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Previously on hunter.

-Call me mirov.

I'd like us to be on a first name basis.

-Ok, mirov.

-Nobody moves, nobody dies!

Open it.

I'll take that.

-You idiot!

What the hell do you think you're doing?

I'm a cop!

-Join the club, so are we.

Metro!

-You ought to learn how to drive, pal.

-What's your problem?

-You.

You're my problem.

Why do you always side with them?

-Them?

As in the proverbial them?

Or are we talking about a particular them, as in hunter.

-In this particular case it's hunter.

-Petra Alexandre?

-Yes?

-I'm Nikolai janosch.

-Oh, god.

-Do you have any idea who did this?

-No I don't.

Not yet, but we will.

Did you know your brother carried gun?

-And his personal effects.

-They had been impounded, except for the wallet that

was stolen the day he was killed.

-Let's go inside.

-Still like you eggs scrambled in the morning.

-Mironoff was bringing large sums of money

into this country illegally, his money.

Need to know who is connection was.

-Brancus.

Illia brancus.

-Illia brancus?

-Drop the gun, brancus, police.

-You have no idea where Leroy baines is?

-Didn't you hear her?

He's out.

-No!

No!

No!

No!

And now, part two of hunter.

-If Sancho had a partner he could've counted on,

maybe he'd still be alive.

-I warned him about her.

I knew she get him killed someday.

-I'm so glad you're here.

-We should never had let her into Metro.

-You won't catch me with a woman partner.

-What kind of partner is that?

A lousy one.

She wasn't there when he needed her.

-It wasn't my fault Michael died.

-He fell in love with you.

That's what got him killed.

-That's a lie!

Ask Conner, he knows.

He knows the truth.

Ask him!

Telling them the truth.

Tell them I didn't do anything wrong.

Tell them what happened.

Tell them I didn't do anything wrong.

-You know as well as I do what you did.

You let your partner down.

You got him killed.

-No.

No, that's not true.

You know that's not true!

Why are you doing this to me?

Why?

-Hey, it's another hot day in la.

Highs in the 90s and talk about that smog.

So if you like breathing that junk,

rise and shine, because it's your kind of day.

-Well, whoever killed saccio and the pinder woman's

pretty damn vicious.

This is no ordinary killer, Charlie.

-I hear hunter's got a hunch that somebody

trailing this case.

-He's inside.

Molenski?

I want you to give hunter everything you

and saccio had of the pinders.

-I briefed him myself, he's up to speed on things.

-Good.

I'm putting him in charge.

-You can't do that.

This is a Metro case.

-Hunter's right in the middle of it.

He's the best homicide cop we've got,

and besides, you need a little distance.

-You think I'm not on top of it?

-I think you need a few days off.

-I want this case, commander.

I won't be taken off.

-Joanne.

-You can't pull me back now!

-I've made my decision!

-But that's not fair.

-I don't want any arguments.

-Captain, he's got a lead on Nikolai janosch.

-1455 valley Avenue.

Starlight motel, room 218.

Where'd you get this?

-My guys ran illia brancus' phone messages.

It seemed he's been calling the starlight motel ever

since janosch checked out of his hotel.

I'm going to need molenski on this.

-I just gave her a little time off

and she can sort things out.

-Well with all due respect, commander,

she knows too much to sit around.

I... I'm going to need her.

It might her a lot of good.

-All right.

She's yours.

-Thank you.

You all right?

-Yeah.

Michael always said a gut feeling

was more accurate than straight instinct.

This time his instincts let him down.

You were right about this case from the beginning.

-It's just a hunch I played.

-I can't sleep nights.

This thing is tearing me apart.

I got to know who killed Michael.

You know the feeling, don't you?

Not knowing, wondering if you've done enough,

waiting for something, anything that makes sense of it.

All because some bastard decided to pull trigger.

And then Clayton asks me to, to give it up.

Like I'm not supposed to care.

-Michael saccio died here.

How can I let go of something like that?

-You don't have to.

You're working with me now.

-Did you speak to Clayton?

-Just got a lead on Nikolai janosch.

You go pick him up, I'll come along.

-You better believe it.

-Come on.

-Sargent, I have a 3 o'clock flight to Mexico City.

