Wiseguy (1987–2009): Season 3, Episode 10 - Day Four - full transcript
After the funeral of the assassinated economist Andrew Valenti, Vinnie accelerates his investigation into the covert plot behind the professor's murder.
- [Announcer]
Tonight, on Wise Guy.
- Dr. Valenti was assassinated.
He was a civilian, Walter.
- Assassination could
be dumped in your lap
if you don't help me.
- You're linking me to
Dr. Valenti's death?
- Who the hell do
you think you are?
- There's an OCB
operation underway here.
His presence is a
violation of security.
Throw him out.
- You can't fight in here.
This is the war room.
- The man is leaving
a trail for me.
If I don't follow it,
I'm doing nothing.
- Wilson is a voice on
the end of the telephone.
- The invisible Mr. Wilson
might get you killed.
("Wiseguy Theme")
- [Announcer]
Previously on Wiseguy.
- National Security Commission
is facing a dire situation.
I need one man.
Agent Vincent Terranova.
- God, I love this town!
- There's an intentional
power vacuum being created
and you're being sucked into it.
You're about to
deal with vipers.
- I see that Terranova's here.
- It's what you
wanted, wasn't it?
- Thanks, Clip,
I appreciated it.
- Dr. And Mrs. Delaney,
this is Vinnie Terranova.
Dr. Delaney served in the
Council of Economic Advisors,
Bookings Institute,
Harvard Economic Review.
- Oh my god, no!
(shots blasts)
- Someone with department
claims has been shot.
- Dr. Valenti.
- What am I doing here?
- I recommended you
be put in charge
of investing a threat
against American interests.
- Why am I the guy
you recommended?
- Because you despise me.
- Vincent Terranova meet
General Leland Masters.
- General Masters.
- This is one of the most
powerful weapons in the world.
It's a printing plate
for the Japanese yen.
We believe a plan exists
to undermine the
economy of Japan.
It was possible,
until the original plate
was damaged in transit.
Tenzer, Kirksman and Lloyd.
- The most powerful
economy in the world
is about to be destroyed
by a Capitol Hill PR Firm?
- It's your moral
duty to stop it.
- The bullet that killed
Valenti was packed with curare.
Was an assassination, Vince.
- "Document file not found.
"Abort, retry."
I have been here since
8:00 this morning.
Tapes, blockbies,
everything on
Valenti's hard drive.
It's all been erased.
- This is a conspiracy, Mark.
- Dr. Valenti created a model
for non-genuine destabilization.
- What is that?
- A diagram for waging economic
war through counterfeiting.
- Who commissioned it?
- Tenser, Kirksman and Lloyd,
Account Executive,
Katherine Gallagher.
- Katherine Gallagher, hello.
- Vinnie Terranova,
how you doing?
- I'm doing well.
But I work hard of it.
- That's good.
I believe in hard work.
- Oh, how do you feel
about spontaneous sex?
- [Mark] Here's Valenti's
fundamental model
of non-genuine destabilization.
I think Masters is behind it.
He wants to leave a trail
for me to find his fore-guy.
That's accountability.
- You're suggesting he
was also responsible
for Dr. Valenti's death.
Why did he pick you?
- Son of a bitch turned a
beautifully conceived notion
into a public embarrassment
that'll take decades to veto.
Isle Pavot is our island.
Now it's in the hands of some
Third World liliputians
who mock us at every turn.
Reparations are gonna
be paid by this boy.
- I'm supposed to
find their scapegoat.
- Another Dean Rhode.
- Yeah, Kay Gallagher.
- The more you get to know me,
the more you'll see
that you and I are cut
from the same cloth.
Men like us are the last rebels
of the American Revolution.
We just wage our war with
more sophisticated tools.
We do what we do for justice,
don't we, Agent Terranova?
- You bet your ass.
(daunting music)
(opera singing in
foreign language)
- I knew Andrew Valenti
for nearly 30 years
and I never knew what
he was talking about.
He was an economist of
considerable stature,
as evidenced by the gathering
of potentates in this cathedral.
I suspect most of
you didn't know
what he was talking
about either.
But we couldn't help
sensing he was right.
Not because he operated on some,
some higher cerebral
plane, which he did,
but because his
work as an economist
was always rooted in
the needs of people.
As complex as his thinking was,
Andrew Valenti was
never not a common man.
(organ music)
- 7:30, your hotel.
- See you tonight.
- Same thing happens
to me all the time.
- Agent Terranova.
Did you know Dr. Valenti?
- Well, I met him only one.
- The investigation
you're running
should be more important than
the passing of a stranger.
- This is official
business for me.
- Dr. Valenti was
killed by a junky.
For God's sake,
I've entrusted you
with a National Security matter!
- Dr. Valenti was assassinated.
- How do you know that?
- If I have something to
report to you, I will.
That damaged postal package
which you claimed that
counterfeit plate was found in,
I need it.
This guy you have following me?
- He's there for
your protection.
- Well, stop it.
I have my own people
to protect me.
- Excuse me, Senator.
- General.
- Come with me, Walter.
I want that damaged
postal parcel
to go to Terranova immediately.
- Yes, sir.
Sir?
- Dr. Valenti was assassinated.
He was a civilian, Walter.
(daunting music)
- [Walter] I requested
that all the evidence
in the Valenti murder be
turned to the D.C. Police.
- It was.
- [Walter] Are you certain?
This incident has
distracted Terranova
from his duties with the
National Security Commission.
- I'll speak to 'em.
- [Walter] That's not necessary.
But for the future,
realize that the
delegation of authority
is no assurance of the proper
completion of the task.
Follow it through
personally, Clip.
Especially when it's for me.
- We've cataloged all
the Japanese Ministry
of Industry and Trade documents
confiscated from Tenzer,
Kirksman and Lloyd.
- All right, make copies
and return them to Kay
Gallagher's office right away.
- Yes, sir.
We're sweeping the room
for electronic devices
as per your directive.
We'll do it three times a
day on a random schedule.
All of your incoming calls
will bypass the switchboard
and be recorded by
the OCB computer.
- Thank you.
- Nothing on Valenti.
Nothing on non-genuine
destabilization.
- The NGD was commissioned
by Tenzer, Kirksman
and Lloyd, right?
- Right.
- Maybe it's a different client.
- Agent Terranova?
- Yeah.
- From Admiral Strichen.
- Thank you.
Get this down to
the lab right away.
I'll need a complete analysis.
- Yes, sir.
- Now, if it is another client,
we may be snafued by diplomacy.
Kay Gallagher's company handles
a lot of foreign interests.
I don't know, Frank.
Maybe I messed up
in assuming that
Valenti's paper was
commissioned for the Japanese.
- Why would they
commission something
that could be used against them?
- I don't know.
But if not them, then who?
- I don't know.
I only know one way to find out.
- You better do it then.
All right, let's
prepare our warrant.
(door unlocks)
(orchestral music)
- Mr. Wilson.
Well, looks like we
got what we came for.
