Hunter (1984–1991): Season 2, Episode 8 - Million Dollar Misunderstanding - full transcript

A security guard turned thief loses the money he stole, and searches for it with Hunter and McCall in close pursuit.

WHERE'S MY BRAND-NEW
4-DOOR HARD-TOP SEDAN

WITH NO SCRATCHES
ON ANY FENDERS, HUH?

VAUGHN SAYS YOU
STILL HAVEN'T RETURNED

THE POLICE VEHICLE THAT
YOU MISTAKENLY APPROPRIATED.

I WANT TO WASH IT FIRST.

MY BOAT? NOW YOU'RE
GONNA TAKE MY BOAT?

HEY, WHAT IS THIS?

IT'S A BOAT CHASE.

HE AIN'T NO COP, HE'S HUNTER.

KILL HIM.

HUNTER!



WORKS FOR ME.

COME ON. COME ON!

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME DOWN ♪

♪ I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ♪

♪ WITH A BLACK CAT ON MY BED ♪

♪ NOW, MOST PEOPLE
WOULD BE SCARED ♪

♪ BUT I CLAPPED
REAL HARD INSTEAD ♪



♪ 'CAUSE FOR 10 LONG WEEKS ♪

♪ NOTHING HAS GONE MY WAY ♪

♪ AND LAUGHING'S
ALL THAT'S LEFT TO DO ♪

♪ WHEN THERE'S
NOTHING LEFT TO SAY ♪

♪ YOU SEE, I'M NOT
THE TYPE TO CRY ♪

♪ IN ROUGH TIMES ♪

♪ RATHER KEEP PUSHING ♪

♪ STRAIGHT FOR THE LINE ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

PAYDAY!

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME DOWN ♪

WHERE IS HE?

AH, HE'S ON HIS WAY.

♪ OW ♪

Man: YES, SIR, BUDDY.

WHERE IS HE?

HE'S COMING.

HOW DO YOU KNOW, HUH?

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, A
OUIJA BOARD FOR A BRAIN?

HE'S PROBABLY IN THE CAN
FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO,

THAT'S WHERE HE IS.

HEY, LISTEN IF THERE'S
ONE THING ARTIE KNOWS,

IT'S HOW TO BOOST A CAR.

HE KNOWS SQUAT. HE
WAS PUT FOR IT TWICE.

♪ PICK IT UP ♪

SHOULD HAVE DUMPED
HIS BUTT A LONG TIME AGO.

HEY, SONNY, WOULD YOU RELAX?

HE'S COMING, MAN. HE'S COMING.

JUST PUT THE MONEY
IN THE SUITCASE.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S ONE BAG.

OH, BOY!

YES, SIR.

NOW I'M GOING TO
TREAT MY OLD LADY RIGHT.

♪ NOW, DID YOU
EVER HAVE A TALE ♪

♪ WHERE THINGS DIDN'T
WORK OUT RIGHT? ♪

I'LL TELL YOU. I FEEL
LIKE IT'S CHRISTMAS.

HEY, SONNY,

IF YOU'RE NOT TOO
BUSY OVER THERE,

BOY, I COULD SURE USE A HAND.

WHAT IS THIS, SOME KIND
OF JOKE OR SOMETHING?

HEY, SONNY, MAN, I'M SORRY
I'M LATE. I SWEAR TO GOD, MAN.

I COULDN'T FIND NOTHING TO
EVEN GET US TO THE BORDER, EVEN.

AND YOU SAID YOU
WANTED A ROAD ROCKET.

HOW HOT IS IT?

HEY, I GOT IT FROM
THE CLUB ADONIS.

I SAID, HOW HOT IS IT?

I, UH...

THIS GUARD MIGHT'VE
SEEN ME SMOKIN' OUT.

MAN, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT IT? THAT THE GREEN?

HEY, WHERE'S TYRONE, HUH?

HE SPLIT WITH HIS END ALREADY.

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME DOWN ♪

♪ ONCE AGAIN, HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER, NEVER GET ME ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER GET ME DOWN ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ THEY NEVER,
NEVER GET ME DOWN ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ NEVER LET THEM ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

♪ NO ♪

♪ NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ♪

♪ NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER, NEVER LET THEM ♪

♪ HARD TIMES ♪

I CANNOT, AND
THEREFORE I WILL NOT,

ISSUE YOU ONE OF THOSE NEW CARS.

YES, YOU WILL.

RIGHT AFTER SOMEONE
TURNS THEM INTO OLD CARS.

SORRY, MAN. I AM ONLY
FOLLOWING ORDERS.

THAT'S CUTE... ONLY
FOLLOWING ORDERS.

