T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 2, Episode 19 - Requiem for a Cop - full transcript
A friend of Hooker's who was a cop turned P.I. was killed while he was investigating some arson fires. Hooker thinks he was killed by the arsonist because he was getting too close.
4, 2, 5, 6, 1.
BINGO!
THE WINNER OF THE FOURTH
RACE TOMORROW WILL BE BIG JAKE.
I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.
TELL ME, JUNIOR, HOW MANY RACES
ARE YOU AND STACY
BETTING ON TOMORROW?
AH, JUST THE 4TH.
WE'RE EACH BUYING A $10 TICKET.
THIS GUY WHO SOLD
US ON THE COMPUTER,
HE'S GONNA TAKE IT DOWN TO
THE TRACK AND PLACE OUR BET.
YOU WANNA GET IN ON
A SURE THING, HOOKER?
NO! NO!
COME ON.
DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
THE ONLY SURE THING ABOUT GUYS
THAT TAKE TIPS FROM TOUTS,
IS THAT THEY END UP BROKE
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN
YOUR HAND THERE, JUNIOR,
IS AN ELECTRONIC TOUT.
UH-UH. UH-HUH.
UH-UH.
THIS IS A SOPHISTICATED PIECE
OF TECHNOLOGICAL WIZARDRY.
TECHNOLOGICAL WIZARDRY.
UH-HUH. SURE.
UH-UH.
UNITS IN THE VICINITY OF
FIRST AND SPRING STREETS,
ASSIST FIRE COMPANY
19 AT 107, SPRING.
4-ADAM-30, ROGER.
LET'S GET SOME LINES UP HERE!
KEEP THE COMPANY COMING!
GET THE MEN IN
THERE! MOVE IT UP!
CHECK THE SOUTH EXPLOSION.
WEAVER, COME ON, GET
SOME LINES IN THERE.
WE CAN'T PUT A FIRE
OUT FROM THE STREET!
GET IN THERE! GET
SOME LINES IN THERE!
PUT SOME MORE PRESSURE IN.
GET SOME PRESSURE OVER THERE!
WEAVER, RUN THOSE LINES.
GET SOME MORE HOSE OVER HERE!
LET'S GET THINGS MOVED
AROUND THE NORTH SIDE.
COVER THOSE EXITS IN THE ALLEY!
GET SOMEONE IN THAT ALLEY.
GET ON A HOT SPONGE.
MAX.
HOOKER!
MAX SILVER, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M WORKIN' ON AN ARSON CASE
FOR A SMALL INSURANCE COMPANY.
I TOOK A FLYER ON THIS CALL.
HEY, REMEMBER MY
DAUGHTER, LINDA?
SHE WORKS WITH ME NOW.
GOING AFTER HER
OWN P.I. LICENSE.
IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS.
HOW ARE YOU, HOOKER?
WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
GET ON THE OTHER
SIDE. MOVE IT UP.
THIS LOOKS BAD, MAX.
YEAH, IT'S NOT TOO SAFE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WE MOVE
IT AND I'LL CALL YOU LATER?
KEEGAN, PULL BACK.
LET'S HIT THE SECOND FLOOR.
CLEAR AN ESCAPE LANE.
ENGINE COMPANY 5,
GET SOME MEN IN THERE!
THAT'S ABOUT TO CLOSE IN.
CHIEF.
HOOKER, ROMANO,
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
A MIRACLE.
WE STILL GOT PEOPLE IN THERE.
GET A NUMBER 3 UP
TO THE 3RD FLOOR.
WEAVER, GET SOME
OXYGEN UP TO THE LINE.
GET IT IN THE 3RD FLOOR.
ROMANGER, PASS IT TO THE LINE.
DON'T GIVE IT UP. GET IN THERE.
LET'S GET SOME LINES IN THERE.
GET SOME MORE OXYGEN IN THERE.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING IN
THERE? THE BUILDING'S CONDEMNED.
INDIGENTS, SCARED,
THIS IS THE ONLY
PLACE THEY CAN AFFORD.
THERE'S STILL A WHOLE
FAMILY ON THE 2ND FLOOR.
MY GOD. CAN'T YOU GET TO THEM?
WE NEVER HAD A CHANCE.
THE BUILDING WAS A WALL OF
FLAMES WHEN WE GOT HERE.
WE USED THE BULLHORN,
TELLING THEM TO STAY LOW
AND LOOK FOR A WAY OUT.
BUT EVEN THE BACK
STAIRS WERE GONE.
ROMANO, I'M GOING IN THERE.
GET SOME WATER AND WET ME DOWN.
HOOKER! STOP!
THAT'S AN ORDER.
DID YOU HEAR ME, HOOKER?
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT.
HOOKER, STOP!
DID YOU HEAR ME, HOOKER?
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT.
KEEP HIM WET.
WHERE ARE YOU?
HE'S BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG.
WHERE ARE YOU?
OVER HERE.
COME ON DOWN HERE. COME ON DOWN.
COME HERE, COME
HERE, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME DOWN HERE. STEADY.
COME ON. HOOKER!
THERE'S 2 MORE IN THERE.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK. THE
FLOOR WON'T HOLD YOU!
THE MOTHER AND
FATHER OF THOSE KIDS.
IT'S GOING DOWN! CLEAR AWAY!
THEY WERE TOO FRIGHTENED
TO EVEN TRY AND GET OUT.
HOOKER, YOU DID EVERYTHING
YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO.
THOSE KIDS SAVED THEMSELVES.
THEY HEARD THE CHIEF
WITH THE BULLHORN
TELLING THEM TO STAY LOW
ON THE FLOOR IN CASE OF FIRE.
WELL, THANK GOD FOR THAT.
2 KIDS, WITHOUT PARENTS NOW.
LAST MONTH IT WAS THOSE OLD
PEOPLE WHO BURNED TO DEATH.
THEY WERE INDIGENT, TOO.
YEAH.
RUSS? IT'S CINDY.
HI. UH,
I JUST GOT A CALL FROM
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR,
AND, UH, HE WANTS
TO TALK TO ME ABOUT
MY CAR BEING SEEN AT THE
ALLISON BUILDING FIRE LAST MONTH.
THIS P.I., IS HIS
NAME MAX SILVER?
YES. BUT... WHEN DOES
HE WANNA MEET YOU?
THIS AFTERNOON.
2:00, HERE AT THE BAR.
OK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
LISTEN, UM, CALL HIM BACK
AND TELL HIM YOU'LL TALK TO HIM.
WELL, WHAT WILL I SAY?
YOU WON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
YEAH. I'VE GOT A JOB FOR YOU.
HUP 1, HUP 2, HUP 3, HUP 4.
HUP 1...
JUVENILE IS TRYING TO FIND OUT
IF THE CHILDREN HAD ANY
RELATIVES IN THE AREA.
WERE THOSE PEOPLE SQUATTING
OR WERE THEY PAYING RENT
TO LIVE IN THAT RAT
INFESTED FIRE TRAP?
THE SURVIVORS INDICATED
THEY WERE PAYING SOMEBODY,
BUT FROM THEIR DESCRIPTIONS,
IT COULD BE ANYONE.
JUST LIKE THE FIRE
WE HAD LAST MONTH
IN THE ALLISON BUILDING.
SCAVENGERS WHO COLLECT A
LITTLE UNDECLARED POCKET MONEY
TO ALLOW HUMAN BEINGS
TO LIVE IN THOSE HELL HOLES.
THEY'RE WORSE THAN SLUMLORDS.
DID ARSON COME UP WITH ANYTHING?
ENOUGH TO CONVINCE
THEM IT WAS ARSON,
BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO PROVE IT IN COURT.
SO THE INSURANCE COMPANY
PAYS OFF ON A BUILDING
THAT THE CITY CODE CONDEMNED?
THAT'S RIGHT. AS LONG
AS IT'S INSURED, AND IT WAS.
WE CHECKED OUT THE
OWNER, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE.
SOMEBODY'S BURNING
DOWN BUILDINGS
WITHOUT CARING WHO'S
BURNING WITH THEM.
THEY GOTTA BE STOPPED.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW?
HOOKER.
MAX SILVER CALLED.
HE'S GONNA BE OUT FOR A WHILE,
BUT HE WANTS YOU
TO MEET WITH HIM
AND HIS DAUGHTER
AT THEIR OFFICE AT 3:00.
THAT'S THE GUY WHO WAS
AT THE FIRE LAST NIGHT.
YEAH.
HE SAID HE WAS
WORKING AN ARSON CASE.
YOU THINK HE COULD HAVE
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE?
I'LL BET ON IT.
WITHOUT A COMPUTER.
THIS PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR, MAX SILVER,
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
KNOWN HIM, HOOKER?
HE WAS MY FIRST PARTNER.
HE WAS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
SO WHY DID HE RETIRE?
I MEAN, I'D RATHER BE ON THE JOB
THAN TRY TO MAKE IT AS A P.I.
I'M SURE MAX WOULD, TOO.
HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.
♪
CINDY, I WANNA TALK TO YOU...
LATER. I'M REALLY
BUSY RIGHT NOW, OK?
NOBODY MOVE! THIS IS A STICK-UP!
HANDS ON THE BAR, ON THE TABLES!
OPEN THE REGISTER.
FILL IT UP!
EVERYBODY, MONEY,
WATCH, JEWELRY.
GET IT OFF. GET IT OFF!
