Hunter (1984–1991): Season 2, Episode 11 - Think Blue - full transcript
Hunter helps a policeman who is framed for the murder of his wife.
COME ON! COME ON! LET'S GO.
HEY, LEON? WHAT
ABOUT THOSE HEISTS?
THINK BLUE, MAN.
I GOT TO HIT HER
WITH IT... BOOM!
KIND OF SUDDEN, WASN'T IT?
I DID NOT KILL HER.
DID YOU BUY THAT?
I'M JUST AFRAID
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT
THE GUY CONVICTED.
YOU NEVER KNOW,
WE MIGHT GET LUCKY.
BLINK AND YOU'RE GONE!
WELL, ARE YOU COMING?
I'D RATHER HAVE A ROOT CANAL.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN
YOU TALK NASTY TO ME.
HA HA!
WORKS FOR ME.
DALHEIM ELECTRONICS
AT 312 SOUTH MEREDITH,
APPARENT BURGLARY IN PROGRESS.
UNITS L-88 AND L-207
ARE ON THE SCENE.
NOTIFIED BURGLARY.
THIS IS SERGEANT SIGERSON. OUT.
COME ON, COME ON,
COME ON! LET'S GO!
Sigerson: MOVE IT! MOVE IT!
LET'S GO!
STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
I WON'T SAY A THING.
I PROMISE! I PROMISE,
I WON'T SAY A THING.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
UHH!
HE SAW US.
JEEZ.
THIS DAMN TRASHY CAR.
DO YOU THINK THEY'RE TRYING
TO TELL US SOMETHING, OR WHAT?
THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU KNOW.
BEING A WOMAN DRIVER AND ALL.
I COULD DRIVE THE PANTS
OFF OF YOU ANY DAY,
AND YOU KNOW IT.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN
YOU TALK NASTY TO ME.
HA HA HA HA! OH, JEEZ.
ANY I.D.?
WHAT'VE WE GOT
HERE, MORT? AN O.D.?
NO, A BROKEN NECK.
BLUE BANDANA AND A
BLACK SHIRT AND PANTS
MAKES HIM ONE OF THE CLIPS.
YEAH, WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE TO ME HERE IS
THIS BUNCH OF PUNKS
BUSTED THROUGH THAT DOOR,
THEN THEY GRABBED
EVERYTHING THEY COULD CARRY
AND TOOK OFF.
NOW, THIS ONE HERE,
HE MUST HAVE JUMPED ON
WHEN THEY WAS ROLLING,
LOST HIS GRIP AND... FELL.
CLIPS? COME ON, SIGERSON.
THESE KIDS STEAL LUNCH
MONEY AND SNATCH PURSES,
BUT THE ONE THING THEY'RE
NOT INTO IS TEAM BURGLARIES.
NO WAY.
TEAM?
SIMPLE SMASH-AND-GRAB.
HUNTER...
ARE YOU TELLING ME WHAT'S
GOING DOWN ON MY BEAT?
NOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT,
BUT WHILE YOU AND THOSE HOTSHOTS
FROM HOMICIDE ARE UP THERE,
ME AND MY GRUNTS
ARE OUT ON THE STREET
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT.
AND I KNOW WHAT'S
GOING DOWN ON MY BEAT,
AND I DON'T NEED YOU TELLING ME!
YEAH, WELL, MAYBE
WE OUGHT TO SWEAT
SOME OF THOSE STREET GANGS, HUH?
THE CLIPS, AND WHAT'S THE
NAME OF THAT OTHER ONE?
THE CREAMS.
YEAH, THE CREAMS.
LET'S BRING IN SOME
OF THEIR LEADERS
TOMORROW MORNING.
Mort: YEAH, I'LL
TELL YOU ONE THING.
THE KID DIDN'T BREAK HIS NECK
FALLING OFF A MOVING VEHICLE.
TALK TO ME, MORT.
I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL
YOU AFTER THE P.M.
TALK TO YOU.
OK, FINLEY, LET'S GO HOME.
♪ TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ♪
♪ THE PARTY'S OVER ♪
BE SURE TO SING THE SONG
AT THE KID'S FUNERAL, FINLEY.
HIS PARENTS WILL
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COME ON.
Cop: GET HIM OFF!
MAN, THEY'RE CRAZY!
YOU KNOW THAT?
YOU'RE AS BAD AS THEY ARE, LEON.
HEY, NOT US, HUNTER. YOU
COPS. YOU THE CRAZY ONES.
I MEAN, YOU BRINGING US CLIPS
AND CREAMS IN HERE TOGETHER.
YOU HAD TO KNOW WHAT
WAS GONNA GO DOWN.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
GOT SOME PROBLEM
JOINING THE HUMAN RACE, LEON?
HEY, LOOK, WE ARE
THE HUMAN RACE.
NOBODY LIKES NOBODY WHO
AIN'T ONE OF THEIR OWN, DIG IT?
YEAH, RIGHT.
ANYWAY, THANKS FOR
KEEPING THEM CREAMS
FROM STOPPING MY CLOCK IN THERE.
I OWE YOU ONE.
YEAH, STAY COOL, KID. HUH?
HEY!
THEM SMASH-AND-GRABS
THEY'RE TRYING TO PIN ON US...
IT'S A BUMMER. WE DIDN'T DO IT.
SURE, LEON. HEY, HUNTER,
THOSE 8 MONTHS YOU GOT
ME ON THE FARM CONVINCED ME!
I'M INTO BREAK-DANCING
NOW. CHECK THIS OUT.
WHOO! HA HA!
HUH? NOT BAD. HA!
I'M BREAKIN' NECKS
THE NEXT TIME, MAN!
Gang leader: YEAH,
YOU! HUNTER, YOU!
AND, McCALL, WE AIN'T TAKING
NOTHING FROM YOU NO MORE.
WE IN THERE FOR NOTHIN', OK?
YOU! FOOL, YOU HEAR ME?
COME ON, MAN.
ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!
WHO ARE WE, BOYS?
YEAH, ALL RIGHT!
HEY, CATCH YOU LATER, RIGHT?
HEY, LEON, WHAT
ABOUT THOSE HEISTS?
Leon: THINK BLUE, MAN.
THINK BLUE?
HEY, HUNTER.
GOT A CALL FROM LUCKY'S BAR.
THEY WANT YOU OVER THERE.
CHARLIE COSTER IS
PULLING ANOTHER WING-DING.
CHARLIE.
Man: AGGIE, DO ME AGAIN.
YOU LOOKING AT ME?
YEAH, YOU! YOU IN THE
JACKET, I'M TALKING TO YOU.
THESE OLD GUYS CAN'T
HANDLE THEIR BOOZE.
I CAN HANDLE MY BOOZE OK, SONNY.
AND I CAN HANDLE YOU, TOO.
HEY, YOU! I'M TALKING TO YOU!
YOU GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH ME?
HI, CHARLIE.
HI. HI, HUNTER.
HOW YOU DOING?
I'M DOING FINE,
AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO
DO A HELL OF A LOT BETTER.
WHY DON'T YOU BUY ME THAT DRINK
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, HUH?
FOR YOU, KID, ANYTHING. SURE.
HEY, AGGIE?
WILL YOU SET ONE UP
FOR MY FRIEND HERE?
HEY, I'LL, UH... I'LL SEE
YOU LATER, JUNIOR.
Hunter: FORGET ABOUT IT.
YOUNG PUNKS...
THINK THEY'RE SO TOUGH!
HUH.
HEY. RELAX, WILL YOU, CHARLIE?
FORGET ABOUT ALL
THIS BULL, WILL YOU?
COME ON, HUH?
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LET'S JUST HAVE A NICE
DRINK AND RELAX, OK?
THIS IS RICK YOU'RE
TALKING TO, HERE.
NOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT IS SHE DOING
THIS TO ME FOR? WHY?
I MEAN, I'M NOT
MR. RIGHT IN HER LIFE,
OK, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME OUT AND SAY SO.
YOU KNOW, "CHARLIE, IT
AIN'T WORKING FOR ME.
"I AIN'T HAPPY."
JUST COME RIGHT
OUT WITH IT... BOOM!
BUT DON'T GO SNEAKING
AROUND MY BACK
WITH OTHER GUYS,
MAKING ME LOOK LIKE A
JERK IN FRONT OF MY FRIENDS.
CHARLIE, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOUR FRIENDS DO NOT
THINK YOU'RE A JERK, OK?
GET THAT STRAIGHT.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE ONE.
I...
MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO. I DON'T KNOW.
CHARLIE, DO YOU WANT
A DIVORCE FROM VERA?
NO!
I... I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IF SHE'S GONNA
KEEP ON CHEATING
LIKE SHE IS, I SUPPOSE SO.
I GOT SOME PRIDE, YOU KNOW?
YEAH, I KNOW YOU DO.
CHARLIE, YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU GOT TO DO?
YOU GOT TO GO
TALK TO THAT WOMAN.
ONE-ON-ONE. TELL HER HOW
CHARLIE FEELS ABOUT THINGS.
OK? TELL HER YOU
KNOW EVERYTHING.
BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE,
TELL HER HOW YOU FEEL.
COMMUNICATE SOMETHING
TO THAT WOMAN.
SIT DOWN WITH HER,
TALK TO HER FACE TO FACE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YEAH, I KNOW I'M RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S
IT. I GOT TO TALK TO HER.
I GOTTA TELL HER THAT I
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND GET EVERYTHING
RIGHT OUT ON THE TABLE,
RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE RIGHT.
I GOT TO HIT HER
WITH IT... BOOM!
NOW, WILL YOU TURN AND FACE
THE WALL, SERGEANT COSTER?
GOOD.
THIS WAY, PLEASE.
HEY, JACK, GIVE ME
A MINUTE, WILL YOU?
SURE.
I DIDN'T DO IT, HUNTER.
CHARLIE, I'VE GOT 4 WITNESSES
THAT SAY THEY HEARD
YOU AND VERA ARGUING
10 MINUTES BEFORE SHE
FLEW OUT THE WINDOW.
I'VE ALSO GOT ANOTHER WITNESS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
THAT SWEARS SHE SAW YOU DO IT.
IT WASN'T ME! SHE WAS
ALREADY OUT THE WINDOW
BY THE TIME I GOT
TO THE APARTMENT.
WELL, IF IT WAS THAT CLOSE,
THEN YOU MUST'VE SAW WHO DID IT.
I JUST MISSED HIM. I HEARD
THE FIRE ESCAPE DOOR SLAM
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE ELEVATOR,
AND SOMEBODY RUNNING
DOWN THE STAIRS.
MUST HAVE BEEN THE
GUY. I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
HELL, I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING WAS WRONG
UNTIL I GOT INTO THE APARTMENT.
CHARLIE, DID YOU KILL HER?
YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT.
I DID NOT KILL HER.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
JACK?
AREN'T YOU FINISHED
WITH HIM YET?
ANOTHER 5 MINUTES.
HURRY IT UP, WILL YOU?
CENTRAL HOMICIDE
WANTS HIM DOWNTOWN.
HEY, DELROY. WHY
DON'T YOU RELAX, HUH?
HE'S NOT A PIECE OF
MEAT. HE WON'T SPOIL.
A KILLER COP?
