T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 3, Episode 1 - The Return - full transcript
The bank robber who killed Hooker's partner 5 years ago returns. And Hooker is determined not to let him get away.
(energetic, light rock music)
(mystical music)
(TJ grunting)
(police radio beeping)
- [Woman Over Police
Radio] Five-Adam-19
and any other
units able to assist.
A 211 in progress at
First Metropolitan Savings,
612 West Nine;
Five-Adam-19, your call.
- This is Five-Adam-22.
We're vying in on Five-Adam-19,
South (mumbles) Hall.
- [Woman Over Police
Radio] Roger, Five-William-22.
(suspenseful chase music)
(screeching tires)
(suspenseful chase music)
(car doors slamming)
(suspenseful chase music)
- [Robber] Let's go, hurry up!
- [Teller] Okay, okay!
- [Robber] C'mon, hurry up!
(car engine roaring)
(suspenseful music)
- Alright, hold it!
- She's the prize; you
want the prize, sucker?
(suspenseful music)
- Put your gun down!
You haven't got a chance!
(muffled speech)
- [Robber] Get out of here!
Get, go, go go!
- Come on, let's go.
Let's go!
(suspenseful chase music)
- Hold it!
(gun blasting) (woman screaming)
(gun blasting) (woman screaming)
(body falling to the ground)
(suspenseful chase music)
(police siren blaring)
(screeching tires)
(guns blasting)
(screeching tires)
(guns blasting)
- Johnny.
Johnny?
(Johnny gasping)
Johnny. (dramatic music)
Johnny!
Johnny! (TJ breathing heavily)
(old fashioned, lively music)
(repetitious knocking on door)
- I thought you were
dead; you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Put some coffee up if you want.
I'll be with you in a minute.
(old fashioned, lively music)
(door creaking)
- Now I know why you always
have me pick you up in front.
I can't believe you're
livin' like this, Hooker.
Life goes on, you know.
You've been
divorced nine months.
Fran and the kids are
alive and well in Oregon.
- Love 'em to death,
miss 'em like hell.
- Yeah I know.
It was hard on you and
Fran, the final break.
- In the end, what hurts
the most is when you realize
that love isn't always enough.
(water splashing) (old
fashioned, lively music)
Easter in God's country.
- And you're livin'
here in a motel?
- Just temporary.
I'll find time to
get an apartment.
- You gotta get
out of here, Hooker.
It's the bad guys who
belong the cells, not the cops.
- [TJ] I'll start
looking next weekend.
- [Vince] Next weekend?
Good, you were gonna
look last weekend.
Instead, we looked for
the Harbor Hill Rapist.
I can't believe you, Hooker.
- We found him, didn't we?
You sure you don't want
a quick cup of coffee?
- Thanks, I already
cleaned my gun.
(old fashioned, lively music)
(mumbles)
Hooker, are you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
(old fashioned, lively music)
- You need to
turn off the radio?
- Can't find the on/off button.
It turns off by itself.
Don't you love
modern conveniences.
- Come on, partner, perk up.
They're waitin' for us:
The muggers, the rapists,
the robbers, the killers.
- [TJ] Yeah, it's
a jungle out there.
(old fashioned, lively music)
- [Group] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three four;
one, two, three, four.
(military cadence)
One, two!
- Alright Adam-11,
the stolen car ring
did its number again last night.
As you can see from
your flyers, two Porsches
and an El Dorado
evaporated from the streets
of our city in the
early morning hours.
Now come on guys, you
had a partial description
of two of those car
rustlers in the past five days.
Let's get with it.
Last item and
possibly the hottest:
South Bay Precinct
has been playing tag
with a gang of bank
robbers for the past month
and they're losing, even
with the help of the FBI.
- What do you expect
from South Bay?
Miracles? (officers chuckling)
- I'd settle for
solid police work.
- Now I hope you gentlemen
don't have to eat those words.
Hooker and I have been
mapping the robberies
and the pattern seems
to be heading our way.
Now South Bay Robbery
has compiled an MO sheet,
which you have in front of you.
- The Captain's right,
familiarize yourself
with the details, hit the streets,
and watch your backsides.
- What is it, Hooker?
- The MO on those bank robbers.
- What about it?
- Four men, large banks
only in stocking masks.
The leader takes a
woman hostage, two others
spray paint the surveillance
cameras and leap the counters.
They clean out the cages,
the fourth covers the rear exit.
- Sounds pretty
well thought out.
- Sounds like a bad dream to me.
(suspenseful chase music)
- I mean you've seen
my place at the marina.
You've seen Stacy's;
there's a vacancy coming up
at the end of the month.
- I'm not sure I wanna cut into
your single's scene,
partner. (police radio beeping)
- [Woman On Police
Radio] Four-Adam-30
and any other units in
the vicinity: a 211 silent
at National Savings,
4121 Wilton Boulevard.
30 handle Code Two.
(police siren blaring)
- Four-Adam-30,
that's a roger.
(energetic police chase
music) (police siren blaring)
- Four-Adam-16, we're
rolling backup to three.
(energetic police chase
music) (police siren blaring)
(screeching tires)
(energetic police chase music)
- Let's go!
(screeching tires)
- It's him!
The One-Handed Man.
(screeching tires)
I can't let him
take the hostage.
(screeching tires)
(vehicles crashing)
(energetic police chase music)
(gun blasting)
(screeching tires)
(gun blasting)
(screeching tires)
(vehicle crashing)
(energetic police chase music)
(guns blasting)
The One-Handed
Man, I want his name.
His name, give me his name!
Give me his name!
- Hooker, he's dead.
- I wanted him alive.
- Call an ambulance.
Get out a broadcast
on the getaway car.
Lincoln license EWI489.
The One-Handed
Man, you know him.
- Five years ago,
he killed my partner.
(ominous music)
(soft, nostalgic music)
- Hooker, how come you
never talk about Johnny Durrell?
- It's just hard to.
When you lose a partner,
it's almost like losing your wife.
(children chattering)
Day in day out, your life
is in his hands; his in yours.
When he goes down,
a lot goes with him.
- I'm not sure how
well I'd handle that.
- Well I haven't handled it,
and I won't until I
nail Johnny's killer.
- I'll wait.
Johnny's widow
remembers you with Johnny
and that's the way
it ought to stay.
(children chattering)
- Hi sweetheart.
She gets more beautiful
every time I see here.
- [Carol] You should
see Little John.
He looks more and
more like his dad.
- I'm sorry I haven't
been by in a while.
This place brings back memories.
Johnny and I through
our first baskets here.
(ball smacking
concrete) (Carol laughing)
The backboard was
made of wood then.
The ball didn't come off
as hard as it does now.
I got some news for you.
The man who killed Johnny,
the One-Handed Man is back.
