T.J. Hooker (1982–1986): Season 5, Episode 3 - To Kill a Cop - full transcript

When a cop who's a friend of Hooker's is killed by a man he and his partner, Dunston sent to prison. Hooker tries to help his wife but Dunston thinks Hooker is infringing on what should be ...

(80s rock music)

(synthesizer music)

- Hey, I got a great idea, how
'bout I cook us some steaks?

- On the barbecue,
you gonna make a fire?

- Can we go to a
movie after, Dad?

- How about if I rent
one for the VCR?

- Great, can I ask Jimmy over?

- Sure.

- Can I get a watermelon?

- Sure, sweetie, but get a
half, it's more than enough.

- Remember in the old
days when we used to get



a whole one, plug
it, fill it with rum?

- I remember what
rum used to do to you.

- Hey, I made an honest
woman out of you, didn't I?

- And then some.

Apropos of nothing,
we're out of steak sauce.

- Mm, barbecue steaks
ain't barbecue steaks without

steak sauce.

- Far aisle against the wall.

While you get that,
I'll pick out some corn.

- Okay.

- Hey, Phil, you remember me?

Carl Beemon.

So long, Phil.

(gun fires)



(gun fires)

(woman screams)

- [Dispatcher] All units in
the vicinity on four Adam 30,

shots fired, a man
down in the grocery store,

1104 Montana Boulevard,
handle code two.

- Four Adam 30, roger.

(suspenseful music)

- Four Adam 16,
rolling back up to 30.

(suspenseful music)

(tires screech)

- Move aside,
please, move aside.

- This way, officer, please.

The guy was here with
his family, shopping.

I don't know what happened,
no one saw nothing,

no one heard nothing
until the woman screamed.

Everything's just as it was,
we didn't touch anything.

His wife and his kid
were going half crazy.

(somber music)

- Wife and child?

- Over there.

(woman sobs)

- Martha.

(woman sobs)

I'm so sorry.

- Oh God, how
could this be? (sobs)

(somber music)

- Stacey will take
you and Andy home.

- Oh, God, the times we
spent talking about him quitting

before something happened.

- I'll get there
as soon as I can.

- Nobody saw anything,
nobody knows anything,

somebody walks up to
my husband and shoots him

in the supermarket
in broad daylight,

and nobody knows a
damn thing about it?

- Martha.

- Oh, God.

All those years, worrying.

Every time he left for work,
and it happens on his day off.

Why?

- That's what we're
gonna find out.

Take her home, Stacy.

- All right, Mrs. Kenter.

- Hooker. (sobs)

- I'm gonna find out who did it.

That's a promise.

(engine turns over)

Jim, interview everyone
that was in that store

and everyone that was near it.

Somebody's got to
have seen something.

- Right, all things considered,
that's a pretty big promise

you made the boy.
- Yeah.

- Could have been
anything, you know,

a random hold up
that went sour, a crazy.

- Maybe, Phil took
a slug in the head.

One on the body.

- Like an execution.

- You got it.

Smells like a professional
hit to me, Lieutenant.

Phil was working on vice,
homicide, non narcotics,

been up against all
kinds, it's impossible.

- And it could have
been a revenge killing,

done by one of six or seven
hundred cases he's dealt with

over the years.

- Or a current case
he's working on now.

- Damn good record, you
know his partner, Carey Dunston,

right?

- Yeah, Phil and he have
been partners for years.

Let me have this one with them.

- All right, I'll talk to the
detectives and arrange it.

Where are you gonna start?

- With Dunston.

Corrigan's looking for him
now, to tell him the news.

(synthesizer music)

- Corrigan, right?

You know, it seems I remember
your partner better than you.

She was five, six-ish,
blonde, real beautiful?

- Hooker sent me to
talk to you, sergeant.

- Hooker, what's going on?

- Well, we didn't want you
to hear about it from the news

report or get it over the phone.

- What's happened?

- Your partner's been shot.

- Phil.

Well, how bad is
he, I mean, is he...

