Starsky and Hutch (1975) s01e20 Episode Script

Hey, look at those ducks.
- We're not looking for ducks, Starsk.
- Okay.
You know you're just wasting your time.
- Well, it's my time.
- It's my time too.
In case you're interested, time belongs to no one man exclusively.
Oh, that's brilliant.
Look, some people just aren't worth it.
I mean, you can eat your guts out carrying the world for them.
There he is.
I'll be right back.
Come on, let's split.
Hey, Kiko.
I've been looking for you.
I've been around.
Yeah, I guess you have.
What happened yesterday? - I couldn't make it.
- Couldn't make it.
- Thought maybe you were sick.
- No.
- Did you see my mother? - Yeah.
She tells me that you don't want me to be your Big Brother anymore.
That's right.
Just like that? No explanations? - You're a cop.
- Well, sure, I'm a cop.
You've always known that.
They don't approve of cops? They're my friends.
- I guess that just about explains it.
- You're not mad? I'm disappointed.
It's been two years.
We've had a lot of good times together.
There's nothing to be mad about.
You're just growing up.
You'll be 12 next month, right? Yeah.
Well, I guess it's about time that you find out who your real friends are.
Come on, I'll buy you a box of nails for dinner.
That is, of course, unless you prefer beer cans.
Hutchinson, Starsky, in here.
Hello? What do you mean, a hamburger and a chocolate malt? No, this ain't the snack bar.
It's Captain Dobey's office.
If I find out who Who what, cap? What's the matter? Who put these all over the station? What's that? "New snack bar number for speedy service, 2268.
" isn't it, captain? If I find out you two have - Captain, that's not fair.
- You wanted to see us, captain.
Yeah.
West Side Psycho struck again this morning, about dawn.
- This time he's got a new wrinkle.
- What's that? - He moved into our beat.
- You sure this is the same guy? Right down to the scratch marks on the strike plate.
This guy's been busy.
Seventeen burglaries and three homicides in 30 days.
Not one of them in a house that rents for over 100 bucks.
Sounds like a lowlife with a habit.
If it is, he's gonna have to hit again soon.
According to this this morning he took off without the loot.
You can take that with you.
- Not the pen.
- Yep.
Oh, cap.
That, you could keep.
- Want the door open or shut, cap? - Shut it.
- What? What do you want? - I'm sorry.
I'm looking for my brother.
I thought this was his place.
I'm sorry.
Must be the wrong place.
Stop him! It could have been me! My God, he came to my door! - Someone call the cops! - No cops! I don't want the cops.
He didn't steal anything.
We get many more people looking for this guy we'll all end up bumping into each other.
What? Never mind.
You still on a downer because of that kid? Forget him.
Look, why don't you take me on a camping trip? You wanna go on a camping trip, I'll take you on a camping trip.
- Really? - Sure.
If your Little League team ever wins the championship, I'll take you camping.
Zebra Three, Zebra Three.
Go ahead.
Report of men fighting at 74712 Forman.
- That's Packrat.
- Yep.
You crook, don't give me that.
- That bracelet's worth a couple grand.
- Stay away from me.
- Give me what it's worth or I'll kill you.
- Take the $50.
- You cheated me for the last time! - Take the $50 and get out! He's long gone.
Yeah, him too.
Where's the phone around this place? Over there.
Will you look at this place? It's incredible.
This is Detective Hutchinson at 7471/2 Forman.
Would you send over a coroner's wagon, a lab team and tell the property clerk to send a van.
We've got a clearing-house for stolen merchandise here.
Yeah.
What you got, Starsk? Probably the reason Packrat got himself killed.
- Lf it's real, it's way over his head.
- Oh, it's real.
How you know that? Read the inscription.
"To Sharman, from Tony.
" - So? - You remember a girl, Sharman Crane? Yeah, New York model did a lot of television talk shows.
Then, six months ago, a Missing Persons came out on her.
If I'm right, this bracelet's part of the stuff she had when she went missing.
Oh, come on, Starsky.
It's not your style to memorize old property lists.
Yeah, well, this is kind of special.
Sharman and I went to school together.
You don't say.
You and Sharman? Yeah, junior high school.
You should have seen her, Hutch.
She was really something special.
Especially to a suddenly awakening - You're still in love with her? - No, nothing like that.
It's like if you'd gone to school with Joe DiMaggio.
People you knew when you were a kid get famous and you just sort of take an interest.
I'll tell you something, though she had class.
Always did, always will.
Vern, I say it's time we get out of here and head back for Reno.
