The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977): Season 1, Episode 15 - Act of Duty - full transcript
In her zeal to capture a serial rapist, a rookie cop flouts Stone's orders, jeopardizing not only Stone and Keller's carefully choreographed stake out but her own life.
( funky jazz theme playing )
ANNOUNCER: The
Streets of San Francisco.
A Quinn Martin production.
Starring Karl Malden.
Also starring Michael Douglas.
With guest star Michael Burns.
Special guest star
Brenda Vaccaro.
Tonight's episode: Act of Duty
( suspenseful theme playing )
There's Lessing.
Yeah.
( inhales deeply )
( exhales )
Doesn't matter how
many times you've done it,
it still makes your skin crawl.
A loose screw sitting out
here somewhere in the dark,
or walking around in that
market, watching women,
and they don't even
know he's there.
Got to hand it to
gals like Evelyn.
To be bait for a rapist?
I wouldn't do it.
Don't have to worry, buddy boy.
Not with legs like yours.
( chuckling )
LESSING ( over radio ): Mike?
Yeah, Lee.
Closing time, down to one line.
But I think Evelyn
may have a live one.
Okay. Stay put.
( easy-listening music
playing over speakers )
MAN: I can take
that for you over here.
Let's see, that'll be 50 cents
for the berry rolls, lieutenant.
And 29 for the orange juice.
( register dings )
MAN: Let's see, $1.10
for the razor blades.
( register dings )
Thank you.
( engine starts )
Can you make out the plates?
Yeah.
Looks like another
silent admirer.
Or a guy with ears
as good as his eyes.
I guess it's another
wrong night.
Let's hope it's not
the wrong market.
Get Lessing.
Right.
Lee.
LESSING: Yeah, Steve.
What about the rest
of the cars in the lot?
All accounted for.
They all belong to employees.
That's all for tonight.
That's it, Lee. Good night.
Ten-four.
( gasps ) Relax, relax.
( exhales ) It's all over.
Thank you, Steve.
( sighs )
I thought that guy on the
register was checked out.
Everything but his IQ.
Well, the one following me
fit the general description
our witness gave us.
You think it was him?
Well, we're not gonna find
out tonight, that's for sure.
Well, maybe tomorrow.
No tomorrow for you.
Mike... STONE: You
did all right, Evelyn.
But if that was
our kinky friend,
he won't go for
the same bait twice.
She just wanted to cash in on
that hamburger sale tomorrow.
Well, why don't you go
out and buy her a steak?
I was hoping for a
home-cooked meal tonight.
She's got a lot of
goodies in here.
Uh, hey, I have a
roommate, remember?
That's something else
we got to talk about.
Well, we can talk
about it tomorrow.
Right now we've
got a report to fill out.
Right.
Good night, babe.
Good night.
( engine starts )
Hey, lock it.
Ah, you know, she
wouldn't want to hear this,
but I'm certainly glad
she's off that detail.
Yeah.
Uh, you know why?
I guess I'm
old-fashioned. I don't know.
I just don't think
this is woman's work.
( lock clattering )
( sighs )
( gasps )
Kinda had that elevator
hung up, didn't you?
Oh, yeah. I'm sorry.
No problem.
No problem.
Thank you.
( man grunts )
( chuckles )
I don't think I've ever seen
you around here before.
You new in the building?
Oh, no, no. I've been
here a couple of years.
I don't think I've
ever seen you either.
( exhales )
Sure you have.
Listen, thank you very much.
Oh, there's... ( exhales )
plenty of time for thanks.
( ominous theme playing )
The market.
( exclaims )
( man grunting )
Oh!
Oh!
( exhaling )
Well... ( pants )
you're really
something for a law lady.
( panting )
And cute too.
Real cute.
You and your friends were
figuring on trapping me tonight,
weren't ya?
Well,
that's the way it is
with traps sometimes.
They just snap those
old teeth right back
at the person trying to set 'em.
( panting )
You scared?
And I bet you fight real
good too, don't you?
( grunts )
( man grunts )
Yeah, I bet they taught you
how to fight like
a real wildcat.
( man grunts )
( thud )
And so dear Lord,
we ask that you give
our sister, Evelyn,
who served the armed
forces of this country
and the police
department of this city,
and who gave her
life in an act of duty,
a peaceful rest in this grave,
until the day when you,
the resurrection and the life,
shall raise her up in glory.
Then she may see the
light of your presence,
dear Lord Jesus,
in the kingdom where you live,
forever and ever.
Amen.
( playing taps )
STONE: Come in, Evelyn.
You did it, Mike.
You gave me duty.
Well, it was your
record and your request.
Yeah, but it was your decision.
( sighs )
I don't know.
Working a stakeout, I
finally feel like I belong.
Thanks, Mike.
( bugler playing taps )
KELLER: Nervous?
EVELYN: Yeah.
You know, you don't
have to do this stakeout.
No, but you don't
have to take a case
when it looks like it's
gonna get rough either.
We're not social workers.
We are police officers, right?
Guess I was thinking
a little different.
Why? Because you're
a man and I'm a woman?
Because you're a
woman that I care about.
( bugler playing taps )
You okay?
She was my only friend.
In all my life, my
only f... Real friend.
( ominous theme playing )
( bell tolling )
KELLER: Excuse me.
( somber theme playing )
"There are no
kicks in a graveyard.
"You hang around here
and keep dropping pills,
and you're on
your way," she said.
Evelyn?
Yeah. Those were the first
words she ever spoke to me.
She was still a rookie.
Working juvenile.
She told me that.
You know, I thought
I was getting busted.
But she just kept talking
to me like she was a friend.
Like somebody who understood,
you know? Somebody who cared.
She didn't book ya.
Instead, she took you home.
She did it more than once.
We shut our eyes to it because
we knew she was getting through.
Yeah.
Well, she got through all right.
Evelyn changed my life.
I owe her for that.
Just hurts knowing I
can't pay her back now.
I'm gonna miss her.
God, I'm gonna miss her a lot.
( engine starts )
( tense theme playing )
( lock clatters )
Thanks, Mike.
( sighs )
Excuse the mess.
I just haven't felt
like unpacking.
Well, I'd like to see you
completely out
of Pacific Heights.
You know, this is the same
area of the three victims.
Yeah, I know it.
I'm just hopin' I luck out.
I hope he picks
up on me one night.
Sherry. No overtime.
Only what I'm paid to do.
Only what you're told to do.
Mike, I'm on this case.
Don't tell me any different.
Sherry, maybe, uh...
Maybe you're too involved.
I only want to do what
I've been trained to do.
And as far as
involvement is concerned,
I think we're all
pretty involved.
Mike, you put her on that duty.
You were hung up on her, Steve,
and she happened
to be my best friend.
