Hunter (1984–1991): Season 3, Episode 9 - The Contract - full transcript

HEY!

THEY'VE GIVEN ME AN HOUR
AND A HALF TO RAISE $4 MILLION.

WELL, WE WERE JUST RUNNING
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

THOUGHT WE'D DROP BY AND
ACQUAINT YOU WITH YOUR RIGHTS.

McCall: HELLO.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO IT
OUR WAY NOW. YOU GOT THAT?

WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST SNATCH
HER ON THE GARDENER'S DAY OFF?

THEY CONSIDERED EVERYTHING
ELSE. WHY NOT THAT?

WELL, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

THAT'S WHY THEY
PAY US THE BIG BUCKS.

AND I DID HEAR BACK
FROM THE LEBAQUES.



JERRY AND CINDY ARE COMING.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT
MR. AND MRS. LEWIS?

I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T
HEARD BACK FROM...

GET ON THE FLOOR. FACE DOWN NOW!

Man: NOW!

Man: DOWN!

GARDENER TOOK TWO
SLUGS TO THE CHEST.

HE DIED INSTANTLY.

Hunter: HOW ABOUT
WITNESSES, BARNEY?

WELL, THE VICTIM'S SECRETARY.
SHE'S UP AT THE HOUSE.

SHE'S PRETTY SHOOK UP.

McCall: LOOKS LIKE SHE PUT
UP A FIGHT THE WHOLE WAY.

Officer: YEAH. SHE STRUGGLED.
FOUND HER SCARF ON THE LAWN.

FOUND THIS IN THE STREET.



MICKEY, DO ME A FAVOR.
CALL LIEUTENANT FINN.

HAVE HIM GET AHOLD OF THE FBI.

RIGHT.

THANKS. YOU BET.

HAVE YOU HEARD
ANYTHING ABOUT MY WIFE?

MR. HENNESSEY?

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

WELL, I'M SERGEANT HUNTER,

AND THIS IS SERGEANT McCALL.

WE'RE FROM
METROPOLITAN HOMICIDE.

McCall: WE FOUND THIS
SCARF AND THIS NECKLACE.

CAN YOU TELL US IF THEY
BELONG TO YOUR WIFE?

YOU THINK I GIVE A DAMN?
MY GOD, MY WIFE IS GONE.

WHERE THE HELL WAS EVERYONE?

WE WERE SITTING AT THE DESK, GOING
OVER THE GUEST LIST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.

AND WE DIDN'T HEAR
ANYTHING. HE WAS JUST THERE.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE KIDNAPPER?

HE WAS ALL DRESSED IN
BLACK. HE HAD ON A SKI MASK

AND A BLACK LEATHER JACKET
WITH AN EAGLE ON THE BACK.

TALL? SHORT? ROUND? THIN? WHAT?

I... HE LOOKED BIG.

HE LOOKED BIG? YOU WERE THERE.

YOU CAN TELL US MORE THAN THAT.

DID HE SAY ANYTHING?

HE TOLD US TO GET
DOWN ON THE FLOOR.

DID HE HAVE AN ACCENT?

I DON'T KNOW IF
HE HAD AN ACCENT.

Hennessey: YOU DON'T
SEEM TO KNOW ANYTHING.

DID HE HURT LAURA?

MR. HENNESSEY, IF I COULD
HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO HELP HER,

BELIEVE ME, I WOULD HAVE,

BUT HE WAS POINTING A GUN AT US.

GAIL, YOU MUST HAVE
NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT HIM.

NOW, WHAT COLOR WAS HE?

I DON'T KNOW.

MR. HENNESSEY, CALM DOWN.

CALM DOWN?

MY WIFE HAS JUST BEEN KIDNAPPED
AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE

AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO STAND
THERE AND TELL ME TO CALM DOWN?

MR. HENNESSEY, WE
UNDERSTAND HOW YOU MUST FEEL.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.

YOU'RE COPS. THIS HAPPENED
HERE, TO ME, TO MY WIFE.

YOUR GARDENER'S BEEN MURDERED.

HAS ANYBODY CALLED HIS WIFE?

DON'T PICK THE PHONE
UP UNTIL I TELL YOU TO.

YES?

SPEAKING.

JERRY, HUNTER.

I WANT YOU TO PUT A
TRACER ON 555-7892.

Hennessey: I UNDERSTAND.

CONVERSATION IN
PROGRESS. I'LL HOLD.

YES, YOU HAVE MY WORD.

THAT DOESN'T GIVE
ME ENOUGH TIME.

NO. UH, NO, WAIT. I'LL GET IT.

I'LL BE WHERE YOU WANT ME
WHEN YOU WANT ME TO BE THERE.

JUST PLEASE... PLEASE
DON'T HURT MY WIFE.

PLEASE.

JERRY, WHAT'D YOU GET?

I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. THANK YOU.

McCall: WHAT DID THEY SAY?

THEY'VE GIVEN ME AN HOUR
AND A HALF TO RAISE $4 MILLION.

THEY SAID NO COPS, NO FBI.

SO WE BETTER COME
TO AN UNDERSTANDING.