Hey, we've got 300 bucks and enough nickel bags to last us a couple weeks.
I've got most of the stuff ready.
We can pack and leave in 20 minutes.
I can't go yet.
- There's something I gotta do.
- Vern, no more jobs in this town.
- I'm afraid! - Listen to me, now.
Everything's been going okay this past year, right? Moving around from city to city.
You know why? Because not once did I leave a witness who could put the finger on me, Ella.
- But if Packrat - It ain't Packrat I'm worried about.
You know that girl with the bracelet? She's seen my face, Ella.
- But we can be - Ella, she's seen my face! Okay, thank you.
I just got off the phone with Missing Persons.
You were right about that bracelet belonging to Sharman Crane.
- Parents been notified? - The mother's not well.
Or she's upset by the girl's disappearance.
Maybe we ought to look around in the area.
Make sure she's here before we tell anyone.
We've already shown the picture around.
How long will it take to see if she's here? Couple of days at the most.
Hello? Okay do your best, but remember, the Psycho's top priority.
No, you're not gonna get a hamburger or french fries or anything else! Why? Because it's Captain Dobey's office, that's why! No sign of her.
According to the manager, she hits the bars every night.
No telling when she'll be back.
Then we're gonna have to wait for her.
Zebra Three, see the woman named Orange at Frieta's Bar 12th and Hudson.
- Can I buy you a drink? - That would be wonderful.
My dog, Sandy, and I are just agog about seafaring men.
Hey, Popeye, your fleet just set sail.
What do you mean? Detective Hutchinson.
How do you expect a poor girl to make a living in today's declining economy? You called us, Orange.
Remember? Oh, yeah, I did.
I did? Oh, yes, that girl you're looking for.
Sharman Crane.
Have you seen her? If I could see her photograph again, I might be sure.
What do you think, Sandy? Maybe Sandy can think a little better with some dog food under his collar.
Really.
I think I did see her.
But she didn't look too much like that.
She looked like she'd been having a terrible time of woe and strife or maybe she had been drinking too much or was taking drugs.
- Where did you see her? - Here.
- But she left about 10 minutes ago.
- Did she say where she was going? My dog, Sandy, he's so playful.
He grabbed her purse.
This fell out.
- I guess I forgot to give it back to her.
- Thanks, Orange.
Wait here.
Here's what I'll do.
If you decide to ne'er go higher, I'll take It's probably nothing a drying out won't take care of.
Yeah.
What's the room number? Twenty-seven.
Starsk.
Sharman Crane? Open up.
Police! - You all right? - I'm fine.
Help! Go! Help! Help! H-J-F-5-6-2.
You're okay.
H-J-F-5-6-2, H-J-F-5-6-2, H-J-F-5-6-2.
- Why don't you leave that stuff alone.
- Why don't you stick it in your ear.
What are you, a cop or Mother Cabrini? Come to think of it, you look more like Mother Cabrini.
Look, Sharman I know your real name, not the one you checked into this dump with.
That guy that just ran out in such a hurry, who was he? I don't know who he is.
He broke in here last night.
Last night? Is he the one that stole your bracelet? Yeah.
How do you know? Hey, where are you coming from? How do you know everything? Hey, you've had enough.
Come on.
You don't want any more of this stuff.
- Cut it out! - You have no right! - Come on.
- You have no right! - Cut it out! - No! - Cut it out, will you? - You have no right.
That guy who was here took her bracelet last night.
Probably killed Packrat too.
She must have been able to ID him, so he came back.
Well, the pattern fits.
Leave no witnesses.
Did you look at this lock? The woman down the hall has the same marks on her door.
We were that close to catching our man.
Let's get her downtown.
- Wait a second.
- What? - I've gotta think.
- What's there to think about? - Let's get her downtown.
- We can't take her in, not like this.
What are you arguing about? There's enough of me to go around.
- Shut up, will you, please? - Why should I? You come busting in here, break my bottle.
Now you're haggling over me like a piece of meat.
Shut up, sit down and stay out of this till it's settled.
Starsky.
Starsk? - What? - It's okay.
There's nothing to see here.
Starsk, there's nothing to be settled.
She belongs in protective custody whether that's a jail cell or a drunk tank.
- No.
- No, what? Look, I can't let people see her like this.
She's a famous lady, and if we take her in she's gonna end up on tomorrow's paper and tonight's 6:00 news.
It'd kill her.
What's left of her.
- Well, what would you suggest we do? - I don't know.
I can't leave her here.
Okay.
I'm gonna take her to my place.
Wait a minute.
I don't believe you said that.
