The Equalizer (1985–1989): Season 2, Episode 12 - High Performance - full transcript

She's a witness.

Oh, my God !

To a hit that went bad.

Just forget about it, all right?

She's dead and doesn't know it.

I don't think I can go back up there.

I don't want explanations.

I want results.

I would say that the main player has now
entered the game.

I'm scared.

That young woman is no longer
simply the eyewitness to a murder.



She is possibly the next victim.

No ! Please no !

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

Hey, Stevens. Bad news.

What is it, Charlie? Leave
your brains up on the I-beam.

Harsh, Stevens. Real harsh.

You're going to make old Pete feel real bad
about forgetting his impact wrench.

- Thanks, Pete.
- Come on, Sally, you know how it is.

No, Pete, I don't.

That's true. Has no
class except for her.

You know, you could
stop being the crew gofer.

All it takes is dinner at your house.

And tomorrow night is Friday
and I happen to be free.

I told you, I don't have
dinner with the boss.



Okay. How about breakfast?

Brunch? Saturday brunch.

I clean house on Saturdays.

Excuse me. If you want a
policeman, call your own.

This one's mine.

I'm Lieutenant Kramer. You Sally Stevens?

- Yes, sir.
- Still sure about what you saw?

Dead sure. What I mean is, when I see
somebody's being strangled, I know it.

****, officer. Nobody's lived
in that apartment for months.

That's why you can't get anyone on the
intercom.

Well, if you just strangle someone, would you
answer?

Give me the master key.

1025.

- Stick around, Miss Stevens.
- Oh, no. I'm coming up with you.

Look, I don't know what I'll
be walking into up there.

You wouldn't be walking into anything if I
hadn't phoned you.

All right, let's go.

Open up, police officers.

This way here, Ms.
We see what we've got here.

You sure this is the right apartment?

Positive. It has no furniture in it
like I told you on the phone. Remember ?

There's no strangler or a body either.

He caught it right here.

This is where it happened.

I was standing right over there.

I know what I saw.

You saw something suspicious
and then you reported it.

Could be it just wasn't
what it looked like.

Lieutenant !

- Hmm?
- Nothing in here.

I don't care what it looks like.

A woman was killed up there.

There's no case, Miss Stevens.

I know, but I saw it.

Either one of you to see anything?

No. She went there alone.

Maybe you just got spooked.
You know that can happen.

- Well, it didn't.
- Look, think of it this way.

You've done all you can do.

Sally Stevens ? Robert
McCall, you've telephoned me.

You actually came.

I'm very sorry.
It really wasn't necessary.

I'm sorry ?

But the truth is, I don't
really know why I called you.

I've seen your ad in the paper
ever since I came to New York,

and I guess I wondered
what it would be like

to be desperate enough to
call a complete stranger.

We'll be amazed how many people do.

And now I'm one of them.

Well, I don't think so.

I'm not ?

But you've already told me that you

wonder why you called
me in the first place.

Usually the people I work with
are people in great trouble.

Often their lives are at stake.

And what about someone
who's been murdered?

Doesn't that matter?

Yes, that matters very much indeed.

That's why a murder investigation
is best left to the police.

Why didn't you tell me that on the phone?

Because you sounded troubled, in
need of someone with whom to talk.

Did I? I went to the police.

So much for talking.

Yes. Yes, I know.

Your eyewitness report is
in a file marked closed.

How do you know that?

I telephoned a friend of mine from the
department before I came here.

And you won't help me.

I don't meet your criteria.

You should be thankful you don't.

Very thankful indeed.

Ms. Stevens, if you are
going to pursue this...

And what is it?

It tells me I'm sure you are.

Now make a suggestion.

If you do come up with anything,
take it straight to the police.

Right. As soon as I
get a signed confession.

They'll be the first to know.

Hey !

- Real amusing, George.
- Had to be sure it was you.

Now, what the hell
happened? What went wrong?

Job's half done.

- It'll be finished.
- What happened?

I had to switch to a backup plan.

The original plan was perfect.

My wife comes back here
to our first love nest,

gets despondent over our pending
divorce, and jumps from the balcony.

