Hunter (1984–1991): Season 1, Episode 17 - The Last Kill - full transcript

Hunter and McCall go after a contract killer who is making hits throughout the city in order to ingratiate himself with a criminal kingpin in order to kill him.

So What's The Problem?

I Saw A Murder.

I Have Seen Her On
So Many Magazine Covers,

I Feel Like
We're Old Friends.

And You Obviously Are.

It Was A Professional Hit.

This Is Not Personal.

Is He The Reason Christina
Isn't Mrs. Hunter?

I Happen To Be Married
To The Woman With Whom
You Are Still In Love.

Freeze, Police!

Nobody Was Listening.



Has Anybody Seen Her Trick?

[Tires Screeching]

Works For Me.

Man With English Accent:
Yes, That's Good. Fine.

All Right. She'll Be
Down In Just A Moment.

Yes, Thank You
Very Much.

Darling, Your Luggage
Is All Set,

And The Taxi's Waiting
Downstairs.

Now, Now, I Promise
I Will Join You
As Soon As I Can.

As Soon As I Finish
My Business Here.

And In The Meantime,
I'll Sit Around And Wait.

I Waited 6 Weeks For You
The Last Time.

As Soon As
I Close This Deal,

You And I Will Have



All The Time
In The World
For Each Other.

Now Look,
In The Meantime,

Why Don't You Redo
The House In France?

Fix It Up
Any Way You Like.

It'll Be Our Second
Honeymoon House.

Our House For Starting Over.

You Really Think
We Can Start Over,
Carey?

Of Course We Can,
Darling.

You And I Can Do
Anything We Wish.

[With American Accent]
Hey There, Little Darlin'.

Yep, It's Me.

Yeah, I'm On My Way Over.
That's Right.

Same Time, Same Place.

You Got It.

Christina:
Follow That Car.

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ Hey, Hey ♪

♪ Oh, I Don't Need
Your Lies ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ You Make Me Say
Confess ♪

♪ Everything You Say ♪

♪ I'm Growin' Tired
Of You ♪

♪ And All Your Silly Games
That You Play ♪

♪ You Ain't Gonna Play
No More ♪

♪ Things That You Say ♪

♪ Your Credit
Has Gone Out The Door ♪

♪ Won't Let You In ♪

♪ So Don't Come Knockin'
Any More ♪

♪ You're The Mistake
I Made Once Before ♪

♪ From Your Lies ♪

♪ You're Trying
To Manipulate The Truth ♪

♪ That Leads To Lies ♪

♪ Your House Of Cards
Is Crashin' Down ♪

♪ Right On Top Of You ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ You're Drivin' Down
A One-Way Street ♪

♪ You're In Too Deep
With Lies ♪

♪ No Matter What You Do ♪

♪ Lies Will Get
The Best Of You ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ Out Of Everyone ♪

♪ You Thought
That I Would Bite ♪

♪ Your Candy-Coated World ♪

♪ A World Made Up Of Lies ♪

♪ You Stay Out Late ♪

♪ You Say
You're Working Overtime ♪

♪ You've Got An Out ♪

♪ It Happens
Almost Every Night ♪

♪ She's Just A Friend ♪

♪ So Why You Trippin',
You're My Girl ♪

♪ Won't Make Mistakes
I Made Once Before ♪

♪ But I'm Wrong ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ You're Trying
To Manipulate The Truth ♪

♪ That Gives You Lies ♪

♪ Your House Of Cards
Is Crashin' Down ♪

♪ Right On Top Of You ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ You're Drivin' Down
A One-Way Street ♪

♪ You're In Too Deep
With Lies ♪

♪ No Matter What You Do ♪

♪ Lies Will Get
The Best Of You ♪

♪ Your Joker Ways,
The Way You Hold My Hand ♪

♪ The Way You Kiss Me,
Ooh, Ah ♪

♪ What A Fool I Am ♪

♪ Your Crooked Smile,
The Way You Looked At Me ♪

♪ It's All So Clear Now ♪

♪ Don't Wanna See ♪

♪ You're Such A Player ♪

♪ You Ain't Gonna Play
No More ♪

♪ Things That You Say ♪

♪ Your Credit
Has Gone Out The Door ♪

♪ Won't Let You In,
Won't Let You In ♪

♪ You're The Mistake
I Made Once Before ♪

♪ But I'm Wrong ♪

♪ Lies Manipulate
The Truth ♪

♪ That Gives You Lies ♪

♪ Your House Of Cards
Is Crashing Down ♪

♪ Right On Top Of You ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ You're Drivin' Down
A One-Way Street ♪

♪ You're In Too Deep
With Lies ♪

♪ No Matter What You Do ♪

♪ Lies Will Get
The Best Of You ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ Oh, I Don't Need
Your Lies ♪

♪ Oh, Oh ♪

♪ Too Deep With Lies ♪

♪ Not Another Day ♪

♪ I Don't Need Your Lies ♪

♪ Oh, I Don't Need ♪

♪ Oh, I Don't Need... ♪

Aah!

