T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Streets - full transcript

GOOD DAY, MA'AM.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

FINE. THANK YOU.

DID YOU KNOW THAT
JESUS LOVES YOU?

YES, I DO.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. WELL, THEN,

IF I COULD JUST TAKE A FEW
SHORT MINUTES OF YOUR TIME...

I'M REALLY BUSY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT REALLY WOULD BE
WORTH YOUR WHILE.

YES. NO, BUT... WHAT ARE
YOU DOING? GET OUT OF HERE.

JUST DON'T MAKE ANY SOUNDS

AND DON'T DO ANYTHING
THAT WOULD UPSET ME,



AND RUIN MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

JUST PUT THE KEY
INTO THE IGNITION

AND BACK OUT.

I KEEP TELLIN' YOU, HOOKER,

YOUR CAR IS A CERTIFIED CLUNKER.

YOU NEED TO TRADE IT
BEFORE IT DIES UNDER YOU.

THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH,

THE CAR SALESMEN WHO
HAVEN'T MET THEIR QUOTAS

WILL BE RIPE FOR
THAT LAST SALE OR 2.

RIPE?

WE PICK A SLOW DAY,
JUST BEFORE CLOSING.

EMPTY SHOWROOM IS A GOOD SIGN.

ARE WE BUYING A CAR
OR WE HOLDING THEM UP?

HOOKER, I'M SITTIN' HERE POURING
OUT A LIFETIME OF KNOWLEDGE



AND YOU'RE MAKIN' LIGHT.

LIFETIME?

MY TIRES ARE OLDER
THAN YOU, JUNIOR.

UNITS IN THE VICINITY
OF 4-ADAM-30...

THEY'RE PLAYIN' OUR SONG.

A POSSIBLE ATTACK IN
PROGRESS, AT THE PARKING LOT,

422 NORTH PINE.

4-ADAM-30, BE ADVISED

THERE'S ALSO AN AMBULANCE
EN ROUTE TO 422 NORTH PINE.

THAT'S 4 BLOCKS AWAY.
LET'S GO FOR IT, EDDIE.

YOU GOT IT.

MY GOODNESS,

SOMETHING MUST'VE
HAPPENED OVER THERE.

OH, I'M SURE IT'S
NOTHING SERIOUS.

HERE COMES OUR BUS.

RELAX, LADY, RELAX.

STAND BACK, PLEASE.
GIVE HER SOME AIR.

PLEASE STAND BACK.

I WAS DELIVERING MAIL.

I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME
KIND OF DOMESTIC FIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, MA'AM. AN
AMBULANCE IS ON ITS WAY.

DID YOU SEE WHICH
WAY THE SUSPECT WENT?

NO. I JUST SAW THEM
SITTIN' IN THE CAR

AND HE HIT HER A
COUPLE OF TIMES.

HE... HE... HE... HE...

GET THAT CAMERA
OUT OF HERE, PLEASE!

TRACY HILL, CHANNEL 6 NEWS.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE
WALTER CRONKITE.

BACK OFF, MISTER.
EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

HE... HE BEAT ME,
THEN HE ROBBED ME.

AND THEN HE SAID,

"THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

GOD LOVES YOU."

AND THEN HE HANDED ME THAT.

JUST RELAX, LADY.

HELP IS ON ITS WAY.

ANOTHER BIBLE. IT'S HIM.

SERGEANT, IS THIS ANOTHER
ATTACK BY THE BIBLE MUGGER?

UH, NO COMMENT.

THAT'S ALL WE SEEM TO BE
GETTING FROM YOUR PEOPLE.

IT'S NO COMMENT AND NO PROGRESS.

WOULD YOU GET THAT
CAMERA OUT OF HERE?

EDDIE, YOU KEEP ROLLING.

THIS WOMAN HAS
BEEN BRUTALLY BEATEN,

YOU FOUND A BIBLE
WHICH IS THE SIGNATURE

OF THE MUGGER WHO'S
BEEN TERRORIZING THE CITY...

I SAID GET THAT
CAMERA OUT OF MY FACE!

ALL RIGHT, EDDIE. PULL THE PLUG.

I DON'T THINK HE LIKES US MUCH.

WITH YOU, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

ME, I'LL GROW ON HIM.

OK.

I DON'T GET IT, HOOKER.

IS THIS MUGGER CHARACTER A RELIGIOUS
NUT WHO LIKES TO ABUSE WOMEN?

OR IS HE JUST, UH,
OUT FOR THE MONEY?

AH, YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

HE BEATS 'EM UP,
GIVES 'EM A SERMOM,

AND THEN TAKES AN OFFERING OF CASH
OR JEWELRY, WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT.

THEN LEAVES 'EM A BIBLE.

ALL IN THE NAME OF GOD.

TALK ABOUT WEIRD.

FREAK CITY.

LET'S GET THIS CREEP
OFF THE STREETS

AND THEN LET THE
DOCTORS FIGURE IT OUT.

CAN I TALK TO YOU A MINUTE?

THERE HAVE BEEN 4 ATTACKS
ON WOMEN IN YOUR PRECINCT

BY SOME PSYCHO WHO
LEAVES BIBLES BEHIND.

YOU HAVE AN M.O.

AND YOU HAVE A DESCRIPTION
FROM EACH OF THE VICTIMS.

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS
HAPPENING WITH THIS CASE?