- Don't touch that!
- Miss Gallagher,
I have a warrant.
- Take your hand off that.
I can read the warrant.
It doesn't give you the right
to disturb the mortal
remains of Mr. Lloyd.
- As in cremation?
- You're a real genius.
What are you looking for?
- This involves
National Security.
- Ugh, invoking
National Security
is your little tool
for circumventing
the fourth amendment.
- I am sorry, Miss Gallagher,
but I need to look into this.
- Say hello, Lester.
Terranova instigated
this, didn't he?
- I believe we're finished here.
- Sign this.
- What is it?
- It's a receipt for
confiscated goods.
There's a file on Mr. Wilson
and contents and paper on
non-genuine destabilization
by a Dr. Andrew
Valenti, photocopies of
TKL checks to Valenti,
and cashier checks
to Tenzer, Kirksman, and Lloyd.
Thank you.
Miss Gallagher.
Lester.
(knocking)
- Hi, come on in.
Hey, come on!
- Thanks for a wonderful time.
- Now, wait a minute,
where are you going?
I never ordered a
$400 dinner before.
You have to stay.
- Is this an appreciation
of your opportunity
to humiliate me
or this a lame
attempt at apology?
- It's just a dinner.
Now please, just sit down and
try to enjoy it, all right?
There's things we
both need to know.
Now please.
All right, Kay.
Invoking National
Security is a cheap shot.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, but I'm stuck with it.
Now I'll tell you what I can.
Dr. Valenti wasn't murdered.
He was assassinated.
I believe his death
is linked to his paper
on non-genuine destabilization
which your firm commissioned.
- You're connecting me
to Dr. Valenti's death?
- Who's Mr. Wilson, Kay?
- I should call my lawyer.
- You certain you can
trust your lawyer?
Kay, I'm not trying to
link you to a murder.
I think you're just as
much a victim as he was.
- A victim of who?
- Well that's what
I can't tell you.
I want to, but I'm bound
by National Security.
I've already told you
too much as it is.
Kay, please, tell me.
I need to know about Wilson.
- Let's pretend that
this is a two-way street.
What about what I need to know?
Where is the reason for
my subjecting myself
to an interrogation without
the benefit of an attorney?
A $400 dinner isn't enough.
I need substance.
- An assassination,
and the fall of a
sovereign nation
could be dumped in your
lap if you don't help me.
(laughs)
- Well, I have been
threatened before,
but you take the cake.
- Kay, wake up!
Look at what you do.
You represent foreign interests.
You wheel and deal
on Capitol Hill.
Your businesses isn't
public relations.
It's political relations.
And at the root of
politics, is struggle.
Now, what makes you think
that you can't get
caught up in all of that?
Kay, please.
Tell me about Wilson.
- Wilson is a voice on
the end of the telephone.
He called my firm and asked
us to commission Valenti
to write a paper.
He sent us a check.
We commissioned Valenti,
he delivered the paper.
A messenger came
and picked it up.
- And you never met him?
- I spoke with him
twice on the telephone.
- Do you have his number?
- He always called me.
- Now, didn't that strike
you as kind of strange?
- This is Washington.
Nothing strikes me as strange.
You wanna find Mr. Wilson.
- Yes, I do.
- I can't help you.
Some nut
calls with an extra $70,000
asking Valenti to
write some foolishness
about waging economic war.
I thought it was a joke,
but I called Valenti anyway.
We had a good laugh.
He said if a check
came to let him know.
It did.
I did.
That's that.
You now know as much
or more than I do.
I came here only to
express my indignation.
I have no hunger for
this dinner or you.
- Kay.
Kay!
You better be careful.
Your invisible Mr. Wilson
might get you killed.
(daunting violin music)
(phone ringing)
- Vernon Biggs.
- [Admiral] I've been
trying to reach you, Major.
- I've been out
attending to details.
- [Admiral] Meet me at the
service club right away.
- Yes, Admiral Srichen.
Immediately.
(daunting orchestral music)
(muttering)
- We're alone.
Your man used curare-packed
bullets to remove Valenti.
It was your responsibility
to be specific with him about
every aspect of this mission.
- He was in covert
operations for 12 years.
- Which means he's
surgically attached
to his cloak and dagger.
CO veteran specialized
in taking the simple
and making it complex.
This operation was supposed to
yield nothing to the police.
Except the obvious.
The killing of an
innocent citizen by a man
who to all the world seemed
to be a desperate addict.
- I told him to
eliminate any chance
of Valenti's survival.
- What he eliminated
was any chance of
keeping the nature of
Valenti's death contained.
A CPU toxicology lab
discovered the drug.
The loop has been opened.
And individuals who should
not be away of it, are.
And now,
your target is so preoccupied
with Valenti's assassination
that he's not fully focused
on Katherine Gallagher.
- I can't keep Terranova
under surveillance.
They sweep his room
three times a day.
- He's a dangerous and
a clever operative.
- Does Terranova's knowledge
jeopardize the operation?
- Mistakes threaten
his operation.
- Then give me a
chance to rectify mine.
If this man is a problem,
he can be taken out
cleanly without--
- No.
- Or if you'd like to
relieve me of my
responsibilities,
I will understand.
- You're a dedicated patriarch.
Vernon,
that is recognized
at the highest level.
You know,
I believe
that God is on our side.
Our operation is on track,
but we're moving
into the next phase.
No detail is too small
to be overlooked.
- I understand.
And I will follow the rule.
- I know you will, Vernon.
I want you to be ready to leave
for Utah at a moment's notice.
Our targets are going to
be meeting Mr. Wilson soon.
- Yes, Sir, I'll be ready.
- And then we should
be prepared to have...
(footsteps thumping)
- Walter!
How the hell are ya?
- I'm well, General,
but running late.
Good to see you, Major.
- Yeah, yeah.
Army?
- Marine, Sir.
- Good for you, son.
(dramatic orchestral music)
- We found a trail
of paper, Frank.
It's been leading us nowhere.
We haven't been taking advantage
of the little time we have left.
Now we know Masters
has printed the money
because we've seen the plate.
Now we can assume
that he has a delivery
system as well.
The transport planes, the ships.
- Vince, you're basing
all your assumptions
on the number one assumption
that Master's behind all this.
Now it could be someone else.
- Yeah, it could be.
But even if it is somebody
else, the plan still goes on.
It's just that the trigger
to release the money
hasn't been pulled yet.
- How do you know?
- Because Masters is behind it.
And behind Masters
is a military mind.
He thinks strategically.
He's about to
launch an offensive,
but he won't launch it until
his defense is prepared.
- Senator Getzloff's Trade bill.
- [Vinnie] That's right.
- It's still just a bill.
- Don't you think he's
gonna try his damn
just to get it passed?
He plays to win, Frank.
He knows all the bodies
aren't just in Arlington.
It's not that many senators
that can resist this
kind of pressure.
- I may know one.
- Orchestrating the
collapse of Japan,
(laughing) through
what did you call it?
