T.J. Hooker (1982) s04e03 Episode Script
Pursuit [a.k.a. Hot Pursuit]
(rock music) (rock music) - [Operator.]
Control to 4-Adam-30.
Verify your code seven location as beach in Venice.
- 4-Adam-30, that's a roger.
- [Operator.]
4-Adam-30, clear for code seven.
Have a nice lunch.
- I don't agree.
- You wouldn't.
- There can't be enough emphasis on youth.
- There can be.
When team owners don't realize the benefits of having veterans on their teams.
- Will you face it, rookies extend a team's life.
- The team gets its life from its veterans.
- Football is a very physical game.
- I know-- - There is only so much abuse the body can take before the body rebels.
- I can relate to that.
- Roy, how you doing? - Well, I'm two from 30 and I'm looking forward to it.
- No way.
When you retire they're going to have to cut your legs off to pry that motor out from under you.
- (chuckles) Oh no, not this vet.
I'm going to bow out gracefully.
Take my training wheels home and put them on a golf cart.
(laughs) - Hey Sarge, there's always something I wanted to know.
What kind of a rookie cop was Hooker? - Oh, he was about like most rookies.
No respect for us veterans.
(laughing) (rock music) (slow dramatic music) - How are you doing today, sir? Nobody makes trouble, nobody gets hurt.
Now get up! Move it.
- Everybody stand right where you are.
- Move it! - Come on, the bills, the big ones.
Let's go! - All right, I know one of you smart suckers is going to press the silent alarm, so let's get this done real quick.
- I hear he could have a desk job if he'd take it.
- No, it's the streets or nothing for him.
- Where have I heard that before? (beeping) - [Operator.]
All units in the vicinity and 4-Adam-30, Investors Bank, 142 Parkwood.
- Put it on our tab, Seymour.
(rock music) (siren wailing) - Hurry up.
Come on.
- [Male Bank Robber.]
Come on, you heard her.
- [Female Bank Robber.]
Pass it on.
- How we doing, babe? - As well as done.
(sirens wailing) - We got enough.
Let's get out of here.
- Pass it on.
You heard him.
Come on, you heard him.
Get out here.
- No, please.
- Come on.
- Don't take me.
- Lady, you move it right now.
Folks, just tell the cops Bonnie and Clyde were here.
(sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) - They've got a hostage.
- Get in.
(tires screeching) - Vehicle is a 1973 orange four door Plymouth sedan.
California plates.
George Victor Zebra 741.
- I want an air unit backup.
And advise Control to the hostage situation.
(tires screeching) - Lock the doors.
Keep the gun on her, all right? - I got it, baby.
(beeping) - [Operator.]
4-Adam-30, Air One advises a five minute ETA to assist in your pursuit.
No other air units available.
- Damn.
- Roger 30.
(engines roaring) We could push them too hard, Hooker.
- If we back off it leaves the hostage with nothing.
They could do whatever they want with her.
- Hold on, dear.
- Suspects are now eastbound on the alley between Ninth and Fillmore.
(tires screeching) (car banging) - My clothes.
- Look, forget 'em.
Forget 'em, let's go.
(fire roaring) - Doors are pinned on this side.
- Get out! She's unconscious.
- We need something else.
(glass smashing) Ah, Hooker, I'm burning! I'm burning! Hooker.
(groaning) I'm all right.
The woman.
- Come on, Romano, she's going to blow.
(vehicles exploding) - [Woman.]
Dr.
Baker to pediatrics, please.
Dr.
Baker.
- Well, let's get you some help.
- (sighs) Help? This'll heal, Hooker.
What about the lady in there? What about her? She's hurt because of the crash, 'cause we pressed the pursuit.
If we'd backed off the suspects just might have dumped her off and she wouldn't need any help right now.
- What if they'd dumped her off with a bullet in the back of her head? (bell dinging) - [Woman.]
Dr.
McCullen, surgery please.
Dr.
McCullen.
- Hooker.
- Did you make it by the bank? - No, an accident sidetracked us til we can get another ride.
The hostage's name was Bowers.
- Ellen Bowers.
She's a teller at the bank.
How's she doing? - Critical.
She's still in the OR.
- We heard how it went down.
How's Vince? - They're treating him now.
He says he's had worse sunburns.
- Mr.
Tough Guy.
- He blames the pursuit.
- For what happened to the Bowers woman? - Mm-hm.
- I've been there.
Maybe he's got a point.
- If there's any blame to be laid it should be put on Bonnie and Clyde.
They're the ones who-- - What I'm saying is hot pursuits are inherently dangerous.
- I'll be doing a lot of second guessing on my decision to stay with that pursuit.
But it was a judgment call.
I ran the vehicle ID number.
NCIC says the Plymouth was New Mexico stolen.
- Well, it's a start.
- Bonnie and Clyde.
They've left a trail of liquor store and gas station robberies all the way from Houston, Texas west.
- Now they've graduated to banks.
- They started in Scottsdale, Arizona and have been taking hostages to cover their getaway.
- Fun and games time.
- Yeah, not so much fun.
Sometimes they release their hostages unharmed.
Sometimes they don't.
There's a teller from a San Berdoo bank job still in a coma at Riverside Hospital.
- Hooker.
- Jessica.
(slow music) - How are ya? - Ah, I've felt better.
But looking at you helps.
What are you doing here? - I'm head of security for all the bank branches now.
- You made it.
- We had a robbery today, our Oceanside branch.
They took one of the hostages, our teller.
I heard there was an accident and they brought her here.
- My partner and I got the call.
She sustained internal injuries.
(Jessica sighs) She's on the operating table now.
Sorry, the suspects got away.
The bank cameras must have taken pictures.
- They did.
- We'll need copies right away.
- I'll see that you get them.
Bye.
- Attractive lady.
- Yeah.