WELL, AS SOON AS WE HAVE
SOMETHING ON THE MUGGINGS, TRACY,

I PROMISE I'LL GIVE YOU
THE FIRST SHOT AT IT.

OH, THAT'D BE SUPER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST HAD A
FLASH ON WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE,

WHAT COULD BE THE CORE
OF OUR DOCUMENTARY.

I'D LIKE TO RIDE IN ONE
OF YOUR PATROL CARS

ON A REGULAR WATCH.

I DON'T SEE ANY
PROBLEM WITH THAT.

OH, GOOD. GOOD.

UM, WITH THOSE 2 OFFICERS,
HOOKER AND ROMANO, ISN'T IT?

WELL, HOOKER AND ROMANO
AREN'T EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D CALL

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERTS.

I RECALL A CONTROVERSY

WHEN SGT. HOOKER WAS DISCIPLINED

FOR A SHOOTING INCIDENT.

BUT, HE ALSO HAS, AND
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,

A MEDAL OF VALOR

AND AN IMPRESSIVE
LIST OF COMMENDATIONS.

BELIEVE ME, YOU'D BE
WASTING YOUR TIME.

CAPTAIN,

WE'RE SHOOTING AN HOUR OF TAPE.

NOW, AS ATTRACTIVE AS I'M
GOING TO MAKE YOU LOOK,

IT CAN'T BE ALL YOU.

HOOKER, ROMANO!

COME HERE.

SGT. HOOKER, OFF.
ROMANO, TRACY HILL.

WE'VE MET.

YES, WE HAVE.

I... I APOLOGIZE IF WE GOT IN YOUR
WAY TODAY. THAT WAS MY FAULT.

I JUST HAVE THIS NATURAL
INSTINCT FOR FISHING.

WELL, YOU TRY IT AGAIN WITH ME,
YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW CREEK.

SEE WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.

DON'T MIND MY
PARTNER, MISS HILL.

I CAUGHT THAT PIECE
YOU DID ON YOUTH GANGS.

AND I REALLY LIKED IT. IT
HAD A NICE PERSPECTIVE.

WHY, THANK YOU.

I HAVE AN EVEN BETTER ANGLE
ON YOU AND SGT. HOOKER.

YEAH? YOU GONNA MAKE US STARS?

WELL, COULD BE.

WEREN'T YOU RECRUITED IN THAT
NEW ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM

THAT SGT. HOOKER
TAUGHT AT THE ACADEMY?

I'M STILL PART OF IT. I'M IN THE
PROBATION PHASE OF MY TRAINING,

LIVING AT THE ACADEMY BARRACKS

TILL I PUT IN ENOUGH
DUTY FOR GRADUATION.

YOU SEE. THAT'S PERFECT.

I CAN USE ALL OF
THAT IN MY STORY.

WHAT ARE WE TALKIN'
ABOUT HERE, CAPTAIN?

MISS HILL IS DOING A
NEWS DOCUMENTARY.

SHE'LL BE RIDING WITH YOU
AND ROMANO TOMORROW.

CAPT. SHERIDAN, IT'S ROUGH
ENOUGH OUT THERE ON THE STREETS

WITHOUT BEING ANCHORED WITH
SOME NEWS HEN. NO OFFENSE.

I'LL BET.

OH, THIS WAS APPROVED DOWNTOWN.

YOU'RE BEING TOLD,
HOOKER, NOT ASKED.

NOW, I'LL LEAVE THE THREE
OF YOU TO WORK IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'LL
JUST COOPERATE,

LIFE COULD BE A LOT EASIER.

YOUR LIFE. NOT MINE.

WHEN WE HIT THOSE
STREETS, MISS HILL,

IT'S REAL AND IT'S ROUGH.

NOT SOME T.V. ROAD SHOW.

I GUESS WHEN YOU GET TO
KNOW HIM, HE'S JUST A PUSSYCAT?

WELL, IF I EVER REALLY
GET TO KNOW HIM,

I'LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW.

GOOD NIGHT, SUSY.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

OH, NOT THE BATTERY AGAIN.

CAN I HELP YOU?

NEWS LADY COMES IN.

THERE YOU GO, HOOKER.

WHAT NO DATE TONIGHT, ROMANO?

SHE'S DUE ANY MINUTE.

YEAH, HE'S ON A ROLL. LIKE A
CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK.

OH, WELL, IF I'M NOT
MISTAKEN, ROMANO,

YOUR LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN
JUST GLIDED THROUGH THE DOOR.

UH, I'LL BE IN MY PRIVATE BOOTH.

LISTEN, IF I HAVE TO SPLIT,

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU STRANDED.
HOW'S YOUR TURKEY CAR RUNNIN'?

LIKE ME. AFTER A
LITTLE OIL, SMOOTH.

GREAT. THEN IT'LL BE RUNNIN'
NICE AND GOOD FOR MELVIN.

MELVIN?

HE'S A CAR DEALER FRIEND
OF MINE. HE'LL FIX YOU UP.

I DON'T WANNA BE FIXED UP.

TRUST ME, PARTNER. TRUST ME.

HI, VINCE. AM I LATE?

NOT AT ALL. STEP INTO
MY PRIVATE BOOTH.

SHERRY, HIT ME AGAIN.

MAKE IT 2.

THAT STOOL'S SPOKEN FOR.

WELL, HELLO TO YOU TOO, HOOKER.

OH, I'M FINE. JUST
FINE. THANK YOU.

