Hunter (1984–1991): Season 7, Episode 2 - Deadly Encounters: Part 2 - full transcript
Hunter teams with two Metro officers, one of whom is a former adversary, to locate the missing profits of a murdered black-marketeer.
Previously on Hunter.
-Call me Mirov.
I'd like us to be on
a first name basis.
-OK, Mirov.
-Nobody moves, nobody dies!
Open it.
I'll take that.
-You idiot!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
I'm a cop!
-Join the club, so are we.
Metro!
-You ought to learn
how to drive, pal.
-What's your problem?
-You.
You're my problem.
Why do you always
side with them?
-Them?
As in the proverbial them?
Or are we talking about a
particular them, as in Hunter.
-In this particular
case it's Hunter.
-Petra Alexandre?
-Yes?
-I'm Nikolai Janosch.
-Oh, God.
-Do you have any
idea who did this?
-No I don't.
Not yet, but we will.
Did you know your
brother carried gun?
-And his personal effects.
-They had been impounded,
except for the wallet that
was stolen the
day he was killed.
-Let's go inside.
-Still like you eggs
scrambled in the morning.
-Mironoff was bringing
large sums of money
into this country
illegally, his money.
Need to know who
is connection was.
-Brancus.
Illia Brancus.
-Illia Brancus?
-Drop the gun, Brancus, police.
-You have no idea
where Leroy Baines is?
-Didn't you hear her?
He's out.
-No!
No!
No!
No!
And now, part two of Hunter.
-If Sancho had a partner
he could've counted on,
maybe he'd still be alive.
-I warned him about her.
I knew she get
him killed someday.
-I'm so glad you're here.
-We should never
had let her into Metro.
-You won't catch me
with a woman partner.
-What kind of partner is that?
A lousy one.
She wasn't there
when he needed her.
-It wasn't my
fault Michael died.
-He fell in love with you.
That's what got him killed.
-That's a lie!
Ask Conner, he knows.
He knows the truth.
Ask him!
Telling them the truth.
Tell them I didn't
do anything wrong.
Tell them what happened.
Tell them I didn't
do anything wrong.
-You know as well
as I do what you did.
You let your partner down.
You got him killed.
-No.
No, that's not true.
You know that's not true!
Why are you doing this to me?
Why?
-Hey, it's another
hot day in LA.
Highs in the 90s and
talk about that smog.
So if you like
breathing that junk,
rise and shine, because
it's your kind of day.
-Well, whoever killed Saccio
and the Pinder woman's
pretty damn vicious.
This is no ordinary
killer, Charlie.
-I hear Hunter's got a
hunch that somebody
trailing this case.
-He's inside.
Molenski?
I want you to give
Hunter everything you
and Saccio had of the Pinders.
-I briefed him myself,
he's up to speed on things.
-Good.
I'm putting him in charge.
-You can't do that.
This is a metro case.
-Hunter's right
in the middle of it.
He's the best
homicide cop we've got,
and besides, you
need a little distance.
-You think I'm not on top of it?
-I think you need
a few days off.
-I want this case, commander.
I won't be taken off.
-Joanne.
-You can't pull me back now!
-I've made my decision!
-But that's not fair.
-I don't want any arguments.
-Captain, he's got a
lead on Nikolai Janosch.
-1455 Valley Avenue.
Starlight motel, room 218.
Where'd you get this?
-My guys ran Illia
Brancus' phone messages.
It seemed he's been calling
the Starlight Motel ever
since Janosch
checked out of his hotel.
I'm going to need
Molenski on this.
-I just gave her
a little time off
and she can sort things out.
-Well with all due
respect, commander,
she knows too
much to sit around.
I... I'm going to need her.
It might her a lot of good.
-All right.
She's yours.
-Thank you.
You all right?
-Yeah.
Michael always
said a gut feeling
was more accurate
than straight instinct.
This time his
instincts let him down.
You were right about this
case from the beginning.
-It's just a hunch I played.
-I can't sleep nights.
This thing is tearing me apart.
I got to know
who killed Michael.
You know the feeling, don't you?
Not knowing, wondering
if you've done enough,
waiting for something,
anything that makes sense of it.
All because some bastard
decided to pull trigger.
And then Clayton
asks me to, to give it up.
Like I'm not supposed to care.
-Michael Saccio died here.
How can I let go of
something like that?
-You don't have to.
You're working with me now.
-Did you speak to Clayton?
-Just got a lead
on Nikolai Janosch.
You go pick him
up, I'll come along.
-You better believe it.
-Come on.
-Sargent, I have a 3
o'clock flight to Mexico City.
-Oh I know you do.
We're going to have to
go over this again though.
-Whatever you say.
-Now when did you leave Romania?
-Two years ago.
-Two years ago.
Now your brother's been
here five and half years.
He started investing
in LA real estate.
Started buying
small office buildings,
apartments, retail shops.
Where did he get the money?
-My brother did not discuss
his business dealings.
-Hi Captain.
-How's he doing?
-Nothing.
-I never heard of this man.
-Well sure you have.
That's his passport.
You'll notice he's
been making trips,
once a month to Mexico
City for the last two years.
That's where
you're from, isn't it?
Mexico City?
-I thought I left this kind
of police harassment
behind me in Romania.
I may not be a
citizen of your country
but I still have rights.
Pushed you off a building
with $400,000 of your money.
-I don't know what
you're talking about.
If you think that I've
done something illegal,
charge me with a crime.
I don't have to sit here
listening to your threats.