It would have been nice and neat.

Do you know how I had to plead with her to
get her to come back here secretly?

How I had to grovel, pretending I wanted to
rekindle the feelings we once had.

Now you tell me what went wrong.

I was in the bedroom because it's sap.

It's designed to knock you
out, but not to open an autopsy.

I made my move.

She caught her heel, fell.

I missed. Drop the sap.

She ran out. Now I caught her.

About here she started to scream and
had to finish the job with my hands.

Which will show up in an autopsy.

For the complications.

I'm paying you a lot of money
to avoid these complications.

So the work shift across
the way ends it for.

Yes. That's why we set your
wife to arrive after that.

But for some reason, one of the workers, a
woman, she must have climbed back up there.

She saw you ?

Call the police.

They arrived. I wasn't here.

Neither was your wife's body.

Where did you take it?

Nowhere.

You see, Mr. Tremayne,

plan for every contingency, including
a place to stash your wife's body.

Now you're telling me
my wife's body's here ?

It's right here. Now I need your help.

To move it.

I don't believe this.

I'm paying you to do a job.

Moving my wife's body
was not part of the deal.

Not a good idea.

I'm sick of listening
to your ideas, Jordan.

Look, Mr. Tremayne,
you came to me. Yes ?

Now, if you want to handle this
thing yourself, it's one thing.

If not, I suggest you
let me handle it my way.

All right ?

Don't look around.
Don't look around.

Lady steelworker. She's
back there, watching us.

Now really easy, let's
just go back inside.

- You're gonna shoot her ?
- She saw you with me.

You want to take the chance
she finds out who you are ?

Well ?

You can call your bank.

Now, your wife.

Good morning.

How'd you know I was here ?

Oh, you're a celebrity.

"Lady steelworker saved by safety line."

According to the police,

you went back up there because you
left your wallet on that structure.

Of course I know better.

I didn't fall off.

Not by accident, I mean.

All right, what exactly happened?

Well, first, the man I'd never
seen before came out on the balcony.

Then the killer came out, and
they both went back inside.

The next thing I know, someone
was taking a shot at me.

The bullet hit right next to me.

And you slipped and fell ?

I must have hit my head and blacked out.

The next thing I remember, I was
swinging back and forth on my safety line,

hoping that it wouldn't give out.

Have you any idea how long
you were swinging there?

It seemed like hours before
somebody came and got me.

It was probably more
like 20 minutes, though.

And no more my shots ?

No, I just remember that one.

Maybe he thought he
got me the first time.

Well...

He knows better now, doesn't he?

Miss Stevens, I can help you, but
you'll have to follow my suggestions.

And the first is that you stay in this bed.

A concussion can give a lot
of trouble unless you rest.

If you need me, if you've got any
problems, you can always telephone me.

Bye for now.

Mr. McCall, I'm sorry about
last night at the diner.

You're okay.
You're more than okay.

Okay.

Emergency wards stand.

A gentleman gave these
to me when you arrived.

Said to give them to
you as soon as he left.

To my latest client,

Sincere condolences for meeting the
criteria.

Yes ?

You see the morning paper ?

- I'm looking at.
- It explains why we couldn't find her.

I don't want explanations,
I want results.

And unless you get rid of this girl, you
can forget about the rest of your fee.

Oh, look, Mr. Tremayne, just
forget about her, all right?

She's dead and doesn't know it.

Now I want my money, and you can toss
in another 50 for the girl, all right?

Don't even try to play
hardball with me, Jordan.

You can't even get into the ballpark.

And you'll get the amount
we first agreed upon.

When...

So how do you know this
girl ain't fantasizing ?

I just know.

Yeah, but, how ?

You don't have any more to go on than the
police

and they wrote her off.

- Kostmayer, I know.
- Yeah, you usually do.

All tight.

Okay ?

All sure.

Mickey...

I don't think that both of us are
required for this particular job.

Do you want me to go alone?

No, no, no, no.

All right, I'll come with you.

What's the matter?

Acrophobia. Fear of heights.

I mean, it's stupid, but there it is.

Look, I don't think that I'm going to be
much help to you on this one.

