Hunter (1984–1991): Season 1, Episode 4 - A Long Way from L.A. - full transcript

Hunter and McCall are transporting a prisoner back to L.A. when they have to stop at a small town. They place their prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff. Later that evening after the ...

We're A Nice,
Friendly Group Of People.

We Don't Need For An
Outsider To Come In Here,

Telling Us How To Run
This County.

They're Not Gonna
Run Us Out Of Town

Like The Last Reel
Of Some Bad Western.

Mccall: Boy, This
Really Fries My Eggs.

Now, He May Be Sheriff Today,
But He's Just Crazy.

You Touch Me One More Time
And Beer's Not Gonna Be

The Only Stain
On Your Shirt.

Pretty Neat,
Ain't She?

He Is Armed,



And He Is To Be
Considered Dangerous.

[Tires Screech]

Well, Now What Do We Do?

We Walk.

[Theme Music Playing]

Works For Me.

Mccall: Boy,
This Really Fries My Eggs.

Sending Us All This Way
To Pick Up A Two-Bit Pickpocket

Who Was Stupid Enough
To Get Caught

While Lifting
The Mayor's Wallet.

This Will Be
A Piece Of Cake.

We'll Toss This Geek
In The Backseat

And Have Him In
Los Angeles By Tomorrow,

And We Can Nose Away On
That Esposito Homicide.



Wally Wallerstein.

[Yelling]

Unh!

Unh! Unh!

Aah!

Now, You Can
Take This Trip Easy

Or You Can
Take It Hard.

All You Gotta Do
Is Keep Your Mouth Shut,

Sit On Your Hands,

And We'll Have A Nice Ride
Back To Los Angeles

Where You'll Be Arraigned.
Ok, Mr. Wallerstein?

Whatever You Say, Sir.

Hunter: Are You
Wally Wallerstein?

Of Course He Is.

I Told You You Shouldn't
Try Anything, Mr...Animal.

Shall We Go, Hunter?
I Have Our Prisoner.

Wally: ♪ 47 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

♪ 47 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ There'd Be 46 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

♪ 46 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 46 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Jump Down And Fall ♪

♪ There'd Be 45 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

Mccall: Ok, Wally!

We Got The Point.

Wally: Sorry.

I Think
It Was Right Around

The 66Th Bottle,
Wally.

Right Around
That 66Th Bottle,

It Started To Drag
A Little Bit.

You Guys Know
How To Play Geography?

Unfortunately
We Don't, Wally.

Wally: How About
20 Questions?

Ok, I'll Start.

What Do 2 Cops
And This Prisoner Do

When They're Stranded
In The Middle Of

Some Back Country Road
Without Food Or Water?

Don't Tell Me.

[Engine Sputters]

Maybe You Better Wait
In The Car, Huh?

I Don't Want To Wait
In The Car.

You'll Only
Get Aggravated.

Oh, I Hope This Is Funny
For Somebody.

Well?

It's Broke.

[Sighs]

You're Right. I'm Glad
I Waited In The Car.

You Can Get Out Now.

It's Bad Enough
That Cain Sends Us Off

Into The Boonies
To Pick Up Wally,

But He Packs Us Off

In One Of
The Spitmobile Specials,

And We Have Had Nothing
But Dust And Cactus

For 2 Days,

A Prisoner Who Counts
License Plates

And Sings
This Old Man.

And I Want To Cry,
Hunter.

I Just Want To Cry.

Yeah, I Know. Me, Too.

Look What I've Gone
And Done.

I'm Sorry. I Mean,
This Is All My Fault.

How Is It
Your Fault, Wally?

Well, If I'd Have Gone
And Got Myself Arrested

Someplace--Someplace
Less Out Of The Way,

We Wouldn't Be
In This Fix.

And That Way,

Sergeant Mccall Wouldn't
Have To Be So Upset.

And You've Been Really
Nice To Me.

I Mean, Not Making Me
Wear The--The Handcuffs

When We Went Into That
Hamburger Heaven Back There.

Well, I Didn't Think You Were
Gonna Club Us To Death.

And When You Ordered Your
Heavenly Breakfast Over Easy,

I--I Knew We Were Safe.

Well, Now
What Do We Do?

We Walk.
Walk.

Wally: ♪ 18 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

♪ 18 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ There'd Be... ♪

Mccall: 17.

♪ 17 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

♪ 17 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 17 Bottles Of Beer ♪

Uh-Oh, Look Out.

Boy, Are We Ever Glad
To See You.

I Just Bet You Are.