LET'S SEE. WASN'T THAT
THE FAMOUS LAST LINES

OF DEFENSE AT THE
NUREMBERG TRIAL?

COME ON, VAUGHN, DO
ME A FAVOR, WILL YOU?

KICK ONE OF THESE THINGS LOOSE.

LOOK, IT IS GONNA BE
ON YOUR CONSCIENCE

IF I GET MURDERED IN
ONE OF THESE THINGS.

NOT AS MUCH AS IF I GET MURDERED

IF YOU SMACK UP ONE
OF THOSE NEW CARS.

I'M NOT GONNA SMACK IT UP.

OH, I KNOW, I KNOW.

YOU WANT A DATE WITH McCALL?

McCALL?

YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?

YEAH, WHAT WOULD SHE
SAY IF SHE FOUND OUT

YOU WERE PEDDLING HER FOR
ONE OF THEM NEW CARS, HUH?

SHE'D MURDER ME.

WHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW
YOU HOW DESPERATE I AM.

NOW, COME ON, HOW ABOUT IT?

SORRY, MAN.

I WAS TOLD YOU COULD ONLY
HAVE ONE CAR FROM THE TOP ROW.

HUNTER, YO! PUT IT IN PARK!

I'M THE KID FROM THE
WEST SIDE, REMEMBER?

I WAS PLAYING 3-CARD MONTE

WHEN YOU WERE
DIRTYING YOUR DIAPERS.

NOW, WANT TO TRADE?

HUNTER!

HUNTER!

HUNTER, GET OUT OF THAT CAR!

HUNTER! HUNTER, GET BACK HERE!

HUNTER, STOP THAT CAR!
STOP HIM! STOP THAT CAR!

CHECK IT AGAIN, WOULD YOU?

NO, THAT'S NOT... NO.

NO, IT'S MICHAEL. MICHAEL.

M. M-I-C... YEAH. YEAH, OK.

NO, NO, NO, IT'S
WHITLEY STREET, ISN'T IT?

MICHAEL BUCHANAN.
RIGHT, ON WHITLEY STREET.

B-U-C...

YEAH, ON WHITLEY STREET, OK?

WELL, HOW YOU...

MAKE YOUR CALL AT HOME.

YEAH.

INNER SECURITY, EXTENSION 10.

HEY, HOW YOU DOING, WILTSHIRE?

IT'S SONNY. I'M
JUST CHECKING IN.

HEY, SONNY, HOW ARE
YOU DOING, BUDDY?

YOU SOUND A LOT BETTER.

YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT
FEELING ANY BETTER.

IT'S MOSTLY IN MY
HEAD, ALL STUFFED UP.

I TRIED CALLING
YOU A LITTLE EARLIER,

GOT NO ANSWER.

WELL, I TOLD YOU, I
UNPLUGGED THE PHONE.

I NEEDED REST.

YEAH, I KNOW. IT'S
JUST WE'VE BEEN TRYING

TO RAISE LENNY AND DAVE'S UNIT.

WHY? DON'T THEY HAVE A
7:00 RUN AT THE CAPITOL BANK?

WHY WOULD YOU WANT
TO GET THEM THIS EARLY?

YEAH, BUT THEY CALLED
FROM THE HOSPITAL.

HIS WIFE WENT IN EARLY.

LENNY JUST HAD A LITTLE BOY.

AIN'T THAT SOMETHING?
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.

AFTER 2 GIRLS,

YOU THINK WE GOT A
HAPPY GUY ON OUR HANDS?

HE'S GOING TO BE
CELEBRATING FOR A WEEK.

HAPPY?

OH, HE DOESN'T KNOW
YET. CAN'T RAISE HIM.

BUT THEY COULD
BE OUT FOR COFFEE.

I'M GOING TO TRY AGAIN IN 10.

CAN YOU SEE THE
LOOK ON HIS FACE, HUH?

YEAH, I SEEN IT.

HEY!

COME BACK HERE!

YOU!

GET OUT OF THE CAR.

I DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING BY...

McCall: HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

THE SEAT BELT WORKS. I DON'T
KNOW IF I CAN HANDLE THAT.

IT'S GONNA THROW
MY METABOLISM OFF.

HOW ABOUT THIS
SPACE-AGE DASHBOARD?

HOW ABOUT THIS ODOMETER?
PRETTY NEAT, HUH?

McCall: YEAH!

VAUGHN SAID THE
CAPTAIN SPECIFICALLY SAID

TO GIVE ME THESE SET OF KEYS

AND THE CAR TO GO WITH THEM.

AND HE DID.

Radio: ANY UNIT HANDLE,
5-10 IN PROGRESS.