IN MY BOOK, HE'S ALREADY ROTTEN.
THEY'RE TAKING CHARLIE DOWNTOWN.
WELL, IT'S S.O.P. WHEN
AN OFFICER'S ACCUSED
OF A MAJOR FELONY, YOU KNOW?
ACCUSED? I'M JUST AFRAID
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT
THE GUY CONVICTED.
I KNOW THAT YOU AND CHARLIE
WERE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.
I'VE KNOWN CHARLIE
COSTER ALL MY LIFE,
AND THE ONE THING HE'S
NEVER, EVER DONE TO ME
IS LIE. I MEAN ABOUT ANYTHING.
I KNOW HOW THIS MUST LOOK,
BUT IF CHARLIE COSTER
SAYS HE'S INNOCENT...
WELL, I CAN SURE SEE WHY
CHARLIE WENT FOR HER.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, A POLICE
SHRINK ONCE TOLD ME
YOU COULD TELL EVERYTHING
THERE WAS TO KNOW
ABOUT A LADY BY WHAT
SHE KEPT IN HER DESK.
WELL, OTHER THAN
VERA BEING A PACKRAT,
WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF TELL YOU?
I THINK SHE WAS LIVING
WAY BEYOND HER SALARY
AS A POLICE CLERK.
THIS STUFF IS 50 BUCKS A POP.
LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD A LOT
OF HAY FEVER PROBLEMS.
HER SINUSES OR SOMETHING...
A LOT OF HEADACHES.
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT
SOME TRAVEL PLANS, HERE.
Woman: I'M SORRY I HAD
TO KEEP YOU WAITING.
CURRENT FILES HERE
ARE SUCH A MESS.
YOU KNOW, WE
NEEDED THE EXTRA HELP
JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE
FLOOD OF ROBBERY REPORTS,
EVEN BEFORE WE LOST POOR VERA.
SAME GENERAL AREA OF THE CITY,
SAME TYPE OF STORES
HIT, SAME GENERAL M.O.
WHAT ARE THESE REPORTS
DOING IN CURRENT FILES, ANYWAY?
THEY OUGHT TO BE
OVER IN SPECIAL FILES
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT, SERGEANT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
VERA WAS ALWAYS
EXTREMELY EFFICIENT.
HOWEVER, UM...
SHE REALLY WASN'T HERSELF,
THE PAST WEEK OR SO.
I MEAN, IT WAS AS IF SHE KNEW
SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO...
UM...
I REALLY SHOULDN'T
BE TELLING YOU THIS.
ONE SHOULD NEVER SPEAK
ILL OF THE DEAD, BUT, UM...
WELL, THERE WERE OTHER MEN.
IT WAS SOONER OR LATER
HER HUSBAND HAD TO FIND OUT.
WELL, HOW MANY MEN WERE THERE?
ONE, TWO, A GROUP?
A COUPLE? HOW MANY?
ACTUALLY, I ONLY SAW
HER WITH ONE MAN.
THEY WERE HAVING LUNCH TOGETHER
ABOUT A WEEK OR SO BEFORE.
IT WAS A BLACK MAN.
WELL, SO WHAT?
UH, WELL, I JUST MENTIONED THAT
FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
YEAH. WELL, THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME, HUH?
CAN WE TAKE THIS STUFF?
I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.
THANKS.
CENTRAL HOMICIDE'S
GONNA BE ALL OVER OUR TOES
IF THEY FIND OUT WE GOT THIS.
LISTEN. IF CENTRAL
HOMICIDE WAS ON THEIR TOES,
THEY'D HAVE COME AND PICKED
THIS STUFF UP YESTERDAY.
YEAH, YOU HOPE.
2 AIRLINE TICKETS
TO RIO DE JANEIRO...
MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE COSTER.
CHARLIE NEVER SAID
ANYTHING ABOUT THESE TICKETS.
MAYBE VERA WAS
GOING TO SURPRISE HIM.
HERE WE GO. MR. AND
MRS. CHARLES COSTER...
2 TICKETS TO RIO VIA MIAMI,
FLIGHT NUMBER
3704, ECONOMY CLASS,
DEPARTING L.A.X.,
11 PM ON THE 29th.
WHO MADE THE RESERVATIONS?
UH, MRS. COSTER.
SHE PHONED IN THE NUMBER
OF HER HUSBAND'S CREDIT CARD
AND EITHER SHE OR HER HUSBAND
WOULD PRESENT THE CARD AND SIGN
WHEN THEY PICKED UP THE TICKETS.
THAT'S DONE THAT
WAY ALL THE TIME.
DID THEY PICK THEM UP?
UH, SHE DID, ON THE 18th.
BUT THEN, ON THE 26th
HE CAME IN AND CANCELLED
THE RESERVATIONS.
THE 26th? ARE YOU
SURE ABOUT THAT?
IT'S IN BLACK-AND-WHITE.
ON THE 26th,
CHARLIE COMES IN,
CANCELS VACATION PLANS,
AND ON THE 27th
SHE WINDS UP DEAD.
WHAT TIME IS IT?
AT THE TONE, 4:48.
GEE. YOU KNOW HOW
MUCH SLEEP I'VE LOST
SITTING OUT ON THESE
P.D. INTELLIGENCE TIPS
AND HOW MANY OF
THEM HAVE PANNED OUT?
YOU'VE GOT IT.
SO LET'S GO HOME.
GIVE IT ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, HUH?
ANOTHER NIGHT WASTED.
STRING ENOUGH OF THESE TOGETHER,
AND YOU'LL GET A
NICE PENSION, McCALL.
YEAH.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT CHARLIE.
I THINK THE FACT
THAT HE CANCELLED
THOSE AIRLINE TICKETS
IS WHAT'S GOING TO DO HIM IN.
I'M GONNA HIT HIM ON THAT
THE FIRST TIME I SEE HIM.
DID YOU GET THE LICENSE PLATE?
YEP.
WELL, IT LOOKS AS
IF WE'VE LUCKED OUT
ON THIS STAKE-OUT AFTER ALL.
YEAH, WELL, WE WERE DUE TO
HAVE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPEN.
Man: BLINK AND YOU'RE GONE!
NICE JOKE, SIGERSON.
YOU COULD'VE KILLED
SOMEBODY HERE.
JOKE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, JOKE?
YOU SEE, THE BEAT COP
SPOTTED YOU DOWN HERE,
AND THEY FIGURED YOU
WAS A COUPLE OF WISE GUYS
CASING ONE OF THE STORES.
SO I HAD TO CHECK YOU OUT.
IF YOU HAD CHECKED WITH
THE WATCH COMMANDER,
LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE, YOU
JERK, YOU WOULD'VE FOUND OUT
WE WERE SITTING DOWN
HERE ON A STAKE-OUT.
WHAT YOU DOING
DOWN HERE, ANYWAY?
DID YOU GET DEMOTED TO BURGLARY?
NO, WE'RE STILL ON HOMICIDE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
DOWN HERE, SIGERSON.
NOW, YOU DO
REMEMBER THE DEAD BOY
WE FOUND THE OTHER
NIGHT, DON'T YOU?
DAMN, WE WOULD
HAVE HAD THEM COLD
IF HE HADN'T SCARED THEM OFF!
SCARED OFF WHO?
THE VAN! THE VAN!
I KNOW THEY WERE GONNA
HIT THAT STEREO STORE.
FORGET IT. THE VAN HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WE GOT TO GO FIND LEON.
HEAT!
LEON. WHAT THE
HELL ARE YOU DOING?
ALL I WANT TO DO IS TALK TO YOU.
I KNOW, MAN, BUT I GOT
MY IMAGE TO THINK OF.
COME ON, PUT THE CUFFS ON.
COME HERE.
COMFY?
WHAT ARE YOU ARRESTING HIM FOR?
Hunter: HIS IMAGE.
Leon: OK, YOU CAN TAKE
THE CUFFS OFF NOW.
I LOST THE KEY.
Leon, hoarsely: THEN
I LOST MY VOICE.
Leon: SO, MY MAN.
SO, THINK BLUE, LEON.
HEY, HUNTER! MAN, THAT
WAS JUST JIVE, YOU KNOW.
HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU
THINK LEON'S GONNA GET
WHEN I SHAKE HIM DOWN OUT THERE
AND FIND 2 OUNCES
OF COCAINE ON HIM?
HEY, COME ON!
YEARS? I'D SAY 6, 8, EASY.
COME ON, GUYS, YOU WOULDN'T!
OK, OK, OK! I'M THINKING
BLUE, I'M THINKING BLUE.
SO?
SO THEM SMASH-AND-GRABS
THE BURGLARY SQUAD'S BEEN
TRYING TO PIN ON THE STREET GANGS...
THE WORD AROUND IS THE DUDES
THAT ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE
ARE THE ONES BEEN
BUSTING OUR CHOPS.
YEAH, WE KNOW THAT, LEON.
WHY DON'T YOU
FILL IN THE SPACES?
ALL I KNOW IS
WHAT'S ON THE WIND!
GET OUT, LEON!
SPREAD THEM.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU
GOT ON YOU, BUDDY.
IT-IT'S A COP, NAME
OF LUTHER WESSON!
HE'S ONE OF THEM.
HE'S ONE OF WHO?
THE COPS THAT HAVE BEEN
PULLING ALL THEM STORE BURGLARIES.
SAYS YOU AND WHO ELSE?
OH, MAN. HUNTER!
IT WAS A BRO, MAN. DIZ.
HE SAYS ONE NIGHT HE SEEN A
BUNCH OF COPS CLEANING OUT
THAT TV STORE ON BENSON,
AND THEY WERE RUNNING IN
AND OUT OF THERE LIKE ANTS.
LOADING THE TVs IN THE
TRUNKS OF THEIR POLICE CARS.
CAN YOU DIG IT? INTO
THEIR POLICE CARS!
WELL, HOW COME THIS DIZ...
HOW DID HE RECOGNIZE LUTHER?
LUTHER WESSON WAS HIS COUSIN.
WELL, WHERE DO WE FIND DIZ?
WHERE HIS FOLKS BURIED HIM.
HE WAS THE KID
GOT HIS NECK BUSTED
THE NIGHT THAT LAST
SMASH-AND-GRAB WENT DOWN.
McCall: OH, USING A CORPSE
FOR CORROBORATION.
THAT'S REALLY CUTE, LEON.
GIVE ME A BREAK, LADY.
YOU ASK ME WHAT
I KNOW, I TOLD YOU.
LEON?
I SWEAR TO GOD, HUNTER.
ALL RIGHT, GET OUT OF HERE.
DID YOU BUY THAT?
NOT TILL I GET MORE PROOF.
LEON WAS RIGHT
ABOUT ONE THING...
LUTHER WAS A COP... JUST BARELY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, JUST BARELY?
WELL, YOU REMEMBER
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
WHEN THEY BUSTED A BUNCH OF COPS
DOWN AT KINMORE DIVISION
FOR SHAKING DOWN
SOME LOCAL MERCHANTS?
LUTHER WAS PART OF IT, RIGHT?
WELL, I.A. SEEMS TO THINK SO,
BUT THEY COULDN'T
PIN ANYTHING ON HIM.
THEY TRANSFERRED HIM OVER HERE.
