Hunter (1984–1991): Season 4, Episode 6 - City of Passion: Part 1 - full transcript

Looking for a ride?

Depends on what kind of
ride you're talking about.

They took me in
this spooky room,

and they rubbed
blood all over me.

I made a quality
arrest yesterday,

and I have a feeling it's
all starting to come apart.

I'm concerned about
you all of a sudden.

Maybe I should have put you
under protective custody.

Someone had to die
before you people would do

something about a rapist, huh?

Joanne, let me take your hand.



Try to understand,
I will always care.

My Joanne.

Joanne, we must make a
plan for our love to stand

through the test of time.

I'm home.

It's dinner time, boys.

This promise I made to spend

my whole life loving you...

Hello.

Oh, no, no.

I can't.

Well, have you tried Kimberly?

Can you hold on a second?

Hi.
No, no.



It was... it was nothing.

All right, I'll be there, 8:00.

Yeah, it's... it's all right.

No problem.

Bye.

If you scream again,
I'm going to gag you!

I don't wanna do that.

Oh, God!

Oh, God.

Please, don't!

Oh, God.

Oh, my feet are killing me.

Jeez.

Now I know why they
charge so much money.

They don't give
it to their pimps.

They give it to
their podiatrists.

Don't worry.

You will get used to it.

No, I won't.

This is simply a
one day loan out.

One more bust, and I'm
heading back to homicide,

where a girl can be safe.

Look who's back.

Look, right over there.

That's three times
around the block, right?

Think he's interested?

Yes, he's interested.

Hey, you, brunette.

Bye.

Have fun.

Looking for a ride.

Depends on what kind of
ride you're talking about.

Come on, get in.

Nice car.

Where are we going?

How much?

That depends on what you want.

Got a few friends coming
over to my house tonight.

Thought you might
like to join us.

Party?

Four or five of us.

Well...

You don't have to worry it's.

Nothing kinky.

Just straight sex.

Put your hand in
my shirt pocket.

Will I find something special?

100 bucks?

100 now, 100 when you show up.

Bring another girl, 100 more.

$200?

That's wrong.

No, that's wrong.

See, that's called soliciting
for purposes of prostitution.

Pull over to the curb.

You're under arrest.

Now, you listen to me, officer.

You are about to
make one big mistake,

and I'm willing to overlook it.

Overlook this.

Pull over to the curb.

Listen, I am Warren
Unger, Judge Warren

Unger of the Superior Court.

You're making a bad
arrest here, friend.

This is pure entrapment.

Take my word for
it, Judge, it isn't.

I'll have your butt for this!

Careful, careful.

That's what got you in
trouble in the first place.

OK, here you go, number six.

Finished arrest report, tape.

You're a free woman, McCall.

I know.

I gotta tell you, though, this
last one is a Superior Court

judge, and he is not pleased.

Great, that's
just what I needed.

Sergeant McCall,
Sergeant Hunter.

Hi, what's up?

I'm on my way to
811 South Fremont.

We got a DB.

OK, let me get cleaned up.

I'll meet you there.

Get a shot of the living room
before it's dusted, would you?

He tied her up with nylons.

Looks like he got
'em from her dresser.

- Any sign of forced entry?
- None.

No evidence of any tampering
with any of the locks.

Maybe he had a key.

Maybe she let him in.

I'll have the print
report and his blood type

in a couple of hours.

Reuben, take a look at this.

Looks like a size 14.

Is there enough to
make a plaster cast?

Let's try a low angle scale
photo shadowing the impression.

I think that'll work better
than a cast on carpet.

Excuse me.

Right away.

L56 to William 90.

Have Brad and Navarro meet
me on Tack Two, please.

Was there any sign
of forced entry?

Uh-huh.

Sounds like Bigfoot
all right, Hunter.

But we both know criminals
don't change their MO.

Bigfoot never kills his victims.

Well, I think this killing
was an accident, Brad.

She choked to death
on her own vomit.

The murder seems
incidental to the rape.

Otherwise, the MO is identical
to the eight other rapes.

The semen on the sheet is type
O. The shoe prints are size 14.

It all adds up to Bigfoot.

And Anne Mapleton fits the
victim profile all the way...

White, single,
between 28 and 35.

They all have good jobs.

Professionals, mostly.

They date, but they're
not promiscuous.

Well, the media interest
in this Bigfoot thing's

gonna go through the roof.

We may as well face it...

Our serial rapist
is now a murderer.

I want you four to all
work together on this.

So make copies of
all your reports.

Get 'em to Hunter and
McCall right away.

We're gonna have to do some
regrouping around here.