Back in town,
back robbing banks
and I'm gonna get him.
- I knew you'd never give up.
- I want him so bad
I'm grasping at straws,
any straw that
might bring him in.
(children chattering)
- I don't understand, Hooker.
- When I was leaning over
Johnny's body in the bank,
he was trying to
tell me something.
Later in the hospital, he
regained consciousness
for a moment and
he talked to you.
You told me that what
her said was personal
and I'm sure it was,
but (dramatic music)
I can't help feeling
there was a message
in there for me too.
I mean he was such a good cop.
- I can tell you
his exact words.
"Love you, kids; Wish I,
so many things wanted.
"Red Ford,
"Carol, Carol."
That was it, he was gone.
So you see it was personal,
and the part about the car,
we'd been talking
about buying a new one.
- I'm sorry to put
you through it again.
(soft, nostalgic music)
- It's alright.
(children chattering)
Finally there's been time.
I've started living again.
I'm getting married.
- Carol, that's terrific.
- I met him at
Little John's school.
I know it comes as a
surprise, it did to me too.
He's a teacher too
and he likes the kids.
They need a father, Hooker.
- You don't have
to explain it to me.
I think it makes
all kinds of sense.
- I'll always love Johnny.
I'll always love the
time we had together,
but I need somebody.
- We all do. (soft,
nostalgic music)
(Carol weeping)
(somber music)
- The pickup truck
was stolen last night
and the getaway car
was grabbed this morning.
- No ID on the
guy I had to shoot.
- Crime report said
they got $40,000 in cash
and another five in
Traveler's Checks.
- Any trace on
the missing teller?
- Nothing so far, but
we're gonna keep looking.
- Hooker, what went down?
- We sealed up the
harbor and he still got away.
(phone ringing)
- Did you get a
clean look at him?
- Yeah, same guy alright.
The same one I keep
seeing in my nightmare.
- Not one eyewitness
in the South Bay area
picked up on his missing hand.
He must be damn
clever at concealing it.
- Just as clever as
he was five years ago
and just as methodical.
The only change in his MO
is he switched from a
plastic to a stalking mask.
- Is he still toting a .22?
- Still.
(phone ringing) Still
taking a girl hostage.
I'm afraid we're gonna
find that girl dead
the same way we
found the others.
- Let's hope this
robbery homicide
gets a line on him fast.
- The same way
they did the last time?
- You never let up
on them, do you?
- They never worked
that case hard enough.
- That's what you thought.
So you decided if they couldn't
find the One-Handed Man,
you would, but they
didn't and you didn't.
- No,
now he's back and I
have another shot at him,
this time I'm gonna get him.
- You're a divisional
narc the first time
you went up against him Hooker,
now you're in a uniform
and black and white
with the front end bashed in.
- Do you think that
makes a difference?
Look Captain, five years
ago I came outta the hospital
and my partner didn't.
I traded in my gold
shield for a set of blues
for one reason: to
get back on the streets
and hit crime as it comes
down, not after the fact.
- You had an opportunity
to do that today, Hooker.
Unfortunately it didn't pay off,
so now the case
out of your hands.
Wrong, that case is
mine until it's done.
(suspenseful crime music)
(soft orchestral music)
- Hooker, you'll
love the marina.
The manager gave me the
key to the vacant apartment.
- We'll take a look and
have a glass of wine.
It'll be an early evening.
- I appreciate
the thoughts guys,
but I have a couple
of things to do.
(door squeaking)
- He's out on the track tonight.
Track that's taken
him back into the past.
("Rockit" by Herbie Hancock)
(audience cheering)
(retro electro music)
- Long time making
phone calls, Hooker.
- You were terrific.
It's quite a spot you got here.
- It's a big improvement
over what I had
when I was drinking
and you befriending me.
- Is that what I did?
- (giggles) Some front
you and your partner had.
(sighs) Flash
clothes and white rolls
just in from Tucson.
To me you were
better than Christmas.
- Until you found out
that we were really narcs
and what we were after was
an interval local suppliers.
- What are you after this time?
- That Westside Disco
that you used to dance in?
- Busy Bee.
Haven't been there in years.
- It's closed, I checked it out.
You kicked it, good for you.
- You can get over anything.
- That bartender
at the Busy Bee,
the one you duped me into...
- Freddie Hamilton?
Freddie put you into regression
and tracking you to that
bank got your partner killed.
Wouldn't think you'd ever
want to see Freddie again.
- I wanna speak to him.
- Haven't seen him since the day
I turned my back
on the Westside.
- You must still see
some of the same people.
- Not really.
Look around you Hooker,
everything changed.
- Look, five years ago
I was playing a role.
I did a number and it
was my job, but I liked you.
- I liked you.
I wouldn't fight hard
to like you again,
but I don't suppose
it could go anywhere.
- I don't suppose,
but I still want to talk
to Freddie Hamilton.
- I don't believe in
old time sake, Hooker.
- That's too bad Evelyn,
because that's one of the
few things I do believe in
still.
(somber crime music)
- We got a preliminary
report back on the guy
with the shotgun, his
name was Ted Lindley.
- Two priors for armed robbery
and possession in
sales and narcotics.
- You got that, Romano.
- Probation said he
walked through the gates
of San Quentin a month ago.
- Yeah but we just found
out that he had needle marks
on his forearms which
means he probably
shot up before the bank job.
- That fits the pattern
and Hooker wounded
the One-Handed Man's
partner five years ago.
He was also a user and a dealer.
- Right.
Hey, anything
on the bank teller?
- It just came in,
Adam-15 found the link
in a bag in an alley.
She was in the
trunk shot, left to die.
- She's critical but they're
hoping she'll pull through.
- [Woman on Police Radio]
Four-Adam-30, Four-Adam-30,
your request on a
whereabouts of Alma Prentice
believed tied to the first
Metropolitan savings robbery
five years ago.
Confirmed she is still
employed at Rainbow (mumbles).
- Four-Adam-30, roger.
(groovy retro music)
- Okay, everybody up
on the horse, come on.
(children laughing)
Okay come on, up.
There right, okay?
Alright.
Okay, Harvey go.
(carousel music)
Back so soon, Hooker?
Seems like you were here
just a couple of weeks ago.
- A month.
- Well I hope the
questions have changed.
- They haven't.
- Well neither have the answers.
Your partner's five
years dead, Hooker.
Isn't it time you
put him to rest?
- New development.
- Yeah?
- Bank robbers.
Young girl taken hostage, shot.
I thought that you might
have heard about her.
- I didn't.
- The man with one
hand was runnin' the show.
He was the same 22.
- So what?
- So I thought it might
jog your memory.
Might break through the shield
that you've been
putting up all these years.
I know you know
them, Alma I know.
- If I didn't know the
One-Handed Man five years ago
or a month ago, I
don't know him now.