- Non-genuine destabilization,
Senator Pickering.
Invading their economy
with counterfeit currency.
- Sheer madness.
- I don't have proof of
Masters' involvement,
but I do believe that--
- The lunacy of what
you've described
is proof enough for me.
- Senator we believe the
passage of the Trade Bill
could trigger the release
of the counterfeit currency.
- Now if that bill could
be held up in a committee--
- It's Senator Getzloff's
bill, Agent Terranova.
It's her committee.
(phone ringing)
And that bill
is coming to the floor
tomorrow morning at 10.
- What are its chances, Sir?
- Damn good.
The mood of the country
is turning protectionist.
(chuckling) That coupled
with more arm twisting
than you see at a
wrestling match.
Means Miss Janet is pulling
out all the stops on this one.
I carry great influence
with my colleagues.
I believe Getzloff's
bill is bad law.
Protectionism is bad
for this country.
It's throwing up a wall,
but it's passage
seems inevitable.
- Could a man of your
influence stop it?
- Let's not be
mendacious, gentlemen.
That bill won't
die an easy death
no matter what I fling at it.
This country's right
for Jap bashing.
A lot of fellows wanna
vote of that bill
just so they can
beat their chest.
And the fellows
that don't want to,
are gonna be cajoled and coerced
by Masters and Getzloff.
And you can't
underestimate that.
- [Senator] Darling, do you
mind if I indulge my weakness?
- Allow me.
Have you been able
to do anything
about that air force
base in Murphy state?
- It's being recommissioned.
2,470 jobs are gonna be saved.
There'll be an official
announcement tomorrow morning.
- Then Mr. Murphy
is in our column.
Witherspoon needs matching
funds for his highway program.
That was a campaign promise.
- I'll talk to Phillips
at Transportation.
Can we count on Lennon?
- Promised him a vote.
And his Coastline
Protection Bill.
But he's still on the fence.
- He's been having some problems
with the IRS, hasn't he?
- That's right.
- Then it can get better
or worse, depending.
- Well, there's
still Lucas Feldman,
Clark--
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, forget him.
- I count 52 votes.
Assuming there are
no deflections when
it comes to floor.
- What about Pickering?
Will he be the
charge against us?
- He needs my help on
catastrophic healthcare.
- Don't count on it.
He'd run against Christmas
if he though I was behind it.
- He has no backing.
Now, what's he gonna
do, filibuster?
- It's been done.
- The Capri movie.
Pickering doesn't have the legs.
And he takes naps after lunch.
(snickering)
The bill will pass.
Now what's the
possibility of a veto?
- He trusts me.
I'm sort of a spiritual
father to him.
He thinks I should be
sitting behind his desk.
- He's right.
- I know.
There'll be no veto.
- Then we're home
free, my darling.
(beeping)
- Frank, it's Mark.
Can you come into the war room?
- What's up?
- CPU made the damage
postal package.
It was manufactured
by B and Cooly Paper
in Washington state.
A content analysis of the
paper and chemical breakdown
of the glue and the
double seal layer
gave us a definite idea.
It once was a grocery
bag used by Farm Fresh,
a gourmet food store catering
to the carriage trade
in ski resort areas.
- What are you doing?
- Well, I'm cross-referencing
military and industrial sites.
- Why?
I put you on restricted duty.
- Now wait a minute,
wait a minute.
He's working with me now.
- On what?
- Well, that's on a
need to know basis
and you don't need to know.
- Beg your pardon?
- No, these are your words.
What I'm saying is,
get out.
- [Clipton] This is my purview--
- This is National Security.
Now, look, I don't
mean to be rude,
but it was you,
yourself that led me
to the security commission.
I cannot violate the trust
that you can General
Masters has invested in me.
Okay?
Thanks, Clip.
Thanks a lot.
Okay.
Do we know how long ago
the paper was manufactured?
- [Mark] 46 weeks ago.
The Farm Fresh food chain
has 12 stores spread across
Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
- Well, what are we waiting for?
- Well, the computer's
checking locations.
I've set a 200-mile radius as
a parameter for the search.
It could take some time.
- What?
- You know you just threw
the Second Assistant
of Trade General out
of his own war room?
- And so what?
- So, I always
wanted to do that.
(chuckles)
- Me too.
- You understand I see my
first obligation to country,
to government,
but it's extremely
distressing to be removed
from my own war room
by a subordinate.
- Calm down, Clip.
- I can't.
Really, I can't.
I have no idea what
you're investigating.
Now, I've done my best
to be cooperative,
but when I walk into the room
and I see the computer whirring
Farm Fresh gourmet stores
and where they intersect
with military bases,
honestly, Admiral,
I'm about to come apart.
I have this nauseating feeling
that I'm involved in
something which might be,
might be...
- Might be what?
- Well, be involved.
You know.
In something extralegal.
- You are very
upset, aren't you?
- I am.
- Of course you are.
- Of course.
- You gonna be able to
pull yourself together
for the state
dinner this evening?
- Sir.
- Well, we can't afford
a scene at the
diplomatic function.
- Oh, no, Sir.
But I wasn't invited.
- Well, perhaps
protocol anticipated
your emotional state.
You do wanna go, don't you?
- Yes, Sir.
- Right.
Mildred, would you make sure
that Mr. and Mrs.
Dewitt Clipton's name
are on the list for
tonight's dinner?
- [Mildred] Yes, Sir.
Thank you.
- Clip.
Everything is going to
be perfectly all right.
I assure you.
Now why don't you go on home
and master your faculties?
Give Joan my best and
I'll see you both tonight.
- Yes, Sir.
And thank you for helping me.
- Any time, Clip.
Any time.
(orchestral music)
General.
- Yes, Walter.
- Terranova's made a
connection to Farm Fresh.
- Why doesn't he report
these things to me?
- Well, Sir, you know
his attitude toward me
and the establishment
in general.
- I don't give tinker's
damn for his attitude.
He has an obligation.
If he won't fulfill it to you,
he damn well better be
taught to fulfill it to me.
Where is he?
- At OCB.
- I want my car.
- Well Big Sky is out.
- No, wait a minute,
wait a minute.
We have a huge construction
and mining operation there.
- Strikes me as too
difficult to get to.
We're going on a
military notion.
We got better choices.
There's no--
(buzzing)
- Yes.
- [Man On Intercom]
General Masters is here
to see Agent Terranova.
- Tell him I'm not available.
- [Masters] You little bastard.
I wanna see you immediately.
- [Vinnie] Okay.
We put Big Sky number
12 on the list,
so what's our top 10.
- Um, View Crest,
Montana in Sun Valley.
I don't know.
- We better forget Sun Valley.
That's too upscale.
Notary personnel would
stand out like a sore thumb.
- What the hell do you
think you're doing?
Who the hell do
you think you are?
- I don't want him in here.
- He has clearance.
- There's an OCB
operation underway here.
His presence is a
violation of security.
Throw him out.
- General.
