T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 2, Episode 18 - Raw Deal - full transcript

A PRECAUTION, MAN.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

YOU EVER TRY TO FIND OUT

YOU'LL NEED MORE THAN
THAT POP GUN, FRIEND.

COME ON, HOOKER.

EVERYONE IN THE PRECINCT
HAS BOUGHT A SQUARE

IN THE OFF. LEWIS BABY POOL.

WHOEVER COMES CLOSEST TO PICKING
THE EXACT TIME SHE HAS THE BABY

WINS HALF THE PRIZE.

THE OTHER HALF
GOES TO OFF. LEWIS.

HOW MUCH?



$5, ONLY.

I BOUGHT 4 MYSELF.
WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR?

I WANT TO SEE MADGE LEWIS FIRST.

I MEAN, WHEN THEY ASK YOU HOW
MANY JELLYBEANS ARE IN A JAR,

THEY LET YOU SEE THE JAR.

THERE'S ONLY ONE BEAN
IN MADGE LEWIS' JAR.

HEADS, YOU LOSE.

I'LL SET IT UP, ONLY IF
YOU PROMISE TO BUY IN.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

THAT LOOKS LIKE WILLIE STACK.

THERE'S A WARRANT
OUT ON HIM IN 3 STATES.

MY MAN DON'T GET THE DOPE, YOU DON'T
GET THE MONEY. THAT'S OUR BARGAIN, MAN.

GET OUT OF HERE.

♪



YOU KIDS, MOVE OUT OF HERE!

GET DOWN! GET DOWN!

FREEZE!

YOU JUST BOUGHT YOURSELF A TICKET
TO A LONGER RIDE THAN THIS ONE, WILLIE.

HUP, HUP, HUP, HUP, HUP, HUP...

DID YOU GET ANYTHING
FROM THE SUSPECT, HOOKER?

IT'S HARD TO FIGURE.

FAMILY MAN. NO RECORD. CLEAN.

JUST AN ORDINARY JOE

CARRYING 2 POUNDS
OF PURE COCAINE.

OUR LAB REPORT SAYS IT'S
THE SAME PERUVIAN COKE

THAT'S BEEN TURNING
UP ALL OVER THE DIVISION.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
A DECENT MAN LIKE CONNORS

WAS DOING WITH A
CREEP LIKE WILLIE STACK.

OR WITH A BIG TIME ATTORNEY
LIKE ANTHONY GRANT.

YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON? NO.

HE HASN'T GOT THE BUCKS TO HIRE A
HEAVYWEIGHT MOUTHPIECE LIKE GRANT.

WELL, GRANT JUST
POSTED BAIL FOR HIM.

I CAN'T FIGURE IT,
EITHER, HOOKER.

THE COUNTY JAIL WARD PEOPLE
SAY WILLIE STACK STILL WON'T TALK,

BUT THEY DID FIND THIS
PHONE NUMBER IN HIS EFFECTS.

STACY, CHECK THIS OUT, AND SEE IF YOU
CAN CONNECT THE NAME AND ADDRESS.

RIGHT. AND THIS BUSINESS CARD WAS
IN PETE CONNORS' PERSONAL PROPERTY.

I THOUGHT YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED.

"GAMBLER'S ANONYMOUS.

SAM MILLER."

IT LOOKS LIKE CONNORS
HAS OTHER PROBLEMS

IN ADDITION TO DEALING DOPE.

AT LEAST THIS ONE HE WAS TRYING
TO SHAKE. SHALL WE CHECK IT OUT?

I GUESS SO. IT'S A LONG
SHOT, BUT IT'S ALL WE GOT.

WHAT BETTER PLACE TO
CHECK OUT A LONG SHOT?

GAMBLER'S ANONYMOUS IS THE LAST
REFUGE FOR THE LONG SHOT BETTOR.

LET'S ROLL, JUNIOR.

WE HAD EVERYTHING PERFECT.

I DON'T GET NEAR THE STUFF,

WE GOT A MULE THAT'S
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE,

AND THAT STUPID BUYER,

HE USES A CLOWN THAT'S
WANTED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

I SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT GUN

WHERE HE'D ALWAYS
KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.

WELL, THAT BIG PERUVIAN DEAL
YOU GOT COMING UP WITH DIEZ

SHOULD MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

AFTER THAT, MR. BARNETT,

YOU'RE GOING TO
BE A MAJOR SUPPLIER.

THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT DEALING WITH ANY
OF THESE SMALL-TIME IDIOTS.

YEAH, BUT CONNORS GOT BUSTED.

SO WE GOT TO SET-UP
A NEW CLEAN MULE

FOR THAT PERUVIAN BUY.

I GOT JUST THE PIGEON.

