Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1998–…): Season 1, Episode 14 - Code Name: Hot Chains - full transcript

The sister of a kidnap victim hires the H.E.A.T. team to investigate a possible white-slavery ring.

- Tonight on
"Acapulco H.E.A.T."...

- Aah!

Aah!

- Oh!
- Oh.

- Aah!

Aah!

♪ Oh, can you feel it

♪ Burning inside

♪ Yeah

♪ Making it hazy

♪ Making me crazy



♪ Deep in the darkest night

♪ I feel the motion

♪ Keep all my love alive

♪ Come to the ocean

♪ Out on the street

♪ I feel the heat

- Well, you could have
straightened up after closing.

- I had plans.

- Yeah, and I noticed
you haven't shared any.

- A real woman does not talk.

- She doesn't?
- No.

A real woman gives specifics
in living color.

- She does?
- Ooh.

- I'm telling you,
you mark these tags up



and you cut 'em in half,

and you'll sell 'em all
by sundown.

People love a bargain.

- Hey, and I'm telling you,

you pay attention
to how I'm doing this

or you're gonna be swimming
back to California.

- Can't swim that far.

- Then you can walk.

- My mother always said
I could walk on water.

This could be the test.
Let's run the sale!

No, it's a mistake!

- Would you keep
your voice down?

- No, this is a stupid idea!

- Hi.
Can I be of assistance?

- Um...

- Someone we know.

From New York,
national security.

Oh!

- Oh!
- Ohh.

Isabelle's wedding
to the senator

is scheduled
for two weeks from Sunday.

- This is a waste of time.

- Why was your sister
on the cruise ship

in the first place?

- She was coming to meet me.

This is a big mistake.
These people look like

they belong on a runway
and a live nude show.

Hey, that's not nice!

Why do you think the head
of the National Security Council

referred you to us?

- Maybe he owes you one.

- Will you just shut up?!

Senator Lambert
is already wondering

why he hasn't heard
from Isabelle.

- 'Cause his reelection
hangs on his having a wife.

- He loves her.
- And she loves me.

And I'm going to find her.
I don't need any help

from Snow White
and her mighty dwarves.

- And who do you suppose
is Snow White?

- Me.
- Ha!

Better make it Joanna
so we don't argue.

- Okay. Joanna.

- Hey!
Thanks.

- Actually, he doesn't
owe us one.

We owe him one.

Now, we are gonna go
find Isabelle.

You, go home.

- You don't tell me what to do.

- We thought there would be
a phone call or a ransom note

or something that we could
act on.

My father will pay anything.

- Have you told him?

He'd have a heart attack

if he knew about Van.

I called you from
national security

this morning and flew
straight here.

- So you, Van and all of us
are the only ones

that know she's missing?
- Yes.

- I'll check on the ship.
You two take Guatemala?

And Snow White?
Find the Grenada

and why they haven't reported
Isabelle missing.

- Tommy, I don't think having
David watch the boutique

on his first day
is a great idea.

- Yeah, he'll do... fine.

- For who?
- Eh.

- The Grenada is here.
It's been in port an hour.

- Maybe things are going
our way.

- Paul Garrison?

- He's over there.

- Mr. Garrison, I'm Nicole.

I'd like to talk to you
for a minute if I could.

- Hello, Nicole.
Goodbye, Nicole.

- I'm not a cobra, Paul.
You can look away.

- Hmm.

Well, I may be the cobra.

- Between strikes,
maybe you could help me.

A girlfriend of mine
got off your ship in Guatemala

and did not arrive here.

- Oh, what was her name?

Maybe Guatemala
was her final destination.

- No, actually she was due
to get back on the ship

with a friend
for the rest of the trip.

- Well, passengers check out
when they leave the ship,

check back in when they return.

If anyone didn't return,
we would know about it.

- Her name was Isabelle Hunter.

- Look, I can't help you
without checking my records.

- Why don't you bring
Miss Betty Boobs here with you

and we can look.

- I'll show you where I work.

- If anybody saw anything,
they're not talking.

So many beautiful girls
come from the ships.

How can we remember
just... one?

Oh, my beautiful flower.

You smell of sweet perfume.

Your eyes are like
beautiful... wonderful...

Sorry.

- I've got the ship's records.

According to them,
she signed back on in Guatemala

and signed back on and off
at the next three stops,

including this one.

- Two other women
have disappeared

from Nautilus Line Ships
in the last two weeks.

- Two more?
- Two.

And five from other
means of travel

have disappeared in Guatemala.

Both women disappeared
from the Grenada

on its last two trips.

- No newspaper records, no TV.

What the hell is going on?