You said yourself she probably needs only a good drying out.
Starsky, she's a material witness.
Where does it say a witness has to be in the drunk tank? You take her out of here now, like this, and you could lose your badge.
What happened to not helping somebody who's not worth it? I don't care what she used to be.
Now she's a witness who is a drunk.
You all done? She means that much to you? Yeah.
Well, you better get her out of here.
- Come on.
- What are you talking? You're coming with me, Sharman.
Just come on.
I'll cover for you.
Where am I? How do you feel? Oh, I need a drink.
How about a cup of coffee? I don't want coffee.
I want a drink.
Not tonight.
No drinks tonight.
What are you, some kind of male nurse? Oh, no, wait a minute.
I remember.
Mother Cabrini.
Where do you think you're going? - I told you, for a drink.
- And I told you, no drinks.
You want something to drink, there's coffee, all you want.
If I want a drink, I can have a drink! Sharman! Did you forget that I knew your real name? Sharman, I'm a cop and I'm gonna see that you get home.
But first I'm gonna clean you up and I'm gonna dry you out.
Sharman.
Sharman.
Sharman, come here.
Open that door.
Sharman, open up! - What are you doing? - No! - Put it down.
Put it down! - No! - No! - Drop! Leave me alone! You got to shower.
- Come on, you're going in the shower.
- No! No! No! - Yes.
Come on.
- No! Just come on.
Good morning.
- Good morning, captain.
- Starsky's out again.
Yeah.
That's two days in a row.
Well, I called him this morning and he's still sick.
Just like those reports you handed in about that hotel shooting.
Now, listen, it just doesn't make sense.
Not when you put them up against the reports of officers that arrived later.
Well, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
These things work themselves out.
I know a girl's involved and if I find out you guys are trying to pull something - Yes, captain? Well, don't tell me about it.
Where's your shield? It's me.
- Hi.
- Hey.
She's in the bedroom, asleep.
Look, Abby picked up some things for her.
She had to guess at some of the sizes.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
- Get you something? - Yeah.
- How about a glass of milk? - How about a cup of coffee? Yeah.
What's this? My mother used to send me that stuff whenever she saw Sharman's picture.
That's when Sharman and I were in the ninth grade together.
"From north to south, east to west, you're a nice guy, but you're a mess.
" That's pretty clever stuff, Starsk.
"Remember Grant, remember Lee, to hell with them, remember me.
" - Starsk - Sharman left school after ninth grade.
Her father died the year before.
Her mother remarried and they moved.
Starsky, Dobey is screaming.
He knows something's wrong.
And when he puts the reports together, he's gonna know that she's missing.
Her first husband dies in Vietnam.
Three months later, her kid is stillborn.
- Starsk, listen - Hear me out.
A year ago, she remarries.
Six months later, her second husband commits suicide.
They found out it was because he was embezzling but by then Sharman's disappeared.
Talk about bad luck.
Everyone that she's ever loved has moved away or died.
What happened to her would send anyone over the edge.
She's had a rough go of it, but there's still a killer running around.
And she's the only one who can identify him.
I know.
And when she's well enough, I'll have her look at the mug books.
- You understand what's happening? - Yeah.
I sure as hell wish there was a way I could help.
Sharman, Sharman.
It's okay, it's okay.
Come on, now.
It's okay.
I thought you were You're not Tony.
Tony died six months ago, Sharman.
He committed suicide.
Do you know why? He was caught embezzling funds.
You liar! I have the records.
Newspaper reports.
I need a drink.
You can't go on punishing yourself.
But everyone is gone.
Everyone I touch.
Touch me.
I won't go away.
That's it.
You're gonna be okay.
- Yes? - This is Smitty.
You know, the janitor at the police station.
I got that information you wanted.
Yeah.
And I think you'll be more than happy to pay for it.
Help.
I better not let the eggs burn.
What class did you say we were in? I didn't.
It was wood shop.
- I don't remember you.
- Oh, that's understandable.
I mean you know so many people in your life.
Besides, it was one semester.
There must have been 30 kids in the class.
But you remember me.
Well, you were a bit more developed than us other 13-year-olders.
And then you became rich and famous on all those magazine covers and TV shows.
I guess everyone wants to know someone famous, watch their careers feel a part of their success vicariously.
I might as well have been a Barbie.
Now, what do you say that for? I would have been rich and famous, but I'd be plastic too.
Then none of the hurts would matter.
You can't run away, Sharman.
You ought to know that by now.
What do you want from me? I don't know.
Maybe I do.
No.
Not this way.
