Police Woman (1974–1978): Season 4, Episode 12 - Sunset - full transcript
While investigating into the death of a race car driver, Crowley seeks a reconciliation with his dying ex-wife.
- [Announcer] It's a green flag.
- Come on J.
(laughing)
- [Jackie] Introduce me.
- Excuse me, this is Pepper
Anderson, this is Jackie.
- Crowley.
- My wife.
- Your brother crashed
because you beat him up
before the race.
That's your fault, he's dead.
- [Willie] You like
taking chances don't ya?
- Saw you didn't I?
- I guess you know a
good thing when you saw.
- You're watching
the wrong curves.
(upbeat music)
(dramatic music)
- Not me baby, no way.
- Look it's 100
extra horse power.
- Dammit, you ain't
gonna do this to me.
- What are you afraid of?
We put it in after
the tech inspection.
- I will.
I run this thing
under my own ability.
- Well it looks like
all of a sudden we got
a star on our hands.
- I'd go back to nothing dammit
before I run with the bottom.
- Hey JJ?
- See what your friend wants.
- Hey Joe.
- Hey JJ.
What was that all about?
- Nothing.
- Nothing, what does that mean?
You don't wanna talk about it?
- He wanted to install
a nitrous oxide bottle
under the car.
- With laughing gas?
- Yeah, it purifies
the gas mixed with it
and if I won with that
thing and they found out
about it I'd be disqualified
and lose the money.
- Hmm, why'd you
guys do an inspection?
- We weighed in a
little light so Willie added
more balance to the left riv.
- I bet that graveled him up.
- It did, but even
with the extra weight
we lean out the copper
ends to make up for it
and set a fast time of 17.2.
- [Announcer]
Yes sir, race fans.
It's going to be some race.
- They gonna kiss the winner?
More power to you bro.
- I'm glad you
see things my way.
- How's your
brother Bo Bo doing?
Is he trying to he
his stuff together?
- Bo Bo's got a lot
of problems Joe,
and I don't know how to help.
- Is he in trouble again?
- He's always into
something, you know that.
- What about you?
You all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
- You sure?
- Hey Wilkes, come on, let's go.
- Mr. Personality, duty calls.
- Go get them door slammers bro.
- I'll see ya after the race.
Maybe you can buy me a beer.
- Okay.
- [Announcer] Start of
advantage, watches the bottom
of the turn and
it's a green flag.
(cheering)
52 takes the inside as they
take the first composition
into the turn.
Look at John's on the outside.
Look at that car pull
of in the back stretch.
On the front stretch 52
is in front with 44 and five
challenging.
The pack is still
bunched into the turn.
On the 158th lap, little
short of the halfway mark
Alpha is getting lead
for par 15 seconds.
And JJ Wilkes has
surprised everybody
holding the third position
from a fifth row start.
Don Angles is fourth.
At 230 laps the
yellow is still out,
and here's the green flag.
JJ poured it on past the stands.
- Come on J.
- [Announcer] It's going to
be a running back stretch.
- All right.
(exploding)
- [Announcer] Get those
emergency vehicles out there.
It looks like car
seven JJ Wilkes.
Can't see what the
other cars are involved.
It doesn't look good.
Got those extinguishers
going fellas.
Every emergency vehicle
and truck is out there now.
Looks like it started a fire.
There's definitely three
or four cars involved.
It looks like JJ Wilkes, car
number seven is flooded,
but the smoke is all thick.
I can't make it out.
- Morning.
- You look very oriental.
- It's one of the things
I like about you Pete.
You're so observant.
- Oh that's right, today is
your Thai cooking class.
How's it doing?
- Hot, hot, they
could serve charcoals
and nobody would notice.
- Pepper, Pete?
- Well you look very oriental.
- Aren't you all the same?
Thank you, I'm glad you noticed.
It's for my cooking class.
- Okay, listen.
Joe wants us to
investigate JJ Wilkes' death.
I talked to Parks
and he said okay.
- So you still don't think it
was an accident huh Joe?
- Well he was
okay an hour earlier,
at least he said he was.
I tell ya, he wasn't
drunk or drinking,
and he wasn't a pill popper.
Preliminary
inspection of the car
didn't turn up anything and
JJ was too careful a driver
just to crack up
for no reason at all.
- Couldn't one of the other
racers have clipped him?
- Well I went over the
report and it gave no reason
for him to lose control.
No, something is rotten.
And I love that man
enough to want to find out
what it is.
- Excuse me, can you
tell me where I might find
Sargent William Crowley?
- Yes, he's right in there.
- Hey Pepper.
Why don't you put this on,
you won't be so overdressed.
- Can we help you?
- Jackie what?
(laughing)
- You always were eloquent.
- Crazy, just surprised.
How are ya?
- Don't fall over
with enthusiasm.
I'm fine.
Introduce me?
- Excuse me this is Pepper
Anderson, Joe Styles,
and Pete Rush, this is Jackie.
- Crowley.
- My wife, my ex wife.
- How did you ever
let her get away Bill?
- How did you ever
get her in the first place?
She's lovely.
Well look, we're gonna
follow some leads.
It's nice meeting you.
Come on Pete.
- It's very nice to meet you.
- You probably have
a lot to catch up on.
It's nice to meet you
finally Mrs. Crowley.
- Jackie.
- Here, sorry.
- You wanna keep it?
- No, no, I was
planning to change.
I was just playing around.
- Come on.
Have a seat.
Want some coffee?
- No, thanks.
- You look terrific Jackie.
- Oh, that's because you're
looking at a brand new woman.
- Oh how's that?
- Jacqueline Iyelo
Crowley, Interior Decorator.
- You finally did it.
- I did.
- Congratulations.
- You know, you
were right all the time.
People love my work.
- Sure.
- And you know what else?
- No what else?
- I won't be needing
any more alimony after
three more months.
- You're getting married.
- Oh no, I figure
with the business
I'll be loaded by
then and I know what
a cop's salary's like so.
- Well I'm making a little
more money than I was
in those days.
- Oh, you don't wanna
give up the payments?
- I didn't say that.
- Can't find a way
to spend the money.
- If you're serious, I mean
if you're really serious
I'll find a way to spend it.
- I'm sure you will.
I bet you even keep a 10
spot in your sock drawer.
That's my mad money.
(chuckling)
- This is terrific, I mean
about your business.
It's, you can tell
us all about that.
Speaking of mad money,
you still keep yours in your bra?
- [Jackie] I don't
wear a bra anymore.
- Hey Pep, I was just
about to ask Jackie
to go to dinner with
you and me tonight.
- Oh, I'm sorry Bill, I
have something planned.
- Cancel it, that's
an order Sargent.
- Well since you
asked so nicely.
- I'd love to, if you
don't mind a third wheel.
- Look I told ya once
already, don't touch anything
under there.
I can still cherry it out.
- Look Craft, I
know what I'm doing.
I used to race my old
Mustang at Ascot remember?
- Ya well this baby cost
me 20,000 bucks man.
- Okay.
Now where's the bottle?
- What bottle?
- The laughing gas.
- Happens to be illegal
and you know that.
- Yeah, we know it's
illegal and we also heard
that you wanted him
to run with a bottle.
- Well he ran clean.
You just found
that out for yourself.
- So when was the inspection?
The day before the race?
- Yeah, she was perfect then.
24 hours later.
- Bam, hmm.
