

It doesn't work that way.

You got a buyer here.

I haven't got it.

I never had it.

Ok.

Ok.

Who does have it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Yes?

Wendy?

Dee Dee?

Yeah.

I don't believe it! I haven't seen you in... 10 years!

I know. 10 long years.

So I heard you joined the police force or something.

Is that why you're here?

Yeah. May I come in?

So, is, uh... this an official visit?

It is in a way, yeah.

I'm afraid charlene is missing.

Yeah? Hmm.

You mean someone cares where she is?

She's probably hiding.

Why? Is there a warrant for her arrest?

Wendy, I think that charlene might be in some trouble here.

Look, she called me last night.

She sounded very upset. She sounded scared.

She asked me to meet her, I waited for her,

and she never showed up.

Well, I'm sorry if I can't get worked up about it.

I washed my hands of her years ago.

I'm real sorry to hear that.

Do you have an address or phone number on her?

Yeah, yeah. She wrote me a letter about 3 months ago.

I have it around here somewhere.

I never answered it.

You know, Wendy,

no matter what may have happened between you and charlene,

she is still your sister.

Oh, yeah. She reminded me of that

every time she hit me up for another loan.

Look, um, I got an appointment in an hour,

and I've got to get ready for it, all right?

This is where she lived 3 months ago.

Thanks.

Looks like somebody broke it open.

Hey, hey, hey, come on now.

That's against the law.

I'm impounding it as evidence.

That's low.

Nobody's home.

Well, I don't want to leave this mail

back out there in that busted mailbox.

Well, leave it with the manager.

I think I ought to leave it inside,

make sure she gets it.

So what are you going to do now, pick the lock?

I won't enter.

I'll just open the door and drop the mail in.

I had a big breakfast. My timing's off.

Give me a break.

Here we go.

Now we know she's in trouble.

This charlene?

Yeah.

We might need this.

Oh, no.

Aw, geez.

Don't move.

Police.

You're cops.

Oh, man, thank god.

You happy about that?

If you were looking down the barrel of a Cannon,

who would you like to find out was on the other side?

Ok, move over here. Spread 'em.

Hey, man, I'm clean. I ain't carrying. I ain't holding.

Yeah?

Well, you're holding a lock pick for starters.

Lock pick? It's a nail file.

Well, that's for you, then.

Why did you break in?

Charlene's a friend of mine.

I ain't seen her in 4 or 5 days.

I thought maybe something happened to her.

Got some I.D.?

Yeah.

Scott Raymond Davis?

You can call me scooter.

Everybody calls me scooter.

Where do you know charlene from?

I'm a musician. She's a singer.

We got mutual friends in common.

Zack sherman be one of them?

No, but I know who he is.

You guys figure out what happened to him yet?

You date, uh... Charlene, do you?

Sometimes. She's a free soul. So am I.

Hunter: So what happened here, scooter?

A drug addict get caught short?

No, charlene ain't into dope or anything like that.

I could check around, ask some questions...

See what I could shake loose.

Yeah, you do that.

You can find me here or at the cradle.

It's a rock club.

Well, it was real nice meeting you.

Could I have my nail file back, please?

Thank you.

What planet do you think...

I don't know.

L-56, request any wants or warrants

on a late model BMW, California license plate...

Lawrence, Peter, Charles, 0-9-8.

Dispatcher: Roger, l-56.

Well, he spotted us. That tells us something.

I just got a little bit too close to him.

Dispatcher: L-56, I have no wants or warrants.

Vehicle is registered to a Zachary sherman,

1404 sumpter, Baldwin hills.

Your friend scooter the space man

stiffed us on this number.

It doesn't surprise me.

What have we got here, sergeant?

Charlene's mail. I thought you were gonna leave it at the apartment?

I forgot.

You didn't forget. This is a federal rap.

I don't want to have anything to do with this.

It's evidence.

Besides, there's nothing there except for junk mail and ads.

Give it to me.

There is one thing, however.

A phone bill.

8 toll calls to the same number.

Want to check it out?

Yeah.