- One of these days you're
gonna tell me the truth.
I'm gonna keep coming
at you 'til I hear it.
(carousel music)
- It was him wasn't it, Hooker?
Hey hey, what's the matter?
Did he give you a hard time?
- Lying's always
hard for me, Jack.
I never do it except for you.
- Hey come on,
it's a cheap price
considering all I've done for
you and yours, now isn't it?
- Okay, alright,
that's why I let you
use the apartment upstairs.
I like running this round.
The kids, the people
who work on the pier,
they're like a family to me.
- Hey hey hey hey, we're
not gonna be here forever.
Come on.
- Just take care of your
business and go, alright?
- Come on, Alma.
- Okay?
Just get outta here!
- Was it who we thought it was?
Hooker?
- Yeah we should've
wasted him five years ago.
- Hey this Hooker has
got a bad rep, man.
- Listen to me Clay,
we've been together
for a long, long time.
I've never disputed
any of your choices,
but we oughta pack it in.
Hey and besides, we
got $100,000 in the kitty.
We can go back to
Mexico and live until...
- I'm callin' the shots!
Hey come on Tommy, we
got a nice easy thing here.
They must've built
1,000 new banks
since the last time we
worked this territory.
- Oh and besides
yeah man, you got Alma
to do all your errands.
- Don't start with me, Fleming.
You get on my nerves and
I'm gonna feed you to the fish
(fist thudding)
right underneath this pier.
- Full autopsy
results (mumbles).
- They just came in.
There was heroin in his system
apparently injected within
12 hours of his death.
- Ted Lindley was released
from San Quentin a month ago.
That means right
after he got out,
he was already hooked up
with the man with one hand
and knocking over
banks in South Bay.
- He also found himself
a drug connection
and a place to stay.
- That means
there's gotta be a tie
buried somewhere in the past,
maybe with Alma Prentice
despite what she claims.
- This woman, Alma Prentice,
I know she ties into
Johnny Durrell's killing,
I don't understand...
- Five years ago in a robbery,
I shot and wounded an
ex-con named Lou Gresham.
He was killed tryin'
to escape the hospital.
He'd grown up
practically an orphan,
had one relative,
and wasn't already in
or on their way to jail.
- Alma Prentice.
- And you think she knows
who the One-Handed Man is?
- Could be.
If Lou Gresham
mentioned him to anyone,
it had to be to Alma.
What was the message?
- An Evelyn North called,
she wants you to
call her at this number.
- Evelyn North.
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
- Evelyn, Hooker,
got your message.
- Still interested in
finding Freddie Hamilton?
- You bet I am.
- I made some phone calls.
Found out he's running a new
place downtown, the Mali Bar.
- Just like the old
days, I owe ya.
- I'll keep that in mind, huh?
- Thank you.
(phone clicking)
(cars roaring) (horns honking)
- Run a check on this
card and bring it back to me.
And George, don't stop
with the credit check.
I want a complete
reading on these people.
- Yes sir.
(retro tropical music)
- You looking for me, Hooker?
Or just checkin' the place out?
- What do you think?
- Evelyn help you find...
- Forget Evelyn.
Five years ago Freddie,
you duped me and my
partner to Lou Gresham.
A drug dealer got the idea
that robbing might be easier.
- Ancient history, Hooker.
Dead and buried with
(Gresham and your partner.
- Not for me it isn't.
I'm looking for a killer,
man with one hand.
A man Lou Gresham
worked with five years ago.
He's back in town and I
am betting he's getting drugs
for his new boys from
an old connection, you.
- You're dreamin'.
- You do any good lately
for a guy named Ted Lindley?
- Never heard of him.
- He bought it tryin' knock
over a bank a few days ago.
The man with one
hand was with him.
- You're talkin'
about a thug, Hooker.
You're in a beautiful restaurant
in this sophisticated
part of town
and you're talkin' about a thug?
Yes, George?
- A number one Mr Hamilton,
they verified
directly with Denver.
- Terrific, thank you.
You finished with me, Hooker?
- Now who's dreaming?
(soft groovy music)
(guests chatting)
- Thank you but...
- But what happened
to your credit card?
Welcome to the Mali Bar.
- You know, we have a
place a lot like this in Denver.
You remember the steakhouse
near the art museum,
don't you Charlie?
- I don't forget any of our
times together, darling.
Like I mentioned earlier,
we'd kind of like
to make a day of it.
- I don't want you
two nice people
to feel let down in any way.
Now I can leave here
in about 30 minutes
when the lunch hour's
over and maybe then
we can do a little
shopping together?
- Sounds good to me.
Well here we go.
- I was afraid he'd
change his mind.
- I brought along some company.
You remember George?
- Sure.
You never know when you're gonna
get ripped off in this world.
- I knew you wouldn't mind.
- We don't mind as long
as you two don't mind
doin' the time.
- Freeze both of you,
you're under arrest.
(feet shuffling)
(gun blasting)
- Drop the gun now!
(energetic chase music)
(foreboding music)
- You're in deep this time,
you're gonna be real deep.
(mumbles) for the last time,
now I'm gonna catch it on you.
You hear me, scum?
You're gonna gimme what I want.
(dramatic crime music)
(nostalgic music)
(door knocking)
- What you do want?
What are you doing here?
- I just got word that the
cops grabbed Freddie.
- Oh God, does he know
where you're stayin'?
- I don't know, I can't
take any chances.
I might need to move in a hurry,
I need that 20,000
that I left with you.
C'mon, where is it?
(money shuffling)
- It's all there.
Jack I'm scared, please.
I want you to go
now and you said
there won't be any trouble.
If the find you at the
merry-go-round, I'll lose everything.
Please, I want you to go now.
- What is this Alma,
are you cavin' in on me?
It's lucky for your brother
Ray (mumbles), you forgotten?
If I'd yanked him up
off that bank parking lot
five years ago, you wouldn't
be just in a wheelchair,
no he would be dead, dead
just like your cousin Lou.
- I think about Ray a lot.
I wish I could see
him, I wish I could help.
- We can do
something about that.
I'm headed back to Mexico
after just one more job.
You come with me, you
can see your brother Ray
and I'll show you a good life.
- No thanks, but
I like my life here.
Here!
- You owe me, Alma.
(dramatic crime music)
(door slamming)
- When Ted Lindley his town
after leaving San Quentin,
he had to have
already met a friend
who had already
found a connection.
A friend with one hand.
- Jack Clayton, he came up
from Mexico about a month ago.
- Jack Clayton, how long
have you known Jack Clayton?
- I don't know,
it's five, six years.
He spent most of his
time in Mexico ever since...
- Ever since he
killed my partner
and came back when
Lindley was cut loose.
- Yeah yeah, they
both came to see me
that first night on the streets.
