Miami Vice (1984–1989): Season 1, Episode 4 - Calderone's Return: Part 1 - The Hit List - full transcript

Good morning.

Eat your breakfast.
It's getting cold.

Yes, we're here
in the balmy sunshine.

Oh. Good. Some coffee.

This is the life, huh?

Thank you.

How much money have you spent again?
I'm really not interested.

So what's on the big agenda
for today here in, uh...

Well, I think that, uh,
we're gonna go uptown.

You and I are gonna meet
some people tonight
up in Lauderdale.

Get some sun today.
What's that supposed to mean?



It means I don't want the world
thinkin' I'm married to a corpse.

Never let it be said
coke dealers aren't charming.

Maybe I feel like a corpse.
I still don't know why we left Jersey
to come to this dump.

- Amen.
- Woman after your own heart, eh, Tubbs?

- Got that right.
- Two million extra per annum
good enough reason, sweetheart?

This is the land
of opportunity.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.!

The upside of surveillance.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.!

Unless I inherit
about $ 15 million,

I don't stand a chance
in this town.

Well, what do you think?
Do I look like a guy that's
about ready to get divorced?

- You want the truth?
- No, lie to me.

You shaved. Definitely.



My pal.
Oh, gee. Hmm. Mornin'.

Hi, girls.

Well, what's new today
with America's favorite couple?

Nada.

He's being pretty tight-lipped
about how he's gonna set up shop.

We got a loose tail
set up on Brickell...

about three blocks short,
if he decides to make a move.

Okay.
Have a ball, guys.

Hey, uh, Zito.
What?

She's taking offher shirt.
Oh, my God.! She's naked.!

Rush in here like that,
you'll hurt yourself.

What are you talking about?
Uh, let me see.

Oh! Sorry, pal. You missed it.

She was buck naked right there.

Hey, look on the bright side
of things, Sonny.

What's the bright side
of divorce?

At least
it's not a root canal.

You gotta have a sense of humor
about these things, man.

On the square...
look, I'm your partner, man.

You need anything, I'm here.

Thanks, pal.
You got it.

Hi, Janet.
How are you?

Mr. Crockett.
Listen, we've discussed this,
and it's very simple.

As custodial parent,
my client will take the boy.

We'll ask for and get
a four-county restraining order.

She won't take the kid
north of Palm Beach.
Hardball?

We'll discuss
Mr. Crockett's lifestyle.

Vice cop who deals
with dopeheads, pimps
and scum all day?

He'll be lucky if he gets a chance
to see the boy once a year.
I told you, Alan.

Visitation stays
the way we discussed it.
Caroline, please. Let me handle this.

Caroline, can I speak to you?

Caroline, there's no need
for extracurricular negotiation here.

Don't push it, Alan.

I had no idea.

Look.

The only reason we got involved
with these clowns in the first place...

was because
you want to move to Atlanta.

And I guess...

if you think that's best...

Ah, what the hell.
It's only an hour's plane ride.

Oh, Sonny.

I'm so turned around
about all of this.

Now I feel like maybe I'm
being selfish about it.

Billy does need to grow up
with his father.

And... I could find
a job down here.

I understand your client
lives on a boat somewhere
with a 12-foot alligator.

A real Mr. Rogers.

See you in court.
Actually, I don't think you will.

What?
And if you don't have another case,
you won't be going to court either.

What the lady's trying to say is,
you're both fired.

Caroline, let's stop this nonsense
and get back into...
And another thing, scrub.

You speak to Caroline
like that again,

and I'll wrap you around
your endangered species briefcase.

Sonny!

Well, our divorce
was a bigger failure
than our marriage.

Car's on its way up, Mr. C.
Now where are you going?

Teddy's gonna fit me
for a couple of suits.

I'll be back in an hour.

Can I come?

Do these dealers do anything
besides buy clothes, or what?

Yeah. They buy cars.

Tail car one,
start your engine.

He's going to the tailor.

Where's Nicky?
He's in the john.
He'll be right out.

What's the matter
with that kid, huh?

- They just hit him!
- Drop it.!

Drop it! Now!

Now!

Drop it.! Drop it.! Drop it.!

Get away from the car!
Get your hands up!

You stand right there!

It's a gray '83 Camaro.
He's heading north on Brickell.

Unit 44, a 2-10 in progress.

Canalli Liquor Store,
17th and Victor.