IF YOU WANT ANY
COOPERATION FROM ME AT ALL,

I SET THE RULES.

WHAT ARE THOSE RULES?

I CALL THE SHOTS.

THAT MEANS THE FBI IS
OUT OF THIS COMPLETELY.

MR. HENNESSEY, TRUST US.
YOU SHOULD WORK WITH US.

I CALL THE SHOTS, UNDERSTAND?

OTHERWISE, I TELL YOU NOTHING.

MR. HENNESSEY, THIS IS
NOT JUST A KIDNAPPING.

A HOMICIDE OCCURRED HERE.

I GET MY WIFE BACK WITH ME,

YOU CAN PLAY DETECTIVE
ALL YOU DAMN PLEASE,

BUT UNLESS I HAVE YOUR AGREEMENT

THAT I'M THE ONE
THAT RUNS THE SHOW,

I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU
WHAT THEY JUST TOLD ME TO DO.

YEAH, AGREED.

THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE A BIG
PAIN IN THE YOU-KNOW-WHAT.

LISTEN, HIS WIFE'S
BEEN KIDNAPPED.

HE HAS THE RIGHT
TO BE HYSTERICAL.

YOU WANT TO KEEP
THE FBI OUT OF IT?

OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF
HENNESSEY SETTING THESE RULES.

WELL, NEITHER DO I.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO

MAKE UP OURS AS WE
GO ALONG THE WAY.

WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT A MINUTE!

HUNTER.

YOU'VE INTERRUPTED A VERY
DELICATE OPERATION HERE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT, WILLY.

HOWEVER, WE NEED A
LONG-DISTANCE TRACKER AND A CAR.

I TAKE IT YOU PEOPLE HAVE A
YELLOW AUTHORIZATION FORM?

WILLY, GIVE US A BREAK, WILL
YOU? THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS AN
EMERGENCY WITH YOU TWO.

I GIVE YOU WHAT YOU
WANT, YOU PEEL OUT OF HERE,

AND I WIND UP WITH FLAK FROM THE
BRASS FOR IGNORING PROCEDURE.

UH-UH. NO WAY AM I GONNA
PUT MY BUTT IN A SLING

'CAUSE YOU TWO WON'T
TAKE THE TIME TO GO INSIDE

AND MAKE OUT A...

2 TICKETS TO THE
RAIDER GAME SUNDAY.

HOW ABOUT IT, WILLY?

CHEERLEADER LEVEL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SAFETY
OF OUR CITY IS AT STAKE HERE.

ATTABOY.

McCall: HEY, HERE
COMES MR. CONGENIAL.

EVERYTHING SET?

THANKS, BILL.

DID YOU RECORD THE SERIAL
NUMBERS OF THOSE BILLS?

WE HARDLY HAD TIME TO COUNT IT.

I DON'T REALLY LIKE
HAVING TO SAY THIS,

BUT I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT
THE MONEY. LET'S GET GOING.

WELL, WE'LL GET GOING AS SOON
AS WE GET YOU WIRED FOR SOUND.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WIRE CLINT.

I'LL BE RIDING WITH
THE TWO OF YOU.

WELL, WHAT'S THE
MATTER, MR. HENNESSEY?

DON'T YOU TRUST US?

THESE PEOPLE MADE THEIR
INSTRUCTIONS VERY CLEAR...

NO COPS OR FBI INVOLVED.

IF YOU WANT TO
HAVE ANY PART IN THIS,

YOU'LL DO IT WITH ME
RIGHT THERE BESIDE YOU

KEEPING YOU HONEST. UNDERSTOOD?

YEAH.

COME ON, CLINT. LET'S GO
GET YOU WIRED FOR SOUND.

Clint, over radio: I'M AT THE LIQUOR
STORE. I'M GOING TO THE PHONE.

Clint: HELLO.

Distorted voice: GO
TO THE PHONE BOOTH

AT THE CORNER OF
AMHERST AND PASO GRANDE.

AVERAGE 30 MILES PER HOUR.

YOU'LL BE THERE
IN 6 1/2 MINUTES.

OK, NOW, IF YOU
DIDN'T HEAR THAT,

I'M GOING TO THE CORNER OF
AMHERST AND PASO GRANDE.

IS THIS WHAT YOU EXPECTED?

THE VOICES ARE BEING
ELECTRONICALLY DISTORTED.

PRINTS WON'T DO US ANY GOOD.

CONTINUE TO ROLL, THOUGH.

NO, MR. HENNESSEY, I WAS
HOPING THEY'D BE A LITTLE STUPID.

SO FAR, THEY'RE NOT.

YES?

Distorted voice: DID YOU
BRING THE PAPER AND PENCIL?

YES.

DRIVE EAST ON LONG ACRE
ROAD FOR EXACTLY 22.3 MILES.

YOU'LL SEE AN
OIL-PUMPING STATION.

THERE'S A FIELD PHONE THERE.

IT'LL RING WHEN YOU GET THERE.

WE HAVE A VANTAGE POINT
THAT COVERS 200 SQUARE MILES,

SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWED,
WE WILL KNOW IT.