AND GUESS WHO
APPROVED THE TRANSFER?
SERGEANT CHARLES W. COSTER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
PART OF CHARLIE'S JOB,
YOU KNOW, TO
APPROVE ALL TRANSFERS.
BESIDES, WE'RE NOT TOO
SURE LUTHER'S THE GUY WHO'S...
LET'S GO ASK.
YEAH, THAT'S HIM.
AND YOU SAW THEM
TOGETHER ONLY ONCE?
MM-HMM. AT LUNCHTIME.
BUT THAT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME
THEY HAD BEEN
TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY.
WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT
DO YOU MEAN, OBVIOUSLY?
THEY WERE IN A PUBLIC
PLACE, WEREN'T THEY?
WELL, EVEN IN A PUBLIC PLACE
YOU CAN TELL PRETTY WELL
WHAT A COUPLE IS
DOING IN PRIVATE,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YEAH. WELL, THANKS AGAIN
FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
MMM. NICE-LOOKING FELLA.
THAT SCUZBALL LUTHER.
I OK HIS TRANSFER, I
GIVE HIM A SECOND SHOT,
AND WHAT DOES HE
DO? HE HITS ON MY WIFE.
CHARLIE, THE GUY WAS DIRTY.
HOW COULD YOU TAKE
A GUY LIKE THAT IN?
SIGERSON SAID HE
HAD GOTTEN A BUM RAP
BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.
HE ASKED ME TO GIVE HIM A BREAK.
CHARLIE, THE DAY BEFORE
SHE WENT OUT THE WINDOW,
YOU CANCELLED VACATION PLANS
THAT YOU HAD MADE WITH VERA.
COME ON, I NEVER MADE ANY PLANS
FOR A VACATION WITH VERA.
CHARLIE, WE ALREADY
TALKED TO THE TRAVEL AGENT.
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MY
SIDE OF THE STORY OR NOT?
I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.
THE DAY BEFORE, I FOUND A
COUPLE OF AIRLINE TICKETS
FOR RIO DE JANEIRO.
THEY WERE CHARGED
TO MY CREDIT CARD.
MY CARD.
I MEAN, FINE. SHE'S GOING
OFF WITH SOME OTHER GUY,
THAT'S SLEAZY ENOUGH.
BUT HIT ME WITH THE TAB?!
YOU BET YOUR BUTT I CANCELLED.
CHARLIE, YOU SAID VERA
HAD ALREADY GONE OUT THE WINDOW
BY THE TIME YOU GOT HOME, RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT, THE GUY
FROM CENTRAL HOMICIDE
CHECKED OUT THE TIME
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN YOU
TO GET FROM MURPHY'S
TO YOUR PLACE
HE SAYS YOU WOULD'VE
HAD TO HAVE BEEN HOME
10 MINUTES BEFORE SHE DIED.
BOY, YOU GUYS.
YOU COME IN HERE,
LIKE YOU'RE MY FRIENDS...
HEY. JUST A SECOND
HERE, CHARLIE.
I KNOW YOU'RE
FRUSTRATED. SO ARE WE.
BUT WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOU KNOW THAT.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK.
WHEN I LEFT YOU AT MURPHY'S BAR,
I WAS A LITTLE DRUNK.
I WAS VERY HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.
WELL, I STOPPED
AT THAT LITTLE...
THAT LITTLE PARK HALFWAY IN
BETWEEN... YOU KNOW THE ONE.
I WENT IN THERE, I SAT
DOWN, COOLED OFF, AND, UH...
THINK ABOUT WHAT I
WAS GOING TO SAY TO HER.
WHO COULD HAVE
KILLED HER, CHARLIE?
HELL, MAYBE SHE
GOT ANOTHER STUD,
AND LUTHER GOT JEALOUS.
OR MAYBE, UH... LOOK, I...
YOU'RE THE HOMICIDE
COP, YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
McCall: WILL YOU JUST
LISTEN TO ME FOR A MINUTE?
I AM NOT TRYING TO NAIL CHARLIE.
I AM JUST TRYING TO SET IT UP
EXACTLY THE WAY CENTRAL
HOMICIDE IS GOING TO SEE IT, OK?
CHARLIE'S WATCH COMMANDER.
HE BRINGS IN LUTHER WESSON,
WHO'S A COP WITH
A BAD REP, RIGHT?
NOW, VERA, CHARLIE'S WIFE,
IS A CLERK AT ROBBERY RECORDS.
FINE. NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE'S A STRING OF
BURGLARIES START TO GO DOWN,
AND VERA DOESN'T FLAG
THEM FOR THE SPECIAL FILE.
AND YOU THINK ALL
THIS ADDS UP TO WHAT?
WELL, WHEN I ADD 2 AND 2,
I GET 4. WHAT DO YOU GET?
Wesson: HUNTER,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
GOT TO TALK TO YOU, LUTHER.
LOOK, MAN, I'M IN
KIND OF A RUSH.
CATCH ME AT THE PRECINCT LATER.
I UNDERSTAND YOU TURNED
IN YOUR BADGE THIS MORNING.
KIND OF SUDDEN, WASN'T IT?
NO. I BEEN THINKING
ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.
EVER SINCE VERA COSTER
FLEW OUT THE WINDOW?
OK, WHO'S VERA COSTER?
YOU WERE GONNA GO OFF TO
SOUTH AMERICA WITH THIS LADY,
AND YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
HER NAME? OH, LUTHER.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT'S CHARLIE'S
PACKAGE, ALL RIGHT?
NOW, I WASN'T
NOWHERE AROUND THEN.
LUTHER, WE GOT TO TALK.
COME ON.
HEY, STOP IT, HUNTER! COME ON!
HERE WE GO. RIGHT DOWN THERE.
COME ON! YOU'LL TEAR IT, HUNTER!
COME ON. HUNTER, YOU'LL TEAR IT.
HOW CAN YOU AFFORD
THIS TYPE OF A JACKET
ON YOUR SALARY, LUTHER?
WHAT'S IT TO YOU HOW I
SPEND MY MONEY, HUH?
WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS
ON HOW YOU GOT IT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU
AND A COUPLE OF COPS
GOT A SMASH-AND-GRAB GOING.
OH, COME ON!
WAS VERA WRAPPED UP IN IT?
HUH? HOW ABOUT YOUR REAL
GOOD BUDDY SERGEANT SIGERSON?
WAS HE IN ON IT?
OH, MAN. WHERE YOU GET
ALL THIS GARBAGE FROM?
YOU WANT TO TALK GARBAGE?
YOU GUYS GOT IT ALL WRONG.
THEN WHY DON'T
YOU SET IT STRAIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
VERA AND SERGEANT SIGERSON,
THEY HAD A THING GOING.
THEY WERE TIGHT. THIS
AND THAT HAPPENED,
SO SHE JUST BROKE
IT OFF WITH HIM.
AND BECAME YOUR LADY, RIGHT?
WELL, IF THAT'S ALL,
LUTHER, THEN WHY RUN?
HEY, CHARLIE THREW HER
OUT THE WINDOW, DIDN'T HE?
I COULD BE NEXT.
WHY? CHARLIE DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING TO SIGERSON.
HEY, YOU GOT SOMETHING ON ME?
READ ME MY RIGHTS, TAKE
ME DOWN AND BOOK ME.
OTHERWISE, JUST GET
OFF MY CASE, HUNTER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT, LUTHER?
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET.
LUTHER!
I ONLY CAUGHT HALF THE
PLATE, HUNTER. DID YOU GET IT?
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY
A WASTE OF TIME,
BUT I'LL TAKE THAT PARTIAL
PLATE NUMBER WE GOT
AND RUN IT THROUGH D.M.V.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
WE MIGHT GET LUCKY.
ALL I GOT WAS 1-L-Q-O,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T GET
THE REST OF THE NUMBER.
HUNTER...
NOW, HUNTER, YOU HAVE TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.
YOU WERE THERE WHEN
LUTHER GOT GUNNED DOWN.
ALL I HAD WAS A REPORT.
NEXT QUESTION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT VERA COSTER.
HEH. CHARLIE'S WIFE?
EVERYBODY'S FREE LUNCH?
YEAH. BOTH OF THEM
WERE CONNECTED TO YOU.
AND BOTH OF THEM
HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
HUNTER, I HATE TO DANCE
WITHOUT MUSIC, SO...
SO WHY DON'T YOU
PLAY OUT YOUR TUNE?
OK, SIGERSON.
THERE'S ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN
OR SO COPS IN THIS PRECINCT
WHO'VE BEEN RUNNING A
SMASH-AND-GRAB OUTFIT
FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
NOW, VERA WAS IN ON
IT, AND SO WAS LUTHER.
I TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.
YOU TAKE THIS GARBAGE
AND YOU SWEEP IT
UNDER THE I.A. CARPET,
AND YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER MINE.
I HAVEN'T REACHED
THE CHORUS YET.
LUTHER AND VERA WERE IN ON IT,
BUT THEY WEREN'T RUNNING IT.
SOMEBODY ELSE WAS...
SOMEBODY LIKE YOU.
YOU SEE, I DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE THIS FROM YOU...
SO GET OUT!
COME ON, COME ON.
GET OUT OF HERE.
UHH!
YOU GOT TO BE CRAZY, HUNTER.
NOW, IF I DID THE
THINGS YOU SAY I DID,
THEN WHY WOULD I
KILL MY PARTNERS?
BECAUSE VERA DUMPED
YOU, SIGERSON, FOR LUTHER.
AND YOU KILLED
LUTHER TO SHUT HIM UP.
OH! HA HA!
OH, THANK YOU, HUNTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID?
YOU MADE THE CASE AGAINST
CHARLIE COSTER IRON-CLAD.
NO, YOU GOT IT ALL
WRONG, SIGERSON.
YOU SEE, CHARLIE
WAS IN THE SLAMMER
WHEN LUTHER WAS MURDERED.
HUNTER. HUNTER, YOU DIDN'T KNOW?
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE
D.A. WENT FOR MURDER TWO
AND KICKED HIM OUT ON BAIL
AT 10 A.M. IN THE MORNING?
HMM?
FITS CHARLIE
COSTER LIKE A GLOVE,
DOESN'T IT, MR. HUNTER?
SIR.
McCall: LOOK, I DON'T LIKE
SIGERSON ANYMORE THAN YOU DO,
BUT HE'S RIGHT... THE
COLLAR FITS CHARLIE.
IT'S SIGERSON, McCALL,
AND I'M GONNA PROVE IT, OK?
OK, FINE, BUT DON'T BET
THE FAMILY JEWELS ON IT.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HERE...
AN INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING
THEY GOT OUT OF VERA'S CLOSETS
AND DRAWERS. YOU
WANT TO HEAR THIS?
DESIGNER PANTS AND DRESSES...
ENOUGH TO STOCK A BOUTIQUE...
22 PAIRS OF SHOES... THE
CHEAPEST IS $75 A PAIR...
TONS OF GOLD CHAINS,
EARRINGS, EVERYTHING...
AND REAL GOLD, NOT GOLD PLATE.
AND PANTYHOSE AT $20 A
PAIR, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
SO, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS THAT VERA IS A THIEF.
DOES THAT MAKE
CHARLIE ONE, TOO, NOW?
