Miami Vice (1984–1989): Season 1, Episode 2 - Heart of Darkness - full transcript

♪♪

♪ Step right up and don't be shy ♪

♪ Because you will not
believe your eyes ♪

♪ She's right here behind the glass ♪

♪ And you’re gonna like her
'cause she's got class ♪

♪ You can look inside another world ♪

♪ You get to talk to a pretty girl ♪

♪ She's everything you dream about♪♪

You the lady that
called about the servicing?

For your air-conditioning,
that is.

Yeah.
Yeah, I sure am.



It's like a sauna in here.

You know there's a $40
minimum on house calls.

Forty dollars! Gee, I don't
have that kind of money.

I mean, I just got off the bus
from Nebraska.

I don't know. Maybe you
could take a personal check?

Well, that depends...
how personal you want to make it.

What are you doing? Hey,
relax. I'm just tryin' to help you out.

I know how tough it is for a single girl
to make it on her own. Just relax.

Hey, are you crazy? Stop it!

Leave me alone! Quit it! Quit it!
I mean, who are you?

Relax, baby.

It's called payment in advance.

Get your hands off me.
Come on.

If all else fails, we can pop 'em
for felony bad dialogue.



Cut!
She look underage to you?

No, Sonny. She looks like she's
been to preschool and everything.

What do you guys think? Well, I think
we didn't come all the way from Jersey...

just to watch the making of
Heather Does Hollywood.

I got samples of the finished product in the
back. Why don't you come on, take a look.

Hey, Jimmy. I don't feel
so great about the next scene.

I mean, I don't know if I can
really go through with it.

You're gonna be sensational.
Why can't you trust me, huh?

Look, honey, you're just a little tired. Why don't you
have a lie-down? They're gonna relight the close-up, okay?

Here, use my office, all right?
The show's gotta go on.

Hey, Jimmy tells me you just
got off the bus from Nebraska.

Kansas.

That's the boss's new squeeze, man.
Kid's a natural.

If she plays her cards right,
she could be the next Linda Lovelace.

Come on. Let's go.

Ever hear of Around the World
in 80 Ways?

Jimmy, come on. We can
find that in the five and dime.

Around the World in 80 Ways.
That won the 1983...

Tallahassee Art Film Festival's
Gold Stallion Award.

Around the World won the Golden
Stallion in Tallahassee in 1983.

How'd you know that?
It was in all the papers.

We better get rollin'.

All what papers?
Yo, Berry.

Gee, that's all great, Jimmy,
but we came down here to buy volume.

Now we've been here a week already, and we
ain't heard word one from this boss of yours.

Look, it's one step at a time, guys.

I'm tellin' you, if this deal goes down
all right, you guys check out okay,

Kovics is gonna have Artie give you
guys a call about some major volume.

Hey, forget about it! Look, either we
see Kovics himself, or the deal is off.

Richard, my man, listen to me.

If you talk to Artie,
you are talking to Kovics.

Because it's all channels of power.
It's just all channels of power.

So now here's your film.
Let's see some bread, huh?

Don't move!

Miami Vice! Everybody freeze!

Up against the wall!
Come on, move! Right now.

Hey! Hey! Hey!
What are you, on the track team?

Hands on heads, sleazeballs.
All right, turn around.

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ Missin' you ♪

♪ I'm missin' you ♪

♪ Every time I think of you ♪

♪ I always catch my breath ♪

♪ And I'm still standing here ♪

♪ And you’re miles away ♪

♪ And I wonder why you left ♪

♪ And there's a storm that's raging ♪

♪ Through my frozen heart tonight ♪

♪ I hear your name ♪

♪ In certain circles ♪

♪ And it always makes me smile♪♪

I don't know, Jimmy.
We been down here, what?

Ten days, no problem. And then we connect
with you and... get thrown in the can.

Come on. Look, did Artie
get us out fast or what?

I mean, look, it's about
two hours it took for the bail,

and he even sends a car around
so he can meet with you guys.

Why is it up in Jersey,
our people are tellin' us...

the man to see is Sam Kovics
for porno down here,

but after a week of tryin' to set it up,
all we hear is Artie?

Artie wants this.
Artie says that.

Well, it's very simple. If you wanna do business
with Sam, you gotta go through Artie first.

Well, what is Artie? Is he
Sam's new partner or somethin'?

Yeah, well...
- Yeah. Somethin' like that.