- Where can I find Clayton?
- I don't know.
Believe me Hooker, I don't know!
He always found me, I
never went looking for him.
(typewriter keys clicking)
- Is that the info
on Jack Clayton?
- Yeah, he's got a
heavy record Hooker,
mostly armed, look at this.
- Nevermind, what about
his known associates?
- Here they are, just three of
them with a rundown on each.
This Thomas Vishitty,
Theodore Lindley,
we'll scratch him,
and Raymond Ford.
- Hold on a second,
lemme see that.
As Johnny lay dying,
he said something
to his wife about a Red Ford,
she was talkin' about buying
a new car for the family.
But I got a...
Here it is, Raymond
Ford nickname Red.
- He wasn't talkin'
about a new car,
he was trying to give
his wife message for you
about a guy named Red Ford.
- Just like Johnny doing
his job either, he was dying.
- So Red Ford had to be one
of the bank robbers
five years ago.
- Probably the one
that dropped his mask,
Johnny must've recognized him.
- Hey, look at this.
One of the people authorized
to correspond with Ford
while he was in prison
was his sister Alma Prentice.
- Bingo, that's the tie
I've been looking for.
Let's go talk to the lady.
(door knocking)
- Who is it?
- Hooker.
- You just don't
give up, do you?
It's five in the morning.
- This won't take long, Alma.
Junior, I'd like to
handle this alone,
there's a lot of water
under the bridge
between Alma and me.
- (sighs heavily)
Are we gonna go
through this whole thing
again, the same old dance?
- Your brother Red ford.
You never told me
you were married.
You never told me your
maiden name was Ford.
You never told me
you had a brother,
you never told me
he was a bank robber.
- I couldn't!
The man he ran
with saved his life.
- Five years ago?
- Yes, he took him to
Mexico, he took care of him.
My brother's in a wheelchair.
- The man we're talking
about has one hand,
his name is Jack Clayton.
This is the time to tell the
truth Alma, where's Clayton?
- I can't tell you
that, I owe him.
- I told you this is the time.
Another girl may die,
another innocent bank teller
just like the one Clayton
grabbed when he was working
with your cousin
and your brother.
Want me to tell you
what they did to her
before they shot her?
You wanna help him get
away so he can do it again?
- Okay. (sighs heavily)
He forced me to open
up a room for him upstairs
with his friends over
the merry-go-round.
- Give me the keys.
Romano, we can get lucky
enough to hit Clayton and his gang.
We're gonna need backup.
- I'll call Corrigan and Stacy.
- Hooker, there's one
more thing I have to tell you.
Clayton said that he was
gonna do one more job
before he went back into Mexico.
- No he's not ;cause I'm
gonna do a job on him.
One that will put him behind
bars for the rest of his life.
(dramatic music)
(screeching tires)
(dramatic chase music)
- They got Fleming, Clay.
They also got 20
grand and our shotguns.
- It had to be Alma
gave us away, had to be.
(dramatic music)
(door kicking open)
(mumbles)
- Drop it and get on the floor!
- (mumbles) We'll
head back to Mexico.
On our way out, we'll
take down that bank
just like we planned.
The two of us, we
can handle that.
- Whatever you say.
- Before we take that bank
though, we're gonna pick up Alma.
Take her with us,
teach her a few lessons.
(dramatic music)
(screeching tires)
- Stacy and Corrigan
can secure things
until the detectives arrive.
Meanwhile, we'll
take our friend down
to the precinct and book him.
- Yeah what then?
We're off duty. (dramatic music)
- I'm not letting go, (mumbles).
I'm coming back on my
own. (dramatic music)
(energetic chase music)
- So what do you think the
odds are of Clayton showing up?
- A long shot.
(birds chirping)
Except for the $20,000
in a shoe box upstairs.
- Yeah, I'd like to see his
face when he comes around
to collect it and runs
into four detectives.
- He's not gonna get that far.
I have waited a lot
of years for Clayton.
He shows, he's mine.
(police radio beeping)
- [Woman On Police
Radio] Four-Adam-Nine
and all units in the vicinity
of 1819 South Coronado.
A reported 207, suspects are
in a dark blue Chevrolet sedan.
Four-Adam-Nine, see the woman?
- Three streets over?
Isn't that Alma's address?
- Clayton must have grabbed her.
Let's see if we
can grab Clayton.
(car engine roaring)
(screeching tires)
(dramatic chase music)
- Hooker, dark blue Chevy sedan.
- They've got Alma,
we'll stick as close
as we can and
wait for an opening.
(screeching tires)
(dramatic chase music)
- Alright Alma,
it goes like this.
I go in, I check the bank.
If it looks all right,
I come back out.
Then the three of us go in.
- There they are.
- We take it down.
- Uh huh.
- And you carry out the money.
- No, I can't.
- Tommy. (dramatic music)
(ominous music)
- Find a phone, call for backup.
(ominous music)
Don't even breathe.
(dramatic music)
Alma, get out and
stand on the curb.
You put the gun down
on the seat real slowly.
That's a good boy.
Now, come on out real slow.
Get on your knees,
hands behind your neck.
(door slamming)
Nail 'em to the pavement.
- Tommy!
- Hold it!
(dramatic chase music)
- Freeze!
Spread eagle on the pavement.
(dramatic chase music)
(gun blasting)
(dramatic chase music)
(suspenseful music)
(gun blasting)
(gun blasting)
(suspenseful music)
(metal scraping floor)
(suspenseful music)
(gun blasting)
(glass shattering)
(gun blasting)
(Clayton breathing heavily)
- I almost did it.
I almost made it away
from you for good.
- Wrong, Clayton.
I'd have hunted you down
even if it took five more years,
or a lifetime.
(Clayton spitting)
(cheerful, festive music)
- I owe you more
than I can say, Hooker.
- You don't owe anyone
anything anymore.
- Come on, you went to
bat for me with the DA.
If you hadn't, they
would have put me away
for harboring a fugitive.
- That's a fair trade.
Your testimony is gonna
put Clayton and the others
behind bars for a
long time to come.
- What's gonna
happen to my brother?
- They're extraditing him.
He's gonna have to
stand trial for what he did.
- You don't feel sorry for him?
- Nuh uh.
- That's he in a wheelchair?
- No.
I feel sorry for my old
partner, Johnny Durrell
and his wife and his kids.
- You say it like it is,
Hooker, and you're right.
I know.
Okay everybody, mount up.
Come on, find a horse.
Those of you on
the ride, get off.
- There's nothing like a
merry-go-round, Hooker.
It's magic when you're a kid.
- Even when you're not.
I couldn't think of a better
way to spend 50 cents.
- I remember when I used to
put my kids on those horses.
It was 25 cents then.
(cheerful, festive music)
- Everything changes, Hooker.