- I'm sorry, he didn't make it.

(somber music)

(engine starts)

- Phil Kenter was a good cop.

A friend to all of us.

And his shooting was cold
and calculated, an execution.

That's the way we're
proceeding with it.

We'll be going over the
cases Phil was working on,

so check your street sources.

See what the talk is.

Find out if anything
can be learned.

And let me know what you
pick up, that's it, move with it.

Carey.

- Yeah, it's a hell
of a thing, Hooker.

Anything to go on?

- Not much, when
forensics is finished, ballistics

will tell us what they have.

- Yeah, if it was a professional
hit, the question is still

why?

- You have an
answer to that, Carey?

- Yeah, it could have
been some kind of a nut,

you know, somebody high
on something, out for kicks.

I brought along the current
file, I didn't see anything in

it that fits, you
wanna have a look?

- Yeah.

- Right now it's
take your choice.

- Oh, I don't know, I got
a gut feeling that it was

somebody who wanted
him dead, personal reason.

You working on anything
that might tie into that, Carey?

- You mean revenge?

We'd have to go all the
way back to when he left

the academy for that.

- You got a better idea?

- Well, we could sift through
13 years of all the cases

Phil was involved in.

- Well, there'll be a
lot of them that we'll

automatically discard,
Stacy and Corrigan will be

helping out, why don't you
go through the files, Carey,

pull out those you
think might help us?

Threats, by those cons
that have served their time,

friends and families
of the hard core cases

that are still in the joint.

- I'll check records,
see how they're doing.

- (sighs) I understand Martha
and Andy were in the store

when it happened, is that right?

- Yeah, they were.

- I wanted to take Phil
fishing, but he insisted

on being with his
family that day.

I gotta go see Martha and Andy.

- Why don't you make that later?

Get started helping
Corrigan on the files.

I'll tell her you'll be along.

- I didn't know you were
close to Martha, Hooker.

- Oh, yeah, I introduced
them, a lot of years ago,

when things were
better for all of us.

- Come on, it's
been two whole days.

- Ma'am, there is
nothing I can tell you.

- Well, then, who can?

- Hooker, see you a minute?

This is Miss Chotner,
maybe you can help her.

- My friend was
murdered two nights ago.

Her name was Ginger
Coleman, and I wanna know

what's being done
to find who did it.

Homicide won't give
me the time of day.

- Well, ma'am, let me explain
to you how this thing works.

An investigative team
is assigned to homicide...

- What have I got here,
a public relations man,

or maybe you cops don't
put as much into a prosty

getting dumped as
you do for other people?

- I can understand how
you feel, but you see

these kinds of
investigations take time.

- She was my friend, my
friend, and there's not a lousy

thing I can do for her, do you
know how that makes me feel?

(synthesizer music)

- Jackpot.

Hey, Jackpot, I wanna
talk to you, Jackpot.

(suspenseful music)

(brakes screech)

I said I wanna talk to you.

- Hey, man, you know I can't
be seen talking to the man.

- Listen up, a friend of
mine was blown away.

Your name was on his file,
and I want some answers.

- What file, man,
what you talking about?

Who you talking about?

- Sergeant Phil
Kenter, ring a bell?

You worked as a snitch, I
wanna know everything you know.

I wanna know if there's
anything on the street.

- I don't know
nothing about no hit.

Mister Kenter always
treated me fine,

all I did was turn him on to
a couple pushers, you know.

That's all.

- I want more.

- There is no more.

- I don't buy it.

- I swear.

- I don't buy it,
tell me something

before I get really angry.

- I don't know
anymore, but listen,

why don't you ask
Mister Kenter's partner?

- Sergeant Dunston?

- Yeah, Dunston, he knows
more off the street than I do.

He lived with a street
girl for a few years,

he knows what's going
down better than me.

- Get away from me before
I book you just for practice.

(doorbell rings)

- All the neighbors brought food

and they hardly touched a thing.

Andy said his father was
supposed to barbecue steaks tonight

The things people
do to other people.