IF YOU FAIL TO MEET
THESE CONDITIONS,

MRS. HENNESSEY IS HISTORY.

I UNDERSTAND.

NOW LOOK AT THE
STREET BEHIND YOU.

THERE'S A BLUE SEDAN THERE.

GET THE MONEY OUT OF YOUR CAR,

PUT IT IN THE BLUE
ONE, AND TAKE OFF.

THE KEYS ARE ABOVE THE VISOR.

DID YOU GET ALL THAT?

YEAH, I GOT IT, CLINT.

THE TRACKING GIZMO... I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO PUT IT ON THE OTHER CAR.

FORGET IT. GET GOING.
WE'VE BEEN OUTSMARTED.

THE OIL-PUMPING
STATION'S UP ON THE RIGHT.

IT'S ABOUT 100 YARDS ON.

YOU SEE A TELEPHONE?

YES.

WE'RE GETTING TOO
CLOSE, HUNTER. PULL OVER.

HE'S GETTING OUT OF VOICE RANGE.

PULL OVER, DAMN IT. YOU
MADE A DEAL, NOW STICK TO IT.

HELLO.

Distorted voice: THE ROAD TAKES OFF
2 1/2 MILES FROM WHERE YOU ARE.

TAKE THE ROAD LEFT 3.4 MILES...

IT'S THE INTERFERENCE
FROM THE POWER LINES.

I DON'T THINK IT
WAS AN ACCIDENT.

PUT THE SUITCASE IN THE CAR.

GET GOING, CLINT.

Clint, over radio: HELLO?
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

YEAH, CLINT, YOU'RE
COMING IN. WHERE ARE YOU?

I'M ON MY WAY BACK, JUST ABOUT
PAST THE OIL-PUMPING STATION.

I FOUND THE RUSTED-OUT
HULK AS ADVERTISED

AND PUT THE SUITCASE
INSIDE OF IT, OUT OF SIGHT.

DID YOU SEE ANYBODY?

NO. NOTHING. I
COULD SEE FOR MILES.

THEY PROBABLY MADE THE PICKUP
BY NOW. YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT?

NO. WE CAN'T BE SURE THEY
PICKED UP THE MONEY YET.

COULD BE WATCHING TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY POLICE AROUND.

I'M SORRY I LET THE TWO OF YOU
GET INVOLVED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

GIVE IT A BREAK, CLINT.
TAKE A SEAT, PLEASE.

SORRY.

CLINT, YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY.

GO HOME. GIVE ONE OF
YOUR GIRLFRIENDS A CALL.

SIR, IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO
YOU, I'D LIKE TO STICK IT OUT.

I... I REALLY CARE WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU DID A GOOD
JOB FOR ME TODAY...

POSSIBLY EVEN A DANGEROUS ONE,

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT NOW GIVE
YOURSELF A BREAK, HUH?

YOU'VE EARNED IT.
GO HOME, PLEASE.

OK.

CAN I... CAN I CALL YOU
LATER, SEE WHAT'S...

YEAH.

YOUR PLAN ISN'T
HALF-FINISHED YET.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WONDER.

ABOUT WHAT?

IF YOU DID THIS FOR ME...

OR BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR
HUSBAND DID YOU WRONG.

OH, DARLING, WE HAVEN'T
GOT TIME FOR THAT, EITHER.

OK, LET'S GET GOING.

WHAT ABOUT HECTOR?

HE'S NOT BADLY HURT, IS HE?

BABY, WE'RE HOME FREE.
WE'RE GONNA BE RICH.

JUST TELL ME HE ISN'T DEAD.

HE CAME AT ME WITH A CHAIN SAW.

NOTHING BAD WAS
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

IT WASN'T MY FAULT.

HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

OH...

YOU'RE NOT BLAMING ME
FOR HECTOR, ARE YOU?

NO. HE WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

IT COULDN'T BE HELPED.

ALL RIGHT. OK, COME ON.

STAND BACK.

GET BACK. COME ON, COME ON.

THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. GO.

YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TO
WAIT AND SUFFER WITH ME.

THAT'S OK, MR. HENNESSEY.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO
UNTIL WE TALK WITH YOUR WIFE.

I WAITED MY WHOLE
LIFE FOR HER...

AND NOW IN A SINGLE DAY,

I MAY HAVE LOST THE ONLY THING
IN LIFE THAT REALLY MATTERS.

YES?

ROGER?

LAURA? OH, MY GOD.
WHERE... WHERE ARE YOU?

I'M OK. THEY DIDN'T HURT ME.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I... I DON'T KNOW. I'M OUT
ON HIGHWAY 31 SOMEPLACE.

THEY DUMPED ME HERE
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO,

AND I FOUND A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN.

STAY RIGHT THERE.
I'LL COME AND GET YOU.

NO. NO, DARLING. THEY CAN
GET ME HOME A LOT FASTER.

I JUST WANT TO COME HOME.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE HERE.

I'LL BE RIGHT HERE,

AND YOU TELL THOSE GUYS I WANT TO
HEAR THE SIRENS WHEN YOU GET HERE.

