T.J. Hooker (1982) s03e19 Episode Script
Death Strip
1 (upbeat electronic music) It's like those lies I keep tellin' you It's in my eyes I know I hurt you There in your room You hide away - Hooker, you wouldn't believe the way these females carry on over Romano.
For your blame girl For the night and day - They've been like this every night.
Must have something.
And his contact hasn't shown yet.
It's been 35 minutes since she phoned.
- I don't like it, Hooker.
Romano never should've latched on to a contact who's a suspect's girlfriend.
- It paid off, didn't it? She said she's bringing him evidence that'll not only knock off Santee but give us his supplier as well.
- You have no complaints, Arkin.
You're the one who asked us in on this.
- I asked your captain for help, period.
If I had known I was winding up with the T.
J.
Hooker brass band I never would've asked.
- Don't let our problem louse up the job, lieutenant.
It's not that I'm weak And it's not that I'm strong I do believe, girl I treat you, I treat you wrong You know you better run, girl, run I know you'd go I still got time left Better run, girl, run Well don't go takin' my bad taunt, girl Don't you go and take no more Nobody left to lie to you - Contact just walked in.
Don't go takin' no more - I've got it with me.
I'll be at table 12.
- You got it.
I'm a loaded gun - That's her in the green dress.
You better run, girl, run You better run, girl, run I'm a loaded gun I broke a promise You better run, girl, run (crowd cheering) (muffled gunshot whizzing) - Hooker, she's been shot.
Shooter's headed your way.
He's a male, six feet, with a blue windbreaker.
- [Vince.]
Come on, Betty, come on! (dramatic electronic music) - You know, Gavin ought to give us a raise.
If the cops ever got their hands on that picture of him and Santee, he'd be in the slam.
(sirens blaring) - He's still alive, I better call for an ambulance.
- [T.
J.
.]
They got whatever Betty was bringing to Romano.
(muffled radio squawking) - Hooker, it's Romano's contact, she's dead.
- I saw the wagon.
The man who shot her is on the way to the hospital.
The other one got away.
- Where's Romano? - In the office, all over Santee.
If he doesn't ease off, you're gonna find your partner up on charges.
- Where's Toby Clark? - How do I know? This is the one night of the week he doesn't dance.
- Betty Parsons was his girl.
She told me he was workin' for you as a drug dealer.
Tell me about it.
- You tell me, cop.
You're the one who's been dancin' and snoopin' around here.
- I'm gonna be dancin' all over your face if you don't tell me what's goin' on.
- Romano, what the hell are you doing? Come here.
- Let's go.
Keep him away from my suspect.
- You hurting from any old problems, you deal with me, you understand? - What's that all about with Arkin? - Old wounds he won't let heal.
What's with Santee? - Santee had somethin' do with Betty getting killed, I know it.
- Could be.
- I got her into this, Hooker.
Convinced her we'd help straighten out Clark.
She trusted me.
- Look, the best thing you can do for Betty is to find Clark and see what he knows.
What's wrong? - Just thinkin' about Betty's sister.
This is gonna tear her apart.
- You want me to tell her? - No, no, I'll tell her.
(light piano music) Kate.
We have to talk, outside.
There was trouble at the club.
Shooting.
Betty was killed.
(crying) She was helping me.
I'm really a police officer.
I didn't know the danger.
I never would've asked her for help.
Kate.
I'm so sorry.
Kate, I have to know, did Betty tell you anything or show you anything? Maybe about Toby Clark.
Alright, I'll go.
Please, get in touch with me.
(somber horn music) - Looking for Toby Clark, we're not gonna get much help from the lieutenant.
- With friends like Arkin, partner, you don't need enemies.
You had trouble with him before? - Big case we were working together when I was carrying the gold shield.
The way things worked out, I got there first.
No time to call him for backup.
- So you got the bust.
- Yeah, press made a big deal of it.
Arkin was up for promotion at the time, and when he didn't get it, he blamed me.
- You mean that one case made the difference? - Well, it could be.
We smashed a big heroin ring.
I had no choice.
When the deal went down, I had to make my move.
- So Arkin was right, you did cost him his promotion.
- I couldn't help it.
Arkin never bought that.
- Yeah, well you're not the only one who isn't being forgiven.
Kate looks at me like I helped murder her sister.
- You were just doing your job, same way I was doing mine when I went nose to nose with Arkin.
- But doing your job never got innocent people killed.
- I been there.
Not this time, but I been there, and I will again.
And so will you.
You just have to learn to live with it.
- Did you come up with anything at Clark's apartment? - The manager, a divorcee, she thinks she's Clark's one and only.
- He must have a stable-full.
The nights Betty didn't show up at the club, he left with this knock-out brunette.
- How'd you guys do tracing the guy who was killed in the car we chased, Carl Hobbs? - Found out he's an ex-Navy frog man.
Got a dishonorable discharge along with another frog man named Beamer, Sid Beamer.
- Beamer, I thought he was walking the straight and narrow.
He runs a scuba school near the marina.
Let's have a talk with Mr.
Beamer.
(upbeat electronic music) - [Toby.]
Hey, Mr.
Gavin? - [Paul.]
My people are looking for you, Clark.
- Well, what's goin' on? You gotta call 'em off.
Look, I phoned, I told you my girlfriend ran off with that photograph.
I even followed her to the club.
I even fingered my own girlfriend to protect you.
- If you hadn't taken the photograph in the first place, I wouldn't have needed to be protected.
- I was sick and tired of dealing for Santee, so I followed him to your warehouse.
I figured the photograph would buy me a chance to deal for you.
- I don't need dealers.
- Yeah, you do.
Look, the narcs are all over Santee.
