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You have some comp time coming. Take it.

Go. Go fishing. Go.

I don't even know your name.

John Dawson.

Nicki Raines.

Nicki, how are you?

Our luck will change.

I feel it.

I think it already has.

Ahh.

You're supposed to be fishing.

I am. Can I help it if I gaffed a big one?

Ha! I guess you did.

A hit has been put out on sergeant hunter.

Oh, come on. You don't believe that, do you?

On TV: The body was identified as Alvin Decker,

a convicted arsonist wanted in connection

with the fire that destroyed

the Wilshire district fashion warehouse at to the Max fashions.

Max craine, senior partner at to the Max,

is currently under grand jury investigation.

You promised me.

What?

You promised me last night when I left.

You said to me, "I'm gonna go home in 15 minutes,"

and that was 11 hours ago.

This Max craine thing is making you nuts.

No. You see, I will be nuts if, uh,

craine is not indicted.

Hunter, you have to get some rest.

You're not gonna do the grand jury any good

if you can't stand up on Monday.

The only thing that has to stand up on Monday

is my testimony.

Look, this is your partner talking, big guy.

You're always talking about how you want to go fishing.

You have some comp time coming.

Take it. Go. Go fishing. Go.

I don't want to go fishing.

Yes, you do. You're always telling me you do.

I have this fishing story for you.

I thought about this the other week. I was gonna tell you.

There are these 2 brothers,

and they both go fishing together all the time, right?

One of them... all he has to do

is basically look at the water, and the fish jump out.

I mean, he catches a fish

every time he throws the line in, right?

And the other one never catches a fish ever.

I mean, for years, he throws the line in,

never catches a fish.

The guy is very frustrated to say the least.

So one morning, he gets up really early, right?

And he gets all his brother's gear.

He gets the box with all the stuff in it,

and he get the line with the thing and the...

And he gets the boots up to here.

He gets all that stuff, and he tramps down to the water,

puts it all on, stands there, casts the line,

waiting. Nothing.

I mean, we're talking nothing, right?

For hours, he's out there doing this... no fish.

Guy gets really frustrated.

He's very depressed. He says, "forget it."

He packs all his stuff in,

he starts to walk back home,

and all of a sudden, he hears this, like,

flopping sound over his shoulder, right?

He turns around and looks in the water.

There's this big, major fish

sticking his head up out of the water.

And the fish looks at him and goes, "hey, man, where's your brother?"

Do you get it? "Where's your brother?"

I like that joke.

Come on. Let's go ask the captain for some downtime.

Come on.

You can go fishing.

You'll catch a big one.

Captain.

You look like hell. What, a truck run over you?

I've been finishing up a job, John, ok?

You have finished that job, hunter.

The rest is up to the grand jury.

With what little evidence we have on this fellow,

the grand jury will not indict him, ok.

Oh, come on, hunter.

The man had $2 million of inventory

delivered a week before his warehouse went up in flames.

His partner was last seen alive

on the night of the fire.

You spot craine talking to Alvin Decker...

Arsonist... who later turns up 3 feet under an oak tree.

Now with your testimony,

there's enough evidence there

to get an indictment against Mother Teresa.

I want you awake on Monday,

so go. Take a few days' rest.

He's actually ordering me to go fishing.

Very unusual.

It's not gonna happen again.

And do me a favor, stop in the print shop on your way out

and get yourself some new I.D.

I don't want to get any I.D.

Humor me, hunter, will you?

I don't want you leaving a paper trail

that says "sergeant Rick hunter slept here."

Go before he changes his mind. Go.

Oh, yeah. Right... right between my shoulder blades.

Get out of here.

♪ Straight to the heart ♪

♪ you hit the target when your loving eyes took aim ♪

♪ right from the start ♪

♪ you lit the fire, then I fell into the flame ♪

♪ there I was, looking for no one ♪

♪ an island in the stream ♪

♪ there you were, just like a vision ♪

♪ sailing into my dreams ♪

♪ straight to the heart ♪

♪ you hit the target when your loving eyes took aim ♪

♪ right from the start ♪

♪ you lit the fire, and I fell into the flame ♪

♪ yesterday, we were 2 strangers ♪

♪ a million miles apart ♪

♪ now I'm lost, living without you ♪

♪ you're all I'm thinking of ♪

♪ they say that nothing will last forever ♪

♪ but I will remember ♪

♪ when we're far apart ♪

♪ straight to the heart ♪

Headed up to the lakes?