WELL, NOW THAT WE'RE
OLD, DEAR FRIENDS,

I'M INTERESTED IN
THIS MUGGER CASE.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?

WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE
DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO IT?

THANK YOU.

YOU NEVER HAVE SEEN
ANY OF MY WORK, HAVE YOU?

I LIVE IN A FRINGE AREA.
I DON'T GET CHANNEL 6.

WELL, HOW DO YOU
KNOW THAT I'M NOT

AS GOOD A REPORTER AS
YOU THINK YOU ARE A COP?

IT'S THE MEDIA, RIGHT?

YOU DON'T THINK IT'S RELIABLE?

HMM.

IT'S RELIABLE, OH, TOO RELIABLE.

NUMBINGLY PREDICTABLE.

PREDICTABLE?

SURE.

AS SOON AS THE LATEST
AXE MURDERER IS CAPTURED,

A SWARM OF REPORTERS
CONVERGES ON THE NEIGHBORS,

THE MILKMAN, ASSORTED
DISTANT RELATIVES.

"YOU KNEW HIM,
WHAT WAS HE LIKE?"

AND THE NEIGHBOR,

WHO'S FLATTERED TO
BE INTERVIEWED, SAYS,

"OH, HE WAS A REGULAR FELLA.

"HE HAD A SMILE ON HIS
FACE FOR EVERYBODY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE
KILLED ALL THOSE PEOPLE."

WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
THAT WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB

UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.

YEAH, MAYBE THEY'RE
RIGHT. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN
BURNED, HOOKER, I AM SORRY.

BUT IT WAS NOT BY ME.

LISTEN, BABY, Y-YOU ALREADY
GOT WHAT YOU WANTED.

YOU'RE RIDING WITH US.

SO, WHY DON'T YOU
LEAVE IT LAY, HUH?

YOU KNOW, I CAN
READ YOU LIKE A BOOK.

YEAH?

YEAH.

A REGULAR NIGHTCAP EVERY P.M.
IN HERE SINCE YOU WERE A ROOKIE.

SAME STOOL BECAUSE
YOU'RE SUPERSTITIOUS.

A DOUBLE BECAUSE IT
GETS YOU THERE FASTER

AND YOU'RE A MAN WHO
DOESN'T LIKE TO WASTE TIME.

BORN AND RAISED WITHIN
10 MILES OF THE PRECINCT,

BUT YOU STILL DON'T
HAVE ANY ROOTS,

AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE COPS

BECAUSE YOU DON'T
TRUST ANYBODY ELSE.

AND YOU'RE CLOSER
TO YOUR PARTNER

THAN YOU WILL BE
TO ANY WOMAN EVER.

DIVORCED,

PROBABLY BECAUSE THE
WOMAN COULDN'T HANDLE

STANDING IN LINE 2ND
TO THE DEPARTMENT,

OR WAITING FOR A
2:00 A.M. PHONE CALL

TELLING HER THAT
YOU'VE BEEN BLOWN AWAY.

HOW AM I DOING SO FAR?

FAIR.

FAIR? JUST FAIR?

MY BATTING AVERAGE IS
USUALLY HIGHER THAN THAT.

FAIR...

FOR A GIRL FROM CINCINNATI,
OR IS IT CLEVELAND?

NO MATTER.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS YOU MADE IT

FROM THE SMALL
TOWN TO THE BIG TIME,

CHALKED UP SOME
IMPRESSIVE CREDITS,

AND YOU'RE WITHIN SHOUTING
DISTANCE OF A NETWORK JOB.

YOU'RE A FEMINIST,
BUT A REALIST.

YOU'LL HAVE A DOUBLE SHOT
WITH A COP TO GET AN ANGLE

WHEN YOU'D RATHER HAVE
A GLASS OF WHITE WINE,

A GOOD YEAR.

YOU'RE SINGLE,

BUT YOU LIVE ALONE
BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS

CAN GET IN THE WAY OF A CAREER.

WATCH BARBARA WALTERS'
TAPES EVERY WEEKEND,

RELIGIOUSLY SEND YOUR
PRESS CLIPPINGS HOME

TO MOM AND DAD
AND THE 2 SISTERS,

AND YOU KNOW THAT A STORY
ABOUT COPS WOULD BE DYNAMITE

BECAUSE IT'S HIGH
DRAMA, LIFE AND DEATH,

RATING POINTS.

EXCUSE ME.

I GOTTA GET GOING.

I DON'T WANNA
MISS THE BALLGAME...

ON RADIO.

HOOKER,

IT'S ST. LOUIS.

AND IT'S ONE BROTHER
AND ONE SISTER.

COPS AND ROBBERS ISN'T
A GAME TO ME, MISS HILL.

I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH
LIFE AND DEATH,

TOO MANY ALCOHOLIC COPS
BECAUSE THEY'RE SHAKING INSIDE,

TOO MANY DIVORCES AND
SUICIDES BECAUSE OF STRESS.

TOO MANY GOOD MEN
GIVEN A COP'S FUNERAL

BECAUSE SOME UNFEELING,
UNTHINKING SCUM

PULLS A TRIGGER ON 'EM.

SMOOTH.

ZABROWSKI.

HOOKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANOTHER ONE, HOOKER.

JUST LIKE THE ONE YOU
AND ROMANO FOUND.

BIBLE LAID NEXT TO
HER ON THE SEAT.

ANYBODY SEE THE SUSPECT?

JUST HER.

