T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 3, Episode 5 - The Shadow of Truth - full transcript
Someone trying to kill Lisa Jericho, a reporter who is relentless in her pursuit of the truth and a friend of Hooker. They try to make it appear that one of the persons she was writing about was the target but failed. Hooker senses this and tries to find out who has it in for her.
- ("T.J. Hooker" Theme
Song by by Mark Snow)
- We won't have
to wait much longer.
- I'm not saying
that you shouldn't
go after Police Intelligence.
I'm just saying I don't think
you have enough evidence
to turn your story
into a major exposé.
- A lot of people could have had
their constitutional
rights violated.
The police have
no business spying
on any political
group or individual.
- Intelligence gathering
is vital to the safety
of the people of this city.
Thanks to your articles,
the entire Division
is practically paralyzed.
- Give me a break Hooker, huh?
I'm just a girl trying
to get her job done.
- You're not just trying.
You're getting it done.
- I wish my dad was
around to hear you say that.
He worked two jobs
putting me through college,
and then he died right
after my first assignment.
On the last night, he said
that he'd do it all over again,
that it was worth it.
That's why I push so hard.
I have to be sure
it was worth it.
- It was worth it.
And what you're
doing is important.
And your father will
always be a part of it.
- From an admirer Ms. Jericho.
- Do you remember what
happened to the last gentleman
who sent me champaign?
- He took a bath in Dom
Perignon, vintage '64, I believe.
- And the restaurant made
the second front page.
Enjoy the food and
the wine. Amore.
- Thank you.
- Gotta be Frank Como,
over there by the window.
- You're a regular
Sherlock Holmes.
I didn't see the creep
coming in, did you?
Look at this.
Thanks for whitewashing
me in your loan shark story.
If it weren't for
you, I'd be dining
in the state prison
commissary tonight.
- He's right.
- Let's do it. (menacing music)
- I'm returning your
champagne, Mr. Como.
- What are you talking about?
- Read my lips.
I don't accept champagne
from low-life like you.
- I didn't send you
any champagne.
- Lisa! (guns fired)
Check Como. Get an ambulance.
- Are you all right?
- Yes, I'd feel better
if I got the shooter.
How is he?
- I think he's dead.
- Lansing.
- Como.
- Somebody shot
him from outside.
- This is a homicide,
Sergeant Lansing.
You're Intelligence.
- So?
- Just wondering
what you're doing here.
- Maybe I should ask what
you're doing here, Ms. Jericho.
- She was having dinner with me.
- Yeah?
Maybe you ought to check
your loyalties, Hooker.
- It's the scene of a crime,
so I'll overlook
your smart mouth.
What are you doing here?
- Since when do I
have to answer to...
- Oh will you cut it out and
just answer the question?
- The victim, Frankie
Como, we've been keeping
a tail on him.
When he went in for dinner,
I walked down the street
to grab a cup of coffee.
- So if you'd have
been on top of your man,
you'd have seen this go down.
- I'm not babysitting Como,
I just want to know
where he is, was.
Your lady friend, Hooker.
She sandbagged
a lot of my buddies,
some of them even
lost their pensions.
- Two of them lost their
pensions, and they deserved it.
Cops like that give
us all a black eye.
- She's a piranha, man.
She'll chew up everyone
of us if it'll sell newspapers.
- Neither one of us
is very popular here.
- But you have to
be here and I don't.
Is that what you mean?
- You got it.
Jim, I want you
to do me a favor.
Jim, take her home
for me, will ya?
- Home, I can't go home;
I got a story to write.
- Write it at home.
- Thanks Hooker.
I get to chauffer the queen
of the mud rakers, huh?
- Do me a favor, will ya?
Save the political
dialogue for later.
- Okay, you got it.
One favor coming up.
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- Hooker, I just got a call
from Sergeant
Lansing in Intelligence.
He says that your name's
on everyone's lips over there,
and what they're
saying isn't very nice.
- Sticks and stones.
- Well maybe he's got a point.
Lisa Jericho came down
on the Intelligence Division,
and now the entire
department is taking the heat.
- What has this got to
do with my personal life?
- That's something I shouldn't
have to tell you, Hooker.
You've been teaching
recruits for years
that the officers in this
department should stand together.
- Shoulder to shoulder,
but not against the woman
whose being attacked
for telling the truth.
The APB turned up a stone
on the powder the shooter used.
- Cliff Lansing says it
stands up as a syndicate hit.
- Frank Como was loan
sharking mob money
to influential people
who could make trouble
when he tried to collect.
- Could be.
It also could be that
Lansing's mistaken.
- How about getting
of Lansing's back.
He was my partner
for six months, Hooker,
before he joined Intelligence.
He's a first-class cop
and a first-class guy.
- Lisa Jericho's blowing the
whistle on some heavy weights
that could have put
a contract out on her.
That makes me think
twice about her being
at Como's table when
the hit went down.
I can't shake the feeling that
it's more than coincidence.
- That may well be, but
you know what I think?
- Take it easy Jim.
- I know what you think.
You're backing Lansing.
- No, I think you
have tunnel vision
where that lady's
concerned. Come on partner.
- I ran into Ralph
Jenkins today.
He's crying about Lisa Jericho.
Says she was preparing
a smear job on him.
- The lady gets around.
- Hmm.
He's terrified that the
people who control him
will have him eliminated
if Ms. Jericho's story
on him breaks.
He mentioned that he's having
lunch with the lady tomorrow.
To head her off or buy her off.
- Good luck to him.
- I don't think you're
paying any attention to me.
I said Ralph Jenkins
is having lunch
with Lisa Jericho, tomorrow.
It seems to me that
suggests another opportunity.
- So we could use Jenkins
like we tried to use Como
as a screen for getting
rid of Ms. Jericho.
- But this time it has to work.
- I got Parker and
Tyson sitting her.
She can't disappear.
Any chance Jenkins let
drop where they'll have lunch?
- I can find out for you.
Now, here's a confidential
summary of the building materials
delivered to my
Children's Hospital site.
- What about it?
- I know I agreed to
use cheaper materials
than we contracted
for, but some of this stuff
is bordering on substandard.
- Don't get precious
on me, Mundy.
Without my connections,
you'd be in bankruptcy.
You wanted me to get you
healthy, I'm getting you healthy.
- I have a reputation
as a fine builder.
- You couldn't support it.
You begged for
what I could bring you.
Under-the-table labor,
material contracts, well you got it.
And we're in this
together. All the way.
(distressed music)
(lighthearted music)
- The more I think about it,
the more I think
that hit was for you.
You got enemies out
there. Plenty of them.
- Not as many as
Como. Not the same kind.
- When you went
over to his table,
I saw him say something to you.
- About the champagne.
