Hunter (1984–1991): Season 1, Episode 19 - Sniper - full transcript
Hunter is looking for a sniper who is killing women who look similar. He thinks the man has military training so he goes to the base and butts heads with a sergeant. At the same an IRS man shows up at the station to talk to Hunter about a unusual deduction he made.
We Got Ourselves
A Sniper Here.
Get Out Of My Way,
Louis.
Don't Be Crazy, Dennis.
Give It To Me.
I'm Seymour Robbins.
Internal
Revenue Service.
This Whole Thing Stinks.
Police! Hold It!
He Wants My Records
For The Last 3 Years.
3 Years!
I Don't Even Know
Where My Records Are
For The Last Week, Man!
How Am I Supposed
To Turn Up 3 Years?
He's Only Killed
10 Women.
Well, He's Zeroing In
On Number 11,
And, Mccall,
I Think It's You.
Hit The Deck, Mccall!
Why Can't You Learn
Not To Make Waves?
Because I Want
To Do It Right.
[Theme Music Playing]
Works For Me.
[Music Playing]
♪ Wonder ♪
♪ When Things Got So Bad ♪
♪ Oh, But What Happened To
The World We Had? ♪
♪ Well, We Used To Be
The Free ♪
♪ Welcome All We See ♪
♪ No Matter Who You'd Be ♪
♪ People Used To See
The Face ♪
[Woman Laughing]
♪ Oh, But Now We Shoot
From Space... ♪
No.
[Laughs]
♪ People Turned To Ash ♪
♪ Never Knowing
When They're Home ♪
♪ Oh, Guess
You're On Your Own ♪
Woman: No.
♪ Brother,
You're Not Alone ♪
♪ I Can't Stop ♪
♪ We Can't Stop ♪
♪ You Can't Stop ♪
♪ The End Of The World ♪
♪ I Can't Stop ♪
♪ We Can't Stop ♪
♪ You Can't Stop ♪
♪ The End Of The World ♪
♪ The End Of The World ♪
♪ People... ♪
[Fires]
Man: We Were Just
Standing There.
All Of A Sudden,
She Jerks Her Head Away,
And--And She Just
Goes Limp In My Arms.
I Thought She Was Having
Some Kind Of Fit
Or Something.
And I Didn't Know
Until I Saw The Blood.
You Never Heard
The Shot?
No.
And You Didn't See
Anyone?
No.
No, But I Know
Who Did It.
It Was That Creep
She Used To Go Out With,
Brad Wakely. That's
The Guy Who Did It.
You Said You Never
Saw Anybody.
No, I Don't Need To.
I Know He Did It!
You See, When She
Gave Him The Word
That They Were Over,
He Got Real Crazy.
He Got Real Mean.
He Said He Was Gonna
Get Her Good.
You Don't Happen
To Have An Address
On This Wakely Guy,
Do You?
I Think Cheryl Said
He Lived In Silver Lake.
I Don't Have A Street.
The Shot Came From Up There
On That Knoll, Captain.
I Found This.
Nato Round--
.223 Caliber.
Ah, It Could've Been
Some Kid,
Sneaked His Old Man's Rifle
Out Of The House,
Took A Potshot
At A Rabbit.
Been A Lot Of Complaints
About Kids Hunting
In These Hills.
Hey, I'm Tellin' You,
It's Not Some Kid!
It's This Guy Wakely!
This Wasn't
An Accident.
This Guy Knew
What He Was Doing.
He Even Cleared
Away The Brush
To Get A Good Line
Down Here Of The Girl.
That's About
A Downhill Shot
Of 300,
Maybe 350 Yards.
This Guy Wasn't Using
Your Standard
G.I. Weapon.
He Was Using A Modified
Rifle With A Scope.
We Got Ourselves
A Sniper Here.
Hunter, Let Me Talk
With You A Minute.
Look,
You Be Damn Careful
Who You Say That To.
If I Read, Hear,
Or See One Word,
One Word About
There Being A Sniper
In Chandler Park,
I'm Gonna Have
Your Liver,
Along With Your Badge.
You Got Me?
So, What Do You
Want Me To Do,
Go Looking For This
Little Kid With A Bb Gun?
Hey, Look, Hunter,
We're All In It
Right Up To Our Noses,
Huh? All Of Us.
Well, Why Can't You
Learn Not To Make Waves?
Because I Want
To Do It Right.
See If Wakely
Was In The Service,
And If He Qualified
For Weapons,
And If He Did,
What His Ratings Were.
Already On It.
What The Hell
Are You Doing?
You're
Sergeant Rick Hunter?
Yeah, What The Hell
You Doing
Going Through My Files?
I'm Seymour Robbins--
Internal Revenue
Service.
Well, I'm Gonna
Go Check
On Those Files.
See You Later.
We Have Some Problems
With Your
Income Tax Returns
From 1980
Through 1983.
1980? That's--
That's 5 Years Ago.
Mccall, What's
Going On In There?
He's Being Audited
By The Irs.
What A Shame.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
On April 27, 1980,
You Deducted,
As An Unreimbursed
Business Expense,
A Payment Of $10
To Harry...Thenose.
What Was That For?
Thenose...
Harry Thenose...
Um...
Let Me See That.
Oh, No, Not Harry Thenose.
Harry The Nose.
He's A Cocaine Addict.
He Sells Drugs
For A Living.
You Bought Drugs
And Deducted It
As A Business Expense?
No, Not Drugs.
Information.
Ah, Information.
And Why Didn't You
Just Use
The, Uh,
Police Department Files?
Or The Computer?
I Understand The City Has
Invested Millions Of Dollars
In A Highly Sophisticated
Mainframe System.
Sometimes You Have To Get
Information Very Quickly.
Now, I Don't Have Time
To Come Back To My Desk
And Go Through My Files,
Such As You're Doing,
Or Hit The Computer
For My Information.
I've Got To Get It From
The Players Right On The Street.
Just A Second.
Captain?
They'll Tell You
All About This.
This Is Mr...
Robbins...
Seymour T.
Hunter: Mr. Robbins
Is With The Irs.
Oh, So I Understand.
I Trust Sergeant Hunter
Here Isn't Giving You
Any Trouble
Regarding His Taxes.
I Don't Want You
To Take It Easy On Him
Just Because
He's A Police Officer.
Oh, I Wouldn't Do That.
Good. Good.
We Must All Carry
Our Share
Of The Burden.
Robbins: Uh,
Just A Moment, Captain.
Sure.
Is It True
That Police Officers
Pay Criminals
For Information?
Well, Uh, There Are
Some Occasions
When That Might Be
Necessary, Yes.
And The Police Department
Condones It?
Well, Perhaps
Not Officially,
But It's Always Been
An Accepted Practice
As Long As
I Can Remember.
Within Very Certain
Limitations, Of Course.
Robbins: You Say That
Paying Police Informants
Is A Matter Of
Accepted Policy.
Does That Mean
You Do It, Captain?
Well, On Occasion,
Yeah.
But,
As I Said Before,
Within Very, Very
Narrow Parameters.
And You Deducted
These Payments To Criminals
From Your
Income Tax Returns
Under Unreimbursed
Business Expenses, I Assume?
You Stuck The Captain
With That Irs Guy?
What Are You,
Suicidal?
Well, I Figure If He Hasn't
Killed Me By Now, Right?
Oh, By The Way, You Did
A Very Excellent Job
Of Getting All That
Information On Wakely
So Quickly.
Well, It Wasn't Like
He Was Trying To Hide.
He's Listed Right There
In The Phone Book.
He Even Gave His
Right Name And Address
When He Was Pulled Over
And Ticketed
For Speeding Last Month.
And He Even Paid The Fine.
So, What You're
Saying Is,
This Guy Is
A Solid Citizen?
An Old Cop
I Once Worked With
Right After I Got Out
Of The Academy
Once Told Me
That A Solid Citizen
Is Somebody Who
Hasn't Been Caught Yet.
What? My Old Man
Told Me That
When I Was 4 Years Old.
Man On Speaker: All Right,
Wakely. You're Next. Go.
He's A Hell Of A Shot,
This Guy.
Yeah, He's Only Got
One Little Problem--
He Shoots At Everything.
Cops, Pedestrians.
Kids.
Man On Speaker:
Nice Going, Hotshot.
You Just Killed
3 Policemen,
2 Innocent Bystanders,
And A Woman
And Her Baby.