MALE CAUCASIAN, BLOND HAIR,

5'11", 150, WAS WEARIN'
A YELLOW WINDBREAKER.

APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE,
DISAPPEARED THE SAME WAY.

A YELLOW WINDBREAKER.

WHAT?

I THINK I JUST SAW
HIM AT THE BUS STAND!

POLICE! HOLD ON A MINUTE,
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

HOLD IT THERE!

HALT! POLICE!

YES, THAT'S HIM. THAT'S THE MAN.

ARE YOU SURE, MISS THOMAS?

IT'S A FACE I'LL HAVE
NIGHTMARES OVER.

I'M POSITIVE.

HOOKER?

YEAH. NO QUESTION.
THAT'S THE MAN I CHASED.

AND LOST.

WELL, EXCUSE ME. I WAS
OFF DUTY AT THE TIME.

I COULDN'T FIND A TELPHONE
BOOTH TO CHANGE IN.

STEP OVER HERE. COME ON.

HOW ABOUT THE BIBLE, JACKSON?

JUST THE SAME AS BEFORE, SIR.

PARTIAL PRINTS,
NOTHING WE COULD I.D.

WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLISHER?

WHERE, HOW WAS IT PURCHASED?

BIGGEST VOLUME IS SOLD THROUGH
A MAIL ORDER HOUSE IN PHOENIX.

I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING BUT
THE LICENSE NUMBER ON THE CAB

THE SUSPECT TOOK OFF IN.

THE CAB COMPANY DISPATCHER
SAID THAT NONE OF HIS CABS

WERE LOGGED IN ANYWHERE NEAR
THE LOCATION AT THE TIME YOU CLAIMED.

COOL IT, JACKSON.

ALL RIGHT, JACKSON, I WANT
A FULL RUN ON THE SKETCH

AND ALL THE PARTICULARS

AND I WANT IT DISTRIBUTED
TO ALL UNITS IMMEDIATELY.

YES, SIR.

HOOKER. YES, SIR.

YOU AND ROMANO WERE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS 20 MINUTES AGO.

YES, SIR.

ONE OF MICKEY'S
HANDS MUST BE SLOW.

SERGEANT, COULD I GET A
COPY OF THAT COMPOSITE?

OH, THE COMPOSITE IS
GIVEN OUT BY DIVISION,

WE COULD DROP YOU OFF IF YOU
THINK YOU'RE GONNA MISS SOMETHING.

NOT ON YOUR LIFE. MY
EQUIPMENT'S ALREADY IN YOUR CAR.

NOT ALL OF IT, MISS HILL.

NOT ALL OF IT.

ROMANO, WAS THAT A COMPLIMENT,

OR JUST A CHAUVINIST DIG?

I'M NOT SURE.

BUT HOOKER IS AN
ACKNOWLEDGED EXPERT

ON, UH, EQUIPMENT.

WHAT ABOUT THIS BIBLE MUGGER

WHO'S BEEN
TERRORIZING THIS CITY?

SGT. HOOKER, DO YOU
HAVE A THEORY ON THAT?

YOU MEAN HIS
PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVATION,

HIS SOCIOPATHIC PATTERNS,

HIS MESSED UP CHILDHOOD,

WHETHER OR NOT HE
RESENTED HIS MOTHER?

THEN YOU DON'T AGREE WITH
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

THAT WAS DRAWN UP
BY THE DETECTIVES?

I AGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT'LL HELP
STOP WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE.

BUT MOST PERPETRATORS
DO WHAT THEY DO

BECAUSE THEY HATE, THEY WANT.

THEY DO THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE

BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO ROB THEM

THAN IT IS TO WORK.

4-ADAM-30, 4-ADAM-30.

SEE THE MAN, 686 LONGVIEW,
RIDGEWOOD CLEANERS,

REGARDING AN ABANDONED VEHICLE.

4 ADAM 30, ROGER.

HOOKER, THIS CAR'S BEEN HERE

SINCE THE DAY THAT
WOMAN WAS ATTACKED.

I DIDN'T WANT TO
BOTHER YOU WITH IT,

BUT WHEN I THOUGHT
ABOUT THIS MUGGER,

HOW HE APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE

AND THEN HE DISAPPEARS
WITHOUT A TRACE...

YOU DID THE RIGHT
THING, JOE. THANK YOU.

DON'T TOUCH IT!

IT'S LOCKED OVER HERE.

WELL, IT'S UNLOCKED HERE,

BUT WE DON'T GO IN.

WHY? NO WARRANT.

DOES THAT UPSET YOU?

IT'S THE LAW.

I MEAN, DOES IT BOTHER YOU

THAT THE MUGGER WAS AS GOOD
AS IN YOUR GRASP LAST NIGHT,

AND YOU LOST HIM?

NOW, THERE MAY BE
A CLUE IN THIS CAR,

BUT THE DETECTIVES TAKE
OVER. THEY GET THE GLORY,

YOU GET THE STREETS.

YOU WRITING A BOOK?

I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT'S
BEHIND THAT WALL YOU PUT UP.

4-ADAM-30, ROGER.

VEHICLE IS REGISTERED
TO DIXSON RENT-A-CAR.

I GOT A HOLD OF L-90 ON TAC-2,

HE RAN IT DOWN WITH DIXSON.

THE GUY WHO TOOK
IT, NEVER RETURNED IT.

FITS OUR COMPOSITE LIKE A GLOVE.