I was working a bank stakeout a couple of years ago and she was working bank security.
The robbery didn't go down for five or six days.
We got pretty close.
(upbeat rock music) - All I'm saying, when you decide to go into high speed pursuit you better be able to justify the end result.
There are a hell of a lot of unnecessary high speed chases between gung ho young cops and hopped up kids with outstanding traffic warrants.
- Sure there are.
But the officer behind the wheel has to decide.
Like Hooker said, you've got to live with that decision.
- And maybe somebody dies with it.
- I just talked to the hospital.
Ellen Bowers is out of surgery.
She's stable and recovering.
- I'll drink to that.
- To the lady.
(glasses clinking) - You Sergeant Hooker? These people are cops? The bartender told me.
I stopped by the precinct.
They said this was a cop bar and I might find you here.
- What can I do for you? - Oh, I'm just wondering what cops look like when they're out of uniform.
- You got a problem, pal? - I was wondering, just wondering, what does it feel like to kill somebody, huh? (slow dramatic music) (water splashing) My name is Charles Bowers, Sergeant Hooker.
My wife is Ellen Bowers.
Did you know that she was pregnant? Did you know the baby she was carrying was my son? Amazing what medical science can do.
At four months the doctors were able to tell it was going to be a boy.
How does it feel, Sergeant, to know that you helped kill a boy that never had a chance to live? (slow music) - Do you ever sleep? - I couldn't.
I kept thinking about Ellen Bowers and her baby, my kids.
I thought maybe I'd go over the car and see if the lab boys missed anything.
- Yeah, I thought you might.
I came by to help if I can.
A few years back up in Frisco I was involved in a high speed pursuit.
My partner was driving.
Chasing three teenage joyriders, kids.
They went off the road a little over 90, wrapped the car around a tree like a pretzel.
It took us over three hours to pull their bodies out.
Yeah, I can still see the color of their shirts, the blood everywhere.
I picked up a shoe.
I don't remember what I said to their parents.
- What do you make of this? - It could be anything.
- Maybe they had suitcases in the car.
- [Jim.]
Yeah.
- It could be part of a suitcase handle.
- Yeah.
- I don't know what this metal tab is.
- It could be a designer's logo.
There's a pattern.
- Check it out, by roll call tomorrow.
- You're a hard man, Hooker.
Listen, I guess there are all kinds of ways to deal with tragedy.
Bowers, he didn't know what to do with his grief, Hooker.
Anger's an easier emotion to handle.
- Yeah.
Gotta blame somebody.
Couldn't find the crooks, he found us.
I want to find Bonnie and Clyde.
(gentle music) - You know, it's all turning out to be everything you said it would be.
- (laughs) Would I lie to you? - I had my doubts those first couple of weeks after you broke me out.
Ripping gas stations and liquor stores.
Sleeping in motels and eating food worse than gave us in (mumbles).
If Superintendent Davis could see me now.
- Hey listen, baby, it's all uptown from here on in.
- Could we go shopping afterwards? - Well, what do you need now? - I had a whole suitcase full of new clothes.
- (laughs) Oh, we'll buy you new ones.
We've got 40,000 plus change, and there's a bank that's three blocks from here that's going to be prime pickings.
(laughs) - But that one jacket was Paris-designed.
- Oh.
- I loved it.
We gotta find it, please? - We need wheels first.
- Then can we go shopping? - (laughs) Why not? (slow music) - How's she doing? - She'll be okay.
- [Woman.]
Dr.
Seidelman to X-Ray, please.
Dr.
Seidelman.
- I owe you an apology, Sergeant Hooker.
I can't account for what happened last night.
I was frustrated, and angry, and I wanted to hurt someone for hurting me, my wife, our baby.
- You don't owe me an apology.
- I'm grateful.
You both risked your life to save my wife's.
Just I wish we didn't lose that little boy.
- Mr.
Bowers, I wish there was some way we could tell you how sorry we are for what happened.
- You already have, just by being here.
Do me one favor.
- Name it.
- Get those people that killed my son.
(slow dramatic music) - We get wheels, we head there next.
- The getaway car was stolen in Houston, Texas last week.
Chances are our Bonnie and Clyde are going to go for another one, so keep a close eye on the (mumbles).
We're working on something we found in the car and you'll be kept informed.
Now these are the best pictures the bank camera has taken so far.
Pass 'em around, please.
Study 'em.
Get 'em around.
Get them to your people on the street, get them working for ya.
I want those two.
And there's another thing.
Clyde uses a 357 Magnum, Bonnie a 38 with hollow points.
Don't give 'em a chance to use 'em on you.
Let's roll.
Romano, wire out photos of Bonnie and Clyde to every city and town from here to Texas.
Maybe somebody will put names to faces.
- You got it.
- Jimmy, you and Stacy follow up on that designer's logo we pulled from the Plymouth.
When I get out on the field, I'll check the hotels and motels.
Hi ya, Jess.
- This isn't a social call, Hooker.
- I had a feeling it wasn't.
- I just turned in my preliminary report to the bank.
You're not going to like it but I wanted you to hear about it first.
- Well, I appreciate that much anyway.
- From what I found out, that car crash didn't have to happen.
- But you weren't there.
- No, but I talked to enough people who had to scramble for their lives.
- None of whom were injured.
- Fortunately.
Traffic was heavy.
It was during the peak hours of the day.
The streets were lined with pedestrians.
Anything could have-- - The bank was robbed.
The people asked for help with a silent alarm.
- Recovering the money isn't that important.
- Capturing armed suspects who've demonstrated their willingness to do violence is.
- At the risk of a dozen lives? At the cost of Ellen Bowers baby? Was it really worth it to you, Hooker? Maybe hot pursuits should be outlawed.
- Well, suppose they do that.
Suppose they stop all hot pursuit.
And every bad guy knows that the moment his speedometer hits We turn over the streets to them.