He said he didn't...
If he didn't send it, who did?
- Well, maybe someone
who wanted you over there
at that table so they
could take you out
and make it look like you
walked into a hit on Como.
- You're scaring me, Hooker.
- It's intended. I want
you to be careful.
I mean really careful.
I'm talking careful.
I'm serious.
- Okay, I promise.
Right now what I need
is a bodyguard for lunch.
Any offers?
- Yeah, I'll send up a sandwich.
- And champagne.
- I gotta talk to Armando
about the champagne.
Good bye. (Jericho giggles)
(mischievous music)
- The cop sticks
pretty close to her.
- Not as close
as we're going to.
- Armando.
- Sergeant Hooker.
- I hope you aren't
looking for Ms. Jericho.
- No, I just left her.
- I commend you
on your willpower.
This is my partner,
Vince Romano.
- Nice to meet you, Armando.
- I want to talk to
you about last night.
That champagne and the envelope
that you brought to Ms. Jericho.
Who sent it?
- A man I had never seen before.
He gave me $50 to
present the champagne
and the envelope to
Ms. Jericho at 8:15.
- Then it wasn't Frank Como.
- No, Mr. Como was also a
stranger to me until last night.
- What time was
Mr. Como's reservation?
- 8 o'clock, and he was on time.
- When Ms. Jericho went
over to Mr. Como's table,
he was alone, but I
saw him check his watch
and look at the door.
Was he expecting a guest?
- Yes, the reservation
was for two,
but evidently his guest had
the good fortune of being late.
- I've got a feeling
good fortunate
had nothing to do
with it, Armando.
- Someone went to a lot
of trouble to make Lisa think
the note and the
champagne came from Como.
Your theory that
her being at his table
wasn't a coincidence
is starting to look good.
- This is one time I wish
I'd been on the wrong track.
- So supposing Como's
girlfriend can tell us
who he was meeting for
dinner. What does that give us?
- Komno's no-show
guest could be the shooter,
could be an accomplice.
- You said Como's girlfriend
was a fashion model?
- Mmm-mmm. Her
name was Linda Wagner.
She's doing a
bikini layout today.
- Sounds like something
I should handle alone.
- Well that's very
kind of you, junior,
but I never lay the tough
jobs off on my partner.
- All right, yes, beautiful.
I love what you're
doing with your hair.
Nice, I like the color this
week too, it's beautiful.
(model laughs)
Okay, now we're on
the beach, having fun.
Moisten your lips for me.
That's it, great, I love
it, yes, beautiful, nice.
Okay good, all right, okay,
give me three-quarters...
Nice, great, that's it.
- Yeah, this is the kind
of lead I like to run down.
- I know, preferably alone.
Linda Wagner?
- Save your film, Andre.
I have a date with a cop.
Sergeant Hooker.
My agent told me
you were coming,
but I don't know anything
about Frank's death.
- Just want to ask
you a few question.
(Romano clears throat)
My partner, Vince Romano.
- Sorry to bother you so
soon after the shooting.
- Yeah, well when you
live with a guy like Frank,
you figure it's just
a matter of time.
- Frank Como's reservation
at the restaurant was for two.
The other person didn't
show. Do you know who it was?
- Frank didn't say, and I
knew better than to ask.
- Did he mention why he
chose that particular restaurant?
- He didn't.
The guy he was meeting chose it.
- Then whoever it was, must
have made the reservation.
- Yes, he told Frank
that he liked to sit
at a special table.
- Darling girl, I am
in desperate trouble.
Will you please
get back on the set.
- Andre will you please bug off?
I'll be there in a minute.
- We don't have
anymore questions for you.
Thank you very much.
- Uh, whatever Frank
did, he was good to me.
The world's full of
pretty girls, Sergeant.
And if Frank hadn't
opened the right doors,
I'd just be one of the crowd.
- Now there's a girl
who tells it like it is.
- Yeah, when you
sort it out, she told us
what I didn't want to hear.
Somebody set up Frank Como
as a way of taking
out Lisa Jericho.
- [Jericho] How
do they know this?
- [Hooker] I don't know
how they know, but they do.
The point is, someone arranged
for Como to be at
your favorite restaurant,
and that same someone
arranged for champagne
to get you to Como's table.
- So they could kill you, Lisa,
and make it look
like an accident.
- Interesting, but I'd say
the odds are against it.
Como played ball in a much
tougher league than mine.
- Lisa, we've agreed
you're not short on enemies.
Whose at the top of the list?
- Well, discounting
out now crazies,
I guess Ralph
Jenkins would be one.
- The restaurant supplier.
- He's been squeezing
restaurants all over town,
fronting for an
organized crime ring.
- And your article will give
him a kind of high profile
his backers can't live with.
- You'd like me to believe
I'm buying him a bullet.
- Jenkins.
All right, he's a
possible. Who else?
- One of our city's most
prominent builders, Kevin Mundy.
- You're going to unload on him?
- Like a ton of bricks.
He used to be a legitimate
operator, and then he got himself
into a financial bind,
and how he's trying
to bail himself out
by cutting corners
on the new Children's Hospital.
There's one more, but
you're not going to like it.
- Our Intelligence Division.
You're right, I don't like it.
But I'll talk to
Sergeant Lansing.
And Lisa, look after
yourself, for me.
- I reached Ralph
Jenkins on his car phone
and told him you said
okay on lunch tomorrow.
- Good.
- One question.
- Shoot.
- Why didn't you tell Hooker
you're having
lunch with Jenkins?
- That lunch is going
to wrap this story.
I don't want anything
getting in the way.
- We've been
waiting on you Mundy.
You guys wait outside.
- I don't ever want
those guys in here again,
do you understand?
- Don't worry about it.
Did you find out where
Jenkins is having lunch
with Ms. Jericho?
- Top of the Plaza, 1 o'clock.
- I'll arrange that
they get a final course
that's not on the menu.
- Three in the eye of the bull.
Now that is marksmanship, Stacy.
You might as well
concede right now.
- We'll see about that.
Just pull your darts
and give me some room.
- Okay. Do you
mind not shooting?
Not bad, but not good enough.
- What's with Hooker?
- He's having an anxiety
attack over Lisa Jericho.
- I just talked to Lansing.
He said you really
did a number on him.
- What's your point?
- I still think you've forgotten
what team you're on.
- Look Jim...
Lisa Jericho is
somebody we need.
And whether she's rubbed
Lansing the wrong way,
or the Police
Intelligence Division,
or Captain Sheridan, or
the whole damn department
really doesn't matter.
You see, I think she's
lighting candles in the darkness
so the dirt can be cleaned up,
and that's an important service.
- Yeah, I guess you're right.
Maybe I just needed
to be reminded.
