Hunter (1984–1991): Season 7, Episode 16 - Room Service - full transcript

Cairo, Tel Aviv,
Hong Kong, London,

New York, now Los Angeles.

Hmm.

It sounds like you travelled
almost everywhere in the world.

I have.

In all my travels I've never met
a woman as beautiful as you.

You know it's funny,
even though we just met,

I feel like I've known
you a long time.

Another round?

Two more.

No.



Nothing for me.

Can we have the check please?

Yes, sir.

You know I'm having
such a wonderful time,

I'd like to continue
the evening.

Would you like to
go somewhere else?

Why don't we go my room
and order drinks from there?

Your room looks
exactly like mine.

With one big exception,
my room has you in it.

You're gonna have to give
me a minute to freshen up.

One minute.

It's a beautiful night.

Come on, let's
have it, the wallet.

What is this?



Paula.

The money, I said the money.

Please, let me stand up.

His money's in
his left coat pocket.

Tough luck, sucker.

So how does Allison like it?

Oh she likes it just fine.

It's just that it's a tough
school It's very competitive

and I don't know if that's
good for a kid her age.

How is she doing in relationship

to the other kids in the class?

Well, she's a good student.

Her best subjects are
reading and spelling.

Her strongest
subject is writing.

She's not very good at math.

Well that's OK, I wasn't very
good in math at her age either.

In fact, I'm not very
good in math now.

You are gonna pay
the check though, right?

Yeah, but I'll have to
ask the bill up for me.

So it's a long day
for her, isn't it?

Yes.

She's up at six, she has
to be on the bus by seven.

She get's home around 4:30
and I let her play for an hour.

She has dinner, does her
homework and goes to bed.

So what you're saying
is, uh, you miss her?

Yeah, I do.

Yeah, she's growing up so fast.

She's not my
little girl anymore.

Well I like your outfit
very much this evening.

Thank you.

I also like the way you look.

Sergeant Hunter?

You have a telephone call.

Excuse me.

The female suspect brings
a man back to her room.

Then her male accomplice
comes out and pulls the robberies.

They hit two places tonight.

The first one's over
at the airport lodge.

It was an Egyptian tourist.

They beat him up pretty
good but he survived.

This guy, I think fought
back and, he didn't.

His name is Lawrence Rossi,
he's from Cleveland, Ohio.

Flew in this afternoon.

Maid found the body.

Looks like he fell
during the fight,

I guess, and struck
the back of his head.

He's got a big knot there.

Now is metro handling
this investigation, Charlie?

No, we're not
going to handle it,

but we're going to give all
the support we can to vice.

Chris.

Al, hi.

What are you doing here?

From what I understand
we're providing

support for vice on this one.

Well, Al Novak's gonna
handle it from the vice end.

Make sure that he
gets all the metro

officers that he needs, OK?

For you I got something special.

Remember our old friend,
Jackie "the Eel" Doyle.

Yeah, I put him
away two years ago.

He escaped from Chino mens.

On his way to LA supposedly.

He's all yours.

Now look, the hotel
managers around the airport

are really upset about
these muggings, so let's

get on it, huh?

I'll see you tomorrow.

How you doing, Hunter?

Real good, Al.

How about yourself?

Oh, hey, never better.

So, it's like you two were on
the town for the evening, huh?

Nice outfit, Chris.

So what's the deal here?

You two seeing each
other again, huh?

Yep.

Now you both
talk about the case.

I think that would be the
best thing to do right now, Al.

Oh, sure, Chris, yeah sure.

I just think you can
do a lot better, that's all.

You know something, Al.

OK, stop it.

Both of you stop.

The case, please?

OK.

So, what lead would
you like me to follow now?

Why don't you check into
the deceased background.

His family, employment
record, et cetera.

I'm sure you can
handle that, right?

Certainly.

OK, good.

Stick to the job.

I'll see you later.

Good night, Chris.

I'll want to tell you
something, Hunter.

I've been involved in this
investigation from the getgo.

So don't try and take
the case away from me,

and don't go off on your own.