- Yeah, well I hear a lot cop emotion talking, and I understand that.
But the facts are still there, and they say that car crash could have been prevented if you'd have pulled back.
- The officer in the field has to make that decision.
- But can the officer live with that decision? - He finds a way.
- And what if he can't? Then what, an ulcer? Booze? Or does he end up eating his 38? Maybe somebody ought to make it their business to see these chases stopped.
- Jess, you were always big on crusades.
Only this time I'm afraid we're not on the same side.
- I'm sorry about that.
(sighs) You know, one of the things I liked about you was once you made up your mind about something, nothing could change it.
I guess I still like that about you.
It's just not going to change what I have to do.
- Seems like a lady with a mind of her own.
How far do you think she's going to run with it? - All the way to the end of the line.
- Maybe she's running in the right direction.
(slow music) - You're looking for George of Paris, I'm George of Paris.
Of course, on occasion I'm Han of Tokyo or Phillip of London, whatever's in that particular year.
- This is your logo? - Oh yeah, yeah.
I mean, I designed the jacket that logo came off of, yeah.
Oh, here it is.
Well, what do you think? - Yeah, it's nice.
- What size are you, Officer Sheridan? We could run one off for you in a couple of hours.
- That's very sweet of you, George, but what we'd really like is a list of all the stores in this area which retail this particular jacket.
- Oh sure.
But basically you like the jacket? - Oh, I like it very much.
- I'll get you a list.
Designing is guesswork, you know? My dad put 50 years in this business.
I put in 28 already, and it's guesswork.
- You ever ship any of those to Texas by any chance? - Sent a dozen to the mall store in Houston.
How'd you know that? - The woman we're looking for probably brought it there.
- That's good, huh? We're getting there.
Listen, what would it hurt if we ran you off a jacket? You could wear it back and forth to the precinct.
- Tell her T.
J.
Hooker called.
No, she can't call me back.
I'll call her again.
Thank you.
- No luck? - She was in a meeting.
I lost my temper before.
I got to convince her she's wrong.
- Maybe you're having a tough time with her because you're not convinced yourself.
- Now watch it, junior.
You're close to stepping over the line.
- Hey, if giving my opinion is stepping over the line, you can come down on me for it.
- That's not the way I work.
You ought to know that by now.
- Was she tough to work with on the stakeout? - Jess? Nah, she was fine.
She was obviously on her way up, but she was okay.
- Knew what she was talking about? - [T.
J.
.]
Sure.
- But now she's all wrong.
- That's right, she's wrong.
And you're wrong.
Bad guys escalate the action and we move up right alongside them.
Then we move in and control the situation.
That's our job.
- And if somebody in the middle gets shredded by the machine, that's an acceptable loss? - No such thing as an acceptable loss.
Oh, to hell with it.
I'll call her later.
(slow music) - Well, we've hit all the stores handling George's parachute jacket.
It was a long shot in the first place.
- Maybe not.
These two seem to be setting a high and fashionable profile.
- The Bonnie and Clyde syndrome? - That's right.
They took that bag with maximum visibility.
- You're not saying they want to get caught? - Not at all.
It's just that whatever they do they want to make sure the world knows about it.
(slow music) (whistles) - Hey.
- We can make you a great deal.
It's that time, year end clearance and all, you know? - Oh, a clearance, huh? I was thinking of that.
- Ah, like to take one for a spin? - Yeah, that's just what we had in mind.
- This is our showroom model.
- But I had my heart set on this one.
- Why don't you just tell the fuzz that Bonnie and Clyde dropped by.
Bye.
(glass smashing) - Woo! - Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! - That was wonderful, baby.
- All right.
(laughs) (tires screeching) (rock music) (siren wailing) Well, looky here.
I think we got Evil Knievel.
- Let her rip.
- Woo, let's go! (tires screeching) (beeping) - [Operator.]
All units on all frequencies, stand by.
a stolen 1984 red Camaro.
No plates.
Southbound on 22nd and approaching Maple.
(tires screeching) (sirens wailing) - That was Roy.
(tires screeching) - I think we're going to smoke him, traffic's pretty heavy.
(bike screeching) (tires screeching) - [Both.]
Wahoo! (laughs) (slow music) - Roy.
Call an ambulance.
Take it easy.
Take it easy, okay? - This is 4-Adam-30.
Officer down, requesting ambulance.
At 27th and Maple.
- Help is on its way.
Take it easy.
(slow music) - I didn't know how much I missed ya til I saw you at the hospital today.
I'm glad you weren't busy.
- Actually I was.
We're opening a new bank branch tomorrow and the manager and I haven't come to an agreement on security needs.
- Why did you let me come here then? - Oh, maybe I was curious.
- Oh.
- I guess I missed you too.
Okay, I know that Hooker look anywhere.
What's bothering you? - It seems that the captain got an exploratory call from city councilman, Keckner's office.
Keckner wanted the police report on the chase the other day.
- I heard there was another high speed pursuit today.
This time a policeman was injured.
- I know.
- [Jessica.]
You know him? - Yeah.
- Keckner's assured me that he's going to look into the matter of hot pursuits.
- Keckner's no friend of the department.
- I'm going to press this issue.
- So you've said.
- Hm.
Mm.
Suppose I tell you nothing you could say or do tonight could change my mind about anything.
- I'd say that used to part of our problem.
- It wasn't some sort of communication gap.
You were always too much of a cop.
- It gets in the way, a lot.
And you were always too ambitious.
- And you are still Sergeant Hooker.
You know, you were always more concerned about the way you did your job and the officers around you than you could ever be about someone else.
Even yourself.
You carry your job around in your head and your gut 24 hours a day.
I saw it then and I can see it now.
It's eating away at you.
- It's the Bowers baby.
And a good cop, my friend in the hospital.