Let's go.

Let's get down the morgue.

I wanna talk to you
about something.

I'd like to see whatever it
is you've got in the files.

It's important.

Excuse me, commander.

The DA's been trying to
reach you, sir, all afternoon.

Did you tell him I've
been at a budget meeting?

Yes, sir.

He sounded very upset
about something.

Said to call him, no
matter how late you got in.

Thank you.

Good night.

Mr. Bendichie,
Commander Cain is on line 1.

Commander Cain.

Mr. Bendichie,
what can I do for you?

At noon today, one of your
officers, Sergeant Dee Dee

McCall, arrested
Judge Warren Unger

during a Hollywood vice sweep.

My prosecutors
were of the opinion

that the case against Judge
Unger smacks of entrapment.

Well, can't your people simply
issue a standard DA reject?

No, they can't.

This office could be accused
of offering the judge

preferential treatment.

Now, Unger is a recent
appointee of the Governor.

You understand these political
situations, don't you?

Yes, sir.

I certainly do.

BENDICHIE: I'd consider

this a great personal
favorite, Commander Cain.

And I'm sure the
Governor would too.

Of course, I'm not asking you
to do anything out of line.

If you feel the case against
Judge Unger has merit, please

proceed with it.

I'll look into it right away.

We need an answer
soon, Commander,

before the press gets into it.

I understand.

Thank you for bringing this to
my attention, Mr. Bendichie.

I'll get right on it.

You got stuck with
the paperwork, huh?

Yeah, we flipped and Hunter won.

McCall, don't
you know he cheats?

Yeah, I know he cheats.

But this time, we used
my quarter and I flipped,

so you figure it out.

Where is he?

He went to go grab
a bite with Navarro.

If you wanna talk to
him, he has to come back.

He's gotta check out these
interview transcripts.

Ah, it can wait.

I want you to read all these
reports tonight, though.

I'll see you all in my office
tomorrow morning, 7:00.

7:00?

If I can do it, you can do it.

Anyway, by the time the
ambulance got through traffic

into the intersection, I...

Brad.

Wake up.

Look, it's late.

We got a lot of reading to do.

Why don't we just go home?

Hey, I don't have
to read those reports.

I wrote 'em.

You know, Brad, McCall
asked me one time if I

thought I'd ever get married.

You know what I told her?

"Mind your own business."

Yeah.

No.

I said, "if I could ever find
a girl like Cathy Navarro,

I would."

McCall must have loved that.

Yeah, she agreed with me.

About Cathy, that is.
See you tomorrow, Brad.

What's this?

It's from the young
lady at the bar.

Hey, you still here?

No, this is a bad dream.

I'm not really here.

You don't look very good.

You ought to get some sleep.

So should you.

But you know, I think
you ought to check out

the note on your desk first.

Oh, yeah?

Mm-hm.

Hm.

Hm.

"Be here at 7:00 AM."

Hey, Hunter.

Have I got something for you.

You're pretty
handsome for a cop.

You think so?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Uh, and you're awfully
young for an 18-year-old.

Hey, that ID's good.

How come it's still wet?

So where do you live?

Nowhere.

Nowhere.

Let me write that down.

Nowhere.

OK.

Stacey Tyler, is
that your real name?

Yep, that's right.

OK.

Desk Sergeant says you
wanna report a murder.

Yeah.

Debbie.

We both worked out at
the Alvarado motel.

A working girl, huh?

Yeah, so?

So what happened?

A couple of months
ago, um, this guy with

a pock-marked face
came and picked

me up at the Alvarado Motel.

And we drove to this
house in the hills, and...

Where was that?

What, the house?

Yeah.

It was near the Hollywood sign.

Whose house was it?

I don't know.

He didn't tell me his name.

I wasn't gonna ask, you know.

They took me in
this spooky room,

and they rubbed
blood all over me.

There must have been about
four or five of them.

I remember one of
them was a woman.

And they didn't really
ask me to do anything.

This happened for
about two more nights.

Then the man who owned the house
told me about this big party

that they were gonna
throw out in the desert.

And if I brought a friend,
there'd be more money.

Debbie had really
bad vibes about it,

but she needed the cash.

There must have been
about 50 people out there.

They all stood around us.
It was horrible.

They killed this cat.

Then they had sex with
us, one after the other.

They took us back to
separate motor homes,

and they told us to clean up.

They took Debbie.

And the man who owned
the house was there.

He had a knife.

I just... I... I got so scared.

I tried to open the door,
and the door was locked.

So I... I looked around.

I couldn't find another way out.

