Hunter (1984–1991): Season 4, Episode 15 - Naked Justice: Part 2 - full transcript

The department is being
paralyzed by press demands

for information on this case.

I have friends in Washington
who are just as anxious to find

DePaul as you are.

Why is Washington
interested in this guy?

I think he never got
what he wanted from her.

And I think he killed her.

You just stick to the
contract or be terminated.

Murder is my business.

Cut!

And print it.



In part one
of "Naked Justice"...

Wonderful.

Beautiful.

I couldn't do it
without you, Walter.

Oh.

You're sweet.

- Have a nice weekend.
- You, too.

See you Monday?

Mhm.

OK.

Here is a special news release.

Famed film star Shannon
Richards has been

found dead in Elysian Park.
Shannon Richards...

The remainder of
the money is due now.



Wire it to my account in London.

So what's the call?

Murder, forced overdose.

Well, Phillip DePaul rented
a Jaguar at the airport

the night that Shannon
Richards was murdered.

And we later found that car
parked illegally on Oakmont

Place in Beverly Hills.

So from illegal parking to
murder, that's a giant step.

It's just a matter of
time before the cops show up

with a lot of questions.

Yes, that's very true.

Is that your blue
Jaguar downstairs?

Yeah, as a matter
of fact, it is.

Well, if I got to pick one, I'd

say it's that guy right there.

The second from the end.

No one comes to my
house and threatens me,

especially a cheap dime store...

What is it?

There are two police
officers outside.

They want to talk to you.

Mr. Rondino, did you have any
insurance on Shannon Richards?

George, give her the figures.

Mm, $15 million for
the term of the shoot.

And it's fairly standard.

Do you know if Ms.
Richards had any family?

Yes.

She did.

Oh, what are you doing here?

I own this house.

Or at least I will when my
sister's will is probated.

I need a secure line.

You've had an inquiry on 3704?

Yes.

What was the nature
of the inquiry?

Information on Phillip DePaul.

Inquirer's name, if known?

Sergeant Dee Dee McCall,
Los Angeles police,

through SI agent, Bradley
Wilkes, same city.

Thank you for
calling, Desert Flower.

Viking will be in touch.

And now,
"Naked Justice, Part 2."

Sewer King, the primary has just

turned south on Cannon Drive.

Stand by to pick him up.

Roger, Air 6.

Sewer King is in place.

Roger,
Sewer King, primary is a block

north, still southbound.

Sewer King, this TV Man.

We'll take the phone as soon
as Humpty Dumpty's on the wall.

Roger, TV Man.

Sewer King, this is Air 6.

We're pulling off.

Go ahead, Air 6.

Sewer King's got
an eyeball on him.

You know, all that guy has done

is drive to and from the
studio for the last two days.

Can't be on the level.

Rondino's just laying
low till the dust settles.

That's all.

OK.

TV man, Humpty Dumpty
is on the wall.

Roger, good buddy.

Put the pedal to the metal
and aim it at the barn.

TV man and Captain
America are on the scene.

I think Parker's
been watching too

many Saturday morning cartoons.

Sewer King, this is Home Base.

Go ahead, Home Base.

AMBROSE FINN: I got a message

for you from Miss Meg Seabert.

She'd like to meet you
sometime this evening.

She left a number.

Thanks, Ambrose.

Call her back.

Get a place and
time to meet her.

And I'll get there
as soon as I can.

I'll bet you will.

Sorry I'm late.

I almost didn't get here at all.

Yeah?
Why is that?

You are looking at one
angry woman, Sergeant Hunter.

And I'm scared.

Six years, I was Tony
Rondino's secretary

in the daytime and
his whore at night.

And he tells me, forget it.

How long was that?

Seven weeks.

Seven weeks ago, and you're

still working for the guy?

Jobs aren't a dime a dozen.

And I... I decided I'd
just wait her out.

Excuse me.

Waitress, could I have a double
vodka on the rocks, please?

Wait who out?

Shannon Richards.

The minute
she came on the scene,

he started acting
like a 16-year-old.

He did everything but get acne.

I think she never gave
him what he wanted.

And I think he killed her.

And why do you think that?

Five days
before she was murdered,

Shannon came into the
office for a meeting

with Tony and George Franklin.