Both Hands Up. Get Away
From That Sidearm, Ace.

Or Else I'm Gonna Have
To Separate Your Eyes

With A Bullet Hole.

Well, I Can Explain
The Gun, Officer.

Well, I Bet
You Can.

We're Police Officers.
I Have I.D.

Let Me See That I.D.
Put It Right Here.

♪ 15 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 15 Bottles Of Beer ♪

Wally And Hunter:
♪ If One Of Those Bottles ♪

♪ Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ There'd Be 14 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

All: ♪ 14 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

♪ 14 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ There'd Be 13 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

Sheriff: That's Right,
Captain Cain. Yes, Sir.

One Says "Rick Hunter,
Badge Number 89,"

The Other One "Dee Dee Mccall,
Badge Number 358."

Oh, This Guy's
A Million Laughs.

Yeah, I Bet Cain's Getting
A Real Rip Out Of It, Too.

Look, When You Talk
To Him, You Tell Him --

I Don't Want To Talk
To Him.

Well, I Don't Want
To Talk To Him, Either.

Look, I'm Tired Of Being Stuck
In The Middle Of You Two.

I Am Sick Of Being Sent Out
On These Chicken Salad Runs,

Just 'Cause You Got
The Wrong Family Tree.

As A Matter Of Fact,
I'm Going To Tell Him.

I'll Tell Him Myself.

Good-Bye.

We Told Him, Didn't We?

He Didn't Want To Talk
To Either One Of You.

I'm Real Sorry
If I Got You Folks

Into Any Kind Of Trouble.
Really, Truly I Am.

It's Ok, Wally.

Everything's Gonna
Be All Right.

You Know, I Got
The Distinct Feeling

Your Captain Cain Isn't
All Too Crazy About You Two.

He's Just A Little
Jealous Of Me Is All.

Well, Since You're All
Checked Out,

I See No Reason
Why You Couldn't Shove Off

As Soon As Deacon
Got Your Car Fixed,

If You Can Call
That Thing Of Yours A Car.

He Did Say That He'd Get
That New Radiator In

From Gainesville
Tomorrow Morning

So You Might As Well Put Up

Over At The Easterland Hotel
For The Night.

It's Right Across The Way.
Right Over There.

Where Else Would
It Be, Right?

Now, If You All Get Hungry,

You Might As Well Stop
Over At The Diner.

That's Right Down The Block
From The Hotel.

I Usually Stop Over There
Around 10-Ish

For Some...Pie.

If You Can't Sleep,
I'll Be Right There.

Wally: Excuse Me,
Sergeant.

What's Going
To Happen To Me?

Well, You're Just Gonna
Have To Stick It Out Here

With, Uh, Sheriff Cutter
Tonight, Wally.

And No Rabble Rousing

Or Breaking Up
The Furniture, Ok?

Well, Uh, I'll See
If I Can't Manage

To Hang Onto A...

Dangerous Felon
Like Yourself

For These 2 Big City
Police Officers.

See You In The Morning,
Sergeant Mccall?

Bright And Early.

Maybe I'll See You
Later?

In The Morning,
Then, Sheriff.

♪ This Old Man,
He Played One ♪

Wally: ♪ He Played
Knick Knack On His... ♪

You Hungry?

Yeah, Let's Go.

"Easterland Drug Store,"
"Easterland Diner."

It Seems Mr. Easterland's
Got It Knocked.

You Work For His Company
And Eat At His Diner.

There Was Also Easterland
Savings And Loan,

Easterland
General Store.

Yeah, There's Also

An Easterland
Realty Office.

It Seems Like Half This Town
Is Owned By Easterland.

Mr...?

Pops. Can I Get You
Some Coffee?

Yes, Please.

Actually, There Wouldn't Be
A Coronado Springs

Without Mr. Easterland.

He Opened That Rock Quarry,

And He Gave Jobs
To More Than Half The Town.

Now, Anyone Gets Married,

He's Right There
With A Gift And A Job...

If A Man Needs It.

I'm Surprised The Town
Isn't Called Easterland.

Mr. Easterland, He Said,

Uh, It Was Coronado Springs
When He Got Here,

And That's What It Was Gonna
Be When He Passes Away.

Yeah, He's A Man With Class.

And You'd Be Hard-Put
To Find Someone

Who'd Say Otherwise.

Well, I Guess We'll Have
The Easterland Special, Then.

If I Paid For It Now,
Could I Get Some Food

Run Over To Somebody
At The Jail

Right Around
Dinnertime?

You, Uh, Got A Friend

In Some Kind Of Trouble
With The Law?