BLUE 2-DOOR COUPE AND
A YELLOW 4-DOOR SEDAN

RACING SOUTH ON
VICTORY, SOUTH OF DELMAR.

LET'S TAKE IT, McCALL.

WE'RE FINALLY IN A UNIT
THAT CAN CATCH SOMETHING

BESIDES A BROKEN-DOWN
WHEELCHAIR.

McCall: WHERE ARE WE GOING?

Hunter: SHORTCUT.

TOLD YOU WE'D GET HERE FIRST.

FREEZE! POLICE!

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!
LOOK AT THIS THING!

I PRACTICALLY HAD IT PAID OFF.

NOW, LISTEN, MA'AM,

WE CAN HAVE THIS TOWED
TO ANY ADDRESS IN THE CITY.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. I'M
NOT SIGNING NOTHING.

I'M NOT TAKING THIS
THING OUT OF HERE

UNTIL I GET MY INSURANCE
GUY DOWN HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME
OF MY PERSONAL POSSESSIONS

OUT OF THE GLOVE BOX AND ALL.

WELL, SOMEONE'S GONNA PAY.

I'M GONNA HAVE SOMEONE'S
TAIL IN A SLING OVER THIS!

YEAH, SURE, LADY. SURE. LISTEN,

YOU JUST HAVE YOUR
INSURANCE GUY ASK FOR ME, OK?

JUST HAVE HIM ASK FOR VAUGHN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I WAS TOLD

THAT IT WAS SPOTTED
DRIVING DOWNTOWN.

IT COULDN'T DRIVE
IN THIS CONDITION!

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

HOW ELSE? HUNTER.

WE HAVE ONE VERY IRATE
WOMAN ON OUR HANDS.

CAPTAIN, WE WERE JUST
ANSWERING THE CALL.

THE CAR WAS ON THE HOT SHEET.

AND NOW SO ARE WE.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
SERVE AND PROTECT,

NOT PROVOKE AND INFURIATE.

WE GOT THE WOMAN'S
STOLEN CAR BACK FOR HER.

YES, AND WE CAN DELIVER
IT TO HER IN A SHOEBOX.

WELL, LOOK, MAYBE
I OUGHT TO, UH,

TALK TO THIS MISS TAYLOR, HUH?

MAYBE I CAN COOL
HER DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT,

WHAT WITH THE MILLION-DOLLAR
ROBBERY THIS MORNING AND...

HEY, LISTEN, MAYBE
I CAN HELP OUT

IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW?

BESIDES, McCALL IS BETTER

AT SCHMOOZING PEOPLE THAN I AM.

HUNTER, LET'S PUT OUT
ONE FIRE AT THE TIME. OK?

CALL THE WOMAN.

TALK TO HER. SEE IF YOU
CAN'T CALM HER DOWN.

YOU DID NAIL THE THIEVES, RIGHT?

WELL, WE'RE NOT
DEAD SURE ON THAT.

YOU SEE, THE 2 KIDS
THAT WE PULLED IN

CLAIM THEY HAD
JUST STOLEN THAT CAR

10 MINUTES BEFORE WE RAN INT...

UH, STOPPED THEM.

I THOUGHT MISS TAYLOR CLAIMED

THAT THE CAR WAS
STOLEN EARLY THIS MORNING

FROM THE CLUB THAT SHE WORKS AT.

WELL, SHE DID.

BUT THE 2 GUYS CLAIM THAT THE
GUY THEY STOLE THE CAR FROM

CAME AFTER THEM WITH A SHOTGUN.

SOUNDS A LITTLE LAME TO ME.

McCALL, DO US A FAVOR.

TALK TO THIS WOMAN,
EXPLAIN TO HER

THAT WE DON'T USUALLY
DESTROY PRIVATE PROPERTY.

ALL RIGHT? YEAH.

HUNTER, VAUGHN OF THE
MOTOR POOL EXPLAINS TO ME

THAT YOU MISTAKENLY TOOK
THE WRONG VEHICLE THIS MORNING.

REALLY?

I HOPE IT MADE IT THROUGH IN
BETTER SHAPE THAN MISS TAYLOR'S.

OH, YEAH.

BOY, DO I HATE THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE
WE PURPOSELY SET OUT

TO WRECK THIS
LADY'S CAR, YOU KNOW?

MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE
BROUGHT HER A CAKE.

LET'S JUST BE NICE TO HER, OK?

DEAD.

BIG BERNIE, WHAT
BRINGS YOU AROUND?

ACTUALLY, A COMPLAINT
AGAINST YOU, HUNTER,

BY THE RESIDENT OF THIS HOUSE,

BONNIE TAYLOR.