SHE'S ALL RIGHT.
SHE'S COMING HOME.

Hennessey: YOU THINK MAYBE YOU
COULD NOT QUESTION HER TONIGHT?

NOT EVEN BE HERE
WHEN SHE GETS HERE?

TOMORROW, MAYBE?

WITH THE PROVISION
THAT WE GET TO TALK

TO HER FIRST THING
TOMORROW MORNING.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

McCall: GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

SHE'S COMING HOME.

YOU'RE NOT EATING.

OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING
IS EATING YOU.

TALK TO ME.

THE KIDNAPPERS WERE VERY SMART.

THEY DIDN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.

EVERYTHING THEY DID
TIMED OUT JUST RIGHT...

EXCEPT THEY MADE ONE
VERY STUPID MISTAKE.

YEAH, THEY KILLED
HECTOR SANDOVAL.

YEAH.

THEY CONSIDERED EVERYTHING
ELSE. WHY NOT THAT?

I DON'T KNOW. I WAS
THINKING ABOUT THAT MYSELF.

WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST SNATCH
HER ON THE GARDENER'S DAY OFF?

WELL, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

THAT'S WHY THEY
PAY US THE BIG BUCKS.

EAT. YOU'RE NOT EATING.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

EAT. YOU'RE LOSING WEIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO EAT.

YOUR CLOTHES ARE HANGING. EAT.

I'LL EAT.

MRS. SANDOVAL?

I'M WITH THE POLICE.

MAY I SPEAK WITH YOU A LITTLE
LATER ON OUTSIDE WITH MY PARTNER?

PLEASE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.

WE CAN TALK HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO INTRUDE.

YOU DO NOT INTRUDE.
I CAN HELP YOU?

YES. I NEED TO ASK YOU SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND.

PLEASE SIT DOWN.

MRS. SANDOVAL, DID YOUR HUSBAND
HAVE A REGULAR WORK SCHEDULE?

YES.

AND WHAT DAYS DID HE HAVE OFF?

SUNDAY... AND MONDAY.

BUT, UH, TODAY IS MONDAY,
AND HE DID WORK TODAY.

WHY WAS THAT?

TOMORROW IS MY... BIRTHDAY.

HE WANTED TO BE WITH
ME ON MY BIRTHDAY.

THERE'S JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.

DID YOUR HUSBAND
CALL MRS. HENNESSEY

TO TELL HER THAT HE'D BE
COMING TO WORK TODAY?

NO. HE KNEW WHAT
WORK HE HAD TO DO.

HE NO NEED TO CALL.

SENORA HENNESSEY, SHE IS SAFE?

YEAH. SHE'S HOME. SHE'S... SAFE.

SHE'S WELL.

HECTOR WOULD BE
GLAD. HE LIKED HER.

THANK YOU.

Hunter: COULD WE PLEASE
SPEAK TO YOUR WIFE ALONE?

NO. NOT ALONE.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT
HER THROUGH ANYTHING

UNLESS I'M THERE TO
KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.

THAT MEANS MY LAWYER
OR ME. YOU MAKE THE PICK.

ROGER, DARLING, IT'S
OK. I WANT TO HELP THEM.

LET'S JUST GET IT OVER WITH.

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING
AT ALL ABOUT THE KIDNAPPER?

HE WAS LARGE, UH...

KIND OF HEAVY.

UH... I NEVER REALLY GOT
A CHANCE TO SEE HIS FACE,

BUT HE SPOKE WITH KIND
OF A GRAVELLY VOICE.

HE KEPT ME IN A
ROOM THE ENTIRE TIME,

AND, UH, WHENEVER
HE'D TAKE ME OUT

TO USE THE BATHROOM
OR TO FEED ME,

HE MADE ME PUT ON
ONE OF THOSE, UH...

SLEEP MASKS, I GUESS IT WAS.

WERE THERE ANY DISTINCTIVE
SOUNDS THAT YOU HEARD,

SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP
US DECIPHER WHERE YOU WERE?

JUST CARS.

UH... THERE WAS A LOT OF CARS.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE
THERE WAS A FREEWAY

OR A HIGHWAY OR SOMETHING.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

HE KEPT YOU IN ONE
ROOM, IS THAT CORRECT?

COME ON, DETECTIVE,
SHE'S ALREADY TOLD YOU

SHE WAS LOCKED UP IN ONE ROOM.

MR. HENNESSEY, THIS IS
A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

IN WHICH YOUR WIFE IS
A KEY WITNESS. SHUT UP!

ROGER, DARLING, IT'S
OK. LET ME DO THIS, OK?

PLEASE, DARLING.

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

HE TOOK ME OUT, AND
HE BLINDFOLDED ME,

AND HE PUT ME IN HIS CAR,

AND WE DROVE FOR... I
GUESS IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR.

THEN HE STOPPED,
AND HE UNTIED ME,

AND HE SHOVED ME OUT OF THE CAR,

AND HE TOLD ME NOT TO TAKE OFF
THE BLINDFOLD FOR TWO MINUTES,

AND I DIDN'T.