I understand what you're saying,
but it sure doesn't
go down easy.
- Can't argue with that.
Just sitting here
knowing that she's a target
and not having any
way to protect her.
If she catches a bullet, Jim.
- Is there anything I can do?
- Well, one of the
people she's gunning for
who may be gunning
for her is Ralph Jenkins.
- Stacy and I will check him
out first thing in the morning.
- Appreciate it.
And while you're doing
that, Romano and I will zero in
on another candidate,
Kevin Mundy.
- Another 15 will do fine.
If there's a
violation, Sergeant,
my Teamster
coordinator will handle it.
- We're not here because
of trucks or traffic, Mr. Mundy.
I'm here to talk to
you about Lisa Jericho.
- Well you want the
Sun Telegraph Building.
You missed the sign.
This is the new
Children's Hospital.
- That's funny.
Lisa Jericho's writing
an article about you,
and you know it.
- I don't see what
business that is of yours.
- You heard about the
killing of Frank Como
the night before last?
- We have good reason to
believe the rifle shots fired
were meant for Lisa Jericho.
- Well I still don't see...
- What that has to do with you?
- Hmm-mmm.
- You stand to
lose from the pages
coming out of Lisa
Jericho's typewriter.
That's motive to
silence the lady.
- I would watch my words,
Sergeant, very carefully.
- I am, and I'm cautioning
you to stick to your trade.
Soil around here
has remnants of clay.
Slick. Could be expansive.
I didn't know they allowed
you to put a standard foundation
on this kind of soil.
- You're into everything,
aren't you, Sergeant?
You can build on any surface,
depending on a variety
of technical factors.
If you're so concerned,
soil engineering
and geological reports
are open for inspection
at the City Building Department.
- I might just give
them a look Mundy.
Safety is my business.
Public and personal.
Anything on Jenkins?
- Yeah, we let him know if
anything happened to Lisa,
we'd come look for him.
- He's uptight about
something more than Lisa.
Something even more
threatening is on his case.
That was our reading.
- The syndicate
Havacy works for him?
- You can bet on it.
When Lisa's story breaks, he
becomes instantly expendable.
- Perfect reason
for him to do her in.
- Well if that's what
he had in mind,
why did he volunteer that
he's meeting her for lunch?
- What? Where?
- At Top of the Plaza.
Why you don't think
he'd try anything do ya?
- Not if he's making
announcements about lunch dates.
But we may not be the only
ones who know about lunch.
- Are you saying there could
be a replay of the Como hit?
- And this time with
Jenkins as the cover victim.
Let's go.
- [Man] It's okay,
I'll take care of it.
(car squeals away)
- Bribery is a dirty
business, Mr. Jenkins.
Just as dirty as your
suspected business associates.
- You know, Ms. Jericho,
those words in print
would be considered libelous.
- If they weren't true.
Look, we've been around
this block a few times today,
Mr. Jenkins, and we keep
coming back to the same place.
I can't be bought.
- Really?
Well I've found
everyone has a price.
- You're right, Mr. Jenkins.
The problem is you
can't meet my price,
which is honesty and truth.
- Mobile operator,
get me 555-2706.
(mischievous music)
(phone rings)
- Jenkins. Yeah,
she's here, hold on.
Ms. Jericho, it's It's your
office, here on the phone.
(chase music)
- There's Lisa,
near the Mercedes.
- I don't like what I'm
seeing near that tattoo joint.
That's Marty Tyson.
I sent him up for arson.
He's an explosives expert.
Lisa, get away from
the car. There's a bomb!
(exciting impending doom music)
(car explodes)
- Close.
- Hooker understatement.
- Stay here.
- Is he alive?
- Barely.
(chase music)
(guns fire)
- Damn. I needed you alive.
- You were right,
Hooker. Lisa's the target.
The question is how many times
can you be there
at the right moment?
- That's a big
question, and I don't like
to think about the answer.
What does it take to convince
you that you're the mark?
That you're the one that
someone's trying to kill?
- Say you're right.
What am I supposed
to do about it Hooker?
We have talked about this.
The way our jobs are similar.
The way we both
feel about what we do.
I can't run every time
somebody threatens me
anymore than you can.
- Then don't run.
But at least let me put
a shield around you.
- Okay, okay, I'll tell
you what I'm going to do.
You see if you can
get me protection,
and I'll go along
with it. I promise.
- Great, and while I'm
making the arrangements...
- I have things to
do. I'll see you later.
- Lisa!
- Hooker. I just got the news.
I see you're all right.
- Yes.
- Ms. Jericho, is she okay?
- No, she's impossible.
She won't stay still.
She came in, made a
statement, and ran out.
Hooker, I just got a call from
Lansing, and he's decided
you're right about Ms.
Jericho being the target.
So have I. Too
many coincidences.
Now, what can I do to help?
- Well, the guy I took down,
the one who planted
the bomb, Tyson?
Ask Lansing if his
troops can find out
who Tyson was
working for lately.
- Considerate it done.
I'll have him get out the net
with as many of his men on
as he can.
- Great.
And one more thing.
Can you assign 24-hour
surveillance to Ms. Jericho?
- Now that's a legitimate
request Hooker,
but we simply don't have
enough hard evidence
to present it to
the deputy chief.
It won't wash.
I wish I could
tell you different.
- So do I.
- The allegations I've
summarized on that page
will form the
spine of my article.
- You're a pot-shotter,
Ms. Jericho.
What you have here
are isolated situations
and particulars
and fall far short
of representing the
complexity of a task
of a project as
large as this one.
- Mr. Mundy, we both know
that your entire organization
has been directed to turn
a deaf ear to my inquiries.
Now if the situations
in particular stated here
are isolated, you have no
one to blame but yourself.
The purpose of my
coming here is to give you
one more opportunity
to state your case
before I turn in my copy.
- When is the magic moment?
- Tomorrow evening, unless
you want to sit down with me
and refute these
points one by one.
- Lady, I am putting you
and your publisher on notice.
I'll do my refuting in court.
- You've made your choice.
- Thurman, it's Mundy.
This Jericho woman has to be
stopped before tomorrow night.
I don't care how you
stop her, just do it.
- The Captain's really
uptight about not being able
to give Lisa protection.
Take it from one whose
heard it from his own lips
loud and clear.
- Something's gotta
be done to cover her.
What about us Hooker?
- We could take turns
watching her during her off hours.
It wouldn't be round the clock,
but it'd be better than nothing.
- You got yourself a deal.
We'll work out a schedule
before end of watch.
- Hooker, glad I caught you.
I just got some
feedback on Marty Tyson.
He recently worked for a man
by the name of Brad Thurman.
Elected officer of one of the
building trade associations.