LOOK, HE KNEW HE WAS
GOING TO RETIRE, RIGHT?
VERA KNEW THAT HIS PENSION
WOULDN'T EVEN COVER THE COST
OF HER PANTYHOSE, SO
SHE SUCKERS HIM INTO IT
TO PAD THE RETIREMENT FUND.
AFTER SHE MAKES HIM A THIEF,
HE FINDS OUT SHE'S GONNA
RUN OUT ON HIM... BOOM.
OUT THE WINDOW.
HUNTER, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME
THAT A DECENT GUY LIKE CHARLIE
WOULD BE DRIVEN TO COMMIT
MURDER BY A ROTTEN WIFE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
CHARLIE WAS WATCH COMMANDER
WHEN ALL 6 BURGLARIES WENT DOWN.
OK, LET'S GO SEE CHARLIE, HUH?
20 YEARS A COP, 8 CITATIONS,
COMMENDATIONS UP TO MY EYEBALLS,
AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING I NOT ONLY
SHOVED MY WIFE OUT THE WINDOW,
BUT I AM A CROOKED COP, TOO.
LOOK, THE BURGLARIES
WENT DOWN ON YOUR WATCH.
ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT
IF YOU SAW ANYTHING
OR MIGHT'VE HEARD SOMETHING
THAT'D GIVE US A CLUE,
THAT YOU'D TELL US.
THE HELL WITH YOU.
HEY, CHARLIE, WE'RE
TRYING TO HELP YOU HERE.
SURE, HELP ME RIGHT
INTO THE SLAMMER.
YOU AND THE REST OF THE P.D.
20 YEARS I GAVE THEM,
PRACTICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE!
LOOK, CHARLIE,
THOSE NIGHTS THAT YOU
WERE THE WATCH COMMANDER,
WAS SIGERSON YOUR
ATTACK SERGEANT?
OH, COME ON! SIGGY'S A BUDDY.
CHARLIE, SIGERSON WAS
GETTING IT ON WITH VERA
BEFORE LUTHER.
LOOK, CHARLIE, SOMEBODY
IN THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT
WAS RUNNING A BURGLARY RING.
NOW, IF IT WASN'T YOU,
I THINK IT'S SIGERSON.
SIGGY WAS BEST
MAN AT MY WEDDING.
YEAH, THEY'RE ALL THERE NOW.
YEAH, BUT WHO SAYS
THEY'RE IN THERE TALKING
ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT'S
HOT SHIPMENT, YOU KNOW?
THEY MIGHT ALL JUST
BE IN THERE FOR A BEER.
NAH, THEY TOOK
THE BAIT, ALL RIGHT.
WELL, SIGERSON MAY BE DIRTY,
BUT HE'S NOT STUPID. HE
KNOWS WE'RE ON TO HIM.
HE'S NOT GONNA PULL
ANOTHER JOB. NOT NOW.
YEAH, MAYBE.
THE GUARD SAYS THE
DISTRIBUTOR EXPECTS
A BRAND NEW
SHIPMENT ON THURSDAY.
IT'S PRIMA STUFF.
THE GUCCIS WILL GIVE
US 200 BUCKS A UNIT.
WELL, I SAID NO.
NOT FOR ANY PRICE.
COME ON, SIG, IT'S THE
BEST SCORE WE'VE HAD.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SMARTEN UP?
YOU SEE, HUNTER KNOWS
WHAT THE SET-UP IS.
WE PULL ONE MORE JOB,
AND HE'S GONNA COME
DOWN ON US LIKE A TENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO?
WE QUIT WHEN WE'RE AHEAD.
OK, YOU DON'T WANT
TO DO IT, DON'T DO IT.
IT AIN'T SO TOUGH.
DIRK AND JENSEN AND I
WILL DO IT BY OURSELVES.
HEH. WHAT, YOU GUYS ARE SO BORED
WITH BREATHIN' AIR, YOU
WANT TO TRY CYANIDE?
YOU SEE, THAT DEAD KID
MAKES US A MURDER RAP
WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU KILLED THAT KID,
SIG, ALL BY YOURSELF.
IT'S YOUR PACKAGE.
YEAH, THE ONLY ONE.
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING, LAWSON?
NO, NO. I WAS JUST
AGREEING WITH DIRK.
IS THAT RIGHT?
WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING...
YOU SEE, YOU'RE IN
FOR THE BURGLARIES,
SO YOU'RE IN FOR THE
MURDER, JUST LIKE ME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF I BURN... YOU BURN.
WE'RE BLOWING IT OUT
HERE. THEY COULD BE IN THERE
PLOTTING TO ROB
THE FEDERAL RESERVE
FOR TONS OF GOLD OR SOMETHING,
FOR ALL WE KNOW. AND
BESIDES, I'M HUNGRY.
LET'S... LET'S GO.
NO, I WANT TO SEE
WHERE SIGERSON GOES
WHEN HE LEAVES THERE.
WHAT'S THIS?
WITH SERGEANT SIGERSON'S,
UH, COMPLIMENTS.
HE'D HAVE SENT OUT
SOMETHING A LITTLE STRONGER,
BUT HE KNEW YOU WERE ON
STAKE-OUT DUTY, AND SO, UH,
IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER.
I TOLD YOU SIGERSON WASN'T
GONNA PULL ANOTHER JOB
RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSE.
HUH? DIDN'T I TELL YOU?
YOU KNOW ONE THING I
HATE IN THIS WORLD, McCALL,
IS A PERSON WHO
SAYS, "I TOLD YOU SO."
McCALL?
YEAH, YOU GOT IT?
ARE YOU SURE OF THAT?
RIGHT.
YEAH, THANKS.
THAT WAS D.M.V.
THEY JUST RAN THE
PARTIAL PLATE NUMBERS
WE GOT OFF THE PLYMOUTH
THAT LUTHER WAS SHOT FROM.
YEAH?
IT MATCHES ONE OF OURS.
NOW, HERE WE GO.
1-L-Q-O-0-9-8, A '78
BROWN PLYMOUTH.
CHECKED OUT TO
EVELLE SIGERSON, RIGHT?
NOPE. SERGEANT CHARLIE COSTER.
NOW, IF YOU WANT SERGEANT
SIGERSON'S VEHICLE, THAT'S...
NO, FORGET IT.
YOU KNOW, CHARLIE WAS
IN CUSTODY FOR 3 DAYS.
SEE IF ANYBODY CHECKED
OUT CHARLIE'S CAR
IN THOSE TIME FRAMES.
I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT DATE IS IT?
THE 14th OF THE MONTH.
OK. YEAH, HERE IT IS.
1-L-Q-O-0-9-8, UM,
CHECKED OUT AT 10:40 A.M.,
CHECKED BACK IN AT 4:09 P.M.
TO SERGEANT CHARLIE COSTER,
BADGE NUMBER 3435.
LUTHER WAS KILLED AT 3:45.
GUESS THAT DOES IT FOR CHARLIE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HUNTER, WAIT A SECOND.
LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THIS 4.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT
LOOKS LIKE BOTH THOSE LINES
WERE WRITTEN WITH
A DIFFERENT PENCIL?
LIKE ONE HAD A LEAD SHARPER
THAN THE OTHER? LOOK AT THAT.
SOMEONE CHANGED
THAT ONE TO A FOUR.
YEAH.
WHAT TIME DID COSTER
RETURN HIS VEHICLE?
ON THE 14th? GEE, I
WASN'T ON DUTY THAT DAY.
IT'S MY DAY OFF.
IS THAT AN OFFICIAL CALL?
NO. I'M CALLING MY BOOKIE.
CHARLIE? RICK.
YEAH, HUNTER.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME. THIS
IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
DID YOU USE YOUR
OFFICIAL VEHICLE
THE DAY YOU GOT OUT OF JAIL?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
CHARLIE, DID YOU USE THE CAR?!
YES, YES, I USED IT.
I HAD SOME ERRANDS.
THEY LET ME USE IT.
OK, WHAT TIME DID YOU
CHECK THE CAR OUT,
AND WHAT TIME DID
YOU BRING IT BACK?
CHARLIE, ARE YOU THERE?
CHARLIE, YOU THERE?
UM... OH, YEAH,
I CHECKED IT OUT AT 10:40,
AND BROUGHT IT BACK AT 1:09.
YOU SEEM AWFULLY
SURE ABOUT THAT, CHARLIE.
BECAUSE I AM LOOKING
AT THE RECEIPT
THAT THEY PUNCHED WHEN
I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK.
YOU'VE GOT A RECEIPT?!
HA HA! CHARLIE,
PUT YOUR SHOES ON.
BRING THE RECEIPT DOWN
HERE AT THE PRECINCT.
I'LL MEET YOU HERE. DO IT NOW.
CHARLIE, IF YOU'VE
GOT A MORALE PROBLEM,
GO DOWN TO SAINT PAUL'S,
PLAY SOME BASKETBALL
WITH THE KIDS,
BUT FIRST OF ALL, BRING
THE RECEIPT DOWN HERE NOW!
MOVE YOUR BUTT!
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
TO ARREST EVELLE SIGERSON
FOR THE MURDER OF LUTHER WESSON.
WELL, ON WHAT EVIDENCE?
HIS FACE, WHEN I CUFF HIM.
SIGERSON? AH, SIGGY. YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS IMPORTANT OR NOT,
BUT HUNTER WAS JUST IN HERE.
HE WAS ASKING ABOUT TIMES
WHEN COSTER'S CAR WAS PICKED UP.
HEY!
WHERE'S SIGERSON?
HE GOT A PHONE
CALL AND WENT OUT.
A PHONE CALL FROM WHO?
HE DIDN'T TELL ME,
AND I DIDN'T ASK.
YEAH.
Hunter: CHARLIE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YEAH, YEAH, I'M ON MY WAY.
I WAS HALF OUT THE
DOOR WHEN YOU CALLED.
CHARLIE, SIGERSON IS ON
HIS WAY OVER TO YOUR HOUSE.
SIGERSON... WE WERE FRIENDS
BEFORE I EVEN KNEW YOU.
Hunter: CHARLIE, HE'S
NOT YOUR FRIEND, OK?
HE KILLED VERA, AND HE'S
SETTING YOU UP FOR IT.
JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.
NO. NO WAY, RICK.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
HIM AND VERA FROM YOU.
I WANT HIM TO TELL ME.
CHARLIE!
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, EVELLE.
UHH!
CHECK ON CHARLIE, McCALL.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, SIGERSON!
HOLD IT!
HEY, CHARLIE'S HERE!
HEY, CHARLIE, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
BUDDY, COME RIGHT IN!
GIVE HIM A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE! A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
HEY, CHARLIE!
WHAT CAN I SAY?
YOU'VE ALREADY SAID
IT, CHARLIE. HAVE A DRINK!
THANK YOU. DEE
DEE, THANK YOU, TOO.
IT WAS FOR A GOOD
CAUSE, CHARLIE.
BOY, I'LL TELL YOU,
IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.
I'LL BET!
HERE'S TO CHARLIE, HUH?
LISTEN, HAVE I EVER TOLD
YOU WHAT THIS GUY WAS LIKE
WHEN HE WAS A KID?
NO. NO?
