Hunter (1984–1991): Season 7, Episode 7 - Oh, the Shark Bites! - full transcript

I hope Sammy's in for the night.

Of course, he's
home for the night.

Every night for
the past two weeks

he comes home at some
ungodly hour, he goes to sleep,

and we sit out here.

Yeah, tell me about it.

I had to break another
date for this one.

How about calling
in and finding out

what time my
relief is showing up?

According to the police
manual, 402 I think,

it's the job of the officer who
is awake to do the calling in.



Oh, hey, tell room service
I'll have the Belgian waffles.

That came from the house.

Call for backup.

This is R 21 Charles to 114.

Request backup.

Shots fired.

We're at 926 Barbara Drive.

Halt, police.

He went over the wall.

Now from what you
could tell, there's only one

of them, right?

Yeah, I'm positive about that.

Did you see him?

Well, his back was to me
the whole time he was running.



And uh, he was
dressed in leather.

That's all I could tell.

Dorsey, what did you see?

Uh, not too much.

He was shooting at me.

I didn't think it would
be prudent to stare.

Prudent, huh?

That's what's
wrong with the world.

Everybody seems to be prudent.

Now what about the motorcycle?

All I could see
were the tail lights,

but it sounded to me
like a Japanese bike.

Sergeant, this guy made
pretty heavy use of the computer.

Do you want us to run
our usual number on it?

Yes, please.

Give me a summary
as soon as you can.

Sure thing.

Thanks very much.

Who are the dicks on the case?

Uh, Wagner and McKeehan.

Wagner's outside, and McKeehan's
out back where the bike was.

Oh, show me where the bike was.

He had his bike
parked behind that wall.

And by the time we got out
here, he was almost out of sight.

He took off down that there.

Right in this
trajectory here, huh?

Yeah.

OK.

You didn't see anybody
that he might have been

working an accomplice
with, would you?

No, he was definitely alone.

OK.

You say Dorsey took a
shot at him from up here.

Yeah, but it was pretty
late when he got out here.

Yeah, here's his tracks here.

Look what we got here.

What's that?

That's a baffle, fits inside of
a muffler to quiet the noise.

I don't know if it
belongs to our guy or not,

but we can sure
as hell check it out.

It looks Japanese.

Looks like he lost
the screw here.

I'll check the shops.

Maybe they can tell us what
kind of bike that came off.

Yeah, there's Charlie.

Yeah, do that.

You're a good police officer.

Thank you.

Captain.

You must be clairvoyant.

What do you mean?

Well, you must have known
something was going to happen

to Samuel when you
had us put a tail on him.

He was being surveilled for
his loan sharking activities.

Don't forget, his old man
was Harold Goodman.

Ran finances for the Mob
out here for a long time.

In fact, I'm sure he
never even retired.

He just put the kid up
as a front for the business.

So I talked to the
homicide boys,

and they say this one's ours.

So what have we got?

Oh, great.

Well, the shooter got
away on a motorcycle.

It seems he lost
part of his tailpipe.

At least we've
got that to go on.

It's a start.

You know, uh, whoever
Harold Goodman was,

it's not going to be easy
telling him his kid's dead.

Well, I'll tell him.

We kind of go back a long way.

That's OK, I'll do it.

It's on my way home, anyway.

Thanks for coming by.

See you later.

Mr. Goodman.

Excuse me, I'm Sergeant
Hunter, LA Police Department.

We met a while back,

Hunter.

It must be business.

I'm not friendly
with any policemen.

Mr. Goodman, I'm afraid I
have some bad news for you.

It's about your son, Sammy.

He's been shot.

Sammy's dead, isn't he?

I'm afraid, yes.

How?

It happened at his house.

The killer was inside
when he came home.

Was it robbery?

No.

It was murder.

Mr. Goodman, do
you think this has

anything to do with
the family business?

What is that supposed to mean?

Look, we know Sammy
was the financial manager

of your established underworld.

My son was a
legitimate businessman.

Does it have anything
to do with your past?

What I was has nothing
to do with my son.

We do know that he
was under surveillance

when he was killed.

We know he was into something.

Leave me alone, will you?

Sorry about your
son, Mr. Goodman.

Sure.

The cops are sitting
outside Sammy's house

and he gets killed.

What good are you?