-Honestly we're
looking for a cop killer.
Let me see your hands.
-What?
-Let me see your hands.
You have strong hands.
-Hunter, can I see you a minute?
So what do you want
to do with this guy?
-I'm gonna hold onto
him as long as I can.
-Well we got nothing.
Further more,
you're going to have
to kick him loose
sooner of later.
-Yeah, I know that.
-I understand he's got a 3
o'clock flight to Mexico City.
-He sure does.
I don't see why he can't
miss his flight though.
-You like this guy, huh?
-Yeah I like him a lot, but
uh... nah, kick him loose
and see what happens.
-All right.
Process him out,
have him tailed.
Well see if Mr. Janosch
gets on the flight or not.
-Yes sir.
-I hope we're not making
a mistake letting him loose.
I have an idea we're
going to see this guy again.
Police have made
no arrests in the double
slaying of police officer Michael
Soccio, and 47-year-old
housewife, Dorothy Pinder.
-We never should left her alone.
Especially with that tall
cop snooping around.
-What the hell are we
supposed to do, smart guy?
Just run back there
and blow him away.
We don't even know for
sure if he killed him or not.
-He shot Leroy at the diner.
We saw him at the
house, now ma is dead.
What does that tell you?
-It tells me you got a
piston loose, buddy.
You kill a cop, you got the
whole world on your butt.
-He that don't pay them
back, that hurts his kin,
is no man at all.
-Well we'll worry
about that later.
Right now I'm worried about him.
-Daddy?
-You OK?
-We were married for 27 years.
Dottie was the best
wife a man could ask for.
The best mother two
boys like you could want.
-We know that, pa.
But, we got to go on.
We still got each other.
-Well I suppose so.
There'll never be
another like our Dottie.
I'd like to take a moment to
say a prayer in her memory.
Dear Jesus, we've
taken a terrible blow
and we ask for your mercy.
The mother of my
children is dead
and we don't know
what we'll do without her.
But we pray for your help in
visiting death and destruction
upon those who ended her life.
Let us act as tools
of your retribution,
and help us to kill those
who took our Dottie from us.
In your name, Amen.
Come on, son.
Let's go settle the
score with some cops.
-Right.
OK, yeah.
Thanks.
We appreciate the help.
The tail on Janosch says
he's, uh, taking off on that flight
to Mexico City.
The Mexican police are
going to keep an eye on him.
-That's good.
-If Janosch did
kill Michael he's
going to have to go a lot
farther than Mexico City
to hide.
-How you doing?
-OK, I guess.
-How about dinner, on me?
-Thanks, but I can't.
I got to go pick up a
birthday present for my father.
My family's throwing
a party for him tonight.
-Well good, maybe
that's the best thing
for you to be with your family.
-Yeah, maybe.
Hey, thanks anyway.
See you tomorrow.
-Hey, good news.
Our guy's found something
at the Pinder house.
An order form for Lyle Pinder.
Seems he's been buying
real estate development tapes.
-Weird hobby.
-Yeah.
I've got an address on him
over at, uh, Ventura county line.
I can check it out.
Come on.
I want to take care this now.
Damn.
Damn him.
Why did he have to
go out there alone?
-He was just doing
this job, Joanne.
You said there was some
place you wanted to go.
-It's stuffy in here.
Open up some windows.
-Somebody's been in here.
I'm positive.
-Yeah, it's probably
that tall cop.
-I'm serious, pa.
-This boy's pilot light is out.
-Somebody's been in here.
I know they have.
-But you're following.
-No I did exactly as you said.
-You told the police about
Illia Brancus, didn't you?
And that cost me $400,000!
Never lie to me again.
Tell me the truth!
And do what I say!
You will have
nothing to be afraid of.
Can I trust you?
-Yes.
-My brother kept a great deal
of money in safety deposit boxes
at different banks
in Los Angeles.
I found the box keys
at his apartment.
But the code names for the
bank branches were in his wallet
when it was stolen.
-They you don't know
which banks have the money.
-I will find out soon enough.
-When I do, I will need someone
to forge my brother's name
on the signature cards
at each of branches.
-Don't impersonate your brother.
-He used his first
initial and his last name.
M. Janosch.
The banks won't care
if the signature belongs
to a man or a woman, as
long as it matches their copy.
You are good at
retouching photographs,
can you fake a
signature as well?
-I can try.
-Good.
That's all I ask.
-Hey, Charlie.
-Oh, hi commander.
I heard that you
were looking for me?
-That's right.
Congratulations, you
just made metro, pal.
-When did the
decision come down?
-About an hour ago.
You were hands down,
number one choice.
When can you start?
-Couple of days, I guess.
-I need you there
as of yesterday.
So wrap up your business in
homicide as soon as you can.
-All right, I do what I can.
Has there been an
announcement yet?
-I plan to release a
statement later today.
-Do you think you could
hold it off just a little?
I'd like to talk
to Hunter, I think
he should get this
news from me first.
-OK, but make it soon.
You're going to love the
action in Metro, Charlie.
Let's meet tomorrow
for an orientation.
-Great.
Thanks a lot, Tom.
-Pa, I'm telling you,
someone's been in here.
-I'm tired of listening to this.
We got no food at the house.
Go to that store down on the
main road and get something.
Give him some money, son.
-Why don't you ever call me son?
-Because you're a mistake
me and your ma made.
Now shut up!
I want hamburgers for supper.
Make sure you don't
forget the buns and pickles.
You better go with him
so he don't screw up.