- You go on home, I'll
see you in the morning.

- Really had something
special, the three of 'em,

you know?

- I know.

I'm sorry it took me
so long to get here.

- Oh, no, I'm just really
glad you could come.

I'm tired, I'm glad
everybody's gone.

I just need to be with somebody.

- Let me help you.

- No, it's okay.

Oh, Hooker, why did I have
to fall in love with a cop?

- He wasn't a cop
when you met him.

- Yeah, you know
why he became one?

It's 'cause of you, they call
it a role model these days.

Hooker, what's gonna
happen to Andy and me?

- You're gonna pick
up the pieces and go on.

- I'm not sure I can.

- Of course you can, and
Andy's one big reason why.

- He's so much like his dad.

- Yes he is.

- You know, this morning,

this morning my big worry was

I hadn't been able to make a
dental appointment for Andy

and now nothing,

nothing's the same
and it never will be.

- That's right,
Martha, it won't be.

Know it, accept it,
and go on from there.

Where's Andy?

- He's in his room.

- I'm gonna say
good night to him.

- Hooker?

Promise you'll stay close?

- For as long as you need me.

(somber music)

(Hooker knocks)

Andy?

- Hi, Hooker.

- Can I come in?

- Sure.

Will you tell me something?

- What?

- Did they hurt him?

The bullets, did they hurt Dad?

- No, it was too
fast, it didn't hurt.

- That's good to know.

Can I ask you something else?

- Mmhmm.

- This friend of mine,
when his father died,

his uncle told him he had
to be the man of the house,

take care of his mother.

- He did, huh.

- I guess I'm the man
of this house now.

- Andy, I don't know about that.

You're 12 years old,
man of the house?

You're just a boy, man
of the house is too much,

that's for when you grow up.

Don't even try now.

- My friend used to
have nightmares about it.

- You're gonna
have lots to handle

and there are gonna
be changes, big changes,

your mother's gonna
need you, but as her son.

And if there are things
you can't handle, call me.

We'll handle them together.

Kramer, how's it going?

- Overworked and
underpaid, like always.

Sorry about Phil Kenter.

- Yeah, how are you doing on
the Ginger Coleman shooting?

- Oh, yeah, I heard that
Gayle Chotner was bugging you

on that, what I'm wondering is,

you seem to have
plenty to keep you busy.

Why the special concern over
some prosty getting snuffed?

- 'Cause I'm interested,
you don't wanna tell me

what you got, I'll
go through channels.

- Still the hardnosed, eh?

- Only when I have to be,
what do you got, Kramer?

- Ginger ran an out call
operation with her friend

and roomie, Gayle
Chotner, last Tuesday night

at the Sea Breeze motel,
the deceased had an 11:30

reservation.

- Did she keep it?

- Nope, nobody saw
anything, nobody heard shots,

some did hear a car backfire.

We found Ginger in the
motel parking lot the following

morning dead.

- That's it?

- That's all I had time to get.

- Maybe the lieutenant
can get you some more help.

- I'd appreciate it,
Hooker, you're all heart.

- How's it going with the
files on the Kenter cases?

- We eliminated most of
the dead wood last night.

- Which still leaves six
file drawers full for today.

- We just saw Dunston.

- How's he holding up?

- He says you're spending too
much time with Kenter's wife.

- Dunston just lost a
partner, he isn't thinking right.

Let's get on those files.

- It's a fishing rod, I want
you to catch a big one

for your mom.

Why don't you
come along, Martha?

We're gonna go downtown
to the sporting goods store,

buy some new lures, take
'em out to Browns Lake

and try 'em out.

- No.
- Be a nice drive.

- No, sorry, Carey,
I've got so many things

to take care of, do
you mind if I don't?

- Nah, I'm disappointed,
but I understand.

(sinister music)

- Lot of people have a
lot of nice things to say

about cops, a lot of
the others hate our guts.

- What else is new?

- So far we have a couple
dozen cons, ex and otherwise,

who swore before witnesses
they were gonna get

Phil Kenter.

