Cobra (1993–1994): Season 1, Episode 4 - Honeymoon Hideaway - full transcript

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you're a beauty

you're a liar hurry on get back in here

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how'd you find me here

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so

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so

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now my understanding is that within 18

months each of you lost your husband

well mr jackson i'm glad you could join

us he was checking the computer files

lost track of time

the wrong was stuck on phase jitter yeah

i bet

i'd like you to meet our field

operatives is scandal jackson danielle

lapointe

please meet this is wise and mrs guttner

now both their husbands disappeared

while they were staying at a couple's



resort north of here called honeymoon

hideaway

i believe mrs weiss lost her husband

there 18 months ago and miss gutner lost

her husband six months ago

call me bobby i like that better okay

and i did not

lose him he was taken and killed i just

can't prove that because his body's

never been found

so let's knock off this lost husband

malarkey he did not

just wander off what i meant to say mrs

bobby

hey what you said sugar you and i'll

deal a hell of a lot better if we just

say what we mean are we jake on that

yeah we're jake yeah the thing was that

both bobby's husband and my husband just

walked out of the main house and that

was it we never saw them again

did you two know each other before no i

read about her husband disappearing in

the paper

and it's exactly what happened to my

husband so i contacted her

we both went back and talked to the

sheriff in cyprus county but um

he's just running this little two-man

department and he says there's no

evidence of foul play

can you beat that the sheriff this

little dry biscuit in earth's shoes is

trying to tell me that louis just walked

out of my

life like i was hard to believe don't

interrupt i wasn't finished

like i was some kind of throwaway i made

louie happy

what about you mrs wise was the

relationship with your husband good

joe was a a wonderful and loving husband

there's no way he would have just walked

out on me look something happened

to bobby's husband louie and something

happened to joe and the sheriff up there

isn't even working on the case

bobby here heard about cobra and um said

we should see if you would work for us

you know maybe you'd like to accompany

yourself to with honeymoon hideaway act

the sort of resource on the

investigation

that's where the trail will start it's

my thoughts exactly

especially since it's a couple's resort

and you can't check in as a single

i think somebody up there is involved

charlotte can't leave because of her job

so i'm your gal shorty okay

we look into it uh we'll head up the

first thing tomorrow i'll tell you what

we'll pick you up on the way mrs gutner

it's better i pick you up

got a four wheel drive big engine

overhead can four barrel carves

hard iron good on the dirt roads up

there be ready at seven

you're riding a shotgun morning to you

too

we're the two pretty ones in the

designer clothes we'll be right down in

a minute

the way i want to play this sugar is uh

we check in then go roust that hiccup

sheriff

we give that hasty to work out then we

go through the resort files

check for dangerous customers then i

think that we ought to commit mr

barbara if i might make a suggestion

fire away pal now you as covert look

into your husband's disappearance

now between mr jackson and myself we

have over 40 years in investigative

sciences

so it might be a good idea as we used to

say in the pentagon

to let the ranch hands run the psy up

what

single integrated operational plan

in other words i don't mind you driving

the car but

why don't you get your foot off the back

of my neck and let me drive the

investigation keep talking like that

i'll start getting interested bud

morning seven sharp means seven sharp

not seven fifteen sport

always good to have a clock watcher on

the cover mission bet your boots

what do they mean we have to stay in the

same room it's a couple's resort we

can't check into separate rooms

look we'll pile up the luggage between

the beds

we'll make a dmz we'll be safe

better be if they have single beds

but if they only have a double bed

well then we got a problem don't you

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wish

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so

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so

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wow

it's nice

okay scandal we have to get a few things

straight okay

first thing is there's no way we're

sleeping in this bed together second

thing is we have to take turns in the

bathroom and the third thing is i need

both those dressers for my clothes

okay okay

oh the remote control

why are you taking that it's the most

important thing in here

come on let's go to lunch no you go i

want to get unpacked

okay see you out there

yes yes yes yes yes coming coming coming

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yes

welcome back mrs g

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come looking for your piece of dirt

husband

what do you want here lady some trouble

is that what you're here for

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so what are you two hamburgers planning