- And stays the same.
(lively retro music)
(energetic chase music)
(dramatic music)
(mystical music)
(TJ grunting)
(police radio beeping)
- [Woman Over Police
Radio] Five-Adam-19
and any other
units able to assist.
A 211 in progress at
First Metropolitan Savings,
612 West Nine;
Five-Adam-19, your call.
- This is Five-Adam-22.
We're vying in on Five-Adam-19,
South (mumbles) Hall.
- [Woman Over Police
Radio] Roger, Five-William-22.
(suspenseful chase music)
(screeching tires)
(suspenseful chase music)
(car doors slamming)
(suspenseful chase music)
- [Robber] Let's go, hurry up!
- [Teller] Okay, okay!
- [Robber] C'mon, hurry up!
(car engine roaring)
(suspenseful music)
- Alright, hold it!
- She's the prize; you
want the prize, sucker?
(suspenseful music)
- Put your gun down!
You haven't got a chance!
(muffled speech)
- [Robber] Get out of here!
Get, go, go go!
- Come on, let's go.
Let's go!
(suspenseful chase music)
- Hold it!
(gun blasting) (woman screaming)
(gun blasting) (woman screaming)
(body falling to the ground)
(suspenseful chase music)
(police siren blaring)
(screeching tires)
(guns blasting)
(screeching tires)
(guns blasting)
- Johnny.
Johnny?
(Johnny gasping)
Johnny. (dramatic music)
Johnny!
Johnny! (TJ breathing heavily)
(old fashioned, lively music)
(repetitious knocking on door)
- I thought you were
dead; you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
Put some coffee up if you want.
I'll be with you in a minute.
(old fashioned, lively music)
(door creaking)
- Now I know why you always
have me pick you up in front.
I can't believe you're
livin' like this, Hooker.
Life goes on, you know.
You've been
divorced nine months.
Fran and the kids are
alive and well in Oregon.
- Love 'em to death,
miss 'em like hell.
- Yeah I know.
It was hard on you and
Fran, the final break.
- In the end, what hurts
the most is when you realize
that love isn't always enough.
(water splashing) (old
fashioned, lively music)
Easter in God's country.
- And you're livin'
here in a motel?
- Just temporary.
I'll find time to
get an apartment.
- You gotta get
out of here, Hooker.
It's the bad guys who
belong the cells, not the cops.
- [TJ] I'll start
looking next weekend.
- [Vince] Next weekend?
Good, you were gonna
look last weekend.
Instead, we looked for
the Harbor Hill Rapist.
I can't believe you, Hooker.
- We found him, didn't we?
You sure you don't want
a quick cup of coffee?
- Thanks, I already
cleaned my gun.
(old fashioned, lively music)
(mumbles)
Hooker, are you alright?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
(old fashioned, lively music)
- You need to
turn off the radio?
- Can't find the on/off button.
It turns off by itself.
Don't you love
modern conveniences.
- Come on, partner, perk up.
They're waitin' for us:
The muggers, the rapists,
the robbers, the killers.
- [TJ] Yeah, it's
a jungle out there.
(old fashioned, lively music)
- [Group] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three four;
one, two, three, four.
(military cadence)
One, two!
- Alright Adam-11,
the stolen car ring
did its number again last night.
As you can see from
your flyers, two Porsches
and an El Dorado
evaporated from the streets
of our city in the
early morning hours.
Now come on guys, you
had a partial description
of two of those car
rustlers in the past five days.
Let's get with it.
Last item and
possibly the hottest:
South Bay Precinct
has been playing tag
with a gang of bank
robbers for the past month
and they're losing, even
with the help of the FBI.
- What do you expect
from South Bay?
Miracles? (officers chuckling)
- I'd settle for
solid police work.
- Now I hope you gentlemen
don't have to eat those words.
Hooker and I have been
mapping the robberies
and the pattern seems
to be heading our way.
Now South Bay Robbery
has compiled an MO sheet,
which you have in front of you.
- The Captain's right,
familiarize yourself
with the details, hit the streets,
and watch your backsides.
- What is it, Hooker?
- The MO on those bank robbers.
- What about it?
- Four men, large banks
only in stocking masks.
The leader takes a
woman hostage, two others
spray paint the surveillance
cameras and leap the counters.
They clean out the cages,
the fourth covers the rear exit.
- Sounds pretty
well thought out.
- Sounds like a bad dream to me.
(suspenseful chase music)
- I mean you've seen
my place at the marina.
You've seen Stacy's;
there's a vacancy coming up
at the end of the month.
- I'm not sure I wanna cut into
your single's scene,
partner. (police radio beeping)
- [Woman On Police
Radio] Four-Adam-30
and any other units in
the vicinity: a 211 silent
at National Savings,
4121 Wilton Boulevard.
30 handle Code Two.
(police siren blaring)
- Four-Adam-30,
that's a roger.
(energetic police chase
music) (police siren blaring)
- Four-Adam-16, we're
rolling backup to three.
(energetic police chase
music) (police siren blaring)
(screeching tires)
(energetic police chase music)
- Let's go!
(screeching tires)
- It's him!
The One-Handed Man.
(screeching tires)
I can't let him
take the hostage.
(screeching tires)
(vehicles crashing)
(energetic police chase music)
(gun blasting)
(screeching tires)
(gun blasting)
(screeching tires)
(vehicle crashing)
(energetic police chase music)
(guns blasting)
The One-Handed
Man, I want his name.
His name, give me his name!
Give me his name!
- Hooker, he's dead.
- I wanted him alive.
- Call an ambulance.
Get out a broadcast
on the getaway car.
Lincoln license EWI489.
The One-Handed
Man, you know him.
- Five years ago,
he killed my partner.
(ominous music)
(soft, nostalgic music)
- Hooker, how come you
never talk about Johnny Durrell?
- It's just hard to.
When you lose a partner,
it's almost like losing your wife.
(children chattering)
Day in day out, your life
is in his hands; his in yours.
When he goes down,
a lot goes with him.
- I'm not sure how
well I'd handle that.
- Well I haven't handled it,
and I won't until I
nail Johnny's killer.
- I'll wait.
Johnny's widow
remembers you with Johnny
and that's the way
it ought to stay.
(children chattering)
- Hi sweetheart.
She gets more beautiful
every time I see here.
- [Carol] You should
see Little John.
He looks more and
more like his dad.
- I'm sorry I haven't
been by in a while.
This place brings back memories.
Johnny and I through
our first baskets here.
(ball smacking
concrete) (Carol laughing)
The backboard was
made of wood then.
The ball didn't come off
as hard as it does now.
I got some news for you.
The man who killed Johnny,
the One-Handed Man is back.
Back in town,
back robbing banks
and I'm gonna get him.
- I knew you'd never give up.