Yeah, Well, They Should've
Kept Their Heads Down!
Well, Maybe You Ought
To Pull Yours Out, Wakely.
Now, Pick Up Your Brass.
The Rest Of You Guys
Police The Area.
Pick Up Anything
That's Not Growing.
Robert Wakely?
Who's Asking?
Sergeant Hunter
And Sergeant Mccall.
We're With Homicide.
So, What Do You Want
With Me?
Talk To Us About
Cheryl Green.
She's A Lyin'...
Double-Dealin' Little Tramp
Just Like The Rest Of You.
Yeah, Well,
She's Different.
She's Dead.
Aren't You
A Little Curious
About How She Died?
Maybe He Already Knows.
Why Don't You
Talk To Us, Soldier?
Sergeant:
Hey, Hey, Hey.
This Man's Got
A Lot Of Work To Do.
Why Don't You
Leave Him Alone?
Well, We're The Police.
That Woman Was
Shot To Death, Wakely.
Sergeant: Hold It, Kid.
Don't Say A Word.
You Charging Him
Or What?
Well, Who Are You,
An Attorney?
Why Don't You Butt Out?
He's In My Outfit,
And I'm Gonna
Take Care Of Him.
Now, Trust Me, Kid.
You Don't Have
To Say Anything
Without A Lawyer.
You Know That,
Don't You?
Sergeant, You're
Complicating Matters.
I Just Wanted The Kid
To Know What's In The Book.
Want To Go
By The Book? Ok.
We Found This Man
In Possession
Of A Weapon
Of The Same Caliber
That Was Used To Kill
His Ex-Girlfriend
Cheryl Green.
Now, This Cartridge Was
Fired From That Weapon.
That Still Don't Prove
That He Did It.
No, You're Right.
It Doesn't Prove That.
But It's Evidence.
Now, Look, We Can
Take You Downtown.
We Can Hold You For
48 Hours On Suspicion
While We Have The Lab
Check This Out,
The Rifle, Anything Else
We Want To Turn Up.
That The Way You Want
To Run It, Wakely?
Don't Let 'Em
Snow You, Kid.
I Haven't Seen Cheryl
Since We Broke Up.
I Haven't Talked To Her,
Haven't Seen Her, Anything. Ok?
Well, The Guy
That She Used To Go With
Said You Took This Thing
Pretty Hard.
You Even Threatened
Her Life.
Now, Wait A Minute Here.
This Guy Doesn't Know What
He's Talking About, All Right?
Now, You Know When A Guy
Is Crazy About A Dame,
Spends All His Money
On Her,
And They Stay Together
For Years.
And All Of A Sudden,
Out Of The Blue,
She Says, "I'm Leaving
You For Somebody Else."
Makes You Mad.
Hurts You.
And Sometimes
You Say Things
That You Don't
Really Mean.
Now, Who The Hell's
Going With This Girl,
You Or Him?
Why Don't You Let Him Talk?
No, That's Right,
That's Right.
It Went Down Just That Way.
Sarge Is Right.
You Still Live At That
Silver Lake Address, Do You?
Yeah, That's Right.
Still Work For
M And R Construction Company?
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
You Get That Feeling
To Make A Big Move,
Why Don't You Give Me
A Call, Huh?
Hey.
Hey, Hold Up.
I Just Think You Ought
To Know That, Uh,
That Kid Over There Ain't
No Lousy Draft-Dodger
That Joined The Guard
Just To Stay Out Of Nam.
That Kid's Had
A Real Rough War.
That's Not Gonna
Buy Him Anything.
You Should Know That
By Now.
Oh, When We Get Back
To The Precinct,
Why Don't You Run
Wakely Again
And See If
You Can Come Up
With Any Type Of
Psychiatric History.
Iought To Run Him?
What's The Matter With You?
Are You Allergic To Files
All Of A Sudden?
No, I Want To Run By
The National Guard
Armory For A Minute.
Look, All Right,
I Don't Want To Go Back
To The Precinct
Just Yet,
Not While That Irs
Bloodsucking Creature
Is Still There.
He's Out
To Drain Me Dry.
Yeah, That's Bob Wakely.
He's The Best Shot
On The Team,
Maybe In The State.
You Think Wakely
Would Have Any Trouble
Hitting A Man-Sized Target--
Say, 300-350 Yards?
With One Of These?
Nah, Nobody
Can Hit Anything
With One Of These,
Except By Accident.
But, Now,
With A Target Rifle,
He'd Shoot Your Eyes Out
At That Range.
He's About The Best
I've Ever Seen.
Why, He's Even Better
Than Balser,
And Balser Was
Top Gun At Pendleton
In '57 And '58.
These Target Rifles--
Each Man Supply His Own?
Nah, The Regiment
Supplies Them.
It's A Regular Issue
Sniper Rifle,
And We Modify Them Some
For Competition.
You Keep Them
Around Here?
Sure,
In The Arsenal.
You Think I Might Have
A Look At Wakely's?
Can't See Why Not.
I Don't Suppose...
You Got A Warrant.
Well, I Can Get
A Warrant.
Well, You See,
Around Here,
We Do Everything
By The Numbers.
If You Want To See
These Rifles
Or Anything Else
In Here,
You Better Go Get Yourself
A Piece Of Paper.
I'll Be Back.
When Did You Get So Picky
About The Rules, Dennis?
You've Got An Awful Lot
Of Work To Do, Louis.
Why Don't You
Just Get To It?
Sure.
[Clatters]
[Fires]
A Single Shot
To The Head...
Probably From
That Knoll Up There.
I Can't Tell Yet What
The Caliber Bullet,
But It Looks
Like A .223.
But I'll Let You Know
When I Dig It Up.
Ok, Thanks.
Appreciate It.
Ok. You're
Welcome.
Thanks, Biff.
Yeah.
Boy, You Pulled Another One
Right Out Of Your Hat, Hunter.
Wakely Have
A Psychiatric History?
Yeah. They Admitted Him
To A Hospital, 6 Months.
Yeah.
Was He Violent?
No. He's Diagnosed
As Acute Depression
Or Something Like That.
They Said He Got Over It
In 6 Months, Though.
Yeah, That's What
They Said.
They Probably
Kicked Him Out Of It
Because They Needed
The Extra Bed.
Anyway, We Got To Go
See This Guy Again,
Pay Him Another Visit.
Sergeant Mccall.
Hey, Listen,
You Can Come On Back
To The Precinct Now
If You Want, You Know.
Why, Is That Dip
From The Irs Gone?
[Laughs]
No, But I Think
He's Found Juicier
Pickings Than You.
Who's That?
Well, He's Got His Eye
On Smitty,
And He's Just About
Ready To Sink His Teeth
Right Into
The Captain's Neck.
You're Kidding.
That's Great.
Sergeant Mccall?
I Checked With
M And R Construction.
They Said Wakely Didn't
Show Up For Work Today.
He Called In Sick.
[Thud]
[Country Music Playing]
[Knocks]
Hunter: Wakely?
Open Up.
Police.
[Crowd Chattering]
[Thud]
Bedroom's Clean--
Clue-Wise, Anyway.
I Don't Think This Place
Has Been Dusted In 2 Months.
Hand Me That Chair,
Would You?
You Know, It's
One Thing Him Killing
The First Girlfriend,
But Why Would He Kill
The Second?
Well, We Don't Know He Killed
Either One Of Them Yet.
Well, It'd Be A Real Good
Reason To Hang Yourself.
We Can't Prove That,
Either.
He Didn't Leave
A Note, Did He?
Hunter, Half The Suicides
Don't Leave Any Notes.
This Whole Thing Stinks.
You Got Something
On Your Chin.
Where's My Bag?
Right Over Here.
Well, After You're Done
Looking At The Library,
Would You Give Me
My Bag, Please?
Take A Look At This.
We Got Dust Here
And Dust Here.
Yeah, They Got Dust
Everywhere.
The Guy Was
A Lousy Housekeeper.
No, No, Wait A Minute.
There's No Dust
Right Here Though.
Newspaper Clippings.
"Blond Shot Dead
In Park.
"Second Girl Slain
In Chandler Park.
Park Police
Deny Connection."
That Figures.
"Park Sniper
Strikes Again.
Chandler Park Victim
Now Number 8."
We've Got A Photograph
Here Of A...
Probably A Victim.
And There's A Phone Number,
An Address,
And A Name
On The Back Of It.