-I can handle it.
-You couldn't handle a broom.
Get out of here.
-Look, I, uh, I didn't mean
to jump all over this morning.
Sorry about that.
-You don't have
to apologize to me.
I understand how
important Soccio was to you.
-He was my best friend.
When I started at metro,
none of the other guys
wanted to work with me,
being a woman and all.
And then along
comes Michael Soccio.
He helped me make a
place for myself at metro.
He was usually so busy
shooting off his mouth people
didn't notice what
a great guy he was.
-Two guys in the red truck.
-21 Charles.
Officer needs help.
Repeat, officer needs help.
Shots fired.
Highway 8, half a
mile west of junction 15.
-We got a guy hiding behind
the water tower with a shotgun.
-I heard about the Pinders.
What happened?
-Nothing good.
Harlan Pinder is dead.
He's the one we needed alive
and these two boys got away.
-I don't know
what it is, we can't
catch a break on this case.
-Commander.
Captain.
Ballistics say the slugs
from Soccio's and Dorothy
Pinder's body came
from a Tokarev.
A weapon manufactured
in Czechoslovakia.
Members of the
Romanian Securitate
were known to carry it.
-Kind of a long way from the
Securitate to Pinder's place,
isn't it?
-Well, not as long
as you might think.
-Now the murders
of the Pinder house
sent us to a prime
suspect, former member
of the Romanian Securitate.
-He's a KGB trained assassin,
suspected in the deaths
of over 300 Romanian dissidents.
He's had pilot training,
he's a crack marksman,
and he's well versed
in the martial arts.
He's also known to use
torture as an interrogation tool.
-I think this is the
guy that jumped
at Mirov Janosch's
apartment, Charlie.
-Two years ago he
disappeared from Romania.
A couple of weeks
later his fingerprints
were found at the murder scene
of a passport forger in Rome.
The gun used in
the Rome killings
is the same one used on
Soccio and Mrs. Pinder.
-Where is he now?
-He's in LA, looking
for something.
-You got a name on this guy?
-His name's Arno
Kudriescu, former third
in command of the
Romanian Securitate.
This is the only photo
Interpol has on him.
-Now I had a sketch
artist make some changes
in this photograph.
And this is what
we came up with.
Nikolai Janosch.
-Well, there are a
couple of bad guys
we won't have to
worry about anymore.
-How you doing, captain.
-Nice shooting.
-Thanks captain.
-Can I see you a minute, Hunter?
-Yeah.
-Look I knows you're up
to eyeballs in this case,
but there's something
I think you ought
to hear from me before
you hear from anyone else.
-Yeah, what's up?
-I'm leaving homicide.
I'm going to take a
captain's slot in metro.
It's something that I've
been thinking about for quite
a while, and guess it's
really just time for me
to make a change.
Believe me, it was
a tough decision.
-Hey look, I guess you got to
do what you got to do, Charlie.
-Well thanks, I appreciate that.
I got a meeting right
now with Clayton,
so, uh, I'll talk to
you before move out.
-Yeah.
-Everything all right?
-Yeah, everything's all right.
-Sergeant Hunter.
Yes.
-This Telex just came in
from Mexico city police.
-Oh, brother.
Thanks very much.
-What is it?
-It seems that
Kudriescu never returned
to his place of residence.
They checked the flight and
found it stopped in San Diego
to take on more passengers.
-Means he's still here?
-Yeah.
-The State Department gave me
everything they had on Janosch.
Strictly sub-Russia.
-Now they know that he's
brother's in Los Angeles,
right?
-No, but they said
if they had, they
would have been able to possibly
trace Janosch's whereabouts
and give the information
to certain of his friends.
His friends being England,
France, Italy, Sweden.
They've all got warrants
out for his arrests
under various
names and identities.
-For what?
-Seems he's the prime
suspect in several assassinations
over the past few years.
-A member of the British foreign
service, killed in Afghanistan.
A Soviet scientist who
defected in Paris four years ago.
A Swedish consulate smuggling
dissonance out of Bulgaria.
The KGB called it janitor work.
Janosch was one
their main cleanup men.
-Why hasn't anybody
gone after him before?
-Well they have.
When he was in Securitate
he was untouchable.
-He's not in Securitate anymore.
-Janosch saw the
revolutionary Romania
coming years before it happened.
He used his power
to loop bank accounts
and property of his victims.
Up until now he's
been able to buy
his safety and his
anonymity, but failing that,
he'll kill anyone
who gets in his way.
So, keep that in mind.
-I will.
-Uh, one more thing.
How sure are you that
Janosch is in this country?
-99% sure.
-Good, because if it was
100% I'd have to notify the FBI
and I'd like to have
this case a little
longer before they step in.
-Yes we would.
Thank you very much.
-That's it.
Only you have the power
to turn your life around.
You're the key to your future.
Only you can make it
happen, and real estate
is the key to your
financial future.
-What the hell are we gonna do?
-Finish what pa wanted done.
Come on.
-Dammit Lyle, how the
hell are we going to do that?
Everything we have
is back at that trailer,
and the cops have
got that covered.
-Now come on, I bet you
they ain't find everything.
What about the stuff that we
got buried beneath the shed.
-There's no way
we go back there.
-Now why not?
Huh?
The cops, they
can't sit on it forever.
And what if they do?
We can take care of them.
That's for damn sure.
-I don't like it.
-Boy, you got to
take risks if you
want to get
anywhere in this world.
You are the key
to your future, boy,
only you can make it happen.