-Oh I know you do.

We're going to have to go over this again though.

-Whatever you say.

-Now when did you leave Romania?

-Two years ago.

-Two years ago.

Now your brother's been here five and half years.

He started investing in la real estate.

Started buying small office buildings,

apartments, retail shops.

Where did he get the money?

-My brother did not discuss his business dealings.

-Hi captain.

-How's he doing?

-Nothing.

-I never heard of this man.

-Well sure you have.

That's his passport.

You'll notice he's been making trips,

once a month to Mexico city for the last two years.

That's where you're from, isn't it?

Mexico City?

-I thought I left this kind of police harassment

behind me in Romania.

I may not be a citizen of your country

but I still have rights.

Pushed you off a building

with $400,000 of your money.

-I don't know what you're talking about.

If you think that I've done something illegal,

charge me with a crime.

I don't have to sit here listening to your threats.

-Honestly we're looking for a cop killer.

Let me see your hands.

-What?

-Let me see your hands.

You have strong hands.

-Hunter, can I see you a minute?

So what do you want to do with this guy?

-I'm gonna hold onto him as long as I can.

-Well we got nothing.

Further more, you're going to have

to kick him loose sooner of later.

-Yeah, I know that.

-I understand he's got a 3 o'clock flight to Mexico City.

-He sure does.

I don't see why he can't miss his flight though.

-You like this guy, huh?

-Yeah I like him a lot, but uh... nah, kick him loose

and see what happens.

-All right.

Process him out, have him tailed.

Well see if Mr. Janosch gets on the flight or not.

-Yes sir.

-I hope we're not making a mistake letting him loose.

I have an idea we're going to see this guy again.

Police have made

no arrests in the double slaying of police officer Michael

soccio, and 47-year-old housewife, Dorothy pinder.

-We never should left her alone.

Especially with that tall cop snooping around.

-What the hell are we supposed to do, smart guy?

Just run back there and blow him away.

We don't even know for sure if he killed him or not.

-He shot Leroy at the diner.

We saw him at the house, now ma is dead.

What does that tell you?

-It tells me you got a piston loose, buddy.

You kill a cop, you got the whole world on your butt.

-He that don't pay them back, that hurts his kin,

is no man at all.

-Well we'll worry about that later.

Right now I'm worried about him.

-Daddy?

-You ok?

-We were married for 27 years.

Dottie was the best wife a man could ask for.

The best mother two boys like you could want.

-We know that, pa.

But, we got to go on.

We still got each other.

-Well I suppose so.

There'll never be another like our Dottie.

I'd like to take a moment to say a prayer in her memory.

Dear Jesus, we've taken a terrible blow

and we ask for your mercy.

The mother of my children is dead

and we don't know what we'll do without her.

But we pray for your help in visiting death and destruction

upon those who ended her life.

Let us act as tools of your retribution,

and help us to kill those who took our Dottie from us.

In your name, amen.

Come on, son.

Let's go settle the score with some cops.

-Right.

Ok, yeah.

Thanks.

We appreciate the help.

The tail on janosch says he's, uh, taking off on that flight

to Mexico City.

The Mexican police are going to keep an eye on him.

-That's good.

-If janosch did kill Michael he's

going to have to go a lot farther than Mexico City

to hide.

-How you doing?

-Ok, I guess.

-How about dinner, on me?

-Thanks, but I can't.

I got to go pick up a birthday present for my father.

My family's throwing a party for him tonight.

-Well good, maybe that's the best thing

for you to be with your family.

-Yeah, maybe.

Hey, thanks anyway.

See you tomorrow.

-Hey, good news.

Our guy's found something at the pinder house.

An order form for Lyle pinder.

Seems he's been buying real estate development tapes.

-Weird hobby.

-Yeah.

I've got an address on him over at, uh, ventura county line.

I can check it out.

Come on.

I want to take care this now.

Damn.

Damn him.

Why did he have to go out there alone?

-He was just doing this job, joanne.

You said there was some place you wanted to go.

-It's stuffy in here.

Open up some windows.

-Somebody's been in here.

I'm positive.

-Yeah, it's probably that tall cop.

-I'm serious, pa.

-This boy's pilot light is out.