to do

are we just gonna get sun here by the

pool and watch these children flex their

abdominals or we're gonna run some sort

of game here

get some information find out who killed

louie you said your husband disappeared

six months ago right

august first week and charlotte's

husband disappeared 18 months ago right

so well what he's saying is that that's

12 months apart that it could be a guest

somebody comes up here every august at

the same time now we don't know that the

disappearances are connected

but they could be that's good thing is

scattered why wouldn't he change the

date

habit for example what if the first job

only allows them get away the first two

weeks in august

that puts them up here the same time

every year

that's a possible place to start we'll

need to get into their files

the reservation computer see if there's

any of the same people here

how are you going to do that i know it

sounds primitive but

what we usually do is wait till midnight

and climb through a window

real cowboys ain't it

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dallas mrs geitler

wow

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it's okay it's okay

well whoever he was i got in a couple of

good kicks he'll be wearing some bruises

on his back

anything else yeah topaz ring third

finger right hand

you don't miss much do you yip i okay

i'm sorry i called you a cowboy it's my

way

you got to take me with a grin i think

we ought to call that pencil neck

sheriff report this

not yet he's right let's keep the waters

here as still as we can

we get the lawn here we might spook this

guy now this might just be a plain theft

but i don't think so me neither probably

saw bobby and got worried

yeah maybe

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adios

i got a ten dollar hat and a forty

dollar saddle soon be punching that

texas cattle

what there's dogs howling out here could

you please keep it down

we used all the hot water sorry

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okay

good

what happened to my shaving cream

ah by the way i used your razor because

i left mine at home

excuse me i'm not dressed come on i'm

not

dangerous you know i just cut my throat

with a dull razor

it's a rain forest in there everything

is soaking wet

do you get the feeling that uh we're

slightly out of sync lately

okay i am sorry that i used your razor

and all of the hot water but i was tense

and i was trying to relax

apology accepted i just got to calm down

here

and thank you for saving me you're

welcome and i have one other thing to

say if you

promise that you won't let this go to

your head

okay all right well the reason i'm so

jittery about staying in the same room

with you is

is because i find you

is is because i sort of find yeah go on

well i find you attractive

sort of you do

well

i uh sort of uh

find you attractive too really

really now i'm really

nervous i mean not that um

physical attractiveness is uh all that

important oh

no i mean um i don't think so either i

mean i've never understood why

people make such a big deal out of

something so superficial

right everything's gonna be fine

nothing's gonna happen here and

i think i'm gonna retire to the bathroom

and

destroy the rest of my profile with this

tall razor

you think i'm better looking fabio

no luck so far i haven't seen anybody

here with the tow pad

me neither we gotta find out who's

staying here as soon as the lights go

out

we're gonna break into that office you

boys need any backup

if we do we'll let you know bobby and i

will cover the front and the back make

sure you're not disturbed

now you're cooking sugar

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now

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dallas you know bobby and her husband

want a contest to come here

she never mentioned that sort of mrs

wise ooh

i don't like that they're gonna lie

no no repeats for august let's get out

of here

yeah we won a contest they picked our

names out of the wedding announcements

in the paper

one week at a reduced rate why did you

know charlotte and her husband won that

same contest that's more than just a

coincidence

she never mentioned that i don't suppose

there's a reason why she would

i still think there's a connection

between your husband and charlotte's

we could find it it'll make a lot of

sense my louie drove a logging truck

joe wise was a lawyer i don't think they

ever met maybe they met and you and

charlotte didn't know about it well

that's the case and maybe the common

link between them is

somebody up here at the resort somebody

who had a reason to lure him up here and

kill him

it just doesn't feel like a serial crime

you're right most cereal crimes are

ritualistic not premeditated

whoever rats at this room i was afraid

bobby knew something about telling what

i don't think we're looking for a guest

i now think we're looking for an

employee

and tomorrow morning first thing we're

gonna find the one we're in a topaz ring

and the bruce shoulder

don't you have pajamas sleep in my

undies

you should have brought some pajamas

don't like them

just turn off the light okay

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all right it's all right there's only a

nightmare

huh i am all the time

okay

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i'm sorry that that attack today

probably just brought back some memories

that's all

some memories

i'm okay thanks

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scandal yeah do you ever get afraid

everybody gets afraid no i mean really

afraid

so afraid that your breath gets stuck in

your throat and you can't

hear anything except your heart pounding

so afraid that you can't move or

function yeah

what did you do learn to focus on one

thing at a time

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i'm sorry if i've been in pain with the

razors and hot water in the pajamas and

everything

it's okay

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danielle listen to me

you're my friend

and friends can complain they can make

fun

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but i want you to know something

i'll always be there i'll always be

there for you no matter what

want to know why why

because i like you

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turned out to be much more than i ever