Up from L.A.?

Needed some fresh air, huh?

Yes. And some peace and quiet.

It's 7.75.

Wow.

We don't get ones in here like that very often.

Yeah.

Please sign this here, sir.

I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Dawson.

We had a tour bus come in with 32 people on it.

There were only supposed to be 22.

Somebody punched the wrong number on the computer.

But I had a reservation at this lodge.

We made arrangements for you to stay at the grandview lodge.

All the directions are right here.

They promised to make accommodations for you.

Just give... give them this.

Grandview, huh?

Ahh, I'm sorry, Ms. Raines.

We've had a problem here today.

We had a tour bus come in with 32 people on it.

Uh, 22 only were supposed to be...

Thank you.

Woman, whispering: He's cute. What do we say?

Second woman: I don't know. Oh, my gosh.

Hi, girls. Thanks for stopping.

Got a problem?

Arthritis of the fuel pump.

Well, what are you waiting for,

an engraved invitation?

Thanks.

His name's Kyle. He's really a rad mechanic.

You want his number?

Yeah. Where is he located?

In viewmont.

Well, that's where we live.

Hey, it's only 8 miles from the grandview lodge,

and, uh, every night's a party night.

Ok. I'll take the number,

and, uh, give me yours, too, will you?

His is 74810,

and mine's 74626.

626, got it.

Kelly's my name, and this is my sister Chrissy.

Kelly and Chrissy.

She's shy.

Hee!

She thinks you're really cute.

Really?

How do you know that?

I can read her mind.

What's she thinking about right now?

Ha ha ha ha!

If I told you, she'd die.

Kelly, Chrissy...

Thanks very much for the ride. I appreciate it.

Hey, don't forget to call Kyle.

If anyone can fix your car, he can.

He's your brother, right?

How'd you know that?

I read Chrissy's mind.

Ha ha ha.

Just one for dinner?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

I owe you an apology.

How's that?

I saw you at the other lodge,

and when I passed you,

I knew you were trying to get here.

You see, I've been going through a divorce,

and all I wanted was some fresh air

and some solitary confinement.

You will accept my apology, won't you?

Well, I'll excuse you if you excuse me

for what I've been thinking about you, yes.

Thank you. Good night.

May I sit down with you?

Certainly.

I feel kind of like an idiot

sitting at that table alone,

and I don't really want to be hit on today.

Well, good. We can sit alone together.

I'll have cold cereal and hot coffee.

Mmm, try the wild mountain berries. They're delicious.

With wild mountain berries on it.

So, what are you doing here, just r&R?

A lot of r&R.

Hope your problems are smaller than mine.

Well, I don't have any problems per se,

I'm just trying to get away.

I'm in the construction business.

I'm in the housewife business.

At least I was till 6 months ago.

You could've fooled me.

You look like an actress or a model.

Well, I was a model once,

and then I got married.

You married?

Close a couple times, but, uh, no cigar.

Wish I could say that.

The guy started cheating on me the very first year.

Then when I finally got fed up,

he gets joint custody of our daughter.

Please forgive me for rambling on like this.

It won't happen again.

No problem. You wanna talk, go ahead.

No, mm-mmm. That's it.

I don't even know your name.

Mm, I'm sorry.

John Dawson.

Nicki Raines.

Nicki, how are you?

You, uh, ever do any fishing?

Are you sure you're not a cop?

A private eye hired by my no-good ex-husband?

Do I look like a cop?

Yeah, you do.

And besides, what are the chances

of me running into a man all by himself

in an out-of-the-way place like this

who looks like you?

Well, now I could say the same about you, now couldn't I?

Ok. Heh.

I'm gonna stop examining it and just go with it.

Eh, I lost him.

Aww, our luck will change.

I think it already has.

So are you a... a successful contractor

or just an overworked one?

I'm on the successful side.

That's why you rented this weird little boat

instead of one of those big, flashy inboards?

I'm a thrifty successful contractor.

Somehow you look much more interesting than that.

I want to know why these fish are ignoring us.

I'm going to go find out.

Oh.

I know the answer.

Uhh, uhh.

There aren't any fish down there.

It's too cold.

Oh.

Well, we did the best we could at this spot.

Oh.

In the meantime,

I'll do everything I can to warm you up.

I can't believe this.