-Somebody's been in here.

I know they have.

-But you're following.

-No I did exactly as you said.

-You told the police about illia brancus, didn't you?

And that cost me $400,000!

Never lie to me again.

Tell me the truth!

And do what I say!

You will have nothing to be afraid of.

Can I trust you?

-Yes.

-My brother kept a great deal of money in safety deposit boxes

at different banks in Los Angeles.

I found the box keys at his apartment.

But the code names for the bank branches were in his wallet

when it was stolen.

-They you don't know which banks have the money.

-I will find out soon enough.

-When I do, I will need someone to forge my brother's name

on the signature cards at each of branches.

-Don't impersonate your brother.

-He used his first initial and his last name.

M. Janosch.

The banks won't care if the signature belongs

to a man or a woman, as long as it matches their copy.

You are good at retouching photographs,

can you fake a signature as well?

-I can try.

-Good.

That's all I ask.

-Hey, Charlie.

-Oh, hi commander.

I heard that you were looking for me?

-That's right.

Congratulations, you just made Metro, pal.

-When did the decision come down?

-About an hour ago.

You were hands down, number one choice.

When can you start?

-Couple of days, I guess.

-I need you there as of yesterday.

So wrap up your business in homicide as soon as you can.

-All right, I do what I can.

Has there been an announcement yet?

-I plan to release a statement later today.

-Do you think you could hold it off just a little?

I'd like to talk to hunter, I think

he should get this news from me first.

-Ok, but make it soon.

You're going to love the action in Metro, Charlie.

Let's meet tomorrow for an orientation.

-Great.

Thanks a lot, Tom.

-Pa, I'm telling you, someone's been in here.

-I'm tired of listening to this.

We got no food at the house.

Go to that store down on the main road and get something.

Give him some money, son.

-Why don't you ever call me son?

-Because you're a mistake me and your ma made.

Now shut up!

I want hamburgers for supper.

Make sure you don't forget the buns and pickles.

You better go with him so he don't screw up.

-I can handle it.

-You couldn't handle a broom.

Get out of here.

-Look, I, uh, I didn't mean to jump all over this morning.

Sorry about that.

-You don't have to apologize to me.

I understand how important soccio was to you.

-He was my best friend.

When I started at Metro, none of the other guys

wanted to work with me, being a woman and all.

And then along comes Michael soccio.

He helped me make a place for myself at Metro.

He was usually so busy shooting off his mouth people

didn't notice what a great guy he was.

-Two guys in the red truck.

-21 Charles.

Officer needs help.

Repeat, officer needs help.

Shots fired.

Highway 8, half a mile west of junction 15.

-We got a guy hiding behind the water tower with a shotgun.

-I heard about the pinders.

What happened?

-Nothing good.

Harlan pinder is dead.

He's the one we needed alive and these two boys got away.

-I don't know what it is, we can't

catch a break on this case.

-Commander.

Captain.

Ballistics say the slugs from soccio's and Dorothy

pinder's body came from a tokarev.

A weapon manufactured in czechoslovakia.

Members of the Romanian securitate

were known to carry it.

-Kind of a long way from the securitate to pinder's place,

isn't it?

-Well, not as long as you might think.

-Now the murders of the pinder house

sent us to a prime suspect, former member

of the Romanian securitate.

-He's a kgb trained assassin, suspected in the deaths

of over 300 Romanian dissidents.

He's had pilot training, he's a crack marksman,

and he's well versed in the martial arts.

He's also known to use torture as an interrogation tool.

-I think this is the guy that jumped

at mirov janosch's apartment, Charlie.

-Two years ago he disappeared from Romania.

A couple of weeks later his fingerprints

were found at the murder scene of a passport forger in Rome.

The gun used in the Rome killings

is the same one used on soccio and Mrs. Pinder.

-Where is he now?

-He's in la, looking for something.

-You got a name on this guy?

-His name's arno kudriescu, former third

in command of the Romanian securitate.

This is the only photo Interpol has on him.

-Now I had a sketch artist make some changes

in this photograph.

And this is what we came up with.

Nikolai janosch.

-Well, there are a couple of bad guys

we won't have to worry about anymore.

-How you doing, captain.

-Nice shooting.