So who had access
to the garage after that?
- Look, boys I don't wanna
tell ya how to do your job,
but you're wasting your time.
There wasn't any sabotage.
- Death was from a
blood clot in the brain,
subdural hematoma.
You'd think it by the
crash one would think,
but you see this?
He was still wearing
this when I got him.
You notice the dent
isn't bad enough to cause
an injury like this.
- Wait a minute you say
he died from a blood clot,
but he had it
before the accident.
- Yes, there are definite
signs which would indicate
that it is older than
the injuries received in
the accident.
And these, now he's got
some pretty vicious bruises
on his left arm,
notice the color?
Now compared with
the others he received
when the car
banged into the wall.
- They're slightly different.
- Doctor you say that Wilkes
was already unconscious
at the time of the accident.
How do you know that?
- See this hand?
It's relaxed.
When a driver is about
to have an accident,
he'll clutch the wheel
in an attempt to control
his vehicle.
Now I've had drivers
in here whose hands
were literally glued to
the wheel and head to be
pried off.
Evidently this man wasn't
holding onto the wheel at all.
- Here she comes.
After that, he proposed?
- Well let's just say he
proposed everything but marriage.
We were so poor then we
couldn't even afford to go
on a honeymoon and
Bill had to be on call
for a case so we spent
it in a very romantic
garage apartment in the valley.
- That's true.
- Big spender even then huh?
Thank you honey.
- We always promised
ourselves a real honeymoon
in Italy and since we're
both Italian Sorento for Bill
and Palermo for me.
- Actually only one
of us is a true Italian.
The other one's a Sicilian.
- In the whole five years
that we were married
I couldn't convince him
that Sicilian is Italian.
- Sicilian's are
renegade Greeks.
- Don't fight it Jackie, I have
not been able to convince
him of anything except to
maybe pick up the check.
- Who do you think
is paying this mess?
- [Jackie] How'd
you swing that one?
You're partner, she's something.
- Oh Pepper, well I just
threw my weight around
til they had to assign
her to my division.
- She a good cop?
- She's the best.
- How are things Bill?
- Things are good.
How about you, anybody special?
- [Jackie] There's a
guy who's in insurance.
Nothing dramatic to report
but after some of the others
I guess I shouldn't complain.
- [Bill] You happy?
- [Jackie] Sure.
- [Bill] That's
all that matters.
(peaceful music)
- I'd forgotten what
a gentleman you are.
- Let's see if I
can handle this.
There you go.
- It was a lovely evening.
I wasn't sure if I was
doing the right thing,
but I'm glad I called you.
- I'm glad you did too Jackie.
It's good to see ya again.
I guess I've been curious.
- I guess I hope that
means you've missed me.
- You'd better get in.
Listen, I'll call ya
tomorrow okay?
Good bye.
- Good night.
(peaceful music)
- Well good morning William.
- Good morning.
- Yep.
All right, let's have it.
What'd you guys come up with?
- Well nothing much.
The car was a mess but
we didn't see any evidence
of tampering.
- Security was so tight
I'd doubt if anybody
got in that way.
Unless they came
in from the inside.
- Well who was close to Wilkes?
His family, his
friends, girlfriend who?
- He was close to his parents.
But he had a lady, Kitty Davis.
What did you get from the car?
- Somebody beat up
Wilkes up the night before
his big race.
- Beat up?
- Yeah, that's what he
died from apparently.
Blood clot on the brain.
He also had bruises
all over his arms
that were not sustained
from the accident.
Surprised you didn't see them.
You saw him, you were with him.
- Yeah, but he was
wearing coveralls.
But he did seem to
have a pain inside,
even though he
didn't want to admit it.
- What do you know
about the owner Joe?
The one that he
was arguing with?
- We're trying but as usual
nobody seems to want
to communicate.
- Keep going will ya?
Just keep digging till ya
come up with something.
- [Pete] Sure we'll try William.
- She's lovely.
- Huh?
- Jackie.
Jacqueline Crowley.
- That's funny, she says
the same thing about you.
- Boy, she is one of the
few women that I know of
who gave up alimony
without having to.
That's weird unless.
- Unless what?
- Unless she's still
in love with you.
- Is that the cop
talking or the woman?
- I was a woman first.
- Did I ever tell you
how we happened to get
a divorce?
- Tell me.
- She couldn't handle
my being a cop.
She couldn't take the hours.
She couldn't stand
to sleep alone.
If I wasn't home at night,
she had me out shacked up
some place or bleeding
to death in an alley.
It got so bad that if a
friend came to the door
she'd almost faint.
Til they could assure
her that they weren't there
to tell her I was
dead somewhere.
She almost had a
nervous breakdown.
So she just finally split.
Said she was gonna
have to try to put herself
together again.
- So she did?
And she's back.
- Yeah, she's back.
She's back.
(upbeat music)
(honking)
- [Pepper] Hey Jackie.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Am I under
surveillance or something?
- What are you
doing clear out here?
- Right now I guess I'm
looking for transportation.
- Hop in.
- Isn't this the day for
your cooking class?
Aren't you going to be late?
- They'll just review
their heart burns for
the first half hour.
Come on, going
back to the motel?
- Yeah, thanks Pepper.
I was beginning
to feel a bit weary.
- [Pepper] You too
look a little pushed.
What's the matter?
Our smog getting to you?
- No, I think it's the reuben
sandwich I had for lunch.
Got my tummy a little wobbly.
Boy, I thought Chicago
was the windy city,
what a mess.
(dramatic music)
- William?
- We just checked
on Craft's background.
He's definitely dirty.
- How dirty?
- Well he's got some
pretty rough rims,
Silver, Eckerly, Corvelus.
- Gambling?
You think maybe Craft
had some high stakes
on that race and Wilkes
wouldn't cooperate?
- Well JJ said their
argument was about that.
Craft wanted to boost
the car's horsepower
with nitrous oxide.
JJ wouldn't have any.
- Pep it looks like
you're just in time
for a little typecasting.
How would you like to
play a wealthy, bored,
racetrack groupie?
With a gambling addiction.
- Fine.
- Joe, can you arrange
a meeting this afternoon
with Wilkes' girlfriend?
- No problem.
- All right, get on
it right now will ya?
- Come on Peter,
make that run with me.
- I wanted that part.
- What's wrong Pep?
- Have you talked to Jackie?
- Not since last night, no.
Why?
- I gave her a ride
yesterday from the University.
- What was she doing out there?
- Well I picked Jackie up
outside the medical complex
and she had a
bandaid on her hand.
Like after you
have a blood test.
- Yeah.
- It's a combination of things.
She said that her
stomach was feeling queasy
and then when she combed
her hair a lot of hair fell out.
- What are you
getting at Pepper?
- I think she's
having treatments.
I think it's chemotherapy.
(doorbell ringing)
- Joe.
- Hi Kitty, may we come in?
- Yeah.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Kitty these are a
couple of partners of mine.
This is Sargent Anderson,
Sargent Crowley.
They'd like to ask
you some questions.
- Would you like some
coffee or tea or soft drink?
- No I don't think so.
- No thanks.
- You mind if I fix myself some,
I've gotta keep busy.
- In that case I'll have
what you're having.
- Kitty?
Kitty we're gonna have
to ask you some questions
that might be painful.
We'll do it as
quickly as we can.
- First of all we'd
like to know if
you saw JJ before the race?