Why did't you tell me?
You could have been hurt.

Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know.

But just... Just get on with it.

- There it is.
- Wait a minute.

We parachuted in the trees.

How'd you do that?

Fairly.

- Anyway, I shut my eyes.
- You're really something.

Where was she?

Over there in the corner.
Some roll up wire.

Go on, move ! Go on, go on !

See you in a minute.

Well, it wasn't a total loss when I talk
about an old terra firma.

But you never ask.

Come on, get down. Get down.

Exactly, what is it you
want from me, McCall?

All I'm asking is that you

take an interest in this case again.

Why ? What's changed ?

That young woman is no longer
simply the eyewitness to a murder.

She is possibly the next victim.

I presume you have proof.

Well, I would have thought

that the mark of the bullet would
have at least been suggestive.

- All I'm asking you to do...
- Oh come on !

We're talking about a
neck and a cinder block.

The guys are crawling
around all day long.

That ding could be from
some steel jockey's hammer.

Do you know what the DA would do to me
if I try to sell him that as evidence?

Give me a break !

You know, it's a bit like
some modern art, isn't it?

I mean, the picture is there,

if only you want to see it.

It's very good. It's very good.

May I help you?

What're you doing ?

Happy birthday from a secret admirer.

What are you taling about ?
This is isn't my birthday.

Stop that !
You can't do that here.

This is private property.

We have some very
important tenants here.

The best is yet to come.

I'm the only birthday present you're
going to get that unwraps itself.

Get out of here before I lose my job !

Your job ?

What about mine ? I'm
getting 100 bucks for this gig

and you're going to get the
whole shot right down to a natural.

Come on, it's just for fun.

Fun ?

Right down to the unnatural.

*** whith my money, won't you?

I didn't know how far she have
to go before you threw her out.

Key.

Well, I tried.

- Any luck?
- No.

McCall !

He did actually put her in there ?

Temporary resting place.

Mickey, do what research you
can on this one, will you?

What are you doing there?

Have you seen this?

Come on.

Nurse ?

What happened?

No, please !

Don't do it !

You're all right. It's finished.

I finished it off.

You're all right.

All right. I'll admit, when the girl said she
saw murder, I had my doubts.

I guess this proves I was wrong.

Well, thank you, Lieutenant Kramer.

Thank you. That's it, is it?

Listen, your friend ID'd this guy Jordan, as
being the man she saw strangling the woman.

And believe me, where the
coroner is taking Jordan

he will never trouble this lady again.

- Therefore and the threat.
- But what about the strangled woman?

Where's her body?

Maybe it'll turn up, maybe it won't.

Listen, I haven't got the manpower
to comb this city looking for a body,

but as far as I know, could be
in the middle of any river by now.

Not to mention the fact that the man
who was responsible for putting her there

is dead and gone and incapable
of standing a jury trial.

Now, I realize as far as you're concerned,
you may call this a cavalier attitude,

but do you know that most
taxpayers would agree with me?

What about the man, the
other man on the balcony?

Well, you don't let up, do you?

- Nope.
- All right.

I'll nose around, see what I can find out.

Unfortunately, this isn't the
only homicide I'm working on,

but at least all of those have bodies.

He's a barrel of laughs, isn't he?

What did you find out?

That these little things are expensive.

Have you shopping on Madison
Avenue or down in Soho recently?

No, Mickey, but I presume you have.

Come on, tell me, will you?
I'm tired.

I never knew anybody could make such
a big fuss over such a little button.

Did you know that each shop
has its own particular design?

That's very interesting.
What about this one?

Quite an elegant little
place called Martino's.

Thank you.

The doctor prescribed plenty of rest and sleep
and I can get that back home in Bridgeville.

Aren't you interested in
following through what you started?

- I thought it was already finished.
- No, no, it's not over.

It is not over. Have you
forgotten the man on the balcony?

The man who hired the
killer in the first place.

All the more reason
for getting out of town.

Normally, I would agree with you.

I would be the first to send
you out of town to safety.

But not in this case.

In this case, I need your
presence here in this city

because you are the only person who
can identify that man when we find him.