BELIEVE ME, I DIDN'T KILL HER.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK
LIKE A SWIMMING ACCIDENT.

APPARENTLY DOVE IN
OFF THE SIDE OF THE POOL

AND BROKE HER NECK
WHEN SHE HIT THE BOTTOM.

SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE ONE?

BERNIE, THE WOMAN HAD A HOUSE

FULL OF SWIMMING TROPHIES.

SHE MUST HAVE KNOWN
WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CAME
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE

TO CHECK UP ON ME.

SOMEHOW I THINK
YOU'VE GOT IT IN FOR ME.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN
FOR ANYBODY, HUNTER.

IF AN OFFICER IS NEGLIGENT
OR GUILTY OF MALFEASANCE,

I GO TO WORK.

WELL, ANYWAY,

BONNIE TAYLOR SAID
HER CAR WAS STOLEN

FROM HER PLACE OF
WORK, THE CLUB ADONIS.

TITO CONSTANTINE'S CLUB?

YEAH. CAN YOU IMAGINE?

HE FEATURES HIMSELF
AS A GREEK GOD.

STACE, WHERE'S THAT COFFEE?

TITO, BE CAREFUL, WILL YOU?

STACE, STACE!

RIGHT AWAY, MR. CONSTANTINE.

GOD, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT

WHEN HE GOT THAT
PHONE CALL BEFORE.

I MEAN, BONNIE WAS SO ALIVE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS
SO FULL OF ENERGY,

WITH A TEMPER TO MATCH.

WELL, WAS SHE ANGRY
WITH ANYBODY RECENTLY?

NO.

DID SHE HAVE A
REGULAR BOYFRIEND?

JUST MR. CONSTANTINE.

BUT THEY WEREN'T REALLY
BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS
WHEN YOU WORK IN A CLUB.

IT'S JUST MIXERS AND MANAGERS
JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME.

Constantine on intercom:
STACE, DID YOU GET A JOB

SOMEPLACE ELSE OR SOMETHING?

I'M SORRY. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

CHAMPION SWIMMER,

NICE LADY, JUST OUT
HAVING A GOOD TIME.

BOY, SOMETIMES THIS
JOB'S DEPRESSING.

HEY, STACE, WHAT, DID
YOU LEAVE YOUR BRAINS

IN YOUR AEROBICS
CLASS THIS MORNING?

NO, MR. CONSTANTINE, BUT
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER.

SO THAT MAKES IT JAKE THEN, HUH?

CLEAN THAT MESS UP AND
GET OUT. YOU'RE FIRED.

AND IT'S THURSDAY, SO YOU
DON'T GET PAID FOR THE WEEK.

Hunter: I DON'T THINK
THE STATE LABOR BOARD

WOULD LIKE THAT, TITO.

AND BEING THE SELF-APPOINTED
DISTRICT INSPECTOR

FOR THIS PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOOD,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO
GIVE YOU A WARNING.

Constantine: COME ON,
HUNTER, PLEASE DON'T.

MY FACE... BE CAREFUL.

YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO
CARE ABOUT HER FACE.

I RUN A BUSINESS.

IS THAT WHAT THIS
IS? A BUSINESS?

I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AQUARIUM,

AND YOU WERE THE
GREENPEACE EXHIBIT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK STACEY
HERE SHOULD GET LAST WEEK'S

AND THIS WEEK'S SALARY

AND ONE MONTH'S
SEVERANCE PAY IN ADVANCE.

DON'T YOU, TITO?

HUH? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO
STEP INTO MY PRIVATE OFFICE

TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER?

NO, NO. THAT'S
FINE, THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S GOOD.

AAH!

NO GREAT LOSS, TITO.

DOESN'T GO WITH
THE JACKET ANYWAY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU. YOU
WERE JUST STANDING THERE.

AND YOU WERE JUST SITTING THERE.

WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

I WANT HIM DEAD.

I WANT HUNTER WRAPPED
IN WHITE LINEN BY MORNING.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

ARE YOU CRAZY? KILL HUNTER?

YEAH. WHAT'S THE MATTER,
YOU NEVER ICED A COP BEFORE?

KILL HIM.

HE AIN'T NO COP. HE'S HUNTER.

WHEN HE'S DEAD, HE'S
LIKE ALL THE OTHERS.

YEAH. NOT IF WE MISS.

LET ME GIVE YOU MY, UH...

MY PHONE NUMBER IN CASE
SOMETHING COMES TO MIND.

YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL.

THANKS.

AND HERE'S MY NUMBER.

IF ANYTHING COMES
TO MIND, GIVE ME A CALL.

THANK YOU.