He can't push cocaine for you no more.
Only I can.
- What if I say no? - I'd have to give that negative to the police.
- I don't like blackmail, friend.
- Look, I'm not trying to rip you off, Mr.
Gavin.
All I want is a chance to be your top man, your top dealer.
- You're telling me you can deliver Santee's whole network of pushers? - Yeah, but you better make your mind up fast.
There's other suppliers ready to move.
- Alright, you've got your shot.
- Right.
- Now give me the negative and all the pictures.
- Well, even if I had the negative with me, I wouldn't be stupid enough to hand it over to you now.
That's my life insurance.
- You better be ready to cough up that negative when I deal up your first shipment of snow or you are dead meat.
- Alright, girls, let's practice our underwater breathing.
Hooker, what do you want? - A conversation, your place or mine? - I see you're into designer-colored tanks.
- Yeah, they match my eyes.
- That's cute, real cute.
- Yeah, so what's your problem? - When was the last time you saw Carl Hobbs? - At the queue, the day he was paroled.
- What about Toby Clark? - Who? - We ask the questions.
We wanna know about Clark, Leo Santee, and what you've been up to with Hobbs.
- Hooker, take a look outside.
A guy'd be crazy to blow a straight, profitable gig like this.
- Not as profitable as drug smuggling.
- And not as risky either.
I'm a two-time loser.
I get sent up again, I'm lookin' at hard time in Folsom.
- You better be leveling with me, Mister, or you're gonna have to re-paint those tanks prison gray.
- Now I want you to help me find the negative.
I know Betty stashed it here.
Come on, look.
Come on.
Now I'll be back, remember that.
- Where'd he go? Wait here.
(upbeat electronic music) (muffled chanting) One, can't hear you Two, little louder Three, get together Four, that's better - Even though we didn't get the goods on Santee, he's out of business.
My men have him covered like a blanket.
He can't buy or sell an ounce of cocaine without my knowing about it.
- [Vince.]
Great, well what about Toby Clark? - Nickel and dime stuff, Romano.
We'll get to him after the bigger fish are caught.
- Lieutenant, Clark was involved with Betty Parsons, and she's dead now.
Last night, he broke into the apartment she shared with her sister.
- Well, that's burglary, I'm narcotics.
Tell your boy to cool it, Hooker.
As of now, all of you are off this case.
- Like hell we are.
We've made contacts, developed lines of investigation.
You stop that, you blow a lot of hard work for personal reasons.
- You just stay out of my way, or I'll have you up before the division brass.
- Hooker, we can't wait for Arkin.
- I'll talk to the captain, get an okay to work on our won.
And see if he can spring a unit to keep on eye on Kate.
- I talked to her about that last night.
She's an independent lady.
Won't accept any kind of protection.
- That doesn't surprise me.
Let's get Corrigan and Stacy to check on Santee's known pushers.
See if any of them have lined up a new supplier yet.
And get me the name and address of that brunette that Clark is messing around with.
- Right here, lady's a stockbroker.
Works for Hamilton and Ross.
- Alright, let's see if we can get lucky on the market.
- So what happens here? One of your fishing boats dumps the stuff right here in the harbor? - Mm hm.
And my divers pick it up and bring it to the warehouse.
- Right under the Harbor Patrol's nose.
Hey, I like that, that's beautiful.
So what's my move? - You meet me at the warehouse, and we wait for the divers.
- But yesterday you gave me time and place.
What are you dragging me out here for again? - I want you to understand that when the deal goes down you hand me the negative, or you're going for a long scuba dive without any air tanks.
- Think he's gonna work out? - He's ambitious, greedy.
He'd sell his mother if the price was right.
The perfect drug dealer.
- Let's go, it's time to suit up.
- [Vince.]
There she is, Hooker.
- [T.
J.
.]
Miss Winslow, Miss Carol Winslow? - Yes, what is it? Vince, oh Vince is that you? - I know, you didn't recognize me with my clothes on.
This is what I do for real.
- Well, I think I'm pleased to hear that.
- We understand you're a friend of Toby Clark, close friend.
Involved.
- Well, if that's a question, Sergeant, the answer is yes and no.
- I know you spent a lot of evenings with him.
- He was fun, used to be anyway.
I wouldn't say we're involved.
- We're trying to find Clark, it's important.
- Wish I could help you.
I mean, he was staying at my place briefly, but he left this morning for good.
- You sure he won't be back? - Well, first of all he took all his things, and secondly he borrowed some money.
- Sounds like a bad investment.
- Well, he said he was going to pay me back after five tomorrow when his big deal went through, but I'm too smart to believe that.
- Smart enough to cut your losses.
(funky electronic music) - [Jim.]
Sweatpea Moran is one of Santee's pushers.
He usually hangs out around here.
- [Stacy.]
There he is.
He just made us.
- Okay, Sweetpea, come on.
Up against the wall, let's go.
- [Sweetpea.]
Come on, Corrigan, I ain't done nothin'.
- Come on, man, you know you shouldn't be carrying.
- Looks like heroin.
- What's this for? - I need it for protection.
- I don't get it, Jim.
Look at him, he's hurting.
How come he didn't fix? - 'Cause he's waiting for the other half, aren't you, Sweetpea? A heroin and cocaine sandwich, a little speedball.
Who's your new man? - I don't know.
- Okay, Stacy, cuff him.
- Hey, I swear, I don't know.
He's a big blond guy, kinda strong-lookin'.
- Clark? - Bet on it.
Okay, Sweetpea, you get a free ride this time, but you won't be needin' this 'cause you don't have anything to protect.
- You mean, you gonna take my stuff? - I have a new diet for you, pal, called cold turkey.
