Miami Vice s01e18 Episode Script

You stay here.
I will be right back.
Lindsay.
Tommy.
Tommy, time for dinner.
Okay.
[Man #1.]
I want the chick.
[Man #2.]
You had the chick last time, man.
Yeah, you stuck me with the kids.
Where are the kids? They're coming.
[Doorbell Chimes.]
I'll get it, Rosa.
Who are we to them? Shh.
! Who's there? Flowers from Kay-Den.
Lindsay, Tommy, supper's ready now.
Who else is in the house? [Woman Crying.]
No one.
No one.
Shut up and get on the floor.
Get on the floor.
- [Groaning.]
- You like the flowers, baby? I said, do you like the flowers, baby? [Crying.]
- The money, man.
Tell us where the money is.
- Come on.
Where's thejewels, huh? - We want thejewels.
- [Woman Screams.]
[Exhales.]
Well.
Mmm.
Quiet night in the monastery, buckaroo? Thanks for the party, guys.
Let's work on the timing.
What is so important at - Maybe we should call Tubbs.
- Oh, yeah.
Absolutely.
He must feel left out.
Tucked away in some quiet corner in Manhattan, sipping champagne with Valerie.
You can't knock a guy for knowing when to take a leave of absence.
Deputy Chief wants all available detectives on the home invaders investigation immediately.
As of tomorrow, the four of us will be working Robbery, and I want you two to be up to date.
Soon as you're done with the Hernandez case, you're coming aboard.
What's this? Notes on a home theyjust hit in Palm Island.
What's the M.
O.
? It varies.
The homes have been occupied.
Been brutalizing the families.
Last night they put a woman in the hospital with electrical burns.
Lieutenant Malone'll be holding a briefing at 6:00 a.
m.
I understand you know him.
Yeah.
Yeah I do.
I came up under him.
[Chuckles.]
Taught me everything I know about robbery.
He's a terrific guy.
Good cop.
Well, he's after some bad people.
Let's help him get 'em.
[Laughing.]
I don't lie.
Hey, Charlie.
How you doin', pal? Well, the circus must be in town.
Ebersole, just because you work Homicide doesn't mean you have to dress like a corpse.
Look at this guy.
Must be rough in Vice, man.
Cars, clothing You ain't exactly starving.
You're fat.
What is it with you? You better lighten up.
You're gonna need your own zip code.
Well, I hear we're gonna lose some weight on this one.
The press is coming down real hard.
Well, I wouldn't worry about it.
You've got the brightest and the best here.
- Where have I heard that before? - Hey, John, you rascal.
How're you doin'? All right.
Still got enough left in me to run you around the block.
[Chuckles.]
Lieutenant, I want you to meet my boss.
This is Lt.
Martin Castillo, LieutenantJohn Malone.
Good to meet you, Lieutenant.
Done much robbery work? No.
We can use the help just the same.
Yeah, what is it with you guys? You can't take the pressure over here or what? I heard you were getting a little soft, needed some real work.
Hear that, Ebersole? It's really good to see you here, Sonny.
Good seein' you, buddy.
We'll talk later.
Okay.
All right, let's get this drill started.
All right.
Now, here's the long and the short.
We've been host to six home invasions in the past eight weeks involving just under two million in stolen property, leaving five, unarmed citizens hospitalized.
Location and sequence of the scores are on the map here.
Now, we're all here because we cannot let this situation continue.
Sergeant Heraty will be coordinating your report and ramrodding the operation.
This pamphlet summarizes everything we know as of this moment.
We're dealing with a crew of three to five-handed and they're packing.
Shotguns, automatic weapons and other implements.
One victim described what appears to be a cattle prod.
Got any descriptions or, uh, composites? - Stockings and hockey masks.
- What about vehicles? They're stealing commercial vehicles, which they then paint and use for a delivery ruse.
- We haven't seen a work car.
- What kind of scores they putting down? Cash, jewels, uh, couple of coin collections.
Similar to some recent scores in Chicago and New York.
There's a little on that from the F.
B.
I.
In the pamphlet.
So you think these are out-of-towners? Could go either way.
Have you been calling your local burglars when the scores are reported? For what? Well, if they're home in bed, then, uh, they couldn't have robbed the house.
Usually, Martin, we don't tuck in our local suspects.
[All Chuckle.]
Seems to me that's the kind of information that a Robbery unit should have.
There's next to nothing in this.
Not even an M.
O.
Sheet.
It's my understanding the method is everything to these home invaders.