IT'S THE GOOD-LOOKIN'
CHICK AT TALBOT'S TABLE.

HER NAME'S SHIRLEY WARREN,

AND SHE'S $3,000 IN
THE HOLE ALREADY.

WELL, LET'S FINISH
THE JOB ON HER.

GIVE HER ENOUGH CREDIT
TO DROWN HERSELF,

AND LET'S DO IT FAST, HUH?

LOOK, I WANT YOU TO PROMISE ME

THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU
EVEN THINK OF PLACING A BET

OR SITTING AT A TABLE,
THAT YOU'LL PHONE ME.

THIS IS SID A.

IF YOU HONESTLY
WANT HELP, WE'RE HERE.

NOW, JUST TAKE IT EASY.

REMEMBER, WHEN YOU CALL
NANCY W., YOU'RE CALLING A FRIEND.

OK. BYE.

HOOKER.

THIS IS, UH, VINCE ROMANO.

NANCY WINTERS.

DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY,
JUNIOR. IT'S ME SHE DOESN'T LIKE.

YOUR PARTNER HAS
A WAY WITH WORDS.

"DOESN'T LIKE" IS HIS WAY
OF SAYING "USED TO LOVE."

UH-HUH. UH, WHY DON'T I WAIT
OUT IN THE CAR, HOOKER, OK?

NO, NO. I'M SORRY.

NANCY WINTERS.

HI.

WELL, WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO GAMBLER'S ANONYMOUS?

I'M LOOKING FOR SAM MILLER.

OH, SAM MILLER'S OUT OF
TOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

A SUSPECT CARRYING A BAG OF
COCAINE HAD A G.A. CARD ON HIM.

PETER CONNORS?

OH, BOY.

SAM THOUGHT HIS WORST
PROBLEM WAS GAMBLING.

DO YOU KNOW PETE CONNORS?

WELL, I TALKED TO
HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES,

BUT SAM WAS HIS SPONSOR.

YOU REALLY OUGHT TO TALK TO HIM.

THERE'S NO TIME.

NANCY, CAN YOU HELP ME?

WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT.

YOU COME TO SEE SAM.
SAM'S OUT OF TOWN.

I'M HERE.

TIMING'S EVERYTHING,
ISN'T IT, HOOKER?

NANCY, PLEASE.

THIS PETE CONNORS IS
INVOLVED IN SOMETHING

I... I CAN'T... I
CAN'T EVEN FIGURE.

LOOK, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN,

BUT YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO COME BACK.

I'VE GOT A GROUP
SESSION IN 5 MINUTES.

I'M OFF DUTY IN A FEW HOURS.

AND I'M ON CALL.

I HAVE TO STAY AT HOME
AND ANSWER THE PHONE.

I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT.

STRICTLY BUSINESS, OK?

GOD, I HATE TO SAY THIS.

BUT IT SURE IS GOOD TO
SEE YOU AGAIN, HOOKER.

NOW GET HIM OUT
OF HERE, WILL YOU?

NANCY W.

HOOKER.

NANCY AND I WERE INVOLVED,
SOON AFTER MY DIVORCE.

TOO SOON AFTER.

LIKE SHE SAID,
TIMING'S EVERYTHING.

LOOK AT THIS.

ONE GUY THINKS MADGE LEWIS'
BABY'LL BE BORN TOMORROW

AND ANOTHER SQUARE
SAYS NEXT MONTH.

WHOEVER SAYS NEXT MONTH
CAN KISS HIS $5 GOODBYE.

YEAH, WELL, I STILL
HAVE 3 OTHER SQUARES.

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

ACADEMY PRECINCT
DESK OFFICER REPORTS

THAT THE TELEPHONE
NUMBER FOUND ON WILLIE STACK

IS A NON-PUBLISHED NUMBER
REGISTERED TO A MANUEL TRIOS,

CORONADO APARTMENTS,
156 SYLVAN STREET.

4-ADAM-30, ROGER.

MANUEL TRIOS.

MEAN SOMETHING?

IT'S GOING TO, JUNIOR.

TH-THIS IS A TITLE
LIEN ON MY HOUSE.

MISS WARREN,

YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'RE WORTH $10,000?

I KNOW. BUT, I...

AND THAT YOU'RE GOIN' TO
HIT A HOT STREAK ANY DAY NOW.

YEAH.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME
I HAVE TO INSIST

ON THIS TITLE AS COLLATERAL.

LOOKING GOOD, MANNY.

STAYIN' IN SHAPE, HUH?

FRESH AIR, SUNSHINE,
EXERCISE, HOOKER.

I'M LIVIN' THE CLEAN LIFE.

ABOUT AS CLEAN AS WILLIE STACK.

WILLIE STACK.

I HEARD HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

DID HE MENTION MY NAME?