[Footsteps]

[Door Opens And Closes]

Aah!

Mccall: Hey, Hunter,
Didn't You Get Dumplings?

They're My Favorite.

I Thought Chinese Chicken
Salad Was Your Favorite.

Well, On The Salads,
Yeah, But I Like
The Dumplings.

I Don't See Them
In Here.

Well, That's Because
I Didn't Order Them.

I Mean, You Have To Order
Them An Hour In Advance.

I Didn't Think You Wanted
To Wait That Long.

Well, No, But Still...

Have You Ever Ordered
That Peking Duck?

That's The One
That Always Gets Me.

You Have To Order It
24 Hours In Advance.

I Mean, Is That Dumb?

Have You Ever Just Been
Sitting At Home
And You Think,

"Gee, I Think I'd Like
To Have Peking Duck
Tomorrow Night"?

Hi.

Christina?

I'm Sorry
To Bother You, Rick.

You Were The Only Person
I Could Think To Come See.

Can I Talk To You?

Yeah.

Here, Let Me Help.

Oh, Thanks.
It's Not Too Heavy.

There Aren't Any
Dumplings...In The...

Aren't You
Christina Lemasters?

Yeah.

I'm Sure I've Come
At A Bad Time.

But If I Told You
I Could Come Back Later,

I'd Just Be Lying.

So, What's The Problem,
Christina?

I Saw A Murder.

I Didn't Actually See
The Murder, I Just
Saw The Body.

A Woman Was Lying Dead
In A Downtown Motel.

The Water Works
Was The Name, I Think.

What The Hell Were You Doing
Down There, Christina?

I Was Following Carey.

I Thought He Was Having
An Affair.

Well, I'll, Uh...

Go Take Care Of This.

Look, This Is Really
Awkward For Me.

I Wouldn't Be Here
If There Was Anybody
Else I Could Talk To.

Couldn't A Police Officer
File This Report, Christina?

I Can't Do That, Rick.

As Soon As I Make Out
A Report Like That,

Then Carey Will Know
I Followed Him.

I'm Supposed To Be On
A Plane To Paris
Right Now.

Did You Find Carey?

No. I Followed Him
To The Motel,
But I Lost Him.

When I Found The Body,
I Ran Out.

Can You Help Me?

Mccall!

Yeah.

Want To Go For A Ride,
Or Do You Want To Eat?

Let's Go.

Might As Well
Help Yourself.
There's Plenty.

Thanks, Rick.

Stay Right Here Until
I Get Back, Understand?

[Door Opens And Closes]

Ok, Let's Hear It.

Let's Hear What?

Let's Hear What?!

That's Christina Lemasters
In Your Apartment
Eating Our Chinese Food.

I Have Seen Her In
So Many Magazine Covers,

I Feel Like
We're Old Friends.

And You Obviously Are
Old Friends.

The Water Works Is
On What, Hill Street?

Will You Cut It Out?

I Want To Know How You
Know Christina Lemasters.

Mccall, There Are
Many Exciting Things
In My Life

I'd Be Willing
To Sit Down And
Talk To You About.

But Christina Lemasters
Is Not One Of Them.

[Inaudible Police
Radio Transmissions]

Hunter: What Do You Got
Here, Bernie?

What I Got Here?

What I Got Here
Is Everything Under
Control, Hunter.

That's What
I Got Here.

Don't Need Any
Backup. Thank You.

Just Passing By, Bernie.
Who's The Body?

Delores Avery.
Aka: Delores Brown.

Aka: 3 Or 400
Other Things.

One Of Johnny Satin's
Sweethearts.

Took 4 Shots From A .22.

Well, You Don't
Think That Satin
And His Girls

Are Trying To Run
Another Blackmail
Scheme, Do You?

Yeah, He Might.

One Of The Patrons
Thinks She Saw
The Killer...A Woman.

Is That The Murder
Weapon, Bernie?

Yeah, I Found It
In The Hall.

Has Anybody Seen Her Trick?

A Man About, Uh,
44, 45 Years Of Age,

Well-Dressed, Uh, Speaks
With A European Accent?

Uh, No. Our Guy Had
Red Hair, A Mustache,

Possibly A Scar,
And Glasses.

Why Do You Ask, Hunter?

Uh, Just Curious, Bernie.

Well, Looks Like You Have
Everything Nailed Down Here.

Wait A Minute!
Don't Go Sticking Your
Nose In My Homicide!

I'll Take Care Of It,
Bernie.
Hunter!

Hey, Hunter...

Who's That You
Were Describing
To Bernie?

Carey Lemasters.
That's Christina's Husband.

You Don't Think
He Was Here Cheating
On Her, Do You?

Well, He Might Have Been.

Aww...