They work on a clock.
Yet, there's, uh, not a word in this pamphlet as to how long they're in the house.
Where's he speaking next week? [Chattering.]
With all due respect, Lieutenant, you came on pretty strong in there.
Detective, I've seen more information on a dog-bite report.
[Camera Shutter Clicks.]
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[Shutter Clicks Rapidly.]
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[Shutter Clicks.]
[Man.]
How'd it go? Shaky.
I don't know.
It's a crapshoot.
Why? Well, I don't like the layout.
It's too far from the highway, private security patrolled.
It doesn't look as good as I was hoping.
Yeah, but for this one, maybe we take a little extra draw.
There's maybe 200 large in there.
Our end.
- Can we prowl it? - I counted three different alarms going up the pole.
Plus, you gotta figure people like this [Clicks Tongue.]
they gotta have panic buttons under their pillows.
Come on.
There's gotta be a way.
We put too much time in this already.
We go in, like, uh, heavy, and baboom! And knock 'em down, and we'll lam in three minutes' time.
Two hundred grand, man.
Forget it.
We got no way to monitor that radio.
So what about the patrols? We got a ram car.
We can't prowl it with all the juice goin' in the house.
We gotta pass it.
I agree.
You know there's other good scores out there won't draw near the heat.
Pass it? What, you guys getting a little soft in the head? Hey, I ain't taking no draws.
I don't have to.
You may not remember there ain't too much social life in stir.
I ain't goin' back, man.
Fifty G's my end or no 50 G's.
We're passin'.
Like Nicky says, this town's loaded with marks.
[Woman.]
Animals.
What they did to our children.
My son may never be able to use his hand again.
Mrs.
Taylor, to catch these men we need your help.
[Exhales, Sniffles.]
I'm sorry, gentlemen.
Was there anything even slightly familiar to you about any of these men? Nothing.
Their walk.
Speech.
Their build? No.
Nothing at all.
Any accents that were recognizable? No.
In the last four or five days, did anything unusual happen around the house? Hang-up phone calls? Solicitors? Vendors? Any jewelry appraised recently? No.
No, nothing.
Did they ever call one another by name in your presence? No.
What was the first thing they said to you when they walked in the house? Try to remember.
[Shaky Breath.]
I think it was, "Is there anyone else in the house?" The kids were screaming and crying, so I couldn't hear everything that was said.
And then this man started to burn me with the cigarette.
I promise you.
We'll do everything we can for you.
[Sniffles.]
Mrs.
Taylor, as soon as you feel up to it, I'd like you to take a look at this questionnaire.
Simple questions about your daily routine.
We will come back for it.
It's important to us.
I can't believe this has happened to us.
My son.
Don't let it happen again.
Please, please, catch them.
[No Audible Dialogue.]
Excuse me, please.
Can I help you? Yeah.
We'd like to see Benny.
Benny ain't here.
Find him, please.
We'll wait.
Find him? What do I look like, a tour guide? Just find him.
We'll talk about what you look like later.
- [Door Opens.]
- Benjamin.
Yeah, what do you want? Benny, how are you, baby? Good to see you again.
Well, I got nothing to say to you.
Oh, I think you do.
There's a lot of action around.
Lot of jewelry goin' down.
Oh, so that's what it is.
You forgot when I squared my beef with you? You ain't squared nothing.
Oh, you don't remember? Well, I do.
So take your shoes for a walk and take your friend with you and get out.
I'm Lieutenant Castillo.
I don't care if you're chief of police.
I run a legitimate business here, and if you got something on me, fine.
Well, then arrest me.
- But if you don't get out.
- Let me tell you about your business.
There's a crew in the city hurting family and children.
They're scoring exactly the kind of merchandise you move.
If I find out that you even breathe the same air as these people I'm shakin'.
Don't point.
- Hey, Angel.
- What do you want? Get rid of these guys.
Come on.
Let's go.
[Squeals.]
- Up in the air, Angel.
- [Groans.]
[Exhales.]
Primitive, but effective.
The guys you're looking for are a lot more dangerous than you two guys.
So I got nothing to say.
You know what I mean? They're dangerous.
Ladies, if you hear of any young hookers being beaten up by their tricks tonight, I want you to let me know right away.
Will do.
All right.
Check, please.
[Register Dings.]
I just talked to a detective in Chicago.
He said there was a rash of batteries on young prostitutes during the home invasion.
It's a long shot, but he's gonna send me the paperwork.
Great.
At least we'll have something new to talk about at Robbery.