- I want him so bad
I'm grasping at straws,
any straw that
might bring him in.
(children chattering)
- I don't understand, Hooker.
- When I was leaning over
Johnny's body in the bank,
he was trying to
tell me something.
Later in the hospital, he
regained consciousness
for a moment and
he talked to you.
You told me that what
her said was personal
and I'm sure it was,
but (dramatic music)
I can't help feeling
there was a message
in there for me too.
I mean he was such a good cop.
- I can tell you
his exact words.
"Love you, kids; Wish I,
so many things wanted.
"Red Ford,
"Carol, Carol."
That was it, he was gone.
So you see it was personal,
and the part about the car,
we'd been talking
about buying a new one.
- I'm sorry to put
you through it again.
(soft, nostalgic music)
- It's alright.
(children chattering)
Finally there's been time.
I've started living again.
I'm getting married.
- Carol, that's terrific.
- I met him at
Little John's school.
I know it comes as a
surprise, it did to me too.
He's a teacher too
and he likes the kids.
They need a father, Hooker.
- You don't have
to explain it to me.
I think it makes
all kinds of sense.
- I'll always love Johnny.
I'll always love the
time we had together,
but I need somebody.
- We all do. (soft,
nostalgic music)
(Carol weeping)
(somber music)
- The pickup truck
was stolen last night
and the getaway car
was grabbed this morning.
- No ID on the
guy I had to shoot.
- Crime report said
they got $40,000 in cash
and another five in
Traveler's Checks.
- Any trace on
the missing teller?
- Nothing so far, but
we're gonna keep looking.
- Hooker, what went down?
- We sealed up the
harbor and he still got away.
(phone ringing)
- Did you get a
clean look at him?
- Yeah, same guy alright.
The same one I keep
seeing in my nightmare.
- Not one eyewitness
in the South Bay area
picked up on his missing hand.
He must be damn
clever at concealing it.
- Just as clever as
he was five years ago
and just as methodical.
The only change in his MO
is he switched from a
plastic to a stalking mask.
- Is he still toting a .22?
- Still.
(phone ringing) Still
taking a girl hostage.
I'm afraid we're gonna
find that girl dead
the same way we
found the others.
- Let's hope this
robbery homicide
gets a line on him fast.
- The same way
they did the last time?
- You never let up
on them, do you?
- They never worked
that case hard enough.
- That's what you thought.
So you decided if they couldn't
find the One-Handed Man,
you would, but they
didn't and you didn't.
- No,
now he's back and I
have another shot at him,
this time I'm gonna get him.
- You're a divisional
narc the first time
you went up against him Hooker,
now you're in a uniform
and black and white
with the front end bashed in.
- Do you think that
makes a difference?
Look Captain, five years
ago I came outta the hospital
and my partner didn't.
I traded in my gold
shield for a set of blues
for one reason: to
get back on the streets
and hit crime as it comes
down, not after the fact.
- You had an opportunity
to do that today, Hooker.
Unfortunately it didn't pay off,
so now the case
out of your hands.
Wrong, that case is
mine until it's done.
(suspenseful crime music)
(soft orchestral music)
- Hooker, you'll
love the marina.
The manager gave me the
key to the vacant apartment.
- We'll take a look and
have a glass of wine.
It'll be an early evening.
- I appreciate
the thoughts guys,
but I have a couple
of things to do.
(door squeaking)
- He's out on the track tonight.
Track that's taken
him back into the past.
("Rockit" by Herbie Hancock)
(audience cheering)
(retro electro music)
- Long time making
phone calls, Hooker.
- You were terrific.
It's quite a spot you got here.
- It's a big improvement
over what I had
when I was drinking
and you befriending me.
- Is that what I did?
- (giggles) Some front
you and your partner had.
(sighs) Flash
clothes and white rolls
just in from Tucson.
To me you were
better than Christmas.
- Until you found out
that we were really narcs
and what we were after was
an interval local suppliers.
- What are you after this time?
- That Westside Disco
that you used to dance in?
- Busy Bee.
Haven't been there in years.
- It's closed, I checked it out.
You kicked it, good for you.
- You can get over anything.
- That bartender
at the Busy Bee,
the one you duped me into...
- Freddie Hamilton?
Freddie put you into regression
and tracking you to that
bank got your partner killed.
Wouldn't think you'd ever
want to see Freddie again.
- I wanna speak to him.
- Haven't seen him since the day
I turned my back
on the Westside.
- You must still see
some of the same people.
- Not really.
Look around you Hooker,
everything changed.
- Look, five years ago
I was playing a role.
I did a number and it
was my job, but I liked you.
- I liked you.
I wouldn't fight hard
to like you again,
but I don't suppose
it could go anywhere.
- I don't suppose,
but I still want to talk
to Freddie Hamilton.
- I don't believe in
old time sake, Hooker.
- That's too bad Evelyn,
because that's one of the
few things I do believe in
still.
(somber crime music)
- We got a preliminary
report back on the guy
with the shotgun, his
name was Ted Lindley.
- Two priors for armed robbery
and possession in
sales and narcotics.
- You got that, Romano.
- Probation said he
walked through the gates
of San Quentin a month ago.
- Yeah but we just found
out that he had needle marks
on his forearms which
means he probably
shot up before the bank job.
- That fits the pattern
and Hooker wounded
the One-Handed Man's
partner five years ago.
He was also a user and a dealer.
- Right.
Hey, anything
on the bank teller?
- It just came in,
Adam-15 found the link
in a bag in an alley.
She was in the
trunk shot, left to die.
- She's critical but they're
hoping she'll pull through.
- [Woman on Police Radio]
Four-Adam-30, Four-Adam-30,
your request on a
whereabouts of Alma Prentice
believed tied to the first
Metropolitan savings robbery
five years ago.
Confirmed she is still
employed at Rainbow (mumbles).
- Four-Adam-30, roger.
(groovy retro music)
- Okay, everybody up
on the horse, come on.
(children laughing)
Okay come on, up.
There right, okay?
Alright.
Okay, Harvey go.
(carousel music)
Back so soon, Hooker?
Seems like you were here
just a couple of weeks ago.
- A month.
- Well I hope the
questions have changed.
- They haven't.
- Well neither have the answers.
Your partner's five
years dead, Hooker.
Isn't it time you
put him to rest?
- New development.
- Yeah?
- Bank robbers.
Young girl taken hostage, shot.
I thought that you might
have heard about her.
- I didn't.
- The man with one
hand was runnin' the show.
He was the same 22.
- So what?
- So I thought it might
jog your memory.
Might break through the shield
that you've been
putting up all these years.
I know you know
them, Alma I know.
- If I didn't know the
One-Handed Man five years ago
or a month ago, I
don't know him now.
- One of these days you're
gonna tell me the truth.