(dramatic bass music) - [Police Dispatcher.]
Four Adam 30, urgent message.
Meet Kate Parsons at the Princess Louise Restaurant.
- Four Adam 30, roger.
- Hold it, hold it.
Watch my mouth.
Okay, where is the negative? Look, I know Betty mailed it to you.
Where, is it in the purse? You've got it on you, don't you? Is it in the purse? Gimme the purse, gimme that.
(upbeat electronic music) - Kate, Kate, what happened? - Hey, take it easy, partner.
I'm sure Kate isn't hurt that badly.
- Maybe my skin isn't as thick as yours, Hooker, but that girl in there lost her sister because of me and now she's being beat up because of me.
- We're not sure about that.
- You wanna bet on it? - No, what I wanna do is get the facts and do something about them.
- We have to, Hooker.
You know how hard Kate's worked to build a life for herself? It makes your day just to talk to her.
We can't let anything happen to her.
- She was shaken up, minor concussion, but she'll be okay.
- [Vince.]
Can we see her? - I gave her a sedative, she could use a rest.
Maybe just one of you.
- Kate.
I feel very sad about what happened to Betty and you.
I care about you.
A photograph? That must be what Betty was going to give me.
What was in the photograph? - Dispatch said you were here.
- How's Vince taking it? - Hard, he's carrying a lot of guilt about Betty and now this with Kate.
- He came over for coffee last night.
Couldn't stop talking about Kate.
- Well, I don't blame him, she's an appealing lady.
You turn anything on Clark? - We didn't find him, but he's out there.
According to what we got on the street and from Sweetpea, I'd say that Clark has his eyes on Santee's territory, trying to cut Santee out.
- Looks like Lieutenant Arkin is tagged onto the wrong man.
- Yeah, you tell him that.
He's not about to take any advice from me.
- She's resting.
Told me Betty was bringing me a photograph.
Mailed the print and negative to Kate.
- What kind of photograph? - Santee and another man making a big drug buy.
- Probably his supplier, did she know him? - No, but she'd recognize him if she saw him.
- If it's Santee's supplier, Santee will know who it is.
And Clark is connecting with the supplier at five o'clock tomorrow.
You two, keep looking for Clark.
We'll light a fire under Santee.
- Show starts at nine, gentlemen.
- What do you say we come in and wait? You disappoint me, Santee.
I never thought you'd let a punk like Toby Clark move in and take over.
- Hey man, all I do is run this club.
You ever want to moonlight, let me know.
My customers have been askin' about you.
- I got a news brief for you.
Your ex-supplier has a shipment coming in at five o'clock this afternoon.
- [Vince.]
We figure you'd have a real good idea of where it's being delivered.
- Say I do, why would I tell you? - Revenge, payback for being cut out.
If this is Clark's supply, it'll put a real crimp in his operation if the deal falls through.
- We figured you'd have a real good idea where it's being delivered.
- Let's go, partner.
Mr.
Santee isn't as smart a businessman as I thought.
- [Leo.]
Hooker.
- Yes? - Rumor is there's a warehouse, end of pier 12.
Could be it's used as a drop site.
- And what does rumor say about who's bringing the cocaine in? - If I happened to be in the drug business, I'd want to keep a hustler like Clark out of it.
And maybe I'd want to hurt the man who cut me off when things got rough.
- And you're too scared to roll over on him.
- Oh no, too smart.
- We'll be in touch, count on it.
Get on the horn to Stacy and Corrigan.
Better tell Arkin too.
- He's not gonna like it, Hooker.
- What else is new? - [Vince.]
Four Adam 30 requesting Four Adam 16 on tac two.
(funky dramatic music) (laughing) - [Paul.]
Take it inside.
- [Toby.]
So we weigh it and check it out now, right? - [Paul.]
We weigh it and check it out when I have the negative and prints.
- Alright, Mr.
Gavin, no problem.
(sirens blaring) - It's cops! - Hold 'em off.
Stogie, get the boat ready.
(gunshots banging) (flames roaring) - Cover us, we're going in! (gunshots banging) - [Paul.]
Let's get out of here! (flames crackling) - Let's get out of here! (explosion booming) - Millions in cocaine.
10 kilos of evidence up in flames.
- Better than having it up hundreds of noses.
We came close, damn close.
- Close only counts with hand grenades.
You were out of line, Hooker.
You should've waited until our units got there.
- The suspects started a firefight.
We had to defend ourselves.
Let's face it, Arkin, no matter what happened, you'd have hated it.
You've lost your perspective.
You're letting five years ago screw up what's happening now.
- You are right on the edge, friend.
You don't know how much I want to lay an insubordination charge on you.
- Be my guest.
I'm ready any time you are.
- Hooker, we keep digging for Clark, right? - Until we find him.
- Thought we'd stop by the country recorder's office, find out who owned the warehouse.
- Let me know what you find out.
- I'm trying to keep it together, Hooker, but it's getting to me.
Everywhere turn, it's a dead end.
- But now the dead end is water.
Water and scuba divers.
- Sid Beamer.
- Hi.
- Hi.
We're looking for Beamer.
- Oh, maybe that explains why he isn't here.
Is he in trouble? - Let's just say we hope you haven't paid for a lot of lessons in advance.
- Oh, maybe I'll just borrow some of his equipment to cover my loss.
You know, most of his stuff's still in his boat.
How do you like my new scuba outfit? - Great tanks.
- Check this.
A bullet grazed this tank.
- [Vince.]
Flakes of lead in the crease, it's recent.
- How 'bout yesterday at five o'clock? Photograph of Beamer in his Navy days.
- [Vince.]
It's his frog man team.
There's Hobbs next to Beamer.