The gray Camaro
suspect vehicle in the Castranova shooting
at the Flamingo Towers this morning...

has been spotted in the parking lot
of Desiree Motel.

Castranova?

That was my stakeout
at the Flamingo Towers on Castranova.
What the hell happened?

Three guys were wasted.
We have a suspect inside.

Let's take him.

Forget about the cowboy stuff.
We wait for backup.

Just send them a telegram and tell 'em
that the police have arrived.

I want everything
dusted and printed.

Hair samples to type,
check the room, parking lot
and out back.

Scraps of paper,
matchbook covers, the works.
Have it all run through the lab.

I don't care if you have to
turn this whole motel.
Yes, sir.

There was a briefcase in the room.
Apparently he didn't go back for it.

They must have caught him out
by the ice machine or something.

Twenty grand in cash,
couple of pistols and this.

Where is he?

I was wondering if there
was some other reason...

for us not going through
with it today.

Like what?

I don't know.

I keep thinking I didn't try
hard enough to make it work.

You tried hard enough.

Didn't you ever have
that thought?

No.

200, 300 times, max.

Maybe this time.

Yeah.

Don't tell me.

Boyfriend?

Yeah.

It's my 12:00, wise guy.

Hey, pretty lady.
Hi.

How you doin'?
Sonny here?
Yeah.

I'd like to talk to him.
Sonny?

Uh... Castranova,

his bodyguard
and his chauffeur...

were shot and killed
after we left our stakeout
this morning.

By who?
We don't know.

But it's strictly professional.

Almost caught up
with the shooter
down on Bayshore.

This was in a briefcase
he left behind.

It's a hit list, Sonny,
and you're on it.

You're number eight.

That's what this is all about?
Come on, guys.

I need about 10 hands
to count the number of times
my life's been threatened.

There are eight names on the list,
Crockett.

The first six are already dead.

What about S.I.D.?

Yeah, they're still working
on the car and the hotel room.

They got fingerprints on the car,
and the hotel room's a bust-out.
They got 92 sets of fingerprints.

Hey, I've got D.E.A. Files
on the first five on the hit list.

All mid-level dealers
starting to expand.

Yeah, just like at the Flamingo
this morning with Castranova.

Looks like somebody's out
to eliminate competition.
Yeah.

Yeah, I appreciate the rush, Jerry.
I owe you one, huh? Right. Thanks.

Well, off the prints in the car,
one set rings a gong,

and of all places, Interpol.

Name?
There isn't any.

But the prints tie him into 1974.

Allende's former ambassador
to Mexico.

1975, Turkish
military attach? in Rio.

1977, cultural attach?.

1981, Sandinista
spokeswoman in Central...

Yeah, the list goes on.

It's international.
Works both sides.

Any side.

They think he's Argentinean.
That's all?

Yeah.
And that he bats a thousand.

When you care enough,
you only send the very best.
Hey, guys.

S.I.D. Found a torn piece
of a receipt under the bed
in the shooter's room,

and it's got a name on it...
Carlos Mendez.

All right. Run traces
to the D.E.A., F.B.I., A.T.F.

F.B.I.'s working on it.
All right.
File an advisory to Interpol.

Maybe this assassin's
finally got a label.
Carlos Mendez.

I think I got an info sheet
on this Mendez.
Safe housejust called.

Caroline and Billy just arrived
in protective custody.

Who's at the safe house?

Um, Monahan, Sheeney,
Hebner and Ferris.

This guy's never taken a bust.
No rap sheet, no photos, no prints.

Lou, you promised me six.

Another team from downtown
is on the way. That's six.

And with you there with them,
that's seven, all right?

Wait a minute.
I'm not running away from this.

Look, we got it covered
down here, Crockett.

Oh, he's in thick with a lot
of heavy boys down in Bogota, huh?

Sometime drug deal middleman.

Uh, believed to have residences
in New York, Miami and Puerto Rico.

Trudy, did you get a line
on Linus Oliver?
Who?

Number seven
on the hit list.
We got an address.

Let's go.

I told you, Crockett!
I want you off the streets.

You and Gina finish up here
and then set up surveillance
on this Linus Oliver, huh?

Lou, I do my own work.

You want to mess with me?
You are going into protective custody
with your family, is what you're doing.

And I'm taking you there
handcuffed if I have to.

I'm checking out
the safe house myself.
Come on. Let's move.