It was about 7 o'clock.

She'd just been in shooting.

Hadn't even taken
her makeup off yet.

They went at it hot and
heavy, Tony and Shannon,

yelling at the top
of their lungs.

I... I couldn't tell what
the argument was about.

The walls to his office
are really thick.

But it went on
for about an hour.

Then Shannon stormed out and
sailed past me without a word.

Well, didn't you ask Rondino
what the argument was about?

No.

Tony and George stayed in the
office for about another hour.

A couple of times
Tony yelled at George.

Then they left together and
told me I could go home.

When Tony came in
the next morning,

I said to him,
honeymoon's over, huh?

He looked at me like he
could kill me on the spot.

And he said, if you
ever open your mouth

to anybody about last night's
meeting, you're dead meat.

You got that?

Four days later, Shannon
Richards is dead.

And you think
Tony killed Shannon.

I know he did.

He got drunk one
night and told me

how he once beat a man to
death when he worked for one

of the casinos in Vegas.

Wait a minute here, Meg.

Why would Tony
want Shannon dead?

Doesn't he stand to
lose a lot of money?

What's the matter with you guys?

You're always willing
to jump on the theory

of the woman scorned.

Well, what about
the man scorned?

Tony probably
never had a problem

with a woman in his home
till he met Shannon Richards.

Do you know what he said to me?

He told me I was history.

The flame is out.

Can you believe that?

I gave him six of
the best years I'll

probably ever give anybody.

And he tells me,
the flame is out.

Is there anybody
else that you can think

of that can corroborate
the fact that Tony was

in love with Shannon Richards?

I mean, this is
all very new to me.

Why don't you try talking
with the other poor slob who

couldn't make it with Shannon?
- Who's that?

Walter Altiz.

You promiscuous slut!

Oh, god!

Who is it this time?

Who is it this time?

Stop!

Tell me who it is!

Ah!

Ah!

You haven't got the guts.

Oh!

Ah!

That's it.

Last time I saw her, last few
feet of film I shot of her.

I'll never be the same.

Meg Seabert says you
were in love with Shannon.

I fall in love
with all my leading ladies.

Makes the job easier, a
lot more fun and easier.

Who killed her?

How the hell would I know?

I understand Tony Rondino was

in love with Shannon, as well.

Meg Seabert again, right?

Rondino.

Maybe had the hots for Shannon.

What the hell did
she want with him?

I'll tell you
something... and this

is the best possible authority,
Shannon Richards herself...

Absolutely nothing
happened between them.

Nothing!

And what about you?

That's none of
your damn business.

I need to explain
something to you.

Murder is my business.

Now you want me to
read you your rights?

OK.

OK.

I was in love with her.

I didn't kill her!

Did you have a
piece of this film?

Yeah.
So?

So what?

You want to know what
was in it for me?

Is that what this is?
- Yeah.

Is that what this is?

- Yeah.
- OK.

3%.

3% up to break even.

6% after that.

And I'm talking gross.

Not profit.

Was this going to
be a successful film?

Yeah.

It was going to be.

50 million.

100 million.

The day Rondino signed
Shannon, the picture

was a guaranteed success.

And what would prevent that?

Her death.

Hello?

Hey, babe.

It's me.

I got some bad news.

I won't be seeing you tonight.

Why not?

I just found out
the cops are digging

through every square
inch of my life.

What are they doing that for?

They haven't found
your sister's killer yet

and they're looking for
somebody convenient to hang

a murder rap on.

But you haven't done anything.

JESSIE CRUZ: I know.

But the cops are
getting desperate.

Listen, until this
thing blows over,

I think we should play it cool.

How long will that be?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Let's play it one day at a time.

Jessie, I miss seeing you.

You think I don't
feel the same way?

I just want people
to get the wrong idea

about us, that's all.

All right, Jessie.

Whatever you think is best.

Don't worry.

Everything's going to be fine.

Trust me.

I love you.
I will see you soon.

I love you, too.

My, don't we look
lovely tonight.

May I show you to your table?

Bradley, I'm going to kill you.

What?

I would have thought that
after our last get together,

you would have
picked a place that

had a little bit more panache.

Well, Dee Dee, my dad once told

me, Brad, don't put
your money in a bank

that doesn't pay interest.