- You put a man behind
bars, you're bound

to get threats on your life,
after 13 years, they add up.

- Well the current cases,
we've got a couple of long shots

here, one was a case that Phil
was on before he and Dunston

teamed up, the other
from a couple of years ago.

Dunston been any help?

- Not yet, you get
any sleep last night?

- Enough, you worried
about me, Mother?

- Hey, you two, it's lunchtime,
why don't you take a break

and I'll cover for you here.

- That's what my stomach's
been trying to tell me.

- I'll buy.

- Not very subtle, Pete,
what's on your mind?

- Well, Dunston's been
shooting off his mouth.

- What about?

- Look, I know you're
giving Martha Kenter support

when she needs it, but
Dunston has been saying

you've been moving
into a dead man's shoes,

maybe his bed
before his body's cold.

- I can put an end
to that kind of talk.

- Calm down, Hooker, come on.

Dunston's been Phil's
partner for a long time,

he feels a proprietary urge
to do what he can for Martha

and the boy, matter of fact,
it's a departmental tradition

for the partner to step in
and hold things together,

you know that, just
watch yourself, okay?

- I'll do that,
thanks for the tip.

(sinister music)

- Just be sure you
bring back some fish.

Have a terrific day, hon.

You're sweet.

- I'll bring him home early.

(sinister music)

(car starts)

(radio beeps)

- [Dispatcher] Four Adam 30,
will you accept a phone patch

from a Mrs. Phil Kenter?

- Four Adam 30, roger.

- [Dispatcher] Go ahead, please.

- Hooker?

- What is it, Martha,
what's wrong?

- I'm afraid for Andy and Carey.

- [Hooker] Why, what's wrong?

- Carey picked up
Andy to go fishing

and when they pulled
away from the house,

a man in another
car followed them.

- Where did they go?

- They went to a store Phil
used to shop at downtown,

the All Western, I think.

- I know where it
is, I'll be in touch.

- Hooker, hurry.

(synthesizer music)

(car screeches)

(gun fires)

- Dunston, get
down, get Andy down!

(guns fire)

(synthesizer music)

(tires screech)

- One thing I want to
say to you, Dunston,

something I couldn't
say in front of Andy.

- Well, I'm listening, Hooker.

- You're letting your mouth
run off at record speed

about Martha Kenter,
you're saying the wrong things

and if you don't
stop, I'll stop you.

- To bring you two up to
date, I just put out an APB

on the car the
suspect was driving.

- Let me tell something,
big shot, it'll be stolen,

this guy's a hardcore pro.

- We might get lucky,
pick up a print somewhere.

- I think we got a whole
new ballgame here.

- What do you mean?

- This guy wanted to take
Dunston out with a gun.

- You mean like
Kenter, it could be.

Someone you and Phil
brought down together, Carey.

- A professional
who served his time,

is now out on the streets.

- That narrows it
down even more,

why don't you take a look
at those files yourself, Carey?

Another attempt to get
at you is a possibility,

more likely a probability.

- Yeah, well, I'll just
keep my eyes open.

- Just do it away
from Martha and Andy,

they've had enough tragedy.

- You stay out
of my private life.

- Andy could have
been killed, dammit,

you're a target.

- Knock it off, both of you.

- Just want to know
where we stand.

Gayle, hey, Gayle, Gayle.

Hey, you're a hard lady to find.

- So?

- So I want some information.

- Yeah, me too, explain this.

In the newspaper the
councilman's daughter

who got raped two weeks
ago, had to have been a kink

who did it, right, just like
it had to have been a kink

who shot up Ginger.
- Let me explain.

- Let me finish, it took you
three days to catch that guy

because you had the whole
police force looking for him.

- There were four officers
assigned to that case.

- Yeah, well there's one
assigned to Ginger's shooting.

- Two.

- Yeah, what's in it for you?

- Maybe your good will, did
you give the name of Ginger's

clients to Detective Kramer?