Looks Like Maybe
We Got Our Sniper.
No, No. Wakely
Couldn't Have
Anything To Do
With These Killings.
This Goes All The Way
Back To 1958.
He Was A Kid Then.
You're Right.
And The Phone Number
On The Back Of
This Photograph--
Back In 1958,
The Prefixes Were Names,
Not Phone Numbers.
Like Where I Came From,
It Was Madison,
And Then You'd Dial M-A
And Then The Phone
Number, Right?
Well, This Is A Current
Phone Number.
But What Are You
Saying?
That Wakely
Suddenly Found
A Bunch Of Old
Newspaper Clippings,
Decided To Become
A Copycat Killer?
Yeah, It Could've
Worked That Way.
Our Captain Will
Believe That Story.
That Means You Won't.
Like I Said, Mccall,
This Whole Thing Stinks.
Looks Like The Place.
What Good It's Going
To Do Us, I Don't Know.
Every Interview's
A Learning Experience.
Excuse Me, Ma'am,
Could We Have A Word
With You, Please?
I'm Sergeant Hunter.
This Is Sergeant Mccall.
We're Looking For A Woman
By The Name Of Iris Buford.
Wouldn't Happen To
Know Her, Would You?
You Rotten Pigs. You Don't
Care About Anybody, Do You?
We're Sorry, Ma'am.
Was, Uh...
Was She
Your Daughter?
My Daughter?
I Don't Have A Daughter.
That's Me 25 Years Ago.
[Sighs]
Um, Would You Guys
Like A Beer?
No, Thanks.
If I Had Your Willpower,
Maybe I'd Still Look
Like That Picture.
Where'd You Dig It Up?
A Man Named
Robert Wakely Had It.
We Found It Amongst
Some Old Clippings
That He Had
On The Chandler Park
Sniper Case
Back In 1958.
[Sighs]
God.
You Know About That,
Do You, Mrs. Buford?
Yeah, I Know About It.
I Was Married To Him--
Dennis Balser.
Mccall: It's A Classic
Example, Captain.
The Guy Was
Crazy-Jealous.
He Thought His Wife
Was Cheating On Him
With Every Guy
In Town.
So He Gets A Rifle, Follows
His Wife To Chandler Park,
And Takes A Shot At Him.
Then Proceeds To Kill
8 More Women
Who Were So Alike
They Could Be Sisters.
$287? What Did
That Woman Find
To Spend Money On
This Time?
Who, Balser's Wife?
No, My Wife. Boy,
She Can Spend Money.
Hey, If Balser's Wife
Thought He Took
A Shot At Her,
Why Didn't She
Turn Him In?
She Did. She Said
Nobody Believed Her.
You Got Those Forms,
Johnson?
What Was That?
I Said She Did, But
Nobody Believed Her.
Loopy Woman
Pickled In Booze
Thinks She Was Married
To The Chandler Park
Sniper
25 Years Ago?
Ha. She's Still
Batting 1,000.
Look, The Autopsy
On Wakely Shows
A Contusion
Behind His Left Ear
Which Is Consistent
With A Blow To The Head
By A Blunt Object.
So What?
So The M.E.
Says That's Because
The Guy Was Unconscious
Before He Was Hanged.
Which Means
He Was Murdered.
No, Which Means
That You're Wasting
My Time Again, Hunter.
You Know, While
You Two Were Playing
Clever Detectives,
Sergeant Terwilliger
Picked Up Wakely's Rifle
Over At The Armory,
Took It To Ballistics.
I Suppose You're Going
To Tell Us Now
That The Bullets
Matched.
You Got It, Mccall.
Both Those Girls
Were Killed
By The Same Gun
And None Other.
Yeah, The Same Gun,
But Not By Wakely.
Look, Balser Had Access
To Those Rifles
24 Hours A Day.
Hey, Hunter,
Read My Lips.
This Case Is Solved,
And You Got Nothing Else
To Do With It.
And I Got One More
Suggestion For You.
You'd Better Pray That
That Guy From The Irs,
That Bloodsucker,
Doesn't Find
Anything Wrong
With My Past Returns And
Penalize Me For Them.
Because If He Does,
It's Going To Come Out
Of Your Hide.
Now Get Out Of Here And
Do Something Productive.
Ah, Sergeant Hunter.
Did You Come Up With
Those Harry The Nose
Receipts Yet?
Yeah, We're
Working On That.
Aha. Well,
No Great Rush.
I Think I'm Going
To Be Here Much Longer
Than I Expected.
Hunter: He Was Stationed
Here In Los Angeles
From February Of 1957
Through December Of 1958,
And That's
The Same Time Frame
In Which The Chandler Park
Sniper Was Active.
Well, So Were About
3 Million Other People.
But When He Got Transferred,
The Killing Stopped.
There Hasn't Been One Girl
Killed In That Park
Since He Left--
Until Now.
And Guess
Who's Back In Town.
All I'm Asking You For
Is 2 Officers On Foot
And 2 Squad Cars
To Back Me Up.
What Is This? Are You
People Telling Me
I Don't Know How
To Set Up A Net?
No, We Are Not
Telling You
You Don't Know
How To Set Up A Net.
All I'm Telling You Is,
I've Worked On This Case
From The Very Beginning.
I Know How This Guy
Operates.
This Is
His Killing Ground.
It Also Happens To Be
My Precinct, Sergeant,
So Why Don't You Just
Go Back To Your Own And
Leave Me To Run Mine, Huh?
[Leaves Rustle]
I'm--I'm Sorry, Mister.
I Thought
You Were A Rabbit.
Go Home, Kid.
And Hurry!
Boy: Officer!
Officer!
[No Audio]
[Tires Screeching]
That Damn Fool!
Hunter, That Was Him!
[Siren]
Dispatch:
Attention, All Units.
Possible Sniper
Reported In Chandler Park.
L-56 Responding.
Tell Them That
We Have Him In View.
We're In Pursuit.
Also, Tell Them--
This Is Great.
[Gunshot]
Oh, Louis,
It's Still Too Slow.
Knock Another Second Off
In Between Them.
Whatever You Want.
Where's
Your Sidekick?
She Get
Another Playmate?
She's Out Tying Up
Some Loose Ends.
Yeah, I'll Bet.
It's A Very Nice
Set-Up Here, Balser.
Yeah, I Set This Up
Myself.
Care To Take A Whirl?
Yeah, I Would.
What Kind Of Gun
You Want?
You Want
An M-16 Or An Uzi?
Anything You Like.
Well, If It's
All Right With You,
I'd Just As Soon
Use My Own.
You Know
How This Works?
Just Aim
At The Bad Guys.
That's Right.
Get Ready.
All Right, Whitlowe...
Cut It Loose.
You Got It.
Oh, By The Way,
Your Buddy Wakely
Didn't Commit Suicide.
What Are You
Giving Me?
The Truth. Somebody
Cold-Cocked Him
And Then Tried To Hang Him
When He Was Unconscious.
Tried To Make It
Look Like A Suicide.
That's Crazy.
Now, Why Would Anybody
Want To Do That?
He Probably Feared Wakely
Knew Who The Sniper Was.
You Mean Wakely Didn't Kill
Those 2 Girls?
No Way.
Mccall And I Had Him
In The Park The Other Day,
But He Got Away.
Well, If Wakely Didn't
Kill Him, Then Who
Do You Figure Did?
Well, We Figure
It Was The Guy
Who Killed Those
8 Girls Back In 1958,
The Chandler Park
Sniper.
You Were Stationed Here
Then, Weren't You?
You Must Remember Him.
Oh, Yeah.
I Remember Him Well.
They Hauled My Butt In
For Questioning.
Well, Obviously,
They Couldn't Pin
Anything On You.
You Know, I Don't Know
What They Were Up To.
You Know, A Week After
They Hauled Me In,
They Transferred Me
To Germany.
You Know,
A Funny Thing, Though...
Right After
I Got There,
Somebody Started
Knocking Off German Dames.
Blond, Just Like
Your Ex-Wife, Right?
Yeah, Just Like Her.
Nice Shooting.
You Only Hit
One Wrong Target.
Well, Everybody
Makes A Mistake
Sooner Or Later,
Don't They, Sergeant?
[Music Playing]
Yo, Louis.
Hey, Joe.
I Knew
I'd Find You Here.
We Got Us A Weapon
Survey At The End
Of The Month, Dennis.