I don't want any. Ok?

Jed wilcox?

We're with the police.

We'd like to talk with you about charlene lindquist.

What about her?

Well, she called you a couple times last week. What about?

Drugs.

You saying she's a drug user?

Uses drugs? She's a speed freak.

She'll joy pop, freebase, speedball. You name it.

I told her I haven't got any connections.

I'm out of the drug scene.

We talking about the same person here?

This girl's a singer.

Once, maybe.

Now she's your all-purpose junkie.

What do you do for a living?

I'm in the music business.

You know scooter Davis?

Yeah. Why?

Where can we find him?

I don't know.

You tried the cradle?

You mind if we go inside and talk?

Damn right, I mind.

I got a lady in there.

Probably someone we should talk to.

Not unless you got a search warrant.

Well, I think we got time to get one of those.

Why don't you wait here with him? Excuse me.

Ok.

Ok, huh?

Come on in, officers.

Who was that?

Don't you think it's time you hard-noses read me my rights?

There will be time enough for that.

Charlene lindquist.

She's beautiful.

Think she's in here?

I hope not.

Let's take a look right here.

Nope.

That's not it.

Let's check next door.

Captain: A singer?

You want time and money to go undercover as a singer?

That's right.

Look, captain, I've done it before,

and I can pull it off.

I had a band when I was in school.

I've always kept up with music. I can do it.

But this, uh, cradle place...

That's a little over your head, isn't it?

They give unknowns a shot on weeknights.

Now, I know that if I can last a night or two

that I can get the information we need.

How dangerous is it?

Well, I don't sing all that bad.

You were just on TV the other night

talking about Zack sherman.

A lot of people saw you, McCall.

I know that, but it was only for a couple of minutes,

and it was on the late night news.

Captain, this is no more dangerous

than covering a homicide suspect.

You've also got two people both missing,

with close connections to this...

Cradle joint and Zack sherman.

Isn't he connected to it somehow?

Yes, that's right, but that's exactly why

I think I ought to spend a little time at the club.

Hunter know about this?

Yeah. He doesn't think I ought to do it.

It's because one of the missing persons

is a musician whose name is scooter Davis,

and he got a real good look at me and he knows I'm a cop.

But the odds of a missing person showing up at that club

on the same night i'm there are very slim.

And besides,

the other missing person is a girl whose name is charlene lindquist.

We practically grew up together.

Captain, I really want to do this.

How much is it gonna cost?

Very little. I have friends that are professional musicians.

They owe me a favor or two.

I'll put together a couple of songs.

We give it to this guy named sooky at the cradle,

and if he likes it, we're in.

Ok. Do it.

Thanks.

I can't say I'm unhappy we didn't find her.

Me either.

Hey, where's the little fox?

She's in your field now, Carlos... music.

McCall, on recording: ♪ all night ♪

♪ I'm taking care of my family ♪

♪ I'll be all I can be ♪

♪ and when my work comes again ♪

♪ I ain't the bad one's friend ♪

♪ no, I'm a ghost ♪

♪ I say ♪

♪ and a lady am I ♪

♪ well I'm Joe by day ♪

♪ and me at night ♪

Tsk.

How come I never seen you before?

Just been traveling around a lot,

just came down from Seattle.

So you can go anytime, huh?

Yeah.

Ok. Be here like early.

8:30, 9:00? Like that there.

Great. Thanks.

Dispatcher: L-56? L-56, come in.

L-56.

Hunter, do you want to be patched through to Carlos?

He says it's important.

Yeah. Patch him through.

Carlos: Hunter, a d.B. Just came in.

And I'm afraid it's your friend.

But you want to check it out for yourself, right?

You know me oh too well, Carlos.

I'm on my way. Thank you so much.

And now, for the first time at the cradle...

The hot mach 10! Let's hear it!

Get up! Let's go!

♪ Drivin' too fast ♪

♪ bouncin' through the mud ♪

Is that her?

Yeah, that's her.

Thank you.

Miss Gina b, Mr. Sam pruitt.

You're really, really good.