Involvement isn't the issue.
It's who's best qualified
and most experienced.
Well, Evelyn was the one
of the most qualified people
in that department and
one of the most experienced,
and it didn't help her.
Okay. Okay.
We'll talk about it later.
We gotta go. Lenny's waiting.
Who's Lenny?
He's a shrink
we're working with.
Before we go any
further, we want to make
a complete profile on
this scum we're after.
Lock it.
Yeah.
( lock clicks )
Look, don't get uptight with me.
You don't know who he is,
he doesn't understand
his problems,
and you're asking for 8-by-10
glossies with thumbprints?
I mean, come on, Mike.
Well, what about his m.o.?
Doesn't that tell you
enough to translate for us?
What? The corner market?
That's a natural. A
regular game preserve.
Chicks on display there like
all the rest of the merchandise.
Shouldn't need a
psychiatrist to tell you that.
No.
What I need is a giant aspirin.
Hey, this looks great.
You want to try it?
No, not for now.
What about the apartment?
Anything unusual in it?
Yeah. No sign of forced entry.
Talked his way in.
That's usually the way.
That's why women
don't like to report rape.
They don't like admitting
they got halfway
there on their own.
Oh, sorry, man. I forgot
you were seeing her.
Can I have the pepper, please?
KELLER: She was a
trained police officer, Lenny...
LENNY: Off duty.
Yes, but that has
nothing... No buts, man.
Off duty, she was a chick.
Uh, I'll have a
hamburger, medium.
Thank you.
Well, this guy's gotta be smooth
if it's the same guy
in both these cases.
How many you say? Two before
Evelyn in the same neighborhood?
Yeah. STONE: And with one in 20
reporting a rape,
no telling how many
other victims he left behind,
choking on their nightmares.
Okay, you say he charms them,
which squares with what the
one girl we've talked to said.
She let him unload
her groceries,
and then he loaded
her into the car.
But how does a guy who's
obviously as intelligent
as this dude is...
H... How does he
become such a freak?
Well, if it's a profile
of a rapist you're after,
intellect isn't relevant.
Then what is?
Primarily, his hatred
toward women.
A twisted view of sex.
Sadism? Sure.
Masochism? Sure.
Perversion? Sure.
Turned on by
violence, by danger,
the... The chance
of being caught?
Sure.
Now, wait a minute.
Are you saying that
this guy is smart enough
to get one of the best
women on the force
to let him into her apartment,
and then dumb enough
to chance getting caught?
We're not talking
about a rational mind.
This is a man who's both
psychotic and schizoid.
And when you're dealing
with those two aberrations,
you've got an infinite
variety of behavior patterns.
Wait a minute. Lenny, English.
Simple.
Okay.
In the beginning was childhood.
Very good.
His, the rapist's,
must've been a bummer.
A domineering mother, maybe
even seductive toward him.
Weak father, if any.
So he builds up a
whole push-pull thing
about sex and authority.
He wants them both, but he
can't handle either one of them.
He has normal physical needs,
but he wants to be punished
for the worst act
he can imagine.
So there's a violent
reaction in here.
And it has to find a violent
means of expression. You dig?
Look, it's awful to say it, but
Evelyn being a policewoman
probably gave this guy the
biggest high he's ever had.
Okay.
Okay, Lenny. Thanks.
I guess we've got a pretty good
idea of what we're looking for.
Now we just have
to find out who.
Yeah. Well, listen,
you're... You're not eating?
No, not for me.
Checked out the
guy driving the truck?
Yeah. Clean. Home
with his wife and friends
five minutes after
he left the market.
Well, then somebody else
saw her and followed her home.
Yeah, while we waved goodbyes.
Well, there was no way
of knowing, buddy boy.
Yeah. Well, what
about the first victim?
She still staring at a wall?
Yeah.
We're gonna talk to
the second one again.
What was her name?
Connors. Nancy Connors.
Look. We're just
going over old ground.
I told all of this
to officer, uh...
Hennick. Evelyn Hennick.
Yeah.
Well, I told her everything.
Intimate stuff. Things
I didn't even believe
were coming out of my own mouth.
Um, Miss Connors.
Look, can I call you Nancy?
Yeah. Do you want
to stand on formalities
with the kind of
nitty-gritty you're after?
( chuckles )
No, I guess not.
Your description of him.
It was pretty vague.
You said he was in his twenties.
Medium height, dark hair.
Could you be more specific?
Look, I'm glad I can't remember.
I'm trying very
hard to forget it.
It wasn't very pretty.
I'm sure it wasn't.
But now that you've had time...
It was dark where my car was.
And he hit me as soon
as he knew what I was g...
I should have stayed in Libya.
Where?
Oh, I've been working overseas
for the past eight years.
Oil companies like this one.
Oh, I see.
You said when
you fell he hit you
and then he kicked you.
Is that right?
You know, it left quite a mark,
so it must've been
a pretty heavy boot.
Boot?
Yeah.
Wait a minute. When
you talked to Evelyn,
you didn't say
anything about a boot.
Didn't I?
No.
Well, it was a boot all right.
What color boot?
A black, um, uh, or
maybe dark brown.
Do you remember what kind?
I mean, was it mod?
Cowboy? Hiking?
I don't know.
Leather.
Yeah, leather.
Leather and laces.
You told Evelyn that he kept
saying, "Opie really likes you."
Is that right?
Yeah.
Could it have been Obie or Olie?
It was Opie. I'm
sure of that, I...
( scoffs )
Isn't it funny?
I just remembered
another time he said it.
What?
He said, "Opie's
off base now, baby.
Opie's off base."
"Off base"? Are you sure?
Yeah.
Look, I-I haven't
helped you very much
and I've said all of
this before, but... But...
Not quite all of it.
Thank you, Nancy.
Um, I'll walk you back
across. I have an umbrella.
Thanks.
SHERRY: Thank you very
much, Nancy. I really appreciate it.
You're welcome.
I know I wasn't much help.
Oh, yes, you were.
Yes, you were.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
Okay, Mike. What
do you want me to do,
sit home and crochet a sweater?
Wouldn't be a bad idea.
You might get cold
working as a meter maid.
Now, look, Mike, a woman
is gonna talk more openly
about rape to another woman
than she is to
other fellas, right?
Okay.
So we're a couple
of thrill-seekers.
Now, get home.
B... Before I tell you what
I got from Nancy Connors
or do you want
me to phone it in?
Get in.
Hurry up. I'm
coming. I'm coming.
All right.
Let me have that
whole sentence again.
"Opie's off base, now, baby."
Off base.
Off base.
What about a military base?
The Presidio.
Yeah, it's right next
to Pacific Heights,
and that squares with what Nancy
Connors said about those boots.