Oh, We're
Police Officers.

We Have A Prisoner
There Overnight.

Oh, Lanie.
Yeah, Pops.

Lanie, Tonight You'll
Have To Run Some Food

Over To The Jail For One Of
Jake's Prisoners, All Right?

Sure, Pops.

Excuse Me?

So What'll That Be...
For Your Friend At The Jail?

What Have You Got
In The Way Of A Chili Dog?

Oh, Hunter,
For Pete's Sake.

The Guy's Already
In Jail.

No Chili Dogs.

Chili Dog.

[Screaming]

[Door Closes]

[Keys Jingle]

All Right, Come On.
Get Up!

Oww! What Is It?

You're Breaking
Out Of Jail, Buddy.

Now Move It.

I Said, Move It.

You Got 3 Seconds
To Get Out Of That Door

Or I'm Gonna
Blow You Out!

Hunter: What Do You Mean,
Wally Escaped?

Sheriff:
Just Like I Said.

Somehow He Managed To Get
Out Of His Cell Last Night.

Took Along One Of My Rifles

And Left This As A Souvenir
In The Alley,

Right Next To The Girl.

Isn't That Lanie,
The Girl From The Diner?

Near Beat To Death.

Doc Doesn't Even Think
She'll Come To Again.

Man: I Knew It! I Knew It!
I Knew Something Was Wrong

When She Didn't Call Me
After Work Last Night.

Sheriff, I Just Knew It!

Sheriff: Now,
You Just Take It Easy.

Why Didn't I Try
Calling Her Myself?

I Told Her.
I Said, "Lanie,

"You Got To Give Up
The Night Shift.

"We'll Get Married Soon,
And Mr. Easterland,

He'll Give Me
That Raise."

I'm Gonna Get
Whoever Did This!

Sheriff: You're Gonna
Slow Down There, Partner.

And You're Gonna
Let Me Handle This.

You Go Off
To That Hospital,

And Don't You Go Crazy
Or Do Nothin',

'Cause I'm Gonna Find
The Boy Who Done This.

You Got That?

[Engine Starts]

This Doesn't Make
Any Sense.

When Someone Gets Beat
Half To Death, Miss,

It Doesn't Make Any Sense.

Sheriff,
I Can Assure You,

Wally Wouldn't
Hurt A Fly.

Sheriff: All I Know
Is I've Got A Prisoner Gone,

A Rifle And Ammo Missing,
And A Beat-Up Girl.

Now, Maybe You Could
Fill In The Blanks.

Sheriff, If He Wanted
To Escape,

He Had Plenty Of
Opportunity To Do So.

Maybe Sitting In That Cell
Gave Him A Taste

Of What He Thought
Was Coming. I Don't Know.

Maybe He Figured
Like Everyone Else...

It's Easier To Pull It
Over On A Dumb Hick Cop

Who Closes Up Shop
Around Here After 11:00.

He's About
To Learn Different.

On Wally's Rap Sheet,

Was He Ever Picked Up
With A Weapon?

[Door Closes]

Never.

Hark, You Head On Up North,

And Then Circle Back Along
Pointas Creek.

Jesse, Nolan,
South Along The Junction.

And I'll Cover South Bend.

Now, Stay In Radio Contact
And You All Remember...

This Boy Already Hurt
One Person.

He Is Armed...

And He Is To Be Considered
Dangerous.

Now Move Out.

Here, You Take Care
Of The Thing.

Come On!

Let's Head Out.

What The Hell
Are We Gonna Do?

They'll Put Together
A Posse,

They'll Find Him
And Lynch Him!

Yeah. Well,
Our Car Should Be Ready.

I Say We Saddle Up
And Head 'Em Off At The Pass.

If Cutter Gets To Wally
Before We Do...

Keep Your Eyes Open
For Cutter

Or His Deputies' Cars.

[Barking]

Oop! Unh!

Hey, Look.

Police Radio:
Sheriff Cutter, This Is Nolan.

We're About 100 Yards
Off The Highway.

The Dogs Got The Scent,
And We're Closin' In.

We'll Bring Him In,
Dead Or Alive.

[Dogs Barking]

[Gasping]

Sheriff, This Is Nolan.

We're Closin' In
On Him Here.

Come On Out Of There,
Mister.

[Barking]

I Said,
Get Outta There!

Come On,
Turn Around

And Put Your Hands
On The Wall.

But I--I Didn't Do Nothin'.

Yeah, I Know What
You Done, You Skunk.

You Know What I Ought To
Do Right Here And Now?

Nothin'. You're Not
Gonna Do Nothin'.

