The Equalizer (1985–1989): Season 2, Episode 17 - Solo - full transcript
She killed my partner.
I was set up.
- And you're saying that Max rigged all this.
- Yes.
You're coming with me !
No, she's not !
Look out, he's got a gun !
- I'm tired of running. I'll fight.
- We'll fight.
You move your hands, the pen will pull
and blow you sky high.
1000, 2000...
Robert, I'm sorry I couldn't make it,
but, well, things aren't really
going well between us, are they?
No.
I shouldn't just be
leaving this on your machine,
but I'm going away for a while.
I'm sorry.
Hello, Stan !
Change of plans.
Whose idea was that,
yours or the ladie's ?
The ladie's.
Drink up.
Cheers !
Who's that lady ?
I don't know.
She's been hanging around asking questions
about somebody and pretend
that she's having a good time.
Couple of guys bought her some drinks,
but she hasn't touched them.
She struggled.
Stan !
Yeah ?
- You're having problems with crime ?
- Not a year ago
a couple of guys came in,
stood everybody up,
made a couple of bucks.
Why?
I don't quite believe this,
but it could be happening again.
Call the police.
- The police ?
- Just call the police.
Freeze ! This is an hold up !
Everybody hit the clouds !
Don't do it !
Don't...
Please ! Stop !
Yeah, well, it was an emergency.
That's right, Gleason's.
Is that man a cop?
Not exactly.
You know, I don't have to tell you,
I was scared there.
So, thanks, Mr. McCall.
One day's work done.
You take care.
- Thank you.
- See you.
I... Look...
The bartender told me about you.
Could you...
Could you help me ?
Depends on what kind of help
you think you need.
How do you keep her cool ?
My nerves are shot after that.
There's one thing not to show it's nothing
altogether not to feel it.
I think I'd settle for that.
Do you think we could have
a bite to eat somewhere ?
And a drink.
I think it might make it easier
for me to talk about.
I know a little club
uptown that's still serving.
Alright, why not ?
I hadn't dinner anyaway.
Why don't you show me that club ?
You used to be a policeman ?
No.
So who are you looking fo r?
How do you know ?
Oh, come on, come on.
You're looking for somebody
all evening, even in here.
I guess I have.
It's becoming a habit.
- I'm looking for my brother, Timothy Harms.
- And you are?
Susan Harms, from Albany.
He disappeared here on a business trip
a couple of weeks ago.
What did the police say ?
I have the police
report back at my hotel.
There wasn't a ransom demand
and no John Doe that match,
so the police don't really have
very much to say.
So I'm on my own.
Unless you'll help me find him.
Finding missing persons
is not my line.
I'll pay you, what I can.
Do you have any family?
You probably do, don't you?
A wife, kids ?
Nope.
One son, one ex-wife, and one...
... hell of a lot of missed opportunities.
Then you'll understand
what I'm going through.
He's the only family I have.
Please.
It's getting late, isn't it ?
You're not gonna find
him in here anyway.
Take you back to the hotel, hm ?
You are registered
here, are you ?
I just wanted to pay up.
Then why did they make you
sign the card again ?
Keep an eye on them.
Don't let them our of your sight.
OK, wait a second.
Cozy.
Why don't you come in for a second ?
You're lying to me, aren't you ?
This bag is the only luggage
you possess.
I paid for two.
No, thank you.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to sound that way.
I didn't even mean
to say it at all.
It's just that I've been checking
in and out of hotels.
I'm scared. I'm alone in the
city and you seem so decent.
I don't take payment
in kind.
I wasn't trying to pay you.
Lock the door, get
a good night sleep.
And call me in the morning.
Yes.
Thank you.
Oh my God !
You're coming with me now !
No, she's not !
Thanks for the excuse.
Body armor ?
- What the hell are you ?
- Police ! Scumbag !
Get in!
What the hell have you got me into ?
And then the policeman.
Come on, move, move, move !
Did you hurt him ?
Hurt him ?
*** really killed him.
But then of course, he was wearing
body armor and a badge.
So who is he ?
He's a police detective
from my hometown.
Which I presume is not Albany.
No, not Albany.
Burnstown, Pennsylvania.
- What's your name ?
- Sarah McGee.
He has a warrant for my arrest,
for murdering his partner.
Where am I going ?
Next right !
Hello ?
Yeah, this is Cole.
- Did you find her ?
- Yes, the tip was solid.
- Only we got a little problem.
- What's that ?
I want you to query in New York
motor vehicles on a Jaguar
and need the home address
and phone number, registered name.
As soon as possible.
You got a number?
Yeah, I got the plate number.
Go on.
I'm an inventory control specialist.
Computerized tracking of production
and shipping.
About six months ago I got a job
at a factory in Burnstown. Armstech.