YOU! PICK IT UP. PICK IT UP!
MOVE IT. MOVE IT!
MOVE IT. MOVE IT!
YOU, TOO, OLD MAN. DIG IT OUT!
ANYTHING YOU SAY, PUNK.
I DON'T LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE.
THAT MAKES 2 OF US.
THIS, TOO.
ALL UNITS IN THE VICINITY
OF TEMPLE AND GRAND,
A 2-11 AT THE HAPPY HOUR BAR.
SHOTS FIRED. HANDLE CODE 3.
4-ADAM-30, ROGER.
HE HAD A GUN.
HE SHOT ONE OF THE
CUSTOMERS AND RAN OFF,
OUT THE BACK DOOR.
GET OUT A BROADCAST.
MY GOD, IT' S MAX.
HE'S DEAD.
AND HIS DAUGHTER IS
WAITING TO MEET ALL OF US.
OVER THERE.
HOOKER, I SAW THE
MAN WHO DID THIS.
YOU DID?
MY FATHER. WHERE'S MY FATHER?
I FOUND THIS,
AND THE TAPE FROM
THE ANSWERING MACHINE.
MAYBE WE COULD GET SOMETHING
OFF OF IT THAT WOULD HELP.
GOOD. WE'LL TAKE
IT ALL TO THE LAB.
DID LINDA HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT MAX WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT?
NOT A CLUE.
HOW YOU DOING?
HMM? OK.
OH, HOOKER.
WHEN... WHEN YOU
TOLD ME ABOUT MY DAD,
DID YOU REALLY BELIEVE
IT WAS JUST A ROBBERY?
YOUR DAD WAS IN A
BAR, HE DIDN'T DRINK.
THE WITNESS SAID
HE DIDN'T RESIST.
THE ROBBER HAD NO CAUSE
TO KILL HIM AND HE DID.
I THINK HE WANTED HIM DEAD.
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT IT
INVESTIGATED AS A MURDER.
OH, GOD, WHAT DO WE DO?
I KNOW IT'S HARD,
BUT I GOTTA ASK YOU.
THINK.
WAS MAX WORKING ON ANY SIGNIFICANT
CASES THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT?
ANYTHING THAT WOULD'VE
TAKEN HIM TO THAT BAR,
GIVING SOMEONE A REASON
TO DESTROY THIS OFFICE?
BESIDES A COUPLE DIVORCE CASES,
THE ONLY OTHER THING HE
HAD WAS SOME ARSON CLAIMS
FOR UNITED FEDERAL INSURANCE.
HAD HE FILED ANY REPORTS
WITH UNITED FEDERAL?
I DOUBT IT.
I WOULD'VE TYPED THEM FOR HIM.
BESIDES, I DON'T REALLY THINK
UNITED FEDERAL
EXPECTED MUCH FROM DAD.
THEY HAD TO HIRE
SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE.
AND YOU KNOW HOW IT
IS WITH AN ARSON CASE.
99 TIMES OUT OF A
100, YOU COME UP DRY.
I'M SURE THEY JUST HIRED DAD
'CAUSE HE WORKED
CHEAPER THAN MOST.
ALSO, THEY KNEW
ABOUT HIS OLD PROBLEMS.
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK HE WAS
A VERY GOOD DETECTIVE BECAUSE OF IT.
I THINK SOMEONE
THOUGHT HE WAS TOO GOOD.
THIS IS A STICK-UP.
YOU'RE A LAUGH A YEAR.
HOW DID IT GO?
PIECE OF CAKE.
NOBODY ELSE GOT HURT
OR ANYTHING, DID THEY?
YOU WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR GIRLFRIEND?
NAH, THAT CUTIE OF
A WAITRESS IS FINE.
SCARED, BUT FINE.
WHERE'S THE REST OF MY MONEY?
NICE LITTLE GIMMICK
YOU GOT HERE.
YOU GONNA BURN ANOTHER BUILDING?
YOU'RE SURE IT LOOKED
LIKE ROBBERY, RIGHT?
IT WAS ROBBERY.
I JUST CONSIDER THE LOOT MY TIP
FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
YOU KNOW,
I THINK I LIKE MY BUSINESS
BETTER THAN YOURS.
THERE'S SOMETHING
MORE PERSONAL ABOUT IT.
♪
HMM.
IT'S A NEW KIND OF A DETONATOR
THAT HAS BEEN OUT
ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
IT WORKS ON A HIGH
FREQUENCY SIGNAL.
NO MAIN SPRING.
SET OFF BY A PULSATING BEAM.
IT'S NOT HELPING YOUR
VIOLIN MUSIC EITHER.
VIOLIN MUSIC?
YOU DON'T CALL
BRAHMS VIOLIN MUSIC.
SORRY, HONG, I DIDN'T TELL HIM.
THIS MAN IS PROBABLY THE
BEST ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN
IN THE DEPARTMENT,
AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HIS
CONCENTRATION WHILE WORKING WITH
CRAZY COPS.
US, HE PLAYS BRAHMS.
AH.
SORT OF LIKE A
SECURITY BLANKET, HUH?
HOOKER, TAKE THIS BOY OUT OF
HERE AND TEACH HIM THE RULES.
I WILL. I WILL, HONG.
BUT FIRST WE HAVE A LITTLE
BUSINESS TO TRANSACT.
LET'S SHOW HIM.
DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT BRAHMS.
THIS WAS IN MAX SILVER'S
TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE
AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
I WAS GONNA TOSS IT
OUT. HOOKER SAID THAT
IF ANYBODY COULD GET
ANYTHING OFF OF IT, YOU COULD.
BUT I GUESS HOOKER
WAS EXAGGERATING.
HOOKER DOES NOT EXAGGERATE.
IF THERE ARE ANY WORDS
IN HERE, I WILL GET 'EM OUT.
HOOKER, SEE YOU A MINUTE?
YES, SIR.
YOU GONNA FILE THOSE REPORTS?
I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.
I JUST WANNA DISCUSS
A LITTLE BUSINESS
WITH OUR EXPERT HERE.
HONG, IS IT POSSIBLE
YOUR ELECTRONIC GENIUS
MAY EXTEND TO IMPROVING
THE PERFORMANCE OF
THIS LITTLE COMPUTER?
I CAN DO ANYTHING ELECTRONIC.
WHAT DOES IT COMPUTE?
HORSE RACES.
I HOPE WINNING HORSE RACES.
THEY COULD BENEFIT
THE BOTH OF US.
HMM. TURN UP THE BRAHMS.
LOUDER, HUH.
DID YOU SEND THIS TO
HEADQUARTERS, HOOKER?
YES, SIR.
IT'S A REQUEST FOR AN HONOR
GUARD AT MAX'S SERVICES.
IT'S BEEN DENIED.
CAPTAIN, HE WAS A COP.
HE WAS ONE OF US.
HE DIDN'T EXACTLY RETIRE
WITH HONORS, HOOKER.
HE WAS KICKED OFF THE FORCE
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T
CONTROL HIS DRINKING PROBLEM.
HE WENT THROUGH
A LONG, HARD FIGHT.
BUT HE KICKED THE ALCOHOL.
HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK.
HE WAS DRY FOR A YEAR.
HE STARTED HIS
OWN P.I. BUSINESS.
AND THEN SOME
LOW-LIFE BLOWS HIM AWAY
WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON A CASE
THAT COULD'VE HELPED ALL OF US.
HE'S ENTITLED TO GO
OUT WITH A COP'S HONORS!
HOOKER, YOUR REQUEST
WENT THROUGH CHANNELS,
IT'S BEEN DENIED. I'M SORRY.
YEAH.
SO AM I.
SORRY.
HOW WAS MAX DOING
ON HIS INVESTIGATION
FOR YOU, MISS REED?
WELL, I WISH I COULD SAY GREAT,
BUT I'D BE LYING.
OH, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.
PROVING ARSON IS LIKE,
IT'S TRYING TO PROVE
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION.
THEY'VE FOUND FOSSILS AND
BONES AND ALL KINDS OF EVIDENCE,
BUT IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH
TO CONVINCE SOME PEOPLE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
I'M CONVINCED OF.
I'M CONVINCED THAT MAX
WAS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
PERHAPS TOO CLOSE
FOR HIS OWN GOOD.
AND I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS
INVESTIGATION END BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'D
BE A GOOD FRIEND TO HAVE.
IT'S MORE THAN
FRIENDSHIP, MISS REED.
THIS ARSONIST IS
MURDERING PEOPLE,
AND I, FOR ONE, FIND IT
HARD TO LIVE WITH THE IDEA
THAT HE'S ON THE
LOOSE OUT THERE.
THANK YOU.
I DON'T LIKE THOSE
COPS HANGING AROUND.
YOU HEARD.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE UP WHERE
THAT PRIVATE EYE LEFT OFF.
WHAT'S WRONG, D'COSTA?
AFRAID SOMEONE WILL FIND OUT
YOU'RE PICKING UP POCKET MONEY
RENTIN' SPACE IN
CONDEMNED BUILDINGS?
NOW YOU LISTEN, PUNK!
MY BUSINESS IS MY CONCERN.
LOOK, I JUST THINK TOO
MUCH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,
AND WE SHOULD TAKE
IT EASY FOR A WHILE.
THE OLD BARCLAY FACTORY
WILL CHANGE HANDS NEXT WEEK.