ARE YOU DONE?

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
GETTING TO BE A REAL PAIN

IN YOUR OLD AGE, YOU KNOW THAT?

OH, YEAH, I KNOW. THANK YOU.

IT'S JUST, YOU SEE, I'D LIKE
TO GO HOME AND TAKE A BATH,

AND I FIGURED WITH
A BODY LIKE HERS,

YOU WERE GOING
TO BE A LONG TIME.

HEY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

OH!

OK, YOU CAN MAKE THIS
EASY ON YOURSELF, BABY,

AND YOU TELL ME WHERE IT IS, OK?

HUH?

WHERE IS IT?

MY WALLET'S IN THE
PURSE ON THE CHAIR...

THAT'S NOT WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.

NOW, TURN MY SCREW, ALL RIGHT?

OR I'M GONNA TAKE YOU
APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

AND I'LL ENJOY THAT.

NOW...

WHERE'S THE MILLION?

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT...

THE MILLION THAT YOU AND
YOUR PARTNER QUEERED.

WHERE IS IT? I
KNOW YOU FOUND IT.

NOW YOU TELL ME WHERE IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!

COME HERE. I'LL
HELP YOU, ALL RIGHT?

I'LL HELP YOU. COME HERE.

ALL RIGHT? NOW THIS'LL
HELP YOU REMEMBER, BABY.

YOU GONNA TAKE A DRINK,

OR YOU GONNA
TELL ME WHERE IT IS?

I TOLD YOU, I DON'T
KNOW WHERE IT IS!

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, HUH?

HUH? NOW YOU GONNA
TELL ME WHERE IT IS? HUH?

I TOLD YOU, I DON'T
KNOW WHERE IT IS.

COME ON.

YOU LIKE THIS? HUH?

HMM?

WHERE IS IT?

ALL RIGHT, I'LL SHOW YOU.

YOU'RE GONNA SHOW ME?

I'LL SHOW YOU.

AAH!

AHH!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH. GET HIM.

HUNTER?

Neighbor: YOU WANT
ME TO CALL THE POLICE?

NAH. WE ARE THE POLICE.

EVERYTHING'S UNDER
CONTROL. GO ON BACK HOME.

WE GOT THINGS
COVERED HERE, RIGHT?

A MILLION BUCKS, HUH?

YEAH, AND THEN HE
TRIED TO DROWN ME.

THAT WAS THE EXTENT
OF THE CONVERSATION.

WELL, WHOEVER THIS GUY WAS,
HE STOPPED BY MY PLACE EARLIER.

WHAT? YEAH.

A MILLION BUCKS IS THE
EXACT FIGURE THE CAPTAIN SAID

WAS STOLEN FROM THE
ARMORED CAR TRUCKS

EARLIER THIS MORNING, REMEMBER?

YEAH.

COINCIDENCE?

NOT WITH A FIGURE
LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.

HUH.

WELL, AT LEAST I GAVE HIM
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING,
KNITTING HIM A SWEATER?

OH, UH...

NO, THIS WAS, UH...
THIS WAS FOR YOU.

I DON'T OWN A SWEATER.

I KNOW THAT. THAT'S WHY
I WAS MAKING YOU ONE.

BUT I DON'T WEAR THEM.

WELL, YOU WOULD
HAVE WORN THIS ONE.

WELL, I... I CAN'T
WEAR THIS. YOU SEE?

YOU DROPPED A STITCH
RIGHT THERE, SEE?

I CAN'T WEAR THAT.

WHERE'S MY CAR, HUNTER?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT
IT, VAUGHN. I GOT IT.

THAT IS MY PROBLEM.
NOW, WHERE IS IT?

PARKED. WHERE?

ON THE STREET.

ANYBODY ELSE BEEN IN
THIS CAR BESIDE ITS OWNER?

I DON'T KNOW. JUST
THE WOMAN, UH, BONNIE...

BONNIE, BONNIE,
BONNIE... TAYLOR.

NOW, WHERE IS IT, HUNTER, HUH?

WHERE'S MY BRAND-NEW
4-DOOR HARD-TOP SEDAN

WITH NO SCRATCHES ON ANY
FENDERS, HUH? WHERE IS IT?

WHO POPPED THE TRUNK?

WHAT?

THE LOCK, VAUGHN...
WHO POPPED IT?

IT WASN'T THIS WAY WHEN
McCALL AND I RAN INTO IT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, RAN INTO IT?

WELL, JUST A FIGURE
OF SPEECH, VAUGHN.

BONNIE TAYLOR HAD A KEY
FOR THE TRUNK, DIDN'T SHE?

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SHE HAD A KEY.