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expected

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right

when you're out searching for someone

you ask a lot of questions

and the one we needed answered was the

identity of a man wearing a blue topaz

ring

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sometimes it takes a little bribery to

get answers

sometimes it takes a lot of sweat to get

them

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got my case of beer yeah

thanks and sometimes well

you just get lucky

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patty who is that guy max miller

he maintains the grounds blows up stumps

trims trees stuff like that

he's been given the sack this is his

last week he's a loon

which is what i thought thanks

howdy max

how you doing

something i can do for you yeah

nice ring topaz

it's a large ring lots of guys wear

yeah what lodge

he's taking us somewhere what lodge

i got work to do

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max

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come on

okay there's your boy he's under arrest

but i don't think the court prosecutor

is going to file assault charges why not

you do not have irrefutable visual

identification that max miller was a guy

in the ski mask you never even saw his

face he wore the same ring

i put the bruise on his back it's not

gonna hold up you guys know that

so what do you want from me all we want

you to do is run him find out who he is

well arnie is running his prince right

now but unless he comes back with a

criminal pedigree what am i supposed to

do

i can't take this to the d.a i'll come

on if you win the feds you know this one

was thin

yeah we know but we think he's

responsible for two disappearances that

took place up here over the last couple

of years

wait is that what this is all about them

two women gutner and wise

look i have absolutely no evidence of

foul play

guys walk away from bad marriages all

the time

nothing they would wait

well you're right about one thing name

is a max miller's leo fry

a nice little sheet there too been down

two times last show it was december 86

second degree murder sir five years look

at this

transferred from the state pen to a

tascadero mental institution

so he finished the stretch in the life

academy got out

came up here and went to work as max

miller looks like he's got some mental

problems

look even though he has a record as of

right now there are no outstanding

warrants against leo fry

or max miller i can't book him just

because you want him to go away

we still are a country of laws around

here if you'll excuse me i got work to

do thank you

it's crazy the guy was convicted of

murder

sees bobby gets nervous goes through the

room grabs me threatens me with a gun

the sheriff is right though we can't

swear it was him but we got what we want

we got his real name

no wonder we couldn't connect the murder

of their two husbands to max miller

but maybe we can connect him to leo fry

exactly danielle that computer

plug it into the cell phone in the car

maybe we can run this guy's backstory

you got that phone maybe i can call that

mental institution get some information

take that please thanks

the fall he took in 86 was firmware 2

but it was knocked down from murder one

victim was a guy named charles weston

thanks doc i appreciate it

that's right we'll be careful

anything see mr fryer is a very special

case a compulsive aggressive

he was transferred to atascadero because

he kept attacking other prisoners

only he never let up he keep after keep

trying to kill him

and why is he out he served his time doc

up there said he's the worst psychopath

she's seen in 20 years

she said once he gets mad at somebody he

stays mad focuses on that person until

he feels he made him pay and then

released him

yeah she served this time and he fooled

the medical committee but she said he's

smart

he's dangerous and he's gonna be hard to

catch

unless i get him focused on me

make the law a wondrous thing

don't get cocky leo nobody pushes me

it's like part of my code yeah i got

your code for you boy you threatening us

you better believe it baldi

and i'm not even gonna be careful this

time i'm just gonna line you up and feed

you to the fish

same way you did joe wise and louis

gutner louie gutner and joe wise

gone but not forgotten

what happened to them could happen again

to all of you

i need to focus this guy

you're not dealing with a lawyer or

lumberjack now don't touch me

oh what's the matter afraid tough guy

hmm you're dead hear me

you're dead hero i hear you

i just don't think you can pull it off

gone

but not forgotten

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okay all right i got it charles weston

murder case 1986.