NAME AND ADDRESS?

BERT CLARK.

HE SHOWED AN ARIZONA
LICENSE AND A PHOENIX ADDRESS.

THE BIBLES WERE
PURCHASED IN PHOENIX.

YEAH.

WE'LL IMPOUND THE CAR
WITH A HOLD FOR PRINTS,

BUT I DON'T NEED A WARRANT
TO KNOW IT'S FOR REAL.

HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?

ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR,

THERE'S A BIBLE.

MAY GOD FORGIVE THEM THEIR SINS,

THEIR EVIL WAYS.

MAY GOD FORGIVE THEM.

THY WILL BE DONE.

THERE YOU GO, OFF. WALKER.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKIN',

YOU SAW THE SUSPECT
AT THE BUS STOP

THEN HE SPLIT IN A CAB.

MAYBE THAT'S PART OF HIS M.O.

I WANT TO TALK TO
THE CAB COMPANY,

FIND OUT WHY JACKSON STRUCK OUT.

RUN THAT PHOENIX NAME
AND ADDRESS THROUGH D.M.V.

EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW I NEVER DID ASK YOU
WHY YOU WANTED TO BE A COP?

IT'S JUST SOMETHING I DO. I
DON'T TRY AND ANALYZE IT.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD.

HEY, LADY, I'M A
GARBAGE COLLECTOR.

I COLLECT IT AND I DUMP IT.

I FILE MY REPORT AND
I NEVER LOOK BACK.

I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF THAT,

BECAUSE ROMANO'S ALREADY
TOLD ME HOW MUCH YOU CARE.

AND YOUR RECORD SHOWS
IT, BUT I WON'T PUSH IT.

WHAT'S YOUR NEXT STEP?

THE NEXT STEP, LUNCH.

GOOD IDEA.

I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS I WANNA
ASK YOU ABOUT THE MUGGER'S CASE.

OH, GOOD.

WHERE'RE WE EATING?
ACROSS THE STREET.

GREAT SUSHI JOINT.

OH. OOH, GOOD. SUSHI.

EDDIE, COME ON. LET' S GO. YEAH.

HOOKER!

HEY, HOOKER! YOU'RE
NOT LEAVING ME HERE?

WHY NOT? YOU'VE HAD
YOUR RIDE, SHOT YOUR TAPE.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH! I WANT MORE!

TRY THE SQUID.

HOOKER! HOOKER!

OK.

HI.

EXCUSE ME. I DON'T
MEAN TO STARTLE YOU,

BUT MAY I TALK TO YOU
FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES?

WELL, I'M SORRY, I'M ON
MY WAY TO MY DOCTOR.

OH, I'M SORRY,

I DON'T MEAN TO KEEP YOU, BUT I'M
AFRAID YOU'RE GONNA BE A LITTLE LATE.

JUST CALM DOWN AND
DON'T MAKE ANY LOUD NOISES

OR I'LL BE FORCED
TO USE THIS KNIFE.

COME ON, LET'S
GET IN THE CAR. NO!

COME ON. COME ON, LADY.

COME ON, COME ON, GET
IN. GET IN HERE. GET IN.

CLOSE THE DOOR, PLEASE.

DON'T USE IT.

VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD.

ALL I WANT TO DO IS TALK TO
YOU. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

MY... MY MEDICINE.

OH, MY GOD. DON'T.
I NEED MY PILLS.

YOUR PILLS, OF COURSE.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT'S SATAN WAY?

MY PILLS.

DO YOU SEE THIS BIBLE?

NOW I'M GONNA REALLY HAVE
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO REPENT.

MY PILLS.

THAT'S SATAN'S WAY!

LADY, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?

LADY!

HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

UH, BILLY MARKS?

YEAH?

SGT. HOOKER. THIS
IS OFF. ROMANO.

SO?

YOUR DISPATCHER TELLS US THAT
YOU WERE WORKIN' THE DOWNTOWN AREA

THE NIGHT THAT
WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED.

HEY, MAN, I ALREADY
TALKED TO THE DETECTIVES.

I TOLD THEM I WAS
NOWHERE NEAR THAT SECTION.

YOU HAD A FARE YOU
DELIVERED 2 BLOCKS FROM THERE

A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE ATTACK.

YEAH, THEN I RAN OFF TO THE
AIRPORT. CHECK MY LOGBOOK.

OH, I DON'T THINK SO. BILLY, YOU HAVE
A HISTORY OF ON-THE-JOB DRINKING.

AND I THINK YOU HAD A FEW BELTS,

YOU PULLED OVER NEXT
TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

AND GRABBED A FEW Zs.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT.

I SAW A CAPITOL CAB

TAKE A SUSPECT
AWAY FROM THAT SITE,

AND I'M LAYING MONEY

THAT YOU WERE THE
DRIVER. I REMEMBER YOU NOW.

8, 9 YEARS AGO,

DEALING PILLS AND
COKE TO KIDS, WASN'T IT?

I DID MY TIME. I'M CLEAN.

YOU GIVE IT TO ME, BILLY,

AND YOU GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT,

OR I'LL PULL YOUR
PACKAGE AND I'LL ROUST YOU

TILL YOU LOSE YOUR
HACK LICENSE FOR GOOD.

LOOK, I'M BEHIND IN MY PAYMENTS.

THEY'RE REPOSSESSING
MY CAR. I NEEDED THE BREAD.

10:25.