Anyway, what happened to the girl who
was so intent on joining in a crusade,

a womanly crusade against injustice?

Well, she's not here anymore.

Now, come on. Come on.

All right.
I'm scared.

Okay ?

What do you want from me?

Of course you're frightened.

After what happened last night,
you'll be a fool not to be frightened.

It isn't just last night.

It's more than that.

Ever since I was little,

I was afraid of heights.

Ferris wheel,

mountain road.

Everyone knew it.

And so they would
get on me about it.

And they say criticism builds character.

Maybe so, I don't know.

All I know I was bound and
determined to get over that fear.

Amazing.

So, you...

You go climbing to the
top of oskyscrapers.

Isn't that going a little
too far to to prove a point ?

I guess I come from a
line of strong people.

Overachievers.

Hanging from that safety line, yesterday,

I was living through one
of my worst nightmares.

And how I've lost my nerve.

I don't think I can
go back up there.

It's one thing to get
back up on a horse

without having someone there who
you know is determined to get up.

When we find a man on that balcony

it won't be around to
knock you off anymore, will he ?

Now come on !

We got work to do.

You know, it wasn't easy find it.

So I'm here.
What are we talking about ?

This is a hard one.

Has to be done within
the next twenty four hours.

That's two hundred
thousand half and half.

- First half is in my briefcase.
- Who's the mark ?

A girl about twenty five.

There's a file on her in the
briefcase with the cash.

Why do you want her head ?

What's it matter to you ?

See ya', friend.

They take it easy.

She's a witness.

To a hit it went bad.

Why isn't the original contract
to cleaning up this mess ?

He can't.

He bought it last night.

Jordan ?

You just lost me, friend.

What is this ? I was told
hard jobs didn't bother you.

Look, I've heard about Jordan.

He's a tough guy.

He ran into something heavy last time.

I don't know what it was
and I don't want to find out.

So what am I supposed to do ?

I heard you have ten
million on the table.

Turns out it's a murder one rabbit.

I'd take care of my own dirty
laundry if I were you, friend.

This is it ! Martino's.

I am quite certain
this was a blue blazer.

Positive. Some blue blazer
with light grey ***.

I saw it clearly.

Hello ! I'm Dorian.

What may I show you ?

How do you do ?

I understand this button is
exclusive to you, is that so ?

Undeniably.

But I'm sure a gentleman
of your obvious taste

was already familiar with the
world famous Martino coat-of-arms.

Undeniably.

Like to see what
blazers you have.

Certainly.

This way.

I would say the
lady was a size eight.

Six.

Well it certainly at
all the right places.

I know your face, from Vogue.
You're a model.

Steelworker.

And, with the cold weather coming on,

naturally, she doesn't need a blazer
to work up there on the high iron.

A Martino blazer as a work outfit ?

You are aware it's a twelve
hundred dollar price tag.

Of course.

I wouldn't want anything too expensive
climbing around up on the steel girders.

Yes.

I was wondering do you
have anything with grey *** ?

Oh I am really sorry.

We sold all for gray sets
about two weeks ago.

You had only for grace sets ?

It's out policy.

That way our customers
don't see themselves

coming and going every time
they walked down Fifth Avenue.

Yes, quite, quite.

I'll take one of the *** size.

- Certainly.
- Excuse me, just a moment.

If I can have with you.

I'd be most grateful If you could
give me the names and addresses

of all the ladies who
bought the gray sets.

Martino's does not give out
the names of its customers.

I'll even supply. A pen.

Please feel free to keep it.

I'd like to take it in the back
and write those names down.

Make sure you have
enough things together

and get in my place a few days.

That's easy. I'm already packed.

Those four names, the names at Marino's.

Do you think one of them is
really the woman was killed ?

I guess so.

The thing is we gotta
find out which one.

That shouldn't be too difficult now.

Talk of the Devil.

He already been working on it.

What did you having do ?

Checking mostly, police missing persons list.

Unidentified woman. Morgue.

And the records of
that apartment building.

And, what we do now is to cross check
his lists with these phone names.

***

Certain maps.