Hey, you can tell 'em.
- Aren't you going to the meeting? - No, I'm gonna go back to the office and review some of the case reports.
[Sighs.]
Well, Malone is expecting you.
What should I tell him? Anything you want.
[Man.]
You take the old lady.
Wake up.
Wake up.
Wake up.
- [Gasps.]
- [Woman Screams.]
Who else is in the house? No one.
No one.
[Crying, Screaming.]
- You wanna die? - Give them what they want.
Give them! I ain't givin' these bums nothing.
[Gunshot.]
Step out of the car.
- Hey, buddy boy.
- [Silenced Gunshots.]
Make sure you vacuum around that bed, get some blood samples off the carpet.
- How'd it go down? - Elderly couple.
Got them out of bed.
They were after jewelry, some gold coins the old guy collected.
Seventy-five years old and he tries to fight 'em.
[Camera Shutter Clicks.]
How is he? He's at the hospital.
Shot twice.
What's the story on the cop outside? I don't think he could've heard the shots or he would've called for help.
My guess is he came up on the outside guy.
He just let him have it point-blank in the heart.
- Where's the wife? - She's in the next room.
Sergeant Heraty's talking to her now.
Do we know how they got in? Back door.
Pulled the lock.
Missus was taped, rubbed the gag off, kicked the phone off the table.
How long after they left? Five minutes.
She hear the shots from outside? Sergeant Heraty's handling the street scene.
Why don't you ask him? Why didn't you seal off the area? Because they were long gone by the time we got here, and I didn't feel it appropriate to call in 20 squad cars after the fact.
And, frankly, Lieutenant, I don't have to explain my decisions.
Even if you wanted to, I don't think you could.
I learned a long time ago, guys that come down heavy don't make good mechanics.
This is a different crew, and your lieutenant is out of line.
I know you're under a lot of pressure, John, but I gotta tell ya, pal Sonny, don't patronize me.
I was handling cases like this when Castillo was still busting kids for nickel bags.
His attitude I don't need.
Now, wait a minute.
Castillo may not have the warmest disposition in the world, but he's one hell of an investigator.
There's two ways you beat these guys.
Informants or wiretaps.
End of story.
I gotta tell you, John, as a friend he's got a legitimate beef.
Your crime reports are paper-thin, pal.
Forensics has got their heads where they don't see daylight.
This isn't theJohn Malone I used to know.
[Police Radio Chatter.]
[Sighs.]
This guy may look a little rusty on the surface, but underneath he's a helluva detective.
This investigation's in real trouble, Sonny.
Lieutenant, I know this guy.
He'll come through.
Let's get going.
[Engine Starts.]
[Baby Crying, Faint.]
[Phone Rings.]
You always pick the nicest places to meet.
A trick bounced her around pretty bad.
She say how long ago it happened? I'll let her tell you.
What are you gonna do for us? Me and Sha Sha, we don't do something for nothing.
We're businesswomen.
We ain't dumb.
Show us how smart you are and tell them what happened.
See, Sha Sha and me, we're from Detroit.
I moved in with her after my father started drinking a lot.
Just tell us what happened when you got beat up.
Slow down, stud.
I'm gettin' to that.
Talk about a fast trick.
Honey, I ain't your trick.
Ooh, another tough guy.
You wanna beat me up too? You can talk to us here or talk to us downtown.
[Exhales.]
Okay.
I meet this guy and he wants to have a party, so he takes me to a hotel.
What time did you meet him? I don't know, 4:00, 5:00, this afternoon.
Anyway, we go to his room, and when we get through, he doesn't let me leave.
He check in, or did he go straight to the room? I saw him check in.
Did he have any bags? - No.
- Did he tell you anything that he did or where he stayed? He didn't want a conversation.
Can you blame him? How much time would you spend talking? - What did he look like? - He was real cute.
He looked like he had a lot of money too.
If I had to guess, I'd say he was a Gemini.
Yeah, okay.
Thank you.
Get a description.
Then get the lab over to the motel.
Maybe they can match a specimen.
I thought you did better work in your own office.
I came back to cross-check these.
Uh, I noticed in this first knock, uh, Christiansen.
They used handcuffs.
Did you ever do any good trying to run 'em down? Japanese manufacturer, sold to a huge wholesaler in Chicago.
Not enough time to chase down all the retailers and mail order yet.
Here's a report I asked for from Chicago.
According to the "Evidence Recovered" section, handcuffs were used on all the victims.
- Apparently, the same brand.