SHERRY: That's right.
Black or dark brown leather.
With laces.
Like service issue.
Set up an appointment
with the CO.
Right.
Uh, call from outside, will you?
Please.
Sit down.
Okay, here we go.
You're the thousand-year-old,
wise police lieutenant
and I'm the 27-year-old
rookie, and it's lecture time.
How did you ever
get into the academy?
( scoffs )
Truth is, I was rejected.
If it hadn't been for Evelyn,
I never would've gotten in.
Look, Mike, I don't
know what's up.
But if that Presidio lead
comes through, I got it.
Sherry, listen to me...
And there's another
thing I wanna say too.
Everything I feel is on trial
here and you're a one-man jury.
Listen, Sherry.
If we need another
woman officer on this job,
it's going to be Claudia Cole.
( exhales )
No.
That's just not fair.
Wait a minute now.
Who ever promised
you fair in this job?
Or in life?
Is it fair that Evelyn is dead?
Is it fair that people get
stabbed, shot and robbed?
What's fair?
Sometimes even
justice isn't fair.
Claudia is up because I say so.
Because she's been
around longer than you.
Because she'll do exactly what
I tell her without improvising.
And because her
chances of survival
are better than yours.
You're all heart, lieutenant.
Right now, Claudia is the
best suited for the job. Period.
And someday,
I hope to be able to
say to another rookie
that Sherry is the
best one for the job.
Thanks.
Is that all, sir?
Oh, Sherry... Is that all?
Yeah, that's all.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
( dramatic theme playing )
( door slams )
( suspenseful theme playing )
We've got 4,600 men assigned
at the Presidio, lieutenant.
Inspector Keller gave me enough
to start wheels
turning on all of them.
STONE: And
nothing's turned up yet?
COLONEL: No one named Opie.
No one with that nickname.
Not even a surname
like Openheimer
that could be cut to
Opie, for example.
What about, uh, initials?
Only one with the initials O.P.
The name's Prentiss.
Oren James Prentiss.
O.P. Opie.
( intercom clicks ) Bring
in the file on specialist
for Oren James Prentiss, please.
( machines whirring )
Morning.
Good morning.
Well, now, who
would want to steal
some old shorts
and holey T-shirts?
That the right machine?
Yeah. Yeah. I use the
same one every time.
I've, uh, never seen
you down here before.
Usually at night.
Oh.
Well, I... I guess
I'll have to revise
my laundry schedule.
Don't bother.
( lid closes )
Hey, let me, uh...
Let me get that.
There.
That ought to buy me
at least 30 seconds, huh?
( chuckling ):
Okay, I'm counting.
Oh, I bet you are too.
"There's no way this guy's
gonna score with me," right?
I'd say you were
wasting your time, yeah.
And your money.
But thanks.
Oh, now, wait a
minute. Wait a minute.
That is just judging
a man too fast.
I mean, we should go
somewhere. Do something first.
Maybe catch a
movie. Go to dinner.
Take it from there.
Would you get your
hand off the door, please?
Sure.
After you give it
another 30 seconds or so
to think about it, okay?
Just a movie. Tonight, maybe.
Open the door.
Not until I get an answer.
I gave you an answer,
and if you haven't
gotten it by now,
you must be pretty thick.
I mean, the answer I want.
( knocking on door )
WOMAN: Sherry?
Come in.
Oh, hello.
Hi.
Sherry, I-I just
knocked on your door
about that recipe.
Well, if you have
time, I could show you
how to fold those egg
whites in right now.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I've
got the time right now.
Come on. You know,
when I lost Mr. Wentworth...
Sherry? Rain check?
No.
I don't think we'd enjoy
the same movies, anyway.
Psychiatric report.
Colonel Frawley, would you
have his complete history?
Certainly.
It's kept at Letterman
General Hospital.
It's one of our
support facilities.
STONE: Now, could you arrange to
have the psychiatrist meet with us?
Right away.
His name's Dr. Frank Kamer.
I guess I'm gonna
have to believe
what they say
about the new Army.
We've only been here an hour.
( chuckles )
Well, I've got
rank, staff, facilities
and three teenage daughters.
I'll call Dr. Kamer.
Off all of his tests,
I'd have to say that
you're talking about a man
with that kind of
potential violence, yes.
Then why does the Army let a
man like this run around loose?
Those are personality
tests, lieutenant.
They're indications, tendencies.
Now, we don't have any
more tangible evidence
that the man is a
rapist than you do.
LENNY: Tell me, Frank,
any, uh, father in the picture?
He cut out early. A
boozer. A gambler.
The mother told Oren
the old man was a bum.
Well, if he hates authority,
why'd he enlist in the Army?
Most rapists are schizoid.
Oh, that's that
push-pull thing, huh?
Behavior, personality, goals,
all completely unpredictable.
Like life.
And death.
Oh, is she coming in?
Nope.
No? What do you mean no?
She split. Where?
I don't know. I'm
checking the airlines,
Immigration's
checking passports.
LENNY: Who's that?
One of the victims.
Nancy Connors. Great.
The only girl on Earth who
could identify Prentiss for a jury.
She worked overseas
for eight years.
Has lots of friends.
Could be anywhere.
Twenty-four hour
surveillance on Prentiss.
Colonel Frawley will take care
of him when he's on the base.
The minute he steps
off, our men will tail him.
Wait a minute.
Are you sure this guy
doesn't have a record?
I've seen him before.
You have.
That night at the
market, remember?
The character
standing next to me
buying razor blades, remember?
No... No, that
wasn't where it was.
But that's how he
followed her home, right?
I guess so.
You know where it was?
STONE: Where?
KELLER: He was at the funeral.
Just as we were leaving,
you and Sherry
were walking in front,
and I bumped
right into this guy.
He didn't say a word.
He just stood there.
I'm sure that's his face.
( folder rustles )
Does that make any sense?
Perfect.
Maybe, if we've got
him pegged right.
KAMER: Well, I can see it.
Hoping that someone
would recognize him.
Of course, knowing
that no one would.
Knowing that he'd gotten
away with killing her.
He must have gotten
quite a kick out of that.
I want him, Mike.
Steve, he's a sick
man. He needs help.
So, what do you
want from me, huh?
Who's gonna go help Evelyn?
All right, what's our next move?
Our only move is to
get him off the streets.
After that, it's up
to the courts, right?
Right.
Okay.
I only know one way.
More bait.
And we'll start tonight.
( suspenseful theme playing )
( brush clacks )
Prentiss got off the base early
before Frawley could
get anybody on him.
Well, what about our men?
Didn't get word on time.
He got through the seam.
( grumbles )
Well, place units on
all the logical targets.
Well, that's gonna
take some people.
You still feel the same
way about Sherry?