Is this the same woman who told you yesterday

that she was looking for solitary confinement?

Yeah, the same woman, different outlook.

Full of surprises.

You or me?

Life.

You know, being a successful but thrifty contractor,

I think we ought to consolidate our living quarters.

Or am I jumping to conclusions?

You're jumping to conclusions.

But I was hoping you would.

I don't really want to face

all the smirks and raised eyebrows back at the lodge,

so why don't we just find us a new lake?

Start over.

I like this place.

Makes me feel like los Angeles is 5,000 miles away.

Los Angeles, where's that?

It's in another world.

It's getting late.

For what?

Dinner.

Well, you wanna have dinner?

I don't feel like having dinner.

I don't feel like having dinner, either.

Let's stay here.

We'll have something here.

Let's go inside and talk about it for a long time.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

♪ Straight to the heart ♪

♪ you hit the target when your loving eyes took aim ♪

♪ right from the start ♪

♪ you lit the fire, and I fell into the flame ♪

♪ there I was, looking for no one ♪

♪ an island in the stream ♪

♪ there you were, just like a vision ♪

♪ sailing into my dreams ♪

♪ they say that love can last forever ♪

♪ but I will remember ♪

♪ when we're far apart ♪

What are you doing sitting here in the back, sporty?

They took care of that sort of thing about 30 years ago.

McCall, I do not want you to say anything funny

because if I start to laugh, I will cry.

That bad, huh?

It's worse than that,

which is the reason for the low-rent manner of our meeting.

Uh, where is, uh, my dear friend sergeant hunter?

Probably at home. Why do you ask?

Oh, he is not at home.

I've been trying to get him all day. Now where is he?

Why this sudden interest in where my partner is?

Uh, McCall, I have some high level,

quid pro quo information

concerning our dear and mutual friend,

assuming of course he is still alive and well.

What are you talking about?

Look, I'm gonna give you...

I say give you some vital information.

In return, you will take

a certain lowlife scum ball off the street.

His name is Marco gazette,

and he's giving street business a bad name.

What's he doing?

He's doing drugs.

Now I know that's not your domain or your responsibility,

but you can get the job done

because this guy's not only using juveniles, McCall,

he is using little children.

One of them wasn't 8 years old...

Selling his crack.

I want him off the streets.

He is cooking his rock at this address.

You know, sporty, I always knew

there had to be some reason why I liked you.

You like me because I'm my own man.

I am an autonomous individual. I have soul.

Well, I wouldn't go that far.

But I would.

Uh-huh.

So, what's this information

I'm getting free of charge?

I have been informed and have reason to believe

that a hit has been put out on sergeant hunter.

Wait a minute.

I hear stuff like that all the time.

Where'd you pick up this rumor?

Uh, hey, sergeant, I do not...

I repeat... I do not deal in rumor,

but if I gave you my source,

then the well would dry up forever.

And I don't deal in fiction, either.

Look, all I want is the quid pro quo.

Marco off the street.

Not to mention the fact

that I have become sort of fond of sergeant hunter,

and I want him around for a little while longer.

Well, can't you give me a little more background here?

Can't you give me a little detail?

McCall, would I risk my reputation

on some will-o'-the-wisp rumor?

Credibility is my basic asset.

Not to mention the natural and enormous gift

with which I was born.

But just as what you see is what you get,

what you heard is all I got.

Well, you know, sporty, just between you and me,

this could make some sense.

Thanks. I'll see ya.

Nicki.

Morning.

Nicki.

Hello.

Nicki: Max, it's me.

Right on time.

How's it going?

Just the way you wrote the script.

Then you're gonna get it done today, right?

It'll be done.

I gotta confess, baby,

I wasn't too sure of this deal.

I feel better now.

I love you.

I love you, too.

What time is it?

Time for coffee and breakfast, among other things.

Do you always get up at 7:00?

Oh, I had to call my daughter Danielle.

Danielle?

My daughter. She leaves for school at 7:30.

Ah. I didn't hear ya.

Well, I used the phone outside.

I didn't wanna wake you,

not while I wasn't in bed.

Yeah.

Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt you,

but, uh, the clerk at the front

wouldn't answer my questions.

What can I do for you?

I'm looking for a man whose name is John Dawson.

The people over at tanno lakes lodge

say they sent him over here.

He's a big guy. He's about 6'6".

Oh, him.

Then he is here?

Well, no.

He checked out.