YOU GOT ABOUT 5 HOURS?
YEAH! YEAH?
HEY, LEON? WHAT
ABOUT THOSE HEISTS?
THINK BLUE, MAN.
I GOT TO HIT HER
WITH IT... BOOM!
KIND OF SUDDEN, WASN'T IT?
I DID NOT KILL HER.
DID YOU BUY THAT?
I'M JUST AFRAID
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT
THE GUY CONVICTED.
YOU NEVER KNOW,
WE MIGHT GET LUCKY.
BLINK AND YOU'RE GONE!
WELL, ARE YOU COMING?
I'D RATHER HAVE A ROOT CANAL.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN
YOU TALK NASTY TO ME.
HA HA!
WORKS FOR ME.
DALHEIM ELECTRONICS
AT 312 SOUTH MEREDITH,
APPARENT BURGLARY IN PROGRESS.
UNITS L-88 AND L-207
ARE ON THE SCENE.
NOTIFIED BURGLARY.
THIS IS SERGEANT SIGERSON. OUT.
COME ON, COME ON,
COME ON! LET'S GO!
Sigerson: MOVE IT! MOVE IT!
LET'S GO!
STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
I WON'T SAY A THING.
I PROMISE! I PROMISE,
I WON'T SAY A THING.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!
UHH!
HE SAW US.
JEEZ.
THIS DAMN TRASHY CAR.
DO YOU THINK THEY'RE TRYING
TO TELL US SOMETHING, OR WHAT?
THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU KNOW.
BEING A WOMAN DRIVER AND ALL.
I COULD DRIVE THE PANTS
OFF OF YOU ANY DAY,
AND YOU KNOW IT.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH WHEN
YOU TALK NASTY TO ME.
HA HA HA HA! OH, JEEZ.
ANY I.D.?
WHAT'VE WE GOT
HERE, MORT? AN O.D.?
NO, A BROKEN NECK.
BLUE BANDANA AND A
BLACK SHIRT AND PANTS
MAKES HIM ONE OF THE CLIPS.
YEAH, WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE TO ME HERE IS
THIS BUNCH OF PUNKS
BUSTED THROUGH THAT DOOR,
THEN THEY GRABBED
EVERYTHING THEY COULD CARRY
AND TOOK OFF.
NOW, THIS ONE HERE,
HE MUST HAVE JUMPED ON
WHEN THEY WAS ROLLING,
LOST HIS GRIP AND... FELL.
CLIPS? COME ON, SIGERSON.
THESE KIDS STEAL LUNCH
MONEY AND SNATCH PURSES,
BUT THE ONE THING THEY'RE
NOT INTO IS TEAM BURGLARIES.
NO WAY.
TEAM?
SIMPLE SMASH-AND-GRAB.
HUNTER...
ARE YOU TELLING ME WHAT'S
GOING DOWN ON MY BEAT?
NOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT,
BUT WHILE YOU AND THOSE HOTSHOTS
FROM HOMICIDE ARE UP THERE,
ME AND MY GRUNTS
ARE OUT ON THE STREET
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT.
AND I KNOW WHAT'S
GOING DOWN ON MY BEAT,
AND I DON'T NEED YOU TELLING ME!
YEAH, WELL, MAYBE
WE OUGHT TO SWEAT
SOME OF THOSE STREET GANGS, HUH?
THE CLIPS, AND WHAT'S THE
NAME OF THAT OTHER ONE?
THE CREAMS.
YEAH, THE CREAMS.
LET'S BRING IN SOME
OF THEIR LEADERS
TOMORROW MORNING.
Mort: YEAH, I'LL
TELL YOU ONE THING.
THE KID DIDN'T BREAK HIS NECK
FALLING OFF A MOVING VEHICLE.
TALK TO ME, MORT.
I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL
YOU AFTER THE P.M.
TALK TO YOU.
OK, FINLEY, LET'S GO HOME.
♪ TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ♪
♪ THE PARTY'S OVER ♪
BE SURE TO SING THE SONG
AT THE KID'S FUNERAL, FINLEY.
HIS PARENTS WILL
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COME ON.
Cop: GET HIM OFF!
MAN, THEY'RE CRAZY!
YOU KNOW THAT?
YOU'RE AS BAD AS THEY ARE, LEON.
HEY, NOT US, HUNTER. YOU
COPS. YOU THE CRAZY ONES.
I MEAN, YOU BRINGING US CLIPS
AND CREAMS IN HERE TOGETHER.
YOU HAD TO KNOW WHAT
WAS GONNA GO DOWN.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
GOT SOME PROBLEM
JOINING THE HUMAN RACE, LEON?
HEY, LOOK, WE ARE
THE HUMAN RACE.
NOBODY LIKES NOBODY WHO
AIN'T ONE OF THEIR OWN, DIG IT?
YEAH, RIGHT.
ANYWAY, THANKS FOR
KEEPING THEM CREAMS
FROM STOPPING MY CLOCK IN THERE.
I OWE YOU ONE.
YEAH, STAY COOL, KID. HUH?
HEY!
THEM SMASH-AND-GRABS
THEY'RE TRYING TO PIN ON US...
IT'S A BUMMER. WE DIDN'T DO IT.
SURE, LEON. HEY, HUNTER,
THOSE 8 MONTHS YOU GOT
ME ON THE FARM CONVINCED ME!
I'M INTO BREAK-DANCING
NOW. CHECK THIS OUT.
WHOO! HA HA!
HUH? NOT BAD. HA!
I'M BREAKIN' NECKS
THE NEXT TIME, MAN!
Gang leader: YEAH,
YOU! HUNTER, YOU!
AND, McCALL, WE AIN'T TAKING
NOTHING FROM YOU NO MORE.
WE IN THERE FOR NOTHIN', OK?
YOU! FOOL, YOU HEAR ME?
COME ON, MAN.
ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!
WHO ARE WE, BOYS?
YEAH, ALL RIGHT!
HEY, CATCH YOU LATER, RIGHT?
HEY, LEON, WHAT
ABOUT THOSE HEISTS?
Leon: THINK BLUE, MAN.
THINK BLUE?
HEY, HUNTER.
GOT A CALL FROM LUCKY'S BAR.
THEY WANT YOU OVER THERE.
CHARLIE COSTER IS
PULLING ANOTHER WING-DING.
CHARLIE.
Man: AGGIE, DO ME AGAIN.
YOU LOOKING AT ME?
YEAH, YOU! YOU IN THE
JACKET, I'M TALKING TO YOU.
THESE OLD GUYS CAN'T
HANDLE THEIR BOOZE.
I CAN HANDLE MY BOOZE OK, SONNY.
AND I CAN HANDLE YOU, TOO.
HEY, YOU! I'M TALKING TO YOU!
YOU GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH ME?
HI, CHARLIE.
HI. HI, HUNTER.
HOW YOU DOING?
I'M DOING FINE,
AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO
DO A HELL OF A LOT BETTER.
WHY DON'T YOU BUY ME THAT DRINK
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, HUH?
FOR YOU, KID, ANYTHING. SURE.
HEY, AGGIE?
WILL YOU SET ONE UP
FOR MY FRIEND HERE?
HEY, I'LL, UH... I'LL SEE
YOU LATER, JUNIOR.
Hunter: FORGET ABOUT IT.
YOUNG PUNKS...
THINK THEY'RE SO TOUGH!
HUH.
HEY. RELAX, WILL YOU, CHARLIE?
FORGET ABOUT ALL
THIS BULL, WILL YOU?
COME ON, HUH?
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LET'S JUST HAVE A NICE
DRINK AND RELAX, OK?
THIS IS RICK YOU'RE
TALKING TO, HERE.
NOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT IS SHE DOING
THIS TO ME FOR? WHY?
I MEAN, I'M NOT
MR. RIGHT IN HER LIFE,
OK, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME OUT AND SAY SO.
YOU KNOW, "CHARLIE, IT
AIN'T WORKING FOR ME.
"I AIN'T HAPPY."
JUST COME RIGHT
OUT WITH IT... BOOM!
BUT DON'T GO SNEAKING
AROUND MY BACK
WITH OTHER GUYS,
MAKING ME LOOK LIKE A
JERK IN FRONT OF MY FRIENDS.
CHARLIE, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOUR FRIENDS DO NOT
THINK YOU'RE A JERK, OK?
GET THAT STRAIGHT.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE ONE.
I...
MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO. I DON'T KNOW.
CHARLIE, DO YOU WANT
A DIVORCE FROM VERA?
NO!
I... I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IF SHE'S GONNA
KEEP ON CHEATING
LIKE SHE IS, I SUPPOSE SO.
I GOT SOME PRIDE, YOU KNOW?
YEAH, I KNOW YOU DO.
CHARLIE, YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU GOT TO DO?
YOU GOT TO GO
TALK TO THAT WOMAN.
ONE-ON-ONE. TELL HER HOW
CHARLIE FEELS ABOUT THINGS.
OK? TELL HER YOU
KNOW EVERYTHING.
BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE,
TELL HER HOW YOU FEEL.
COMMUNICATE SOMETHING
TO THAT WOMAN.
SIT DOWN WITH HER,
TALK TO HER FACE TO FACE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YEAH, I KNOW I'M RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S
IT. I GOT TO TALK TO HER.
I GOTTA TELL HER THAT I
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND GET EVERYTHING
RIGHT OUT ON THE TABLE,
RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE RIGHT.
I GOT TO HIT HER
WITH IT... BOOM!
NOW, WILL YOU TURN AND FACE
THE WALL, SERGEANT COSTER?
GOOD.
THIS WAY, PLEASE.
HEY, JACK, GIVE ME
A MINUTE, WILL YOU?
SURE.
I DIDN'T DO IT, HUNTER.
CHARLIE, I'VE GOT 4 WITNESSES
THAT SAY THEY HEARD
YOU AND VERA ARGUING
10 MINUTES BEFORE SHE
FLEW OUT THE WINDOW.
I'VE ALSO GOT ANOTHER WITNESS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
THAT SWEARS SHE SAW YOU DO IT.
IT WASN'T ME! SHE WAS
ALREADY OUT THE WINDOW
BY THE TIME I GOT
TO THE APARTMENT.
WELL, IF IT WAS THAT CLOSE,
THEN YOU MUST'VE SAW WHO DID IT.
I JUST MISSED HIM. I HEARD
THE FIRE ESCAPE DOOR SLAM
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE ELEVATOR,
AND SOMEBODY RUNNING
DOWN THE STAIRS.
MUST HAVE BEEN THE
GUY. I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
HELL, I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING WAS WRONG
UNTIL I GOT INTO THE APARTMENT.
CHARLIE, DID YOU KILL HER?
YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT.
I DID NOT KILL HER.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
JACK?
AREN'T YOU FINISHED
WITH HIM YET?
ANOTHER 5 MINUTES.
HURRY IT UP, WILL YOU?
CENTRAL HOMICIDE
WANTS HIM DOWNTOWN.
HEY, DELROY. WHY
DON'T YOU RELAX, HUH?
HE'S NOT A PIECE OF
MEAT. HE WON'T SPOIL.
A KILLER COP?
IN MY BOOK, HE'S ALREADY ROTTEN.
THEY'RE TAKING CHARLIE DOWNTOWN.