- I wanted to, but I couldn't.
I had to work.
- What about the day before?
- No.
I didn't see him then either.
He likes, he'd like
to get to bed early
the night before a race.
So he could get a
good night's sleep.
I'm sorry (crying).
- It's all right,
it's all right.
We're just sorry we have
to put you through this.
- Kitty, was he
under any pressure?
More than usual to
win that race or lose it?
- I don't think so.
But he never talked
about his problems much.
He always liked to be up
when we were together.
- How well do you
know Willie Craft?
- That redneck cracker
he acted like he owned JJ.
- Did Craft have any
reason to want to hurt JJ?
- I don't think so.
JJ always did what he said.
He did what everybody said.
- Do you know of anybody
who wanted to see him
out of that race?
- Everybody loved him.
Even the other drivers
because he was special.
Just ask Joe.
Wasn't he Joe?
I mean, wasn't he special?
- Yeah, he was special.
(telephone ringing)
- Bill?
- What?
- I just wanted to
know if you've had
a talk with Jackie yet.
- No I haven't.
- You are planning to aren't ya?
You do realize why she
came back, don't you?
Don't say it's the clinics.
There are clinics
all over the country.
- Listen Pepper,
if you don't mind.
I know what I
gotta do in my life
and I'd like to do it
my own way okay?
- I saw the strangest
sculpture today.
It was a bronze of two
tigers locked in combat.
One was up in the air
balanced by just his paw
with his tail touching
the other one.
It was gorgeous, can
you imagine living with it?
Are you angry about something?
- Damn right I am.
- Why, because I came back?
- You know better than that.
- Do I?
- Yes, you do.
You're not being
honest with me Jackie.
- It's pretty hard to believe.
After all, you're the first
man who made an honest
woman out of me.
- I'd appreciate not hearing
anymore jokes okay?
And I don't want to hear
any more about you being
an interior decorator.
Now I wanna know
why you're here Jackie.
You owe me that.
- Why?
- Because we never
lied to each other before.
- How do you tell somebody
you're going to die?
Especially somebody
you still love?
That's the first time
I've said that out loud.
I'm going to die and I'm afraid.
I've got Leukemia Bill.
Suddenly I've gotta
finish up loose ends
and I don't feel
finished with us.
I have kicked myself
over and over again
for walking out on the
most important person
in my life.
- Jackie, why didn't
you just tell me up front?
- I had to find out about you
and whether you were
involved with somebody,
or you still even
cared about me.
I couldn't beg, didn't you see.
It would destroy
the meaning of it.
- What's the prognosis?
- Well the doctor wouldn't say.
He said it wasn't
fair because no one
can honestly give
anyone an estimate
because of remissions and
all that but from what I've asked
and read, it's a few
weeks or a few months.
Even with remissions.
- Where you going Bo Bo?
- Who said I was?
- Your not going to see
those people again are you?
Please stay away from them.
You'll just get hurt.
We've already lost JJ.
You think about
your brother son.
Haven't we had enough pain?
- I kinda dig the pain mama?
It's the only thing that
doesn't let me down.
- Will you be back for supper?
- I don't know.
- Bo Bo.
Your mother asked
you a question.
- And I answered it.
- How's it going?
You, looking for someone?
- No one in particular.
That your new car?
- Well you might say that.
Some new paint, new windshield,
little engine work, make
me a real proud papa.
- Too bad about the Chevellle.
- I'd remember if I knew ya.
Now how do you know me?
- Let's just say a lot of
money depends on my knowing
who owns what.
(laughing)
That thing got any guts?
- Do you?
- Joe.
- How are you Mr. Wilkes?
- Well fine son,
fine, how are you?
- Okay, considering.
- Joe?
I miss him so much already.
- I'm sorry.
We all do.
We just sitting down
for lunch, can ya join us?
- No, I'm here on business.
Maybe I should come
back at another time.
- No, no, you can sit with
us and eat while we talk.
It's not about Bo Bo is it?
- No I'm investigating
JJ's accident.
- [Mr. Wilkes] Hey
Francis, serve another plate,
we got company.
- What are we dreaming for?
- Solid rage.
- Takes more than a
hot car to scare me babe.
- You like taking
chances don't ya?
- Only those I
can afford to lose.
- You're smart too.
Smart enough to know a
good thing when you see it.
- Saw you, didn't I?
- Yeah you did.
- I guess you knew a
good thing when you saw.
- You're watching
the wrong curves,
eyes on the road cowboy.
- I love a feisty broad.
- Yeah, I know you do.
- How long had he
had his apartment?
- Well he moved out
about six weeks ago.
Didn't he tell you?
- No he didn't.
Well, I guess he was
so excited about the race
he couldn't talk
about anything else.
What about Bo Bo?
Is he in some kind of trouble?
You think he might know
where JJ was that night?
- Joe, he's a bad one.
We can't make him mind anymore.
Just comes and goes as
he pleases and he won't tell
us where.
He could have been with JJ.
I just don't know.
- [Bill] What'd you find out?
- Well his parents said
that they didn't know
where JJ might
have been that night.
They did have dinner
with him the night before
and everything
seemed to be fine.
- That gives us
exactly zero to go on.
I hope you're having
better luck than we are.
- What can I tell you?
He's a perfect target.
I whispered a lot of
sweet nothing doings
in his ear while he went
into his macho driving act
but I don't think he had
anything to do with Wilkes' death.
- Huh why?
- When I did him getting
talking about Wilkes,
all he could say
that he was so sorry
he didn't have all that money.
They thought they were
gonna win that race.
- I'll be right back.
What you standing over here for?
You should join us.
- Oh I didn't want to
interrupt your meeting.
- Is everything okay?
- Could we walk?
- Sure.
- I have to go to the
hospital tomorrow.
The doctors say they want
to take some more tests.
- [Bill] What kind of tests?
- My medicine.
I keep hoping one morning
I'll wake up and be told
they're ready to
try out a new drug.
Something fantastic and
they wanna use it on me.
- You think this'll be it?
- You might think this is funny,
but did you ever have
a feeling that your life
was for a special purpose?
Like there's something
you have to accomplish while
you're here.
I keep hoping that my
special mission will be
to be the first cancer cure.
Sort of like the first
heart transplant.
It kind of helps
me to get through
the rough spots.
Times when I can't
handle one more test.
Bill, I don't wanna be alone.
Stay with me.
Please.
- [Joe] So what's
happening Bo Bo?
- I already told you, they
busted me for joy riding.
- In who's car?
- That's a dumb question.
You pick out a car,
you wire it, you take off,
that's that.
- Got another question for you,
where were you last
weekend when JJ was killed?
- I was having a party
and having a good time.
- What about the night before?
- I was probably
doing the same thing.
But you see it's kind of
hard for me to remember that
because see you are
making me nervous.
- I'm investigating JJ's death.
Now I need help man.
- And that's your
problem ain't it?
- You know with that
smart mouth of yours
you'll go places,
straight to the slammer.
- [Woman] Yes, JJ
wasn't home that night.
- Did anyone visit
him that night?
- Well I wouldn't
know about that.
We all mind our
business around here.
That's our policy.
We believe that everybody
living in this building
has an absolute
right to privacy.
I put it here when
I heard you knock.
I thought you were my
son and he doesn't like me
to indulge in any forms
of pleasure whatsoever.
- I find that an invasion
of personal privacy
and indeed a very serious one.