You got no fear, and that's half the battle.

Sit down. Stay a while.

Thanks a lot.

Yeah, it was beautiful. Just wonderful.

Thanks a lot.

Miss b, I love you. I think you're great.

Well, thank you. Thank you very much.

I like your work, too. Listen, you gonna get up and do a number?

Aw, not tonight, babe.

Sooky: And the cradle keeps on rocking with...

Dead ducks! Let's hear it!

Excuse me for a second, baby.

Why don't you ask him to come over?

Yeah. Ok. Ok.

Listen, I'm gonna go join my band at the bar, ok?

Oh, why don't you stay?

I want you to meet this guy, jed wilcox.

I think he'd like you.

Uh, how about if I I come back again later,

take a rain check?

All right, the next time.

So take care.

You, too.

So what happened to the young lady?

Oh, she wanted to be with her friends.

Jed. You here on business or pleasure?

With you, it's always a pleasure.

What's her name?

Mach 10.

Listen, I... I think I blew my chords out on that last set.

I don't think I can do another one.

All right, listen. Your guys are having a drink at the bar.

You go up, you have a shot of booze,

you'll be as good as new.

Hey! You did fine.

He burned me. Let's go.

So tell me, where did Carlos say they found charlene?

They found her in a run-down motel

with a syringe laying next to her.

Oh. Hey.

I don't buy that charlene called wilcox for drugs.

I just don't buy that.

Well, I don't, either.

She was also beaten up pretty badly..

Might have been an overdose. Who knows? I don't think so.

I believe she was murdered. But now, tonight,

well, we find out that wilcox is tied in with Zack sherman.

Well, let's go tell her sister.

I don't want Wendy finding out about it on TV.

You think she cares?

I know there's somebody in there. I heard them.

Miss lindquist?

Police!

Yaa!

Check Wendy.

Hunter: Do you have any idea at all what they were looking for?

No.

No. I asked them what they thought I had

that was so important.

They just started to tear the place apart.

This has something to do with charlene, doesn't it?

Answer me, Dee Dee! It's charlene, isn't it?

Charlene's dead.

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god, no!

Pruitt: Big tall cop with a woman partner?

All right, get lost. Call your travel agent and take a trip.

I don't want to see you for at least a month.

Sorry we came up empty, Mr. Pruitt.

Yeah, forget it. Work on your tan.

I'm going to Canada.

Yeah, whatever. Just don't send me no postcards.

Sam, I'm really scared.

First they're telling us all these crazy stories

about undercover cops, and now this... whatever this is about.

Look, take it easy, baby.

Everything is under control.

But the police know about scooter, too.

They asked jed wilcox about him.

We will find scooter, baby.

Now, put this in my hands. Let me take care of it, all right?

I should have never called on you for help.

I should have just turned myself in.

Now forget that.

There was a time when you could've done that,

but that time is gone.

Yeah?

Ok. Move!

Hey, and, uh, jed...

Thanks.

He's found scooter.

Scooter.

Hey, jed. What are you doing here?

What's the matter with you? You're nervous.

You snuck up on me. I didn't hear you coming.

I'm just sitting here waiting for somebody.

Yeah. The guy you're waiting for... he called me.

Why?

'Cause I paid him to find you and to call me

'cause you and me... we got some business to transact.

Hey, man, I don't have nothing that you want.

But you do. You got the videotape.

Tape?

The tape.

The one charlene tried to sell me.

I don't know anything about any tape, man.

You got it from Zack's apartment, and you gave it to charlene,

but charlene got rid of it.

That means you got it.

Now where is it?

I don't know. I swear.

You are gonna give it to me straight, little man,

or I am gonna blow you away right here.

I was never gonna use it.

I wouldn't try to blackmail miss b.

Neither would charlene.

We were very high

the night I let her look at the tape.

And we talked big for a while. Too big.

Charlene, she threw that tape away.

Well, my boss is not gonna buy it, scooter.

He says I got to clean things up right now.

Now let's go get it.

Move.

Freeze, wilcox! Police!