Just give me the support
Devane promised me,

and you stay out of my way.

Excuse me.

Larry Rossi headed
up our Cleveland office

and, uh, there's just no
replacing a man like him.

We heard about the circumstances

surrounding his death.

That he was discovered
in a woman's hotel room.

Does the news really
need to know about this?

Well I'm afraid they already do.

See Larry Rossi was
one of my best friends.

His wife, she'll just
be crushed by this.

Must be something we could
do to sort of, keep things quiet.

Afraid we can't
help you with that.

Oh, that's, that's
a terrible shame.

Because Larry
Rossi was not the kind

of man to chase
around on his wife.

Well I guess he just took picked

the wrong woman to
break form with, huh?

Excuse me, but if
you had known Larry

Rossi I don't think
you'd say that.

Well Mr. Abbott, I don't
he meant anything by it,

believe me.

Nevertheless we're
asking our board of directors

to establish a
reward for the capture

of Larry's killer, $50,000.

Mr. Olsen that'll help
out a lot, thank you.

Well Larry, uh,
Larry was family to us

and we want his killer just
as much as you guys do.

Hi, Alice Doyle?

Yes?

I'm Sergeant Chris Novak, LAPD.

I'm looking for your son.

Oh, yeah, I heard he
escaped yesterday.

The boy's been nothing
but trouble since he was 13.

Yeah, do you have any
idea where he might be?

He doesn't have
many friends, never did.

No one would put up
with him for very long.

Does he still keep in
touch with Spence Martin?

Why do you ask?

They were partners,
weren't they?

I don't know.

You like boxing, Mrs. Doyle.

I love sports.

I watch 24 hours
a day with cable.

Helps pass the time.

Jack used to box, didn't he?

A long time ago, but
he wasn't very good at it.

Well I won't keep
you any longer.

I would appreciate,
though, if you'd

give me call if you hear
anything from Jack?

Oh, uh, I'll do that.

But I, I don't think he'll
be showing up here.

Thank you.

Yes, this could be them.

She was a blonde,
beautiful blonde.

But not very nice.

Her boyfriend was even worse.

So you'd recognize either
one them again if you saw them.

Yes.

I have a very good
memory for faces.

Well that's good.

When you feel better we'd
like you to come downtown,

look at a lineup perhaps.

Yes.

But you'll have to
catch them soon.

I return home in three days.

Well, we'll do that.

Mr. Farid, thanks for
your time, appreciate it.

Feel better.

Thank you.

Yeah, the desk clerk says
red hair, now Farid says blonde.

So the girl's a quick
change artist, what can I say.

Yeah, also, why would our hitter

suddenly kill one
of his victims?

Come on, Hunter.

It was bound to
happen sooner or later.

Maybe there's two
mugging teams at work here.

What?

What you talking about?

A copycat?

Sure. Come on.

Afraid you're wrong.

I've had this case
wired from the top.

It's the same
woman in all cases,

blonde, redhead, brunette.

Rossi was not
killed by a copycat.

I know the perp's M.O.

Yeah, well I think it
might be a copycat.

Oh, that's right, you're the
expert in blondes, aren't you?

Let's roll.

Hold it Doyle, police!

I'll go around and
cut him off in the alley.

This is R30 Charles to 114.

R30 go.

I need an air unit
in the neighborhood

of 4505 Morris Street.

White male suspect,
running on foot, northbound.

What are you doing here?

I read the newspaper
this afternoon.

Well congratulations.

I mean about Larry
Rossi of Unified

Manufacturing being killed.

What about it?

He was killed in the same
room you had me check into.

Wasn't me you wanted last night.

You stayed in that room
after I left and you killed him.

Didn't you?

You know for a hooker you
have a very vivid imagination.

I may be a lot of things,
but I'm not a murderer.

You put me in the
middle of something

I didn't want to be involved in.

The police will
be looking for me.

I didn't bargain
on a murder rap.

Take it easy.

I'm not taking anything easy.

I'm going to the cops.

Will you wait a minute, please?

Come here.

Come on.

I can make it up to you, really.

Rick.

How are things going
between you and Al?