Here, I got a location on him.
- I owe you one.
- Call it even.
I didn't give your lady a
fair shake from the top.
- Official Building
Trade Association
and a two-bit hood.
Why would they be holding hands?
- We can't ask Tyson.
- Mr. Thurman, your
office said you'd be here.
I'm Sergeant Hooker,
this is Officer Romano.
We'd like to talk to
you about Marty Tyson.
I understand he worked for you.
- He did, we had to let
him go, he's a hothead.
From what I read in the
papers, he tried to kill somebody.
You people put him away.
- We figured he hired
out as a contract killer.
- Any idea who
he signed on with?
- I couldn't tell you Sergeant.
That kind of a boy
doesn't call for references.
- Mr. Thurman,
talking about that.
What led you to hire a
man of Tyson's background.
- The men I represent
are a tough breed.
They don't always appreciate
what you're trying
to do for them.
It's just good to have
some muscle around.
But like I said, Tyson
had too quick a flashpoint
for his good or mine.
- Thanks for your time.
- Sure thing.
- Need some building supplies?
- I need some answers.
The workers who belong
to Thurman's association
are skilled craftsmen.
They don't work in
supply yards like this.
- I want to find out what
Thurman was doing here.
- [Lisa] Hooker, what
are you doing here?
- We tied Tyson to a buildings
trades official named Thurman.
- And something
very interesting.
Thurman is buying
drywall by the truckload
from a substandard
supply company
for Kevin Mundy's
construction project.
- Mundy's linen
gets dirtier and dirtier.
Hold the presses.
- No, you do that.
I'll hold on to you.
I want you in a safe
place until we know
where all this leads.
- But hooker.
- Don't but Hooker me.
I told you I don't
want any arguments.
- Oh, at this rate I'm going
to need a blood transfusion.
It must be a bad blade.
- That's what I
thought last night
when I used it on my legs.
- Your legs?
Well at least it
was a good cause.
How are you with a hot plate?
- Same as I am in
a gourmet kitchen.
A disaster, except when
it comes to making coffee.
I can brew sawdust and
you'll think you're drinking
fresh-ground Kenya beans.
- Can a man ask for more?
- Not if he knows
what's good for him.
One cup of cafe
Jericho coming up.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm Claudia. Is Hooker here?
- He's shaving.
- Oh no.
I borrowed his razor
yesterday to shave my legs,
and I didn't change the blade.
- Really? How are
you with a hot plate?
- Claudia, this is Lisa
Jericho, I told you about her.
- Oh sure, oh I love
your writing Ms. Jericho.
It's dramatic, but
economic, and your humor
has a flavor of Samuel Clemens.
- Thanks.
- Well, here's your robe Hooker.
- Put it on the box.
No, the other box.
- Bye now.
- Bye sweetheart.
- We were at the pool.
She had goosebumps.
- Goosebumps.
- Hmm, she looked
like she'd freeze to death
before she got home.
- Where is her home?
- Next door.
- You can explain it
to me tonight Hooker.
And you better
have a good story.
You're due at the city in
junior's office in 40 minutes.
- Yeah, if he can help me
make the Brad Thurman/Kevin
Mundy connection,
you'll be pounding
out an exclusive
on your own would-be
murders for the morning edition.
- Lisa Jericho.
- Oh, she's not here right now.
May I ask whose calling please?
- I have information
of Police Intelligence
bugging the Mayor's office.
- Um, can I have your
name and number,
and I'll have Ms. Jericho
call you right back?
- I can't do that.
I can't talk now.
- I'm afraid I can't...
- Tell her if she wants this
story, to be in the phone booth
at the corner of Brighton and
Seventh Streets in 45 minutes.
- Do you think she'll bite?
- She has to.
If she files that story,
it's over for both of us.
Have her here by 4.
The place will be
cleared out by then.
- Any way you slice it,
the City Engineer's Office
can't move fast
enough to help us.
They have to investigate
Thurman and Mundy
very very carefully,
or they'll get wise
and cover their tracks.
- Why don't we stop?
If you call Lisa,
you'll feel better.
- [Dispatch] Four Adam 30,
contact Academy Precinct
Operator for a message
from Lisa Jericho,
phone the station.
- There you go.
You don't call
her, she calls you.
What is this, ESP?
Four Adam 30, Roger.
- This is Hooker.
When did she leave?
- What's going on?
- Lisa's secretary.
Lisa told her to let me
know that she's going to meet
somebody about a hot
story on Police Intelligence.
- Did you get a name?
- All she knows is it's some
sort of Deep Throat informant.
- Ms. Jericho, Mr. Mundy
would like a word with you.
- Well then tell him
to stop playing games.
(car squeals away)
- There's Seventh Street.
Take a left. Brighton's
one block up.
- [Romano] No sign of her.
- They set her up,
and they got her.
- I'll put out a bulletin.
- Hold on a second.
- What do ya got?
- Clay, like at Kevin
Mundy's construction site.
Maybe that's where
they've taken her.
- [Romano] I'll call Corrigan
and Stacy for backup
and have them meet us there.
(sirens wail)
- [Dispatch] Four Adam 16,
Four Adam 30 requests backup
at construction site for
new Children's Hospital
on Hill Street,
handle code three.
- Four Adam 16,
we're on backup to 30.
- Look Mundy, I'm not about
to make a deal with you.
- I know that. It would
have been easier.
But one has to do
what one has to do.
Forget it, Ms. Jericho.
There's nobody to
run to, nobody to call.
I wish it hadn't come to this,
but you pushed me to the wall.
I'm not going to watch
my family, my life,
go down the drain, so
you can write a headline.
- Think Mundy, if
something happens to me
on this construction site,
the police are going
to know it's you.
- If they find your body.
You wanted to know
more about my operation.
Now you can be a part of it.
The public you serve so well
will be parading past you
for the next hundred years.
(sirens wail)
(chase music)
- You all right?
- Yeah.
- All right Mundy,
you're through, give it up.
- You know, I've been
going over my research
on the Intelligence Division,
and I think I may have
short-changed them
by not fully telling
their side of the issue,
so I've decided
to do a followup.
- That, excuse the
expression, is good news.
Is there any reason why you
wanted to have dinner here?
- They say when
you fall off a horse...
- Yeah, but a horse
doesn't try and blow ya up
and shoot ya and bury
ya in 10 feet of cement.
You gotta be more careful lady.
- Hooker, I'm not
about to start tiptoeing
around controversial stories.
- Nobody's asking
you not to tiptoe
around controversial stories.
I'm just telling you to be
more aware of the situation.
People can be dangerous.
- Why?
I have my own personal
police escort, don't I?
- That's a leading question.
- Why don't we discuss
it at length after dessert?