YOU'RE LOGGED OUT FOR
A TRIP TO THE AIRPORT,

BUT ACTUALLY YOU'RE HIBERNATING
AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

THIS MAN COMES OVER THE FENCE.

HE'S IN THE YELLOW WINDBREAKER

AND YOU TAKE HIM FOR A FARE.

HE GAVE ME $100, UP-FRONT,
TO GET HIM GONE FROM THERE.

AND ANOTHER C-NOTE
TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT

AFTER I LET HIM OFF.

THIS DUDE IS MESSIN' UP
A LOT OF WOMEN, FRIEND.

DON'T YOU READ THE PAPERS?

LIKE I SAID, I NEEDED THE BREAD.

I KNEW I'D GET FIRED IF
I ADMITTED I WAS THERE

AND NOT AT THE AIRPORT.

WHERE'D YOU LET HIM OFF?

A BUS STOP.

CORNER OF 8TH, AND BROADWAY.

THIS IS WHERE I FIRST
SAW THE SUSPECT.

THE SAME "B" BUS LINE

RUNS RIGHT PAST
THE SHOPPING CENTER

WHERE THAT WOMAN WAS ATTACKED.

WHAT ARE YOU, SOME KIND
OF EXPERT ON THE "B" BUS?

YEAH. I HAD TO TAKE IT EVERYDAY

WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT.

YEAH, WELL, MELVIN
WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

TOLD HIM WE'D BE BY TOMORROW.

IS HE ALSO GONNA PAY MY ALIMONY

WHEN I BLOW IT ON A
FOUR ON THE FLOOR?

RELAX. EASY PAYMENT PLAN.

RIGHT.

OUR MAN LIKES THE "B" BUS.

SO LET'S FOLLOW THE ROUTE
AND SEE WHERE IT LEADS.

I WONDER WHAT'S GOING DOWN?

I DON'T KNOW. LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

WHAT'VE YOU GOT?

IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BIBLE JOB.

ONLY THIS TIME IT WENT TOO FAR.

IS SHE DEAD?

THE PILL CONTAINER ON THE
FLOOR IS LABELLED DIGITALIS.

NOW, IT APPEARS THAT
SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK

AND COULDN'T GET TO THE PILLS.

THEN IT'S MURDER.

WHO SAID BLUESUITS ARE DUMB?

DID YOU GET ANY WORD FROM
PHOENIX ON THOSE BIBLES?

2 DOZEN OF 'EM WERE
SHIPPED LAST JUNE

TO A BERT CLARK

AT A POST OFFICE
BOX IN SKY VISTA.

WHERE'S YOUR T.V. PAL, HOOKER?

THE ONE WITH THE LEGS
AND THE FAST MOUTH.

YOU GOT SOMETHIN' AGAINST LEGS?

SHE'S BEEN PUMPING US FOR DAYS

ABOUT THE MUGGER CASE.

IF SHE GETS A CHANCE,

I THINK SHE'S GONNA
DO A HATCHET JOB

ON WHOEVER'S WITHIN
STRIKING DISTANCE.

LET'S GO.

SO WHILE THE CITY
REMAINS TERRORIZED,

WHILE THE LATEST MUGGING
HAS CULMINATED IN DEATH

TO ITS HELPLESS FEMALE VICTIM,

WE STILL HAVE SOME OLD LINE COPS

WHO WORK IN AN
ANTIQUATED FASHION.

THIS IS SGT. T.J. HOOKER,

THE OFFICER WHO PURSUED
AND LOST THE MUGGER.

YOU MEAN, HIS
PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVATION,

HIS SOCIOPATHIC PATTERNS,

HIS MESSED UP CHILDHOOD,

WHETHER OR NOT HE
RESENTED HIS MOTHER?

THEN YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

THAT WAS DRAWN UP
BY THE DETECTIVES?

HEY, I... I AGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT'LL
HELP STOP WHAT'S GOING ON OUT HERE,

BUT MOST PERPETRATORS DO
WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY HATE,

THEY WANT.

THEY DO THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE

BECAUSE IT'S EASIER
TO... TO ROB THEM

THAN IT IS TO WORK.

THAT'S A WONDERFUL TOUGH
LAW AND ORDER SPEECH.

BUT IT'S JUST MORE WORDS.

AND AS YOU AND YOUR COHORTS

CONTINUE TO FUMBLE
THIS MUGGER CASE,

WE HAVE LEARNED EXCLUSIVELY

THAT FINGERPRINTS LIFTED
FROM ONE OF THE RENTAL CARS

FOUND ABANDONED
IDENTIFY AN ARLAN WILLIAMS

ALIAS BERT CLARK,
OF PHOENIX ARIZONA,

AS A PRIME SUSPECT.

THAT REPORT JUST CAME IN ON OUR
WIRE. HOW DID SHE GET IT SO FAST?

WHY DON'T YOU ASK HOOKER?

WE'VE ALSO LEARNED
THAT WILLIAMS,

FOUND NOT GUILTY
BY REASON OF INSANITY

IN SEVERAL BRUTAL
ASSAULTS ON PHOENIX WOMEN,

HAD BEEN CONFINED AT
PHOENIX MENTAL HOSPITAL

BEFORE BEING RELEASED IN AN
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM.

THAT-THAT'S WRONG!

THEY WERE THE CRAZY ONES!

AND, NOW, OUR SPECIAL
IN STUDIO GUEST,

HERE TO DISCUSS THIS
CASE, DR. WALTER FORBES.