Oh, you know, when
you get to know him

he's really a sweetheart.

Look, I feel really
bad about this.

You feel bad?

Think of poor Al, how
tormented he is, working with me.

Well, I'm just glad you're
being patient with him.

Oh, yeah.

He really is a good person.

I'm sure he is, Chris.

It's just that his
feelings are still hurt.

His feelings are still hurt.

I just don't want
you two to fight.

Chris, we're just
two men doing what

two men do in a
situation like this.

Listen to this.

Ocean waves break
below your room,

in a carpet of sea
foam and mist.

Indeed, the Carmel Sea
Lodge is a vacation paradise.

What are the rates?

$400 a night.

Isn't any a little less
expensive for a change?

First class, kiddo.

That's what we
promised ourselves.

I don't care what class it is.

I think we better
get the hell out of LA.

What is the rush?

We got a good thing going here.

A couple more jobs and
we can live it up for a week,

in hello, San Francisco.

No.

No, it was a couple
more jobs last week.

It's going to catch up with us.

How?

How is it gonna
catch up with us?

Half the guys we hit
are afraid their wives will

find out they're fooling around.

They don't even call the cops.

Scott, a man's been killed!

The police think we did it.

We're pushing our luck.

I told you before, luck
has got nothing to do with it.

A lush 18 hole golf
course beckons.

An Olympic size, heated
swimming pool all year round.

This is our kind of place.

We deserve to stay here.

Who says?

Us, Scott?

Who says we
deserve to stay there?

Well, there's a
golden book in heaven,

that's got our
names written in it.

You do this for me,
just one more time.

Al, I hate to tell
you this, but I

don't think you're gonna be able
keep four teams on the stakeout

forever.

Yeah?

Well, they'll hit
again, you'll see.

I know the type, they're greedy.

They're like, uh, ants
all over a sugar cube,

never leave it alone.

Uh huh.

Yeah, could I please have
a tall soda with some lime?

Thanks a lot.

Rossi's death may have
changed them a little bit.

Well, as long as there
are idiots like Rossi around,

our perps will still
be in business.

It's guys like him that
jump under the sheets

with some bimbo
the second they leave

home deserve what they get.

Mrs. Rossi may not
agree with you on that.

In all these years I was married

to Chris, never
fooled around once.

Not once.

Believe me there
were opportunities.

It's strictly a
matter of choice.

Of course, I guess
a single guy like you

doesn't understand that.

Well, well, well,
look at that, hooker.

Not a hooker, Al.

What's wrong with you?

I'm telling you,
it's not a hooker.

Hey, hey, believe me.

It's a hooker, I know
one when I see one.

Gonna give her a little.

Al, you're making
a very big mistake.

Hi.

Hello.

Mind if I join you for a drink?

Sure, go ahead.

Name's Al, what's yours?

Judy.

So uh, where you from, Al?

Philadelphia.

I'm here on business,
sell video equipment.

How about you?

Well, uh, a client was
supposed to meet me here.

Apparently they forgot
about the appointment.

Oh, I see.

Well, you see I
have the weekend off,

so uh, maybe we should
get to know each other.

Wait, wait.

You want me to what?

See I'll get room and you
just bring the equipment.

Oh.

You know I have a better idea.

What's that?

How 'bout I bust
you for solicitation

What are you a cop?

Yeah.

Hi Andrea.

Hunter.

You know her?

What are you doing down here?

I'm at an idiot convention.

How you been?

Fine.

Now listen, if this
guy tries to tell you

he's a police officer,
don't listen to him.

Hey, knock it off, Hunter.

You don't have to
be afraid of anything,

he'll never know you told me.

I know where you're coming from.

I don't need the grief.

Well, from what I've
heard, Spence Martin's

given you plenty
of grief already.

The bastard broke
my jaw last year.

Pop me in the face,
walked out and left me flat.

Should of called the cops then.

Yeah, well see, you owe him one.

Ginny.

Tell me the truth, where
was Spence Martin the night

Jack Doyle held
up that gas station?

Ginny.

He threatened to kill me once.