Well, now we gotta find out who hired wilcox, and why?

Yeah, I think the answer's still back at that club, the cradle.

The cradle, huh? Yeah.

You don't think wilcox told him you're a cop, do you?

They won't be surprised when I flash my badge.

Yeah. Or whatever you might flash.

Yes, whatever I might flash.

You have the dirtiest mind of anyone I've ever known.

- Yeah. That's true. - It is true.

You're giving him too much space.

You forgetting they're cops? Any closer, and they'll spot us, man.

You are not welcome here. Out!

I want you out!

Look, you lied to me.

And you made a damn fool out of me,

and I want you out of here.

As soon as we're finished, we'll leave.

State your business.

We'd like to talk...

Not you. I'm not talking to you.

State your business.

Jed wilcox. He came in last night, met with a guy.

Who was that?

His name's Sam pruitt,

and he's financing miss b's comeback album. Why?

Ring a bell?

Yeah. Before he got in the music business,

he was in the drug business.

Anything else?

Yeah. You know scooter Davis?

Yeah. So?

Well, jed wilcox murdered him yesterday.

He also murdered charlene lindquist.

Why? Why would anyone do that?

That's what we're trying to find out.

It doesn't make any sense.

I mean, they were just two sweet losers, you know?

What can I do? How can I help?

Wilcox was looking for something.

He thought that maybe scooter or charlene had it.

Like what?

Well, we don't know.

Could it be something small,

like a paperback book?

Could be anything. Why do you ask?

Because when scooter had no place to live,

which was most of the time,

he always had his mail forwarded to me.

I've been getting stuff for the last couple of days.

Mostly just junk mail.

But there's one package

the size of a paperback book.

Could we see it?

Yeah, sure.

Hey, mack. The package for scooter.

Thank you.

It's made out to you, sooky. You mind if we open it?

Go for it.

You got a VCR?

No. Sorry.

I got one in my house.

Let's go look at this.

Thank you.

Yeah.

He's got the cassette.

They've got it and we're on 'em.

Get in here.

You got all the lights on.

Expecting somebody?

No. Just want to see you.

Here. Give me that.

Ha ha ha!

You took my coat off,

now come here.

I like that.

I think we're watching an x-rated movie.

Recognize the stars?

Yeah. Zack sherman and miss b.

Oh.

Well, I can't watch that.

This is too strange for me.

I'll watch. Make some popcorn.

You are so sick.

Evidence. Got to watch it.

I'll give you a blow-by-blow description.

Miss b: Ow! Stop! What are you doing?

Shut up! You love it and you know it!

Oh, no. Please, stop!

You always liked it.

What are you doing?

You miss it, don't you?

Stop!

Got tried of sleeping with Sam pruitt, huh?

You remember how it was

when Zack was your main man, right?

Aah!

Zack: Aah!

Hello. This is Gina b.

Let me speak to Sam... Sam pruitt.

What's that?

What?

That noise.

McCall: One of your men is dead!

Want to try for two?

Sollie must have got hunter. Let's get her.

I got a better idea, lady cop.

You throw out your gun.

No deal!

Freeze! Police!

Don't shoot.

Put the gun on the floor.

Very easy. Put your hands behind your head.

Call an ambulance and some back-up.

You have the right to remain silent.

My lawyer's name is Jake rich. He's in the phone book.

I'm sure he is.

Nah. I don't like this.

I don't like this one bit.

We've got to find Zack sherman's body.

Why, Charlie? Look, pruitt is guilty of murder one.

We know that. The district attorney's

not the least bit worried about his case.

He says it's airtight.

But what about her?

This, uh...

Miss b.

No body, no case.

She is going to escape free.

Now why do I get the feeling you two don't care if she gets off?

Captain, this woman was abused for 10 years by Zack sherman.

If she did kill him,

the tape makes it clear she did it in self-defense.

So she walks?

Charlie, look, where are we gonna find a jury

that's gonna convict her of murder

without a corpus delicti?

And you two have no idea where Zack sherman's body is?

We'll look for him on the way home.