Mr. Goodman, you
may need the police now.

Think about that.

You didn't say
anything about cops.

Why the hell didn't you tell me?

Tom.

If I would have known
the police were there,

don't you think I
would have told you?

Right.

You always look
out for your friends.

You're not my friend.

Oh, tell me
something I don't know.

I could have had Max
take care of the problem.

But I hired you,
because I wanted a pro.

Max?

Oh, I'm sure Max would
have been in and out

on little cat feet, right, Max?

Whatever.

Give him the money.

That's not enough.

Not with how it went down.

Hey, I even stood

to the police.

That's why I got rid of him.

I had no idea that
they would protect

him at this point in time.

This point in time?

Oh, was that valuable?

I am sorry.

Paul.

It's all right, dear.

It was an accident.

That was a gift.

I'm sure the insurance
will take care of it.

All right.

Now, how much will it
take to make you happy?

Hunter, you were right.

This is off a
custom racing bike.

Nine shops repair
them in the area.

I called them all myself.

Very good.

You know, I read your report.

It all seems to be there.

Yea.

Well, writing out that part
about getting hosed while

in pursuit, it wasn't that easy.

Well, those garden hoses
can be tough sometimes.

Yeah, tell me about it.

See you later.

Right.

Hunter.

Yeah, Sue.

Great.

Can you bring them up for me?

I appreciate it.

Thanks.

Burning the midnight oil, huh?

I tell you, this stuff
from Sammy's computer

is just incredible, Charlie.

I've got something
I want to show you.

You'll get a kick out of it.

All right, come in
when you're ready.

I'll be right in.

Well, Charlies, you were
right about Sammy Goodman.

He's been loan sharking in
the great Goodman tradition.

Here.

I have everything broken
down in to basic four categories,

Garment District,
construction, transportation.

Wow.

And this last one,
monies paid out.

Look at that right there.

Albert Fogarty, Doyle.

What do you know?

Devane.

Looks like C. Devane took
about $15,000 from Sammy.

It must be because of Cornelius,

the black sheep
in the family, huh?

I hope it doesn't turn out
to be Charlotte or Catherine,

some lady that Sammy
was keeping on the side.

I'll never hear the end of that.

Uh, how'd the old
man take the news?

Not very well.

He's got a heart
condition, so I don't

think we count on him
for any help on this case.

All right, well.

You start running these
names first thing tomorrow.

Yeah.

The set screw must
have rusted out.

We're going to have to
replace the muffler from the top.

I think a couple of days.

Hey, Pal, I got to
have the bike today.

You're back and forth.

No, man, I'm all booked up.

Oscar.

What's going on?

Nothing.

Oscar.

Come on, the guy
gave me a cnote.

All he needs is a new baffle.

Officer Molenski, please.

Yeah.

Charlie, got a hot
tip on our shooter.

He's picking up his motorcycle
at a custom shop right

around 4:30.

Great.

Who you got on it?

Dorsey and Molenski.

Good.

Tell them to watch
out for the hoses.

Got it.

Devane.

All right, I'll be right there.

Novak and Lorenzo will meet
you at the bike shop around 4:30.

They'll be your
backup on this deal.

Great.

Now Joanne, I need
a favor from you.

Name it.

Forensics gave us
a list of all of Sammy

Goodman's loan sharking victims.

You can see right here a
guy named Prima sportswear.

He may want to us.

If you could get over there
and talk with him before you hit

the bike shop, I'd
sure appreciate it.

OK, I'll get over
there right away.

Good, thanks.
Good luck, you guys.

All right.

You're not from Marshall Field.

I can tell from the uniform.

Oh, you have a
very discerning eye.

Mr. Prima?

That's me.

I'm officer Joanne
Molenski, LAPD.

That line's not
in the store yet.

It's very nice.

Well, first shipment
for our friends in blue,

we'll sell it to
you $1 over cost.

Mr. Prima, I'm here to talk
about Sammy Goodman.

Goodman, Goodman.

From O'Neill's in Akron?

Think, Mr. Prima.

Loan sharking.

Sammy Goodman.

Oh, now I remember.

I saw it on the news.

Oh, they didn't say he
was a what, loan shark?

Mr. Prima, it's real
important you tell me anything

you know about Sammy Goodman
or the people who work for him.

Well, how should I
know about these people?