- Your place or mine?
- Claudia doesn't
have a key to mine.
("T.J. Hooker" Theme
Song by Mark Snow)
Song by by Mark Snow)
- We won't have
to wait much longer.
- I'm not saying
that you shouldn't
go after Police Intelligence.
I'm just saying I don't think
you have enough evidence
to turn your story
into a major exposé.
- A lot of people could have had
their constitutional
rights violated.
The police have
no business spying
on any political
group or individual.
- Intelligence gathering
is vital to the safety
of the people of this city.
Thanks to your articles,
the entire Division
is practically paralyzed.
- Give me a break Hooker, huh?
I'm just a girl trying
to get her job done.
- You're not just trying.
You're getting it done.
- I wish my dad was
around to hear you say that.
He worked two jobs
putting me through college,
and then he died right
after my first assignment.
On the last night, he said
that he'd do it all over again,
that it was worth it.
That's why I push so hard.
I have to be sure
it was worth it.
- It was worth it.
And what you're
doing is important.
And your father will
always be a part of it.
- From an admirer Ms. Jericho.
- Do you remember what
happened to the last gentleman
who sent me champaign?
- He took a bath in Dom
Perignon, vintage '64, I believe.
- And the restaurant made
the second front page.
Enjoy the food and
the wine. Amore.
- Thank you.
- Gotta be Frank Como,
over there by the window.
- You're a regular
Sherlock Holmes.
I didn't see the creep
coming in, did you?
Look at this.
Thanks for whitewashing
me in your loan shark story.
If it weren't for
you, I'd be dining
in the state prison
commissary tonight.
- He's right.
- Let's do it. (menacing music)
- I'm returning your
champagne, Mr. Como.
- What are you talking about?
- Read my lips.
I don't accept champagne
from low-life like you.
- I didn't send you
any champagne.
- Lisa! (guns fired)
Check Como. Get an ambulance.
- Are you all right?
- Yes, I'd feel better
if I got the shooter.
How is he?
- I think he's dead.
- Lansing.
- Como.
- Somebody shot
him from outside.
- This is a homicide,
Sergeant Lansing.
You're Intelligence.
- So?
- Just wondering
what you're doing here.
- Maybe I should ask what
you're doing here, Ms. Jericho.
- She was having dinner with me.
- Yeah?
Maybe you ought to check
your loyalties, Hooker.
- It's the scene of a crime,
so I'll overlook
your smart mouth.
What are you doing here?
- Since when do I
have to answer to...
- Oh will you cut it out and
just answer the question?
- The victim, Frankie
Como, we've been keeping
a tail on him.
When he went in for dinner,
I walked down the street
to grab a cup of coffee.
- So if you'd have
been on top of your man,
you'd have seen this go down.
- I'm not babysitting Como,
I just want to know
where he is, was.
Your lady friend, Hooker.
She sandbagged
a lot of my buddies,
some of them even
lost their pensions.
- Two of them lost their
pensions, and they deserved it.
Cops like that give
us all a black eye.
- She's a piranha, man.
She'll chew up everyone
of us if it'll sell newspapers.
- Neither one of us
is very popular here.
- But you have to
be here and I don't.
Is that what you mean?
- You got it.
Jim, I want you
to do me a favor.
Jim, take her home
for me, will ya?
- Home, I can't go home;
I got a story to write.
- Write it at home.
- Thanks Hooker.
I get to chauffer the queen
of the mud rakers, huh?
- Do me a favor, will ya?
Save the political
dialogue for later.
- Okay, you got it.
One favor coming up.
♪ One ♪ Two ♪ Three ♪ Four
♪ One two three four
♪ One two three four
- Hooker, I just got a call
from Sergeant
Lansing in Intelligence.
He says that your name's
on everyone's lips over there,
and what they're
saying isn't very nice.
- Sticks and stones.
- Well maybe he's got a point.
Lisa Jericho came down
on the Intelligence Division,
and now the entire
department is taking the heat.
- What has this got to
do with my personal life?
- That's something I shouldn't
have to tell you, Hooker.
You've been teaching
recruits for years
that the officers in this
department should stand together.
- Shoulder to shoulder,
but not against the woman
whose being attacked
for telling the truth.
The APB turned up a stone
on the powder the shooter used.
- Cliff Lansing says it
stands up as a syndicate hit.
- Frank Como was loan
sharking mob money
to influential people
who could make trouble
when he tried to collect.
- Could be.
It also could be that
Lansing's mistaken.
- How about getting
of Lansing's back.
He was my partner
for six months, Hooker,
before he joined Intelligence.
He's a first-class cop
and a first-class guy.
- Lisa Jericho's blowing the
whistle on some heavy weights
that could have put
a contract out on her.
That makes me think
twice about her being
at Como's table when
the hit went down.
I can't shake the feeling that
it's more than coincidence.
- That may well be, but
you know what I think?
- Take it easy Jim.
- I know what you think.
You're backing Lansing.
- No, I think you
have tunnel vision
where that lady's
concerned. Come on partner.
- I ran into Ralph
Jenkins today.
He's crying about Lisa Jericho.
Says she was preparing
a smear job on him.
- The lady gets around.
- Hmm.
He's terrified that the
people who control him
will have him eliminated
if Ms. Jericho's story
on him breaks.
He mentioned that he's having
lunch with the lady tomorrow.
To head her off or buy her off.
- Good luck to him.
- I don't think you're
paying any attention to me.
I said Ralph Jenkins
is having lunch
with Lisa Jericho, tomorrow.
It seems to me that
suggests another opportunity.
- So we could use Jenkins
like we tried to use Como
as a screen for getting
rid of Ms. Jericho.
- But this time it has to work.
- I got Parker and
Tyson sitting her.
She can't disappear.
Any chance Jenkins let
drop where they'll have lunch?
- I can find out for you.
Now, here's a confidential
summary of the building materials
delivered to my
Children's Hospital site.
- What about it?
- I know I agreed to
use cheaper materials
than we contracted
for, but some of this stuff
is bordering on substandard.
- Don't get precious
on me, Mundy.
Without my connections,
you'd be in bankruptcy.
You wanted me to get you
healthy, I'm getting you healthy.
- I have a reputation
as a fine builder.
- You couldn't support it.
You begged for
what I could bring you.
Under-the-table labor,
material contracts, well you got it.
And we're in this
together. All the way.
(distressed music)
(lighthearted music)
- The more I think about it,
the more I think
that hit was for you.
You got enemies out
there. Plenty of them.
- Not as many as
Como. Not the same kind.
- When you went
over to his table,
I saw him say something to you.
- About the champagne.
He said he didn't...
If he didn't send it, who did?
- Well, maybe someone
who wanted you over there
at that table so they
could take you out
and make it look like you
walked into a hit on Como.