WELL, IT'S S.O.P. WHEN
AN OFFICER'S ACCUSED
OF A MAJOR FELONY, YOU KNOW?
ACCUSED? I'M JUST AFRAID
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT
THE GUY CONVICTED.
I KNOW THAT YOU AND CHARLIE
WERE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.
I'VE KNOWN CHARLIE
COSTER ALL MY LIFE,
AND THE ONE THING HE'S
NEVER, EVER DONE TO ME
IS LIE. I MEAN ABOUT ANYTHING.
I KNOW HOW THIS MUST LOOK,
BUT IF CHARLIE COSTER
SAYS HE'S INNOCENT...
WELL, I CAN SURE SEE WHY
CHARLIE WENT FOR HER.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, A POLICE
SHRINK ONCE TOLD ME
YOU COULD TELL EVERYTHING
THERE WAS TO KNOW
ABOUT A LADY BY WHAT
SHE KEPT IN HER DESK.
WELL, OTHER THAN
VERA BEING A PACKRAT,
WHAT'S ALL THIS STUFF TELL YOU?
I THINK SHE WAS LIVING
WAY BEYOND HER SALARY
AS A POLICE CLERK.
THIS STUFF IS 50 BUCKS A POP.
LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD A LOT
OF HAY FEVER PROBLEMS.
HER SINUSES OR SOMETHING...
A LOT OF HEADACHES.
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT
SOME TRAVEL PLANS, HERE.
Woman: I'M SORRY I HAD
TO KEEP YOU WAITING.
CURRENT FILES HERE
ARE SUCH A MESS.
YOU KNOW, WE
NEEDED THE EXTRA HELP
JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE
FLOOD OF ROBBERY REPORTS,
EVEN BEFORE WE LOST POOR VERA.
SAME GENERAL AREA OF THE CITY,
SAME TYPE OF STORES
HIT, SAME GENERAL M.O.
WHAT ARE THESE REPORTS
DOING IN CURRENT FILES, ANYWAY?
THEY OUGHT TO BE
OVER IN SPECIAL FILES
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT, SERGEANT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
VERA WAS ALWAYS
EXTREMELY EFFICIENT.
HOWEVER, UM...
SHE REALLY WASN'T HERSELF,
THE PAST WEEK OR SO.
I MEAN, IT WAS AS IF SHE KNEW
SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO...
UM...
I REALLY SHOULDN'T
BE TELLING YOU THIS.
ONE SHOULD NEVER SPEAK
ILL OF THE DEAD, BUT, UM...
WELL, THERE WERE OTHER MEN.
IT WAS SOONER OR LATER
HER HUSBAND HAD TO FIND OUT.
WELL, HOW MANY MEN WERE THERE?
ONE, TWO, A GROUP?
A COUPLE? HOW MANY?
ACTUALLY, I ONLY SAW
HER WITH ONE MAN.
THEY WERE HAVING LUNCH TOGETHER
ABOUT A WEEK OR SO BEFORE.
IT WAS A BLACK MAN.
WELL, SO WHAT?
UH, WELL, I JUST MENTIONED THAT
FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
YEAH. WELL, THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME, HUH?
CAN WE TAKE THIS STUFF?
I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.
THANKS.
CENTRAL HOMICIDE'S
GONNA BE ALL OVER OUR TOES
IF THEY FIND OUT WE GOT THIS.
LISTEN. IF CENTRAL
HOMICIDE WAS ON THEIR TOES,
THEY'D HAVE COME AND PICKED
THIS STUFF UP YESTERDAY.
YEAH, YOU HOPE.
2 AIRLINE TICKETS
TO RIO DE JANEIRO...
MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE COSTER.
CHARLIE NEVER SAID
ANYTHING ABOUT THESE TICKETS.
MAYBE VERA WAS
GOING TO SURPRISE HIM.
HERE WE GO. MR. AND
MRS. CHARLES COSTER...
2 TICKETS TO RIO VIA MIAMI,
FLIGHT NUMBER
3704, ECONOMY CLASS,
DEPARTING L.A.X.,
11 PM ON THE 29th.
WHO MADE THE RESERVATIONS?
UH, MRS. COSTER.
SHE PHONED IN THE NUMBER
OF HER HUSBAND'S CREDIT CARD
AND EITHER SHE OR HER HUSBAND
WOULD PRESENT THE CARD AND SIGN
WHEN THEY PICKED UP THE TICKETS.
THAT'S DONE THAT
WAY ALL THE TIME.
DID THEY PICK THEM UP?
UH, SHE DID, ON THE 18th.
BUT THEN, ON THE 26th
HE CAME IN AND CANCELLED
THE RESERVATIONS.
THE 26th? ARE YOU
SURE ABOUT THAT?
IT'S IN BLACK-AND-WHITE.
ON THE 26th,
CHARLIE COMES IN,
CANCELS VACATION PLANS,
AND ON THE 27th
SHE WINDS UP DEAD.
WHAT TIME IS IT?
AT THE TONE, 4:48.
GEE. YOU KNOW HOW
MUCH SLEEP I'VE LOST
SITTING OUT ON THESE
P.D. INTELLIGENCE TIPS
AND HOW MANY OF
THEM HAVE PANNED OUT?
YOU'VE GOT IT.
SO LET'S GO HOME.
GIVE IT ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, HUH?
ANOTHER NIGHT WASTED.
STRING ENOUGH OF THESE TOGETHER,
AND YOU'LL GET A
NICE PENSION, McCALL.
YEAH.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT CHARLIE.
I THINK THE FACT
THAT HE CANCELLED
THOSE AIRLINE TICKETS
IS WHAT'S GOING TO DO HIM IN.
I'M GONNA HIT HIM ON THAT
THE FIRST TIME I SEE HIM.
DID YOU GET THE LICENSE PLATE?
YEP.
WELL, IT LOOKS AS
IF WE'VE LUCKED OUT
ON THIS STAKE-OUT AFTER ALL.
YEAH, WELL, WE WERE DUE TO
HAVE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPEN.
Man: BLINK AND YOU'RE GONE!
NICE JOKE, SIGERSON.
YOU COULD'VE KILLED
SOMEBODY HERE.
JOKE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, JOKE?
YOU SEE, THE BEAT COP
SPOTTED YOU DOWN HERE,
AND THEY FIGURED YOU
WAS A COUPLE OF WISE GUYS
CASING ONE OF THE STORES.
SO I HAD TO CHECK YOU OUT.
IF YOU HAD CHECKED WITH
THE WATCH COMMANDER,
LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE, YOU
JERK, YOU WOULD'VE FOUND OUT
WE WERE SITTING DOWN
HERE ON A STAKE-OUT.
WHAT YOU DOING
DOWN HERE, ANYWAY?
DID YOU GET DEMOTED TO BURGLARY?
NO, WE'RE STILL ON HOMICIDE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
DOWN HERE, SIGERSON.
NOW, YOU DO
REMEMBER THE DEAD BOY
WE FOUND THE OTHER
NIGHT, DON'T YOU?
DAMN, WE WOULD
HAVE HAD THEM COLD
IF HE HADN'T SCARED THEM OFF!
SCARED OFF WHO?
THE VAN! THE VAN!
I KNOW THEY WERE GONNA
HIT THAT STEREO STORE.
FORGET IT. THE VAN HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WE GOT TO GO FIND LEON.
HEAT!
LEON. WHAT THE
HELL ARE YOU DOING?
ALL I WANT TO DO IS TALK TO YOU.
I KNOW, MAN, BUT I GOT
MY IMAGE TO THINK OF.
COME ON, PUT THE CUFFS ON.
COME HERE.
COMFY?
WHAT ARE YOU ARRESTING HIM FOR?
Hunter: HIS IMAGE.
Leon: OK, YOU CAN TAKE
THE CUFFS OFF NOW.
I LOST THE KEY.
Leon, hoarsely: THEN
I LOST MY VOICE.
Leon: SO, MY MAN.
SO, THINK BLUE, LEON.
HEY, HUNTER! MAN, THAT
WAS JUST JIVE, YOU KNOW.
HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU
THINK LEON'S GONNA GET
WHEN I SHAKE HIM DOWN OUT THERE
AND FIND 2 OUNCES
OF COCAINE ON HIM?
HEY, COME ON!
YEARS? I'D SAY 6, 8, EASY.
COME ON, GUYS, YOU WOULDN'T!
OK, OK, OK! I'M THINKING
BLUE, I'M THINKING BLUE.
SO?
SO THEM SMASH-AND-GRABS
THE BURGLARY SQUAD'S BEEN
TRYING TO PIN ON THE STREET GANGS...
THE WORD AROUND IS THE DUDES
THAT ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE
ARE THE ONES BEEN
BUSTING OUR CHOPS.
YEAH, WE KNOW THAT, LEON.
WHY DON'T YOU
FILL IN THE SPACES?
ALL I KNOW IS
WHAT'S ON THE WIND!
GET OUT, LEON!
SPREAD THEM.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU
GOT ON YOU, BUDDY.
IT-IT'S A COP, NAME
OF LUTHER WESSON!
HE'S ONE OF THEM.
HE'S ONE OF WHO?
THE COPS THAT HAVE BEEN
PULLING ALL THEM STORE BURGLARIES.
SAYS YOU AND WHO ELSE?
OH, MAN. HUNTER!
IT WAS A BRO, MAN. DIZ.
HE SAYS ONE NIGHT HE SEEN A
BUNCH OF COPS CLEANING OUT
THAT TV STORE ON BENSON,
AND THEY WERE RUNNING IN
AND OUT OF THERE LIKE ANTS.
LOADING THE TVs IN THE
TRUNKS OF THEIR POLICE CARS.
CAN YOU DIG IT? INTO
THEIR POLICE CARS!
WELL, HOW COME THIS DIZ...
HOW DID HE RECOGNIZE LUTHER?
LUTHER WESSON WAS HIS COUSIN.
WELL, WHERE DO WE FIND DIZ?
WHERE HIS FOLKS BURIED HIM.
HE WAS THE KID
GOT HIS NECK BUSTED
THE NIGHT THAT LAST
SMASH-AND-GRAB WENT DOWN.
McCall: OH, USING A CORPSE
FOR CORROBORATION.
THAT'S REALLY CUTE, LEON.
GIVE ME A BREAK, LADY.
YOU ASK ME WHAT
I KNOW, I TOLD YOU.
LEON?
I SWEAR TO GOD, HUNTER.
ALL RIGHT, GET OUT OF HERE.
DID YOU BUY THAT?
NOT TILL I GET MORE PROOF.
LEON WAS RIGHT
ABOUT ONE THING...
LUTHER WAS A COP... JUST BARELY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, JUST BARELY?
WELL, YOU REMEMBER
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
WHEN THEY BUSTED A BUNCH OF COPS
DOWN AT KINMORE DIVISION
FOR SHAKING DOWN
SOME LOCAL MERCHANTS?
LUTHER WAS PART OF IT, RIGHT?
WELL, I.A. SEEMS TO THINK SO,
BUT THEY COULDN'T
PIN ANYTHING ON HIM.
THEY TRANSFERRED HIM OVER HERE.
AND GUESS WHO
APPROVED THE TRANSFER?