Do you think I'm wrong?
Nope. No, I think you're right.
I just know that
she's gonna ask.
Well, then she's gonna
get the same answer.
She's too green.
( ominous theme playing )
Well, hello.
Hello.
Well, I guess nobody loves me.
Not even any mail.
You, uh... You going somewhere,
you want company? No.
You sure?
Very.
Well, can't win 'em all.
Bye.
Bye.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Over there.
Something fishy about that one.
Can you make out the plate?
Wait a minute. We're
looking for a convertible, right?
Yeah, never mind.
The license is, uh,
California. BZE298.
No, it looks more like,
uh, 011, maybe 017.
Of all the places to park.
Looks like a woman.
Yeah, I guess she didn't
read the newspapers.
No matter how
you try to educate...
Let me have these a minute.
Damn.
It's Sherry.
That's right. Sherry.
And if you were right about
Prentiss being at that funeral,
then he must've
seen her with us.
Listen, if she gets in there,
he's gonna smell
stakeout for sure.
( easy-listening music
playing over speakers )
I told you, no overtime.
Now, come on, Mike. I have...
Outside. a right to shop
when and where I please.
Outside. Now, wait a minute.
You don't have a right
to come... Outside.
Out.
STONE: You're sure?
SHERRY: Who? Who
are you talking about?
Our man.
SHERRY: You know who he is?
And he knows who we are.
That's why we're outside
and the other guys
are inside with Claudia.
How does he know you?
He saw us the night
Evelyn got killed.
Now he may have
seen me with you.
Do you know what a
controlled situation is?
Well, yes.
Well, you may
have just blown it.
I'm sorry, Mike, I didn't know.
Oh, you didn't know
enough to follow orders.
You didn't know
enough to listen.
You didn't know enough
to think that this department
could handle the situation.
I said I'm sorry.
Sometimes sorry doesn't
make anything right.
Just remember that, rookie.
I'm gonna get in Lessing's car.
Take her home.
Wait a minute.
My car is right over there.
Oh, right over there, huh?
Right in the darkest
corner of the parking lot.
Well, all you needed
was a free-love poster
and a neon light in your navel.
Miss Reese, you are grounded.
Grounded?
That's what I said, grounded.
And if you break
it, you're through.
( engine starts )
He's the worst kind.
The worst kind of what?
You know what. "Me
Tarzan. You Jane."
Sherry, he's a cop.
So am I a cop!
That's right.
Boy, I didn't figure
you in the same club.
Not the way Evelyn
felt about you.
You're not Evelyn.
You're right.
I suppose she would have
done everything he told her to.
Probably, yeah.
He wouldn't be playing
Uncle Mike to me
if I were a man.
Oren Prentiss does not
assault and murder men.
Oren Prentiss? That's his name?
Yeah.
Colonel at the
Presidio gave us his file.
One total freak.
He is in the service.
Until we get him, yeah.
Nothing?
Not inside.
Anything from the
other units? All quiet.
Barrett's staying
right close to Claudia.
Good.
I'll give it five
and head back in.
( ominous theme playing )
( door closes )
( suspenseful theme playing )
( footsteps approaching )
Steve.
( lock clattering )
That's a bad lock. You could
open it with a credit card.
Have it changed, all right?
Get a bolt installed.
Well, I've never felt so
dumb in my whole life.
All that training to
protect other people
and here I am with my
own private-security patrol.
Stop putting
yourself down, okay?
Mike must have had a reason
for me to come home with you.
You mean, if Prentiss
was at that funeral,
he might know where I live.
It's possible, yes.
Oh.
( sighs )
I wish you had
that picture on you.
Why? I don't know.
I guess I'll just keep
imagining things, you know?
Thinking every guy I
see is him until I see it.
( door opens )
Oh, come on, Steve.
You don't have
to do this. Really.
How am I gonna stay in practice?
Oh, please, Steve,
don't worry about me.
( sighs )
And don't look under the bed,
I'm really gonna
feel like a fool.
I'll make that your
assignment, all right?
Oh, come on.
( exhales )
Okay. Now, you can't
say that I don't take orders.
I'll put that in the report too.
You have any more closets?
No. That's why the
rent's so reasonable.
What about the
bathroom? Tub or shower?
Tub.
Could you check it?
I've got sweaters soaking in it.
Just check it.
Okay.
All clear.
All right, well, I'm, uh...
I'm gonna head back.
Okay.
I'll be getting an earful too.
Steve.
Yeah.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
Look, why don't
you put the, uh, chair
in front of the door
tonight and in the morning,
get the bolt installed.
Yes, sir. All right, sir.
Good night. Good night.
( door opens )
( door closes )
( ominous theme playing )
( screaming )
( engine starts )
Inspectors 81 to headquarters.
Alert all units, vicinity
of Pacific Heights area,
to 10-30 at 421 Terry Drive.
Vehicle registered to
rape suspect Prentiss.
I think he's in Apartment 212.
I'm going in. Send backup units.
( action theme playing )
( tires screech )
( siren wailing )
( grunts )
Do you have something
in the bag? Huh?
You're not gonna need that.
( exhales )
No. You're not gonna need this.
Now, don't worry, Sherry.
You can make it right.
There's nothing
wrong with you at all.
( grunts )
( Prentiss exclaims, grunts )
Sherry!
( grunts )
Steve!
Sherry!
Don't do it.
Oh, my... ( siren approaching )
( siren approaching )
SHERRY: Oh, my God.
( sobbing ): Oh, my
God. Oh, my God.
Officer Reese.
( gasps )
Get an ambulance.
He didn't give
me a choice, Mike.
Happens sometimes.
Maybe nobody
gave him one either.
Like Lenny said,
in the beginning
there was childhood.
( somber theme playing )
Well, that's perfect then.
( door closes )
Thank you very much.
The room at the St.
Francis is all ready.
A room?
We thought you could
do with a one-night's rest.
Well, what are you gonna do?
What do I usually
do? The reports.
It's not gonna look
so good for me, is it?
It could've read a lot worse.
What about my
career? Is that over?
Well, like I said before,
I'm gonna be telling
another rookie,
Sherry Reese is the best.
Thanks, Mike.
( chuckling )
And thanks, Steve,
for the phone call,
but I really, uh,
am gonna be okay.
Just as soon as I get some
of this mess cleaned up.
Take your coat off, buddy boy.
How much do you pay by the hour?
What are you talking about?
So where's the vacuum
cleaner...? Vacuum cleaner?
Yeah, you're off duty
now, Miss Reese.
We've gotta clean up.
By the hour, now. We
get paid by the hour.
Are you serious? Yes.
It's in that closet. Right
where you're going.
Oh, here. Give this to the boy.
This is a vacuum cleaner,
in case you don't
know what it is.