You know, Penny looked in pretty
rough shape on the way to jail.

I think maybe you oughta
tell Sam to spring her real fast...

before she starts buyin' some radio
time. He's way ahead of you, Duncan.

I'm afraid we're gonna have to give you
a rain check on that meeting, guys.

What are you doin'? What,
are we bein' tailed or somethin'?

No, Duncan. I thought this side
of the road was more scenic.

I'm sorry about that, guys.

He'll call you in the morning, and we'll set
something up for the next couple of days.

Tomorrow at the latest. We don't
meet Artie by then, we're outta here.

You already met him, man.

What do you mean?
I mean you already met Artie.

That guy behind the wheel
of the car? That was Artie.

No kiddin'?

So who tied the can
to our tail back there, huh?

You tell me. Who else would tail someone
at half a block in a late model I.T.D.

The Untouchables.
You've got it, bud.

Disgusting, isn't it?

What's so disgusting? Now, see,
we need guys like this on the department.

Wait a minute,
isn't this upside down?

Hey, Crockett,
you got competition, pal. Yeah.

Hey, Crockett, nice work today.

Thanks.
Yeah, D.A. says Jimmy’s no talker,

but I think the jail time really
established you guys as legit buyers.

What about Penny McGraw?
I think she'll talk to us.

Nah, Kovics had her sprung out of jail
before we could get down there.

I'm trying to get
a home address on her now.

She a minor?
Probably a runaway.

What's with you?

Ah, nothin', Lou. Just a little
bureaucratic snafu. No biggie.

That a federal agency
you're dialing by any chance?

Yeah. How does that jingle go?
Reach out and hit someone?

Dum, da-dum-dum.

I'm Dennis Doyle... No,
wait. Let me guess.

Uh, blue on blue, '82 I.T.D.
Federal plates, no frills.

Last seen blowing a tail
on Collins and 41st.

The bureau, right?

I'm Dennis Doyle.
This is Mark Russo.

We understand you have
a line on this man.

Looks a lot like Sam Kovics.

Is he in some kind of trouble?
Did you set up a meeting with him?

We may have been on our way when
you boys decided to hook a tow bar to us.

Duncan or anybody you were with
mention a man named Artie Rollins?

Not that I recall.
Why?

The bureau's been building a case
against Kovics for six months.

Federal crimes ranging from the corruption
of minors to bribery. Maybe murder.

So who are you fellas after?
This Sam Kovics...

or, uh, this Artie Rollins?

You know, I think the best thing
we should do here is exchange files.

Great. We’ll just sit right here
and wait till you bring yours.

I think what Dennis is trying to tell you is, we
can either help you on this or we can hurt you.

Well, no offense, Dennis and Mark,

but, uh, you see, we've been
working real hard on this case...

and, well, based on your performance,
I think you could help us a lot more...

if you went ahead
and tried to hurt us.

So anyway, Burglary is setting
up this sting operation...

Part of a burglary
roundup in South Dade.

They're lookin' for a couple of
seedy-looking guys to work undercover.

I volunteered you.

Okay. Sure, Lieutenant.

So who are the seedy-looking guys?

Excuse me, Lieutenant, may I have
a word with you? Yeah, sure. What?

I need to talk to you about, uh...
About my living conditions.

You see, one of the main reasons
why I moved down here...

was to improve
the quality of my life...

Come on. You moved
down here because N.Y.P.D...

was ready to fry you
for misconduct.

Uh, Switek.

Yeah? Can you do a quick track-down for me,
Trudy?

Okay, has it got four legs,
scales, any obvious birthmarks?

It's a white male, mid-30s,

name of Arthur,
maybe Artie, Rollins.

R-O-L-L-I-N-S.

That's it? That's all
you got's a name?

Well, now, if I had his address I could just
drive over and ask him who he is, now couldn't I?

"America's Vacationland."

Mellow out, pal.

That uptight New York dog-eat-dog
mind-set just doesn't make it down here.

This is Miami.
Things are more relaxed.

I'm complainin' to
the chamber of commerce.

They found Penny McGraw.

Homicide just called.

Yeah, that's what I figured.
Uh-huh. Right.

Thanks, Ted.

Rent's paid through
a holding company... Kovics.

Well, it could've been an O.D. They
found a regular pharmacy in her bathroom...

Coke, 'ludes, Nembutal.

Hey, you really don't believe
this was an accident?