First we stop at your boat
and pick up some clean clothes.

F.B.I. Surveillance photo of Mendez...
I can't make it out.

Here, let me take a look.
Ahh.

What the hell
can you tell about this?

Shadow of a man's head
from behind?

That's Casa Marco right here
in Lauderdale.

Yeah?

Wait a minute.

The man across from Mendez
with the blonde... that's Calderone.

Calderone.
He's behind this.

Why Crockett and not you?

I don't know.

Maybe he knew that Crockett
was the Miami heat.

And as far as he was concerned,
I was just a no-name cop
who got the drop on him.

So he's staging a comeback to Miami?
I don't think so.

Getting rid of the competition
that grabbed the territory he left open.

Smoothing the past.

Nailing the cop that busted him.

Here you go, buddy.

- Oh, Will.
- Huh?

Listen, there's some frozen perch
in the hold when Elvis gets hungry.

S.I.D. Found this in the trunk
of the shooter's car at the motel.
Thanks.

Come on, Crockett.
Let's move it, huh?

Hey, Crockett's address.

Huh? Crockett and Lou were
talking on the stairs about going
to his place first to pick up his stuff.

To the boat?
Yeah.

His undercover address.

Ah. Well, I guess
that's everything.

Except for the phone.

Crockett!

Lou? Lou?

Sonny.

So... Sonny.

391. We need a 315.
Officer down. Officer down.
Right away.

You sure it was Calderone
in the photograph?

Man, I'm positive.

Trudy linked him with
the first six names on the list.

Mrs. Rodriguez?
Yes, Doctor?

You should know he's
in very critical condition.

He'll be going back into surgery
in about half an hour.

I'm sorry.

Lou's tough.

He'll pull through, Maria.
Don't worry.

Excuse me, Doctor.
Take care ofher, guys.

What's the real scoop?

Massive bleeding.
Thoracic trauma.

What the hell hit him,
an elephant gun?

Hey, Crockett. Hey!

Where the hell
do you think you're going?
Find Mendez.

It's too hot out there!
What am I gonna do? Sit on some beach
while Rodriguez hangs by a thread?

That bullet he took
was meant for me, Tubbs.
Yeah, man. Hey, look.

Hey, man, you go out there,
you're gonna end up right in here
next to Rodriguez.

You're not listening
to me, man!

You can't go out there,
you know?

Nothing I can say
is gonna change your mind, huh?

All right, buddy.

Let's both go get him.

Any other info come through
from Interpol on Mendez?

No, but Gina's trying to get you.
Patch her through.

Tubbs, this Linus Oliver
just got a call to get up a deal
in some prearranged location.

He's on the move.
Look, Gina, we're not interested
in busting him.

Linus referred to the caller
as "Mendez."

Well, call in backup right away
and tail him.

We're movin' south on Second.

The third backup unit
just picked up Linus on 17 th.

- We're three minutes away.
- Wait a minute. Linus is making a U-turn.

I think he spotted the tail.
Damn it!

He's turning off.
We're losing him.

Which street
is he turning onto?

East on 19th toward Biscayne.

He's headed towards us.

Crockett. There.

So where were you headed,
Mr. Club Owner?

To the car wash.
You always take
your babysitter along?

It's in a bad neighborhood.

My, look how time flies.
Running late for a business
appointment. Ciao.

You're running late
for life, slick.

Don't you read the newspapers?
Dealers like yourself
are droppin' like flies.

Dealer? What you mean?
Dealer. Like a car dealer?

- Where'd he put the suitcase?
- In the trunk.

You had surveillance on me?

- The key, Linus.
- You're infringin'with my constitution.

- You got no right to open that suitcase.
- Probable cause.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.
Linus, you should have locked this.

Mmm.

Ooh, lookee here.
Where'd that come from?

Pray tell... the tooth fairy?

Well, let's see, I figure you'll be out
sometime in the 21 st century.

L-I say
we let the brother go.

Why not? Save the taxpayers
room service and linen bills.

Hit the bricks, Linus.

Finders keepers.
Hey, no, you keep it.
We don't want it.

Eight-to-five Linus is history
by midnight Wednesday.

I'll take it. I say
he makes it to Thursday.

Yo. Yo, what is this?

You don't understand,
Mr. GQ man.

You're number seven
on Mendez's hit list.

Six are already history,
including Berrencia
and Castranova...

first thing this morning.