Don't You Think
We Ought To Get On It?
There's Time.
Not A Whole Hell
Of A Lot.
What's Been Bugging You,
Dennis?
The Kid Wakely
Doing The Dutch?
That Kid Really
Admired You, Dennis.
I Mean,
He Really Did.
He Was Always Asking
Questions About You--
Where You Served
And What You Did And...
He Was Going To Write
A Book About You--A Book.
Now, You Believe That?
You're Never Going
To Learn How To Shut
Your Stupid Mouth!
Are You?
Give Me Another One, Joe.
Hunter: Why Don't You
Give Balser That Call
And Give Him A Push?
[Telephone Rings]
Yeah.
Yeah,
That's Right.
Who?
No,
He Ain't Here.
Yeah, I'm Sure.
I Don't Know. Tonight
After Drill Maybe.
Look, Lady, I Don't
Run No Answering
Service Here.
Ok, Ok,
What's Your Name?
Iris? Iris?
That's It?
All Right. If I See Him,
I'll Tell Him.
What'd She Say
Her Name Was?
Oh, Relax, Sarge.
She's After Somebody
Named Pete Stankey.
Supposed To Be In Your
Outfit. You Know Him?
Said Her Name
Was Iris, Right?
Yeah.
Iris What?
Iris What, Damn It!
She Didn't Say!
What's Wrong
With You, Balser?
You Gone Nuts
Or What?
[Stool Clatters]
Thanks A Bunch, Hunter.
Just What I Needed--
A Tax Audit.
You Know, I Think
I'm The Only Person
In This Whole Place
Who Hasn't Even Been
Nailed By Robbins Yet.
Well, The Rich
Get Richer, Mccall.
Speaking Of Rich,
You Still Owe Me 5 Bucks.
I'll Write You A Check.
Which I Shouldn't Cash
Until Next Payday?
Uh-Uh.
Forget About It.
I'll Write It
Off My Taxes
As A Business Expense.
Robbins: What Did You Say
You Were Going To Write
Off On Your Taxes,
Sergeant Mccall?
He Wants My Records
For The Last 3 Years--
3 Years.
I Don't Even Know
Where My Records Are
For Last Week, Man.
How Am I Supposed
To Turn Up 3 Years?
Just Relax.
It's Only Money, Ok?
We Got Better Things
To Concern Ourselves With,
Like Balser.
Yeah, Well, My Guess
Is We've Scared Him
Back Into His Hole.
Nah, No Way.
This Guy Is A Killer
Who's Just Begun
To Kill.
He Cannot Stop.
I Know All About
These Types Of Killers.
Trust Me, Will You?
Trust You. Ok.
3 Years, Hunter.
[Music Playing,
People Chattering]
How You Doing Over There?
Hey, Sarge,
How's It Going?
All Right, Boys.
Hey, Have A Seat.
I Want To Talk To You.
What Are You
Drinking?
Well, Let's See.
Uh...
Looks Like
I'm Drinking Beer.
Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Past The Teeth,
Over The Gums.
Look Out, Stomach,
Here It Comes.
All Right.
You Know, I've Known
Some Old, Old Women
In My Time
That Shoot
Better Than You Guys
Did This Morning.
[Laughter]
Sarge?
Hey, What's Wrong?
What's Wrong,
Sarge?
Sarge?
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me!
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me.
Hey, You.
Soldier.
That Dame
You Were With--
What's Her Name?
What's It To You, Pal?
Her Name's Iris, Right?
Right?
Ok, So Her Name Is Iris.
So What?
Well, Where'd She Go?
Where Can I Find Her?
I Don't Know What
Your Problem Is, Sarge,
But You Want Her,
She's All Yours.
Looks Like Our Old Sarge
Just Took The Bait.
Yeah, He Sure Did.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
♪ Now I Want You Back
No Matter What It Takes ♪
♪ Thought Without My Love
Your Heart-- ♪
Iris!
Sorry.
♪ One Day I Woke Up,
And You Were Gone ♪
One More Little Push,
And He's Going To Fall.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
[Turns Off]
If You Would Even
Think That I'd Get
On The Phone With Balser,
Then You're Crazier
Than He Is.
I Only Give A Guy
One Shot At Me.
He's Already Had His.
Come On, Iris.
What Can He Do To You
Over The Telephone?
You Understand Quaker?
Take Thyself A Hike.
Look, Iris, This Guy
Is Right On The Edge.
All He's Got To Do Is Hear
Your Voice On The Phone,
He's Going To Fall
Right Into Our Net.
He's Going To Kill Again
Unless You Talk With Him,
Iris.
I Don't Even Have
A Phone.
The Company Came
And Took It Last Month.
[Rings]
Master Sergeant Balser.
Um, Hello, Dennis.
Um, This Is Iris.
Who?
Uh, It's Me, Iris,
Your Ex-Wife.
Heh Heh. What Is This,
Some Kind Of Joke?
It's No Joke.
It--It's Me.
Uh, Look,
I Got To See You.
I Don't Believe This.
Believe It, Dennis, Or
You're Going To Wind Up
In The Gas Chamber.
Dennis?
Yeah, I'll Be There.
Yeah, I'll Be There.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes... ♪
[Hangs Up Phone]
I've Always Been There
For You...
♪ Thought
Without My Love ♪
♪ Your Heart
Would Surely Break ♪
Always.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
I'll Be There, Iris.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
I'll Be Right There.
♪ Now I Want You Back
No Matter What It Takes ♪
Where You Going
With That Gun?
Get Out Of My Way,
Louis.
Don't Be Crazy, Dennis.
Give It To Me.
Uhh!
[Crash]
Hunter, Can You Hear Me?
Yeah, Loud And Clear.
Just Lonesome And Wanted
To Hear A Familiar Voice.
Any Sign Of Him?
Nothing Yet.
How You Doing?
I'm Cold, My Feet Hurt,
And I'm Scared
Out Of My Mind.
Other Than That,
I'm Just Great.
What Are You Scared For?
We Gave You
A Bulletproof Vest.
Balser Always Aims
For The Head, Remember?
Well,
Just Hang In There.
Yeah, Well,
How Much Longer?
Make Another Pass
Up The Path And Back.
If You Don't Find Anything,
We'll Call It A Day.
Ok, You Got It.
Hit The Deck,
Mccall!
He's Headed Back
To His Car.
Try And Cut Him Off.
Police!
Hold It!
He Went Up The Hill.
I'm Going After Him.
You Get Some Backup.
Give It Up, Balser.
Half The Metro Pd Is On
Its Way Here Right Now.
Ha Ha Ha! That Was
Real Cute, Hunter.
Like I Said, Sarge,
Everybody Makes
A Mistake.
[Siren]
Yeah.
Yeah, Thanks,
Gallagher.
Ok, I'll Tell Him.
Appreciate It.
That Was
Inspector Gallagher.
He Said To Tell You
That The Shooting Team
Has Found The Balser
Killing Righteous.
He Also Said
To Tell You
That He's Going
To Put You Up
For A Commendation.
Please,
Don't Give Me That.
We Both Know What The Captain
Will Do With That.
If You Two Have
Your Penalty Checks Ready,
I'd Be More Than Happy
To Take Them For You.
It'll Save You
22 Cents Postage.
Well, If We Mail Them,
Can We Deduct The Cost
Of The Stamps?
Uh, I'm Afraid Not.
Nor The Interest
Or The Penalty.
Thank You Both.
Mm-Hmm.
The Way Everybody's Been
Cutting Corners Around Here,
I Knew They'd Catch Up
To You Sooner Or Later.
Who Are You Kidding,
Bernie?
You're Not Honest.
You're Just Nervous.
That's Far From True,
Hunter.
Oh, Yeah? Then How Come
You Never Put A Quarter
In The Can
Like You're Supposed
To After You Drink
All That Coffee?
Yeah.
A Cup Of Coffee, Mccall?
That Is So Penny Ante.
I Get Free Coffee
All Over The City.
Uh, Excuse Me.
I Don't Think We've Met.
Oh, Excuse Me. This Is
Sergeant Bernie Terwilliger.
This Is Mr. Robbins.
Mr. Robbins
Is With The Irs, Bernie.
Nice To Meet You.
I--I Got Something
I Got To Do.
I'll See You Later.
Just A Little Moment,
Sergeant.
I Couldn't Help Overhearing
Just A Moment Ago.