- Let's get an APB out on Beamer and then hit the streets.
Somebody out there must have a line on Clark.
- The corporation that owns the warehouse is nothing but a holding company owned by another holding company which is owned by-- - Yeah, a nice little wallpaper job.
And at the end of the roll, one man.
Get Hooker on tac two, partner.
- [Police Dispatcher.]
Four Adam 30 meet Four Adam 16 on tac two.
- Four Adam 30, roger.
This is 30, go 16.
- We had to dig through a bunch of dummy corporations, but we finally turned up the warehouse owner.
His name is Paul Gavin.
He owns a commercial fishing fleet.
- Paul Gavin, that's the name of the lieutenant in the photograph of Beamer's frog man team.
Ask Stacy if she knows where we can find Gavin.
- Stacy, you got an address on Gavin? - Gavin Fishing Enterprises, pier eight.
- Thanks, Stacy.
- Mr.
Gavin, Sergeant Hooker, this is Officer Romano.
- Have me met before, Sergeant? - No, but I've seen your picture on Sid Beamer's boat.
- Beamer.
I haven't seen him since he left the Navy.
Didn't know he was located in this area.
- Oh really? We were wondering what he was doing in your warehouse yesterday.
- Warehouse? Oh, oh, oh, the place that burned down.
Funny about that place, I bought it but never used it.
The fire was started by some gunfire I heard.
- That's right, and Beamer was involved.
- Well, I think you ought to be asking him these questions.
- We will, as soon as we can find him.
- Well, if that's all, I better get back to business.
I'm running an inspection on this boat.
- That's your privilege.
We'll be around when you get back.
- [Paul.]
Okay, let's go! - Smells fishier than his boat.
- Yeah, let's get back to Beamer's, pick up that photograph of the frog man team, show it to Kate.
I have a hunch she might be able to recognize Gavin as the man in the photograph with Santee.
- [Sid.]
Something wrong? - Something's damn wrong.
I turn myself inside out trying to keep a low profile, and you have my picture hanging in your lousy boat.
- Your picture? The frog man team.
I hung it up in there to make the school look legit.
- The cops saw the photograph.
They're nosing around.
- I think we really got a problem here, Mr.
Gavin.
- Like what? - Well, that photograph and negative of you and Santee, Betty Parsons mailed it to her sister before your men had a chance to shoot her.
- You're telling me she saw the photograph? - Well, I took it from her to give it to you.
- If the cops show her that picture of the frog man team, she'll ID you.
- We'll have to make sure she doesn't see the picture.
I want her to disappear so there's no killing for the police to investigate.
- You mean deep six her? - Unless you have a better idea.
- Kate's car is here, what could've happened to her? - Nothing good.
- I blew it again, Hooker.
I shouldn't have let her turn down protection this time around.
- Hey, couldn't force it on her.
It was up to her, and we both know Kate makes her own decisions.
- Doesn't change the facts.
She was a target, and I let someone get her.
- Gavin.
Clark must've told him that Kate saw the photograph, could identify him.
- We've been looking for Clark ever since Betty was killed.
We haven't come close to finding him.
- Now that Clark's taken over for Santee, he's gonna have to surface and contact Santee's pushers, and we know one he's already contacted.
- Sweetpea Moran.
- Get on tac two, get Stacy and Corrigan.
Tell 'em to find Sweatpea.
I wanna talk to him.
- [Vince.]
Four Adam 30 requesting Four Adam 16 on tac two.
(upbeat electronic music) - He wasn't hard to track.
- He can barely move.
- I'm gonna be okay.
I am okay, you'll see.
- He mentioned Toby Clark.
- Whúere's Clark? Where did you see him? - Easy, Sweetpea, easy.
Maybe you won't have to wait for Clark.
But you're gonna have to help me.
Did Clark say he was gonna wait for delivery? - Uh huh, said he was gonna pick the snow up at the beach.
Funny, huh? Snow at the beach.
- What beach? - The one by the old fort.
- Coral Beach? - Yeah, now you gonna help me? - Yeah, we'll get somebody here who can really help you.
Easy, easy.
You be cool.
- I'll call the detox unit, have 'em pick up Sweetpea.
- Coral Beach? It's wide open except for the construction outfit.
- And the dredging yard.
- Secluded enough to land frog men.
- Stuff should be here any minute, then we'll have the boys take the lady out and dump her.
(sirens blaring) Get ready for your return trip, Beamer.
- [Toby.]
Hey, Sid, we got cops! - Let's get out of here! Bring her with us.
- Hold it right there! If we don't get away from here, she dies! - Hooker, don't! (gunshot banging) (dramatic bass music) Drop it! - [T.
J.
.]
Gavin, I'll take him.
(gunshot banging) (gunshot banging) - Hold it! A muscle twitches and I drop you.
Put your hands on your head, put 'em up! - [T.
J.
.]
Alright, Gavin, turn around nice and slow.
(gunshot banging) - Any news from Narcotics Division? - Just heard Arkin's men tracked down a Columbian tanker that was feeding Gavin's fishing boats.
- Coast Guard confiscated 50 kilos of cocaine.
- Good, that'll keep a lot of poison off the streets for a while.
- I still don't get it.
Why did you give Arkin your collars? You owe him something or what? - I owe him nothing, but let's face it, he's a good cop.
He pushes a little hard, but he gets the job done, and that's what counts.
- Yeah, you got that right.
- We'll catch up with you at Sherry's.
- You're gonna have to get along without me tonight, partner.
- You got a hot date tonight? - Yep.
- Miss Wetsuit? Hi, Kate.
Good to see you.
Oh sure, I learned signing in case I ever met a beautiful lady like you.
Dinner tonight? - Now hold on.