- It's handcuffs or tape in every score in Miami.
Commercial vehicles stolen in every case.
Victims tortured, handcuffed and taped.
First words, "Who's in the house?" Set aside all the Miami questionnaire reports.
Did the D'Arcos belong to any social clubs? Did you get the lab report on Feld? - Feld lock was pulled.
- How's Feld doin'? Holdin'on.
Social clubs.
No.
Look at Weinstein.
They have a gardener? Yes, uh, Landscaping Specialties.
- How about Taylor? - Taylor.
Taylor.
Yes.
Showcase Services.
Back to Weinstein.
Did she have groceries delivered? No.
Pizza, once in a while.
Where does she have her hair done? Hair Emporium.
Go to Golden.
I have Golden.
Here.
Uh, pizza, groceries, landscape? - Landscape.
- Sunset Landscape.
Go to Christiansen.
- What do you want? - Hair.
Hair Emporium.
Where does D'Arco get her hair done? - Hair Emporium.
- Hair on Shapiro.
She trades off.
Glorious Waves, Hair Emporium.
One more.
Hair on Foreman.
Hair Emporium.
Beauty shops.
That's where it all starts.
Beautiful.
?? [Dance.]
Oh.
How's my favorite hot little number? Wonderful, but we're starting to look so ratty.
I need a trim.
Oh, well, not to worry.
We'll have it looking fabulous in no time.
Natalie.
First, shampoos for both of you.
Steve, slap some No.
5 on this mutt and throw it in the sink.
Drown it if it bites you.
? She wants to lead the glamorous life ? ? She don't need a man's touch ? ? She wants to lead the glamorous life ? ? Without love, it ain't much It ain't much ? Well, I'm ready for something new.
I've just let it go for a couple of years.
Same old thing.
But now I'm ready for some excitement.
Some adventure.
Fabulous.
We can start with a new cut.
Sort of punk, but sophisticated.
[No Audible Dialogue.]
? She wants to lead the glamorous life ? ? She don't need a man's touch ? ? She wants to lead the glamorous life ? The Mercedes, right over there.
? Without love, it ain't much It ain't much ? ?? [Woman Vocalizing.]
- You look good.
- What? Your new do.
You think so? I dig short hair myself.
Your husband's gonna get a kick out of his, lady.
When, in between board meetings? ? She wants to lead the glamorous life ? ? She don't need a man's touch ? ? She wants to lead the glamorous life ? ? Without love, it ain't much ?? [Kisses.]
I know that guy too.
He had a neat tattoo.
It stretched out.
Yeah, I know that guy.
I know that guy.
I know that guy.
And that guy.
And that guy.
This is so boring.
Look, Lana.
The purpose of this exercise is for you to find the one guy who beat you up most recently, okay? So, please, take another look.
This guy.
- That's the guy? - Owes me 20 bucks.
Eddie O'Donnell.
Make a note of that, Sha Sha.
What's the matter with you? You think we'rejust playing here or something? You lost, sweetheart? [Wolf Whistle.]
Come to Papa.
Where's Castillo? A meeting.
He's volunteering us for another week in Robbery.
Well, come on.
I may have something.
Sorry to bother you, Lieutenant, but I have a feeling about the guy who parks those cars at Hair Emporium.
I'd like to have those two hookers get a look at him.
- Did you check out the employees? - I called the beautician's license bureau.
I ran all the names through Records.
Clean.
The owner too.
Take the two girls down to the parking lot right away.
Take Switek and Zito for surveillance.
Keep me posted.
All we want you to do is take a look and just tell us if it's the same guy.
Well, if you really want me to identify him, why don't you get us a room? Look, just tell us if it's him, all right? Is this one-way glass? There.
The guy in the white shirt.
He's too far away.
Here.
Look through these.
You won't hurt him, will ya? Malone.
I got him here right now.
Good work, Gina.
Your gals fingered the parking lot attendant.
Nailed you to it, sucker.
What a guy.
Not only parks your car, makes a copy of the keys while you wait.
Stay with him.
I'll handle the woman.
No sign of any tail.
We can't wait any longer.
Let's go.
[Engine Starts.]
Miami Vice.
Pull over, please.
[Alarm Ringing.]
Police officers.
Please step out of the car.
Please, somebody help me.
My ex-husband is having me murdered.
Easy.
Easy, lady.
Relax.
We're detectives.
We have reason to believe that you may be the victim of a robbery tonight.
We need your help.
A robbery? Take everything, but, please, whatever you do, don't rape me.