HE SEEMED TO HAVE A
TOTAL LOSS OF MEMORY.

BUT THAT DIDN'T BOTHER US,

'CAUSE WE KNEW YOU'D BE
A FOUNTAIN OF INFORMATION.

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING.

YOU KNOW I DON'T TALK TO COPS.

IT'S BAD FOR MY IMAGE.

SO WHY DON'T YOU TWO
TAKE YOUR LITTLE TIN BADGES

AND BUZZ OUT OF HERE.

GETTIN' HEAVY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?

GETTIN' HEAVY, MANNY?

I CAN'T HOLD THIS MUCH FOREVER.

THERE'S A FLOOD OF COCAINE
POURING INTO MY BEAT,

DESTROYING THE
PEOPLE I'VE TO PROTECT.

HOPHEADS, WITH THEIR BRAINS
FRIED BY PERUVIAN SNOW,

ARE MUGGING AND
ROBBING DECENT CITIZENS

SO MAGGOTS LIKE YOU
COULD STAY IN BUSINESS.

I MEAN IT, MAN, I'M LOSIN' IT.

WILLIE STACK WAS MAKIN'
THE BUY FOR YOU, WASN'T HE?

I DON'T DEAL NO MORE.

I THINK YOU DO. WILLIE STACK DOESN'T
HAVE THE CONTACTS IN THIS TOWN

TO SELL DOPE ON THE
STREETS. BUT YOU, SCUM,

YOU'VE GOT A LOAD OF LOST SOULS

WAITING TO SOP UP
THE POISON YOU PEDDLE.

MAYBE I KNOW ABOUT STACK.

WELL, HE SEEMS TO BE GETTING
HIS MEMORY BACK, HOOKER.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD.

THE GUY DELIVERING THE
COCAINE IS NO DOPE DEALER.

I THINK SOMEBODY HAS
A HAMMER OVER HIM.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO
THAT SOMEBODY IS.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S THE SELLER.

I DON'T KNOW!

NOW LISTEN, MANNY.
THIS ISN'T FOR THE COURT.

THIS IS FOR ME.

YOU HELP ME BEFORE THIS THING
ROLLS ONTO YOUR ADAM'S APPLE

AND TURNS IT INTO APPLESAUCE.

HONEST. DON'T KNOW NAME.

WHAT'S HE LOOK LIKE?

BIG GUY. REAL BIG. BLACK.

WORE A DIAMOND HORSESHOE RING.

I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO REACH PETE CONNORS.

HE HASN'T BEEN HOME
SINCE HE GOT OUT OF JAIL.

BUT I DID TALK TO HIS WIFE.

DO YOU THINK SHE'D BE
WILLING TO TALK TO ME?

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK
YOU'D CHANGED THAT MUCH.

I'VE ALREADY ASKED.

AND?

WELL, SHE WAS VERY RELUCTANT,

BUT I HAVE DEVELOPED
A CERTAIN SKILL

FOR DEALING WITH FAMILIES
OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS.

YOU KNOW I THOUGHT I
KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.

NOW I FIND THAT YOU WERE
ONCE A SHADY LADY GAMBLER.

NOT ME, HOOKER.

MY FATHER.

HE BLEW MOST OF HIS LIFE
RUNNING FROM BET TO BET.

HE STARTED EVERYDAY
AT THE RACETRACK,

THEN HE HIT THE POKER PARLORS,

AND THEN HE WOUND UP DRIVING TO
LAS VEGAS TO TRY AND BREAK EVEN.

NOW I'M MAKING HIS PAY-BACK.

YOU'RE SPECIAL, NANCY.

YOU ALWAYS WERE.

I STILL THINK ABOUT US.

WHAT A SURPRISE.

IT WAS ALL OVER.

WELL, THAT WAS ME, NOT YOU.

EVERYTHING WAS CHANGING;
MY MARRIAGE, MY JOB.

I DIDN'T THINK IT'D BE
FAIR TO EITHER OF US.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, HOOKER.

ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO BE FAIR?

I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT.

I WENT BACK TO THE STREETS.

I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT, TOO.

WHO KNOWS? MAYBE NOW THAT
WE'RE EACH DOING OUR OWN THING,

WE CAN TRY IT AGAIN.

IT'D BE GREAT.

I'M WILLING TO TAKE
A CHANCE IF YOU ARE.

YOU AND ME?

MMM-HMM.

IT'S A GAMBLE.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE BEST GAME IN TOWN.

HELLO?

NANCY.

I... I REALLY BLEW IT THIS TIME.

SHIRLEY? WHAT'S WRONG?

WELL, I... I TRIED TO GET EVEN,

AND NOW, NOW I CAN'T GO HOME.

I CAN'T FACE MY LITTLE GIRL.