Armstech ? Nations company ?
Yes, but nothing complicated or secret.
Rifle, ammo, hand grenades.
After I moved there,
I met a man, Max.
At least that's what he called himself.
He was very nice
and I was very vulnerable.
I was in a new town.
I had no family or friends.
Well, after three wonderful months
he came to the factory one night
after I was working overtime
to pick me up for dinner.
I phoned in the past room
at the gate.
But he never came to my office,
so I went looking for him.
He was at the warehouse.
The night watchman was dead.
And the police cars
were already responding.
And you were arrested ? Why?
They traced the gun that killed the watchman
and close partner to me.
A truckload of grenades
was missing.
Look, they... I was set up.
The lawyer said I didn't have a chance,
not even for a plea bargain.
So I jumped bail
and I ran.
I changed my appearance
and I came looking for Max.
And you're saying that
Max ripped all this time.
We spent a lot of time together,
but I never suspected him
and I was very lonely.
Oh, I see.
So there you are.
Young, very attractive,
strangely lonely and
equipped with a gun.
It was my husband's.
I didn't even know how to use it.
Was it really ?
And what was your husband's
reaction to all this ?
He was a marine.
He died in Lebanon.
And I was lonely.
Go on.
We married out of high school.
I didn't date for two years
after he died.
Max was the only man I've ever slept
with, aside from my husband.
So that's who you're
looking for last night, Max ?
Yes.
Obviously he lied to me,
but I know he used to spend
a lot of time
hanging out in a few clubs
here in New York.
So I've spent the last few nights
looking all over in all of them for him.
I've got to find him.
- To prove your innocence ?
- Yes.
Do you believe me ?
I don't know.
Then you took my car.
You didn't have to come back,
you could have run.
I suppose that's something.
So ?
So I'll check out your story.
Have a drink.
You want me to do what ?
Find out about her background.
Check, her story.
With particular concentration
on arms tech.
Oh, and Jonah...
Don't let her leave here.
How am I supposed to stop her ?
They gave your basic training,
didn't there at the agency
before they assigned you
to computer intelligence.
I'll be back.
Where are you going?
To the police.
Don't worry.
I'm not going to turn you in.
After we've checked your story.
Mr. McCall ? I'm Sergeant Worley.
You were looking for
Lieutenant Kramer, right?
Yes. Is he here ?
He's out.
But there's someone
I think you should meet.
Mr McCall, would you step inside please ?
Sergeant, this Mr Robert McCall.
Mr McCall, this is Detective
Sergeant Gunther Cole, Burnstown PD.
Do you know where Burnstown is ?
Should I ?
Do you know where Sarah McGee is ?
Why do you ask the question ?
Because I would like all the suspected witnesses
of last night's cute little redecoration
of the Empire Hotel in one room.
Should I know what you're
talking about ?
That's funny.
Sergeant Cole said exactly the same thing.
Sergeant, do you have evidence
against me linking me to some crime ?
Are you harboring a fugitive
from a murder warrant ?
Ohh.
There is a warrant out
against this woman, whoever she is ?
There is now.
Sergeant Cole applied from forcement
of a Pennsylvania warrant this morning.
Look, McCall, we know
you're helping her.
Witnesses saw you.
Did they committing a crime ?
Does he admit to being in this hotel
when these shots were fired ?
I saw the two of you together
when I was on stakeout
outside the hotel.
Even if that were true,
it would hardly be a crime, would it ?
Look, Sergeant, given my recent history
and my reputation with this department,
do you think you've really got enough
to keep me here questioning me any further ?
No.
Then I'll leave.
Thank you, Sergeant,
for all the information.
Who are you, McCall ?
I ran your plates.
They led me to some hole
in the wall, renting a dress shop.
I do assure you that
if you had left a polite message,
I would reply immediately.
You're not a cop.
So what is it, Mafia ?
And how you got a line in
on New York's finest ?
Well, they are very good policeman,
which is more than can be said of you.
Never once did you tell that girl
that you would were a police officer.
Neither did you show your badge.
But what you did do was to thank me
for giving you the opportunity of shooting.
She killed my partner.
That's what you believe ?
You think that gives you the right
to summarily execute her
or anybody else that happens to be passing by ?
I know she's pretty.
You probably like what you're
getting out of this,
but she's not going to charm
her way out of it,
not if I can help it.
If she surrenders, fine.
She can do her act for some judge and
jury, they might just feel so sorry for her.
They'll cut her loose.
Forget my partner and his family,
but she gives me the slightest
technical excuse.
I'm going to save the taxpayers
a whole lot of money.
What about Max ?
He's next, but she was the shooter.
I'll be seeing you, pal.
Hey, you are quick, but I'm quicker,
so be smart, stay out of my way.