And there was a van on
top of the motorhome,

so I crawled out of it.

And then I ran back
up to the highway,

and I hitched back to LA.

They killed Debbie.

You saw them kill Debbie?

No, but they did.

You think they did?

She hasn't called or
nothing for three days.

Please, help me!

Uh, you know, I'm concerned
about you all of a sudden.

Maybe I should have put you
under protective custody.

No!

Please, I'll be OK.

Really.
- Yeah?

Yeah.

You got money?

No, I don't got any money.

Here, 30 bucks.

Thanks.

Do you wanna come
in or something?

No, that's OK.

I'll... I'll walk you
to the door, though.

No, it's OK.

I'll be all right.

Yeah?

Yeah, thanks.

I'm gonna call you tomorrow.

I want you to be here, Stacey.

Yeah?

Everything that I
told you was the truth.

I swear it.

Hello, Brad.

You didn't have to wait up.

We have to talk.

Can it wait until tomorrow?

No.

Please, sit down.

What is it, Cathy?

I don't know.

I've been sitting
here all night long,

trying to figure that out.

Cathy, please, can we
discuss this some other time?

What happened to us, Brad?

I told you, honey, it's
got nothing to do with you.

I love you.

How can you say that, and then...

Baby, I can't do
what I do all day

and then come home
and act like I just

worked eight hours in a bank.

It's a stinking sewer out there!

And by the end of my watch, I
am so keyed up, I'm so wound...

I just got to unwind.

And you can't unwind
with me anymore.

Is that it?

I don't know.

I just don't know.

I don't know either, Brad.

How are we gonna make it?

Cathy, it would kill me
if anything happened to us?

I love you.

I love you very much.

I love you too, Brad.

Even though all these
women have a lot in common,

we still keep coming back to
the one thing we're missing.

There's a key.

We just haven't found it yet.

Well, you're just gonna
have to re-interview

all the victims, then.

There must be something
you're missing here!

Any idea when he'll strike next?

It's hard to say.

If he sticks to
his schedule, he'll

hit in three to seven days.

Now, this Lisa Cartwright,
where's her statement?

It's not in here.

She's still in the hospital.

We haven't been allowed
to speak with her yet.

I'm not gonna accept that!

You've gotta talk to her,
and you've gotta do it quick.

Now, come on!
Let's get on this thing!

L56.

L56, code one.

This is L56.

Go ahead.

L56, William 90

requests McCall Report to
Commander Cain's office.

Code two.

Great.

L56, roger, Dispatch.

What that all about?

Judge Unger.

Who else?

I knew he'd be a
big pain in the...

Testing one, two.

Testing, testing one, two.

Carl, set up your
camera over by the door.

Come on, guys.

Let's get these lights
unpacked right away.

Looks like you're in
for a bumpy road, huh?

Good luck.

Commander.

Sit down, Sergeant.

You wrote this teletype?

Well, if that's about
Bigfoot, yes, sir, I did.

You are not to use slang
names about this suspect

or any other suspect!

Don't you people follow any of
the policies of this division?

Sergeant, before you decided
to link a series of eight rapes

with a homicide
case, did you have

this reviewed for approval?

I felt it necessary to
get that information out

as soon as possible, sir.

Did you have this
reviewed or not?

No, sir.

I did not.

I've written dozens
of teletypes that

have gone out without approval.

Every detective has.

There wasn't anyone around
last night to approve that when

I was finished typing it out.

I am not talking about other
detectives or other teletypes.

I am talking about this piece
of inflammatory guesswork

that brought that crowd
of reporters down on us.

Guesswork?

Do you have any hard evidence
that proves the man that you

call "Bigfoot," who
committed a series of rapes,

committed yesterday's murder?

The MO is the same, and
the dead woman matches

the rape victim profile.

Oh.

So based on
inconclusive evidence,

and without supervisor
approval, you

decided to announce that we
have a homicidal serial rapist

running loose?

I don't think that the
evidence is inconclusive.

I'm willing to
defend my position.

You're gonna have that chance.

Those reporters downstairs,
they're all yours.

Yes, sir.

By the way, Sergeant, knowing
your arrest of Judge Unger

would generate a good
deal of controversy,

I reviewed your report.

Strikes me that there's
possible entrapment here.

Might be best for all if
you dropped the charges.

Entrapment based on what?

Based on obvious
weaknesses in the arrest!

Sergeant, I'm giving
you the opportunity

to reconsider your actions.

I'll rely on your judgment, sir.

When I'm almost out the
door, Cain brings up Unger.

He wants me to drop the charges.

He didn't give a damn about
the teletype violation.