HELP ME, PLEASE.

WHERE ARE YOU?

THE POKER GARDEN.

I'M ON MY WAY.

ONE OF MY PEOPLE,
SHE NEEDS MY HELP.

BUT IT'S ALMOST 10:00.

I HAD HER TURNED AROUND AND
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

NANCY, COME ON.

REMEMBER THE OLD DAYS

WHEN YOU WERE ALWAYS RUNNING
OUT ON ME TO GO HELP SOMEONE?

WELL, I GUESS I CAN
FIND SOMETHING TO DO.

TALK TO PETE CONNORS WIFE.

SHIRLEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OH, LOOK, I'M SORRY
I BOTHERED YOU.

JUST ONE MORE
HAND. UH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

SHIRLEY, NO, YOU'RE NOT.

NOT AS LONG AS
YOU'RE STILL HERE.

ALL I NEED IS ONE MORE
RUN. I... I... I CAN FEEL IT.

NO, YOU DON'T. THAT'S
ENOUGH. LET' S GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU LET THAT
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS CHICK

TAKE PLAYERS AWAY
FROM OUR TABLES.

WELL, IF WE KICK HER OUT, SHE'LL
GET HER FRIENDS TO PICKET THE PLACE.

BESIDES, ALL THOSE G.A.
DO-GOODERS ARE EX-SICKOS.

SOME DAY SHE'S GOING
TO SIT IN ON ONE HAND,

AND I'M GOING TO OWN
HER, BODY AND SOUL.

I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU
TO STAY AWAY FROM HERE.

I NEED A GAME, MR. BARNETT.

I'VE BEEN BARRED FROM
THE OTHER POKER CLUBS.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING, TURKEY.

NOW I FIND YOU
AROUND HERE AGAIN,

YOU'RE GOING TO BE
IN A WORLD OF HURT.

YOU TELL HIM TO WATCH HIS MOUTH.

OR I START TALKING TO THE COPS.

YOU DO AND I'LL CUT
OFF YOUR LAWYER.

TRY TAKING CARE OF YOUR
FAMILY FROM THE JOINT.

IF I CAN'T GET ACTION, I
MIGHT AS WELL BE IN A CELL!

ANYWAY, I CAN PAY MY WAY.

I START A NEW JOB AT
THE SUNSET POWER PLANT

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

GO ON, CONNORS, GET OUT OF
HERE. YOU'RE GIVIN' ME A HEADACHE.

GO ON, YOU CAN PLAY.

I'M RIPE FOR A
RUN. I CAN FEEL IT.

HE COULD BE BAD
TROUBLE, MR. BARNETT.

NOT AFTER TOMORROW.

HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB
WILL BE HIS LAST DAY ON THE JOB.

HUP, HUP, HUP, HUP...

SERGEANT, ELLEN CONNORS CALLED,

SHE SAID YOU TALKED
TO HER LAST NIGHT.

YEAH.

SHE SAID SHE STILL
HASN'T SEEN HER HUSBAND,

BUT SHE HEARD HE'S TAKEN A
CONSTRUCTION JOB IN SUNSET CANYON.

THANKS. ANYTHING
NEW ON WILLIE STACK?

THE DOCTORS SAY
HE'S READY FOR A CELL,

BUT HE'S STILL NOT SAYING
A WORD TO THE DETECTIVES.

OK.

WELL, HERE SHE IS.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AND MAKE YOUR GUESS.

SORRY, HOOKER. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
REALLY PUSHING YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS.

DON'T BE SILLY.

I'VE THOUGHT A PREGNANT WOMAN
WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING,

AND YOU'VE PROVED ME RIGHT.

THANKS. I NEEDED THAT.

MAY I?

SURE.

UH. PUT ME DOWN FOR
THURSDAY MORNING

BETWEEN 8:00 A.M. AND 10:00 A.M.

YOU'RE SURE YOU
COULDN'T BE MORE SPECIFIC?

BETWEEN 8:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M.

AND YOU CAN PROBABLY
PAINT THE NURSERY BLUE.

LET'S ROLL, JUNIOR.

THANKS, MADGE.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, X-RAY VISION?

NO. 3 KIDS.

WHAT DID CONNORS' WIFE
SAY TO YOU LAST NIGHT?

THAT HE'S BACK INTO GAMBLING.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE OR WITH WHOM.

THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE
HER. THE SHOCKER WAS

WHEN HE TOLD HER THAT SOMEBODY
HAD A LIEN ON THEIR HOUSE.

AND YOU THINK THE
LIEN ON HIS HOUSE

COULD'VE BEEN USED TO SQUEEZE
HIM INTO MULING THE DOPE?

THAT MAKES SENSE, DOESN'T IT?