SERGEANT CHARLES W. COSTER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
PART OF CHARLIE'S JOB,
YOU KNOW, TO
APPROVE ALL TRANSFERS.
BESIDES, WE'RE NOT TOO
SURE LUTHER'S THE GUY WHO'S...
LET'S GO ASK.
YEAH, THAT'S HIM.
AND YOU SAW THEM
TOGETHER ONLY ONCE?
MM-HMM. AT LUNCHTIME.
BUT THAT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME
THEY HAD BEEN
TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY.
WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT
DO YOU MEAN, OBVIOUSLY?
THEY WERE IN A PUBLIC
PLACE, WEREN'T THEY?
WELL, EVEN IN A PUBLIC PLACE
YOU CAN TELL PRETTY WELL
WHAT A COUPLE IS
DOING IN PRIVATE,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YEAH. WELL, THANKS AGAIN
FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
MMM. NICE-LOOKING FELLA.
THAT SCUZBALL LUTHER.
I OK HIS TRANSFER, I
GIVE HIM A SECOND SHOT,
AND WHAT DOES HE
DO? HE HITS ON MY WIFE.
CHARLIE, THE GUY WAS DIRTY.
HOW COULD YOU TAKE
A GUY LIKE THAT IN?
SIGERSON SAID HE
HAD GOTTEN A BUM RAP
BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.
HE ASKED ME TO GIVE HIM A BREAK.
CHARLIE, THE DAY BEFORE
SHE WENT OUT THE WINDOW,
YOU CANCELLED VACATION PLANS
THAT YOU HAD MADE WITH VERA.
COME ON, I NEVER MADE ANY PLANS
FOR A VACATION WITH VERA.
CHARLIE, WE ALREADY
TALKED TO THE TRAVEL AGENT.
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MY
SIDE OF THE STORY OR NOT?
I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.
THE DAY BEFORE, I FOUND A
COUPLE OF AIRLINE TICKETS
FOR RIO DE JANEIRO.
THEY WERE CHARGED
TO MY CREDIT CARD.
MY CARD.
I MEAN, FINE. SHE'S GOING
OFF WITH SOME OTHER GUY,
THAT'S SLEAZY ENOUGH.
BUT HIT ME WITH THE TAB?!
YOU BET YOUR BUTT I CANCELLED.
CHARLIE, YOU SAID VERA
HAD ALREADY GONE OUT THE WINDOW
BY THE TIME YOU GOT HOME, RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT, THE GUY
FROM CENTRAL HOMICIDE
CHECKED OUT THE TIME
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN YOU
TO GET FROM MURPHY'S
TO YOUR PLACE
HE SAYS YOU WOULD'VE
HAD TO HAVE BEEN HOME
10 MINUTES BEFORE SHE DIED.
BOY, YOU GUYS.
YOU COME IN HERE,
LIKE YOU'RE MY FRIENDS...
HEY. JUST A SECOND
HERE, CHARLIE.
I KNOW YOU'RE
FRUSTRATED. SO ARE WE.
BUT WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOU KNOW THAT.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK.
WHEN I LEFT YOU AT MURPHY'S BAR,
I WAS A LITTLE DRUNK.
I WAS VERY HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.
WELL, I STOPPED
AT THAT LITTLE...
THAT LITTLE PARK HALFWAY IN
BETWEEN... YOU KNOW THE ONE.
I WENT IN THERE, I SAT
DOWN, COOLED OFF, AND, UH...
THINK ABOUT WHAT I
WAS GOING TO SAY TO HER.
WHO COULD HAVE
KILLED HER, CHARLIE?
HELL, MAYBE SHE
GOT ANOTHER STUD,
AND LUTHER GOT JEALOUS.
OR MAYBE, UH... LOOK, I...
YOU'RE THE HOMICIDE
COP, YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
McCall: WILL YOU JUST
LISTEN TO ME FOR A MINUTE?
I AM NOT TRYING TO NAIL CHARLIE.
I AM JUST TRYING TO SET IT UP
EXACTLY THE WAY CENTRAL
HOMICIDE IS GOING TO SEE IT, OK?
CHARLIE'S WATCH COMMANDER.
HE BRINGS IN LUTHER WESSON,
WHO'S A COP WITH
A BAD REP, RIGHT?
NOW, VERA, CHARLIE'S WIFE,
IS A CLERK AT ROBBERY RECORDS.
FINE. NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE'S A STRING OF
BURGLARIES START TO GO DOWN,
AND VERA DOESN'T FLAG
THEM FOR THE SPECIAL FILE.
AND YOU THINK ALL
THIS ADDS UP TO WHAT?
WELL, WHEN I ADD 2 AND 2,
I GET 4. WHAT DO YOU GET?
Wesson: HUNTER,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
GOT TO TALK TO YOU, LUTHER.
LOOK, MAN, I'M IN
KIND OF A RUSH.
CATCH ME AT THE PRECINCT LATER.
I UNDERSTAND YOU TURNED
IN YOUR BADGE THIS MORNING.
KIND OF SUDDEN, WASN'T IT?
NO. I BEEN THINKING
ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.
EVER SINCE VERA COSTER
FLEW OUT THE WINDOW?
OK, WHO'S VERA COSTER?
YOU WERE GONNA GO OFF TO
SOUTH AMERICA WITH THIS LADY,
AND YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
HER NAME? OH, LUTHER.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT'S CHARLIE'S
PACKAGE, ALL RIGHT?
NOW, I WASN'T
NOWHERE AROUND THEN.
LUTHER, WE GOT TO TALK.
COME ON.
HEY, STOP IT, HUNTER! COME ON!
HERE WE GO. RIGHT DOWN THERE.
COME ON! YOU'LL TEAR IT, HUNTER!
COME ON. HUNTER, YOU'LL TEAR IT.
HOW CAN YOU AFFORD
THIS TYPE OF A JACKET
ON YOUR SALARY, LUTHER?
WHAT'S IT TO YOU HOW I
SPEND MY MONEY, HUH?
WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS
ON HOW YOU GOT IT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU
AND A COUPLE OF COPS
GOT A SMASH-AND-GRAB GOING.
OH, COME ON!
WAS VERA WRAPPED UP IN IT?
HUH? HOW ABOUT YOUR REAL
GOOD BUDDY SERGEANT SIGERSON?
WAS HE IN ON IT?
OH, MAN. WHERE YOU GET
ALL THIS GARBAGE FROM?
YOU WANT TO TALK GARBAGE?
YOU GUYS GOT IT ALL WRONG.
THEN WHY DON'T
YOU SET IT STRAIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
VERA AND SERGEANT SIGERSON,
THEY HAD A THING GOING.
THEY WERE TIGHT. THIS
AND THAT HAPPENED,
SO SHE JUST BROKE
IT OFF WITH HIM.
AND BECAME YOUR LADY, RIGHT?
WELL, IF THAT'S ALL,
LUTHER, THEN WHY RUN?
HEY, CHARLIE THREW HER
OUT THE WINDOW, DIDN'T HE?
I COULD BE NEXT.
WHY? CHARLIE DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING TO SIGERSON.
HEY, YOU GOT SOMETHING ON ME?
READ ME MY RIGHTS, TAKE
ME DOWN AND BOOK ME.
OTHERWISE, JUST GET
OFF MY CASE, HUNTER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT, LUTHER?
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET.
LUTHER!
I ONLY CAUGHT HALF THE
PLATE, HUNTER. DID YOU GET IT?
YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY
A WASTE OF TIME,
BUT I'LL TAKE THAT PARTIAL
PLATE NUMBER WE GOT
AND RUN IT THROUGH D.M.V.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
WE MIGHT GET LUCKY.
ALL I GOT WAS 1-L-Q-O,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T GET
THE REST OF THE NUMBER.
HUNTER...
NOW, HUNTER, YOU HAVE TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.
YOU WERE THERE WHEN
LUTHER GOT GUNNED DOWN.
ALL I HAD WAS A REPORT.
NEXT QUESTION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT VERA COSTER.
HEH. CHARLIE'S WIFE?
EVERYBODY'S FREE LUNCH?
YEAH. BOTH OF THEM
WERE CONNECTED TO YOU.
AND BOTH OF THEM
HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
HUNTER, I HATE TO DANCE
WITHOUT MUSIC, SO...
SO WHY DON'T YOU
PLAY OUT YOUR TUNE?
OK, SIGERSON.
THERE'S ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN
OR SO COPS IN THIS PRECINCT
WHO'VE BEEN RUNNING A
SMASH-AND-GRAB OUTFIT
FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
NOW, VERA WAS IN ON
IT, AND SO WAS LUTHER.
I TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.
YOU TAKE THIS GARBAGE
AND YOU SWEEP IT
UNDER THE I.A. CARPET,
AND YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER MINE.
I HAVEN'T REACHED
THE CHORUS YET.
LUTHER AND VERA WERE IN ON IT,
BUT THEY WEREN'T RUNNING IT.
SOMEBODY ELSE WAS...
SOMEBODY LIKE YOU.
YOU SEE, I DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE THIS FROM YOU...
SO GET OUT!
COME ON, COME ON.
GET OUT OF HERE.
UHH!
YOU GOT TO BE CRAZY, HUNTER.
NOW, IF I DID THE
THINGS YOU SAY I DID,
THEN WHY WOULD I
KILL MY PARTNERS?
BECAUSE VERA DUMPED
YOU, SIGERSON, FOR LUTHER.
AND YOU KILLED
LUTHER TO SHUT HIM UP.
OH! HA HA!
OH, THANK YOU, HUNTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID?
YOU MADE THE CASE AGAINST
CHARLIE COSTER IRON-CLAD.
NO, YOU GOT IT ALL
WRONG, SIGERSON.
YOU SEE, CHARLIE
WAS IN THE SLAMMER
WHEN LUTHER WAS MURDERED.
HUNTER. HUNTER, YOU DIDN'T KNOW?
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE
D.A. WENT FOR MURDER TWO
AND KICKED HIM OUT ON BAIL
AT 10 A.M. IN THE MORNING?
HMM?
FITS CHARLIE
COSTER LIKE A GLOVE,
DOESN'T IT, MR. HUNTER?
SIR.
McCall: LOOK, I DON'T LIKE
SIGERSON ANYMORE THAN YOU DO,
BUT HE'S RIGHT... THE
COLLAR FITS CHARLIE.
IT'S SIGERSON, McCALL,
AND I'M GONNA PROVE IT, OK?
OK, FINE, BUT DON'T BET
THE FAMILY JEWELS ON IT.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HERE...
AN INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING
THEY GOT OUT OF VERA'S CLOSETS
AND DRAWERS. YOU
WANT TO HEAR THIS?
DESIGNER PANTS AND DRESSES...
ENOUGH TO STOCK A BOUTIQUE...
22 PAIRS OF SHOES... THE
CHEAPEST IS $75 A PAIR...
TONS OF GOLD CHAINS,
EARRINGS, EVERYTHING...
AND REAL GOLD, NOT GOLD PLATE.
AND PANTYHOSE AT $20 A
PAIR, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
SO, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS THAT VERA IS A THIEF.
DOES THAT MAKE
CHARLIE ONE, TOO, NOW?