Jonah, it's me.
What you find out ?
She was wrong.
She was lying ?
No, no, no, no.
Wrong.
So were the police.
Yeah. I mean, there were thefts,
alright, but none that Saturday night.
Someone had been stealing things
for a year, a little at a time.
How do you know that?
The plants, very computerized.
Everything's tracked
with barcode readers.
The quantities that were stolen,
that were reportedly stolen
that Saturday night had actually
been taken a case at a time for over 12 months.
Well, I mean, if you found that out,
why didn't the police ?
Somebody faked the records,
erased the old ones?
Jonah, if they have erased the old ones,
how could you have found out ?
Well, because they erased them,
they didn't overwrite them.
When you enter an erase
command into computer,
the records don't just disappear.
The space just gets released so that new data
can be recorded over the old.
I see.
So you were able to reconstruct the
old data, that's what you're saying ?
**** by tying into the Agency's craze
and by running some
very interesting algorithms.
Most of the thefts took place
before she even started working there.
Someone tried to frame her
with the computer data.
Could you prove that, to a jury ?
so that they could understand it ?
- But of course!
- No !
The algorithms I ran
were valid, but tricky.
Goodbye, McCall.
- Here.
- Thank you.
Just just a minute.
How about Sergeant Cole ?
Ohh well, he's a cowboy.
They don't come any rougher.
- So, good luck. McCall.
- Thank you, Jomah.
- I'm sorry, did I disturb you ?
- No.
Are you all right ?
Yes.
I have an apology to make to you.
May I ?
I was wrong.
I didn't believe you.
I didn't give you
the benefit of any doubt.
And I do know that you are innocent.
I'm sorry.
Do you think the jury
will believe it ?
No, no.
Oh no, unless we prove it.
Then you were right again.
To do that, we need to find Max.
And we will.
Oh, come on, come on !
Don't be afraid anymore.
I will clear you, I promise.
No, it isn't just that.
It's just...
You're the first person who's believed
me, who's wanted to help.
You're the first person...
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I...
I am taking advantage of you
when you're depending on me.
I'm sorry.
I want to.
That car could get you
out of the country.
That means you'll be in exile.
And you still never know...
- And the alternative ?
- As we discussed...
- Find Max.
- I can't find him. I've tried.
Sarah...
I think you have,
but rather, he's already found you.
How else would Sergeant
Cole have got on your tail ?
You mean Max tipped him ?
Why?
I don't know yet.
So let me tell you something
about my business.
After a certain number of years,
some of us acquire certain animal instinct,
and those of us that do acquire, it
survive.Those who don't usually die.
I can smell something.
I smell it.
It is quite certain
that nobody could recognize you from
that photograph the police have.
You've changed totally.
No, no.
In the same way that only you could
recognize Max here in New York...
It would take him to recognize me.
- He just saw me first.
- Yes, indeed.
I think that he's been
watching you for some days
and I think that the only way
we're possibly going to catch him
is to retrace your steps.
And therein lies the danger,
because he could see you again first.
I'm tired of running.
I'll fight.
He doesn't ring a bell.
Either he could've altered his
appearance, changed his hair colour.
Not yet, babe.
Well, then I can't
really help you, can I ?
You have many regulars in here ?
Yeah, sure, mostly.
- And what time are you open at night ?
- 11:00 PM, if we feel like it.
Thank you.
I'll be back.
Oh, you love life in the fast lane,
don't you ?
What's the problem ?
I left the message on your service.
You didn't get it?
No, not yet.
First of all, you've been
great for my business.
I just sold lunch
to a couple of hard cases
that wanted to know a lot about you.
One policeman called Cole ?
Yeah, and he had an NYPD escort.
Then I just sold a cup
of coffee the other night.
I wanted to thank you personally for
breaking up their robbery last night.
But the funny part of it is,
I don't even remember being here.
Where is he ?
It's in the John.
Did he look like the man
that I was looking for last night ?
No, he's short.
Oh, come on, let's go.
When he comes out, you tell
them we've just been here.
Where are we going ?
What are you doing ?
Don't you want to catch him?
No. Not quite.
Get in the car.
What's going on ?
We...
We're going to let him catch us.
*** excited and frustrated.
There we go !
Hey, get the hell outta here !
It's an emergency ! Come on ! Get
out of here ! Get out of here !
In the trunk of this car
there is a tracer.
This is the beeper for my
answering machine.
I want you to call
my number every 5 minutes.
If after one hour
you haven't heard from me,
contact Lieutenant Kramer's office
and make sure that he gets this.
This is a tracer receiver.
This meter will give approximately
my direction and my location.
That's our cabbie.
Take it and go.
No, I want to see you through this.
Please just go and hide
yourself. Now ! Go on !