Mccall:
Police Officers.

Now, Just Like That,
Cool Out

And Put
Your Guns Down.

Man: But We Was Deputized
To Bring Him In.

We Appreciate Your Concern
In This Matter,

But We'll Take Over Now.

Mccall:
Just Come On, Wally.

I Didn't Do Nothin'.

Honest, I Didn't
Do Nothin'.

We're Gonna Have
To Radio Sheriff Cutter.

Well, You Do That.
And You Tell Him

We'll Meet Him Back
At His Jailhouse.

Dee Dee.

Come On, Wally.

Ciao.

Mccall: Wally,
You Gonna Talk To Us?

Are You Gonna Tell Us
What's Going On Here?

We Don't Want To Believe
You Hurt That Girl, Wally.

Hurt That Girl?

Lanie, The Waitress.
That One That

Brought You Your Food
While You Were In Jail.

How Bad Is She?

She's Bad, Wally.
She's Real Bad.

Where's Your Cap,
Wally?

Huh?
Cap. Where Is It?

Guess I Must Have
Lost It.

What Are You
Afraid Of, Wally?

I Mean,
What's Going On Here?

I Can't Believe You're
Public Enemy Number One

In Coronado Springs.

Do You Have To Take Me
Back To That Jail?

I'm Afraid I Do, Wally.

If You Don't Talk To Us,
We Can't Help You, Wally.

Now,
This Takes Precedence

Over The Pickpocket Beef
In L.A.,

And You're Gonna Have To
Stay Here With Sheriff Cutter.

♪ 45 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 45 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of
Those Bottles...♪

[Tires Screech]

Hunter: Dee Dee,
Are You All Right?

Huh?

Mccall: Yeah.
[Coughs]

Huh? You All Right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I Just Jammed
My Leg. I'm Ok.

You Sure?

Yeah. Where's Wally?

Hunter: He's Dead.

Man: Is That Too Tight?

Hunter: Yeah,
It's A Little Too Snug.

How's That?

Yeah, It's Fine
Right There. Thanks.

Just Try Not To Move
Your Arms Too Much.

Your Ribs Were Pretty
Badly Bruised.

Thanks.

You Holding Up Ok,
Hunter?

In About A Week,

Have Your Doctor Back Home
Give That A Look.

Thanks, Doc.
How's The Girl?

Well, Things
Are Starting To Turn.

Looks As Though Lanie
Just Might Pull Through.

Oh, That's Great.
Is She Awake?

Well, She's Still
Receiving Sedatives,

So She's In And Out,
But Quite Coherent

When She Does Come To,
And That's Positive.

Hunter: Sounds Great.
I'd Like To Talk To Her.

I Just Did,
So You Need Not Bother.

Sheriff, I Lost
A Prisoner Here Today

And My Partner And I
Damn Near Got Killed.

Now, Since Wally Wallerstein
Was In That Car

And A Victim,
Somebody Else Is To Blame.

Now, Maybe
That Somebody Else

Is The One
Who Attacked Lanie.

Your Wallace Wallerstein Was
The One Who Attacked Lanie.

Did She Say That?

All The Evidence Points
Right To It.

And You Need Not Go Snooping
Around Here Any More,

'Cause I Got The Boy
That Killed Him.

Well, Who Is It?

Tim Collier,
Lanie's Boyfriend.

No!

You Can't Really Believe
I Did This, Sheriff. You Can't!

You Kinda
Made It Sound

Like You Had A Full
Confession, Sheriff.

Look, We All Know How
You Felt About Lanie, Tim.

Nolan Prescott Already Said
He Radioed In And Let You Know

These 2 Officers Was
Bringing The Suspect In.

That Gave You Plenty Of Time
To Get Up On The Road

To Be Waitin'.

And We All Know
You Was A Good Shot.

Didn't You Win The Turkey
Shoot Here Last November?

Oh, That Sure
Locks It Up.

Tim: I Didn't
Do Nothin', Mister.

I Didn't Hurt You
Or Your Friend...

Or That Guy Hurt Lanie.

But That Doesn't Mean
I Wasn't Thinkin'

About Doin' It.

But I Didn't.
I Truly Didn't!

If I Did, I'd Be Man Enough
To Stand Up For It.

And You Will
Stand Up For It,

'Cause What You've Done
Was Wrong, Boy.

That's Not To Say
Everyone Around Here

Don't Know
Why You Done It,

Even Mr. Easterland,

And I'm Sure He'll Put
In His Good Word

When The Circuit Judge
Comes By.