CAN YOU GIVE US A
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

FOR THIS BIBLE MUGGER?

WELL, THERE'S VERY LITTLE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, I CAN MAKE SOME
EDUCATED SPECULATIONS.

HE'S PROBABLY A
VERY INSECURE MAN,

THOUGH SELF-ESTEEMED.

HE TRIES TO COMPENSATE
FOR THIS BY BECOMING CLOSE

TO A STRONG, POWERFUL
BEING, LIKE GOD.

AND THE BIBLE, WHAT ABOUT THAT?

WELL, HE... HE LEAVES THE BIBLE

AS A SYMBOL OF
BOTH HIS, UH, RELIGION

AND HIS, UH, CHALLENGING REQUEST

FOR THE POLICE TO STOP HIM.

AND SO SGT. HOOKER,

IN SPITE OF YOUR EVALUATION,

WE HAVE A SOCIOPATHIC,
SICK PERSON

WALKING THE STREETS.

THIS IS TRACY HILL,
CHANNEL 6 NEWS.

SHE MADE YOU LOOK LIKE A
GRADE "A" CHUMP, HOOKER.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

HELLO. TRACY HILL.

MISS HILL, IS THIS REALLY YOU?

YES, IT IS. WHO'S THIS?

MISS HILL, THIS IS
ARLAN WILLIAMS.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING
YOU ON THE TELEVISION

AND I THINK YOU
MISUNDERSTAND MY WORK.

I THINK YOU'RE SUCH
A FINE REPORTER

THAT IN ORDER TO TELL
MY STORY PROPERLY

YOU SHOULD REALLY
KNOW THE TRUTH.

I THINK WE SHOULD TALK.

YES. I'M LISTENING. GO AHEAD.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NOT OVER THE PHONE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.

THERE IS A PHONE BOOTH

ON THE CORNER OF 8TH AND MAPLE.

I HAVE THE NUMBER.

YOU BE THERE IN AN
HOUR AND I'LL CALL YOU.

I'LL BE THERE.

EDDIE? YEAH.

GOOD, YOU CAN HELP ME.

I WANT YOU TO TELL GUS TO HOLD
OPEN THE LEAD FOR ME ON THE 11:00.

AND THE ART DEPARTMENT,
TELL 'EM TO MAKE BLOWUPS

OF EVERYTHING WE'VE
GOT ON WILLIAMS.

HIS PSYCHIATRIC FILE,
EVERYTHING, THE WORKS.

YOU GOT SOMETHING
HOT? YEAH, SIZZLIN'.

I'LL SEE YA LATER.

YOU HERE TO GIVE
ME A TICKET, HOOKER?

A WARNING.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE
TIME FOR LECTURES.

I'M IN WHAT YOU
MIGHT CALL A HURRY.

YOU'RE ALWAYS IN A HURRY.

OR SO BUSY BEING CLEVER
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO LISTEN.

FINE. YOU'RE ANGRY BECAUSE
YOU THINK THAT I USED YOU.

AND MAYBE I DID

BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER
GIVEN ME THE RESPECT

THAT I HAVE EARNED
IN THIS BUSINESS.

THE CALL GIRL RING
IN SOUTH BEACH?

I BROKE THAT STORY

BEFORE ANY POLICEMAN EVEN
ARRESTED A SINGLE SUSPECT.

AND THE D.A. USED MY
NOTES TO HELP PROSECUTE.

DRUG BUSTS, THE
ROGIN MURDER CASE,

I HAVE PAID MY DUES, MISTER.

SO, YOU STAY OUT OF MY
WAY BEFORE I CALL A COP.

I WAS WRONG TO
DUMP YOU THE WAY I DID,

AND YOU'RE JUST AS WRONG TO
PURSUE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALONE.

YOU'RE IN OVER YOUR
HEAD THIS TIME, TRACY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION, ANY LEADS,

TURN THEM OVER TO
JACKSON AND BARNES.

YOU'LL STILL GET YOUR STORY.

THEY'RE WORSE THAN YOU.

YOU GUYS THINK THAT
ANYTHING IN A SKIRT

HAS THE I.Q. OF A TURNIP!

WELL, I HAVE MY ETHICS,

AND I HAVE MY INTEGRITY, AND
I DO MY HOMEWORK, HOOKER.

AND I DON'T INTEND TO GIVE
ANYBODY ELSE THE BEAT.

YOU DO HAVE A WAY WITH WOMEN.

YEAH, IT'S A TALENT
I WAS BORN WITH.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE

BEFORE WE BECOME
ANOTHER MEDIA EVENT.

WILLIAMS... CLARK

HAD A POST OFFICE
BOX AT SKY VISTA

AT THE END OF THE "B" BUS RUN.

DETECTIVES HAVE
IT STAKED OUT. SO?

TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON THE HILL

OVERLOOKING SKY VISTA?

A CROSS. A LARGE CROSS.

YEAH, I KNOW THE PLACE.
THERE'S AN OLD CONVENT THERE.

I PULLED THE WILLIAMS' PACKAGE
AND IT DIDN'T HIT ME UNTIL NOW,

BUT BEFORE WILLIAMS
WAS COMMITTED,

HE WAS A CARETAKER IN PHOENIX,

AT A CONVENT.

OH!

MISS HILL? I'M ARLAN WILLIAMS.

YOU ARE ALONE, AREN'T YOU?