I Will Never
Understand That
About Some Men.

How Can Any Guy
That's Married To
Christina Lemasters

Seek Any Kind
Of Outside...

Entertainment?

I Mean, Looks
Aren't Everything,
But Come On!

She Seems Like
A Nice Lady, Too.

She Is A Nice Lady,
Isn't She?

Yeah, She Is.

You Can Drop Me At Home.

Did You Find Out Anything
About The Woman I Saw?

I Sure Did.
She Was A Hooker.

And You're Gonna Have To Go
Downtown And Answer Some
Questions, Christina.

Rick, You Said
You'd Help Me!

A Patron Of This Place
Fingered You As
A Possible Suspect.

But What About Carey?

Well, The Guy
She Showed Up With Didn't
Fit His Description.

You Mean,
For A Second There,

You Thought Carey
Was The Killer?

Well, You Said
He Did Go There,

And If He Did,
He's A Suspect,
Just Like You Would Be.

I Came Here Hoping
We Could Take Care
Of All This

Without Carey Finding
Out I Followed Him.

Christina, Dead People
Are A Police Matter.

Now You Can File Everything
Else Under "Marital Problems."

[With British Accent]
I--I Don't Believe It.

You Followed Me,
Christina?

You Actually
Mistrusted Me Enough

To Get Off The Plane
And Follow Me?

Christina:
I'm Sorry, Carey.

Excuse Me, Gang,
For Butting In Like This,

But I Think The Apologies
Should Be Coming From
The Other Party,

Don't You, Mr. Lemasters?

Sergeant Hunter,

This Is A Private
Matter Between
My Wife And Myself.

So If You Will
Be So Kind
As To Excuse Us...

Certainly.

As Long As You Answer
A Couple Of Questions
Of Mine.

Like, Uh, While You
Were At The Water Works
This Evening,

Did You Happen To See
A Red-Headed Guy
With Glasses,

In The Company Of
A Dark-Haired Girl
About 26 Years Of Age?

No, I Don't...

I Don't Remember.
I Was Only There
5 Minutes.

Christina!

[Sighs]

You Had To Conduct
Your Investigation Now,

In Front Of My Wife?

Well, Your Extracurricular
Activities, Mr. Lemasters,

Put You At The Scene
Of A Crime.

I'm Just Doing My Job.

Yes, Your Job--
Of Course.

Did You Have To Make It
So Painful For Christina?

Let Me Tell You
Something, Pal.

You Should Have
Thought About That

Before You Made
Your Little Rendezvous

At The Water Works.

Look, It's Over.

I--I Went To That Place,
Yes, But It Was Only
To Break It Off.

It--It Wasn't Anything,
Really. I...

Look, Hunter, I--I've Had
Some Personal Crises
Of My Own Recently,

And It--It Provided
A Diversion.

I Have No Excuses For It.

I'm Just Sorry That
Christina Had To Find Out
About It This Way.

But I'll Do Everything
Within My Power

To Make It Up To Her.

[Door Closes]

Mccall: This Morning,
Mr. And Mrs. Lemasters
Came In To File

Their Formal Statements
On The Murder. Here.

They're Quite A Couple,
You Know.

He Is Just
As Good-Looking
As She Is Beautiful,

And Obviously Very Rich.

Apparently He's
A Financial Consultant

With A Fancy Office
Down On North Camden.

Yeah, You'd Think
He Could Afford To Hang
Out In Better Motels.

Well, Obviously
Carey Lemasters
Has Got Some Problems.

Yeah, He Just Doesn't
Know How Many Yet.

I Get The Feeling That
Any Additional Problems
He May Have

Will Be Originating
From This End.

Hunter, You're
Not Trying To Get

Into Some Sort Of
A Joust With This Guy

To Try To Win Back
The Fair Christina,
Now, Are You?

Well, I Was Just
Taking Into Consideration

Your Observation
On This Case, Sergeant.

Since When?

Well, Like You Said,
Why Would A Guy
Like Lemasters,

Married To A Woman
Like Christina,

Need To Hang Around Sleazy
Hookers In Cheap Motels?

It Just Doesn't Make
Any Sense.

Unless...He Was Doing
Something Other Than
What He Said He Was Doing.

Like Murdering
Delores Brown?
Right.

Uh-Uh. I Doubt It.

I Got A Full Report
On The Murder
This Morning.

Professional
All The Way.

And The Hit Was Made
For Someone.

Apparently
The Killer
Left A Napkin

With A Purple
Circle Drawn On It.

I Think We Should Talk
To Johnny Satin About This.

I Think It's
A Good Place
To Start.

[Music Playing]

Hey, Johnny.

Oh, Sit Down, Johnny.

Be Sociable, Huh?

Go Buy Yourself
A Soda Pop, Peaches,

And Charge It To Daddy Here.

Go Ahead, Sweetheart.

So, What Do You Want
From Me, Hunter?