I Thought You Said Wally
Took Your Rifle, Sheriff.

Oh, I Brought
That One From Home.

Where's The Rifle That
Wally Supposedly Took?

It Wasn't With Him
When We Caught Him.

Maybe He Tossed It When
He Ran Out Of Ammunition.

That Would Be A Real Shame.

It Was Beautiful.
30-Aught-6 It Was.

Ok, Here, Miss,

Here's A Copy Of My Report
For Your Superiors.

That Does It, Then.

I Don't Think So,
Sheriff.

What Does That Mean?

Well, It Means You've Got
A Couple Of Burning Wires

In This Town, And I'm Gonna
Find Out Where They Are.

We Don't Need For
An Outsider To Come In Here,

Telling Us How To Run
This County.

Ever Since The Two Of You
Showed Up Here

In Coronado Springs
With That Prisoner Of Yours,

Nothing's Been The Same.

Now, We're A Nice,
Friendly Group Of People,

Looking To Mind Our Own
Business.

I Suggest You Two Do The Same
And Move On Outta Here.

Are You Throwing Us
Out Of Town, Sheriff?

Heck No. I've Got No Reason
To Throw You Out.

But I Do Have A Law
That Says

While You're
In This County,

You'll Hand In
Your Firearms.

We Are Required To Always
Carry Our Weapons.

Not Around Here,
You're Not, Sweet Lips.

You're Welcome To Take In
The Sights, But If You Do,

You Do It Under Our Rules
And Our Regulations.

The Nurse Who Was
Patching Me Up Was Telling Me

How She's Had Her Share Of
Ladies Come In For Treatments

Sporting Bruises From The King
Of The Cowboys, Jake Cutter.

She Said The Couple Of Girls
That Did Confide In Her

Led Her To Believe It Was
A Matter Of Doing Things

Either His Way
Or Else.

Why Didn't They Report
These Assaults?

To Who, The Law?

Anyway One Of The Girls
That, Uh, Cutter Used

As A Punching Bag Once?
Guess Who.

Lanie?

Which All Adds Up To
One Big Ball Of Slime

Wearing The Badge
In This Town.

He Probably Tried To Put
The Make On Lanie Again.

Clocked Her.
Maybe Thought He Killed Her.

So He Needed
A Scapegoat,

And There Was One
Right In His Own Cooler.

Now There's
A Good Theory

To Chase
Around The Block.

So, How Do We Make
The Sheriff Own This?

Another Refill?

Well, This Morning
Feels A Whole Lot Better

Now That You Tell Me

That Lanie's Coming
Around All Right.

Mccall: You Know Lanie
Pretty Well, Don't You?

Did She Ever Have
Any Problems

With Anybody In Town?
Sheriff Cutter, Maybe?

Lord, No.

Lanie's An Honest Girl,
Good Girl.

Why, I Wouldn't Have
Her Working Here

If She Wasn't Honest.

Well, I Meant More
Like Personal Problems.

Pops, How Many Times
Have I Asked You

To Keep Them Trash Can
Lids On Tight?

Trash Cans?

I Just Made A Spot Check
Out There In Your Alley.

There's Garbage Strewn
All Over The Place, Pops.

Now, You Know That Brings Them
Coyotes Down From The Hills.

Sorry, Pops. I'm Gonna
Have To Shut You Down

Until I Find Out If There Are
Any More Violations Around Here.

You Can't Be Serious.

Just Because
We're A Nice,

Small, Friendly
Little Town Here

Doesn't Mean That
I Can Walk Around

Doling Out Favors.

I Don't Like This
Any More Than You Do,

But I'm Just Gonna Have To
Make An Example Out Of You.

Thanks, Pops.

How Do You Like That?
Must Have An Early Checkout.

Yeah, They're Probably
All Booked Up

Since We Left
This Morning.

This Is The Height
Of The Season, You Know.

Yeah, You Know
I Get The Feeling

That You And I
Are Wearing

The Mask Of The Red
Death Around Here.

We Just Better Hope They
Don't Have Attendants

Working
The Public Toilets

Or We're Really
In Trouble.

I Know
What You Mean.

I Don't Know, Hunter.

This Is A Little
Sideways, Isn't It?

Look, We're Trying To
Take Down The Sheriff

In This Land Of Oz

And The Fact
That Everybody's

Scared Out Of His Gourd
Of This Fruitcake

Kind Of Makes Him The Most
Powerful Man In This Town.

So We Go To The Other
Most Powerful Man Around

And Knock Humpty Dumpty
Off The Wall.