Soon as I see that money.
This isn't a COD business.
What's with Sarah ?
Guess who grants it, huh ?
- Sarah.
- Did you followed her?
Of course I followed her.
What do you think...
What are you doing here ?
- I lost...
- You lost her.
Yeah.
Yeah. Well, I'll tell you,
it was real close.
You covered your own tail ?
He was scared.
You mean you don't even know
if he followed you ?
Now you must be Max.
Now, you and I are going to have
a nice little talk.
Police !
Look out !
Go ahead, McCall, give me an excuse.
Now, very, very slowly
with your left hand.
Of course.
Thank you.
Why don't you shoot, Mr. Cole ?
Why not ?
After all, you've already killed
your partner, haven't you know ?
Why was that ?
Was it because he was getting a
little suspicious of you and Max here ?
Very good, McCall.
You win the prize.
This is Robert.
Stop please !
Please help me !
Thank you !
Lady, what is it ?
I don't have time to explain.
I'll tell you on the way.
Make a left over there.
Get that taken care of before
you bleed to death.
Someone you can trust.
You think you've got
this figured out, don't you ?
Well...
Max works for you.
Oh yes, yes.
But you were pilfering from Armstech
from the very beginning.
Even before Sarah joined the company.
Yes, it was all quite clear.
That's for you, Max. Well...
You had to get to know her really well
when she joined the company, didn't you ?
Is after all...
You realize that she will be the first to
recognize any discrepancy in any inventory
Then of course you
would really desperate,
I presume, to get hold
of the passwords to her computer.
That means you could steal
as much as you like.
You could really cook the books
there, couldn't you ?
Yes, I have figured it out,
and if I can, so would others.
Especially my friends.
What friends ?
- Where's Sarah now ?
- Oh, I don't know.
She can essentially
sunning herself in Bermuda.
Pull over a minute, OK ?
No luck.
- Tell me, why did you go crooked ?
- I didn't go crooked, the country did.
But the times are changing, McCall.
There's going to be a bullet
for every wise guy's head.
A grenade in every weak judges mailbox.
Oh, that justified you killing your
partner and framing Sarah, did it ?
Every war has its casualties.
Oh, you've been reading dime novels.
Don't tell me, because I
really am so interested.=
how did you go over the edge ?
Hit him again.
Where's Sarah ?
Go to Hell !
I'm not going to be able
to move around the country
organizing if she's loose out there.
All right, let's start again, McCall.
Where is she ?
When did you last see her ?
Where are you hiding her ?
Where is she, McCall ?
Come on, where is she ?
Where is she, McCall ?
Good luck !
Hey, wait, wait !
Where are you going ?
Sorry, I gotta go.
Where's Sarah ?
Where is Sarah ?
Not a chance...
I know he's in trouble.
OK. Look, calm down. Probably
be there in about 20 minutes.
That may not be soon enough.
You stay put.
Yes, I'll stay right here.
What are you doing ?
Rigging a crime scene so it looks
like a simultaneous shooting.
Kill him, he's never going to talk.
- No, I got to find Sarah !
- Then I'll kill him !
I'm here, Max.
If you move your hands, the pen
will pull and blow you sky high.
Halt !
She's going back in.
You take the bottom,
keep talking to her.
Just keep talking to her.
Sarah ?
Honey ?
How you doing ?
You don't have to be scared.
You've won.
Come out, we'll hold you just long
enough for us to get clear the U.S.
I'm not gonna let anybody hurt you.
We had some good times together.
You could come with me.
I never wanted you to get blamed
for what I did.
- I would have gotten you off.
- Lier !
You're going to have to choose
between me and McCall.
That's not how it's going to be.
I've got him *** tight and
you want him alive, come here !
Sarah ?
1000... 2000... 3000...
Hear that, babe ?
Your friend's got the pieces.
She's wedged.
Left and right now.
Sarah, get down !
I'm not dead yet, Cole !
I'll get McCall.
Here, Max !
Wrong, Max, I'm here !
Wrong, I'm here !
Wrong, Max, I'm here !
This one's still alive.
Get some blankets.
Let me help you.
I could stay, you know,
for a while, see what happens.
Sarah, we have discussed all that.
You remember exactly how you felt
when your husband went away
and didn't return ?
You deserve a...
...a life of your own.
You're still young...
Children...
When are you going to stop
doing the work that you do ?
Oh, I don't know.
The books are balanced, I suppose.
You're too hard on yourself.
You are way too hard.
- Anyway, keep you in touch.
- You mean that ?
Oh yes.
And you're going to be getting
a lot of postcards, Robert.
Although somehow I think
that you could find me
no matter where I go.
Yeah, well, it's not as easy
as all that, you know ?
No, I think you'd better write.
Oh, I don't know.