I better get down there.

- Yeah.
- See you later.

- Okay, take 'em on inside.

Ow, hey!

- Well, come on.

Come on, girls, hurry up.

Mm-hmm, I want you too.

- Get in the car.

- Hey, hey, look around!
Maybe you can find more.

This is a once in a lifetime
sale.

Take home presents
for the ones you love.

These prices, you can even
take home presents

for the ones
you don't even like much.

Wow, thank you!

- Stop!
Put those down right now!

It's not for sale!
It's not for sale!

Out!
No, no more!

Thank you, thank you!

- Hey!
This shop is closed!

The sale is over!

What are you doing?

I've got action here.

Look at this,
the cash is flowing!

Look at the green!

We're on our way
to department store status!

- We're on our way
to bankruptcy!

- I'll bet this is more money

than any of you
have ever taken in.

I did it!
I made it happen!

- We are losing money
with every sale!

We don't mark down to 50%!

No! Hey!
- Then let me do the buying.

We should even raise the prices,

and then discount it and use it!

We need a sound system,
and the lights with strobes!

- How old are you?
- 15.

Hey, you can't hurt me.
I'm a minor.

- If my hands are raised,
I will!

Stop! Stop! No!

Out! Back!
Take back!

No! No! No more!
No more sales!

- Do we know where
they were grabbed?

- If it were not for Joanna,

I wouldn't even know
they were grabbed.

- Well, maybe some of them
just extended their vacation.

- No, we thought of that.

Joanna tried locating them
at hotels or back at home,

even the ships or planes.
Nothing.

- Hm.

All right, well who wants
to talk to the local police?

- Back to the streets.

- Hey!

- There's nothing,
absolutely nothing you can do

to stop what's going
to happen to you.

You might as well
come along for the ride.

- Hey! Hey!

Get down.

- You probably attended
one of those American classes

that taught you to fight.

That would be a mistake.

You don't fight,
you might have some fun.

You fight, you will be
badly hurt.

Just like leading a horse.

Find Mary, tell her
we will want breakfast in bed.

It's a good day!

Look at her, she's pretty.

I want her.
I'll attack her.

- God help whoever tries
to take either one of you two.

- Hey, maybe that's it.

I mean, maybe we should see
if we can try and get grabbed.

- Hmm.

- Wait, wait, what, what?

Hey, maybe we should take a look
at the next batch of passengers

and see if any look
like potential victims

and follow them.

- Joanna must have already sent
the pictures of the other girls.

That would give us
an idea of a type.

- Ha... female!

- Not exactly what you call hot.

- Good bodies.

- I thought
they would be prettier.

- I think they're just
dressed down.

- You know, he's right.

- So, we look for sexy
little ones

who are covering it up.

- Or don't know they have it.

I don't know,
little Timmy might like

the little smiling face one.

Look at that one,
that one's kinda cute.

There she is.

Sorry! You okay?

I'm sorry, you all right?

Let's go!

Poor baby.

Were they army or not?

- I don't know,
the fatigues looked official.

- Oh, great.
We're taking on the army.

- Ah, maybe it's just an officer
and some of his flunkies.

- This is Nicole.

- Hi, it's me.
- I know that.

- Oh... yeah, right.

Your friendly purser
didn't sail with his ship.

- Really?
What did he do?

- He took one of the docks
in Guatemala tomorrow.

- Thanks.

Paul Garrison
who has been on board

during three disappearances
is due in here tomorrow.

- Hm.
You thinking what I'm thinking?

- Mm-hmm.

- Let's go shopping.

- Hey!

- Fancy meeting you here.

- Oh, one could say the same.

- I thought you were headed
for the good old USA.

- Well, the purser
got very sick.

So, being that the Grenada
was ready to go,

well, they moved me.

- Hmm.

Let's you and me take a walk.

- Now, would I wanna do that?

- Because I can show you things
Miss World has not even learned.

- You know, there's something
about you... that I don't trust.

- Probably because you have
spent so much time

around little girls that a woman

makes you a little weak
in the knees.

My friends and I
know you are involved

in the disappearance of some
of your women from the Grenada.

- You're crazy.

- I told you
I would show you things

Miss World has not
even learned yet.

Now, you're going to call
whoever it is you call

and tell them
you are sending two beauties.

- And I'm the other one.

- If you're thinking
about tipping them off,

I wouldn't do it if I were you.

He's going to be hanging
around here making sure

that nothing out of the ordinary
happened to us.

- Look, I don't know.
I send the women to a location,

and an envelope with money
is delivered to me,

before the ship sails.

Look, I don't ask questions.

Oh!

Don't make a sound.