Tell Me, Just Exactly
How Many Cups Of Coffee
Do You Drink
Each Day?
I, Uh...
A Sniper Here.
Get Out Of My Way,
Louis.
Don't Be Crazy, Dennis.
Give It To Me.
I'm Seymour Robbins.
Internal
Revenue Service.
This Whole Thing Stinks.
Police! Hold It!
He Wants My Records
For The Last 3 Years.
3 Years!
I Don't Even Know
Where My Records Are
For The Last Week, Man!
How Am I Supposed
To Turn Up 3 Years?
He's Only Killed
10 Women.
Well, He's Zeroing In
On Number 11,
And, Mccall,
I Think It's You.
Hit The Deck, Mccall!
Why Can't You Learn
Not To Make Waves?
Because I Want
To Do It Right.
[Theme Music Playing]
Works For Me.
[Music Playing]
♪ Wonder ♪
♪ When Things Got So Bad ♪
♪ Oh, But What Happened To
The World We Had? ♪
♪ Well, We Used To Be
The Free ♪
♪ Welcome All We See ♪
♪ No Matter Who You'd Be ♪
♪ People Used To See
The Face ♪
[Woman Laughing]
♪ Oh, But Now We Shoot
From Space... ♪
No.
[Laughs]
♪ People Turned To Ash ♪
♪ Never Knowing
When They're Home ♪
♪ Oh, Guess
You're On Your Own ♪
Woman: No.
♪ Brother,
You're Not Alone ♪
♪ I Can't Stop ♪
♪ We Can't Stop ♪
♪ You Can't Stop ♪
♪ The End Of The World ♪
♪ I Can't Stop ♪
♪ We Can't Stop ♪
♪ You Can't Stop ♪
♪ The End Of The World ♪
♪ The End Of The World ♪
♪ People... ♪
[Fires]
Man: We Were Just
Standing There.
All Of A Sudden,
She Jerks Her Head Away,
And--And She Just
Goes Limp In My Arms.
I Thought She Was Having
Some Kind Of Fit
Or Something.
And I Didn't Know
Until I Saw The Blood.
You Never Heard
The Shot?
No.
And You Didn't See
Anyone?
No.
No, But I Know
Who Did It.
It Was That Creep
She Used To Go Out With,
Brad Wakely. That's
The Guy Who Did It.
You Said You Never
Saw Anybody.
No, I Don't Need To.
I Know He Did It!
You See, When She
Gave Him The Word
That They Were Over,
He Got Real Crazy.
He Got Real Mean.
He Said He Was Gonna
Get Her Good.
You Don't Happen
To Have An Address
On This Wakely Guy,
Do You?
I Think Cheryl Said
He Lived In Silver Lake.
I Don't Have A Street.
The Shot Came From Up There
On That Knoll, Captain.
I Found This.
Nato Round--
.223 Caliber.
Ah, It Could've Been
Some Kid,
Sneaked His Old Man's Rifle
Out Of The House,
Took A Potshot
At A Rabbit.
Been A Lot Of Complaints
About Kids Hunting
In These Hills.
Hey, I'm Tellin' You,
It's Not Some Kid!
It's This Guy Wakely!
This Wasn't
An Accident.
This Guy Knew
What He Was Doing.
He Even Cleared
Away The Brush
To Get A Good Line
Down Here Of The Girl.
That's About
A Downhill Shot
Of 300,
Maybe 350 Yards.
This Guy Wasn't Using
Your Standard
G.I. Weapon.
He Was Using A Modified
Rifle With A Scope.
We Got Ourselves
A Sniper Here.
Hunter, Let Me Talk
With You A Minute.
Look,
You Be Damn Careful
Who You Say That To.
If I Read, Hear,
Or See One Word,
One Word About
There Being A Sniper
In Chandler Park,
I'm Gonna Have
Your Liver,
Along With Your Badge.
You Got Me?
So, What Do You
Want Me To Do,
Go Looking For This
Little Kid With A Bb Gun?
Hey, Look, Hunter,
We're All In It
Right Up To Our Noses,
Huh? All Of Us.
Well, Why Can't You
Learn Not To Make Waves?
Because I Want
To Do It Right.
See If Wakely
Was In The Service,
And If He Qualified
For Weapons,
And If He Did,
What His Ratings Were.
Already On It.
What The Hell
Are You Doing?
You're
Sergeant Rick Hunter?
Yeah, What The Hell
You Doing
Going Through My Files?
I'm Seymour Robbins--
Internal Revenue
Service.
Well, I'm Gonna
Go Check
On Those Files.
See You Later.
We Have Some Problems
With Your
Income Tax Returns
From 1980
Through 1983.
1980? That's--
That's 5 Years Ago.
Mccall, What's
Going On In There?
He's Being Audited
By The Irs.
What A Shame.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
On April 27, 1980,
You Deducted,
As An Unreimbursed
Business Expense,
A Payment Of $10
To Harry...Thenose.
What Was That For?
Thenose...
Harry Thenose...
Um...
Let Me See That.
Oh, No, Not Harry Thenose.
Harry The Nose.
He's A Cocaine Addict.
He Sells Drugs
For A Living.
You Bought Drugs
And Deducted It
As A Business Expense?
No, Not Drugs.
Information.
Ah, Information.
And Why Didn't You
Just Use
The, Uh,
Police Department Files?
Or The Computer?
I Understand The City Has
Invested Millions Of Dollars
In A Highly Sophisticated
Mainframe System.
Sometimes You Have To Get
Information Very Quickly.
Now, I Don't Have Time
To Come Back To My Desk
And Go Through My Files,
Such As You're Doing,
Or Hit The Computer
For My Information.
I've Got To Get It From
The Players Right On The Street.
Just A Second.
Captain?
They'll Tell You
All About This.
This Is Mr...
Robbins...
Seymour T.
Hunter: Mr. Robbins
Is With The Irs.
Oh, So I Understand.
I Trust Sergeant Hunter
Here Isn't Giving You
Any Trouble
Regarding His Taxes.
I Don't Want You
To Take It Easy On Him
Just Because
He's A Police Officer.
Oh, I Wouldn't Do That.
Good. Good.
We Must All Carry
Our Share
Of The Burden.
Robbins: Uh,
Just A Moment, Captain.
Sure.
Is It True
That Police Officers
Pay Criminals
For Information?
Well, Uh, There Are
Some Occasions
When That Might Be
Necessary, Yes.
And The Police Department
Condones It?
Well, Perhaps
Not Officially,
But It's Always Been
An Accepted Practice
As Long As
I Can Remember.
Within Very Certain
Limitations, Of Course.
Robbins: You Say That
Paying Police Informants
Is A Matter Of
Accepted Policy.
Does That Mean
You Do It, Captain?
Well, On Occasion,
Yeah.
But,
As I Said Before,
Within Very, Very
Narrow Parameters.
And You Deducted
These Payments To Criminals
From Your
Income Tax Returns
Under Unreimbursed
Business Expenses, I Assume?
You Stuck The Captain
With That Irs Guy?
What Are You,
Suicidal?
Well, I Figure If He Hasn't
Killed Me By Now, Right?
Oh, By The Way, You Did
A Very Excellent Job
Of Getting All That
Information On Wakely
So Quickly.
Well, It Wasn't Like
He Was Trying To Hide.
He's Listed Right There
In The Phone Book.
He Even Gave His
Right Name And Address
When He Was Pulled Over
And Ticketed
For Speeding Last Month.
And He Even Paid The Fine.
So, What You're
Saying Is,
This Guy Is
A Solid Citizen?
An Old Cop
I Once Worked With
Right After I Got Out
Of The Academy
Once Told Me
That A Solid Citizen
Is Somebody Who
Hasn't Been Caught Yet.
What? My Old Man
Told Me That
When I Was 4 Years Old.
Man On Speaker: All Right,
Wakely. You're Next. Go.
He's A Hell Of A Shot,
This Guy.
Yeah, He's Only Got
One Little Problem--
He Shoots At Everything.
Cops, Pedestrians.
Kids.
Man On Speaker:
Nice Going, Hotshot.
You Just Killed
3 Policemen,
2 Innocent Bystanders,
And A Woman
And Her Baby.
Yeah, Well, They Should've
Kept Their Heads Down!
Well, Maybe You Ought
To Pull Yours Out, Wakely.
Now, Pick Up Your Brass.
The Rest Of You Guys
Police The Area.