THAT'S HOW SHE GOT
HER SUITCASE OUT.

SUITCASE?

YEAH.

WELL, IT'S JUST THAT I SEND YOU

TO APOLOGIZE TO SOMEONE,

AND YOU COME BACK
WITH A HOMICIDE.

I'M GLAD I DIDN'T SEND YOU
FOR SOMETHING DIFFICULT.

A BOMB WOULD HAVE
GONE OFF IN THE CITY.

GO ON.

WE THINK THIS THING
STINKS FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

NOW, BONNIE TAYLOR'S CAR

WAS REPORTED MISSING
YESTERDAY MORNING.

NOW, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

WE PICK IT UP, DRIVEN
BY THESE 2 JOY-RIDERS

WHO CLAIM THAT THEY STOLE IT

OFF A GUY WHO'S
WIELDING A SHOTGUN.

Captain: WHICH WE HAVE
NO REASON TO BELIEVE.

WELL, YOU DO IF YOU
GO ON THE ASSUMPTION

THAT BONNIE
TAYLOR'S CAR WAS USED

IN THE INNER SECURITY ARMORED
CAR ROBBERY YESTERDAY.

TALK ABOUT QUANTUM LEAPS.

HOW'D YOU GET THAT?

ANY PROFESSIONAL WOULD USE
A STOLEN CAR FOR A ROBBERY.

NOW, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT
THE GUY WHO PULLED OFF

THIS INNER SECURITY
JOB WAS DEFINITELY A PRO.

SO THEY RIP OFF THE
CAR, THEY DO THE ROBBERY.

THEN ALONG COMES
GARCIA AND HIS BUDDY.

THEY BOOST THE CAR, NOT
KNOWING THAT IT'S ALREADY STOLEN...

AND NOT KNOWING THE
MONEY IS STILL IN THE TRUNK.

STILL IN IT?

WELL, THE CAR IS
STILL IN IMPOUND.

BUT THE MONEY'S GONE. I CHECKED.

SO MUCH FOR THAT THEORY.

OH, NO, WAIT A MINUTE.
BONNIE TAYLOR SHOWS UP

LOOKING FOR HER BELONGINGS,
GOES THROUGH HER CAR,

AND FINDS THE MONEY.

AND THAT'S THE REASON
SHE WAS MURDERED.

WE DON'T KNOW SHE WAS KILLED.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT.

UNLESS YOU KNOW
SOMETHING I DON'T.

WE GOT A THUG
POUNDING ON McCALL AND I

TO GET HIS MILLION BUCKS BACK.

HE MUST HAVE SEEN
US BUST THE 2 KIDS.

HE FOLLOWS THE CAR BACK
TO THE IMPOUND, BREAKS IN,

FINDS THE MONEY'S GONE.

FIGURES THE 2 COPS INVOLVED
IN THE CASE TOOK THE MONEY.

THEN WHY KILL THE WOMAN?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S GOT US THERE.

YEAH, BUT WAIT A MINUTE.
WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH HERE

TO GO ON THIS CASE, WYLER.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT TALK WITH CALEFAGNO.

IT'S HIS CASE.

HUNTER.

VAUGHN SAYS YOU
STILL HAVEN'T RETURNED

THE POLICE VEHICLE

THAT YOU MISTAKENLY
APPROPRIATED.

I'M GONNA WASH IT FIRST.

BIG TONY.

HEY, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA EASE UP

AND ASSIGN YOU A NEW CAR?

AS SOON AS THEY ISSUE
YOU A NEW STOMACH.

AH, THIS KIND OF
STUFF GIVES ME AGITA.

OUR INNER SECURITY THIEVES.

THOSE ARE THE KIDS
THAT CALLED IT IN.

ANY IDEA WHO THEY ARE?

TENTATIVELY I.D.'d AS TYRONE
RAMIREZ AND ARTHUR KEMP.

BOTH WORKED PART-TIME
IN INNER SECURITY,

BOTH WERE OFF SICK
THE DAY OF THE ROBBERY.

I THINK EVERY INSIDE
JOB I EVER HEARD OF,

THE SCUMBAG THAT PULLED
IT CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY.

KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS?

DON'T KNOW. MAYBE
STILL DOWN THERE.

THE WINDOWS WERE OPEN
WHEN WE HAULED IT OUT.

THESE GUYS ARE IT, HUH?

ANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES?

NOT UNLESS YOU COUNT

THE HEAD OF THEIR OWN
INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM.

HE WAS THE GUY
THAT HELPED US OUT,

GAVE US A LIST OF ALL THE MEN

WHO WERE OFF YESTERDAY.