YOU WON'T BE
MANAGING IT ANYMORE.
YOU WON'T COLLECT A
PENNY OF THE INSURANCE.
IT HAS TO BE DONE NOW.
I DON'T KNOW. THOSE COPS,
AND THAT DETECTIVE,
FINDING THE LICENSE PLATE
OF YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S CAR
A MONTH AGO.
MAX SILVER IS TAKEN CARE OF.
NOW, IF YOU'RE WORRIED
ABOUT THE COPS,
I CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM, TOO.
NOW YOU WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT KILLING COPS.
D'COSTA, COPS,
DOWN-AND-OUTERS THAT
YOU COLLECT RENT FROM,
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
OK.
OK.
IT... IT WAS AS IF MY DAD WAS TRYING
TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME JUST NOW.
I WAS PRAYING AND IT CAME TO ME.
WHAT?
WELL, I REMEMBERED
MY DAD TELLING ME
THE OTHER DAY THAT
HE FOUND A WITNESS
WHO HAD PICKED
UP A LICENSE NUMBER
AT THE ALLISON BUILDING FIRE.
HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
CHECKING THE PLATE NUMBER
AT THE D.M.V.
THIS INFORMATION, IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN THE FIRE.
BUT I'M SURE THAT DAD RAN
A CHECK ON THE LICENSE.
THERE'D BE A
RECORD OF THE CHECK.
I'LL GET THE DETECTIVES
ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S GONNA BE A LONG, HARD PULL
CHECKING ALL THOSE
D.M.V. RECORDS.
WELL, WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED,
I'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU
CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.
I GUESS PART OF DAD
RUBBED OFF ON ME.
WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA DO NOW, LINDA?
BACK TO THE TYPEWRITER
AND OFFICE CLERKIN', I GUESS.
I HEARD YOU APPLIED
FOR A P.I. LICENSE.
YOU WERE GONNA BE
PARTNERS WITH YOUR DAD.
HMM, BUT NOW,
I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE.
I WAS JUST LEARNING.
HEY, IF MAX WAS
ANYTHING LIKE HOOKER,
WHICH I SUSPECT HE
WAS, YOU LEARNED GOOD.
IF I EVER WAS LOOKING FOR A
TERRIFIC PRIVATE DETECTIVE,
I'D CALL YOU.
THANKS, VINCE.
LISTEN,
IF YOU TURN UP ANYTHING
ON THAT LICENSE NUMBER,
GIVE ME A CALL.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP ME.
HOOKER.
THE DETECTIVES TURNED UP
THE D.M.V. CHECK MAX MADE.
CAPT. SHERIDAN SAID WE SHOULD
RUN WITH IT SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
SO CLOSE TO WHAT?
THE CAR MAX RAN DOWN
BELONGS TO A WAITRESS,
CINDY COLE, WHO WORKS
AT A BAR WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
LET ME GUESS, THE HAPPY HOUR.
CINDY COLE, HUH?
LET'S SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.
DID HONG DO SOMETHING
WORTHWHILE WITH THIS THING?
DID HE EVER? HONG IS A GENIUS.
THAT COMPUTER
EVEN SOUNDS BETTER.
THE 6TH RACE
TOMORROW IS IN THE BAG.
SALLY B. IS THE HORSE.
ROMANO, WHY DON'T
YOU HOLD YOUR BET?
SEE HOW SALLY B.
DOES. LIKE A TEST RUN.
ARE YOU KIDDIN'? AND
LOSE ALL THAT MONEY?
HOOKER, SALLY B. IS
GOING OFF AT 10-TO-1.
YOU BETTER GET ON BOARD.
NOT THIS TIME.
BUT IF YOUR FRIEND IS TAKING
YOUR BET TO THE TRACK AGAIN,
I'D LIKE HIM TO PUT
$5 ON NUMBER 4.
SURE. WHAT RACE?
THE 6TH.
HOOKER, YOU MIGHT AS
WELL JUST FLUSH THAT $5.
SALLY B.'S A LOCK IN THE 6TH.
YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO
THE HONG-TUNED COMPUTER.
NEITHER ARE THE HORSES, JUNIOR.
♪
CINDY COLE.
CINDY? SHE'S BACK THERE.
WHAT WAS YOUR CAR DOING NEAR
THE ALLISON BUILDING LAST MONTH,
JUST BEFORE IT
BURNED TO THE GROUND?
WHO SAID IT WAS?
SOMEBODY SPOTTED IT.
MAX SILVER TRACED IT TO YOU.
IS THAT WHY HE WAS HERE
THE DAY HE WAS KILLED?
I DON'T KNOW.
LOOK, HE DIDN'T ASK ME ANYTHING.
AND MY CAR, IT WAS
STOLEN SOME TIME AGO.
SO, IF IT WAS AT THAT BUILDING,
THAT'S HOW IT
MUST'VE GOTTEN THERE.
THEN YOU REPORTED IT STOLEN?
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS STOLEN.
YOU SEE, I PARKED IT IN
MY GARAGE BASEMENT,
AND IN THE MORNING
WHEN I WOKE UP,
IT WASN'T IN MY SPACE.
SO... OH, I WAS GONNA
CALL THE POLICE,
BUT THEN I WALKED AROUND OUTSIDE
AND I SAW THE CAR PARKED
A FEW HOUSES AWAY.
SO, WHOEVER STOLE IT WAS
THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH TO BRING IT BACK?
YEAH. I DON'T KNOW.
I... I FIGURED IT
WAS JUST SOME KIDS
TAKING IT OUT FOR A JOYRIDE.
MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO,
LITTLE GIRL, BUT I'M
GONNA FILL YOU IN.
ARSON AND MURDER.
AND NOT JUST MAX
SILVER'S MURDER.
4 PEOPLE IN A BUILDING
TORCHED NOT 2 MILES FROM HERE.
AND 2 VAGRANTS
IN A FACTORY FIRE.
WHAT NEXT?
NOW HOW MUCH ARE
YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR?
LOOK, I'VE TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING I KNOW.
MY CAR WAS STOLEN.
I... I HAVE TO GO
BACK TO WORK NOW.
WHAT'S WRONG?
THE STATIC ON THE RADIO.
THERE'S A DEFINITE
PATTERN TO THE STATIC.
LIKE THE RADIO IN THE LAB.
JUNIOR, I'VE GOT A HUNCH
WE'RE CARRYING A BOMB.
WE CAN'T DUMP IT HERE.
HIT THE REDS.
WHAT ABOUT THAT PARK? YEAH.
WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU SMILING ABOUT?
WE MUST BE CLOSE.
WE'RE MAKING
SOMEONE VERY NERVOUS.
HOOKER,
I PUT THAT BUILDING
RESEARCH REPORT IN YOUR BOX.
DID YOU GET IT?
YES, I DID. THANK YOU, STACY.
GOODBYE, STACY.
ARSON RESEARCH? TURN
ANYTHING WORTHWHILE?
ONE NAME TURNED UP
MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
D'COSTA MANAGEMENT.
MANAGEMENT?
HOW CAN A MANAGEMENT
COMPANY BENEFIT FROM ARSON?
IT'S THE OWNERS WHO
COLLECT THE INSURANCE.
A LOT OF MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
COLLECT A PERCENTAGE, 10, 15%.
UH-HUH. 10% OF
$500,000 IS $50,000.
THAT'S NOT TOO CHINTZY.
HOOKER?
I JUST GOT THE REPORT ON
THE BARCLAY FACTORY FIRE.
LET ME GUESS.
PROBABLE ARSON, NO PROOF,
OWNERS OF THE
BUILDING ARE CLEAN.
AND MANAGED BY
D'COSTA MANAGEMENT?
YOU'RE RIGHT ON ALL COUNTS.
DID THE DETECTIVES
TALK TO D'COSTA?
WELL, I SAVED THAT
FOR YOU, HOOKER.
AND FOR MAX.
LET'S GO, JUNIOR.
WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
WELL, WE COLLECT THE RENT,
WE SEE THE WINDOWS GET WASHED,
THE, UH, PLUMBING IS KEPT UP.
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO, UH,
KEEP THE OWNERS' MIND AT EASE.
AND WHEN ONE OF
THESE BUILDINGS BURN,
YOU LOSE THE INCOME FROM
THAT BUILDING, DON'T YOU?
WELL, AN OWNER'S
NOT GONNA PAY ME
TO KEEP UP A BUILDING
THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
YOU MUST BE IN A LOT OF
FINANCIAL TROUBLE, MR. D'COSTA.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS,
4 BUILDINGS YOU MANAGE
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE.
YEAH.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE
INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTIGATED EVERY
ONE OF THOSE FIRES.
THE SAME INSURANCE
COMPANY, UNITED FEDERAL.
YOU PICK THE INSURANCE COMPANIES
LIKE YOU PICK THE PLUMBERS
AND THE WINDOW WASHERS?
NOW, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
I THINK SOMEONE IN
THE INSURANCE COMPANY
IS IN THIS AS DEEP AS
YOU AND THE TORCH.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY PROOF?
BECAUSE IF THE
ANSWER IS NO, GET OUT!
I'M A BUSY MAN.
NO, YOU'RE A GREEDY
MAN, MR. D'COSTA.
4 FIRES THAT I KNOW OF.
AND I'LL BET YOU DON'T
SHARE THE MONEY YOU GET
FROM RENTING CONDEMNED
BUILDINGS WITH YOUR PARTNERS.