Well, maybe Kovics figured her
to roll over and sent one of his guys.

You mean, like Artie?
She did have a visitor this morning.

Next-door neighbor saw a partial license
number. If we're lucky, there's prints.

Lieutenant,
the rest of the report.

Oh, thanks.

Sixteen-year-old runaway
from Salina, Kansas.

I gotta go call her folks.

Hey, let's shut down... Kovics now.

Crockett,

what'd you do, put your
beeper on vacation or what?

I spent more than two hours
at the downtown terminal...

trying to dig up something on this Artie
Rollins... I came up with a total blank.

Finally, when I did get through,
I run across an I.B.M. code...

Federal access only,
confidential.

Come on. Come on.
Did you get anything or not?

Well, I broke a few rules and punched in
some government access codes.

Turns out your Artie Rollins is a fed.

What?

His name is Arthur Lawson. And
he works undercover for the bureau.

Little tardy this morning,
aren't we, Tubbs.

I don't want to
talk about it. Okay.

Let's not talk about it.

The first thing, I get
a 6:00 wake-up call...

from these Cuban bikers
in the next room.

And next, I take...

a detour, man, and I make a wrong turn
on the Don Shula Expressway.

Before I know it, man,
I'm halfway to the Keys.

Tell me somethin'...
What kind of town...

names an expressway
after a football coach?

Yeah, you're right, Tubbs. It's not like New
York, where you can just hop on a subway...

where some wino blows
his lunch on your shoes...

and then some mugger
comes along and steals 'em.

Penny McGraw's parents are here. They arrived
this morning to take her body home to Kansas.

Say she came down here to be a model.
Saw an ad in the paper.

Did you talk to the feds
about Arthur Lawson?

Yeah, yeah. For about
an hour this morning.

I even spoke to
Bureau Chief Clemmons.

Gave me a capsule history of Kovics
and the South Florida porn scene,

but as far as Artie Lawson goes,

they said there are certain aspects of the
investigation they're not at liberty to discuss.

So basically what they did is they ran
you around a federal hedge for an hour.

Basically what they did
is tell me to butt out.

Thank you, Trudy.

Got an autopsy report
on Penny McGraw.
- O.D.?

Contusions on her neck and skull.

Evidently, Penny's visitor filled her so full of
tranquilizers, she didn't know which way was up.

Then led her out to the pool
and drowned her.

We can't shut down this investigation.

Switek has some sort
of inside contact at the feds.

He and Zito are working that burglary
sting operation in South Dade.

Go see what he can dig up, huh? I
wanna know what the hell's goin' on here.

You got it.
Let's hit it.

Sorry, buckaroo. I'm savin'
this connection of mine for me.

Numero uno.
Number one.

Could be a big career break for me.

I'll give you
a big career break, Switek.

You remember
that little metro sedan...

you drove into the Bal Harbour
Canal and reported stolen?

Well, the paperwork's
still pending on that.

I figured I'd just sort of
fill in the details...

and give you that big career break
in Traffic Control.

Yeah? Well,
just don't waste it.

I popped his nephew
at a UB40 concert, uh, dealin' hash.

College boy.

The uncle calls me. I cut him
a little slack. Thinks I'm God.

Plastics.
Did it all with plastics.

I mean, most guys don't know
squat about microelectronics.

That cop movie where the guy
gets burned by a body bug?

Yeah?
That's lousy work.

So, I see you guys met.
This is Lester, the resident wizard.

Black and white, right, Lest?

So, Tubbie, what do ya think?

We gonna teach New York
a thing or two or what?

Yeah, Zito.
Yeah.

Like how to get blown away
inside a week, for starters.

What are you talkin' about? This counter,
you gotta raise it up...

maybe about 10 inches higher,
20 inches wider,

so nobody won't reach across
and wring your neck.

Get outta here.
- Maybe put a platform back here...

so it'll raise you up and make you feel
and look more intimidating, you know.

And if you tack a couple
of hot centerfolds up here...

between the TV and the camera,

you'll get your suspects to leer up...

so you won't be identifying
people by hairstyle.

Nice.

Okay, Crockett.
He wasn't real hot on the idea,

but I used my considerable charm
to, uh, convince him otherwise.

Name's, uh, Calman Clayburn.

He'll meet you at the north end of
the pier next to Intercoastal Shipping.

Said about 20 minutes.
He's in an '82 Plymouth,

and he's wearing a gray suit.
You're a peach.