- You remind me of
him, he's a hippie too.
No offense of course.
- It really doesn't matter.
I thought I was a beatnik.
But what I find
amazing is that you have
a grown up son.
I find that
extremely incredible.
- Would you, would you like
me to mix you one of these?
It's very smooth and warm.
- No thank you, not right now.
Now when I'm on duty.
But what I would
like you to do for me
is to try and remember
if anybody came to visit
JJ that night, anybody at all?
- His brother.
- You sure?
- Oh sure, I know that one.
He's always lurking
around looking for trouble.
He's got a lecherous eye too.
Even for women my age.
- You know what I've
always wanted to do?
- No, what?
- Have a picnic at
the Sunset Bowl.
- Really, the Sunset Bowl?
- Uh-huh, with table
cloths and real china
and good wine.
- I'll tell you what.
You get out here,
first thing we'll do,
we'll have a picnic
at the Sunset Bowl.
I mean it, I promise.
I promise.
- Oh I'll get out.
See I've made a
bargain with God.
I'll put up with anything
they'll do if it'll buy me
another remission.
I want a little more
time with you Bill.
I promised I wouldn't
ask for anything else
if I could just have a
little more time with you.
- Jacqueline Crowley, your
room is ready for you now.
Follow me please.
- Hi.
Oh no no don't.
Please don't blow that thing.
All you're gonna get
is me or a hockey team.
I'm with the police
department, see.
I'd like to ask you
a few questions.
- What about?
- Why don't we step over here.
I think you'd be a little
more comfortable, okay?
- Okay.
- Beautiful day isn't it?
Looks like you've got
enough vegetables to last you
for a whole week.
What I'm trying to find
out is what happened
next door to ya
last Friday night?
- I knew I should
have called the police.
- [Pete] What does that mean?
- Well it was awful.
There was someone
in there fighting.
- You mean like arguing?
- No, fighting, like hitting
and hitting and hitting.
- Fist fighting kind of thing.
Why didn't you call the police?
- I couldn't move
I was so scared.
I just kept hoping the
sounds would go away.
- Do you know who was in there?
- No.
I don't know any
of the neighbors.
I don't wanna know
any of the neighbors
in this building.
I just wanna be left alone.
(upbeat music)
- No, it's all right, thank you.
- He's left the hospital.
Nobody seems to
know where he went.
- You know Pepper,
you should have seen it.
It was like talking to
a rock, no emotion.
I mean even when I
talked about his brother.
- You wanna hear the
term the psychologist's use.
Effect less, emotional zombies.
- Hey, where's Bill.
- He was supposed
to be at the hospital.
- Get a load of this, I
just talked with Wilkes'
landlady, I just came
from there and she said
that she was sure that
she saw his brother there
Friday night and also
the neighbor lady said
that she heard sounds
coming from the apartment.
You know sounds like hitting
sounds, quite a trip huh?
(dramatic music)
- I'll take the back
just in case he decides
to grab it.
- You too?
- Yeah, Pete's hunches
are usually right.
(dramatic music)
(knocking)
(dramatic music)
Pete, Pete.
- [Pete] One twitch man
I'll blow your head right
off your shoulders.
- Well you know what I
think would be a smart thing
to do, just get all our volcano
hiking out of the way first.
And when we get good
and tired, take off some place
like Capri.
Spend the rest of the
time sleeping on the beach.
- Or whatever.
- That sound good to you, Capri?
- Sounds perfect,
can we go tonight?
- No, we can't go tonight.
I gotta do my laundry.
As soon as you get
out of this hospital
we'll take off like a big bird.
- You know don't you,
there's a chance I won't
ever leave the hospital.
- Will you knock it off?
Of course you're gonna
leave this hospital.
- Don't put your hopes
up too high, okay?
- Listen.
- Hello.
Yes, he's here.
Oh listen thanks for the
flowers, they're beautiful.
It's Pete.
- Hey Pete.
Just now where?
Yeah right.
No you stay with
the kid, sit on him.
Pepper's been hurt.
She's downstairs in emergency.
- There, that oughta do it.
- It goes with my earrings.
- You look great.
- I'll buy that.
Now you just sit quiet
and relax Sargent, okay?
- Thanks Doctor,
what else can I do?
Why are you such a sourpuss?
- I'm sorry Pepper, I should
have been there with ya.
- Don't be silly, you
were right where you were
supposed to be.
- Let me see this thing.
How many stitches they take?
- 17, well seven.
Hi Jackie.
- For cops you sure
do make a big deal
out of a scratch.
(dramatic music)
- I'd better go talk to her.
- No I'll talk to her,
it's my problem.
- Please Bill, let me handle it.
I think I can.
- Okay, you handle it.
(dramatic music)
- Uh Jackie.
- Pepper, I'm sorry.
- Hey, I didn't come
here to ask for an apology.
I came here to, well
because I figured,
I figured you'd be
kicking yourself.
- Well it was a
rotten thing to say.
- If anybody has
a right to be angry
or say anything it's you.
- Oh, oh I feel so guilty.
- Jackie, why do
you feel guilty?
- Because I'm jealous
of you and I like you.
I'm jealous that
you're so beautiful
and healthy and have
so many years to live
and you're gonna be
here and be with him
and be alive.
- I just don't know what to say.
- I guess you're used
to death and dying huh?
Bill used to say he
got hardened to it
after a while.
- No, no you never get used
to losing someone you love.
- He's just about to
tell us where he was
last Friday night.
We don't quite believe
he was out of the pipe.
- I was at my brothers
for a little while, so what.
- Pretty heavy man,
hitting your own brother.
- Who said I hit him?
- Your landlady and a neighbor.
We wanna know why.
- He was hassling me.
- Why was he hassling you?
Now let me guess, he
knew you were pushing drugs
and he was threatening
to turn you in, is that it?
- No man.
- Look, your brother crashed
because you beat him up
before the race.
That's your fault he's dead.
- Don't you have
any feelings at all?
- You think by showing
me his body that's supposed
to make me emotional?
All worked up.
When you get emotional
the other guy's got you
by the throat.
- So you just cut off everything
and you're invulnerable.
Is that how it works?
- You know folks say
that he looks like me.
- Get him out of here.
- What'll happen to him?
- We got him cold on
resisting and assault with
a deadly weapon.
The joy riding has been
upped to grand theft auto
and the boys and I have
a little surprise for him.
But you'll have to ask
Juvenile what's gonna happen
to him.
- He's really something.
He really is.
(romantic music)
- This chill feels
good after the hospital.
- You said you wanted
a picnic at the bowl.
- I should have known
you'd find a way to swing it.
Thank you Bill.
- You're welcome.
What are you thinking right now?
What you got in your mind?
- Oh I was just thinking
about where I'd watched
the sunset before,
so many times.
I've always taken
it for granted.
I guess I'm gonna miss
the sunsets and good wine
and concerts.
I might even find
time to miss you.
You gonna miss me?
- I'm gonna miss
you very much Jackie.
(speaking Italian)
(romantic music)
- Listen, when you guys
get back I'm gonna bake you
some wonderful Bang Put,
Mi Cot, and Put Free Cain.
- Sounds wonderful, I promise.
- Uh, well, have
a wonderful trip.
I really mean it.
- Thank you.
For everything.
- Have a great time.
- Behave yourself.
- When you get to
Sorento drop a dime, okay?