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG,

WE GRAB A SUSPECT
WHO'S CLEAN, NO RECORD,

NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE DRUG TRADE.

THAT'S WHY THE NARCS
HAVEN'T EVEN COME CLOSE

TO THE SOURCE OF
THE PERUVIAN COCAINE.

CONNORS' CASE IS A BREEZE
FOR A SLICK LAWYER LIKE GRANT

TO GET IT KICKED DOWN TO
NOTHING FIRST-TIME OFFENSE.

NOW YOU'RE COOKIN', JUNIOR.

CONNORS TOLD HIS WIFE

THAT THEY COULDN'T USE HIM
ANYMORE BECAUSE WE BUSTED HIM.

BUT HOW MANY OTHER
GAMBLERS ARE BEING USED?

MORE IMPORTANT,
WHO'S USING THEM?

THERE'S ONE MAN WHO CAN TELL US.

PETE CONNORS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT, DIEZ?

MY COMPLIMENTS, MR. BARNETT.

IT'S A PERFECT MONEY LAUNDRY.

WHICH MAKES ME THE PERFECT
CUSTOMER FOR YOUR COCAINE.

OH, YOU NEED ONLY ONE THING
FOR MY PERUVIAN COCAINE.

AMERICAN DOLLARS.

DON'T' WORRY ABOUT MY DOLLARS.

JUST MAKE DAMN SURE YOUR DELIVERY
IS SNOW WHITE AND SAFE. UNDERSTAND?

YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE
MAKE OUR TRANSACTION.

I'LL BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT, AMIGO.

LOOK, THE ONLY WAY I'M
EVER GOING TO GET BACK

THE TITLE OF MY HOUSE
IS A BIG RUN OF LUCK.

SO HOW ABOUT
TELLING MR. HANDS HERE

TO QUIT DRAGGING ME
AWAY FROM THE TABLES?

NOW GET YOUR HEAD STRAIGHT.

AS LONG AS MR. BARNETT
HAS TO SIT ON YOUR NOTE,

YOU'RE ON CALL.

I HAVE A PACKAGE YOU'RE GOING TO
PICK UP FOR ME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE'LL JUST CALL IT
INTEREST ON YOUR NOTE.

WHAT'S IN THE PACKAGE?

WHAT ARE YOU GETTING ME INTO?

CONNORS?

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE? YOU
WANT TO MAKE ME LOSE MY JOB?

I TOLD THE FOREMAN WE WERE HERE
BECAUSE YOU WITNESSED AN ACCIDENT.

BUT WE REALLY
WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

I TOOK THE 5TH, THAT'S
IT. I'M NOT TALKING.

BUT I TALKED TO YOUR WIFE.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE DEBT
AND GAMBLING MESS YOU'RE IN.

I'M NOT HERE TO DIG
YOU IN ANY DEEPER.

I WANT TO HELP YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO HELP ME, TOO.

OK.

I ADMIT IT.

BUT I WAS DELIVERING THE
COCAINE TO KEEP MY HOUSE.

THE MONEY FOR THE DRUGS,
HOW DOES IT CHANGE HANDS?

THE MAN DOES IT HIMSELF,

FROM A DISTANCE.

WHERE HE CAN SEE THE TRANSFER
GO DOWN WITHOUT BEING PART OF IT.

WHO'S THE MAN?

HE'S ON THE STORAGE TANK.

PUT IN A HELP CALL.

PUT THE KNIFE DOWN.

CONNORS IS DEAD!

HI, GUYS.

HI.

HI.

WELL, HOW'D IT GO?

PETE CONNORS IS DEAD.

WHILE WE WERE THERE, A
MAN NAMED FRYE KILLED HIM.

TOO MANY OF OUR
CLIENTS ARE IN TROUBLE.

THAT GIRL THAT I MET THE OTHER
NIGHT AT THE POKER GARDEN,

SHIRLEY WARREN,

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE
NEEDS $10,000 TO BAIL HERSELF

OUT OF A HOUSE LIEN. GAMBLING.

AND I THOUGHT I HAD
HER OUT OF THE WOODS.

THE POKER GARDEN?

IT CAN'T JUST BE A COINCIDENCE.

THE MAN THAT KILLED CONNORS

WAS REGISTERED AT THE
POKER GARDENS AS A DEALER.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE PLACE?

ENOUGH. A LOT OF OUR G.A. MEMBERS
SPENT HALF THEIR LIVES THERE.

THE POKER GARDEN'S OWNED
BY A GUY NAMED BARNETT.

WOULD HE BE A BIG MAN?

BLACK? WEARS A
DIAMOND HORSESHOE RING?

SOUNDS LIKE HIM.

HE'S PROBABLY SETTING
YOUR FRIEND SHIRLEY

UP FOR THE SAME GAME
HE LAID ON CONNORS.