Our special is meat loaf.

You want to see a menu?

Uh, two coffees.

That's it?

That's it.

It ain't going to get
better later, honey.

Dump him.

Well, you heard the lady, Brad.

What?

What does that mean?

You don't want to see
the pictures of DePaul?

Do you have them?

Is the special meatloaf?

Oh, so give.

That sounds like something
I should be saying.

Bradley, if you don't
give me those pictures,

I'm going to tell the
waitress that you want

more than just her meatloaf.

Ah, great.

I give these to you
with the condition

that if you find DePaul,
you call me immediately.

Come on, Brad.

I can't promise that.

No, it's a
two way street, Dee Dee.

I have friends in Washington who
are as anxious to find DePaul

as you are.

Now if they find him
first, they'll call you.

Why is Washington
interested in this guy?

That's not part of this deal.

This is part of this deal.

You find DePaul, you call me.

I've got to have
your word on that.

All right.

I don't like the terms.
But you have a deal.

Yes.

Tell them I'll have a
statement for them in one hour.

And hold all my calls.

The department is being
paralyzed by press demands

for information on this case.

Now I want to know
what we've got.

I want it brief and simple.

We've got Harry Caulfield
who apparently saw the killer.

And we've got photographs
of this Phillip DePaul

who may be that killer.

Well, did anyone show these
pictures to the witness?

We're having a little
trouble finding him.

We've got a high
priority look on this thing.

But he's a vagrant.

So he's got no known
address, no associates.

We'll find him.
- Who is this guy?

This DePaul?

He's a Bulgarian,
AKA Stephen Avak.

He's defected and he's
currently living in London.

But no one has seen him
there for at least a week.

And we think he's probably
a professional killer.

His current whereabouts
are unknown.

But he was definitely
in Los Angeles

the night that Shannon
Richards was killed.

And you connected
this guy with Tony

Rondino, the producer?

Only circumstantially, Chief.

No one's actually
seen them together.

The only one that would

benefit by Shannon's death
is her sister, Dianna Cross.

Now she's presently hooked
up with a private detective

by the name of Jessie Cruz.

Is this Cruz a suspect?

In my opinion, yes, sir.

Well, if you think
he's a suspect,

what are you doing about it?

Well, we presently have
him under surveillance.

RNI's doing a complete
and thorough check

on his background.

How much does this
sister, Dianna Cross,

how big is the estate?

They're saying 10 million,
but it's a hell of a lot

more than that.

And we've got a suspect, right?

With the best possible
motive there is, greed.

And this Cruz might be
involved with her, right?

Yes.

But we cannot overlook
the Hollywood angle,

Chief, which tends to lead
us away from the sister.

Now this Shannon Richards?

Her personal manager, Monty
Golden, was also murdered.

Five days before
Shannon's death,

she had an hour
long shouting match

with both of her producers.

We have both of them
under surveillance.

So something was going on there!

Come on, we're not
sitting around on our butts

on this thing!

I know, Charlie.

You're doing the best you can.

Unfortunately, that's
not something we

can put on the 6 o'clock news.

Get back to work.

I'll try to come
up with something

to keep them off our backs
for another 12 hours.

You know, if we took the
number of southbound BMWs

or Mercedes and divided
them by the number

of northbound Bentleys, we'd...

Hey, check it out.

That's him.

Lever 32 to L-90.

L-90 here, go ahead 32.

L-90, advise Hunter
the man he's looking

for just showed up.

DISPATCH: Roger, 32.

Stand by.

Hunter, it's for you.

Parker.

He's got something for you.

Talk to me, Parker.

Phillip DePaul just drove up.

Now he's left his
car on the street

and he's headed toward
the back into house.

If he tries to move before
I get there, nail him.

I'm on my way.

Thank you.

Scrambled eggs.

Just the way you like them.

And lots of hot coffee.

I've got a better idea.

Mm.

Tony!

All right.

There he is.

Let's take him down.

No, wait.

Oh, damn!

We've got to let him move.

Red light up ahead.

We'll take him there.

All right.

Out of the car, please.

All units, officer down.

Suspect last scene driving
south on Los Flores

Boulevard in a silver late model
BMW, license 2 Adam Adam Ocean

1 1 1.