- Thanks for the invitation, but two is company, three Hey, watch your language, junior, there's a lady present.
(upbeat electronic music)
For your blame girl For the night and day - They've been like this every night.
Must have something.
And his contact hasn't shown yet.
It's been 35 minutes since she phoned.
- I don't like it, Hooker.
Romano never should've latched on to a contact who's a suspect's girlfriend.
- It paid off, didn't it? She said she's bringing him evidence that'll not only knock off Santee but give us his supplier as well.
- You have no complaints, Arkin.
You're the one who asked us in on this.
- I asked your captain for help, period.
If I had known I was winding up with the T.
J.
Hooker brass band I never would've asked.
- Don't let our problem louse up the job, lieutenant.
It's not that I'm weak And it's not that I'm strong I do believe, girl I treat you, I treat you wrong You know you better run, girl, run I know you'd go I still got time left Better run, girl, run Well don't go takin' my bad taunt, girl Don't you go and take no more Nobody left to lie to you - Contact just walked in.
Don't go takin' no more - I've got it with me.
I'll be at table 12.
- You got it.
I'm a loaded gun - That's her in the green dress.
You better run, girl, run You better run, girl, run I'm a loaded gun I broke a promise You better run, girl, run (crowd cheering) (muffled gunshot whizzing) - Hooker, she's been shot.
Shooter's headed your way.
He's a male, six feet, with a blue windbreaker.
- [Vince.]
Come on, Betty, come on! (dramatic electronic music) - You know, Gavin ought to give us a raise.
If the cops ever got their hands on that picture of him and Santee, he'd be in the slam.
(sirens blaring) - He's still alive, I better call for an ambulance.
- [T.
J.
.]
They got whatever Betty was bringing to Romano.
(muffled radio squawking) - Hooker, it's Romano's contact, she's dead.
- I saw the wagon.
The man who shot her is on the way to the hospital.
The other one got away.
- Where's Romano? - In the office, all over Santee.
If he doesn't ease off, you're gonna find your partner up on charges.
- Where's Toby Clark? - How do I know? This is the one night of the week he doesn't dance.
- Betty Parsons was his girl.
She told me he was workin' for you as a drug dealer.
Tell me about it.
- You tell me, cop.
You're the one who's been dancin' and snoopin' around here.
- I'm gonna be dancin' all over your face if you don't tell me what's goin' on.
- Romano, what the hell are you doing? Come here.
- Let's go.
Keep him away from my suspect.
- You hurting from any old problems, you deal with me, you understand? - What's that all about with Arkin? - Old wounds he won't let heal.
What's with Santee? - Santee had somethin' do with Betty getting killed, I know it.
- Could be.
- I got her into this, Hooker.
Convinced her we'd help straighten out Clark.
She trusted me.
- Look, the best thing you can do for Betty is to find Clark and see what he knows.
What's wrong? - Just thinkin' about Betty's sister.
This is gonna tear her apart.
- You want me to tell her? - No, no, I'll tell her.
(light piano music) Kate.
We have to talk, outside.
There was trouble at the club.
Shooting.
Betty was killed.
(crying) She was helping me.
I'm really a police officer.
I didn't know the danger.
I never would've asked her for help.
Kate.
I'm so sorry.
Kate, I have to know, did Betty tell you anything or show you anything? Maybe about Toby Clark.
Alright, I'll go.
Please, get in touch with me.
(somber horn music) - Looking for Toby Clark, we're not gonna get much help from the lieutenant.
- With friends like Arkin, partner, you don't need enemies.
You had trouble with him before? - Big case we were working together when I was carrying the gold shield.
The way things worked out, I got there first.
No time to call him for backup.
- So you got the bust.
- Yeah, press made a big deal of it.
Arkin was up for promotion at the time, and when he didn't get it, he blamed me.
- You mean that one case made the difference? - Well, it could be.
We smashed a big heroin ring.
I had no choice.
When the deal went down, I had to make my move.
- So Arkin was right, you did cost him his promotion.
- I couldn't help it.
Arkin never bought that.
- Yeah, well you're not the only one who isn't being forgiven.
Kate looks at me like I helped murder her sister.
- You were just doing your job, same way I was doing mine when I went nose to nose with Arkin.
- But doing your job never got innocent people killed.
- I been there.
Not this time, but I been there, and I will again.
And so will you.
You just have to learn to live with it.
- Did you come up with anything at Clark's apartment? - The manager, a divorcee, she thinks she's Clark's one and only.
- He must have a stable-full.
The nights Betty didn't show up at the club, he left with this knock-out brunette.
- How'd you guys do tracing the guy who was killed in the car we chased, Carl Hobbs? - Found out he's an ex-Navy frog man.
Got a dishonorable discharge along with another frog man named Beamer, Sid Beamer.
- Beamer, I thought he was walking the straight and narrow.
He runs a scuba school near the marina.
Let's have a talk with Mr.
Beamer.
(upbeat electronic music) - [Toby.]
Hey, Mr.
Gavin? - [Paul.]
My people are looking for you, Clark.
- Well, what's goin' on? You gotta call 'em off.
Look, I phoned, I told you my girlfriend ran off with that photograph.
I even followed her to the club.
I even fingered my own girlfriend to protect you.
- If you hadn't taken the photograph in the first place, I wouldn't have needed to be protected.
- I was sick and tired of dealing for Santee, so I followed him to your warehouse.
I figured the photograph would buy me a chance to deal for you.
- I don't need dealers.
- Yeah, you do.
Look, the narcs are all over Santee.
He can't push cocaine for you no more.
Only I can.
- What if I say no? - I'd have to give that negative to the police.
- I don't like blackmail, friend.