This is a vacuum cleaner?
Here.
( melancholy theme playing )
( funky jazz theme playing )
ANNOUNCER: The
Streets of San Francisco.
A Quinn Martin production.
Starring Karl Malden.
Also starring Michael Douglas.
With guest star Michael Burns.
Special guest star
Brenda Vaccaro.
Tonight's episode: Act of Duty
( suspenseful theme playing )
There's Lessing.
Yeah.
( inhales deeply )
( exhales )
Doesn't matter how
many times you've done it,
it still makes your skin crawl.
A loose screw sitting out
here somewhere in the dark,
or walking around in that
market, watching women,
and they don't even
know he's there.
Got to hand it to
gals like Evelyn.
To be bait for a rapist?
I wouldn't do it.
Don't have to worry, buddy boy.
Not with legs like yours.
( chuckling )
LESSING ( over radio ): Mike?
Yeah, Lee.
Closing time, down to one line.
But I think Evelyn
may have a live one.
Okay. Stay put.
( easy-listening music
playing over speakers )
MAN: I can take
that for you over here.
Let's see, that'll be 50 cents
for the berry rolls, lieutenant.
And 29 for the orange juice.
( register dings )
MAN: Let's see, $1.10
for the razor blades.
( register dings )
Thank you.
( engine starts )
Can you make out the plates?
Yeah.
Looks like another
silent admirer.
Or a guy with ears
as good as his eyes.
I guess it's another
wrong night.
Let's hope it's not
the wrong market.
Get Lessing.
Right.
Lee.
LESSING: Yeah, Steve.
What about the rest
of the cars in the lot?
All accounted for.
They all belong to employees.
That's all for tonight.
That's it, Lee. Good night.
Ten-four.
( gasps ) Relax, relax.
( exhales ) It's all over.
Thank you, Steve.
( sighs )
I thought that guy on the
register was checked out.
Everything but his IQ.
Well, the one following me
fit the general description
our witness gave us.
You think it was him?
Well, we're not gonna find
out tonight, that's for sure.
Well, maybe tomorrow.
No tomorrow for you.
Mike... STONE: You
did all right, Evelyn.
But if that was
our kinky friend,
he won't go for
the same bait twice.
She just wanted to cash in on
that hamburger sale tomorrow.
Well, why don't you go
out and buy her a steak?
I was hoping for a
home-cooked meal tonight.
She's got a lot of
goodies in here.
Uh, hey, I have a
roommate, remember?
That's something else
we got to talk about.
Well, we can talk
about it tomorrow.
Right now we've
got a report to fill out.
Right.
Good night, babe.
Good night.
( engine starts )
Hey, lock it.
Ah, you know, she
wouldn't want to hear this,
but I'm certainly glad
she's off that detail.
Yeah.
Uh, you know why?
I guess I'm
old-fashioned. I don't know.
I just don't think
this is woman's work.
( lock clattering )
( sighs )
( gasps )
Kinda had that elevator
hung up, didn't you?
Oh, yeah. I'm sorry.
No problem.
No problem.
Thank you.
( man grunts )
( chuckles )
I don't think I've ever seen
you around here before.
You new in the building?
Oh, no, no. I've been
here a couple of years.
I don't think I've
ever seen you either.
( exhales )
Sure you have.
Listen, thank you very much.
Oh, there's... ( exhales )
plenty of time for thanks.
( ominous theme playing )
The market.
( exclaims )
( man grunting )
Oh!
Oh!
( exhaling )
Well... ( pants )
you're really
something for a law lady.
( panting )
And cute too.
Real cute.
You and your friends were
figuring on trapping me tonight,
weren't ya?
Well,
that's the way it is
with traps sometimes.
They just snap those
old teeth right back
at the person trying to set 'em.
( panting )
You scared?
And I bet you fight real
good too, don't you?
( grunts )
( man grunts )
Yeah, I bet they taught you
how to fight like
a real wildcat.
( man grunts )
( thud )
And so dear Lord,
we ask that you give
our sister, Evelyn,
who served the armed
forces of this country
and the police
department of this city,
and who gave her
life in an act of duty,
a peaceful rest in this grave,
until the day when you,
the resurrection and the life,
shall raise her up in glory.
Then she may see the
light of your presence,
dear Lord Jesus,
in the kingdom where you live,
forever and ever.
Amen.
( playing taps )
STONE: Come in, Evelyn.
You did it, Mike.
You gave me duty.
Well, it was your
record and your request.
Yeah, but it was your decision.
( sighs )
I don't know.
Working a stakeout, I
finally feel like I belong.
Thanks, Mike.
( bugler playing taps )
KELLER: Nervous?
EVELYN: Yeah.
You know, you don't
have to do this stakeout.
No, but you don't
have to take a case
when it looks like it's
gonna get rough either.
We're not social workers.
We are police officers, right?
Guess I was thinking
a little different.
Why? Because you're
a man and I'm a woman?
Because you're a
woman that I care about.
( bugler playing taps )
You okay?
She was my only friend.
In all my life, my
only f... Real friend.
( ominous theme playing )
( bell tolling )
KELLER: Excuse me.
( somber theme playing )
"There are no
kicks in a graveyard.
"You hang around here
and keep dropping pills,
and you're on
your way," she said.
Evelyn?
Yeah. Those were the first
words she ever spoke to me.
She was still a rookie.
Working juvenile.
She told me that.
You know, I thought
I was getting busted.
But she just kept talking
to me like she was a friend.
Like somebody who understood,
you know? Somebody who cared.
She didn't book ya.
Instead, she took you home.
She did it more than once.
We shut our eyes to it because
we knew she was getting through.
Yeah.
Well, she got through all right.
Evelyn changed my life.
I owe her for that.
Just hurts knowing I
can't pay her back now.
I'm gonna miss her.
God, I'm gonna miss her a lot.
( engine starts )
( tense theme playing )
( lock clatters )
Thanks, Mike.
( sighs )
Excuse the mess.
I just haven't felt
like unpacking.
Well, I'd like to see you
completely out
of Pacific Heights.
You know, this is the same
area of the three victims.
Yeah, I know it.
I'm just hopin' I luck out.
I hope he picks
up on me one night.
Sherry. No overtime.
Only what I'm paid to do.
Only what you're told to do.
Mike, I'm on this case.
Don't tell me any different.
Sherry, maybe, uh...
Maybe you're too involved.
I only want to do what
I've been trained to do.
And as far as
involvement is concerned,
I think we're all
pretty involved.
Mike, you put her on that duty.
You were hung up on her, Steve,
and she happened
to be my best friend.
Involvement isn't the issue.
It's who's best qualified
and most experienced.