I think we've got
few more minutes.
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I was set up.
- And you're saying that Max rigged all this.
- Yes.
You're coming with me !
No, she's not !
Look out, he's got a gun !
- I'm tired of running. I'll fight.
- We'll fight.
You move your hands, the pen will pull
and blow you sky high.
1000, 2000...
Robert, I'm sorry I couldn't make it,
but, well, things aren't really
going well between us, are they?
No.
I shouldn't just be
leaving this on your machine,
but I'm going away for a while.
I'm sorry.
Hello, Stan !
Change of plans.
Whose idea was that,
yours or the ladie's ?
The ladie's.
Drink up.
Cheers !
Who's that lady ?
I don't know.
She's been hanging around asking questions
about somebody and pretend
that she's having a good time.
Couple of guys bought her some drinks,
but she hasn't touched them.
She struggled.
Stan !
Yeah ?
- You're having problems with crime ?
- Not a year ago
a couple of guys came in,
stood everybody up,
made a couple of bucks.
Why?
I don't quite believe this,
but it could be happening again.
Call the police.
- The police ?
- Just call the police.
Freeze ! This is an hold up !
Everybody hit the clouds !
Don't do it !
Don't...
Please ! Stop !
Yeah, well, it was an emergency.
That's right, Gleason's.
Is that man a cop?
Not exactly.
You know, I don't have to tell you,
I was scared there.
So, thanks, Mr. McCall.
One day's work done.
You take care.
- Thank you.
- See you.
I... Look...
The bartender told me about you.
Could you...
Could you help me ?
Depends on what kind of help
you think you need.
How do you keep her cool ?
My nerves are shot after that.
There's one thing not to show it's nothing
altogether not to feel it.
I think I'd settle for that.
Do you think we could have
a bite to eat somewhere ?
And a drink.
I think it might make it easier
for me to talk about.
I know a little club
uptown that's still serving.
Alright, why not ?
I hadn't dinner anyaway.
Why don't you show me that club ?
You used to be a policeman ?
No.
So who are you looking fo r?
How do you know ?
Oh, come on, come on.
You're looking for somebody
all evening, even in here.
I guess I have.
It's becoming a habit.
- I'm looking for my brother, Timothy Harms.
- And you are?
Susan Harms, from Albany.
He disappeared here on a business trip
a couple of weeks ago.
What did the police say ?
I have the police
report back at my hotel.
There wasn't a ransom demand
and no John Doe that match,
so the police don't really have
very much to say.
So I'm on my own.
Unless you'll help me find him.
Finding missing persons
is not my line.
I'll pay you, what I can.
Do you have any family?
You probably do, don't you?
A wife, kids ?
Nope.
One son, one ex-wife, and one...
... hell of a lot of missed opportunities.
Then you'll understand
what I'm going through.
He's the only family I have.
Please.
It's getting late, isn't it ?
You're not gonna find
him in here anyway.
Take you back to the hotel, hm ?
You are registered
here, are you ?
I just wanted to pay up.
Then why did they make you
sign the card again ?
Keep an eye on them.
Don't let them our of your sight.
OK, wait a second.
Cozy.
Why don't you come in for a second ?
You're lying to me, aren't you ?
This bag is the only luggage
you possess.
I paid for two.
No, thank you.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to sound that way.
I didn't even mean
to say it at all.
It's just that I've been checking
in and out of hotels.
I'm scared. I'm alone in the
city and you seem so decent.
I don't take payment
in kind.
I wasn't trying to pay you.
Lock the door, get
a good night sleep.
And call me in the morning.
Yes.
Thank you.
Oh my God !
You're coming with me now !
No, she's not !
Thanks for the excuse.
Body armor ?
- What the hell are you ?
- Police ! Scumbag !
Get in!
What the hell have you got me into ?
And then the policeman.
Come on, move, move, move !
Did you hurt him ?
Hurt him ?
*** really killed him.
But then of course, he was wearing
body armor and a badge.
So who is he ?
He's a police detective
from my hometown.
Which I presume is not Albany.
No, not Albany.
Burnstown, Pennsylvania.
- What's your name ?
- Sarah McGee.
He has a warrant for my arrest,
for murdering his partner.
Where am I going ?
Next right !
Hello ?
Yeah, this is Cole.
- Did you find her ?
- Yes, the tip was solid.
- Only we got a little problem.
- What's that ?
I want you to query in New York
motor vehicles on a Jaguar
and need the home address
and phone number, registered name.
As soon as possible.
You got a number?
Yeah, I got the plate number.
Go on.
I'm an inventory control specialist.
Computerized tracking of production
and shipping.
About six months ago I got a job
at a factory in Burnstown. Armstech.
Armstech ? Nations company ?
Yes, but nothing complicated or secret.