-Um, she's not here.
If you're looking for Petra
Alexander, she's gone.
-Well I'm Sergeant Hunter, LAPD.
This is officer Molenski.
Whom may I ask are you?
-I'm Etta Daniels.
I own this place.
Ms. Alexander
called this morning,
said she wanted out
of lease immediately.
She even left some of her stuff.
-You know where she went?
-No I don't.
Have no idea at all.
But you're welcome
to look around.
Well look, I've got a very weak
soprano section waiting for me
at the church, so if you just
please lock up on your way out.
-Thanks very much, Etta.
Huh, well, looks like she did
take off in a hurry, didn't it?
-OK, let's assume
she's with Janosch.
Next question.
What are they after?
-Well, I have an idea it has
lot to do with the $400,000 that
flew off rooftop
of Illia Brancus.
Which means,
Nikolai Janosch isn't
leaving Los Angeles
until he collects.
-Yeah.
What where is it stashed?
-What'd I tell you
man, not a cop in sight.
-Well let's go inside.
-Don't kill me.
I won't give you no trouble.
-Not if you want to stay alive.
-What do you want, man?
Just tell me what
it is you want?
-The wallet.
-What?
Wallet?
-The wallet you
stole from my brother
when you held up that diner.
-That's it?
You killed my brother for that?
-And your mother and the cop.
-You killed ma?
-Where is the wallet?
-Duane's back pocket.
-Get It.
-You got what you wanted?
Hey man, you
don't have to kill me.
I've got something you want.
Tapes, man.
Real estate tapes.
Changed my life, man.
They'll change yours.
Here you go.
I got plenty more of 'em.
I'm a give him to you.
-Sergeant Hunter.
-What do you got?
-Ballistics match the
slugs in the Pinder brothers
from the ones taken from
Soccio and Dorothy Pinder.
The lab just got
done with these.
Some of the ink
rubbed off enough
to get an impression
off the leather?
This is what Janosch was
after, some kind of code.
-Yeah.
Looks more like bank
account numbers to me.
-Would you fill
this out, please.
Give me the box numbers and
sign your name at the bottom.
Thank you.
Right this way, please.
Are the other two as heavy?
-I believe so.
-Would you like someone to
help you carry them to a booth?
-Yes.
-6-4-7, 2-2-5, 72-78.
-Yes, I'd like to talk
to Ms. Hadley please.
Tell her Sergeant Hunter
from the Los Angeles
police department on the line.
Yes, I will.
Thank you.
How you doing?
-They're checking
branch numbers.
We might have a live one.
-Oh, good.
Yes, Ms. Hadley?
Yeah, this is Sergeant
Hunter, LAPD.
I'd like to run some
numbers by you
to see if they match
any of your branch codes.
-Thanks very much, that's great.
A woman matching Petra
Alexander's description
signed her name as M. Janosch
at the Security Unified Bank
in the valley.
She emptied two deposit boxes.
-Loaded with dough, no doubt.
-You like that, huh?
-Yeah, I do like that.
OK, let's keep checking.
We don't know if
this is the first bank
on the list they
went to or the last.
Right.
-That's all of it.
Satisfied?
-When we get to
Mexico City I will be.
-He hit all five banks?
-11 safety deposit boxes
in less than two hours.
-We're going to have to grab
him before he leaves the country.
-A man fitting Janosch's
description filed a flight plan
in Van Nuys airport
less than an hour ago.
-Hunter.
Nice work on that Janosch case.
How much money
was on the airplane?
-Yeah, thanks Charlie.
We got about $6
million out of it.
Figures there's another 12
wrapped up in LA real estate.
-Ooh, Janosch should have
gone into business with Pinder
instead of killing him.
Come in a second, here.
Can you excuse us a minute
and just close that door for me.
-So you getting moved in, huh?
-Yep.
-How do you like it, Charlie?
-Like it just fine.
Sit down a second.
Listen, you know
Tom Bishop, don't You
-Tom Bishop?
Yeah I heard of him.
-Well you know he just
got bumped up to lieutenant.
-Yeah?
-Which means there's an
open sergeant slot here at metro.
I want you to take it.
-Now wait just a second.
-You got a problem
making a move.
-No, no, I just never gave
it much thought, that's all.
-Well, Hunter, you've been
in homicide a long time.
-And you think I need a
change of venue, right?
-You know what metro's like.
-I know, I've been
there before, Charlie.
-Then you know
that the action is here.
-Yeah, I sure do.
-So, you got a problem
working for me again?
-No, look, you know
that's not the case.
-Then take the job!
Come on!
We have talked about
this a million times.
Things in life change.
Either we change with
them, or we get passed by.
I need you.
-Molenski?
-Hey, how you doing, Sargent?
-Well, I was about to
ask you the same thing.
-Well I thought I'd be feeling
a whole lot better than I do.
Still doesn't bring
Michael back.
-These things take
time, you know.
-By the way, uh, Michael and
I were a whole lot more than,
uh...
-Listen, you don't have
to explain to me one thing.
As far as I can tell, it never
got in the way of your work
and that's what's important.
You're a damn good
police officer, Molenski.
-Thanks.
-I'll be seeing you
around, you know?
-How's that?
-I'm being transferred to metro.
-Well that's great.
As of when?
-As of right now.
-What platoon?
-C platoon.
You don't think you'll have
any problems working with me,
do you?
-No.
Why, what you think we're going
to have some kind of problem?
-Well, let me just say this.