- Release him!
Release him at once!
Have you men lost your senses?
- You can't fight in here.
This is the war room.
- General Masters,
are you all right?
- Who the hell are you?
- I'm Dewitt Clipton.
I'm Second Assistant to
the Attorney General.
- Go polish a doorknob.
Leave us alone.
I said get out.
There was a time when soldiers
knew how to follow orders.
I want a report.
- You want a report.
Frank?
- The postal package,
the counterfeit plate,
we shipped it--
- The alleged counterfeit plate.
And alleged shipping.
- The paper was once a grocery
bag from Farm Fresh Gourmet.
It's a chain of 12
stores in the northwest.
We're in the process
of determining
which military base
is opened or closed
or what industry is in
proximity to said stores.
We're going over
a computer list.
- Let me see the list.
Big Sky, forget it.
Sun Valley, forget it.
Dawn Valley, Utah.
There was a transport
depo closed there.
Write this down.
Dew Crest, Montana
is within 50 miles
of a computer chip facility.
Missoula, Montana is the
home of their university.
It is a complete facility.
Now why don't you start
with what's most likely,
and quite diddling?
Tenzer, Kirksman and Lloyd.
You went there with a warrant.
What'd you find?
- Katherin Gallagher's
firm is not involved.
- That's a load of crap.
- It's a red herring.
- Well, why the hell did
you search the place?
- That's what you
wanted, wasn't it?
- I want this scheme stopped.
- (scoffs) Now there's
a load of crap.
- I like you, boy.
I like you a lot.
Trust only your gut.
Keep your target in sight.
Even if it's me.
Sort of, damn the torpedoes.
Now that's all right as long as
it doesn't interfere
with the truth,
but in this case, it does.
So why don't you hop too it
before it gets away from you
and this whole damn
scheme succeeds
because you've been so busy
trying to pin it on a
wrinkled, old general
who embodies your idea
of corrupt bureaucracy.
Now, I can't stand the
stinkers anymore than you can,
but know not to judge a man
until all the evidence is in.
Get the job done.
(light piano music)
- He just narrowed
the search for us.
He just dropped the
next crumb on the trail.
- I've got Terranova pointed
in the right direction,
but he's convinced
Gallagher's a red herring.
Is there any reason I have
to do everything myself?
(phone dialing)
(phone ringing)
- [Vernon] Vernon Biggs.
- Go to Utah.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
- [Kay] Hello?
- Hello, Kay, Walter.
- [Kay] Oh, I'm so
glad you called.
- I understand you're
under some pressure.
- [Kay] You have
no idea, Walter.
- Perhaps I can help.
(siren wailing)
(knocking)
- I need to see
Walter right away.
- Kay Gallagher's here.
- Go down to the bar
and wait for my call.
- I don't like this, Walter.
You could take me to
one of these dinners
once in a while.
- Would that get you down
to the bar any faster?
- Kay.
I've heard.
No doubt the whole
town has heard by now.
Your office has been searched.
- I'm in serious
trouble, Walter.
I don't even know why.
- You must be under
a lot of pressure.
I wanna help you, if I can.
But first I need to
know what's going on
and that you are not involved.
Let's get us a drink, huh?
- Thank you.
- Again?
- Put it on the room, would ya?
And give yourself a good tip.
- [Bartender] Do you
know what she'd do
to spend an evening on the
town with you on her arm?
- They don't print enough money.
- And you've never
seen this Mr. Wilson.
- Everything I know about
that man is in the file.
- Kay, I'm sure there's no
complicity on your part.
But I am going to need
your solemn word on this.
- Of course, you have it.
- I'm gonna make a phone call.
You understand this
could be viewed
as a slight misuse of my office.
- Thank you, Walter.
- Kay.
(phone ringing)
- That was fast.
- Call me back in 10 minutes.
- How long do you expect
me to sit here, Walter?
- Just do as I say.
Unless you've got
something better to do.
Shouldn't take long, Kay.
(daunting orchestral music)
- Senator.
- I had my staff on this
as soon as you left.
Came up with this list
about 20 minutes ago.
- Dew Crest, Montana.
Dawn Valley, Utah.
Senator, we got
this from Masters.
- [Senator] You're leaving?
- Yeah.
I'm going to Dawn Valley, Utah.
That's where we wants me.
Well, it's the next
crumb, Senator.
The man is leaving
a trail for me.
If I don't follow it,
I'm doing nothing.
- How's the trade
bill going, Senator?
- There doesn't seem to be
anything standing in its way.
- I don't believe
it can't be stopped.
- Or slowed down.
- I'm a little long in the
tooth for a filibuster.
- Well, Senator, I can't believe
you still don't
enjoy center stage.
- The power of veto is still
with the President, Senator.
Not Leland Masters.
- Don't be naive, son.
Masters can handle
the President.
- I can't figure out why
he wants to hang this
on Kay Gallagher.
- He believes we're
being sold out
by junk bond cowboys and
Wall Street arbi-treasures.
Ever hear of the FXX?
Japanese version of the F16?
Her efforts brought to fruition
the accord which gave
them our technology,
resulting in the Japanese
building their own
fleet of fighter planes.
Masters can't shake the image
of a sky full of rising suns.
(intense orchestral music)
- [Frank] Hey, Uncle Mike!
- Hey, son.
- Here you are, Uncle.
That should bring
you up to date.
You guys be careful.
I won't call in.
- [Uncle Mike]
Where are we headed?
- Dawn Valley, Utah.
- What are we, going skiing
with Prescott Wilson?
- Prescott Wilson?
- He owns Dawn Valley, Utah.
- I want you guys just
to check out the base.
I don't want you to
make a move on Wilson
until I fax you
everything we have on him.
Now take care.
- Boarding is complete.
He is joined up
with another man.
(engines whirring)
(phone ringing)
- Strichen.
- I have some reading
to do, Walter.
- Yes.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
- Walter.
I wanna come up!
- Yeah.
- You love this, don't you?
- Yes.
And I appreciate this.
The checks were
drawn on a Utah bank
and the phone records of the
calls received at that time
were made from a phone
in Dawn Valley, Utah.
- Prescott Wilson.
- [Walter] American's
hermit billionaire.
- He called me twice.
He'll speak with me again.
- He spoke to you
because he called you.
- I'll see him in person.
- Kay, he hasn't seen anybody
since we put a Kennedy
in the White House.
It's impossible.
- Walter, nothing is impossible.
Thank you.
Hi.
- Hi.
Going away for a little skiing?
- No, not this trip, I'm afraid.
- I heard it's a
beautiful country
up in that part of Utah.
- Maybe next time.
(dialing)
(ringing)
- [Vernon] Vernon Biggs.
- Gallagher left this morning.
It is imperative
that everything at your end
works according to operation.
- I'm seeing to every
detail myself, Sir.
There won't be any mistakes.
- There can't be.
We move into the next
phase within 24 hours.
We have to establish
Gallagher and Terranova
together in Utah.