And the fact that these punks are out there playing a deadly game of catch me if you can.
Damn it, even my own officers and I are locking horns on this hot pursuit thing.
I'm feeling the squeeze, Jess.
(slow music) Hi there.
- Oh yeah, I'm high here.
But it's legal.
- How you doing? - About like your average busted ankle, ruptured spleen, broken arm.
- Is there anything I can get you? - I could use a couple of three pounds of smarts.
That was one career boner.
Pushing those joyriding kids into a hot pursuit during rush hour.
- Well those kids are wanted for kidnapping, robbery, attempted murder, and murder in three different states.
- Those little scuzzballs.
Too bad they made it round the semi.
How, you got any idea how much the city's going to charge me for my bike? - On the local scene, city councilman George Keckner's newly formed subcommittee to look into the issue of hot pursuits by police-- - [Roy.]
Keckner's a political hack.
- Maybe so, but he gets the public's attention.
- And the Police Commission.
- Who was Chief of Security for First Investors Bank.
- Hey, hey, Hooker, she's talking about your lady friend.
- Our field reporter, James Kirkpatrick, caught up with Miss Turley at pre-opening festivities at a new branch of First Investors.
- With more than a few of our law enforcement officers high speed chases are nothing more than exercises in police macho.
- Did I say she was a friend? - She was never one to hold anything back.
- Oh Mark, I thought we'd never find it.
It's just like the other one, even down to the funny little design on the front.
- You like it then? - You want to see how much I like it? - Mm-hm.
- Will this be cash or charge? - The sheriff from Santa Fe, New Mexico turned (mumbles) names on Bonnie and Clyde.
- Mark Howard, Grace Tibbetts.
- He's a (mumbles) and he (mumbles) a time in Huntsville for GTA and the two-bit rip off of a gas station.
- He busted Grace out of Texas Youth Authority.
They've been through four different states in less than two weeks.
Let's hope they're still in town.
(phone ringing) - Academy Precinct.
Officer Fox, may I help you? Oh, I'm sorry.
Officer Sheridan's in the field.
- Can you get a message to her? This is Jean Spencer, Right Bank Boutique on Seventh Street.
(slow dramatic music) Tell her the people she spoke to me about are in the store right now.
I'm almost certain.
(gun clicking) - Put the phone down, lady.
- Just walked out of here bold and brazen as a couple of bank robbers.
- That's what they are, ma'am.
- It look a lot to make that call.
Thank you.
Five minutes, five lousy minutes.
- At least we know they're still in town.
Let's get it on the air, start the search.
(rock music) Can you believe we missed them by five minutes? - Where are you now? - Market and 12th.
The sales lady we contacted off that logo clue just had a parachute jacket ripped off.
The suspects were last seen walking northbound on Ninth from Menlo.
I'd guess the red Camaro they ripped off is close by.
- We got a two minute ETA.
- Well, they shouldn't be too hard to spot.
The girl's wearing the bulky jacket.
It's steel gray in color.
- [T.
J.
.]
Roger, Jim.
(slow dramatic music) - Well, if this one's as good as the last, what do you say we take one of them two week boat trips down to Mexico? - Could we? - (laughs) That's what it's all about, baby.
(dramatic rock music) (people laughing) (crowd applauding) - We just talked to a witness who saw them climb into the stolen red Camaro.
It was parked on (mumbles) about two blocks north of the boutique.
- Roger, Jim.
Put out the word on the car.
And let's make a pass by the banks in the area.
The way Bonnie and Clyde operate I'm willing to bet that they'll try for one more score before they split.
(slow music) - Okay, hurry it up.
Come on, let's go.
Okay, lady, just the big bills, and make it fast.
Come on, quick, quick.
(dramatic rock music) Okay, lady, come on, get around here.
Come on, lady, move it.
Any trouble, and this lady here, she gets blown away.
- Hey.
(gun firing) (people screaming) - Get in.
(tires screeching) (beeping) - [Operator.]
All cars in the vicinity and 4-Adam-7.
A 211 has just occurred at the bank Suspects have a hostage.
- This is 4-Adam-30.
We're two blocks away and responding.
- [Operator.]
4-Adam-30, suspects match the description of prior bank 211 at 142 Parkwood.
(siren wailing) (tires screeching) (engines roaring) - You see who that was? - Yeah.
Damn it, they've got Jess.
(beeping) - [Operator.]
All units on all frequencies, stand by.
- This is 4-Adam-30.
We're southbound on Woodland approaching Ardmore.
- They're heading our way.
- We can parallel up Grand and cut 'em off at DeLong.
(cars honking) - The suspects are now heading south on Lawson.
Approaching DeLong.
Advise all units suspects have a hostage.
(tires screeching) If you're asking me if we should back off, you're driving.
Drop your gun.
You're surrounded.
- Come up this way.
(guns firing) - Mark, help me.
(gun firing) - Hold it.
(guns firing) Stacy, stay with her.
Jim, cover me.
(gun firing) (slow music) Hey.
(punching) (grunting) (body thudding) (slow dramatic music) (upbeat music) - She still have the recording machine turned on? - I hate those things.
- What Jessica went through, she probably needs some time to herself.
- Yeah.
Oh well, we all learned something today.
- I had a hard time deciding, but sometimes hot pursuits are necessary.
Right Jim? - Yeah, like women, a necessary evil.
- Thanks a lot.
- I thought I needed to be alone.
And I'm glad I found you.
- So am I.
- Do you have a minute? - How about a few? - God, that was horrible today.
Now I know the terror that Ellen Bowers felt.
I talked to her on the phone a little while ago.
- How is she? - She's out of the hospital.
She's not great, but she's getting a whole lot better.
And I talked to her husband.
And he wanted me to tell you that he and Ellen had already talked, and they've decided to try it again, whatever that means.
- It means I hope it's a boy.