Well, She's Doing
All The Talking
Today, Johnny.

I'm Just Here
To Kick Your Head
In, If I Have To.

We're Here To Help You
Mourn Your Loss, Johnny.

The Late Delores Brown.

I Never Heard Of Her.

She's Been Earning Him
1500 Bucks A Week
For The Past Year,

And That's
A Conservative Estimate.

And He Doesn't Know
Who She Is.

Ha Ha. Can You
Believe That, Hunter?

Now, That's
A Freebie, Johnny.

From Now On, They Count.

There Was
A Professional Hit, Johnny.

Now, Who'd Want To Take
A Contract Out On Delores?

Look, How Am I
Supposed To Know?

You And Delores
Were Running

Another One Of Your
Blackmail Scams, Right?

No, No, Not Me. Look,
I Had No Part Of It.

I Swear, I Had No Part--
Look, Look...

When She Said She Had
A Pigeon, I Told Her...

I Told Her And I Told Her...

I Said, "You're Going
To Squeeze The Wrong Dude
One Of These Days,

And They're Gonna Do Ya."

I Swear!

Then Who Was She Squeezing?

Look, I Don't Know.

I Didn't Ask Her.
I Didn't Want To Know.

I Swear, Hunter.

I Kid You Not, Johnny,
It Was A Contract Hit.

Now, I Know There's
Another One Out There,

And It's Got
Your Name On It.

I Got The Word Out.
She Was In On It Alone.

Johnny Satin...

He Is Clean.

Well, You May Have

The Word Out
On The Street, Johnny,

But How Do You Know
Anybody's Listening?

Think About It.

♪ If You Can't Say
Something Nice ♪

♪ If You Can't Say
Something ♪

♪ If You Can't Say
Something... ♪

You Don't Believe That,
Do You?

Not A Word.

[Gunshots]

[Tires Squealing]

Hey!

Well, Like I Said,
Nobody Was Listening.

Yeah, Well,
They Were Listening.

They Just Weren't
Believing.

.22 Throwaway,

A Cocktail Napkin With
A Purple Circle On It,

And Tire Tracks.

A Yellow Sedan
With An Illegible
License Plate,

Red-Headed Driver
With Glasses.

Now That's
A Repeat Performance,

So Obviously The Guy
We're Looking For Has
Red Hair And Wears Glasses.

I Wonder Who Johnny
And His Lady Were
Trying To Shake Down?

That's A Professional
Hit There.

You Just Don't
Find Those Guys
In The Yellow Pages.

You Gotta Know Somebody
Who Knows Somebody.

Yeah, Well, Johnny
And His Girl Are Too Smart

To Try To Hit Somebody
They Know Is Connected.

Well, How Smart Are
They? They're Both Dead.

Yeah.

All Right, You Want To
Shake Down Johnny's Apartment

Before Or After Lunch?

You Go Ahead And Do
That. I'm Going To See
What Words Of Wisdom

I Can Squeeze Out
Of My Uncle Dom.

Uncle Dom:
It Doesn't Add Up, Ricky.

Killing Is A Very Serious
Business.

Professionals
Aren't Going To Take
The Trouble And The Risk

For A Couple Of Gutter Rats.

Well, Whoever Wasted
That Hooker And Her Pimp
Johnny Satin

Wanted Somebody To Know.

That's Why They Left
Their Signature.

Those Purple Circles
Mean Something To Somebody.

You're A Young Man,

Just Starting Out
In Your Chosen Career.

You're Ambitious.
You Want To Get Ahead.

So What Do You Do?

Hard Work Is Good,
But It Isn't Enough.

You Gotta Do Something
That's Gonna Make
The Boss Notice You.

It Could Be A Special
Project You Dreamed Up
On Your Own.

It Could Be A Favor
You Know The Boss
Wanted Done.

You Know What I'm Sayin'
Here, Ricky?

There's Some Punk
Out There Trying
To Earn His Bones.

There's A Guy Out There,

Runs Under The Name
Tommy Largo.

He's Only Been Around
A Few Weeks.

Before That...Nobody Knows.

There's Some That Say
Maybe He's From Jersey
Or Chicago.

But Those Are Just Stories.

Who Does He
Do Business For?

Until I Heard Of Satin
And His Broad,

I Would Have Said No One.

Everyone Thought
He Was A Little Batso.

No One Would Let Him
In The Door.

Yeah, Well,
Somebody Let Him In,
But Who?

You Gotta Ask...

Who Benefits?

I Don't Know
Any Important Person

Who Benefits From
The Killing Of Those Two.

Freeze, Police!

All--All Right, Lady.

Easy.

Get Up, Get Against
The Wall. Spread 'Em.

All Right. All Right.

Unh.

All Right, Who Are You
And What Are You Doing Here?

Green,
Murray Green.

Look, Lady,
I'm A Friend
Of Johnny's.