Uh, let's get out
of the open, man.
Uh-uh.

I like the sunshine,
fresh air, vitamin C.

Yeah.

Earth to Linus.
Come in, Linus.

Look, man. It ain't mine.
I was just holding it
for this guy, you see.

Holding for
or holding out on?

Guy name of Calderone,

with a long reach
and a large hand?
Yeah.

After he collected the goodies,
Mendez would have had a bullet
waiting for you at Bayshore Park.

You got a number on Mendez?
Yeah. His mobile phone in his car.

Step into my office over here.

Uh, you got a quarter?

Dial.
Tell him the meet's still on.

Make it someplace isolated...

like, uh, airport parking lot C,
third level.

Hello. Carlos.
Yeah, man. Look here.

I'm sorry about today.
I got tied up with some
last minute business.

Yeah, tonight's great, man.
You know the airport?

My club?
Look, man, my club's jammed
with people, loud music.

Yeah, okay.
Uh-huh. Upstairs.

Slide on by, man.

Yeah. Solid.

Mendez likes crowds.

Look here, man.
Looks like this is the time
for me to check out.

You dudes take over.
Ciao.

Guess again, bucko.

Uh-uh. No way, Jack.

If you're thinkin'
what I think you're thinkin',
no way am I gonna go in there tonight...

and get my face shot off.

You're looking at
a conscientious objection.
No, man.

Look, the dude walks in the door,
you grab him. Simple.

Well, small problem.

We don't know
what he looks like.
You get to spot him for us.

I should've gone on to podiatry school.
I knew I should've done that.

But then you wouldn't warrant
the Trudy-Gina Escort Service.

Have I got a guy for you!

Yeah?
Yeah.

Stick with him, ladies.
Yeah, stick with me, ladies.

Yeah, well,
you just take your place, okay?
In the back.

Step right in,
babycakes.

See you later.
All right. Take care of him.

Hey, Crockett. You wait here,
and I'll bring up the car.

Nice try, Tubbs.
No cigar.

I think I can make it
a half a block
without getting shot.

Hey...

You dropped these.

Hey, man. You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.

A little jumpy.
Yeah, I'd say so.

One lucky citizen back there.

Not to mention me.

Billy.!

Stay close, Son.
Okay!

Look at this.
Isn't that a pretty shell?

It really is.

Sonny, I've never been
this scared before.

It's the last thing in the world
you deserve.

Don't worry, baby.
Nothing's gonna happen to us.

Promise me
you'll stay here.

I'm sorry.

I'm trying to stay cool,
you know, but I'm losing it.

No, you're not.

I can't stay, baby.

Rodriguez is in the hospital.
People I work with
are putting it on the line.

Hey, sport.
What'd you find there?

What do you got there?
It's a crab.

Oh, it's a little hermit crab.

All right, listen.
I want you to do me a favor.

Oh, my goodness!
You're getting so big.

I want you to promise me
you'll take care of your mom.

Okay.
Okay. Give me a hug.

All right. Off you go.

Wave bye-bye.

? Tonight's the night
we're gonna make it happen ?

? Tonight we'll put
all other things aside ?

All right.
How are you doing, sir?

Terrific. Uh, put us somewhere
way in the back tonight, you hear?

Uh, put him in his usual place.
It's a surprise.

? I want to love you, feel you ?

? Wrap myself around you ?

? I want to squeeze you, please you
I just can't get enough ?

? And if you move real slow ?

? I'll let it go ?

Yeah!
? I'm so excited ?

Swell! I'm on ice!
? And I just can't hide it ?

Thanks.
Couple of Paulis.

Hurry up! I got a lot
of thirsty customers, all right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
How's it going out there?

Pretty good, pretty good!
Almost got 20 bucks in tips.

Better than what I'm making.
A couple of glasses.

? I want you ?
Come on!

? You shouldn't even think
about tomorrow ?

Ladies and gentlemen,
let's toast to a very successful evening.

Yeah. Or a wake... mine.

Hey, relax, man.
We got you covered.

You sure they're not gonna
be sittin' ducks down there?

This guy ain't gonna make it
past the coat rack.

Would you sit on your hands,
Crockett?

We got 'em covered.
? I'm about to lose control
and I think I like it ?

? I'm so excited ?

? And I just can't hide it ?
? No, no ?

? I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ?

? I want you, I want you ?
It's 10:02, people.
The dude ain't gonna show.