I believe him.

We'll take care of that.

Where was he the
night of the robbery?

I told the police that
Spence was with me.

But he was driving the
getaway car for Jack Doyle.

That's why the money
disappeared, Spence hid it.

Where?

Come on, if I knew that, do
you think I'd working here?

Where does Spence
keep himself these days?

He still thinks he's a boxer.

Works out regular in
a gym over in Peco.

Thank you.

Don't worry.

So, Mr. Knowitall,
how about her, huh?

President of the PTA, looking
for the school dance committee?

Hey, Al, you're the
expert on the hookers,

you've already established that.

But if you have any
doubts, why don't you

go to bar and
troll a little bit?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

What's your name?

Al.

Al Novak.

What's yours?

Paula.

So what do you do, Al?

Sell heavy equipment.

Heavy equipment?

Yeah.

I see.

Where you from?

Philadelphia.

Oh.

Well do handsome
men from Philadelphia

like to buy ladies drinks?

You bet.

Bartender, let's have
a refill on this please.

Open your purse.

Wait a minute.

How'd you like to
double that ten grand?

Double it?

Yeah, I'd like you to help
me out one more time.

What are you,
some kind of psycho?

You like killing people?

Tomorrow night at the
Arlington hotel out by the airport.

Come on, it's an hour
of your time for ten grand.

Well, my wife would kill me
if she found me in your room.

Well let's make tonight
our special secret.

I want you, Al.

Let me freshen a bit, huh?

Sure, honey.

Well that sure
didn't take you long.

You're busted, pal.

Hold it right there!

Don't even move!

Up against the
wall or you're dead.

You all right, Al?

I'm better than all
right, I'm ecstatic.

Gentlemen, if you'll
turn to your left, please.

Turn to the front, please.

That's him, over there.

The second one from the right?

Yes.

OK, Bryan, thanks very much.

Thank you very much, Mr. Farid.

I'm gonna have office
Dorsey take a written statement

from you before you
return home to Egypt.

Just make sure Nichols
goes right back to lockup.

You got it.

Tell me, what was the
woman's real name?

Paula Allen.

I hope when she
gets out of prison

she's not so beautiful as now.

Oh, she's going in for murder.

She's gonna be a very
old lady when she gets out.

Ah, Mr. Farid,
thanks for coming by.

Appreciate your time,
have a good trip home.

I will, sergeant.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well what you mean murder, Al?

Going to the DEA tomorrow
morning I'm asking him

I want to run 'em
on murder charges.

Both of them.

Al, this guy and Paula
Allen did not kill Larry Rossi.

Come on. Well,
well, wait a minute.

Come on, there was only a
half hour between the two crimes.

There wasn't enough time.

There's plenty of time.

You know what your problem is?

You can't deal with the
fact that I solved this one.

What about the wigs?

So she had another
one we haven't found.

We'll get it.

See I did all the footwork
and bagged a killer,

and you can't handle it.

I'm not letting you
step all over my arrest.

I'm going to the DEA, I'm
getting a murder conviction

of this, whether
you like it or not.

Al, we don't have the
evidence to support your claim.

Allen and Nichols
pulled all the jobs

and they did the killing.

I know we got enough to
get a murder conviction.

You're wrong on this, Al.

Yeah, well don't worry about it.

I won't tell anybody
you worked on the case.

Hello?

Are you ready for tonight?

Yeah.

What's the guy's name?

His name's Doug Roberts.

Um, he's in from Vancouver.

Now, look, you just
check into the hotel.

Use the name, Janice Ames.

Doug will give you
a call around eight.

All you have to do is keep
him busy until I get there.

Listen, uh, I don't want to
be there when you know,

you do what you do.

Look, its' gonna go just
as smooth as last time.

You're not getting
cold feet on me, are ya?

I'll be there.

But I don't want to
talk about it anymore.

Goodbye.

OK, goodbye.

Hey.

What are you still doing here?

I thought you and Al Novak
would be down talking to the DA

by now?

Well, look, uh,
I think, uh, Al's

making a very stupid
mistake, Charlie.