Pick Up Anything
That's Not Growing.
Robert Wakely?
Who's Asking?
Sergeant Hunter
And Sergeant Mccall.
We're With Homicide.
So, What Do You Want
With Me?
Talk To Us About
Cheryl Green.
She's A Lyin'...
Double-Dealin' Little Tramp
Just Like The Rest Of You.
Yeah, Well,
She's Different.
She's Dead.
Aren't You
A Little Curious
About How She Died?
Maybe He Already Knows.
Why Don't You
Talk To Us, Soldier?
Sergeant:
Hey, Hey, Hey.
This Man's Got
A Lot Of Work To Do.
Why Don't You
Leave Him Alone?
Well, We're The Police.
That Woman Was
Shot To Death, Wakely.
Sergeant: Hold It, Kid.
Don't Say A Word.
You Charging Him
Or What?
Well, Who Are You,
An Attorney?
Why Don't You Butt Out?
He's In My Outfit,
And I'm Gonna
Take Care Of Him.
Now, Trust Me, Kid.
You Don't Have
To Say Anything
Without A Lawyer.
You Know That,
Don't You?
Sergeant, You're
Complicating Matters.
I Just Wanted The Kid
To Know What's In The Book.
Want To Go
By The Book? Ok.
We Found This Man
In Possession
Of A Weapon
Of The Same Caliber
That Was Used To Kill
His Ex-Girlfriend
Cheryl Green.
Now, This Cartridge Was
Fired From That Weapon.
That Still Don't Prove
That He Did It.
No, You're Right.
It Doesn't Prove That.
But It's Evidence.
Now, Look, We Can
Take You Downtown.
We Can Hold You For
48 Hours On Suspicion
While We Have The Lab
Check This Out,
The Rifle, Anything Else
We Want To Turn Up.
That The Way You Want
To Run It, Wakely?
Don't Let 'Em
Snow You, Kid.
I Haven't Seen Cheryl
Since We Broke Up.
I Haven't Talked To Her,
Haven't Seen Her, Anything. Ok?
Well, The Guy
That She Used To Go With
Said You Took This Thing
Pretty Hard.
You Even Threatened
Her Life.
Now, Wait A Minute Here.
This Guy Doesn't Know What
He's Talking About, All Right?
Now, You Know When A Guy
Is Crazy About A Dame,
Spends All His Money
On Her,
And They Stay Together
For Years.
And All Of A Sudden,
Out Of The Blue,
She Says, "I'm Leaving
You For Somebody Else."
Makes You Mad.
Hurts You.
And Sometimes
You Say Things
That You Don't
Really Mean.
Now, Who The Hell's
Going With This Girl,
You Or Him?
Why Don't You Let Him Talk?
No, That's Right,
That's Right.
It Went Down Just That Way.
Sarge Is Right.
You Still Live At That
Silver Lake Address, Do You?
Yeah, That's Right.
Still Work For
M And R Construction Company?
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
You Get That Feeling
To Make A Big Move,
Why Don't You Give Me
A Call, Huh?
Hey.
Hey, Hold Up.
I Just Think You Ought
To Know That, Uh,
That Kid Over There Ain't
No Lousy Draft-Dodger
That Joined The Guard
Just To Stay Out Of Nam.
That Kid's Had
A Real Rough War.
That's Not Gonna
Buy Him Anything.
You Should Know That
By Now.
Oh, When We Get Back
To The Precinct,
Why Don't You Run
Wakely Again
And See If
You Can Come Up
With Any Type Of
Psychiatric History.
Iought To Run Him?
What's The Matter With You?
Are You Allergic To Files
All Of A Sudden?
No, I Want To Run By
The National Guard
Armory For A Minute.
Look, All Right,
I Don't Want To Go Back
To The Precinct
Just Yet,
Not While That Irs
Bloodsucking Creature
Is Still There.
He's Out
To Drain Me Dry.
Yeah, That's Bob Wakely.
He's The Best Shot
On The Team,
Maybe In The State.
You Think Wakely
Would Have Any Trouble
Hitting A Man-Sized Target--
Say, 300-350 Yards?
With One Of These?
Nah, Nobody
Can Hit Anything
With One Of These,
Except By Accident.
But, Now,
With A Target Rifle,
He'd Shoot Your Eyes Out
At That Range.
He's About The Best
I've Ever Seen.
Why, He's Even Better
Than Balser,
And Balser Was
Top Gun At Pendleton
In '57 And '58.
These Target Rifles--
Each Man Supply His Own?
Nah, The Regiment
Supplies Them.
It's A Regular Issue
Sniper Rifle,
And We Modify Them Some
For Competition.
You Keep Them
Around Here?
Sure,
In The Arsenal.
You Think I Might Have
A Look At Wakely's?
Can't See Why Not.
I Don't Suppose...
You Got A Warrant.
Well, I Can Get
A Warrant.
Well, You See,
Around Here,
We Do Everything
By The Numbers.
If You Want To See
These Rifles
Or Anything Else
In Here,
You Better Go Get Yourself
A Piece Of Paper.
I'll Be Back.
When Did You Get So Picky
About The Rules, Dennis?
You've Got An Awful Lot
Of Work To Do, Louis.
Why Don't You
Just Get To It?
Sure.
[Clatters]
[Fires]
A Single Shot
To The Head...
Probably From
That Knoll Up There.
I Can't Tell Yet What
The Caliber Bullet,
But It Looks
Like A .223.
But I'll Let You Know
When I Dig It Up.
Ok, Thanks.
Appreciate It.
Ok. You're
Welcome.
Thanks, Biff.
Yeah.
Boy, You Pulled Another One
Right Out Of Your Hat, Hunter.
Wakely Have
A Psychiatric History?
Yeah. They Admitted Him
To A Hospital, 6 Months.
Yeah.
Was He Violent?
No. He's Diagnosed
As Acute Depression
Or Something Like That.
They Said He Got Over It
In 6 Months, Though.
Yeah, That's What
They Said.
They Probably
Kicked Him Out Of It
Because They Needed
The Extra Bed.
Anyway, We Got To Go
See This Guy Again,
Pay Him Another Visit.
Sergeant Mccall.
Hey, Listen,
You Can Come On Back
To The Precinct Now
If You Want, You Know.
Why, Is That Dip
From The Irs Gone?
[Laughs]
No, But I Think
He's Found Juicier
Pickings Than You.
Who's That?
Well, He's Got His Eye
On Smitty,
And He's Just About
Ready To Sink His Teeth
Right Into
The Captain's Neck.
You're Kidding.
That's Great.
Sergeant Mccall?
I Checked With
M And R Construction.
They Said Wakely Didn't
Show Up For Work Today.
He Called In Sick.
[Thud]
[Country Music Playing]
[Knocks]
Hunter: Wakely?
Open Up.
Police.
[Crowd Chattering]
[Thud]
Bedroom's Clean--
Clue-Wise, Anyway.
I Don't Think This Place
Has Been Dusted In 2 Months.
Hand Me That Chair,
Would You?
You Know, It's
One Thing Him Killing
The First Girlfriend,
But Why Would He Kill
The Second?
Well, We Don't Know He Killed
Either One Of Them Yet.
Well, It'd Be A Real Good
Reason To Hang Yourself.
We Can't Prove That,
Either.
He Didn't Leave
A Note, Did He?
Hunter, Half The Suicides
Don't Leave Any Notes.
This Whole Thing Stinks.
You Got Something
On Your Chin.
Where's My Bag?
Right Over Here.
Well, After You're Done
Looking At The Library,
Would You Give Me
My Bag, Please?
Take A Look At This.
We Got Dust Here
And Dust Here.
Yeah, They Got Dust
Everywhere.
The Guy Was
A Lousy Housekeeper.
No, No, Wait A Minute.
There's No Dust
Right Here Though.
Newspaper Clippings.
"Blond Shot Dead
In Park.
"Second Girl Slain
In Chandler Park.
Park Police
Deny Connection."
That Figures.
"Park Sniper
Strikes Again.
Chandler Park Victim
Now Number 8."
We've Got A Photograph
Here Of A...
Probably A Victim.
And There's A Phone Number,
An Address,
And A Name
On The Back Of It.
Looks Like Maybe
We Got Our Sniper.
No, No. Wakely
Couldn't Have
Anything To Do
With These Killings.
This Goes All The Way
Back To 1958.