When?

Well, the next afternoon.

He and that young lady, they, uh,

they just checked out.

What young lady?

Mmm. Real beauty.

Baines, Raines... That's it. Raines.

They drove off together.

God knows where.

Were they in his car or hers?

They only had one car.

Uh, red Ferrari roadster.

Thank you.

How do you do that?

I mean, how do you eat so much

and look so good?

Exercise.

Lots of exercise.

Speaking of which, you should eat more.

You need to keep up your strength.

Mr. Dawson.

Just tell me one thing.

That isn't your wife, is it?

No.

Dee Dee, uh, this is my good friend Nicki Raines.

Nicki, this is my secretary Dee Dee.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

You are a very difficult man to find.

Well, apparently not hard enough.

What brings you around?

We have a small problem

back at the office.

Would you mind if maybe we... we

discuss this by ourselves?

Oh, no. Of course not.

I'll be in the ladies room.

Thanks.

Now I know why you've been so hard to find.

You told me to have a good time and I am.

What's the deal?

You're supposed to be fishing.

I am. Can I help it if I gaffed a big one?

I guess you did.

I got some real interesting news

from sporty James.

Uh. What? Is he into politics now?

He says that someone's got

a contract out on you

and I believe him.

Oh, come on. You don't believe that, do you?

And besides, they'd have to find me now, aren't they?

Speaking of, who's your friend?

Well, like I told you,

her name is Nicki Raines.

She's recently divorced.

She has a daughter, Danielle, age 7.

She also has excellent taste in men.

Is that all you know about her?

Come on.

I mean, is that the face and the body

of a professional hit person?

Besides, I want you to check out the fingerprints

on that compact for me.

Now, there's the hunter I know and love,

suspicious, cynical, and paranoid.

Also, this morning at 7:00,

she made a phone call across from our bungalow

from that number.

Run it for us.

You suspect her,

why don't you lose her?

Well, I don't suspect her yet.

I mean, at least I don't want to.

Think what I'd be missing.

I'd rather not.

We're gonna be eating at the angler restaurant tonight at 6:00.

Hi. Hello.

Well, I think that about covers it.

See if you can get along without me

for the next couple of days, if you will.

I promise we'll try.

It was nice to meet you.

Oh, nice meeting you.

Bye-bye.

She seems very nice.

Not really.

But then again, she's quite efficient as you can see.

Oh, by the way, when I was in the ladies room,

I couldn't find my little gold compact.

Did you happen to see it?

No.

I must have left it in the room.

I thought for sure it was in my purse.

What do you need make up for?

Nicki!

Come on. Those fish aren't gonna wait.

I'll be right down.

Hold on.

He's on the phone.

Look... look, don't hand me that.

Well, I don't care what wyler said.

Look, I was running divisions

when wyler was still playing politics at the police academy.

Yeah, well...

Do it my way.

What can I do for you?

I have to get back to the mountains.

Why?

The woman that hunter is with,

I ran her prints.

She gave him a fake name.

Her real name is rena Farrell

and she works as a professional model.

A model with a professional name?

That's not unusual, is it?

I know that, but she also lied to him about the fact

that she said she had a child and an ex-husband.

She doesn't have either one.

She made a call at 7:00 exactly this morning

from that number... Was a phone booth.

She called another phone booth in Wilshire park.

She said she was calling her daughter,

the one that she doesn't have.

I also got that out of her apartment.

Her apartment?

I got a warrant.

On what grounds?

Exaggerated facts.

Look at the label, captain.

"To the Max designs."

That's Max craine's business.

You got it.

You have any way you can call hunter?

No, but he said he was gonna be

at a place called the angler at about 6:00 tonight.

How long did it take you to get back from there?

2 hours.

You go code 3, make it 90 minutes.

Go. Go.

Hello.

It's me.

You're 17 minutes late.

I did the best I could.

I can't control every move he makes.

Listen, we've got problems.

Hunter's partner showed up

and she can identify me.

We'll take care of that later.

How, Max?

The way we're taking care of this?

Chill out, rena.

We'll handle it.

I mean, if we have to, we'll get you out of the country.

I am not gonna spend the rest of my life

on some dirt farm in Mexico.

You'd rather spend it in prison

or... or the gas chamber?

Do I have to remind you that they found Alvin Decker's body?

Do I have to remind you who shot him?

Oh, come on, Max. This is a cop we're talking about.