Rifle, ammo, hand grenades.
After I moved there,
I met a man, Max.
At least that's what he called himself.
He was very nice
and I was very vulnerable.
I was in a new town.
I had no family or friends.
Well, after three wonderful months
he came to the factory one night
after I was working overtime
to pick me up for dinner.
I phoned in the past room
at the gate.
But he never came to my office,
so I went looking for him.
He was at the warehouse.
The night watchman was dead.
And the police cars
were already responding.
And you were arrested ? Why?
They traced the gun that killed the watchman
and close partner to me.
A truckload of grenades
was missing.
Look, they... I was set up.
The lawyer said I didn't have a chance,
not even for a plea bargain.
So I jumped bail
and I ran.
I changed my appearance
and I came looking for Max.
And you're saying that
Max ripped all this time.
We spent a lot of time together,
but I never suspected him
and I was very lonely.
Oh, I see.
So there you are.
Young, very attractive,
strangely lonely and
equipped with a gun.
It was my husband's.
I didn't even know how to use it.
Was it really ?
And what was your husband's
reaction to all this ?
He was a marine.
He died in Lebanon.
And I was lonely.
Go on.
We married out of high school.
I didn't date for two years
after he died.
Max was the only man I've ever slept
with, aside from my husband.
So that's who you're
looking for last night, Max ?
Yes.
Obviously he lied to me,
but I know he used to spend
a lot of time
hanging out in a few clubs
here in New York.
So I've spent the last few nights
looking all over in all of them for him.
I've got to find him.
- To prove your innocence ?
- Yes.
Do you believe me ?
I don't know.
Then you took my car.
You didn't have to come back,
you could have run.
I suppose that's something.
So ?
So I'll check out your story.
Have a drink.
You want me to do what ?
Find out about her background.
Check, her story.
With particular concentration
on arms tech.
Oh, and Jonah...
Don't let her leave here.
How am I supposed to stop her ?
They gave your basic training,
didn't there at the agency
before they assigned you
to computer intelligence.
I'll be back.
Where are you going?
To the police.
Don't worry.
I'm not going to turn you in.
After we've checked your story.
Mr. McCall ? I'm Sergeant Worley.
You were looking for
Lieutenant Kramer, right?
Yes. Is he here ?
He's out.
But there's someone
I think you should meet.
Mr McCall, would you step inside please ?
Sergeant, this Mr Robert McCall.
Mr McCall, this is Detective
Sergeant Gunther Cole, Burnstown PD.
Do you know where Burnstown is ?
Should I ?
Do you know where Sarah McGee is ?
Why do you ask the question ?
Because I would like all the suspected witnesses
of last night's cute little redecoration
of the Empire Hotel in one room.
Should I know what you're
talking about ?
That's funny.
Sergeant Cole said exactly the same thing.
Sergeant, do you have evidence
against me linking me to some crime ?
Are you harboring a fugitive
from a murder warrant ?
Ohh.
There is a warrant out
against this woman, whoever she is ?
There is now.
Sergeant Cole applied from forcement
of a Pennsylvania warrant this morning.
Look, McCall, we know
you're helping her.
Witnesses saw you.
Did they committing a crime ?
Does he admit to being in this hotel
when these shots were fired ?
I saw the two of you together
when I was on stakeout
outside the hotel.
Even if that were true,
it would hardly be a crime, would it ?
Look, Sergeant, given my recent history
and my reputation with this department,
do you think you've really got enough
to keep me here questioning me any further ?
No.
Then I'll leave.
Thank you, Sergeant,
for all the information.
Who are you, McCall ?
I ran your plates.
They led me to some hole
in the wall, renting a dress shop.
I do assure you that
if you had left a polite message,
I would reply immediately.
You're not a cop.
So what is it, Mafia ?
And how you got a line in
on New York's finest ?
Well, they are very good policeman,
which is more than can be said of you.
Never once did you tell that girl
that you would were a police officer.
Neither did you show your badge.
But what you did do was to thank me
for giving you the opportunity of shooting.
She killed my partner.
That's what you believe ?
You think that gives you the right
to summarily execute her
or anybody else that happens to be passing by ?
I know she's pretty.
You probably like what you're
getting out of this,
but she's not going to charm
her way out of it,
not if I can help it.
If she surrenders, fine.
She can do her act for some judge and
jury, they might just feel so sorry for her.
They'll cut her loose.
Forget my partner and his family,
but she gives me the slightest
technical excuse.
I'm going to save the taxpayers
a whole lot of money.
What about Max ?
He's next, but she was the shooter.
I'll be seeing you, pal.
Hey, you are quick, but I'm quicker,
so be smart, stay out of my way.
Jonah, it's me.
What you find out ?
She was wrong.