What's the problem?

Well look, at hotel
number one, Mr. Farid

was mugged at 9:35
in the evening, right?

At hotel number two,
Rossi was killed at 10 o'clock

in the evening.

Now Alan and Nichols
had plenty of time

to get from hotel to hotel, but
they didn't have enough time

to go up and actually
commit the crime.

Yeah I see your point.

The DA would probably
just laugh at you.

I've been trying
to tell Al that.

Al's a pretty good cop,
how do you figure this?

Well, he's got a problem
with me, or I mean

You mean you and Chris?

Yeah.

So what are you gonna do?

Well, I'll eventually take
to Rossi's employers,

but first I'm going
to call Mrs.Rossi.

Well good luck.

Yeah, I'll need it.

Thanks.

Spence Martin?

Yeah?

What is it?

Sargeant Novak, LAPD.

I'd like to talk to you about
a friend of yours, Jack Doyle.

Go ahead and talk.

I got nothing to say.

You sure about that?

Sure as I'm standing here.

I'm taking you
downtown for questioning.

You're taking me in?

That's right?

And, uh, you're
here all by yourself?

Dorsey.

Al, what's up?

Want to talk to you.

Yeah?

Where you been?

Went over to see Mr. Olsen.

Oh, so you've been
going behind my back.

Look, Al, we both have an
awful lot of work to do on this case

so why don't we
just get to it, OK?

If you'll excuse me.

I suppose you know the
DA wouldn't take my story?

No, I didn't know that.

All right.

What'd you do, go
behind my back to him too?

Look, you scenario doesn't
make sense on this case.

Now that's not my
opinion, that's a fact.

Oh you're so smooth, Hunter.

I suppose that's
the same quality

that Chris saw in you, huh?

OK, Al.

Come on, let me have of it.

No, no, no, I saw how you
moved in on her, swarmed all over,

consoled her in
her time of need.

Let me tell you something,
your marriage was over when I

No, no, no, you're the reason
my marriage ended, pal.

Hey, be careful here.

Oh, what's wrong, Hunter?

Truth hurts, doesn't it, uh?

Probably used my bed the
first time you nailed, did ya?

Knock it off!

Knock it off the both of ya.

Hunter!

Novak!

In my office right
now, let's go.

We all finished now?

I want your words
that from now on

you'll find a way
to work together.

I can't believe you
actually hit him.

You can't?

No I can't.

Well I feel happy for Al.

Happy?

Yeah, the guy's wanted
to pick a fight with me

for the last two years.

He finally did it.

I feel happy for him.

He's jealous because we're
dating each other, that's all.

Oh, Chris, he still
thinks he owns you.

Al thinks he owns everything.

That's one of the
reasons I divorced the guy.

Well good, sit Al down in
the chair and tell him the facts.

Preferably out in
the field somewhere.

Look, tell him you're
a woman who's

decided to do as she pleases.

Right, and now you've decided
to see me, up until this point

anyway.

I can't talk to Al.

You can't talk to Al?

Good.

Well, look, Chris, I know
you're in a tough spot.

So am I. And it
is apparent to me

it is not my responsibility
to talk to Al Novak.

It is yours and I wish
you would do it, quickly.

I got a of things to do.

What are you dragging
me down here for.

Come on in, Al, I want
to show you something.

Ossie, want to fill him in?

The deceased was
Joy Daniels, age 26,

105 lbs, 5'7, brown
eyes, red hair.

Her hair matches the red hair we
found in Lawrence Rossi's room.

I won't be absolutely
positive 'til we run a DNA test,

but I think there's a better
than excellent chance Ms.

Daniels was in Rossi's
room the night he was killed.

Hunter.

What's you theory?

Larry Rossi found out
Olsen was skimming

money from his own company.

So, Olsen hired Joey Daniels
to set him up in a hotel room.

The two cases were
never related, Al.

Yeah, well, if that's true,
uh, what do we do now?

Well I don't know
about you, but I

think we ought to go over
Joy Daniel's apartment

and shake it down.

Hunter.

You told Chris to
talk to me, didn't ya?