This whole thing was a
charade raid for Unger.

Guy was trying to intimidate
me the whole time.

Well, what did Charlie
have to say about it?

He didn't say anything.

Nothing.

He just stood there
and let me take it.

Well, I'm sure he
had a reason for that.

Yeah, I'd like
to know what it is.

He doesn't even
like Commander Cain.

What are you doing sitting down?

You got a whole roomful
of reporters to talk to.

- Wish me luck.
- Good luck.

Make my dreams come true.

Lloyd, what are you doing home?

Uh, decided I'd
come home for lunch.

Uh, I'm only working till
10:00, but don't forget to...

Pick up something
on the way home?

Sure, no problem.

Wish I didn't have to leave.

Bye.

Bye, Clare.

Responsible
for the rape homicide

that occurred last night.

Sergeant, what evidence

do you have that
links this murder

to the eight previous rapes?

Well, I really
can't comment on that.

To give information as
to the modus operandi

could lead to possible false
confessions or copycat crimes.

Do you have any firm
leads at this time?

Sex Crimes and
homicide detectives

are actively pursuing
a number of leads.

Dee Dee McCall, I know you.

Isn't it unusual for a serial

criminal to change
his MO, in this case

to kill his 9th victim?

I can't comment on that.

Hunter, there's a Stacey
Tyler on the phone for you.

Hello, Stacey?

Hello?

Hey, Gareth, no
one's on this line.

She was really scared too.

She was almost hysterical.

The line's open.

Trace it.

Keep this one off the hook, huh?

Is it true that you have

pinpointed to
within a day or two

when Bigfoot will strike next?

No, not that closely.

The time has grown progressively
shorter, yes, but...

Yeah, I know you, McCall.

These calculations

are based on statistical
probabilities

and therefore inaccurate.

Looking for a
Stacey Tyler's room.

She split.

Where'd she go?

How the hell should I know?

I'm not her pimp.

You wanna go downtown
and talk about this, huh?

Hey.

Look, some dude came by
a couple of hours ago,

looking for Stacey.

She came down those stairs
and took one look at him

and took off.

I ain't seen either
of 'em since.

Come on, man, get off my ear!

What did this dude look like?

Ugly white cat with...

With pockmarks all over...

Yeah, yeah, with
them things, huh?

Now, did Stacey
have a girlfriend,

maybe a girl about her own age.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What was her name?

Um, Debbie.

And I ain't seen her in a week.

This is Lincoln 56,
requesting a warrant

on a missing juvenile.

Tyler, Stacey, female,
Caucasian, 16 years of age,

5'2, 100 pounds.

Known to frequent the areas
of La Brea and Fenton.

Subject wanted for our
investigation of a 187.

If located, hold and
notify Homicide, please.

Dee Dee, you were great!

Yeah, right.

No, really.

We were watching on the TV
in the Captain's office.

Don't even mention
the Captain to me.

That guy's on my
non-person list.

Oh.

Well, you can tell me
all about it on the way

to see Lisa Cartwright.

Hospital released
her an hour ago.

Really?

What's wrong?

I made a quality
arrest yesterday,

and I have a feeling it's
all starting to come apart.

See that man just
walked through here?

Sure did.
Who is he?

Lieutenant Pfeiffer
from Hollywood Vice.

When he comes back down,
tell him I'm at Rex's.

I wanna see him right away.

You got it.

I left a message
for you to call.

You didn't have to come all
the way over here, Lieutenant.

You called about one of our
arrests yesterday, Commander.

I figured it's
about Judge Unger,

and that's not something I
wanna talk about over the phone.

As a matter of fact, it
does concern Unger's arrest.

Please, sit down.

I can assure you,
it's a good arrest, sir.

I'm afraid I can't
agree with you.

I've reviewed the case.

It looks like marginal
entrapment to me.

I know the case law on
entrapment inside out,

Commander.

I can assure you we're
on solid ground here.

Lieutenant, I did not call
you to open up a debate.

I have read the report.

And as supervisor of
the arresting officer,

I would like the charges
dropped and the 5-10 release

signed off.

I can't do that.

Lieutenant, Section D67 of
the manual Arrest, Detention,

and Criminal Complaints
clearly gives me the authority

to order the charges dropped.

The fact that you are
not familiar with it

does not excuse you
for what borders

on serious insubordination.

You discuss this
with Sergeant McCall?

Yes, I have?

All right, Commander.

You can sign the 5-10 release.

It'll be on your
desk within the hour.

Yes, Commander?

Get me the District Attorney.

Heya, Charlie boy.

How's the high blood pressure?