Stan, I got a great idea.

I mean, uh, this is gonna make
it more logistical about this setup.

The counter has
gotta be higher and wider...

Arthur Lawson's probably one of
the best undercover agents we've got.

Officially, of course,
he's just another company man.

How long's he been under?
This time, about eight months.

But he's taken a lot of assignments over
the past couple years. Maybe one too many.

What do you mean? Well,
I wouldn't even be meeting you here today,

but Artie Lawson's a good man.

Some people down at the bureau just...

Well, six weeks ago,
Art Lawson sort of disappeared.

What do you mean?
Why didn't anyone bring him in?

How could we?
We didn't know where he was.

Everything was goin' fine
till six weeks ago.

He cut himself off. He moved
out of his wired apartment,

abandoned his car,
stopped filing reports.

It was just blind luck that our agents
found out you had connected with him.

What are you trying to tell us?

The bureau doesn't like blemishes.

Not to mention that a federal agent
can be terribly valuable...

with what he knows
of any criminal endeavor.

What I'm saying is some people
down at the bureau...

think that Lawson's gone over
to the other side.

Tell Switek we're even.

Yeah. Yo, Jimmy,
my man. What's shakin'?

8:00? Terrific.

Yeah, thanks a million, Jimmy.

The meet's on for tonight.
With Artie.

♪♪

♪ Left home with a friend of mine
Gone two years and I don't know why ♪

♪ Now I'm happy all the time ♪

♪ I can't think, and I'm feelin' fine ♪

♪ Girl put me in a situation ♪

♪ I'm going through soft-core mutation ♪

♪ Think you heard this all before ♪

♪ Now you’re gonna hear some more ♪

♪ I know a place where dreams get crushed ♪

♪ Hopes are smashed, but that ain't much ♪

♪ Voluntary experimentation ♪

♪ Going through soft-core mutation ♪

♪♪

♪♪

The boys from Jersey.
Richard.

Artie Rollins.
- Sonny.

Listen, I'm sorry about that little charade
the other day. You can't be too careful.

No problem.
- Come on. I got a booth in the back.

All right.

I understand you've got
a chain of theaters up north.

Twenty-six theaters,
14 retail stores...

in Jersey, New York
and Massachusetts.

But we're runnin' a little short
on solid programmin'.

We're lookin' to buy volume.
We're carryin' cash.

Jimmy told me. We'll grab a bite to
eat. We'll talk business later. Sam.

Sam, Sonny, Richard.

I'd like you to meet
Karen Carson...

and Rebecca Dalton,
my one and only.

Pleasure. And this is my boss,
Sam Kovics.

Sam.
- Boys.

How are ya?

Come on, sit. Let's eat.

It's the truth. We have got half a million
dollars invested in this picture, right?

And our leading lady comes up
to us and tells us...

that she is 15 years old and her
mother knows exactly where she is.

Sam went nuts.
You're damn right I did.

So Artie here comes up
with a stroke of genius.

I offered her mother
a part in the picture.

We ended up
calling it Family Affairs.

We grossed six million dollars domestic, 2.5
overseas... - Nick says he needs a decision.

Is he firm at eight million?

Tell him I'll have a letter of credit
drawn up in the morning.

There it was. We landed it down,
and he asked me if I would sail it for him.

I said, the first thing,
I ain't no sailor.

Listen, fellas, hold it. Why don't
we go outside, get some fresh air?

We'll talk business, all right?

Excuse us, ladies.
You know something, honey...

Hey, Renny.

Hey, Artie. No,
they're okay. They're all right.

I've got it.
You mean, you finally got it.

Look, man, I'm sorry for the delay
and all but...I've been real busy.

Hey, don't worry about it.
It's not your fault.

Nothing's your fault, Renny.
Nothing's anybody's fault.

I'm kickin' the hell out of ya!

It's not my fault I'm kickin'
the hell out of you either, Renny.

Man, cool out.
You're gonna kill him!

Don't you ever
interfere with me again!

So much for
the corporate sales pitch, huh?

Listen...

Before we go back in, get your money
ready for tomorrow. I wanna look at it.

Well, come on. Huh? Don't
you wanna finish your dessert?

I gave you the requisition
form yesterday.

No! Two hundred thousand. Miss
Rebecca Dalton, that's her all right.

Yeah. We met her at this
strip club we worked last year.