- You kidding, I got
a whole pocket full.
- You'll miss your plane, go.
(romantic music)
- Come on J.
(laughing)
- [Jackie] Introduce me.
- Excuse me, this is Pepper
Anderson, this is Jackie.
- Crowley.
- My wife.
- Your brother crashed
because you beat him up
before the race.
That's your fault, he's dead.
- [Willie] You like
taking chances don't ya?
- Saw you didn't I?
- I guess you know a
good thing when you saw.
- You're watching
the wrong curves.
(upbeat music)
(dramatic music)
- Not me baby, no way.
- Look it's 100
extra horse power.
- Dammit, you ain't
gonna do this to me.
- What are you afraid of?
We put it in after
the tech inspection.
- I will.
I run this thing
under my own ability.
- Well it looks like
all of a sudden we got
a star on our hands.
- I'd go back to nothing dammit
before I run with the bottom.
- Hey JJ?
- See what your friend wants.
- Hey Joe.
- Hey JJ.
What was that all about?
- Nothing.
- Nothing, what does that mean?
You don't wanna talk about it?
- He wanted to install
a nitrous oxide bottle
under the car.
- With laughing gas?
- Yeah, it purifies
the gas mixed with it
and if I won with that
thing and they found out
about it I'd be disqualified
and lose the money.
- Hmm, why'd you
guys do an inspection?
- We weighed in a
little light so Willie added
more balance to the left riv.
- I bet that graveled him up.
- It did, but even
with the extra weight
we lean out the copper
ends to make up for it
and set a fast time of 17.2.
- [Announcer]
Yes sir, race fans.
It's going to be some race.
- They gonna kiss the winner?
More power to you bro.
- I'm glad you
see things my way.
- How's your
brother Bo Bo doing?
Is he trying to he
his stuff together?
- Bo Bo's got a lot
of problems Joe,
and I don't know how to help.
- Is he in trouble again?
- He's always into
something, you know that.
- What about you?
You all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
- You sure?
- Hey Wilkes, come on, let's go.
- Mr. Personality, duty calls.
- Go get them door slammers bro.
- I'll see ya after the race.
Maybe you can buy me a beer.
- Okay.
- [Announcer] Start of
advantage, watches the bottom
of the turn and
it's a green flag.
(cheering)
52 takes the inside as they
take the first composition
into the turn.
Look at John's on the outside.
Look at that car pull
of in the back stretch.
On the front stretch 52
is in front with 44 and five
challenging.
The pack is still
bunched into the turn.
On the 158th lap, little
short of the halfway mark
Alpha is getting lead
for par 15 seconds.
And JJ Wilkes has
surprised everybody
holding the third position
from a fifth row start.
Don Angles is fourth.
At 230 laps the
yellow is still out,
and here's the green flag.
JJ poured it on past the stands.
- Come on J.
- [Announcer] It's going to
be a running back stretch.
- All right.
(exploding)
- [Announcer] Get those
emergency vehicles out there.
It looks like car
seven JJ Wilkes.
Can't see what the
other cars are involved.
It doesn't look good.
Got those extinguishers
going fellas.
Every emergency vehicle
and truck is out there now.
Looks like it started a fire.
There's definitely three
or four cars involved.
It looks like JJ Wilkes, car
number seven is flooded,
but the smoke is all thick.
I can't make it out.
- Morning.
- You look very oriental.
- It's one of the things
I like about you Pete.
You're so observant.
- Oh that's right, today is
your Thai cooking class.
How's it doing?
- Hot, hot, they
could serve charcoals
and nobody would notice.
- Pepper, Pete?
- Well you look very oriental.
- Aren't you all the same?
Thank you, I'm glad you noticed.
It's for my cooking class.
- Okay, listen.
Joe wants us to
investigate JJ Wilkes' death.
I talked to Parks
and he said okay.
- So you still don't think it
was an accident huh Joe?
- Well he was
okay an hour earlier,
at least he said he was.
I tell ya, he wasn't
drunk or drinking,
and he wasn't a pill popper.
Preliminary
inspection of the car
didn't turn up anything and
JJ was too careful a driver
just to crack up
for no reason at all.
- Couldn't one of the other
racers have clipped him?
- Well I went over the
report and it gave no reason
for him to lose control.
No, something is rotten.
And I love that man
enough to want to find out
what it is.
- Excuse me, can you
tell me where I might find
Sargent William Crowley?
- Yes, he's right in there.
- Hey Pepper.
Why don't you put this on,
you won't be so overdressed.
- Can we help you?
- Jackie what?
(laughing)
- You always were eloquent.
- Crazy, just surprised.
How are ya?
- Don't fall over
with enthusiasm.
I'm fine.
Introduce me?
- Excuse me this is Pepper
Anderson, Joe Styles,
and Pete Rush, this is Jackie.
- Crowley.
- My wife, my ex wife.
- How did you ever
let her get away Bill?
- How did you ever
get her in the first place?
She's lovely.
Well look, we're gonna
follow some leads.
It's nice meeting you.
Come on Pete.
- It's very nice to meet you.
- You probably have
a lot to catch up on.
It's nice to meet you
finally Mrs. Crowley.
- Jackie.
- Here, sorry.
- You wanna keep it?
- No, no, I was
planning to change.
I was just playing around.
- Come on.
Have a seat.
Want some coffee?
- No, thanks.
- You look terrific Jackie.
- Oh, that's because you're
looking at a brand new woman.
- Oh how's that?
- Jacqueline Iyelo
Crowley, Interior Decorator.
- You finally did it.
- I did.
- Congratulations.
- You know, you
were right all the time.
People love my work.
- Sure.
- And you know what else?
- No what else?
- I won't be needing
any more alimony after
three more months.
- You're getting married.
- Oh no, I figure
with the business
I'll be loaded by
then and I know what
a cop's salary's like so.
- Well I'm making a little
more money than I was
in those days.
- Oh, you don't wanna
give up the payments?
- I didn't say that.
- Can't find a way
to spend the money.
- If you're serious, I mean
if you're really serious
I'll find a way to spend it.
- I'm sure you will.
I bet you even keep a 10
spot in your sock drawer.
That's my mad money.
(chuckling)
- This is terrific, I mean
about your business.
It's, you can tell
us all about that.
Speaking of mad money,
you still keep yours in your bra?
- [Jackie] I don't
wear a bra anymore.
- Hey Pep, I was just
about to ask Jackie
to go to dinner with
you and me tonight.
- Oh, I'm sorry Bill, I
have something planned.
- Cancel it, that's
an order Sargent.
- Well since you
asked so nicely.
- I'd love to, if you
don't mind a third wheel.
- Look I told ya once
already, don't touch anything
under there.
I can still cherry it out.
- Look Craft, I
know what I'm doing.
I used to race my old
Mustang at Ascot remember?
- Ya well this baby cost
me 20,000 bucks man.
- Okay.
Now where's the bottle?
- What bottle?
- The laughing gas.
- Happens to be illegal
and you know that.
- Yeah, we know it's
illegal and we also heard
that you wanted him
to run with a bottle.
- Well he ran clean.
You just found
that out for yourself.
- So when was the inspection?
The day before the race?
- Yeah, she was perfect then.
24 hours later.
- Bam, hmm.
So who had access
to the garage after that?
- Look, boys I don't wanna
tell ya how to do your job,
but you're wasting your time.