THE EXTRA CASH YOU GET
FROM ILLEGALS WHO HAVE
NO OTHER PLACE TO LIVE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SECURE THE
BUILDINGS, KEEP THE VAGRANTS OUT?
YOU DIDN'T WANNA SPEND
THE EXTRA BUCKS, DO YOU?
THIS IS REALLY NICE
MATERIAL, MR. D'COSTA.
NO WINDOW WASHERS, NO PLUMBERS.
NO MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THEY'RE ONLY HOMELESS INDIGENTS.
BUT I PROMISE YOU
SOMETHING, MISTER.
I'M GONNA MAKE DAMN SURE
THAT IT DOES COST YOU.
GOOD DAY.
EVERYBODY'S HANGIN' TOUGH.
THE WAITRESS,
THIS D'COSTA CREEP,
THE INSURANCE COMPANY LADY.
SHE DID MAKE ONE MISTAKE.
SHE HIRED MAX SILVER.
SHE THOUGHT A DRUNK EX-COP
WOULD COME TO A DEAD END
LIKE THE REST OF
THE INVESTIGATORS.
4-W-90 ON T.A.C. 2 TO 4-ADAM-30.
GO, 90.
WE JUST GOT A CALL
FROM SAM MILLER
AT THE THREE STAR PAWNSHOP.
YOUR PAWNSHOP BULLETIN PAID OFF.
SOMEONE JUST HOCKED
MAX SILVER'S WATCH.
ROGER, 90.
MISTAKE NUMBER 2.
THERE IT IS, HOOKER.
JUST LIKE ON THE STOLEN
PROPERTY INVENTORY, RIGHT?
IT'S MAX'S, ALL RIGHT.
WE GAVE IT TO HIM
WHEN HE MADE HOMICIDE.
HOW LONG AGO DID
THE SUSPECT LEAVE?
ABOUT AN HALF AN HOUR
AGO. MAYBE HE GOT THIRSTY.
HE GRABBED THE MONEY
AND RAN OVER TO THAT BAR.
THERE, COMING
OUT NOW. THAT'S HIM.
COME ON, YOU.
WE HAVE ENOUGH
LITTER ON THE BEACH
WITHOUT SCUMBALLS LIKE YOU.
DID THE DETECTIVES GET ANYTHING
FROM THE CREEP WE COLLARED?
NO. HE'S STICKING TO HIS STORY.
HE CLAIMS HE RAN BECAUSE HE KNEW
HE HAD HOCKED A STOLEN WATCH,
AND HE SAYS HE BOUGHT
IT FROM SOME STREET SLICK.
HE JUST MADE BAIL, HOOKER.
YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON.
NOW, LOOK... COME
ON, YOU CAN'T...
WE'RE DOING A COMPLETE
RUNDOWN ON HIM,
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
WHILE HOW MANY OTHER
BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE BURN.
YEP, HOOKER MISSED OUT, HONG.
HE DIDN'T HAVE FAITH
IN THE COMPUTER.
HE PICKED NUMBER
4 INSTEAD OF SALLY B.
LET'S CROSS OUR FINGERS,
I HAD PLUGGED IN A
BETTER PIECE OF SOFTWARE.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU COULD FIX ANYTHING?
FIX ANYTHING ELECTRONICALLY.
GUARANTEE A HORSE RACE?
NO CAN DO.
♪
IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
WHY DON'T I TURN OFF THE MUSIC?
HONG, MAYBE IT'LL HELP.
UH, WELL, WE'LL TRY A
FEW DIFFERENT FILTERS.
HI, DAD. JUST CALLED.
WANTED TO SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING.
TALK TO YOU LATER.
LINDA.
YEAH.
THE NEXT 2 CALLERS
HUNG UP, UH, NO MESSAGES.
MAX SILVER... MEET ME AT...
I'VE GOT SOMETHING
TO GIVE YOU. MEET ME...
"MEET ME AT THE BAR."
TURN IT BACK. I DIDN'T
CATCH THE NAME.
MAX...
"MAX, THIS IS..."
I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.
MEET ME AT THE BAR.
TRY AGAIN, MORE SLOWLY.
MAX...
ONE MORE TIME, TURN IT
BACK AND EVEN SLOWER.
OK.
THIS IS AS SLOW AS SHE GOES.
MAX, THIS IS CINDY COLE.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING...
CINDY COLE.
CINDY COLE! HONG,
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
IS THERE ANY MORE ON THAT?
NO, THAT'S IT.
OH.
♪
OK, JUST A MINUTE.
ROMANO! TELEPHONE.
MAYBE IT'S SALLY B.'S TRAINER.
ROMANO.
IT'S LINDA.
LISTEN, I SAW A MAN
LEAVING YOUR PRECINCT
GET PICKED UP BY THE
GUY WHO GRABBED ME
AND SET FIRE TO OUR OFFICE.
GREAT. WE JUST NAILED DOWN
THE WAITRESS. WHERE ARE YOU?
I FOLLOWED THEM TO
D'COSTA MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE INSIDE NOW.
SIT TIGHT. WE'RE ROLLING.
LINDA. SHE RAN A TAIL ON BENSON,
THE CAR WENT
STRAIGHT TO D'COSTA.
SHE'LL MAKE ONE HECK OF A P.I.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER.
YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
WILL YOU TELL ME SOMETHING?
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT BABOON?
OH, COME ON, MR. D'COSTA,
HE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING TO THE COPS.
I WANT YOU TO
UNLOAD HIM, JENNINGS.
NOW!
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE
ALL OUR TRACKS ARE COVERED.
AND THERE'S ONE
OTHER LOOSE THREAD.
YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S GONNA CRACK.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A
LITTLE MORE SURE THAN THAT.
THAT COP, HOOKER, IF
HE GETS TO HER AGAIN...
SO YOU GET THERE FIRST.
AND YOU BETTER MAKE SURE.
AND YOU BETTER PACK IN
YOUR OPERATION FOR A WHILE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE...
MAYBE...
I CAN ROAST 2
BIRDS WITH ONE FIRE.
THAT TAPE PROVES THAT
CUTE LITTLE WAITRESS
SET MAX UP.
YEAH, BUT SHE WAS SCARED
THAT IF THEY SMELL IT,
SHE'S IN DEEP TROUBLE.
4-ADAM-30, CITIZEN CALL
FROM A LINDA SILVER.
REPORTS THAT SUSPECTS
PICKED UP A WAITRESS
AT THE HAPPY HOUR BAR
AND PROCEEDED TO A GARAGE
AT 2-16 SOUTH HOPE.
4-ADAM-30, ROGER.
RUSS, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.
SORRY, BABY, YOU'RE
GETTING TOO DANGEROUS.
LET'S GO.
WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY?
YEAH, I'M CRAZY. CRAZY TO GET
INVOLVED WITH YOU. LET'S GO.
RUSS... LET'S GO! GET IN THERE!
GET IN THERE!
CALL FOR BACKUP. YOU STAY HERE.
4-ADAM-30, REQUESTING BACKUP.
2101 WEST OLIVE.
IS ANYONE IN THERE?
POLICE! OPEN UP!
NOW LOOK, POLICE!
OPEN UP!
OPEN UP.
STAND BACK!
ROMANO, ARE YOU OK?
YEAH, I'M OK.
TAKE THEM OUT THE FRONT DOOR!
STOP! POLICE!
MY DAD WOULD'VE
BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED.
MAX WOULD'VE BEEN
IMPRESSED WITH YOU.
YOU HELPED HIM CLOSE HIS CASE.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER
REQUIEM FOR A COP.
LAY ON YOUR BACKS.
COME ON, YOU'RE UP RUNNING.
HOOKER?
THE DETECTIVES HAVE A REAL
TIGHT WRAP-UP ON THE ARSON CASE.
EVERYONE INVOLVED IS ROLLING OVER ON
EACH OTHER SINCE YOU TWO HAVE GOT THEM.
LINDA SILVERS HAD A HAND IN IT.
WELL, THE POLICE COMMISSION
CITATION SHOULD HELP
TO GET A NEW DETECTIVE
AGENCY OFF TO A GREAT START.
TERRIFIC. COULDN'T
HAPPEN TO A NICER LADY.
RIGHT.
OH, ROMANO, YOUR FRIEND
CAME BY ON HIS WAY HOME
FROM THE TRACK AND HE LEFT THIS
ENVELOPE FULL OF MONEY AT THE DESK.
SORRY, HOOKER,
BUT DON'T FEEL BAD.
YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY BACK
ON THE COMPUTER'S NEXT PICK.
HIS PAYOFF IS 18-TO-1.
HEY, THE ODDS REALLY CHANGED.
SO DID THE HORSE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SALLY B.?
FINISHED OUT OF THE MONEY.
NUMBER 4, YOUR HORSE,
TOOK IT BY 2 LENGTHS.
SO MUCH FOR THE COMPUTER, RIGHT?
YEAH.
WHO NEEDS A COMPUTER ANYWAY?
COME ON, HOOKER, LET US
IN ON YOUR SYSTEM, HUH?
I'LL GET A PENCIL AND
PAPER. THERE'S NO NEED.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
WHENEVER I BET, WHICH IS SELDOM,
I ALWAYS PUT MY
MONEY ON NUMBER 4.