What's This All About?
He Cut You Out Of His Will?

Look, I'm Just Looking
For Something Of Mine
He Was Holding.

Well, This Is Charming.

What Were You
Going To Do When
You Found Yours,

Have Him Make You
A Set For
Your Scrapbook?

Lady, Give Me A Break,
Will You Please?
It Was Nothing Like That.

Is This Camera
Equipment Yours?

Look, It Wasn't My Idea
To Scam, All Right?

The Only Reason I Did It Was
Johnny Had Me Over A Barrel.

He Knew I Was
Into A Shy Real Heavy,

And They Were Going
To Break My Legs.

Whose The One They're
Putting The Bite On?

All Of Them.

The One Who Got Them
Wasted.

I Don't Know.

Whose Picture
Were You Looking For?

I Told Him,
"You Mess With Fire,"

I Said, "You're
Gonna Get Burnt."

Here.

Nice Looking Kid.

Who Is He?

[Whistles]

Jimmy Tomesino, Huh?

Now Look,
You Don't Understand.
He's A Friend Of Mine.

Papa Joe's Kid, Right?

Hey, The Last Time
I Saw Him,

He Was Playing
With Choo-Choo Trains

His Grandmother Bought Him
For Christmas.

Oh, Yeah?
Well, He Outgrew Them.

The Girl's The Hooker
That Got Killed
At The Water Works.

That's All The Shooting's
About, Huh?

Yeah, According
To Murray Green,
Who Took The Pictures.

He Said That, Uh,
Johnny Satin And Delores

Were Trying To Shake
Jimmy Down On This One.

Maybe They Shook
So Hard, Tommy Largo
Fell On Them.

Yeah, Well, Jimmy Works
Every Day At The Blue Orchid,
Collecting For His Old Man.

Let's Go Talk To Him
About It.

You Come Up 3 Pennies
Short On The Register
Next Time, Patsy,

And They're Gonna Put
Two Of Them On Top
Of Your Dead Eyes.

Capische?

Good Boy.

Hey. Oh, It's You.

Look, I'm In A Hurry.

It'll Keep.
I Need 5 Minutes.

I'll Give You 3.

So?

Hunter, You Could
Have Shown This To Me
In Private.

Mccall: You Have Quite
A Set Of Morals, Jimmy.

Gettin' Caught Making Love
Embarrasses The Hell
Out Of You,

But Having 2 People Wasted
Because Of It Doesn't
Bother You A Bit.

Hey, Wait A Minute.
Just Wait One Minute.

I Never Had Nobody
Wasted.

Johnny Satin And The Girl
In That Photograph

Were Trying To
Shake You Down, Right?

Well, Now They're Both Dead.

You Think I'm Gonna
Put Out A Contract

On Account
Of Some Picture
Don't Even Look Like Me?

What Do You Think?
I'm Nuts?

You Know What My Old Man
Would Do To Me?

What Would He Do If
He Found Out You Leaked
About Some Family Business

When You Were
With Her, Huh?

You're Together In Bed,
Having A Good Time,

Real Relaxed,
A Couple Of Drinks Maybe.

A Smart Girl Could Take
Advantage Of You,
Get You To Talk.

I Never Put Out
No Contract On Nobody.

And I Suppose You Never
Heard Of Carey Lemasters
Or Tommy Largo Either?

Largo.

Yeah, Yeah,
I Heard Of Him.

Uh...Comes From
Back East, Don't He?

Duh.

I Don't Know.
Things Around Here
Are Locked.

Uh, The Other Guy,
I Never Heard Of.

Hunter: Largo Would
Make A Nice Addition

To The Family
Business, Right?

Right. All Right.
So He Comes To Me
A Couple Of Times,

Tell Me He Wants
To Come To Work
For The Family.

I Should Give Him
Breakdown To Pop.

I Told Him,
"Forget About It.

Hey, I Don't Bring
Nobody To Pop I Don't
Know Personally."

He Busted My Head.

Then Why Would He Have
Johnny Satin And
His Girl Wasted

If You Didn't Give Him
The Contract?

For An Intro
To Your Old Man?

What Do I Know?
He's Some Kind Of Flake.

Where Can We Find Largo?

I Don't Know, Hunter.

I Seen Him Around.

Nothing More.

Well, If He Should
Happen To Pop In,

To Get Kissed For Doing
Some Family Business,

You'd Be Sure To
Let Me Know, Right?

Oh, Yeah, First Thing.

Listen, Jimmy...

You Gotta Exercise More.

You're Gettin' Flabby.

You Want To Explain That
To Me In There--

Why You Asked Him If
He Knew Carey Lemasters?

Well, Lemasters
Was At The Water Works
That Night.

Which He Explained.

Well, If He's Guilty,
He Lied.

Hunter, We Saw The Guy
Who Killed Satin.

Now, He Fits Tommy Largo's
Description.