YOU MEAN TO TRANSPORT NARCOTICS?

WELL, HOW CAN YOU STOP HIM?

ONE IDEA THAT OCCURS TO ME.

IT STARTS WITH MY
PUTTING TOGETHER A STAKE.

A STAKE!

HOOKER, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING INTO, A POKER GAME?

WE'RE GOING, JUNIOR.
YOU, ME, AND NANCY.

ALL WE GOT TO DO IS
CONTROL 3 SEATS AT THE TABLE.

ONE WATCHES THE DEALER,
ONE WATCHES THE SIGNALS,

AND ONE WATCHES
THE WALLS AND CEILINGS

FOR PEEP HOLES AND
ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

YOU WANT TO CATCH THEM CHEATING?

RIGHT ON. WHAT'S THAT GET YOU?

AH, A POKER ORDINANCE

THAT LETS BARNETT
STAY IN BUSINESS

SAYS HE'S CLOSED IF
HE'S FOUND CHEATING.

PROOF OF CHEATING WOULD
INVALIDATE THE VICTIM'S LIENS.

OUR SIDE IS THE
RIGHT OF INSPECTION

AND RECORD SEIZURE
OF THE WHOLE PLACE

IF HE'S FOUND CHEATING.

WHICH JUST MAY
TURN UP HOUSE LIENS

ON OTHER COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS
EXPLOITED FOR BARNETT'S DOPE OPERATION.

AND ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO BURY HIM FOR GOOD.

HOOKER,

WE... WE ARE GOING TO PLAY THIS BY THE
CAPTAIN AND THE VICE SQUAD, AREN'T WE?

HEY, MACKEY, COME HERE.

WHAT IS IT?

THAT DO-GOODER FROM
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS.

I KNEW SHE'D COME BACK
TO THE TABLES ONE DAY.

MOST OF THEM DO.

I GOT PLANS FOR HER.

I WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND
TAKE HER DOWN TO HER UNDERWEAR.

CARDS?

2.

2.

1.

LET THE DEALER FIGURE OUT
FOR HIMSELF WHAT YOU NEED.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

LOOK, MISTER, YOU GOT A PROBLEM?

I JUST DON'T LIKE A LOT
OF TALKIN' AT THE TABLE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT'S SIGN LANGUAGE.

DEAL THE CARD.

WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?

I'M JUST TIRED OF THIS JOKER

SENDIN' SEMAPHORE
SIGNALS TO THE DEALER.

IF IT'S ANY BUSINESS OF YOURS.

IT IS.

THIS WHOLE PLACE IS MY BUSINESS.

I RUN AN HONEST
GAMING ESTABLISHMENT.

BUT IF IT'LL MAKE
YOU FEEL BETTER,

I'LL DEAL FROM
THIS TABLE MYSELF.

BARNETT, I DON'T CARE WHO DEALS
JUST AS LONG AS I GET SOME CARDS.

I'M OVERDUE FOR A HOT STREAK.

I CAN'T GET EVEN UNLESS
WE PLAY. HOW ABOUT IT, PAL?

COME ON, DEAL.

CARDS.

WELCOME TO MY
CLUB, MISS WINTERS.

3 QUEENS.

I GOTCHA BEAT.

3 KINGS, NOT BAD.

2.

I'LL TAKE ONE.

THIS GAME IS SUPPOSED
TO BE DEALT WITH 52 CARDS.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU
TO LEAVE, MISTER.

HERE. POLICE.

THAT HAND BETTER COME OUT EMPTY.

MOVE ASIDE, YOU PEOPLE.
MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!

HANDS ON THE TABLE.

SHAKE HIM.

MOVE ASIDE, YOU
PEOPLE, MOVE ASIDE.

ON YOUR KNEES,
HANDS ON YOUR HEAD.

PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE TABLE.

SPREAD 'EM.

ALL RIGHT, BUDDY,

YOU'RE OUT OF BUSINESS.

I OWN YOU.

YOU WANT TO BET, COP?

YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHIN' ON ME!

THIS GADGET IS
ONLY THE BEGINNING.

THIS GIVES ME THE LEGAL RIGHT

TO TURN YOUR LITTLE
PLAY PALACE INSIDE OUT,

FIND OTHER GADGETS LIKE IT,

DIG INTO THE RECORDS,

ALL THOSE HOUSE LIENS,
ALL THOSE WITNESSES.

YEAH, PAL, I DO OWN YOU.

YOU HAD YOUR NECK A MILE
OUT ON THIS ONE, HOOKER,

BUT WHO CAN ARGUE WITH SUCCESS?

DID WE GET ENOUGH YET?

ENOUGH TO OBTAIN A WARRANT
FOR BARNETT'S ARREST,

FOR FRAUD AND TO
CLOSE UP HIS CLUB.