Yeah, I did.

She reamed me pretty good.

She told me I was
acting like a jerk.

Actually said that, uh, you
and I were both acting like jerks.

Yeah, so what happened?

Nothing.

I didn't want to listen
to that stuff so I split.

Al, you're making
a big mistake here.

I think you ought to sit
down and talk to Chris again.

This time listen to her.

Don't forget you have
Allison to consider.

I told you, I don't know
nothing about any robbery

or where Jack Doyle is.

If were involved in the robbery,

you're going up for
at least five years.

Jack is crazy.

If I sell him out,
he'll come after me.

When I nail Jack, I'll offer him

the deal if he incriminates you.

He wouldn't do that.

He wouldn't?

Not even if I told him you were
spending the robbery money

he told you to hide?

I haven't spend a cent of it!

Your life is slipping
away, Martin.

It's Jack Doyle or us.

Who do you trust more?

OK, why don't you
start in the bathroom

and I'll start in the kitchen.

Hey, take a look at this.

I've been up all night,
going over the books.

There's $3 million of
this corporation's missing

and I think you
know where it is.

It wasn't me.

It was Larry Rossi.

He'd been double
billing clients and sucking

money out of the
company for years.

Cut the crap, Bob.

I know it was you.

What were you
trying to set me up?

Yeah, you boot me out as
CEO, then you take my job

and keep the money?

Is that how it works?

Hank, this whole thing's
really gotten to you, hasn't it?

What's gotten to me is you.

You know, I think
you killed Larry Rossi.

And I think it's high
time police know about it.

Well all that's going to
buy you is trouble, friend.

What it's gonna
buy you, is a trip

to the jail for embezzlement
and probably murder.

No, what that's going to
do is drag this company

through the mud, and then
your career will be finished.

Then those stock options
you have won't be worth a cent.

You think I'm just going to
let you walk away from this?

Well, I expect you to look
out for yourself first, Hank.

If that includes giving me
time to hop on an airplane

and disappear,
yeah, you'll do it.

You're just pretty damn
sure of yourself, aren't ya?

Well, you taught me everything I

know about corporate
survival, Hank.

So what do you say, chief,
how do you want to play it?

Any sign of him, Dorsey?

Not yet, Sargeant.

How about you, Righetti?

Negative.

Hold on, there's a car head
toward Martin right now.

Hold your positions
until I say go.

Good to see you, Jack.

I got your message.

Climb in, let's get the money.

Uh, maybe we take my car?

Forget it.

Last time I let you
drive I got busted.

That's the signal, move in.

Hold it, Doyle!

He's coming your way.

This is R30 Charles
to 114, shots were fired,

an officer is down.

Send an RA unit to our
location, 796 Taft Avenue.

That $10,000 is
part of the money

you stole from your
company, Mr. Abbott.

I'm sorry, I don't understand
what you're talking about.

Oh, sure you do.

Our lab found your
prints all over it.

Yeah we found that money
in Joy Daniel's apartment.

That's the $10,000 you gave
her to help set up Larry Rossi.

Listen, I can
explain all of this.

Well, It's Henry Olsen.

He's trying to frame me.

We're arresting you for
the murder of Larry Rossi.

I hope you got a good attorney.

I'll take that.

Read him his rights.

You have the right
to remain silent.

If you give up the right to
remain silent, anything you say

can and will be used
against you in a court of law.

You have the right to
speak with an attorney,

and have him be
present for questioning.

You did a great job on
this case, it was a pleasure.

Thank you captain.

Just going to say
this once, Hunter.

Nice job on the case.

Thank Al.

Uh, one more thing, what
you said to me in the morgue

made sense.

Maybe I need to have
a long talk with Chris.

It's not going to
make me like what

happened between the two of you.

I understand.

You're a good cop, Hunter.

But I don't thing I want
to work with you again.

Got it?

Got it.

See ya, Al.

Hope not.

What was that all about?

Oh, with Al?

Eh, ebbing hormones.

No, I think it's a case of
two grown men doing what

two grown men need to
do in a situation like this.