- You're scaring me, Hooker.
- It's intended. I want
you to be careful.
I mean really careful.
I'm talking careful.
I'm serious.
- Okay, I promise.
Right now what I need
is a bodyguard for lunch.
Any offers?
- Yeah, I'll send up a sandwich.
- And champagne.
- I gotta talk to Armando
about the champagne.
Good bye. (Jericho giggles)
(mischievous music)
- The cop sticks
pretty close to her.
- Not as close
as we're going to.
- Armando.
- Sergeant Hooker.
- I hope you aren't
looking for Ms. Jericho.
- No, I just left her.
- I commend you
on your willpower.
This is my partner,
Vince Romano.
- Nice to meet you, Armando.
- I want to talk to
you about last night.
That champagne and the envelope
that you brought to Ms. Jericho.
Who sent it?
- A man I had never seen before.
He gave me $50 to
present the champagne
and the envelope to
Ms. Jericho at 8:15.
- Then it wasn't Frank Como.
- No, Mr. Como was also a
stranger to me until last night.
- What time was
Mr. Como's reservation?
- 8 o'clock, and he was on time.
- When Ms. Jericho went
over to Mr. Como's table,
he was alone, but I
saw him check his watch
and look at the door.
Was he expecting a guest?
- Yes, the reservation
was for two,
but evidently his guest had
the good fortune of being late.
- I've got a feeling
good fortunate
had nothing to do
with it, Armando.
- Someone went to a lot
of trouble to make Lisa think
the note and the
champagne came from Como.
Your theory that
her being at his table
wasn't a coincidence
is starting to look good.
- This is one time I wish
I'd been on the wrong track.
- So supposing Como's
girlfriend can tell us
who he was meeting for
dinner. What does that give us?
- Komno's no-show
guest could be the shooter,
could be an accomplice.
- You said Como's girlfriend
was a fashion model?
- Mmm-mmm. Her
name was Linda Wagner.
She's doing a
bikini layout today.
- Sounds like something
I should handle alone.
- Well that's very
kind of you, junior,
but I never lay the tough
jobs off on my partner.
- All right, yes, beautiful.
I love what you're
doing with your hair.
Nice, I like the color this
week too, it's beautiful.
(model laughs)
Okay, now we're on
the beach, having fun.
Moisten your lips for me.
That's it, great, I love
it, yes, beautiful, nice.
Okay good, all right, okay,
give me three-quarters...
Nice, great, that's it.
- Yeah, this is the kind
of lead I like to run down.
- I know, preferably alone.
Linda Wagner?
- Save your film, Andre.
I have a date with a cop.
Sergeant Hooker.
My agent told me
you were coming,
but I don't know anything
about Frank's death.
- Just want to ask
you a few question.
(Romano clears throat)
My partner, Vince Romano.
- Sorry to bother you so
soon after the shooting.
- Yeah, well when you
live with a guy like Frank,
you figure it's just
a matter of time.
- Frank Como's reservation
at the restaurant was for two.
The other person didn't
show. Do you know who it was?
- Frank didn't say, and I
knew better than to ask.
- Did he mention why he
chose that particular restaurant?
- He didn't.
The guy he was meeting chose it.
- Then whoever it was, must
have made the reservation.
- Yes, he told Frank
that he liked to sit
at a special table.
- Darling girl, I am
in desperate trouble.
Will you please
get back on the set.
- Andre will you please bug off?
I'll be there in a minute.
- We don't have
anymore questions for you.
Thank you very much.
- Uh, whatever Frank
did, he was good to me.
The world's full of
pretty girls, Sergeant.
And if Frank hadn't
opened the right doors,
I'd just be one of the crowd.
- Now there's a girl
who tells it like it is.
- Yeah, when you
sort it out, she told us
what I didn't want to hear.
Somebody set up Frank Como
as a way of taking
out Lisa Jericho.
- [Jericho] How
do they know this?
- [Hooker] I don't know
how they know, but they do.
The point is, someone arranged
for Como to be at
your favorite restaurant,
and that same someone
arranged for champagne
to get you to Como's table.
- So they could kill you, Lisa,
and make it look
like an accident.
- Interesting, but I'd say
the odds are against it.
Como played ball in a much
tougher league than mine.
- Lisa, we've agreed
you're not short on enemies.
Whose at the top of the list?
- Well, discounting
out now crazies,
I guess Ralph
Jenkins would be one.
- The restaurant supplier.
- He's been squeezing
restaurants all over town,
fronting for an
organized crime ring.
- And your article will give
him a kind of high profile
his backers can't live with.
- You'd like me to believe
I'm buying him a bullet.
- Jenkins.
All right, he's a
possible. Who else?
- One of our city's most
prominent builders, Kevin Mundy.
- You're going to unload on him?
- Like a ton of bricks.
He used to be a legitimate
operator, and then he got himself
into a financial bind,
and how he's trying
to bail himself out
by cutting corners
on the new Children's Hospital.
There's one more, but
you're not going to like it.
- Our Intelligence Division.
You're right, I don't like it.
But I'll talk to
Sergeant Lansing.
And Lisa, look after
yourself, for me.
- I reached Ralph
Jenkins on his car phone
and told him you said
okay on lunch tomorrow.
- Good.
- One question.
- Shoot.
- Why didn't you tell Hooker
you're having
lunch with Jenkins?
- That lunch is going
to wrap this story.
I don't want anything
getting in the way.
- We've been
waiting on you Mundy.
You guys wait outside.
- I don't ever want
those guys in here again,
do you understand?
- Don't worry about it.
Did you find out where
Jenkins is having lunch
with Ms. Jericho?
- Top of the Plaza, 1 o'clock.
- I'll arrange that
they get a final course
that's not on the menu.
- Three in the eye of the bull.
Now that is marksmanship, Stacy.
You might as well
concede right now.
- We'll see about that.
Just pull your darts
and give me some room.
- Okay. Do you
mind not shooting?
Not bad, but not good enough.
- What's with Hooker?
- He's having an anxiety
attack over Lisa Jericho.
- I just talked to Lansing.
He said you really
did a number on him.
- What's your point?
- I still think you've forgotten
what team you're on.
- Look Jim...
Lisa Jericho is
somebody we need.
And whether she's rubbed
Lansing the wrong way,
or the Police
Intelligence Division,
or Captain Sheridan, or
the whole damn department
really doesn't matter.
You see, I think she's
lighting candles in the darkness
so the dirt can be cleaned up,
and that's an important service.
- Yeah, I guess you're right.
Maybe I just needed
to be reminded.
I understand what you're saying,
but it sure doesn't
go down easy.
- Can't argue with that.