Dead On. You Go Right
To The Man At The Top.

Any Suggestions?

No, No Better
Suggestions.

You People Looking
For Somebody?

Yeah, We're Looking For
Mr. Chuck Easterland.

Oh, No, You Ain't.

Oh, No, We Ain't.

What You're Looking For,
I Do Believe,

Is A Way Out Of Town.
Ain't It, Little Bob?

Uh, Don't Tell Me.

You Two Are Gonna Show
Us The Way, Right?

Look, We Have
Personal Business

With Mr. Easterland.

I'd Like To Get Into Some
Personal Business With You.

[Crash]

You Touch Me
One More Time

And Beer's Not Gonna
Be The Only Stain

On Your Shirt.

Pretty Neat, Ain't She?

[Grunting]

All Right, That's It.

I Am Through
Taking The Pipe.

I Can't Stand Anymore.

Well, You Got
An Extra Can Of Spinach

For Me, Popeye?

Look, They're Not Gonna
Run Us Out Of Town

Like The Last Reel
Of Some Bad Western.

This Time We're Gonna
Start Kicking Butt

And Taking Down
Some Names.

Well?

Works For Me.

Thanks, Pal.

If This Guy Easterland
Will Believe Us.

He's Got To Know Cutter
As Well As Anybody.

He's Probably Had Second
Thoughts About This Guy.

Who Can Be Smart Enough
To Own All This And Not?

We Just Have To Bank
On Old Man Easterland

Caring As Much About
This Town And Its People

As We Were Led
To Believe.

Howdy.

Hi.

You, Uh, Looking
For Somebody?

Yeah, We're
Police Officers.

We'd Like To See

Mr. Chuck Easterland,
Please.

Uh, He's Inside
With His Family.

Just This Way.

Thanks.

Well, I'm Pleased
To Meet You Both.

That's Lucas,

My Oldest Boy,
On The End,

Charlie,
Named After Me,

And Little Bob.

Hunter: We Met Before
At The Gravel Pit.

And, Of Course,

You Already Know
My Stepson, Jake.

Sergeant.

We Sure Are Good
At This, Aren't We?

Could I Have A Word
With You, Mr. Easterland?

Sure Thing.

Hey, You All Don't
Mind If I Listen In

On That Conversation,
Do You?

Oh, I'd Like To Talk
To Your Stepdad Alone.

We Don't Have Any Secrets In
My Family, Sergeant Hunter.

Well, You Won't Mind
If We Talk Alone, Then.

You Can Fill Him In
Afterwards, If You Like.

Sounds Reasonable.

Ahem. Well, I'll Just...
Wait Right Here.

You Expect Me To Believe
That Kind Of Bull?

Well, Somebody Better.

Your Stepson's Running Loose
And He Needs A Keeper.

Now, He Attacked That Girl
And He Cut My Prisoner Loose

Because He Needed
A Fall Guy.

And Just Who
In The Hell

Gave You That
Information?

The Prisoner,
Who Himself

Was Accused
Of The Crime?

Now, Do You Expect
Me To Take His Word,

Or The Word
Of My Own Son?

I Knew Wally,
Mr. Easterland.

Well, You Just Got
Through Telling Me

That You'd Only Known
Him A Couple Of Days.

In My Line Of Work,

You Learn To Pick Up
On People Real Quick,

Just Like I Picked Up
On Jake Cutter.

Now, He's Running
Without A Drive Wheel.

And Unless You Do
Something About It,

This Could Be
Just The Beginning

Of All Your Problems.

What Are You Doing,
Coming In Here

Dredging Up All This
Kind Of Nonsense?

Come On, Easterland,
Look Around.

You've Got A Wild Man

Swinging His Power
Like An Elephant Gun.

He's Shutting Down
Businesses

Because They Pour Coffee
For The Wrong People.

And He's Got Your 3 Sons,
Who Throw 2 California Cops

Out Of Your Town Like
A Couple Sacks Of Fertilizer.

My Boys Treat Jake Just
Like He Was One Of Them.

That's Just Kinfolk
Sticking Up For One Another.

They Weren't Thinking
About What They Were Doing.

Well, Jake Did. Now,
I Think He Beat That Girl Up

And He Killed
My Prisoner.

If What You Say Is True,

I'll Find It Out.

And I'll Do Something
About It.

We Take Care Of Our Own
In These Parts.

Well, So Do I,
Mr. Easterland.

Wally Was In My Custody.

Like I Say...

I'll Find It Out.

I've Already Been
In A Car Wreck Today.

Why Do I Have To Do This?