Then dig it up! We'll track Miss Thing
down, and see what she's gotta say.

Look, we need it today!

Just do it!

We got a meet with Artie in six hours, and these
bozos better not come up lame on the money.

I don't know if I feel too good
about this guy, Crockett.

When you're under, Lou,
it's whatever it takes.

Look, the man is on the edge
and that makes it dangerous as hell.

Maybe he had to go that far
to make it happen.

Or maybe he decided
he likes it out there.

What the hell you defending
this guy for, Sonny?

What is this?
You too?

Hey, hey, hey, man.
I'm just askin'.

Because I know how it is when you're
livin' the role month in and month out.

Because I've been
where he is, in deep.

All right, look,
if we bring him in now,

the entire Kovics investigations
goes down the tubes.

Now, look,
can you honestly tell me...

that Artie Lawson hasn't
gone over to the other side?

No.

Well, then damn it, find out.

Then you'll get your money.

Hey, Sonny.

He's too dedicated.

That's always been Artie's problem.

Working undercover, nonstop,
ever since we've been married.

Never taking a break.

One vacation in four years.

What kind of life is that?

When was the last time
you heard from Artie?

It'll be three weeks this Thursday.

He called me from some club.

What did he sound like?

Different.

Like, uh, he said he was...

confused, involved.

He was really frustrated that
the bureau wasn't bringing him in.

Wait a minute.
He asked to be brought in?

More than once.

They'd always give him their famous...

"We've come too far,
can't blow the case now" speech.

Like the world would
go to ruin if he backed out.

Please.

Bring my husband back.

I been tryin' to get a hold of you on your
beeper line all morning, ever since he cut loose.

The first thing he did was... The first
thing, he cornered this charter fare.

You know, a mommy,
hubby, turista types.

Just blew their minds. Then he proceeds
to scarf up their whole catch of the day.

I don't believe this. Then he cruises
down about two slips to the Elmo Two,

boards her
and drops a major load...

on the harbormaster's
forward deck.

You ever considered trading him
in on a nice French poodle?

And then for an encore, he decides
to pay a courtesy call to Rolandez.

You know,
the Panamanian vice consul.

Most of the stuff
you see on this pier, that's his.

You miserable, incontinent,

worthless piece of sediment.

You're dead!

I've been away too much lately.
He just does this to get attention.

Oh, yeah, totally.

I mean, animals
have feelings too.

Dum, da-dum-dum.

We've been lookin' for you guys.

Yeah? Now that you found us,
why don't you do a quick 180...

and head back to your typewriters?

The last thing I need is a couple of
sore thumbs in Petrocelli suits...

hovering around my boat while I'm
trying to maintain an undercover role.

What as? A game warden?
- Ha, ha, ha.

We hear you had a meet
with Artie. Where is he?

Well, you're so good at finding people,
right? Why don't you find him yourself?

We intend to. We came here
to shut you down.

Hey!

My man, Elvis.

You wanna shut us down, pal,
you better have a court order...

because we've been busting our hump
on this case for over two months now.

We're not about to pull the plug
just so y'all can keep your image clean.

There's more at stake
than our image.

We just got the word
that Sam Kovics is packin'.

He's movin' his entire
operation to Mexico.

Yeah, right.

So you know who he's sellin'
his inventory to, huh?

Us.

Do me a favor.
Chain him down for me.

Later, boys.

Hey! Come on in, fellas. Make
yourselves a drink. I'm on the phone.

Yeah.
Oh, yeah!

I like this! Mm!

Whoo! Look at that view!

Listen, I gotta call you later. Phew! Hey,
Artie, you got a nice place here.

Kinda reminds me of my condo.

We were beginning to wonder
if maybe you changed your mind.

Why would I wanna
change my mind?

Am I dealing with something here
that I can't handle?

I mean, you two are just a couple of
high-rollin' cowboys from Jersey...

with a briefcase full of cash.

Isn't that right, Detectives?

I used my agency priority code...

to do a back trace on that
phone number you gave me.

Are you trying to get me killed?

I'm on an investigation here!

Hey! Hey! Hey!
Are you sure about that?

What is that supposed to mean?
- That means you haven't checked
with the bureau in over three weeks.

Or your wife! You move out of
the apartment they set you up in.

Andy our own people
can't even find you.

Artie, they think you've gone over.

I don't want you or anybody else
to question my methods.