- He never asked me for
them, anyway, I don't know

the names of her johns.

- Give me a list of
the ones you do know.

Did Ginger ever take
any calls from strangers?

- No way, I taught
her not to do that

right from the very beginning.

- How'd she keep her lists up?

- Referrals, you know,
mostly from our regulars,

if it came to it, one
of us with a trick

at the time of the call
would use the other's name.

No sense in missing
out on business.

- You say she wasn't
booked that night?

- I was out at an all nighter.

The detective said she
had a reservation at the

Sea Breeze motel.

- Maybe she took one
of your referral calls.

- Maybe, she took a motel
room so maybe she took the call.

- Who'd want her dead?

- Nobody, she was
a sweet dumb thing

who never did anything
to make somebody

want to do that to her.

- Well, then we
have to consider this,

the way the two of you
handled referral calls,

maybe the call she
took was meant for you,

anybody you know
who'd want you dead?

Thanks, Lee.

Yes, Martha?

- [Martha] Hooker,
did I call at a bad time?

- There's no such thing
where you're concerned.

- Listen, I guess I was upset
about what almost happened

to Carey and Andy,
but I need some help.

- Name it.

- The mortuary people
called, and they're coming over

at 5:30 and I just
don't think I can...

- Take it easy, I'll
be there, I'll handle it.

- What would I do without you?

- Do something with
Andy, Martha, read a book,

watch TV,
anything, I'll be there.

- Thanks.

- Hey, take a look at this,

I was going through
the electronic sorter files

right next to Sergeant
Kramer's desk.

- Ginger called, where have
I heard that name before?

- From Hooker, she was
Gayle Chotner's roommate,

she was murdered, remember?

- Yeah, but what's
the connection?

- Read on, Kramer was
calling to check on something

with ballistics, it's a hell
of a coincidence, isn't it?

- Let's find Hooker.

Hooker, I think
we got something.

- Yeah?

- The Ginger Coleman shooting.

- What about it?

- In the file, one
shot to the head,

one shot to the body,
just like Phil Kenter.

- Both times a 357 was used
and no one heard the shots.

Could mean a silencer
in both shootings.

- What was Kramer doing
sitting on information like that?

Look, there's something
I've got to take care of.

Jim, get a list of all the
cons released from the joint

in the last six months,
see if any name matches up

with any of Kenter's
and Dunston's case files.

- Right, how do we
get a hold of you?

- I'm gonna grab a shower,
I'll be at Phil's house.

Move on it.

(synthesizer music)

- You sure?

- I'm working.

- Oh, God, solid oak,
double walled, satin lined,

it's a morbid line of
business, I'm glad I sent Andy

to a friend's.

- Some advice?

- Sure.

- Don't keep Andy
from being a part

of your adjusting to things.

- He's just a kid.

- Don't underestimate him.

- Phil used to tell me that.

- You were talking about
packing Phil's clothes?

- And his tools
and his golf clubs

and his fishing gear.

- Let Andy help you.

- Don't you think that's morbid?

- It's part of adjusting
for both of you.

- Hold me, please.

(phone rings)

(Martha sighs)

- Hello?

Yeah, just a minute.

It's Jim Corrigan.

- Yes, Jim?

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

That's Carl David Beeman,
murder while committing robbery.

- Served five years, he
was paroled six weeks ago

on some technicality.

- Time enough to look
up the arresting officers,

tail 'em, and wait for
that opportune moment.

- Claimed he was
railroaded by the police

and convicted on
perjured testimony.

- We dug deep enough, we'd
probably find he was innocent

of his 20 priors, too.

- He swore he was
gonna get Phil and Dunston

and the eyewitness
who testified against him,

Gayle Chutner.

- Where's Dunston?

- I don't know,
he just took off.

- Has he seen this?

- Uh-huh.

- Gayle, TJ Hooker.

Yeah, it's a business
call, my business.

I have to see you,
it's very important.

(synthesizer music)

Thanks for meeting me,
you hang out around here?

- Sometimes, I like the ocean.