I Was Just Trying To Be
Thorough, You Know?

Maybe I Could, Uh...

Maybe You Could, Uh...

Steamroll This Guy Because
He Wound Up With Christina?

Look, You Can't Let This
Get Personal.

This Is Not Personal.

Now, I Think We Ought
To Concentrate On
Jimmy Tomesino.

Ok.

Hey.

[Starts Engine]

Tommy.

Largo, Come On, Open Up.

Didn't Sound Like
There Was Anybody There.

Hey, Take A Look
At That.

Largo's Left-Handed.

"Chez Jacques"?

Now, There's
A 4-Star Restaurant

A Guy Who Lives Here
Would Frequent.

[Whistles]

Hmm.

Bingo.

[Click]

Hey, Did You Look
Under Red Wigs?

Purple Circles?

Come On, Johnny, You're
Shaking My Faith In The Fbi.

Yeah. I'll Do It.

You, Too.
54-0-1, Huh?

Yeah.

Nypd, Nothing
On A Tommy Largo.

Boston, Ditto.

Detroit, Chicago,

Philadelphia,
New Orleans--

All A Big, Fat Zero.

Nobody Is That Good.

Unless
He Doesn't Exist.

Ah, Here We Go.

Largo And Lemasters
Are The Same Guy
Again, Huh?

It's A Possibility.

Anything
Is A Possibility,

But We Have
No Probable Reason

To Reach
That Conclusion,

Except That You Want It
To Be True.

What About
This Red Wig?

Hit Men Use Disguises
So They Won't Be Ided.

When They're Committing
The Murder,

Not In Their
Everyday Lives.

Unless It Was All A Part
Of The Same Hit.

Now, Maybe Lemasters
Has A Contract,

And For Some Reasons
We Don't Know

Has To Fulfill Them
As Tommy Largo.

Hunter, This Is
Storybook Theater,

And It's All Based
On A Wig.

How About This?

The Guy Has Never Spent
One Night In His Apartment.

He's Never Slept
In His Bed,

And He Wears A Size 34
Shirt And A 9 Shoe.

That's Lemaster's Sizes.

And Smitty's
And Terwilliger's

And About Half
The Continent's.

What About
The Fact That
Largo's Left-Handed?

No, He's Not.

When He Came
Through That Door,

His Gun Was Right There.

You Noticed That?

Uh-Huh.
How About This?

A Matchbook.

How Cliché Can You Get?

If That Was
Such A Damning
Piece Of Evidence,

What Would It Be Doing
Holding Up The Furniture?

Come On, He Didn't Know

We Were Going To Come
Snooping Around
His Apartment.

And I Suppose
It Has A Convenient
Phone Number

Scrawled On The Inside
Of The Cover.

Come On, Give Me
A Break, Will You?

Phone Number.

Well, It Was Worth A Look.

Great.
Enjoy Your Dinner.

Hello.

The Usual?

Hi.

Hi.
Sorry I'm Late.

I Waited For Carey
To Leave For The Office.

That's All Right.

This Is A Pretty Nice
Place, Christina.

You Eat Here Often?

Not Anymore.

It Used To Be One Of
Carey's Favorite Places.

I Was Surprised
When You Suggested It.

Well, You're Not
Afraid Of Meeting
Carey Here, Are You?

No. I Really Don't Think
He Hangs Out Here Anymore.

Look, Christina,
I--I Wanted
To See You Again

Because I Was Concerned
About How You Were Doing.

You Know, The Last Time
We Talked,

You Weren't Doing
So Well.

Life's Been Better,

But I Guess
It'll All Work Out.

Have You Had A Chance
To Talk With Carey?

Yeah, We Talked,

But I Don't Think
We Solved Anything.

He Apologized,
Assured Me It Was Nothing.

I Believe Him.

So, What's
The Problem?

It's Not The Affair,
Rick.

I Just Feel Like I'm
Living With A Stranger.

He Wants Us To Go Away
And Start A New Life
Somewhere Else.

2 Weeks Ago, I Would've
Jumped At The Chance,

But The Way I Feel Today,
I Just Don't Know.

You Know, Rick,
How Difficult

This Whole Ordeal
Has Been For Me,

But There Has Been
One Good Point About It--

The Chance
To See You Again

And Be Friends.

Just Knowing You Were
Only A Phone Call Away

Really Helped Me
From Cracking Up.

Thank You.

Well, You're
Very Welcome.

Man: Sergeant Hunter,
Excuse Me.

Yeah.

You Have A Telephone Call.

Excuse Me.

Thanks.

Sergeant Hunter.

The Purple Circle
Murderer Strikes Again.

Who Is It?

Murray Green,
The Photographer.

Found Him
In A Steam Room--

Towel With
A Purple Circle On It,

.22 Throwaway
At The Side.

Does Anybody
See Anything?
Any Leads?

No. It Was Clean And Neat.