- I understand.
Nothing will go wrong.
- Thank you, Major.
- Thank you, Sir.
(intense orchestral music)
Tonight, on Wise Guy.
- Dr. Valenti was assassinated.
He was a civilian, Walter.
- Assassination could
be dumped in your lap
if you don't help me.
- You're linking me to
Dr. Valenti's death?
- Who the hell do
you think you are?
- There's an OCB
operation underway here.
His presence is a
violation of security.
Throw him out.
- You can't fight in here.
This is the war room.
- The man is leaving
a trail for me.
If I don't follow it,
I'm doing nothing.
- Wilson is a voice on
the end of the telephone.
- The invisible Mr. Wilson
might get you killed.
("Wiseguy Theme")
- [Announcer]
Previously on Wiseguy.
- National Security Commission
is facing a dire situation.
I need one man.
Agent Vincent Terranova.
- God, I love this town!
- There's an intentional
power vacuum being created
and you're being sucked into it.
You're about to
deal with vipers.
- I see that Terranova's here.
- It's what you
wanted, wasn't it?
- Thanks, Clip,
I appreciated it.
- Dr. And Mrs. Delaney,
this is Vinnie Terranova.
Dr. Delaney served in the
Council of Economic Advisors,
Bookings Institute,
Harvard Economic Review.
- Oh my god, no!
(shots blasts)
- Someone with department
claims has been shot.
- Dr. Valenti.
- What am I doing here?
- I recommended you
be put in charge
of investing a threat
against American interests.
- Why am I the guy
you recommended?
- Because you despise me.
- Vincent Terranova meet
General Leland Masters.
- General Masters.
- This is one of the most
powerful weapons in the world.
It's a printing plate
for the Japanese yen.
We believe a plan exists
to undermine the
economy of Japan.
It was possible,
until the original plate
was damaged in transit.
Tenzer, Kirksman and Lloyd.
- The most powerful
economy in the world
is about to be destroyed
by a Capitol Hill PR Firm?
- It's your moral
duty to stop it.
- The bullet that killed
Valenti was packed with curare.
Was an assassination, Vince.
- "Document file not found.
"Abort, retry."
I have been here since
8:00 this morning.
Tapes, blockbies,
everything on
Valenti's hard drive.
It's all been erased.
- This is a conspiracy, Mark.
- Dr. Valenti created a model
for non-genuine destabilization.
- What is that?
- A diagram for waging economic
war through counterfeiting.
- Who commissioned it?
- Tenser, Kirksman and Lloyd,
Account Executive,
Katherine Gallagher.
- Katherine Gallagher, hello.
- Vinnie Terranova,
how you doing?
- I'm doing well.
But I work hard of it.
- That's good.
I believe in hard work.
- Oh, how do you feel
about spontaneous sex?
- [Mark] Here's Valenti's
fundamental model
of non-genuine destabilization.
I think Masters is behind it.
He wants to leave a trail
for me to find his fore-guy.
That's accountability.
- You're suggesting he
was also responsible
for Dr. Valenti's death.
Why did he pick you?
- Son of a bitch turned a
beautifully conceived notion
into a public embarrassment
that'll take decades to veto.
Isle Pavot is our island.
Now it's in the hands of some
Third World liliputians
who mock us at every turn.
Reparations are gonna
be paid by this boy.
- I'm supposed to
find their scapegoat.
- Another Dean Rhode.
- Yeah, Kay Gallagher.
- The more you get to know me,
the more you'll see
that you and I are cut
from the same cloth.
Men like us are the last rebels
of the American Revolution.
We just wage our war with
more sophisticated tools.
We do what we do for justice,
don't we, Agent Terranova?
- You bet your ass.
(daunting music)
(opera singing in
foreign language)
- I knew Andrew Valenti
for nearly 30 years
and I never knew what
he was talking about.
He was an economist of
considerable stature,
as evidenced by the gathering
of potentates in this cathedral.
I suspect most of
you didn't know
what he was talking
about either.
But we couldn't help
sensing he was right.
Not because he operated on some,
some higher cerebral
plane, which he did,
but because his
work as an economist
was always rooted in
the needs of people.
As complex as his thinking was,
Andrew Valenti was
never not a common man.
(organ music)
- 7:30, your hotel.
- See you tonight.
- Same thing happens
to me all the time.
- Agent Terranova.
Did you know Dr. Valenti?
- Well, I met him only one.
- The investigation
you're running
should be more important than
the passing of a stranger.
- This is official
business for me.
- Dr. Valenti was
killed by a junky.
For God's sake,
I've entrusted you
with a National Security matter!
- Dr. Valenti was assassinated.
- How do you know that?
- If I have something to
report to you, I will.
That damaged postal package
which you claimed that
counterfeit plate was found in,
I need it.
This guy you have following me?
- He's there for
your protection.
- Well, stop it.
I have my own people
to protect me.
- Excuse me, Senator.
- General.
- Come with me, Walter.
I want that damaged
postal parcel
to go to Terranova immediately.
- Yes, sir.
Sir?
- Dr. Valenti was assassinated.
He was a civilian, Walter.
(daunting music)
- [Walter] I requested
that all the evidence
in the Valenti murder be
turned to the D.C. Police.
- It was.
- [Walter] Are you certain?
This incident has
distracted Terranova
from his duties with the
National Security Commission.
- I'll speak to 'em.
- [Walter] That's not necessary.
But for the future,
realize that the
delegation of authority
is no assurance of the proper
completion of the task.
Follow it through
personally, Clip.
Especially when it's for me.
- We've cataloged all
the Japanese Ministry
of Industry and Trade documents
confiscated from Tenzer,
Kirksman and Lloyd.
- All right, make copies
and return them to Kay
Gallagher's office right away.
- Yes, sir.
We're sweeping the room
for electronic devices
as per your directive.
We'll do it three times a
day on a random schedule.
All of your incoming calls
will bypass the switchboard
and be recorded by
the OCB computer.
- Thank you.
- Nothing on Valenti.
Nothing on non-genuine
destabilization.
- The NGD was commissioned
by Tenzer, Kirksman
and Lloyd, right?
- Right.
- Maybe it's a different client.
- Agent Terranova?
- Yeah.
- From Admiral Strichen.
- Thank you.
Get this down to
the lab right away.
I'll need a complete analysis.
- Yes, sir.
- Now, if it is another client,
we may be snafued by diplomacy.
Kay Gallagher's company handles
a lot of foreign interests.
I don't know, Frank.
Maybe I messed up
in assuming that
Valenti's paper was
commissioned for the Japanese.
- Why would they
commission something
that could be used against them?
- I don't know.
But if not them, then who?
- I don't know.
I only know one way to find out.
- You better do it then.
All right, let's
prepare our warrant.
(door unlocks)
(orchestral music)
- Mr. Wilson.
Well, looks like we
got what we came for.
- Don't touch that!
- Miss Gallagher,
I have a warrant.
- Take your hand off that.