HE SHOULD BE IN
JAIL IN A FEW DAYS.

HIS ATTORNEY'LL GET HIM
OUT SOONER THAN THAT.

WE SHOULD TRY AND
CORRELATE POSSIBLE MULES.

A DOPE CONNECTION WILL PUT HIM
BEHIND PRISON BARS AND KEEP HIM THERE.

ROMANO, MADGE LEWIS
JUST WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE PAINS ARE 5 MINUTES APART.

HEY, THAT'S ME. I PICKED TODAY!

DON'T FEEL BAD, HOOKER. YOU
WERE CLOSE. ONLY ONE DAY OFF.

THIS IS MADGE'S
FIRST BABY, ISN'T IT?

THE FIRST, SECOND,
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

$1,000, JUNIOR.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT
HAS TO BE MOVED UP?

THE DEAL HAS TO TAKE PLACE NO
LATER THAN TOMORROW MORNING.

OH, IT'S... IT'S LATE. I'VE GOT CALLS
TO MAKE AND PEOPLE TO CONTACT.

LOOK, I'M PAYIN' YOU TOP DOLLAR.

YOU CAN LOSE A NIGHT'S SLEEP.

ARE YOUR PEOPLE READY?

MY PEOPLE ARE READY.

I WILL CONTACT YOU.

IF EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE,

WE WILL MEET TOMORROW AT
9:00 AT THE TOWER EAST BUILDING.

NO IFs. YOU GET IT DONE,

OR YOU'RE DONE PERMANENTLY.

PUT HIM OFF GUARD, THERE YOU GO.

YOU SEE IT? NOW, DO IT.

HOOKER, NANCY'S ON THE PHONE.
SHE SAYS IT'S AN EMERGENCY.

I TRANSFERRED IT
TO LINE 5. TAKE OVER.

HELLO.

HOOKER, I'M AT SHIRLEY'S HOUSE.

I CAME BY HERE TO
GIVE HER THE NEWS

ABOUT GETTING THE LIEN BACK
ON HER HOUSE, BUT SHE ISN'T HERE.

HER LITTLE GIRL JULIE SAYS

A MAN CAME BY HERE
ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO

AND THAT SHIRLEY LEFT WITH HIM.

FROM HER DESCRIPTION
HE SOUNDS LIKE BARNETT.

DID SHE TELL JULIE
WHERE SHE WAS GOING?

NO. BUT SHE REMEMBERS
THE MAN SAYING

THAT THEY HAD TO BE AT THE
TOWER MALL IN HALF AN HOUR.

WHAT DOES SHIRLEY LOOK LIKE?

SHE'S ABOUT 5'2",
SHORT BLOND HAIR,

AND JULIE SAID SHE'S WEARING
A PINK RAINCOAT WITH A HOOD.

OK, DON'T WORRY. I'M ON MY WAY.

HOOKER, IT'S WHAT YOU
THOUGHT ALL ALONG, WASN'T IT?

BARNETT'S GOING TO USE SHIRLEY
IN ONE OF HIS TRANSACTIONS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT.

AFTER LAST NIGHT HE'S
PROBABLY DESPERATE.

HE MAY FEEL HE HAS
TO PULL ONE MORE JOB

TO GET SOME TRAVELING MONEY.

I WANT TO HELP.

I KNOW YOU DO.

IT'S POLICE BUSINESS, OK?

OK.

ROMANO? LET'S GO.

EVERYBODY, LAPS
AROUND THE FIELD.

THE MONEY'S IN HERE.

BUT, UH, TELL ME EXACTLY
WHAT YOUR METHOD IS?

THE MERCHANDISE WAS
PICKED UP BY MY HELICOPTER

20 MILES OFFSHORE,

COMPLETELY AVOIDING
THE COASTGUARD.

IT WILL LAND ON THAT
ROOFTOP HELIPAD.

AND IF, BY CHANCE, IT
IS PICKED UP BY RADAR,

IT WILL TAKE THE F.A.A.
HELICOPTER A FULL 6 MINUTES

BEFORE IT CAN ARRIVE
HERE TO INVESTIGATE.

SO YOU HAVE 6 MINUTES.

AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE
TELLING MY MULE WHERE TO GO?

IF YOU GAVE HER THE
COLORFUL SHOPPING BAG

AND TOLD HER WHERE TO GO, SHE
WILL RECEIVE HER INSTRUCTIONS.

WELL, THERE SHOULDN'T
BE ANY PROBLEM.

NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

IS THAT NANCY?

WHAT'S SHE DOING HERE?

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
I CAN'T, NANCY.

I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME HERE.

I'M SORRY, HOOKER.