There wasn't any sabotage.
- Death was from a
blood clot in the brain,
subdural hematoma.
You'd think it by the
crash one would think,
but you see this?
He was still wearing
this when I got him.
You notice the dent
isn't bad enough to cause
an injury like this.
- Wait a minute you say
he died from a blood clot,
but he had it
before the accident.
- Yes, there are definite
signs which would indicate
that it is older than
the injuries received in
the accident.
And these, now he's got
some pretty vicious bruises
on his left arm,
notice the color?
Now compared with
the others he received
when the car
banged into the wall.
- They're slightly different.
- Doctor you say that Wilkes
was already unconscious
at the time of the accident.
How do you know that?
- See this hand?
It's relaxed.
When a driver is about
to have an accident,
he'll clutch the wheel
in an attempt to control
his vehicle.
Now I've had drivers
in here whose hands
were literally glued to
the wheel and head to be
pried off.
Evidently this man wasn't
holding onto the wheel at all.
- Here she comes.
After that, he proposed?
- Well let's just say he
proposed everything but marriage.
We were so poor then we
couldn't even afford to go
on a honeymoon and
Bill had to be on call
for a case so we spent
it in a very romantic
garage apartment in the valley.
- That's true.
- Big spender even then huh?
Thank you honey.
- We always promised
ourselves a real honeymoon
in Italy and since we're
both Italian Sorento for Bill
and Palermo for me.
- Actually only one
of us is a true Italian.
The other one's a Sicilian.
- In the whole five years
that we were married
I couldn't convince him
that Sicilian is Italian.
- Sicilian's are
renegade Greeks.
- Don't fight it Jackie, I have
not been able to convince
him of anything except to
maybe pick up the check.
- Who do you think
is paying this mess?
- [Jackie] How'd
you swing that one?
You're partner, she's something.
- Oh Pepper, well I just
threw my weight around
til they had to assign
her to my division.
- She a good cop?
- She's the best.
- How are things Bill?
- Things are good.
How about you, anybody special?
- [Jackie] There's a
guy who's in insurance.
Nothing dramatic to report
but after some of the others
I guess I shouldn't complain.
- [Bill] You happy?
- [Jackie] Sure.
- [Bill] That's
all that matters.
(peaceful music)
- I'd forgotten what
a gentleman you are.
- Let's see if I
can handle this.
There you go.
- It was a lovely evening.
I wasn't sure if I was
doing the right thing,
but I'm glad I called you.
- I'm glad you did too Jackie.
It's good to see ya again.
I guess I've been curious.
- I guess I hope that
means you've missed me.
- You'd better get in.
Listen, I'll call ya
tomorrow okay?
Good bye.
- Good night.
(peaceful music)
- Well good morning William.
- Good morning.
- Yep.
All right, let's have it.
What'd you guys come up with?
- Well nothing much.
The car was a mess but
we didn't see any evidence
of tampering.
- Security was so tight
I'd doubt if anybody
got in that way.
Unless they came
in from the inside.
- Well who was close to Wilkes?
His family, his
friends, girlfriend who?
- He was close to his parents.
But he had a lady, Kitty Davis.
What did you get from the car?
- Somebody beat up
Wilkes up the night before
his big race.
- Beat up?
- Yeah, that's what he
died from apparently.
Blood clot on the brain.
He also had bruises
all over his arms
that were not sustained
from the accident.
Surprised you didn't see them.
You saw him, you were with him.
- Yeah, but he was
wearing coveralls.
But he did seem to
have a pain inside,
even though he
didn't want to admit it.
- What do you know
about the owner Joe?
The one that he
was arguing with?
- We're trying but as usual
nobody seems to want
to communicate.
- Keep going will ya?
Just keep digging till ya
come up with something.
- [Pete] Sure we'll try William.
- She's lovely.
- Huh?
- Jackie.
Jacqueline Crowley.
- That's funny, she says
the same thing about you.
- Boy, she is one of the
few women that I know of
who gave up alimony
without having to.
That's weird unless.
- Unless what?
- Unless she's still
in love with you.
- Is that the cop
talking or the woman?
- I was a woman first.
- Did I ever tell you
how we happened to get
a divorce?
- Tell me.
- She couldn't handle
my being a cop.
She couldn't take the hours.
She couldn't stand
to sleep alone.
If I wasn't home at night,
she had me out shacked up
some place or bleeding
to death in an alley.
It got so bad that if a
friend came to the door
she'd almost faint.
Til they could assure
her that they weren't there
to tell her I was
dead somewhere.
She almost had a
nervous breakdown.
So she just finally split.
Said she was gonna
have to try to put herself
together again.
- So she did?
And she's back.
- Yeah, she's back.
She's back.
(upbeat music)
(honking)
- [Pepper] Hey Jackie.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Am I under
surveillance or something?
- What are you
doing clear out here?
- Right now I guess I'm
looking for transportation.
- Hop in.
- Isn't this the day for
your cooking class?
Aren't you going to be late?
- They'll just review
their heart burns for
the first half hour.
Come on, going
back to the motel?
- Yeah, thanks Pepper.
I was beginning
to feel a bit weary.
- [Pepper] You too
look a little pushed.
What's the matter?
Our smog getting to you?
- No, I think it's the reuben
sandwich I had for lunch.
Got my tummy a little wobbly.
Boy, I thought Chicago
was the windy city,
what a mess.
(dramatic music)
- William?
- We just checked
on Craft's background.
He's definitely dirty.
- How dirty?
- Well he's got some
pretty rough rims,
Silver, Eckerly, Corvelus.
- Gambling?
You think maybe Craft
had some high stakes
on that race and Wilkes
wouldn't cooperate?
- Well JJ said their
argument was about that.
Craft wanted to boost
the car's horsepower
with nitrous oxide.
JJ wouldn't have any.
- Pep it looks like
you're just in time
for a little typecasting.
How would you like to
play a wealthy, bored,
racetrack groupie?
With a gambling addiction.
- Fine.
- Joe, can you arrange
a meeting this afternoon
with Wilkes' girlfriend?
- No problem.
- All right, get on
it right now will ya?
- Come on Peter,
make that run with me.
- I wanted that part.
- What's wrong Pep?
- Have you talked to Jackie?
- Not since last night, no.
Why?
- I gave her a ride
yesterday from the University.
- What was she doing out there?
- Well I picked Jackie up
outside the medical complex
and she had a
bandaid on her hand.
Like after you
have a blood test.
- Yeah.
- It's a combination of things.
She said that her
stomach was feeling queasy
and then when she combed
her hair a lot of hair fell out.
- What are you
getting at Pepper?
- I think she's
having treatments.
I think it's chemotherapy.
(doorbell ringing)
- Joe.
- Hi Kitty, may we come in?
- Yeah.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Kitty these are a
couple of partners of mine.
This is Sargent Anderson,
Sargent Crowley.
They'd like to ask
you some questions.
- Would you like some
coffee or tea or soft drink?
- No I don't think so.
- No thanks.
- You mind if I fix myself some,
I've gotta keep busy.
- In that case I'll have
what you're having.
- Kitty?
Kitty we're gonna have
to ask you some questions
that might be painful.
We'll do it as
quickly as we can.
- First of all we'd
like to know if
you saw JJ before the race?
- I wanted to, but I couldn't.
I had to work.
- What about the day before?
- No.
I didn't see him then either.