HOW CAN YOU BET LIKE
THAT? IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC.
I'M NOT COMPLAINING.
BINGO!
THE WINNER OF THE FOURTH
RACE TOMORROW WILL BE BIG JAKE.
I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.
TELL ME, JUNIOR, HOW MANY RACES
ARE YOU AND STACY
BETTING ON TOMORROW?
AH, JUST THE 4TH.
WE'RE EACH BUYING A $10 TICKET.
THIS GUY WHO SOLD
US ON THE COMPUTER,
HE'S GONNA TAKE IT DOWN TO
THE TRACK AND PLACE OUR BET.
YOU WANNA GET IN ON
A SURE THING, HOOKER?
NO! NO!
COME ON.
DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
THE ONLY SURE THING ABOUT GUYS
THAT TAKE TIPS FROM TOUTS,
IS THAT THEY END UP BROKE
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN
YOUR HAND THERE, JUNIOR,
IS AN ELECTRONIC TOUT.
UH-UH. UH-HUH.
UH-UH.
THIS IS A SOPHISTICATED PIECE
OF TECHNOLOGICAL WIZARDRY.
TECHNOLOGICAL WIZARDRY.
UH-HUH. SURE.
UH-UH.
UNITS IN THE VICINITY OF
FIRST AND SPRING STREETS,
ASSIST FIRE COMPANY
19 AT 107, SPRING.
4-ADAM-30, ROGER.
LET'S GET SOME LINES UP HERE!
KEEP THE COMPANY COMING!
GET THE MEN IN
THERE! MOVE IT UP!
CHECK THE SOUTH EXPLOSION.
WEAVER, COME ON, GET
SOME LINES IN THERE.
WE CAN'T PUT A FIRE
OUT FROM THE STREET!
GET IN THERE! GET
SOME LINES IN THERE!
PUT SOME MORE PRESSURE IN.
GET SOME PRESSURE OVER THERE!
WEAVER, RUN THOSE LINES.
GET SOME MORE HOSE OVER HERE!
LET'S GET THINGS MOVED
AROUND THE NORTH SIDE.
COVER THOSE EXITS IN THE ALLEY!
GET SOMEONE IN THAT ALLEY.
GET ON A HOT SPONGE.
MAX.
HOOKER!
MAX SILVER, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M WORKIN' ON AN ARSON CASE
FOR A SMALL INSURANCE COMPANY.
I TOOK A FLYER ON THIS CALL.
HEY, REMEMBER MY
DAUGHTER, LINDA?
SHE WORKS WITH ME NOW.
GOING AFTER HER
OWN P.I. LICENSE.
IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS.
HOW ARE YOU, HOOKER?
WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
GET ON THE OTHER
SIDE. MOVE IT UP.
THIS LOOKS BAD, MAX.
YEAH, IT'S NOT TOO SAFE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WE MOVE
IT AND I'LL CALL YOU LATER?
KEEGAN, PULL BACK.
LET'S HIT THE SECOND FLOOR.
CLEAR AN ESCAPE LANE.
ENGINE COMPANY 5,
GET SOME MEN IN THERE!
THAT'S ABOUT TO CLOSE IN.
CHIEF.
HOOKER, ROMANO,
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
A MIRACLE.
WE STILL GOT PEOPLE IN THERE.
GET A NUMBER 3 UP
TO THE 3RD FLOOR.
WEAVER, GET SOME
OXYGEN UP TO THE LINE.
GET IT IN THE 3RD FLOOR.
ROMANGER, PASS IT TO THE LINE.
DON'T GIVE IT UP. GET IN THERE.
LET'S GET SOME LINES IN THERE.
GET SOME MORE OXYGEN IN THERE.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING IN
THERE? THE BUILDING'S CONDEMNED.
INDIGENTS, SCARED,
THIS IS THE ONLY
PLACE THEY CAN AFFORD.
THERE'S STILL A WHOLE
FAMILY ON THE 2ND FLOOR.
MY GOD. CAN'T YOU GET TO THEM?
WE NEVER HAD A CHANCE.
THE BUILDING WAS A WALL OF
FLAMES WHEN WE GOT HERE.
WE USED THE BULLHORN,
TELLING THEM TO STAY LOW
AND LOOK FOR A WAY OUT.
BUT EVEN THE BACK
STAIRS WERE GONE.
ROMANO, I'M GOING IN THERE.
GET SOME WATER AND WET ME DOWN.
HOOKER! STOP!
THAT'S AN ORDER.
DID YOU HEAR ME, HOOKER?
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT.
HOOKER, STOP!
DID YOU HEAR ME, HOOKER?
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT.
KEEP HIM WET.
WHERE ARE YOU?
HE'S BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG.
WHERE ARE YOU?
OVER HERE.
COME ON DOWN HERE. COME ON DOWN.
COME HERE, COME
HERE, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME DOWN HERE. STEADY.
COME ON. HOOKER!
THERE'S 2 MORE IN THERE.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK. THE
FLOOR WON'T HOLD YOU!
THE MOTHER AND
FATHER OF THOSE KIDS.
IT'S GOING DOWN! CLEAR AWAY!
THEY WERE TOO FRIGHTENED
TO EVEN TRY AND GET OUT.
HOOKER, YOU DID EVERYTHING
YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO.
THOSE KIDS SAVED THEMSELVES.
THEY HEARD THE CHIEF
WITH THE BULLHORN
TELLING THEM TO STAY LOW
ON THE FLOOR IN CASE OF FIRE.
WELL, THANK GOD FOR THAT.
2 KIDS, WITHOUT PARENTS NOW.
LAST MONTH IT WAS THOSE OLD
PEOPLE WHO BURNED TO DEATH.
THEY WERE INDIGENT, TOO.
YEAH.
RUSS? IT'S CINDY.
HI. UH,
I JUST GOT A CALL FROM
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR,
AND, UH, HE WANTS
TO TALK TO ME ABOUT
MY CAR BEING SEEN AT THE
ALLISON BUILDING FIRE LAST MONTH.
THIS P.I., IS HIS
NAME MAX SILVER?
YES. BUT... WHEN DOES
HE WANNA MEET YOU?
THIS AFTERNOON.
2:00, HERE AT THE BAR.
OK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
LISTEN, UM, CALL HIM BACK
AND TELL HIM YOU'LL TALK TO HIM.
WELL, WHAT WILL I SAY?
YOU WON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
YEAH. I'VE GOT A JOB FOR YOU.
HUP 1, HUP 2, HUP 3, HUP 4.
HUP 1...
JUVENILE IS TRYING TO FIND OUT
IF THE CHILDREN HAD ANY
RELATIVES IN THE AREA.
WERE THOSE PEOPLE SQUATTING
OR WERE THEY PAYING RENT
TO LIVE IN THAT RAT
INFESTED FIRE TRAP?
THE SURVIVORS INDICATED
THEY WERE PAYING SOMEBODY,
BUT FROM THEIR DESCRIPTIONS,
IT COULD BE ANYONE.
JUST LIKE THE FIRE
WE HAD LAST MONTH
IN THE ALLISON BUILDING.
SCAVENGERS WHO COLLECT A
LITTLE UNDECLARED POCKET MONEY
TO ALLOW HUMAN BEINGS
TO LIVE IN THOSE HELL HOLES.
THEY'RE WORSE THAN SLUMLORDS.
DID ARSON COME UP WITH ANYTHING?
ENOUGH TO CONVINCE
THEM IT WAS ARSON,
BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO PROVE IT IN COURT.
SO THE INSURANCE COMPANY
PAYS OFF ON A BUILDING
THAT THE CITY CODE CONDEMNED?
THAT'S RIGHT. AS LONG
AS IT'S INSURED, AND IT WAS.
WE CHECKED OUT THE
OWNER, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE.
SOMEBODY'S BURNING
DOWN BUILDINGS
WITHOUT CARING WHO'S
BURNING WITH THEM.
THEY GOTTA BE STOPPED.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW?
HOOKER.
MAX SILVER CALLED.
HE'S GONNA BE OUT FOR A WHILE,
BUT HE WANTS YOU
TO MEET WITH HIM
AND HIS DAUGHTER
AT THEIR OFFICE AT 3:00.
THAT'S THE GUY WHO WAS
AT THE FIRE LAST NIGHT.
YEAH.
HE SAID HE WAS
WORKING AN ARSON CASE.
YOU THINK HE COULD HAVE
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE?
I'LL BET ON IT.
WITHOUT A COMPUTER.
THIS PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR, MAX SILVER,
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
KNOWN HIM, HOOKER?
HE WAS MY FIRST PARTNER.
HE WAS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
SO WHY DID HE RETIRE?
I MEAN, I'D RATHER BE ON THE JOB
THAN TRY TO MAKE IT AS A P.I.
I'M SURE MAX WOULD, TOO.
HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.
♪
CINDY, I WANNA TALK TO YOU...
LATER. I'M REALLY
BUSY RIGHT NOW, OK?
NOBODY MOVE! THIS IS A STICK-UP!
HANDS ON THE BAR, ON THE TABLES!
OPEN THE REGISTER.
FILL IT UP!
EVERYBODY, MONEY,
WATCH, JEWELRY.
GET IT OFF. GET IT OFF!
YOU! PICK IT UP. PICK IT UP!
MOVE IT. MOVE IT!
MOVE IT. MOVE IT!
YOU, TOO, OLD MAN. DIG IT OUT!