I can read the warrant.
It doesn't give you the right
to disturb the mortal
remains of Mr. Lloyd.
- As in cremation?
- You're a real genius.
What are you looking for?
- This involves
National Security.
- Ugh, invoking
National Security
is your little tool
for circumventing
the fourth amendment.
- I am sorry, Miss Gallagher,
but I need to look into this.
- Say hello, Lester.
Terranova instigated
this, didn't he?
- I believe we're finished here.
- Sign this.
- What is it?
- It's a receipt for
confiscated goods.
There's a file on Mr. Wilson
and contents and paper on
non-genuine destabilization
by a Dr. Andrew
Valenti, photocopies of
TKL checks to Valenti,
and cashier checks
to Tenzer, Kirksman, and Lloyd.
Thank you.
Miss Gallagher.
Lester.
(knocking)
- Hi, come on in.
Hey, come on!
- Thanks for a wonderful time.
- Now, wait a minute,
where are you going?
I never ordered a
$400 dinner before.
You have to stay.
- Is this an appreciation
of your opportunity
to humiliate me
or this a lame
attempt at apology?
- It's just a dinner.
Now please, just sit down and
try to enjoy it, all right?
There's things we
both need to know.
Now please.
All right, Kay.
Invoking National
Security is a cheap shot.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, but I'm stuck with it.
Now I'll tell you what I can.
Dr. Valenti wasn't murdered.
He was assassinated.
I believe his death
is linked to his paper
on non-genuine destabilization
which your firm commissioned.
- You're connecting me
to Dr. Valenti's death?
- Who's Mr. Wilson, Kay?
- I should call my lawyer.
- You certain you can
trust your lawyer?
Kay, I'm not trying to
link you to a murder.
I think you're just as
much a victim as he was.
- A victim of who?
- Well that's what
I can't tell you.
I want to, but I'm bound
by National Security.
I've already told you
too much as it is.
Kay, please, tell me.
I need to know about Wilson.
- Let's pretend that
this is a two-way street.
What about what I need to know?
Where is the reason for
my subjecting myself
to an interrogation without
the benefit of an attorney?
A $400 dinner isn't enough.
I need substance.
- An assassination,
and the fall of a
sovereign nation
could be dumped in your
lap if you don't help me.
(laughs)
- Well, I have been
threatened before,
but you take the cake.
- Kay, wake up!
Look at what you do.
You represent foreign interests.
You wheel and deal
on Capitol Hill.
Your businesses isn't
public relations.
It's political relations.
And at the root of
politics, is struggle.
Now, what makes you think
that you can't get
caught up in all of that?
Kay, please.
Tell me about Wilson.
- Wilson is a voice on
the end of the telephone.
He called my firm and asked
us to commission Valenti
to write a paper.
He sent us a check.
We commissioned Valenti,
he delivered the paper.
A messenger came
and picked it up.
- And you never met him?
- I spoke with him
twice on the telephone.
- Do you have his number?
- He always called me.
- Now, didn't that strike
you as kind of strange?
- This is Washington.
Nothing strikes me as strange.
You wanna find Mr. Wilson.
- Yes, I do.
- I can't help you.
Some nut
calls with an extra $70,000
asking Valenti to
write some foolishness
about waging economic war.
I thought it was a joke,
but I called Valenti anyway.
We had a good laugh.
He said if a check
came to let him know.
It did.
I did.
That's that.
You now know as much
or more than I do.
I came here only to
express my indignation.
I have no hunger for
this dinner or you.
- Kay.
Kay!
You better be careful.
Your invisible Mr. Wilson
might get you killed.
(daunting violin music)
(phone ringing)
- Vernon Biggs.
- [Admiral] I've been
trying to reach you, Major.
- I've been out
attending to details.
- [Admiral] Meet me at the
service club right away.
- Yes, Admiral Srichen.
Immediately.
(daunting orchestral music)
(muttering)
- We're alone.
Your man used curare-packed
bullets to remove Valenti.
It was your responsibility
to be specific with him about
every aspect of this mission.
- He was in covert
operations for 12 years.
- Which means he's
surgically attached
to his cloak and dagger.
CO veteran specialized
in taking the simple
and making it complex.
This operation was supposed to
yield nothing to the police.
Except the obvious.
The killing of an
innocent citizen by a man
who to all the world seemed
to be a desperate addict.
- I told him to
eliminate any chance
of Valenti's survival.
- What he eliminated
was any chance of
keeping the nature of
Valenti's death contained.
A CPU toxicology lab
discovered the drug.
The loop has been opened.
And individuals who should
not be away of it, are.
And now,
your target is so preoccupied
with Valenti's assassination
that he's not fully focused
on Katherine Gallagher.
- I can't keep Terranova
under surveillance.
They sweep his room
three times a day.
- He's a dangerous and
a clever operative.
- Does Terranova's knowledge
jeopardize the operation?
- Mistakes threaten
his operation.
- Then give me a
chance to rectify mine.
If this man is a problem,
he can be taken out
cleanly without--
- No.
- Or if you'd like to
relieve me of my
responsibilities,
I will understand.
- You're a dedicated patriarch.
Vernon,
that is recognized
at the highest level.
You know,
I believe
that God is on our side.
Our operation is on track,
but we're moving
into the next phase.
No detail is too small
to be overlooked.
- I understand.
And I will follow the rule.
- I know you will, Vernon.
I want you to be ready to leave
for Utah at a moment's notice.
Our targets are going to
be meeting Mr. Wilson soon.
- Yes, Sir, I'll be ready.
- And then we should
be prepared to have...
(footsteps thumping)
- Walter!
How the hell are ya?
- I'm well, General,
but running late.
Good to see you, Major.
- Yeah, yeah.
Army?
- Marine, Sir.
- Good for you, son.
(dramatic orchestral music)
- We found a trail
of paper, Frank.
It's been leading us nowhere.
We haven't been taking advantage
of the little time we have left.
Now we know Masters
has printed the money
because we've seen the plate.
Now we can assume
that he has a delivery
system as well.
The transport planes, the ships.
- Vince, you're basing
all your assumptions
on the number one assumption
that Master's behind all this.
Now it could be someone else.
- Yeah, it could be.
But even if it is somebody
else, the plan still goes on.
It's just that the trigger
to release the money
hasn't been pulled yet.
- How do you know?
- Because Masters is behind it.
And behind Masters
is a military mind.
He thinks strategically.
He's about to
launch an offensive,
but he won't launch it until
his defense is prepared.
- Senator Getzloff's Trade bill.
- [Vinnie] That's right.
- It's still just a bill.
- Don't you think he's
gonna try his damn
just to get it passed?
He plays to win, Frank.
He knows all the bodies
aren't just in Arlington.
It's not that many senators
that can resist this
kind of pressure.
- I may know one.
- Orchestrating the
collapse of Japan,
(laughing) through
what did you call it?
- Non-genuine destabilization,
Senator Pickering.
Invading their economy
with counterfeit currency.