What's so important, Hooker?

- Well, I think I know
what happened that night.

When the killer called,
and asked for you,

Ginger used your
name and took the date.

- You mean the killer killed
Ginger thinking it was me?

- Five years ago,
you testified at a trial,

a man named Carl Beeman.

- Beeman, you think it was him?

- He swore he'd
kill you at the trial.

Now Ginger takes the date.

It's dark, he's in a car,
Beeman's waiting for her

in the motel parking
lot, I think that Beeman

used Phil Kenter's
name to make the date.

You knew Phil
Kenter, didn't you?

- Yeah.

Poor Ginger. (scoffs)

Six years ago, I went
into a store to buy a pack

of cigarettes, I had
just left the place

and I looked back
in through the window

and I saw Beeman
shoot the clerk.

- It took a great deal
of courage to stand up

at that trial and testify.

- Does that surprise
you, Hooker?

Believe it or not,
I also pay taxes

and I don't spit
on the sidewalks.

- Gayle, Beeman is
still looking for Dunston.

If he finds out that
Ginger was a mistake,

he'll go after you again.

Until he's apprehended,
I'd limit my social activities,

stay close to home.

Let me give you a lift home.

- That's okay, I've got my car.

- You go home.

- I will.

Thanks.

(somber music)

(tires screech)

- How'd it go?

- No problem, he just wanted
to warn me about Beeman.

Now I'm gonna get
away from this town.

I'm gonna go home and pack.

- Just stay cool,
it'll work out.

- Sure, but if they'd have
dropped the pill on him

like you said they would,
I wouldn't be running now.

- We did our best
to see he got it,

blame it on the court for
overturning the judge's

death sentence.

I'll drop by in a while and
drive you to the airport.

- Are you kidding?

With Beeman out there
somewhere, he's looking for you.

I want about as much
distance between you and me

as me and this town.

- I'll get him.

- Sure, if they
don't get you first.

- So long, baby.

- Cops.

- Hooker, where you been?

- The beach.

- Great, bring your suntan oil?

(Hooker laughs)

- Then I spent
another couple of hours

looking over the Beeman file.

Have you seen Dunston?

- Yeah, a while ago, he
said he was going to O'Brien's

office.

- Well, after Corrigan and
Sheridan and I figured out

it was Beeman, I
thought I'd drop by

some of his old hangouts,
nobody'd seen him,

at least that's
what they claimed.

- Well, that's very interesting
because I would have thought

the first person you
would have checked with

would have been your eyewitness,

her life had been threatened.

- I phoned Gayle Chotner,
she said she was leaving town.

- I spoke to her a
couple of hours ago

and told her to stay put, I
wonder what changed her mind.

- What've you got, Hooker?

- Beeman file, I wanted
to talk to Gayle about that,

I wanted to talk to
Dunston about it, too.

- Well, why don't you go
ahead and talk about it, Hooker?

It's something you do real good.

- Hey, nobody asked
you, motormouth.

Shut up!

- [O'Brien] About
the file, Hooker.

- I read it and reread it.

Every time I read it, I
had a different question

and the answers I
kept coming up with

didn't agree with my stomach,

and then I remembered
what a snitch

named Jackpot told me
about Sergeant Dunston

living with a street girl.

- You're gonna have
to spell that one out.

- The answer I
kept coming up with

kept pointing me back
to a couple of cops

who maybe overreached
themselves, cops that I respected,

then I started thinking
about Gayle Chotner.

The eyewitness who came
forward to volunteer what she saw.

So you know what I did?

I went back to the liquor store,
the one that Beeman robbed,

the one where
he killed the clerk.

It's a crummy little place
and the owner told me

it's exactly the same
as it was 10 years ago

when he bought it.

It's exactly the same.

As the night Gayle
Chotner stood in the street

and saw Beeman
through the window.

- Let it go, Hooker.

- Gayle Chotner was
your girlfriend, wasn't she?

She'd say anything
you told her to say.

That window is painted
black, just like it's always been.