The last two seasons,
your line died in the stores.

Didn't have any money
for another season.

The banks wouldn't
loan you a penny.

Yeah, well, I still have
friends, people who have faith.

You were on Sammy
Goodman's list, weren't you?

What list?

Loan sharking's illegal
on both ends of the deal.

You're just lucky
I don't take you

downtown on suspicion of murder.

I'm very busy with the new line.

I have orders from
all the big stores.

Well, I just hope
it's a good season.

Sammy's death isn't going
to let you off the hook, is it?

Once these guys get
their teeth into you,

you don't stand
much of a chance.

Think about it.

Talk to us.

You know the way out, officer.

David, what's up?

Hey, Hunter, listen,
I've got to talk to you.

It's important.

Well, it's going to
be a couple hours.

I've got a big bust going down.

What's the deal?

Meet me up at Rocky
Point around 8:30.

If you can't make it, call me.

Yeah.

I'm sorry about Sammy.

I know you are.

How are you holding up, Harold?

Well, my only son,
dead, murdered.

Anything I can do?

I mean, do you need anything?

I could help with the funeral.

You making a condolence call?

Harold, this is me.

We've known each
other a long time.

Yeah.

A lot of business
under the bridge.

Exactly.

And you don't want to
see it go down the drain.

Oh, that's good.

You always make me laugh.

Ah, it's mutual.

What do you mean anyway?

Down the drain.

Well, my son was the only
thing you had going for you.

Through a lot of
accounts in your lap.

I know, because they
were all my accounts.

Of course, I owe
you a great deal.

Not a great deal.

You owe me everything.

The police said it
was not robbery.

There was somebody
waiting for him, premeditated.

Set up.

Maybe it was someone from
that new group in Nevada.

They're a nasty lot.

We'll know who did this, Harold.

I can assure you,
I'm going to find out.

My friend, the police will.

And if they don't, I will.

I can assure you.

Hey, you got my bike ready?

The name's Barnett.

Oh, yes, Mr. Barnett.

Around here.

I think that's him.

This is R21 Charles.

We may have a live one.

Everybody stay put.

Line of fire.

So where's my ZX7?

Where's my baby?

It's, uh, right over there.

Show it to me.

Uh, I have other
things I must do.

What the hell is Takota doing?

Hey, Chief, what's
wrong with you?

I asked you to show me my bike.

Cops, you set me up.

Move.

He made us.

Go on in through the alley.

Cut him off.

We're going in.

We're on our way.

Out of my way.

Police, give it up.

Go to hell.

Come on, move.

Freeze.

I'll kill him.

Let him go.

You can't get out of this.

I'll kill him, I swear.

Come on.

Freeze.

I'll call for an RA unit.

Big Dave, what's up?

Thanks for coming, Hunter.

I wanted to talk
to you privately.

Privately?

This is like a scene from
"All the President's Men."

What the hell's going on?

Look, I know you and
Charlie are good friends.

And I just want you
to hear this for yourself.

Yeah?

Hear what?

Intelligence has been on
Sammy Goodman's trial for years.

When he was murdered,
it sent us all scrambling.

It really screwed us up.

Because Sammy was
tied into everything,

and I mean everything.

Yeah.

I want you to hear this.

Devane.

Captain, it's Sammy.

What's wrong?

Get cold feet?

Just want to be sure

if we're still on for tonight.

And I want you

to be sure to bring it with you.

We'll meet, we'll talk,

and if things go
right, it's all yours.

9 o'clock.

I'll be there.

Morning, Charlie.

Hi, Hunter.

May I come in?

Yeah, come on.

I can guess what
you're here about.

That list.

You know, you and that list
are like a dog and an old slipper.

You ought to bury it.

Well, it's not about the
list anymore, Charlie.

It's about IA.

Yeah.

Those guys down
there, they're always

ready to stick it to somebody.

Yeah.

Look, uh, you had us put
a tail on Sammy Goodman.

How come?

Sammy was being
surveilled because

of his loan sharking activities.

Loan sharking activities, huh?

And then your name
miraculously appears on his list.

That name is not me.

Charlie, you talked
to the two victims,

and now you won't talk to us.

What's going on?

Look, all right, do
yourself a favor.

Keep out of this one.