Whenever we do work together,
just understand one thing,
I'll be driving.
-Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
We do have a problem here.
Yeah, it's a big problem.
I think this should
be negotiable.
-Call me Mirov.
I'd like us to be on
a first name basis.
-OK, Mirov.
-Nobody moves, nobody dies!
Open it.
I'll take that.
-You idiot!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
I'm a cop!
-Join the club, so are we.
Metro!
-You ought to learn
how to drive, pal.
-What's your problem?
-You.
You're my problem.
Why do you always
side with them?
-Them?
As in the proverbial them?
Or are we talking about a
particular them, as in Hunter.
-In this particular
case it's Hunter.
-Petra Alexandre?
-Yes?
-I'm Nikolai Janosch.
-Oh, God.
-Do you have any
idea who did this?
-No I don't.
Not yet, but we will.
Did you know your
brother carried gun?
-And his personal effects.
-They had been impounded,
except for the wallet that
was stolen the
day he was killed.
-Let's go inside.
-Still like you eggs
scrambled in the morning.
-Mironoff was bringing
large sums of money
into this country
illegally, his money.
Need to know who
is connection was.
-Brancus.
Illia Brancus.
-Illia Brancus?
-Drop the gun, Brancus, police.
-You have no idea
where Leroy Baines is?
-Didn't you hear her?
He's out.
-No!
No!
No!
No!
And now, part two of Hunter.
-If Sancho had a partner
he could've counted on,
maybe he'd still be alive.
-I warned him about her.
I knew she get
him killed someday.
-I'm so glad you're here.
-We should never
had let her into Metro.
-You won't catch me
with a woman partner.
-What kind of partner is that?
A lousy one.
She wasn't there
when he needed her.
-It wasn't my
fault Michael died.
-He fell in love with you.
That's what got him killed.
-That's a lie!
Ask Conner, he knows.
He knows the truth.
Ask him!
Telling them the truth.
Tell them I didn't
do anything wrong.
Tell them what happened.
Tell them I didn't
do anything wrong.
-You know as well
as I do what you did.
You let your partner down.
You got him killed.
-No.
No, that's not true.
You know that's not true!
Why are you doing this to me?
Why?
-Hey, it's another
hot day in LA.
Highs in the 90s and
talk about that smog.
So if you like
breathing that junk,
rise and shine, because
it's your kind of day.
-Well, whoever killed Saccio
and the Pinder woman's
pretty damn vicious.
This is no ordinary
killer, Charlie.
-I hear Hunter's got a
hunch that somebody
trailing this case.
-He's inside.
Molenski?
I want you to give
Hunter everything you
and Saccio had of the Pinders.
-I briefed him myself,
he's up to speed on things.
-Good.
I'm putting him in charge.
-You can't do that.
This is a metro case.
-Hunter's right
in the middle of it.
He's the best
homicide cop we've got,
and besides, you
need a little distance.
-You think I'm not on top of it?
-I think you need
a few days off.
-I want this case, commander.
I won't be taken off.
-Joanne.
-You can't pull me back now!
-I've made my decision!
-But that's not fair.
-I don't want any arguments.
-Captain, he's got a
lead on Nikolai Janosch.
-1455 Valley Avenue.
Starlight motel, room 218.
Where'd you get this?
-My guys ran Illia
Brancus' phone messages.
It seemed he's been calling
the Starlight Motel ever
since Janosch
checked out of his hotel.
I'm going to need
Molenski on this.
-I just gave her
a little time off
and she can sort things out.
-Well with all due
respect, commander,
she knows too
much to sit around.
I... I'm going to need her.
It might her a lot of good.
-All right.
She's yours.
-Thank you.
You all right?
-Yeah.
Michael always
said a gut feeling
was more accurate
than straight instinct.
This time his
instincts let him down.
You were right about this
case from the beginning.
-It's just a hunch I played.
-I can't sleep nights.
This thing is tearing me apart.
I got to know
who killed Michael.
You know the feeling, don't you?
Not knowing, wondering
if you've done enough,
waiting for something,
anything that makes sense of it.
All because some bastard
decided to pull trigger.
And then Clayton
asks me to, to give it up.
Like I'm not supposed to care.
-Michael Saccio died here.
How can I let go of
something like that?
-You don't have to.
You're working with me now.
-Did you speak to Clayton?
-Just got a lead
on Nikolai Janosch.
You go pick him
up, I'll come along.
-You better believe it.
-Come on.
-Sargent, I have a 3
o'clock flight to Mexico City.
-Oh I know you do.
We're going to have to
go over this again though.
-Whatever you say.
-Now when did you leave Romania?
-Two years ago.
-Two years ago.
Now your brother's been
here five and half years.
He started investing
in LA real estate.
Started buying
small office buildings,
apartments, retail shops.
Where did he get the money?
-My brother did not discuss
his business dealings.
-Hi Captain.
-How's he doing?
-Nothing.
-I never heard of this man.
-Well sure you have.
That's his passport.
You'll notice he's
been making trips,
once a month to Mexico
City for the last two years.
That's where
you're from, isn't it?
Mexico City?
-I thought I left this kind
of police harassment
behind me in Romania.
I may not be a
citizen of your country
but I still have rights.
Pushed you off a building
with $400,000 of your money.
-I don't know what
you're talking about.
If you think that I've
done something illegal,
charge me with a crime.
I don't have to sit here
listening to your threats.
-Honestly we're
looking for a cop killer.
Let me see your hands.
-What?
-Let me see your hands.
You have strong hands.