I Feel Awful About This.

I Should've Kept Him
In Protective Custody

Until We Nailed Largo.

When He Posted
His Own Bail,

You Told Him
To Lay Low.

He Should've
Listened To You.

Well, He Was In
A Steam Room, Hunter.

He Wasn't In A Parade.

What About Christina?

Did You Ask Him About
Carey's Shirts Or
Any Of That Stuff?

No, Not Yet.

Well, What About
His Work Habits?

What About The Affair?

Did You Ask Christina

Why She Thought
He Was Cheating On Her?

Well, I'm Kind Of Easing
Into That, You Know?

You're Trying
To Ease Into That?

Hunter, You're Not
Letting Her Get To You,
Now, Are You?

Mccall, I'll Pick You Up
In A Half Hour.

I'll Talk To You Then,
All Right?

Is There Something
Dripping On My Chin?

No. It's, Uh...

You're Eating
Differently, Christina.

The Fork's
In Your Left Hand.

Oh. Well, I Used
To Cut My Food,

And Then I Would Switch
My Fork To The Other Hand.

Most Americans Do.

But The Europeans
Keep Their Fork
In The Same Hand To Eat.

It Actually Is Easier.

I Picked That Up
From Carey.

I Guess You Can't
Spend That Much Time
With Somebody

Without Them
Influencing You.

The Phone Call--
Was It Important?

Oh, Yeah. Listen,
I've Got To Go,
Christina.

Police Business.

I Remember Hearing
That Line

Once Or Twice Before
In My Life.

I'll Call You, Ok?

Take Care Of Yourself.

If Lemasters
Is A Hit Man,

He Sure Puts Up
A Good Front

Between This Office And
His Standard Of Living.

He's Pretty Smooth,
All Right.

Is He The Reason
Christina Isn't...

Mrs. Hunter?

Nope.

He Had Nothing
To Do With It.

Christina And I
Ruined What We Had

All By Ourselves.

There's Our Boy.

How You Doing,
Tommy?

What The Hell
Is This?

Well, That's A Red Wig.

I Found That
In Your Apartment

Just Seconds Before
You Tried To Murder Me

With The Machine Gun.

You Obviously Have
A Major Problem.

Yeah, It's You,

But Once I Get You
Off The Street
And Into A Cell,

Everything Is Going
To Be Just Fine, Tommy.

Why Do You Keep
Calling Me Tommy?

Tommy Largo.

Well, That's The Name
You Go By

When You're Busy Killing
Pimps And Hookers.

[Laughs]
Killing Hookers?

Are You Still On
About That

Because I Was
At The Water Works
That Night?

Are You Really
Going To Try To Pin
A Murder On Me

Simply Because
I Happen To Be Married

To The Woman With Whom
You Are Still In Love?

Oh, Spare Me
The Violins, Tommy.

Christina Has Nothing
To Do With This.

This Is Between
You And Me,

Because I'm A Cop,

And You're
A Pile Of Spit.

You're Walking On
Dangerous Turf, Hunter.

I Can Make Your Life
Miserable, And I Will.

I Haven't Quite Figured
Your Game Out Yet, Tommy,

But I Do Know You're
Operating This Town

Under Tommy Largo,
A Contract Killer.

Well, Well, Well.

If I Am
This Tommy Largo,

Then That Would Mean
That I Would Have To Try

To Kill You,
Wouldn't It?

Works For Me.

♪ She Loved Me Good ♪

♪ She Loved Me Long ♪

♪ I Couldn't Break Away ♪

♪ It Was Just That Strong ♪

♪ I Kept Goin' Back ♪

[Tires Squeal]

♪ To The Things
She Could Do ♪

♪ I Would Make Her Wait ♪

♪ I Think You Would, Too ♪

♪ You Would, Too ♪

♪ Yeah, She's Real Fine ♪

♪ She Ought To Be
My Girl ♪

♪ If Love Is An Oyster,
You Know She's My Pearl ♪

♪ But Nothing Really Matters,
'Cause Nothing Makes Sense ♪

♪ If Love Is A Toolbox,
She's A Monkey Wrench ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ If The Sun Is Up ♪

♪ You Know
I'm Comin' Round ♪

♪ And If You See
Moonlight ♪

♪ I Could Be Goin' Down ♪

♪ She Won't Wear
My Ring... ♪

Mccall:
Switching Cars?

Hunter: So, That's
Pretty Normal Behavior

For A Financial
Consultant.

♪ Oh, But I Can't
Make Her Wait ♪

♪ This Thing
Is That Strong ♪

♪ It's That Strong ♪

♪ Yeah, She's Real Fine ♪

♪ She Ought To Be
My Girl ♪

♪ If Love Is An Oyster,
You Know She's My Pearl ♪

Mccall:
What Is He Up To?