-Thanks captain.

-Can I see you a minute, hunter?

-Yeah.

-Look I knows you're up to eyeballs in this case,

but there's something I think you ought

to hear from me before you hear from anyone else.

-Yeah, what's up?

-I'm leaving homicide.

I'm going to take a captain's slot in Metro.

It's something that I've been thinking about for quite

a while, and guess it's really just time for me

to make a change.

Believe me, it was a tough decision.

-Hey look, I guess you got to do what you got to do, Charlie.

-Well thanks, I appreciate that.

I got a meeting right now with Clayton,

so, uh, I'll talk to you before move out.

-Yeah.

-Everything all right?

-Yeah, everything's all right.

-Sergeant hunter.

Yes.

-This telex just came in from Mexico City police.

-Oh, brother.

Thanks very much.

-What is it?

-It seems that kudriescu never returned

to his place of residence.

They checked the flight and found it stopped in San Diego

to take on more passengers.

-Means he's still here?

-Yeah.

-The state department gave me everything they had on janosch.

Strictly sub-Russia.

-Now they know that he's brother's in Los Angeles,

right?

-No, but they said if they had, they

would have been able to possibly trace janosch's whereabouts

and give the information to certain of his friends.

His friends being england, France, Italy, Sweden.

They've all got warrants out for his arrests

under various names and identities.

-For what?

-Seems he's the prime suspect in several assassinations

over the past few years.

-A member of the British foreign service, killed in Afghanistan.

A Soviet scientist who defected in Paris four years ago.

A Swedish consulate smuggling dissonance out of Bulgaria.

The kgb called it janitor work.

Janosch was one their main cleanup men.

-Why hasn't anybody gone after him before?

-Well they have.

When he was in securitate he was untouchable.

-He's not in securitate anymore.

-Janosch saw the revolutionary Romania

coming years before it happened.

He used his power to loop bank accounts

and property of his victims.

Up until now he's been able to buy

his safety and his anonymity, but failing that,

he'll kill anyone who gets in his way.

So, keep that in mind.

-I will.

-Uh, one more thing.

How sure are you that janosch is in this country?

-99% sure.

-Good, because if it was 100% I'd have to notify the FBI

and I'd like to have this case a little

longer before they step in.

-Yes we would.

Thank you very much.

-That's it.

Only you have the power

to turn your life around.

You're the key to your future.

Only you can make it happen, and real estate

is the key to your financial future.

-What the hell are we gonna do?

-Finish what pa wanted done.

Come on.

-Dammit Lyle, how the hell are we going to do that?

Everything we have is back at that trailer,

and the cops have got that covered.

-Now come on, I bet you they ain't find everything.

What about the stuff that we got buried beneath the shed.

-There's no way we go back there.

-Now why not?

Huh?

The cops, they can't sit on it forever.

And what if they do?

We can take care of them.

That's for damn sure.

-I don't like it.

-Boy, you got to take risks if you

want to get anywhere in this world.

You are the key to your future, boy,

only you can make it happen.

-Um, she's not here.

If you're looking for Petra Alexander, she's gone.

-Well I'm sergeant hunter, LAPD.

This is officer molenski.

Whom may I ask are you?

-I'm etta Daniels.

I own this place.

Ms. Alexander called this morning,

said she wanted out of lease immediately.

She even left some of her stuff.

-You know where she went?

-No I don't.

Have no idea at all.

But you're welcome to look around.

Well look, I've got a very weak soprano section waiting for me

at the church, so if you just please lock up on your way out.

-Thanks very much, etta.

Huh, well, looks like she did take off in a hurry, didn't it?

-Ok, let's assume she's with janosch.

Next question.

What are they after?

-Well, I have an idea it has lot to do with the $400,000 that

flew off rooftop of illia brancus.

Which means, Nikolai janosch isn't

leaving Los Angeles until he collects.

-Yeah.

What where is it stashed?

-What'd I tell you man, not a cop in sight.

-Well let's go inside.

-Don't kill me.

I won't give you no trouble.

-Not if you want to stay alive.

-What do you want, man?

Just tell me what it is you want?

-The wallet.

-What?

Wallet?

-The wallet you stole from my brother

when you held up that diner.