-Hunter, can I see you a minute?
So what do you want
to do with this guy?
-I'm gonna hold onto
him as long as I can.
-Well we got nothing.
Further more,
you're going to have
to kick him loose
sooner of later.
-Yeah, I know that.
-I understand he's got a 3
o'clock flight to Mexico City.
-He sure does.
I don't see why he can't
miss his flight though.
-You like this guy, huh?
-Yeah I like him a lot, but
uh... nah, kick him loose
and see what happens.
-All right.
Process him out,
have him tailed.
Well see if Mr. Janosch
gets on the flight or not.
-Yes sir.
-I hope we're not making
a mistake letting him loose.
I have an idea we're
going to see this guy again.
Police have made
no arrests in the double
slaying of police officer Michael
Soccio, and 47-year-old
housewife, Dorothy Pinder.
-We never should left her alone.
Especially with that tall
cop snooping around.
-What the hell are we
supposed to do, smart guy?
Just run back there
and blow him away.
We don't even know for
sure if he killed him or not.
-He shot Leroy at the diner.
We saw him at the
house, now ma is dead.
What does that tell you?
-It tells me you got a
piston loose, buddy.
You kill a cop, you got the
whole world on your butt.
-He that don't pay them
back, that hurts his kin,
is no man at all.
-Well we'll worry
about that later.
Right now I'm worried about him.
-Daddy?
-You OK?
-We were married for 27 years.
Dottie was the best
wife a man could ask for.
The best mother two
boys like you could want.
-We know that, pa.
But, we got to go on.
We still got each other.
-Well I suppose so.
There'll never be
another like our Dottie.
I'd like to take a moment to
say a prayer in her memory.
Dear Jesus, we've
taken a terrible blow
and we ask for your mercy.
The mother of my
children is dead
and we don't know
what we'll do without her.
But we pray for your help in
visiting death and destruction
upon those who ended her life.
Let us act as tools
of your retribution,
and help us to kill those
who took our Dottie from us.
In your name, Amen.
Come on, son.
Let's go settle the
score with some cops.
-Right.
OK, yeah.
Thanks.
We appreciate the help.
The tail on Janosch says
he's, uh, taking off on that flight
to Mexico City.
The Mexican police are
going to keep an eye on him.
-That's good.
-If Janosch did
kill Michael he's
going to have to go a lot
farther than Mexico City
to hide.
-How you doing?
-OK, I guess.
-How about dinner, on me?
-Thanks, but I can't.
I got to go pick up a
birthday present for my father.
My family's throwing
a party for him tonight.
-Well good, maybe
that's the best thing
for you to be with your family.
-Yeah, maybe.
Hey, thanks anyway.
See you tomorrow.
-Hey, good news.
Our guy's found something
at the Pinder house.
An order form for Lyle Pinder.
Seems he's been buying
real estate development tapes.
-Weird hobby.
-Yeah.
I've got an address on him
over at, uh, Ventura county line.
I can check it out.
Come on.
I want to take care this now.
Damn.
Damn him.
Why did he have to
go out there alone?
-He was just doing
this job, Joanne.
You said there was some
place you wanted to go.
-It's stuffy in here.
Open up some windows.
-Somebody's been in here.
I'm positive.
-Yeah, it's probably
that tall cop.
-I'm serious, pa.
-This boy's pilot light is out.
-Somebody's been in here.
I know they have.
-But you're following.
-No I did exactly as you said.
-You told the police about
Illia Brancus, didn't you?
And that cost me $400,000!
Never lie to me again.
Tell me the truth!
And do what I say!
You will have
nothing to be afraid of.
Can I trust you?
-Yes.
-My brother kept a great deal
of money in safety deposit boxes
at different banks
in Los Angeles.
I found the box keys
at his apartment.
But the code names for the
bank branches were in his wallet
when it was stolen.
-They you don't know
which banks have the money.
-I will find out soon enough.
-When I do, I will need someone
to forge my brother's name
on the signature cards
at each of branches.
-Don't impersonate your brother.
-He used his first
initial and his last name.
M. Janosch.
The banks won't care
if the signature belongs
to a man or a woman, as
long as it matches their copy.
You are good at
retouching photographs,
can you fake a
signature as well?
-I can try.
-Good.
That's all I ask.
-Hey, Charlie.
-Oh, hi commander.
I heard that you
were looking for me?
-That's right.
Congratulations, you
just made metro, pal.
-When did the
decision come down?
-About an hour ago.
You were hands down,
number one choice.
When can you start?
-Couple of days, I guess.
-I need you there
as of yesterday.
So wrap up your business in
homicide as soon as you can.
-All right, I do what I can.
Has there been an
announcement yet?
-I plan to release a
statement later today.
-Do you think you could
hold it off just a little?
I'd like to talk
to Hunter, I think
he should get this
news from me first.
-OK, but make it soon.
You're going to love the
action in Metro, Charlie.
Let's meet tomorrow
for an orientation.
-Great.
Thanks a lot, Tom.
-Pa, I'm telling you,
someone's been in here.
-I'm tired of listening to this.
We got no food at the house.
Go to that store down on the
main road and get something.
Give him some money, son.
-Why don't you ever call me son?
-Because you're a mistake
me and your ma made.
Now shut up!
I want hamburgers for supper.
Make sure you don't
forget the buns and pickles.
You better go with him
so he don't screw up.
-I can handle it.
-You couldn't handle a broom.
Get out of here.
-Look, I, uh, I didn't mean
to jump all over this morning.