What do you say
we just get out of here?

Relax, man.

- How's everybody doing?
- Hey, my man, it's gettin'
pretty crowded around here.

- It's like a sardine can out here.
- You wanna dance?

I thought you'd never ask.

Uh, ladies, remember,
he could have changed
his appearance.

He could be wearing shades,
a hat, anything.

? Wrap myself around you ?

? I want to squeeze you, please you ?

? No, I just can't get enough ?

? And if you move real slow ?

? I'll let it go ?

? I'm so excited, ooh, whee ?

? I just can't hide it, oh ?

? I'm about to lose control
and I think I like it ?
? Oh, yeah ?

? I'm so excited
and I just can't hide it ?

? No, no, no, no, no ?

? I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ?

? I want you, I want you ??

One more person steps on my foot,
I'm gonna kill him.

How 'bout a soda?
All right.

Hey, let's dance,
pretty, young thing.
Listen, I'm all danced out, okay?

Oh, no, not yet, you ain't.
No, l...

- The lady doesn't want to dance!
- Cool down!

Hey, mama.
You is a feisty little thing.
Come here.

Stay out of it!
Get out of my face, busboy!

? I've been up, I've been down ?

? Take my word
my way around ?

? I ain't askin'for much ?

? Mm-hmm ?

? I said, Lord, take me downtown ?

Oh, great.
That's just what we need.
? I'm just looking for some tush ?

There he is.

In the yellow shirt.

He's inside.
Yellow shirt, by the door.

Would you get somebody
at the front door to stop the people
from piling in?

? I ain't askin'for much
Mm-hmm ?

? I said, Lord, take me downtown ?

- ? I'm just lookin'for some tush ??
- To hell with this.

- Linus, is this the man?
- That's him. That's Mendez.

You move, even breathe,
and you're dead.

Hey, Sonny, you breathin' all right?

Absolutely, man.
Huh.

I'm gonna pick up Caroline
and Billy at the safe house
and take my family home.

Yeah, I'm gonna haul Mendez in,
and I'll get the location
for Calderone out of him.

I'll catch up with you
in a couple of hours downtown.

Thanks, pal. You put yourself
on the line for me.

I help out all my friends
on a hit list.

It's over.

Where's Calderone?

Where's Calderone?

Calderone who?

Mario Echezerria,

Carlos Tiendez, Felix Castranova,
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about six murders
that you pulled in the past four weeks.

You know, the State's gonna
exterminate you, snake.

Where's Calderone?

That's one crazy idea
you've got there.
Tubbs, line four.

Yeah, it's Tubbs.

It's Homicide.

Linus Oliver
just got blown away...

in front
of his apartment building.

Oh, where is he?

Where is he, Gina?
We've got the wrong guy.
Tubbs.

Where is he?

Where's the hitter?

Tubbs! Take it easy!

You know where he is!
I ain't gonna tell you nothin', man!
Nothing!

Let go of him.

Don't you see, Gina?

He's goin' after number eight.
He's goin' after Sonny.

? 2:00 a.m. In the downtown street ?

? There on a corner
two strangers meet ?

? In the night ?

? And then until the daybreak ?

? They're gonna love or then
before the light ?

? A heart will break ?

? There in the night ?

? Look in the alley
along the road ?

? It's there the losers stand ?

? There in the rain
they bide their time ?

? Hustling what they can ?

? They betjust to get ?

? That bottle in their hand ?

? There in the night ?

? Somewhere in the night ?

? Oh, there in the night ?

? Somewhere in the night ?

? Yeah ?

? Oh, there in the night ?

? Somewhere in the night ?

? Oh, there in the night ?

? Somewhere in the night ??

Stay down and get
to the back of the house.

Crockett.!
I'm here. He's in the dining room.

Inside!

No!

Caroline? Caroline?

Billy? You all right?

Yeah.

Caroline.

I don't know what to say
about last night.

It's not last night,
Sonny.

It's everything.

You know I love you,

but it's not gonna work out.

I'll reschedule
the divorce hearing.

She gonna be all right?

Yeah.

Yeah. Thanks.

Oh, yeah. That's good.

I'm glad they did that.

Yeah? What?

What?

Rodriguez just died.

It's Rodriguez. He's dead.

They finally broke Mendez down.

Calderone's in the Bahamas.

That's only 60 miles away.
How long will it take you
to get ready?

I'm always ready.