joe wise was a prosecutor for marin

county and louis gutner was the state

witness the two of them put leo fry away

louis ever mentioned testifying in a

murder case

but it was a long time before he met me

so leo frag comes up here as max miller

he sneaks into the office changes the

winners of the contest to get him up

here

and then he murders the two men that put

him in jail why wouldn't he stalk them

where they live why would he lure them

up here oh this is good desolate country

to commit a murder they lose the body

also no sophisticated crime solving no

computer bank to link up this old murder

and a country sheriff who couldn't catch

a cold in january

we have motive opportunity method let's

go get him

you two stay here oh not on your life

sugar it's not open for discussion

everything's open to discussion dallas

you taught me that

yeah i know but damn nice shirt

i thought i was in charge around here

uh excuse me max asked me to give this

to you

yeah where is he i don't know he left

about an hour ago packed up the stuff

and took off

he's gone

message belongs on a halloween card you

got this guy focused pretty good

i've run up against this type before

dallas prison sociopath he can't stand

being challenged

he won't let go holding his ground is

more important than his life

danielle you don't bother get this no

back to cobra headquarters run it

through eva com link

the hell is eva calmly evidence analysis

computer link

the guy wrote this with a straight edge

dallas you can't run a handwriting

analysis on rule

straight edge writing if he knows that i

don't suppose he left his fingerprints

on the paper

we don't know that you two cowboys are

trying to get the women into the

schoolhouse right

not so yeah it is truth is

if you two are up here we'll both have

one eye on you

i don't want to take on this guy with

only one eye on the ball

well thank you for your honesty scandal

but did it ever occur to you that we

might be able to help

you be helping us by taking care of this

note

and what are you going to do

tempt him i'm gonna make myself real

easy to get at

you're gonna make yourself an easy

target not much of a plan fellas if i'm

gonna be there to cover his back

very macho all right let's get a bell

off up here

we need to get you ladies on the road

come on bobby let's go ain't sure i'm

going yet sport

why did you come up here to cobra and

ask us to help you

if you weren't going to pay any

attention to what we have to say

okay okay i'll go but you two cowboys

call in every hour is that a deal

deal damn you're quite a woman you know

that

you okay i can't go through the rest of

my life being afraid of the dark i've

been afraid since i was a kid

i don't confront my fears they'll

destroy me

you know i don't know what you're afraid

of but whatever it is you better off not

confronting

this guy ready

don't stop head straight down

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be careful

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what happened to danny when she was a

kid

well those are her nightmares when she's

ready she'll tell you she wants to

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gotta find a good spot to cover you

while you set that tent up

make sure we're alone out here

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looks quiet so far

like i'm cooking i thought i got 30

years experience there's no way this

jailbreak is going to sneak up on us

we make good time yeah we did our swing

team should be up there by now

we'll get this green card analyzed but i

really don't think we're gonna find much

the lights are supposed to be on up here

there ain't this a revolting

development

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come on in join the fun

nothing huh yeah i'm beginning to feel

like we've been snookered

yeah hey hey hey

is everybody happy

dallas he's got us

gotten gone unless you two heroes do

exactly what i tell you

okay i'm listening

you got 40 minutes to get to the south

entrance of sanford woods

i've left the trail you can follow if

you're late you can say last rites for

blondie and bertha

both of you come both of you better be

unarmed if you bring guns they're dead

i'll kill these ladies and sleep like a

baby

you got 40 minutes or you'll miss

the show

you better get going

come on but what i'll tell you on the

way

this guy needs to hold his ground so we

let him we beat him by giving him his

ground i'm not taking it

got it but i still think we should have

took one of those heaters

no if we're unarmed it'll make him feel

safe i want him that way

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but i'm scared real scared

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let's move

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i don't like it

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25 seconds

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how's that for a country cookout

look what i just found

get his attention for me

hey nightfall i got something for you

don't move scumbag

i'll be forced to smoke your dismal

carcass

okay boys you can come out now

girls handled it for you maybe we made a

mistake sending them down the mountain

looks like it thank you

i owed you one

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well for a couple of cowgirls you two

did pretty good yippee

kaye okay well my folks didn't raise me

to sip tea and eat crackers and this one

she's wanted a million yeah we know

well sugar you're going to ask me to

dance or you're going to sit there like

ten pounds of blood

well

would you allow me the pleasure of this

dance music

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benchmarks

you uh

asked me what it was that scared me when

i was younger and i think

maybe you should know you don't have to

tell me

i trust you i believe in you that's all

that matters

thanks i want to tell you anyway

okay my mother and i were

kidnapped at gunpoint there were three

men

they blindfolded us tied us up and

held us in separate rooms in some seedy

motel

i could hear my mother screaming the fbi

tried to catch the men when my

father made the ransom payoff but my

mother was murdered and the men got away

i think there was always

some part of me that never got out of

that

seedy motel room never got over the fear

of hearing my mother scream

i'm sorry but this weekend going after

leo

fry i think i can finally put all that

to rest

and the funny part is when i did it it

was for you

it's not me

a gift for the both of us

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you