- How 'bout buying me a drink, copper? But not here.
(slow music) (rock music)
Control to 4-Adam-30.
Verify your code seven location as beach in Venice.
- 4-Adam-30, that's a roger.
- [Operator.]
4-Adam-30, clear for code seven.
Have a nice lunch.
- I don't agree.
- You wouldn't.
- There can't be enough emphasis on youth.
- There can be.
When team owners don't realize the benefits of having veterans on their teams.
- Will you face it, rookies extend a team's life.
- The team gets its life from its veterans.
- Football is a very physical game.
- I know-- - There is only so much abuse the body can take before the body rebels.
- I can relate to that.
- Roy, how you doing? - Well, I'm two from 30 and I'm looking forward to it.
- No way.
When you retire they're going to have to cut your legs off to pry that motor out from under you.
- (chuckles) Oh no, not this vet.
I'm going to bow out gracefully.
Take my training wheels home and put them on a golf cart.
(laughs) - Hey Sarge, there's always something I wanted to know.
What kind of a rookie cop was Hooker? - Oh, he was about like most rookies.
No respect for us veterans.
(laughing) (rock music) (slow dramatic music) - How are you doing today, sir? Nobody makes trouble, nobody gets hurt.
Now get up! Move it.
- Everybody stand right where you are.
- Move it! - Come on, the bills, the big ones.
Let's go! - All right, I know one of you smart suckers is going to press the silent alarm, so let's get this done real quick.
- I hear he could have a desk job if he'd take it.
- No, it's the streets or nothing for him.
- Where have I heard that before? (beeping) - [Operator.]
All units in the vicinity and 4-Adam-30, Investors Bank, 142 Parkwood.
- Put it on our tab, Seymour.
(rock music) (siren wailing) - Hurry up.
Come on.
- [Male Bank Robber.]
Come on, you heard her.
- [Female Bank Robber.]
Pass it on.
- How we doing, babe? - As well as done.
(sirens wailing) - We got enough.
Let's get out of here.
- Pass it on.
You heard him.
Come on, you heard him.
Get out here.
- No, please.
- Come on.
- Don't take me.
- Lady, you move it right now.
Folks, just tell the cops Bonnie and Clyde were here.
(sirens wailing) (dramatic rock music) - They've got a hostage.
- Get in.
(tires screeching) - Vehicle is a 1973 orange four door Plymouth sedan.
California plates.
George Victor Zebra 741.
- I want an air unit backup.
And advise Control to the hostage situation.
(tires screeching) - Lock the doors.
Keep the gun on her, all right? - I got it, baby.
(beeping) - [Operator.]
4-Adam-30, Air One advises a five minute ETA to assist in your pursuit.
No other air units available.
- Damn.
- Roger 30.
(engines roaring) We could push them too hard, Hooker.
- If we back off it leaves the hostage with nothing.
They could do whatever they want with her.
- Hold on, dear.
- Suspects are now eastbound on the alley between Ninth and Fillmore.
(tires screeching) (car banging) - My clothes.
- Look, forget 'em.
Forget 'em, let's go.
(fire roaring) - Doors are pinned on this side.
- Get out! She's unconscious.
- We need something else.
(glass smashing) Ah, Hooker, I'm burning! I'm burning! Hooker.
(groaning) I'm all right.
The woman.
- Come on, Romano, she's going to blow.
(vehicles exploding) - [Woman.]
Dr.
Baker to pediatrics, please.
Dr.
Baker.
- Well, let's get you some help.
- (sighs) Help? This'll heal, Hooker.
What about the lady in there? What about her? She's hurt because of the crash, 'cause we pressed the pursuit.
If we'd backed off the suspects just might have dumped her off and she wouldn't need any help right now.
- What if they'd dumped her off with a bullet in the back of her head? (bell dinging) - [Woman.]
Dr.
McCullen, surgery please.
Dr.
McCullen.
- Hooker.
- Did you make it by the bank? - No, an accident sidetracked us til we can get another ride.
The hostage's name was Bowers.
- Ellen Bowers.
She's a teller at the bank.
How's she doing? - Critical.
She's still in the OR.
- We heard how it went down.
How's Vince? - They're treating him now.
He says he's had worse sunburns.
- Mr.
Tough Guy.
- He blames the pursuit.
- For what happened to the Bowers woman? - Mm-hm.
- I've been there.
Maybe he's got a point.
- If there's any blame to be laid it should be put on Bonnie and Clyde.
They're the ones who-- - What I'm saying is hot pursuits are inherently dangerous.
- I'll be doing a lot of second guessing on my decision to stay with that pursuit.
But it was a judgment call.
I ran the vehicle ID number.
NCIC says the Plymouth was New Mexico stolen.
- Well, it's a start.
- Bonnie and Clyde.
They've left a trail of liquor store and gas station robberies all the way from Houston, Texas west.
- Now they've graduated to banks.
- They started in Scottsdale, Arizona and have been taking hostages to cover their getaway.
- Fun and games time.
- Yeah, not so much fun.
Sometimes they release their hostages unharmed.
Sometimes they don't.
There's a teller from a San Berdoo bank job still in a coma at Riverside Hospital.
- Hooker.
- Jessica.
(slow music) - How are ya? - Ah, I've felt better.
But looking at you helps.
What are you doing here? - I'm head of security for all the bank branches now.
- You made it.
- We had a robbery today, our Oceanside branch.
They took one of the hostages, our teller.
I heard there was an accident and they brought her here.
- My partner and I got the call.
She sustained internal injuries.
(Jessica sighs) She's on the operating table now.
Sorry, the suspects got away.
The bank cameras must have taken pictures.
- They did.
- We'll need copies right away.
- I'll see that you get them.
Bye.
- Attractive lady.
- Yeah.
I was working a bank stakeout a couple of years ago and she was working bank security.