It's the cop.

It's the one guy in the whole world

who can put us away for life.

It's the one guy who can put us and Decker together.

Without him, baby, their whole case falls apart.

You and I walk away with everything.

No, there's got to be another way.

Another way?

Like what, for god's sake?

I don't know, Max.

Your neck is in the noose, too, rena.

Now, are you gonna do this thing or not?

Don't worry, Max. I'll take care of it.

I promise I will.

I'll handle it.

Ok. That's better.

I gotta go now.

I'll talk to you later.

Yeah.

Max: Karl?

Who's calling?

My name's Max craine,

a friend of Johnny figurillo's.

Uh, got some business I wanna throw your way.

I don't discuss business over the phone.

Sure. I understand, um...

How about if we meet?

Johnny figurillo gave you this number?

Yeah.

What does Johnny figurillo look like?

We both know what Johnny looks like. He's...

He's, uh, built like a tank,

uh, 250 pounds, uh, 5'11".

He's... he's got a scorpion tattooed on his left hand.

And what do you look like, Mr. Craine?

Me. I'm, uh, 6 feet, 165 pounds, blonde hair, blue eyes.

Before we meet i'm checking you out with Johnny.

The description better match.

Call me tomorrow.

Hey, hold on.

Um, you don't understand.

I need some work done right now.

I'm talking urgent.

Urgent costs more, Mr. Craine.

I don't care.

We have to meet now.

You know the baseball diamond in Montgomery park?

Leave now.

If I don't show up, that means you didn't check out.

You're not eating.

Oh, I think I just got a little bit too much sun today.

That's not it.

I have a bit of a personal problem.

Is it anything I can help you with?

I haven't been completely honest with you.

How's that?

Mr. Dawson?

Yeah.

Telephone for you, sir.

Thank you.

Hold that thought.

Be right back.

Thank you.

Hello.

Hunter, is your little friend still with you?

Yeah, why?

Her real name is rena Farrell.

I've connected her to Max craine.

Hunter, she's the one that's been sent to kill you.

Are you... are you there?

I gotta go, McCall.

Nicki!

I need your keys. Police.

Hey, like hell.

Hey! Hey! It's a new truck.

I'll be careful.

Hey!

Get away from me! No!

Stop it!

Leave me alone.

I want you to tell me why Max craine

sent you to kill me.

I couldn't do it.

I had a gun and I had the chance,

but I couldn't do it.

But why you? Why'd he send you?

I killed Alvin Decker.

He killed Max's partner

and he was squeezing Max for money.

And I came in and they were fighting

and I picked up Decker's gun

and I shot him.

But you couldn't shoot me.

Come on.

Come on.

Easy. Easy.

Relax. Come on.

You know who that guy is up there?

Yeah, well, I do.

That's the guy craine sent to finish the job.

Now, stay here. He probably thinks he got you.

He's got a rifle and all I got is this.

You gonna be all right?

You're gonna be ok.

Are you lookin' for that cop

that was up here a while ago?

Yeah. I'm with him. Where'd he go?

Hey, the stupid jerk stole my truck.

I'm gonna take that thief to court.

Where did he go?

Ah, he left here west on 54

after some chick in a Ferrari.

Thanks.

You'll get your truck back.

Hey, well I better or me and Ernest

gonna kick some butt.

Nicki: Help.

Help.

Help me.

There's a man up on the hill.

He shot at us.

Your friend went after him.

You gonna be all right?

If I leave you here, you gonna be ok?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, look, don't move. Stay right here.

We'll come back for you.

Hunter: Hold it.

Jeez.

I found Nicki.

She's hurt pretty bad.

This guy's dead.

Rena.

Rick.

I liked it better when you called me Nicki.

How you feelin'?

Ohh.

I'm ok.

I'm better on the outside.

Yeah, the shoulder's healing pretty well.

Good for you.

I hope this isn't an official visit.

Max craine was sentenced to 134 years today.

Of course he'll be out on good behavior

in the year, uh, 2053.

I also wanna say thank you for not shooting me

and for telling the truth.

That's all I had left.

You're being transferred up to pleasantville.

Doing your 27 months up there will be like...

Walking through a country club.

I also came by to say good-bye.

You may not believe this,

but the time we spent together,

that was when I was being totally honest.

Telling the whole truth.

The rest of it was a nightmare

and a lie.

You'll be all right.

Good-bye.