ANYTHING YOU SAY, PUNK.
I DON'T LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE.
THAT MAKES 2 OF US.
THIS, TOO.
ALL UNITS IN THE VICINITY
OF TEMPLE AND GRAND,
A 2-11 AT THE HAPPY HOUR BAR.
SHOTS FIRED. HANDLE CODE 3.
4-ADAM-30, ROGER.
HE HAD A GUN.
HE SHOT ONE OF THE
CUSTOMERS AND RAN OFF,
OUT THE BACK DOOR.
GET OUT A BROADCAST.
MY GOD, IT' S MAX.
HE'S DEAD.
AND HIS DAUGHTER IS
WAITING TO MEET ALL OF US.
OVER THERE.
HOOKER, I SAW THE
MAN WHO DID THIS.
YOU DID?
MY FATHER. WHERE'S MY FATHER?
I FOUND THIS,
AND THE TAPE FROM
THE ANSWERING MACHINE.
MAYBE WE COULD GET SOMETHING
OFF OF IT THAT WOULD HELP.
GOOD. WE'LL TAKE
IT ALL TO THE LAB.
DID LINDA HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT MAX WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT?
NOT A CLUE.
HOW YOU DOING?
HMM? OK.
OH, HOOKER.
WHEN... WHEN YOU
TOLD ME ABOUT MY DAD,
DID YOU REALLY BELIEVE
IT WAS JUST A ROBBERY?
YOUR DAD WAS IN A
BAR, HE DIDN'T DRINK.
THE WITNESS SAID
HE DIDN'T RESIST.
THE ROBBER HAD NO CAUSE
TO KILL HIM AND HE DID.
I THINK HE WANTED HIM DEAD.
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT IT
INVESTIGATED AS A MURDER.
OH, GOD, WHAT DO WE DO?
I KNOW IT'S HARD,
BUT I GOTTA ASK YOU.
THINK.
WAS MAX WORKING ON ANY SIGNIFICANT
CASES THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT?
ANYTHING THAT WOULD'VE
TAKEN HIM TO THAT BAR,
GIVING SOMEONE A REASON
TO DESTROY THIS OFFICE?
BESIDES A COUPLE DIVORCE CASES,
THE ONLY OTHER THING HE
HAD WAS SOME ARSON CLAIMS
FOR UNITED FEDERAL INSURANCE.
HAD HE FILED ANY REPORTS
WITH UNITED FEDERAL?
I DOUBT IT.
I WOULD'VE TYPED THEM FOR HIM.
BESIDES, I DON'T REALLY THINK
UNITED FEDERAL
EXPECTED MUCH FROM DAD.
THEY HAD TO HIRE
SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE.
AND YOU KNOW HOW IT
IS WITH AN ARSON CASE.
99 TIMES OUT OF A
100, YOU COME UP DRY.
I'M SURE THEY JUST HIRED DAD
'CAUSE HE WORKED
CHEAPER THAN MOST.
ALSO, THEY KNEW
ABOUT HIS OLD PROBLEMS.
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK HE WAS
A VERY GOOD DETECTIVE BECAUSE OF IT.
I THINK SOMEONE
THOUGHT HE WAS TOO GOOD.
THIS IS A STICK-UP.
YOU'RE A LAUGH A YEAR.
HOW DID IT GO?
PIECE OF CAKE.
NOBODY ELSE GOT HURT
OR ANYTHING, DID THEY?
YOU WORRIED ABOUT
YOUR GIRLFRIEND?
NAH, THAT CUTIE OF
A WAITRESS IS FINE.
SCARED, BUT FINE.
WHERE'S THE REST OF MY MONEY?
NICE LITTLE GIMMICK
YOU GOT HERE.
YOU GONNA BURN ANOTHER BUILDING?
YOU'RE SURE IT LOOKED
LIKE ROBBERY, RIGHT?
IT WAS ROBBERY.
I JUST CONSIDER THE LOOT MY TIP
FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
YOU KNOW,
I THINK I LIKE MY BUSINESS
BETTER THAN YOURS.
THERE'S SOMETHING
MORE PERSONAL ABOUT IT.
♪
HMM.
IT'S A NEW KIND OF A DETONATOR
THAT HAS BEEN OUT
ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
IT WORKS ON A HIGH
FREQUENCY SIGNAL.
NO MAIN SPRING.
SET OFF BY A PULSATING BEAM.
IT'S NOT HELPING YOUR
VIOLIN MUSIC EITHER.
VIOLIN MUSIC?
YOU DON'T CALL
BRAHMS VIOLIN MUSIC.
SORRY, HONG, I DIDN'T TELL HIM.
THIS MAN IS PROBABLY THE
BEST ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN
IN THE DEPARTMENT,
AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HIS
CONCENTRATION WHILE WORKING WITH
CRAZY COPS.
US, HE PLAYS BRAHMS.
AH.
SORT OF LIKE A
SECURITY BLANKET, HUH?
HOOKER, TAKE THIS BOY OUT OF
HERE AND TEACH HIM THE RULES.
I WILL. I WILL, HONG.
BUT FIRST WE HAVE A LITTLE
BUSINESS TO TRANSACT.
LET'S SHOW HIM.
DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT BRAHMS.
THIS WAS IN MAX SILVER'S
TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE
AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
I WAS GONNA TOSS IT
OUT. HOOKER SAID THAT
IF ANYBODY COULD GET
ANYTHING OFF OF IT, YOU COULD.
BUT I GUESS HOOKER
WAS EXAGGERATING.
HOOKER DOES NOT EXAGGERATE.
IF THERE ARE ANY WORDS
IN HERE, I WILL GET 'EM OUT.
HOOKER, SEE YOU A MINUTE?
YES, SIR.
YOU GONNA FILE THOSE REPORTS?
I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.
I JUST WANNA DISCUSS
A LITTLE BUSINESS
WITH OUR EXPERT HERE.
HONG, IS IT POSSIBLE
YOUR ELECTRONIC GENIUS
MAY EXTEND TO IMPROVING
THE PERFORMANCE OF
THIS LITTLE COMPUTER?
I CAN DO ANYTHING ELECTRONIC.
WHAT DOES IT COMPUTE?
HORSE RACES.
I HOPE WINNING HORSE RACES.
THEY COULD BENEFIT
THE BOTH OF US.
HMM. TURN UP THE BRAHMS.
LOUDER, HUH.
DID YOU SEND THIS TO
HEADQUARTERS, HOOKER?
YES, SIR.
IT'S A REQUEST FOR AN HONOR
GUARD AT MAX'S SERVICES.
IT'S BEEN DENIED.
CAPTAIN, HE WAS A COP.
HE WAS ONE OF US.
HE DIDN'T EXACTLY RETIRE
WITH HONORS, HOOKER.
HE WAS KICKED OFF THE FORCE
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T
CONTROL HIS DRINKING PROBLEM.
HE WENT THROUGH
A LONG, HARD FIGHT.
BUT HE KICKED THE ALCOHOL.
HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK.
HE WAS DRY FOR A YEAR.
HE STARTED HIS
OWN P.I. BUSINESS.
AND THEN SOME
LOW-LIFE BLOWS HIM AWAY
WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON A CASE
THAT COULD'VE HELPED ALL OF US.
HE'S ENTITLED TO GO
OUT WITH A COP'S HONORS!
HOOKER, YOUR REQUEST
WENT THROUGH CHANNELS,
IT'S BEEN DENIED. I'M SORRY.
YEAH.
SO AM I.
SORRY.
HOW WAS MAX DOING
ON HIS INVESTIGATION
FOR YOU, MISS REED?
WELL, I WISH I COULD SAY GREAT,
BUT I'D BE LYING.
OH, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.
PROVING ARSON IS LIKE,
IT'S TRYING TO PROVE
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION.
THEY'VE FOUND FOSSILS AND
BONES AND ALL KINDS OF EVIDENCE,
BUT IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH
TO CONVINCE SOME PEOPLE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
I'M CONVINCED OF.
I'M CONVINCED THAT MAX
WAS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
PERHAPS TOO CLOSE
FOR HIS OWN GOOD.
AND I'M NOT GONNA LET THIS
INVESTIGATION END BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'D
BE A GOOD FRIEND TO HAVE.
IT'S MORE THAN
FRIENDSHIP, MISS REED.
THIS ARSONIST IS
MURDERING PEOPLE,
AND I, FOR ONE, FIND IT
HARD TO LIVE WITH THE IDEA
THAT HE'S ON THE
LOOSE OUT THERE.
THANK YOU.
I DON'T LIKE THOSE
COPS HANGING AROUND.
YOU HEARD.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE UP WHERE
THAT PRIVATE EYE LEFT OFF.
WHAT'S WRONG, D'COSTA?
AFRAID SOMEONE WILL FIND OUT
YOU'RE PICKING UP POCKET MONEY
RENTIN' SPACE IN
CONDEMNED BUILDINGS?
NOW YOU LISTEN, PUNK!
MY BUSINESS IS MY CONCERN.
LOOK, I JUST THINK TOO
MUCH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,
AND WE SHOULD TAKE
IT EASY FOR A WHILE.
THE OLD BARCLAY FACTORY
WILL CHANGE HANDS NEXT WEEK.
YOU WON'T BE
MANAGING IT ANYMORE.
YOU WON'T COLLECT A
PENNY OF THE INSURANCE.