Look, I know I don't have
to tell you this, Charlie,

but you're impeding
a police investigation.

You got to let me do my job.

I'm asking you to stay out.

Look, I had a nice conversation
last night with Dave Garner

up on Mulholland.

What's this about?

All right, I'll tell
you what it's about.

It's about my personal business.

You got that?

Personal.

Now if there's something
official you want to discuss

with me, I'll see
you at the office.

Some fathers and sons
have good relationships.

Sammy and I, we
talked, I know the meeting

was right here in your office.

Sammy asked me if
he could use the office.

I liked him.

Mr. Prima, I've been
around a long time.

Maybe too long.

Maybe afraid of what
will happen if you talk.

Then stop pushing me.

Please.

I'm holding on to my
business by the fingernails.

I don't need any more problems.

After the meeting, my son was
put under police surveillance.

And then he was killed.

I think somebody else
knew about the meeting.

I want to know who.

In the old days, people
won't cooperate with me,

it was an accident.

Some people would
get hurt, family, friends.

I'm caught in the middle.

Don't you

They say violence is limited.

These new synthetics, they're
petroleum based, am I right?

You wouldn't.

My men are at your
warehouse right now.

If I don't call in two minutes,
you'll be out of business.

And Paul Miller
will be very unhappy

if you can't repay his loan.

Prima.

You're running out of time.

Miller, he knew.

He told.

You told Paul Miller.

My son was.

He fronted me the money
to open a new season.

Good.

Why did you meet Sammy
Goodman the night of the fourth?

I thought he wanted
to make a deal.

What kind of a deal?

The usual.

He'd rollover, exchange
his testimony for clemency.

That's not what
happened, was it?

No, he offered me a bribe,
which confirmed our suspicions

about his previous activities.

Is that the reason you
used to put a tail on Sammy?

That surveillance was 100%
by the book, down the line,

totally justified.

Did you know Thomas Barnett?

No.

Did you know he killed
Sammy Goodman?

Yeah, but I never met the man.

Captain, under the circumstances

that's very hard to believe.

You guys are acting like
you know something already.

So if you know something,
why don't you tell me.

Very well.

We think you may have
covered Sammy Goodman to keep

your finger on his whereabouts
for your own protection.

That is ridiculous.

You could have
started to lean on him

when he stopped paying you.

I have never taken
a penny from anyone.

Which brings us
to Goodman's list.

Monies paid named

Yeah, there's a C. Devane.

There are 14 C. Devanes in
the telephone books around here.

14.

Have you checked out
all the other C. Devanes?

You're supposed to be conducting

A complete investigation.

Yes, Captain, we did.

We sure did including
Orange and Riverside county,

there are 16 C. Devanes.

None of them are
remotely connected

to loan sharks, the garment
center, the department,

or Sammy Goodman, but you are.

The name on that list is not me

The name on that list is not me

Is that all you have
to say, Captain?

Hunter.

Observing an IAD hearing?

Since when did you develop
an interest in Internal Affairs?

I want you to know I'm here
as a friend for you, Charlie.

Well, I appreciate your concern.

And as a friend, I'm
asking you to stay out of it.

I don't think I can do that.

Oh, dammit,
Hunter, stay out of it.

It's personal business.

Believe me.

Personal business.

How's it going?

Oh, it's, uh, going
OK, I suppose.

I just wanted you
to know that, um, I

hope this thing with
Captain Devane works out.

So the interdepartmental
grapevine is at work is it?

Yeah, well, it's
pretty tough to keep

something like that quiet.

Yeah, I bet they are.

Well, listen, I just
wanted you to know,

if there's anything I can do.

I appreciate that, Joanne, I do.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Children.

That's great.

Miss Doyle?

Oh, yes.

Excuse me.

I'm Sergeant Hunter, LAPD.

Oh, hi.

I was asking for a James
Doyle over at your home,

and the neighbor
sent me over here.

James Doyle?

Yes.

That's my father.

Oh, well, can I talk to him?

Dad died 10 years ago.

Oh, gee, I'm sorry.

Was your father
known as Tiny Doyle?

That's my Dad.

He weighed 280 pounds.

Some people thought it
was funny calling him Tiny.

Erin, stop that.

What's this about?

Why did you want
to see my father?

Well, actually, I thought your
father was a younger man.

Well, I'm sorry.