Well, Evelyn was the one
of the most qualified people
in that department and
one of the most experienced,
and it didn't help her.
Okay. Okay.
We'll talk about it later.
We gotta go. Lenny's waiting.
Who's Lenny?
He's a shrink
we're working with.
Before we go any
further, we want to make
a complete profile on
this scum we're after.
Lock it.
Yeah.
( lock clicks )
Look, don't get uptight with me.
You don't know who he is,
he doesn't understand
his problems,
and you're asking for 8-by-10
glossies with thumbprints?
I mean, come on, Mike.
Well, what about his m.o.?
Doesn't that tell you
enough to translate for us?
What? The corner market?
That's a natural. A
regular game preserve.
Chicks on display there like
all the rest of the merchandise.
Shouldn't need a
psychiatrist to tell you that.
No.
What I need is a giant aspirin.
Hey, this looks great.
You want to try it?
No, not for now.
What about the apartment?
Anything unusual in it?
Yeah. No sign of forced entry.
Talked his way in.
That's usually the way.
That's why women
don't like to report rape.
They don't like admitting
they got halfway
there on their own.
Oh, sorry, man. I forgot
you were seeing her.
Can I have the pepper, please?
KELLER: She was a
trained police officer, Lenny...
LENNY: Off duty.
Yes, but that has
nothing... No buts, man.
Off duty, she was a chick.
Uh, I'll have a
hamburger, medium.
Thank you.
Well, this guy's gotta be smooth
if it's the same guy
in both these cases.
How many you say? Two before
Evelyn in the same neighborhood?
Yeah. STONE: And with one in 20
reporting a rape,
no telling how many
other victims he left behind,
choking on their nightmares.
Okay, you say he charms them,
which squares with what the
one girl we've talked to said.
She let him unload
her groceries,
and then he loaded
her into the car.
But how does a guy who's
obviously as intelligent
as this dude is...
H... How does he
become such a freak?
Well, if it's a profile
of a rapist you're after,
intellect isn't relevant.
Then what is?
Primarily, his hatred
toward women.
A twisted view of sex.
Sadism? Sure.
Masochism? Sure.
Perversion? Sure.
Turned on by
violence, by danger,
the... The chance
of being caught?
Sure.
Now, wait a minute.
Are you saying that
this guy is smart enough
to get one of the best
women on the force
to let him into her apartment,
and then dumb enough
to chance getting caught?
We're not talking
about a rational mind.
This is a man who's both
psychotic and schizoid.
And when you're dealing
with those two aberrations,
you've got an infinite
variety of behavior patterns.
Wait a minute. Lenny, English.
Simple.
Okay.
In the beginning was childhood.
Very good.
His, the rapist's,
must've been a bummer.
A domineering mother, maybe
even seductive toward him.
Weak father, if any.
So he builds up a
whole push-pull thing
about sex and authority.
He wants them both, but he
can't handle either one of them.
He has normal physical needs,
but he wants to be punished
for the worst act
he can imagine.
So there's a violent
reaction in here.
And it has to find a violent
means of expression. You dig?
Look, it's awful to say it, but
Evelyn being a policewoman
probably gave this guy the
biggest high he's ever had.
Okay.
Okay, Lenny. Thanks.
I guess we've got a pretty good
idea of what we're looking for.
Now we just have
to find out who.
Yeah. Well, listen,
you're... You're not eating?
No, not for me.
Checked out the
guy driving the truck?
Yeah. Clean. Home
with his wife and friends
five minutes after
he left the market.
Well, then somebody else
saw her and followed her home.
Yeah, while we waved goodbyes.
Well, there was no way
of knowing, buddy boy.
Yeah. Well, what
about the first victim?
She still staring at a wall?
Yeah.
We're gonna talk to
the second one again.
What was her name?
Connors. Nancy Connors.
Look. We're just
going over old ground.
I told all of this
to officer, uh...
Hennick. Evelyn Hennick.
Yeah.
Well, I told her everything.
Intimate stuff. Things
I didn't even believe
were coming out of my own mouth.
Um, Miss Connors.
Look, can I call you Nancy?
Yeah. Do you want
to stand on formalities
with the kind of
nitty-gritty you're after?
( chuckles )
No, I guess not.
Your description of him.
It was pretty vague.
You said he was in his twenties.
Medium height, dark hair.
Could you be more specific?
Look, I'm glad I can't remember.
I'm trying very
hard to forget it.
It wasn't very pretty.
I'm sure it wasn't.
But now that you've had time...
It was dark where my car was.
And he hit me as soon
as he knew what I was g...
I should have stayed in Libya.
Where?
Oh, I've been working overseas
for the past eight years.
Oil companies like this one.
Oh, I see.
You said when
you fell he hit you
and then he kicked you.
Is that right?
You know, it left quite a mark,
so it must've been
a pretty heavy boot.
Boot?
Yeah.
Wait a minute. When
you talked to Evelyn,
you didn't say
anything about a boot.
Didn't I?
No.
Well, it was a boot all right.
What color boot?
A black, um, uh, or
maybe dark brown.
Do you remember what kind?
I mean, was it mod?
Cowboy? Hiking?
I don't know.
Leather.
Yeah, leather.
Leather and laces.
You told Evelyn that he kept
saying, "Opie really likes you."
Is that right?
Yeah.
Could it have been Obie or Olie?
It was Opie. I'm
sure of that, I...
( scoffs )
Isn't it funny?
I just remembered
another time he said it.
What?
He said, "Opie's
off base now, baby.
Opie's off base."
"Off base"? Are you sure?
Yeah.
Look, I-I haven't
helped you very much
and I've said all of
this before, but... But...
Not quite all of it.
Thank you, Nancy.
Um, I'll walk you back
across. I have an umbrella.
Thanks.
SHERRY: Thank you very
much, Nancy. I really appreciate it.
You're welcome.
I know I wasn't much help.
Oh, yes, you were.
Yes, you were.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
Okay, Mike. What
do you want me to do,
sit home and crochet a sweater?
Wouldn't be a bad idea.
You might get cold
working as a meter maid.
Now, look, Mike, a woman
is gonna talk more openly
about rape to another woman
than she is to
other fellas, right?
Okay.
So we're a couple
of thrill-seekers.
Now, get home.
B... Before I tell you what
I got from Nancy Connors
or do you want
me to phone it in?
Get in.
Hurry up. I'm
coming. I'm coming.
All right.
Let me have that
whole sentence again.
"Opie's off base, now, baby."
Off base.
Off base.
What about a military base?
The Presidio.
Yeah, it's right next
to Pacific Heights,
and that squares with what Nancy
Connors said about those boots.
SHERRY: That's right.
Black or dark brown leather.
With laces.
Like service issue.
Set up an appointment
with the CO.
Right.