IT HAS TO BE DONE NOW.
I DON'T KNOW. THOSE COPS,
AND THAT DETECTIVE,
FINDING THE LICENSE PLATE
OF YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S CAR
A MONTH AGO.
MAX SILVER IS TAKEN CARE OF.
NOW, IF YOU'RE WORRIED
ABOUT THE COPS,
I CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM, TOO.
NOW YOU WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT KILLING COPS.
D'COSTA, COPS,
DOWN-AND-OUTERS THAT
YOU COLLECT RENT FROM,
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
OK.
OK.
IT... IT WAS AS IF MY DAD WAS TRYING
TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME JUST NOW.
I WAS PRAYING AND IT CAME TO ME.
WHAT?
WELL, I REMEMBERED
MY DAD TELLING ME
THE OTHER DAY THAT
HE FOUND A WITNESS
WHO HAD PICKED
UP A LICENSE NUMBER
AT THE ALLISON BUILDING FIRE.
HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
CHECKING THE PLATE NUMBER
AT THE D.M.V.
THIS INFORMATION, IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN THE FIRE.
BUT I'M SURE THAT DAD RAN
A CHECK ON THE LICENSE.
THERE'D BE A
RECORD OF THE CHECK.
I'LL GET THE DETECTIVES
ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S GONNA BE A LONG, HARD PULL
CHECKING ALL THOSE
D.M.V. RECORDS.
WELL, WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED,
I'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU
CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.
I GUESS PART OF DAD
RUBBED OFF ON ME.
WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA DO NOW, LINDA?
BACK TO THE TYPEWRITER
AND OFFICE CLERKIN', I GUESS.
I HEARD YOU APPLIED
FOR A P.I. LICENSE.
YOU WERE GONNA BE
PARTNERS WITH YOUR DAD.
HMM, BUT NOW,
I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE.
I WAS JUST LEARNING.
HEY, IF MAX WAS
ANYTHING LIKE HOOKER,
WHICH I SUSPECT HE
WAS, YOU LEARNED GOOD.
IF I EVER WAS LOOKING FOR A
TERRIFIC PRIVATE DETECTIVE,
I'D CALL YOU.
THANKS, VINCE.
LISTEN,
IF YOU TURN UP ANYTHING
ON THAT LICENSE NUMBER,
GIVE ME A CALL.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP ME.
HOOKER.
THE DETECTIVES TURNED UP
THE D.M.V. CHECK MAX MADE.
CAPT. SHERIDAN SAID WE SHOULD
RUN WITH IT SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
SO CLOSE TO WHAT?
THE CAR MAX RAN DOWN
BELONGS TO A WAITRESS,
CINDY COLE, WHO WORKS
AT A BAR WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
LET ME GUESS, THE HAPPY HOUR.
CINDY COLE, HUH?
LET'S SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.
DID HONG DO SOMETHING
WORTHWHILE WITH THIS THING?
DID HE EVER? HONG IS A GENIUS.
THAT COMPUTER
EVEN SOUNDS BETTER.
THE 6TH RACE
TOMORROW IS IN THE BAG.
SALLY B. IS THE HORSE.
ROMANO, WHY DON'T
YOU HOLD YOUR BET?
SEE HOW SALLY B.
DOES. LIKE A TEST RUN.
ARE YOU KIDDIN'? AND
LOSE ALL THAT MONEY?
HOOKER, SALLY B. IS
GOING OFF AT 10-TO-1.
YOU BETTER GET ON BOARD.
NOT THIS TIME.
BUT IF YOUR FRIEND IS TAKING
YOUR BET TO THE TRACK AGAIN,
I'D LIKE HIM TO PUT
$5 ON NUMBER 4.
SURE. WHAT RACE?
THE 6TH.
HOOKER, YOU MIGHT AS
WELL JUST FLUSH THAT $5.
SALLY B.'S A LOCK IN THE 6TH.
YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO
THE HONG-TUNED COMPUTER.
NEITHER ARE THE HORSES, JUNIOR.
♪
CINDY COLE.
CINDY? SHE'S BACK THERE.
WHAT WAS YOUR CAR DOING NEAR
THE ALLISON BUILDING LAST MONTH,
JUST BEFORE IT
BURNED TO THE GROUND?
WHO SAID IT WAS?
SOMEBODY SPOTTED IT.
MAX SILVER TRACED IT TO YOU.
IS THAT WHY HE WAS HERE
THE DAY HE WAS KILLED?
I DON'T KNOW.
LOOK, HE DIDN'T ASK ME ANYTHING.
AND MY CAR, IT WAS
STOLEN SOME TIME AGO.
SO, IF IT WAS AT THAT BUILDING,
THAT'S HOW IT
MUST'VE GOTTEN THERE.
THEN YOU REPORTED IT STOLEN?
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS STOLEN.
YOU SEE, I PARKED IT IN
MY GARAGE BASEMENT,
AND IN THE MORNING
WHEN I WOKE UP,
IT WASN'T IN MY SPACE.
SO... OH, I WAS GONNA
CALL THE POLICE,
BUT THEN I WALKED AROUND OUTSIDE
AND I SAW THE CAR PARKED
A FEW HOUSES AWAY.
SO, WHOEVER STOLE IT WAS
THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH TO BRING IT BACK?
YEAH. I DON'T KNOW.
I... I FIGURED IT
WAS JUST SOME KIDS
TAKING IT OUT FOR A JOYRIDE.
MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO,
LITTLE GIRL, BUT I'M
GONNA FILL YOU IN.
ARSON AND MURDER.
AND NOT JUST MAX
SILVER'S MURDER.
4 PEOPLE IN A BUILDING
TORCHED NOT 2 MILES FROM HERE.
AND 2 VAGRANTS
IN A FACTORY FIRE.
WHAT NEXT?
NOW HOW MUCH ARE
YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR?
LOOK, I'VE TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING I KNOW.
MY CAR WAS STOLEN.
I... I HAVE TO GO
BACK TO WORK NOW.
WHAT'S WRONG?
THE STATIC ON THE RADIO.
THERE'S A DEFINITE
PATTERN TO THE STATIC.
LIKE THE RADIO IN THE LAB.
JUNIOR, I'VE GOT A HUNCH
WE'RE CARRYING A BOMB.
WE CAN'T DUMP IT HERE.
HIT THE REDS.
WHAT ABOUT THAT PARK? YEAH.
WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU SMILING ABOUT?
WE MUST BE CLOSE.
WE'RE MAKING
SOMEONE VERY NERVOUS.
HOOKER,
I PUT THAT BUILDING
RESEARCH REPORT IN YOUR BOX.
DID YOU GET IT?
YES, I DID. THANK YOU, STACY.
GOODBYE, STACY.
ARSON RESEARCH? TURN
ANYTHING WORTHWHILE?
ONE NAME TURNED UP
MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
D'COSTA MANAGEMENT.
MANAGEMENT?
HOW CAN A MANAGEMENT
COMPANY BENEFIT FROM ARSON?
IT'S THE OWNERS WHO
COLLECT THE INSURANCE.
A LOT OF MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
COLLECT A PERCENTAGE, 10, 15%.
UH-HUH. 10% OF
$500,000 IS $50,000.
THAT'S NOT TOO CHINTZY.
HOOKER?
I JUST GOT THE REPORT ON
THE BARCLAY FACTORY FIRE.
LET ME GUESS.
PROBABLE ARSON, NO PROOF,
OWNERS OF THE
BUILDING ARE CLEAN.
AND MANAGED BY
D'COSTA MANAGEMENT?
YOU'RE RIGHT ON ALL COUNTS.
DID THE DETECTIVES
TALK TO D'COSTA?
WELL, I SAVED THAT
FOR YOU, HOOKER.
AND FOR MAX.
LET'S GO, JUNIOR.
WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
WELL, WE COLLECT THE RENT,
WE SEE THE WINDOWS GET WASHED,
THE, UH, PLUMBING IS KEPT UP.
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO, UH,
KEEP THE OWNERS' MIND AT EASE.
AND WHEN ONE OF
THESE BUILDINGS BURN,
YOU LOSE THE INCOME FROM
THAT BUILDING, DON'T YOU?
WELL, AN OWNER'S
NOT GONNA PAY ME
TO KEEP UP A BUILDING
THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
YOU MUST BE IN A LOT OF
FINANCIAL TROUBLE, MR. D'COSTA.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS,
4 BUILDINGS YOU MANAGE
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE.
YEAH.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE
INSURANCE COMPANY
INVESTIGATED EVERY
ONE OF THOSE FIRES.
THE SAME INSURANCE
COMPANY, UNITED FEDERAL.
YOU PICK THE INSURANCE COMPANIES
LIKE YOU PICK THE PLUMBERS
AND THE WINDOW WASHERS?
NOW, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
I THINK SOMEONE IN
THE INSURANCE COMPANY
IS IN THIS AS DEEP AS
YOU AND THE TORCH.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY PROOF?
BECAUSE IF THE
ANSWER IS NO, GET OUT!
I'M A BUSY MAN.
NO, YOU'RE A GREEDY
MAN, MR. D'COSTA.
4 FIRES THAT I KNOW OF.
AND I'LL BET YOU DON'T
SHARE THE MONEY YOU GET
FROM RENTING CONDEMNED
BUILDINGS WITH YOUR PARTNERS.