HE WAS THE ONLY OTHER ONE

WHO CALLED IN SICK THAT DAY.

INTERNAL SECURITY, HUH?

YEAH?

WHO IS IT?

METRO P.D.

ONE SECOND.

JUST A SECOND.

SYLVESTER DUNBAR?

YEAH. YOU CAN CALL
ME SONNY, THOUGH.

IS THIS ABOUT THE ROBBERY?

YEAH, IT IS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO CALEFAGNO?

WELL, HE'S STILL
ASSIGNED TO THE CASE,

BUT HE WANTED US TO TALK
TO YOU. CAN WE COME IN?

OH, YEAH, SURE. COME ON IN.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

WELL, WE FOUND THE 2 MEN
THAT YOU TOLD CALEFAGNO ABOUT.

OH, GOOD. KEMP AND RAMIREZ.

YOU TURN UP ANYTHING?

YEAH, THEIR BODIES.

BODIES? YEAH, AS IN DEAD.

WHAT WAS IT, LIKE A
POLICE SHOOT-OUT?

NO, IT WAS MORE LIKE A
FALLING-OUT AMONG THIEVES.

THEY SHOT EACH OTHER?

NO, WE THINK

THERE'S A THIRD
PARTY INVOLVED HERE.

YOU GOT ANY LEADS?

YEAH, YOU.

ME?

WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
THE HELL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CALLED IN SICK THE
MORNING OF THE ROBBERY.

YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS SICK.

YOU DON'T LOOK SICK.

I'M FEELING BETTER NOW.

YEAH.

YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS
TO YOURSELF, HUH?

A LITTLE SENSITIVE, AREN'T WE?

I JUST DON'T LIKE BEING TOUCHED.

OR POKED BY A KNITTING NEEDLE?

WHAT THE HELL

DOES THAT HAVE TO
DO WITH ANYTHING?

WE SPOKE WITH THE MAN THAT
STOOD IN FOR YOU AT WORK...

WILTSHIRE?

ALAN. THAT'S RIGHT.

HE SAID HE CALLED YOUR HOME
THE DAY YOU CALLED IN SICK,

AND NOBODY ANSWERED.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE
PHONE WAS OFF THE HOOK.

THEN WOULDN'T HE HAVE
GOTTEN A BUSY SIGNAL?

THE PHONE WAS UNPLUGGED.

COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK HERE.

JUST LIKE YOU GAVE
RAMIREZ AND KEMP

AND THE 2 DRIVERS
FROM THE ARMORED CAR?

DID YOU KNOW THAT
LENNY DAVENPORT'S WIFE

GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY THE
MORNING HE WAS MURDERED?

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

YEAH. I'M SICK TO
GRIEF OVER THAT.

IT SHOWS.

WHAT ABOUT BONNIE TAYLOR?
WHY DID SHE HAVE TO DIE?

WHO?

THE TAYLOR WOMAN... THE
ONE WHOSE CAR YOU STOLE,

THE LADY WHO FOUND
THE MONEY IN HER TRUNK?

YOU KEEP TALKING LIKE THIS,

I'M GONNA CALL MY LAWYER.

THAT'S ALL.

YOU CAN DO IT DOWNTOWN.

WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA TAKE ME IN?

THIS SOME KIND OF A
BAD JOKE YOU GOT GOING?

YEAH, AND I'M THE KING
OF COMEDY, SO PACK IT UP.

WELL, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING ON ME.

WE'VE GOT 2 KIDS DOWNTOWN
THAT CAN PROBABLY I.D. YOU

AS THE GUY THAT THEY
STOLE THE STOLEN CAR FROM,

AND I'VE GOT A KNITTING
NEEDLE WITH BLOOD ON IT

THAT I JUST KNOW IS
GOING TO MATCH YOURS.

AND I BET IF I LOOK
REAL CLOSELY,

I CAN FIND THE BLUE PICKUP TRUCK

OUT THERE ON THAT STREET,

WEARING BROWN
PAINT FROM MY FENDER.

WHY DON'T YOU
JUST SHOOT ME HERE?

OH, WE WOULD,

BUT YOU WOULDN'T
BELIEVE THE PAPERWORK.

YOU OK?

DOES IT HURT?

THANKS.

THANKS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING

THAT JUST DOESN'T
FEEL RIGHT HERE.

BONNIE TAYLOR'S DEATH?

YEAH.

WE ASSUMED DUNBAR WAS USING
HER CAR DURING THE ROBBERY

AND THAT THE MONEY WAS
LEFT IN THE TRUNK, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

NOW, AFTER WE IMPOUNDED THE CAR,

HE SLIPS INTO THE YARD,
HE POPS THE TRUNK,

AND HE SEES THE
MONEY IS NOT THERE.