Sorry about that.
-You don't have
to apologize to me.
I understand how
important Soccio was to you.
-He was my best friend.
When I started at metro,
none of the other guys
wanted to work with me,
being a woman and all.
And then along
comes Michael Soccio.
He helped me make a
place for myself at metro.
He was usually so busy
shooting off his mouth people
didn't notice what
a great guy he was.
-Two guys in the red truck.
-21 Charles.
Officer needs help.
Repeat, officer needs help.
Shots fired.
Highway 8, half a
mile west of junction 15.
-We got a guy hiding behind
the water tower with a shotgun.
-I heard about the Pinders.
What happened?
-Nothing good.
Harlan Pinder is dead.
He's the one we needed alive
and these two boys got away.
-I don't know
what it is, we can't
catch a break on this case.
-Commander.
Captain.
Ballistics say the slugs
from Soccio's and Dorothy
Pinder's body came
from a Tokarev.
A weapon manufactured
in Czechoslovakia.
Members of the
Romanian Securitate
were known to carry it.
-Kind of a long way from the
Securitate to Pinder's place,
isn't it?
-Well, not as long
as you might think.
-Now the murders
of the Pinder house
sent us to a prime
suspect, former member
of the Romanian Securitate.
-He's a KGB trained assassin,
suspected in the deaths
of over 300 Romanian dissidents.
He's had pilot training,
he's a crack marksman,
and he's well versed
in the martial arts.
He's also known to use
torture as an interrogation tool.
-I think this is the
guy that jumped
at Mirov Janosch's
apartment, Charlie.
-Two years ago he
disappeared from Romania.
A couple of weeks
later his fingerprints
were found at the murder scene
of a passport forger in Rome.
The gun used in
the Rome killings
is the same one used on
Soccio and Mrs. Pinder.
-Where is he now?
-He's in LA, looking
for something.
-You got a name on this guy?
-His name's Arno
Kudriescu, former third
in command of the
Romanian Securitate.
This is the only photo
Interpol has on him.
-Now I had a sketch
artist make some changes
in this photograph.
And this is what
we came up with.
Nikolai Janosch.
-Well, there are a
couple of bad guys
we won't have to
worry about anymore.
-How you doing, captain.
-Nice shooting.
-Thanks captain.
-Can I see you a minute, Hunter?
-Yeah.
-Look I knows you're up
to eyeballs in this case,
but there's something
I think you ought
to hear from me before
you hear from anyone else.
-Yeah, what's up?
-I'm leaving homicide.
I'm going to take a
captain's slot in metro.
It's something that I've
been thinking about for quite
a while, and guess it's
really just time for me
to make a change.
Believe me, it was
a tough decision.
-Hey look, I guess you got to
do what you got to do, Charlie.
-Well thanks, I appreciate that.
I got a meeting right
now with Clayton,
so, uh, I'll talk to
you before move out.
-Yeah.
-Everything all right?
-Yeah, everything's all right.
-Sergeant Hunter.
Yes.
-This Telex just came in
from Mexico city police.
-Oh, brother.
Thanks very much.
-What is it?
-It seems that
Kudriescu never returned
to his place of residence.
They checked the flight and
found it stopped in San Diego
to take on more passengers.
-Means he's still here?
-Yeah.
-The State Department gave me
everything they had on Janosch.
Strictly sub-Russia.
-Now they know that he's
brother's in Los Angeles,
right?
-No, but they said
if they had, they
would have been able to possibly
trace Janosch's whereabouts
and give the information
to certain of his friends.
His friends being England,
France, Italy, Sweden.
They've all got warrants
out for his arrests
under various
names and identities.
-For what?
-Seems he's the prime
suspect in several assassinations
over the past few years.
-A member of the British foreign
service, killed in Afghanistan.
A Soviet scientist who
defected in Paris four years ago.
A Swedish consulate smuggling
dissonance out of Bulgaria.
The KGB called it janitor work.
Janosch was one
their main cleanup men.
-Why hasn't anybody
gone after him before?
-Well they have.
When he was in Securitate
he was untouchable.
-He's not in Securitate anymore.
-Janosch saw the
revolutionary Romania
coming years before it happened.
He used his power
to loop bank accounts
and property of his victims.
Up until now he's
been able to buy
his safety and his
anonymity, but failing that,
he'll kill anyone
who gets in his way.
So, keep that in mind.
-I will.
-Uh, one more thing.
How sure are you that
Janosch is in this country?
-99% sure.
-Good, because if it was
100% I'd have to notify the FBI
and I'd like to have
this case a little
longer before they step in.
-Yes we would.
Thank you very much.
-That's it.
Only you have the power
to turn your life around.
You're the key to your future.
Only you can make it
happen, and real estate
is the key to your
financial future.
-What the hell are we gonna do?
-Finish what pa wanted done.
Come on.
-Dammit Lyle, how the
hell are we going to do that?
Everything we have
is back at that trailer,
and the cops have
got that covered.
-Now come on, I bet you
they ain't find everything.
What about the stuff that we
got buried beneath the shed.
-There's no way
we go back there.
-Now why not?
Huh?
The cops, they
can't sit on it forever.
And what if they do?
We can take care of them.
That's for damn sure.
-I don't like it.
-Boy, you got to
take risks if you
want to get
anywhere in this world.
You are the key
to your future, boy,
only you can make it happen.
-Um, she's not here.
If you're looking for Petra
Alexander, she's gone.
-Well I'm Sergeant Hunter, LAPD.