If I make a strategic decision
to cut corners,

to throw the book away,
that's my decision.

'Cause it's me out here
and nobody else.

Now, I've got tapes, records,
full documentation of prostitution,

kiddy porn, extortion,
at least seven murders.

I can bust Kovics
whenever I want to.

So what are you waitin' for? Because when
I haul him in, I want him to stay there.

When he goes down, he's gonna
go down so hard he doesn't come up!

I seen things...

Who killed Penny?

What are you talking about?
Did Kovics arrange for that too?

They found her yesterday.
O.D.'d in her swimming pool.

Coroner has it as homicide.

I didn't know.

She was just a kid.

Things are getting crazy.
Everything's gettin' turned around.

Listen, man,

I know what you're in to.

I've spent the last 10 years doin' it.

Living, eating, breathing.

Getting in so deep that you don't
even know which end is up.

It takes its toll.

Let's pop Kovics
as soon as possible.

All right. I'll call you two between
5:00 and 6:00 this afternoon.

And we'll bust this guy.

This one'll be a classic.

This is real human hair, man.

Check it out. Look at it. This stuff retails
for 90 bucks a whack, a piece. Can you dig it?

Right. Okay now, look.
Look, I'll tell you what.

I'm gonna tell you somethin'
about this stuff. You can swim in it.

That's right,
and it won't come off. You can swim in it.

I'll give you the whole bundle
for $300. Okay? What do ya say?

How about if I give you 50 bucks
and you call me Santa Claus?

I love that part.

Carson show for you guys.
No question about it.

What?
I don't know, man.

This is gettin'
crazier by the minute.

I know we can work
with this guy, Tubbs.

You're gettin' as squirrelly
about this dude...

as this dude is squirrelly
about what he's doin'.

What are you talkin' about?
I'm talkin' about Artie.

Artie doesn't know what he's doin'
from one second to the next.

You can't see that right now.
You know why?

'Cause you don't see Artie,
you see yourself.

Trudy and Gina just hooked up
with Artie's porno queen girlfriend.

She says he's taking her to Mexico
when he makes the move with Kovics.

Yeah, she says.

Yeah, she says.

She also showed
Gina and Trudy the tickets,

under the names of
Mr. and Mrs. Artie Rollins.

Come on. This guy's over the
edge. Let's bring him in now.

No!
What do you mean, no?

H-Hey, man, you can't do that.

We gotta go with our judgment.

We know the guy's on the edge,
and we know he's shaky.

But we're on top of him, man.
You gotta go with our call.

What's your call?
- Leave Artie on the streets...

and he'll deliver Kovics.

Okay, Tubbs.
Pick up your 200 grand.

We'll go with it.

Thanks, partner.

Yeah.

Artie!

Artie!

Hey, Artie baby!

Artie!
Artie!

Crockett,
he's cleaned the place out.

Gone.

Yeah? Yeah.

They haven't seen him.

No, no, man.
We've already been there.

You mean they haven't
heard from him either?

No. No, thanks.

We're spittin' in the wind. If he was gonna
call at all, he would have an hour ago.

Artie's gone. Kovics is gone.

Vandalous, disrespectful,

pathetic excuse
for a living creature!

That does it!

That does it!
This time you have done it!

You have done it!
I have had it!

Hey, Crockett, ease up, man.

Ease up? He just devoured
my entire Buddy Holly collection!

What is it with you? How would you like it if
somebody chewed up your personal belongings?

See this blanket?
You see this?

Elvis loves this blanket. It's his most
favorite thing in the whole wide world.

How about if I just drop it overboard?
How would you like that? Huh?

Hey, Crockett!

Get a grip on yourself, man.
Take a look at yourself.

Get outta here.

Come on.
Let's get back to the office.

Yeah?
- You didn't give up on me, did ya?

Where the hell have you been?

I've been taking care of some last-minute
business. Sam's leaving town tomorrow.

When are you leaving town?
What are you talkin' about?

You win the honeymoon to Mexico
on some game show, pal?

I got my neck stuck out for you.

Or maybe that was your car parked
at Penny's the night she got whacked.

Who do you think I am?
- I'm wonderin'.

I drove a guy over there.
It was Kovics's bodyguard.

He said he had to drop off
a plane ticket and some cash.

He was only in there
a couple of minutes.

Hey, listen, I'll explain
the Mexico trip later.

We gotta bust Kovics now.
You in or out?