Just sitting here
knowing that she's a target
and not having any
way to protect her.
If she catches a bullet, Jim.
- Is there anything I can do?
- Well, one of the
people she's gunning for
who may be gunning
for her is Ralph Jenkins.
- Stacy and I will check him
out first thing in the morning.
- Appreciate it.
And while you're doing
that, Romano and I will zero in
on another candidate,
Kevin Mundy.
- Another 15 will do fine.
If there's a
violation, Sergeant,
my Teamster
coordinator will handle it.
- We're not here because
of trucks or traffic, Mr. Mundy.
I'm here to talk to
you about Lisa Jericho.
- Well you want the
Sun Telegraph Building.
You missed the sign.
This is the new
Children's Hospital.
- That's funny.
Lisa Jericho's writing
an article about you,
and you know it.
- I don't see what
business that is of yours.
- You heard about the
killing of Frank Como
the night before last?
- We have good reason to
believe the rifle shots fired
were meant for Lisa Jericho.
- Well I still don't see...
- What that has to do with you?
- Hmm-mmm.
- You stand to
lose from the pages
coming out of Lisa
Jericho's typewriter.
That's motive to
silence the lady.
- I would watch my words,
Sergeant, very carefully.
- I am, and I'm cautioning
you to stick to your trade.
Soil around here
has remnants of clay.
Slick. Could be expansive.
I didn't know they allowed
you to put a standard foundation
on this kind of soil.
- You're into everything,
aren't you, Sergeant?
You can build on any surface,
depending on a variety
of technical factors.
If you're so concerned,
soil engineering
and geological reports
are open for inspection
at the City Building Department.
- I might just give
them a look Mundy.
Safety is my business.
Public and personal.
Anything on Jenkins?
- Yeah, we let him know if
anything happened to Lisa,
we'd come look for him.
- He's uptight about
something more than Lisa.
Something even more
threatening is on his case.
That was our reading.
- The syndicate
Havacy works for him?
- You can bet on it.
When Lisa's story breaks, he
becomes instantly expendable.
- Perfect reason
for him to do her in.
- Well if that's what
he had in mind,
why did he volunteer that
he's meeting her for lunch?
- What? Where?
- At Top of the Plaza.
Why you don't think
he'd try anything do ya?
- Not if he's making
announcements about lunch dates.
But we may not be the only
ones who know about lunch.
- Are you saying there could
be a replay of the Como hit?
- And this time with
Jenkins as the cover victim.
Let's go.
- [Man] It's okay,
I'll take care of it.
(car squeals away)
- Bribery is a dirty
business, Mr. Jenkins.
Just as dirty as your
suspected business associates.
- You know, Ms. Jericho,
those words in print
would be considered libelous.
- If they weren't true.
Look, we've been around
this block a few times today,
Mr. Jenkins, and we keep
coming back to the same place.
I can't be bought.
- Really?
Well I've found
everyone has a price.
- You're right, Mr. Jenkins.
The problem is you
can't meet my price,
which is honesty and truth.
- Mobile operator,
get me 555-2706.
(mischievous music)
(phone rings)
- Jenkins. Yeah,
she's here, hold on.
Ms. Jericho, it's It's your
office, here on the phone.
(chase music)
- There's Lisa,
near the Mercedes.
- I don't like what I'm
seeing near that tattoo joint.
That's Marty Tyson.
I sent him up for arson.
He's an explosives expert.
Lisa, get away from
the car. There's a bomb!
(exciting impending doom music)
(car explodes)
- Close.
- Hooker understatement.
- Stay here.
- Is he alive?
- Barely.
(chase music)
(guns fire)
- Damn. I needed you alive.
- You were right,
Hooker. Lisa's the target.
The question is how many times
can you be there
at the right moment?
- That's a big
question, and I don't like
to think about the answer.
What does it take to convince
you that you're the mark?
That you're the one that
someone's trying to kill?
- Say you're right.
What am I supposed
to do about it Hooker?
We have talked about this.
The way our jobs are similar.
The way we both
feel about what we do.
I can't run every time
somebody threatens me
anymore than you can.
- Then don't run.
But at least let me put
a shield around you.
- Okay, okay, I'll tell
you what I'm going to do.
You see if you can
get me protection,
and I'll go along
with it. I promise.
- Great, and while I'm
making the arrangements...
- I have things to
do. I'll see you later.
- Lisa!
- Hooker. I just got the news.
I see you're all right.
- Yes.
- Ms. Jericho, is she okay?
- No, she's impossible.
She won't stay still.
She came in, made a
statement, and ran out.
Hooker, I just got a call from
Lansing, and he's decided
you're right about Ms.
Jericho being the target.
So have I. Too
many coincidences.
Now, what can I do to help?
- Well, the guy I took down,
the one who planted
the bomb, Tyson?
Ask Lansing if his
troops can find out
who Tyson was
working for lately.
- Considerate it done.
I'll have him get out the net
with as many of his men on
as he can.
- Great.
And one more thing.
Can you assign 24-hour
surveillance to Ms. Jericho?
- Now that's a legitimate
request Hooker,
but we simply don't have
enough hard evidence
to present it to
the deputy chief.
It won't wash.
I wish I could
tell you different.
- So do I.
- The allegations I've
summarized on that page
will form the
spine of my article.
- You're a pot-shotter,
Ms. Jericho.
What you have here
are isolated situations
and particulars
and fall far short
of representing the
complexity of a task
of a project as
large as this one.
- Mr. Mundy, we both know
that your entire organization
has been directed to turn
a deaf ear to my inquiries.
Now if the situations
in particular stated here
are isolated, you have no
one to blame but yourself.
The purpose of my
coming here is to give you
one more opportunity
to state your case
before I turn in my copy.
- When is the magic moment?
- Tomorrow evening, unless
you want to sit down with me
and refute these
points one by one.
- Lady, I am putting you
and your publisher on notice.
I'll do my refuting in court.
- You've made your choice.
- Thurman, it's Mundy.
This Jericho woman has to be
stopped before tomorrow night.
I don't care how you
stop her, just do it.
- The Captain's really
uptight about not being able
to give Lisa protection.
Take it from one whose
heard it from his own lips
loud and clear.
- Something's gotta
be done to cover her.
What about us Hooker?
- We could take turns
watching her during her off hours.
It wouldn't be round the clock,
but it'd be better than nothing.
- You got yourself a deal.
We'll work out a schedule
before end of watch.
- Hooker, glad I caught you.
I just got some
feedback on Marty Tyson.
He recently worked for a man
by the name of Brad Thurman.
Elected officer of one of the
building trade associations.
Here, I got a location on him.
- I owe you one.
- Call it even.
I didn't give your lady a
fair shake from the top.