I'm gonna keep coming
at you 'til I hear it.
(carousel music)
- It was him wasn't it, Hooker?
Hey hey, what's the matter?
Did he give you a hard time?
- Lying's always
hard for me, Jack.
I never do it except for you.
- Hey come on,
it's a cheap price
considering all I've done for
you and yours, now isn't it?
- Okay, alright,
that's why I let you
use the apartment upstairs.
I like running this round.
The kids, the people
who work on the pier,
they're like a family to me.
- Hey hey hey hey, we're
not gonna be here forever.
Come on.
- Just take care of your
business and go, alright?
- Come on, Alma.
- Okay?
Just get outta here!
- Was it who we thought it was?
Hooker?
- Yeah we should've
wasted him five years ago.
- Hey this Hooker has
got a bad rep, man.
- Listen to me Clay,
we've been together
for a long, long time.
I've never disputed
any of your choices,
but we oughta pack it in.
Hey and besides, we
got $100,000 in the kitty.
We can go back to
Mexico and live until...
- I'm callin' the shots!
Hey come on Tommy, we
got a nice easy thing here.
They must've built
1,000 new banks
since the last time we
worked this territory.
- Oh and besides
yeah man, you got Alma
to do all your errands.
- Don't start with me, Fleming.
You get on my nerves and
I'm gonna feed you to the fish
(fist thudding)
right underneath this pier.
- Full autopsy
results (mumbles).
- They just came in.
There was heroin in his system
apparently injected within
12 hours of his death.
- Ted Lindley was released
from San Quentin a month ago.
That means right
after he got out,
he was already hooked up
with the man with one hand
and knocking over
banks in South Bay.
- He also found himself
a drug connection
and a place to stay.
- That means
there's gotta be a tie
buried somewhere in the past,
maybe with Alma Prentice
despite what she claims.
- This woman, Alma Prentice,
I know she ties into
Johnny Durrell's killing,
I don't understand...
- Five years ago in a robbery,
I shot and wounded an
ex-con named Lou Gresham.
He was killed tryin'
to escape the hospital.
He'd grown up
practically an orphan,
had one relative,
and wasn't already in
or on their way to jail.
- Alma Prentice.
- And you think she knows
who the One-Handed Man is?
- Could be.
If Lou Gresham
mentioned him to anyone,
it had to be to Alma.
What was the message?
- An Evelyn North called,
she wants you to
call her at this number.
- Evelyn North.
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
- Evelyn, Hooker,
got your message.
- Still interested in
finding Freddie Hamilton?
- You bet I am.
- I made some phone calls.
Found out he's running a new
place downtown, the Mali Bar.
- Just like the old
days, I owe ya.
- I'll keep that in mind, huh?
- Thank you.
(phone clicking)
(cars roaring) (horns honking)
- Run a check on this
card and bring it back to me.
And George, don't stop
with the credit check.
I want a complete
reading on these people.
- Yes sir.
(retro tropical music)
- You looking for me, Hooker?
Or just checkin' the place out?
- What do you think?
- Evelyn help you find...
- Forget Evelyn.
Five years ago Freddie,
you duped me and my
partner to Lou Gresham.
A drug dealer got the idea
that robbing might be easier.
- Ancient history, Hooker.
Dead and buried with
(Gresham and your partner.
- Not for me it isn't.
I'm looking for a killer,
man with one hand.
A man Lou Gresham
worked with five years ago.
He's back in town and I
am betting he's getting drugs
for his new boys from
an old connection, you.
- You're dreamin'.
- You do any good lately
for a guy named Ted Lindley?
- Never heard of him.
- He bought it tryin' knock
over a bank a few days ago.
The man with one
hand was with him.
- You're talkin'
about a thug, Hooker.
You're in a beautiful restaurant
in this sophisticated
part of town
and you're talkin' about a thug?
Yes, George?
- A number one Mr Hamilton,
they verified
directly with Denver.
- Terrific, thank you.
You finished with me, Hooker?
- Now who's dreaming?
(soft groovy music)
(guests chatting)
- Thank you but...
- But what happened
to your credit card?
Welcome to the Mali Bar.
- You know, we have a
place a lot like this in Denver.
You remember the steakhouse
near the art museum,
don't you Charlie?
- I don't forget any of our
times together, darling.
Like I mentioned earlier,
we'd kind of like
to make a day of it.
- I don't want you
two nice people
to feel let down in any way.
Now I can leave here
in about 30 minutes
when the lunch hour's
over and maybe then
we can do a little
shopping together?
- Sounds good to me.
Well here we go.
- I was afraid he'd
change his mind.
- I brought along some company.
You remember George?
- Sure.
You never know when you're gonna
get ripped off in this world.
- I knew you wouldn't mind.
- We don't mind as long
as you two don't mind
doin' the time.
- Freeze both of you,
you're under arrest.
(feet shuffling)
(gun blasting)
- Drop the gun now!
(energetic chase music)
(foreboding music)
- You're in deep this time,
you're gonna be real deep.
(mumbles) for the last time,
now I'm gonna catch it on you.
You hear me, scum?
You're gonna gimme what I want.
(dramatic crime music)
(nostalgic music)
(door knocking)
- What you do want?
What are you doing here?
- I just got word that the
cops grabbed Freddie.
- Oh God, does he know
where you're stayin'?
- I don't know, I can't
take any chances.
I might need to move in a hurry,
I need that 20,000
that I left with you.
C'mon, where is it?
(money shuffling)
- It's all there.
Jack I'm scared, please.
I want you to go
now and you said
there won't be any trouble.
If the find you at the
merry-go-round, I'll lose everything.
Please, I want you to go now.
- What is this Alma,
are you cavin' in on me?
It's lucky for your brother
Ray (mumbles), you forgotten?
If I'd yanked him up
off that bank parking lot
five years ago, you wouldn't
be just in a wheelchair,
no he would be dead, dead
just like your cousin Lou.
- I think about Ray a lot.
I wish I could see
him, I wish I could help.
- We can do
something about that.
I'm headed back to Mexico
after just one more job.
You come with me, you
can see your brother Ray
and I'll show you a good life.
- No thanks, but
I like my life here.
Here!
- You owe me, Alma.
(dramatic crime music)
(door slamming)
- When Ted Lindley his town
after leaving San Quentin,
he had to have
already met a friend
who had already
found a connection.
A friend with one hand.
- Jack Clayton, he came up
from Mexico about a month ago.
- Jack Clayton, how long
have you known Jack Clayton?
- I don't know,
it's five, six years.
He spent most of his
time in Mexico ever since...
- Ever since he
killed my partner
and came back when
Lindley was cut loose.
- Yeah yeah, they
both came to see me
that first night on the streets.
- Where can I find Clayton?
- I don't know.
Believe me Hooker, I don't know!