OF COURSE.

UM, OUR DEAL WAS A
PHONE CALL, NOT THIS.

WELL, I THOUGHT
MEETING FACE TO FACE

WOULD BE FAR MORE
ENLIGHTENING FOR BOTH OF US.

WHY DON'T WE GO SOMEPLACE
WHERE WE CAN BE ALONE?

NO. T-THIS IS, UH...

THIS IS ISOLATED ENOUGH.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
INTERESTED IN WHERE I LIVE?

WHY I HAVE TO DO WHAT I DO?

OH, I AM. YES. OF COURSE, I AM.

I'M... MISS HILL,

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THIS, DO I?

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
HURT YOU LIKE THE OTHERS.

NOW, WHY DON'T WE GO ACROSS
THE STREET AND GET INTO YOUR CAR

AND GO SOMEPLACE
WHERE WE CAN BE ALONE?

EXCUSE ME, FATHER.
CAN YOU HELP US?

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?

WHY, YES. THAT'S OUR CARETAKER.

YOU'LL FIND HIS QUARTERS
RIGHT AT THE END OF THE BUILDING

AND UP THE STAIRS.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WILLIAMS! OPEN UP! POLICE!

LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT?

HE KEPT A LOG OF HIS ATTACKS.

IT'S ALL HERE. NAMES,
DATES. THE WHOLE MESS.

LET'S CALL THE DETECTIVES.
GET THIS PLACE DUSTED.

HOOKER! HELP!

WILLIAMS!

GIVE IT UP!

NO!

HEY!

WHAT?

GET DOWN AND STAY DOWN.

ROMANO, WE CAN'T USE IT!

ROMANO.

IT'S ALL RIGHT,
LADIES. IT'S ALL OVER.

YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE BUS NOW.

OH, THANK YOU, OFFICER.

OH, THANK YOU, OFFICER.

I'M SORRY, I... YEAH, ETHICS

AND INTEGRITY ARE LOVELY WORDS,

BUT THEY NEVER WON
ANYBODY AN EMMY, RIGHT?

I WANNA APOLOGIZE TO YOU, NOW.

AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE
TO YOU TONIGHT ON THE AIR.

OH, I'M AFRAID I'M
GONNA HAVE TO MISS IT.

LIKE I SAID, I DON'T
GET CHANNEL 6.

AH, JUST MISSED.

YOU BUY AGAIN, HOOKER.

I'M TELLIN' YOU, NOW
IS THE TIME TO TRADE,

BEFORE YOUR CAR
GETS A YEAR OLDER

AND THE NEW MODELS COME OUT.

YEAH, BUT WHO...
WHO IS THIS GUY?

MELVIN?

OH, HE'S A BUDDY OF MINE.

HE'LL GIVE YOU A SQUARE DEAL...

NO, NO. I MEAN, WHO
IS HE? WHAT'S HE DO?

WHAT'S HIS BACKGROUND?

HOOKER, YOU DON'T TRUST ANYBODY.

YOU'RE JUST GONNA BUY A CAR
FROM THE GUY, NOT MARRY HIM!

I GOT MORE MILES OUT OF MY
CAR THAN I DID MY MARRIAGE.

I LIKE TO APPROACH THINGS
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

I'M GONNA TELL HIM WE'RE COMIN'
OVER. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?

IS THIS STOOL TAKEN?

IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.

YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE
A GIRL FEEL AT HOME, HOOKER.

WHITE WINE?

OR ARE YOU STILL
LIVING DANGEROUSLY?

SINCE I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO
PROVE, WHITE WINE WOULD BE NICE.

JERRY, WHITE WINE FOR THE LADY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS A
PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR

BEFORE I WENT INTO JOURNALISM.

YOU WOULD'VE MADE AN
INTERESTING CLASS PROJECT.

YEAH?

WHY'D YOU CALL ME?

WELL, ROMANO HEARD YOUR NEWSCAST

AND HE SAID YOU DID WHAT
YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO.

AND YOU RESPECT THAT,
SO NOW WE CAN BE BUDDIES?

OH, NOW... NOW, I WOULDN'T
QUITE GO THAT FAR.

I JUST THOUGHT SOMEBODY OUGHT TO
STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF COPS.

AND YOU'RE THE MAN
TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY.

JUST DON'T COME
ON WITH EVERY STORY

LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO
STEAL OUR PENSIONS.

YOU'LL MAKE A LOT MORE FRIENDS.

WHO DOES THE, UH,
SPORTS ON YOUR NEWSCAST?

CHUCK MURRAY.

OH, YEAH!

A GOOD GUY. HE USED
TO DO PLAY BY PLAY.

YEAH.

MAYBE I'LL GET MY ANTENNA FIXED.

TRACY! NICE TO SEE YOU.

HI.

IT'S ALL SET.

WHAT'S ALL SET?

I GOT HOOKER
LINED UP WITH A DUDE

WHO'S GONNA GIVE HIM THE DEAL
OF A LIFETIME ON A NEW PORCHE.

A PORCHE? MMM-HMM.

WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD WAIT.

YOU MIGHT GET A BETTER
DEAL THROUGH THE STATE.

YEAH?

YEAH, WE JUST DID
SOME STORY ON A GUY

WHO'S SELLING STOLEN
PORCHES OFF A LOT ON MAIN.

A REAL SLEAZY CHARACTER.

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

UH, DELVIN, KELVIN, UH...

MELVIN?