- Sheer madness.
- I don't have proof of
Masters' involvement,
but I do believe that--
- The lunacy of what
you've described
is proof enough for me.
- Senator we believe the
passage of the Trade Bill
could trigger the release
of the counterfeit currency.
- Now if that bill could
be held up in a committee--
- It's Senator Getzloff's
bill, Agent Terranova.
It's her committee.
(phone ringing)
And that bill
is coming to the floor
tomorrow morning at 10.
- What are its chances, Sir?
- Damn good.
The mood of the country
is turning protectionist.
(chuckling) That coupled
with more arm twisting
than you see at a
wrestling match.
Means Miss Janet is pulling
out all the stops on this one.
I carry great influence
with my colleagues.
I believe Getzloff's
bill is bad law.
Protectionism is bad
for this country.
It's throwing up a wall,
but it's passage
seems inevitable.
- Could a man of your
influence stop it?
- Let's not be
mendacious, gentlemen.
That bill won't
die an easy death
no matter what I fling at it.
This country's right
for Jap bashing.
A lot of fellows wanna
vote of that bill
just so they can
beat their chest.
And the fellows
that don't want to,
are gonna be cajoled and coerced
by Masters and Getzloff.
And you can't
underestimate that.
- [Senator] Darling, do you
mind if I indulge my weakness?
- Allow me.
Have you been able
to do anything
about that air force
base in Murphy state?
- It's being recommissioned.
2,470 jobs are gonna be saved.
There'll be an official
announcement tomorrow morning.
- Then Mr. Murphy
is in our column.
Witherspoon needs matching
funds for his highway program.
That was a campaign promise.
- I'll talk to Phillips
at Transportation.
Can we count on Lennon?
- Promised him a vote.
And his Coastline
Protection Bill.
But he's still on the fence.
- He's been having some problems
with the IRS, hasn't he?
- That's right.
- Then it can get better
or worse, depending.
- Well, there's
still Lucas Feldman,
Clark--
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, forget him.
- I count 52 votes.
Assuming there are
no deflections when
it comes to floor.
- What about Pickering?
Will he be the
charge against us?
- He needs my help on
catastrophic healthcare.
- Don't count on it.
He'd run against Christmas
if he though I was behind it.
- He has no backing.
Now, what's he gonna
do, filibuster?
- It's been done.
- The Capri movie.
Pickering doesn't have the legs.
And he takes naps after lunch.
(snickering)
The bill will pass.
Now what's the
possibility of a veto?
- He trusts me.
I'm sort of a spiritual
father to him.
He thinks I should be
sitting behind his desk.
- He's right.
- I know.
There'll be no veto.
- Then we're home
free, my darling.
(beeping)
- Frank, it's Mark.
Can you come into the war room?
- What's up?
- CPU made the damage
postal package.
It was manufactured
by B and Cooly Paper
in Washington state.
A content analysis of the
paper and chemical breakdown
of the glue and the
double seal layer
gave us a definite idea.
It once was a grocery
bag used by Farm Fresh,
a gourmet food store catering
to the carriage trade
in ski resort areas.
- What are you doing?
- Well, I'm cross-referencing
military and industrial sites.
- Why?
I put you on restricted duty.
- Now wait a minute,
wait a minute.
He's working with me now.
- On what?
- Well, that's on a
need to know basis
and you don't need to know.
- Beg your pardon?
- No, these are your words.
What I'm saying is,
get out.
- [Clipton] This is my purview--
- This is National Security.
Now, look, I don't
mean to be rude,
but it was you,
yourself that led me
to the security commission.
I cannot violate the trust
that you can General
Masters has invested in me.
Okay?
Thanks, Clip.
Thanks a lot.
Okay.
Do we know how long ago
the paper was manufactured?
- [Mark] 46 weeks ago.
The Farm Fresh food chain
has 12 stores spread across
Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
- Well, what are we waiting for?
- Well, the computer's
checking locations.
I've set a 200-mile radius as
a parameter for the search.
It could take some time.
- What?
- You know you just threw
the Second Assistant
of Trade General out
of his own war room?
- And so what?
- So, I always
wanted to do that.
(chuckles)
- Me too.
- You understand I see my
first obligation to country,
to government,
but it's extremely
distressing to be removed
from my own war room
by a subordinate.
- Calm down, Clip.
- I can't.
Really, I can't.
I have no idea what
you're investigating.
Now, I've done my best
to be cooperative,
but when I walk into the room
and I see the computer whirring
Farm Fresh gourmet stores
and where they intersect
with military bases,
honestly, Admiral,
I'm about to come apart.
I have this nauseating feeling
that I'm involved in
something which might be,
might be...
- Might be what?
- Well, be involved.
You know.
In something extralegal.
- You are very
upset, aren't you?
- I am.
- Of course you are.
- Of course.
- You gonna be able to
pull yourself together
for the state
dinner this evening?
- Sir.
- Well, we can't afford
a scene at the
diplomatic function.
- Oh, no, Sir.
But I wasn't invited.
- Well, perhaps
protocol anticipated
your emotional state.
You do wanna go, don't you?
- Yes, Sir.
- Right.
Mildred, would you make sure
that Mr. and Mrs.
Dewitt Clipton's name
are on the list for
tonight's dinner?
- [Mildred] Yes, Sir.
Thank you.
- Clip.
Everything is going to
be perfectly all right.
I assure you.
Now why don't you go on home
and master your faculties?
Give Joan my best and
I'll see you both tonight.
- Yes, Sir.
And thank you for helping me.
- Any time, Clip.
Any time.
(orchestral music)
General.
- Yes, Walter.
- Terranova's made a
connection to Farm Fresh.
- Why doesn't he report
these things to me?
- Well, Sir, you know
his attitude toward me
and the establishment
in general.
- I don't give tinker's
damn for his attitude.
He has an obligation.
If he won't fulfill it to you,
he damn well better be
taught to fulfill it to me.
Where is he?
- At OCB.
- I want my car.
- Well Big Sky is out.
- No, wait a minute,
wait a minute.
We have a huge construction
and mining operation there.
- Strikes me as too
difficult to get to.
We're going on a
military notion.
We got better choices.
There's no--
(buzzing)
- Yes.
- [Man On Intercom]
General Masters is here
to see Agent Terranova.
- Tell him I'm not available.
- [Masters] You little bastard.
I wanna see you immediately.
- [Vinnie] Okay.
We put Big Sky number
12 on the list,
so what's our top 10.
- Um, View Crest,
Montana in Sun Valley.
I don't know.
- We better forget Sun Valley.
That's too upscale.
Notary personnel would
stand out like a sore thumb.
- What the hell do you
think you're doing?
Who the hell do
you think you are?
- I don't want him in here.
- He has clearance.
- There's an OCB
operation underway here.
His presence is a
violation of security.
Throw him out.
- General.
- Release him!
Release him at once!
Have you men lost your senses?
- You can't fight in here.
This is the war room.