Oh, not good.

Sit down.

Thanks for coming.

Freddie, another cup
of coffee down here.

Make it black.

Well, we both know
this place hasn't

served a good cup of
coffee in 20 years,

so what are we doing here?

That visit you made
to Cain's office,

that's about the Unger
arrest, isn't it?

Yeah.

He told me to let the
good judge off the hook.

And?

I told him, no.

Said it was a quality arrest.

Then he quotes me some
obscure manual article

and threatens me
with insubordination.

I'll send him the 5-10.

He wants to let the
guy off the hook,

he's gonna have to
sign it himself.

Charlie, this
whole thing stinks.

And the DA is in
it up to his neck.

Sent one of his
boys over yesterday

to pick up McCall's tape.

Asked me if there
were any other copies.

So I made one, just
in case something

happens to the original.

I'll send it to you.

What have you got on your mind?

Cain.

He's an embarrassment to every
decent cop in the department.

I just wanted to see
where you stood on him.

You told me.

You be careful, Charlie.

You take this to the
IA, it doesn't stick,

Cain's gonna come after you.

I was in his
office this morning.

He ordered McCall to
knowingly disregard

the facts of this case.

And all to do a cheap
political favor for the DA.

Well, it's not so cheap.

Unger is the Governor's
father-in-law.

Cain is unfit for command.

And I'm gonna nail him.

Miss Cartwright,
I'm Sergeant O'Hearn.

This is Sergeant McCall.

Talk fast, Sergeant.

I'm leaving.

Where are you going?

Sacramento.

My sister lives there.

Could we ask you a few
questions before you leave?

Nope.

Please, Lisa.

We just need to find out some...

Hey, I saw you on television.

Someone had to die before
you people would do

something about a rapist, huh?

We're not gonna let it happen
again, but we need your help.

Oh, it's going to happen again.

And you guys are no closer
to finding that creep

than you were three months ago.

That's why I'm leaving.

The last thing he said
to me was, he'd be back.

Well, I won't be
here waiting for him.

I know how you feel.

Oh, yeah?

You know what it's like
to be tied up and gagged

and raped in your own house?

Yeah, I do.

Same thing happened to me
less than three years ago.

Well, then maybe you
do understand how I feel.

I bought this house
six months ago.

And now I'm selling it.

It's gone.

Being in there
scares me to death.

It's not my house anymore.

He took it from me.

We're gonna get this guy.

Oh, yeah?

Well, good luck.

Lisa.

Goodbye.

I don't mean to pry or
anything, but was that true,

what you said back there
to Lisa about being raped?

Yeah.

Guy was a diplomat.

I was questioning him on
a case we were working on.

Guy found out where I lived.

He showed up one day, wanted
me to go out with him.

I said no.

He attacked me and he raped me.

He had diplomatic
immunity, and nobody

did a damn thing about it.

My God.

I did the same thing Lisa did.

I sold my house to the first
people who made an offer.

Hey, what did she say?

What did she say?

She said that, uh, she bought
her house six months ago?

Uh-huh.

So how many of the other victims

do you think bought their homes
within the last six months?

I don't know, kid,
but let's find out.

Uh-huh.

You sure?

Where have you been?

It's a long story.

Yeah, thank you.

Damn, I thought we had it.

All nine victims bought their
homes within the last year.

If they had the same realtor,
that would be our missing link.

The guy would have the
key to all their homes!

No luck, huh?

No.

All nine sales were made
by nine different realtors.

McCall.

I saw you on television today.

You're very beautiful.

Thank you.

Who's speaking?

I'm the man you're looking for.

Really?

Put a trace on line six.

Well, it sounds to me like...

Like you might be teasing.

I've been known to
do a little teasing.

OK.

Well, if you are the
man I'm looking for,

then where can I find you?

I'm closer than
you think, Dee Dee.

Yeah?

Like where?

You'll find out soon enough.

Really?

Well, I'll tell you what.

I'd really like to meet you.

I bet you would.

He hung up.

What have you got?

Run it by me again.

Yup.

Thanks.

This guy's calling
from your house.

Zebra 20, cover the back.

McCall and I'll cover the front.

Go to code two.

Roger, L56.

Brad, you in?

We're in.

All clear up here.

He's gone.

Nothing looks disturbed.

You smell that cologne?

Yes, and I've smelled it before.

That's Bigfoot.

He was here.

Brad, put out a code four.

Get rid of the Air Force.

Maybe we can turn this
thing around on Bigfoot.

Turn it around?

Well, he doesn't know that
we know he called from here.

Maybe he'll be back.