BUT SHIRLEY'S IN SUCH BAD
SHAPE, I FELT I COULD DO SOMETHING.

WHEN I TELL SOMETHING
IS DANGEROUS, I MEAN IT.

THERE'S NO TIME FOR THAT NOW.

SHIRLEY SAYS
SOMEONE'LL CONTACT HER

AND TELL HER WHERE
TO GET A PACKAGE.

GET A PACKAGE? THAT MEANS A BUY.

AND WHOEVER'S CARRYING
THAT SHOPPING BAG

IS GOING TO BE TOLD WHERE
IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE.

HOOKER, YOU CAN'T
LET HER DO THAT.

IT MIGHT JUST WORK.

I'LL BACK YOU UP.

OK.

ROMANO, GET SHIRLEY OUT
OF HERE, THEN CALL IT IN.

I WANT NARCOTICS
OFFICERS AND A FULL BACKUP.

4-ADAM-30.

REQUESTING NARCOTICS OFFICERS
AND BACKUP AT THE TWIN TOWERS.

WHAT'S WRONG?

CHOPPER, LOW-FLYING.

THE ONLY HELICOPTERS
ALLOWED IN THIS AREA

AT THAT ALTITUDE ARE
POLICE HELICOPTERS.

SO WHAT ABOUT IT?

BARNETT'S M.O.

HE WATCHES THE
DRUGS CHANGE HANDS,

AND THEN HE PASSES THE MONEY.

THIS BUILDING HAS
A HELIPAD ON IT.

AND THE EAST BUILDING MAKES
A DAMN GOOD VANTAGE POINT.

STAY PUT, SHIRLEY.

HEY.

COME WITH ME.

WHERE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?

YOU'LL KNOW WHEN WE GET THERE.

THE PILOT WILL WAIT NO
LONGER THAN 6 MINUTES.

5 MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS.

THE PILOT WILL GIVE
YOU THE PACKAGE.

YOU GIVE THIS PACKAGE
TO YOUR MR. BARNETT.

OK.

I GOT IT.

HOLD IT.

DON'T LET HIM GET TO BARNETT.

HOOKER, THE HELICOPTER.

I'M SUPPOSED TO GET A
PACKAGE FROM THE PILOT.

AND IF YOU DON'T SHOW,

AND BARNETT NEEDS THIS DEAL
AS MUCH AS I THINK HE DOES,

HE'LL COME FOR THE
PACKAGE HIMSELF.

COME ON.

WHERE IS YOUR CARRIER?

SHE'LL BE THERE.

I CANNOT WAIT, MR. BARNETT.

ARE YOU SURE YOUR
MAN CONTACTED MY MULE?

I ASSURE YOU I KEPT
MY PART OF THE DEAL.

BUT I NEED THAT DOPE.

IT IS YOUR DECISION,
MR. BARNETT.

YOU STAY HERE THIS TIME.

FREEZE, BARNETT!

CHECK IT OUT!

CALL THE COAST GUARD
AND HAVE HIM PICKED UP,

AND TAKE ME BACK
TO THE BUILDING!

HERE, HALF, HALF
FOR MADGE, HALF FOR...

I JUST TALKED TO THE D.E.A.

THEY RAIDED THE
AIR CHARTER SERVICE

THAT OWNED THE HELICOPTER. THEY
ARRESTED A PERUVIAN BY THE NAME OF DIEZ.

FOR ME? HMM.

YOUR SHARE OF THE POT, PARTNER.

YOU CALLED IT.

MADGE LEWIS HAD A BABY
BOY AT 8:32 A.M. THIS MORNING.

I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH HE WEIGHED.

I FIGURE 7 POUNDS, 8 OUNCES.

12 OUNCES.

WE CAN'T ALL BE PERFECT.

GIVE THIS TO ELLEN
CONNORS. SHE CAN USE IT.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, HOOKER.

AND I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

IT'S THE END OF WATCH. I
THOUGHT WE HAD A DATE.

WELL, ONE OF THE
PEOPLE FROM OUR OFFICE

HAD TO GO OUT ON
AN EMERGENCY CALL.

AND I HAVE TO BE THERE TO MAN
THE PHONES FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS.

TOMORROW, OK?

NANCY.

NANCY, HANG ON A SECOND.

YOU GOT TO TAKE IT EASY.

YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD.
YOU CAN'T DEVOTE 24 HOURS A DAY

TO GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS. YOU
GOT TO RELAX, HAVE SOME FUN.

WELL, I SEEM TO RECALL
ALL THOSE BROKEN DATES

WHEN SOMEONE NEEDED YOU.

ALL THOSE TIMES I SAT
IN THE THEATER ALONE

AND HAD DINNER ALONE.

I UNDERSTAND. I REALLY DO.

I'LL SEE YOU AT 8:00?