- Look, I'm not trying to rip you off, Mr.
Gavin.
All I want is a chance to be your top man, your top dealer.
- You're telling me you can deliver Santee's whole network of pushers? - Yeah, but you better make your mind up fast.
There's other suppliers ready to move.
- Alright, you've got your shot.
- Right.
- Now give me the negative and all the pictures.
- Well, even if I had the negative with me, I wouldn't be stupid enough to hand it over to you now.
That's my life insurance.
- You better be ready to cough up that negative when I deal up your first shipment of snow or you are dead meat.
- Alright, girls, let's practice our underwater breathing.
Hooker, what do you want? - A conversation, your place or mine? - I see you're into designer-colored tanks.
- Yeah, they match my eyes.
- That's cute, real cute.
- Yeah, so what's your problem? - When was the last time you saw Carl Hobbs? - At the queue, the day he was paroled.
- What about Toby Clark? - Who? - We ask the questions.
We wanna know about Clark, Leo Santee, and what you've been up to with Hobbs.
- Hooker, take a look outside.
A guy'd be crazy to blow a straight, profitable gig like this.
- Not as profitable as drug smuggling.
- And not as risky either.
I'm a two-time loser.
I get sent up again, I'm lookin' at hard time in Folsom.
- You better be leveling with me, Mister, or you're gonna have to re-paint those tanks prison gray.
- Now I want you to help me find the negative.
I know Betty stashed it here.
Come on, look.
Come on.
Now I'll be back, remember that.
- Where'd he go? Wait here.
(upbeat electronic music) (muffled chanting) One, can't hear you Two, little louder Three, get together Four, that's better - Even though we didn't get the goods on Santee, he's out of business.
My men have him covered like a blanket.
He can't buy or sell an ounce of cocaine without my knowing about it.
- [Vince.]
Great, well what about Toby Clark? - Nickel and dime stuff, Romano.
We'll get to him after the bigger fish are caught.
- Lieutenant, Clark was involved with Betty Parsons, and she's dead now.
Last night, he broke into the apartment she shared with her sister.
- Well, that's burglary, I'm narcotics.
Tell your boy to cool it, Hooker.
As of now, all of you are off this case.
- Like hell we are.
We've made contacts, developed lines of investigation.
You stop that, you blow a lot of hard work for personal reasons.
- You just stay out of my way, or I'll have you up before the division brass.
- Hooker, we can't wait for Arkin.
- I'll talk to the captain, get an okay to work on our won.
And see if he can spring a unit to keep on eye on Kate.
- I talked to her about that last night.
She's an independent lady.
Won't accept any kind of protection.
- That doesn't surprise me.
Let's get Corrigan and Stacy to check on Santee's known pushers.
See if any of them have lined up a new supplier yet.
And get me the name and address of that brunette that Clark is messing around with.
- Right here, lady's a stockbroker.
Works for Hamilton and Ross.
- Alright, let's see if we can get lucky on the market.
- So what happens here? One of your fishing boats dumps the stuff right here in the harbor? - Mm hm.
And my divers pick it up and bring it to the warehouse.
- Right under the Harbor Patrol's nose.
Hey, I like that, that's beautiful.
So what's my move? - You meet me at the warehouse, and we wait for the divers.
- But yesterday you gave me time and place.
What are you dragging me out here for again? - I want you to understand that when the deal goes down you hand me the negative, or you're going for a long scuba dive without any air tanks.
- Think he's gonna work out? - He's ambitious, greedy.
He'd sell his mother if the price was right.
The perfect drug dealer.
- Let's go, it's time to suit up.
- [Vince.]
There she is, Hooker.
- [T.
J.
.]
Miss Winslow, Miss Carol Winslow? - Yes, what is it? Vince, oh Vince is that you? - I know, you didn't recognize me with my clothes on.
This is what I do for real.
- Well, I think I'm pleased to hear that.
- We understand you're a friend of Toby Clark, close friend.
Involved.
- Well, if that's a question, Sergeant, the answer is yes and no.
- I know you spent a lot of evenings with him.
- He was fun, used to be anyway.
I wouldn't say we're involved.
- We're trying to find Clark, it's important.
- Wish I could help you.
I mean, he was staying at my place briefly, but he left this morning for good.
- You sure he won't be back? - Well, first of all he took all his things, and secondly he borrowed some money.
- Sounds like a bad investment.
- Well, he said he was going to pay me back after five tomorrow when his big deal went through, but I'm too smart to believe that.
- Smart enough to cut your losses.
(funky electronic music) - [Jim.]
Sweatpea Moran is one of Santee's pushers.
He usually hangs out around here.
- [Stacy.]
There he is.
He just made us.
- Okay, Sweetpea, come on.
Up against the wall, let's go.
- [Sweetpea.]
Come on, Corrigan, I ain't done nothin'.
- Come on, man, you know you shouldn't be carrying.
- Looks like heroin.
- What's this for? - I need it for protection.
- I don't get it, Jim.
Look at him, he's hurting.
How come he didn't fix? - 'Cause he's waiting for the other half, aren't you, Sweetpea? A heroin and cocaine sandwich, a little speedball.
Who's your new man? - I don't know.
- Okay, Stacy, cuff him.
- Hey, I swear, I don't know.
He's a big blond guy, kinda strong-lookin'.
- Clark? - Bet on it.
Okay, Sweetpea, you get a free ride this time, but you won't be needin' this 'cause you don't have anything to protect.
- You mean, you gonna take my stuff? - I have a new diet for you, pal, called cold turkey.
(dramatic bass music) - [Police Dispatcher.]
Four Adam 30, urgent message.
Meet Kate Parsons at the Princess Louise Restaurant.