WHEN I FINALLY DID, HE WAS GONE.

AND I STARTED WALKING.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT.

NOW, SHE HAS TOLD
YOU WHAT SHE CAN.

WAS HECTOR SANDOVAL
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE YESTERDAY?

NO. IT WAS HIS DAY OFF.

BUT HE WAS HERE, SO
YOU DIDN'T EXPECT HIM.

NO. I WONDERED ABOUT THAT, TOO.

I ASKED GAIL, MY SECRETARY,

AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING. HE JUST SHOWED UP.

HE DIDN'T CALL OR ANYTHING.

THESE MUST BE CLINT'S
FOOTPRINTS HERE.

THAT MUST BE THE KIDNAPPER'S.

Hunter: I'M GONNA GO
CHECK OUT THE CAR.

YEAH.

Gail: HERE YOU GO.
KEEP THE CHANGE.

THANKS A LOT. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

YOU, TOO.

YEAH?

CLINT, IT'S ME... GAIL.

HOW YOU DOING?

ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT YOU?

GREAT.

GEE, CLINT, I'D LIKE TO BE
IN THERE, NOT OUT HERE.

OH, YEAH. YEAH,
SURE. COME ON IN.

PLACE IS A LITTLE MESSY.

OH, CAN I HAVE ONE OF THOSE?

OH, I GOT... I GOT SOME
WINE IN THE FRIDGE.

OH, NO, NO. I LIKE BEER.

THAT NEVER WAS JUST A
MAN'S DRINK, YOU KNOW.

RIGHT.

SO, UH... WHAT'S UP?

WELL, CLINT...

YOU AND LAURA
REALLY PULLED IT OFF.

THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

AH, COME ON, CLINT. YOU KNOW ME.

I'M THE GIRL WHO NEVER MISSES
ANYTHING THAT GOES ON AT THAT HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, LAURA TOLD ME ABOUT THE
CONTRACT THAT MR. HENNESSEY HAD HER SIGN,

AND THAT HELPED
ME TO FIGURE IT OUT.

YOU AND LAURA STAGED THAT
WHOLE BEAUTIFUL $4-MILLION CAPER...

AND I'M IMPRESSED.

YEAH, I'M REALLY VERY IMPRESSED.

DON'T TELL ME. YOU SLEPT GREAT,

AND NOW YOU'RE RARING TO GO.

NOPE. I HAD TWO HOURS OF SLEEP,

AND YES, I AM RARING TO GO.

WELL, I DIDN'T
SLEEP WELL AT ALL,

SO WE HAVE TO
MAINTAIN A LOW VOLUME.

RIGHT AROUND 3 A.M. LAST NIGHT,

I, UH, HAD ONE OF THOSE
WHATCHAMACALLITS, UH...

I DON'T KNOW. WHAT
DO YOU CALL IT?

INSIGHT. INSIGHT. I THINK
IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB.

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

RIGHT. A REAL,
PROFESSIONAL KIDNAPPER

WOULD NOT HAVE LET
LAURA HENNESSEY LIVE.

HE WOULD HAVE KILLED HER BECAUSE
SHE WAS A WITNESS TO HECTOR'S MURDER.

YOU THINK LAURA
HENNESSEY WAS IN ON IT?

AH, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF IT.

I THINK I'M STARTING TO WAKE UP.

YOU KNOW, HIS WIFE'S BACK,
SO IT CAN'T BE HENNESSEY.

MAYBE IT'S CLINT.

PERHAPS... BUT LET'S
START WITH GAIL.

WHY GAIL?

WELL, YOU KNOW THE ELECTRONICALLY
DISTORTED VOICE WE RECORDED?

YEAH?

SOUNDS LIKE A WOMAN TO ME.

OK.

HI, CLINT. MIND IF WE COME IN?

Roger: WHO IS IT, CLINT?

IT'S THOSE POLICE DETECTIVES.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WE STOPPED BY GAIL
MORTON'S APARTMENT.

SHE WASN'T THERE. WE
FIGURED SHE MIGHT BE HERE.

IS THAT RIGHT?

WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ARE YOU
SUDDENLY INTERESTED IN GAIL?

MR. HENNESSEY, IS SHE HERE?

I THINK MAYBE YOU
BETTER COME IN.

Laura: STILL NO ANSWER,

AND NONE OF HER FRIENDS
HAVE HEARD FROM HER.

GAIL SEEMS TO BE MISSING.

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE AT 8:00 THIS MORNING.

WHY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HER?

WE THINK THE KIDNAPPING
WAS AN INSIDE JOB.

HUH. I TOLD MY WIFE THAT.

ON MONDAY, I GIVE UP $4 MILLION
WORTH OF RANSOM MONEY,

AND ON TUESDAY, HER SOCIAL
SECRETARY DISAPPEARS, HUH?

ROGER, I JUST
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

GAIL WASN'T JUST MY
SOCIAL SECRETARY.

SHE WAS ALSO MY BEST FRIEND.

I THINK THAT SOMETHING'S
HAPPENED TO HER.

McCall: DOES SHE
HAVE ANY FAMILY?