Oh, Sally Stevens,

Mickey Kostmayer.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Somebody is broken
my little piece of tape.

That means somebody has been inside.

I was going to mention
if you didn't notice.

Here. *** these. I'll be back in a minute.

Come on, let's move away.

Over here.

What is he doing ?

He likes handling these sort of things.

Even if you do find a connection
it won't be enough for the police...

Possibly not, but it
will be enought for me.

What was that ?

Sorry, I had to put *** your skyline.

What is that ?

A welcome home present.

That is a bomb.

Crude, but effective.

Obviously we're not dealing
with a professional anymore.

I would say that the main
players has now entered the game.

And what is *** he's not
gonna stop 'till he's got you.

So are you sure this guy
Tremayne is one we are after?

You found his name on
the list, didn't you ?

Yeah, but I had to go through ten
years of back files in order to find him.

Mickey, all I know is this.

When I telephoned him, and
mentioned that apartment,

and our lady steelworker
he was only to anxious

to set up a meeting at his
office tomorrow morning.

The building will be close. We
will not be disturbed. And of quote.

Convenient.

So Tremayne hired a
hitman to get rid of his wife.

The girl saw him on the balcony

his plan turned south.

Questions remain.

What did they do with it ?

And how do we find it ?

Well, I think perhaps

it's time to induce Mr. Tremayne
to come up with a few answers.

Mr. Tremayne...

You have the advantage on me.

I'm a friend of the young woman who
witnessed the murder you commissioned.

I told you on the phone that I have
no idea what you're talking about.

The only reason that I agree to see

was because I don't need people
spreading vicious lies about me.

They're hardly lies, Mr. Tremayne.

Cold work digging up corpses.

My friend and I... That's
the man who helped me.

We reckon that we can buy
an awful lot of sunshine

with the half million dollars
that this button must be worth.

What do you think, Mr. Tremayne ?

Where did you get that ?

It wasn't quite as
tough as you thought,

your hired killer.

We had quite an interesting
conversation at the hospital,

just before he died.

Looks like we both wasted
our time this morning,

because I have no idea
what you're talking about.

But perhaps this will
refresh your memory.

I will call you once more

before I place an anonymous
telephone call to the police.

It's been hours.

Maybe there's another
way out of the garage.

Nah, he's pumping himself up.

He doesn't want to check the gray

but he knows it's the
only way *** McCall's hand.

Here we go.

It doesn't look like
we're in for any surprises.

He's heading your way.

I'll keep following him.

But don't call me again,
I'll be out of the car.

- *** welcome him.
- Give 'im my regards.

That's right.
She's still there.

That wasn't your
wife's blazer.

So Jordan did tell you.

No. Logic told me that
the quickest way

of getting her body
out of that apartment

was to drop off from the balcony.

And then when I discovered that that
cement poor took place on Friday,

I knew exactly where
your've put her.

Ok, you'll get your half million.

Termayne, you are a fool.

That was a trick.

First of all, you killed your wife

and then you tried to
kill a friend of mine.

And now you're going to spend
the rest of your life in prison

wishing you had...

I don't think so.

Think again !

Have you heard enough, leutenent ?

Put the gun down on the ground.

Carefully !

Put your hands behind your head.

Think you can accept an
apology from a stubborn cop ?

Anytime.

- I though we are going to much.
- We are.

We have some unfinished
business to attend to.

You don't have to do this on my account.

Well, let's say that I'm
doing on both out accounts.

I don't know if I like this.

Maybe we can talk about this over lunch.

I know great restaurant in the ***

with primavera sauces out of this world.

No, no, no, we can talk
about as much as we want,

but the horse will still be there
tomorrow and this time it will be bigger.

But if I get uncomfortable
we can still go back down ?

Don't worry, I'll be ahead of you.

If we got back down now will only
have to come up tomorrow, won't we ?

Anyone ever tell you
you're a very persisting man ?

Well, I knew this lady
once in Monte Carlo...

Okay, okay !

Shall we go ?

- Care to join me ?
- Thank you.

Table for two.

Miss Stevens...

I can't say much for the decor.

- Yeah, but check out the view.
- Do we have to ?

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