Lady, please.
Step out of the car.
We have to ask you some questions.
What's your name? My name? How do you know I'm gonna be robbed if you don't even know my name? Your name, lady.
Your name.
Mrs.
Abraham Goldman.
But if you're really detectives, you can call me Muriel.
[Engine Starts.]
Show's on.
They're rolling.
It's a hot rod Camaro and a black Lincoln.
Let's go.
We got 'em.
Stay nice and loose on 'em now.
All units, we're moving.
East on Flager Street about 30 miles an hour.
It's the Camaro, trailed by three men in a Lincoln.
Florida plates.
Don't turn.
Pull over and let me out.
Hello.
This is Sergeant Heraty.
They have switched into an I.
M.
D.
Van and are heading south.
I am no longer maintaining eye contact on the subject.
I have lost him.
I repeat, I have lost eye contact.
I have lost the subject.
They have switched into an I.
M.
D.
Van and are heading south.
Anybody got them yet? Anybody got 'em yet? Anybody seen 'em? We lost 'em.
- Can somebody come in? - [Phone Rings.]
[Rings.]
- Hello.
- Sonny, it's Gina.
They lost them.
They switched to an R.
G.
A.
Van and lost them in traffic.
Terrific.
How long ago? Ten, 15 minutes.
Heading towards the beach.
I'll send them to back you up.
No.
Too risky.
Tell 'em to cover the garage.
They lost 'em.
We'll find 'em when they ring our doorbell.
They should've been here by now.
Unless they already came here and saw something they didn't like.
[Phone Rings.]
Gina, put Mrs.
Goldman on the phone.
Mrs.
Goldman, this is Detective Crockett.
What lights do you normally leave on at night? - Why? - Just answer the question.
The living room.
The bathroom, generally.
- The bedroom, naturally.
I like to watch - Where do you normally park your car? - What car? - Your Corvette.
You mean my daughter's car.
I wouldn't own a car that color.
Where does your daughter live? Where she shouldn't.
In that barn of a house.
I've been trying to talk her into moving - Lady, the address.
The address.
- 18 Bel Drive.
[Line Disconnects.]
Such a rude young man.
It's going down right now.
[No Audible Dialogue.]
Freeze.
Out.
One word out of you, and I'll just get in and drive away, sweetheart.
Better yet, good night.
[Woman Crying.]
[Man Yelling, Indistinct.]
[Men Talking, Indistinct.]
Where the hell's the backup? [Man.]
You know what he's gonna do to her if you're lying? Wait or go? No choice.
[Whimpering.]
Look at her.
Close your eyes and she's dead, man.
Don't blink.
[Crying.]
You know what he's gonna do to her if you're lying to us, man? Those jewels better be where you said, man.
Are they up there, man? Nicky, what the hell's goin'on? Jerry? Jerry? What's goin'on, man? Nicky? Aw, you really shouldn't have.
Oh, it's the least I could do.
It isn't often that I'm invited to dinner with five exciting [Chuckles.]
Police detectives.
[Chuckles.]
It's been at least a week.
[Glasses Clink.]
[Laughs.]
My, I haven't had this much fun since I watched my ex-husband file for Chapter 13.
[Scattered Laughter.]
I don't wanna seem greedy, but, uh, weren't we supposed to bejoined by two more men? I'll call 'em.
Got a quarter? How can you be thinking about other men? [Laughs.]
He's not in your league, honey.
Don't break his heart.
That's about 20 bucks now, right? About nine-fifty.
To me.
[Laughs.]
Well, where ya been? We were waiting [Laughs.]
We were waiting to start.
I had to make a stop.
Here, this is for you.
What's this? Open it up.
Consider it a graduation gift from your former teacher.
What's this all about? I figure you might wanna go fishing someday.
I hear it's real fashionable to go out in a boat with a retired lieutenant from Robbery.
I turned in my badge yesterday, Sonny.
You're kidding? Come on, John.
You've forgotten more than [Scoffs.]
This was one case.
One sloppy case.
That's more than I want on my record.
Sonny, you let me show you when it was time to take your gun out of your holster.
Now, let me show you when it's time to put it on the shelf.
You knew about this? Yeah.
The deputy chief called me this afternoon.
He's a little worried about trying to fill the shoes.
Rightly so.
Depends.
Maybe they can talk somebody into switching departments.
I told them I couldn't think of anybody with a comparable track record.
Amen.
- Good luck, pal.
- Thanks.
Now, come on.
Let's go teach this gal how to party, eh?