The robbery didn't go down for five or six days.
We got pretty close.
(upbeat rock music) - All I'm saying, when you decide to go into high speed pursuit you better be able to justify the end result.
There are a hell of a lot of unnecessary high speed chases between gung ho young cops and hopped up kids with outstanding traffic warrants.
- Sure there are.
But the officer behind the wheel has to decide.
Like Hooker said, you've got to live with that decision.
- And maybe somebody dies with it.
- I just talked to the hospital.
Ellen Bowers is out of surgery.
She's stable and recovering.
- I'll drink to that.
- To the lady.
(glasses clinking) - You Sergeant Hooker? These people are cops? The bartender told me.
I stopped by the precinct.
They said this was a cop bar and I might find you here.
- What can I do for you? - Oh, I'm just wondering what cops look like when they're out of uniform.
- You got a problem, pal? - I was wondering, just wondering, what does it feel like to kill somebody, huh? (slow dramatic music) (water splashing) My name is Charles Bowers, Sergeant Hooker.
My wife is Ellen Bowers.
Did you know that she was pregnant? Did you know the baby she was carrying was my son? Amazing what medical science can do.
At four months the doctors were able to tell it was going to be a boy.
How does it feel, Sergeant, to know that you helped kill a boy that never had a chance to live? (slow music) - Do you ever sleep? - I couldn't.
I kept thinking about Ellen Bowers and her baby, my kids.
I thought maybe I'd go over the car and see if the lab boys missed anything.
- Yeah, I thought you might.
I came by to help if I can.
A few years back up in Frisco I was involved in a high speed pursuit.
My partner was driving.
Chasing three teenage joyriders, kids.
They went off the road a little over 90, wrapped the car around a tree like a pretzel.
It took us over three hours to pull their bodies out.
Yeah, I can still see the color of their shirts, the blood everywhere.
I picked up a shoe.
I don't remember what I said to their parents.
- What do you make of this? - It could be anything.
- Maybe they had suitcases in the car.
- [Jim.]
Yeah.
- It could be part of a suitcase handle.
- Yeah.
- I don't know what this metal tab is.
- It could be a designer's logo.
There's a pattern.
- Check it out, by roll call tomorrow.
- You're a hard man, Hooker.
Listen, I guess there are all kinds of ways to deal with tragedy.
Bowers, he didn't know what to do with his grief, Hooker.
Anger's an easier emotion to handle.
- Yeah.
Gotta blame somebody.
Couldn't find the crooks, he found us.
I want to find Bonnie and Clyde.
(gentle music) - You know, it's all turning out to be everything you said it would be.
- (laughs) Would I lie to you? - I had my doubts those first couple of weeks after you broke me out.
Ripping gas stations and liquor stores.
Sleeping in motels and eating food worse than gave us in (mumbles).
If Superintendent Davis could see me now.
- Hey listen, baby, it's all uptown from here on in.
- Could we go shopping afterwards? - Well, what do you need now? - I had a whole suitcase full of new clothes.
- (laughs) Oh, we'll buy you new ones.
We've got 40,000 plus change, and there's a bank that's three blocks from here that's going to be prime pickings.
(laughs) - But that one jacket was Paris-designed.
- Oh.
- I loved it.
We gotta find it, please? - We need wheels first.
- Then can we go shopping? - (laughs) Why not? (slow music) - How's she doing? - She'll be okay.
- [Woman.]
Dr.
Seidelman to X-Ray, please.
Dr.
Seidelman.
- I owe you an apology, Sergeant Hooker.
I can't account for what happened last night.
I was frustrated, and angry, and I wanted to hurt someone for hurting me, my wife, our baby.
- You don't owe me an apology.
- I'm grateful.
You both risked your life to save my wife's.
Just I wish we didn't lose that little boy.
- Mr.
Bowers, I wish there was some way we could tell you how sorry we are for what happened.
- You already have, just by being here.
Do me one favor.
- Name it.
- Get those people that killed my son.
(slow dramatic music) - We get wheels, we head there next.
- The getaway car was stolen in Houston, Texas last week.
Chances are our Bonnie and Clyde are going to go for another one, so keep a close eye on the (mumbles).
We're working on something we found in the car and you'll be kept informed.
Now these are the best pictures the bank camera has taken so far.
Pass 'em around, please.
Study 'em.
Get 'em around.
Get them to your people on the street, get them working for ya.
I want those two.
And there's another thing.
Clyde uses a 357 Magnum, Bonnie a 38 with hollow points.
Don't give 'em a chance to use 'em on you.
Let's roll.
Romano, wire out photos of Bonnie and Clyde to every city and town from here to Texas.
Maybe somebody will put names to faces.
- You got it.
- Jimmy, you and Stacy follow up on that designer's logo we pulled from the Plymouth.
When I get out on the field, I'll check the hotels and motels.
Hi ya, Jess.
- This isn't a social call, Hooker.
- I had a feeling it wasn't.
- I just turned in my preliminary report to the bank.
You're not going to like it but I wanted you to hear about it first.
- Well, I appreciate that much anyway.
- From what I found out, that car crash didn't have to happen.
- But you weren't there.
- No, but I talked to enough people who had to scramble for their lives.
- None of whom were injured.
- Fortunately.
Traffic was heavy.
It was during the peak hours of the day.
The streets were lined with pedestrians.
Anything could have-- - The bank was robbed.
The people asked for help with a silent alarm.
- Recovering the money isn't that important.
- Capturing armed suspects who've demonstrated their willingness to do violence is.
- At the risk of a dozen lives? At the cost of Ellen Bowers baby? Was it really worth it to you, Hooker? Maybe hot pursuits should be outlawed.
- Well, suppose they do that.
Suppose they stop all hot pursuit.
And every bad guy knows that the moment his speedometer hits We turn over the streets to them.
- Yeah, well I hear a lot cop emotion talking, and I understand that.