Use extreme caution.

Rodger, 6 Adam 17.

Lincoln 57 is en route.

What have you got?

A woman in apartment
212 says she saw

her Toyota being driven away.

And when we got here, we
found this vehicle abandoned.

All right.

Put an APB out on the Toyota.

The driver's wanted on a 187.

And hold this part for prints.
- All right.

Will do.

IV nurse, pediatric ward.

IV nurse to pediatric ward.

Look, I know this is a
tough time for you, Parker,

but I need your help.

That the guy you saw?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's him.

I'm positive.

Pardon me, gentlemen.

I'm sorry.

Your friend died in surgery.

Yeah?

Sir, the liaison

officer has a priority
intercept he feels

you should see immediately.

All right.

Send him in.

This just came in.

Knew you'd want to see it.

DePaul's killed
a police officer.

LAPD just put out a
nationwide APB on him.

They're pulling out all
the stops on this one.

Yeah.

Get me a secure
line to Washington.

Yo, Hunter, McCall!

Got something for you here.

Air 6 spotted an abandoned
car near the Robertson

on ramp to the Santa
Monica Freeway.

Patrol checked it out.

The stolen Toyota.

What about DePaul?

A man matching
DePaul's description

rented a late '70s
model dark blue

Cadillac from Dash Rent-a-Car.

That was eight blocks from
where the Toyota was found.

He used a national credit
card under the name

of Miro Ganchoff.

And he had an accent.

Here... here's the
credit card number.

Where's Parker?

Well, he's gone.

What do mean, he's gone?

He walked into Charlie's
office and turned his badge in.

I guess Flood's death
hurt him pretty bad.

I'll have national put
a 310 priority on it.

Where are you going?

Planning a trip, Parker?

Going home.

It's a little early to
make that decision, isn't it?

Well, I'm not making
the decision now.

I made it when that doctor
walked into the emergency room

and told me my partner was dead.

You're not going to be
happy if you walk away.

Well, being here sure
hasn't made me happy.

I've been waiting on it.

A sense of accomplishment.

A thank you from
some citizen you just

laid your butt on the line for.

Justice in court.

I've been waiting on it
almost eight years now.

The only good thing about
this job died today!

Damn!

You... I just...

I just can't cut it.

It just isn't here.
I wanted it to be.

I wanted to be the best
damn cop in the city.

But it just isn't here.

You think you
got the market cornered

on that feeling, Parker?

You don't think I've had
my belly full at times?

I'm not going to let DePaul
get away with what he did.

Yeah?

But are you the cop that was
with him when he was killed?

No, I wasn't, Parker.

That was you.

I wonder if Flood would have
quit, had you been killed.

I wonder if he'd have
walked away, quit.

You know, I think Flood
was a pretty damn good cop.

Maybe on his way to
becoming a great cop.

I feel that way
about you, Parker.

Exactly that way about you.

I need you to help
me get DePaul.

All right.

Just till we bag DePaul.

Just till we bag DePaul.

Lincoln 56, I have Sergeant

McCall on the line for you.

Lincoln 56, go.

National came through.

Three hours and 40 minutes
after Miro Ganchoff

rented that Cadillac,
at 1:40, to be exact,

he checked into Estero Beach
Resort in Ensenada, Mexico.

Good work, McCall.
See you in a couple of days.

Don't go down there.

Let the federales pick him up.

I can't trust them
to do the job, McCall.

What about Harry Caulfield?

No.

Nothing.

OK.

I think we better go ahead
and pick up George Franklin.

I'd like to have him
in custody by the time

I get back from Ensenada.

What would you suggest
I tell the Captain?

Not a thing.

I'll see you in a couple days.

Lincoln 56, out.

Hunter, do you want
me to go with you?

No.

I want to get suited up.

Go down and give McCall a hand.

She'll need all the
help she can get.

All right.

Como esta, mi amigo?

Si, se or.

Habla ingl s?

Oh, si, se or.

Has an American by the
name of Miro Ganchoff

checked in here today?

Si.

Si.

I took Se or
Ganchoff to room 106.

But he's not there now.

I saw him leave.

Are you familiar with
our President Jackson?

Si.

El Presidente Jackson?
Si.

He'd like to know where

Miro Ganchoff can be found.