I know this is all
very confusing.

Could I ask you what
your father did for a living?

He was an inspector
with the Department

of Building and Safety.

So your father never
was a police officer?

Oh, no, Dad was
always 280 pounds.

So how long did he
work for the Department

of Building and Safety?

As long as I can remember.

I'd say, let's see, uh,
1945 to he retired in 1970.

Did he ever know a
Sammy Goodman?

I don't know.

How about a Harold Goodman?

Well, maybe.

Chelsey, be careful.

Did he have anything to
do with building and safety?

I wouldn't know.

Let me ask you something.

He worked there for 25
years, and he would've

never known a Charles
Devane, would he?

He may have, but I
don't recognize the name.

Different generations.

What's up?

The residence belongs to
a Mr. And Mrs. Paul Miller.

He says he's in the business
of taking over failing companies.

Yeah, right.

If anyone should know about
the loan sharking business,

it's Paul Miller.

Let me have a word with him.

Paul, don't you think you
should go to the hospital?

I'm fine.

Mr. Miller.

Sergeant Hunter, LAPD.

How do you do.

My wife.

Mrs. Miller, pleasure.

How are you?

Now, what happened?

I was leaving home
when the gate blew up.

I could have been killed.

And you are?

Well, he's my associate.

He was inside at the time.

I see.

Now who hates you bad
enough to want to blow you up?

I can't think of anyone.

Kind of looks like last week's
lunch you had with your wife.

Hunter.

Did you see that outfit
Mrs. Miller's wearing?

Yeah, now that's a bad dress.

I saw that outfit at the
Prima Sportswear showroom.

He said that line
wasn't in the stores yet.

Only way she could've
gotten that outfit

is from the Prima showroom.

I've got enough
circumstantial evidence

on you Prima to put you in
jail for the suspicion of murder

on Sammy Goodman.

Look, Sergeant.

Now Paul Miller's
family and Goodman

were in business
together, weren't they?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, they were.

Now I want you to tell me
what you know about the murder

of Sammy Goodman
and how you know it.

Joanne?

I want you to get over to
Paul Miller's and arrest him

for the murder of Sammy Goodman.

I'm going to old man
Goodman's right now.

Got it.

I'm glad you dropped by, Pauly.

I know you're
concerned about me.

I know it was you, old man.

I know it was you
who tried to kill me.

I didn't live to be this old by
making those kinds of mistakes.

If I wanted you
dead, you would be.

Hmm.

Just a warning to get me here.

You're getting
smarter by the second.

I remember when you and me
first became partners, what was it?

20 years ago.

You killed my son, and
now you have to pay for it.

I don't think so.

Put the gun down, Mr. Goodman.

Easy.

Well, he's dead.

He was stupid.

He thought my son met with
your Captain Devane to sell out.

And that's why he
had Sammy killed.

Stupid.

I need to know what your son was

blackmailing
Captain Devane with.

Mr. Goodman, your
son is dead, and so is

the man who killed him.

Now talk to me.

OK.

Here.

Harold Goodman's
account book, Charlie.

The damn thing must be 40
years of age, but it's all in there.

They were all in it together.

Fogarty, Doyle, my father.

He was the money man.

Everything flowed through him.

You want someting done,
you saw Charlie Devane.

And you never knew
anything about him?

Well, when I was a kid, I
never paid much attention to it,

but when I grew up, I
kinda of figured it out.

Triangle Construction.

That's right.

Harold Goodman's company.

My father was working for the

city at the time.

He rigged bids on construction
contracts for Harold's company.

Back in 1960, a
bridge collapsed.

A lot of people died.

They'd used faulty material.

Harold paid off my father.

Keep it covered up.

When Sammy started
to squeeze me about this,

I didn't know what the
hell I was going to do,

but I just couldn't
let it come out.

Couldn't let it happen.

Charlie, keeping this secret
almost ruined your career.

My mother's still alive.

She's 71 years old.

My father was her whole life.

All she has left is the love and
respect she has for his memory.

And you were perfectly
willing to lose your pension

to protect your
mother, weren't you?

Would you take a pension
and break your mother's heart?

Charlie, tomorrow
morning, bright and early, I'm

going down to IA and
have a long, long talk with Lt.

Dave Garner.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

You're a good man, Charlie.