You can't see
in from the street.

- Wasn't that brought
out in cross examination?

- No it wasn't.

- Listen to me, the
DA, half the judges,

the criminal courts
building, and damn near

every detective and
half the precincts

wanted that scumball
Beeman off the streets.

- Enough to want him
convicted in perjured testimony?

- 29 priors, shooting,
assault, manslaughter.

- So you framed him?

- All right, I framed
him, we had enough

to tie him to the crime
scene, but he was guilty.

- On perjured testimony that
you coaxed Gayle Chutner...

- He did it, Hooker,
did you hear, he did it.

He was guilty.

Now what the hell
is the problem?

- I'm gonna have to turn
this over to internal affairs

and you know that, until I
can find a safe place for you

I want you to stay put, Carey,
until I say you can leave,

clear?

- Clear.

- Well, that's all very
well, but we've still got

a killer on the loose.

- Here it is.

- Right now, Beeman's
out there somewhere

looking for Dunston.

- Guaranteed, but
what do we do about it?

- We reel him in, I'm gonna
need you to back me up.

- Point us in the direction.

- I'm gonna need an exact
duplicate of Dunston's car,

you check the
rental agencies, you,

you're gonna help me
buy a new hat and coat.

(synthesizer music)

Just checking,
still got you, 60?

- You're in sight.

- Let's keep it that way.

(woman speaks over radio)

- Hey, make yourself at home.

(Dunston sighs)

- Hooker called in,
lieutenant, said he was trolling

the bait, waiting for a bite.

- Thanks, I'll be
out in a minute.

Don't wander off, Carey.

(ominous music)

(synthesizer music)

- Check the mug on
this guy beside us.

- That's him, that's Beeman.

This is 16, Hooker?

- Got you, 16.

- We just spotted Beeman,
he's two cars behind you.

- You sure?

- Have I ever lied to you?

- Then here we go.

- Why don't we take him now?

- If he switched guns,
what have we got him for

other than carrying?

He comes at me,
we've got him good.

We'll stick to what will
slam the cell door tight.

- Roger, you heard him.

(synthesizer music)

- 16, turn off the next corner,

go directly to Dunston's
apartment complex.

- [Stacy] Will do.

- [Hooker] I'll lead him in
past the swimming pool,

move everybody out
of there, get going.

- [Stacy] Roger.

(suspenseful music)

- Hooker.

- What are you doing here?

- I don't need you
to play hero for me.

If that punk's after
me, I'll get him myself.

- You're gonna blow it,
Beeman's not gonna show

if he sees an army after
him, get back in your car

and get outta here.

(synthesizer music)

- Dunston!

- Hooker!

(gun fires)

(gun fires)

(water splashes)

(Dunston pants)

- You're gonna make it.

- You're lucky I fell.

- Save it.

- Listen, Hooker, about Phil,

he never knew it was
a frame, you were right,

it was my doing, I had
a thing going with Gayle,

it was easy to get her to
testify, Phil never knew a thing.

- Hell of an epitaph
for a good cop, isn't it?

- Hut, one, two, three,
hut, one, two, three,

hut, one, two, three,
hut, one, two, three,

hut, one, two, three,
hut, one, two, three.

- Hooker, what's gonna
happen to Dunston?

- That depends
on internal affairs.

- At least he
cleared Phil's name.

- That's something for
Martha and Andy anyway.

- And Beeman's out
of business for good,

so cheer up, Hooker.

- There's only one
thing wrong, none of it

should ever have
happened, Phil, Gayle's friend,

none of it, all because
one cop broke the rules.

It's something to remember.

I was on my way to your place.

- Oh, we appreciate
that, Hooker,

but Andy and I
just had a long talk.

- About how we
can help each other.

- That's right.

And we can't do
that leaning on you

and letting you do
everything that might hurt.

Do you understand?

- I understand.

- We're gonna be
okay from here on in.

Thank you.

For everything.

- Thanks, Hooker.

- That's what friends are for.

(gentle music)

(80's rock music)