♪ 'Cause Nothing
Makes Sense ♪

♪ If Love Is A Toolbox,
She's A Monkey Wrench ♪

♪ She's A Monkey Wrench,
And I Can't Explain ♪

♪ Squeezin' Me,
But Never No Pain ♪

♪ Tell Me, People,
Am I Goin' Insane? ♪

♪ What She Does
Is Not The Same ♪

♪ No ♪

♪ No Pain ♪

♪ She Loves Me Good ♪

♪ She Loves Me Long ♪

♪ I Ain't Goin' Nowhere ♪

♪ Her Loving's So Strong ♪

♪ I'm Gettin' In Too Deep ♪

♪ I Got Myself In A Pinch ♪

♪ But I Gotta Little Oil
For Her ♪

♪ For Her Monkey Wrench,
Monkey Wrench ♪

♪ Yeah, She's Real Fine,
She Ought To Be My Girl... ♪

Pretty Strange.

What Kind Of Scam Do You
Think He's Pulling?

A Pretty Dangerous One.

This Is
Papa Joe Tomesino's Place.

♪ If Love Is A Toolbox,
She's A Monkey Wrench ♪

Mccall: I Don't See
Lemasters.

Tommy Largo?

Hunter: You Can Bet
The Family Fortune On That.

♪ She's A Monkey Wrench ♪

Hunter:
Well, I'll Be Damned.

Largo's Planted A Bomb
On Papa Joe.

Papa Joe Must've Been
His Target All Along.

[Honking Horn]

All Right, Now,
What Is This,

Some Kind Of
Cheap Card Trick?

Someone Just Tried To Hit
Your Old Man, Stupid.

Who? Who Did This,
Hunter?

[Tires Squeal]

That Guy Right There.

Papa Joe:
Tommy Largo?

Otherwise Known As
Carey Lemasters.

[Doorbell Rings]

[Knock On Door]

Hunter:
Where's Lemasters?

Christina: What Are You
Doing Here?

What's Going On?

Have You Seen Him
Or Talked With Him?

He's Taking Care Of
Some Last Minute Business.

He Said He'd Call Me
When He's Finished.

Looks Like
You're Leaving Town.

Y-Yes.

We're Going To
The South Of France.

Would You Please Tell Me
What's Going On?

Oh, You Really Don't Know,
Do You, Christina?

You're Totally Unaware
That Your Husband's
A Professional Assassin,

That All This
International Business

Has Absolutely Nothing
To Do With Finance,

That It's Just A Front
For His Professional
Assassinations.

He Killed A Hooker,
Her Pimp, And
A Photographer,

All To Ingratiate Himself
To Papa Joe Tomesino,

So He Could Get Close
Enough To Kill Him.

Don't Overreact.

Look, Christina,
This Is Not An Affair.

I'm Telling You
Your Old Man Is
A Professional Killer.

What The Hell
Am I Supposed To Say?

With Everything
Falling Apart,

He's Probably Going
To Try To Get Out
Of Town,

So Let's Check
The Airport.

Yeah, Right.

He--He Called Me
From Chez Jacques,

Like He Does Every Day.

Everything Sounded
So Natural.

I Had No Idea.

Well, You Can Unpack,
Honey, Because
The Trip's Off.

[Door Slams]

Very Good, Darling.

Although You Didn't
Believe Me

When I Said
I Was Faithful To You...

I'm Glad You Had
Faith Enough

To Believe That I Would Have
Killed Those 2 Officers.

Stop.

What?

She's Lying.

He's Not Going
To Any Airport.

You Think She Knew
About It All Along?

No. She Was Trying
To Warn Me.

Look, She Said Lemasters
Called Her From Chez Jacques

Like He Does Every Day.

Yeah?

Well, She Told Me
This Afternoon

That The Guy Doesn't
Go There Anymore.

He's Here.

Hunter, He's Leaving.

[No Siren]

[Tires Squealing]

Go For The Tires!

Drop The Gun, Lemasters,
And Let Her Go!

I'll Kill Her, Hunter!

You Know I'll Do It!

Now You Drop Your Guns!

Drop 'Em! Now!
Right Now!

Mccall:
Don't Do It, Hunter.

He'll Kill Her Anyway.

She's Dead, Hunter!

This Is L-56.

I'm At The Corner Of Franklin
And Braddock Streets.

Send The Coroner's Wagon
Over Here, Would You?

Dispatch:
Roger, L-56.

Thanks.

L-56, Out.

Hunter:
You Got Your Tickets?

Christina:
Yeah, In My Purse.

You Got A Movie
On The Flight?

Yeah, I Think So.

Look, Christina...

No.

Don't Say Anything,
Please.

Look, I Just Want
To Tell You Something.

I Know.

I Appreciate
Whatever It Is
You Want To Say,

But I Don't Want You
To Say Anything.

I Always Did Understand
Your Silences Anyway.

Yeah.

We'd Better Go.

No.
I Want To Go Alone.