- Ah!

Hey, easy!

- "Acapulco H.E.A.T."
- will be right back.

All right, come on.

Let's go.

- Damn it all.

- This way, girls, come on.

No, no, no, no, boys.
Not this time.

I let you watch the blondie.

- That's not fair.
- Oh, man.

Come on, ladies.

Strip.

I said strip!

Everything.

- Okay, so what
are we gonna do about her?

- Let's kill her now.

- That's the same thought
that crossed my mind.

- Let's make it quick.

- This almost makes
living with a husband

and a couple of kids seem cool.

- Hey, hey, hey,
don't go crazy now.

- You're right,
forget I said that.

- I hope I'm not about to see
myself in a magazine.

- Postcards
would be more her style.

- Get dressed.

You're gonna spend some time
in this building,

and you might just spend
some time outdoors.

Try to escape, you'll be shot.

And I do the bed check
every night.

I do expect to find you there.

- I think she wants you
in her bed.

- Strange.
Same feeling I got.

I'm Cat, this is Nicole.

- Hi.

Your sister just hired us
to get you out of here.

- Is there something about
this place that I don't see?

Something that makes
it so wonderful

that you don't wanna leave?

- No, no, I'm just shocked.
I... I'd given up all hope.

I thought sooner or later
I would be taken away

like the other girls.

- What other girls?

- Well, two others
were taken away.

A couple of Hispanic girls too,
but they... they came back.

- But the Anglo women didn't.

- Not yet.

- Do you know where
they were taken?

- No.
- Could you show me

a couple of girls that were
taken away that did come back?

- Yeah, I will.

Yeah, okay.

- Well?
- She said they were taken

to a house of a chief of police
for parties,

but there were
no Anglo women there.

- So much for law and order.
- Mm-hmm.

- Shall we?
- Yeah.

- The hell are you doing here?

- What do you think
I'm doing here?

- How'd you find this place?
- Faster than you.

- You're gonna get in the way.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

- I'll find Isabelle
quicker than you do.

I've come with enough firepower
to get her out.

You... you come
dragging in here,

and all you got to offer
are the two stepsisters

that are locked up inside.

- Stay the hell out of my way.

- Pfft.

When you get the chance,
kill him.

Looks pretty elaborate

for a guy who's gonna bust in
and get his girlfriend out.

- My plan isn't anything
as stupid as busting in.

That car takes the girls
to the guy.

When he takes Isabelle,
we take the car.

- Oh!
I'm sorry.

- Okay, let's go.

- Hi.
- Mmm.

- Do exactly as I tell you.

Tell them they have to wait.
You have to call their boss.

If you don't, I'll cripple you.

- I have to call your patron.

There's something
I have to say to him.

- All right,
what's your boss' name?

- Carlos Ventura.

- You're gonna convince
Mr. Carlos Ventura that...

Carlos?
He the drug lord?

Well, you tell
Mr. Carlos Ventura

that you have two hot,
sexy beauties here

that he has to have and that
you wanna get 'em out of here

before the other women
get to them.

- Is there a problem?
- No problem, sir.

A gift.

- What are you talking about?

- Your men are here
to pick up one of the girls.

- Tell me something
I don't know.

- I just received
two very sweet,

beautiful flowers
this afternoon.

- Send them with the girls.

- Yes, sir.

- But if they are not
as you say,

I will find someone else
to do your job.

- Good.

Now, you tell
those two guys out there

that they're gonna take
two more,

and that they need to take
the blond and the French girl

out right now, and that
they have to wait for me,

and I'll be right out.

- Omar?
- What?

- You're gonna take two more.

Take the... the blond
and the French girl.

This one'll be right out.

- Now, call the guards.

- Guevara, Jesus!

- It's for you.

I had to kiss her goodbye.

- I'd say the team on
the inside's

doing a pretty good job.

Should we follow?
- Ah.

Let's go.

Come on.

Come on, Carlos, let's go.

Good.
Good, terrific, all right.

Stay tuned for more
"Acapulco H.E.A.T."

- Come on, come on, let's go.

Move it.

Come on.

- What did you do with the gun?

- I put it back
where I found it.

- What did you do that for?

- It was empty.
Let him say, "bang, bang".

- For once in her life,
Ramona was right.

My, my.

This is like a plate
of exquisite food.

Where to start?
Where to start?

- Start with them.

- Just why should I do that?

- They're experienced.

- What do you mean,
they're experienced?

- They're whores... I heard
them talking in the camp.

- Sounds to me that you
want to make yourself last.

- I don't care about that.
This is the most exciting thing

that's ever happened to me.