A HUSBAND? ANY CHILDREN?

NO. SHE WAS DIVORCED,

AND THEY NEVER HAD ANY KIDS.

Hunter: DO YOU HAVE A
PHOTOGRAPH OF HER?

YES. WHY?

WELL, WE WANT TO
CIRCULATE THE PHOTOGRAPH,

GET IT OUT TO THE PRESS.

McCall: TELL ME, WHEN'S
THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER?

WELL, SHE LEFT LAST
NIGHT ABOUT 6:00,

AND SHE SEEMED
PERFECTLY FINE TO ME.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?

SHE WAS GONE BY THE
TIME CLINT AND I GOT HOME

FROM THE OFFICE
LAST NIGHT AT 6:15.

WHEN I SAW HER
LAST, SHE SEEMED OK.

SHE WAS VERY CHEERFUL.

IF WE COULD HAVE THAT
PHOTOGRAPH, WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY.

YES.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE
GUY DOESN'T HAVE A RECORD?

HE DRIVES A CAR FOR A
LIVING, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

YEAH, I KNOW. YEAH. THANKS.

I GOT SOME BAD NEWS AND
I GOT SOME SO-SO NEWS.

BAD NEWS IS JUDGE
TERNELL WILL NOT GIVE US

A SEARCH WARRANT ON
CLINT. INSUFFICIENT CAUSE.

AND YOU KNOW IF TERNELL
WON'T GIVE US ONE, NOBODY WILL.

IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF
THOSE DAYS. I SENSE IT.

YEAH, THE SO-SO NEWS IS GAIL'S
PICTURE MADE THE FRONT OF THE PAPER.

Man: LOOK, GO AHEAD, LOCK ME UP!

THIS IS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE!

I WILL NEVER BEND! I
WILL NEVER RELENT!

GO AHEAD! LOCK ME UP!
LOCK ME UP! GO AHEAD!

WE'D RATHER HAVE YOU
BEND, MR. KIRSCHBAUM.

MAYBE JUST A LITTLE?

NEVER!

THERE IS A LESSON THERE
SOMEWHERE, HUNTER.

YEAH.

CLINT, WHERE IS GAIL?

BABY...

YOU KNOW, DON'T
YOU? WHERE IS SHE?

SHE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT.

OH, MY GOD.

SHE CAME TO ME LAST NIGHT
WITH ALL THESE DEMANDS.

W-WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?

HEY, YOUR BEST FRIEND WAS
ABOUT TO THROW US TO THE WOLVES

IF I DIDN'T GIVE HER A THIRD
OF THE MONEY. I HAD NO CHOICE.

CLINT, YOU HAD A CHOICE, AND YOU
MADE THE WRONG ONE, DIDN'T YOU?

BABY, YOU'VE GOT
TO TAKE IT EASY.

DIDN'T YOU? TAKE IT EASY.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THIS,

NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO GET HURT.

ROGER WOULD LOSE ME AND $4
MILLION HE WASN'T GONNA MISS ANYWAY,

AND HE'D GET OVER
IT SOON ENOUGH,

AND NOW TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD!

WAIT A MINUTE. ARE YOU
BLAMING ME FOR HECTOR AGAIN?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE
NOT FOR HECTOR, BUT GAIL?

THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

LAURA, I WAS PROTECTING
YOU, NOT JUST ME.

I WAS PROTECTING THE BOTH OF US.

HEY...

YOU KNOW I WANTED
IT TO GO JUST THE WAY

WE PLANNED IT, DON'T YOU?

YES. WE STARTED THIS TOGETHER.

WE'LL FINISH IT TOGETHER.

I GOT THAT HOSTAGE
HID AWAY NICE AND COZY,

SO YOU TELL HIM IF HE
DOESN'T MEET MY DEMANDS,

SHE'S GONNA DIE.

MR. KIRSCHBAUM, YOU
CAN'T KILL A FERRARI.

OH, NO? MORTAL INJURY.

I CAN CAUSE MORTAL INJURY.

SO YOU TELL THAT
SCUM OF A LANDLORD

I WANT MY SECURITY DEPOSIT
BACK... ALL 200 BUCKS OF IT...

OR SHE DIES!

I'M CALLING YOUR
PROBATION OFFICER.

GO AHEAD. THINK I WON'T?

Kirschbaum: NO, I
DON'T THINK YOU WILL.

EXCUSE ME. I'M MRS. MIKELSKI.

A FELLOW BACK THERE TOLD ME

YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING
FOR THIS MISSING WOMAN?

YES, MA'AM, WE SURE ARE.

YEAH, WELL, BEING A
CONCERNED CITIZEN,

I THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW I SEEN HER LAST NIGHT.

ARE YOU SURE? WHERE?

PAYING HER CAB FARE.

AND THEN SHE WENT INTO
THE APARTMENT BUILDING

RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MINE.
I SAW HER CLEAR AS DAY.

WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF THAT
BUILDING NEXT TO YOU, MA'AM?

4284 EDGEMONT DRIVE.
THE CRANDAL ARMS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'VE BEEN A BIG HELP.

YEAH. WELL, LIKE I SAY,
BEING A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I...