- Four Adam 30, roger.
- Hold it, hold it.
Watch my mouth.
Okay, where is the negative? Look, I know Betty mailed it to you.
Where, is it in the purse? You've got it on you, don't you? Is it in the purse? Gimme the purse, gimme that.
(upbeat electronic music) - Kate, Kate, what happened? - Hey, take it easy, partner.
I'm sure Kate isn't hurt that badly.
- Maybe my skin isn't as thick as yours, Hooker, but that girl in there lost her sister because of me and now she's being beat up because of me.
- We're not sure about that.
- You wanna bet on it? - No, what I wanna do is get the facts and do something about them.
- We have to, Hooker.
You know how hard Kate's worked to build a life for herself? It makes your day just to talk to her.
We can't let anything happen to her.
- She was shaken up, minor concussion, but she'll be okay.
- [Vince.]
Can we see her? - I gave her a sedative, she could use a rest.
Maybe just one of you.
- Kate.
I feel very sad about what happened to Betty and you.
I care about you.
A photograph? That must be what Betty was going to give me.
What was in the photograph? - Dispatch said you were here.
- How's Vince taking it? - Hard, he's carrying a lot of guilt about Betty and now this with Kate.
- He came over for coffee last night.
Couldn't stop talking about Kate.
- Well, I don't blame him, she's an appealing lady.
You turn anything on Clark? - We didn't find him, but he's out there.
According to what we got on the street and from Sweetpea, I'd say that Clark has his eyes on Santee's territory, trying to cut Santee out.
- Looks like Lieutenant Arkin is tagged onto the wrong man.
- Yeah, you tell him that.
He's not about to take any advice from me.
- She's resting.
Told me Betty was bringing me a photograph.
Mailed the print and negative to Kate.
- What kind of photograph? - Santee and another man making a big drug buy.
- Probably his supplier, did she know him? - No, but she'd recognize him if she saw him.
- If it's Santee's supplier, Santee will know who it is.
And Clark is connecting with the supplier at five o'clock tomorrow.
You two, keep looking for Clark.
We'll light a fire under Santee.
- Show starts at nine, gentlemen.
- What do you say we come in and wait? You disappoint me, Santee.
I never thought you'd let a punk like Toby Clark move in and take over.
- Hey man, all I do is run this club.
You ever want to moonlight, let me know.
My customers have been askin' about you.
- I got a news brief for you.
Your ex-supplier has a shipment coming in at five o'clock this afternoon.
- [Vince.]
We figure you'd have a real good idea of where it's being delivered.
- Say I do, why would I tell you? - Revenge, payback for being cut out.
If this is Clark's supply, it'll put a real crimp in his operation if the deal falls through.
- We figured you'd have a real good idea where it's being delivered.
- Let's go, partner.
Mr.
Santee isn't as smart a businessman as I thought.
- [Leo.]
Hooker.
- Yes? - Rumor is there's a warehouse, end of pier 12.
Could be it's used as a drop site.
- And what does rumor say about who's bringing the cocaine in? - If I happened to be in the drug business, I'd want to keep a hustler like Clark out of it.
And maybe I'd want to hurt the man who cut me off when things got rough.
- And you're too scared to roll over on him.
- Oh no, too smart.
- We'll be in touch, count on it.
Get on the horn to Stacy and Corrigan.
Better tell Arkin too.
- He's not gonna like it, Hooker.
- What else is new? - [Vince.]
Four Adam 30 requesting Four Adam 16 on tac two.
(funky dramatic music) (laughing) - [Paul.]
Take it inside.
- [Toby.]
So we weigh it and check it out now, right? - [Paul.]
We weigh it and check it out when I have the negative and prints.
- Alright, Mr.
Gavin, no problem.
(sirens blaring) - It's cops! - Hold 'em off.
Stogie, get the boat ready.
(gunshots banging) (flames roaring) - Cover us, we're going in! (gunshots banging) - [Paul.]
Let's get out of here! (flames crackling) - Let's get out of here! (explosion booming) - Millions in cocaine.
10 kilos of evidence up in flames.
- Better than having it up hundreds of noses.
We came close, damn close.
- Close only counts with hand grenades.
You were out of line, Hooker.
You should've waited until our units got there.
- The suspects started a firefight.
We had to defend ourselves.
Let's face it, Arkin, no matter what happened, you'd have hated it.
You've lost your perspective.
You're letting five years ago screw up what's happening now.
- You are right on the edge, friend.
You don't know how much I want to lay an insubordination charge on you.
- Be my guest.
I'm ready any time you are.
- Hooker, we keep digging for Clark, right? - Until we find him.
- Thought we'd stop by the country recorder's office, find out who owned the warehouse.
- Let me know what you find out.
- I'm trying to keep it together, Hooker, but it's getting to me.
Everywhere turn, it's a dead end.
- But now the dead end is water.
Water and scuba divers.
- Sid Beamer.
- Hi.
- Hi.
We're looking for Beamer.
- Oh, maybe that explains why he isn't here.
Is he in trouble? - Let's just say we hope you haven't paid for a lot of lessons in advance.
- Oh, maybe I'll just borrow some of his equipment to cover my loss.
You know, most of his stuff's still in his boat.
How do you like my new scuba outfit? - Great tanks.
- Check this.
A bullet grazed this tank.
- [Vince.]
Flakes of lead in the crease, it's recent.
- How 'bout yesterday at five o'clock? Photograph of Beamer in his Navy days.
- [Vince.]
It's his frog man team.
There's Hobbs next to Beamer.
- Let's get an APB out on Beamer and then hit the streets.
Somebody out there must have a line on Clark.