'Cause I Don't
Want Cutter To Know

We're Snooping
Around Our Car.

Now, If I Find Out
What I'm Looking For,

I Don't Want Him To Know
Because He'll Dispose

Of All The Rest
Of The Evidence.

Besides, This Thing
Cost 50 Bucks,

So Hop On And Go Get Hit
By A Car, Will You?

My Leg...My Arm...
My Side.

Just Take It Easy, Lady.
Now, Where Does It Hurt?

Everywhere.
I Don't Believe It.

I Can't Even Go Get Air
In My Tires Anymore

Without Being Run Over.

Mechanic: Look, Now,
Just Take It Easy, Lady.

I'll Go Get A Doctor.

No, I Don't Want A Doctor!

Will You Look At My Bike?

I--I Could Fix
Your Bike All Right,

But I Really Think
I Ought To Get A Doctor.

I Don't Want A Doctor.
I Hate Doctors!

Lady, I've Got
To Call A Doctor

For Legal Reasons.

Legal? You Want Legal?
I Got Legal.

While You Call Your Doctor,
You Can Call My Attorney,

Barney Pollichek,
1616 Meadowlark Lane.

555-9800.

You Are Gonna Fix
My Bike

And You're Gonna
Replace My--My Pants.

Will You Look
At My Pants! Oh...

I'm Gonna Be Back
In One Hour.

One Hour, And You Better
Have That Flat Fixed,

Or Barney Pollichek
Is Gonna Be On Your Case.

I'll Tell You What,
Hunter,

After That
Little Scenario

I Feel Like
A Prize Jackass.

Yeah, But You're
My Prize Jackass.

Now, Where Do You Suppose
We'll Find The Rifle

That Fired That?

[Dramatic Music Playing]

Who's There?

What's Going On?
What Are You Two Doing?

Well, It's A Long Story, Tim,
But We're Here To Help You.

Sheriff Cutter Can't
Know What You're Doing.

Yeah. We Think He's The One
That Attacked Lanie.

Cutter?

And Killed The Guy
You're Accused Of Shooting.

You Know, Lanie Always
Was Afraid Of Jake.

She Said He Was
Always Bothering Her,

And He Was Always Trying To
Get Her To Go Out With Him.

She Said That He Was
A Little Crazy.

Mccall: Yeah, Well,
He Left "A Little Crazy"

In The Dust 2 Days Ago.

You Were Gonna Get It Open
Pretty Soon, Though, Right?

Yeah.

Where Are You Going
With That Rifle?

What Do I Do When
Cutter Comes Back?

Look, Tim...

You Just Tell Him The Truth,
Just The Way You Saw It.

We Came In
And Took The Rifle,

And There Was Nothing
You Could Do To Stop Us.

Now, We've Got The Bullet
That Killed Wally.

If The Bullet
From This Gun Matches,

You'll Be Out Of Here
Before Anything Else Happens.

Hunter:
What Did I Tell You?

The Weight Of The Water
Slows The Bullet.

Hunter, I Saw A Hospital
Down The Street.

I Bet You They've Got
A Microscope.

Hunter: The Bullet
That Killed Wally

Came From Cutter's Gun.

Hold It.

Sorry, I Didn't Mean
To Wake You Up.

I Wasn't Sleeping.

You Expect Me
To Believe That?

Look, Why Don't
You Ask The Nurse

That Was Just
In There?

What Do You Mean
"Just?"

10 Or 15 Minutes Ago.

Now You Are Gonna
Tell That To Dr. Jessup

First Thing That
He Gets Here, First Thing.

I Have Told Him That
Girl's Been Lazing Off.

Wait, I Didn't Want To
Get Anyone In Trouble.

Oh, Well, That's
Just Too Bad About You

Because That's What Happens
When You Don't Do Your Job.

Now, She Was Supposed
To Have Changed

That Sucrose Solution
45 Minutes Ago.

Not 10, Not 15,
45 Minutes Ago,

And Now I Am Supposed
To Follow Up

With The 10% Trip Sucrose.

Right. Then I Am Going
In There With You.

Because That Girl
In There

Is A Material Witness
In A Murder Case.

Sheriff's Orders Are
No One Goes In Alone.

Well, All Right, Go On.
After You.

[Officer Groans]

[Thud]

How Long Will
He Be Out?

Long Enough.

It's Ok.

I'm Sergeant Mccall,
This Is Sergeant Hunter.

We're With The Police
Department In L.A.

What Is It?
What Are You Doing Here?

Is It Tim?

Well, You Know He's Been
Arrested For Murder.