He Was A Kid Then.
You're Right.
And The Phone Number
On The Back Of
This Photograph--
Back In 1958,
The Prefixes Were Names,
Not Phone Numbers.
Like Where I Came From,
It Was Madison,
And Then You'd Dial M-A
And Then The Phone
Number, Right?
Well, This Is A Current
Phone Number.
But What Are You
Saying?
That Wakely
Suddenly Found
A Bunch Of Old
Newspaper Clippings,
Decided To Become
A Copycat Killer?
Yeah, It Could've
Worked That Way.
Our Captain Will
Believe That Story.
That Means You Won't.
Like I Said, Mccall,
This Whole Thing Stinks.
Looks Like The Place.
What Good It's Going
To Do Us, I Don't Know.
Every Interview's
A Learning Experience.
Excuse Me, Ma'am,
Could We Have A Word
With You, Please?
I'm Sergeant Hunter.
This Is Sergeant Mccall.
We're Looking For A Woman
By The Name Of Iris Buford.
Wouldn't Happen To
Know Her, Would You?
You Rotten Pigs. You Don't
Care About Anybody, Do You?
We're Sorry, Ma'am.
Was, Uh...
Was She
Your Daughter?
My Daughter?
I Don't Have A Daughter.
That's Me 25 Years Ago.
[Sighs]
Um, Would You Guys
Like A Beer?
No, Thanks.
If I Had Your Willpower,
Maybe I'd Still Look
Like That Picture.
Where'd You Dig It Up?
A Man Named
Robert Wakely Had It.
We Found It Amongst
Some Old Clippings
That He Had
On The Chandler Park
Sniper Case
Back In 1958.
[Sighs]
God.
You Know About That,
Do You, Mrs. Buford?
Yeah, I Know About It.
I Was Married To Him--
Dennis Balser.
Mccall: It's A Classic
Example, Captain.
The Guy Was
Crazy-Jealous.
He Thought His Wife
Was Cheating On Him
With Every Guy
In Town.
So He Gets A Rifle, Follows
His Wife To Chandler Park,
And Takes A Shot At Him.
Then Proceeds To Kill
8 More Women
Who Were So Alike
They Could Be Sisters.
$287? What Did
That Woman Find
To Spend Money On
This Time?
Who, Balser's Wife?
No, My Wife. Boy,
She Can Spend Money.
Hey, If Balser's Wife
Thought He Took
A Shot At Her,
Why Didn't She
Turn Him In?
She Did. She Said
Nobody Believed Her.
You Got Those Forms,
Johnson?
What Was That?
I Said She Did, But
Nobody Believed Her.
Loopy Woman
Pickled In Booze
Thinks She Was Married
To The Chandler Park
Sniper
25 Years Ago?
Ha. She's Still
Batting 1,000.
Look, The Autopsy
On Wakely Shows
A Contusion
Behind His Left Ear
Which Is Consistent
With A Blow To The Head
By A Blunt Object.
So What?
So The M.E.
Says That's Because
The Guy Was Unconscious
Before He Was Hanged.
Which Means
He Was Murdered.
No, Which Means
That You're Wasting
My Time Again, Hunter.
You Know, While
You Two Were Playing
Clever Detectives,
Sergeant Terwilliger
Picked Up Wakely's Rifle
Over At The Armory,
Took It To Ballistics.
I Suppose You're Going
To Tell Us Now
That The Bullets
Matched.
You Got It, Mccall.
Both Those Girls
Were Killed
By The Same Gun
And None Other.
Yeah, The Same Gun,
But Not By Wakely.
Look, Balser Had Access
To Those Rifles
24 Hours A Day.
Hey, Hunter,
Read My Lips.
This Case Is Solved,
And You Got Nothing Else
To Do With It.
And I Got One More
Suggestion For You.
You'd Better Pray That
That Guy From The Irs,
That Bloodsucker,
Doesn't Find
Anything Wrong
With My Past Returns And
Penalize Me For Them.
Because If He Does,
It's Going To Come Out
Of Your Hide.
Now Get Out Of Here And
Do Something Productive.
Ah, Sergeant Hunter.
Did You Come Up With
Those Harry The Nose
Receipts Yet?
Yeah, We're
Working On That.
Aha. Well,
No Great Rush.
I Think I'm Going
To Be Here Much Longer
Than I Expected.
Hunter: He Was Stationed
Here In Los Angeles
From February Of 1957
Through December Of 1958,
And That's
The Same Time Frame
In Which The Chandler Park
Sniper Was Active.
Well, So Were About
3 Million Other People.
But When He Got Transferred,
The Killing Stopped.
There Hasn't Been One Girl
Killed In That Park
Since He Left--
Until Now.
And Guess
Who's Back In Town.
All I'm Asking You For
Is 2 Officers On Foot
And 2 Squad Cars
To Back Me Up.
What Is This? Are You
People Telling Me
I Don't Know How
To Set Up A Net?
No, We Are Not
Telling You
You Don't Know
How To Set Up A Net.
All I'm Telling You Is,
I've Worked On This Case
From The Very Beginning.
I Know How This Guy
Operates.
This Is
His Killing Ground.
It Also Happens To Be
My Precinct, Sergeant,
So Why Don't You Just
Go Back To Your Own And
Leave Me To Run Mine, Huh?
[Leaves Rustle]
I'm--I'm Sorry, Mister.
I Thought
You Were A Rabbit.
Go Home, Kid.
And Hurry!
Boy: Officer!
Officer!
[No Audio]
[Tires Screeching]
That Damn Fool!
Hunter, That Was Him!
[Siren]
Dispatch:
Attention, All Units.
Possible Sniper
Reported In Chandler Park.
L-56 Responding.
Tell Them That
We Have Him In View.
We're In Pursuit.
Also, Tell Them--
This Is Great.
[Gunshot]
Oh, Louis,
It's Still Too Slow.
Knock Another Second Off
In Between Them.
Whatever You Want.
Where's
Your Sidekick?
She Get
Another Playmate?
She's Out Tying Up
Some Loose Ends.
Yeah, I'll Bet.
It's A Very Nice
Set-Up Here, Balser.
Yeah, I Set This Up
Myself.
Care To Take A Whirl?
Yeah, I Would.
What Kind Of Gun
You Want?
You Want
An M-16 Or An Uzi?
Anything You Like.
Well, If It's
All Right With You,
I'd Just As Soon
Use My Own.
You Know
How This Works?
Just Aim
At The Bad Guys.
That's Right.
Get Ready.
All Right, Whitlowe...
Cut It Loose.
You Got It.
Oh, By The Way,
Your Buddy Wakely
Didn't Commit Suicide.
What Are You
Giving Me?
The Truth. Somebody
Cold-Cocked Him
And Then Tried To Hang Him
When He Was Unconscious.
Tried To Make It
Look Like A Suicide.
That's Crazy.
Now, Why Would Anybody
Want To Do That?
He Probably Feared Wakely
Knew Who The Sniper Was.
You Mean Wakely Didn't Kill
Those 2 Girls?
No Way.
Mccall And I Had Him
In The Park The Other Day,
But He Got Away.
Well, If Wakely Didn't
Kill Him, Then Who
Do You Figure Did?
Well, We Figure
It Was The Guy
Who Killed Those
8 Girls Back In 1958,
The Chandler Park
Sniper.
You Were Stationed Here
Then, Weren't You?
You Must Remember Him.
Oh, Yeah.
I Remember Him Well.
They Hauled My Butt In
For Questioning.
Well, Obviously,
They Couldn't Pin
Anything On You.
You Know, I Don't Know
What They Were Up To.
You Know, A Week After
They Hauled Me In,
They Transferred Me
To Germany.
You Know,
A Funny Thing, Though...
Right After
I Got There,
Somebody Started
Knocking Off German Dames.
Blond, Just Like
Your Ex-Wife, Right?
Yeah, Just Like Her.
Nice Shooting.
You Only Hit
One Wrong Target.
Well, Everybody
Makes A Mistake
Sooner Or Later,
Don't They, Sergeant?
[Music Playing]
Yo, Louis.
Hey, Joe.
I Knew
I'd Find You Here.
We Got Us A Weapon
Survey At The End
Of The Month, Dennis.
Don't You Think
We Ought To Get On It?
There's Time.
Not A Whole Hell
Of A Lot.
What's Been Bugging You,
Dennis?
The Kid Wakely
Doing The Dutch?