I find out, Se or.

Qui passe!

Freeze!

Police!

Drop the gun, DePaul.

Very impressive
credentials, Se or Anderson.

You're a very important man.

But these do not explain
what the witnesses saw.

You see, according to
them, it is you who fired

at and killed Se or DePaul.

You bet I did.

It's obvious this man, DePaul,
was about to shoot Mr. Hunter.

Just seconds before that,
he was driving right at him,

with full intent to kill.

And in self-defense, Mr. Hunter
fired at the car to stop him.

And you have never
met Se or Hunter.

Never.

I just did what I
thought I had to do.

It's obvious DePaul was
a madman, or a killer.

I cannot make
a decision on this matter.

We will go to Secretary
Diaz's office.

Only he has the authority
to dispose of this.

If you will get into my car.

I want to know
why you shot DePaul.

The man had a gun in his hand.

So did I, Anderson.

It was aimed right at him.

Help me out here, Brad.

Excuse me, Jim.

Jim, you want to get in the car?

Hunter, give the guy a break.

He can't answer these questions
and you don't need to know.

DePaul is a suspect in a
murder in Los Angeles, Brad.

I came down here to
bring him back alive.

You're in my life
again, aren't you?

OK.

OK.

Whatever I tell you, you
don't repeat to anybody.

Yeah.

DePaul defected from the
Bulgarian secret police.

He was recruited by a...

A certain US agency.

He was trained to
do special duties.

A couple of years ago, he
started doing freelance work.

When the agency found out about
it, they offered him a choice...

Either stick to the
contract or be terminated.

This is another one of
those cases, isn't it?

In my opinion,
Anderson had ample reason

to believe that you were in
danger of being blown away.

The guy had already
tried to run you down.

You owe me a suspect, Brad.

Just got a report
that DePaul's dead.

Is that true?
- Yeah.

That's true.

Brad Wilkes showed up.

Well, what is this?

Another cloak and
dagger special?

It looks that way.
We got Franklin?

Yeah.

Charlie has him in
interrogation room C.

Now,
look, Mr. Franklin,

you agreed to make a
statement in this case.

Now are you going
to make it or not?

I'm glad to see the two of you.

Mr. Franklin here can't
make up his mind whether he

wants to help us or not.

Maybe you got a couple of
questions you can ask him.

I got a couple
for, Mr. Franklin.

Five days before Shannon
Richards was murdered,

she had a argument with
you and Tony Rondino.

You want to tell me
what that was about.

I'm not going to answer that.

I believe your First
Amendment gives me that right.

The Fifth.

The Fifth Amendment gives
you that right, Mr. Franklin.

Three days before Shannon
Richards was murdered,

a phone call from
your office was made

to London to a Phillip DePaul.

You want to explain that?

No.

I know nothing about that phone
call, or who Phillip DePaul is.

Book him for murder.

Wait a minute!

Shannon Richards
agreed to make a film for us

based on a script that required
her to be nude, or partially

nude, in seven key scenes.

Now that night, she told us
that there was nothing about

nudity in her contract and
that she had decided not to do

any nude or semi-nude scenes.

What would have happened if
she hadn't done the nudity?

We would have been bankrupt.

She couldn't get
it through her head

that without nudity,
she was nothing.

What happened after
Shannon left your office?

Tony Rondino started
calling her a deadbeat.

He started screaming that he
knew how to handle deadbeats.

Meaning what?

He was going to kill her.

He said it wouldn't be the first
time that he'd killed someone.

I tried to talk him out of it.

But he kept on going on about
our insurance policy for...

For Shannon.

He kept on saying that
she deserved to get hit,

and that the 50 million
would leave us with five

or six million in the bank.

But when it was found
that Shannon was dead,

Tony swore to me that he
had nothing to do with it.

Did Monty Golden know
about Shannon's decision?

Oh, yes.

Yes.

But Tony tried to buy him off.

But Monty wanted too much.

Well, then he threatened
to go to the police

and Tony killed him.

And then DePaul
killed Tony Rondino.

Why?

I don't know.

Really, I do not know.

Mr. Franklin, after Tony
Rondino killed Monty Golden,

didn't you think that
maybe Tony had gone

over the edge a little bit?

Yes.

Yes.

I did.