- Then you are not the sweet,
innocent flower I was expecting.

- I've always done
the right thing,

said the right thing,
gone to the right schools.

I've never been bad.

This looks like
a perfect chance,

and I won't even have
to feel guilty.

I'm being forced,
but I'm not like these two.

They should be given
to your men, flunkies,

stay-behinds if you have any.

- Is that true?
- Believe what you like.

- Do you think we care
what a man

who has to kidnap
his women thinks?

- See?
See how hot they are?

- Take her to Mary.

- Is there some reason why you
believed her without asking us?

- If Ramona hadn't called
to try to convince me

to take the two of you,
I might have doubted her.

But I figure Ramona
got what she wanted

so you could get what
you wanted.

- Oh!
And what is it we wanted?

- Freedom!

- Well, actually,
the Hispanic women

said they were taken to parties
where there was whiskey and men.

We thought that would be
a lot more fun

than just staying at the camp.

- What would you have done
in our situation?

- I would have done
the same thing.

But then, I am not to trust.

I will show you.

- Great idea having Ramona call.

- Well, look behind you
and you'll see what a great idea

it was to return the gun.

- What does she mean,
"return the gun?"

I think a little
double feature snuff film

is in order.

- Snuff as in "die"?

- Who were those two women?

- Forget about them.
Where's the money?

- I don't know,
they brought me straight here

from the living room.

- Well, where are the two women?

- I don't know, with any luck,
they're with the stablehands.

- There is no stable.
- Too bad.

- All right, we'll wait
for Mr. Carlos Ventura then.

Maybe we can convince him
to lead us to the money room.

- I know how to convince him.

- Get them ready.

- I think they're going
to put us

in an altered state
of consciousness.

Probably to compensate
for their diminished capacity.

- You are cruel.

- So I've been told.

- Yes, my darling.

I'm going to give you a chance
to be very, very bad.

- And I'm gonna give you
a chance to make me

very, very rich.

He's got a gun!

- All right, put something on,
let's go.

- I don't think so.

If I go first,
I'll draw their attention.

- Nice entrance, Tommy.
- Mmm.

Best I could do with a headache.

- Hey, who did that to you?

- Oh, yeah.
It was loverboy Van,

one of his little army.

- Fiancé?
- One and only.

He's here somewhere,
and as close as I can figure,

he and his band of merry men

were waiting for Isabelle
to be brought here.

- Well, that explains
Little Miss Innocent's efforts

to feed us to the sharks.

- Shall we try inside
or outside?

- Out.
Thanks to Van,

I think all the outside guards
are dead.

- Boy means business.
- Yeah.

And I think even Isabelle
is dispensable to him now.

Shh.

- Aah!
- Aah!

Damn it!

- The women are loose.
Let's get this over with.

A whore, huh?

Let's see who's the whore now.
Move!

- Huh.

- If you weren't so stupid,
this wouldn't have happened.

- Well, it's all your fault
that we got in this mess...

- No, you were stupid,
I told you!

Oh, just shut up!

- I can't believe
that I ever listened to you.

Sit there and be quiet.

- You know... there are
a lot of organizations

that could make good use
of the money in there.

- I agree.

- Maybe we need some of it
to get out of the country.

- Aren't they great?

Stay tuned for more
"Acapulco H.E.A.T."

- Well, I don't need
these anymore.

- See, I told you.

The earring is a perfect place
for a transmitter.

It's the one thing
they don't take from a woman.

- Thank God!
And thank you.

Led this bloodhound right to us.

- Just in the nick of time.

These two were almost appearing
in a local porno film festival.

- Huh?
- Never mind.

- Shame the government
insisted on keeping

Van and Isabelle
in jail down there.

- And to think she did all that
just for the money

to stay with that creep.

- She knew her father
will stop giving her some money

if he found out.

She just wanted
to live in the style

in which she has become
accustomed.

- Pssh.

- David... do you know
that we almost got killed

for a $10,000 bonus?

But you... you just blow
$6,700 on a giveaway!

- It wasn't a giveaway,
it was a sale, a success!

Almost emptied our store.

- You would have
if I hadn't stopped you.

- That was a mistake.
- No, you were the mistake.

- Okay, I'm sorry.

- "Sorry" is not good enough.

Do you have life insurance?

- No.
I'm only a kid.

- Let's kill him anyway.

- For a sale?
- No, for free.

- Can you swim?
- Not good.

- Bad... that's perfect.

- What are you doing?

Hey! Stop!
What are you doing?

Come on!

Come on!

Hey, come on!
Put me down!

Come on, stop!
Wait! Wait!

Can we talk about this?

Tommy, stop!