He always found me, I
never went looking for him.
(typewriter keys clicking)
- Is that the info
on Jack Clayton?
- Yeah, he's got a
heavy record Hooker,
mostly armed, look at this.
- Nevermind, what about
his known associates?
- Here they are, just three of
them with a rundown on each.
This Thomas Vishitty,
Theodore Lindley,
we'll scratch him,
and Raymond Ford.
- Hold on a second,
lemme see that.
As Johnny lay dying,
he said something
to his wife about a Red Ford,
she was talkin' about buying
a new car for the family.
But I got a...
Here it is, Raymond
Ford nickname Red.
- He wasn't talkin'
about a new car,
he was trying to give
his wife message for you
about a guy named Red Ford.
- Just like Johnny doing
his job either, he was dying.
- So Red Ford had to be one
of the bank robbers
five years ago.
- Probably the one
that dropped his mask,
Johnny must've recognized him.
- Hey, look at this.
One of the people authorized
to correspond with Ford
while he was in prison
was his sister Alma Prentice.
- Bingo, that's the tie
I've been looking for.
Let's go talk to the lady.
(door knocking)
- Who is it?
- Hooker.
- You just don't
give up, do you?
It's five in the morning.
- This won't take long, Alma.
Junior, I'd like to
handle this alone,
there's a lot of water
under the bridge
between Alma and me.
- (sighs heavily)
Are we gonna go
through this whole thing
again, the same old dance?
- Your brother Red ford.
You never told me
you were married.
You never told me your
maiden name was Ford.
You never told me
you had a brother,
you never told me
he was a bank robber.
- I couldn't!
The man he ran
with saved his life.
- Five years ago?
- Yes, he took him to
Mexico, he took care of him.
My brother's in a wheelchair.
- The man we're talking
about has one hand,
his name is Jack Clayton.
This is the time to tell the
truth Alma, where's Clayton?
- I can't tell you
that, I owe him.
- I told you this is the time.
Another girl may die,
another innocent bank teller
just like the one Clayton
grabbed when he was working
with your cousin
and your brother.
Want me to tell you
what they did to her
before they shot her?
You wanna help him get
away so he can do it again?
- Okay. (sighs heavily)
He forced me to open
up a room for him upstairs
with his friends over
the merry-go-round.
- Give me the keys.
Romano, we can get lucky
enough to hit Clayton and his gang.
We're gonna need backup.
- I'll call Corrigan and Stacy.
- Hooker, there's one
more thing I have to tell you.
Clayton said that he was
gonna do one more job
before he went back into Mexico.
- No he's not ;cause I'm
gonna do a job on him.
One that will put him behind
bars for the rest of his life.
(dramatic music)
(screeching tires)
(dramatic chase music)
- They got Fleming, Clay.
They also got 20
grand and our shotguns.
- It had to be Alma
gave us away, had to be.
(dramatic music)
(door kicking open)
(mumbles)
- Drop it and get on the floor!
- (mumbles) We'll
head back to Mexico.
On our way out, we'll
take down that bank
just like we planned.
The two of us, we
can handle that.
- Whatever you say.
- Before we take that bank
though, we're gonna pick up Alma.
Take her with us,
teach her a few lessons.
(dramatic music)
(screeching tires)
- Stacy and Corrigan
can secure things
until the detectives arrive.
Meanwhile, we'll
take our friend down
to the precinct and book him.
- Yeah what then?
We're off duty. (dramatic music)
- I'm not letting go, (mumbles).
I'm coming back on my
own. (dramatic music)
(energetic chase music)
- So what do you think the
odds are of Clayton showing up?
- A long shot.
(birds chirping)
Except for the $20,000
in a shoe box upstairs.
- Yeah, I'd like to see his
face when he comes around
to collect it and runs
into four detectives.
- He's not gonna get that far.
I have waited a lot
of years for Clayton.
He shows, he's mine.
(police radio beeping)
- [Woman On Police
Radio] Four-Adam-Nine
and all units in the vicinity
of 1819 South Coronado.
A reported 207, suspects are
in a dark blue Chevrolet sedan.
Four-Adam-Nine, see the woman?
- Three streets over?
Isn't that Alma's address?
- Clayton must have grabbed her.
Let's see if we
can grab Clayton.
(car engine roaring)
(screeching tires)
(dramatic chase music)
- Hooker, dark blue Chevy sedan.
- They've got Alma,
we'll stick as close
as we can and
wait for an opening.
(screeching tires)
(dramatic chase music)
- Alright Alma,
it goes like this.
I go in, I check the bank.
If it looks all right,
I come back out.
Then the three of us go in.
- There they are.
- We take it down.
- Uh huh.
- And you carry out the money.
- No, I can't.
- Tommy. (dramatic music)
(ominous music)
- Find a phone, call for backup.
(ominous music)
Don't even breathe.
(dramatic music)
Alma, get out and
stand on the curb.
You put the gun down
on the seat real slowly.
That's a good boy.
Now, come on out real slow.
Get on your knees,
hands behind your neck.
(door slamming)
Nail 'em to the pavement.
- Tommy!
- Hold it!
(dramatic chase music)
- Freeze!
Spread eagle on the pavement.
(dramatic chase music)
(gun blasting)
(dramatic chase music)
(suspenseful music)
(gun blasting)
(gun blasting)
(suspenseful music)
(metal scraping floor)
(suspenseful music)
(gun blasting)
(glass shattering)
(gun blasting)
(Clayton breathing heavily)
- I almost did it.
I almost made it away
from you for good.
- Wrong, Clayton.
I'd have hunted you down
even if it took five more years,
or a lifetime.
(Clayton spitting)
(cheerful, festive music)
- I owe you more
than I can say, Hooker.
- You don't owe anyone
anything anymore.
- Come on, you went to
bat for me with the DA.
If you hadn't, they
would have put me away
for harboring a fugitive.
- That's a fair trade.
Your testimony is gonna
put Clayton and the others
behind bars for a
long time to come.
- What's gonna
happen to my brother?
- They're extraditing him.
He's gonna have to
stand trial for what he did.
- You don't feel sorry for him?
- Nuh uh.
- That's he in a wheelchair?
- No.
I feel sorry for my old
partner, Johnny Durrell
and his wife and his kids.
- You say it like it is,
Hooker, and you're right.
I know.
Okay everybody, mount up.
Come on, find a horse.
Those of you on
the ride, get off.
- There's nothing like a
merry-go-round, Hooker.
It's magic when you're a kid.
- Even when you're not.
I couldn't think of a better
way to spend 50 cents.
- I remember when I used to
put my kids on those horses.
It was 25 cents then.
(cheerful, festive music)
- Everything changes, Hooker.
- And stays the same.
(lively retro music)
(energetic chase music)
(dramatic music)