Uh, call from outside, will you?
Please.
Sit down.
Okay, here we go.
You're the thousand-year-old,
wise police lieutenant
and I'm the 27-year-old
rookie, and it's lecture time.
How did you ever
get into the academy?
( scoffs )
Truth is, I was rejected.
If it hadn't been for Evelyn,
I never would've gotten in.
Look, Mike, I don't
know what's up.
But if that Presidio lead
comes through, I got it.
Sherry, listen to me...
And there's another
thing I wanna say too.
Everything I feel is on trial
here and you're a one-man jury.
Listen, Sherry.
If we need another
woman officer on this job,
it's going to be Claudia Cole.
( exhales )
No.
That's just not fair.
Wait a minute now.
Who ever promised
you fair in this job?
Or in life?
Is it fair that Evelyn is dead?
Is it fair that people get
stabbed, shot and robbed?
What's fair?
Sometimes even
justice isn't fair.
Claudia is up because I say so.
Because she's been
around longer than you.
Because she'll do exactly what
I tell her without improvising.
And because her
chances of survival
are better than yours.
You're all heart, lieutenant.
Right now, Claudia is the
best suited for the job. Period.
And someday,
I hope to be able to
say to another rookie
that Sherry is the
best one for the job.
Thanks.
Is that all, sir?
Oh, Sherry... Is that all?
Yeah, that's all.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
( dramatic theme playing )
( door slams )
( suspenseful theme playing )
We've got 4,600 men assigned
at the Presidio, lieutenant.
Inspector Keller gave me enough
to start wheels
turning on all of them.
STONE: And
nothing's turned up yet?
COLONEL: No one named Opie.
No one with that nickname.
Not even a surname
like Openheimer
that could be cut to
Opie, for example.
What about, uh, initials?
Only one with the initials O.P.
The name's Prentiss.
Oren James Prentiss.
O.P. Opie.
( intercom clicks ) Bring
in the file on specialist
for Oren James Prentiss, please.
( machines whirring )
Morning.
Good morning.
Well, now, who
would want to steal
some old shorts
and holey T-shirts?
That the right machine?
Yeah. Yeah. I use the
same one every time.
I've, uh, never seen
you down here before.
Usually at night.
Oh.
Well, I... I guess
I'll have to revise
my laundry schedule.
Don't bother.
( lid closes )
Hey, let me, uh...
Let me get that.
There.
That ought to buy me
at least 30 seconds, huh?
( chuckling ):
Okay, I'm counting.
Oh, I bet you are too.
"There's no way this guy's
gonna score with me," right?
I'd say you were
wasting your time, yeah.
And your money.
But thanks.
Oh, now, wait a
minute. Wait a minute.
That is just judging
a man too fast.
I mean, we should go
somewhere. Do something first.
Maybe catch a
movie. Go to dinner.
Take it from there.
Would you get your
hand off the door, please?
Sure.
After you give it
another 30 seconds or so
to think about it, okay?
Just a movie. Tonight, maybe.
Open the door.
Not until I get an answer.
I gave you an answer,
and if you haven't
gotten it by now,
you must be pretty thick.
I mean, the answer I want.
( knocking on door )
WOMAN: Sherry?
Come in.
Oh, hello.
Hi.
Sherry, I-I just
knocked on your door
about that recipe.
Well, if you have
time, I could show you
how to fold those egg
whites in right now.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I've
got the time right now.
Come on. You know,
when I lost Mr. Wentworth...
Sherry? Rain check?
No.
I don't think we'd enjoy
the same movies, anyway.
Psychiatric report.
Colonel Frawley, would you
have his complete history?
Certainly.
It's kept at Letterman
General Hospital.
It's one of our
support facilities.
STONE: Now, could you arrange to
have the psychiatrist meet with us?
Right away.
His name's Dr. Frank Kamer.
I guess I'm gonna
have to believe
what they say
about the new Army.
We've only been here an hour.
( chuckles )
Well, I've got
rank, staff, facilities
and three teenage daughters.
I'll call Dr. Kamer.
Off all of his tests,
I'd have to say that
you're talking about a man
with that kind of
potential violence, yes.
Then why does the Army let a
man like this run around loose?
Those are personality
tests, lieutenant.
They're indications, tendencies.
Now, we don't have any
more tangible evidence
that the man is a
rapist than you do.
LENNY: Tell me, Frank,
any, uh, father in the picture?
He cut out early. A
boozer. A gambler.
The mother told Oren
the old man was a bum.
Well, if he hates authority,
why'd he enlist in the Army?
Most rapists are schizoid.
Oh, that's that
push-pull thing, huh?
Behavior, personality, goals,
all completely unpredictable.
Like life.
And death.
Oh, is she coming in?
Nope.
No? What do you mean no?
She split. Where?
I don't know. I'm
checking the airlines,
Immigration's
checking passports.
LENNY: Who's that?
One of the victims.
Nancy Connors. Great.
The only girl on Earth who
could identify Prentiss for a jury.
She worked overseas
for eight years.
Has lots of friends.
Could be anywhere.
Twenty-four hour
surveillance on Prentiss.
Colonel Frawley will take care
of him when he's on the base.
The minute he steps
off, our men will tail him.
Wait a minute.
Are you sure this guy
doesn't have a record?
I've seen him before.
You have.
That night at the
market, remember?
The character
standing next to me
buying razor blades, remember?
No... No, that
wasn't where it was.
But that's how he
followed her home, right?
I guess so.
You know where it was?
STONE: Where?
KELLER: He was at the funeral.
Just as we were leaving,
you and Sherry
were walking in front,
and I bumped
right into this guy.
He didn't say a word.
He just stood there.
I'm sure that's his face.
( folder rustles )
Does that make any sense?
Perfect.
Maybe, if we've got
him pegged right.
KAMER: Well, I can see it.
Hoping that someone
would recognize him.
Of course, knowing
that no one would.
Knowing that he'd gotten
away with killing her.
He must have gotten
quite a kick out of that.
I want him, Mike.
Steve, he's a sick
man. He needs help.
So, what do you
want from me, huh?
Who's gonna go help Evelyn?
All right, what's our next move?
Our only move is to
get him off the streets.
After that, it's up
to the courts, right?
Right.
Okay.
I only know one way.
More bait.
And we'll start tonight.
( suspenseful theme playing )
( brush clacks )
Prentiss got off the base early
before Frawley could
get anybody on him.
Well, what about our men?
Didn't get word on time.
He got through the seam.
( grumbles )
Well, place units on
all the logical targets.
Well, that's gonna
take some people.
You still feel the same
way about Sherry?
Do you think I'm wrong?
Nope. No, I think you're right.
I just know that
she's gonna ask.
Well, then she's gonna
get the same answer.