-That's it?

You killed my brother for that?

-And your mother and the cop.

-You killed ma?

-Where is the wallet?

-Duane's back pocket.

-Get it.

-You got what you wanted?

Hey man, you don't have to kill me.

I've got something you want.

Tapes, man.

Real estate tapes.

Changed my life, man.

They'll change yours.

Here you go.

I got plenty more of 'em.

I'm a give him to you.

-Sergeant hunter.

-What do you got?

-Ballistics match the slugs in the pinder brothers

from the ones taken from soccio and Dorothy pinder.

The lab just got done with these.

Some of the ink rubbed off enough

to get an impression off the leather?

This is what janosch was after, some kind of code.

-Yeah.

Looks more like bank account numbers to me.

-Would you fill this out, please.

Give me the box numbers and sign your name at the bottom.

Thank you.

Right this way, please.

Are the other two as heavy?

-I believe so.

-Would you like someone to help you carry them to a booth?

-Yes.

-6-4-7, 2-2-5, 72-78.

-Yes, I'd like to talk to Ms. Hadley please.

Tell her sergeant hunter from the Los Angeles

police department on the line.

Yes, I will.

Thank you.

How you doing?

-They're checking branch numbers.

We might have a live one.

-Oh, good.

Yes, Ms. Hadley?

Yeah, this is sergeant hunter, LAPD.

I'd like to run some numbers by you

to see if they match any of your branch codes.

-Thanks very much, that's great.

A woman matching Petra Alexander's description

signed her name as m. Janosch at the security unified bank

in the valley.

She emptied two deposit boxes.

-Loaded with dough, no doubt.

-You like that, huh?

-Yeah, I do like that.

Ok, let's keep checking.

We don't know if this is the first bank

on the list they went to or the last.

Right.

-That's all of it.

Satisfied?

-When we get to Mexico City I will be.

-He hit all five banks?

-11 safety deposit boxes in less than two hours.

-We're going to have to grab him before he leaves the country.

-A man fitting janosch's description filed a flight plan

in Van nuys airport less than an hour ago.

-Hunter.

Nice work on that janosch case.

How much money was on the airplane?

-Yeah, thanks Charlie.

We got about $6 million out of it.

Figures there's another 12 wrapped up in la real estate.

-Ooh, janosch should have gone into business with pinder

instead of killing him.

Come in a second, here.

Can you excuse us a minute and just close that door for me.

-So you getting moved in, huh?

-Yep.

-How do you like it, Charlie?

-Like it just fine.

Sit down a second.

Listen, you know Tom bishop, don't you

-Tom bishop?

Yeah I heard of him.

-Well you know he just got bumped up to lieutenant.

-Yeah?

-Which means there's an open sergeant slot here at Metro.

I want you to take it.

-Now wait just a second.

-You got a problem making a move.

-No, no, I just never gave it much thought, that's all.

-Well, hunter, you've been in homicide a long time.

-And you think I need a change of venue, right?

-You know what Metro's like.

-I know, I've been there before, Charlie.

-Then you know that the action is here.

-Yeah, I sure do.

-So, you got a problem working for me again?

-No, look, you know that's not the case.

-Then take the job!

Come on!

We have talked about this a million times.

Things in life change.

Either we change with them, or we get passed by.

I need you.

-Molenski?

-Hey, how you doing, sargent?

-Well, I was about to ask you the same thing.

-Well I thought I'd be feeling a whole lot better than I do.

Still doesn't bring Michael back.

-These things take time, you know.

-By the way, uh, Michael and I were a whole lot more than,

uh...

-Listen, you don't have to explain to me one thing.

As far as I can tell, it never got in the way of your work

and that's what's important.

You're a damn good police officer, molenski.

-Thanks.

-I'll be seeing you around, you know?

-How's that?

-I'm being transferred to Metro.

-Well that's great.

As of when?

-As of right now.

-What platoon?

-C platoon.

You don't think you'll have any problems working with me,

do you?

-No.

Why, what you think we're going to have some kind of problem?

-Well, let me just say this.

Whenever we do work together, just understand one thing,

I'll be driving.

-Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

We do have a problem here.

Yeah, it's a big problem.

I think this should be negotiable.