UH, ANY REWARD?

NO.

HI, CLINT.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING
IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS?

WE WERE JUST RUNNING
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THOUGHT WE'D DROP BY AND
ACQUAINT YOU WITH YOUR RIGHTS.

COME AGAIN?

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

WHAT IS THIS, A JOKE?

IF YOU GIVE UP THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT,

ANYTHING YOU SAY
CAN AND WILL BE USED

AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

I'M IN NO MOOD FOR GAGS, OK?

YOU SAID YOU SAW GAIL YESTERDAY.

I BELIEVE THE WORD
YOU USED WAS...

"SHE WAS LOOKING CHEERFUL."

YOU LIED TO US, CLINT. THAT
WASN'T THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER.

YOU SAW HER HERE LAST
NIGHT IN YOUR APARTMENT.

WE GOT A FEELING WHEN SHE LEFT,

SHE WASN'T FEELING TOO CHEERFUL.

THE LADY WASN'T HERE...
LAST NIGHT OR EVER.

WE DON'T SOCIALIZE.

YOU GUYS ARE PLAYING GAMES,
YOU'RE PLAYING WITH MY LAWYER,

WHICH YOU FORGOT TO MENTION.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

OH, YOU WANT TO
FIGHT? I HOPE YOU DO.

IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.

YOU GUYS HAVE NO
RIGHT TO ARREST ME.

YEAH.

NO RIGHT.

I HAPPEN TO KNOW MICHAEL SNOW.

HE'S THE BEST CRIMINAL
LAWYER IN LOS ANGELES,

AND HE'S GONNA
HAVE ME OUT SO FAST,

YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU.

AND THEN HE'S GONNA FILE FALSE
ARREST CHARGES ON BOTH OF YOU.

L-56.

Police dispatcher: CARLOS IS
CALLING YOU FROM THE MORGUE.

WANTS TO BE PATCHED THROUGH.

PATCH HIM THROUGH.

Carlos: HUNTER? ARE YOU THERE?

I'M HERE.

SOMEBODY STOLE MY TUBA,
AND I WANT SOME FAST ACTION.

CHECK WITH ONE OF YOUR STIFFS.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, CARLOS?

A BODY, FEMALE, GOT PULLED OUT

OF SANTA MONICA BAY
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

NO I.D., BUT THE AGE AND
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
WOMAN YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT.

WANT TO GIVE HER A LOOK?

SOON AS I DROP OFF A PRISONER
AND McCALL AT THE PRECINCT,

I'LL STOP BY. THANK YOU.

WHAT DO YOU THINK,
CLINT? ANY COMMENTS?

YEAH. YEAH, BUT
THERE'S A LADY PRESENT.

AH, THE MYSTERIES
OF THE BRINY DEEP,

SO MANY DISPARATE DENIZENS...

FISH, PLANKTON, SEAWEED,
AND AN OCCASIONAL CORPSE

WITH A PAIR OF 60-POUND
DUMBBELLS TIED TO THE ANKLES.

IS THIS YOUR LADY? IT SURE IS.

WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF
DEATH? STRANGULATION.

WHERE'D THEY FIND HER?

THIS GUY LOST A BRAND-NEW
380 KAZUKI OUTBOARD

IN 60 FEET OF WATER,

SO HE GOT A COUPLE OF SCUBA
DIVERS TO HELP HIM FIND IT.

THEY NEVER FOUND
THE OUTBOARD, BUT...

I LOVE IRONY, HUNTER,
ALL ARTISTS DO.

I GUESS THIS IS WHY I WORK HERE.

YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, HUNTER,

DO NOT CARE FOR IRONY.

SERGEANT McCALL, PLEASE.

HI. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO
NOT LET THEM RELEASE CLINT.

WHEN?

OK, LOOK, I SHOULD BE
THERE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

MEET ME OUT BACK.

STRANGE MAN.

LAURA?

LAURA?

WHAT'S WRONG?

GET PACKED. WE GOT
TO GET OUT OF HERE.

THEY FOUND GAIL'S BODY.

THE COPS ARE GONNA
BE HERE ANY SECOND.

WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.

COME ON!

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?

THERE'S 4 MILLION BUCKS
WAITING FOR US OUT THERE.

WE GOT TO GET OUT
OF THE COUNTRY NOW!

TAKE IT AND GO. GO
BEFORE THEY GET HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT, "TAKE IT AND GO"?

YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE
GONNA BE HERE ANY SECOND.

THE PLAN GOES WRONG,
AND YOU WANT OUT?

NO, NO! THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL!

I'LL MEET YOU, WHEREVER
YOU SAY, WHENEVER YOU WANT.

NO, YOU WON'T. NO. YOU'RE
GONNA SPILL IT TO THE COPS, RIGHT?

HOW COULD I DO THAT? I DO
THAT, I GO TO PRISON, TOO.

YOU'RE GONNA TELL 'EM
IT WAS JUST GAIL AND ME.

THAT'S WHAT YOU
GOT PLANNED, RIGHT?