That Kid Really
Admired You, Dennis.
I Mean,
He Really Did.
He Was Always Asking
Questions About You--
Where You Served
And What You Did And...
He Was Going To Write
A Book About You--A Book.
Now, You Believe That?
You're Never Going
To Learn How To Shut
Your Stupid Mouth!
Are You?
Give Me Another One, Joe.
Hunter: Why Don't You
Give Balser That Call
And Give Him A Push?
[Telephone Rings]
Yeah.
Yeah,
That's Right.
Who?
No,
He Ain't Here.
Yeah, I'm Sure.
I Don't Know. Tonight
After Drill Maybe.
Look, Lady, I Don't
Run No Answering
Service Here.
Ok, Ok,
What's Your Name?
Iris? Iris?
That's It?
All Right. If I See Him,
I'll Tell Him.
What'd She Say
Her Name Was?
Oh, Relax, Sarge.
She's After Somebody
Named Pete Stankey.
Supposed To Be In Your
Outfit. You Know Him?
Said Her Name
Was Iris, Right?
Yeah.
Iris What?
Iris What, Damn It!
She Didn't Say!
What's Wrong
With You, Balser?
You Gone Nuts
Or What?
[Stool Clatters]
Thanks A Bunch, Hunter.
Just What I Needed--
A Tax Audit.
You Know, I Think
I'm The Only Person
In This Whole Place
Who Hasn't Even Been
Nailed By Robbins Yet.
Well, The Rich
Get Richer, Mccall.
Speaking Of Rich,
You Still Owe Me 5 Bucks.
I'll Write You A Check.
Which I Shouldn't Cash
Until Next Payday?
Uh-Uh.
Forget About It.
I'll Write It
Off My Taxes
As A Business Expense.
Robbins: What Did You Say
You Were Going To Write
Off On Your Taxes,
Sergeant Mccall?
He Wants My Records
For The Last 3 Years--
3 Years.
I Don't Even Know
Where My Records Are
For Last Week, Man.
How Am I Supposed
To Turn Up 3 Years?
Just Relax.
It's Only Money, Ok?
We Got Better Things
To Concern Ourselves With,
Like Balser.
Yeah, Well, My Guess
Is We've Scared Him
Back Into His Hole.
Nah, No Way.
This Guy Is A Killer
Who's Just Begun
To Kill.
He Cannot Stop.
I Know All About
These Types Of Killers.
Trust Me, Will You?
Trust You. Ok.
3 Years, Hunter.
[Music Playing,
People Chattering]
How You Doing Over There?
Hey, Sarge,
How's It Going?
All Right, Boys.
Hey, Have A Seat.
I Want To Talk To You.
What Are You
Drinking?
Well, Let's See.
Uh...
Looks Like
I'm Drinking Beer.
Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Past The Teeth,
Over The Gums.
Look Out, Stomach,
Here It Comes.
All Right.
You Know, I've Known
Some Old, Old Women
In My Time
That Shoot
Better Than You Guys
Did This Morning.
[Laughter]
Sarge?
Hey, What's Wrong?
What's Wrong,
Sarge?
Sarge?
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me!
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me.
Excuse Me.
Hey, You.
Soldier.
That Dame
You Were With--
What's Her Name?
What's It To You, Pal?
Her Name's Iris, Right?
Right?
Ok, So Her Name Is Iris.
So What?
Well, Where'd She Go?
Where Can I Find Her?
I Don't Know What
Your Problem Is, Sarge,
But You Want Her,
She's All Yours.
Looks Like Our Old Sarge
Just Took The Bait.
Yeah, He Sure Did.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
♪ Now I Want You Back
No Matter What It Takes ♪
♪ Thought Without My Love
Your Heart-- ♪
Iris!
Sorry.
♪ One Day I Woke Up,
And You Were Gone ♪
One More Little Push,
And He's Going To Fall.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
[Turns Off]
If You Would Even
Think That I'd Get
On The Phone With Balser,
Then You're Crazier
Than He Is.
I Only Give A Guy
One Shot At Me.
He's Already Had His.
Come On, Iris.
What Can He Do To You
Over The Telephone?
You Understand Quaker?
Take Thyself A Hike.
Look, Iris, This Guy
Is Right On The Edge.
All He's Got To Do Is Hear
Your Voice On The Phone,
He's Going To Fall
Right Into Our Net.
He's Going To Kill Again
Unless You Talk With Him,
Iris.
I Don't Even Have
A Phone.
The Company Came
And Took It Last Month.
[Rings]
Master Sergeant Balser.
Um, Hello, Dennis.
Um, This Is Iris.
Who?
Uh, It's Me, Iris,
Your Ex-Wife.
Heh Heh. What Is This,
Some Kind Of Joke?
It's No Joke.
It--It's Me.
Uh, Look,
I Got To See You.
I Don't Believe This.
Believe It, Dennis, Or
You're Going To Wind Up
In The Gas Chamber.
Dennis?
Yeah, I'll Be There.
Yeah, I'll Be There.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes... ♪
[Hangs Up Phone]
I've Always Been There
For You...
♪ Thought
Without My Love ♪
♪ Your Heart
Would Surely Break ♪
Always.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
I'll Be There, Iris.
♪ Even The Worst Of Us
Can Make Mistakes ♪
I'll Be Right There.
♪ Now I Want You Back
No Matter What It Takes ♪
Where You Going
With That Gun?
Get Out Of My Way,
Louis.
Don't Be Crazy, Dennis.
Give It To Me.
Uhh!
[Crash]
Hunter, Can You Hear Me?
Yeah, Loud And Clear.
Just Lonesome And Wanted
To Hear A Familiar Voice.
Any Sign Of Him?
Nothing Yet.
How You Doing?
I'm Cold, My Feet Hurt,
And I'm Scared
Out Of My Mind.
Other Than That,
I'm Just Great.
What Are You Scared For?
We Gave You
A Bulletproof Vest.
Balser Always Aims
For The Head, Remember?
Well,
Just Hang In There.
Yeah, Well,
How Much Longer?
Make Another Pass
Up The Path And Back.
If You Don't Find Anything,
We'll Call It A Day.
Ok, You Got It.
Hit The Deck,
Mccall!
He's Headed Back
To His Car.
Try And Cut Him Off.
Police!
Hold It!
He Went Up The Hill.
I'm Going After Him.
You Get Some Backup.
Give It Up, Balser.
Half The Metro Pd Is On
Its Way Here Right Now.
Ha Ha Ha! That Was
Real Cute, Hunter.
Like I Said, Sarge,
Everybody Makes
A Mistake.
[Siren]
Yeah.
Yeah, Thanks,
Gallagher.
Ok, I'll Tell Him.
Appreciate It.
That Was
Inspector Gallagher.
He Said To Tell You
That The Shooting Team
Has Found The Balser
Killing Righteous.
He Also Said
To Tell You
That He's Going
To Put You Up
For A Commendation.
Please,
Don't Give Me That.
We Both Know What The Captain
Will Do With That.
If You Two Have
Your Penalty Checks Ready,
I'd Be More Than Happy
To Take Them For You.
It'll Save You
22 Cents Postage.
Well, If We Mail Them,
Can We Deduct The Cost
Of The Stamps?
Uh, I'm Afraid Not.
Nor The Interest
Or The Penalty.
Thank You Both.
Mm-Hmm.
The Way Everybody's Been
Cutting Corners Around Here,
I Knew They'd Catch Up
To You Sooner Or Later.
Who Are You Kidding,
Bernie?
You're Not Honest.
You're Just Nervous.
That's Far From True,
Hunter.
Oh, Yeah? Then How Come
You Never Put A Quarter
In The Can
Like You're Supposed
To After You Drink
All That Coffee?
Yeah.
A Cup Of Coffee, Mccall?
That Is So Penny Ante.
I Get Free Coffee
All Over The City.
Uh, Excuse Me.
I Don't Think We've Met.
Oh, Excuse Me. This Is
Sergeant Bernie Terwilliger.
This Is Mr. Robbins.
Mr. Robbins
Is With The Irs, Bernie.
Nice To Meet You.
I--I Got Something
I Got To Do.
I'll See You Later.
Just A Little Moment,
Sergeant.
I Couldn't Help Overhearing
Just A Moment Ago.
Tell Me, Just Exactly
How Many Cups Of Coffee
Do You Drink
Each Day?
I, Uh...