This is officer Molenski.
Whom may I ask are you?
-I'm Etta Daniels.
I own this place.
Ms. Alexander
called this morning,
said she wanted out
of lease immediately.
She even left some of her stuff.
-You know where she went?
-No I don't.
Have no idea at all.
But you're welcome
to look around.
Well look, I've got a very weak
soprano section waiting for me
at the church, so if you just
please lock up on your way out.
-Thanks very much, Etta.
Huh, well, looks like she did
take off in a hurry, didn't it?
-OK, let's assume
she's with Janosch.
Next question.
What are they after?
-Well, I have an idea it has
lot to do with the $400,000 that
flew off rooftop
of Illia Brancus.
Which means,
Nikolai Janosch isn't
leaving Los Angeles
until he collects.
-Yeah.
What where is it stashed?
-What'd I tell you
man, not a cop in sight.
-Well let's go inside.
-Don't kill me.
I won't give you no trouble.
-Not if you want to stay alive.
-What do you want, man?
Just tell me what
it is you want?
-The wallet.
-What?
Wallet?
-The wallet you
stole from my brother
when you held up that diner.
-That's it?
You killed my brother for that?
-And your mother and the cop.
-You killed ma?
-Where is the wallet?
-Duane's back pocket.
-Get It.
-You got what you wanted?
Hey man, you
don't have to kill me.
I've got something you want.
Tapes, man.
Real estate tapes.
Changed my life, man.
They'll change yours.
Here you go.
I got plenty more of 'em.
I'm a give him to you.
-Sergeant Hunter.
-What do you got?
-Ballistics match the
slugs in the Pinder brothers
from the ones taken from
Soccio and Dorothy Pinder.
The lab just got
done with these.
Some of the ink
rubbed off enough
to get an impression
off the leather?
This is what Janosch was
after, some kind of code.
-Yeah.
Looks more like bank
account numbers to me.
-Would you fill
this out, please.
Give me the box numbers and
sign your name at the bottom.
Thank you.
Right this way, please.
Are the other two as heavy?
-I believe so.
-Would you like someone to
help you carry them to a booth?
-Yes.
-6-4-7, 2-2-5, 72-78.
-Yes, I'd like to talk
to Ms. Hadley please.
Tell her Sergeant Hunter
from the Los Angeles
police department on the line.
Yes, I will.
Thank you.
How you doing?
-They're checking
branch numbers.
We might have a live one.
-Oh, good.
Yes, Ms. Hadley?
Yeah, this is Sergeant
Hunter, LAPD.
I'd like to run some
numbers by you
to see if they match
any of your branch codes.
-Thanks very much, that's great.
A woman matching Petra
Alexander's description
signed her name as M. Janosch
at the Security Unified Bank
in the valley.
She emptied two deposit boxes.
-Loaded with dough, no doubt.
-You like that, huh?
-Yeah, I do like that.
OK, let's keep checking.
We don't know if
this is the first bank
on the list they
went to or the last.
Right.
-That's all of it.
Satisfied?
-When we get to
Mexico City I will be.
-He hit all five banks?
-11 safety deposit boxes
in less than two hours.
-We're going to have to grab
him before he leaves the country.
-A man fitting Janosch's
description filed a flight plan
in Van Nuys airport
less than an hour ago.
-Hunter.
Nice work on that Janosch case.
How much money
was on the airplane?
-Yeah, thanks Charlie.
We got about $6
million out of it.
Figures there's another 12
wrapped up in LA real estate.
-Ooh, Janosch should have
gone into business with Pinder
instead of killing him.
Come in a second, here.
Can you excuse us a minute
and just close that door for me.
-So you getting moved in, huh?
-Yep.
-How do you like it, Charlie?
-Like it just fine.
Sit down a second.
Listen, you know
Tom Bishop, don't You
-Tom Bishop?
Yeah I heard of him.
-Well you know he just
got bumped up to lieutenant.
-Yeah?
-Which means there's an
open sergeant slot here at metro.
I want you to take it.
-Now wait just a second.
-You got a problem
making a move.
-No, no, I just never gave
it much thought, that's all.
-Well, Hunter, you've been
in homicide a long time.
-And you think I need a
change of venue, right?
-You know what metro's like.
-I know, I've been
there before, Charlie.
-Then you know
that the action is here.
-Yeah, I sure do.
-So, you got a problem
working for me again?
-No, look, you know
that's not the case.
-Then take the job!
Come on!
We have talked about
this a million times.
Things in life change.
Either we change with
them, or we get passed by.
I need you.
-Molenski?
-Hey, how you doing, Sargent?
-Well, I was about to
ask you the same thing.
-Well I thought I'd be feeling
a whole lot better than I do.
Still doesn't bring
Michael back.
-These things take
time, you know.
-By the way, uh, Michael and
I were a whole lot more than,
uh...
-Listen, you don't have
to explain to me one thing.
As far as I can tell, it never
got in the way of your work
and that's what's important.
You're a damn good
police officer, Molenski.
-Thanks.
-I'll be seeing you
around, you know?
-How's that?
-I'm being transferred to metro.
-Well that's great.
As of when?
-As of right now.
-What platoon?
-C platoon.
You don't think you'll have
any problems working with me,
do you?
-No.
Why, what you think we're going
to have some kind of problem?
-Well, let me just say this.
Whenever we do work together,
just understand one thing,
I'll be driving.
-Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
We do have a problem here.
Yeah, it's a big problem.
I think this should
be negotiable.