- The corporation that owns the warehouse is nothing but a holding company owned by another holding company which is owned by-- - Yeah, a nice little wallpaper job.
And at the end of the roll, one man.
Get Hooker on tac two, partner.
- [Police Dispatcher.]
Four Adam 30 meet Four Adam 16 on tac two.
- Four Adam 30, roger.
This is 30, go 16.
- We had to dig through a bunch of dummy corporations, but we finally turned up the warehouse owner.
His name is Paul Gavin.
He owns a commercial fishing fleet.
- Paul Gavin, that's the name of the lieutenant in the photograph of Beamer's frog man team.
Ask Stacy if she knows where we can find Gavin.
- Stacy, you got an address on Gavin? - Gavin Fishing Enterprises, pier eight.
- Thanks, Stacy.
- Mr.
Gavin, Sergeant Hooker, this is Officer Romano.
- Have me met before, Sergeant? - No, but I've seen your picture on Sid Beamer's boat.
- Beamer.
I haven't seen him since he left the Navy.
Didn't know he was located in this area.
- Oh really? We were wondering what he was doing in your warehouse yesterday.
- Warehouse? Oh, oh, oh, the place that burned down.
Funny about that place, I bought it but never used it.
The fire was started by some gunfire I heard.
- That's right, and Beamer was involved.
- Well, I think you ought to be asking him these questions.
- We will, as soon as we can find him.
- Well, if that's all, I better get back to business.
I'm running an inspection on this boat.
- That's your privilege.
We'll be around when you get back.
- [Paul.]
Okay, let's go! - Smells fishier than his boat.
- Yeah, let's get back to Beamer's, pick up that photograph of the frog man team, show it to Kate.
I have a hunch she might be able to recognize Gavin as the man in the photograph with Santee.
- [Sid.]
Something wrong? - Something's damn wrong.
I turn myself inside out trying to keep a low profile, and you have my picture hanging in your lousy boat.
- Your picture? The frog man team.
I hung it up in there to make the school look legit.
- The cops saw the photograph.
They're nosing around.
- I think we really got a problem here, Mr.
Gavin.
- Like what? - Well, that photograph and negative of you and Santee, Betty Parsons mailed it to her sister before your men had a chance to shoot her.
- You're telling me she saw the photograph? - Well, I took it from her to give it to you.
- If the cops show her that picture of the frog man team, she'll ID you.
- We'll have to make sure she doesn't see the picture.
I want her to disappear so there's no killing for the police to investigate.
- You mean deep six her? - Unless you have a better idea.
- Kate's car is here, what could've happened to her? - Nothing good.
- I blew it again, Hooker.
I shouldn't have let her turn down protection this time around.
- Hey, couldn't force it on her.
It was up to her, and we both know Kate makes her own decisions.
- Doesn't change the facts.
She was a target, and I let someone get her.
- Gavin.
Clark must've told him that Kate saw the photograph, could identify him.
- We've been looking for Clark ever since Betty was killed.
We haven't come close to finding him.
- Now that Clark's taken over for Santee, he's gonna have to surface and contact Santee's pushers, and we know one he's already contacted.
- Sweetpea Moran.
- Get on tac two, get Stacy and Corrigan.
Tell 'em to find Sweatpea.
I wanna talk to him.
- [Vince.]
Four Adam 30 requesting Four Adam 16 on tac two.
(upbeat electronic music) - He wasn't hard to track.
- He can barely move.
- I'm gonna be okay.
I am okay, you'll see.
- He mentioned Toby Clark.
- Whúere's Clark? Where did you see him? - Easy, Sweetpea, easy.
Maybe you won't have to wait for Clark.
But you're gonna have to help me.
Did Clark say he was gonna wait for delivery? - Uh huh, said he was gonna pick the snow up at the beach.
Funny, huh? Snow at the beach.
- What beach? - The one by the old fort.
- Coral Beach? - Yeah, now you gonna help me? - Yeah, we'll get somebody here who can really help you.
Easy, easy.
You be cool.
- I'll call the detox unit, have 'em pick up Sweetpea.
- Coral Beach? It's wide open except for the construction outfit.
- And the dredging yard.
- Secluded enough to land frog men.
- Stuff should be here any minute, then we'll have the boys take the lady out and dump her.
(sirens blaring) Get ready for your return trip, Beamer.
- [Toby.]
Hey, Sid, we got cops! - Let's get out of here! Bring her with us.
- Hold it right there! If we don't get away from here, she dies! - Hooker, don't! (gunshot banging) (dramatic bass music) Drop it! - [T.
J.
.]
Gavin, I'll take him.
(gunshot banging) (gunshot banging) - Hold it! A muscle twitches and I drop you.
Put your hands on your head, put 'em up! - [T.
J.
.]
Alright, Gavin, turn around nice and slow.
(gunshot banging) - Any news from Narcotics Division? - Just heard Arkin's men tracked down a Columbian tanker that was feeding Gavin's fishing boats.
- Coast Guard confiscated 50 kilos of cocaine.
- Good, that'll keep a lot of poison off the streets for a while.
- I still don't get it.
Why did you give Arkin your collars? You owe him something or what? - I owe him nothing, but let's face it, he's a good cop.
He pushes a little hard, but he gets the job done, and that's what counts.
- Yeah, you got that right.
- We'll catch up with you at Sherry's.
- You're gonna have to get along without me tonight, partner.
- You got a hot date tonight? - Yep.
- Miss Wetsuit? Hi, Kate.
Good to see you.
Oh sure, I learned signing in case I ever met a beautiful lady like you.
Dinner tonight? - Now hold on.
- Thanks for the invitation, but two is company, three Hey, watch your language, junior, there's a lady present.
(upbeat electronic music)