But the facts are still there, and they say that car crash could have been prevented if you'd have pulled back.
- The officer in the field has to make that decision.
- But can the officer live with that decision? - He finds a way.
- And what if he can't? Then what, an ulcer? Booze? Or does he end up eating his 38? Maybe somebody ought to make it their business to see these chases stopped.
- Jess, you were always big on crusades.
Only this time I'm afraid we're not on the same side.
- I'm sorry about that.
(sighs) You know, one of the things I liked about you was once you made up your mind about something, nothing could change it.
I guess I still like that about you.
It's just not going to change what I have to do.
- Seems like a lady with a mind of her own.
How far do you think she's going to run with it? - All the way to the end of the line.
- Maybe she's running in the right direction.
(slow music) - You're looking for George of Paris, I'm George of Paris.
Of course, on occasion I'm Han of Tokyo or Phillip of London, whatever's in that particular year.
- This is your logo? - Oh yeah, yeah.
I mean, I designed the jacket that logo came off of, yeah.
Oh, here it is.
Well, what do you think? - Yeah, it's nice.
- What size are you, Officer Sheridan? We could run one off for you in a couple of hours.
- That's very sweet of you, George, but what we'd really like is a list of all the stores in this area which retail this particular jacket.
- Oh sure.
But basically you like the jacket? - Oh, I like it very much.
- I'll get you a list.
Designing is guesswork, you know? My dad put 50 years in this business.
I put in 28 already, and it's guesswork.
- You ever ship any of those to Texas by any chance? - Sent a dozen to the mall store in Houston.
How'd you know that? - The woman we're looking for probably brought it there.
- That's good, huh? We're getting there.
Listen, what would it hurt if we ran you off a jacket? You could wear it back and forth to the precinct.
- Tell her T.
J.
Hooker called.
No, she can't call me back.
I'll call her again.
Thank you.
- No luck? - She was in a meeting.
I lost my temper before.
I got to convince her she's wrong.
- Maybe you're having a tough time with her because you're not convinced yourself.
- Now watch it, junior.
You're close to stepping over the line.
- Hey, if giving my opinion is stepping over the line, you can come down on me for it.
- That's not the way I work.
You ought to know that by now.
- Was she tough to work with on the stakeout? - Jess? Nah, she was fine.
She was obviously on her way up, but she was okay.
- Knew what she was talking about? - [T.
J.
.]
Sure.
- But now she's all wrong.
- That's right, she's wrong.
And you're wrong.
Bad guys escalate the action and we move up right alongside them.
Then we move in and control the situation.
That's our job.
- And if somebody in the middle gets shredded by the machine, that's an acceptable loss? - No such thing as an acceptable loss.
Oh, to hell with it.
I'll call her later.
(slow music) - Well, we've hit all the stores handling George's parachute jacket.
It was a long shot in the first place.
- Maybe not.
These two seem to be setting a high and fashionable profile.
- The Bonnie and Clyde syndrome? - That's right.
They took that bag with maximum visibility.
- You're not saying they want to get caught? - Not at all.
It's just that whatever they do they want to make sure the world knows about it.
(slow music) (whistles) - Hey.
- We can make you a great deal.
It's that time, year end clearance and all, you know? - Oh, a clearance, huh? I was thinking of that.
- Ah, like to take one for a spin? - Yeah, that's just what we had in mind.
- This is our showroom model.
- But I had my heart set on this one.
- Why don't you just tell the fuzz that Bonnie and Clyde dropped by.
Bye.
(glass smashing) - Woo! - Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! - That was wonderful, baby.
- All right.
(laughs) (tires screeching) (rock music) (siren wailing) Well, looky here.
I think we got Evil Knievel.
- Let her rip.
- Woo, let's go! (tires screeching) (beeping) - [Operator.]
All units on all frequencies, stand by.
a stolen 1984 red Camaro.
No plates.
Southbound on 22nd and approaching Maple.
(tires screeching) (sirens wailing) - That was Roy.
(tires screeching) - I think we're going to smoke him, traffic's pretty heavy.
(bike screeching) (tires screeching) - [Both.]
Wahoo! (laughs) (slow music) - Roy.
Call an ambulance.
Take it easy.
Take it easy, okay? - This is 4-Adam-30.
Officer down, requesting ambulance.
At 27th and Maple.
- Help is on its way.
Take it easy.
(slow music) - I didn't know how much I missed ya til I saw you at the hospital today.
I'm glad you weren't busy.
- Actually I was.
We're opening a new bank branch tomorrow and the manager and I haven't come to an agreement on security needs.
- Why did you let me come here then? - Oh, maybe I was curious.
- Oh.
- I guess I missed you too.
Okay, I know that Hooker look anywhere.
What's bothering you? - It seems that the captain got an exploratory call from city councilman, Keckner's office.
Keckner wanted the police report on the chase the other day.
- I heard there was another high speed pursuit today.
This time a policeman was injured.
- I know.
- [Jessica.]
You know him? - Yeah.
- Keckner's assured me that he's going to look into the matter of hot pursuits.
- Keckner's no friend of the department.
- I'm going to press this issue.
- So you've said.
- Hm.
Mm.
Suppose I tell you nothing you could say or do tonight could change my mind about anything.
- I'd say that used to part of our problem.
- It wasn't some sort of communication gap.
You were always too much of a cop.
- It gets in the way, a lot.
And you were always too ambitious.
- And you are still Sergeant Hooker.
You know, you were always more concerned about the way you did your job and the officers around you than you could ever be about someone else.
Even yourself.
You carry your job around in your head and your gut 24 hours a day.
I saw it then and I can see it now.
It's eating away at you.
- It's the Bowers baby.
And a good cop, my friend in the hospital.
And the fact that these punks are out there playing a deadly game of catch me if you can.