- General Masters,
are you all right?
- Who the hell are you?
- I'm Dewitt Clipton.
I'm Second Assistant to
the Attorney General.
- Go polish a doorknob.
Leave us alone.
I said get out.
There was a time when soldiers
knew how to follow orders.
I want a report.
- You want a report.
Frank?
- The postal package,
the counterfeit plate,
we shipped it--
- The alleged counterfeit plate.
And alleged shipping.
- The paper was once a grocery
bag from Farm Fresh Gourmet.
It's a chain of 12
stores in the northwest.
We're in the process
of determining
which military base
is opened or closed
or what industry is in
proximity to said stores.
We're going over
a computer list.
- Let me see the list.
Big Sky, forget it.
Sun Valley, forget it.
Dawn Valley, Utah.
There was a transport
depo closed there.
Write this down.
Dew Crest, Montana
is within 50 miles
of a computer chip facility.
Missoula, Montana is the
home of their university.
It is a complete facility.
Now why don't you start
with what's most likely,
and quite diddling?
Tenzer, Kirksman and Lloyd.
You went there with a warrant.
What'd you find?
- Katherin Gallagher's
firm is not involved.
- That's a load of crap.
- It's a red herring.
- Well, why the hell did
you search the place?
- That's what you
wanted, wasn't it?
- I want this scheme stopped.
- (scoffs) Now there's
a load of crap.
- I like you, boy.
I like you a lot.
Trust only your gut.
Keep your target in sight.
Even if it's me.
Sort of, damn the torpedoes.
Now that's all right as long as
it doesn't interfere
with the truth,
but in this case, it does.
So why don't you hop too it
before it gets away from you
and this whole damn
scheme succeeds
because you've been so busy
trying to pin it on a
wrinkled, old general
who embodies your idea
of corrupt bureaucracy.
Now, I can't stand the
stinkers anymore than you can,
but know not to judge a man
until all the evidence is in.
Get the job done.
(light piano music)
- He just narrowed
the search for us.
He just dropped the
next crumb on the trail.
- I've got Terranova pointed
in the right direction,
but he's convinced
Gallagher's a red herring.
Is there any reason I have
to do everything myself?
(phone dialing)
(phone ringing)
- [Vernon] Vernon Biggs.
- Go to Utah.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
- [Kay] Hello?
- Hello, Kay, Walter.
- [Kay] Oh, I'm so
glad you called.
- I understand you're
under some pressure.
- [Kay] You have
no idea, Walter.
- Perhaps I can help.
(siren wailing)
(knocking)
- I need to see
Walter right away.
- Kay Gallagher's here.
- Go down to the bar
and wait for my call.
- I don't like this, Walter.
You could take me to
one of these dinners
once in a while.
- Would that get you down
to the bar any faster?
- Kay.
I've heard.
No doubt the whole
town has heard by now.
Your office has been searched.
- I'm in serious
trouble, Walter.
I don't even know why.
- You must be under
a lot of pressure.
I wanna help you, if I can.
But first I need to
know what's going on
and that you are not involved.
Let's get us a drink, huh?
- Thank you.
- Again?
- Put it on the room, would ya?
And give yourself a good tip.
- [Bartender] Do you
know what she'd do
to spend an evening on the
town with you on her arm?
- They don't print enough money.
- And you've never
seen this Mr. Wilson.
- Everything I know about
that man is in the file.
- Kay, I'm sure there's no
complicity on your part.
But I am going to need
your solemn word on this.
- Of course, you have it.
- I'm gonna make a phone call.
You understand this
could be viewed
as a slight misuse of my office.
- Thank you, Walter.
- Kay.
(phone ringing)
- That was fast.
- Call me back in 10 minutes.
- How long do you expect
me to sit here, Walter?
- Just do as I say.
Unless you've got
something better to do.
Shouldn't take long, Kay.
(daunting orchestral music)
- Senator.
- I had my staff on this
as soon as you left.
Came up with this list
about 20 minutes ago.
- Dew Crest, Montana.
Dawn Valley, Utah.
Senator, we got
this from Masters.
- [Senator] You're leaving?
- Yeah.
I'm going to Dawn Valley, Utah.
That's where we wants me.
Well, it's the next
crumb, Senator.
The man is leaving
a trail for me.
If I don't follow it,
I'm doing nothing.
- How's the trade
bill going, Senator?
- There doesn't seem to be
anything standing in its way.
- I don't believe
it can't be stopped.
- Or slowed down.
- I'm a little long in the
tooth for a filibuster.
- Well, Senator, I can't believe
you still don't
enjoy center stage.
- The power of veto is still
with the President, Senator.
Not Leland Masters.
- Don't be naive, son.
Masters can handle
the President.
- I can't figure out why
he wants to hang this
on Kay Gallagher.
- He believes we're
being sold out
by junk bond cowboys and
Wall Street arbi-treasures.
Ever hear of the FXX?
Japanese version of the F16?
Her efforts brought to fruition
the accord which gave
them our technology,
resulting in the Japanese
building their own
fleet of fighter planes.
Masters can't shake the image
of a sky full of rising suns.
(intense orchestral music)
- [Frank] Hey, Uncle Mike!
- Hey, son.
- Here you are, Uncle.
That should bring
you up to date.
You guys be careful.
I won't call in.
- [Uncle Mike]
Where are we headed?
- Dawn Valley, Utah.
- What are we, going skiing
with Prescott Wilson?
- Prescott Wilson?
- He owns Dawn Valley, Utah.
- I want you guys just
to check out the base.
I don't want you to
make a move on Wilson
until I fax you
everything we have on him.
Now take care.
- Boarding is complete.
He is joined up
with another man.
(engines whirring)
(phone ringing)
- Strichen.
- I have some reading
to do, Walter.
- Yes.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
- Walter.
I wanna come up!
- Yeah.
- You love this, don't you?
- Yes.
And I appreciate this.
The checks were
drawn on a Utah bank
and the phone records of the
calls received at that time
were made from a phone
in Dawn Valley, Utah.
- Prescott Wilson.
- [Walter] American's
hermit billionaire.
- He called me twice.
He'll speak with me again.
- He spoke to you
because he called you.
- I'll see him in person.
- Kay, he hasn't seen anybody
since we put a Kennedy
in the White House.
It's impossible.
- Walter, nothing is impossible.
Thank you.
Hi.
- Hi.
Going away for a little skiing?
- No, not this trip, I'm afraid.
- I heard it's a
beautiful country
up in that part of Utah.
- Maybe next time.
(dialing)
(ringing)
- [Vernon] Vernon Biggs.
- Gallagher left this morning.
It is imperative
that everything at your end
works according to operation.
- I'm seeing to every
detail myself, Sir.
There won't be any mistakes.
- There can't be.
We move into the next
phase within 24 hours.
We have to establish
Gallagher and Terranova
together in Utah.
- I understand.
Nothing will go wrong.
- Thank you, Major.
- Thank you, Sir.
(intense orchestral music)