NO. YOU'RE GONNA
KEEP PLAYING THE VICTIM.

NO, DARLING. I LOVE YOU.
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU.

YEAH, YOU LOVE ME.
YOU LOVED ME ONCE,

BUT YOU COULDN'T TAKE
THE HEAT, COULD YOU?

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END?

YOU DON'T LOVE ME.
YOU DON'T LOVE ME!

SHE'S ALIVE.

I'M GONNA CHECK THE HOUSE.

THIS IS SERGEANT McCALL.

SEND AN AMBULANCE, CODE 3,
TO 1744 EAUCLAIRE, OLNEY HILLS,

AND DISPATCH A COUPLE OF
BLACK AND WHITES, CODE 3.

YEAH.

Woman: McCALL'S
CALLING FROM HER UNIT.

WE PATCHED HER THROUGH.

GO AHEAD.

CAPTAIN, WE JUST LEFT
THE HENNESSEY HOUSE.

MRS. HENNESSEY MAY
BE THE LATEST VICTIM.

SHE, UH, IS ALIVE,
BUT JUST BARELY.

WE LEFT AS SOON AS THE
AMBULANCE GOT THERE.

YOU LEFT THE SCENE
OF A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE?

YEAH, IT'S CALLED
HOT PURSUIT, CAPTAIN.

WE THINK WE KNOW
WHERE THE KILLER IS.

HIS NAME IS CLINT
LANGER, AND IF WE'RE RIGHT,

HE'S NOT GONNA BE
THERE TOO MUCH LONGER.

HUNTER, YOU LOOKED IN
THAT WRECKED-OUT CAR.

THERE WAS NOTHING
THERE! THERE'S NO MONEY!

HE'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE
THAT MONEY LAYING AROUND.

HE BURIED IT.

FREEZE, CLINT! GET YOUR
HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM!

Hunter: CLINT, YOU TOUCH
THAT GUN, I'M GONNA KILL YOU.

NOW, VERY SLOWLY, PUT
IT ON THE FLOORBOARD.

SLOW.

ATTABOY.

PUT YOUR HANDS UP
WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM.

GET OUT OF THE CAR. COME ON.

COME ON, TURN AROUND.
PUT YOUR HANDS UP.

WATCH HIM FOR ME.

SPREAD 'EM OUT.

NOW, WHERE'S THE MONEY?

IN THE TRUNK.

McCall: HELLO.

DR. BARTELLS, 212,
PLEASE. DR. BARTELLS, 212.

RESPIRATORY THERAPY
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

I OWE YOU...

BOTH OF YOU...

MORE THAN I'LL EVER
BE ABLE TO REPAY.

DOC SAYS THAT LAURA'S GONNA
PULL THROUGH VERY NICELY

BECAUSE SHE WAS BROUGHT
HERE SO QUICKLY AFTER THE FALL.

I'M ALSO THANKING YOU FOR HER...

BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA
LET YOU SPEAK TO HER.

FROM NOW ON, ANY
TALKING YOU HAVE TO DO,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO DO TO OUR LAWYER.

YOU SEE, I AM NOT GONNA LET LAURA
SPEND ONE SECOND BEHIND BARS

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I
OR MY MONEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

YOUR WIFE IS AN
ACCESSORY TO MURDER

BEFORE AND AFTER THE FACT.

OH, SHE DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

WE'LL LET THE COURTS
DECIDE THAT, WON'T WE?

SHE'S GONNA TESTIFY
AGAINST CLINT,

'CAUSE THOSE
KILLINGS BLEW HER MIND.

SHE WAS DAMAGED MORE
EMOTIONALLY THAN SHE WAS PHYSICALLY

BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED WHO SHE CARED ABOUT.

SHE BLAMES HERSELF.

YOU THINK I'M A CRAZY
OLD MAN, DON'T YOU?

YOU KNOW WHOSE
FAULT THIS REALLY WAS?

IT WAS MINE.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

LAURA AND I WERE TOGETHER FOR
6 YEARS BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED.

NOW, SHE LOVED ME AS MUCH AS
ANY MAN HAS EVER BEEN LOVED,

AND I KNEW THAT FOR SURE,
SO I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME.

THEN I MADE THE BIGGEST
MISTAKE I EVER MADE IN MY LIFE.

ON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL, I
ASKED HER TO SIGN A CONTRACT,

A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.

IF SHE LEFT ME, IF SHE
DIVORCED ME, SHE GOT NOTHING.

THE DAY SHE SIGNED THAT CONTRACT
IS THE DAY SHE STOPPED LOVING ME.

SO NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND...

WHY YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET
ANY HELP FROM ME AGAINST HER?

I JUST SHOWED HER THE
CONTRACT THAT SHE SIGNED,

AND THEN I TORE IT UP

AND DROPPED IT IN THE
WASTEPAPER BASKET.

WHEN I LEFT THAT ROOM JUST NOW,

SHE WAS LAUGHING AND
CRYING AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S THE LONGEST SPEECH

I THINK I'VE EVER
MADE IN MY LIFE.

THANKS AGAIN.