He likes, he'd like
to get to bed early
the night before a race.
So he could get a
good night's sleep.
I'm sorry (crying).
- It's all right,
it's all right.
We're just sorry we have
to put you through this.
- Kitty, was he
under any pressure?
More than usual to
win that race or lose it?
- I don't think so.
But he never talked
about his problems much.
He always liked to be up
when we were together.
- How well do you
know Willie Craft?
- That redneck cracker
he acted like he owned JJ.
- Did Craft have any
reason to want to hurt JJ?
- I don't think so.
JJ always did what he said.
He did what everybody said.
- Do you know of anybody
who wanted to see him
out of that race?
- Everybody loved him.
Even the other drivers
because he was special.
Just ask Joe.
Wasn't he Joe?
I mean, wasn't he special?
- Yeah, he was special.
(telephone ringing)
- Bill?
- What?
- I just wanted to
know if you've had
a talk with Jackie yet.
- No I haven't.
- You are planning to aren't ya?
You do realize why she
came back, don't you?
Don't say it's the clinics.
There are clinics
all over the country.
- Listen Pepper,
if you don't mind.
I know what I
gotta do in my life
and I'd like to do it
my own way okay?
- I saw the strangest
sculpture today.
It was a bronze of two
tigers locked in combat.
One was up in the air
balanced by just his paw
with his tail touching
the other one.
It was gorgeous, can
you imagine living with it?
Are you angry about something?
- Damn right I am.
- Why, because I came back?
- You know better than that.
- Do I?
- Yes, you do.
You're not being
honest with me Jackie.
- It's pretty hard to believe.
After all, you're the first
man who made an honest
woman out of me.
- I'd appreciate not hearing
anymore jokes okay?
And I don't want to hear
any more about you being
an interior decorator.
Now I wanna know
why you're here Jackie.
You owe me that.
- Why?
- Because we never
lied to each other before.
- How do you tell somebody
you're going to die?
Especially somebody
you still love?
That's the first time
I've said that out loud.
I'm going to die and I'm afraid.
I've got Leukemia Bill.
Suddenly I've gotta
finish up loose ends
and I don't feel
finished with us.
I have kicked myself
over and over again
for walking out on the
most important person
in my life.
- Jackie, why didn't
you just tell me up front?
- I had to find out about you
and whether you were
involved with somebody,
or you still even
cared about me.
I couldn't beg, didn't you see.
It would destroy
the meaning of it.
- What's the prognosis?
- Well the doctor wouldn't say.
He said it wasn't
fair because no one
can honestly give
anyone an estimate
because of remissions and
all that but from what I've asked
and read, it's a few
weeks or a few months.
Even with remissions.
- Where you going Bo Bo?
- Who said I was?
- Your not going to see
those people again are you?
Please stay away from them.
You'll just get hurt.
We've already lost JJ.
You think about
your brother son.
Haven't we had enough pain?
- I kinda dig the pain mama?
It's the only thing that
doesn't let me down.
- Will you be back for supper?
- I don't know.
- Bo Bo.
Your mother asked
you a question.
- And I answered it.
- How's it going?
You, looking for someone?
- No one in particular.
That your new car?
- Well you might say that.
Some new paint, new windshield,
little engine work, make
me a real proud papa.
- Too bad about the Chevellle.
- I'd remember if I knew ya.
Now how do you know me?
- Let's just say a lot of
money depends on my knowing
who owns what.
(laughing)
That thing got any guts?
- Do you?
- Joe.
- How are you Mr. Wilkes?
- Well fine son,
fine, how are you?
- Okay, considering.
- Joe?
I miss him so much already.
- I'm sorry.
We all do.
We just sitting down
for lunch, can ya join us?
- No, I'm here on business.
Maybe I should come
back at another time.
- No, no, you can sit with
us and eat while we talk.
It's not about Bo Bo is it?
- No I'm investigating
JJ's accident.
- [Mr. Wilkes] Hey
Francis, serve another plate,
we got company.
- What are we dreaming for?
- Solid rage.
- Takes more than a
hot car to scare me babe.
- You like taking
chances don't ya?
- Only those I
can afford to lose.
- You're smart too.
Smart enough to know a
good thing when you see it.
- Saw you, didn't I?
- Yeah you did.
- I guess you knew a
good thing when you saw.
- You're watching
the wrong curves,
eyes on the road cowboy.
- I love a feisty broad.
- Yeah, I know you do.
- How long had he
had his apartment?
- Well he moved out
about six weeks ago.
Didn't he tell you?
- No he didn't.
Well, I guess he was
so excited about the race
he couldn't talk
about anything else.
What about Bo Bo?
Is he in some kind of trouble?
You think he might know
where JJ was that night?
- Joe, he's a bad one.
We can't make him mind anymore.
Just comes and goes as
he pleases and he won't tell
us where.
He could have been with JJ.
I just don't know.
- [Bill] What'd you find out?
- Well his parents said
that they didn't know
where JJ might
have been that night.
They did have dinner
with him the night before
and everything
seemed to be fine.
- That gives us
exactly zero to go on.
I hope you're having
better luck than we are.
- What can I tell you?
He's a perfect target.
I whispered a lot of
sweet nothing doings
in his ear while he went
into his macho driving act
but I don't think he had
anything to do with Wilkes' death.
- Huh why?
- When I did him getting
talking about Wilkes,
all he could say
that he was so sorry
he didn't have all that money.
They thought they were
gonna win that race.
- I'll be right back.
What you standing over here for?
You should join us.
- Oh I didn't want to
interrupt your meeting.
- Is everything okay?
- Could we walk?
- Sure.
- I have to go to the
hospital tomorrow.
The doctors say they want
to take some more tests.
- [Bill] What kind of tests?
- My medicine.
I keep hoping one morning
I'll wake up and be told
they're ready to
try out a new drug.
Something fantastic and
they wanna use it on me.
- You think this'll be it?
- You might think this is funny,
but did you ever have
a feeling that your life
was for a special purpose?
Like there's something
you have to accomplish while
you're here.
I keep hoping that my
special mission will be
to be the first cancer cure.
Sort of like the first
heart transplant.
It kind of helps
me to get through
the rough spots.
Times when I can't
handle one more test.
Bill, I don't wanna be alone.
Stay with me.
Please.
- [Joe] So what's
happening Bo Bo?
- I already told you, they
busted me for joy riding.
- In who's car?
- That's a dumb question.
You pick out a car,
you wire it, you take off,
that's that.
- Got another question for you,
where were you last
weekend when JJ was killed?
- I was having a party
and having a good time.
- What about the night before?
- I was probably
doing the same thing.
But you see it's kind of
hard for me to remember that
because see you are
making me nervous.
- I'm investigating JJ's death.
Now I need help man.
- And that's your
problem ain't it?
- You know with that
smart mouth of yours
you'll go places,
straight to the slammer.
- [Woman] Yes, JJ
wasn't home that night.
- Did anyone visit
him that night?
- Well I wouldn't
know about that.
We all mind our
business around here.
That's our policy.
We believe that everybody
living in this building
has an absolute
right to privacy.
I put it here when
I heard you knock.
I thought you were my
son and he doesn't like me
to indulge in any forms
of pleasure whatsoever.
- I find that an invasion
of personal privacy
and indeed a very serious one.
- You remind me of
him, he's a hippie too.
No offense of course.
- It really doesn't matter.