Oh, David, help me.
I'm afraid.
Now, don't be afraid.
Just keep trying.
- Twelve bucks.
- Twelve bucks.
- Any credit cards? - No.
Cheap fink.
Hey, okay, here we go.
David Starsky, First we're gonna dump this guy, then we're gonna go get the dame.
What if the cop's still there with her? Then we're gonna get them both.
Either way, we're gonna be in Reno by morning, baby.
Hey, Hutch.
This ain't exactly my favourite meeting place.
It's not so bad on this side of the room.
What you got? Well, you were asking around about cats who had dealings with Packrat.
The Texas Kid.
Nobody ever told him Hopalong Cassidy died.
- Hey, how you doing? - Howdy.
Texas Kid, this is Detective Hutchinson.
Huggy said you'd talk to the judge for me.
You see, the Kid is here on a complete misunderstanding.
See, he fell asleep in the back room of this bar and when he woke up the place was closed and this burglar was inside.
Well, being a patron of the bar and a friend of the owner he grabbed the burglar and wrestled with him.
You wrestled him? Bet you got the money from him.
Yeah, how did you know? And then he overpowered you and got away.
Yeah, that's right.
And that's when the misunderstanding gets started.
You see, the cops come and he's the only guy in the place so they think he's the one who busted in.
How shortsighted of them.
Can you help me? You know, tell the judge we're old friends or something? Depends on what you tell me about Packrat.
Well, tell him about your friend from Reno.
Name's Vern something.
I don't know the last one, just Vern.
I used to run into him up around Reno when I was wrangling sometimes in with the rodeo.
You know, around bars and joints.
He's a bad one.
The kind you ain't gonna feel safe anytime he's around.
Well, tell him about introducing him to Packrat.
Yeah, well, I run into him about three weeks ago in a drunk tank.
He was hurting at the time and none of the guards noticed.
The next morning, his old lady come and bailed him out and I guess he shot some up because later on that day I had a drink with him and he was fine.
That's when he asked me if I knew a fence.
Wait a minute, you said you had a drink with him.
Where? Motel over on Marshall, near the railroad yards.
The Western, I think they call it.
You gonna call your folks? I'm not ready.
Yeah.
Every day of my life, at some time or another, I say that to myself.
I guess all people do.
But sometimes you just can't be ready.
Sometimes you just gotta do.
Once I make that call, everything will change for us.
Yeah.
I'll probably be going back to New York.
And I'll probably go on staying here being a cop.
You make that call.
That's probably what they call being saved by the bell.
Probably.
Yeah.
Starsky? Yeah? I think we've got a lead.
Western Motel? I can be there in about 10 minutes.
You may not have to look at those mug books after all.
You make that call.
Mother, this is Sharman.
Please don't cry.
Yeah.
Yes, I'm okay.
Yeah.
I got blood.
- Starsk.
- That's my book.
- How did they get this out of the office? - You got me.
No answer.
Stay and watch the front! Help me! - Help! Somebody's trying to - I'll help you, honey! Come here.
Don't shoot him! Don't shoot him! Vern! - Vern.
- Don't leave me, Ella.
- I won't.
- Don't leave me, baby.
I won't, I won't, I won't.
Don't leave me.
Come on.
Do I look all right? For the 97th time, you look terrific.
Pull over.
Is this it? No.
It's just through the gate.
I'm scared, Dave.
I'm scared too.
- You? - Yeah.
I'm afraid to let you go.
I'm not gonna let you.
Once I'm better I'll never forget you, Dave.
You'll see, we can We can say goodbye.
What if I need you? The key's always under the mat.
You ready? Yeah.
Okay.
Oh, I almost forgot.
I want you to meet Dave.
Yeah, Ma, I told you, she's okay.
She's with her parents for now.
No, I did not get her autograph.
Yeah, I know you, Ma.
Ma? Mom? Mother.
Mommy! No, nothing's wrong.
I just wanted to tell you something.
Are you ready? I'll call you the regular time next Friday.
I love you.
Goodbye.
She's upset that I didn't get Sharman's autograph.
It's the least you could do.
Hey, Kiko.
- Hi, Starsky.
- Hey, Kiko.
Come on in.
How are you? I made a mistake.
Well, that's part of growing up.
Will you be my Big Brother again? - I never stopped.
- Someone wanna lend a hand here? What you doing? Well, Captain Dobey changed his extension again.
Snack bar again? Take a whack at it.
Press hard.
Plumbing service? Dobey here.
What do you mean, your toilet's overflowing? This is Captain Dobey's office!