That's when you hired
Phillip DePaul to kill Tony.

Isn't that right?

Of course, I didn't.

I don't kill people!

Or have them killed!

All I'm guilty of
is not reporting

that Tony killed Monty Golden.

You have anything
to add to this?

No.

That's all I know,
so help me God.

All right.

Mr. Franklin, you can go.

I can go?

Just get up and leave?

Private citizens are not
required to report felonies.

I think you hired DePaul
to kill Tony Rondino.

But we haven't got the
evidence yet to book you.

But if you attempt to leave the
country, or even the county,

you'll be arrested
and booked for murder.

All right.

You can go.

Well, now we know
the whys and wherefores.

But we're going to have a hell
of a time proving any of this.

We don't have the
answer yet, Charlie.

What are you talking about?

Charlie, DePaul was a pro.

Oh, look.

Whoever killed Shannon
Richards was an amateur.

What reason would DePaul
have to kill Tony Rondino?

DePaul wanted to be
paid by Rondino regardless

if he made the hit or not.

Tony wouldn't pay him.

DePaul murdered him.

Who is it?

Sergeant Hunter.

I'm sorry to disturb you at
this hour of the evening.

But I need to talk to you.

Where's Jessie?

Jessie?

Jessie Cruz.

Why would he be here?

Well, why not?

You're married to
him, aren't you?

See, Dianna, you married
Jessie about the seventh

of this month, eight days
before your sister was murdered.

All right.

Jessie and I are married.

Is there something
wrong with that?

No.
Not at all.

But why keep it a secret?

Jessie was afraid
that his ex-wife

might make trouble for him.

He wanted to wait until
things settled down.

Which ex-wife was
he concerned with,

Diana, he's got three of them.

I don't believe
anything you're saying.

Well, you should.

How long after you
hired Jessie did he

actually find your sister?

I don't know.

Three weeks or so?

Three weeks or so?

Do you know how long it takes
a good private investigator

to find a movie
star like Shannon?

About 20 minutes.

I want you to leave.

Ah, Jessie smelled a good thing.

He knew you didn't
have any parents.

Knew Shannon was single.

And if anything ever
happened to Shannon,

you'd become a
very wealthy woman.

So he turned up the
charm and married you.

Shortly after that,
he found Shannon.

And then he killed her.

Just make one move
that I don't like, Sergeant,

you're dead.

Now you take off that
jacket, real slow.

Come on!

OK, baby.

Now you can get his
gun with no problem.

Just don't get too close to him.

- Dianna, he murdered your...
- Shut up!

Sister!

Shut up!

Now come on, baby, do it.

Come on.

Don't blow this
thing for us now.

Come on.
- Jessie!

Did you kill my sister?

Come on!

What's the matter with you?

You remember what you
said to me yesterday?

You were the happiest, luckiest
woman in the whole wide world.

Do you remember that?

You want to keep it that way?

Do what I'm telling you.

Trust me!

I think we've
heard enough, don't you?

And Jessie?

Don't do anything stupid.

Give me the gun, Jessie,
very slowly, butt first.

You haven't
seen Parker, have you?

No.
I haven't.

I thought you said that you
talked him into staying around?

Well, I did.

But he said he'd only
stick around until we

found DePaul and we have.

All right then,
my congressman, the senator,

the mayor, the chief of police!

This country belongs
to the common man.

That's me!

I knew the minute I laid
eyes on you I'd be sorry.

Harry, where you've been?

Been looking for you.

I've been hiding.

That's where I've been.
Yeah.

I heard you were looking for me.

I have been.

All over the place.

Good work, Parker.

I want you to identify
this picture for me.

Was this the guy you saw pulling
the body out of the Jaguar

in the park?

No.

Never saw him in my life.

Ah, good.

That's it.

That's all?

That's all.

You know, Harry, you look
like you could use a good meal.

Why don't you join
us for lunch, hm?

What do you say?

I think I could fit
that into my schedule.

Mm, Parker, I assume
you'll be sticking around?

Well, under one
condition, Sergeant.

What's that?

That you'll let me pick
up the tab for lunch.

What do you say, huh?

We get a little Italian food?

With a steak?

- With a steak?
- Mhm.

OK.

With a steak is good.

And some red wine.