Where's it goin' down? I
haven't been able to find out yet.

Sam and I will pick you up at 11:30 in
the used car lot on 23rd and Biscayne.

Bring the money.

We're on for tonight.
Hey, Crockett.

Crockett, I sure hope
you're right about this guy.

'Cause if you're not,
it's gonna be a real crazy night.

Yeah, tell me about it.

Now, Gina and Switek
in backup unit three,

you'll be camped here.

Trudy, Zito, backup unit four,
one block behind me.

Hey! Hey,
easy on the threads, man.

How much does Lester know about this?
Lester's out on loan to Broward.

They're buggin' a steam bath for some
kind of major sleazoid bath convention.

Maybe you'd like
to do this yourself.

...and audio surveillance
via the handhelds.

And keep those tails a minimum
of a block and a half back.

Listen up, gang. Nobody better
blow this one because of a sloppy tail.

If you can hear me,
blink your headlights.

Go ahead.

I'm good.
Hey, this bug is great.

Snug. Fits well.

Game time.

Need a lift?

Come on. Get in.

Nice to see you guys again.

Let's see what you brought us.

That's half. You'll get the other
half when we see the goods.

So, uh...

What's the problem
with the reception?

Don't worry about it.
They're fine. Golden.

Go.

You know, I like you guys' style.
I like the way you do business.

We aim to please.
- Top drawer. Strictly uptown. I love it.

Well, you know we need
your volume up north.

Artie here's been...

♪♪ What the hell is that?

♪♪

♪♪

I don't know who you guys are,

but you're dead.

They've been made.
Move in now!

The causeway.
Make it quick.

Sam, I didn't know
anything about this.

That's all right, kid.

We all make mistakes.

You got about eight units
coming down on you right now.

Gee, I don't see any.

Lieutenant, shouldn't I...
Listen to me.

Put out a countywide broadcast.
Highway Patrol and the chopper units.

Tell 'em we got a couple of
cops about to get killed. Right.

Get 'em out.
Come on!

Hey, I know how
to walk, tough guy.

Hold it a second, Larry.

This one's Artie's.

This one'll bring you right
in the family, kid.

You sure you're
up to the job, Artie?

Tubbs!
Yo!

Lay down some fire!

We're gonna take you down to
the bureau for a debriefing,

and then I think Metro's gonna want
to talk to you about Penny McGraw.

Guys, can we have a second?

Yeah, go ahead.

Listen, I at least want
you two guys to know...

that I had nothin' to do
with killin' that girl.

I did some marginal stuff, but...

I didn't commit murder.

I guess I was out there, huh?

Well, that's where guys
like us are paid to work.

I can handle the bureau.
I can take the heat.

What's gonna happen
with your wife?

I don't know. I don't know
if I can go back to my wife,

that life.

You know, it's like I've been
ridin' an adrenaline high.

All that money
and all those women.

But after a while,

all the things that
went before...

It got like, uh...
Just like, uh...

I don't know.

Lawson.
Let's go. Come on.

I'll see you guys later.
Yeah.

Take care.

You reinvented the radio
last night, didn't you?

Hey, Tubbs, chill out!
Chill out, man!

I just wanna hit him just once, man!

That little bozo ain't gonna
wire any of our people ever again.

See, you have to get yourself
into a discovery...

kind of mode of thinking,
and then it's quite simple.

Like for example, we found out,

we can get about 50% more visual recording
when you extend the counter space.

We also found out that
by building up the platform,

it helps with
the intimidation factor.

I think we're gonna write a how-to
pamphlet on burglary sting operations.

Larry, that's great. So, which one
of you two guys can write? Get a job.

Hey, Lieutenant,
nice job tonight.

Rick, can I have a beer, please?

You know, those, uh,
mirrors at the amusement parks...

The ones that warp
everything out of whack?

I feel like I've been staring at myself
in one for the past three days.

It's not a reflection of you,
Sonny. It's...It's the job, man.

I don't see how you've been doin' it
as long as you've been doin' it.

Neither do I.
You gotta be a little nut.

Fellas,

just got a phone call
from Federal Agent Russo.

They've been debriefing Arthur Lawson
for the past three hours.

He stepped out for a breather,
made a call to his wife,

went into the men's room
and hung himself.

♪ Searching but not finding ♪

♪ Understanding anywhere ♪

♪ We're lost ♪

♪ In a mas... masquerade ♪

♪♪