She was lying ?
No, no, no, no.
Wrong.
So were the police.
Yeah. I mean, there were thefts,
alright, but none that Saturday night.
Someone had been stealing things
for a year, a little at a time.
How do you know that?
The plants, very computerized.
Everything's tracked
with barcode readers.
The quantities that were stolen,
that were reportedly stolen
that Saturday night had actually
been taken a case at a time for over 12 months.
Well, I mean, if you found that out,
why didn't the police ?
Somebody faked the records,
erased the old ones?
Jonah, if they have erased the old ones,
how could you have found out ?
Well, because they erased them,
they didn't overwrite them.
When you enter an erase
command into computer,
the records don't just disappear.
The space just gets released so that new data
can be recorded over the old.
I see.
So you were able to reconstruct the
old data, that's what you're saying ?
**** by tying into the Agency's craze
and by running some
very interesting algorithms.
Most of the thefts took place
before she even started working there.
Someone tried to frame her
with the computer data.
Could you prove that, to a jury ?
so that they could understand it ?
- But of course!
- No !
The algorithms I ran
were valid, but tricky.
Goodbye, McCall.
- Here.
- Thank you.
Just just a minute.
How about Sergeant Cole ?
Ohh well, he's a cowboy.
They don't come any rougher.
- So, good luck. McCall.
- Thank you, Jomah.
- I'm sorry, did I disturb you ?
- No.
Are you all right ?
Yes.
I have an apology to make to you.
May I ?
I was wrong.
I didn't believe you.
I didn't give you
the benefit of any doubt.
And I do know that you are innocent.
I'm sorry.
Do you think the jury
will believe it ?
No, no.
Oh no, unless we prove it.
Then you were right again.
To do that, we need to find Max.
And we will.
Oh, come on, come on !
Don't be afraid anymore.
I will clear you, I promise.
No, it isn't just that.
It's just...
You're the first person who's believed
me, who's wanted to help.
You're the first person...
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I...
I am taking advantage of you
when you're depending on me.
I'm sorry.
I want to.
That car could get you
out of the country.
That means you'll be in exile.
And you still never know...
- And the alternative ?
- As we discussed...
- Find Max.
- I can't find him. I've tried.
Sarah...
I think you have,
but rather, he's already found you.
How else would Sergeant
Cole have got on your tail ?
You mean Max tipped him ?
Why?
I don't know yet.
So let me tell you something
about my business.
After a certain number of years,
some of us acquire certain animal instinct,
and those of us that do acquire, it
survive.Those who don't usually die.
I can smell something.
I smell it.
It is quite certain
that nobody could recognize you from
that photograph the police have.
You've changed totally.
No, no.
In the same way that only you could
recognize Max here in New York...
It would take him to recognize me.
- He just saw me first.
- Yes, indeed.
I think that he's been
watching you for some days
and I think that the only way
we're possibly going to catch him
is to retrace your steps.
And therein lies the danger,
because he could see you again first.
I'm tired of running.
I'll fight.
He doesn't ring a bell.
Either he could've altered his
appearance, changed his hair colour.
Not yet, babe.
Well, then I can't
really help you, can I ?
You have many regulars in here ?
Yeah, sure, mostly.
- And what time are you open at night ?
- 11:00 PM, if we feel like it.
Thank you.
I'll be back.
Oh, you love life in the fast lane,
don't you ?
What's the problem ?
I left the message on your service.
You didn't get it?
No, not yet.
First of all, you've been
great for my business.
I just sold lunch
to a couple of hard cases
that wanted to know a lot about you.
One policeman called Cole ?
Yeah, and he had an NYPD escort.
Then I just sold a cup
of coffee the other night.
I wanted to thank you personally for
breaking up their robbery last night.
But the funny part of it is,
I don't even remember being here.
Where is he ?
It's in the John.
Did he look like the man
that I was looking for last night ?
No, he's short.
Oh, come on, let's go.
When he comes out, you tell
them we've just been here.
Where are we going ?
What are you doing ?
Don't you want to catch him?
No. Not quite.
Get in the car.
What's going on ?
We...
We're going to let him catch us.
*** excited and frustrated.
There we go !
Hey, get the hell outta here !
It's an emergency ! Come on ! Get
out of here ! Get out of here !
In the trunk of this car
there is a tracer.
This is the beeper for my
answering machine.
I want you to call
my number every 5 minutes.
If after one hour
you haven't heard from me,
contact Lieutenant Kramer's office
and make sure that he gets this.
This is a tracer receiver.
This meter will give approximately
my direction and my location.
That's our cabbie.
Take it and go.
No, I want to see you through this.
Please just go and hide
yourself. Now ! Go on !
Soon as I see that money.
This isn't a COD business.
What's with Sarah ?