- Official Building
Trade Association
and a two-bit hood.
Why would they be holding hands?
- We can't ask Tyson.
- Mr. Thurman, your
office said you'd be here.
I'm Sergeant Hooker,
this is Officer Romano.
We'd like to talk to
you about Marty Tyson.
I understand he worked for you.
- He did, we had to let
him go, he's a hothead.
From what I read in the
papers, he tried to kill somebody.
You people put him away.
- We figured he hired
out as a contract killer.
- Any idea who
he signed on with?
- I couldn't tell you Sergeant.
That kind of a boy
doesn't call for references.
- Mr. Thurman,
talking about that.
What led you to hire a
man of Tyson's background.
- The men I represent
are a tough breed.
They don't always appreciate
what you're trying
to do for them.
It's just good to have
some muscle around.
But like I said, Tyson
had too quick a flashpoint
for his good or mine.
- Thanks for your time.
- Sure thing.
- Need some building supplies?
- I need some answers.
The workers who belong
to Thurman's association
are skilled craftsmen.
They don't work in
supply yards like this.
- I want to find out what
Thurman was doing here.
- [Lisa] Hooker, what
are you doing here?
- We tied Tyson to a buildings
trades official named Thurman.
- And something
very interesting.
Thurman is buying
drywall by the truckload
from a substandard
supply company
for Kevin Mundy's
construction project.
- Mundy's linen
gets dirtier and dirtier.
Hold the presses.
- No, you do that.
I'll hold on to you.
I want you in a safe
place until we know
where all this leads.
- But hooker.
- Don't but Hooker me.
I told you I don't
want any arguments.
- Oh, at this rate I'm going
to need a blood transfusion.
It must be a bad blade.
- That's what I
thought last night
when I used it on my legs.
- Your legs?
Well at least it
was a good cause.
How are you with a hot plate?
- Same as I am in
a gourmet kitchen.
A disaster, except when
it comes to making coffee.
I can brew sawdust and
you'll think you're drinking
fresh-ground Kenya beans.
- Can a man ask for more?
- Not if he knows
what's good for him.
One cup of cafe
Jericho coming up.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm Claudia. Is Hooker here?
- He's shaving.
- Oh no.
I borrowed his razor
yesterday to shave my legs,
and I didn't change the blade.
- Really? How are
you with a hot plate?
- Claudia, this is Lisa
Jericho, I told you about her.
- Oh sure, oh I love
your writing Ms. Jericho.
It's dramatic, but
economic, and your humor
has a flavor of Samuel Clemens.
- Thanks.
- Well, here's your robe Hooker.
- Put it on the box.
No, the other box.
- Bye now.
- Bye sweetheart.
- We were at the pool.
She had goosebumps.
- Goosebumps.
- Hmm, she looked
like she'd freeze to death
before she got home.
- Where is her home?
- Next door.
- You can explain it
to me tonight Hooker.
And you better
have a good story.
You're due at the city in
junior's office in 40 minutes.
- Yeah, if he can help me
make the Brad Thurman/Kevin
Mundy connection,
you'll be pounding
out an exclusive
on your own would-be
murders for the morning edition.
- Lisa Jericho.
- Oh, she's not here right now.
May I ask whose calling please?
- I have information
of Police Intelligence
bugging the Mayor's office.
- Um, can I have your
name and number,
and I'll have Ms. Jericho
call you right back?
- I can't do that.
I can't talk now.
- I'm afraid I can't...
- Tell her if she wants this
story, to be in the phone booth
at the corner of Brighton and
Seventh Streets in 45 minutes.
- Do you think she'll bite?
- She has to.
If she files that story,
it's over for both of us.
Have her here by 4.
The place will be
cleared out by then.
- Any way you slice it,
the City Engineer's Office
can't move fast
enough to help us.
They have to investigate
Thurman and Mundy
very very carefully,
or they'll get wise
and cover their tracks.
- Why don't we stop?
If you call Lisa,
you'll feel better.
- [Dispatch] Four Adam 30,
contact Academy Precinct
Operator for a message
from Lisa Jericho,
phone the station.
- There you go.
You don't call
her, she calls you.
What is this, ESP?
Four Adam 30, Roger.
- This is Hooker.
When did she leave?
- What's going on?
- Lisa's secretary.
Lisa told her to let me
know that she's going to meet
somebody about a hot
story on Police Intelligence.
- Did you get a name?
- All she knows is it's some
sort of Deep Throat informant.
- Ms. Jericho, Mr. Mundy
would like a word with you.
- Well then tell him
to stop playing games.
(car squeals away)
- There's Seventh Street.
Take a left. Brighton's
one block up.
- [Romano] No sign of her.
- They set her up,
and they got her.
- I'll put out a bulletin.
- Hold on a second.
- What do ya got?
- Clay, like at Kevin
Mundy's construction site.
Maybe that's where
they've taken her.
- [Romano] I'll call Corrigan
and Stacy for backup
and have them meet us there.
(sirens wail)
- [Dispatch] Four Adam 16,
Four Adam 30 requests backup
at construction site for
new Children's Hospital
on Hill Street,
handle code three.
- Four Adam 16,
we're on backup to 30.
- Look Mundy, I'm not about
to make a deal with you.
- I know that. It would
have been easier.
But one has to do
what one has to do.
Forget it, Ms. Jericho.
There's nobody to
run to, nobody to call.
I wish it hadn't come to this,
but you pushed me to the wall.
I'm not going to watch
my family, my life,
go down the drain, so
you can write a headline.
- Think Mundy, if
something happens to me
on this construction site,
the police are going
to know it's you.
- If they find your body.
You wanted to know
more about my operation.
Now you can be a part of it.
The public you serve so well
will be parading past you
for the next hundred years.
(sirens wail)
(chase music)
- You all right?
- Yeah.
- All right Mundy,
you're through, give it up.
- You know, I've been
going over my research
on the Intelligence Division,
and I think I may have
short-changed them
by not fully telling
their side of the issue,
so I've decided
to do a followup.
- That, excuse the
expression, is good news.
Is there any reason why you
wanted to have dinner here?
- They say when
you fall off a horse...
- Yeah, but a horse
doesn't try and blow ya up
and shoot ya and bury
ya in 10 feet of cement.
You gotta be more careful lady.
- Hooker, I'm not
about to start tiptoeing
around controversial stories.
- Nobody's asking
you not to tiptoe
around controversial stories.
I'm just telling you to be
more aware of the situation.
People can be dangerous.
- Why?
I have my own personal
police escort, don't I?
- That's a leading question.
- Why don't we discuss
it at length after dessert?
- Your place or mine?
- Claudia doesn't
have a key to mine.
("T.J. Hooker" Theme
Song by Mark Snow)