Damn it, even my own officers and I are locking horns on this hot pursuit thing.
I'm feeling the squeeze, Jess.
(slow music) Hi there.
- Oh yeah, I'm high here.
But it's legal.
- How you doing? - About like your average busted ankle, ruptured spleen, broken arm.
- Is there anything I can get you? - I could use a couple of three pounds of smarts.
That was one career boner.
Pushing those joyriding kids into a hot pursuit during rush hour.
- Well those kids are wanted for kidnapping, robbery, attempted murder, and murder in three different states.
- Those little scuzzballs.
Too bad they made it round the semi.
How, you got any idea how much the city's going to charge me for my bike? - On the local scene, city councilman George Keckner's newly formed subcommittee to look into the issue of hot pursuits by police-- - [Roy.]
Keckner's a political hack.
- Maybe so, but he gets the public's attention.
- And the Police Commission.
- Who was Chief of Security for First Investors Bank.
- Hey, hey, Hooker, she's talking about your lady friend.
- Our field reporter, James Kirkpatrick, caught up with Miss Turley at pre-opening festivities at a new branch of First Investors.
- With more than a few of our law enforcement officers high speed chases are nothing more than exercises in police macho.
- Did I say she was a friend? - She was never one to hold anything back.
- Oh Mark, I thought we'd never find it.
It's just like the other one, even down to the funny little design on the front.
- You like it then? - You want to see how much I like it? - Mm-hm.
- Will this be cash or charge? - The sheriff from Santa Fe, New Mexico turned (mumbles) names on Bonnie and Clyde.
- Mark Howard, Grace Tibbetts.
- He's a (mumbles) and he (mumbles) a time in Huntsville for GTA and the two-bit rip off of a gas station.
- He busted Grace out of Texas Youth Authority.
They've been through four different states in less than two weeks.
Let's hope they're still in town.
(phone ringing) - Academy Precinct.
Officer Fox, may I help you? Oh, I'm sorry.
Officer Sheridan's in the field.
- Can you get a message to her? This is Jean Spencer, Right Bank Boutique on Seventh Street.
(slow dramatic music) Tell her the people she spoke to me about are in the store right now.
I'm almost certain.
(gun clicking) - Put the phone down, lady.
- Just walked out of here bold and brazen as a couple of bank robbers.
- That's what they are, ma'am.
- It look a lot to make that call.
Thank you.
Five minutes, five lousy minutes.
- At least we know they're still in town.
Let's get it on the air, start the search.
(rock music) Can you believe we missed them by five minutes? - Where are you now? - Market and 12th.
The sales lady we contacted off that logo clue just had a parachute jacket ripped off.
The suspects were last seen walking northbound on Ninth from Menlo.
I'd guess the red Camaro they ripped off is close by.
- We got a two minute ETA.
- Well, they shouldn't be too hard to spot.
The girl's wearing the bulky jacket.
It's steel gray in color.
- [T.
J.
.]
Roger, Jim.
(slow dramatic music) - Well, if this one's as good as the last, what do you say we take one of them two week boat trips down to Mexico? - Could we? - (laughs) That's what it's all about, baby.
(dramatic rock music) (people laughing) (crowd applauding) - We just talked to a witness who saw them climb into the stolen red Camaro.
It was parked on (mumbles) about two blocks north of the boutique.
- Roger, Jim.
Put out the word on the car.
And let's make a pass by the banks in the area.
The way Bonnie and Clyde operate I'm willing to bet that they'll try for one more score before they split.
(slow music) - Okay, hurry it up.
Come on, let's go.
Okay, lady, just the big bills, and make it fast.
Come on, quick, quick.
(dramatic rock music) Okay, lady, come on, get around here.
Come on, lady, move it.
Any trouble, and this lady here, she gets blown away.
- Hey.
(gun firing) (people screaming) - Get in.
(tires screeching) (beeping) - [Operator.]
All cars in the vicinity and 4-Adam-7.
A 211 has just occurred at the bank Suspects have a hostage.
- This is 4-Adam-30.
We're two blocks away and responding.
- [Operator.]
4-Adam-30, suspects match the description of prior bank 211 at 142 Parkwood.
(siren wailing) (tires screeching) (engines roaring) - You see who that was? - Yeah.
Damn it, they've got Jess.
(beeping) - [Operator.]
All units on all frequencies, stand by.
- This is 4-Adam-30.
We're southbound on Woodland approaching Ardmore.
- They're heading our way.
- We can parallel up Grand and cut 'em off at DeLong.
(cars honking) - The suspects are now heading south on Lawson.
Approaching DeLong.
Advise all units suspects have a hostage.
(tires screeching) If you're asking me if we should back off, you're driving.
Drop your gun.
You're surrounded.
- Come up this way.
(guns firing) - Mark, help me.
(gun firing) - Hold it.
(guns firing) Stacy, stay with her.
Jim, cover me.
(gun firing) (slow music) Hey.
(punching) (grunting) (body thudding) (slow dramatic music) (upbeat music) - She still have the recording machine turned on? - I hate those things.
- What Jessica went through, she probably needs some time to herself.
- Yeah.
Oh well, we all learned something today.
- I had a hard time deciding, but sometimes hot pursuits are necessary.
Right Jim? - Yeah, like women, a necessary evil.
- Thanks a lot.
- I thought I needed to be alone.
And I'm glad I found you.
- So am I.
- Do you have a minute? - How about a few? - God, that was horrible today.
Now I know the terror that Ellen Bowers felt.
I talked to her on the phone a little while ago.
- How is she? - She's out of the hospital.
She's not great, but she's getting a whole lot better.
And I talked to her husband.
And he wanted me to tell you that he and Ellen had already talked, and they've decided to try it again, whatever that means.
- It means I hope it's a boy.
- How 'bout buying me a drink, copper? But not here.
(slow music) (rock music)