LOOK, HE KNEW HE WAS
GOING TO RETIRE, RIGHT?
VERA KNEW THAT HIS PENSION
WOULDN'T EVEN COVER THE COST
OF HER PANTYHOSE, SO
SHE SUCKERS HIM INTO IT
TO PAD THE RETIREMENT FUND.
AFTER SHE MAKES HIM A THIEF,
HE FINDS OUT SHE'S GONNA
RUN OUT ON HIM... BOOM.
OUT THE WINDOW.
HUNTER, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME
THAT A DECENT GUY LIKE CHARLIE
WOULD BE DRIVEN TO COMMIT
MURDER BY A ROTTEN WIFE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
CHARLIE WAS WATCH COMMANDER
WHEN ALL 6 BURGLARIES WENT DOWN.
OK, LET'S GO SEE CHARLIE, HUH?
20 YEARS A COP, 8 CITATIONS,
COMMENDATIONS UP TO MY EYEBALLS,
AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING I NOT ONLY
SHOVED MY WIFE OUT THE WINDOW,
BUT I AM A CROOKED COP, TOO.
LOOK, THE BURGLARIES
WENT DOWN ON YOUR WATCH.
ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT
IF YOU SAW ANYTHING
OR MIGHT'VE HEARD SOMETHING
THAT'D GIVE US A CLUE,
THAT YOU'D TELL US.
THE HELL WITH YOU.
HEY, CHARLIE, WE'RE
TRYING TO HELP YOU HERE.
SURE, HELP ME RIGHT
INTO THE SLAMMER.
YOU AND THE REST OF THE P.D.
20 YEARS I GAVE THEM,
PRACTICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE!
LOOK, CHARLIE,
THOSE NIGHTS THAT YOU
WERE THE WATCH COMMANDER,
WAS SIGERSON YOUR
ATTACK SERGEANT?
OH, COME ON! SIGGY'S A BUDDY.
CHARLIE, SIGERSON WAS
GETTING IT ON WITH VERA
BEFORE LUTHER.
LOOK, CHARLIE, SOMEBODY
IN THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT
WAS RUNNING A BURGLARY RING.
NOW, IF IT WASN'T YOU,
I THINK IT'S SIGERSON.
SIGGY WAS BEST
MAN AT MY WEDDING.
YEAH, THEY'RE ALL THERE NOW.
YEAH, BUT WHO SAYS
THEY'RE IN THERE TALKING
ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT'S
HOT SHIPMENT, YOU KNOW?
THEY MIGHT ALL JUST
BE IN THERE FOR A BEER.
NAH, THEY TOOK
THE BAIT, ALL RIGHT.
WELL, SIGERSON MAY BE DIRTY,
BUT HE'S NOT STUPID. HE
KNOWS WE'RE ON TO HIM.
HE'S NOT GONNA PULL
ANOTHER JOB. NOT NOW.
YEAH, MAYBE.
THE GUARD SAYS THE
DISTRIBUTOR EXPECTS
A BRAND NEW
SHIPMENT ON THURSDAY.
IT'S PRIMA STUFF.
THE GUCCIS WILL GIVE
US 200 BUCKS A UNIT.
WELL, I SAID NO.
NOT FOR ANY PRICE.
COME ON, SIG, IT'S THE
BEST SCORE WE'VE HAD.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SMARTEN UP?
YOU SEE, HUNTER KNOWS
WHAT THE SET-UP IS.
WE PULL ONE MORE JOB,
AND HE'S GONNA COME
DOWN ON US LIKE A TENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO?
WE QUIT WHEN WE'RE AHEAD.
OK, YOU DON'T WANT
TO DO IT, DON'T DO IT.
IT AIN'T SO TOUGH.
DIRK AND JENSEN AND I
WILL DO IT BY OURSELVES.
HEH. WHAT, YOU GUYS ARE SO BORED
WITH BREATHIN' AIR, YOU
WANT TO TRY CYANIDE?
YOU SEE, THAT DEAD KID
MAKES US A MURDER RAP
WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU KILLED THAT KID,
SIG, ALL BY YOURSELF.
IT'S YOUR PACKAGE.
YEAH, THE ONLY ONE.
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING, LAWSON?
NO, NO. I WAS JUST
AGREEING WITH DIRK.
IS THAT RIGHT?
WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING...
YOU SEE, YOU'RE IN
FOR THE BURGLARIES,
SO YOU'RE IN FOR THE
MURDER, JUST LIKE ME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF I BURN... YOU BURN.
WE'RE BLOWING IT OUT
HERE. THEY COULD BE IN THERE
PLOTTING TO ROB
THE FEDERAL RESERVE
FOR TONS OF GOLD OR SOMETHING,
FOR ALL WE KNOW. AND
BESIDES, I'M HUNGRY.
LET'S... LET'S GO.
NO, I WANT TO SEE
WHERE SIGERSON GOES
WHEN HE LEAVES THERE.
WHAT'S THIS?
WITH SERGEANT SIGERSON'S,
UH, COMPLIMENTS.
HE'D HAVE SENT OUT
SOMETHING A LITTLE STRONGER,
BUT HE KNEW YOU WERE ON
STAKE-OUT DUTY, AND SO, UH,
IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER.
I TOLD YOU SIGERSON WASN'T
GONNA PULL ANOTHER JOB
RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSE.
HUH? DIDN'T I TELL YOU?
YOU KNOW ONE THING I
HATE IN THIS WORLD, McCALL,
IS A PERSON WHO
SAYS, "I TOLD YOU SO."
McCALL?
YEAH, YOU GOT IT?
ARE YOU SURE OF THAT?
RIGHT.
YEAH, THANKS.
THAT WAS D.M.V.
THEY JUST RAN THE
PARTIAL PLATE NUMBERS
WE GOT OFF THE PLYMOUTH
THAT LUTHER WAS SHOT FROM.
YEAH?
IT MATCHES ONE OF OURS.
NOW, HERE WE GO.
1-L-Q-O-0-9-8, A '78
BROWN PLYMOUTH.
CHECKED OUT TO
EVELLE SIGERSON, RIGHT?
NOPE. SERGEANT CHARLIE COSTER.
NOW, IF YOU WANT SERGEANT
SIGERSON'S VEHICLE, THAT'S...
NO, FORGET IT.
YOU KNOW, CHARLIE WAS
IN CUSTODY FOR 3 DAYS.
SEE IF ANYBODY CHECKED
OUT CHARLIE'S CAR
IN THOSE TIME FRAMES.
I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT DATE IS IT?
THE 14th OF THE MONTH.
OK. YEAH, HERE IT IS.
1-L-Q-O-0-9-8, UM,
CHECKED OUT AT 10:40 A.M.,
CHECKED BACK IN AT 4:09 P.M.
TO SERGEANT CHARLIE COSTER,
BADGE NUMBER 3435.
LUTHER WAS KILLED AT 3:45.
GUESS THAT DOES IT FOR CHARLIE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HUNTER, WAIT A SECOND.
LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THIS 4.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT
LOOKS LIKE BOTH THOSE LINES
WERE WRITTEN WITH
A DIFFERENT PENCIL?
LIKE ONE HAD A LEAD SHARPER
THAN THE OTHER? LOOK AT THAT.
SOMEONE CHANGED
THAT ONE TO A FOUR.
YEAH.
WHAT TIME DID COSTER
RETURN HIS VEHICLE?
ON THE 14th? GEE, I
WASN'T ON DUTY THAT DAY.
IT'S MY DAY OFF.
IS THAT AN OFFICIAL CALL?
NO. I'M CALLING MY BOOKIE.
CHARLIE? RICK.
YEAH, HUNTER.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME. THIS
IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
DID YOU USE YOUR
OFFICIAL VEHICLE
THE DAY YOU GOT OUT OF JAIL?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
CHARLIE, DID YOU USE THE CAR?!
YES, YES, I USED IT.
I HAD SOME ERRANDS.
THEY LET ME USE IT.
OK, WHAT TIME DID YOU
CHECK THE CAR OUT,
AND WHAT TIME DID
YOU BRING IT BACK?
CHARLIE, ARE YOU THERE?
CHARLIE, YOU THERE?
UM... OH, YEAH,
I CHECKED IT OUT AT 10:40,
AND BROUGHT IT BACK AT 1:09.
YOU SEEM AWFULLY
SURE ABOUT THAT, CHARLIE.
BECAUSE I AM LOOKING
AT THE RECEIPT
THAT THEY PUNCHED WHEN
I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK.
YOU'VE GOT A RECEIPT?!
HA HA! CHARLIE,
PUT YOUR SHOES ON.
BRING THE RECEIPT DOWN
HERE AT THE PRECINCT.
I'LL MEET YOU HERE. DO IT NOW.
CHARLIE, IF YOU'VE
GOT A MORALE PROBLEM,
GO DOWN TO SAINT PAUL'S,
PLAY SOME BASKETBALL
WITH THE KIDS,
BUT FIRST OF ALL, BRING
THE RECEIPT DOWN HERE NOW!
MOVE YOUR BUTT!
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
TO ARREST EVELLE SIGERSON
FOR THE MURDER OF LUTHER WESSON.
WELL, ON WHAT EVIDENCE?
HIS FACE, WHEN I CUFF HIM.
SIGERSON? AH, SIGGY. YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS IMPORTANT OR NOT,
BUT HUNTER WAS JUST IN HERE.
HE WAS ASKING ABOUT TIMES
WHEN COSTER'S CAR WAS PICKED UP.
HEY!
WHERE'S SIGERSON?
HE GOT A PHONE
CALL AND WENT OUT.
A PHONE CALL FROM WHO?
HE DIDN'T TELL ME,
AND I DIDN'T ASK.
YEAH.
Hunter: CHARLIE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YEAH, YEAH, I'M ON MY WAY.
I WAS HALF OUT THE
DOOR WHEN YOU CALLED.
CHARLIE, SIGERSON IS ON
HIS WAY OVER TO YOUR HOUSE.
SIGERSON... WE WERE FRIENDS
BEFORE I EVEN KNEW YOU.
Hunter: CHARLIE, HE'S
NOT YOUR FRIEND, OK?
HE KILLED VERA, AND HE'S
SETTING YOU UP FOR IT.
JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.
NO. NO WAY, RICK.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
HIM AND VERA FROM YOU.
I WANT HIM TO TELL ME.
CHARLIE!
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, EVELLE.
UHH!
CHECK ON CHARLIE, McCALL.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, SIGERSON!
HOLD IT!
HEY, CHARLIE'S HERE!
HEY, CHARLIE, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
BUDDY, COME RIGHT IN!
GIVE HIM A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE! A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
HEY, CHARLIE!
WHAT CAN I SAY?
YOU'VE ALREADY SAID
IT, CHARLIE. HAVE A DRINK!
THANK YOU. DEE
DEE, THANK YOU, TOO.
IT WAS FOR A GOOD
CAUSE, CHARLIE.
BOY, I'LL TELL YOU,
IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.
I'LL BET!
HERE'S TO CHARLIE, HUH?
LISTEN, HAVE I EVER TOLD
YOU WHAT THIS GUY WAS LIKE
WHEN HE WAS A KID?
NO. NO?
YOU GOT ABOUT 5 HOURS?
YEAH! YEAH?