SO, HE FIGURES WE TOOK IT,

SO HE COMES AFTER US.

EXCEPT BONNIE
TAYLOR IS ALREADY DEAD

WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

NOW, IF HE GOES AFTER HER

TO GET THE MONEY BACK,

HE KILLS HER AND
TAKES THE MONEY BACK,

WHY WOULD HE COME AFTER US?

SOMEBODY OTHER
THAN DUNBAR KILLED HER.

BONNIE TAYLOR, SHE
GOES TO THE IMPOUND LOT,

SHE LOOKS IN THE TRUNK,

SHE FINDS THE MONEY.

RIGHT.

SHE TAKES IT HOME...

RIGHT.

THEN SHE CALLS SOMEONE.

TITO!

WAIT A MINUTE.

COME ON.

IT'S OK. COME
ON. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

SIT DOWN. YOU'RE
GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

STACEY...

WHERE'S CONSTANTINE,
WHERE'S TITO?

PATSY TOLD ME TO
COME IN HERE AND HIDE

AND NOT TO COME OUT.

AND THEN... AND THEN
WE HEARD THE GUNSHOT.

I WAS JUST CLEANING UP.

AND THEN HE SAID HE
WANTED HIS MONEY...

AND HE SAID WE HAD IT.

WHERE'S CONSTANTINE?

PATSY TOLD HIM...

TOLD HIM THAT TITO
WAS AT HIS BOAT.

IT'S NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

I GAVE YOU THE MONEY. I
DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOURS.

TAKE THE MONEY
AND GET OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GO, SWEETHEART.
UNTIE THE BOAT.

I'M WATCHING YOU.

MY BOAT? NOW YOU'RE
GONNA TAKE MY BOAT?

YOU GOT A PROBLEM
WITH THAT, DUMBO?

YOU KNOW, I COULD CUT
YOU UP INTO LITTLE PIECES

AND FEED YOU TO A LOT
OF FISH WHEN WE'RE AT SEA.

NO, NO. TAKE THE BOAT.

THERE IT IS.

HEY! WHAT IS THIS?

IT'S A BOAT CHASE.

CAN YOU DRIVE THIS THING?

YOU BET I CAN!

GOOD.

YOU OK?

I'M FEELING A LOT BETTER NOW.

TITO OUGHT TO BE WASHING
UP ON SHORE ANY MINUTE.

I HOPE.

SEE YOU THERE.

HUNTER!

HUNTER, LOOK WHAT
YOU'VE DONE TO THIS CAR!

LOOK, VAUGHN, RELAX.
YOU'RE GETTING SO WORKED UP.

THIS IS IT! I WANT YOU
BOTH OFF THE LOT.

YOU HEAR ME?

I WARN YOU! DON'T MESS WITH ME!

WILL YOU JUST GET A HOLD
OF YOURSELF, ALL RIGHT?

LOOK, IF YOU WANT
TO TALK WITH US,

PUT DOWN THE CLIPBOARD.

NOW, LOOK, THE CAPTAIN
SAYS WE GET A NEW CAR.

THERE ARE NO NEW CARS.

THIS WAS A NEW CAR.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
SAY ABOUT NEW CARS, DON'T YOU?

ONCE YOU DRIVE THEM OFF
THE LOT, THEY LOSE THEIR VALUE.

HERE, HUNTER. YOU TAKE THESE.

THOSE ARE YOUR KEYS.

THAT'S YOUR CAR.

NOW I WANT YOU BOTH OFF THE LOT.

TAKE THOSE KEYS, OR
I'LL CALL TERWILLIGER.

HE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE
I.A. ALL OVER YOU BOTH.

HOW AM I GONNA EXPLAIN THIS?

YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET
ANY FLAK ON IT THIS TIME.

THIS VEHICLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL

IN SOLVING A NUMBER
OF BRUTAL SLAYINGS

AND IN RETURNING

A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF STOLEN MONEY.

SO, VAUGHN, THAT
MAKES US ALL HEROES.

WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
WITHOUT A CAR THAT HAD PEP.

PEP?

NOW IT'S GOT NO FENDERS.

OH, AND, VAUGHN,

IT WAS YOUR IDEA FOR ME TO
TAKE THE KEYS TO THAT CAR.

LET'S GO, HUNTER.

HEY!

BUT THOSE KEYS
DON'T FIT THAT CAR.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

BUT McCALL COULD
HOT-WIRE A BROOM HANDLE

IF SHE HAD TO. CIAO.

HUNTER? HUNTER!

HUNTER, GET BACK HERE! HUNTER!