What Do You Want?

We Know It Wasn't Tim.

We Know It Was Jake Cutter
That Attacked You.

No. No.
Please Go Away.

Lanie,
Just Listen To Us.

No, You Have To Go.

I Don't Know Anything.

Please Go Away.

We Can't.

One Man Was Murdered,
You Were Almost Killed.

Honey, Your Boyfriend
May Go To Jail.

No. Jake Said No.

He Promised.

Jake's A Liar
And He's Crazy.

You Know That.

You Have
To Tell People.

I Can't.

It's The Only Way
We Can Protect You.

We Have Proof,
Definite Proof

That It Was
Jake Cutter

That Killed That
Escaped Prisoner,

Not Tim.

But We Also Need You
To Tell People

That It Was
Jake Cutter

That Attacked You
That Night.

Lanie, We Won't Let
Anything Happen To You.

He Said He'd Kill Me,
And He Will--He Will!

He'll Go On
Hurting People

Unless We Stop Him,
The Three Of Us.

Now, Tim Helped Us
Tonight.

What Do You Say?

Please, Let Me Think.

Can I Just Think
About It?

Will You Just Give Me
A Few Minutes

To Think About
Everything, Ok?

Just Remember
That, Uh,

Tim's Life Depends
On Your Answer.

[Telephone Rings]

Sheriff Cutter.

Jake, It's Lanie.

What Do You Want?

2 People Came
To See Me, Jake.

The Ones You Told Me
Not To Talk To.

They Know.

And What
Did You Tell Them?

Nothing, Nothing.

I Swear I Didn't
Tell Them Anything.

They Told Me.

They Said That They Knew
You Killed Someone,

That They Had Proof,

And That They Were
Gonna Come Back

And Talk To Me
In An Hour.

I Don't Like This,
Lanie.

I Know.
That's Why I Called.

I Knew You Wanted Me To.

I Did The Right Thing,
Didn't I, Jake?

Didn't I?

Yes, You Did.

Only I'm Afraid They're
Gonna Force Me To Talk.

Don't You Worry.

I'll Take Care
Of Everything.

I'll Take Care
Of Everything.

Easterbrook: Jake?

Pop.

Where You Going,
Boy?

Out.

Who's The Phone
Call From?

That Was Business.

I Am The Sheriff
Around Here.

So Long As
I Say You Are.

I Said I'm Going Out.

I Don't Think
You Should.

Whatever
You're Into,

I Can Only
Protect You So Far.

I Normally Keep
So Much From Your Momma.

Go Back To Bed,
Jake.

Whatever It Is,

We'll Work It Out
If We Still Can.

I Don't Need You
Or Anybody Else

To Help Me
Work Things Out.

I Can Work Things
Out By Myself.

I Got Everything
Under Control, Poppa.

Jake.

Pop...

I've Got Everything
Under Control.

It's All Right.

[Cocks Gun]

It's Over, Cutter.

Uhh!
Uhh!

[Grunting]

It Was Him. It Was Jake
That Attacked Me.

He Followed Me
After I Delivered

That Man In His Cell
His Food.

When I Said No,

He Said
He'd Kill Me.

[Cutter Sobbing]

Well, Mr. Easterland,
We Sure Appreciate

The Use Of The Vehicle
To Get Back To Los Angeles.

Well, I Can't Say
That I Appreciated

What You Both Had
To Do, But, Uh,

A Part Of Me
Thanks You Anyway.

Well, We Understand,
Mr. Easterland.

I'm Sure That
Wally's Sister

Will Be Grateful
For What You've Done.

Well, I Know
That Money

Is Not Gonna Make
All Of This Go Away

Or Pay Her Back
Her Loss,

But Everything
I Have,

All My Assets,

Call On I Can't
Make It Right.

But I Like To Feel
Like I'm Trying.

Thanks A Lot,
Mr. Easterland.

Thanks.

[Tires Squeal]

Don't Look Like Much,
But She'll Get You Home.

At Least Partway.

Well, It's Either This
Or Horseback.

No Hard Feelings?

You Have A Terrible
Sense Of Humor.

[Southern Accent]
Well, Pa...

What Do You Say
We High-Tail It Out Of Here

And Head For That Land
Of Plenty I Done Heard Of?

Well, It Works
For Me.

Pedal To The Metal.

♪ 89 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 89 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ 88 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 88 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 88 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ Eighty--87 Bottles
Of Beer On The Wall ♪

♪ 87 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 87 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ If One Of Those Bottles
Should Happen To Fall ♪

♪ 86...Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

[Theme Music Playing]