I thought I was a beatnik.
But what I find
amazing is that you have
a grown up son.
I find that
extremely incredible.
- Would you, would you like
me to mix you one of these?
It's very smooth and warm.
- No thank you, not right now.
Now when I'm on duty.
But what I would
like you to do for me
is to try and remember
if anybody came to visit
JJ that night, anybody at all?
- His brother.
- You sure?
- Oh sure, I know that one.
He's always lurking
around looking for trouble.
He's got a lecherous eye too.
Even for women my age.
- You know what I've
always wanted to do?
- No, what?
- Have a picnic at
the Sunset Bowl.
- Really, the Sunset Bowl?
- Uh-huh, with table
cloths and real china
and good wine.
- I'll tell you what.
You get out here,
first thing we'll do,
we'll have a picnic
at the Sunset Bowl.
I mean it, I promise.
I promise.
- Oh I'll get out.
See I've made a
bargain with God.
I'll put up with anything
they'll do if it'll buy me
another remission.
I want a little more
time with you Bill.
I promised I wouldn't
ask for anything else
if I could just have a
little more time with you.
- Jacqueline Crowley, your
room is ready for you now.
Follow me please.
- Hi.
Oh no no don't.
Please don't blow that thing.
All you're gonna get
is me or a hockey team.
I'm with the police
department, see.
I'd like to ask you
a few questions.
- What about?
- Why don't we step over here.
I think you'd be a little
more comfortable, okay?
- Okay.
- Beautiful day isn't it?
Looks like you've got
enough vegetables to last you
for a whole week.
What I'm trying to find
out is what happened
next door to ya
last Friday night?
- I knew I should
have called the police.
- [Pete] What does that mean?
- Well it was awful.
There was someone
in there fighting.
- You mean like arguing?
- No, fighting, like hitting
and hitting and hitting.
- Fist fighting kind of thing.
Why didn't you call the police?
- I couldn't move
I was so scared.
I just kept hoping the
sounds would go away.
- Do you know who was in there?
- No.
I don't know any
of the neighbors.
I don't wanna know
any of the neighbors
in this building.
I just wanna be left alone.
(upbeat music)
- No, it's all right, thank you.
- He's left the hospital.
Nobody seems to
know where he went.
- You know Pepper,
you should have seen it.
It was like talking to
a rock, no emotion.
I mean even when I
talked about his brother.
- You wanna hear the
term the psychologist's use.
Effect less, emotional zombies.
- Hey, where's Bill.
- He was supposed
to be at the hospital.
- Get a load of this, I
just talked with Wilkes'
landlady, I just came
from there and she said
that she was sure that
she saw his brother there
Friday night and also
the neighbor lady said
that she heard sounds
coming from the apartment.
You know sounds like hitting
sounds, quite a trip huh?
(dramatic music)
- I'll take the back
just in case he decides
to grab it.
- You too?
- Yeah, Pete's hunches
are usually right.
(dramatic music)
(knocking)
(dramatic music)
Pete, Pete.
- [Pete] One twitch man
I'll blow your head right
off your shoulders.
- Well you know what I
think would be a smart thing
to do, just get all our volcano
hiking out of the way first.
And when we get good
and tired, take off some place
like Capri.
Spend the rest of the
time sleeping on the beach.
- Or whatever.
- That sound good to you, Capri?
- Sounds perfect,
can we go tonight?
- No, we can't go tonight.
I gotta do my laundry.
As soon as you get
out of this hospital
we'll take off like a big bird.
- You know don't you,
there's a chance I won't
ever leave the hospital.
- Will you knock it off?
Of course you're gonna
leave this hospital.
- Don't put your hopes
up too high, okay?
- Listen.
- Hello.
Yes, he's here.
Oh listen thanks for the
flowers, they're beautiful.
It's Pete.
- Hey Pete.
Just now where?
Yeah right.
No you stay with
the kid, sit on him.
Pepper's been hurt.
She's downstairs in emergency.
- There, that oughta do it.
- It goes with my earrings.
- You look great.
- I'll buy that.
Now you just sit quiet
and relax Sargent, okay?
- Thanks Doctor,
what else can I do?
Why are you such a sourpuss?
- I'm sorry Pepper, I should
have been there with ya.
- Don't be silly, you
were right where you were
supposed to be.
- Let me see this thing.
How many stitches they take?
- 17, well seven.
Hi Jackie.
- For cops you sure
do make a big deal
out of a scratch.
(dramatic music)
- I'd better go talk to her.
- No I'll talk to her,
it's my problem.
- Please Bill, let me handle it.
I think I can.
- Okay, you handle it.
(dramatic music)
- Uh Jackie.
- Pepper, I'm sorry.
- Hey, I didn't come
here to ask for an apology.
I came here to, well
because I figured,
I figured you'd be
kicking yourself.
- Well it was a
rotten thing to say.
- If anybody has
a right to be angry
or say anything it's you.
- Oh, oh I feel so guilty.
- Jackie, why do
you feel guilty?
- Because I'm jealous
of you and I like you.
I'm jealous that
you're so beautiful
and healthy and have
so many years to live
and you're gonna be
here and be with him
and be alive.
- I just don't know what to say.
- I guess you're used
to death and dying huh?
Bill used to say he
got hardened to it
after a while.
- No, no you never get used
to losing someone you love.
- He's just about to
tell us where he was
last Friday night.
We don't quite believe
he was out of the pipe.
- I was at my brothers
for a little while, so what.
- Pretty heavy man,
hitting your own brother.
- Who said I hit him?
- Your landlady and a neighbor.
We wanna know why.
- He was hassling me.
- Why was he hassling you?
Now let me guess, he
knew you were pushing drugs
and he was threatening
to turn you in, is that it?
- No man.
- Look, your brother crashed
because you beat him up
before the race.
That's your fault he's dead.
- Don't you have
any feelings at all?
- You think by showing
me his body that's supposed
to make me emotional?
All worked up.
When you get emotional
the other guy's got you
by the throat.
- So you just cut off everything
and you're invulnerable.
Is that how it works?
- You know folks say
that he looks like me.
- Get him out of here.
- What'll happen to him?
- We got him cold on
resisting and assault with
a deadly weapon.
The joy riding has been
upped to grand theft auto
and the boys and I have
a little surprise for him.
But you'll have to ask
Juvenile what's gonna happen
to him.
- He's really something.
He really is.
(romantic music)
- This chill feels
good after the hospital.
- You said you wanted
a picnic at the bowl.
- I should have known
you'd find a way to swing it.
Thank you Bill.
- You're welcome.
What are you thinking right now?
What you got in your mind?
- Oh I was just thinking
about where I'd watched
the sunset before,
so many times.
I've always taken
it for granted.
I guess I'm gonna miss
the sunsets and good wine
and concerts.
I might even find
time to miss you.
You gonna miss me?
- I'm gonna miss
you very much Jackie.
(speaking Italian)
(romantic music)
- Listen, when you guys
get back I'm gonna bake you
some wonderful Bang Put,
Mi Cot, and Put Free Cain.
- Sounds wonderful, I promise.
- Uh, well, have
a wonderful trip.
I really mean it.
- Thank you.
For everything.
- Have a great time.
- Behave yourself.
- When you get to
Sorento drop a dime, okay?
- You kidding, I got
a whole pocket full.
- You'll miss your plane, go.
(romantic music)