Guess who grants it, huh ?
- Sarah.
- Did you followed her?
Of course I followed her.
What do you think...
What are you doing here ?
- I lost...
- You lost her.
Yeah.
Yeah. Well, I'll tell you,
it was real close.
You covered your own tail ?
He was scared.
You mean you don't even know
if he followed you ?
Now you must be Max.
Now, you and I are going to have
a nice little talk.
Police !
Look out !
Go ahead, McCall, give me an excuse.
Now, very, very slowly
with your left hand.
Of course.
Thank you.
Why don't you shoot, Mr. Cole ?
Why not ?
After all, you've already killed
your partner, haven't you know ?
Why was that ?
Was it because he was getting a
little suspicious of you and Max here ?
Very good, McCall.
You win the prize.
This is Robert.
Stop please !
Please help me !
Thank you !
Lady, what is it ?
I don't have time to explain.
I'll tell you on the way.
Make a left over there.
Get that taken care of before
you bleed to death.
Someone you can trust.
You think you've got
this figured out, don't you ?
Well...
Max works for you.
Oh yes, yes.
But you were pilfering from Armstech
from the very beginning.
Even before Sarah joined the company.
Yes, it was all quite clear.
That's for you, Max. Well...
You had to get to know her really well
when she joined the company, didn't you ?
Is after all...
You realize that she will be the first to
recognize any discrepancy in any inventory
Then of course you
would really desperate,
I presume, to get hold
of the passwords to her computer.
That means you could steal
as much as you like.
You could really cook the books
there, couldn't you ?
Yes, I have figured it out,
and if I can, so would others.
Especially my friends.
What friends ?
- Where's Sarah now ?
- Oh, I don't know.
She can essentially
sunning herself in Bermuda.
Pull over a minute, OK ?
No luck.
- Tell me, why did you go crooked ?
- I didn't go crooked, the country did.
But the times are changing, McCall.
There's going to be a bullet
for every wise guy's head.
A grenade in every weak judges mailbox.
Oh, that justified you killing your
partner and framing Sarah, did it ?
Every war has its casualties.
Oh, you've been reading dime novels.
Don't tell me, because I
really am so interested.=
how did you go over the edge ?
Hit him again.
Where's Sarah ?
Go to Hell !
I'm not going to be able
to move around the country
organizing if she's loose out there.
All right, let's start again, McCall.
Where is she ?
When did you last see her ?
Where are you hiding her ?
Where is she, McCall ?
Come on, where is she ?
Where is she, McCall ?
Good luck !
Hey, wait, wait !
Where are you going ?
Sorry, I gotta go.
Where's Sarah ?
Where is Sarah ?
Not a chance...
I know he's in trouble.
OK. Look, calm down. Probably
be there in about 20 minutes.
That may not be soon enough.
You stay put.
Yes, I'll stay right here.
What are you doing ?
Rigging a crime scene so it looks
like a simultaneous shooting.
Kill him, he's never going to talk.
- No, I got to find Sarah !
- Then I'll kill him !
I'm here, Max.
If you move your hands, the pen
will pull and blow you sky high.
Halt !
She's going back in.
You take the bottom,
keep talking to her.
Just keep talking to her.
Sarah ?
Honey ?
How you doing ?
You don't have to be scared.
You've won.
Come out, we'll hold you just long
enough for us to get clear the U.S.
I'm not gonna let anybody hurt you.
We had some good times together.
You could come with me.
I never wanted you to get blamed
for what I did.
- I would have gotten you off.
- Lier !
You're going to have to choose
between me and McCall.
That's not how it's going to be.
I've got him *** tight and
you want him alive, come here !
Sarah ?
1000... 2000... 3000...
Hear that, babe ?
Your friend's got the pieces.
She's wedged.
Left and right now.
Sarah, get down !
I'm not dead yet, Cole !
I'll get McCall.
Here, Max !
Wrong, Max, I'm here !
Wrong, I'm here !
Wrong, Max, I'm here !
This one's still alive.
Get some blankets.
Let me help you.
I could stay, you know,
for a while, see what happens.
Sarah, we have discussed all that.
You remember exactly how you felt
when your husband went away
and didn't return ?
You deserve a...
...a life of your own.
You're still young...
Children...
When are you going to stop
doing the work that you do ?
Oh, I don't know.
The books are balanced, I suppose.
You're too hard on yourself.
You are way too hard.
- Anyway, keep you in touch.
- You mean that ?
Oh yes.
And you're going to be getting
a lot of postcards, Robert.
Although somehow I think
that you could find me
no matter where I go.
Yeah, well, it's not as easy
as all that, you know ?
No, I think you'd better write.
Oh, I don't know.
I think we've got
few more minutes.
Transcribed by Adr1an