THE EXTRA CASH YOU GET
FROM ILLEGALS WHO HAVE
NO OTHER PLACE TO LIVE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SECURE THE
BUILDINGS, KEEP THE VAGRANTS OUT?
YOU DIDN'T WANNA SPEND
THE EXTRA BUCKS, DO YOU?
THIS IS REALLY NICE
MATERIAL, MR. D'COSTA.
NO WINDOW WASHERS, NO PLUMBERS.
NO MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THEY'RE ONLY HOMELESS INDIGENTS.
BUT I PROMISE YOU
SOMETHING, MISTER.
I'M GONNA MAKE DAMN SURE
THAT IT DOES COST YOU.
GOOD DAY.
EVERYBODY'S HANGIN' TOUGH.
THE WAITRESS,
THIS D'COSTA CREEP,
THE INSURANCE COMPANY LADY.
SHE DID MAKE ONE MISTAKE.
SHE HIRED MAX SILVER.
SHE THOUGHT A DRUNK EX-COP
WOULD COME TO A DEAD END
LIKE THE REST OF
THE INVESTIGATORS.
4-W-90 ON T.A.C. 2 TO 4-ADAM-30.
GO, 90.
WE JUST GOT A CALL
FROM SAM MILLER
AT THE THREE STAR PAWNSHOP.
YOUR PAWNSHOP BULLETIN PAID OFF.
SOMEONE JUST HOCKED
MAX SILVER'S WATCH.
ROGER, 90.
MISTAKE NUMBER 2.
THERE IT IS, HOOKER.
JUST LIKE ON THE STOLEN
PROPERTY INVENTORY, RIGHT?
IT'S MAX'S, ALL RIGHT.
WE GAVE IT TO HIM
WHEN HE MADE HOMICIDE.
HOW LONG AGO DID
THE SUSPECT LEAVE?
ABOUT AN HALF AN HOUR
AGO. MAYBE HE GOT THIRSTY.
HE GRABBED THE MONEY
AND RAN OVER TO THAT BAR.
THERE, COMING
OUT NOW. THAT'S HIM.
COME ON, YOU.
WE HAVE ENOUGH
LITTER ON THE BEACH
WITHOUT SCUMBALLS LIKE YOU.
DID THE DETECTIVES GET ANYTHING
FROM THE CREEP WE COLLARED?
NO. HE'S STICKING TO HIS STORY.
HE CLAIMS HE RAN BECAUSE HE KNEW
HE HAD HOCKED A STOLEN WATCH,
AND HE SAYS HE BOUGHT
IT FROM SOME STREET SLICK.
HE JUST MADE BAIL, HOOKER.
YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON.
NOW, LOOK... COME
ON, YOU CAN'T...
WE'RE DOING A COMPLETE
RUNDOWN ON HIM,
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
WHILE HOW MANY OTHER
BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE BURN.
YEP, HOOKER MISSED OUT, HONG.
HE DIDN'T HAVE FAITH
IN THE COMPUTER.
HE PICKED NUMBER
4 INSTEAD OF SALLY B.
LET'S CROSS OUR FINGERS,
I HAD PLUGGED IN A
BETTER PIECE OF SOFTWARE.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU COULD FIX ANYTHING?
FIX ANYTHING ELECTRONICALLY.
GUARANTEE A HORSE RACE?
NO CAN DO.
♪
IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
WHY DON'T I TURN OFF THE MUSIC?
HONG, MAYBE IT'LL HELP.
UH, WELL, WE'LL TRY A
FEW DIFFERENT FILTERS.
HI, DAD. JUST CALLED.
WANTED TO SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING.
TALK TO YOU LATER.
LINDA.
YEAH.
THE NEXT 2 CALLERS
HUNG UP, UH, NO MESSAGES.
MAX SILVER... MEET ME AT...
I'VE GOT SOMETHING
TO GIVE YOU. MEET ME...
"MEET ME AT THE BAR."
TURN IT BACK. I DIDN'T
CATCH THE NAME.
MAX...
"MAX, THIS IS..."
I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.
MEET ME AT THE BAR.
TRY AGAIN, MORE SLOWLY.
MAX...
ONE MORE TIME, TURN IT
BACK AND EVEN SLOWER.
OK.
THIS IS AS SLOW AS SHE GOES.
MAX, THIS IS CINDY COLE.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING...
CINDY COLE.
CINDY COLE! HONG,
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
IS THERE ANY MORE ON THAT?
NO, THAT'S IT.
OH.
♪
OK, JUST A MINUTE.
ROMANO! TELEPHONE.
MAYBE IT'S SALLY B.'S TRAINER.
ROMANO.
IT'S LINDA.
LISTEN, I SAW A MAN
LEAVING YOUR PRECINCT
GET PICKED UP BY THE
GUY WHO GRABBED ME
AND SET FIRE TO OUR OFFICE.
GREAT. WE JUST NAILED DOWN
THE WAITRESS. WHERE ARE YOU?
I FOLLOWED THEM TO
D'COSTA MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE INSIDE NOW.
SIT TIGHT. WE'RE ROLLING.
LINDA. SHE RAN A TAIL ON BENSON,
THE CAR WENT
STRAIGHT TO D'COSTA.
SHE'LL MAKE ONE HECK OF A P.I.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER.
YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
WILL YOU TELL ME SOMETHING?
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT BABOON?
OH, COME ON, MR. D'COSTA,
HE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING TO THE COPS.
I WANT YOU TO
UNLOAD HIM, JENNINGS.
NOW!
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE
ALL OUR TRACKS ARE COVERED.
AND THERE'S ONE
OTHER LOOSE THREAD.
YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S GONNA CRACK.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A
LITTLE MORE SURE THAN THAT.
THAT COP, HOOKER, IF
HE GETS TO HER AGAIN...
SO YOU GET THERE FIRST.
AND YOU BETTER MAKE SURE.
AND YOU BETTER PACK IN
YOUR OPERATION FOR A WHILE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE...
MAYBE...
I CAN ROAST 2
BIRDS WITH ONE FIRE.
THAT TAPE PROVES THAT
CUTE LITTLE WAITRESS
SET MAX UP.
YEAH, BUT SHE WAS SCARED
THAT IF THEY SMELL IT,
SHE'S IN DEEP TROUBLE.
4-ADAM-30, CITIZEN CALL
FROM A LINDA SILVER.
REPORTS THAT SUSPECTS
PICKED UP A WAITRESS
AT THE HAPPY HOUR BAR
AND PROCEEDED TO A GARAGE
AT 2-16 SOUTH HOPE.
4-ADAM-30, ROGER.
RUSS, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.
SORRY, BABY, YOU'RE
GETTING TOO DANGEROUS.
LET'S GO.
WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY?
YEAH, I'M CRAZY. CRAZY TO GET
INVOLVED WITH YOU. LET'S GO.
RUSS... LET'S GO! GET IN THERE!
GET IN THERE!
CALL FOR BACKUP. YOU STAY HERE.
4-ADAM-30, REQUESTING BACKUP.
2101 WEST OLIVE.
IS ANYONE IN THERE?
POLICE! OPEN UP!
NOW LOOK, POLICE!
OPEN UP!
OPEN UP.
STAND BACK!
ROMANO, ARE YOU OK?
YEAH, I'M OK.
TAKE THEM OUT THE FRONT DOOR!
STOP! POLICE!
MY DAD WOULD'VE
BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED.
MAX WOULD'VE BEEN
IMPRESSED WITH YOU.
YOU HELPED HIM CLOSE HIS CASE.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER
REQUIEM FOR A COP.
LAY ON YOUR BACKS.
COME ON, YOU'RE UP RUNNING.
HOOKER?
THE DETECTIVES HAVE A REAL
TIGHT WRAP-UP ON THE ARSON CASE.
EVERYONE INVOLVED IS ROLLING OVER ON
EACH OTHER SINCE YOU TWO HAVE GOT THEM.
LINDA SILVERS HAD A HAND IN IT.
WELL, THE POLICE COMMISSION
CITATION SHOULD HELP
TO GET A NEW DETECTIVE
AGENCY OFF TO A GREAT START.
TERRIFIC. COULDN'T
HAPPEN TO A NICER LADY.
RIGHT.
OH, ROMANO, YOUR FRIEND
CAME BY ON HIS WAY HOME
FROM THE TRACK AND HE LEFT THIS
ENVELOPE FULL OF MONEY AT THE DESK.
SORRY, HOOKER,
BUT DON'T FEEL BAD.
YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY BACK
ON THE COMPUTER'S NEXT PICK.
HIS PAYOFF IS 18-TO-1.
HEY, THE ODDS REALLY CHANGED.
SO DID THE HORSE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SALLY B.?
FINISHED OUT OF THE MONEY.
NUMBER 4, YOUR HORSE,
TOOK IT BY 2 LENGTHS.
SO MUCH FOR THE COMPUTER, RIGHT?
YEAH.
WHO NEEDS A COMPUTER ANYWAY?
COME ON, HOOKER, LET US
IN ON YOUR SYSTEM, HUH?
I'LL GET A PENCIL AND
PAPER. THERE'S NO NEED.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
WHENEVER I BET, WHICH IS SELDOM,
I ALWAYS PUT MY
MONEY ON NUMBER 4.
HOW CAN YOU BET LIKE
THAT? IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC.
I'M NOT COMPLAINING.