She's too green.
( ominous theme playing )
Well, hello.
Hello.
Well, I guess nobody loves me.
Not even any mail.
You, uh... You going somewhere,
you want company? No.
You sure?
Very.
Well, can't win 'em all.
Bye.
Bye.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Over there.
Something fishy about that one.
Can you make out the plate?
Wait a minute. We're
looking for a convertible, right?
Yeah, never mind.
The license is, uh,
California. BZE298.
No, it looks more like,
uh, 011, maybe 017.
Of all the places to park.
Looks like a woman.
Yeah, I guess she didn't
read the newspapers.
No matter how
you try to educate...
Let me have these a minute.
Damn.
It's Sherry.
That's right. Sherry.
And if you were right about
Prentiss being at that funeral,
then he must've
seen her with us.
Listen, if she gets in there,
he's gonna smell
stakeout for sure.
( easy-listening music
playing over speakers )
I told you, no overtime.
Now, come on, Mike. I have...
Outside. a right to shop
when and where I please.
Outside. Now, wait a minute.
You don't have a right
to come... Outside.
Out.
STONE: You're sure?
SHERRY: Who? Who
are you talking about?
Our man.
SHERRY: You know who he is?
And he knows who we are.
That's why we're outside
and the other guys
are inside with Claudia.
How does he know you?
He saw us the night
Evelyn got killed.
Now he may have
seen me with you.
Do you know what a
controlled situation is?
Well, yes.
Well, you may
have just blown it.
I'm sorry, Mike, I didn't know.
Oh, you didn't know
enough to follow orders.
You didn't know
enough to listen.
You didn't know enough
to think that this department
could handle the situation.
I said I'm sorry.
Sometimes sorry doesn't
make anything right.
Just remember that, rookie.
I'm gonna get in Lessing's car.
Take her home.
Wait a minute.
My car is right over there.
Oh, right over there, huh?
Right in the darkest
corner of the parking lot.
Well, all you needed
was a free-love poster
and a neon light in your navel.
Miss Reese, you are grounded.
Grounded?
That's what I said, grounded.
And if you break
it, you're through.
( engine starts )
He's the worst kind.
The worst kind of what?
You know what. "Me
Tarzan. You Jane."
Sherry, he's a cop.
So am I a cop!
That's right.
Boy, I didn't figure
you in the same club.
Not the way Evelyn
felt about you.
You're not Evelyn.
You're right.
I suppose she would have
done everything he told her to.
Probably, yeah.
He wouldn't be playing
Uncle Mike to me
if I were a man.
Oren Prentiss does not
assault and murder men.
Oren Prentiss? That's his name?
Yeah.
Colonel at the
Presidio gave us his file.
One total freak.
He is in the service.
Until we get him, yeah.
Nothing?
Not inside.
Anything from the
other units? All quiet.
Barrett's staying
right close to Claudia.
Good.
I'll give it five
and head back in.
( ominous theme playing )
( door closes )
( suspenseful theme playing )
( footsteps approaching )
Steve.
( lock clattering )
That's a bad lock. You could
open it with a credit card.
Have it changed, all right?
Get a bolt installed.
Well, I've never felt so
dumb in my whole life.
All that training to
protect other people
and here I am with my
own private-security patrol.
Stop putting
yourself down, okay?
Mike must have had a reason
for me to come home with you.
You mean, if Prentiss
was at that funeral,
he might know where I live.
It's possible, yes.
Oh.
( sighs )
I wish you had
that picture on you.
Why? I don't know.
I guess I'll just keep
imagining things, you know?
Thinking every guy I
see is him until I see it.
( door opens )
Oh, come on, Steve.
You don't have
to do this. Really.
How am I gonna stay in practice?
Oh, please, Steve,
don't worry about me.
( sighs )
And don't look under the bed,
I'm really gonna
feel like a fool.
I'll make that your
assignment, all right?
Oh, come on.
( exhales )
Okay. Now, you can't
say that I don't take orders.
I'll put that in the report too.
You have any more closets?
No. That's why the
rent's so reasonable.
What about the
bathroom? Tub or shower?
Tub.
Could you check it?
I've got sweaters soaking in it.
Just check it.
Okay.
All clear.
All right, well, I'm, uh...
I'm gonna head back.
Okay.
I'll be getting an earful too.
Steve.
Yeah.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
Look, why don't
you put the, uh, chair
in front of the door
tonight and in the morning,
get the bolt installed.
Yes, sir. All right, sir.
Good night. Good night.
( door opens )
( door closes )
( ominous theme playing )
( screaming )
( engine starts )
Inspectors 81 to headquarters.
Alert all units, vicinity
of Pacific Heights area,
to 10-30 at 421 Terry Drive.
Vehicle registered to
rape suspect Prentiss.
I think he's in Apartment 212.
I'm going in. Send backup units.
( action theme playing )
( tires screech )
( siren wailing )
( grunts )
Do you have something
in the bag? Huh?
You're not gonna need that.
( exhales )
No. You're not gonna need this.
Now, don't worry, Sherry.
You can make it right.
There's nothing
wrong with you at all.
( grunts )
( Prentiss exclaims, grunts )
Sherry!
( grunts )
Steve!
Sherry!
Don't do it.
Oh, my... ( siren approaching )
( siren approaching )
SHERRY: Oh, my God.
( sobbing ): Oh, my
God. Oh, my God.
Officer Reese.
( gasps )
Get an ambulance.
He didn't give
me a choice, Mike.
Happens sometimes.
Maybe nobody
gave him one either.
Like Lenny said,
in the beginning
there was childhood.
( somber theme playing )
Well, that's perfect then.
( door closes )
Thank you very much.
The room at the St.
Francis is all ready.
A room?
We thought you could
do with a one-night's rest.
Well, what are you gonna do?
What do I usually
do? The reports.
It's not gonna look
so good for me, is it?
It could've read a lot worse.
What about my
career? Is that over?
Well, like I said before,
I'm gonna be telling
another rookie,
Sherry Reese is the best.
Thanks, Mike.
( chuckling )
And thanks, Steve,
for the phone call,
but I really, uh,
am gonna be okay.
Just as soon as I get some
of this mess cleaned up.
Take your coat off, buddy boy.
How much do you pay by the hour?
What are you talking about?
So where's the vacuum
cleaner...? Vacuum cleaner?
Yeah, you're off duty
now, Miss Reese.
We've gotta clean up.
By the hour, now. We
get paid by the hour.
Are you serious? Yes.
It's in that closet. Right
where you're going.
Oh, here. Give this to the boy.
This is a vacuum cleaner,
in case you don't
know what it is.
This is a vacuum cleaner?
Here.
( melancholy theme playing )
( funky jazz theme playing )